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Quick News44 INDIA FLOATS $4.5-BN LOC FOR BANGLA, INKS 22 ECONOMIC PACTS, SAYS DHAKA ‘AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US’ IN TERROR WAR US Google ‘discriminates against, underpays women’ Modi, Mamata unite to catapult NEW YORK: e US Department of Labour (DoL) has accused Google of discriminating against its female employees by paying them less than their male counterparts. According to a report in the Guardian on Indo-Bangla ties to historic high Saturday, e DoL, which is investigating the case, claims to have evidence of “systemic com- GAUTAM LAHIRI pensation disparities”. e allegations surface days a er Google announced on Equal Pay Day NEW DELHI: A little over forty- BANGABANDHU INDIA Mamata meets Hasina, that it had “closed the gender pay gap globally”. ve years a er the Indian Army » India gives Bangladesh gives Teesta alternative “Let’s make every day #EqualPayDay. All and Mukti Bahini’s comprehen- $500 million for West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee employers can take steps to eliminate the gen- sive victory over the Pakistan military procurements met Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina der and race pay gaps, today,” @Google tweeted Army in the 1971 war, Prime Min- earlier this week. ister Narendra Modi and West » Modi lauds Mamata for on Saturday with a novel answer to the e government has collected informa- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ‘extraordinary efforts’ Teesta waters question. The Teesta already tion that points towards the violation of fed- Banerjee on Saturday made a has an acute dryness problem. So, it would » PM Modi vows early be better for New Delhi and Dhaka to stop eral employment laws by Google, the DoL said. momentous pitch to take India’s agreement on Teesta “We found systemic compensation dispar- friendship with our eastern neigh- water sharing deal harping on the Teesta and, instead, carry ities against women pretty much across the bour, Bangladesh, to a historic out a study of how to utilise the waters entire workforce,” the report quoted Janette high. » Bus & train services trial of some other rivers like the Torsa, which Wipper, a DoL regional director, testifying in In the august presence of Ban- run launched between are better endowed with water. “I find our a San Francisco court, as saying. See PG5 gladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Kolkata and Khulna neighbour Bangladeshis’ water scarcity Hasina in New Delhi on Satur- » Pact to open new border woes very painful. I urgently want a UP police stop church day, our two countries signed 22 pacts in key sectors including haats for trade solution to this misery,” said Banerjee. event after CM Adityanath’s defence and civil nuclear coop- eration and Modi conveyed the There is one thought in South Asia which breeds, men cry ‘conversion’ Indian government’s commitment inspires and encourages terrorism. The thought whose for an “early solution” to the long- MAHARAJGANJ: Police stopped a church pending Teesta waters sharing priority is not humanity, but extremism and terrorism event attended by more than 150 people, includ- agreement. Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, PM Narendra Modi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurate by remote PM Modi in oblique reference to Pakistan ing 10 American tourists, here a er the right- Modi , who held wide-rang- control rail link and bus services from Kolkata to Khulna (Bangladesh), in New Delhi on Saturday Pic/Naveen Sharma wing Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) alleged that ing talks with Sheikh Hasina, also religious conversion was being carried out. announced a new concessional better and secure future for our two countries but to the entire for her extraordinary e orts in of our commitment and continu- Bangladesh. “India has always e event was stopped a er the youth bri- Line of Credit (LoC) of $4.5 bil- people,” Modi said at a joint media region. On her part, Hasina, on helping the Union Government ing e orts,” he said. stood for the prosperity of Ban- gade, set up in 2002 by Yogi Adityanath, now lion for Bangladesh and an addi- event with Hasina. a visit here a er seven years, said to boost Indo-Bangladeshi rela- Modi also complimented gladesh and its people. We are a the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, led a com- tional assistance of $500 million e two countries also agreed that her country will continue its tions. “I am very happy that the Hasina for her government’s long-standing and trusted devel- plaint against Yohannan Adam, the pastor of the to help its military procurement. to confront the challenges of ter- zero-tolerance policy towards ter- Chief Minister of West Bengal is ‘zero-tolerance’ policy towards opment partner of Bangladesh. church, accusing him of converting Hindus to “We in India rejoice in our ties rorism with deeper security and ror and promised to take all steps my honoured guest today. I know terrorism and said “it is an inspi- India and Bangladesh are also Christianity, a charge the pastor denied. with Bangladesh, ties that have defence cooperation with Modi to ensure peace and security along that her feelings for Bangladesh ration for all of us.” A new bus and determined that the fruits of our SHO, Dathauli, Anand Kumar Gupta said been forged in blood and genera- terming the spread of radicalism Indo-Bangla border. are as warm as my own. I assure train service were also launched cooperation must bene t our peo- no prior permission was taken for the meeting, tions of kinship, ties that seek a a “grave threat”, not only to the Modi also thanked Banerjee you and the people of Bangladesh between Kolkata and Khulna in ple,” said Modi. which was held ahead of Good Friday. See PG4 In touch with USA over Indian’s ere is scope ‘India’s number of MPs low for lending rates to compared to our population’ murder in Washington: Swaraj come down further OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: India has YET ANOTHER HATE CRIME in Yakima city, was behind Hold political parties received a report on the the counter when the incident RBI GOVERNOR URJIT PATEL NEW DELHI: Now the push for strong shootout incident resulting happened. His family had on electoral reforms has come from our accountable for in the death of our national Friday sought Swaraj’s help Constitutional Head of State — Presi- breaking poll vows: CJI in the USA’s Washington state to bring his body back. “On 6 dent Pranab Mukherjee. Advocating the and is coordinating with the April two miscreants entered In today’s need for electoral reforms to strengthen NEW DELHI: Electoral investigative agencies, Exter- the shop at 1.30 am. ey the democratic process, Mukherjee said, promises routinely remain nal A airs Minister Sushma snatched cash from victim and paper “It is time to look at legal provisions for unful lled and manifestos Swaraj said on Saturday. e shot on his chest. is resulted increasing the number of parliamen- turn out to be mere pieces of Minister also said that the in his death,” Swaraj said. ... tary seats.” paper, for which political par- Indian Consulate in San Fran- “We are coordinating with CITY Mukherjee also said that in the ties must be held accountable, cisco is helping the family of the investigative agencies. ey existing Indian parliamentary system, Chief Justice of India J S Khe- 26-year-old Vikram Jaryal, have got the CCTV footage TWO HELD FOR ASSAULTING GERMAN 3 though political parties with less num- har said on Saturday. “Nowa- who was shot dead allegedly and are in the process of appre- bers of seats enjoy equal rights and days manifestos have become by two masked armed robbers. 26 years old and had reached hending the culprits,” she said. NATION authority with the party in power, they a mere piece of paper, for this “I have received a report on US only 25 days back. He was “Our consulate in San have “no responsibility”. He said that political parties have to be the shootout incident resulting working at the gas station of Francisco is helping the family 21 UP SUGAR MILLS’ SALE TO BE PROBED 4 it is necessary to undertake a “dispas- made accountable,” the CJI in the tragic death of Indian a family friend,” she said in a and following this up with the BUSINESS sionate analysis of the way in which our said at a seminar titled ‘Eco- national Vikram Jaryal in series of tweets. Police authorities,” she added. electoral process is functioning with Amendment) Act 2001 till 2026. As a nomic Reforms with Refer- Washington State USA,” Swaraj Jaryal, who worked as a Jaryal hailed from Hoshiarpur ‘KINGFISHER VILLA’ SOLD FOR `73 CR 5 a view to address the shortcomings in result the House of the People today ence to Electoral issues’. tweeted. “ e victim was only clerk at AM-PM Gas Station district in Punjab. PTI the system”. represents the population gure of e CJI, speaking in the INTERNATIONAL “ e system of parliamentary gov- 1971 census whereas our population presence of President Pranab ernance is such that if somebody gets has increased manifold in the recent Mukherjee, said political par- TV anchor breaks news of husband’s death! THREE STRONG QUAKES ROCK PHILIPPINES 6 51 (majority) out of 100, 51 has all the decades,” he said while speaking at a ties give “brazen” excuses like SPORT rights and authority and in our electoral seminar on economic reforms with ref- lack of consensus amongst NEW DELHI: An anchor of a private TV chan- process, less than 51 have all the rights erence to electoral issues. their members to justify non- nel in Chhattisgarh faced the heart-rendering EAST BENGAL-MOHUN BAGAN DERBY TODAY 7 and authorities but no responsibility.” e president said, “ is gives rise to ful lment of their poll prom- situation of reading out the ‘breaking news’ of Elaborating the need for electoral an anomalous situation wherein today, ises. He said that manifestos the death of her husband in a road accident on reforms, the president said, “Freeze on India has over 800 million voters and remain pieces of paper due to Saturday morning. Surpreet Kaur was anchor- FOR ADVERTISING the population gure was imposed in 543 Lok Sabha constituencies represent short term memory of citizens ing the morning news of Chhattisgarh’s private 1976 which has been extended till 2026 1.28 billion people. To give true expres- but political parties must be IBC-24 channel when a reporter phoned in with kindly contact at 9810195709 by an Act in 2001 due to which Par- sion to the will of the people, it is time held accountable. On the man- details of a fatal accident. or liament today represents the gure of that we look at the legal provisions on ifestos released by parties dur- e reporter said three of the ve people [email protected] 1971 census whereas same has increased the delimitation of the Parliamentary ing the 2014 polls, the CJI said travelling in a Renault Duster were killed at manifold.” constituencies with a view to increase none of them indicated any Pithara in Mahasamund district earlier. Kaur’s FOR SUBSCRIPTION “ e Constitution (42nd Amend- their number.” “If Great Britain can have link between electoral reforms husband Harsad Kawade was expected to travel kindly contact at 8800854665 ment) Act 1976 imposed a freeze on the more than 600 Parliamentary constitu- and Constitutional goal of along the same route in a Duster and that was only a er walking out of the studio, the report or population gure for readjustment at encies, why can’t India, with a much economic-social justice to the enough for her to instant realise it could be her says. Kaur has been working as a news anchor [email protected] the 1971 census and has been extended higher population, have more number marginalised section. PTI husband. However, she managed to hold herself with IBC 24 for the past 9 years, and married by the Constitution (Eighty-fourth of seats?” the President said. together during the newscast and broke down Harsad Kawade only a year ago. PC Byte: Does Tarun Vijay think 200 pharma firms break Govt price caps only BJP, RSS members are Indians? DHIRENDRA KUMAR 1000 IU injection, which is used to prevent tetanus, was found to be sold at Rs 3,289, NEW DELHI: Con- the Congress saying it NEW DELHI: e government’s every which is 300 times more than its xed price gress leader P Chidam- RACISM ROW was shocking while the move to reduce the prices of life-saving that is just Rs 11. e drug manufacturer baram on Saturday took DMK said it was funny. drugs has been blatantly foiled by pro t- --- Bharat Serums – outed the NPPA a swipe at BJP leader Seeking to defend making major pharmaceutical companies. Medicine Govt Ceiling Company Price Overcharge order and overcharged Rs 3,277 more from Tarun Vijay for his India against the charge e startling fact about pharma majors Tetglob 1000 IU injection `11 `3,289 `3,278 the patients. During the survey, it was remarks against south of racism following violating price ceiling order has come to found that the Abbott Healthcare manu- Indians, asking whether attacks on African stu- the notice of National Pharmaceutical Ambisome 50 mg injection `4,788 `11,500 `6,712 factured Ambisome 50 mg injection was BJP-RSS members were dents, he had said, “If Pricing Authority (NPPA) during a sur- Glioz 250 mg tablet pack `18,647 `21,537 `2890 being sold at Rs 11,500, which is Rs 6,712 the only Indians in the we (Indians) were racist, vey conducted by the drug price regulator. Reditux RA 500 mg `36,946 `71,095 `34,149 more than the noti ed price as the medi- country. “When Tarun why would we have the In the survey, it has come to the notice cine, which is used for treating variety of Vijay said ‘we live with entire south? Which is of NPPA that over 200 drug majors have Imumax 300 mg injection `1,336 `2,443 `1,107 serious fungal infections, was supposed to blacks’, I ask him who is you know... completely violated its noti cation on ceiling prices Altanib 400 mg `2,239 `3,110 `871 be sold at Rs 4,788 only. ‘we’? Was he referring to Tamil, you know Kerala, of various medicines used for treating life Most of the drugs found to be sold at exorbitant prices are used for Similarly, Abbott’s Imumax 300 mg BJP/RSS members as the only Indians?,” he you know Karnataka and Andhra. Why do taking diseases such as cancer, renal infec- treating life taking diseases such as cancer, brain tumor, tetanus, injection, which is used for treating infec- asked on Twitter. we live with them? We have blacks, black tion, tetanus, fungal infections, etc. e fungal infections, renal disorders tions a er chemotherapy, was found to be Chidambaram hails from Tamil Nadu people all around us”. NPPA, through the ndings of the sur- sold at Rs 2,443 against the price xed for and has been a former Finance and Home Facing an all-round backlash, especially vey, learnt that pharma majors are over- all noti ed life-saving drugs at exorbitant violators, the NPPA has sent preliminary selling it at Rs 1,336. e company over- Minister. Vijay had on Friday kicked up a on social media, the former editor of charging 300 times more for drugs from prices, include Abbott Healthcare, Alkem notices and asked them to submit neces- charged Rs 1,107 more from patients for racism row a er he appeared to suggest that Panchjanya, a RSS-aliated weekly, had noti ed prices. Laboratories, Bharat Serums, Cipla, Dr. sary documents in support of the com- one vial of the injection. Indians cannot be called racist as people later tendered an apology on Twitter. e survey, which was conducted by Reddy’s Laboratories, P zer, Sun Phar- pliance. According to an NPPA ocial, Dr Reddy’s manufactured key drug for live with those from south India who are Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge had analysing market data of prices of all noti- maceuticals, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Lupin a er scrutinising the documents, the reg- treating chronic cancer — Reditux RA 500 “black”. Vijay’s controversial comments dur- said the comments showed the sa ron ed drugs, found that a total of 613 noti ed Ltd, Zydus Cadila, Wockhardt, Torrent ulator would take action against violators mg — was found to be sold at Rs 71,095 ing a panel discussion on an international party’s tendency to discriminate among drugs were being not sold at xed prices. Pharmaceuticals, Sano India, etc. and collect the overcharged amount from in retail market, which is Rs 34,149 more news channel had sparked an outrage with people of the country. e companies, which were found selling Taking swi action against all errant them. Surprisingly, a drug called Tetglob than the price xed by the NPPA. 2| NEW DELHI SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 millenniumpost mp | | One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Weekend Break - Bob Marley I believe ‘Maya’ is one of my best
works: Bickram Ghosh Bickram Ghosh with Sonu Nigam The Tabla maestro shares his anecdotes on Pt Ravi Shankar, his opinion on the use of old songs in recent Bollywood films, and his experience of working with Sonu Nigam
night he called me and said, “I have heard so many years, I wanted to do an album ‘Maya’ is meditating on life. some good Tabla a er a long time” and which showcased what I have acquired How was the experience working with he invited me to play with him at one of from him as a composer. Sonu Nigam in ‘Jal’? the greatest auditoriums there. We per- Since Jal, we have worked on several formed the next day. It was like magic, Why did you name the album ‘Maya’? other projects. We are great friends and and also one of the moments in life when I named it ‘Maya’ because I believe in meet o en. Girish Malik, (director of Jal) you pinch yourself to wonder whether it’s the fact that this world is a world of ‘maya’. gave us an idea of what he wanted, then nasi this month. On the album front, I’ll actually true. at’s how it started, and What we see is an illusion and that there is Sonu bhai and I composed the highly be doing an album titled ‘Massive percus- then we played for the next 11 years. ere much more behind it. All the numbers on diverse songs, (from Indian classical to sion jam’ and there’s a project with Sonu on were some great fun moments with him the album address various aspects of life, an English song). Sonu and I have a great retro songs. I also have a collaboration with as he could talk about anything under the relations, youth, ageing – which together chemistry. We believe in similar philos- Spanish singer María del Mar Fernández, Bickram Ghosh with Pt Ravi Shankar sun. at’s one of the things I enjoyed the constitute ‘Maya’. e sound is based on ophies in life. e sound that we cre- which we’ll release very soon. most about him. classical music, my forte, but it’s a new ate together, as a duo is called ‘Muddy I’m currently composing for two Hindi age sound. e album features several Electronica’. lms – Band of Maharajas, (also acting in LAHARI BASU for my body drumming. I could dabble in Please tell us a little about your new Grammy winners and celebrated artists it), and a lm of Harsh Chhaya. In Bengal, pretty much any percussion instruments album ‘Maya’. from around the globe. It’s a magnum opus Could you share some information I’m composing for Durga Sohay, and two he man known for his excep- that I’m given. ‘Maya’ is a dedication to Raviji. I’ve projects dedicated to Raviji, and I believe about your upcoming projects? lms by Suman Ghosh – ‘Mi Amor’ and an tional Tabla skills is also one of been inuenced by him on so many levels that this is one of my best albums. It’s my ere’s a whole bunch of them com- untitled venture. ere are too many things the pioneers of Neo-classical What are your views on the use of old – by his sitar, his compositional work, that personal favourite. Whoever has heard it ing up. As a Tabla player I’m doing a lot happening right now, and I’m actually fusion. Bickram Ghosh – a mas- songs as covers in the current music hearing all his work and being with him for has loved the meditativeness in the project. of shows, a major one would be in Vara- enjoying this phase. Tter weaver of musical tales has recently industry? released ‘Maya’ on Sony Music that cel- Actually, I’m not a big fan of those. I ebrates Ravi Shankar and his legacy of do like the rendition in some of them but I peace through music. Using Hindu phi- don’t like the concept of an old song being losophy’s concept of Maya – the irresist- used in remakes. It happened a lot in the ible veil behind which the world conceals ’90s and 2000s also, but I don’t feel very the real character of spiritual reality, it is an great about that. I’m sure that compos- ode to the beauty of this illusion. ers can create great melodies even today. I don’t understand the idea of having to You are known for your experiments rehash the melodies of the past. But of with music and you also dabble in a vast course, it says a lot about the melodies of repertoire of musical genres, from classi- the past. e songs are so strong and won- cal, rock, new-age, fusion to lm music. derful that even today when one listens to Which is your favourite genre among those songs they are inuenced by them. them and why? ere are some radio channels which are It’s di cult to talk about a favourite dedicated to the songs of the ’60s and ’70s, genre. e fact that one has dabbled in they play only old songs. diverse genres shows that there is a desired It means that the melodies which were quotient for each genre. If you ask me created at that era are so strong and they which is my core quotient, then that is still sustain. In this era, there are of course classical music, since I started my career composers who could deliver beautiful as a classical Tabla player. en I shi ed to melodies, I don’t understand why they fusion in the early 2000s, and more recently have to depend on the older songs. It’s a lm composer which is also becoming fact that not many great melodies are hap- broader every day. All the genres are done pening today. e number of great melo- simultaneously, I’m involved in all three dies happening now is far outnumbered by right now. I’m happy that I have the oppor- what happened back in the ’60s and ’70s. tunity to travel these worlds. We should move away from rehashing and revamping old melodies, and focus more What other instruments are you com- on creating new songs. fortable playing? Tabla is my main instrument. at is Any memorable incidents with Pt Ravi what I play best and am known for. I’m Shankar? currently endorsing a German percus- e rst that comes to mind is the time sion company Mienl Percussion. I consider when I played my rst concert with him. myself mainly a table player but I also play I had gone to Brussels, Belgium to play the Cajon, and Kanjira among some other at a concert where Raviji heard me for percussion instruments. I’m also known the rst time. at very day, past mid-
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No. 011-47777500, Email: [email protected], Lucknow O ce: 401, Chintels House 16, Station Road, Lucknow Ph: 0522-4013126 millennium post NEW DELHI SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | 3 mp | | ere is a conspiracy to defame us by making false allegations City – Manish Sisodia on the allegations against AAP Take away office, will operate Two held for assaulting, from streets, says Kejriwal robbing German national OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: A er Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal cancelled the The incident took place late Friday night in North Delhi’s Kashmere Gate; land allotment for the o ce of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, the Union Minister Sushma Swaraj sought a report on the incident party on Saturday challenged the order by saying it will operate its OUR CORRESPONDENT o ce from the streets of Delhi. Coming down hard on the LG, NEW DELHI: Police on Saturday Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said arrested a rickshaw-puller and his the cancellation of AAP’s o ce allot- friend from Brahampuri area in ment was part of a larger design to Delhi’s Usmanpur for assaulting “ nish” the party. and robbing a German tourist late He said the party is being “victim- on Friday in North Delhi’s Kash- ised” and “discriminated against” for PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA mere Gate area. taking on the ruling ma a and siding e 19-year-old victim, iden- with the poor, and asserted that AAP ti ed as Benjamin Janis Schult, is ready to operate from the “streets”. Kejriwal questioned why Congress and received severe injuries and was (Left) The two accused under police custody on “ ey want to nish us, they want BJP, despite having negligible presence in discharged a er undergoing treat- Saturday; (right) 19-year-old Benjamin Janis to close AAP. But it won’t happen as ment at a government hospital. Schult was shifted to Sushrut Trauma Centre and we are on the path of truth. People the Delhi Assembly, have multiple office Police said that the accused discharged after treatment PICS/MPOST will teach them a lesson in the polls. have been identi ed as Rizwan, the “Having an o ce is our right. accommodations and plots rickshaw-puller, and Rajkishore, Aairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to picked up another passenger say- e men in the car oered him We are not seeking a favour. It was his partner-in-crime. seek report of the incident. ing he will be dropped o on the a li and took him to the near- allotted legally. We will place a fresh no seats in the Delhi Assembly, not us? What is our crime,” Kejriwal “Rizwan has criminal cases e incident was reported when way. Benjamin had no idea that est police barricade. e cops demand for an o ce. People are only had its national headquarters in questioned. against him in Pilibhit in Uttar Schult was on his way to the Kash- the two were actually partners and informed their seniors and Schult already oering us space,” Kejriwal Delhi but a separate Delhi o ce too. Kejriwal wondered aloud why Pradesh, while Rajkishore has no mere Gate bus terminal to catch a intended to rob him. Taking him to was rushed to Sushrut Trauma said. It had two other o ces as well, the Congress and the BJP, despite permanent job. We are ascertain- bus to Amritsar around 11 pm Fri- a secluded spot, the two men then Center. A case in this regard was e o ce allotment to the AAP in addition to a plot of land in Delhi, having negligible presence in the ing if they have been previously day. Since it was late, he decided to threatened Schult with knifes and registered at Kotwali police station. by the Kejriwal government was can- Kejriwal further said. “But a party Delhi Assembly, have multiple o ce involved in other cases” said DCP hire a rickshaw. asked him to hand them over his “We managed to identify the celled by the LG on Friday, a er the with 67 of the 70 seats in the assem- accommodations and plots. North Jatin Narwal. However, the rickshaw-puller purse and mobile. assailants involved in the incident report led by the Shunglu Commit- bly now has no o ce.” “ is must be the rst time in Cops got their rst clue from took a detour, convincing Benja- Trained in martial arts, Schult and arrested them. Benjamin has tee pointed out “irregularities” in the Similarly, the Bharatiya Janata independent India that a ruling party the abandoned rickshaw and traced min that it was a short cut. tried to put up a ght but the two been discharged from the hospital allotment. Party and its a liates had a total of is being denied o ce space in the the owner from the number printed Instead of taking him to stabbed him with their blades. a er treatment.” said Narwal. AAP’s o ce on Deen Dayal seven o ces in the Capital, including state where it is in power,” he told on the rickshaw. the bus terminal, the rickshaw- e assailants then managed to Taking note of the incident, Upadhyay Marg was shut down on one for its Delhi o ce, the national a press conference at his residence. Soon, a team was sent to Pilibhit puller took him towards Yamuna run away with his mobile and wal- Swaraj on Saturday tweeted: “I have charges that it was wrongly allotted convenor of AAP stated. e Chief Minister also linked to trace Rizwan, while several other Khadar area under the Ring let, leaving behind the rickshaw. asked for a report on the attack on to the party. e party has denied Even parties like the Rastriya the cancellation to AAP’s promise teams worked in Delhi. Road loop at Kashmere Gate, the Schult managed to ee and seek German national in Delhi. I have the charge. Janata Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party of abolishing house tax if voted to e attack on the German police said. help from occupants of a car that asked Delhi Government to pro- Kejriwal pointed out that it was had o ces in Delhi, he pointed power in the Municipal Corpora- national led to Union External On the way, the rickshaw-puller was passing by. vide him best medical treatment.” ironical that the Congress, which has out. “So why are they doing this to tions, which go to polls on April 23. Ablaze Ponzi RAJOURI GARDEN BY-ELECTION Pleasant day scam: Father of One of West Delhi’s hotspots on the line for three major players in Capital prime accused OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT remained a Congress fort for dela, who belongs to a politi- 15 years at a stretch, by win- cally inuential family in the NEW DELHI: It was a pleasant arrested NEW DELHI: e stage is set ning 67 seats in the 70-member area. day in the national Capital on for the by-election to Rajouri Delhi Assembly. e BJP-SAD combine Saturday with both maximum OUR CORRESPONDENT Garden assembly seat, where e BJP shrunk to three has elded veteran Manjinder and minimum temperatures the fate of AAP, BJP and Con- seats while the Congress was Singh Sirsa, who had won the settling below normal levels. GREATER NOIDA: e gress hangs in the balance, two completely decimated and seat in 2013. e maximum temperature Special Task Force (STF) of years a er the city’s political reduced to zero. Other candidates who are was recorded at 33.6 degrees, the Uttar Pradesh Police has dynamics saw a radical shi . For the BJP and the Con- also in the fray are: Hardeep a notch below the season’s arrested a director of the e Chief Electoral O ce gress, success in the bye-elec- Singh (Independent), Lalit average while the minimum Noida-based rm involved in of Delhi said along with EVMs, tion would be considered a sign Taak (All India Forward Bloc) temperature dropped to the alleged Rs 3,700 crore Ponzi the reliability of which has been of their continuing relevance in and Devinder Singh Nagi (Pur- settle at 16.5 degrees, three scam, which promised money questioned by the AAP, voter- the city’s politics while it will vanchal Mahapanchayat). notches below the normal, said (From left to right) AAP’s Harjeet Singh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa of the BJP-SAD alliance and Meenakshi to lakhs of gullible investors in veri able paper audit trail be a litmus test for the AAP, e constituency is a mix a Meteorological Department lieu of likes on social media. (VVPATs) will be used at all Chandela of the Congress will be the three major candidates to look out for battling a string of allegations of resettlement colonies in o cial. “Sunil Mittal, father of the 166 polling stations of the sure by way of adding provision e seat fell vacant early Badal, only to lose and consid- relating to “abuse of power”. Raghubir Nagar, unauthor- Humidity levels oscillated the alleged kingpin of this west Delhi constituency, which for printing the photograph of this year a er AAP’s Jarnail erably dent AAP’s chances of e AAP has come up with ised colonies in Vishnu Gar- between 68 and 18 per cent. case Anubhav, has been votes tomorrow. candidates on the ballot paper Singh quit as MLA to contest holding on to the seat. a new face - Harjeet Singh - for den, urban villages like Khyala, e weatherman has pre- arrested from Ghaziabad last e election o ce has also to be displayed on the EVMs, Punjab Assembly poll against In 2015, AAP had swept the election while the Congress the middle class Tagore Garden dicted mainly clear skies for (Friday) night. He also one of prescribed an additional mea- said an o cial statement. SAD patron Parkash Singh the national capital, which has elded Meenakshi Chan- and upscale Rajouri Garden. on Sunday. the directors of Ablaze Info Solutions Private Limited,” SP of the STF, R N Mishra said. BJP defaming AAP govt Man in Inderpuri arrested Anubhav had allegedly Cops nab tiffin delivery boy for theft transferred Rs 5 crore to Mittal Electronics, where Sunil Mittal ahead of polls: Sisodia for firing at wife is the proprietor, before the of electronic items in Munirka scam was detected, the o cer OUR CORRESPONDENT plate for 80 guests. OUR CORRESPONDENT “She was attacked by her said. “ is must be the costliest OUR CORRESPONDENT delivery boys would come was arrested soon. husband at the entrance of e STF had earlier arrested NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief lunch hosted by any govern- to pick up ti n boxes During interrogation, the NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old her house. e bullet pierced four persons, including the Minister Manish Sisodia on ment because the nancial rules NEW DELHI: Delhi Police delivered the previous night, accused revealed that during woman was allegedly shot at through the right side of her owner of Ablaze Info Solutions Saturday alleged the Bharatiya stipulate an expenditure of Rs on Saturday arrested a youth the police’s needle of suspi- early morning hours, when by her husband in west Delhi’s chest,” the o cer said. Private Limited Anubhav Janata party (BJP) was trying to 1,250 per person for hosting involved in the of sev- cion pointed towards the he would come to collect ti n Inderpuri area, following which Her o ce’s cab driver, who Mittal, and is looking for his tarnish the image of the Aam lunch in non- ve star hotels,” eral electronic goods from ti n delivery boys operating boxes delivered a day before, the accused was arrested, police was returning a er dropping wife Ayushi who is absconding. Aadmi Party (AAP) govern- Gupta said. Munirka in South Delhi. in the area. he o en found that the stu- said on Saturday. her home, heard the gunshot According to the ment ahead of the Delhi civic Challenging Gupta, Sisodia Since the beginning of Cops eventually formed a dents were half asleep and e incident took place in and rushed to the house and Enforcement Directorate, the elections. said in a series of tweets that he 2017, a number of burglar- team and scanned all the deliv- unaware of who would come the wee hours of Friday. found Maushmi in a pool of fraudsters allegedly cheated His allegation came in the had himself refused to sanction ies had been reported from ery boys in the area. to the door. Gagandeep allegedly shot at blood. With the help of her col- around 6.5 lakh gullible wake of contents of a le relat- the food bill around a year ago Munirka. Soon success came their “Since the students did his wife Maushmi Roy on the leagues, she was taken to Ganga investors of an estimated Rs ing to food expenses incurred and the le had been lying with In most of the cases, it was way when they noticed a deliv- not properly latch or lock right side of her chest and ed Ram Hospital, said the o cer. 3,700 crore. on the celebration of comple- erstwhile Lt. Governor Najeeb found that the complainants ery boy carrying a laptop. their rooms, the accused from the spot, they said. A er the incident, Gaga- Apart from a Special tion of one year of the AAP gov- Jung for months. were college students or exam On being inquired, the boy found it an easy task to steal She was rushed to a hospital ndeep boarded a bus to Investigation Team, being ernment last year made public “Now a part of that le has aspirants, who were living in tried to dodge their questions, laptops and mobile phones. and is currently out of danger, a Kapurthala. ere, where he helped by the STF, the by the BJP. Earlier, BJP leader been leaked to tarnish the image rented accommodations in but cops soon established that e laxity of students made senior police o cial said. tried to attack his father for Enforcement Directorate has Vijender Gupta said the AAP of Delhi government,” he said. Delhi. he had indeed stolen the lap- him a serial burglar who tar- e accused had ed to money. also registered a case of money government organised a lavish “ ere is a conspiracy to defame Many such students had top from one of the students’ geted students,” said Chin- Kapurthala in Punjab from His father, who was laundering on the basis of the lunch on February 11-12, 2016 us by making false allegations.” lost laptops, mobile phones room. moy Biswal, Additional DCP where he was arrested by the unaware that Gagandeep had FIR registered by the STF in at the Chief Minister’s residence Sisodia said o cials at the and other electronic items e accused was identi ed (South). local police and a country- allegedly attempted to kill connection with the alleged to celebrate the occasion. Lt Governor’s o ce were com- As most of these the s as Noor Islam, alias Rahul, a With Noor Islam’s arrest, made pistol, allegedly used to Maushmi, called police for help multilevel marketing Ponzi He alleged that the food bill ing out with half-truths at the were noticed at around the resident of Kolkata who cur- cops have solved 17 cases of commit the crime, was seized, and got his son arrested, the scheme. quoted a rate of Rs 13,805 per behest of the BJP. same time when scores of rently resides in Munirka and the and burglaries. the o cial said. o cer said. Alert woman prevents theft in Delhi after Residents, AAP workers observe pinning down snatcher twice her size ‘House Tax Mukti Diwas’ ZAFAR ABBAS driving on the wrong side. to the PCR van and told police OUR CORRESPONDENT “ ey almost hit me and that the snatchers had ed NEW DELHI: A brave it took me a second to realise a er stealing the bag from his NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi woman managed to pin down that they were snatchers as car. Party (AAP) workers and a a snatcher double her weight they were in hurry. I quickly “ ey told me some- section of the city residents on when he tried to ee with the pounced on them. However, one had poured grease in Saturday observed ‘House Tax bag of a Supreme Court law- I managed to catch only one, my engine and asked me to Mukti Diwas’ with great enthu- yer in Delhi. while the other ran away,” said check it. When I stopped at siasm across city. e woman managed to Krishna. a tra c signal, a ower seller In multiple locations, peo- obstruct the scooty two snatch- A er Krishna showed obstructed my view, while two ple came together to burn their ers were on and pounced on exemplary courage and caught men punctured my car’s rear old house tax bills collectively. one of them near Safdarjung one of the snatchers, people in tyre. As I got down from the e AAP has promised that PIC/MPOST Hospital on Friday morn- the vicinity gathered quickly car, the two men took away my if it wins the Municipal polls, ing. e crowd, who gathered and helped Krishna sub- bag from the rear seat and ran to be held on April 23, it will will be voting for AAP in this Kejriwal had contended that a er the woman’s daring eort, due the snatcher. ey soon way,” said the lawyer. waive house tax in Delhi and election.” the house tax has become a overpowered the snatcher and informed the cops, a er which It may be noted here that also waive pending arrears of e AAP had promised to “major” source of corruption. later handed him over to the a PCR van reached the spot this new modus operandi has citizens. slash electricity bills by half He vowed to transform the police. and apprehended the snatcher. been used as a trick to divert AAP MLA from Jangpura and make water free before the North Delhi Municipal Coun- Krishna, a housewife, was e cops then searched the victims and snatch or steal Praveen Deshmukh said: “Res- 2015 Delhi Assembly election cil, the East Delhi Municipal on Friday returning home stolen bag and contacted the their bags while on roads. idents of Jangpura and Bho- and managed to ful l those Corporation and the South with her husband from Okhla owner with the phone number is method is quite similar gal are celebrating House Tax promises soon a er coming to Delhi Municipal Corporation Sabzi Mandi. As she stepped on the documents. to that of the notorious ‘ ak Mukti Diwas with great antici- power. into “pro t-making” bodies. down from the bus, she saw Minutes later, Amit Singh, ak’ gang, albeit with some pation. Even those who had AAP national convenor and e rst two have been grap- The woman Krishna, who managed to subdue the snatcher PIC/MPOST two burly men on a scooty a Supreme Court lawyer came improvisations. voted for BJP the last time Delhi Chief Minister Arvind pling with nancial losses. 4| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp It is time to look at legal provisions for increasing the number of parliamentary seats Nation President Pranab Mukherjee Pakistan Police stop church Probe ordered Committed to farm loan Army violates into sale of 21 waiver: Amarinder ea efire event after Adityanath’s UP sugar mills along LoC OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT HYV alleges conversion Congress JAMMU: Pakistani troops LUCKNOW: Suspecting a CHANDIGARH: Punjab violated the cease re along scam of about Rs 1,100 crore, Chief Minister Amarinder the Line of Control (LoC) in OUR CORRESPONDENT the Uttar Pradesh government Singh on Saturday said he is promises loan Rajouri district of Jammu and has decided to conduct a probe committed to farm loan waiver Kashmir by resorting to r- MAHARAJGANJ UP : into the sale of 21 sugar mills and his government would waiver for Guj ing on forward posts on Sat- Police stopped a church event in the state during the BSP rule soon nd ways and means to urday, drawing retaliation attended by more than 150 in 2010-11. e state govern- bail out the debt-ridden farm- farmers from Indian Army. "Pakistani people, including 10 Ameri- ment might consider recom- ers–with or without the Cen- Army red indiscriminately can tourists, here a er the mending a CBI probe into the tre’s aid. AHMEDABAD: e Con- from small arms and automatic right-wing Hindu Yuva Vahini matter, an o cial spokesman e Chief Minister was gress on Saturday said it will weapons from 1545 hours (HYV) alleged that reli- said here on Saturday. interacting with mediapersons waive farm loans if it came today on Indian Army posts gious conversion was being e decision was taken at Zirakpur, near here, a er to power in Gujarat. along the LoC in Noushera belt carried out. at a review meeting of the inaugurating a 'D-Mart' store. "We will waive all farm of Rajouri district," a defence e event was stopped Gupta said mass was held Sugarcane Development He said the state govern- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said his government has loans and make the farm- spokesman said. a er the youth brigade, set up there quite o en but as this department chaired by Chief ment has approached the Cen- approached the Centre for farm loan waiver ers debt- free if we come Army troops deployed on in 2002 by Yogi Adityanath, time foreigners were involved, Minister Yogi Adityanath. e tre for farm loan waiver. to power in the Assembly forward posts retaliated and now the Uttar Pradesh Chief the HYV suspected that con- state government suspects a "Even if we fail to get any He said necessary steps would normalise. elections," Gujarat Congress the exchange was continuing Minister, led a complaint version was going on. scam of Rs 1,100 crore in the support from the Centre, we are being taken to eradicate Earlier, inaugurating the chief Bharatsinh Solanki till last reports came in. against Yohannan Adam, the e US tourists, including sale of the mills, the spokes- will ensure that the farmers are the evil of corruption. He fur- D-Mart store in Zirakpur, the said here. is is the h violation of pastor of the church, accusing a few women, were let o a er man said. freed of their mounting debts, ther said the state government CM welcomed the company's Elections are due in the cease re this month. him of converting Hindus to police checked their travel doc- e chief minister noted for which the state machin- would soon bring out a 'White plans to set up 10 stores in the Gujarat this year. On April 5, Pakistani troops Christianity, a charge the pas- uments. A US embassy spokes- that nobody has the right ery has already been set into Paper' on the state's econ- state with an investment of "As per our estimates, violated the cease re along the tor denied. SHO, Dathauli, person said, to misuse public property motion," he said. omy, "to expose the nancial nearly Rs 500 crores initially, (total) debt of farmers in LoC in Poonch district by shell- Anand Kumar Gupta said no “We are aware of the news and those violating it will be He said the Congress gov- havoc wreaked by the Akalis and providing direct employ- the state is around Rs 24,000 ing forward posts with mortar prior permission was taken for reports concerning this inci- brought to justice. ernment is committed to ful l on Punjab". ment to about 1,000 youth. crore now," Solanki told bombs. the meeting, which was held dent. e protection of Amer- Adityanath also said that every promise made in its elec- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) e focus of his govern- reporters. e promise of On April 4, Pakistani Army ahead of Good Friday. ican citizens overseas is our FIRs will be lodged against tion manifesto. and the BJP ruled Punjab for 10 ment, he said, would be on get- loan waiver would also nd red mortar shells on Indian “We stopped the prayer highest priority.” e spokes- sugar mills if they failed to pay Referring to the promise years before being ousted a er ting Punjab "back on the track" place in the party's mani- Army posts along the LoC meeting a er a complaint was person didn’t elaborate due to arrears of sugarcane farmers of eliminating the drug men- the Assembly polls last month. with a highly investor-friendly festo, he said. in Bhimbher Gali sector of registered. A probe is under- “privacy concerns”. by April 23. ace from the state, the CM said Replying to another query, climate, generating employ- Solanki also promised Rajouri district. way and appropriate action HYV leader Krishna Nan- He also directed o cials the STF constituted by the state he said his government has ini- ment for the youth and restor- good minimum support On April 3, Pakistani troops will be taken if the charges are dan, who surrounded the to take all measures to make government is rmly dealing tiated the process to curb ille- ing investors' con dence in the price (MSP) for farm pro- had shelled mortar bombs on found to be correct,” he said. church with his supporters operational the defunct sugar with the scourge. gal mining, which had become state. duce, and removal of ve forward posts in Balakote sec- Dathauli falls in Mahara- on Friday a ernoon, said that mills of the cooperative sector He said the STF, headed "rampant" during the SAD-BJP Amarinder said his gov- per cent Value Added Tax tor of Rajouri district. jganj district in eastern Uttar the “presence of US nationals in next crushing season. by senior IPS o cer Harpreet misrule. ernment would unveil a new on fertilisers levied by the In the second cease re vio- Pradesh. It borders Gorakh- indicates that innocent and Adityanath said a commit- Singh Sidhu, is working dili- He said a number of mines industrial policy aimed at woo- BJP government. "Our gov- lation on April 3, Pakistani pur, the Lok Sabha constitu- illiterate Hindus were being tee should be set up to sug- gently and soon the problem would be auctioned in com- ing investors and concurrently ernment will be farmer-cen- troops had shelled Indian posts ency represented ve times by converted by missionaries gest maximum utilisation of would be wiped out from the ing days, a er which the price generating employment for the tric," he said. MPOST along the LoC in Digwar area Adityanath before he took over who lured them with money resources of sugar mills dur- state. of sand and gravel in Punjab local youth. in Poonch sector. AGENCIES the reins of Uttar Pradesh. to change their religion”. ing the o season. Stage set for Srinagar LS bypoll, To ‘avenge’ poll MEETING OF MINDS New motor vehicle bill will be defeat in UP, BSP crucial for road safety: MPs militants try to scare voters supports Cong OUR CORRESPONDENT billion people, 48 per cent of OUR CORRESPONDENT on the ruling PDP's candidate populace succumb to road Nazir Ahmad Khan in a virtual in MP bypoll NEW DELHI: Cutting across accidents in the cases of over- SRINAGAR: e stage is set direct contest. the party lines, the members speeding, while 46 per cent for the bypolls to the presti- Abdullah tasted his rst OUR CORRESPONDENT of Parliament have dubbed the people die due to drunken gious Srinagar Lok Sabha seat electoral defeat in his over Motor Vehicle (Amendment) driving, as per the reports of on Sunday with adequate secu- 35-year-long political career BHIND MP : In order to Bill as a crucial reform for the National Crime Records rity arrangements being made, when he lost to Karra in 2014 "take revenge" of the drub- road safety. Bureau. e bill is a move in the even as militants and miscre- general elections. Karra, who bing it received at the hands of Stressing on passing the right direction and the sooner ants tried to scare the elec- has since joined the Congress, BJP in Uttar Pradesh Assem- legislation without any fur- it is implemented, the better it torate. Nine candidates are in is now supporting the National bly polls, the BSP has extended ther delay, Rajya Sabha mem- will be for the citizens,” Tulsi, a the fray for the Srinagar Lok Conference president in the support to Congress for the ber Oscar Fernandes said, “We noted lawyer, said. Sabha seat where more than bypolls. Khan, on the other crucial bypoll to Ater assem- are all aware that the Bill is a Speaking on the occasion, NC chief Farooq Abdullah, who is 1,500 polling stations have hand, joined the PDP a er bly seat, to be held on Sunday. crucial legislation that will be Ashim Sanyal of Consumer been set up for nearly 12.61 the candidate of his party and the quitting the Congress in Feb- "BSP has extended support aecting lives of all the citizens, Voice said, “If the bill is passed lakh electorate. Congress jointly, will take on PDP ruary and was announced the to the Congress ahead of the either as a motorists or pedes- in this parliamentary session, All the polling stations have candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan in a candidate by the ruling party Ater bypoll," Congress General trians and it should be passed it would help in following UN been declared as either sensi- virtual direct contest for the bypolls. Secretary in-charge of Mad- at earliest.” mandate of reducing acci- tive or hyper-sensitive keeping against the "atrocities" on peo- Voter turnout in Srinagar hya Pradesh Mohan Prakash Explaining the need of the dent by 50 per cent by 2020.” in mind threats from various ple during the agitation in the Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 told reporters. Con rming the hour, Parliamentarian KTS According to Road Transport militant out ts and separatist summer last year in the wake polls was 26 per cent, slightly development, BSP district chief Tulsi highlighted pertinent & Highways Ministry report, groups, including the Hurriyat of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen better than 25.55 per cent Gambhir Singh said, "We have points that requires attention about 1,374 accidents and 400 Conference, an election o - commander Burhan Wani in recorded in 2009 elections. extended support to Congress and calls for accountability accidental deaths have taken cial said. an encounter with security Director General of Police for Ater bypoll to take revenge from the accused in the cases place every day on roads in e seat fell vacant follow- forces on July 8. S P Vaid said security has been of the Uttar Pradesh assem- of road accidents. 2015, which can be reduced by ing resignation of PDP leader National Conference presi- tightened and forces have been bly polls." “In a country of over 1.3 only bringing a tough law. Tariq Hameed Karra, both dent Farooq Abdullah, who is deployed in adequate number BSP enjoys good support in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with Bangladesh from the Lower House of Par- the candidate of his party and to thwart any attempt to disrupt Bhind district, bordering Uttar Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Saturday liament and his party, in protest the Congress jointly, will take the polls on Sunday. Pradesh. NATION BRIEFS Khemka orders summons Cops arrest call EPIL MANAGER DEMANDS RS 1.5 CRORE Odisha continues to centre scam BRIBE, CBI FILES FIR NEW DELHI: The CBI had registered two separate in property partition kingpin who cases against a manager of Engineering Projects sizzle, parts of J&K India Ltd for allegedly demanding bribe from two ‘duped’ Americans companies to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore for award- case via WhatsApp ing them contracts. It is alleged that the manager THANE: e police has Paritosh Kumar Praveen allegedly received part of OUR CORRESPONDENT receive rain and snow arrested Sagar akkar alias ‘Shaggy,’ the alleged kingpin demanded bribe from Piyush Patel of Patel Construc- CHANDIGARH: In a rst, MPOST BUREAU nessed overcast conditions, the of a scam duping thousands of tions based in Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) and a court of nancial commis- Kashmir Valley continued MeT department said. Americans of over $300 mil- Mahesh Aggarwala of Prabhu Aggarwala Construc- sioner in Haryana headed by NEW DELHI: Heatwave to receive intermittent rain- Jharsuguda and Hirakud lion by reaching them via call tions based in Guwahati, Assam for awarding them IAS o cer Ashok Khemka intensi ed in parts of Odisha fall during the night, while the both registered maximum centres posing as US o cials to contracts for public works in Tripura and Kolkata, has ordered serving of sum- while the northern plains expe- higher reaches, including the temperatures of 42.6 degrees extort money from them. West Bengal. mons in a property dispute case rienced moderate temperatures famous tourist resort of Pahal- Celsius. In Bhawanipatna and akkar was arrested late through WhatsApp to one of even as some areas of Jammu gam, recorded fresh snowfall. Sambalpur the maximum tem- Friday night at the Mumbai air- SHAH, PARRIKAR TO BE FELICITATED the respondents who shi ed to and Kashmir received rains Pahalgam received around 7 peratures were 42.5 degrees port following his return from Kathmandu. and snow, and the arterial Sri- cm of snow. ere were reports Celsius and 42.3 degrees Cel- Dubai and was produced on BY GOA BJP TODAY Summons in such cases are Ashok Khemka nagar-Jammu national highway of snowfall in some other areas sius respectively. Saturday before a court which PANAJI: BJP’s Goa unit will felicitate party president usually sent by registered post remained closed for the fourth in the higher reaches of the Val- In Himachal Pradesh, mini- remanded him in police cus- Amit Shah, along with Chief Minister Manohar Par- to the physical address of the the appointed day. consecutive day on Saturday. ley as well. mum temperatures dropped tody till April 13, said ane respondents, but Khemka in However, the respondent It was a pleasant day in the Srinagar received 3.4 mm marginally in mid and higher police commissioner Param rikar, here tomorrow over the party securing power his order observed that law fol- refused to appear or to pro- national capital with both max- of rains, while Kupwara in hills of the state even as the Bir Singh. Singh told reporters in four of the five states, which went to polls recently. lows technological advance- vide his address in Kathmandu, imum and minimum temper- north Kashmir recorded 7.7 region experienced a dry but at press conference that ak- However, opposition Congress has slammed the BJP ments and is not fossilised. when asked. atures settling below normal A vehicle moves slowly on snow covered road after fresh snowfall,at kar, who was living in Dubai, saying the party had no right to host such an event e summons were ordered Khemka, a senior Haryana levels. e maximum temper- Famous tourist resort in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Saturday decided to return to India a er as it has used all possible “wrong methods” to come to be served through Whatsapp bureaucrat, who also holds ature was 33.6 degrees Celsius, the police initiated the process to power. BJP state unit president Vinay Tendulkar on messenger service on April 6 the court of nancial com- a notch below the season's mm of rainfall. South Kash- windy day. A medium danger to issue Red Corner Notice to the respondent in a case missioner to decide disputes average while the minimum mir's Kokernag area recorded avalanche warning was issued (RCN) against him. Saturday said, “We will host a mega-public rally on involving a property partition related to revenue laws in the temperature was 16.5 degrees 27 mm of rainfall during the for tribal areas and higher hills He seemed to have a thor- Sunday in Panaji, which would be attended by over dispute among three brothers State, passed these orders while Celsius, three notches below night while the neighbouring of the state. Una was hottest ough knowledge of computers 30,000 workers. Our party president Amit Shah and in a village in Hisar district of hearing the partition suit. normal, said a Met department Qazigund received 22.8 mm of in the region with maximum and related technical know- Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would be felicitated Haryana. e court of nan- In this case, Satbir Singh o cial. In Jammu and Kashmir, rains till this morning. temperature of 33 degrees Cel- how as well as that of the Indian on the occasion.” cial commissioner is a quasi- had a dispute with his broth- the arterial Srinagar-Jammu Light rains and thunder- sius, while Nahan and Sun- and the US legal systems, said judicial body. ers Ramdiyal and Krishan national highway, connecting showers brought down tem- dernagar recorded a high of the commissioner, who inter- 26 PROJECTS WORTH RS 2,154.28 CRORE In the case, the process Kumar over partition of a fam- Kashmir Valley with the rest peratures in eastern parts of 29.1 degrees Celsius and 27.2 rogated akkar briey before server (court o cial) had sub- ily property in the village in of the country, remained closed Uttar Pradesh, bringing respite degrees Celsius. he was taken to the court. APPROVED FOR GANGA CLEANUP mitted a report that one of the Hisar district. When the court for the fourth consecutive day from hot weather conditions. Keylong and Kalpa in tribal Sagar was on the run NEW DELHI: The National Mission for Clean Gan- respondents no longer resides of the nancial commissioner due to landslides and shooting Allahabad recorded the high- Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur since unearthing of the scam ga (NMCG) has approved 26 projects worth Rs in the village and had shi ed issued notice to both the broth- stones triggered by rains and est maximum temperature of districts and Manali recorded last year. e police said the 2,154.28 crore under the Centre’s ‘Namami Gange’ to Kathmandu, but his address ers seeking their replies in the snowfall. 41.9 degrees Celsius, the MeT minimum temperatures of racket which he ran since 2013 programme, aiming to reduce the river’s pollution there was not known. matter, Ramdiyal received the Rainfall occurred at regular department said. Heatwave minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, 1 through at least half a dozen A mobile phone number summons but these could not intervals in most of the areas intensi ed in many parts of degree Celsius and 4 degrees call centres in ane, targeted load. As part of the projects, the NMCG will set up belonging to the respondent be served to Krishan as he had along the highway yesterday, Odisha with Balangir record- Celsius respectively. at least 15,000 US-based tax sewage treatment plants (STPs) and develop sewage was provided by the petitioner. shi ed to Kathmandu. especially between Jawahar ing the highest temperature of In Punjab and Haryana, payers with Indian tele-call- network in four Ganga basin states: Uttar Pradesh, e respondent was informed However, when Kumar Tunnel and Ramban, resulting 44 degrees Celsius. maximum temperatures stayed ers calling them up, posing as Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Delhi. It will create over phone about the sum- was contacted over phone he in fresh landslide in Ramsoo e mercury hovered above around normal levels in several US Internal Revenue Service sewage treatment capacity of 188 million litres daily mons from the court by the refused to appear or provide area and shooting stones at 40 degrees Celsius in at least 10 parts of both the states with or immigration o cials and (MLD), setting up 13 new STPs in the states. process server and was asked his address in Kathmandu, the Panthyal and other places, an places, mostly in western Odi- Chandigarh recording a high demanding payments for non- to appear before the court on order mentions. o cial said. sha, while the coastal areas wit- of 32.5 degrees Celsius. existent debts. AGENCIES millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | 5 mp I certainly would like to believe that the objectives of demonetisation are to a large extent met as the cash, which was never part of the circulation, has now reached bank Business Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman US tech giant Google Defence Ministry to launch ‘discriminates against innovation organisation and underpays women’
NEW DELHI: Defence Inno- NEW YORK: e US Depart- vation Organistaion (DIO) is ment of Labour (DoL) has to be launched as a non-pro t accused Google of discrimi- company later this month to nating its female employees foster technology develop- by paying them less than their ment and innovative products male counterparts. with commercial potential for According to a report in the defence sector, informed the Guardian on Saturday, e sources said. DoL, which is investigating e company is being the case, claims to have evi- formed by defence electron- dence of "systemic compensa- ics major Bharat Electronics tion disparities". Limited (BEL) and defence avi- e allegations surface ation major Hindustan Aero- days a er Google announced nautics Limited(HAL). on Equal Pay Day that it had e Defence Ministry had "closed the gender pay gap in December approved the cre- globally". ation of a Defence Innovation "Let's make every day Fund (DIF) under which the #EqualPayDay. All employ- e labor department’s Google is a federal contrac- DIO is being formed. ers can take steps to eliminate lawyers have asked the court tor, which means it is required " is was a Ministry of the gender and race pay gaps, to cancel all of the company’s to allow the DoL to inspect Defence initiative and was today," @Google tweeted ear- federal contracts and block and copy records and informa- tasked to BEL and HAL. e lier this week. any future business with the tion about its its compliance new entity will work under e government has col- government if it continues with equal opportunity laws. the guidance of the ministry lected information that points to refuse to comply with the Last year, the department’s which will provide the ideas towards the violation of federal audit. o ce of federal contract com- and topics for innovation," a employment laws by Google, "Every year, we do a com- pliance programs requested BEL source said. The company, being formed by defence electronics major Bharat Electronics the DoL said. prehensive and robust analy- job and salary history for e company will fund Limited and defence aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will fund "We found systemic com- sis of pay across genders and Google employees, along with development of new and pensation disparities against we have found no gender pay names and contact informa- innovative products and development of innovative products and solutions for defence requirements women pretty much across the gap. Other than making an tion, as part of the compliance solutions for India's defence entire workforce," the report unfounded statement which review. requirements. isation, a Section 8 company, A er the launch, DIO will funded for prototype devel- is in nal stages. quoted Janette Wipper, a DoL we heard for the rst time in Google began releasing "Anyone from academia, to promote innovation in choose a knowledge partner opment. e successful pro- According to sources, the regional director, testifying court, the DoL hasn't provided diversity statistics in 2014 and medium and small enter- defence. e company will be for screening the ideas received totypes will also be helped in company's board will initially in a San Francisco court, as any data, or shared its method- reported last year that women prises, research and develop- launched within this month," for funding support. their commercialisation. have two nominated directors, saying. ology," a Google spokesperson made up 31% of its overall ment institutes, individuals the source said. As per the Sec- e selected ideas will be "If we get good response one each from the HAL and e investigation in the was quoted as saying. workforce and that only 2% and start ups can approach tion 8 of the Indian Compa- nancially supported to work then the fund can go up to Rs BEL. e process of selection case is not complete, but the e company has recently of workers were black and DIO for funding," source said. nies Act, 2013, not-for-pro t on the proof of concept and 100 crore, with Rs 50 crore of the nominee directors is DoL has said the government's claimed that it has closed its 3% Latino. White employ- "BEL and HAL are con- companies can be established those will go through fur- each from both the partners," underway. e DIO, in future, analysis at this point indicated gender pay gap globally and ees accounted for 59% of the tributing Rs 5 crore each to for promotion of art, culture, ther down selection process source added. e process of may also have some indepen- discrimination against women provides equal pay across races US workforce and Asians Defence Innovation Organ- science et al. to select concepts that can be the registration of the company dent directors. IANS in Google is quite extreme. in the US. made up 32%. IANS ‘India, Egypt ICF eyes Metro train market sho ld stren then allya s fa ed in fisher illa sold for` r ooperation in MUMBAI: A luxurious beach baron, 33-year old Joshi, of the It is a media & entertain- CHENNAI: Country's lead- front villa in Goa owned by Mumbai-based Viiking Ven- ment conglomerate which ing railway coach manufac- phar a e ti als absconding liquor baron Vijay tures Pvt. Ltd, said an SBI o - has varied business interests turers Integral Coach Factory Mallya has been sold to Bolly- cial who requested anonymity. in beverages including mineral (ICF) here is eyeing the grow- CAIRO: Egypt should wood and South Indian lm e property sale com- waters and Goa strong beer, ing Metro train market in India strengthen its cooperation in actor Sachiin Joshi, by a group prises a part of the recover- media, spas, hospitality and and is in touch with the Union pharmaceutical sector with of banks led by State Bank Of ies due of the Rs 9,000-crore healthcare. Urban Development Ministry India which has great advan- India, o cial sources said here plus amounts including loan e King sher Villa, and states. tages in terms of providing on Saturday. and interest outstanding from reportedly worth around Rs ICF General Manager S aordable and reliable medi- e property, known as the Mallya who is currently living 100 crore, is built on a three Mani said the coach manu- cation, India's envoy here said ‘King sher Villa’, is situated of the villa - ostensibly since in the UK since over a year. acre plot and comprises mag- facturer was currently making on Saturday. on the picturesque Candolim the reserve price wa between e Pune-based JMJ ni cent bedrooms, arti cial coaches for the Kolkata Metro Inaugurating the India Pavil- Beach, a tourist hotspot. Rs 81-85 crore. Group of Industries belongs to ponds and private swimming and that they wanted to cater to ion at the International Pharma It had earlier failed to For the current sale, the Jagdish Mohanlal Joshi while pools, open air dance oors, others also a er that. exhibition "Pharmaconex 2017", attract buyers on three auction reserve price was xed at Rs his son Sachiin owns the Viik- lush green gardens with over "We have order for 24 trains India's Ambassador to Egypt attempts by SBI Caps - which 73 crore and the villa found a ing Ventures Pvt Ltd., head- a score of expensive cars dot- for Kolkata Metro and want to Sanjay Bhattacharyya encour- had taken over the possession buyer in actor-cum-business quartered in Andheri. ting the landscape. IANS deliver the rst set by March the cost of a single metro coach mance for the year 2016-17, aged the Indian and Egyptian 2019. We want to show that globally was about Rs 10-11 he said the annual 'outturn',i.e. partners to strengthen coop- we have done it and want to crore, ICF was trying to cut it number of coaches manu- eration in trade, investments strongly get into the Metro by 40 per cent. factured, had increased to and Research and Develop- train market. We are in touch e focus was on mak- 2,277 from 2,005 the previous ment (R&D). with the Urban Development ing the coaches indigenous by year, registering a 14 per cent "Pharmaceutical is some- Ministry and states," he said. using locally procured material growth. e target was 2,400 thing in which India seeks to Many Indian states includ- for manufacture, he said. coaches in the coming years, be a global leader. We already ing Uttar Pradesh are mulling Mani said ICF was also he said. have great advantages in terms new Metro train routes even focussing on high speed train, e city-based plant was of providing aordable and as people from Tier II cit- called Train 18 which could switching over to making reliable medication. Egypt is ies like Coimbatore in Tamil clock 160 kph, and is likely to modern LHB German design a huge market in which we Nadu have been seeking Metro be rolled out next March. coaches, replacing the conven- see growing export poten- service. Further, ICF had export tional "ICF Coaches", especially tials as well as possibilities of ICA-T704(3)2017 Addressing a press meet orders for Sri Lanka for 13 a er the recent Kanpur train investments. organised to highlight ICF's trains and the rst train was accident, he said. "We are hoping that the performance for the year 2016- expected to be handed over by Trivedi said nearly Rs Egyptian market which is 17, Mani, however, did not the end of this nancial year, he 1,000 crore of capital infusion so mature will provide us quantify the size of the domes- said, adding, more orders were has been made into ICF in with the base also to expand tic Metro train market. expected from the island nation the past three years on mod- to other parts of the region, LC Trivedi, Chief Mechan- as well as from Bangladesh. ernisation, which had helped the Arab world and Europe," ical Engineer, ICF, said while Detailing ICF's perfor- increase output. PTI the envoy said. PTI PMO discusses ways to involve realty cos in ‘Housing-for-all by 2022’ programme ICA-T703(3)2017
NEW DELHI: Ways to involve 31, Prime Minister Narendra ICA-T702(3)2017 private real estate develop- Modi had announced interest ers in the government's ambi- subsidy of up to 4 per cent on tious 'Housing-for- all by 2022' loans taken in the new year programme was discussed at under the Pradhan Man- a meeting in the Prime Min- tri Awaas Yojana. Modi, in ister's O ce on Saturday his national address on New with focus on removing the Year's eve, had also said 33 "bottlenecks". per cent more homes will be e meeting called by the built for the poor under this Prime Minister's Principal scheme in rural areas. Secretary Nripendra Misra Besides, in urban areas discussed how the bene ts of housing loans of up to Rs 9 the interest subsidy on aord- lakh and up to Rs 12 lakh ICA-T701(3)2017 able housing could reach the will receive interest subsidy prospective home buyers at the of 4 per cent and 3 per cent ICA-T700(3)2017 earliest, sources said. respectively, while in rural e deliberations centred areas loans up to Rs 2 lakh around undertaking the proj- ers were represented by two Housing and Urban Poverty will get an interest subven- WB HIDCO ects in the PPP mode to boost apex bodies CREDAI and Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu tion of 3 per cent. the supply of low-cost houses, NAREDCO. Tata Housing had said he was "disappointed" "Even so many years a er NOTICE INVITING TENDER they added. o cials also attended the that not a single proposal had independence, millions of N.I.T. No.01 of OSD (Elect) of 2017-2018 e two-hour-long meet- meeting. come from the private build- poor do not have their own Sealed Single Part tenders on Percentage basis are ing came amid the thrust e real estate sector rep- ers for the aordable housing home. When black money given by the government to resentatives agged di culties projects. increased in our economy, invited for the work of Operation of 250 KVA D.G. the implementation of the they face in launching proj- He had said that reasons houses became out of reach set and Supply & installation of AC machine at Eco Prime Minister's Awaas Yojana ects in smaller cities because for this needed to be found of even the middle class. Park from the agencies having ability in execution for (PMAY), as part of Narendra of the speci cations under out. e government, in a bid e government has similar nature of work. Last date of receiving application Modi's ambition of providing PMAY scheme and wanted to give a boost to the real estate taken some major deci- 13-04-2017 upto 3.00 P.M. Detailed may be seen in housing for all by 2022, when some relaxation on that front, sector, had accorded infra- sions to ensure homes for our website at www.wbhidcoltd.com the country celebrates its 75 the sources said. About two structure status to the aord- the poor, the neo middle ICA/T690(3)2017 years of independence. months back, Minister for able housing segment in this class and the middle class," ICA-T699(3)2017 e real estate develop- Urban Development and year's budget. On December Modi had said. PTI 6| NEW DELHI SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 millenniumpost mp | | France expresses its sympathy and solidarity with the families of the victims and all Swedes World French President Francois Hollande o ia i e oo Suspect device found in deadly 102 children among 314 killed BOGOTA: Colombian o cials Stockholm attack truck on Saturday formally aban- doned the search for survivors of oods that killed at least 314 STOCKHOLM: Swedish ploughed into a crowd of peo- people in the small southern police found a suspect device ple at the corner of the bustling city of Mocoa, though 106 peo- in the truck that ploughed Ahlens department store and ple remain listed as missing. into a Stockholm crowd kill- the Drottninggatan pedestrian More than 102 children ing four in Europe’s latest such street on Friday a ernoon, were among 314 people killed terror attack, o cials said above ground from Stockholm’s in the giant mudslide that on Saturday. central subway station. Fi een slammed into the southern e alleged driver, who is people were injured, nine of Colombian town of Mocoa in custody, is a 39-year-old whom remained in hospital last week, the government said. man from Uzbekistan who today. It was the third terror Emergency workers will was already known to Swedish attack in Europe in two weeks, turn to excavating roads and police, authorities said. coming on the heels of assaults buildings, distributing aid and arrived from Cali. “I’d say that equipment. Authorities are “We have found a device in in London and St. Petersburg, trying to avoid the outbreak the missing are dead,” he added. investigating whether local the vehicle that doesn’t belong although there has been no of epidemics in the town, Defense Minister Luis Car- and regional o cials correctly there ... A technical examina- immediate claim of responsi- where water and power ser- los Villegas said it “will take enforced building codes and tion is ongoing, we can’t go into bility. Prime Minister Stefan vices remained cut a week a er a generation” to completely planned adequately for natu- what it is right now ... whether Lofven, who said Sweden will the avalanche of debris- lled restore the city. ral disasters. it’s a bomb or a ammable hold a minute’s silence on Mon- water poured down from the He said the missing could e mayor, the gover- device,” police chief Dan Eli- day in memory of the victims, mountains. be in hospitals in other cities, nor and their predecessors asson said. Intelligence agency has beefed up Sweden’s border “Without adverse condi- lost without phone contact, or are also being probed to see chief Anders ornberg added controls. “Terrorists want us to tions, a person can survive a simply dead beneath the mud whether they bear any respon- that the Uzbek suspect “has be afraid, want us to change our long time, but with the quantity and rubble. sibility, according to Colom- appeared in our intelligence behaviour, want us to not live of mud and rocks in Mocoa, Carlos Ivan Marquez, direc- bian media reports. e gathering in the past”. our lives normally, but that is The destroyed truck is pulled away after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm that is very di cult,” said Man- tor general of the national anti- mudslide turned Mocoa into “ ere is nothing to indi- what we’re going to do. So ter- uel Infante, who has been lead- disaster agency, said emergency a wasteland of earth, boulders cate that we’ve got the wrong picions have strengthened,” half-mast across Stockholm returned to normal a day a er rorists can never defeat Swe- ing volunteer re ghters who workers will begin using heavy and debris. AGENCIES man. On the contrary, the sus- Eliasson added. Flags ew at on Saturday as the city slowly the attack. A stolen beer truck den,” Lofven said. AGENCIES 2 Indian-Americans nominated Three strong A ‘BIG’ MAKEOVER TRUMP-XI MEET by Trump for key positions quakes rock 1st summit ends WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Philippines Trump has nominated two Indian-Americans for key administrative posts to coordinate US law-enforce- with 100-day plan ment strategy around copyright, patents and trade- South China Detail marks and oversee his plan to eliminate 75 per cent Sea Luzon of federal regulations. Prominent Indian-Americans to avoid trade row Manila Vishal Amin and Neomi Rao will be Trump’s new IP 5.9 magnitude earthquake WASHINGTON/PALM rocal market access. and regulatory czars respectively as he nominated Mindora BEACH: President Don- e 100-day plan to Samar them on Friday while making many administra- ald Trump and his Chi- improve trade ties was the tive appointments. Amin has been nominated to be Philippines nese counterpart Xi Jinping only tangible announce- the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Palawan Panay wrapped up their rst summit ment to come out of the Sulu by announcing a 100-day meetings that few expected while Rao will be the Administrator of the Office Sea Mindanao plan to improve strained to be much more than a get- of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). If trade ties, the only tangi- acquainted exercise, e New confirmed by the US Senate, Amin, who is currently Sabah (MALAYSIA) KBK ble announcement a er their York Times said. a Senior Counsel on House Judiciary Committee, meetings that were over- China is now the largest would succeed Daniel Marti. He also served in the MANILA: A magnitude-5.9 shadowed by the US military trading partner of the US. administration of former President George W Bush earthquake has struck strikes in Syria. Last year, two-way trade the Philippines, the US Trump aides, who par- reached USD 519.6 billion, at the White House, as Associate Director for Do- Geological Survey (USGS) ticipated in the two-day talks compared to USD 2.5 billion mestic Policy, and at the United States Department said. held at the US President’s in 1979 when the two nations of Commerce, as Special Assistant and Associate is was the strongest Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, established diplomatic ties. Director for Policy in the Office of the Secretary, a quake in a series of three described the meetings as pro- e talks were overshad- earthquakes of magnitude ductive and said the two leaders owed by a crisis in Syria as statement said. AGENCIES 5.0 to 5.9 to hit Batan- exhibited “positive” chemistry. Trump, just before his his gas in the Luzon province, Commerce Secretary dinner with Xi, ordered a about 55 miles (90km) south Wilbur Ross on Friday said massive military strike on of Manila, around 3pm local the two sides agreed to speed a Syrian air base in retalia- time or 7 am GMT. Portakabins being hoisted into the Parliament grounds as refurbishment work begins on Big Ben’s up trade talks to help close a tion to a “barbaric” chemical e USGS said the clock tower in London on Saturday AP/PTI lopsided imbalance in China’s attack on civilians allegedly by quakes occurred over a favour, a common campaign- embattled President Bashar period of about 20 minutes. trail complaint of Trump’s. al-Assad’s regime. Hundreds of people During the meet- e two leaders agreed that ed to higher grounds fear- British Foreign secy cancels Moscow ings, Trump highlighted their rst meeting was “positive ing a tsunami, authorities the challenges caused by the and fruitful”, China’s state-run have said. Chinese government interven- Xinhua news agency said. Lito Castro, head of visit over “developments in Syria’’ tion in its economy and raised During their talks the provincial disaster serious concerns about the over the two days, Xi and council, told local radio: LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Johnson, who was due to travel community to ensure that the impact of China’s industrial, Trump exchanged views on “Residents in the coastal Secretary Boris Johnson has to Moscow on Monday. shocking events of the last week agricultural, technology and key areas of bilateral coop- villages in two towns cancelled a scheduled visit “We deplore Russia’s con- are never repeated”. cyber policies on Ameri- eration as well as global and have evacuated to safer to Moscow next week, his tinued defence of the Assad “I discussed these plans ca’s jobs and exports, White regional issues of common ground a er the earth- o ce announced today, say- regime even a er the chemical in detail with Secretary Til- House Press Secretary Sean concern, it said. Xi, 63, said quakes. e people were ing “developments in Syria weapons attack on innocent lerson,” Johnson said, adding Spicer said. that he and Trump, 70, have afraid the earthquakes have changed the situation civilians,” added Johnson. that the US foreign minis- Spicer said Trump under- gained better understand- would generate a tsunami.” fundamentally”. He then called on Russia ter would still visit Moscow scored the need for China ing of each other, cemented But the head of the “My priority is now to con- to do “everything possible to as planned following the G7 to take concrete steps to their mutual trust, scored Philippine Institute of tinue contact with the US and bring about a political settle- meeting to “deliver that clear level the playing eld for many major consensuses, Volcanology and Seismol- others in the run up to the G7 ment in Syria and work with and co-ordinated message to American workers, stressing and built up a good working ogy, Renato Solidum, said meeting on 10-11 April,” said the rest of the international the Russians.” AGENCIES repeatedly the need for recip- relationship. AGENCIES the earthquakes had not been powerful enough to cause a tsunami. Nepali-American’s store damaged in apparent hate crime 20 killed in People were running out of o ce buildings in Manila’s NEW YORK: A grocery store came from”, police said. Police said they were inves- who moved to the US from Myanmar nancial district. owned by a Nepali-American ey said o cers tigating the incident as a pos- Nepal in 2010 and started his Batangas o cials said in the US state of North Car- were called to a re at the sible hate crime. business in 2014, said the let- there were no reports olina has been damaged a er Central Market. e note stated “the sus- ter is a sign that people don’t wedding of casualties but some some unidenti ed persons On arrival, o cers were pect did not want any refugee understand the importance of areas were aected by attempted to set re to it in an advised by the Charlotte Fire business owners and that they immigrants and refugees in the boat crash power cuts and cracks apparent hate crime incident. Department that the re was would torture the owner if they community. have been reported in e store in a predomi- contained to the front door did not leave and go back to “If they want to know about YANGON: At least 20 people homes and some commer- nately Indian locality in Char- and burned itself out by their where they came from,” they refugees and immigrants and were killed when a boat car- cial buildings. lotte city was attacked on arrival, they said, adding that said.“We need more safety and our backgrounds, they need rying scores of wedding guests Landslides have also ursday and le with a note one of the windows in the more security as business own- to come to us and listen to us. collided with a river barge in been reported in some signed “White America” and store’s door had been broken ers,” said Kamal Dhimel, owner We can explain to them how Western Myanmar, authorities towns and a portion of threatening to “torture” the ref- with a rock and a note signed of the store, was quoted as say- we help this country, how we said on Saturday, with more a Catholic church tower ugee business owners if they “White America” le near ing by ‘ e Charlotte Observer’. give back to this country,” feared drowned as rescuers reportedly collapsed. AGENCIES “did not go back to where they the door. Dhimel, a Bhutan refugee Dhimel said. AGENCIES searched for the missing. e boat, called “Silver Star” in Burmese, sank Friday evening in a river near Pathein, ‘Large asteroid to buzz past Earth on April 19’ a port city west of commercial capital Yangon. WASHINGTON: A relatively ible in the night sky a er April asteroid 1999 AN10 will y by It was believed to be carry- large near-Earth sized asteroid 19.It is predicted to brighten to at one lunar distance, about ing around 60 passengers on will y safely past our planet on about magnitude 11, when it 380,000 kilometres. e April their way home from a wed- April 19 at a distance of about could be visible in small opti- 19 encounter provides an out- ding ceremony, according to a 1.8 million kilometres - over cal telescopes for one or two standing opportunity to study local police o cer. Of the dead, four times the distance from nights before it fades as the this asteroid, and astronomers o cials said 16 were women Earth to the Moon, NASA said distance from Earth rapidly plan to observe it with tele- and four were men. “ ey on Saturday. increases, NASA said. Small scopes around the world to were crossing to the other side Although there is no pos- asteroids pass within this dis- learn as much about it as pos- of the river a er attending a sibility for the asteroid to col- tance of Earth several times sible. e encounter on April wedding in Pathein. Most of lide with Earth, this will be each week, but the upcoming 19 is the closest this aster- them were relatives from the a very close approach for an close approach is the closest oid has come to Earth for at same village,” said the police- asteroid of this size. e aster- by any known asteroid of this least the last 400 years and man, who requested anonym- oid, known as 2014 JO25, was size, or larger, since asteroid will be its closest approach ity. Both ships were unlit when discovered in May 2014 by Toutatis, a ve-kilometre aster- for at least the next 500 years. they collided in the middle of astronomers at the Catalina oid, which approached within Also on April 19, the comet the river, he added.“We esti- Sky Survey in Arizona, US. size, and that its surface is ical properties, even though its about four lunar distances in PanSTARRS (C/2015 ER61) mate nine people are still miss- Contemporary measure- about twice as reective as that trajectory is well known. 2004. e next known encoun- will make its closest approach ing,” regional MP Aung u ments by NASA’s NEOWISE of the Moon. e asteroid will approach ter of an asteroid of compa- to Earth, at a very safe distance Htwe said, adding that some 30 mission indicate that the aster- At this time very little else is Earth from the direction of rable size will occur in 2027 of 175 million kilometres, people had been rescued alive oid is roughly 650 meters in known about the object’s phys- the Sun and will become vis- when the 800-metre-wide NASA said. AGENCIES the night before. AGENCIES millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | 7 mp For the last one week, we all have been practicing together. I think that makes a di erence sport -Rohan Bopanna I-League: East Bengal take on Mohun Bagan in crucial derby today SILIGURI: Arch-rivals Mohun vincingly against defend- remain in pole position owing as favourites. e green and Katsumi netted a brace in scoring instincts converting six Bagan and East Bengal will ing champions Bengaluru FC their solitary goal win at home maroon shirts, who have tasted the same game and Balwant times. have title aspirations rmly in 3-0 in a rescheduled I-League in the second meeting between I-League success in the 2014- also found the back of the net East Bengal will have the mind when they lock horns for tie and Abahani Limited the two sides a er both sides 15 season under coach San- against Abahani Dhaka. crowd baying for them though the second I-League football Dhaka 3-1 in the AFC Cup played out a 1-1 draw at the joy Sen, have winger Sony Jeje Lalpekhlua and Bagan’s it is Bagan’s home game. Sili- derby at the Kanchenjunga Sta- group stage, manage to get Barasat Stadium. Norde in top form along with highest scorer of the season, guri has always had a strong dium here on Sunday. the better of East Bengal they East Bengal lost to forwards Balwant Singh and Scottish striker Darryl Duy East Bengal support base and Bagan are third in the will be in touching distance Churchill Brothers and Chen- Yusa Katsumi who starred will further bolster their attack- on Sunday they will look to points table with 26 points of Aizawl. nai City FC away consecutively in the AFC Cup game and ing arsenal. cash in on that. from 13 games while East Ben- East Bengal, who have not before the breather denting league tie against Bengaluru East Bengal will depend e last time the two gal are a rung above them, on played since March 12 due to their con dence as they bid to respectively. on Wedson Anselme and sides met here, it was a tur- 27 points from 14 matches. the I-League break, will hope win the I-League for the rst Norde was pivotal in all Willis Plaza to deliver the gid 0-0 draw. Another draw Aizawl FC are the surprise the gap turns around their time since it was rechristened three goals scored by Bagan goods. Plaza has so far scored would mean no change in the leaders at the top of the heap, recent run of poor results. from the National Football against Bengaluru as the Hai- seven goals, the highest for points table with both teams having 30 points from 14 ties. A win for them would see League (NFL) in 2007. tian wizard wowed the home Trevor Morgan’s wards and depending on Aizawl to drop East Bengal will be wary of Mohun Bagan’s winger Sony Norde who is If Bagan, who have won them go level on points with Going by form, Bagan fans at the Rabindra Sarovar the same as Duy. Wed- points in the nal few games their last two games con- Aizawl but the latter would in scintillating form as well as Balwant Singh and Yusa Katsumi will go into the marquee tie Stadium with his sublime skills. son too has shown good of the season. iant a er a we fire Jadhav’s half ton lifts RCB KXIP to 6-wkt win over Pune
INDORE: Captain Glenn to 157/8 vs Daredevils Maxwell led from the front with a quick re knock to fash- ion a six-wicket win for Kings BENGALURU: Kedar Jad- to be caught by Chris Morris XI Punjab in their Indian Pre- hav’s ery half century li ed at mid-o. e fall of Jadhav mier League opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Vinod in quick succes- Rising Pune Supergiant here (RCB) to 157/7 before Delhi sion shi ed the momentum on Saturday. Daredevils (DD) applied the in favour of the visitors, a er Maxwell made short work brakes in the h match of the which Pawan Negi (10), Iqbal of the 164-run target by blast- 2017 Indian Premier League Abdullah (5 not out) and ing 44 o just 20 balls as Kings (IPL) at the M Chinnaswamy Tymal Mills (0) failed to accel- XI cruised to victory with six Stadium here on Saturday. e erate. Earlier, Delhi pacers kept balls to spare. Maharashtra batsman not only it tight at the beginning, keep- His unbeaten 79-run stand blasted a quick- re 37-ball 69, ing the runs in check. Morris with David Miller (30 o 27) laced with ve fours and as accounted for the explosive took the game away from the many sixes, but more impor- Jamaican Chris Gayle (6), with opposition in front of a packed tantly shared a 66-run partner- the le -handed batsman mis- Holkar Stadium. ship for the fourth wicket with timing a full toss delivery and Maxwell’s reworks came Stuart Binny (16) to help the was caught by Sanju Samson a er Ben Stokes led Ris- hosts recover from a precar- at mid-wicket. Mandeep Singh ing Pune Supergiant’s recov- Glenn Maxwell makes short work of the 164-run target by blasting 44 ious 55/3. Jadhav picked out (12) too didn’t last long, chop- ery with a blistering 50 o 32 leg-spinner Amit Mishra for ping a delivery from Cummins balls, helping his team post 163 off just 20 balls as Kings XI Punjab cruise to victory against Pune special treatment, hammer- on to his stumps as RCB were for six. With the win, Kings XI four sixes and as many fours port from Manoj Tiwary (40 ing two sixes and couple of reduced to 41/2 in 5.5 overs. have begun the competition on to begin his IPL campaign o 23). fours in the 13th over. In the eir problems increased as a promising note a er nish- in style. Miller was mostly a Tiwary and Daniel Chris- following over, the diminutive stand-in captain Shane Wat- ing at the bottom in the pre- spectator in this match-win- tian, who both remained right-hander smashed West son (24) missed the line of a vious two editions. It was the ning stand with Maxwell, who unbeaten, took Mohit and Indian medium pacer Car- delivery from spinner Shahbaz rst loss this season for Pune, punished spinners as much as Sandeep Sharma to the cleaners los Brathwaite for a six and a Nadeem and was stumped by who had beaten Mumbai Indi- the pacers. e Australian even at the end of the innings, col- four as he completed his 50 wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant. At ans in their tournament opener did not spare Pune’s most lecting 30 o the last 12 balls. runs in 26 deliveries. Jadhav 55/3, Jadhav and Binny joined on ursday. With Kings XI 73 impressive bowler Imran Tahir, It appeared to be a tricky also chipped in with 21 runs hands and they resurrected the for two in 10 overs and need- hitting him for consecutive surface to bat on a er Kings XI for the h wicket with rookie RCB innings. ing another 91 for victory, the sixes in the 16th over that vir- opted to eld. Vishnu Vinod (9) before Delhi Brief Scores: match was hanging in bal- tually sealed the match in Kings Brief Scores: skipper Zaheer Khan put the Royal Challengers Bangalore: ance. en Maxwell came and XI’s favour. Earlier, a er the fall Kings XI Punjab: Glenn Max- brakes on the scoring rate with 157 for 8 in 20 overs (Kedar ran away with the match with of the top order that le Pune well (44), David Miller (30), two quick wickets -- eected Jadhav 69, Shane Watson 24 some brutal hitting. e Aus- at 49 for three in the ninth over, Sandeep Sharma 2/33 Vinod’s run out with Shahbaz Delhi Daredevils: Zaheer tralian, made captain of the Stokes showed why he com- Rising Pune Supergiant: Ben Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Kedar Jadhav celebrates his fifty runs during the IPL match against Delhi Nadeem’s throw and induced Khan 2/31, Chris Morris side ahead of established names manded a Rs 14.5 crore price at Stokes (50), Manoj Tiwary Jadhav with a slower one only Daredevils on Saturday PIC/PTI 3/21). AGENCIES like Eoin Morgan, hammered the auction. He got good sup- (40), Imran Tahir 2/29. AGENCIES Malinga, Bhajji in mix as under-pressure MI take on in-form KKR Srini checks in; COA IPL TURNS 10: MATCH PREVIEW MUMBAI: Under pressure In these circumstances, Mumbai will be hoping inga (143 wickets) will certainly post Steve Smith’s blitzkrieg, Lasith Malinga, fresh from a that an extra day’s rest they sort MI’s problem at the death diktat puts BCCI in a Mumbai Indians will be fretting T20 hat-trick may replace Tim got would stand them in good overs. over their team combination as Southee in the bowling attack stead against KKR, who are Harbhajan another mem- they take on a marauding Kol- and the seasoned Harbhajan now playing two away games ber of the 100 plus club (119 kata Knight Riders in an Indian Singh a er a baing exclusion in three days. wickets from 125 matches) also fi a ea of Premier League encounter, may come in place of Krunal Quite a few Mumbai bats- knows how to control proceed- here on Sunday. Pandya, who was ordinary to men got starts against Pune ings during the middle overs. NEW DELHI: Former BCCI reached the capital and is stay- Both teams had contrast- say the least. but failed to carry on. eir Pandya’s is known for his President N Srinivasan will ing at a dierent ve-star facil- ing results in their opening Mumbai Indians are noto- top order, including captain batting exploits but purely on be back in focus as some of ity instead of the one where the games with Mumbai Indians rious for their poor starts and Rohit Sharma, oundered bowling skills, one of India’s n- the Board’s state units plan to SGM is scheduled to be held. losing to Rising Pune Super- will be keen to pull up their againt South African leggie est spinner is still miles ahead. prop up his name at its Spe- It is learnt that Srinivasan will giant by seven wickets while socks against a formidable Imran Tahir, failing to read his KKR too will have Bangladesh cial General Meeting on Sun- be lobbying hard with the state KKR thrashing Gujarat Lions KKR which tamed the Lions googlies. skipper and all-rounder Shakib day despite COA seeking units to push his name despite by 10 wickets. at their den. KKR too have handy Al Hasan in their ranks giving Supreme Court directives on COA reminding them in their e MI team manage- Rohit Sharma may be wrist spinners in experi- them another quality option. this issue. e meeting will instruction sheet of not vio- ment may be forced to make worried about KKR’s swash- enced Piyush Chawla and e Shah Rukh Khan co- be attended by BCCI CEO lating the Lodha Committee a couple of changes to bolster buckling opener Chris Lynn chinaman bowler Kuldeep owned side have a formidable Rahul Johri as none of the reforms as per the Supreme the bowling attack which suf- who smashed his way to an Yadav to call upon and exploit batting line-up which should four members of the Commit- Court order. fered because of Kieron Pol- unbeaten 93 o only 41 balls. any perceived weakness in the nd the Wankhede track, tee of Administrators (COA) e 72-year-old business lard forced to bowl the nal Not to forget skipper Gautam MI’s top order. rated the best in successive will be present. magnet is a disquali ed mem- over where Steve Smith hit the Gambhir’s 76 in an unbroken e availability of IPL’s all- years, an ideal one to It has already been inti- ber and may not be allowed to big West Indian for two sixes. 184 run opening stand. time leading wicket-taker Mal- express themselves. AGENCIES mated that Vinod Rai will be attend the SGM but could be abroad. It will be Johri, who the man who would control will be brie ng the COA on the proceedings through his Younis Khan to Davis Cup: Bopanna and Balaji the details of the SGM. In hardcore loyalists— joint secre- another separate develop- tary Amitabh Chaudhary and retire after West ment, Justice (Retd) Vikram- treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry. jit Sen has decided that under It will be interesting to see if Indies Tests seal India’s place in WG play-offs prevailing circumstances, the matter is put to a oor test no one from Delhi & Districts as there might be sti oppo- IPL TURNS 10: MATCH PREVIEW KARACHI: Long-serving BENGALURU: India on Sat- Cricket Association (DDCA) sition from a number of state Pakistan batsman and former urday sealed their place in the will be attending the SGM associations. captain Younis Khan on Satur- Davis Cup World Group Play- on Sunday. Another question is the ar ion fa e eat day announced he will retire os with Rohan Bopanna and e primary issue of the number of state associations from international cricket a er N Sriram Balaji routing their six-point agenda for the meet- which will be attending the Sunrisers in tricky away game the upcoming Test series in the rivals with clinical precision for ing is appointment of Board’s meeting. It will be interesting West Indies. an unassailable 3-0 lead against “representative or repre- to see what Cricket Association HYDERABAD: Gujarat Lions will be keen to shrug o the disap- “I will be retiring... with my Uzbekistan, here. Bopanna sentatives to the meeting of of Bengal which will be rep- pointment of a humiliating defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders head held high,” the 39-year- and debutant Balaji defeated International Cricket Coun- resented by President Sourav as they gear up to face defending champion Sunrisers Hyder- old said at a press confer- Farrukh Dustov and Sanjar cil and/or similar confer- Ganguly and Secretary Avishek abad in their rst away game of the Indian Premier League, here ence here. “I think this is the Fayziev 6-2 6-4 6-1 in the dou- ences.” Srinivasan has already Dalmiya decide. AGENCIES on Sunday. Sunrisers are high on con dence a er a comfortable right time as every sportsman bles rubber of the Asia/Oceania 35-run win in their opening game against a depleted Royal Chal- has to take this decision in Group I second round contest lengers Bangalore while Gujarat Lions were demolished by the his career,” he added, bring- at the KSLTA stadium. Uzbeki- UEFA Champions League Trophy KKR opening pair of Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir during ing an end to a 17-year Test stan needed to win the doubles their 184-run opening stand. With Yuvraj Singh in prime form career. Younis, who has led rubber to keep the tie alive but to reach Mumbai on Apr 10 and Australian Moises Henriques and Ben Cutting making all- Pakistan in all three formats the Indians proved too good for round contributions, Sunrisers are favourites going into the and guided them to their the visitors with Balaji making MUMBAI: Mumbai has been chosen as one of match. Under the spotlight will be teenage only World Twenty20 title in an impressive debut. The Indian team celebrates after defeating Uzbekistan PIC/PTI the stops of the UEFA Champions League Trophy Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan Arman, who got a cou- England in 2009, needs only Ramkumar Ramana- ple of wickets on IPL debut. 23 runs to reach 10,000 Test than and debutant Prajnesh ey lost to top teams —Ser- Bopanna over Leander Paes, Tour worldwide and the coveted silverware will For Gujarat, save Praveen Kumar’s couple of overs, Gujarat’s runs. Younis, thus, joined Gunneswaran had handed bia (2014 in Bangalore), Czech who is one win away from be unveiled here on April 10. The trophywill be primarily Indian bowling line-up were taken to cleaners by the teammate Misbah-ul-Haq in India a comfortable 2-0 lead Republic (2015 in New Delhi) making the world record for unveiled by the former UCL winner and Liverpool KKR opening duo. e likes of chinaman Shivil Kaushik, India retiring from international yesterday by winning the and Spain (2016 in New Delhi) most doubles victories in Davis FC player Luis Garcia in the presence of Indian discard Dhawal Kulkarni were hammered all around the park. cricket at the end of the tour their singles against Temur in previous three years in the Cup history. e defeat would certainly force Lions to ring in a few changes. of the West Indies in April Ismailov and Fayziev play-os. Balaji not only served well football star Sunil Chhetri at the Mahalaxami Australia all-rounder James Faulkner may replace a horribly out- and May. Younis has so far respectively. e play-os will be held he showed skills at the net and race course. Mumbai was chosen for the UEFA of-form and out-of-shape Dwayne Smith. scored 34 Test centuries in 115 Sunday’s reverse singles in September and India’s next gradually started to return well. Champions League Trophy Tour through a Twit- With Jason Roy and Brendon McCullum set to get a lon- matches —the most by any now will have no bearing on opponents will be known later Bopanna, whose weapon ter contest across four cities —Delhi, Mumbai, ger rope at the top of the order, Faulkner’s better bowling ability batsman from the country — the outcome of the tie and will when draw will be made in is his booming serve, car- Bangalore, Kolkata. The contest encouraged makes him a more viable option that Smith, who is batting lower and is set to become the rst be the best of three sets. London. It was a tremendous ried the teammate nicely and down the order. Pakistani and 13th batsman in India have now quali ed start for Mahesh Bhupathi as his single-handed returns fans from each city to tweet, vote and compete Skipper Suresh Raina had acknowledged missing seasoned the world to score 10,000 or for the World Group Play-os captain of the team. proved too hot to handle for for their chance to host the trophy. AGENCIES players like Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja. AGENCIES more runs. AGENCIES for the fourth straight year. Bhupathi had chosen the Uzbeks. AGENCIES 8| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp In retrospect Garga Chatterjee writes that in the conception of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote Bande Mataram, and Abanindranath Thakur, who painted the first image of Mother India, Bengal was a nation unto itself and their theory of India was not a one-nation or two-nation theory but a multi-nation theory The Mother in Bande Mataram IS NOT MOTHER INDIA
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Aurobindo Ghose has been ocially adopted by the Government of irst things rst. e name of the national walking out on it. e Municipal Commissioner India’s national portal (www.knowindia.gov.in). song of the Indian Union is Vande Mata- disallowed the passed proposal since such a pro- ram with a ‘V’. e name of the part posal was illegal. “Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands Sanskrit part Bangla song that Bankim e Supreme Court has declared that singing When the swords ash out in seventy million Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote in the of ‘Vande Mataram’ is not mandatory. Enthusiastic hands 1860s and included it in his famous Bangla novel ‘Vande Mataram’ singing Hindu councillors appar- And seventy million voices roar FAnandamath, however, was called Bande Mataram ently sloganeered, “Hindustan mein rehna hai to y dreadful name from shore to shore? with a ‘B’. It was pronounced as such for about 50 Vande Mataram kehna hai (If you want to live in With many strengths who art mighty and stored, years before this song got popular in the Hindi belt. India, you have to say Vande Mataram).” is old, To thee I call Mother and Lord! And just like all things “Indian” a er 1947, it is the tired point of divide is as follows. Muslims contend ou who savest, arise and save! Hindi belt mispronunciation that became the o- that the song is basically a worship of an entity other To her I cry who ever her foeman drove cial format which partly became the national song than the ‘one true God’ and in Islam, the worship Back from plain and Sea of the Union. Of late, one can witness the tragi- of anything but the ‘one true God’ is prohibited. And shook herself free.” comic spectacle where some Bengalis who pick this e Hindi side contends that song is a stand-in for song up from TV and not from their social milieu Indian nationalism and any refusal/disrespect to Who are these seventy million people? Well, the actually pronounce the name of the song with a V. it is a sign of disloyalty to Indian nationalism, and populace of then undivided Bengal, Hindus and Perhaps it is only good this way. In Bangla, the letter hence treasonous – the implication being that the Muslims. According to the 1871 census, the pop- for the “Bh” in Bharat is the nearest we have to the creed of Muslims is inherently treasonous vis-à- ulation of Ben- V sound. For example, if you wrote Love in Ban- vis Indian nationalism due to their prioritisation gal (including gla, the ‘v’ would become that Bangla “Bh”. Bengal of Islam when asked to chose between creed and British adminis- or Bangla starts with a B. Since this is the national ‘Vande Mataram’. tered areas and song of Bharat Sangh or the Indian Union now, e song is particularly useful to Hindu nation- feudatory states) ‘V’ rules. As it turns out, Bankim Chandra did not alists to buttress the age-old charge that Muslims was 62.6 million. have India or Bharat or their imaginary maternal are not loyal to the nation. e centrality of such 70 million or 7 forms in mind when he wrote that particular song. wedge issues in what was an assembly of a munici- crore (Sapta- is song, a particular source of communal dis- pal body entrusted with matters of urban gover- koti as Bankim harmony between upper caste Hindus and Mus- Chandra wrote) lims of Hindustan, Bengal and Punjab during the was a common pre-Partition period, is up there with similar clas- parlance then sic divisive issues that animated that period. Other to refer to the such issues include music before mosque especially population of during idol immersions, cow slaughter for ‘Korbani’ then-Bengal. and such. ese are still issues with explosive poten- e population tial, which can be triggered and are triggered by of the Empire of whosoever who wants a bit of Hindu-Muslim ten- India according sion and riot, for whatever purposeful ends. Not to to the same 1871 be outdone by cows and music, “Vande Mataram” census was 238.8 has a needling value and not so much of a riotous million or 23 value. is needling game was played once again Painting of Banga Mata / Bharat Mata crores or Troyo on March 30, 2017, at the session of the Meerut by Abanindranath Thakur (right) Bingshokoti as Municipal Corporation. Seven Muslim council- Bankim Chan- lors walked out when the session started singing dra could have written. But he didn’t. Because he “Vande Mataram”. When they returned a bit later, was not writing about India. He was writing about they were not allowed back. Mayor Harikant Ahlu- Bengal. at was common knowledge. walia defended that decision saying, “It was the The pictorial idea of Mother India or Bharat Mata is attributed In time, Bande Mataram became the war cry of decision of everyone in the session that those who first to the Bengali painter and polymath Abanindranath Thakur, Bengali revolutionary terrorists (Aurobindo being boycott the national song should be boycotted. I just a key early gure in that movement) starting in the agreed with (the demand of) my people.” A motion a nephew of Rabindranath Thakur. His 1905 painting of a early 1900s and their heroic deeds made their slo- to terminate the membership of these seven coun- gan ripe for adoption by the Bengal Congress and cillors was passed. us, this was a proposal to expel female monk-like figure with 4 hands has been co-opted as soon by the All India Congress. e Bande Mata- people’s representatives from an assembly of repre- Bharatmata. No other image of Bharatmata exists before that. ram slogan gained in geographical reach and in that sentatives, based on their refusal to sing along and process became ‘Vande Mataram’. is co-option of something particularly Bengali in the convenient nance and services shows the extent of communal service of Bharat with accompanying history about toxin that now ows in the politics of Meerut. It is origins is not unique. not accidental that Meerut is in the state of Uttar Another contemporary divisive concept, again Pradesh, which along with its earlier bigger British involving invocations to a mother, has similar roots. manufactured avatar called the United Provinces, e pictorial idea of Mother India or Bharat Mata is has been the stage for the maximum number of attributed rst to the Bengali painter and polymath Hindu-Muslim riots throughout history. Hindi- Abanindranath akur, a nephew of Rabindranath Hindu and Urdu-Muslim nationalisms were both akur. His 1905 painting of a female monk-like born here. Ever since Partition, they dominate the gure with 4 hands has been co-opted as Bharat- two biggest chunks of the erstwhile British con- mata. No other image of Bharatmata exists before quered territories of South Asia. that. But this, at least for the painter Abanindranath Since this ‘Vande Mataram’ issue has cropped himself, was Banga Mata or Mother Bengal for that’s up every now and then, the former Prime Minis- what he had named his painting. ter of the Indian Union Atal Bihari Vajpayee had at Bankim Chandra was writing about Ben- said in 2006 during an earlier ‘controversy’, “We gal and Abanindranath was painting Mother Ben- do not aim at idol worship (through a rendition gal will not seem odd at all if we remember what of Vande Mataram). ose who do not believe in Aurobindo Ghose had to say about his own trans- idol worship are free to pray in their own way. But lation of Bande Mataram, “It is dicult to trans- when it comes to worshipping India, our moth- late the National Anthem of Bengal into verse erland, there should be no controversy.” Vajpayee in another language owing to its unique union gets one crucial thing wrong. e song is not about of sweetness, simple directness and high poetic worshipping India. It is indeed about worshipping force.” People like CR Das (Aurobindo’s lawyer in motherland, but that motherland is not Vajpayee’s the famous Alipore bomb case) and Subhas Chan- motherland but the song’s author Bankim Chan- dra Bose repeatedly refer to the “Bengali nation” dra Chattopadhyay’s motherland. at mother- in their writings and speeches. land is Bengal. at Bengal might have had a national anthem To understand that this song has nothing to and a nationhood separate from that of India might do with India but has everything to do with Ben- be treasonous today, but that was the idea of Ben- gal, one needs to move beyond the stanzas that gal in the minds of people who came to be hailed are designated as the “national song” and go on as greatest Indian revolutionaries. Clearly, in their to the following stanzas. is is how it goes as per conception, Bengal was clearly a nation unto itself. An image from the partition of India legendary anti-colonial revolutionary-terrorist eir theory of India was not a one-nation or two- turned mystic Aurobindo Ghose’s translation that nation theory but a multi-nation theory. millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | 9 mp Beacon Wear comfort on your sleeves this summer! Nandini Guha takes a quick peek at what is in store for fashionistas this year, from the new Spring-Summer collections of some fashion designers across the country
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Khatri’s creations are predomi- striking and contrasting, go for designer Pranay Baidya Atelier from Kol- Long and owy garments add to the charm nantly a mix of stylish cuts, rich aes- quirky prints like oral or ani- kata has just launched his Spring Summer of the wearer for sure. Sustainability at its thetics and vibrant hues to match mal prints in shirts and acces- Resort collection that highlights easy to root and khadi in its soul, each garment is international standards of qual- sories. Vibrant or warm pastel wear clothing with a dash of personal style. made in India, with utmost care and love ity and diversity. Each garment shades like yellow, cream, blue Be it destination weddings, partying a er Shamlu Dudeja so as to enhance Mother Nature’s pride and has a personality of its own and pink enhance the elegance work, or simply being the toast of a family glory. “Purvi Doshi” – the label celebrates there are creations for both and make you feel pleasant. gathering, the collection ts into every pos- India’s cra s and weaves by combining tra- men and women. Launched When it comes to accesso- sible occasion that celebrates letting go of organza, celebrating the timeless elegance ditional techniques with contemporary in early 2014, the brand is cur- ries, a scarf can jazz up your the wintry months and coming into your of textiles from India.” designs moulded into beautiful nature- rently available at limited stores. look. Floral, stripes, paisley own in the sunny season. Summer is all about comfort, light fab- friendly clothing. It chronicles and restores His clothes are available at Juhu, are some of the trending In this capsule cocktail collection styled rics, and vibrant colours. e season to heirloom traditions from the heart of our Warden Road and Bandra West, patterns. Pocket Squares with dazzling Swarovski SS-17 jewels, wear owery patterns and owing drapes, villages and fashions them into contem- Mumbai. in artful patterns are per- Pranay reinvents traditional Indian tex- summer fashion gets a new destination porary tales. e label collaborates closely Cut to Kolkata, and the Kan- fect to enhance the poise tiles, blending them with contemporary with a collection by well-known fashion with artisans and helps to create a better tha revivalist Shamlu Dudeja in your formal look. To silhouettes while experimenting with con- designer Suchismita Dasgupta. e sarees livelihood. tells us that she and her team has add a touch of casual look trasting textures and treatment. e out ts and other garments by Suchismita’s Nex- Mumbai-based designer Fahd Khatri been making cotton saris, dupattas, in your formals opt for are designed as separates, keeping in mind tiles are not only a testimony to the rich has created a range of chic garments for scarves, tunics, ponchos and multi- animal or oral themed the preferences of modern-day men and textile heritage of the country but also style di erent occasions this summer. Keeping layered jackets. Some of them are being ties, pocket squares or women and their idea of wearable fashion. statements are a perfect foil to the hot and wearability and style in mind, Fahd has repeated for the ongoing summer. “We cuinks.” Speaking about his collection, Pranay says, humid weather. With Poila Boisakh around come up with a line of designs that can be are introducing newer cuts, and lighter Be it simple or hybrid “I have blended traditional techniques with the corner, sarees, dhotis and kurtas with termed ‘comfort fashion’. From owy sil- cotton fabrics such as Chanderi, which look, monochrome or innovative ideas to create out ts that are their intricate designs and traditional feel houettes to weaves in vibrant colours, there are more suitable for the younger genera- vibrant shades, the collection unique. An ensemble of fusion silhouettes by Nextiles make them a perfect wear to is something for everyone. is designer tion. We will be using more crepes and is comprehensive and perfectly including gowns, maxi skirts, sarees, jacket stand out in the crowd. ably combines stylish cuts, Indian aesthet- georgettes for the US and France since they apt for any look one desires. A blouses, lehengas and contemporary ethnic Contemporary designer Purvi Doshi ics and bright tones to match international prefer so er and lighter fabrics,” Dudeja Fahd Khatri leading fashion player, Sunil menswear come to life in delicate hues of from New Delhi has just launched her standards in terms of diversity, quality, and told Millennium Post. Dudeja retails from Mehra stands out for his ability to dust pink, peach, coral, grey and gold. e resort collection named ‘Hues in the elegance. e purpose of Fahd’s creations her home in Alipore, Kolkata. reconcile fashion with innovation range works with silk, muslin, chi on and Sun’ which is purely eco-friendly and is to make comfortable and easy out ts. Back in the Capital, Sunil Mehra, a and original thinking. 10| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp Inland Patan’s Patola A Labour of Love Chitra Ramaswamy writes how a patola sari is a lifetime investment that enduresfor over 100 years! Besides the unique feature of the double ikat weave, the finished cloth is identical on the obverse and reserve
lamboyance and vibrant are the words that because if even a single thread is displaced, the come to mind when talking of Gujarat – resulting design would be warped. e process of whether in the attire of its people, its festi- producing a patola piece is extremely complex and vals, its cuisine or cra s. is is more than time-consuming, requiring a blend of mathemati- Ftrue in relation to the much-coveted, world-famous cal precision and creativity. Patola of Patan. e design to be woven is rst drawn on graph Patan is only one of three regions in the world paper and then copied onto the yarn. Narikunjar, that produce double Ikat fabric, the most com- ratanchawk, phul bhat, butta bhat, navaratna are plicated of all textile designs, Tenganan village in some of the most popular patola patterns but chang- Bali and Okinawa in Japan being the other two. ing times bring with them contemporary avours. Amongst these, Patan alone enjoys the pride of Motifs sculpted on Patan’s stupendous Rani ki Vav weaving the longest measure of the material – a stepwell, nd themselves on patola saris. divinely beautiful 6 yards of unyielding labour! Patola borrows its style partially from the intri- What better time to visit Patan to watch the cate Bandhani art of tie and dye on the warp and weavers give form to this exquisite fabric than dur- we (vana and tana in local parlance) separately ing the annual International Kite Festival in January! before weaving. We leave behind the broad city roads of Ahmedabad e dyeing process is tedious and intricate, and travel on a state highway that is bulging with requiring each one of the warp threads to be trac and is anked by vast emerald elds of greens, tied and dyed according to the pattern selected. sunower and cotton. A little over two hours we Since raw silk is thinner than human hair, eight enter Patan, the ancient forti ed town on the banks silk strands are enmeshed to a single string before of the Saraswati River, founded by Vanraj Chavda being bleached. Natural dyes like catechu, cochi- in 745 CE and subsequently ruled by the powerful neal, indigo, turmeric, natural lac, harde, madder Solanki dynasty. roots, manjistha, ratnajyot, katha, kesudo, pome- A melange of intricately sculpted balconies with granate skin, henna and marigold ower, are used balustrades, marble domes and lintels of havelis in in patola-making. However, chemicals including Geometric patterns at Rani ki Vav used as Patola designs a dilapidated state, jostle for space with several Jain alum, copper sulphate, ferrous sulphate, potassium temples. It is at once palpable from the ruins that dichromate and other mordents are also used in the Patan, the home of Hemchandra Acharya the Jain dyeing process. monk and polymath who gave the Gujarati lan- Tying, dyeing, untying and retying for further guage its rst grammar, had enjoyed a glorious past. dyeing with di erent colours is an endless process. Natural dyes like catechu, indigo, turmeric, We negotiate our vehicle through narrow alley- “It takes six hours of continuous work for only 10 ways to come upon the humble abodes of Patan’s inches of yarn getting dyed,” reveals Ujjwal Salvi, natural lac, madder roots, manjistha, ratnajyot, dwellers where the exotic patola is woven. one of the youngest generations of a Salvi family No whirring of machines, no noise, no smell of engaged in the art! kesudo, pomegranate skin, henna and marigold fuel or fumes here. e gentle, rhythmic and barely e pattern becomes visible once the dyed audible sound of a bamboo shuttle moving back and threads of the warp of di erent, repeat patterns are flower, are used in patola-making forth, greets us. A primitive hand-operated harness put together in a sequence on the loom. Weaving loom cra ed from teak or rosewood, and bamboo the threads is yet another cumbersome process that strips, displays closely packed skeins of meticulously yields at best 10 inches of woven stu at the end of arranged thread. A sari is in the making. Even in its 10 hours or a day’s work by two weavers working on is a lifetime investment that endures for over 100 of place in museums in London infant stage of weaving, the patola appears stunning. it. Needless to say, six yards of the ne fabric takes years! Besides, the unique feature of the double ikat and Switzerland. Sonia Gandhi is Its beauty is based on simple geometric patterns as many months to complete! weave is that the nished cloth is identical on the believed to have worn on the occa- with an exuberant expression of colours set against No wonder then, the price of a patola sari ranges obverse and reserve! sion of the closing ceremony of Com- a red background. from a he y minimum of Rs 1 lakh to a whopping Historically speaking the art of double ikat patola monwealth Games 2010, a patola sari Textile connoisseurs con- Rs 6 lakhs and above, depending on the intricacy weaving goes back several centuries as evidenced by handed down to her by Mrs Indira Gandhi. sider patola as reec- of the design and use of dyes – natural or synthetic. paintings in Ajanta caves. Patola weavers known by While patola, undoubtedly enjoys a niche tive of perfection According to the Salvis, it is true that 75% of the cost the surname Salvi were patronised by Kumarpal the market and every piece is a made-to-order gor- in weaving of a saree is attributed to labour with the cost of raw Solanki ruler who would o er daily worship at the geous splendour, it is equally true that the art material accounting for a mere 25%. A patola sari temple, sporting a new patola out t each day. He is struggling for survival! e art which takes obtained the fabric from Jhalna in Southern Maha- 8-10 years to learn and perfect, is laborious rashtra which was then the centre of patola weav- and time-consuming, has a restricted market, ing. When Kumarpal discovered that the Jhalna and involves an inordinately long payback exports were not new, but used as bedspread by time. ese factors deter the younger genera- its king, he was infuriated. He waged a war against tion from pursuing it. In such a scenario, it is the king and defeated him. 700 cra smen of patola heartening to see Ujjwal Salvi, equipped with were then brought to Patan to ensure pure supply degrees in Commerce, and Rahul Salvi, an of the fabric for his worship. Kumarpal, a follower architect by quali cation, engaged in patola- of the Jain faith it is believed, later converted the weaving. e Salvi family of Patola House weaving community into Shwethamber Jains! is to which Rahul belongs is one of the four probably explains the presence of over hundred Jain families that has carried forward this temples in Patan. heritage art since the 11th century over Even a er the decline of the Solanki dynasty, roughly 35 generations. For them, as patola continued to enjoy the patronage of wealthy for the other three families, it is a merchants of Gujarat for whom it became an estab- tapasya or meditation of sorts to lished status symbol. Besides, it was also imported keep the rich heritage aoat. by the royal families of Indonesia. However, foreign As I leave the Sal- demand for the fabric declined drastically in the vis with their looms years following the Second World War. e Salvis and creative narra- who struggled to make a livelihood from it moved to tions on an exotic greener pastures. e cra steadily declined over the fabric, I won- decades. Only four families are engaged in it today! der if the glo- e Salvis have won several national and other rious weave awards for their remarkable creations. Two volumes is an ode to of the book ‘ e Patola of Gujarat: Double Ikat in the beauty India’, authored by Germans, Alfred Buhler and of silk or Eberhard Fischer, were published in 1979. e Gov- vice versa! It ernment of India launched a postage stamp of Rs 5 is impossible to on Patan ka Patola on November 15, 2002. Patola remain unmoved also enjoys the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. A by this exquisite work couple of patola saris bought by Queen Elizabeth of mankind which feeds and fans during one of her visits to India, enjoy the pride human vanity! millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | 11 mp
FRESH OFF THE SHELF Read LAB GIRL THREE MARKETEERS JAFFNA STREET MY DRIVER TULONG Author: Hope Jahren Author: Ajeet Sharma Author: Mir Khalid Author: Paul La Farge Publisher: Fleet Publisher: Black Ink Publisher: Rupa Publica- Publisher: Penguin Price: `374 Price: `159 tions Price: `1414 Price: `280 Lab Girl is a book about With the help of 3 bright Through mesmerizing char- work and about love and and charming women – a Combining anecdotes, acters who personify the the mountains that can be resourceful hotel manager, personal memories and ancient soul of Cambodia moved when the two come an America-returned salsa extended interviews, the and epitomize its mod- together. In Lab Girl, we instructor, and an aspiring author takes us behind the ernizing mind, the author see anew the complicated Bollywood actress – the scenes into Srinagar city’s conjures up a vision of con- power of the natural world three marketeers will have ‘notorious’ perpetually temporary Cambodia and and the power that can to make the most of the politically charged its people. Their lives and come from facing with available resources and downtown as well as loves, joys and tribulations, bravery and conviction the navigate their way around its upper cityside belt their hopes is captured in challenge of discovering those to remove them from to create a panoramic these delightfully inter- 2017 who you are. 2017 their turf. 2017 portrait of Kashmir history. 2017 connected stories. Understanding the Lifting the historical amnesia on human condition Jinnah’s marriage Saket Suman writes how little known facets of Jinnah’s life and his lonely wife have been brought to life through meticulous research
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Ruttie of culture, ranging from philoso- about 5,222 km “which is prob- died at twenty-nine, leaving her daugh- phy to TV serials, science, reli- ably quite a lot of roads, unless ter Dina and her inconsolable husband, gion, psychology, economics and your road happens to be, say, the Mohammad Ali Jinnah with Ruttie Petit (right) who never married again,” author Sheela more with ready and rapid wit Pan-American Highway, when Reddy writes. and keen insight. you will barely have covered a here is something peculiar about Needless to say, as Jinnah got more and Rhetorical questions, says h of it”. Taggart goes on to deals the lives of iconic historical per- more involved in the nationalist movement, freelance editor-turned-author with over 10 dozen more in the sonalities, that most of their stories the more distance increased between the Taggart, are all around, from same vein. are studied keenly and recorded in two and while Jinnah was obviously occu- the Bible (right from the begin- Dividing her work into nine Tboth academic and scholarly books, mak- pied in what he was doing, it was Ruttie ning when Cain poses a rhetori- sections, she begins with health, ing them almost like open pages that narrate Petit who was le all alone. It was an emo- cal counter-question: “Am I my science and law, goes on to ask these stories. Yet, for reasons beyond one’s tional vacuum for her, as the book nar- brother’s keeper?”) to popular “Do you know the way to San imagination, this book succeeds in delving rates, leading her from a fun-loving girl to songs, and range from the “deep Jose?” covering geography, sci- deeper into the personal life of Pakistan’s a morphine addict, absorbed in depression. and meaningful” to the “anxious” ence and nature, and then “Who Qaid-e-Azam. ‘Mr and Mrs Jinnah: e Mar- According to the author, one of the last mes- to the “frivolous”. wants to be a millionaire?” on riage at Shook India’ comes 70 years a er sages that Ruttie sent to Jinnah read: “Try However, “what they have those related to business to the partition of the subcontinent and nearly and remember me beloved as the ower you in common is that someone, nance. a century a er Jinnah gained prominence by plucked and not the ower you tread on.” somewhere, has thought them “Is the Pope a Catholic?” with raising the demand for carving Pakistan out A product of intensive and meticulous worth asking and – by de nition questions of the meaning of life of India. What is it that we still do not know research in Delhi, Mumbai and Karachi, been le without a satisfactory is the largest section, followed about the man? and based on rst-person accounts and response”, she says, adding she closely by the one with matters of “Ladke lenge Pakistan” is perhaps about sources, the book brings this little known has tried to remedy the de ciency social intercourse. e remaining all that is popularly known of Jinnah today facet of Jinnah’s life and his lonely wife to in a “sensible, no-nonsense way”. four sections deal with literature, – in India, the divisive politician who played life. Despite being a rich and scholarly o er- To take the questions listed history and politics; domestic life; the communal card, and the Qaid-e-Azam, ing, there are some disappointments too. rst, we nd that for the rst – food and drink; and last but cer- who freed the country from both the British e book is not footnoted and the end- from Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, tainly not the least, “Will you still and Indians, in Pakistan – but this realisation barrister and a rising star in the nationalist way, was unmistakably devoted to his beau- notes are not carefully numbered. All the which can be restated in contem- love me tomorrow?” dealing with comes notwithstanding the fact that even movement, Mohammad Ali Jinnah was 40 tiful, wayward child-bride – as proud of her endnotes are listed chapter-wise without porary language as “Is it nobler to sex and romance. It should not be today, little is known of Jinnah’s personal life. when he fell in love with vivacious Ruttie fashionable dressing as he was of her intelli- any numbering and thus fail to provide its put up with the crap that life slings dismissed as merely of academic Look at Mahatma Gandhi, for instance. Petit, the daughter of his good friend and the gence, her wide reading and her erce com- readers an easy opportunity to check the at us or to decide that enough is and pedantic curiosity but used While Jinnah and Gandhi were the two most fabulously rich baronet, Sir Dinshaw Petit. mitment to the nationalist struggle. various claims that the author makes in the enough?”, a million people a year, to understand one very impor- towering gures of their times, today there is But Ruttie was just 16 and her outraged Ruttie, on her part, worshipped him book. And the book goes on and on. It car- as per WHO, go for the second tant lesson, in view of the popu- no aspect of Gandhi’s life that has not been father forbade the match and as fate would and could tease and cajole the famously ries at least 50 extra pages that could have option. However, Taggart goes on list demagoguery on the ascent studied, critiqued and recorded. On the other have it, as soon as Ruttie turned 18, they mar- unbending Jinnah, whom so many people been done away with some crisp and tight to note how Hamlet himself notes around the world, that rhetoric is hand there is an absolute dearth of informa- ried. Bombay society, its riches and sophis- found intimidating and distant. “But as editing. e author’s chapters take all the the lack of information about its not always admirable or bene cial tion regarding Jinnah’s personal life and mar- tication notwithstanding, was scandalised. the tumultuous political events increas- facts into consideration but spread more a ermath as have done several and has to be countered with hard riage. is is where ‘Mr and Mrs Jinnah: e Everyone sided with the Petits while Rut- ingly absorbed him, Ruttie felt isolated and like extended feature stories, with o en people since. Similarly, the answer facts where it a ects our liveli- Marriage at Shook India’ comes into play tie and Jinnah attracted bad press. It was an alone, cut o from her family, friends and more description of things little related to to the question posed by Bob hoods, rights and choices. and attempts to break the historical amnesia unlikely union that few thought would last. community. e unremitting e ort of sub- the o ering and lesser explanations of the that most of us su ered from. A successful But Jinnah, in his undemonstrative, reserved mitting her personality to Jinnah’s, his fre- facets crucial to the narrative. A world of good news Vikas Datta points out that India can learn from the way some countries have tackled various social issues
Jonathan Tepperman search of solutions to the great prob- overcame the threat of Islamist lems of our day – and the leaders extremism, identi es the factors and who gured them out,” says author policies that propelled South Korea’s oxic and messianic politics, Jonathan Tepperman, Managing (continuing) economic miracle and misgovernance, corrup- Editor of the inuential ‘Foreign the stringent and meticulous ways tion, xenophobia, extrem- A airs’ journal of the New York- Singapore tackles corruption – its ism, ethnic strife, poverty based Council on Foreign A airs. policemen have to declare the cash Tand inequality... most of our world But before taking us on his “tour they have when they start work and doesn’t seem a very positive place, as of the laboratories, which also hap- the amount when they go o . Price: `499 media reports regularly tell us. Are pen to be some of the most suc- In Africa, he shows how a land- Publisher: there any solutions to these mala- cessful (or at least most interesting locked and impoverished coun- Bloomsbury dies? Yes, and they can be seen in countries) on the planet”, he rst try achieved stability and growth some unexpected places. draws a succinct but gloomy picture a er independence – and even a er ere are American, Asian and of the global situation since the 2008 discovering mineral riches, didn’t which also examines the criticisms/ African countries, ranging from economic crisis to support one of problems, which include inequality, Brazil tackled its gaping inequality stable democracies. e US wins a fall prey to the infamous “resource shortcomings of the programmes some of the world’s biggest to a city his basic premises that while details immigration, corruption, energy, – in a way that would horrify any spot for its business and economic curse” that has blighted many devel- and policies in question, also seeks state, and even a city, that have suc- of the troubles the world faces may Islamic extremism, growth and orthodox economist. system that made possible energy oping countries. In another signi - to be prescriptive. cessfully dealt with one or more of vary “they share an underlying cause political gridlock, are not unsolv- en there is the story of Cana- self-suciency, while New York cant lesson, we learn how Rwanda, Despite this, there is much to these problems and can serve as – the failure of politicians to lead”. able as certain analysts hold – as his da’s changing stance on immigration City, victim of the most infamous which experienced the most hor- learn in this for concerned citizens model to many others – provided we Or rather, more speci cally, their examples show, he says. A er dis- (including the role of the present terror attack, comes in to show how rifying genocide of recent times, – and rulers – across the world, and know about them. And this is where failure to adequately address 10 cussing these 10 problems in some Prime Minister’s father on this issue cities, under suciently dynamic achieved a high level of social rec- especially in India, where most of this book comes in. “ is is a good big problems, roughly half politi- detail for “understanding the prob- during his stint in power) and how leadership, can ensure their own onciliation within two decades of these problems are present, our news book... a collection of success cal and half economic which “goes lems in depth is also the rst step Mexican leaders achieved a degree safety. Moving over to Asia, Tep- it. Packed with fascinating facts and leaders could nd it of some ben- stories gathered over several years I a long way towards explaining towards understanding their solu- of political concord that can teach a perman chronicles how the world’s personalities, Tepperman’s detailed, e t despite their infallible belief in spent travelling around the world in the mess we are in today”. And these tions”, he begins with telling us how thing or two to many older/larger/ most populous Muslim country accessible and balanced account, their own expertise and capability. 12| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp Routes ROMANCING THE ROMAN RUINS
N Shiva Kumar writes how a trip to Rome is as much about lapping up the dolce vita while catacombs and clandestine churches hark Magnificent and muscular, the back to the early days of Christianity. Lording it lifestyle as gorging on art and culture Colosseum, with its colossal over the Vatican, St Peter’s Basilica is the great- dimensions, looks stunning est of the city’s monumental basilicas, a tow- when lit up at night ering masterpiece of Renaissance architecture. Elsewhere, ornate piazzas, magni cent palaces, elaborate churches and ancient temples add a baroque ourish to the city’s historic streets. I greedily took in its bridges, graceful fountains and spectacular gardens. Eating out is one of Rome’s great pleasures and the combination of romantic al fresco set- tings and the superlative food is a guarantee of good times. For contemporary ne dining and ve-star wine there are any number of re ned restaurants, but for a truly Roman meal, search out the city’s boisterous pizzerias and convivial neighbourhood trattorias. ese are where the locals go to dine with friends and indulge their passion for thin, crispy pizzas, humble but deli- cious pasta, and cool white wine from the nearby Castelli Romani hills. Originally built on seven striking hills along the banks of the River Tiber, Rome now is a city of over three million people and thousands of itting still on a long ight from Delhi via enchanting, with delicate e ects of dappled sun- tourists. e Roman Forum, a centre of political, Dubai to Rome made me grimace and light playing on tree-lined streets, I preferred to commercial, and judicial life in ancient Rome, is gave me a queer feeling, but I was hoping take the hop-on-hop-o double-decker buses that lled with striking architectural ruins. e Cap- to cheer up by taking a walk as soon as I run through town. Sitting on the open deck gives itoline Museums, housed in palaces surround- Slanded in Rome, to the most iconic, ancient struc- you splendid views of the city as the bus meanders ing an elegant square designed by Michelangelo, ture that represents this romantic, vibrant city – all around the sightseeing spots in town. include such remarkable, ancient works of art as the Colosseum. And by the time I nally reached e result of 3000 years of ad hoc urban a large, lifelike, equestrian statue in bronze and the colossal Colosseum with my camera, the sun development, Rome’s cityscape is an exhilarating the famous ancient Greek statue of the she-wolf. had set and the twilight shadows and night lights spectacle. Besides ancient icons such as the Col- According to legend, this wolf nurtured created a dreamy e ect. osseum, the Roman Forum and Pantheon recall Romulus and Remus, the two brothers who e Colosseum, a truly gigantic stone amphi- Rome’s time as the fearsome hub of the Roman founded Rome. e nearby magni cent Span- theatre, could accommodate nearly 60,000 spec- Empire, the caput mundi (capital of the world), ish Steps, which overlook a fountain, are a pop- tators at any given time and witnessed ancient gladiatorial combats with dangerous animals, where men fought each other to death. e Arch of Constantine, a huge, handsomely decorated 4th-century triumphal arch erected by Emperor ular place to sit and observe Roman life, as local art. A trip to Rome is as much about lapping Constantine, stands next to it. Few cities can rival people and tourists mingle and while away the up the dolce vita lifestyle as gorging on art and Rome’s astonishing artistic heritage. time. e Roman Republic was credited with culture. It’s about relaxing into the city’s Medi- roughout history, the city has starred in the some brilliant innovations that are still in use terranean rhythms and idling around the pictur- great upheavals of Western art, drawing the top today all over the world, like its famed Aqueducts esque streets. Whiling away hours at streetside artists of the day and inspiring them to push the for distributing water resources and the creation cafes and people-watching on pretty piazzas are boundaries of creative achievement. e result is of concrete, a material that results in long-lasting an integral part of the Roman experience. e a city awash with priceless treasures. Ancient stat- constructions. Newspapers and bound books tempo rises as the heat of the day fades into the ues adorn world-class museums, Byzantine mosa- were made popular, as it was the best way for evening cool and the fashionably dressed aperi- ics and Renaissance frescoes dazzle in the city’s the king to communicate with the public. A pro- tivo (aperitif) crowd descends on the city’s bars art-rich churches, baroque facades ank medi- found sense of grandeur was created by building and cafes. Restaurants and trattorias hum with eval piazzas. Walk around the centre and without wide boulevards connecting Rome with sur- activity and cheerful hordes mill around popu- even trying you’ll come across masterpieces by rounding areas. lar haunts before heading o to cocktail bars and the giants of the artistic pantheon – sculptures by In the centre of modern Rome, there are late-night clubs. Michelangelo, canvases by Caravaggio, Raphael numerous high-end designer boutiques with To see Rome one needs at least seven days, frescoes and fountains by Bernini. stunning window displays, that shoppers will with a whole day fully devoted to its numer- Even a er 2700 years, the city that is lovingly nd hard to resist. Shopping streets in other ous museums and their fabulous collection of called “Roma” is always captivating and throbbing areas of the city also o er chic fashions at more Roman art and another day to the Vatican. As with life. Considered the most beautiful city in the a ordable prices. Best buys include leather they say, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” world, Italians call it “la Città Eterna”, the Eter- goods of all kinds - jackets, shoes, and bags, so eat, drink, and be merry in this grand city not nal City. Next day, as the weather was balmy and ready-to-wear Italian clothes, antiques, and overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Best compliment ever received As a table player, I recall Raviji (Pt Ravi Shankar) calling me his favourite accom- pany as a very big compliment. As a fusion artist, hearing tonnes of people say they loved my album and they listen to it ev- eryday is a huge thing which comes from across the world And as a film com oser Jantar Mantar in the Capital, consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur. The primary purpose of the the biggest compliment was getting the Os- observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. PICS: UDIT NIGAM car contention – an unexpected and great honour.
SEND YOUR SNAPS ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STORY BEHIND THEM TO [email protected]. IF WE LIKE IT, WE’LL PUBLISH IT! If you weren’t a musician, what would you have been? ADELAIDE, AUSSIE MARSUPIALS I’d be a professor of English literature, i BEACHES MELBOURNE, did my masters in English literature. I love BRAIN DRAIN BOOMERANG MONARCHY reading and writing. BRISBANE, CAN- NEW SOUTH SUDOKU WORD SEARCH BERRA, COMMON- WALES, NICOLE Favourite musicians WEALTH, CONTI- KIDMAN, OCEANS Kishore Kumar and RD Burman. AR Rah- NENT, CORAL-SEA, OUTBACK, PAR- man (for his work from the 1990s to 2007). CROCODILES LIAMENT, PERTH, DESERTS, DIDGERI- PLATYPUS Shreya Ghoshal is a big favourite and also DOO PRIME MINISTER Arijit Singh. DINGO, DOWN QUEENSLAND UNDER, EMUS RAINFORESTS Any musician you’d love to work with? EUCALYPTUS TREES RUSSELL CROWE Carlos Santana. I think that my music will be HUGH JACKMAN SEAFOOD, SHRIMP, great as a collaboration with him. KANGAROO, KEITH SURFING URBAN SYDNEY, TASMA- How did you cope with stage fright for the KOALA, KOOKA- NIA, VEGEMITE very first time you performed? BURRA, KYLIE VICTORIA, Being a second generation Tabla player, I didn’t MINOGUE WOMBAT really have a stage fright as I had grown up see- ing my father perform.
GRANDMA’S RECIPE Suzanne was preparing a ham dinner. After she cut off the end of the ham, she placed it in a pan for baking. Her friend asked her, “Why did you cut off the end of the ham?” She replied, “I really don’t know but my mother always did, so I thought you were supposed to.” Later when talking to her mother she asked her why she cut off the end of the ham Finish the proverb: before baking it, and her mother replied, “I really don’t know, but that’s the way my mom always did it.” An Englishman’s home is his ______. A few weeks later, while visiting her grandmother, Suzanne chuckles asked, “Grandma, why is it that you cut off the end of a ham before you bake it?” Her grandmother replied, “Well dear, it would ne er fit into my ba in an
BRUNCH SCONES Ingredients Coconut 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 5 tablespoons unsalted butter ice cream 5 tablespoons white sugar 2/3 cup whole milk 1/2 cup currants 1 egg yolk, beaten Method
INGREDIENTS 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 1 cup milk degrees C). Lightly grease a baking 1 (14 ounce) can sheet or line with baking parchment. cream of coconut 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 2. Sift flour and baking powder into a 1 1/2 cups sweetened medium bowl. Rub butter and sugar flaked coconut into flour to form a fine crumble. (optional) Make a well in center, and add milk and currants. Knead gently together, METHOD being careful not to over mix. Dough GASTRONOMY will be sticky. 1. Combine the milk and cream of coconut in 3. On a generously floured surface, the container of a food roll out dough to 3/4 inch thickness. processor or blender, Stamp out 2 1/2 inch rounds with a and mix thoroughly. Stir plain pastry cutter. Transfer to pre- in cream and flaked pared pan, and brush tops with egg coconut. yolk. Allow to stand for 15 minutes. 2. Pour into the container 4. Bake in preheated oven until risen of an ice cream maker, and lightly golden on top, 12 to 15 and freeze according minutes. Remove to a rack to cool. to the manufacturer's instructions. (courtesy: allrecipes.com) 14| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp
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Aries (Mar 21–April 20) Taurus (April 21–May 21) Certain areas of your life As Mars powers through might require rethinking your sign, you may feel in order to set matters quite pleased with your Ways to remain happy right. Although it might progress to date. Howev- be tempting to rush ahead, this may not er, two planets turn retrograde this week, be wise as Mercury and Saturn enter which could delay your plans. Mercury’s Always remind yourself that nothing is more important than your peace their retrograde phase. You now have an retrograde phase in particular could opportunity to iron out any obstacles to mean that you’ll need to hold back re- and happiness. You are born to be happy! success, though. In addition, the developing garding one idea, as further information Full Moon in your relationship sector could may be required. Doing the groundwork intensify feelings. first can help restore your enthusiasm!
Gemini (May 22– June 21) Cancer (June 22–July 22) As Mercury, your personal You could face opposition planet, flips backward this that causes your confi- Heart week for a three-week dence to drop a little. of the stay, you might need to However, with the Sun in go over old ground again. But would this fiery Aries, it might be time to take con- Matter be such a bad thing? If obstacles keep trol by letting others know how you feel. cropping up in a key area, this could be There could be ways to compromise even a clue that something isn’t working. By if it means cutting back on your original revising your plans, you might be able to plans. Even so, with both Mercury and accomplish much more. There could be a Saturn turning retrograde this week, it’s cause for celebration or a romantic tryst. best not to rush into anything.
Leo (July 23–Aug 23) Virgo (Aug 24– Sept 23) As Mercury turns retro- With two planets flipping grade in the topmost sector backward, including of your chart, you might your ruler Mercury, you need to postpone one plan could find that delays and perhaps research the details further. are inevitable. Is this such a bad thing? A Though you’re likely eager to move ahead, retrograde can provide an opportunity it’s worth making sure that you have all the information you need before making your to go over ground already covered and move. And while progress could be delayed make sure you’ve done a thorough job. in general, there is a strong sense of purpose You may emerge from this period much running through your chart and life that could better equipped to succeed with your encourage you to persevere no matter what. plans. ROOPSHA DASGUUPTA RAY on my career. Please guide. accommodate more than you have Rajib, Kolkata ever done. You know well enough that Always keep a goal My father is in a transferable job Take a deep breath and learn to your wife is going through a new and Libra (Sept 24– Oct 23) Scorpio (Oct 24–Nov 22) and we are going to shi to a new relax. We all have had such beginnings challenging phase of womanhood. in life, something to look forward to. Try to It might seem as though With a strong focus on town next month. I don’t want to and trust me there are many who go She needs your love, care and sup- you have to choose your sector of routines, leave my school and my friends. through this phase. Try to concentrate port. Talk to your mother and express travel a lot and focus on Can you help me? on outdoor sports, read books and your concern. Her love and support between your partner and this can be a good time Avishkar Joshi, Noida watch movies that add fuel to your will help you sail. Don’t get angry or collecting memories family, which could bring to restore order to your I completely understand how pain- soul. Spend time doing things that neglect your home at any cost. your tactful and diplomatic side to the life and develop the habit of being as ful it must be to relocate and reset- keep you happily engaged. e e ect Try never to lose your temper criticising. fore. The way you handle this could make organized as possible. With a develop- tle. Yet what is unfamiliar isn’t always of watching something that is lmed and stay in the situation to x it. I’m B. Always remind yourself that the week much more pleasant. With both ing Full Moon in Libra, be prepared for bad! e opportunity you are getting and created cannot be stronger than sure things will be ne in the near nothing is more important than your Mercury and Saturn turning retrograde this one or two unexpected events that could can surely bene t you. ere is a lot your own will power. You are not a kid future. Enjoy the journey and happy peace and happiness. You are born to week, delays could occur regarding shared we know and learn when we have to anymore and nothing is impossible if parenting! be happy! bite into your usual schedule over the finances and communication matters. Take weekend. Cutting back on less important start afresh. Adapting is fun. Alterna- you make an e ort. Chill and remain C. Always keep a goal in life, some- care when signing anything of importance. tively, you can always convince your cool. It’s just a phase and it will pass Please suggest tips on how to remain thing to look forward to. at will activities may be the way ahead for you. parents and can stay back at a hostel happy. I don’t want to stay sad. keep you motivated. or with some family member. Weigh My wife is pregnant and she is Saloni Mehta, New Delhi D. Try to make the best of every your options and have faith on your causing a lot of problems between I love your question as I’m a big situation. Spend time reading, watch- Sagittarius ( Nov 23–Dec 21) Capricorn ( Dec 22– Jan 20) parents. ey surely will do the best my mother and me. I hate return- fan of people who choose to remain ing movies, exploring your hobbies You could be pitted for you. ing from work. I don’t know how to happy. Here are few ways that I follow. and most importantly travel. Travel as You could be going over handle the situation at home. Hope they help you too. much as you can. Focus on collecting old ground again as Sat- against family members I’m having sleepless nights a er I Name unknown A. Hang around with positive peo- memories that last a lifetime. urn turns retrograde on regarding a key decision have seen a blue lm. I’m in class 11 At present I strongly recommend ple who make you smile. Avoid those (Send your questions to Wednesday. As this phase this week, but this might and scared that I can’t concentrate you to forgive, forget and learn to who are perpetually complaining and [email protected]) will last some months, progress could be be part of a bigger issue that may come delayed. However, doing the necessary into the spotlight as the week goes on. work now and creating a sound structure The way to handle this may be to put for further development can assure future yourself in the other person’s shoes. Do- success. Remember to back up important ing so should encourage discussion and documents on your computer and be care- help you reach a compromise. Your ruler KRISTEN STEWART ful when closing key deals. Saturn turns retrograde on Wednesday. Born on April 9, 1990, Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress and model. Born in Los Angeles to parents working in show business, Stewart began her acting career in 1997 with uncredited roles and a minor charac- Aquarius (Jan 21–Feb 18) Pisces (Feb 19 –March 20) ter appearance in several films. She gained notice in 2002 for playing Jodie As Venus is retrograde Saturn turns retrograde Foster’s daughter in the thriller Panic Room, which garnered her a Young Art- in your sector of per- in the topmost sector of ist Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Feature Film. She went on sonal finances, you might your chart, so you might to star in Speak (2004), Catch That Kid (2004), Zathura (2005), and Into The become more aware of have to reconsider a plan Wild (2007), for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. how you’re investing your money and how or go over the details of a deal, and She received widespread recognition in 2008 for playing Bella Swan in The you might save more in the future. And you could be busy with this all month. Twilight Saga film series (2008–12). In her February 4, 2017 appearance with Mercury turning retrograde this week, But view this as a chance to affirm that on Saturday Night Live, Stewart described herself as “so gay.” In another it might be wise to avoid purchasing any you’re on the right track. With a Full interview, she said “it’s cool that you don’t have to nail everything down any big-ticket items, at least for the coming Moon building over the weekend, you more. That whole certainty about whether you’re straight or gay or what- three weeks. Enjoy a few small luxuries could be encouraged to shop. If you do, ever”, and then talked about being bisexual. You share your birthday with your share You instead. be sure to keep receipts and paperwork.
Heads Tips to take care of an tails Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, MP & Union Cabinet injured bird Minister, also an eminent animal rights activist and If you find an injured bird, hold the bird with both hands and once environmentalist answers caught, place it in a well ventilated box and get it examined Millennium Post readers queries related to animal our or baking soda can be used to stop the and the Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia. of these, namely Green Munia or Avadavat, welfare issues bleeding. A mixture of alum and cold water ese ten species contribute to nearly 75% Finn’s Baya or Yellow Weaver, Swamp Fran- can also be applied. Place a gauze pad over of the indigenous bird trade. e rest of colin and Sarus Crane have been recorded coloured females of Red Munia are mixed Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus is another the wound and apply rm pressure. Also, trade comprises of waders, ducks, larks, in trade on various occasions. e Green and fraudulently sold as Green Munia. globally threatened bird with a very local What are the ways in which we can pro- use an antibiotic ointment and bandage. pipits and mynas. Species in very high Munia is a globally threatened endemic e species is regularly sold in important distribution in Kumaon terai and some vide rst aid to birds injured due to kite Broken wing bones - cut the toe out trade demand are the Hill Myna Gracula species found very locally and unevenly trade centres of Patna, Lucknow, Kolkatta parts of Assam. Previously reported to be strings? of a sock and place the injured bird inside religiosa, Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnon- in Central India. Despite the ban on both and Delhi. e Swamp Francolin Franco- an endemic resident of north India , it has Kite ying injures kills thousands of with its head through the hole. Ensure the otus jocosus, Red-breasted Parakeet Psit- trade as well as export of the species from linus gularis has been regularly recorded in been recently reported from Nepal . It has birds. If you nd an injured bird, it is best bird can breathe comfortably and there are tacula alexandri, Peregrine Falcon Falco India, the Green Munia is still reported in the Indian bird trade (Ahmed 1997) and is been exported over a period of many years to hold birds with two hands. Once caught, holes for its feet. peregrinus, Spotted Owlet Athene brama, international bird markets . Although little regularly trapped outside protected areas, - as early as 1901 with several birds handled the bird should be examined quickly and Red-billed Leiothrix or Pekin Robin Leio- is known about the bird’s habits in the wild, notably the Indo-Nepal border. In some at the Heathrow airport and reportedly should be placed in a well ventilated box. Give an overview of the bird trade in thrix lutea, Oriental White-eye Zosterops the species is rather delicate, and dicult to areas, eld surveys suggest that the adult sold in Indian bird markets from time to Di erent kinds of injury require di erent India. palpebrosa, Himalayan Green nch Car- acclimatize in captivity, especially in tem- Swamp francolin may be seldom targeted time . e combination of habitat destruc- treatment. e top ten traded species in terms duelis spinoides, Grey Francolin Franco- perate countries. Since it is also dicult to but ends up being trapped as by-catches tion and possibility of uncontrolled acci- Broken blood feather - ey are rel- of numbers are the Rose-ringed Parakeet linus pondicerianus and Shikra Accipiter breed in captivity, its continued presence of Black francolin and Crow pheasants dental trapping with other weaverbirds atively easy to treat. At home, pack the Psittacula krameri, Plum-headed Parakeet badius. Also the Bank Myna Acridoth- in international markets suggests that wild- trappings. However, in places where the and munias and occasional targeted trap- broken sha with styptic powder or our. P. cyanocephala and Alexandrine Para- eres ginginianus, Common Myna A. tris- caught birds are smuggled out of India . species is found in good numbers, it may ping is a major threat. e Sarus Crane Apply minimal pressure with a gauze pad keet P. eupatria followed by passerines tis, Asian Pied Myna or Starling Sturnus In addition to habitat destruction, trade attract targeted trapping. For instance, Grus antigone is another species trapped while traveling to the veterinarian. namely the Black-headed Munia Lonchura contra, Brahminy Starling S. pagodarum, seems to be the major threat to the Green dealers in this species suggested that in regularly for zoos and aviculture trade and Bleeding toenail - Apply a styptic stick malacca, Red Munia Amandava aman- House Sparrow Passer domesticus, and Munia population. Recent studies suggest Nepalganj, Lakhimpur-Kheri and Pilib- occasionally for meat. Chicks are collected or powder to the toenail. en, take the dava, White-throated Munia Lonchura Large Grey Babbler Turdoides striatus are that about 2,000 individuals of this spe- hit districts, the species is o en caught for to be tamed and sold as captive-bred birds. injured bird to a veterinarian. malabarica, Baya Weaver Ploceus philippi- some commonly traded species. cies are caught each year and a majority of food. Some trapped birds nd their way Injured leg or foot - In case of an nus, Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata, Fourteen threatened species have been them are smuggled out of India for the pet- to two main trade centres in Lucknow (Send your questions to injured leg or foot styptic powder, corn Redheaded Bunting Emberiza bruniceps recorded at least once in the trade, and four trade under the name of ‘Tiger nch’. O en and Kanpur. e Finn’s Baya or Yellow [email protected]) millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | 15 mp Game on POINTS FEDERER MUST DEFEND Monte-Carlo (quarter-final) 180 points Rome (third round) 90 points Stuttgart (semi-final) 90 points Halle (semi-final) 180 points Wimbledon (semi-final) 720 points Total = 1,260 points
With this new-found ‘just happy to be playing” attitude, Federer has found his way to late blooming , writes Abreshmina S Quadri Federer back in No1 reckoning t the beginning of the year, it was a dis- nents are nding it tough to beat him — and played either tournament the previous year. Since tant dream for Roger Federer and his yes, even Nadal is unable to nd answers to this Federer hadn’t played for the whole second half devotees to see the Federer’s name atop new Federer. He looks ercer, bosses the baseline in 2016, the scenario of points defence is going the ATP rankings — cut to April, it is a and is making his beautiful backhand is accurate. to be the same for Federer that he had in Indian Arealistic possibility. At the age of 35, the 18-time Federer has enhanced his will power to an extent Wells and Miami Open. With only four tour- Grand Slam winner is truly staring at a chance that he’s able to squeeze himself out of tough situ- naments to defend and none a er Wimbledon, of becoming the oldest world No 1. ations to ultimately taste the victory. Federer has just 1,260 points that’ll come o his e current record of holding the top position e regular ATP rankings work on a rolling total with the chance to gain thousands. at’s in the men’s ranking belongs to Andre Agassi, system that resets every week (only a player’s exactly where the No 1 spot comes in sight. and Stan Wawrinka, world number 3 and Feder- points from the last 52 weeks are used). For Federer, a er winning the Miami Open, er’s fellow countryman believes that his friend instance, Federer earned 2,000 points for his announced that he will be taking an eight-week and compatriot can de nitely become the oldest Australian Open win but only jumped 1,280 break. world No 1 in the history of tennis. points in the rankings as he was defending the “It’s more about relaxing right now, more “He’s playing really well, what is dierent 720 points he earned from reaching the 2016 about injury prevention. My knee was strange on maybe is, he is playing closer from the base- semi- nals. the clay last year so maybe being away from it as line, preferring, using less his slice, he is using At Indian Wells and Miami Open, he won much as possible is a good thing, even though I more topspin, putting more pressure all the time, wholesome points — Federer gained 1,000 points don’t think it was because of the clay as such. But returning better, that’s the dierence I see,” Waw- each with his victories as he hadn’t my physio, my tness guy, thought that could be rinka said at the Miami Open. “For sure he has a good thing not to be too much on clay. a shot for No 1, he has just won the rst Masters “I feel very comfortable, very con dent, it is nal. For sure he has a big shot,” he said. the right decision. I will probably stay on hard Wawrinka didn’t hold back from praising the courts for the next few weeks and I will get on resurgent Federer. “From him, nothing is a sur- the clay two weeks before the French. Hopefully, prise, but for sure to see him moving that well at points and Wawrinka sits just above Federer with his system with adequate I will play the French and then for me that’s when that age it is something amazing,” he said. “It is 5,785 points. e landscape of the men’s tennis rest. A er playing the season really starts,” Federer said. good for me to see that you can be at the top [at has seen a humongous shi from late last June ages of tennis, that six “Wimbledon has to be the biggest goal now,” that age]. It is amazing to see how he is playing when Djokovic looked like an unstoppable force months of rest was added the 35-year-old. a er a six-month injury,” Wawrinka said. while Federer was battling with age, form and much required for It is evident that Federer is aiming for the top Federer began the year by emerging victo- injury. Today, Djokovic’s game and mental state his body. Also, dur- spot and is going to play on his strengths. Clay rious in his age-old rivalry with Spain’s Rafael are in shambles and Murray has had an extremely ing the last six months has been Federer’s least favourite and except the Nadal to take home the Australian Open, the rough start to the year. On the other hand, post of 2016, Federer may French Open, the Swiss will give the rest of the rst Grand Slam of the year. e Swiss (Federer) a six-month injury lay-o, Federer looks bet- have worked on devel- clay court tournaments a miss. It is the grass and followed that up by winning two Masters tour- ter than before and all set to conquer the tennis oping his game. Federer hard courts that Federer will make a comeback naments - Indian Wells and Miami Open. world for one last time. has always had a cer- at, the environment where Federer has always A er li ing the Miami Open What has changed tain amount of grace ourished. trophy, Federer raced up to the in Federer? Perhaps in his game that he With this new-found ‘just happy to be play- fourth spot in the men’s ranking the knee injury was still exhibits but ing” attitude, Federer has found his way to late with 5,305 points while Andy the body’s way of tell- his overall game blooming. If Federer continues his Murray sits at the top with ing Federer that he must has seen a sharp monstrous form and manages his 11,960 points, Novak Djokovic respect his age and body, change which is schedule smartly, the top spot holds the second spot with 7,915 and provide why his oppo- isn’t miles away. 16| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams Film -Lady Gaga I am now confident of taking up challenges: Sonakshi Sinha
The badass action heroine of Akira and Force 2 is all set to show off her talent as the vivacious journalist Noor, to be followed by another very different character in Ittefaq
ver since Sonakshi Sinha made her dream Noor comes across as a light-hearted and fun char- debut in Bollywood with Dabangg in 2010, acter. What was your impression of her when you she has largely played the quintessential rst heard the script? heroine who has romanced some of the I instantly connected with the character. When Etop stars in the industry on-screen. However, since I heard the narration, I felt it could be me, it could last year, we have seen a shi in Sinha’s career. be you, it could be anybody. ere are traits of her e actor reveals that she is nally con dent of in so many of us and one can easily relate to her. taking up more challenges to portray characters When my director, Sunhil Sippy, started narrating that will liberate her creatively. So, a er play- the lm to me, I felt that this is the character I want ing a badass action heroine in Akira and Force 2, to be. at is how I immediately connected with she is all set to show o her talent as the vivacious Noor and said ‘yes’. journalist Noor, to be followed by another very di erent character in Ittefaq. Excerpts While the character does look appealing, what from the interview: exactly is the lm Noor all about? really, really nice rediscovery. audience has become very smart and everyone Everybody goes through a phase when they wants to spend their money wisely. You can’t give know they have to pull up their socks and take While director Sunhil Sippy helped you dis- them crap and expect them to like it. You have to things seriously. Everybody makes mistakes and cover new places in Mumbai, what did he unlock give the audience their money’s worth. And if they has to take steps to rectify those mistakes. Noor is in you as an actor? like what they see, they are more than happy to a very real character, she is today’s girl who wants What did he unlock? Well, he just let me be. spend on it. en there is word-of-mouth publicity. everything in life. We want a great career, we Like I said, Noor is such a relatable character that want a great love life, we want a great work-life there were certain parts where I felt I wasn’t really And what about box-o ce gures, doesn’t that balance, we want the perfect body, we want a acting. Many of those reactions and nuances came bother you? perfect situation with our friends, we want naturally to me because she is such a real girl. And, For me, it has always been the experience of to party, we want to go out… we want it all. honestly, when you watch the lm, you will see real shooting a lm, being a part of a good lm and And in this desire to have it all, something people instead of actors. And that is the beauty of working with good people… that has always been happens in Noor’s life, where she realises Sunhil Sippy’s direction. He has a very realistic most important. Box-oce gures are a by-product that she has to be serious, she has to undo approach and he craves to show something real of whatever experiences I have had. Sometimes a what she did wrong… and that’s when you on screen. at aspect comes out beautifully in the movie does good business, sometimes it doesn’t. For me, it see the serious side of the lm. When you lm. It is the quality of his work that makes him But, to me, that is secondary. watch the lm, you will see what happens one of my favourite directors, which I say about I am not saying box-oce gures don’t matter. has always been to her and why she has chosen the path very few people. Another favourite director of At the end of the day, it is a business and we all want that she has taken. mine is Vikramaditya Motwane, who directed me our lms to do well. But that is not in our hands. the experience in Lootera, and now Sunhil Sippy. of shooting a Noor is based on the bestselling No doubt, content is king. What kind of scripts novel Karachi, You’re Killing Me! by Whether Akira or Noor, how exciting or stress- are you looking forward to doing now? film, being a part of a good Pakistani journalist-writer Saba Imtiaz. ful is it to carry the weight of an entire lm on your I think I have been very instinctive when it Have you read the book? shoulders without the support of an established comes to choosing my lms. When I listen to a film and working with good Yes, it was a very enjoyable read. male co-actor? script, I immediately take to it or don’t feel it. I people. That has always been Obviously, the situations are di erent as It is really exciting! It gives you a sense of inde- don’t sit on it or delve into it. I have to connect with the book is based in Karachi and our lm pendence, it is liberating. e very fact that you it immediately. In the last few lms I have done, I most important. Box-office is based in Mumbai. So we have altered don’t have to depend on anybody else to give this have played really strong characters that challenge certain situations to suit Mumbai. Also, lm to the audience is exciting. Maybe it is just me me in some way and I feel I am in a position right figures are a by-product Sunhil Sippy, our director, wanted to por- but I feel a sense of power. Even with Akira, I pro- now where I can take up those challenges. I am of whatever experiences tray Mumbai the ways he sees it. He is moted the lm all on my own. I had a great team. con dent enough to take up a couple of challenges, very familiar with the city as he is a street Every lm I have worked on had a great team and and that’s exactly why I am thoroughly enjoying it. I have had. Sometimes a photographer. even in this lm, every person is playing a real per- I am trying to be more real on-screen. It is It was a discovery of Mumbai, not only son, so I feel like I am with friends and that makes also sometimes scary but, yeah, it is really nice movie does good business, for Noor but for me as well. I was born the process even more enjoyable and easier. to be challenging myself. I am going to continue sometimes it doesn’t. But, in Mumbai but there are so many places to choose roles that do that for me. It is creatively I didn’t know existed until I did this lm. Do you think that choosing lms liberating. to me, that is secondary. like Akira and Noor, which ride on a female pro- What new facets did you discover tagonist, is a risk, since women-centric lms are Talking about your next lm Ittefaq with Sid- Though, we all want our about this city of dreams during the lm- still a rarity in Bollywood? harth Malhotra, tell us something about your ing process? But which lm is not a risk? ere are lots of character. films to do well. But that I visited a lot of places that I had never been lms with the biggest stars that have not worked It is already known that it is a murder mystery is not in our hands to before. Like we shot at various location in at the box oce. Every lm is a risk because you and it involves an investigation. So there is obvi- the Mumbai including Mankhurd (a suburb never know what the audience is open to seeing ously one aspect where the girl is innocent and one in eastern Mumbai), SRA colonies, salt pans and what they would like. Going by the trend, I aspect where she is guilty. I had to play it in both in Wadala, and at a cement factory, which I had think we are now a little more accepting of lms ways. Again, portraying those two emotions and never seen before… Otherwise, I wouldn’t have with female protagonists. two frames of mind, in the same lm, is very excit- imagined going to any of these places. It was a What is working right now are concepts. e ing. It was like playing two di erent characters. BOI