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businessschoolsundertheIIMAct, ED theMinistryofEducation(MoE)is homes over the pastone year. DEEPMUKHERJEE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Two-dose consideringaproposalempower- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE At ameeting of the Mumbai JAIPUR,DECEMBER5 CHANDIGARH,NEWDELHI, vaccine ing the Government to initiatean MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 CWConDecember 1, the DECEMBER5 PLAIN E ● candidate inquiryagainstthe Boardof Bollywood director and the NGO ASTATEWIDE alertagainst EX Governors (BoG) of an instituteif ATWO-YEAR-OLD toddler's fate that had been handedoverthe poaching has been issuedafter TWOWEEKSafter takingthe it’s ostensiblyfoundtobeacting, hangs in the balance with a careofthe babysaid theyshould cameratraps in and around the firstdose as partofthe trials for COVAXIN IS meant to be whattheGovernmentthinks,isin Bollywood film director-writer keep him longer, as the mother RanthamboreTiger Reserve cap- Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vac- takenovertwo doses, and contravention of the Act. who fostered the child over the wasnot yetfit mentally. The tured images of atiger with a cine, Haryana HealthMinister on November 20, Anil Vijre- The MoE recentlyshared a pastseven months, as his biolog- CWCdirected that the child be hunting snare-likewirenoose Anil Vij, 67,announcedon ceivedthe firstshot(witha draftexecutive order with the ical mother underwent treat- movedout of thefosterhome coiledaround itsneck. Saturdaythat he washospi- 50% chance of it having LawMinistrytothis effect and ment forschizophrenia, seeking and giventoalocal NGO, but re- Stateforestdepartment offi- talisedafter testing positive for been aplacebo). Both the has sought ameeting to discuss to retain his custody longer. versedthe same afew hours cialssaidthetiger,T-108,wastran- thecoronavirus. government and Bharat the same, The SundayExpress has The 30-year-old mother said later,atmidnight. quilisedandthewireremovedon Vijwas thefirstvolunteer for Biotech said antibodies learned. If okayed by the Law she wasmedicallyfit to lookaf- The Women and Child Saturday. Thedepartmenthasor- the Covaxin Phase III human tri- were meant to develop only Ministry, theorder will be issued terher son now, but the foster Development (WCD)'s Mumbai dered an inquiryintothe issue. alsinHaryana, as partofwhich twoweeksafter the second under Section 38 of the IIM Act. familyhas raisedconcerns over city department has nowcalled “Two images from separate around 600people in the state dose, with the whole Section 38 states, “If any her mental state. Amidstall this, foradetailedinquiryreportfrom T-108, with the snare-likewirecoiledaround itsneck. Express cameratraps were seen yester andover25,000 across the process spread over 42 days. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the child has livedinthree CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Pfizer appliesfor torDeep Sindhu, who had sparkeda Dr Bharat Vatwani, the founder of rowwith commentsthat were seen Shraddha, in his communication with emergency use of as pro- Khalistan. the CWC, has said the woman may Behind the meticulous checks is Farmer unions harden stance,Govt develop “severe reactive depression” its vaccine apprehension among farmers and if kept away from her son forlong.The spelled outIndia’s strategy with re- theirleaders of attemptstodistract foundation has also assured that it spect to candidates likePfizer and from the main issues, and to paint the will monitor her futuretreatmentin Moderna whichhaveshown positive protests as having been “organised” to get backwith proposal on Dec 9 Bhojpur. ADNA test result lastmonth resultsinPhase III abroad but arenot by “certain groups”. "Weare making confirmedthat the woman wasthe being tested here. “Weknowthat everyattempt possible to ensurethis two-year-old's biological mother. doses of this vaccine (Pfizer)will not is purelyabout farmers' issues and On Thursday, Leader of ing that commencedat2.30 pm and seeking the government’sresponse meetagain on December 9,” Tomar CWCmember Urmila Jadhavsaid, be available in hugequantities... If this we will notlet anyotherissue hijack Opposition forCongress in the Lok continuedtill around 7pm. Tomar to theirdemand that the three laws said. “Whatever we do will be in thebest vaccine candidatehas to come, and if it," said ManjeetSingh of BKU SabhaAdhirRanjan Chowdhury wasaccompaniedbyMinisterfor berepealed“Theministers were not “Ours is onlyone demand —re- interestofthe child. We have reached we requireit, we arepreparingour- (Doaba). “Ourpolicy is very simple, wrotetoSpeaker Om Birla request- Consumer Affairs and Food and taking adecision. So we took a‘Yes peal the three farm laws andmake out to theCWC in Bhojpur to assess if selves... we have parallel plans,” Paul if someone comes up on the stage ing ashortwinter session of Public Distribution Piyush Goyaland or No’placardand showeditto alaw forthe guarantee of MSP,” said some aid can be giventothe child for had said. and says anything apartfromfarmer Parliament to address “veryimpor- MinisterofState forCommerce and them,” said ShivKumar Kakka, RashtriyaKisan Mahasangh leader education." ACWC membersaid, "If Forthe vaccinetobeconsidered issues, thatpersonwill notbeal- tant issues” including the “ongoing IndustrySom Prakash. leader of RashtriyaKisan Kakka. the mother's treatment is continued, foruse here, the Indian subsidiaryof lowedagain.” farmersagitation”.Butsourcesinthe In fact, despitespelling itsinten- Mahasangh. To ademand that MSP be hard- thereisnoreason to denyher Pfizer will have to approachthe regu- Makkhan Singh, convener of the Speaker's office saidthegovernment tion on Thursdaytoaddress keyde- When asked about this, Tomar wiredinto thelaw, theUnion minis- guardianship." lator and sharethe dataithas submit- Krantikari Kisan Union, Patiala,said, had notyet discussedsuchapossi- mands of farmers suchaslevelling said,“During discussions, manyis- ters explainedthedifficultyindoing The grandfather,who has been in tedtothe UK regulator.“Theycan "Even if (Punjab Chief Minister) bility. the playing field between APMC sues cometothe fore…Whatever this.“TheUnion Ministers said there Mumbai forthree weeksnow,has then ask foranapproval and, accord- Captain AmarinderSingh comes, he On Saturday, talksbetween the mandis and private markets, the outcome,itwill bein the interest aredifferent APMC mandis across givenanundertaking to look afterthe ingly,the regulator will take adeci- will have to wait outside... Since Day government and representativesof mandatoryregistrationoftraders, of farmers.” different states. The crops and the child. "I don’tunderstand whyIcan’t sion,” an officialhad told The Indian 1wehavestatedthat this is notapo- farmer unions remainedinconclu- and recoursetocivil courtswhen The AgricultureMinistersaid the mandi systems also vary from state see or getmygrandson back,”hesaid. Express. litical protest. We arehereagainstthe sive.Bothsides, however, agreedto disputes arise, the government was governmentwas ready to take steps to state.We have to discuss this with In an e-mail replytoThe Sunday The UK on Wednesdaybecame farm Bills and we want to ensurethat meetagain on December 9. takenabackbythe hardening of to strengthen the APMCs. “The the officials and other ministries. We Express, FSC Director Nirmala the firstcountrytoapprovethe spirit. Forthat purpose, dedicated Briefing reportersafter a stance by farm unions on Saturday. APMC Actisastate Act. Neither we will do the homework on that,” said Fernandessaid, “The foster familyis Pfizer/BioNTechvaccine against persons managethe stage since marathon five-hour session, Union At onepoint,theyeventhreatened have intention to affect the state’s asource. definitelynot interestedinadopting Covid-19, with the UK regulator someone can come and give AgricultureMinisterNarendraSingh to walk out. mandis nor these arebeing affected Ahead of the talksonSaturday, him... Theyare onlyconcernedfor his Medicines and Healthcareproducts provocative speeches and distract Tomar told reporters, “The discus- Sources said Tomar offeredto by thenew farm laws.The govern- Prime MinisterNarendraModi dis- welfare. He wastobehandedoverto RegulatoryAgencygranting tempo- from the issue. The speeches are sion took place in averycordial at- amend some provisions of the farm ment is ready to clear anydoubtsre- cussed “various possibilities to end the biological family, the foster family rary authorisation forits emergency mostlymade by members of farmer mosphere. We said thereisnothreat laws and even agreedtogiveawrit- garding the APMCs,” he said. the stalemate” withsomesenior wasprepared forit... However, seeing use. The British regulatorsaid the jab, unionswho talk about their struggle to Minimum SupportPrice and any tenassurance on MSP and procure- “Wewantedprecisesuggestions Cabinetcolleagues including Home the mother's condition, theywereap- whichclaims to offerupto95per cent andhope to inspirepeople." doubt about it is completely un- ment, but representativesofthe from farm unionrepresentativeson MinisterAmit Shah, Defence prehensiveand requestedthat the protection againstCOVID-19, is safe By rotation, ateam of five mem- founded.” farmers unions spurnedthe offer. various subjects… This would have MinisterRajnath Singh, Tomar and child be in foster carefor alittle longer forroll-out. bers handlesthe stage, and is sta- Representativesof40farmeror- Justbeforethe teabreak,the made it easierfor us to find away. Goyal. The meeting beganataround and once the mother is fine he can Bahrain on Fridayalso announced tionednexttoit. One member notes ganisationsparticipatedin themeet- unions took out a‘YesorNo’ placard We will wait forthat nowwhen we 10 am, and went on till about 1pm. go.” that it has granted an EUAfor the two- down the name and organisation de- An assessment of the woman's dose vaccine madebyPfizer andits tails of eachspeakerinaregister. home in Bhojpur is underwaybythe German partner BioNTech. The Chits areissuedtothe speakers as per The MoE, in Julythis year,had red- MinisterNarendraModi, referring to panysaid,adding, "Allvolunteers respondtocalls or messages from The CWC. pharma companyhas already applied the sequence of their speeches and flagged the one-year executive MBA autonomytoIIMs, had said,“Sarkar have been advisedtofollowthe Sunday Express. to the US FDAseeking EUAfor thevac- eachperson is given5-10minutes. degree saying that it is “notinaccor- kahin nahi aayegi, koibabuaakar guidelinesfor prevention of Covid-19 The mother had wandered off cine. The speeches begin around 10 am dance with the UGC Regulations”. In nahi baithega(Government will not setbythe Ministry of Health." from the home of her husband, adaily Ranthambore The extreme lowtemperature of and cangoontill 6pm, depending on otherwords,the UniversityGrants interfere, no officer will have any SavitaVerma, the principal inves- wager, in Kanpur with the toddler, minus 70 degrees Celsius required for the day's programme. At barricades Commission (UGC) mandates that a role).” tigator of the team formedtoconduct then anewborn, leaving a12-year-old camera traps storing the vaccine pose abig chal- behind the stage, twopeople check Master’s degreeshould be of two Hailing the IIM Actasa“landmark the vaccine trials in Haryana, said, "Mr son behind. By early 2019,she wasliv- lengefor itsdelivery in acountry like IDs. years, and notone and the IIMs, in the experiment” related to higher edu- Anil Vijwas giventhe firstdose on ing on aMumbai footpath with the findwire noose India, wheremaintaining suchcold The team makes surethe speak- Government's view, violated that cation,the Prime Ministerhad said November 20. He wassupposedtobe baby. In September 2019,according chain facilities would be very difficult, ers areaffiliated to farmer organisa- provision. In the letter,the premier the government would take this for- giventhe second dose on December to the NGOFamilyService Centre around tiger’sneck topgovernmentofficials have said. tions and notpolitical parties. While business schools were directed to ward to moreinstitutions. “But Iam 18.Fourteen days afterthe second (FSC) that handledhis foster care, the day—one wasofFridaymorning When contacted,Pfizer said it re- thereisaseating area demarcated in “act in conformity with the UGC Act surprisedthat this is notbeing dis- dose, adequateamountsofantibodies Borivali Government Railway Police whilethe otherwas from the night mains committed to engaging with front of the stage, hundredsstand on 1956”. cussedinthe country.Intellectuals areformedinthe subject's body.Itis found the child badlybruised, with before —whichshowedthe tiger,T- the Government of India and explor- the sidelines to listen. Some of the IIMs had converted aresilent… those who were advocat- pertinent to mention that Mr Vijhas bitemarks,with the woman claim- 108, withawiretangledaround its ing opportunities to make this vac- "The speakers mostlycome from their one-year diploma forworking ing autonomyand had been writing notgot Coviddue to this ing he had slippedout of her hands neck. It wasamatter of concern.The cine available foruse in the country. the 30 farmerunions involved in professionals intoadegree pro- about it for20-25 years would not vaccine/placebo.Inthe entirecoun- and injured himself. field director contacted us to seek per- "During this pandemic phase, Pfizer talkswith the government. The gramme afterthe IIM Act, 2017,al- have imagined it,” thePMhad said, try, 25,800personsare to be admin- While the woman wasreferredto mission fortranquilisingthe tiger,” willsupplythis vaccine onlythrough speeches address issues about the loweddegree-granting powers to the adding that these “intellectuals” isteredthis trial vaccineinthe third the Shraddha Rehabilitation said Arijit Banerjee,Additional government contractsbasedon farm laws and aremeant to motivate 20 business schools. Out of the 20, were silent because theydidn’t want phase... Nobodyknows if avolunteer Foundation, an NGOfor mental illness PrincipalChief ConservatorofForests agreementswith respective govern- people. Theyalso talk about the his- IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, the “credit to go to Modi”. has got aplacebo or avaccine... The treatment,the infant wastaken by the (ForestProtection)and officiating ment authorities and following reg- tory of farmers and Sikhs to remind Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow firstand second phases have been ex- CWCunder itscare. Ayear old by Chief WildlifeWarden, Rajasthan. ulatoryauthorisationorapproval," us of our struggles. It's ademocratic and Udaipur offerthe one-year de- Covaxin volunteer tremelysuccessful... No major side ef- then, he wasplacedwithFSC.The lat- Banerjee said permission was the global pharma major said in a space exceptfor thosewho want to gree forexecutives. fectshavecome to light so far."Verma terput him in the careofafamily. sought from the National Tiger statement. playpolitics," said RanjeetSingh, The IIMs defendedthe one-year Vij testspositive, went on to caution, "I wouldliketo By November lastyear,the Conservation Authority (NTCA)to Five vaccines areinadvanced member of the Azad Kisan Singh degree to theGovernment and con- appeal to allthe volunteersthattill42 woman had recoveredenough to re- tranquilise the animal. phases of clinicaltrials in India. Committee, who wasassigned tinue to run the programme. govt sayshe’s yet days afterthe firstdose, thereisal- member theaddress of herfather,a “I askedthe Ranthambore field PTI Thursday's stagemanagement duty. The MoE is learnedtohavecited a to get full dose ways adanger of infection." farmer,inBhojpur,Bihar,and officials director to followall thestandard In the evening, the Guru Granth fewother instances -- including IIM Vijhad got theshotonNovember were able to trace her to Kanpur. operating procedures...After tran- No politics, only Sahib is read from the stageasthose Rohtak’s attempt at appointing its countryare enrolled—half of 20 from aRohtak PGIMS team, and his However, aCWC member said, the quilisation, the wirewas safely re- in the crowdhum along. "Wewant BoG chairperson by acircular resolu- them receiving aplacebo as partof health and vitals were being moni- boy's father wasn't willing to come to movedthis morning, and the tiger farm issues: A the Modi government to hear us. And tion instead of approving the selec- the "double blind" study.The Union toredsince. He hadbeen attendingof- Mumbai, and theydecided to con- has been releasedinthe forest.We we will ensurewedosoevenstand- tion in aformal meeting attended by Health Ministryaswellasofficials fice at the Haryana Civil Secretariat, tinue the foster caretill the mother didn't find anyphysical injuries on team vets stage at ing at the border," said Makkhan members -- to the LawMinistryinits conducting the trials in thestate said as well as meeting people at his resi- fullyrecovered. the animal. We have ordered an in- protestonDelhi Singh. proposal. Vij's infection could notbeattributed dence. He told PTI he wasfine except In January thisyear,the woman quiryintothe matter and have is- The latestmoveissignificant to the vaccine,asevenifhewas forasorethroat, body ache and fever. got amedical fitness certificateand suedastatewide redalert against border giventhat therewas astrong differ- among the volunteers who gotthe Aftergetting the shot, Vijhad said, mether son foranhour on January21. poaching, directing all territorial and Govt seeks foot in ence of opinion within the vaccine, it wasonlythe firstoftwo "The firsttwo phases of the trials were However, in Maythis year,the wildlifedivisions to work in congru- Their stand resolute againstthe Government –overautonomy and doses, and sufficient antibodies only forrestricted categories. But, this third NGOshiftedthe babytothe ence, patrol inside and outside of farm laws,and conscious of attempts to make IIMs more accountability -- at the time of the developafter the second. phase is open forevenhigh-risk cat- Bollywood director's home as the protected forest areas. All leaves to paint theiragitation as dictated by drafting of the IIM Act. Adiabetic, Vijrecentlyunderwent egorypeople. Idid notfear forevena other familysaid the lockdown made have been cancelledexceptfor vested interests,the protesters are accountable to it In 2015,while the MoEhad advo- asurgery afterfracturing his thigh minute... Doctors will monitor my it difficult forthem to carefor him. emergencies,” he said. careful of who makes it to thestage, difficulty arises in giving effect to cated retaining government control bone. Health Department officials health forone year." He had also The CWCsaid it wasnot informed Tikam ChandVerma, Chief the vetting handedovertoamanage- the provisions of this Act, the Central in the name of ensuring financial and who visited him told The Sunday hopedthathis step would encourage about this. Conservator of Forest and Field ment committee, including volun- Government may, by order published administrative propriety,the Prime Express his parameters were fine. Vij others to come forwardtovolunteer. Under the Juvenile Justice Act, a Director,RanthamboreTiger Reserve, teers. Details of the speakers arecare- in the Official Gazette,makesuchpro- Minister’s Office (PMO) had wanted told PTI from hospital, "I wastoldthat familyisassessedbyanNGO before said the noose wasmade of gal- fully maintained, and chitshanded visions notinconsistent with the pro- ahands-offapproach. The draftlaw antibodies starttodevelop afterthe it is referred to the WCDtoberegis- vanisediron(GI) wire, around 2mm out to plan aschedule. Those with visions of this Act, as mayappear to it went backand forthfor almosta second dose, whichisadministered Bollywood director teredasafostercaregiver. As per thick. political linksare expressly kept out. to be necessaryorexpedientfor re- year—fromOctober 2015 to after28days of the firstshot. And full Model Guidelinesfor Foster Carefor- “According to preliminary find- Celebrities, including singer-ac- movingthe difficulty.” The MoE only September 2016 —during whichthe antibodies develop 14 days afterthe seeks to retain mulated by the Centre, afosterfamily ings, it appears thatitisaloose noose, torDiljit Dosanjh,who spokeon has athree-year windowact underthis Education Ministrystucktoits guns seconddose. So, the complete cycle can adopt achild afterfiveyears of probablyset foranimals likeboars or Saturday,are allowedonthe condi- Section. That windowexpires on under Smriti Irani, but yieldedafter takes42days.Inbetween thereisno foster child, care, if the child has no biological fam- nilgais outside the forest.But even if tion that theyspeak about farm is- January31, 2021. Prakash Javadekar took over in July protection." mother says she’s ilyclaiming her.The director is not it wasmeant forother animals, it is sues. Dosanjh, abig star in Punjabi The IIM Act, whichcame intoef- 2016. The Union MinistryofHealth & looking to adoptthe boy, FSC officials still hunting, whichisillegal. More films who has been vocal in his sup- fect on January31, 2018,gives sweep- Under Irani, the ministryheld at FamilyWelfare said, "The antibodies medicallyfit now said. details will emerge afterthe inquiry. portfor theprotests, said, "I am here ing powers to all20businessschools, leastfour discussions with the PMO againstthe infectionbuild up in ahu- Says themother:“Since JanuaryI We will inquireiftherewas anylax- to listenand nottospeak.Irequest including appointment of directors, and wrotethree letters —including man being onlyafter aspecific num- the CWCand the NGOs involved, am trying all meanstoget hiscustody. ity in monitoring,” said Banerjee. the nationalmedia to show things as chairpersons and Boardmembers. one from the then higher education berofdays pass afterthe second even as the CWChas soughtafresh Iwill look afterhim, Iwill take good “A collaborative team of theyare.Noone is violent here.The Earlier,for instance, the director was secretaryVSOberoitoprincipal sec- dose." medical fitness certificatefor the careofhim." With the lockdown TigerWatchand the forest depart- farmersare sitting peacefully. AndI appointed by the boardbut with the retary to PM NripendraMisra—ar- Bharat Biotech alsosaid that the mother from agovernmenthospital. causing delay,itwas finallyonlyon ment found the image, whichisfrom have onlyone requesttothe govern- prior approval of the Appointments guing whysome of the changes be- vaccine efficacy could be determined “Wewill take adecisionbynext November 4this year that FSC wrote near Devpuraarea, Phalodi. It seems ment -- that theyshould listentothe Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) ing thrustonitwerenot feasible. onlyafter thesecond dose,and reit- week,” Deputy WCDOfficer,Mumbai, to thechild’s grandfather to take his to be ahunting snare, even if it may farmers and their demands." headedbythe Prime Minister. The PMO, eventually, prevailed. erated that volunteers had a50per Prema Gadge said. custody.“Aapjald se jald Mumbai notbemeant fortigers but for Other Punjabi artistes, including The latest proposal comes amid The ministryhad to revise itsCabinet cent chance of having got theplacebo. It is the firsttime thatthe director aakar apne naati ko apneghar le smaller animals. The government Harbhajan Mannand Ranjit Bawa, the current standoff between the Note thrice, withover10substantive "Covaxin has been designedtobe who has made severalhigh-profile jayiye(Come to Mumbai at the earli- should ensureproper monitoring,” have also shown up. Among those Government and IIMs over the one- changes in all, before it wasgreen lit. protective twoweeksafter volunteers movies, and who is marriedand has a estand take your grandson back said Dharmendra Khandal, conser- barredfromthe stagewas Punjabi ac- year MBAdegree. In September 2018,Prime receive the second dose," the com- son, has fostered achild. He did not home),” the letter said. vation biologist,TigerWatch.

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manner, Goswami sought that on his bail plea, that the FIR reg- EXPRESS NEWSSERVICE the HC transfer the investiga- isteredagainsthim wasfrivo- MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 tion to CBIorany other inde- lous/illegal, Goswami's plea pendentagency,incase the re- stated. REPUBLIC TV editor-in-chief lief of stay is notgranted. The petitionsaid, "It is also Arnab Goswami hasmoved an On Friday, theRaigadpolice pertinent to mention thatthe interim application before fileda1,914-pagechargesheet, Home MinisterofMaharashtra BombayHigh Court, seeking a invokingIPC Sections 306 wasnot only prejudgingand direction to the Chief Judicial (abetmentofsuicide) and109 publiclyguiding the investiga- Magistrate, Alibaug,tonot take (abetment), among others. tion in thecase, but wasalso cognizance of the chargesheet LateonFriday, Goswami putting atimeline of progres- filedbyRaigadPolice on Friday Arnab Goswami filedanapplication againstthe sion to the case. It is thus clear in the abetment to suicide case. chargesheet through lawfirm that the entireinvestigation in Goswami and twoothers, Phoenix Legal, in apending pe- the case is being puppeteered Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda, movedanurgentinterim appli- tition filedbyhim earlier, by apoliticalmachineryand is were arrested on November 4 cationbeforethe HC and sought whichhad sought quashing of tainted andprescriptedbythe afterthe police reopened acase astayonfiling of achargesheet the FIR. executive powers at playofthe involving the death of interior and further proceedings in the Goswami referred to the respondents." designer AnvayNaikand his abetment to suicide case. The November 29 press conference In light of this,Goswami mother Kumud Naik at their Supreme Courthad lastmonth by MaharashtraHome Minister soughtdirections to the magis- home in AlibauginMay 2018. ordered the release of Goswami Anil Deshmukh, wherein he tratetonot take cognizance of According to police, the and otherco-accused on in- had allegedly declared that a the chargesheetand stay on fur- Naiksdiedbysuicide over al- terim bailonabond of Rs ‘strong chargesheet’ would be ther proceedings, including the SHOW OF SUPPORT leged non-payment of dues by 50,000 each. filedagainst Goswami ‘soon.’ investigation, until the HC de- Goswami’s channel and the Stating that he wasarrested These remarks were made cides his plea forquashing of Mumbai Congress activists stageademonstration at Mulund station to extend supporttothe ongoing farmers’ agitation companies of Shaikh and Sarda. on November 4with“mala fide despiteanabsolute, prima facie the FIR,whichislikelytobe againstthe farm bills near Delhi. Deepak Joshi On Thursday,Goswami had intention”, and in an illegal decision of the Supreme Court heardnextonDecember 10. CONVICTEDOFPOSSESSIONOFCHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN US City’s minimum Online, live broadcast:DrAmbedkar’s death temperaturedips Decide if PIO can enter Indiato to 18.4 degrees anniversary eventatChaityabhoomitoday meet agingparents: HC to Centre ties to people at Shivaji Park,this grammes at Chaityabhoomi will control the spread of Covid-19.” SANJANABHALERAO EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE year. betelecastlivefromfrom7.45 am Everyyear,lakhs of followers MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 BMC has also temporarily to 9pmonDoordarshan, from across the countryarrivein bation. shut Global Vipassana Pagoda at Facebook,YouTubeand Twitter. the city,starting December 1. OMKARGOKHALE The man said he has Senior counsel Saraf, how- AS COLD winds sweptthe interior THEBRIHANMUMBAIMunicipal Gorai between December 5and Onlygovernment dignitaries can Around 500stallsare setupfor MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 visited India anumber ever,submitted that the peti- parts of Maharashtra, minimum Corporation (BMC) will conduct 7. Thepagoda is ameditationcen- visit the sitetopay homage. selling books,lamps, calendars, tioner has avalidpassportissued temperaturesdroppedacrossthe alivebroadcastand give online treand amonument built as a In avideo address to the citi- decorations, posters, T-shirts, THE BOMBAY HighCourtre- of times, but when he by theUSDepartment of State stateonSaturdaymorning.In access to Chaityabhoomi forciti- tributetoLordBuddha near Gorai zens, Municipal Commissioner watchescarrying Ambedkar’s centlydirectedthe immigration reachedMumbai and, merelybecause thereisan Mumbai, the minimum temper- zens to observethe death an- beach. HundredsofAmbedkar Iqbal Singh Chahal said, “This imagenear the memorial. Over officer to consider permitting a airportfromNew York endorsement of his conviction aturedroppedbelownormal for niversaryofDrBabasaheb followers who visit his memorial year,onDecember 6, Iwill re- 100CCTVcameras areinstalled 57-year-old charteredaccount- that he has already undergone, the second dayinarow. India Ambedkar on December 6. Every at Dadar in Mumbai on questall citizens to nothavegath- foraweek to monitor the crowd. ant (CA) of Indian origin,holding on August31, 2018,he he cannotbeprevented from en- Meteorological Department’s year,lakhsofpeople gatherat December 6, also visitthe pagoda. eringsanywherethat mighthelp BMC also sets up night stalls for an American passport, to enter wasnot allowedtogo tering India and thereare no (IMD) Santacruz observatory Shivaji Park to commemorate Likeeveryyear,flowers will be Covid-19spread. Instead, we followers travelling from across India despiteastamp on his rules and regulations to prevent recordedthe minimum temper- Ambedkar’sdeathanniversary, showeredbyhelicopterat should continue wearing masks, the country.However,nosuch passport foraconviction in the through immigration such an entry. atureat18.4degrees Celsius, butdue to the pandemic, the civic Chaityabhoomi on the dayof maintain social distancing and arrangementswill be made this US forpossession of child The courtnoted thatthe US whichis1.4 degrees belownor- body will notprovide civic ameni- Mahaparinirvana. The pro- maintain alltype of hygiene to year. pornography. Thedirections passport is nowavailable with mal and is season's lowest so far. were issued afterthe man in- Patil, informedthe High Court the petitioner, albeitwith an en- The night-time temperature was formedthe courtthat he had that the man's passportindi- dorsement of his conviction. 19 degrees Celsius on Fridayand served the probation period for cated that he wasnot permitted The benchfurther notedthat is expectedto hoverbelowthe 20 the conviction and, as therewere to enter India and had to return despite itsNovember26direc- degrees Celsius markfor the next no specific immigration rules to theUS. Saraf said the man tions to theimmigration office twodays,IMD said. Colaba that allowedofficers to turn him made manyefforts,but without to placeonrecordstatutorypro- weatherstation, representativeof away,heshould be permitted to anycogent reason, he wasnot visions and policy to supportits south Mumbai, recordedamini- enter the countrytomeethis ag- permitted to enter India. stand, the same had notbeen mumtemperatureof21.4de- ing parents. The IO filedanaffidavitinre- placedbeforethe courtand fur- grees Celsius-- adegree below Adivision benchofJustice plytothe plea and stated that the ther time wassought to submit normal. The IMD has forecasta Nitin MJamdar and Justice petitioner's passport wascan- thesame. further drop in the minimum Milind NJadhavwas hearing a celledbythe US authorities as he The HC observed,"We do not temperatureafter December 15. plea by the CA,who sought to wasconvicted forbeinginpos- find adecision by therespondent As aresult of adropinthe meethis 90-year-old father and sessionofchild pornographyin authority with reference to any night temperature, Mumbai’s air 85-year-old mother in Mumbai. 2013.Hewas insisting on apass- policy,rules or regulations as in quality worsenedand enteredthe He resides in Connecticut, USA, port without an endorsement of such asituation, aforeignercan- ‘poor’ categoryonSaturday. As and is an overseas citizen of India. the conviction, the IO added. notbeallowedtoenter India. No per the System of Air Quality Senior counselBirendraSaraf The IO, while opposing the decisionhas been takenbythe Weather Forecasting and and advocateRyanD'Souzafor plea, further said according to authority in the case of the peti- Research (SAFAR), the air quality the petitioner said he livedin the competent authority of the tioner recording anyreasons." index(AQI)was225 (poor) forPM India from the time of birth to Indian government,foreigners, As aresult, the courtdirected 2.5 pollutants. 1990, when he movedtothe who are"morallydepraved", the respondent immigration au- “The minimum temperature USA.Theman saidhehas visited needtobeblacklistedand pre- thoritiestotreat the petitionand in the interior parts of the state India anumber of times, but vented from entering India. additionalaffidavitsasthe peti- willcontinue to belowinthenext when he reachedMumbai inter- The petitioner then filedan tioner's representation and 24 hours. Adropinthe nighttem- national airportafter departing additional affidavit and placed makeadecision. "If the request peraturefurther is likelyiniso- from NewYorkonAugust31, on recordafresh passportwith of the petitioner to enter India is latedpartsofcentralMaharashtra 2018,hewas notallowedtogo an endorsement recording his refused, the same shall be with at Nashik,Pune. Theminimum through immigration. prior conviction,and alsosub- reasons and with reference to temperatureinMumbai likelyto The immigration officer (IO) mitted acertificateissuedbythe relevant legal position," the be around18-19°C,” said KS and the Centre, through advo- US authorities stating that he benchnoted and disposedofthe Hosalikar,deputy director-gen- cates Chintan Shah and Sandesh had undergone his period of pro- plea. eral, western region, IMD. Paneloffive lawyers formed ahead of SC Maratha hearing

Mumbai: The stategovernment has setupacoordination com- mittee of five lawyers ahead of the December9Supreme Court hearing on the lifting of the stay on Maratha reservation. StatePWD ministerAshok Chavan, who headsthe cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation, said afterthe state government's demand foranur- gent hearing to liftthe stay on Maratha reservation, the SC will hear the matter on December 9. "If membersofthe Maratha community,coordinators, ex- perts and organisations want to give legal suggestions, they should communicatewiththe lawyersof thecoordinationcom- mittee. It will study the sugges- tions and put it before the govern- ment lawyers," Chavansaid. The UddhavThackeray-led government is facing protests from the communityafter the SC put an interim stay on the Maratha quotaonSeptember 9. The stay impactedthe recruit- ment and admission processin the state,leadingto severalagita- tions by Maratha organisations accusing the government of not being serious about the issue. ENS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 MAHARASHTRA THESUNDAYEXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020

Nagpur-Shirdi stretch on State Congress HCbatsforCCTVcamerasinpolicestations, Samruddhi objects to Pawar corridor to open directscopstomaintaindailyregister by May: Uddhav remark on Rahul The benchobserved that the harassment, wasnot provided Nalawade went on to note,"Such the registers aremaintainedin OMKARGOKHALE registerwould enable to ascer- by the police and same created system controls activitieslike respect of the CCTVsystemin MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 tain the truthfulness of the 'serious suspicion' againstthe atrocities againstpersons who the concerned police station to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Pawarhad said Rahul claims of police regarding non- concernedpolice station. arebrought to police station. It is ascertain the truthfulness of the MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 appears to lackthe EVEN AS the Supreme Courtdi- functional CCTVsystems of the Afterperusing the replyfiled surprising that in manycases submission that CCTVsystem rected installation of Closed- dayinquestion. by AdditionalPublic Prosecutor submission is made that on that wasnot working on that day," CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav OBJECTINGTONCP chief Sharad ‘consistency’ neededto Circuit Television (CCTV) cam- The Supreme Courton BVVirdhe forthe police, the particular day, theCCTVsystem the benchdirected. Thackeray said motorists willbe Pawar's remarks thatCongress be acceptedasaleader eras across all police stations in Wednesdayasked states and courtconfirmedthat such wasnot working… This cannot In viewofthe case in hand, able to travel from Nagpur to leader Rahul Gandhi lacks con- by the country, when the countryonDecember 2, the Union Territories(UT)to"ensure footageofthe relevant dayas be allowedtohappen as thepur- the HC said that if the CCTVsys- Shirdi on the Nagpur-Mumbai sistency,MaharashtraCongress Aurangabad benchofthe that CCTVcameras areinstalled sought by petitioner wasnot pose behind installing the CCTV temwas notworking on April Super Communication on Saturday warnedMahaVikas asked if people were Bombay High Court,onthe same in eachand everypolice station available, as on that datethe system itselfisdefeatedwhen 20, ordinarily, an entryofthe Expressway,also known as Aghadi (MVA) coalitioncol- willing to accept day, went astepahead and di- functioning" in their respective CCTVwas notfunctional. such submissionsare accepted." same in the registercould have SamruddhiCorridor,byMay next leagues to refrain from com- rected police stationsinthe state limitsand to storethe recording Expressing displeasureabout In light of this, the courtlaid been immediatelytaken when year.Theremainingportionof the menting on Congress leaders in his leadership to maintainaregisterdetailing foraminimum of one year. the lapses, the benchremarked, down aproceduretomaintain the fault wasdetected. corridor up to Mumbai willbe the interests of a"stable"govern- the dailyfunctioning of the said On the same day, adivision "This is notthe firstinstance records forseamless functioning The courtdirected the completedbyMay 2022, he said. ment in the state. country were willing to accept CCTVcameras to prevent custo- benchofJustice Tanaji V when the concernedpolice sta- of CCTVsystems and said that DistrictSuperintendent of Police, Thackeray wastouring The warning, by Yashomati Rahul'sleadership. dial torture. Nalawade and Justice Mukund G tion has informedthat CCTVsys- the same mustbefollowedby Osmanabad district, to look into Amravati and Aurangabad dis- Thakur,Ministerfor Women and SanjayRaut, Shiv SenaMP The directions were Sewlikar wasinformedbyone temwas notworking. Somespe- the police stations in the state. the matter personallyand make trictstoreviewtheprogressof on- ChildDevelopment and working and party's chief spokesperson, promptedafter the HC ex- Wajid MukhtyarmiyaShaikh, cific directions aregiven by this The HC said that an officer is an enquiryintothe procedure going worksonthe expressway president of Maharashtra said thatPawar's commenton pressed surprise that manypo- who filedaplea through advo- courtatthis seat and at the prin- required to be appointedtoover- adoptedfor maintenance and on Saturday. This washis firston- Pradesh Congress Committee Rahul has nothing to do with the licestations areusedtomake cateSachin SPanhale, that CCTV cipal seat also to see that CCTV seeworkingofthe system and working of the CCTVsystemin sitereviewofthe project, which (MPCC), comes justdays after stability of the MVAgovernment. submissions that the CCTVsys- footageofthe Umarga police sta- systems areinstalledinevery the recording needs to be seen the police station. Seeking an in- wasashowcaseprojectof thepre- the MVAgovernmentcompleted "WhateverPawar hassaidabout tems were notfunctional when tion of Osmanabad district of police station and it shouldcover everydaybysome officer,follow- quiryreportfromthe vious government. one year in office. Rahul, it has nothing to do with footagewas sought by the courts April 20 this year,whichhehad lockupand otherportions of po- ing whichentryabout it needs Osmanabad police, the court "The work of Samruddhi "Being aworkingpresident the stability of MVAgovernment. in cases pertaining to alleged ha- sought to substantiateclaims in lice stations." to be made in aregister. postedfurther hearing to Corridor continuedevenduring of MPCC, Imustappeal to col- Pawarisatall and experienced rassment in police stations. acriminal case againstcustodial The benchled by Justice "This courtwantstosee that December 18. lockdown.So,therewasnodelay. leagues in MVAthat if youwant leader in politics. The opposition The work from Nagpur to Shirdi stable government in partiesinthe countryalso con- willbecompletedbyMay andwill Maharashtrathen stop com- sider Pawarsaheb their leader. be open fortravelling," said mentingonleadership of So, when an experiencedleader Akali leaders to meet Uddhav,Pawartoseek support for ‘jointfront’ Thackeray, while speaking to the Congress. Everybody should fol- likehim says something, it must getheragainstthedictatorialatti- bandh." media in Amravati. lowbasic rules of coalition. Our be viewed as direction," said EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE They (Akali leaders) will meet (Uddhav) tudeofthe NDA-ledCentre. This Raut said he receivedacall Officials said the Nagpur- leadership is very strong and sta- Raut while speaking to aMarathi CHANDIGARH/MUMBAI, Thackeray and (Sharad) Pawar and will further is the needofthe hour to ward off from the Akali leadersonFriday Shirdistretchwasaround520km ble. Formation of MVAisresult channel.However,NCP leader DECEMBER5 theattackonthefederalstructure. whenhewasinhospitalforapro- out of the total 701kmofthe cor- of our strong belief in demo- and Food and Civil Supplies discuss strategy for farmers' protest, Bharat bandh.” Also,thereisnostrongopposition cedure.Themove comesaheadof ridor expectedtocut travel time cratic values," Thakur tweeted. MinisterChhaganBhujbaldown- TAKINGTHE initiative to form a —SANJAY RAUT, CHIEF SPOKESPERSON, SHIV SENA and the needtohaveajoint front aBharat bandh announcedby from Nagpur to Mumbaifrom16 Recently, Pawarhad said playedPawar's commentsaying joint political front againstthe has been felt by regional parties." farmers on December 8. On to eighthours. The revised esti- Rahul appears to lackthe "con- that he might have respondedto NDAatthe Centre,the Shiromani The senior Akali leader also met December 3, former Punjab CM mates forthe project wasRs sistency" neededtobeaccepted aquestion. "Pawar,Congress's AkaliDal (SAD) has startedfirm- Sunday to seektheirsupport.The liance over the newfarmlawsin leaders of Biju JanataDal afew Parkash Singh Badal returnedhis 55,335crore,theyadded. An offi- as aleader by the country. "There Sonia Gandhi and other leaders ingupsupportfromregionalpar- delegation also metWestBengal September."Anothermeeting days ago. Padma Vibhushan in protest. cial said therewerearound six aresome questionshere. There work together. If anyquestionwas ties.AnAkalidelegationledbyfor- Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee with former UP CM Akhilesh Shiv SenaMPSanjay Rautsaid, Swabhimani Shetkari tunnelsinthe remaining portion seems to be less consistency," posedtohim,hemighthavean- mer MP Prem Singh in KolkataonSaturday. Yadavisscheduledinthe next "They(Akali leaders) will meet Sanghatana'sRajuShetti and of the corridorfromShirdi to Pawarsaid in an interviewto swered it. It does notmean criti- Chandumajraisset to meetNCP The regional party of Punjab, week,"Chandumajrasaid,adding, Thackeray andPawarandwillfur- MinisterofState Bacchu Kadu's BhiwandiinThane.So,thisstretch Marathi newspaper Lokmat cisingorinsultingsomeone,"said chief Sharad Pawarand Chief considered theoldestallyofthe "alltheregionalpartieshave been ther discuss astrategyfor the Prahar Sanghatana have also ex- waslikelytotaketime. when asked if the people of the Bhujbal. MinisterUddhavThackeray on NDA, had walked out of the al- feeling that we needtoget to- farmers' protestand Bharat tendedsupporttothe protests. ‘The three farmlawsare neither helpfulfor farmersnor consumers’ Former MP and farmer leader Haryana have been camping ernment stoppedour vehicles... asking forthe minimum sup- will buy dirtcheap from farm- one. What does it sayabout What do youmean by making RAJU SHETTI hashit thestreets on Delhi border forthe last it wasnot possible to reach portprice. If yousee the three ers and supplythe same to gov- the stateoffarmer leaders in MSP alegal tender? in support of theongoingfarmer fewdays.InMaharashtra, the Delhi. But we will be participat- laws,theyare neither helpful ernmentatasmall margin.The the country? MSP is arecommended agitation in thenational capital. Swabhimani Shetkari ing wholeheartedlyinthe forthe farmersnor the con- government will end up spend- To be honest, aleaderless price unlikethe Fair and Shetti, who recently recovered Sanghatana and other farmer Bharat Bandh on December 8. sumers. ing morebut that will com- movement talksabout the col- Remunerative Price(FRP)in from Covid-19, had spent anight organisations have also hit At presentthe government pletely ruinthe agricultural lective failureoffarm leader- sugarcane, whichismandatory outsidethe district collector's of- the streets. But whyisthe Maharashtra's farmer move- procures 30 per cent of the pro- economyinrural India. Also, I ship in Punjab. Uttar Pradesh forthe mills to be paid. The fice in Kolhapur,singing bhajans protestnot gettingthe same ment wasled by lateSharad duce whichkeeps the markets fear the assets of Food has had afew leaders but most main roadblocktowards mak- as amark of protestagainstthe supporthere? Joshi, who wasastrongadvo- afloat. However, sayifthe gov- Corporation of India(FCI) will of them have limited area of in- ing this legal is that it would go threenew farm laws,whichhe The implementation of the cate of free market forfarm- ernment gets out of procure- be handedovertothe corpo- fluence. But this movement has againstthe tenets of the World claims will ruin Indian farmers. three contentious farm laws ers. Shetakari Sanghatana, ment, then what will happen? ratesatthrowaway prices. percolatedtothe rootsofevery TradeOrganisation. So whatwe PARTHA SARATHI BISWAS have been stoppedbythe state the farmer union foundedby Some bright chap at Krishi These arethe main reasons farmer.The government has suggestistoimpose import du- spoke to Shetti aboutthe ongo- government. Thus, farmers in himfromwhichSwabhimani lieverofopen market forfarm- Bhavanmight float the idea whyweare opposedtothese three options before it -either tiesinsuchamanner that im- ing agitation and theway the stateare notdirectlyaf- Shetkariwas formed, has in ers. But he realisedsoonthat for that procurement forPublic farm laws. to roll backthe laws,ormake ports become nonviable. If this forward... fected by them. When our fact welcomedthe laws.So, the farmers, the conceptof Distribution System (PDS) payment of MSP alegal tag, or is done then prices in domestic farmers startedtohead for whyare youopposing them? open market would only re- should done be through global This movement without any use forcetodisperse the markets would remain steady Farmers from Punjab and Delhi, the Madhya Pradeshgov- Sharad Joshi wasafirm be- main on paper. He then started tenders. Then the corporates leader lookslikeanorganic farmers. around the year.

GOVT.OFODISHA OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER NORTH EASTERN RURAL WORKS CIRCLE, KEONJHAR O-641 eProcurement Notice for Road Works Identification No. Road Online NCB No. 281 No. 2144 /Date: 26.11.2020 1. Name of the work :Improvement of Road Works under RIDF &Inter District Inter Block Connectivity 2. Totalno. of work :05(Five) Nos. 3. Estimated Cost :Asper Annexure. 4. Class of Contractor :Asper Annexure. 5. Period of Completion :Asper Annexure 6. Other details Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. Availability of tender On-line for bidding Last Date &Time of seeking Date &Time of Opening of Tender in O/O S.E. N.E.R.W. Circle, Keonjhar From To Tender Clarification Technical Bid Financial Bid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Superintending Engineer, North Eastern Rural Road Online NCB No. 281 Dt. 08.12.20 at 11.00 A.M. Dt.19.12.20 up to 3.00 P.M. Dt.18.12.20 up to 3.00 P.M. Dt. 21.12.20 at 11.00 A.M. Will be intimated later Works Circle, Keonjhar Further details can be seen from the website: www.tendersorissa.gov.in Sd/- Superintending Engineer, N.E.R.W. Circle, Keonjhar OIPR-25048/11/0008/2021

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA Office of the Superintending Engineer,Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur Tel-0663-2548268,E-mail Id [email protected] O-658 No:2325 Dated:03.12.2020 The Superintending Engineer Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites online percentage rate Bid from experienced &eligible bidders for 1(One) group of road work under Annual maintenance plan 2020-21 for periodical maintenance of 5-year completed PMGSY road works, such as renewal coat with laying SDBC in the districtsofDeogarh. 1 Name of work : Annual maintenance plan 2020-21 for Periodical maintenance of 5-years completed PMGSY Road works, such as renewal coat with laying SDBC under R.W Division, Deogarh. 2 No of works : 1(One) group details as per DTCN. 3 Estimated cost : Approximately Rs 212.20 lakhs. 4 Class of Contractor. : Band A 5 Cost of tender paper and mode of deposit. : Rs. 10,000/- per set.( to be deposited On-line) in favour of concerned Executive Engineer. 6 Mode of submission of tender : Tender should be submitted only On line in website www.tendersorissa.gov.in.(https//tendersodisha.gov.in) 7 EMD and mode of deposit : 1% of estimated cost appearing in DTCN (to be deposited On-line) in favour of concerned Executive Engineer. 8Summary of key dates are provided below : Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. Availability of Tender on-line for bidding Last date &time for seeking Date &Time of opening of tender From To clarification Technical Bid Financial Bid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Superintending Engineer Rural, Road Tender Online - 08.12.2020 at 18.12.2020 17.12.2020 19.12.2020 at 11.00 23.12.2020 Works Circle, Sambalpur RWCSBP-08 11.00.A.M. up to 4.00 P.M. up to 4.00 P.M. A.M. at 11.00 AM *Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal www.tendersorissa.gov.in. (https//tendersodisha.gov.in) Sd/- *Subsequent modification/ corrigendum/Addendum if required shall appear in website only. Superintending Engineer, *The amount put to bid is exclusive of GST Rural, Works Circle, Sambalpur *Bidder should inspect the road before bidding and quote his rate accordingly. OIPR-25091/11/0011/2021 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 5 EXPRESS NETWORK BRIEFLY Aligarhmanbeatenuponwayto Law grad seeks RTI info, Gujarat registerinterfaithmarriageincourt varsity responds: Malik,isofMuslimfaith and was wasalleged that in court some Her father had lodgedacom- “Wegot the statement of the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE allegedly pretending to be a people learnt of his identity.In plaintwith Nayagaonpolice, stat- girl, whoisminor,recordedbe- NEWDELHI/LUCKNOW, Hindu, the police said. one of the videos,the girlcould ing that his daughter,astudent fore amagistrateinMohali. The Prove citizenship The Jagannath Puri DECEMBER5 “Wereceivedinformation be seen shouting that she of Matricand aminor,had gone youth would be producedbefore Temple. File that aman hadbeen assaulted "loved" him, while she washeld to meet her friend on November the courtinthe case lodged A21-YEAR-OLD man wasas- while he wasonhis waytoreg- by police personnel. 29, and did notreturn home sub- againsthim," Singh said. the RTIapplication seeking de- saulted whileonway to register isterhis marriageinAligarh Anothervideoshows thegirl sequently. Thecomplaintstates AligarhSSP Muniraj Gsaid RITUSHARMA tails firstfromher college. After ODISHA an interfaith marriageinan court. We investigated and telling the media: “Wehad been that the familycould notfind her the couple wasthrashedbymis- AHMEDABAD,DECEMBER5 receiving an “unsatisfactory” re- Templefiles AligarhcourtonThursday, the foundthattherehad been an FIR speaking foralong time.Heonly and that an unknown person had creantsand acase has been sponse from the college, she police said on Saturday. forkidnapping by the woman's told me that his name is Sonu. takenher away. lodged in the matter. THE GUJARATUniversity has filedasimilar application with complaint According to police, the man familyinPunjab. He waspre- We came from Chandigarhthree Acting on the complaint, The case has been filedat asked alaw graduatefromone the Gujarat University.“Ibelieve comes from Aligarhand had met tending to be aHindu. An FIR has days ago. His familywould al- Punjab Police registeredanFIR Civil Lines police station on of itsaffiliated colleges in that the internalassessment againstAmazon the girl, who is aminor,inMohali, been filedfor assault forthe at- ways say'assalamualaikum' and againstanunknown person un- chargesofcriminal intimidation, Gandhinagar,who had sought marks sent by the collegeand Punjab, wherehedid odd jobs. tack in the courtcomplex. We Irealisedthat theymight be der IPC Sections363 (kidnapping) rioting and others. information under Right to what has been announced by Bhubaneswar: The The twohad come to Aligarh will investigatethe incident," SP Muslim. He wanted to register and366-A(procuringminorgirl). The girl’s father said Sonu Information(RTI) Act, to provide the university arenot the same,” JagannathPuritemplead- on December 1toregistertheir (City,Aligarh) Abhishek said. our marriageincourt.” Nayagaon SHO, Sub- triedtomarry his daughter but proof that she wasanIndian cit- she said. ministrationhasregistered marriage underSpecial Marriage According to police, avideo As per thegirl'sfamily,she Inspector JagjeetSingh, told The wasexposed. He said theywill izen. Nagori adding thatshe is a acomplaint against Actatadistrict court. It was on social media shows Sonu be- had befriendedSonu on social Indian Express thattheyfound soon lodgeaseparatepolice The applicant, Tanaz Nagori, gold medallistand in the 60th Amazon Indiafor unau- found during investigation that ing dragged outofcourton media and later learnt that he the girlfromAligarhafter UP complaint againsthim forcon- who is agraduatefrom annual convocation of the thorisedsale of their the man, identifiedasSonu Thursday as the girlprotests. It belongs to another religion. Police informedthem. cealing his religious identity. Siddharth LawCollegein Gujarat University in January, Nirmalaya prasad on the Gandhinagar’s Sector 16,had she wasawarded four gold website.Afterscreenshots soughtphotocopies of mark medals forher exemplaryper- of nirmalaya beingsoldon BJP toldCongMLAs thiswillbe6th sheetsfor the internal assess- formance in five semesters. thewebsite wentviralAjay Rajkot journalists mentsofLLB sixth semesteron “I am an advocatemyself, Jena,temple’sadministra- October 19 from theuniversity thereisnoclause in the tor(development) lodged govt to be toppled:Gehlot on crisis under RTI. Constitution or the (RTI) Act acomplaint against booked for sting In response to her applica- whereyou have to proveyour Amazon India, seeking le- again,” Gehlotsaid at the event, of Congress legislators by “pre- tion,the Public Information Indian citizenshipfor filing an galaction.“...asperthepro- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE whichwas also attendedbyAjay tending to talk to High Courtand Officer (PIO) of the university’s RTIapplication.Iamgoing to cedure, noticewill be JAIPUR,DECEMBER5 Maken,whoisRajasthanin-charge Supreme Court judges”. “They examination branchonchallengethis in the High Court,” served to the concerned op at policestation of the Congress, stateCongress metfor an hour and those MLAs December 3stated, “Theinfor- Nagori said. authoritiesforquestioning. RAJASTHANCHIEFMinisterAshok president Govind Singh Dotasra told me, ‘sir,wewereashamed, mation soughtunder theRight The response, dated on We arealsogetting details Published reportclaiming‘VIP GehlotonSaturdayalleged that and other Congress leaders. therewas one Sardar Patelwho to Information Act, 2005, December 3, from the GU,which of the seller on the plat- CongressMLAsmetBJPleaders,in- “AjayMaken-ji waswith us at wasthe Home Ministerand now Section 6gives right to citizens Nagori receivedonFriday, ends form,” Puri SP,Kanwar facilities’ forhospital fire accused cludingHomeMinisterAmitShah the hotelfor 34 days.Heknows thereisthisAmitShahwhois the of India to seek information. It with an “important note”stat- Vishal Singh said. ENS and Union MinisterDharmendra what washappening in Home Minister... feeding us is requestedthatyou provethat ing: “The Indian citizenship the news reportwepublishedis Pradhan, during the political crisis Rajasthan. And the wayour MLAs sweets,snacks’. And Dharmendra youare an Indian citizen. After proof can be submitted citing the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE incorrect.What theyhavestated earlier this year in the state, and metAmit Shah. Dharmendra Pradhan is pretendingtotalkto getting proof of your Indian cit- case number in personatthe RAJKOT,DECEMBER5 in the FIRisthat the journalists wereallegedlytoldthattheparty’s Pradhan (Union Minister) wassit- judges of the High Courtand izenship, the processfor giving givenaddress or be sent through TRIPURA obstructed theirwork, their se- governmentwillbethesixthto be ting there, Syed Zafar Islam, who Supreme Courtinorder to boost information will be consid- mail...” Oneheldover THE RAJKOT city police has cret work.Sincewhen did the toppledbythe BJP.The BJP has hit nowhas become RajyaSabha our morale.And trying to create ered.” The information soughtby booked four journalists of police station become asecret backatGehlotoverhis allegations (member) of BJP,who brought anatmospherethat ‘don’tworry, Himanshu Pandya, the Vice- her under RTIincludes the total firemandeathin Gujarati newspaper Divya place?,” Bhatnagar said. “without evidence” and forfailing Scindia to the BJP,hewas also this is my prestigepoint, Itoppled Chancellor of Gujarat University number of studentswho have Bhaskar,onFriday, days after In his complaint,Gadhvi said to control the“lava of dissatisfac- present therealong with our four governmentsand this sixth (GU), told The SundayExpress, takenthe exam,among them anti-Bruclash theyconducted asting operation the accusedcame to the police tion within the Congress”. MLAs,”Gehlotsaid, adding the will be toppledtoo, have some “As this matter is limited to the howmanytook it offline and on- at the Rajkot Taluka police sta- station on December 1identify- During avirtual inauguration crisis wasresolvedafter Congress patience’,” said Gehlot. PIO, and Ihavenot seen the ap- line, if online and offline marks Agartala: Nearly two tion and publishedareport ing themselvesasjournalistsand of aCongressofficeinSirohidistrict leaders suchasAjayMaken, KC The BJP hit backatGehlot. plication and itsresponse, Ican- were evaluateddifferentlyorun- weeksafter aTripuraFire claiming three persons arrested sought information about peo- on Saturday, Gehlotsaid the BJP is Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala “Everybody knows his party has notcomment. But it is certain der asimilar evaluation pattern, Departmentmembersuc- in connection with the fire at a ple in the lockupand started “about to startthe game in and Avinash RaiPandeyinter- itsown politicalinfighting and that we do notpractiselikethis copyofmarksheets of allstu- cumbed to injuries sus- private hospital in the city were shooting videos and clicking Rajasthan once again”.“TheBJP is venedand decidedtosuspend thereisalava of dissatisfaction. (this is notcommon practice).” dents’ internship assessment tainedduringtheanti-Bru given“VIPfacilities” by thepo- photographs. conspiring in everystate.People the Congress leaders. Gehlotand the Congress leader- The applicant told The marks sent to theGujarat clash in NorthTripura, the lice. “When told thattheywould saynextisthe turn of During the event, Gehlotalso ship have failedtocontrolitand SundayExpress that suspecting University by the collegealong statepolice Saturdayar- Basedonacomplaint filedby notbeallowedtodophotogra- Maharashtra... Theyare about to alleged that Dharmendra he blames the BJPforit,” said state discrepancies in the internalas- with details of the examination rested a25-year-old on Head Constable Jignesh Gadhvi, phyand videographyinsidethe startthe game in Rajasthan once Pradhantriedtoboostthe morale BJP chief Satish Poonia. sessmentmarks,she hadfiled pattern, among others. murder charges. North the police have filedanFIR police station,theysaid they TripuraSPBhanupada againstMahendrasinh Jadeja, were doing their job and asked Chakraborty said Debu Pradeepsinh Gohil, Prakash us to do ours,” the complaint Gujarat HC Mukul Roy Malakar,25, wasarrested Ravrani and Imran Hothi. The FIR stated.Rajkotcity police com- Defamation case: Ramani disputes from Kanchanpur and states the journalists tried“to de- missioner Manoj Agarwalsaid judge dies named in CID chargedwith the killingof fame the police forceand com- the accusedentered sections of Akbar’s claims of ‘stellar reputation’ Biswajit Debbarma. “We promise the investigation...” police station building whosein- have arrested him and DivyaBhaskar stateeditor, formationisnot shared even un- during Covid were many women whomade chargesheet producedhim before alo- DevendraBhatnagar,said the der the RTIAct. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE allegationsagainsthim but he cal courtwith aplea for journalists were following the “On December2,the FIR treatment NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 chose to file the case onlyagainst on TMC questioning him in police “dharma of journalism”. notes, DivyaBhaskar published Ramani. He knewtherewere custodyforsevendays.The “.... The FIR nowheresays that the report. JOURNALISTPRIYA Ramani, fac- other women and he knew court orderhasn't yetar- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing trial in acriminal defamation about it,” John told the court. MLA’s killing rived", he said. ENS AHMEDABAD,DECEMBER5 case filedbyformer Union min- John reliedonseveral judg- PHONE TAPPING CASE isterMJAkbar,has through her PriyaRamani and MJ Akbar mentstoargue that this Firstpost UTTAR PRADESH ASITTING judge of Gujarat High lawyers disputed his claims of article canbeusedbythe defence. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Cops file final report in Court, Justice Ghanshyam having astellar reputation before ShereadAkbar's statementtoANI KOLKATA,DECEMBER5 Copsuspended Udhwani (59), diedfollowing se- aDelhicourt. ment. With severalwomen denying rape allegations made by for‘raping’ vere lung infection on Saturday Ramani's lawyer Rebecca coming forwardwith similar al- journalistPallavi Gogoi and his THE WESTBengal CID on case on scribe, Pilot aide while undergoing treatment for John wasmaking her final argu- legations, Akbarhad resigned as wife's statement on the allega- SaturdaynamedBJP national woman Covid-19ataprivate hospital in mentsbeforeAdditional Chief MoSExternal Affairs. tions. Johntold thecourtthat the vice-president MukulRoy in the terthe investigation process. Ahmedabad. Metropolitan Magistrate John had referred to an article “purposeof exhibiting these doc- second supplementary Lucknow: Apolice inspec- HAMZAKHAN On August7,during the polit- Accordingtodoctors, Justice RavindraPandeyonSaturday. in Firstpost annexedbyAkbar in umentsistodisputehis claims chargesheetinconnection with torinAligarhhasbeensus- JAIPUR,DECEMBER5 ical crisisinthe state, the Pilot Udhwani had tested positivefor Her argumentscould notbecon- his complaint and told the court that he had astellar reputation. the murder of Trinamool pendedfor allegedly rap- camphad accusedChief Minister the coronavirus infection on cludedand will be heardon that the article featured embed- He himself says thathewas in a Congress MLAfromKrishnaganj ing a45-year-oldDalit DAYS AFTERthe Rajasthan High Ashok Gehlotoftapping the November 19 and wasadmitted December 10. dedtweetsofmultiplewomen consensual relationship which Satyajit Biswas, said sources. woman on the pretextof Courtsought the “assistance” of phones of at leastsix MLAs be- to SALHospital in Ahmedabad on Akbar has suedRamani for making allegations against washampering his familylife. Is The second supplementary helping her in a2018 theAdvocateGeneral regarding longing to his owncampstaying November 22. He also had co- defamation over allegations of Akbar.“When Akbar filedthe this the conduct of aman with chargesheetwas filedinthe dowrycase. Posted with filingof FIRagainstajournalist,the at HotelSuryagarh in Jaisalmer, morbidconditionsofhypothy- sexual misconduct and harass- complaint againstmethere sterling reputation?” courtofAdditional Chief Judicial the Aligarhpolice, the ac- RajasthanpoliceonSaturdayfiled with the help of the police. It had roidismand dyslipidemia (ab- MagistrateatRanaghatinNadia cusedwas investigating a itsfinalreportinthe phonetap- also shared adocumentpurport- normallevels of bad lipids such district. dowryharassment case pingcase. edly showing alistofcalls made as cholesterol). The final cause of Madhya Pradesh: According lodged by the woman’s Manoj Kumar, Deputy to theMLAs. death wasdue to respiratoryfail- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE to sources, daughter againsther in- Commissioner of Police,Jaipur On October 1, an FIR wasfiled ureand lung inflammation or bi- For classes 1-8, Roy's name laws.The woman alleged South, confirmed that afinal re- against Singh and Kumaraccus- lateral pneumonitis, doctors said. CASES: ACTIVECASES:4,09,689 allegedly that the cop calledher to a porthas been filedinthe matter. ing them of spreading “mislead- Acritical intensivistatthe schools reopen 278 croppedup hotelinOctoberonthepre- Kumar said the “origin” of the ingand fake news”regarding the SALHospital, who wasapartof DAYSSINCE 96,08,211 DEATHS:1,39,700 duringthe PANDEMIC textof sharing documents WhatsApp texts—on the basis of accusationsmade in August. the team of doctors treating from next BEGAN TESTS: 14,58,85,512 | RECOVERIES: 90,58,822 course of in- and rapedher,saidpolice. whichthe FIR wasfiledagainst Following the FIR, Lokendra JusticeUdhwani, saidatthe time Mukul Roy vestigation. The accusedhas been SachinPilot’saideLokendraSingh Singh had approachedthe High of his admission ahigh-resolu- academicyear CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS He has also bookedundermultipleIPC and AajTak’s Rajasthan Editor CourtinOctober seeking quash- tion computerisedtomography DEC4 36,652 51242,53311,57,763 been ques- chargesincluding rape, SharatKumar —“could notbees- ingof theFIR.Duringahearingon (HRCT) had indicated infection tioned by the CID earlier,follow- molestation and criminal tablished”. December 1, the HC had stayed in 70 percent of his lung and so EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ingwhichhehad secured an an- intimidation. ENS Afinalreport refers to that anycoercive action by police he wasstarted on Remdesivir BHOPAL,DECEMBER5 ticipatorybail from the high documentwhichrecordsthecon- againstSingh till the disposal of (an antiviral medication)and courtlastyear. WESTBENGAL clusionarrivedatby thepoliceaf- the case. steroids. MADHYAPRADESH Chief Speaking to reporters, Roy MinisterShivraj SinghChouhan said: “Atleast45cases arepend- TMC,BJP said Saturdaythat schools for ing againstme. Idonot believe workersclash classes 1to8inthe statewill re- STATESWITHRISINGACTIVECASES in politics of violence. Ihave Uttarakhand: Uptick in untimely forest sume with the newacademic neverindulged in it when Iwas ACTIVECASES RISEINLASTWEEK inAsansol year beginning April 1. with TMC, and even nowwhen I fires, fewer blazes during regular season The schools will remain shut Uttarakhand 5,789 318 am with another politicalparty, Kolkata: Violencebroke until March 31 owing to the Assam 3,554 279 Irefrain from suchthings.” out during aanevent by faster thanplainsdue to lower Covid-19outbreak.Studentsup Gujarat 14,778 146 The firstchargesheetinthe the BJP in Asansol’s LALMANIVERMA accumulation of rainwater. to class 8will be promoted based case wasfiledinMay lastyear.A Barabani on Saturday. DEHRADUN,DECEMBER5 The situation improves be- on their projectswhile those in STATESWHEREACTIVECASESAREDECLINING supplementarychargesheetwas Sources said aclash tween the beginning of Julyand classes 9and 10 will be calledto ACTIVECASES DECLINEINLASTWEEK filedinSeptember,inwhichBJP eruptedbetweenTMCand BETWEEN OCTOBER and the end of September when the school twiceaweek. Delhi28,252 9,929 MP Jagannath Sarkar was BJP,after whichthe BJP December,Uttarakhand monsoon maintains moisturein Chouhan said social distanc- Haryana 14,329 6,071 named. claimedtheirworkers recordedmoreforestfires than the atmosphereaswell as soil. ing will be maintainedinclasses Andhra6,432 5,705 Terming it aconspiracy to were targetedwithbombs the four-month period from “But no rain wasrecordedin forgrades 9and 11.The boardex- suppress the Opposition in and that severalofits Februaryinwhichthese blazes the stateafter September 20. amination will be held forthose STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES Bengal, BJP leader Kailash workerswere injured.The usuallyoccur,government data Forest firesoccur in thefour Therewas light rain forafew days in class 10 and 12. ONDEC4TOTAL Vijayvargiyatweeted,“Mamata TMC denied the allega- shows.Infact, the number of in- months starting February only in November.Following a Chouhanannouncedthe de- Kerala 5,717 6,25,767 Banerjee's conspiracy continues. tions, claiming that BJP cidentsduring the forest fire sea- prolonged dryspell of 45 to 60 cision afterholding ameeting Maharashtra5,2291,842,587 The false murder chargesheeton workers bargedintotheir son—a major partofwhichcoin- days,treeleavesdriedupearly with School Education Minister Delhi 4,067 5,86,125 Mukul Royshows howshe is try- camp. The violence broke cidedwith thelockdown—was dle of February—the onsetof thisyear.Whenthe movementof Inder Singh Parmer. ing to suppress the opposition by out at aBJP door-to-door the lowest in the last20years. spring when the trees sheddry humans started in the forest to During the meeting, STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS her conspiracy.When Mamata programme at avillagein As per Forest Department leavesand the soillosesmoisture collect wood forthemselvesand Chouhan spokeabout bringing ONDEC4TOTAL Banerjee herself is aguestfor Jhargram around 11:30 records, therewere185 wildfires due to arise in temperature. This fodder forlivestock,and theylit about a"radical change" in the Maharashtra129 48,678 fewdays,what's going to hap- am. Police intervenedthe from October 1toDecember1, forest fire season continues usu- wasteaswell as bonfires in the education impartedinMadhya Delhi 73 9,497 pen afterthis, she should think situation wasbrought un- affecting 245hectares of forests. allytill mid-June. Owing to alack fields. These triggered firesin Pradesh. Forthis, he said, acom- West Bengal 52 8,628 once.” der control. Alarge battal- Stateforestofficials calledthese of rain during this time, the forests,” said aforestofficial. mittee of educationists should Biswas wasshotdead from a DataasonDecember4,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical ionof policeforcehasbeen incidentsuntimely. ground moisturelevel remains During the forest fire season, be constituted whichwould first Researchandstategovernments.Often,thenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays point-blank rangeduring apro- deployedinthe area. ENS In Uttarakhand, forestsfires lowand the surface dries up. In therewere135 incidents which study the education systems im- aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive gramme in Nadia district in begin everyyear from the mid- hillyareas, the surface gets drier affected 172hectares of jungles. plementedinother states. February2019. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 MAHARASHTRA THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 Satara district: Worker killed, 2injured after ‘blast’ in sugar factory ‘It’s not the same

Thursdaynight,policesaid. ing aloud sound in the furnace. town. Deputy Superintendent of onds aload of fumescame out of the incident. The directorateof EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE According to police, theinci- Localresidentsreportedsoundin Police(Koregaon)Ganesh Kindre the manhole. The workers who Industrial Safetyand Health will anymore’: chorus by PUNE,DECEMBER5 dent took placearound 9.15 pm aradiusof about4km.Policehave said the workers were cleaning came in direct contact received also conductaprobe intothe on Thursdayand the workers of identifiedthedeceasedworkeras the falling film evaporator using burn injuries. Ghorpade died on healthofthe equipment, quality students, teachers as A45-YEAR-OLDworkerwaskilled Jarandeshwar Sugar Factoryin SambhajiGhorpade(45). Two dilutedhydrofluoricacidonwhen the spot," said Kindre. Police have and concentration of the chemi- while twoothers injured aftera Koregaon tehsilreceivedburn in- otherworkerswhohave received the incident took place. registered acase of accidental calsusedfortheactivityandother “blast”intheevaporatorof asugar juriesaftercomingincontactwith burninjurieshave beenadmitted "Therewasaloudsoundinthe death under Section 174ofCrPC technical issues and submit are- classrooms reopen factoryinSataradistrict on fumesof hydrofluoricacidfollow- to aprivate hospital in Koregaon evaporatorandafterabout30sec- andareconductinganinquiryinto portonthe incident. with Covid rules

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THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION AGENCY (TPIA) Unit 3Bhubaneswar- 751001, Odisha India PACKAGE-41: Developmental works for PG-2020: 32 Guna Rajghat Dam1,573 8.58 39 8.58 20,000 Construction of Compound wall, Road and Drain for Police Tel: +91 0674 2391320 Class-III & Gopikrishnan354 33 5 Qtrs at Adur,Bankapura and Hamsabhavi in Haveri district 126.00 3 Website: www.empmissionodisha.gov.in above 33 Singrauli Vaidan1 283 6.35 39 6.35 20,000 and Providing Grill Work to Balcony for 180 PC +2PSI qtrs email: [email protected] Vaidan2 184 33 in Haveri District. Extension of Last date for Submission of Tender PACKAGE-42: Developmental works for PG-2020: &Corrigendum -02 Gond Deosar 206 33 Class-III & 6 Construction of Compound wall, Road and Drain for Police 82.86 3 In reference to Odisha Skill Development Authority, above 34 GwaliorMadikheda 842 5.20 39 5.20 20,000 Qtrs at PTS Aimangala in Chitradurga District. Notice inviting Tender Loan 3539-IND: Odisha Skill PACKAGE-43: Developmental works for PG-2020: 35 Indore Nemawar 1152.96 33 2.96 15,000 Class-III & Development Project (OSDP) dated 9th Oct 2019, it is 7 Providing safety grills for the opening area for Police Qtrs 43.78 3 Rajond 74 27 above notified that the last date for submission of the tender (Block-A, B, C) at Austin Town in Bangalore. for Packages in National Competitive Bidding (NCB) is 36 Agar Malwa Agar Malwa 480 2.73 33 2.73 15,000 The Interested Contractors may participate in the tendering process. The details such as Tender Fee, extended up to 3:00 pm 5th Jan 2021.The tender shall 37 Damoh Madia 276 2.48 33 2.48 15,000 EMD, Tender Documents etc., are available on e-Procurement Portal from 14.12.2020. “KSPH &IDCL reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids without assigning any reasons.” be opened at 4PMon5th Jan 2021. Interested bidderscan view/download/purchase the bid document online fromM.P. 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FARM AGITATION After Suvendu, Ahead of bandh, JaishankartoskipCanadacall; another Bengal SAD begins talks minister slams TMC with regionalparties daysafterTrudeauremarks brass, feels ‘sidelined’ for anti-NDA front ‘Scheduling issues’likelyreason forskipping video-call; Canada PM’s EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE oppositionandtheneedtohavea KOLKATA,DECEMBER5 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE joint front has been felt by the re- UN chiefGuterres, 36 UK legislators backfarmers’protest farmer remarks Rajib CHANDIGARH,MUMBAI, gional parties,” he added. AMID SPECULATION over dissi- Banerjee KOLKATA,DECEMBER5 The senior Akali leader had makerepresentations to his hypocrisy, says dent Trinamool Congressleader metleadersofBijuJantaDal also SHUBHAJITROY Indian counterpart, SJaishankar, Suvendu Adhikari's next move, TAKINGANinitiative to form a fewdays ago.Ajointstatementon NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 regarding the impact on British Chauthaiwale another stateminister and TMC Roy, aformerTMC leader, jointpoliticalfrontagainsttheNDA the current scenarioprevailing in Punjabis affected by the demon- leader,RajibBanerjee,onSaturday added,"Ididapoliticalblunderby at Centre,the Shiromani Akali Dal the countryislikely, soon. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MinisterS strations by farmers againstnew lashedoutatthepartyleadership, removing Suvenduas(TMC) (SAD) has startedfirmingupsup- SanjayRaut,ShivSenaMPand Jaishankar willnot be part of a agriculturalreformsinIndia.“This EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE stating that those doing well are youth wing president. Iregret it." portfromregional parties. party’s chief spokesperson, said video-callatthe initiative of isajointlettercallingforrepresen- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 being “sidelined”. On Rajib Banerjee's remarks, Adelegationof theSAD,ledby that the SADleaders will come to Canadian Foreign Minister tation to be made by yourself to “Thosewho aredoing well, Roysaid,"WhatRajibsaidreflects former MP Prem Singh MumbaionSaturdayevening. François-PhilippeChampagneon yourIndiancounterpartaboutthe BJP SATURDAY slammed (and)with ability... theyare side- thepainofthosewhoformedthe Chandumajramet West Bengal “TheywillmeetThackeray and Monday, days afterIndia sum- impact on British Sikhs and Canadian Prime MinisterJustin linedinTMC.Thenumberofthose party(TMC).If youlistencarefully, Chief Ministerand All India Pawartomorrowandwilldiscuss monedthe Canadian envoy and SJaishankar Punjabis,withlongstandinglinks Trudeau's supportfor the who applaud the team is higher. youwill hear suchwords from Trinamool Congress president the further strategy of farmers’ protestedagainstPrime Minister to land and farming in India," the protesting farmers in India as My scoreislow becauseIcan't,” severalother TMC leaders.Our MamataBanerjee in Kolkataon protestand Bharat Bandh with JustinTrudeau’scomments onthe MPs stated. “nothing but hypocrisy”,claim- Banerjee said. standisclearforTMCandothers... Saturday to seekher supportfor them,”said Raut. ongoing farmer protests here. 19 hostedbyCanada. Theletter,issuedonFriday, has ing Canada is a"strident critic" He said: “If SuvenduAdhikari who ever wantstojoin hands the joint front. Raut, who wasdischarged Officially, the Indian side has Meanwhile,thespokesperson been draftedbyBritish Sikh of MSP and other agriculture leaves,ahugevoidwillbecreated with us arewelcome." Afterthe meeting, TMC MP fromthehospitalonSaturday after conveyedtothe Canadian side forUNchief AntonioGuterresand Labour MP TanmanjeetSingh policies at the WTO. in the team. It is important to find On Friday, West Bengal Chief Sudip Banerjee said theywould aprocedure,said that he received that Jaishankar will notbeable to agroup of 36 cross-party UK par- DhesiandsignedbyotherIndian- BJP's foreign affairsdepart- out whythe leadersare so angry. MinisterMamataBanerjee had “ethicallysupport”thestrikecalled acall from SADleaders on Friday attend the video-call due to liamentarianshavealsocomeout origin MPs, including Labour's ment in-charge Vijay These issues shouldhavebeen urgedTMC MP from Contai and by farmerorganisationsacrossthe when he wasinthe hospital. “scheduling issues”. in supportofthe agitatingIndian VirendraSharma, Seema Chauthaiwale tweeted: “Canada thoughtabout earlier.Thosewho Suvendu'sfather,SisirAdhikari,to countryonDecember 8. The move comes ahead of a Sourcescautionedthatitisnot farmers, saying that people have Malhotra andValerie Vazaswell is amember of the Cairns Group work inthefielddonotget theup- getridof partyleaderswhoareal- TMC RajyaSabha MP Derek Bharat Bandhannouncedby correctto linkJaishankar’srefusal aright to demonstratepeacefully as former Labour leader Jeremy of agri exporters, whose objec- per hand. Power-seekers areget- legedly engaged in anti-party ac- O’Brienand Labour Minister farmers on December 8. On to participate inthemeetingwith and authorities should letthem Corbyn. tive in WTOnegotiationsisto ting aplace in the team. It is diffi- tivities.Inavirtualinternal meet- MalayGhatak were also present Thursday, Akali Dal patriarch and the issue of commentsfromthe do so. It urgesthe minister to setup seek increasedmarketaccess in cult to say... [in TMC] good is bad, ing held by Banerjeeyesterday during the meeting. former five-time CM of Punjab, Canadian leadership, since New “As to the question of India, an urgent meeting withthem to countries likeIndia. It seeksre- badisgood." withthetoppartyleadership,dis- Chandumajraisalso meeting ParkashSinghBadalhadreturned Delhihasnotgiventhatastherea- what Iwould saytoyou is what discuss the “deteriorating situa- ductioninthe agri subsidies pro- Meanwhile, the TMC, it ap- trict unit chiefs, MPs and MLAs, NCPpresident Sharad Pawarand the Padma Vibhushan conferred son. “If it wasindeedanaction to I'vesaid to others when raising tion in the Punjab” and seeksan vided to domestic producers, pears, has startedtakingaction shereportedlygavealotofimpor- MaharashtraChief Minister upon him in protestagainstfarm conveyIndia’sdispleasure, we these issues is thatpeople have a updateonany communication even if suchsubsidies aresubsis- againstthosecloseto Suvendu.On tanceto theContaiMP.Thisputan UddhavThackeray on Sunday. laws.Earlier,the regional party of would have saidso. We wouldn’t right to demonstratepeacefully, the Foreign,Commonwealth and tence-level,” Chauthaiwale said. Friday, theparty acted againsta end to speculation that Sisir “AnothermeetingwithformerUP Punjab,consideredtheoldest ally have givenschedulingasarea- and authorities needtolet them Development Office (FCDO) has “It also opposes importre- close aide, and followeditupon Adhikari maynot attend the CM Akhilesh Yadavisalso sched- of BJP,had walked out of the NDA son,” the source said. do so,” Stephane Dujarric, had with the Indian government strictions to protect India's farm- Saturdaybyinitiating action meeting, considering hisson’s uledinthe next week,” on the farmers' issue. Since March 15,Canada has spokesman forthe UN Secretary on the issue. ers. The questions posedby againstfourmorecloseaideof the equation with the party. Chandumajrasaid. From Maharashtra, been having avideo-call with General, said in NewYorkon The FCDO said the depart- CanadatoIndia regarding India’s former minister. According to reports,aminis- “All the regional parties have Swabhimani Shetkari Foreignministersof Brazil,France, Fridaywhilerespondingto aques- ment hasnot receivedthe letter agri policies in WTOare evi- Meanwhile, on whether terwhoattendedthemeetingin- been feeling that we needtoget Sanghatana’sRajuShetty,Minister Germany, Italy, Singaporeandthe tion on the farmers' protestin as yet. “Thepolice handlingof dence of the fact that Canada has Adhikariisplanningto jointhesaf- formedthatthe West Bengal CM togetheragainstthedictatorialat- of StateBacchu Kadu’s Prahar United Kingdom –therehave India. protests areamatter forthe gov- scarceinterestinthe genuine fron party,BJP nationalvice-pres- entrusted Sisir, whoisalso aTMC titudeofthe NDAgovernment. Sanghatana,whichare partofthe been 11 suchvideo-calls till now. InLondon,agroupof 36cross- ernment of India,” an FCDO well-being of Indian farmers and identMukulRoysaid,“Suvenduis vice-president, of flagging party This is the needofthe hourto MaharashtraVikasAghadi(MVA), On November 3, Jaishankar took partyParliamentarianshave writ- spokesperson said. agricultureproducers,” he said. aproduct of mass movements. leaders who were indulgedin ward offthe attackonthe federal have extendedsupporttothe partinthe11thcallof theministe- tentoUKForeign Secretary (WITHPTIINPUTSFROMNEW Trudeauhas extendedhis The dilemma over this issue will anti-party activities in Purba structure. Also,thereisnostrong farmers agitation. rialcoordinationgrouponCovid- Dominic Raab and askedhim to YORK&LONDON) support to the agitating farmers. be clear in aday or two.” Medinipur district. Bihar procurement at snail’s pace, farmers Khap leadersinDushyant constituency Preparetofight coalitions like we did seek ‘social boycott’ of him, Hisar MP in Bihar:says Nadda in Uttarakhand forced to sell paddy much below MSP Uchana on Saturdaytoextend state—slated for2022. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE supporttothe ongoing farmers’ LALMANIVERMA On the second of his four-day Accordingto officialestimates, Banka, said, “My paddy is ready CHANDIGARH,DECEMBER5 agitation. DEHRADUN,DECEMBER5 tour of the state, Nadda firstad- SANTOSHSINGH morethan 80 per cent of farmers but thereisnoplace to preserveit DushyantisMLA from dressedagathering of party MPs, PATNA,DECEMBER5 inthestatehavealreadyharvested and wait forthe PACS procure- SEVERAL KHAP leaders from Uchana constituency,whichis WITH Areference to the MLAs, ministers and office-bear- their paddy crop. On an average, ment to getunderway. Local Jind’s UchanaareaSaturdayan- part of Hisarparliamentarycon- Opposition's Grand Alliance in ers and later,also spokewitha THE MAJORITYoffarmers in the stategrows around 1.60 crore tradershave beenexploitingfarm- nounced“social boycott” of stituency.BrijendraSingh’s fa- Bihar and the recent Assembly members from the academic Bihar,who have harvestedtheir MTpaddyeveryyear,outof which ers by giving muchless price than Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala ther,ChaudharyBirenderSingh, polls in the state, BJP national community in Dehradun. In both paddy crop this season, have no thegovernmentprocuresaround MSP.” Afarmer from Dinaraac- and Hisar MP BrijendraSingh for had represented Uchana in the president JPNadda on Saturday events, he cited the saffron option but to sell their produce at 30 lakh MT paddy. In 2019-20, cusedthe PACS of delaying the supporting the BJP government. Assembly many times. The khaps asked party workers in party's performance in Bihar ratesmuchbelowthe Minimum Farmers of Pipravillage in however, it procured alittle over procurementprocessdeliberately The khap leaders, who are have also announced“social boy- Uttarakhand to stay prepared to polls and asked memberstopro- SupportPriceof Rs1,868perquin- Banka have been delaying 20 lakhMTpaddy from over 27 so that mostfarmers sell out their upsetoverthe introduction of cott” of his father and senior BJP fight againstsuchcoalitions in mote PrimeMinister Narendra talinopenmarket,largely because paddy preparation in wait lakh farmers. paddy.RameshCChoubey, controversial farm laws,met at leader Birender Singh. the next Assemblypollsinthe Modi’s development model. of delayedandslowprocurement forPACS. BhupeshRoy Severalfarmers told The chairmanofBihar State by thestate government'snodal Sunday Express that they had to Cooperative Bank,whichas- procurement agency,Primary sell their paddyfor Rs 800-Rs sists thePACStoprocure AgricultureCreditSociety(PACS). of the 32 districts. So far, 793MT 1,200per quintal in open market, paddy in the form of loans, PM to lay foundationstone for new Although the official dateto paddy has been procured– although the MSP is Rs 1,868per said, “It is true thatpaddy pro- startthe paddy procurement againstthe target of 30 lakh MT – quintal, as the procurement curement should ideallystart process is November 15,this year said officials involved in the pro- process is yettobegin in theirar- from November 15 but there Parliament building on December 10 it startedonlyaweek agoinnine curement process. eas. RRRoy,ofPipra villagein aremoistureissues.”

DMK urges PM LIZMATHEW to hold talks NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 PRIME MINISTER Narendra with farmers Modi will laythe foundation stonefor the newParliament Salem: Extending supportto building on December 10,and farmers protesting outside Delhi the ceremonywill be attended againstCentre’s three con- by leaders and representatives tentious farm laws,the DMK on of all parties who will be present Saturday urgedPrime Minister physicallyorvia virtual mode. NarendraModi to hold talks Making this announcement with them and demandedwith- at apress conference Saturday, Amodel of the newParliament building whichisestimated to costRs971 crore. PTI drawing the legislations. Speaker Om Birla said: “We DMK president MKStalin startedthe journeyofindepend- and seniorparty leaders staged ent India in the old building, and our ownpeople as aprime ex- members. The newbuilding will ing. protests in different parts of the when we complete 75 years, we ample of Atmanirbhar Bharat. nothaveaCentral Hall. An adjacentbuilding,which state,extending supporttothe will have thesessionofboth PrimeMinisterNarendraModi The building, whichisgoing will come up on the siteof farmers, mostlyfromPunjab, Housesinthe newParliament is going to do itsbhoomi pujan to come up in an area of 64,500 Shram Shakti Bhavan, willhave who have been agitating for building… It will notbeabuild- at 1pmonDecember 10,” he sq matacostofRs971 crore, will rooms forall MPs, and will be nearly 10 days outside the na- ing of bricksand stones, it willbe said. be earthquake-resistant, and connectedvia an underpass, the tional capital. the fulfilment of the dreams of The Speaker metthe Prime adaptable to the mostmodern Speaker said. Stalin, Leader of Opposition 130crore people.” MinisterSaturday to officiallyin- digital technology.Itwill incor- He said therewill be more in Tamil Nadu Assembly, leda The building, he said, will re- vitehim to thefunction. porateindigenous architecture committeerooms and allmin- well-attendedprotestdemon- flect the country's diversity and In the newbuilding, the Lok from different partsofthe coun- istrieswill have offices. “Tata stration here, whichhappens to richart culture, and will be the Sabha chamber will have 888 try, andshowcase the cultural di- ProjectsLtd has been giventhe be thenativedistrictofChief best Parliament building in seatswhile therewill be 384 versity. contract forthe project. The de- MinisterKPalaniswami. TEJASHWI BACKS FARMERS;BOOKED terms of architecture, modernity seatsinthe RajyaSabha cham- The Speaker said around sign has been prepared by HCP “In the name of doing away and safety. ber. Currently,the strength of 2000 people will be directlyin- Design, Planning and with agents, these laws areen- RJD leader Tejashwi Yadavand others from Congress and Leftparties protestedagainstthe “The present Parliament Lok Sabha is 543and that of volvedinits construction, while Management Pvt Ltd,”hesaid. slaving farmers to big traders, newfarm laws outside theGandhi Maidan in Patna on Saturday. At least18leadersofthe building is going to be 100years RajyaSabha 245. another 9000will be thereindi- The existing Parliament firms owning largegodownsand RJD, Congress and the LeftParties,including Tejashwi,werelater booked forstaging old, and it is amatter of pride for During ajoint session, the rectly. Morethan 200artists building, the Speaker said, will multi-national exporters,” Stalin demonstration in a“prohibited area”and forviolating Covid norms. PTI 130crore people in this country newLok Sabha chamber will be from various parts of thecoun- be conserved as an archaeologi- said in his address. PTI that the newone will be built by able to accommodate1224 trywill also work forthe build- cal assetofthe country. Keralapollsnew chapterinlove story startingfrom Dantewada accident

personnel from Kerala and the 2010,accident had cut short but getting her right arm initiallyhedid notknowJyoti posedthe match. SHAJUPHILIP stranger who had been her fel- her dream of serving people as crushedbetween the bus and had losther arm trying to save So, one day, she walked out THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, lowpassengeronthe bus that anurse. "If elected,Ihope that the truck. him. “Atthe hospital, aco- of herhome andtravelledto DECEMBER5 metwith an accident. dreamwill blossom in anew She wasrushed to alocal passenger told me what had Palakkadalong with Vikas. In NowJyoti Vikas, she is con- way." hospitaland later to aspecialty happened. Iwas moved. When April 2011,theygot married. ELEVEN YEARS ago, while try- testing as aBJP candidatefrom That day, Jyotihad been hospital in Raipur,whereher Iasked her whyshe triedto With Vikas's CISF job taking ing to save astranger from be- the Kollangode blockpan- travelling home from her col- arm wasamputated belowthe save astranger,Jyoti said she is him across the country, Jyoti ing crushedinabus accidentin chayat in Kerala’s Palakkaddis- legehostel. Vikas, who wason shoulder,shattering her anursingstudent and could not stays at home taking careof Chhattisgarh, nursing student trict, whichwill go to polls on his waytoaCISFcamp, satin dreams and those of her justlook away." their young children. The deci- JyotiKundu losther right arm December 10. therow ahead of her and was parents. Vikas says he felt responsi- siontocontestwas as instinc- till almosther shoulder. Amother of two, aged 8and dozing when she sawaspeed- “He (Vikas) took me to hos- ble. “I thought Ishould give her tive as that day's 10 years ago. That markedthe beginning 4, the 30-year-old has been ing truckheading straight into pital and stayed therethrough- anew life. That ledtothe mar- "I have notbeen active in the of anew lifefor the young drawing an enthusiastic re- the bus. out my treatment. He also paid riageproposal." BJP.But when BJP leaders asked woman from Bacheli in sponse as she addresses people Realising what wasgoing to JyotiVikas is aBJP candidatefromPalakkad's Kollangode the hospital bills,"saysJyoti. However, Jyoti's family, par- me to contest, Iagreed... Ithink Dantewada district. She went in fluent Malayalam. happen, JyotipushedVikas blockpanchayat. Express Vikas, nowpostedat ticularly father Govind Kundu, politics would offermeanew on to marry PVVikas, aCISF Jyotisays the January3, away on time, savinghis life, Coimbatore airport,saysthat agovernmentemployee, op- avenue." 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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX SHORTFALL COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR WRITES LETTER WITH PLAN TO ACQUIRE 51% Divestment: Air India official Jharkhandoptsin,allstatesnow seeks employees’ contribution, onboardCentre’sborrowingplan unions ask them to stay away ENSECONOMICBUREAU the shortfall attributedtoGST The GSTCouncil had earlier NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 ENSECONOMICBUREAU STATETOGET`1,689CRVIASPECIALWINDOW implementation issues. amendedthe lawtoextend the NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 Option-1ofthe scheme also tenureofthe compensation fund ADIRECTOR at disinvestment- ■ Jharkhand will get`1,689 ■According to theFinance allows states unconditional per- whichwas to lapse in 2022 — bound Air India has approached ALL 28 states andthree Union crorethrough the special Ministry, thenextinstalment mission to borrowthe final in- five year sincelaunchofthe in- nearly 20,000of the airline’s em- Territories have nowaccepted borrowing windowtomeet of `6,000crorewill be stalment of 0.5 per cent of gross direct taxregime. ployees seeking contribution of option-1 of the borrowing the GSTimplementation released to the States/UTs on statedomestic product (GSDP) This collection in the fund be- Rs 1lakheachtoparticipateinthe scheme meant to raise money shortfall, while it has been December 7 out of the 2per cent additional yond 2022 will be usedtopay bidding process. forcompensating states forthe permitted to raise an ■Option-1 of the scheme borrowings permitted by the the interestand principal of the However, someemployee shortfall in protected Goods and additional `1,765 crore also allows states Centre. This amountstoalittle loan first, afterwhichthe pro- unions of the loss-making na- Services Tax(GST) revenue, with ■The borrowing scheme unconditional permissionto over Rs 1.05 lakh croreinthe cur- ceeds will go to the states for tional carrier have already the onlyremaining state under aspecial windowwas borrowthe final instalment rent financialyear forall states, covering up the unmetshortfall thwartedthe plan by asking their Jharkhand accepting it, the operationalised on October of 0.5% of GSDP out of the 2% and is over and above the special of the current year. members nottoparticipate or ac- The deadline forplacing of bids forthe debt-laden airlineis Finance Ministrysaid Saturday. 23 and the Centrehas so far additional borrowings windowofRs1.1 lakh crore. The Centrehas estimated knowledge the process. December 14,and qualifiedbidderswill receive intimation “Now theState of Jharkhand borrowed`30,000crore permitted by the Centre Initially, about 10 states had Rs 1.1lakh croreasthe GSTshort- Meenakshi Mallik,Air India’s on their offers by December 28. Express file will also receive funds raised been opposedtothe scheme on fall forstatesthis fiscal from the commercial director,lastweek through this windowstarting the grounds that theyshould be levelofprotected revenue guar- wrotealettertothe employees from the next round of borrow- rowing windowtomeetthe GST the central government has so compensated fullyfor shortfall anteedtothem under the law. with aplan to acquire51per cent makeacontribution of no more asked their members to nottake ing. The next instalment of implementation shortfall, while farborrowedRs30,000 crorein pegged at Rs 1.82 lakh crore, in- States areassured of a14per stakeinthe airline. Forthe re- than INR 1,00,000 to bid forthe partinthe process of strategic dis- Rs.6,000crorewill be releasedto it has been permitted to raise an five instalments. This has been stead of onlyaportion (Rs1.1 cent year-on-year growth in GST maining 49per centstake, Mallik company...,” Mallik wroteinthe investment. the States/UTson7th December, additional Rs 1,765crore. passedontostatesand UTsas lakh crore) that is purelydue to revenue whichismet by their wrote, that the team would look letter. “In this regard allpilots aread- 2020,” the Ministrysaid. The borrowing scheme un- back-to-backloans. The total GSTimplementation issue with- ownrevenue and anyresultant forafinancialpartner.Multiple “Until we crossStage 1(EoI visednot to acknowledge or par- Jharkhand will getRs1,689 der aspecial windowwas oper- borrowing under the scheme is out factoring in theimpactofthe shortfall is compensated from attemptstoreachMallik were un- Stage), no monies areneededto ticipateinthe process initiatedby crorethroughthe specialbor- ationalisedonOctober 23 and fixedatRs1.1 lakhcrore,whichis Covid-19pandemic. cess funds. successful. becollectedfromtheemployees. the management official till the “The PIM(preliminaryinfor- Moreover, aftersuccessfullycom- disproportionate70per cent pay mation memorandum)... made it pleting stageone, we areplanning cut forpilots vis-a-vis Air India’s BRIEFLY possible forthe employees of Air our bid in suchaway that no sin- topmanagementofficials(10per COVID-19IMPACT India to charge and ownership of gleemployeewill have to take on cent) is addressed,” ajoint-letter Petrolpriceat the airline, and to this end, pro- afinancialrisk orcontribute more by Indian Commercial Pilots’ ‘Digital likelytodrive over 80% vides various terms and condi- than INR 1,00,000,” she added. Association and Indian Pilots’ two-yearhigh tions,whichneedtobefulfilled, Accordingtosources, more Guild, said. of spend forenterprises’ and whichweintendtocollec- than 200employees arealready The deadline forplacing of of`83perlitre tively achieve andsatisfy ... Dueto on boardwith the plan, and are bids forthe debt-laden airline is With enterprises looking to rewiretheir operating models, the supportwewill receive from in process of identifying afinan- December 14,and qualifiedbid- NewDelhi: Petrolprice on over80% of near-term spending maybedriven by ourfinancial partner,while Ian- cial partner. ders will receive intimation on SaturdaybreachedtheRs83 ticipate that eachofuswillhaveto Employeeunions, however, their offers by December 28. per litre-mark in Delhi for pandemic-resilient digital offerings, areport by Nasscom the firsttime in morethan and McKinsey&Companysaid twoyearsafter arallyinin- ternationaloil prices forced Fasterdigitaladoption,risein areseeinganincreaseindigital TReDS platform back in action, a13thincreaseinratesinthe outsourcing:Asperthereport dexterityofemployeesandare lastfortnight.Petrolpriceon titled‘FutureofTechnology activelyreviewingprocessesto Saturdaywas raisedby27 Services—NavigatingtheNew identifyopportunitiesfor MSME registrations rise as paise per litreand diesel by Normal’,therehasbeenan automationanddigitisation Recruitmentprocesschanging: EXPENDITURERISEIN 25paise,accordingto aprice extensiveaccelerationindigital Enterprisesareadoptingan VARIOUSSEGMENTS: notificationof oilmarketing adoptionbyenterprisesandthereis Improvedperformanceforcosin analytics-driven,recruitment 30%: businesses reopen: RXIL MD companies. Petrol price in apotentialincreaseinoutsourcing Q2:Amidfasterthanexpected processforimprovedefficiency Delhi rose to Rs 83.13per intensityduetoremoteworking recoveryforthetechnology anddigitisingrecruitmentprocess Digitaltransformationdeals servicesindustry,topIndian byusingsocialmediaprofiling, litrefromRs82.86. Diesel 80%: Cloud spending notclaim damages from the rateswent up from Rs 73.07 Employeesimprovingdigital technologyserviceprovidershave hackathons,videointerviewsfor GEORGEMATHEW ‘`6KCRBUSINESS MSME,” he said. to Rs 73.32 per litre. skillset:Withanincreasingfocus performedbetterthananalyst improvedconversionrateandoffer 15%: Customer experience MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 EXPECTEDFORFY21’ MSMEs, whichare partof onremoteenablement,companies estimatesinQ2ofFY21 tojoinratio TReDS, have been able to avail TRADE RECEIVABLES and easier finances. “Asper MSME ■ Receivable ONGCVidesh Discounting System (TReDS), an associations, we have helped $6TRILLION: $3BILLION: WHYISITIMPORTANT: ExchangeofIndia electronic platform forfacilitat- them reduce the interestcosts strikesoilin Growthinmarketcapitalisation Revenueof‘technativesanddigital Theworldhasleapfroggedondigitaladoptionby3-5yearsin (RXIL) —set up by ing the financing and discount- by 50 per cent. Considering most (m-cap)betweenJanuaryand reinventors’,whohavedriven65%of thelast9months,withanincreasedemphasisondigitisation SIDBI and the National ing of trade receivables of MSMEs don’t have access to for- Colombiablock July2020 them-capgrowthinJanuary-July acrossverticals StockExchange(NSE) MSMEs through multiplefinan- mal sources of finance and se- in 2016 afterthe RBI NewDelhi:ONGCVideshLtd, ciers, is backinaction with busi- curefunds at aminimum inter- allowedTReDS in 2014 the overseasinvestment nesses reopening aftermonths estrateof18per cent per annum, —expectsbusiness of arm of state-ownedOil and under lockdown. while on averagethe interest `6,000crorefor Natural Gas Corporation Receivable ExchangeofIndia ratesonTReDS hovers between 2020-21despitethe (ONGC), has made a“signif- How intellectualproperty cooperation (RXIL) —set up by SIDBI and the 8-10per cent going as lowas4.8 lockdown impact on icant”oildiscoveryinanon- National StockExchange (NSE) per cent whichhelps them lower MSMEs, according to shoreblock in Colombia. in 2016 afterthe RBI allowed interestcosts and utilise the sav- MD and CEO OVLstruckoil while drilling TReDS in 2014 —expectsbusi- ings to expand business,” MoU with US could benefit industries KetanGaikwad an appraisal well ‘Indico-2’ ness of Rs 6,000 crorefor 2020- Gaikwad added. in CPO-5 blockinLlanos 21 despitethe lockdown impact TReDS has the potential to Basinof Colombia,thecom- designs, as well as the protec- on MSMEs, according to manag- handle athroughput of Rs 1lakh panysaid in astatement. PRABHARAGHAVAN It wasvirtuallysignedbyDPIIT tion, enforcement and use of in- ing director and chief executive offeredtotheir buyers. crorewith all the three compa- OVLstruckoil while drilling NEWDELHI, DECEMBER 5 SecretaryGuruprasad tellectual property rights. officer KetanGaikwad. Another reason forbringing nies —RXIL, A.TReDS and an appraisal well ‘Indico-2’ It also provides forthe ex- In an interview to The Sunday this platform is to provide M1xchange—combined, but in CPO-5 blockinLlanos INDIA AND the United States, Mohapatraand USPTODirector changeofinformation on the Express,hesaid, “An initial dip in MSMEs an alternatesource of currently, thetotal transaction Basinof Colombia,thestate- earlier this week,signeda Andrei Iancu on December 2 development and implementa- registrations waswitnessed creating credit history. amount is about Rs 15,000crore. ment added. memorandum of understand- tion of automation and mod- with the sudden onsetofthe The discounting/interest “Thereisalot of unutilised ing (MoU) on intellectual prop- ernisation projects, newdocu- lockdown. However, that trend ratesare discoveredonthe scope. We areactively working erty (IP) cooperation. tween Indiaand USA, and pro- public as well as between and mentation and information sawacomplete U-turn by June- platform through an online bid- on effortstoincrease awareness TCPLtosell vide opportunities to both among the industry, universi- systems in IP and procedures JulyasRXIL sawatremendous ding mechanism whichhelps in of TReDS platform and itsbene- MAPCoffee What is the MoU about? countries to learn from the ex- ties, research anddevelopment formanagement of IP office increase in the number of discovering ratesaslow as 4.8 fits.Thereare multiple initiatives The agreement, between perience of eachother,espe- organisations, and small and services. MSMEs requesting to be on- per cent. in the pipelinetomakethe plat- Business the Commerce Ministry’s ciallyintermsofbestpractices medium-sizedenterprises. It is also expected to foster boardedtothe TReDS platform.” This enables MSMEs lower form reachmoreand more Department forPromotion of followedinthe other country. This will happen through their cooperation to understand TReDS has so farprocessed their interestservicing costs and MSMEs. Trade credit insurance NewDelhi: Tata Consumer Industryand Internal Trade “It will be alandmarkstep their participation in pro- various issues relatedtotradi- over Rs 24,000croreworth of in- utilise the savings to expand is one of the recent develop- ProductsLtd (TCPL) said (DPIIT) and the United States forwardinIndia’sjourneyto- grammes and eventsthat are tional knowledge and the ex- voices that helpedover14,000 business, Gaikwad said. ments,” the MD and CEO of RXIL Saturdaysaid itsAustralia Patent and TrademarkOffice wardsbecoming amajor player singlyorjointlyorganisedby changeofbestpractices, includ- MSMEs withbetterliquidityand MSMEs getfunds credited to further said. basedstep-downsubsidiary (USPTO), aimstoincrease IP co- in global innovation and will the participants. ing those related to traditional access to fundsonfavourable their accountswithin 48 hours is selling MAP CoffeeBusi- operation between the two further the objectives of It is also expectedtoencour- knowledge databases and terms since 2017.RXIL, which of the bid being accepted. What is TReDS ness to Buccheri Group for countries. National IPR Policy,2016,” agecollaboration in training awareness raisingonthe use of has 39 financiers and 4,763 reg- “TReDS platform gives TReDS is the institutional 1.25 million Australian dol- It wasvirtuallysignedby stated theCommerce Ministry programmes,exchange of ex- existing IP systems to protect isteredMSMEs, fulfilledover MSMEs access to alarge number mechanism created by the lar(Rs6.74crore).According DPIIT SecretaryGuruprasad in arelease. perts,technical exchanges and traditionalknowledge. 237,620 invoices amounting to of financiers who arewilling to Reserve Bank forfacilitating the to TCPL’s website, MAP Mohapatraand USPTODirector outreachactivities. Rs 6,165crore,Gaikwad said. place bids on their invoices. One financing of trade receivables of Coffeewas establishedin Andrei Iancu on December 2, Howwill the deal The MoU providesfor the Howwill it be implemented? He added that one of the ma- of the biggestadvantages of MSMEs from corporateand 2002 and supplied Austr- nearly 10 monthsafter the increase IP cooperation exchangeofinformation and The twosides will draw up a jorreasonsfor the introduction TReDS platform forMSMEs is the otherbuyers through financiers. alian cafes, restaurantsand Union Cabinetgavethe ap- between the two? best practicesonprocesses for biennial work plan to imple- of TReDS is to ensuretimelypay- fact that the funds disbursed Tradereceivableisthe total barswitharangeofItalian proval forthe countrytoenter The MoU would facilitate registration and examination of mentthe MoU,including de- mentstomicro, small and through TReDS arewithout re- amount owedtoacompanyfor and locallyroastedcoffee. It intothis MoU withthe US. exchangeand dissemination of applications forpatents, trade- tailedplanningtocarry out the medium enterprises (MSMEs), course or collateral. In the case goods or services it has sold, joinedTCPL in 2014. PTI “The MoU will go alongway best practices, experiences and marks,copyrights, geographi- cooperation activitieslikethe allowing them to access credit at of non-payment by the corpo- whichisreflected in invoices, but in fostering the cooperation be- knowledgeonIPamong the cal indications, and industrial scope of action. an interestratewhichwould be rate buyer,the financierwould has notyet receivedpayments. ‘No deadline extensiontodivest BBB recommends Ramann for post Forex reserves slip off TikTok US assets; talks to go on’ of SIDBI CMD; Tomar as MD, IFCI record high, at $574.8 bn the national security risks.” whichwas November 12,in India’s firstInformation Utility. for week ended Nov 27 DAVIDSHEPARDSON& Lastweek,CFIUS granted Trump’s order. ENSECONOMICBUREAU The names were Besides, the Bureaurecom- ECHOWANG TikTok parentByteDance aone- The Justice Departmentdid NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 recommendedby mended ShivendraTomar for ReserveBank of India (RBI) WASHINGTON/NEWYORK, week extension until Fridayover notimmediatelyrespond to re- the postofMDand CEO of IFCI. ENSECONOMICBUREAU showedthatFCA rose by $352 DECEMBER5 the order to shedTikTok’s US as- quests forcomment, while the THE BANKSBoardBureau(BBB) BanksBoardBureau, Tomar,currently, is managing di- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 million to $533.455billion. sets.PresidentDonald Trump’s WhiteHouse did notcomment. —the headhunter forstate- the headhunterfor rector of IFCI VentureCapital Expressedindollarterms,FCA THE TRUMP administrationon Augustorder gave the Justice TikTok declinedtocomment. ownedbanksand financial insti- Funds Ltd, asubsidiaryofIFCI. As AFTERREACHINGalifetime high includestheeffectof appreciation Fridayoptednot to grant Department the powertoenforce The Trumpadministration tutions —onSaturday state-ownedbanksand manyasfivecandidates ap- in previous week,foreignex- or depreciationofnon-US units ByteDance anew extension of an the divestitureorder once the contends TikTok posesnational recommendedthe name of S financial institutions peared forthe position of MD of changereservesslipped$469mil- likethe euro, pound and yenheld order requiringtheChinesecom- deadlineexpired,but it is unclear security concerns as the personal Ramann forthe postofCMD of IFCI. lionto $574.821billionintheweek in the foreign exchangereserves. panytodivestTikTok’s US assets, when or howthe government dataofUSusers could be ob- SIDBI, and ShivendraTomar as BBB is headedbyformer endedNovember27,accordingto Gold reserves declinedby but talkswillcontinue over the mayseek to compel divestiture. tainedbyChina’s government. the MD of IFCI. “Keeping in viewtheir per- DepartmentofPersonnel and datafromthe RBI. $822 millionto$35.192 billionin shortvideo-sharing app’s fate, Trumpwas said to have per- TikTok,whichhas over 100mil- “The members of the Banks formance in the interviewand Training SecretaryBPSharma. In the previousweek ended theweekendedNovember27,the twosources in the knowsaid. sonallymade the decision notto lion US users, denies the allega- BoardBureauinterviewed20 their overall experience, the bu- Thegovernment in 2016 had November 20, the reserves had datashowed. ATreasuryDepartment rep- approveany additionalexten- tion. Under pressurefromthe US candidates on December 4and reau recommends SRamann for approved theconstitutionofBBB risen by $2.518billion to reacha The specialdrawing rights resentative said lateFridaythe sions at ameeting of senior US of- government, ByteDance has been 5, 2020 forthe vacancy of chair- the position of chairman and as abody of eminent profession- highof $575.29billion.Forthere- (SDRs) withthe International Committee on Foreign Invest- ficials, according to aperson in talksfor months to finalize a man and managing director managing director in SIDBI,”it als and officials to makerecom- porting week,the reserves de- Monetary Fund (IMF) increased ment in the UnitedStates (CFIUS) briefed on the meeting. The gov- deal with WalmartInc and Oracle (CMD) of Small Industries said. Ramann, 1991-batchIndian mendations forappointment of clineddespiteanincrease in for- marginallyby$2millionto $1.494 “is engaging with ByteDance to ernment had previouslyissueda Corp to shift TikTok’s US assets Development Bank of India Audit &AccountsService officer, whole-time directors as well as eigncurrencyassets(FCA),amajor billion. The reserve position with complete the divestment and 15-dayand seven-dayextension intoanew entity aimedtosatisfy (SIDBI),” the BBB said in astate- is currentlyCEO of National non-executive chairpersons of componentof theoverallreserves. IMF decreasedby$1million to other steps necessary to resolve of the initial 90-day deadline, the divestitureorder. REUTERS ment. E-Governance ServicesLimited, public sector banks(PSBs). Weeklydatareleased by the $4.679 billion. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 10 SUNDAY STORY

NJANUARY11, Chinashared the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV2, the coronavirus shutting down bordersand O economies across the world. On March 16,US-basedbiotech firm Moderna and aweeklater,researchersat OxfordUniversity announcedthe startofhu- man trials on vaccines againstit. In India, the government resortedtoan unprecedented lockdown to contain the virus. Up untilApril 19,bywhichtime the countryhad reported15,712 cases and 507 deaths, avaccine wasnowhereonthe hori- zon. That day, at the dailybriefing by the MinistryofHealth &FamilyWelfare,Joint SecretaryLuv Aggarwalsaidahigh-leveltask forcewould “identifyapathway forvaccine development” —the firsttime the govern- ment mentionedthe V-word. With that, the ball wasset rolling. By July, the Indian regulator had cleared Phase 1hu- man trials of the firstindigenous vaccine can- didate, developedbythe Indian Councilof Medical Research (ICMR) and Bharat Biotech. Some slips followed(including the ICMR’s incredulous August15deadline fora vaccine), but nowIndiaisfinallyonthe cusp of avaccine forCovid-19. With the UK already granting emergency use approval forthe Pfizer vaccine, regula- tory bodiesare seeking to rush through their approvals. With at leastfivecandidates in dif- ferent stages of clinical trials, India hopes to roll out itsfirst vaccine in the next fewweeks. However, therollout would be justthe startofanunprecedented exercise, with India seeking to vaccinateasmanyofits 1.3 billion people as possible, with at leasttwo, maybeeventhree, doses each. Taking the vaccine from the factorytothe syringebroadly involves threestages—trans- portation, storageand the actual inoculation. Thegood news is India has muchofthe infra- structure in place, thanks to itsUniversal Immunisation Programme (UIP), oneofthe largest public health schemes in the world, covering close to 2.67 crorenewbornsand 2.9 crorepregnant women against12diseases. At the Pune-based Serum InstituteofIndia, whichhas collaborated with OxfordUniversity and pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca forthe productionofone of the five vaccine candidates in India. Reuters “Since 1984,when the UIP wasstarted, India has created anetwork of morethan 26,000 cold chainpointswith temperature trackers forvaccines. Nowweonlyneedto augmentthis,” asenior HealthMinistryof- ficial told TheSunday Express. Whichiswhy,despitepubliclyvoiced ROLLING OUT concernsoverinfrastructure to storeand transportvaccines, with private players of- fering to pitchin, sources in the government saythis is one area where the countrycould be comfortable —atleastfor now. The real challengewould be thelogistics involvedintakingthe vaccine to the benefi- THE VACCINE ciaries, and in tracking them. Notjustmultiple vaccines arebeing used againstone disease but also, unlikeUIP, whichfocuseslargely on children, the Covid With the government claiming that India is weeksawayfromgettinga inoculation drive is to covernewborns to vaccinefor Covid-19, KAUNAIN SHERIFFMonthe hectic backend adults, from the healthytothe infirm, those with underlying diseasesand thosewithout, preparations forthe mammoth exercise of inoculatinglakhs of people, adults those in urban areas to those in some of the remotest geographies. and children—and working outwho willget the shotwhen, andhow

The blueprint Officials saystate has ensured90% immunisation despitepandemic. Gargi Verma As early as August12, the firstmeeting of “Vaccine procurement will be negotiated In India, cold chain technologyasbase infra- the National ExpertGroup of Vaccine centrallyand quality control will be also at structurewithin the logistics networkissuf- Administration (NEGVAC)—co-chaired by the central level. But once the stocksaregiven ficient enough. All we have to do is compart- Dr VKPaul, member,NITI Aayog, and Union to the states, the logistics should all be under mentalisewith wall panels and we can store SPOT REPORT HealthSecretary Rajesh Bhushan—decided the stateand district administration.” the vaccines alongside food. India also has that on the agendashould be augmenting Reddy also underlinedthe value of plan- about 20,000 transporttrucks designedto 310 km from Raipur, atrek technology platforms to ensurethat eachvial ning. “Howtogiveanintramuscular injec- storeupto-25 degrees Celsius,” he said. of the vaccine and eachbeneficiaryistracked. tion, howtolook forside-effects, howtodo Saying it’s moreimportant to focus on Since 2015,India has had avaccine track- sterilisation, and dispose of the syringe, can management, Kohli pointed out, “Weare not of half-a-day with vaccine, ingmechanism as partofthe existing immu- be ataught in amatter of fewdays. This Abigexercise planning forstorage;millionsofvaccine nisation programme. CalledeVIN or should nottoo difficult, but should be taught doses will getoverinafewweeks. We must Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network, the under good supervision. Initial injections DESPITE THE experience withthe identifythe terminal inoculation centres, hoping to catch tribals in time software, whichworks through asmart- should be givenunder the supervision of ex- Universal Immunisation then work backwards andplan howthat phone application, has digital information periencedpeople.” Programme, one of the largest public centrecan be providedaparticular coldstore. on vaccine stocks and the temperatures in At his meeting withChief Ministers last health programmes in the world, The planning will have to factor in the dis- Covid-19vaccination drive.Dantewada the coldchain. One of the firsttasksassigned week,Prime MinisterNarendraModi too Covid vaccination will be an entirely tance between point Aand B.” GARGIVERMA district has had over 5,000Covid-19cases wasbeefing up the eVIN. asked states to send detailedplans on last different ball game forIndia. Unlike States aresubmittingtheirplans to the (43 active now) and 15 deaths so far. Multiple vaccine candidatesmean each mile-delivery.“Theexperience of states (on the UIP,whichfocuses largely on Centre. Forinstance, Karnataka has proposed ROUND10amonaThursday, In Gadhmiri, mitanin Malati is among has itsown cold-chain requirements—mak- vaccine administration) is of utmostimpor- children, the Covid exercise involves three newvaccine stores in Bengaluru, a mitanin (community health the over twolakh healthcareworkers reg- ing digital tracking critical. Anyexposure to tance. Because everything movesfromthe amajor chunkofthe population, Shivamoggaand Ballari districts. The state volunteer) and an auxiliary isteredonastate governmentportalforthe A nurse maketheir wayto Phase-1Covid-19vaccinationdrive.Acru- outside temperatures can reduce the po- statelevel,” he said. withfivedifferent vaccines to track, has also identified30,000 vaccination sites, tency of avaccine and hence wastage. In an IdeaExchange session at TheIndian from dosestobeneficiaries. and sought additional cold storageequip- JharawayavillageinMuchnar gram pan- cial link between thenurse and locals, the “You needanITsystemtoknowwhere Express, Nandan Nilekani, former chairman ment from the Centre. chayat in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, 310- mitanin has been assignedaround100 the vaccine is procured from, howand where of the UIDAI and the architect of Aadhaar,had On September 10,Additional Secretary, odd km from the statecapital Raipur. families in her para,spread out over 4km. it is kept,whether temperatureparameters proposedaroadmap. “My suggestion is that COLDCHAINFORIMMUNISATION Health Ministry, Manohar Agnani, wroteto Armedwith vaccine boxescarrying pre- “Weweretrainedfor the Covid-19vacci- aremaintainedetc. All this tracking is needed we createaplatform to do 8-10millionvac- (Disruptionofthecoldchainintransit stateimmunisation officers and cold chain ventive shotsfor Japanese Encephalitis, nation drive and taught about social dis- on real-time basis,” atop government offi- cinations aday by authorisedvaccinators. mightreducethepotencyofthevaccine) officers with 15 directions, including repair of the small team arrivesatanullah fedby tancing,amongotherthings.Ourancestors cial had said afterthe August12meeting. We have asystemtotrain 200,000people on non-functional cold chain equipment. the Indravati river, where the motorable have followedthat conceptfor years,” Since then, keyfeatures have been added howtovaccinate, explain to people the side- road ends. The villageisstill 5kmaway laughs the mother of three, speaking in to the eVIN app. NowcalledCo-VIN,the soft- effects... Thereisanapp, and one can take an And when things go wrong... and theywalk over alow,narrowbridge Hindi and the local Halbi languages. She ware can trackthe beneficiaryand allocate appointmentfor vaccination. Iwill give my Acrucial unknown is the possibility of ad- to reachtheir destination, where agroup says thereare somefamiliesthatmakeex- avaccinationsession. Also, once aperson is name, do an Aadhaar authentication...The verse eventsorhealth complications follow- of 10 children arewaiting at the angan- cuses,“butItake thechildren anyway”. vaccinated and if there is no adverse event, a information could then be sent in real time to ing the vaccination. wadi centrefor the shots.During mon- In Chandenar village, Sukalu Bai, 55, QR-baseddigital certification is generated. acloud location, and it will send backadigi- Indiahas an existing mechanism called soon months, when the nullah swells up says she has “managed”toconvince res- States across the countryhavealready talcertificate to me...Because in the Covid- Vaccine manufacturer the AEFI (Adverse EventsFollowing and oftendrowns the bridge, the health identsofher villageabout the benefitsof startedusing Co-VIN foranother important 19 vaccine system, it is notonlyimportant Immunisation) Secretariat under theUIP,in- workers saytheywade through the wa- vaccination. “Earlier,mothers worried task: uploading the database of healthcare that Iamvaccinated,itisalsoimportant that cluding doctors, dataspecialistsand health ters to reachthe paras (neighbourhoods). that the shots would give their children workers, who will be the firstpriority group youknowthat Iamvaccinated.The digital workers. But again, Covid is awhole newter- About 55-km away,inToyalanka vil- fever.Iwould explain things to them, to getavaccine. On November 23, the Centre certificatecan then be shown at ajob inter- ritory. Whilethe AEFI is limited to tracking lage, anganwadi worker Bindu Sodhi says even scold them. Now, theyall under- told states to identify the potential vaccina- view, airport, railway station, bus stand etc.” Vaccine Refrigerated trucks adverse eventsamong children, nowadults her assignedareais“half-a-day’s trek”. “I stand,” says the grandmother of five. tors among the healthcareworkers. will have to be kept an eyeon, particularly have to walk 10 km to reachthe houses “In preparation forthe Covid-19vac- Along with adetailedarchitecturetoaug- Storage, distribution giventhe comorbidities risk in Covid-19. on the hill. When immunisation pro- cination, we have collected dataofall ment the IT platform, the expertcommittee Akey partofthe roadmap is taking stock Ice packed Experts also flag another issue. “Given grammes begin, the nurses inform me at healthcareworkers,including mitanin, built ablueprint forvaccine administration. of thecoldstorage facilities at different stages thermocol boxes that the vaccine will be administeredonthe leasttwo days in advance or else by the anganwadi workers, and medicalstaff of On October 26, the Health Ministryrec- onceavaccine leavesthe factory. in air cargo basis of emergency use authorisation, we time Itrekup, everyone has leftfor col- private hospitals, and it is being uploaded ommendedthe creation of statesteering By the end of lastweek,the government don’t have enough dataonlong-term safety lecting mahua flowers or forother activ- on aportalfor easy access. We arealso committees headedbyChief Secretaries; had identifiedasmanyas28,947cold chain and efficacy.Therefore, from asafetypers- ities in the jungle,” Sodhi says. working on increasingthe cold storage statetask forces by Principal Secretaries, points. These areessentiallydeep freezers pective,itwill very crucialtostrengthenad- As India prepares to roll out the vac- points,” says officer Thakur.The statecur- Health; and district task forces —toplan, im- and ice-linedrefrigerators to storethe vac- verse event reporting,” said Dr Anant Bhan, cine forCovid-19, resolving issues of ac- rentlyhas 630 cold storagepointswith plement and mobilise resources and to carry cines at primaryand community health cen- aresearcher in bioethics and global health. cessibility suchasthese is apriority for morethan80,000litresoffreezing capac- out “mid-course correction”,ifneeded. tres and districtsat2to 8degrees Celsius; as Government Statestores States have been directed to revamp the the government. Likeinlarge parts of the ity,believed to be sufficientfor the first The expertgroup alsobuiltanarchitec- well as larger walk-incoolers andfreezersat Medical Store AEFI committees to include, apartfrompae- country,Chhattisgarhhas been success- phase of the Covid-19vaccination. turetoensurelast-milereachofany vaccine, thestate and regional levels. Depots* diatricians, neurologists,cardiologistsand fullycarrying out year-round vaccination WhileThakursays thestatehassought since real work on theground will have to be Sources said these 29,000 pointsare ad- respiratorymedicine specialists.The Centre drivesunder the Universal Immunisation morecold chainpoints and walk-in cool- done at the blocklevel. equatefor vaccines neededtobegiven in the has also sought adequatestocksofadrena- Programme. “Thestate has achievedover ers forSarguja and Bastarregions, sources On November 24,VandanaGurnani, firstphase to healthcareworkers. line injections, to be administeredinthe 90% immunisation despitethe pan- inthegovernmentclaimthatthecoldchain AdditionalSecretary&MissionDirector In parallel,the subgroup headedby event of anysevereallergic reaction. Next demic,” says stateimmunisation officer pointsbeingset up can onlyprovide tem- (NHM) in the Health Ministry, wrotetostates SAparna, Secretary, Department of District Community week,itwill issue guidelines to states on how Amar Singh Thakur. However, the officer peratures between 2-8 degreeCelsius, seking BlockTaskForces,headedbySub- Pharmaceuticals (DoP), is mapping cold stor- stores Health Centres to communicatetopeople on vaccine safety. admits “issues of accessibility” and “last whichwon’t help if the Covid-19 vaccine Divisional Magistrates/tehsildars, who would ageavailable with food processing industries. In his meeting withCMs, the PM had said, mile connectivity” have prevented100 requiresstorageatsub-zerotemperatures. “identify vaccinators across government and Pawanexh Kohli, former CEO of the Atthesecentres, “For us, safetyisasnecessaryasspeed.” At per cent success, apartfromthe lackof “A lotdepends on the final drug that private sectorssoastominimise disruptionof National Centrefor Cold Chain Development, thevaccinesare an all-party meeting on December 4, he said awareness, tribal customs, preference for the Centreprocures. Apartfromlast-mile routine immunization services”. athink-tank on agri-logistics,said India has storedinregular experts believe a“cheap andsafe” vaccine traditionalmedicines over injections in connectivity,transportation and admin- Stressing on decentralisation as a“crucial sufficient cold storageinfrastructure, includ- PrimaryHealth refrigerators would be ready in the next fewweeks. “It is interior partsofthe state—all issues istration will be achallenge,” said an offi- and important” aspect, public health expert ing in the private sector.“Acold chain is not Centres natural the worldiswatching India,” he said. whichcould also come up duringthe cial involvedinthe process. Dr KSrinath Reddy told TheSunday Express, definedaccordingtosector but temperature. * ■ Kolkata ■ Mumbai ■ Chennai ■ Karnal (Haryana) As arebillions of Indians. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 11 OPINION THE SUNDAYEXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020

Across Fifth THEAISLE COLUMN TAVLEENSINGH AfraudontheConstitution Twitter@tavleen_singh

AMERICANS CANheave asigh of relief Protection of lifeand personal liberty;and (Amendment) Act, the dismemberment who love or marry or live with Hindu that Mr Donald Trumpwill be finallyout Article 25 —Freedom of conscience. of thestateofJammuandKashmir,thede- women. The text of the UP lawisdirected on January20, 2021. Yet, theycannot Mindful of the havocwrought follow- nialof humanrightsto under-custodyand againstinter-faithmarriages or living to- Modi’s wish away thesobering fact that ingthePartition,theConstituentAssembly under-trialprisoners,thedetentionof po- gether,particularly Hindu-Muslim cou- 73,890,295 citizens of the United States made twospecial provisions to reassure litical leaders without charge or trial, the ples. The questionable text reads: voted forMrTrump, only6,136,426 less minorities: Article 29 forprotection of in- erosionby stealthof thereservationforSCs, “No person shall convert or attempt to dangerous PCHIDAMBARAM than the number that voted for terests of minorities and Article 30 for STsandOBCs,theonslaughtonfederalism convert, either directly or otherwise, any Website:pchidambaram.in President-elect Joe Biden. America is di- rightsofminorities to establishand ad- and the brazen attempt to impose an other person from one religion to another Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN videdasnever before since 1860. ministereducationalinstitutions.Anycit- Oneness in everything from ration cards by misrepresentation, force, undue influ- isolation The civil warof1860 wasfought on izenhavingadistinctlanguage,script,cul- to entrance examinations to elections. ence,coercion, allurement, fraudulent the issue of ‘right to equality’. Should tureorreligion wasa‘minority’. It is amajoritarian agenda. The37.38 means or marriage....” REMEMBER NARENDRA Modi’s sneery blackAmericans be treatedasequal be- In the US, as the years rolledby, new percentvoteandthe303seatssecuredby The lawequates marriage withmis- comment about the ‘Khan Marketgang’ fore the law? The divisive factor wasrace. facets of equality were discoveredand theBJPinthelastelectionto theLokSabha representation, force,undue influence, co- during the election campaign lastyear? Eventually, afterabitter warinwhichan upheld by the courts:amongthem were did notmean that 50 per cent+1citizens ercion, allurementandfraudulentmeans! Remember howhesaid that it wasonly estimated 800,000 liveswerelost, the right to vote,right to desegregated supportedthe agenda of the BJP.The BJP It is abrazen attempt to legislateon this ‘gang’ who disapproved of him? President Lincoln prevailed. He also got schools and public spaces,and rightto hastherightto rule,butnottherightto de- something very private —choice of part- Remember howassoon as the resultsin- the Congress to pass the 13th abortion. The fountainhead wasthe stroy or subvert theConstitution. ner.The lawdepartmentsofthese states dicated asecond term forhim,aggressive Amendmenttothe Constitution. 13th Amendment. have evidentlynot read the judgments workers descendedonthis fashionable Throughout the struggle forIndian of the Supreme Court(Shafin Jahan, bazaar waving BJP flags and bannerswith Independence, Indians were notdivided ONSLAUGHT ON Puttaswamy)and the Allahabad High amenace that frightenedordinaryshop- on race, religion, caste,languageorgen- PRIMITIVE INSTINCTS LIBERTY Court(Salamat Ansari vs StateofUP, dated pers. Mercifully, this bizarre exercise was Thelatest excess—testing der.The pages of history of the struggle ManyIndians seemtohaveforgotten 11-11-2020). Morelikely, having read neverrepeated. But, Modi’s comment the limitsofegregiousness arefilledwith names of people who be- history.Manyappearto repudiatethefun- The BJP governments have the right them, the draftsmen have been assured madesuchanimpact on hissupporters —isthe lawmade by Uttar longedto different regions, spokedifferent damental principles of the Constitution. to protect the cowbut no right to stipulate by theirpolitical masters that those that his description of those once dis- Pradesh to punishwhat is languages, identifiedthemselveswith dif- Manyare proudlyproclaiming their as- that no one (including Christians and judgmentswill be overruledand the law missedas‘Lutyens libtards’ has nowen- ferentcastesand practiseddifferentfaiths. sumeddistinctiveness and superiority. people of the Northeast) shall eatbeef. re-written to pander to theprimitive in- teredour political vocabulary. crudely called ‘love jihad’... Theseprimitive instinctswerekeptunder Theyhavethe righttoencouragethe use stinctsofthe rulers. Modi’s victoryinlastyear’s general Thelaw is an onslaught on EQUALITY ENSHRINED checkaslong as the political space was of Hindibut no righttoimpose the lan- The lawisanonslaught on choice;on election buriedfor good the old effete, choice; on freedom; on dominatedby personswhobelievedinlib- guageupon non-Hindi speaking people freedom; on privacy;ondignity;onthe English-speaking ruling elitewho once privacy; on dignity;onthe At thedawnofindependent India, erty,equality and fraternity of all the peo- or makeitdifficult forthe latter to partic- equality of man and woman; and on the controlledall the levers of political power, therefore, ‘equality before law’ of every pleofIndia. When theBJP —and itsmen- ipateinthe governance of the country. righttoloveorlivetogether or marry.The but it did something elseaswell. It built equalityofman and woman; Indian wasagiven.The idea waseffort- tor, the RSS —acquired apresence, and Theyhavethe righttoprevent obscenity Constitutional courts,whichhavere-af- around the Prime Ministeranauraofin- and on theright to love or lesslytranslatedintofundamental rights grew,inthepoliticalspace,theseprimitive in publicbut no right to unleash the po- firmedtheirforemostduty to protect lib- vincibility.His second victoryinageneral live togetherormarry. The of citizensand embodiedinthe instinctsacquiredpolitical legitimacy. lice on young lovers in apark. erty,willundoubtedly strikedownthelaw. election seemedtoconvince him that he Constitutional courts Constitution: Article14—Equalityand We can citemanyexamples: the im- The latestexcess —testing the limitsof The ultimateresultisnot in doubt. It is could do what he liked.Hecould change equal protection of the laws;Article 15 — position of Hindi on non-Hindi speaking egregiousness —isthe lawmade by Uttar the ‘meanwhile’ that putsinperil democ- Kashmir’s special status and demote it to will undoubtedly strike Prohibition of discrimination;Article 16 people, the discriminatoryNational Pradesh to punishwhat is crudelycalled racy and freedom. Thefirstvictim, mean- aUnion Territory. He could amend the cit- down thelaw —Equality of opportunity; Article 21 — RegisterofCitizens and the Citizenship ‘love jihad’. Thetargets areMuslimmen while, of the UP lawisMrOwais Ahmad. izenshiplaw by making it discriminatory. When Muslims sawthis as athreat to their citizenship and protestedinthe streetsofcities and on university cam- puses, he could allowhis ministers to dis- Gehlotand KamalNath areconsideredpos- miss them as jihadistsand Pakistanis. inside sible replacements, but both have their history He could turn Parliament House intoa drawbacks.Gehlot’s organisational con- ‘Museum of Democracy’ and build anew TRACK tactsandaccessibilitygivehimanedge,but HEADLINE Thirty-twowinters ago, one to loom over it. He could buildhimself COOMIKAPOOR he has little connect with other political anew residence in the shadowofIndia parties and theMumbai business world, RAKESHSINHA Gatetransforming the Central Vista. He the latterbeing Nath’s strength.Nath’s [email protected] thehookah, the hukumat could getawaywiththat serious mistake drawbackishis lackofapproachability. in handling Covid-19inwhichheclosed Also,Gehlotwill resistany suggestion to India down at four hours’ notice,causing PLUSH PLANE step down as RajasthanChiefMinister. unspeakable suffering to millions of our Indeed, he has so farrefusedtorelinquish AT FIRST,therewas atrickle. Within hours, poorest, mostvulnerable citizens. The fact PRESIDENT RAM Nath Kovind is said to be anyofhis nineministerialportfolios,altho- that trickle became aflood as tens and that the people of Bihar gave theBJP a excited about the newVVIP Air India One ugh asked to do so by athree-member thousands of farmers —ontrucks, trac- mandatedespitethis appears to have fur- aircraft, equippedwith the latestfeatures, committee, whichincludedPatel.Athird tor-trolleys,bullockcarts,motorcycles — ther emboldenedhim. Agoodish BJP per- including asophisticated defence system contender is Karnataka leader DK showedupatthe gatesofDelhi. And formance in lastweek’s municipal elec- and audio/video communications. Itsplush Shivakumar,who is adeptatfundraising. campedtopress their case. tion in Hyderabad will add to hissenseof interiors withconferenceroomsandsuites Thirty-twowinters before farmers invincibility. But,inademocracy the peo- arereportedly on apar withtheUS Preside- from Punjab and Haryana begantheir sit- ple’s voice is notheard justthrough the nt’s Air ForceOne. Kovind waskeen to try SAD PHENOMENON in at the borders of Delhi, BharatiyaKisan ballotbox,and it is beginning to look as if out the aircraftdedicated forthe exclusive In the lastfortnight of November,senior Union leader Mahendra Singh Tikait mo- the Prime Ministerhas forgottenthis. use of the President, Prime Ministerand MP AhmedPatel,former CM Tarun Gogoi, bilisedfarmers of western Uttar Pradesh It should be heardthrough the media. Vice President, and went on the inaugural and RajasthanMLA Kiran Maheshwari and headedtothe country’s seat of power, But, as Ihaveadmitted before in this col- flight. The aircraftlandedinChennai and diedofpost-Covid complications.That determinedtoget them their due. umn, the media does notdarespeak truth the President travelledtoTirupati in ahel- marks aworryingly high mortality rate Foraweek beginning October 25, 1988, to powerany more. Thereare conse- icopter. PM Modi has yettouse the aircraft among VIP politicians. To date, at leastfour nearly 500,000farmers took over the quences. The mediahas been ‘managed’ and is reportedlywaiting tillheflies abroad. MPs and eight MLAs have diedafter test- heartofthe Capital, occupying Boat Club in ways that aresounsubtlethat when a ing Covid positive,apartfromother known and itslawns,within earshotofNorth and group of TVreporters went to meetfarm- namesinthe political world. The listoffa- SouthBlocks,and Parliament where the MahendraSingh Tikait with farmers from western UP on the BoatClub lawns, ers at the barricades on Delhi’snorthern ALL DOORS OPEN talitiesincludesformer President Pranab winter session wastostart days later. duringaprotestthat lastedaweek in October 1988. Express Archives border,theywerechasedawaybyangry Thereismajor churning on in talksfor Mukherjee, Union MoS forRailways Curious, surprisedand somewhat be- Sikh farmerswho said theyhad no wish to Tamil Nadu’s Assemblypolls to be held Suresh Angadi,UPministers Chetan wildered,manyinDelhi had no clue why talk to ‘godi media’. Lapdogs. The BJP’s me- next year.The DMK’sMKStalinissaid to Chauhan and Kamal Rani Varun, former the farmers were here—this wasstill the Congress government sat there,one that But that onlysteeledtheir resolve.And dia managers also control social media be discussing the possibility of an alliance RJD leaderRaghuvansh Prasad Singh,for- eraofgovernment-controllednews via had control over Uttar Pradesh. thetidebeganturningin Delhi.Alreadyun- platformswith amix of aggression and with SRamadoss’sPMK.Ifthe alliance were merCentralministerfromLeh PNamgyal Doordarshan and All India Radio, and peo- The October siegeofDelhi wasanex- popular because of the Bofors scandal and abuse. Thosewho daretotweet against to materialise, then Dalit leader Thiru- and former Goa health ministerSuresh plehad to tuneintoBBC or wait forthe tension of the BKU’s Meerut campaign. It the resignation of VPSingh, RajivGandhi thePrime Ministerorhis policies arela- mavalavanofthe VCKwould walk out of Amonkar.EvenCentral ministers Amit morningnewspaper forinformation.There also signalled the arrivalofTikait on the and hisgovernment cameunderpressure. beled‘traitors’. If theyare women,they the DMK camp. His preference would be a Shah and DharmendraPradhanhavehad wasno24X7 TV,noprivate television net- big stageasmanythought he would fill a The fact that the BKU wasnot lettingpoliti- also face verbal sexual abuse. joint front with the Congress and Kamal protracted post-Covid complications. A work,noInternet, no mobile phone. vacuuminwestern UP.Its tallestleader cians take thestage to addressthe farmers The farmers’ protestonthe borders of Haasan’s party.The snag is that Rahul Covid-19specialistbelievesthe reason Tikait and his men wasted no time in and the country’s fifthPrimeMinister, —atthat point, Tikait wanted to keep it Delhi that has gone on nowfor morethan Gandhi is unlikelytoabandon the DMK, could bepolitical leaders plunging straight disseminating information. Theyheld ChaudharyCharan Singh, had been inca- purelyapolitical —didn’t go unnoticed, and aweek comes as asharp and timelyre- even if the Congress is allotted ahumiliat- away intonormal activity afterrecovery, huddles with reporters, morning to night, pacitated by astrokeinNovember1985 there were editorials on the hookah and the minder that Modi’s critics existbeyond the ing number of seats. Another option forthe instead of taking it easy forsix weeks. patientlyexplaining eachofthe 35 de- —hepassedaway18months later —and hukumat aspublicsympathyslowlybegan ‘Khan Market gang’. Forthe firsttime since VCKistojoinhands with Asaduddin mands theyhopedthat the RajivGandhi the region yearnedfor one worthhis salt. gravitating towardsthe farmers. he became Prime Minister, he has been Owaisi’s AIMIM,amove which coulddam- government would concede. Therewas a In Lucknowtoo, therehad been a On October 31,aweek into the sit-in, publiclyattacked. When Punjabi farmers agethe DMK. The AIADMK, meanwhile, is LIMITED SUCCESS litanyofcomplaints —ofagrariandistress, changeofguard. In June, months afterthe the Congressmoved itsrally on the an- were asked whytheydid notacceptthe planning atie-up with the BJP and actor The Haryana Policewas told to prevent delayedpayments, complicated bureau- Meerut sit-in, Singh had been replacedby niversary of Indira Gandhi’s assassination Home Minister’s offertotalk to them as Vijayakanth’s DMDK. The keyquestion of the Kisan brigade, travellingintractors cratic rules, and an administration cold to NDTiwari, the man he had succeeded as to the RedFortgrounds, away from Boat soon as theymovedtheir protesttoa‘struc- course is with whom superstarRajinikanth and buses, from reaching Delhi. Their their suffering. Chief Minister, and wascalledtoDelhi Club. The very next day, Tikait liftedthe tured’space in Delhi, thisis what theysaid: ties up. As aTamil Nadu politician put it, hands were tiedthough, as theywereor- Loudspeakers toolistedtheirdemands, wherehewas made MinisterofCommu- siege of Delhi.Therewas no formal agree- “Modi, Shah have provedthat theyare such “All doors areopen at this juncture.” dered nottouse strong-arm measures. the emphasis moreonahigher price for nications in the Rajivgovernment. ment although concessions were assured. liars that we can no longer trustthem.” The policeresortedtowater cannons and sugarcane produce, waiver of dues, con- By then, western UP wasrestless,and The following year,beforethe Lok Sabha Everycommentatorhas atheory on why tear gas, but the farmers simplyretreated cessions in electricity and watertariff. bristling. So when the call came from elections,NDTiwari signedapactwith the farmers aresoangryoverchanges in FILLING HIS SHOES and then re-grouped. The Haryana Yetthese demands were notnew,and Sisauli, Tikait’s home near Muzaffarnagar, the BKU,conceding manyofits demands. farm laws thattechnicallygivethem more The Congress faces atough time finding a Police’s onlyrecourse wastoerect block- Agriculture MinisterBhajan Lal knewthat. hundredstroopedout of everyvillage. Etchedinthe collective memoryof options to sell their produce. My theoryis suitable replacement forAhmedPatel. ades along the road with heavy-duty Because nine months before he showed At Boat Club,asthe farmers sat out Delhi, Boat Club had amessage. Partici- that their rage comesfromatotal lackof PawanBansal mayhavebeen appointed cranes and seeminglyinsurmountable up in Delhi,Tikait had staged asimilar sit- nights, policemen kept watch. Therewere pating in aparliamentarydebate, the communication. The ivorytowerthink- interim treasurer,but Patel’s role wasfar iron barricades. But the well-prepared in outside the office of the Meerut divi- attemptstowear them out. Everytrickin BJP’s Hanamkonda MP CJangaReddy — tanksinDelhi’s highestcorridors of power morewide-ranging.Hewas akey interme- farmer organisations came armedwith sional commissioner,with the same de- thebook wasemployed—loud music,at he and Mehsana’sAKPatel were the only clearly did notinclude farmers when they diary between Congresspersonsand the implements and accompaniedbytrained mands forthe VirBahadur Singh times western, wasplayedatnight, hop- twoparty candidatestoget electedtothe made their ‘agricultural reforms’. Gandhi family. When Congressmen sought mechanics and successfullycleared the government in Lucknow. ing this would unsettle the farmers and Lok Sabha in 1984 —warnedthe govern- Then came the inexplicable mistake time to meet Sonia Gandhi, she invariably roads. Apolice officer claimedthat while Severalconsultations later,Singh had their cattle,and make them leave;water ment:“The rallyheld at Boat Club seven of treating protesting Punjabi farmers like suggestedtheyspeak to Patel, rarely direct- theycould notprevent the farmers even- invited the BKU to Lucknow. But Tikait supplyinand around the areawasstopped, days agoisaprecursor of morerallies to criminals when theyreachedHaryana. ing them to Rahul. No senior party leader tually reaching the Delhiborder,they had other plans. Delhi wascloser than so wasdelivery of food packetstofeedthe come. An agitated farmer means an agi- Watercannons and tear gasshells were has Patel’s invaluableattributes. Ashok managed to slowdownthe march. Lucknow, andheknewthat abigger vast gathering. tatednation.” usedtokeep them from getting pasta wall of barbed wirebehind whichstood asmall army of policemen.When Iasked My ISOLATION afriend, who is aBJP supporter,why this had happened, he said, “Initially, overcon- AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM fidence. Then, wrong assessment. Believing that agitation is manufactured. And mishandling.” If Ineededconfirma- ‘I missmyfiancée.Over10months sincewelastmet’ tion thatModinolonger has his ear to the ground, this wasit. He is nowsoisolated from ‘the people’ thathecan no longer What precautions areyou taking now? eocallsto discusshockeyoranalyseagame. What precautions do youtakewhile feel their pain, their anger or their disgust Itestedpositive forCovid-19inAugust In August,Indian hockey travelling? with those of his policies that theythink on arrivalfor the nationalcoaching camp What glovesand mask do youuse? My onlyrecent travel wasgoing from cause them harm. heldby theSportsAuthorityof India(SAI)in team captain MANPREET Iuse acloth mask that can be washed Bengaluru to Jalandhar and back. Iwore His communication with ordinary Bengaluru.Everyone wastestedonarrival SINGH, 28, tested positive and reused.While travelling, Iuse regular masks, face shield, gloves and also carried Indians is through arambling mono- and kept in quarantine for14days... On the forCovid-19.Five of his use-and-throw gloves. ahand sanitiser. logue onceamonththat usually ignores thirdday of arrival, Ilostmysense of taste teammates, too, were the issue of the moment. He gets no feed- and smell... Iimmediatelyinformedchief While interactingwith people, howdo Howmuchtime do youspend in front backfromthe media because onlythose coachGrahamReid,whotheninformedSAI infected. Nowrecovered, youensureyour safety? of ascreen? whofall intothe ‘godi’categoryhaveac- and HockeyIndia(HI) officials. Singh and the team have Apartfromthe pitch, we wear amask During isolation, Ispent hours... That cess to him. Thereisnot one person in restarted their preparations everywhere. Even when we arewalking wasthe only pastime Ihad. hisCabinet who would dareoppose any- What wasyour routine likeinself- forthe 2021 Tokyo fromthehosteltothepitch,we wearamask thing he says or does. And, in this year of isolation? and followsocial distancing.... Howdoyou keep your mind offthe the Chinese virus he has notbeen able to It wasone of the mostchallenging ex- Olympics. Singh talks pandemic? move out much. His deep isolationisnot periencesof my life.Iamsomeonewhoen- about his life in abio-secure Howlong did yougowithout seeing Since Iamnow back to training, my fo- just harmfulfor democracy it is harmful joys the companyofteammates. In the bubble and spending your family? cushasshiftedtohockey.Wehavetwo ses- forhim personally, because it has given camp, we arealwaysuptofun and banter months away from family Ithasbeenaboutfourmonthssincethe sions aday and team meetings or one-on- him afalse sense of invincibility.The offthe field. We gettogether in one room, lastbreak.Beforethat we had asix-week onemeetingswiththechief coach.Theday farmers who have braved cold nightsin maketea, chat and playonthe PlayStation. breakwhenwemet ourfamilies.However, flies by without us realising it. the open and endured deprivations of all During my isolation, it waschallenging INTERVIEWBY Imissseeing my fiancée. It has been more kinds to maketheir voice heardshould to just be in aroomwithout doingany- MIHIR VASAVDA than 10 months since Ilastvisited her.She What is the firstthing youwant to do in remind the PrimeMinisterthatheisnot thing... IwatchedNetflix, Amazon Prime livesinMalaysia... We arecommunicating aCovid-free world? invincible. In ademocracy,nopolitical andplayedPUBG.Ialsoattendedteamvid- Illustration: Suvajit Dey virtually. Playhockeyinfrontof apackedstadium. leader should be. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TOPOFTHE Bahrain now second nationtoapprove WORLD UScourtordersfullDACA Pfizer Covid vaccine for emergency use restorationinreliefto It did notrespond to questions to thepoint of vaccination.” JONGAMBRELL from The AssociatedPress. The Theimmediatechallengefor DUBAI,DECEMBER5 Pfizer shots,aso-called“mRNA Bahrain would betheconditions undocumentedimmigrants vaccine,” contain apiece of ge- in whichthe vaccine mustbe THE ISLAND kingdom of Bahrain neticcodethat trains theimmune kept.Itmustbestoredand said it has become the second system to recognize the spiked shipped at ultra-cold tempera- Indians among those whowill benefit;blowtoTrump’s bid nationinthe worldtogrant an protein on the surface of the virus. tures of aroundminus70degrees emergency-use authorization Pfizer later told the AP that Celsius(minus 94 degrees to endDeferredAction forChildhood Arrivals programme Awomancasts her forthe coronavirus vaccine thedetails of itssales agreement Fahrenheit).Bahrain is aMideast vote in the town of made by Pfizer and itsGerman Britain had on Wednesday with Bahrain, including the “tim- nation that regularly seestem- Hawally, Kuwait. AP partner BioNTech. approved the vaccine made ing of delivery and the volume of peraturesinthe summer of PTI&AP The state-runBahrain News by Pfizer and itsGerman doses,” wasconfidential and de- around 40°Cwith highhumidity. WASHINGTON,DECEMBER5 Agency madethe announcement partner BioNTech. AP clinedtocomment. Bahrain operates astate- THE GULF on Fridaynight,following anear- “Wehavedevelopeddetailed ownedcarrier,Gulf Air,that REVERSINGTHE decision of the Kuwaitvotes lier announcementbythe United logistical plans and tools to sup- could be usedtotransport the outgoing Trumpadministration, Kingdom on Wednesday, making sis and review undertaken by the porteffectivevaccine transport, vaccine. In the nearbyUnited afederal courthas ordered full forParliament Britain the firstinthe world. authority of all available data,” the storageand continuous temper- Arab Emirates, the Dubai-based reinstatement of an Obama-era “The confirmationofapproval kingdom said. aturemonitoring,” Pfizer said. long-haul carrier Emirates has programmethatprotectsundoc- amideconomic, by theNationalHealth Regulatory Bahrain did notsay howmay “Our distribution is builtona already said it is preparing itsfa- umented immigrantsbrought to viruschallenges Authority of the kingdom of vaccines it has purchased, nor flexible justintime system cilities to distributevaccines at the US as minors from deporta- Bahrain followedthorough analy- when vaccinations would begin. whichwill ship the frozen vials ultra-cold temperatures. AP tion,arulingthatwill help alarge KUWAIT VOTED Saturday number of Indian migrants. forits National Assembly, The Trumpadministration the firstelection since the WHO chief: triedendingthe Deferred Action DACA recipientsand their supporters outside the US death of itslongtime rul- forChildhood Arrivals (DACA) in Supreme CourtinJune. Reuters ing emir and as the oil- World can start 2017,but the US Supreme Court richnation faces serious blockedits attempt in June. economicproblems un- dreaming of Afterthat, Acting UncertaintyremainsforDreamers der the coronavirus pan- Department of Homeland demic. This tinycountry’s pandemic’s end Security SecretaryChad Wolf hundredsofthousands of had issuedamemoinJulysus- THE DACA programme feredbyDACAtoundoc- voters selected lawmak- pending DACA fornew applica- is the product of an umented immigrants ers for50seatsinthe EDITHMLEDERER tions and reducing howlong re- Obama-eraexecutive brought to theUSasmi- Parliament, the freestand UNITEDNATIONS,DECEMBER5 newals were valid from two order.Atthe time, nors —often called most-rambunctiousas- years down to one year. Congress had refusedto Dreamers —can be di- sembly in the Gulf Arab THE UN health chief declared On Friday, US District Judge pass legislation to makeitalaw, luted or takenawaybynew ad- countries. The newly Fridaythat positive resultsfrom Nicholas Garaufisinthe Eastern and Biden is alsolikelytoface ministrations. If the protections elected Parliament will coronavirus vaccine trials mean District of New York directed the an uphill task in trying to con- were written intolaw,the fu- needtomakedecisions the world“can begin to dream Department of Homeland vinceaGOP-majority Senateto tureofDreamers would notbe on anumber of matters, about the end of the pandemic”, Security to extend the two-year pass legislation on the subject. so dependentonchanging po- perhaps none moreim- but he said richand powerful na- renewals to DACA recipientsand This means the protectionsof- litical winds in Washington. portant that Kuwait’s tions mustnot trample the poor startaccepting applicationsfrom economy, whichhas been and marginalised“in the stam- first-time applicantsbeginning hit by the pandemic. AP pede forvaccines”. Monday. with unlawful presence in the US According to a2019report by In an address to the UN Thismeansthat the firsttime afterbeingbrought to thecoun- South AsianAmericans Leading GeneralAssembly’sfirsthigh-level Awoman receives an injectionofthe SputnikVvaccineataclinicinMoscowonSaturday. Reuters sinceSeptember 2017,new ap- tryaschildrento receive arenew- Together(SAALT),thereare atleast session on the pandemic, World plicantswho were notprevi- able two-year period of deferred 630,000 Indians who areundoc- SRI LANKA Health OrganisationDirector- ouslyeligible maynow applyfor action from deportation and be- umented,a72per cent increase Govtsayswill General Tedros Adhanom the programmewhichshields comeeligibleforaworkpermitin since 2010.AsofAugust2018, Ghebreyesuscautionedthatwhile Moscow starts mass Covid-19 undocumented immigrants the US. DACA recipientsare often thereare approximately2,550ac- expediteEaster theviruscanbestopped,“thepath who came to theUSaschildren referred to as “Dreamers”. tive Indian DACA recipients. Only ahead remains treacherous”. from deportation. Approximately640,000 im- 13 percent of the overall 20,000 bombingsprobe Referring to thecurrent up- vaccination with Sputnik Vshot DACA is an immigration pol- migrantsare enrolledinthe DACA eligible Indians have ap- THE SRI Lankan govern- surge in infections and deaths, icy that allowssomeindividuals DACA programme. pliedfor DACA,SAALTsaid. ment will expeditethe on- Tedros said without naming any “You areworking at an edu- MayorSergeiSobyanin wroteon going probeofEaster countries that “wherescienceis REUTERS cational institution and have his personal websiteonFriday. Sunday suicidebombings drownedout by conspiracy theo- MOSCOW,DECEMBER5 top-priority forthe Covid-19 vac- The agefor those receiving Trump orders all that killed258 people, in- ries, wheresolidarityisunder- cine, free of charge,” read a shots is cappedat60.Peoplewith Biden officially secures cluding 11 Indians, last minedbydivision,wheresacrifice MOSCOW BEGAN distributing phone text messagereceived by certain underlying health condi- American troops year,asenior Cabinetmin- issubstitutedwithself interest,the the Sputnik VCovid-19shotvia oneMuscovite, an elementary tions, pregnant women and those istersaid on Saturday. virus thrives, the virus spreads”. 70 clinics on Saturday, marking school teacher,early on Saturday whohave had arespiratoryillness enoughelectors to out of Somalia Ninesuicide bombers car- He warnedthat avaccine Russia’s firstmass vaccination and seen by Reuters. forthe pasttwo weeksare barred riedout aseries of blasts “will notaddress the vulnerabil- againstthe disease, the city’s Moscow, the epicentreof from vaccination. that tore through three ities that lie at itsroot” —poverty, coronavirus task forcesaid. Russia’s coronavirus outbreak, Russia has developedtwo become US President HELENECOOPER churches andasmanylux- hunger,inequality and climate The task forcesaid the registered7,993 newcases Covid-19vaccines, Sputnik V WASHINGTON,DECEMBER5 uryhotels in Sri Lanka on change, whichhesaidmustbe Russian-made vaccine would overnight. whichisbackedbythe Russian the EasterSundayonApril tackledonce the pandemic ends. firstbemadeavailable to doctors “Over the firstfivehours, Direct Investment Fund and an- MICHAELRBLOOD& US PRESIDENT Donald Trump, 21,2019. “Sri Lankan gov- However, the progress made and other medical workers, 5,000people signedupfor the jab other developedbySiberia’s NICHOLASRICCARDI pressing his end-of-term troop ernment will expeditethe on vaccines means“the light at teachers and social workers be- —teachers, doctors, social work- Vector Institute, with final DECEMBER5 withdrawals from conflicts ongoing probeofEaster the end of the tunnel is growing cause theyran the highestrisk of ers, those who aretodayrisking trials forthe both yettobe around the world, willpullUS Sundaysuicidebombing. steadilybrighter”, he said. AP exposuretothe disease. their health and livesthe most,” completed. CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED itspres- forces out of Somalia, where Iwill meetthe Attorney idential election Fridayand ap- theyhavebeen trying to push General on Mondaytosee pointed 55 electors pledgedto backadvances by Islamic insur- howwecouldproceed,” 18 killed due to Pressure on Nepal PM as US ends exchange votefor Democrat Joe Biden, of- gentsinthe Horn of Africa. Sarath Weerasekera, the ficiallyhanding him the Electoral The Pentagon announced ministerofpublic security, excessive level of programmes with Collegemajority neededtowin Fridaythat virtuallyall of the ap- said. PTI ruling party feud worsens the WhiteHouse. California on Fridaycertified proximately700 troops in poisonousgas in China,calling SecretaryofState Alex Biden’s victory in the state Somalia —mostSpecial USA Chinese coal mine them ‘propaganda’ Padilla’s formal approval of Operations troops who have been ahead of key meeting Biden’s win in the statebrought conducting training and coun- Firefightersmake his tallyofpledged electorssofar what we call projections.” terterrorismmissions—will be progressagainst KJMVARMA REUTERS to 279, according to atally by The TheelectorsnamedFridaywill leaving by Jan 15,fivedaysbefore BEIJING,DECEMBER5 YUBARAJGHIMIRE WASHINGTON,DECEMBER5 Associated Press. That’s justover meetDec.14,alongwithcounter- President-elect Joe Biden is Californiablaze KATHMANDU,DECEMBER5 the 270threshold forvictory. partsineachstate,toformallyvote scheduledtobeinaugurated. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE EIGHTEEN PEOPLEhavebeen THE US StateDepartment said These steps in the election are forthenextpresident.Moststates The withdrawal from made some progress killeddue to an excessive levelof NEPAL PRIME Ministerand co- on Fridayithas endedfivecul- oftenignoredformalities. But the have laws bindingtheirelectorsto Somalia followedTrump’s or- reining in ablaze in a thepoisonous carbon monoxide chairman of the ruling Nepal tural exchangeprogrammes hidden mechanics of electing a the winner of the popular votein ders to reduce the US presence Southern California gasinacoal mine in China,offi- CommunistParty,KPSharma withChina, callingthem “soft US president have drawnnew their state, measures that were in Afghanistanand Iraq. canyon, but facedmore cials said on Saturday, the latest Oli, could face calls to resignin powerpropaganda tools”. The scrutinythisyear as President upheld by aSupreme Courtdeci- The debateoverthe value of high winds and lowhu- miningdisasterinthe world’s an upcoming meeting of the KPSharma Oli Department said it “terminated” Donald Trumpcontinuestodeny sionthisyear.Therehavebeenno counterterrorismand training midity on Fridaythat largest coal producing country. party’s standing committeeaf- the Policymakers Educational Biden’s victoryand pursues in- suggestions that anyofBiden’s missionsliketheoneinSomalia,is threatenedtostoke the One person wasrescued terfeuding factions were unable ChinaTripProgram,theUS-China creasinglyspecious legalstrate- pledged electorswould contem- growing —amongthe public, in flameswhichhad forced from the closedDiaoshuidong to sortout their differences. icallyweighedagainstOli, and FriendshipProgram,theUS-China gies aimedatoverturning the re- platenot voting forhim. Congress and even the Pentagon. thousands to leave their colliery situated in Yongchuan During afour-hour session of during ameeting of the commit- LeadershipExchange Program,the sults before theyare finalised. Resultsofthe Electoral But Trump’s push to leave homes. The Bond Fire district in Chongqing the party’s central secretariat teeonSunday, the members are US-China TranspacificExchange Although it’s been apparent Collegevote aredue to be re- Somalia before he leavesoffice wasless than athird Municipality,state-run Xinhua that followedhis one-on-one scheduledtodiscuss the corrup- Program andthe Hong Kong forweeks that Biden wonthe ceived, and typicallyapproved, comes at adelicatetime forthe containedafter it broke news agency reported. meeting with the other co-chair- tion allegations brought against EducationalandCulturalProgram. presidential election, his accrual by Congress on Jan. 6. Although EastAfrican nation: It is prepar- out on Wednesdayon The accident took placeon man of the party,Pushpa Kamal Oli by the Prachanda faction. This “The five programmes in of morethan 270electors is the lawmakers can object to accept- ing forparliamentaryelections the road forwhichitis Fridayevening when workers Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Oli categori- could result in Oli being told by question arefullyfundedandop- firststeptowardthe White ing the electors’ votes, it would next monthand apresidential namedand quickly were dismantling equipment in callysaid he wasneithergoing the party to resignasparty co- erated by the (Chinese) govern- House, said EdwardB.Foley, alaw be almostimpossible forBiden election scheduledfor early engulfed muchof the pit, the reportsaid. to step down from his leadership chairman or as PM, or both. But if ment as softpower propaganda professor at OhioStateUniversity. to be blockedatthat point. February. Theremovalof Silverado Canyon, driven The mine wassuspended role in the party nor from the this were to happen, Olihas pri- tools,” the StateDepartmentsaid. “It is alegal milestone and the “As apractical matter,we American troopscould compli- by strong SantaAna and shut down twomonths ago. postofPrime Minister. vately warneddetractors that he The Chinese embassy in firstmilestone that has that sta- know that JoeBidenisgoing to cateany ability to keep election winds. REUTERS The cause of the accident was The 43-member standing could dissolve Parliamentandcall Washingtondidnotimmediately tus,” Foleysaid. “Everything be inaugurated on January20,” rallies and voting safefromal- notimmediatelyknown. PTI committeeofthe party isnumer- foranearly election. replytorequests forcomment. prior to that waspremisedon Foleysaid. AP Shabab bombers. NYT

THE HAYABUSA2MISSION CEMENTS JAPAN’S ROLE IN EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM Japan’sjourney to an asteroid ends with ahuntinAustralia’s outback

probelaunchedbyJAXA,Japan’s Phobos, amoonof Mars,andcon- capsule. The area, usedbythe phere.At analtitudeof 6miles,the The team hopes to recoverthe KENNETHCHANG space agency,in2014toexplore tributetoNASA’sArtemisprogram Australian militaryfor testing, capsule will release aparachute, capsule, perform initialanalysis DECEMBER5 an asteroid namedRyugu, a to sendastronautstoEarth’smoon. provides awide-open space that and whereitwill drift as it de- and whiskitbacktoJapan within dark, carbon-richrockabit more But the immediatechallenge is ideal forthe return of an inter- scendswilladdto theuncertainty. 100hours. Even though the cap- JAPAN’S SPACEagency is nearing than half amile wide. willbesearchingin darkness fora planetary probe. “Thelandingplacedependson sule is sealed, the worryisthat the end of ajourneyofdiscovery Thesuccessof themissionand 16-inch-wide capsule containing The small return capsule sep- the wind on that day,”Yoshikawa Earth air will slowlyleak in. that aims to shedlight on the the science it produces will raise the asteroid samples somewhere arated from themainspacecraft said.Theareathatsearchersmight “Thereisnoperfect sealing,” earliesteons of the solar system Japan’sstatusasacentralplayerin amidhundredsofsquaremiles in about 12 hours before the sched- have to covercould stretchsome Tachibana said. and possiblyprovide clues about deep spaceexploration,together aregion280 miles north of uledlanding, when it wasabout 60 miles,hesaid. Once the capsule is found, a the origins of lifeonEarth. with NASA,the European Space Adelaide, the nearestlarge city. 125,000 milesfromEarth. The trail of the fireball of su- helicopterwill take it to alabo- But first, it is going to have to AgencyandRussia.JAXAcurrently “It’s reallyinthe middleof The capsule is expected to hit perheated air created by the ratory thathas been setupatthe go on ascavenger hunt in the has aspacecraft in orbit around nowhere,” saidShogo Tachibana, the ground in theearly hours of reentering capsule will help Australian air forcebase at Australian outback. Venus studyingthat planet’s hell- the principal investigator in Sunday(local time) in Australia. guide the recovery team, as will Woomera. Thereaninstrument This weekend, bitsofanas- ish climateand is collaborating charge of theanalysis of the In an interview, Makoto the capsule’s radio beacon. The will extract anygases withinthe teroid will land in abarrenregion with theEuropeans on amission Hayabusa2 samples. He is partof Yoshikawa,the mission manager, task willbecome muchmoredif- capsulethatmay have been re- near Woomera, South Australia. that is on itsway to Mercury. ateam of more than 70 people Japan’s spaceagency installedanantenna in Woomera, said thereisanuncertaintyof ficult if the beacon fails or if the leasedbythe asteroid rocksas These arebeing ferriedtoEarth In the comingyears,Japan from Japan who have arrivedin Australia, in preparation forthe Hayabusa2’s return. AP about10 kminpinpointingwhere parachutefails to deploy. theywereshaken andbroken by Hayabusa2, arobotic space plans to bring back rocksfrom Woomerafor recovery of the thecapsulewillreentertheatmos- Thereisabit of arush, too. during reentry. NYT DECEMBER 6, 2020 | WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM | PAGE 13 THE SUNDAY EXPRESSMAGAZINE

BOOKS ARTS etc ● An interview with Stephen Alter on his new book Songs of Belonging that reimagines Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book Brooklyn-based PriyaDarshini’sdebut album ● Review of VinaySitapati’s Jugalbandi: about identitypolitics and immigration crisis The BJP BeforeModi wins anomination to the GrammyAwards eye ● Review of Robert Galbraith’s Troubled Blood

THE SECOND THE FINE PRINT COMING SHareesh won the Ta mil writer Perumal JCB Prize for Murugan announced Literaturethis year the death of the writer and Jallikattu,afilm in him after avicious basedonone of his attack on his novel short stories,isIndia’s Mathorubagan (One entrytothe Oscars Part Woman) in 2014 this year AWriter’s Revolt PHOTOS:EXPRESSARCHIVE

It was acampaign of hate against their work that brought Ta mil writer Perumal Murugan and Malayalam writer SHareesh to mainstream attention. Now, with accolades and international recognition, they hope for amore nuanced reading of their work

Amrith Lal major Malayalam publisher,announcedthe cial hierarchies of that time, among them tion of caste relations. The alchemistinhim (Penguin)in 2013 andhe had rejoinedhis col- Murugan has been that he got to travel to publicationof Meesha.Thefirsteditionsoldout sportinga meesha(moustache). Withitsmul- transformsall that he observes into layered legeinNamakkal, wherehetaughtTamil lan- manyparts of thecountry. He rarely refuses innotime.Amonthlater,athree-judgebench tiple references, beginning with the figureof stories that sparkle with wit and sarcasm, in- guageand literature,after asabbatical to com- invitations to speak at literaryfestivals and WO YEARS afteramob cam- of the Supreme Courtdismissedaplea to ban Ezhuthachan, who unwittingly initiated voking adeep empathywith the underdog. plete the sequels to Mathorubagan,when the seminars. “For me, it is akind of thanksgiving paign forced SHareesh to with- the bookonthe groundthat it had references Vavachan’s rebellion by introducing the sub- The Englishtranslationof Meesha,Hareesh campaign againstthe novelstarted. to allthose people who stood by me in those draw Meesha,his novelthen se- derogatory to Hinduwomen. versive recreationalformof theatre to thevil- says,has been rewarding,for it has allowedan Murugan receivedthe firstabusive callon darkdays,” he says. rialisedinaMalayalam The controversy helpedsales, but it lage, Meesha took flight to become amagical uncluttered reading of thebookpurelyasa December 1, 2014,while he wasatthe college. Publisher and friend Kannan Sundaram T magazine, itstranslation colouredthe reception of the novel. Meesha is tale, morethan justaprovincial narrative or a pieceof fiction.Thereaderof theEnglishwork What started as acampaign on social media pointsoutthatMuruganisnot justabest-sell- Moustache (2019,HarperCollins) by Jayasree acomplex, multilayeredworkthat, in poetK storyofaDalit rebel. It wasanother seems to have the eyeand ear forthe storyand turnedintoavicious personalattack,andlater, ingauthornowbuthasattractedinternational Kalathil, has been chosen forthe 2020 JCB Satchidanandan’s words, seekstoresurrect a Ezhuthachan in the 16th century, who first itsfine details. Therewas, of course, the occa- became acommunalmobilisation, that forced attention. Mathorubagan sold over 25,000 Prize forLiterature. Hareesh, of course, is languagewithin alanguage.Hareesh,45, had imaginedanew Malayaliidentity throughhis sional criticism, fuelledbyafailure to relateto him to sign an apology.Singed by the attack, copies in Tamil,but what’s moreinteresting is happybecause the translation, and the prize, hopedthat his novel, ambitious in itshistori- retellings of the epics, Ramayana and the finer pointsofrural life. Murugan wrotehis now-famous obituaryon that Murugan has since been translated into willfetch himaninternationalaudience. This cal and ecological canvasand innovative in Mahabharata. Theatrewas an important in- So,howdid this very“provincial”bookfind Facebook,declaring that Perumal Murugan atleast10IndianlanguagesaswellasinFrench, unassumingwriter, who watchesthe world narration, would be read and reread in quiet. strument, too, forthe radical figures of 20th an audience among the urban English-speak- the writer wasdead.Ittook awhile forthe German, Czech, Slovene, Chinese and Korean. from his home in Neendur,avillageatthe With adozenorsoshortstories, he had al- centurywho shapedmodern Kerala by chal- ing middle class? Hareeshhas aready answer: Tamil public to realise the importance of Kannan recalls the buzz aroundMurugan north-eastern edge of Kuttanad,Kerala, rel- ready carvedoutaniche in the crowdedworld lenging caste and classre- When human lifeis Murugan’s “death-note”,that it wasnot asim- whenhewaspresentattheFrankfurtBookFair ●●● ishing MarioVargas Llosa’sfictionover Gabriel of Malayalam fiction. This washis firstnovel. lations. Kuttanad has had turnedintoagood story, ple case of awriter ending his writing career, in 2018.“The controversy helped, but Garcia Márquez’s, rejecting Che Guevara and The controversy,hebelieves, preventedaclose itsfictional chroniclers — readerslove it. He alsobe- but the murder of awriter by amob. Solidarity Murugan’s booksare doing well because he is FidelCastrobecause theyhad an authoritarian and intimatereading of the work.The regret forinstance, the great BothMurugan and lievesthatalot of Indian meetings were held in manyplaces across honestasawriter,” Sundaram says. streak,also mustbesmiling at the ironyofthe remains to thisday. There have beenveryfew Thakazhi Sivasankara writinginEnglishis about Indiaandahostoforganisations,amongthem Hinduright-wingcontributing to hislaunchas discussions on the aesthetics of the book, Pillai —but Hareesh un- Hareesh are hyperlocal urban, upper-caste expe- the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists ■ ■ ■ an international writer. though it has sold nearly 50,000 copies and coveredahiddenecology riences: “The madness of Association, movedthe MadrasHigh Courtin Hareesh’sstory, of course,recalls theunex- wonaprizefromthe Kerala SahityaAkademi. of floraand fauna, birds, in their writings but writing (ezhuthintepran- 2015 againstthe targetingof Murugan.Ayear Murugan and Hareesh arealso the bene- pectedtrajectoryanother writer’s career took The JCB Prize, hopefully, will triggerafresh fish and reptiles, sharing thu)isless, Ithink writers later, the courtdeliveredascathing judgment ficiariesof anewfound interestinregionallan- afteraright-wing mob in another language look at the book. space and in conflict with unambiguously from arural background againstthe curbing of free speechand ap- guagewriters.Satchidanandan,who has been andcultural settingforcedhim to apologise Did the experience of threatstolifechange their biggestpredator,the humanist in their have it more,” he says. pealedtoMurugantoresurrect his writinglife. on manyprize juries, lists multiple reasons for over hurtsentiments. That episode in the writer in him? Notreally, he says.There humans,andin arefresh- Sincewriting Meesha, Sincethen, Murugan has publishedsev- this attention on bhashawriters: “The expan- December 2014 turnedPerumal Murugan wastension initially, but that wasmostlybe- ingly newnarrative style. moral vision Hareesh has been in- eral works, including Songs of aCoward: Poems sion of the publishing industryand reader from being aprovincialwriter,largely known cause people were only talking about the con- However, some volved in movies. His of Exile (2017,Penguin), Poonachi: The Story of base,which wantstolook beyond Indianwrit- to seriousreaders of Tamil literature, to an in- troversy.Alesson he learnt was—“Ididn’t Malayali readers, espe- ●●● scriptfor the Sanju aBlackGoat(2019,Context) and Amma (2019, ing in English, the realisationinEuropean lan- ternationallyrecognisednovelist. The ban- knowthereweresomany savarna commu- ciallythe upper-caste Surendran film Aedan Eka), amemoir of his mother,and has been guages thatauthentic writing about Indian the-book campaigns in both cases had posi- nal fellows around us.” At leastone neighbour Hindu, failedtosee beyond the “ugliness” of (2018), basedonashortstory from his 2014 translated intonumerous languages. He has experience is in regionallanguages, transla- tive outcomes, with the judiciaryexpressing stoppedtalking to him. The Dalit community someof thecharacters.Hareeshhas anexpla- collection, Aadam,won astate award; Lijo Jose been told that the mob attackturnedout to tors who arefamiliar with contemporarylit- unambiguous supportfor the writers while —the heroofthe novel, Vavachan, is apulaya, nation forwhy his characters speak and be- Pellissery’s Jallikattu (2019), basedonanother be beneficial to him in the end, but Murugan erarylanguage, areorientation in reading pref- reaffirming India’s constitutional commit- aDalit caste —backedhim throughout, de- have theway theydo: “Thereare manychar- story“Maoist” from the collection, is India’s remindsthem thatatthe time,he wasn’tsure erences as well as academia, and prizes that ment to free speech. spitethe odd murmur about savarna writers’ acters in thisnovelwho speak in ways that are entryfor theOscars this year.But cinema is that he would survive the hate, letalone keep value translations to be on par with original obsession with the oppressive past of the anti-women and anti-human...I agree that nothis space, he believes. “Not aplace forme writing. The fear,hesays,islikelytostaywith writing in English,” he says. ■ ■ ■ community.Hareesh cautions againstread- these characters should have shown more to take adip and those who chose to take the him all through his life. Beyond all this, bhasha writers have been ing Meesha as aDalitnovel: “MuchofMeesha’s careand behavedmoreresponsibly. But nov- plunge, didn’t surface,” he says.Heisworking Did it changehim as awriter?Itinfluenced at the forefrontofresistingthepoliticsofhate. It wasafriendwho firstalertedHareesh to social space is the worldofupper castes. In els arefreecountries, and thereisverylittle a on his second novel, and an English transla- him nottobedirect in his politics; to seek out The award wapsi in 2015 sawnumerouswrit- the tension brewing over Meesha,whichthe fact, I(anon-Dalit) could nothavewritten in writer can do about what the characters get tion of aselection of his short storiesisdue allegorical tools, be more subtle in depicting ers from all major Indian languages protest- Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly had just anyotherway. And, Vavachan is escaping this up to,” he says.Inaway,the assault on the next year. human condition.In Poonachi...,the firstbook ing the murder of MM Kalburgi, Narendra startedserialising.ThatwasinJuly, 2018.“Pani world,” he says. novelwas afailure of theimaginationof those afterthe controversy,heconfidedthat he Dabholkar andGovindPansare,andstanding varunnundu(there’stroublecoming),”hehad Setinthe firsthalf of the 20th centuryin protesting. In their egotistic selves, burdened ■ ■ ■ chose to writeabout goatsbecause they are upforthe rightto speechand dissent.Theap- warnedHareesh.Thereafter, itwas“arelentless Kuttanad, aunique landscape of land, water by memoriesof vacuouscaste prideand fam- problem-free,harmless and above all, ener- preciation fortranslations from Indian lan- showerofabuse fordays,” says thewriter.The and wetlands, Meesha wasaterrific reimag- ilyhonour,storieshadceasedtobestories but In Namakkal, afew hours by road from getic. He confessedthat he had become fear- guagecould well be asubconscious political mob waslargely upper-caste Hindus and the ining of aplace, itsinhabitants, ecosystem, so- sharp jabsthat forcedthemto confront apast Neendur,Perumal Murugan, 54,has asimilar ful of writing about humans, even morefear- pushbackagainstattemptstoimpose the no- Hindu right-wing. When the abuseextended cialrelations and even language. It wasdeeply that offeredlittle to be proud of. storytotell.LikeHareesh, Murugan, too, was fulofwriting about gods. The fact is Poonachi tion of aunitarian, Hindi, Hindu India. to hisfamily, Hareesh withdrew thenovel. political in itsown way, foritwas woven Meesha is notexceptional in itsirreverent awriter relatively unknown outside the Tamil has been as political or morethanany of his Muruganand Hareesh,whoarehyperlocal in Fortunately, acounter mobilisation wason, around the figureofaDalit rebel, who, in- lookat thepast—Hareesh’sshortfictionis rich readingpublic until acontroversy brokein previouswritings, itsironic tone gripping and their writings but unambiguously humanistin withreaders, politicians and the stateadmin- spiredby acharacter hegot to playinadrama, in subtle inversions of upper-castehistories 2014.His 2010 novel, Mathorubagan,had just biting while capturing the fear of our times. their moral vision, seem to berepresentatives istrationbacking him. In August, DC Books,a challenges the establishedcivicnormsandso- and in manywaysprovokesadeepinterroga- been publishedin English as One Part Woman The best outcome of the eventsof2014for of afederal India asserting itself culturally. EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

DECEMBER 6, 2020 ARTS etc 14 DOWN IN JUNGLELAND

RanjitLal

Ranjit Lal is an author, environmentalistand AVAVoiceoice frofromm birdwatcher thethePPeerriiphphereryy Don’t Let Me Down When the trees of Central Vista PHOTO:JAMESFIDELER wanted me to include it,” says PriyaDarshini, demand to be declared sacrosanct Meet US-based Indian singer Priya Darshini, whose who falters sometimes in this difficult piece, the fatigue catching up, it seems, but she and part of asacred grove debut album, about identity politics and immigration pulls through with her classical training. Born intoamusical family, one of Priya NE LOCATION wheresome of the over 400 crisis, has been nominated at the 2021 Grammy Awards Darshini’s grandmothers wasaveena player trees from the Central Vista will be movedand and the other aCarnatic classical vocalist. In transplanted,owing to agrand newproject is, Mumbai,agedeight, Priyalappedupevery- Oapparently, the NTPC eco-parkinBadarpur, Suanshu Khurana Anderson and Jesse Paris Smith (Songs from thingshesawonMTV.“Curiousaboutthemu- over 20 km away.One venerable old tree tells Down in theBardo), Canadian guitarist Jim “Kimo” West sic that wasnot coming to us, Istarted asking Jungleland’s botanical correspondent that some of his fel- (MoreGuitar Stories), Helsinki band people who’d travel, to get me musicfrom las have ostensiblyalready been shifted. EVEN yearsago,when Mumbai- Superposition (Form/Less), CoryWong and Jon wherever theywent,” she says.One of the DIJ: Isn’t this agreat, empathetic move on part of the basedsinger PriyaDarshini moved Batiste (Meditations). Theonlyother Indian tapes her father brought from an official trip Government? In the old days,theywould have simply to the US, she could neverfeel at name to feature in thehallowednominations abroad had songs by jazz queen Ella Fitzgerald. hackedyou to pieces and made akilling from the sale of home.BorninChennai intoaTamil- is Anoushka Shankar,for her album Love “The vocals blewmymind,” says Priya your wood. Now, notonlyare theytransplanting youbut Sspeaking familyand raisedin Letters, under BestGlobal Music Album. Darshini, whosoon begantoconsumejazz, will also be planting 10 newsaplings in your place. Mumbai,Priya Darshiniwould oftendwell Shankar’s half-sisterNorah Jones (I’ll Be Gone listeningto thelikesof trumpeterlegend Miles Tree: Have youforgottenthatwearen’tordinary, but upon the conceptofhome and what it really with Mavis Staples) also finds anomination, WHERE DO IBELONG? Davis.She soon felt the style’ssimilarities to heritagetrees? We’vebeen here, in the centreofpower, for meant.“Wasitaspace,aconstruct, acommu- under BestAmerican RootsMusic. (From top) Priya Darshini; the cover of the structures of Indian classical music. decades—generations of babus have sat gossiping away nity?” she would oftenintrospect. But just The earthyEast-West crossover Periphery, her Grammy-nominated album ShetrainedinitiallyunderCarnaticclassi- under our shade in summerafternoons. Children have when she wasallowing “all the beautiful cul- whichunfurls slowly, blends PriyaDarshini’s cal artiste BombayLakshmi Rajagopalan and gleefullyclimbed our boughs and plucked our fruit. And tures in lifetoco-exist”, including that of her Indian classical training with Americanfolk likeusing averyold-school recording style, then in Hindustani classical music from Pandit nowthey’re justshunting us offtoplaces likeBadarpur, fa- husband and musician Max ZT’s Jewish- and pop. It features Max ZT,cellistDaveEggar, wherethe pastmeets the future,” says Priya SunilBorgaonkarforthe last15years.She per- mousonlyfor itsdust? Would youdismantle the TajMahal Americanfamily, thepoliticalunrestowingto drummer Will Calhoun and percussionist Darshini. In suchaset-up, therecouldn’t have formedwith collegebandswhile studying or Meenakshi Temple and reconstructthemingodfor- theanti-immigrationrhetoricoftheoutgoing ChuckPalmer. TheBanyanTree and Cocoon been anyretakes or separation of tracks,so, mass media at KC CollegeinMumbai, before saken wasteland justsoyou couldbuildsomeuglygovern- Donald Trumpadministration joltedher. “Like take root in her melancholia. The latter song, even if one person made amistake,all of them pursuing filmmaking at New York Film ment structureintheirlocation, and stroke your ego? And other immigrantsfromaroundthe world, I basedonragaPuriyaDhanashree, moves had to startoveragain. Academy. Abrief Bollywood playbackstint, then, say, “ohdon’tworry”, we’llbuild10moremini-Taj constantlyfelt on the periphery,”she adds. hauntingly to cello notes. The sounds in Des, “Theonlyway”tomeetthe challenge,says with Vishram Sawant’s D (2005) and David Mahals and Meenakshi Temples if the originals collapse. When she channelledher distressthrough so- the melodic raga Deshcomposition, and the PriyaDarshini, “isbydiving deep intowho you Dhawan’s Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), left DIJ: Think of it as you’regoing to anew home and cial-media commentsand posts about wondrousJahaan,co-writtenwithfilmmaker are, andstaying honest. We had to beveryvul- her disenchanted.“It justwasn’t forme. Ifelt they’replanting 10 fresh saplings in addition. In the end American politics, shewas snubbedalmost Devashish Makhija(Bhonsle, Ajji),saunter from nerable, drop all our walls and function from very disconnectedfromit. Icravedtocreate therewill be moretrees. immediately. “They saidIdidn’tbelong.If Isaid SufitoMiddle Eastern. that space of vulnerability. So,itreallymat- original music,” she says.In2008, she wascho- Tree: Not all of us aregoing to survivethe move:sev- something about Indian politics, people in With recording engineer Nicholas Prout teredtomethat Iwas surroundedand work- sen by American musician RoyWilfred eral have already approachedtheir therapists and areon India would tell me that Ididn’t even live at the helm, the entirealbum has been ing with peoplewho Icould holdthe space Wooten forhis famedBlackMozartEnsemble, the vergeofanervous breakdown. Second, we know only there,” says PriyaDarshini,36, over the phone recordedlivein12days,and on one micro- with. It wasanemotional and powerful expe- whichcombinedjazzwithclassical music,hip toowell howgoodgovernmentsare at maintenance —af- from Brooklyn, NewYork. phone, placedinanabandonedchurch in rience forus,” she says. hop and bluegrass. PriyaDarshini travelled teramonth, they’ll justforgetall about us. As forthe 10 Her grappling with theidea of notbelong- Brooklyn. The sound is strippedofany com- Trainedunder santoor virtuoso Pandit with the band forthree years (2005-08) and saplings —atotal of 4,000-plus —wherewill theyplant ing anywherebirthedher debut album pression or post-productionembellishments. ShivKumarSharma, Max —aka “Jimi recordedinNashville, the US, often. It wason them? Even if theyfind space, in no time some big devel- Periphery (Chesky Records) in March.Itleads Crystalclear vocals and church acousticsof- Hendrix of the hammered dulcimer” — atrip backhome around the same time that oper will want to put up amassive condominium or with the delicatesingle Home, whichlooksat feranimmersive experience. “You can feel weaves abeautiful tapestrywith his ham- she metMax, who wasstaying in Mumbai shopping plaza there—and it will be “offwith their the conceptofcomplexidentities in aworld the space, the architectureofthe room. It’s mered dulcimer (Western cousin of the then to learn from Sharma on howtogivethe heads” all over again. If by then, goatshaven’t eaten them. wheresome peopletellothers aboutwho has Indian santoor), with the main percussion hammered dulcimer an Eastern touch. the right to live where. “Writing the record sound createdbysweeping Indian brooms Muchbeforestarting the artiste collec- ●●● wascathartic. It helpedmeprocess that it was againstthe floor.PriyaDarshini moved tive Brooklyn Raga Massive in the US in 2017, justabout finding stillness within myself and around the space to getadifferent rangeof she wasakeen sportsperson. At 23,she be- learning to embrace myself in all my authen- Abrief Bollywoodplayback stint, with D sound foreachsong. The album, in English came the firstIndian woman to complete the ticity and honesty,” she says.The exploration and Hindi, alternates betweenmanyworlds. 100-mile HimalayanUltraMarathon.“I’m of geopolitics has earnedPriyaDarshini’s (2005) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), It even features her rendition of Sanware mostcomfortable amid nature, whichisalso Periphery anomination in the BestNew Age left her disenchanted. “It just wasn’t for me. Sanware —composedinragaBhairavibysitar the sense you’ll getinthe album,” she says.A Albumcategoryatthe 63rdGrammyAwards, legend Pandit Ravi Shankar and originally videofor Home,shotinBorivali National Park, to be held on January31at Staples Center in Ifelt very disconnected from it. Icraved to sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hrishikesh near whichshe livedfor manyyears, wasre- Los Angeles. Aboutthe prestigious nomina- Mukherjee’s 1960 film Anuradha.“This piece centlyaddedtoPeriphery.Willthe once- tion, she says,“the feeling hasn’t sunk in”. create original music,” she says. is suchatall order.Iwasn’t planning to sing Borivali-girlbring “home” the hallowed The singer is up againstTibetan multi-in- it at all. But label founder David Chesky had gramophone? If it happens, she says,“It strumentalistTenzin Choegyal with Laurie ●●● heardmesing this at abenefit concertand would be huge.”

RANJITLAL BOUGH OUT Lop off abranch and go to jail, wish the trees Does that provideawider perspective? ACCTVcamera, forus, is an exampleof DIJ: It’s notalways likethat. See howwell the Metro ‘Weare living in a ‘general purpose technology’,whichisn’t lim- has been maintained. ited by itssupposed use.The aimistomake Tree: Bah! Don’t talk to me about the Metro. Do you people awareofthe extent to which this tech knowhow manyvenerable old trees, whichwitnessed is ‘environmentally present’ today. If instead the making of history,wereslaughtered in itscause? of using film cameras we use CCTV whichis Nothing shortofamassacre—acrime againstbotany. transformative time’ already everywhere, this mayflip over to yield Who do youthink supplies oxygen to this city? We suck anew cinematic languageand newethics. In up the carbon-dioxide and all the other muckyou spew, 2008, we made afilm with 208 existing cam- that’s likebreathing in your farts24x7,and we give you Mumbai studio CAMP founders Ashok Sukumaran eras in the UK’s largest mall. In 2009, we took oxygen in return. Some gratitude is in order here! acameratoJerusalem, and Palestinian fami- (By now, ahost of birds and squirrels have gathered into and Shaina Anand, the Nam June Paik Art Center lies filmedfrominsidetheir homes, with the whatseems like avociferous JantarMantar protest.) Prize 2020 winners, on their transdisciplinary approach cameramounted on their roofs. As apartof Squirrels et al: We’vebeen living on these trees for PHOTOSCOURTESYSTUDIO.CAMP the 2017 MAMI Film Festival, we mounted a eons. We’vefamilies with babies. This is our home! So, cameraontop of Phoenix Mills’PVR hall to one can go to jail forseven years forkilling apeacock, but Vandana Kalra LIFE IN ART itsfromthe road’stollboothsgo to aninterna- project alive, panning-zoomingviewofthe what about massacring trees wholesale and everything Al jaar qabla al daar tional consortium? Our five-screen video edit outside ontothe IMAX screen, with three of living in them, is that perfectlyall right? Youmakeussick! has itsown proposal of howtonarrate such us speaking over it about Pareland its150- Tree: Look at what you’reabout to do in Dehradun, ACCORDINGTOits concept note,at (The neighbour before things,alongafacetedjourneynosingleperson year history,likealivemovie.Tounderstand and what they’vedone in so manyother national parks CAMP,you ‘trytomovebeyond binaries’ the house), 2009-11, can take. such landscapes in adeeper way, youhaveto and sanctuaries. Lakhs of trees have been slaughtered,in (art/non-art, commodity markets/free in Jerusalem; experiencethem in away thatneither social the name of what youcall “development”, whichisnoth- culture, individual/institutional will) (left) Ghar Mein In what waydothe public histories in media, mainstream cinema, norany ideology ing but destruction. to build what’s‘possible,equitable Shehar Hona Part 2, Past,Present,Future (2020) engagewith can give you. It emergesfromexplorations DIJ: Well, you, squirrels and birds, can always follow and interesting...’. What prompted 2020-21, in the urban landscape of Mumbai? parallel to technicalprogress. the trees, wherethey’rereplanted,and setuphome again. itsformation? The urban landscape is continuous with Squirrels et al: It’s all about location, location, loca- Dindoshi, Mumbai Thatnoteisfrom2007, when,among other landscapes. Some of itsfeatures arein- Sukumaran is partofGulf Labor tion! Your great ministers pass snide remarks about Khan other things, we were in the middle of an art- teresting to us: moredensity,morebuilt infra, coalition, aglobalboycott by artists to Marketand “Luchens” Delhi and the “suit-boot” crowd— marketboom. The effect on manycontem- others in South Asia: Sri Lanka, Pakistanand less establishedsocial protocols, moreestab- fight migrant labour exploitation in the and wheredotheylive? Would youratherliveinJor Bagh poraryartists of ourgeneration waslarger- the Maldives. We deployedartisticinstincts lishedsocial movements. Cinema is ageneral construction of museums on Saadiyat or some derelict dust-heap in Uttar Pradesh, with fre- sizedworks,art mutual-funds, international and methodstosocial sciences whichare inspiration. In the present, we canhavethe Island in AbuDhabi. Howimportant is it quent powercuts, waterscarcity and robbery? fairs. We were interestedinother possibili- themselvesenteringanewterritoryby study- 2020 hindsight.The pastisfull of options and nowfor artists to voice concerns? DIJ: The government will surelyhear your grievances. ties, especiallyinalong-term local presence ing infrastructure, and notjustdoing ethnog- paths nottaken, whichare notthereinthe The artworld has been intenselyglobal Squirrels et al: Oh, give us abreak! If we enter their of- and globalcollaborations beyond markets. raphy. Engaging another discipline in their present,but thepresent has akind of deep in itshorizon, and thereare attemptstocut- fices, theycome afterus“vermin” with lathis and brooms. We were also interestedinnew kinds of art. use of images, video,sound, maps, data, form, access to that via digitisation.The future is and-paste it into national ambitions, while DIJ: Don’t lose heart. Therewas this remarkable case, Those involved includedafilmmaker,coder, language,etc.,and, in general,learning to in- that vision or calculation whichshapes the exploiting global labour flows (in thatspe- in Goa or wasitinBengaluru —wheretheydiverted a media artistand architect, and others who terpret and inhabitthe landscapetogether. present (likerisk-tradingand insurance does cific case, Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, highway around avenerable old tree that wasinthe way. were pushingtheir ideas/workintoanunfa- WhetherinIndia,SriLankaorPakistan,one in anarrowfinancialsense). As we arelaying Nepalis, Filipinos,etc.,who areindebt and Tree: If we’vebeen living in aplace forover50years, miliar zone that contemporaryart could, cansee roads being built at aspeedand with a down our ownpaths, we should sense these arebeing paid lessthaninmanypartsoftheir howcome we arealwaysinthe way? We were therefirst. temporarily, hold or exhibit. To do this, we logicof ‘development’whichwouldhave been dimensions and possibilitiesacutely. home countries, to build super-luxurymuse- So naturallythe highway has to skirtrespectfullyaround neededtoset up our ownsceneofproduc- necessaryand logical half-a-centuryago,but One of the firstconcreteworks to come ums).Suchmoves should be de-legitimised. the tree —whichismorethan can be saidregarding tion, thus CAMP wasborn. nowisfullofdoubt. Severalempirical studies out of this long-term project is Ghar Mein Itisquiteatransformativetime we areliv- what’s happening here. nowsay,theeconomicbenefitsofroadsarefar Shehar Hona: City Housing in aCultural Matrix ing in. It usedtobethat contemporaryartwas DIJ: So, what laws would youliketosee framedfor The work APassageThrough Passages from clear. Climatechangefurther addstothe (2019-20),a70-year-long journeythrough all about being open-ended, abit shapeless your better protection? (2020),onthe cultureofroad-building doubt, since more transportcapacity begets the cityand itshousing questions,toldin andindeterminate, but we areagainstthat. Tree et al: That we’redeclared sacrosanct:That you in South Asia, emergesfromfiveyears of moreemissions.Wefound both subtle and three two-hour parts,that we starteddoing Artisnot ablur-filter,and randomness in math can go to jail for10years if yousomuchaslop abranch, ethnographicand archival work.Could tremendous social changebrought about by firstonour rooftopinKhar, then at architec- is very specific. We think it’s time to be lucid, forget about cutting us down. The government keeps youshareyour findings? newroads. Beyond ‘is xconnected to y?’, the tureschools. This has justbeen publishedas and to beambitious. We don’t have to speak in harking backtohow great we were in ancient times: well This video projectisaresult of acollabo- questionbecomesaboutwhatflows alongthe aWeb trilogy,linked to dense resources of the existing languages or in expected direc- have theythought about the sacred groves that flourished ration with agroup of anthropologistsstudy- path, and in what patterns. Howcome every film, video clips and documentsfromthe on- tions, of course. But in the importance of lay- then? That’s an example to follow. Declarethe trees in the ing newinfrastructure, with the backdrop of dhabaonaroadinMadhya Pradeshisintensely line archives Pad.ma and Indiancine.ma. ing down some tracks we described above, Central Vista as partofasacred grove. the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative.Inour localised(invitingtruckersfromHP-02/Shimla we do all have to participateinremaking the case, it centred around twoIndian roads and orPB-04/Faridkot,forinstance)whiletheprof- Youmakealot of use of CCTVcameras. world, even if it’s from avillageinMumbai. EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

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SHELF LIFE Ayoung eco-warrior’s It Happened climate-friendly suggestions and a One Night collection of poetry written in response JK Rowling’s latest novel as to prompts Robert Galbraith is aremarkable exploration of human caprices and the nature of evil ALLSHADES OFGREEN BY AARAV Paromita Chakrabarti SETH 24by7 Publishing VEN BEFORE JK Rowling’s Troubled Blood —the fifthnovel in her detective series under the `146 pseudonym Robert Galbraith —hit the stands, (ebook only) E criticism of the book had been rife. In ayear that has highlighted inequalities likenever before,Rowling’s controversial views on transgender rightshas rakedupa Go Green storm of disappointment and resentment at her pur- portedtransphobia. So, when news brokeout about her latestbook featuring acharacter who cross-dresses to lure AARAVSETH’S All ShadesofGreen is a vulnerable women to their painful deaths, it wasseen as a book of solutions. While the author further indictment of her lackofnuance. Afterall, in an es- has explainedthe perilsofclimate sayonJune 10,she wrote—“…I want trans women to be changeand the needfor acircular safe. At the same time, Idonot want to makenatal girls COURTESYSTEPHENALTER economy, the book is mainlyaguide and women less safe. When youthrow open the doors of to becoming eco-friendlybymaking bathrooms and changing rooms to anyman who believes smallchanges to dailylife. Among or feels he’s awoman —and, as I’vesaid, gender confirma- other things, it adviseswhat one tion certificates maynow be granted without anyneed should keep in mind while purchas- forsurgery or hormones —then youopen the door to any In the Forest of Shadows ing anew vehicle; cleanliness tips that and all men who wish to come inside.” couldconservewater;ingredientsto It’s difficult to separateawriter from her politics. This look out forwhile shopping forcos- holds especiallytrue forcrime fiction, as it explores socie- metics and howtodraft emails to re- talfault lines that upend the natural order of life. In mak- ture some of the shadows andfears that the Hamletand eachofthem has added some- duce digital carbon footprint. ing sense of the mayhem, one arrivesatasomewhat Stephen Alter on takingforward original Jungle Books evoked.Thereissome- thing to his story, through different inter- Seth covers anumber of issues, makeshiftrestoration of balance and an understanding, as thing tragic about Mowgli being an orphan pretations. It’s the same sortofthingwhen from dailytransportation, “energy it were,ofwhat ledtothe fissures in the firstplace. Which Mowgli’s story in Feral Dreams but also in his inevitable exile from the jun- Iwriteabout Jim CorbettorMowgli. As a vampires”, wastedisposal to eco- is why, the inclusion of aserial killer who likes to dress up gle, confronting the moral dilemmas of civil- writer,Itrytosurprise and unsettle a tourism, makingthem accessible to as awoman might seem insensi- and his enduring bond with isation. Because Igrew up in amissionary reader’s preconceivedexpectations and the layman in clear,simple terms. tive in the light of itsauthor’s familyand community,Iwasaware of showhim or heranew wayoflooking at a Whilethe author’s understanding of views but it does notfalloutside Christian teachings about good and evil, but familiar character. his subject comes through well, he the scope of reality.And giventhe the Himalayas my parents emphasisedcompassion over couldhaveaddedmoredepth to the fact that the character is justone dogma. Through the character of Miss Your acclaimed Wild Himalaya (2019)is book by elaboratingeachissue with of the elaboratecastthat this over Cranston, who adopts Daniel (asMowgliis an overarching portrait of this dataand case studies. 900pagebook throwsup, this in- Devyani Onial christenedinthe orphanage) as her son, I’ve magnificent mountain range. Have they Around the world, young climate clusion does notimpedethe cred- triedtoexploremyown ambivalence regard- been afixed address in ajourney that activists likeGreta Thunberg, Leah ibility of the narrative. ing what’s right and what’s wrong. has takenyou places? Namugerwa and XiyeBastida are Troubled Blood opens in 2014, MOSTPEOPLE areacquainted with the Iwas born in the Himalaya,inMussoorie, making it difficult fordecision mak- with Brexit and the Scottish refer- characters of The Jungle Book,whether All theWay to Heaven: An American whichgives me asense of belonging to the ers to ignorethem.This book by a17- endum dominating conversations it’s through RudyardKipling’s book or Boyhood in theHimalayas (1998) is avivid mountains. Morethan anything,however, it year-old student is areminder that it in the UK. On avisit to Cornwall, itsmanyfilm and television adaptations. account of your growing up years in has been the manyjourneys I’vemade is the young,growing up in aworld of TROUBLED London-baseddetective Your FeralDreams: Mowgli and his Mussoorie, the time spent in Uttar throughout the Himalaya that give me a greater uncertainties, who have the BLOOD Cormoran Strikeisoffered acold Mothers takesforward the story. When Pradesh whereyourparents’ work took strong connectiontothis region.When you mostatstake in this struggle and that BY ROBERT case that’s toointriguing to ig- did youfirstread thebook and what them and the in-betweentrips to the US. travel on foot,you learn agreat dealabout their voices matter. GALBRAITH nore. Nearly four decades ago, a made youturn to it now? At one place,you writeofyour stories the landscapeand the people, as well as the Sphere young doctor,Margot My firstmemories of Kipling’s Jungle written in high schoolas‘full of invisible historical,spiritual and naturalheritageofa 929 pages; `899 Bamborough, lefther practice one Books areofmymotherreadingthe stories FERALDREAMS: borders and erasedidentities’. Howmany place. Being awriter allows me to retell the evening to walk down to alocal to me when Imusthavebeen five or six years MOWGLIANDHIS of these personal journeys have travelled experiences and stories that I’vegathered pub to meet her friend. She never old. Theyleftalasting impression on my intothe lifeofyour protagonist, who, too, along the way. ThoughI’vealways consid- MOTHERS CITYPOETRY arrivedthereand wasnever seen again. Foryears, her mind, akind of personal mythology and lore. BY STEPHEN movesbetween so manyworlds? ered Mussoorie to be my home, it’s as much daughter Anna, who wasjustoverayear old at the time of The forestsofIndia have alwaysheldastrong Identity is apretty slipperyconceptand aplace that Idepart from as it is apoint of FORTHE ALTER (IN)FREQUENTLY the disappearance, has waited to find out what took her fascination forme. As aboy,Ispent agood I’venever been able to define myself in any origin where Ireturn. Aleph Book MOBILE mother away.Now,she wantsaresolution. The deal is deal of timewandering about in the jungle. conclusive manner.You look in the mirror Company struck—if in ayear,Strikefails to find out what happened, Later on, Ibecame an amateur naturalistand andsome days yourecognise yourself while As someone from Uttarakhand and as BY NANYA Anna will trytomoveonwith her life. wroteabout wildlifeand the environment. 208 pages other days youthink,‘Who on earth is that?’ the writer of Elephas Maximus: A SUDHIR The investigation that follows is oneofthe best in the Of course, Irealise nowthat Kipling knew `599 The inherentuncertainty in recognising Portrait of theIndian Elephant (2004), Ve rses series yet, thoughitcomes with toomanydigressions. Two very little about the natural history of India oneself has neverreally bothered me, howdoyou see the decision to denotify 176pages; successive police teams had investigated thecasewithlit- and drew upon booksbyother writers rather though I’vebeenable to explorethis para- the Shivalik Elephant Reservetopave `295 tle success. An investigator had even sufferedabreakdown than his ownobservations. Muchofhis work doxinmanyofmybooks. Ultimately,Isup- the wayfor the expansion of the Jolly andlooked forasolutioninoccult and astrology.There are contains overtlycolonial stereotypes and pose FeralDreams is abook about identity Grant airport? star charts andastrological deductions thatthe Strikeand racistperspectives, whichI’vetriedtoover- but youcould probablysay that about al- The Dehradun Valleyhas lostmostofits In the Mood his partner Robin Ellacott mustmakesense of andlengthy turn in my book,though FeralDreams is not mostany novel. ForDaniel or Mowgli, the forest coverduring the lasthalf century. detours intotheir parallel investigations. Had it notbeen intended as acritique. Isuppose the book biggestquestion isn’t ‘Who am I?’ but in- Everytime Iread about trees being cut down forRowling’sstature, the book’ssize would certainlyhave could be described as aform of recovered stead ‘Who do Iwant to become?’ to makeway forroads or other forms of de- for Verse been pared down. But when it actuallygets going, this cold memory, stories that come outofmysub- velopment, it seems unjustifiedand short- case offers sharp insightsintothe caprice of human nature. conscious and haunt my imagination. That’s Beforethis, in In The Jungles of theNight sighted.Ofcourse, Iknowthat people want One of Rowling’s successes with this series has been the magic and mysteryoffiction! (2016)you have takenthe lens of fiction the convenience of air travel and JollyGrant ONE HAS to read development econ- the creation of Ellacott, the temp who became the busi- to capturethe lifeofJim Corbett. How airport hasgrown busier and busier in re- omistNanya Sudhir’s collection City ness partner.Asexual-assault survivortrying to come to Aplaintive strain runs through Feral challenging is it to recaststories that are cent years but Ithink theremustbesome Poetry forthe (In)frequently Mobile one termswith abitter divorce, Ellacott’s struggle to find her Dreams.One always knows that already so well-known? other waytoaccommodatemoreflights, poem at atime to appreciatethe vari- feet in aman’s worldforms some of the finestsections of Mowgli’s days in thewild arenumbered. Adapting popularstories or recasting without destroying the limited tractsoffor- etyofher thoughts. this book.Her experience of being takenfor granted by Then, as he is takentoanorphanagerun well-known personalities and giving them estthat remain. In these poems, originally written male employees, the sexism she has to overlook everyday by American missionaries, youdonot afresh narrative is abit likebeinganactor forTypetrigger,anonline platform and her unresolvedfeelings forStrike form an invisible knowwhether the past wasan who performs afamous role. Thousandsof As we nearthe end of an unsettling year, wherepieces arewritten in response bridgetothe lifeofthe missing woman. Bamborough’s imagining, adream.Your grandfather different people have played the partof as awriter howdoyou make sense of it? to prompts, Sudhir writes of dreams lifewas whollyunlikehers but her experience of being and father were both missionaries. Do Howwould youremember 2020? newand nowlost, love across long put down by menwas notverydifferent from Ellacott’s. It yourecall that worldbothasaninsider Frankly, I’d liketoforget2020 completely distances,friendship, work life. She givesthe missing woman atangible presence in the story, and an outsider? Thereissomething tragic about but I’m notsurethat 2021isgoing to be any writes about being unconventional — piecedtogether by the testimonies of those who knew Mostpeopleassociate The Jungle Book better.For me, the mostunsettling partofthe shopping in aclothing store’s men’s her.Infact, there arelotsofwomen in this noveland some with the Disneycartoon version from 1967. Mowgli being an orphan but also in pandemic has been the wayinwhichithas section and of notwearing makeup. notverylikeable men and it is up to Strikeand Ellacott to It wasalighthearted feel-good storywith separated me from familyand friends. The poems take the reader around the find out who is speaking the truth and to whatlengths happysongs and amusingcharacters. Ire- his inevitable exile from the jungle, Despitethe technology that allows me to world, from Damascus in turmoil to a some would go to protect their interests.Once she gets member watching it the year the film came communicatefromisolation, there’s still a protestduringthe 2017 presidential pastthe windowdressing, this is Rowling at her best, out and enjoying it enormously. But Kipling’s confronting the moral dilemmas feeling of personal connections being lost. inauguration in Washington DC to peeling away the manylayers of her characters’s identi- storieshad amuchdarkerside to them, Perhaps,whenit’s all over,we’ll meetagain NewYorkCity,and offeravariety of ties to look at what drivesevil and howeasy it is some- whichDisneyerased, and I’vetriedtorecap- of civilisation as if we have become strangers. moods, with something foreveryone. times to hide the truth in plain sight. SURBHI GUPTA

sonality that wanted to be free-spiritedlike Panipat to learn the artofunity from but, for Vajpayeebut wasimprisonedbythe idea of a their followers, the leaders’ wordswerefinal, The Power of Tw o Hindutvautopia. In away,hewas asplit per- come what may. sonality.Advani on the rath yatra in 1991 and The history of aparty likethe BJP can’t be Advani at Jinnah’s mausoleum in 2005 were fullygraspedwithout understanding itside- Anew book delves in the BJP’s history and how it grew notthe same person. Vajpayeedid nothave ological mooring. If organisation is the the dilemma of Advani. Sitapatibeautifully lifebloodof the RSS, then Hindutvaisthe soul. under the Vajpayee-Advani leadership captures the twocontrasting personalities This book focuses on the personalities but for when he writes, “It is easy to fall in love with the reader to understand thenuances of their Vajpayee. Anepicurean,acharmer. It is harder behaviour and the main text of their politics, Ashutosh ideology.Inhis newbook, Jugalbandi: TheBJP to feel forthe colourless,odourlessAdvani. But the ideology mustbedetailed. Is it possible to BeforeModi,VinaySitapati has dug deep to JUGALBANDI:THE some of that mustsurelybebecause Advani comprehend the finer pointsofcommunism find the symphonybetween the twotoex- BJPBEFOREMODI wasmoreaman of principlethan Vajpayee, withoutreading Marxand Lenin?Itis truethat “ARRE ASHUTOSH ji,havealaddu. The inter- plain the rise of Hindutvafrom1952 to 2004. less altered by makeup.” the RSS does nothaveastructured philoso- BY VINAY viewcan wait abit.” It’s been almost30years, Forthe present generation, it is difficult to Sitapati has aflair forwriting. His language phyofHindutvabut it has very strong build- but these wordsare etched in my memory. I comprehendthatatone time the BJP thatis SITAPATI is lucid.Politics forhim is qissagoi or story- ing blocks.The elaborationof thedefinition of wasinterviewing Atal BihariVajpayee, who todaysynonymouswith Hindutvawas the pe- Penguin Random telling. But what he adds with his language, Hindutva, itssense of history,its antagonism usedtothen live on Raisina Road. In the mid- ripheryand Congress wasthe centre. The ide- House he loses in analysis. When he uses the towardsIslam-Christianity-communism,the dle of the interview, hishelp brought in ologywhichclaimsto carrythe beacon of an- 409 pages; `799 metaphor of the Battle of Panipat in 1761 to desiretoreclaimthe gloryofancient India, the samosas and laddus. With his eyes closed, as cient Indian civilisation, wasonce explain the Hindutvanationalismvow for utopia of Hindu rashtra,would have givena washis style, Vajpayee ji wasanswering my “untouchable”.TheleadershipofVajpayeeand TWIN TOWERS unity,hebecomes shrill and superficial. clearer view. questions. He stoppedwhen he sawthe food Advani earnedrespectabilityfor Hindutvaand Vajpayee (left) The BJP is probablythe onlyorganisation Sitapati is right when he says,“... contrary and, with asmile, asked me to help myself to itspolitical avatars —first, the Jana Sangh and, with Advani whichhas neversplit. Vajpayee-Advani have to those who think that the rise of the BJP in laddusand samosas. Iwas young and was later,the BJP.Sitapati’s book is amustread for had their serious differences, but both knew the 1980s wastop down, it actuallybegan as stuckbyhis magnetic informality. those to whomVajpayee-Advani areantiques the leading ideas and the worldwas split into Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Deen Dayal that their strings were controlledbythe RSS, inchoate,demand-driven angerat theground In my longcareerIhaveinterviewedmany and Modi is the colossus who, in their opin- twocamps. RSS chief MS Golwalkar’s words Upadhyaya’s thought processes.Hewas the the real leader of the Parivar. And, in the RSS, level”. But the book finds him at acrossroads leaders and celebrities, but no one could ion, has dwarfed others. were seen and heardwith contempt.After the one leader who did notsufferfromthe “mi- the one thing ingrainedinthe minds of the when the writer asks, “What is the glue that match hismagnetism. Topleadersnormally The 1950s, when Vajpayeeand Advani en- murder of Gandhi, Hindutvaneededaface nority” complexofthe majoritycommunity of swayamsevaksfromdayone is thattheleader holds RSS together?” This question leads to a treat otherswithdisdain;not Vajpayee. Ihave teredpolitics, wasthe eraofNehruvian con- that could convince the people of India about the Hindutvabandwagon. is infallibleand his wordshavetobefollowed. minefield of answers and interpretations interviewedLalKrishnaAdvani, too,butIhave sensus, wrappedinrevolutionary, commu- itsinnocence. Dhoti-clad Vajpayee, aquintes- Advani, in away,was also amodern man. Within the Sangh Parivarthereisaconcept, whichrequires another book. no memoryofhim —ofany kind. nistthinking. The worldwas getting over the sential Brahmin, wasamoderniser within the Hehadbeen educatedin aChristian mission- called“Ek chalak anuvartitva”, that is That is the difference betweenVajpayee tormentsofnationalism; internationalism, SanghParivar. He didnotcarrythe ideological aryschool. Buthe waschainedbythe norma- “Obedience to the leader”. Hitler and Ashutoshisaseniorjournalistand and Advani, the twostalwarts of the Hindutva secularism,democracy andmodernismwere bitterness that wasthe hallmarkofGolwalkar, tive ethos of the RSS. His wasasculptedper- Mussolini’s parties did nothaveaBattle of theauthorofHinduRashtra THESUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 J UVE DIRECTOR ASUSPECT IN SUAREZ CASE Adirector at storied Italian football club Juventuswas revealed to be asuspectinacrim- inal investigation linked to the attempttosign Luis Suarez. Juventus said in astatement its sportsdirector Fabio Paratici has been notified of his involvement in an investigation 16 AP SPORT by prosecutorsinthe city of Perugia. No allegations were detailed.

BRIEFLY Pujara was SA-EnglandODI Hangingbyathread subject to racist seriestogoahead With battlefor places heatingupand his perceivedtechnical deficiency,Pandeyfaces uphill battle forT20I spot jibe at Yorkshire, The One-DayInternational series be- tween South Africaand England will says former startinPaarlonSundayafter the SRIRAMVEERA WARM-UPFORTEST host’s squad returnedafull setofneg- MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 SPECIALISTS employee ative resultsintheir latestround of coronavirus testing, officials have con- HOWLONGcan Manish Pandeylastinthe firmed. The series due to starton Indian T20 team? It’s aquestion that has been Sydney: India will look to figure PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Friday had been thrownintodoubtaf- askedforawhilenow andhealwayscomesup out their playing XI as the Test LEEDS,DECEMBER5 teraSouth African playertestedpos- with knocks to silence the doubters. Then the squad gets intothe groove by itive in the team’s bio-secure hotelen- chatterstartsagain. Thepressureisenormous. taking on Australia 'A' in athree- ENGLISH COUNTYside Yorkshirefinds itself vironment during mandatorytesting, Pandeyisn’tapower-hitter,hedoesn’tbowl,is- daywarm-up game at in the centreofaragingissue with itsformer with the firstmatchatNewlands n’t alower-order finisher or adestructor,and Drummoyne Oval from Sunday. players andemployees back- postponedanhour before itsstart. hisgameisn’ttightenoughforhimto popupas With India and Australia playing ing cricketer Azeem Rafiq's England expressedconcernoverthe asaviour afteraflurry of wickets.The riotous the secondT20I on the same day, claims of "institutional strength of the bio-secure environ- cryfor Suryakumar Yadav’s inclusion, even if the visiting Test squadhas been racism"atthe club, including ment afterthe positive result, whilea unintended, heaps morepressureonPandey. namedIndia 'A' forthe firstofthe reference to India's South African team investigation has It’s harsh, but in the cut-throat worldoftop- twopractice games scheduled Cheteshwar Pujarawitha notyet shown howthe unnamed levelsport, he will be collateral damagethat aheadofthe much-anticipated genericname. playercaught the virus. “The entire won’ttriggeroutrage.Andyet,contrarytoper- four-Test series.The tour games FormerWest Indiesinter- Proteas team has returnednegative ception, Pandeyaverages44.31in39T20Is. In will be achance to sortout India's national Tino Bestand resultsfromthe COVID-19tests that the lasttwo years, it has actuallyshotupto57. combinations both in the batting Pakistan'sRanaNaved-ul-Hasanprovidedev- were conducted yesterdayeveningin Hehasfloatedalloverthebattingorder.When and bowling departmentsahead of idenceinsupportofRafiqaspartof anongoing Cape Town ahead of the three-match one factors in his game, it’s remarkable how Seasonedbatsman RobinUthappa has followedPandey’s game closely and he opening Day-Night Test scheduled investigations intohis allegations. One-DayInternational (ODI) series,” well he has adapted and continuestodefeat feels, “nothing has come easy forManish. He won't give up without afight”. PTI at Adelaide from December 17. According to ESPNcricinfo, twoformer Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed stereotypes and pressure. Yorkshireemployees -- TajButt and Tony in astatement. Bowry--havealso givenevidence againstthe Technique all his own in the Indian team atmosphere. At 31,with the where it gets tough forhim. He isn’taKieron wicket,doesn’t panicinmatchsituationsand club whichhas institutionalisedracism. Pandeyisaquiteanunconventional bats- likes of Suryakumar in the wings, he willnow PollardorPandyawho cancome in, take five throw itaway asheknows hecanmakeuplater "(Therewere) continuous references to Lifeinbio-bubbleis man. He likes to stay beside the line of the ball, be expected to performasasenior player.He balls to ease in,and then explode in the hand- andtakecontrol.Youwillseehimgetmorenot- taxi drivers and restaurant workers when re- taxing: Burns getontothe leg side of it.Likeatennis player came outatNo. 5behindSanju Samson in the ful of deliveries lefttomakeadifference. outsinODIs -taking it to the endand hitting ferringto(the) Asian community," Butt,who movingaroundsothatshe/hecanplay thefore- firstT20IonFriday, scored2off 8balls,anddis- Pandeybatted at No.5onFriday but if the top out in the lastfew overs. The young Manish wasemployedwithin the YorkshireCricket England opener handmore.Pandeywouldconstantlysidestep, appeared.Itwon’tbeasurpriseif HardikPandya order doesits job,hewill be morethanlikely would have perhaps gone formoreshots right Foundation as acommunitydevelopment of- Rory Burns said getadjacent to the line rather than behind it – is sent aheadofhim in the matches to come, if pushed belowPandyaand in Jadeja’s current away,buttheexperiencedversionknowswhen ficer,was quotedassayingbythe cricket por- limits on move- and look to tap, chop, punchtothe off. hedoesn’tperform. InJanuarythisyear,Pandey form, even belowhim.It’snot that inconceiv- to aceitup.Hehasalwaysscoredatabriskpace, tal. "Theycalledevery person of colour 'Steve'. ment in and outof It'salsothereasonwhyhedoesn’tgive anair spokeaboutthepressureonhim.“Competition able to see him at No.7. hasunconventionalshotslike thepullovermid- Even (Indiabatsman)Cheteshwar Pujara, bio-secure bub- of assurance even when he gets the job done. hereistootough,andI’vegot to makemyplace, on and can manoeuvrethe ball.” who joinedasanoverseas professional, was bles took atollon That movement also allows him to pull back- have to squeezein.Soevenif they give meNo.6, Trouble in T20s calledSteve because theycould notpro- his mental health of-lengthdeliveriesontheoffthroughmid-on. I’m happytotakeit.” Robin Uthappa is someone who knows Options galore nounce his name." Butt tenderedhis resigna- during the home Abusy player, with an urge to constantlykeep With Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar,Shivam Pandeywell,and has playedfor years in the But Uthappa concedes thatwith the com- tion within six weeksofjoining. Having summer and may thescoreboardticking. Dubeand the rest waiting to getbackin, he is same stateand IPLteams. “Nothing has come petitionforplaces leading up to theT20 World worked as acoachuntil1996, Bowrywas the restrict hisavailability forupcoming in trouble.Ithas been this wayfor awhile but easyto him.That’showhiscareerhasgone.He Cupnextyear, the team willtry out different culturaldiversityofficerattheYorkshire Cricket international tours. Players have been Burden of seniority has escalatednow. “I have no choice(with the hashadto work bloodyhardtogetwhereheis. contenderslike SuryakumarandSanjuSamson Boardfrom1996until 2011,beforehewas ap- livinginbubbles since international The pressureonPandeyisinteresting, and Indian role). Ihavetobegood withit.” What Morethan anyone he will knowthe pressure withevenJadejaupgradinghimself asapower- pointed as acricket developmentmanager to cricket resumedinJulyafter the wasdetailedwell by formerNew Zealand can abatsmanlikePandeydointhe loweror- he is in and is in abetterposition to handle it. hitter these days.“The fact that theyretained develop the game forblack communities. COVID-19 hiatus, with strict rulesen- bowler Simon Doull on air duringIPL. Doull der? At times, he can getjustfiveto10balls. He waited so manyyearstoget in, andwon’t him(Pandey) over other options is ashowof "Manyyoungsters struggledtomake forced to curb the spread of the coro- talked about howPandey has to dwellonthe Even if he gets moredeliveries to face, with give it away without afight. Mind you, he has confidence,” Uthappa says.“Whichisveryim- progress, and the fewthat did found the envi- navirus.Burns posted234 runs in the fact thathecomes good forIndia, but is notas Pandyaand Jadeja –ifheisinthe XI -tocome, producedthegoodsconsistentlyinT20s.From portantto aplayer. Youcan’tbreedinsecurity.If ronment of the dressing rooms very difficult three testsagainstWestIndies but fol- successful forSunrisers Hyderabadwhere he hecan’tevenseehimselfasthelastrecognised the outside,people might think his game isn’t aplayerknows he will be givenafair run, he and unwelcoming, as adirect result of racism lowedupwith just20runsacross isexpectedto perform asaseniorplayer. Doull batsman to manoeuvrethe remainder of the suitedforthelowerorderandwhatnot,buthe willgo into thesamesituationwithadifferent theyfaced," Bowrysaid. three gamesagainstPakistan. “Bubble explaineditaspressureofbeingoneof thekey innings. He better hitanoutrageous cameo or hasperformed,”Uthappatellsthisnewspaper. outlook.The same 10 balls will be dealt differ- "It affected performance... theywerela- lifewas different. It’s notsomething I players in IPL team, whichhindershim. For bedoomed.“If youwantto bat[at]6,youhave UthappaisconfidentthatPandeywoulddo ently. But if he is made to feel as if his head was belledtrouble-makers." Speaking about his personally enjoyedthat much,” Burns India,Pandeyisn’toneof theseniorplayers,but to be ready.The game is already setfor youat well in the ODIs but admitsthe T20 spotisin on the block, he will go forsurvival. It’s ahuge experiences at the club, former off-spinner told London’s EveningStandard. “I like steps up. It is an interesting line of thought – No.6 and youjusthavetosometimes go and some jeopardy.“Manish is someone who has difference,” says Uthappa. Rafiqwho leftYorkshirein2018, said he had to go foracoffee, see amateormymis- and makes one wonder howPandeywill now perform at the speedthatthe previous bats- crackedthe ODI code in recent times. He now TV: India vs Australia,second T20I, live been closetocommitting suicide afterwhat sus;refreshing yourself by notthink- handlethepressure thathasfallenonhimeven men have setfor you,” Pandeysaid.This is takesittothe end overs, has put avalueonhis on SonySports network,1:40pm he experienced. ingcricket —and that’s alot harder to do in the bubblesetting.That wasthe main challengefor me.” TALKING POINT Lampardkeento extendChelseastint Different narratives to concussion subplot Frank Lampardhassaid he wantstoex- tend his contract as Chelsea manager old fashionedand I ‘DON’TMISUSELIKE ence to drive home the point that effectsof vantage.SoIthinkAustraliashouldn’tcomplain." to become partofalong-term project EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE have alwaysbelieved RUNNERRULE’ concussion maynot be immediate. “I washit at StamfordBridge. Lampard, 42, has NEWDELHI, DECEMBER5 that if youare not on the helmet manytimes so Iknowhow it LIKE-FOR-LIKEQUESTION 18 months leftonhis contract at good enough to play FORMER AUSTRALIA feels but duringour times therewerenosuch Chelsea, having succeededMaurizio YUZVENDRA CHAHAL playing as "concus- the bouncer and get captain MarkTaylor felt rules,” Sehwagsaid. AUSTRALIA ALL-rounder Sarri in July2019.Afterguiding Chelsea sion substitute" forRavindraJadeja wasthe hit on the helmet, if theconcussion rule is “Fromour side, it wasaright decision as Moises Henriques,after to afourth-place finish in the Premier talking point afterthe leg-spinner took then youdon't de- misusedbyteams it RavindraJadeja wasnot fittoplayand could the game on Friday, League lastseason, Lampardisnow three wickets andbagged theMan of the serveasubstitute. I could go the wayofthe runner-rule. He notbowlaswell,” Sehwag said. “It wasanop- questioned whether working to makethe club title con- Matchaward in thefirstT20I in Canberra am sorry," Gavaskar clarifiedthat he wasnot suggesting it hap- portunity whichIndiagot because he washit Chahalwas alike-for-like tenders, having overseenasquad re- on Friday. Australia coachJustin Langer was told India Today. penedduring the firstT20 international. on the head and when replacement forJadeja. build that costaround 220 million seen on camera arguing with matchreferee However, he also "The concussion rules aretheretopro- youare hit on thehead, “Once adecision has pounds in the summer transfer win- David Boon because Jadeja, struggling to addedthat therewas toomuchbeingmade tect players," Taylor,aformermember of nobody can saythat been made youjust dow. “Intermsof my contract,itseems run betweenwickets,was notgiven acon- about leg-spinner YuzvendraChahal com- the ICC CricketCommittee, wasquotedas concussion willhappen move forwardand do to have flown by,the time I’vebeen cussion test on thefield but waslater diag- ing out as aconcussion substitutefor left- saying by 'SydneyMorning Herald'. atthattime.Ittakestime. what youcan to win the fixture. When here,” Lampardtold anewsconference. nosedtohavebeenaffected by the ball hit- armspinner RavindraJadeja, who also con- "If theyare abusedthere's achanceit Youmightget symp- you’vegot professionals in place to make “I knewtherewerealot of circum- ting him on the helmet. Experts have tributes with the bat. "Firstand foremost will go likethe runner's rule. The reason toms within 24 hours.” those decisions, and there’s no doubt he stances at the beginning that were go- weighedinsince. letmesay that the matchreferee is afor- the runners were outlawedwas because it He also felt the got aknock on thehelmet,sofrommy ing to makelastyear transitional and mer Australiancricketer DavidBoon. He startedtobeabused. It's up to theplayers Australians should not point of viewIdoliketotry and seethe best maybeslightlydifficult. “Now Ifeellike ‘IFYOUCAN’TPLAYBOUNCER, wasokaywith Chahal substituting for to makesuretheyuse the concussion sub be complaining (hosts in everyone. Iwould love to bepartofthe long-term Jadeja. Theynormallysay like-for-likeand fairly andresponsibly. I'm notsuggesting were raising questions “But having said that, whether it wasa plan here. The signings we made in the DON'TDESERVESUBSTITUTE’ Chahal is notanall-rounder but if he goes that didn't happen lastnight." aboutalike-for-likere- like-for-likereplacement, that’s the only summer,other than probably Thiago FORMER INDIA captain Sunil Gavaskar said out withthe bat whether it's one run or 100 placement)astheyhavebenefittedfromcon- thing moving forward, that’s the question Silva,particularly,weresignings for he does notbelieve teams should be given runs, he is an all-rounder." "An Australian cussion substitutes. “When SteveSmith was we’d liketosee,” he stated."One’s an all- nowand the future.” the option of aconcussion substitute. matchreferee had no objection to that. So ‘IKNOWHOWITFEELS’ hit on the head (during the Ashes) rounder and agun fielder,and the other AGENCIES "On the business of concussion substi- Idon't see whythere is so much of noise VIRENDERSEHWAG,theformerIndiaopener, Labuschagnecameout to bat in place of him one is an out-and-out bowler who bats tuteitself, Idon't agree with it. MaybeIam about it." who is an expertonSonySix gave his experi- and made runs.So, Australia also got that ad- at 11."

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME Adamant Anwar willing to take chances on return to the field

acase likehim –constant monitoring by a tion, his onlywords were ‘Allah chahegatoh regular surveillance. signedaone-monthcontract with Techtro NITINSHARMA cardiologist–is notvouchedfor. tu football khelega (if God wishes, youwill “I don’tevenknowhow to spell the heart Swades United and also acontract owning KHAD(UNA),DECEMBER5 Ali’s father Razak herds cattle at Chumo playfootball).” condition. And Iwant it to remain that way. all the risk on himself. He is alsoreadytogive villagenear Jalandhar.The youngestoffour An AIFF official said: “The AFC has warned The onlychange whichIhavemade is that I the same affidavit to AIFF, stateassociations ANWAR ALI’S love forfootball has come up children, Ali’s skills as defender in the 2017 that the condition Anwarissuffering can have gone totallyvegan now,”says Ali. The and anyclub that signs him.” againstoverwhelming medical advice coax- U-17 WorldCup wouldresult in acontract cause cardiacarrestand hence, have recom- letter,excerpts of whichare providedby Amention about some of the interna- ing him to stop playing the game he loves. with ISL’s Mumbai City FC the following year. mendedheshould be restricted from com- Bajaj, also says there’s a2.5 per cent addi- tional footballers likeFabrice Muamba, who The 20-year-old turnedout forTechtro Six months later,hewould getanational call- petitive sportsactivity.Wewill decide what tionalrisk compared to someone leading a collapsedinthe middle of aPremier League Swades United FC againstSAI Football up undercoachIgorStimac. But the muscle is in the best interestofthe player.” sedentarylife. matchin2012, and British media reporting Academy, Kangrainthe Himachal Football condition, in whichthe heart walls thicken Bajajbelieveshe’s done due diligence.“I him to be suffering from HCM, drawsablank league, albeit with massive disclaimers affecting pumping of the blood,was found Glimmer of hope had to provetothe worldafter theHighCourt from Ali. “I don’t think or read about such printed in bold warning him of the risks. soon after. But his desperation would see Ali seek order and medical experts’opinionthathe medical conditions in the past. The onlyin- The ground at Khad village, with apopu- out playing time on his own. “When doctors canplayfor 90 minutes in afull professional ternational footballer Iread about is Sergio lation of 1,200, an unevenground along a Matters of the heart in Francetermed it toorisky,Itold them Iwas senior division match. The fact that he has Ramos. It’s all in the mind and all these rivuletflanked by hills and fields and acre- Medical experts in Mumbai as well as ready to take the risk.Onmyreturn,Iwas playedtwo matches in three days in the months, Ihavenot thought about the med- mation ground and is worlds away from the France, wherehewent forfurther checks, gettingfrustrated sitting in Mumbai and Himachal Pradesh League proves his fitness ical condition but about beingafootballer. U-17World Cup whereAli firstcame to the termedAli’sheartcondition toorisky to play. waiting. So, Iwould pickupmykit and pay and the same wassaid by Dr Sharma.Hehad That’s what my fatherand family wanted fore.Detected with acongenital heartcon- “When theytold about the congenital heart private turfsfor training. Playing football for opined that thereisevidenceofplayers with and that’swhat Iwant. Idream to playfor dition Hypertrophic Cardio Myopathylater, condition, Idid notunderstand. Iplayedlike those 1-2 hours made me train my mind that similar conditions playing in thePremier India one day,”says Ali. that sawthe All India Football Federation that my whole lifeand what changed with everything is likeearlier in my life,” says Ali. League and other European leagues, so Ali has savings of close to Rs 15 lakh and (AIFF) step in to stop him, Ali returnedlast that diagnosis? Iwas bit depressedfor aday His mentor Ranjit Bajajalso approached what’s the problem with AnwarAli playing believeswhatever has to happen,will hap- fortnight on the backofaDelhiHigh Court or twobut when Italked with my parents, I chairman of England Football Association’s in India?” pen. “Whether local or anyclub, Iamhappy order that allowedhim to play tillAIFF takes realisedthatifIhave to play, Ihavetoplay,” cardiology consensus panel and lead car- playing. And while it’s completely my risk,I afinaldecision. Ali told TheIndian Express. diologistfor the London Olympics, Sanjay AnwarAli, who’s been diagnosedwith a Willing to take the risk want all to see and treat me liketheydid ear- Twoambulances with Automated “Deathcan happen anytime, whether it Sharma. Sharma concluded, afterdeliber- heart problem, in action during aHimachal However, Bajajwillnot take responsibil- lier.Therehas been no changeinmyap- External Defibrillators arestationedoutside be an accident or outside football. When my ating on the risks, that athleteslikeAli can Football League tie on Wednesday. Jasbir Malhi ity.“I am his guardian, agent and mentor.For proachand nor do Iwanttolet this affect my the ground. But medical supportneededfor father got to knowabout the medical condi- play competitivesportprovidedthereis the Himachal Football League, Anwarhas approachtofootballorlife,” says Ali.

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