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SNAPSHOTS I hit him AP Dollar India dreams bigger and bolder with bottle, Graphic: Neelabh By Priya Ranjan Dash going to the US for medical rise against the dollar is TIMES NEWS NETWORK treatment. not temporary.The debate is in- confesses The rupee has been on the stead over the point at New Delhi: The Sharmas to- rise against the greenback for which the rupee’s appreciation day have no regrets over the the past several months. On would rest. Exec’s wife fact that they had to postpone Friday, it ended at 46.12, a 33- Last month, market opera- TIMES NEWS NETWORK their summer travel to the US month high tors were predicting that by a couple of against the dollar. the rupee would breach the Chandigarh: Swapna, months. On Fri- And the benefits Rs 46 mark towards the end wife of Delhi-based sen- day, while buying are being felt all of the year. ior executive Mandiv dollars for the SUNDAY around. The rupee is already nearing Sapra who was found family’s upcom- Undergraduate that mark and poised to go murdered in a five-star ing trip, Mr Shar- SPECIAL study in a good US past it this week. Over the hotel suite here on Fri- ma found that his university, for in- next one year, many operators day morning, has told ‘basic travel quota’ of $5000 stance, costs up to $20,000 a now speculate that one dollar the police she killed her cost him at least Rs 15,000 less year, even with 50 per cent fi- would perhaps fetch less husband. In her confes- than it would have in April. nancial aid. With each dollar than Rs 40. sion, Swapna says he For Indian travellers, the US now costing Rs 3 less to Indian “The days of Rs 50 to a dollar died after she attacked is turning out to be a much parents, there is clearly an an- are definitely over,” says a top him with a broken bottle cheaper destination than it was nual saving of Rs 60,000. come cheaper — not just con- dia with US inputs. policy-advisor in the govern- while the couple was last year.There are similar ben- Besides, the weakening of sumer goods being directly im- Moreover, financial analysts ment. “The rupee can only gain having a fight. efits accruing to others, includ- the dollar also means that US ported from the US but also and policy-makers are unani- against the dollar from here on- She said her husband Two divers practise a synchronised ing Indian students and those goods in the Indian market be- those which are produced in In- mous that the rupee’s current wards,” he feels. was badly drunk and jump from the 10 m platform against when she tried to stop the backdrop of Barcelona’s skyline on AP him, he hit her with a Saturday. The diving competitions of broken bottle. In the the 10th FINA swimming world champi- scuffle, she struck him onships start in Barcelona on Sunday. US may abolish H1-B visa with the same bottle on his neck. Shia leader for Hurriyat: Chairman of By Chidanand Rajghatta United States has roused sen- brought down the number. The police have to de- the Ittehadul Muslimeen, Molvi Abas TIMES NEWS NETWORK timents against white collar The latest report from India’s cide now if the bottle immigration. National Association of Soft- was the fatal instrument Ansari, was unanimously elected the Washington: The H1-B visa leader of the Hurriyat making him the first The move, if it comes to ware and Service Companies or the blood-stained scis- is on the chopping block Shia leader of the 23-party conglomerate. fruition, will particularly (Nasscom) says India ac- sors found next to his again. A prominent anti-im- Five out of the six members of the execu- hurt Indian business inter- counted for 77,000 H1-B visas body. She is said to have migration lawmaker has tive council voted for him. P6 ests, which used to snag in 2001 but only 33,000 in 2002, used surgical gloves to introduced in the US Con- about 50 per cent of all H1-B and the total is expected to wipe the blood from Omar pulls out of NDA: National Con- gress, a Bill that seeks to Mandiv’s neck. The ference president Omar Abdullah an- visas before the current eco- drop to 30,000 this year. abolish the visa category gloves were found in her nounced the withdrawal of his party from nomic downturn in the US More recently, the US has that facilitates a large num- and job migration to India vanity case. The police the NDA here on Saturday. As one of the ber of skilled Indian profes- been unable to issue even the reasons for him quitting the ruling coali- reduced quota of H1-B visas say Swapna is still not in sionals take up jobs in the Closed-door policy a state to talk at length. tion, he cited NDA’s‘‘insensitivity’’ to the United States. despite attempts at farming NC’s views on the situation in Kashmir Swapna has said she The move is certain to be it out to other non-technical and in Gujarat. P6 decided to commit sui- opposed by US high-tech professionals like teachers and nurses. But immigration cide after killing Mandiv. BJP may toe RSS-VHP line: Under companies and many other She first tried to injure the combined pressure of the VHP and lawmakers considering that of any sort is anathema to Tancredo, who last month in- herself with the broken the RSS, the BJP’s central leadership the H1-B visa cap is slated to bottle, then tied a dupat- agreed late on Saturday to consider the be brought down from its curred the wrath of the possibility of introducing a Central law on White House by suggesting ta tightly around her peak of nearly 200,000 per neck and tried to drown the construction of a Ram temple at the that if there was another ter- year in the year 2000 to its herself in the bathtub. disputed site at Ayodhya. P9 rorist attack on the United original level of 65,000. But The couple had left States, and it was done by Ananth quits cabinet: Union urban even that is too much for Delhi in a company car • The H1-B visa cap someone who had entered development and poverty alleviation min- Congressman Tom Tancredo. on Thursday morning may be brought the country illegally, ‘‘then ister Ananth Kumar has resigned from the Often described as a one- down from 200,000 to and checked in at the ho- cabinet to take up his assignment as BJP the blood of the people that trick pony and a single-issue 65,000 tel around 4.45 pm. chief for Karnataka ahead of next year’s Congressman, Tancredo has are killed will be on our Swapna is a senior resi- assembly polls. P9 campaigned relentlessly • The move will particu- hands and the president’s.’’ dent consultant at Apol- TN strike called off: Faced with the against both illegal and legal larly hurt the interests Tancredo’s bill has been lo Hospital. This was her tough stand taken by Tamil Nadu chief immigration. But as chair- of Indian business spurred by a campaign by second marriage and his man of the Congressional US tech workers, who are minister Jayalalithaa, government em- India accounted for third. They have a son, Immigration Reform Caucus • losing jobs in increasing ployees in the state called off their 77,000 H1-B visas in 12, from Swapna’s previ- now, his 15-line Bill aimed at numbers through a combina- 11-day strike on Saturday, a day after 2001 against only ous marriage. Swapna the Madras High Court declined to eliminating all visas under tion of immigration, out- 33,000 in 2002 has told the police their intervene in the dismissal of the strikers the H1-B category introduced sourcing and advancement marriage was not a cor- under ESMA. this week goes further • This year it may drop of technical skills outside dial one and they used to Roop Kanwar case: After nearly a than he has done before at a to 30,000 US, wage differentials and have fights. decade, a special court resumed the Pilgrims wait to offer prayers at Amarnath, 150 km from Srinagar. time when job loss in the other factors. hearing in the cases under the Prevention of Sati Act registered against 21 people in the aftermath of the infa- mous Roop Kanwar case in 1987, follow- Explain equity status, Govt tells Star ing rejection of their appeals by the Supreme Court. TIMES NEWS NETWORK In a tersely worded letter the marked. While one company Scribes’ meet in Islamabad: A I&B ministry has asked Star with a 25 per cent share has one South Asian media association has invit- New Delhi: In the light of ‘‘dis- News to clarify its share struc- director, another with an equal ed 45 Indian parliamentarians and jour- crepancies’’ detected in Star ture and its level of adherence to stake does not have one. Though nalists to take part in a conference being News’ compliance with the na- the uplinking guidelines. the government action followed held in Islamabad from August 9 to 12. tional uplinking policy, the gov- The Centre’s new stance the Indian broadcasters’ joint The meet will focus on ‘‘understanding, ernment has decided to ‘‘revise comes in the wake of allegations statement alleging denial of a confidence-building and conflict resolu- and revisit’’ its guidelines in or- that Star is attempting to cir- level playing field, the ministry tion’’ between India and Pakistan. der to ensure strict compliance cumvent FDI limits in broad- claimed that ‘‘many things came with the 26 per cent cap on for- casting by using corporate veils. to light in the files from the be- eign equity in news channels. Among the clarifications ginning’’. The ministries of law, I&B minister Ravi Shankar sought, the vital question is company affairs and I&B will Prasad announced this after a about SNBL remaining the ma- discuss the foreign channels’ eq- meeting with PM Vajpayee, jority shareholder despite its 26 uity structure and remittances DPM L K Advani, finance minis- per cent stake. ‘‘The other share- pattern. ‘‘Revision is needed to ter Jaswant Singh, foreign min- holders do not appear to have ensure that the 26 per cent for- ister Yashwant Sinha and law representation on the Board of eign equity clause in the policy indiatimes.com POLL minister Arun Jaitley. Directors,’’ the ministry re- is adhered to,’’ Prasad said. Do you think age really affects an air hostess’ performance? Yes 81% No 19% VOTE NOW: Should live-in partners get the Bollywood sets trends for Pak kids same legal rights as married couples? By Himanshi Dhawan Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 TIMES NEWS NETWORK What’s hot in Lahore... Lahore: His look-at-me faux Gap WEATHER vest doesn’t fool anyone but 24- year-old Sharjeel Rabbani has an Max. 28.6oC/Min. 23.2oC earnestness that is beguiling. Moonset: Monday – 5.40 am ‘‘Didn’t you notice I look like Ab- Moonrise: Sunday – 7.19 pm hishek Bachchan?’’ he asks. The Sunset: Sunday – 7.21 pm answer barely meets his approval. Sunrise: Monday – 5.33 am It is obvious that the struggle Mainly cloudy sky with rain\thundershowers and bitterness of an aspiring Sunny’s gold Shahrukh is Kareena ka Abhishekh: Do I in some areas. Maximum relative humidity model and television star hasn’t crop in Hero ‘purrfect’ deewana hoon look like him? on Saturday 96 per cent and minimum got to Rabbani yet as he rehearses 83 per cent. for a play, Dil Se Dil Tak in La- maal’ then for most Pakistanis, on the men about town then Kab- hore’s Crown auditorium. ‘‘I Bollywood’s tinsel lights are the hi Kushi Kabhi Gham just snipped follow what the top Indian last word in fashion and attitude. the length of kurtas for the stars wear but it is so difficult Says 19-year-old Sarfraz Beg who women. While Shah Rukh Khan to get those kind of clothes sports blonde hair highlights, ‘‘I rules the roost, Aamir Khan and here,’’ he adds with a look of frus- spend about Rs 2000 on getting my Salman Khan come a close second tration. The French beard and hair styled and coloured every in this race for gush and Ajay De- trendy faded jeans are all part of a month. I even get a facial.’’ Probe vgan wins over the ‘rural crowd’, cultivated look. further and you discover that it one is informed. Kareena Kapoor In a city considered less cosmo- was Sunny Deol’s ‘Hero’ that fi- has cruelly taken over a 14-year- politan than Karachi or Islam- nally made him take the plunge to old’s heart leaving him quite abad, Rabbani is becoming a fre- self-improvement. hopeless for anything else, he Book your Classifieds quent exception. While older men ‘‘I have seen and bought every says. ‘‘I like her a lot,’’ Ishar 24 hours service: “51-666-888” wear long kurtas and shalwars, single CD for Sunny’s movie,’’ he Ahmed says emotionally. Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” the younger generation weaned says and you believe him. Fardeen Khan and Sanjay Dutt The ATM of information on a diet of McDonald’s, Ricky The ‘Punjaab da Puttar’ though also find a fan following among city audiences like psychology The Largest Classifieds Site Martin and Shahrukh Khan are must bow down to Shah Rukh ready for some serious experi- Khan when it comes to popularity student Sandhya Naaz from mentation. If Indians have an amongst women. If Dil Chahta Faisalabad who is in Lahore for a undying obsession for ‘phoren Hai spawned a flurry of goatees holiday with her cousins.

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2 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 DELHI Bus returns with one Pakistani Raining chaos in the city To chat on SMS send 'cchat' to 8888 By Shubhajit Roy six-year-old Woheeb had trying to verify whether the “Indian models are exotic” — PRIYA SACHDEV, Model TIMES NEWS NETWORK come on Friday evening. passengers have a genuine PEOPLE ‘‘Since my wife belongs to relative here in India,’’ Q. Which is the A: He must be charming, hard New Delhi: Only one pas- Delhi and is an Indian na- Mahmood said. toughest part of this working, respectful, funny and in- senger from Lahore came tional, she and my children Even DTC officials were POWER profession in your telligent. in the much-hyped friend- got the visas without a surprised. ‘‘The bus had view?-aniket4u Q. Will you step into Bollywood?- ship bus at Ambedkar sta- hitch. But my visa had a cent-percent occupancy Question of the week A: Time management Acra dium terminal on Tuesday. problem as I am a Pakistani earlier. The visa mecha- and long hours of shoots. A: Haven't thought about it yet. Four Indian journalists national,’’ 37-year-old Mah- nism seems to have become ● Monsoon in Q. How did you feel modelling is But if I get a good offer, then I'll and the DTC team of driv- mood, who works as a elec- more stringent now.’’ and who is the inspiration for you think about it. It would only help to take up the modelling?-goyana me grow creatively. ers, security personnel and tronic technician in Madi- Officials say passengers, Delhi: A bane a liaison officer accompa- A:There is a lot of hard work in Q. What is it that differentiate an na (Saudi Arabia), said. who come for bookings, or boon? modelling but the results are very Indian model from their foreign nied the lone passenger. His wife’s family stays in have been complaining of satisfying and motivating and my counterparts?-Rohit Sultan Mahmood, a resi- Inderlok in West Delhi. visa problems. ‘‘There are Lord Indra’s job is to give inspiration to be a model is my A: I don't believe there is much dent of Lahore, said: ‘‘My Brother-in-law Abdul many who ask us to book rains, not to fix In- sister. difference actually. Indian models visa was issued a day later Wahid Qureshi, who came the tickets before they get draprashtha’s drains too. A Q. What is your favourite colour?- are considered exotic and are — than my wife and chil- to receive him, said: ‘‘The the visa. They say they will boon is transformed into a ramya now much more recognised. Just dren. They came here yes- entire family is waiting to get the visa but since we bane, a succour into suffer- made it a bane. Improper flights, all leading to utter A: All pastel colours but need to believe in yourself and terday on the first trip it- see him. We will meet him know that there are prob- ing by inept civic authorities. drainage system, lack of chaos and discomfort. preferably white. the sky is the limit. self. I was delayed by a day.’’ after three years.’’ lems we do not issue tickets R K Malhotra, Alaknanda proper water harvesting Anukriti Tewari, Q. Who is your dream man?- Q. Do you do ramp and what do Tushar you like the most still or ramp?- His wife, Khaleda and ‘‘Getting a visa is a prob- till we see their visa,’’ said The monsoons could have technology and poor water Mayur Vihar A: That's a secret, but I can give shivangi sons, 10-year-old Ehab and lem as the authorities are an official. been a boon if we Delhities channelling techniques have The monsoons are a won- you a clue... no I'll let you guess. A: I have done some ramp. But I improved our road sewerage made rains more of a derful boon of nature which Q. What are your expectations prefer still and commercials etc. system and traffic sense. The headache. have been made into a bane from a guy?- monsoon that everywhere is For complete chat log on to Sanju Mishra, Palam by gross negligence on the my_dad_says_no_grlfriends welcomed with opened hands http://chat.indiatimes.com Delhiites exposed to tem- part of civic authorities and brings anxiety for Delhites. peratures of 45 degrees plus public apathy. It’s high time The relief from the scorching are truly thankful for the the authorities woke up to June heat turns into concern rains. Imagine our faces their responsibilities so that we and our future genera- • Vajpayee-Musharraf • Legal status of live-in partners meet Has the Indian society finally come Rains are It’s a boon tions can enjoy this precious a boon for which be- Eminent astrologer S P of age? A committee suggests gift of nature. Tata explains why the women who live in with their male anyone, comes a Sunil Gupta, Ashok Vihar meeting between the Indian Prime partners get the same legal status anywhere bane for Monsoon is certainly a bane Minister and the Pakistani President as wedded wives. in the Delhiites. is a certainty, and predicts the fu- world. It’s The rains in a number of ways. Apart ture for the two leaders and of the from causing water-logged To listen, log on to so fabu- are wel- two countries. http://talkradio.indiatimes.com lous when come be- streets, traffic jams and pow- it rains, so beautiful. cause they signal the er cuts, it is also responsible Traffic jams are a part end of summer. But at for large-scale breakout of of Delhi’s basic prob- the same time, the dreaded diseases like lems, why blame the monsoosns become cholera, jaundice, dysentery. monsoon? As for the a bane because the Ashish Khurana, Paschim slush, well, they are a streets get flooded Vihar by email part of the monsoon, and cause endless Perhaps its both. It’s a won- one has to live with it. traffic jams. derful boon from nature, but Ambica Pillai, Stylist Kamal Nath, Cong Leader Delhiites are forced to con- sider it otherwise. All myths regarding the MCD’s effi- for crossing the big traffic burning in the heat, clothes ciency are washed away by jams. Even if one wishes to wet from the sweat. But it just one shower: choked sit at home and enjoy the takes no time for this boon to drains, flooded roads and rain, the long power cuts turn into a bane, when after traffic jams transform this make life soggy. Sarika Kin- the rain we move in any lane, boon into a bane. ra, by email and streets become full of R L Pathak, Lodhi Colony It is made a bane — by mud and undrained water. The MCD, responsible for MCD/NDMC/CPWD employ- Again our faces burn, but cleaning of drains so that ees who do not carry out de- with anger; our clothes are there is no water logging silting of drains on time or wet, but with mud. during the rains, is the bane fail to repair damaged roads; Omendra Bhardwaj by email of Delhi and not the mon- by traffic cops who fail to Given the crumbling infra- soons. Lack of accountabili- book those indulging in reck- structure of the civic ameni- ty, public apathy are all the less driving and to properly ties, the long-awaited mon- curse of Delhi, not the regulate traffic; by Jal Board soon invariably proves to be monsoons. employees who fail to ensure a bane for Delhiites. Come Rohit Kumar Pandit, Shali- equitable distribution of Monsoon, life in the city is mar Bagh clean water to the public. completely thrown out of Ashok Gupta, Bali Nagar gear: inundated roads, un- Garam garam pakoras, Rain is always a boon for any ending traffic jams, water bhutta, chai, bunking work: place, but Delhi’s poor infra- logging, power disruption, who can deny the pleasures structure management has rescheduled trains, delayed the rains bring? The mon- soons are definitely wel- come by everyone all over India. Mahesh Kapasi, Gulmohar Park CINEMA OF THE WEEK Qayamat (action) ★★1/2 Cast: Ajay Devgan, Neha Dhupia Direction: Harry Baweja Showing at: Delite

hey say it’s The Rock revisited. We say,for- T get it. Suneil Shetty as Nicholas Cage and Ajay Devgan as Sean Connery? Nah! Just forget it. And now that you’ve stopped comparing apples with oranges, just sit back and enjoy India’s first Bol- lywood-Hollywood mish- mash. We know there was love story, so rest assured. good looks. So why expect Kaante, but that was nei- This all-male show — San- him to be a conventional di- ther Bollywood nor Holly- jay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, rector? No, George Clooney wood. Hence, the impor- Sunil Shetty, Ajay —- does is more Steven Soderbergh tance of Qayamat as In- have some more arm candy than Steven Spielberg in dia’s first go-west thriller. in the comely form of Isha his directorial leanings. In- As an action adventure, and Riya. But that’s again stead of opting for a sim- the film has enough to keep dispensable for the film’s ple, commercial Hollywood the adrenalin rushing. The USP lies in its M-factor box office romance for his siege of an outdated, isolat- (machismo factor). directorial debut, Clooney ed prison by a group of ter- If Sanjay Kapoor and Ar- preferred to tell the rorists who are holding a baaz Khan churn out a siz- crooked story, the crooked bunch of tourists hostage zling double whammy in way. does have the requisite dra- evil, then Ajay Devgan ex- Based on the autobio- ma to hold you there for cels — once again — as the graphical musings of two hours. It could have seething patriot. Of course, Chuck Barris, the emperor been three hours if the di- of game shows on Ameri- rector had been daring can television, Clooney’s enough to keep out the film makes an interesting song-dance sequences. Yes, comparison between the Qayamat could have physical and the cerebral. gripped you for its entire What’s more dangerous, he length if the filmmaker teasingly asks: Killing the had skipped all the skip- body with bullets and bayo- ping and dancing by Neha nets or killing the mind Dhupia, the zero screen with low IQ entertain- presence debutante. ment? Pitted against the sea- Barris, the maverick tel- soned and suave Ajay Dev- ly czar, fathered some of gan, Neha is an unmitigat- the most moronic game ed disaster. And the fact shows which, understand- that she flounders after two ably, acquired cult status beauty queens — Priyanka he’s ably assisted by Suniel on American TV.And when Chopra and Lara Dutta — Shetty who scripts an ode he was not dumbing down are scaling new heights to the good Indian Muslim, America, he was free-lanc- with their skin show only even as Sanjay and Arbaaz ing as an undercover CIA heightens the irony. juggle up the archetype of operative notching up 33 But Qayamat is hardly a the ISI brand of ‘traitors’ murders on his job roster. and ‘terrorists.’ It’s a heady mix of glamour Add a welcome dash of and crime which forms the goofball comedy by backdrop to this enigmatic, Chunky Pandey — wel- haunting tale of human come back — and you have decadence. decent timepass fare. Truly, its Clooney’s anti- Bush diatribe that makes Confessions of a Danger- the film topical and taunt- ous Mind (thriller) ★★★ ing. See it for Sam Rock- Cast: George Clooney, Sam well’s riveting perform- Rockwell, Julia Roberts ance, Julia Roberts change Direction: George Clooney of image and George Cloo- Showing at: Priya ney’s ascent into America’s hallowed tradition of Indie e’s never been a con- (independent) cinema. Hventional actor de- spite his conventionally Nikhat Kazmi

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DELHI SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 3 Vrooming ahead to the top, with Defianz Hand that robs the cradle .... at 120 km per hour with just Rs 35 lakh in the pocket Newborns on sale, hospitals, private clinics fan the flame By Nistula Hebbar the engine, a Yamaha bike TIMES NEWS NETWORK engine, was imported,’’ said Akshay Kakkar,a team mem- By Sachin Parashar Deepak Harichandan New Delhi: Defianz 2003. An ber. The 600 cc engine was TIMES NEWS NETWORK apt name for a car designed modified to fit the formula Crime against by 16 students of Delhi Col- oney car model of an open wheel lege of Engineering, which can’t buy and open cockpit vehicle. got the better of 58 other uni- you innocence ‘‘The main thing is the modi- versity teams to win the For- every- • Babies stolen from mula Students car design fication and fixing of cir- thing. hospitals in the past three competition, held at Leices- cuits, the car can race up to ButM it can get you newly- 120 km per hour,’’ he adds. years are yet to be traced ter in UK, on July 7. born babies. The team of students from For the team, the car is a An average Indian • Abandoning a child Delhi, which calls itself Defi- living, breathing labour of couple’s fixation with under 12 years of age can anz Racing, not just designed love. ‘‘Most other teams had possessing a male baby get you seven-year’s jail their universities or corpo- has spawned a market the car, they did it literally in • Over 150 cases reported defiance of all odds: Lack of rates sponsoring them, we where infants are avail- took Defianz 2003 there and able for anything be- over the past three years sponsors, tepid response from their college and gener- she delivered,’’ says Jitesh tween Rs 20,000 to Rs • Concealing birth by dis- bers. The competition is gineer, one electrical engi- Lohchab proudly. 50,000. al skepticism. posing the body can get Defianz 2003 was a dream sponsored by Aston Martin, neer and one product engi- The prize money of 250 Buy, beg or borrow you two year’s jail Cosworth Racing, Ford, IBM, neer, the team collected the pounds sterling is nowhere seems to be the driving of 16 batchmates in one of Jaguar and Shell. It is also a Rs 30 lakh they needed by near covering their total ex- force for many childless • 200 such cases reported Delhi’s premier engineering hunting ground for compa- saving on their pocket mon- penditure of over Rs 35 lakh, couples. And, if that’s in three-and-a-half years colleges. ‘‘We heard about the nies like Arrows F1, ey, taking loans from family but the team is hopeful that not possible, try steal- competition, organised by McLaren, Renault and members, asking the organ- winning the prize will attract ing. This was the case • Almost 70 per cent of the Institute of Mechanical Jaguar. isers to sponsor their stay more sponsors. with a childless woman foeticide victims were girl Engineers and Society of Au- The team is the first from and automobile companies to Their dream now is to im- who tried to steal the tomobile Engineers (SAE) prove on the car and take it to baby of a fellow patient at tals are over- borns were on brought,’’ said Prasad. annually, a year-and-a-half Asia to participate in the sponsor parts. Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospi- worked and sale in the clin- The price of the baby back and decided to partici- event. Comprising 11 me- ‘‘We almost gave up at the the competition again next tal in May. Fortunately for they have far CAPITAL ic. varies depending upon its pate,’’ says Nischint Ganga- chanical engineers, two civil outset, as we had no money, year. This time, they need a the mother, the woman was too many ba- ‘‘They were looks and colour. ‘‘Some har, one of the team mem- engineers, one chemical en- but decided to hang on once sponsor. caught by security guards bies to han- STORY in the business homes charge more money while she was leaving the dle,’’ said Dr L for many, if the baby is fair and Man killed in Hauz Khas hospital. C Gupta of Lal many years. healthy.This is their way of Bahadur Shastri hospital. They sold either babies of exploiting well-off couples Sudha, however, was not New Delhi: A murder was reported from the Manpower As per the norms, the unwed mothers or gullible who are desperate enough that lucky.She lost her baby blood in the umbilical cord poor who would agree to sell to shell out any amount for Training and Development Institute in Hauz Khas on Satur- on July 8 to a woman who which connects a baby to its off their babies for a price,’’ a baby,’’said an official with day.The institute trains chefs for ITDC hotels. Vijender (25), was masquerading as a mother is verified and an said deputy commissioner the Delhi government. a resident of Palam, stabbed Surender (28), a resident of GTB hospital staff in the identification tag is at- of police (crime) Deependra Money is charged from Ghittorni, when a fight broke out over how to fry masala for maternity ward. Sudha tached to the baby.The baby Pathak. the couple for the cost in- a particular dish. The argument got out of hand fast, and Vi- blames lax security for the is kept in the neo-natal care According to the police, curred on the maintenance jender killed Surender with a single stab wound. Surender theft of her baby. unit if it needs treatment or the only ‘positive’ thing of the baby they want to was rushed to Safdarjung hospital but died.TNN On July 10, four foetuses else it is handed over to the about the raid was that even adopt. This has led to the packed in a polythene bag mother in the maternity female babies were sought mushrooming of shady were found lying in a ward. after in the hospital. The po- clinics in many areas as garbage heap in Ghaziabad. ‘‘All known cases of theft lice arrested the lady doctor poor people find it difficult Police are still clueless re- have been reported from the and her two assistants. to afford the cost of buying garding where they came wards and not the neo-natal The raid has left a trail of a baby from a registered from. unit. There are many pa- complexities like the case of home. Watch that baby: tients in the ward and it’s a 17-year-old boy who had Prasad, however, admit- While theft of babies have possible for an outsider to been sold off by his parents ted that it would be better if been reported from hospi- gain entry posing as an at- when he was an infant and an unwanted baby is left tals like Safdurjung, LNJP tendant,’’ said Gupta. whose original parents have with a welfare home rather and GTB, there are also cas- The role of volunteers now been traced by the po- than being handed over to a es where infants have been crowding outside the wards lice. stranger. ‘‘Recently in swapped. ‘‘A woman in a of government hospitals ‘‘After the raid, the ac- Trans Yamuna, a sweet south Delhi hospital was has also come under cloud cused told us about the shop owner’s unwed girl told by the staff that she after the GTB theft. ‘‘In such boy’s real parents. The cou- gave birth to a child. In try- had given birth to a still- hospitals, a woman gives ple which brought up the ing to get rid of it quickly, born. The woman, however, birth to a baby and she her- boy now doesn’t want to the family just handed it to claimed that she had seen self or her relatives are ex- part with him,’’ said a complete stranger even her baby alive and refused pected to take care of it. Pathak, admitting that such against the girl’s wishes. We to accept the stillborn. A And because the hospital is cases are referred to the don’t know as yet what hap- case was registered and the understaffed, help is sought child welfare committee. pened to the baby,’’ said stillborn remained in the by the family from these vol- Anybody for a girl? Raj Prasad. mortuary for days as an un- unteers,’’ said a doctor with Mangal Prasad of Pratidhi Female babies received claimed body,’’ said Deepen- Sucheta Kriplani hospital. admits that there is a long by these homes working un- dra Pathak, deputy commis- The malaise runs deep: queue for male babies at so- der the department of so- sioner of police (crime). That even private hospitals cial welfare homes regis- cial welfare (DSW) are al- ‘‘It could be the work of are not above board was tered with the Delhi govern- most four times the number the staff or it could even proven by a crime branch ment. ‘‘Male children are of male babies. Last year, have taken place inadver- raid on a clinic in west Del- obviously preferred in these more than 350 female babies tently as most of the atten- hi in April this year. The po- welfare homes where un- were received at the DSW dants in government hospi- lice discovered that newly claimed babies are homes. ‘When I woke up, my baby was missing’

TIMES NEWS NETWORK — tall and about 40 years old. She was there for the baby,but to no avail. extremely friendly and was tending to I consoled myself thinking that the Sudha, the young other patients as well. woman would be back with my baby. mother who lost her She was being addressed as behen Nothing like that happened. The secu- newborn at GTB hospital, recounts (sister) and nobody seemed bothered rity guards came, but it was all over by the events preceding by her presence. She took special care then. and following the of my baby. I thought she was a mem- I was shocked when my fellow pa- delivery ber of the hospital staff. tients told me that she had been wait- I was admitted in the Guru Tegh Ba- My attendant and niece, Indu, also ing for me in the ward when I was be- hadur hospital on the morning of July got along well with her. She slept close ing operated upon. 8. I underwent a caesarean operation to my bed. When I woke up in the She had apparently told everybody the same day and gave birth to a male morning, however, I found the baby here that I was her sister-in-law. I child. missing. The woman was nowhere to thought she was one of the hospital Late in the evening, I was brought be seen. staff. back to the maternity ward on the I screamed for my niece — she was The hospital staff thought she was third floor. When I came back to my in the toilet. There was absolute pan- with me. In the confusion, however, I senses, I noticed a woman in the ward demonium. We kept looking here and have lost my son. Homes for mentally ill in a shambles By Himanshi Dhawan State shelter action has been taken so far, he said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Asha Kiran represents an example Delhi government of complete apathy towards the men- New Delhi: Reported deaths at the tally ill. Observers say, the home is Asha Kiran home in west Delhi has 45 run homes overcrowded and under-staffed. ‘‘If stirred a hornet’s nest. Staff strength there was space for 200 people, 500 While Delhi social welfare minis- 1,754 have just been dumped there,’’ a visi- ter Raj Kumar Chauhan is at pains to tor said. A district officer said the pa- prove that all is well, government of- Inmates tients were not even toilet-trained. ficials admit 17 deaths, reported in 70,000 There were no attendants either, two months, is barely the tip of the Street children adding to the unsanitary conditions. iceberg. They blame medical negli- 2,640 Referring to the medical facilities, gence and unhygienic conditions. Chauhan admitted the home had Chauhan, in his defence, has de- Number of ‘‘minimum’’ staff but cases of med- nied there is any cause for complaint. 350 women ical emergency were forwarded to ‘‘The home is cleaner than my nearby hospitals. ‘‘Cases are sent to house,’’ he claimed. Number of Sanjay Gandhi or Deen Dayal Upad- However, facts prove otherwise. A 700 handicapped hyaya hospital depending on the ur- team of non-government organisa- gency of the situation,’’ he added. tions, including Action Aid and Del- one of the observers hi Bal Adhikar Manch, had been in- from Anchal, an NGO, vited by the government, last July,as said. The report and a non-official visitors to suggest rec- video was prepared ommendations. ‘‘The conditions in and submitted to the the home are pathetic,’’ Sanjay Sheel, Delhi government. No

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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rainfall — East: Many places in Arunachal, Assam and Alleged car Scribe commits suicide Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, WB and NATIONAL Sikkim (sub-Himalayan WB and Sikkim), Jharkhand, Bihar; Mumbai: I-A 0700, Man held for raping minor TIMES NEWS NETWORK According to R R Katheria, a few places in Orissa. North: Many places in UP,Uttaran- 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, chal, Haryana, Punjab, HP; a few places in J&K, Rajasthan. Central: SHO Indirapuram police sta- 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Many places in Chhattisgarh; a few places in MP,Vidarbha. Peninsu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK down on the way. thief shot Ghaziabad: V Aruna (32), a tion, the suicide was commit- 2300 Jet Air 0650, la: Many places in Konkan, Goa, coastal AP - Karnataka, Kerala; a few ‘‘They stayed at a hotel in Chandi- journalist working with a TV 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, places in Gujarat, madhya Maharashtraand and Marathwada. New Delhi: The northwest district po- Ghaziabad: A member of an al- ted 2-3 days ago as the body 1935, 2030, 2200, garh where Sharma raped the girl and news channel was found lice have arrested a man for raping a 15- leged gang of auto thieves was shot Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD threatened her with dire consequences dead in her Ghaziabad apart- was in a decomposed state. 1520, 1800, 2025 year-old girl after kidnapping her. by the Garhmukteshwar police on Aruna had been married to KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min if she reported the matter to the po- ment late on Saturday night. ★★ Delhi 29 23 Amsterdam 26 12 According to the police, Amrish Friday night. The encounter took 1600 ,1700,1945 Guwahati 31 26 lice,’’ said Yadav. Rajan Bhasin, a clerk with Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 31 25 Dehradun 27 23 Bahrain 44 23 Sharma, a resident of Rohini, had ad- place about a kilometre off the Neighbours called the po- Sahara 0620,1915 Bangkok 37 32 The accused then reportedly took her All India Radio. Chennai 31 24 Hyd’bad 31 24 vertised for girls and boys interested in Syana Road. lice after detecting a foul CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 31 27 Indore 28 23 Beijing 32 19 to the shooting of a Punjabi film in in Aruna is said to have been 0640,0955★★★ making a career in modelling, movies According to Ghaziabad police, stench emanating from Aur- Ban’lore 29 20 Jaipur 31 25 Chicago 27 17 an attempt to win back her confidence. a devout disciple of Sai Baba. 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 30 23 Lucknow 33 25 Geneva 31 14 and music albums. He was reportedly the police station received a phone na’s flat. 0645,1900 She was, however, told that she could She reportedly left left a sui- BANGALORE: T’puram 32 22 Patna 33 28 Hong Kong 32 28 posing as a film producer. call at about 12.30 am, with the The police had to break Bhopal 30 24 Rajkot 29 25 London 27 16 not act in the movie as she did not know cide note addressed to him. I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Additional deputy commissioner of caller reporting the presence of into the apartment as the Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 34 26 Shimla 19 16 Los Angeles 27 17 Punjabi. Thereafter, the girl was taken In the note, she claims to Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 28 23 Srinagar 31 19 Moscow 25 13 police (northwest) R S Yadav said: ‘‘The four suspicious armed men in the door was locked from inside. to another hotel and raped again. have ended her life on her HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 girl, who is from Ghaziabad, contacted area. Aruna’s body was found ly- GOA: I-A 1200, ing on her bed wrapped in a own volition. She also writes Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS the man after seeing the advertisement The police said the accused came As the police reached the spot, the KULU: Jagson 0630, back to Delhi on July 8 along with the shawl. that she takes back all cases ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on in a Hindi daily. The accused made her gangsters reportedly attacked their 0650, 1215 12.07.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. A bottle of insect repellent filed against her husband, AHMEDABAD: take a screen test for a role in a televi- girl. jeep, thinking it was an ordinary ★★ Bhasin. I-A 0600,1700 1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl sion serial and then lured her into ac- ‘‘The victim reported the matter to vehicle. But on seeing the police was found by her bedside. Jet Air 0610 NORTH personnel, the accused ran for cover The police assume that she She wrote that she had GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: 4033 Jammu Mail 15.07 17.07 21.07 22.07 companying him to Chandigarh for a her parents on July 9 after which they I-A 0555★★, 1010• filmshoot.’’ lodged a complaint at the Prashant Vi- and allegedly opened fire on the committed suicide by con- hurt a lot of people in her life ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 31.07 28.07 21.07 2403 Jammu Exp 21.07 25.07 27.07 28.07 team. One member of the gang was suming the liquid. and had no desire to live any- Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, Sharma left for Chandigarh along har police station. Sharma was arrest- Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST killed in return fire, while the other She was lying face down more. The police will be in- Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 13.07 14.07 17.07 — with the victim and an aide, Sonu, on ed the next day and is in judicial 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 13.07 13.07 16.07 23.07 July 6. Sonu was allegedly asked to get custody,’’ said Yadav. three managed to escape, claimed with the phone receiver still vestigating the matter fur- Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 14.07 14.07 14.07 22.07 the police. TNN in her hands. ther. Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 14.07 19.07 23.07 INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp 05.09 05.09 05.09 05.09 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 13.07 14.07 14.07 BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 17.07 14.07 14.07 16.07 Foreigner held with fake visas Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 07.08 29.07 A-I 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 16.07 01.08 31.07 FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 15.07 16.07 16.07 18.07 By Maneesh Pandey fake Indian visa slips and the arrival 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 14.07 14.07 16.07 TIMES NEWS NETWORK stamp from Mumbai airport was dated AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 24.07 14.07 21.07 April 30. The accused told the FRRO dur- KLM 0745 (KL-476) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 15.07 15.07 15.07 New Delhi: A Ghana national was arrest- LONDON: British Air ing interrogation that a Ghana-based trav- 4230 Lucknow Mail 16.07 18.07 18.07 21.07 ed in the Chanakyapuri area for possess- 0210 (BA-142) WEST el agent had sent the four passport PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail14.07 14.07 17.07 23.07 ing four passports that contain forged In- through courier. The accused, however, 0040 (AF-147), 2926 Paschim Exp 14.07 16.07 21.07 29.07 dian visa slips. A-I 0735 (AI-141) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 18.07 21.07 21.07 — did not give details about the travel agent. SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 13.07 14.07 16.07 — Suspecting him to be a Nigerian, the po- Airlines 2315 (SQ-407), 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 17.07 17.07 17.07 lice is also ascertaining if the accused has While Kwabena’s passport was isssued I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 24.07 23.07 28.07 any terrorist links with Al-Qaida. The ac- from Ghana, two passports were from HONG KONG/OSAKA: 2916 Ashram Exp 14.07 15.07 16.07 16.07 Ivory Coast and the fourth was issued A-I 2320 (AI-318) SOUTH cused, Owusu Emanuel Kwabena (25), ROME/GENEVA: 2616 G T Exp 13.07 15.07 15.07 15.07 was arrested by the staff of Foreigners from Kenya. ‘‘We are yet to arrest the oth- A-I 0350 (AI-171) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 17.07 13.07 16.07 16.07 Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) in er three associates of Kwabena, who we AIR INDIA 2432 Trivandrum Raj 15.07 29.07 22.07 — suspect to be of other nationality, proba- 2626 Kerala Exp — 14.07 14.07 21.07 front of Thailand embassy . AHMEDABAD: 2618 Mangala Exp — 13.07 13.07 13.07 Sandeep Goel, the FRRO, said: ‘‘We re- bly Nigerians. They may have come with 0120 (AI 610) 2628 Karnataka Exp — 15.07 15.07 16.07 ceived an information that some Ghana a different purpose, may be smuggling,’’ MUMBAI: 0615 (AI140), 2724 A P Exp 16.07 20.07 20.07 17.07 he said. 0700 (AI 170), 1855 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 22.07 02.08 01.08 — nationals indulging in preparation of fake (AI 301), 2145 (AI 319) 7022 Dakshin Express — 15.07 — 13.07 travel documents and forged Indian visas The officer said it also appears that he No. of passengers dealt on 11.07.2003 (Delhi Area): 38,637 (N. Rly. Area) and his associates may have arrived on A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 1,85,538. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all would be coming to Thai embassy in the (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for afternoon. We spotted one of them outside different passports and managed the (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) the main gate of Thai embassy at about 4 seized passports in Delhi from some trav- 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 pm. The person was arrested in posses- el agent. sion of four passports, including three of Kwabena admitted about fabrication of different persons.’’ forged Indian visa slips and a forged ar- The FRRO said the four passports had rival stamp to stay illegally in India. Delhi 2021: A Bloated Story Heavy rain Deepak Harichandan leaves city in a mess TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Friday’s incessant rain left the city deluged, with civic infrastructure in disarray and fears about rains in the later part of the season. B K Dalmiya, resi- dent of Model Town -I, got the shock of his life when the boundary wall of a DDA colony By 2015, Mumbai and Delhi are expected to be among collapsed on his house the world’s top six most populous urban cities, says a UN on Friday evening. Population Division report. What does this mean for Delhi, The constant rain had which is growing faster than any other metro in India... already weakened the foundations of the Bursting at the seams poorly constructed Today: 13.7 million people; wall and Friday’s rain 2021: 22 million was the last straw. Space crunch ‘‘The poor construc- tion of the DDA flats Today: 9,280 persons per sq km; 2021: 14,270 and the water logging Where’s the land made the wall crumble Today: Delhi is spread over 60,000 hectare; like tin foil,’’ said 2021: Will require 50,000 hectare more with same density Dalmiya. His is not the only case. Four people A man’s world were killed in a wall Life expectancy for women will grow to 75 by 2021. For collapse in Rajouri men, it will be 71 years. But men will still outnumber Garden. women: 888 women per 1000 men On Friday itself, An old Delhi eight others lost their Today: 5.9 per cent are 60-plus; 2021: 11 per cent lives due to wall col- lapses in various parts The fall-out of Delhi. Demand will heavily outstrip supply. Today: 3,735 million A fatal combination litres per day; 2021: 8,349 MLPD. Power requirement will of poor, and in most go up to 16,500 MW per day from 2,700 now cases unauthorised The way out constructions, coupled with waterlogging ‘‘If the supply does not match the demand, Delhi could thanks to the poor de- turn into a slum city. It’s not population control, but silting work by the efficient city managers that Delhi requires’’: MCD and NDMC have Demographer Ashish Bose. spelt doom for the city. ‘‘Single plan can’t work for whole city. Customised plans Power supply too played for localities needed’’: Sudesh Nangia, JNU professor truant during much of Fri- ‘‘Give incentives to cities around Delhi to attract day and Saturday. Power commerce and industry to make them viable alternatives’’: minister Ajay Maken’s own Amitabh Kundu, JNU professor constituency,Rajouri Garden Text by Sujata Dutta Sachdeva and Bonita Baruah had no power for nearly 40 hours. Dengue alert OBITUARY WE ARE GRIEVED TO INFORM YOU OF THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF in city RAJA NRIPENDRA SINGH OF SARILA TIMES NEWS NETWORK ON 12TH JULY 2003. New Delhi: MCD commis- THE CREMATION WILL BE HELD AT LODHI CREMATORIUM sioner Rakesh Mehta raised 3 PM ON 13TH JULY 2003. a dengue alert in the city. He DEEPLY MOURNED BY asked all Delhiites to initiate adequate steps to prevent FAMILY & FRIENDS breeding of mosquitoes. The RANI KUMUDINI SINGH, recent intermittent rains MANDIRA KUMARI & AJAY causing a rise in humidity with temperature ranging in R.K. ABHAY SINGH - HIMANI the thirties are a congenial breeding ground for mosqui- toes, especially the aedes mosquito which spreads dengue, he said. He asked all citizens to clean their coolers once a week and mop it dry before refilling. One should put a ta- blespoon of petrol or kerosene in coolers which cannot be cleaned. All over- head and other water tanks should be kept covered. Wa- ter containers should be drained once a week and kept covered after refilling. Un- used or broken bottles, cups, pots, and tyres that hold wa- ter should not be left in open. Delhi faced a dengue epi- demic in 1996 resulting in more than 10,000 cases and 423 deaths. In the year 2002 only 45 cases were reported.

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INDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 5 Zahira seeks NHRC help to reopen Bakery case TIMES NEWS NETWORK claimed that threats to her sion also considered the re- life had made her change her port given by the team. Railway accidents? Give us a break... New Delhi: Zahira, a key statement in the trial court. According to NHRC, the witness in last year’s Best By Rajesh Ramachandran gets less time for the main- chairs. scheduled to pass. The The NHRC has put her state- team has sought more time to Reality bites Bakery Case during the anti- TIMES NEWS NETWORK tenance work. A driver from Ludhiana trackman had used up the ment on record. translate and examine the Then they go for short- spoke about broken wipers, torch batteries, so he ran Muslim Gujarat riots, has ap- In its meeting the commis- material which are volumi- New Delhi: Under fire for cuts so as not to detain You announce soggy windshields and rain waving the good old proached the National Hu- sion also decided to request nous in nature and written in his ‘‘accident-every-45-days’’ “ trains, often risking their new trains, wave pouring into the cabin, kerosene lamp at the driver, man Rights Commission eminent lawyers to examine Gujarati. The commission record, rail minister Nitish lives and that of the passen- something that could lead not realising that it had ex- seeking its help to reopen the the records that its team col- has agreed to give more time Kumar on Saturday let the gers. All this was narrated the green flag and to a short circuit and a ca- tinguished midway. case in which 21 accused lected during its recent visit but directed the team to sub- nuts-and-bolts men of the by the delegates as a matter tastrophe. Fortunately, the driver have been acquitted. She to Vadodara. The commis- mit it expeditiously. Indian Railways speak of fact. go away. But where A trackman from the saw the man in uniform and about rail safety. Meanwhile, goods train are the driver, South Central railway, that stopped the train well in ad- In the bargain, he got a drivers are made to drive saw the latest Golconda Ex- vance of the eight-inch gap mouthful. ‘‘You announce passenger trains with little guard and people to press accident, had an un- on the rail. new trains, wave the green or no training and once an maintain them? believable story to tell. The trackman’s demands flag and go away. But where accident occurs, each de- ’’ Patrolling, apparently is were: Four batteries every is the driver, the guard and partment shifts the blame. — An official done only between mid- couple of days, instead of the people to maintain A station master said he night and six in the morn- every month, or recharge- them?’’ asked an official, had heard drivers scream- queue at running rooms, ing because officials use able batteries, and no ‘‘mis- who participated in a two- ing over the control phone waiting for the cook. their gangmen as domestic use’’ of railwaymen. Appar- day national workshop on about not having had rest To see the signal properly, help and much worse. So ently, the ‘‘misuse’’ could safety that began here on for 18 hours. a driver has to be in a sitting now, they react only when a even be to the extent of ask- Saturday. When they did get some position. But often he has to weld failure or such mishap ing the four men, who are As the minister waves-off rest, the drivers said, they offer his seat to the inspec- is reported. meant to push the trolley, to new trains, the traffic densi- had to cut vegetables and tor, so a driver wanted in- A weld failure was thus tend the Permanent Way In- ty increases and the staff clean the rice and stand in spectors to bring their own reported while a train was spector’s cattle. Wanted: A house for Indian scholars Gujarat riot By Mohua Chatterjee victims afraid TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: They may soon to testify be homeless. The research TIMES NEWS NETWORK scholars and senior academi- cians who have been engaged Ahmedabad: Imtiaz Khan with matters of the intellect (26) lost his mother and most at the Indian Institute of Ad- of his family in the post- vanced Studies for nearly Godhra massacre at Gulbarg four decades will soon have society which claimed the no address. A SC order over- lives of 42 persons including ruling a Cabinet decision to Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. allow it to continue in the After the Best Bakery ver- erstwhile Rashtrapati Nivas, dict, he is afraid to answer has directed the IIAS to va- his cell-phone. His friend an- cate the 127 acre premises by swers his calls, screens the December 31. The Institute caller and only when assured will be handed over to ASI. that it is not someone from ‘‘The ASI will set up a mu- the VHP or the Bajrang Dal, seum there and turn it into a do they hand over the phone major tourist spot. The de- to Khan. Such is the fear tails will be worked out only among the victims who have after the IIAS vacates to testify in cases which are the premises,’’ said minister yet to come up for trial. for tourism and culture When TNN got through to Jagmohan. Khan, he was still wary. ‘‘We In 1965, the Viceregal have been asked not to speak Lodge, renamed Rashtrapati to anyone. They could be Nivas after Independence, from the VHP,who knows?’’. was ‘gifted’ to the govern- Only when reassured, did ment by President Radhakr- The scholars of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies at Rashtrapati Nivas in Shimla have he manage to say, ‘‘We will ishnan for the purpose of the been asked to vacate the 127 acre premises by December 31, 2003. stand by our statements. Institute, since he felt, ‘‘it ficial, adding that, ‘‘we have Pradesh government. housing the IIAS in the build- should be devoted to a more None of us will retract like also met Sonia Gandhi.” Rajiv Mankotia, a resident ing —notified as one of na- useful purpose than merely the Best Bakery case.’’ Says author Nirmal Ver- of Shimla, filed a PIL in the tional importance —is the the pastime of the Presi- ma: ‘‘Though I have tremen- SC, the same year. But the best way of maintaining it, dent.’’ Specially since the dous faith in the Court, this HRD ministry filed a count- the Cabinet decided to ‘‘per- Presidents had spent merely decision should be reviewed. er-affidavit based on the cab- mit IIAS to continue indefi- ‘‘120 days in 15 years.’’ The IIAS is a distinguished inet decision stating that nitely in the Rashtrapati Ni- IIAS employees, scholars research centre primarily IIAS should be shifted out. vas and to permit the filing of and intellectuals like Nirmal due to its ambience. A trans- The SC considered Manko- a petition to the SC for the Verma and Shabana Azmi fer of the institute will com- tia’s writ petition and HRD modification/revision of its among others, have appealed pletely destroy the purpose ministry’s counter-affidavit judgement.’’ Consequently, to the PM, the President and for which it was set up.’’ and ruled that, ‘‘...as soon as the HRD ministry had filed a the HRD minister M M Joshi A unique residential cen- IIAS vacates the building and petition with the SC. to bring an appropriate legis- tre for research in various hands it over to ASI, the gov- But on April 21, 2003, the lation to save the institute. fields, the IIAS has been fac- ernment should provide the SC found no reason to review ‘‘The ministry has sought le- ing a crisis since 1990. First, necessary budget for restora- its earlier decision and asked gal opinion on what could be the cabinet committee on tion of the building to its nat- IIAS to vacate the premises. done ,” say sources. trade and investment wanted ural beauty and grandeur.’’ IIAS authorities argue every- ‘‘The HRD ministry has to transfer the building to the The government however where in the world, old mon- asked for the attorney gener- tourism ministry. The ITDC changed its stand in Septem- uments are preserved as liv- al’s opinion on how a legisla- wanted to develop it as a ber 2002. Convinced that ing monuments. tion can be made to ensure tourist resort after the IIAS the IIAS remains in the Rash- was shifted to an alternative trapti Nivas,’’ said an IIAS of- site, offered by the Himachal Another arrest in Pandya case Ahmedabad: The CBI has arrested one more person in connection with the as- sassination of former Gu- jarat home and revenue minister Haren Pandya, taking the total number of arrests to 13, including that of Hyderabad-based sharp- shooter Asghar Ali. The CBI sleuths arrested Mohammed Yusuf Abdul Munir from Panchpatti lo- cality in Kalupur area of the city on Friday.His name was revealed by the other accused during interroga- tion. Munir is alleged to be a ‘‘co-conspirator’’ along with several others accused in Pandya’s murder. PTI

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Narrow escape: Passengers of an Indian Airlines flight com- ing from Mumbai, via Delhi and Ranchi, had a narrow escape on Saturday when the plane’s Crumbling coalition... left wheel got jammed due to a bird-hit while landing at the Patna airport. The pilot, was able to control the situation. Omar pulls DMK: Stop Pota But, there was no more takeoffs during the day. TNN out of NDA misuse or ...

By M Saleem Pandit TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chennai: The DMK may pull out of the NDA if Srinagar: National Conference the Centre continued its ‘‘mysterious’’ silence president Omar on the ‘‘blatant’’ misuse of Pota by the Tamil Abdullah an- Nadu government, party chief M Karunanidhi nounced the with- has said. drawal of his par- In a veiled threat to the ruling coalition at the ty from the Na- Centre, he said: ‘‘If (MDMK leader) Vaiko and tional Democratic other detainees do not come out of jail, I cannot Alliance here on say who will come out (of the NDA).’’ Saturday. Karunanidhi was addressing a public meeting The decision on Friday night to mark the first anniversary of was taken by the Vaiko’s arrest under Pota. NC’s working Recalling that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Va- committee, he said. Among the rea- jpayee had assured to review Pota if misused, sons for pulling out of the Vajpayee the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu noted government coalition were its ‘‘in- that as the Centre had turned a blind eye to the sensitivity’’ to the NC’s views on the misuse, there was now no point in looking up to situation in Kashmir and Gujarat. it for justice. The opposition in the state would The NDA government didn’t react have to fight its own battle, he said. Expressing to his predecessor Farooq Abdul- reservation against the committee created to re- lah’s recent statement asking Nel- view cases of misuse of Pota, he pointed out that son Mandela to mediate in order to it had not taken any action on Vaiko’s case. bring peace to the region, he added. Karunanidhi Karunanidhi expressed unhap- He said he regretted the NC hav- piness over the police raids on the residences of ing voted for the anti-terrorism law, Akali Dal leader and former Punjab chief min- Pota, and in not having pulled out of ister Prakash Singh Badal. ‘‘I find (Deputy the government during the Gujarat Prime Minister) Advani’s comment intolerable, riots last year. Pota, he said, was be- especially as the Centre was tolerating the re- ing used mostly against the Mus- pressive Jayalalithaa regime in Tamil Nadu.’’ lims. Taking a dig at state chief minister Jay- On being asked about a solution to alalithaa, Karunanidhi pointed out that while the Kashmir problem, Omar reiter- she was arresting people under Pota for their ated an earlier suggestion to convert support to the banned LTTE, she herself had the line of control into the formal supported the Tamil Tiger supremo V Pirab- border.Leaders need to bring people hakaran in May 1990 after the Lankan rebels round to this solution, he said. killed EPRLF leader K Padmanabha.

PTI Amarnath yatra: The first batch of devotees on the annual Amarnath pilgrimage on Saturday paid obei- sance at the holy ice lingam at the cave shrine here. The devotees, who had set off on the pilgrimage on July 9, and trekked through a trecherous route to reach here, offered prayers and took part in rituals before the holy ice deity. PTI

Moulvi Abbas Ansari addresses reporters after being elected chairman of the Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar on Saturday. Former Hurriyat chairmen Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and Prof Abdul Gani Bhat can also be seen in the picture. Ansari is Hurriyat’s first Shia leader By M Saleem Pandit tender for the chairman’s TIMES NEWS NETWORK post of the Hurriyat Confer- ence but Pakistan’s involve- Srinagar: The Hurriyat ment in the selection of the Conference on Saturday ap- chairman debarred Malik pointed Molvi Abas Ansari from the chair. as chairman of the conglom- Ansari, who becomes the erate replacing Abdul Gani first Shia leader to head the Bhat Ansari. A Shia leader 25-party separatist conglom- and chairman of the Itte- erate, said that he would try hadul Muslimeen, he was to bring unity in the amal- unanimously elected by five gam by taking every member out of the six members of along with him for the reso- the executive council. lution of the Kashmir issue. Conspicuous by their ab- ‘‘It is a heavy responsibili- sence were Yasin Malik of ty that I have to shoulder... I the JKLF and Shiekh Ali will try to bring all those Mohammad of the Jam- who are angry with Hurriyat mat-e-Islami. back into its fold,’’ he said. However, the JKLF was On the war of words be- represented by Ghulam tween Jamaat e Islami leader Rasool Dar Eidi while the Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Jamaat abstained from People’s Conference, Ansari voting. The sources said said: ‘‘Differences will go, that Malik was a con- Hurriyat will not break.’’ Viral fever continues to wreak havoc

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Telengana/Nagpur: The mystery fever ravaging villages in northern Andhra Pradesh and Vi- darbha is past its worst phase, claim government authorities, even as the general wards remain packed with more chil- dren being rushed to hos- pital. District authorities are also coordinating the spraying of kerosene and diesel on water bodies. Meanwhile, teams from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and the National Institute of Virology are due to ar- rive to inspect the areas. The toll in the six dis- tricts in and around Nag- pur is now 43, with almost all being children be- tween the ages of two and 12. The fatality rate has been almost one in two of those admitted. As for the Telengana re- gion of Andhra, collec- tors have directed preven- tive dosage programmes in all schools, panchayats and sub-health centres. In Warangal, hospitals treat- ed 3,243 patients on Satur- day. The comparative fig- ure for neighbouring Karimnagar was 1,403. NICD teams are also tak- ing blood samples.

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he demand for a retrial by Zahi- Human Rights Watch ra, key witness in the Best Bak- Tery case, reveals the same old story of mob violence — prosecution’s failure to gather enough evidence, in- action by the police and complicity of the state. Why is the walk to justice tortuous for the victim of mob vio- lence? Sunday Times takes a look at some of the worst communal riots that rocked post-Partition India and adds up the accused list. POTA. The police claims, the Godhra arrests of ex-councillor Faroukh Bhana and Salim Case: Sabarmati Express Panwala will provide the fi- carnage at Godhra on Febru- nal ‘missing links’. One wit- ary 27, 2002; 59 burnt to ness has backtracked while death the Gujarat HC bailed out Status: 131 booked under Kalota and three others last Pota; 70 arrested, nine re- week. leased for lack of evidence Chargesheets: Six Trial: Case yet to come up Gujarat riots: for trial Deaths: 1000 approx. be- Ahmedabad: It was ironic tween February and May — hundreds witnessed the 2002 torching of the train and yet, Cases registered: 4,252 the exact sequence of events Cases chargesheeted, remains elusive. The victims pending trial: 2,037 were mostly kar sevaks re- Accused arrested: 23,777 turning from Ayodhya. The Accused punished: None FIR lodged at the Railway Riots followed the Sabar- police station in Godhra by mati Express carnage and the driver of the Express de- spread to nearly 20 districts scribed a ‘‘mob of 900 to 1000 in Gujarat. Frenzied mobs, A mass grave in Ahmedabad with 61 bodies People fleeing riot-hit Bombay A fire in a building being put out as Delhi burns people’’, mostly Muslims, as including those owing alle- the offenders. The investiga- giance to the VHP and Ba- Godhra Bombay riots (from Dec 7, 1992) 1984 riots tions, taken over by the Anti- jrang Dal, allegedly plun- Case: Sabarmati Express carnage at Godhra on February 27, 2002 Number of people killed: 872 Case: Riots after Indira Gandhi’s assassination on Oct. 31, 1984 Terrorist Squad, saw an ‘ISI- dered the homes of minori- Killed: 59 Number of people injured: 1829 Killed: 2,733 hand’ and Pota was applied ties and raped their women. Status: 131 booked under Pota Number of people missing: 443 Cases registered: about 200 till the Jain-Aggarwal Commission on the accused, including In the Kidiyad massacre in Arrested: 70; 9 released for lack of evidence. (Government figures submitted to the Srikrishna Commission). took over. After that, 600 cases. Most closed by the police. three minor boys. The presi- Panchmahals over 60 in a Chargesheets: Six Number of people who fled the city: 150,000 Arrested: Over a 1000 during investigation dent of the Godhra munici- tempo were set ablaze; in the Conviction in murder cases: 10 Trial: Case yet to come up for trial Number who sought refuge in relief camps: 100,000 pality, Mohammad Husain Dipda darwaja killing in Life sentence: 12 Kalota, and councillor Haji Mehsana, 11 were burnt and Gujarat Riots Loss of property: Rs 40 billion Compensation: 2,200 widows get Rs 3.5 lakh per person Bilal Ismail Sujela were ar- their remains dumped into a Case: Riots after the Godhra carnage Homes burned: 10,000 (As told by H S Phoolka, lawyer for the 1984 victims) rested as the ‘prime ac- sewer. Killed: 1000 deaths approx. People left homeless: 50,000 Number of accused: 2341 cused’. The case then went to A year later, some of the Cases chargesheeted, pending trial: 2,037 Percentage of riot victims who were Muslim: 60-67 Number of accused in murder cases: 1286 Spl IG, CID (crime and rail- trails have concluded. Con- Accused arrested: 23,777 (Times of India estimates). Cases in which there were acquittals: 123 ways), P P Aagja, till the victions? None. The BJP Accused punished: None (Based on a PUDR report, Nov 1992) state government handed it even ignored the NHRC’s di- over to DIG Rakesh Asthana. rective to hand over investi- The first twist in the case gations of the five major tempted to file charges nurture this kind of senti- been arduous. Take Niloufer Status: All were exonerated davits. It was appointed to people were killed. came after a forensic recon- massacres including afresh, the metropolitan ment.’’ Sure. Bhagwat, CPI counsel who till the CBI on July 11, 2003 look into the causes of the Gautam Navlakha, a hu- struction of the incident in- Godhra, to the CBI. Thus, of court threw out the matter, • R D Tyagi filed a writ when the Shiv filed an appeal against a low- 1984 violence and the man- man rights activist says, dicated the coach was burnt the over 23,000 accused ar- saying it was ‘time-barred’. Tyagi, then a joint commis- Sena-BJP, after coming to er court order which acquit- ner in which it occurred. ‘‘Our criminal justice sys- from inside, near seat No 72, rested, 90 per cent are on Status of the case: Pend- sioner was named in the re- power, wound up the Com- ted Sajjan Kumar. And the police came out tem collapses in front of the using over 60 litres of in- bail. For 65 year-old Fakir ing in high court port in an incident involving mission in January 1996. It Delhi: The panels of in- looking none too clean. party in power. The rot is flammable liquid. Narco- Mohammad who lost his 45- • Madhukar Sarpotdar: the killing of nine. He de- was reinstated six months quiry have been numerous. In December 23, 2002, the deep. The police, lower judi- analysis tests on five of the year-old son, hope is dead Sarpotdar, then an MLA, nied all. He later became po- later. She said, ‘‘Neither the In 1985 it was the Justice courts exonerated Sajjan Ku- ciary and the political party accused led to the arrest of word. ‘‘Nobody has even was cited by witnesses be- lice commissioner. Sangh Parivar nor the Con- Ranga Nath Misra commis- mar. It was alleged by one in power, all are deeply im- the ‘prime accused’ Razzak recorded our statements and fore the Srikrishna Commis- Status of case: Charges- gress has any intention of sion. Anwar Kaur that a mob in- plicated in these riots. At Kurkur — a self-proclaimed they have not even included sion as one of the main in- heeted in May 2001, case due securing justice. But then, I stigated by him had killed every step there are obsta- leader of the railway station those people whom we stigators of violence in Ban- to come up in sessions court. had no illusions even when I her husband on November 1, cles.’’ The way out? ‘‘Public tea-vendors, and exculpated named in the FIR’’. dra East. He was arrested for • Ram Naik (BJP) started.’’ Teesta Setalvad, co- DEEP 1984. The CBI chargesheeted intervention only can play a Kalota. being in possession of unli- The report says Naik, editor Communalism Com- Kumar and 12 others on De- catalytic role in bringing The second twist came censed pistols and choppers then an MP, was part of a bat: ‘‘How can there be heal- cember 22, 1994. justice for the victims. To ex- FOCUS pect institutions to play a when the ‘attempted’ mo- Bombay riots in a curfew area. morcha to the Jogeshwari ing without justice? The This is what additonal ses- Status of case: Acquitted police demanding the re- sions judge Manju Goel had stellar role here, is non- lestation of a girl by Ram se- Number killed: 872 Srikrishna report has been • Gajanan Kirtikar: Named lease of rioters. The It recommended that the to say: ‘‘The total evidence sense.’’ vaks at the station went into Main accused: largely ignored, some fami- for leading two morchas to marchers later killed two Delhi administration inves- fails miserably to prove the records in the second • Bal Thackeray lies have still not got com- H S Phoolka, the lawyer Jogeshwari police station, people. Naik later became tigate the conduct of the whether Sajjan Kumar (or chargesheet filed in October (Shiv Sena) pensation, and not a single who represented the victims which culminated in state railway minister and delinquent police officers. the other 12 accused) were 2002. The involvement of Mumbai: He is not invinci- accused is behind bars.’’ says, ‘‘The primary concern killings. He later became then central minister. Nothing came out of it. part of the unlawful assem- Simi, the underworld and ble for nothing. When the should be justice to society minister of state for home. Status of case: Police never Four more followed — the bly.The three witnesses pro- narco-terrorism were other Maharashtra government and rehabilitation of the vic- Status of case: Charge- filed charges. Jain-Banerjee, Potti-Rosha, duced by the investigating possibilities floating around. did not chargesheet the Sena 1984 riots tims. sheet filed in 2001. He was re- The Srikrishna report Jain-Aggarwal and Kapoor- agency had flaws in their tes- The third twist came in a chief for his provocative “Punishment will act as a leased on a personal bond of also mentions the Tanzeem Killed: 2733 after Prime Mittal committees. Finally, timony.’’ Former Union Min- judicial confession by a his- writings in ‘Saamna’, a pub- deterrence. The history of Rs 1000. Case still on. Allah-o-Akbar, SIMI, Mus- Minister Indira Gandhi was the Narula Committee was ister H K L Bhagat and three tory-sheeter Jabbir Bin lic interest writ sought to get mob violence has been its He says, ‘‘We must forget lim League, Jamaat-e-Islami assassinated by her Sikh constituted in December others too were acquitted in Yamin Behera which led to this done. The petition was low conviction rate.’’ bodyguards on Oct 31, 1984. 1993. No results. the arrest of Maulana Hus- eventually dismissed by the the past. How do I expect riot Hind in individual inci- November 1999. Main accused: Senior Con- In 1999, the Justice Nana- Shobha John with sain Umarji, a popular cleric Supreme Court in 1995. In victims to forget? Well, the dents. Except for SIMI, They were charged with gress leaders — H K L Bha- vati Commission began inputs from Leena Mishra, in Godhra, now the ‘prime July 2000, when home minis- victims of Godhra cannot which was banned in 2001, the murder of Ram Singh on its investigations. It was Radha Rajadhyaksha, conspirator’. The Gujarat ter Chhagan Bhujbal at- forget either...but on a sarva- all the others continue. gat, Jagdish Tytler and Saj- November 1, 1984 in government then invoked janik level we should not The fight for justice has jan Kumar. flooded by over 10,000 affi- Trilokpuri where over 400 Shabnam Minwalla Cong wants NCP to accept Sonia Mumbai: Maharashtra secular alliance there was no The Native returns to upbeat India Pradesh Congress Commit- possibility of a pre-poll pact By Sofia Tippoo people here are incredibly talented bering procedures, endless paper- tee (MPCC) president Ranjit in the state. He said he wel- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Deshmukh made it clear on comed the announcement and motivated. I strongly believe work, pot-holed roads and power- Friday that unless the NCP made by NCP spokesperson Bangalore: The US plans to send India is at the centre of the next cuts — sentiment is riding high. accepted Sonia Gandhi as Vasant Chavan but the NCP Indians to man their MNC opera- wave of IT evolution,” says Venkat Sankalp Saxena of i2 Technologies Panchapakesan, CEO, Yahoo! Soft- is returning after 30 years to set up the leader of the proposed stand was still ambiguous.TNN tions in India. But the reverse brain drain has already begun. ware Development India, who’s a development centre in Bangalore. Bobby Mitra has come back from come back to start a R&D centre in “In my mind, India is an integral the US to lead the Indian opera- Bangalore. part of my cultural DNA.’’ tions of Texas Instruments; ‘‘Uncertainties in US markets “We have no regrets. My wife Ashoka Valia has returned as man- are much higher today compared and I are enjoying our relocation,’’ aging director of Nortel Networks to the rapidly growing Indian mar- says Raghu Srigiriraju who works India. Ajay Chopra, COO of Com- ket,” says Ajay Chopra, originally with Synopsys (India), Bangalore. merce Velocity which he founded from Faridabad. The reason for his Having lived close to 10 years in the in the US, is coming back after 22 returning is to set up an Indian US, adjusting to the India was a years to set up a BPO outfit for the software outfit. Small wonder that challenge. ‘‘But that’s a minor is- firm in India. most MNCs are using their Indian sue compared to the quality time The list is growing by the day.In subsidiaries to serve as R&D cen- we have here with the family.” the face of the long-drawn crisis in tres. A few years ago, it was only “Sometimes we do miss the the IT industry in the US, the idea low-end software programming. everyday conveniences that we of returning home is catching on “The whole telecom scenario took for granted, no power or water among US-based Indian techies. US here is booming, so coming back cuts, the cool cars and high driving companies are only cashing in on was one great opportunity for me,’’ speeds,’’ says Anup Vittal of Infos- the trend by giving Indians inter- says Mumbai-based Ashoka Valia ys Technologies who has come ested in returning, the option to who has come back after 30 years. back to Mysore. ‘‘But then, some of work in India — with hardly any ‘‘There always was that feeling that these are already happening in In- difference but the time zone. this was home.’’ dia. I guess it’s a matter of time be- “It is great coming back. The Despite the problems — encum- fore India catches up.”

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LET’S TALK INDIANISMS Ananth quits Name Sahni: Simple man, complex ideas TOI By Ashok Vajpeyi Union cabinet ‘Why take ourselves met Bhishm Sahni regu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK larly at classical concerts New Delhi: Union ur- I where he would come in ban development and so seriously...’ quietly with his wife — who poverty alleviation min- For author-diplomat Pavan K Varma, the Indians’ abil- died some years ago — and ister Ananth Kumar has ity to remain unfazed in the face of all odds is their listen to Mallikarjun Mansur resigned from the Cabi- biggest strength. He is best known for his first book or Kishori Amonkar. net to take up his assign- The Great Indian Middle Class. His other works in- I can’t name another Hindi ment as BJP chief for clude the critically-applauded biography of Mirza writer so keen on classical Karnataka ahead of Ghalib. He is currently India’s High Commissioner to music. And I rarely met him next year’s assembly Cyprus. at literary conferences or polls. Indians are a breed apart because... writers’ meets. A Rashtrapati Of their ability to survive and their talent to muddle But it would be difficult to Bhawan press commu- through. Nothing can put us down: Not invaders, name another writer in Hin- nique on Saturday an- poverty,corruption or shortages. We have been blessed di today who was so widely nounced that Kumar’s by the gift of jugaad, which is creative improvisation, respected for his humane resignation — sent in on ingenuity, quick thinking and the will to survive all vision, grasp of the complex- July 9 — has been ac- rolled into one. ity of relationships, and an cepted and the road We could have been up there; we aren’t because... unmistakable capacity to transport and highways We do not believe we are the best. We are satisfied with communicate suffering minister,Maj Gen (Retd) much less than our real potential. and predicament of our BC Khanduri, has been times. allocated the urban de- Bhishm Sahni, it is well velopment portfolio as It happens only in India... known, was committed to the an additional charge. • Lassi churned up in dhabas Leftist ideology and perhaps Kumar follows Uma using a modified washing never questioned the Stalin- Bharati, Vasundhara machine istic legacy. Raje and Ramesh Bains, Yet, he never carried the all of whom quit as • A locally-assembled car with ideological burden, either in Union ministers to take no registration, insurance, day-to-day life or in his writ- Capable of making fun of elegance. His simple narra- Ki Dawat are a lasting contri- up organisational work

Udayshankar one gear and one speed ing. His commitment to the himself, Sahni’s modernism tive had complexity buried bution to the fiction of India ahead of assembly polls ideology was deep and un- did not take recourse to isola- beneath. His language re- in the latter half of the 20th later this year in Mad- Is our ‘‘sab chalta hai’’ attitude a strength or a mistakable, but his attach- tion or withdrawal, but made vealed the struggles and the century. hya Pradesh, Rajasthan weakness? ment to and understanding the daily life, its joys and sufferings of ordinary people If there was ever a Hindi and Chattisgarh respec- A strength as nothing really fazes us. We accept the of life, society and reality pains, the lower middle class caught in the web of history, writer who had no enemy tively. most unacceptable adversity. But it’s a weakness as it went deeper and beyond. its anxieties and endurance, conventions, relationships and who was never derided inculcates a very high tolerance for mediocrity. In the post-Independence the locus of fictional imagi- and society. upon, it was Bhishma Sahni. Indian family values are all about... Hindi literature, where the nation. Bhishm Sahni would be A man of grace and humility, Patriarchy; obedience; the glorification of tradition; Premchandian project of He may not have dared to best remembered for his clas- who did not allow fame or subordination of women; acceptance of dowry; big making the ordinary hu- push the frontiers of form, sic on partition, the novel achievement to suppress or weddings; religious ritual; incestuous relationships mans and social life cen- language or narrative to any Tamas, his other novels Bas- sideline his civilised human- and laughter, support and solace. trestage proceeded with extremities or dared to go be- anti and Mayya Das Ki Madi, ness and gentle disposition, Indians don’t have a sense of humour because... great vigour and intensity, yond the realistic mode. But his plays Hanush and Mad- one who truly glowed in his They take themselves too seriously,believe they are al- Bhishm Sahni emerged as a he deepened the realistic con- havi. He’s also one of the out- humanity and creativity. ways right, and are always willing to moralise. memorable chronicler of the vention to incorporate many standing short story writers (The writer is a bureaucrat Who’s your favourite Indian? ordinary lives caught in Par- hitherto unexplored and his stories such as Chief and poet.) It’s difficult to say,but I would still vote for Jawaharlal tition and other tragic or aspects of life, society and in- Nehru because of the vision he had for India. Some of comic aspects of life in north dividuals. his recipes may appear to be wrong today,but the dish India. His realism had a certain he wanted to serve, of a progressive, prosperous, mod- ern, India, cannot be faulted. Is consumerism making us less spiritual? There has never been a conflict on this count in India. Indians are the most resilient materialists. Their de- sire for the good things of life is so great that it needs to be masked by a stance of spiritualism. In the Hindu world view,Arth — material well-being — is one of the four principal goals of life. Is sex still a four-letter word for Indians? Yes, not because they consider it wrong, but they con- sider it wrong to admit its hold. They are far more comfortable accepting and condemning it as vulgarity. Does religion divide us or unite us? Religion may divide a few in the short term, but in the long run, India has no choice but to be secular. One thing India needs to get rid of... Its hypocrisy. Indians refuse to accept themselves for what they are. As a result, they have fallen in love with an image and forget the truth about themselves.

Vandana Agarwal BJP changes stand, may toe RSS-VHP line By Smita Gupta TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Under the combined pressure of the VHP and the RSS, Ayodhya: There the BJP’s central lead- ership agreed late on is still hope Saturday to consider the possibility of intro- Chennai: Though the ducing a central law on All India Muslim Per- the construction of a sonal Law Board (AIM- Ram temple at the dis- PLB) had rejected the puted site at Ayodhya. proposals sent by the Its national executive Kanchi Sankaracharya, will take up the issue at the senior pontiff of the its meeting in Raipur Mutt, Jayendra scheduled to be held on Saraswathi Swamigal, July 18, 19, 20. on Saturday revealed This is a marked de- that mediations are still parture from the posi- going on and that he has tion taken by BJP lead- not given up hope. ers in the recent past ‘‘Talks are again on that as the party did not with the help of a medi- have the requisite num- ator on both sides and bers in Parliament to they will get back to us,’’ pass such a legislation, he said talking to the and that issue was not media after launching a part of the NDA agen- tourism package for da. Nepal in Chennai. TNN In return for the change in stand and in agreeing to include the VHP in any further efforts to resolve the Ayodhya imbroglio, the VHP has been persuaded by the RSS to tone down its language against the government particularly the Prime Minister. They also agreed to drop the September deadline it gave the government to introduced the legislation in Parliament. Emerging from a three-hour meeting held here at 7 Race Course Road, between the top brass of the RSS and the BJP, RSS joint general secretary in charge of the BJP Madan Das Devi said: ‘‘We discussed the Ayo- dhya issue, and it was felt that there were three options — the courts, through a dialogue between the commu- nities and legislation. The RSS also conveyed the con- cerns and apprehensions of the VHP on the issue, and the BJP has been asked to give due consideration to their sentiments.’’ The RSS representative included chief K Sudarshan and the BJP which was represented by the Prime Min- ister, Deputy Prime Minister and party president M Venkaiah Naidu. In answer to a specific question on legislation, Devi said: ‘‘The BJP leaders agreed to consider the possibil- ity of legislation at their Raipur meeting.’’ And on the VHP’s strident stand against the Prime Minister, Devi said: ‘‘To demand the resignation of a democratically elected leader is not right.’’ Earlier, VHP chief Ashok Singhal confirmed that the Sri Ramjanmabhoomi Andolan Samiti would meet next in September, repeating that the VHP and the Samiti wanted the government to legislate on the temple. He said that if the government agreed, then it would put all its might behind the BJP in the forthcoming elections. But he backtracked on the September deadline that had been discussed at the samiti’s Friday meeting, say- ing: ‘‘There is no question of giving any ultimatum.’’

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10 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 SPECIAL REPORT Young, Restless and Ready to take on the world: Sunday Times brings to you the budding champs in Indian sports Superkids ll Star Trekking through foreign fields...

The Baby Boomers Football AP Wayne Rooney (England) ‘I know I am the best...’ The next Beckham could well be English wunderkind Wayne Rooney, nicknamed hat does it take to be a Wimbledon There is always another chance. Taking defeat Roonaldo. Just 17, he is already worth a champ? A never-say-die spirit to break in your stride is one of the most important les- cool 20 million pounds. Rooney is already W moulds. For the Mirzas — Imran and sons of life I have learnt through tennis. a professional and his dazzling skills Naseema — the struggle began 11 years ago ● India to her means...There is absolutely mesmerised the Everton Football Club’s when tennis was still a boy’s sport and very few nothing like playing for India. My performanc- talent scouts much before his looks parents had the courage to ask their daughters es go a notch higher when I play for the nation- caught the fancy of actress-girlfriend to take up the game as a profession. The Mirzas al team. Colleen McLoughlin. This dazzling for- however were different. They were big dream- ● On family’s role: My family is everything for ward has stupendous performances un- ers and refused to allow social taboos, financial me. They are my most ardent supporters and der his belt and has turned out in five in- hardship or even ridicule to sway them from everytime I take to the court I want to make ternationals for England. Wayne and their single-minded pursuit of making their them happy by winning. Colleen have a 400,000-pound mansion in daughter a champ. So what if she was just five. ● On government support: Their support has Sanderfield Park, Liverpool. “It has not been easy and there were a lot of been crucial. I don’t expect the government to disappointments, but we believed in Sania’s tal- do everything. ent and knew that one day our labour would be ● On studies: They are important as I don’t rewarded,” says Naseema. Life on court too had want to be remembered only as a tennis player. its ups and downs. “It is never easy losing in the I would like to earn a degree. After my 12th I first or second rounds, tourna- plan to do a course in interior de- Basketball ment after tournament. It is de- signing. But don’t bet on it.... ● LeBron James pressing but I have learnt to Tennis Her idol: Steffi Graf. She is so bounce back,’’ says Sania. graceful and at the same time (USA) Now ranked fourth in the dou- Sania Mirza very competitive. She is a perfect woman. When she was playing LeBron James stands tall among the gi- bles, she has been on a high for ants of the NBA before even playing a the last two years. She won a bronze with Lean- she enjoyed her game and gave her best. Now,she is happily married and enjoys game, largely because of a stunning $90 der Paes in the mixed doubles at the Busan million seven-year endorsement deal Asian Games. Then came her win at home in accompanying h er husband. She is a true role model. with Nike. Born on December 30, 1984, the ITF tournament and the Asian junior title, ● this 6 ft 8 inches point guard was picked the first by an Indian girl, the National Games On chilling out: I love to spend time at home. Being away for weeks together just makes you by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first and now the Wimbledon girls’ doubles crown. round of the 2003 draft. Fans and man- The Nasr School girl’s new-found confidence homesick. I too would love to go out with friends and have fun but cannot afford to do it. I love agers are keenly waiting to check and belief in her abilities has helped her break whether this rookie’s basketball skills new ground. “I have now begun to believe in my- music too: rap before but now Hindi pop and film songs. are as good as his business acumen. His self. I know I am the best and can compete with ● hero? Mother Gloria. the best in the world,” she says. On the uphill climb: It’s not been easy; a dif- ficult 11-year ride. I cannot do the things normal Her winning mantra kids do. I have been away from home for long pe- ● Winning is VERY important but not every- riods and have literally grown up on tour. But thing in life. there is no other way to success. ● On Defeat: Defeat is not the end of the road. Solomon S Kumar Golf Michelle Wei Para boy dons Racing ahead: From video games to Formula-1 (USA) handhok senior drove an Am- lacking physically, mentally or in She’s six feet tall, 13 years old and finds bassador in the Himalayan Ral- skill. After that it’s down to the car,” hitting the golf ball around 300 yards a national colours C ly,founded the six-time national says the 19-year-old. piece of cake. Honolulu-born Wei’s game rally winner JK Tyres team and is The reward for all this toil is the has come in for fulsome praise from crit- ver since he was a little boy, Ashim ics and rivals alike and her dream of Biswas dreamt of playing for Mohun now the brain behind their national fellowship of demons — speed racing and karting competitions. demons. Surely it must also offer oo- playing in the US Masters is probably just E Bagan. The para (locality) he grew a matter of time. up in were diehard followers of the club For a man who lives motorsport, it’s dles in prize money? Karun laughs: and the young boy grew up idolising I M hardly surprising that he raised a “I earn zilch. In fact I spend 30 lakhs Vijayan, lovingly called Kalo Harin son who wants to cavort in speedy a year out of my own pocket. The to- (Black Buck) by his fans. Nigerian lanes. “Karun was a real pest as a tal comes to Rs 2.2 crore a year and Cheema Okorie, then playing for arch-ri- kid. In fact, the amount his racing sponsors raise the rest.” All this for vals East Bengal, used to be called Kalo costs me, he’s probably a bigger pest that elusive goal: to be an F-1 world Badminton Cheeta (Black Panther). “I’ll never forget now (laughs). He nagged me no end champion. the way Vijayan used to dribble past de- till I got him a miniature go-kart. His winning mantra Taufik Hidayat fenders and score for Bagan. I couldn’t Thought that would keep him out of ● (Indonesia) my hair. But look what happened, Winning is everything, nothing sleep for nights together visualising his else matters. he’s mushroomed into a potential F- If you’re the No. 1 seed in Indonesia, ball control, passes and goals. He is just ● India means... My home, where I amazing,” Ashim says. For the 20-year- 1 driver,” reminisces Vicky Chand- there’s a good chance that the world stage hok. Pest or persistent, Karun’s at- come back... is all yours. So it is with this 21-year-old old, the dream turned real when he got to ● On family’s support: It’s been play alongside his idol this year. He was traction to the sport clearly started fast-zone but also a everything, it’s the shuttler who was the top seed at the 2000 early . “By four he’d mastered all the walking encyclopae- only thing. He holds massive, nothing was possible with- Sydney Olympics and has won a clutch of brought in as a substitute to S Venkatesh Motor Racing out them. against Pakistan in the SAFF tourna- racing video games I was going dia on racing. “Ask the record for being Asian titles. Currently ranked No. 3 in Karun Chandhok ● On Studies: Not important at all. ment in Dhaka. That was Biswas’ debut broke buying for him,” jokes Vicky. Karun anything on the only Indian to bag the world, ‘Babyface’, as he’s also known, Racing is life. for senior India. He didn’t score in that “Chocolates, cold drinks? Nah! the technical specs of 10 poles and 10 fastest is poised to slay his opponents. Though ● On chilling out: Movies, a bit of match, but in the very next, he was there Karun was happier mouthing racing his car and he’ll drone on till you laps in the saloon class. “My main he’s run into problems with officials who TV and mountain biking on the in the starting line-up with Vijayan and jargon and getting greasy in the beg him to shut up,” grins Karun’s strength is my ability to work hard- think he’s too big for his boots, Taufik lets garage,” says the father. And now manager, Sanjay ‘Hardy’ Sharma. er than others. I work towards en- weekends. his racquet do the talking. he’s not only India’s next hope in the For Karun, winning isn’t just suring that I should not be found Sukhwant Basra ‘Everytime I tee Gung-ho about ‘Gaaaagan’ uring the 1999 Hockey test disappointed his supporters. His off I aim to win’ series, a lanky young fellow skill lies in his touch that con- ctober 6, 2002, was a special day in In- D from Punjab was making verts a move into a goal. His dian golf history. The day saw Shiv waves in New Delhi. His scoring killer instinct comes to the fore O Kapur swing his way to the Asian prowess and athleticism won especially when India plays Pak- Games gold medal in Busan, a victory him many admirers, especially istan. A DSP with Punjab Police, which not only enthused a pleasantly sur- among the college girls who Gagan says he wants to be a prised nation but also heralded the advent thronged the stadium. “Gaaaa- “perfect police officer too.” And of the 20-year-old as a golfer of promise. gan, Gaaaagan,” they yelled he is training hard for it. However, for those who knew Shiv their lungs out, cheering the closely, the triumph was not quite star- man whose craft and consisten- His winning mantra tling. He had already announced his ar- the best young male achiever in 2002. Now, cy earned him the player of the ● Winning is everything. I hate rival by twice winning the national junior Shiv is ready with his Trishul, which in tournament award. The teenag- to lose. title (’98 and ’99). He then upped the ante this case is the club. Let the ball roll. er was Gagan Ajit Singh, the boy ● Key to success: Team combi- by claiming the Malaysian and Indian who later led India to win the Ju- nation and good understanding Open amateur titles in His winning mantra nior World Cup in Hobart in with team members. 2000. His impressive re- ● Winning means every- ● India means... Everything. sume took him to Purdue thing. The guy coming sec- Golf My life, my pride, my dignity. University in the US on a ond is just the first loser. Hockey four-year golf scholarship. Shiv Kapur ● On studies: Very impor- Har karam apna karenge aye Now he feels confident of tant, because it balances Gagan Ajit Singh vatan tere liye...dil diya hai, jaan scoring a confronting the challenges of the pro things. That’s why I’ve tried to do justice bhi denge aye vatan tere liye. ● brace that Football tours across the world. to my MBA in the US. 2002. Playing with an injured an- Family’s role: My mother gave India a 2- Shiv, who was inspired by father Ravi ● His idol... Tendulkar. His charisma, kle, the youngster ignored the used to wake up early to help me 0 lead against Ashim Biswas Kapur to take up the game, says: ‘‘My par- work ethics, humility — it’s fantastic. stitches and played the finals, get ready for training. My father Afghanistan. ents always wanted me to follow my ● On chilling out: Cricket, soccer, films. simply because he did not want is my biggest source of inspira- He went on to give India the lead again dream. They kept telling me ‘you’re the ● Money is... Very important. But I don’t to upset the team’s rhythm. tion. against Sri Lanka and returned home as best’.’’ Well, the words rang true when the play golf for the money.That’s a bonus. Since then ‘Ginny’ has never Vineeta Pandey India’s top scorer for the tournament. Hero Indian Sports Academy named him Shashank Shekhar The boy from Ashoknagar has come a long way. Ashim fondly remembers his first pair of soccer boots; the enthusias- Big fish swims out of small pond Holiday ‘time pass’ turns profession tic days of football at his para; his first meeting with mentor Pradeep Das who his 20-year-old swimmer 200-metre backstroke, a cham- he young snooker profes- “The prize money isn’t flatter- enrolled him into the Youngster Coaching from Taldi, a small village pionship record of 21.187 sec- sional reached his high ing (around Rs 50,000) with Centre and the rough ride uphill...Today, T in South 24-Parganas, is be- onds, and a bronze in 100-metre T point last year when he was which we can’t even support he plays for his favourite Mohun Bagan. ing rated as the brightest backstroke. What next? He is inducted into the professional our game here,” says Manan, The diminutive striker’s skill lies in his prospect to hit the swimming training hard for the Senior Na- circuit in England. “The fact who has received Rs 5 lakh from ability to control the ball with both feet; scene in recent times. tional Championships in Sep- that only the top 128 of the the government for the last long-rangers are his favourite. Quick to Son of a fish seller, Akbar Ali tember and the Afro-Asian world play on the circuit makes three years under the most spot the goalkeeper out of position, he Mir learnt the tricks of keeping Games later this year. What he it a very special thing,” says promising sportsperson lets go a thumping shot. This skill had afloat when he was just six. He misses sorely is foreign expo- Manan Chandra. Though he scheme. “Though the govern- earned him 11 goals in the last National battled a nagging ear infection sure. “For that one needs spon- couldn’t match the earnings of ment has been lending a help- Football League ahead of Barreto, who and had to undergo surgery.But sors, which is not easy to find,” the top 16 pros who earn more ing hand, there aren’t enough scored 9.‘‘He has the ability to sniff out he never lost his nerve. His fa- he says. than 200,000 pounds, he man- competitions held here,’’ says scoring opportunities,’’ Baichung Bhutia Manan. ther Qasim Ali played a key role His winning mantra aged to notch up around 2,500 had said about him last year. in moulding him into champion pounds. So does it pay to be a profes- ● Winning... is very impor- His winning mantra material. “I am indebted to him He still remembers how he sional? “At least you make mon- tant. It’s satisfying to set a tar- ey on the professional circuit,” ● and coaches Shankar Banik took up the game — during fam- Winning is very important. A goal los- get and achieve it. and Haru Ghosh for my initial ily holidays in Nainital. It was explains the Bharat Petroleum es its value if the team doesn’t win. ● India means... Everything. employee. However, the young ● lessons,” says the Eastern Rail- only in 1997, after he won the On defeat: We lost against East Bengal There is nothing like represent- pro has got a sponsor to take way junior clerk. Swimming junior national snooker title, last week and I was heartbroken. But one ing my country. Snooker care of his domestic travel: In- has to take the losses with the victories. Mir was just eight when he Akbar Ali Mir ● On studies: After seven that he started taking the sport ● dian Airlines. India to him means...The day I first was selected for the Sports Au- hours of practice one doesn’t more seriously. In 2001 he was Manan Chandra donned the national colours was memo- thority of India’s (SAI) camp, medals, including a record sev- feel like studying. So, for some- runner-up in the Asian junior His winning mantra rable. When you stand in the line-up, with where he began his training un- en golds. His first international one who is taking up sports as a snooker championship in Pak- not doing well,” he says. “I’ve ● Key to success: Never give the national anthem playing, it’s a great der Biswajit De Choudhuri, his foray — 2001 junior Asian career, I think the focus should istan. Along the way he has won matured a lot now,but I still feel up, enjoy the game. feeling. I can’t describe it. mentor.That was in 1991. He an- championship in Hong Kong — be on the game. three national titles. the pressure whenever I’m play- ● India means... Patriotism On chilling out: Music... Sonu Nigam is nounced his arrival at the sen- earned him bronzes in the 100 ● On chilling out: Listening But the road has not been ing for my country.” has been my driving force. my favourite. I love Suraj hua madhyam... ior level in the 2000 Senior Na- metre butterfly and backstroke to Kishore Kumar, watching easy.There were times when he His young shoulders are ● On chilling out: Music and Nilankur Das tional Swimming Champi- events. He improved his pe for- films. wanted to give it up. “But that bogged down by the lack of net-surfing. onships, when he won 12 mance the next year: gold in Anshuman Roy usually happens when you are money in the sport in India. Indraneel Das

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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 11 Reuters Lunch date with Warren Buffet costs $250,000

New York: Lunch with War- Inc., won the right to send TOI his wife introduced him to most effective, or maybe the ren Buffett, the world’s sec- eight people to dine with Buf- Williams’ Glide Memorial most effective, organizations ond richest man, fetched fett between May 5 and 14 of United Methodist Church. I’ve seen for people who are $250,100 at a charity auction next year in New York. If This year’s auction was the down on their luck.” conducted Thursday night in Greenlight can’t wait that first online. Buffett acknowledged the San Francisco and on auc- long, the lunch may be held “When Warren said ‘Let’s high price. “I’ll have to try to tioneer eBay Inc.’s Web site. earlier at Buffett’s home base go to eBay,’ we knew this was think of something to say,” Buffett, the 72-year-old bil- of Omaha, Nebraska. a new step,” said Williams, he joked on CNBC. He also lionaire chairman of Berk- Using the moniker whose organization raised added: “I’ll go wherever the shire Hathaway Inc., will do- “schtinyt,” Greenlight $315,000 at its annual auc- person who paid the $250,000 nate proceeds to the Glide topped 140 other online bids. tion, up from $50,000 a year wants to go.” Foundation, a non-profit of- The final bid topped by $100 a ago. “We danced in the street Buffett’s $30.5 billion for- fering programs to the poor, bid by a San Francisco-area last night, and I’m ready to tune, according to Forbes, hungry and homeless in San firm, according to the Rev- dance again.” makes him the second- Francisco. erend Cecil Williams, Glide’s Buffett told CNBC televi- wealthiest person after Mi- The winning bidder, a New chief executive. Warren Buffet sion that Glide is “one of the crosoft’s Bill Gates.Reuters York private investment firm Buffett has donated lunch- named Greenlight Capital es for Glide since 2000, after

A runner is lifted up by a bull at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, on Saturday. A pack of six fighting bulls and steers runs through the centre of the town to the bullring every morning during the week-long festival made famous by US writer Ernest Hemingway. New laser therapy cures cancer Baltimore: Patients of oral voice,” Paul Castellanos, a ly stage cancers of the cancer can now look forward head and neck surgeon at the mouth, throat and larynx, to a special light treatment University,said. has revealed that after one that has the potential to kill Dr Castellanos uses a light- treatment, nearly 90 per cent the malignant cells without sensitive drug activated by a showed no evidence of the affecting the normal ones. laser to destroy cancer cells. disease. This is the finding of a new Through this device, the Dr Castellanos said the University of Maryland laser is directed to the cancer main side-effect of the treat- study.“It’s allowing us to take cells, killing them while ment is an extreme sensitivi- care of cancers of the throat healthy cells survive. The ty to sunlight. and oral cavity without hav- laser activates the drug to “Patients are required to ing to do ablations of those produce a toxic form of oxy- stay completely out of the tissues that can have a devas- gen that kills the cancer. sun for up to six weeks, he tating effect on the patient’s A study of people with ear- added. ANI

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According to a new survey, American cars are now considered more reliable than most European models, although the Japanese are still ruling the roads. American vehicles roar back on road to redemption hose who advocate pro- Nissan North America was tection for Indian man- fourth and BMW of North T ufacturing might find a America rounded out the top recent automobile survey in five. All three are foreign the US rather instructive. Ac- names but are now “adopted” cording to the research firm J American cars. D Power and Associates, But the most surprising as- American cars have made a pect of the survey was the roaring comeback after being drubbing European cars got. battered by foreign makes for Saab was about the only one nearly two decades. that performed better than Dismissed as the “detroit- average (255/100/3), while us” of the automobile indus- Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo try not too long ago, Ameri- were all below average. Also can cars are now considered in this dubious company was far more reliable than most Mercedes Benz, which at European models, although 318/100 was bettered by al- the Japanese are still ruling most every American car. the roads. The survey, The J D which is Power report closely was based on ONLY IN watched each survey re- year because sponses from AMERICA! a majority of 55,000 owners buyers say re- of three-year Chidanand Rajghatta liability and old 2000 model durability is vehicles who were asked to their top purchasing consid- rate 147 problem areas such eration, comes as a godsend as noisy brakes or oil leaks. for Detroit, and in particular The industry average was 273 to General Motors, which complaints per 100 vehicles. only this year launched an ad Japanese carmakers, many campaign with the slogan of who are now co-opted by ‘Road to Redemption’. Americans and manufacture The deliverance, Ameri- 100 per cent in the US, com- cans say, came because they fortably beat the mark, aver- were forced to get better by aging only 230 complaints per competition, a lesson that’s 100 vehicles. American vehi- hopefully not lost on Indian cles rolled in at 282 and for manufacturers. the first time beat the Euro- Some Indian companies peans (331) by a big margin. are already realizing this. Among the cars, Lexus, Tatas, going toe-to-toe against Toyota’s luxury brand, invading automobile manu- topped for the ninth straight facturers, are said to be bet- year with just 163 problems tering their Indica all the per 100 vehicles over the time. Even the hoary ambas- three year period, followed by sador,a latest model of which Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury is currently on exhibition at brand, at 174/100. A surpris- the Smithsonian (in connec- ing third, ahead of much bet- tion with a photo exhibition ter known “reliables” such as of Ambassador cars by Acura, Toyota, Honda, BMW Raghubir Singh), looks nifti- and Nissan, was General Mo- er than the crate commonly tors’ Buick, considered an all- seen in India. American gas-guzzling write- Meantime, what of the oth- off some years back. er foreign cars now jamming Toyota itself topped among Indian roads? Except for Toy- companies that make a full ota and Honda, they all rated range of vehicles with below average and some were Porsche Cars of North Amer- at the bottom of the heap. ica running a close second. Mitsubishi came in at 339, American Honda Motor Co. Hyundai at 342, Suzuki at 403 ranked third overall, while and Daewoo at 421.

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12 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 INTERNATIONAL Now, the weather INTERNATIONAL GRAFFITI Reuters Singapore may jail wanted to learn,’’ Cruise jaywalkers: Singapore, well said. Now the 41-year-old report for your known for its tight regula- actor is a founding board tions, will punish with fines member of the Hollywood and jail terms people caught Education and Literacy Pro- neighbourhood jaywalking at bus terminals ject, a nonprofit group that and interchanges. From Mon- uses Hubbard’s teaching FOR SOME, it is not enough to learn that day, haphazard pedestrians techniques in a secular set- thunderstorms may be passing through the at bus parking areas could ting. AP area this afternoon. They crave far more spe- face a jail term of up to three cific information — say,will it rain between 5 months and a 1,000 Singa- Blame it on jasmine tea: and 7 pm today on the tennis court? pore dollar fine. Repeat of- A judge dropped aggravated assault and burglary charges The National Centers for Environmental fenders could be jailed for six months, the Land Transport against a man who chased a Prediction, which create the models for basic woman with a dagger after weather forecasts issued in the United States, Authority said on Friday. ‘‘Over the past 3 years, there three psychologists agreed do not predict at that minute a level. were 38 accidents, four of the episode was provoked by But some companies equipped with super- which were fatal,’’ due to jay- jasmine tea. Gilbert D Walker, computers and weather-modelling programs walking at bus interchanges, 43, was drinking up to 10 customised to local conditions hope to carve the LTA said. The new rules cups of jasmine tea daily and a niche in the forecasting business by pro- will be enforced by employ- had been dreaming of biblical viding short-term, highly focused predic- ees selected by the privately struggles between good and tions that zoom in on a particular location. owned bus companies and evil before the Dec. 3 inci- Such forecasts, known in the industry as trained by the LTA. AP dent, defence attorney Mike high-resolution, could find wide appeal Hunter said. On the night among people whose plans are at the mercy of Kate unplugged: A new Walker burst into his neigh- biography of the atmosphere, from businesses like airlines bour’s home, he had halluci- Katharine nated that a set of ceramic to weekenders with gardening plans. Hepburn IBM is among the companies developing a Chinese dogs were barking published or talking. ‘‘He says he’s try- high-resolution forecast system. At a re- Friday re- ing to keep these ceramic search laboratory in Yorktown Heights in veals her ad- dogs from barking when he Westchester County, a team of researchers miration for hears this crash,’’ Hunter led by Lloyd Treinish is fine-tuning a system John Travol- said. ‘‘He figures he’s called Deep Thunder predicated on the idea ta, fascina- A model displays a creation as part of Pepa Pombo’s 2004 broken one of the dogs.’’ that all forecasts, like politics, are local. tion with Michael Jackson Spring/Summer collection at Rio Fashion Week in Rio de The crash was apparently The IBM researchers produce high-resolu- and intense dislike of Meryl Janeiro on Friday. the sound made after tion forecasts twice a day, both for prospec- Streep as an actress. Kate about 7, I had been labeled ous, bored, frustrated, Walker threw a brass duck tive customers and for their own analysis as Remembered — touted by its dyslexic,’’ he told People dumb.’’ After Top Gun came through his neighbour’s glass they increase the power of their simulation publishers as “part biogra- magazine for its July 21 is- out in 1986, Cruise became a door. AP models. They have already had some striking phy, part memoir” — is an in- sue. ‘‘I’d try to concentrate Scientologist and discovered successes, Treinish said, predicting the onset timate account of the screen on what I was reading, then the ‘‘Study Technology’’ the Cigar shop irks nurses: and severity of several dramatic thunder- legend’s life and thoughts, I’d get to the end of the page religion’s founder, L Ron Thailand’s nurses were fum- but includes few revelations. storms and snowfalls. and have very little memory Hubbard, developed in the ing Saturday over the local Pulitzer-prize winning biogra- outlet of an international ci- Creating a forecast with a local touch re- of anything I’d read. I would 1960s. ‘‘I realised I could ab- pher Scott Berg based the gar company naming itself quires a lot of supercomputer power, some- go blank, feel anxious, nerv- solutely learn anything that I book on two decades of con- Reuters The Nurse and outfitting its thing IBM has in abundance. Before the Deep versation with Hepburn, who staff in nurse uniforms. Thunder computer takes over, though, data had cooperated on condition “Nurses take care of sick must be collected. That process begins when it be published only after her people and promote good a satellite receiver on the roof above Trein- death. Hepburn died June 29 health, but cigars and wine ish’s office receives forecast information at the age of 96. The book are not merchandise relating from the National Centers for Environmental revisits Hepburn’s famous to good health at all,” Thai- Prediction based on observations of vari- 25-year relationship with the land’s Nursing Council said. ables picked up by satellites, radio balloons married Spencer Tracy, no- “It is not appropriate for the and other instruments. tably detailing a moment shop’s presenters to dress The federal agency provides, among other when Tracy’s alcoholism in nurse uniforms,” it added. forecasts, one that divides North America turned to violence and he hit The council, which repre- into a grid of boxes 12 kms on each side, and her. AFP sents around 140,000 uses computer modelling to simulate future Scientology cured nurses nationwide, said that allowing the shop to weather at the corner of each box. IBM se- Cruise: Tom Cruise said he continue using its name lects a smaller area, shrinks the boxes on the learned to overcome his Actor Sean Connery portrays Quatermain in a scene would confuse the public learning disability through grid to one square km, and then produces es- from the new action film, The League of Extraordinary and tarnish the professional timates for these smaller boxes, calculating Scientology. ‘‘When I was Gentlemen. The film opened in the US on Friday. image of nurses. AFP data for the new grid points. NYT News Service Drilling for brain surgery: Lacking the proper instru- run to a hardware store to buy a drill and use the pliers ments, a Peruvian doctor at a state hospital in the An- that I fix my car with, of course after sterilising them,” dean highlands used a drill and pliers to perform brain Cesar Venero said. The patient, Centeno Quispe, 47, had surgery on a man who had been injured in a fight, the arrived at the hospital in Andahuaylas, 240 miles south- doctor said. “We have no (neurosurgical) instruments at east of Lima, after being hit in the head with a metal ob- the hospital... He was dying, so I had no choice but to ject in a street fight, Venero said. Reuters

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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 13 Pak cracks AP CIA takes blame for false claim the whip, AP Washington: US President George W Bush said Satur- arrests 35 day he had confidence in Islamabad: Pakistani para- CIA director George Tenet military troops and police despite his agency’s failure have arrested 35 wanted out- to warn Bush against mak- laws in two days after launch- ing allegations about Iraq’s ing a new operation as part of nuclear weapons program a government drive to im- later found false. prove law and order, the inte- ‘‘Yes I do, absolutely,’’ rior ministry said Saturday. Bush said. ‘‘I’ve got confi- The new campaign follows dence in George Tenet. I’ve a string of terrorist attacks got confidence in the men in the country. The security and women who work at the sweep launched Friday is fo- CIA and I look forward to cussed on Kashmore which working with them as we is at the confluence of three win this war on terror.’’ of the country’s provinces — The president spoke in Baluchistan in the south- Abuja, Nigeria, at the end of west, Sindh in the south and a five-country trip through the central Punjab. Africa. “We faced little resistance Bush asserted in his State and have taken into custody of the Union address in Jan- 35 suspects in connection uary that Iraq had sought with robberies, murders and An Irish man wears his traditional bowler hat during an Orange Order parade in Belfast on nuclear materials from other crimes,” an interior Saturday. Tens of thousands of Orange Order members marched across Northern Ireland to Africa. ministry spokesman said. commemorate a Protestant victory over Irish Catholics at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Nearly six months later, The operation follows last the White House acknowl- week’s bombing at a mosque edged the charge was false, US soldiers look for a suspected improvised explosive device in Baghdad on Saturday. that killed 48 people in Quet- Indian students under UK scanner and the tempest that fol- ta and the bombing of a com- lowed has shadowed Bush Blair faces mercial building in Karachi London: Indian post-gradu- coming to its shores for fur- countries affected by the For- on his five-country trip Bush’s popularity dips in which two people died. ate students are likely to be ther studies, to see whether it eign Office scheme. through Africa. The official did not say “vetted” under Britain’s could be made compulsory to In 2002, the spokesman Bush considers the mat- Washington: US public clared there would be addi- fresh charges whether the latest operation decade-old voluntary vetting prevent potential terrorists said , there were 10,280 post- ter closed, said White House support for President tional US military casual- was linked to the two terror- scheme, currently under re- from infiltrating British lab- graduate students from Non- spokesman Ari Fleischer. George W Bush is at its low- ties in Iraq. London: Prime Minister ist attacks but said that the view, before being accepted oratories in the guise of re- EU countries. ‘‘The president has moved est level since January 2003, Nevertheless, large num- Tony Blair faces fresh targetted area was known to by a British university if the search students. Of them, 2,285 were from on,’’ he said. and a majority find the bers support the US mili- claims of misleading the be a refuge of bandits and area of their research is seen “There is a comprehensive countries of “concern” re- In a carefully scripted number of US casualties in tary presence in Iraq (74 public over Iraq after a fugitives. as contributing to weapons review to look into merits of garding Nuclear Prolifera- mea culpa, the White House Iraq “unacceptable”, ac- percent), think the war was newspaper reported the gov- “It is a clean-up campaign proliferation. making the vetting scheme tion. on Friday blamed the CIA cording to a new poll out worth fighting (57 percent) ernment’s first weapons and will continue until the Britain has presently un- compulsory” a spokesman of From among them, only for its January misstep, Saturday. and believe US military dossier lifted old informa- objective is achieved and the dertaken a review of the the Foreign and Common- 700 applications were with Bush saying the CIA Fifty-two percent of re- forces should remain until tion from the Internet. writ of the government is ful- scheme, which involves stu- wealth Office said. processed and 33 were turned had reviewed his address spondents to a Washington order is restored (72 per- The Independent newspa- ly established,” he said. AFP dents from non-EU countries India is among the ten down, he said. PTI and did not raise any Post-ABC poll said the num- cent). per said the dossier con- tained at least six separate alarms. Tenet finished the ber of casualties was unac- Fifty-nine percent of re- BRICKBATS job hours later with a dra- ceptable, while 44 percent spondents said they ap- items on Saddam Hussein’s Don’t know whether this strip is comic matic statement accepting found them acceptable and proved of Bush’s overall alleged weapons of mass de- or serious. It lacks sense, wit or rele- responsibility. three percent had no opin- handling of his job as presi- struction that were lifted vance.The TOI is full of ads now a days. The statement on Iraq ion. dent, while 38 percent disap- from reports up to 21 Utilise this space for publishing news. months old. — P V Ramakrishnan seeking nuclear material At least 32 US soldiers proved, the poll found. The best way to criticise is through hu- ‘‘did not rise to the level of have been killed in guerrilla The numbers show a no- The report will cause fur- mour. And the best way to bore is certainty which should be attacks in Iraq since May 1, ticeable drop since the last ther embarrassment for the through senseless humour (like this required for presidential when the US declared an Washington Post-ABC poll, government which has al- strip). Please stop this nonsense. — Pooja speeches, and CIA should end to major combat opera- conducted June 22, when 68 ready acknowledged it made have ensured that it was re- tions. percent approved of Bush’s a mistake in failing to credit For bouquets log on to moved,’’ Tenet said. ‘‘It was A resounding 74 percent performance and 29 percent work by a student used in its www.timesofindia.com a mistake,’’ he added. AP of poll respondents de- disapproved. AFP discredited dossier. AFP e-mail: [email protected] It’s better to be an Italian minister X chromosome than quits over row an ex-chromosome with Germany Rome: Italy’s junior tourism minister an- By Maureen Dowd saved their sex for the next nounced late Friday he had handed in his resig- hy, oh Y, are men so 5 million or 10 million nation to prime minister Silvio Berlusconi after Winsecure? The dar- years. causing a diplomatic row between Berlin and lings But, according to Olivia Rome over anti-German remarks. have Judson, men may need “I have just called Berlusconi to announce my been more than narcissism to resignation from the post of junior minister,” fretting survive. Judson, an evolu- Stefano Stefani told a meeting of his xenopho- for some tionary biologist at Imper- bic Northern League Party at Badia Calavena, years ial College in London, northern Italy. nowsays, “For a long time, it “He who raised a weak, humble and small that was assumed that promis- voice to say that it is time to stop slapping the they cuity was good for males Italian people hard on the face, has been struck may be and bad for females in down,” Stefani said, referring to himself. rendered unnecessary if terms of the number of “But you know that no-one from the North- women get financial and kids they could have,” she ern League is tied to his seat. I really don’t care biological independence, explains. “But it wasn’t (about stepping down),” the 64-year-old told par- learning how to reproduce until 1988 that it really ty members. The resignation of the junior min- and refinance without started to become evident ister came only a few hours after deputy prime them. What if nature that females were benefit- minister Gianfranco Fini told European jour- played a cruel trick and de- ing from having sex with nalists that Berlusconi would bow to Berlin’s moted men, so they had to lots of males, with more wishes and ask Stefani to step down. be judged merely by their promiscuous females hav- “I think he will ask him to draw conclusions appearance, pliability and ing more and healthier off- from what happened,” said Fini, leader of the talent for gazing raptly at spring.” National Alliance, the second biggest party in the opposite sex, no matter In her book, Judson Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition. how bored? writes about powerful Berlusconi later told journalists he had asked New research on the Y babes, noting that females Stefani to step down. “Today I went to Milan, I chromo- in more talked with Stefani and I asked him to resign,” some shows than 80 said the prime minister, calling the affair that my jit- species, like “deplorable”. AFP tery male praying friends are mantises, not para- have been noid; they caught de- are in an vouring evolution- their lovers ary shame before, dur- spiral. ing or after As mating. Nicholas In a new Wade wrote book called in The Y: The De- Times:“Al- scent of though most Men, Steve men are un- Jones, a pro- aware of the fessor of ge- peril, the Y chromosome netics at University Col- has been shedding genes lege in London, says furiously over the course males, always a genetic of evolutionary time, and “parasite,” have devolved it is now a fraction of the to become the “second size of its partner, the X sex.” chromosome. The decay of The news that Dolly the the Y stems from the fact sheep had been cloned that it is forbidden to enjoy without masculine aid the principal advantage of sent a frisson through the sex, which is, of course, for Y populace, he writes, be- each member of a pair of cause men began to fear chromosomes to swap that science would cause matching pieces of DNA nature to return to its orig- with its partner.” inal, feminine state and Wade said that biolo- men would fade from view. gists in Cambridge, Massa- The Y chromosome, “a chusetts, had made a re- mere remnant of its once markable discovery: “De- mighty structure,” is wor- nied the benefits of recom- ried about size. “Men are bining with the X, the Y re- wilting away,” Jones combines with itself.” writes. “From sperm count to social status and The ultimate guys’ night from fertilisation to death, out. Simply put, the Y as civilisation advances, chromosome figured out a those who bear Y chromo- Herculean way to save it- somes are in relative de- self from extinction by cline.” making an incredibly diffi- Perhaps that’s why men cult hairpin turn and are adapting, becoming swapping molecular mate- more passive and turning rial with itself. into “metrosexuals,” the Self-love as a survival new term for straight men mechanism: the unflinch- who are feminised, with a ing narcissism of men taste for facials, grooming may send women into de- products and home spair at times, but it has design. NYT News Service

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14 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 ALL THAT MATTERS

TALKING TERMS Dileep Padgaonkar Do our laws allow mob violence to go unpunished? Through scholarly eyes Legalities often come in the way of conviction in cases of mob violence. The weakness is not in the law but in the prejudices of those who work them. The answer furtherance of the “common noring the law; and the law The legal tones, are often guided by guided terrorism had no oth- Our obsessive interest in Pakistan is by is ‘yes’ more intent” to beat him. And they was that a victim of violence system does considerations other than er choice. The miscarriage of and large confined to bilateral diplo- often than got off with a light sentence could not ask a higher court not function upholding the rule of law. In- justice in the case as opined matic and security issues. We hardly not. Mob vi- of three months. Mob vio- to look into the evidence on in isolation. vestigators tailor-made with by the Human Rights Com- ever get to learn about its economy, so- olence is lence went virtually unpun- merits. And mob-violence A credible a pre-determined objective mission occurred, not be- ciety or culture. Our social scientists dealt with ished. And then sometimes went unpunished — this time legal system are handpicked by the gov- cause of the weakness in our could have filled these gaps. But in the in two sec- in our multi-layered criminal because of a legal technicali- requires up- ernment. Investigators, obli- laws, but the weakness and absence of a liberal visa regime they tions of the justice system the outcome ty. It was the boast of the right inves- ged by the law to prosecute prejudices of those who work cannot undertake field work in the Indian Pe- depends not on the justice of British: “Better that 99 guilty tigators, in- the accused, proceed instead them. Since the processes of Fali S Nariman Kapil Sibal country.They are constrained to rely on Supreme Court advocate nal Code. the case but upon the juris- persons go unpunished than Supreme Court advocate dependent to ensure their acquittal. The law are embarked upon a pre- secondary sources. The result is that we Section 34 diction of the court that is in- that one innocent person be public pros- victim of crime also becomes determined course, not much look at our neighbour through a prism of prejudice and ig- punishes voked, and who invokes it. convicted.” So the judge try- ecutors and a victim at the hands of the can be expected of the legal norance. Since our own visa regime is also restrictive, Pak- criminal acts done by several Thus, in a recent case when a ing the accused in the Best judges of impeccable integri- investigator. In the recent system. Both the perpetra- istanis look at us likewise. Can any dialogue between the persons in furtherance of the trial court convicted and sen- Bakery case acquitted all of ty who inspire confidence. past, we have often seen the tors of violence and their ex- two be wholly productive under such circumstances? common intention of them tenced 11 accused persons in them: the most recent and Sensitive investigations, es- office of the public prosecu- tended arms are protected. The question haunted Manisha Tikekar, a professor of all: each such person is liable a violent clash between two notorious instance of mob vi- pecially in cases of mob vio- tor politicised. Sometimes For this, the legal system can political science in Mumbai, for years. Opportunity for that act in the same man- groups, a lower appellate olence going unpunished! lence with political over- public prosecutors in cases have no answers. knocked at her door in May 2001 when, armed with a Ford ner as if it were done by him court (on appeal) acquitted involving mob violence are If the investigating agen- Foundation grant, she was able to spend five months at the alone. And Section 149 makes them all — saying that the SUNDAY DEBATE wedded less to the vindica- cies of the state act in a par- Institute of Regional Studies in Islamabad. During her every member of an unlaw- oral evidence of injured per- tion of the majesty of law tisan manner and allow pres- stay she interviewed 60 academics, former army officers, ful assembly guilty of the of- sons belonging to the rival Deepak Harichandan and more to the ideological sure to bear on witnesses political figures, social workers and labour and cultural ac- fence committed in prosecu- party group was “interested commitment of their politi- who saw their loved ones tivists and interacted with scores of ordinary Pakistani tion of the common object of and partisan”. The com- cal masters. The pride of the scorched to death, not to men and women in several cities. In June 2002 she pub- that assembly. But the decid- plainant (victim) then filed a state chooses not to recognise speak truth, what can a poor lished an account of her sojourn in Marathi. The first edi- ed cases show that “common revisional application to the the guilt of the accused. And judge alone do? If the public tion was such a success that a second one was out with an intention” and “common ob- High Court which restored the judge is made a helpless prosecutor, who must sym- update less than a year later. ject” are most difficult to the conviction and sentence spectator watching witness bolise all that is just and fair While Ms Tikekar’s survey of political developments in prove; they can never be as- saying that after all, in the after witness turn hostile. in the legal system believes Pakistan over the past fifty odd years and her travelogue certained from the accused case of an attack by a large Sehrunnisa Sheikh did not in a particular political ideol- are a good read, it is her insights into Pakistani society and since the accused has the organised group armed with dare to tell the truth for she ogy and helps the accused, culture that command attention. She writes with detach- right to remain silent. The lethal weapons, it may be dif- was afraid for her life. Not how can the judge convict the ment but also with empathy about the turmoil in the lives judge is left to rely only on ficult to expect independent surprisingly,Madhu Shrivas- guilty? The absence of evi- of people resulting from the prevalence of feudal struc- his own perceptions. persons in the locality to give tava, a sitting BJP MLA, ac- dence is engineered. The tures, tribal customs, concentration of agricultural and in- Consider a recent reported evidence — they may be un- companied the witness when story of Seherunnisa and dustrial wealth in the hands of a few families, sectarian vi- case: A mob of 37 persons willing to testify out of fear. she went to testify before the Zaheera is not a new one. olence of jihadi outfits and so forth. And with moving an- armed with weapons with in- Cogent reasons. But the ac- court. No wonder Zaheera, Think of the days of mob ecdotes she narrates the heroic efforts of small and isolat- tent to beat up the inhabitant cused appealed and the Sehrunnisa’s 18-year-old violence in Mumbai after the ed groups fighting for human rights, gender equality and of a house, surrounded it. Supreme Court allowed their daughter, also resiled from bomb blasts. The Shri Krish- freedom of artistic and press freedoms. Her point is simply Only a few went in and then appeal. It was unfortunate, her statement tendered to the na Report describes the ex- this: the complexities of this society as it comes to terms murdered him. Those stand- the court said, that “a serious police, despite the fact that tent to which believers in a with modernity and the post 9/11 world deserve to be bet- ing outside were held not li- offence inspired by rivalry nine of the 14 killed in the particular ideology were at ter understood rather than subjected to wild conjecture able for the aggravated of- and jealousy should go un- Best Bakery massacre were the forefront of the violence. and banal generalities or ignored altogether. fence of murder even though punished but that can scarce- related to the Sheikhs. Per- The Shri Krishna Report is Equally significant are her chapters on the dilemmas the action of killing was in ly be a valid ground for ig- haps the victims of State- now in the dustbin of history. Pakistan faces to define its identity and its cultural moor- ings. She argues in substance that the Islamisation initia- tives of the state, heartily endorsed by the mullahs, have not altogether managed to snap the links with the rest of ERRATICA the sub-continent. Despite official frowning, classical mu- Bachi Karkaria Such a wrong journey, and right ones too sic and even dance, with their strong Indian, indeed Hin- du, influences are kept alive in isolated pockets. The popu- It has been a week of the baggage of decades; both were fraught where. The bosses and the bourses were up- week, and none more so than those who larity of Bollywood films, as well as of serials on Indian journeys. Not the sort with the unknown; and the destinations of lifted as the Maruti IPO raised its Esteem hitched their wagon to a STAR. Travellers channels, is widespread. All this, she says, must be seen in that would allow the both were a nirvana of sorts. Much the same and its share prices. Riding on this success, before and since the birth of Christ have context. Pakistanis turn instantly wary when Indians harp Tourism minister to be- can be said about that other travel news: the Arun Shourie quickly slid his favourite dis- come a long way simply by following these on their shared cultural legacy.They regard such harping lieve that he was the Jag- new US visa rules. investment into cruise control, and sat back heavenly bodies. So Vir Sanghvi, Suhel Seth as yet another expression of India’s hegemonic designs. mohan of all he surveys. The week’s other journeys were more again in the driver’s seat. and Raian Karanjawala, our modern-day No less arresting are Ms Tikekar’s account of Pakistani There were physical jour- overtly unconventional. Sachin Tendul-car Like all proper journeys, Sonia’s involved Three Wised-up Men, were doing nothing perceptions about India and Hindus. These are rooted in neys, yes. But even these zoomed into the ranks of Hrithik Roshan tickets. At Shimla she was forced to negoti- more than retracing the Magis’ journey im- the pre-Partition propaganda of the Muslim League. In the were more about and Jeh Wadia when his red Ferrari finally ate a difficult but unavoidable hair-pin bend. mortalised in the popular Christmas carol. eyes of our neighbour, the rise of Hindutva forces, and the metaphor. The week was got its duty waiver. The Rs 78-lakh car was Climbing down, she said she would be will- If you recall, it goes something like this: outbreak of communal violence, expose the hollowness of kicked off by President Abdul Kalam’s trip merely part of his endorsement deal with ing to share her Spaghetti Pollognese with ‘‘We three kings of Delhi are,\ Sharing gifts India’s secular claims and, by that token, vindicate the two- to Mumbai. He went there to inaugurate the Fiat; souped-up Sachin is not planning a ca- other travellers on the election trail. we traversed afar.\ FDI blinking,\ Boldly up- nations theory. Pakistanis, Ms Tikekar writes, are con- Times Foundation, and to deliver the first reer change by pitting himself against Sharad Pawar, who had quite lost his way linking,\ Following yonder STAR! \\Oh-oh, cerned about India’s big power ambitions and especially Dhirubhai Ambani lecture. Each of these Michael Schumacher. after swaggering off on his own, finally re- STAR of wonder,STAR of light,\ STAR with about its stand on Kashmir. But more and more of them events also symbolised a journey.Both were If a Ferrari journey is inevitably linked to alised that the only way he could get back on royalties beauty bright.\ Murdoch leading\ are beginning to acknowledge India’s economic prowess using the road map of the past to plot a route a successful Formula 1, Formula 101 crash- track was to keep his eye on the road ahead Shares proceeding,\ Guide us through the me- and even the strength and resilience of its democracy. to the future. ed in Ayodhya where the Sankaracharya of instead of getting distracted by the specious dia blight!’’ And the overwhelming majority favours good neighbourly Like all mundane journeys, the Delhi-La- Kanchi was unceremoniously squeezed off origin issue. He has learnt from his long ★★★ relations with this country to be able to single-mindedly hore/Lahore-Delhi buses and the Amarnath the track by hard-drivers on both sides. The day’s journey into night that, if you get ob- address the bewildering problems at home. The one Yatra were about crowds and bottled water. debris of this ill-fated race was littered as sessed about identifying foreign objects, you Alec Smart said, ‘‘Who’s even more question the book doesn’t answer: Can Pakistan remain But at their core, they were a state of mind far afield as Kashi and Mathura. could become an alien yourself. valued than a High Networth Individ- in one piece if the anti-India glue that holds it together rather than State Transport. Both carried But another car-seva saved the day else- Yes, everyone was on his own trip this ual? A High Networked Individual.’’ comes unstuck? JUGULAR VEIN MEN AND IDEAS Jug Suraiya PASSING THOUGHT Gurcharan Das Turn of the wheel

I have an old friend in nents design. No one could have imag- abundance mentality should long ago Combing operation Mumbai and every ined, in fact, how quickly India would be- have replaced our ‘‘begging bowl’’ agri- once in a while, he will come a hub for global automobile sourc- cultural policies with vibrant new ones In Osama’s case it was Al-Qaida. In my pause, sit back, and ing. Most car companies are now export- that will create a confident, food-export- case, it’s my comb. You can imagine ask, how are we do- ing and this is another testimonial to re- ing nation. Osama itemising the things he’d put in ing? How are we forms. What has not changed is the disconnect his old kit bag prior to exiting changing? A small but Our vocabulary is also changing. No between our politics and economics. In- Afghanistan: Extra pair of socks, dental visible change, I told one talks about shortages, hoarding, stead of working single-mindedly to floss, Clairol beard rinse, Al Jazeera’s him last week, is the smuggling, black-marketing, or even ris- make every Indian literate, the education phone number, pre-recorded video rich aroma of coffee ing prices when for decades that’s all we ministry has enacted a rule whereby do- tapes, American Express card — Don’t in our bazaars. Thanks mainly to Barista, spoke about. Nor do industrialists com- nations to Indian colleges must be routed Leave Your Cave Without It. And then but also to Cafe Coffee Day, Quickies and plain about interest rates and high cost of through Bharat Shiksha Kosh (so that a he goes and forgets Al-Qaida, which, others, the well-heeled young of a tea- capital. We are more resilient to mon- babu decides what donations are worthy). damn it, was right there, on top of the list. Now no one drinking nation have found a fashionable soons and oil shocks now. Despite a bad This will surely kill the wonderful move- knows just where the heck the left-behind Al-Qaida is, and place to hang out, and its women a safe monsoon last year, most states did not ment started by alumni in recent years to it’s no use the CIA putting notices in the Lost & Found public place to be sociable. panic; instead they executed water-har- give funds to their colleges, and this is columns of the paper promising a reward of a free tour of Since we are not a culture of public vesting programmes that will bring long- why a wealthy Indian in America, Guru- Langley, Virginia, to anyone who can help locate the darn squares like the Mediterranean cities, we term returns. Similarly, when oil prices raj Deshpande, recently decided to endow thing. It’s gone, lost. Like Saddam’s WMD, whose current depend on the bazaar to ‘‘eat the air’’ in shot up last year, we managed because of MIT with $20 million rather give it to his whereabouts are equally unknown. The Yanks were the evenings and to be seen and to see oth- record currency reserves. own IIT Madras. sure he would forget to pack them before hightailing it ers. But Barista’s success also defies con- What this means, of course, is that our Second, just when Indians were begin- from Baghdad, but now hanged if anyone can find ’em, UN ventional business wisdom: to be able to economy has changed from one of scarci- ning to feel proud of world-class Jet Air- inspectors and the works. It’s like my comb. open a new coffee shop every fifth day in ty to plenty, but since we are a nation of ways, envious bureaucrats tried to de- Stop mumbling to yourself about UN inspectors and re- a country of such rigid land laws is worth complainers, we now moan about excess stroy it with the hare-brained idea of re- member this time to put your comb in the suitcase, says something. food stocks and excess foreign reserves. placing airport handling staff of private Bunny.We are packing to head off for our annual vacation. I find that new professions have begun Worse, the mindset of our geriatric airlines by the staff of Air India and In- And I know that, as always, I shall leave my comb behind. to come up, as every Indian wants to be- rulers remains mired in dearth and dian Airlines in the interests of security. When leaving home, people forget all sorts of things: the come a designer. We have had software hence we haven’t come to terms with our So the wheel turns, but what never book they were reading, whether or not they turned off all There must be life on the planet earth, professor. and fashion designers for some time, but disgraceful food mountain, which could changes is the enormous capacity of our the lights, the gas, the water taps. I forget my comb. With I see mushrooms of smoke, rockets flying, significant talent is also rising in chip de- have brought relief to the three per cent rulers to do mischief. the result that when we get to wherever it is we’re going I explosions, bullets... sign. The biggest surprise is the new tal- of India that still goes hungry — that may [email protected]; post box have to buy a new one. It’s an inevitable rite of passage. We ent emerging in automobile and compo- look small but it is 30 million people! An 3046, New Delhi110003 arrive in a city, Nairobi, Dublin, Buenos Aires, we clear customs and immigration, we buy a comb for me. Why do you insist on buying a comb when you know that your hair has and will always look as though it’s never seen a comb SWAMINOMICS in its life, whether in fact you comb it or not? Bunny asks. Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Tale of two divestments I tell her it’s a symbolic ritual. Like the old Raj koi-hai who in the deepest jungle put on a black tie for dinner. Prevents you going native. But you are native, Bunny points out. Yes, The good news would have been much lower. ply offers its stake to the public in a sector company having a higher P- foreign bidders have lost interest. but a native of Bharat Mata, not this place, I reply. is that Maruti’s The Maruti sale was akin to the new issue, the price will crash. No E ratio than its chief private sector But that is no reason to abandon Bunny says if I were bald we’d have saved a small initial public sale of the government’s residual buyer will gain control over the rival. Typically it is the other way the auction. The government has fortune on holiday combs. I find this line of reasoning offer (IPO) of stake in companies like VSNL company, and so no control premi- round. For instance, the P-E ratio is the right to set a reserve price, be- highly specious, and say so. If I were bald, I might well shares was vast- and CMC, which have already been um can be extracted from buyers. 5.2 for Indian Oil Corporation and low which it will not sell. But if an wear a rug, and suppose I forget to pack that every time we ly oversubscri- privatised. Indeed, the markets have long ex- 6.4 for Oil and Natural Gas Corpo- Indian bidder offers a higher price, travelled? I bet a stand-in rug costs a sight and a half more bed. Its stock By contrast, the Shipping Corpo- pected sale of a controlling stake, ration, against 11.7 for Reliance In- the government should accept it. than a measly comb, and what if we were travelling in a market price ration of India (SCI) is a govern- and part of that control premium dustries, the main private sector If instead the government opts Scandinavian country and the only rugs on offer were has gone up to ment-majority company, which is already built into today’s market oil company.The lesson: If the gov- for a public offer of shares, the first blond, weird I’d look in a platinum toupee. Rs 175 against a had an IPO long ago, and is traded price. This is why SCI is hugely ernment tries to sell a 51 per cent consequence will be a crash in No weirder than you do anyway, says Bunny.If you did- subscription price of Rs 125, yield- widely on stock markets. If the gov- overpriced compared with private stake in the Shipping Corporation share price, to well below Great n’t spend so much time rabbiting on about rugs maybe you ing a handsome profit to small in- ernment goes ahead with the pro- sector rivals like Great Eastern through a public offer, the price Eastern’s current price of Rs 55. wouldn’t forget your wretched comb, she adds. Instead of vestors who dominated the issue. posed sale of a controlling 51 per Shipping. A standard way of meas- will crash. Before privatisation The signal will go out that the gov- chivvying me to pack the blasted thing, why can’t you just The bad news is that some people cent stake in the company,this will uring how highly companies are was proposed, the share price was ernment wants to retain control, pack it yourself ? I ask. But while Bunny can and does are misinterpreting this to mean fetch a big premium over the exist- valued by investors is to look at as low as Rs 18 in the year 2000. But and that alone will sink this ship. remember to remind me to pack my comb, remembering to that an IPO for other government after a decision was taken to priva- Selling a majority stake to a strate- remind me to remind her to remember to pack it herself is, companies is a good alternative to tise it, the price soared as high as gic buyer will probably double the apparently, too much remembering and reminding for privatisation (sale of a controlling It is disappointing that foreign bidders have lost Rs 120. But then a series of onerous price that a public offer will. Bunny to cope with while she’s trying to remember to pack stake to a strategic buyer). interest. But that is no reason to abandon the auction. conditions (such as leaving majori- I have long criticised BJP chau- the airline tickets and the passports and the forex and un- The Maruti IPO success has re- ty control with the government) vinists (typically members of the pack Brindle, our wunder dog, who tail wagging excitedly portedly led to moves within the The government has the right to set a reserve price, stalled progress. Many foreign and Swadeshi Jagran Manch), who ab- has parked himself in the half-filled suitcase in preference government to abandon the sale of below which it will not sell. But if some Indian bidder Indian bidders got disgusted with hor foreign investment. But, amaz- to her doggie basket, right on top of my shirts. a majority stake in the Shipping delays and withdrew. ingly, the BJP government now Corporation of India (SCI) to a Realising its error, the govern- seems to be considering the other So what with one thing or another, my comb never does offers a higher price, the government should take it. strategic buyer,and to go for a pub- ment then decided to sell a control- extreme. It is rethinking the pri- get packed. On the outward journey, that is. For some lic offer instead. That would defy ling stake of 51 per cent. Unfortu- vatisation of the Shipping Corpo- inexplicable reason, possibly to do with my biological logic. The two cases are completely ing market price, since the buyer their price-earnings ratio (P-E ra- nately,it had lost so much credibil- ration because there are only Indi- clock or the International Date Line, I never forget to pack different. Maruti Udyog was priva- will be willing to pay well above the tio). This is the ratio of the market ity among international buyers an buyers, and no foreign ones. Mr the new comb we buy from wherever we go. The result is tised some time ago, with Suzuki market rate for control. I suspect price to earnings (net profit) per that only one expressed interest, Gurumurthy, I will for the first I’ve got a global collection of combs. From Rio, Athens, gaining management control. In the government will get well over share. For Great Eastern Shipping, and even that one later withdrew. time support you if you rally the Havana, you name it. All sitting forgotten on the dressing the IPO, the government was sim- Rs 100 per share, against the cur- the P-E ratio is 5.8. For the Ship- Three Indian bidders remain in the Swadeshi Jagran Manch against table in Gurgaon, for me to leave behind this time. ply selling its non-controlling rent price of Rs 68. ping Corporation of India, it is 7.1. fray-Sterlite, Videocon and Essar this proposal to discriminate (Jug Suraiya has gone to Lisbon, Portugal, to buy a new stake. But for this, the market price If, however, the government sim- This is a unique case of a public Shipping. It is disappointing that against Indian businessmen. comb there, and another one from the Lake District, Britain. His column will be resumed on his return, to be read with — Vol. 14 No. 28 : Air charge: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai ,Cochin, Chennai & via Rs.3, Indore and via 50 paise. National edition: No aircharge.Price in Nepal: NEP Rs 5, except Sunday: NEP Rs 7. RNI No. 50787/90 MADE IN NEW DELHI REGD. NO. DL-25001/92. Published for the proprietors, Bennett Coleman & Co. 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• •• IAM BOOKS Neelabh Love starts with the self The Book Of Yoga — Excerpt Christina Brown People usually nominate food as the Love yourself... being both the ‘lovee’ and the ‘lover’, one doesn’t have to Price: Rs 815 provider of our energy,but we forget about This book helps in a couple of other important sources. Ideas, guess what loved ones want, says Deepak Chopra bringing the body, mind for one, supply us with boundless energy. he new focus these days is to ‘love ourselves’. When we love someone, we accept their foibles, th- and spirit into balance You may have experienced being so taken We are moving away from the old ‘martyr’ eir errors, their imperfections, just as we celebrate and harmony. Do you feel with an idea that you were able to work late ethic of suffer and sacrifice yourself for oth- their being in our life. Do we celebrate our ‘being’? the need to de-stress, im- into the night without feeling fatigued. a ers, to one of realising that if we are to love Do we appreciate ourselves even though we are not prove self awareness and third energy source, recognised by yogis humanity as a whole, we must first love hu- ‘perfect’? Are we willing to overlook and even laugh feel more at peace? Would you like to gain for a millennia, is the breath. Breath, life manity in a unit of one — our own self. at our own foibles and imperfections? Are we willing muscular tone an suppleness, to feel reju- and energy are rooted together and yogis TNow, I’ve been working on this ‘loving myself ’ les- to say ‘no problem’ when we commit an error? I must venated and energised? In bringing into have a single word for all three — prana. son for many years... and I’d been thinking that I had say that upon self-examination, I found that I had a harmony mind, body and spirit, regular Yogis consider death to occur when prana, succeeded. That I finally loved myself. And then, on long way to go before I could truly say that I loved practice of yoga can help you achieve all the vital force, leaves the body.Conversely, reflection, I realised that I had only touched the surf- myself.Perhaps, an easier goal would be to simply this and so much more. Start a new,health- when pranic levels are high, the body will ace. I started looking at what loving someone really take it one day and one action at a time. Rather than ier way of life today with yoga! be completely charged with energy. Prana- meant, and when I applied those definitions to my- set such an abstract goal as ‘I will love myself com- This book covers, introduction to the hi- yam may be translated either as restraint self, saw that I was missing the mark, in many ways. pletely’, it would be better if we set more concrete story and philosophy of yoga, talks about or control of the breath, or as pranic capa- So how do we define love? What does it mean to goals. Perhaps we need to make our goals more ac- physical exercises to strengthen and tech- city. Pranayam exercises increase vitality love someone? When we love someone we desire their tion-oriented. niques to quieten the body and mind. and mental focus. happiness. Do I desire my own happiness? Well, of First, ask yourself how you could show yourself As you sow, so shall you reap, Buy this book @ 45% off. Our price Rs 449 says Baijayant Panda course... at least on a ‘first reaction’ basis. I obvious- that you love yourself. Imagine you were in a rela- ly don’t desire my unhappiness. But do I follow up on tionship with yourself (which of course you are), To buy call 9604-600-600 from OR log on to: it? It is one thing to say that one loves someone and what would this dream lover (you) give you to show or me, spirituality means getting in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. desires their happiness, Neelabh that he/she loved you? touch with and being at ease with my F but when we have to Would it be flowers? Prefix STD code to call from other locations conscience. Am I spiritual? Well, for make choices that prove Would it be a gift of a someone who comes from the land of us truthful or not, do we massage? Perhaps tick- Jagannath, it is next to impossible not pass the test? If we truly ets to hear a favourite to be spiritual. The Jagannath cult and desired our happiness, band, or play,or movie... 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Are we willing to ered... Bring you flow- control. Work at feeling good about yourself Within you I lose myself.Without you I find with Jagannath which makes him a step away from the safe- ers? Stop and pick some myself wanting to become lost again. God of tribal culture as well as main- and become more self-reliant. Seek help ty of our present, to go up. Give you a massage? when you need it. — Albert Einstein stream Hinduism. Jagannath has a uni- forward to the unknown Whatever your ◆ versal appeal and that is what I am Scientists have come up with proof of the which may hold our “dream lover” would power of positive thinking. Positive thinke- Power is both spiritual and subtle. drawn to as far as he is concerned. I vis- abundant happiness? bring you, give it to it the Jagannath temple occasionally, rs live longer than those All revolutions are spiritual at the source. Are we afraid of what yourself... However you who are constantly worry- specially during important times, such we will lose if we take would see love translat- — Vinoba Bhave as when the Rath Yatra is on. ing. Positive self-percepti- ◆ the risk to step out of ed into actions, take ons can also prolong life I am not ritualistic. Till a few months our cocoon of safety, of those actions for your expectancy, say Yale Uni- Love isn’t something you experience; back, I did not believe in wearing any our daily routines that own self. Learn to treat versity researchers. The it’s something you remember. rings, amulets or lucky charms but feel save and familiar? yourself lovingly. research suggests that — Oscar Levant have taken to wearing a lucky ring Are willing to set our- Rather than having a people who feel bad about ◆ which my mother has asked me to slip selves free, or are we afraid? Do we desire our happi- elusive goal of loving yourself, someday,after you’ve getting old accelerate the on for her sake. We all give the best of our hearts uncritically ness enough to be willing to take great risks for it? To worked out all your ‘stuff ’, just start taking action aging process. A positive I like to take a few minutes everyday to those who hardly think about us in return. follow our bliss, to reach for our dream, simply be- now. There a methodology called ‘acting as if ’. OK, attitude will add more to touch base with myself and my God. cause it holds promise of happiness? Or are we hold- well act ‘as if ’ you loved yourself unconditionally, — T H White years to your life than not ◆ I am a firm believer in the theory of ing back for fear of losing something that we know is even if you don’t. smoking or taking regular exercise. karma. As you sow, so shall you reap. I only a portion of happiness, not the whole manifes- So rather than wonder and worry about whether It is love, not reason, that is strongly believe in this theory and that tation of it... How much are we willing to love our- you love yourself, and whether or not you’ll ever be All of our feelings, beliefs and knowledge stronger than death. is where I get my inner strength from. I selves? When we say we want happiness for our- able to do so, act as if. Start treating yourself the way are based on our internal thoughts, both con- scious and subconscious. We are in control, — Thomas Mann believe bad karma always comes back. selves, are we willing to walk our talk? you would treat someone you are totally and uncon- ◆ Which is another reason why I feel that When we love someone we give them the best we ditionally in love with. whether we know it or not. being spiritual is being at ease with can. Okay,so if I love myself, why do I not give myself If you don’t know how that would be, just act as if. Aim high and do your best. We can be pos- Truly loving another means letting go of all one’s conscience. the best food, the best attention, the kindest care? Start one step at a time. One day at a time. One action itive or negative, enthusiastic or dull, active expectations. It means full acceptance, even Though I have never particularly felt Why do I put my work first, my deadlines, my bills, at a time. or passive. The biggest difference between celebration of another’s personhood. the presence of God, I do feel lucky in my spouse, my obligations, my whatevers... If I loved Start right now.If you were the person you love the people is their attitudes. For some, learning — Julia Roberts many ways and that makes me realise myself, I would be willing to lay aside other consid- most in the whole world, right this minute, what you is enjoyable and exciting. For others, learn- ◆ the worth of life, as it has been given erations to give myself these things that would be of want to give to that person. What would that ing is a drudgery. For many, learning is just Many of life’s failures are people who to me. benefit to me — take time for a walk, a massage, a person want to receive. You do have an advantage okay, something required on the road to a did not realise how close they were (Baijayant Panda is a Rajya Sabha good meal, a chat with a friend, whatever... Am I re- here. Being both the ‘lovee’ and the ‘lover’ you don’t job. A positive attitude and thoughts are maintained by the inner conversations we to success when they gave up. MP from Orissa) ally giving myself the best I have, or am I simply set- have to guess as to what your loved one would — Thomas Edison (As told to Anubha Sawhney) tling for leftovers? Whatever time is left after my want... You already know... Did you forget to look constantly have with ourselves, both con- busy day is for me. Is that love? within and ask? sciously and subconsciously.

eams is your intuitive conne- ction to the purpose in your heart since birth. Be enthusi- Listen to your heart... astic about all that you do. ake a moment right now present heartbeat of God, or of you Have the awareness that the and point to yourself. the Universal Intelligence. that feels word enthusiasm literally T Your finger is very likely Your left brain calculates, fig- things, that’s sen- means ‘the God within.’ The pointing right at your heart. ures things out, analyses, sitive to love, tha- passion you feel is the God in- Not at your brain, but your and comes up with the most t’s emotional abo- side you beckoning you to be heart. This is who you are. logical choices for you. Your ut what’s important to you. your own person. The constant beating of your right brain represents your Your right brain allows you Your invisible companion heart in and out, out and in, intuitive side. This is the part to tear up as you hold your on your right shoulder will is a symbol of your infinite of you that goes beyond rea- babies, or bask in the beauty prod you each and every time connection to the always- son and analysis. It’s the part of a glorious day. you’re moving away from your purpose. It makes you That music that you hear aware of your music. So lis- inside of you urging you to ten —and don’t die with that take risks and follow your dr- music still in you.

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16 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 OPEN SPACE

LETTERS NOT WITH A BANG e4 Wah Taj protect the Taj. Which is the oldest opera house? don’t know if he was bs-ing us — Vipin Aras, New Delhi Ior not but my eldest brother who AP This refers to ‘‘Ah Taj! was in the army when he was alive Case for CAS via email (which doesn't automatically mean Are you ready for this...’’ OPEN SPACE What are Interest Rate (June 15). Is it any good he wouldn't have been there if he ‘‘Worst CASe scenario: What is the function of the Derivatives? died) (even though it's true and news that a PIL has been All you wanted to know parotid gland? In India, treasury bills and he's not) used to tell us how on a filed now, in the Supreme about the controversy’’ Humans have three pairs of government securities are dare he would insert one bullet in Court? You may call the (July 6) was another salivary glands—parotid, su- issued by government and his service revolver, spin the mag- shopping mall anything pointer as to how our bmandibular and sublingual. are risk free. The prices of azine and press the trigger after — an architectural night- ‘‘roll-back-government’’ The parotid is the largest and these instruments are in- putting it to his temple - only to mare or a commercial hear the ‘click’ of bulletlessness got its name. It has been is situated in front of the ear. dicative of the interest rate daydream. Although it taking short-sighted, im- thawing him back to the world of It weighs about 30 gm and in the economy.Interest rate would take more than a practical, callous deci- the living. “What if it had been a contributes about 25 per cent derivatives are derivative year to be complete, the sions without preparing products (futures and op- ‘bang’ instead?” I would often ask of our total salivary secre- him in a voice gone dreary with ugly reality has taken for a change in the sys- tions) with T-bills and G-secs tion. It releases saliva dread. “That's the best part,” he roots with the commence- tem. It interferes where it as underlying. Trading in through the Stenson’s duct, would answer. “I wouldn't have ment of the work in No- shouldn’t, and is a silent these implies taking a future which opens opposite the up- heard it. At that speed it would vember, 2002. Why do we spectator when it should view on the interest rate. per second molar tooth. Sali- have long cruised through my cra- wake-up so late? The UP play a positive role. En- Currently, the National va contains an enzyme called nium, taking all auditory thoughts government should not quiry would probably re- Stock Exchange has come up ‘ptyalin’ or salivary alpha- with it.” So I've always wondered have considered relocat- veal vested interests in al- with Interest Rate Futures. that if there's life after death and it amylase, which helps in di- ing the shops which the lowing the implementa- — Malini Iyer,recd via email starts instantly, THEN would one SC wanted removed from tion of CAS. Investiga- gestion by breaking down Why is conjuctivitis general- hear it with the next brain? Any- the front of the Taj. The tions should be made into starch into maltose. ly called ‘Madras eye’? way, here's a harmlesser version of Centre and the state gov- links of manufacturers of — Avinash Inamdar,recd Conjuctivitis occurs usually the same game two people played ernments should adopt set-top-boxes in India. in extreme heat and humid many years back here. They had stringent measures to — Madhu Agrawal, Delhi conditions and is conta- to, alternately, shoot a six-shot re- gious. During the summer The United Postal Services team passes a field with sunflowers during the fourth stage of volver (only one chamber of which contained a cartridge) at a target. vacation, when Indian the Tour de France cycling race between Joinville and Saint Dizier, eastern France. QUESTION: Who has won the Tour de France the most number of times? The player who first got a ‘bang’ tourists visit the south, par- rather than a ‘click’ was the loser. ticularly Madras, they often Interestingly, in Delhi, it is pels the insect backwards. down almost completely a However, an option existed. At any get this ailment as they are called ‘Bombay eye’. The housefly lacks this few years back. turn, instead of shooting the next unaccustomed to such heat — S. Sundararajan, Navi ability, hence it cannot fly — S.P.S. Jain, recd via email chamber, a player could randomly and humidity.That’s why the Mumbai backwards. spin the magazine before shooting. ailment is called ‘Madras But once either player elected to Why is the term ‘let’ used in — Saifudeen, Bangalore ANY ANSWERS? eye’. However, conjuctivitis games like tennis when the What is a Pilot Aptitude is also common in other hot ball hits the net? Battery Test (PABT)? What is a ‘hedge fund’? MINDSPORT places in India (and abroad). ‘Let’, short for ‘let it be re- Pilot Aptitude Battery Test — Kaushik Sengupta, played’ is a shot or point in is an aptitude test designed Bangalore Mukul Sharma racket games that does not and conducted for all those What is ‘ethnography’ in management jargon? count and must be replayed. candidates who aspire and spin before shooting, all succes- Should the ball on service apply for a flying career in — Chinmay Gupta, recd sive shots, if any, had to be pre- strike the top of the net be- the Air Force. The main aim via email ceded by a spin. If you had first fore falling in the correct is to test the mental alert- What is the meaning and shot would you spin first and significance of Daylight service zone, it is a let and is ness, presence of mind and shoot, or shoot without spinning? Saving Time? replayed. self-confidence of the candi- Or start the bs routing again? — R.S. Anand, recd via — C.R. Banzarey Korba, date. It checks whether a DEAR MS, email recd via email prospective candidate has In 2003, there have been In-The-Dell-Dept: If a dragonfly can fly for- proper control over his several sequels of Holly- This is a solution for the problem wards and backwards, why nerves while he is flying an wood movies. Which was of the farmer's plot sent by Je- can’t a housefly? aircraft. For this, the candi- the first sequel of a Holly- hangir Modi from Surat. In the The dragonfly has two pairs date is put through tests in- wood film? problem, distances of a tree plant- of wings, whereas the cluding meter reading, fly- — Sunetro Banerjee, recd ed by a farmer in a square plot were given. It can be solved by housefly has only one pair ing test and drum test. You via email of wings. The dragonfly’s can take the test only once. Why is the phrase ‘forty considering three equations ob- double pair of wings, elon- — Nakul Vyas, Jaipur winks’ called so? tained from three given conditions by developing a Cartesian coordi- gated in shape, can be used Which is the oldest opera — Mohammed Haneef separately with the help of house in the world? nate system. Consider one corner Thaver,recd via email of square as origin and let coordi- its strong muscles. While Gran Teatre del Liceu of Why do some flowers have nates of the tree be (x, y). Consider flying backwards, the wings Barcelona is supposed to be a fragance and others not? ‘a’ as length of side of square plot. are so twisted that they the world’s oldest opera — Sahir Nomaan, Equations are: (1) (x*x) + (y*y) = start pushing air in the for- house. It was recently re- Allahabad 60*60; (2) (x - a)(x - a) + (y*y) = ward direction, which pro- stored after it was burnt You ask. Or you answer. (140*140); (3) (x*x) + (y - a)(y - a ) = Mark the envelopes (10000). Solve equations by elimi- ‘Open Space’ and address your answers nating x and y. By solving three and questions to: equations we get answer as area Open Space, Sunday Times of India, II Floor, S&B Towers, 40/1, M.G. Road, of given plot is 23200 sq m. Bangalore — 560 001 — Anay Raibagkar, oolanay@ email: [email protected] yahoo.co.in (Submitted by Ajit Athle, ajitathle@ hotmail.com) Snailmail: D-268 Sushant Lok-I, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.mindsport.org

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The Sunday Times of India, New Delhi, July 13, 2003 Kidd still in Nets Kobe’s mugshot Blake’s on top The San Antonio Spurs might Kobe Bryant gave himself up to Jay Don Blake should feel have beaten the New Jersey cops on July 4 when charged with lucky he got into the club house Nets in the NBA finals, but they sexually assaulting a woman. Un- early. Seeking his first win in 12 weren’t able to wrest Jason Kidd fortunately, Eagle County Sheriff years, Blake held on to his one away. The NBA’s best point released Kobe’s picture in a stroke lead in the wind-hit guard will stay with the Nets jailbird jersey which got published Milwaukee golf MOIRANGTHEM TO LEAD INDIA IN U-18 MILK CUP

BRIEFLY 2007 Cup SPORT Lord’s of swing destroy South Africa venues to AFP AP London: England crushed South Africa SCOREBOARD by seven wickets in the triangular series be auctioned One-day international final at Lord’s South Africa: here on Saturday.Anthony McGrath was G. Smith c Trescothick b Anderson 7 TIMES NEWS NETWORK 15 not out and man-of-the-series Andrew H. Gibbs c Read b Gough 9 M. van Wyk b Anderson 17 Kolkata: The organising Flintoff six not out as England, chasing a J. Kallis c Read b Gough 0 committee of the Cricket meagre 108 to win, won with nearly 30 J. Rudolph c Read b Flintoff 19 World Cup 2007 will be al- M. Boucher c Read b Johnson 11 overs to spare. Opener Vikram Solanki loting venues through ten- made a 58-ball fifty before he played on to M. van Jaarsveld c and b Giles 11 S. Pollock c Read b Flintoff 18 ders, the process begin- Andrew Hall. A. Hall c Vaughan b Anderson 0 ning in October-November The match was over as a contest after A. Nel lbw b Giles 1 this year. Each interested South Africa, who lost the toss, were M. Ntini not out 0 territory will bid to be an Extras: (lb1, w10, nb3) 14 bowled out for 107 — their lowest ever official venue, reveals the One-day international total against Eng- Total: (all out in 32.1 overs) 107 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-30, 3-39, 4-43, 5-75, 6-75, report of the Caribbean land. 7-102, 8-103, 9-107, 10-107. delegation to the CWC Jacques Rudolph (19) top scored in an Bowling: Anderson 10-0-50-3 (5w); Gough 7-2-9-2 2003 as well a submission innings where only Shaun Pollock (last (3nb); Flintoff 6.1-0-18-2 (1w); Johnson 6-1-26-1 of the West Indian Board man out for 18) and debutant Morne van (2w); Giles 3-2-3-2 (2w). England: to the CARICOM heads’ of Wyk (17) made it past 11. South Africa’s M Trescothick c Hall b Ntini 0 government meeting last total was also the lowest in a One-day in- V Solanki b Hall 50 weekend. ternational at Lord’s and their innings, M Vaughan c Ntini b Nel 30 According to a press re- A McGrath not out 15 French boxer Willy Blain kisses his which included just 12 boundaries, ended lease of the International with more than 17 overs remaining. A Flintoff not out 6 medal after defeating Russian Extras: (lb 1, w 7, nb 2) 10 Cricket Council (ICC), the Alexandre Maletin in the 64kg final of Fast bowler Darren Gough took two Total (for 3 wickets in 20.2 overs) 111 WICB wants to put it’s the World Amateur Championships in wickets for nine runs in seven overs and Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-88, 3-89. best foot forward towards Bangkok on Friday. left-arm spinner Ashley Giles, wicketless Bowling: Pollock 5-1-17-0 (1nb), Ntini 5-1-24-1 (2w), selection of venues in the for six one-day internationals, claimed Kallis 3-0-33-0 (2w), Nel 5-0-22-1 (1nb, 2w), Hall 2.2- 0-14-1 (1w). Islands - the infra-struc- US topple China: Deron Williams hit two for three in three. ture of which is not above Fast bowler James Anderson, the only five three-pointers and scored 23 points back sharply. apprehension in the crick- as the United States topped China 109-84 member of the attack who completed his Worse followed for South Africa when eting fraternity. Chris on Friday in the world junior men’s bas- full quota of overs, had an expensive- Jacques Kallis, who came into this match Dehring, managing direc- ketball championship. The United States looking analysis of 10-0-50-3 but did take tor of the CWC 2007, said was never seriously challenged, leading wickets at important stages. with a tournament average of 164.50 with two hundreds, one against England, went the parameter of each by 14 at the half, and improved its record Makhaya Ntini gave South Africa a venue will include facili- to 2-0, while China fell to 0-2. The US for nought when he edged Gough glimmer of hope when he had in-form ties like airports, sea- team plays Nigeria on Saturday. Lithuania opener Marcus Trescothick caught for through to a diving Read. outclassed Malaysia 107-39 in another Rudolph, in the best stand of the in- ports, hotels apart from nought by first slip Hall to leave England the ground itself. encounter. AFP nings, added 32 in 55 balls with Mark one for one in the second over. But Solan- Rev. Wes Hall, Roger ki, after a hesitant start, played some England’s Andrew Flintoff (L) celebrates with teammate Anthony McGrath after Boucher, before he was caught behind off Japan grab spot: Hosts Japan defeat- the Natwest Series final win against South Africa at Lord’s on Saturday. Flintoff, having faced 40 balls including Brathwaite, president and magnificent strokes, his fifty coming up ed Mexico 2-0 on Saturday to secure the two fours. South Africa’s innings was chief executive of the final spot in the Women’s World Cup soc- in 52 balls including one six and eight Smith, dropped on nought, fell first, out through to Chris Read for the first of the summed up when Martin van Jaarsveld WICB, respectively, and cer tournament in the United States. Mid- fours. England captain Michael Vaughan for seven edging a full-length Anderson wicket-keeper’s five catches. (11) got a leading edge to Giles’ fifth legit- Don Lockerbie, the new fielder Homare Sawa headed home in the made a brisk 30 in a second-wicket stand delivery to Trescothick at first slip. Her- Van Wyk pulled Anderson for four but imate ball and was caught and bowled, venue development direc- 56th minute at Tokyo’s National Stadium of 87 before he chipped paceman Andre schelle Gibbs, who had made five single next ball the 24-year-old Free State right- the spinner having conceded 225 runs be- tor for CWC 2007, attended and substitute Karina Maruyama added a Nel to Ntini at mid-on. figure scores in six previous series hander was bowled by the Lancashire tween One-day international wickets.AFP the presentation. late goal to secure Japan’s place in the Earlier South Africa captain Graeme matches, went for nine, edging Gough quick’s full-length off-cutter which came Sept. 20-Oct 12 finals. AFP M’Bami joins Wolves: Cameroonian CRICKET UPDATE Indians in county: So far, how good? midfielder Modeste M’Bami is joining newly promoted English Premiership club Mohammad Wolves on a four-year contract, his former Yuvraj Singh V Sehwag club Sedan said on Friday. M’Bami, 20, Thorpe ready for recall Siva to assist SL spinners (Yorkshire, Div (Leicestershire, Kaif One) Div One) (Derbyshire, who won the Olympic title with Cameroon London: England batsman Graham Thorpe has Chennai: Former India leg-spinner L Sivaramakr- in 2000, joined Sedan in 2000 and played County: Matches County: M 5, Div Two) insisted he is ready to play international cricket ishnan will assist Sri Lankan spinners at a three day 4, Inn 6, Runs I 8, R 335, County: M 4, 68 times for the club who were relegated again and no longer has any problems about going camp in Colombo from July 15 to 17. to the French second division after finish- 104, Highest 56, H 137, Ave I 8, R 152, H on tour. “It’s important the selectors know where I Sivaramakrishnan, now a member of the ‘spin ing second bottom last season. AFP Average 20.80 41.87, 100s 1. 87, Ave 19.00 stand on certain things in case they decide to pick committee’ of the Indian cricket board, will interact Nat League: M 4, Nat League: Nat League: Corradi for Lazio: Italian international me again,” Thorpe told London Evening Standard. with newly appointed Sri Lankan coach John Dyson I 4, R 118, H 50, Ave 29.50 M 6, I 6, R 157, H 65, Ave 26.16. 12 runs in lone innings striker Bernardo Corradi has signed a Surrey left-hander Thorpe, one of England’s few of Australia, who replaced Dave Whatmore. Popu- C & G Trophy: 27 runs in lone in- C & G Trophy: M 3, I 3, R 74, C & G Trophy: 81 in lone knock contract extension that will keep him at current world-class players, has not played for his larly known as Siva, the lanky leg-spinner was con- H 56, Ave 24.66. Twenty20 Cup: M 5, I 5, R 75, Lazio until 2008, the club announced on nings country in nearly a year following personal prob- sidered a prodigy, but went downhill after serving Twenty20 Cup: M 5, I 5, R 154, H Twenty20 Cup: M 5, I 5, R 81, H 53, Ave 18.75, S/R 105.63 Friday. Corradi, 27, joined Lazio from lems brought about by the break-up of his mar- India from 1983 till the 1987 Reliance Cup. PTI Chievo last August and scored ten goals 71, Ave 30.80, S/R 143.92. Bowl- H 26, S/R 135.00. Bowling: riage. He quit England’s tour of India two years ing: Overs 7, Wkts 5, Ave 10.20 Overs 10, Wickets 6, Ave 8.83. in Serie A as the Rome-based club fin- ago because of marital difficulties and last season ished fourth and qualified for the Champi- announced his retirement from international One- Sami makes merry ons League. AFP day cricket. Thorpe, 33, then took a complete break London: Kent’s Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Javagal Srinath Rahul Dravid Daniel grabs lead: Beth Daniel played from all cricket before returning towards the end Sami destroyed Nottinghamshire on Friday with a (Durham, Div Two) (Scotland, Div Two) of the season.Having assured the selectors he was another consistent round on Friday to second innings haul of seven for 50 to finish the County: M 3, R 24, Wkts 6 National Cricket League: hold a one-shot lead after the second ready, he was picked for the tour of Australia, county championship match with an incredible 15 Nat League: M 3, R 25, M 6, I 6, R 311, H 129*, round of the 1.3 million-dollar Canadian only to change his mind before the plane left wickets in his team’s 287-run win. The 22-year-old Wkts 1 100s 2, Ave 77.75 Women’s Open. Daniel carded a three-un- England. AFP had taken eight for 64 in the first innings as Not- C & G Trophy: M 1, Wkt 1 der-par 69 for the second straight day, AFP moving to 138 at the Point Grey Golf and tinghamshire crashed to 156 all out in reply to Country Club. She gained sole posses- Kent’s first innings total of 362 at Maidstone. AFP sion of lead with a birdie putt on the par- five 18th. AFP Ghavri appointed Bengal coach Olympic Run: More than 5,000 young- sters on Saturday braved the rains and Kolkata: Former Indian left arm medium pacer participated in the ‘Olympic Day Run— Karsan Ghavri would start his second innings as 2003’ to create awareness about the 33rd coach of the Bengal senior team in the coming sea- National Games scheduled to be held in son. Mumbai-based Ghavri, who was earlier 2005. Assam Chief minister Tarun Gogoi named coach in 2001-02 but quit the job only after flagged off the run from the Kalaguru Bish- a month citing personal reasons, would arrive nu Rava Flyover at Ganeshguri Chariali here on July 22, Cricket Association of Bengal with ace athlete and Padmashri winner Jy- sources said. Ghavri, who played 39 Tests taking otirmoyee Sikdar leading the runners. The 109 wickets besides representing the country in 19 run culminated at the Nehru Stadium one-dayers, replaces Sambaran Banerjee, who re- where an open meeting was held as the signed from the post last month. Earlier, former CM asked the youth to hone their skills. PTI test players W V Raman and Robin Singh, both de- BETTING METER clined the offer after their offices refused to sanc- tion leave. PTI GOLF 2003 Senior Tour Championships T Watson 4/6 Madhavan’s challenge G Morgan 7/1 M McCullough 7/1 New Delhi: Under the scanner after the Delhi T Kite 8/1 High Court appointed arbitrator dismissed his A North 12/1 B Murphy 20/1 findings on match-fixing vis-a-vis Ajay Jadeja as (as per ladbrokes.com) “illegal,” the BCCI investigator K Madhavan has shot back, challenging the award in the Chennai LIVE ON TV High Court. Madhavan, who was appointed by the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) to probe the Star Sports: 1700 hrs: FIM Motogp World Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones bowls to match-fixing scandal and on whose report Jadeja Championship. 1930 hrs 2330 hrs: World Pool Champi- an aspiring young tot during the Outback sports was banned, challenged arbitrator J K Mehra’s onship. day in Singapore on Saturday. Ten Sports: 2000 hrs & 2105 hrs: Tour de France. ruling. PTI People’s movement is the answer THE SPORTING LIFE ternational level. The Upper House is can only be sporadic. Yes, dear glimpse of the huge shared legacy a good forum to raise issues; the real Milkha and Bishen, recognition from that not only binds the two cricketing Ayaz Memon effort is needed at the grassroots level. our political masters is overdue, but nations together, but also records Cricket has matured, as it were, for India to become a sporting nation, some of the most significant mo- The political class in but almost every other sport lan- a ‘people’s movement’ is imperative. ments in the history of the game. India has been so apa- guishes. For instance, there are more It will not only increase the account- Alas, the international calendar thetic to sports for squash courts in Singapore (which is ability in the political system to pro- nowadays is ‘sold out’ so much in ad- more than half a cen- smaller than Mumbai city) than in mote sports, but could well redefine vance by administrators caught up in tury (as the irrepress- all of India. There may perhaps be the profile of politicians in the coun- the hurly-burly of cricket commerce ible Mike Ferreira more swimming pools here than in try. Why Mike, the sports ministry that there is little time for nostalgia tellingly pointed out Japan, but how many of Olympic may not remain a punishment post- and history.Or is there? at a seminar in Mum- standard in size and quality? There ing any more! ★★★ bai last week, the sports ministry has ★★★ traditionally been a punishment post- are countless such examples, but you Passion for cricket in the ing), the frustration of sportspersons get the drift: champions cannot be It’s 75 years since West Indies Caribbean is no way behind that in simply had to boil over. I am only sur- produced from thin air. played their first test match, and 75 India, perhaps a whit ahead if this prised that it took so long. Even more pertinent than infra- years since the Indian Cricket Board story is anything to go by. During a structure, however, is establishing a was established, two wonderful rea- trial, a Jamaican judge commented, But dear Milkha Singh and Bishen sports culture. We are still notorious- sons why a commemorative one-off ‘‘I have to tell you gentlemen that Bedi, just being nominated to the Ra- ly biased in favour of academics. Test could be played between the two Lloyd is dismissed.’’ The nonplussed jya Sabha may not be the panacea for Sport is seen as time-pass, or even sides. The two ‘Indies’ have produced defence counsel replied, ‘‘But my the problem. True, sportspersons too more deleterious, a complete waste of a legion of outstanding cricketers, lord, my client’s name is Floyd!’’ The need recognition and political space, time! Unless there is a change in and if you sit down with Sunil judge was unperturbed. ‘‘Ah quite so, but India needs a sports revolution if mind-set, unless sport becomes a way Gavaskar, Bishen Bedi, Sir Garfield but I thought you’d like to know the it has to compete successfully at the in- of life, success at the highest level Sobers, Clive Lloyd you might get a latest score from the Sabina Park.’’

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18 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, July 13, 2003 SPORT

SANIA UNRAVELLED Strengths Weaknesses •Natural rac- •Meets the quet accelera- ball late GIANTS AWAIT POWERPUFF GIRLS tion generates •Movement’s tremendous barely good power on enough for jun- As the nation fetes Sania Mirza’s ground strokes iors. Foot Wimbledon junior doubles •Attitude. Ag- speed hinders posi- gressive and in- tioning for volleys triumph, Times News Network Ajit Ninan your-face confi- •Serve has techni- dence. She isn’t cal hitches. Headed talks to experts to figure out how overawed for shoulder injury she can graduate to the seniors •Support system. unless corrected Family, AITA and The Clijsters and By Sukhwant Basra • Mahesh Bhupathi’s Williams of tennis n tennis circles, it’s been simmering for long; father as coach have boulders for finally, it’s gone on the boil to scald national •Loves to pelt the quadriceps. Long I consciousness. Yes, them girls rock. ball. Has the ability way to go as far as All it’s taken is one victory.In the power-hous- to adapt to different physique is con- es of tennis, doubles crowns, and junior events at surfaces. cerned. that, hardly elicit more than polite applause. But •Age. Is only 16. •Age: Is already 16; Sania Mirza’s Wimbledon triumph in the girls Reality Check: Becker was 17 when he doubles has caught the attention of the nation. won the men’s crown; Martina Hingis was Fitting. For this crown has a historic tinge: she’s 16 when she took the Australian Open; managed what Indian girls barely dream of. That Serena and Venus Williams stopped play- makes it special. ing juniors at 10 and 11 years of age. But as three-time national grass-court cham- Bottomline: Remember who won the jun- pion Nandan Bal says: “(At the) end of the day, ior titles at the Australian Open and it’s a junior doubles title. Let’s savour the mo- French? Never mind, nobody does. ment but not get carried away by the hoo-ha.” The fight’s still out there. It’s epitomised by the tennis machines otherwise referred to as the quite disappointing. Nirupama Williams sisters. Their careers (see box) make Vaidyanathan won a round in a Grand Slam everybody else look stupid. Any comparison of and that’s about it. And singles is what it’s our players to them may be unfair but then they all about. Doubles does not always attract do define the modern woman player. the best players,” Ramesh further clarifies. Believe it or not, Venus stopped playing jun- Enrico Piperno, who’s worked with the iors at 11 and Serena at 10; many Indian players brightest lights of Indian tennis, Leander would slyly put eraser to paper to tinker around and Mahesh, is even more candid: “Does for another year among the babes. “Junior tour- anyone remember who won the junior naments are important for match exposure. Be- French Open? Or even Wimbledon for that yond that we ask players to concentrate less on matter? The charm lies in Sania being our winning and more on grooming their games for first girl to win a Slam title. She deserves the the big league,” reveals AITA development offi- accolades. But this attention should not go to cer Sunil Yajaman. “Junior results do not neces- her head. She’s taken a firm first step, now sarily translate into senior stardom,” Yajaman she has to work harder than she ever has be- warns. fore.” The best spin-off of Sania’s triumph, apart The win has served as a boost for the es- from the confidence boost, will be the money she teem of the Indian coaching system. Sania attracts. “Leander gathered 25 lakhs plus when has not had much inputs from coaches he won the junior Wimbledon. The publicity also abroad. The success is refreshing. “This is made it easier to ‘sell’ him to sponsors,” says not a huge title to win. Doubles does not have Vece Paes, the hand that moulded Leander Paes. the same standing as singles. To me, the best It will allow Sania to access the best trainers in bit is the motivation it’ll give to the many the world, and they don’t come cheap. Though others. There’s bound to be a spin-off effect,” she is being hailed as a product of the Indian Nandan Bal points out. coaching system, that’ll have to change if she is The coaching system has been vindicated to court singles Slams. “Indian coaches just can’t to some extent but then obvious technical match the best in the world. A good coach costs flaws persist in her game that prudent almost $200,000 a year,” points out Vece. coaching should have ironed out way back. Along with the media blitz accompanying the They won’t go on record but they might will achievement rides the moniker of expectation. tell: ball contact is late, the feet are slow and Now Sania can’t afford to lose cheap. That may THE VENUS AND SERENA STORY the preparation needs to be faster. When it’s half a court to cover, as in doubles, the foot well become a motivator or a choker. “She han- The birth Serena teams up with Billie Jean King Open era. The media takes notice speed need not be lightening. Then the serve dles pressure very well,” defends coach Thya- of an idea to defeat Venus and Rosie Casals, 6-2. In 1997, a garajan Chandrasekran who had accompanied In July, 1990, The New York Times does not have as much punch and volleys In 1978, en- features Venus in a piece headlined: King says the girls possess aggres- skateboard the AITA Grand Slam team of four boys and girls siveness and a volleying aptitude be- injury jams need tons of work. trepreneur “Status: Undefeated. Future: Rosy. But all of this can be rectified with the on their six-week tour to Europe. But he’s wor- Richard Age: 10.” Nine months later, she ap- yond their years. “The important thing her left ried about technical drawbacks among the play- is that they go slowly and do the right wrist, and right training. What is difficult to inculcate Williams pears in a front-page Times story. is that winner’s attitude; the raw hunger to ers. Tennis has gone ballistic. Genes we do not watches Vir- thing,” she says. “That’s what makes she devel- champions.” ops an im- prevail; the heart for a fight. These are a few control but technique we can. Correct stroke pro- ginia Ruzici The first logo? duction allows a player to withstand the power win the French Open women’s sin- posing fore- things Sania doesn’t have to worry about. The first defeat hand after relinquishing her two- She’s reached for the stars; surely a place in duel for long hours. “Sania and the rest need con- gles title and receive about $ 22,000. In 1991, the sisters wear white polo stant attention of a travelling coach. I firmly be- Watching the scene on TV, Williams, In October 1994, 14-year-old Venus handed backhand. She makes her the sun won’t be denied. India hopes. shirts with King Productions (of box- pro debut at the Kremlin Cup in lieve they should play less tournaments as jun- father of Yetunde, Isha, and Lyndrea, ing promoter Don King fame) logo wins her first pro match, defeating iors and concentrate more on grooving their vows that any future children he may Shaun Stafford at the Bank of the Moscow, losing in the first round to embroidered on their sleeves while Kimberly Po, 6-3, 7-6. In 1998, Sere- GENERATION NEXT strokes for the future,” asserts Chandrasekran. have with wife Oracene, a nurse, will West Classic. Venus faces world No 2 competing in the Southern California na signs a five-year deal with Puma play tennis. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, in her next or the next 7-8 years we will not have to When a man called Richard Williams said that Tennis Association sectional champi- that comes with a high risk and a match, and races out to a 6-3, 3-1 worry about where our next women’s a decade ago, they all scoffed. Now they flock to The birth of legends onships. But they do not sign with the large upside: it will be worth $12 mil- F follow the wisdom of that guru. big-haired promoter. lead but then folds as Sanchez Vic- player is coming from: Nandan Bal. Expect ario wins 11 consecutive games. In lion if she cracks the top 10. She On the flip side, lesser tournaments may well Venus Ebone Starr Williams is born to hear more about this lot. The career move an interview after the match, Venus is does so 15 months later. First pro ti- on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, Calif. Tara Iyer: At 15 she has the ability to keep translate into a lower ranking unless you are asked how the loss compares with tle for Venus at the IGA Tennis Clas- Serena is born a year later on Sep- hitting the ball with gusto till good enough to win them. Rankings in turn In September 1991. Williams with- previous defeats. She answers be- sic. Teaming with Serena, they win tember 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Mich. the end. Sticks to her off- translate into main draw berths in bigger tour- draws Venus, No.1 among Southern musedly that she has never before their first women’s doubles title. In court training schedule like naments. Sania’s world junior singles standing of The first hit California girls 12-and-under, and lost a match. 1999, Serena wins the Evert Cup, de- 15 stems largely from forays in Asia and Africa. Serena, No. 1 in 10-and-under from feating Steffi Graf 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. “I’m glue. Trains in the US and Richard loads four-year-old Venus, six the state’s junior circuit, and moves to The first signing tired of losing to people I should along with Sanaa spear- Chandrasekran is not too happy with that. rackets and seven milk crates full of “Points earned from these places will see you Florida to enroll in Rick Macci’s Del- beat,” Serena says. “Whatever my heads the Indian challenge tennis balls into his Volkswagen van ray Beach tennis academy. Macci In May 1995, Reebok announces it in junior Fed Cup where the team has qual- ranked high but your game will fail the gruelling has signed Venus to a five-year, $12 potential is, I want to reach it. I see and travels to the public courts in would coach the sisters until July Venus as my biggest competition.” ified for the world group. What sets her examination of Europe. That’s why Sania gets Watts and Compton, where he gives million deal. Thus far, Venus has apart from the pack is her towering 5’8’’ high seeding in Grand Slam singles but falters in 1995. ‘Six hours a day, six days a his daughter lessons. “It’s a radical week for four years,’ is the Macci played in one pro tournament. In her And now ... and her ability to hit the rising ball. Has an the early rounds,” he explains. neighborhood,” Richard says of the practice credo. Wimbledon debut in 1997, Venus ITF junior ranking of 72. While rejoicing in Sania’s win Ramesh Krish- loses to No 91 Magdalena Grzy- In nine years, the Williams sisters area around East Compton Park. “A Sanaa Bhambri: Another 15-year-old The first meeting bowska of Poland in the first round. have 72 WTA Tour titles between nan too voices a vote for facing more stringent lot of dope is sold. We play on two whose dexterity on clay “It’s my first Wimbledon. There will them -- 10 singles, 6 doubles, four competition, “Europe is the acid test,” he says courts — that’s all there is —and they saw her partner Sania In 1992, Venus and Serena play each be many more,” she says. Loses the mixed at the Grand Slams, and an fresh from an exposure trip there for 14-year-old look like trash, they’re so slippery.” A Mirza to a semifinal berth other in an exhibition doubles match US Open final to Martina Hingis as Olympic gold in doubles. daughter Gayatri. He’s already throwing her into year later, Serena joins the duo in at the 2003 junior Roland at the Family Circle Magazine Cup. first unseeded women’s finalist in Source: Sports Illustrated the deep end as he knows that success elsewhere their tennis sessions. Garros. Known for being a is at best deceptive. “Women’s singles has been thinking player she outwits her opponents by relying more on placement than NO 2382 SUNDAY CROSSWORD power. Her ball control can be lethal if in- The big winner might not even be Sania fused with power. 51 on the ITF junior list. Ankita Bhambri: The elder Bhambri sibling Indians should play Does it por- over guile. Our juniors will take 5- gether. They believe they are is a big-hitting 16-year-old with great rac- tend future 6 years to raise their game to the great doubles players and that re- quet head speed. Is hampered by the lack more in Europe, says greatness? same level as the Europeans. It’s a flects on court. The myth of being of a coach. Won two ITF Masters $5000. It’s a stepping situation similar to what hockey better doubles players will come Megha Vakharia: 18-year-old from Mum- Enrico Piperno, stone towards it. went through after the switch to to an end with ATP favouring sin- bai has the uncanny ability to India’s Fed Cup team The good thing Astro-turf. Our system has to gles players in doubles draws now. take the rising ball. The gift- is that she is 16. I learn to produce youngsters who What needs to be done to ed player lost crucial years coach. Excerpts of an would say she is pelt the ball from the word go. beat the Europeans? due to lack of guidance and certainly top-100 Are Indians better doubles Exposure is the magic word. proper coaching. AITA devel- interview: opment officer Sunil Yajaman potential. At the moment that players? Most of our present Our players have to stay in Europe seems realistic. I do hope she calls her the most talented What does Sania’s Mirza’s jun- success seems to come from and play a lot of tournaments. A Indian women’s player. Has a proves me wrong and makes it to ior doubles title at Wimbledon there alone. travelling coach is a must to keep $10,000 ITF title to her credit. the top-10. No such thing. First and fore- them sharp and focussed. Train signify? Isha Lakhani: Aggressive and dogged 18- It’s a step in the right direction. Why is there a lack of simi- most top players do not play dou- like them to beat them. lar performance in singles? year-old who has claimed The main gain will be confidence bles. That’s true for both juniors How does the Indian women all junior national titles on I am surprised at her singles re- as she now knows she can beat and seniors. It’s not that we have tennis scene look? offer. Created history by the best of her peers. But the gap sults and slightly disappointed exceptional hands or any such Very exciting. We have at least taking the U-18, women’s between juniors and women’s too. The fundamental issue is that thing that makes us better. As for six girls who have the potential to and women’s doubles in a tennis is immense. Sania’s actual the racquet has changed and that Leander and Mahesh, they com- make it big. Law of averages will single national hardcourt struggle will be the transition, we means power tennis even in jun- bined very well. Their present allow at least one to come good. championship. Needs have lost many a junior in that ior ranks. Then the courts are success stems from the confi- And the big winner might not better career planning. abyss. now synthetic, they favour brawn dence they gained by winning to- even be Sania. — SB

n the middle- a3, b2, f2, g2, h2. n the following di- West did not hold the ♦ Igame, a player CHESS Black: Kg8, Qe2; R- I agram, the Jack BRIDGE KQ of Hearts (he would ♣ must place his Pravin Thipsay e8, f7; Be7; Nf8; P-a4, and the 2 have Prakash Paranjpe have led one of the hon- pieces in such a b6, d4, g6, h7. been replaced by ours in that case). South way that they can question marks. Ex- reasoned that West had be brought to any PROBLEM: Black amine the bidding N Dealer NS Vul to have a good distribu- to play and win. part of the board and the play and try ♠ tion to compensate for quickly as and SOLUTION: The to determine the po- K Q T 5 3 his weakness. Further- ♥ when the need absence of White’s sition of the ♦Jack. 5 more, South needed ♦ arises. Pieces major pieces from the The deal came up at K 7 5 Spades to be 3=2 for the ♣ stuck at one side back rank has created the Chembur A J 5 3 contract, so the Dia- of the board are Gymkhana annual monds would be 4=1. a serious weakness in ♠ 4 2 ♠ J 9 7 not necessarily event that was held Accordingly, South White’s camp. White ♥ K T 9 3 2 ♥ A Q 4 badly placed, but a few weeks ago. cashed the ♦King, en- had no defence after ♦ ? 9 ♦ ? 4 3 2 they can become North opened 1S tered the closed hand the seemingly point- ♣ K T 9 ? ♣ Q 8 6 4 ? useless if the loca- less 1...Bc5!! attack- and the bidding pro- with ♠ A, ruffed a Heart, tion of battlefield ing the White Knight. ceeded 1S-P-2D- ♠ A 8 6 and played a Diamond ♦ is changed. Here The game went 2. Dbl (Remaining two ♥ J 8 7 6 to Ten. (Laznicka vs Lenic, Nxc5 (White had to suits)-3H (Splinter ♦ A Q T 8 4 Excellent logic, but Mitropa Cup, exchange his cen- showing Diamond ♣ 7 not good enough. North- 2003) is an exam- support and Heart South was a scratch ple of what happens when the pieces are tralised Knight. Weak- er would have been 2.f3?, Rxe4! 3.Rxe4, d3 shortage)-Dbl-P-P- combination of good stuck on one side. White’s attempt to attack players and the vulnera- dis.ch 4.Rf2 Qxd2! with a rapid finish.) 4D-P-4Nt-Dbl-5C(two key South through, provided he Black’s King has failed and his pieces are bility favoured EW. Vinay took 2...bxc5 3.Bg5 d3! (Exploiting White’s back cards)-P-6D-PPP. Vinay Desai guesses the trump position now awkwardly placed. This enabled Black his chance with a 2-5-2-4 row weakness. The Pawn advances unhin- led ♥Ten to Raju Tolani's Ace correctly. How should South to launch a decisive attack against White shape and got a reward! forces. dered.) 4.Rf4 Qxf1+! (4...d2, threatening and Raju shifted to a small continue? mate in two,was also decisive.) 5. Kxf1 d2 Club to the King and the ♦ POSITION: West's double of 2 White resigned in view of 6.f3 (To stop Dummy's Ace. If the Spades showed two unbid suits. From www.demicoma.com White: Kg1; Qg3; R-f1, g4; Bd2, Ne4: P- 6...Re1mate) 6...d1Q+ 7. Kf2 Qe1# break, one Heart ruff will see the lead, it was clear that [email protected]

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Real offer is best for Ronald- inho: The best offer French First Ranji’s biography is Division side Paris Saint-Germain have received for Brazilian inter- Haile Chebii, the king of Rome national Ronaldinho has come from Real Madrid, the French Rome: Kenya’s Abraham Chebii European champion, was fourth, Reuters club’s president has said. Francis politically correct charged past Haile Gebrselassie to se- while Nigerian Deji Aliu came in Graille said on the club’s website that the offer from the Spanish Di- By P. Sainath 3. His refusal to play for In- cure his second victory over the fifth. Capel, a 200m finalist at the Syd- Ethiopian in the space of eight days ney Olympics, said he was eager to vision One champions would al- TIMES NEWS NETWORK dia did not make him anti-In- in a dramatic 5,000 metres at the Gold- make up for lost time following his low Paris Saint-Germain to keep Mumbai: I was one of mil- dian. He epitomises the best, en League meeting here on Friday. flirtation with American football. the Brazilian star for another year. lions of exultant youngsters the most magical features, of The race at the Olympic Stadium Tim Montgomery, who set the Meanwhile, the Brazilian has not in 1976-77, when Yajuvendra the Indian way of playing. eclipsed a disappointing men’s 100m, world record of 9.78sec last year,was turned up for training with the 4. Should such biographies Singh took a record- in which unfancied American John absent after pulling out to spend cash-strapped French side. AFP be written at all? After all, we equalling seven catches in a Capel was a surprise winner,and the time with his newborn son. only write of Don Bradman Test match. How proud we men’s 1,500m, dominated by Hicham El Guerrouj ran 3:29.76 to easily because of his cricket, not were — and are — of him. El Guerrouj in his first run over the win the 1,500m in a rare outing at the other aspects of his life. But his more recent attempt distance this season. distance this year as the Moroccan But had Bradman been the (July 4) to latch on to Mario Chebii, 23, also pushed the man attempts to double up with the premier of Queensland, the Rodrigues’ late cut at Ranji tipped to succeed 30-year-old Gebrse- 5,000m at next month’s World Cham- (Batting for The Empire: A Po- biographies would surely lassie, Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele, pionships in Paris. litical Biography of Ranjitsin- have gone beyond his game. into second place with a dramatic American 110m hurdler Allen hji) was a let down. Let’s face Let’s face it, when biogra- late surge to finish in 12min 57.14sec. Johnson failed to achieve his goal of it — he grassed this one. phies of Iron Mike Tyson are Bekele was second in 12:57.34 and a sub-13 second run, but still out- This is a wonderful book, written, some may not be Gebrselassie, the double Olympic classed his rivals. well researched, witty and about his boxing at all. champion at 10,000m who was run- The 1996 Olympic champion and most readable. A huge contri- Present at a Sports Jour- ning only his second race over the three-time world title holder clocked bution to our understanding nalists Association of Mum- shorter distance in three years after 13.08sec to win his ninth race in a of the complex character of bai meet on the book were stepping up to marathons, came in row ahead of China’s Xiang Liu and Ranji — and a refreshing cricketing giants Dilip Sarde- third in 13:00.32. compatriot Duane Ross. break from the hagiography sai, Ajit Wadekar and Nari Capel, returning to athletics this The 400m hurdles world champion that plagues Indian writing Contractor. All heroes of season after failing to make the Felix Sanchez strolled to his 21st on such icons. Hardly sur- mine. However, if they were grade as an NFL wide receiver, led consecutive victory in 48.15sec prising then, that the book to become MLAs or Ministers an American 1-2-3 in the 100m in ahead of South African Llewellyn has got the attention and rave tomorrow,will they be spared 10.04sec, upstaging both last week’s Herbert. reviews that it has. scrutiny in those roles? winner Bernard Williams, and Bahamian sprinter Chandra Stur- As a biography, it explores Rodrigues’ book is about a Olympic titleholder and three-time rup and Maria Mutola of Mozam- a totally different persona of sportsman, but not so much world champion Maurice Greene. bique kept alive their chances of col- the great player.The political about his sport. The cover tells Williams, the 2001 bronze world lecting the one million dollar Golden one. Ranji as the ultimate loy- us upfront that it is “A Political medallist who later won the 200m League jackpot. alist of the British Raj. As a Biography.’ I found nothing in here, clocked 10.06sec, with his for- Sturrup impressively won the ruler who squandered money the book that undermined mer training partner Greene finish- 100m in a 2003 best of 10.89sec, while while his people endured Ranji the cricketer. That he ing third in 10.09sec. Mutola overhauled Jolanda Ceplak Maurice Green of the US runs during the men’s 100m final at the Rome famine. A foe of the national- records this side of Ranji in Britain’s Dwain Chambers, the in the final metres of the 800m. AFP Golden League athletics meeting in the Olympic Stadium on Friday. ist movement who asserted glowing terms reflects his hon- that Indians were unfit to esty as a biographer. rule themselves — then or The book’s link to cricket is Russians lead the pack into finals Grosvenor Square in fine form ever. A genius who never really: Ranji cared nothing for TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cup (div.II): 1,200m: Speed Mistress 1, Brush wanted to play for India, pro- the game in India. And: what With Fame 2, It’s So Wonderful 3. Delhi Cup Bangkok: Russian boxers confidence he could make it New Delhi: Grosvenor nounced himself an English did he use his cricketing ge- WORLD BOXING (div.I): 1,600m: 6.15pm: Star Prosession 1, qualified for the finals in six through to the end. Square, winner in his last Hunter Jones 2, Acquire 3. cricketer and would do noth- nius for? His brilliance served of 11 divisions at the 12th Two Thais also will ad- In the quarterfinals Zou, Mysore handicaps: Follow- ing to further Indian cricket. him well in ingratiating him- outing, should emerge victo- World Amateur Boxing vance to the final round, the silver medalist at the ing are the handicaps for the Yet, one in whose name our self with the English — as an rious in the Kingfisher Derby Championships at Bangkok’s East Asian Games in Japan Mysore races for Wednesday: main domestic cricket tour- English cricketer. Which while two Frenchman will be Bangalore (Gr I), the feature Nimibutr Gymnasium. contending for the gold. in 2001, beat Slovakia’s event of the Bangalore races Republican Plate: 30 & above: 1,600m: nament is run. helped him gain the disputed A strong performance by Rudolf Dydi. Concur 61.5, Il Diablo 61, Royal Debut 58.5, Those against the book throne of Nawanagar. Friday’s fight card scheduled for Sunday. Yours Mine N Ours 56, Potential Force 55.5, the Russian team — and began with Zou’s light fly- In the final he will face Selections: Hyderabad Cup (div.II): 1,400m: Squeeze 55.5, Axe 54.5, Royal Caribbean have four basic problems Was he just a product of Cuba, which sent four fight- Russia’s Serguei Kazakov, 1.30pm: Royal Affinity 1, King of Hearts 2, 54.5, Grey Bull 53.5, Kingston Heath 52, Echo weight matchup against with it: his time? What was his time, ers into the final round — who defeated Noman Karim Zabdiel 3. Chennai Cup: 1,100m: Super Mod- Star 50.5. M CT M Chidambaram Chettyar 1. Ranji the cricketer was a anyway? A good part of it in Harry Tanamor of the el 1, Secret Moment 2, Wishbone 3. Mysore Memorial Trophy: 20-35: 1,200m: Classic had been expected. of Pakistan, 23-4, on Friday. Cup: 1,400m: Perfect Alliance 1, Poirot 2, Star Belle 61, Echo Star 60.5, Feng Shui 59.5, genius. He’s dead. Leave him India (1907-33) coincided with America’s surviving con- Philippines, whom he defeat- Sole US survivor Andre Dot Star 3. Kolkata Cup: 2,000m: Attorney 1, Shattered Shield 59, Clipper 59, Regal Rock alone. Why pull him off his the rise of the nationalist tender bowed out in yester- ed 21-13. Berto fell out of contention Sky Raider 2, Arterial 3. Hyderabad Cup 58.5, Rock Party 58.5, Triple King 58, Aux pedestal? movement. It was also the Zou overcame his biggest (div.I): 1,400m: Calderoni 1, Spark of Glory 2, Armes 57.5, River Nile 57, Bold Desire 56.5, day’s semifinals, and Zou yesterday in the semis when Chapmans Peak 3. Kingfisher Derby Banga- Renzino 56.5, Desert Fox 56, Krugar Park 56, 2. He was no different from time of Dadabhoy Naoroji Shiming of China became hurdle Wednesday by beating he was beaten by Cuba’s lore (GR I): 2,000m: 4.00pm: Grosvenor Sakshi 55.5, Terrific Dancer 55, Tulsa Time other princes in his loyalty to (whose idealism and en- his country’s first boxer ever defending champion Yan Lorenzo Aragon Ar- Square 1, Fond Fantasy 2, Lancaster 3. Mum- 55, Crystal Goblet 54.5, Noble Priest 54.5, the Raj. Why pick on him? He treaties he spurned). As the bai Cup (div.I): 1,200m: Kissinger 1, Nickel- Cape Merino 54, Alassio 53.5, Oscar 53.5, to make it to the final stage of Barthelmy Varela of Cuba, menteros, 25-15, in the wel- back 2, Roanoke 3. Delhi Cup (div.I): 1,600m: Roman Flame 52.5, Wind Rush 52.5, Bound was just a product of his time. book shows, even when the the tournament. 22-15, which he said gave him terweight division. AP Betfair 1, Its Amazing 2, Sanawar 3. Mumbai By Honour 52, Busy Girl 49.5. THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE Chelsea want Reuters CRICKET CYCLING 2nd XI Championship: Tour de France, Lyon Nottingham: Nottinghamshire v Surrey. Stage 6 (Nevers to Lyon, 230km): 1 Duff: Report Surrey 522 & 243-5 dec (B Scott 54no) lost Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo to Nottinghamshire: 425-6 dec & 341-4(B 5hrs 8mins 35secs, 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) London: Chelsea believe a M Shafayat 102no, V Atri 70) by 6 wickets. FDJeux.com, 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team 15-million-pound ($24.5-mil- Oakham School: Leicestershire v Durham. Bianchi, 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agri- lion) bid for Blackburn’s Durham 447-7 dec & 275-2 dec lost to cole, 5 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Irish winger Damien Duff Leicestershire 377-5 dec & 346-7 by 3 wkts. Caldirola-So.Di, 6 Damien Nazon (Fra) 2nd XI Trophy Brioches La Boulangere, 7 Sibastien Hin- will see him join Stamford Coggeshall: Essex v Kent. ault (Fra) Credit Agricole, 8 Gerrit Glomser Bridge next week, the Daily Kent 193 (A Khan 55) lost to Essex 196-5 (Aut) Saeco, 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean De- Mail reported on Saturday. (R S Bopara 52) by 5 wickets. latour, 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step- Bristol: Gloucestershire v Hampshire. Davitamon, 11 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) The 24-year-old has also Hampshire: Hampshire 298-4 (JRC Ham- Saeco, 12 Pablo Lastras (Spa) been linked with Premiership blin 114, WS Kendall 9) bt Gloucestershire iBanesto.com, 13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) champions Manchester Unit- 286-8 (THC Hancock 114, JA Pearson 55) ONCE-Eroski, 14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ed, runners up and Champi- by 12 runs. ONCE-Eroski, 15 Alexandre Botcharov GOLF (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance, 16 Fred Rodriguez ons League Collated scores after first round of The (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di, 17 Oscar Freire aspirants Barclays Scottish Open, Loch Lomond (Spa) Rabobank, 18 Alexandre Vinokourov Liverpool. (Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 71, (x) denotes (Kaz) Team Telekom, 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) amateur): Team Bianchi, 20 Stuart O’grady (Aus) Blackburn 64 Ernie Els (Rsa), 66 David Howell, 67 Credit Agricole all at 0.23secs said they had Phillip Price, Peter O’Malley (Aus), Terry TENNIS already tur Price (Aus), Martin Maritz (Rsa), Brett Rum- ATP Tour Allianz Suisse Open, Gstaad, ned down a ford (Aus), 68 Tim Clark (Rsa), Paul Eales, Switzerland Peter Hedblom (Swe), 69 Darren Clarke, Quarterfinals: (3) Jiri Novak (Cze) bt (5) 13-million- Marcel Siem (Ger), Gregory Havret (Fra), Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-3 6-3, (8) Radek pound bid but Julien Clement (Swi), Nicolas Colsaerts Stepanek (Cze) bt (2) Rainer Schuettler Chelsea, now (Bel), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Paul Casey, (Ger) 6-4 6-2, (1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Iain Pyman, Julien Van Hauwe (Swi), David Sanchez (Spa) w/o, (4) Gaston Gau- owned by Rus Bradley Dredge, 70 (x) Ricky Barnes (USA), dio (Arg) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-3 6-1. sian billion- Adam Scott (Aus), Raymond Russell, Ian ATP Tour Synsam Swedish Open, Bas- aire are ex- Poulter, Steve Webster, David Lynn, Fredrik tad, Sweden Andersson (Swe), Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Quarterfinals: (5) Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt pected to up Klas Eriksson (Swe), Scott Henderson, Gary (4) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 4-6 7-5 6-1, (6) An unidentified Mexican streaker dashes across the pitch as the Japanese team laughs fol- that to 15 mil- Murphy, Peter Lonard (Aus), John Rollins Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Rafael Nadal-Par- lowing the FIFA women’s World Cup preliminary competition play-off clash at Tokyo’s Nation- lion pounds, (USA), (x) Stuart Wilson, Ian Garbutt, 80 Ar- era (Spa) 3-6 6-3 7-6 (8-6), (1) Carlos Moya the paper be- jun Atwal (Ind) (made the cut). (Spa) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 6-4 6-3. al Stadium on Saturday. Japan defeated Mexico 2-0 to earn the final berth of the World Cup. lieves. AFP Els consolidates lead Luss (Scotland): Ernie Els doubled his lead to four strokes with a four-under-par 67 in the Scottish Open Friday and insisted he was trying not to regard the tournament as a workout for next week’s British Open. The British Open champion has an 11-under-par total of 131. Welshman Phillip Price and Terry Price from Australia, no relation, share second place on 135, both after shooting 68s. Tim Clark of South Africa held fourth spot following a second suc- cessive 68. John Daly shot the day’s best score, a five-under-par 66, af- ter what he called his ‘‘best ball-striking round since I won the BMW International in 2001.’’ ‘‘And I missed seven other putts of six feet or less,’’ Daly added. ‘‘The greens are fine, just wet. I’m not hitting good putts.’’ Considering he began with a seven at the first hole Thursday be- fore rain forced the players off, Daly has battled back well. He stands at two under par, the highlight of his round being an eagle at the third. He’s joint 15th. Els again had to survive persistent rain, al- though it was never enough to force any stoppages after the four- hour delay on Thursday. He has no fear of front-running. ‘‘I’ve been in this position quite a few times, so I kind of know what I have to do. I have to go out there and play my game and try to broaden my lead if I can. ‘This is an in- dependent tournament on its own.” AFP CROSS COUNTRY Sasi slumps to 3rd place Esbjerg (Denmark): Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran suffered a major setback in his quest for a maiden title in the 18th North Sea Cup International Chess tournament, going down to top seed and hot favourite GM Alex- ey Dreev of Russia and slipping to the third place after the 8th and penultimate round here. Sasikiran, who had maintained the lead since the second round. now trails Luke Mc- Shane of England and Dreev who both have 6 points from their 8 games. Sasikiran on 5.5 can at best tie for first should he win the last round game against local star Curt Results (round 8): Alexey Dreev (6, Rus) beat K Sasikiran (5.5); Pe- ter Heine Nielsen (3.5, Den) drew Luke McShane (6, Eng); Curt Hansen (4.5, Den) drew Bruzon Lazaro (3, Cub); Leneir Dominiguez (3.5, Cub) drew Michal Krasenkow (3.5, Pol); Lars Schandorff (3, Den) drew Koneru Humpy (1.5). PTI Karnataka beat Punjab Police Chennai: Karnataka joined Air India and the Indian Hockey Federation (juniors) in the quarterfinals, defeating Punjab Police 2-1 in a Group D match of the 81st All India MCC Mu- rugappa Hockey tournament here. In another Group B match, Indian Railways beat Army Service Corp, Bangalore 2-0. PTI

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GRAFFITI Reuters India spike out Iran, meet Brazil in final TIMES NEWS NETWORK jay and Co failed to wilt while winning the fourth WORLDBOYS’ VOLLEYBALL set and sealing the match at 25-20. Mumbai: Sanjay Kumar and Vikash Tomar were Said a proud India coach, G E Sridharan: ‘‘I’m in devastating form as India got the better of Iran was a clash between two previously undefeated very happy that my team could make it to the final in a battle of two Asian giants in the semifinal of sides and Iran had simply no answer to India’s sus- round. We made it in the Asian Championship and the World boys’ under 18 volleyball champi- tained attack. onships in Suphanburi, Thailand on Saturday. It With a crowd of 1500 cheering for them, Sanjay now we proved it in the world meet. I think my took India 81 minutes to overpower Iran 3-1 (25-15, and Tomar led the attack from the word go and In- boys are in-form. Everyone did a good job. We suf- 23-25, 25-17, 25-20). dia had soon run up a 20-11 lead in the first set fered on receiving in the second set, but that was They now meet formidable Brazil, whom they which they won for a further loss of four points. no problem for my team. We could come back fast had earlier defeated 3-1 in a group match, in the fi- The Iranians overcame their initial nervous- in the following sets. Against Brazil in the show- nal on Sunday.According to news being monitored ness with controlled blocking and always kept down, we have to fight all-out again. This is the here, defending champions Brazil beat Czech Re- ahead of the Indians in the second set. The Indians crucial moment. We can’t miss it.’’ public 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-19) in an hour and 13 min- pushed hard and narrowed the gap at 18-20 and 20- Iranian coach Naser Shanazi complimented In- utes. This was only the second time that India had 22 but the Iranians won the hard-fought set at dia on their wonderful performance. ‘‘We did our dropped a set, the earlier occasion being against 25.23. best, but India were too strong. We lost to them 1-3 Brazil. It was India all the way then. On a roll now, San- in the Asian Championship and now they proved Iran were attempting to enter their second suc- jay and Dinesh Singh were at their aggressive best it again that they are a cut above us. I think they cessive final. Two years ago in Cairo, Egypt, they in the third set which they won 25-17. The Iranians have more individual talents in their team and had finished runners-up to Brazil. On Saturday,it put pressure on the Indians in the fourth but San- that’s what counts for their victory.’’ Indians elbowed out in ill-tempered affair Moirangthem SanjaySekhri TIMES NEWS NETWORK to lead India New Delhi: Having bullied minnows like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal An American diver during training in Barcelona on Friday ahead of the upcoming 10th in Milk Cup in their first three league matches in World Swimming Championships to be held at this Spanish city from July 12 to 27. the Middle Asia Zone qualifiers for the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Zamorano accepts sus- for allegedly trying to depart missed the cut Friday at the 22nd Asian Basketball Confederation New Delhi: TFA midfielder pension: Chilean striker without declaring US$1 mil- Canadian Women’s Open. championships, India ran into Uzbek- Moirangthem G Singh will Ivan Zamorano, who re- lion. Alvarez Maya was Lunke completed two rounds istan on Saturday.And they stumbled. lead India U-18 squad in the ceived an 11-month suspen- about to board a plane here 9 over par at 153. The From a good position in the third Milk Cup — to be held in sion for attacking a referee, bound for Bogota, the projected cut late Friday af- quarter when they had staged a good has said he will accept his Colombian capital, when se- ternoon was 3 over. ‘‘Yester- Northern Ireland from July comeback to take the lead, the Indians 19 to 25. suspension but he won’t be curity agents said he began day was one of the hardest faltered in the final quarter to go down acting suspiciously, Mexi- rounds I’ve ever had to play The All India Football quitting football. Zamorano 87-78 in the final league match on Satur- verbally and physically at- co’s Federal Preventative in my life,’’ Lunke said. ‘‘I was Federation has named an day. The Indians were cruising at 61-53 tacked a referee while con- Police said. Security agents absolutely exhausted. I was 18-member team which will nearly seven minutes into the third testing the third goal of his inspected his bags and totally fatigued mentally and leave for the United King- side Colo Colo’s 4-0 home found 16 packages of bills, physically.’’ quarter of an ill-tempered match in dom from Goa on Sunday. each containing between which both teams behaved badly. defeat by Cobreloa on Sun- Sheahan banned for two This is the first time that day. The player said: “At one US$50,000-$70,000; he was But Uzbekistan tightened their game years: Munster hooker an Indian U-18 team is par- point I thought I would quit also carrying about and with the help of some favourable ticipating in such a presti- but in fact I realized that I am US$25,000 in a carry-on Frankie Sheahan has been calls by the Uzbeki umpire — especially banned for two years after gious international tourna- still in good enough physical bag. Alvarez Maya told local the decision to send out Parminder ment where the junior testing positive for the Singh, the most experienced Indian School children cheering Indian basketball team during the final of the Middle Asia shape to continue to play media that someone had Zone ABC qualifying match between Indian and Uzbekistan at talkatora Stadium in teams of leading clubs of once my suspension has fin- paid him to carry the money banned substance Salbuta- player, which looked harsh — they mol after his team’s Euro- New Delhi on Saturday. the world including Man- ished.” Zamorano, played for to Colombia and deliver it to fought their way back to a 84-77 lead chester United , Bayern his country 69 times and a third person there. Police pean Cup semifinal against with just about a minute left on the na in September, it presented coach KK sive and defensive, which resulted in Toulouse in April. Sheahan Chansoria a chance to test his side’s them conceding the lead and even Munich and River Plate are scored 34 goals. did not say where or how Al- clock. also in the fray. varez Maya got the money. claimed that he was taking strength against a strong team. change of the entire set didn’t help In- Colombian footballer ar- treatment for asthma, but the Aided by a few fouls by the Indians India has been grouped they extended the margin to nine points And the coach admitted they have dia much. rested: Colombian soccer Lunke misses cut:There independent Judicial Tribunal learnt their lessons. “This was the Scores went neck and neck in the with Dynamo Kiev (Rus- player Carlos Alvarez Maya will be no encore this week- of the European Cup said at the time of the final hooter. sia), Preston North End The match saw tempers fraying on a match we were looking forward to and next quarter and at the end of it the In- was arrested Friday at Mexi- end for U.S. Women’s Open they were not convinced by we have taken our lessons from this de- dians closed the gap to just two points (England) and Co Antrim of co City’s international airport champion Hilary Lunke, who the player’s explanations. couple of more occasions, with one of Northern Ireland. them resulting in BFI secretary general feat and will try to iron out things dur- thanks to some good shooting by ing the camp,” Chansoria said. Riyazuddin, Robinson and Sridhar. After completing their Harish Sharma delivering few words to engagements in Northern both the Uzbeki umpire and his Indian He said his players were good enough The Uzbekis kept their noses ahead at to win the game but shot badly in the fi- the start of the third quarter before the Ireland, the team will pro- counterpart. ceed to Wales for another Indian team’s centre of gravity The Indian coach himself did some nal quarter, which resulted in the de- Indians caught up with them at 53-53. feat. Chansoria added he was looking With Sergey Dumurin shooting well, international tournament By B Shrikant ‘‘My federation still harm to his reputation when he before returning to India on TIMES NEWS NETWORK charged into the court in disgust after forward to the exposure trip to Bel- they jumped to a six-point lead in a 1.25 wants me to continue and grade, Yugoslavia before the ABC minute long domination but their rivals August 3, informed All In- that’s why I’m still play- another call went against his team, his dia Football Federation. New Delhi: Happy paaji shoot, Happy paaji championships in China. reduced it to just one point (63-62) at the ing,’’ says the pivot who act resulting in the umpires penalising shoot. The arena reverberates with such end of the third quarter. They went Team: Prasad Bhola, Suiting Marlangki, plans to continue for a few the Indian team once more. The Indians got off to a tentative start Paul Subrata, Manju Nanjangud Shivanan- cries and more often that not, the demand is Earlier, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lan- and were trailing 13-17 at the end of the from strength to strength as the Indians ju, Vanlal Rova, Malsawma, Satyan Das more seasons. floundered. fulfilled to be followed by thunderous ap- After retirement, Par- ka 70-61 in a closely fought game to take first session. Despite Chansoria start- Roy, Roy Chowdhary Subhasish, Chandam Chitrsen, Moirangthem G Singh, Roy De- plause. minder wants to give atten- the third place in the league. ing with his first choice players (Par- Results: Bangladesh 70 (Mohd Raseduzzaman 28, Md Im- Such adulation from his fans is the reason ran Khan 15, Syed Yasser Haider Rizvi 10) beat Sri Lanka 60 brata, Pariyar Vimal, Gurjinder Singh, Mon- tion to his job with Punjab Though the final league match was of minder Singh, Gagnesh, S Sridhar, dal H Rahman, Jerry Zirsanga, Manjit why Happy, aka Parminder Singh, is happy Parminder (Duke Rajapakse 15, Chanath Danawansa 14, Pushpaku- Police. ‘‘Punjab Police has academic interest as both India and Gopinath and Robinson), the Indians mara 12). Uzbekistan 87 (Mikhail Shafenkov 26, Sergey Du- Singh, Mondal Subhas, Rawat Parween. to continue playing basketball even at 35, an done a lot for me. I want to give something Uzbekistan had already clinched their were hustled and outplayed by their ri- murin 22, Vyacheslav Belorurov 12, Hurmatjon Nuraliev 11) Chief Coach: Stephen Constantine Asst age when most cagers decide to hang their back to them. I also want to spend ample time berths in the finals to be played in Chi- vals in rebound collection, both offen- beat India 78 (S Sridhar 19, Robinson 14, Riyazuddin 16). Coach: Satheevan Balan. boots. with the family,’’ he informs. The tall center has built a big reputation in Though he doesn’t want to take up coach- FEDERATION CUP 2003, KOLKATA a 14-year-old career and his achievements ing, Parminder has something to offer on it. Turbo failure dents Argyle hopes would have made his guru and idol, Sajjan ‘‘The coaches have got a set mind. They see a Md Sporting Haywards Sporting Singh Cheema, former India stalwart, very tall player and put him under the basket as By Errol DCruz Argyle crashed to ninth Their other Group ‘N’-entry July 26 July 28 proud. Both guru and shishya have received pivot. Instead they should try to develop a TIMES NEWS NETWORK spot in the APRC list where driven by Austria’s David ITI Mahindra the Arjuna Award. Parminder’s award in player’s all-round game. Then only we can the Japanese sits atop defend- Doppelreiter is hot on Kre- July 30 August 2 Indian Bank 2002 was the first for basketball in nearly 15 have good bench strength.’’ Rotorua (New Zealand): ing champion Karamjit Singh mer’s heels at fourth spot at Air India years. Talking about the national scene, Parmin- Japans Fumio Nutahara, driv- of Malaysia at second and An- the end of the second leg run July 26 July 28 It is his iconic stature that forced the Bas- der says: ‘‘The reason Punjab has not been ing a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo drew Hawkeswood of New over six special stages span- Salgaocar Dempo SC ketball Federation of India to include Par- able to counter Tamil Nadu’s rise is poor 7, took the overall leadership Zealand at third. ning 104.76 km in the forest August 4 August 5 minder Singh in the team for the ongoing bench strength. Tamil Nadu has nearly 150 in the Asia Pacific Rally Nutahara is competing in area of Kowerau. With a lot of Mohun Bagan Vasco SC Middle Asia Zone qualifiers for the 22nd clubs while Punjab has only Punjab Police Championship (APRC) with a the Group ‘N’ class and is interest understandably fo- July 27 July 29 Asian Basketball Confederation champi- and BSF.’’ surge in the second leg on a ahead of Italy’s Domenico cussed on the New Zealand SBT Tollygunge onships. ‘‘Many say that Parminder’s scoring For the national team, Parminder pre- day on which local hope and Caldarola and Germany’s championships , Bruce Her- August 1 August 3 Churchill ability has diminished. But we believe his scribes more exposure trips. ‘‘Only by play- overnight leader Geof Ar- Armin Kremer representing bert grabbed the spotlight to East Bengal presence still galvanizes the team, rational- ing the top teams can we gain experience and gyle’s chances were severely Team MRF at third, in that lead the en-tire fleet of com- July 27 Final July 31 izes BFI secretary general Harish Sharma on do better. We have the talent to be among the dented when his Mitsubishi section. Team MRF can look petitors despite starting the JCT August 8 HAL the eve of the tournament. top five in the continent,’’ he adds. suffered turbo failure. back on a satisfying day. day well behind Argyle.

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