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How is life post marriage with Pankhuri? Life is great. If your life partner is your best friend then life becomes very easy. A best friend can understand you better than anyone else. We are very different but our ethics and values in life are same that's why we can see life in the same way. Pankhuri is an introvert and I am a mixture of being an introvert and extrovert. She takes care of my family and social things. If anytime she is not being able to handle I always step in and help her. ith an end of Porus who that the show will air at the same prejudice. If he had wanted, he A husband and wife in same died with the vision of time slot, every Monday to Friday could have also become the Prime profession …don’t you have WAkhand Bharat (united 8 pm on Sony Entertainment TV. Minister but he gave the power to problems? India) and fought against Taking the baton of akhand Jawahar Lal Nehru. The most If both husband and wife are Alexander, The Great, only to Bharat forward, Chanakya goes on powerful person is one who has sensible then there should be no achieve victory in defeat, Chanakya tell the story of the making of everything and gives it to problem. Ego can come in any takes the story forward with the India’s brave and most celebrated somebody else. That is what husband-wife whether they are in rise of yet another warrior in the King in the Indian history — Chanakya did. His aim was not to same profession or not. If not making, Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya. rule a kingdom but to make a king working then the problem starts. The show Porus highlighted Essaying the role of out of an honest and just man. He Pankhuri and I are mature the king’s journey and how he and Chandragupta Maurya, Kartikeya could have easily said to individuals and I don’t think there Chanakya worked towards the Malviya says: “I am doing an in- Chandragupta Maurya that you will be a problem in future also. vision of a united India and depth study on the life of L # $ & become my commander-in-chief prevent outsiders to come into Chandragupta Maurya. Since the and I will be your king but he chose Are you influenced by India. Porus succeeds in show will throw light on the & to be his educator and advisor. superstitions? is always fun when you something were no offers from films. Like convincing Alexander to leave childhood of Chandragupta, who Chanakya makes a king out of a Not really. I pray to God adventurous. I do take care of others I won't say am on a break. The India who leaves his general had innate abilities of leadership commoner,” Khanna tells you everyday and go to the temple. myself, I workout well and eat time is good, lot of tv actors are doing Seleucus Nicator behind. After and was a problem solver and a of friends were petty thieves. One Through the concept of linear When I am shooting there is a time healthy food. good films. But I think its important Porus the assassination by great friend, I will have to work thing which Chanakya found story which is used for the first constraint. I have a fixation with the that the film should do well at the box Seleucus, Chanakya takes his hard in play different shades of the endearing was that Chandragupta time on Indian television, one numbers. My lucky number is 5, so What challenges you as an actor office. Time is changing. Television thought forward and goes to character. I will be riding a horse, loved his mother but never said historical show has paved the way I try to keep that in my car or my at this phase? has given me my home. It is my bread Dhananand, the king of Magadh, doing masti with friends and declared it. He thought that a for another without taking a break. house no or maybe in my parking If any role or show challenges me and butter. I will never leave who insults him who considers create light moments which was person who loves his mother so “Every end is a new beginning. For slot. I am not obsessed about it, but physically that is the time I get that television. everyone like dirt. Before leaving, very contrary to play Shani Dev in much will ultimately come to love the first time on Indian TV one try to follow that. extra high. Kaal Bhairav 2 is Chanakya tells Dhananand that the serial.” his motherland as well. That story will move into another physically exhausting and at the end What you do to make yourself from this speck of dust he will Chandragupta Maurya was a thought made Chanakya bet on seamlessly. It’s like one chapter will This show has quite a number of of the day I am tired. On television happy? create a mighty king who will take reluctant student who had no this boy and convinces end and the second will start. The stunts. How has been your you get less opportunity to showcase I spend a lot of time with my the vision forward. feelings for his motherland and Chandragupta to be his mentor. key characters from Porus will take experience? that. When I shoot outdoors I need family. I have two-three friends in my “Chanakya realised that harboured only one goal — to earn This brings a big transformation in the story ahead in Chandragupta Whenever I work on television extra energy to keep myself active. life. When you are shooting in Dhananand has joined hands with his freedom from the hunter who his life,” Khanna says who draws Maurya, one of the biggest I do get action centric roles which Because apart from doing action stuff Mumbai the traffic and shoot takes Seleucus and is not able to see the he was sold to as a child. Chanakya, similarities between Chanakya warriors who had created a united I enjoy. When I was doing you need to act as well. Director- almost 16 hours in a day. Then there future. Once Seleucus will capture on the other hand, was a wise and Mahatma Gandhi. India against foreign invasion,” says Mahakumbh my chin was hurt producer Ravindra Gautam is a very is hardly anything to do. So my Magadh, the Greek Army will strategist with a vision of a united “Mahatma Gandhi too was producer and director Siddharth badly, during Lucky I broke my leg. hands on creative person who family is my priority. Working out is take over and impose their culture India. But how do these two insulted and thrown out of the train Kumar Tewary. I am prone to injury. But am happy understands the subject well. my stress buster too. I like to keep on us. The culture, religion and people with such contrasting in Africa and realised that this is Where Sourabh Raaj Jain will that on television whatever action myself fit. It is important to keep language of India will be lost. nature join hands? not a personal issue but a big be playing Dhananand and Vikas based shows are coming I am part Why did you return to television yourself fresh, that’s the reason am Which actually happened when “When Chanakya met concern for India and its people. He Verma as Seleucus Nicator, of that. This kind of shows throws after doing films? being able to play the same aged role Britishers came,” Tarun Khanna, Chandragupta, he found him to be came back to India and made Chandragupta Maurya’s mother a lot of challenge to an actor. There Honest and simple reply - there for so many years. who plays Chanakya, says adding a carefree child. He and his gang others join his fight against will be essayed by Shefali Sharma.
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Chaudhary is a local OBC national treasurer Gajraj waive off all farm loans with- The first phase of polling young person who quit his IAS Pagaria resigned from the party in 10 days of his party coming in 18 constituencies across job just before Assembly polls huge victory,’’ he added. after he was being allegedly to power in the State. eight Maoist-affected districts announcement to launch his Chaudhary, is also known Fanendra Chaudhary, manhandled at party founder’s Campaigning for the sec- was held on November 12. career in politics. He is locked as a ‘blue-eyed boy’ of uncle of OP Chaudhary, can- residence in Raipur. ond phase of the Assembly The results will be declared on in a direct fight with sitting Chhattisgarh Chief Minister didly admitted that there is a Pagaria, the former mayor polls in Koriya district in rupee of farm loans was not December 11. MLA Umesh Patel, son of the close contest in Congress and a known public face, had Chhattisgarh, Gandhi target- waived. Addressing another rally former Congress State chief stronghold this time. allegedly fought physically with ed Prime Minister Narendra "I had asked Modi why he in Jashpur in the State, Gandhi Nandkumar Patel who was () He said that youth and one Vijay Nijwan at Ajit Jogi’s Modi over alleged crony cap- was not writing off loans alleged that the "Rafale deal martyred in Naxal attack in * + , , intellectuals are supporting residence on Friday night and testing assembly polls in tie-up italism. He also hit out at given to the poor farmers, but was done by Modi to give 2013. Chaudhary. However, he they filed complaints against with Bahujan Samaj Party, is Chief Minister Raman Singh. he never bothered to reply. So 30,000 crore to his industri- Bahujan Samaj Party accepted that the old genera- each other in Civil Lines, police jolted by a spree of resignations "Chhattisgarh was created from here I declare that with- alist crony". (BSP) has also fielded Vijay tion in constituency was sym- station. by potential party leaders in so that its natural resources in 10 days of coming to power He also promised setting Jaiswal, who was supported by pathetic towards Congress Pagaria, in his resignation recent past. Jogi had floated the can be utilised for the welfare in the State, we will waive off up food processing units in all Janta Congress Chhattisgarh candidate. letter, said that he was pained party in 2016 after deserting of the people. But now we loans of each and every the blocks in the State so that (J). Jaiswal has a strong influ- Notable, Kharsia is a by the Friday incident where a Congress. have two Chhattisgarhs-one of farmer," said Gandhi in the farmers could easily sell their ence in certain areas of Raman Singh. Congress bastion and never lower party worker had mis- - the rich, of those wearing district which is a bastion of produce at the right price Kharsia seat. Nirakar Patel, a close ever a candidate from any behaved with him in full pub- suit-boot, and the second of the ruling BJP. and their sons and daughter Though Congress candi- friend of Late Nandkumar other party had recorded vic- lic view. the masses, poor, margin- He said the waiver of farm could get jobs in these facto- date Umesh Patel has a solid Patel and a fatherly figure for tory from this seat. “Instead of taking action, alised, farmers and workers. loans will be offset by recov- ries. support base in the seat as his Umesh, who is also election The family of Patel is rep- the party office bearers termed . "We don't want two eries from fraudsters like Vijay He also slammed Chief family is deep rooted in convenor of Umesh, while resenting the constituency for it as personal matter and I had Chhattisgarhs. We want jus- Mallya, Nirav Modi and Minister Raman Singh for Kharsia politics but talking to The Pioneer decades and father of Umesh, no option but to resign from tice," said Gandhi, addressing Mehul Choksi, who, with the unemployment in the State, Chaudhary is no mood to expressed his hope that people late Nandkumar Patel, retained the party,’’ Pagaria stated. $ a rally in this erstwhile prince- help of Modi Government, saying despite thousands of give up the fight and analysts of each and every home of the seat from 1990 till his JCC (J) leader and election ly Koriya district. had defrauded banks of bil- vacancies in various say that Congress has been Kharsia have family relations death in 2013. He was elected campaign incharge Vidhan Claiming that 3.5 lakh lions of rupees. Government departments and challenged in its bastion for with Patels. “They will defi- from the constituency five Mishra confirmed that Pagaria crore of corporate loans were Sharpening his attack on institutions, the youth were the time ever and the result nitely cast their votes in favour times in a row in 1990, 1993, has put in his papers. waived off by the Centre, Modi over demonetisation not employed because of cor- could go either way. of Umesh and will ensure his 1998, 2003 and 2008. Jogi’s party which is con- Gandhi asked why even a and the Rafale deal, Gandhi ruption. ' 6 $ P ,, ' ' - $ lection Commission of India Ewill felicitate media houses 2+ with National Media Award- 3 2018 for promoting and creating awareness among the electors. It $ has sought the entries by November 30, 2018. -
In a letter issued by EC, media groups can apply in 4 cat- ) 5 egories. The award is for four cat- egories, Print Media, Television CG-07-BB-1519, having a blue (Electronic), Radio (Electronic) beacon light, coming from and online (Internet)/Social Nehru Nagar area side. of what the results come in,’’ Media. One award would be When intercepted, the Jogi told reporters. given to single category. ,, police team found a youth Jogi is known as an unre- The application should carry wearing camouflage dress with liable politician who hardly clear-cut efforts on creating olice in Supela area in Bhilai CG Police ASI star. keeps his words and in recent awareness and promotion, Parrested a youth, with a Interrogation revealed his past he had contradicted his need/importance of using the Bolero vehicle, on Saturday as name as Abhishek Mishra and own statements at least a dozen franchise and the relevance of he was impersonating as a working with BSF as ASI. times. voting. Border Security Force Assistant Detecting mismatch in his Jogi had earlier said that he Application should have Sub Inspector. dress, shoes and star, police would back up the BJP if it falls clarity on details of works and He was caught during a team then put him in intensive short of majority in drives undertaken by the media police checking. interrogation. ,, ' ' Saturday regarding his State. Chhattisgarh. But his alliance P organisation for voters’ aware- A team of Supela Police He then broke down and remoured upcoming alliance “I want to put the record party BSP’s supremo Mayawati ' ( ness. The judges’ panel would station led by Sub-Inspector revealed that he is Sunil Kumar ormer Chief Minister and with the BJP and said he would straight that I would neither rebuffed him at an election rally ) shortlist the entries. The award Anuram Dewangan during the Sonwani son of Ashok Kumar FJanta Congress not engage with the saffron give support to BJP not I take at Arang on Friday and stated ) * would be given away on January checking near Supela Toll Sonwani. He is resident of Chhattisgarh (J) chief Ajit Jogi party in case if the results pro- its support for formation of the she would never do any busi- + 25, National Voter’s Day (2019). Plaza, spotted a Bolero Vehicle Indira Nagar Supela. made another U-turn on duces a hung Assembly in next Government irrespective ness with the BJP. !" ' ,-. / )0 ' "
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,, ' ' ,, *( + A ' rime Minister Narendra PModi would be arriving on ationalist Congress Party a day-long visit to Chhattisgarh N(NCP) Chhattisgarh pres- on Sunday. He would address ident Satish Jaggi, along with an election rally at his supporters, joined Mahasamund. Congress in presence of party As per itinerary released by national president Rahul State BJP office, he will arrive Gandhi at Ambikapur on at 11.45 am at Mahasamund. Saturday. He would address the public Jaggi, son of late politician meeting at Bemcha Bhata Ramavatar Jaggi, had been ground. heading the NCP in the State The second phase of for past 15 years. In year 2003, Chhattisgarh Assembly polls the party had bagged one seat for 72 constituencies spread (from Chandrapur) but in across 19 districts will be held next two successive assembly on November 20. polls held in 2008 and 2013, hhattisgarh Chief Electoral scheduled on November 20. He sought the details of district officials to ensure ramp cation and are imparted training The first phase of polling in the party drew blank. COfficer Subrat Sahoo Earlier, he had held meeting security arrangement in the for the differently able persons for it. The application is used for 18 constituencies across eight NCP was launched in reviewed the poll preparations in with 9 districts. CEO inspected polling centres, with polling in all the polling booths. tracking the polling teams, Maoist-affected districts was Chhattisgarh by late Congress /0 three districts of Dhamtari, the strong room, polling centres, teams and also strong rooms of Sahoo directed the officials updated information on the held on November 12. The veteran Vidya Charan Shukla Gariaband and Balod where counting centre and ‘Sanghwari’ keeping EVMs. to ensure that all sector officers polling and other related com- results will be declared on in 2003. ,, ' ' the second phase of polling is polling centre. CEO directed all the three download the C-TOPPS appli- plaints. December 11. ( )* +,- ./+, 7 6 ( 0<! 6 ' '$:'
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Under this, five smart said that the biggest footwear Footwear Park in Jhajjar. 193 3 1< 13= 3 cities would be developed on park of the world would be On this occasion, the Chief both sides of highway.. developed at Bahadugarh in Minister announced to estab- 1=< Speaking on the occasion, district Jhajjar. lish transport city on about 32 Industries and Commerce “As many as five acres land acres, industrial waste dispos- and they would get employ- fore such industries would be Minister, Vipul Goel said that would be made available in this al centre on one acre and new ment in footwear industry. benefited with 1.75 to 2 per for the first time, the industri- footwear park for setting up commercial and industrial The Chief Minister said unit, he said. al policy has been prepared in Footwear Skill Development plots on 60 acres. that Micro, Small and Medium Manohar Lal also said that the interests of the entrepre- Centre so that local people He also announced to pro- Enterprises (MSME) play sig- in terms of export, the state has neurs after incorporating their would be imparted training vide Super Sucker Machine to nificant role in providing bagged fifth position in the suggestions. and made employable. This every city in the state under employment. Therefore, the country. Similarly, in terms of As a result of this policy, a footwear park would be devel- PPP mode to strengthen the State Government has been per capita income, the state has target of investment was set at oped over 910 acres and 620 sewerage system. promoting MSME industries. been ranking first among big 1 lakh crore during production plants would allo- He said every year about With this view, the Micro states. In 2014-15, the per capi- Happening Haryana Global cated in it,” Manohar Lal said. 7,000 to 8,000 trainees would and Small industrial units, ta income was 1.70 lakh which Industrial Summit in 2016 The Chief Minister made get training of footwear tech- which have electricity load less has now reached to 2.41 lakh, against which MoUs of more this announcement after inau- nique in Skill Development than 20 KW, would have to pay he said. than 3 lakh crore were signed, gurating Skill Development and Quality Control Centre only 4.75 per unit and there- He added the State he said. 13 1 6 % 6 !' Q"$$ 5536177' %&'()*R) 1 3311 %! 0'9 ' && ' 6 1 38 ' )=43> ' resident Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the Chandigarh: With a view to ' efforts to trace the Bir of Guru Granth Pmega international agricultural fair, “CII AgroTech celebrate the 550th birth unjab Chief Minister Sahib from Burj Jawahar Singhwala on 2018”, here on December 1. anniversary of Guru Nanak PCaptain Amarinder Singh unjab Urban and Rural June 1, 2015 whose pages were sub- “The premier biennial four-day agro technolo- Dev in a befitting manner at has ridiculed Akali Dal leader PDevelopment Minister Tript sequently found scattered in the gy and business fair, organised by the Confederation State-level for organising var- and his predecessor, Parkash Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Saturday streets of nearby Bargari village. The of Indian Industry (CII), will be held from December ious activities relating to his life Singh Badal, for the latter’s asked former Chief Minister and Badal government treated it just as an 1 to 4 at the Sector 17 Parade Ground,” Ajay S. and teachings, the Haryana attempts to divert public atten- Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh ordinary crime. In case, the Bir had Shriram, Chairman, CII Agro Tech 2018, said here Government has decided to tion from the ongoing SIT Badal to reveal as to why Akal Takht been traced, the subsequent tragic inci- on Saturday. constitute a 97-member investigation against him in the Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh and dents relating to sacrilege could have The theme for this year, which happens to be the Organising Committee under Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan 5/ (4#.!"#/ 2/4 his associates were summoned to his been avoided, the Minister said. 13th edition of the fair, is “Technology in Agriculture: the chairmanship of Chief firing cases by claiming it to be /4 # / / 5$ #2/ /. residence in September 2015 before He also alleged it was part of the Increasing Farmer’s Income”. Minister Manohar Lal. politically motivated. 42. ### 4* 4$/ ##4 Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram design of Badal and his then Deputy Shriram, who is the Chairman and Senior “Education Minister Ram Reacting to Badal’s state- !.? 5.// //4"/4/ /47 * Rahim Singh was granted pardon. CM, Sukhbir Singh Badal to treat it Managing Director, DCM Shriram Ltd, said: “The Bilas Sharma, Finance Minister ment that the SIT was working 54525 4 " 2/4 “This is the key issue relating to the as a normal crime while it was root- partner country is Great Britain while focus countries Capt Abhimanyu, Agriculture under his “influence”, the Chief 55 !!/ !.22/5 entire sacrilege narrative. It had come ed in Dera Sacha Sauda for whose are Canada and China. Two special pavilions have Minister OP Dhankar, Health Minister said the Government’s out at that time that the Jathedars had chief they secured pardon from Akal been added this time — States of India Pavilion and Minister Anil Vij, Urban Local job was over after it abided by question anyone. Accusing Badal of playing been summoned to official residence Takht. Bajwa added it was shocking country pavilions from Canada, China and the United Bodies Minister Kavita Jain, the unanimous decision of the “If anyone is found guilty the victim and indulging in of Badal to secure pardon for the Dera that even after the heinous crime of Kingdom, besides participation from Germany, Italy, Minister of State for Punjab Vidhan Sabha and by them, they will make a theatrics by claiming that no chief. However, Badal himself must sacrilege, no focussed investigation Spain, The Netherlands and the USA.” Cooperation, Manish Grover formed the investigating team. report and submit it to the court democratically elected Chief come out on record on this sensitive was carried out to trace the culprits. The CII Agro-Tech 2018 exhibition will be spread and Minister of State for Social “SIT is an independent for further action”, he said, Minister had been ever called issue. That it was violation of Sikh The culprits were arrested only dur- over an area of 16,000 square metres with 110 Justice and Empowerment entity and the Government adding that his Government for questioning in independent Rehat-Maryada is a separate issue. ing investigation and that too by the exhibitors, which would include 103 domestic and Krishan Bedi would be its mem- has no role in its functioning”, had no role whatsoever either India, the CM said it seems age Badal has been five-time CM and has same team only after Capt seven international ones. bers,” an official spokesman said. said the Chief Minister, adding in the ongoing investigations or had caught up with him and he honour of Fakhr-e-Qaum Panth Amarinder Singh took over as the The four-day fair will also have 10 concurrent He said committee mem- that it was now up to the their outcome. was suffering from amnesia. Rattan and as such, it is expected he Chief Minister, he said. shows, including Good Earth Expo on agri-inputs and bers will include MP Sirsa, investigating officers to carry Amarinder said it was “Under your Government, will only speak the truth,” he said. The Minister asserted the SIT innovative farming techniques and food expo. Charnjeet Singh Rori, MLAs out the investigations in the absolutely ridiculous for Badal I was summoned and ques- Bajwa recalled that the pardon to was doing its job professionally International conferences include agriculture Subhash Barala, Bakhshish manner they deem fit. to even suggest that the SIT tioned by the police on frivo- Dera chief by Akal Takht in the blas- without any interference from the diversification, conference on harvest for processing Singh, Rohita Rewri, Jasvinder In a statement issued on report will be written by lous charges at the Patiala cir- phemy case of 2007 was withdrawn Amarinder Government. He rub- — integration with the global supply chain, innova- Singh Sandhu, Ghanshyam Saturday, the Chief Minister Punjab’s Advocate General. cuit house”, said the Chief following Sikh anger that the Badals bished the allegation by Badal the tors pitch, global dialogue on digital pathways in agri- Arora, Seema Trikha, Subhash said that the SIT comprises “Unlike you, Badal, I believe in Minister, while advising Badal continue to face. final report of this probe will be dic- culture 2.0, conference on stubble burning, confer- Sudha, Aseem Goyal, Kulwant highly competent officers and the law of the land and fair to face the investigations as a He called upon Badal to come out tated by Amarinder saying this only ence on enhancing shelf life of commodities and work- Bazigar among others. PNS they are free to summon and investigations”, the CM said. law-abiding citizen. as to why there were no concerted betrayed guilt complex. shop on entrepreneurs. < ! ( , -
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Act will lead to localization of security is mostly posed by the Navjot Singh Sidhu, Congress he Election Commission "The commission in Chhattisgarh will be held on offence punishable under sec- Entities hit by cyber attacks servers of major service Dark Web which facilitates leader Randeep Singh Surjewala Ton Saturday directed the observed that such statements November 20. The first phase tions 120B (criminal conspira- will have to mandatorily dis- providers and sovereign cloud online trading of drugs and on Saturday wrote to Union Chhattisgarh Government to indicate partisan behaviour polling in 18 seats took place on cy) and 201 (destruction of evi- close it to the authorities con- deployment as was done by arms, human trafficking, Red Home Minister Rajnath Singh transfer its Public Relations apart from use of uncivilised November 12. dence) of Indian Penal Code cerned after the new regulato- Microsoft for China and Rooms (hidden website on seeking Central Industrial (IPC) and under the Prevention ry framework is put in place. Germany, the official said, Deep Web where one can par- Security Force (CISF) cover for of Corruption (PC) Act. "Servers of popular sites adding this is in a bid to facil- ticipate/see interactive torture the cricketer-turned-politician. Dinakaran, who had float- like social media platforms itate better monitoring of the or murder), mass mobilization Surjewala in his letter said ed Amma Makkal Munnetra like WhatsApp, Facebook and service providers. through social media, online that while Sidhu was always a Kazhagam party after being Gmail are located outside India The Union Home Ministry rumour mongering and per- "high-risk" target, there has expelled from the AIADMK, with encrypted data and is working on putting in place ception shaping. Other threats been "marked escalation in was arrested in April 2017 here unshared keys without having legal provisions for mandato- include radicalization and threats ever since he left BJP and was later granted bail. any backdoor for monitoring ry disclosure of cyber attacks recruitment by terror groups, and joined Congress". Alleged middleman Sukesh by the law enforcement agen- besides formulating a regula- inter-terrorist group commu- "Sidhu has taken on Akali Chandansekar, who is current- cies," a senior Union Home tory framework for web chan- nication, unregulated commu- Dal (Badal) and their anti-peo- ly in judicial currently, was also Ministry official said. nels. nication through VoIP, unau- ple policies, besides exposing ordered to be put on trial in the In what is indicative of the The changes in the IT Act thorized telephone exchanges their unholy nexus with certain case for the offence punishable terror connection with the and regulatory mechanisms and unregulated online video criminal elements on numer- under sections 120-B and 201 of Dark Net, as many as 9,800 are needed as India now has channels like Peace channel of ous occasions. "After Sidhu IPC and under the PC Act. websites and over 46,000 120 crore mobile/ telephone alleged terrorist and online left the BJP, the threatening The court directed Twitter accounts with terrorist subscribers, 42 crore Internet terror motivator Zakir Naik. tone and disparaging remarks Dhinakaran to appear before it contents have been blocked at subscribers and 28 crore mobile An international cooper- by various Akali Dal-BJP lead- on December 4, when it will the behest of Indian security Internet connections amid ation mechanism through for- ers, including the BJP National formally frame the charges. agencies. lurking threat to cyber com- mation of international con- President, Amit Shah are also In 2017, Delhi Police's The Government in coor- munication. India has already vention on monitoring and well known," wrote Surjewala. crime branch had filed the dination with the Intelligence displaced the US as the numero regulation of cyber space, "Unfortunately, the exten- charge sheet alleging that Bureau is now working to uno in terms of number of bilateral and multilateral sion of protection to Sidhu has Chandansekar had conspired amend the IT Act to deal with Facebook users. But India treaties and MoUs with indus- been driven not by threat per- with Dinakaran and others to such attacks on even private stands at 23rd position out of try and academia of global ceptions but by his politics," bribe the poll panel officials to entities besides subversive 165 nations in Global Cyber repute is also being worked said Surjewala urging CISF get the two leaves symbol for activities on the Dark Net. Security Index 2017 of the out, officials added. cover for Sidhu. * * 73 * ' !% Sasikala-led AIADMK faction. 0 0 ? .50##4/ , / # 45 4 0 ' !'8) 7 ! & / .!! Itanagar: A terrorist was killed @ a "complete breakdown of con- in an exchange of fire with 3 * stitutional machinery". security forces in Tirap district 1,' he Congress will raise the Parrikar is suffering from of Arunachal Pradesh on Tissue of ailing Chief advanced pancreatic cancer Saturday, Defence sources said. Minister Manohar Parrikar's and has been in and out of hos- Acting on specific intelli- continuance in power and the pitals in Goa, Mumbai, New gence about NSCN cadres car- impending "constitutional cri- York and Delhi for nearly nine rying out extortion from vil- sis" in BJP-ruled Goa in months. He returned from lagers, Assam Rifles personnel Parliament, party's national New Delhi's All India Institute swiftly launched an operation, spokesperson Randeep Singh of Medical Sciences on October Kohima-based Defence Surjewala said on Saturday. most classic case of a fraud 14 and has not moved out of his Spokesman Col Chiranjeet The Congress leader being played on the private residence for any offi- Konwar said. demanded the convening of a Constitution of India by the cial event since. But the spokesman did not special session of the Goa Governor and the BJP govern- The Opposition, as well specify which faction of the NSCN Legislative Assembly while dar- ment," Surjewala said at a press ruling coalition allies have was carrying out extortion.During ing the Bharatiya Janata Party conference here. been demanding Parrikar's res- search of the area, the security (BJP)-led coalition govern- "This will clear all doubts ignation, claiming that the personnel noticed a few sus- ment here to prove its majori- about who is in-charge in Goa administration has come to a pected cadres trying to flee. icised the delay by the CBI in ty in a floor test. and the floor test will deter- standstill due to his absence. "They challenged the mil- a court-ordered inquiry against "We are going to national- mine as to which party has the On Saturday, Deepak itants and asked them to sur- he Communist Party of Mamata Banerjee". and relocation of stray dogs ly put pressure on the BJP and rightful claim to head a demo- Dhavalikar, president of ruling render. However, the fleeing TIndia (Marxist) on Saturday Several TMC leaders are and only allow catching for the the Centre. If necessary, we will cratic government in people's coalition outfit, the militants opened fire on them said no State Government could under the scanner of the CBI he Supreme Court has purpose of sterilisation and move the President of India. interest," he added. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak and they retaliated and brought “obstruct” probes being inves- and other probe agencies for Tagreed to examine a plea relocation back to the same We will also raise the issue The All India Congress Party, demanded that Parrikar down controlled effective fire tigated under court orders. their alleged involvement in the seeking contempt action place, where the stray dogs inside the Parliament in the Committee (AICC) commu- step down from the chief min- on the fleeing militant and CPI(M) general secretary Saradha chit fund scam and in against the chief officer of a were picked up. forthcoming winter session nications cell in-charge said the isterial post and appoint a eliminated one cadre," the Sitaram Yechury asserted that connection with the Narada municipal council in Karnataka According to the petition, and we will say that Goa is the coastal state was suffering from replacement. spokesman said in a release. the Left party was against the sting operation. and a private contractor on Wilson had given contract to misuse of the Central Bureau of Yechury said the CBI, allegations of mass culling of George to catch and then relo- Investigation (CBI) for politi- which had the powers of the stray dogs. cate stray dogs within his cal gains and expected the police, had to take the consent A bench of Justices N V municipality. O ) * P probe agency to favour neither of the state governments since Ramana and M M George was paid Rs 91,537 Prime Minister Narendra Modi law-and-order was a State List Shantanagoudar issued notice for catching and relocating 350 @ that in Parrikar's absence nor West Bengal Chief Minister subject according to the to Wilson VT, Chief officer of stray dogs. "power-brokers" were running Mamata Banerjee. Constitution. Municipal Council of "It must be made clear that he cloak of secrecy sur- amok and plundering the state's “We are against the misuse However, he added that the Sakaleshapura town, and con- the Prevention of Cruelty to Trounding the illnesses of resources, even as he ques- of the CBI for political pur- central probe agency could tractor V George Robert and Animals Act, 1960 and the Goa Chief Minister Manohar tioned why a regular health poses. We are in favour of jus- investigate matters pursuant sought their response in four ABC Rules, 2001 only allow Parrikar and former Congress bulletin updating the Chief tice, not in favour of Modi or to court orders. weeks. catching then sterilising, vac- president Sonia Gandhi are Minister's medical status was Mamata,” he told reporters at "The CBI investigations in Advocate Siddharth Garg, cinating and then relocation at not comparable, Congress not being released. the CPI(M) office here. West Bengal are under court appearing for petitioner animal the very same place. They do national spokesperson Parrikar is suffering from The West Bengal govern- orders. The agency can under- rights activist Neveena Kamath, not allow any such catching Randeep Singh Surjewala said advanced pancreatic cancer ment Friday withdrew the take investigations after court said the contempt proceed- and dislocating," the plea said. here on Saturday. and has been in and out of "general consent" accorded to orders and no state government ings should be initiated against It said that the respondents He said that while hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, the CBI to conduct raids or can obstruct those," the the two respondents for will- have "deliberately and willfully" Parrikar is a Chief Minister of health status, had been equal- I have for example high blood New York and Delhi for near- probes in the state. CPI(M) leader said. fully disobeying the specific violated the orders of this court a State, Sonia Gandhi was nei- ly transparent when it came to pressure and I take medicine ly nine months. The decision came close on Banerjee had extended directions of the apex court. and contempt proceedings ther a Prime Minister nor was relaying information about for it, but I had not disclosed He returned from New the heels of a similar step support to Andhra Pradesh He said that on November should be initiated against them. she holding a Cabinet post Gandhi's prolonged illness, it till today, till you asked me. Delhi's All-India Institute of taken by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N 18, 2015, the apex court had "If such violations are not when she suffered from when she was Congress That does not mean that I Medical Sciences on October government. Chandrababu Naidu over the directed that all local authorities dealt, swiftly and sternly, by this illness. President and headed the have to describe every prob- 14 and has not moved out of Differentiating between the issue, saying, "What the and panchayats should strictly Court then it will send a very “Sonia Gandhi was neither National Advisory Council lem that I have in the public his private residence for any stand of his party and that of Chandrababu Naidu govern- follow the Prevention of Cruelty wrong message to society that the Prime Minister of India, that had been set up to advise domain. It is only when you official event since. Banerjee, who is also the ment has done is absolutely to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960 the orders of the apex court can nor was a Minister in the cab- then Prime Minister are holding a position of Goa's Health Minister Trinamool Congress (TMC) right. We will also look into the and the Animal Birth Control be trifled with and there are no inet holding a cabinet post Manmohan Singh. power and a position of Vishwajit Rane last month chief, on CBI, Yechury said, rules under which it was done. (ABC) Rules, 2001 and that no consequences for even the most (when the illness occurred)," Surjewala said that only power as the head of the state conceded that Parrikar was "We are (even) against the Earlier, there was no need to "subterfuge or innovative meth- open and egregious defiance. Surjewala told IANS. those in positions of power, (that one ought to reveal the indeed suffering from pan- misuse of the CBI in favour of use such provisions, but we ods" to circumvent the order of The actions of the Respondents Surjewala was responding especially as heads of state, nature of illness)," creatic cancer, even though the Mamata Banerjee." need to do it now as the BJP is the court will be tolerated. are making a mockery of the to a question on whether the should disclose the nature of Surjewala said. state government has refused CPI(M) politburo member using the CBI and other agen- Garg said the PCA Act majesty of this Court and invite Congress, which is demand- their affliction in public The Congress spokesper- to release a regular medical Brinda Karat pointed out that cies to pursue its own political 1960 and the ABC Rules, 2001 the wrath of this Court to its ing a medical bulletin and a interest. son, who was in Goa to address bulletin detailing Parrikar's the Left party had earlier "crit- interests and vendetta." prohibit any wanton catching fullest extent," the plea said. public disclosure of Parrikar's "I can have five ailments. a press conference, also alleged health status. 45,6
cials of two countries, which NHSRCL Managing Director would be facilitated by profi- Achal Khare. n an effort to ensure better ciency in Japanese language 0 The Director for Japanese Icoordination between offi- and understanding of their Language of the Japan cials working on the bullet culture, according to a release. 3 9:0 Foundation, Noguchi train project, its implementing The training programme Kousuke, said, "We hope that authority National High Speed on Japanese language and cul- 1;< the NHSRCL employees who Rail Corporation Limited ture has been developed by the , took the course will continue (NHSRCL) organised a Japan Foundation which is to learn the language and Japanese language and culture based on the established stan- 6 also the culture, and con- learning training programme dards for Japanese Language 1;< tribute to the success of the for its men and gave away pro- Education. "The study mate- & 3 High Speed Rail project." ficiency certificates to 35 per- rial is designed with an empha- # NHSRCL is a joint sector sonnel on Saturday. sis on using Japanese language company of Government of The high-speed rail tech- for oral communication, and employees. The next course is India and participating state nology is being adopted from better understanding the scheduled to start from governments formed for Japanese Shinkansen train Japanese culture," it said. Ahmedabad, Surat and corpo- this five-month course, the December 2018. NHSRCL will implementation of the High technology, hence there was a Several employees of rate office in Delhi, including release said. also give preference to job Speed Train Corridor Project need of inter-country NHSRCL from its project the Managing Director of the "Similar course would con- applicants who have Japanese between Mumbai and exchanges between the offi- offices in Mumbai, Vadodara, organisation, have completed tinue to be organised for all the language proficiency," said Ahmedabad. = ( )* +,- ./+,
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley edged my contribution pub- Industry (CII) official said cal performance in mid-18th ence has been felt around the lic relations firm to smear its Jonas Kron, a senior vice Saturday said he was a no-non- licly,” Adhia added. Saturday. century northern India in an world for generations and critics, a media report said on president at Trillium Asset sense civil servant who per- Giving credit to Adhia for CII Agro Tech 2018, attempt to find a UK buyer this piece demonstrates the Saturday. Management, a US investor formed his job with profes- implementing GST, Jaitley said, India’s biennial four-day Agro for the 550,000-pound outstanding aesthetic impor- The New York Times which owns an £8.5m stake in sionalism. “It was his efforts supported by Technology and Business Fair, artwork. tance of his work,” said Ellis. recently published a report anger away toward rival tech Facebook, last night called on In a Facebook post titled his team of officers of centre organised by the CII is being Michael Ellis, Minister for “I hope that this piece can revealing that Facebook at firms. Zuckerberg to step down as ‘Dr. Hasmukh Adhia retires’, and State Governments, which held from December 1 to Arts, Heritage and Tourism, is be kept in the UK, not only for times smeared critics as anti- It also said that the com- board chairman in the wake of Jaitley said “he was unques- made it possible to hit the 4here. hoping a museum would be its beauty, but to help further Semitic or tried to link activists pany also used a Republican the report, the paper said. tionably a highly competent, deadline of 1st July 2017. Rate The theme for this year, interested in acquiring the study of Indian art and his- to billionaire investor George public relations firm, Definers “Facebook is behaving like disciplined, no-nonsense civil reductions and smoothening of which happens to be the 13th ‘Trumpeters’ by Nainsukh of tory,” he said. Soros, and tried to shift public Public Affairs, to help repair its it’s a special snowflake,” the servant and of course, with the rough edges were also edition of the fair, is Guler (1710-1778). The artist is considered to paper quoted him as saying. impeccable integrity.” achieved in a record time.” ‘Technology in Agriculture: The painting is described be one of the most acclaimed “It’s not. It is a company His only diversion from his Recalling Adhia’s tenure Increasing Farmer’s Income’, he by experts as a delicate minia- of the Pahari Movement, a and companies need to have a duties was his passion for spir- as Revenue Secretary, Jaitley said. ture of a “rarely found calibre”, major and popular genre of separation of chair and CEO,” ituality and yoga, he added. said tax base and tax realisation In a statement, Ajay S showing seven village musi- Indian miniature painting dur- he said. Jaitley also said the saw an “exponential increase”. Shriram, Chairman, CII Agro cians on a terrace, striking dif- ing the period. The attack on Zuckerberg Government wanted to use the “He was ably supported by Tech 2018, and Chairman and fering poses and faces, while Some of his other works is set to complicate the daunt- outgoing Finance Secretary’s the two boards, CBDT and Senior Managing Director, energetically blowing the are exhibited in public collec- ing challenge facing Sir Nick capability and experience in CBIC. The follow-up after DCM Shriram Ltd, said part- exceptionally long Pahari horns tions in the UK, including the Clegg, Facebook’s new global some alternate capacity. “He demonetisation in detecting ner country is Great Britain called Turhi, in the hill region Victoria and Albert Museum head of policy and communi- (Adhia) had informed me earli- the large cash depositors and while focus countries are of northern India. and the British Museum. cations, who joined last month er this year that he would not making them accountable was Canada and China. and has been asked to conduct work for a single day after the no mean challenge,” the *&%' M '7 a review of Facebook’s use of 30th of November 2018. 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He was also deeply Two special pavilions have @ 06@## .54 The business has also been 2014 as secretary in the involved in formulation of var- been added this time – States 5P 4./ accused of attempting to Department of Financial Services ious social sector programmes of India Pavilion and country $./.!)< encourage journalists to report after Narendra Modi became the of the Modi Government. pavilions from Canada, China, /554 that anti-Facebook groups were Prime Minister. In a series of Jaitley in his post said and the UK, besides participa- "5/ .! ! linked to Mr Soros, the paper tweets, Adhia thanked Modi Adhia’s tenure as the Revenue tion from Germany, Italy, 5*1 5 / said. and Jaitley for their guidance and Secretary will be remembered Spain, the Netherlands and . /7 In a call with journalists on expressed gratitude to his officers for various initiatives where he the US, they said. 2/6* Thursday, Zuckerberg denied and staff. “I am indeed privi- provided the bureaucratic lead- The CII Agro-Tech 2018 '#(.41 knowing that his business had leged to have worked in ership in shaping and imple- exhibition area will be spread '4 hired the firm. Finance Ministry for 4 years mentation of the policy. over an area of 16,000 square .22 / ./57 #4/ "/#20/ .2"//"/5 " “As soon as I learned about under the guidance and lead- “The campaign against black metres of with 110 exhibitors, ./#'#* 5 2# 5. /4 ".!.+45 5 this, I talked to our team and ership of Hon Prime Minister money both within and outside which would include 103 .2$1L@ 06@##M5/4 /2/ ./ " .2$/54 ./ we are no longer working with Shri Narendra Modi and Hon the country was the initial high- domestic and seven interna- /4//2//4/ #"/ 5 2".7/5"/4 this firm,” he said. Finance Minister Shri Arun light of the Revenue tional. 4 #4//4## .5P2"./5" 511##/557 Kron said the new revela- Jaitley,” Adhia tweeted. Department,” he said. Jaitley While the host states are 4 ./7. 52/4//2/ #. #4O5 tions about Facebook’s use of “I retire on 30th November also noted that the Income Tax Punjab and Haryana, partner 4#."2/1# 5 / 4.5"/4/2/ 0/4 Definers offered fresh reasons with a sense of great satisfac- department now functions ministries included the .4 $./7 / # 5"#!.2!. #4/"/ 56 for Mr Zuckerberg to relin- tion for what I could do for the online with no physical interface Ministry of Agriculture and ".4 5!.2 . "AP.#//4/E../ 6< . quish his dual role as chairman country. I am grateful to all between the assessee and the Farmers Welfare, Ministry of )<./#'#* 5 27# 1 / 4A< and chief executive. those officers and staff who assessment official. Food Processing Industries. $.5!.2. 5 #5 .5 . 54".4 5#4.0451 0 )10
**( M? Holding responsible the previous Government for con- nion Coal Minister Piyush tributing to the issue, Goyal UGoyal Saturday said the said “This is the weakness of Government is committed to the previous Government that resolve the issues impacting they insisted you (the players) production and supply of coal todesign power plant on in the country. imported coal then we will He said the situation in the * allow you environmental per- key sector has improved in the mission to set it up. last four years. “They could never imagine “We will be importing less that country could have 10 per coal than what we did four cent growth of coal production years ago and the quality of coal N which we have this year in the today has never been so good,” first half." he said at the ET Awards 2018 Association (ICPPA) had ear- In the monsoon, he said here. lier submitted a letter to the there was stress of power, the The Government is com- Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) requirement shot up and coal mitted to resolve all issues requesting to address the issue production could not keep related to the sector, he added. of coal availability and its sup- pace with the monsoon. Captive power producers ply. Earlier this month, the coming from sectors like alu- Supply of coal is a long minister urged state-run Coal minium, steel and copper have standing issue for the captive India Ltd to pledge self-suffi- been complaining the issue of power producers who unlike ciency in production to elimi- coal supply to run their plants. the independent power pro- nate import of the dry fuel, and In this regard, the Indian ducers (IPPs) don’t produce it look at reviving the 1-billion Captive Power Producers for commercial purpose. tonne output aim. 2" /05 ## . ! 3 44# / 0 , Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks there will be a trade deal with China, reiterating that racle’s ex-product chief he wants a deal which is fair OThomas Kurian will head and on a reciprocal basis. Google’s cloud division, replac- Trump’s statement came ing Diane Greene. ahead of his meeting with his In a blog post Friday, Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping “We have tariffs coming in Greene said Kurian will join in Argentina later this month. on USD 250 billion worth of Google Cloud on November 26 The US President kicked goods and we’re talking about and transition into the leader- off the trade war in June by billions and billions of dollars ship role in early 2019. slapping additional tariffs on a month will flow into our “I believe that he’ll do an billions of dollars of Chinese country, and has already start- amazing job helping to take exports, piling up pressure on ed flowing into our country, Google Cloud to the next China to reduce over USD 335 that comes from China,” level. Thomas has 22 years of billion trade deficit in USD Trump told reporters during a experience at Oracle; most 710.4 billion bilateral trade. news conference. PTI recently he was President of Product Development,” she said. She will continue as CEO through January, working with Kurian to ensure a smooth transition. Greene, who will remain a director on the Alphabet board, had joined Google in December 2015 to run its cloud business. “After an unbelievably stimulating and productive three years, it’s time to turn to the passions I’ve long had around mentoring and educa- tion,” she added. ( )* +,- ./+, A
B() "$ 1 1 <(+1B A +- , %%*(% China has also loaned --!: # other countries around the %1@ 505$ A#4 brahim Mohamed Solih was Indian Ocean and beyond large 2 .#././ 40##4P Iinaugurated on Saturday as amounts of money for infra- "."#72.5# #/57/ the new President of the structure projects as part of .#4. .! 5#2 Maldives after the Opposition Beijing’s Belt and Road % theories without seeing the . "/5/ 7(/A united to dislodge pro-China Initiative, alarming the West. primary basis for these specu- $542./.541 // strongman leader Abdulla Sri Lanka last year granted he CIA has concluded that lations.” #4/2./ J Yameen in September elec- a 99-year lease on the TSaudi Arabia’s powerful According to the report, it !2#22$50##4/ $ tions. Hambantota deep-sea port to Crown Prince Mohammad bin is CIA assessment that the 5/## .!. Solih, 54, emerged as com- Beijing, after it was unable to Salman ordered the murder of crown prince who is the defac- "./ / ?$.47 mon Opposition candidate as repay Chinese loans for the dissident journalist Jamal to ruler of the country would /%$5.!. 2/ all key dissidents were either $1.4-billion project. Mahinda Khashoggi in Istanbul, contra- survive the crisis. ' 5541 jailed or forced into exile by Rajapakse, Sri Lanka’s Prime dicting the Saudi Government’s Officially Saudi Arabia has Yameen who took power fol- Minister when Colombo took assertions that he was not blamed the brutal murder of "!B , + lowing a controversial run-off out the loans, is looking to involved, according to a media Khashoggi at the Saudi con- ,- ? in 2013. return to power in the severe report. according to The Washington sulate in Istanbul to rogue ele- 1@ %/".550##4 At a special session of par- current political crisis grip- The death of Khashoggi, a Post. The Central Intelligence ments. Khashoggi was forcibly /4P. 5/E 44 / liament held at the National ping the island nation. onetime insider turned critic of Agency (CIA) found that 15 restrained and injected with a .4$#. 055 ". /4&/ Football Stadium in the capital During a recent visit to the crown prince and a resident Saudi agents flew on govern- large amount of a drug result- .42./5 /55/ ! # Male, Solih was sworn in with Colombo in the middle of his of the US, has spurred a wave ment planes to Istanbul and ing in an overdose that led to his 57/ ##/ . India’s Prime Minister election campaign, Solih told of international anger against carried out the killing at the death, alleged the Saudi prose- 2$#4 54/22/ # Narendra Modi among those in reporters that he wanted to Saudi Arabia and its ruler. Saudi consulate, the report cutors, who has sought death * ./1 ".550##4 attendance. repair ties with immediate Khashoggi, a Washington said, adding that it could com- penalty for 11 of its officials. /4 /!! The Maldives Foreign neighbours Sri Lanka and Post columnist, was last seen plicate President Donald Turkish investigating agen- #4/"/ ./A4A Ministry said China’s Culture ' P, / / ) ) India. entering the kingdom’s con- Trump’s efforts to preserve US cies provided the CIA an audio ( .5/7/ 2$754 Minister Luo Shugang was also % ' ) ) ' Yameen awarded major sulate on October 2 to obtain ties with one of the closest recording that proves the bru- . 5 7 "! 7.." an invitee. infrastructure projects to China paperwork for his marriage. American allies in the region. tal murder of Khashoggi. After 5.!! #7/ 5/ . Modi’s presence was a the strategically placed archi- pledged to end what it called while taking away a major air- Saudi Arabia had offered a “The accepted position is his killing, one of those ./1 reflection of the relief felt in pelago millions of dollars for “China’s colonialism” and to port development from India. series of contradictory expla- that there is no way this hap- involved in it called Saud al India, which has long held infrastructure. resist a “land grab” in the He also relied on Beijing nations for Khashoggi’s death. pened without him being aware Qahtani, then one of the top $% ,$ sway in the archipelago, and in “I am confident that my country which straddles key for diplomatic support as the After repeated denials, Saudi or involved,” a US official famil- aides to Mohammed, and , " the West that Yameen was visit will herald a new era of East-West shipping routes. Maldives faced international Arabia finally admitted iar with the CIA’s conclusions, informed him that the opera- + 9CD@ / 2$.!"."# voted out. even closer exchanges and MDP leader and former isolation over his dismal rights Khashoggi had been murdered told the daily. tion had been completed, #545255/ //. / The United States and the cooperation between our two president Mohamed Nasheed record. at the compound but blamed it Saudi Arabia has denied according to people familiar #!./#4!E 2"4"5 European Union had threat- countries,” Modi said on has vowed his party would Modi had cancelled his on a “rogue” operation. any such linkage. Fatimah with the call. 755 5!. /4 ened sanctions if the vote had Facebook, especially in “infra- reduce reliance on China and first visit to the country in 2015 American officials have Baeshen, a spokeswoman for A conclusion that the 2/5.! 2. 25./ not been free and fair. structure, health care, connec- renegotiate millions of dollars after Yameen detained pro- expressed high confidence in the Saudi Embassy in crown prince was responsible .! 54/./#4 Both neighbouring India tivity and human resource in loans taken from Beijing. India Nasheed and eventually the agency’s assessment, which Washington, said that the for the murder of Khashoggi 2"O5"./55 and Western nations watched development.” More than 80 per cent the had him convicted on a ter- is the most definitive to date, claims in the CIA’s “purported could endanger the US rela- 45./1 with concern as Yameen moved Solih’s Maldivian Maldives foreign debt is owed rorism charge and jailed for 13 allegedly linking Saudi Arabia’s assessment are false. We have tionship with Saudi Arabia, closer to Beijing which loaned Democratic Party (MDP) has to China, he said. years. crown prince to the killing, and continue to hear various The Wall Street Journal said. & --" ' 0 %- E + 19 @ #5."."# 0##4/4. 5/E 45 $.2$"#.44/!#./ <3 * 05/O5". .!+ ./ &41 .2/4.55##/ ( +%+ ! /4. 25.!4# 5 / !#.R 4$4 ) #. #.! / $.2$ % fficials on Saturday recovered a boat that sank in rough Oweather off Thailand's southern resort island of Phuket in /.!!7".# 541 %% good,” she added. resident Donald Trump has July, killing 47 Chinese tourists. Two tour boats sank off Phuket Calling her husband Philip Pplayed down a court deci- on July 5. Tourists from one boat were rescued, while the sink- ritish Prime Minister her “rock,” May said that when sion that forced him to restore ing of the double-decker Phoenix left 47 Chinese tourists dead. BTheresa May fought back the Conservative revolt erupt- the press pass credentials of Saturday against critics of her ed on Wednesday, the first CNN’s correspondent Jim Brexit deal, telling her thing he did was pour her a Acosta and threatened to walk Conservative opponents that whisky. out of future press briefings if their alternative plans for While May appeared to reporters do not act with “deco- Britain’s departure from the have survived the week’s polit- rum”. European Union wouldn’t ical storm intact, her trial is far The press pass of Acosta, were “writing up rules and reg- work. stumbling block — the issue of from over — disaffected CNN’s White House ulations” for the press to abide May is battling to win over how to avoid a hard border “Brexiteers” believe they have Correspondent, was suspend- by, including sticking to the rebels in her own ranks and between Northern Ireland and the numbers required to trig- ed last week after an altercation agreed number of questions. save her leadership after a gru- the Republic of Ireland after ger a challenge to her leader- he had with President Trump “If they don’t listen to the eling week, with two Cabinet Brexit — wouldn’t resolve the ship within days. during a news conference. The rules and regulations we’ll end ministers quitting and other problem. They are aiming for 48 let- White House had accused him up back in court and will win,” Conservative critics plotting to “People say ‘If you could ters of no confidence, the num- of placing his hand on an Trump said. “But more impor- oust her immediately after only just do something slight- ber needed for a vote under intern. Acosta and the CNN has tantly, we’ll just leave, and then Britain struck a divorce deal ly different, have a Norway party rules. So far, more than denied the allegations. you won’t be very happy.” with the EU. model or a Canada model, 20 have publicly said they sub- A federal US court on “You can’t take three ques- In a public relations offen- this backstop issue would go mitted such letters. Friday ordered the White tions and four questions and sive, May tried to win support away. It would not. That issue British media also report- House to immediately reinstate just stand up and not sit down,” in a Daily Mail interview that is still going to be there,” she ed that several pro-Brexit the press credentials of Acosta he added. “Decorum. You have revealed how her husband sup- said in the interview , published senior Conservatives, including in a ruling seen as a major vic- to practice decorum.” ported her during what she Saturday. House of Commons leader tory for mediapersons. CNN this week it filed a admitted to be “a pretty heavy “Some politicians get so Andrea Leasom, are working to Trump played down the lawsuit against the White couple of days.” embroiled in the intricacies of persuade May to change her ruling, saying it wasn’t “a big House urging the court to She also laid into political their argument they forget it is Brexit plans and renegotiate the deal”. reinstate the press pass of its opponents, saying the alterna- not about this theory or that divorce deal to make it more But, he said, “people have Chief White House tives they favour to tackle a key theory, or does it make me look acceptable to them. to behave”, adding his staff Correspondent. - ' “The United States, though, will not change course hinese President Xi Jinping until China changes its ways,” ( ( We are now actively cracking Cand US Vice-President Pence said, accusing Beijing of down on corruption and Mike Pence traded barbs in intellectual property theft, frica’s leaders applauded reforming our judicial system speeches at a summit of world unprecedented subsidies for AEthiopia’s Prime Minister in its entirety,” said Abiy, win- leaders on Saturday, outlining state businesses and “tremen- Abiy Ahmed for making sub- ning enthusiastic applause from competing visions for global dous” barriers to foreign com- stantial reforms in his country African leaders at the meeting. leadership as trade and other panies entering its giant mar- as they met to consider He stressed that his gov- tensions between them simmer. ket. improvements to the conti- ernment must be accountable Pence said there would be Pence announced the U.S. nent-wide body at a summit for its actions. He also high- no letup in President Donald would be involved in ally that started on Saturday. lighted that his administration Trump’s policy of combating Australia’s plan to develop a “Ethiopia is undergoing a has achieved peace with neigh- China’s mercantilist trade pol- naval base in Papua New profound renewal. In the past boring Eritrea and has icy and intellectual property Guinea, where the summit is seven months, far-reaching appointed a Cabinet in which theft that has erupted into a tit- being held. reforms were made in response 50 per cent of the members are for-tat tariff war between the China has been intensely to various challenges,” said women. Abiy spoke as African two world powers this year. wooing Papua New Guinea Abiy, 42. Union leaders, led by Rwanda’s The US has imposed addi- and other Pacific island nations “We have opened a new President Paul Kagame, con- tional tariffs on $250 billion of with aid and loans for infra- political space for dialogue, vened an extraordinary summit Chinese goods and China has structure. released thousands of prison- at its headquarters in Addis retaliated. Pence reiterated “Our vision for a free and ers, lifted bans placed upon Ababa to consider reforms to Trump administration threats to open Indo-Pacific will pre- political parties and media encourage peace, development more than double the penalties. vail,” Pence said. outlets and unblocked websites. and a united Africa. coming up, up there: The space station marks its 20th year in orbit on Tuesday. The first section launched on November 20, 1998, from ,' K L Kazakhstan. “As we celebrate 20 years of load of space station sup- the International Space Aplies rocketed into orbit Station,” Montalbano noted, from Virginia on Saturday, the “one of the coolest things is the second shipment in two days. cooperation we have across And another commercial 4 0 * 4P> the globe.” delivery should be on its way in 22 > % )? Then there’s the US com- a couple weeks. mercial effort to keep the space “What an outstanding launched its own supplies to the three space station residents, station stocked and, beginning launch,” said NASA’s deputy International Space Station on and a 3D printer that recycles next year, to resume crew space station program manag- Friday, just 15 hours earlier. old plastic into new parts. launches from Cape Canaveral. er, Joel Montalbano. The US delivery will arrive Thanksgiving turkey din- “To me, it’s been a huge Northrop Grumman at the orbiting lab Monday, a ners — rehydratable, of course success,” he said. launched its Antares rocket day after the Russian ship- — are already aboard the 250- This Cygnus, or Swan, is from Wallops Island before ment. mile-high outpost. The space named the SS John Young to dawn, delighting chilly early- Among the 7,400 pounds station is currently home to an honour the legendary astronaut bird observers along the (3,350 kilograms) of goods American, a German and a who walked on the moon and Atlantic coast. inside the Cygnus capsule: ice Russian. commanded the first space The Russian Space Agency cream and fresh fruit for the There’s another big event shuttle flight. ( )* +,- ./+, :
+1B - $ -, % F Minsk: /4O5 */ 00 5#4 !. (./ + ;)0(!R < 24# / A) 5/ #5 . # 2 5 ". 554 . "A? !/#5 .! 2/O5 5/ #5 / & ##/ (# .550 (# 5 %"/ ./ &41 */7 . 4 / es told me to play from a distance, draw 2"55 / / . /2/7 #.5 . ' 55O5 ## #. # her in and punch. That I did," Sonia said /5 ./// 52!/#5K)AL.255. ./ after her bout. .#412..2"554/ 5. / 7$/ $.5// / "I knew I had to maintain my distance ' 55O5 #/5.PA)1..0 ."// and go close only to find openings. I was 2A=$ #.5 /.KJA7A)L1 $. 5. successful on a few occasions in the first /4/ / 2/. 5.//4./ / two rounds. But in the third, I went attack- KA7AJ7AJL./ /. /4105 ing and used my combination punches." ./ /O5 I / / / "A? 51 */7 2// #/ Sonia's opponent Toujani, who had . #5. .2"4 / 2/O5 5/ #57 #.5 . beaten Somalian Ramla Ali in the first (# 2O5'.$/.5APKA7A7AC7A round, was in tears after losing the bout, 5#!. /4./ but said she had no issues with the result. )L1 "I had a good fight and I am happy 44 to have competed at this stage. I have no + -- * -+P issues with the result," she said through London: A2 4!/4/ 2"./ * / 5 an interpreter. #5/ 5 / 0 /4 / 0 2 / &$/. The next up for India was Pinki and / ! 0/ . 4 / 5 .#4 the 28-year-old boxer from Hisar in 2"./5 " 21S 242/25057S )A osts India kept its all-win record Haryana beat Armenia's 2014 youth A.#4#5/K / 0/24 S ..! 55SK intact on the third day of the World Champion Anush Grigoryan 4-1 54! ##/ 5A/4AA #! . 2 HAIBA Women's World Boxing (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27) on <2.51S E 5 ... 5 #7S . / Championships with Pinki Rani, Sonia points. 4441#5/550/ . 2/ 5" ./5 and Simranjit Kaur notching up victories Pinki is a seasoned campaigner who ./.! 5.O5 5"#57 # /5 in their respective bouts to enter the pre- began the sport in 2006. This year, she !5 2 /. .2"/ 2"./5 "5/ quarterfinals here on Saturday. won Gold in India Open and a Silver in # /4(.$$&5 /=)1 #/ 7 Sonia, a farmer's daughter from Ahmet Comert tournament. She now // .#4 2"./#5//.#.44 Haryana, secured a unanimous 5-0 win now faces Alice Jones of England in the 4! . 5 )JAA.#4 2 / ##/ 1 (. in 57kg category before seasoned cam- pre-quarterfinals on Monday. "#5/. "./5!5451 paigner Pinki (51kg) and Simranjit "I am an aggressive player but in the (64kg), who was fighting a bout after the first round, I observed my opponent to * B$- A 7+P death of her father in July, scored iden- decide my strategy. My coaches told me tical 4-1 wins to maintain a clean slate for that I was playing closer to my opponent. New Delhi: /4/5#5$ 4 2 #.! the host country. So in the second and third round, I 5/24#57/ # 4/ .#47.!/5 .## On Friday, Sarita Devi (60kg) and changed my strategy and kept distance. 5 ./4 E 5A ./ # 44 5/ /4AC #5 Manish Moun (54kg) had won their I dodged some of her punches and then 2"./5 "5/& E27@"/1(545 .#47 respctive bouts to enter the pre-quarter- @ A !( / 7B"* %> 7> , %0 returned the punches," she said. / # 4/ ./ ./ $ .#4 4 (./ 24# finals. "This is my third World // KP0 L7 /4#5../ #/4 On Sunday, five Indians, including by winning a Gold 4 Q- 4 Championships and I have not won a ./(./ A/.// ./ # 44 five-time world champion M C Mary in the National 6 3<88) % M7& , 7 * medal yet. This time, I want to make my ./ &41 .55 @"/ !/5 4 ./ ." / Kom, will take the field. The 35-year-old Championships in 5 3 * 'M+%*7 +& 1 countrymen happy by winning a medal." / #/$/// 5 .#424#5!.2. Mary Kom, who got a first round bye, will 2016. Last year, she The 23-year-old Simranjit, who won .! .51 /4!/5 45 ./4/ beginning her campaign against Aigerim won a Gold in the Serbia & ,A * * % ( ' a Gold in the Ahmet Comert tournament 25/4/ 5 <"./57$ /4@"/K))L7 Kessenayeva of Kazakhstan in 48kg. Cup. She won a Bronze in in Turkey this year, was taking the ring #+0 5/K)CL!/5 4 41 Sonia was the first Indian to take the the Ahmet Comert Boxing * ' *+ M, %& three months after he father passed away field and the 21-year-old used her "defen- Tournament this year. + I + P<+ and she said she would try hard to win a + - +, - +- sive" style to good effect to emerge win- Sonia began with an medal for him. Barcelona: . 24!#4 / '0 5 ner in an unanimous 5-0 verdict against open guard inviting the From Chakar village in Ludhiana, /4.( #./ 25/ 5//4## Doaa Toujani of Morocco. Morocco pugilist to take experienced Moroccan, too, changed her In the pre-quarters, Sonia, who got Simranjit had a tough fight against 28- 255 ./5 2 /5/ #/4./ It was a close bout with all the five the initiative. The rookie Indian managed strategy and lowered the guard more out a first round bye, faces 2014 World year-old Amelia Moore of the United judges giving 10-9 points in all the three to land a couple of left jabs and a straight of frustration than anything else. Though Championships Gold medallist Stanimira States. Four judges ruled in favour of the /47 # $541'0 5 !!4 /E / rounds to either boxers. Toujani got only during the first round which looked a she did manage a few blows, she strug- Petrova of Bulgaria on Monday. Indian while one went for Moore (30-27, .#4 " !/#55O A) / /5 "/ ./ one favourable decision from a judge in close one. gled to connect her punches. "I began boxing in 2011 (at the school 30-27, 30-27, 27-30, 30-27). 541( #./54 45 !!4S5/4 the second round as Sonia won 29-28, 30- Sonia continued with her left jabs, But the third round proved to be deci- level) and this is my first major interna- "My father passed away in July and 25/ / 5 # S1 # $ /.25 # 27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27. trying to land on the real scoring areas of sive when the Indian landed a right, then tional event and I am happy to win this it was tough for me to be here but it is !. 5 . $ "/5 "55 ".5 54 This was Sonia's first major interna- her opponent using her unconventional a combination of right-left and a left jab, bout. It was a tough fight. My style is basi- World Championships. I want to win a . #4$. !. ". 05 . #42/ tional event having risen to senior level methods, especially with the right. The even as both pugilists went attacking. cally defensive and I stuck to it. My coach- medal for him," she said. 2555 #5 # .1 3. 4 % - -15 ( 1=>?@ .55/4C2. Sri Lanka on a shaky 26-3. #/ #45"# $####.4 5.5 /5./7/4## The former captain played a grit- ty innings that lasted 137 deliveries .5#)A /// A.AA54 ./5 *%* Young, made 49 before falling to off- A2 557$ and also built crucial partnerships. spinner Krishnappa Gowtham. ./# 05/ /4 His 73-run fifth wicket stand with , %% arthiv Patel top-scored with 94 Gowtham was the only India A Roshen Silva (37) frustrated the Pbefore India A declared at 467 for bowler to pick up a wicket, as the New English spinners in the afternoon ses- peedster Chris Morris eight, but their bowlers struggled in the Zealand A openers put on 121 runs. , + M sion. Sclaimed two wickets as face of New Zealand's strong response Mohammed Siraj and Ali had Silva caught behind with South Africa strangled in the unofficial first Test here on Gowtham did the bulk of pinners led by Jack Leach helped a faint edge. The umpire had given Australia to a 21-run victory Saturday. the bowling while medi- SEngland close in on a series- Silva not out before England suc- in their rain-reduced Opting to bat after winning the um pacer Deepak Chahar clinching victory after Sri Lanka lost cessfully reviewed the decision in their Twenty20 international on toss, India A declared their first proved to be ineffective. a fighting Angelo Mathews for 88 in favour. Saturday. innings after some useful contri- Earlier, the experienced the second Test on Saturday before ) 6 9 Leach had rattled the The South Africans easily butions from the lower-order Patel narrowly missed out rain stopped play. 6 38<88 ) Sri Lankan top-order with protected their 108 for six batsmen. The visitors were 340 on a hundred, having been Moeen Ali trapped Mathews lbw : three early wickets after total off 10 overs to restrict for five at stumps on the dismissed for 94 by Tickner, in the first over after tea to end the the tourists were bowled Australia to 87 for seven with opening day at the Bay Oval. who had earlier bagged the senior batsman's solid resistance that out for 346 in the morning session. Morris the star of the Proteas Medium pacer Blair wickets of Murali Vijay and had kept alive Sri Lanka's hopes of Left-handed opener Dimuth bowling attack. Tickner was the most suc- Mayank Agarwal. chasing down a target of 301. Karunaratne then put on 77 runs with Morris claimed the wick- cessful bowler for the home The wicket-keeper bats- Leach struck soon to get Mathews before falling to Adil Rashid ets of D'Arcy Short for a gold- team, returning figures of 4/80. man's departure didn't derail Dilruwan Perera for one when tor- for 57. en duck and Chris Lynn for 14 New Zealand made a the Indian innings as Vijay rential rain halted proceedings for the England, who had resumed the in his opening over to trigger strong response, reaching 176 for Shankar stepped up to day with Sri Lanka on 226 for seven ' day on 324-9, stretched their second a wicket slide. one at stumps on the second day. score an impressive 62 in Kandy. - innings lead to 300 with overnight The Australians fell away ! * Opener Hamish Rutherford, off 96 balls while The hosts, who trail the three- batsman Ben Foakes hitting an from 21 for one after two son of former New Zealand Gowtham chipped in with match series 0-1, need another 75 to Leach has claimed four wickets unbeaten 65. overs to be 60 for six upon the The South Africans raced captain Ken, was going 47. While Rutherford was looking good, win with three wickets and three ses- with his left-arm orthodox spin while Foakes, who hit a ton on debut in dismissal of Alex Carey for to 42 inside the opening three strong at 106 off 169 balls, Glenn Phillips was giving him compa- sions in hand. Niroshan Dickwella Ali has taken two on a turning pitch. Galle, added 14 to his overnight 51 eight in the seventh over. overs before Coulter-Nile hitting 16 boundaries and ny with 13 runs from 60 balls at the close was batting on 27 when play was Mathews, who hit his third half- and shared 41 runs for the last wick- Glenn Maxwell was claimed the wicket of Reeza a six. Is opening partner, Will of play. stopped. century of the series, took crease with et with James Anderson (12). Australia's topscorer with 38 Hendricks for 19 caught in the off 23 balls with two sixes but deep by Ben McDermott. was guilty of moving around Maxwell had de Kock the wicket and missing hittable stumped by wicketkeeper / !6 ) deliveries as the pressure Carey and two overs later du mounted on the home side. Plessis fell to a brilliant leap- In the end the difference ing catch over the boundary + * !#:>, , ( ( 4 was the execution of the pow- rope by Maxwell off Billy erplays. South Africa smashed Stanlake. , '% eft-arm pacer Trent Boult helped New @Skipper Shakib Al Hasan returned from 42 runs, losing just the one That left South Africa at LZealand foil Pakistan's advantage with four injury as Bangladesh on Saturday named a 13- wicket, while Australia could 84 for three, triggering a rash nya Shrubsole took a hat-trick as England wickets as the first Test was evenly poised after man squad for the first Test against the West manage only 27, and lost their of late wickets for only 24 runs. Athrashed South Africa by seven wickets in Saint day two in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Indies, starting in Chittagong on November 22. top three batsmen. Heinrich Klaasen chipped Lucia to boost their hopes of reaching the Women's Boult's 4-54 derailed the Pakistani bats- It was feared Shakib would be sidelined for at Earlier Andrew Tye and in with 12 and David Miller hit World Twenty20 semi-finals. men who were bowled out for 227 in response least three months after he underwent surgery on Nathan Coulter-Nile claimed 11, before he was the first of Hosts and reigning champions West Indies New Zealand's first innings total of 153. an injured finger in late September. two wickets each as South Tye's wicket double. could send themselves and England into the last He was well supported by debutant spin- He missed the recent home series against Africa reached 108 for six Tye bowled out his only four if they beat Sri Lanka later on Saturday. ner Ajaz Patel (2-64) and Colin de Zimbabwe but Bangladesh chief selector Minhjaul after being sent into bat. two overs at the end of the It was a must-win game for World Cup cham- Grandhomme (2-30) as Pakistan managed a Abedin said the all-rounder recovered from the The Proteas got away to a innings to finish with two for pions England after their first innings lead of just 74. injury sooner than flyer with opener Quinton de 18 while Coulter-Mile cap- opening game against Sri New Zealand then battled to 56-1 when ! * * * expected. 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It were the farsighted poli- against the Sinhala politicians accusing them has taken place in India’s neigh- is not taught in Government schools in Tamil cies initiated by Lalith as the Education of discrimination, Tamil students were bourhood, which went unnoticed Nadu and it is the only State in India which Minister of the country from 1990 to 1991 offered the Mahapola Scholarship for higher by our agile and alert media, spe- does not allow Navodaya Vidyalayas, that turned out to be the game-changers in education. Lalith’s dream was to make higher cialists in ‘breaking news’ every launched by late Prime Minister Rajiv its high literacy rate. Lalith was educated at education accessible to all, irrespective of Aother minute. This is a revolution which has Gandhi, to make public school education Oxford, from where he graduated with dis- their ethnicity or language. large-scale implications for India in the imme- available to the poorest of the poor, especially tinction. “He was doing his post-graduation “I was the son of a retired police sergeant diate future itself. Sri Lanka — which wit- the rural poor. The Dravidian politicians, at Oxford in 1959 when his father passed when I was at the University of Peradeniya 22 nessed a more than three-decades-long ethnic who have not given up their demand for a away. Lalith had to return as he faced finan- years ago. It was not easy for our family-of-six war that culminated in 2009 with the oblitera- separate Dravida Nadu, are afraid of the fact cial strains. But the then Prime Minister of to afford my higher education with all other tion of the LTTE terrorists fighting for a sepa- that if the students are taught Hindi — the Sri Lanka, SWRD Bandaranaike, wanted him commitments of the family. Thanks to Lalith, I rate Tamil country by vivisecting the island language spoken by majority of the popula- to continue his education and offered him also received the Mahapola Scholarship, which nation — overtook India and emerged as tion — it may make the youngsters from the national scholarship with which he com- helped me manage my expenses on studies. I South Asia’s most literate country. Tamil Nadu join the national mainstream. pleted his post-graduation as well as law,” still remember that there were students send- The United Nations rated Sri Lanka as a The ethnic riots, which began in the reminiscences SVD Kesaralal Gunasekera, ing money from their Mahapola to their fami- country with 94 per cent literacy rate, while 1970s with the indirect help offered by the his long-time associate and friend. lies for a living. I believe what I am today big brother India is far behind with a mere 74 then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, pulled wouldn’t have been a reality if Mahapola per cent literacy. “Yes, Sri Lanka has become Sri Lanka backwards by many decades. Tamil he national scholarship offered to him Scholarship did not exist. Dreams of many the country of enlightenment in Asia,” says Nadu played host to armed training camps by the Government was the turning university students, who are lucky enough to Prof BM Hegde, leading educationist and for- for the LTTE guerrillas and they used the Tpoint in Lalith’s life. Having completed enter a State university in Sri Lanka but are mer Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University. State as a base camp to organise suicide his education with flying colours from not financially blessed, would be the same,” It is no mean achievement. A country, attacks in the island nation. Oxford and Harvard, he returned to Sri said GD Kapila Kumara, a senior lecturer at which has an area of 65,610 sq km to India’s Anton Balasingham, the LTTE ideologue, Lanka and launched a career which saw him the faculty of agricultural sciences, 3.287 million sq km and which has been devas- in his autobiography has described how working as a lecturer in some of the best uni- Sabaragamuwa University in Sri Lanka. tated by an ethnic war between Sinhalese and Tamil Nadu politicians, especially late Chief versities in the world. In 1973, he joined the Kapila Kumara says millions of university Tamils, rose like the proverbial phoenix from Minister MG Ramachandran, had hosted him United National Party and contested the 1977 students are benefited in the country because its own ashes to emerge as a global leader in and Velupillai Prabhakaran and provided General Elections. President Junius Richard of this scholarship. Mahapola has contributed education and counter-terrorism operations. them with crores of rupees to mobilise arms Jayewardene appointed Lalith as the minister to preserve education “as a right to all” and to The striking feature about the island for fighting the Sri Lankan Army. Not only O ' * % for trade. His raise in the Government hierar- alleviate poverty through education, says nation is the uniqueness of the politics prac- that, MGR deputed his police chief to ensure * + ' % chy was spectacular, as he was entrusted with Kumara, who also disclosed that he says a tised by its leaders. They had to face a lot of that the duo reached Talaimannar in Sri the responsibilities of many sensitive min- prayer for Lalith every night before he goes to problems, internal as well as external. The Lanka without any problems. The Sri Lankan (% 7 istries, including national security. That was bed. “As a tribute to him, a gold medal named average Sri Lankan citizen is still in the dark Army of the 1970s and 1980s vintage were '' ,%& ' the time when the LTTE was very aggressive, ‘Lalith Athulathmudali Memorial Gold Medal when asked about the terrorism unleashed in mainly for ceremonial parades as the then causing murder and mayhem all over the for the Best Academic Performance’ is award- the country by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil leaders, mainly peace loving Buddhists, did M%' 1 island nation demanding a separate country ed annually at the general convocation of Eelam. The LTTE wanted to create a separate not foresee the possibility of an armed upris- * + & within Sri Lanka. It was Lalith who initiated Sabaragamuwa University,” said Kumara. nation inside Sri Lanka by integrating the ing against the Government. steps to modernise the Sri Lankan military, The Trust Fund was established by the Act northern and eastern provinces, which would In spite of the ethnic crisis and terrorist R , M1 which hitherto was a ceremonial force, and of Parliament in 1981. The management and have made the country shrink by 18,880 sq attacks, which claimed the lives of hundreds &'%* M he succeeded in controlling the terrorist control of the Fund is with the Chief Justice of km. Though there is no justification or ratio- of thousands of civilians including some of activities to a certain extent. Sri Lanka; Minister of Trade, Secretary; nality in the demand by the Tamils for a sepa- the best statesmen and scholars, there were %** M%' Even before becoming a minister, Lalith Ministry of Higher Education, Secretary; rate country, it got support from many parts of some silver linings in the country’s dark ' %%' had set up the Mahapola Trust Fund in 1981 Ministry of Education; and Secretary, Ministry the globe, thanks to the media blitzkrieg let horizon. There were many Sinhala leaders for offering financial assistance to students of Trade. There are also two nominated mem- loose by the Tamil diaspora. who worked for the uplift of the poor and % ' 7 opting for higher education. He was the chair- bers, whilst the other five are all ex-officials. The Tamil expatriates from Sri Lanka the downtrodden, irrespective of ethnicity, '%, M* man of the Trust Fund and the Government “The vision is to create an spread the news all over the world that they language, and religion. The shining star of allowed him to retain the chairmanship even educated society with the aim were being discriminated against by the Sri Lanka was Lalith William Samarasekera * %'M%'* when he was a Union Minister handling vari- of alleviating poverty. The majority Sinhala population and the Athulathmudali, Lalith to his friends and ous portfolios. The Mahapola Trust Fund has mission is to provide Government. That was absolutely false. The well-wishers. He rose like a meteor been renamed since as the Mahapola Higher scholarships for the effort by the Government at Colombo to in Sri Lankan politics, did a lot for Education Scholarship Trust Fund. underprivileged youth make Sinhala the national language was the people in a short span of time What makes this Fund unique is its inclu- to complete their higher resisted by the Tamils. The fact is that 75 per before the bullets fired by the sivity. Students from any ethnic community education and creation of cent of Sri Lanka’s population of 2.16 crore LTTE assassins felled him at or religion or caste can get this scholar- equal opportunities speak Sinhala, while Tamil is spoken by just a comparatively young age of ship provided they meet the mandatory through the development 15 per cent of the population. It is natural for 56 in April 1993. norms. Even while of facilities for higher any sovereign country to Born in a family of lawyers the Tamils in the education,” said Siri have a national language. on November 26, 1936, Lalith island nation Fernando, a Trustee, The scenario is similar was a bright student who was were cam- friend and close to what we experience in internationally recognised paigning confidante of Lalith. India where the for his academic brilliance. Dravidian politi- Sri Lanka owes it to him cal parties are for its emergence as a "" out and out nation of ( 7 (' %%& M K M%& L & 7 xaer ( % , ' %' !"#$!" !.%,6/%- & ' & ' () **+* ,'-(( flight lands in Bali every seven ly old but apparently these have been craft- minutes. This was actually an ed not too long ago by a skilful artisan on observation made by my friend a commission from a local hotel owner. as we sat gorging on delicious With rapids of grade moderate to easy sea food at a restaurant by Kuta and a busy stretch, rafting on this river is Abeach, very close to Ngurah Rai often about avoiding big stones and bump- International Airport, Denpasar. The ing into a fellow raft as one goes along. sound of waves slapping the shores was Nevertheless, it is a fun activity with all the music to ears, even as the eyes got attract- brief stops one gets to make by the banks ed to the lights hanging in the mid air, for a coconut water/snack break or a halt by before they made a perfect landing. Soon, the small waterfalls for some splashing fun. we lost count of the number of air planes that made it to the island, but not before concluding what a popular tourist destina- When travelling towards Ubud, visit to tion this island nation was. Sacred Monkey Forest is a must. The for- Part of the world’s largest archipelago, est is a sanctuary or natural habitat of Indonesia, Bali is the most favoured desti- Balinese long-tailed Monkey and a very pop- nation among tourists what with its forest- ular tourist attraction. Well known for its ed volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, conservation efforts, over a hundred beaches and coral reefs. Ancient temples on macaques inhabit the forest, and in-depth cliff sides and shores speak of the island’s research and studies are carried out for connect with ancient India, that lives in the observing their health, diet and breeding form of a prevalent Hindu society that this habits. Shiva Shakti Temple is housed local people in partnership with the govern- part of the island nation is today. inside the forest and dates back to the 14th ment on this island to conserve the species. Happy go lucky island vibe throbs in century. It is only open to the locals for per- A popular tourist spot, visitors com- the lively bars of Kuta and resort towns of forming religious ceremonies. bine with other water sports activities that Seminyak, Sanur and Nusa Dua to the We were well warned not to carry any they can participate on the eastern side of south. Those who love clubbing swear by sunglasses or jewellery on our body. The Serangan, especially surfing. You can Potato Head Beach Club, Seminyak and the guides tell you to even remove hair acces- choose to just ride on the waves in a glass Rock Bar at Ayana Resort and Spa, sories, if you happen to be wearing any. boat, should you just want to take it easy. Jimbaran! For a mind and body balance, Stone statues inside the forest pay ode to After all, Bali is part of the Coral Triangle, you find a generous smattering of spas, the inhabitants and make for a hangout the area with the highest biodiversity of yoga and meditation retreat. spaces for them. I chose to hang out near marine species and is home to over 500 the temple rather than venture into the reef-building coral species. This, indicate fect Instagram shot. Well that is what most quented by tourists include, Ulun Danu forest. Given the familiarity Indians have the statistics is about seven times as many tourists come here looking for. Quite a scary Beratan Temple in Bedugul, Tabanan; From Rishikesh to Bali — though I can’t with their cousins here, there is not as in the entire Caribbean! adventure, if you don’t have a thing for Tanah Lot in Tabanan and Uluwatu Temple, really boast much of water adventure much novelty, but then perhaps… heights, the swing is well secured with har- Jimbaran. Most temples are dedicated to the sport experience, but the thought of travers- ness to keep you in place. I have to admit, trinity and pays homage to the local gods. ing rapids on Ayung River that flows These rice terraces offer a perfect Bali photo with all the courage I could muster, I could In most temples visitors are not allowed to through Ubud in Bali was quite appealing. The Indonesian Islanders have great respect opportunity with its dramatic views. do it only one way looking into the fields. pray inside the temple and can only enter Dressed aptly and armed with respective for nature and strongly believe in co-habi- Located on the north side of Ubud (around the premises if they are wearing a sarong. safety gear and oars, our group of five tation. This also explains the efforts made 20 minutes drive), Tegallalang makes for The rituals and prayers can only be per- women set out on this fun adventure. by them to conserve the fast getting a famous tourist attraction for beautiful rice No visit to Bali is complete without a visit formed by the locals and follow strict codes. The trek to the river is a decent climb extinct species. Green sea turtles is anoth- terraces The vista sprawls down and away to their beautiful temples. A pocket of There is a lot that is there to be shared down and an equally treacherous climb up, er such example. Located 10 km south of to the rice terraces on the slopes across the Hindu religion and culture, locals not only about the local culture and religious especially when your clothes are all wet and Denpasar is Serangan Island, a frequent valley and offers a great showcase of worship the same gods and goddesses, per- beliefs. Perhaps another time. But as a clinging. However, it is worth every step once nesting ground for green sea turtles. Subak (traditional Balinese cooperative irri- form similar rituals, and build sacred tem- travel destination, there is so much that you get into the raft. The river stretch is sur- Not too long ago, consumption of tur- gation system), which according to histo- ples as Indian Hindus, but Hinduism is a the visitors can do as part of their stay rounded by lush forest and panoramic views tle meat as well as the use of sea turtles in cer- ry, was passed down by holy man Rsi way of life for them. I found it fascinating here, or not should they choose to. It’s not along the course. Somewhere along the way emonies led to extinction threat for this beau- Markandeya in the 8th century. to see that every Balinese Hindu home for nothing that it tops people’s travel list. we crossed a stretch with black rock carv- tiful species. Public awareness and timely The highlight of our visit was also the houses a temple of its own, especially in And you just can’t cover all in one trip. ings depicting stories from Ramayana. community action, however, checked the loss adventurous Bali swing that flies over the rice Ubud, and elaborate one at that. Some of You have to come back for more. Well, Covered in moss, these carvings looked real- and now, a conservation project is run by the fields and offers an opportunity for a per- the famous temples of Bali and most fre- that’s my promise to self. .<(& -B 9 hough he had presided over most of the ministries in Sri Lanka, TLalith had a passion for the department of education. He was -/ enchanted by the Chinese proverb which stated that: “Give a fish and be fed for only a day. Teach how to fish To set up and assist schools and other Tamil Nadu, a State in India where the and be free from hunger forever.” He institutions in the furtherance of education. Dravidian politicians bay for Sinhala had visualised a Sri Lanka where there To provide assistance for the blood for alleged discrimination won’t be any illiterate people and the improvement and development of against Tamils. We come across youth would have some professional skills of persons who are engaged in reports routinely in Tamil Nadu about skills or other, which would ensure the furtherance of education. youngsters committing suicide an assured livelihood. The question which comes to mind because of failure to get admission in It was in 1990 that Lalith was des- is whether we have a scheme like this medical colleges. Do we have a ignated as the Minister of Education. in India or in any other neighbouring scheme like Mahapola Foundation in By that time, he was an international- countries? Mahapola Foundation is the any of the Indian States? ly acclaimed statesman having led one and only inclusive scheme which “All we have to do is divert 10 per various ministries of the has made a big impact in the lives of cent of the funds allocated for corpo- Government. “But he met the press the poor in the island nation. There rate social responsibility to a corpus only after 10 days because he was are ministers, bureaucrats, education- account and all States in India too adamant that he should familiarise ists, military officers, lawyers, vice- could boast a Trust like Mahapola. It himself with the nuances of education chancellors, medical doctors, and should be based purely on merit,” said before making a policy statement. For other professionals who came up in Jayaprakash Valliathan, a veteran a person like Lalith, it was not a life only because of this scheme. marine engineer, who has opened a tough job, but he knew that he was in A vice-chancellor, who hails from school for the poor in his village after charge of the most sensitive ministry,” the northern province, recounted his retiring from service. He adds that the recalled Gunasekera. 3-660<4-3- %%2-44/. 3%63<' gratitude to the Mahapola Foundation political leadership of the country Gunasekera, who was present for the scholarship. “The first thing I should have the will power to imple- during the press meet, reminiscences: Lanka,” said an educationist, who income of their parents by sending of funds or denial of opportunities did with the scholarship amount was ment such innovations. “One of the reporters asked Lalith what did not want to be named. The funds home a part of the scholarship amount. for higher education. This is the to buy a time piece which helped me Tamil Nadu, hardly 30 nautical would be his top priority as the for running the LTTE Government “It is as good as a source of income, biggest achievement of the Mahapola get up early in the morning. This was miles off the Sri Lankan shore, saw Minister of Education. Lalith replied in exile, operating from Europe and even as they study in professional Scholarship. Pola in Sinhala language useful because I could complete my many students committing suicide fol- instantly that students would be his top Canada, are mobilised by these colleges,” said Fernando, former chief means festival and the scholarship homework and also supplement my lowing failure to crack the National priority. The journalist asked him what same expatriate Tamil youth, who of a British company in Colombo, has helped the beneficiaries make mother’s income by working as a help- Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), would be the second and third priori- completed their higher education who shadowed Lalith throughout his their life a great festival, pointed ing hand in the nearby store for a few the gateway to medical colleges. This ties. ‘Students and students,’ replied with the scholarship. life as a friend and follower. out Siri Fernando. hours daily,” he said. is unheard of in Sri Lanka where all Lalith, without batting an eyelid.” The Mahapola Trust, which began The scholarship programme, which There is one factor on which the Lalith gave his countrymen a rose beneficiaries of the Mahapola “Any changes made in the field of in 1981 by awarding 422 scholarships, began with the funds donated by Lalith entire political spectrum of Sri Lanka garden itself while they were looking Scholarship laugh all the way to the education would bear fruit only after has benefited more than 3,50,000 stu- in 1981, has emerged as the biggest is unanimous. They are all of the view for a simple rose. This inclusive banks. Had he been alive, Lalith would 10 years. That is, to know the impact dents by 2017. “At any time of the year, education programme in the country. that Lalith was the best President or scheme itself would qualify him for have turned 82 this November 26. As of the changes, we have to wait for 10 60,000 students are beneficiaries of It is sustained by Mahapola Lottery head of the state Sri Lanka did not the Nobel Prize for Peace as he had usual, his friends and associates from years. Then only we will know whether this scholarship,” said Gunasekera, organised by the Development have. But politics is a strange and implemented this scheme in a war- all over the world would assemble the change made was for the best or who has set apart five to six hours of Lotteries Board of the Government. treacherous path where there are ter- torn country. Lalith was a proponent under the auspices of the Lalith for the worst. If we rectify the mistake, his daily life to ensure the smooth “The students who complete their rorists and landmines of different of human rights as well as democratic Athulathmudali Foundation to take it will take another 10 years to know functioning of the scholarship scheme. education using this scholarship are forms waiting to take lives out of rights. The steps he initiated to resolve stock of last year’s performance and to the results. That’s why education and According to Gunasekera, 65 per cent in no way obliged to us. Lalith was unsuspecting victims. the ethnic crisis in the island nation discuss future plans. the changes in education policy are of students enrolled for higher educa- not for it because he wanted no com- The objectives and missions of during his tenure as Minister for Sri Lanka is less than half the size important for us,” is what Lalith told tion in Sri Lanka are getting the mitment from the beneficiaries other the Mahapola Foundation, drafted National Security could be told only of Tamil Nadu and does not have journalists in the press meet. Mahapola Scholarship. than completing the education suc- and written by Lalith, speak volumes through a comprehensive book. monikers like the Oxford or Lalith insisted that no student in The scholarship is in the 5,500 to cessfully. Till date, we have not asked about his vision: But the truth is that Lalith died an Cambridge of the South. Sri Lanka has Sri Lanka should be denied the right 7,500 range per month, depending on for any favours from the students who To provide higher education facilities unsung hero of Sri Lanka; a person neither this many engineering colleges to higher education due to lack of the course of study. The beneficiaries benefited from this unique scheme,” to the youth. who was felled by the bullets fired by a or medical colleges which you see in funds. He got a law enacted to ensure are selected depending on the financial said Gunasekera. To provide assistance to deserving vile assassin. Lalith would definitely Tamil Nadu. Still, the students (both that all students, irrespective of their status of the parents. “If the income of It was the Mahapola Foundation youth, enabling them to complete their have taken Sri Lanka to newer heights Sinhala and Tamil) are happy and con- ethnicity or the language they speak, the parents is within the stipulated that set up the Sri Lanka Institute of academic, industrial, or technical educa- had he been alive. Strange are the fident of their bright future. Lalith got scholarships for higher education. amount, the students are offered the Information Technology. So, don’t be tion in a higher education institution in ways of this world. If there is one per- Athulathmudali revolutionised educa- “It is another thing that the Tamil stu- scholarship for the entire duration of under the impression that the consequence of the successful comple- son who qualifies for the Nobel Prize tion into a mission, while in our own dents who benefited from the the course, with a limit of four years,” Foundation only disburses scholar- tion of their secondary education. from this part of the world, it is Lalith Tamil Nadu, it is a multi-billion dollar Mahapola Foundation Scholarship go said Gunasekera. ships and sits back for the rest of the To set up and assist in the management Athulathmudali. business along with TASMAC (Tamil abroad and complain that they were Siri Fernando said most of the stu- time. Not a single student has com- of vocational training institute with the What struck the mind after hear- Nadu State Marketing Corporation), being discriminated against in Sri dents manage to supplement the mitted suicide in Sri Lanka for want view to improve skills of the youth. ing Lalith’s story was the scenario in the State monopoly on liquor trade. O %@ & '7( ,'M '% %&%'( '7 buuqy (* % &O 'M K !"#$!" (&',./-0* +/ 5 0 5 5.$ /4 2 / .! 0"#5/ )= /## ./5/45 .5 . !5.!(@ O5/4*.4/4' !*. /( 52.$//475 **+'@ Government, and, of course, Mohan Bhagwat and the RSS itself. Interestingly, there is sup- port for an urgent commence- ment of the Ram Temple con- struction from the Shia Wakf Board too. The Supreme Court however continues to drag its feet on the title dispute. Nag refrains from putting words into Bhagwat’s mouth throughout the book. Instead, he lays out the multiple concerns of the RSS as very much a work-in- progress. Of paramount concern to a pragmatic and modernising Bhagwat today is the BJP’s and )#'(#/*0 particularly Modi’s winnability. &'123$' $%4&'4 #&$1 Today, even as the RSS exerts its influence on the choice of elec- 5 ' toral candidates, policy matters % , .66 and union ministers alike it has not made much headway on core issues. The commitment therefore he visit by Pranab to a second term for Modi and the Mukherjee, former BJP is perforce intact. President of India, to This is the eighth decade of the RSS headquarters at the RSS’ existence though Nagpur, earlier in 2018, Bhagwat is only the sixth hasT set the ideological stage for sarsanghchalak. Because of the 2019 General Elections. Bhagwat’s relative youth, ascend- Pranab Mukherjee’s political ing to the top job at 59, the reach career has spanned the decades of the RSS has been markedly from the long innings of absolutist extended. It is active in Bengal, Indira Gandhi, all the way and more effectively, in the North through to the present dispensa- East, for the first time. In terms of tion. He has been a consummate the RSS’ much vilified past during Hindu Rashtra from the gaze of migrate to other political parties. The lines have indeed blurred sudden demonetisation, that is inclusion, the Muslims and Dalits Congress politician and man for the decades of Nehru-Gandhi millennia. That this automatical- Then the seeming anathema between RSS as the ideological thought to have hurt small busi- feature significantly in the RSS all seasons at the highest echelons domination and this book is ly tends to dwarf and render of voting for a “communal” BJP, as compass, and the BJP as the vehi- nesses and the poor. structure today. of the Government. therefore very timely. The RSS, shallow the Nehruvian vision of opposed to a socialist and diverse cle of governance. However, some Also, the Modi Government Bhagwat has been less suc- Kingshuk Nag, in his eighth indicates Nag, prefers to paint on a “secular” India is the very Janata Dal, was also penetrated differences in emphasis are appar- has done next to nothing to pro- cessful in influencing educational book, has used Mukherjee’s illus- a much wider canvas than the problem according to the Libleft. when the Vajpayee Government ent. Modi tends to regard devel- mote the RSS agenda for a Hindu policies of the Government, possi- trative and unabashed tribute to Nehruvian reference points of The RSS and the NDA has completed a full-term in power. opment or vikas as a universal Rashtra. Still, the RSS may be con- bly because of a large cadre of the importance of the RSS today, Western inspired modernism. It gained traction however precisely The induction of more and panacea. The RSS wants Hindu strained to back Modi once again entrenched Leftists. for his insightful study on RSS draws inspiration from “Bharat”, because the idea of Nehruvian more RSS stalwarts into key posi- Rashtra and some historic as its best hope for realising its The fates of Narendra Modi chief Mohan Bhagwat. albeit an inclusive continuum, that secularism has been moulded to tions in the BJP, both in the Party wrongs against the Hindus right- vision in the future. and Mohan Bhagwat are, on the Earlier, Nag, a veteran former is centuries old, rich in history, discriminate against the majority and Government has marked a ed on a priority basis. The construction of the Ram face of it, intertwined, looking at journalist, has written books on tradition, knowledge and culture. community of Hindus. shift during the current Bhagwat- It is clear Modi and the BJP Temple at Ayodhya is a sticking 2019. But waiting in the wings, is Narendra Modi, Atal Bihari That the time has come to The Indian electorate has Modi period. However, despite could not have won without RSS point, as is the unchanged status Nagpur’s first choice for prime Vajpayee, Subhas Chandra Bose, acknowledge and incorporate this awakened to this discrimination this, effective in governance has support in 2014, though the mag- of J&K, despite RSS inductee Ram ministership, should Modi falter. The BJP, Vijay Mallya and the broader view of India’s nation- against Hindus combined with a not exactly been stellar. nitude of the win, took the RSS by Madhav being in-charge of party Nitin Gadkari, elected from Kingfisher Airlines imbroglio, and hood is possibly why Pranab distaste for the blatantly dynastic Vajpayee tended to hold the surprise. This sort of majority win matters in the latter state. The Nagpur, is the only union minister the infamous Satyam scam featur- Mukherjee went to Nagpur. politics promoting the Nehru fam- RSS at arms-length in gover- may repeat in 2019, given a weak Mandir construction, long pend- who has had a free hand in the ing its key actor, Ramalinga Raju. However, other reasons, have also ily gradually. This found its first nance. Modi has a much better and disparate Opposition. This, ing, is coming to a head now. The Modi Government, and the only The symbolism of the RSS and been advanced for the visit. expression in voting in non- equation with Bhagwat, the same despite Narendra Modi having pressure is coming from the VHP, other senior leader with both its Sarsanghchalak Mohan The RSS, often painted as an Congress Governments in the age as himself, as Nag points out. failed to keep many of the promis- the SS, groupings of seers and Modi’s development credentials, Bhagwat at centre-stage in today’s anachronism by the Congress, eighties and nineties as the erst- Both are 1950 born, well after es he made. And the effects of mahants, members, some union BJP’s organisational experience, politics, stands in stark contrast to seeks to derive its vision of while captive vote banks began to independence. controversial decisions such as the ministers of the Modi and consummate RSS backing. hat makes The moments that the protagonist 1? Rainbow Acres work is truly shines out as the moral Wthat the narrative cap- center of the text. Kishan <<+5 tures the universal human " 1 Singh and Sophia are heroic desire to move about in search not in the martial sense but in (. (5 +. of better opportunities and a their actions and intentions. 13 B;< better life. Human diaspora is as Their perseverance, integrity "4" %7 old as human civilisation itself. 2 /42/4 4.!5"/ /$#!.##./ /!/4 and zeal, whether for them- ""- .:; By interweaving the stories of selves or their loved ones, Sophia from Mexico and /? .// 5$..0$. /E$45".755 , + %+' M makes them stand out. Kishan Singh Dillon from As mentioned above, the 45 $4 .4 ./!45 Punjab, the writer further narrative operates on two lev- / 5!/4/4 ./!4/ " underscores the ubiquity of this els — the story of Sophia’s life 5 ./54/ 45./ .#45 5 experience. 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Both Kishan deal to one’s understanding of ( !#42 /4$ 5/ E ./ not as easy to grasp is the bitter- and Sophia are enterprising the diaspora of the Punjabis — $2.2. #4#5 1 sweet taste of nostalgia that individuals, thus, their success Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs — lingers in the heart of these in this land of opportunities is to the US as farmers and a expatriates. The longing for the almost a given. Entrepreneurship farmer’s undying love and com- <-C ; homeland is a persistent ache is shown to be the cornerstone mitment for his land. Both (1D1 that can find respite, only tem- of the American economy and these aspects are especially (. (5 porarily, in hazy memories. the writer seems to be fully interesting as one rarely reads 3"%4 ) " Trying to capture it in words is invested in this ideal, at a per- about such topics in popular $ "3%7 07 - .8/ a failed enterprise. Hence, the sonal level almost. The praise of fiction. Kudos to the writer for immigrant is always locked in America and the boundless her painstaking research and an unbreakable hold of his own avenues of personal and profes- her lucid prose. 2/ .25 .2.!/4/.!.2 memories. As Jaspal, Kishan sional growth it offers are often The Rainbow, like the rain- (/4.K 55/ 4#.K50/ . Singh’s adoptive brother, tells on the verge of turning into bow at Kishan Singh’s farm 21 / $. (/4./ 5 2 him, he will never be able to populist puree. But, usually after the storm, is the promise K $ 7"4/4".5T 5 # fully explain certain experiences with Kishan Singh as her of hope that keeps one going ./5 .// 5. "./ 21 to his wife Isabel: “She will mouthpiece, the author also in spite of all odds. It repre- . /55/ 25#! / never know the lost wheat fields will never know the reckless ity. As a woman of Indian ori- character on the other hand, manages to make the readers sents the quintessential ./5/ E#. 5 4!. 4 . back in Noor Mahal or the farmer boy that I was before gin, living in the US, Dhir has seems a little rushed, in parts understand the irony of it all. American promise of wish-ful- # 21 /4 !5 / //$# smell of simmering saag that boarding the ship to California captured the complexities of the at least. Sophia’s turmoils en America is the land of freedom filment at the end of a trial. It ." $5 5 4 filled up my house on winter in search of new moors.” diasporic life with both subtlety route California are too pre- and yet for immigrants, like represents the cycle of nature- . /4 25#!1M .21( evenings. She will never know Yet, this untranslatability and nuances. The character of dictable and just as easily Jaspal and Kishan, freedom is a that transcends all nationalities /7!4 /0/// 7 05 how influenza came in through forms a bond which connects Kishan Singh has been very brushed off. She lacks the like the receding horizon — and political boundaries — "/(/4.O5$47 !7 !/45 the dark of the summer nights all immigrants, irrespective of well-etched, especially in the detailed delineation that has tantalising but ever just out of where spring will inevitably 25#!5""4.!## .7/4 #"#551 and tore my world apart. She religion, language and national- first part of the novel. Sophia’s been bestowed on Kishan. reach. And, it is in these follow after winter. uvitiut! !"#$!" RQ 1 R ( * ! P / '44//>%?-/% lections in the United States are a spec- and the Trump’s gladiators are on the 51 Etacle par excellence. This is equally true mark in the US Senate. In the House of for both the anointed Presidency and the Representatives, the number 36 is the trick Congressional elections. Awareness and wherein Democrats have improved their deliberations about the US Foreign Policy tally by 36 votes with their tally reaching across the larger international system are the healthy figure of 231. The Republicans everyone’s pet peeve but the scenario in the have gone down by 36 seats wherein their domestic politics remains a realm which strength has come down to a measly 198. has been investigated to a lesser extent else- The Guardian has called it a blue wave. where. Also, it is a theoretical principle in What needs to be relooked by President the discipline of international relations that Trump that though the nation’s economy there lies a continuum between the domes- is roaring and unemployment figures are ticity of a nation and its larger footprint under control, but still the “America in the international ecosystem. It is in this First” Brigade has not done well in the twilight zone where the electoral narrative House of Representatives. That demands holds sway. a re-look by the Republican Party and the Typically, 218 seats are required for a issue of environment also has impacted majority in the US House of results. Representatives, which has Paul Ryan as As results have come out, the all the Republican leader and Nancy Pelosi important State of Arizona has gone the standing forth as the leader of the Democrat way with the leading critique of Democrats in the House. President Trump, Krysten Sinema, pipping The related aspersion is that the ver- Republican Senator Jeff Flake to the post. dict of the midterm elections has played The British national daily has called the a substantial role in the firming up of a midterm polls as not a Democrat “Blue substratum for the future of President wave”, but an affront to the Republican Donald Trump in his next tenure if that vanguard which resulted in flipping seven transpires at the second-term electoral hus- stately Governorships. It was only after the tings. In the recently concluded elections, Richard Nixon’s Presidency and the 55 Congressmen didn’t seek re-elections; Watergate scandal in 1974 that Democrats it makes the midterm outing as significant have performed in such a positive man- and decisive in the making of a political ner in the midterm Congressionals. consensus for the crucial future and the The elections in a blitzkrieg manner American Dream. have obfuscated the Trump Presidency as Several outcomes of the elections are he will have to combat the Democrats of significance: The Republican and mortally and the Democrats will be Democratic control the Intelligence, numerically emboldened to persist with Investigative and Foreign Affairs come their investigations on the Trump through as a key and crucially contextu- Administration after the elections. Still, as al realm of these midterm elections, but the Senate majority still rests with the results have denied them this privilege. President Trump, his Supreme Court, The Supreme Court vacancies are up for Cabinet and other representatives will con- the grab as the elections have weakened tinue to sail through for another two years. the prerogative of President Trump, espe- What surprises is that the Arizona winner cially in the light of the Kavanaugh can- compared the immigrant rage to the Iraq didature for the Supreme Court. The war outrage, and her outrage was com- Obamacare repeal was defeated by one bated by the Republican candidate on the vote in 2017 and the Bill could get final- context of the Democrat candidate oppos- ly erased. In the light of the refugees and ing the creation of new Air Force bases and undocumented aliens marching on to the weakening the national security objective US-Mexican border, immigration and of Washington exemplified by President President Trump’s eviction oriented poli- Trump. cies have come up for scanner with the Still, the core constituency of the southern and immigrant oriented popu- Republicans is only rattled and the battle lations, all across the United States being for the next Presidency might still be a real testing grounds for the immigration < / ! ? + '* 4 9 tough task for President Trump’s rivals theme of the Republicans which further after the good showing of the Democrats found them divided under the White in the midterm elections. Some analysts, House’s decisions in the context. of war” was a very narrow one in them. hustings. The Washington Post and Schar the influence-potential of White House voters have replicated their inclinations after the elections, are pointing towards a It has been witnessed that the House In the midterm polls of 1994, 2006 and College pointed towards advantage might be up for the asking which gets and choices elsewhere also to give sub-urban revolt which might have pivoted of Representatives has been won over by 2010, the parties of the Presidents with Democrats, where the quotient is bigger weakened as Democrats have performed. Democrats a win in the overall picture, the Democrats in the midterms. the Democrats and the Republican Party dwindling approval ratings lost out but for pshephological error as most of the Also, on the other hand, going by which is far from being picture perfect. The has retained its majority in the Senate. Still, does that hold up as a role model trend, races were very closely fought. It is defi- Democratic candidates such as O’Rourke, final results point towards better days for (The writer teaches International a great iota of unpredictability was asso- after the Trump inaugural, has been test- nitely an acid test for the “Trump sur- apart from the Democratic strongholds, the dandy Democrats. Also, now after the Relations at Indian Institute of Public ciated with some of the races as the “tug ed as a hypothesis at the November 2018 prises” wherein the decision-making and the youngsters, Texans and the Hispanic midterm polls, Democrats hold 47 seats Administration, Delhi) -<- +5 7 $ %, % . % + 4 he recent upsurge in conflict solution to the biggest West Asian vated the crisis further dashing the tial to strike with efficiency and its immense advantage because of cient arms & ammunition and well- West Bank and almost 90 per cent Tbetween Israeli security agencies crisis depends on the present lead- hopes for peace. Also, Hamas has expertise has extended beyond con- three factors: politically, the trained fighters; and, at the local withdrawal of the Israeli Army. and Palestinian organisation Hamas ership of Israel and Hamas. already vowed to avenge the “Israeli ventional guerilla warfare. Palestinians want Israel to withdraw level, Hamas has been able to Palestinians always accused that has taken seven lives in Gaza However, the mounting Israeli slaughter” and is preparing for a The emboldening factors favour from the West Bank and Gaza mobilise people ideologically. Israel of not abiding by the 34 com- Strip in last one week is a reminder strikes on Gaza Strip have aggra- fresh onslaught. Hamas has poten- Hamas locally. Hamas enjoys an Strip; militarily, Hamas has suffi- The ongoing Israeli attacks have mitments such as freeing of of an array of issues the West Asian not only jeopardised US President Palestinian prisoners, dismantling region has to grapple with. As George Bush-led Israeli-Palestinian settlements in Jerusalem, free many as 2,000 civilians and over 100 Peace Accord of November 2007 but movement for Arabs from other soldiers have died in the conflict have also created serious concern countries and allowing free air and ever since resurgence of conflict among the security and military sea passage to Palestinians. The for- after a lull that ended in 2014. intelligence throughout the region. mation of the Palestinian National Deeply concerned at the violent The violent attacks, some of Authority (PNA) was a welcome onslaught, the UN is pulling out all which were retaliatory, suggest that step towards the restoration of stops to find permanent solution to the present crisis is deeply inter- peace and reconciliation in the the vexing problem. But the road to woven in the issue of separate war-torn area but the increasing peace is not that easy as the current national identities and the never- number of attacks and conflict state of affairs does not offer any ending claim over a common piece between the Fatah and Hamas hope for resuming dialogue between of land. Gradually, both Israel and members compelled Palestinian warring factions for ceasefire. A trial Palestine have understood that they Authority President Mahmoud of strength is going on between the could only survive if a two-State Abbas to dissolve the Unity security forces of Israel and Hamas. solution was accepted. The Oslo Government and allow Hamas to The present crisis is the out- Peace Accord allowed the take control of the Gaza Strip. come of a combination of factors, Palestinians to build an air and sea The existence of two separate deeply interwoven in the compli- passage in the West Bank and Gaza Governments in West Bank and the cated saga of the conflict in West Strip, with then Palestinian Gaza Strip has created many com- Asia since 1948. Although on many President Yasser Arafat denouncing plications for the peace process. occasions the Israeli Government terrorism and the recognition of Soon after, in June 2007, Hamas had designed a series of policies Palestine by Israeli Prime Minister members tried to dismantle the aimed at quick results, Hamas took Yitzhak Rabin. However, Hamas Fatah authority in Gaza. The very the extreme step of working against does not recognise the right of Israel idea of control over the Gaza Strip the peace proposals. However, as a State and its claim over territory. did not go down well with Israel and recently a third party (Egypt sup- There were rays of hope but the US. Ever since the victory of ported) brokered peace and recon- nothing much came of these decla- Hamas in the Palestinian ciliation efforts have been agreed rations. Earlier, Israel was keen to parliamentary elections in January upon by Hamas, but only time will build around 30,000 houses for its 2006, Israel has made all efforts to test the sustainability of such efforts citizens on the West Bank and isolate it. as the third party mediation has not Gaza Strip by 2020 but the yielded positive results in the region Palestinians were vehemently (Author is Chandigarh-based in the past. against it. The Palestinians always Professor of Political Science and an In these circumstances, the * 0 % 0 , 4 DE wanted to have full control of the expert on strategic affairs) N(C)M ' 7%% %O7 ' 'O ' M%( +'% bacqbute" % UM 'O %+ ( % &'%* !"#$!" Kashmiri political sci- entist once said to me, “You cannot discuss Kashmir, or the Kashmir conflict, withoutA starting with history”. I was puzzled: What did the region’s ancient or medieval histo- ry have to do with a conflict that began after the Partition of India in 1947? It was only when I start- ed researching this book that I found that many contemporary threads of the conflict — and, more importantly, its solution — lead back in time. Internally, the valley’s particu- lar form of religious syncretism, which is so different from the demographic pluralism of Jammu or the “living together separately” model of Ladakh, is rooted in the opening centuries of the 1st 5# &%5# &% Millennium CE. Kashmir was amongst the earliest regions of the Indian subcontinent to record its history, and through the ages, Kashmiri historians and mytholo- gists preserved much of the cul- #$'*$%&#$'*$%& ture as it developed. The tradi- tions that were anchored through retelling were not unbroken: Kashmir too fell under a series of empires as well as a rapid succes- &'#$ sion of dynasties, each of which &'#$ left its imprint. But the philosoph- ical underpinnings of Kashmiri tradition were relatively undis- turbed, perhaps because it was at the periphery of empire and few ' +* 'O5 205 . 5"". 5 ancient empire-builders treated peripheries as bulwarks. The . +5 2 ./!# 55$#.#451 /44 "F beliefs that Kashmir and Kashmiris are exceptional, that they are guardians of the religious Uzbekistan, once of some signifi- ually separated into large and company of friends and should between rulers of the time is of Turkic origin and possibly sites of all faiths, that the pursuit cance for both trade and cultural small lakes when the divine clan play to one’s content.” debatable, though it would be belonged to the Xinjiang and of knowledge requires engage- exchange, may regain those ties if of Nagas, who were protagonists Yet, if they failed to follow the aetiologically unsurprising given Gansu regions of modern China. ment with every view, that the plans for connectivity take off. in the epic Mahabharata, and edicts of their founder-king Nila, Kashmir was a Hindu kingdom Folklore has it that the Kushana military is an inferior occupation Kashmiri leaders lobby for inclu- other fortunate mortals settled retribution would descend on during the Mahabharata period. It king Kanishka hosted the Fourth — a view shared by India’s nine- sion in emerging regional road there. “Because water called Ka them in the form of “floods, became a part of the Buddhist Buddhist Council in the first cen- teenth-century social reformer and rail networks that will revive was taken out by Balarama the excess of rain, drought, famine, Mauryan empire between the 3rd tury at Harwan, today’s Shalimar Swami Vivekananda — remain the relations they built during the plough-wielder from this country, deaths, untimely death of the and 1st Centuries BCE. The Garden in Srinagar. The council strong even today, though they are ancient Silk Route period, in a so it shall be called Kas’mira in king, and dreadful punishments.” Emperor Ashoka founded the drew 500 Buddhist and Hindu increasingly under threat. more peaceable neighbourhood this world.” A paradise to live in, Just such an eventuality was beautiful city of Srinagari in the scholars from all over the region, Externally too, the region’s than there was then. with soaring mountains and flow- described in the Mahabharata, 3rd Century BCE, some twenty including China, to codify horizons have not altered in any No wonder any discussion on ering orchards, the goddesses Sati, written a thousand years earlier, kilometres from today’s capital Sarvastivada, the precursor to major way despite the changing Kashmir has to begin with history, Saci, Ganga, Aditi, Yamuna, Diti with Kashyapa’s two wives falling Srinagar, abutting its suburb Mahayana Buddhism. geopolitics of the region. however mythologised some of it and Karisini all took the form of out and turning their children, the Soura. Modern Srinagar dates First under the Mauryas and Neighbours continue to play may be. For ancient Hindus, rivers flowing through it. “The Nagas, and the great bird Garuda, back to the 7th Century and is in then the Kushanas, Kashmir’s make-or-break roles in the state. Kashmir was a sacred geography water of Vitasta [today’s Jhelum] into sworn enemies. To trump his fact built on the site of the 6th horizons stretched across the Afghanistan’s leaders, who once to which humans were introduced mixed with that of Sindhu [Indus] foes, Garuda brought the Nagas Century royal capital Pravarapura, Indian subcontinent, from ruled Kashmir, no longer seek by divine intervention. The is like milk mixed with nectar, the nectar of immortality but pre- mentioned in the Chinese annals Magadha in the southeast, com- control or influence there. Yet, Nilamata Purana, also known as beauty combined with elegance, vented them from swallowing it, of the Tang dynasty. The modern prising modern Odisha and events in Afghanistan continue to Kasmira Mahatmya, was regarded and knowledge combined with and a series of disasters followed. city took the older Ashokan name. parts of Bengal, to Malwa or fall out on Kashmir, largely as one of the texts in the Vedanta, good nature.” M% % The Naga chiefs fell out, their Buddhism flowered in modern Rajasthan in the south- because of Pakistani activism in a body of scriptural literature that Descendants of the sage + * ' people were massacred, their king, Kashmir under Ashoka, who dis- west. In modern-day Pakistan, both regions. Attacks from mod- combines myth and legend with Kashyapa, whose wife Kadru gave Gonanda I, besieged the god patched hundreds of monks from they covered Gandhara to the ern Pakistan, which includes the what may have been real-life birth to the Naga clan, the % Krishna in Mathura and was Gandhara to spread the faith, at north and the lands of the Dards ancient territories once called events and often interprets one Nilamata’s writers saw Kashmiris ' killed by Krishna’s brother, while the same time building a Shiva in the northwest, comprising Dardistan, have increased, but through the other. It describes the as guardians of the sacred “who Krishna himself killed Gonanda’s temple at Vijeshwari to support Chitral, Gilgit and Kohistan in only to the extent that there are Kashmir valley as originally one perform sacrifices and are %'M1* M son, Damodara I, in Gandhara, what was then the religion of the Swat, Gurez in Baltistan and shorter lulls between attacks than vast lake, home to the gods Shiva engaged in self-study and contem- %* %' 'M which comprised present-day majority. Vijeshwari is now parts of northern Punjab, and there were centuries ago. While and his wife, Parvati, but it also plation, virtuous ascetics well- Kandahar and Kabul in Bijbehara in Anantnag district, the Mehrgarh or today’s Balochistan Iran is less prominent than refers to the valley itself as Uma, versed in the Vedas.” Their life ' %& Afghanistan together with constituency of former Chief in the west. Beyond the subcon- ancient Parthia, it continues to another name for Parvati, turning sounds idyllic, if unreal; protected %& Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister Mufti Mohammad tinent, they reached further sway Shias in the state politically it into a place to worship as well as by the formidable mountains that and Swat. A repentant Krishna Sayeed from 2002-15. Buddhism west to Palmyra in Syria and and Kashmiri elites culturally. a place of worship. surround it, Kas’mira had never K 7*%' anointed the dead king’s wife, continued to blossom in close Parthia or Persia, which is pre- China is no longer a potential ally This vast lake, says the been conquered and its people * %' M7 Yasovati, the new ruler of proximity to Hinduism under sent-day Iran; north to Bactria, for Kashmir, since it occupied a Nilamata, was drained at the were free from fear. The valley % %K Kashmir, because “the goddess Ashoka’s son and grandson, as lands in the Amu Darya or large part of the state’s territory order of the sage Kashyapa, echoed with the sounds of lutes Uma (was) the same as Kas’mira.” well as under the Kushana kings Oxus basin including parts of after the 1962 India-China War grandson of the god Brahma, by and drums, religious chants, ( + * Whether these myths consti- who captured Kashmir from the Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and and became a stakeholder in the cutting a rock gorge at Varahmula, dance and theatre in an unending tuted imaginative interpretations Mauryan empire in its decline. Tajikistan, through Sindh and Kashmir conflict. Tajikistan and which is Baramulla today. It grad- round. “One should feast in the of actual alliances and conflicts The Kushanas are believed to be northeast to China. aris has vaulting ambitions to capture a share of the Pworld gold trade from London, reviving its historic role 5 1 as a top-tier power in the interna- tional bullion market. The Banque de France has teamed up with JP Morgan to offer a full + 123 (+&-/4**)( 45-' 0(-, range of swaps, leases, and gold deposits for global central banks and sovereign wealth funds. is upgrading the quality of its gold trade for decades, so it is going to the gold shipping partnership of Global reserve managers will be reserves to ensure that they meet be tough for them,” he said. the East India Company and able to pledge bullion as collateral the LBMA benchmark standard The LBMA says the daily Moses Mocatta in the late 17th for deposits or for raising foreign for global trading. This means notional trade in London in 2016 Century — later helped by the currency on the Paris market. refining to a 999.9 per cent purity. was $234bn, far ahead of the great gold enthusiast, Sir Isaac Sylvie Goulard, the BdF’s It is reported that the BdF is offer- COMEX in the US at $28.9bn, or Newton, master of the Royal deputy governor, called it the ing much lower storage costs that the combined Shanghai futures Mint and part-time alchemist, spearhead of a sweeping shake- the Bank of England. and gold exchanges at $9.4bn. when he could tear himself away up of the French gold industry Paris was a central hub of the However, the LBMA members from gravity theory. and left no doubt that one aim is world bullion nexus in the 19th provide deep liquidity to the mar- The Bank of England estab- to challenge the hegemonic posi- Century when the Napoleon 20 ket and this cannot easily be repli- lished the London Good Delivery tion of the City in bullion deal- franc gold coin rivalled the cated. “Constructing anew such a List in 1750 to set a unified stan- ing. “While these gold investment British gold sovereign and the system would be expensive and dard for gold refiners. The quin- services have until now only been American Eagle. The gold wearisome. For Paris to challenge tet of N M Rothschild & Sons, offered from London, it recently reserves of the French Third London’s pre-eminence the BdF Mocatta & Goldsmid, Pixley & became possible for the Banque Republic were stored in the wine would need to encourage more Abell, Samuel Montagu & Co. de France to offer them also from cellars of Hotel de Toulouse in than just JP Morgan to operate and Sharps Wilkins ran the cele- Paris. As a result, Paris could Paris until the First World War. there with such a back-up,” he said. brated ‘London Fix’ for decades. gradually re-emerge as a key Deemed vulnerable, they were France’s 20th century rever- The anachronistic Fix was marketplace for gold,” she wrote switched to the famous ence for gold had unintended reformed after the global finan- in the Alchemist, the in-house Souterraine beneath the Seine consequences. The country cial crisis to make it more trans- journal for the London Bullion River in the 1920s, the deepest accumulated too much of the parent. It is now electronic and Market Association (LBMA). and biggest gold vault in the world’s bullion stock in the partially regulated. Barclays was While the French plans pre- world. Its underground cathedral 1920s after it returned the post- fined $26m in 2014 for abuses date the Brexit referendum, they of 720 pillars and Dantesque cir- Versailles Gold Standard at an linked to the old system. have taken on fresh salience as cles, with its seven ton armoured undervalued rate. This exerted a The Bank of England’s gold President Emmanuel Macron door, were immortalised by the deflationary effect on the inter- vaults hold 5,200 tonnes on openly strives to peel away some interwar writer Stefan Zweig, national system, deepening the behalf of global central banks and of the Square Mile’s banking, who called it the “heart of our Great Depression. At one point for the LBMA, with sealed lips on wealth management, euro clear- economic world, the epicentre of it amassed 5,000 tonnes. the who customers are. Some ing, and insurance business. the invisible waves that stir mar- Gold hoarding recoiled with a 7,500 tonnes in total are stored in Mme Goulard said the BdF kets, bourses, and banks.” International Settlements want to sold half the Bank of England’s China and Russia that still under- vengeance in the 1930s when London. JP Morgan, HSBC, and will act as a ‘principal’ for the The London gold market — trade on behalf of central banks, bars at the bottom of market, for stand the value of gold as a store France remained the last major Brinks, among others, have their first time so that foreign central or loco London in trader parlance for example, it does so in a quarter of current price. of value and a medium of power fixed to the Gold Standard, own vaults. In the long run, the banks can generate a return from — is a hard nut for the French to London. It is an all-or-nothing France sold 580 tonnes under exchange that is in itself no one and therefore remained trapped real challenge for the London gold transactions without taking crack. The Bundesbank has been effect, and it is self-reinforcing. Nicolas Sarkozy — to great protest else’s promise,” he said. in contractionary vortex that gold market almost certainly on counterparty risk, a crucial repatriating gold holdings from Although Shanghai is breathing — but remains the world’s fifth Ross Norman from Sharps delayed recovery and led to bitter comes from Shanghai and Asian service in the ultra-cautious vaults in Paris and New York to down London’s neck,” he said. biggest holder with 2,436 tonnes. Pixley said there is a reason for Left-Right political conflict. It was hubs. Some might say the sibling world of reserve managers. assuage Germany’s “bring-home- Peter Hambro, a London gold “The Banque de France has an this stickiness. London remains a key reason why the country suc- rivalry between the French and One aim is to muscle in on our-gold” movement, but it has veteran and president of the excellent reputation as the manag- the most liquid gold market in the cumbed to defeatism in 1940. the British — over the most the swap business as gold becomes not yet withdrawn any bars from Russian miner Petropavlovsk, er of the French national reserves western world by far, with trusted London can boast an even atavistic of all commodities — eligible collateral under the Basel the vaults of the Bank of said the French held onto to most of gold and foreign exchange. It is courts under the rule of law. “I more illustrious past than Paris borders on national caricature. III framework for banks. The BdF England. “If the Bank for their gold when Gordon Brown in a select club of countries like haven’t heard of a ‘loco Paris’ gold as a bullion hub. It dates back to ! / ! @ * ' %' % %*+A % ( itextaiutar# ( %,' %% %&* ' I A M !"#$!" < R retha Franklin’s voice estab- lished her reputation as the Aqueen of soul, but her style was the stuff of legend. Fans had the chance to snap up more than 30 of her history-making looks at a fashion auc- tion in New York. Franklin, who was 76 when she died from cancer in August, was known for an elaborate and glitzy aesthetic, heavy on sequins, fur and feather boas. A public exhibi- tion of her outfits was held at the Hard Rock Cafe last week before going under the hammer. Highlights of the Julien’s Auctions collection included the red ruffled dress Franklin wore for a Radio City Music Hall concert in 1993, the denim crew jacket from the $80m estate. More than 100 pink 1980 Blues Brothers film, in which she Cadillacs were part of her funeral pro- played Mrs Murphy, and the regal cession in Detroit and the service cream gown she wore to Bill Clinton’s stretched for eight hours in a church nomination ball. packed with 4,000 guests. In signature Franklin sang for three presidents style, Franklin had three outfit — Jimmy Carter, Clinton and Barack changes for each public viewing, ahead Obama — and was awarded the of her funeral. Martin Nolan, execu- Presidential Medal of Freedom by tive director of the sale, said the auc- George W Bush in his second term. tion was “celebrating the tremendous She died without making a will, leav- talents, power and grace of America’s ing her niece as the executor of her greatest singer of all time”. ( + ' omebody, somewhere knows its location. But the one man who Scould help is refusing to talk. Portrait of Mlle. Gabrielle Diot (1890), a painting by Edgar Degas, hung above the desk of a renowned Jewish art dealer at his Paris gallery until 0* 1940 when, along with numerous other works, it was confiscated by the Nazis. Now, the descendants of Paul Rosenberg have hired London-based art detectives to try to recover it, almost 60 years after the art dealer’s death. “It’s not impossible that some- body has seen it,” said Marianne )*6( &//+ Rosenberg, Paul’s granddaughter. “We reserve the right to seek recourse to the law in all jurisdictions.” Paris in August 1944 by a unit of the Paul Rosenberg, a patron to both Free French forces led by Lieutenant 5" 5." ##/.! /A#42 57 /52554# Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, Alexandre Rosenberg, Paul whom he affectionately called “Pic”, Rosenberg’s son, an intervention kept meticulous records of the works depicted in the 1964 film The Train, $ .2/ ./.! 2.5"." #45. /4 .#4755M' * in his keeping, a practice that has starring Burt Lancaster. greatly helped his family over the But the 1890 Degas was not ou might have noticed that + -#-* obesity, which affects one in six years in its quest to reclaim them. Of among them, and its whereabouts veganism has been in the Heads up: Diet season is on the hori- Britons and is a leading cause of death. the 400 or so works looted from his since the theft by the Nazis have been news recently. As the fall- zon! If the four weeks of endless booz- A 2016 study from Oxford argues that gallery, only 65 have yet to be recov- a mystery. The painting first resur- out from former Waitrose ing, chocolate-nibbling and mince pie- the mass adoption of a vegan diet ered, according to Marianne. faced in 1974, when a Hamburg-based Food magazine editor scoffing that essentially makes up could cut 8.1 million deaths a year. Many of the pieces were loaded on art dealer, Mathias Hans, is said to YWilliam Sitwell’s vegan comments December traditionally leaves your Becoming vegan for 31 days is not to a train that was stopped outside have brokered its sale to a Swiss buyer. continues apace, November 1 belt a little tight, a vegan diet may be going to have the same effect, but it’s marked the World Vegan Day, and just the ticket to help you shed the worth bearing in mind. the start of World Vegan Month. extra pounds (as long as you move a Veganism isn’t about to slip from bit as well). A 2015 study showed that , # + the agenda, either. As a new poll those following a vegan diet lost com- '% (M No one needs to tell you that eating reveals that one third of Britons are paratively more weight than those fol- fruit and vegetables is beneficial, but in trying to reduce their meat intake, lowing omnivorous and vegetarian case you’ve forgotten everything your we’re only two weeks away from the ones. Good news for anyone still in a (' 7 parents and teachers ever taught you, annual month of Veganuary, in which cheese-induced coma. M %& they’re full of essential vitamins and people eliminate all meat, fish, dairy, minerals (including calcium, potassium and eggs from their diet. The initiative, P , $ (' M( +' F and Vitamin C) and dietary fibre. All of launched in 2014, seeks to encourage Agriculture is one of the largest con- ' (' 7 these should keep you feeling and (ide- people to try a vegan diet, stating that, tributors to greenhouse gas emissions ally) looking great. Even though you’ve “Veganism is one of the most effective (more than all transport), potentially ' 7 had the five-a-day mantra drilled into choices a person can make to reduce increasing to 50 per cent by 2050. %'* 7 you for years, the chances are you’re the suffering of animals, help the plan- Rearing livestock for animal-based still not eating enough fruits and veg- et, and improve personal health.” products requires far more land, water * etables. Unless you plan to survive on a Despite the stereotypical litany of and energy than producing grain; 27kg @ + %1 diet of crisps and vegan sausages (I vegan-myths (think: Under-nourished, CO2 is generated per kilo beef in com- don’t recommend it) trying out long-haired, hippie lentil-lovers), veg- parison to 0.9kg per kilo of lentils. 'O Veganuary will, if anything, force you anism is steadily becoming one of the According to a 2016 Oxford study, the ,'A '% to eat more of the good stuff. isney is moving ahead with to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip most popular diets around the world. adoption of a vegan diet globally %&, 7 another Star Wars spinoff TV of a ruthless Empire.” Propagated by the clean eating would cut food-related emissions by $#$--% Dseries. It follows the Like The Mandalorian, the Rogue brigade, it has a lengthy list of celebri- 70 per cent. That’s got to be a good ' Go ahead and raise your eyebrows, but announcement, in October, of the One series will be available on ty backers: Russell Brand, Ellen reason to put down the ham sandwich. a recent study analysed the sweat of Jon Favreau-created The Disney’s new streaming service, which Degeneres, Natalie Portman, and * those who eat a diet of mainly fruit and Mandalorian. In an earnings call with Iger revealed will be named Disney+. Samuel L Jackson. And then there’s the $ $#- - * +M % vegetables, and found that it was investors, Disney CEO Bob Iger said A Marvel-related TV series, to star ever-growing list of vegan athletes, While veganism isn’t necessarily a one- deemed to be more attractive to women that the new show would act as a pre- Tom Hiddleston as Loki, is in devel- including Serena Williams, Mike way ticket to a zen-like, eternal youth, (who actually had to smell and evaluate quel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. opment, also for Disney+. Also Tyson, and former Mr Universe numerous scientific studies have been each sample) than those on a carb- It will star Diego Luna as Cassian planned are series spinoffs of the Barnabas du Plessis (a past PETA taken to measure the impact of a heavy diet. The sweat produced by veg- Andor, the rebel alliance spy he Disney-Pixar film Monsters Inc, and spokesperson), which should put paid plant-based diet in reducing the risk of eating men was described as “floral, played in the movie. According to a the Disney Channel film High School to anyone with the phrase “but what major diseases, including diabetes and fruity, sweet or having medici- statement from Disney: “The rousing Musical. Disney+ is due to launch in about protein?” on their lips. heart disease with positive results. A nal qualities.” Do you need spy thriller will explore tales filled the US in late 2019. It will remove its Intrigued? Here are some scientifically vegan diet also eases the symptoms of another reason? with espionage and daring missions content from Netflix at the same time. tested reasons to give veganism a go: arthritis-sufferers and can help prevent ! / ! (33 # % + to her shoulders in cling wrap without airport authorities seconds. Que then suspended the drains and back to their breeding gender, I want to have my own age. +- * , any gaps. An adjudicator for the record- told them to turn himself from a bar and broke the pools and doing what they should do I want to control myself,” he said popular Japanese YouTuber set a keeping organisation kept time and around, passenger Boris record for fastest time to solve a Rubik’s and making more amphibians.” Thursday. AGuinness World Record by wrap- inspected Shirahata to make sure the Hejblum said. “The airport staff cube upside-down, finishing with a time The issue of trapped toads is not Ratelband says he wants to ping a volunteer in cling wrap in only attempt was an official record. Dekakin told us there was an issue with the plane,” of 15.84 seconds, 1.6 seconds faster than limited to Britain. A 2012 study in the avoid age discrimination in one minute, 58 seconds. was awarded a certificate once the time he said. No Ryanair staff members were the previous record holder. Netherlands estimated that more than society — especial- Dekakin, a comedian and was verified at 1 minute, 58 seconds. available, and the only communication half a million small vertebrates like ly on dating web- YouTuber known for food and from the airline was two text messages frogs, toads and newts end up trapped sites. “So when I arm wrestling related stunts, saying simply that the departure was O, - P-+ in gully pots and drains each year. ask for a mort- enlisted the help of Ichiho , + F0 , delayed, and a 5-euro ($5.75) voucher for + A gage, for example, Shirahata, a member of the # P #% -- food — “less than what a sandwich cost small group of British conserva- they say it’s group “Gekijo-ban” torms, strikes, computer failures at the airport café,” the 30-year-old Ationists are installing mesh-covered +$ " I" impossible,” he Gokigen Teikoku S— you can now add “your plane Frenchman said. The passengers were ladders in roadside drains to save + !I told The singing group whose has been seized by the put on another flight that finally brought trapped amphibians from certain death. elf-styled positivity guru Associated Press. ballet experience Government” to the list of things them to London’s Stansted airport — five The Warwickshire Amphibian and SEmile Ratelband thinks “If I go on Tinder, came in handy dur- that can delay your flight. In hours late. The multi-million dollar jet, Reptile Team — the memorably age is just a number. And his then I get women ing the attempt. The France, 149 passengers were meanwhile, was released only Friday acronymed WART — hopes that by is a number the Dutchman wants from 68, 69 when pair practiced for preparing to take off for London after Ryanair paid a bill of 525,000 euros. placing 20 of the rust-resistant alu- changed. The 69-year-old TV women are hours to perfect late Thursday when French minum ladders down drains near personality has asked a court in there.” How their technique authorities ordered their known breeding pools in England’s the Netherlands to approve his about just before the official Ryanair Boeing 737 impound- + - West Midlands, they can boost the request for a new birthday that being eco- attempt, which ed. The budget carrier owed % P+% + dwindling amphibian population. “The officially would make him 49. nomical with was timed to money and it was “regrettable Chinese teenager who already holds amphibians are coming to breed and Ratelband says his legal the truth coincide with that the state was forced” to Atwo Guinness World Records broke then hitting the road, getting across the appeal is consistent with other about his age? Thursday’s evacuate the plane, the civil two more by solving Rubik’s cubes in roads, hitting the curb, along the curb forms of personal transforma- “I don’t want to Guinness World aviation authority said. The unusual ways. Xiamen resident Que and into the drains. 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Sooner or later, truth is revealed. leaders are futile? But it does call for some serious fail in a competition or a test. When painful. Since they do not know what If we read the newspapers, we find thinking. Interestingly, evolution of leadership theories we doubt whether an outcome will turn to expect, anxiety and fear builds with- thieves may rob a bank and get away. have passed through all these stages in the last over out right, we fear the consequences. If in them. There are many people who Parents lie to their children, and chil- hundred years, though inconclusively. Still, there is a we doubt the existence of a controlling do believe in life after death. What dren lie to their parents. We may take need to examine the issue afresh because leadership is /5. 7!././ power, we live in fear of chance occur- they fear then is the unknown of how money that is not ours from our place one of the most talked about subjects in management "#/ # 7 rences and accidents. they are going to die and what they will of employment. We may cheat on our literature. As experts galore try to broach over the sub- !$A 4 / # 45 Untruth also leads to fear. If we tell experience at the time of death. They loved ones. We may pretend to have ject, an old Indian story is worth recapitulating. Once, $#57 . #4/O$ a lie, we live in the fear of being caught. fear the pain of death. power that we do not have in order to Lord Shiva and Parvati decided to visit the world along 2//5/ 5.! 45A We must create an intricate web of lies Our soul, which is totally con- , ' get people to do what we want. We with their ox. The God was disguised as an old man, 51 /5 to cover the first lie. 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But the person who drives at will be people to criticise you. Moral of the story — do children, we fear and worry about how eternal. It lives on and on and on. the accepted speed limit does not not try to please everybody. No matter what you do or long our parents are going to be there What we call death in this world of have to drive in fear. That person can how noble your intentions are, people will find fault. to support us. As students, we live in ours is only a physical death. For the enjoy the sights along the way, the Perhaps, this may give some clue as to why people’s fear of failing our examinations. As soul, it is just the changing of a vesture. music on the radio, or the discus- perception about leaders is fickle. The course open for parents, we fear whether or not our Therefore, the first thing to understand sions with other passengers without leaders is to have an agenda with noble intentions and child is going to be healthy or whether is that our soul is everlasting. If we can fear hanging over his or her head. pursue the path with dedication, without aiming to sat- or not he or she will grow to be a good realise this, fear of the unknown nature The soul’s existence is truth. If we isfy all the people all the time. Leadership is not about person. As business owners, we worry of death, will be eliminated. can tap into the soul, then our real being politically correct. It is about being just correct. about whether our competitors are get- The soul is truth. Untruth lives in nature as truth will govern our lives Let the conscience be the judge. ting the better of us. Each one of us is fear of being exposed. But as Mahatma and free us from fear. * ) ) fearful about one aspect of our life or Gandhi often said, “Truth always wins ! * 5 * F nd we blame luck — acts done in # . 2/ the past as the reason for our pre- 50.! 0 / .2/7 / # #!5#5 Asent woes. Nothing can be farther 5 552.0/ 7$5454A from truth. 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Once the attachments for material objects, but do we K(* L1%##72.2/ This is what we do too. Lust, greed, facts come out and he is sent to jail, then, heed the warning? Rather we want to be "/ 05 / anger, jealousy, ego, hurrying, attachments, can he blame his bad luck? Two hot-headed oblivious of this danger, which takes away .2/1.75# impatience, pride, being anxious, being persons get into an ugly fight over a minor our peace of mind. Pride of possessing 2E.50! .5/ 5 fearful, etc are all present in various degrees car accident, and get seriously hurt. Can material objects is a brother of ego. Don’t 50/.2/2. / in most of us. But these hurt when we act luck be blamed for such aggression? we realise that these things are with us / 5 50/2/75. .2/ 5! .5 under their influence. Let me discuss lust, Ego influences behaviour is most fami- temporarily and can be taken away? If we "/ #454/A the most harmful one, first. It has many lies and offices. 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This is itations, coming as they may as the effect The irony of the whole situation is should be self-willed, tactless, and unsta- Ewhat has propelled progressive of Karmic residuals carried over from that caught up in the usual mills of life, ble. He would be an escapist, stuck to his civilisational evolution down the ages the past. That restricts the scope of our seldom does one care to figure out one’s delusionary dream perception, and not through conscious human efforts. Even vision. Mind, the mover and shaker of a own limitations. Instead, people keep open to look beyond in search of better in individual terms, most of us wish to being, thus fails to have access to major looking for a probable promising options. He may not acknowledge truth make it big in life, and accordingly set part of its landscape, thus limiting our moment in future. A couple of years on its first appearance and would rather our dream destinations. Dreams are nec- indwelling potential. back parents of an errant young man continue pursuing his own dream per- essary for people to reach heights they Seen in real terms, we are all born came seeking guidance on how to bring ception undeterred. Third, he may not be are capable of. Since time immemorial, with a preconditioned mind in terms of him back on the rails. Following a look keen on taking pains to achieve some- the Moon has fascinated and evoked our desire trends, virtues and attributes as into his chart, they were told that the thing by himself. He may wish from his man’s curiosity, seen every day — yet well as habits and attitudes. That sets the young man’s thought process seems to elders to meet all his demands. unknown. A longing to know and under- usual trends of our ongoing life. What have become incoherent, calling for Intelligence signifying Mercury is placed stand it led scientists to send man on the further compounds our problems is ego, immediate medical intervention. They adverse to Mars. That makes him rest- Moon. But not everyone’s dream comes which doesn’t let us look beyond our pre- got badly offended. “Our child has gone less, lacking focus, bad tempered, irrita- true, non realisation of which often conceived limits. With such a narrowed mad — is that what you mean? Just sug- ble, hyper-critical, and a habitual liar. brings in frustrating experiences. Why? vision, we fail to look at issues in hand in gest the probable time frame when he is Mars ill-disposed off to Saturn, makes Are we so helplessly fated? the right perspective. Consequently, often expected to behave responsibly, and him suspicious, impatient, bad tempered There is little doubt that we are all we are not able to make the right choices remedial measures if any necessary,” and evil minded. It also gives him a born with immense mind-power, carry- in life, and with obvious consequences. they retorted. “I have offered you my revengeful attitude. Venus opposite ing limitless potential. If we could When we meet failures, instead of looking piece of advice. It is now your call,” I Uranus and Neptune brings in self-indul- access, unfold, and optimise our for our own inadequacies for necessary humbly suggested. Meanwhile, the gent tendencies. All put together makes indwelling potential, one would know correction, we try to find refuse in our young man’s condition has been getting him vulnerable to mental disorder, call- no limits. Our power of freewill aided destiny. Truth, however, remains that we worse day by day. He often turns violent, ing for sustained psychiatric help. by the faculty of discriminate intelli- don’t succeed or fail in life simply because abusing elders and at times has even ! ) gence, helps us achieve this end through that would be so scripted in our destiny. assaulted them. He has wasted a huge >> conscious efforts. Provided, we are aware We fail in life only when we do not strive sum of money in the last couple of years. 0+DD:#) 44 )44 22 ,, ) of our true nature — with all the core sufficiently to address our limitations and Let us now look at his astrological 4 // KKDDD:::#B strengths and weaknesses. The paradox, unfold the immense power within. In the pointers. 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