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NEARBY Decide on Modi, Amit Shah ‘hate speeches’ by May 6, SC tells EC Save nation from ModiShah duo: Kejriwal Congress has alleged that the poll body was not applying rules uniformly NEW DELHI Aam Aadmi Party chief and Krishnadas Rajagopal lawmaker Sushmita Dev, re Delhi Chief Minister Arvind New Delhi presented by advocate Sunil Kejriwal on Thursday The Supreme Court on Fernandes, alleged that repeated his request to Thursday gave the Election there was one set of rules for voters to take money from Commission of India (EC) Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah and other political parties and time till May 6 to take a final another for the rest of the then vote for AAP, during the call on the complaints filed candidates. second day of his roadshows by the Congress against the The Congress said several in Delhi. This election, he alleged hate speeches and representations of “viola said, was to save the country misuse of the armed forces tion” of the model code of from the ModiShah duo. as political propaganda by conduct were made to the Before the storm: Locals and visitors taking snaps of the sea from the beach in Konark, Odisha, DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 * BISWARANJAN ROUT DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Prime Minister Narendra EC, but no action had been just hours before Cyclone Fani made landfall. Modi and BJP president Amit forthcoming from the poll CBI clarifies in SC Shah. body, which should be de on exKolkata CP The Commission repeat voted to the concept of free NEW DELHI edly protested, saying it Mr. Dwivedi submitted not decided on the com and fair elections in a de Odisha evacuates over 11 lakh The CBI on Thursday clarified would need time to call for that there were a total of 11 plaints for the past three mocracy. that it is seeking lifting of the entire transcript of the complaints against the two weeks. “What was spoken by Since March 10, when the Extremely severe Fani to hit coast with 180 km wind speeds protection granted to former speeches and decide the leaders. “Of this, four have them [Modi and Shah] can general election was noti Kolkata Police Commissioner context of the allegedly of been effectively decided. We not be taken back... the dam fied, Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah Staff Reporter lakh people from lowlying cials said. The cyclone will Rajeev Kumar by the fending words in them. This need time till at least next age caused is irreversible. had “specifically in sensitive Bhubaneswar/Kolkata areas in 15 districts. hit the coast with a maxi Supreme Court and not With the extremely severe Heavy rainfall had started mum sustained wind speed permission for his “custodial would take time, it said. Wednesday to decide on the But the EC has to take a deci areas and States, ex facie vio interrogation”. “So, you have today, then rest,” he said. sion by tomorrow [Friday],” lated the provisions of the cyclonic storm Fani expect at many places in the coastal of 170180 kmph, gusting to NATION Ī PAGE 6 Friday and even Sunday... But the court put its foot he submitted. Representation of the People ed to cross the Odisha coast districts by Thursday even 200 kmph. Storm surge of DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD You can do it,” Chief Justice down. “You come on Mon Act and the election rules between Gopalpur and ing under the influence of about 1.5 metre height may Hans Raj Hans is a of India Ranjan Gogoi told day,” CJI Gogoi responded. Direct attack and the process,” the peti Chandbali, south of Puri the storm. Fani is expected flood lowlying areas. Muslim, claims AAP the commission, represent Senior advocate A.M. In one of the most direct at tion said. town, on Friday morning, to make landfall between 8 ALERT IN VILLAGES Ī PAGE 7 NEW DELHI ed by senior advocate Ra Singhvi began the hearing by tacks on the EC, a 146page the State government on a.m. and 10 a.m. and conti CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 NAVY GEARS UP Ī PAGE 7 The Aam Aadmi Party on kesh Dwivedi. submitting that the EC had petition filed by Congress Thursday evacuated over 11 nue to rage up to noon, offi Thursday alleged that BJP’s North West Delhi candidate Hans Raj Hans had converted Chargesheet to Islam and can’t fight from a SC to hear petition to debar Rahul from polls Plea for recusal of CJI reserved seat. It said it will legal correspondent wan Goyal and Chander Pra It was evident that Mr. issued by the Ministry of filed against move court to disqualify him. NEW DELHI kash Tyagi. The petition said Gandhi had acquired British Home Affairs to Mr. Gandhi in Assam case rejected The BJP denied the allegation The Supreme Court on the court should “com nationality. This was clear on the question of his “dual Zakir Naik and demanded an apology Thursday agreed to hear a mand” the government to from the incorporation cer citizenship”. Legal correspondent from AAP. Special Correspondent guishing in the detention plea to direct the Election decide the question of acqui tificate of U.K. company On November 30, 2015, NEW DELHI DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 NEW DELHI centres for years, trans DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Commission of India (EC) to sition of British citizenship BACKOPS Limited and the the Supreme Court dismis Chief Justice of India (CJI) formed itself, through oral debar Congress president by Mr. Gandhi and conse returns filed by the compa sed a public interest litiga The Enforcement Directo rate (ED) on Thursday filed Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday observations made by the Rahul Gandhi from contest quently determine his In ny, it said. tion petition filed by a lawyer refused activist Harsh Man CJI during hearings, into a ing the Lok Sabha election dian citizenship. The petition wanted a de seeking a CBI investigation its first chargesheet against preacher Zakir Naik and der’s request that he recuse premise for “more people and “becoming a Member of It wanted the court to de claration that Mr. Gandhi “is against Mr. Gandhi for alleg himself from hearing a PIL being detained and deport Parliament” after he had cide whether a person who not an Indian citizen and he edly declaring himself a Brit others, accusing him of money laundering. It iden petition highlighting the ed” in Assam. “voluntarily acquired British has voluntarily acquired is incompetent to contest as ish national before company “subhuman” living condi The CJI said it was the nationality”. British citizenship should be per the provisions of the law authorities in the U.K. tified assets worth ₹193 crore and attached proper tions of detenues in Assam’s judge who decided whether A Bench, led by Chief Jus allowed to contest from Constitution read with the The court found it too “frivo detention centres. to recuse himself from a tice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Amethi and Wayanad, and Representation of the People lous” and called it an at ties valued at ₹50.46 crore FRIDAY REVIEW Mr. Mander said his peti case and not the litigant. Ī 12 PAGES was responding to the plea then “fill a seat” in Act, 1951.” tempt by the lawyer to start a in the case so far. (TABLOID) tion, which was solely in by Delhi residents Jai Bhag Parliament. The plea follows a notice “roving inquiry.” CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CONTINUED ON Ī DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES tended to release those lan PAGE 10

Winners all: An elated Hansika Shukla and Karishma Arora Blast from the past: A tree fossil that was found at Kharapathar in Shimla district of Himachal after the results were declared. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Pradesh on Thursday. The fossil belongs to the Mesozoic geological era (67250 million years ago), according to State Museum curator Harish Chauhan. * ANI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Special Correspondent for classical dance helped NEW DELHI her take regular breaks Girls outperformed boys in from her books during the this year’s Central Board of school year and also fits in ‘Cover lotus references in city Secondary Education’s to her dreams for the fu Class 12 examinations with ture. “I want to do Psychol a nine percentage point ad ogy Honours and vantage in pass percentag hopefully specialise in schools that are polling stations’ es. Overall, 83.4% of the dance therapy,” she told 12.87 lakh students who at The Hindu. SAURABH TRIVEDI schools information such as stations. tempted the examination NEW DELHI national bird, national ani Reacting to the observer’s held in February and Favours Psychology An election observer on mal among other things were objection, a schoolteacher March 2019 have passed, Her fellow topper Hansika Thursday asked for ‘Rashtri mentioned on the walls. “We said: “There are so many par the CBSE said on Thursday. Shukla from the Delhi Pu ya Phool Kamal (national have been instructed to cov ties and each of them has an While 88.7% of girls blic School in Ghaziabad flower lotus)’ embossed on er the word ‘Kamal’ painted/ election symbol that repre cleared the examination, also wants to study Psy a school building wall in West embossed on the walls in sents something that we use only 79.4% of boys did so. chology, but hopes to join Delhi to be covered as it is a schools where polling will be in schools. It doesn’t mean Among transgender stu the Indian Foreign Service. violation of the model code held on May 12. We are in the they start covering dents, the pass percentage “I never thought of marks, of conduct. Lotus is the BJP’s process of identifying such everything.” was 83.3%. I just concentrated on giv election symbol. walls and they will be co In 2012, the Election Com ing my 100%. I kept away A police officer said that vered with the help of the mission had ordered to cover Joint toppers from social media,” she the observer has asked them district administration,” said up the statues of then U.P. The joint toppers — who said. to identify such walls in the police officer. Chief Minister Mayawati and scored 499 out of a possi Three girls also grabbed schools that are listed as poll The election observer has elephant, the symbol of her ble 500 — were also girls, the second rank, and 11 out ing stations in Delhi. also asked for photos of Pan Bahujan Samaj Party, ahead both from Uttar Pradesh. of 18 students in the third During a visit to polling dit Jawaharlal Nehru and B.R. of the Assembly polls. The For Karishma Arora rank were also girls. stations, the election obser Ambedkar to be covered in same have not been covered from the SD Public School SEE ALSOĪ DELHI METRO ver found that in several schools listed as polling this time. in Muzaffarnagar, her love PAGES 1 & 4 CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI Timings Friday, May 03 Tewari approaches RISE 05:40 SET 18:57 Rebel thickens the plot in Bikaner RISE 04:51 SET 17:30 Election Commission Saturday, May 04 Union Minister Arjun Meghwal’s defence of the seat is threatened by a seventime MLA’s exit from BJP RISE 05:39 SET 18:58 Over riots allegations against family RISE 05:25 SET 18:26 Sabha Speaker Balram Jak Though the BJP’s leader Sunday, May 05 har was elected on the Con ship is worried, the local of Press trust of india demic at Panjab University, RISE 05:38 SET 18:59 gress ticket from here in ficebearers have mostly dis Chandigarh Chandigarh, and my mother RISE 06:01 SET 19:24 1998. missed Mr. Bhati’s activities Senior Congress leader retired as the Dean of the Mohammed Iqbal Mr. Bhati, a seventime as a “nuisance”. Bikaner dis Manish Tewari lodged a PGI. Our family has never BIKANER MLA from Kolayat, resigned trict BJP president Satyapra complaint with the Election owned a petrol pump ever The BJP’s inability to control from the BJP in protest kash Acharya claimed while Commission, seeking action in our lives anywhere in In rebellion in its rank and file, against the ticket being given speaking to The Hindu that against those indulging in dia. We have complained to after the exit of its veteran to Mr. Arjun Ram, whom he the people had seen through “false and malicious” propa the returning officer, Ropar Rajput leader Devi Singh blamed for the party’s defeat Mr. Bhati’s ploys and had “in ganda against him and his SSP and the CEC. They need Bhati, has created a difficult in the Assembly election. In fact mobilised more in fa family on social media. to act against the miscreants situation in Bikaner for its an act of rebellion, a large vour of our candidate”. Mr. In a video clip that was at as soon as possible,” he candidate Arjun Ram Megh number of party workers Acharya said since Mr. Bhati tached with Mr. Tewari’s tweeted. wal, who was earlier expect have since come out in Mr. was no longer in the BJP, his tweet, it was alleged that his ing to notch a hattrick in the BJP candidate and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Bhati’s support. Moreover, protests were meaningless. father, late Professor V.N. ‘Outrageous lies’ reserved Lok Sabha consti campaigning in Bikaner. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Mr. Bhati has extended his Tewari, was involved in the “Those who failed in trying tuency. Former Minister De unconditional support to the CPI(M) candidate 1984 antiSikh riots in Delhi to raise the outside bogey vi Singh Bhati, who quit the seat. The younger cousin, are publicised by the rival Congress candidate, though The battle on the seat has al and petrol was supplied against me have now party last month, has upset Mr. Madan Gopal, has made parties as “national” ones. he has not joined the party. so become tough this time from his filling station to stooped too low to malign all electoral calculations. a debut in politics after tak National security and the While Mr. Madan Gopal af with the CPI(M) fielding its “burn Sikhs”. me and my family with out Union Minister of State for ing voluntary retirement country’s defence prepared firms that he respects Mr. Ar strong candidate, Shyopat rageous lies,” Mr. Tewari Water Resources Mr. Arjun from Indian Police Service ness are major themes in the jun Ram as his elder cousin Ram, who was a runnerup ‘Gutter, despicable’ said on Thursday. Ram — twotime MP from Bi before the 2018 State As BJP’s election campaign this despite differences in their in the Assembly election Describing the propaganda The Congress leader is kaner — is pitted against his sembly elections. He had time. political ideologies, Mr. Bha from Sriganganagar district’s against him as “gutter and locked in a fourway contest own cousin Madan Gopal earlier unsuccessfully tried The Bikaner seat has been ti’s supporters have been dis Raisingnagar seat. Mr. Ram is despicable”, the former Un against sitting Member of Meghwal, who is in the fray for a Congress ticket from a stronghold of the BJP since rupting the latter’s public among the three candidates ion MMr. inister, who is con Parliament and Shiromani 0 as a Congress candidate for Khajuwala seat. 2004, when film actor Dhar meetings and have clashed who have been fielded by the testing from Anandpur Sa Akali Dal leader Prem Singh DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to the first time. Interestingly, Though shortage of water mendra had won on the par with the BJP members dur CPI(M) in the State, the other hib in Punjab, said his Chandumajra, Aam Aadmi verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of both the candidates have for irrigation, slowdown in ty’s ticket. It was reserved for ing the election campaign. two contesting from Sikar family never owned a petrol Party candidate Narinder an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG served the government as ci handicraft industry and de Scheduled Castes in the On the day Mr. Arjun Ram and Churu. pump anywhere in the Shergill and Punjab Demo PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch vil servants in the past. clining figures in animal hus 2009 delimitation exercise, filed his nomination papers, In his campaign in the ru country and his father was cratic Alliance nominee Bir for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s Mr. Arjun Ram had en bandry are some of the pro after which the caste equa the rebels came out in large ral areas, Mr. Ram has assassinated by militants on Devinder Singh. products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- tered politics in 2009 after blems affecting the locals, tions changed and Dalits and numbers and created a tu sought the voters’ attention April 3, 1984, six months be Voting in Punjab will take ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in resigning from the Indian the electorate here has dep Other Backward Classes re mult by releasing black bal to spiralling prices of fertilis fore the riots. place in the last phase of the any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in Administrative Service and icted an inclination to cast gistered a shift towards Con loons which floated along ers, pesticides and other “My mother was a Jat Lok Sabha election on May this newspaper. won the Bikaner Lok Sabha ballot on the issues which gress. Earlier, former Lok the sky. agricultural inputs. Sikh. My father was an aca 19. Hapur case: U.P. govt. files new status report Wives of two dons battle it out in Siwan Copy handed over to petitioner’s counsel, next apex court hearing on May 9 While Mohd. Shahabuddin’s wife Hena Shahab has unsuccessfully contested the general election twice, it will be the first LS poll for Ajay Singh’s wife Kavita Singh Press trust of india Solicitor General Tushar to file a status report of the granted to the accused in the New Delhi Mehta, appearing for the investigation in the case in case. The Uttar Pradesh govern State, handed over a copy of which a person was killed The court had earlier Amarnath Tewary It’s 11. 30 a.m. and the blis ment informed the Supreme the status report to advocate and another brutally assault termed the allegations of tering heat has forced eve Court on Thursday that it has Vrinda Grover, who was re ed in the name of cow vigi survivor Samiuddin as It’s 7.30 a.m. and a motley ryone indoors, including filed a fresh status report on presenting the petitioners, lantism in June last year. “serious”. crowd has gathered outside Kavita Singh, the NDA can investigation in the Hapur in the court. It had directed the IGP to the modest home of impri didate and wife of gangster lynching case, in which one “Copy of the status report Probe supervision “facilitate the recording” of soned "Sultan of Siwan" Ajay Singh. Mr. Singh has person had lost his life last filed in the court has been The apex court on Septem victim’s statement before a Mohd. Shahabuddin in Pra been challenging Mohd. year. furnished to Vrinda Grover, ber 5 last year directed the judicial magistrate regarding tapur village. Over two do Shahabuddin’s sway in Si counsel for the petitioners. Inspector General of Police the incident in which 45 zen SUVs are parked out wan for several years. The Filing of response She may file her response to (IGP) of Meerut range to su yearold Qasim Qureishi was side. Some of the occupants couple are inside a local BJP A Bench headed by Chief Jus the same within a week. List pervise the investigation in beaten to death on June 18. are sitting beneath trees, leader’s house in the town. Mr. Singh, surrounded by a * tice Ranjan Gogoi said that a the matter on May 9,” said the Hapur lynching case. The plea filed by Samiud while others form a semi Hena Shahab. * Kavita Singh. copy of the status report be the Bench, also comprising The State government had din had sought setting up of circle on the verandah of few of his men, is busy on provided to the counsel ap Justices Deepak Gupta and earlier told the court that it a Special Investigation Team the old house. Fully covered and what others have done. his mobile phone asking pe But you too are a wife of a pearing for the petitioners Sanjiv Khanna. has transferred the SHO con to ensure “an impartial, in burkha and hijab, Hena ople to ensure his wife’s vic don accused in several and they can file a response The court had on April 8 cerned and filed appeals competent and fair investi Shahab, Shahabuddin's After losing twice, how do tory. Ms. Singh, who has criminal cases. to it within a week. asked the State government seeking cancellation of bail gation” into the incident. wife, is standing on the half you think you’ll win this been MLA twice, comes out closed doorsill and instruct time? after some time. Resplen ■ All the cases lodged ing a group about the day’s dent in yellow sari, bangles, against my husband are CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC campaign. Contesting the ■ I lost in the 2009 parlia gold earrings, finger rings, false and politically motivat Harvest time Lok Sabha poll on an RJD mentary poll because I got mangal sutra and a tattoo of ed. He is a desh-bhakt (pa ticket, Ms. Shahab takes very little time and I was a her husband’s name on her triot) and has been challeng some time off to respond to new entrant in politics… I right hand, she appears ing the reign of terror questions. could hardly speak at that more articulate than her unleashed in Siwan. If he is time. In 2014 it was “Modi husband. She speaks like a a gangster, why have people You have become mature wave” that swept the poll. seasoned politician. voted to elect me as an MLA now… earlier in the 2009 But this time, I’ve got expe twice? I feel bad when peo and 2014 Lok Sabha polls rience and people too have How do you feel ple call him a don. you were a contestant realised what PM Modi pro contesting the Lok Sabha with very few words on mised them and what he has poll for the first time? What are the issues you your lips. fulfilled. All the people can raise when asking people not be cheated all the time. ■ Not much difference, ex to vote for you? ■ Paristhithi sab kuch sik- cept that we have to visit ha deti hai (The situation Who do you find a better more people in more areas. ■ Desh ko bachana hai, makes you learn politician — Lalu Prasad or But I’m getting an over Modi ji ko phir ek baar PM everything). Nitish Kumar? And why? whelming response eve banana hain (We’ve to pro rywhere as people have tect our country and make This time your fight is ■ Lalu Prasad always. He is made up their mind to bring Modi ji our Prime Minister against the wife of another the only mass leader of Bi Ram Rajya in Siwan with again). I also tell people don... how do you see the har who cares for the down Modi ji as Prime Minister. about the development challenge? trodden and becomes their work done by Nitish Ku voice. He doesn’t change, he How do you find Hena mar’s government in the ■ I don’t see any challenge. doesn’t betray his people. Shahab as a challenger? State. And moreover, I do not wish to make any comment on Do you miss your ■ Everyone knows in Siwan Who is a better leader others. I want to focus only husband? who she is. She has been de Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad on my work and leave the feated twice in the last two or PM Modi? rest to the people of Siwan ■ Yes, I miss him a lot… the parliamentary polls and she who know well what my people of Siwan miss him a will be defeated for the third ■ In the country it is Modi ji husband has done for them lot. time as well. and in the State it is Nitish ji.

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Congress gave BJP a walkover PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The video purportedly showing the incident went viral Rajgarh (M.P.) press trust of india Sub Divisional Police Officer ference (AJKPC) led by its Eight members of a family, in J&K, says Omar Abdullah Jammu R.S. Pura, Sahil Prashur, president Anil Sharma held including six minors, National Conference leader said. protests in R.S. Pura in sup drowned in the Kalisindh Expresses unhappiness over ally’s poll campaign and former MLA Gagan Bha He said the case is being port of the action against the river in Madhya Pradesh’s gat was arrested on Thurs investigated. NC leader. Rajgarh district on Thurs Peerzada Ashiq campaign in the State, espe day for allegedly abusing The video purportedly day, Sarangpur tehsildar Ji Srinagar cially in the Jammu region. and thrashing a woman sar showed Mr. Bhagat thrash ‘Withdraw security’ ya Fatima said. National Conference vice panch in the border belt of ing Ms. Devi and her suppor “We want the Governor and The deceased, including president Omar Abdullah, ‘No meeting’ R.S. Pura in Jammu district, ters over the issue of taking the DGP to take action six children aged 717, ven an ally of the Congress in “It says a lot about the Con officials said. credit for installing power against him. His security tured to take bath in the Jammu and Kashmir, on gress party and its approach The alleged incident of transformer in Raipur Sajda should be withdrawn. He is Kundalia Dam’s submer Thursday expressed unhap to J&K. There hasn’t been a thrashing was reported in village in the constituency. using his security to threa gence area, a part of the piness over the Congress single election meeting by its the area on Saturday but the In the video, the exMLA ten the people,” Mr. Sharma river, near Titri village un poll campaign in the State. leadership. Contrast this video, purportedly showing is seen questioning the cre told reporters. der the Limachauhan pol with the number of rallies the NC leader attacking sar dentials of an elected sar After being expelled from ice station area. ‘Fighting chance’ addressed by Modi ji and panch Seema Devi and her panch of the area for instal the BJP recently for his “anti While bathing, one of “The Congress was in with a Amit Shah. They may not supporters, went viral on lation of the transformer in party” activities, Mr. Bhagat the kids started drowning, fighting chance in four of the have come to the Valley but the social media on Wednes the area and entering into joined the NC in December seeing which the others six seats and in three of National Conference leader they didn’t ignore the State,” day, prompting police to re verbal brawl and assault. last year. rushed to save him, Ms. Fa these the BJP was the main Omar Abdullah. * said Mr. Abdullah. gister a case. The NC leader wanted to Also in August last year, tima said. opponent. It’s inexplicable The National Conference “He was arrested around rule the areas by using “mus Mr. Bhagat was suspended However, they failed to how the BJP was simply gi Except for senior Con and the Congress are fight 2 p.m. in R.S. Pura belt in cle power”, Ms. Devi told re for three months by the rescue the child and all of ven a walkover as far as the gress leader Ghulam Nabi ing jointly on three seats in connection with a case of porters here. The sarpanch State BJP for his role in the them slipped into deep wa optics of the campaign were Azad, who is from J&K, no the State — Jammu, Udham thrashing (of woman sar es and panches of All Jammu alleged abduction of an ex ter and drowned, the teh concerned,” Omar tweeted. other big leader held any pur and Ladakh. panch and her supporters)”, and Kashmir Panchayat Con serviceman’s daughter. sildar said.

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 EAST 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Still reeling under Titli impact, Indian Air Force hones Two elephants die in Assam preparedness in NE One electrocuted in field, other fell into a mud pit coastal villages fear for worse SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT With an eye on ‘eastern neighbour’ GUWAHATI Landslides and floods in 2018 had killed at least 58 in Ganjam, Gajapati A day after a tusker made it back to the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT wild after strolling on the streets of Staff Reporter GUWAHATI Guwahati, two elephants died under BERHAMPUR The Indian Air Force has fo different circumstances near human Odisha’s Ganjam and Gajapati dis cussed on air defence prepa habitations in Assam on Thursday. tricts, which have faced three ma redness in the eastern and While one died of electrocution jor cyclones since 2013, are brac northeastern sector with an near Harmoti village in Nagaon dis The body of the electrocuted elephant ing for possible floods and eye on the country’s ‘eastern trict, the other succumbed to injuries in a paddy field in Nagaon. * PTI landslides due to heavy rains ac neighbour’. after falling into a mud pit in Rani area companied by wind surge of Fani On Wednesday night and on the outskirts of Guwahati. The pit The village is close to the rhino habi cyclone that is expected to make Thursday morning, the IAF was believed to have been dug to keep tat. The official said the elephant had landfall south of Puri on Friday carried out a drill of its Suk animals off crops. strayed into the village, probably in morning. hoi Su30 jets from the civi “One person has been arrested for search of food, and was electrocuted In 2018, Titli cyclone had killed lian airport on the outskirts The IAF drill under way at planting a live wire in his paddy field. on Wednesday night. at least 39 people in Gajapati dis Fani fear: Podampeta village in Ganjam district bears a deserted look on of Guwahati. It was the first the civilian airport near It seems like a deliberate attempt to Humananimal conflicts have so far

* trict and 19 in adjoining Ganjam. Thursday after all residents were moved to safer places. * LINGARAJ PANDA ofitskind operation, also Guwahati. RAHUL KARMAKAR electrocute the animal,” a forest offi claimed the lives of four elephants and Most of these deaths were due to conducted in Kolkata and cial of Kaziranga National Park said. 10 people this year. landslides and floods. This time, were destroyed by landslides last rains, water has started to flow Durgapur in West Bengal, IAF officials said the first based on the experience during year. They are yet to build houses through the village again. All fami from civilian airports in the drill involving SU30s in Gu Titli, around 30,000 people have downhill, where they were to be lies of this village have been shift area of operation of the wahati was conducted at been evacuated to safer places in rehabilitated after Titli cyclone. ed to safer places. IAF’s Eastern Air Command. 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday. On Gajapati. Largest evacuation has Apart from cycloneprone coas “This is the first time that Thursday, the jets flew out to been taken up in Ganjam where Changed water flow tal areas in Chikiti, Rangeilunda, the Sukhoi SU30 class jets the IAF’s base in central As around 2,81,000 people have “After Titli, danger has increased Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Khallikote are conducting drills from sam’s Tezpur. been moved to 1,069 safe shelters. in our area as landslides have blocks, people living in flood and any civil airfield in the Seventysix families of Baragha stopped several natural water landslideprone areas of Patrapur, Northeast. From the west Flexible coordination ra village on a hilltop in Gangaba paths and created new ones. No Aska, Dharakote, Sorada have also ern front earlier, we are now Officials said the drill was ex da panchayat under Rayagada one knows what will be the path been evacuated. increasing our focus in the pected to give the IAF more block in Gajapati have been shift of water flow from the hills if hea National Disaster Response east since our eastern neigh flexibility for coordination ed to safe places downhill, said a vy rains occur during Fani cy Force teams have been deployed bour is increasing its capa with civil air traffic during an former sarpanch, Haribandhu clone,” Mr. Karji said. The locals in Aska and Sorada blocks which bilities,” Air Commodore emergency. The idea is to let Karji. Sixteen people of this village said during Titli cyclone, a moun are most prone to floods caused Shashank Mishra, the head the fighter jet pilots familiar had died in the landslides that fol tain stream had changed path to by cyclonic storms. Teams of Od of the IAF station adjoining ise with the operating proce lowed Titli cyclone. Santanu flow through Talamunda village isha Disaster Rapid Action Force the airport, said. ‘Eastern dure at the civilian airfields Bhuyan of Baraghara said Fani is a under Gandahati panchayat of are present at Chhatrapur and neighbour’ is believed to be and get exposure to a diffe major worry for them as they had Rayagada block. As summer ar Chikiti. Around 40,000 sandbags a reference to China which rent environment besides started rebuilding their houses at rived, the water flow stopped in have been kept ready at riverbank has reportedly increased its adapting to other factors the same place where the old ones this new path. But after the recent areas to stop breaches. air assets in Tibet. that come into play. Manipur boat capsize: one body recovered Search on for two missing persons Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal After five days of search op eration, a combined team of Indian Navy, NDRF, SDRF, fi refighters and local volun teers recovered one body from the Eco Park lake at Chandong in Ukhrul district where a boat with 12 tourists capsized on April 28. Two brothers, Rajiv and Romen, and their cousin, Ra A diving team engaged in ni, went missing when a sud search operation at Eco Park den storm turned the boat in lake in Ukhrul. * PTI the middle of the lake. Nine other passengers on the boat day, the water level of the managed to swim to the lake was reduced by 7.5 shores. metres. On Thursday it was Police personnel de reduced further. We are do ployed around the lake to ing it to facilitate the search.” maintain law and order said Local villagers said it is not that the body was identified surprising that the search as that of Rajiv. Members of operation is still continuing. the combined search team “The construction of the Ma took the body to Ningthouk phou dam was started in hong township at some dis 1980 with a view to provide tance from the lake. irrigational and drinking wa Search for Romen and Ra ter in some valley districts. ni continued till 6 p.m. on Most of the private houses Thursday. One NDRF official and one school building said the search will resume were submerged in the dam on Friday morning. water. A church at the top of Water Resources Minister a mountain was the last Letpao Haokip said, building which went under “Though we are not directly water. It is possible that the involved in the rescue opera bodies are trapped in one of tions, senior officials are the buildings or tree camping here. On Wednes branches.”

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DELHI THE HINDU 4 WEST FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Three MBA students Day after blasts, banners warn New Konkan Rail against building roads, bridges coaches to cut seats drown in Mulshi dam Sleeper class to have one coach less Markets remain shut to express solidarity with families of martyrs Staff Reporter nine sleeper class coaches They were part of a group of students on a picnic Mumbai with a seating capacity of Press Trust of India Konkan Railway’s (KR) plans 720. While the overall ca Shoumojit Banerjee Mumbai to replace conventional pacity of the train will only Pune A day after 16 people were coaches with the modern be reduced by eight seats, Three business management killed in an IED blast in Gad Linke Hofmann Busch the effective reduction in students of a leading educa chiroli, Naxal banners were (LHB) coaches on Konkan the sleeper class will be 72 tional institute in Pune found at several places in Kanya Express and Mandovi seats or one full coach. The drowned on Thursday the district warning contrac Express comes with a key capacity of threetier air morning in the waters of the tors against constructing tradeoff: fewer seats in the conditioned (AC) and two Mulshi dam near here, ac roads and bridges. sleeper class. The two trains tier AC coaches will in cording to the police. A police official said the are among the most crowd crease. The trains have four “According to the infor North Gadchiroli divisional ed on the MumbaiGoa line. threetier AC coaches and mation we have, seven to committee of the Maoists is The two trains will run one twotier AC coach. eight MBA students had believed to have put up ban with 22 LHB coaches from However, in the coach come to Mulshi on picnic on ners at various locations in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis offers condolences in June 10 as opposed to the 24 composition for the two Wednesday. On Thursday the area. Gadchiroli on Thursday to family members of the Quick conventional coaches. “LHB trains, the railways will be morning three of them ven Local residents, life guards help in search operation for the “The banners said the de Response Team personnel killed on Wednesday. * PTI PHOTO coaches have a higher ca sacrificing two unreserved tured into the dam waters bodies of three students who drowned in the Mulshi dam velopment work in this area pacity than conventional coaches, used by the poorer without gauging the depth,” waters near Pune on Thursday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT is not for the locals, but for ing a Hindu Rashtra in the with other police officials. coaches. The overall capaci sections in the country, in said an officer attached to the benefit of a handful of name of new India,” the offi All three major markets — ty of the train will not be af the initial phase between the Paud police station. a hunt was immediately from Bihar and Uttar Pra rich people. They warned cial said. “The police has re Gadchiroli, Kurkheda and fected greatly due to the June 10 and August 31, and The students — Sangeeta launched by rescue teams desh respectively. contractors to stop con moved all banners put up in Wadsa — and commercial es change but passengers will two sleeper class coaches Negi, Shiv Kumar and Shub aided by local villagers to re College authorities and struction of roads and bridg the area by the Maoists,” the tablishments in the district get a safer, more comforta on a permanent basis from ham Sinha (all in thier early trieve the bodies.“By the parents of the three students es in the area,” the official official said. remained shut on Thursday ble journey,” said L.K. Ver September 1. Railway offi 20s) — were pursuing MBA at time help could reach them, had been informed of the said. In some other banners, Meanwhile, the police to pay tributes to the mar ma, Chief Public Relations cials said the coaches had to the Bharati Vidyapeeth and all three went missing. We tragedy. they remembered 37 have intensified operations tyrs and to express solidari Officer, KR. be reduced to maintain the had gone to Mulshi’s Valane have fished out all the three In April 2018, three stu Maoists killed in an encoun against Maoists after Wed ty with their families. Conventional coaches length of the train. village, a popular picnic spot bodies and sent them for dents from a Chennaibased ter with the police at Kasan nesday’s incident in Kurkhe “The shutdown was ob have 72 seats, and 792 seats LHB coaches are made up 45 km from the city, along postmortem,” said the school, who were part of a sur in Gadchiroli district last da area of the district. Direc served to pay respects to the in the sleeper class. LHB of stainless steel and the in with friends on May 1. officer. summer camp in Katarkha year. tor General of Police martyred policemen and to coaches, on the other hand, teriors are made of alumini While they were drown Sources said while San dak village near the Mulshi In the banners, the Nax Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, who express solidarity with their have 80 seats and in the ar um, which make them light ing, the other students geeta hailed from Delhi, dam, had drowned. als also urged people to is in Gadchiroli, visited bereaved families,” sources rangement from September er than the conventional raised an alarm, he said and Shubham and Shiv were (With PTI inputs) “destroy the dream of creat Kurkheda accompanied said. 1, the two trains will have rakes. BJP mismanaged water resources to win Pune, Baramati: Congress Accuses Minister water reserves in Pune’s full swing for the Pune Lok “It is interesting to note leader of the House in the dams to plummet dangerous Sabha seat. Further, the pot that not a single factory in PMC. of diverting ly, triggering fears of immi able water sorely needed for Bhigwan or Patas [in Daund] Other BJP leaders pointed potable water nent water cuts. Against this Pune city has been diverted or other sugar factories there to the weak showers in Sep backdrop, senior leaders like to the outlying areas Indapur have been affected while tember 2018, which, com from Pune Mohan Joshi, the Congress and Daund [part of the Bara Pune thirsts for potable wa pounded by rising mercury Nationalist Congress Party mati Lok Sabha seat] to en ter,” Mr. Shinde alleged. levels, had resulted in re Shoumojit Banerjee (NCP)’s candidate for the sure Kanchan Kul’s victory,” However, the ruling BJP, duced water stocks in Pune’s Pune Pune Lok Sabha seat, and Ar said Mr. Joshi. He also ac which controls the PMC, has major dams. As Pune stares at a water cri vind Shinde, leader of the cused Mr. Bapat of diverting dubbed the Congress’ allega According to PMC authori sis, the opposition Congress Congress in Pune Municipal potable water meant for tions as “utterly baseless”. ties, the cumulative water on Thursday alleged that the Corporation (PMC), have al Pune for irrigation and run “There is not an iota of truth stocks in the four major leaders of the ruling Bharati leged that Pune’s Guardian ning sugar mills in the dis in the Congress’ allegations dams that constitute the ci ya Janata Party (BJP) deliber Minister Girish Bapat delib trict’s outlying areas. against Mr. Bapat that water ty’s potable water lifeline: ately ‘mismanaged’ the situa erately diverted potable wa Mr. Shinde too said while was diverted for political Khadakwasla, Panshet, Va Drying up: Soaring mercury levels over the past weeks have caused water reserves in dams to tion for political gains in the ter from the city’s share to there protests over the acute gains… we promise that the rasgaon and Temghar, are plummet dangerously, triggering fears of imminent water cuts. * YOGESH LONDHE Pune and Baramati Lok Sab outlying areas in Daund and water scarcity in several city will not face any water down to a perilous 6.62 ha constituencies. Indapur to enable the BJP to Both Daund and Indapur NCP MP Supriya Sule faced “Mr. Bapat was careful not parts of urban Pune, rural cuts till the start of the mon TMCft as opposed to a re Soaring mercury levels in win the allimportant Pune are important segments of BJP’s Kanchan Kul in the to introduce water cuts when areas in Pune district were soon season on July 15,” said serve of 10 TMCft same time the past weeks have caused and Baramati constituencies. the Baramati LS seat, where elections on April 23. the electoral contest was in not complaining. Shrinath Bhimale, the BJP’s last year.

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 SOUTH 5 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Power utilities websites hacked in 2 States ISRO plans to land ₹5 crore reportedly demanded for unblocking the sites; TCS said to have averted major data breach a rover on lunar Special Correspondent the corporations by ATM the Electricity Revenue Of HYDERABAD/Vijayawada mode, their functions re fices and the MeeSeva were South Pole: Sivan A day ahead of the safety mained unaffected. unaffected. week observed by power TCS was taking steps to The officials prima facie Master Hirannaiah, utilities from May 1 to 7, the restore the websites, and re suspected that the hackers of ‘It is a place where nobody has gone’ Kannada thespian, dead websites of two power distri cover the data on Thursday Air India and Andhra Bank T. K. Rohit BENGALURU bution companies from Te evening. websites in the past might Kannada theatre personality langana and Andhra Pradesh The officials of the South have tried to access informa Chennai Master Hirannaiah, best were hacked, resulting in ern Power Distribution Com tion on online payments. India’s second moon mis known for his political their computerbased appli pany lodged a complaint They also suspected that the sion, Chandrayaan2, will be satires, died in the city on cations coming to a standstill with the Cyber Crime Police hackers might have targeted historic for the scientific Thursday at the age of 85. He for over three days. Station in Hyderabad that its information about payments community as the country’s was hospitalised for a liver It was on Tuesday evening website was frozen by cul by the distribution compa space agency, the Indian ailment. He is survived by that the websites of the prits by ransomware to pilfer nies to the tune of ₹30,000 Space Research Organisa wife and five children. He southern and northern pow data from the server. crore per annum. tion (ISRO), will attempt to made a mark in the 1960s er distribution companies of They did not rule out at land a rover on the lunar with his trilogy of plays — Telangana in Hyderabad and Files damaged tempts by hackers to divert South Pole, a region on the Lanchavatara, Bhrashtachara, Warangal and southern and Major attack: An indoor substation at Seetammadhara in Sources added that the hack the funds. They tried to de moon to which no one has Anaachara — and that dealt eastern power distribution Visakhapatnam. * C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM ers were in the possession of tect the originating point of gone till now, ISRO Chair with corruption in politics, companies of Andhra Pra a data base of 2 crore power the hacking. It was said ethi man K.Sivan said. K.Sivan police and organised religion desh in Tirupati and Visak demanded ₹5 crore for giv Director of the transmission consumers. cal hackers had warned On Wednesday, ISRO said respectively. hapatnam were hacked. All ing back the data and to un and generation corporations A number of files were al about the vulnerability of it had fixed a launch window ated a lot of interest in the Ex-cricketer held for of them were maintained by block the websites, but TCS of Telangana D. Prabhakar so damaged. As the websites the websites to hacking with between July 5 and July 16 to recent past, with countries impersonating selector the Tata Consultancy Servic has reportedly averted a ma Rao said the computerised did not open, online pay criminal intent. There was launch the moon mission on aiming to reach the region in VIJAYAWADA es (TCS) in Hyderabad, jor data breach by taking re data were safe because it had ments by consumers were af no damage to the websites of board a GSLVMkIII, with an what could spark another The city police have arrested sources said. medial action. a backup mechanism. Ex fected. transmission and generation aim to land on the moon race to the moon. a former cricketer, Budumuru The hackers reportedly Chairman and Managing cept for payments made by However, bill payments at corporations of Telangana. around September 6. If ISRO China is reportedly aim Nagaraju, who allegedly manages to successfully exe ing to construct a moon re posed as the Indian national cute this, India will be the search station on the lunar cricket team’s chief selector first country to land a rover South Pole, while the Na M.S.K Prasad on phone and on the moon’s South Pole. tional Aeronautics and reportedly duped two Registration of all motor vehicles stopped Space Administration (NA businessmen to the tune of about ₹6.7 lakh. He allegedly Deadlines missed SA) is working to send astro convinced his victims — the Mr. Sivan, in a short inter nauts there by 2024. The Hindu MD of a mobile store chain in NIC blocks access for not integrating high security registration plate details with ‘Vahan’ database view to , said this Asked about China’s re Hyderabad and the owner of a was a region where nobody ported proposal to build a S. Anil Radhakrishnan real estate company in motor vehicles in any State, gistration on such plates and had gone before. “All the [IS research station there, he THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Vijayawada — into funding a except in Madhya Pradesh, affix them on all new RO] missions, whatever we said, “What they [China] are cricketer ‘Budumuru The issuing of certificate of Andhra Pradesh and Telan vehicles. have had till now [to the going to do, we don’t know. Nagaraju’ referred by him registration (RC) for all class gana. These three States are In Kerala, on an average, moon], have all landed near The main reason [why India (M.S.K. Prasad) in the IPL es of motor vehicles has using their own software in 3,000 new vehicles are regis the moon’s equator. This is a is going there] is nobody has team Kolkata Knight Riders. been blocked from Thursday stead of ‘Vahan’ and, there tered daily at the 79 Regional place where nobody has gone that side till now.” in the country for not inte fore, can issue RC to newly Transport Offices and Sub gone,” he said. Case against three CPI(M) grating high security regis registered vehicles. Regional Transport Offices . After missing multiple Lowest temperatures workers for bogus voting tration plate (HSRP) with the April 1 was the date from Even temporary permits launch deadlines, Mr. Sivan According to NASA, some re KANNUR ‘Vahan’ database. when all classes of motor cannot be issued as the NIC said the new launch window gions of the lunar South Pole The Pariyaram police on The National Informatics vehicles hitting the road and blocked the access to the was almost final, and ISRO have permanently sha Thursday registered a case Centre (NIC) blocked access being registered had to be fit ‘Vahan’ database. would launch the mission in dowed craters with some of against three CPI (M) to the Transport Mission ted with tamperproof high “The MVD personnel July. the lowest temperatures in activists, who were found to Mode Project’s panIndia ap security registration plate could not log on to the ‘Va “When nobody has gone the solar system, where wa have cast bogus votes on plication ‘Vahan’ for vehicle Frozen for now: The action is based on decisions taken at a having many inbuilt security han’ database. It is the laxity near that area, some new ter ice is stable. These cra April 23 at a booth at meeting in New Delhi on April 4. Pilathara under the Kasaragod registration on a directive of features. on the part of automobile science might be there. ters are believed to have sig Lok Sabha constituency in the Union Ministry of Road Automobile manufactur manufacturers and dealers Some new information, new nificant ice deposits, Kerala. The case was Transport and Highways, chaired by the Joint Secre the minutes of the meeting ers had been entrusted by in making available the science, we may get access “untainted by the Sun’s ra registered against Joint Transport Commission tary, MVL, MoRTH, on April to all State Transport Com MoRTH with the task of issu HSRP. Only Maruti has come to,” he said. ISRO will reveal diation or geological Cheruthazham grama er and Secretary, State Tran 4 in New Delhi on the inte missioners on April 18 ing the “security licence up with the registration further details of its plans processes.” panchayat member N.P. sport Authority, Rajeev gration of the registration through Under Secretary plate, including the third re plate. We will be issuing a di and goals for the Chan Mr. Sivan said one of the Saleena, former panchayat Puthalath, told The Hindu. plate with the ‘Vahan’ data Dharkat R. Luikang. gistration mark”. At the local rective not to register new drayaan2 mission in June, goals of the Chandrayaan2 member K.P. Sumayya and The action is based on de base. With this drastic step, RC level, it is for the automobile vehicles without affixing the he said. mission would also be to Padmini Dermal. cisions taken at a meeting MoRTH communicated cannot be issued for new dealer to place a mark of re HSRP,” he said. The South Pole has gener find water on the moon.

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granted to former Kolkata CP: CBI SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT GUWAHATI Solicitor General dismisses charge that Rajeev Kumar is being targeted Weeks after Union Minister Five killed as jeep rolls Maneka Gandhi courted Legal Correspondent the Bench reserved the case ment has told the Supreme controversy by saying she down gorge in Himachal NEW DELHI SHIMLA for orders. Court that the CBI plea might not be inclined to Five people were killed and The CBI on Thursday clari against Mr. Kumar is merely a work for Muslims who do an equal number injured as a fied that it is seeking lifting of Complete evidence “political game”. not vote for her, a Bharatiya jeep in which they were protection granted to former Mr. Mehta said the CBI has “The whole episode is a Janata Party MLA in Assam travelling skidded off the Kolkata Police Commissioner been asking for the complete political game to keep the has suggested that the go road and fell into a 250- Rajeev Kumar by the Su evidence since August 2014, pot boiling and to paint peo vernment should not take metre-deep gorge in Mandi preme Court on February 8 after the court transferred ple black,” senior advocate care of Muslims for a similar district on Thursday, police and not permission for his the case from the West Ben A.M. Singhvi, appearing for reason. said. The dead, including “custodial interrogation” in gal governmentappointed the West Bengal establish Prasanta Phukan, who three women, were residents connection with its probe in SIT of which Mr. Kumar was ment, had submitted. represents the Dibrugarh of Ropa village in the district. to the Saradha Ponzi scam. the functional head. The CBI The CBI has alleged that Assembly constituency, vir IANS A Bench led by Chief Jus Rajeev Kumar has been making consistent both the “big Ponzi” Saradha tually equated Muslims with Curbs imposed in Shopian tice of India Ranjan Gogoi efforts for Mr. Kumar to and Rose Valley companies cows that do not yield milk. Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) district for one month had in February 2019 grant Mr. Mehta dismissed sub cooperate in the probe for were “flourishing” when Mr. “It is common know SRINAGAR ed a stay on any “coercive ac missions made by senior ad the past five years, and this Kumar was the Commission ledge that 90% Muslims did Forecast for Friday: Heavy/very heavy rain likely at a few/isol- The Shopian district tion” against Mr. Kumar pro vocate Indira Jaising, appear has not been a recent deve er of Police at Bidhan Nagar not vote for us in the Lok ated places over coastal/adjoining districts of interior Odisha, administration on Thursday vided he cooperate with the ing for Mr. Kumar, that her lopment as is portrayed by Police Commisionerate from Sabha election. There is no West Bengal, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim ordered imposition of agency during a questioning client was being targeted as his lawyers. 2012 to 2015. point in providing fodder to city rain max min city rain max min restrictions under Section 144 session scheduled in “a castle built in the air”. Mr. “The impression created While the investigation a cow that does not produce Agartala...... —.... 37.0.... 27.2 Kozhikode ...... 5.4.... 35.0.... 26.6 of the CrPC for a period of Shillong. Kumar claimed that the alle that we have been hounding was being done by the SIT, milk,” he said earlier this Ahmedabad...... —.... 41.6.... 25.8 Kurnool...... —.... 39.6.... 27.4 one month from May 3, an Appearing for the CBI, Sol gations raised against him in him has to be removed,” Mr. “crucial original, primary week. Aizawl ...... —.... 37.1.... 16.6 Lucknow...... —.... 43.0.... 28.7 official spokesman said. Allahabad ...... —.... 44.1.... 29.2 Madurai...... —.... 41.2.... 28.0 icitor General Tushar Mehta connection with the multi Mehta urged. and fundamental evidence” His remark did not go Bengaluru...... —.... 33.4.... 22.0 Mangaluru...... —.... 36.2.... 24.9 According to the order, no argued that Mr. Kumar had core Saradha chit fund scam The CJI said the data was such as laptops, mobile down well with leaders of Bhopal...... —.... 41.6.... 27.4 Mumbai...... —.... 33.1.... 24.9 assembly or congregation met the agency’s queries on was part of a “larger conspi collected through multiple phones, etc. were handed the minority community. Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 34.7.... 27.4 Mysuru...... —.... 34.1.... 21.4 shall be allowed without prior Chandigarh ...... —.... 36.9.... 24.0 New Delhi ...... —.... 41.0.... 25.8 the alleged suppression of racy” by two prominent Bha agencies, indicating that the back to the main accused in Anwar Hussain Laskar, Chennai ...... —.... 41.5.... 29.4 Patna ...... —.... 39.4.... 27.0 permission of the district crucial evidence in the case ratiya Janata Party leaders, delay from the SIT’s side may the Saradha scam case by the All India United Democratic Coimbatore...... —.... 35.4.... 25.7 Port Blair ...... —.... 34.4.... 25.3 magistrate or duty like call data records with Mukul Roy and Kailash have been due to the time ta I.O. of the West Bengal Police Front MLA from Hailakandi, Dehradun...... 5.5.... 35.2.... 20.6 Puducherry...... 22.6.... 38.4.... 23.2 magistrates. PTI Gangtok...... 1.5.... 23.1.... 15.3 Pune ...... —.... 35.8.... 21.6 evasive or “arrogant” Vijayvargiya. ken to gather the evidence. working under his direct su said only a deranged person Goa ...... —.... 33.8.... 25.5 Raipur ...... —.... 41.0.... 29.5 answers. At the end of the hearing, The West Bengal govern pervision, the CBI alleged. could make such a Guwahati ...... 21.6.... 31.5.... 21.6 Ranchi...... —.... 35.8.... 23.5 Two killed as car falls Hubballi...... —.... 35.0.... 21.0 Shillong...... —.... 26.3.... 15.4 into deep gorge statement. Hyderabad ...... 0.3.... 41.6.... 27.9 Shimla...... 11.8.... 22.7.... 13.6 PITHORAGARH (UTTARAKHAND) Nekibur Zaman, an advo Imphal...... 11.2.... 31.4.... 19.1 Srinagar ...... —.... 20.3...... 9.4 Two persons were killed and cate of the Gauhati High Jaipur...... —.... 40.0.... 27.3 Trivandrum ...... —.... 34.6.... 26.6 Court, said the BJP should Kochi...... 20.8.... 33.0.... 24.4 Tiruchi ...... —.... 40.8.... 29.2 as many injured Thursday ‘Consent letters of miners’ families filed in SC’ Kohima...... 2.6.... 27.7.... 14.2 Vijayawada...... —.... 38.0.... 27.6 when the car they were suspend Mr. Phukan for the Kolkata...... —.... 34.6.... 28.5 Visakhapatnam ...... 0.1.... 33.3.... 28.2 travelling in rolled down a “shameless and condemna (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) gorge at a village here. The We are waiting for directions from court, says Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister ble” observation about Mus Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday vehicle was returning from lims. “His party should cen CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Jakh village when it fell into a sure him for the cow Ahmedabad...... — .95 22 ..236 .....— ....* Bengaluru ...... 8 .31 66 ..... — .144 ....* In observation made at 4.00 150 metre-deep gorge near Press trust of india an illegal rathole coal mine in “We have filed an affidavit the State government on analogy that is unbecoming * p.m., Loni Dehat, Uttar Chennai ...... 7 .12 53 ....77 .....— .... Pradesh recorded an overall Aincholi village, Pithoragarh Shillong Lumthari village of East Jain in the Supreme Court inform April 16, citing that the opera of an elected representa Delhi ...... 27 ..— 63 ..200 .348 ....* air quality index (AQI) score Superintendent of Police R.C. Hyderabad ...... 13 .38 13 ....88 .133 ....* of 356 indicating an The Meghalaya government tia Hills district in the State. ing that the family members tion be called off as there had tive,” he said. * unhealthy level of pollution. Rajguru said. PTI Kolkata...... 2 .29 25 ....19 ...28 .... has filed an affidavit in the Su of the miners have given their been no tangible result. Mr. Phukan, however, * In contrast, Asansol, West Lucknow...... 12 .29 51 ..245 .....— .... Bengal recorded a healthy preme Court stating that the Two bodies retrieved consent to call off the search Mr. Dopth, on his part, stood his ground. “I used a Mumbai ...... 29 .16 87 ....38 .111 ....* AQI score of 39 500 disabled people in families of the victims, who Only two bodies have been and rescue operations. We clarified that there was no re popular Assamese proverb Pune...... 29 .14 32 ..105 ...91 ....* Visakhapatnam ..8 .39 29 ....22 ...50 ....* Egypt to get Jaipur Foot were trapped inside a coal retrieved so far in the five are waiting for directions duction in the water level in on cows to drive home a JAIPUR mine in December and are monthlong search operation from the Supreme Court on the main shaft, where the point. I did not say anything Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) A special camp for providing SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, untraced till now, have con by teams of various agencies, the matter,” Mr. Tynsong said. miners were trapped, even af wrong,” he said but insisted making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Jaipur Foot to 500 disabled sented to call off search oper including the NDRF, the In In the affidavit, the govern ter discharge of several crore his statement was particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues people began in Egyptian city ations, Deputy Chief Minister dian Navy and the Army. ment has attached the writ litres of water. misinterpreted. and monuments. of Asyut on Thursday. The NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by camp was organised by the Prestone Tynsong said on On January 28, the apex ten consent received from the Until Tuesday, submersible He pointed out that ear reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. Thursday. court had asked the Centre family members of the min pumps were engaged in flush marking ₹100 crore in the CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause Sahayata Samiti in association On the morning of Decem and the Meghalaya govern ers, he said. ing out water from the 370 budget did not yield any dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. with the Ministry of External ber 13, a group of 16 miners ment to continue their multi East Jaintia Hills Deputy footdeep mine, which is in support from the Muslims PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, Affairs and the Egyptian went missing after water from agency operations to trace Commissioner F.M. Dopth terconnected with eight other for the BJPled government nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and government. PTI the Lytein river gushed into the miners. had submitted the letters to abandoned mines, he said. in Assam. premature death in people with heart or lung disease

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF 10,000 Odisha villages face Fani impact Vanzara, Amin freed in fake encounter case Bhubaneswar airport will Navy gears up for Ishrat case accused won’t be prosecuted remain closed Mahesh Langa HC extends protection cyclone’s landfall AHMEDABAD from arrest to Navlakha Staff Reporter MUMBAI Bhubaneswar/Kolkata A Special Central Bureau of The Bombay High Court on Ships, medical teams kept ready Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday extended After landfall on Friday, Fani Friday discharged former Special Correspondent protection from arrest for is very likely to continue to teams have been shifted Gujarat police officers D.G. NEW DELHI activist Gautam Navlakha till move northnortheastwards, from Visakhapatnam to Od Vanzara and N.K. Amin June 12, 2019, in the Bhima weaken gradually and enter The Navy has put ships on isha. from the sensational fake Koregaon violence case. The West Bengal as a severe cy standby and deployed medi encounter case of Ishrat Ja ruling came on a petition by clonic storm with the wind Safe camp: Villagers, who were evacuated, resting at a cal and relief teams to res Planes on standby han and three others in Ah Mr.Navlakha’s counsel. speed going up to 115 kmph. government school in Puri on Thursday. * BISWARANJAN ROUT pond to any contingencies The Navy said aircraft are on medabad. According to Special Re once cyclonic storm Fani standby for immediate de The court approved the IndiGo warns customers lief Commissioner Bishnupa As many as 25 teams of har, Bhadrak, Balasore and hits the coast. ployment to carry out aerial pleas of both officers seek D.G.Vanzara of vishing scam da Sethi, while the evacua the National Disaster Res Mayurbhanj are likely to be “INS Sahyadri, Ranvir survey to assess the impact ing to drop proceedings MUMBAI tion exercise continued on ponse Force (NDRF) and Od affected. and Kadmatt with relief ma of the cyclone and aid in res against them on the ground for prosecution of a public Lowcost carrier IndiGo has Thursday, the administra isha Disaster Rapid Action The West Bengal govern terial and medical teams cue operations. Helicopters that the Gujarat government servant for an act done as said that its brand name is tion made people in coastal Force (ODRAF), along with ment on Thursday advanced have been deployed on the are also ready to join rescue had decided to not grant part of official duty. being misused by certain areas aware of the risks, State fire service personnel, the summer holidays for all evening of May 1 and are efforts and for air dropping sanction to prosecute them The court had in the past people who have managed to through loudspeakers, sirens have been deployed in the its Staterun schools. maintaining [position] of relief material when re in the case. The government rejected their discharge ap extract personal information and messages. coastal districts. Defence Fani’s impact is likely to south of the cyclonic quired, it added. held that the police officers plications in the same case. and confidential bank details Flight operations from the forces were on high alert to be felt in the disctricts of storm... to be the first res The Navy’s Eastern Naval did their official duty and The CBI, the prosecuting of gullible customers under a Biju Patnaik International meet any eventuality. Purba and Paschim Medini ponder and commence res Command based in Visakha there was thus no need to agency, told the court that vishing scam. Airport in Bhubaneswar will Around 10,000 villages pur, North and South 24 Par cue operations as soon as patnam is closely monitor prosecute them in the case, sanction was not granted to remain suspended from spread over 14 districts, such ganas and Kolkata. the cyclone crosses the ing the cyclone’s movement as required under Section prosecute the two officials, PM-JAY: Govt. releases list Thursday night for 24 hours. as Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, The Kolkata Port Trust coast,” the Navy said in a and OfficersinCharge of 197 of the Code of Criminal who were chargesheeted as of empanelled hospitals Educational institutions in Khurda, Nayagarh, Cuttack, said, in a statement, that statement on Thursday. West Bengal and Odisha are Procedure (CrPC). key accused in the fake en NEW DELHI the coastal districts were Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, shipping to the port will re Additional relief material, in the loop on rescue and re counter case, which was The Centre has released a list closed till further orders. Kendrapara, Jajpur, Keonj main suspended for now. medical teams and diving lief operations. ‘Not sanctioned’ jointly executed by the Ah of private and public Special CBI court judge J. K. medabad Crime Branch and empanelled hospitals across Pandya said that since the officials of the country’s top India where patients can avail government had not sanc spy agency, the Intelligence inpatient healthcare services Dalit woman suspects foul tioned their prosecution, Bureau. under the flagship health PepsiCo agrees to withdraw their discharge pleas would Both officers, posted in insurance scheme Ayushman be allowed and the case the Ahmedabad Crime Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan play in daughter’s death against them would be Branch at the time of the in Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) cases against Gujarat farmers dropped. cident, were charged with offering a cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year. Appeals to NCSC, seeks arrest of accused Under Section 197 of the conspiracy, illegal confine CrPC, the State govern ment and murder in the Special Correspondent The family Decision after assurances from govt. on longterm solution ment's sanction is necessary case by the CBI. Panel on benefits for Ramanathapuram <> paramilitary officers refused to accept Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI Suspecting that a few caste ditional withdrawal of litiga the body, NEW DELHI Days after the Delhi High Hindu men had murdered demanding that tion would be a great victory her daughter, a Dalit woman In a victory for Gujarat pota for the downtrodden and Court gave it time till July 15 the police arrest Inflight connectivity here has urged the National to farmers dragged to court small farmers against a ma to give the Central Armed the accused Police Forces certain benefits Commission for Scheduled by PepsiCo for alleged rights jor corporate power”, but given to officers of other Castes (NCSC) to direct the named by them infringement, the food and noted that the company is likely in next 3 months services like the IAS and IPS, police to arrest the accused. beverages giant says it has yet to communicate its deci the Centre has set up a A. Radhika, 22, was living pu alias Karuppasamy. He agreed to withdraw the cas sion to the court or to the JAGRITI CHANDRA Over the past couple of sevenmember committee to with her mother M. Kasturi, visited Radhika at the house es. farmers and their lawyer. NEW DELHI months, the Department of look into the matter. a widow, at T.Vallakulam on April 28, when she was “After discussions with The PepsiCo decision had “It is not stated when it International airlines could Telecom has issued licences near Abiramam. On April alone. the government, the compa drawn flak earlier. will implement its decision,” start providing Internet on to BSNL, Airtel, Hughes Chunk of plaster from 28, she went missing and When Ms. Kasturi re ny has agreed to withdraw he said. “It is important that board over Indian skies in Communications India Ltd Charminar falls off was found dead with burns turned home in the evening, cases against farmers. We has sued over the last two no wrong precedent is set, the next three months be and Tata Telenet for Inter HYDERABAD near the house next morn she found Radhika missing. are relying on the said dis years for allegedly growing given that this is a test case coming the first to do so, net and mobile services on A large chunk of limemortar ing. She, along with others, cussions to find a long term its registered potato variety, which could affect other while domestic passengers flights. SpiceJet has already plaster came crashing down The Abiramam police, searched for her at nearby and an amicable resolution which is used for Lays chips. farmers across the country.” may have to wait for another announced its plans to pro from a minaret of the historic which had initially regis places in the night. of all issues around seed pro Anand Yagnik, the lawyer The PepsiCo decision fol “7 to 9 months” to start vide connectivity and Air In Charminar, causing tered a case under Section tection,” said a PepsiCo spo representing four farmers lows criticism from political sending WhatsApp texts, dia has invited tenders for consternation among locals 174 of the CrPC (suspicious ‘Kidnapped, tortured’ kesperson on Thursday. from Sabarkantha district parties and farmers rights browsing Twitter, streaming the same. and passersby. The incident death) altered the Section to The next morning, Radhika This decision applies to who were sued for ₹1.05 groups, as well as boycott movies and making phone Vistara has also ex took place around 11.20 p.m. 302 of the Indian Penal was found dead about 100 the nine farmers PepsiCo crore each, said, “An uncon calls on global social media. calls. pressed its keenness. on Wednesday night. Code (murder) based on a meters from the house, she postmortem report on said and alleged that her Congress requests EC to relax model code Thursday. daughter was kidnapped, PUDUCHERRY The police, which reco tortured and murdered. The ruling Congress has vered a note, purportedly Superintendent of Police requested the Election written by the deceased Omprakash Meena said the Commission to relax all the stating she had betrayed her police had registered a mur conditions of model code of mother and was leaving for der case. The family refused conduct in the Union Territory a place of no return, initially to accept the body, demand to facilitate execution of suspected that this could be ing that the police arrest the ongoing schemes. a case of selfimmolation. accused named by them and invoke the provisions of Naxal commander killed Head injury the Scheduled Caste/Sche in Chhattisgarh Claiming that the deceased duled Tribe (prevention of RAIPUR A Naxal commander, carrying had an injury on the back of atrocities) Act against them. a cash reward of ₹8 lakh, was the head, Ms. Kasturi al (Assistance for overcom killed in an encounter with leged that her daughter was ing suicidal thoughts is avail forces in Dantewada district done to death by caste Hin able on the State’s health of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, du men. helpline 104 and Sneha’s police said. He was identified She said Radhika had a suicide prevention helpline as Joga Kunjam, 29. PTI relationship with G. 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DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Don’t give in to polarisation In Sri Lanka, the challenge is to turn national mourning into a call for coexistence and democracy sucked into the “war on terror” tions either removed from or with tectionism, an economic shock coupled with the Bush regime’s limited understanding of pro aﬀecting international investment, military adventures in Afghanistan blems. While security in the after capital ﬂows and trade with Sri A global label and Iraq, great social and political math of the attacks is a real con Lanka can lead to a national eco With Masood Azhar listed as a terrorist, India turmoil was created in West and cern, a solution solely focussed on nomic crisis. South Asia, and fuelled extremist militarised policing and surveil Even more dangerously, an must work to ensure the mandated sanctions Islamist forces. lance is worrying. For close to a authoritarian antiterrorist leader Ahilan Kadirgamar asood Azhar’s listing as a designated terrorist In Sri Lanka, the “war on ter decade, progressives have called ship is now the kneejerk call for by the UN Security Council at long last closes ror” manoeuvred an international for demilitarisation. However, the the upcoming presidential elec ised peace process between the current state of Emergency with tions. Predictably, the Rajapaksa an important chapter in India’s quest to bring M s reports about those be government and the Liberation militarised check points and sur camp gaining ground over the last the JaisheMohammad chief to justice. He eluded the hind the Easter Sunday at Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), by veillance are further militarising year capitalising on mounting eco designation for 20 years, despite his release in 199 9 in tacks in Sri Lanka emerge, pushing for a deal between a so the country. In weeks before the nomic problems, is seeking furth

A AP exchange for hostages after the IC814 hijack, and his many questions remain about the called “failed state” and a “terro Easter attacks there was much dis er political gain out of this disas leadership of the JeM as it carried out dozens of deadly motives of the extremists. The full rist organisation”. Eventually, as without a social base is one of divi cussion of repealing the draconian ter. They claim only a strongman attacks in India, including the Parliament attack of picture of the formation of this ex the peace process failed with siveness and isolation. They have Prevention of Terrorism Act enact leader can redeem the country. 2001, and more recent ones like the Pathankot airbase tremist force and the objectives heightened international engage drawn as much on globally circu ed in 1979, which in no small mea They are projecting their role in behind their heinous crimes may ment, Sri Lanka’s version of a bru lating contemporary technologies sure was linked to torturing and decimating the LTTE as the solu attack in 2016 and the Pulwama police convoy bombing take time. However, they have suc tal “war on terror” cataclysmically of terror as on the alienation of alienating Tamil youth during the tion for the current crisis. Howev this year. China’s opposition to the listing has long been ceeded in creating a spectacle of ended the civil war with tens of Muslim youth with rising global Is war and Sinhala youth during the er, the defeat of the LTTE was a thorn in India’s side, given the toll Azhar and the JeM death, mayhem and fear. thousands of lives lost in May lamophobia, but their politics are Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna insur about taking on a totalitarian or have exacted, and Beijing’s veto of the listing three I focus here on the historical 2009. eschewed by the Muslim commun rection. We are now looking into ganisation with a pyramidal mili times between 2009 and 2017 had driven a wedge in In backdrop and the broader conse On the other hand, the armed ities in Sri Lanka. the black hole of a far severe legal tary structure, where the decapi diaChina relations. Despite the frustration over China’s quences of these attacks. In the conflict itself escalated following In this context, even though the and surveillance regime, with little tation of the leadership led to its last hold on a proposal moved by the U.S., the U.K., and months ahead, the climate of fear the governmentorchestrated July attacks were mainly against Chris discussion of its longterm impact end. is going to drastically shape the 1983 pogroms where over 2,000 tian churches, the fallout may take on democratic freedoms. The challenge now beyond the France just weeks after Pulwama, the government has workings of the state, the political Tamil civilians were massacred. unpredictable forms. Thus far, the immediate security concerns is done well to approach Beijing with what the Ministry of character of future regimes and re That pogrom overdetermined the Christian communities’ response Political ramifications mainly of social and political pro External Affairs called “patience and persistence” . lations between communities. political economy of the country has been restrained. However, In the panic and clamour for a se portions. The attacks by extremist There is much disappointment, however, over the final The political leadership in the with an ethnic conflict over the chauvinist Sinhala Buddhist forces curity response, the ideological, Islamist forces on the Christian listing released by the Security Council, with no me n country has descended into a next two and a half decades. In see these attacks as targeting state economic and political ramifica churches can shift into conflicts tion of Mr. Azhar’s role in any of the attacks against In blame game with this being an deed, the Easter massacre leading sovereignty and feel vindicated in tions of the current crisis are mis that involve chauvinist Buddhist dia, or directing the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. election year. The progressive to hundreds of casualties is loaded their distrust of Muslims. Their an sed. Drawing on Islamophobic dis and for that matter Hindu reac forces committed to a plural and with dangers of religious forces en tiMuslim campaigns have greatly course, Muslims characterised as tionary forces. Hindutva in India, A specific reference to Pulwama, which was in the origi democratic society have a histori tering the mix of a country histor influenced the Sinhala popula the “other” are called to explain Buddhist extremism in Myanmar nal proposal, was also dropped, presumably to effect cal challenge before them, as Sri ically fraught with ethnonational tion’s prejudices against Muslims and take responsibility for the and the circulation of their ideolo China’s change of mind on the issue. Pakistan’s clai ms Lanka is on the verge of falling into ist tensions and conflicts. over the last decade; the Mahinda Easter attacks. There are escalat gies and practices are immi nent of a victory in this are hardly credible; Masood Azhar is the abyss of polarisation. Rajapaksa regime stoked antiMus ing demands to ban madrasas and dangers for an already fraught Sri one of about twenty 1267sanctioned terrorists who Polarised politics lim violence and the Sirisena Muslim women’s attire without ex Lankan polity. have Pakistani nationality, and more are based there, Historical turn Some actors are drawing parallels Wickremesinghe government tensively consulting the Muslim The liberal and left forces in the which is hardly a situation that gives it cause for pride. The Easter attacks have implanted between the perpetrators of the hardly addressed its continuation. community. Furthermore, as with country, and the Sinhala intelli horrendous images in the minds of Easter attacks and the LTTE. Ho Even as reports of the perpetra the previous riots that targeted gentsia in particular, have to find It is necessary to recognise that India’s efforts and those Sri Lankans. The fallout can tear wever, the similarities are limited tors behind these harrowing at Muslim businesses, scapegoating the courage and discourse to take of its partners in the Security Council have been re apart the body politic of Sri Lanka to the LTTE’s use of suicide bomb tacks unfold, many international Muslims for future economic pro on the chauvinist antiMuslim rhe warded with a UNSC designation at its 1267 ISIL and Al with political shifts similar to the ings and targeting of civilians. The and national actors are projecting blems is a real fear. torical barrage. A likely casualty of Qaeda Sanctions Committee. The focus must now move U.S. after September 11, 2001 and LTTE had a clear agenda of creat narratives to suit their geopolitical The fragile national economy is the Easter attacks is going to be the to ensuring its full implementation in Pakistan. the July 1983 pogrom in Sri Lanka. ing a separate state and worked to and power seeking agendas. The bound to decline with a major hit rights of Muslim youth and the But this is easier said than done. Pakistan’s action s The “war on terror” in the U.S. build a base within the Tamil com number of international actors on the significant tourist industry. broader freedoms of the citizenry. against others on the 1267 list have been far from effec after 2001 led to the draconian munity through a combination of now providing assistance to con The July 1983 pogrom and the The challenge before the country tive, and in many cases obstructionist. Hafiz Saeed, the USA PATRIOT Act, the detention separatist nationalist mobilisa front “terrorism” does not bode armed conflict brought tremen is to turn national mourning and and surveillance of Muslims and tions, totalitarian control and well given the disastrous history of dous disorder and isolated Sri Lan grief into a call for coexistence and 26/11 mastermind and LashkareToiba chief, roams the institution of Homeland Secur ruthless elimination of dissent. internationalised engagement in ka at a time when its peers such as democracy. free, addresses rallies, and runs a political party an d ity, undermining the democratic The extremist Muslim youth be Sri Lanka. Malaysia and Thailand gained eco several NGOs without any government restrictions . and liberal structures within the hind the Easter attacks are a fringe There are social and political nomically from major foreign in Ahilan Kadirgamar is a Senior Lecturer, LeT’s operations commander Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi U.S. With many other countries group and their nihilist politics dangers in projecting hasty solu vestments. In these times of pro University of Jaffna was granted bail some years ago despite the UNSC sanc tions mandating that funds and assets to the sanctioned individuals must be frozen. It will take constant focus from New Delhi, and a push from the global communi The gender ladder to socio-economic transformation ty, to ensure that Masood Azhar is not just starved of funds, arms and ammunition as mandated, but that he More than a ‘more jobs’ approach, addressing structural issues which keep women away from the workforce is a must is prosecuted in Pakistan for the acts of terror he is res lack of access to safe and secure decent work by providing public women workers, which includ e ponsible for. Azhar and his JeM must lose all capacity to workspaces, widespread preva services, eliminating discrimina rental housing and hostels. They carry out attacks, particularly across the border. Global lence of poor and unequal wages, tion in hiring, ensuring equal and must ensure spaces for women and a dearth of decent and suita decent wages, and improving wo shopkeepers and hawkers in all terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force ble jobs. Most women in India are men’s security in public spaces . It markets and vending zones. will also be watching Pakistan’s next moves closely, engaged in subsistencelevel work must also recognise, reduce, redis ahead of a decision, that could come as early as in June, Divita Shandilya in agriculture in rural areas, and in tribute, and remunerate women’s Recognition as farmers on whether to “blacklist” Pakistan or keep it on the lowpaying jobs such as domestic unpaid work. In addition, women have strongly “greylist”. Both financial and political pressure should service and petty homebased ma An ActionAid document, which articulated the need to enumerate be maintained on Islamabad to bring the hardfought ndia is in the middle of a histor nufacturing in urban areas. But has compiled a people’s agenda and remunerate the unpaid and designation of Masood Azhar to its logical conclusion. ical election which is notewor with better education, women are GETTY IMAGES through extensive discussions underpaid work they undertake in Ithy in many respects, one of refusing to do casual wage labour trary, timeuse surveys have found across States, provides critical re sectors such as agriculture and them being the unprecedented fo or work in family farms and enter that they devote a substantial commendations to policymakers fisheries. Their fundamental de cus on women’s employment. The prises. amount of their time to work on issues of concern to Dalits, tri mand is that women must be re Lost lives major national parties, the Bhara which is not considered as work, bal people, Muslims and other cognised as farmers in accordance India must meet the Maoist challenge tiya Janata Party and the Congress, Education and work but an extension of their duties, marginalised communities with a with the National Policy for Farm in a holistic manner have reached out to women, and A recent study observed a strong and is largely unpaid . The inci focus on the needs of women . On ers; this should include cultiva their respective manifestos talk of negative relationship between a dence and drudgery of this unpaid the question of work, women’s de tors, agricultural labourers, pasto he death of 15 security personnel in a landmine measures to create more liveli woman’s education level and her labour is growing. This includes mands include genderresponsive ralists, livestock rearers, forest attack in Gadchiroli on Wednesday is another hood opportunities in rural and participation in agricultural and unpaid care work such as child public services such as free and ac workers, fishworkers, and salt Tgrim reminder of the Indian state’s continued fai urban areas, which include incen nonagricultural wage work and in care, elderly care, and household cessible public toilets, household pan workers. Thereafter, their lure to crush naxalism. Less than a month ago, a legisla tives to businesses for employing family farms. Essentially, women work such as collecting water. The water connections, safe and se equal rights and entitlements over tor and some security personnel lost their lives in a si more women. with moderately high levels of burden of these activities falls dis cure public transport, and adeq land and access to inputs, credit, education do not want to do ma proportionately on women, espe uate lighting and CCTV camerasto markets, and extension services milar attack in the neighbouring State of Chhattisga rh What data show nual labour outside the household cially in the absence of adequately prevent violence against women must be ensured. ahead of polling. That this attack should occur despite Currently, the participation of wo which would be perceived to be available or accessible public ser in public spaces and to increase Women also reiterate the need the deployment of 30 companies of the Central Reserve men in the workforce in India is below their educational qualifica vices. It also encompasses signifi their mobility. Furthermore, they to recognise and redistribute their Police Force — a company comprises 135 personnel — one of the lowest globally. The fe tions. The study also showed a cant chunks of women’s contribu want fair and decent living wages unpaid work in the household. For and 13 companies of the State Reserve Police Force a s male labour force participation preference among women for sala tion to agriculture, animal and appropriate social security in this, the government must collect well as 5,500 personnel of the local police in Gadchiroli rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% ried jobs as their educational at husbandry, and nontimber forest cluding maternity benefit, sick sexdisaggregated household level and neighbouring Chandrapur district shows not only in 20112012 to 23.3% in 20172018. tainment increases; but such jobs produce on which most of the ness benefit, provident fund, and data with suitable parameters. Un the audacity of the perpetrators but also the unprep a This decline has been sharper in remain extremely limited for wo household production and con pension. less policymakers correctly assess rural areas, where the female men. It is estimated that among sumption is based. Women have also expressed the and address the structural issues redness of the security forces. A Quick Response Team LFPR fell by more than 11 percen people (25 to 59 years) working as Any government which is se need for policies which ensure which keep women from entering was going down the road to Dadpur in Kurkheda where tage points in 20172018. Social farmers, farm labourers and ser rious about ensuring women’s safe and dignified working and liv and staying in the workforce, pro extremists had set fire to three dozen vehicles of a road scientists have long tried to ex vice workers, nearly a third are economic empowerment and ing conditions for migrant work mising more jobs — while a wel construction company earlier in the day when the ex plain this phenomenon, more so women, while the proportion of equal access to livelihoods must ers. For example, in cities, govern come step — is unlikely to lead to plosion blasted the team to smithereens. The ease with in the context of rising levels of women among professionals, address the numerous challenges ments must set up migration the socioeconomic transforma which the extremists were able to torch so many vehi education for women. managers and clerical workers is that exist along this highly gen facilitation and crisis centres (tem tion India needs. cles is alarming, and the manner in which the response The answers can be found in a only about 15% (NSSO, 20112012). dered continuum of unpaid, un porary shelter facility, helpline, le complex set of factors including However, it is not the case that derpaid and paid work. A two gal aid, and medical and counsell Divita Shandilya works at ActionAid India team blithely drove into an ambush is a shocking exam low social acceptability of women women are simply retreating from pronged approach must entail fa ing facilities) . They must also as Programme Manager Policy and ple of poor planning. The naxals set the bait and the se working outside the household, the world of work. On the con cilitating women’s access to allocate social housing spaces for Research curity forces blindly took it. In the process, standard operating procedures, including letting a roadopening LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. team lead the way, seem to have been ignored. Yet, the authorities still remain in a state of denial. It is no coincidence either that the perpetrators Azhar listing ■ In reality, it is the will affect Indians for many being strangled, democracy impression that the inquiry is pitted in an inquiry chose the Maharashtra Foundation Day, after the poll The UN Security Council European countries and the years. The narrative this time and freedom will be a mere procedural formality. conducted by Supreme ing in the district, to send this violent message. That the has finally designated U.S. and the U.K. that played is mostly on race and religion impacted. If this facility had been given, Court judges. The committee Masood Azhar as a global pivotal roles in pressuring rather than an evaluation of Zen Bhatia, nothing would have been has to remind itself that the naxals should be able to control the narrative, rema in terrorist and it is a symbolic China to toe the line. But progress made from 2014. Ontario, Canada lost. For example, in Board preamble to the on top of the intelligence, stay nimble and several steps win for India (Page 1, “UN there is no denying the fact The discerning public would of Trustees of the Port of Constitution, which is part of ahead of the security planners should be a matter of Security Council designates that the UNSC’s action will be like to know the truth about Against natural justice Bombay vs. D.R. Nadkarni, the basic structure, begins deep concern. It is some comfort that the polling pe r Masood Azhar as global extremely beneficial for India demonetisation, two crore It is unfortunate that the the Supreme Court held that with the words ‘We the centages in both Gadchiroli and neighbouring Chandra terrorist”, May 2). which has also been working new jobs and steps to former Supreme Court when an employee is pitted people.’ The committee has pur have risen, compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha elec Now, how much of hard to ensure that Pakistan recover black money. This staffer, who has alleged against trained prosecutors, to ensure that the inquiry tion, from 70.04% to 71.98% and from 63.29% to terrorism pursued by this is forced to initiate action election is very much about sexual harassment by the it would amount to denying should satisfy the people of man in India can be against Azhar. India should the role of the Election Chief Justice of India has the principle of equality India that it has been more 64.65%, respectively. But the path of the voter to the arrested remains to be now mount pressure on the Commission of India, which been denied even the basic when an employee is denied than fair. polling booth in the naxaldominated districts is still seen. The common man UN and the clutch of nations is supposed to monitor all opportunity of being assisted permission to engage a legal N.G.R. Prasad, paved with disincentives. And, the security forces de also needs to know the that are on the same page as candidates and ensure that by a lawyer which goes practitioner to defend Ram Siddhartha, ployed in the region have not been able to instil in them exact details about the India as far as fighting the rules are followed. against the principles of themselves. Such an Chennai a greater level of confidence. On top of everything else, behindthescene terrorism is concerned to However, the EC is either too natural justice (Page 1, “Ex inference can be drawn more letters online: most of the police personnel who perished in this latest diplomatic activities. The ensure that India’s most timid or biased against the SC staffer walks out of Bobde when a helpless employee is www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ attack seem to have been local citizens. What effect role of certain countries in wanted are extradited to face Opposition. Most candidates panel hearing”, May 1.) In West Asia in supporting trial in Indian courts. in the ruling party are such a situation, the judges corrections & clarifications: could this have on the larger process of weaning awa y In the report, “CJI appears before panel probing sexual harass terrorism needs to be C.V. Aravind, polarising the electorate. The concerned on seeing the the populace from the naxalites? Reality beckons. Even Bengaluru ment charge” (May 2, 2019), there was a reference in the penultim exposed which could be worst part is the Indian woman’s plight, helplessness ate paragraph to the crisis in the Supreme Court when a clutch of in the prevailing circumstances of a hostile external en difficult as the U.S. supports media which is not being and inexperience, should websites published allegations against the CJI on Easter Day vironment, India cannot afford to take the challenges of some of these regimes. Election 2019 objective. An independent have come forward to help morning. It should have beenApril 20 morning. A. Bhuyan, internal security lightly. The general election in 2019 media is the backbone of her. The obstacles she faced The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; Nagaon, Assam is a historic one as its results India’s democracy and if it is (listed in the report) give the E-mail:[email protected]

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 OPED 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Is India doing enough to combat climate change? PARLEY The challenges in tackling a problem that tions, they are still stuck in the lan proved, more accessible public guage of saying we still need to have transport. requires a global collective effort a lot more fossil fuels for more growth, when that is an open ques What could be the feasible In the run-up to the UN Climate Ac- change despite the extent of its sa tion in an era when the price of so climate diplomacy or politics tion Summit in New York in Septem- crifice. Equally, waiting for others to lar power is coming down and the for India under the UN ber, in a discussion moderated by do something and not doing so price of storage is coming down. It is framework or outside? G. Ananthakrishnan , T. Jayara- mething oneself is also not an op not a settled debate by any means, man and Navroz Dubash talk about tion, especially in terms of but we need to engage in that de ND: The climate game has now the fairness of the global climate re- adaptation. bate much more vigorously. firmly moved to a series of multiple gime, and what India could do to If India does more mitigation, national conversations. The Paris green its growth. Edited excerpts: that doesn’t reduce the risk in India. TJ: With regard to NDCs, I think we Agreement process is an iterative It is not a local exchange. We have to are risking a great deal if we take the process where countries put so How serious is climate change have good intent, show it in action, current numbers in India in terms of mething on the table, they try to im as an issue today? but on the other hand, we must do consumption, energy as the bench plement it, they see if they could do far more than we are doing today to mark for what we need. India still it more easily than they thought,

T. Jayaraman: Climate change is call the developed countries to ac REUTERS has huge development deficits. Un and they come back to the global le certainly the most serious global en count. They are nowhere near fortunately, the intersection bet vel. It is a twolevel game but the vironmental crisis that we face. It is meeting their Nationally Deter In its Paris Agreement <> Everybody says electric ween erasing development deficits driving force is at the national level. not the only environmental pro mined Contributions (NDC) targets. commitments, India had mobility is a good thing. and genuine adaptation has been Countries are not going to be arm blem, but it is unique in its multi And some countries we don’t even pledged to reduce its intensity But what that does is to poorly explored. So, every time twisted by international pressure. scalar characteristic, from the glo have on board, like the U.S. We need of GDP emissions by 3335% make the users of public there is a drought, some go around We can try, but what will drive them bal to the local. And in many ways, to move climate change to the top of over 2005 levels by 2030, and transport pay for the well- chanting ‘climate change’ when in is enlightened selfinterest. Where it is arguably the most immediate. our foreign policy agenda. This is a at Copenhagen, by 2025% by deed it is regular climate variability. the global role is going to be impor being of the people still But there is also a substantial sec critical move we need to make. 2020. Are we in sync with what And we have always left our farmers tant is in technological cooperation, tion of the world that does not see it is needed from us? With the driving cars. at the mercy of the drought. in spillover effects. One of the big in the same terms. That is perhaps ND: I agree that the performance of goal of keeping temperature So, I think in adaptation, our fo success stories is the fall in renewa one of the most serious aspects of the developed world has been very rise to 2oC or below 2oC or 1.5oC, far, doesn’t do minimal stuff. So, cus should be understanding what ble energy prices, driven by Germa dealing with this problem. poor compared to their capacities, how does India’s NDC fit in? how do we know whether the our development deficits are. At the ny’s domestic programme that sup wealth and promises. pledge is ambitious or not? There’s same time, a whole new diversion ported global prices for renewables. Navroz Dubash: I think climate The extent to which we have to TJ: The very form of your question no good way to know. ary argument is emerging. There is India has to play a role diplomat change has been with us for 25 years turn around globally is dramatic. is problematic. You can do whatever The idea of the Paris Agreement this recent paper from the U.S. that ically, but our diplomatic game has T. Jayaraman at least. At one level, for many peo Rapidly emerging countries are part you want with your NDC. It doesn’t is to get countries moving towards a has appeared saying that India lost to construct a development model is chairperson, ple climate change has become an of the story, but that does not mean matter. The question is, as a deve low carbon economy, with the idea 31% of its potential GDP growth due that takes into account all our Centre for Science, existential problem that risks un countries that have already emitted loping country, in the matrix of all that each country will see that it is to global warming between the needs, including climate change, Technology and dermining the conditions for pro a lot and have built their infrastruc other NDCs, where does India fit not too costly and not so hard and 1960s and 2011. I don’t buy that . thinks a lot about adaptation, and Society at the Tata ductive life and therefore a problem ture shouldn’t actually be creating and what are other NDCs like? In the there are developmental benefits. Without accounting most impor keeps the pressure on the West on Institute of Social that does not override but certainly space for countries like India. So scheme of things as they are, what The pledges in an ideal world are tantly for institutions, if you simply issues like finance and technology. Sciences, Mumbai permeates all kinds of other issues. where does that leave India? It is a are we doing? I think within that we setting the floor not the ceiling — examine temperature and GDP, you For many others, it is a distant pro bit of a dilemma. We are also one of are doing pretty well. I think the countries will fulfil and hopefully will get all kinds of correlations. TJ: All that we do domestically blem that is overwhelmed by more the most vulnerable countries. problem for India is hedging its fu exceed those pledges. And in India’s What we really need to invest in is should be framed in the context of immediate issues. But this ignores I view it in the following way. ture, not simply what we consume case, we will probably exceed the our conceptual agenda. Take elec development deficits. Within that the linkage between current issues One, there are a number of things now or what we expect to gain in pledges, because for reasons like ur tric vehicle mobility. Everybody context, whatever we can explore and climate change. We don’t have that India could do that will bring immediate terms. What is it that we ban congestion and air pollution, says electric mobility is a good or do, we should. For instance, how the option in India of thinking about development gains and also lead to want as our longterm future and we will want to move in the direc thing, and cheaper than conven do we ensure that we double the anything that is innocent of climate mitigation benefits. For example, how much of it in terms of carbon tion of low carbon anyway, quite tional transport, by factoring in the productivity of our main food change any more. how we design our cities: we want space do we need to hedge? But I re apart from climate change. cost of fossil fuels in terms of health, crops? If we do something that is more sustainable cities, cities with peat, with our NDC, though our per Now, in terms of what the politics etc., using the DisabilityAdjusted concrete, we will see the nexus bet Navroz Dubash Global warming has touched less congestion and with more pu formance is good, we cannot res of it are, we can try and armtwist Life Years concept. But what that ween agricultural productivity and is Professor at the about 1°C above preindustrial blic transport because we want ci pond with more commitments in the rich countries. They have defi does is to make the users of public climate and climate variability, and Centre for Policy levels. India is not responsible ties that are more liveable. Those our NDC until we see serious action nitely been recalcitrant, they have transport pay for the wellbeing of learn something for the future. Research and for the stock of CO2 in the kinds of cities will also be low car at the international level. dropped their responsibilities. But all the people still driving cars. So, My great disappointment is with coordinator of the atmosphere, but can it afford to bon cities. Two, more mitigation in In September, at the UN special at the end of the day, India is a deep arguing that electric mobility is the Indian private sector. They are Initiative on wait for developed countries to India does not mean India gets to session on climate, India should ly vulnerable country. What we cheaper really does not fly. Electric willing to donate, willing to tell Climate, Energy, make their move or should it keep those benefits. Because at the make it clear that we won’t play ball have learned in the last 20 years is mobility is actually more expensive, farmers how to be sustainable, in and Environment aggressively pursue its own end of the day, we are only 6% or 7% unless it is clear that it is not enough that countries don’t move further in immediate terms, in terms of cost vest in such kinds of activities out measures? of global emissions. But what we are for you to talk the talk, you should because of international pressure. per vehicle kilometre. side their firms. But making their recognising is that the global carbon also walk the walk. Certainly not the rich and industrial own firms models of sustainability, TJ: I don’t think there is an either/or system is an interlocked system. So, countries. They move further be ND: I agree that the entry point for sustainability within the plant boun about this. We must recognise cli what we have to think about is the ND: The Paris Agreement basically cause they found ways, in their en this conversation should be the de dary, drivers of innovation, they still mate change as a global collective global transition to low carbon sys said, every country, please tell us lightened selfinterest, to do so. velopment deficits. For example, to have to measure up. I think part of action problem. If one country cuts tems and there are spillover effects what you can feasibly do within If you look at the manifestos of say that we need to find a way for the reason for our notsocoherent its emissions to the bone, that is go there, from changes in one econo your country. It was always there the two national parties, climate cleaner transportation shouldn’t ac engagement with the international Scan the QR code to ing to be of little use if the others do my to changes in another economy, fore going to be a relatively low set change ekes in a small mention at tually lead to a conclusion that it process is perhaps that we are not read the full not follow suit. That country will changes in politics in one place to of pledges, and in that context In the end, but it is really not thought should lead to more electric vehi defining our own local priorities as interview online suffer the consequences of climate changes in politics in another place. dia’s doesn’t push the envelope very through. In my informal conversa cles – the first priority has to be im clearly as we could and should have.

FIFTY YEARS AGO MAY 3, 1969 Priyanka’s U-turn in U.P. P.M. invites 15 Telangana leaders for talks Keeping her out of the Varanasi contest The Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, has invited Mr. A. Ma has sent the message that the only dan Mohan, Chairman of the Telengana Praja Samithi, Mr. S. Venkatarama Reddi, Secretary, and 13 others to meet her in challenger to the BJP is the gathbandhan New Delhi on May 6 for discussions on the Telengana issu e. The invitations were conveyed to them through the Andhra Sanjay Kumar Pradesh Government. The Prime Minister had already com pleted a round of talks with the Telengana leaders in p ur There is no doubt that by declaring suance of her statement to the Lok Sabha. The 13 others who that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi have been invited to meet the Prime Minister are: Messrs. S.B. Vadra will not be contesting against Giri, Hind Mazdoor Sabha leader, K. Achuta Reddy, M.L.A. Prime Minister Narendra Modi from (Congress), Badri Vishal Pitti, M.L.A. (S.S.P.), Purusho ttam the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, Rao, M.L.A. (Ind.), Ch. Venkateswara Rao, Sreedhar Reddy,

AP the Congress has lost this round of pu Pulla Reddy, Mallikarjuna, Gopal and Wazahat Qadri, student blic perception to the BJP. There is leaders, P. Venkateswara Rao and Raghuveer Rao, jour nalists hardly any doubt that this has demoralised the party’s local and G. Narayan Rao, advocate. Complete hartal was observed leaders, workers, and supporters. While this decision of the today [May 2] in Hyderabad and Secunderabad in response to Congress might be viewed as the party fleeing from a “s e the call given by the Praja Samithi to protest against the Police rious” race in Uttar Pradesh, it has nevertheless made the firing and “police excesses” in the city yesterday and to mourn BJP’s task slightly more difficult in the State now. Keeping the death of those who died in yesterday’s Police firing. Ms. Gandhi out of the contest has sent a silent messag e — that the only challenger to the BJP in U.P. is the gathbandhan CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A HUNDRED YEARS AGO (SPBSP alliance), not the Congress. This might help consoli MAY 3, 1919. date the antiBJP votes behind the gathbandhan candidates. NOTEBOOK After it failed to form an alliance with the SP and the BSP, ‘Independent’ Security Case. the Congress’s decision to contest elections alone rais ed speculation on how much it could damage the electoral Reconnecting with a messenger’s messenger in Bihar In connection with Rs. 2000 security demanded from the ‘In prospects of the BJP by cutting into its upper caste — mainly dependent’, the Hon’ble Pandit Motilal Nehru, who represent Brahmin — support base. There was also speculation on Pushpraj has many causes to fight for but few platforms to articulate them ed Pandit Shamlal Nehru, keeper accompanied by Mr. S yed what impact it might have on the prospects of the SPBSP al Hussain, editor, attended the court of the District Magistrate liance, especially if there is a shift amongst the M uslim vo Varghese K. George ger. He would land up at life is witness to that. He for The Hindu in Washing [in Allahabad] and presented a petition praying for the with ters towards the Congress. my office quite often with has been offered a golden ton, DC for three years gave drawal of the order. The Hon’ble Pandit argued at length that In many constituencies, Muslims would like to vote for In the nearly 16 years since some lead to a story. handshake to back off from me the best topdown per the Court had no jurisdiction to pass the order. The Magistrate candidates who are best placed to defeat the BJP, but the I met him last, nothing Though not a fulltime jour the several agitations that spective of it. Hence, re in rejecting the application said: If we turn to the plain mean complexities of making this strategy succeed are sure to re much has changed about nalist, he has been a writer he has taken part in Bihar. turning to Patna after sev ing of the words of the section there is not the slightest reason sult in the split of the Muslim votes between the Congre ss Pushpraj. His beard is now activist, getting a national His book, Nandigram Di- eral years was an for supposing that the words “may from time to time vary any candidates and gathbandhan candidates. Studies condu ct salt and pepper and his jho- perspective on all issues ary, was published by Pen opportunity to refresh me order under section” refer only to the orders calling for secur ed when the campaign had just begun indicated a significant la has now been replaced while sitting in a village in guin. He has a few acres of mories that I could process ity and not the orders dispensing for special reason s with se possibility of a split in the Muslim vote, while they also indi with a backpack. He now Begusarai. ancestral land, which he in a more holistic fashion. curity. cated the Congress’ inability to make inroads into the Brah has a motorbike to move When I dialled his old wishes to sell to fund a Che It is not only that Push CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC min vote. The Congress’s announcement has given a clea r around, a sign of some number, Pushpraj was Guevara centre. “There is praj now has fewer plat signal to the Muslim voters: the real contest in U.P. is bet marginal material improve predictably campaigning no centre for Che in India,” forms to publish his ground POLL CALL ween the BJP and the gathbandhan. This will help con soli ment. Pushpraj lives bet for Kanhaiya Kumar, form he says. That could be a fast reports; even the the build date the Muslim vote in favour of the gathbandhan. ween Begusarai and Patna er JNU Students Union pre route to martyrdom, I warn ing that used to house sev Lottery Half of U.P. has already voted, but there are still numerous in Bihar, and travels all sident and CPI candidate him, among his landloving eral outstation newspaper What happens when two candidates in a constituency poll the constituencies that head to the polls in the remaining phas around the country to any for Begusarai. Pushpraj Bhumihar brethren. He is offices in Patna — Ojha’s same number of votes? According to Section 102 of the Repre es, where Muslim votes matter . In constituencies such as place where he finds a sub does not have a surname — always there to help jour Mansion — now wears a de sentation of the People Act, if there is equality of votes and if Amethi, Lucknow, Barabanki, Faizabad, Sitapur, Bahra ich, altern political cause to his grandfather, a freedom nalists from all over who serted look. Most newspap one additional vote would entitle either of them to win, and if Kaiserganj, Shravasti, Gonda, Domariaganj, Sant Kabi r Na fight for. fighter who burned his land in Bihar any time, but ers have shut down their no decision has been made by the Returning Officer under the gar, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Varanasi and Ghosi, Mu slims I first met him in 2003 sacred thread and gave up rues the fact that most Hin Patna offices due to the sev provisions of the Act, then the High Court decides by a lot. constitute more than 20% of the total voters. Their consoli when I was the only repor his caste surname, be di publications, which until ere business pressure on The candidate who wins the lottery wins the election. In 2017, dation behind the gathbandhan candidate could pose c on ter for Bihar for a national queathed that legacy to the recent years were keen to the media industry. Push for instance, in the election to ward number 220 of th e Bri siderable challenges to the BJP. newspaper, and he, a man grandson. Pushpraj’s revo publish stories of local praj used to be a regular hanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Shiv Sena's Surendra Ba Further, there was no way Ms. Vadra could have defeated for all seasons. He intro lutionary quest has taken struggles, are no longer do visitor to Ojha’s Mansion, galkar and the BJP's Atul Shah got the same number of votes. Mr. Modi in Varanasi, even if her candidature against hi m duced me to some intrica him to Narmada Valley, ing so. Pushpraj is an un recounting stories from the The result was decided by lottery, and Mr. Shah won. might have enthused the Congress workers. Nevertheless cies of Bihar’s rural polit Bhatta Parsaul, Nandigram sung hero, and I was happy hinterland that he had there are enough signals that the weeks of suspense and ics, and became a and, in recent times, the to connect with him after come across and providing CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC hype around her candidature may have anyway helped gen companion in many of my JNU student agitation and many years. story ideas. erate an atmosphere favouring the Congress in the consti travels around the State the protests triggered by Patna gave me the best He has not run out of MORE ON THE WEB 3 tuencies going to polls in the coming phases. during my twoyear stint PhD student Rohit Vemu bottomup perspective on causes to fight for, but the there then. 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DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE SC directive to EC on poll timing No violation in Modi, ‘Decide on Modi, Shah Rahul’s speeches: EC Plea by two advocates cites heat wave and onset of Ramzan for early voting PM’s speech had attracted criticism hate speeches by May 6’ Legal Correspondent eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, NEW DELHI Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, Special Correspondent of Conduct (MCC), and “It is in the public domain The petition alleged that The Supreme Court on Jharkhand, Rajasthan and New Delhi sought a detailed report that they have indulged in lack of action by the EC Thursday asked the Election Himachal Pradesh. The Election Commission from the Rajasthan Chief hate speeches, repeatedly against Mr. Modi and Mr. Commission of India to pass Several constituencies in has not found any violation Electoral Officer (CEO). The used the armed forces for Shah was a “tacit endorse directions on a plea to ad each of these States are go in the speeches of Prime Mi poll panel ruled that Mr. Mo political propaganda, des ment” of their statements vance the timing of polls ing to the polls in the coming nister Narendra Modi and di’s comments did not vio pite a clear prohibition on and clean chit to them. from 7 a.m. to 4.30 a.m. or 5 phases. Congress president Rahul late the rules. This is the the same by the EC,” it stat Recounting how leaders a.m. in the next three phases “In this intense heat, it Gandhi, made in separate third impugned speech of ed. like Mayawati were banned of the general election, con will be very difficult for Mus instances. Mr. Modi in which the EC The petition narrated from campaigning for 72 sidering the heat wave and lim voters to queue up at Mr. Modi’s speech in Ra has not found any violation. how “the Prime Minister, in hours for violating the MCC, the Ramzan month. The polling booths during the jasthan’s Barmer on April 21 The complaint against blatant violation of the poll the plea said the lack of ac fifth, sixth and seventh phas day to exercise their fran had attracted strong criti Mr. Gandhi pertained to his code, held a rally on the day tion against the Prime Minis es are due on May 6, 12 and Braving the heat: People waiting to cast their vote at a polling chise... During Ramzan, cism from the Opposition. speech in Madhya Pradesh’s of polling in Gujarat on April ter and the BJP president 19, respectively. station in Bihar’s Begusarai on April 29. * PTI most practising Muslims stay Targeting Pakistan in the Jabalpur on April 23, in 23, 2019 i.e. date of voting “demonstrates abdication The petition filed by two up/wake up for an early context of Balakot air strike, which he had addressed BJP for the third phase.” and indecision and a com advocates said their sole ob to cast their vote”. This senti has issued a temperature morning meal called ‘Sehri’ the Prime Minister had said: chief Amit Shah as a “mur It detailed the various re plete absence of justice, in ject in public interest was to ment, they said, was to en warning indicating severe and sleep after the morning “Every other day they used der accused.” ported utterances of Mr. ensuring a level playing field “increase voter participation sure their equal participa heat wave conditions over ‘Fajr’ prayer. Thereafter, to say ‘we have nuclear but The BJP had lodged the Modi that allegedly violated in the ensuing general in the electoral process” and tion in the democratic the next few days in large they avoid going out in the ton’...have we kept it for Di complaint alleging MCC vio the MCC, from portraying election.” to ensure “a convenient and process, consistent with the parts of the country, with heat to the extent possible to wali?” The EC took cogni lation. After examining the Congress president Rahul “The inactions, omis fair opportunity to persons principles of Article 14. temperatures being up to avoid thirst, dehydration sance of the complaint evidence at hand, the poll Gandhi's choice of Wayanad sions and commissions by of all communities, particu The petition said the India five degrees Celsius above and the possibility of a heat alleging violation of its advi panel said the comments as “a seat where the minori the Respondent/EC are in larly the Muslim community, Meteorological Department normal in Madhya Pradesh, stroke,” the petition said. sories and the Model Code did not violate the Code. ty is majority” to calling for complete and direct viola votes in the names of the tion of Articles 14 and 21 of CRPF soldiers killed in the the Constitution,” the peti terrorist attack in Pulwama. tion said. Terror funding: A victory for India and its diplomacy: BJP ED attaches Plea for recusal of CJI Opposition not celebrating UN designating Azhar a global terrorist for fear of paying a political price more assets Special Correspondent pay a political price for it,” has been persuaded by the Special Correspondent in Assam case rejected NEW DELHI said Mr. Jaitley. He also an evidence that has been pre NEW DELHI The BJP on Thursday said the swered queries on why the sented. The aggression of The Enforcement Directo In his short submissions to Mr. Mander should learn to U.N. designating JaisheMo Pulwama attack had not certain countries in support rate has attached more the Bench, Mr. Mander re trust his judges. “Oral obser hammad chief Masood Az been mentioned in the con ing this designation as global properties in connection ferred to how the CJI had vations from judges during a har a global terrorist was a text of the designation. terrorist, including China, is with an alleged terror fund lashed out at the Assam go court debate does not mean victory for India and Indian in the background of recent ing case against Lashkare vernment’s proposal to con a judge has already made up diplomacy, adding that the Core issue events including Pulwama, Taiba (LeT) founder and ditionally release and moni his mind. Will you go by Opposition parties appeared “The listing of Massod Azhar and the exposure of Pakistan UNdesignated terrorist tor the declared foreigners written orders or by oral ob reluctant to celebrate the and the designation as global after Balakot,” said Mr. Jait Hafiz Saeed and others. languishing in the detention servations? You pick out achievement fearing that terrorist are not a biodata of ley. In the past few months, centres for over five years some comments and say the they may have to “pay a pol the man. They don’t have to “Terrorism shall not be the agency has identified and declared that the court Chief Justice of India, the itical price” for it. give his background and tolerated and this declara proceeds of crime to the would not be a party to such Chief Justice of this country, Union Ministers Arun Jait Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Nirmala Sitharaman at a each and every activity. The tion from the U.N. is note tune of ₹212 crore in more a move, which is both illegal has prejudged a matter? ley and Nirmala Sitharaman press conference in New Delhi on Thursday. * R.V. MOORTHY core issue is that he has been worthy. It is the result of per than a dozen cases of ter and violative of the Consti See what damage you have addressed a presser at the designated as global terrorist sistent measures taken by ror financing. tution. The CJI had also said done to this institution... BJP headquarters here and global terrorist and that it de “If India wins, Indians and he and his country will the External Affairs Ministry, the proposed measure re You pick up something from said the current government monstrated the govern win, but there are friends in have to face the consequenc under the leadership of Flat, shop seized flected the government’s fai the social media and you ac had succeeded in the at ment’s policy of zero tole Opposition who are not cele es as well as the fact that the Prime Minister Narendra In the latest case, the at lure to deport declared cuse the CJI of bias... What tempt to designate Azhar a rance towards terrorism. brating it as they may have to international community Modi,” said Ms. Sitharaman. tached properties, worth foreigners. will happen to the institu ₹73.12 lakh on paper, were Mr. Mander said there tion?” the CJI addressed Mr. in the name of one Mo must have been a “subcon Mander. hammed Salman and his scious bias” in the mind of Oral observations from a Who released Azhar family members. They in the CJI. Chief Justice Gogoi judge had “enormous im Pulwama played a role in clude a residential flat, a hails from Assam. pact” on the ground, Mr. shop and bank accounts. “What if we tell you Mander said. in 1999, asks Congress Action has been taken on you’ve been set up by the Chief Justice Gogoi said UN decision, says Ministry the basis of an FIR and a Assam government,” the CJI judges were amenable to ac chargesheet filed by the shot back at Mr. Mander. cept their mistakes in re ‘After his release, he became a threat’ National Investigation “I would simply say it’s views and curatives. ‘Designation of Azhar a result of efforts started in 2009’ Agency against Salman, completely untrue,” Mr. The court posted the case Special Correspondent Mohammad Salim and Mander said. for hearing on Thursday New Delhi Special Correspondent “There are elements be Kamran, a Pakistani na Chief Justice Gogoi said next. The Narendra Modi govern NEW DELHI ing introduced to divert at tional based in Dubai. The ment, while taking credit for India on Thursday reiterated tention from the huge diplo ED said that according to getting JaisheMohammad that it would not negotiate matic setback that they have the NIA investigation, Fa chief Masood Azhar black with any country on terro suffered. Frankly they have lahiInsaniyat Foundation Chargesheet filed listed, should also tell the ci rism and national security, no choice,” he said explain (FIF) is a Pakistanbased tizens that it was during a saying the listing of Masood ing that the terror attack in terror organisation esta BJP regime that Azhar was Azhar as a global terrorist Pulwama had played a role blished by JamatudDawa, against Zakir Naik released and he trans was the result of a sustained in the ultimate listing. which was founded by Ha formed into big threat to In process started a decade ago The Ministry’s statement fiz Saeed. The chargesheet has been baibased Islamic Research dia, the Congress said on during the UPA government. clarified that the listing re “The humanitarian filed in the Mumbai special Foundation (IRF). Thursday. “Our objective has been sulted from years of terro front, religious and charity court under the Prevention The ED probe revealed While welcoming the de Rajeev Shukla all along the naming of Az Raveesh Kumar rism and violent plots traced work being projected by of Money Laundering Act . that Mumbaibased Harmo claration of Azhar as a glo har. The process started in to Azhar who operates from FIF are only to create dis The attached properties in ny Media allegedly recorded bal terrorist on Wednesday, a press conference here. He 2009, in 2016 and 2017 it by Azhar. Pakistan. India had claimed guise in the minds of peo clude investments in mutual the speeches and forwarded the Congress said that on added that when Congress was continued. Designation However, the May 1 an on February 26 that Air ple and States, whereas funds, the Islamic Interna the edited versions to the the same day, 15 Maharash government got Hafiz Saeed was not on the basis of a sin nouncement from the 1267 Force jets had bombed loca their main aim is to pro tional School building in Global Broadcasting Corpo tra policemen were killed in declared a global terrorist, it gle incident, but [was] on Sanctions Committee of the tions belonging to the Jaish. vide and collect funds, to Chennai, 10 flats, three go ration (Dubai) and the U.K. a naxal attack in Gadchiroli did not make a big song and the basis of evidence we UN Security Council did not In compliance with the UN create network/sleeper cell downs, two buildings, and based Islamic Research which did not garner dance about it. have shared linking Azhar to refer to the terror attack in listing, Pakistan issued a and to motivate youths to land in Pune and Mumbai, Foundation International enough attention. Former Home Minister P. several acts of terrorism,” its statement giving rise to Statutory Regulatory Order join terrorism,” it said. besides 10 bank accounts, (IRFI) for further broadcast “Fact is that it is the Modi Chidambaram, in a series of said Raveesh Kumar, spokes speculation on whether the on Wednesday ordering said the agency. on Peace TV across the government that has syste tweets, too pointed out that person of the External Af UN appreciated India’s im freezing of financial assets Hawala transfers The ED has also identified globe. DVDs were also circu matically endangered our Azhar was released in 1999 fairs Ministry. He said India mediate concerns about the belonging to Azhar. It also As alleged, FIF transferred properties linked to Naik in lated. internal security. The BJP under the Vajpayee govern would maintain the interna role played by the JeM in ordered travel ban and arms huge funds through the Dubai and London. Its According to the Directo should also tell people un ment. tional campaign against crossborder acts of terro embargo on him. “hawala” channels involv probe is based on an FIR rate, the IRFI received der whose regime Azhar The Congress also said crossborder terrorists. rism from Pakistan. India said Pakistan would ing Dubaibased Kamran lodged by the National In ₹64.86 crore from 2003 to was freed. It was only after that Pulwama and Jammu India demanded listing The spokesperson reiter be held responsible by the and Salman for operations vestigation Agency (NIA) for 2017, “mostly from various his release in 1999 that he and Kashmir were delinked Azhar after the Pulwama at ated that the aim of the cam international community on in Delhi and Haryana. Sal his alleged role in unlawful dubious, suspicious or un emerged as such a big threat by the UN Security Council tack of February 14 that New paign was to get Azhar desig the follow up actions it is ex man and other accused are activities by the use of pro known sources. A large part to India,” Congress spokes while declaring Azhar as a Delhi had traced to the Jaish nated as a global terrorist, pected to take after the U.N. currently in judicial custo vocative utterances and for of the funds was used for or person Rajeev Shukla said at global terrorist. eMohammad which is led which had been achieved. listing. dy. promoting enmity between ganising ‘PEACE’ conferenc different religious groups in es”. The agency alleged that India. ₹49.20 crore was trans Pakistan The agency said most of ferred from 2012 to 2016 the Zakir Naik’s speeches, from Zakir Naik’s accounts Did China abandon its ‘allweather friend’? national held from 2007 and 2011, were maintained in the United planned, organised, funded Arab Emirates (UAE) to his Absence of reference to Jaish chief’s role in Kashmir violence clinched the issue for Beijing in Gujarat and promoted by the Mum personal accounts in India. Stanly Johny dollars in that country to ternationally designated ter either to back it or use its ve PRESS TRUST OF INDIA build an ambitious econom rorist outfit. And its role in to by further isolating itself Bhuj After years of resistance to ic corridor. So why did China multiple terrorist attacks in among global peers. The Border Security Sasikala told to appear listing Masood Azhar, foun change its position now? India has been well esta Force on Thursday appre der of the Pakistanbased First, both India and Chi blished. China’s continued No Pulwama reference hended a Pakistani na terrorist group JaisheMo na have manifested their de hold on Azhar’s listing has Third, in allowing the listing tional from Kutch district before court on May 13 hammad, as a global terro sire to deepen bilateral ties weakened internationally its to go on, China could save its in Gujarat for entering In rist, China has finally despite the structural pro position against terror . The face and remove a thorny is dia illegally, said officials. FERA case dates back to 1998 changed its position. Earlier blems they face. Prime Mi “deradicalisation” camps it sue from IndiaChina ties. He was identified as attempts to add Azhar to the nister Narendra Modi went is running in Xinjiang has But it didn’t want to aban Mohammad Shan, a resi Special Correspondent The case of the Enforce UN blacklist, under the 1267 to Wuhan in April 2018 for triggered international criti don Pakistan, its “allweath dent of Punjab province CHENNAI ment Directorate is that Sa Committee, failed as China Masood Azhar cism, particularly from U.S. er friend”. The original list in Pakistan. The Additional Chief Metro sikala, as chairpersoncum had put a hold, calling for a NEWS ANALYSIS Secretary of State Mike Pom ing application which “The Pakistani national politan Magistrate (ACMM) director of JJTV Private Li solution through consulta na had shown in recent past peo who slammed China’s France, the U.K. and the U.S. was apprehended when Court in Egmore has issued mited, had authorised the tions. After the February 14 an informal summit with that it was ready to do busi “shameful hypocrisy”, say had moved had a reference he tried to enter India af orders for producing V.K. company’s managing direc Pulwama attack, France, the Chinese President Xi Jinping ness with India even over ing it is abusing over a mil to the Pulwama attack. But it ter crossing the border Sasikala, jailed aide to form tor and her nephew V. Bhas U.K. and the U.S. cospon even when bilateral ties were looking Pakistan’s sensitivi lion Muslims at home while was removed from the appli fence. He was held from er Chief Minister Jayalalith karan to negotiate and enter sored a new listing applica not at their best. The sha ties. Last year, China protecting “violent Islamic cation that went through on near the border pillar aa, before it on May 13 in a into a contract with any fo tion, which was also blocked dows of the Doklam stand dropped its opposition to ad terrorist groups from sanc Wednesday, at China’s insis number 1123,” said BSF case registered against her reign supplier with a tran by China. However, when its off between the Indian and ding Pakistan on the Finan tions at the UN”. After it used tence. This is in line with Pa DIG G.S. Mallik. by the Enforcement Directo sponder facility for launch hold expired, China raised Chinese Armies and Beijing’s cial Action Task Force grey its hold on Azhar following kistan’s narrative that terror He has been handed ov rate under provisions of the ing a Tamil satellite TV no fresh opposition. repeated hold on Azhar and list, which allowed the listing the Pulwama attack, the U.S. activities in the Valley are an er to the police and will be Foreign Exchange Regula channel in the early 1990s. The main reason for Chi its opposition to India’s Nu to go through smoothly. distributed a draft resolution indigenous uprising. interrogated by various tion Act (FERA) in 1998. The ED alleged that huge na’s opposition to Azhar’s clear Suppliers Group mem at the UN Security Council Responding to the listing, security agencies at the Sasikala has been serving payments were made to in terror designation was the bership continued to imp The U.S. factor (outside the 1267 Commit the Chinese Foreign Ministry Joint Interrogation Centre her fouryear imprisonment dividuals in Malaysia, firms Pakistan factor. Pakistan has inge on bilateral ties. Still Second, the Azhar issue has tee) to ban Azhar. Had the re batted for international com in Bhuj, BSF sources said. sentence in the Parappana in the U.S. and Singapore for robust economic and stra India preferred to stay en cast a shadow on China’s solution been put to vote, munity’s support for Pakis Mohammad Shan is Agrahara jail in Bengaluru hiring transponders and tegic ties with China, which gaged with China as the Wu commitment to fighting ter China would have been left tan, reemphasising its view from Punjab province, since February 2017. uplink facilities for JJ TV. is also investing billions of han summit suggested. Chi rorism. Jaish has been an in with an awkward choice — on Islamabad. said BSF officials.

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[IN FOCUS: EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH ] POLL POURRI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC New pieces on the chessboard of caste A breather with snakes Floating vote of non-Yadav OBCs and MBCs will decide the results in this region, which has 17 of the 80 seats in the State

Nistula Hebbar among members of the Yadav “The mobilisation of inter GHAZIPUR/AZAMGARH/LALGANJ/ MIRZAPUR community. mediate castes that began with “What have we got under Charan Singh in 1967, and the In the 2017 Assembly election the Yogi government? The mo empowerment of OBCs under in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP bet ment we mention we are Ya Mandal politics of the 1990s big on nonYadav OBCs, giving davs, our work is stalled. Baba has led to this further differen over 35% of the seats to such jaatiwaad badhaatey hain aur tiation,” he adds. communities to shore up its kehtey hain ki Sapaa (SP) ek Rae Bareli support base. Jaati vishesh ki party hai (Yogi Binding factor Away from the campaign, Congress leader In 2019, the importance of Adityanath is propagating cas In many seats across eastern Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday met snake charmers in the Rae Bareli constituency of these communities in the teism when he says the SP is a Uttar Pradesh, this floating Uttar Pradesh and boldly held a reptile, caste chessboard of eastern party of a particular caste on vote will be decisive, with par saying “it’s fine”. She halted at Kuchariya Uttar Pradesh (almost 17 seats) ly),” says Umesh Yadav. He, ho ties such as the BJP hoping village on her way to Belavela, another village is again enhanced, with even wever, admits, that the BJP that Prime Minister Narendra in the constituency, represented by her the Mahagathbandhan (grand might wean away nonYadav Modi would emerge as a bind mother, Sonia Gandhi. After having a chat alliance) of the Bahujan Samaj OBC votes, though “not in ing factor on questions of na with some snake charmers, she played with a Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Azamgarh, here Akhilesh will tional security and social wel snake, much to the amusement of the crowd. Party (SP) and the Congress win.” fare programmes. When someone warned her to be careful, she announcing tieups with com Nishad (who won the Gorakh In fact, Chandauli has ing away from a larger block to Professor Satish Kumar Rai, While the contest in Uttar said: “Nothing will happen, it’s fine”. PTI munityspecific parties and pur byelection last year on SP emerged as the laboratory for strike out on their own. who taught politics at Kashi Vi Pradesh as a whole is being even handing out ticket to ticket) of the Nishad Party, to testing where this intense “Most of these castes are dyapeeth and is a member of compared to classroom sub some of them. the BJP and is now the party’s wooing of nonYadav com too small to matter in a macro the Rajiv Gandhi Study Circle, jects such as arithmetic (the We’ve dismantled PM: Rahul In a polarised electoral sce candidate in Sant Kabir Nagar. munities will go, with the SP situation, but are significant says the phenomenon is re grand alliance) and chemistry New Delhi nario with party lines and Not to be outdone, the Con fielding Mr. Chauhan and the addons in individual seats,” a flective of the change in hear (Prime Minister Narendra Mo Congress president Rahul their support bases clearly gress has announced tieups Congress fielding Sukanya senior BJP officebearer said. tland politics after the great di’s charisma), in eastern Uttar Gandhi has said that his drawn, this floating vote of with the Krishna Patel faction Kushwaha, wife of Babu Singh churn of Mandal Commission Pradesh, physics makes an party was doing better nonYadav OBCs and most of the Apna Dal and the Babu Kushwaha to take on the BJP’s On the ground recommendations. entry. after four rounds of voting, backward classes (MBCs), who Singh Kushwahaled Jan Adhi State unit chief Mahendranath At Kotwa Farm in Azamgarh, “Earlier, caste was based on “Here, neither arithmetic and Narendra Modi was not form nearly 25% of the 40% kar Party (JAP). The SP has al Pandey. where SP chief Akhilesh Yadav a more socially enforced roti- nor chemistry will work, it will going to be the Prime OBC vote in the State, will de lied with the Janwadi Socialist In other seats too, strategic is contesting against Bhojpuri beti kya vyavahaar (marriage be physics, and momentum Minister after May 23. In an cide who wins in this area. Party (JSP) of Sanjay Chauhan placements are being done star and BJP candidate Dinesh and interdining prohibitions), on the side of one party that interview to NDTV, Mr. In the runup to the 2019 which claims to command the making the contests a play Lal Yadav “Nirauwa”, there is a but now it is a modern politi will decide the contest,” says Gandhi said, “The BJP is not winning, it is election therefore, the area support of the Nonia Chau book of postMandal politics, palpable angst against the Yogi cal system, deepening its Niraj Chauhan, a shopkeeper pretty clear. Narendra Modi is not going to be Prime Minister. There is massive saw the crossing over of Pravin hans in the area. where OBC groups are break Adityanath government scope,” he says. in Mirzapur. unemployment in the country, massive farmer disenchantment, farmer suicides.” Mr. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Gandhi said the Congress had managed to destroy the idea of Mr. Modi being a crusader Panthic issues rule against corruption. “The Prime Minister can't Poll play stand on a stage and say the things he was saying in 2014. We have dismantled the Prime Bathinda campaign Minister,” he said. It’s a tough test for Harsimrat Kaur Adityanath gets EC notice VIKAS VASUDEVA tempt by the Badals to NEW DELHI CHANDIGARH create communal tensions,” The Election Commission The campaign for the Lok he said. on Thursday served a Sabha election has gained For Ms. Badal, the two showcause notice on Uttar Pradesh Chief pace in Punjab’s Bathinda, time MP, the election is a lit Minister Yogi Adityanath the stronghold of the Badal mus test. She highlights her for his speech at Sambhal family of the Shiromani Aka work for the State and the on April 19, which was li Dal, with “Panthic” (Sikh) Sikh community, and the allegedly on communal issues dominating the dis “antiincumbency” factor lines. The poll panel has directed Mr. course. against the ruling Congress. Adityanath to furnish his response within 24 The ruling Congress is at “I have taken up issues of hours. It had earlier imposed a 72hour ban on tacking the Akali Dal by rais Punjab as well as the Sikh him from campaigning for his “Ali ing the pardon granted to community. Prime Minister Bajrangbali” and “green virus” remarks. On the Sirsabased Dera Sacha Narendra Modi has always April 5, the Commission had also reprimanded Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram reacted positively to my de him for his Modiji Ki Sena comment. Rahim in a blasphemy case mands,” she said after filing and the KotkapuraBehbal her nomination earlier this Kalan police firing in 2015, week. Ms. Badal said Chief Sunny Deol starts campaign which followed the Bargari Minister Captain Amarinder AMRITSAR sacrilege. Singh had delayed the AI Actorturnedpolitician The sitting MP and Union IMS and Ladhowal mega Sunny Deol, the BJP Minister, Harsimrat Kaur Ba food park projects. candidate for the Gurdaspur dal, of the Akali Dal is raking Ms. Badal accused the Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, on up the 1984 antiSikh riots. Congress of weakening the Thursday kicked off his At Bathinda recently, case of the Sikh community election campaign with a Chief Minister Captain Ama by defending the accused in roadshow. Before starting ridner Singh raised the issue the 1984 antiSikh riots. On his canvassing, Mr. Deol of “sacrilege” when the Aka the other hand, she said, the paid obeisance at the Gurdwara Dera Baba li Dal and the BJP ruled the NDA government had esta Nanak, near the International Border between State. blished a SIT to probe the India and Pakistan. The roadshow passed People would punish Ms. cases and had reopened through Pathankot, Bhoa and Gurdaspur, over Badal for her “arrogance” some cases to deliver the course of which he said his focus would be and the cases of “sacrilege”, justice. on the allround development of the he said. The Congress has fielded constituency. “I will fulfil the unfulfilled dreams of the late Vinod Khanna,” Mr. Deol “People have not forgot Amrinder Singh Raja War One face: Children wearing Modi masks during the campaign by BJP candidate Ramesh Kaushik at Gangasar in the Sonipat constituency said. His key opponent is the sitting MP of the ten Bargari or Kotkapura, ring, the MLA for Gidderba * SANDEEP SAXENA of Haryana on Thursday. Congress party, Sunil Jakhar. The Aam Aadmi CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC which were a brazen at ha. Party has fielded Peter Masih.

Jaitley takes on Priyanka Bahraich reveals communal and political faultlines of U.P. NEW DELHI Union Minister Arun Jaitley termed Congress general Muslims feel threatened after the arrest of more than 45 members of the community under the SC/ST Act in Nanpara secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s comment that the Omar Rashid welfare. She visited the other Sources said the SP was try near Chittora lake praising Mr. Congress would ensure the BAHRAICH side, and even distributed sa ing to cash in on the alleged Modi for providing toilets and BJP’s defeat in Uttar Aslam and Noor Hasan were ris and ration to their women persecution of Muslims in the new pucca homes to the poor Pradesh a “confessional recently set free after more but always drove past our area district under the Adityanath or Bhura Biswakarma who ar statement” that the than 14 months behind bars. like we didn’t exist,” said Noor rule — not just Ghurgutta, the gues that the two instalments Congress was becoming a “fringe They were among the five Hasan seated on a cot in his State police had also contro of ₹2,000 (PMKISAN) and organisation.” “This is her confessional Muslims slapped with the simple brickhouse in Ghur versially booked 200 Muslim power connection he received statement about the Congress becoming a stringent National Security Act gutta village. men in Khair village under the had won Mr. Modi his vote. fringe organisation. A mainstream party, the by the Yogi Adityanath govern Ms. Phule strategically UAPA — by attaching equal “No other government gave grand old party of Indian politics is now a ment for alleged involvement picked December 6 (2018) to blame on Ms. Phule. us anything. Mr. Modi has pro fringe organisation in India,” he said. The in a clash between two com quit the BJP — the day marking mised if elected again he will Congress used to be a party of 300400 seats munities over the change of the Babri Masjid demolition Vote split do more,” said Mr. Bhura, re during the times of Jawaharlal Nehru and route of the Barawafat proces and the death anniversary of But Sabir Ali Khan, a promi turning from Mr. Modi’s rally Indira Gandhi, then became a party of 125150 sion taken out to mark the Bhimrao Ambedkar — in a bid nent farmer, argues that due in Nanpara on Tuesday. The seats during Rajiv Gandhi’s era and is now a birth anniversary of Prophet to connect with Dalits and “Bahraich into Gujarat” and a doubleedged sword in a to the communal divide, Ms. BJP is also banking on the divi party of 4070 seats, he said. On Congress leader Digvijaya Singh inviting a group of Mohammed. Muslims, and pitched her fight threatened to damage the communally polarised envi Phule is more likely to get the sion of Muslim votes. ‘sadhus’ to Bhopal, he said Congressmen are The incident took place in as one to save the Constitu shrine of Salar Ghazi, revered ronment. Hindu votes and defeat BJP. In his speech, Mr. Modi “chunavi Hindus” (Hindus only during polls). the Nanpara area of this back tion. by both Hindus and Muslims. Mr. Valmiki’s father married “Shabbir won’t get Hindu played up the caste discrimi ward district, which borders She has been fielded by the Even Mohammad Rais Khan, a thrice to have a child and votes,” said Mr. Khan, reveal nation card, accusing the pre Nepal, in December 2017. Both Congress this time. However, Congress supporter, is put off when he was born, gave him ing that he preferred a nation vious SP and BSP governments POCKET | SURENDRA men, who had a handto her past with the BJP could by her candidature and pref away to a Muslim family as a ri al party like the Congress in of depriving others than their CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mouth existence and were the hurt her image among the ers the SP. “If we vote her, it’s tual to ward off evil spirits. The general elections. “vote bank” of power supply. main breadwinners of their fa Muslims, who are in large like voting the BJP,” he said. couple named him Shabbir In 2014, Ms. Phule, the saf He also sought to appease milies, claim they were falsely numbers in Bahraich. In Bahraich, locked in a Ahmed, a name that stuck on fronclad Pasi leader, who has the Dalit identity by declaring implicated, and accuse the BJP More than 45 Muslims were threeway contest, there is but due to which he later had now taken a big turn to vocally he was inspired by Maharaja government of communal ven arrested in the Nanpara inci another factor pushing the to endure a legal battle, suc criticise the BJP government Suheldev and would replicate detta. dent, and many of them were Muslims towards the SP, apart cessfully though, after he won for being antiDalit, received his model of governance and While Aslam sells bangles, booked under the stringent from the winnability of the SP his first local body election in 4.32 lakh votes, while Mr. Val security of nation. Noor used to sell fish but after SC/ST Act, creating communal BSP alliance and the backing 1989. He was challenged for miki got 3.36 lakh. The Con Suheldev is a medievalera the incident is struggling to fissures. of the Jatavs and Yadavs. It is contesting on a reserved seat gress’s sitting MP (2009) Ka BharPasi chieftain whom the make ends meet at a brick SP candidate Shabbir Ahmed with a Muslim name. So which mal Kishore “Commando” BJPRSS have over the years kiln. Controversial comments Valmiki, who despite being a identity does be want to flaunt only managed 24,000 votes. aggressively tried to portray as However, they also resent But that is not the only grie Dalit Hindu, flaunts an identi today? Hindu or Muslim? None This time, this reserved seat a Hindutva warrior who the incumbent MP Savitri Bai vance Muslims have against fiable Muslim first name. but his caste. is witnessing a tight threeway stopped the march of Muslim Phule for failing to protect Da Ms. Phule. In the main market A fourtime MLA and run “I am from the Valmiki (Da contest. The BJP’s Akshayvar invader Ghazi Mian and halted lits and allegedly siding with of Nanpara, they also recall nerup in 2014, Mr. Valmiki is lit) community. Everybody Lal Gond, a fivetime MLA and Islamisation of the region. the majoritarian side. She is controversial comments made considered accessible and knows that,” he said in the present Balha legislator, is also “Only we are doing Sabka herself a Dalit. by her to provoke the minori amiable by both Hindus and middle of a hectic doorto in the fray. Saath Sabka Vikas,” Mr. Modi “I was at my store when the ty. Muslims. door campaign in a Muslim Across the constituency, the said, arguing that people of all incident happened. We were Mohammad Nassirudin, But his political career has pocket. “Every caste and com OBCs and nonJatav OBCs castes received toilets cooking falsely implicated but not once who sells iron products, says been marked by controversies munity is with us. Hindu Mus were largely behind Mr. Modi. gas and bank accounts with she came to visit us or seek our Ms. Phule claimed to turn over his identity, which acts as lim Sikh Christian...” Be it the Nishad who sold fish out discrimination. Daddy, is the EC contesting in all constituencies?

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DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Barr stays away from House hearing A leak that cost the British AttorneyGeneral was not amenable to its format, specifically the Democrats’ desire to use legal counsel Defence Secretary his job Sriram Lakshman chair remained conspicuous Mr. Trump’s personal coun Washington ly empty at the House hear sel. Senate Republicans Govt. decision to give Huawei 5G contract was leaked out U.S. AttorneyGeneral Bill ing which started at 9 a.m. as questioned the motivation Barr did not appear before planned and adjourned behind the investigation and Vidya Ram son himself has flatly denied the House of Representatives shortly after opening re hearings. Josh Hawley, a London being the source of the leak Judiciary Committee for a marks were made by House Montana Republican, said In an episode of ‘Yes Minis — on his children’s lives — hearing that was scheduled Judiciary Committee Jerrold unelected officials had tried ter’, the iconic political co and has accused Downing for 9 a.m. on Thursday Nadler. to overturn the results of the medy, Sir Humphrey Apple Street of mounting a witch morning. Mr. Barr had alrea During Wednesday’s Se 2016 presidential election. by, the infamous civil hunt against him. “I strenu dy announced his decision nate hearing, Mr. Barr fre Senate Judiciary Committee servant, assures his often ously deny that I was in any to stay away from the hear quently defended the Presi Chairman Lindsay Graham, anxious colleague Bernard way involved in this leak and ing on Wednesday, a day dent’s conduct and a South Carolina Republican Wooley, concerned about a I am confident that a tho when he was grilled for five attempted to mitigate con and Trump ally, chose to potential leak inquiry being rough and formal inquiry hours by the Senate Judici cerns raised by the Mueller open Wednesday’s hearing threatened by Downing would have vindicated my ary Committee. The House report. He was questioned AttorneyGeneral William Barr testifying before the Senate by focussing on Hillary Clin Street, that there was noth position,” he wrote in a let could now hold Mr. Barr in on the Mueller investiga Judiciary Committee in Washington on Wednesday. * AP ton’s use of a personal server ing to worry about as they ter to Ms. May. contempt. tion’s revelations that Mr. for her official emails when were only ever set up and The government has at Congressional Democrats Trump had called former denying the incident. Mr. claimed it did. In fact, the re she was Secretary of State. rarely resulted in anything tempted to bring an end to are probing whether a four White House counsel Don Barr said it could be that Mr. port reads, “If we had confi The next phase of the Bill substantive. the controversy. Cabinet Of page letter Mr. Barr sent law McGahn twice in June 2017 Trump wanted to correct dence after a thorough inves Barr postMueller saga is ex When such an inquiry Gavin Williamson. * AP fice Minister David Liding makers on March 24, days af to get Mr. McGahn to inter media accounts of what had tigation of the facts that the pected to unfold in the was announced last month ton told the House of Com ter he had received the fere in the investigation. transpired. President clearly did not House, where Mr. Nadler after details of a meeting of Chinese telecom firm at the mons on Thursday that the Mueller report, misrepre As per the Mueller report, Mr. Barr also told the Se commit obstruction of jus said he would give Mr. Barr the National Security Coun heart of a diplomatic storm Prime Minister considered sented Special Counsel Rob Mr. McGahn recalled the Pre nate during the hearing that tice, we would so state.” another day or two to hand cil were leaked to The Daily in the U.S., to be involved in the matter closed, and that ert Mueller’s findings on sident saying, “Mueller has the President had the auth Mr. Barr called “a bit snit over the full Mueller report Telegraph, many believed it building Britain’s 5G net the Cabinet Secretary (who whether U.S. President Do to go,” and “Call me back ority to fire Mr. Mueller and ty” a letter Mr. Mueller had along with its underlying evi was a route to nowhere. Ho work, with restrictions launched the inquiry) did nald Trump obstructed the when you do it.” Mr. McGahn that made it difficult to prove written to him in late March dence to his committee, fail wever, critics were quickly placed on what it would not consider it necessary to investigation into whether had said he had planned to that obstruction of justice complaining that the latter’s ing which he would seek a proven wrong when just un have access to. refer the matter to police. Russia meddled in the 2016 resign rather than comply had occurred. “In this kind fourpager “did not fully cap contempt citation against der a week later , Prime Mi The meeting was meant presidential elections. with the President’s re of situation, where you have ture the context, nature, and the AttorneyGeneral (Eric nister Theresa May sacked to be confidential, but on Ministerial code quests. Mr. Barr said that the a facially innocent act that’s substance” of the Mueller Holder, Barack Obama’s At Gavin Williamson as Bri April 24, The Daily Tele- Mr. Williamson had not been An empty chair President was just trying to authorised by the Constitu probe. The letter was made torneyGeneral, received tain’s Defence Secretary (Mi graph carried a story report accused of any criminal of Mr. Barr was not amenable get Mr. McGahn to bring up a tion, it’s hard to establish public the day before the Se one from the Republican nister), citing “compelling ing both the decision and fence under the Official Se to the format of the House conflict of interest issue in beyond a reasonable doubt nate hearing. Mr. Barr also controlled House in 2012). evidence,” that he was in the objections voiced by Ca crets Act, but the Prime mi hearing on Thursday, specifi the Mueller probe with De that it’s corrupt,” he said. suggested that the letter had Some Democrats have volved in the leak. binet members during the nister had simply acted in cally the Democrats’ desire putyAttorneyGeneral Rod The Mueller report did been written by one of Mr called on Mr. Barr to resign, In a letter to Mr. William meeting. line with the ministerial to use legal counsel (in addi Rosenstein, who was over not conclude that Mr. Trump Mueller’s staffers. Democrats and others want to start im son, the Prime Minister ex The U.S. has made no code, sacking him after los tion to Representatives) to seeing the investigation. obstructed justice but at the have accused Mr. Barr — peachment proceedings. pressed her disappointment bones about expressing its ing confidence in him, he in question him. Mr. Trump had also asked same time it did not exoner whose job it is to be the na (With inputs from The with his conduct. The inves objections to Huawei taking sisted. Nevertheless, the go The AttorneyGeneral’s Mr. McGahn to write a letter ate him, as the President has tion’s lawyer — of acting as New York Times) tigation provided “compell up this role, telling the U.K. vernment has faced a ing evidence” of Mr. Wil that such a move could jeo backlash. The Labour Party liamson’s responsibility, she pardise intelligence sharing has called for a criminal in said. “No other, credible ver between the two partners. quiry. “In what world is it ac sion of events to explain this Leaks have been perva ceptable that the Prime Mi I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition: Assange leak has been identified.” sive amid the Brexit battles, nister should be the arbiter He was replaced as De but the leak from the NSC of whether a politician she Agence France-Presse the U.S. authorities briefly for breaking his bail condi crack a password stored on realtime discussions regard fence Secretary by Penny has been seen as being in a believes is guilty of criminal London set out his alleged involve tions in 2012, when he fled to Department of Defence com ing Chelsea Manning’s dis Mordaunt, who has become different league — raising conduct in office should face WikiLeaks founder Julian As ment in the release of classi Ecuador’s London Embassy puters in March 2010. semination of confidential the first woman to hold that concerns about national se a criminal investigation?,” sange told a court on Thurs fied documents. to avoid extradition to Swe The charge carries a maxi records to Mr. Assange”. position. curity and the integrity of asked its deputy leader Tom day he would oppose extra “I do not wish to surren den. mum jail term of five years. In a letter read out in the key intelligencesharing Watson in Parliament on dition to the U.S. as the legal der myself for extradition for He was accused of sexual A lawyer for the U.S. go court on Wednesday, Mr. As Security meeting forum. Adding to the con Thursday. process began in London, a doing journalism that has assault and rape but strongly vernment, Ben Brandon, sange apologised for skip The disclosure centred on cerns is the contest to re Even some Conservative day after he was jailed for won many awards and pro denied the claims. told the court on Thursday ping bail seven years ago. “I an April 23 meeting of the place Ms. May as Prime Mi MPs have rounded on the breaching his bail conditions tected many people,” Mr. As The U.S. indictment that investigators had found did what I thought at the U.K.’s National Security nister. She has said she will Prime Minister, with one ac in a former case. sange told the judge, who set charges him with “conspira chatroom conversations bet time was the best or perhaps Council to discuss top level step down for the next stage cusing her of subjecting Mr. He appeared via videolink the next hearing for May 30. cy” for working with former ween Mr. Assange and Ms. the only thing that I could intelligence matter. In the of Brexit negotiations. Williamson to a “kangaroo at Westminster Magistrates The Australian was jailed U.S. Army intelligence ana Manning in March 2010. have done,” he said, adding: meeting, the Prime Minister The drama has not court” with no chance to Court, where a lawyer for on Wednesday for 50 weeks lyst Chelsea Manning to He said they “engaged in “I apologise unreservedly.” agreed to let Huawei, the stopped there. Mr. William properly defend himself. ELSEWHERE Worries over Pak. debt to China are overstated: Imran’s adviser Of $100 bn in debt, only $11 bn is owed to China: Husain

Raghuvir Srinivasan cording to him. Pakistan’s Maduro asks military to Nadi, Fiji annual investment pro fight ‘any coup plotter’ The socalled debt overhang gramme, including both pu CARACAS for Pakistan from its partici blic and private, added up to Venezuelan President Nicolás pation in the ChinaPakistan $50 billion and the CPEC Maduro on Thursday called Economic Corridor (CPEC), was only a small part of it, he on the armed forces to oppose “any coup plotter” part of the ambitious Chi pointed out. after a failed military uprising nese Belt and Road Initia “The Chinese have been by forces supporting tive, is overstated, according very understanding and Opposition leader Juan to a top official of Pakistan. cooperative. CPEC has put Guaidó.“Yes, we are in “The propaganda is not us back on track and we’re combat, keep morale high in based on facts but on per determined to put our house this fight to disarm any ception,” said Ishrat Husain, in order,” Mr. Husain said. traitor, any coup plotter,” he adviser to Prime Minister said at an event with the Imran Khan on institutional BRI a natural idea military high command. AFP austerity and a federal Mi Ishrat Husain, adviser Speaking in the same panel, nister. He was addressing a to the Prime Minister ADB president and chairper Abe ready to meet seminar at the 52nd ADB An on institutional austerity. son Takehiko Nakao said Kim ‘unconditionally’ nual Meeting of Asian Deve that the BRI, of which CPEC TOKYO lopment Bank on the topic: got no extra concessions, is a part, is a very natural Japanese Prime Minister “Is debt sustainability a the money was brought in as idea to expand the connec Shinzo Abe has offered to cause for concern?” FDI and commercial loans tion between East Asia, Cen meet North Korean leader were taken by the Chinese tral Asia, Europe and Africa. Kim Jongun in a bid to restore diplomatic ties Money brought in as FDI companies. There is no loan “There are merits over in between the historic foes, Reeling out numbers, Mr. obligation on Pakistan,” said vestment but at the same Sankei Shimbun daily said on Husain said that of the $45 Mr. Husain. About $6 billion time we have to be careful... Thursday. In an interview, Mr. billion total package from was in the form a govern we must find good projects Abe said: “I want to meet China under CPEC in 2015, menttogovernment loan at with good returns even if the chairman Kim Jongun as much as $35 billion was 2% interest rate, he said. lending is to the govern unconditionally and talk with for financing power projects Of the total national debt ment. Otherwise it will him frankly with an open in the powerdeficit country. of $100 billion, only $11 bil cause concern over repay mind.” AFP “The Chinese government lion is owed to China, ac ment,” he said. Sri Lanka mass cancelled ‘Xinjiang surveillance app over fears of fresh attack targets lawful behaviour’ There were threats against 2 locations Report details 36 categories of activities

Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse security company to ana Colombo Hong Kong lyse an app connected to the Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church Chinese authorities are us IJOP, showing specific acts scrapped plans to resume ing a mobile app designed targeted by the system. Sunday services following a for mass surveillance to pro Xinjiang authorities “specific threat” against two file, investigate and detain closely watch 36 categories religious locations after the Muslims in Xinjiang by la of behaviour, including deadly Easter attacks. belling “completely lawful” those who do not socialise The Archbishop of Co behaviour as suspicious, a with neighbours, often lombo, Cardinal Malcolm Human Rights Watch report avoid using the front door, Ranjith, said on Thursday said on Thursday. don’t use a smartphone, do that a “reliable foreign Human Rights Watch has nate to mosques “enthusias source” had alerted him to Cardinal Malcolm previously reported that tically”, and use an “abnor possible attacks this wee Ranjith, the Archbishop Xinjiang authorities use a mal” amount of electricity, kend. “The information we of Colombo. * AFP mass surveillance system the group found. have from a reliable foreign called the Integrated Joint The app also instructs of source is that attackers are so said that Catholic schools Operations Platform (IJOP) ficers to investigate those re planning to hit a very fa which were due to reopen to gather information from lated to someone who got a mous church and a Catholic after an extended Easter va multiple sources . But the new phone number, or re institution,” the Cardinal cation on Monday would new study, entitled “China’s lated to others who left the said in a statement. He did now remain shut “until Algorithms of Repression”, country and have not re not name the source. He al further notice”. worked with a Berlinbased turned after 30 days. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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02-05-2019 % CHANGE Manufacturing PMI Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 38,981 ddddddddddddd-0.13 Robust plan in place to import oil: MEA US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 69.37 ddddddddddddddd0.27 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 32,620 ddddddddddddd-0.76 dips to 51.8 in April Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 69.87 ddddddddddddd-4.16 U.S. refuses to extend sanctions waiver to India on Iran oil import; OMCs stop placing orders from Iran

TCA Sharad Raghavan Suhasini Haidar Pompeo on Saturday. ded. “This is a decision that Slower growth in orders hits output NIFTY 50 “Whatever decisions we will be taken in a considered PRICE CHANGE NEW DELHI take will be a combination of manner.” Indian oil compa Special Correspondent Adani Ports...... 395.30...... 2.50 NEW DELHI Asian Paints...... 1436.60...... -26.55 India has a “robust plan” to a number of factors [includ nies, meanwhile, have Axis Bank ...... 752.35...... -14.50 import oil from other coun ing] commercial negotia stopped placing orders for Manufacturing activity ex Bajaj Auto ...... 3030.55...... 46.45 tries, the Ministry of Exter tions and keeping our legiti Iranian oil. panded at a slower rate in Bajaj Finserv...... 7578.85...... 58.40 Bajaj Finance ...... 3131.75...... 35.80 nal Aﬀairs said, even as the mate security interests and “The oil companies do not April compared to its levels Bharti Airtel ...... 324.20...... 3.90 deadline for the U.S. sanc economic interests in mind,” take a decision on this, that in March, according to a BPCL...... 378.45...... -1.40

Britannia Ind ...... 2783.05. .. -113.00 tion waiver for oil imports Ministry of External Aﬀairs is taken by the government,” private sector survey. Cipla ...... 565.60...... 0.60 from Iran expired on Thurs (MEA) spokesperson Ra a spokesperson for the In The Nikkei India Manu Coal India ...... 252.35...... 0.20 day without an extension veesh Kumar said. dian Oil Corporation said. facturing Purchasing Man Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2919.90...... -13.85

Eicher Motors...... 20565.10. .... 196.80 from the U.S. “The oﬃcial position is what agers’ Index registered a GAIL (India)...... 347.55...... -8.40 Last year, the U.S. reim ‘Responded accordingly’ was stated by the MEA. But reading of 51.8 in April, low Grasim Ind ...... 899.30...... -1.90 posed sanctions on Iran, “We continue to engage with we have not placed any er than the 52.6 in March. HCL Tech...... 1160.05...... -23.30

HDFC ...... 2017.40...... 22.35 prohibiting countries from the U.S. on this matter. But a further orders with Iran.” A reading over 50 indi Capital goods was the key HDFC Bank...... 2355.80...... 38.35 importing oil from it, but Fuel fracas: Prior to the sanctions, Iran accounted for about decision has been taken by Prior to the sanctions and cates an expansion while source of weakness, with Hero MotoCorp ...... 2551.70...... 39.85 waived these sanctions for 10% of India’s oil requirements. * AP them and accordingly we the subsequent reduction in one below 50 denotes a new business contracting. Hindalco ...... 204.70...... -1.35

Hind Unilever ...... 1723.55...... -34.15 eight countries, including In have responded.” the quantity of oil imported contraction. Indiabulls HFL ...... 679.65...... -15.80 dia. That waiver has now ex would not be extending it. nute call by External Aﬀairs “We have a robust plan in from Iran, Iran accounted “A softer increase in new “The slowdown in ICICI Bank ...... 395.55...... -11.95 pired and the U.S. an The U.S. refused to change Minister Sushma Swaraj to place to import oil from oth for about 10% of India’s oil orders created a domino ef growth of total sales, cou IndusInd Bank ...... 1561.30...... -45.20

Bharti Infratel ...... 270.85...... 8.30 nounced last month that it its stance despite a lastmi U.S. Secretary of State Mike er countries,” Mr. Kumar ad requirements. fect in the Indian manufac pled with cashﬂow diﬃcul Infosys ...... 730.80...... -20.55 turing industry, restricting ties and competitive pres Indian OilCorp...... 158.10...... 0.05 growth of output, employ sures, hampered output ITC ...... 305.00...... 3.65

JSW Steel...... 306.65...... -1.70 ment, input buying and bu expansion in April,” the re Kotak Bank ...... 1406.35...... 19.80 Bandhan Q4 net rises 68% siness sentiment,” the re port said. “Although pro L&T...... 1358.75...... 10.20 ‘Banks can declare defaulting port said. duction rose, the increase M&M ...... 645.90...... 0.60

Maruti Suzuki ...... 6683.25...... 16.85 “The one bright spot in was the slowest since last NTPC ...... 133.10...... -0.95 Net interest income grows 45.6% April was exports, which ex September.” ONGC ...... 168.90...... -0.30 panded solidly and at a PowerGrid Corp ...... 190.20...... 3.80 IL&FS accounts as NPAs’ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Reliance Ind ...... 1405.05...... 12.25 Mumbai slightly quicker pace than in RBI rate cut likely State Bank ...... 308.15...... -1.80 March.” “Although remaining inside Sun Pharma ...... 452.20...... -5.45 Private sector lender Band But lenders can’t initiate recovery, debit money, says NCLAT “Broken down by sector, expansion territory, growth Tata Motors ...... 207.30...... -7.00 Tata Steel ...... 554.95...... -2.25 han Bank reported a 68% capital goods was the key continued to soften and the TCS ...... 2215.40...... -44.95 rise in net profit to ₹651 Press Trust of India However, the appellate cess. The NCLAT had, in Fe source of weakness, record fact that employment in Tech Mahindra ...... 837.00...... 0.90 crore for the quarter ended New Delhi Titan ...... 1138.15...... -20.40 tribunal has also clarified bruary, prohibited banks ing contractions in new bu creased at the weakest pace UltraTech Cement...... 4616.30...... -0.50 March 31 on the back of The National Company Law that although the banks from recognising any IL&FS siness and output,” the re for over a year suggests that UPL...... 963.90...... -5.25 healthy growth in both in Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) would declare the IL&FS ac group accounts as nonper port added. producers are hardly gear Vedanta ...... 168.30...... 1.45 terest income and noninter Wipro ...... 293.65...... -4.90 on Thursday allowed the counts as NPAs, they cannot forming assets without first “Growth was meanwhile ing up for a rebound,” Pol YES Bank...... 173.75...... 5.75 est income. was 38.46% to ₹44,776 banks to declare as nonper initiate recovery process and seeking approval from the sustained at both consumer lyanna De Lima, principal Zee Entertainment ...... 418.45...... -14.15 While net interest income crore, while deposits in forming assets (NPAs) the ac debit money. tribunal. and intermediate goods economist at IHS Markit and (NII) for the quarter grew creased 27.64% to ₹43,232 counts of IL&FS and its The bench has observed The RBI had moved the makers.” author of the report, said. 45.6% to ₹1,258 crore, non crore as on March 31, 2019. group companies that have that lenders must not with NCLAT to modify the order The report went on to say Ms. De Lima added that EXCHANGE RATES interest income grew 91.13% The gross nonperform defaulted on payments. draw support until a resolu allowing the banks to de that new business growth the fact that price pressures Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4 p.m. on May 02 to ₹388 crore during the re ing assets ratio rose on a A bench headed by Chair tion is found for the IL&FS clare the defaulting accounts moderated in April report were cooling in the manu CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL porting period. yearonyear basis from man Justice S.J. Mukhopad and its group companies. of IL&FS as NPAs, as per edly due to the ongoing facturing economy and

US Dollar...... 69.16...... 69.48 The bank’s net interest 1.25% on March 31, 2018 to haya lifted the embargo on Presently, Infrastructure banking regulations. General Elections and also growth was losing momen Euro ...... 77.49...... 77.85 margin was 10.7% in the 2.04%, though declined se the banks to declare the ac Leasing & Financial Services It contended that banks in response to a challenging tum makes it increasingly British Pound...... 90.26...... 90.68 fourth quarter as compared quentially from 2.41%. Pro Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 62.02...... 62.31 counts of the debtridden (IL&FS) Group companies, had an obligation to mark economic environment. likely that the Reserve Bank Chinese Yuan ...... 10.27...... 10.32 to 10.5% in the preceding vision for the fourth quarter IL&FS and its 300 group en with a collective debt of over bad loans as NPA in cases of The increase in order book of India may cut interest Swiss Franc ...... 67.86...... 68.17 quarter. grew by 41.3% on year to tities, which are unable to ₹90,000 crore, are going nonpayment, after the de volumes was the slowest in rates for the third consecu Singapore Dollar ...... 50.80...... 51.04 Total advances growth ₹154 crore. Canadian Dollar...... 51.47...... 51.71 pay their debt. through a resolution pro fault of 90 days. eight months, it said. tive time in June.

Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.71...... 16.81 Source:Indian Bank Central banks step up gold buying in 2019 BULLION RATES CHENNAI May 02 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses Diversiﬁcation and desire for safe, liquid assets were main drivers of purchases, says WGC Retail Silver (1g) ...... 39.7...... (40.5)

22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3002...... (3041) SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Despite sharp recovery Bar and coin investment sof MUMBAI <> tened slightly and was down 1% in investor sentiment in IN BRIEF Central banks across the globe to 257.8 tonnes. are building up gold reserves both equity and debt According to the WGC, this markets, appetite for PNB Housing to raise $1 with the first quarter of 2019 was purely due to a fall in de bn from foreign markets seeing significant buying from gold remained solid mand for gold bars, as official Alistair Hewitt NEW DELHI such entities. gold coin buying grew 12% to Head of market intelligence, WGC PNB Housing Finance said it According to the latest Gold 56.1 tonnes even as China and Ja would raise up to $1 billion Demand Trends report by the 1% compared with the same pe pan were the main contributors from foreign markets, and an World Gold Council, central riod last year, at 530.3 tonnes, to the decline. additional ₹10,000 crore by banks bought 145.5 tonnes of boosted by India. “The beginning of 2019 saw a issuing bonds. The board gold in the first quarter — a 68% sharp recovery in investor senti meeting on May 9 will jump from the same period in growth in central bank buying, Jewellery demand in India ment in both the equity and consider approval of “fund 2018 and also the strongest start as well as growth in goldbacked “A lower local rupee gold price debt markets, but appetite for raising by way of external to a year since 2013. exchangetraded funds (ETFs),” in late February and early March gold remained solid,” said Alis commercial borrowings up to Meanwhile, the overall global said a statement by WGC while coincided with the traditional tair Hewitt, head of market intel $1 billion in one or more gold demand rose to 1,053.3 adding that diversification and a gold buying wedding season, ligence, WGC. “In addition, cen tranches,” it said. The board tonnes in the first quarter of desire for safe, liquid assets lifting jewellery demand in India tral banks on both sides of the will also consider the 2019, up 7% compared to the were the main drivers of the to 125.4 tonnes, a 5% increase on Atlantic putting monetary poli issuance of secured and same period last year. purchases. the same period last year and cy tightening on hold — and po unsecured nonconvertible “This yearonyear increase On a different note, the first the highest Q1 since 2015,” stat tentially easing — is likely to be debentures up to ₹10,000 was largely due to continued quarter jewellery demand rose ed the report. supportive of gold,” he added. crore in tranches. PTI Decline in air traffic in Tata Power Q4 net falls 92% Mar. a first since 2013 to ₹107.32 cr. Four key metro airports see shrinkage Press Trust of India New delhi SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Tata Power on Thursday NEW DELHI reported a 92% decline in In a first in six years, Indian consolidated net profit at airports registered negative ₹107.32 crore for the quar growth of 1.1% in March as ter ended March due to an four of the major airports exceptional adjustment in saw a decline in passenger the previous year. traffic as compared to the The company’s consoli same period last year, ac dated net profit stood at cording to Airports Authori ₹1,364.33 crore in the quar ty of India data. The airports ter ended March 31, 2018, it in the country recorded 2.81 said in a statement. crore passengers in March However, the company 2019, which was down from Slowdown can impact added that the consolidat about 2.85 crore passengers revenues and margins of the ed net profit in the fourth in March 2018. airports sector, says ICRA. quarter before the excep Delhi, the country’s big tional item stood at ₹259 gest airports in terms of pas had been 17.5%, has been ar crore, an increase of 119% senger traffic, saw 54.81 lakh rested. This can impact re from ₹118 crore in the year passengers in March 2019 as venues and margins for the ago period. compared to about 60.4 airports sector, at a time The company had made lakh in March 2018, register when many of them are un provision for impairment ing a shrinkage of 9.4%. Si dertaking sizeable capex.” of investment in Mundra milarly, Mumbai saw 35.7 and Georgia businesses in lakh passengers, down by Groundings spur decline the fourth quarter of 2017 16.2% in the same compara The decline in March was 18. Total income of the tive period. Chennai saw due to multiple factors, company in the fourth 17.19 lakh passengers which primary among them the quarter was ₹7,416.89 crore was a dip of 7.4% and Cochin grounding of Jet Airways compared to ₹7,281.02 recorded 8.3 lakh passen fleet of 124 aircraft. The crore a year ago. gers — a deceleration of same month also saw 12 For 201819, consolidat 11.3%. Boeing 737 MAXs of SpiceJet ed net profit came in at “The decline in March being grounded after an out ₹2,440.41 crore as against 2019 is the first instance of rage globally against the ae ₹2,610.85 crore in the pre yearonyear traffic de rospace manufacturer fol vious fiscal. Total income growth in a month since Fe lowing the Ethiopian during the fiscal was at bruary 2013,” said Harsh Jag Airlines crash. ₹29,954.47 crore as com nani, vice president and sec The Hindu had reported pared to ₹27,272.96 crore tor head for corporate earlier that the growth in earlier. ratings, ICRA. “Thus, the ro passenger traffic at Indian The board proposed a bust growth trend of last few airports for 201819 was at a dividend of ₹1.30 per share years, wherein the CAGR fiveyear low of 11.6%. of face value of ₹1 each. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF JSW forays into paints business An app to manage diabetes Aims to be among the top three players in ﬁve years with new venture Roche unveils ‘mySuger’ linked to AccuChek, at ₹1,399

Special Correspondent Special Correspondent Done’ quality and a promise MUMBAI With this, RDC India sustained motivation to the MUMBAI to deliver true value to our plans to offer a collabora patient to achieve miles JSW Group has forayed into consumers. We hope to be Roche Diabetes Care (RDC), tive, integrated and perso tone goals. the ₹42,000crore organised the preferred choice of mil a part of Roche, has un nalised approach for opti “To manage the blood paints business in the coun lennial couples. JSW Paints veiled an integrated Dia mal therapy for people glucose levels better, it is try with the launch of JSW aims to be the future of co betes Management Solu with diabetes or those at important to have precise Kadiresan takes charge Paints. lour and painting for Indian tion (IDMS) in India, by risk of developing the disor and accurate blood glucose as LIC south zone head JSW Paints is a greenfield homes,” Parth Jindal, MD, introducing the ‘mySuger’ der, it said. management tools that are CHENNAI venture backed by ‘technol JSW Paints, said. App and ‘AccuChek In enabled with latest technol K. Kadiresan has taken ogy, automation and scale’. stant’ blood glucose moni Bluetooth enabled ogy and ease of use,” said charge as Zonal Manager of The company aims to be Price transparency toring system aimed at ef The company will be part Dr. Shashank Joshi, endo Life Insurance Corporation of among the top three players “We aim to be among the top fective management of the nering with various stake crinologist, and president, India (LIC) in the south, said a in the next five years. three paints players in the disease. holders to provide an end Indian Academy of Dia company statement. He will The company will manu next five years. Our ‘any co The mySuger App, which toend solution. mySugar betes Chair (Elect) IDF oversee the operations of 13 Splash of colour: Parth Jindal, MD, with A.S. Sundaresan, divisional offices, 261 branch facture and market both in lour one price’ ensures great has 1 million downloads in provides bluetooth connec South East Asia. Joint MD & CEO in Mumbai on Thursday. * PAUL NORONHA offices and 262 satellite dustrial coatings as well as value for consumers and Europe and AccuChek In tivity for data upload from offices covering Tamil Nadu, decorative paints. price transparency, and stant, priced at ₹1,399, to AccuChek Instant and also Motivational tool Kerala and Union Territories rior walls and wood and died the market to under gives them choice of colours gether will bring in connec maintains a digital log “Digital diabetes [treat of Puducherry and Industrial paints metal. stand evolving customer dy for their homes,” A.S. Sunda tivity with doctors and book. ment] needs the latest ap Lakshadweep. Prior to this In industrial coatings, JSW According to industry esti namics and global trends. It resan, joint MD & CEO of JSW caregivers and ensure accu It helps in data sharing plications which can not posting, he was the executive Paints has commenced oper mates, India’s organised aims to be a significant Paints, said. A statement said racy in sugar level testing, with caregivers and health only act as signalling alarms director (pension and group ations with coil coatings. paints industry is expected player in the Indian paints the g roup aims to make a helping people with dia care professionals through for high or low sugar at schemes), LIC, Central Office, In the decorative paints to cross ₹50,000 crore in va sector. comprehensive offering for betes to manage their blood PDF reports. The app, avail tacks, but also motivational Mumbai. segment, the company will lue by 2020 with a CAGR of “We have ensured that ev consumer homes through sugar levels, the company able for download for iOS tools for behaviour offer a range of waterbased 15%. ery aspect of the JSW Paints steel, cement, furniture and said. and Android, also provides change,” Dr. Joshi said. SundaramClayton Q4 paints for interior and exte JSW Paints said it had stu brand has a ‘Never Before paints. net profit falls 48.85% CHENNAI SundaramClayton Ltd.’s standalone net profit for the MRF Q4 profit falls on TDSAT stays Bharti fourth quarter ended March TVS Motor Company posts 5% 2019 had declined by DoT demand re-launches 48.85% to ₹50.27 crore high input costs from ₹98.27 crore in the from Airtel ‘AirtelThanks’ corresponding quarter last sales growth in April 2019 year on lower revenue. Firm declares final dividend of ₹54 Press Trust of India Special Correspondent Revenue from operations Special Correspondent New Delhi New Delhi dipped 7.1% to ₹455.65 rore try had witnessed a moder Auto major reports total 2wheeler sales of 3.06 lakh units CHENNAI from ₹490.46 crore. Total ate 7.1% growth in FY19, a Telecom tribunal TDSAT Bharti Airtel on Thursday income for FY19 rose by Tyre major MRF Ltd., has company statement said the on Thursday granted par Special Correspondent April 2019 to 13,626 units relaunched its ‘AirtelTh 9.41% to ₹1,932.94 crore. posted a 14.91% decline in its commercial vehicle catego tial stay on a ₹8,300crore CHENNAI from 12,677 units in the com anks’ customer rewards Net profit for FY19 increased standalone net profit in the ry showed polarity in its demand raised by the tele TVS Motor registered a 4.6% parable yearago period, programme that segre by 118% to ₹119.66 crore. fourth quarter ended March sales performance between com department from growth in sales volume in due to growth in truck, bus gates users across three 2019 to ₹293.83 crore the first and second halves Bharti Airtel for approving April 2019 to 3.19 lakh units es and light commercial veh tiers — silver, gold, plati Axis AMC invests ₹60 cr. against ₹345.32 crore in the of the fiscal year. its merger with Tata Tele from 3.05 lakh units record icles (LCVs). num. The higher the tier, in Akshaya’s Orlando corresponding quarter a The statement further services. The TDSAT has di ed year earlier. Domestic sales of medium the more the benefits. CHENNAI yearago, due to rising input said that changing car ow rected “the concerned During the period under and heavy commercial vehi The company has also Axis AMC has invested ₹60 costs. Revenue from opera nership patterns, shift in authorities of the Union of review, the company report cles (M&HCV) and LCVs launched a ₹299 ‘industry crore in the Akshaya Group’s tions rose 6.2% to ₹4,073.45 personal mobility, disrup India to take the merger of ed total twowheeler sales of grew 9.96% to 13,141. first’ offer, where prepaid upcoming project Orlando crore from ₹3,835.50 crore. tive technological advances, two companies and licence 3.06 lakh units from 2.93 In the M&HCV segment, customers will get Amazon through Axis RERA Exports for FY19 grew tightening global regulatory on record”, subject to stay lakh units, marking a 4.4% trucks sales grew to 7,517 un Prime membership along Opportunities Fund I. The 15.74% to ₹1,566 crore from framework, Centre’s initia on onetime spectrum growth. In the domestic units). Threewheeler sales its from 7013 units. Bus sales with 2.5 GB data per day, project is located in ₹1,353 crore. The board re tives in reduction of emis charges (OTSC) demand of market, the company sold grew 15% to 13,104 units grew 12.89% to 1,401 units. and unlimited calls for 28 Kelambakkam on the Old commended a final divi sions and steps to decrease around ₹7,000 crore. 2.48 lakh two wheelers, re (11,377 units). Overall ex LCVs grew 14% to 4,223 days. Mahabalipuram Road in dend of ₹54 per share to be oil dependence, would all The tribunal asked Air gistering a growth of 2.5%, ports grew 13% to 69,565 un units. Silver tier is an entry to Chennai. “In the future, real paid by August 16, subject to lead to increased funding in estate will be tilting towards tel to submit 50% payment against 2.42 lakh units sold its. Eicher Motors, the mak basic content such as Air shareholders’ approval. alternative hybrid & electric themed and serviced projects of ₹1,287.97 crore demand in the yearago period. ers of Royal Enfield motorcy telTV and Wynk, while The firm had already paid vehicles technology. and Orlando is an example of raised by DoT as OTSC for Scooter sales grew 9% Leyland sales cles, reported a 17.47% dip in gold customers get access the same,” said Balaji Rao, two interim dividends of ₹3 All these would have im Chennai circle licence ex from 89,245 units to 97,323. Truck major Ashok Leyland its April month sales to to addon telecom benefits, managing partner – real each for FY19. Pointing out plications for tyre majors in tension from Nov. 30, 2014 Motorcycle sales grew 8.3% Ltd. posted a 7.49% growth 62,879 units against 76,187 and ‘great value access to estate, Axis AMC. that the automobile indus the year ahead, it added. to September 27, 2021. to 1.43 lakh units (1.32 lakh in total monthly sales in units sold a year earlier. premium content’.

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Mumbai Indians makes the grade with Super Over victory De Kock’s unbeaten halfcentury provides the substance for the host’s innings; Pandey and Nabi’s valiant knocks go in vain for Sunrisers Hyderabad

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MUMBAI INDIANS Rohit Sharma c Nabi b Khaleel 24 (18b, 5x4), Quinton de Kock (not out) 69 (58b, 6x4, 2x6), Suryakumar Yadav c Rashid b Khaleel 23 (17b, 3x4, 1x6), Evin Amol Karhadkar Lewis c Vijay Shankar b Nabi 1 MUMBAI (6b), Hardik Pandya c Nabi b Bhuvneshwar 18 (10b, 1x4, 1x6), Manish Pandey not only Kieron Pollard c Abhishek b timed the ball to perfection, Khaleel 10 (9b, 1x6), Krunal but also his onslaught as he Pandya (not out) 9 (3b, 1x6); stretched Sunrisers Hydera Extras (lb6, nb1, w1): 8; Total bad's mustwin contest into (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 162. the Super Over. But Jasprit FALL OF WICKETS Bumrah came back strongly 136 (Rohit, 5.2 overs), 290 in the oneover shootout to (Suryakumar, 11.4), 391 (Lewis, help Mumbai Indians pocket 12.4), 4119 (Hardik, 15.5), 5151 (Pollard, 19.1). two vital points and seal a SUNRISERS BOWLING berth in the playoffs. Bhuvneshwar 40291, Khaleel 40423, Nabi 40241, Rash id 40210, Thampi 40400. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD Wriddhiman Saha c Lewis b Bumrah 25 ( 15b, 5x4), Martin Guptill lbw b Bumrah 15 (11b, 1x4, 1x6), Manish Pandey (not out) 71 (47b, 8x4, 2x6), Kane Williamson lbw b Krunal 3 (7b), Vijay Shankar c Pollard b Krunal 12 (17b), Abhishek Sharma c de Kock b Hardik 2 (3b), Mohd. Na bi c Suryakumar b Hardik 31 (20b 2x4, 2x6), Rashid Khan (not out) 0 (0); Extras (lb1, w2): 3; Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 162. With Pandey attempting a FALL OF WICKETS suicidal second run off the 140 (Saha, 3.6 overs), 257 first ball of the Super Over (Guptill, 5.1), 365 (Williamson, 7.1), 498 (Vijay Shankar, 13.2), and Bumrah sneaking 5105 (Abhishek, 14.3), 6154 through Mohammad Nabi’s ghan allrounder was dismis (Nabi, 19.4). defence off the fourth after sed off the next. MUMBAI INDIANS BOWLING being hit for a six, Mumbai Pandey then ran two be Sran 20240, Malinga 40 Indians required nine runs to Man of the moment: Jasprit Bumrah not only picked up the wickets of the openers, but also clinched Mumbai Indians’ win with a fore clearing longon with se 430, Bumrah 40312, Chahar win the Super Over. Super Over. * VIVEK BENDRE ven required off the last ball 40210, Krunal 40222, to ensure Wankhede Stadi Hardik 20202. Fizz to the chase mean Sunrisers will have to cheers by the local fan army. longon for a six off the last dary once against Malinga, um witnessed its first Super Toss: Mumbai Indians. Hardik Pandya’s six over beat Royal Challengers Ban And the spin twins of Kru ball to tie the match. Pandey waited till the last Over. MoM: Bumrah. longoff off leggie Rashid galore in the last game to nal Pandya and Rahul Cha two balls of the 19th over to In the end, his heroics we MI won in the Super Over. Khan brought fizz to the qualify. har were phenomenal in the The climax go after Bumrah. And his ren't enough for the visiting chase and Mumbai Indians For a better part of Sunris middle overs. In the 17th over, Pandey’s successive fours through the side. required just three balls to ers’ chase of 163, Bumrah, However, Pandey who straight boundary off Bum onside meant Sunrisers re All it could do was take knock off the runs. despite two loose deliveries outshone Quinton de Kock in rah brought up his fifty and quired 17 runs off Hardik’s fi heart from Pandey’s power The nailbiting win meant to end the penultimate over, terms of playing the knock of kept Sunrisers in the hunt nal over. packed show in the chase Mumbai Indians will definite was conservative as ever. La the night turned out to be with 41 required off the last Nabi’s six off the third ball and a respectable effort with ly feature in the playoffs next sith Malinga’s toecrushers the difference in the first 40 three overs. With Moham brought the target down to the ball early on in the match week, while the loss would were in sync with the loud overs as he cleared wide mad Nabi clearing the boun nine off three, but the Af that restricted MI to 162. Raina attributes Dhoni’s slick glove-work to a Losing Dhoni the batsman shrewd reading of the game is difficult, says Raina Sports Reporter The spinners can flight the ball Chennai knowing that MS is behind the stumps Suresh Raina said it is not losing Dhoni the captain but S. Prasanna Venkatesan middle stump and which is the batsman that makes it CHENNAI turning from the leg difficult for Chennai Super The quickness of M.S. Dho stump...that’s why his hand Kings when the former India ni’s stumping fascinates ma speed is so amazing. captain misses games. ny. It seems he takes only as “It shows his involvement The lefthander, having much time as a cameraflash in the game and the spinners led the team in two games, before the bails light up. can flight the ball knowing added that he will need more There were two such mo that MS is behind the of Dhoni’s “calibre” if he gets ments in the match that stumps.” to captain the team Chennai Super Kings won When asked about his regularly. against Delhi Capitals on stumping, at the presenta In the postmatch press Wednesday. tion ceremony, Dhoni had conference on Wednesday Dhoni stumped Chris Mor said: “I think it’s something here, he said: “I have done ris and Shreyas Iyer with ala that’s come from tennisball well as captain for Gujarat crity in a Ravindra Jadeja cricket. Lions, and on a couple of oc over. “But you still have to do casions for India as well. Setting it up: Suresh Raina gave the muchneeded impetus to Talking about Dhoni’s the basics and graduate to “Losing Dhoni as a cap the innings after CSK got off to a slow start.* K. PICHUMANI wicketkeeping in the post that level. tain isn’t an issue. Losing match press conference, Su “If you want to keep like him as a batsman is what’s when he’s not in the team. said: “No, not at all; as long resh Raina said: “It shows that you can make mistakes; difficult for us. That’s where He’s done really well particu as he wants to play. You how compact he is when it so, I still think basics are we faltered against Sunrisers larly over the last couple of know how his relationship comes to ’keeping. most important.” and Mumbai Indians. years. with Chennai is.” “I still remember, in 2004, He (Dhoni) just “He gives a lot of freedom “You may see more of me He added: “When he’s when I was with the Indian <> to other players when he as captain next season if he around, he always gives me knows which ball is team, Syed Kirmani was real comes in to bat and puts says he’s done and asks me the right advice. He knows ly happy with Dhoni’s skills. turning more from pressure on the opposition. to look after (the team). But I my game. We have batted a Some excricketers used to the middle stump still need more of his lot together for India too. He say his skill lies in his brain. and which is turning Difference evident calibre.” always gives you the licence In a flash! Dhoni pulls off incredible stumpings, like this one of Chris Morris on Wednesday, with “He just knows which ball from the leg stump “I’ve done well as a captain. Asked if Dhoni has hinted and makes you take the right regularity. * SPORTZPICS/BCCI is turning more from the Raina But you see the difference at him taking over, Raina decisions.” Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in a battle for survival

Rakesh Rao KKR won four of the five We need to be blems, in spite of Andre Rus Mohali <> matches, lost six in a row be aggressive, back sell’s allround contribution After blowing away the ad fore regaining some confi them with the basics. (486 runs and 10 wickets). vantage of starting its Indian dence with the conquest of T20 cricket comes Surprisingly, it took too long Premier League campaigns Mumbai Indians. for the thinktank to promote down to a couple of well, Kings XI Punjab and After Friday’s faceoff, the justturned31 Jamaican Kolkata Knight Riders now KXIP will clash with Chennai balls, per game, that gamechanger in the batting find themselves looking for a Super Kings, while KKR takes you need to play well order. desperate win to stay alive in on host Mumbai Indians, in Jacques Kallis Head coach, KKR the race for the playoffs. the doubleheader on Bowling woes Needing to win both their Sunday. First and foremost, Two other overseas players, remaining matches, these <> Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine, we need to start teams are clutching at the Selfdoubts too, have played to expecta ‘positives’ from the string of Selfdoubt has hurt these playing better tions. Nitish Rana, Shubh losses. Notwithstanding teams in varying degrees. cricket. Clearly there man Gill, Robin Uthappa and some individual performanc Some of the onfield deci are areas where we ineffective, by turns. Man Piyush Chawla have all had es, the collective failure of sions of the rival skippers — need to improve. deep Singh, the ‘finisher’, their moments. But, the these teams, some of them at Tamil Nadu teammates R. And the guys are was dropped for the last team has paid heavily for the threshold of victory, has Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik — very focussed to match. lacking quality bowling left them in an exasperated have backfired. Both teams make improvements Sarfaraz Khan, who last options. state. have struggled with their in those areas. played against RCB on April If KXIP draws confidence Locked at 10 points, they ‘deathover’ bowling. Mike Hesson 13, has made way for an addi from playing at home, KKR have charted a similar KXIP’s poor reserve Desperate times: Skipper R. Ashwin knows KXIP has one last chance to deliver. * AFP Head coach, KXIP tional bowler in the playing has reasons to feel rejuvenat course. KXIP won four of its strength stood exposed once XI. In five outings, Nicholas ed after its comprehensive first six matches and thereaf injuries hit the team. Barring and Ashwin, Mohammad ing at nonperforming assets. against Delhi Capitals here drew Tye, Hardus Viljoen Pooran, too, has not done win over MI. ter, just one out of the next K.L. Rahul, Chris Gayle and Shami and M. Ashwin in bow Allrounder Sam Curran, brought him praise from all and, more recently, Mujeeb justice to his reputation. It’s a battle for survival for six. Mayank Agarwal in batting ling, Kings XI clearly is look whose sensational hattrick quarters, Ankit Rajpoot, An urRahman have all proved KKR is saddled with pro the contestants.

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IN BRIEF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE delighted Barca fans. Press Trust of India Klopp’s side had done an AUCKLAND Reuters impressive job of shackling H.S. Prannoy stunned BARCELONA Barca’s alltime top scorer Tommy Sugiarto in straight Lionel Messi put Barcelona Messi, but there was little it games to sail into the men’s on the verge of the Cham could do when the Argentine singles quarterfinals even pions League final with a de pounced on the loose ball af as compatriot B. Sai Pra vastating double in a 30 ter Suarez had hit the cross neeth crashed out in the home win over Liverpool in bar, calmly doubling the second round of the New Sharapova withdraws the first leg of their lastfour home side’s lead. Zealand Open badminton from Italian Open clash on Wednesday, taking tournament on Thursday. ROME his goal tally for the Catalans Drama continues Unseeded Prannoy Threetime champion Maria to 600. Messi sparked further cele Sharapova has withdrawn shocked second seed Su The Argentine’s milestone brations at a packed Nou giarto 2114, 2112 in 37 mi from the Italian Open as she Camp with another outstand continues to recover from a goal was a moment of bril nutes to book his place in ing free kick, yet the drama in right shoulder injury she has liance as he curled a dazzling the lasteight round against this blockbuster European been complaining of through free kick into the top corner fifth seed Kanta Tsuneya 2018. The multiple Grand from distance to add gloss to encounter was far from over. ma of Japan. This was Slam winner has been a scoreline that did not re Liverpool again went ago World No. 26 Prannoy’s sidelined since pulling out of flect the balance of play. nisingly close to snatching an maiden meeting against the St. Petersburg Open in Yet whereas Barcelona away goal as Barca’s Ivan Rak World No. 13 Sugiarto. Russia in January. IANS took its chances with clinical itic scrambled the ball off the Praneeth suffered a precision, Liverpool wasted a goalline only to find the feet straightgame 2112, 2112 string of opportunities that of Salah, who somehow loss to the legendary Lin fell its way. smashed the rebound against Dan of China. Seventh seed Former Liverpool striker the near post. Lin will be up against top Luis Suarez reminded the vis Barca could have seized an seed Anthony Sinisuka itors of his superb finishing Superb strike: Lionel Messi curls in a remarkable freekick, as fellow goalscorer Luis Suarez watches, to notch up his 600th even bigger advantage in the Ginting of Indonesia. by opening the scoring in the Barcelona goal and the Catalan side’s third of the night against Liverpool on Wednesday.* AP tie with two golden chances The men’s doubles pair 26th minute of a tense and that fell to substitute Ous of Manu Attri and Sumeeth finelybalanced first half at on the rebound and drib “Four goals would have 31 in last year’s final by Real Klopp’s side to its first defeat Bajrang wins gold at mane Dembele, but the B. Reddy too lost in the se the Nou Camp, darting bet bling it over the line after been better than three but Madrid, played far better in any competition since Ja Ali Aliyev meet Frenchman missed the target cond round. ween two Liverpool defen Suarez had hammered the this is a very good result,” than the heavy scoreline sug nuary with some ruthless the first time and then shot NEW DELHI The results (second round): ders to divert Jordi Alba’s crossbar with a shot with his said Messi. “We know that gests, carving out a number finishing. straight into the hands of World No. 1 Bajrang Punia on H.S. Prannoy bt Tommy cross into the net. knee. the tie isn’t over, Anfield is a of clear chances but spurning Thursday bagged his second Suarez spared little goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Sugiarto (Ina) 2114, 2112; Lin very difficult place to go but them all. title in two weeks after he The Argentine then added thought for his eventful Dan (Chn) bt B. Sai Praneeth defeated Viktor Rassadin Landmark 600th goal to Barca’s already huge ad were happy with the super The South American duo threeandahalf year stay on 2112, 2112. 138 in the men’s 65kg Barca captain Messi scored vantage to take into next game we played tonight”.” of Suarez and Messi showed Merseyside, as he celebrated Doubles: Goh V. Shem & Tan freestyle final of the Ali the allimportant second goal Tuesday’s second leg at An little mercy whenever they his opening strike with rel Wee Kiong (Mas) bt Manu At Aliyev wrestling tournament of the night in the 75th mi field by smashing home his Spurning clear chances sniffed a chance out, howev ish, racing behind the goal tri & Sumeeth B. Reddy 2117, at Kaspiisk, Russia. PTI nute, chesting the ball down sizzling free kick in the 82nd. Liverpool, which was beaten er, and condemned Juergen and wagging his finger at the 2119. ‘Dhoni’s ‘India is in with a definite chance’ Tendulkar expects beautiful batting tracks contribution It’s always a special feeling in England, says the maestro will be massive’ Consistency will be the key in a gruelling format: Srikkanth Adjustments have to S. Dinakar WORLD CUP <> PRESS TRUST OF INDIA be made for the Chennai MUMBAI Nandakumar Marar 50-over format, I Krishnamachari Srikkanth MUMBAI know our cricketers Former India captain Sunil knows a thing or two about have played enough Gavaskar foresees M.S. the ICC World Cup. England hosting an ICC Dhoni making a “massive” After all, the belligerent to understand that World Cup offers partici contribution in India’s opener — with 38 priceless pants and teams with unique the conditions are going to World Cup campaign and runs taking on a lethal four experiences and presents a be hot. The last time when he feels it would not be li pronged West Indian pace different playing challenge. we played in the ICC Cham mited to the talismanic attack on a green pitch with Sachin Tendulkar — a 1999 pions Trophy, the wickets player’s muchadmired in seam movement and World Cup squad member in were superb. When the sun stinctive reading of the bounce — was the topscorer Impact player: Srikkanth says Dhoni has been in fine form in England and someone who is out and it is hot outside, game. in the 1983 World Cup final. the IPL and that augurs well for India. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT was inspired by the 1983 the wickets get really flat. “I think it will be very Kapil’s Devils stunned the World Cup win by India in I’m sure they are going to important because we formidable West Indies in tency will be the key in a for the Indian team going in the Old Blighty — offers his give beautiful tracks to bat have a fabulous topthree. the summit clash at Lord’s. gruelling format such as this. to the World Cup.” observations ahead of the on. I personally don’t see But in case the topthree India journeys to England There are no weak links. At The former Indian skip 2019 tournament. He was any difference in the condi don’t make their usual con again. the same time, you can per was impressed with In talking on the sidelines at tions, unless there is a cloud tribution, then Dhoni’s And the last time all teams come back in this format dia’s pace attack. “In Bum the opening day of the Ten cover and the ball might contribution down the or played each other once be even if you do not have a rah, Bhuvneshwar, Shami, dulkar Middlesex Global move around a bit. I don’t der, whether it’s at No. 4 or fore the knockout phase — great start in the and Hardik Pandya, India Academy camp at MIG Club, see that happening for a lon 5, will make a big diffe in the 1992 World Cup in competition.” has a very good bunch of pa Bandra, involving coaches ger time, just the first few ov rence in India posting a de Australia and New Zealand — cemen and teams will be wa from the county. Excerpts: ers. If the sun is out, I don’t fendable total,” Gavaskar Srikkanth was an integral Impressed with top-3 ry of the Indian attack.” Your thoughts on a World see much lateral movement said on Thursday. part of the Indian team. He was impressed with In He observed: “If condi Cup hosted by England, the happening. “And when you have so So, he comprehends the dia’s top three. “When you tions favour seam bowling original home of cricket... Will a successful IPL outing mebody who’s actually challenges of the format in have Rohit Sharma, Shikhar then someone like Vijay The World Cup is being have any effect on batsmen been in a position where the upcoming World Cup. Dhawan and Virat Kohli as Shankar might figure in In played in England, hopefully in 2019 World Cup? he’s taken the stress and ta When Dhoni’s Dashers tri the first three batsmen, you dia’s plans as a support it is coming to India (after Good performance in any ken the team to a win as he umphed in the 2011 edition can feel very confident.” seamer who could streng winning the final). The com format is good, because it did in 2011 (World Cup), on a memorable night in Should M.S. Dhoni bat No. then batting. India has a po petition being played in En conveys confidence. The that is invaluable in your Mumbai, Srikkanth was the 4? Srikkanth said that would tent spin attack too and is gland is always a special feel striking of the ball on the bat team. So Dhoni’s contribu chairman of the selection depend on the conditions. well balanced.” “In England, if there is a ing, that is where the Master at work: Sachin Tendulkar in full flow against Kenya in creates a sound, which to me tion is going to be massive,” panel. Srikkanth picked India, journey started for me in is confidence. Before the Gavaskar said. Talk about World Cup and cloud cover during a game, England, Australia and the the 1999 World Cup at Bristol in England. * THE HINDU ARCHIVES 1983 when it was played team reaches England, that Srikkanth’s face lights up. then the thinking and the West Indies as the four sem there, the circle is now lax, watch a movie inside as The adjustments players will is what we should be think After giving away air tick batting order could be diffe ifinalists. “The West Indies complete. a whole team and go to the be expected to make during ing of and nothing else. Ad ets to England and back to rent. If there is sunshine, could be the surprise pack Playing a World Cup in En next venue. a World Cup there, the justments have still to be the first batch of the Britan you have a different game et,” he said. gland makes it special be conditions facing the current made for the 50over format, nia Khao World Cup Jao win plan. The difficult part is He was impressed by Koh cause of the weather, the bus As far as keeping eve Indian team... I know our cricketers have ners, the former India cap that the conditions change li’s passion, drive and com journeys... The team is al ryone together and enjoying We know the team’s played enough to under tain spoke about the quickly.” mitment. “India is in with a ways together. When a those moments on tour, strengths and weaknesses stand that. This is not the premier ODI competition Srikkanth added, “Dhoni definite chance,” felt Srik match is done, you go back these will happen more due to frequent matches first time they will be making here on Thursday. has been in brilliant form in kanth. He comprehends the to your coach [team bus], re frequently. against all sides. I am told adjustments. Sunil Gavaskar. * FILE PHOTO Srikkanth said: “Consis the IPL and that augurs well dynamics of the World Cup.

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Sunayna and Aparajitha make their Amitabha Das Sharma ing the side to the playoff La Liga side like Valencia KOLKATA: A big field of KOLKATA stage in the second season, CF, was with ISL side FC around 320 rowers are ex exits; Saurav Ghosal on course The city’s Indian Super returns as ATK failed to Pune City in his last pected to take part in the League (ISL) franchise ATK make a mark under succes assignment. 47th allIndia invitation tains for Sunayna Kuruvilla announced the return of sive English coaches in the “I have always had the schools’ regatta, to be held ASIAN SQUASH and Aparajitha Balamuru its first coach Antonio Lo past two seasons. feeling that I will be back to here at the Lake Club Lucien Favre given job Sports Bureau kan. KUALA LUMPUR pez Habas prior to the start A change of guard be train the team. course from May 5 to 11. guarantee at Dortmund of the sixth season, here came apparent after the “I am sure that with the BERLIN Low ousts Sunayna According to the organ India’s Tanvi Khanna on Thursday. team failed to qualify to support of the fans, and us iser, this is the only inter Borussia Dortmund coach stormed into the women’s The experienced, fourth the ISL playoffs this time working together, we will Lucien Favre will remain in his school tournament in the quarterfinals of the Asian in seeded Low Lee Wern of Significant under Steve Coppell. get the recognition and the job next season regardless of country which helps in re dividual squash champion Malaysia ousted Sunayna The appointment of Habas results that the club de whether or not Dortmund 117, 117, 117, while Hong cognising talent at the right wins the Bundesliga title, the ships, with a sensational 9 becomes significant as the Spanish system serves. age. 11, 511, 1816, 117, 116 win ov Kong’s fifth seed Liu Tsz twotime champion aims With the team manage club’s sporting director Ling accounted for Apara Competition will be held er seventh seed Rachel Mae to regain the proficiency it ment retaining the services Antonio Lopez Habas. Success will be achieved Michael Zorc has said. jitha 119, 119, 111. only in coxedfour event Arnold of Malaysia here on enjoyed under Spanish of its two Spanish imports * FILE PHOTO “Success will be achieved Dortmund is two points but will have four catego behind Bayern Munich in the Thursday. The men’s top seed Sau coaches in the first three Manuel Lanzarote and Edu when we aspire to com ries for students from title race with three games to Reigning champion Josh rav Ghosal dispatched of Ja years. Garcia alongside English reliance on the Spanish pete hard and add to the classes X to XII. go, having held a ninepoint na Chinappa had it easy, panese Ryunosuke Tsuke The 61yearold Habas, man John Johnson, the re system for success. professional growth of the lead over its rival back in beating Lee Jihyun of Korea 115, 118, 113 in the pre who helped ATK win the turn of Habas appears to Habas, who has the ex club,” Habas said in state There will also be indoor December. AFP 115, 116, 115, but it was cur quarterfinals. inaugural title before tak confirm the thinktank’s perience of working with a ment released by ATK. rowing for participants. Divij & Demoliner enter semifinals

Korea: Third round: TungLin Ivorra (Esp) bt Anirudh Chan INDIANS ABROAD Wu (Tpe) bt Saketh Myneni drasekar 46, 64, 61. 64, 75; Li Zhe (Chn) bt Ram Sports Bureau Women: Second round: Mela kumar Ramanathan 64, 67 Munich nie Klaffner (Aut) bt Sravya (5), 76(6). Shivani Chilakalapudi 62, Divij Sharan and Brazil’s Second round: Yasutaka Uchi 63; Lamis Alhussein Abdel Marcelo Demoliner got past yama (Jpn) bt Sriram Balaji 6 Aziz (Egy) bt Saumya Vig 60, Germans Kevin Krawietz 7(5), 63, 64. 62. and Andreas Mies 46, 63, Doubles: Quarterfinals: Bray $15,000 ITF women, Antalya, [108] in the doubles quar den Schnur (Can) & Ramku Turkey: Second round: Jennif terfinals of the €586,140 mar Ramanathan bt Nam Ji er Luikham bt Sabrina Ritt ATP tennis tournament Sung & Song MinKyu (Kor) berger (Ger) 62, 64. 63, 57, [106]. here on Thursday. First round: Jennifer Luikham The pair will play the $54,160 Challenger, Savannah, bt Ana Makatsaria (Geo) 67 Skupski brothers from Bri USA: Second round: Sumit Na (6), 76(4), 62. tain, Ken and Neal. gal bt Mats Moraing (Ger) 61, 42 (retired). $25,000 ITF women, Santa Jeevan & Purav advance Margherita Di Pula, Italy: Dou In the Challenger in Puerto bles: Quarterfinals: Tuna Altu Vallarta, Mexico, second na (Tur) & Vijay Sundar Prash seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhi anth bt Lenny Hampel (Aut) & yan and Purav Raja beat Jules Okala (Fra) 46, 75, Dariann King and Peter Po [104]. lansky 76(5), 26, [103] in $25,000 ITF Namangan, Uzbe the first round. kistan: Men: Second round: The results: €586,140 ATP, Roman Safiullin (Rus) bt Man Munich, Germany: Doubles: ish Sureshkumar 63, 62; Quarterfinals: Marcelo Demo Alexander Vasilenko (Rus) bt liner (Bra) & Divij Sharan bt Sidharth Rawat 36, 61, 64. Kevin Krawietz & Andreas Women: Second round: Rutuja Mies (Ger) 46, 63, [108]. Bhosale bt Maryna Chernysh $135,400 Challenger, Puerto ova (Ukr) 75, 63. Vallarta, Mexico: Doubles: Doubles: Quarterfinals: Eudice First round: Jeevan Nedun Wong Chong (Hkg) & Rutuja chezhiyan & Purav Raja bt Bhosae bt Ilona Georgiana Darian King (Bar) & Peter Po Ghioroaie (Rou) & Sowjanya lansky (Can) 76(5), 26, Bavisetti 75, 64. [103]. $15,000 ITF Cairo, Egypt: Men: $108,320 Challenger, Seoul, Second round: Albert Alcaraz

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Agence France-Presse the corner of the mouth and Drawing”, which opens on London the long wavy hair are all ex May 24. A 500yearold sketch of a actly as Melzi showed them It will also see the ﬁrst pu Singer Joe Jonas weds bearded man was on Thurs in his portrait,” he said. blic outing for Leonardo’s actor Sophie Turner day revealed to be one of on He added: “Alongside Mel Studies of hands for the Ado- LONDON ly two surviving portraits of zi’s portrait, this is the only ration of the Magi, which on Singer Joe Jonas married Renaissance artist Leonardo other contemporary likeness ly emerged from what Game of Thrones actor Sophie da Vinci that were made dur of Leonardo. “In the sketch, seemed to be a blank piece of Turner in a surprise wedding ing his lifetime. he is aged about 65 and ap paper under ultraviolet light. on Wednesday night in Las The drawing, believed to pears a little melancholy and Vegas. The couple wed just have been made by an assis worldweary. Lock of hair hours after Jonas performed with his siblings Nick and tant, is part of the Royal Col “However, the presence of A lock of what some histor Kevin at the Billboard Music lection of U.K. and will be the portrait alongside stu ians think is Leonardo da Awards. Their wedding comes displayed in an exhibition at dies for another grand Vinci’s hair went on display just five months after Nick Buckingham Palace marking In remembrance: (Clockwise from left) Italian President Sergio Mattarella, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron hold equestrian monument shows on Thursday at a museum in Jonas wed actor Priyanka 500 years since Leonardo’s busts of Leonardo da Vinci at a ceremony; a painting by the master artist viewed under ultraviolet light; and his portrait. * AFP, AP that Leonardo’s ambitions his Tuscan birthplace as they Chopra. REUTERS death. remained undimmed in later seek to prove it contains his It was a quick sketch on a pation of a monument that pared it with the only other shortly before the artist’s “The elegant straight life.” DNA. doublesided sheet of stu was never completed. contemporary image of Leo death in 1519, and reveal his nose, the line of the beard Both portraits will be dis Art historian Alessandro dies, most of them made by Martin Clayton, head of nardo by his pupil, Frances wellkept and “luxuriant” rising diagonally up the played alongside 200 draw Vezzosi said a scientiﬁc study the Florentine master him prints and drawings at the co Melzi. beard that was relatively rare cheek to the ear, a ringlet ings by the artist in “Leonar would be conducted on the self of a horse’s leg, in antici Royal Collection Trust, com Both were produced at the time, Mr. Clayton said. falling from the moustache at do da Vinci: A Life in lock of hair.

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Reuters of King Bhumibol and Queen Indo-Asian News Service Scientists say domestication did not make dogs more social Thailand’s King Maha Vajira Sirikit’s four children and Islamabad longkorn Bodindradebayav their only son. 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The 66yearold constitu earning a bachelor’s degree breakfast would “serve you gests a dog’s reputation for “Rather, it seems that tol tional monarch had a pre in military studies from the a taste of home”. being caring is all a ruse — at erance and generosity to coronation surprise for his University of New South The Pakistan Interna least from the viewpoint of a Wolves were found to share wards group members help subjects. He married for the Wales in Australia. tional Airlines promotion fellow canine. more food with their pack. to produce high levels of fourth time on Wednesday According to the king’s of said: “Just when you start A series of touchscreen cooperation, as seen in and named his new wife as ficial biography, he is a qual missing it, we serve you a experiments carried out by animals to use their snouts wolves.” queen. ified helicopter and fighter taste of home! A dash of the Wolf Science Center in to press a “giving” symbol But don’t write off your During 18 months of his Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Queen Suthida, right, pilot and served as a career salt and little bit of pepper, Vienna, Austria, found that on a screen that delivered pooch just yet. The authors reign so far, Vajiralongkorn, and Princess Bajrakitiyabha in Bangkok on Thursday. * REUTERS officer in the Royal Thai Ar we tantalise your taste wolves make for more self food to an adjacent enclo cautioned against applying also known by the title King my, where he saw action buds with our delicious less pack mates than dogs sure, where a fellow animal the results of an experiment Rama X, has moved to con the king before going out to many streets, public build against communist insur meal to welcome the glo who were also raised in may or may not be present. carried out on pack dogs to solidate the authority of the work on community service ings and private businesses. gents in Thailand in the rious morning! .” groups. Over multiple trials, pet dogs, who have been monarchy, including taking projects such as cleaning pu 1970s. The backlash was imme The study’s authors say wolves opted to deliver food found to have prosocial ten more direct control of the blic spaces. Strict laws As king, he is now com diate on social media. “You the findings suggest domes to members of their own dencies in past studies. crown’s vast wealth with the Devotion to the monarch Public criticism of the king manderinchief of the guys really need to sort tic dogs inherited their pack, knowing they would The researchers believe help of Thailand’s military is an ingrained part of Thai or his family is illegal, with armed forces. yourselves out... Come on, cooperative tendencies from not get anything in return — those behaviours could be government. culture that deepened dur insults to the monarchy pun Since he ascended the when did sausages and their fierce wolf ancestors, but lost interest if they were the result of training or en In one of his most visible ing Bhumibol’s 70year ishable by up to 15 years in throne, Vajiralongkorn has beans sound like a tradi rather than through their shown an unfamiliar wolf. couragement, and say more initiatives he has signed up reign. prison under Thailand’s asserted his authority in sev tional Pakistani breakfast. contact with human beings, Dogs, on the other hand, research is needed to deter some 5 million Thais to a Vajiralongkorn’s portrait strict lese majeste laws. eral ways, according to ana Obviously you guys need a competing hypothesis. showed no particular incli mine what accounts for the new volunteer corps, whose has replaced or hangs along Vajiralongkorn was born lysts observing his public ac some cultural training,” Researchers trained the nation to feed other dogs differences. members salute a portrait of side that of his late father in on July 28, 1952, the second tions. one Twitter user said.

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Starting a new column that celebrates icons of tradition from around the country P4 Kashi’s coveted music festival

The all-night concerts at the Sankat Mochan Festival add to the traditional appeal of the city P9 The Singing of songs binding

Kanakam Sutra Devaguptapu tells us about her recently Inclusive art practice is published guide to the essence of Ramli varnams P10 Ibrahim’s dance company Let there be and its productions light Pages 6 & 7

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TIME OUT In solidarity with Odissi A two-day fest saw eminent scholars and artistes making a case for establishing Odissi as the third stream of Indian classical music

Bharatanatyam dancer Lakshmi Vishwanathan

INDIA HABITAT CENTRE In harmony Artistes of varied genres performing at the event * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT MAY 3 Manjari Sinha AMALTAS HALL CCCCCCCCC pating panellists, Dr. Kirtan classical music, if accepted as rule for centuries on end, An evening of classical and semiclassical music by Kumar Padhi eminent musi its third stream.” hence lost connection with its Prof. Subhendu Ghosh, Dr. Nilanjana Kaviraj and t. Gopal Chandra Panda, cologist Prof. Raghunath Pan Delivering the keynote ad original music. Prof. Kamal Prof. Rupa Chanda. the SNA awardee musi da, retired Sanskrit professor dress Dr. Kirtan Narayan Pad Kant Mishra spoke about the CONVENTION CENTRE FOYER cian and a much res from UUC, and Dr. Bhagwan hi reasoned, if classical dance sculptural evidences of musi Momentum, a solo exhibition by Meena Pandey. P pected guru from Odisha de Prakash, social scientist and of Odisha is recognised as cal instruments in Khandagiri GULMOHAR HALL Book Discussion on “ComMutiny An Insideout voted his entire life studying thinker . Odissi dance and the lan and Udaygiri caves, literary Youth Leadership Revolution” written by Arjun the old treatise and codifying Pt. Gopal Panda intro guage of this region as ‘Odia evidence of RagaTala from Shekhar and Mahamaya Navlakha. This book talks scientifically the grammatical duced Odissi music with a language’, why not Odissi Jayadeva’s GeetGovinda and about the need to create empowering spaces for frameworkof Odissi music to shloka from Natya Shastra music is accepted as yet? Talk Kishor Chandranan Champu young people that enable them to build leadership, bring back the rich tradition “Chaturvidha pravrittishch ing about its antiquity, he stat etc and reached the conclu awareness and sensitivity. into limelight. A disciple of Pt. proktah Natye prayogatah/ ed from 5th century BC on sion that spanning over two DELHI 'O’ DELHI FOYER D. B. Paluskar, he has been Avanti Daakshinaatyashch wards it influenced the social, millennia, Odissi music has all A solo painting exhibition by Soumen Dutta, that practising and teaching Odissi Panchaalishchaudramaagad cultural and dramatic tradi the ingredients to be recog celebrates Delhi's unique heritage music with the conviction to hi”; where four types of ‘Prav tions of India. It had raga, ta nised as one of the classical INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE establish it as the third stream rittih’ or inclinations of In la, dhatu, matu and ang like music streams of India. MAY 3 of Indian classical music at dian music were mentioned sthayi and gamak. The Jour The main attraction of the C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM par with the Hindustani and by Bharat Muni in reference nal of Asiatic Society men inaugural evening was the Monodhama Dance Festival: Bharatanatyam dance Carnatic systems. to their use in natya or drama. tions that the inscription of classical trio with Hindustani by Vidushi Lakshmi Vishwanathan, senior exponent of the Tanjore tradition of With this aim in mind, Gu Panda further explained Hathigumpha caves has Tau vocal by Shashwati Mandal, Bharatanatyam. ru Gopal Panda Odissi Acade that originally Indian classical ryatrik, confirming the raga, Carnatic by Sudha Raghura my (GGPOA), has been orga music was just one and the tala and pada of Odissi music. man and Odissi music by San nising Odissi Raga Utsav same but as a consequence of Padhi also referred to the geeta Panda performing on annually at the Ravindra Man local or regional influence, Shuddha, Bhinna, Besara and one platform, one after the dap, Bhubaneswar. As a step Avanti became Hindustani Sadharani Geeti mentioned other; offering listeners diffe ahead to its avowed goal, the and Daakshinaatya (South by Bharat Muni in Natya Shas rent flavours of the same raga GGPOA organised Odissi Raga ern) became Carnatic. Like tra and said Odissi music is re rendered in three specific Utsav in Delhi this time. The wise, Audramagadhi, preva lated to Bhinna Geeti. He cit styles of Indian music. twoday festivalcumseminar lent in the region of Audra, ed Bharatarnava of Sangeeta humbly intro saw eminent scholars and ar Utkal (Kalinga) and now Od Nandikeshwara, Abhinaya duced Odissi music with the tistes participating at the Tri isha should be accepted as Chandrika and Sangeet Na preface, “You are well ac veni Kala Sangam recently. Odissi music. rayana, published by the IGN quainted with the first two Pt. Gopal Chandra Panda, The problem is, he conti CA, to prove his point. styles that you just listened to. the founder director of nued, that nobody has pro Prof. Raghunath Panda de I’m also your own, but you GGPOA and convenor of the perly explained what is the liberated upon the textual tra have forgotten me. I’m here seminar, introduced its real form and structure of dition of Odissi music and em to rekindle your faded memo theme ‘classical elements of Odissi music, what are its dis phasised that there is ries of me.” The parallel raga Odissi music’ citing referenc tinctive features and chalan sufficient material for re she rendered was Bangala, an es from treatises like Natya etc. “I took it upon myself to search work and a large num authentic Odishi raga evolved Sitar recital by Hans Utter Shastra, GeetaPrakash, San find out the Satya, Shiva and ber of practising musicians from the Buddhist geet Muktavali and Nritya Sundar of this style. I delved and performing artistes of Charyageeti. INDIA HABITAT CENTRE Narayana. deep into the theory and Odissi music. We have com It was also a Sampoorna ra MAY 4 Prof. Kamal Kant Mishra. practice of this age old tradi posite culture in India, he ga with Teevra Madhyam, like THE STEIN AUDITORIUM Vice Chancellor Utkal Univer tion which would only add to said, where every province the other two. The rich Sleeping Beauty, a musical play, directed by Lushin sity of Culture (UUC) presided the rich heritage of Indian has its representation. Prof. timbre of Sangeeta’s voice Dubey and Bubbles Sabharwal. A musical retelling over the session with partici Raghunath Panda enumerat caught the attention of the of the classic 'Sleeping Beauty' for children from 4 ed a number of original texts discerning audience at once. 13 years. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD to authenticate Odissi music. Preceded with the introduc AMALTAS HALL Divine love tory alaap, she soulfully ren Saaz aur Awaaz, Hindustani classical sitar recital The inaugural evening concluded with by Hans Utter, a disciple of Ustad Shujaat Khan. Sculptural evidences dered the composition “Sak Odissi dance by Guru Madhavi Mudgal Prof. Mitali Chinara talked hi, Mohana re preeti kore…” Followed by a Hindustani vocal recital by Utpola and her disciples, based on the core ragas Borah, disciple of Dr.PrabhaAtre. Accompanying of Odissi Sangeet. Pallavi in raga about the tradition of Odissi set to Jati Tala of 14 beats cy artistes are Badlu Khan on harmonium and Nawab Gundakeri, was a group choreography RagaRaginis researched by cle. The beautiful filigree of Ali on tabla. presented as a visual depiction of the Guru Gopal Panda and de the Odissi gamakas set the INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE raga and its swaras. The sargams of the monstrated original Odissi ra music apart. All three ensem MAY 4 raga were reciprocated by the bols, mne- gas like Madhdyamadi, Desh bles of Hindustani, Carnatic MAIN ART GALLERY monics on mardal and then translated akhya, Lalita, Nagavalli and and Odissi came together to Dard Aryans of Ladakh, an exhibition into the movements and hastas of Odissi the specific gamakas of Odissi conclude with “Lalit lavang photographed and curated by Virendra Bangroo. dance. The Abhinaya piece, a solo by music. lata…”, the popular Ashtapadi Madhavi, was an Odia pada in raga Rasa- The show presents a visual journey through Dha, Dr. Bhagwan Prakash from GeetGovind in raga Va Hanu, Garkone and Darchik in Ladakh and the first Manjari, describing the divine love of pointed out that the state of sant as mentioned by poet impressions of man in rock art form in the region. Radha-Krishna. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Odisha was under foreign Jayadeva himself.

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FRIDAYREVIEW DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 REVIEW 3 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The man and his moral force Dance, dialogue and beyond Prof. Suresh Sharma’s “Pehla Satyagrahi” vividly captures Mahatma Gandhi’s experiments with truth Young performers were in Diwan Singh Bajeli CCCCCCCCC to her life and brings the focus at the World Dance stone back. n recent months we have One of the most heart Day celebrations organised seen a number of dramat rending scene is one where Iic works on the life and Gandhi goes to Champaran by seasoned Bharatanatyam teachings of Mahatma Gand to alleviate the hardships of hi by eminent theatre direc tenant farmers forced to cul exponent Geeta Chandran tors as a tribute to Bapu’s tivate indigo and are reduced Madhur Gupta 150th birth anniversary. This to abysmal poverty by the co CCCCCCCCC cultural map of Delhi, past week discerning thea lonial rulers. We watch three the young dancers’ tregoers have seen yet anoth women looking out from a easoned Bharata festival opened with er production titled “Pehla window. At the instance of natyam exponent an Odissi performance Satyagrahi” presented by the Kasturba, they tell her the SGeeta Chandran’s by Rajashri Praharaj Repertory Company of Na terrifying truth that these recently organised from Bhubaneswar. tional School of Drama at three women are wearing World Dance Day cele Accompanied on mar Sammukh auditorium. It ra just one sari and hence they brations, commemo dala by her guru Rati diated with the brilliance of cannot come out. Gandhi is rating 15 years of her kant Mohapatra, the director's ingenuity and spi shocked and resolves to wear collaboration with In dancer chose to pay a rited performances by actors scanty clothes. It deeply dia International tribute to the genius of bringing to the fore inspiring touches emotional chord Centre. Guru Kelucharan Mo haptra by performing facts about the life of Mahat Spirited performance A scene from the play; Prof Suresh with the audience to watch This year, the festiv ma Gandhi and his deep human misery perpetrated ities were marked with his quintessential Sharma * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT commitment to truth and by alien rulers. lectures, workshops, compositions only, as nonviolence. pathy, a multifaceted crea considered it a plague in so However, there is a jarring and a young dancers’ this is also the fif Directed by Prof. Suresh tive writer, who has tried to ciety. The playwright has note created by the attempt festival. Chhau maes teenth year of Guru ji’s Sharma, repertory chief and give the narrative a nonli highlighted this thematic ele to introduce Pirandello tech tro Santosh Nair inaug passing away. director incharge of the near format by opening the ment with great force when a nique of interrupting action urated the festival Invoking the presid NSD, whose forte is acting play with “Raghupati Raghav Dalit couple arrives in the on the stage. Some actors go with his workshop on ing deity of Puri but in recent years he has Raja Ram” prayer with two Ashram and admitted to it. up on the stage from the aud body and movement through Jagannatha displayed his grasp over di narrators – Mahadev Desai The upper caste Hindu in itorium, raising questions while Manohar Ba Ashtakam, Rajashri rectorial craft, with empha and Pyare Lal, associates of habitants of the Ashram re about the relevance of Gand latchandirane on mri blended the mangala sis on stage compositions Gandhi. Mahadev is known fuse to drink water touched hi's concept of Hindi Swaraj. drangam in a collabo charna with Hamsadh transforming them into poet as Gandhi’s personal secre by the Dalit couple which en It interrupts the rhythm of rative one day wani Pallavi. With the ic imagery. Other aspect of tary – unfolding Gandhi's raged Gandhi who declared action and tends to be im workshop with Geeta juxtaposition of gentle his art is the imaginative use journey from a lawyer in in a firm voice that all those posed upon the narrative. Chandran rendered a and swift movements of multimedia to heighten South Africa facing most hu who practise untouchability Moreover, the focus is on session on rhythms in in this pallavi which the realism. This enhances miliating and insulting treat have no place in the Ashram. Gandhi's action as a Satya dance focusing on dif incorporates all the the dramatic impact of the ment at the hand of the Brit The moral force of Gandhi grahi manifested through his ferent tala patterns. five jatis, clad in deep action that unfolds down ish colonial regime. To resist was so strong that everybody commitment to truth and Ambassador Pavan K. blue and red, the dan stage. The creative collabora the inhuman treatment of accepted the Dalit couple as nonviolence. Varma’s lecture titled, cer had a solid stamp tion between the director, the white rulers, he initiated equal. “The Glorious Legacy of her Guru’s style. his cast and music composer peaceful disobedience move The scene, where Kastur Memorable portrait of Indian Culture: Next, she presented create a theatrical artistry ment. The playwright intro ba is critically ill and Sushee Music score by Kajal Gosh, Challenges & Oppor “Sita Haran”, the that is emotionally enriching duces to us Gandhi's contem la Ben desperately tries to veteran stage music expert, tunities” and Rema pièce de résistance and morally uplifting. porary who were influenced give an injection to her but not only evokes the right Shrikant’s perfor choreography of the Written by Ravindra Tri by Gandhi's way of resistance cannot because Gandhi re mood for the action but mance illustrated ses late maestro. Its music to oppression and were asso fuses to give her the permis creates delicate imagery to sion with her young was composed by late ciated with him. Through sion as he believes in naturo create the right ambience. In team from Vadodara Pandit Raghunath Pa this interaction, the produc pathy, is moving. Eventually the Naokhali scene, the lyrics opened the much nigrahi, yet another tion paints a vivid picture of Kasturba dies. Gandhi are set to a tune from Baul needed platform for artist par excellence. Gandhi and his gradual mourns her death, lost in music. Similarly, the song dialogue in the artist The much known sto transformation into Satya painful nostalgia about more rendered while action un community. ryline of Ravana’s ab grahi or seeker of truth. than 60 years of married life, folds in the Champaran Embossed on the duction of Sita by his What makes Tripathy's where she always followed in scene is based on folk music con of sending a gol script distinctis that he has his footsteps, bearing the of Bihar. Rabindranath Ta den deer and adorn projected common men and hardships of the wife of a gore’s celebrated song “Ekla ing himself as a rishi to little known associates of true faqir. Chalo” metaphorically re force Sita cross the Gandhi as dramatis perso veals Gandhi's constant ex lakshman rekha, nae. His dialogues are simple Discipline is key periments with truth and fetched the dancer and conversational that esta Gandhi led a highly disci Ahimsa. The play ends with much applause be blish rapport between the plined life and followed strict Ramdhun prayer. cause of her ability to BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB leader and the followers. rules in his daytoday life Shanawaz Khan as Gand pull off the ekharya The creative Gandhi is seen mostly in ac and considered fast an act of hi, initiating resistant move abhinaya while por tion with his associates purification of soul. The pro ment in nascent form in traying multiple cha collaboration between drawn from different social duction illustrates this phe South Africa, acts admirably. racters at once. The the director (Prof. strata who live in his Ashram nomenon in a scene set to Raju Roy is superbly cast in soulful voice of Jatin Suresh Sharma), his following severe discipline bloody communal riotstorn the role of Gandhi, the tallest Kumar Sahu was also cast and music and universal brotherhood. Naokhali on the eve of the leader of Indian Indepen an added feature in The inhabitants have to Partition. dence movement and a pro the dancer’s overall composer create a maintain high level of hy He forced Manu Ben, a phet of peace and nonvio presentation. theatrical artistry that giene and have to clean lava young lady, to go to a place in lence, a perpetual seeker of (Continued on is emotionally tory themselves. Kasturba is the dark night where she has truth. He creates a memora page 9) enriching and morally aksed to do the same. Un forgotten a stone in their pre ble portrait of Mahatma touchability in Indian society vious halt to bring it. She Gandhi, the Bapu of the na Manasvini Ramchandran uplifting was an anathema to him and goes in the face of great risk tion.

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Icon of Tradition Poetry in metal The Swamimalai bronze artefacts are authentic statements of craftsmanship Bharatanatyam karanas at the Big Temple in Thanjavur K. Subramaniam Metaphysics in Natya CCCCCCCCC t is hard to beat the beauty of a wellcrafted bronze Istatue. Often in the news Who Am I? in the context of smuggling, the goldlike metal exudes di The time-bound movement in the world has to vinity. The Panchaloha imag freeze into the timeless motion es — so called because of the amalgam — are always in de mand as a premium artefact. Padmaja Suresh CCCCCCCCC The stage as explained by the father This is one ancient craft, ex figure Bharata, is rectangular, square clusive to South India, which Dance is called the Mother and triangular which when positioned thrives thanks to its beauty of all arts world over. In this appropriately, becomes three broad and the sentiment of tradi exalted status given to framework from the feet until the top. tion associated with it. dance, let us remember In esoteric worship, these stand for Ka Swamimalai is the hub of that it includes music too. makuta, Shaktikuta and Vagbhavakuta bronze products and the fa Mastersculptor Devasenapathy Sthapathi at work Dance and music are al — the lower energies for creation, mid mily of the late S. Devasena ways wedded. They coex dling energies for sustenance and the pathy continues to preserve rabhadra Sthapati, migrated Acharyas have visited their ist in essence and substance. Nature, higher energies for dissolution. As we the legacy left by the master to Swamimalai, after the con workshop and blessed them. the world and every aspect of it, dance ascend from the lower to the upper re craftsman. Conferred a na secration. Sri Chandrasekharendra Sa during every cycle of creation, conti gions, the head — the seat of Brahman tional award in 1984, he had The sthapatis meticulous raswati honoured Devasena nue to dance while being sustained and is the most important for intellectual taught his sons — Radhak ly follow the procedures pre pathy Sthapati and his sons are absorbed in dance during dissolu and contemplative purposes. rishna Sthapati, Srikanda scribed in Silpasastra in the many times. He was especial tion. Every living entity is in dance, The expressive modes also denote a Sthapati and Swaminatha making of the bronzes. ly happy with the senior’s whether conspicuously or inconspicu similar mapping. Angika using the bo Sthapati — the nuances of “Each deity has a sloka, Nataraja idol, a masterpiece, ously, tangibly or intangibly, audibly or dy, Vachika on a higher level using the this ancient art. This family which has to be recited, and made for the Vellore Jalakan inaudibly. Dance is inevitable in and in sound and Sattvika on the highest level dates back to the period of the posture of the idol is im teswarar temple. separable from life. The discovery of using the mind and mirrored on the Raja Raja Chola, who de portant too. Silpasastra has The patent given by the the atom or the seed takes us to the face. These give birth to the Anubhavas ployed their services in the laid down norms for 32 kinds Government of India came throbbing particle within, which our or consequences. (Aharya or ornamen construction of the Big Tem of Ganesa idols but these as a boost to the craft. The seers call the dance of Siva Sakti. Not tation, costume and stage property is a ple in Thanjavur. A group of days modern versions, high standard maintained by even Siva ‘and’ Sakti, but fused com dimension that connects with specta architects, led by Akora Vee which are totally against Aga the craftsmen over the years pletely as ONE. tor on immediate appearance as a Vib ma, are made and sold,” ob has made Swamimalai the ex This also brings us facetoface with hava or determinant). Yet another serve the sthapatis, who are clusive hub of a fine art, what we all are in the true sense. A bas close comparison can be made bet the Asthana Vidwans of Kan buyers coming from across ic question we could pose to ourselves ween this introspective model and In chi Kamakoti Pitam. The the globe. is — WHO AM I? I am (my name), I am driyaManasAtma, i.e — senses or bo (my profession), I am (my religion), I dy, mind and the spirit. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD am (daughter of), I am (my nationali That Natya is devised to be a pana Magnum Opus ty), I am (student of) and so on will be cea for the deterioration in values from B The five the usual answers. The question still re one Mahayuga to another, is also stated ‘Panchathathwa’ giant mains unanswered. Every answer is a in the text in the opening chapter itself. panchaloha idols, each relative identity given to me from birth, It is clearly established that the Purush The making weighing three tonnes made for the New family, education, surroundings and arthas with ‘Moksha’ and the eight It takes three to six material subsistence but none came limbed yoga from Yama to Samadhi are ISKCON temple at months to make a big near the truth of my existence, just as ‘I all contained and achievable through Mayapur, the bronze idol. A wax model headquarters of am.’ Natya. Bharata has treated this Sastra ISKCON, located 130 as that which will elevate one (the ar of the idol is made and covered with a km north of Kolkatta Rhythm of the form tiste, spectator and the surrounding) to in West Bengal. It is with the help of the Upanishadic the highest spirit on a beautiful aesthet coat of clay NETI NETI or negation of all derived tit ic journey. The stage was supposed to obtained from the B A 3.6metre (12ft) tall Nataraja idol made les that we can arrive finally at — WHO be erected towards the East, facing In Cauvery belt around for the Sivananda in reality AM I? Here would come the dra who with a thousand eyes (Sahas Swmaimalai. Molten Yoga Ashram, Neyyar acceptance of myself as the SELF — The raksha), represents the spectators. metal — a blend of Dam in Kerala. Spirit. A new born, whether a plant or The Gods are to be pleased by the copper, brass, minute animal or human or an object that is dances. This should not at any cost, be B Recently, 108 quantities of gold and made by a human, is a spiritual life — a misconstrued to be entertainment in a ‘Thandavams’ silver — is poured into (karanas) for the breathing, joyously smiling and peace crude sense. The foremost exponents the mould. It is removed Hindu temple in fully ‘dancing’ life, which came into like Rambha, Urvasi, Menaka and other Hawaii. . A ‘Maha after a few days of this world as a pure ‘Purusha.’ Soon Apsaras, the Gandharvas, Nagas and Pi Meru’ is getting ready thereafter and over a period, were ad sachas who brought the divine dance cooling and taken out for to go to Hosur. ded all the identities of the phenome to earth were demiGods and equally intricate chiselling. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD nal ‘Prakriti.’ Then began the dances of venerable. Immediately after them in Odiolai (a coconut leaf BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB all the other notsohappy sequences of the spiritual hierarchy come our sages ribbon) is used to life too. All along, one has been cau like Bharata, the Sapta Rishis and oth measure the parts for The sthapatis tioned that it is the formless spirit that ers who have access to both Indraloka perfect casting according meticulously follow has taken a form and every form that and Bhumiloka, i.e. the astral as well as to Silpasastra. Needless appears has to disappear too. The time the earthly planes. It is indeed to be the procedures to say, the technical and bound movement in the world has to emphasised that the common thread prescribed in freeze into the timeless motion for that connects all the beings in the am aesthetic excellence of Silpasastra in the the image depends on sure. Hence, one is told to engage in bit of the ‘Kshetra’ or stage, is the op making of the the rhythm of the form without letting portunity to attain the taste of selfreal the wax model. go of the melodious mooring. isation or RASA . bronzes

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The West Wind Theatre Talk Living her passion Puja Sarup at a mask workshop and (below) as Shammi Kapoor in The The rise of Lil Nas X The call of Gentlemen’s Club The 20-year-old rapper has taken the social the more sedate Patchworks media route to the top of Billboard Hot 100 Ensemble. They came up the stage with a muchadmired pro duction, Ila, that talked of Prince frederick @NasMaraj, said to have been ta CCCCCCCCC gender politics using a folk ken down) Puja Sarup has learnt tale that was about a king Perched atop the Bill “Lil Nas X seems to have known the ropes of theatre who is cursed to be a woman board Hot 100 chart instinctively that in music promo for half the month, and juxta for the fourth week, tion on social media, engagement through her travels posed it with the everyday Mum ‘Old Town Road’ by always comes before suggestion. across the globe bai local train phenomenon of Lil Nas X offers more When these two aspects are in the ladies compartment turn than just a catchy place and in their right order, ing into a general one tune to hum. There are lessons on then follows acceptance," says Deepa Gahlot CCCCCCCCC after 11 pm. socialmedia marketing to be Wishways Srinivas, digital marke Their sub gleaned from it. ter and manager of Chennai As a sequent First, a look at the unlikely based Rhythm And Prophecy, a child, produc script of Lil Nas X’s personal suc TamilEnglish hiphop band. Puja Sa tions like cess story. A black American teen With Lil Nas X ensconced in rup The Gentle ager dropping out of school to fo stardom, the audience can’t get dreaded men’s Club cus on matters of consequence, enough of ‘Old Town Road’ and auditions. In about female namely rap, memes and social he serves up large portions of fact, when in school she drag performers (in media. The boy is down in the whatever is happening around it. wanted to work with the World which Sarup played a dumps as his family doesn’t ex Yet, he makes the content diffe Bank when she grew up. An aunt Shammi Kapoor impersonator pect anything of significance to rent, and it seems to be riveting worked there, and brought cho audience did whatever she with crazy brilliance) and It’s come out of these pursuits, and for most of his millennial au colates during her visits to India, asked, realising only at the end, About Time and Fly By Night, all he channels his angst into a song. dience. Never mind that some of and that was very tempting in that it was a play about dictator grew out of unusual ideas and Released independently, the song the content is puerile. Remember the preglobalisation days. When ship. I will never forget it.” were devised along with the ac spreads like wildfire on TikTok he turned 20 only this April 9. Puja joined a Mumbai college to Her theatre training was not tors. “We read, speak to people, due to a challenge into which its And he knows when to post study sociology, among her fel over yet — after being a part of find a story or image that grips sound and theme fit perfectly. those snippets of his unreleased low students were stage aficiona several Mumbai productions like us; we look for something that The teenager is signed on by Co music. In April, amidst the intense dos Quasar Thakore Padamsee, Arabian Nights, Tukra’s Dream piques our curiosity, gets us ex lumbia Records, and the song en focus on ‘Old Town Road’, there Yuki Ellias and Rehaan Engineer. and Hamlet The Clown Prince cited. The nature of our work is ters the Billboard chart, where it were snippets of two of his unre And Puja eventually got over her (which fetched her a Best Actress highly collaborative. Now, we do is embroiled in a controversy over leased songs. fear of auditions. Award at META) she landed in want to work with a writer and a categorisation. Legendary coun “The fear of getting to 60 and Italy to do a threeyear move bound script, so that we can play try singer Billy Ray Cyrus rallies to Interactivity factor regretting not trying out someth ment course at the Helikos with the form, but we haven’t fi the teenager's cause. And the in “Interactivity is another impor ing was bigger than the fear of re School in Florence, with Giovan gured out yet what will be Patch credible story ends at the top of tant aspect of socialmedia music jection and I auditioned, not for ni Fusetti. “It was amazing and a works’s next baby. Sheena is the Billboard chart. promotion. Musicians should take a college production, but for a big learning curve. For instance, writing something about grief, The most significant point of votes on what the audience would professional play — Atul Kumar’s you work with full masks, so you let’s see how that works out. Of the story is that when he released have them do with an upcoming Noises Off. I got in, and over the can’t speak and are forced to course, we look for stuff that ex ‘Old Town Road’, Lil Nas X had lit album. There could also be short next few weeks of rehearsals, the look at gestures. I still come cites us as actors; in my journey tle else besides a hummable song and fun singing exercises based process was very hard. But then, across something and go ‘ahhh’, now, I want to focus on and a few social media handles. on audience's choices. Besides the rush of being on stage and that’s what they meant.” performing.” But they were all he needed – or, getting your target group to let the response; that’s when I real When she returned to Mum She acted in Yuki Ellias’s Hello so it seems now. you know what is expected of ised my passion for theatre.” bai , Sheena Khalid came back Farmaish recently, about a For a long time, he was working you, such an exercise also helps This passion led Puja to join from LISPA. They did a Bunraku group of women in a Haryana vil on building a following on Twitter them know that their opinion the first batch of the Mumbai Un workshop with puppeteer Anu lage starting a radio station. She with humorous content driven by counts,” says Wishways. iversity’s three year postgrad rupa Roy, and discovered that also keeps busy acting in films, memes and would now and then, On Twitter, Lil Nas X is quite uate course in Theatre Arts. they “had the same kind of mad teaching and conducting work slip in a snippet of the music he regular with surveys. Post the Then, she saw posters of the ness.” They set up a theatre com shops. “Theatre is my jaan, I had produced to feel the pulse of chartbusting performance of ‘Old Footsbarn Theatre Company pany and almost named it Pehel want to be like Zohra Segal and his target group. Town Road’, he started one on an that was arriving in Mumbai. wan Productions, but settled for act till I am 102, but I am excited (Lil Nas X’s account now is album that seems to be on the “Being part of a travelling BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB about exploring other mediums @LilNasX, and he is believed to drawing board, asking his follow theatre company is so romantic; as well.” have earlier had another account ers how many songs should go in it used to be my dream once The Footsbarn Theatre Interestingly, she met her hus to it. upon a time; it isn’t any more, experience fulfilled Puja band, music composer Khamosh “In socialmedia music market because I have seen upclose Sarup’s dream of being Shah through her work on stage. ing, there is nothing called failure. what their lives are like. In 2005, part of a travelling theatre “He saw me in Hamlet, and sent There is high, low and moderate they were doing a workshop in me a message admiring my per impact; but there is no failure. Allier, a village in France. I company formance and my voice, and in Certain platforms may not give mailed them saying that it was viting me for coffee. I wondered you the kind of visibility you look too expensive for me, but I if it was me or the character he for, but they will have a cumula would wash dishes, cut grass, liked.” tive effect on building your brand milk the cows, or whatever it Future plans include writing visibility. When a music video on took, if they could give me a dis and doing a solo piece, and learn a platform garners just 100 views, count. They mailed back, invit something not related to theatre. it should not be seen as ‘just 100 ing me. We worked on a multi “Every year, I keep one month to views’, but as ‘100 more views’,” lingual production of John Stein myself. One year I went to learn says Wishways. beck’s The Pearl and toured with Kalari in Puducherry, one year, I Lil Nas X had posted a meme that. worked with a German choreog based clip of ‘Old Town Road’ in “A year later, I went back as a rapher. I have met some really TikTok and that was picked up by volunteer for their 35th anniver cool people all over. Now, I have users of app for ‘The Yeehaw Tik sary and saw some wonderful given up my rucksack for a suit Tok Challenge’, which celebrates theatre. One play, in particular, a case. So, that’s a big shift, though the wild west and the cowboy lif solo performance, by Nola Ray, I still have my rucksack,” says estyle.The resulting virality led called Exit Napoleon Pursued By Puja. ‘Old Town Road’ and Lil Nas X to Rabbits, was lifechanging. It where they are now. was an interactive piece, and the The writer is a critic and columnist

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Collaborative expression (clockwise from left) Students sitting by a pond at Sutra Dance Company, Ramli Ibrahim, from ‘Odissi on High’ and WHERE COEXISTENCE students of Sutra and Rudrakshya On a creative high * PHOTOS: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Malaysiabased Two artistes, two styles and two paramparas come the strains of a pallavi in raag Kolaba Odissi exponent together in ‘Odissi on High’ ti. It concludes with the song ‘San Ramli Ibrahim believes geene re’ by Banamali Das, evoking the mood of love and the dance se in a creative world quence that unfolds is an experience without walls of ananda rasa. The original dance composition for this by Guru Deba IS THE KEY prasad Das was adapted to a group composition by Sutra Collectives. The Mukhari raga pallavi that fol lows explors the dynamics and con trasts of the tribhangi and chauka postures in Odissi. The performance peaks with the next rhythmic compo Natural setting sition, ‘Tala Taranga’, choreo graphed by Guru Bichitrananda When one walks into Sutra for the Swain. The musical score made use of first time, it is not just the enormity instruments such as mardal, mrudan ga and khanjani to compose in one of the space that hits you, but its the ‘Odissi On High’ is taal, with variations in rhythmic pat aesthetic appeal. Its amphitheatre travelling to India terns and laya. has a unique al fresco setting from May 4 to 17. It The predominant focus of Odissi V.V. Ramani pany as ‘Odissi on High’ gears up for as a dance form personifying the fe surrounded by a verdant garden. CCCCCCCCC will be performed in its India tour. The place was buzzing male body took on a new dimension Tall trees form a large green canopy n 2018, ‘Odissi on High’ was pre with activity with both the gurus and Delhi on May 08 with the focus on the male body with while the dense moss adds to the miered at Kuala Lumpur and had disciples enjoying the singing, danc (7 p.m.), as part of performers of the Rudrakshya Foun natural setting. There are Buddhas Ian overwhelming response. The ing, discussions and debates. Artist, Shriram Bhartiya Kala dation. The choreography is a mix of and Ganeshas in all sizes. Each production is an outcome of re lighting and set designer Sivarajah Kendra’s festival, at speed and stillness, dynamism and Ganesha sculpture is carefully nowned Odissi dancer and founder Nataraja, who is also the stage manag subtlety and stances and move of Malayasiabased Sutra Dance com er, watches every rehearsal closely. “I Kamani Auditorium ments. positioned under a flowering tree or pany, Ramli Ibrahim’s collaboration do not understand ragas. To me, it is The dancers are bathed in pools of leafy bush so that it forms a natural with Guru Bichitrananda Swain, vete about what emotions and moods it square spotlights and the graphic of umbrella. Despite its size, the place ran Odissi performer, choreographer evokes,” he says. He makes notes as ask Sivarajah. “The aesthetics will not the Konarak temple in the backdrop is not intimidating, instead and founder of Rudrakshya Founda he watches and soon has a book full be compromised. But I will have to creates an ethereal feel. It feels as if extremely welcoming. Kamaria, tion. It was the coming together of of doodles and patterns. make do with the available lights,” he the sculptures have come alive. Bril two styles and two paramparas. When we watched the perfor replies. Motion graphics are by Wei liant dancing by Samir Kumar Pani Ramli’s personal residence, is about The title, ‘Odissi on High’, says it mance on the opening night, it Jun. The stage is washed with subtle grahi, Santosh Ram, Jagandatta Prad the outer space intertwined with the all. The production puts Odissi truly seemed magical. It was a poetic essay light as the musical notes emerge. A han, Sanjeev Kumar and Bichitra inner walled areas (rooms opening on a high with two exponents enter of graphics, lighting and dance. dancer seeks Lord Krishna, and the Behera makes it an aesthetic expe into small green spaces, ponds, etc), ing into a creative alliance. The open There was no disconnect anywhere — two engage in a dialogue of move rience and the thunderous applause ing night of the MalaysiaIndia 2019 the graphics were done with an un ment. They appear and disappear, is richly deserved. The kitchen is spacious and a tour of ‘Odissi On High’ at KLPer derstanding of dance and lighting signifying the soul’s search for ulti Ramli Ibrahim has adapted the museum of sorts. Two large tables forming Arts Centre, Kuala Lampur, and lighting, with an understanding mate truth. classic Sankarabharanam pallavi, that can seat 20 overlook a showcased the energy and spirit of of dance and graphics. Around 80 choreographed by Guru Kelucharan sculptured terrace. Beautiful lamps the two performers, their training lights were used to create a canvas of Beautiful pallavi Mahopatra 60 years ago for solo and brass vessels grab your and approach. dancers on stage. The space expands and more dancers dancing, with stunning effect, into a I happened to watch a rehearsal “Will you be able to recreate the and many Krishnas flow in and out of group composition, which makes for Hema Ramani attention. Masks from the CCCCCCCCC va, the artist and lighting oil from Orissa wafts into the cooking one session at Ramli’s Sutra Dance Com same magic with lighting in India,” I the stage in different formations to a visual statement. designer walks in . Stu day, then it is the rich Malay herbs the ve neighbouring islands adorn the wall. “It (beauty) is a fragile thing that can only dents enter on the dot ry next and not to be left out, I brought in Sutra has the ambience of a gurukul, live where fragile things are loved. Take it and the warm up exercis the aroma of Madras and Palakkad cook without compromising on away from this valley, and you will see it es begin with the dogs and ing! There is so much of a learning even as fade like an echo” cats watching all the activi the teaching progresses with constant ex contemporary sensitivity to create a — James Hilton, Lost Horizon ty in progress. Most of these change of ideas, ranging across disci bridge between the old and the pets were brought into Sutra by plines — lighting, cinema, music, lan new. utra is one place where art exists Ramli and Siva, when these ani guage, books, painting, cuisine, artefacts, without the frills that usually come mals were abandoned. costumes, cats, dogs, fish....in short about Swith it — a place where one could im Sutra’s philosphy of harmony ex everything. merse in art forgetting all else. That in to tends to food too. It is the cauldron not Ramli has lent a distinct Malay flavour day’s world is a luxury. only for the arts but for artistes to try out to his cultural oeuvre. The core of his ar It is a journey of an artiste called Ramli their hand at various cuisines. If mustard tistic vision is freedom of expression. Af Ibrahim. Sutra, his brainchild, is where di ter 35 years of existence, Sutra has not lost verse art forms cohabit; where art meets its charm. I did not have to wait long to art without inhibition. The place also discover the secret behind it — Ramli in seems magical because of the lack of hie <> spires love and affection and reaches out rarchy — every department, be it lighting, to everyone, on and off stage. A reason graphic designing, choreography all co In Sutra, the why he loves to drive to Malacca or Kajang exist, without a vertical hierarchical environmental and to conduct outreach programmes. pyramid. cultural ecosystems Says Guna, a principal dancer at Sutra, It was truly interesting to watch the “Ramli is a giver. Though he is the main creative process unfurl at Sutra. At the are synchronised with artistic director and choreographer, he al break of dawn, music wades the outer and inner lows us to blossom through a process of through the rehearsal space . landscapes of the discovering and learning both the art and Sometimes it would only be ourselves.” Poornama (Sutra’s pet dog human psyche Ramli makes Sutra not just a place, but found on a moonlit night) lis Ramli an experience to be carried back home tening to the notes when Si for every visitor.

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ritten in 1972, Vijay Tendulkar’s play W“Sakharam Binder” courted controversy. Banned in 1974, it raised numerous ques tions about culture, morality and freedom amid a long cen Rich tapestry sorship row. In the decades that The circular design of neat stitches on Chamba followed, the play has been rumals from Himachal Pradesh show gopis staged several times, revitalis dancing around Lord Krishna. Then there are contrasting display of ‘Bhuta’ sculptures from ing critical inquiry into the na Karnataka and puppets painted on parchment ture of relationships, gender from Andhra Pradesh. These are some of the violence, social norms and the work on display at Seeds to Flowers A striking complexity of characters. With collection of traditional Indian folk and tribal its recent performance in Delhi, art that is now on at Open Palm Court of Theatre On Your Own’s adapta Indian Habitat Centre. The exhibition is on till tion of the play, Binder, directed May 6. by Sarbajeet Das, circled A craft display titled ‘Mati’, is grounded in our around the unresolved dilem cultural roots. It showcases work of folk mas that define our social con artisans from across the country. The works text and trouble our inner represent Bengali Pattachitra, with motifs worlds. drawn from mythology, folklore and folk The play revolves around a narratives. The craft makers trace their ancestry to the 13th century. book binder who brings home Other painting choices include the five the deserted wives of others. centuryold Pinguli Chitrakati by the Thakar While giving them a roof over community from village Pinguli, in tribal their head, he also expects Maharashtra. Their themes are drawn from the them to be domestic servants Edgy adaptation A scene from “Binder” * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Nandi and sex partners, clarifying that Purana. they are free to leave any time. The interior of the home re device is that the stage action is selves inside our heads in daily To round off the tribal experience is a The play moves through his re mains unseen by the audience, performed by one actor while life with conflicting thoughts contingency of Warli art, from the Warli tribes lationship with two women – cleverly making personal spac the dialogues and narration are that are finally gathered and put of Maharashtra, with works centred around the Lakshmi and Champa. While es slightly visible yet inaccessi carried out by another, splitting forward by our voice.” concept of Mother Nature. Domestic activities, Binder debunks the hypocrisy ble, and marking multiple me the character into the body and A challenging moment oc such as farming, harvesting and the and hollowness of the social in taphors of the inner and outer voice. curs when both Lakshmi and celebration of festivities introduce variety and vibrancy to the display. stitution of marriage, the cha worlds. Scenes of intense vio While we see one Sakharam Champa are in the same scene. Works from tribal communities in eastern India racters are bound within a pa lence are aesthetically ab immersed in doing and enact Fatma turns her back to the au include wall paintings in the style of Saura art triarchal setup where gender sorbed into this interplay of be ing, another Sakharam sits at dience as Lakshmi, while voic from Hazaribagh depicting Pashupati, the god roles, social prejudice, power ing on stage, yet not seen. While the front of the stage, speaking ing the dialogues for Champa of animals and trees. Khovar art, done in play, helplessness and exploita drums are used boldly, the mus his lines. In a Brechtian way, and Nath voices Lakshmi while Jharkhand and Hazaribagh, draws heavily from tion define their struggles with ic could have been integrated this can be disturbing at times playing Champa. The scene the dense forestbased existence of its tribals. themselves and each other. more seamlessly and imagina and fascinating too, as the cha creates an intense role ex For the director, the play res tively, specially Sakharam’s mri racters are distanced from change between the two wo onated at many levels and in dangamplaying which is spo themselves and cannot be em men, highlighting the contrast spired his imagination, “I would radic and remains unexplored. bodied entirely. This also re in their characterisation, while always direct a play I haven’t While the play is about the veals the layers of the text, revealing its multiple layers. At seen before so that I start on a individual’s struggle with social throwing insights into what the some points this dual split clean slate to present it in an un norms, society is never shown character is doing, thinking and heightens the drama, while at orthodox way and not overw directly in the play. Sakharam’s saying and that at some points other moments it subtly sub rite what others have already friend Dawood is the only link these aspects can be entirely dues the violent histrionics of shared. I chose this masterpiece with the outer world. According different. the characters. by Vijay Tendulkar which I have to actor Faria Fatma, “In many For actor Nirlek Bhulla who read several times and the me ways he represents society – al plays the body and voice of Pertinent questions taphors have raised my curiosi ternately stunned, silent, a Sakharam alternately (along At the core, one is left won ty without even watching it spectator, he shows how socie with Onkar Rangnekar), it was dering about how much has tru once.” ty allows for a character like an enriching experience, that ly changed, socially, culturally Joy all the way Inside out Sakharam to exist.” they built on during the work and artistically in the past four In continuation of the celebration of the World Designed to make audience The most striking dramatic shop, or what the team terms as decades since the play was writ Dance Day, Kathak Guru Padmashri Shovana squirm in their seats, the play ‘whyshopping’ period. “Initial ten. While the play revisits the Narayan’s Asavari Centre for Kathak is holding remains true to its essence with BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ly it was strange, it felt like a ‘women’s question’ in a patriar its annual day programme titled, “Rhythm and hardhitting drama, while part of me is sitting behind me, chal society, it appears dated at Joy” on Monday, May 6. The colourful, thoughtprovoking theatrical is outside me. It was important places in continuing with the Besides showcasing the talents of young malleable set dancers ranging from the near professional to devices are introduced to diffe to understand the basic layer of womanasvictim narrative. On the budding ones, the event also has the rentiate text, character, voice transforms the stage at the character—raw honesty, the other hand, it also ques mission of increasing awareness of the and body. The presentation re various junctures, which also costs him dearly in tions squarely whether women importance of nurturing the rich 2, 500 years sembles an illustrated story adopting the mood of the end.” are truly independent, or safe, old classical dance heritage among the youth book format. The colourful, The characters of Lakshmi even in their own homes today? and the general public. malleable set transforms the the moment. It clearly and Champa are played by Fa The use of specific theatrical Asavari is holding its annual day in the first stage at various junctures, demarcates the ria Fatma and Debanjana Nath, devices makes this adaptation week of May every year as part of World Dance adopting the mood of the mo boundaries of the and they alternate between edgy, giving the audience a Day, that falls on 29th April. ment. It clearly demarcates the domestic world within voicing one character and being chance to examine their own The event will be held at the Civil Services boundaries of the domestic the body of the other. Fatma re fragmented existence with mul Officers’ Institute Auditorium, Vinay Marg, N world within which the entire which the entire action counts, “This experience is si tiple voices and conflicting real D-ND Chanakyapuri, 6.30 p.m. action takes place. takes place milar to how we talk to our ities.

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Shailaja Khanna shakal CCCCCCCCC the raga , yet his Bagesh wari had an irresistible appeal. he music and dance extra The first composition was in til vaganza ended last week in wara taal. The subsequent teen Tthe holy city of Varanasi. taal khayal, a composition of his Keeping up a tradition that is Dada Guru Pt. Anantbua Joshi, more than 90 years old was Prof. then the drut ek taal composition Vishambhar Nath Mishra, the were equally exhilarating. The mahant of the Sankat Mochan next piece in raga Sohini, the temple. Amazingly, he is himself popular ‘kahe to ab to aaye ho’ Rupanshi Kashyap a pakhawaj player. He admitted had all the drama one expects to feeling the strain of participat from the raga. Without doubt, Pt ing in the six allnight sessions, Ulhas Kashalkar surpassed the while exams were being held ev high standard he has set for him Dance, dialogue... ery day at the Banaras Hindu Un self. There were no gimmicks ; iversity where he is a professor. the music on offer was solid tra Continued from page 3 Certainly, his team of trusted ditional stuff whose impact last Next in the lineup was Rupanshi lieutenants was tired by the end ed long after the concert ended. Kashyap, a student of Guru Kumudi of six nights, coordinating arriv Providing impeccable accompa ni Lakhia, from Ahmedabad. She be als and departures of over 140 ar niment was Pt. Suresh Talwalkar gan with a vandana depicting Lord tists. An added strain was the on the tabla, Tanmay Deochake Ganesha praising her mother Bhawa election season — the blockage of on the harmonium, Dr. Ojesh ni in raga Puriya Dhanashri in Ektala. major roads meant leaving two Pratap Singh and Hrishikesh This was followed by the dancer’s at three hours ahead of time to Gangurde from Lucknow gave tempt at showcasing layakari avoid traffic jams in the VIP con vocal support. through technique variations in tat stituency. News reporters from It is a wonder that each of Pan kar. The pieces that stood out were all over thronged the temple pre ditji’s senior disciples sings in tukras in madhya laya ending in pal mises. But in that electric at their own voice, and do not tas with Tha Thunga syllables in mosphere, even they forgot their strive to emulate their guru’s khanda, chatushra, and mishra jatis. standard queries and stood en voice production — be it son Sa Another was a technical piece taught tranced by the music and dance meehan, Shashank Maktedar, to Rupanshi by the late Kathak guru on stage. Omkar Dadarkar or Ojesh Pratap Vijay Shankar while he was visiting Singh. Kumudini Lakhia’s school, in which Amusing hiccups the emphasis was on the left foot. There were of course amusing Subtle quality With an abhinaya in raga Brindawani hiccups — Gaurav Mazumdar, the The next day, Ustad Rashid Sarang, ‘Ban Ban Dhundat Jaun..’, eminent sitarist disciple of Pt Ra Khan was at his mellowest best. ending in a sawal jawab between the vi Shankar was unable to wake He is an artiste who needs to be tabla and the dancer’s ankle bells, up the driver of his taxi at the ho able to connect inwards to give curtains came down on the first tel to take him to his concert at his best, so sometimes the subtle evening of this festival. the temple at 4 a.m. Benaras be quality of his concerts vary, but The second night began with Ma ing Benaras, the city which is ev the overall impact is always stag nasvini Ramchandran’s Bharatana er awake, he managed to find an Maestro in form Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar in accompaniment with Pandit gering. The magnificent durbar tyam. The dancer hailing from Chen auto rickshaw who was willing to Suresh Talwalkar; Ustad Rashid Khan * RAKESH SINHA, MAHESH HARILAL like ambience he creates with his nai had an impressive list of gurus take him to the concert venue. rich ‘khuli’ awaaz, vocal support including the likes of Padma Subra So, he arrived with his ‘saaz’ in He reflected, “I feel music is from at least three disciples, har maniam, Chitra Vishveshwaran, the auto to the consternation of about building bridges and bring monium as well as sarangi ac Sheejit Krishna and her mother Re the organisers. ing people together. For me, my companiment and the best tabla vathi Ramchandran. Commencing Each day, the festivities start mridangam has enabled me to accompanist is uniquely his. with a Viruttam in raga Karaharapri ed at 7.30 p.m. and carried on play in so many different envi Rashid’s raga Saraswati was ya, Manasvini dived into the massive through the night till 7 a.m. Con ronments – for example in Pune I sung with passion, technique Mohamana Varnam in raga Bhairavi certs halted at 5 a.m. for the aar- played at Ustad Ghulam Rasool and feeling. The embellishments Adi tala. The nayika addressed Lord ti. As usual the audience was di Khan’s Barsi; I got to play in Bhai were appropriate, he established Shiva residing in Thiruvayur: ‘O lord, verse: young music students, ni sahib, Ludhiana at the Sikh the raga before going on to as I am full of love for you. My pining elderly connoisseurs, lay listen Namdhari centre; now it’s at San tound with a series of ultra fast heart seems to be scorched by the ers who were there for the excite kat Mochan in Varanasi. This is intricate ‘taans’. cooling moonlight and even sandal ment and foreigners. A live only possible because of music.” When the Ustad was persuad paste. Madana’s arrows pierce my be broadcast reached out to distant There were 10 dance perfor ed to sing more, he chose a com ing, torturing my soul in viraha. audiences all over the world. mances out of a total of 47. Car bination of raga Lalit and Sohini, Please unite with me o lord and free As always, the festival repre natic artistes included Dr Yella again his total immersion in the me of this pain.’ The dancer with her sented an inclusive, syncretic Venkateshwara Rao, Bombay raga was evident. The repartee restricted subtle abhinaya, clean culture encompassing both ar Jayashri, Shashank Subrama between Ajay Joglekar on the lines, and interesting jati patterns in tistes and the audience. British niam, U Rajesh with Sivamani, Dr harmonium and Murad Ali on fused with the varnam garnered traveller Maria Jones who had K Vageesh, and Ambi Subramani the sarangi was wonderful; their much appreciation from the au come for the first time said, “This um. There were two sarod reci string of perfectly executed dience. Manasvini ended her recital is simply incredible that such a tals by Pt. Tejendra Narayan Ma ‘taans’ truly amazing. with a Shuddh Nritya followed by a large gathering would come to zumdar and Pt. Debjyoti Bose. The audience wanted still Kabir Bhajan. hear a niche genre, through the There were two flautists, Pt. for banning the use of single use more so the Ustad obliged with a As a tribute to Karaikudi P. Shiva night in such heat. Most of the Hari Prasad Chaurasia and S plastic products. thumri, “Kya karun sajani”, a la kumar, Geeta Chandran, appro audience appear to be lay listen Akaash. Sitar players included But without doubt two of the ment of poignant appeal. His son priately, chose to draw curtains on ers, but are so supportive in their Vidushi Manju Mehta and Pt. most spectacular performances Arman Khan provided vocal sup this year’s World Dance Day festival applause.” Kushal Das. Vocalists included were by vocalists Pt. Ulhas Kash port, along with two other disci with her dance company Natya Anantha R Krishnan was in Jayteerth Mevundi, Sandipan Sa alkar and Ustad Rashid Khan. ples. This was one of Ustad Rash Vriksha performing compositions Banaras for the first time, accom majpati and Kaushiki Chakravor Both were in their mettle. id Khan’s most outstanding like Natanam Adinar, Pratidhwani, panying Vidushi Bombay Jayash ty. Appointed ambassador of Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar sang raga concerts in recent times; the im Thillana and so forth on which the ri, who was also singing her de Earth Day Network, on Earth Bageshwari, not highlighting any pact his music had, was pro late artist had himself given inputs. but concert at Sankat Mochan. Day, Kaushiki praised the temple of the catch phrases to establish found.

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ANJANA RAJAN CCCCCCCCC own training as learning only “for music’s sake,” she sympath t was the late 1990s, when the ises with today’s performers worldwide web was a fairly who face “a humongous task to Cosmic inspired Dr Meenu Kumar Inew concept, the internet understand every word in the was spelt with a capital ‘I’, and song and utter them like a native personal computers were a rare speaker of that language.” And, On a soulful facility for the average educated she notes, “When linguistic Indian. Web crawling with our challenges become unsurmoun first home computer, we came table, be it musicians, dancers journey across a list of Tyagaraja kritis, or any one of us, we will defi alphabetised by the opening nitely try to circumvent them.” Anuradha Vellat word of the pallavi, with co One of the main objectives of DDDDDDDDDDDDD lumns for raga and tala. There the book, on which she worked n universe, art is perhaps that one was a similar list of works of for twoandahalf years, is “to thing that was meant to save us from Muthuswami Dikshitar. To find address this challenge to the Iprolonged states of misery and dis two of the greatest pillars of Car best of my ability for a few cho tress. The thing that we turn to, to find natic music represented so dili sen compositions. I gave the meaning in the canvas of chaos. Art is also gently in this strange new cyber meanings of the words, divided a continuous process, one that seeks to lo universe was delightful to say the phrases into meaningful cate itself within personal and political the least, and one imagined clusters, and gave the overall histories and secure itself in an ambigu some South Indian whiz kid in meaning of each sentence.” ous future. ‘Cosmic Voyage – A journey Silicon Valley using this burge Language develops with so through galaxy of Indian art’ is one such oning medium to create a bridge ciety and is never far from the show that seeks to represent the masters between the old country and historical milieu, so she also at as well as contemporary artists, to trace the new. tempted to “comprehend the the process of evolution of the Indian art. Hardly two decades later, the compositions in the backdrop of Says Meenu Kumar, Founder, Cosmo Art internet is awash with Skype Holistic approach Kanakam Devaguptapu the times in which they were India and the curator of Cosmic Voyage, classes, YouTube channels, live written” before elaborating “In our manifest world, where we are dig streams and all manner of elec Government Music College. And DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD each one. itising and pacing ahead with ever faster tronic data related to Carnatic the third is V.P. Dhananjayan, Opening a window Language barriers are one technology, an artist makes us pause with music and other arts once consi renowned dancer and guru and “Varna Varnanam” covers varnams reason some compositions are his creativity, delves deeper, in the ex dered esoteric. And while the one half of the ShantaandDha from the 17th Century to the going out of circulation, says the present day. Lyrics are provided in tremity of unmanifested. The timeless in fundamentals haven’t changed nanjayan duo. veteran, who retired as Head of the original language as well as in genuity of the great art captures the rich — an adequate education in The varnam is a form of ut Devanagari and Roman scripts, the Department of English from ness of the soul.” music and dance still requires most importance to performers along with English definitions, the Qatar campus of the Nether The twoday exhibition held at the In the presence of a real teacher of both dance (particularly Bha general meaning and contexts. lands’ Stenden University. dia Habitat Centre included a wide collec and not a virtual or videolinked ratanatyam) and music. By in The late maestros M. Balamura Although varnams in Tamil tion of art pieces, aiming to foster mea one — it can’t be denied that cluding an essay by a renowned likrishna and Suguna Pur are not uncommon, Telugu was ningful contemporary art and traditional there are innumerable ways Natya guru and performer ushothaman are among the language of the courts and art forms. The show has now been carried now to bolster the old guru alongside those of erudite music composers of modern times poetry for several centuries, forward to Cosmic Art India Gallery and shishya parampara. Feeding scholars, the author focuses whose varnams are included. The and Carnatic music has a large list of brief biographies of all the will continue there for a month. right into the rising demand for readers’ attention on the inex corpus of Telugu lyrics. Telugu featured composers is a handy bo “The contemporary artists are carrying such aids is a new work by Kana tricable interdependence of nus. The book, priced Rs.850 is being the author’s mother ton forward these artworks, they are the kam Devaguptapu on varnams, music and dance, a link whose currently available at bookstores gue helps her “navigate better torchbearers of the moment. We have one of the most significant intra dimensions are not always un in Chennai and Visakhapatnam with the compositions.” Thus, of tried to pick and choose all the stars from forms prevalent in Carnatic derstood. It is not incidental and some online outlets as well as the 26 varnams dealt with, 20 the Indian art galaxy and have put it for music. “Varna Varnanam”, a that the Dhananjayans prefer from the author’s family website, are in Telugu, while two are in ward for the art lovers, so they can get a printed book with customised the word ‘Natya’ over ‘dance’, www.suryakalafoundation.org. Tamil, two in Sanskrit and one glimpse of this journey that Indian art has webbased audio support, re stressing on the Sanskrit term The passwordprotected audio each is in Kannada and progressed through under one roof,” presents a pragmatic partner for a complex and composite art support links accessible to book Malayalam. owners are in the voices of Am adds Kumar. The genres include photo ship of convention and new that encompasses body move ritha Murali, Gayatri Kamakoti, She has researched some rare graphs, paintings, sculptures, etc. In all, technology. ment, footwork, dramatic ex Savita Narasimhan, Nisha Rajago varnams with anubandham, a there are 78 artworks by 30 artists. The book contains forewords pression, and a constant quest palan, Ranjani Ramakrishnan and type that has all but gone out of “We have been associated with these by three eminent personalities. to meld melody and rhythm Sreedev Rajagopalan. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD vogue. The anubandham refers contemporary artists for a long time, and The first is Veturi Anandamur with meaning. to that section of the lyrics that we have chosen them from different parts thy, a historian and researcher gurus her repertoire grew, along augments the thought of the var of the country, not limiting to one area, of medieval lyrical literature Improvisational skills with her improvisational skills, nam. In many cases it completes trying to make it a pan Indian representa and music compositions. The The author, who learnt veena or manodharma sangeetam. the charanam, and therefore is tion. It is important not to confine your second is B. Krishnamoorthy, from childhood under Behata It is largely in manodharma also called the sampoorna cha self to one thing. We try to keep in mind former principal of Tamil Nadu Rajarao of Rajahmundry, And or improvisation that the mean ranam. The author cites the Sav the genres and mediums,” adds Kumar. hra Pradesh and later received ing of a song takes on para eri raga varnam, “Neeve dikka The works of artists such as MF Husain, advanced training under Ayya mount importance, which ni” in tala Khanda Ata. The Sankho Chaudhury, Jagannath Panda, gari Satyaprasad and Mutnuri neither dancer nor vocalist nor charanam of this varnam is Satish Gujral, Seema Kohli, Jeram Patel, Jalajakshi in Visakhapatnam, im instrumentalist can afford to usually sung as “chinna naade Jogen Choudhary, Justin Ponmany, T Vai bibed the importance of a holis ignore. neevu nannu”. This means, “In kuntam, TV Santosh, Tutu Pattnaik, Mee tic approach from her gurus. “The lyrics lose their authen childhood itself you to me,” says na Sharma and Vijender Sharma are on Her first guru, she says, “always ticity if they are not understood, the author, adding, “Notice that display. insisted that I sing along as I as the lack of understanding re the meaning is incomplete.” “As artist Krishen Khanna has said, the played the veena, which gave flects glaringly in the way they Once the anubandham is added, journey of an artist is never easy. It is a me a clear understanding of the are presented. The presentation the lyrics make sense: “During tough battle and we are only trying to lyrics. His teaching was so well may reflect wrong splitting of our childhood itself when you make it a little easy for them through this rounded that he insisted I un lyrics, lack of clarity in intona met me, you were the most de venture. We hope it widens the horizon derstand the technicalities of tion, and may eventually be de sirable among the suitors. You for artists and art lovers alike,” sums up the raga, the meaning of the lyr void of the emotion that goes have been the renowned Lord Kumar. ics and the nuances that are to with the lyrics,” points out the who maintained his stature; our ND-ND The works are on display at Cosmo Arts be employed while playing a author. supreme brave Lord, Rama (India) Gallery, Vasant Kunj New Delhi. composition.” Under her later Although she describes her Kumara Yettendra!”

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Going Native Telling Voices Let there be light Key to a story

Sadiq’s immensely readable Hindi translation of Ghalib’s epochal poem on Banaras Helen Oyeyemi, in her book seeks to remove the miasma of misconception between two communities in a “What is Not Yours is Not Yours”, politically-charged atmosphere tells how she overcame writer’s Shafey Kidwai CCCCCCCCC block to pen a short story about keys o intricate cultural moorings of a city, not Sudhamahi Regunathan Dvisible to the ordinary CCCCCCCCC human eye, leave a plethora elen Oyeyemi of celebrated authors, fa has been writ mous for their satirical out Hing since she pourings, belonging to diffe was still in school. rent languages, awestruck? She writes both no Does a city continue to instil vels and short sto a ceaseless state of mirth in ries, her latest novel the literary gadflies of yore being “Gingerbread”. and modern times? Her book of short The quest for the answer stories, “What is Not can be cut short if one turns Yours is Not Yours” his attention to Varanasi, the has a character in ev cradle of the human race. It ery story linked to a is the city that evoked an im key. “I think that keys can cut. It divides property. perishable interest and un It separates what is yours from what is not yours. controllable mirth and it Syncretic traditions live on: A scene from the banks of Ganga in Varanasi; Sadiq * R.V. MOORTHY The key defends what you have, but it also pro prompted Ghalib, one of fin tects other people’s property from you… There's est exponents of Indian cere something about a key in and of itself that's so sug bral and creative dexterity, where he grew up instead he sthal /Mukaam e fakher/ gestive, even the shape of it. You can hold a key to write his epochal long Per chose Banaras where he kehlata hain/ and just imagine so many different things about sian poem ChiragheDair stayed for four months on his Dehli shaher bhi/ iski/pari it.” (The lamp of the temple). way to Kolkata.” karma ko/Aata Hain (this city Oyeyemi collected keys when she visited Cairo A prominent Urdu critic, Travelling to Kolkata for is called as place of pride where they were being sold as souvenirs,”…trying poet, painter and translator getting his pension released, throughout the world Dehli to write a story about keys, you find yourself un Sadiq, who taught at the Del Ghalib visited Lucknow, Ban itself circumambulate this ci able to write about the key directly. But you sort of hi University, has astutely da, Modha, and Allahabad ty. make all of the leaps that a key makes. You tum rendered it into Hindi. The and broke his journey at Ban Sishir ho/Greesham/ya/ ble…I think I think it's the way my mind works…” immensely readable transla aras and stayed here for four Varsha rut ho/ In mein se/ Oyeyemi continues, “I try to write about hid tion appended with invalua months (AugustNovember, partieik rut mein/ Banaras ki den things but also try and draw close to them ble endnotes jointly was pu 1827). The splendour of Ban fiza /Jannat nazar/Maloom without revealing them because there's someth blished by the Raza aras and the spiritual aura of hoti hain (Be it Spring, or ing about actually revealing them that diminishes Foundation and Rajkamal Ganga and temples had cast Winter or Summer. Banaras' them…” Prakashan recently. a spell on Ghalib and he tried environment manifests hea Oyeyemi did not go through any such expe The narrative poem com to explore the city with a venly glory.) rience in her life,”I just imagined it. Ninety per prising 108 couplets reveals sense of immensity and mad Ali Khan. “What to talk Here the poetic explora cent of my life is imagined. I think the things that I an air of amused astonish sensibility. of Banaras, if I describe it as tion of the city's values, phys go through in my own life are the books that I ment coupled with spiritual The ecstatic gaze never the heart of the world, I am ical, and nonvalues reminds read. I am so in my head that … I feel like everyth sublimity. According to Sa died down and Ghalib wrote not wrong. The wind blow Mark Twain's description ing that's happened to me has happened in a diq, it is the best long poem to one of his friends, Moham ing here can restore a dead who too had spent four book. So I don't know what life I have had.” on Banaras. “This masnavi mad Ali Khan, “If I had no person to life. The brightness months in Banaras "I think She grew up reading, “…lots of orphaned girl (long narrative poem) is the fear of religious contempt, I of the sun owes much to the Banaras is one of the most stories so "Anne Of Green Gables" what else? best poem on the ancient would have left my religion city as the grandeur of its wonderful places I have ever Oh, "Narnia" stories, "Peter Pan." And I was also and the holiest city of India. and used to count beads, temples, ghats, and the seen. It has struck me that a very interested in stories about processes…I don't Ghalib composed his un bear sacred threads, put a buildings make it more Westerner feels in Banaras particularly like horses that much, but stories matched poem, not on his mark on the forehead and in luminous." very much as an Orientalist about girls learning to ride horses or, like, ballet birthplace Agra or Delhi this way I would have passed must feel while he is planted stories. And I was never interested in the bit my life on the bank of Proficient translation down in the middle of where they became amazing… It was the falling Ganga”. Besides making Banaras the London." and getting up and falling and getting up and what The delirium produced by object of his highly laudatory Ghalib"s penetrating ob changed between each fall and each rise that was the city went unabated and prose, Ghalib weaved a sub servation found that no oth most interesting to me.” after forty years of his visit to tle and nuanced narrative er city could vie for. The pu Banaras, Ghalib wrote to one around the city and out of blication of Ghalib's treatise Fairy tales as motifs of his disciples, Sayyah, “It is 108 stanzas, 68 delineate the is the need of the hour as While Oyeyemi says,” “I love fairy tales…but I a unique city. At the end of captivating vibrancy of Bana noted Hindi poet Ashok Baj actually don't think they're for kids,” she uses my life, I visited the city. If I ras and each couplet denotes pai pointed out: "At a time them as motifs of reference in some of her books. had been young, I would the life of faith and desire when many powerful but She does so because,” I am trying to find out what have settled there and left judiciously juxtaposed with shameless attempts are be endures because these stories are so old and have Delhi”. contradictions, spiritual ful ing made to widen the gap been retold by so many tellers and in so many dif According to Sadiq, Mirza fillment, and superstitions. between Islam and Hin ferent forms. There's a way in which when you re Ghalib reached Banaras The translator’s thorough duism, the publication of tell a story, you're testing what in it is relevant to when he was not well but the grounding in literary tradi Hindi translation of this long all times and places. Bits of it hold up and bits of it The narrative poem comprising natural beauty, salubrious tions and Indian aesthetics poem unfailingly reminds us crumble. 108 couplets reveals an air of surroundings, and amenable enabled him to produce a that the gap was filled much And then new perspectives come through. And amused astonishment coupled and accommodating beha proficient translation. Gha before." with spiritual I like that the fairytale is one of the only stories viour of the residents paved lib' immaculate Persian is Sadiq’s immaculate tran that can bear the weight of all of that….I think eve sublimity.According to Sadiq, it the way for a speedy recov aptly rendered into Hindi.T slation is certainly destined is the best long poem on rything is equally real. It's just a question of diffe ery. Having spent a couple of wo specific examples prove to wipe out the miasma of Banaras. rent categories of reality, I guess, and not giving DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD weeks at Banaras, Ghalib the point: misconception between two one greater precedence than the other.” wrote to his friend Moham "Zamane bhar Mein/ yeh communities.

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Pavan Malhotra on carving his space in the stardriven Hindi ﬁlm industry

Atif Khan CCCCCCCCC versatile actor, Pavan Mal hotra lives the characters Athat he essays. From “Bagh Bahadur” and “Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro” to “Black Fri day” and “Road To Sangam”, Pa van is remembered for his body of work rather than his style or mannerism. He will now be seen Multifaceted artist Neha Marda as the face of education mafia in Ashwini Chaudhary’s “Setters”. Excerpts: Spreading her What was your approach to play an Uttar Pradeshbased character of an education ma wings fia? I only got to know about such organised mafia through this film and most of my knowledge Neha Marda on how about such people comes from she is utilising her the narration of the script. It was easy for me to understand the training in classical roughness of a pahalwan (wres tler), which my character is in dance forms to hone the film because I have seen ma ny in my life. The combination of new talent imagination and experiences helped me in shaping the charac Madhur Tankha ter. I was born in Delhi and most CCCCCCCCC of my experiences are from that Man of many shades Pavan Malhotra draws a distnction between performing and acting * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR classical performer always re city only but as an actor, you do mains close to her roots. This your homework to reach to a le ers which should have different who is born in Bangalore and vidual performances but I Arings true for Neha Marda, who vel where you seem belonging to varieties. If a film achieves both wants to become an IT engineer should be known for my entire became a household name as Gehna that place and that happens at a entertainment and content, that because he has seen many in his body of work. There are many in “Balika Vadhu” and featured in a subconscious level. You don't is a perfect combination. If it is locality. The film is about how newcomers but Vicky Kaushal number of reality shows . Neha has need to take notes for that. It is rich in passion, it will have a Muslims are trapped in the ghet has played various shades. That now opened an institute of performing an entertaining film with a shelf life such as “Mughale tos after Partition and the impor stays in mind. Amjad Khan was arts in Bihar, where she seeks to har strong message about the state of Azam”, “Sholay”, “Padosan” tance of education in Muslims so great because after “Sholay” he ness talent of young boys and girls. education system in the country. which can be watched whenever that they can come out of this. did Wajid Ali Khan in “Shatranj “I have opened Royal Opera House Issuebased films, which you feel and they are still rele How was approach diffe Ke Khiladi”. Amrish Puri was a Academy in Patna where we are teach were treated differently ear vant. rent for Tiger Memon in doctor (of acting). Jo jaisa bimar ing acting, dancing and singing. We lier, have taken a mainstream Salim's character is still re “Black Friday”? (director) ata tha use waisi pudi are pushing the traditional performing look. How do you see the membered as one of the most Tiger Memon had venom in ya (performance) dete the. arts of Bihar. I take Bharatanatyam trend? powerful characters in Hindi his eyes. He was very much con (laughs). classes,” says Neha, who was in Delhi When I say an entertaining cinema... trolled in his manners because of Where is the fine line? recently to mark the launch of ‘Genki film, it doesn't mean it does not You have to understand Sa his authority and connections. You have to understand that Ya Tofu’ in India. give proper attention to the is lim's vulnerability and inno When he was not in control, his there is a difference between “We have brought in teachers from sues tackled in film. For exam cence before you know him. It impotent anger surfaced. performing and acting. You can Mumbai to show the right direction to ple, you also give a message had to be very simple in ap “Jab We Met”, “Children of be a good performer and repeat our students in acting. Teachers of Na through “Anand” but you give it proach. His body language is ve War”, “Mubarakaan”, being it again and again and you be tional School of Drama have been in an entertaining way. “Chupke ry different from other gangsters shorttempered seems to be a come what you say a star. But roped in to train them in theatre. Chupke”, for instance, talks when he walks on the road as he common trait in your charac you can be a good actor only Dharmesh Sir’s assistants as well as Ri about how language creates two is not someone who is controll ters. How do you bring a diffe when you deliver a unique per tika Raj, an ‘Indian Idol’ contestant, al different societies but you never ing everything on the road. He is rence in situations like this? formance in each film. so teach students at our academy.” ” feel it in the film as you are total a smalltime pickpocket who The anger in “Mubarakan” Acting is a great profession. She is keen to showcase her dancing ly engrossed in the story. Why wants the biggies to pick him. and “Jab We Met” come from dif You can live many lives here. You skills on screen. “As a classical dancer should we create something bor You can see his admiration for ferent frames of mind. Both are can be different at different trained in Bharatanatyam and Kathak, ing in the name of realistic cine other big gangsters in his eyes nearly the same but they are dif points of life and imagine those I am game for anything related to ma? because for him it is the way to ferent persons. Both become emotions which other people showcasing my talent in dance. In fact, All my characters come from be successful. It is like someone mad and shout out whatever is cannot even think of. I have performed in reality shows like real life even when I am buffoon inside. If you don't make back How do you translate your “Jhalak Dikhlaaja” and “Nach Baliye”. ish like I was in “Judwaa 2”. stories and traits in your charac experiences in the craft? However, I have not come across any There is no structure to how one <> ter, you can't bring magic in your I do that all the time. People project where my training in classical kind of film should look like. performances. ask me why do I live normal and dance can reach a wider audience.” Do you think a film is meant If you repeat yourself Do you believe in bankabili not as a celebrity. I do that to ex This year, promises to be special as to give a message? again and again, you ty of characters if you become perience more. I live my life, I go Neha hints that she is being consi I don’t think so. If I am only become master of famous for one role? to public parks, eat at regular dered for a role opposite Salman laughing after watching a film, it what you do but I If you repeat yourself again restaurants and I don't want to Khan. “It will be a dreamcometrue has served its purpose . It's like and again, you become master of feel that I am someone of impor for me to work alongside Salman watching a cricket match which don't want to do that. what you do but I don't want to tance. I was fortunate that I had Khan. Unless things finalise, I cannot is purely entertainment based I want to try different do that. I want to try different command over language be reveal anything but yes I am optimistic and if I am happy because of a things and be good at things and be good at different cause of my family. I know where that this dream will be realised.” film, that is its win. Cinema things. to put nukta. Jurab ko zurab na should be like a bouquet of flow different things I should not be known by indi hin kahta (laughs).

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