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# 1 Indian American Weekly: Since 2006 VOL 12 ISSUE 30 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● AUGUST 03 - AUGUST 09 , 2018 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news Imran Khan Favors Austere Oath Ceremony: No Foreign Intelligence heads warn of foreign Leader will be invited interference in US elections Imran Khan, “We know that, through decades, Pakistan's prime Russia had tried to use its propaganda minister in-waiting and methods to sew discord in wants to keep the America. However, they stepped up oath ceremony their game big time in 2016."- Director "very simple and of National Intelligence Dan Coats. dignified" WASHINGTON (TIP): A number of top intelligence community officials gathered, August 2, at White House briefing to discuss U.S. efforts going forward to combat election interference attempts. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was joined by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistan Foreign Office Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Director spokesman, on Thursday, August 2, said that no foreign of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National leader will be invited to the oath-taking ceremony of Imran Security Advisor John Bolton, and National Khan, as the prime minister in-waiting wants to keep the Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Adviser John Bolton, event very simple and dignified. contd on Page 32 contd on Page 32 DHS Secretary Nielsen and FBI Director Chris Wray each took turns describing how each of their agencies is working to combat the threat. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) demands citizenship rights for Afghan Sikhs and Hindus Will bring out a special edition to mark the 72nd Independence Day of India. NEW DELHI (TIP): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday, August 2, urged the central Advertisements and articles are invited by government to grant full citizenship rights to the August 11, 2018. minority Hindu and Sikh immigrants from Email to [email protected] Afghanistan who have been forced to flee to For further information, please call 646-247-9458. India. Also, it sought Central intervention for www.theindianpanorama.news granting minority status to Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir. A delegation of SAD MPs, led by Union Apple becomes first U.S. public Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh pressing for company to reach $1 trillion valuation citizenship rights to the immigrants from WASHINGTON (TIP): The tech giant on Afghanistan. The delegation comprised SS Thursday,August 2, became the first public Dhindsa, Naresh Gujral and Prem Singh U.S. company to reach a valuation of $1 Chandumajra. Former MP Tarlochan Singh, trillion.Amazon had been close behind president of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal along with DSGMC chief Manjit Singh GK and Apple in the race to the one trillion mark, Committee (DSGMC) Manjit Singh (GK), SAD MPs at Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday, August 2 surpassing $900 billion market value contd on Page 32 Photo / Courtesy Manas Ranjan Bhui-Tribune contd on Page 32 104-02, 120th Street, S. Richmond Hill, NY 11419 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 NEW YORK FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018 THE LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY BACK HOME - OR WHAT WAS HOME Title: The Surajpur Connection Author: Prabhu Dayal Publisher: Zorba Books Pages: 160 Price: Rs 199 REVIEW BY VIKAS DATTA he hardest journey to undertake, if it is even possible, is to return to one's Tchildhood home, particularly if it was a happy period. But even this happiness -- which may not be everyone's lot -- can be disrupted by forces beyond relentless time. Within a twinkling of eye, all comforts and happiness being replaced by pain, deprivation and oppression. And even if you can surmount the problems and even manage to return, it will never be the same. It is this inexorable truth of life that former diplomat Prabhu Dayal portrays in Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha launching "The Surajpur Connection" in Delhi on May 15. Seen in the picture, from his second work, a novella which is poignant L to R: Shalini Gupta, publisher of the book, Prabhu Dayal, Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant Sinha, Amod K Kanth, Chandini Dayal and heart-wrenching but also showcases But while his parents are overjoyed, there stays alive and manages to find his way home to sketch vivid portraits of mofussil Uttar hope, and how kindness and generosity -- no are others, who pretend to adore him as much to his own land, by some miracle, be able to Pradesh to Dubai, in its transition from a matter how expressed -- can be encountered but have darker intentions in their heart, and make his way home, given he doesn't know small town to a glittering megapolis, as well as often as cruelty and self-interest. soon act on them without mercy. the name of his parents or where he lived, as a range of characters, spanning evil Beginning with an evocative prologue, One post-monsoon afternoon, the despite this promise made to himself ? uncles, oppressive trainers, kind-hearted where a well-heeled expatriate businessman, household is sleeping and a four-year Sonu And what is the connection between Sonu sailors, maternal teachers and so on. on a trip to Mumbai, is casually reading the playing outside when he goes missing. An and the successful businessman we meet in Though at a superficial level -- in its plot, paper in his hotel room when something extensive search is made, police swing into the initial pages? set pieces, telescoped action, and its rather catches his attention and forces him to action, desperate efforts are made to find him, These are all the questions the author dramatic denouement and so on -- it may seem change his whole schedule and leave for north but there is no trace and not even a ransom engagingly answers, in this short but like a Bollywood film, it is not so simple, for it India. demand. powerful account which covers a fairly wide raises some vital questions and issues. The scene then shifts over a quarter Little his grieving parents know that their spectrum of the human condition -- from These include, but are not limited to, century or so into the past, to the rural areas innocent son has become the victim of a depravity to decency. identity, the concept of home and family, the in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, where a particular dreadful crime and is even no In his second book after the uproarious yet need to be anchored, the (transient nature of) prominent and influential landlord has longer in the country,but far away beyond the incisive "Karachi Halwa" about his stint in happiness, whether loyalty deserves the name repeatedly spurned the (then) all-powerful seas, doing a dangerous chore in a desert Pakistan, Ambassador Dayal moves if for an evil purpose, can kindness be graded Congress' repeated requests to be the party land. effortlessly and adroitly to fiction. on its intention, and much more, which candidate for the coming elections (1967). But while after six months of torture, With his four-decade-long service having makes this story a short but most engrossing The reason is simple -- for "after years of danger and worse, Sonu and a fellow prisoner encompassed the Middle East, Europe and and thoughtful read. pills, prayers and pilgrimages", he and his do manage to escape, will the unforgiving America, he makes good use of both his roots (Vikas Datta can be contacted at wife finally have a son, they fondly call Sonu. desert allow them to survive? Will he, if he and experience, especially in the Arab world, [email protected]) ‘India is at a crucial crossroads’; Sam Pitroda appeals NRIs for help NEW YORK (TIP): "India is at a crucial crossroads and unless NRIs come forward in preserving truth, trust, inclusion, and non- violence, India's democracy could be in jeopardy," Said Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Overseas Congress Department of All India Congress Committee. Mr. Pitroda was inaugurating the National Conference of the Indian Overseas Congress that was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York. "A climate of fear is gripping the nation and lies are constantly propagated for political ends" Pitroda added citing the case against National Herald newspaper. "Congress believes in the bottom-up development, not top-down approach followed by the current government that benefits a few". Pointing to the upcoming parliamentary elections in 2019, he urged the delegates who have gathered there to collaborate and work together in unity so that Sam Pitroda addressing the delegates Congress party can restore the democratic Madhu Yaskhi speaking, Sam Pitroda, Mohinder Singh Gilzian, Shudh Prakash Singh, Himanshu values that have been the hallmark of the India and asked the meeting to be pro-active in Vyas, George Abraham, Surinder Malhotra on the dias nation for the last 7 decades. dealing with critical issues. "Constitution is Dr. Surinder Malhotra, who has served as out there to protect us; however, if we don't his plans to grow the Overseas Congress in the behalf of the organization and to send the President of INOC, USA for a number of protect the constitution, it will not protect us USA. He promised to increase the volunteers to the upcoming elections in India. years and a member of the governing Board of either" Abraham added. membership of the organization and bring in In addition, he expressed optimism that a IOC appealed to the gathering for an end to Mr. Mohinder Singh, Gilzian, President of more young people to the fold primarily by 'Congress Bhavan' can be built as groupism and division and to move forward.