DLD‹‰‰†‰KDLD‹‰‰†‰DLD‹‰‰†‰MDLD‹‰‰†‰C Money matters: Love’s labour THE TIMES OF INDIA Nicole Kidman lost: Heartache Thursday, May 29, 2003 means business! time for Ravs Page 7 Page 8 TO D AY S LUCKY 812 One dozen A pack of cards 852 88 One fat lady Hello adults 818 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 25th May, 2003 Numbers already announced : OF INDIA 81, 74, 68, 61, 42, 63, 49, 78, 33, 84, 38, 4, 22, 30, 44, 70 MANOJ KESHARWANI JOB STRESS: A LICENCE TO KILL? Psychiatrists say that job-related pressure is more insidious than other forms of stress as it stems from psychological rather than physical threats ALLEN O’BRIEN adults. ‘‘This, coupled with peer press- Times News Network TOP 10 CAUSES OF STRESS MIND GRIND ure, unhealthy lifestyle habits, social ■ Testing of patience: 82 per cent isolation and loneliness, leads to the in- Case I: CISF constable Ramnarayan creasing likelihood of a stress victim ■ Namdeo shoots dead his superior, com- Unfulfilled demands over a long committing crime,’’ explains Parikh. mandant AR Karanjkar, and takes five period of time: 75 per cent Side by side, medical studies reveal colleagues hostage at the Sahar Intern- ■ Conflicts with loved ones: 58 per cent that stress has, over the years, evolved ational Airport in Mumbai on May 24, ■ Money problems: 55 per cent to a stage where it is both different and 2003. The provocation, he claims, was more dangerous than it was a decade ■ Pace of modern life: 39 per cent that he was not granted leave over a lo- back. ‘‘Contemporary stress tends to be ng period of time. ■ Raising a family: 39 per cent more pervasive, persistent and insidio- Case II: Parvinder Sikka mercilessly ■ Excessive noise: 29 per cent us because it stems primarily from psy- kills his wife on March 15, 2002. His wi- ■ Crime in the community: 25 per cent chological rather than physical threa- fe, Kulpreet was allegedly dragged over ■ Health problems: 24 per cent ts,’’ elaborates psychiatrist Gagan Ver- stones before being beaten to death. Si- ma, MD, ‘‘Today,stress is associated wi- ■ kka maintains that his ire was trigger- Depression induced by violence shown th ingrained and immediate reactions ed off by his wife not serving him a gl- in the movies or on TV: 22 per cent over which we have no control.’’ ass of water when he asked for it the (Source: The Indian Psychiatrist Association of India) Like always, prevention is better th- NEELABH moment he returned from office. an cure and therapy starts with the self. Case III: On March 10, 2001, Shika Sh- Stress, an epidemic which took root MD, ‘‘Moreover, if there is no social ‘‘The ability to identity and trust is the arma, a widow, poisons her five-year in the 1980s, has seemingly become a ki- support from the family concerned, the only remedy,’’ says Parikh, ‘‘It is only old son before committing suicide at ller in today’s time. But stress as the tr- intensity of the reaction can be unpre- when a person puts him/herself in so- her Gulmohar Park residence. Shika’s igger-point for murder? ‘‘When chron- dictable.’’ meone else’s position that one realises suicide note says that her boss refused ic stress continues to rise in a high-pre- While stress levels among children the kind of stress the other person is go- to increase her salary by Rs 1000 even ssure environment, the victim is susce- and teenagers have escalated due to va- ing through.’’ Yes, help for job-related as she was finding it difficult to fulfil ptible to doing something inhuman,’’ rious reasons, job-related pressure is, stress is just a helping hand away. the demands of her child. analyses psychiatrist Samir Parikh by far, the leading source of stress for [email protected] ‘The article on sex is Is Namdeo a villain or victim? thought-provoking’ MANISH PACHOULY COUNTER POINT batch,’’ says a constable. & NIRMAL MISHRA Although Namdeo’s neig- ■ The article formative pi- Times News Network hbours remain tight-lipped, ‘More sex ple- The article ‘More sex please, eces reflecti- one of them volunteers in- ase, we’re In- we’re Indian’, published on ng the chan- amnarayan Namdeo is formation, ‘‘Last week, I vi- Ra man with two starkly sited Namdeo asking for a dian’ is imm- page 1 of Delhi Times, ging face of ensely thoug- our times. different sides to his perso- film CD. He looked very ch- ht-provoki- 22.05.2003, has elicited an — R Raman nality. CISF officers reveal eerful. In fact, I have never ng. Though overwhelming response from ■ Your issue that the man who stunned seen him angry.’’Namdeo is it is disturbi- of May 22, the country by killing his a film buff and his family ng to know readers, both through e-mail 2003 was so superior was turned by wo- members say that he has that such a and letters. While most particularly rk pressure into a human ti- written two detailed scripts, me bomb. complete with dialogues. large numb- compliment the publication of offensive th- er of teenag- at I had to ‘‘Around a month ago, He was a good student and ers are awa- the article for bringing out of the hide it before Namdeo fell unconscious wrote an essay (Kahani Po- re of their se- closet the facts as regards my children while on duty.When he was onch-Kate Bandar Ki) for xuality,perh- woke up and taken to hospital, we learnt his school magazine, the aps earlier India’s sex life in 2003, there started looki- that he had been taking sl- moral of which is: one sho- than their ti- are those who have objected to ng for the ca- eeping pills,’’ reveals a CISF uld never harass anybody. officer.Following this incid- Namdeo says that one of me, as paren- the contents of the piece. We rtoon page. ts, we would How exactly ent, Namdeo was removed the reasons he shot his sup- be naive to reproduce some of these letters is a father ex- from armed duty and given erior was because of haras- wish it away. pected to ex- the job of checking boardi- ● He was the adjudged the sment on the job. Perhaps, we plain the ng passes. Family sources best drill cadet in the CISF’s Namdeo had told his par- need to come READER FEEDBACK concept of admit to Namdeo taking pi- ents that he would marry lls and tell of how one CISF 34th batch only after his sister found to terms wi- ‘oral sex’ to ● He was adjudged the best th it and deal his 12-year- lady officer informed his fa- the right match. Family me- with it in as old daughter, ther about it. CISF shooter in 2001 mbers, who are likely to me- THE AGONY & THE ECSTASY: Delhi Times captures the stoic side of Shilpa Shetty as sensitive a who can re- But colleagues insist that ● He is a film buff and has et CISF director-general BB the Bollywood beauty shows what it takes to take controversy in one’s stride, at the manner as ad English Namdeo was not unhinged. Mishra, express confidence ‘‘He was judged the best sh- written two scripts that Namdeo will get justi- Radisson (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) possible. We and who has ● can only ho- been instru- ooter during training in He was on sleeping pills to ce. Meanwhile, the law tak- pe that our cted in sch- 2001. He was also the best dr- deal with work pressure es its own course. set of values, ool to faith- ill cadet of the CISF’s 34th [email protected] Extortion case? Darna Mana Hai! on which we fully read nurture th- TOI every- JYOTI SHARMA tone. ‘‘I do not want to comm- phosis the Hindi film heroine em, makes day? Times News Network ent on this as the matter is has undergone.’’ them more —Rajeev sub-judice as of now. But I From celluloid to Cannes... responsible Agrawal he storm is yet to blow know very well that the med- does this make Shilpa Bolly- as young ■ I am a soc- Tover,the dust is yet to set- ia wants my side of the story wood’s favourite item-num- adults. ial anthrop- tle down. Even as one more and I will come out with a st- ber girl? ‘‘I fail to understand — Rajat ologist based chapter is added to the Bolly- atement very soon,’’ she mai- why the tag of ‘item-number ■ We would at the Lond- wood-underworld saga, the ntains. A pause follows. girl’ has has been stuck on like to expre- on School of lady caught in the centre of Conversation is more fort- me,’’ she counters, ‘‘How do- ss our strong Economics the controversy is busy conc- hcoming the instant the topic es one define an item numb- protest agai- and current- entrating on her work. Or so is shifted to Shilpa, the actre- er? I feel that, just because a nst the arti- ly working she claims. For,Shilpa Shetty ss. ‘‘I am very excited about certain song becomes more cle ‘More sex please, we’re Indi- on urban sexuality in India. I insists that her mind is focu- Darna Mana Hai,’’ she says, popular than others, it is lab- an’, also reproduced in Hindi recently read a story in Delhi ssed on shooting for Ravi Ch- ‘‘This is the first time I have elled an item number.’’ in Navbharat Times.