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December 7 Assembly polls sought to reconcile over a peri- # # %$ ! from Jhalrapatan constituency. od with the party also revoking ( # & Q The contest between the his suspension but he was kept "#"( ! ( ( two will be one of the most on the sidelines and not given !)# )* keenly observed ones given the importance that the 54- ! $ ! their acrimonious past as year-old Rajput expected from # (% & Manvendra sees Raje as the rea- the party. His father, mean- ! son for his father’s image fall in while, has been in coma for last Q the party. Whether the son will four years. "# ! avenge the insult meted out to Manvendra quit the BJP on $ ! * ( + , + his father, the BJP old guard September 22 after taking the " ( " , -., ! who is in coma for the last four 2 % 13 + 5 % Rajput community in confi- * years, will only be known on % 3 6" dence and coining the tagline -( (./0. ! December 11 when the results “Kamal Ka Phool, Hamaari 12 " + ! will be out. Raje has won Jhalrapatan Manvendra’s choice by the revenge on the BJP for insult- Bhool” (lotus was my mistake). % The Congress hopes to pin since 2003, when the Congress Congress is seen as an attempt ing Rajput leader Jaswant. His name was released by down the Chief Minister in her fielded Rama Pilot, mother of to use the lineage and heritage Jaswant was expelled by the the Congress on Saturday in its %&' ' constituency and also seeks to current Rajasthan Congress of BJP’s war horse Jaswant to BJP for contesting 2014 Lok second list of 32 candidates for ! L cash in on the perceived Rajput president Sachin Pilot. In 2013, further rattle the opponent Sabha poll from Barmer after the Rajasthan Assembly elec- ($! 3("" L sentiments against her. But Congress fielded a woman and its Chief Ministerial can- he was denied ticket by the tions for 200 Assembly seats. (.4 " ! Raje looked unperturbed as she Rajput candidate Meenakshi didate. Manvendra, who is a sit- party. Manvendra, who cam- The Congress had released said, “The Congress could not Chandrawat hoping to get ting MLA from Sheo (Barmer), paigned for his father then, was its first list of 152 candidate on "( P * Q find any candidate and he some Rajput votes but lost the had also won Barmer Lok also suspended. Thursday. ! " ! P Q (Manvendra) was to be given seat with Raje retaining the seat Sabha seat in 2004. He had accused Raje and a Ahead of its rivals, the BJP " % ticket from somewhere and with a margin of 60,896 votes Manvendra played out the few central leaders of the BJP released the third list of 8 ! therefore, he was sent here by securing 63.14 per cent of emotional card of “self-respect” for denying his father a Lok candidates for upcoming O # ) !- (Jhalrapatan). But they should total 2,28,977 votes. of the Rajput community to put Sabha ticket. Rajasthan Assembly elections. # P 0 ! know that it is not a fight of one The BJP, which is feeling a his erstwhile party in the defen- The rift with Raje goes Earlier, the BJP had released its (+! person, this is a contest fought little edgy in Rajasthan with the sive. “I’m ready for the chal- back to 2007 when Jaswant’s first list of 131 and second of 5 O" # P Q P Q by Jhalawar and Rajasthan, State’s history of not repeating lenge,” he said and claimed that wife Sheetal Kanwar had filed 31 candidates for Rajasthan which is a family.” a Government twice, people of Rajasthan will take a case against the former for Assembly. *1% #!! ! ! " " 1O L ! Q ""% L 1! ;( P Q # ! ! 1 "! ( + 7 &1 opened only at the sanctum), was arrested by the police when ! hatever hopes the com- she entered the Pathanamthitta Q Wmon man had about the district and was taken to the ! ! law and order situation in police station at Ranni. This led !2 Kerala becoming normal fol- to widespread condemnation lowing the Friday decision of and hundreds of devotees the Travancore Devaswom rushed to the police station ! Board to approach the Supreme singing hymns in praise of Court with a plea seeking more Lord Ayyappa. !) time to implement the Sasikala was released on September 28 verdict of the bail by the sub-divisional mag- Constitution Bench on istrate of Thiruvalla on * !3 Sabarimala Temple diminished Saturday evening. Speaking to as the police took into preven- the media, she said the ! tive custody KP Sasikala, leader Government has unleashed an ! of the Hindu Aikya Vedi — an unprecedented violation of ) umbrella organisation of all human rights. 0 ! Hindu outfits — which is “The Kerala Government 4 * protesting against the SC judg- and Travancore Devaswom 56 ! ment on Sabarimala. Board have failed to provide Q Sasikala — a widely even basic amenities like toilet ! respected woman activist who and resting places to the devo- is in the forefront of the agita- tees. The authorities want to tion against the apex court cover up these shortcomings,” ! verdict allowing entry of said Sasikala. women of all ages to Sabarimala The arrest of Sasikala led & Temple — who was on her way the Hindu organisations in the " $ % & '( to the temple with Irumudi (the State declaring a dawn to dusk ) % ) 4 ! sacred bag containing offerings hartal on Saturday and it % $ " ) * + ) . ) to the deity which could be turned out to be total. ,- . /0 "1 0 + # # ) ! ( ( & + 7686! P Q ! about screaming out loud on Lunel signified the “liberation” girl in the waterfall. The la-la-la jin- 4 the world stage. Films were ! moment as it were for a generation of gle became the theme song for young Q * ! the only expression of our Indian women. Such was the cam- people in India. The ad was partly * aspiration or wish fulfill- paign’s appeal that it became the inspired by Raj Kapoor’s movies and ! . ment and incredible though launchpad for later supermodels and largely by the comic Tarzan and - we may have been, there was now stars, Preity Zinta and Deepika Jane.” no concept of Brand India, Padukone. Alyque researched heavi- There was no looking back for the 2 2 9 ! ambassadors and advertis- ly for what seemed like an easy head of Lintas since. While he worked 4 * ing. India’s greatest ad guru, breeze. In his own words, “The most with many lissome ladies, embolden- :) who passed away at the ripe memorable brand till, possibly, today ing a generation — Zeenat Aman and : P Q old age of 90 — literally as a was Liril soap. We studied the Indian Persis Khambatta among them — he ! vanguard of a nation in tran- housewife to find out what she knew he had to keep it grounded. ) sit — shaped our identity in thought about when she got 10 min- The Hindi was in full pop play. *) ! popular culture. A people utes to herself. HLL’s research came up So when Surf was desperately look- 0 who could have aspirations, with an amazing answer that she ing to beat competition from a ! chase them and make them dreams of escape from a life of cheaper detergent Nirma, he gave us ; 4 2 happen while retaining their drudgery and responsibility. Her Lalitaji, the quintessential middle innate Indianness. And con- thoughts begin to drift as she begins class mother who weighed her choic- 0 cretise wishful thinking with her bath. She hums a tune from a pop- es, kept to her family budget and 3 home-grown products. In ular Bollywood film and the most whose somewhat stentorian and dis- " )363-&1 that sense, he sold us our first global popular fantasy of all was Amitabh ciplinarian ways