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BMC tells housing societies not to store water to prevent breeding grounds for mosquitoes
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W
ith the monsoon just
month and a half away,
the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has already geared up to thwart the
malaria menace, which had created havoc last year. The civic body
has advised people to observe a
‘dry day’ at least once a week, during which societies will not store
water within their premises, and
keep the place dry, thus ensuring
that there will be no breeding
ground for mosquitoes.
According to the survey carried
out by BMC’s health department, it
has been observed that water
stored in pots, flowers pots and air
conditioners act as a breeding
ground for mosquito larvae, eventually leading to a malarial epidemic. Hence the BMC has
formulated the idea of observing
‘dry days’.
It wants citizens to empty all possible water-storing vessels including pots, flower pots, water tanks,
air conditioners, and others and
sun dry them at least for the day.
This, according to the civic body,
will help curb malaria, as sun drying will deprive mosquitoes of a
breeding ground, ultimately reducing the number of patients falling
victim to the killer disease.
It may be noted that last year, the
city witnessed an unpleasant rise in
malaria cases. This sudden increase in the number of patients resulted in utter chaos, as several
civic hospitals lacked adequate
medical facilities to treat patients.
The BMC had to then resort to
Citizens holding placards about malaria menace protest near BMC HQ, in this file photo.
holding medical camps.
Commenting on the issue, Additional Municipal Commissioner
Manisha Mhaiskar said, “This year,
we have geared up before the monsoon and are equipped with machinery to curb the breeding of
mosquitoes in the city.”
She added, “During investigations, we discovered that most of
the larvae breeding spots were located within housing societies and
houses than in public places and
government buildings. Regular
water-storage in pots provides
enough space for mosquitoes to
multiply. Hence we appeal to the
people to observe ‘dry days’ on a
regular basis, because it is simple,
effective and free of cost.”
Citing that migrants from rural
areas could be carriers of the
malaria, last year, the civic
body had distributed around 1.3
lakh health cards to migrants
who had come to the city in search
of livelihood. Moreover, even this
year the BMC has decided to focus
on the health of construction
labourers.
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Mini Nepal in Jaitapur
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Pics by Kunal Chonkar
Promise of money and better life is drawing more and more
Nepali youths to the fishing region, making it their second home
By Kunal Chonkar
E
very evening, when the fishing trawlers and boats return
to Sakhri Nate jetty to unload
the day’s fresh catch, one can witness the Nepal-Jaitapur connection, as Nepali youths – most of
them in their 20s – hauling and
stretching the ropes of the boats.
For a small fishing village of Sakhri
Nate that houses around 500
trawlers and 200 odd small fishing
boats, there are around 5,000 plus
Nepali nationals doing some or the
other odd fishing jobs in the region.
Hard Job, Good Money
In some 10 odd villages located
around the controversial Jaitapur
Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), fishing is the prime occupation, followed by farming. “The village of
Sakhri Nate is the second most important fishing port along the West
coast, closely followed by Madban,” said Amjad Borkar, president
of fishing community, Sakhri Nate.
In order to assist the locals in
hauling the fresh catch, Nepali
hands are the best ones.
These Nepali youths make anywhere between Rs.300 to Rs.500 a
day, while working on a trawler.
OPINIONS
Parinaaz Mehta
Lecturer
The BBC did a fantastic job of
broadcasting the wedding. For the first
time, watching a news channel was a
treat to the eyes, as there was no news
about terrorism, dirty politics, etc.
Dhanbahadur Shinoi (18) a native
of Nepal’s Khailali district, ran away
from home after his parents forced
him to get educated, and landed in
Jaitapur, where today, he is working
as the main deckhand on one of the
trawlers. “Initially, it was very difficult. I had to adjust to the dialect,
food and the people. With time, I
blended in and now it’s my new
home,” said Shinoi. When Shinoi
returned to his hometown, he
(Left) The fishing village of Sakhri Nate. (Top & below) Nepali youth in Sakhri Nate who
man and manage fishing business of locals while they are busy fighting against JNPP
spread the word that Jaitapur is the
land of opportunities and gains.
Soon, his friends and other boys
from Khailali flocked to Sakhri
Nate, Jaitapur and Madban seeking
jobs as deckhands, cleaners, etc.
Just like Shinoi, Raj Dabu, Sham
Choki, Ramkumar Thappa and several others, have found a home
away from home in these villages of
Ratnagiri. Most of them who have
moved in from hamlets, had always
dreamt of a better life. “The situation back home was very pitiable.
My father was a farmer and we
lived hand-to-mouth,” said Choki.
Being the elder brother of three sisters, the responsibility of getting
them married forced Choki to
abandon his homeland. “Today,
after working for almost four years
onboard Borkarbhai’s trawler, I’m
able send some money back home,
which is being saved for my sisters’
marriages,” stated Choki
Deckhands-cum-managers
“They (Nepalis) are generally
employed as deckhands over here.
Usually their work includes spreading nets, loading and unloading the
Were you glued to the television to watch the Royal wedding?
Satyaprakash
Magtani
Filmwriter
I did not feel the need to waste
my time and energy on watching
a wedding of the Royal
family of Britain.
Renu Sequeira
Teacher
I had guests at my place so I didn’t
really see the entire ceremony of the
Royal wedding. But I did see parts
of it.
Riddhi Maniar
Export Manager
I wasn’t exactly glued, but yes I did
watch a good part of it as, after
Princess Diana, Kate is the one to
enter the royal family. I wanted to
see her dress and the parade.
catch, cleaning trawlers, and other
fishing-relatedminor works,” says
Imran Qurshid, a fisherman who
has over 20 Nepali youths employed on his four trawlers. According to Qurshid and several
other fishermen, Nepali deckhands
are easy to hire and maintain.
“They are hard and rugged. Easily
available at few thousands, they
work tirelessly,” added Karim Siddique, a fisherman from Madban.
Be it Qurshid, Siddque or Borkar
all are a part of the ongoing protest
against the proposed JNPP and despite doing so they still manage to
run their business. “It’s easy. While
we are busy protesting against the
state, we ask our deckhands to take
care of our business,” said Qurshid.
Sakhri Nate supplies around an
incredible four to five tonnes of fish
everyday from the waters surrounding the Ratnagiri coast.
“Every month, a fisherman makes
well over Rs.20 lakh. The catch is
not only sent to market, but
processed and exported as well.
The business will no longer be the
same once JNPP is constructed,”
claimed Borkar.
Hutaib
Bandukwala
Marketing
Executive
I did see parts of it at the airport as
I was travelling. I wasn’t too
interested as the entire thing was
structured and so it did not make
for an interesting watch.
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LIGHTLY
CARRIED
LEGACY
school itself. “The rest I put in but
I am hoping to fund the second
one on the basis of this. It’s a
taster, as will be the next one –
Gluttony – which I am hoping to
finish by September. By next February, I want to be able to send
the lot to Cannes for a showing,
to film festivals, to television studios.” The theme for his sevenfilm offering was inspired by
Polish film-maker Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “The Decalogue”, based
on the Ten Commandments, and is
an unpredictable look at the way the
seven deadly sins affect lives in their
omission as well as commission.
Does he think he will ever enter
politics? It must be a question that
has been put to him quite a lot, for
there is fleeting irritation
on his remarkable face.
“All I can say is that
politics disillusions
me and with my
mindset, there is little chance I will
ever consider it. I
am not my great
grandfather. At
the end of the
day, I’m me, I live
in a different
time and age.
What my great
grandfather
did was very
relevant to his
time and his
age.
What
would
he
have
felt
about politics
It is always fascinating to meet the progeny of famous
people to see if the past comes through in any way.
Vishaal Desai is 28, a film-maker and passionate
about his work in the way that young people now are,
if they are lucky. Morarji Desai, fourth prime minister
of India, just happens to be his great grandfather. In
conversion with Carol Andrade
today if he were alive? I cannot tell.
Maybe he would do things differently. Maybe not. But of one thing I
am sure – he would never compromise his principles.”
But he is conscious of his own
history, even if no pressure has ever
been placed upon them to conform
tot is burden. Conscious enough to
ensure that very few people abroad
knew about it! He is a child of his
time, doing a job for his time in the
nest way that he knows.
One thing he seems to have inherited, a reluctance to indulge in
small talk! Morarjibhai was famous
for letting people know that he had
little time for chit-chat as well, not
always gently either. As a brand
new prime minister in 1977 (to
1979), he received a surprise visitor
in the form of the Chief Justice of
India M H Baig, who came to congratulate him.
And Morarjibhai let him know
that it was inappropriate for a Chief
Justice to call on a prime minister,
that a letter would have done
equally well. But then, the inference was that his predecessor Mrs
Indira Gandhi would have apPics: Azad Shrivastav | ADC
T
hree weeks ago, on April 10,
the 16th death anniversary of
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
passed un-noticed. Yet if you mention his name, the response (and
there still is) is usually equal parts
awed remembrance and affectionate amusement. Single-handedly,
the man who was an Indian independence activist,
the fourth
Prime Minister of India from 1977–
79, the first Indian Prime Minister
who did not belong to the Indian
National Congress and the first Indian to receive the highest civilian
awards from both India and Pakistan, the Bharat Ratna and
Nishaan-e-Pakistan, did more than
anyone else to practice and propagate urine therapy.
Down the corridor from the offices of this newspaper, a young
man who stands a shade over 6 feet
2 inches, with a distinctive face and
a sharply designed beard, carries
the Morarji Desai legacy lightly on
his shoulders. At 28, Vishaal Desai
is forging his own path as a maker
of short films. A graduate from the
London School of Film, he is
toughing it out, and loving every
minute.
For the past six weeks, he has
been working on his first film, a 12
to 15 minute short which he expects will take him another two
weeks to finish. “It’s called Envy,
and is part of a series of seven films
called The Seven Deadly Sins. Next
is Gluttony,” he says blandly.
Then will come Greed, Wrath,
Sloth, Pride and Lust, and we cannot help but hark back to what
Morarjibhai would have made of
the whole thing. We suspect he
would not have been a whit fazed,
for he once told a woman journalist
from a local newspaper that
women would never be the equal
of men – till they stopped cooking
for them!
Vishaal spent the first 13 years of
his life in the benevolent shadow of
a man regarded as a legend by
much of the country. Is he interested in politics himself? The answer is emphatic. “I have nothing
to do with politics. By the time we
were born, my great grandfather
was already out of it and our memories of him are of a loving man,
very soft-spoken, with whom you
could sit in comfort. Of the four of
us (the children of brothers Bharat
and Jagdeep through Moraji’s son
Kanti Desai), only one has expressed any interest in politics. The
rest of us are doing our own thing.”
Vishaal’s ‘thing’ developed gradually. “At first, it was animation, because I was into gaming. He
thought he would do animation
courses. By the time he finished
school and then did a B. Com from
HR College, it all came together –
his interest in animation, the possibility of video, a passion for films.
“Much of it was fuelled by Star Wars
in 1999. I was blown away by the visual effects and that pointed me in
the direction of film. Because I also
love live action! And at the London
Film School, I picked up a camera
for the first time.” He was hooked.
“I’m a story teller at heart. For
me, it’s about the story.” And stories
are what he is telling through his
short films which will finally be
viewed not as a documentary but
as an independent film.
Like any young film-maker, he is
facing budget problems, though his
concept was intriguing enough for
him to get some financing from the
03
proved. After all, she had declared
the Emergency during which all
civil liberties were suspended for
more than 18 months and even
judges toed the line!
Vishaal, on the other hand, is still
thinking things through on the
film-making front – with an equal
lack of compromise!
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Fear of radiation due to illegal mobile network towers has left them jittery
TOWERS OF HAZARD... Illegal mobile network towers have created more hazards among Shivaji Nagar and Baigan Wadi residents.
By Santoshee Mishra
A
ccording to the residents of
Govandi’s Shivaji Nagar and
Baigan Wadi, they are living
in an environment that is radioactively charged. The notion comes
from the excess of mobile network
towers that have been installed in
their respective localities.
Commenting on the issue,
Akhtar Shaikh, a Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader
said, “There are almost 32 Mobile
towers in these areas, installed on
the terraces of G+1 structures and
each and every tower is illegal.”
Stating that his accusations were
not baseless, Akhtar produced a
document, issued by the BMC’s
Building and Proposal department
(October, 30, 2010), which clearly
stated that only four towers were
cleared by the department. “If so,
then why do these areas have 32
towers?” questioned Akhtar.
He added, “According to the Pol-
lution Control department, a mobile tower should be at least three
metres away from any residential
area, hospital, schools and narrow
lanes. However, all these norms
have been royally flouted in Shivaji
Nagar and Baigan Wadi. While
some of the towers are located almost next to the Shivaji Nagar Municipal School 1 & 2, others are
exactly opposite the Shivaji Nagar
Municipal Hospital. These towers
are hazardous, as they are constantly emitting radioactive waves.”
Accusing the locals who have allowed the service providers to install network towers on their
terraces, Ishaque Khan a retired
school teacher, said, “Since it
fetches huge money, residents
allow private companies to install
these harmful towers on their
rooftops. This they do it by conniving with the BMC officials.”
“These private companies pay
anywhere between Rs.3 to Rs.3.5
lakh a year to the slum dwellers for
allowing them to install towers. For
those, who find it difficult to even
live hand-to-mouth, the money offered is nothing less than a treasure.
Hence,
without
even
considering the ill effects, people
blindly accept the offer.”
For the past two years, Akhtar
has been fighting against this illegal installation of network towers,
but to no avail. “Whenever I approach the BMC officials, they
make me run from one department
to another. If this is the scenario,
how can a common man fight illegalities?” he questioned.
When
contacted,
Devidas
Ksheersagar, AMC of M-Ward 132,
remained unavailable for comment. Explaining the hazards of radiation, a cancer specialist, said,
“The harmful effects of radiation
are numerous – for example cancer
and brain tumour. Radiation can
cause miscarriage, disrupt pacemaker’s functioning or can even induce insomnia.“
05
XIth pass students issued
transfer certificates
Parents allege school only bothered about
cent per cent results in XIIth
By Pallavi Smart
A
round 18 students, who
cleared their standard
XI from Delhi Public School
(DPS), Nerul have allegedly
been issued transfer certificates, forcing them to leave
the school. Parents claim,
the school wants to get rid
of these students as they
have not been able to perform well in XI and the
school wants a 100 per cent
passing rate in standard XII.
The school, however, has
refused to provide any reasoning for asking these kids
to leave the school.
Jagdish Digwal, a businessman from Nerul, whose
son Hemant has been
among the students to be
issued the certificate, questioned, “XII is a very important year in any student’s
life. How can the school be
so cruel to students just be- PUT AT RISK... A transfer certificate issued
cause they have not been to one of the students.
able to perform well in the
standard XI exams? Isn’t it the admit these kids. Thus, the kids
school’s responsibility to improve who need to concentrate on
their performance?”
studies for an important year are
Digwal further alleged, “The under extreme stress.”
school just wants to get rid of
Repeated visits to school authese students. They are not even thorities, requesting them to take
providing any reason for their ac- back the students have been futions. Instead of educating stu- tile, according to the parents,
dents, their only motto seems to who have approached the Forum
be securing 100 per cent passing for Fairness in Education for
rate in XII. Previously, when we help. Jayant Jain, President of the
had refused to accept the trans- forum, told us, “We are trying to
fer certificates, we were threat- resolve the issue. However, if the
ened by the school that the school remains adamant, we will
results will be withheld. The move the court.”
school further said they would
However, P.C. Chhabra, Princifail our kids if we did not comply pal of the school, flatly denied
with them.”
the allegations. He commented,
The tensed parent also stated, “All this is false. We have not is“No other CBSE board school in sued any such certificate.”
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the nearby locality has seats to
MAHARASHTRA CELEBRATES
SPIT AND POLICE: The Maharashtra State Police going through their paces in the ceremonial parade on
the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the formation of the State of Maharashtra on Sunday at Shivaji Park.
ON THEIR WAY: Drishika, Harsh & Mudit, members of the SKATATHON completed the 100kms distance
from Panvel to the Gateway of India.
Pics: Azad Shrivastav | ADC
We are unsafe, feel
Govandi locals
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PTI
UID’s got
company
By A Senior Special
Correspondent
T
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan taking oath after his unopposed election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council
at Vidhan Bhavan over the weekend.
TENDER NOTICE
The Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai invites wax sealed tenders for the
following item for Manager, Municipal Printing Press, as per specification mentioned in
the Tender form. The Sealed Tender should be delivered on due date during working hours
between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. in the Despatch Section, Office of the Manager,
Municipal Printing Press, Mumbai 400 011.
Case
No.
Description
Tender Fees
1.
Supply of Binding Cloth
500 + 5% Vat
(Superior) in assorted
colour size 91 cm x 20 mtr.
Rs.
Earnest
Money
Deposit
Rs.
Solvency
Certificate
Rs.
Due Date
16,000/-
2,00,000/-
19-5-2011
Original/Attested Solvency Certificate for the amount specified above from the
Nationalized / Scheduled / Foreign Bank issued not more than six months prior to the due
date should be produced.
Tenders will be opened in the office of the Manager, Municipal Printing Press,
Mumbai-400 011 on the due date after 1.00 p.m.
The sale of tender documents will commence on 2nd May, 2011 and continue till 18th
May, 2011 (both days inclusive). Please collect the tender forms from the Office of the
Manager, Municipal Printing Press, 546, Engineering Services and Projects Office Bldg.,
1st Floor N. M. Joshi Marg, Mumbai-400 011 on all working days between 11.00 a.m. to
1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. except Saturdays.
Tenderers are requested to pay Tender Fees in cash and the Earnest Money Deposit
by DD/Cash personally at the C. F. C. (Citizens Facility Center) after obtaining challan from
the office of the Manager, Municipal Printing Press on any working day before the due
date between 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. & 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
DD/Pay order should not be sent by post or Courier & should not be submitted
along with the Tender Documents.
DD/Pay Order should be drawn in the name of MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF
GREATER MUMBAI.
EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ON THE DUE DATE OF THE TENDERS.
The tenderer shall produce the original receipt of the E.M.D. of requisite amount
mentioned in this Tender Notice at the time of submission of tender to Despatch Section,
Manager, Municipal Printing Press, Byculla (W), Mumbai-400 011 for verification
without which tender shall not be accepted.
Tenderers are requested to go through the Instruction to the Tenderer, the conditions of
Article of Agreement, Mandatory conditions and Specifications and must fill the tenders
strictly in accordance with the instructions given in the instruction in the tender form, failing
which the tenders are liable to be rejected outright.
Tender form shall not be sent by post & shall not be issued on due date.
The tender must be kept open for acceptance for a period of 90 days from the due date.
PRO/82/ADV/2011/
By order of the Dy. Municipal Commissioner(Edu.)
Sd/Manager,
Municipal Printing Press
Byculla, Mumbai - 400 011
Save Water! Avoid Misuse of Water
o keep a check on
monitory irregularities
and misappropriation,
the state government will
henceforth disburse most of
its grants of various statesponsored financial assistance schemes through a
biometric system.
The state government disburses around Rs.1,300 crore
in the form of grants every
year under various welfare
schemes. Currently, funds
under these schemes are disbursed through post offices
or co-operative banks. But,
the beneficiaries were facing
difficulties in accessing their
branches, which are mostly
situated in talukas. Apart
from this, there were plenty
of complaints in some cases
about non-payment or delayed payment by the beneficiaries. Some cases of
cheating were also reported
to the government.
Taking serious cognizance
of this, the government took
the decision to disburse the
grants to beneficiaries of the
various schemes through
biometric system. This
scheme will be initially implemented in the three districts, Thane, Kolhapur and
Beed as pilot projects. Depending upon the results,
the scheme will be implemented all over the state in
phases.
There are several financial
assistance schemes, jointly
launched by the Central and
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Following
complaints from
beneficiaries,
govt to disburse
grants through
biometric system
state governments.
They are Sanjay Gandhi
Niradhar Yojna,
Indira
Gandhi Vruddha Bhumiheen
Shetmajoor Anudan Yojna
and National Maternity Benefit Scheme. For these
schemes, the beneficiaries
would be provided smart
cards, which will be based on
the biometric system, to
withdraw the funds.
When contacted, Labour
Minister Hassan Mushrif
confirmed,
“From
this
month onwards, we have
started
this
biometric
scheme. This foolproof
scheme will prove helpful to
the needy beneficiaries and
the wrongdoings can also be
checked. After sometime,
this will be executed all over
Maharashtra.”
Three members of
Pujari gang held
Mumbai CBI officer awarded
President’s Police Medal T
J
oint Director of Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) Rishi Raj Singh,
posted in Mumbai, was on
Saturday awarded the
President’s Police Medal
for Distinguished Service,
a statement said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented the
award in New Delhi to
Rishi Raj Singh, serving as
joint director in Mumbai
since May 2008.
He was earlier awarded
the Prime Minister’s Police
Medal for meritorious
service in 2001 while serving in the Special Protection Group, responsible
for protecting the prime
minister.
Rishi Raj Singh, Jt director-CBI
Rishi Raj Singh joined
the Indian Police Service
in 1985.
hree suspected members
of the notorious Ravi
Pujari gang were arrested for
their alleged involvement in
a shootout at a builder’s office in the city, and firearms
were seized from them, police told PTI over the weekend. “The trio, identified as
Sanjay Thapa (33), an Indian
citizen of Nepali origin,
Arvind Chavan (32) and
Vikash Singh (33), a shooter
from Bihar, were apprehended from Kurla while
they were plotting to commit
a crime,” said Joint Police
Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy.
A revolver, a pistol and 10
live rounds were recovered
from the trio and they are
booked under sections of the
Arms Act, Roy said adding,
“The three were remanded in
police custody till May 6.”
Along with the trio, one
more shooter Santosh Singh
was also involved in the
shootout in February at the
office of Ekta Builders in
Nashik, Roy said adding “The
three will be handed over to
Nashik police soon.” Santosh
recently died in an accident
in Bihar.
On February 25, two
brothers Vikash and Santosh
had entered the office of Ekta
Builders in Nashik and shot
at two staff members, injuring them seriously, before
fleeing on a bike. The owner
of Ekta Builders had an old
conflict with Pujari, Roy said.
Thapa came to Mumbai
from Nepal in 1990s and took
up a job in a hotel in south
Mumbai, he said.
In demand, out of stock
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
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Azad Shrivastav | ADC
Most popular book stores in city have run out of copies of ‘Emperor Of All Maladies’
Dr. Mukherjee’s book will hit the newly-opened Kitab Khana in Fort by mid-May.
By Adnan Attarwala
E
ver since Dr. Siddhartha
Mukherjee’s book Emperor Of
All Maladies: A Biography Of
Cancer won the Pulitzer Prize (nonfiction category) the book, interestingly, has run out of stock in most
of the popular bookstores in the
city.
According to the storekeepers,
ever since the ambitious book by
Dr. Mukherjee, oncologist at the
Columbia University in the US, that
illustrates the outline of the
dreaded disease cancer and its
seven millions victims across the
world has won the prestigious honour, the demand among the readers has increased three-fold and is
likely to increase even more once it
hits back the market.
“The quantity, which is actually
required, is not there as it seems
that the publishers have printed
fewer books in India. Readers want
to know when the books will be
available,” commented Sunny Devarbal of Landmark bookstore.
The book that lies in the ‘health
and fitness’ section in the
store, costing Rs.499, is being reprinted by the publishers. It is believed it will hit the bookshelves
soon.
However, according to the manager of Strand bookstall P.M.
Shenvi, the book was popular
among doctors and cancer patients
when its first edition hit the stands,
but now even youngsters in the age
group of 25 are demanding it.
Strand Book has managed to sell
about 300 copies of the original
American version of the book starting September last year, while the
sale of the original copies, which
began in December last year, has
touched the 1,000 mark.
“After the news of the award and
the review of the book in all newspapers we managed to sell about
There is demand for the book even among youngsters, says an official from a bookstore.
750 books in a week. We have
highly recommended the book and
we are getting good response,” admitted Shenvi.
“The demand for the book was
always there, but ever since it has
won the award more people are
asking for it.
We’d placed an order for substantial amount of copies ever
since it was in the news,” stated
Anuja Harivallabhdas, in-house
event manager at the newlyopened Kitab Khana in Fort.
The book will hit Kitab Khana by
mid-May.
According to the staff at Oxford
Bookstore at Churchgate, about 60
books had been sold off in just one
week.
“At least 3-4 people ask for it daily
we have no option, but to tell them
to wait. Some say they wouldn’t
mind paying more,” a staff member
revealed.
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A book for all, say medicos
By Shwetha Kannan
D
r. Prasad Dandekar, consultant radiation oncologist, international oncology services, Dr.
L. H. Hiranandani Hospital, has
not read the book as yet, but definitely wants to read it. “As a doctor we get carried away with
tumour and cancer from a doctor’s perspective. We want to
know about cancer from the
other perspective, from the patient’s perspective. This will put
back the human touch in us and,
for an oncologist, is it very vital
that the human touch is present.
I feel that this book should be
read by everybody, even the pa-
tients and common people, as it
will help them know about the
process, expectations from patients and also about experiences
of other people.”
The same goes with Dr. Surendra Shastri, professor and head,
department of preventive oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and
Dr. Arun Behl, consultant oncosurgeon, Fortis Hospitals Limited. Both have not been able to
read the book, but nonetheless
are keen to read it and they also
have certain expectations from it.
“I expect to see anecdotes and
a reflection of what happens at
hospitals and in real life with regards to cancer and its treat-
ment,” said Dr. Shastri while Dr.
Behl stated, “ I want to see the
layman’s description of cancer
cell in the book.”
“I feel that people who treat
cancer patients, patients themselves and also their family
should read this book as it would
help them understand the
process,” said Dr. Shastri.
Dr. Behl, who finds this book a
novel way of representing the
disease added, “I don’t think this
book is meant only for doctors.
It has a universal appeal including the layman. Even doctors can
use something from the book
while talking to their patients.”
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Pic for representational purposes only
Better late than never
Finally, WR decides to end the menace of unwanted train DJs, disturbing fellow
commuters by playing loud music on their cellphones
By Priyal Dave
I
f you often feel like throwing off
your fellow commuter from the
train for playing songs loudly on
their cellphone – especially
raunchy number like Sheila Ki
Jawani or garish tracks like Dil Kay
Arman – making your journey miserable, here is something that will
cheer you.
Finally, taking a note of the inconvenience caused to the majority of commuters by a few headless
ones, the Western Railway (WR) administration has started making
announcements, requesting commuters to refrain themselves from
doing so.
Infuriated with fellow com-
muters playing loud music using
their handsets, several commuters
via SMSes have repeatedly complained to the administration
about the menace. Taking a cognisance of the harsh and repeated
criticism, the WR, for the past one
week has been making announcements in the trains as well as at stations, requesting commuters to
behave while commuting.
Complaining about the irritating
and apathetic attitude of such
commuters, Rishi Garg, a regular
commuter
between
BorivliChurchgate said, “On several occasion, I had to ask co-passengers to
switch off their speakers and use
handsfree. People must understand that playing loud music in
public transports/places are ill
manners. However, what is even
more irritating are the bhajan mandalis, and railways must take appropriate action against them, so
that the nuisance is curbed.”
“I was on my way to Churchgate,
when suddenly I heard an announcement requesting commuters to refrain from playing loud
music in trains being made at Marine Lines. Though the WR should
What the law says
If caught creating nuisance in
the train, the person can either
be fined Rs.500, or sentenced to
six months in jail.
have done this long ago, I am glad
that they have taken the first step,”
said a surprised Sahil Sharma.
When contacted, Sharat Chandrayan, Chief Public Relations Officer, WR said, “Creating nuisance
inside the train in punishable
under section 145 of the Railways
Act, however, often this kind of annoyance (loud music) goes unpunished. Hence, we decided to make
announcements and create awareness, so that those into the habit of
playing loud music using cellphones end it.”
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CITY
Pyarelal to perform on
stage after 20 years
By Adnan Attarwala
Pyarelal to perform live this Saturday.
To make the show special and
spectacular, more than 100 musicians will be performing live
on stage with 60 chorus singers.
Speaking about the event,
Pyarelal said, "Our entire team
has worked very hard for this
show. While doing the song selections for the show, we had
long discussions with our
singers and musicians. It was a
tough task to select the songs."
"During the preparations for
the show, I become nostalgic
and
started
remembering
the memories associated with
the creation of each song,"
he told PTI.
TODAY
Oxford Bookstore, Mumbai: The screening of a special documentary ‘War &
Peace – Jang aur Aman’ -- A journey of
peace activism in the face of global militarism and war -by Anand Patwardhan with Dolly
Thakore, Apeejay House, 3 Dinshaw
Vachha Road, near K.C. College, Churchgate, 6 p.m.
AICC Secretary Priya Dutt (MP) and
Krishna Hegde (MLA) will inaugurate the
Rajiv Gandhi Free Computer Education
Program. Over 10,000 students, children
and senior citizens have taken benefit of
the Free Computer Education Program in
the last six years at Jetvan Budha Vihar,
M.C. Chagla Road, Bamanwada Hill, Vile
Parle (East), 10.45 a.m.
ART & EXHIBITIONS
Gallery Art & Soul: ‘FREEZE’, recent
works on canvas and installations by
Roul Hemanta, 1 Madhuli, Shivsagar EsPic for representational purposes only
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Kaas plateau turning barren due to windmill construction, allege eco-warriors
P
layback singer Sonu Nigam is
all set to recreate the magic
of Mohammed Rafi's soothing
voice as he performs live next
week for veteran music director
Pyarelal of the Laxmikant-Pyarelal fame.
The concert will be held on
Saturday, May 7 at the Andheri
Sports Complex where Nigam
will present some immortal
songs of the legendary singer.
This will be Pyarelal's live show
in Mumbai after 20 years.
During his early singing days,
Nigam used to sing in the voice
of Rafi. Later, the 38-year-old developed his own style and made
his mark with it.
Along with Nigam, other
singers such as Alka Yagnik,
Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sudesh
Bhosle, Shail Hada, Vibhavari
Joshi and Shrikant Kulkarni will
mesmerise the audience with
the chart buster songs tuned by
Laxmikant-Pyarelal for many hit
films.
Withering heights
tate, Worli, till May 26, 10.30 a.m. to 7.30
p.m.
Jehangir Art Gallery: Exhibition of
paintings by Satyasewak Mukherjee, till
May 4, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Pradarshak Art Gallery: Debut Solo Exhibition of photography by Huzefa Rangwala, 100 Kalpana Bldg, Plot No 338, 12th
Road, Khar, till May 7, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Art Musings: ‘Quarto’ a group show
featuring contemporary artists Smriti
Dixit, Viveek Sharma, Ajay Dhandre,
Sharmi Chowdhary, Admirality Bldg, Colaba Cross Lane, May 20, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nehru Centre AC Gallery: Exhibition of
paintings by Ramesh Thorat, Nehru Centre, Worli, till May 9, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nehru Centre Circular Gallery: Exhibition of paintings by Radhika Joshi, Nehru
Centre, Worli, till May 9, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Artists’ Centre: Exhibition of paintings
by Satish Garud, Kala Ghoda, till May 8,
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
T
hough the ominous destruction of Kaas flower plateau
due to rampant tourism is
still gaining ground, the ongoing
dredging work near the valley is becoming a worrying factor for visiting environmentalists, who say that
the plateau is slowly turning barren
due to the construction of a windmill in the nearby area.
The activists say that the construction work for building up a
windmill is being carried out since
the past many months by a private
builder on old divided roads that
leads toward the Kaas lake and,
since the width of the road is narrow, the transportation is being
carried out on the valley, which is
resulting in the destruction of the
flowers. Located at Satara, the rare
rich biodiversity of the plateau that
stretches to eight kilometres holds
more than 400 species of wild flowers, including Smithia hirsute,
Utricularia purpurascens, snake
flowers, herbs, orchids, shrubs, insectivorous plants, etc., that bloom
in all their beauty.
“The workers are gradually chop-
The rich biodiversity of the plateau holds more than 400 species of wild flowers.
ping down the mountains while
carrying out the work and are also
destroying the beautiful valley,”
said environmentalist Paraag Shahane, who visits Kaas frequently.
He claimed that about 2-3
dumpers, which are stationed at
the site, that transport windmill’s
parts, construction material and
equipment are treading on the
plateau causing great damage to
the valley. “They have another access from Andhari village to go to
Transportation is being carried out on the valley resulting in the destruction of flowers,
say environmentalists.
the site, but they don’t use that and
instead go from the plateau. I even
inquired with a few locals, who said
to have protested but to no avail.
The transportation of the material
is being done mostly at night so
that no one can raise objections,”
Paraag stated.
On the other hand, the place is
also facing danger due to onslaught
of tourists and all the boards put up
by the forest department that mentions all rules and regulations have
been destroyed by the locals and
people who visit the area. The environmentalists
earlier
had
strongly opposed the government
plans to allow any conveniences for
tourists at the Kaas flower plateau
or declaring it as a tourism zone as
the tourists had been dumping
garbage recklessly all over the
place. There’s also a major problem
of unregulated vehicular traffic in
the area. Next week, the environmental activists will be meeting to
discuss the issue with the higher
forest authority and devise a
proper strategy on saving the valley
from destruction.
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Surviving against the current
The risky occupation of manual sand dredging prevails in Yela village, near Dombivli
By Santoshee Mishra
T
hey stay under water, risking
their lives for more than five
minutes, to take out sand. This has
been their traditional business for
generations – just to earn their bread
and butter, an entire village resorts
to manual sand dredging. The name
of the village is Yela, very close from
Dombivli in the central suburbs.
One of the villagers, Gopinath
Patil told us, “I have been doing this
manual act since the past 60 years.
Even my grandfather was engaged in
it.” Explaining how it all stared in
Yela village, Patil added, “Actually
there is no perfect data available, but
the reason it was started is crystal
clear. Our village is near Ulhas River
and farming was not enough to fulfill our daily needs.”
Manual dredging takes place at
Yela throughout the year, but according to Patil the occupation just
about enough for them to get rid of
their landlord’s loan. According to
Patil, the process of dredging is very
risky. But if one is aware of the low
and high tides, the risk is minimised.
“The villagers go on a boat called as
‘padav’. Nearly 30 of them travel on a
single boat,” added Patil.
Rajesh Motirao Patil (22) stated, “I
began four months back. Manual removal of sand is a very skillful job.
Those who have been doing it for
years know how to tackle the difficult situation, but for me it is a really
tough fight.” Explaining the procedure, he added, “A 40-feet iron rod is
put inside the river and I need to
crawl to go down. As I reach the bottom, I put down the ‘tokri’ and
gather as much sand as possible.
Two persons from the boat manage
the rod. The entire process takes five
minutes.”
Rajesh admitted, “I used to get
scared initially, but when I see the
oldest man having the courage to
fight death, my fear disappears.”
Asked about the monetary part, Rajesh revealed, “A person earns Rs.600
for three-and-a-half hours, during
which he takes out one-and-a-half
brass of sand.”
According to Rajesh, on average
10 villagers lose their lives per year.
“However, no one is ready to come
out of this as they are not educated
kand women of this village sell vegetables in Dombivli,” concluded Rajesh. While manual dredgers of Yela
earn Rs.600 per trip and the boatman earns Rs.3,000, sand is sold to
builders at Rs.12,500 per brass.
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Meet the urban farmer
By Adnan Attarwala
I
t is a well-established fact that
today’s youth binge on junk and
exotic foods available in the market, but fail to even remember the
names of the home-grown ones
which, the nutritionists say, is the
key to a good health. Who’s got the
time for the native greens, when the
fast food stall is just a block away?
But then there is Preeti Patil, a
caterer and an employee of Mumbai
Port Trust (MbPT), who in her bid to
nurture sensitivity towards organic
farming among the citizens has created Urban Leaves -- an organic
farm at the Mahim’s Maharashtra
Nature Park Society (MNPS).
For Preeti, it is a matter of concern that children are losing track of
local food, but consume exotic
foods and fruits on a regular basis,
which she says is inappropriate for
our weather. “Out of season fruits
and vegetables could be infected.
We have to increase the intake of indigenous foods like gooseberries,
tamarinds and other fruits which
are healthier,” says Patil.
GREEN & GROWING: Preeti Patil and (top) with visitors at her organic farm at the MNPS.
Police arrest ‘satta’ kingpin
By Neel Shah
L
ast week, Police personnel
from Police Commissioner’s
special squad netted a big fish of
Mumbai’s illegal betting business.
On the morning of April 25,
Jayanti was arrested from his
apartment at Raheja Complex, situated on Malad highway, revealed
a police source at Mahim police
station.
“Jayanti’s turnover per IPL
match is around Rs.10 crore,” revealed a bookie, requesting
anonymity. According to police,
Jayanti’s arrest was significant, as
it was the first time after Patnaik
formed his special squad last
month, that police were successful to arrest such a major player
within the illegal betting industry.
Police came across Jayanti’s
number, while investigating the
bookies arrested from Mahim on
April 23. “Additionally, the arrested bookies also admitted that
they were working for Jayanti,” informed Rakesh Sharma, head of
Crime Control (CB) branch of
Preeti started farming some two
years ago, when she first transformed the terrace of MbPT’s headquarters into a farm by planting
veggies and cereals, using recycled
waste from the canteen’s kitchen
that caters to about 2,000 people
everyday. “We wanted to create a
farm somewhere and since it was
inaccessible elsewhere, we started it
at the MNPS,” states Preeti, who
under the aegis of NGO Vidya
Varidhi Trust started the urban farm
to promote home gardening and
highlight the importance of organic
farming and indigenous food.
Lots of varieties are planted at the
farm by the volunteers who grow
seasoned vegetables, herbs and
fruits like banana, chikoo, pineapple, lemongrass, brinjal, drumstick,
spearmint, basil, etc. “One can grow
about 2,000 different varieties of
food at the farm. The farm is open
to all those who wants to learn the
trade and be healthy,” she added.
Every weekend, volunteers conduct workshops for children and
adults on subjects like making nutrient rich soil or ‘amrit mitti’ (dried
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An MbPT employee,
Preeti Patil, through her
initiative Urban Leaves, is
on a mission to spread
awareness about organic
farming
leaves, organic waste and soil mix)
or amrut jal (a fertilising agent
made from cow dung, cow urine,
jaggery and water), planting of
seeds and vegetables or for setting
up a balcony containing a farm
among others.
Besides the current strength of 50
members, there are students, who
according to Preeti, learn a lot from
the farm as they start organic farming in their own schools and backyards. “It’s highly productive to
grow your own food. We can have
seasoned vegetables, and by recycling waste can reduce carbon footprints. We only teach how to do it,
thus forming a network, and more
and more people join in,” explains
Preeti, adding that due to the efforts
of the volunteers, the project is
gradually becoming a movement.
“We now intend to spread urban
farming to the lower strata of society as well,” added Preeti.
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Last week, police nabbed one of Mumbai’s
illegal betting cartel’s major players
Mumbai police.
Jayanti was booked under 4(A)
and 5 of Prevention of Gambling
Act and also under Information
Technology (IT) Act. Jayanti was
released on bail, as police investigate the case further. The police
have also recovered the laptop,
mobiles and pen drives belonging
to Jayanti.
operator from past two decades
would never play on ongoing
cricket matches. Instead, he
would accept all bets in advance
i.e. before the match starts. Jayanti
was the main operator, who used
to decide rates for the matches,
which was then distributed to a
small-time operator in the cities
like Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Modus operandi
Jayanti’s background
According to the sources in the
police, Jayanti a veteran matka
Jayanti’s father Vasantji Jayanti
was a famous matka operator
from Malad area in 90’s. In the age
of 22, Jayanti entered into the profession of gambling, in which he
first started placing bets on horse
racing at Mahalakshmi race
course.
Gradually, Jayanti formed his
own gang and entered the profession of cricket betting. Jayanti’s
team of operators consists of
Ashok Malad, Ashok Royal, Sunil
Malad, Depu Sadhna, Verendra
Borivli, Vinod Z and Ghanshyam
Borivli.
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‘Chori Aur Seena Jori’
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DESPATCH & COURIER
Ponder awhile...
True happiness does not come from
getting what one likes.
Dirty street food
T
HOUSANDS of office-going folks
across the city and suburbs have
no go but to eat street food. Perhaps
they have no time or inclination to
find out whether the food they eat is
clean or not. Several unclean process
take place near the handcart which
they use.
The grinding of the masala takes
place on the pavement. There is only
one bucket of water for rinsing plates
and cups. Dirty knives and hand-cut
vegetables are never washed. They
have no access to clean tap water and
hence the same water is used for various cleaning operations. The water is
never thrown away.
If the BMC health staff is strict, citizens who depend on street food can
have a chance to get some healthy
stuff. It is clear that there is some ‘cooperation’ between the vendors and
the BMC inspectors. The encroachment department of the BMC is also
involved but it also does not seem to
be active.
A week-long drive has been going
on since Saturday to ensure clean
food is served. Any food-cart vendor
found not sticking to health end hygiene rules would be hauled up –
that’s what the BMC has said. It can be
expected that there will be some action for a week – until the drive lasts.
It is certain that some handcarts
will be seized and unauthorized vendors chased away. What may happen
is that vendors who have come to
know about the drive are likely stay
away for a while. So long as the BMC
makes no continuing efforts throughout the year to keep street-food clean,
consumers have no choice but to eat
deadly unclean, dirty food.
The health and the encroachment
department of the BMC must be
awakened from the long slumber and
made to do some honest work.
Afternoon
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T
HE ugly turn of events in the Public Accounts Committee did not come as a
surprise. The ruling combine had
given enough indications of its intentions to
subvert its functioning when a couple of
days earlier members belonging to the Congress and the DMK had created rowdy
scenes to disrupt its proceedings. The disruption was meant to ensure that the PAC
does not cross-examine the Prime Minister’s
Principal Secretary T K Nair, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar and, last but not
the least, Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati. Each of these functionaries had a case
to answer. But the command performance
by the Congress and DMK members meant
that all three got away without explaining
their respective, and most questionable,
roles in the 2-G scam.
One does not have to detail how the above
trio is implicated in the scam. Suffice it to
say that as the eyes and ears of the Prime
Minister they too were found wanting. Nair
and Chandrashekhar failed to use the available bureaucratic channels to stop Raja from
perpetrating the biggest ever scam in the
history of the country. The Attorney General
provided a very controversial opinion which
does not stand legal, yes legal, scrutiny.
Specifically, Nair and Chandrashekhar
failed to prevail on top Telecom Ministry
officials to not to do the illegal bidding of
the Minister. Like their boss, Manmohan
Singh, they too took the path of least
resistance even as Raja plundered the
national exchequer.
But the disruption of the PAC meeting to
prevent it from examining the three top
officials was a mere dress rehearsal
for what was to follow a few days later. It
was now clear that the ruling party had decided to brazen out its numerous acts of
omission and commission. Instead of feeling contrite, and submitting itself to legitimate scrutiny, the Government now seemed
hell-bent on torpedoing all moves to make
it accountable.
The rowdy manner in which the chairman
of the Public Accounts Committee, Murli
Manohar Joshi, was ejected out by an
opportunistic combine of the Congress
and the DMK with footloose political
operators from the SP and the BSP lending
it a helping hand was proof enough that
the Government was set on a collision
course with the Opposition. Buffeted by an
endless series of scandals, and unable to
shield itself against growing public anger,
the ruling party seemed to have embraced
obstructionist tactics to try and put a tight
lid on its misdoings.
In a curious misreading of the old adage
about attack being the best form of defence,
a defenceless government, devoid of any
sense of shame, implemented its crude
strategy last Thursday to stage a coup
against the Joshi-led PAC. His place was
taken by Saifuddin Soz, a Congress member
of the Rajya Sabha, who can now be relied
upon to do the bidding of the very people
who were responsible for having perpetrated the country’s biggest-ever corruption
scam in the first place. By convention, an
opposition member — and only from the
Lok Sabha — heads the PAC.
Parliamentary committees are expected to
scrutinize the work of the executive in a bipartisan manner, vetting policies, examining officials, outside experts, even ministers,
etc., in order to deliberate in depth on important matters. All reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General are presented to
the PAC for further examination. Reports of
PAC and other parliamentary committees
are presented to the two Houses for appropriate action. Consensus rather than confrontation informs the working of the PAC.
However, last Thursday, the Government
abandoned all norms and conventions, its
supporters coming to the PAC meeting only
to subvert its functioning. It was deadest to
suppress the draft report which had been
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lawfully circulated to PAC members and
which, for that reason alone, had found its
way to the media. Expectedly, the report was
critical of various worthies from the Prime
Minister down who had played a role, active
or passive, major or secondary, in making
the 2-G scam possible.
Manmohan Singh’s deviousness was
brought out when his officials requested the
A. Raja-led Telecom Ministry to `keep the
PMO at an arm’s length.’ In other words,
Singh knew that Raja was being up to no
good but so long as he did not drag the PM’s
name he could jolly well do what he wanted
to do. And that is precisely what he did, looting the exchequer, as per the CAG report, to
the tune of Rs. 1.76 lakh crores.
P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister at the
time, was as usual clever. He knew that
spectrum was scarce and, therefore, wanted
its price to be discovered through auction
but he was okay in case Raja sold it on the
cheap just once. Chidambaram did not
deem it fit to initiate action against his DMK
colleague from his home State of Tamil Nadu
who had plundered the public exchequer,
though as finance minister he was supposed
to be the guardian of the public purse.
The draft report citing file notings and
other official documents also rapped senior
functionaries in the PMO, the Attorney General, Goolam Vahanvati, and a number of
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Virendra Kapoor
others. It called for steps to recover the
losses from the private beneficiaries of the
humongous loot, thanks to a very peculiar
‘coalition dharma’ followed by the
prime minister.
After Thursday’s stage-managed coup
against Joshi, the draft report would be
rubbished by the defenders of the scamsters.
Instead, another report doing a thorough
whitewash job would be adopted by the
PAC by a majority vote, something which
all committees of parliament are expected
to avoid. But whenever the Congress Party
has found itself cornered on account of
its scandals, it has always turned
parliamentary committees into an extension
of the AICC.
This was the case in the Bofors JPC. The
Shankaranand-led JPC on Bofors did a fine
job of putting a tight lid on the scam, though
everyone, including everyone in the Congress Party, knew who the real culprits were.
And the one on the Harshad Mehta scam did
not have an unkind word to say about then
Finance Minister Manmohan Singh who,
when warned about Mehta’s misdoings,
shrugged his shoulders and told the Rajya
Sabha that “I do not lose sleep if the share
markets go up or down.” .
Now, you can trust the luminaries of the
Government to emerge unscathed from the
captive PAC. As for the JPC on the 2-G scam,
do not expect it to fix responsibility on the
perpetrators of the humongous loot. The
Congress members would ensure that it too
goes the PAC way.
After all, we have a gentleman prime
minister who does not take bribe in
money but insists on the biggest bribe
of them all, that is, the prime ministerial
gaddi, to preserve which he is ready to violate every norm, every convention. Pelting
the parliamentary democracy so very
crudely to retain power was last witnessed
in Indira Gandhi’s Emergency.
More equal than others
S
HOW me the face, I will show the law.
Whajhat Habibullah, the newly-appointed chief of the National Minorities
Commission, has been accorded the status
of a full-fledged Union Cabinet Minister. His
predecessors, including the immediate one,
Mohammed Shafi Querashi, were only given
minister of State status. Clearly, Habibullah,
the 1968 IAS officer of the J and K cadre who
had was earlier the Chief Information
Commission, is a favourite of the
UPA bosses. And had to be treated at par in
pay, perquisites and official protocol with
senior ministers.
Fallout of forged CD
W
HOEVER undertook to drag members
of the higher judiciary in the controversial CD, which seemed to target the wellknown father-and-son duo of famous
lawyers, Shanti and Prashan Bhushan, is
most likely to get into trouble. For, aside
from the fact that the Bhushans are known
to doggedly pursue their traducers, a number of Supreme Court judges are said to have
drawn the attention of Chief Justice S H Kapadia to the mischievous attempt to
obstruct the judicial process by falsely
implicating one of the judges in the
forged CD.
The CJI is said to have taken a stern note
of the obnoxious CD and is said to have initiated an independent inquiry to pinpoint
the real culprit. Of course, the needle of suspicion is firmly pointed towards the political
orphan who has been desperately reminding the Congress leadership of his existence
by gratuitously indulging in such dirty tricks.
Meanwhile, the loudmouth lawyer
who had challenged the allotment of
the NOIDA farmhouses by the Mayawati
Government on the ground that he had not
been allotted a better located one has become a subject of much ridicule in legal circles. While he went to town about his court
case against the poor location, he failed to
inform the media that the case had been
dismissed by the Allahabad High Court. He
made it out as if the case was still under the
court’s consideration.
It may be recalled that the said lawyer
had become a law officer of the government
in UPA-I as part of an underhand arrangement which allowed Lalu Yadav to go
scot free in the disproportionate assets
case. In UPA-II, he was not considered for
such an appointment.
Cricketers for money
T
HE more, the better. Within minutes of
India winning the World Cup, the BCCI
announced a special payment of Rs one
crore to every member of the team. Apparently, this was not good enough for our
poor-rich cricketers. So, they successfully
represented for the amount to be doubled.
Notably, both Dhoni and Tendulkar, who
rake in big bucks from endorsement fees for
various products and services, took the lead
in pressing for the higher amount.
Now, Dhoni and Tendulkar are not the
only ones to think that cricket is a gravy
train. Even former cricketers are out to milk
it for what they can. That would explain why
the former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali
Khan, has dragged the BCCI to court claiming that Rs. one crore was his fees as a member of the IPL council meetings. Pataudi
attended in all four meetings of the IPL
council. Even former American presidents
do not charge that kind of money as appearance or speaking fees. This is not all. Sunil
Gavaskar has told the BCCI that he should
be paid Rs five crore per annum for joining
the IPL governing council!
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Blown out of proportion
WITH reference to the article by
Tavleen Singh (Jaitapur row: A
misguided protest and a meaningless tragedy, ADC, Apr 21). It
is satisfying to know that our
sentiments and our views have
been published in the article.
There is no protest against the
Jaitapur project by the people.
The Shiv Sena and a few so
called NGO’s have spreading
negative and false informationdevoid of any scientific backing,
amongst the villagers of Jaitapur.
The newspapers are publishing
the same false information. The
chief officer of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project, Jain is also
not responding to these false
and baseless rumors or dismissing them. His silence is proving
to be a negative publicity.
It is important to note that
none of the villagers are losing
their cultivable land because of
the said project. The land acquired by the Government is
barren, uncultivable land. The
Atomic Energy Commission has
taken into consideration the
minimal amount of pollution
which may be caused due to the
project.
It is only due to the rivalry be-
should falter to take severe action
against the culprits. The civil and
police administrations should be
suitably sensitised and humanised.
It will be pertinent if a helpline is
established and advertised. The
teachers, both male and female,
should do their best to instill systematic temper among the students. Religious leaders should
cleanse religions of obsolete rituals
and superstitions. The women
should be authorised through free
quality education and proper job
opportunities and further should
be helped to become professionals.
— K.V. Raman, Malad (W)
Review the agenda
UNWANTED HULLABALOO: It’s only the Shiv Sena and a few other NGOs who
are against the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
tween Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Industrial Minister, Narayan
Rane that the Shiv Sena opposing the JNPP.
Kokan Vikas Aghadi in its 31st
conference held at Raipatan, Rajapur has registered its support
to the JNPP. With this project,
India will become a super power,
and this is not going down well
with some nations, who in turn
are providing financial support
to the so-called NGOs for
protesting against JNPP. It is im-
portant to note that for the past
more than 75 years, many oil/
gas stations are functioning in
Chembur, though being highly
dangerous and explosive, they
are smoothly functioning and no
one has said a word against it. It
would be in the best interests of
everybody if Shiv Sena studied
the nuances of the JNPP more
closely and scientifically, and
then made a hue and cry.
Are women safe?
Gender predisposition
SO the BCCI has quietly chosen
Duncan Fletcher of Zimbabwe as
the coach for Team India and it is
claimed that he is ‘the best available coach’, even if he may not be
the best at the job. If one looks at
his track record, it is clear that his
successful stint with the English
cricket team for some eight years
from 1999 to 2007, during which
period he helped it to regain the
Ashes from the Australians in 2005
THE railway police are worried. In
the last two months, three women’s
bodies have been found on railway
premises in the last one and half
months. trains have been a ‘safe’
place to dispose off bodies. Time
and again, such incidents have
been reported in the news and no
serious step is taken to curb them.
The image of the city is in doldrums due to frequent murders in
the heart of the city and to add salt
to the injury, murder incidents in
the Railway premises clearly gives
the impression that the image of
the city is going from bad to worse.
It is time to protect women. Unless the culprits are brought to
books with speedy steps, the position will go out of hand in the
Metro. Go all out and bring the culprits to book to make things move
at a faster pace and give the women
commuters the confidence to
travel by Railways fearlessly.
HARYANA has become infamous
owing to the inhuman mindset of
certain doctrinaire sections of the
society towards their own womenfolk. In name of ‘honour’ they go to
the degree of killing their daughters
and sons devoid of any clemency. It
is high time that political parties,
media, intelligentsia, social organisations, activists and other rightthinking people come to the fore
and take a tough stand against
these socially regressive forces.
The state government, without
indulging into any ‘vote-politics’
Cleaning drive
after a gap of 16 years, has weighed
in his favour though he is already
62 and had not played many Tests.
To his credit, it is being said that he
is known for his analytical skills
and is a no-nonsense toughie. The
English team had reached the nadir
in international cricket when he
took over as its coach and in contrast he has Team India which is at
its zenith now. It should, therefore,
be a lot easier for him to help the
team to maintain its record and be
at the top for a long time. One
hopes that he will conduct himself
with the Team India like Gary
Kirsten and not his Australian
predecessor who specialized in
rubbing players at the wrong ends.
— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Dombivli (E)
— K.V. Satyamurty, Juhu
CAKEWALK: Kapil Sibal rightly wants to
renew the telecom policy, which should be
an easy task for him
is commonly owned but scarce, a
transparent mechanism must be
devised to let phone companies
pay the appropriate price to the
Government for the slices they use.
Wedding gifts!
— C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada
IT is really very heartening and
even encouraging to see pani-puri
wallahs wearing head caps, gloves
and serving pani-puri in paper
plates!
Surely the consumer resistance
in Mumbai has achieved a great
impact. But why single out panipuri stalls alone?
There are thousands of
vada pav, bhelpuri and LETTER OF
sandwich shops which THE DAY
must be strictly supervised and asked to fall in line with
pani-puri stall discipline in hygiene
and sanitation.
Once all street side food vendors
follow this culture of hygiene and
sanitation, precious lives will be
saved as most of the office going
poorer sections and school children depend on these vendors for
their mid-day meals and snacks.
IT is hardly surprising that postscam, Telecommunications Minister, Kapil Sibal wants to draft a new
telecom policy to replace the one
that was set 12 years ago. Sibal does
not face some of the challenges
NTP faced, especially the challenge
of increasing the tele-density in the
country. The industry has over delivered on targets, with 154 phones
today for 100 people in urban areas
and 30 phones (against a target of
four) for every 100 people in rural
India.
Drafting a new policy is not the
ultimate solution and the problem
is not solved fully. Since spectrum
— Mohan Keluskar,
President, Kokan Vikas Aghadi
Welcome Fletcher!
NEW PINCH: Team India is ruling the
cricket world currently and hopefully, the
new coach, Duncan Fletcher will take it to
new levels
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GENEROUS: Kripashankar Singh
surely has lots of good friends and loyal
followers who gifted him crores of
rupees as wedding gifts to his son!
ADDITIONAL Solicitor-General
D.J. Khambatta deserves the
highest civilian award for his invention that the wealth of Kripashankar Singh running into
crores of rupees is mostly received as gifts during son’s wedding. It is utterly fallacious that
such a colossal sum was given
as gifts, and if it is really so, the
layman would like to know as to
what is the ‘quid pro quo’ between the donors and the honorable top boss of Mumbai
Congress.
Justice Karnik’s observation
that in weddings generally expenses are more and whether
they were reported in the IT return is a telling commentary on
the absurdity of the justification
of the wealth accumulated.
It is ridiculous on the part of
Kripashankar Singh for feeding
his counsel that wealth
amassed by unscrupulous
methods as amount received as
gifts during wedding.
— K.R.P. Gupta, Mumbai
THIS has reference to your article ‘Don’t wait for orders, says
HC’ (ADC, Apr 29).
So Kripashankar Singh and
his family members have allegedly amassed a huge amount
of wealth by unethical means.
So what else is new? Actually,
That was the issue that trapped A.
Raja; let not his successors also trip
on it. Renewing the telecom
agenda is a right step in the right
direction.
— Jayanthy Subramaniam, Sanpada
Happy ever after…
BRITAIN’S future King now has a
bride and congratulations to
Prince William and Kate Middleton
for their wedding and entering the
history books of the Royals.
The wedding of the century reminded us of the last century wedding of Prince Charles and Diana,
which unfortunately ended in controversy and the tragic death of
Diana. Kate Middleton is as beautiful as her late Mother-in-law and
is the toast of the world today.
William and Kate make a beautiful
couple and here is wishing the
royal couple lots of happiness and
marital bliss in the coming years.
— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon(W)
Arms drop
THE disclosure by Kim Davy and
Peter Bleach is a shocker. It is tragic
that two governments, Britain and
India, have apparently followed
undemocratic ways regarding the
arms drop. There are a lot of questions that have to be answered by
the Indian government regarding
the escape of Kim Davy. With regard to Bleach’s observation, the
jail conditions and the plight of the
prisoners in Indian prisons require
serious overhauling. After 64 years
of independence, we are still backward in prison reforms. Prisoners
languish for years without a fair
trial. The disclosures indicate the
massive corrupt practices that have
percolated Indian democracy. The
Centre has to come out with the
truth
even
if
it
is
embarrassing. Blame-game should
not be resorted to. The Congress is
blaming the BJP regarding release
of Peter Bleach in 2004. But the
Congress refuses to clarify the arms
drop in 1995. With such an irresponsible attitude, the country
seems to be heading for chaos.
— Harischandra Parshuram, Juhu
the story is newsworthy, but not
for the obvious reasons. As recently as six months ago, Singh
would have greeted the news of
his interrogation by the investigation with irritation and perhaps mild amusement. After all,
politicians and bureaucrats demanding illegal gratification
from corporate bigwigs for quid
pro quo, was par for the course.
Moreover, his political brethren
had routinely been caught in financial irregularities and had
escaped with nothing more serious than a temporary suspension.
Things are different now,
however. The fact that powerful
politicians like A. Raja and
Suresh Kalmadi have actually
been arrested and put behind
bars has very badly shaken up
our political class. Singh must
be a deeply worried man; and
busy compiling a list of scapegoats he can pass the buck to.
And of course, most of his illgotten wealth will soon disappear into so
many benami accounts that it
will be a Herculean task for the
authorities to locate them and
conclusively link them to Singh.
— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba
`26 lakh cr mega coal scam
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NOTES FROM NEW DELHI
By Sidhartha Rai
I
F the 2G Spectrum scam took
you by surprise, what ‘Chauthi Duniya’ is going to reveal,
will sweep the ground under
your feet; you are about to feel
giddy as you keep reading.
‘Chauthi Duniya’ is going to reveal the mother and father of all
scams in the history of India. In
the name of captive coal block
allotment the country has been
robbed of Rs 26 lakh crore. And
most stupendous fact is that it
did not just happen under the
Prime-ministership of Manmohan Singh, it happened in his
very own ministry. This, ladies
and gentlemen, is the Coal Scam.
Coal is called black gold and
black diamond but this natural
national resource of India has
been gifted away for free by this
government to its favourite corporate houses and middlemen
who are so dear to it. Let us see
how the biggest ever loot in Indian history take place.
Indira Gandhi had in 1973 nationalised coal. This had ended
the black marketeering of coal
and coal had become available
at government notified rates all
over the country. But Manmohan Singh has opened the coal
coffers to private players thus
harming the cause espoused
above.
It was a minister who did the
2G scam. The PM was not even
aware of it. Adarsh and Commonwealth loot too were others’
mire. But who will now take the
fall for the Mega Scam in Coal
while he was the Coal Minister?
The public would surely want to
know this from him.
This scam is registered in government files themselves and the
figures therein are shouting from
the rooftops that the swindlers
have had the biggest day yet.
This is the tale of 2006-2007
when Shibu Soren was in jail and
the Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh was holding the coal ministry. In this period Dasi Narayan
and Santosh Bagdodiya were
ministers of state for coal. It was
under the Prime minister that
the coal ministry gave out the
maximum number of captive
coal blocks free of cost. The most
glaring and blatant fact is that
the coal mines were given out
free at the lower than nominal
cost of Rs. 100 royalty per ton of
coal that would be extracted. It
was done at a time when the
market price of coal was over Rs.
2000 per ton.
When this issue was brought
to the notice of the Parliament,
the government ignominiously
declared that it would not allocate coal blocks further without
amending the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957, which would bring
in the clauses pertaining to open
bidding process. Also, again
when the Bill was moved in the
Rajya Sabha it was agreed that no
further allocation of coal blocks
would be undertaken unless
both the houses passed the Bill
into an Act. Though it was
passed in the Rajya Sabha, it was
deliberately stalled in the Lok
Sabha for four years, and it could
become an Act only in 2010. In
the meanwhile the government
in the most sinister manner,
breached its promise to the Parliament and the allocation of free
coal blocks continued surreptitiously. Actually, there was a deep
conspiracy behind this ploy to
keep the Bill pending in the Lok
Sabha. The amendment to the
Bill unambiguously envisaged
that from the date of its passage,
allocation of mines or minerals
would be brought under the umbrella ambit of a fair open bidding process. Thus, had the Bill
not been kept hanging in a lurch,
the government would not have
been able to propitiate its
favourite private companies.
Thus, in this period coal blocks
to the tune of proven reserves of
21.69 billion tons was given away
free to private companies and
also middlemen.
The Prime minister Manmohan Singh was the coal minister
during this period and all this
bungling and embezzlement
happened under his very nose,
maximum number of blocks
were squandered under him
only. Manmohan Singh gave
away 63 blocks for free. But why
did he do so? During these four
years (2006-2010) almost 175
blocks were gifted to brokers and
capitalists of different shades.
Actually apparently, the magnitude and the seriousness of the
matter and scam do not catch
the eye so ‘Chauthi Duniya’ decided to estimate the monetary
loss inflicted upon the exchequer
because of this government
largesse.
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
DILLI KA BABU
In Nitish’s footsteps
BIHAR chief minister Nitish Kumar’s radical
approach towards curbing corruption in
government has evidently found many
admirers. When the Nitish government passed
a bill in 2009 which empowered it to
confiscate personal properties of tainted
bureaucrats, it was widely welcomed. That
Nitish ensured that the law was also
implemented has won him accolades and his
re-election as chief minister.
Now the Madhya Pradesh
government has passed a
similar bill, which gives it
absolute powers to
appropriate properties of
babus who aggregate
wealth through corrupt
means. The new Special Courts Bill 2011 will
ensure expeditious disposition of corruption
cases against government officers ranging
from the village patwari to the chief secretary
in specially accredited courts. The
government’s concern over rising corruption in
the state is obvious.
A ‘topless’ tale
SEVERAL weeks ago (Dilli Ka Babu, Feb 13,
2011) this column had pointed out the delay in
filling the CMD’s position at the Punjab & Sind
Bank. Now more than nine months since the
post fell vacant, the Prime Minister’s Office
and finance ministry continue to be at
loggerheads, unable to decide whether to
abide by or ignore the tradition of appointing a
Sikh banker. But this is not the only
appointment which is hanging fire. According
to sources, there are a number of high-level
banking vacancies that need to be filled, even
as the files continue to shuttle from one
ministry to the other. Sources point out that it
took more than nine months before Sushil
Mahnot was named the new CMD of Small
Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi).
The situation, we learn, is no different at
Nabard, where despite conducting a stream of
interviews with candidates since last year, the
government has yet to make up its mind.
Anna is Simply Anna Hazare Tensions in Ivory Coast
Dr. Manish Kumar
new face of activism and
recharged politicization. But it
seems to be tested as to how long
the youth is ready to go that extra
mile with Anna. It now seems
feasible that a Lokpal Bill will get
enacted in the Parliament but
will it put paid to corruption?
The battle may be won, the war
is protracted. Interestingly, a
movement of 4 days is being pre-
N the sidelines of Anna Hazare’s movement to root out
corruption from the body politic
of India, the youth was found
saying that they have not seen
Gandhi or Jayprakash Narayan
and that Anna is their Gandhi
and he is their JP. These are indubitably welcome signs of repoliticisation of the urban youth
that has lent the greatest deal of
support to Anna’s movement. In
the aftermath of introduction of
neo-liberal economic system in
the country, successive governments have tried to bulldoze the
youth with strong administrations of purely consumption
based ethics. Now that the ministrations of inactivity and recession from mainstream, as
planned by the political parties,
which though have youth wings
but have clipped their wings,
seem to have lost their virility the
urban youth has represented a
sented as a full-fledged revolution.
It has become almost customary now to liken Anna with JP.
Well, Anna must be credited for
infusing a spirit of activism in a
youth that was almost in deep
slumber. So people see Anna’s
Jantar Mantar gathering as a reminder of the JP movement. Also
Anna has given vent to the pub-
O
lic anger over the spate of scams
unearthed successively, almost
at an overwhelming rate. But the
comparison with JP ends there.
The difference with JP is like the
vast expanse of air between
earth and sky. JP was an original
political and social thinker and
philosopher. Anna is just an activist. Anna and his civil society
allies have limited objective. Of
getting a strong Lokpal Bill
passed, while JP aimed for total
revolution.
The most striking difference is
that while Anna himself may be
called the originator of this
movement JP did nothing like
that. Anna sat on hunger strike
and the media and interment
coverage and connectivity gave
the movement its steam. JP on
the other hand was the unanimous choice of the students who
were already agitated and once
he took the invitation and decided to lead the movement the
very nature of the movement
took a radical turn and became
the biggest mass agitation in independent India. JP admitted to
be the leader as he thought that
the govt had failed to insure the
interests of the poor masses. He
was not only supported by urban
educated youth but also by the
rural peasantry, working and
toiling classes of India.
By Rajeev Ranjan Tiwari
M
ILITIAMEN loyal to Alassane
Ouattara are roaming with
heavy weapons in Abidjan, UN helicopters have attacked President
Laurent Ghagbo’s forces in Ivory
Coast. In the elections last Novem-
ber both the incumbent Laurent
Gbagbo and the challenger Alassane
Ouattara declared victory in a tight
election.
The sequel of incidents led to tension and farrago in Ivory Coast.
Later the election commission de-
clared Alassane Ouattara the winner. United Nations (UNO) also accepted his victory while Gbagbo was
not ready to leave the post. The continuous struggle between the two
has claimed thousands of lives.
Ban Ki Moon expressed his apprehensions as the news broke out that
around 800 people were killed in a
town of Ivory Coast. The workers of
UNO recovered hundreds of dead
bodies. The officials of military force
of Alassane Ouattara reported the
death of 160 people in the city. According to UNO, firing took place
near Presidential Palace that was in
control of Gbagbo.
One major reason of clash was,
the Central Bank of Ivory Coast supported Ouattara giving him control
over state reserves previously governed by Gbagbo. Indeed, it was
seen as political and financial pressure to oust Gbagbo from his post.
Significantly, the independent Election Commision declared Alassane
Ouattara as the winner. His victory
was supported by United Nations
too. On the contrary, Ivory Coast
Constitutional
Council
stood
against Ouattara’s victory.
Many big leaders including
Nicholas Sarkozy appealed Gbagbo
to leave the post. Most of the people
who left the country were pro-Alassane Ouattara.
Good Times Ahead For Cement Sector,
But Stocks Prices Still
Not Attractive
pg14 Gold and silver continue to remain strong
pg15 Indian MF’s Gold Rush
pg16 Start your tax planning now
pg19 Technical Analysis: Downtrend Could Continue…
MUMBAI | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
While the cement sector had passed through a rough phase in
the past several years, it appears that the sector is on the
upswing and its prospects could be good in FY12. Yet, most
analysts feel that ‘technically looking at the market, cement
shares may be avoided for investment for the time being’
reports Manik K. Malakar
C
ement is a vital part of the Indian economic scenario. Not only is it a part
of the ‘Core Sector’ that is a priority for the government, but cement companies like ACC, Ambuja Cements, India Cements etc. are also a vital
component of the equity market indices. And while the cement sector
had passed through a rough phase in the past several years, it appears that
cement is on the upswing in Q4 FY11 and prospects could be good in FY12.
“We expect cement players to report a sharp improvement Quarter-onQuarter in profits due to higher cement prices, volume and the positive
impact of operating leverages,” say Ravindra Deshpande and Ravi Sodah,
analysts with Elara Capital. “Cement demand showed initial signs of
picking up over February and March 2011,” say Jinesh Gandhi of Motilal
Oswal. However, some feel that Volume growth for the sector is likely to
be modest due to unavailability of sand, political uncertainty in AP, as
well as projects that involve Japanese technical and financial assistance
are facing problems, according to inputs from Elara.
Within the sector, companies that operate in the North are expected to
post a higher profitability, due to a significant hike in prices in that
region. Such companies would include Shree Cement and JK Lakshmi.
Capacity utilisation or the lack thereof will be a major factor for the
industry. Capacity utilisation in the Q4 FY11 period is expected to be
Continued on pg 14 «
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« BULLION
PRITHVIRAJ
KOTHARI
Managing director,
RSBL and current
president Bombay
Bullion
Association, (BBA)
Gold and silver continue
to remain strong
T
he word Akshaya in Akshaya Tritiya is
actually a Sanskrit word that means
“one that does not diminish ever.” It is
a firm belief of people that this day endows
all success and luck in the life of people
One special thing about this festival
Akshaya Tritiya is that people believe that
on this day; what ever thing they purchase;
that item shall be replenished. Thus, It is
due to this reason that people buy gold, silver etc on this day and that the Goddess
Laxmi is worshipped.
India, the world's largest consumer of the
yellow metal, will celebrate Akshaya Tritiya
on May 6, a day when demand for bullion
tends to go up.
Traders continue to stock silver for the
festival and wedding season.
After Dhanteras, we find the highest
sales of Gold and Silver coins on Akshaya
Tritiya. Also, since we have one of the
largest variety (per se of shapes and purity), the demand for our coins is high.
In India the traditionally big buyers of
gold for religious reasons are being put off
by higher gold prices. Instead Indian bullion
merchants report a switch to silver.
Silver has always been ‘poor man’s gold’.
But this time the poor might be getting a
better deal than the rich. The long-term
average silver-to-gold price ratio is 15 while
in the present market it is over 60; the
potential for silver prices to quadruple is
there, and way outperform the gold price to
the upside.
With Bullion sparkling like never before,
India is bracing for an onslaught of investment rush in the coming festive season.
International spot gold prices broke
through $1,500 for the first time and silver
hit a 31-year high, supported by a weak dollar and concerns over a sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone.
As gold and silver increasingly become
treated as money again, by financial markets, then this old ratio can be expected to
reassert itself. Silver has long been
neglected because everybody could afford
gold. Now that is changing and the price of
silver will go up because rising demand is
not matched by sufficient immediate supply.
Gold prices recovered partially on
Wednesday afternoon following firm overseas markets, though a stronger rupee
kept the upside in prices limited, and
traders continued to stock up for an
upcoming festival slated this week
The next mile stone for Gold will be the
1550 dollars level, followed by 1600 dollars and only a big change in the dollar
direction seems to be able to halt this
trend. Silver might want to take the ominous 50 dollar level out, after which people
might start talking of 60, 70 or even 100
dollars, as this strike has been asked in the
brokers a few times now. It all sounds so
simple, but it’s probable not.
Good Times Ahead For Cement Sector,
But Stocks Prices Still Not Attractive
Continued from pg 13 «
approximately 80%, vis-à-vis approximately
72% in the Q3 FY11 period. Going forward
too, the cement sector is likely to be plagued
by overcapacity till the end of 2011, according to analysis by Motilal Oswal.
But, there are several extraneous factors
that will affect margins for the cement sector
in FY12. “Besides inflation and the monsoons, the important factor is that of coal
prices during the year,” says K Jayaraman –
Consultant and Equity research advisor,
Bonanza Portfolio. Coal prices are on the
upswing for both domestic as well as imported coal. “Further increase in coal price
would affect the prices of cement marginally,” says Jayaraman. Also, due to slack
demand, the increase in coal prices may not
be able to be passed on to the consumer
fully. Other input costs like power, fuel etc.
could also increase during the year, according to inputs from Bonanza.
For any commodity, price is vital and
cement is no exception. From a low in
December 2010, prices have started to
recover in the Q4 FY11 period. Prices recovered on an average of Rs. 13 to Rs. 15 per
bag of cement at a national level. While
prices improved across the country, the price
hike was noticeable in the Northern Central
and Eastern regions. “The price recovery was
driven largely by production discipline and
recovery in demand,” says Gandhi.
And it is this production discipline that is
leading to better realisations for the sector.
“Production discipline leads to sharp price
hikes across regions; prices in most regions
are at last year’s peak or at all-time high levels,” say Prasad Baji and Navin Sahadeo of
Edelweiss in a note on the sector.
In fact analysts are surprised by the production discipline that has been shown by
the industry to date. There are reasons for
this. First, the low EBIDTA per tonne (in Q2
and Q3 FY11) as well as the benefits that
production cuts brought in Q4 would lead to
production discipline.
Thus in March 2011, the average prices of
cement were approximately Rs. 256 per bag
(one bag of cement is usually of 50 kilograms). After hitting a high in that month,
prices have corrected across the country with
the exception of the Southern region, according to a survey by Edelweiss.
In the Northern region prices have corrected by Rs. 5 to Rs. 13 per bag and dealers
expect a further correction in prices. In the
East prices have also corrected by Rs. 5 to
Rs. 13 per bag and further pressure is
expected. ‘Demand is expected to remain low
in West Bengal on account of state assembly
elections in April–May 2011,’ was the input
If results of a survey are an indication, then
there are good times ahead for the cement
sector in FY12, and at least confidence is there
for the sector. Typical drivers for cement
demand like capital and infrastructure
spending are expected to be intact in FY12.
“While cement manufacturers expect demand
condition to be robust, their profit expectations
remains muted,” says Sanketh Arouje, leader of
the Economic Analysis Group at Dun &
Bradstreet India. A majority of respondents of a
survey carried out by them, expect capital
spending to increase. D&B’s Sectoral Outlook
Report is a survey based analysis to highlight
the key issues and concerns prevalent amongst
the corporates regarding their outlook of the
business environment in FY12. Major growth
drivers for the sector in the year will be
spending on infrastructure and growing
demand for housing.
from Edelweiss.
In the South demand is sluggish and is
expected to be subdued. While prices have
been flat in Bangalore and Madras they have
increased by Rs. 5 per bag in Hyderabad.
And finally in the West, prices are under
pressure in Maharashtra and in Gujarat.
Analysts have also pegged that demand in
FY12 will be better than in FY11 due to the
low base effect. To highlight this point analysts mention that in an average year cement
demand grows at approximately 1.25% of the
GDP. In FY11 it was just 0.6 times GDP
growth.
“For FY-12 there would be a marginal surplus in the first half that may be offset during
the second half of the year” says Jayaraman.
Depending on the government’s expenditure
on infrastructure, demand could improve during the second half of the year, he continued.
However, analysts are divided as to how
the sector will fare in FY12. “We believe the
worst is behind us and expect gradual
improvement in operating performance,” says
Motilal Oswal’s Jinesh Gandhi. He expects
that cement prices will be buoyant at least till
the second quarter of FY12.
“However, valuations for all stocks, at
revised earning estimates, are not compelling,” say Edelweiss’ Baji and Sahadeo.
“Cement as a sector is not so fancied by
investors,” says Jayaraman. Prices of companies that are part of the cement sector have
been on the upswing in the last two years.
“The leaders of the industry like ACC, Ambuja
Cement and Ultra tech have more than doubled in their stock price in the last 18 to 24
months,” he continued. “Technically looking
at the market, cement shares may be avoided for investment for the time being,” concludes Jayaraman.
If results of a survey are an indication,
then there are good times ahead for the
cement sector in FY12, and at least confidence is there for the sector. Typical drivers
for cement demand like capital and infrastructure spending are expected to be intact
in FY12.
“While cement manufacturers expect
demand condition to be robust, their profit
expectations remains muted,” says Sanketh
Arouje, leader of the Economic Analysis
Group at Dun & Bradstreet India. A majority
of respondents of a survey carried out by
them, expect capital spending to increase.
D&B’s Sectoral Outlook Report is a survey
based analysis to highlight the key issues and
concerns prevalent amongst the corporates
regarding their outlook of the business environment in FY12. Major growth drivers for the
sector in the year will be spending on infrastructure and growing demand for housing.
« BANKING
Dena Bank Seeks To Increase Deposit Base
By A Business Reporter
Garnering of resources, in the form of
deposits, is an important priority for the
banking sector in India and PSU Bank Dena
Bank also seeks to increase fund with the
bank in the form of deposits.
The bank is thus seeking to increase CASA
(Current and Saving Account) deposits that
are with the bank.
The bank will continue to make intense
effort of increasing the CASA through targeting high value customers and by increasing
the clientele base by 20%, says Dena bank
Chairman and Managing Director D.L. Rawal.
The bank has posted some good numbers for
the quarter ended March 2011. Operating
profit for the quarter ended March 2011
stood at Rs. 343.12 crore, a growth of
22.49% from Rs. 280.13 crore in the same
period ending march 2010.
Similarly, Net Interest Income for the quarter ended March 2011 stood at Rs. 471.19
crore a 44.49% increase from Rs. 326.11
crore in the same period ended March 2010.
Net Interest Income is the difference
between the revenues generated by a bank
(loans, mortgages etc) and the amount that
is paid out as liabilities (deposits etc).
Total CASA funds stood at Rs. 22,743 crore
(March 11) a growth of 24.15%. “We feel that
interest rates have peaked,” said Rawal when
queried if he felt that there was a possibility
that interest rates on deposits could go up
this year. Rawal noted that there may some
slight correction in rates depending upon the
RBI actions (in increasing/decreasing
Repo/Reverse Repo thus impacting liquidity
in the market).
CASA accounts total 35% of deposits with
the bank. “The bank will continue to make
intense effort of increasing the CASA through
targeting high value customers and by
increasing the clientele bas by 20%,” said
sources in the bank.
The gross NPA (Non Performing Asset)
stood at Rs. 842.24 crore for the March quarter, a marginal increase from Rs. 803.29
crore in the previous quarter. “There has
been some pressure on textile accounts, educational institutes and pharma companies,”
said Rawal. Overall however the bank expects
that the quality of assets will improve.
15
Indian MF’s gold rush
Mutual Funds
M
By Anand Birai
utual funds in India seem to be
jumping on the bandwagon of
shining metal rush on the commodities’ market. When existing
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are spinning
positive returns for investors, Asset
Management Companies (AMCs) are queuing up with new funds based on gold ETF.
More than half-a-dozen AMCs are planning
to come up with the funds and a couple of
funds are set to be launched.
The popularity of ETFs has been growing
worldwide in the past two years. When the
Assets Under Management (AUM) of fund
houses were shrinking in the last financial
year ending March 31, 2011, among most
of the categories, the AUM in funds and
schemes backed by gold doubled.
The investors moved to ETFs also
because they found investing into it cheaper and more convenient as through floated
my mutual funds are bought or sold on the
stock exchanges like shares without.
As on March 31, 2011, number of folios
under ETFs grew 130 per cent to 4.22 lakh
units which included gold funds. Moreover,
the assets expanded 170 per cent to Rs
6,916 crore. The net inflows in gold ETF for
the last financial year stood at Rs 2,250
crore with an increase of 180 per cent.
Merely 10 gold exchange traded funds registered a growth of 176 per cent to Rs
4,400 crore from Rs 1,590 crore a year ago.
About four years ago, there was only one
gold ETF in India with AUM of Rs 96 crore.
However, the penetration of ETFs is relatively very low in the Indian MF market as it
comprises of only 1.2 per cent of total AUM.
The ETFs, in developed markets, contribute
a share of over 60 per cent of total AUM.
The ETFs are gaining rapidly in India due
Non-equity schemes (In 2011)
HDFC Gold Fund
DSP BlackRock New Energy Fund
DSP Black Rock Latin America Fund
DsP Black Rock World Agriculture Fund
Religare Gold Fund
Axis Gold Fund
Franklin Templeton US opportunities Fund
to inherent advantages. They are convenient to buy and sell compared to physical
gold and involves lesser transaction cost.
In the past month alone, at least five
fund houses approached the market regulator, Securities & Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to launch funds based on ETFs
including three gold-based ETFs.
Two AMCs including, Quantum Mutual
Fund and HDFC MF are already out with
gold ETFs. The country's first gold savings
fund, Reliance Gold fund which opened for
subscription on February 14 and closed on
February 28 generated Rs 4000 crore. The
analysts believe that it was a record for any
New Fund Offer (NFO) in the recent past to
receive 2 lakh applications. Kotak
Mahindra Asset Management Company
also launched its latest fund-of-fund named
‘Kotak Gold Fund’.
MF UPDATE
Sahara MF announces dividend under
Sahara Banking and Financial Services
Sahara announced a dividend under the
Sahara Banking & Financial Services Fund,
on the face value of Rs 10 per unit. The
quantum of dividend for distribution will be
Rs 2.50 per unit. The record date for divi-
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METLIFE MET PROTECT
TOP PERFORMING MF SCHEMES IN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS FOR 1 YEAR
Scheme Name
Nature
ICICI Prudential Focused
ICICI Prudential SMART F
HDFC Balanced Fund - Gro
HDFC MIP - LTP - Growth
Escorts Liquid Plan - Gr
HDFC Long Term Advantage
SBI Gold ETS
ETF
Religare Gilt Fund - Lon
HDFC Index Fund - Sensex
1M%
Equity
Debt
Balanced
MIP
Liquid
ELSS
6.54
Gilt
Index
6M%
2.89
5.13
1.69
0.8
5.17
14.17
0.27
2.6
1Y%
-0.74
5.58
-0.92
1.57
4.87
-4.17
28.95
2.01
-2.99
3Y%
20.46
15.32
17.79
8.55
8.16
17.72
13.61
14.48
16.19
12.45
7.83
11.59
5.5
9.44
*Note:- Returns calculated for less than 1 year are Absolute returns and returns calculated for
more than 1 year are compounded annualized. NAV as on April 28, 2011
dend distribution is 29th April 2011.
Sahara Banking & Financial Services Fund
is an open ended sectoral growth fund with
an investment objective to provide long
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Axis Mutual Fund announces dividend
under Axis Income Saver Fund
Axis Mutual Fund has declared dividend
under Axis Income Saver Fund, on the face
Scheme Date of filing
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dividend for distribution will be Rs. 0.10 per
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Edelweiss Mutual Fund announces dividend
under Edelweiss Absolute Return Fund
Edelweiss Mutual Fund has declared dividend under Edelweiss Absolute Return
Name
Birla Sun Life Gold ETF (G)
HSBC Brazil Fund (D)
HSBC Brazil Fund (G)
ING OFPF - Aggressive Plan (D)
ING OFPF - Aggressive Plan (G)
ING OFPF - Cautious Plan (D)
ING OFPF - Cautious Plan (G)
ING OFPF - Conservative Plan (D)
ING OFPF - Conservative Plan (G)
ING OFPF - Prudent Plan (D)
ING OFPF - Prudent Plan (G)
Quantum Gold Savings Fund
Fund, on the face value of Rs 10 per unit.
The quantum of dividend for distribution
will be Rs 0.18 per unit. Edelweiss Absolute
Return Fund is an open ended equity
scheme with an investment objective to
generate absolute returns with low volatility
over a longer tenure of time.
UTI Mutual Fund announces dividend under
UTI Opportunities Fund
UTI Mutual Fund has declared dividend
under UTI Opportunities Fund, on the face
value of Rs. 10 per unit. The quantum of
dividend for distribution is Rs 0.80 per unit.
UTI Opportunities Fund is an open ended
equity oriented scheme which has an
investment objective to generate capital
appreciation and/or income distribution by
investing in equity shares and equity related instruments. The record date for dividend distribution is 2nd May 2011.
IDFC Mutual Fund announces dividend
under IDFC Small and Midcap Equity Fund
IDFC Mutual Fund has declared dividend
under IDFC Small and Midcap Equity Fund.
The quantum of dividend for distribution
will be Rs 1.50 per unit. IDFC Small and
Midcap Equity Fund is an open ended equity fund which has the investment objective
to generate capital appreciation from a
diversified portfolio of equity and equity
related instruments.
Quantum Mutual Fund launches Quantum
Gold Savings Fund
Quantum Mutual Fund has announced the
launch of the Quantum Gold Savings Fund,
an open ended fund of funds scheme. The
new issue will be open for subscription
from 28th April 2011 to 12th May 2011.
The investment objective of the scheme is
to provide capital appreciation by predominantly investing in units of Quantum Gold
Fund -Exchange Traded Fund. An exit load
of 1 per cent is chargeable if the units are
redeemed or switched out on or before 1
year from the date of allotment. The performance of the scheme will be benchmarked against the domestic price of gold.
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Maturity Benefit
There is no Maturity Benefit payable under this plan
Death benefit
On the demise of life assured any time during the
term of an in force policy, the sum assured will be
paid to the nominee and the policy terminated.
Sample Premium Illustration
Please find the approximate premium calculation
for MetLife Met Protect
Gender - Male
Sum Assured = 50 lacs
Policy Term = 25 years
Age
30 years
35 years
40 years
Premium
Rs. 5,450
Rs. 7,750
Rs.12,000
Paid up value
Not applicable in this plan
Surrender
Not applicable in this plan
Riders (Add – on covers)
There are no riders available under the plan
Riders
Available
Accidental Death Benefit
No
Accidental Dismemberment Benefit
No
Waiver of Premium
No
Critical illness
No
Family Income Benefit
No
Free look period
If the customer is not satisfied with the terms and
conditions under your policy, he/she may cancel
the policy within the free look period of 15 days
from the date of receipt of the policy document.
Grace period
A grace period of 30 days from the premium due
date will be allowed.
Loan
There is no loan available under this policy
Increase/ Decrease in Sum Assured
Not allowed in this plan
Revival of the Policy
If premiums are not paid within the period of
grace, the policy will lapse. However it may be
revived for full benefits within three years from the
due date of the first unpaid premium and before
the date of maturity while the life assured is still
alive. The revival will be considered
1. On receipt of written application from the policyholder along with the proof of continued insurability of life assured and 2. On payment of all overdue premiums along with interest (if any)
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Start Your Tax Planning Now
« BRAND TEAM
Make Hay While the Sun Shines. You Need Not Wait For March
JAGDEEP
KAPOOR
is a Brand Guru and
CMD of the successful
Samsika Marketing
Consultancy
Fast track during
slow down
Brand Marketing strategies to grow
The market is in the mind. If you think there is a
market you would be able to capture it or be a significant participant in it. If you think there isn’t a
market then you start of in a pessimistic note
which may not yield positive results hence to begin
with, you must be a believer and have a positive
attitude towards market and marketing.
In the last few months there has been a constant talk, nationally or internationally of a slow
down. However, it is more psychological than real
in my opinion. Hence, the need today to share with
you the ways in which you can be on the fast track
through brand marketing strategy tips during this
psychological slow down.
My recommendations are:
1) Be fast in your mind, don’t slow down
Many a time a self fulfilling prophecy comes
alive. If you behave and think slowly, actually you
are slowing the pace and blaming it on the market. Hence, you need to think fast and be proactive in your marketing strategy. The key to this is
constant and quick responsiveness to the needs
and opportunities in the market.
2) Drive the market, don’t get driven by it
There comes a time in every company when
market conditions and circumstance seem to overwhelm the marketeers thoughts and there is a tendency to follow a herd instinct. If everyone is
accepting the circumstances and following the
beaten path, you need to look at the whole scenario differently and turn the tide rather than getting drowned by a tidal wave. Therefore it is important to take brand marketing initiatives which are
fresh and have to rejuvenate the market place.
3) Demand does not decline, it shifts
When we feel that the market has got saturated
and come to the conclusion that demand has
dried out, we must think again. It could be a mental trap which you are falling into. Infact, it could
just happen that the consumer now wants a different form and may be there is a different segment
waiting to be tapped. All these are shifts in
demand, and not declines.
4) Don’t panic and press the price button
Most marketeer inappropriately panic and cut
prices. It is like starting a nuclear war. Price cuts
could be resorted to only as a last resort after all
marketing initiatives have been tried. Or they
should be done in conjunction with other positive
brand and marketing initiatives. An isolated action
of price cuts could signal desperation and lead to
drop in sales. Hence, it is advisable to stay cool,
collected and explore all the brand and marketing
strategies before jumping into price cuts.
5) Have a sound brand marketing strategy
Most companies which bear the brunt in these
times are those who do not have a sound brand
marketing strategy. Hence, they wilt and sink at
the first sign of the storm. Your brand marketing
strategy should be on a strong foundation.
Copyright © 2010, All rights reserved.
Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at [email protected]
In India a majority of the people do not know what is tax planning and the importance of the same. Tax planning according to some people is when their
employer asks to show investment proofs so that they save tax on salary. Usually this information comes at the end of year. Most often we all wait till we get the
last reminder from our employer and we start searching for instruments in which we get tax deduction – all this in a haste. During the last few weeks of any
financial year we make hasty decisions and invest in tax saving instruments without thinking about what other criterions need attention like what is the benefit
and risks involved on the investments, what are the actual returns on investment etc. In the process we end up buying products which are not right for us.
I
n my opinion, Tax planning should be done early and put in action over the year. This helps us in planning out the
monetary outflow in tax saving investments over the entire year instead of contributing through a lump sum at end
of year. It also gives us ample time to understand and analyze different options that are specific to your financial
situation.
Besides that, had you invested at the start of the tax planning season, i.e. April, you would have also earned a full
year’s interest on the investments you have made. Considering the yields on five year FDs, your money would have
grown close to 8% in the meanwhile. You will also have various investment options at your disposal that open only for
a few days during a year like Infra bonds, 54EC capital gain saving bonds etc. So start your tax planning now!!
Let’s take a brief look at the various heads under which you can claim tax deduction
PUBLIC
PROVIDENT FUND
While
seeking
advice on
investment
avenues,
you are
likely to come across PPF
which is the most the
famous tax saving instrument amongst taxpayer as
both contribution and
returns are exempt from
taxes. PPF gives you guaranteed return and it is one of
the safest investment
avenues available today.
Ideally an investor should
invest before the 5th of
every month in PPF to earn
interest for that month.
Currently the rate of interest
is 8% but is proposed to be
hiked by 1% soon.
« PERSONAL FINANCE
SEJAL PATEL
is a Financial Planner,
Bonanza Portfolio Ltd
LIFE INSURANCE
This is non-negotiable especially if you have financial dependents. It is advisable to avoid buying an expensive insurance cover that tempts you by doubling
up as insurance cum investment product. Stick to a pure term plan, which offers
you a large cover at a very lower premium. By investing in life insurance plan,
you can avail tax benefit up to Rs 1 lakh u/s 80 C.
TAX SAVING MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES
If you don’t have any equity exposure at all, then the best option for you is to
put all your money in an ELSS. But if you have some equity exposure, then invest
in both PPF and ELSS. These schemes can also earn the maximum return from
80-C list as they invest mostly in stocks. The last 5 years return from ELSS has
been in range of 20-25% compounded annually compared to 8% in NSC and
PPF. The limitations in ELSS are that premature withdrawal is not allowed and
the risk factor is high when compared with NSC and PPF.
INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS
You can also look at investing upto RS 20000 in infrastructure bond to save
tax u/s 80 CCF. This will be in addition to the overall tax deduction limit of RS 1
lakh under section 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD of income tax act. 80CCF is beneficial to those investor who has already exhausted there Rs 1 lakh limit u/s 80C.
« BOOK LOOK
ROBIN
SHUKLA
is a senior
journalist and
writer
The Heart
of a Leader
by Ken
Blanchard
Jaico
Publishing
House
Price
Rs.195
The Heart of a Leader by Ken Blanchard
(Insights on the Art of Influence) is a book full
of pleasantly explained wisdom. Blanchard is
a leadership and business expert and is
known the world over for his phenomenal
bestselling book, The One Minute Manager,
which he has co-authored with Spencer
Johnson.
This book is easy on the mental and visual
faculties, and has 75 quotes in all, of which
Blanchard is the author or co-author of at
NATIONAL SAVING CERTIFICATE
It is a good medium
term investment
option. National saving
certificate (NSC) is a 6
year small saving
instrument eligible for
section 80C tax benefit. Rate of interest is
8% compounded half
yearly, i.e. the effective
annual rate of interest
is 8.16%. The interest accrued every year is liable to
tax (i.e. to be included in your taxable income) but
the interest is also deemed to be reinvested and
thus eligible for section 80C deduction. An advantage of the NSC is that it can be pledged as security
against a loan to bank/Govt. institutions. The minimum investment starts from Rs 100/- and there is
no maximum limit for the investment.
HOUSING LOANS
You can save tax up to Rs 1.5 lakh
u/c 80E and Rs 1 lakh u/s 80C if you
are paying interest and principal
toward an outstanding housing loan.
But remember this is applicable for
residential constructed within three
financial years after the loan is taken.
For example, if you and your spouse
bought an apartment for Rs 60 lakhs
and a down payment of Rs 15 lakhs,
both will
borrow Rs 22.5 lakhs each assuming
the ownership share is in the ratio of
50:50. The overall tax deduction in
your case will amount to Rs 5 lakhs
(interest + principal). The tax benefit
will be shared in the same ratio as the
ration of the loan amount availed by
the husband and wife.
The idea is to give a higher ownership share and hence the higher liability to an individual with higher taxable
salary.
HEALTH COVER
One quote reads: ‘We are not human
beings having a spiritual experience. We are
spiritual beings having a human experience.’
Here, Blanchard indicates leaders are
increasingly being called upon to act as
cheerleaders, encouragers and supporters
and to play or assume these roles leaders
have to first feel good about them.
While catching people doing the things
right is a powerful management concept,
most leaders have a genius for catching people doing things wrong. Blanchard recommends that leaders should spend at least an
hour a week wandering around their departments catching people doing things right.
Here are some thought provoking passages
from the book:
It never hurts to toot your own horn once in
a while: It’s been said that if you don’t toot
your own horn, someone will come along and
use it as a spittoon. A little self-praise doesn’t
« LADDER CLIMB
ANUP BAGCHI
TAKES CHARGE AS
ICICI SECURITIES’
MD & CEO
ANUP Bagchi, the man who pioneered seamless
online broking in India has taken charge as the
MD and CEO of ICICI Securities. He will now
spearhead the company’s initiatives in
Corporate Finance which includes Equity Capital
Markets Advisory Services, and Institutional
Equities; Retail Equities which includes
ICICIdirect.com, one of the largest players in the
internet brokerage space and Financial.
Prior to his appointment, Bagchi was the
Executive Director at ICICI Securities. He has
been responsible for the development and business growth of the retail broking, distribution of
Your medical insurance premium can save you upto RS 35000
u/s 80 (D). This can include Rs
15000 premium paid for oneself,
spouse and children and Rs
15000 premium paid for dependent parents or Rs 20000 premium paid for senior citizen dependent parents.
PENSION PLANS
Today pension plans are available with all life insurance companies. They typically come without any life
cover. Pension plans are exempted u/s 80CCC. This
sections investment limit is clubbed with the limit of
Sec. 80C which means that the total deduction available for 80CCC and 80C is Rs 1 lakh. On the maturity
only 1/3 of maturity amount can be commuted in as
tax free and rest of amount has to be used to buy a
pension plan.
Better Leadership All Around
least 36. He has adopted a nice format of the
quotations being featured on the left page,
with the corresponding explanations, commentary and further thoughts being provided
on the facing page. In that sense, this is not a
one-sitting book, to be read at one go and
placed back on the shelf. It can ideally be
read on a daily basis with scope to actually
apply the wisdom learned, from the likes of
Lincoln, Churchill, Peale and others. The
thoughts cover a variety of aspects of leadership.
17
hurt. It’s fun to be around people who like
themselves.
When you stop learning, you stop growing:
Learning is more important today than ever
before. In the past if a person was loyal and
worked hard, his or her job was secure. Today,
the skills you bring to the party constitute the
only form of job security. By continuing to
learn, you can keep up with the competition,
respond to new challenges, and maximise
your talents.
Leadership is a high calling: It’s only when
you realise that it’s not about you that you
begin lead at a higher level.
Create Raving Fans; satisfied customers
are not good enough: What are Raving Fan
customers? These are customers who are so
happy about the way you treated them that
they want to brag about you. In essence, they
become a part of your sales force. Going the
extra mile for the people who write your
cheques will pay off.
Managing only for profit is like playing tennis with your eye on the scoreboard and not
on the ball.
The traditional hierarchy is OK for goal setting. People look to the head of their department and to the top of their organisation for
direction. But once goals are clear, the pyramid should, in essence, be turned upside
down. This way, the customers are at the top
retail financial products, and wealth management services. During his tenure of 17 years
with ICICI Bank, He has held many key positions
in field of Retail Banking, Corporate Banking
and Treasury.
Bagchi holds a Management degree in
Finance from IIM, Bangalore along with an engineering degree from IIT, Kanpur.
Incidentally, ICICIdirect.com is the leader in
the online share trading space with over 2 million customers and has the largest reach in the
retail segment.
of the hierarchy, followed by the customercontact people, while the president and the
chair of the board are at the bottom. Leaders
must make a leap of faith and fight the battle
against the command-and-control tradition.
Leaders have to start being cheerleaders,
supporters and encouragers, rather than
judges, critics and evaluators.
The trouble with being in a rat race is that
even if you win the race, you’re still a rat.
If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, He would have given us two mouths
rather than two ears.
Choose work you love and you will never
have to work a day in your life.
Those who wish to become good leaders
should go ahead and get this book. Also buy
copies and gift them to ensure better leadership all around.
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477
328
139
6125
291
196
2301
336
294
321
341
431
298
198
440
150
234
477
1309
229
107
88
97
502
116
249
658
1066
751
185
159
134
186
3148
122
347
929
191
338
863
195
100
500
449
137
412
282
111
1300
722
1391
652
1261
789
4289
118
171
138
1162
376
179
206
106
195
219
498
344
143
5648
270
179
1962
299
273
286
295
323
267
152
417
128
222
446
1132
188
104
79
88
446
96
235
540
950
635
150
133
129
153
2717
108
306
826
170
270
759
178
90
440
420
112
367
227
99
1198
674
1285
606
1143
661
3993
99
153
96
1031
305
145
187
77
158
185
435
296
130
5489
263
173
1849
286
267
274
280
287
257
137
409
120
218
436
1073
174
103
76
85
427
89
230
500
911
596
139
125
127
142
2573
104
292
791
163
247
724
173
87
419
410
103
352
208
94
1164
658
1249
591
1103
619
3895
93
147
81
987
281
134
181
68
145
173
414
280
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Downtrend Could Continue…
« TOP VIEW
Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like
buying quality merchandise when it is marked down
NSE India : S&P CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for:
Monday (May 2, 2011) By Dominic Rebello
REVIEW OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY:
THE Nifty fell moderately on Friday
(April 29, 2011) a net 35.95 points
(0.62%) and closed at the 5749
point level. The market opened at
the 5782 points level. It then rose
sharply and registered the day’s
high at the 5804 points level at
9.18 a.m. It then declined and
turned into a range bound movement until 12.00 p.m. It then
declined sharply and registered the
day’s low at the 5706 points level at
2.50 p.m. It then rose and turned
into a range bound movement until
closing at the day. The market
seemed cautious of the RBI meet on
May 03, which could lead to a further hike in interest rates, due to
high inflation figures. Sentiment was
bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty
stocks, 26 were losers, while 24
were gainers. Some buying was witnessed in FMCG, healthcare and oil
& gas stocks, while heavy selling
was witnessed in capital goods, realty, banking, consumer durables and
metal stocks.
Technical Analysis:
Volume:
Volume (Qty shares) decreased
14.26%. This change is substantial
but indicates a moderate participation by investors, because in the previous session volumes had
increased by 34%.
Market Breadth:
Overall Market Breadth on the NSE
was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 378 were gainers, 1015
were losers and 50 remained
unchanged.
Slow Stochastic Indicator:
The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has
declined in the neutral zone.
The Slow K line in the Stochastic
Oscillator is below the slow D line
(negative if it continues).
RSI Indicator:
The RSI is above the 40 level but is
now declining (negative if it continues).
MACD Indicator:
The MACD is above zero but is
declining (negative if it continues). It
is below its 9-day Average (negative).
OUTLOOK FOR TODAY:
On Japanese candlestick patterns
the i ndex has forme d a third
c onsecutive black body candle .
The body of this ca ndle is below
and outside the body of the
previous black body candle. This is
negative.
Further, the index has dropped
below its 25 and 200 days moving
a ve rages in a singl e day.
Moreover, the 5 days m ovi ng
average has crossed below the 15
days moving avera ge. This is
nega tive and a sell si gnal. The
veloc ity para meters are also
nega tively trended. All these
i ndic ate a negative bi as and the
possi bil ity of a furthe r decli ne
unfolding. Investors are advised to
avoid buying at current levels.
Work with strict stop losses
on all positions.
ADX Indicator & DI Lines:
The +DI line is below the –DI line
and both lines are diverging (negative if it continues).
The ADX is falling while the
Market Index is falling, which indicates that the present down trend is
decreasing in strength.
Moving Averages (Trend
Indicators)
The index:
Is below its 5-day average (at 5822)
Negative.
Is below its 15-day average (at
5830) Negative.
Has dropped below its 25-day
average (at 5792) Negative.
Has dropped below its 200-day
average (at 5750) Negative.
Overall Market
Strength/Weakness:
The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a weak
market with a negative bias.
Support Levels:
For short-term traders the immediate main support is at 5135 marked
as S1 (blue line below the Index).
The next support is at 4795 marked
as S2 (blue line below the Index).
Resistance Levels
The immediate main resistance is at
5982 marked as R1 (red line above
the Index).
The next resistance is at 6357
marked as R2 (red line above the
Index).
Pivot Point Analysis:
For intra-day traders the support
and resistance levels are calculated
according to the pivot point theory
and are:
Pivot point = 5753 (This is the
level where the trend is likely to
change during intra-day).
Support (1) = 5702.
Support (2) = 5655.
Resistance (1) = 5801.
Resistance (2) = 5852.
STRATSTAR.COM : GENIUS TRADER INDICATORS FOR 02/05/11
BSE Sensex
Current
Previous
S&P CNX Nifty
Current
Previous
Date
29/04/11
23/03/11
Date
29/04/11
23/03/11
Closing Price
19135
18206
Closing Price
5749
5480
Signal
No Signal Change
BUY
Signal
No Signal Change
BUY
Open Position
929
Open Position
269
Stop Loss
19008
Stop Loss
5707
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- Warren Buffett
« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
PINC CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON GUJARAT GAS CO.
CMP: Rs 365
Target Rs 465
GUJARAT Gas Company’s (GGAS) Q1CY11 results were inline with our
expectations as net sales grew by 29.6% YoY to Rs5.2bn (PINCe Rs
5.2bn). EBITDA/scm was flat at Rs 3.3, however, OPM contracted by
419 bps YoY due to increased contribution of high priced R-LNG.
Consequently, net profit increased by 16.9% YoY to Rs 721mn.
Volume growth remains flat: GGAS’s Q1CY11 volume increased 4.1%
YoY and remained flat QoQ at 3.37 mmscmd. Industrial sales were
impacted marginally due to increasing gas cost, however, the volumes
for CNG segment remained static. EBITDA/scm is flat YoY at Rs 3.3,
however, decreased by Rs0.6 QoQ due to 15% spike in average gas cost
against increase in average realisation of ~5%.
High cost R-LNG contribution to increase in near future: There are
concerns related to sourcing of domestic gas due to decline in output
from KG and PMT fields. In light of current circumstance, GGAS has
signed 1.0mmscmd contract with BGIES for CY11 and CY12. High cost
gas should create pressure in maintaining margins as regular price
hikes may be difficult in some segments. GGAS has already taken price
hike of ~16% for its entire segment in CY10 to negate the impact of
higher R-LNG cost.
Expansion plans: GGAS is incurring a capex of ~Rs 1.5bn/ year to
increase network in its current operational area. The company has bid
for Bhavnagar and Kutch in 3rd round of CGD bidding.
Valuations And Recommendation: We maintain our earning estimates
for CY11 and CY12. At the CMP of Rs 376, the stock trades at a P/E of
15.4x and 14.0x and EV/ EBITDA of 10.6x and 9.5x for CY11E and CY
12E respectively. We are positive on the growth prospects of expanding
CGD business which is still at a nascent stage. We maintain our ‘BUY’
recommendation with a target price of Rs 465 based on DCF.
ELARA CAPITAL CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON ORIENT
PAPER AND IND.
CMP: Rs 59
Target Rs 75
ORIENT Paper Limited (OPI) reported a net profit of INR 775mn as compared to our estimate of INR 604mn. The profit growth was led by
improved performance in the cement and electrical division. The performance of the cement division was led by robust realization improvement which mitigated the decline in volumes. The EBITDA for the quarter grew by 24.4% YoY to INR 1,304mn on the back of a sharp improvement in profitability in cement and electrical consumer durables businesses despite a loss in the paper segment.
Highest EBITDA/tonne in cement amongst peers: The EBITDA per
tonne for OPI stood at ~INR 1,185in Q4FY11 as compared to ~INR 843
in Q4FY11 and ~INR 771 in Q3FY11. The higher EBITDA was largely on
account of the improved realizations despite lower volume sales. It has
reported highest EBITDA/tone amongst the peers signifying its positioning as the lowest cost producer in the country. Cost leadership is a sustainable advantage which will ensure healthy margins vis-à-vis peers.
Lower paper production hurt profitability: In Q4FY11 paper division
reported a loss of INR 46mn at EBITDA level as paper production was
hampered due to shifting of old machinery and increase in input cost.
Going ahead, although profitability of paper division is likely to increase
we have not factored in any profitability at EBIT level.
OPI has announced that it plans to set up a Greenfield plant of 3mn
tonnes in Gulbarga district of Karnataka. The company has completed
the limestone prospecting study and is in possession of half the land.
The project is expected to cost INR ~17.2bn. The equipment is likely
to be ordered by Q2FY12 and the commissioning time is estimated to
be Q2FY15. Funding is likely to be done at a debt-equity ratio of 1:1. The
company plans to part fund the equity component through INR 687mn
warrant issue to the promoters. OPI is planning to issue 12mn shares at
INR 57.25/share.
Maintain Buy with price target of INR 75: We believe cement earnings
have peaked out for the sector with severe cost increases and realizations are expected to be under pressure. OPI has the highest cushion
against fall in the cement prices due to its competitive cost structure
and diversified earnings stream. Given the current valuation of the
stock, which is reeling at EV/tone of ~USD45 on FY12 capacity, we
believe, there is little downside as it is trading at more than 65% discount to its large cap peers. We expect the valuation gap to narrow
down as competitors will face the cost increases going forward and OPI
leads profitability with its low cost advantage. We reiterate our ‘BUY’ rating on the stock with a target price of INR 75.
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« TAX SOLUTIONS
ANAND
TIBREWALA
is a CA and Senior
Partner at the
leading Chartered
Accountancy firm, AD
& Company
NSS withdrawals
are taxable
I had invested in National Saving Scheme
way back to avail tax deduction. This
scheme is fetching reasonable returns.
However, I need the money for some other
important objectives. Please advice what
are the tax implications on the withdrawal
of the money from National Saving Scheme?
— Avtar Ramani, Mahim
Any money withdrawn from the balance lying in
the National Saving scheme is taxable in the year
of withdrawal i.e. the principal amount deposited
and the interest earned thereon. The scheme also
provides for deduction of TDS from the amount
withdrawn. If you wish that the TDS should not be
deducted, then you need to furnish declaration in
form 15 – G to the postal authorities along with
the withdrawal request.
I am an income tax assessee. During the last
financial year I had deducted some TDS out
of various payments made by me. However
due to tight cash flow I could not deposit the
TDS with the Government authorities within
the due date. However, I intend to deposit
the same before filing my return of income.
Please let me know whether this would have
any implication on my tax return?
— Rana Dalvi, Borivali
As per Income Tax Act if TDS is deducted and not
deposited in the same financial year then the
deduction, of the whole of expenses would be
denied i.e. the entire expenditure on which TDS is
not deposited would be added to your taxable
income. The same deduction would be allowed in
the financial year in which the TDS is deposited.
There is only one exception to this provision i.e.
TDS for the month of March could be paid before
filing the return of income and the expenditure
still would be allowed to be deducted.
I have two self occupied house properties in
my name in two different cities. I am occupying one of the properties and the second is
occupied by my parents. I have taken two separate housing loan for these properties. I have
paid Rs. 1,10,000/- and Rs. 60,000/- on these
loans during the last financial year. Please
advice me whether I can claim the benefit of
Rs. 1,50,000/- against my interest payments?
— Raja Patel, Thane
As per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961
if one assessee is owning more than one house
property, then he can claim only one as self
occupied and the other property is deemed to be
let out. Accordingly, if you have chosen one
property of your choice as self occupied, then the
interest paid for the said property can be claimed
as deduction for interest payment. The other
property would attract deemed notional rent and
hence the other interest payment could be claimed
as deduction against the other property. However,
you cannot combine the interest payment.
If you have any Tax Query email it to us at
[email protected]
Top up policy is like an add-on policy to your existing health insurance
I already have a mediclaim health
insurance policy for myself and my
entire family, but my agent is insisting
that I go for one more policy, given
the increasing cost of healthcare.
Now, he also added that I should go
for a top up policy and not a new policy from another company. What is a
top up policy and is it advisable to go
for the same?
— Harshad Meswani,
Lokandwala Complex, Kandivali
Top up policy is like an add-on policy to
your existing health insurance or
mediclaim insurance policy. A Top up
policy will take care of claims over and
above the limit of your existing health
insurance coverage. For example, if you
have a mediclaim policy of Rs. 5 lacs and
you take a top up policy of Rs. 2 lacs. Now,
there is a medical cost which comes up to
Rs. 6.5 lacs for which you will make a
claim. Your existing policy will
accommodate only an amount of Rs. 5
lacs out of the Rs.6.5 lacs. The balance
Rs.1.5 lacs can be claimed under the top
up policy amount. You can claim under a
top up policy, only after you have
exhausted the cover limit in your existing
health insurance policy. The premiums for
a top up policy are always low as
compared to the basic mediclaim policy
and hence off late many people have
started buying the same. It is a good idea
to go for a top up policy rather than spend
a high amount of premium on taking
another health insurance cover.
MANOJ
ASWANI
is VP at
MyInsurance
Club.com
« INSURANCE
Why did some insurance companies
de-list a number of hospitals from
their network of hospitals? It is a little
difficult to go through a list of hospitals that fall in your health insurance
company network list and then admit
the person there.
— Mukul Mishra, Malad West
There was an opinion that some hospitals
have a different rate chart for customers
with Mediclaim / health insurance policy,
which is much more than that for
customers without Mediclaim. This was
leading to a claims payout made by the
insurance companies against the
premiums collected for the same, thereby
leading to a huge loss in their health
insurance portfolio. Hence the insurers
were forced to create a preferred provider
list, so as to curb the expenditure on them.
Most medium and small scale hospitals
have agreed to the rates offered by the
insurance companies to remain on the
preferred provider list and now quite a few
large scale hospitals have agreed to them.
The hospitals, who had or still haven’t
agreed on the rate offered by the public
sector insurance companies were excluded
from the preferred list or the network of
hospitals.
My age is 30 years and I want to start
some small savings. Please suggest
which policy is better in between
Postal Life Insurance Santosh
Endowment and Jeevan Saral with
profit?
— Sejal Gupta, Ghatkopar West
Postal life insurance has not been updated
for quite sometime now. The sum assured
limit is Rs. 100,000 only. Also, the returns
which can be expected are very low. Earlier,
it was a good venue because the
customers did not have much option of
savings and getting good returns. Between
the two, Jeevan Saral is surely a good
choice. It has an option of monthly
premium and provides a good sum
assured too. The sum assured is 250
times the monthly premium.
LIC Jeevan Saral is a with-profit
endowment assurance policy which means
that it participates in the profits of the
LIC’s life insurance business. The profits
are shared in the form of loyalty additions
which are terminal bonuses payable along
with death benefit or maturity benefit
(The author is Vice President at
www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at
[email protected])
Mastering the Art of Sales
THE art of selling and its mastery has
seldom raised a storm in a tea cup.
However in these challenging times, sales
teams continue to remain adept at raising
the profit margin of successful
organizations all over the world. When in
the field, their work truly represents the
pulse of a company’s business strategy
and vision for the customer. Clearly we are
talking about the stereotypical sales
person who thrives on targets, territories
and the elusive promise of a variable
commission.
However the ground realities are a far
cry from the glamour and money that can
sometimes be associated with this
profession. One could safely say that there
are clear winners and then there are the
strugglers who invariably buckle under the
pressure of an ever stretching target in a
competitive market place.
So how does the successful salesperson
meet and exceed his numbers time and
again? A question that is often asked by
the unaccomplished colleague who
struggles to achieve his break even point.
The key is in the system applied and not in
the wizardry of luck by chance.
The power to write your own pay check
is gratifying and at the same time
exponentially rewarding for the
perseverant and the structured candidate.
The start point is in understanding the
difference between a transaction and a
sale. For example if a customer walks into
a store and buys a product with no pitch
required from the sales person then this
DOMINIC
ARLAND
is the MD of
Arland Training
Consultants
« GUEST COLUMN
does not constitute a sale, but merely
qualifies as a transaction for the
organization.
However if the customer is unaware of
his needs and the sales person applies
the skill of direct/indirect suggestion to
convert that latent need, then it becomes
a personalized sale.
Top sales teams understand this
difference and spend a reasonable
amount of time and money to impart this
logic to their teams thus giving them a
distinctive advantage over their
competitors.
Some sales managers leading teams
would argue that irrespective of what
transpires it is the sale that finally
matters. In some sense one could partially
agree with the crude logic in that thought
process. However with the globalization of
markets, the consumer has overwhelming
choices that come to him with competitive
benefits.
We can safely say that the world is
moving towards a service centric sales
process, where-in the seller’s role does not
end when the sale has been made, but
interestingly continues long after the deal
has transpired.
The customer of today tends to choose
sales personnel that display exemplary
service skills while pitching their products
for sale. Interestingly the customer may or
may not buy a product depending on the
displayed service standard. The inclusion
of a strong after sales service contract can
be the key to repeat business and a
possible referral from the customer’s inner
most circle.
In the end the victorious sales person
has learnt to build a strict discipline that
employs the principles of planning,
preparation, presentation, need
identification and service enhancement.
The mere repetition of the task time and
again can assist in mastering the art of
sales.
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by Jeffrey Archer
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Price Rs.325
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By Jeff Kinney
nly Time Will Tell by Jeffrey
Archer is the first release of
the five novels that are to be
brought out as the Clifton Chronicles. It is already a multi-million
bestseller. The Chronicles is a very
ambitious writing project by
Archer revolving around the life of
Harry Clifton and his adventures
between 1920 and 2020. This book
spans the period from 1920 to the
outbreak of the Second World War
in 1940; the first twenty years of
Harry Clifton's life.
This one is typical Archer, a losing of virginity start, which develops into a cracker of a story later,
becoming a compulsive read as
you come across more plot twists
which have you turning the pages
even though it is well past the
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during their voyages, which stated,
God had so ordained matters that
no nation was self sufficient and
that ‘out the abundance of fruit
which some region(s) enjoyeth, the
necessitie or wante of others
should be supplied! Thus several
and ffar remote countries should
have traffique with one another
and by their interchange of commodities should become friends.’
‘Any prince,’ warned the Queen’s
letter, ‘who traded with only one
European nation must expect
some degree of political subordination to that nation.’ Very portentous sentiments theseas the next
centuries would reveal.
However, the East India Company started its initial trading activity by buying nutmeg, priceless
in those days, from tiny Pulo Run,
time to turn the lights off.
Harry Clifton, struggling to stay
alive in the backstreets of Bristol,
has to cope with the tragedy of his
father’s death during World War 1.
The shock only gets compounded
when he learns that the man he
always thought was his father and
a war hero at that, wasn’t really his
real father.
Harry had always known since
childhood that his father was
killed in WW1, and this revelation
that he is not the son of the man
he knew as Dad, comes as a truth
he hates to face but has to delve
under. It comes at a time when,
after losing everything in the
tragedy of the war, he had only
started piecing his life together.
The book sees Harry trying to
Unlocking priceless spiritual treasures
Heroes of the Olympus: The Lost Hero
By Rick Riordan
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
By Jeff Kinney
he Honourable Company (A
History of the English East India
Company) by John Keay is an outstanding book that concerns India
as much as it does Great Britain.
It is an interesting and well-researched document that traces
British trading, maritime and colonial history, written, albeit, in very
pleasant English, with a fair sprinkling of humorous anecdotes.
When it received the royal charter on December 31, 1600, the East
India Company was called ‘The
Company of Merchants of London
trading into the East Indies,’ and
the company’s ships had a simple
brief – to get to the Indies for reasons of trade. They carried letters of
introduction from Queen Elizabeth
to the eastern princes in those faroff kingdoms they would dock at
one of the Banda Islands located to
the east of Indonesia.
Through its 220-year-old chequered history, the Company
emerged as a quasi-government
having dominion over most of
India, several countries across the
globe. It oversaw the phasing out of
absolute monarchy in Britain, controlled half the world’s trade, and
had armed forces that exceeded
those of most sovereign states,
even as it had to countenance the
presence of the most disreputable
characters at home in England and
in its far-flung colonies.
It chaperoned Indian royalty and
elevated usurpers to positions of
eminence in the subcontinent to
satiate its own burning ambition
and its spectacular greed. As Keay
states, ‘But for the Company there
would have been not only no
British India but also no global
British Empire.’
Life’s cruel secrets are worse than wars
The Secret
By Rhonda Byrne
Emperor of All Maladies
By Siddhartha Mukherjee
This week, we review some really excellent books. The Honourable Company by John Keay is about
the huge commercial enterprise called the East India Company. Keeping to British shores, we have
Jeffrey Archer’s Only Time Will Tell, the bestselling first of five books in the Clifton Chronicles series,
while Enlightenment To Go by David Michie is a practical guide to help us dodge the stress,
anxiety and depressions in life
Of expansionism by ordinary tradesmen
The Confession
By John Grisham
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The Enlightenment To Go
by David Michie
Zorba Publishers
Price Rs.350
he Enlightenment To Go (The
classic Buddhist oath of compassion and transformation) by
David Michie is a fresh, compassionate examination of traditional
Buddhist teachings as expounded
by eight century Buddhist monk,
Shantideva.
Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, written in the
eighth century, is a manual of advanced psychology and probably
the world’s first self-help book,
teaching how to develop specific
psychological techniques and reframe our experience of reality to
achieve greater happiness and
inner peace. Bodhisattva describes
a person who wishes to achieve enlightenment more to help free all
other beings from suffering than for
personal advantages or salvation,
his way of life being seen as the ul-
timate expression of compassion.
The Guide is generally accepted
as one of the greatest classics of Tibetan Buddhism that encapsulates
all the advice and inspiration one
may need to apply Buddha’s teachings in life’s daily.
David has actually demystified
the teachings of the Buddha as
contained in Shantideva’s seminal
work. The author has, in eighteen
chapters, unravelled the ancient
text to help us apply the wisdom to
contemporary problems, so that
genuine change of perspective, and
action, and therefore state of mind,
becomes possible. He has drawn
from his own life’s experiences to
drive home most points, making
this an extremely readable book:
This is not a scholarly discourse
on Shantideva – there are plenty of
those already. Nor does it provide a
unravel the mystery behind his father’s death, at least the man who
he regarded as his father. He has
also to go out and search for his
real father. World War II breaks out
and Harry has to decide whether
to continue with his studies at Oxford or enlist and fight against
Nazi Germany.
The uniqueness in this book is
how Archer changes narration as
the story progresses so readers
can follow events from the perspective of key characters, and
one is let in on secrets which
the others in the book are not
aware of.
Archer is a brilliant storyteller.
The book has plenty of his trademark wit and intelligence to keep
readers riveted.
comprehensive analysis of every
one of his 800 stanzas – rather, only
75 of them. I have not slavishly followed the sequence of the verses
presented in his teachings because,
like a composer of a grand classical
piece of music, Shantideva returned
to several of the same key themes in
different parts of his discourse,
often with a different emphasis or
turn of phrase. To enhance the practical application of his teachings for
readers today, I have presented
them thematically, rather in the
order they appear in the Guide.
Incidentally, for more than four
decades, the Dalai Lama has been
recommending Shantideva’s book
to Buddhists all over the world, and
also to those who wish to understand and experience the life enhancing philosophy of Buddhism.
The chapters are short enough to
be read and understood during a
train commute, or during that
leisurely lounging on a sofa or bed.
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TV GUIDE
TODAY’S BEST VIEWING
ARMY OF DARKNESS
Through a magic spell, Ash,
a modern-day discount-store
employee, finds himself back
in the middle ages. Given the
key to return home by alchemist, he bungles the incantation and instead, releases
the forces of darkness. Now
Ash has one job to do before
transporting to the future defeat the army of the evil dead…
if they don’t defeat him first.
Starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert.
HBO, 9 p.m.
SOAPS & SERIALS
MISSION ARMY:- INSIDE COUNTER
INSURGENCY
We sleep in peace because our soldiers are awake
to protect us from the enemies behind the LOC. This
episode of Mission Army will showcase the Indian
Army Battling the enemy in the Valley and the LOC.
Highlighting the infantry training for counter insurgency operations which the 5 contestants undergo at
The Corps Battle School at Srinagar. The intriguing
part of the series begins as the viewers get a real life
scenario and an insight into the life of the Indian
Jawans who is alert 24 hours living at the Line of Control. NGC, 10 p.m.
EQUATOR : PARADOX OF THE ANDES
At the EQUATOR, the power of the sun and the spin
of the earth combine to set in motion great ocean currents, which move across the Pacific Ocean shaping
life on two very different islands. In this episode, Paradox Of The Andes, the high Andes of Ecuador, the intense power of the equatorial sun beats down through
thin air onto a grassland world fringed by glaciers and
cloud forest. Every day is like summer and every night
is like winter. Within just 24-hours, animals must cope
with both freezing and over-heating, while plants must
endure both drought and flood. Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN
FREEMAN
Academy Award-winning actor and space enthusiast Morgan Freeman hosts and narrates the greatest
mysteries of the universe. The series THROUGH THE
WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN seeks the answers to the big questions: Are we alone? Where did
we come from? Is there life on other planets? From
the latest work at NASA and private enterprise facilities to the latest theories from academics and researchers, this series looks at black holes, colonizing
the planets, string theory and more. Tune into this
episode as Morgan Freeman explores the new frontiers of what is beyond Earth. Discovery, 9 p.m.
SARAH PALIN’S ALASKA
SARAH PALIN’S ALASKA, that takes viewers into
America’s final frontier through the eyes one of its famous citizens – former Alaska governor and ex-US
Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. For first time
ever, viewers get access to the Palin family with husband Todd, son and grandson - Track and Trig; daughters - Bristol, Willow and Piper, living an extra-ordinary
life in her home state. TLC, 10 p.m.
TRAVELLER BAND: DHANI TACKLES THE
GLOBE
S2 - Croatia- Water Polo Dhani is headed to
Dubrovnik, known as the ‘Cradle of Croatian Water
Sports’. He will learn the sport of water Polo from a
world-class mentor, and learn how to harvest sea
mussels. History, 10 p.m.
SASURAL SIMAR KA
In tonight’s episode, Jamanalal will feel that there is
Mission Army, NGC, 10 p.m.
something fishy but Bua will come and save the day.
Simar along with Roli, Bua and Gautam make plans
for Simar to prepare for the auditions, but unfortunately due to some Baba’s Shamiana they can’t hear
the song that Simar needs to practice on which disappoints Roli, Bua and Simar. Further in the episode
Diwakar meets Jamanalal and informs him about a
match for Simar which makes both Jamanalal and
Meena emotional. On the other hand Mataji tactfully
explains the situation to Uma and Pari that she will
visit Vrindavan first and then see the match brought
by them. Colors, 7.30 p.m.
YEH RISHTAA KYA KEHLATA HAIN
Akshara goes missing. Naitik tries to find her. Will
she be able to find her? Star Pl us, 9.30 p.m.
HI! PADOSI...KAUN HAI DOSHI?
Gullu is madly in love with Rama and Rama narrates
this to all the ladies of the society. The ladies in turn informs their respective husbands about it and hence
all the males advice Gullu to restrain himself. But Gullu
is adamant and even goes to the extent of saying that
they are the best loving couple resulting in a challenge
of who is the best couple in the society… Hasmukh
and Dr. Mehta request Sejal and Bittu to become
Judge for the challenge. Sahara One, 7.30 p.m.
DEXTER
With Debra recovering in the hospital, Dexter redoubles his efforts to locate the Trinity Killer. Knowing that he is following the same pattern as his
murders from 30 years ago, Dexter is sure he knows
where he will strike next. Afterward, he follows the serial killer to his home and is shocked by what he finds.
Dexter also has some explaining to do when Rita finds
out that he never gave up his apartment and still
keeps some of his possessions there. Sgt. Batista
plants a news item about the suspected Vacation
Murderer that bears fruit. Having told her superiors of
her relationship with Batista, the Deputy Chief delivers
some bad news to Laguerta.. Star World, 10 p.m.
MOVIES OF THE DAY
THE SHEPHERD
In a post-apocalyptic underground society ruled by
rival religious cults, Dakota is working as an assassin,
or `Shepherd’ for The Church of Miles. He has been
given an assignment to take out a female Shepherd
from arrival cult, but balks at completing the task
when he sees that his target has a young child. The
two assassins and the child all find themselves being
hunted down by both cults, and so decided to stick together as they run for their lives. Along the way, they
encounter several other strange religious compounds
as well as random thugs living on the outskirts of society, Star Movi es, 11 p.m.
LEGION
An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When
God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of
angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only
hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert
diner with the Archangel Michael (Bettany). Pix, 11.15
p.m.
KILL BILL: VOL. 1
The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby
that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The
only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was
once part of. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.
EK AUR EK GYARAH
Two petty thieves Tra and Sitara (Govinda and Sanjay respectively) get on the bad side of two wanted
criminals, namely Panther and Cobra (Gulshan Grover
and Ashish Vidyarthi respectively) and must run for
their lives. They end up at the residence of Major Ram
Singh (Jakcie Shroff), who is also on the lookout for
Panther and Cobra. Ram Singh mistakes them for
good people and shelters them. The Panther and
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STAR PLUS
P.M.
2.00 Sapson Se Bharey
Naina
2.30 Chand Chupa Badal
Mein
3.00 Navya.
3.30 Maayke Se Bandhi Dor.
5.00 Sasuraal Genda Phool.
5.30 Saath Nibhaana
Saathiya.
6.00 Mann Ki Awaaaz…
Pratigya
7.00 Saath Nibhaana
Saathiya
7.30 Sasuraal Genda Phool.
8.30 Maayke Se Bandhi Dor
9.00 Gulaal.
9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata
Hain
10.00 Navya
10.30 Mann Ki Awaaz..
Pratigya
11.00 Maryada..Lekin Kab Tak
A.M.
9.00 Navya
9.30 Sasural Genda Phool
10.00 Saath Nibhana Saathiya
11.00 Mann Ki
Awaaz…Pratigya
P.M.
2.00
3.00
4.00
4.30
5.00
6.30
7.00
8.00
8.30
9.00
10.00
11:00
A.M.
8.00
9.00
10.00
10.30
11.00
The Shepherd, Star Movies, 11 p.m.
DEEWANA MASTANA
A romantic comedy - a love triangle with Govinda,
Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla. Another superhit film
with side-splitting comedy scenes directed by David
Dhawan. Raja, a streetsmart ‘tapori’ becomes a millionaire by stealing an astronomical amount from the
police. He falls in love with Dr. Neha, a psychiatrist.
Raja presents his friend Gafoor as a mental retard to
get an opportunity to come close to Dr. Neha. Meanwhile, Bunnu is being treated by Dr. Neha for his various phobias. He too falls in love with Dr. Neha. Thus
begins a tussle between Raja and Bunnu, who try to
woo Dr. Neha in their own ways. This intense competition reaches a flash point where Raja and Bunnu are
ready to bump off each other to get Neha. Which of
the two finally gets Neha? CVO, 9 p.m.
Dexter
Las Vegas.
The Simpsons
Community.
Koffee with Karan
ZEE CAFÉ
BIG CBS PRIME
P.M.
2.00 Oprah.
3.00 America’s Next Top
Model
4.00 Insider, The Season
4.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond.
5.00 The King of Queens
5.30 The Talk
6.30 Oprah
7.30 The Insider
Raymond
9.00 Oprah
Model
Raymond
A.M.
9.00 Oprah
Model
Raymond.
8.30
P.M.
2.00
2.30
3.00
3.30
4.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
SONY TV
Saas Bina Sasural.
CID.
CID Khatarnak Mujrim
Krishna Ben
Khakhrawala
Chhange Chhange Kaa
Pyaar
Surya – The Super Cop
Saas Bina Sasural.
Kismat
CID
9.00
10.00
10.30
11.00
A.M.
9.00 Comedy Circus 3 Ka
Tukda
ZEE TV
Sanskaar Laxmi
Chhoti Si Zindagi
Ram Milay Jodi
Sanjog Se Bani Sangini
Shabash India
Pavitra Rishta.
Bhagowali.
Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ka
Dharmyudh
Chhoti Si Zindagi
Choti Bahu 2
Jhansi Ki Rani.
Yahaan Main….
Pavitra Rishta.
Ram Milaye Jodi
Sangog Se Bani Sangini
Sanskaar Laxmi.
Pavitra Rishta
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
A.M.
9.00 Yahaan Main Ghar Ghar
Kheli
9.30 Jhansi Ki Rani
10.00 Ram Milaye Jodi
10.30 Sanskar Laxmi
11.00 Chhoti Si Zindagi
STAR ONE
Las Vegas
Desperate Housewives
Community
The Simpsons
Dexter.
Las Vegas
Koffee with Karan.
How I Met Your Mother.
Modern Family
Las Vegas
Dexter
Two and A Half Men
P.M.
2.00 Friends
3.00 Keeping Up with The
Kardashians
3.30 Friends
4.00 Britiania High I
5.00 Brothers and Sisters.
6.00 Marco’s Kitchen
Burnout
8.00 Scrubs I
8.30 America’s Funniest
Home Videos.
9.00 Keeping Up With The
Kardashians.
10.00 No Ordinary Family
11.00 Parks and Recreation
A.M.
9.00 America’s Funniest
Home Vidoes
9.30 Scrubs II
10.00 Parks and Recreation
11.00 Marco’s Kitchen
Burnout
P.M.
2.00
2.30
5.00
8.00
Cobra kidnap Sitara and Tara’s mom and both must
obey Panther and Cobra’s instructions, including betraying Ram Singh’s hospitality and kidnapping his
son. Star Gold, 9 p.m.
STAR WORLD
11.00 Adaalat
LISTING
7.00 Bhagya Vidhaata.
7.30 Thoda Hai Bas Thode Ki
Zaroorat Hai
8.00 Balika Vadhu-Kacchi
Umar Ke Pakke Rishte.
8.30 Bairi Piya.
9.00 Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam.
9.30 Laagi Tujhse Lagan.
10.00 Uttaran.
10.30 Na Aana Is Des Laado.
SAHARA ONE
P.M.
2.00 Rihston Ke Bhawar
Mein Uljhi
2.30 Kyunki..Jeena Isi Ka
Naam Hai.
3.00 Ganga Ki Dheej
3.30 Sau Din Saas Ke: Film.
6.30 Chacha Chaudhary
7.00 Hukum Mere Aaka.
7.30 Hi Padosi Kaun Hai
Doshi.
8.00 Shorr.
8.30 Hamari Beti Raaj
Karegi.
9.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar
Mein Uljhi.
9.30 Kesariya Balam Aavo
Hamare Des.
10.00 Ganga Ki Dheej.
Sasural Simar Ka, Colors, 7.30 p.m.
P.M.
2.00
2.30
3.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
A.M.
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
Geet Hui Sabse Parayi
Rang Badalti Odhani
Rang Bdalti Odhani
Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek
Kahaani.
Yeh Ishq Haaye.
Dhoond Legi Manzil
Humein.
Geet Hui Sabse Parayi.
Yeh ishq Haaye.
Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek
Kahaani.
Rang Badalti Odhani
Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi
Yeh Ishq Baaye
Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek Kahani
Dhoondh Legi Manzil
Humein
Geet-Hui Sabse Paragi
Rang Badlati Odhani
Geet-Hui Sabse Parayi
Geet Hui Sabse Parayi
Yeh Ishq Haaye
Rang Badalti Odhani.
Geet Hul Sabse Parayi
IMAGINE
P.M.
2.30 Gunhon Ka Devta
3.00 Looteri Dulhan
3.30 Beendh Banuga Ghodi
Chadhunga.
5.00 Nachle Ve With Saroj
And Terence.
6.00 Baba Aisa Varr Dhoondo
Chaudhanga
7.30 Looteri Dulhan
8.00 Kitani Mohabbat Hai
8.30 Gunhon Ka Devta
Chadhunga
9.30 Looteri Dulhan.
10.00 Baba Aisa Varr Dhoondo
10.30 Pardes Mein Mila Koi
Apna
11.00 Gunhon Ka Devta.
A.M.
9.00 Baba Aisa Vaar
Dhoondo
10.00 Zor Ka Jhatka.
11.00 Chandragupta Maurya
COLORS
P.M.
1.00 Kichen Champion.
2.00 Aise Karo Naa Vidaa.
2.30 Agnipareeksha Jeevan
Ki – Gangaa.
3.00 Na Aana Is Des Laado.
3.30 Uttaran.
4.00 Laagi Tujhse Lagan.
4.30 Thoda Hai Bas Thode Ki
Zaroorat Hai.
5.00 Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam.
5.30 Uttaran.
6.00 Kitchen Champion.
10.30
11.00
A.M.
8.00
8.30
9.00
Golden Melodies
Dhoom
Zalzala: Film.
ZEE MARATHI
ETV MARATHI
Comedy Express
Khadtya Bhramanti
Ya Walnawar
Char Diwas Sasuche.
Hya Gojirwanya Gharat.
Kalay Tasmye Namah
Mejwani
Maharashtra Maza
Khadtya Bhramanti
Ya Walnawar
Lek Ladaki Ya Gharachi
Char Diwas Sasuche.
Hya Gojirwanya Gharat.
Kalay Tasmye Namah
DNA
Aapli Mumbai.
News.
Shubharambh
Gane Tumche Aamache.
Lek Ladaki Ya Gharachi
Film.
ANIMAL PLANET
P.M.
2.00 Up Close And
Dangerous.
2.30 Predators’ Prey:
Chemical Weapons
3.00 When Animal Attacks!
4.00 Untamed and Uncut
5.00 Animal Battlegrounds
5.30 The Web of Life.
6.00 Expedition Wild
7.00 Animal Planet Safari
8.00 Equator
DOORDARSHAN
(DDI MAIN CHANNEL)
P.M.
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.35
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
8.00
8.15
8.30
9.00
News in Marathi.
Kya Ghar Ahe.
Sant Tukaram.
Pukhya Tuza Sathi
Aika Re Aika
Lok Up.
Krishi Darshan
Amachi Mati Amachi
Manse.
News in Marathi.
The News.
Samachar.
Kyonki .. Jeena Isi ka
Naam Hai.
Nanhi Si Kali Meri
Laadli
11.00 TAJ MAHAL: Film.
Starring Pradeep
Kumar, Beena Roy.
News in Hindi.
Mid Day News.
Samachar
Cinema Is Hafte
Samachar.
The News.
Samachar.
Rajyon Se Samachar.
Aankhon Dekhi..
Metro Scan.
Khel Samachar.
Animal Planet Safari
Predation
Untamed and Uncut
Equator
TLC
P.M.
2.00 Get Out
2.30 Samantha Brown’s
Great Weekends.
3.00 Take a Break
4.00 Bizarre Foods with
Andrew Zimmern
5.00 Open Ticket
6.00 Get Inked
7.00 Chew
8.00 Best of Samantha
Brown
8.30 Man v Food.
9.00 Invite Mr Wright:
Malaysia
10.00 Sarah Palin’s Alaska
11.00 Get Out
A.M.
8.00 Chew
9.00 Invite Mr Wright
10.00 Making The Cut
11.00 Get Inked
DISCOVERY
P.M.
2.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
A.M.
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
Dino World
Blue Planet
Toughest Military Jobs
Hunters
The Mountain of The
Monsoon
Feast India
Through The Wormhole
with Morgan Freeman
Survivorman
Swords
Hunters
I Should’nt Be Alive
Human Body
Rampage
HISTORY CHANNEL
P.M.
2.00 The Privadarshani
MattooCase
3.00 Paul Merton In India:
Punjab
4.00 Traveller Band: Trip of a
Lifetime-China
5.00 Science and Tech
6.00 Deadliest Warrior
7.00 International Terrorism
Since 1945
8.00 Traveller Band
9.00 Food Safari.
10.00 Dhani Tackles.
11.00 Science and Tech
A.M.
8.00 Creative Vision
9.00 Trip of a Lifetime
Mexico
11.00 Creative Vision
NAT GEOGRAPHIC
P.M.
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
A.M.
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
Mission Army
Great Migrations
Nat Geo Genius
Nat Geo Amazing
Wild Week
Wild: Dangerous
Big: Engineering
Mission Army
True Stories
Wild: Big Cats Week
True Stories
Creative Vision.
Wild: Crock Week
STAR SPORTS
P.M
2.00 Barclays Premier
League 10/11
4.00 Barcelona Open
Bancsabadell
5.00 Hot Water 10/11
6.00 TNA Xplosion.
7.00 Barcelona Open
Bancsabadell
8.30 Engine Block 2011.
9.00 Score Tonight.
10.30 TNA Xplosion.
11.30 V8 Supercars C’ship
A.M.
8.30 Barclays Premier
League
9.30 Engine Block 2011
ESPN
(METRO CHANNEL)
P.M.
2.00
2.30
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
Jeff Corwin Experience
Predation
Untamed And Uncut
Hi! Padosi..Kaun Hai Doshi, Sahara One, 7.30 p.m.
Mata Ki Chowki.
Kaala Saaya.
P.M.
2.00 Pinjara
2.30 Bhagyalakshmi
3.00 Navra Maza Navsacha:
Film
6.00 Home Minister-Jau Bai
Jorat.
6.30 Waras
7.00 Kunku
7.30 Bhagyalakshmi
8.00 Mazhiya Priyala Preet
Kalena
8.30 Lajja
9.00 Pinjara
9.30 Marathi Paaul Padte
Phude
10.30 Pinjara
11.00 Kunku.
A.M.
9.00 Kunku
9.30 Lajja
10.00 Marathi Paul lPadhte
Puhde
11.00 Waras
P.M.
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.05
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.30
11.00
A.M.
8.00
9.05
9.30
10.05
9.00
10.00
11.00
A.M.
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
Taj Mahal, DDI, 11 p.m.
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
Business Wrap
Sansad Samachar.
News in Hindi.
Samachar
Charcha Main
Reporter’s Diary
Mukhya Samachar.
Business Wrap.
P.M.
2.00 Philippine Open 10 Ball
Pool C’ship 11
5.00 Gret Ireland Run
5.30 KIA X Games Asia 2011
7.00 Monday Night Verdict
8.00 Sportscenter India
8.30 Sportscenter Asia.
9.00 Bpl Express
10.00 Sportscenter India.
10.30 Sportscenter Asia.
11.00 Monday Night Verdict
A.M.
7.30 Asian Tour Indonesian
Masters.
11.30 KIA X Games Asia 2010.
All programmes on this page are as per the official schedules of the various channels. Afternoon is not responsible for any last minute changes.
MOVIE CHANNELS
P.M
1.00
3.00
5.00
7.00
9:00
STARMOVIES
Click
Finding Nemo
Half Past Dead 2
Aeon Flux.
Underworld: Rise of the
Lycans
11.00 The Shepherd
A.M.
7.00 Half Past Dead 2
11.00 Original Sin
12.15
2.00
4.00
6.15
9:00
11.00
HBO
Carriers
Bean
The Time Traveller’s Wife
Spanglish.
Army of Darkness
Harry Potter and The
Prisoner of Azkaban
A.M.
7.30 Already Dead
9.15 Spanglish.
P.M.
2.00
2.30
3.00
5.00
7.00
9.00
11.00
A.M.
7.00
9.00
11.00
P.M
12.30
1.00
3.20
6.00
9.00
11.30
A.M.
8.00
10.00
P.M
1.50
2.30
6.15
9.00
WORLD MOVIES
Gutty Renker
Making of Eagle
Demon Lover
A Little Piece of Heaven
Satin Steel.
Room 205
Sun Alley
Teleshopping.
Room 205
Satin Steel
ZEE STUDIO
Guthy Renker
Shaolin Soccer
The Peacemaker.
Memories of A Geisha
Kill Bill Vol 1
Shanghai Knights
4.00 Gambler: Dev Anand,
Zahida
8.00 Haisiyat: Jeetendra, Jaya
Prada
A.M.
8.00 Mother India: Nargis, Raj
Kumar, Rajendra K
ZEE TALKIES
P.M.
12.00 Raja Shiv Chatrapati:
Sumati Gupte, Smita
Patil
3.00 Chadi Lage Cham Cham:
Mohan Aagashe, Smita
Patil
6.30 Jatra: Bharat Jadhav,
Vijay Chavan
9.30 Bagh Hath Dakhvun:
Makrand Anaspure,
Amrita Subhash
CARTOON NETWORK
P.M.
2.00 Ben 10 Alien Force
3.00 Ultimate Alien.
6.00 Chooha Billi Chor Police
7.30 Krishna and Balaram
8.00 Tom and Jerry Show
9.00 Beyblade Metal Fusion.
9.30 Richi Rich
A.M.
8.00 Dragon Tales
8.30 Richie Rich.
9.00 Krishna and Balram
10.00 Tom and Jerry Show.
11.00 Ben 10: Alien Force.
POGO
P.M.
12.00 Chhota Bheem
Marathon
4.00 Pokemon: Galactic
Battles
6.00 MAD.
Good Advice.
Two Lovers
PIX
Drunken Master
The Aviator.
50 First Dates.
Wild Things: Diamonds
In The Rough
11.15 Legion
A.M.
7.00 The Freshman.
9.40 In To The Sun
11.40 Legion
STAR GOLD
P.M.
2.00 Biwi No 1: Salman Khan
5.45 Kunwara: Govinda and
Urmila
9.00 Ek Ayr Ek Gyarah:
Govinda, Sanjay Dutt
A.M.
11.30 Vroom: Gaurav Bajaj,
Nina S
MAX
P.M.
12.00 Golmaal-Fun Unlimited:
Ajay Devgan, Tushar K.
3.00 Mumbai Indian vs Kings
XI Punjab
7.30 Delhi Daredevils vs
Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
A.M.
10.00 Garjana: Arjun, Keerath,
Gajala.
ZEE CINEMA
P.M.
12.00 Aawara Paagal
Deewana: Akshay
Kumar, Suniel Shetty
4.00 Dada No 1: Vikram, Asin
8.00 Dashavtaar: Kamal
Hassan, Asin
A.M.
8.00 Lahoo Ke do Rang:
Akshay Kumar,
Nasseruddin Shah
CVO
P.M.
2.00 Jheel Ke Us Paar:
Dharmendra, Mumtaz
5.30 Naagdev: Vinod Alva, Siri
9.00 Deewana Mastana:
Govinda, Juhi C
A.M.
9.30 Rustam Kaun?:
Randhawa, Mumtaz
FILMY
P.M.
12.30 Gurubhai: Darshan,
Sheren
4.00 Meri Aawaz Suno:
Jeetendra, Hema Malini
8.00 Aur Pyar Ho Gaya: Bobby
Deol, Aishwarya
A.M.
9.00 Chachi 420: Kamal
Hassan, Tabu
B4U
P.M.
12.00 Majaal: Jeetendra,
Sridevi
Legion, Pix, 11.15 p.m.
Kill Bill, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.
6.30 Chhota Bheem.
7.00 Pogo’s Tutti Frutti
Laugher Duty
7.30 Anpanman Breadman.
8.00 Gadbad Gadbad
11.00 Thomas and Friends.
A.M.
8.00 Thomas and Friends
8.30 Gali Gali Sim Sim.
9.00 Gadbad Gadbad
P.M.
2.00
2.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
6.00
7.30
8.00
9.00
10.00
A.M.
8.00
9.00
9.30
11.00
DISNEY CHANNEL
Aladdin
Phineas and Ferb.
Art Attack
Ishaan
1001 Nights
Phineas and Ferb
Art Attack
Doraemon.
Phineas and Ferb.
Three Mousekeeters
MMCH
Phineas and Ferb
Doraemon
Phineas and Ferb.
DISNEY XD
P.M.
2.00 Kid vs Kat
2.30 Monkey King.
3.00 Super Robot Monkey
Team Hyper Force.
4.00 Kid vs Kat
4.30 Buzz Light Year of Star
Command.
5.00 Heroes-Spiderman
5.30 Kid vs Kat
Team
7.00 Legend of Tarzan
7.30 Phineas And Ferb
8.00 Monkey King
Command
9.30 Kick Buttowski
10.00 Zeke and Luther
10.30 Aaron Stone
A.M.
8.00 Kid Vs Kat
Command.
Team Hyper Force Go.
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
The show ‘Best of Luck Ni kki’ i s
unique for a Disney s how. What is it
like?
We needed a fiction show which could
appeal to not only children but their
parents and elders also and would
watch it together on a lazy Sunday
morning. And the results are mindblowing from the attention I am
getting everywhere.
What’s the USP of the show?
Disney is committed to enter taining
Indian kids and families with great
stories and lovable characters and
‘Best of Luck Nikki’ is a wonderful
example of this. It’s a Delightful, light
hearted comedy, full of fun and
laughter that families are sure to
enjoy.
What is the draft of the show?
Best of Luck Nikki follows the lives of
the Singhs, an average Indian family
comprising Mom, Dad and siblings
Dolly, Rohan and Sunny as they
attempt to handle the newest family
entrant, baby Nikki. There is never a
dull moment at the Singh household
as baby Nikki loves to keep everyone
engaged in her constant care. The
kids endeavor to adjust to their new
roles as guardians of the little girl
while the parents attempt to balance
work and baby care. ‘Best of Luck
Nikki’ promises a super summer as
the entire family gets into hilarious
predicaments and manage to escape
to a happy ending. Nikki’s older s ister,
Dolly, lends the show a unique
perspective in ever y episode as she
films a video diary giving her baby
sister advice on how to deal with and
enjoy being a part of this amusing
family. Indian households will cer tainly
relate to the show’s engaging story
lines focusing on fun, togetherness
and family values, much like their own
family.
What is your character in the show?
I play Rohan Singh, the eldest brother
in the family but without any
responsibilities. He is carefree,
without a worr y in the world. I raise a
lot of comic laughter in the sit-com.
How is the rest of the cast?
Best of Luck Nikki’s talented cast
comprises well known TV actress
Gurdip Kohli and Girish Sachedev as
Mrs. and Mr. Singh, Nikki’s
overworked parents. Promising new
stars Sheena Bajaj as Dolly, Nikki’s
effervescent older sister, Akash Nair
as the lovable Sunny, and oh-so-cute
Avyukta Gautam as baby Nikki,
complete the reel family. The show is
directed by David Polycarp and
produced by production house ‘The
Company’.
What is your oeuvre like?
I have gained immense popularity
through hosting Disney Channel’s ‘Big
Bada Boom’. I had done theatre in
college and had been part of many
dramas, where an agency spotted me
for Disney’s Big Bada Boom Auditions.
I was shortlisted for the show. Apar t
from Big Bada Boom, I have also
hosted Airtel Champion’s League T20
and Disney Channel and Disney XD
“CL T20 contest” where I interviewed
and interacted with the audience, thus
adding lots more to this ultimate
cricket bonanza. I have done
commercials like Pepsi, McDonald’s,
including Nikon’s latest ad with
Priyanka Chopra.
SPECIAL FAMILY
Zee Café ups
entertainment ante
with new show; ‘No
Ordinary Family’,
premiering on 2nd May,
Tuesday at 10 pm.The
one-hour science
fiction comedy-drama
is about the Powell
family. The Powells are
about to go from
ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of
marriage, Jim and Stephanie's relationship
lacks the spark it once had, and their family
life now consists of balancing work and their
two children, leaving little time for family
bonding. During a family vacation set up by
Jim in an attempt to reconnect, their plane
crashes into the Amazon River. But this is
where the fun starts.
APSARA ALEE
Murtuza is a young man making waves on the small screen and is now catching
attention as the fun-loving Rahul Singh in the popular Disney sit-com ‘Best of
Luck Nikki’. We spoke to him about his latest outing on prime time and his
future endeavors. Some excerpts. By Sandeep Hattangadi
STAY HOOKED
TV TATTLE
BLACK BEAUTY
It is interesting to know
that while he is a
captain of a team and a
judge on ‘Amul Comedy
Ka Mahamuqabla’,
Arshad Warsi has a
unique liking for the
'black' color as he has
given strict instructions
to his designer to use
black in his costumes
on the show. Right from his character of
'Circuit' in Munna Bhai MBBS to his
captainship in this show on Star Plus, the
actor has prominently used black in all his
outfits. Meanwhile, Shekhar Suman who is
quite likely to be seen guiding his designers
on colors and style is very particular about
his costumes and style statement on the
show much like the fellow captains Raveena
Tandon and Shreyas Talpade who love to
play with colors. Catch the actor on ‘Amul
Comedy Ka Mahamuqabla’ every Saturday
and Sunday at 9 pm only on Star Plus!
ULTA PULTA
The dance reality show ‘Apsara Alee’ on Zee
Marathi was won by Mrunmayee Deshpande
of ‘Kunku’ fame.She beat tough competitors
Girija Oak, Neha Pendse and Urmila
Kanetkar, winning a prize money of
Rs.1,00,000 and jewellery worth Rs.75,000
at the grand finale held at Shahji Raje Krida
Sankul hosted by Pushkar Shrotri. The show
was judged by Sachin Pilgaonkar among
other judges like Phulva Khamkar, Mayuresh
Prem, Mrunmayee’s mentor Deepali Vichare
won a prize money of Rs.75,000.
MURTUZA
IS A
DISNEY DISCOVERY!
Krishnaben
Khakhrawala’s son Ilesh
is engaged to Bhoomi.
Krishnaben does not
believe in dowry and
conveys the same to the
girl’s side. However she
gets the shock of her life
when grandmother of
Bhoomi calls her and
demands gold jewellery,
ring and saree from her. “It is really funny.
Instead of the boy’s side it is the
ladkiwallahs who are demanding a dowry,”
laughs Indira Krishnan. But she is loving it
because this means breaking the usual
norm of the system. She is also excited
because Reeta Bhaduri is playing the role of
Bhoomi’s grandmother, with whom Indira
had acted together some ten years back.
FALLING IN LOVE
Every girl’s fantasy guy, Ahem from ‘Saath
Nibhaana Saathiya’ is ready to take the next
step! He’s ready to fall in love! All of us are in a
search for an ideal place that makes us fall in
love with it at its first sight. And Ahem is no
less! This time he is enchanted by the
beautiful city of Switzerland. He is so
enamored by the beauty of the place that he
wishes to stay there forever. He feels as if he’s
sweet sixteen ready to fall in love and live with
his lady love happily ever after! Will the love
bloom or will it be a falling leaf of the Autumn?
SNAKES ON THE SETS
Recently a very special
guest slithered on to
the sets of SAB TV’s
F.I.R. Hissing his way
through the cables and
cameras was none
other than Vijay
Dinanath Chauhan!
While the rest of the cast and crew on sets
was awe struck and terrified at the same
time, our Haryanvi daredevil, Inspector
Chandramukhi Chuatala aka Kavita
Kaushik, was the only one who was really
thrilled!Now before you start thinking about
the obvious reference to Vijay Dinanath
Chauhan, let us get this straight! Vijay
Dinanath Chauhan is none other than a 7
feet rattle snake! Chandramukhi was so
excited, that she wanted to keep the rattle
snake with her and actually named him
Dinanath! FIR airs every Mon-Friday at 10:30
pm only on SAB TV.
Kids have a new reason to remain hooked
on to their favorite family entertainment
destination, Disney Channel. This summer
vacation, take a dive into the entertaining
and funny underwater world of Bea, Oscar
and Milo inside a giant fish tank, with ‘Fish
Hooks’, an original Disney animation series
premiered on April 30 on Disney Channel.
The show features the incredibly talented
young comic, Saloni Dani in her first ever
voice acting role as the voice of Clamantha,
the over enthusiastic clam in Fish Hooks.
Created by famous children's book
illustrator and author Noah Z. Jones, the
series is set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's
Pet Shop and revolves around three tween
fish, Milo, Oscar and Bea who attend
Freshwater High School.
YA BHAUJI
Aadesh Bandekar,
fondly known as
Bhauji
of
Maharashtra is back
on Zee Marathi's
women family reality
show‘Home Minister’.
He will re-enter with a
big bang on show
soon from May 16.
Aadesh Bandekar, a
well known host on
Marathi television industry, is popular for
his witty humor and interaction skills with
the contestants. After seasons hosted by
Jeetendra Joshi and Neelesh Sable the
prodigal returns home.Welcome Aadesh!
On his return Aadesh says, “ I am returning
to the show which made me as a star and
gave me name, fame and money and it is
with great pleasure that I am doing this third
season of the show with new promise and
new anticipation.Watch out for a new look
Aadesh”!
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of you, then a counselling session with a good
sex counsellor would be in order. This would
take care of any myths or misconceptions that
she may be carrying about physical intimacy,
and also give her an opportunity to come up
with her queries, if any.
Pre-marital ‘non-response’
I am going to be married soon, but when I
was courting my fiancée I found that she
was not getting aroused. In spite of my best
efforts I was not able to arouse her and she
was not affected by my touching. Is it
normal?
It seems that you are entering into an
arranged marriage. If this is so, then what you
are facing is a common problem. You are
probably going too fast too soon. The sexuality
of a woman is predominantly heart-centred.
She needs to feel emotionally close to you
for her to get aroused. I would advise you
to go slow with your caressing as she may
be feeling shy and awkward. Instead, you
could win her heart by romancing her. Not
being hasty physically, but instead
understanding her hesitation, will make her
feel emotionally close to you. And when this
happens, she will be more than willing to
share intimacy with you.
If after implementing my advice you still feel
that things are not warming up between both
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Wife has dumped me!
HEART TO HEART
I am a 30-year-old man. I was married, have
one child; but my wife has left me one year
ago. She does not want to talk to me or have
any relations with me. To the best of my
understanding I did not hurt her ever in any
way, but somehow she wants to stay away
from me. What to do? Should I get into
another relationship? I need love. I feel
lonely. What should I do?
It is important to know the reasons why your
wife has separated from you, in order to know
whether a reconciliation is possible or not.
However, there will have to be a counsellor’s
intervention so that the reasonable needs of
both partners are taken into consideration
before deciding. If the reasons given by her
Grand Canyon
mystery solved?
Dr. Rajan B. Bhonsle
M.D. (Bom) Consulting Sex Therapist & Counsellor
Dr. (Mrs.) Minnu R. Bhonsle
Ph.D. Consulting Psychotherapist & Counsellor
AGE FACTOR: The age of the canyon is still a matter of debate. There are two schools of thought on the subject
Scientist claims he’s finally discovered how the canyon was formed
L
ONDON: A seismologist claims he has
finally solved the geological mystery of
how the Grand Canyon was formed and it turns out it could be younger than previously thought.
Professor Alan Levander, of Rice University, has discovered a giant structure deep beneath the Colorado Plateau which could
explain how the dramatic landscape above
was created.
He said magma in a layer of the
earth’s crust is forcing the top layer down
and surging up to take its place, pushing
up the land around the valley which forms
the canyon.
Professor Levander told LiveScience: “Anyone who goes to the Grand Canyon and looks
down should think,”What is it that made it
this way?”
“The most immediate answer is water, that
a river cut this canyon, but what is it that
made the rock it lies in, the earth, move up?”
Scientists have long been puzzled as
to how the tectonically-stable plateau
could be rising while parts of its lower crust
are falling, a phenomenon more usually seen
in mountain belts, a Mail Online, UK report
has said.
To discover why, he and a team of geologists analysed new data from the of mobile
seismic stations known as the Earthscope
Transportable Array.
The observatory-quality seismographs
were first set up in the West in 2004, and
are moving across America in a
ten-year project.
Images taken from the stations revealed an
unusually cold, dense region more than 120
miles deep stretching into the second layer
of the earth’s crust.
are valid and if her reasonable needs are not
being satisfied by you in the relationship, and
if you do not even admit it or do not want to do
anything about it from your side, then a
divorce is inevitable.In that case you need to
get into personal counselling to understand
yourself better before getting into another
relationship. This is extremely important or
else you may land up in a similar position
again. It is also possible that your wife has her
own issues which have nothing to do with you.
In that case, if she is not willing to admit and
work on her own issues, a divorce is again
inevitable.
In either case, it would be worthwhile seeing
a counsellor to discuss the issue at length.
This will help you gain an insight about
yourself and about what kind of stimulus you
put forth in your relationships. This will enable
you to remove any contaminants that you may
be bringing to the relationship and learn to
contribute more positively in any relationship.
You will also be able to have an ‘emotional
closure’ with your wife and move on in your life
on a healthy note.
In a paper published yesterday in Nature,
Professor Levander described how believes
the anomalous structure is caused by an upsurge in magma from a lower layer, which
causes the crust itself to peel off.
He believes the hotter, weaker athenosphere surged upwards and invaded the
stronger lithosphere above it, which includes
both the uppermost crust and the top layer
of the mantle.
The partially-molten material expanded,
cooled and solidified after it flowed upwards,
putting more weight on the mantle-section
of the lithosphere.
This became so heavy it then peeled away
and dripped down, creating a space above it.
The more buoyant asthenosphere filled
the gap, expanded again and caused the entire plateau to uplift, according to ‘LiveScience’.
Professor Levander’s believes this ‘mantle
drip’ happened in the last six million years,
making it the most recent anomaly in the
Colorado Plateau, a finding which could help
pinpoint the age of the Grand Canyon.
He told Amazing Planet: “There are generally two schools of thought on the age of the
Grand Canyon - one is that it formed in the
last six million or seven million years, and
the other is that it has a much longer history
as a canyon.
Our results suggest it’s the younger date
that’s more accurate.”
Another seismologist, George Zandt of the
University of Arizona, told LiveScience “these
findings would tend to support the idea of at
least a young component of the uplift.”
But he said it was still possible the uplift
could have happened before then, supporting the theory of a much older canyon.
Professor Levander said he plans to
analyse data from more seismographs to see
whether he can ‘pull out more details’ on
the anomaly.
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Morning heart
attacks more
severe
H
WEDDING FRENZY: Multi-media artist Chito Salarza-Grant wears a hat
themed on the Royal Wedding as crowds of people throng to central London to
celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London on Friday
EART attacks are far more
dangerous in the mornings than at any other time of
the day, research shows. Patients struck down between
6am and midday suffer a fifth
more damage to their heart
muscle compared with those
who have an attack later on.
Scientists believe the phenomenon may be due to the
changes in the body’s blood
pressure, hormone levels and
metabolism rates that naturally occur when a person
wakes up. It is already well established that heart attacks
are more likely to happen in
the morning than other times
of the day, but the latest study
is the first to show that they
are also more severe at this
time of day.
Scientists at the National
Centre of Cardiovascular Research in Madrid, Spain, studied 811 patients who were
admitted to hospital with
heart attacks between 2003
and 2009. All had suffered a
type of heart attack known as
an ST segment elevation my-
Too much internet can lead to drugs
S
PENDING time online increases
the likelihood of a teenager taking drugs or having unprotected
sex, it has been claimed. Research
revealed those who are regularly
glued to their screens are far more
likely to engage in risky behaviour
than their peers.
The researchers from the
Queen’s University in Canada
found that young adults who
logged the most hours on their
computers were 50 per cent more
likely to engaged in a cluster of six
‘multi-risk behaviours.’ These included smoking, drunkenness,
cannabis and illegal drug use, having unprotected sex and not using
seat belts, says Mail Online, UK.
Research author Valerie Carson,
said, “This research is based on social cognitive theory, which suggests that seeing people engaged in
a behaviour is a way of learning
that behaviour. Since adolescents
are exposed to considerable screen
time - over 4.5 hours on average
each day - they’re constantly seeing
images of behaviours they can then
SPRING BABIES LIKELY
TO BE ANOREXIC
SPECTRUM
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potentially adopt.”
One explanation behind the
findings is that a considerable
amount of advertising that used to
be shown on TV is now being
shown on the internet. In addition,
computer usage by adolescents has
increased considerably in recent
years. “TV and video games have
more established protocols in
terms of censorship, but Internet
protocols aren’t as established,” Ms
Carson said.
“Parents can make use of programs that control access to the Internet, but adolescents in this age
group are quite savvy about technology and the Internet. It’s possible that these types of controls
aren’t effective in blocking all undesirable websites.”
The research, recently published
in the Journal of Preventative Medicine, suggests that future studies
should examine the specific content adolescents are being exposed
to in order to help strengthen current screen time guidelines for
youth.
BAD INFLUENCE?
Researchers said
teenagers were far
more likely to see
‘undesirable’ content
online than they were
on TV
FATAL: Research has found that
those who have a heart attack in the
morning suffer damage up to a fifth
worse than those struck down later
in the day
ocardial infarction, caused by
a prolonged period of blocked
blood supply. The researchers
gauged the severity of the attacks by measuring the levels
of the enzymes creatine kinase and troponin-I, which
are higher the more the heart
muscle has been damaged.
They found that damage to
the heart was 21 per cent
greater when the attack had
occurred between 6am and
midday. Doctors cannot yet
explain why heart attacks appear to be more severe in the
morning, but they believe it
may be caused by natural
changes in the body that
occur over a 24-hour period.
For example, blood pressure is
at its highest in the morning
and lowest at night, during
sleep. Hormones such as cortisol, which increases blood
sugar levels, are also in higher
concentration in the morning. The body’s metabolism
increases when we wake up,
but at night it is comparatively
slow.
The trend could also be explained by the fact some people suffering chest pain at
night may try to wait until
morning before getting help.
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P
EOPLE born in
the Spring are
more likely to
suffer anorexia, claim
researchers.
The largest study of
its kind provides ‘clear
evidence’ that the season of birth - and
therefore the season
when babies are conceived - affects the
chances of getting the
eating disorder.
It adds to mounting
evidence since the
1970s that the timing
of conception and
early development influences disease risk
in later life. Possible
factors include exposure to viruses and
other infections while
in the womb, sunshine levels and the
mother’s
eating
habits. The study
looked at birth dates
of 1,293 anorexia patients and compared
their timing with the
general population,
says Mail Online, UK.
Oxford University researchers found an excess of anorexia births
between March and
June, and the least
from September to
October. There are
around 90,000 Britons
with eating disorders
which often start in
the early teens. Eating
disorders such as
anorexia and bulimia,
in which sufferers
make themselves sick
to get rid of food, have
the highest premature
death rate of any psychiatric
illness
through suicide and
long-term
health
damage. The new
study, published in
the British Journal of
BABY BLUES: Researchers believe that environmental
factors around the time of conception or when the baby is
developing in the womb may be responsible for the link
Psychiatry was led by lower in those born in
Dr Lahiru Handun- the autumn. A numnetthi, of the Well- ber of previous studies
come Trust Centre for have found that menHuman Genetics at tal illnesses such as
Oxford University.
schizophrenia, bipolar
It examined four disorder and major
time-sets of birth depression are more
dates of people with common
among
anorexia in the UK, those born in the
with those of the gen- spring - so this finding
eral popuation born in anorexia is perhaps
between 1950 and not surprising.
1980. The birth distriDr Handunnetthi
bution of those with said,
“Seasonal
anorexia was found to changes in temperabe significantly differ- ture, sunlight expoent from the general sure and vitamin D
population.
levels, maternal nutriAlthough some pre- tion and exposure to
vious studies had sug- infections are all posgested a link between sible risk factors. Idenseason of birth and tifying these risk
eating disorders, they factors is important in
involved
much helping us understand
smaller numbers of and maybe even prepatients and were not vent illness in future.”
statistically valid. Dr
Experts say steps
Handunnetthi said it can be taken to optiwas the largest ever mise the health of the
study to assess the mother and unborn
presence of a season baby during pregnanof birth effect.
cies which are due to
He said, “We found end in Spring and
that susceptibility to early summer, includanorexia nervosa is ing
making
sure
significantly
influ- women eat well, don’t
enced by a person’s smoke and take care
season of birth, being to avoid getting infechigher in those people tions as far as possiborn in the spring and ble.
Erase painful memories
A
LL of us have wanted to erase a painful memory at some point.
Now scientists claim they are on the verge of a breakthrough
after finding a way to potentially delete trauma from our minds.
They have discovered a link between a protein called PKM and our
recollection of disturbing events, reports
Mail Online, UK.
Their study, published in the Journal of
Neuroscience, could have profound implications for traumatised people. Lead researcher David Glanzman, from the
University of California, Los Angeles, said,
“I think we will be able to alter memories
someday to reduce the trauma from our
brains. Not in the immediate future, but I
think we will be able to go into one’s brain,
identify the location of the memory of a
traumatic experience and try to dampen it
down. ”
END OF TRAUMA?
Professor Glanzman and his team reScientists have discovered ported that they eliminated, or at least suba link between a protein
stantially weakened, a long-term memory
called PKM and our
in both the marine snail known as Aplysia
recollection of disturbing
and neurons in a Petri dish. And they hope
events
same can be done on humans too.
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COFFEEBREAK
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 141
ENIGMA CODE 141
Each colour in our code
represents a letter.
When you have cracked the
code you will be able to
make up seven words.
The clue to first word is
given to help you get
started.
ACROSS:
1 Mount trunk when crazy for brown
seeds (5-9)
10 Welshman present at the staff
yearly meeting? (5)
11 Invalid plot with a jockey (3-6)
12 Summarised account of street
accident (3-4)
13 Occasion for pushing the boat out
(7)
15 Somebody's bust the head of the
broom (5)
17 Baseballer enjoying some brief
dalliance along the travel route (9)
19 Terrible cliche about the first King
Street in the items on the sheet
(5,4)
20 These are sure to be brisk for beer
on board (5)
22 The boy is among the favourites of
the stuff teachers (7)
24 Philosopher writes new slurs about
the Spanish (7)
26 In stringed instrument, seventh
note is undamaged (9)
28 Shakespeare's king has a way to
get lesson (5)
29 By which some of those standing
know about their seats (8,6)
DOW:
2 Like a mad dog, and an
Englishman's topee in the midday
sun (3,4,4)
3 South American health clubs love
authority (3-2)
4 Meat cured, as is bacon (9)
5 Witch's last choice of abode? (5)
6 Poor Gail, in terrible state behind
Bill, follows very closely (9)
7 Under the water and in Germany
(3)
8 Deformed man plus tanner (7)
9 Beating a trimmed bathrobe (6)
14 Schwarzenegger movie all
remember (5,6)
16 Progressing by manufacturing
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The Clue: Moral
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L
L
L
L
SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S
ENIGMA CODE
LEGACY, ALLEGE, ACETYL,
EAGLET, GALLEY, LATELY,
LEGATE
abroad (6,3)
18 One isn't left naked when it's taken
off (9)
19 Upset? Depends how bigheaded
one is ! (7)
21 The farewell it takes such an age to
say (2-4)
23 It's rather old hat among military
men (5)
25 They're found on snow-shoes - not
skates (5)
27 Compete with life in France (3)
SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 8 Muffin, 9 Alp, 10 Rook, 11 Strychnine, 12 Shag, 13 Hawser, 16 Sundress, 17 Imposed, 18 The army, 22 Freehold, 25 Result, 26 Dosh, 27 Rather
cool, 30 Jest, 31 Sin, 32 Stoked.
DOWN: 1 Bust, 2 Iffy, 3 In charge, 4 Matisse, 5 Spleen, 6 Crossroads, 7 Locals, 14
Arm, 15 Stonechats, 19 Hortense, 20 Mil, 21 Editing, 23 Reopen, 24 Onrush, 28
Chow, 29 Ores.
QUICK CROSS 141
ACROSS:
1 Palindromic tales (5)
6 Firma's preceder (5)
7 Cry of Coleridge's Mariner
(1,4)
8 __ __ home: out (3,2)
9 Encompasses (5)
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MATH PYRAMID 141
The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill
the given pyramid with numbers
such that the following three rules
are satisfied.
1. A cell value must be sum or
difference of the two cells below
2. A row cannot have duplicate
numbers
3. A number cannot be less than 1
or more than the grid size
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
DOWN:
1 Kenton and Laurel (5)
2 Writer of fables (5)
3 Persona non ___ (5)
4 Adherent to a belief
condemned as heresy (5)
5 They're produced in
chemical reactions
between acids and bases
(5)
HIDATO 141
The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically,
or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle and
a some other numbers are already filled in.
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
MATHDOKU 141
Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the
digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated
in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and
one of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematical
operation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to each
puzzle is arrived at logically and is unique.
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
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WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART
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COFFEEBREAK
MOON: Aries/Rahu in Scorpio and
Ketu in Taurus
TITHI: Darsh Amavasya
NAKSHATRA: Ashwini
RASHI: Mesh (Aries) A.L.I.
LUCKY COLOUR: Grey and Red
LUCKY NUMBER: 1
BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will achieve a
major breakthrough in your career this
year. Those planning a merger or partnership will be able to do it. Senior executives will be given additional allowances.
Love life will be fine. You will spend quality time with your beloved taking several
short holiday trips. Your mate will be very
loving and understanding. Minor health
ailments may require attention.
BABIES BORN TODAY: Will have bright
eyes, broad forehead alert, energetic and
self-opinionated. General all round good
knowledge will lead to many good opportunities. Will do well in public life, marketing, business, agriculture or land
development. Overseas influences are
strongly indicated and favorable. Will be
loving and attached to family.
TODAY’S FORECAST
Jagjit Uppal
ARIES (March 21 - April 20): In your dealings with others be alert
and keep your options open. Do not take on work in which you have
no interest, or about which you know nothing. An old acquaintance
will bring forward a tempting business proposal. This person may
have some ulterior motives in renewing old association.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You will find yourself making good
progress in all that you plan for today. Family members will also be
supportive and helpful. If you are thinking of buying property this is
the right time to invest your money. Purchase of some household
goods is also likely.
BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP
FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Avoid arguments with colleagues. Play
it cool. Expenses are to a certain extent on the higher side. Try to
keep a check on your expenses. Nevertheless, you are likely to get
money due to you provided you pursue the matter today. Family will
prove to be of great source of happiness.
CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You are very happy with the way things
are working out for you in your job and career. Do not be in a rush
to make expansion plans at this juncture. Wait for a more consistent
pattern to emerge before implementing new ideas. An outing with
friends and loved ones will be something to look forward to.
LEO (July 22 - August 21): Hard work and sincerity pays you rich rewards in career and personal life will win support and help from all
in times of need. Both personally and professionally you are on a
strong wicket. You can now see your ideas materialize especially
since you will find support from those around you.
VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Diplomacy and poise are essential if you expect to get along with others. A confrontation at this
juncture will only act as a setback. Your mate or sweetheart will be
in a cheerful frame of mind and make you feel better about a situation that you have no control over.
LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Work routine might seem boring. There may not be many opportunities to express your creativity
and that spontaneity seems to be missing. You may therefore decide to do some home decorating along with your mate. Redoing your
home may add freshness and also help to improve the atmosphere.
PHANTOM LEE FALK
SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Financially, your position is
quite stable and you should check further investment on fresh projects. Health and domestic affairs too need your attention. There
could some news of a loved one that could be distressing. Soon you
will get to hear that all is well and things have worked out.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20): A leisure pastime
could lead to great achievements and could propel you into the limelight. You stand to benefit from short term deposits. You will realize
the fruits of your labor and see the results of hard work. You are sure
to get rewards in much sooner than you expect.
MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL
CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Attend to your routine
work and avoid bringing about any changes right now. Try to be practical and don’t give in to emotions because there is really very little
you can do about it. Follow the trends; resisting will only lead to frustration and disappointment. There will be moments of leisure and romance with the one you love.
AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Work hard without seeking
immediate rewards. You will soon receive news of your promotion
and increase in salary and other benefits. You make contacts with
a new setup of people with great potential for further growth of work.
This gives you opportunity to expand your horizons.
PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You will achieve whatever you set
out to do today. Any problems that you encounter will be overcome
easily provided you are patient. Unexpected monetary gains are indicated from sources that may have been a problem earlier. Do not allow
family problems to come in the way of the good mood that you are in.
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QUICK CROSSWORD 4039
ACROSS:
1 S. Am. cowboy (6)
7 Long-finned tuna (8)
8 Pick up with the beak (4)
10 Propagates, reproduces or sires
(6)
11 ___ ring : a small ring with a seal
set in it? (6)
14 Dernier ___ (3)
16 Hot spiced port drink (5)
17 A young girl or maiden (4)
19 Pulls, hauls or tugs (5)
21 Defiles, dirties (5)
22 Welsh county (5)
23 harbour, drink (4)
26 Start of Caesar's saying (5)
28 ___ Juan : famous Spanish libertine and seducer of women (3)
29 _____ over : refers fleetingly to;
disregards? (6)
30 Hot dish (6)
31 Let __ __ : tell? (2,2)
32 Complete, perfect; fixed (8)
33 Tangled (6)
DOWN:
1 Frisk and play (6)
2 Good health ! (6)
3 Deciduous trees of the genus Quercus (4)
4 Receipts, especially as a profit (7)
5 Accomplishing or achieving (5)
6 Hits hard (5)
8 Chest muscles (4)
9 Course Deviation Indicator (3)
12 Ground Earth Station (3)
13 Swiss mathematician (1707-83)
(5)
15 Threefold or triple, rather poetically speaking (5)
18 Hard as _ ___ (1,4)
19 Female deer, rabbit (3)
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SUDOKU 1225
Sudoku is a number
placing puzzle based on
a 9x9 grid such several
given numbers.To solve
a Sudoku puzzle, every
digit from 1 to 9 must
appear in each of the
nine vertical columns, in
each of the nine
horizontal rows and in
each of the nine boxes.
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
Difficulty Level CRYPTOQUIP
Today’s clue: O equals T
The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.
20 High-pitched - "lat" anagram? (3)
21 In a charming and disarming manner, should we say? (7)
22 Greenwich Mean Time (3)
23 Roman goddess of fruit (6)
24 __ __ even keel : cruising
serenely? (2,2)
25 Fashionable or stylish (6)
26 Religion of the Koran (5)
27 City in central Belgium (5)
28 Son of Jacob (3)
30 Affiliations (4)
SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 1 Jammu, 6 Xenon, 9 Affined, 10 Diego, 11 Recto, 12 Jam on, 13
Freeman, 15 CPA, 17 Ryot, 18 Peeler, 19 Cowed, 20 Edison, 22 Smee, 24 Den, 25
Ichabod, 26 Abash, 27 Stare, 28 David, 29 Attaint, 30 Frost, 31 Ahint.
DOWN: 2 Aviary, 3 Magnet, 4 UFO, 5 Kiran, 6 Xeroxed, 7 Eden, 8 On tape, 12
Jason, 13 Freed, 14 Eosin, 15 Climb, 16 Armed, 18 Peach, 19 Corbett, 21 Debtor,
22 Sanath, 23 Eonian, 25 Islam, 26 Aras, 28 Dna.
IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1042
To solve an
Irregular Sudoku
puzzle, every digit
must appear once
in:
Each of the
vertical columns
Each of the
horizontal rows
Each of the
regions
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
L A C K J
T A F F
D I A S A F U K U ,
F Q J U
E J
O B U A I
J O E I J
T B A W B
B E S U
W Q H D F U O U G
O B U A I
O A H U
F Q J U
J D F U C G Q I .
O B U A I
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first
time he bites off more than he can chew.
Afternoon
WORD
MINE
U
A
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F
E
E
D
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T
How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in
today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word
must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine
letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.
Today’s ratings: 55 average; 61 good; 66 outstanding.
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: airy, fairy, foray, forty, fray, irony, nary, nifty, notary, notify,
pantry, parity, party, pity, pointy, pony, pray, PROFANITY, rainy, ratify, rayon, ropy,
tiny, topiary, tray, typo, yarn.
HEATHCLIFF
Saturday’s
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IN BRIEF
Title on hold as Barcelona lose
MADRID: Barcelona missed a glorious chance to
close in on the Spanish league title after falling to a
shock 2-1 defeat at Real Sociedad as their 32-match
unbeaten league run came to an end.
Pep Guardiola's side could have moved to within
one point of a third successive league crown with
victory after rivals Real Madrid suffered a surprise 32 home loss to Real Zaragoza earlier.
Instead, the champions now need four points from
their final four games to retain the title.
Barcelona took the lead through Thiago Alcantra
on 29 minutes, but Uruguayan substitute Diego Ifran
equalised on 71 minutes and Xabi Prieto converted
an 82nd-minute penalty to give strugglers Sociedad
a vital win. It was Barcelona's first away defeat of the
season and their first in the league since midSeptember, although they retain their eight-point
cushion over Real at the summit.
Qureshi, Bopanna out of Estoril Open
ESTORIL (Portugal): Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and
Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi crashed out of the Estoril Open
after losing in straight sets to America's Eric Butorac
and Rojer Jean-Julien of Netherlands Antilles.
The Indo-Pak pair lost 2-6, 4-6 to their third seed
rivals in the semifinals of the euro 450,000 ATP clay
court event.
Eric and Roger will now clash with Spanish team of
Marc Lopez and David Marrero in the summit clash.
Bopanna and Qureshi earned 90 points each and
split 6300 euros for reaching the last four.
LEETHAL WEAPON!
SPORTS
By Sabi Hussain
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EW DELHI: World number one Lee Chong Wei continued his dominance over Peter Gade Christensen in the
Super Series events to win the men's singles title in the
inaugural Indian Open badminton championship here.
The two-time All England champion, Lee prevailed over
world number six and third seed Gade 21-12, 12-21, 21-15 in a
hard-fought contest to pocket the winner's prize of USD 15,000
at the Siri Fort Complex.
In the women's singles final, Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk had a comparatively easy outing as she beat
third-seeded South Korean Youn Joo Bae 21-13, 21-16 in 31
minutes.
The capacity crowd present inside the venue could not have
asked for better showdown between the two titans of badminton world as both came out with every shot in the book to
highlight their supremacy over each other. Gade's athleticism
was in full display as he did not allow the reigning All England
champion Lee to make the clash a one-sided affair.
The 34-year-old Gade, whose passage to the final was a result of lot of hard work coupled with experience, was in his
prime form today as on many occassions he retrieved the shuttle from near impossible positions at the back court during the
long rallies and also unleashed flurry of smashes, much to the
delight of weekend crowd. Lee has played Gade 12-time earlier in his career and has lost only once during the 2009 Korea
Super Series. In the first game, Gade was up on his feet during
the long rallies and opened up a narrow 4-2 lead but Lee reduced the gap with better net-play and finished off the first
game in style with a drop at 21-12.
Gade then showed his age-defying fitness in the second game
to level scores at. He widened the gap with his controlled long
rallies and did not allow Lee to make a comeback into the game.
The third and final game was no different as both players in-
SMASHING SUCCESS: Lee Chong Wei leaps high to
uncork a full-blooded smash.
Gangjee misses cut in golf tourney
VALDISTA (Georgia): Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee
carded a disappointing two-over 73 in the second
round to miss his third cut in four starts, at the
Nationwide Tour's South Georgia Classic here.
Gangjee opened his second round with a birdie
but three bogeys after that - one on front nine and
two on back nine, -- spoiled his chances despite
another birdie on 17th. His 73 could not make up for
his first-round 77.
This was Gangjee's third missed cut in four starts.
The best being a tied 30th in Panama
Championships.
At the 7,781-yard, par-72 Kinderlou Forest Golf
Club, the Nationwide Tour's longest course, Michael
Letzig, Matthew Goggin and Jon Mills are tied for the
lead at six-under.
THUNDEROUS ROAR: Thailand’s Porntip
Buranaprasertsuk exults after her win.
Kapur ends 24th, Westwood claims title
SEOUL: Shiv Kapur endured
a rollercoaster final day,
carding an even-par 72 to
sign off tied 24th in the
Euro 2.2 Million Ballantine's
Championship here.
Kapur, one of only two
Indians to make the cut this
week, ended with a fourunder 284 after carding
even-par for third and
fourth rounds.
Gaganjeet Bhullar with three double bogeys had
one of the worst rounds of his professional career,
ended with an 81 that saw him finish at 12-over for
the week and in 69th place. Kapur bogeyed three of
his final five holes from third round and then had two
bogeys in his first nine of the final round.
England's Lee Westwood showed why he is
deserving of his world number one status when he
shrugged off the challenges of closest rival Miguel
Angel Jimenez of Spain to win the title.
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dulged in long rallies and drop shots to increase the lead in
their favour. Lee, after initially being locked at 8-8, broke away
with big strides to extend the lead to 13-10 and then 19-14 to
win the match in the presence of Sports Minsiter of India Ajay
Maken. Meanwhile, in an all-Indonesian affair in the mixed
doubles final, Tantowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir defeated
Fran Kurniawan and Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth 21-18, 23-21.
Tantowi and Liliyana beat their countrymen in 43 minutes in
the first super series final of the day. This is Indonesia's first
Super Series title of the season. The last time Indonesia won a
Super Series event was in November last year when Taufik Hidayat clinched the men's singles title in the French Super Series. Gade, seemingly disappointed after losing a close tie, said,
"It's been tough match as he is the world number one and full
of confidence. He is the best player in the world. If he is selfconfidence like this, he is unbeatable. I was leading in the third
game at one stage, but he got the momentum back."
I will return to defend my title: Lee Chong Wei
By Avishek Roy
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EW DELHI: World No.1 Lee Chong
Wei of Malaysia said he is thrilled to
become the first men's singles champion at the India Open Super Series badminton here - and will return to defend
his title next year.
"I am happy to win the inaugural India
Open Super Series. It was a tough
match," said Lee.
"It was a great tournament and I will
be happy to come back and defend my
title next year."
Asked about the crowd supporting
Gade, Lee said: "I am used to it. I play all
over the world, in China etc. Sometimes
you get the backing of the crowd, sometimes you don't."
The Malaysian was all praise for the
34-year-old Gade. "I have a great respect
for him (Gade). He is a fighter and at 34
he is still fighting on the court. I don't
know what I will be doing at 34," said
Lee.
Gade said he lost to the best player in
the world. "He is unbeatable at the moment. I am happy that if I can take a
game against him and that too 21-12, it
shows that I am still good," said Gade.
"I gave my best. He has tremendous
confidence which is difficult to break.
But he was shaken when I was leading in
the third game. The momentum was
with me. But then I gave some easy
point. There was a long rally in which I
thought he snatched the momentum.
"I cannot play too much of an attacking game because he can counter attack.
So, I have to strike a fine balance. The
game is changing all the time and you
have to take the right decisions. One
wrong stroke and you will be punished. I
had to be in the front of him to win the
match and I tried my best," Gade said.
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
ROYALS WIN IS TAYLOR-MADE
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Two Don Bosco boys selected
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By Dinesh Sharma
OFF TO CELTIC: Mumbai lads Merick Fernandes and Floyd
Periera seen with Greg Robertson and Robert Glen.
AIPUR: Ross Taylor smashed a quickfire unbeaten 47 as Rajasthan Royals thumped Pune Warriors by six wickets in a
thrilling encounter to jump to the top of the table in Indian
Premier League here.
Taylor, who was dropped when on 31, smashed
four boundaries and two sixes in his 35-ball unbeaten knock and shared 52 runs with Ajinkya Rahane (15 not out) for the unseparated fifth wicket
to chase down the target of 144 with three balls to spare.
At one stage, it looked like Pune would snap their five-match
losing streak with the asking rate rising near 11 by the 16th over
but Taylor and Rahane kept their nerves as Rajasthan reached
144 for four in 19.3 overs in the match that went down the wire.
With the victory today, Rajasthan Royals have won 15 of their
19 matches they had played at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in
the IPL so far.
They are now on top of IPL table with 11 points from nine
matches ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders (10 points from eight
matches) and Mumbai Indians (10 from seven).
For Pune, who dropped three catches in the match, leg-spinner Rahul Sharma took three for 13 while Alfonso Thomas got
one wicket. Left-arm spinner Murali Kartik went wicketless for
41 runs from his four overs.
Chasing 144 for a win, the RR openers Shane Watson (12)
and Rahul Dravid (18) did not contribute much and that gave
Pune a chance before Taylor and Rahane took the game away.
Pune started their bowling with Kartik and he could have
achieved success in his fourth ball itself but Manish Pandey
failed to hold onto a difficult catch and Watson survived.
Watson did not, however, stay long as he was out in the fifth
MUMBAI: Don Bosco Matunga’s Merick Fernandes and
Floyd Pereira are among the 22 players selected on the
basis of their performance in the Mahindra Youth
Football Challenge to attend the four-day special
coaching clinic to be conducted by coaches from Celtic
Football Club at the Bal Gangadhar International
Residency School from May 1 to 4, 2001.
The clinic will be conducted by Greig Robertson –
Youth Academy Coach, Celtic FC; Stephen Frail – Youth
Academy Head Coach, Celtic FC; Ian Coll – Head Sports
Science (Youth Academy), Celtic FC and. Robert Glen –
Youth Academy goalkeeping coach. The clinic will be
conducted in two sessions.
Following this clinic two to four players will be picked
to travel and train at the Celtic Football Club in
Scotland for ten days. Sukantanagar Vidhya Niketan,
Kolkatta, the champions of the Mahindra Youth
Football Challenge have the highest representation
with 11 players, while runner-up Govt. Sports School,
Bangalore have four players, with two from CRPF. Delhi,
two form St. Joseph’s Kerala and one from Infant
Jesus, Goa.
Following are the selected players: (Merick
Fernandes, Floyd Pereira (Don Bosco, Mumbai); Brian
Rodrigues (Infant Jesus, Goa); Akshay R (GK), Roy
Rojas (St.Joseph’s, Kerala); Mohammed Aqib, Mukesh
Kumar (CRPF School, Delhi); Michael, Mani Maran R,
Anthony Rushith, Shantosh Kumar (Govt. Sports
School, Bangalore) ; Biswajit Saha (GK), Ashish Turi,
Sanjay Bauri, Amit Turi, Bikash Mallick, Samir
Karmakar, Jayanto Mondal, Bishal Harijan, Nehal
Ahmed, Saif Hussain, Subho Paul (Sukantanagar
Vidhya Niketan, Kolkata).
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SKIPPERS SPEAK: Captains Yuvraj Singh and Shane Warne exchange ideas.
ON THE ATTACK: Ross Taylor
over with Thomas finding his edge with an outswinger for
Robin Uthappa to take the catch behind the stumps.
Dravid, who hit two flourishing fours early on, later struggled and was dropped by Harpreet Singh in sixth over.
But the blunder did not cost Rajasthan Royals dear as Dravid
was out in the eighth over with the addition of just four runs to
his individual score. The former India captain was caught and
bowled by Rahul Sharma in a soft dismissal.
RR lost their third wicket in the 11th over in the form of
Johan Botha (12) but they were still on course at 59/3.
Taylor and Ashok Maneria (29) had some lusty hits mainly
off Kartik but the asking rate rose to more than 10 by the end
of the 15th over.
The explosive New Zealander then changed the complexion
of the game with a flurry of big hits though he was lucky to
have survived as Nathan McCullum dropped him when on 31.
Taylor took 16 runs from Kartik in the 16th over with the help
of two fours and a six and the asking rate dropped down nine
per over. Rajasthan required 19 from the last two overs but Taylor hit a huge six in the penultimate over to take the game away
from Pune. Taylor's younger partner Rahane hit the winning
run, a single, to take RR to their third win on the trot.
Uthappa, however, lived on the edge and took calculated risk
as he hit Rajasthan captain Warne for three fours in the sixth
over though he survived confident appeals from the remaining
three balls of the over.
It was Warne, however, who had the last laugh by dismissing Uthappa in the ninth over as the batsman top-edged while
trying a reverse sweep for Yagnik to take the catch. Uthappa's
cameo of 35 came from 21 balls and had seven fours in it.
Mumbai Indians look to return to winning ways
M
UMBAI: Smarting from their
morale-shattering seven-wicket
loss against Rajasthan Royals,
Mumbai Indians would look to put behind their disappointment and train
their guns on a struggling Kings XI Punjab to return to winning ways in the Indian Premier League.
The high-flying Sachin Tendulkar-led
Mumbai Indians, one of the strong
favourites for the title, were brought
down to the terra firma by Shane
Warne-inspired Royals two days ago at
Jaipur, owing to the visitors' batting flop
show.
Batting first, Mumbai were stopped at
94 for eight after their top order simply
disintegrated and the lower order led by
big-hitting West Indian Kieron Pollard
failed to prop up the innings leading to a
huge defeat, their second in seven
matches and biggest thus far in the tournament. But the hosts would fancy their
chances against Punjab, who were occupying the eighth out of 10 spots on the
points table following a comprehensive
defeat to league toppers Kolkata Knight
Riders last night.
A victory for Mumbai at the Wankhede
stadium would put them back on top of
the table and also back on track to become one of the earliest teams to book a
berth in the four-strong play-off phase of
the tournament starting on May 24.
Mumbai were overtaken on the table
by the Kolkata Knights last night on net
run rate, though both are level on ten
points apiece.
Tendulkar was simply unstoppable in
the first few matches especially after his
superb 100 not out against Kochi Tuskers
Kerala on April 15 but the senior India
batsman performance has dipped in the
last two games.
With their campaign at the halfway
stage in the round-robin stage, Tendulkar
would be determined to put the immediate past behind and come up with a
match-winning knock.
WEST INDIAN SMILE AND AN ACE INDIAN LOOKS OUT FOR MUMBAI: All-rounder
Kieron Pollard has ample reason to wear a smile while Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma discuss a
pertinent point.
SAD BIRTHDAY FOR
KALMADI IN CBI CUSTODY
N
EW DELHI: Known for his pomp and show,
sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman
Suresh Kalmadi today spent a quiet birthday in CBI
custody.
He was the centre of glitter during the fortnightlong sports extravaganza last year but when it came
to his birthday, it was without all the razzmatazz.
For a man, who used to make
everything a showbiz, his birthday this year was an occasion that
was probably only known to CBI
sleuths around him. He is also believed to have spent some time
with a few family members.
Kalmadi, who has been known
for high-class parties, turned 67.
He was arrested by the CBI on
April 25.
At present serving an eight-day custody period,
the suspended Congress MP from Pune was wished
by some CBI officials questioning him in connection with the purchase of Time-Score-Result from
Switzerland, agency sources said.
Lodged in 12x12 ft room, attached with a latchless washroom, Kalmadi is understood to have met
some of his family members. However, no was willing to confirm it.
When contacted, Kalmadi's son Sumeer refused
to talk about it and said, "Birthdays are private affairs so I would request privacy on this issue."
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HENNAI: Powered by a grand
knock by Suresh Raina which
was complemented by a
splendid bowling and batting display by Albie Morkel, Chennai
Super Kings packed too many guns
to register a facile victory over Deccan Chargers in their IPL league IV
match today.
Chargers could muster only 144
for 8 although Sohal got off to a flier
but with Captain Cool Dhoni mustering his resources well, the remainder of the batsmen failed to
really come up with the goods.
Earlier a fine half century from
Suresh Raina backed by superb
slogging by Albie Morkel at the
death helped defending champions Chennai Super Kings post
commendable 165 for five.
While Raina showed signs of returing to form with a 35-ball 59
ON THE GO: CSK skipper M S Dhoni coming up with an advanced attack of his own.
By Amanpreet Singh
N
EW DELHI: After getting a new lease of
life in the Indian Premier League with a
win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Delhi Daredevils would now look to assert their supremacy
over the new entrants once again when they
square off in their return-leg match here.
Delhi thrashed the Tuskers by 38 runs to
move to the seventh position in points table
from the bottom while Kochi now stand at
nine, just above the laggards Pune Warriors.
Virender Sehwag's men will carry the psychological advantage into tomorrow's game
after having beaten them just two days back in
their own den but in Twenty20 a single batsman or bowler can change the complexion of
the game and Delhi can't take the Tuskers
lightly.
Delhi's bowlers have done well with Morne
Morkel leading from the front and Irfan Pathan
(6x4, 2x6), it was Albie Morkel (19,
6 balls, 3x6) who hit three of the
biggest sixes in the penultimate
over off Ishant Sharma's (4-0-41-0)
bowling to spoil his figures. The last
five overs saw CSK smashing 69
runs with Raina, doing the bulk of
the scoring.
Opting to bat on a slowish track,
Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey
made quiet start before Pragyan
Ojha (3/26) dismissed Vijay.
Ojha angled one into Vijay (3, 14
balls) who was cramped for room
while going for a cut-shot. Vijay
was struggling to keep the scoreboard ticking on a slowish pitch
and the dismissal only ended his
misery.
Raina, who hasn't had a great IPL
so far showed lot of composure on
a slow track where one found it difficult to readily go after the bowling.
At the other end 'Mr Dependable' Hussey went about his job
with lot of precision hitting the odd
boundary in between a lot of singles and twos. Hussey's batting was
an example of how to keep the
scoreboard ticking on a difficult
track without taking any undue
risks. The only blemish was a pull
shot which Cameron White
dropped at square leg.
Hussey saw off the dangerous Ishant Sharma's skiddy first spell and
then opened up against the other
bowlers.
The duo brought up the team's
50 in 8.3 overs and their 50 partnership came off 47 balls. Considering
the conditions, the rate at which
they scored wasn't bad at all.
After adding 60 runs in 8.5 overs
when another half century looked
imminent for Hussey, he perished
mistiming a long hop from
Harmeet Singh. Ideally the ball
should have sailed over the ropes
but Hussey managed to hit down
Ishant's throat at deep square leg.
Raina was then joined by skipper
Dhoni who tucked around a few
deliveries before launching on to
Amit Mishra hitting him over long
for a six. Raina then got into the act
swatting the bowler over deep midwicket for another six as 15 runs
came off that over.
The next over by Harmeet Singh
also fetched the defending champions 15 runs with Raina completing a well deserved half century off
only 31 balls.
SPORTS
SHOWING IMMENSE CLOUT: Hero of the victory Suresh Raina uncorks a huge six.
K
Latif backs Tillakaratne on match-fixing claims
ARACHI: Former Pakistan cricket captain
Rashid Latif has backed Hashan
Tillakaratne after the ex-Sri Lanka skipper
came under fire for claiming that Sri Lanka
have been involved in match-fixing for
almost two decades.
Latif, who was a whistleblower in the
match-fixing scandal involving Pakistan in
the 90s, said Sunday that Tillakaratne
knows a lot about the world of match-fixing,
adding that he is hoping that a lot of big
names would be exposed when he would
speak his heart out.
"I know him personally, he told me about this (match-fixing) in the
1993-94 as well. Nobody knows the subcontinent players better then
him and if he reveals the facts then a lot of former cricketers from India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka would be exposed," said Latif.
"As far as I know Hashan would honour his commitment and it would
be extremely damaging for some ex-players of the subcontinent, but
everything will be settled down if a deal struck," stressed Latif, a former
Test wicketkeeper
REPEAT STORY
also gradually getting his touch back but the
poor form of the middle-order batsmen is still
a worry for the hosts.
Whenever Sehwag or David Warner has
failed to fire at the top, they have struggled to
put enough runs on the board.
Venugopal Rao has lost track after some
good starts and Naman Ojha is yet to find his
feet in the new season.
Foreign recruit Travis Birt, who has played
just two matches so far, has shown that he has
the potential and the team would expect him
to make some significant contribution tomorrow.
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It was Sehwag, who single-handedly shaped
Delhi's innings against Kochi with a blistering
80 off 47 balls and the hosts would look up to
their skipper for yet another super knock.
If Sehwag succeeds in repeating his
blitzkrieg at the Feroze Shah stadium tomorrow, there is no doubt that Kochi bowlers will
be in for another bad day.
Delhi's fortunes would also depend on how
Warner, who did extremely well against Kings
XI Punjab in an earlier tie, plays against the
Kochi pace trio of RP Singh, S Sreesanth and R
Vinay Kumar.
RP Singh and Sreesanth so far have been
succesful in making early inroads and Delhi
would be wary of them.
Kochi are definitely not looking the same
side that beat top teams, Chennai Super Kings,
Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders,
on the trot after initial couple of losses.
The inconsistency of Brendon McCullum at
the top has hurt them the most and skipper
Mahela Jayawardene may be inclined to do
some resuffle in their batting order.
Young Ravindra Jadeja has scored runs for
the side but it is difficult for him to steer the
side everytime. They need Parthiv, who has
done okay if not exceptionally well, and
Jayawardene himself to stay longer at the
crease.
Bowling surely is their plus point and Delhi
would no doubt turn to their bowlers to snap
their three-game losing streak and keep alive
their hopes of reaching the knockout stage of
the tournament.
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