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By Prashant Hamine

Mumbai may soonhave CCTVs locatedwidely enough to get

a sneak peek at every citizenall across the crowded me-tropolis. The state cabinet atits weekly cabinet held on

August 13 has decided to em-power the Home Ministry todecide on the proposed in-stallation of CCTVs in Mum-bai, Pune and Nashik.

The decision was actuallythe fall-out of a verbal clashbetween Congress ministersDr Nitin Raut and Shivajirao

Moghe with NCP ministerSunil Tatkare over stalled ir-rigation projects in Vidarbharegion.

The debate centered over244 stalled irrigation projectsin Vidarbha region worth

EYE ON MUMBAIState Cabinet empowers Home Ministry to decide on tender bids for installation of CCTVs across the city

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SEARCHING FORSURVIVORS AND ANSWERS

Hatches of the sub had fused shut after metal of the hull meltedin the heat generated by the fire and the blasts

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

Due to poor visibility around the seabedwhere the ill-fated INS Sandhurakshak

is currently resting, the crack comman-does from the elite MARCOS failed to as-certain the status of the 18 crew memberswho are allegedly trapped inside the sub

after the blasts late on Tuesday night.The Russian company that had refur-

bished the vessel has sent experts whowere part of the team that modernised, re-paired and retrofitted the submarine afterthe accident in 2010, to help with the

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By Zuber Ansari

The members of WatchdogFoundation - a city basedNGO - along with the resi-

dents of Andheri celebrated this In-dependence Day in a uniquemanner. After attending the Na-tional Flag hoisting ceremonies intheir respective areas, themembersassembled on the footpath atMarol Naka in Andheri (E), and de-manded permanent freedom frompothole free roads across Mumbai.TheNGOdistributed free bottles

of Iodex to all motorists who driveon potholed roads facing the prob-lems of backache.Dolphy D’Souza, spokesperson

of Save Our Land (SOUL) said,‘’Year after year, we are still seeingpotholes.We can send a lunar mis-sion and can countourselves in the big league of lead-ing nations in spacetechnology. Yet, we do not have thetechnology to build simple durableroads”.“We demand roads to be built

and maintained at par with inter-national standards. Now is the timeto infuse new ideas and induct anew generation of leaders who willsteer the country towards overallprogress. Secure citizens are thegreatest asset any country can

have. To improve is to change; tobe perfect is to change often. Let’stherefore change our old die hardattitude for a better tomorrow andbuild a city which has excellent in-frastructure”, a trustee of the foun-dation Nicolas Almeda said.A motorist, Nilesh Khare work-

ing as a software engineer in a pri-vate firm at Andheri told ADC thatwe are facing backache problemsdue to these potholes.A constable with the Andheri

Traffic Police said that potholes arecreating traffic problems and wehave flagged this issue to the topauthority but they haven’t actedyet.

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What is your takeon the BMC’s

preparedness to curbmonsoon illnesses?

Readers wishing to participate in ‘Opinions’ may sendus their name, day-time telephone number with apassport-size photograph to [email protected]

Your Subject line must be: opinion

Mohit AlvaWorkingProfessionalI think though thesituation is better,much needs to bedone with regards towater-bornediseases.

OPINIONS

Varsha GaneshStudentGastroenteritis anddengue are stillrampant. The BMCneeds to dosomething to curbthem.

Rashmi IyerStudentMalaria relateddiseases has comedown and that is agood sign. I think weare better off thismonsoon than in theprevious years.

Suresh RajaBankerCases of swine fluare less and malariaseems to be undercontrol too, butcholera and dengueare now rising. TheBMC should tackle all on war-footing.

Punit BhavsarWorking ProfessionalWhile cases ofcertain illnesses likemalaria and swineflu have come down,dengue and cholerais now a matter ofconcern. The BMC unpreparednessshouldn’t bother citizens.

By Yatin Ingle

With the ADC bringing to lightissues of colleges charging

extra fees from students, the stu-dents’ grievance cell has steppedahead to punish such colleges.Soon after the ADC report, studentsstepped registered a complaintagainst their concerned colleges.

The July 27 ADC story stated thatstudents pursuing self-financedcourses, except Bachelors of Bank-ing and Insurance (BBI), in collegesaffiliated toMUhave to pay a fee ofRs.17,225, whereas for that of BBI,the fee is Rs.18,225, including thecharges for identity cards, culturalprogrammes, library fees, andsports fees. However, private col-leges have been structuring theirfees with a hike of around Rs.5,000to Rs.6,000 per semester.

As per theMaharashtraUniversi-ties Act 1994, every college affili-ated to a government varsity has tofollow the fees structure as statedby theUniversity. Even the colleges

having autonomy have to followthe fees structure as stated by theUniversity.A student, who did notwish to be

named, said, “My college did not

entertain my complaint regardingextra fees. I then approached thestudents’ grievance cell and thecollege authorities returnedme theextra amount which they hadcharged”.The principals of the concerned

colleges were called upon and afteran inquiry by the grievance cell,colleges were asked to pay back theextra amount to their students.Pradeep Sawant, a member of

the students’ grievance cell, MU,said, “Students should step aheadand register complaints about theirgrievances to the cell. They shouldnot be scared of registering a com-plaint; the cell will keep the nameof the student confidential andwilltry its best to give them justice”.

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Independence from potholesAndheri-based NGOprotested againstpotholes by distributing‘Iodex’ to motorists,for the backache thatbad roads give them

Members of the Watchdog Foundation during their rally demanding pothole-free roads across the city, at Marol in Andheri, yesterday.

RETURN THE LOOT!Varsity steps ahead to pull up colleges charging extra fees

from students, and orders them to return the amount.

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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 PHOTO FEATURE

Members of Kurla’s Bal Gopal Mitra Mandal taking the Ganesha idol in aprocession at Parel.

Volunteers of Sai Chhaya Mitra Mandal form a pyramid at Sewree

A little boy sits on a Traffic Police’s motorcycle at Regal Circle.

Parade at Mantralaya

Marine Drive

Gateway of India saw a playbeing staged on national issues.

Members of Enfield Bullet Rally at Carter Road, Bandra.

I LOVE MY INDIAMumbai celebrated Independence Day with fervour.The tricolour fluttered from flagpoles all across thecity, from major edifices to compounds of smallhousing societies. Patriotism is not the monopoly ofanyone person or group. Our ace lensmenVISHWANATH SALIAN, AZAD SHRIVASTAV andSUSHIL KADAM brought us these images of an Indiathat loves to flaunt its flag.

Sion Hospital doctors tonow get nutritious soyacutlets, egg sandwiches,and much moreBy A Staff Reporter

Theresident doctors at Lok-manya Tilak MunicipalGeneral Hospital (commonlyknown as Sion Hospital) hadone more reason to celebrateapart from the 67th year of in-dependence.Their longpend-ing demand of getting anutritious and protein rich

breakfast was fulfilled onThursday.With the Independ-enceDay, thehospital began apilot project where dishesmade up of protein rich sub-stances will be provided asbreakfast for the five hundredodd resident doctors workingat the hospital.“The breakfast has been

put together by a dieticianwho has made sure that thedoctors get the required nu-trition, especially protein.There are soya cutlets, specialparathas, egg sandwiches,etc. that the doctors canchoose from.We have startedthis on an experimental basisat Sion now. This will go onfor a month. Depending onthe response and results of

this initiative, we will decideif it can be taken to Nair andKEM hospitals as well”, saidDr. Avinash Supe, Dean ofSion Hospital.This initiative comes after

the death of 24-year-old Dr.Samidha Khandare fromSionHospital due to multi-drugresistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) this year. The doctors atthe hospital since then were

demanding that they get bet-ter breakfast and that theirworking pattern and sched-ule be made less exhaustive.“All the heads of depart-

ments and units have beeninstructed to relieve the doc-tors for breakfast and havebeen told that they should begiven breaks regularly be-tween their working hours”,informed Dr. Supe.

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THANKSGIVINGMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved now and forever. St.Jude worker of miracles prayfor us. Thanks REKHA.

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May the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld. SacredHeart of Jesus thykingdom come. SacredHeart ofJesus havemercy on us. St. Judethe worker of miracles pray forus. St. Jude the helper of thehelpless pray for us. Say thisprayer for nine times nine days.Your prayerwill be answered bythe eighth day. Publicationmust be promised.

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CHANGE OF NAMEI, Janaki Raghavendra Kulkarnihave changed my name SriyaRaghavendra Kulkarni as perMaharashtra Govt. Gazette no.(X-101207) dated April 11-17,2013.

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I Ms. Nilambahen SatishChandra Koli have changedmyname toMrs. Neelam JaykumarAmaliya as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 14/08/13.

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I Mr. Jay Amaliya havechanged my name to Mr.Jaykumar Ishwarlal Amaliya asper deed poll Affidavit dated :14/08/13.

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I Mrs. Nilamben Jay Amaliyahave changedmy name toMrs.Neelam Jaykumar Amaliya asper deed poll Affidavit dated :14/08/13.

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I Mr. Jayeshbhai DalichandbhaiChikani have changed myname to Mr. Jayesh DalichandChikani as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 14/08/13.

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I Mrs. Hinaben JayeshbhaiChikani have changed myname to Mrs. Hina JayeshChikani as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 14/08/13.

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I have changed my name fromGurmit Kaur Nanade, to‘Gurmeet Kaur DaljeetsinghChadha’ as per Affidavit Dated:14/08/2013.

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I, Uday Shirali have changedmy Daughter’s name fromMythily Uday Shirali, to‘Maithili Uday Shirali’ as perAffidavit Dated: 31/07/2013.

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I have changed my name fromMs. Saikrupa BalkrishnaMane,to ‘Mrs. Sonal Tushar Desai’ asper Affidavit Dated:10/08/2013.

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I have changed my name fromMr. Mohammed Zuber MohdNaim Khan, to ‘Mr. ZuberMohd Naim Khan’ as perAffidavit Dated: 06/08/2013.

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I have changed my name fromJinitkumar Sureshkumar Jain,to ‘Jinit Sureshkumar Jain’ asper Affidavit Dated:12/08/2013.

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I have changed my name fromMiss Pallavi Narayan LokhandetoMrs.Mahi Praful Dhokate Asper Affidavit date 6th Aug 2013.

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I have changed my name fromDeep Rajeshbhai Patel to DeepRajesh Shingala as per Affidavitdated 14Th August, 2013.

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I have changed my name fromVarsha Rajesh Patel to VarshaRajesh Singhala as perAffidavit Dated 14Th August,2013.

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I have changed my name fromSheeba / Bindhu A to BindhuVidhyadharan Panicker as perAffidavit dated 14Th August,2013.

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I have changed my name fromVidyadharan S toVidhyadharan SundaranPanicker as per Affidavit dated14th August, 2013.

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I have changed my name fromDivya Vidyadharan to DivyaVidhyadharan Panicker as perAffidavit dated 14th August,2013.

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I have changed my name fromFeroz Chudiyar to FerozChurihar as per Affidavit dated14th August, 2013.

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I have changed my name fromShymal to Shamal GanpatMhadalekar as per Affidavitdated 14th August, 2013.

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I have changed my name fromGanpat Mahadlekar to GanpatMhadalekar as per Affidavitdated 14th August, 2013.

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I have changed my name fromSanket Ganpat Mahadlekar toSanket Ganpat Mhadalekar asper Affidavit dated 14th August,2013.

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I have changed my name fromBharatkumar Sukhlal Jain toBharat Sukhlal Jain as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSeema Kumari PhulchandRathod to Seema Bharat Jain asper Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromPrakash Sukalal Chimankare toPrakash Sukhalal Chimankareas per Govt.of MaharashtraGazette No. (X-19648).

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I have changed my name fromNaren Khatoon to Noorain asper Affidavit.

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Bhayandar girl shinesat National-levelKarate tourney

By Suresh Golani

Eleven-year-old Bhayan-dar girl, Mudra MilindSarode, has bagged the

silver medal in fourth editionof the Kyu Level NationalKarate Championship, held

in Raipur, Chattisgarh from9th to 11th August. A stan-dard VII student of SubodhVidyala in Bhayandar, Mudrawon the silver medal in theunder-12 girls category ofKata Event.The Karate Tournament is

an annual sports event heldunder the aegis of the JapanKarate Association of India.Mudra is under the trainingof noted 4th DAN Black Belt,Amar Yadav. “I am reallyhappy to bring pride for mystate and twin-city. I will

strive harder to further excelin this fabulous sport and ex-cellent art of self defence,”said Mudra.

Mudra Milind Sarode

Befitting breakfast

Inter-college eventin Bhayandar willdraw attention toclimate change andto global warmingBy Suresh Golani

The National ServiceScheme (NSS) unit of

Bhayandar’s ShankarNarayan College, has organ-ised an inter-college ‘Mon-soon Marathon’ on Sunday,August 18. The seven kilome-ter run will be flagged-offfrom the college ground atNavghar in Bhayandar (East).Asmany as 15,000 students

from colleges in Mumbai,Navi Mumbai and rural partsofThane district are expected

to participate in this fifth edi-tion of the annual sportsevent. As a part of their elab-orate plan, the NSS cadetshave been organising severalevents to create awarenessabout the effects of climatechange and global warming.While participants in the

boys category will cover 7kms, the girls will run a dis-tance of 5 kms. “Rs.7,000,Rs.5,000 and Rs.3,000 are thecash prizes for the winnerswho will also get a certifi-cate,” said event coordinator,Shahrukh Mulani, who hasappealed to more and morestudents to come forwardand participate in the socialawareness event. Every par-ticipant will be given a themeprinted T-Shirt.For registrations contact

9867733766.

Monsoon Marathon

The first paperless elec-tronic court of the Bom-

bay High Court wasinaugurated by Chief Minis-ter Prithviraj Chavan onThursday.Chief Justice Mohit Shah

and all Bombay High Courtjudgeswere presentwhen thee-court, presided by JusticeNitin Jamdar, started func-

tioning. Initially, companymatters would be heard andlater other cases as well.After the inauguration, a

casewas taken up for hearingin court room number 47 inthe Bombay High Courtbuilding and the ChiefMinis-ter, the Chief Justice andother judges watched pro-ceedings in the central hall

where a screen was put up,reports PTI.In the e-court room, Justice

Nitin Jamdar had a computeron his table instead of files.Whatever pages he wentthroughwere also visible on abig screen placed in the samecourt for the benefit of liti-gants.The Bombay High Court

has already started acceptingcourt fees as electronic pay-ments and the initiative hasreceived a good response.In the e-court, litigants

have been asked to file softcopies on a pen drive or acompact disc.The date of the presenta-

tion of the pen drive or CDshall be deemed to be the

date of filing of the electronicpetition. However, as a pre-cautionary measure, peti-tioners have also been askedto file a hard copy.The e-court is a central

government initiative tocomputerise district and sub-

ordinate courts as well as up-grade the infrastructure ofthe Supreme Court and highcourts. Under the project,2,249 courts in 969 courtcomplexes are expected to becomputerised by March 31,2014.

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I-DAY SPECIAL: Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan shakes hands with former Director General of PunjabPolice Julio Rebeiro during the 67th Independence Day celebrations at Mantralaya on Thursday.

PTI

By Suyash Padate

The Shiv Sena yesterdaytook a direct swipe atGujarat Chief Minister

Narendra Modi his blisteringattack on the Prime MinisterDrManmohan Singh on Inde-pendence Day, saying thatthere are 364 days in the yearto criticize the PrimeMinister.Modi came down heavily

on Dr Singh in his speech atBhuj. He said that the PrimeMinister of India is weak andfeeble and the nation is rest-less for change. Reacting tothese comments, senior BJPleader L K Advani expressedhis displeasure and snubbedModi, saying this was not theday to criticize one another.

“Today is Independence Dayand we should not take oneach other. India has unlim-ited potential for the future,”the veteran leader inter-jected.After Advani, BJP’s alliance

partner, Shiv Sena, also tooka dig at Modi, with leaderSanjay Raut saying, “We have

the entire year ahead of us tocomment on the Prime Min-ister of our country. Todaywemust listen to him and leavethe criticism for some otherday.”It may be recalled that a

few days ago, Shiv Sena pres-ident Uddhav Thackeray hadrefused to affirm NarendraModi as a potentially credibleleader of the country, indicat-ing that his party may havereservations over projectingthe head of the BJP’s electioncampaign as the Prime Min-isterial candidate of the op-position coalition. Afteryesterday’s criticism, it seemsthat the Sena has notchanged its stance overModi’s leadership.

Thumbs down for ModiBad-mouthing PM in Independence Day address fails to

impress top leaders of Shiv Sena and BJP

Chavan inaugurates HC’s first electronic court

NO WAY FOR THE LORD? Even Lord Ganesha had to take a diversion before ‘Mumbai’s modernization’program, as two big idols of the Lordbeing taken to Virar and Kurla had to turn back from the Dr B.R. Ambedkar Road, below King Circle railway station, as the barrier put up by thetraffic police to bar heavy vehicles from passing through, proved to be a impediment to Lord Ganesha too. Both the idols were diverted throughother routes to subsequently reach their respective destinations, yesterday.

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Housemaid turnschain-snatcher

By Zuber Ansari

The DN Nagar policehave registered an FIRagainst a 35 year-old

woman who allegedlysnatched her employer’schain, worth over Rs.40,000,on her first day as a house-maid in the victimhouse.Theincident took place nearAyesha Palace in DawoodBaugh locality in Andheri (W)onWednesday afternoon.Leela Shetty, who is the

complainant in the case, toldthe police that she was look-ing out a maidservant, andsomeone she knewhad sent awoman who introduced her-

self as a Bela. OnWednesday,the very first day atwork, afterdoing some of the chores,Bela told Shetty that she wastired and wanted to go home.Feeling concerned, Shetty

accompanied Bela down thestairs, and thatwaswhenBelasuddenly snatched her chainand fled away from the scene.Shetty told the police that thewoman was very soft-spokenand did not look capable ofcommitting this kind ofcrime.Mrs Shetty said, “She came

at about 10 am and workedwell for around two hours,but later started saying shewas not feeling well and

wanted to go home. So I gotdown frommybuilding alongwith her, and she was evenchatting with me. But in justtwo minutes, she snatchedmy chain and ran away.”Talking to the ADC, Senior

Police Inspector R.K. ChavanfromDNNagar police station,said, “The accused Bela wassent by some othermaid whoknew her very well. We areclueless at the moment, buthave got some leads and shemay be caught within twodays. We have always toldpeople not to employ maid-servants without proper po-lice verification, but they areignoring this advice.”

Absconding ownerof ‘notorious’ lodgehappens to bebrother of ShivSena corporatorBy Suresh Golani

Sleuths of the Anti-Human Trafficking Wing

(AHTW) of theThane (rural)police claim to have un-earthed a prostitution net-work being run from a lodgethat falls under the juris-diction of the Navgharpolice station in Bhayandar(East).According to the police,

following specific informa-tion provided by membersof NGO-Rehab, about pros-titution activities being runfroma bar-cum-lodge in theBP Road area of Bhayandar

(East), a police team led byAssistant Police InspectorAtul Aher, swooped downon Sai Sagar Lodge at about6.30 pm onWednesday.While eight women, in-

cluding a 17-year-oldminorgirl, were rescued, the policeteam arrested four employ-ees of the lodge who dou-bled up as pimps, includingthe cashier ShankarDas (52)and three room-boys identi-fied as Umesh Yadav (23),Kapil Ravidas (29) andPrithvi Gaud (19).“Investigations revealed

that the rescued women arenatives of various villages inNorth 24-Parganas districtin West Bengal and hadbeen forced into prostitu-tion,” said Aher.Apart from registering an

offence under sections366(a), 370, 372 and 34 ofthe IPC, the police have alsoinvoked sections 3, 4, 5,6(2a) and 7 of the stringentPrevention of Immoral Traf-

ficking Act (PITA), 1956,against the arrested ac-cused, the lodge owner AnilPatil and manager GuneshShetty (both are still atlarge), police said.While the rescuedwomen

have been sent to a Rehabil-itation Centre in Boisar, allthe arrested accused havebeen remanded to the cus-tody of the Navghar police.It should be noted that SaiSagar Lodge, which alsohouses a ladies bar in itspremises, is notorious foranti-social activities.In the past sevenmonths,

the AHTW has managed torescue 145 victimizedwomen, including 48 mi-nors, from the clutches ofpimps who were found op-erating prostitution racketsin the rural pockets ofThane district. The policeteam has also arrested 74people for their involve-ment in operating fleshtrade rackets.

Prostitution racketbusted in Bhayandar

Runs off with employer’s gold chainon very first day at work

Dawood’s henchmanMirchi dies in UK

By Neel Shah

The sudden death ofIqbal Mohammed

Memon alias Iqbal Mer-chant popularly known asIqbal Mirchi has given a joltto gangster-turned-terrorist Dawood Ibrahim’sdrugs smuggling business.The news of Mirchi’s

death was confirmed byMumbai’s police commis-sioner Satyapal Singh, whosaid on Thursday, “We havereceived information aboutMirchi’s death due to car-diac arrest.”According to the infor-

mation received by theMumbai police, Singh said,“On Wednesday night,Mirchi had gone out fordinner and suddenly got aheart attack midway. Hewas rushed to a nearby hos-

pital but was declared deadbefore admission.”

Mirchi, whowas declaredas an international drug-baron, was the right handman of Dawood, and washandling the entire drugsmuggling syndicate. Themoney earned from thedrug smuggling was usedfor funding terrorist organi-zations to strike terror inIndia, said sources in the in-telligence.In the past, the Indian

government had twicefaced embarrassment fornot being able to extraditeMirchi to India, as the pleawas rejected by the UK au-thorities. In the year 1995and last year, the UK au-thorities had turned downIndia’s request for extradit-ing Mirchi.The reason, informed a

highly placed source inMumbai’s crime branch,was lack of strong and seri-ous cases against Mirchi,which did not fit in with theterms and conditions of theextradition treaty betweenIndia and UK.Meanwhile, all the cases

against Mirchi would beclosed, said police addingthat concerned agencieswho have attached hisproperties in India wouldfile their reply in court, asper appropriate legal proce-dure.

TThe Indian government could have saved itselfembarrassment by pressing charges of terrorism

against Mirchi, believe legal experts. There was neverany concrete case against Mirchi, with regard toextradition treaty, and charges of terrorism in hisdossier would have actually made the extraditionprocess easier for the government. The CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI) had tried to get Mirchiextradited to India in the Mumbai blasts case, butremained unsuccessful despite an intervention by theMinistry of External Affairs (MEA).

Indian government’s missed chance

Iqbal Mirchi

In a significant order, theBombay High Court hasobserved that children, bornto minor unwed mothers inrape cases, cannot be treatedas ‘property’ in the crimewhile considering requestsfrom Child Welfare Commit-tees to declare such childrenfree for adoption.Accordingly, Justices R.M.

Borde and R.V. Ghugequashed orders of a ChildWelfare Committee whichasked an adoption agency toseek NOC from court andpermission from police toallow adoption of childrenborn to unwed mothers whohad been raped.The High Court was hear-

ing two separate petitionsfiled by Snehalaya SnehankurAdoption Centre which hadapplied to the Child WelfareCommittee to give a declara-tion that such children, bornto unwed mothers, were freefor adoption.Assistant government

pleader told the court that theChild Welfare Committee hadasked police to informwhether they would need thepresence of children sincethey are born out of sexual vi-olence, in respect of whichact, an offence has been regis-tered with the police. Besides,it was also awaiting a reportfrom a probation officer.The judges said, “Merely

because children are born

out of sexual violence tominor unwed mothers, itdoes not mandate calling ofreport from police as towhether they would need thechildren for investigation orfor calling upon the adoptionagency to produce a ‘no ob-jection certificate’ from thecompetent court dealing withtrial of offence.”“It must be understood

that the police are concernedwith the investigation ofcrime which is in the natureof sexual violence meted to a

minor girl. Also, the court in atrial is concerned with the of-fence of sexual violence al-leged against the accused,”the judges said recently.Considering the applica-

tions, tendered by adoptionagency seeking a declarationfrom the committee that thechildren are free for adop-tion, those children, who areborn to unwed minor motherout of sexual violence, cannotbe treated as “property” in-volved in the crime,” thebench said.

Kids born in rape cases can’tbe ‘property’ in crime: HC

The Reserve Bank of India’scurbs on Indians investing

in international real estateunder the liberalised remit-tance scheme will dampen in-vestor sentiment, propertyconsultancy firm Jones LangLaSalle said.The RBI, seeking to support

the battered rupee, yesterdayannounced measures to re-duce foreign exchange out-flows. The steps includeddisallowing the use of remit-tances by resident Indians tobuy property overseas.“The new restrictions have

been introduced in an effort tostabilise the rupee. This move

will have medium to long-term implications,” JLL ChiefExecutive Officer Om Ahujatold PTI. He said, individualswho were planning to buy in-ternational real estate at at-tractive valuations and plan-ning for their kids’ educationand housing abroad will nowsee such plans challenged.“Currently, the variety of op-

tions available on the interna-tional property market offervery attractive rental yield.This, now restricted, is goingto make planning difficult.The new restrictions will put adampener on the sentiment ofIndian investors,” he added.

Limit on investing in overseas property to dampen sentiment



CITY 07

The Marathwada region stillawaits water tanks from thestate government despite thelow levels of rains recordedin the regionBy Prashant Hamine

Although the year so far has seensatisfactory rains in most parts of

the state, the late arrival of monsoonin Marathwada region is becoming amatter of concern for all. The damwater levels in 803 irrigation projectsin the region have barely reached 38per cent from the eight per cent inMay this year.Speaking to ADC yesterday, Ravin-

dra Pathak, an independent corpora-tor from Latur, argued that the datahanded out by the Water ResourcesDepartment does not reflect the truepicture. At present, the dead waterstock in Jayakwadi is barely 13 percent, while it is zero per cent in othermajor dams like Manjra and Terna inthe region. The gravity of the situationis only underlined by the fact that themonsoon sets over Marathwada verylate and withdraws too early, leavingthe region thirsty.Pathak stated that there is no scien-

tific basis to the data churned out bythe state government. “The depart-ment records the damwater levels and

rate of evaporation daily. Last sum-mer, the officials simply failed torecord the rate of evaporation for threedays for the Jayakwadi Dam. Whenasked, the officials simply disclosedthat the ground staff was on leave”, headded.A water expert in his own right,

Pathak has devised theMata RamayeeIrrigation Enhancement Schemewhich works on a simple techniquewhich can increase the irrigation po-tential of the dam by a good 47 percent. Pathak disclosed, “The tech-nique is simple. Most of the irrigationdams inMarathwada region are on flattopography and hence tend to quicklyfill up with silt. All that needs to bedone is to remove the silt from thedam and stack it up to the height ofone meter along the side embank-ments of the dam. If Bamboo isplanted on the embankments it willreduce the rate of evaporation by atleast 80 per cent”.The state government has already

decided to extend the decision of de-ploying water tankers, cattle campsand fodder camps in districts like Sa-tara, Ahmednagar, Solapur andMarathwada region to August 31.While most districts have recordedrains in excess of 1,000 to 2,000 mm,Marathwada has had around 300 to700mmof rainfall till August 12.Watertankers have, however, been deployedin Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Beed andOsmanabad districts.

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1,200 members from 100 women self help groupsin Bhayandar to join Supriya Sule’s ‘Yashaswani’

WOMEN POWER!By Suresh Golani

More than 1,200 women at-tached to 100 Self HelpGroups (SHG) in the Mira-

Bhayandar region will merge with theYashaswani Samajik Abhiyan, an or-ganisation headed by Member of Par-liament Supriya Sule.The initiative has been taken by the

local Women’s Wing of NationalistCongress Party (NCP), which has or-ganised a ceremony in Bhayandar onFriday.Thane-MP Dr. Sanjeev Naik, NCP

legislator Gilbert Mendonca andMayor Catlin Pereira will grace the oc-casion. The NCP unit, in a bid to em-power and mobilise women, botheconomically and socially, had formed100 SHGs in the region. “Each groupis a cluster comprising 10 to 15women. The merger will help createan efficient and effective institutionalplatform, enabling them to increasehousehold income through sustain-able livelihood enhancements and im-proved access to financial services,”said NCP (Women’s Wing) President,Mamta Moraes.‘Yashaswani’ is a welfare organisa-

tion which aims to help women bypromoting small-scale businesses andby developing market for goods pro-duced by local producers and self helpgroups.

Member of Parliament Supriya Sule

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Rs.29,405 crore that have potentialto irrigate 10.84 lakh hectares. TheCongress ministers were agitatedover the delays arising out of revisedescalated project costs which, theyargued, required re-sanctioningfrom the state cabinet. However,NCP ministers argued that the Ex-penditure Estimates Committeewas empowered to sanction theprojects and that the departmentsconcerned need not approach thestate cabinet once again for ap-proval.Taking a cue from this debate,

NCPMinister for HomeRR Patil in-tervened and argued that his de-partment too was facing a similarsituation. He argued that the tenderbid called for the installation ofCCTVs in Mumbai, Pune and

Nashik was way above the bench-mark due to various factors. Patilstated that the festive season wasfast approaching, and in the ab-sence of CCTVs, if any law and ordersituation arose, his departmentwould once again get hauled overthe coals. To which the entire cabi-net authorized the Home depart-ment to deal with the matter at itslevel rather than once again seekcabinet approval.It may be recalled that on July 18,

during the just concluded mon-soon session of the state legislature,while replying to supplementaryqueries over calling attention no-tice by Jayant Jadhav (NCP) regard-ing installing CCTvs for 2015Kumbh Mela at Nashik, Patil had

said that the government had plansto install CCTVs at Mumbai, Puneand Nashik and for installation ofCCTvs in Mumbai, the lowest bidfor the project was of Rs 950 crores.Patil stated that a committeeheaded by state chief secretary wasnegotiating the terms with the bid-der and hence there was a delay ininstalling CCTVs in Mumbai. TheMinister informed that a sum ofRs.338 crore was allocated forCCTVs in Pune and Rs.51 crore forNashik. Patil added that the pro-posal worth Rs.149 crore for in-stalling CCTVs, especially forNashik Kumbh Mela, was pendingbefore the state DGP.

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CITY

By Suresh Golani

TheMira-BhayandarMunicipalCorporation (MBMC) is thefirst civic body in the state to

table a Detailed Project Report(DPR) which has the technical ap-proval of engineers from the IndianInstitute ofTechnology (IIT), Powai.The MBMC, which intends to over-haul the existing water distributionsystem of the twin-city, prepared aRs.449 crore draft-DPR in this con-text, and sent the blueprint for ap-praisal to engineers at the IIT, Powaiwhich, after technical analysis andphysical feasibility surveys, gave itsnod aftermaking someminor alter-ations and reducing the original es-timation from Rs. 449 to Rs. 427crore. The MBMC forwarded theDPR to the planning authority --MumbaiMetropolitan Regional De-velopment Authority (MMRDA),which has now tabled the proposalbefore Jawaharlal Nehru NationalUrban RenewalMission (JNNURM)authorities.It should be noted that under the

ambitious SuryaWater Supply Proj-

ect, the twin-city is the recipient of218 MLD of water along with theVasai-Virar civic body (185 MLD).The MMRDA has chalked out anelaborate plan to commission theRs.933.88 crorewater supply projecton a joint basis for both the civicbodies.“Although the MMRDA will exe-

cute the work of lifting water andchannelizing it to the doorstep ofthe twin-city, the city’s internalwater distribution system needs tobe overhauled. The IIT- evaluatedDPR is now under final process,”confirmed municipal commis-sioner Suresh Kakani, who addedthat though it is a fact that the SuryaProject will take a couple of yearsfor completion, efforts were on totap other sources so as to augmentsupply, providing immediate reliefto residents by reducing the fre-quency to 24 hours. It should benoted that as against the require-ment of 150MLD, theMira Bhayan-dar area, which sprawls across 79.4sq km, and having a populace ofmore than 8.14 lakh, currently re-ceives only 116 MLD.

IIT APPROVED WATER SUPPLY?MBMC is first in state to get nod from technical institute to upgrade water distribution system

INDIA, WE LOVE YOU… Students from Germany, touring India, hold tricolours on the occasion of the 67th Independence Dayin Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

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ongoing rescue and salvage opera-tions. Marine commandos (MAR-COS) of the Command ClearanceTeam (CCDT) who are specializedin scuba diving are continuouslymaking efforts to enter into thesubmarine as some compartmentsremain inaccessible because thehatches got fused shut whenmetalin the inner hull melted due to heatgenerated by the fire and the blast.Commander Rajesh Ramkumar,

the Commanding Officer of theINS Sindhurakshak, who was onshore at the time of blast, is a dev-astated man. The Navy has alegacy where the Captain goesdown with his vessel. Officials saidhe has not eaten or slept since theaccident and his health has deteri-orated to the extent that his owncolleagues could not identify him.Admiral DK Joshi said, “Com-

mander Rajesh Ramkumar is a

seasoned mariner and com-manded and worked on severalother subs and warships. It was his4th term as Commanding Officeron this sub.”Admiral Joshi met families of the

trapped sailors and officers whohave been brought to the city byplanes or special arrangements, atthe jetty. Arrangements have beenmade alongside the accident spotfor sitting and for prayers.A team of submarine experts

from Zevezdochka Shipyard inRussia, where the INS Sindhurak-shak was refurbished reached thecity on Tuesday morning andjoined up with MARCOS. Navaldivers had entered the INS Sind-hurakshak late in the evening ofAug 14, and efforts continue roundthe clock to ascertain the status ofthe 18 trapped personnel whowere inside the submarine at thetime of the incident.

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Searching for survivors and answers

EYE ON MUMBAI

Observing that Maharashtragovernment always took a

light and casual approach to alle-gations against policemen, theBombay High Court has directed adepartmental inquiry against a po-lice officer for illegally detaining aman for a day.A division bench of Justices S.C.

Dharmadhikari and S.B. Shukrewas hearing a petition yesterdayfiled by ChandrakantVannam thathe was illegally detained by the

WadalaTT police for a daywithoutany case registered against himlast year. Vannam, a resident ofSion Koliwada, was allegedly de-tained by the police on September9, 2012 after his neighbour com-plained to the police that he wasconducting illegal construction inhis hutment. “Although there wasno FIR lodged, Vannam and fivelabourers were detained in thelockup by assistant police inspec-tor Tukaram Jadhav.

HC directs dept inquiry againstcop over illegal detention

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14 Maoists surrenderbefore RR Patil

NEWDELHI: Fearing spurtin attempts to smuggle

gold into the country, financialintelligence agencies and cus-toms department are keepingextra vigil and minutely scan-ningsuspectedpassengersand

commercial consignments.Officials of the Directorate

General of Revenue Intelli-gence (DRI), mandated tocheck smuggling and evasionof customs duty, are coordi-nating with other agencies'staff posted at major transit

points, including airports andinternational borders, tocheck gold smuggling andhave alerted their field forma-tions to remainmore vigilant.Sources said the customs

department is scanning cre-

dentials of suspected cargocoming from Gulf countriesand other nations likeMalaysia to foil any bid tosmuggle precious metal in-side the country.Officers of the Customs

Overseas Intelligence Net-

work posted abroad have alsobeen asked to keep a hawkeye on any suspected con-signment originating fromthere, they said."There have been some

frequent incidents of goldsmuggling this year. All offi-cials posted at airports, cargostations and land borders arekeeping extra vigil to checkany such incidents," aDRI of-ficial said.Officials said the recent

hike of 10 per cent in customsduty for gold by FinanceMin-istry may see increased at-tempts of smuggling of theyellowmetal.The duty on gold and plat-

inum was raised from 8 percent to 10 per cent, while thelevy on silver was hiked by 4per cent this week, accordingto a Finance Ministry notifi-cation.Ten gram gold is being sold

at about Rs 29,825 in Delhi'sbullion market.Owing to huge domestic

demands, the import of goldhad gone up by a huge 87 percent from 205 tonnes inApril-July 2012 to 383 tonnesduring the corresponding pe-riod this year. In value terms,the increase was 68 per cent -from Rs 56,488 crore to Rs95,092 crore.

Admiral Gorshkov: DefenceSecretary to visit MoscowNEW DELHI: The

much-delayed acqui-sition of Admiral Gor-

shkov aircraft carrier andissues over pricing of theunder-development fifthgeneration fighter aircraftproject are expected to bediscussed during DefenceSecretary Radha KrishnaMathur's visit to Moscownext month.Mathur will be leading a

high-level tri-services teamcomprising Lt Gen-rank offi-cers from the three Servicesand the status of ongoingprojects such as Gorshkovand FGFA are expected tocome up for discussion,sources told PTI.In the delegation-level

talks scheduled to be held onSeptember 8, the two sidesare also expected to discussthe futuristic joint develop-ment projects for the armedforces, they said.The talks were earlier

scheduled to be held on Au-gust 19 but in view of the on-going Parliament sessionthey have been postponed toSeptember 8-9.However, it is not yet fi-

nalised whether the Indianside will raise the issue ofmishap on its Kilo Class sub-marine INS Sindhurakshak asit is likely to depend on thefindings of the ongoing inves-tigation.The submarine had come

back from Russia a few

months ago after an exten-sive refurbishment in a ship-yard there and is believed tounder warranty till January

2014.It is learnt that the two

sides are also planning to dis-cuss the upgrade of onemore

Kilo Class submarine INSSindhushastra, the last of the10 submarines procured byIndia from Russia.

Navy sources said India isnot likely to seek the help ofthe Russian equipmentmanufacturers for theirinvestigations as it has beenoperating the Kilos for overtwo decades and has the re-quired expertise to find outthe reasons behind the blastthat led to the sinking of theship.India had procured ten

Kilo class vessels from Russiain early 1980s and the deliv-eries were made in 14 yearsfrom 1986 to 2000.The visit by the Defence

Secretary to Russia wasscheduled in June but had tobe postponed as Mathur hadjust taken over his new re-sponsibility at that time.

Admiral Gorshkov

Extra vigil to checkgold smuggling after

import duty hike GADCHIROLI: 14 Maoistssurrendered before Ma-

harashtra Home Minister RR Patil yesterday.The surrendered Maoists

belong to remote and tribalvillages in Gadchiroli districtand adjoining Chhattisgarh.Of the 14 surrendered

Maoists, eight are men andsix are women in aged be-tween 16 years to 40 years.They include twoMaoist cou-

ples who had worked in dif-ferent platoons. The surren-deredMaoistswill bebegivenfinancial assistance by thegovernmentunder its surren-der policy, the police said.The surrender ceremony

took place immediately afterthe flag-hoisting programmein front of the collectorate.The Maoists worked with

platoons like Tippagaddalam, Bhamragad platoon,

Gatta platoon, Aheri pla-toon, militia platoon, com-pany number four andcompany number 10 of theGadchiroli district.Some of the Maoists had

worked in Chhattisgarh-based platoons like Kotturplatoon, South Bastar Re-gional Company Number 2,Bijapur Company number 2and Bastar Manpur DivisionPlatoon number 2.

PTI

ALL ‘AT HOME’… President Pranab Mukherjee greets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the ‘At Home’function organised on the occasion of 67th Independence Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.



EDIT PAGE

HOW has the English media taken, byand large, to the acceptance of state-hood to Telangana?

Hindustan Times (July 31) noted that“grasping the nettle is not something thatcomes easily to coalition governments, butthe UPA government has decided though itmay be, it will set the ball rolling in the cre-ation ofTelangana State.The very fact that thedemand has been there for the last 60 yearsshows how difficult the decision must havebeen,” said the paper, adding: “The Centremust also now contendwith similar demandsfrom other states (and) having conceded onTelangana, the Centre has no choice but toensure a fair hearing for similar demandsfrom other states.”

The Telegraph (July 30) looked at the issuethrough the demands for a separate state-hood consisting of three sub-divisions of Dar-jeeling and asserted that “the challenge inDarjeeling needs to be handled cautiously”since “false steps in a border region can becostly for the country.”

Linguistic principleThe Asian Age (July 31) pointed out that the

view taken on Telangana will not apply toareas like Gorkhaland, Bodoland orVidarbha,only “it is evident however that the Congresshas not arrived at a new long-term formulafor states reorganisation, replacing the lin-guistic principle.” Nor, added the paper “is itlikely that a second States ReorganisationCommission will be set up now.”

The Times of India (August 3) decided totreat the entire matter satirically giving theimpression that the entire concept is stupid.At the rate we are going, said the paper, “wewill soon give the United Nations competi-tion with a United States of India.” Each ofthem could be given a veto power, similar toPermanent Members of the Security Coun-cil.” However one looks at the issue, the paperadded, “at least we can revenge ourselves onthe Security Council declining our PermanentMembership request by replicating theUnited Nations within India itself.” Satirismis all very well and the people of AndhraPradesh have not shown themselves to bewise by letting things be as they are, but TheTimes of India did not do itself any good bytrying to be clever.

DNA (July 31) said that those who defend aunified Andhra defend themselves not ongrounds of democracy, or support frombelow

but by appeal to a shared culture, commonlanguage, public institutions forged followingthe unification of this region into a distinctstate from 1956, and on grounds of strategic,economic and corporate interests”. Admit-tedly, the paper went on to say, “the presentAndhra Pradesh is a compact cultural regionwith much that is common, but this com-monness has not succeeded in forging a po-litical unity based on a shared sense ofinclusion and fairness”. The view expressed inDNA was by a teacher of Political Aciende atJawaharlal Nehru University, Valerian Ro-drigues. As he sees it, “there are three com-pelling forces” in operation.First, Telangana is a region unlike other re-

gions in India, sustaining a distinctive cul-tural terrain made of deep diversities.

The second reason, as Rodrigues saw it “isthe specific relation of this region tomodes ofmilitancy such as the Great TelanganaMove-ment (1946-51) and later to Maoism that ar-gued for a revolutionary transformationthrough protracted struggle with the peas-antry as its social base support.”Finally, according to Rodrigues, “it is the

movement for a separateTelangana state thattook the wind out of the sail of revolutionaryzeal. As he argued: “If there is one issue thathas drawn the youth away from Maoism inthe region, it has been the agitation for a sep-arateTelangana statehood that has thrownupa different imagination of establishing a justorder.” Not every commentator thinks alongthese lines.Writing in The New Indian Express (August

4) T.J.S. George said that “we can do withstructured new states, but not an ad hoc par-tition of India.” Said he: “If cynicism of thepresent ruling class holds, we may soon be-come a 35 or 40 state country thatmanymore

CMs, MLAs, limousines and bungalows willmake it more merrier for beneficiaries andmore the messier for people.” Said George:“What the country needs is a unified policy inhandling regional demands with a nationalperspective. If, on the contrary, selfishnesspersists, the ultimate victor will be WinstonChurchill who predicted that Indiawould dis-integrate into small nations.” And that is apoint worth remembering.There were others writing in the same

paper… Shankar Aiyar, a well-knownauthor said that what has happened isnot about the creation of Telangana but itis about “debating what drives growthand good governance.” As Aiyar argued,smaller-size states promise access to thecitizens and easier operations, but goodgovernment also needs enlightenedleadership. The cry for smaller states be said,is less about representation and more aboutreal aspirations. Size could matter, big couldbe bold and beautiful too, said Aiyar, adding:“So let’s forget formulaic solutions andworryabout formats”.

Telangana statehoodAgain, writing in the same paper, G.S.Vasu

said the Congress often does the right thing“for the wrong reasons” and so was the deci-sion to grant statehood to Telangana. As henoted it, “given the time it took for the Indiangovernment to concede the demand (forTelangana statehood), it reflects the discon-nect withwhich our political class functions –refusing to acknowledge peoples’ aspirationsuntil they also serve their political interests.Added Vasu: “It is not just formation oftwo states: it is a political revolution inthe making.”Writing in The Times of India (August 4) an-

other well-known political columnist M.J.Akbar said that a revolution does not pauseonce begun, even during its phases of retreatin the course of a long struggle.” And hewarned: “For everyTelangana that emerges, adozen seeds are being fertilised in the wombof time.” All that one can now state is thatwhat has happened has happened and thingscannot be changed once again. But what isclear is that the country and its wider politicalleadershipmust give deep thought to the en-tire issue of reorganisation of states that willstand the test of time for decades and cen-turies to come. The acceptance of Telanganashould serve as a warning.

Congress has done the rightthing for wrong reasons

THEgovernment and private hospitalsare reporting steadily increasing

water-borne diseases in the city. Theremust be thousands of peoplewho do notgo to hospitals for treatment or consulttheir family doctors. Hence, the figurespresented by the BMC with regard tovarious victims of water-borne diseasesare incorrect.The BMC appears to have decided it

cannot do anything about it. These aremonsoon diseases which are unavoid-able. That is the smug view of the healthofficials. It is evident that they sit aroundand do nothing about it.The main reason for the spurt in

water-borne diseases is that people donot get clean potable water. Tests of sev-eral samples of water have shown thatone out of seven samples is contami-nated. This means in Mumbai,thousands of people drink contaminatedwater supplied by the BMC.Some of the water-borne diseases are

gastroenteritis, typhoid and cholera. Allthese are highly infectious. A cholera epi-demic can pose a big damage to the city.Even a simple case of cholera can be athreat in an overcrowded city with peo-ple living in hundreds of dirty slums. Notall ‘homes’ in slums have taps. Peopleliving in these shanties get water throughingenious means. It is evident that quitea few of them get one or the other water-borne diseases.Evidently, there is no preventivemeas-

ures for ensuring that water people drinkin the city is not contaminated.The BMCshould find out how water gets contam-inated and decide to incur the requireexpenditure:The callous approach of theBMC in this regard is most disturbing.

AfternoonDESPATCH & COURIER

CAROL ANDRADE A.R. KANANGIEditor Associate Editor

KAMALMORARKAChairman of the

Board of DirectorsAfternoon Despatch & Courier office is located at:Janmabhoomi Bhavan, 3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg,Fort, Mumbai-400 001. Phone: 40768999.Fax: 40768916. E-mail: [email protected] by Shashikant Jadhav for Courier PublicationsPvt. Ltd., at Journal Press, Free Press House, Free PressJournal Marg, 215, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 andpublished by him from Janmabhoomi Bhavan,3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001.Registered Office at: 98 Mittal Chambers,Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021.Vol. XXIX No. 123

“IT is there an area in the human brain,or in the very nature and structure of ahuman being, notmerely in the outer worldof his activities but inwardly, deep in thevast quiet recesses of his own brain, some-thing that is not the outcome of memory,not the movement of a continuity?"…"There is most certainly, definitely, an areawhere the past doesn’t cast a shadow, wheretime, the past or the future or the presenthas no meaning."… "You can’t ascendthrough knowledge; theremust be an end toknowledge for the new to be. New is a wordfor something which has never been before.And that area cannot be understood orgrasped bywords or symbols; it is beyond allremembrances."Most of the avid readers and students are

quite familiar with his profound teachingsthat are woven throughout his many books,

talks and recordings. It has also beenmy ex-perience, when speaking to some of hismost ardent fans, that over time they don’tcontinue to read his works regularly as theydon’t find much more in the way of newteachings. The quote above, though mightbe something a little different. It is one that

offers a glimpse into his thoughts about thataspect of human nature which is beyondeverything. Although it may be a stretch toindicate that he is commenting on theHindu concept of the ‘Atman’ or soul, it doesreverberate with the same description thatis often used to describe the Atman. Part ofwhich describes the Atman as that aspect ofHuman Nature that is beyond time, spaceand self (ego), is untouched by anything

worldly and cannot be grasped by thoughts.Additionally, his more traditional com-

ment regarding the need for the end ofknowledge is of course, etymologicallyspeaking, the definition of Vedanta (Veda –knowledge; Anta – End).So it is just to clarify that the objective

here is not to try to equate, compare or de-bate Krishnamurti’s teaching with Hin-duism; but just trying to reveal, a differentlight, what will hopefully be some aspects ofhis teachings that we find to be more un-common.So the above insights essentially point to

a part of our being which cannot be realizedthrough knowledge. This aspect becomesvisible to us when the activity of memory(thought) ceases to grab our attention andpull us outwards. It is there when there isnothing.

MATTER & SPIRIT

MEDIAWATCHM.V. Kamath

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Ponder awhile…“The water in a vessel is sparkling; thewater in the sea is dark. The small truthhas words which are clear; the greattruth has great silence.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Jiddu Krishnamurti on the Atman

Spurt inwater-bornediseases

Swamy just an opportunistTHE selfish and opportunist Subra-manium Swamy’s Janata Partywhich merged with BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) will not have anyimpact on the people of Karnatakawhere the BJP was totally wiped outand rejected by the people in thelast assembly elections. I am of theopinion that Swamy’s political ca-reer is over and does not have anybacking of people in his own state,forget about at the national leveland is not going to help BJP in anyway which has already made ablunder by including Swamy andhis party workers The urgent needof the hour is that BJP must be care-ful about Swamy’s dirty intentions;he is capable of going to any extent

for his own political survival andcan do anything. Swamy’s secularimage by joining communal BJP hasbeen exposed and he has no au-thority to talk about secularismwhich is not his cup of tea but onlyopportunism.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

Illegal sand mining‘ILLEGAL sand mining rampant inNavi Mumbai’ (ADC, Aug.7),alongwith the pictures by ADC say it all. Itis read with huge anguish and utterfrustration that how such a hugelydetrimental activity ruining theecological balance is being carriedout under the very nose of the Min-istry of Environment. It is furtherfound to be ridiculous that theTehsildar of the region is yet to re-port this matter to the concernedauthority. Just now in the nationalscenario the case of the uprightbudding IAS official Durga Nagpal isbeing discussed by every Indianhousehold about her being ridicu-lously charge-sheeted for penalis-

ing the sand mafias in UP. In fact,the policy of new housing schemesneed to be re-looked seriously assand is a basic ingredient to pro-duce any concrete/ masonry forconstructing any building, so itneeds to be mined any way. For thisthe Centre/ state governments arerequired to envisage as an alterna-tive the steel structures replacingthe concrete/masonry buildings tothereby reduce substantially the useof sand by dredging.

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

Pak should be punishedONCE again Pakistan has shownher true colours by killing five of oursoldiers and again, our ministerswill stay quiet. The Army chief willsay something; the Defence Minis-ter will say something else whileSonia Gandhi’s story will be com-pletely different. Nobody will thinkabout the families of the slain sol-ders killed. It is high time the gov-ernment learns something fromIsrael.You kill ten I will kill hundred.‘Laaton ke boot baton se nahimante. In kameeno ko sabakshikhane ka waqt aa Gaya hai’. JaiHind.

— Yogesh R. Bhavsar, Dahisar

Lackadaisical TTEsA NEW feature introduced by theRailways in the recent past requir-ing the Passengers on board theReservation compartments of allthe Trains to carry their ‘Proof ofIdentity’ during their travel as the‘primary capsule’ with a view tobroadly ensure ‘security’ aimed atcomprehensively avoiding ‘canni-balization’ of the facility of the ‘Ad-vance Reservation’ in the first place.The pragmatism behind this well-thought out imaginative step, well-taken by the passengers at the out-set, shall go a long way to serve theintended purpose if and only if ju-diciously followed and checked bythe TTEs on board. It is painfullyobserved that, on most of the occa-sions, the TTEs do not ‘ask’ for theID proof from the passengers onboard the trains in the reservedcompartments.

— T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai.

A National causeORGAN donation is a human causeand a yeomen service to the society.People are willing to give their or-gans on death and the Organ Dona-tion Day. In a study published in the

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, theAIIMS Trauma Centre, which ad-mits over 6,500 patients every year,analysed the number of cadaver do-nations between September 2007and August 2012. The study saidthat 90 per cent of donors weremiddle-aged males. The cause ofbrain death in 70 per cent of caseswas injuries sustained in road acci-dents, 20 per cent after falling fromheights and 10 per cent due to beinggored by animals, particularly cows.Thus organ donation assumesgreater importance and more andmore people do it as it is a Nationalcause and saving the human racefrom dying. It is a great service tothe society.

— Abhisheck Ramaswamy, Nerul

Srinivasan must give up nowREPORTS emerging that the BCCI’sprobe panel investigating the fixingscandal found no evidence ofwrongdoing against anyone, it isdifficult to dispel the feeling that theoperation was a cover-up, not aclean-up. There had always beenquestions regarding the constitu-tion of the panel.

It was an act of opacity, like somany of the Indian Board’sdecisions. Board presidentSrinivasan has met withsome resistance finally from his col-leagues who seem to be on the de-fensive after Mumbai high court’sobservations on the spot fixingscandal, and advised not to chairthe working committee meeting.

The writing is on the wall, MrSrinivasan. Declare your innings inthe interest of the game.

— Altaf H. Ladiwala, Bandra

Mother India splitting upAS reported, it is indeed very shock-ing, disgusting and sickening tonote that one after the other, statesare disintegrating one after theother or rather, nation is breakingand disintegrating. Now it is Telan-gana after which there will beBodoland, Gorkhaland and Vid-harba to follow. Our predecessorsnever visualised or dreamt that afterIndependence the condition will belike today. They thought of a strongunited country like Ramrajya andnot present land of corruption,scams, scandals and inflation whilemost of the people at the helm of af-fairs are only busy making moneyand think that national wealthfunds and resources are their per-sonal property. Long forgottrn and

deeply buried are dictum of the fa-ther of our nation, MahatmaGandhi—Simple living and highthinking.

— S.P. Sharma, Mumbai

1,098 trees removed for roadIT is very shocking that more than1,098 trees were removed for a sin-gle project of Sion-Panvel express-way; 902 trees were removed byMSRDC to expand Sion-Panvel ex-pressway. They transplant 535 treesand replant 367. There is a proposalto replant the same number of treesthat will be cut. Whether the Govt.agencies will actually implementthis –who knows ? It is the citizen ofNavi Mumbai to protect green coverwhich is under increasing attackfrom development and infrastruc-ture projects nowadays. In the pres-ent situation it is necessary to helpto measure the citys precious greencover. New trees will be plantedwith the help of civic authoritieswhere the green cover has depleted.

Authorities should understandthe present environment and pollu-tion situation and planted as muchas trees to recover the loss of greencover due to the project.

— Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel

Nitesh-Gujarati rowYOUTH leader Nitesh Rane seemsto be totally unaware of the historicrealities while talking about Gu-jaratis in Mumbai:

1. The Gujjus in Mumbai are resi-dents of the city for more than threecenturies. They have no connectionwith the State of Gujarat. They haveequally contributed to the develop-ment of the metropolis like Maha-rashtrians, Parsis, Christians andMuslims,

2. The undivided Bombay State(1947 to 1960) and the State of Gu-jarat till 2000 were under the unin-terrupted rule of the Congress formore than five decades. Had thecorrupt Congress rulers givenproper attention to the balancedgrowth of the State, BJP would neverhave taken roots in Gujarat,

3. The enterprising ability of theGujju community has earned themlaurels across all the five Conti-nents. A far away country like Fiji Is-lands had elected a Gujarati as thePrime Minister on two occasions.

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

Professional approach paysENGLAND test team is showing itsprofessional approach in the bestway possible these days. Havingwon a away series in India afterbeing one down in the series was aremarkable effort. This we saw be-fore their superhuman effort inoverwhelming Team India at homeby whopping 4-0 margin. Thus,England’sTest match and series vic-tories normally involve the steadystrangulation of their opposition’shopes—it’s slow, painful and me-thodical. There was somethingstrangely appropriate thereforeabout the PA announcement thatechoed around the almost emptyOldTrafford ground, that confirmedthe third AshesTest had been aban-doned and England had retainedthe precious urn.

England fans will of course takeAshes retention however it comes,but it was an undeniably anti-cli-mactic in its denouement. Withtheir goal of retaining the Ashesachieved, Andy Flower and his menshould now begin to look morebroadly to the future.

— C.K. Subramaniam,Sanpada

DANGER MANDANGER MAN: BJP has erred byletting Swamy merge with their party.

LETTER OFTHE DAY

KUDOS to the new RBI Guv,Raghuram Rajan, one of theyoungest. At his age most govern-ment officers would be joint sec-retaries. But I am a little amusedand curious to know how and whythe babu lobby ‘lost’ the race. Ofthe 23 Governors, 14were babus. The reason whythe babu lobby may not havebeen so interested is the state ofthe economy and the fall in therupee. None of them are possiblycapable, and even if so, not will-ing to sit in the hot seat. After all,IAS means—I Am Safe. Election-conception has just taken placewith delivery due in nine months.Government may want to takesome undesirable measureswhich the RBI may not want. So

let someone else step in and facethe music. If he fails they will

smirk. If he does well then thesong will be “we could have alsodone so.”Witness how non-babuSEBI Chairmen were hardly al-lowed to function.

It will not be surprising if theymake life miserable for the newincumbent. Some say that he isan IMF plant. So Mr. Rajan,whatever you are, best of luckand watch out for the plantainskins placed by the MoF. Ihope you can put together yourown team; after all, if the cricketcaptain gets whom he wants, whynot you?

— T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivli

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NEWLY appointed RBI governor

Raghuram Rajan has the qualifi-cation, flair, attitude and the en-thusiasm and a bit of genius inhim who could help India moveforward. But there is a caveat. Hewon’t have the independence totake major decisions as the politi-cians (Finance minister in partic-ular) would be calling the shotsfrom behind the curtains. Maybehe could be our next prime minis-ter like our current Mr. Manmo-han Singh, who was also anex-RBI Governor and was hand-picked by the senior politicians inpower to become the PM. Againhere too he has no independence.But, nevertheless, I am pro-Raghuram Rajan. Good luck, MrRBI Governor!

— Chandrakant Kotian,Vikhroli

New RBI chief has a bumpy task ahead

WHATEVER said and done byGandhiji really helped India toattain Independence from theBritish rule finally. From 1930—The Dandi March to the 1942Quit India Movement, Gandhijiwas all the way dictating terms tothe English. However, he wasmember of the MCC side touringIndia. Mahatma Gandhi, whenrequested for an autograph“played with a straight bat”, quiteforgetting that he was engaged ina mighty and bloodless revolu-tion with the British and therebybecame a member of an officialin England Team. How he waschosen could not probably havebeen explained even by the MCCselectors. Requested for his auto-graph, Gandhiji turned over thepages and put his signature asthe 17th player of the MCC teamled by Douglas Jardine in 1933-34. The autograph book is one ofthe treasured possessions of theMerlybourne Cricket Club(MCC)at Lord’s.

— C.K.Subramaniam, Sanpada

Gandhiji and his cricket stint

BRILLIANT: Raghuram Rajan is one ofthe youngest RBI Governors till date.



LETTERS

INDIA, a great country in terms of its geography andhistory, is well known for its cultural heritage andcommercial prosperity since a long time. It has plenty ofnatural resources like sunshine, fertile soil, water,minerals,vegetation and animal life. It is divided into 28 states and 7Union Territories. Areawise, Rajasthan is the largest stateand Goa is the smallest state.

1 Location and Extent:i) India, lies in the northern and eastern hemisphere

and has a central position in southern Asia.ii) The latitudinal extent is 804'28” N to 3706'53” North

latitude.iii) The longitudinal extent is 6807'33” E to 970 24'47” E

longitude.iv) The southern most tip of India is 'Indira Point' at

6045” North latitude.v) TheTropic of Cancer passes through the central part

of India.vi) 80030' E longitude is our (IST) and is fixed as per the

local time of this meridian.vii) The distance from the North Dafar to Kanyakumari

in the south is 3,214 km and fromwest in Gujarat toArunachal Pradesh in east is 2,993.

viii) It is the 7th largest country in the world with a totalarea of 32,87,263 sq km.

ix) It has a land frontier of about 15,200 kmand a coast-line of about 7517 km.

(Map on page 4 is wrong. Refer to the Atlas for thecorrect Map)

2 Geology:Generally India is composed of three geological units.i) The Himalayan mountain, the Indo-Gangetic Plan

and the Peninsular Plateau.ii) Earlier all themajor landmasses were together and

called as Pangaea.iii) This landmass probably split into a Northern

Laurasia and a Southern Gondwana land and thesewere separated by Tethys Sea. The Gondwana landwas a single land mass.

iv) Conventional currents split the crust into a numberof pieces.

v) The Indo-Australian plate, after being separatedfromGondwana land, drifted towards the north andcollided with the much larger Eurasian Plate.

vi) Due to this collision the sedimentary rocks at thebottom of the Tethys Sea were folded to form theHimalayas.

vii) The depression between young Himalayas and oldPeninsular Plateau gradually got filledwith the sed-iments brought by the Himalayan and Peninsularrivers.

viii)Extensive alluvial deposits led to the formation ofthe Northern Plains of India.

ix) The Peninsular Plateau is one of the most ancientand stable land masses.

x) Aravallimountain is the old foldmountain of Gond-wana land, whereas the Himalayas is the new foldmountain.

3 Physical Divisions:1) The Mountainous region in the north.2) The North Indian Plains3) The Indian Plateau4) The Coastal lowlands5) The Islands

4 The Characteristics of the Himalayas:i) The Himalayas are the young fold mountains hav-

ing the highest relief in the world.ii) These mountains have a granitic core flanked by

metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.iii) It has very uneven topography with steep slopes,

lofty snow covered peaks, cold climate, narrow deepvalleys and swift flowing rivers.

iv) There are very few roads, small scattered and ter-raced agricultural patches, extensive uninhabitednatural landscape etc.

v) The Eastern parts of the region have heavy rain,thick forests and scattered settlements of numerousisolated cultural groups.

5 What is the process for the identification of aregion?i) Regions are identified on the basis of common char-

acteristics, contiguity and similarity. Eg Physio-graphical region, climatic regions, forest regions etc.

ii) The process of segregating an area into smaller seg-ments is called regionalisation. The bases for re-

gionalisation differ, therefore different regions maybe delimited according to the criteria used.

iii) Regions are identified on the basis of one or multi-ple factors.

iv) Economic regions are based on industries, trans-portation, level of development etc. Agricultural re-gions are formed according to crops,crop-combination, etc. Social and cultural regionsare identified on the basis of factors like population,sex ratio, language, etc.

v) In each region there are one or more core areaswhere the geographical pattern is well developed.

vi) Physical regions are identified on the basis of phys-ical factors like origin, location, relief, rock types,landforms, climate, soils, forests etc.

vii) For most of the geographical regions, boundariesare drawn roughly onmaps because they aremostlyin the form of transitional zones.

viii) The political and administrative regions have welldemarcated boundaries and they are shown accu-rately on the map.

6 Regional approach to geographical studies is veryimportant.i) It focuses on a particular area of the earth.ii) It studies all physical as well as human aspects

which interact with each other and work in unison.iii) They provide homogeneity which is the foundation

of regional approach.iv) It is an organised study of various phenomena spa-

tially related to each other.

7 Regionalisation is very essential. (Refer to page 6 onthe right hand side on top).

8 The North Indian Plain:i) These plains form an unbroken belt of alluvial soil,

which increases in thickness from west to east.ii) It has mild climatic conditions and a very gently

sloping landscape.iii) The rivers flow slowly and form alluvial plains and

the soil is very fertile.iv) This region is agriculturally very important for the

country .v) It has good infrastructure and economic develop-

ment so, the density of population is very high in theregion.

9 The Indian Plateau:i) The Indian plateau is stable and one of the oldest

landmasses of the world.ii) It is the largest natural division of India and it is tri-

angular in shape.iii) It is composed of very old igneous and metamor-

phic rocks.iv) Its land form features are associated with faulting

and volcanic activities.v) It is characterised by horizontally layered lava.

Rocky hills, plateaus, detached low hills and severalfaults are found here.

vi) It has fertile black soil and it is rich in mineral re-sources.

vii) The distribution of human settlements is unveven.

10 The characteristics of the coastal plains (Refer to page7 on the right)

11 The Islands:There are two groups of islands: a) The Arabian Seaislands; b) Bay of Bengal islands.

a) The Arabian Sea Islands:i) The Lakshadweep,Minicoy and Amindvi Islands are

a group of islands in the Arabian Sea. Located 200to 440 kms off the SouthWestern Coast of India.

ii) They form the smallest UnionTerritory of India andtheir total surface area is 32 sq km.

iii) Kavartti is the capital of this Union Territory.

b) Bay of Bengal Islands:i) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group of

Indian islands in the Bay of Bengal.ii) The North Andaman Islands are physically charac-

terised by a Central range and a number of narrowvalleys.

iii) The little Andaman island is almost flat except in thenorth.

iv) The Nicobars, forming the summit of a submarinemountain range, are hilly. Their surface has beenhighly cut up by small streams and the depressionsare filled up to form alluvial plains.

12 Mark and name the following on the outline map ofIndia with a suitable index.1) Western Himalaya2) Eastern Coastal Plains3) Indian Standard Time4) Andaman Nicobar Islands5) Tropic of Cancer6) River Tapi7) Penninsular Plateau8) Western Ghats



Physical Division of India12

Shobha WagleGeography lecturer

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It may have become popularduring the British Raj, but

there’s nothing more Indianthan a steaming hot cup of

tea. We know that you knowhow to drink your tea, so

instead, Rhea Dhanbhoora &Priyanka Singh show youwhat other ways you canenjoy the rich, aromatic

plant across the city

From Darjeeling to Assam andwhite to oolong — there are toomany types of tea to keep trackof. Whether you like the

refreshing aroma of mint and green tea,the slightly pungent hit of strong blacktea, the earthy flavour of rooibos or thecitrusy lilt of lemon, there’s a tea foryour taste. Instead of telling you whereto buy your tea, we’re taking you on atea journey, helping you find food,infused cocktails, skin treatments andtea themed products in the city to letyou make the most of your love for tea. Tea expert Neetu Sarin, from Tea of

Life, tells us that it’s a great time to be atea drinker. She tells us about a fewways she’s seen tea being used acrossthe city:Tea desserts: Tea desserts have beenpopular for a while. Matcha tea, abright green, powdered Japanese tea isthe most popular for cakes, cookies andice creams. Earl Grey is another teaused a lot in desserts. Tea cocktails: You’ll find drinks such asgreen tea frappucinos and chai latteson several menus. Several types of teacan also be used as a base in cocktails.They add a refreshing taste to alcoholicdrinks. Hot toddy is an old Britishfavourite that’s also popular.Tea used as a major ingredient in a

dish: Tea has been used for smokingmeat and poultry for a long time.Cheese spreads with matcha tea, teaflavoured salt sprinkled on mozzarellacheese and green tea coulis on grilledfish... modern day chefs are using tea togive a new twist to their food.Tea based spa/ beauty treatments:

Green tea body scrubs and creams arevery popular and even green teaperfumes are available in the market.Green tea tied in a muslin cloth andinfused in your bath water is great fortoning and tightening the skin alongwith the antioxidant benefits. Tea bagsalso make great eye masks for relaxingand getting rid of puffiness.

Tea TreaTs

Want to dive into action and get a tasteof some tea, in a slightly off-beat way?Take a look at how to do so:

Have a drink

Tea cocktails are the latest trend in thecity. These are two that you should try out:Tea toddy: Whipped up by bartenderVicky Solanki, the tea toddy fromSerafina is a great way to kickstart yourafternoon or end the night. It hashoney, apple juice, caramel syrup, hotblack tea, dark rum and cinnamon andcosts `450 plus taxes.Where Serafina Mumbai, Palladium,Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel

T-Tini: Head to The Daily if you want acocktail that’s a hot favourite in thesuburbs right now. The foaming drinkis tea based and we suggest trying it atleast once. It costs `650 plus taxes.Where The Daily, SV Road, Bandra (W)

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did you knoW Love your tea with milk? Switch things up and drink it without.

Not only will you enjoy a completely different taste, research

has revealed that milk stops the tea’s ability to dilate blood

vessels and pump you with the benefits of the antioxidants!

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early grey cupcakes: While several placesserve green tea cookies, tea based chocolates andlight, fruit flavoured tea cakes, we love that Picolli

Tortini doesn’t flirt around the subject. They servean indulgent, rich Earl Grey tea cupcake onrequest. It’s priced at `100 per cake.Where Picolli Tortini, Hill Road, Bandra (W)

tea cakes: Head to Artisan for a tea time treat.The patisserie, chocolaterie and epicerie has aselection of tea cakes created by pastry chef,Marzban Avari. You can choose from chocolateand apricot to almond, mixed berry and apple andcinnamon tea cakes, all for `200, all inclusive.Enjoy them with their selection of teas. Where Artisan, Sofitel, BKC, Bandra (E)

Jasmine tea cake:Yauatcha’s menu serves up alot of tea infused goodies, including this deliciousjasmine tea cake that’s reasonably priced at `190.Where Yauatcha, Raheja Tower, BKC, Bandra (E)

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foodWhile everyone thinks of desserts and cocktails, try a simple teachicken by crushing a spoon of Assam tea into a marinade ofginger garlic, chilli and salt. Or, head out to try this: Honey Smoked Spare ribs: Yauatcha’s honey smoked spareribs, infused with jasmine tea may cost `1,350, but it’s worth itfor the experience.WhereYauatcha, Raheja Tower, BKC, Bandra (E)

Vazar: Basilur Tea recently introduced a range whichincludes tea that captures the taste of a cocktail! FromIrish cream to Amaretto and mojito, the lime, spearmint,almond and milky cream blends are a good surprise.Price `599

Chai diaries dessert range: From chocolate kisseswith caramel and bits of peppermint to rooibos teainfused with vanilla and pomegranate — Chai Diarieshas a range of very interesting teas that you should pick

up as they’re all quite uniquely flavoured. Price `500

tea trunk:We already fell in love with the packaging,the little notes and the combo packs. Now we’re goinggaga over them once again, because we love theflavourful options they have. From vanilla and rose toginger root and lemon, go slightly off the beaten pathwith their delicious blends.Price `650 onwards

unique teaS Say goodbye to the usual suspects and pick up some of these unique blends:

four fountains de-Stress Spa: TheSignature Green Tea & Spice Scrubassage for`2,099 (`1,899 on weekdays!) is a combinationof a massage and scrub. It is performed usinga blend of clove and green tea infused in acream base. Along with the benefits of greentea, the clove relieves pain, reduces sorenessof your muscles and the green tea exfoliatesdead skin and increases blood circulation. Where 1st Floor, Cypress, Next to RelianceWorld, Hiranandani Gardens, PowaiContact 65144044/ 65130022

Mudraa Spa: This South Mumbai spa offersa body scrub which is a mixture of green teaand coconut scrub. The 60 minute treatment(`3,200) involves freshly grated coconut mixedwith green tea and sugar. Coconut moisturisesyour skin like no other and the antioxidants ofthe green tea will rejuvenate your skin.

Where 1st Floor, N. K. M. International House,178 Backbay Reclamation, Babubhai ChinaiRoad, Marine DriveContact 66346662 / 66346663

allure MedspaIf you are looking for a variety of treatmentsthat involve tea, then Allure Medspa has threetherapies that you can opt for. The first one isa Green Tea Body Scrub (`1,500) that exfoliatesand cleanses your skin. The second is a GreenTea Body Mask (`1,500) that de-stresses, firmsand strengthens the skin. This is especiallybeneficial for women in their late 30s. Thethird offering is a hand and foot firmingtreatment that includes green tea andashwagandha, priced from `800 to `1,000.Where 201, Shree Krishna, Near Fun Republic,New Link Road, Lokhandwala, Andheri (W)Contact 26732961/ 62/ 9869019999

tea CuLture around tHe WorLdMongolia: Mongolians eat tea! They make bricks out of tea and often eat them. If they want to drink

it, they grind the brick tea.

China: The Chinese use tea leaves as gifts, courtship rituals, worship and imperial tribute taxes.

Japan: Tea came to Japan from China. It was first served in the Buddhist temples to monks, priests,

and the ruling class who attended special services. These temple tea practices were gradually adapted

and now in cultured circles, drinking tea is a way to go beyond mundane life without indulging in alcohol.

russia: Russians drink black tea, sweetened with sugar, fruits or jam. Tea in Russia is always served

hot, even in hot weather or as a thirst–quencher. One cannot imagine Russian tea without the samovar,

adopted in the 17th century and inspired by Mongol kettles used since the 13th century.

PaMPering & grooMingVariations of tea are also used in various massages, skin and hair treatments. Here is whereyou can go if you want to get treated by tea with a twist.

for your t-zoneTea has several beauty benefits and wenarrowed things down, picking a fewproducts so you can see for yourself:

White tea & Chamomile face Wash:For all skin types, this face wash from BlossomKochhar Aroma Magic, priced at `135, is ablend of chamomile essential oils and whitetea, which protects your skin from freeradicals and feeds it with strong antioxidants.

green tea Moisturising Lotion: TheGreen Tea moisturising lotion from Fabindiais one of our favourites because it’s light andleaves skin soft and smooth without residue.Priced at `225, it’s a great option.

great tea Body & Shower gel: We love L’Occitane and we’re willing to pay the`1,095 for their Green Tea Body & Hair ShowerGel, because its multipurpose, smells greatand is a body wash that doubles as a shampoo!

>> Black, green and white tea, allhave several benefits and areavailable in a variety of blendsacross the city

>> We like the Tea toddy at Serafina

HigH teaNot many Indian restaurants offerhigh tea in all its glory. TheIndianised version of high tea hascrept into many eateries withadditions of chaat items but thereare few who have stuck to the novelcharm of it. Take a look:

Sea LoungeThis charming sea-facing restaurantat The Taj Mahal Palace hotel ispopular for its high tea menu. Themenu includes hot snacks, dim sum,kebabs, scones and pastries alongwith, of course, tea, coffee and hotchocolate.Where Sea Lounge, 1st Floor, TajMahal Palace, Colaba

the tableAnother fine dine restaurant that hastried to stay honest to the concept ofhigh tea which is on from Monday toSaturday, 4.30 to 6.30pm. You’ll finddelicious profiteroles, fruit tarts andan assortment of sandwiches. Apartfrom the bits to chomp on, you canwash them down with tea, coffee,their divine hot chocolate or wine. Where The Table, Kalapesi TrustBuilding, C.S. Maharishi Marg,Apollo Bunder, Colaba


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If you’re interested in making a career in radio,

then you should check out St. Paul’s Institute of

Communication Education’s (SPICE) upcoming

two-month program on radio jockeying. The

part-time course will take place under the

mentorship of Noel Keymer who dons variety of

feathers in his hat — copywriter, cartoonist,

journalist, lecturer, author and of course, a RJ at

AIR (All India Radio) 107.1FM and 93.5 Red FM.

The course will teach students about how to

audition for radio channels and impart lessons on

scripting, voicing, news reading, public speaking

and narrating e-books. That’s not all. You will also

get a chance to record your own demo CD with six

cuts at a professional studio. The course, which

will be conducted at SPICE in Bandra, will take

place three days a week.

when September onwards

where SPICE, St. Paul’s Media Complex, 24th

Road, TPS III, Bandra (W)

Contact 26435709 or www.spiceinstitute.com

p. gnana displays his works

Wine Week is back!

Organised by All ThingsNice in association withThe Deutsche Bank, the

second edition of the week promisesto be a lot of fun, giving you theopportunity to experiment with newwine and savour a wide selection foran entire week.The event is taking place at some of

the best restaurants and hotels, withtop-end restaurants offering setmenus and a 30% discount on wine.

Participating restaurants include SanQui, Prato, Olive, Botticino, Vinotecaby Sula, Busaba, Courtyard Marriott,Two One Two Bar & Grill, Poco Loco,Prego, Vetro, Masala Bay and severalmore, the full list of which is availableon the All Things Nice website. Nikhil Agarwal, director of All

Things Nice, tells us, “The week isdesigned for people who love wine,wine and food and for those who arecurious. One can indulge in winesfrom all over the world at a 30%

discount or go for the set coursemenu paired with wine. There ishonestly no better time to experimentor indulge than Wine Week.” There will also be a menu created

by each restaurant with signaturedishes paired with the wines for youto indulge in. when Up to August 31where Select restaurants across thecity (check their website)Contact www.allthingsnice.in/9769508278

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Travelling solo exhibition Nothing Else But Love is a collection of

sculptures and paintings by P. Gnana, an Indian painter and

sculptor based in Singapore. The materials that Gnana uses for

his large and magnificent cow sculptures are termed as found

media (such as car parts, two-wheeler parts, scrap material) and

he combines them with solid bronze and antique vessels. He

explains, “Combining found materials is an advantage as it

complements my creative process. Usually, I have ideas before

looking for suitable materials. For example, you have an idea

that you will use a certain material for the body of your sculpture

but after sourcing the material, sometimes the idea changes

and you use it on other parts instead. My ideas are never fixed.”

when Up to August 30, 11am to 8pm

where AKS Art Gallery, Adarsh Nagar, Opposite Samarth

Aishwarya, Oshiwara, Andheri (W) Contact 9820515388

All Things Nice is holding awine week. Rhea Dhabhoorafinds out more about it

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fashion and style

Are you confused about whatkind of dress will suit your bodytype? Do you want to knowwhich colours will look good onyour skin tone? Drop by at theFashion Image Consultingworkshop at Ra The StylingStudio and get an overallmakeover. The workshop willalso have television actress andcelebrity Roshni Chopra, givingyou fitness and style advice.Fashion stylist & imageconsultant, Mansi Kapadia,says, “Come to this workshopand discover your flatteringstyles and cuts along with yourpersonal best colours.”

when August 24-25, 3pm

where 202 Libra Tower, HillRoad, Bandra (W) Cost `3,000Contact 26555653

« art auction asta guru

If you’re an art fan or want to start building your very own artcollection, Asta Guru’s upcoming art auction is something that youshouldn’t miss out on. Asta Guru is an online auction that was setup way back in 2008. Till date they’ve conducted nine auctions withthe tenth one happening next week. The auction includes 94 lots ofexclusive works by many Indian artists. Some of the well-knownfigures whose paintings will be a part of the auction include M.F.Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Anjoile Ela Menon,Shakti Burman, Krishen Khanna and Akbar Padamsee.

The best part about the auction is that the bids for all thepaintings starts at a flat `20,000. This means that no matter howfamous the artist, the bidding starts on a common ground.

If you want to be able to make a bid on the auction dates, you willneed to visit their website and fill out their registration form —novices who are new the auction world will have to furnish bankletters to be able to bid and a background check will also be carriedout. Once you’ve been screened, you will be able to bid online. when August 20 and 21

where www.astaguru.com

Contact 22048138

well-known art within grasp

>> Whether you’re a wine aficionado orjust want to start experimenting with

wine, the Wine Week is the place to be

a week of wineindulgence

>> P. Gananauses a uniquemethod for thecow sculptures

— he uses found

media such as

car parts and

scrap materials

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don’T make your BroTherfeel lefT ouTMany Hindu families have the tradition of gifting

the brother as well on Raksha Bandhan and if you

belong to one, then the Gc 4 - Executive range of

watches will delight your brother. These watches

are perfect for brothers of all ages as it can be

worn to classy as well as casual occasions. Chief

operating officer of AP Group, Ivana Perovic says,

“Already striking from a distance, this timepiece

acquires its true interest on closer inspection,

from the screw design on the bezel to its textured

dial, chosen to give added contrast and light. The

carbon fibre dial with central sun-ray textured

detail is highlighted by three interlinked spiralling

counters of the chronograph movement and the

elegant indices pointed to by the characteristic

Gc hands.”

When Ongoing

Where Gc Boutiques, Palladium Mall, Lower Parel

contact 24940956

Raksha Bandhan specialrakSha Bandhan collecTionaT american SWanThis Raksha Bandhan, surprise your sister with

an exclusive range of gifts from

americanswan.com. Their collection is a mix of

unique colours and product designs that include

an enormous range of bracelets, hoop earrings,

pendants, necklaces and rings. Chief executive

officer of The American Swan Lifestyle Company,

Anurag Rajpal says, “Our theme for Raksha

Bandhan is coined in sync with our brand ethos:

‘Super Sister — Make your sister a Fashion

Superstar!’ Our product range, from apparel to

accessories and beauty products, is modern and

chic, combining with sophistication and quality.

Also, the end-of-season sale on our website,

offering a 50% discount on all our products,

makes them a very attractive gifting option.” Go

ahead and place your gift orders.

When Ongoing

Where www.americanswan.com

Silver rakhiS By epiSodeEpisode has introduced an exclusive

collection of puja thalis and rakhis which

are ideal for the occasion of Raksha

Bandhan. Each puja thali is uniquely

designed and the rakhis are one-of-a-kind.

They are available in silver-plated and

sterling silver options. Director of Episode,

Deepak Whorra says, “The latest collection

of rakhis at Episode has been designed

keeping the eternal bond between a

brother and a sister in mind to mark this

auspicious celebration. Silver is auspicious

by tradition and a rakhi in silver would not

be just a momentary gift to your brother for

that one day, but would be treasured by

him for a lifetime.”

When Ongoing

Where Episode, #3, Grand Galleria, High

Street Phoenix, Lower Parel

contact 24905050/ 24925050

GifT your SiSTerfrom india circuS Another place to shop for your

sister is India Circus, where they

have introduced a variety of gifting

options such as bags, photo

frames, stationary frames and

fashion accessories that will work

out to be perfect gifts. Krsna

Mehta, the design director and

partner of India Circus, tells us, “As

we custom manufacture a diverse

range of home and personal

accessories, there are several

options to choose from. We offer a

distinctively ethnic and

sophisticated aesthetic that

provides for unique and memorable

gifts.” Get your sister the perfect

gift this Raksha Bandhan.

Where www.indiacircus.com

1,200 rakhiS To chooSe from Snapdeal.com has launched an assortment of over

1,200 rakhis and other gifting essentials on its site.

Keeping up with the festive spirit, a wide range of

rakhi products have been introduced including rakhis,

lumbas, gift baskets and rakhi thalis. Their rakhis

come in wide varieties — from floral and pendant to

cartoon and bracelet rakhis. Vice president of fashion

merchandising at Snapdeal.com, Amit Maheshwari

says, “Snapdeal.com adds more mirth to the

auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan by bringing

the festive and traditional must-haves for the festival.

With an assortment of over 1,200 rakhis and other

gifting essentials on its site, Snapdeal.com ensures

that there’s something in store for everyone this

Raksha Bandhan.”

When Ongoing

Where www.snapdeal.com

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celeBraTe rakSha Bandhan WiTh lavie Celebrate the power of fraternal love with Lavie’s special range of

handbags and wallets. Choose from a wide assortment of handbags that

will complement every mood of hers. Be it a day bag or an evening clutch,

you will find it all at Lavie. Let your sister decide between satchels, totes

and box bags. Each bag from Lavie will spell out the sweet memories

spent with your sister. Chief operating officer of Lavie, Sandeep Goenka

says, “At Lavie, we are celebrating the bond a brother and sister share

with the launch of a special collection. Our range of handbags has a wide

variety of styles such as satchels, totes, leather bags and laptop bags to

choose from. So, this Raksha Bandhan pamper your sister with

our collection.”

When Ongoing Where Lavie contact www.lavieaccessories.com

popley & SonS’ rakhi collecTionMake your Raksha Bandhan special by celebrating the unconditional love with Popley & Sons’ latest collection. Each

piece signifies the fraternal bond, representing a sister’s love. Finely woven in silver, each rakhi is minutely designed

and crafted with emeralds, rubies and sapphire. Jewellery designer at Popley & Sons, Rhea Nasta says, “Our rakhi

collection comprises of gold, silver and platinum rakhis. These are both plain and detailed with diamond, textures and

enamel. These designs are such that they can be worn in the future as pendants or bracelets.” So, go ahead and

celebrate the festival with much zeal and grandeur with this new collection.

When Ongoing

Where Popley & Sons stores across the city contact 66710000

rakSha Bandhan SpecialS aT Bianca Bianca has introduced a special range of products just for Raksha Bandhan. The

range includes an amazing array of home décor items such as cushion covers,

scented candles and tissue holders. Director of Bianca, Hiten Dalal tells us,

“India is a country of love, tradition, culture and art and it is well-known for its

colourful lifestyle and fine, artistic work. So, this festive season, why not decorate

and add touches of Indian ethnic style to your home décor by some inspiring

products from Bianca?”

Where www.biancahome.in

GifT hamper from naTure’S BaSkeT Godrej Nature’s Basket has two gift hamper options that you can

choose from to celebrate Raksha Bandhan. For those with a sweet

tooth, they have a ‘chocolatey’ hamper that includes a range of

imported chocolates. Those who are health conscious can check

out their ‘good health and snacking gift hamper’ that includes

protein biscuits, oatmeal and organic tea. Managing director of

Godrej Nature’s Basket, Mohit Khattar tells us, “This Raksha

Bandhan, we are offering not just an extensive assortment of

mouth watering gifting options, but also the joy of providing

livelihood to poor women by incorporating rakhis made by them.”

Where www.naturesbasket.co.in

Buy a BaGThis Raksha Bandhan, gift your

sister something nice without

emptying out your pockets by

heading over to Hidesign. President

of Hidesign, Dilip Kapur says, “This

is the perfect time to express your

love and affection for your sister.

Strengthen your bond by gifting her

an exquisite handbag and wallet

from our bestselling and latest

collection. To make this occasion

more memorable, we are offering a

special discount on the second

purchase. You are bound to find

something that your sister will love

and cherish forever.” The offer

includes up to 20% off on the

second purchase you make at

the store.

When Up to August 20

Where Hidesign stores across

the city

Share The Joy of GifTinG WiTh houSeproudThis Raksha Bandhan, splurge on your sister with a beautiful range of lampshades, trays

and tea and coffee sets from houseproud.in. On offer are gorgeous floral lampshades to

light up her home, trays with bright blooms to lift her spirits and beautiful tea and coffee

sets. Houseproud.in is one of the first curated, exclusive online sales destinations in India

and it brings to you a special collection of home décor items that will serve as the best

gifting options this Raksha Bandhan. Director of houseproud.in, Sanvari Alagh Nair says,

“Rakhi gifts are getting more thoughtful and personal and people are no longer going for

generic gifts. Gifts for the home are great because they are things you need and serve as a

permanent reminder of the giver.”

When Ongoing

Where www.houseproud.in

Launched late last year, Bombay Shirt

Company (BSC) is still relatively new to the

fashion market. However, their classy website

has been on our radar for quite some time now.

They have a detailed bespoke service that

allows you to design your own shirt from

scratch or make changes to one of their

readymade designs.

As far as the whole customisation process is

concerned, it promises to be a breeze. They

even have a measurement video on their

website that will deconstruct the whole process

of measuring yourself. They will also be

launching an online customisation application

that will allow you to choose from a number of

customisation options that you can view online.

Yes, it’s all online.

They have a detailed customisation process

which, according to us, ensures that by the end

of the whole process, you’ll land up with a shirt

that you can call your very own. Not only do they

offer a number of fabrics, they will also help you

create your own design by letting you choose

between a combination of cuffs, collars,

buttons and plackets. Quite expectedly, you can

also personalise your shirt by monogramming

your initials onto the final shirt design.

They have also just launched a service called

Travelling Tailor that is perfect for those who

lead busy lives. Under this service, a Travelling

Tailor will visit your home, take your

measurements and help you choose between

the range of fabrics. At the same time, you can

design, style and customise the shirt to your

taste and preference.

You can book an appointment by either

calling on the number (see box) or visiting their

website. And as far as the price range is

concerned, their readymade shirts are priced

at `1,880 onwards, so you can expect to spend

more than that depending on the fabric you

choose to get tailored.


Custom made« new LaunChes:

find out what’s just out

YLG, an abbreviated version of their

actual name You Look Great, is a salonand spa that opened its third branchin Mumbai at Jogeshwari (W). You can

spot YLG the moment you enter the main roadthat leads to the famous Hotel Mina. That’sbecause the salon has a huge entrance withall-glass doors and a large name board thathas YLG lit up incandescently.

YLG’s décor is anything but boring. That’snot because they have tried to throw aroundeccentric elements in their salon. YLG’strademark logo colours are bright orange, pinkand green and you’ll also see a good dose ofthe same colours balanced well with white inthe spacious salon and spa. The woodfurnishings rightly save the interiors fromgetting too overbearing. They have a roomyhairdressing section, a separate section forhair treatments, another one specially formanicures and pedicures, three facial roomsand two rooms for waxing. If you like to getyour treatments in a private environ, then YLGwill impress you to no end.

YLG also offers ‘Transformer’, an intriguingvirtual hairstyle application that allowscustomers to try 150+ different hairstylesvirtually before choosing one that suits thembest. The salon has a few breakthroughservices and some of them that fall in thiscategory include myWaxer — a hygienic, non-sugar based wax in disposable cartridges,Chromo White Facial, European Light TherapyFacial and Light Therapy Hair Spa.

I chose to try one of their European LightTherapy (ELT) facials which are currentlyoffered only by YLG in the city. The facials startfrom `1,000 and go up to `3,500, dependingon what you pick up or are recommended by

their skin expert. The skin expert analysesyour skin and according to that recommendsa facial. However, if you feel that the treatmentis too heavy on your pocket, you can chooseone of your choice or tell the expert to suggestsomething within your price range. I was toldto try the ELT Radical Radiance facial whichlasted for 75 minutes and is priced at `3,500.

The facial is a skin tone lighteningtreatment and can also be done in multiplesittings, which they say will derive optimumresults. It’s similar to a normal facial, the majordifference being the usage of ELT machinewith its blue and red lights. One light is used to

remove blackheads, whiteheads and otherimpurities and the other is used to spread thecream on the skin so that it is absorbed well.However, there is one aspect that I hope theyalter. In a normal facial, after the blackheadremoval process is done, while massaging thecream the therapist dips her hands in ice, sothat your skin doesn’t get too warm. Duringmy treatment at YLG salon, there was nodipping of the fingers in ice. So, while initiallythe warmth generated on my skin felt nice,due to repeated massaging, the skin gotuncomfortably hot.

The real test of a facial is its outcome. WhenI reached home, I noticed that some of myblackheads were still present. I was told thatthe radiance would last for a month. It’s beentwo weeks and while there indeed is a glow onmy face, it is nothing different than what mymodest facial priced at three digits would giveme. Will I go for their ELT facial again? At thatprice, it’s not likely. But, I’d visit them for one oftheir spa therapies and to try out myWaxer.

Where www.bombayshirts.com

contact 8879621003

Victorinox SWiSS army WatcheS

Victorinox Swiss Army watches have launched two brand

new models of watches that make it to our wish list. Both

the watches share the same design profile — they are

classy and use bold colours. They are also water resistant

for up to 500 meters and have luminous hands and

numbers. The Dive Master 500 comes in two colours and

finishes; the red one has a normal, matte finish and the

blue one has more of a smooth, velvety shine.

Where www.victorinox.com/in

Price `44,350 (red) and `70,150 (blue)

The Bombay Shirt Company has come out with a new Travelling Tailor and bespoke service.Dev Goswami finds out more...

>> Bombay Shirt Company makescustomising your shirts very easy

how do i Look? You Look Great (YLG) is a new salon and spa that’s opened up at Jogeshwari. Priyanka Singh visits them to try their special facial

« store review: YLG & BomBaY shirt CompanY

>> YLG is veryspacious andprovides their clientswith a lot of privacy.Most services havebeen allotted separaterooms

Where YLG Salon &

Spa, Ground Floor,

A.K.Mom Mahal, Near

Bostan Hotel, S.V.Road,

Jogeshwari (W)

contact 6500152

It’s green and orange and screams

healthy and fresh. Café Pishu’s is a

colourful food joint that is sure to catch

your attention as you walk by. One look

at the menu and you will be surprised

at the variety of healthy food and drink

options the small place offers. The

menu had descriptions of the

ingredients and a breakdown of the

calories of each dish, which makes it

easier to pick out food from the

multitude of options. We started off

with a tester of their Mulberry Treat

(`150), a milk-based concoction of

mulberry, litchi and strawberry and it

was so nice that we eventually ended

up ordering this refreshing drink. Next,

we tried their Pan Masala Mocktail

Shake (`130), a unique and nice

blend. From the mocktail juices, we

recommend the Fibre Sip (`130), an

exotic blend of strawberry, kiwi and

pineapple. High on fibre and low on

sugar, it was more than just filling,

especially for the price.

The Hot Organic Salad (`149) was

one of the healthiest food options on

the menu, with exotic vegetables and

grilled paneer on a bed of mildly

sautéed lettuce, but it scored low on

taste. If you want to bite into a healthy

pizza, try their Lavash Pizza Exotica

(`130). With a wholewheat multigrain

base made of flax seeds, sunflower

seeds and sesame, this pizza is very

different from the regular ones but it’s

tasty nonetheless. The vegetables in

the Brown Rice Meal with Green Sauce

(`130) broke the monotony of the

gravy’s texture, which had a spicy Thai

tinge to it. The portions might seem

small for one person but paired with a

drink, it’s filling. After the healthy main

course, we decided to indulge a little

when it came to the dessert and

ordered their Cuppa Brownie (`120).

Topped with vanilla ice-cream and

chocolate shavings, the brownie was

homemade and gooey with crunchy

walnut bits. They even offer Fruity Oats

(`109), a combination of fresh fruit

with hot flavoured oats for those who

are watching their calorie charts rather

strictly. With prompt service and a

reasonably priced menu, Pishu’s is a

health freak’s haven.


Ilove rustic décor. And while

Chez Moi is a French name,the faux fireplace, big grey-blue and cream tiles, ornate

white sofa and blue trunk tablereminded me of an old, Englishhome in Victorian England. Thebig screen TV is the onlyreminder that you’re actually in21st century Mumbai. Apart froma few tables lining the sides of thewall, Chez Moi looks like a cosyEuropean home. There’s even a‘kitchen’ area, with high chairs, akitchen cabinet and a blackboardwith the day’s specials,embellished with blue and whitedecorative wall plates.

I visited to try their new menu,so let’s get down to business. Firstup was a too sweet Appletini(`390) and a refreshingCaipiroska (`290), both tasty butlacking any real punch.

Starters arrived with acelebratory flourish, kicked off bythe much applauded Cheese &Leek Cigars (`220) that’s worth thehype. The crisp phyllo pastry wasstuffed with melt-in-the-mouthcheese and served with ponzusauce with the right hint of ginger.The zucchini served with theChicken Stuffed Zucchini (`245)was delicious, but the chickenwas a little dry. Starters aretempting, but make sure youleave room for the mains.

The Coq au vin (`330) may bethe most over-served Frenchbraised chicken in the city, but

the subtle wine and mushroom,coupled with the flavourfulchicken with skin was a surprise.The chicken was not overdone, sothe flesh remained succulent. Iwas skeptical about skippingother meat options for basa, afish that’s done to death and isn’ttypically European. But, the RootGinger & Cilantro Steam BakedVietnamese Basa (`365)transformed the fish into adelicately flavoured, lemonbutter soaked indulgence that isdelightfully underpriced (not thatI’m complaining).

Sadly, neither the ChocolateTart (`225) nor the Banoffee Pie(`175) impressed me. Thechocolate stuck to my palette, thecream was too thin, the pastry toothick and the balance betweenbanana and toffee not right.

The restaurant can get crowdedand noisy after 10pm, so visitearly if you want to get a feel of thecosy interiors. It could do withsome music changes (the décorand music are misplaced) and animproved dessert menu, but thefood, service and décor were onpar with my expectations.

French inspired Chez Moi’s Andheri branch has a new menu on offer. Rhea Dhanbhoora sees whether it’s worth the hype...

>> The Banoffee (top) was just alright, butthe Coq au vin (middle) and ChickenStuffed Zucchini (bottom) are must-trydishes on Chez Moi’s new menu

WhAt’s Cooking?

Pastaa Bastta

The newest eatery to make its

way to Carter Road is Pastaa

Bastta, an Italian deli that serves

“gourmet pasta, ready-to-eat

salads, artisan breads and

desserts.” We tried out a Penne

with Basil Herb Sauce and

Herbed Chicken (our initial order

was Farfalle with Lamb

Meatballs, but they didn’t have it).

You can also choose unlimited

vegetables (think Subway style).

The pasta was delicious but the

chicken and vegetable options

weren’t generous. Takeaway

service speed and packaging

needs to improve as it did get a

little leaky on the car ride home.

For `170, we think it’s a great

meal option.Where Near Cocoberry, Carter

Road, Bandra (W)

Glynda Alves tellsyou about the neweateries in the city

Where Shop No. 25, Link

Plaza Complex, Oshiwara,

Jogeshwari (W)

Meal for two `1,500

Alcohol served Yes (pint of

beer `175)

Contact 67082788

>> Chez Moi’s Andheri outlethas a cosy little niche thatresembles a kitchen counter,complete with high chairs andplate racks. The Appletini(inset) is a good option forthose who want a very light,fruity drink

EuropEan sojourn

SmallwonderWith everyone counting calories, health cafés havereally taken off in the city. Read on to see whatTejasvi Desai’s verdict is on Café Pishu’s

Madhurjya Saikia|HRM

Where Pishu’s, Shop no.8, New

Shantivan Building, Sab TV Lane,

Andheri (W) Meal for two `650

(inclusive of tax)

Contact 9833382021

>> We also triedtheir Pasta inRed and WhiteSauce

>> Opt for thePaan Masala

Mocktail shake ifyou want a

refreshing drink

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Travel20Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI | FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

If sightseeing doesn’t satisfy you andyou’re looking for something excitingbut relatively safe to do amidst some ofthe most scenic locations in the country,

adventure sport is the solution to yourproblems. Head to these tourist hot spotsand indulge in your favourite adventuresport while taking a break from the usual city tours:

Leh

An adventure lovers’ haven! In Leh you willfind excellent hiking and paraglidingopportunities. There are many trekking trailsto choose from such as the ones from Likir toTemisgam and Markha Valley from Spituk.Mountain climbing trips can be booked topeaks such as Stok (20,177 feet), Goleb(19,356 feet), Kangyatse (20,997 feet) andMatho West (19,520) in the ZanskarMountains. White water rafting is alsopossible in July and August, along the IndusRiver in the Leh area, as well as the ShayokRiver in the Nubra Valley and Zanskar Riverin Zanskar.

Rajasthan

Apart from the royal palaces and forts of theRajputs and Mughals, Rajasthan has a lot tooffer on the adventure sport front as well.Hot air ballooning is a relatively newadventure activity in India, but it’s becomingquite popular. It’s a thrilling way to

experience a new place. Imagine having acalm and peaceful view of the breathtakingdesert from a quiet place high above thecrowds! Jaipur, Pushkar and theRanthambore National Park in Rajasthan area few locations from where you can hop intoa hot air balloon.

tamiL nadu

Touring India on a motorcycle is theultimate way to explore the country, if youlove travelling and riding. Enjoy the freedomto discover and experience India in a waywhich isn’t possible using any other form oftransport. If you love the coast, you shouldn’tmiss a trip along the picturesque East CoastRoad, from Chennai to Pondicherry in TamilNadu. Two motorcycle tour companies thatinclude this stretch of coastline on their tripsare Bike Escape and Enfield Point. BikeEscape’s 19-day South India tour starts fromChennai and goes as far as Kochi in Keralabefore looping back to Chennai — partinland and part coastal. In contrast, EnfieldPoint’s epic 24-day tour starts from Mumbaiand ends in Chennai. The ride covers Goaand Hampi.

Pune

If you’ve wondered what it’s like to fly like abird, paragliding is the answer. There are twoways to go about it — learn how to do ityourself or take a tandem joyride with aprofessional at Kamshet, located betweenMumbai and Pune. Try your hand at whitewater river rafting which is offered at just atwo-hour drive from Pune. Life doesn’t getmore exciting than this, hurtling down apumping river in an inflatable raft,negotiating the drops, turns and chutes andpunching through the sheets of watercrashing aboard. River rafting is done in

Kundalika River which is located at Kolad,about 125 kilometers from Pune.

Rishikesh

Bungee jumping is one of the most excitingadventure sports and it will literally give youa head rush. If you are an adrenaline junkie,Rishikesh is the perfect destination for youto have your fill as you get to jump off from aheight with one end of the thick elastic tiedto your body and the other end to astationary object at the jumping point. Whilehere, you can also indulge in activities suchas body surfing and cliff jumping. Floatingalong the Ganges wearing a life jacket whileenjoying the scenic views around, is also anunforgettable experience. You will get tojump from a rocky platform, which is at aheight of around 30-40 feet.

What’s a holiday without someadventure? Tejasvi Desai tellsyou where to head if you arelooking for an adrenaline rush

>> (Left) If mountainclimbing or trekking isyour thing, Leh is thebest place for it. (Top)Paragliding, availableat Kamshet, willliterally give you abird’s eye view of the world

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>> If bungee jumping finds aplace on your bucket list,

visit Rishikesh

>> For river rafting, there are a number oflocations in our country such as Leh, Koladand Rishikesh that you can choose from

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in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. Andas he reflects on his life, now Assistant Chief Kennedy franticallycoordinates the effort to save him. Starring JoaquinPhoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, ZZeeee SSttuuddiioo,, 88..3300 pp..mm..

ROBOCOP 2� After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforce-ment unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closerand closer. But as this develops, a new narcotic known as “Nuke”invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Kane. As this men-ace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCPtries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up withfailed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientiststraying away from OCP’s path uses Kane as the new subject forthe Robocop 2 project, a living God. PPiixx,, 1111 pp..mm..

KAMINEY � Guddu and Charlie are identical twins born and raised in theslums of Mumbai. They dream of leaving the squalor behind andmoving into a life of prosperity and dignity. Though they lookalike, the two are as different as chalk and cheese: one lispswhile the other stammers; one is an honest, diligent socialworker while the other hedges bets at a racecourse. The broth-ers want nothing to do with each other, but when Charlie getsmixed up in a deadly get-rich-quick scheme and Guddu realizesthat the love of his life has unwittingly put a price on his head,their lives begin to collide. BB44UU,, 88 pp..mm..

MAN ON ALEDGE� An ex-cop turned con threat-ens to jump to his death from aManhattan hotel rooftop. Thenearest New York Police officerimmediately responds to ascreaming woman and callsdispatch. More Officers arrivewith SWAT and tactical com-mand along with fire-fighters.The police then dispatches afemale police psychologist per-sonally requested to talk himdown from the ledge. However,things aren’t as straightforwardand clearcut as they appear tobe. HHBBOO,, 1111 pp..mm..

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Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi2.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai

Meetha Meetha PyaraPyara

3.30 Yeh Rishta Kya KehlataHai

4.00 Saraswatichandra4.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum5.00 Saath Nibhaana

Saathiya5.30 Pyar Ka Dard Hai

Meetha Meetha PyaraPya

6.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera6.30 Ek Gahr Banaunga7.00 Saath Nibhaana

Saathiya7.30 Saraswati Chandra8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon

Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi8.30 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri

Behnaa Hai9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum.9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata

Hain10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai….10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera11.00 Saraswati Chandra

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BIG CBS LOVEP.M.1.30 Dexter2.00 902103.00 Game3.30 Entertainment Tonight4.00 Dexter5.00 Game5.30 Rules of Engagement6.00 902107.00 Entertainment Tonight8.00 Friday with Oprah

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Mahabali 10.00 CID11.00 Crime Patrol

ZEE TVP.M.2.00 Qubool Hai2.30 Punarvivaah3.00 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke3.30 Pavitra Rishta4.00 Qubool Hai4.30 DID Super Moms6.00 Jodha Akbar7.00 Aaj Ki Housewife7.30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke8.00 Jodha Akbar9.00 Pavitra Rishta.9.30 Qubool Hai

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Kaisa Ishq10.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab

Sa Risk Hai10.30 Savadhan India

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10.00 Uttaran10.30 Bani – Ishq da Kalma11.00 Balika Vadhu

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Mein Uljhi Niyati2.30 Jhilmil Sitaron ka

Aangan Hoga3.00 Sultaani: Film. Mithun

C, Dharmendra 6.00 Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara

Lage6.30 Haqeeqat7.30 Best of Haunted

Nights8.00 Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara

Lage8.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali9.00 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka

Aangan Hoga.9.30 Rishton Ke Bhawar

Mein Uljhi Niyati10.00 Haunted Nights-

Kangann10.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali.11.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar

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Gentleman4.00 Taarak Mehta…4.30 Baal Veer5.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir5.30 Taarak Mehta…7.30 Jeanie Aur Juhu8.00 Baal Veer8.30 Taarak9.00 Chidiyaghar9.30 Jeanie Aur Juju

10.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir10.30 F I R11.00 Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHIP.M.2.00 Tu Tithe Mee2.30 Tuze Maze Jamena3.00 Honar Soon Me Hya

Gharchi3.30 Radha Hi Bawri4.00 Pakke Shejari 5.00 Tu tithe Mee5.30 Honar Soon Me Hya

Gharchi6.00 Tuze Maze Jamena6.30 Home Minister7.00 Tu Tithe Mee7.30 Radha Hi Bawri8.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya

Gharachi8.30 Mala Saasu Havi9.00 Tuze Maze Jamena9.30 Pakke Shejari

10.30 Radha Hi Bawari

ANIMAL PLANETP.M.2.00 River Monsters3.00 Animal Planet’s A to Z4.00 Dragon Alive5.00 Animal Strategies6.00 Wildest Islands7.00 Ultimate Killers7.30 Up, Close and

Dangerous8.00 River Monsters9.00 Yeh Mera India

10.00 Animal Planet’s A To Z11.00 Biggest and Baadest

DISCOVERYP.M.2.00 Dual Survival3.00 American Digger3.30 Food Factory4.00 Fearless Planet5.00 Man Woman Wild6.00 Mutant Planet7.00 Food Factory7.30 What Happened Next?8.00 North America9.00 Indian Ocean With

Simon Reeve10.00 Gator Boys11.00 Man vs Wild

DISCOVERY KIDSP.M.2.00 1001 Nights3.00 Transformers Prime4.30 Wild Kratts5.00 Amazing Spiez6.00 1001 Nights7.00 Sally Bollywood8.00 Adventures of Tintin9.00 Transformers Prime

10.30 Wild Kratts

HISTORY CHANNELP.M.2.00 Modern Marvels3.00 Deren Brown4.00 Human Weapon5.00 That’s Impossible6.00 Invention Intervention6.30 Pawn Stars7.00 Inside Guinness World

Record8.00 History Untamed: Meerkats9.00 Tamas

10.00 Pawn Stars10.30 Ancient Aliens11.30 Accidental Heroes:

Cricketers

DISCOVERY SCIENCEP.M.2.00 Monster Inside Me3.00 Through The Wormhole

with Morgan Freeman4.00 Heavy Metal Task Force4.50 Food Detectives5.15 How It’s Made6.00 Weaponology8.00 How It’s Made9.00 Through The Wormhole

with Morgan Freeman10.00 Weapon Masters11.00 Monsters Inside Me

NAT. GEOGRAPHICP.M.2.00 Perilous Journeys3.00 Emergency Room3.30 Monkey Thieves4.00 Most Amazing Moments5.00 Dangerous Encounters6.00 Wild Russia7.00 Most Amazing Moments8.00 Mega Factories9.00 Secrets of the Taj Mahal

10.00 Taboo10.30 Close Quarter Battle11.00 Breakout

STAR CRICKETP.M.2.00 T20 Dhamaka2.30 Super Star Football

Build Up3.00 ICC Champions Trophy

2013 h/ls4.00 Super Star Football

Build Up4.30 T20 Dhamaka5.00 Ashes Full Test Review6.30 Super Star Football

Build Up7.00 Ashes Full Test Review8.00 ICC Champions Trophy 9.00 Super Star Football

Build Up10.00 ICC Champions Trophy11.00 Ashes Full Test Review

ESPNP.M.2.00 Champions Ka

Champion2.30 Sports Active3.00 Aus Tour of Eng 13 h/ls4.00 Pak Tour of India h/ls5.00 T20 Dhamaka5.30 Sports Active 6.00 Spirit of Yachting 20136.30 Aus Tour of Eng h/ls7.00 Indian Badminton

League 13 h/ls8.00 Champions Ka Champion9.00 ICC World Twenty20 Pak

vs India10.30 Super Star Football

Build Up11.00 International Friendlies

UNDER THE DOME � Junior stands up to his father and is shattered when he dis-covers the truth about his mother’s past. Meanwhile, Julia learnsfirsthand the powers of the “mini dome,” on UNDER THE DOME.BBiigg CCBBSS LLoovvee,, 1100 pp..mm..

REVENGE� As Victoria and Conrad reaffirm their loyalties to each other,Mason Treadwell digs deeper into Amanda Clarke’s past andEmily is forced to intervene and shift Mason’s plan to discover-ing what happened to Gordon Murphy. The Stowaway reopens,which brings the engagement of Jack and Amanda—as Declanand Charlotte rekindle their. Nolan tells Padma he knows of hermajor mistake — tipping off Daniel that Grayson Global couldown a sizable interest in his company — and warns her that theyboth have to save themselves from Grayson Global. SSttaarr WWoorrlldd,,99 pp..mm..

INDIAN OCEAN WITH SIMON REEVE� In his most exotic and extreme adventure yet, Simon Reevetravels around the edge of the beautiful Indian Ocean. The ex-traordinary adventure takes Simon to 16 countries, as he bravesthe horrors of frontline conflict in Mogadishu in Somalia and vis-its the beautiful Maldives, Mauritius and the Seychelles. On hisjourney Simon travels by boat, car, train and plane. He encoun-ters pirates, dives with sharks, patrols with Dutch Special Forces,goes underwater spear-fishing, dines in an underwater restau-rant, stumbles into a seedy drug-den, visits a 5-star seasidepalace housing thousands of refugees, meets a Yorkshiremanon his Seychelles island paradise and has close encounters withthe amazing wildlife of the Indian Ocean. DDiissccoovveerryy,, 99 pp..mm..

WEAPON MASTERS� Technology and history collide head-on in this action packedseries WEAPON MASTERS, where viewers witness firsthandpower of pivotal world-changing weapons. But did the ancientcraftsmen get it right? Can better weapons be made today withmodern materials, science and techniques? Or did ancientcraftsmen’s simple solutions made the most sense, withstand-ing the test of time? DDiissccoovveerryy SScciieennccee,, 1100 pp..mm..

COMEDY CIRCUS KE MAHABALI� Comedy Circus ke Mahabali will witness some grand humourand masti as Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shiv-dasani make a grand appearance on the show. The trio will beseen having a gala time promoting their upcoming comedy film‘Grand Masti’. The three Masti stars will share the judges tablewith Archana Puran Singh and Arbaaz Khan. They will be thor-oughly amused by Rakhi Sawant’s howlarious act. So impressedwill be the trio that they will make their way on stage and shakea leg with the item queen. SSoonnyy TTVV,, 99 pp..mm..

BALIKA VADHU� In tonight’s episode we will see, how everyone is worried aboutJagya who has not returned back from Mangalore yet. Mean-while, Anandi tries to handle Shiv’s family. Jagya then finallyreaches home and that is when Anandi realizes that Jagya ac-tually is in love with Ganga. Further Sanchi and Jagya get en-gaged and their family members congratulate them and showerthem with their blessings. CCoolloorrss,, 88 pp..mm..

EK VEER KI ARDAAS – VEERA� Ranvi eventually agrees to send Veera away with Nana Nanibut he decides to make her birthday and rakhi special. What ishis plan? SSttaarr PPlluuss,, 1100..3300 pp..mm..

STARMOVIESP.M.1.30 Independence Day4.15 The Lost World: Jurassic

Park6.55 Rise of the Planet of The

Apes9.00 X Men Origins: Wolverine

11.10 Duston Checks InA.M.9.25 Death Race

11.40 Terminator 2: JudgementDay

HBOP.M.

12.35 Harry Potter and TheDeathly Hallows-Part 2

2.07 Kung Fu Panda 24.50 Transporter 37.00 Madagascar 3: Europe’s

Most Wanted9:00 10,000 BC

11.00 Man On a LedgeA.M.7.06 The Three Musketters

11.50 10,000 BC

ZEE STUDIOP.M.1.00 Unbreakable3.20 Bedtime Stories5.20 Back To The Future8.00 Ladder 49

10.30 Back To The FutureA.M.

10.10 Bedtime Stories

PIXP.M.2.20 The Amazing Spider Man5.01 Redline7.01 Shrek The Third9.00 Rubocop 2

11.35 Rocky IIA.M.8.40 Redline

10.40 Shrek The Third

STAR GOLDP.M.2.05 Dil Hai Tumhara: Arjun

Rampal5.45 Aur Pappu Paas Ho Gaya:

Jackie Shroff9.00 Zameen: Abhishek

Bachchan, Bipasha BA.M.8.00 Dilwale; Ajay Devgan

11.25 Khatta Meetha: AkshayKumar, Trisha

MAXP.M.2.00 Joru Ka Gulam: Govinda5.30 Amar Akbar Anthony: Babi,

Parveen9.00 Godzilla :Broderick, MatthewA.M.7.00 Satte Pe Satta: Shakti

Kapoor10.30 Mere Hindustan Ki Kasam:

Nagarjuna

ZEE CINEMAP.M.2.55 Chor Machaye Shor: Bobby

Deol6.00 Shirdi Ke Saibaba: Sudhir

Dalvi9.00 Aan-Men An Work:

Shatrughan SinhaA.M.

10.10 Jungle-The Battleground:Andhi

CVOP.M.2.00 Qurbani: Feroz Khan,

Zeenat A5.30 Khoon Ka Karz: Sanjay Dutt,

Kimi Katkar9.00 Dayavan: Feroz Khan,

Madhuri DixitA..M.10.25 Dosti Dushmani: Jeetendra,

Rishi Kapoor

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12.00 Desh Ke Dushman: RajKumar, Hema Malini

3.00 Shriman Shrimati: SanjeevKumar, Rakhee

6.00 Di Ne Jisse Apna Kaha:Salman Khan, Priety Zinta

9.00 Mawaali: Jeetendra, JayaPrada

A.M.9.00 Phir Milenge: Shilpa Shetty,

Salman Khan

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12.00 Gurudev: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi4.00 Hote Hote Pyaar Ho Gaya:

Jackie Shroff, Kajol8.00 Kaminey: Shahid Kapoor

11.00 Rain: Meghna NaiduA.M8.00 Khazana: Randhir Kapoor,

Rekha

ZEE TALKIESP.M.

12.00 De Danadan: MaheshKothari

3.00 Zapatlela: Mahesh Kothari6.00 Aai Tuzha Aashirwad: Milind

Gunaji9.00 Fu Bai Fu Season Finale

CARTOON NETWORKP.M.2.00 Tom and Jerry Tales3.00 Oggy and the Cockroches4.30 Adventure Time5.30 Oggy and the Cockroaches7.30 Henry Special Henry vs

Margaret9.00 Tom and Jerry The Movie

11.00 Adventure TimeA.M.7.30 My Name is Raj 39.00 Scooby Doo Camp Scare

10.00 Angry Birds10.30 Oggy and the Cockroaches11.00 Gon

POGOP.M.2.30 Mighty Raju In Aryanagar

Underwater4.00 Mr Bean

5.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon8.00 Hagemaru9.00 Chhota Bheem9.30 Monster High

10.00 Scan 2 Go10.30 Sunaina11.00 MADA.M.8.00 Chhota Bheem8.30 Soori Poori9.00 MAD9.30 Chhota Bheem & Hanuman

DISNEY CHANNELP.M.2.00 Doraemon3.00 Hamtaro3.30 Phineas and Ferb4.30 Art Attack5.00 Doraemon8.00 Best of Luck Nikki9.00 Shake It Up9.30 Best of Luck Nikki

10.00 Slokk10.30 Doraemon

DISNEY XDP.M.2.00 Kiteretsu4.30 Splatalot5.00 Super Robot5.30 Iron Man6.30 Spiderman7.00 Phineas and Ferb8.00 Ultimate Spiderman8.30 Hulk

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DDI (Main Channel)P.M.2.00 Science Magazine2.30 News in Marathi3.00 Jini Ani Mini3.30 Aatmbhan4.00 Mazi Maye5.00 News in Marathi5.05 Mahacharcha6.00 Krishi Vidya6.30 Swastha Bharat7.00 News in Marathi7.10 Dial 1007.35 Mohini8.00 News8.05 Parliament News8.15 Samachar8.20 Sansad Samachar

8.30 Buniyaad9.00 Ek Kiran Roshni Ki9.30 Saraswatichandra

10.00 DE DANA DAN: Film.Akshay Kumar, KatrinaKaif, Sunil Shetty

DDII (Metro Channel)P.M.2.00 Samachar.2.30 News3.00 Sports News3.30 PSBT4.00 Samachar4.30 The News5.00 Samachar5.30 Rajyon Se Samachar6.05 Metro Scan6.30 Business Wrap.

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DOORDARSHAN

Karvy Stock Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on TVS MotorsCMP: Rs. 32 Target Rs. 44Operationally, the quarterly numbers of TVS Motor (TVSL) came in line withour estimate, while lower depreciation charges and higher nonoperating in-come resulted in higher than expected net profit. Its revenue dipped 5% YoY& 1% QoQ owing to 11.5% YoY & 4.5% QoQ decline in volume. Its EBIDTA fell8.4% YoY (up 5% QoQ) in Q1FY14. Higher contribution of three wheeler seg-ment is driving TVSL’s average realization per vehicle by 8% YoY & 4% QoQ.Its depreciation was flat YoY, but down 9.4% QoQ to Rs. 314 mn, while nonoperating income grew 70% YoY to Rs. 86 mn. Its adjusted PAT grew 1.5% YoY& 5% QoQ to Rs. 519 mn.

Outlook & Valuation: Due to decline in market share, we lower our volume fore-cast, and due to currency benefit on export revenue, we maintain our revenue es-timate for FY14E & FY15E. On account of lower depreciation and low interestoutflow on declining debt, we marginally increase our EPS estimates for FY15Eby 3.5%, keeping FY14E EPS unchanged. However, as TVSL is losing marketshare amid stiff competition and limited scope for margin expansion, we lowerour target P/E multiple from 10x to 8x 1 Yr forward. Accordingly, we lower our tar-get price by 15% to Rs. 44 per share, valuing the stock at 8xFY15E EPS. Cur-rently, the stock trades at a P/E of 6xFY15E. Considering recent price correctionand stock’s attractive valuation, we reiterate our “BUY” on the stock.

Religare calls a ‘Buy’ on Oil IndiaCMP: Rs. 491 Target Rs. 720OINL’s Q1 PAT at Rs 6.1bn was below our/street estimates on lower crude sales(0.87mmt) and realisations (US$ 45.9/bbl) and a drop in VAP sales (10.3tmt vs.12tmt in Q4FY13). NG prod./sales however inched up QoQ to 7.22/5.7mmscmd.Maintain BUY on: (a) a likely improvement in crude realisations on lower gross

U/R of Rs 1398bn/939bn in FY14/FY15, (b) highercrude production/sales in the quarters ahead and (c)cheap valuations of 6xFY15E (ignoring earnings upsidefrom NG price hikes in FY15).

Crude sales/realisations lower QoQ: Despitehigher production (0.89mmt vs. 0.86mmt inQ4FY13), crude sales declined to 0.87mmt (from0.88mmt in Q4FY13) due to a major fire at the Nu-maligarh refinery in May’13. Crude realisationsdropped as well, as OINL was made to subsidiseOMCs at the prevalent discount of US$ 56/bbl de-

spite muted crude prices of US$ 102/bbl (US$ 111/bbl in Q4FY13). We ex-pect a pick-up in the company’s crude oil sales over the coming quarters asthe Numaligarh refinery resumes operations.

Realisations to improve on lower U/R: We expect U/R drop to Rs1398bn/939bn in FY14/FY15 on: (a) a sustained increase (Rs0.5/ltr/month) in diesel prices and (b) sluggish fuel demand growth due tohigher prices and a poor macro. If crude prices remain muted, upstream sub-sidy/bbl could come down as well. We model for FY14/FY15 realisations ofUS$ 55/59/bbl for OINL.

Significant investment plans lined up: OINL is actively scouting for explo-ration/ production assets to support its inorganic growth. It recently acquiredVideocon’s 10% stake in a Mozambique offshore block via a 40:60 consor-tium with ONGC. With cash reserves of US$ 2bn+, we don’t see such acqui-sitions as an impeding factor. Maintain BUY with a TP of Rs 720 on attractivevaluations, factoring in the overhangs of higher U/R but not the earnings up-side from gas price hikes in FY15.

LKP calls a ‘Buy’ on Gujarat State PetronetCMP: Rs. 58 Target Rs. 78GSPL’s net profit of Rs1.26bn was higher than our estimate of Rs1.16 on ac-count of higher transmission tariff. Transmission tariff increased by 56.3%yoy to Rs1.41/scm (qoq -20.2%), which was higher than our estimate ofRs1.20/scm. Higher transmission tariff was on account of take-or-pay con-tract, whereby consumers continued to pay tariff despite transmitting lowergas volumes. GSPL’s volumes for the quarter declined by 28.9% yoy to2,015mmscm. The fall in gas transmission volume was due to falling gas pro-duction from KG D6. However on sequential basis, transmission volumes in-creased marginally by 1.1%. GSPL’s operating profit for the quarter stood atRs2.7bn (yoy +9.2% qoq -17.7%) which was higher than our estimate.

Valuation and view: We believe that concerns relating to transmission vol-umes will be an overhang on GSPL in the near term. However, we note thatLNG capacities scheduled to come up by early FY15 could give much neededfillip to GSPL’s gas volumes. We value GSPL on DCF basis given the long termearnings visibility and arrive at a fair value of Rs78 per share. We have usedWACC of 11.5% and terminal growth rate of 2% for DCF valuation. We main-tain our BUY rating on the stock with a target price of Rs78. At the CMP, thestock is trading at 7.2x and 3.7x FY15e EPS and EBITDA respectively.

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:The Nifty rose moderately on Wednesday (August 14, 2013)a net 43.00 points (0.75%) and closed at the 5742 pointlevel. The market opened up with a gap at the 5715 pointslevel. It then declined into the red and registered the day’slow at the 5690 points level at 9.41 a.m. The index thenbounced back into the green and turned into a range boundmovement until 2.55 p.m. It then rose sharply and regis-tered the day’s high at the 5754 points level at 3.26 p.m.and then turned into a range bound movement until clos-ing at the day. The Nifty moved in a range of 64 points andclosed above the psychologically important 5700 pointslevel. Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Niftystocks 30 were gainers, while 20 stocks closed in the red.Substantial buying was witnessed in consumer durables,oil & gas, metal and realty stocks, while selling was seen incapital goods, IT, healthcare and technology stocks.

TTEECCHHNNIICCAALL AANNAALLYYSSIISS::VVoolluummee:: Volume (Qty shares) increased 3.15%. This change is smalland indicates a moderate participation by investors.

MMaarrkkeett BBrreeaaddtthh:: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE waspositive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 751 were gainers,602 were losers and 65 remained unchanged.

SSllooww SSttoocchhaassttiicc IInnddiiccaattoorr:: The Slow Stochastic Oscillatorhas risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Sto-chastic Oscillator is above the slow D line (positive if it con-tinues).

RRSSII IInnddiiccaattoorr:: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now ris-ing (positive if it continues).

MMAACCDD IInnddiiccaattoorr:: The MACD is below zero but is rising (pos-itive if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

AADDXX IInnddiiccaattoorr && DDII LLiinneess:: The +DI line is below the –DI linebut both lines are converging (positive if it continues). The ADX is falling while the Market Index is rising, which in-dicates that the present up trend is decreasing in strength.

MMoovviinngg AAvveerraaggeess ((TTrreenndd IInnddiiccaattoorrss))TThhee iinnddeexx::Is above its 5-day average (at 5627) Positive.Has crossed above its 15-day average (at 5725) Positive.Is below its 25-day average (at 5831) Negative.Is below its 200-day average (at 5851) Negative.All the four averages are negatively trended. Negative.

OOvveerraallll MMaarrkkeett SSttrreennggtthh//WWeeaakknneessss::The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicatinga neutral market but with a positive bias.

SSuuppppoorrtt LLeevveellss::For short-term traders the immediate main support is atthe 5476 points level.The next support is at the 5359 points level.

RReessiissttaannccee LLeevveellss The immediate main resistance is at the 5776 points level.The next resistance is at the 5894 points level.

PPiivvoott PPooiinntt AAnnaallyyssiiss::For intra-day traders the supportand resistance levels are calcu-lated according to the pivot pointtheory and are: Pivot point = 5729 (This is the levelwhere the trend is likely to changeduring intra-day).Support (1) = 5703.Support (2) = 5665. Resistance (1) = 5768. Resistance (2) = 5793.



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I believe that this phase of slow growth in India willnot last long. In the last 9 years, our economy hasgrown at an annual average rate of 7.9 %. Thispace of development is the highest in any decadeso far.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

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NEWS FLASH National Spot Exchange seeks 8 months to settle dues � Ramco plans to raise Rs 125 cr from rights issue � Traders under CCI scanner for possible onion cartelization� Orange County in California drags TCS to court � Reliance General to hire over 4,000 retail agents in FY14 � Telcos say high spectrum cost may increase rates by 50%.

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By A Business Reporter

The Rupee fall has begun to biteand coupled with inflation ithas left very little room for RBI

on the rate front. “We see the weakrupee as a key upside risk to our in-flation forecast of 5.3% for 2013-14.The rupee’s continued weaknesscould offset the sobering impact ofanaemic demand on inflation. Highfood inflation and upward revision ofprices of administered items to con-tain the fiscal deficit are likely tomaintain upward pressure on infla-tion. Even with low core inflation,loosening of monetary policy runsthe risk of creating a situation of highgeneralised inflation, particularly ifthe shock from the rupee persists.RBI may, therefore, leave rates un-changed for rest of the year” saysCrisil Research.

It was commenting on the WPI-based inflation, which rose to 5.8% inJuly 2013 from 4.9% in the previousmonth and believes the weak rupeeraised the cost of imported items andpushed up inflation in July. Importedinflation (market-linked fuels, fer-rous and nonferrous metals, and ed-ible oil) rose to 1.0% in July from-1.9% in June.Inflation in the international mar-

ket-linked fuel category (petrol,naphtha, aviation turbine fuel, bitu-men etc) rose sharply to 9.5% in Julyfrom -2.7% in the previous month ascrude oil prices rose and the rupeestayed weak. Even though the dollarvalue of crude oil in July was 20%below its peak of 2009, its rupeevalue hovered around 2009 peak lev-els due to the sharp slide in the rupeeagainst the dollar. Subdued metalprices globally managed to keep in-

flation in the metals category (fer-rous and non-ferrous metals) at -2.2%, but metal inflation is likely togo up in the coming months whenthe imported cost of metals rise dueto the weaker rupee.The decline inWPI inflation in the

past few months had been largelydriven by a sharp fall in core /non-food manufacturing inflation. Thiswas due to weak demand-side pres-sures as well as low metal prices.Core (non-food manufacturing) in-flation, after falling for two consecu-tivemonths, rose to 2.4% in July from2.0%. CCII (CRISIL’s Core inflation in-dicator, which excludes the metalsfrom core inflation) also increasedmarginally to 3.7% from3.6% in June.This reflects some pass-through of

rising costs into the final productseven in a weak demand environ-ment, believes Crisil.

By Mayura Shanbaug

The trial court’s decision to sen-tence a businessman Harish

Bhasin, the director of a private com-pany to one year’s rigorous impris-onment for not filing income taxreturns for two years has left everyonewonderingwhether the decisionwill set a precedent for many moresuch cases that are pending in sev-eral courts of the country.“There is a penalty provision and 7

years imprisonment for not filing taxreturns given in the law. This is thelaw of the land which one has to fol-low,” says Pankaj Ghadiali of P. C.Ghadiali & Co. a firm of CharteredAccountants.The argument that the business-

man had an unsettled dispute re-garding his refunds could not hold inthe court of law. “There can not beany excuse for not filling returns,”said Ghadiali. “There are differentchannels and ways to address yourgrievances,” he said.

The trial court made the observa-tion while announcing the sentencethat “tax evasion is rising and shouldbe curbed with a firm hand”. Does itindicate that the government ma-

chinery will be dealing with suchcases with iron hand? “The govern-ment which is in a tight revenue situ-ation and seems to be taking a not sosoft stance towards defaulters,” saysAnil Harish, Partner at D.M.Harish &Co. “We may see more such news inthe coming days,” he said.The IT department submitted that

Bhasin was assessed at a taxable in-come of Rs 11.98 crore for 2006-07and the tax liability was around Rs 4crore. For the next year, it was Rs 10crore. Incidentally, Bhasinwas India’shighest individual tax payer in 2009However, Harish points out that on

the others hand there are thousandsof refunds pending with the incometax department for which govern-ment seems to be in no hurry to set-tle. And therein lies the dividebetween honest taxpayers and therevenue authorities. Most feel thatthe government does not reflect thesame integrity and enthusiasmwhenit comes to refunding excess tax paidas it expects from the taxpayer.“We are made to run from pillar to

post to get our refunds from the taxdepartment for years, said PrarthanaJoshi (name changed), who is waitingfor her refunds for the assessment

year 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.“When we go to Mumbai office theytell us to go to Andheri office whichin turn tell us to contact CPC Ban-gluru, I am being harassed to get myown money back,” she said. “Theyare quick to penalize us for not filing,who will penalize them for not re-turning our own hard earnedmoney,” she asked.Incidentally, the interest paid by

the government on refund is just 6%per annumwhereas the governmentpenalty for not filling income tax is12%.“This disparity is not fair on gov-

ernment’s part,” said Anil Harish.“The people’s refundmoneywith thestate can be termed or should betreated as borrowings by the govern-ment, which the government is get-ting at a cheaper rate of just 6% thatis totally unacceptable,” he says.However, Pankaj Ghadiali explains

that due to computerization therecords are still not up to date, “it willtake another one or two years beforethe refund process becomes unhin-dered,” he says.Till then, perhaps the taxpayer will

continue to be deprived of his right-ful dues.

Delay In Refunds Cannot Be An ExcuseFor Not Filing Tax Returns, Say Experts

RBI May Leave RatesUnchanged For Rest Of The Year

By A Business Reporter

The World Bank has signed anagreement with the Indian gov-

ernment to provide a USD 100 mil-lion loan to help low-income familiessecure housing loans.“The Loan and Project Agreements

for World Bank (IDA) assistance ofUSD 100 million for low-incomehousing finance project weresigned between Government of

India/National Housing Bank (NHB)and the World Bank here yesterday,”the Finance Ministry said in a releasetoday. The agreement was signed byDepartment of Economic Affairs JointSecretary Nilaya Mitash, NHB Chair-man andManagingDirector RVVermaand World Bank (India) OperationsAdvisor Michael Haney, it added.The objective of the project is to

provide access to sustainable hous-ing finance for low-income house-

holds to purchase, build or upgradetheir dwellings, it added.Financing under the project aims

to create incentives for lenders tofocus on lower-income householdsthrough a net all-in reduction of thelenders’ cost of funds of about 200-300 basis points, the release said. “Itis a financial intermediary loan foran implementation period of fiveyears. NHB is the implementingagency,” it added.

World Bank To Give India USD 100 Mn Loan For Housing Projects

65% More Traffic On Online Retail SitesWith the festive season around the corner, there is a 65% increase fromlast year in online shopping, according to industry body Assocham. “Thisfestive season, there is a 65% more traffic on online retail websites andshopping on ground has taken a back seat. Apart from convenience, risingfuel price, security reasons, online discounts and availability withabundance of choice keeping them (consumers) indoors,” Assochamgeneral secretary D S Rawat said in a statement.

Auditors Red-flag Kingfisher’s Revival PlansGrounded carrier Kingfisher Airlines’ decision to consider it a ‘goingconcern’ entity, despite having accumulated huge losses and defaultedon loans, has come for a sharp criticism by its own auditors, given a lackof clarity about its revival plans. At the same time, the auditors ofKingfisher’s parent entity, United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd, have alsoexpressed their concern over the company’s significant exposure to theairline, which has been grounded for about ten months now and its flyingpermit also lapsed long ago.

Telcos Owe Government Over Rs 30,000 CrTelecom operators, including BSNL and Bharti Airtel, owe the governmentRs 30,158.05 crore as outstanding spectrum charges, including the one-time fee and usage charges. As per official data, GSM players owe Rs25,748.91 crore as spectrum charges while the outstanding dues ofCDMA operators stood at Rs 4,409.14 crore. Demand notices have beenissued to the operators to recover the amount.

RIL To Invest $3.18 Bn In R-Series Gas FieldReliance Industries plans to invest USD 3.18 billion in R-Series gas field inthe flagging KG-D6 block as it looks to reverse the decline in output byquickly bringing in new fields on production. RIL and its partners BP plc ofUK and Niko Resources, plan to produce 13-15 million standard cubicmeters per day of gas for 13 years from D-34 discovery in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block, sources privy to the development said. The plannedoutput from D-34, which is estimated to hold an in place reserve of 2.2Trillion cubic feet, is equivalent to the combined current production fromDhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1&D3) gas field and MA field in the KG-D6 block.

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By Sandip Hattangadi

Producer Syed Asif Jah andVibhu Agarwal’s romantic

comedy ‘Baat Bann Gayi’ isabout to release and we had theopportunity to view the firstlook of the film. On this occa-sion, we interviewed debutantAnisa Butt and this is how theconversation went.

Tell us something about yourfilm ‘Baat Bann Gayi’.The protagonist of this film,Kabir (Ali Fazal) is a novelistdeeply in love with a beautifulyoung girl Rachna (Anisa),played bymewho is brought upby her brother Laxmi Nivas(Gulshan Grover) and his wifeSulochna (Amrita Raichand)and are in search of an intelli-gent and Professor-kind ofhandsome young man as agroom for Rachna. Kabir suc-cessfully impresses Rachna’sbrother Laxmi Nivas. The realtwist in the tale comes whenKabir’s look alike Rasiya Bihari,who works for a landmafia Car-

los Rehbar Pasha (Razak Khan),happens to land at Rachna’sbungalow. Rasiya is amused tofind everyone mistaking him asKabir. When he sees Rachna inthe house, he gives away hisheart to her and decides to stayin the house as Kabir. Rasiyahatches a plan tomake sure thatKabir does not come back inRachna’s life. From here, thestory takes a turn. Lots of trou-ble and confusions turn the flowof the narrative into a hilarious,thriller goof filledwithmadness,surprises, and stomach achinghumorous situations.

Is it based on the Shakespeareclassic ‘Comedy of Errors’?‘Baat Bann Gayi’ is a romanticcomedy based on Shakespeare’s‘Comedy of Errors’ enrichedwith the classical plot of dualswhich depicts the comedy of er-rors when look alike charactersencounter each other. Unex-pected, hilarious and utterly hu-morous situations arise becauseof mistaken identity.

How was your first stint inHindi films like?It was great. It was a pleasant ex-perience toworkwith actors thecaliber of Ali Fazal, GulshanGrover, and Amrita Raichand.The director Shuja Ali is alsovery talented. I know him frommy London days where Shujaused to work on television pro-grammes.

Who are the directors youwould like to work with?Actually all of them (laughs). But

on a serious note, Anurag Basu,Anurag Kashyap and Imtiaz Aliare ideal directors for me.

First look of ‘Baat Bann Gayi’The first look of Jaypeeco Info-tainment in association withASR Media’s maiden film‘Baat Bann Gayi’ was held atFun Republic on August 5. Themedia present at the event en-joyed the show-reel of the film.Actor Gulshan Grover said, “Itwas a pleasant journey workingwith this unit, also the actors AliFazal, Anisa Butt, and AmritaRaichand are extremely tal-ented, and this is a family com-edy dramawhich everybodywilllove to watch”. Presenter VibhuAgrawal said, “Although this ismy first film, I enjoyed its com-plete journey of making, andafter release we are launchinganother film”. ‘Baat Bann Gayi’,a romantic comedy film, is pre-sented by Jaypeeco IndiaPvt. Ltd & Vibhu Agarwal, pro-duced by Sayed Asif Jah andMegha Agarwal, directed byShuja Ali.

Fitness is more thanhaving muscles:Varun Dhawan

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI)Bollywood newbie Varun

Dhawan may have flaunted amuscular look in his debut‘Student Of The Year’ but heinsists that being fit entails alot more things than havinghugemuscles.The 26-year-old actor, who

is the son of Bollywood film-maker David Dhawan, is a fit-ness enthusiast.“I have been passionate

about fitness from a veryyoung age. For me fitness is apart of my everyday life. Butfitness does not mean havingbig muscles, it means beingactive, quick and flexible. Itcan be defined in manyterms”, Varun told PTI.Varun hits the gym for one

and a half hours everyday andis trained by Prashant Sawant.“I do a mix and match of

many exercises. But beforeanything I do, I go for a warmup as it of prime importance.My trainer is very helpful inkeeping me fit. We also doheavy weight mixed with car-diovascular exercises”, he said.The actor has comeoutwith

a fitness DVD ‘Pumpstart’which has a dance routinethat flexes 13 major musclegroups in the body. It is chore-ographed by RemoD’souza.

Eat like the starsBy Suneel V. Gaur and Rajesh V. Gaur

Everybody has their favourite meals andcuisines. Bollywood stars have to maintain

slim and shapely figures but they still havecravings they indulge in. Suneel V. Gaur andRajesh V. Gaur take a look at the weaknessesand eating habits of stars.

BIPASHA BASU:Being a Bengali she lovesfish, especially the freshriver variety. She enjoys it inany form – fried, curried orgrilled. She also likes Man-glorean curries. Throughoutthe day she eats fresh fruitsand salads.

FFaavvoouurriittee RReessttaauurraanntt:: Any coastal foodrestaurant. She likes food coming fromsmaller joints like Trishna or Thai Me Up-forsoups and chicken.

KAREENA KAPOOR: Has grown up on Punjabifood like Parathas andChicken. But for the pastfew years she has devel-oped a fondness for seafood. She can eat anythingfrom Dal Chawal, Chicken,Thai, Mexican to the Pani

Puri one gets outside Elco market. She alsoloves chocolates.FFaavvoouurriittee RReessttaauurraanntt::Yoko for their delicious Sizzlers and some-times Olive Bar.

PREITY ZINTA: She likes Himachal foodlike the Himachal dal andalso Kadi Chawal. Basi-cally she is a sea food per-son and can eat anyamount of MangloreanFish Curry with rice orprawns. For lunch it is

Parathas or some fruits like Apple orMosambi. Lunch is Dal Rice, Aloo Sabzi ormaybe Peas with Roti. She avoids rice in thenight. Has a fondness for cheese. FFaavvoouurriittee RReessttaauurraanntt:: Konkan Cafe for its fish and prawn curry.Indigo for its nice food and ambience.

JEETENDRA: Loves seafood like Fish, Prawns andLobsters. Also likes to eatAppam - the South Indiandelicacy and chicken in anyform. FFaavvoouurriittee RReessttaauurraanntt::Any restaurant with deli-cious sea food and goodambience.

DHARMENDRA: Loves Punjabi style vege-tarian and non-vegetarianfood cooked at AngeethiRestaurant. It remindsDharamji of home-madefood.FFaavvoouurriittee RReessttaauurraanntt::Angeethi at Juhu Parle.

AJAY DEVGAN: Loves Chinese and seafood like fish and crabs. Healso relishes a Paan at Ti-wari Muchchad Paanwala.FFaavvoouurriittee RReessttaauurraanntt::Mainland China and Gazal

HRITHIK ROSHAN: He enjoys Italian as well asIndian food and that in-cludes Dosa and Idli.FFaavvoorriittee RReessttaauurraanntt:: Fiorella at the Leela, LittleItaly and Trattoria at thePresident.

London girl Anisa Butt debuts in ‘Baat Bann Gayi’

By Chaitanya Padukone

Badminton’s loss is Bollywood’s gain! Only recently, latest Bol-lywood female superstar Deepika Padukone (who had givenup the shuttlecock game to start ‘court-ing’ a filmy career was

delighted when her recent Ranbir Kapoor-starrer movie YehJawaani Hai Deewani entered the coveted Rs.100 crore club.Now her latest release Chennai Express which has the bankable

Shah Rukh Khan has also emerged a ‘smash hit’ to wear the glitter-ing ‘sau karod’ club crown. But the modest Deepika, like her unas-suming legendary father Prakash Padukone, a former worldbadminton champ, refuses to be heady with success thanks to her

‘crore score dobaara’.Even as accolades pour in for Deepika’s comic perform-ance in Chennai Express, as the exuberant Tamilian

speaking Hindi with the Southside accent and incor-rect gender and especially her nightmarish avatar,she remains firmly grounded.

Reacts Deepika, “Frankly, it was a diligentteam effort and both director Rohit and co-star SRK brought out the best in me. Al-though SRK and I came together inOm Shanti Omway back in 2007, wenever really lost touch with eachother off-screen. So I had an idealcomfort-zone. The Chennai scriptgave me full scope to showcase mytalent. Since I was keen to do a spe-cial author-backed role with SRK, Iwaited patiently for over five years toget this role of ‘Meena’, the spunkyoutspoken yet sentimental Southsiderunaway bride-to-be.And SRK has graciously referred to me

as the ‘soul’ of Chennai Express’, which is sooverwhelming”, smiles the dimpled actress who feels that the

Tamil dialogues need not be a spoil-sport for Hindi audiencesas it adds authenticity to her character. “After all, love is a uni-versal language and the ‘common man’ will totally identifywith SRK’s North Indian character who often demands for‘sub-titles’ translation when my character speaks in Tamil”, jus-tifies Padukone who will next be seen opposite Ranveer Singhin Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming opus ‘Ram Leela’ and forthe third time opposite SRK in Farah Khan’s ‘Happy New Year’.According to director Rohit,who is unapologetic ‘since the storyis narrated from the point of view (‘voice-over’) of SRK’s char-acter, we did not want to dilute the impact and as the title itselfimplied that there would surely be a Tamilian tadka.

Deepika Padukone: Crore score dobaara!

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Sonakshi wants to playMadhubala on the silver screen

ACTRESS Sonakshi Sinha,who played a character fromthe ’50s era in period lovestory Lootera, has now ex-pressed her desire to essaythe role of late actress Mad-hubala in a biopic. Sinha re-cently said in an interviewthat she would love to play

Madhubala if a biopic is ever made on her life.Madhubala, known for her roles in films

such as Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Howrah Bridgeand Mughal-e-Azam, passed away at the ageof 36. Madhubala was often compared toiconic Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe forher similar position in the film industry.Sonakshi will be next seen opposite Akshay

Kumar and Imran Khan in Once Upon Ay TimeIn Mumbai Dobaara!, which has been directedby Milan Luthria and revolves around the clashbetween a mentor and a protege for the loveof a woman.

Salman breaks up withLulia Vantur?

SALMAN KHAN’s love life al-ways makes headlines andso do his break-ups and thistime, Khan is in news be-cause of the latter.Reportedly, Salman has

broken up with his allegedRomanian girlfriend LuliaVantur and buzz has it that

he did so because of his family’s intervention.Sources claim that Salman ended his romancewith the Romanian actress and TV presenteras constant buzz about her being marrieddidn’t go down well with the Dabangg actor’skhandaan.Insiders claim that Lulia kept denying the

rumours of her being married to Grammynominated musician Marius Moga but finallySallu’s family stepped in and took control ofthe situation. Mediavine has it that Vantur hasalready packed her bags and has gone backto Romania.

Vidya’s cameo in ‘Once Upon...’VIDYA to do a cameo inOnce Upon Ay Time In Mum-bai Dobaara his piece ofnews will surely bury allspeculations that all is notwell between Vidya Balanand her mentor EktaKapoor. Sources claim thatBalan will be seen in a

cameo in upcoming Balaji flick Once Upon ATime In Mumbai Dobaara!, which stars AkshayKumar, Imran Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. Vidyawill make her appearance in a song sequence,where she will be seen wearing a burqa. Thesong was shot at Film City around two monthsago and Balaji sources claim that Vidya readilyagreed to be a part of the song when she wasapproached. Once Upon Ay Time In MumbaiDobaara! is directed by Milan Luthria.

Ranbir voice in BesharamHE has thrilled you with hisacting skills and dancemoves and now, RanbirKapoor is all set with hissinging talent. The actor hasreportedly lent his voice forone of the songs from hisupcoming film Besharam, ti-tled ‘Love Ki Ghanti’. The

song, penned by Rajeev Barnwal, was unveiledyesterday. The music of the peppy number hasbeen composed by Lalit Pandit and it has beensung by Ranbir, Sujeet Shetty and AmitoshNagpal. Though ‘Love Ki Ghanti’ has been shotin Film City, in Mumbai, the makers have recre-ated the busy streets of Delhi for the song.

THERE are a few genera-tions that have grown upwithout seeing some of

themost successful Hindi filmsof all time. So for them, successismeasured by today’s standard—money.And because records matter

so much to a fiercely competi-tive industry, high box-office re-turns have become the onlymeasure of success. The artversus mainstream dividestarted somewhere in the1970s, and it became a kind ofaccepted standard — art = bor-ing; commercial = mindless.This has carried on and come

to the absurd state now, whencommercial simply cannot beartistic or intelligent, becausethen the lowest common de-nominator cannot be tapped,and the Rs.100-croremark can-not be reached. And that ismore important than making agood film that will be appreci-ated across India, by all kinds orpeople —mass as well as class.Before the great divide, the

directors making mainstreamcinema kept popular ingredi-ents in mind; the films hadstrong plots, songs, dances,quotable dialogues and a cre-ative quality that made themclassics. V. Shantaram,Mehboob Khan, Raj Kapoor,Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, VijayAnand made successful films,but did not stoop to the levelsof stupidity that some of today’stop grossers do, just to makethe fastest initial bundle, be-cause hardly any films lastsmore than that.

The days of silver and goldenjubilees are long gone.The list of top grossers in-

cludesKismet, Barsaat, Awaara,Aan, Shree 420, Mother India,Mughal-e-Azam and Sholay —

all films made with pride, love,and yes, intelligence, a muchderided quality now. But whenfilmmakers were story tellers,creators and artistes, they re-spected audiences’ tastes, butdid not pander to the low brow.The films of Nasir Hussain

and thenManmohanDesai andtheir followers started the trendof mindless entertainers, for-mulaic plots and over depend-ence on stars. But why shouldentertainment be mindless?Guide,Golmaal (the HrishikeshMukherjee version), Lage RahoMunnabhai are not mindless,so pleasing the masses withstupidity is no justification formaking bad films.

In the eighties, commercialcinema was fighting TV, video,low attention spans and dealingwith a general decline in educa-tional and intellectual stan-dards in the country. Films hadto please the class that had onlycinema as a form of escapism,and did just about anything toget their ticketmoney, as fast aspossible. If the films were to-tally nonsensical, so be it.Today, by some odd reversesnobbery, Desai’s filmslike Amar Akbar Anthony arecounted as popular classics,but the film’s lack of sense orlogic was deplorable.Now, films that make a lot of

money quickly are the onlyfilms that matter, and they alsomake enough noise in themedia to stifle criticism ormock it. But history is a greatleveller and while fortunes aremade and lost, nobody can takeaway greatness once it is recog-nised and recorded. There wasa film called Aankhen by DavidDhawan that is among the topgrossers. Can anyone remem-ber it? ButMughal-e-Azam is amoneymaker and a classic overhalf a century later. If anyoneremembers Housefull, Body-guard or Chennai Express eventen years later, then the meas-ure of success can be recali-brated.

Dumb & Dumber

RINGSIDE VIEWDeepa Gahlot

Adah Sharma to make South debutAdah, who debuted in Bollywood

with 1920will soon enter the South filmindustry. She has been roped in by popularTelugudirectorPuri Jagannadh inhisnext ti-

tled Heart Attack. This ro-mantic drama will alsohave Nithiin Reddy, whohas recently given back toback blockbusters, as thelead along with Adah. Theactress is currently busyshooting for KaranJohar’s Hasee Toh Phasee.

Once she wraps up this Sidharth - Parineetistarrer, she will immediately start with theshoot of her South debut venture. Puri Ja-gannadh had a lot of actresses on his wish-list but Adah bagged the role after gettingselectedat theauditions. It seems that thedi-rectorwas very impressedwithherperform-ance in 1920 and trusted her acting skillscompletely for the role. Heart Attack is pro-duced byVaishno Academy andwill be shotin Spain and Goa. The movie is slated to goon floors in the first week of September.

Kick to release on Eid next yearWith this year’s Eid release Chennai Ex-press breaking all the records, looks likeSalman Khan doesn’t wish to let go of thisauspicious occasionnext year. Also, consid-

ering that an Eid releasehas always been lucky forthis Dabangg star, he isnow planning to releasehis film Kick during theoccasion in 2014.The filmalso marks Sajid Nadiad-wala’s debut as a director.The exact release date is

said tobe July 27, 2014. Also Sajidwho is cur-rently busy shooting for the film in Glasgowrevealed that he would like to re-create theEid magic for Salman with Kick. BesidesSalman, Kick also stars Jacqueline Fernan-dez andRandeepHooda inprominent roles.

TV actor to play cop in Aamir’s PKTV actor Rohitash Gaud of Lapataganj fame, will be making it

to the big screen once again with Aamir Khan starrer PK.Rohitashwill be seen as aHaryanvi speaking corrupt constable inDelhi. Apparently, the actor has been a friend of the film’s directorRajkumar Hirani and that’s how he bagged the film.We hear thatRohitashwill be sharing a lot of screen spacewith the leadsAamirKhan and Anushka Sharma. Besides Aamir and Anushka, PK alsostars Sushant Singh Rajput and is slated to release in 2014.

Bollywood cinematographershot Steve Jobs biopic

INwhat must rank as a very rare hon-our and privilege Bollywood’s well-

knownDOP (Director Of Photography)Aseem Bajaj who has to his credit thecinematography of Chameli, Gol MaalFun Unlimited and Son Of Sardaar hasdone the cinematography of the ea-gerly awaited Steve Jobs bio-pic Jobs.Aseem was chosen to shoot the por-

tions showing Ashton Kutcher as SteveJobs visiting India. Says Aseem, “Yes, Iam the Indian Director Of Photographyfor Jobs. I shot with Ashton Kutcher. Ihad a beautiful time working with thefilm’s DOP Russel Carpenter who hasdone the photography of JamesCameron’sTitanic. It was ahugehonourfor me to work with this legend behindthe lenses. Itwas also anhonour toworkwith the film’s director Mr. JoshuaMichale Sterns. Not too many Indiantechnicians get the chance toworkwithsuch stalwarts. I am humbled.”Aseem did the cinematography for

the Indian portion of the storytellingin Jobs when Ashton Kutcher is seentraveling to India in the 1970s in searchof enlightenment and nirvana. Says

Aseem, “We shot in Delhi and Vrinda-van. It was just three days shooting. Butsuch a learning experience for me.Their work method is so unique. Theyare such evolved people.”Incidentally, workingwith internationalcinematic icons seems to run in AseemBajaj’s family. His wife, the directorLeena Bajaj is the only Indian to haveshot with Ben Kingsley in Teen Patti.

ACROSS:1 Escort can get beaten up

because of this notedentertainment platform (7,5)

8 Faithless type is at the riot (7)9 Light thrown on St. Joan (3,4)11 He's poor actor who accepts

female support (7)12 Come partly from the man at

Ealing (7)13 The French prince finally turns to

give us a beam (5)14 Where youngsters alone are

nurtured (9)16 Notebook ideal for autumn? (5-4)19 Hiss furiously about kosher rice

dish (5)21 One has most of the sick where

workers are found (3-4)23 Retire, moving to a part of Africa

(7)24 One puts one foot down and it

goes (7)25 What Astaire became very quickly

(2,1,4)26 Beaming, they take the cash-girl's

change ! (12)

DOWN:1 Sticks to the business, with her

directions (7)2 Doubly rejecting what may be in

there (7)3 Suddenly and without timing

Sapper ! (9)4 Bother the thick-head without

much trouble (5)5 A touchy composition (7)6 Possibly rang a girl in ancient

Moorish city (7)7 They don't meet for physical

exercise (8,4)10 Based on an earlier design (12)15 Fifer pair disguised as Italian

bagpipers (9)

17 Result of an emergency ? (7)18 Person turning out another

eastern winner (7)19 Popeye diet for chaps in difficulty

(7)20 Goes out to big meals? (7)22 Stagger to lake near old city

church (5)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORDAACCRROOSSSS:: 1 King-crab, 9 Edentata, 10 Info, 11 Weep with rage, 13 Anonym, 14Extolled, 15 Corporate raider, 18 Absinthe, 20 Signor, 21 Presentiment, 23 Oboe,24 Obsolete, 25 Suspense.DDOOWWNN:: 2 Innuendo, 3 Growing pains, 4 Redeemer, 5 Between the lines, 6 Septet,7 Lama, 8 Lavender, 12 Rolling stone, 15 Champion, 16 Respects, 17 Enormous,19 Tinder, 22 Ease.

SOLUTION TOYESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODEDIAPER, APPEAR,DAPPER, DIPPER,PARADE, RAPPER, REPAIR

MATH PYRAMID 607

ENIGMA CODE 607

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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 anda some other numbers are already filled in.

Each colour in our coderepresents a letter.When you have cracked thecode you will be able tomake up seven words.The clue to first word is givento help you get started.

The Clue: Join the military

MATHDOKU 607Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of thedigits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeatedin any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number andone of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematicaloperation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to eachpuzzle is arrived at logically and is unique.

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ACROSS:1 Carryall (3)4 ___ up, exhaust (3)5 Card or loan e.g. (5)8 ___ into the ground, ruined

(3)9 Bar fixture (5)12 "Power"ful number? (3)13 ___ up, cinch (3)

DOWN:1 Clear dishes in a restaurant

(3)2 ___ Wednesday (3)3 Automotive mechanisms (5)6 "I smell a ___" (3)7 Board blemishes (5)10 Be delinquent (3)11 Base (3)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fillthe given pyramid with numberssuch that the following three rulesare satisfied.1. A cell value must be sum ordifference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicatenumbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1or more than the grid size

QUICK CROSS 607

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION



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HIDATO 607

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 607

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

PHANTOM LEE FALK

TODAY’S FORECASTTIGER BUD BLAKE


Afternoon Despatch & Courier 27COFFEEBREAKMOON : Moon in Scorpio till

11.06 p.m/Sun in LeoTITHI : 10th Shrvan Shuklapaksha

NAKSHATRA : JyeshtRASHI : Vrischik (Scorpio) N.Y.

LUCKY COLOUR : GreenLUCKY NUMBER : 6

ARIES (March 21 - April 20):Put off doing anything importanttoday. Try to utilize this time to in-

dulge in personal hobbies or interestsand to re-evaluate your targets in life. Youwill have several distractions in the formof newwork or family hassles, which seemto interfere with your routine activities.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Youwill be able to pull off much ofwhat you want to do. However you

will have to work really hard for it.After a busy day youmay want to relax andenjoy all that you have worked for. Youmay make plans for a movie and diningout with family. Generally when you likesomeone you expect the other person tounderstand. In matters of the heart youwill have to make your intentions clear.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Yourwork may need more personal in-volvement. There is a lot to do but

not enough time. Do not be hesitantin asking for a privilege or a favor. Pursuedetails of important issues personally toavoid last minute problems. Appoint-ments and schedules tend to get upset.Your mate or beloved will be in playfulmood and expect you to respond favor-ably. But you seem to have someone elseon your mind.

LIBRA (September 22 - October22): Getting work concluded ontime will not be a problem for you

but the quality may suffer. Perhapsyour mind is not in what you are doing.Your preoccupation with some personalproblems or family issues could be dis-tracting. You need to pull yourself out ofsuch situation. A heart to heart talk wouldbe most appropriate to solve a problem.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 -December 20): A viable opportu-nity to work in partnership with

friend is worth considering for it mayhave ability to grow into a sizeable enter-prise. Besides a hectic work schedule, youmay also have to take on the some otherresponsibilities. You will manage every-thing quite efficiently and diplomatically.Make it your business to spread happinessand laughter where ever you go. You havethe ability to give a lot of yourself to others.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - Feb-ruary 18): You will be responsiblefor bringing about an agreement

between two parties. You will have touse every possible skill to save the situa-tion. You will win the day, but not beforeyou have got the respect of all and alsomake new friends in the bargain. Socially,you are much in demand. At a meeting orlarge party, you will be popular. Otherswill seek your attention.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20):Normal business activity will as-sure a steady income. A proposal

that can generate some quickmoneywill have to be firmly rejected as it mayconflict with the way you work and think.There will be profits no doubt but you willlose your peace of mind. Family life maybe a bit strained. Accept rather thanchange things for what you would likethem to be. Bide your time right now.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21):Apprehensions about changesaround could make you feel inse-

cure about things in general. Do notjump to any conclusions; there could besome good coming out of what is hap-pening. At home too you could face someproblems because of a more aggressivestance that you have adopted of late. Youneed to be more understanding. Reachout show howmuch you care to those thatlove you.

VIRGO (August 22 - Septem-ber 21): Swift returns from busi-ness deals are likely. You will be in

your element at work and do very well.Some favorable news, which you have beenwaiting for, will come through. Routinemat-ters are going well right now. This is not thetime to make any rash moves though youmay be tempted to do so. Favorable devel-opments in family and the news of the visitof a loved one will make you feel good. Lookforward to an excellent time.

SCORPIO (October23 -Novem-ber21): At work some issuesmaycreate trouble for you. If you are

making a key decision it is wise todo it on your own and not get carried awayby those around you. A tendency to loseyour temper should be avoided. This coulddo you harm by damaging your image. Tryto appreciate the emotional need of yourmate in order to improve your rapport. Donot ruin a good relationship by neglect.

CAPRICORN (December 21- January 19): Monetarily yourposition is very good. A meetingor discussion scheduled for today

will lead to gains for you. Those in thefields of teaching or communication canlook forward to good news. You will be or-ganizing a get-together, which will be en-joyable.

PISCES (February 19 - March20): Your ability to face any situ-ation is seen. Your work will go

through smoothly that gives youtime to have an important conference. Itis also a good day for the small things thatmake you feel good. Your spirits soarwhen you suddenly receive news about ayoung relative. You will get happiness byspending time with a romantic compan-ion. The single could get a marriage pro-posal worth considering.

JAGJIT UPPALBIRTHDAY FORECAST: Financial news will be encouraging, offering scope to earnmore. If you are careful and work diligently, you may double your profit this year. Sta-bility at work and a sound financial position will give you a feeling of immense satis-faction. Love life will leave a lot to be desired. Do not try to make changes, let themhappen on their own. Health will need care, especially if you are above 50 years of age.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be sturdy, attractive, tall, well built, healthy and long-lived. Steady penetrating gaze and soft curly hair. Intelligent determined, honest forth-right. There will be success in life after age 30.

ACROSS:1 Comic's stock in trade (4)4 Expertise in various jobs; abilities (6)8 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

(3)10 Pronoun (4)13 Capital of Manitoba (8)14 Fireplace facings (7)15 Volume (6)17 Part of cycle rear-light? (9)21 ___ Brynner : hairless hero from

Hollywood? (3)22 Hit hard or thrash (3)23 In short, second month of the year

(3)26 Harshly ridiculed (9)27 Confer (6)28 Dabbles, dallies or fiddles with (7)32 Indian state with Kohima as its cap-

ital (8)34 Lays down the lawn (4)35 ___ off : start a round of golf? (3)36 Interfere with progress (6)37 Helper: Abbr. (4)

DOWN:1 Global Air Traffic Mgmnt. (4)2 Beam or smile; chuckle (4)3 Ship's small boat (4)5 Test centre in Uttar Pradesh (6)6 Edge (3)7 Sigil (6)9 ___ a ___ : in a position facing one

another (same word)? (3)11 "Roots" author (5)12 A place to confine animals (5)15 Free theater ticket, e.g. (4)16 Capital of South Yemen (4)18 Animal pelts (4)19 Nail of a beast or bird (4)20 These ratings measure TV audi-

ences - "mat" anagram? (3)23 Citizens, masses, men and women?

(5)

24 Hair on a man's face (5)25 River in W central Africa (6)26 Reclined lazily or hung out (6)28 Trinitrotoluene (3)29 'The ..... of March' of which Caesar

was warned (4)30 Long time periods (4)31 An NCO (4)33 What's left when there's something

out of line (3)

CRYPTOQUIPThe Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

Today’s clue: F equals D

YYEESSTTEERRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1747

HEATHCLIFF

SUDOKU 1928Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based ona 9x9 grid such severalgiven numbers.To solve aSudoku puzzle, everydigit from 1 to 9 mustappear in each of thenine vertical columns, ineach of the ninehorizontal rows and ineach of the nine boxes.

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YYEESSTTEERRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN

To solve anIrregular Sudokupuzzle, every digitmust appear oncein:� Each of thevertical columns� Each of thehorizontal rows� Each of theregions

AfternoonWORDMINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shownin 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 shouldbe at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names arenot allowed.TTooddaayy’’ss rraattiinnggss:: 09 aavveerraaggee; 10 ggoooodd; 12 oouuttssttaannddiinngg.YYEESSTTEERRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: alight, gilt, girl, grail, hail, halt, hilt, lair, largish,lash, last, lath, liar, light, lira, list, rail, sail, salt, silt, slat, slight, slit,STARLIGHT, starlit, stilt, tail, tilt, trail, trial.

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V M U X R J W E O H M H Q P J F H E O C R

V M R J H T Q C R J T K Q T R K E AYYEESSTTEERRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but ofplaying a poor hand well.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4742

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORDAACCRROOSSSS:: 1 Imphal, 7 Immature, 8 Amyl, 10 Lariat, 11 Seized, 14 GNP, 16 Equal,17 Smog, 19 Mains, 21 Honda, 22 Trigo, 23 Bund, 26 Cirri, 28 Ars, 29 Aviate, 30Shahid, 31 Mana, 32 Inedible, 33 Wisest. DDOOWWNN:: 1 Idylls, 2 Homing, 3 Lilt, 4 Kareena, 5 Kudzu, 6 Lendl, 8 Argo, 9 Yap, 12Iqs, 13 Eaten, 15 Hangs, 18 MDLIV, 19 Moi, 20 Ido, 21 Hrithik, 22 Tra, 23 Brands,24 Usha, 25 Deduct, 26 Cabin, 27 Rider, 28 Aha, 30 Smew.



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Afternoon Despatch & Courier SPORTS

By Amit Kumar Das

NEW DELHI: India’s bad-minton queen Saina Nehwalstamped her authority with a

dominating win over P V Sindhu asHyderabad Hotshots notched up ahard-fought 3-2 victory overAwadhe Warriors in the inauguralIndian badminton League.Hyderabad allowed Warriors to

lock the tie 2-2 after taking a 2-0lead but Pradyna Gadre and ShemGohV sealed the contest for Hyder-abad by winning the decidingmixed doubles. Coming into themake-or-break match, PradynaGadre and Shem Goh V recorded a21-9 19-21 11-8 win over MarkisKido of Indonesia and Thailand’sSapsiree Taerattanachal.Touted as the biggest match of

the day, the women’s singles clashbetween Saina and Sindhu turnedout to a one-sided affair as the Lon-donOlympics bronzemedallist reg-istered a 21-19 21-8 win overSindhu, who looked a pale shadowof her fighting self which has earnedher the title of a giant slayer.Saina has not won a single title

this year and also failed to win amedal at world championship afterhaving a troubled stomach but shetamed her fast rising compatriotafter some initial tough moments.She recovered from a slow start todominate the proceedings againstSindhu, who broke into the worldtop 10 in the latest BWF ranking.Sindhu dominated the proceed-

ings early on as she used herdeceptive drops and angled slice tobamboozle Saina. Sindhu enjoyeda healthy lead in the first twobreaks. The young Hyderabadiwas leading 7-3 in the first intervaland then kept a 14-10 lead in thesecond break.But Saina, who was depending

more on her baseline down the linesmashes till now, changed gears andclawed backwith some immaculatebody smashes and then marchedahead 17-15. Sindhu kept her cooland grabbed two quick points tomake it 17-17 but she lost a point atthe net to hand over the lead to

Saina again. Egged on by the vocif-erous nearly-packed stadiumcrowd, the 23-year-old Common-wealth Games champion moved toa two-game point lead and al-though she lost a game point, shesealed it with a smash to pocket theopening game.In the second game,Sindhu could not play her naturalgame. She looked completely off-colour and struggled with herstrokes. She committed many un-forced errors as Saina led 7-4 and14-6 in the first two intervals.Sindhu could not break Saina’s

rally game and surrendered rathermeekly in the end as Saina shut the

doors on her younger colleaguewith a powerful smash. “Sindhugave me a tough time in the begin-ning but the cheer from the crowdreally helped me in giving my bestand I hope I can continue to liveupto the expectations of the crowdandmy team,”Saina said after the match.

Commenting on Sindhu’s perform-ance Nehwal added, “The wayshe plays, I’m sure she has a brightfuture ahead.”Earlier, in the opening match,

RMV Gurusaidutt squandered aone-game advantage to go downfighting 21-15 14-21 9-11 to Saem-somboonsuk Tanongsak of Thai-land in the first men’s singlescompetition to allow Hyderabad tolead 1-0.The world number four Saina

then helped Hyderabad to a 2-0lead with an emphatic win overSindhu.Men’s doubles pair ofMarkis Kido

of Indonesia and Mathias Boe ofDenmark then kept Awadhe War-riors’ hopes alive with a 21-14 21-20win in the third match.Still lagging 1-2, young K Srikanth

was entrusted with the responsibil-ity of bringing the Warriors backinto the contest and he didn’t disap-point as he stunned higher-rankedAjay Jayaram in straight-games tomake it 2-2. The Thailand GrandPrix goldwinner notched up a 21-1721-19 over the world number 24 Ja-yaramafter lagging 12-17 in the sec-ond game to raise hopes of a victoryover the Hyderabad Hotshots.

NEW DELHI: In a developmentof far reaching consequences,

corruption-tainted persons will nolonger be eligible to contest IndianOlympic Association electionsunder the revised draft constitutionof the IOA sent by is parent body, In-ternational Olympic Committee.In a 43-page draft revised Consti-

tution, the world body laid downthe provisions concerning the elec-tion process of the IOA, setting up ofthree key commissions, votingrights of the National Sports Feder-ations and state Olympic bodiesand the contentious age and tenurerules, among others.Concerning the election of Exec-

utive Council members, the reviseddraft Constitution said, “To be eligi-ble as an office-bearer or memberof the Executive Council, amember

must: be a citizen of India; be in fullpossession of his/her civil rights;not face charges framed againsthim/her by any court in India,in respect of a criminal or corrup-tion offense which would be pun-ishable with imprisonment ifhe/she was convicted; not havebeen convicted of any criminal orcorruption offense.”It further said that when charges

were framed against members ofIOA General Council, ExecutiveCouncil, Committees or Commis-sions, in a criminal or corruptioncase, he will be provisionallysuspended from IOA and should beautomatically expelled in case hewas convicted.“When charges are framed

against an individual member ofIOA General Council/Executive

Council/Committees or Commis-sions by any court in India, in re-spect of a serious criminal orcorruption offense which would bepunishable with imprisonment ifthe person were convicted, he/she

shall be provisionally suspendedfrom IOA until a final ruling ismade.When an individual memberof IOA General Council/ ExecutiveCouncil/Committees or Commis-sions has been convicted of a crim-inal or corruption offense, andruling is final, he/shemust be auto-matically expelled from IOA,” thedraft revised Constitution sentalongwith a letter by Jerome Poivey,IOC Head of Institutional RelationsandGovernanceNOCRelationsDe-partment to Indian officials, said.This provision will effectively

mean that officials like SureshKalmadi, Lalit Bhanot and V KVerma who had beenchargesheeted in connection with2010 Commonwealth Gamesscam will not be able to contestIOA elections.

By Amit Kumar Das

NEW DELHI: Former Olympicand World champion TTaauuffiikkHHiiddaayyaatt feels that the emergenceof the phenomenally talented PVSindhu will not only reduce theburden of expectations on SainaNehwal but also make India aforce to reckon with in women’ssingles category.The 18-year-old Sindhu had

won the bronze medal at therecently-concluded WorldChampionship and Taufik saidshe can provide a good support toSaina in women’s singles. “I sawSindhu quarterfinal match. Butcould not watch the semi-finalmatch as I didn’t have access tolive telecast. I think it is good forwomen’s singles now that Sindhuis coming up. India already hasSaina and Sindhu will be a goodback-up. It is good for Indianbadminton,” Taufik said.The 32-year-old Indonesian

feels things are changing in worldbadminton and China are not nolonger the force it used to beacross all competitions.“Nowadays there are so manyplayers in women’s singles. But inwomen’s doubles, China is stillvery strong. But I am surprised tofind Lin Dan win men’s singlesbecause he didn’t play for a year.But he still had the firepower begood enough to win the title.”“I think once Lin Dan and Lee

Chong Wei retire, the rest of thefield is just so so (mediocre).These two are class players,” headded.The three-time Asian Games

gold medallist, who retired fromthe game after the IndonesianSuper Series, is back in India tobe a part of the IBL. The six-timeIndonesian Open winner, said theIBL is good for Indian badmintonand he wants to give somethingback to the game. “It is very goodfor Indian badminton as foreignplayers are coming for the leagueand it will give motivation to theyoung local players. But for me, Ihave already retired frombadminton after the IndonesiaOpen so don’t expect too muchfrom me. But I hope I canmotivate the young Indianplayers,” he said.Asked about his team,

Hyderabad Hotshots, Taufik said:“I feel great to be a part ofHyderabad. We have Saina and afew other players. Also we have agood men’s doubles pair.”

DUEL AT THE NET: India’s top two women badminton players, Saina Nehwal (left) and P V Sindhu engaged in a fine rally in the course of their duel.

India’s Finance Minister M Chidambaram shares a light moment with Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu before the start of the match.

SAINA THRASHES SINDHU,HOTSHOTS EDGE PAST WARRIORS 3-2

Chargesheeted persons to be barred from IOA elections: IOC

Suresh Kalmadi

Sindhu’s rise willlessen burden on

Saina, feelsHidayat



SPORTS

By Shalivahana

BANGALORE: There are eightraces today and the first starts

at 1.30 p.m. Christoffe with Naren-dra up, can win the KarnatakaHorse Racing Patrons’ Gold Cup.Suraj Narredu is on it and he canjust about win the race.

CARD AND SELECTIONS1. The Sir Bruce Stakes 1200 M1.30 P.M.1. Cool Hand 62.5 Arshad Alam2. Fire Storm 61.5 M. Noornabi3. Boldpilot 61 P. Mani4. Impressiveattitude 61 A.ImranKhan5. Magnetize 59.5 Mohd.Feroz6. Nation's Glory 59 Imran Chisty7. Pendolino 59 G.Y.Rajesh Babu8. View From Above 58.5Mohammed Shoaib9. April Babe 57 M. Prabhakaran10. Super Saloni 57 S. Mallikarjun11. Thunder Blitz 56.5 D. Daneshwar12. Fashion Flame 53.5 VivekWin: April Babe, Cool Hand

2. The Set Alight Stakes – Div II1200 M 2.00 P.M.1. Cadogan 60 Ryan Marshall2. Saphira 59.5 M. Noornabi3. Guts And Glory 58 P. S. Chouhan

4. Summer Gold 58 Babu Singh5. Whimsical 57.5 Suraj Narredu6. Angel Queen 57 S. Mallikarjun7. Aryan Warrior 57 Imran Chisty8. Impressive Delite 57 Arshad Alam9. Super Silver 57 Adarsh G.10. Tony Montana 57 P. Mani11. Spark Of Illusion 56.5A.R.Pradeep12. Attractive Bay 55 Kiran Rai PWin: Whimsical, Super Silver

3. The Lt. Col. Gaunt MemorialTrophy – Div I 1200 M 2.30 P.M.1. Wrekin 61 S. John2. Impressive Bolt 60.5 A.ImranKhan3. Samara Sun 60 Suraj Narredu4. Scenic Blast 60 Imran Chisty5. Migrolino 59 D. Gnaneshwar6. Whistlejacket 58.5 R. Bharath7. Igah Igah Igah 57.5 Kiran Rai P8. Living Legend 57.5 S. Mallikarjun9. No Doubt 57.5 Arshad Alam10. Ultimate Fantasy 57.5A.R.Pradeep11. Pack Ur Bags 57 P. S. Chouhan12. The Muse 53.5 Sreekanth B.Win: No Doubt, Igah Igah Igah

4. The Noble Prince Stakes1400 M 3.00 P.M.1. Summer Sun 62 Suraj Narredu2. Ice Stone 61.5 B. L. Paswan

3. Viva Diva 61 Arshad Alam4. Zermatt 61 Fr'co F Dasilva5. Cowboy Cal 60.5 Ahsan Qureshi6. Fantastic Strike 60Sreekanth B.7. Our Love 59.5 B. Nayak8. Day Trader 58.5 D. Patel9. Soviet Melody 58 A.R. Pradeep10. Formula One 57.5

Y. S. Srinath11. Deep Blue Sea 56.5 ChethanaK.12. Alpine Shine 53.5 IndrajeetSingh13. Affrikah 53 Imran Chisty14. Dance With Me 52.5 TauseefAhmed15. Evershine 50 Adarsh G.Win: Summer Sun, Day Trader

5. The Bangalore Turf ClubStewards Cup 1200 M 3.30 P.M.1. Conquistador 56 S. John2. One Two Ka Four 56 P. Mani3. Priceless Ace 56 K. P. G. Appu4. Recordmaker 56 Shobhan Babu5. Summer Dawn 56 Syed Asgar6. Zagato 56 Fr'co F Dasilva7. Cannes 54.5 Suraj Narredu8. Green Path 54.5 Vivek

9. Influence 54.5 MohammedShoaib10. Madame Bovary 54.5 Sreekanth B.11. Sreevahini 54.5 Arshad Alam12. Vigorous 54.5 P. S. Chouhan

6. The Karnataka Horse RacingPatrons Gold Cup 1400 M4.00 P.M.

1. Deep Blue Sky 62.5Akshayasundaram2. Diamonite 59 Anjar Alam3. Free Law 59 A.R.Pradeep4. One Time Magic 59 Syed Asgar5. Jersey Shore 58 Y. S. Srinath6. Raphire 57.5 Vivek7. Thoughts N Actions 56.5 S. John8. Catamaran 56 Sahanawaz9. Magnitude Star 56 Arshad Alam10. Christoffe 55 Suraj Narredu11. Gun Salute 55 Chethana K.12. Decorated 52 Imran Chisty13. Astounding Gallop 51.5 Adarsh G.14. Solitaire Royale 51 P. S.Chouhan15. Sunspirit 51 Tauseef AhmedWin: Christoffe, Decorated

7. The Lt. Col. Gaunt MemorialTrophy – Div II 1200 M 4.30 P.M.

1. Balas Glory 60 Sreekanth B.2. Carducci 59 Mudassar Nazar3. The Scientist 59 Ahsan Qureshi4. Brigade's Supreme 58.5G.Y.Rajesh Babu5. Simpleton 58 P. Mani6. Hackett 57.5 Babu Singh7. Midtown Delight 57 ShobhanBabu8. Truman 57 Imran Chisty9. Red Admiral 55.5 SaddamHussain10. Sunday Cruz 55 Harish B.11. Sparkling Cat 54.5 Adarsh G.12. Starista 54 Arshad AlamWin: Balas Glory, Truman

8. The Set Alight Stakes – Div I1200 M 5.00 P.M.1. Shinnecock Hills 61.5 S. John2. Native Indian 60.5 Shobhan Babu3. Point Taken 60 Imran Chisty4. Steel King 59.5 B. Nayak5. The First Bullet 59.5 A.R.Pradeep6. Cool Baby 59 S. Mallikarjun7. Blues Legend 58 Kiran Rai P8. Nocturnal Hunter 58 A.ImranKhan9. The Situation 58 Tauseef Ahmed10. Raaga 57.5 Arshad Alam11. Appy's Pride 57 Y. S. Srinath12. One From A Billion 53 SaddamHussainWin: Shinnecock Hills, Raaga

BANGALORE RACES TODAY

Christoffe for KHRP Gold Cup

NAVY LIFT MDFA INDEPENDENCE CUP

MUMBAI: Indian Navyemerged champions of theMumbai District Football

Association organised Independ-ence Cup Football Tournament.Thesailors struck in the second half toeke out a narrow 1-0 victory againstG.M. East Indians in the final playedat the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel onWednesday evening. Striker PrakashDilla netted the all-important goalin the 12th minute of the secondhalf.In the third place match, Union

Bank of India managed to prevailover PIFAColaba 3-1 via the penaltyshootout . The scores were tied 0-0after full-time. Earlier in the semi-fi-

nals, East Indians got the better ofPIFA 5-4 via the tie-breaker after theteams were locked goalless at theend of normal time. In the secondsemis, Navy prevailed over UnionBank 3-1 also from a penaltyshootout duel after the teams failedto score during regulation period.In the quarter-finals, Navy scored

an authoritative 3-1 over CentralRailway, while East Indians got thebetter ofMumbai Customs by a nar-row 2-1 margin in a closely foughtmatch. Union Bank recorded anidentical 2-1 win over Air India andPIFA snatched a 5-4 tie-breaker winover Kenkre FC.Navy and East Indians received

the winners’ and runners-up tro-phies and cash prizes of Rs 30,000and 20,000 respectively from ChiefGuest S.S. Narayan, a doubleOlympian. The third place teampocketed a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

Results - at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel –Independence Cup (final):Indian Navy 1(Prakash Dilla) bt East Indians 0; 3rdplace: Union Bank bt PIFA Colaba; Semi-finals: East Indians bt PIFA 5-4 via the tie-breaker (F-T 0-0); Navy bt Union Bank 3-1via the tie-breaker (F-T 0-0);Quarter-finals:East Indians bt Mumbai Customs 2-1; PIFAbt Kenkre FC 3-1 via tie-breaker (F-T 1-1);Union Bank bt Air India 2-1; Navy btCentral Railway 1-0.

The Indian Navy team who triumphed in the MDFA Independence Cup pose for a picture on Wednesday. They defeated G.M. East Indians1-0 in the final.

Mayank, Aditi claimsingles titles

MUMBAI: Despite unseededNigel D’Sa having match

point, Pune’s top seed MayankGole saved the day and went on toturn the tables to bag the men’ssingles crown in the first Maha-rashtra State senior badminton se-lection tournament hosted byKhar Gymkhana. Mayank tri-umphed 16-21, 21-17, 22-20 in themen’s singles title match whichlasted 72 minutes.If Nigel dominated the first

game, it was the Pune lad whocalled the shots in the second.Even in the decider, Mayank wasway ahead midway, but Nigel puthis all into all-out attack andcaught him at 13-all. Thereafterboth fought tooth and nail beforeNigel reached match point. But itwas not to be his day, as first hesent Mayank’s serve out and thensaw Mayank smashing the next towin the tie.The day proved to be double joy

for the Pune players, as the un-seeded Aditi Mutatkar was at her

aggressive best while toppling topseeded junior Riya Pillai. ThoughAditi was out of action because ofknee injury for over a year, shewasfast and her strokes were sharp,which often left Riya struggling.Aditi won 21-9, 21-10 in just about25 minutes.The Thane pair of Prashant Ba-

hatare and Abhishek Kulkarniplayed their hearts out whilequelling the challenge of the Punepair of Sameer Bhagwat andVarunKhanwalkar 17-21, 21-19, 22-20.Results: Women’s singles (Final): AditiMutatkar (PN) bt Riya Pillai (MS) 21-11,21-10. Men’s singles (semifinals): (1)Mayank Gole (PN) bt (4)Harshad Bhagwat(PN) 16-21, 21-12, 21-19; Nigel D’Sa (GM)bt Siddharth Thakur (NSK) 21-17, 21-12.(Final): Mayank Gole bt Nigel D’Sa 16-21,21-17, 22-20. Women’s doubles (Final):Riya Pillai/Sampada Sahasrabudhe btVarada Dixit/Manasi Gadgil 21-17, 15-21,21-13. Men’s doubles (Final): PrashantBahatre/ Abhishek Sanjay Kulkarni btSameedr Bhagwat/VarunKhanwalkar 17-21, 21-19, 22-20.

Shyam Shroff, President, Khar Gymkhana (extreme left) and Anil Mahesh, PresidentMSDBA pose with the winners (from left) - Samapda Sahasrabudhe, PrashantBahatare, Abhishek S.Kulkarni, Aditi Mutatkar, Mayank Gole and Riya Pillai.

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Spinner Ahmed in Australia's ODIsquad for series against England

SSYYDDNNEEYY:: Pakistan-born leg-spinner FFaawwaadd AAhhmmeedd wasincluded in an 18-manAustralia squad for thismonth's one-dayinternational and Twenty20series against England.Ahmed, 31, a formerrefugee who became anAustralian citizen last

month, replaces Xavier Doherty, who playedin the ICC Champions Trophy in England lastJune. Chief selector John Inverarity saidAhmed has an opportunity to be the squad'slead spin bowler. "Fawad has been aconsistent wicket-taker on the Australia Atour of Zimbabwe and South Africa,"Inverarity said. "He is a very good andmature leg-spin bowler and the selectionpanel is keen to see how he fares ininternational competition."

Kaneria to challenge his life ban inLondon commercial court

KKAARRAACCHHII:: Tainted Pakistanleg-spinner DDaanniisshh KKaanneerriiaahas filed an appeal in acommercial court inLondon against the life banimposed on him for spot-fixing in county matches.Kaneria through hislawyers filed an appeal inthe commercial court

yesterday against the life ban imposed by adisciplinary panel of the England and WalesCricket Board (ECB). "I have filed the appealin the commercial court because I want mycase to be heard by an independent paneland the proceedings to be held open topublic," Kaneria told PTI.

Sasikiran holds Karjakin in WorldChess Cup to stay in hunt for title

TTRROOMMSSOO,, NNOORRWWAAYY::Grandmaster KKrriisshhnnaannSSaassiikkiirraann kept himself inthe hunt by holding SergeyKarjakin of Russia to adraw in the first game ofthe second round of WorldChess Cup here. Afterbeating RomanianConstantin Lupulescu in

the tiebreak games, Sasikiran took it easy inthe first encounter of the two-game mini-match and gave little chance to Karjakin,ranked ninth in the world currently.Grandmaster B Adhiban, however, could notmake use of a good advantage and drew withBrazilian GM Alexander Fier after an openingtussle. After a few surprises in the opener,most of the higher ranked players got off to agood start in the first game of second roundin this USD 1.6 million knock-out event.

India junior paddlers shine at ElSalvador Cadet TTNNEEWW DDEELLHHII:: India's junior paddlers shonebright at the El Salvador Junior and CadetOpen Table Tennis championships by winningboth the cadet boys and cadet girls team titles.After their gold medal winning performancesat the Guatemala events, the Indian paddlerstravelled to the neighbouring El Salvador tobegin their campaign against teams limeArgentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Ecuador.Keeping their top billing intact, India ‘A’ andIndia ‘B’ teams in both the cadet boys andcadet girls sections proved to be a cut abovethe rest in fray. The A squad, comprisingAnirban Ghosh and Birdie Boro, defeated IndiaB, which consisted of Arjun Ghosh and LalrinPuia, 3-0 to claim the team title.

Central sink Navy to emerge Super champsMUMBAI: Central Railway

buoyed by the presence ofinternational Yuvraj Walmiki, whomarshalled the attack and withtwo penalty corner conversions byfull back Narad Bahadur beat backa determined fight back from In-dian Navy to clinch a deserving 3-2 victory in the final which helpedthem clinch the Mumbai HockeyAssociation Ltd. (MHAL) League –2012-13 Super Division title, at theMHAL Stadium, Churchgate onWednesday. Bahadur convertedfrom the third penalty corner inthe 10th minute and nine minuteslater, again sounded the boardswith another firm drag-flick.Deepak Lakra added the third goalin the 45th minute. Walmiki with along diagonal hit from the leftfound Boon D’Souza open on theright. The latter cut past a de-fender and pushed the ball toLakra who made no mistake infinding the net.The sailors trailing 0-2 at the

end of the first returned backwith renewed vigour and reducedthe deficit when full back Ambikascored from their third short cor-

ner in the 39th minute. They keptup the pressure on the rivalcitadel but poor finishing andsome outstanding work underthe Central bar by goalkeeperAvdhut Solankar proved to betheir bane. However, they finallymanaged to strike their secondgoal when Rana Pratap put thefinishing touch to fine combinedmove from the right in the 67th

minute. Thereafter Central heldtheir nerves in the final threeminutes to deny the Navymenthe equaliser and to seal their tri-umph.Results – at MHAL ground,Churchgate - Super Div (final): CentralRailway 3 (Narad Bahadur 10th min,19th min, Deepak Lakra 45th min) beatIndian Navy 2 (Ambika S 39th min,Rana Pratap 67th min).

The triumphant Central Railway team make a happy picture after they beat IndianNavy 3-2 in the Super Division final of the Mumbai Hockey Association league.

Vasai-Virar Mayor’sMarathon on Oct 27MUMBAI: The third edition ofthe National Level Vasai-VirarMayor’s Marathon will beflagged of on Sunday, October27 and is once again expectedto attract the cream of thecountry’s long distance talent,along with thousands ofserious, amateur participantsfrom Mumbai, Thane, NaviMumbai as well as the otherdistricts and states in thecountry.This was announced by the

Mayor of the Vasai Virar CityMunicipal Corporation, NarayanMankar in the presence of MLAKshitij Thakur, AFI PresidentAdille Sumariwala, model andactor Milind Soman and RajivPatil the first Mayor of thecorporation. Online and physicalregistrations for the event willbegin from Monday and will endon October 10. Onlineregistrations can be done fromthe event website www.vvmcmayorsmarathon.com.

INJURIES FORCE WIMBLEDONCHAMP BARTOLI TO RETIRECINCINNATI: French tennis

star Marion Bartoli made ashock retirement an-

nouncement, ending her careerat the top of her game just sixweeks after winning Wimbledon.Citing a string of injuries, Bar-

toli dropped the bombshellshortly after losing in the secondround of the Cincinnati Mastersto Simona Halep. Bartoli, who iscurrently ranked a career-highseventh in the world, suffered astunning 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 defeat tothe 21-year-old Romanian."It's time for me to retire and to

call it a career. I feel it's time forme to walk away," said the 28-year-old as she wiped away tears.The announcement comes just

two weeks before Bartoli wasscheduled to compete in the USOpen in New York.Bartoli said Wimbledon helped

her reach her goal of winning aGrand Slam but also took a toll onher physical and mental well-being. "I've been a tennis player for a

long time, and I had the chance tomake my biggest dream a reality,"said Bartoli, who won more than$11 million in prize money duringher 13-year career. "I felt I really…really pushed through the ulti-mate limits to make it happen.But now I just can't do it any-more," she said. “I've been through a lot of in-

juries since the beginning of theyear. I really pushed through andleft it all during ... Wimbledon. Ireally felt I gave all the energy Ihave left inside my body. It (Wim-bledon) will stay forever with me,but now my body just can't copewith everything," she added.Bartoli, who turned profes-

sional in 2000, has battled a seriesof injuries over the past few yearsand has played just threematches since her Wimbledonvictory. She won a match lastweek in Toronto over AmericanLauren Davis but lost to 33rd-ranked Slovak Magdalena Ry-barikova the next day."I have pain everywhere after

45 minutes or an hour of play,"Bartoli said. "I've been doing thisfor so long ... body-wise I justcan't do it anymore."For the past several years, Bar-

toli has been France's best femaleplayer by far. Besides Wimbledon,Bartoli won seven other WTATour titles, beginning with Auck-land in 2006.

‘Don't question the credibility of Khel Ratna panel’ NNEEWW DDEELLHHII:: In a veiled reference to disgruntled athletes KrishnaPoonia and H N Girisha, former shooter Moraad Ali Khan said no one should question the credibility of the Khel Ratna

award selection panel.The recommendation of shooter Ronjan Sodhi for the Khel Ratna

has sparked off a controversy as a member of the selection panelhas raised questions about the selection process. The panelmember has claimed that woman discus thrower Poonia and LondonParalympics silver medallist Girisha were shortlisted for voting by 11out of 12 selection panel members and Sodhi's name was notconsidered initially.The decision to bring Sodhi back into contention was taken after

one member, a former shooter, came in late for the meeting.Girisha's name was removed and there was voting between Sodhiand Poonia.

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