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M aking his first foray into the bastion of Hindutva identity politics — Ayodhya, BJP ally and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray asked the Modi Government on Saturday to spell out the date when the Ram temple would be con- structed. Reaching Ayodhya for his two-day visit to the town ahead of a planned VHP’s ‘Dharma Sabha’ on Sunday, the Sena chief said, “Days, months, years and generations have passed. Mandir wahin baneyenge, par date nahin batayenge (You say you will make the temple there, but won’t tell the date),” he said. “First spell out when you will construct the temple, the rest we will talk later. I have come to Ayodhya and will return only after learning about the date of temple construction. I have not come here for poli- tics. The Government should either bring a Bill in Parliament or promulgate an Ordinance for temple construction at Ayodhya,” Thackeray said dar- ing the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Questioning the delay in construction of temple the Sena chief said, “The BJP has a majority Government in Delhi and hence this inordinate delay in temple construction is beyond comprehension. Honouring the promise is real Hindutva,” said Thackeray, who is slated to visit the Ram Janmabhoomi temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya on Sunday. Soon after landing at Ayodhya airport by a special flight on Saturday, Thackeray took part in rituals on Saryu river banks and performed Saryu pujan and Saryu arti with wife Rashmi and son Aditya. The Sena chief was sched- uled to address a meeting of Shiv Sainiks at Saryu banks but permission was denied by Ayodhya district administra- tion. Thackeray has brought a pot of soil from Shivaji’s bastion Shivneri Fort in Pune, which will be handed over to the priest at Ram Janmabhoomi. His visit comes amid a clamour among Hindu outfits to bring an Ordinance to build the Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya. Shiv Sena leaders Sanjay Raut, Eknath Shinde and Rajan Vichare and Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar have been camp- ing in Ayodhya for the last few days to prepare for Thackeray’s programmes. “All Sena shakhas across Maharashtra and party units across the country have been asked to perform arti at the same time,” a Sena leader said. Earlier this week, Thackeray had said that his trip to Ayodhya was to ‘remind’ the BJP of its poll promise. “Many are questioning why we (Shiv Sena) are remembering Ram now - as the elections are near- ing. Why should I hide it? I have taken up the issue because of the elections only. I am going to Ayodhya to remind the BJP about its promise,” he said. I ndian superwoman MC Mary Kom added another milestone in her list of achieve- ments in 18 years of glorious career by winning her record sixth World Championship Gold medal here at KD Jadhav Stadium in Delhi on Saturday. Fighting in Blue, 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist and mother of three, ‘Magnificent Mary’ out-shines her Ukranian Hanna Okhota by a unanimous decision of 5-0 (27-30, 28-29, 28-29, 27-30, 27-30) in the first place bout of light flyweight 48kg category. Mary took control of the bout as soon as the starting bell rung. And with all her experi- ence, she was clearly better of her opponent whom she had beaten previously at the Silesian international boxing champi- onships in Poland in September. With this win in front of a jam- packed home crowd cheering for their superstar, she became the most successful pugilist in the history of Women’s World Boxing Championships. A head of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-sponsored Dharma Sabha to push for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya on Sunday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said if required Army personnel be deployed in the town. Thousands of people started gathering at Ayodhya ahead of the VHP pro- gramme. Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray also reached there on Saturday. I n the wake of the Dharma Sabha, Ayodhya — the birth place of Ram — was trans- formed into a fortress and over 70,000 security personnel including PAC and RAF per- sonnel were deployed for the VHP function and visit of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thakeray. Section 144 has already been clamped. Two senior officers — ADG (Technical) Ashutosh Pandey and DIG (Jhansi Range) Subhash Singh Baghel were rushed to Ayodhya to ensure security. While Pandey would be supervising blue and yellow zone of disputed area, Baghel would look after the red zone. Besides, five SP rank officers were deputed at Ayodhya along with 15 ASPs and 19 DSPs. The temple town has been divided into eight zones and 16 sectors which would be headed by a magistrate and an ASP and DySP rank police officers. To avert any untoward incident, all roads leading to the residence of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case litigant Iqbal Ansari were sealed. C hief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday said the agricultural growth of the State increased about 10 per cent in last four years. He said that the agricultural growth rate was 4.5 per cent in the year 2013-14 but due to the efforts and hard work of farmers of the State it has reached 14.29 per cent is the year 2018-19. The CM, while speaking at a ‘Krishi Samagam’ programme at Madhuban village in Dumka asked the people of the State to use technology in their work for faster and better outputs. He said that in order to promote e- services the government will distribute mobile phones to 28 lakh famers of the State. He asked youths to become job creators and not merely job seekers, while encouraging them for startups and setting up new enterprises in various fields. Asking the youths to open dairy farms by Self Help Groups (SHG) he said that milk worth Rs 400 crore comes from out- side. He said that the govern- ment will provide 50 per cent subsidy to each cow and wished that every household of Santhal Pargana must have a cow. In order to increase use of technology in agriculture farm- ers from Jharkhand were sent to Israel, where they learnt the lat- est technology of farming, Das said asking the farmers to hold small meetings in their villages and make others aware of the technology. He said that soon 100 more farmers will be sent to Israel, out of which 50 farmers will be from Santhal Pargana. The CM said there is huge demand of vegetables grown in the State. He asked the farmers to produce umpteen quantities of vegetables and not worry about markets. The govern- ment will initiate for exporting vegetables taking help of the experience of exporter Abdul Hamid. He said that the gov- ernment aims to send Jharkhand grown vegetables to the markets across the world. Das invited the farmers to take part in the Global Agriculture and Food Summit being organized in the State Capital on November 29 and 30. He informed that dele- gates of seven countries are par- ticipating in the summit, which will have an elaborate exhibi- tion of agricultural equipments. He also asked the farmers to take help of agriculture helpline of the government if they need any kind of help. After interaction with the farmers at the Krishi Samagam the CM said that women are aware in the area and are march- ing ahead with the help of self help groups. He called upon women to make others aware and help them come out of poverty and unemployment. He announced grants and help to several people on the occasion. The CM laid foundation of development schemes worth Rs 16632.064 lakh and inaugurat- ed schemes worth Rs 5536.4 Lakh on the occasion. The CM also launched the logo of ‘Jal hai, jahan hai 2.0’. Welfare Minister Louis Marandi, Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh, Agriculture Secretary Pooja Singhal and other senior officials were present on the occasion. W ith a view to promote film and cinema indus- tries in small states like Jharkhand during 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Jharkhand Day was celebrated on Saturday at Panjim in Goa. The IFFI has begun on November 20and will continue till November 28. Governor of Goa Mridula Sinha inaugurated the Jharkhand Day by lighting the lamp in the presence of Special Guest, State Tourism Minister Amar Kumar Bauri and Union Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare along- with Jharkhand Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi; Secretary Dept of Tourism Rahul Sharma; Secretary IPRD cum Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal; Director, IPRD Ram Lakhan Prasad Gupta and Director Culture Ashok Kumar Singh. “First time in the history of IFFI, states have been included to explore possibility of pro- moting art and culture through film and cinema. During this festival Jharkhand has been made a focus State. This is gold- en opportunity for Jharkhand. The State has huge talents in the field of art and culture,” said Syed Rashid Akhtar, Deputy Director, IPRD, who was pre- sent on the accasion. Elaborating on the objec- tive of celebration of Jharkhand Day on the occasion Akhtar said, “This is an effort to pub- licise and promote film policy of Jharkhand.” Seven Jharkhandi films were screened on the day and three cultural dance pro- gramme including Nagpuri dance, Chhau dance and Pika dance were performed. A del- egation of film producers and person related to film industry of the industry met with peo- ple from various part of the world after the cultural pro- gramme during get together. During the festival movies such as ‘Panchait’, directed by Prem Prakash Modi; ‘Mor gaon Mor Desh’ and directed by Ashwini Kumar will be shown. These are out an out Jharjkhandi films that have a stellar star cast from Jharkhand. Speaking about the future prospects of the effort Akhtar said, “This will provide employment to Jharkhand artists and also the tourist places of the State will get more popularity. In this way people of Jharkhand will also get new employment opportu- nities through the film indus- try.” A 30-member delegation went to Panjim to participate the programme, including the State Government officials, film producers and some artists. In the film festival, 212 films from different languages of more than 68 countries are being displayed.

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Making his first foray intothe bastion of Hindutva

identity politics — Ayodhya,BJP ally and Shiv Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray asked theModi Government on Saturdayto spell out the date when theRam temple would be con-structed.

Reaching Ayodhya for histwo-day visit to the town aheadof a planned VHP’s ‘DharmaSabha’ on Sunday, the Sena

chief said, “Days, months, yearsand generations have passed.Mandir wahin baneyenge, pardate nahin batayenge (You sayyou will make the temple there,but won’t tell the date),” he said.

“First spell out when youwill construct the temple, therest we will talk later. I havecome to Ayodhya and willreturn only after learning aboutthe date of temple construction.I have not come here for poli-tics. The Government shouldeither bring a Bill in Parliament

or promulgate an Ordinancefor temple construction atAyodhya,” Thackeray said dar-ing the BJP-led NDAGovernment at the Centre,ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls.

Questioning the delay inconstruction of temple theSena chief said, “The BJP hasa majority Government inDelhi and hence this inordinatedelay in temple construction isbeyond comprehension.Honouring the promise is real

Hindutva,” said Thackeray, whois slated to visit the RamJanmabhoomi temple at thedisputed site at Ayodhya onSunday.

Soon after landing atAyodhya airport by a specialflight on Saturday, Thackeraytook part in rituals on Saryuriver banks and performedSaryu pujan and Saryu arti withwife Rashmi and son Aditya.

The Sena chief was sched-uled to address a meeting ofShiv Sainiks at Saryu banks butpermission was denied byAyodhya district administra-tion. Thackeray has brought apot of soil from Shivaji’s bastionShivneri Fort in Pune, whichwill be handed over to thepriest at Ram Janmabhoomi.His visit comes amid a clamouramong Hindu outfits to bringan Ordinance to build the Ramtemple at the disputed site at

Ayodhya. Shiv Sena leadersSanjay Raut, Eknath Shindeand Rajan Vichare andMumbai Mayor VishwanathMahadeshwar have been camp-ing in Ayodhya for the last fewdays to prepare for Thackeray’sprogrammes.

“All Sena shakhas acrossMaharashtra and party unitsacross the country have beenasked to perform arti at thesame time,” a Sena leader said.

Earlier this week,Thackeray had said that his tripto Ayodhya was to ‘remind’ theBJP of its poll promise. “Manyare questioning why we (ShivSena) are remembering Ramnow - as the elections are near-ing. Why should I hide it? Ihave taken up the issue becauseof the elections only. I amgoing to Ayodhya to remindthe BJP about its promise,” hesaid.

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Indian superwoman MCMary Kom added another

milestone in her list of achieve-ments in 18 years of gloriouscareer by winning her recordsixth World ChampionshipGold medal here at KD Jadhav Stadium in Delhi onSaturday.

Fighting in Blue, 2012Olympic Bronze medalist andmother of three, ‘MagnificentMary’ out-shines her UkranianHanna Okhota by a unanimousdecision of 5-0 (27-30, 28-29,

28-29, 27-30, 27-30) in the firstplace bout of light flyweight48kg category.

Mary took control of thebout as soon as the starting bellrung. And with all her experi-ence, she was clearly better ofher opponent whom she hadbeaten previously at the Silesianinternational boxing champi-onships in Poland in September.With this win in front of a jam-packed home crowd cheeringfor their superstar, she becamethe most successful pugilist inthe history of Women’s WorldBoxing Championships.

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Dharma Sabha to push for theconstruction of Ram temple atAyodhya on Sunday,Samajwadi Party chiefAkhilesh Yadav said ifrequired Army personnel bedeployed in the town.

Thousands of peoplestarted gathering at Ayodhyaahead of the VHP pro-gramme. Shiv Sena leaderUddhav Thackeray alsoreached there on Saturday.

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In the wake of the DharmaSabha, Ayodhya — the birth

place of Ram — was trans-formed into a fortress andover 70,000 security personnelincluding PAC and RAF per-sonnel were deployed for theVHP function and visit ofShiv Sena chief UddhavThakeray. Section 144 has

already been clamped. Two senior officers —

ADG (Technical) AshutoshPandey and DIG (Jhansi Range)Subhash Singh Baghel wererushed to Ayodhya to ensuresecurity. While Pandey wouldbe supervising blue and yellowzone of disputed area, Baghelwould look after the red zone.

Besides, five SP rank officerswere deputed at Ayodhya along

with 15 ASPs and 19 DSPs. Thetemple town has been dividedinto eight zones and 16 sectorswhich would be headed by amagistrate and an ASP andDySP rank police officers.

To avert any untowardincident, all roads leading tothe residence of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomicase litigant Iqbal Ansari weresealed.

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Chief Minister RaghubarDas on Saturday said the

agricultural growth of the Stateincreased about 10 per cent inlast four years. He said that theagricultural growth rate was 4.5per cent in the year 2013-14 butdue to the efforts and hardwork of farmers of the State ithas reached 14.29 per cent isthe year 2018-19.

The CM, while speaking ata ‘Krishi Samagam’ programmeat Madhuban village in Dumkaasked the people of the State touse technology in their workfor faster and better outputs. Hesaid that in order to promote e-services the government willdistribute mobile phones to 28lakh famers of the State.

He asked youths to becomejob creators and not merely jobseekers, while encouragingthem for startups and setting upnew enterprises in various fields.Asking the youths to open dairyfarms by Self Help Groups(SHG) he said that milk worthRs 400 crore comes from out-side. He said that the govern-ment will provide 50 per cent

subsidy to each cow and wishedthat every household of SanthalPargana must have a cow.

In order to increase use oftechnology in agriculture farm-ers from Jharkhand were sent toIsrael, where they learnt the lat-est technology of farming, Dassaid asking the farmers to holdsmall meetings in their villagesand make others aware of thetechnology. He said that soon100 more farmers will be sent toIsrael, out of which 50 farmerswill be from Santhal Pargana.

The CM said there is huge

demand of vegetables grown inthe State. He asked the farmersto produce umpteen quantitiesof vegetables and not worryabout markets. The govern-ment will initiate for exportingvegetables taking help of theexperience of exporter AbdulHamid. He said that the gov-ernment aims to sendJharkhand grown vegetablesto the markets across the world.

Das invited the farmers totake part in the GlobalAgriculture and Food Summitbeing organized in the State

Capital on November 29 and30. He informed that dele-gates of seven countries are par-ticipating in the summit, whichwill have an elaborate exhibi-tion of agricultural equipments.He also asked the farmers totake help of agriculture helplineof the government if they needany kind of help.

After interaction with thefarmers at the Krishi Samagamthe CM said that women areaware in the area and are march-ing ahead with the help of selfhelp groups. He called uponwomen to make others awareand help them come out ofpoverty and unemployment. Heannounced grants and help toseveral people on the occasion.

The CM laid foundation ofdevelopment schemes worth Rs16632.064 lakh and inaugurat-ed schemes worth Rs 5536.4Lakh on the occasion. TheCM also launched the logo of‘Jal hai, jahan hai 2.0’. WelfareMinister Louis Marandi,Agriculture Minister RandhirSingh, Agriculture SecretaryPooja Singhal and other seniorofficials were present on theoccasion.

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With a view to promotefilm and cinema indus-

tries in small states likeJharkhand during 49thInternational Film Festival ofIndia (IFFI), Jharkhand Daywas celebrated on Saturday atPanjim in Goa. The IFFI hasbegun on November 20andwill continue till November 28.

Governor of Goa MridulaSinha inaugurated theJharkhand Day by lighting thelamp in the presence of SpecialGuest, State Tourism MinisterAmar Kumar Bauri and UnionInformation and BroadcastingSecretary Amit Khare along-with Jharkhand Chief SecretarySudhir Tripathi; Secretary Deptof Tourism Rahul Sharma;Secretary IPRD cum Secretary

to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal;Director, IPRD Ram LakhanPrasad Gupta and DirectorCulture Ashok Kumar Singh.

“First time in the history ofIFFI, states have been includedto explore possibility of pro-moting art and culture throughfilm and cinema. During thisfestival Jharkhand has beenmade a focus State. This is gold-en opportunity for Jharkhand.The State has huge talents in thefield of art and culture,” saidSyed Rashid Akhtar, DeputyDirector, IPRD, who was pre-sent on the accasion.

Elaborating on the objec-tive of celebration of JharkhandDay on the occasion Akhtarsaid, “This is an effort to pub-licise and promote film policyof Jharkhand.”

Seven Jharkhandi films

were screened on the day andthree cultural dance pro-gramme including Nagpuridance, Chhau dance and Pikadance were performed. A del-egation of film producers andperson related to film industryof the industry met with peo-ple from various part of theworld after the cultural pro-gramme during get together.

During the festival moviessuch as ‘Panchait’, directed byPrem Prakash Modi; ‘Mor gaonMor Desh’ and directed byAshwini Kumar will be shown.These are out an outJharjkhandi films that have astellar star cast from Jharkhand.

Speaking about the futureprospects of the effort Akhtarsaid, “This will provideemployment to Jharkhandartists and also the tourist

places of the State will getmore popularity. In this waypeople of Jharkhand will alsoget new employment opportu-nities through the film indus-try.” A 30-member delegationwent to Panjim to participate

the programme, including theState Government officials,film producers and someartists. In the film festival, 212films from different languagesof more than 68 countries arebeing displayed.

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The beauty of this film isRosamund Pike and theway she completely

blends into the life andturmoil of AmericanJournalist Marie CatherineColvin, the foreign affairscorrespondent of the Britishnewspaper The SundayTimes. She died in a bombattack in Holms whilecovering the siege of Syria.

The film, excellentlystitched up by MatthewHeineman, shows up hisdocumentary making skillswhich has been his core jobfor most of his career.

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She lost an eye in SriLanka while covering theTamil Tigers fighting for

independence, she hasnightmares of an Afghan girllying all dressed and dead inher bed, she smokes like achimney, has a zero zilchpersonal life and isemotionally beseeched by therigours of war killings andlosing colleagues an yet shelives to return to conflict likea woman possessed.

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jumping two novels on the way to the spider’sweb.

This will tell you how engrossing the filmis despite its dark, snow-clad broodinglocaling in a white Berlin. Foy, as the tomboyvigilante punishing wife-beaters and childabusers with a fire that stems from her ownchildhood experience at home, keeps youseated for this gritty thriller unfoldingaround some cyber goons a highlydestructive programme in their hands. Foymakes the chase taut and emotional at thesame time, what with running down personaldemons becoming a regular exercise for herdespite she keeping a stone-face to alladversities around her. The film, based onStieg Larsson’s four-novel series, never letsyou miss the previous two books on whichHollywood is yet to make a film.

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You could call them the oddcouple of quite a bygone era.One a polished piano player,

the other a black bouncer hired bythe artist to drive him deep into thesouth with safety. Based on this

road trip, and encapsulating thedark days of American history, thefilm showcases the Black issue in apersonal kind of way. It is a languidmovie not many here may relate tobut that does not take away fromthe clever build-up, nuances andambience the director Peter Farellicatches and displays with finnesse.

The duo in question do theirbest to make the film interesting

despite its aversion to any kind ofpace. Miggo Mortenson as thepianist who ends up looking afterhis Black driver Mahershala Ali isjust a tad less brilliant than Ali andthat’s because the script focussesmore on the latter and his issueswith the highly segregated societyAmerican of those days.

A niche film for a selectaudience at best.

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The soap dish on televisionmay have started with asaas-bahu domination but

much content has flown into thetube with a variety of serials.

Be it Yeh Hai Mohabbatein orYeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, all ofthem share the same idea orconcept with a mere shuffle in thecharacters.

To break this stereotype,producers have now come upwith a unique concept of male-centric or male-oriented serials.The show that brought thisconcept to light was Star Plus'Saraswatichandra, featuringGautam Rode.

Though a love-story, Rodewas the main protagonist in theshow. The show was much lovedand accepted by the audiencebecause it followed a differentstoryline and the actors put inpowerful performances.

Though the show went off-airafter some time, it left a deepimpact on the audience. It did nottake another show-makers to pickup the strands and change this newconcept into a trend.

After Saraswatichandra,another show that revolved arounda jamai was Zee TV's Jamai Raja,

which received rave reviews fromthe audience.

The latest one in the samegenre is Sab TV's MangalamDangalam which is again a male-centric show but with a comictwist to it. The show highlights af a t h e r - i n - l a w - s o n - i n - l a wrelationship. It talks of the tusslebetween the two and how the son-in-law goes on to impress hisfather-in-law and compel him toaccept that he was the right personfor his daughter. This despite thefact that the father-in-law was ofthe firm opinion that his daughterdeserved someone better.

Male-centric shows aremaking a place for themselves inthe industry.

Manoj Joshi, who playsSanjeev Saklecha (father-in-law) inMangalam Dangalam says that hedoesn’t consider the show male-centric or woman-centric as bothgenders contribute equally to thesuccess of any effort on TV.

“I will never say that a show ismale-centric or woman-centric.Though my show depicts thefather-in-law and son-in-lawrelationship, it has enough focuson women stars too. If the messageof the show is conveyed in the right

way then it doesn't matter reallywho the central character in theshow is. Both genders are equallyimportant for any show. I don’tbelieve in labelling any showmale-centric because even if thelead character is a man, thefemale characters around himare equally important,” Joshi says.

Talking about his role Joshiadds: “I play Sanjeev Saklecha, anowner of a wedding trousseau andaccessories shop. He is possessiveabout his daughter to an extentthat he cannot tolerate any manlooking at her or being aroundher. Every father is like that butSanjeev is over-protective. Theshow tells the story of a family inIndore. One can find such fathersin almost every household. Everyperson and family in India willrelate to the show and itscharacters,” he says.

Speaking on the kind ofrelationship he shares with hisson-in-law, he says: “Therelationship between Sanjeev andhis son-in-law resembles that ofa cat and a mouse. Sanjeevactually considers him as thedaswaan greh.”

On the other hand, KaranvirSharma who plays the prospective

son-in-law in MangalamDangalam feels that newerconcepts should be introducedcontinuously in the small screenindustry and the evolution ofconcepts should not stop.

“The television industry hasevolved well with even film actorsgetting so much appreciation andlove on the small screen. Theother thing is that emotions havebecome more real now. I feel thatthe audience has become morediverse in nature and keeping allthis in mind concepts also needto evolve. If the audience is readyto accept unique concepts, weshould be confident enough tocome up with them,” he says.

Talking about his character,he says: “I am playing NagarjunKutty, the man who falls in lovewith Saklecha’s daughter Rumi.Kutty is a south Indian lawyer. Herespects every woman, never liesand always stands by his word. Hehas the difficult job of trying toconvince Rumi's father that he isan ideal match for her. The entirestory will revolve this and thechallenges Kutty will face inwinning Saklecha over”.

"It is a unique concept and theaudience will love it,” he adds.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Dason Saturday extended his

support to the vulnerable chil-dren rescued from the viciouscycle of trafficking, bondedlabour, domestic help. Duringthe programme titled ‘Hausala@ 2018 — Bal AdhikarMahotsav’ organised byJharkhand State Commissionfor Protection of Child Rights(JSCPCR) in collaboration withDepartment of Social Welfare,Women and ChildDevelopment — ICDS Wing,the CM assured all possible helpto the children in distress.

In a major attempt to linkthe children in need of care andprotection to the mainstream,the CM said, “A hostel foraccommodating approximate-ly 2,500 kids with all facilitieswill be build here in the CapitalCity. The first of its kind build-ing will have Skill DevelopmentCentre too for nurturing the tal-ents of the kids. The advancedgrooming centre will bedesigned keeping in the mindthe present requirements ofthe children.”

Further, for rehabilitation ofchildren, the CM on the occa-sion asked the respective CircleOfficers (COs) to prepare thelist of kids who have sufferedmental and physical torture atsome point of time in their lives.“The list of teenagers who haveattained the age of 18 years orabove must be prepared by the

COs. Those enrolled in the cen-tre will be given training in spe-cific trades to lead a descentlife,” the CM added.

Also, the CM announced togive �2,000 each to those 25children going to attend anational symposium at NewDelhi on Child Rights. TheCM during the event applaud-ed the initiatives of differentNGOs for lending support tothe children in distress andurged to the society to aidGovernment, civil society mem-bers to combat the social evilscreating hindrances in upliftingthe children who needs supportand care.

The CM while addressingthe gathering in the presence ofeminent dignitaries likeSecretary, Department of SocialWelfare, Amitabh Kaushal, SkillDevelopment CEO Amar Jha,

Special Secretary, Departmentof Women, Child Developmentand Social Welfare Dr. DKSaxena, IPS BB Pradhan includ-ing 240 children of shelterhomes clarified that no injusticeagainst the children will be tol-erated here.

Meanwhile, ChairpersonJSCPCR Arti Kujur said thatlooking at the commitmentlevel of the State Government,the nodal agency of State work-ing for the protection of childrights and to eradicate the socialevils that is creating hurdle forchildren’s growth will leave nostone unturned to support thedeprived kids. The JSCPCRChairperson further expressedher gratitude to the CM forintroducing a ‘separate budget’for children in the next sessionfor ensuring the overall holisticdevelopment of children.

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Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)General Secretary and

Member of ParliamentBhupendra Yadav on Saturdaysaid people of India are com-pletely disillusioned with poli-cy, intention and leadership ofthe Congress Party and it isbeing wiped out from the entirecountry. As from Bihar andGujarat In 1990, from Bengal in1980 and from Tamil Nadu in1970 the party has never comein power, he said while holdinga press conference at the partyoffice here on Saturday.

Criticising the CongressParty Yadav said, “It supports

anti Indian people at JNU andat some time it speaks against

the Communist and some timeit support them same in the

case with Samajwadi PartyLeader Akhilesh Yadav.”

Praising effort of CentralGovernment he said, “DuringNarendra Modi governmentthe country heading on thepath of development. ModiGovernment will come inpower once again in 2019 topromote process of develop-ment. It is the policy of BJPGovernment that the party hascame to power in 19 Statesfrom five States. BJP will againform its Government inMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthanand Chhattisgarh. It is theresult of transparency thatnumbers of taxpayers areincreasing and cleanliness has

become a people’s movement.”Speaking about NDA gov-

ernment Yadav said, “Due toleadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and guidanceof the party president AmitShah the alliance and the partyis united.” Lauding theRaghubar Das led Governmenthe said, “After formation of theState it is first Governmentgoing to complete its five-yeartenure. Development with cor-ruption free Governance isspecialty of the Government. ”

BJP State presidentLakshman Gilua, State GeneralSecretary Deepak Prakash andSpokesperson Anil Sinha werealso present on the occasion.

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Founder Chanakya IAS Academy, AK Mishrahas said that every student who can devel-

op one’s capacities can get success in the civilservices examination. During a career buildingseminar organized at Chanakya IAS Academy,Burdwan Compound here on Friday he inter-acted with the civil services aspirants and guided them about the course. He spoke on var-ious aspects related to success in civil serviceexaminations.

Speaking on the occasion Mishra said,“Students have immense talent. Every studenthas different quality than the other. By strength-ening one’s capability every student can get suc-cess in the examination. A student should bevery smart for civil services examination.”

Sharing his vast experience with students hesaid, “For cracking the civil services, the studentsshould start preparation with right direction and

proper time. Coordination is very important forthe civil cervices. No one can stop a student, whoprepares with good time management.”

Vice President of Chanakya IAS AcademyPrashant Mishra, Managing Director RinaMishara also encouraged the students to starttheir preparation for the examinations.Chanakya IAS Academy is running as many astwenty-two centres across the country and inJharkhand three centres are running in Ranchi,Hazaribagh and Dhanbad.

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The annual business sympo-sium of Indian Institute of

Management (IIM), Ranchi‘Radix 5.0’ touched upon vitalissues affecting the presentbusiness scenario in thisdynamic era dominated byinnovative technologicaladvancements. The businessconclave is organized by theinstitute with a vision to enablethe management students tomanifest knowledge throughindustry exposure throughinteraction with industry stal-warts and entrepreneurs.

The two-day event titled‘Radix 5.0—Embracing VUCA’inaugurated here on Fridaybrought together enrichinsightful experience andknow-how of eminent industryleaders on making strategies,

developing advance planningfor tactfully resolving the hur-dles that are bound to greetbudding entrepreneurs andaspiring managers in theirrespective ventures at somepoint of time.

VUCA is an acronym—first coined in 1987 to describeor to reflect on the Volatility,

Uncertainty, Complexity andAmbiguity of general condi-tions and situations.Highlighting the essence ofRadix, the interactive businessconvention revolved aroundthe keywords – ‘Analysis, Idea,Ambiguity, Research,Uncertainty, Creativity,Knowledge, Risk etc’.

According to the top-notchbusiness experts, the currentworld is dynamic and there arestrides of changes in everysector witnessed from time totime. Hence, the business worldtoo cannot stay aloof from it.Seeking the challenging pathahead, the IIM-R studentsselected ‘Embracing VUCA’ as

the topic for this business con-clave.

The participatory biz ses-sion saw the participation ofAnand Sharma, Vice-President–Accenture, BalajiRanganathan, CA — FidelityInvestments, Chaitali Moitra,MD — HarperCollinsPublishers India to name a few.Nurturing the aspirations of B-school students, Sharma delvedupon how organisations is pro-tected from VUCA environ-ment, how much an individualespecially the fresher is pre-pared for VUCA, challengingaspects of VUCA keeping tech-nological and cultural changesin the focal-point.

Also, Accenture’s Vice-President spoke about PESTEL(Political, Economic, Social,Technological, Environmental,Legal) analysis embracingVUCA citing examples of cor-porate big wigs. Taking theinteractive session forward,Ranganathan discussed aboutthe future perspectives of anybusiness enterprise, its adapt-

ability in this complex businessenvironment giving examplesof two renowned brands –Kodak cameras, Blackberrybusiness phones which per-ished easily after the introduc-tion and expansion of new agetechniques. He spoke on tacti-cal aspects of VUCA taking theexample from Darwin’s theoryof Survival of the Fittest. Healso talked about Block ChainTechnology and Data Analytics– the new future.

Chaitali Moitra, ManagingDirector HarperCollinsPublishers India (CollinsLearning) advocated about howa VUCA situation has alwaysbeen prevalent in our livesand the fact that it is “how” wethink rather than “what” wethink which determines ourplace in the corporate hierar-chy. She also threw light onVUCA 2.0 — Vision,U n d e r s t a n d i n g ,Communication andAdaptability emerging as asolution for the persisting prob-lems in the VUCA world.

The speakers brilliantlyenvisioned the VUCA prob-lems through the lens of one ofthe most widely-used businesstools - the SWOT analysis.Mariasundaram AntonyGeneral Manager - India GEPower highlighted on the needto gauge the significance of thechallenges of the VUCA worldby citing examples from histo-ry including the Iraq war, 26/11attacks as well as the recentChennai floods. He encouragedthe audience to embrace theVUCA world right from thestart of their career.

Vinay Gupta, CFO ofGroup CIO, Deutsche BankGroup invigorated the audience

to always have a backup planready to better deal with thevolatilities of the modernworld. Archana Sahay, CSRHead, Dell EMC, engaged theaudiences by giving illustra-tions as to how MBA aspirantscan contribute to the societythrough their business knowhow. She brought forth thepoint that the biggest experi-ence of the modern world onecan have is while dealing withthe communities. She alsohighlighted the importance ofpurposeful networking andcollaboration in today’s world.The engaging addresses ofeminent speakers were fol-lowed by panel discussions.

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Two former union ministersof RJD met Lalu Prasad’s at

Rajendra Institute of MedicalSciences (RIMS) on Saturday toenquire about his health fol-lowing reports that high bloodsugar and infection could poseserious problems for their partysupremo.

Talking to media personsafter the meeting, RaghuvanshSingh stated that Lalu’s healthcontinues to be a matter of con-cern for them even thoughthere is slight improvement onvarious parameters. Heinformed that his blood sugarlevel is under control while thesore on his knee, which couldhave caused infection in other

parts of the body, is also heal-ing.

Notably, minister of foodand civil supplies Saryu Rai hadin a letter written on November20 requested Jharkhand ChiefSecretary to send Lalu to superspecialty center for treatment.Rai said that Dr Umesh Prasadwho is treating Lalu hasinformed that the RJD leaderwas suffering from about onedozen diseases including dia-betes, hypertension, kidneystones, chronic kidney diseasedepression and boil.

Speaking on political issuesSingh alleged that law andorder situation in Bihar hasturned bad as major crimes aretaking place in the state. Scamshave also become frequent.

“This government led by NitishKumar should be thrown out ofpower as soon as possible,” hesaid.

Speaking on RLSP, Singhsaid Upendra Kushwaha wouldeventually come to the maha-gathbandhan though his standon the issue is not clear at pre-sent.

Former Union MinisterKanti Singh stated that Lalu waslooking very weak. She claimedthat statements of CBI officialsin recent days have shown howpolitical leaders put pressure oninvestigating agency to targetRJD supremo. People wouldgive them proper reply in theelections, she said.

It may be stated here thatDr Umesh Prasad on Saturdaysaid Lalu’s health is showingimprovement as blood reportindicates that his sugar level andinfection have declined. Theimprovement is however slow,he said.

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The CPI (Maoist) has calledupon people from various

sections of society to supportthe para-teacher’s agitation inState while alleging that thegovernment is trying to sup-press the movement with force.

In a letter, which is circu-lating in the social media,spokesman of the organisationAzad has claimed that para-teachers are agitating for reg-ularisation of services and anincrease in their honorarium,which is justified.

He said when the para-teachers were protesting at thevenue of Statehood Day func-tion at Morhabadi ground inRanchi on November 15, thepolice lathi charged on them.Moreover, tear gas shells werealso burst to disperse thecrowd. Several persons wereinjured in the incident.

The Maoist spokesmansaid that the entire venue wasturned into a battle groundadding that similar situation isbeing repeated in other parts ofthe state now. He said govern-ment has now taken decision todismiss the teacher involved inthe agitation.

While stating that para-teachers have decided to go on indefinite strike, the

organisation appealed to work-ers, farmers, students, womenand others groups to supportthe agitation.

He said the CPI (Maoist)would also provide all possiblehelp to the teachers.

“I am not surprised bytheir stand. The Maoists wouldtry to exploit the situation tomobilise people in their favour.

We have to wait and watchtheir future plan in this regard,”said Additional DirectorGeneral of Police RK Mallick.

Meanwhile a senior policeofficer said that the validity ofthe letters was being examinedand the forces were trying tofind out if any the rebels wereextending any help to theteachers.

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Adump of bio medical wasteright inside Palamu tiger

reserve Garu East range atHaratu triggered feverishsearch and action both in PTR and health and admin-istrative officials of Lateharadministration.

A consignment of usedsyringes, needles, blister packs,vials etc were found dumped atHaratu in PTR’s Garu Eastrange on Friday.

Alarmed by this throwaway of bio medical waste intiger reserve the deputy direc-tor South division of PTR M KMahaling pressed in his rangerand forest guards to find out asto who did this dumpingputting wild life of PTR at risk.

As the dump was of med-ical waste the first suspiciongrew towards hospitals ofLatehar and Garu. CivilSurgeon of Latehar S P Sharmadenied to have any knowledgeof this dump of bio medicalwaste in PTR saying NagarPanchayat of Latehar would bethe right institution to explainthis. Sharma further saiddumping of waste is doneunder order of SDO.

On the other hand SDOLatehar J P Jha made a logicalpoint when he said this issue is

related to Garu and Garu is notin the territorial jurisdiction ofsub divisional magistrate(SDM) Latehar.

Jha said this officer shouldhave the basic knowledge ofLatehar and Garu which is toofar from each other nearly 40Kms and should any SDOorder for dumping at such a faroff place when there is NagarPanchayat in Latehar?

Taking a serious umbrageof what Sharma said Jha said,“A man holding the post of civilsurgeon is expected to makeresponsible reference instead ofindulging in such mindlessobservation.”

Mahuadarn SDO, SudhirDas as Garu comes under histerritorial jurisdiction and gotan identical reply from Daswhat Jha had said earlier whenDas said, “I have no informa-tion about this dump. Let mecheck it with my BDO.”

Mahendra Ravidas BDOGaru when quizzed about thistoo expressed his inability tosay anything on this dump ashe said, “I have no such newswith me.”

It was the PTR team thattook the lid off from this dumpissue. The bio medical wastewas of a village doctor PradeepSao of Haratu village said M KMahaling quoting his ranger

Garu Ashok K Singh.Mahaling said, “Sao had

these waste thrown in PTR.Among the waste were somebills also where was printed thename of a medical store inDaltonganj.”

Garu ranger Ashok KSingh said, “Village doctor Saohas admitted his folly. He hasadmitted to have thrown thesewastes in PTR. He has in writ-ing apologized for it with anassurance that there will be norepeat of it again.”

Mahaling and Singh bothsaid, “As this was the firstblunder of this village doctor hehas been given a reprieve thistime otherwise invocation ofsections under environmentalprotection act will be mostinevitable in such matter asnone has any right to jeopar-dize the wild life.”

Mahaling further said, “Wekeep on collecting polythenebags in PTR thrown by peoplemost unmindfully and heredump of bio medical waste cannever be tolerated and offend-ers in future will e most severe-ly dealt with under suitableprovisions of act of environ-ment protection which statesthat users are to ensure safe dis-posal of bio medical waste andif a user does do not do this isliable for penal action.”

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Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in

Kolkata in a sexual assault caseof a city-based 14-year-old girl.The accused has been broughton transit remand from Barasat Court in Kolkata fromhis house.

The arrested man, NituBhakta who is a resident ofMadhyamgram in North 24Parganas in Bengal hadtrapped a 14-year-old girl byselecting her for performing inBoogie Woogie, a local danceclub at Madhyagram in Julythis year.

The victim, who is a resi-dent of Bistupur had appearedin the contest in response to anewspaper advertisement thatthe accused had given duringa fair at Harina village underPotka police station area on theoutskirts of the steel city.

Deputy Superintendent ofPolice (composite controlroom) Sudhir Kumar said thatBhakta used to run a danceclub titled Boogie Woogie andwould trap girls in the name ofpromoting talents.

"As per our investigationBhatka would target the fairsheld in rural pockets andaccordingly he would placeadvertisement in newspapers.He advertised seeking talent inthe field of dance prior toHarina Mela in Potka and dur-ing a selection session, heselected the minor in July firstweek," said the DSP.

According to the policeofficer, after selecting the girl,the accused took her to Bundu

near Ranchi where he kept hertwo-three days and subse-quently he took her to herhouse in Madhyam Gram.

"Bhakta despite being mar-ried established physical rela-tion with the minor forcibly athome after sending his ownwife to her parent’s house.

As the girl was beingrepeatedly exploited for a week,she fled the accused's housegetting an opportunity andreturned back to her residencein Bistupur," the DSP said.

The minor had narratedeverything to her parents wholodged an FIR with theBistupur police station on July 16, leading a team ofpolice to go to North 24Pragana district.

"During investigation wetraced the whereabouts of theaccused by putting his mobilenumber on surveillance andsubsequently rushed MadhyamGram to arrest him.

After arresting him weproduced him before a localcourt for the transit remandand we ultimately brought himto the steel city this morning,"Kumar said.

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Baghmara MLA DhulluMahto today refuted all

the claims of the BJP womanworker who has leveled seriouscharges of sexual exploitationagainst him and said that if theallegations were proved, hewill accept any kind of pun-ishment. Talking to this news-paper he said that everyone isaware of the so called victim’scharacter.

“She has been running abeauty parlour at Katras areaand also running a sex racketinside the parlour,” he said.

Mahto also accusedGiridih MP Ravindra KumarPandey of framing him in thesexual harassment case. Mahtosaid that the entire conspiracyof framing him under sexualharassment charge is beingorchestrated by Pandey.

He demands a CBI inquiryin the case and said that iffound guilty he will be ready tobe hanged.

He also named RanvijaySingh as part of the said conspiracy.

Responding to DhulluMahto's allegations GiridihMP Ravindra Kumar Pandeysaid that the Government isfree to investigate the matterand police should take theharassment allegations by thewoman worker seriously. He

added he is not part of any con-spiracy and doesn’t pay heed toany such allegations.

The MLA and a partyworker Aayodhaya Thakur areaccused of sexual harassmentby their own party workernamely Kamla Kumari (39).The victim has tried to immo-late herself outside police sta-tion on November 22 blamingthe police for not taking anyaction against the perpetrator.

The case (273/18) has beenlodged against AayodhayaThakur at Katras police undersection 376, 511of IPC onNovember 07.

Officer in Charge of KatrasPolice Station Sanjay Kumarsaid that the matter is undersupervision. He furtherinformed that on ThursdayKamla Kumari has sent hercomplaint to the police stationthrough e-mail on November22 and the matter is underinvestigation.

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Chief Minister RaghuvarDas will inaugurate

Banshidhar Mahotsav here onNovember 25 where TourismMinister Amar Kumar Bauri,Health and Family WelfareMinister RamchandraChandravanshi, Palamu MPBD Ram, MLA SN Tiwari,MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi,MLA Manoj Chaurasia will bepresent as Chief Guests.

“We are in the process togive a final touch to theMahotsav," said Naman PriyeshLakra, DDC cum President

Banshidhar Mahotsav organis-ing committee.

To portray the Banshidhartemple on national map apostal stamp will also be issued,the DDC informed.

Lakra said that artists ofnational reputes, such Flutemaestro Malini Awasthi, Indianidol fame flute player Suleiman,Runner up in Indian idol singerAmit Sana, singer BipinMishra, hymn singer Brijwasibrothers and Rasleela presen-tation by the artists ofVrindavan will perform at theMahotsav on different occa-sions.

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The menu at JawaharlalNehru Biological Park

(JNB) in Bokaro Steel City hastaken an organic turn with thestart of winter season.

The authorities are tryingeverything from laying bedmade of grass to jute curtainsand complete change in diet toarranging heaters for a select-ed few to keep the birds andanimals warm.

The diet chart of the car-nivores animals has changed tokeep their body warmer andstronger to fight diseases of thewinter. Milk and eggs alongwith meat are made availablefor them to retain energy for alonger period, a zoo authorityinformed.

Tiger, lions, spotted dear,leopard spotted deer, sambhar,black buck, hippopotamus,

hyena, monkeys, peacock,civets, reptiles and dozens ofvarieties of beautiful birds areat the park. Most inmatesincluding birds and rabbits are

provided with curtains made ofjute for warmth and cozy nests.Heaters would also be fixedclose to the cages of birds. Theyare getting meals three times a

day in winter. Their foodincludes chopped spinach,wheat chappatis and fresh sea-sonal fruits, he said.

“Special care has beengiven to the birds as for mostof them, winter is their matingseason,” said Dr G Chakarborty(veterinary doctor of the zoo).

Meanwhile, the authori-ties have also planned bonfiresto keep the animals warm withthe further dip in the temper-ature. Also for water animalsand birds, including ducks,flamingos, crocodiles and ghar-ials, they are given sumptuousmeals of fresh fish which is richin proteins and fats so as to beatthe chill.

The Zoo (JNB) is main-tained by Bokaro steel plant, isthe a right place where one cancome and study a lot aboutnature, plants and animalswithin two hours of visit.s

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The Punjab Police onSaturday claimed to have

nabbed the man who alleged-ly threw a grenade on a reli-gious congregation atNirankari Bhavan in Amritsarlast Sunday leaving three per-sons dead, the second arrest inthe case.

Weapons, including a .32bore pistol, a US made pistol,four magazines and 25 live car-tridges have been recoveredfrom the accused identified asAvtar Singh, Director Generalof Police Suresh Arora toldreporters here.

Avtar Singh has beenarrested from Khayala village

under police station Lopoke (inAmritsar), the DGP said. We will produce him before thecourt for police remand, he said.

Three persons, including apreacher were killed and over20 injured in the attack by two-motorcycle borne men whichpolice treated as a terrorist act.

Police have already arrest-ed Bikramjit Singh, an opera-tive of militant organisationKhalistan Liberation Force(KLF) who was allegedly dri-ving the motorcycle on thatday. It is alleged that AvtarSingh threw the grenade.

Avtar Singh is a resident ofvillage Chak Mishri Khan,Lopoke (Ajnala), Amritsar.

The DGP said initial inves-tigations revealed that a personidentified as Javed, who isPakistan-based, was allegedlyinvolved in misguiding theaccused to carry out the ter-rorist act.

The name of another manidentified as Paramajit SinghBaba, based in Italy, has alsoemerged during investigation,police said.

Rejecting claims of thefamilies of the accused thatthey have been falsely impli-cated, the DGP said, “We haveenough evidence against them.We do not believe in falseimplications. We have recov-ered weapons in the presenceof the duty magistrate.”

The DGP also expressedconcern that "inimical forceswere trying to spread a disin-

formation campaign" on socialmedia to misguide youth of the State.

Both the accused in thiscase had no past criminalrecord, he noted.

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The Punjab Police onSaturday ruled out a terror

angle in the SUV snatchingincident in Pathankot lastweek, saying a local criminalwas involved in it.

However, police have notbeen able to trace the vehicle.

Four persons, travellingin a hired SUV from Jammu,had snatched the vehicle fromits driver at gunpoint nearMadhopur area here inPathankot on November 13.

The incident took place

when the driver stopped thecar near Madhopur after oneof the passengers complainedof vomiting.

"One of them (vehiclesnatchers) has been identified.He turned out to be a criminalbelonging to Punjab. There isno terror angle involved in thisincident, Punjab DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP)Suresh Arora said.

The criminal belonging toJalandhar district was identi-fied after the driver of the SUV

recognised him from a picture,police said.

The accused, who werespeaking in Punjabi, hadbooked the car from the Jammutaxi stand, police had said.

Security was tightened inand around Pathankot dis-trict following the incident.

Police were maintaining avigil as in 2016, terrorists,who had launched attacks onthe Pathankot air base, hadsnatched a Punjab Police offi-cer's car to get to the air base.

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The annual share of foreigntourists visiting Odisha in

the country’s total foreigntourists’ arrival remained to bebelow one per cent for the lasteight years.

This was revealed fromthe information furnished bythe Tourism Minister AshokChandar Panda in the StateAssembly in response to aquestion of BJP MLA DilipRay on Saturday.

According to the Minister,a total of 1,00,014 touristsfrom abroad visited Odisha in2017 while 1,01,77,000 suchtourists visited the countryduring the same year, consti-tuting Odisha’s share to thenation’s foreign tourist arrivalat mere 0.98 per cent.

Foreign tourists’ share ofOdisha in national arrival was0.87 per cent in 2010, 0.96 percent in 2011, 0.98 per cent in2012, 0.96 per cent in 2013,0.93 per cent in 2014, 0.83 percent in 2015 and 0.87 per centin 2016.

As regards to domestictourists visiting the State, theMinister informed that a totalof 1,40,11,229 tourist fromOdisha and other States hadvisited different tourist spots in2017. These domestic touristscomprised 84,06,401 fromOdisha and 56,04,828 fromother States and the UnionTerritories.

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Maoist leader Umakant,who is secretary of the

B a s a d h a r a - G h u m u s a r -Nagavali Division of thebanned outfit, released anaudio tape warning the StateGovernment, the BJD leaders,MLA Rajib Patra of Baligudaand other Hindu fascist organ-isations including the SanghPaivar for anti-people activities.

He dubbed the anti-Maoistoperations of the security forcesas unconstitutional and sup-pression of a struggle for rightsby the Adibasis, Dalits andother weaker sections of thesociety.

He raised the issue of indis-criminate arrest and torturingby police of the DangariaKandha tribals of Niyamagirion the pretext of being Maoists.The Government has failed tocurb illiteracy, unemployment,malnutrition and poverty ingeneral in spite of indepen-dence for last seventy twoyears, he said.

Neatly- typed posters by

Odisha State CPI(Maoist) onthe walls of GramPanchayat(GP) office, Office ofDangaria KandhaDevelopment Agency(DKDA),trees and other places of Parsalivillage in Niyamagiri hills, ahotbed of Red corridor, werealso witnessed, urging the pub-lic to observe ‘Resistance Week’from December 6 to 12.

The Maoists through theposters gave a call to resistcommunalism in the name ofreligion, attack on Muslims,Christians, Dalits and Adivasisin the name of “Gorakshya”and yatra by Mohan Bhagawatand Prabin Togadia for the construction of Ramtemple by promulgation a spe-cial Act.

“Check Modi Government-Sangh Parivar’s agenda, there-by keeping communal harmo-ny in the country and protestthe move to curb reservationfor weaker sections of societyand attack on journalists, writ-ers, progressive writers, humanright defenders, students, etc.,”said the posters.

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In a significant decision theBJP-ruled Tripura

Government has conveyed tothe HRD Ministry to do awaywith the Left Front-orientedsecondary school syllabus andfollow the curriculum on theCBSE pattern.

The State Government hasinformed the HRD Ministrythat school-going studentswould be taught from NationalCouncil of EducationalResearch and Training(NCERT) textbooks. A team ofNCERT experts will be sentduring the first week ofDecember to impart a three-month-long training to theteachers about the new syllabus.

Shortly after coming topower in March this year end-ing the 25-year uninterruptedrule of the CPI(M)-led LeftFront, the BJP Governmenthad set up an expert commit-tee on the change of schoolsyllabus.

Tripura Chief MinisterBiplab Deb told The Pioneerthat to impart quality education

in the State, NCERT syllabuswould be introduced in the2019 academic session. "Thecommittee set up by myGovernment has recommend-ed for adopting the CBSE andNCERT curriculum and we arekeen on imparting the same,"Deb said.

The state education depart-ment would introduce theNCERT textbooks and CBSEsyllabus from the next acade-mic session in place of the pre-sent curriculum prescribed bythe State Council ofEducational Research andTraining.

"Complete NCERT text-books and CBSE syllabus fromnext academic year will beintroduced in the schools ofTripura because the studentsare lagging behind the standardof the country. They should beas competitive as students ofother States," said a seniorHRD Ministry official.

The BJP-IndigenousPeople's Front of Tripura(IPFT) combine Governmenthad set up an expert commit-tee on the change of school syl-labus early this year. Thepanel recommended NCERTcurriculum along with theimplementation of the CentralBoard of Secondary Education(CBSE) syllabus across allGovernment and Government-aided schools in the State.

Recently a controversyerupted in which a school inUnakoti district had asked classnine students to write a shortnote on the ruling BJP in anexamination. The questionpaper had gone viral on socialmedia over the matter.

The Education Departmentexamined the question paperand found that the syllabusincluded a chapter on electoralpolitics and political parties. Asper media reports then thesyllabus has a chapter on theBJP, the Congress, the CPI(M),the CPI etc and the textbooksalso got mention of rigging andbooth capturing to the surpriseof educationist involved in thechange of education pattern inthe state. "The previous LeftFront regime had indulged incriminalization of the schoolcurriculum by teaching wronglessons to students," alleged anexpert involved in the processduring the last nine months.

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Days after Congress leaderCP Joshi stirred a contro-

versy with his alleged casteistremarks, the ElectionCommission (EC) on Saturdayissued a notice asking him tofile a reply by 11 am on Sunday.The notice was given a day afterthe BJP lodged a complaintwith the EC.

Joshi had on Friday apol-ogised for his casteist remarksafter Congress chief RahulGandhi disapproved of hiscomments and asked him toexpress regret.

The BJP had, however,rejected Joshi's apology, sayingthe comments "insulted" theIndian culture and the Hindureligion. The RajasthanAssembly Elections 2018 isscheduled to take place onDecember 7.

According to EC officials,the notice was served to Joshiby the returning officer ofRajsamand district. Joshi iscontesting the December 7Rajasthan assembly electionsfrom Nathdwara constituency.EC officials said that furthercourse of action in the matterwill be decided after the can-didate's response.

Addressing a poll meetingin Rajasthan on Thursday,Joshi had reportedly saidPrime Minister NarendraModi, BJP MP Uma Bhartiand Hindu activist SadhviRitambhara are from "lowercastes" and know nothing of Hinduism.

He said it is the Brahminswho are learned and know ofHinduism.

Congress President RahulGandhi on Friday disap-proved of Joshi's remarks in a tweet. The Congress chiefsaid the remark is contrary tothe party's ideals. Later, Joshitendered an apology.

The BJP, however, rejectedthe apology and said Gandhimust take responsibility andexpress regret.

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Former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh Saturday

said that a nation without well-functioning institution "runsthe risk of being a failednation". Singh stated this in anobvious reference to the con-troversy related to CBI and RBIin recent times.

"Such a situation can cre-ate chaos in society, economyand polity. A nation withoutwell-functioning institutionsis bound to fail," said Singhadding that when institutionsfall prey to extra-constitution-al powers and no state actors,there is a risk of violence enter-ing the process or transition.

"The deterioration of theinstitutions adversely affectsthe functioning of variousorgans of the State and ineroding their credibility, " Singhsaid while addressing an audi-ence at former PresidentPranab Mukherjee Foundationevent in the national Capital.

The former PrimeMinister said that the well-functioning institutions ofgovernance are a necessarycondition to maintain peaceand harmony. "Besides, theinstitutions must be impartial,objective and should functionfor the benefit of all sectionsof society. Unfortunately,integrity of major institutionsfaces many challenges," he added.

"To maintain secularcharacter of all the institu-tions (Judiciary, Executiveand Legislatures) is a pre-req-uisite for peace and harmonyand a violence free transitionand transformation.Eventually, it is the responsi-bility of the political and reli-gious leadership, civil society,intelligentsia and the media touphold the Constitution andthe integrity of institutions.When the institutions startdeviating from a just dis-charge of their constitution-al responsibilities and know-ingly or unknowingly fallprey to the extra-constitu-

tional powers and non-stateactors then there is a dangerof violence entering into theprocess of transition andtransformation," he said.

The ex-PM also elucidat-ed on the theme of the idea ofIndia while referring to thesecular character of thenation. "The very idea of Indiarevolves around unity indiversity and diversity inunity…India is a multicultur-al, multilingual, multireligioussociety…communal harmo-ny is extremely important forcitizens," he said.

Referring the MahatmaGandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act,Food Security Act and Rightto Education Act are some ofthe initiatives taken by theUPA Government, Singh said

that more and more suchmeasures, along with an effec-tive implementation of poli-cies and programmes arerequired so that the people atthe margin could live a dig-nified and peaceful life. Thiswould certainly improve theirhappiness index.

"Environment is anotherarea which has a direct bearingon every aspect of life.However, the consumption-led growth model and ever-increasing human greed aregiving rise to a reckless use andmisuse of scarce naturalresources. This, in turn, is pos-ing a serious threat to envi-ronment and sustainability ofgrowth and development and isresulting into an ever-increas-ing conflict between man andnature," Singh said.

New Delhi: Former PrimeMinsiter Manmohan Singhwelcomed the building of theKartarpur corridor, linkingIndia's border district ofGurdaspur with the historicGurdwara Darbar Sahib inKartarpur, Pakistan.

Asked about PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'scomments that the corridorwill act as a bridge between thepeople of the two countries,Singh, however, cautioned thatthere were many hurdles tocross before it could beachieved.

"There are many hurdlesand one should not underesti-mate those hurdles. But anybeginning is a good beginning,I hope it is successful," he toldreporters on the sidelines of aconference titled "TowardsPeace, Harmony andHappiness: Transition toTransformation", organised bythe Pranab MukherjeeFoundation.

Earlier, addressing the

gathering at the PranabMukherjee Foundation, theformer PM said that 'GuruNanak, the founder of SikhReligion, says, "Truth is highbut higher still is truthfulliving".

Mahatma Gandhi did notwant any division among peo-ple based on their caste, creed,colour and religion or baselesssuperstitions'.

"He firmly believed thatcommunal harmony wasessential for the freedom and growth of India. 'Manaski jaat sabhe eke pehchanbo'is the underlying message ofthe Sikh religion," he said.

Earlier, in a significantdecision, the Union Cabinethad cleared a proposal onThursday to develop a corri-dor from Dera Baba Nanak inPunjab's Gurdaspur districtto the International Border tofacilitate Indian pilgrims tovisit Gurdwara Darbar Sahibin Kartarpur, Pakistan.

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Bengaluru: Congress leaderand former Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah said on Saturdaysix months was too early a peri-od to assess the performance ofthe Congress- Janata Dal(Secular) coalitionGovernment in Karnataka.

Siddaramaiah, who is alsothe head of the coalition coor-dination committee, said themuch-awaited expansion of theH D Kumaraswamy-led cabinet

would take place at the earliest,after discussions with Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi, who isbusy campaigning for assemblypolls in five States.

"It (Govt) is going fine. Sixmonths... It is too early to assessthe performance of the govern-ment," Siddaramaiah toldreporters in Mysuru. The formerchief minister said theGovernment was implement-ing the common minimum pro-

gramme set out by the coalitioncoordination committee and theprogrammes of the previousGovernment were also continu-ing. Responding to a question,Siddaramaiah maintained thatthere was good coordinationbetween both the Congress andthe JDS. The coalition Govt,which came to power withKumaraswamy assuming officeon May 23, completed six yearsin office on Friday.

"(The) Cabinet will beexpanded at the earliest.@INCIndia president@RahulGandhi is busy in theassembly elections of 5 states &we shall discuss about theexpansion as soon as hebecomes free from his busycampaign schedule,"Siddaramaiah said in a tweet.

He said the party Stateleaders would go to New Delhito finalise details after getting

an appointment from Gandhi.There are now six vacant

ministerial positions left for theCongress, and two for the JDS inthe cabinet. Currently,Kumaraswamy heads a cabinetof 26 Ministers.

On the 2019 Lok Sabhapoll, Siddaramaiah said prepa-rations were on and discussionsabout seat-sharing with the JDSwould begin after elections forfive states were over. PTI

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as "false" and "baseless" the alle-gations of the CBI before acourt here that he as FinanceMinister had unlawfully grant-ed FIPB approval to aMauritius-based company inthe Aircel-Maxis case.

The submissions weremade by the politician in hisrejoinder filed in response tothe reply of the probe agency.The CBI, in its reply to theanticipatory bail plea ofChidambaram, had alleged thathe was not cooperating in theinvestigations.

The averments (by theCBI) that the applicant(Chidambaram) had usurpedthe power of the CabinetCommittee of EconomicAffairs, unlawfully granted theFIPB (Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board) approval toGlobal CommunicationServices Ltd, Mauritius, andhad chosen not to disclosefacts which are in his exclusiveknowledge are denied as beingfalse, baseless and untenable,the politician said.

The rejoinder submissionswere filed before Special JudgeO P Saini through advocates PK Dubey and Arshdeep Singh.

It is submitted that theFIPB was chaired by the secre-tary, economic affairs, andincluded four other secretaries(industry, commerce, externalaffairs and overseas Indianaffairs), and the secretary of theAdministrative Ministry con-cerned.

"Five of them were amongthe senior most IAS officersand sixth was a senior IFS offi-cer of the Ministry of Externalaffairs. Each one of them hada long and distinguished recordof service," the rejoinder said.

It said as per the normalprocedure, the recommenda-tions of the FIPB are submit-ted to the Ministry of Financewhere they are once againexamined by junior officersand then by the additionalsecretary and secretary beforethe file is put up to the com-petent authority (FinanceMinister).

It is the FIPB that decideswho is the competent author-ity in the given case, the rejoin-der said.

New Delhi: The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has seized sixhigh-end cars, including Ferrari,Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz, reportedly belonging toTDP MP YS Chowdary and hassummoned him for questioningnext week in connection with analleged �5,700-crore bank loanfraud case.

The agency said it took theaction under the Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act(PMLA) after it conductedsearches at eight premises of theSujana Group in Hyderabadand Delhi on Friday.

The ED said Chowdary, asitting Rajya Sabha member ofthe Telugu Desam Party (TDP),was the man behind the SujanaGroup of companies and it hasgathered evidence that "alldirectors of various SujanaGroup of companies act underhis instructions".

The agency said the high-end cars seized were registeredin the name of dummy com-panies. The TDP MP, consid-ered close aide of AndhraPradesh Chief Minister andparty president N ChandrababuNaidu, has been summoned forquestioning on November 27 inthe case, it said.

Chowdary was a Ministerof State (MoS) in the Union

cabinet before Naidu quit theNDA early this year over theCentre's refusal to grant specialstatus to Andhra Pradesh

The ED said it raided thecompany (Sujana group) inpursuance of a bank fraud caseof a Chennai based firm MsBest and CromptonEngineering Projects Ltd(BCEPL).

Documents related toalleged shell firms, under theumbrella of the Sujana group,were recovered after raids werecarried out against the Chennaifirm, it said

"Verification conductedwith the documents/recordsseized indicated that BCEPLalong with other companies ofSujana group were functioningunder the chairmanship of Y SChowdary, who is a sitting RSMP of TDP.

"Investigations revealed thatall directors of various Sujanagroup companies act under theinstructions of Chowdary whichis evidenced by the email cor-respondences and communica-tions recovered from the busi-ness/residential premises of thedirectors of BCEPL," the ED saidin a statement.

It said that in "voluntarystatements tendered underSection 50 of the PMLA, direc-

tors of BCEPL had statedChowdary is the personresponsible for the entire activ-ities of Sujana group of com-panies and that they all haveacted/rendered their signatureson the insistence Chowdary,either directly or through CFOand company secretary ofSujana group and that they arenamesake directors and as suchthey had no idea as to how thefunds of BCEPL were utilisedand that the entire opera-tions/transactions of SujanaGroup of companies are knownonly to these key persons."

In light of these charges,the agency searched eight loca-tions of the Sujana group onFriday which "revealed thatthe banks have been defraud-ed by the group companies tothe tune of more than �5,700crore", the ED said.

Documents recovered indi-cate that the group was control-ling over 120 companies andmost of them are non-operatingor existed on paper only (shellfirms) without any genuine busi-ness activity, the agency said.

Preliminary statementsindicate that certain loans togroup companies were sanc-tioned against the personalguarantee of Chowdary, itadded. PNS

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The banned ULFA(Independent) on Saturday

claimed responsibility for thegrenade attack in Sibsagar dis-trict on Thursday that killedtwo people.

A grenade had explodedat a hardware shop in theDemow Chariali area of thedistrict, killing a customer,Anup Gupta, and theshopowner, Kamal Agarwal,on Thursday.

"We take responsibility forThursday's explosion andsooner or later stern action willbe taken against those whobetray us. But our target wasnot the customer Anup Gupta

but the owner of the shop,"ULFA(I) Assistant SecretaryPublicity and InformationArunodoy Asom said in an e-mailed statement.

The outfit expressed con-dolences to Gupta's family say-ing "our hearts go out to them".

The organisation, howev-er, denied any role in thekillings of five persons atDhola in Tinsukia district onNovember 1, as claimed bythe Assam police and National InvestigationAgency (NIA).

Unidentified gunmen inbattle fatigue had shot dead fiveBengali speaking individuals,including three members of afamily, on November 1.

"We had clarified earlierthat the ULFA (I) is not respon-sible for the Tinsukia incidentand we challenge the NIA totell the people of Assam onwhat basis they are accusing usof the killings," Asom said inthe statement.

Director General of Police,Kuladhar Saikia, had said onThursday that the ULFA (I)was behind the Tinsukiakillings.

According to the prelimi-nary investigations conductedby police and NIA, there wassufficient "technical evidence"about a six-member team ofthe ULFA-I being behind theTinsukia firing incident, theDGP had said.

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Chennai: A Central teamdeputed to assess the damagecaused by Cyclone Gaja inTamil Nadu on Saturday helddiscussions with ChiefMinister K Palaniswami here.

The seven-member team isheaded by Daniel E Richard, asenior official in the UnionHome Ministry in New Delhi.The team members met theChief Minister at the Secretariatand held discussions with him,an official release said.

Tamil Nadu Ministers DJayakumar, C Ve Shanmugamand RB Udayakumar and seniorofficials including ChiefSecretary Girija Vaidyanathanwere present during the meeting.While five members of the teamhad arrived from Delhi yester-day, two others who are sta-tioned here, have joined them.

The offcials belong to var-ious Central departments suchas Finance, Power andAgriculture. The team isexpected to complete its assess-ment in three days starting witha visit to Tiruchirapalli.

During his meeting withPrime Minister Narendra Modi

in New Delhi Thursday,Palaniswami sought about�15,000 crore as central assis-tance towards relief and reha-bilitation activities in cyclone-hit districts of the state.

He also asked Modi todepute a central team to assessthe damage. Cyclone 'Gaja'had crossed the Tamil Naducoast early on November 16between Nagapattinam andVedaranyam, about 300 kmfrom Chennai. It left behind atrail of destruction inNagapattinam district and alsoin several other districts.

The cyclone has claimed 63lives, with Nagapattinam,Tiruvarur, Thanjavur andPudukottai being the worstaffected districts. PTI

Chennai: Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister K PalaniswamiSaturday announced a solatiumof �15 lakh to the families ofeach of the two workers of State-run power utility, TANGEDCOwho were electrocuted whilerepairing electricity poles dam-aged due to cyclone Gaja.

Condoling the deaths of thetwo workers, he said one personfrom each of their families wouldalso be provided employment ina Government enterprise.

The two workers of theelectricity monolith TANGED-CO -Shanmugam andMurgesan- were electrocuteddays ago while they were restor-ing damaged power poles atNagapattinam and Pudukottaidistricts respectively.

"I have ordered the releaseof �15 lakh -�13 lakh from theChief Minister's Public ReliefFund and �2 lakh from theTANGEDCO funds- to theirfamilies," Palaniswami said inan official release.

As many as 1,13,566 elec-tricity poles, 1,082 transform-ers and 194 substations weredamaged due to the severecyclonic storm 'Gaja.' PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: TheKerala unit of the Congresson Saturday asked thePinarayi Vijayan Governmentto end the prevailing "policeraj" in Sabarimala for morepilgrims to visit the LordAyyappa shrine.

The district authoritieshave now extended the pro-hibitory orders in and aroundthe temple town t i l lNovember 26 and accordingto official figures, there hasbeen a drop of �14 crore inrevenue for the first week ofthe season as compared to theprevious year.

Last year the total collec-tion was �22 crore.

"We were there at the tem-ple town and the place looksdeserted. If one looks into theprevious seasons, by now amillion pilgrims would havecome and gone, whereas thistime due to the 'police raj' pre-vailing at the temple town, justaround 2 lakhs have come tilltoday," Leader of oppositionRamesh Chennithala told themedia here.

"Pilgrims will only comewhen the 'police raj' is lifted,"Chennithala said, adding thatSabarimala was the only reli-gious place where prohibitoryorders were in force.

An uneasy calm has beenprevailing in the temple townever since protests by Hindugroups started after theSeptember Supreme Court ver-dict that allowed women of allages to enter the temple thathitherto banned girls andwomen aged 10-50.

The apex court onNovember 13 refused to staythe September verdict, threedays before the temple openedfor this season.

The Left DemocraticFront Government led by theCPI-M has been trying toimplement the apex court'sverdict even as the Congress,the Bharatiya Janata Partyand several Hindu groupswere up in arms against it.

Reacting to the drop inrevenue, State Minister forDevasoms (temples)Kadakampally Surendran toldthe media that while the stategovernment will not have anyissues due to it, the salaries,pension and other expendi-ture of the TravancoreDevasom Board wi l l be affected.

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The insolvency law hashelped in directly and indi-

rectly addressing stressed assetsworth �3 lakh crore in the lasttwo years, a senior Governmentofficial said on Saturday.

More than 9,000 cases havecome for redressal under theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode (IBC), which became fullyoperational in December 2016.

Corporate AffairsSecretary Injeti Srinivas saidthere has been a direct andindirect impact of the Code onstressed assets worth close to�3 lakh crore.

The estimated amount,included recoveries madethrough resolution plans andcases settled before admis-sion by the National CompanyLaw Tribunal (NCLT) underthe Code.

Over 3,500 cases have beenresolved at pre-admission stageand resulted in claims worth�1.2 lakh crore getting settled,

he said.Under the Code, cases are

taken up for resolution onlyafter approval from the NCLT.

"About 1,300 cases havebeen admitted and out of that,in about 400 cases, corporateinsolvency resolution processhas been completed... In 60cases resolution plans havebeen approved, in 240 cases liq-uidation orders have beengiven, 126 cases are in appeal.These cases which have beenresolved have led to recovery of�71,000 crore as of now,"Srinivas said here.

Taking into considerationcases that are at a mature stageof being addressed under theCode, he said the amount wouldbe another �50,000 crore.

"If you factor that, youhave around �1.2 lakh crorecoming through resolutions...(then adding up) pre-admis-sion settlements, then itbecomes �2.4 lakh crore,"Srinivas said.

Further, the Corporate

Affairs Secretary noted thatthere are non-standard NPAaccounts that have been con-verted to standard accounts byvirtue of borrowers payingback the overdue amount andthat figure would be around�45,000 to �50,000 crore.

Together, the amountwould be close to �3 lakh crorein terms of stressed assets thathave been directly and indi-rectly impacted by the Code, headded.

Srinivas also said thatmuch of the money might bepertaining to operational cred-

itors.Besides, he said there are

some bottlenecks with NCLT,insolvency resolution profes-sionals and Committee ofCreditors (CoC).

"Today, I find that morethan 3,200 cases pending formore than 90 days for admis-sion... So who to blame? I willnot blame NCLT but NCLT hasto be more conscious abouttime (line)," he noted.

According to him, there arealso instances of delay in prepa-ration of Expression of Interests(EoI) with respect to entitiesunder the resolution process aswell as in evaluation of bids.

These are issues that needto be seriously looked into bythe insolvency resolution pro-fessionals.

"CoC should really becomemore responsible, moreempowered and more account-able. Ultimately, they are tak-ing decision which is affectingpublic interest and nationalinterest," Srinivas emphasised.

He said that there shouldnot be asymmetry of informa-tion as the objective of resolu-tion process is maximisation ofthe value of assets.

"I would urge upon theIBBI Chairperson to look at asystem where information isavailable in the public domaintransparently... So that it isnot the prerogative of the few,"he added.

Srinivas also suggested theidea of having a "pre-packed"model, like in some maturedjurisdictions, for cases comingup before the NCLT forapproval under the Code.

"It has to be a completelytransparent process. Literally, aninsolvency practioner should beappointed by the board... It(pre-packed model) is littlepremature. I think we can lookat it. It needs more assessmentand research," he noted.

Insolvency and BankruptcyBoard of India (IBBI)Chairperson M S Sahoo said itwas not advisable to exclusive-

ly rely on the Code for resolu-tion of all problems, addingthat everyone has to play theirroles under the Code.

Noting that the Code pro-vides for basically a "cash flowapproach and not a balancesheet approach", Srinivas saidthere has been a tectonicchange in the behaviour of bor-rowers and lenders.

"Today's estimation is(that) about �10 lakh crore ormore is stuck up in NPA andmay be another about �8 lakhcrore is stuck up in DRTs(Debt Recovery Tribunals) andother places.

"The amount of moneystuck up that can be releasedcan give a push to economicgrowth," he said.

The Code has beenchanged four times, includingthrough two ordinances, inthe last two years.

They were speaking at aconference on 'EnsuringEfficiency in ResolutionProcess' here.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyhas said the Government

does not need any extra fundsfrom the Reserve Bank or anyother institution to meet thefiscal deficit target.

However, he added thatextra funds, which may accruefrom the new capital frame-work of the Reserve Bank, canalways be used for povertyalleviation programmes overthe years by futureGovernments.

"We don't need any extrafunds from any other institu-tion to finance our fiscal deficit.Let's be very clear that's not theintention of the Government.And we are not saying that innext six months give me somemoney. I don't need it,” theminister said in an interview toTV channel Times Now.

India's fiscal deficit is slat-ed to come down to 3.3 percent of GDP at the end of thecurrent fiscal.

Responding to criticismthat the Government was eye-ing RBI's reserves, Jaitley saidglobally central banks have acapital framework which deter-mines the amount of funds thatought to be maintained asreserves.

"All we are saying is therehas to be some discussion andsome norms under whichReserve Bank will have a cap-ital framework," he said, addingthat surplus funds could beused for poverty alleviationprogrammes by futureGovernments over the nextseveral years.

The RBI board at its meet-ing earlier in the month decid-ed to set up a high-level com-mittee for examining theEconomic Capital Framework(ECF) to determine the appro-priate levels of reserve the cen-tral bank should hold.

The RBI is reported to beholding a massive �9.59 lakhcrore of reserves.

Answering questions with

regard to the autonomy of theReserve Bank, Jaitley said it hasto be exercised within theframework of law.

"The Government's view-point is that we respect and wewill always maintain the auton-omy within the framework ofthe laws which have been laiddown," he said.

The Government, Jaitleyadded, would continue to flagissues with the Reserve Bank inthe larger interest of the econ-omy, and there has to be coor-dination between the centralbank and the Government

"If there are sectors ofeconomy which are starved ofliquidity or credit, as a sover-eign Government... We cer-tainly will flag those issueswherever the RBI has theauthority to decide certainthings," the Minister said,adding there is no institution-al failure.

He further said that duringthe Congress-led UPA regime,fiscal deficit went as high as 6per cent of the GDP.

"We inherited a 4.6 per centfiscal deficit. This Governmentsince 1947 in five-year tenurehas the best record of fiscalprudence that any Governmenthas. From 4.6 per cent this yearwe are going to bring it downto 3.3 per cent," he added.

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Cash-starved private carrierJet Airways has temporari-

ly suspended its complimenta-ry lounge services to JetPrivilegeplatinum and gold memberstravelling in economy class, asit battles high operations costdue to increased jet fuel pricesand falling rupee.

The revised complimenta-ry lounge access policy, whichis not applicable for flightsoperated by its codeshare part-ner carrier, will come into effectfrom December 1, Jet Airwayssaid in a communication to cus-tomers on its website.

"Effective December 1, wehave revised our complimen-tary lounge access policy forguests travelling in economy.Complimentary lounge accessfor JetPrivilege platinum andgold members travelling ineconomy will be temporarilysuspended," it said.

Queries sent to Jet Airwaysspokesperson on this issueremained unanswered.

These services, however,will continue to be provided tocustomers travelling in the firstand business class across JetAirways domestic and interna-

tional network, the airline said.The move comes weeks

after Travel Food Services(TFS), the firm that operatesthe lounge at Mumbai airport,discontinued the facility for JetAirways passengers due tonon-payment of dues.

The Naresh Goyal-con-trolled full service carrier, par-tially owned by Etihad Airwaysof Abu Dhabi, has posted a netloss of �1,261 crore in theSeptember quarter, as the toughoperating environment for theaviation industry continues toimpact.

This was the third succes-sive quarterly loss for JetAirways, which is struggling toraise capital to keep itself afloat.

"In view of this extremelychallenging operating envi-

ronment, we at Jet Airwayshave had to take some unprece-dented steps," the airline said inthe communication.

One such step is suspen-sion of these services for plat-inum and gold members ofJetPrivilege travelling in econ-omy class, it added.

Last week, airline chief exec-utive officer Vinay Dube hadsaid it was in "active discussion"with various investors to securesustainable financing to navigatethrough current headwinds andcreate long-term growth.

The airline also said in thecommunication that Silver tiermembers starting their journeyor transiting through AbuDhabi will not be able to enjoycomplimentary lounge accessat Abu Dhabi airport.

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Microsoft has become themost valuable US compa-

ny with $753.3 billion in mar-ket capitalisation, riding pastApple for the first time since2010 when it came close to theCupertino-based tech giant.

Apple, which became thefirst $1-trillion US company inAugust, came down to $746.8billion on Friday, owing tolower-than-expected iPhonesales amid reports of its suppli-ers cutting cost and workforce.

Amazon with $736.6 bil-lion is currently at third andAlphabet (the parent companyof Google) with $725.5 billionis at the fourth spot.

"With Microsoft now over-shadowing all three, includingAlphabet Inc, the firm nowlooks to be the most valuabletech company of the SiliconValley giants," mspoweruser.comreported.

The investors are now bet-ting big on companies withrobust Cloud services and soft-ware services which are wit-nessing an increased demandfrom big and small enterpris-es the world over for their dig-ital journey, at a time whengiants like Facebook andGoogle face intense scrutiny forusers' data practices.

Riding on its growingAzure Cloud, gaming andSurface laptop portfolio,Microsoft posted a revenue of$29.1 billion and net income of$8.8 billion for the first quar-ter of its 2019 financial results.

Revenue was up 19 percent while net incomeincreased by 34 per cent.Operating income was $10 bil-lion and increased 29 per cent.

"We are off to a great startin fiscal 2019, a result of ourinnovation and the trust cus-

tomers are placing in us topower their digital transfor-mation," CEO Satya Nadellasaid in a statement.

Revenue in IntelligentCloud was $8.6 billion andincreased 24 per cent. Serverproducts and Cloud servicesrevenue increased 28 per centdriven by Azure revenuegrowth of 76 per cent,Microsoft informed.

Revenue in More PersonalComputing was $10.7 billionand increased 15 per cent.

"Windows commercialproducts and Cloud servicesrevenue increased 12 per cent,"said the company.

Microsoft's gaming rev-enue increased 44 per centwith Xbox software and ser-vices revenue growth of 36 percent while Surface revenueincreased 14 per cent.

On the other hand, slower-than-expected demand hasreportedly led Apple to directits top phone assemblers,Foxconn and Pegatron, to halta planned production boost foriPhone XR, a relatively cost-effective model that hit theshelves late last month.

Foxconn, a Taiwan-basedcompany, would produce around100,000 fewer units daily toreflect the new demand outlook,down 20-25 per cent from theoriginal optimistic outlook,Japanese financial paper Nikkeireported earlier this week.

The estimates of iPhoneXR have been cut by nearly 30million shipments, according toan Apple analyst.

Ming Chi-Kuo, an Appleanalyst working with TFInternational Securities, saidearlier this month that ship-ment forecast for the iPhoneXR has been cut from 100 mil-lion units to 70 million unitsduring the product lifecycle.

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US stocks closed lowerFriday, bumping the

benchmark S&P 500 indexinto a correction, or drop of 10per cent or more from itsrecent all-time high inSeptember.

Energy companies led themarket slide as the price of U.S.Crude oil tumbled to its low-est level in more than a year,reflecting worries amongtraders that a slowing globaleconomy could hurt demandfor oil.

"Oil is really falling sharply,continuing its downwarddescent, and that appears to begiving investors a lot of concernthat there's slowing globalgrowth," said Jeff Kravetz,regional investment director atU.S. Bank Private WealthManagement.

"You have that, and thenyou have the recent sell-off intech and in retail, and thenthrow on there trade tensionsand rising rates." Losses intechnology and internet com-panies and banks outweighedgains in health care and house-hold goods stocks. Several bigretailers declined as investorsmonitored Black Friday forsigns of a strong holiday shop-ping season.

Trading volume was lighterthan usual with the marketsopen for only a half day afterthe Thanksgiving holiday.The S&P 500 index fell 17.37points, or 0.7 per cent, to2,632.56. The index is nowdown 10.2 per cent from its lastall-time high set Sept 20. Thelast time the index entered acorrection was in February.

The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage lost 178.74 points, or0.7 per cent, to 24,285.95. TheNasdaq composite dropped33.27 points, or 0.5 per cent, to6,938.98. The Russell 2000index of smaller-company

stocks picked up 0.40points, or 0.03 percent, to1,488.68.

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The first three subway traincoaches produced by a

Chinese train manufacturerfor the Nagpur Metro havecome off the production line,according to the company.

CRRC Dalian, an affiliatedcompany under China's toptrain manufacturer CRRCCorporation, received a traincoach order from the NagpurMetro last year.

The company is scheduledto produce 69 coaches andprovide train maintenance ser-vices for 10 years for the city'smetro rail, state-run Xinhuanews agency reported onSaturday.

With a stainless-steelbody, the train coaches aredesigned to run at a maxi-mum speed of 80 kms perhour. The coaches will be

used on two urban railwaylines totalling 38 kms inlength in Nagpur.

CRRC Dalian develops,produces and exports diesellocomotives, e lectr ic locomotives and urban rail cars.

The company has export-ed its products to countriessuch as New Zealand,Malaysia and Nigeria

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Nissan chief Hiroto Saikawaspoke of his "resentment

and dismay" at revelations ofmisconduct by former compa-ny chief Carlos Ghosn in a letter to company employees.

Saikawa said he could notreveal all details of what hadhappened because the case wasstill under investigation.

But the company accusedGhosn of having under-reported compensationamounts, misrepresented thecompany's investments andused company assets for per-sonal use.

It also accused representa-tive director Greg Kelly of hav-ing masterminded the fraudwith Ghosn. The company dis-missed Ghosn and Kelly onThursday.

As someone who haddevoted himself to the Nissanrevival plan, "I am left withgreat resentment and dismaythat is difficult to articulate",

wrote Saikawa."I truly regret, and would

like to apologise for, us betray-ing and completely lettingdown our customers, businesspartners and other stakehold-ers who supported us afterour revival," he wrote.

The internal memo invitedall staff to a "town hall" meet-ing Monday with Saikawa todiscuss the future of the com-pany.

Nissan's former chairmanGhosn has since Monday

been held in custody in Japanaccused of having understat-ed his income by some fivebillion yen (USD 44 million)between June 2011 and June 2015.

Japanese prosecutors havealso accused Kelly of having arole in the offences.

Deputy chief prosecutorShin Kukimoto said theGhosn case was "one of themost serious types of crime"under Japan's FinancialInstruments Act, and thatGhosn could face up to 10years in jail.

Although the Nissan boardsacked Ghosn and Kelly, theyhave made it clear they want totheir alliance with Renault andMitsubishi survive.

The board of MitsubishiMotors was reportedly set tomeet on Monday to discussGhosn's future.

Renault's board has so farstood by Ghosn -- naming hisdeputy Thierry Bollore to han-dle day-to-day business.

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The European Unionremoved the last major

obstacle to sealing an agree-ment on Brexit after Spainsaid it had reached a deal onSaturday with Britain overGibraltar on the eve of an EUsummit. British Prime MinisterTheresa May will then have themomentous task to sell the dealto her recalcitrant Parliamentand a nation still fundamentallysplit whether the UK shouldleave the EU on March 29 andunder what conditions.

Spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez announcedSaturday that Madrid wouldsupport the Brexit divorce dealafter the UK and the EU agreedto give Spain a say in thefuture of the disputed Britishterritory of Gibraltar, which liesat the southern tip of theMediterranean nation.

“Europe and the UnitedKingdom have accepted theconditions imposed by Spain.Therefore, as a consequence ofthis, Spain will lift its veto andtomorrow will vote in favor ofBrexit,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez said that the dealis “is going to allow us to havedirect negotiations with theU.K. regarding Gibraltar.”

The move should allowEU leaders to sign off on theBrexit agreement betweenBritain and the EU at Sunday

morning’s summit.The tiny territory of

Gibraltar — ceded to Britain in1713 but still claimed by Spain— was the only dispute lefthanging before the summitand had turned into an obsti-nate stumbling block.

On Friday, Spain said itwouldn’t back the Brexit dealunless it gets a cast-iron guar-antee of its say over Gibraltar’sfuture. Sanchez said the agree-ment reached would give Spain“absolute guarantees to resolvethe conflict that has lasted formore than 300 years beforeSpain and the UK.”

May was on her way toBrussels when the deal camethrough and hopes to leave EUheadquarters on Sunday with afirm agreement.

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In our solar system family,Mars is Earth’s next-of-kin,

the next-door relative that hascaptivated humans for millen-nia. The attraction is sure togrow with Monday’s arrival ofa NASA lander named InSight.

InSight should provide ourbest look yet at Mars’ deep inte-rior, using a mechanical moleto tunnel 16 feet (5 meters)deep to measure internal heat,and a seismometer to registerquakes, meteorite strikes andanything else that might startthe red planet shaking.

Scientists consider Mars atantalizing time capsule. It isless geologically active than thetwice-as-big Earth and soretains much of its early histo-ry. By studying the preservedheart of Mars, InSight canteach us how our solar system’srocky planets formed 4 1/2 bil-

lion years ago and why theyturned out so different.

“Venus is hot enough tomelt lead. Mercury has a sun-baked surface. Mars is pretty

cold today. But Earth is a niceplace to take a vacation, so we’dreally like to know why oneplanet goes one way, anotherplanet goes another way,” said

InSight’s lead scientist BruceBanerdt of NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory inPasadena, California.

Today’s Earthlings arelured to Mars for a variety ofreasons.

Mars — “an incredible nat-ural laboratory” — is reason-ably easy to get to, and the U.S.,at least, has a proven trackrecord there, noted Lori Glaze,NASA’s acting director of plan-etary science.

The cherry on top is thatMars may have once been flushwith water and could haveharbored life.

“Trying to understand howlife is — or was — distributedacross our solar system is oneof the major questions that wehave,” Glaze said Wednesday ata news conference.

“Are we alone? Were wealone sometime in the past?”

In two years, NASA will

actually seek evidence ofancient microbial life on Mars— if, indeed, it’s there.

On Monday, the spaceagency announced JezeroCrater as the landing site for theMars 2020 rover, which willgather samples and stash themfor return to Earth in the early2030s. The crater’s ancient lakeand river system is brimmingwith diverse rocks, making it apotential hot spot for past life.

Repeat, past life. NOT pre-sent.

Michael Meyer, NASA’slead scientist for Mars explo-ration, said the Martian surfaceis too cold and dry, with toomuch radiation bombardment,for life to currently exist.

Recorded observations ofMars — about double the sizeof Earth’s moon — date back toancient Egypt. But it wasn’tuntil the 19th century thatMars mania truly set in.

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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as leader of

the ruling DemocraticProgressive Party (DPP) onSaturday after it suffered majordefeats in key mid-term polls,a significant blow to herprospects for re-election in2020.

The Beijing-friendly mainopposition Kuomintang(KMT) made gains in the faceof China’s increasing pressureon the island.

Taiwan is still awaiting theresult of a closely watched ref-erendum on gay marriage, withactivists fearing a win for con-servative “pro-family” cam-paigners would turn back theclock on the island’s reputationas a trailblazer for marriageequality.

Tsai and her DemocraticProgressive Party (DPP) havefaced a mounting backlashover domestic reforms includ-ing pension cuts, as well as con-cerns about deteriorating tieswith China, which still seesself-ruling Taiwan as part of itsterritory to be reunified.

Tsai told reporters that shewould take “complete respon-sibility” for the defeat as chairof the party.

“I resign as DPP chairper-son. Our efforts weren’t enoughand we let down all our sup-porters who fought with us. Iwant to express our most sin-cere apologies.” The KMT,which oversaw an unprece-dented thaw with Beijing beforeTsai took office in 2016,

declared victory in 15 of 22 cityand county seats, up from justsix going into the election.

The DPP, which went intothe election with 13 seats,declared victory in only six andlost its traditional stronghold inKaohsiung city for the first timein 20 years.

The Taipei mayoral seat isstill to be announced.

Beijing has intensified pres-sure on Taiwan under Tsai,upping military drills, poach-ing diplomatic allies and suc-cessfully convincing interna-tional businesses to list Taiwanas part of China on their web-sites. The DPP is traditionallypro-independence and Tsai hasrefused to acknowledgeBeijing’s stance that Taiwan ispart of “one China”, unlike herKMT predecessor Ma Ying-jeou. Ahead of the vote, Tsaiand DPP officials repeatedlysaid they believed China has

meddled in the lead-up to theelections through a “fake news”campaign, which Beijing hasdenied.

The KMT — which lost theleadership and its majority inparliament two years ago as thepublic feared it had moved tooclose to Beijing — framed theelection as a vote of no confi-dence in Tsai, with promises toboost the economy and pro-mote peaceful relations withChina.

Votes in 10 referendumswhich were also on the ballotpaper were still being countedlate Saturday and include pro-and anti-gay marriage propos-als.

A landmark court decisionlegalising gay marriage is stillto be implemented and LGBTgroups are concerned a refer-endum win for conservativecampaigners could limit theirnewly won rights.

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Iran’s President HassanRouhani on Saturday called

Israel a “cancerous tumour”established by Western coun-tries to advance their interestsin the Middle East.

Iran’s leaders frequentlycondemn Israel and predict itsdemise, but Rouhani, a relativemoderate, rarely employs suchrhetoric.

Addressing an annualIslamic Unity Conference onSaturday, Rouhani said “one ofthe ominous results of WorldWar II was the formation of acancerous tumor in the region.”

He went on to refer toIsrael as a “fake regime” set upby Western countries.

Iran supports militantgroups like Hezbollah andHamas that are pledged toIsrael’s destruction.

Iran has never threatenedto attack Israel, but has vowedto retaliate if it is attacked.

Israel views Iran as an exis-tential threat.

Rouhani said the UnitedStates cultivates close ties with“regional Muslim nations” toprotect Israel, an apparent ref-erence to Iran’s regional rivalSaudi Arabia and the kingdom’sSunni Arab allies.

He said bowing toAmerican pressure amountsto “treason.”

He added, however, thatIran was prepared to defendSaudi Arabia from “terrorismand superpowers.”

“We do consider you as abrother,” he said.

“We do consider the peo-ple of Mecca and Media ourbrothers,” he added.

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South Korea said on Saturdaythat the United Nations

Security Council granted anexemption to sanctions thatwill allow surveys on NorthKorean railroad sections theKoreas want to connect withthe South.

The surveys would requirethe South to bring to the Northfuel and a variety of goods,including possibly cars to teston northern tracks.

The Koreas plan to hold agroundbreaking ceremony bythe end of the year on anambitious project to connecttheir railways and roads asagreed by their leaders.

But beyond surveys andtape-cuttings, they cannotmove much further along with-out the lifting of US-led sanc-tions against North Korea,which isn’t likely beforePyongyang takes firmer stepstoward relinquishing its nuclearweapons and missiles.

The plan to moderniseNorth Korea’s outdated railwaysand roads and reconnect themwith the South was amongmany agreements reachedbetween North Korean leaderKim Jong Un and SouthKorean President Moon Jae-in,who met three times this yearamid a diplomatic push thateased tensions over the North’snuclear program.

Kim also met withPresident Donald Trump inSingapore in June, when theyissued a statement about a

nuclear-free Korean Peninsulawithout describing how orwhen it would occur.

North Korea insists thatsanctions should be removedfirst before any progress innuclear negotiations.

There’s also uneasebetween the United States andSouth Korea over the pace ofinter-Korean engagement,which Washington says shouldmove in tandem with US-ledefforts to denuclearise theNorth.

South Korea initially saidthat the joint surveys of NorthKorean railroads wouldn’t vio-late UN sanctions and hadhoped to start them in October.

Seoul later said thatWashington had different viewsand the two sides had discussedthe matter in a newly launchedworking group.

Even if the North takesconcrete steps toward denu-clearisation and gains sanctionsrelief, experts say updatingNorth Korean rail networksand trains, which creak slowlyalong the rails that were firstbuilt in the early 20th century,would require a massive effortthat could take decades andtens of billions of dollars.

Moon’s office released astatement saying it was mean-ingful that the plan to jointlyexamine North Korean rail-roads gained “recognition andsupport from the United Statesand international community”and that the project wouldallow inter-Korean cooperation“enter a new level.”

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Police fired tear gas andwater cannon on Saturday

in central Paris against “yellowvest” protesters demandingFrench President EmmanuelMacron roll back tax hikes onmotor fuel.

Some 3,000 police weredeployed in the capital asdemonstrators who haveblocked French roads over thepast week wearing their nowsignature high-visibility jacketswere set to cause another dayof disruption after calls tobring Paris to a standstill.

AFP reporters said severalthousand had gathered by earlySaturday on the famousChamps-Elysees where theyclashed with police trying toprevent them moving down tothe Place de la Concorde nearthe Louvre museum. Policesaid the protestors had tried tobreak through a cordon sever-al times but had been prevent-ed from doing so, with tear gasused more than once.

“We have just demonstrat-ed peacefully, and we wereteargassed,” said Christophe,49, who travelled from theIsere region in eastern Francewith his wife to protest in thecapital.

“We see how we are wel-comed in Paris.” Paris policeauthorities said Saturday’s inci-dents were linked to the “pres-ence of members of the far-right who harassed the securi-ty forces.”

The ‘yellow vest’ protesterswere seen ripping up pavingstones or starting to build bar-ricades. Nearly 3,00,000 peopleblocked motorways, round-

abouts, businesses, and fueldepots last Saturday and small-er protests have continued thisweek, with an estimated 5,000people wearing the fluores-cent yellow jackets taking parton Friday. The demonstrationswere sparked by an increase indiesel tax, justified as an anti-pollution levy by the govern-ment, but have since morphedinto a broad opposition front tocentrist Macron.

“I hope there will be a ver-itable yellow tide,” one of theleaders of the movement, right-wing political figure FrankBuhler, said this week as heurged supporters to descend onParis. But with some protestersbaulking at the cost of travel-ling to the capital, it wasunclear whether the organiserswould achieve their aim ofcausing gridlock in the City ofLight. Protesters had convergedearly Saturday on the Place del’Etoile at the top of theChamps-Elysee avenue, shout-ing “Macron resign”.

More than 35,000 people

had vowed on Facebook to rallyin the Place de la Concorde, agathering banned by authori-ties due to its proximity to thepresidential palace.

Police early Saturday hadcordoned off the zone thatincluded the Place de laConcorde, the NationalAssembly and a section of theChamps-Elysee.

“In this zone, no demon-stration, no gathering, nomarch linked to the ‘yellowvests’ can take place,” said Parispolice chief Michel Delpuech.

He said mobile police unitsbacked by helicopters wereready to intervene in case ofviolence or attempts to blockthe Paris ring road.

Paris authorities haveauthorised a demonstration ina park next to the Eiffel Tower.

“The government has doneeverything to demonise themovement that will take placein Paris,” said Clement Jonie ashe joined protesters gatheringin the west of Paris early onSaturday.

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Donald Trump has praisedthe work of his treasury

secretary after a report said thepresident was dissatisfied withhis pick and blames him for theappointment of a FederalReserve chairman who hasraised interest rates.

“I am extremely happy andproud of the job being done by@USTreasury Secretary”Steven Mnuchin, Trump saidon Twitter.

Citing Trump’s advisors,the Journal reported thatTrump has also voiced his dis-pleasure over Mnuchin’s skep-ticism toward punitive trade

actions against China, as wellas recent volatility of the stockmarket.

Quoting a person familiarwith the matter, the Journalreported that during a conver-sation with someone whopraised Mnuchin’s perfor-mance, Trump mentioned tur-bulence on the stock marketand asked: “If he’s so good, whyis this happening?”

The Trump White Househas been notorious for its highturnover, with heavyweightsincluding former secretary ofstate Rex Tillerson and attorneygeneral Jeff Sessions pushed outafter losing their boss’s confi-dence.

Trump said the reportabout Mnuchin was “fakenews,” a retort he also issued inlate 2017 over reports thatTillerson would leave theadministration. Working inMnuchin’s favour is his longhistory with Trump and repu-tation as an unswerving loyal-ist who does not allow dis-agreements to spill out into thepublic domain.

The main sticking point,however, is reportedly Trump’sannoyance with Jerome Powell,the chairman of the FederalReserve, whose ascendance hepins on Mnuchin — althoughTrump nominated Powell tothe post.

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Polls opened in Bahrain onSaturday to elect a new par-

liament, but absent from theballot is the country’s Shiite-dominated opposition, whosemost prominent figures areserving lengthy prison sen-tences. Up for grabs are 40seats in Bahrain’s lower houseof parliament and 30 munici-pal council seats. Runoffs willbe held next month.

It’s the second election inBahrain since mass protests ledby the country’s Shiite major-ity erupted in early 2011.

The government, whichis ruled by a Sunni monarchy,crushed the Arab Spring-

inspired protests with helpfrom Saudi and Emirati forces,but disenfranchised Shiiteyouth continue to hold scat-tered street protests in thetiny Persian Gulf nation.

Rights groups saySaturday’s vote is taking placein a repressive environmentthat is not conducive to freeelections.

Just before Bahrain held itslast parliamentary elections in2014, the country’s largestopposition bloc, Al-Wefaq,was suspended. Fourteen Shiitecandidates won seats in thoseelections, which were boy-cotted by much of the Shiite-dominated opposition.

Since then, Al-Wefaq has

been ordered dissolved and itsleader, Sheikh Ali Salman, hasbeen sentenced to life inprison.

Courts also dissolved thesecular Waad group and closedthe last independent newspa-per in the country, Al-Wasat.

Just this month, prosecu-tors detained and charged aformer lawmaker for express-ing his intention on Twitter toboycott the elections.

Prosecutors say the tweetssought to “hamper the demo-cratic process.”

More than 100 Bahrainishave been stripped of theirnationality in recent years,forced to take up residence inIraq and other countries.

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Unionist Party has used herkeynote speech at the annual conference to rejectthe British Government’splanned Brexit deal.

Arlene Foster said inBelfast on Saturday that thedeal agreed by Prime MinisterTheresa May is unacceptableand must be improved upon inthe weeks ahead.

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India's M C Mary Kom won a historic sixth Goldin the World Championships here Saturday, themother-of-three doing, without breaking a sweat,

what no other woman boxer has done or knownbefore.

Moments after Mary Kom became the most suc-cessful boxer in the history of women's world cham-pionships by beating Ukraine's Hanna Okhota in anunanimous 5-0 verdict in the 48kg category sum-mit bout, young Sonia Chahal settled for a Silvermedal after losing her final.

The Olympic Bronze medallist came into the all-important bout, optimistic of adding to her fiveworld championships titles, and, without an iota ofdoubt, she walked the talk against Okhota in frontof a packed K D Jhadav Stadium.

The feisty Manipuri now has an incredible sixGold and one Silver in the showpiece, the last yel-low metal coming in 2010 in Bridgetown.

India ended the championships with 1 Gold, 1Silver and 2 Bronze — from Lovlina Borgohain(69kg) and Simranjit Kaur (64kg).

India's best performance ever was the eightmedals, including four Gold, it won in 2006 in NewDelhi.

She thanked the coaches who taught herthroughout and the current Indian support staff.

"I dedicate this Gold to the nation and my coun-trymen."

A packed crowd waited for Mary Kom to comeout in the first final of the day. The Indian straight-away went into the ring and had her small prayerin the blue corner.

The other Indian finalist, 21-year-old Sonia lostto Wahner Ornella Gabriele of Germany in the 57kgfinal in a split 4-1 decision to settle for a Silver inher debut World Championships.

Sonia, a rookie boxer who began competing atthe senior level only since 2016, won the closely-con-tested first round but from there went downhill withher German opponent getting the upper hand to win29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28.

The German landed a lot of punches on Soniain the second and the Indian appeared to be tryingto just play out the bout.

"I did my best but it was not enough. My oppo-nent was better on the day. I am happy to have wona Silver in my first World Championships," she said.

"I will analyse my weaknesses and work hard forthe 2020 Olympics."

Hailing from Bhiwani district, Sonia began hercareer in 2011 when she was 14 and rose throughthe ranks by competing at the school and sub-juniorlevels. She first won a senior level medal in 2016.

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Former three-time winner Saina Nehwal andreigning champion Sameer Verma were a

step away from clinching the men's and women'ssingles titles respectively, reaching the finals ofthe Syed Modi International World Tour Super300 here on Saturday.

Commonwealth Games silver medallistsSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty andGold Coast Bronze medallists AshwiniPonnappa and N Sikki Reddy also progressedto the summit clash in men's doubles andwomen's doubles respectively.

Third seed Sameer, who won titles at Swissand Hyderabad this year, saw off Indonesia'sChico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-13, 17-21, 21-8 ina 57-minute men's singles semifi-nals.

The world number 16 Indian,who needs to win the title toqualify for the year-ending HSBCBWF World Tour Finals, will facesixth seeded Chinese Lu Guangzuin the summit clash. If he wins the title,Sameer will displace Japan's Kenta Nishimotoat No 8 in the Race to Guangzhou Rankings.

Saina, seeded second, also prevailed overanother Indonesian Ruselli Hartawan 12-21, 21-7, 21-6 to set up a meeting with China's HanYue, who defeated compatriot Li Xuerui 21-15,19-21, 21-9 in another semifinal.

Men's pair of Satwiksairaj and Chiragstunned London Olympics silver medallistsMathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark22-20, 25-23 to secure their maiden place in a

Super 300 final. It was their first win over thecelebrated Danish pair in five attempts.

The Indian duo, who had won a Super 100title at Hyderabad, will face second seededIndonesian combination of Fajar Alfian andMuhammad Rian Ardianto in the men's dou-

bles finals.Ashwini and Sikki also made it to their sec-

ond successive finals here with a 21-18, 21-16win over Russian combination of EkaterinaBolotova and Alina Davletova in women'sdoubles.

Ashwini, however, couldn't progress to thefinals of the mixed doubles event after she andher partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy went downnarrowly 12-21, 21-18, 19-21 to the Chinese pairof Ou Xuanyi and Feng Xueying in the semifi-nals early in the day.

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Santiago Solari proved theperfect caretaker but his

debut as permanent coach ofReal Madrid on Saturday endedin a disastrous 3-0 defeat atEibar.

Four wins while in tempo-rary charge earned Solari acontract until 2021 over theinternational break, only forReal to revert to the kind ofchaotic display that cost JulenLopetegui the sack.

This defeat also broughtinto focus the mindset ofMadrid's players, after theircaptain Sergio Ramos facedallegations of an anti-dopingviolation on Friday night fromGerman magazine Der Spiegel.The club denied any breach.

Eibar were stronger, moreaggressive and, worryingly forSolari, appeared clearer aboutthe plan they wanted to execute.Marc Cucurella, brilliant downthe left, was instrumental in allthree goals, scored by GonzaloEscalante, Sergi Enrich andKike Garcia.

Real's loss halts their revivalunder Solari and denies them agolden opportunity to make up

ground on Barcelona andAtletico Madrid, who face eachother at the WandaMetropolitano later onSaturday.

"It is not about findingpeople to blame," Solari saidafterwards. "Everything is fix-able. We had won four straightgames, done some things verywell, and we have to get back tothat."

Defender Raphael Varane

added: "We were not well-organised, we were not com-fortable and we did not find anyanswers."

Eibar, meanwhile, shoot upto seventh, a reward for theirfirst ever victory over RealMadrid at the 11th attempt,inside their tiny 7,083-capacityIpurua.

"We could even have scoredmore," said their coach Jose LuisMendilibar.

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Sorry if I sound dramatic,but love for comics is alittle like your faith inGod. Without belief whatis God but a rock or a

mythical person that you have neverseen? Without belief, a comic issome animated story made for kids.

And thus, for the believers — whofrequent the temple of belief when

they pick up the latest comic book —the passing away of Stanley MartinLieber, popularly known as Stan Lee,

is the loss of their high priest. Unlike mere mortals who leave

behind a grieving family and friendsalong with their worldly possessions, StanLee has left behind much more. He hasleft behind the multiverse he created, thesuperheroes who were born from his gift-ed mind, a legacy that will take a lot totop, shoes so big they may never get filledagain, and endless memories.

The zest for life and the energy hepossessed made one wonder if Stan hadsome of the superpowers the charactershe created had. In fact, over the years, asI gorged on everything that the MarvelCinematic Universe (MCU) dished out, Ihave begun to look forward to Stan Lee’sspecial appearances as much as I lookforward to the sneak peek into the futuretimeline. As a postman, as Hef, as LarryKing, as a neighbour, as a rejected wed-ding guest to a person just enjoying hisbook on the subway, it is quite interestingthat he chose to be a common man always.

It is difficult to choose his best specialappearance: His laugh-riot cameo when heappears in Fantastic Four? His first line inHulk? Or as the Army Man who remarksabout Captain America, “I thought he’d betaller,” he is amazing. But for me, the twothat will always stand out are the timewhen he gave Thor, the God of Thunder, ahaircut in Thor: Ragnarok, and when hedelivers a package for the Iron Man as apostman and asks if he indeed is Tony‘Stank’ in Captain America: Civil War.

His cameo in Avengers 4 is confirmedand MCU fans will have one chance tobid him goodbye in 2019. But in the heartof their hearts, everyone expected him tolive beyond 100 because he was a super-hero in his own right. Aware of his mor-tality, Stan Lee had said in a 2010 docu-mentary, “I want to do more movies, Iwant to do more television, more DVDs,more multi-sodes, I want to do more lec-turing, I want to do more of everythingI’m doing. The only problem is time. I justwish there was more time.”

But I think the one quote that willperhaps leave his fans most teary-eyed isthe one where he spoke about them — hisfans — and their significance in his life.In a recently made public video, he is

seen saying: “It’s an equal love-fest. Ilove my fans. I cannot tell you howmuch I love my fans. Sometimes, atnight, when I’m sitting here, and I’mthinking, ‘Oh, what’s it all about?’ andthen I get a letter from a fan, or I read

something, or I see something, or Iremember something, and I realise,

it’s so lucky to have fans... fans whoreally care about you. And that’sthe reason I care so much aboutthe fans, because they make me

feel so great, and there’s something, ifyou think about it, is just so wonder-ful about somebody caring about youas I care about them, whom you’venever met, who may live in anotherpart of the world. But they care, andyou have something in common, andoccasionally, you contact each other.This business of fans, I think is terrif-ic, and I love ‘em all.”

But beyond the many comic books,the breathtaking movies, the charactersthat you will never forget, Stan Lee wasan inspiration as just Stan Lee too. Hesaid, “It’s fun doing something thathasn’t been done before.” Stan was sogreat at what he did because he lovedwhat he did. He couldn’t wait tothink of a new idea. He couldn’tstop putting his thoughts on paper.By his own admission, hefinished most of his workin the first sitting. Whenasked about hanging uphis boots, he said: “Mostpeople say ‘I can’t waitto retire so I can playgolf or go yachting’ orwhatever they do. Well,if I was playing golf, Iwould want that to fin-ish so I could go anddream up a new TV show!”

In his own inimitableway, Stan Lee told us never togrow up. He saw the worldas a comic book witheveryone in it playing adifferent character. He,who described comicbooks as “fairytales forgrown-ups”, told usabout the importanceof never letting go ofthe fun in life. He said,“I used to be embar-rassed because I was just a comic bookwriter, while other people were build-ing bridges or going on to medicalcareers. And then I began to realise:Entertainment is one of the mostimportant things in people’s lives.Without it, they might go off the deepend. I feel that if you’re able to enter-tain people, you’re doing a good thing.”

I think my way of giving a tributeto the genius of Stan Lee would bethrough the work that he dedicated hislife to. Just imagine, if the superheroeshe created walked into his funeral topay respects to their creator, whatwould have they said?

Spider-Man: “He sure spun a webaround us all and the trappings of theMCU were too tempting to resist.”

Hulk: “He smashed the naysayerslike only he can and showed us howto live life.”

Iron Man: “I may be Iron Man,but he is the ‘Man’. If it wasn’t forhim, none of us would be here.”

Dr. Strange: “You know I coulduse the Time Stone to look intothe future. But with him gone, Isee no future.”

Groot: “I am Groot.”Thor: “It is strange. I

am Odinson. But in a way, all of us, each one of us, is LeeSon.”

Black Panther: “He has left a hugehole in our lives. Before Wakanda Forever,it will always be Stan Lee Forever.”

If you’re one of those who is won-dering what the fuss is all about,have been ignorant enough to not

have heard of Stan Lee or unfortunateenough to ignore all superhero moviesas “not your thing”, if the only thingyou remember about comics is a child-hood memory where your schoolscreened Batman for you or when youflipped through your desi ChachaChaudhary or Nagraj, there is nomoment better than now to jump onthe bandwagon. Take a day off or

invest a weekend, invite yourfriends, get some popcorn in themicrowave, and set the tone for amovie marathon.

Here are six MCU super-hero movies that you may havemissed but shouldn’t have:

�#��$���=%''�?Now one of the most famousutterances from the MarvelCinematic Universe, IronMan describes himself as a“genius, billionaire, play-boy, philanthropist”. As

one of the most succinct butaccurate descriptions, TonyStark is the son of legendaryinventor and weapons contrac-tor, Howard Stark. When TonyStark is assigned to give a

weapons presentation to an Iraqiunit led by Lt Col James Rhodes,he’s given a ride on enemy lines.That ride ends badly when

Stark’s Humvee is attacked byenemy combatants. Hesurvives — barely — witha chest full of shrapnel and

a car battery attached to his heart. Inorder to survive, he comes up with away to miniaturise the battery and fig-ures out that the battery can powersomething else. Thus is born the IronMan. He uses the quite primitive buteffective engineering marvel to escapefrom the cave in Iraq. Once backhome, he begins work on perfectingthe Iron Man suit. But the man whowas put in charge of Stark Industrieshas plans of his own to take overTony’s technology for other things.

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the run from the mili-tary, Banner comesclose to a cure. But

all is lost when a newcreature emerges: TheAbomination. Hemust now choosebetween saving theworld and becomingnormal again.

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War II, when you meet the sickly butdetermined Steve Rogers who is dis-appointed at being rejected yet againfor the Army. However, his fatechanges when Dr Erskine recruits himfor the secret Project Rebirth. Makinguse of his big heart, quick thinkingand clear conscience, Rogers under-goes the experiment and his weakbody is suddenly transformed into themaximum human potential. When DrErskine is exterminated by an agent ofNazi Germany’s secret HYDRAresearch department (headed by theRed Skull), Rogers must bring to forehis abilities as the super soldier andsave his comrades who need him. Hegoes on a successful adventure thattruly makes him Captain America,

and his war against Schmidt begins.

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to protect the MCU.

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the whole world, not justIndia. Albert Einstein, thecelebrated German-borntheoretical physicist, once

said about Gandhi, “Generations to comewill scarce believe that such a one as thisever in flesh and blood walked upon thisearth.” Last month, people across the worldcelebrated the 150th birth anniversary ofMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, betterknown as Bapu or Father of the IndianNation. His journey was as incredible asit was inspiring.

It was in the year 1915 that Gandhi hadreturned from Africa to India. Campaignsof Champaran and Kheda had acquaint-ed him with the conditions of India’s peas-antry. And by the middle of 1920s, Gandhiwas pre-occupied with the ConstructiveProgram. It entailed “doing what one canto imaginatively and positively create jus-tice within one’s own community”.

In 1927, he wrote in Young India “Inspite of my being a staunch Hindu, I findroom in my faith for Christian andIslamic, and Zoroastrian teachings…many Buddhists in Ceylon, as if byinstinct, claimed me as their own.Undoubtedly, if the Buddhists of Ceylon,and Burma, China and Japan, claimed meas their own, I should appreciate that hon-our readily because I know Buddhism isto Hinduism what Protestantism is toRoman Catholicism, only in a muchstronger light, much greater degree”

Gandhi’s efforts towards abolishinguntouchability made for another gloriouschapter in history. A Tamil Dalit oncewrote to Mahatma Gandhi about the sadsituation that faced the Indian society:“Even today a pariah dare not walk intoa street inhibited by Brahmins nor will heeven draw his drinking water from a wellused by the Brahmins”. Gandhi wasinterested in showing people how religionand society should essentially be allembracing and non violent. He had oncearranged for the stay of a Dalit family atSevagram. Ramchandra Guha, a notedhistorian, has talked about how Gandhiwas opposed to child marriage and con-demned the prohibition of widow re-mar-riage. Gandhi’s Ram was in his heart. Hedid not need a big temple. He neverentered a temple except once when theMadurai Meenakshi Temple was openedto Dalits. In regard to his concept of com-munal unity, he appreciated ProphetMuhammad’s idea of austere living.

In 1930, he launched a new phase ofthe Non-violent Resistance Movementwith the Salt Satyagraha. Gandhi madehis way to London for the Round TableConference to negotiate the terms ofIndia’s future. He put forward threeconditions:� I will not speak� I will not take anything� I will come clad in dhoti (loin cloth)

In British society, showing up in frontof the emperor with uncovered knees wasconsidered to be disrespectful. But Gandhihad his own principles and got the infor-mal title of the naked fakir.

In mid-1930, Gandhi started living inSevagram Ashram in Central India. Here,the visitors found him spinning thecharkha or the hand-cranked wheel. In1942, Bapu launched the final phase of thefreedom struggle with the call for theBritish to ‘Quit India’. Netaji SubhashChandra Bose, the rebel President ofCongress, did not believe in non-violence.It’s believed that he escaped from Indiaduring World War II, formed the INA(Indian National Army) and fought for theemancipation of India. In his Radiobroadcast from far East, he lamented“Bapuji, had I known that you would oneday give a call of “Quit India”, then whywould have I left India?”

I recall a sunny day in December, 1944.The writer, then a spirited boy in his teens,opted to follow a dusty track on a bicycle,It was from Wardha to Sevagram andhelped one avoid a ride in a bullock cart,the only public transport available then.

I moved in hurry to be back in time

to catch the night train. I was filled withrare enthusiasm to see the revolutionarysaint who occupied the centre stage inIndia’s struggle for Independence. Hisheartbeat epitomised the rise and fall ofnation’s pulse.

Indeed, it was Mahatma’s magic spellthat Abdul Ghaffar Khan (FrontierGandhi) became a follower of non-vio-lence. Also, amazingly under the Pathanleadership, the fierce tribals, whose credowas ‘Blood for Blood’, abjured violence andred shirts. Gandhi was a tower of strengthfor the unarmed teeming millions of hiscountry . He stood against the barbarismlet loose in Jallianwala Bagh.

With all these thoughts in my my head,at midday I reached Sevagram. Crossinga series of huts, I reached a mud-coveredplatform with two raised walls. Here,Pyarelalji with his team of assistant secre-taries were at work. My request for an audi-ence was regretfully turned down by himbecause Mahatma Gandhi was observing‘maun vrat’ on that day. Soon, an under-standing Mr Sinha, who was the AssistantPrivate Secretary, made me sit beside himon the mat at the mud platform and whis-pered in my ear “Approach Rajaji (CRajagopalachari)”. Rajaji emerged fromMahatma Gandhi’s hut. As I advancedtowards him, I found he had alreadystretched out his hand. The moment ourhands met, he asked, “Who are you?”Apologising for my lapse, I introducedmyself, “Sir, I am a student touring theprincely states. I have just come back fromHyderabad. Quickly, I prayed for MahatmaGandhi’s darshan. Rajaji consented. Myrequest having been accepted, I said, “I

want to tell him…” But Rajaji promptlysaid, “No telling please”. My encounter withthe forceful personality of Rajaji left me abit shook up. Hardly did I then realise thatI was face to face with the would-be firstGovernor General of Free India.

Granting my first request, he said, “Go through the side door leading to an enclosed open space. On your left, therewill be another open door and you will find Mahatma Gandhi sitting there. Have his darshan and come back throughthe same side door”.

A fleeting moment gave me glimpseof Gandhi, sitting on the floor mat in a hutwith mud walls barely two feet high anda hay roof top. His face was resplendentas a radiant sun. I stood respectfully withfolded hands. He responded with foldedhands and a smile on his gracious face. Notcontent, I moved ahead a few paces, andsoon retraced my steps and offered arespectful namaskar for the second time.Likewise, he responded the second time.The kind gesture of the noble man gave meimmense joy. My mission was achieved.

On my way back, I was thinking ofBapu’s favourite song:

Vaishnava Jana To, Tene Kahiye Je,Peed Paraayi Jaane Re

(A good soul is one that feels thepain of others)

This vibrated in many countries.Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore despitedifferences had great regard for each other.He called Gandhi Mahatma and Gandhiregarded him Gurudev. In a letter toRabindranath Tagore, Gandhi, a greatmusic lover, suggested to give bothHindustani as well as Western music and

Bengali music due place in Shantiniketan.Both Mahatma Gandhi and GurudevRabindranath Tagore were greatly influ-enced by Leo Tolstoy, a celebrated Russianwriter whose novel War and Peace is stillwidely read. To earn a meal, Tolstoyworked in his farm for eight hours every-day. Likewise, Mahatma Gandhi engagedin physical activity and did his ownchores. Once, a representative of TheWashington Post came to interview him.Gandhi made him wait as his goat wasthirsty and that was “more important”Self-help was to be practised by allinmates of the Ashram. One has to man-age one’s own waste, big or small.

Gandhi was against the Partition.“Pakistan would be raised only on mygraveyard,” he had once said. But he hadto give in due to bloodshed of his coun-trymen. Mahatma Gandhi had travelledthrough ravaged Hindu and Muslim set-tlements in Bihar and Bengal withManu and Abha who were called hiswalking sticks. Gandhi was of the viewthat India does not belong to Hindusalone nor does Pakistan belong toMuslims alone. India is the home ofMuslims no less than Hindus. He notonly helped in establishment of JamiaMillia Islamia, but also sent one of hissons to study there.

On one of these eventful days,demonstrators who championed thecause of refugees from Pakistan, reachedBirla House, Delhi where Pt JawaharlalNehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel andMaulana Azad were present.Demonstrators said “Let Gandhi die”.Nehru came out and shouted, “How dare

you say that? Come and kill me first!” Atthis, the demonstrators dispersed. As dan-ger stared him in the face, it was incum-bent that due care was taken to protecthim. Even though Gandhi was opposedto any such protection for himself. It maybe pertinent to point out that once KhanAbdul Ghaffar Khan invited Gandhi to hishouse near Mardan (NWFP). He wasextra vigilant to ensure Gandhi’s safetyand to foil any plot or any possible attempton his life. So, he made arrangements onthe rooftop of his room and kept PathanGunmen ready with loaded guns behindhay stacks to guard Gandhi withouteven a whiff of it to his guest. Later on,at the time of departure when it wasrevealed to Gandhi, he was annoyed as itwas against his creed of non-violence’.

Gandhi was also upset with theGovernment decision to withhold fromPakistan the share of sterling balanceowned by British. It was because ofPakistan’s invasion of Kashmir that theIndian Government had delayed payment.But in Gandhi’s view of the world, finan-cial debts to another person or entitywhether friend or enemy had to be takencare of immediately.

To kill a saint who was not even a partof the Government was rather tragic. It isindeed worse that the man who preachednon–violence met a violent end. ButGandhi could still live through his coun-trymen if they only truly follow him. SahirLudhianvi once burst out:

Ham Tere Hi Qatil hainTere Hi Pujjari Hain(Ironically, we his killers arehis worshippers.)

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Since ancient times, whatone eats and how hasdefined one’s place insociety. In South Asia,food cultures have been

as dynamically diverse as themany levels and layers of the soci-ety. Surveyed from above, theyreflect in their vividness the plu-rality of histories and practiceswhich have heterogeneously con-stituted the contours of belongingand identity in the subcontinent.

At a time when Indianness isbeing homogeneously distilled asa series of singular dispensations,this is an important lesson toremember. Even thoughIndianness as we commonlyunderstand it today may well bethe uneasy child of modernity andnationalism, the texture, touch,and taste of what it means to callone’s home India is a legacy mari-nated richly with symbiotic inno-vation. For potently evoking thisshared gastro-cultural heritage,Nandita Haksar’s The Flavours ofNationalism: Recipes for Love,Hate, and Friendship is a memoirwhich deserves to be read.

Presented through five the-matic chapters titled topically as“Meat-Eating Brahmins fromKashmir”, “Growing up Indian”,“Feminist Furies”, “Flavours ofClass, Caste, Religion andEthnicity”, and “Globalisation inGoa,” the book strongly urges forthe personal to be seen as indeli-bly public and political. Haksar’scommunal heritage of centuries ofparticipation in the compositeculture of the Hindustani heart-land and her personal life journeyas a human rights lawyer and afeminist are consistently fore-grounded as the bases of herstaunch commitment toIndianness. This quality of what itmeans to be Indian is an intro-spective acceptance of difference,a readiness to respect and to par-take of foodstuffs and food habitsdivergent from one’s own.

In “Growing up Indian,” forinstance, Haksar recalls the easewith which her parents made

friends within and outside newlyindependent India by experi-menting with different kinds offoods and food traditions. In thecautiously optimistic post-Warenvironment of decolonisation,food diplomacy as Haksar calls itallowed her father — freedomfighter and diplomat — to projectyoung India as an accepting, all-encompassing nation built onmutual and reciprocal apprecia-tion of different cultures andcuisines. While these and other

anecdotes may well seem rarefiedto most readers given the manyprivileges Haksar grew with, theyserve as a representative reminderof the attitudes to nation-buildingand nationalism which the pio-neering generation of India’s rul-ing elites espoused.

By contrast, then, the gradualnarrowing of the ambit of theacceptable in terms of dietaryhabits and preferences appears asa corollary of the corrosion of thisfoundational ideal of Indian

nationalism. Haksar identifiesvarious identitarian movementsas instrumental in the essentiali-sation of communal and regionalidentities and, consequently, offood cultures in contemporaryIndia. As much through riots andbans as through majoritarianindifference to regional cuisinesand customs, the big things aswell as the small, the mutual tol-erance which held Indian societytogether and constituted one ofthe pillars of Indian nationalism

has been in steady abeyance overthe past few decades. One of themany pertinent examples of thisgiven by Haksar is the ongoingtrial of a migrant Naga labourerjailed for killing and attemptingto eat peacocks, a practice com-mon in Nagaland but abhorrentlycriminal in the eyes of the policeand judiciary in Gurugram.

However, what we eat andhow has not just been a victimof internal politics in Haksar’sassessment. The steady liberali-

sation of the Indian economysince the early 1990s, the emer-gent commercialisation of foodproduction and distribution,and the so-called globalisationof dietary aspirations and choic-es have struck a resoundingblow to long-standing indige-nous techniques, traditions, andflavours. For example, frogs’legs, a much-loved Goan delica-cy, has been criminalised andbanned given the sudden deple-tion in frog population in the

State. While local catchers andfarmers have been blamed forexcessive consumption, Haksarargues that the larger share ofblame lies with promotion ofpesticides by the State for agri-culture and in the suddenexport value of this local com-modity discovered by multina-tional corporations.

To Haksar’s credit, her argu-ments in The Flavours ofNationalism appear cogent andconvincing because she makes hercase not simply on the basis offamilial and personal lived experi-ences but also on historical andlegal scholarship on South Asianfood cultures.

The text is also enriched bythe reproduction of choice recipesthrough the text, reflectingHaksar’s syncretic sense and expe-rience of Indianness. True, thenarrative itself appears disjointedand a little too episodic, a seriesof reminisces and not a labouredbildungsroman, but charitablereaders may well find in this deep,gastric and cultural metaphors ofIndianness as a whole.

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While writing fiction,especially novels mayhave become fashion-

able in these times, short storiescan be prove incredibly tricky towrite, to master and to be effec-tive. Although the expanse of ashort story in terms of structureis limited and the focus needs tobe razor sharp, at the same time,a successful writer works towardsbuilding a relatable universe ofcharacters and events whichwould appeal best to his readersat present and in the times tocome. In his second collection ofshort stories titled Beyond theCanopy of Icicles, writer and acad-emic Subhash Chandra strives toexplore unfamiliar territories: Ofmodern day nuclear families,complicated love-relationships,the supernatural, devious as wellas callous offsprings, the prompt-ings of a would-be killer, thedilemmas of a compulsive writerto name a few. His maiden, high-ly entertaining collection titledNot Just Another Story (LiFi,2017) contained seventeen shorttales marked by ample wit andhumour, a few shades of grey andthe tragic, and a nuanced explo-ration of several unusual themesincluding queer identity, trans-genders, female foeticide, parent-child relationship among others.The second collection thereforenaturally gets laden with the bur-

den of raising the bar. The thirteen stories of

Beyond the Canopy of Icicles how-ever manifest a darker world, andreveal a deliberate effort on thepart of the writer to dazzle thereader by unveiling the unusualas it were. Sumanyu Satpathy’sglowing foreword to this collec-tion highlights several usefulpointers vis-à-vis the genre ofshort story. By invoking the mas-ter craftsman Edgar Allen Poewho envisaged the depiction of asingle mood in a short story andevery sentence thereof buildingtowards it in some way, Satpathyidentifies a similar training visiblein Chandra’s stories. Satpathynotes how Chandra’s stories beginwith a certain abruptness whichimmediately arrests a reader’sattention who thereafter getsinvariably drawn into the rivetingworld of the story. Chandra’sdetailed and effusive acknowl-edgements provide a nice back-ground to his beginnings as ashort story writer, a brief historyof his previous publications andhis long list of gratitude towardshis several well-wishers. WhileChandra’s pen flows effortlesslyonce into the core of his story-universe, the second collectiontrudges on a tad drearily at times,as though making its way withgreat effort. The themes tackledhere are indeed complex as well

as sombre, and humour is onlyallowed entry through the harsh-er mode of the tragi-comic. Thebreaks within the stories may attimes seem hurried, half-workedout, and some associations mayfeel contrived, but the tour deforce of each story is unmistak-ably laid out with great expertiseand the story-universe craftedwith careful attention.

The first story of the collec-tion, “Atheist”, begins with a quo-tation linking one’s past life tothe happenings of the present lifeimmediately preceding a disarm-ing statement of the protagonist,“I am a rationalist and an atheist.I don’t have the crutch calledGod.” The story deals with sever-al knotty issues: The disjunctionsof an arranged marriage, the tus-sle between ardent religious faithand an equally religious free will,and the travails of a curiouslynamed, constantly bullied childwho ultimately ends it all by suc-cumbing to peer pressure. Theissues demand gentler handling,but the story takes all of them on

in a whirlwind, and the reader isleft numb with an acute sense ofloss at the end, questioning his/her own faith. The second, short-er story titled “Monster” dealswith the ill effects of unsuper-vised, spurious drugs taken by awoman to abort the child of herunfaithful lover who finallymarries someone else out ofpurely material considerations,and the friend who abets findshimself paralysed into inactiondespite the aggrieved woman’simpassioned pleas. “Man/Superman” is a curious story: Apusillanimous father chidedconstantly by his wife anddaughter suddenly assumesauthority, fighting off not onlythe roadside ruffians, but alsodealing with the two womenwith an iron hand, all thisapparently after watching a filmabout an ageing patriarch.Initially the change is welcomedby the women but they begin toresent the increasingly conserva-

tive atmosphere of the housewhich begins to resemble the

workings of the late grandfather.Then one day, as suddenly andinexplicably, the coward returns,plunging the women into throesof joy, “I’m soooo glad,” says thedaughter, “We must celebrate,”chimes in the mother.

Both “A Caring Son” and“Get the Bill” are brutally real andunblinkered takes on the devi-ousness of contemporary off-springs who are so steeped intothe material world of money,fame and success, that they defyall bonds of filial duty to dupe thefather of his hard earned moneyin the former, and, junk all possi-bilities of an investigation into thehorrific murder of their motherin the latter. Both stories standapart as vivid portrayals of hap-penings one usually comes acrossevery day on the front pages of anewspaper. Chandra must becommended on the choice oftitles of his stories, which aptlycapture either satirically or direct-ly, the focal point so to say, ofeach little universe depicted ineach one of them.

Similarly, “Mother andDaughter” and “A Pinch of Love”are stories with unusual centralcharacters, a dwarf who plays theclown in a circus, and, an autisticchild respectively. Both storiescarry tragic overtones, the lattermore expressly so, and bothreveal different facets of parent-hood. “Dual Curse” and “TheWrit of Destiny” take on mattersof love and issues within a mar-riage. “Prickly Rose” finds a liber-al, educated man locked up forhis supposed connection withMaoists, while “My Sister, Aaliya”has a gentle-minded horse as itsprotagonist who kills his masterto avenge the murder of his kind-hearted mistress. The mostpoignant story of the volumeremains “Romance in Hospital”where a nurse loses her lover-benefactor to a sudden cardiacarrest soon after a night of pas-sion and mutual avowals of love.

Chandra writes with a pas-sion and a sense of keen obser-vation. Beyond the Canopy ofIcicles is a thought-provokingcollection of stories, definitelyun-put-down-able, anddeserves to be read for its sheervariety and sincerity.

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ratists has brought to the global limelightthe Baloch movement against the perse-cution by federal Pakistani authorities whohave been depriving the region of its shareof the province’s wealth and naturalresources. Taking responsibility for theassault, the Balochistan Liberation Armyhas claimed it will continue fightingagainst the “Chinese occupation” spreadthrough the China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC). The group had, onAugust 15, warned Chinese authoritiesagainst “exploitation of Balochistan’s min-eral wealth and occupation of Baloch ter-ritory.” However, what surprises the glob-al media is the intensity of the attack.Before this, Baloch separatists have beenfighting a low-level insurgency in Pakistanfor years.

The Baloch movement has a long his-tory. After the Zia-ul-Haq regime whenPakistan moved to the democratic process,Baloch political dissidents tried to swimalong the national political stream foralmost fifteen years, albeit abortively.Now the Baloch people, particularly thenew generation, are disenchanted with thefalse promise and betrayal by the federalauthorities. As a result of increasing dis-content, the idea of a free Balochistan hascome out from its hibernation. This time, the demand for the Baloch nation has intensified.

On their part, the Pakistan Army andits intelligence agencies have strengthenedits crackdown on Baloch separatists. Seenin this perspective is the claim of thePakistani authorities that the disappearedBaloch are responsible for the attack on theChinese Consulate. The counter-attack istwo-pronged: The involuntarily disap-peared Baloch who are either not found ortheir tortured bodies recovered fromuntrodden path have been declared convicts,and second, the accusation has shown theworld the terror face of the separatists.

Since the start of the Baloch move-ment, the Pakistan authorities tried to nipthe problem in the bud by kidnapping andkilling Baloch separatists, who weredeclared missing of their own volition. Thefact is that most of the missing persons arefound dead and their mutilated bodieswere recovered from across the region.Since 2006, the Pakistan Army and otherlaw enforcement agencies in nexus withIslamic religious terrorist groups haveensured disappearance of thousands ofBaloch political activists, social activists,students, journalists, lawyers, engineers,doctor and teachers. Mama QadeerBaloch, the vice-president of The Voice forBaloch Missing Persons (VBMP), aBalochistan-based human rights organi-

sation which has been pursuing the caseof the missing Baloch since 2009, claimsthat more than 40,000 Balochs have gonemissing, thanks to Pakistani law enforce-ment agencies. Over 10,000 have been“killed” and their bullet-ridden mutilatedbodies dumped in disserted areas.

Mama Qadeer led a 3,000-km longhistorical march from Quetta to Islamabadvia Karachi in the memory of the disap-peared Baloch in 2013. However, thePakistan Government remained noncha-lant. Recently Akhter Mengal, the presi-

dent of Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal), claimed that from July 25 toOctober 30 this year, 235 Baloch peoplewent missing, and mutilated bodies of 45people were recovered. This has happenedafter the Imran Khan-led PTI came topower at the Centre.

Accordingly the Bi-annual report2018: The state of Balochistan’s HumanRights by Baloch Human RightsOrganisation, 485 cases of enforced dis-appearances and 144 cases of extra-judi-cial killings were reported between January

2018 and June 2018. Similarly HumanRights Commission of Pakistan’s “THEBALOCH WHO IS NOT MISSING &OTHERS WHO ARE” report, publishedin 2013, came with a similar story: “Theexact number of the involuntary disap-pearance of people is difficult to ascertainas many such cases are not reported to anyGovernment and non-Government organ-isations. Some of the victim families do nothave access to channel their protests, whileothers keep quiet out of the fear that pub-lically airing their grievances could make

the return of the missing persons difficultor impossible.”

In this regard Tullios Scovazzi andGabriel Citroni remark that enforced dis-appearance is one of the most serioushuman rights violations. The right to safe-ty, the right to protection under the law,the right not to be arbitrarily deprived ofone’s liberty, and the right to be subject-ed to torture and to other cruel inhumandegrading treatments have taken a hit.

Further, Articles 1, 2 of the UNInternational Convention for The

Protection of the All Persons from EnforcedDisappearance respectively state, “No oneshall be subjected to enforced disappearanceand no exceptional circumstances what-soever, whether a state of war or a threatof war, internal political instability or anyother public emergency, may be invoked asa justification for enforced disappearance;and enforced disappearance is consideredto be arrest, detention, abduction or anyother form of deprivation of liberty byagents of the state or by persons and groupsof persons acting with the authorisation,support and acquiescence of the state.”

Article 4 says, “Each state shall takenecessary measures to ensure that enforceddisappearance constitutes an offence underits criminal law.” Similarly Pakistan’sConstitution of 1973 Article 10(2) states,“Every person who is arrested anddetained in the custody shall be producedbefore a magistrate within twenty-fourhours, and shall not be denied the right toconsult or be defended by a legal practi-tioner of his choice.”

However, the Pakistan military hasbeen carrying out operations acrossBalochistan in order to crush the separatistorganisations. Baloch political parties,Baloch National Movement (BNM) andBaloch Republican Party, have continu-ously blamed Pakistan forces for theirinvolvement in human rights violations,such as enforced disappearances, burningof Baloch houses, looting livestock, andforcing them to flee their homes and liveas internally displaced persons in Sindhand other parts of Balochistan. These polit-ical parties accuse the Pakistan Army ofevicting hundreds from their houses inBaloch villages in order to bring its“exploitive” $62 billion China-PakistanEconomic Corridor in the area.

Mohammad Hanif, renowned jour-nalist of BBC Service and author of “RedBird”, says it is painful that even journal-ists are grilled when they enter the terri-tory of Balochistan; they are treated asaliens in their own country.

As growing fiscal crisis has put Pakistanin a fix on how it will repay Chinese loansgranted as part of Beijing’s “Belt andRoad” infrastructure initiative, Beijing isfeeling emboldened to exert more pressureon Pakistan to pave path for its partner toexploit natural resources in Balochistan.

Soon after the attack on the ChineseConsulate, its Foreign Ministry spokesmanGeng Shuang claimed that Beijing wouldnot hesitate in pursuing CPEC project and“Pakistan will ensure safety”. The hint isclear: Pakistan must ensure the Bloch peo-ple keep on disappearing.

(The writer is a Baloch national move-ment activist)

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As a doctor and a publichealth specialist, I am often

asked, “What is the best way toprotect the health of our chil-dren?” My answer as usual is:Ensuring safe water and sani-tation, a nutritious diet, andimmunisation against vaccine-preventable diseases.”Immunisation, in particular, isa very powerful tool when itcomes to reducing childhooddeaths and illnesses. With justa few shots, a child can be pro-tected against a disease foryears, even the rest of their life.What can be more miraculous?

Immunisation becomesespecially important in a devel-oping economy like ours. Inany given year, nearly a millionIndian children under the ageof five lose their lives — manydue to diseases that could havebeen prevented, such as pneu-monia and diarrhoea.Pneumonia continues to killover 1.5 lakh children everyyear in India, and is especiallysevere among communitiesfacing socio-economic inequal-ities, with limited access to

health services. Fatalities arealso higher among the poorest and most disadvan-taged children.

Another danger thatimmunisation can protectagainst is anti-microbial resis-tance, which renders certainantibiotics ineffective, makingtreating children suffering frompneumonia more challenging.Hence, in such situations vac-cinating children against com-mon pneumonia-causingorganisms becomes all themore pertinent.

Besides the physical suf-fering and fatalities that pneu-monia causes, the disease alsohas other terrible consequencesfor children who get sick, andfor their families. Childrenwho have had pneumonia inthe past are more susceptible tofuture diseases because theirimmune systems have beenweakened. Additionally, lower-income families are oftenpushed further into povertybecause of the high costs oftreating this disease.

Fortunately, we have the

tools to prevent some of theleading causes of pneumoniadeaths. Along with breastfeed-ing and adequate nutrition,

immunisation plays a key rolein protecting children frompneumonia. Vaccines againstpertussis, measles,

Haemophilus influenzae type B(Hib), and pneumococcus canall help prevent pneumoniaamong our children. In fact, a

recent study concluded that thepneumococcal conjugate vac-cine (PCV), which protectsagainst one of the most com-

mon causes of pneumoniadeaths, could prevent tens ofthousands of under-five deathsand save families tens of mil-lions of rupees in treatmentcosts each year.

Noting the overwhelmingbenefits of immunisation, theModi Government in 2017,introduced PCV as a part of theUniversal ImmunisationProgramme (UIP). It is cur-rently available to children freeof cost in Bihar, HimachalPradesh, Madhya Pradesh,Haryana, parts of Rajasthanand Uttar Pradesh. However,despite this tremendous step,challenges remain. PCV isexpensive in the private mar-ket, and until it is scaled upnationally through the UIP, itremains out of reach for mostfamilies in India.

The Indian Governmenthas made impressive strides in strengthening immu-nisation through MissionIndradhanush. What we nowneed is a focus on strengthen-ing immunisation infrastruc-ture and equitable delivery in

all regions of the country. Wealso need to increase awarenessabout how to protect against,prevent, and treat pneumoniaby providing compelling, accu-rate information and leverag-ing support from grassrootsinstitutions, such as gram sab-has and panchayats.

It is difficult to imagine amore pressing challenge thanpreventing thousands of childdeaths each year. TheGovernment has taken the firststep. There is now an over-whelming case for paediatri-cians, public health experts,political leaders and civil soci-ety to come together and forgea plan of action to save lives.Our vision for AyushmanBharat starts with healthy chil-dren. The time for action isnow - this is what our childrentruly deserve.

(The writer is a medicalprofessional and Professor atCommunity Medicine Schoolof Public Health, PostgraduateInstitute of Medical Educationand Research, Chandigarh)

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The US political landscapewas transformed in therecent midterm elections,

not only by Democrats seizingthe House but the crucial rolethat women played in that victo-ry. As the final results were tal-lied, the power of #MeToocouldn’t be clearer.

At least 100 female candi-dates won seats in the House ofRepresentatives, many of themfirst time candidates. And therewere more firsts — ShariceDavids of Kansas and DebHaaland of New Mexico becamethe first Native American womenelected to congress, and RashidaTlaib of Michigan and IlhanOmar of Minnesota became thefirst Muslim women elected toCongress. Ayanna Pressleybecame the first black womanelected to Congress inMassachusetts, and 29-year-oldAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez madehistory as the youngest womanever elected to Congress.

Many of these women wereinspired to run because ofTrump, and no doubt many ofthem won, in part, because of theappointment of Brett Kavanaugh.By giving Democrats a majorityin the House, these womenbrought an end to one-party rulein Washington. They gaveCongress the power to derail theRepublican agenda, to stop thedecimation of social infrastruc-ture such as Obamacare andsocial security. They showed thathope can overcome fear.

The last time American poli-

tics felt this good was, of course,Obama’s 2008 Presidential elec-tion. I worked on thisPresidential campaign as a fieldorganiser and it felt so good, infact, that I ended the nightclutching a bottle of scotch onan embalming table (short onfunds, the Democrats picked afuneral parlour for their cam-paign headquarters in NorthCarolina). In that moment, Icouldn’t have imagined that adecade later women and minori-ties would be fighting dangerousideas that we allowed ourselvesto believe were marginalised tothe point of extinction.

Lengthy campaigns, near lim-itless spending and a mediacirque du soleil, makes US poli-tics a bigger spectacle than anyother. In the merry-go-round ofelections, the highs are high butthe lows are rock bottom. WhenHillary Clinton lost the electionto a man accused of sexualassault and harassment by adozen women, it felt as thoughthe glass ceiling had been double-glazed. When Christine BlaseyFord opened her heart to tell ofthe attempted rape by SupremeCourt Nominee Brett Kavanaugh,only to be mocked by that samePresident to the delight of hisbase, it felt impossible.

But instead of making them-selves smaller, and ignoringdecades of electoral wisdomcurated by men, these candidatesput their identity front and cen-tre. They stood in Republicansafe seats and campaigned for thehighest office. They breastfed forcampaign ads, told their own sto-ries of sexual abuse and wereunapologetic in presentingwomen’s needs and interests aspolitical demands. The result was

that many women, this timeturned out in huge numbers tosay ‘Me Too’ at the ballot box.

It was this same impetus thatled Sandi Toksvig and CatherineMayer to found the Women’sEquality Party in the UK.Frustrated by the glacial pace ofchange, we wanted to pushwomen’s equality to the top of thepolitical agenda and UKIP hadshown that you need only threat-en the vote share of mainstream

parties to achieve real change. Ifyour policies are popular enough,the old parties will quickly con-tort themselves to look like you.

In just three years, the partyhas grown from an idea onFacebook to a movement of35,000 members and registeredsupporters (Trump is one of ourbiggest recruiters). The party hassucceeded in putting childcareand violence against women andgirls on the political agenda, and

has made it possible for womento take abortion pills in the safe-ty of their own home. In ourfirst election outing in 2016, theparty exceeded its own expecta-tions and gained more than350,000 votes, beating GeorgeGalloway in London.

As the party’s chief of staff, Iwatched as a quarter of voterssupported the Women’s EqualityParty candidate in Lewisham’sLadywell ward in local elections

this year, while our candidate inIslington Hillrise ward came sec-ond to Labour, leapfrogging theGreens and Lib Dems. It wasoverwhelming to think that foryoung people voting for the firsttime in the last General Election,women’s equality has alwaysbeen on the ballot.

We know that progress willnot be linear. The other big storyof the US midterms is that theRepublicans strengthened theirhold on the Senate. That givesthem an opportunity to makefurther appointments to the judi-ciary, which could result inwomen’s rights being rolled backfor many years to come.

It is also notable that everysingle senator who voted againstKavanaugh’s appointment losttheir seat in this election. In theUK, the Article 50 Bill made itpossible for equality andemployment rights to be signedaway by the executive and with-out any parliamentary scrutinyand the austerity agenda thatwomen have paid for, isnowhere near over.

Recently, Bernie Sandersdeclared that midterm electionresults have paved the way for aprogressive candidate to take theWhite House in 2020. He isright that in times of great tur-bulence, we stand to make themost progress. But in what isbeing dubbed ‘the year of thewoman’ he didn’t, of course, ruleout the possibility that he wouldbe the candidate.

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For the Assembly Elections inthree States of the Hindi belt,the Congress is working on thesame strategy it had preparedduring the 1984 Lok Sabha

polls. At that time, the party was fight-ing the elections under the leadership ofRajiv Gandhi, and the party strategistshad decided to not allow anyOpposition leader to enter the LokSabha. So, at the last moment, the partyhad fielded strong candidates against allbig leaders. Madhavrao Scindia was pit-ted against Atal Bihari Vajpayee, andAmitabh Bachchan was fielded againstHemwati Nandan Bahuguna.

In the last Lok Sabha Elections, theBJP had used the same strategy inAmethi when Smriti Irani was fieldedagainst Rahul Gandhi. Though the BJPdidn’t succeed, Rahul’s win wasn’t easy.

Now the Congress is treading a simi-lar path in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,and Chhattisgarh. The party has fieldedstrong candidates against all three CMs,making the fight interesting. Now, thethree CMs can’t take things for granted.They have to go for campaigning andkeep the party and organisation active.Even minor negligence can cost themdear. Only due to the Congress candi-dates, the focus has shifted to the con-stituencies of all three CMs.

The Congress has fielded two for-mer BJP leaders against two CMs, leav-ing the BJP confused. The Congress hasgiven a ticket to Manvendra Singhagainst Vasundhara Raje fromJhalrapatan seat. Manvendra — the sonof an ailing Jaswant Singh — belongs tothe Rajput community, which is said tobe unhappy with the Government. Inthe same manner, the Congress hasfielded Karuna Shukla against RamanSingh. Shukla is the niece of Atal BihariVajpayee, and had been an MP from theBJP. In Madhya Pradesh, the Congresshas fielded Arun Yadav against ShivrajSingh Chouhan from Budhni. All threeare strong candidates and the fight willbe worth watching.

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The seat-sharing formula of the NDAin Bihar is almost final and it is

being said that Ram Vilas Paswan mightbe sent to the Rajya Sabha next year.Earlier, it was being said that the LokJanshakti Party (LJP) would get four LokSabha seats and one Rajya Sabha seat,but now, in all probability, UpendraKushwaha will leave the NDA andPaswan might get an extra seat.

In fact, Paswan and his party don’twant to wait for the Rajya SabhaElections scheduled for 2020. It is beingsaid that if any Rajya Sabha MP fightsthe Lok Sabha polls and wins, then hisseat will also go to Paswan. Sources sayPaswan might be sent to the Rajya Sabhafrom Assam, from where two seats will

be vacated in June next year. Former PMManmohan Singh and S Kujur will retireon June 15, and elections for both seatscould be held in April-May. That meansPaswan could enter the Rajya Sabhaeven before the LS results. Now thequestion is who will fight from his seat?There is a proposal that Chirag Paswanwill leave his Jamui seat and fight fromhis father’s seat, Hajipur. But Chiragdoesn’t want to leave his seat and hassought advice from Prashant Kishor onthe matter. If Chirag doesn’t switch toHajipur, then Paswan’s brother PashupatiKumar Paras might contest from there.Paswan’s other brother, Ram ChandraPaswan, is an MP from Samastipur.

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The Rajya Sabha membership of seniorleader of the Congress and former

PM Manmohan Singh will end in June2019. He has been a Rajya Sabha mem-ber from Assam for a long time. As a for-mer PM, he got all facilities in Delhi, sofor that purpose he doesn’t need to con-tinue as an MP. However, many Congressleaders say his presence in the RajyaSabha maintains pressure on theGovernment. Manmohan often puts for-

ward his views on important issues. Hisspeech on demonetisation is considereda memorable one. So, many party leaderswant him to continue in the Rajya Sabha.

But the reality is he can’t go to theRajya Sabha from Assam, and in 2019,no other seat will be vacated and hewill have to wait for one year. In July2019, seven seats will be vacated fromTamil Nadu. If Stalin wants, he cansend Manmohan to the Rajya Sabha.The Congress is mulling anotheroption: Manmohan can be given a LokSabha ticket from Amritsar, if hishealth permits. However, this is cer-tain that the Congress will send himto either of the Houses.

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Ahigh-level meeting was held inAssam over the Citizenship Bill,

where the minutes of the Bill were dis-cussed. It is being said that theGovernment is considering citizenshipfor those Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, andBuddhists who have either come fromPakistan, Afghanistan, or Bangladesh. Forthis, there are several provisions in theBill. According to the Bill, people —except Muslims — coming from neigh-

bouring countries will be given the citi-zenship of India. This is big issue for theBJP, which could be used for polarisation.

However, the parties which generallyoppose immigrants are opposing the Bill.The BJP’s partner, Asom Gana Parishad(AGP), has vehemently opposed the Bill.The party has been advocating againstimmigrants, irrespective of religion. Theother partner of BJP, Bodoland People’sFront, is also against the Bill. Recently,the AGP leader, Prafulla KumarMahanta, was in Patna and met theJDU leaders, who assured him supporton this issue. The anti-BJP parties arealso gearing up for agitation againstthe Bill. If the Central Governmentgoes ahead on this proposal, then theagitation will increase. The State isalready tense after the murder of fiveBengali-speaking persons.

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The Uttar Pradesh Governmentrecently changed the name of

Allahabad to Prayagraj, but there aremany institutions whose names stillbear Allahabad. So, attempts are beingmade to change the name of all suchinstitutions. Before the official initiative,

several ‘nationalist’ organisations aretrying to rename the institutions. Anorganisation called Rashtra RakshaSamuh recently changed the name ofAllahabad railway station. Workers ofthis organisation put up hoardings andboards of ‘Prayagraj’ whereverAllahabad was written. This is a factthat the name of Allahabad junction hasnot been officially changed.

Though the name of Mughal Saraijunction was changed to Deen DayalUpadhyay junction, but a proper proce-dure was followed. The change in thestation’s name didn’t change the name ofthe city; it is still Mughal Sarai. However,even if the name of the city has changed,the name of the station will not changeautomatically. For this, a proper proce-dure has to be followed. Only then willthe station be renamed, and tickets willbe printed using the new name. It seemseven before that, some organisationshave become active for political advan-tage. Then there’s the AllahabadUniversity in Prayagraj, often called the Oxford of the East. The name of theuniversity will not change automaticallywith the name of the city, and due procedure will have to be followed.

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Taylor Swift has announced thatshe is leaving her lifelong recordlabel, Big Machine Label Group

(BMLG), to sign with RepublicRecords and Universal Music Group(UMG). The financial terms of thedeal have not been made public. Aspart of her new contract, Swift, 28,asked that “any sale of [UMG’s]Spotify shares result in a distributionof money to their artists, non-recoupable”. She said that the label hadagreed to this, “at what they believewill be much better terms than paidout previously by other major labels”.

Swift highlighted this as “a signthat we are headed towards positivechange for creators — a goal I’m nevergoing to stop trying to help achieve, inwhatever ways I can”. Swift has notsingle-handedly brought about thischange. In March 2018, UMG were thelast of the major labels, followingWarner and Sony, to commit to shar-ing any money generated by the sale ofits Spotify equity with its artists. InMay, independent label rights bodyMerlin sold its equity stake in Spotify

and passed on the proceeds to itsmembers. UMG is the last of themajor label groups to divest itself of itsshares in Spotify, a contentious issuegiven Spotify’s fall in value. TheSwedish streaming giant floated on theNew York Stock Exchange for the firsttime this April, opening at a shareprice of $165. It reached highs of$196.28 in July but has since fallen to$134, a fall of more than $11.5bn.

Actor Paz de la Huerta filed alawsuit accusing HarveyWeinstein of raping her in 2010

and then embarking on a campaign ofharassment that harmed her career.The lawsuit filed in LA superior courtalleges Weinstein raped De la Huertatwice in New York in December 2010,taunting her with phone calls betweenthe two assaults. New York police saida year ago that they were investigatingDe la Huerta’s allegations. No chargeshave been filed in the case, butWeinstein is charged there with therape of another woman. In a new alle-gation, the suit states that the follow-ing month Weinstein exposed himselfto the actor in a Beverly Hills hotelwhen she went to confront him. Shealleges Weinstein tried to get De laHuerta to have a sexual encounterwith him and another woman.

About a year after the incidents,De la Huerta was fired from the HBOshow Boardwalk Empire, and the law-suit states she has reason to believeWeinstein was involved. It cites aphotograph that appeared in the New

York Times of Weinstein talking toMartin Scorsese, a director and exec-utive producer on the show, a fewweeks before her departure.

Weinstein’s attorney Ben Brafmanpointed out the lack of charges inNew York, and said De la Huerta’s“newly minted version of eventsincluding her new California claimsare equally preposterous and theproduct of an unstable personality”.

It almost sounded too good to betrue: A Picasso painting stolen inone of the world’s most famous art

heists had been found under a tree ina snowy Romanian forest. It emergedit was totally too good to be true, partof an elaborate and carefully stagedpiece of performance art by a radicalBelgian theatre company.

Picasso’s 1971 Tete d’Arlequin(Harlequin’s Head) was stolen fromthe Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam sixyears ago in what has gone down asone of the most remarkable art heists

of modern times. It was one of sevenpaintings, along with a Monet,Gauguin, Matisse and Lucian Freud,taken with startling speed and ease inthe dead of night. Two Romanianmen, Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie,were jailed by a court in Bucharest in2013 after admitting their part in thethefts. Security, the ringleader said,had been “practically non-existent”and he entered “just with a screwdriv-er.” They smuggled the paintings in toRomania in pillowcases before trying,and failing, to sell them on.

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Fast food chain Taco Bell is gettinginto the Thanksgiving spirit by riff-

ing on the tradition of the uglyChristmas sweater. The chain teamedwith ugly Christmas sweatercompany Tipsy Elves to cre-ate two sweaters and twovarieties of leggings thatcelebrate both Taco Belland the tradition of“Friendsgiving,” aThanksgiving dinnershared with friendsinstead of family.

“This delicioussweater makes theperfect outfit forFriendsgiving festiv-ities and will helpyou celebrate instyle,” the productdescription for oneof the sweatersreads. Taco Bell alsoposted a recipe fromthe company’s ownannual Friendsgivingfeast, a Fire Tortilla

Chip Crusted Chicken that incorporatesthe eatery’s own brand of tortilla chips.“Every November at Taco BellHeadquarters, we host a Friendsgivingdinner to celebrate and give thanks tosome of our best friends,” the companysaid in a blog post. “But we don’t serveour guests your typical, traditionalThanksgiving meal — we add a TacoBell Twist to every dish.”

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Half a century after a notoriousprison escape from Alcatraz

Island, the FBI has created repli-cas of decoy heads that inmatesused to distract guards from aplan that still captivatesresearchers and tourists.

Authorities unveiled 3D-printed copies of the decoys

that inmates Frank Morrisand John and ClarenceAnglin constructed with

soap, plaster and humanhair. Morris and the Anglinbrothers placed the decoys intheir beds and climbed through

a wall to escape the islandprison in San FranciscoBay. The men were neverfound. Inmate Clayton Westalso created a head but nevermade it out of the maxi-mum-security prison thathoused dangerous criminals like AlCapone and offenders with a history ofescaping. Authorities said they made thereplicas to share with the public becausethe original decoys are fragile and areevidence in the still-open investigationinto the escape by the US MarshalsService. “We understand the originalitems can’t be out here — they’ve got tobe archived,” said John F Bennett, FBIspecial agent in charge in San Francisco.“But we recognise that those items arealso part of the rich and historic fabricand the landmark of this city.”

Bennett said a team from the FBI’slaboratory in Quantico, Virginia, trav-eled to San Francisco to scan the origi-nal decoys. Employees at the lab donat-ed their own hair to accurately re-createthe original masks, which includedhuman hair that the inmates had col-lected from the prison barber shop.

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exactly what the prison-ers did,” Bennettsaid, showing thereplicas brought to

the island in black,waterproof cases.

The FBI investigated the prisonbreak — which was featured in the 1979movie Escape from Alcatraz starringClint Eastwood — for 17 years before itwas turned over to the Marshals Service.

Now, Alcatraz visitors can see mod-els of the heads on display that wereused in the movie. The FBI hopes thepublic will soon be able to view theagency’s replicas, which were unveiledto some media outlets along with“Wanted” signs for the long-escapedinmates. Authorities are investigatingany and all credible leads, said DonO’Keefe, US marshal for the NorthernDistrict of California.

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cameras at Mr. Price in Swinford,County Mayo, shows the otter run inthrough the open doors to the surpriseof a cashier. The footage shows workersattempting to corner the animal as itruns loose through the shop. Storemanager Cathy Nolan said rescuersfrom an animal charity took theotter to be treated for a chestinfection and malnutrition.

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state in Palmyra.Police say the pig was spottedseveral times over the pastweek, but had managed toelude capture. Authorities sayCpt Rick Moody and TrooperJeremy Caron moved the pig

off the highway with thehelp of a town animalcontrol officer.

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set of topics for panels, envigoratingdiscussions both on and off stage, and adelightfully engaged audience. I spokeon two panels, one of which was aboutthe relevance of Marx’s ideas 200 yearsafter his birth. When Marx died, littledid he know that he would be remem-bered even two centuries later. In fact,Marxism was propagated posthumouslymore by his friend Engels than by Marxhimself whilst he was alive. Indeedthereafter there have been entirenations that have been inspired byMarx’s views, structuring their eco-nomic institutions — if not their poli-tics — accordingly. And so our panel inMumbai was asked to discuss if we arenow finally at the tipping point of capi-talism, heading towards a post-capital-ist society, as imagined by Marx?

The answer to that question is acomplex one, and is relevant to theworld as much as it is specifically toIndia. Marx had certainly got it rightwhen he pointed out the importance ofeconomic forces in shaping humansociety. He wrote how the mode ofproduction, in other words, howlabour and capital combined — andunder what rules — would explainsociety, politics, and culture. Anotherreason for Marx’s relevance today isthat we have seen how a financial bustled to a crisis of capitalism, and Marxhad explained how and why capitalismwould succumb to recurrent crisis aftera credit bust. Marx’s empirical data wasindeed inadequate to help him under-stand how the 1957-58 economicslump started and finished. But itshowed him that crisis would appear ina capitalist economy but not necessari-ly lead to revolution.

However, even though Marx hadrightly pointed out that capitalism cannot escape being subject to regular andrecurring slumps, his analysis was limit-ed in pronouncing profitability to be theultimate cause of crisis in a capitalisteconomy. We have seen in the past that

each crisis can have a different cause.This I would say is also because in thepast 200 years, capitalism has been in aconstant process of metamorphosis, tak-ing new forms and structures from timeto time in different regions. The capital-ism that Marx had analysed haschanged enormously since his times.For example, capital markets are nowbased on demand and supply — andnot alone from value from exploitationof labour, as was suggested by Marx.

Marx had written that capitalismwill perish. On this too he has beenproved wrong thus far. A strong middleclass has developed around mid-levelcorporate managers, and this —amongst many other factors — hashelped in blocking the chances to endcapitalism. Instead, the centre of capitalaccumulation has shifted in the last 200years from Europe to the US and partsof Asia in the 20th Century, and nowtowards China and India. The latter,Marx never saw coming.

In fact, since the death of Marx,capitalism has become global. Whiledeveloping countries provide huge sup-plies of cheap labour overseas, theimperialist economies are still bases offinance capital globally. Today’s globaleconomy bears some resemblance towhat Marx foresaw, but not entirely. Hisrejection of capitalism is highly debat-able too as the big reduction of povertyin the world over the past 40 years wasachieved in large part because ofChina’s rise. And China is not an exam-ple of free enterprise.

One of my co-panelists at the TataLiterature Live Festival was SanjeevSanyal, the firebrand PrincipalEconomist to our Finance Ministry. Helabelled Marxism as the deadliest ideol-ogy of all times that has only led tobloodshed and gore. We did not hearmuch from him that was not temperedwith great emotional drama, in drasticcontrast to my other fellow panelistFerdinand Mount, the prolific Britishwriter and political commentator whodelivered a sage historical explanationof why Marx is indeed relevant today.

My take on the question posed toour panel was that a more practical

approach would be to not limit our-selves to debate or choose betweenMarxism or capitalism alone, andinstead go with any alternative orhybrid economic system that can turneconomic advances into socialprogress. We desperately need to dothis in India, as never before has theshare of our national income taken bytop 1 per cent income earners beenhigher than what it is now.

In India, our richest 1 per cent own53 per cent of the country’s wealth, therichest 5 per cent Indians own 68.6 percent of wealth, while the top 10 per centhave 76.3 per cent of it. At the other endof the pyramid, the poorest half jostlesfor a mere 4.1 per cent of nationalwealth. India dominates the world’spoorest 10 per cent with 22 per cent ofthe country’s population living belowthe international poverty line. We evenhave the unfortunate honour of havingthe largest number of malnourishedchildren in the world in 2016.

But these inequalities in India are byno means exceptional cases. In Europe,there were huge inequalities in the 19thand early 20th Centuries. This trendstopped and was reversed in the 20thcentury after the World War II when thewelfare state redistributed income withinthe framework of a capitalist economy.

I suggested that perhaps integratingwelfare state policies for the most vul-nerable communities within a capitalistframework is a possible solution Indiacan consider until the time we are ableto shrink income and social inequality.The Indian Government does not reallyprovide social security to citizens andnor does the private sector offer prod-ucts such as redundancy insurance thatcan help those who are at the losingend of capitalism. Offering a well-structured safety net for the disabled,employment seekers, single parents, or the aged, will not blunt capitalism’sedge. It will only ensure that whilesome prosper on a level play field, those who lose are not forgotten.

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There are three main constituents.These are: God, individual souls andthe material nature, which is divided

in earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelli-gence and ego. (Gita 7.4) Souls take materi-al bodies, and are of two types. These livingentities are designated divine and demonic.(16.6) Divine are those, who have predomi-nance of divine qualities and demonic arethose who have predominance of demonicqualities. Material bodies are born fromMahat-Brahman — the source of all bodies.(14.7). Having understood the basics, let metake an example of a couple, who havemany children. Though the simile is notexact, but it will shed a lot of light on thecosmic design. What does the couple wantfrom its children? These children are ofboth kinds, ie demonic and divine. It is notvery unusual to see that some parents donot have all good children. The first thingthey want from their children is for them toget along with one another, ie treat siblingsnicely. This is exactly what God expectsfrom us also — to cooperate with oneanother. And if we do so we can all prosper;this will help fulfill all our desires. (3.10)

Parents have higher expectations fromtheir more responsible children. This is nat-ural. God also places more responsibility onmore evolved souls, ie. divine living entities.In the Gita, Lord Krishna instructs them toset good examples for the less evolved ones(3.21), He has asked the divine ones to do

public welfare without attachment. (3.25)God also does not want the superior beingsto cause confusion in the minds of ignorantpersons. (3.26)

Parents try to guide their children asbest as they can. God uses parents as Hismediums. Therefore, it is critical that par-ents should be cognizant of what Godexpects from them vis-à-vis their children.Good children follow in the footsteps oftheir well informed parents. Yes, the badones disregard or disobey their parents, butthis is true of the world also; demonicbeings flout God’s instructions. (16.8) Sameis true about facilities provided by parentsto their children. They are supposed to availof them for their betterment. God has alsomade available all kinds of resources for ushuman beings to make good use of themand advance ourselves.

Parents expect their children to makesacrifices for their siblings. Many times,income levels of brothers and sisters varygreatly. It has been seen that some do help

though it is becoming quite rare. However,God does expect from His divine sons tomake sacrifices for others. God rewardsthem handsomely for these acts.

Parents are expected to teach moralprinciples to their wards, just as Godexpects us to uphold higher principles.God is all for dharma because dharma

only sustains this material creations. Inspite of adharma practiced by demonicpersons, the world goes on because thereare more divine persons or at least theyare more effective. Parents are expectedto do everything possible to make theirchildren disciplined just as God expectsus to be of controlled minds. Same istrue for being dutiful.

If the parents do what is expected ofthem, their children will more likely thannot turn out to be good citizens. God onthe other hand offers much more todivine beings. He grants them peace(5.29), which only He can. (2.66)Consequently, they can be happy. (2.66)

What is the conclusion? The cosmicdesign is based on sound logic. We can findmany parallels in our lives. We should learnmore of the same, which will enable us toalign ourselves with God’s plans for us,which He has for all of us.

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The clash between religion and reason is an oldstory. Centuries have witnessed the two parallelforces influencing the society most. The

Management Theory explains this as the race forsupremacy to gain control over the society. While reli-gion was the first source of authority as humanityacquired civility, the development of human intellectthrough scientific pursuits led to the emergence of ratio-nal-legal authority as a means of social control. As thingsstand, and as the bygone ages testify none is emerging asthe winner. More so in India where religion has alwaysbeen an important source of authority to acquire socialcontrol. Against this back drop, there is a need to revisitthe religion versus reason conflict. Particularly, as therecent times are witnessing a tug-of-war between theinstitutions that represent the religious authority andthose representing the rational-legal sources of authority.We need not go very far behind in the history. FromShah Bano to Sabarimala, cases galore point out at thisconflict. The problem is to be reformulated if we need tocome to an amicable answer. There is need for a philo-sophical approach blending religion and reason, ratherthan looking at it from a religion versus reason issue. Wemust understand that religion is more a matter of faithwhereas reason is based on rational analysis. Naturally,the two concepts have their own standpoints based onvery strong convictions. Faith is something guided by abelief system that is a result of centuries of cultural con-ditioning and hence rationality may not be able tochange the belief that has such strong and deep roots.How far can the institutions of rational-legal authority,especially elected Governments and courts of law, go ininterpreting and demystifying religious beliefs throughrationality? It is a big question that may not be easy toanswer. But it is important to realise that both religionand reason have their roles in effective development ofthe society. While one must admit that many issues ofphilosophy of religion have broad relevance to humanconcerns, they are also quite complex in their ramifica-tions. Obviously, explaining or interpreting them on thetouchstone of rationality alone may not be a prudentapproach. They do need to be rethought in each age inthe light of broader scientific knowledge and deepeningethical and religious experience. But a summary inter-pretation may not be the right approach. Best would beto follow an eclectic approach taking the best of both theviews. The rationalist may have a major limitation in thatfor them the only truth capable of being asserted is basedon analytical and hence tautological reasoning only. Butthat may not be enough in the cases of religious beliefswhich arise out of faith. It is better if faith and reasonjoin hands to reinvent religion and bring out prescrip-tions for right living. Yes, rationality is important to dis-criminate between belief and superstition. But the matterof faith is a crucial issue in religious beliefs and legalinterpretations may not go very far in changing the beliefsystem. Religion is not something that can be inferred bylaw. Hence, there is need to hasten slowly. AlbertEinstein had very rightly suggested that religion beginswhere science ends. Social movements have been suc-cessful in changing many archaic beliefs in the past likeSati or human sacrifice. But it was more a process of atti-tudinal change and opinion creation rather than beingjust mandated by law.

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It is said that of all the blockagesto the soul, the last to be removedis the ego. Ego is both blatant andsubtle. It causes us to forget ourtrue self and God. As it is said in

the Hindu scriptures: Shun all prideand jealousy. Give up all idea of “meand mine”. As long as there is con-sciousness of diversity and not of unityin the Self, a man ignorantly thinks ofhimself as a separate being, as the“doer” of actions and the “experiencer”of effects. He remains subject to birthand death, knows happiness and mis-ery, and is bound by his own deeds,good or bad. (Srimad Bhagavatam)

In the Buddhist tradition, it is said:Travelling powerless, like a bucket

travelling in a wellFirst with the thought “I,” miscon-

ceiving the self, Then, arising attachment to things

with the thought “mine.” (Chandrakirti’sMadhyamakavatara)

Rooting out the ego takes under-standing and a firm grip of the mind.We may suffer from the ego of wealthin which we are proud of how muchmoney or expensive things we have.The ego may cause us to look downupon those who do not have as muchas we have. Ego may even lead us tohurt the feelings of those who are notfinancially endowed.

We may have ego of knowledge inwhich we become proud of how muchwe know. We are full of vanity over thenumber of educational degrees wehave. We may think we know morethan anyone else at our job. We lackhumility and think that we are thesource of all knowledge and look downupon others who know less than we do.Little do we realise that the source of allwisdom is within everyone. When wethink we are more intelligent andknowledgeable than others, we mayhurt those who are simpler in theirthinking or who lack the amount oftraining we have.

There is also the ego of beauty. Wemay think we are the most beautiful ofcreatures. We may flaunt our looks to

such a degree that we make others whoare not as beautiful feel inferior. Wemay use our looks to assume powerover others or to entice others intodoing what we want them to do. Wemay act and pose and try to charmothers into giving us what we want.This type of ego leads to a form ofdeception and hypocrisy. Through ourlooks, we may give the appearance ofbeing something we are not. This maycause harm to others, but most espe-cially harm to ourselves.

We can become an egotist when wetalk too much about ourselves or thinktoo much of ourselves. If our attentionis on our outer being, our personality,looks, mind, or possessions, then weare certainly not going to be focusingon our soul. The soul is the source ofall beauty, wisdom, and wealth, but weremain bereft of these gifts as long aswe are filled with thoughts of our bodyand mind. The outer gifts will leave usone day and we will go empty-handedfrom this world.

The Bible says, “Lay not up foryourselves treasures upon earth, wheremoth and rust doth corrupt, and wherethieves break through and steal. But layup for yourselves treasures in heaven,where neither moth nor rust doth cor-rupt, and where thieves do not breakthrough and steal. For where your trea-sure is, there will your heart be also”.

Outer beauty fades with age. If wedo not have beauty of spirit, few will beattracted to our outer beauty as wrin-kles appear on our face. Knowledge isalso temporary for it changes everyyear. What we learned in elementaryschool may be obsolete today. Thefindings of scientists today will beoutdated tomorrow. Knowledge is nota permanent foundation upon whichto place our ego. Wealth can disap-pear with changes in the economy.Stocks and bonds may lose value, or aserious illness may drain our finances.There is no stability in wealth, whichmeans that pride based on wealthstands on flimsy ground.

Our soul is free of ego. Thus, it is

free from fear of the vicissitudes of life.Empowering our soul means we freeourselves from reliance on outersources of pride to make us happy.Rather, we live in a state of eternal hap-piness with the state of our soulbecause it is one with the Lord.

Ego takes many forms. It is saidthat among the ascetics and monks, thelast enemy they must conquer is ego.They may give up desire for materialpossessions, they may give up lust,anger, greed, and attachment. But ifthey pride themselves on giving upthese things, they are still subtly caughtin the net of ego. That is how egoimperceptibly rears its ugly head.

It is said by the mystics, “Where Iam, God is not. Where God is, I am not.”

In the Sikh scriptures it is written: Where ego exists, Thou are not

experienced,Where thou art, is not egoism. You who are learned, expound in

your mind If God and the soul are one, there

is no question of I and Thou. Both areThou. When we eliminate ego — I-ness, as it is called — we are then onewith God and there is no separationbetween the soul and God. SantKirpal Singh used to say that Godplus mind is man (the term man inhis day encompassed all humanbeings); man minus mind is God. It isthe ego that creates the illusion thatwe are separate from God. It createsthe blockage that keeps us fromempowering our soul. We have for-gotten that we are love, truth, peace,bliss, humility, purity, non-violence,and selflessness. We have forgottenGod and have forgotten who we are asa soul. It is said in the Muslim scrip-tures, “Be not like those who forgotGod, therefore He made them forgettheir own souls”. (Quran)

By following the teachings of thesaints, mystics, and spiritual teachers,we will discover an instruction manualfor removing the coverings that keep usfrom our soul and God.

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Perception drives a being, which ischaracterised by thoughts playingthrough the mind. What we are

tempted to target in life, or the way werespond or react to external promptingsare guided by indwelling thoughts.Evidently, the character and content ofthought define the way we conduct in life,which in turn, account for the fruits ofaction we become due for. So it is said: “Asyou think, so you become.”

The question now is: What accountsfor varying thought trends of an individ-ual, characterising each being as unique?Even twins are found to be exhibitingvarying mind-tends. For an answer, alook into the chemistry of mindbecomes imperative.

Each mind primarily gets going onthe premise set by a stockpile of Karmicimprints carried over from past, as asequel to cause-effect chain driving allactions on the part of a being. Theseimpressions involuntarily define individ-ual specific belief patterns, which holdsthe key to inherent desire-trends, habitsand attitudes. According as the desiresnursed, mind excites correspondingthoughts, which then gravitate followingreflection in the laboratory of mind,translate into action. The habits and atti-

tudes define the quality of efforts put in.The question now is: Are we just a

slave to our indwelling Karmic imprints?Paradoxically, the answer is both yes andno. Should we just leave ourselves to theusual thought flow of mind, we remainstuck to their implications. If, however, weinvoke our buddhi (the faculty of discrim-inate intelligence), we could filter off theundesirables and make a reasoned choicein life. For, intrinsic to buddhi is the senseof dispassion, applying which, we mayjudge things aptly, and accordingly makenecessary amends. But bear in mind; bud-dhi does not play out involuntarily. Itneeds to be consciously invoked.

The irony, however, is that often, ourahamkara (the sense of ‘I’ consciousness),identifies itself with the inherent mind-trends, and then gets tempted to passion-ately pursue them. And in egotisticaloverdrive, often one does not feel thenecessity to invoke buddhi for due dili-gence. Here comes the role of Astrology,which may help identify and overcomemental limitations. For, it is based on theenergy mapping of the cosmos at the timeof one’s birth, which serves as a measureof Karmic imprints carried over from thepast. One could thus figure out the basicfabric of mind’s making with a fair

amount of precision, as energy knows nobias, and make necessary amends.

So goes the saying: “Watch yourthoughts, they become words; watch yourwords, they become action; watch youractions, they become habit; watch yourhabits, they form your character; watchyour character, it defines your destiny.”

A case in point is that of a lady inher late forties and yet not settled in life.Trying to be a perfectionist by her self-defined parameters, she is actually stuckto her self-delusions, distanced fromground reality, and not open to lookbeyond. She detests following well set-tled societal norms but does not knowhow to go about either. She is yet to findout someone who may prove true to her25 points check-list.

Let us now look at her astrologicalpointers. The luminaries, the Sun andMoon are ill-disposed off to each other,both locking horns with mischievousNeptune. That makes her stuck to self-assumed whims and fancies. Habitually anescapist, she would not acknowledge truthon its first appearance, and continue pas-sionately pursuing her self-defined per-ceptions on hope against hope. Also she isemotionally volatile. She can’t take anyadvice kindly if it is not in conformitywith her self-defined perceptions. She

rather gets over-exercised.Saturn placed opposite the Moon,

and also crossing path with Mars, makesher habitually suspicious, impatient, irri-table, and argumentative. Also, it gives anegative orientation to her thoughtprocess. Intelligence signifying Mercuryis ill-disposed off to Uranus as well asJupiter. This, in the first place points toher scattered brain not able to remainfocused for long. And the fact that theSun is placed adverse to restive Rahu,she often misdirects her energies unnec-essarily brooding and contemplating ontrivial issues. Second, it accounts for herfuzzy thinking, impaired reasoning andjudgment. Third, it makes her uncon-ventional, eccentric, and opinionated.Fourth, she has a vacillating mind notable to take a reasoned view in time.And if ever things do not move onexpected lines, she develops nervous-ness, and depression sets in. She reallyneeds to work upon her thought processafresh to move forward in life.

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