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CHARRED REMAINSFOUND AT FIRE SITE Two people were charredto death in a fire that ravagedRantus Pharmaceuticalson the outskirts of the Cityat Pashamylaram inMedak district.

While initial reports sug-gested that five people wereinjured in the fire thatoccurred around 2.30pm onSunday, two bodies werefound on Monday morning.

Family members ofstores manager Ravindranathand worker Ram Singhcomplained to the police thatthe two did not come homeafter the fire. The policesearched the premises onMonday and found charredremains of the two.

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So fresh you can taste itTo experience atypical seafoodmarket, head tothe Simply FishyFood Festival.Sample foodprepared by thechefs made withfresh seafoodand a variety ofmarinades andsauces.

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Christmas treatIt’s Christmas time, NovotelHyderabad’s Le Café celebrates the fes-tive season with a gingerbread house.You can view this marvel as well as pickup various exciting Christmas goodiessuch as Christmas Cookies and mouldedchocolate that are available on site.

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Myriad ReflectionsView a collection of paintings atAlankritha Art Gallery by RamachandraB Pokale at an exhibition titled MyriadReflections. His work depicts the youth.Through his paintings he presentswomen as glamorous, enticing, alluringand charming in the form of a butterfly.

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Life in the darkDialogue in the dark is an innovative for-mat to experience and understand thedaily life of the visually challenged. Youcan get a tour in complete darknesswith visually impaired guides as they

lead you through various situationssuch as crossing the road and shoppingat a supermarket.

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Art& CraftShilparamam’s annual All India Craft’sMela is on. Arts and crafts from all overIndia will be displayed and sold at thevenue by

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Interactive artAn Interactive exhibition Via presence byB2FAYS is being presented by AlliancefrançaiseHyderabadalong withKalakritiArt gallery.The exhibi-tion wasinaugurat-ed on 15thDecemberat 7pm.

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Synchronicity An exhibition of paintings and sculp-tures by Seema Kohli’s titledSynchronicity will be on at Shrishti ArtGallery.

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12 Angry menDay four of the Samhaara TheatreFestival presents Reginald Rose's ‘12Angry Men’. It is a play in Telugu by theInternational School of Film and Media.

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Designer LifestyleThe Society Collection an exhibition-cum-sale Of designer wear, jewellery,home decor, Ggfts & lifestyle acces-sories is on at Novotel HyderabadConvention Center , Kondapur.

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SPREADING THE CHRISTMAS CHEER

round the city: Your guide to the Twin Cities

Search for the ultimate ‘Master Chef’Isha MukooIsha.m@postnoon.com

For the past few years oursmall screen has been domi-nated by reality shows.

Taking a leaf from the same a sim-iliar event was held at theHyderabad InternationalConvention Centre in Novotel.Master Chef Accor AP 2011 wasalmost like a live two day realityshow, where five teams fromNovotel Hyderabad ConventionCentre, Novotel HyderabadAirport, Novotel VisakhapatnamVarun Beach and Hotel Mercuretook part in the best chef compe-tition. The first day saw the elimi-nation of two teams which wasfollowed by three teams who com-peted yesterday.

The judges for the event were

renowned men in this business,such as Chef Jugesh AroraCulinary ManagementConsultant, Chef BarnidharanCorporate Chef GriffithLaboratories and Rajesh

Gopalakrishnan Resident man-ager NHA. The chief guest for theoccasion was Marc Robinsonwho tasted the dishes preparedby the competitors and admiredtheir culinary skills.

The three teams that compet-ed in the finals representingNHC, HICC and Hotel Mercure,showcased their culinary skills intheir creative best. From theRajasthani Ghewar to the Anar kiPhirni to Quail Pulav the spreadwas a feast to eyes as well as pal-lets. Mr. Teju Jose, ResidentManager of NHCC and HICCremarked on the occasion saying,“The competition was conceptu-alized to challenge our staff to bemore creative in our cooking andtry out new techniques.”

After much contemplationand judge’s decision, the firstrunners were the NationalHyderabad convention centrewho got rewarded with a cashamount of Rs. 25000, a trophyand a gift hamper.

Hotel Mercure stole the show

by winning the competition witha cash prize of Rs. 50000 , a tro-phy and a gift hamper.

Judge Arora who was reallyimpressed the minute detailingof the team throughout the com-pletion shared his views saying,“They provided a complete pack-age nd they took care of even thesmallest of things. From startersto the dessert, one could see theprecision in their food. They werethe underdogs but they managedto prove their calibre even afterbeing the vegetarian hotel andshowcasing their best.” heshared.

When asked the winningteam if they expected to win, theecstatic team denied it saying,“We were not expecting to winbut this is a major encourage-ment and opportunity”.

HICC saw an evening of food, fun and music at the Master Chef Accor AP 2011 cookery competition

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Earphones may soothe yo -ur mind but they may alsoclaim your life if you wearthem while walking or dri -

ving on the roads. The City trafficpolice have noticed that the wid -espread habit of listening tomusic has become one of the ma -jor causes for the road accidents.

Recently City traffic policeconducted a special drive againstusing cellphone while driving, inNorth District covering 13 policestations, and booked 2,122drivers for using earphones whiledriving. Interestingly, of the 2,122booked, 1,226 were car drivers,857 are motorcyclists and 38 ofthem are auto rickshaw drivers.

Ironically, many of them whowere booked for the same viola-tion are posting their queries on

Hyderabad Traffic Police Faceb -ook page saying “Why can’t weuse headphones while driving?

Police commented: “Head ph -o nes are a form of distraction asthey interfere with hearing. A dis-traction is anything that draws thedriver’s attention away from driv-ing towards something within oroutside the vehicle, thereby affect-ing his driving performance.”

While pedestrians are posingthreat to motorists by walking

along the roads or crossing theroads while listening to musicthrough mobile phones/Mp3players, motorists are hittingpedestrians while they are walk-ing along the road. Pedestriansare forced to walk on the roadssince there are no footpaths inmany parts of the City.

“Parents now-a-days are allo -wing their children to carry mob -ile phones to the schools and su -ch freedom would sometimes le -

ad to disasters. In foreign countr -ies there are proposals to intro-duce legislation for iPod oblivion.However, we don’t think makingit illegal to cross the road using adevice is the answer unless it re a -lly changes once behaviour,” sa idDCP (traffic) GVG Ashok Kumar.

In Britain about 17 roadaccidents that occur every

day is attributed to peopleusing MP3 players, mobilephones and electronic gad-gets while on the move,revealed a survey.

Incidentsn D Shanti Kumar, 19, an

engineering student ofMethodist EngineeringCollege in Abids was runover by a train while hewas walking on the trackswhile listening to musicthrough his mobile phone.He failed to hear traincoming from behind sincehe was wearing head-phones , said theGovernment RailwayPolice.

n A few months ago, MohiniShanti Priya, 23, a softwareengineer was hit by a trainat Fatehnagar while shewas crossing the trackswhile listening to musicfrom her mobile phoneusing earphones.

n In yet another case JTheresa, 16 died after atrain hit her atSitaphalmandi railway sta-tion. Here too she was lis-tening to music and hencecouldn’t hear the warningsof other passengers.

“If we notice anymotorist using ear-phones while driv-ing and couldn’tstop them, we alertour men stationedin the next junctionto catch them. Theviolator is bookedunder Section 184(A) of MV Act,which attracts apenalty of `500

GVG Ashok KumarDCP (traffic)

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Step foot into RythuBazaar in Erragadda andapart from the fresh veg-etables sold by vendors,

one sees piles of them in thegarbage bins.

While these vegetables maynot be spoilt, it is still disposedoff without even giving it athought that thousands of thepeople in the City go to sleephungry.

This criminal waste is notrestricted just to this vegetablemarket, the practice to throwaway any excess vegetables,sadly, is prevalent in all themajor vegetables and fruitsmarket area.

It is an overwhelming sightwhen fresh vegetables or veg-etables which are on the vergeof getting spoilt, end up asgarbage.

And this is when an esti-mated 624689 people inHyderabad live in 104 identi-fied and 24 unidentified slums.

What is worse is that thevegetable vendors are indenial. “Why would we throwfresh vegetables? We onlythrow what is spoilt,” saidKrishna Babu, a vendor.Apparently, the sight of freshvegetables in the garbage bindoesn’t move him much.

There are some, however,who are honest enough toagree. “Sometimes, we throwvegetables that are in excess

even if they aren’t spoilt. Thereare many here who can’t carrythe vegetables back home andprefer to throw it instead,” saidKaleri Mahesh, a vendor.

When asked him why hedoesn’t give away the ‘excess’vegetables to the poor orneedy, Mahesh sheepishlyreplied, “That idea neveroccurred to me. I will startdoing this now.”

Why blame the often illiter-ate vegetable vendors wheneven well educated restaura-teurs prefer to throw the left-over food straight into the bin.After closing hours, the GHMCbin near the Tolichowki foodcourt area is overflowing withfood, good enough to be eaten.

The leftover food is aplentyin the City with an abundanceof restaurants.

“At the end of the day inour restaurant, we haveenough food to feed at least 50people comfortably, yet wethrow it away. The thoughtless-ness is shocking,” said a waiterof a restaurant in Banjara Hills.

“So insensitive are we arethat even when we haveexcess food at home kept inthe refrigerator for more thanthree days, instead of it beinggiven to somebody hungry, weprefer to throw it regardless ofit still being edible,” said a dis-appointed Anjum Khan, asocial worker.

The nawabi culture of wast-ing food is undeniably wellrooted in all of us. Call an NGOand you will know exactly howmany people need to fed, evenit is just leftovers or excess.

A step in the rightdirection Postnoon News

Google ‘orphanages andold-age homes inHyderabad’ and there are

171 search results. What doesthis signify? There are as many(and more) who need food andrehabilitation in the City.

And while someone is cel-ebrating a wedding, anniver-sary or any special occasion,they send the unused or left-over food to them. This is anew trend in Hyderabad andpossibly the only silver liningto a City that otherwise dumpsthe excess food into the bins.

Srivyal Vayyuri of SpoorthiFoundation, an NGO for chil-dren, says the organisationreceives up to three calls amonth where people offer todrop food over. “It is quite hum-bling when people do that. Thisway the children will eat goodfood and the excess food doesn’tgo waste. Having said that, thereis a need for more such contri-butions, especially during wed-dings as a lot of food is unuti-lized,” he said.

Not many NGOs are fortu-nate enough to receive suchgenerosity. There is a desperateneed for more people to comeforward and donate food toNGOs. “In fact, there is also anurgent need for NGOs to stepforward and collect food fromvarious sources includinghomes and distribute it andHyderabad has no social organi-zations to do so,” said AnjumKhan, a social worker.

Restaurateurs are steppingup in this direction. There mightnot be as many, but at least theyhave taken up the initiative. “Wehave been giving our leftovers tovagabonds since six years. Wealso collect whatever food isreusable that our customersleave and distribute it to thehomeless,” said Syed AghaHussain, owner, Dine HillRestaurant.

Think of all the hungry youcan feed and how much you willbe helping them.

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Is it the end of the road for Chiran -jeevi at the Centre? And if so, will hewait for the Cabinet expansion in theState? Will he be rewarded, or will it

be his followers who land berths?Chiranjeevi has to wait for the Delhi

nod for his induction and also for seatsto contest in the proposed by-election.Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy andPCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana canassure Chiranjeevi and cajole him fromtime to time, but the final clearance hasto come from the high command.

Chiranjeevi needs to have a lot ofpatience to wait for this. It might take three to six months for all this to happen. On returning from Delhi,Satya narayana informed Chiranjeevi ofthe developments in Delhi. After men-tioning about the induction of AjitSingh, Satyanarayana promised a plumpost to Chiranjeevi in the near future.

While the party position is open,Chiranjeevi will have to wait if he is opt-ing for the Cabinet berth. It is learnt thata former minister with Chiranjeevi,warned him that the Congress party wasnot taking them seriously.

It is learnt that he has advised

Chiranjeevi to demand his pound offlesh by way of seats for the proposedby-elections. Consequently, even beforethe disqualification drama unfolds,Chiranjeevi has started bargaining forhis share of seats.

If the speaker disqualifies Congressand PRP rebels, 17 Assembly seats willfall vacant. Chiranjeevi has sought fourseats for his loyalists while the Congresshas considered only one so far. It lookslike Chiranjeevi may cut a sorry figurewith regards to seats for the by-polls.

Chiranjeevi, it is said, wants seats forK Subbarayudu, G Ramaiah, ThotaTrimurthulu and G Srinivas.

However, the PCC chief has offeredonly Rajampet to Chiranjeevi, the for-mer minister told Postnoon. Even afterconsultations with Satyanarayana, theChiranjeevi group could not come toany conclusion.

The scene is now set to shift to Delhi.

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Although the general strike is over andthe chief minister has won the no-con-fidence motion, files are still not mov-

ing in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO). Thereasons could be genuine, but several indi-viduals and parties who come to the CMOhave been complaining that files are held up.If one walks into the chief minister’s cham-ber and the chambers of the four secretaries,one can see stacks of files on the tables. It hasbecome a common feature. Files are pilingup in the offices of CM’s secretaries BinoyKumar, Jawahar Reddy, Sridhar and Rawat.

“The chief minister has instructed allofficials in the state secretariat to clear filesat the earliest. But it is reported that theCMO itself has a large number of pendingfiles,” said a teacher requesting for transfer.There are genuine reasons though, forsome files not being cleared. Around 8,000files are said to be waiting for clearance theCMO. The secretaries must give their rec-ommendations to the chief minister on cer-tain files. Once the files come to the secre-taries, they have to first get the clearancefrom the chief minister.

Around 4,000 files pertain to the ACB andvigilance. Cases against the officials can bedropped only by the chief minister. If they

are dropped, it would appear that they areprotecting the corrupt officials. Some of thecases are pending in court. Medical andhealth, education, transfers and those ofteachers are some of the regular files in theCMO. It is reported that the chief minister isnot touching the ACB and vigilance files as ifhe signs them, some officials might lose theirjobs. There are pyravikars moving aroundthe CMO in the evenings for getting filescleared in cases of ACB and vigilance for get-ting some of employees reinstated.

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Confidence takes a beatingas files pile miseriesTesting time

for Chiranjeevi

Praja Rajyam Party MLA Shibha NagiReddy appeared before the Speaker

of the State Legislative AssemblyNadendla Manohar and defended herstand in extending support to YSJaganmohan Reddy.

The Speaker summoned Shobha foran explanation following a complaint byPRP chief Chiranjeevi for defying theparty whip during the no-confidencemotion against the Kiran Kumar ReddyGovernment. Shobha is the first legisla-tor from the Jagan camp to be called foran explanation. After meeting the Spe -aker, the MLA asserted that neither Chi -ran jeevi, nor PRP whip Vanga Geetha,had any right to seek her disqualifica-tion; for, they seized to exist as PRP lead-ers following their merger with Congress.

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Greens help toretain sheen

Dr Suneetha Sapur

Iam not very fond of green leafyvegetables but I keep hearing

that they need to be included in the diet on a regular basis. I want to know more about green leafyvegetables.

Green leaves contain vitamin A,C, folic acid, riboflavin, thiamine, Bcarotene, minerals like iron and cal-cium, a lot of fibre and antioxidants.The carotene in Glyns is convertedin the body into vitamin A that pre-vents blindness. Many types ofgreens are available and consumedall over the country, the commonlyconsumed greens are palak, ama-ranth, fenugreek, and drumstick,mint, gongura etc. Green leafy veg-etables are inexpensive and easilyavailable. They contain all impor-tant nutrients required for growthand maintenance of health. Hencegreen leafy vegetables must be con-sumed by children and pregnantand lactating mothers to get themuch needed beta carotene, calci-um and iron.

Indian diets are more of cerealbased and vegetarian diets, includ-ing green leafy vegetables in the dietregularly is very important to avoidmicronutrient deficiencies. Try toinclude at least 50gm of green leafyvegetables every day in your diet.Even though green leafy vegetablesare a very good source of manymicronutrients, care must be takenin the preparation of these leaves, asthey contain a lot of mud and soil.Also, to remove the pesticide con-tent proper cleaning of the leavesbefore preparation is very impor-tant. All green leafy vegetables areseasonal and not available in sum-mer months.

One can take an extra effort togrow them at home; that is inkitchen gardens. There are variousways to cultivate the home gardenseven in cities. Terrace gardens andone square-foot gardens etc arepossibilities. Developing kitchengardens can ensure regular supplyof greens and an added advantageof this is that they are free from con-tamination of chemicals in the formof pesticides.

(The writer is the director ofAkkshaya Foundation and is a con-

sultant nutritionist at LV Prasad EyeInstitute, Hyderabad)

Aishwarya Yerra

Located in Mangalhat, a stonethrow away from Nampally, isthe 200-year-old Ram temple

— Sitaram Bagh. It is not wellknown in Hyderabad unlike thePeddamma Guddi or Chilkur Balajitemples but Sitaram Bagh is aunique one of a kind abode of theGods.

It was built in 1833 by aRajasthani family who were settledin the Nizam state of Hyderabad.The founder of the temple donatedfunds to the nawab and when thenawab asked him what he wantedin return, the founder requestedhim to allow building of this temple.

Many believe that when LordRama was in vanvas, he had stayedin this particular bagh too.Therefore they constructed a tem-

ple dedicated o him. The sixth gen-eration of the founding family stillremain its trustee members.

A group of 60 brahmin familiesoriginally from Tamil Nadu resideon the temple premises and theirjob is not only to do seva to the Godsbut also act as caretakers to the

temple. It has been graded B,Tirupathi being an Grade A templeand has recently been taken underthe Endowment Act.

Today the Bagh spreads over 25acres but according to local legendsit stretched from Mehdipatnam toNampally. The main temple of theBagh is of Ram and it also has holyabodes for Lakshmi, Ganesha,Vardharaja, Hanuman and Shiva.The main gateway of the bagh isalmost three stories high andenclosed by huge wooden doors. Allthe structures are constructedaccording to North Indian architec-ture. They look very different fromSouth Indian temples, including thestyle of the Gopuram.

What makes Sitaram Bagh veryunique is that it shares a wall with aMasjid. Only in Ayodhya can it beseen where a temple a masjid sharea wall. Also Sitaram Bagh has adepiction of the pattabishekhamwhich is very rare.

Sitaram Bagh is a beautiful tem-ple but on its way to ruin because oflack of proper funds and alsobecause it has been caught in theugly political net. Places of historydeserve more respect than this.

Anubha Singhfeedback@postnoon.com

Each of the religions finds anexpression in the celebra-tions of its unique festivals.The same holds true for

Sikhism as well. However, unlikeother religions, the festivals uniqueto the Sikhs have little to do with theworship of the divine. Instead, theycommemorate the milestones inthe lives of the 10 gurus of the Sikhsand their teachings. The mostimportant festival of the SikhCommunity across the world“Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru GobindSinghji” birthday celebrations, the10th and last Sikh Guru and founderof Khalsa Panth, is going to be cele-brated on a grand scale inHyderabad from December 29 to 31

In this context, the PrabhandakCommittee of Central GurudwaraSahIb Gowliguda will take out acolourful “Nagar Keertan” at 4pmon December 29 from CentralGurudwara Saheb Gowliguda. OnDecember 31, a grand “VishaalDeewan” will be held at Gowligudafrom 10am to 4.30pm. Over 20,000devotees will take part in the pro-cession. Guru Granth Sahebji willbe carried on a decorated vehiclealong with “Nishaan Sahebans’’(Religious Flags). The Processionwill be marked by the rendering of

‘Shabad Keertans’ by the Jatha TeraJatha and Keerthani Jathas of men,women and youths. Besides this“Panj Pyaras’’ (five beloved ones) intheir traditional attire will be thecynosure of the attraction. Themajor attraction of the processionwill be the display of Gatka, afamous Sikh martial art form.

Night Keertan Darbar and Amrit

Sanchar will be held on December30. As the main BirthdayCelebrations of Guru Gobind Singhfalls on January 11, 2011 a “Vishaaldeewan” will be held at Gowligudafrom 10am to 4pm on January 11.

The event will be marked by therecitations of Gurbani Keertans(Holy Hymns) by the reputed RagiJathas (religious preachers) who arebeing specially invited from variousparts of the country to rendershabad keertans.

After the culmination of thecongregation Guru Ka Langar (freecommunity kitchen) will be servedto the devotees.

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Prime Minister ManmohanSingh has put an end toambiguity over the govern-

ment’s policy on how it plans toimplement the controversialnuclear power projects by sayingthe Kudankulam plant will startoperations in the next couple ofmonths.

The four reactors, built withRussian technology, are slated toprovide 4,000MW to the nationalpower grid and cater to both thedomestic and industrial con-sumers.

One can’t help but wonder ifthe newfound panacea for ourpower woes will go the same wayas the mega dams, whichJawaharlal Nehru had touted as“temples of development”. Theseprojects provided electricity andirrigated millions of hectares butalso displaced millions of people

and drowned vast stretches ofpristine forests.

Till Fukushima, Japan was theposter boy for champions of “safe,fail-proof” nuclear power and thetsunami nailed all the well-craftedand well-publicised lies. It hascome to a point where evenbreast milk in the nearbyprecincts have been found con-taminated by radiation.

If somebody wants to estab-lish a firecracker factory next toyour house won’t you want itshifted to some uninhabited area?Won’t you be worried for the safe-ty of your family and that of theneighbourhood even if the toprocket scientist comes and tellsyou about its safeguards?

In a country where operationsand safety features of all nuclearfacilities are ‘classified’ and detailsopaque due to ‘national security’concerns, it is only natural thatthe threatened population is up in

arms.Visuals of tribal folk near the

Jaduguda uranium mines suffer-

ing from unknown diseases, con-genital defects in newborns,sterility in young adults, and lung

disease in mine workers, fromAnand Patwardhan’s War andPeace (the filmmaker had to go allthe way to the Supreme Court toget the censors’ cuts quashed) areenough to make anyone have sec-ond thoughts about ‘safe’ nuclearpower production.

The prime minister’s softvoiced yet razor sharp concludingobservation that Kudankulamprotests were “overdone” smacksof arrogance and makes a mock-ery of the idea of democracy. Notsurprising for a head of the gov-ernment who is used to being dic-tated by a higher power.

When the whole world isphasing out nuclear power andreplacing it with greener and sus-tainable technologies, it’s sad thatour government is going for it — apolicy with single-minded focusof burgeoning the wallets of pri-vate players at the cost of healthand safety of public.

Whose power is it anyway?

NEW DELHI: RLD leader AjitSingh was on Sunday inductedinto the Union Cabinet and givencharge of the civil aviation min-istry, days after his party joinedthe ruling UPA ahead of upcom-ing elections in Uttar Pradesh.

In the fourth expansion of thecouncil of ministers, the Jat leaderfrom western Uttar Pradesh wasthe only one to take oath at a briefceremony at the RashtrapatiBhavan.

Son of former prime ministerCharan Singh, Ajit Singh, 72, is asix-time member of the Lok

Sabha and represents the familybastion Baghpat. His RLD wieldsconsiderable influence in west-ern Uttar Pradesh.

Ajit Singh's induction camebarely a week after his party for-mally joined the UPA in a movethat is expected to strengthentheir electoral prospects in agri-culturally rich western UttarPradesh.

The RLD has five MPs in theLok Sabha. With the RLD, the UP -A's strength in the 545-strong lo -wer house goes up from 272 to277.

After taking oath, Ajit Singhstruck an upbeat note, saying theRLD-Congress alliance will pro-vide a "clear-cut alternative" tothe Mayawati government inUttar Pradesh.

"People are fed up with theMayawati government but therewas no clear-cut alternative. Thealliance provides the people aclear-cut alternative," he toldreporters. He added that the UttarPradesh outcome will have anational impact.

The Congress admitted theRLD into the ruling alliance to

improve their combinedprospects in the coming UP pollswhere the other three majoractors will be BSP, SP and the BJP.

An alumnus of the IIT,Kharagp ur, and Illinois Instituteof Tech nology, Chicago, Ajit Singhwas elected to the Rajya Sabha in1986. Ajit Singh has in the pastforayed from the Lok Dal, found-ed by his late father, to Congress.He has also allied with the BJPand Samajwadi Party.

The RLD contested the 2009Lok Sabha battle in alliance withthe BJP.

Flying start to Ajit SinghChandy writes to Jayalalithaa THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala Chief Minister OommenChandy on Sunday wrote to hisTamil Nadu counterpart JJayalalithaa stating that he waswilling to issue a joint statementwith her urging peace andrestraint on the Mullaperiyar damissue.

"This is a situation where wehave to urgently provide a sense ofprotection and confidence to ourpeople. I am sure you will actimmediately and firmly to containthe situation. I am willing to issuea joint statement with you andappeal for peace and restraint,"Chandy's letter said.

He also mentioned severalinstances of attacks on Keralites inTamil Nadu arising out of the dis-pute.

MULLAPERIYAR ROW

FusilladeArun Koshy Philip

Peopleransack ahooch shopand set iton fire inBurdwandistrict inWestBengal onSunday.

PIC: PTI

EXPRESSION OF RAGEChidambaramwithdraws remarksNEW DELHI/ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Home minister PChidambaram today withdrew hisremarks referring to a by-electionin Kerala in the context of theMullaperiyar dam row which hascreated a furore in that state.

"Like some other speakers, Ialso made a passing reference tothe forthcoming by-election. I takeback that remark," he said in astatement after political leaders inKerala criticised his remarks.

“That reference was not neces-sary and it was not my intention tohurt the feelings of anyone. I con-tinue to believe that the issue mustbe resolved in a spirit of coopera-tion and brotherhood between thepeople of the two states".

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011 8India unveiled India‑View

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabi -net on Sunday approved the draftof the path-breaking NationalFood Security Bill which seeks toprovide subsidised foodgrains toover half of India's 1.2 billionpopulation.

The Bill is likely to be present-ed to Parliament in the next fewdays and would be referred to theparliamentary standing commit-tee, informed sources said.

The bill is the pet project ofCongress president Sonia Gand -hi-led National Advisory Council.It was a part of the Con gress man-ifesto for the 2009 general elec-tions and seeks to combatwidespread hunger in the coun-try.

Sources said Sonia had topush the legislation after UPAallies, including agriculture min-ister Sharad Pawar and renew-able energy minister FarooqAbdullah, expressed reservationson the bill during a Cabinet meet-ing on December 13. They werenow all on board, said thesources. They hinted thatThomas was brought in to headthe food ministry in place ofPawar in the June 2011 Cabinetreshuffle to push the legislation.

NEW DELHI: The Union cabi-net is expected to meet todayevening to consider the much-awaited Lokpal Bill that is likelyto bring the prime minister aswell as Group C governmentemployees in its purview withsome conditions.

Informed sources said theamended Bill is likely to bebrought to the Lok Sabha onTuesday and the governmentwill make an effort to pass thelegislation in the Winter Sessionthat concludes on Thursday.

Prime Minister ManmohanSingh on Sunday held cons ulta -tion s with finance minister Pran -ab Mukherjee, home minister PChidambaram, law min isterSalm an Khurshid and minister ofstate for personnel V Naraya -nasamy — who had fine tunedthe bill.

Sources said the prime min-ister is expected to scrutinse theBill before it is placed for cabi-net approval.

Sources said the govern-ment is expected to agree todemand of Team Anna and theOpposition for inclusion ofprime minister in the Lokpalbut with some riders.

They said there may not beblanket inclusion of Group Cemployees and the process is

expected to be guided by properprocedures.

The Citizen's Charter is like-ly to have an "organic link" tothe Lokpal, they added.

The sources said the govern-ment does not appear keen toplace the CBI under the Lokpal."There has to be synergybetween various institutions ofgovernment," a cabinet minis-ter said. The government, how-ever, is mulling an independent"directorate of prosecution",carving it out from the CBI.

The legislation may alsoprovide for 50 per cent reserva-tion to Scheduled Castes (SCs),Sche duled Tribes (STs), OtherBack ward Classes (OBCs),minorities and women.

IANS

CHENNAI: Prime MinisterMan m o han Singh is an honestman but is "remote controlled",activist Anna Hazare said onSunday, urging people to startfilling the jails from January 1 insupport of a strong Lokpal bill.

Addressing about 10,000mainly middle-class crowd at acollege ground here, Hazare drewrepeated applause as he askedthe youth to take the lead in thewar on corruption.

"From January 1, all jails inthe country should be filled," hesaid, and jocularly added: "Youget breakfast and lunch therealso!" In later comments to themedia in the same premises thatdrew a lot of applause, he saidPrime Minister Manmohan Singh

was a "good" and "honest" manbut was "remote controlled". Hedid not say by whom.

Hazare spoke for the first fiveminutes in Hindi. But when thecrowds became restive, organis-ers first translated what he hadalready spoken and then provid-ed a line-by-line translation inTamil. "I know that there is noLokayukta in Tamil Nadu," hesaid.

However, he urged the youthto get married and have a smallfamily and not follow his exampleof being a bachelor. "It is not easyto lead a life like mine. One has tobe ready to tolerate insults," hesaid. IANS

Cabinet nod to foodBill after Sonia prod

Lokpal may get greensignal in today’s meet

Guarantees Costn 75 per cent of rural population and

50 per cent of urban households toget 7 kg foodgrains per person at ̀ 3per kg for rice, `2 per kg for wheatand Rs1 per kg for coarse grains.

n The general category will be provid-ed at least 3kg of foodgrains perperson per month at half the mini-mum selling price.

n Rations or cooked meals to childrenunder 14 years of age, destitutes,including wom en and marginalisedpersons.

n Food subsidy, currently atRs63,000 crore, may go up toRs1.2 lakh crore

n Against the current procure-ment levels of 54 millionstonnes, the requirement may goup to 62 million tonnes. Thiswould also mean additionalcosts to expand storage facili-ties.

n Bill provides for cost-sharing topacify the States, which willimplement the law.

Hema Malini, centre, performs Bharatnatyam along with her daughters Esha Deol, right, andAhana Deol at the Goonj festival in Silli, near Ranchi on Sunday.

PIC: PTI

TRIPLE DELIGHTAnna: PM is honestbut remote-controlled

"From January 1, alljails in the countryshould be filled. Youget breakfast andlunch there also!"

Hazare, visiting the state forthe first time since startingan anti-corruption cam-

paign in April, made no referenceto Tamil Nadu politicians who arein the thick of corruption charges

Deafening silence

GLOBE AT A GLANCE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011 9Around the World Beyond Borders

EU TO ASK BRITAIN FOR30.9-BILLION RESCUE BOOSTLONDON: European Union ministerswill ask Britain to contribute 30.9 billioneuros towards an International MonetaryFund (IMF) package which is aimed at res-cuing the single currency, the DailyTelegraph reported on Monday. Britain willbe asked for the cash injection, equivalentto $40.3 billion, when European financeministers hold talks over the 200-billion-euro fund later Monday, an EU official toldthe Telegraph.

NO OBJECTION IF TALIBANOPENS OFFICE: MINISTERKABUL: Afghan Foreign Affairs MinisterZalmai Rasoul has said the governmentwill not object to the Taliban opening anoffice in the country or abroad for con-ducting negotiations on bringing peace tothe country. “Our priority is that such anoffice should be inside Afghanistan or inanother Islamic country preferably SaudiArabia or Turkey,” Rasoul told reportershere on Sunday.

NEW YORK WOMAN SETALIGHT IN HER LIFTNEW YORK: New York police havearrested a man for murder and arson afterhe allegedly doused a woman with fueland set her alight in the lift at her flats.CCTV images captured a man entering thelift, wearing surgical gloves, a protectivemask on the top of his head and sprayingan accelerant over her. Police said JeromeIsaac had surrendered and implicatedhimself in the attack.

ZARDARI RETURNS TOPAKISTAN FROM DUBAI

People gather together on the firstanniversary of the popular Tunisianuprising AFP

People light candles in tribute to lateformer Czech president Havel. AFP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President AsifAli Zardari arrived in the port city ofKarachi late on Sunday night having spenttwo weeks in Dubai for medical treatment,Geo News reported. He will resume hispolitical activities from today, the reportadded. The president, who was accompa-nied by his daughter Asifa, arrived in aspecial plane that landed at PAF baseMasror.

Troops and protesters areclashing for the thirdstraight day in Cairo,pelting each other with

rocks in skirmishes near parlia-ment in the heart of the Egyptiancapital.

At least 10 protesters havebeen killed and 441 wounded inthe three days of violence whichbegan when one of several hun-dred peaceful protesters staginga sit-in outside the cabinetoffices was detained and beatenby troops. The protesters aredemanding that the nation’s rul-ing military immediately stepdown.

Sunday’s clashes took placeas unofficial results from a sec-ond round of voting in parlia-mentary elections showed thecontinued dominance ofIslamist parties at the polls. Thethird and final round of voting isslated for next month.

On Saturday, troops pulledwomen across the pavement bytheir hair, knocking off theirheadscarves. Young activists

were kicked in the head untilthey lay motionless in TahrirSquare, Cairo.

Unfazed by TV camerascatching every move, Egypt’smilitary took a dramaticallyheavier hand to crush protestsagainst its rule.

The most sustained crack-down yet is possibly a sign thatthe generals who took power

after Hosni Mubarak was oustedin February are confident thatthe Egyptian public is on its sideafter two rounds of parliamen-tary elections, and that Islamistparties winning the vote will stayout of the fight while pro-democracy protesters becomemore isolated.

Still, the generals risk turningmore Egyptians against them,

especially from outrage over theabuse of women. Photos andvideo posted online showedtroops pulling up the shirt of onewoman protester in a conserva-tive headscarf, leaving her half-naked as they dragged her in thestreet.

“Do they think this ismanly?” Toqa Nosseir, a 19-year-old student, said of the attackson women. “Where is the digni-ty? No one can approve or acceptwhat is happening here,” shesaid. “The military council wantsto silence all criticism. They wantto hold on power .I will notaccept this humiliation just forthe sake of stability.”

Nearby in Tahrir, protestersheld up newspapers with theimage of the half-strippedwoman on the front page topassing cars, shouting sarcasti-cally: “This is the army that isprotecting us.”

“Are you not ashamed?” lead-ing reform figure and NobelPeace laureate MohamedElBaradei posted on Twitter.

10 dead and 441 woundedas Egypt clashes continue

Egyptian protesters throw stones during clashes with riotpolice in central Cairo AFP

50 missing after Russia oil rig capsizes off SakhalinAt least four people have died and

about 50 are missing after an oildrilling rig sank in freezing seas in

the Russian far east.The Kolskaya rig was being towed

some 200km (125 miles) off Sakhalinisland when it capsized in a fierce storm.

Fourteen people have been rescuedalive but it is feared the rig overturnedbefore the rest of the 67 people on boardcould escape on to life rafts.Rescue effortshave been hampered by poor weatherconditions.

Helicopters and a plane helped scourthe area amid high winds and waves of up

to 12ft (4m) but the search was halted asnight fell.

“According to reports from the sceneof the rescue operation, the Kolskaya plat-form has sunk completely,” the regionalhead of the emergencies ministry,Taimuraz Kasayev, told a news briefing.

The accident took place in tempera-tures of -17C at around 14:00 local time(0200 GMT) in the Sea of Okhotsk. Thishappened as the rig was being towed fromthe eastern peninsula of Kamchatka toSakhalin by an icebreaker and a tug. Aninvestigation has been launched to decideon any violation of safety regulations.

An undated picture released byArktimor Neftegaz Razvedka shows theKolskaya oil rig. which overturned AFP

Amass burial has beenorganised in the Philippi -nes for scores of people

killed by flash floods on thesouthern island of Mindanao.

Health officials in the city ofIligan say unclaimed bodies arebeing buried after being markedfor possible future identification.

Coastal communities weredevastated early on Saturday inflash floods triggered by a tropi-cal storm. More than 650 peoplewere killed and another 800 peo-ple are still missing.

Damaged roads are hamper-ing efforts to reach survivors inremote villages. Officials in Iligansaid they were preparing to buryunclai med bodies in a mass

grave as early as Mondaybecause of their advanced stateof decomposition.

The ports of Iligan and near-by Cagayan de Oro bore thebrunt of the flooding. Health

officer Liddy Villarin said thebody bags would be marked forpossible exhumation.

“We will put markings on thecadaver bags which will give thephysical features of each bodybefore they put them in the massgrave,” she said.

Disaster management chiefBenito Ramos said funeral par-lours had been overwhelmed bythe catastrophe.

Speaking to AFP news agen-cy: “I’m out here retrieving bod-ies that are starting to rise to thesurface.”

The Philippine Red Crosssaid its staff had confirmed 652people dead and another 808were listed as missing.

Residents work next to destroyed houses at a village inCagayan de Oro City on the southern island of Mindanao AFP

Post-storm, Philippines faces mass burials

Jung Ha-Won

SEOUL: North Korean leaderKim Jong-il has died aged 69 of aheart attack, state mediaannounced Monday, plungingthe impoverished but nuclear-armed nation into uncertaintyamid a second dynastic succes-sion.

The official Korean CentralNews Agency (KCNA) said theleader "passed away from a greatmental and physical strain" at23.30 GMT Friday, while on atrain for one of his "field guid-ance" tours.

It urged people to follow hisyoungest son and heir apparent

Kim Jong-un, who is aged in hislate 20s and until last year hadno public profile.

"All party members, militarymen and the public should faith-fully follow the leadership ofcomrade Kim Jong-un and pro-tect and further strengthen theunified front of the party, mili-tary and the public," said thenews agency and a weepingblack-clad TV announcer.

KCNA said Kim died of a"severe myocardial infarctionalong with a heart attack". It saidan autopsy was performedSunday.

The leader suffered a strokein August 2008 which left himwith impaired movement in hisleft arm and leg.

His funeral will be held on

December 28 in Pyongyang butno foreign delegations will beinvited, KCNA said. A period ofnational mourning was declaredfrom December 17 to 29.

South Korea placed all troopson emergency alert after theshock news, the South's Yonhapnews agency reported. It sum-moned a meeting of the NationalSecurity Council and PresidentLee Myung-Bak cancelled all hisschedules.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff saidit had increased monitoringalong the border along with USforces in the country but nounusual activity had beenobserved.

KCNA, quoting a statementfrom the national funeral com-mittee headed by Jong-un, saidKim Jong-il’s body would lie instate in Kumsusan palace wherehis father's embalmed body ison display.

It said mourners would beallowed to visit the body fromDecember 20 to 27.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201110insight Behind the news

Simon Martin

SEOUL: Belying his caricature ima -ge as an eccentric playboy, Kim Jo -ng-Il was a politically skilled andruthless ruler who kept North Ko -rea's brutal regime in place despitefamine and economic decline.

Kim, who died on Saturday of aheart attack aged 69, perpetuatedhis power using propaganda,prison camps, an all-pervadingpersonality cult inherited from hisfather and a massive army.

He defied widespread predic-tions of regime collapse as thecommunist state's commandeconomy wilted under its owncontradictions and Soviet aid driedup in the early 1990s.

In the mid- to late-1990s Kimpresided over a famine that bysome estimates killed one million— but he still found resources tocontinue a nuclear weapons pro-gramme culminating in tests inOctober 2006 and May 2009.

Severe food shortages contin-

ue. The UN children's fund esti-mates one-third of children arestunted by malnutrition.

The regime faces increasingpressure from sanctions over itsnuclear and missile programmesand the parlous state of the econo-my. But the late leader's state ofhealth accelerated a perilous suc-cession.

Kim suffered a stroke in August2008. Some reports say he also suf-fered from kidney failure whichrequired dialysis, diabetes andhigh blood pressure.

More worryingly, analysts saidhis decision-making had becomeincreasingly erratic — because ofthe stroke's after-effects, orbecause he was trying to bolsterthe credentials of his youngest sonJong-Un as eventual successor.

Kim Jong-Il inherited powerfrom his father Kim Il-Sung, the100th anniversary of whose birthcomes next year in another flash-point date that has US and SouthKorean analysts watching on ner-

vously. According to hagiographicofficial accounts, Kim Jong-Il wasborn on February 16, 1942 at

Mount Paekdu, a sacred site toKoreans.

Independent experts say hisbirthplace was actually a guerrillacamp in Russia, from where hisfather was fighting Japanese forceswho had colonised the Koreanpeninsula.Some put his birth yearas 1941.

After graduating in 1964 fromuniversity, Kim began his climbthrough the ranks of the rulingWorkers' Party.

He was officially designatedsuccessor in 1980 but did not for-mally take power until three yearsafter the 1994 death of his father.

Visitors or escapees portrayedKim as a cognac-guzzling playboy,with an appetite for foreign films,fine dining and women.

He was said to have a collectionof 20,000 Hollywood movies, andengineered the kidnap in 1978 of aSouth Korean film director and hisgirlfriend.

But the playboy imageobscured his dark past.

Playboy and delusional tyrant

The young man tipped to beNorth Korea's next leaderand propel the Kim dynasty

into a third generation is evenmore of an enigma than his mer-curial father Kim Jong-Il, who hasdied at the age of 69.

North Korean state media onMonday urged people to followKim's youngest son and heirapparent Kim Jong-Unn (above),aged in his late 20s, afterannouncing that his father haddied on Saturday, plunging thecountry into confusion.

Kim Jong-Un's life is shroud-ed in mystery, but in recent yearshe has been pushed to the fore-front as his father apparentlyspeeded up plans for a seconddynastic succession after suffer-ing a stroke in August 2008.

In a memoir, Kenji Fujimoto,a former Japanese sushi chef forKim Jong-Il, described the Swiss-educated Jong-Un as a "chip offthe old block, a spitting image ofhis father in terms of face, bodyshape and personality".

Son and heir

Japan on alertTOKYO: Japan calledan emergency securi-ty meeting Mondayto formulate itsreaction to news ofthe death of NorthKorean leader KimJong-Il. Minutesafter the noonbroadcast byPyongyang's officialmedia, JapanesePrime MinisterYoshihiko Noda can-celled a speech andrushed back to hisoffice where he helda meeting of seniorministers. He said hehad ordered Tokyoofficials to beef upintelligence gather-ing on North Korea,to work closely withthe United States,China and South Ko -rea, and to preparefor further unexpect-ed developments.

Kim Jong-il dies;world holds itbreath

S KOREA SHARES TUMBLESEOUL: South Koreanshares tumbled 4.87 percent soon after theannouncement that NorthKorean leader Kim Jong-ilhad died. The benchmarkKOSPI fell 89.36 points to1,750.60 minutes after thenews before edging backup slightly.

The President [Ob -ama] has been no -tified and we arein close touch withour allies in SouthKorea and Japan

White House spoke -sman Jay Carney

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201111Fun and frolic in a flat world Wacky World

Obedience classes for kittens

Zlatko Salaj, a 67-year-oldCroatian, has created aChristmas Story for himself.

Not a story to tell, but one toshow the world. His ChristmasStory is actually his home, whichhe decks up in lights and coloursevery year around the holidays.

The former telecommunica-tions engineer owns a countryestate in Grabovinca, located incentral Croatia. The entire estateis decorated at this time of year.Thousands of visitors come by toview the spectacle created bySalaj and his family. When hestarted this practice in 2002, Salaj

had a modest 70,000 light bulbsthat were put up on all the shrubsand trees across his 17-acreestate.

When people asked him howmany he would put up the nextyear, his reply was a 100,000. Inthis way, the lights and decora-tions kept growing in number.This year, the number has uppedto 1.2 million Christmas lights.Not just ordinary ones, he haslights shaped like Santa Clausand reindeer.

The festive spirit of his deco-rations is contagious and attractschildren and adults alike from all

over the region.Salaj says that he was not

always able to afford such extrav-agances. In fact, when he was achild, his family was poor.

As a grown up, he spent manyyears working abroad, in theMiddle East and Africa.

When he returned home, hefelt the need for such a projectand began to work on theChristmas Story

Preparing for the event startsthree months prior to Christmas,and it takes them an equalamount of time to dismantleeverything.

Croatian man creates his own ‘bright Christmas story’

Long-gone are the days whenpainting was strictly donewith specialised tools, like

brushes, on canvases. Nowadaysartists use anything from remote-controlled toy cars to Molotovcocktails to express their talents.So it should come to know sur-prise Kyle Lambert uses just onefinger and the Apple iPad to cre-ate detailed celebrity portraits.

Kyle Lambert is a young Engl -ish artist who specialises in por-traits rendered using an iPad tab -let and an $8 app, called Brushes.He only uses one finger as thebrush, but judging by the detailedoutcome, you’d think he has awhole set of professional toolsand paints. Lambert starts out bysketching the basic facial propor-tions, drawing simple lin es where

the mouth, nose and ey es shouldbe, making sure he gets the shapeof the sitter’s head just right. Itlooks like the kind of sketch evenI could do, but he says it’s the

most important part of making aportrait, because it serves as theframework for the entire piece

After the initial sketch, hemoves on to sketching the facialfeatures, making sure he achievesa satisfying likeliness to the sitter,because modifications to the facewill be difficult to make after thispoint. Then he adds tone to hissketch using the black paint-brush tool with various levels ofopacity, before introducing high-lights to the face, using the whitepaintbrush. Colours are addedon ly in the final stages of theproce ss, and blend with the blackand white underneath. It’s amaz-ing the level of detail he canachieve, starting from scratch,but it’s also proof of how far tech-nology has come in recent years.

Hotel builds huge edible X’mas cakeT

he hut, at the five-starFour Points hotel inthe eastern province ofLianyungang, features

host edible festive decorationsincluding stockings, reindeerand Santa Claus figures.

Hotel staff estimated thatthe structure cost 30,000 Yuan(£3,000) to create, using 250kgof flour, 300 bottles of honey,50kg of sugar and a largeamount of cream and choco-late. A spokesperson com-mented: “It took more than 30staff 20 days.”

The Chinese hotel is notthe only one which has beencreative with its festive decora-tions this year. The KahlerGrand Hotel in Rochester,Minnesota, recently unveiled agiant gingerbread house in itslobby in a bid to provide

Christmas cheer to its guests.According to reports the

house is 16 foot high and con-tains more than 4,000lb of edi-ble gingerbread.Another UShotel, the Harbor BeachMarriott Fort Lauderdale,Florida, bypassed gingerbreadin favour of chocolate for itsown festive scene. The wintrywork of art, which featuressnowmen and Christmas trees,was made out of more than600lb of chocolate.

Now it’s ‘Digital Art’, artistuses iPad to create portraits

An Australian vet is offeringone-to-one obedience classes

for cats. Nicole Hoskin claims shecan train kittens to sit, stay andfetch. One of her most challeng-ing students so far has been a 10-week-old hearing-impaired kittencalled Buzz.

The youngster needs to learnhand commands because he isunlikely to ever respond to vocalcommands.

Dr Hoskin said: “He’s been

dumped and is going to be harderto re-home so I’ve had to teachhim to pay attention to me.“Already he's sitting on commandand high-fiving with one paw andhe can high-10 with both pawsover his head.”

Originally, Dr Hoskin offered aservice similar to puppy obedi-ence classes but the projectfailed."If you get more than onecat in a room, the claws comeout,” she said.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201112The games people playPlaying Field

David Silva sent Manch -ester City back to thetop of the Barclays Pr -e mier League with the

only goal in a 1-0 win overArsenal. The Spaniard slid in hissixth goal of the season after 53minutes at the Etihad Stadiumto finally give City reward forsome brilliant attacking play.

Yet Arsenal, although per-haps lucky not to have Alex Songsent off, threatened on a num-ber of occasions and Joe Hartsaved well from ThomasVermaelen late on.

Gervinho had Arsenal’s firstserious opportunity but Hartsaved well.

Mario Balotelli almost gaveCity the lead with an oppor-tunistic acrobatic shot butWojciech Szczesny reactedquickly. City caught Arsenal onthe counter-attack to take thelead seven minutes after the

restart. Samir Nasri foundBalotelli in space down the leftand the Italian charged forwardto cut inside and shoot.

Szczesny parried but SergioAguero reacted quickly to headacross goal for Silva to slide inand score.

It was a lead which wasalmost wiped out within aminute as Theo Walcott forcedHart to tip over from 18 yards.

Robin van Persie thought hehad equalised when he deftlychipped Hart three minuteslater but the flag was raised foroffside and Pablo Zabaletaalmost made it 2-0 when heseized on a poor pass fromLaurent Koscielny but droveagainst the post with Szczesnybeaten. Arsenal pressed untilthe end with Vermaelen forcingHart to make a brilliant savewith a well-struck shot followinga short free-kick. ES

Manchester United th -rew down the gauntletto Manchester City by

reclaiming top spot in theBarclays Premier League with acomfortable 2-0 win at QPR.

Wayne Rooney scored his

15th goal of the season after just52 seconds and the championsmissed a succession of chancesbefore Michael Carrick’s firsttop-flight goal for almost twoyears all but sealed the points.

United could easily have

scored six against a QPR sidewho twice went close them-selves through Heidar Helgusonand also saw substitute DJCampbell miss the easiest ofvolleys. It took the visitors 52seconds to strike. Rooney nod-

ded the ball out to AntonioValencia before bursting intothe box and stooping to headhome the winger’s cross.

Only a block from DannyGab bidon prevented DannyWelbeck making it 2-0 minuteslater, while Welbeck was wrong-ly flagged offside after steeringin what he thought was United’ssecond goal before JonnyEvans, Phil Jones and Valenciaall ought to have scored in thespace of three minutes justbefore the half-hour. QPRalmost made United pay fortheir wastefulness when DavidDe Gea saved Helguson’s lowstrike with his leg, while JayBothroyd was close with a skid-ding shot from 20 yards.

The away side held their on -e-goal lead through to the inter-val, and United continued to lo -ok more likely to score the ga -me’s second goal after the break.In the 56th minute Joey Bartongifted the ball to Carrick, whowas allowed to carry it 30 yardsbefore drilling beyond RadekCerny. ES

TITBITS

SUAREZ INSPIRES REDS’ WIN

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish celebrated hisfirst league win as a manager at Villa Park

as goals from Craig Bellamy and Martin Skrtelensured a comfortable 2-0 victory over AlexMcLeish’s side.Bellamy and Skrtel struck inside the first 15

minutes to seal the Reds’ fifth away win inthe Barclays Premier League this season.But the star of the show was striker Luis

Suarez who tormented the Aston Villa defenceand was twice denied by the woodwork.Former Villa winger Stewart Downing was

booed by the home fans after his £20millionsummer move but he and Bellamy causedproblems down both flanks.

CECH RUES LATE WIGAN GOALTHAT STOLE WIN FROM BLUES

Petr Cech has admitted he should havestopped Wigan’s equaliser in Chelsea’s

costly 1-1 draw at the DW Stadium.The Blues were headed for victory inSaturday’s Barclays Premier League gamebefore Cech fumbled Hugo Rodallega’s 88th-minute shot, allowing Jordi Gomez to snatch ashare of the spoils. The draw saw Chelsea failto follow up Monday night’s vital win overManchester City with another three points.Goalkeeper Cech told his official website,

www.petr-cech.com: “At the moment of theshot I didn’t see the ball at all.”He added: “One of my team-mates ran across

my viewpoint, I lost the ball from my view andit bounced off me.”

NARROW WIN FOR SPURSTottenham moved in to third place in theBarclays Premier League after returning towinning ways with a narrow 1-0 victory overSunderland at White Hart Lane.Harry Redknapp’s men failed to test

Sunderland goalkeeper Keiren Westwood in adull first half, but they sprung to life on thehour and took the lead through substituteRoman Pavlyuchenko’s fierce drive.Sunderland would have taken something

from the game had it not been for Spurs stop-per Brad Friedel, who saved well fromSebastian Larsson and Kieran Richardsonwhile Luka Modric missed a gilt-edged chanceto make it 2-0 at the other end, blazing overan open goal deep inside the second period.

Silva putsCity on top

Rooney, Carrick shine in Man U win

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney (L)heads the ball past Queens Park Rangers’Luke Young (2n L) to score the opening goalduring their Premiership match at LoftusRoad in London on Sunday. AFP

Manchester City’s David Silva (R) celebrates with SergioAguero after scoring the opening goal in their matchagainst Arsenal. AFP

Viru out,rain in

CANBERRA: Fresh spell ofrain forced players indoors afterthe visiting Indians had reached51/1 from 16 overs on the firstday of their three-day practicematch against Cricket AustraliaChairman’s XI on Monday.

The Indians lost VirenderSehwag (12) after the openerguided Peter George into gullywherein Alex Doolan picked upa smart low catch.

Gautam Gambhir (24) andAjinkya Rahane (15) held firm atthe two ends though the formerhas more than one moment ofdiscomfort against a decenthome attack of Doug Bollingerand George.

Gambhir played and missedquite a few times and once waseven rapped painfully on his fin-gers by fast bowler JasonBehrendorff which needed treat-ment from the dressing room.

It is India’s last practicegame before the opening Testagainst Australia fromDecember 26 and was sched-uled to start 1100 hrs (localtime) but a soggy outfield fol-lowing overnight rain delayedthe proceedings until after thelunch.

Indians 52/1 (17.0) against CA Chairman Indians won the toss and elected to batMatch stopped - Rain Played at Manuka Oval, CanberraIndia first inningsG Gambir not out 24V Sehwag c Doolan b George 12AM Rahane not out 15Total (1 wicket) 52Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Sehwag)BowlingDE Bollinger: 4-1-14-0 PR George: 7-1-28-1JP Behrendorff: 5-1-8-0JK Lalor: 1-0-1-0

SCORESSNIPPETS

KYPTONITES WIN ADP TOURNEYHYDERABAD: Kyptonites beat Hawks by63 runs in the final of the ADP India’s CricketTournament. The five-week tourney started offon 19th November 2011 at St Johns CricketAcademy, Hyderabad. The fourth edition of theevent comprised 67 matches in which 74teams participated.

PATRIOTS PUT A HALT TOTEBOW TRAINLOS ANGELES: Quarterback Tom Brady’sPatriots rallied to score 27 unanswered pointsas New England defeated the Denver Broncos41-23 to clinch a post-season berth. New England captured their ninth AFC Easttitle in the past 11 years and snapped theBroncos’ superb win streak of six straightgames. Brady completed 23 of 34 passes for 320yards with two touchdown passes to help thePatriots rebound from a 17-6 deficit early on.Brady also ran for a touchdown. “We knew it was going to a 60-minutegame,” Brady said. “I thought we played wellfor 60 minutes for the first time this season.”

WILLSTROP TRIUMPHS, TO BENEW WORLD NO 1NEW DELHI: England’s James Willstropdefeated long-time rival Gregory Gaultier ofFrance to win his maiden Punj Lloyd PSASquash Masters here Sunday after a final thatsaw a marathon first set and the runner-upretiring in the fourth set. Willstrop was leading 19-21, 11-8, 11-4, 6-1when Gaultier complained of pain in his leftleg and eventually decided against playing. The triumph here rounded-off a great year forthe Englishman, who ended the season withthree back-to-back titles and will become theWorld No.1 for the first time in his careerwhen the new rankings come out in January.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201113The games people playPlaying Field

IBS Hyderabad are Aaveg 2.0 champsIBS Hyderabad became

champions at Aaveg 2.0,sports meet of business

schools, held on the IBS

Hyderabad campus. IBSMumbai stood runners-up.On Sunday, IBS Hyderabadswept both finals in the men’s

and women’s sections intable tennis. IBS Hyderabadalso beat IBS Mumbai to winthe final in volleyball.

ScoresTennis

n IBS Hyderabad defeated NICMARVolleyball

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IBSBangalore (3 straight sets). Football

n IBS Hyderabad defeated Manage (8-0).Basketball (men)

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IBS Mumbai(49-25).Basketball (women)

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IBS Mumbai. Squash

n ISB defeated IBS Hyderabad. Badminton (women)

n IBS Mumbai defeated IBS Hyderabad.Badminton (men)

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IBS Mumbai(3-2).Throwball

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IBS Mumbai(11-6, 11-2, 7-0).Table tennis (women)

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IBS Mumbai.Table tennis (men)

n IBS Hyderabad defeated ISB (3straight sets).Counter strike

n IBS Hyderabad defeated IIPM (25-5).

A player in action in the ADP Indiacricket tournament final.

Alcoholism worrisomeThe opinion piece on alcoholism in India isa well-balanced article. It feels good whensomeone approaches the subject withobjectivity and refuses to sing the regularmoralist tune on alcoholism. Mindlessbans are not only ineffective but also tendto drive people to dangerous hooch andhelp smugglers. An open-mindedapproach, which places importance onawareness rather than judgmental views,will be more effective in controlling alco-holism. State governments should learnfrom their mistakes while framing theirpolicies. – Anirudh Krishna

TALK BACKWorking womenThe article Supermums face HR Kryptonitehas brought out an issue, which is deliber-ately ignored by most employers. Workingmothers, from top executives to corporationsweepers, are at the receiving end offlawed policies, which show little sensitivityto their demanding schedules.

An HR executive’s take on the need toestablish good rapport to avail special ben-efits smacks of arrogance. The companypolicy-makers must understand that theseconcessions are not charity handouts butessential measures to keep the employeesmotivated and ensuring quality output.Kudos to Postnoon for the candid story.

– Taran Reddy

Caution onmetro rail The Comment pagecolumn on Metro railis a welcomereminder and a wake-up call forHyderabadis. We have lost most of ourlakes and green cover in the process ofbecoming an IT hub. While progress hascreated jobs, it has also destroyed ele-ments that were inseparable from thereal Hyderabad. If we rush through theMetro without scrutiny, we will end updestroying the building blocks that makethis city one of the most preferred workdestinations. – Humaira Ali

Don’t taunt thecopsIt is wrong to pick up rows withcops when they advise, or warn usto ensure our safety.

Walking on railway tracks withearphones plugged in one’s ears isindeed a sure means of inviting danger. It isunclear whether the death of the boy whowas walking on the tracks was an accidentor suicide.

But warnings like the ones issued bythe Hyderabad city traffic police onFacebook should be taken in the properway. There’s no point in ruing something ofwhich one was clearly warned. Forewarnedis forearmed. – Venkatesh Bharadwaj

Child labourshamefulIt is sad and shameful that forall the development andprogress we boast of, we arestill tolerating or encouragingchild labour. When officials

file reports of ‘zero cases’ it soundsincredibly stupid as there is not one dis-trict in the state that does not have chil-dren working in eateries or as domestichelps. We are also equally responsible forthe plight of these children as we have noqualms in going to such places or employ-ing child labourers. The public should takean active role and ensure that officialsperform their duties diligently.

– Venkatesh Bharadwaj

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201114Fair, free and forthrightComment

Except for signing a $150-milliondeal on November 26 with CalsRefineries Ltd, whose shares aretrading at a petty 25 paise per scripon the Bombay Stock Exchange,

Kuwait-based Al Qebla Al Watya is no Caltexor Shell to bear a popular label on itself.

A search through google.com for thisname doesn’t throw the company website inthe first page of results.

And, the Kiran Kumar Reddy-led CongressGovernment in the State made a grandioseannouncement of its signing a memorandumof understanding (MoU) with this firm for theestablishment of a $2-billion oil refinery inVisakhapatnam as part of the Petro Chemicaland Petroleum Industrial Region (PCPIR). TheMoU was signed by the representatives of AlQebla Al Watya with the officials of the StateGovernment on December 15 in the presenceof Kiran Kumar Reddy and his Cabinet col-leagues Vatti Vasanatha Kumar, Erasu PrathapReddy, Pasupuleti Balaraju and J Geeta Reddy.

Next day, former Secretary to Governmentof India EAS Sarma wrote to the Governmentraising doubts about the credibility and pop-ularity of the company.

It’s not too long since the Governmentsigned an MoU with Amerind PetroleumPrivate Ltd for the setting up of a refinery nearVisakhapatnam at an estimated cost of`12,000 crore. The environment groups underthe aegis of Sarma cried foul over this dealtoo. The promoters ensured that they signedthe agreement in the presence of the chiefminister on November 17.

Media too, cried hoarse on the possibilityof realising the Amerind Petroleum refinery,as the promoters claimed that theywould dismantle an existing

unit in Newark in New Jersey (USA) and cartit to India.

The Government, on its part, remainedtight lipped. How should the silence beunderstood? Is it weakness or virtue?

As if to recall the age-old adage that histo-ry repeats itself, several such memoranda ofunderstanding were signed in its initialeuphoria during the regime of YS RajasekharaReddy. The Fab City MoU under the auspicesof Jun Min, considered guru in the semi-con-ductor industry, his representative VinodAgarwal of SemIndia, remained a blot on theindustrial character of the State. TheGovernment eventually seized the 1,200 acresgiven to SemIndia in a phased manner.

The list of projects that remained non-starters elongated with the Odyssey ScienceCity in Anantapur district with an investmentof $25 billion in a whopping 65,000 acres, the$1.60-billion Nizampatnam port develop-ment by Skoda Export, the upstart SpecialEconomic Zones (SEZ), Brahmani Steels(`20,000-crore investment, spread in 10,700acres in Kadapa district), Vadarevu-Nizampatnam Port and Industrial Corridor(VANPIC) with an estimated `2,500-crore ini-

tial investment in more than 10,000 acres,promises made at partnerships summits inthe last one decade are fresh in the minds ofpeople.

The State signed an MoU with SpringfieldLand Corporation and Macquarie Bank fromAustralia and Singapore's Juron InternationalGroup and Semb Corp Industries for theOdyssey Science City.

Nothing came out of it, and the State’scredibility took a drubbing. A few hotels ben-efitted through hospitality charges and liver-ies cost, though. Out of the 113 SEZs, barely 30are functional in the State.

Struck by a brainwave, Kiran KumarReddy announced that he cleared proposalsfor 30 industrial units `25,000 crore on a sin-gle day, barely within six months of assum-ing office as the chief minister. Thisgrandiose announcement came on February11 this year.

What lays bare the shallowness of all thesetall claims is the fact that existing industriesare reeling under six-to-eight-hour powercuts a day. Some industries had to plead withthe State Government for lifting of ‘power hol-idays’. Who is the government trying to fool?

Is State’s silence aweakness or virtue?

It’s gonna be a hotArab Summer

In the last one year, severaldictators of West Asia

founds themselves dis-graced and deposed and in

some cases, executed. Thesegiants fell to the combined

onslaught of public resentment,effectively spread by social net-

working sites, and liberal sup-port from Western countries. The

Arab Spring, as it came to bepopularly known, removed the

dictators but left a power vacu-um in a region with little credi-

ble alternatives to replace thefallen despots. Egypt, where thepopular protests combined withmilitary support forced Mubarak

to abdicate, is bleeding againwith Islamists on the verge of

grabbing power and angryyouths battling it out with riot

police and the Army in thestreets. One bitter lesson that

keeps repeating in the history ofmankind is that when an estab-

lished structure is demolishedwithout a credible substitute

only chaos and suffering will fol-low. We can only hope the

shoots of Arab Spring don’twither in the political heat.

WHY WE LOVE...Václav Havel

In Disturbing the Peace, VáclavHavel wrote: “There's alwayssomething suspect about an

intellectual on the winningside”, and to many of his coun-

trymen, Havel’s rise to theCzechoslovakian presidency

reeked of suspicion. Havel was abetter dissident than a presi-

dent. And though he presidedover the breakup of his country,

his heart always rang true. Inpolitics, he was a man out of hiselement, but no one could ever

fault his spirit and courage.

Out of the 113 SEZs, barely 30 are functional in the State

Money talksA Saye Sekhar

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201118Life StyleGersende Rambourg

EPERNAY: Do you take yourchampagne brut or rose? Aroundthe world the French sparklingwine is still the ultimate festivedrink, but these days it oftencomes in shades of golden pinkto pomegranate.

First seen as a quirky varia-tion on classic white bubbly —even dismissed as a “woman’sdrink” — rose champagne hasgrown into far more than a fad,with a market share that has beenrising steadily for 10 years.

All of France’s top champagnehouses have started offering

rose, and the northeastern grow-ing region is producing ever moreof it, according to Thierry Gasco,cellar master at Pommery.

“More and more wine lovers,including men, have acceptedrose in its own right,” said Gasco.

For 26 years Francois Domihas run the cellars at Billecart-Salmon, a 19th-century cham-pagne producer which sells 1.5 totwo million bottles, 60 percent ofthem exported, and whose rosehas secured a global reputation.

On a tour of the housecellars in Mareuil-sur-Ay, Domiexplained why in his viewrose champagne has an advan-

tage over white: “It adds colour tothe table — and it softens theimage of champagne, it makes itmore genial.”

Rose accounts for less than athird of production at Billecart-Salmon, made from the threemain grapes of the champagneregion: chardonnay, pinot noirand pinot meunier.

Wine producers are bannedby European Union law frommixing red and white wines toproduce rose, which has to bemade by the traditional methodof leaving crushed red grape skinsto soak with their juice.

Champagne is the exception:

here rose is made by mixing inred wine, less than 10 percent inthe case of Billecart-Salmon.

Domi doses the red wine untilhe achieves just the right colourand aroma, nothing too tannic,the aim being a champagne witha slight hint of dried fruit andstrawberry.

— ‘Getting more fruit fromthe grape’ —

A handful of champenoiswinegrowers — a tiny minority— choose to make their roseby steeping grape skins injuice, known as the “saignee”method from the French wordfor bleeding.

The result, says Domi, is awine with “more power, wherethe aromas are more pro-nounced, more striking.”

Billecart-Salmon, whose rosechampagne is seen by somme-liers as one of the best, prefers toput the accent on “subtlety, deli-cacy” — but the bleeding methodhas its fervent advocates.

One of them is Jean-BaptisteGeoffroy, whose nearby vineyardproduces 120,000 bottles per year,20 percent of them rose, against aregional average of eight to 10percent.

“A ‘saignee’ rose, in terms oftaste, is a world apart,” he said.

Made 100-percent from pinotnoir grape, his deep-colouredrose aims for something“scrumptious, explosive, withnotes of red berry.”

“When it’s young, a rose hasto have punch,” said the 40-something winegrower — whobelieves the bleeding methodenables him to get “more of thefruit” from the grape.

“What bothers me withblended roses is that many are —to the taste — near-identical towhite champagnes.

“And when you mix whitewith red, you never achieve per-fect unity. The touch of tannic redlacks harmony with the white”.

But he admits hismethod sometimes catchestasters off guard.

“Either they love it, or theyhate it — especially if they expecta rose that tastes either like white,or very light.”

Recently Geoffroy startedexperimenting with a new type ofrose altogether, with just 2,000bottles produced so far.

It is obtained by maceratinglight-skinned chardonnay anddark-skinned pinot noir grapestogether, instead of maceratingeach grape separately then dos-ing the mix — the standardmethod for almost all champagneand wine production.

“No one had tried it before,”Geoffroy smiled. The result? A flo-ral, mineral wine with hints ofexotic fruit.

Serving sparkling wineRemove the foilcovering the cork,and untwist thebottom of the wirecage; remove thecage, keeping onehand over the cork

With one hand, grasp thecork; you can use a towel oroven mitt to cushion your hand;with the other hand, grasp thebase of the bottle

Point the bottle awayfrom everyone; turn thebottle and the cork very

slowly and gently inopposite directions

Ease the cork out; there shouldn’tbe a loud pop

Pour a little wine into flute glassto let it foam up and settle, then

fill the glass about two-thirds full

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201119Because you are what you wearF‑Folio

Karen Dacre

In a period in which the fash-ion fraternity found itself

playing epic guessing gamesover the identity of the designer

chosen to create the futureQueen's wedding garb and who

would be John Galliano's suc-cessor at Dior, it was the jumper,

the lovely, straightforwardjumper, that provided light

relief. You know where you arewith a jumper, you see. It's a gar-

ment everyone understands,one you pull over your head

in the morning without stopping to think.

Offering unlimited access toa new, laid-back way of dressing

that requires no lengthy stylingsessions in front of the bedroommirror, the year's sweater revival

began back in January — onJanuary 22, to be precise. The

nights were long, the days dark(perfect jumper weather), and

Sarah Lund, stoic star of Danishdrama The Killing, made her

first appearance on our screens.A regular wearer of boxy Fair

Isle jumpers in a host of shadesand pallets, Lund, played by

Sofie Gråbøl, became this year'smost talked-about heroine and,

as a result, the chief ambassadorof this year's biggest

knitwear trend.On the autumn/winter cat-

walks, with Lund at the forefrontof designers' minds, the jumper

was reborn. While in previousyears jumpers and sweaters had

received little attention fromdesigners, who felt them too

unremarkable to put into aready-to-wear collection, this

was a season in which knitwear,in both unfussy and experimen-

tal forms, came into its own. At Jil Sander, a simple yet

beautifully made series of intar-

sia knit sweaters was the order ofthe season. At Céline, imaginingthe interiors of luxury cars,Phoebe Philo unveiled a geomet-ric-print sweater inspired by theSeventies.

Now, as we enter the festiveperiod, a time in which jumpersin all shapes and forms havealways been in favour, we turn toChristmas jumpers. The sort thatSarah Lund would be reallyproud of. No longer considered anovelty purchase, the Christmasjumper — be it detailed withreindeers or snowflakes — is afavourite with stylish Londoners.

And this year, thanks to Lundand her followers, there are morejumpers around than everbefore. Fair Isle knits remain afirm favourite with both menand women and are readilyavailable on the high street. Gap,Banana Republic and Topshophave a vast selection of the style,which was named after theScottish island on which thetechnique was developed, whilemore upmarket brands such asMoncler and Aubin & Wills alsohave substantial ranges.

For those seeking somethingthat screams Christmas, asweater detailed with prancingreindeer and jolly teddy bears isa popular option. London-basedillustration studio Lazy Oaf has abroad selection of sweaters bear-ing snowy motifs, while StellaMcCartney's polar-bear knit iscertain to go down well withfashion- forward Frozen Planetfans. Whatever your silly seasonsweater of choice, be sure toteam your Christmas jumperwith a low-key pair of jeans ortights, and remember: it's notjust for Christmas.

EVENING STANDARD

A CHRISTMASJUMPERAmong other, less earth-shatteringevents such as the painful demiseof Europe's economy and a littlepublicised royal wedding, 2011 will beremembered as the year in which thejumper got its mojo back

TRENDSPOTTING

FOR ALL SEASONS

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201120Campus

IIPM is among the best-known management colleges in the city. As students train tobecome corporate professionals, they also work towards developing a social consciousness.Shiba Minai talks to these IIPMians to find out more about what's in and what's not!

MANAGING THEIR WAY TO SUCCESSStudentswith a cause

The students of IIPM has takenupon themselves to support acause. IIPM Hyderabad has a

team called SACK — Studentsagainst corruption and kickbacks.The SACK team consists of 25 stu-dents and their faculty SyedMohsin Ali, who strongly believein the cause. These students dividethemselves into multiple groupsand give an hour-long presenta-tion on the repercussions of cor-ruption. They also give tips on howthe student community (the futureof the country) at their respectivelevels, can contribute to the eradi-cation of corruption from ourcountry. These IIPMians are sup-

portive of the Lokpal bill and havebeen advocating the same. Theyalso have an active page on FBthat is posted with activities andcontinues to create awareness.These students have visited morethan 50 colleges in the city andhave reached out to over 10,000students. Some of the collegesthey have been to are SriChaitanya Junior College, CBIT, StAnn’s, Badruka College ofCommerce and Arts, VVIT, VasaviEngineering College, Avanthi andDegree College located in all partsof the twin cities and many morein the outskirts of the city.

Coolest thing about thecollegeSome of the faculty is workingprofessionals who teach parttime. So their lecturers givethem a lot to learn because theyhave hands-on exposure asmanagement students. Studentsalso love the flexibility and inde-pendence given to them. Theyalso love the corporate cultureand all of them already feel like

corporate professionals!

Fashion Trend of thecollegeThe students of this college arealways ready to hit a conferenceor give a presentation in theirbusiness formals. There aresome days when they areallowed to wear business casu-als. Their dress code however,doesn't stop them from lookingstylish, they add that zing totheir attire — by using scarves,stoles and stylish ties.

Coolest hangouts oncampusFor a lot of them, the cafeteria in

the lower ground is the bestplace to hangout. They also havetheir special attachment withthe college’s patio.

Which is the coolesthangout outside thecollege?Students of this college trulybelieve in studying hard andpartying harder! These manage-ment students seem to be hav-ing quite a fine taste dining asmost of them love Fusion 9. Thiscollege also has a large numberof hookah lovers, who frequentHitlers Den in AshokaMetropolitan. Their favouritewatering-hole seems to be Rain.They love the music and the

ambience and some of themadmit that the cosy corners aregood to cuddle up with theirspecial ‘someone.’

What would thestudents want tochange about thecollege?We wish we were allowed to letour hair down and wear casualson most days. Also, any new ini-tiative takes long to be approvedas it has to be okayed by thecentral team in Delhi. Thesesmart management studentsalso have the solution. Theythink the local managementshould have more decision mak-ing ability!

What’s on Songs onyour iPod today?Kolaveri Di seems to be a rageeven with this college.Oh la la la from Dirty Picture andThag le from Ricky Behl vs Ladies.Povai Povia from Dookudu.

Students Speak

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201121The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

SALMAN KHAN: He should be titled ‘Hit Khan’. IfBollywood’s knight in shining armour bailed theindustry out in 2009 and 2010, he boosted the box-office business this year too, with Bodyguard andReady. In both, neither the content was premium, norwere the performances superlative, but what helpedthe actor stand out were the big bucks his films yield-ed at the box-office, strengthening his position as abankable star.

SHAH RUKH KHAN: Romance ishis forte! But this time ShahRukh Khan donned the garb of asuperhero in RA.One to woo hisfans. Though the film was notappreciated much for its con-tent, his fans liked him as a geekscientist and as a superhero. Healso earned praise for the use oftechnology, innovative market-ing and promotional techniquesto promote his product.

AMITABH BACHCHAN:Retirement? No way, says Big B.Instead he is grabbing centralroles at the age of 69 and thisyear too he came out with twofilms Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baapand Aarakshan — as different aschalk and cheese. If the formersaw him as a flamboyant under-world don, the latter featuredhim as a college principal fight-ing for the rights of students. Interms of business, neither weremoney spinners, but as far asacting is concerned, Amitabh isAmitabh. He was terrific in boththe roles and critics gave him athumbs up.

FARHAN AKHTAR: When thereis a huge star cast, it is not easyto make an impression. ButFarhan Akhtar did that inZindagi Na Milegi Dobara,which also starred Abhay Deoland Hrithik Roshan. The art ofacting is all about sensitivity,emotions, feelings and Farhangot them all right.

AAMIR KHAN: What one missed in Salman Khan’s filmswas prominently present in Aamir Khan-starrer DhobiGhat. Aamir wowed his fans as a lonely painter in thedirectorial debut of his wife Kiran Rao, who deftly han-dled a bouquet of stories, travelling across various sec-tions of society in the lanes and by-lanes of Mumbai. Theactor had just one release, that too, consciously designedfor niche audiences, but everyone eulogised it, saying,“Wow! What a performance! What an actor!” If that werenot enough, Aamir was admired for daring to produceadult comedy Delhi Belly and the film’s success furtherstrengthened his image in volatile Bollywood.

RANBIR KAPOOR: If his great grandfather, grandfa-ther and parents are admired and respected for theircinematic genius, Ranbir Kapoor has proved that he isa true torch-bearer of the Kapoor khandan. Theyoungster excelled in his only release Rockstar, whichwas marred by a bad script. His role required a rangeof emotions and he stood out in every scene and keptthe audiences hooked.

From he-man to funny man, fromflamboyant to sombre, Bollywood’stop-notch actors have shone on thesilver screen in various avatarsand also kept the cash regis-ters ringing. We list the top10 actors of the year

MADHAVAN: An NRI, who belongs to a middle-classfamily, returns home to find himself a wife. Heencounters a drunken girl, who is not interested inmarrying him. But her spirit is such that he falls headover heels in love with her and it becomes heartbreak-ing for him to let her go with some other guy. That wasTanu weds Manu for you. Madhavan not only suitedthe role, but he revelled in it, earning plaudits fromboth critics and fans.

ABHAY DEOL: He emerged as the dark horse. Be it adoomed lover in Dev D or a smart thief in Oye Lucky!Lucky Oye, he has effortlessly carried his roles in thepast. He continued his winning streak as a confusedlover in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.

SAIF ALI KHAN: This Khan showed his sparks inOmkara and after that he embarked on a journey thatshowed his versatility. This year he had just one releasein Aarakshan, which was not a super hit, but the film’sbox-office performance didn’t overshadow Saif’s work.Critics felt he scored very highly in sincerity, subtletyand sheer screen presence as a Dalit boy in the movie,highlighting the reservation issue. IANS

The Top 10

HRITHIK ROSHAN: Usually seenin over-the-top roles, HrithikRoshan for the first time did arole that was slightly offbeat andcloser to reality. If Kites didn’tallow him to fly high, his perfor-mance in Zin dagi Na MilegiDobara helped him unleash hispotential as an actor.

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actors of 2011

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@SrBachchan594 -Oh dear me lots of thingsto say .. just back from BigStarEntertainment Awards and ..they gave me 2.

@vivek_oberoi Back from Goa after celebrat-ing dad's bday n right ontothe sets of my new movieKismat Love Paisa.

@DuttaLara Day of role reversal! Off tosee the husband shooting fora change! :-). This is going tobe fun!! :-D

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Megastar Amitabh Bac h -chan misses the unre-strained and car e free

days of his youth when he used togo for frequent 'chaat' sessionsand drives with friends afterbunking college without worrying

about anything."The excursions with mother

to the Bengali Market for themost delicious chaat in the

world and the sweet meats.The parathe wali gali in

Chandni Cho wk, themad drives during col-

lege hours with ourgang of class bunk -

ers to the excava-tions andthe ruinsbeyond Qu -tub Minarand Tugh -l a k a b a d , "the 69-year-old, who di -d his gradu-ation from

Delhi University's Kirorimal Colle -ge, posted. "The winter sun in theafternoon, the fire place by thenight, ghost stories over new yearand just the coming together offamily and friends wrapped aroundin warm blankets by the burningembers!"

The actor feels such adventure"is gone now". "Such adventure,such simplicity, such trust … allgone now. We slept at night with ourdoors and windows open, the gatesnever shut, even when we were outin the lawn or on the roof top, forthose were the regions that were thecoolest. No security, no guards, justa carefree life ….," Big B wrote onhis blog bigb. biga dda.com.

"And now just before I havecome up to write to you, each doorchecked and double checked, eachwindow closed, locks and securitypersonnel alerted, Shanouk (hispet dog) in vantage post, phonesand alarms by the side, incessantnoise on the streets of traffic andpeople." IANS

Big B missescarefree life

Uday dines with OliviaWilde, Jason BatemanBollywood actor Uday Chopra

enjoyed an 'awesome' din-ner with Hollywood stars JasonBateman and Olivia Wilde asthey shot for his Hollywood pro-duction venture The LongestWeekend in the US.

"Just had dinner with all theproducers and director ofThe Longest Week aswell as @batemanja-son and @olivi-a w i l d ea w e -s o m e -

ness all around," Uday wrote onmicroblogging site Twitter.

The Longest Week is the pro-duction venture of YRFEntertainment, the Hollywoodwing of Yash Raj Films. Theshooting for the movie beganlast month in New York City.

Written and directedby Peter Glanz, it stars

Bateman, Wilde,and Billy

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Ellen DeGeneres andPortia de Rossi are onthe move again — and

settling down Brad Pitt-style!The talk show host and

her gal have purchased theMalibu home of Brad andAngelina Jolie’s for a paltry$12 million.

The four-bedroom,four-bath, 4,000 squarefoot beachfront abode is asnug ‘downsize’ from their$49 million dollar 15,000square foot home that’sbeen featured in

Architectural Digest.Pitt, who pur-

chased the houseafter his split withHollywood’s hottestwoman JenniferAniston, originallylisted the house for

$13.5 million.Ellen and Portia’s

new pad overlooksthe ocean, completewith private beachaccess, a pool andtennis court — can’tcomplain about that!

Ellen pays $12 million forBrad Pitt’s Malibu pad

If you’re a comic-book fan, then yougreeted the news of an Avengers-X-

Men crossover title with geekish glee.If you’re the suspicious sort, then

you greeted the news with suspicion— the suspicion that Marvel is aimingfor yet another all-star,big-screen team-up.

Crazy talk? Considertwo things: One, as theupcoming Avengersmovie demonstrates,Marvel is not a companyadverse to all-star, big-screen team-ups.

Two, the promo pic-ture for the Avengers-X-Men comic, formally titl -ed Avengers vs X-Men,features a Hawkeye wholooks a lot more like thenew Jeremy Renner ver-sion than the traditional,mask-wearing vers ion.

Put ‘em both togeth-er, and is it really, trulycrazy talk to ask ifMarvel’s laying thegroundwork for an

Avengers vs X-Men multiplex extrav-aganza?

A Marvel rep didn’t respond to anemail seeking comment.

Jim Littler, co-founder of Comi -cBookMovie.com, meanwhile, didn’tdismiss Conspiracy Corner’s inquiryor its inquiring mind. Well, notimmediately anyway.

“Marvel is indeed leveraging theircomics to tie into the movies, whichthey see as they natural evolution ofthe industry,” Littler said in an email.“But Fox is still the franchise owner ofthe X-Men movies.”

And, yes, Disney is still the fran-chise owner of The Avengers movies.

While rival studios work togetheroccasionally — see: Donald Duckand Daffy Duck sharing the stage inWho Framed Roger Rabbit? — thekey word is occasionally.

With Fox actively working X-Menangles, and Disney just beginningwith The Avengers, “I believe it is stillwishful thinking at this point,” Littlerconcluded of an all-star, big-screenteam-up. Whether Avengers lives upto expectations remains to be seen.

Is Avengers vs X-menthe new superhero flick?

Selena cancelsconcerts

26The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011

Selena Gomez haspulled the plug ontwo holiday-them -

ed concerts scheduledfor Saturday and Sun -day. Her rep claims a‘family emergency’ isthe reason why Selenacancelled the tour.

However, a sourceclose to the situationsays that Gomez’s moth-er, Mandy, suffered amiscarriage on Friday.Gomez announced onTwitter late last monththat her mom and step-dad, Brian Teefey, wereexpecting their firstchild together.

The Wizards of Wa -verly Place starlet wasset to perform onSaturday at the B96Jingle Bash 2011 at theAllstate Arena outside ofChicago and on Sundayat 106.1 KISS FM’s JingleBell Bash at the WaMuTheater in Seattle. Theentire Sea ttle show hasnow been postponed,beca use On e R epublicalso had to cancel withfrontman Ryan Tedderordered by doctors to goon vocal rest.

Selena was in theaudience at Power 106’sCali Christmas 2011concert in Los Angeleson Friday night whenshe learned of her moth-er’s tragic news. Gomezimmediately left theshow and headed home.

She is scheduled toperform during MTV’slive New Year’s Eve spe-cial hosted by her palDemi Lovato and TeenWolf star Tyler Posey.

Britney Spears and JasonTrawick, the soon-to-benewlyweds were gracious

enough to show the camera somelove while celebrating Trawick’s40th birthday at Planet Hollywoodin Las Vegas (and a pretty nicephoto op for the ring, too. Even ifit’s not that subtle). Looking prettygood, don’t you think?

“Still glowing! About to jumpon a plane to Planet Hollywood inVegas. Throwing a Bday Party forJason at Chateau Night Club. Sofun. Xxoo,” Britney tweeted onFriday, and soon afterward wefound out that they’d also be cel-ebrating their engagement!

So what were the two love-birds up to as they celebrated thetwo momentous occasions?

We hear Spears and Trawickwere hand-in-hand and kissingthroughout the night, as theycanoodled at Sugar Factory’sChocolate Lounge prior to head-ing to Chateau Nightclub.

The couple and 30 of their clos-est friends and family membersdined on salmon and various piz-zas for dinner, along with choco-late pizza, cupcakes, gumdropsand other candies for dessert.

And then it was time to party.Inside of the hot spot, the Hold itAgainst Me crooner surprised hernewly cemented fiancé with atwo-tier black and white birthdaycake, with ‘Happy Birthday Jaso n’displayed on the red-velvet dessert(Trawick’s fave cake flavour).

And post-cake and birthdayfanfare, Spears, Trawick and theirentourage danced until late inthe evening.

“Tonight was one of the mostmagical nights of my life,” thebride-to-be tweeted earlySaturday morning.

“Such an amazing time withmy new fiancé and our closestfriends and family. #Blessed.”The couple is just too adorableand we couldn’t be happier for them!

BritneySpearsengaged!

From dance to diapersFollowing his Dancing With the

Stars win, JR Martinez is get-ting ready to take on his nextchallenge: Fatherhood!

The Iraq vet and his longtimegirlfriend, Diana Gonzalez-Jones,are expecting their first child nextspring, say sources.

And they already know thesex of the baby!

“We found out just last weekit’s a girl and we are over themoon,” Martinez told the mag.“Diana has a little baby bumpnow and it’s the cutest thing ever.With the holidays coming up, thisis the biggest and best gift wecould get.”

“2011 has been full of a lot ofsurprises and opportunities andultimately, a lot of blessings,”Martinez went on. “Diana and I

were just asking ourselves, ‘Howis 2012 going to top 2011?’ Well,we have our answer!”

The couple met whenMartinez nabbed a role on All MyChildren in 2008 and remainedfriends until they became roman-tically involved last year.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201127The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

Changingnotes of

themusic

industryAfter ruling the roost for several

decades, audio companies arestruggling to cope with the new

wave of music consumption

Hemanth Kumarhemanth.k@postnoon.com

The Telugu music industryhas undergone a massivechange over the past fewyears and today, some of

the leading audio companies arestruggling to cope with the newwave of how people listen tomusic.There was a time when peoplewould queue up to buy the audiocassettes of eagerly-awaitedfilms. But now, physical salescontinue to drop enormously andaudio piracy seems unstoppable.The onset of digital era has poseda lot more challenges to audiocompanies and it’s only in thepast two years that they areembracing the change. “This is atransition period and slowlyaudio companies are trying tounderstand the paradigm shift inmusic consumption. There was alot of confusion till last yearabout the revenues. Finally, theaudio companies and film pro-ducers have realised that the rev-enue from audio sales hasdropped considerably andbecause of this, the prices beingquoted for audio copyrights havealso decreased,” says filmmakerMadhura Sreedhar who alsoowns a leading audio companycalled Madhura Audio. “Companies can survive only ifthey have a huge catalogue offilms and only then they canthink of recovering the invest-ment over a period of time.Otherwise, it’s very tough for newcompanies to survive in the mar-ket,” he says.

In 2009, the audio of SSRajamouli’s Magadheera was ahuge hit and one of the songs,Panchadhara Bomma set a newrecord in terms of caller tunedownloads and the audio com-pany reportedly recovered theentire investment on the filmfrom that one song alone. Noother song in the past two yearshas been able to match its success. This year JagadanandaKaraka from Sri Rama Rajyamand Endhuko Emo from Rangam are reportedly two ofthe biggest hits.

To compensate for the lossesfrom the physical sales, audio

companies are increasinglylooking at Internet and mobilemarkets to reach out to theaudience. More than 85 percent of the revenue comes fromdigital sales, especially fromValue Added Services (VAS) likecaller tunes and ring tones.After an audio companyacquires the copyrights, theyapproach a third-party serviceprovider, who negotiates withall the mobile service providersto enlist the songs as callertunes and ring tones. Apartfrom the mobile serviceproviders, audio companies geta good share of revenue fromradio stations and event man-agers every time they play asong. Several websites likeRaaga.com and Muzigle.comhave sprung up, which let theusers to stream songs directlyon their websites and they endup paying royalty to the audiocompanies proportional to thenumber of times a song isstreamed.

“The success of a film isvery important to sustain theaudience’s interest in the songspost the release of a film.Sometimes, we don’t evenrecover the investment on theaudio if the film doesn’t work,”Madhura Sreedhar says.Although the future looksbleak for audio companies,they are slowly trying toexplore other avenues to gen-erate revenue and going digi-

tal is definitely on the cards.“In future, most of the

audio companies willstart their own websitesenabling digital sales,downloads and stream-ing of songs,” he pre-dicts.

Top songs of 2011Endhuko Emo (Rangam)

Jagadananda Karaka (Sri Rama Rajyam)

Nee Dookudu (Dookudu)

Infatuation (100% Love)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011 28The glamour behind the glitzMagic ScreenT-TOWN TWEETIES

@LakshmiManchuSwimming and cardio. Yeah.Love my workout mornings.What are u doing today tolove urself?

@PriyaWajAnandThings are going to get awhole lot interesting now thatmy sister Nithya is here! Howwas ur weekend ladies &gents?

@prakashraajIn a world where you have theright to be anything... JUST BEYOURSELF. Cheersss !!!!

@sneha_ullalFood,coke,cold climate,peaceall around,Rnb music,playingcarrom,conversations n all urwishes and blessings pouringin..what more do I want.

@pnavdeep26Walkin d ramp at d blendersfashion week tonight forVasuki's NGO for child rights!‘OYE’ open your eyes:)smallcontribution for big cause:)

@shriyasmilingJust finished rehearsing for CCLperformance. Exhausted butexcited. Wish me luck n love.

@Actor_SiddharthPeople who tweet whilewatching a film are theantithesis to a good audi-ence...what are we becoming?roger ebert shares this view!Sad days!

@shrutihaasanHad such a fun time walkingfor nishka! the collection is sofun!!adore you hyderabadthanks for all your love:):)xoxo

is in a fixPost the success of 100%

Love, Tamannaah wasone of the most sought-after actresses in the

Telugu film industry. Soon, shesigned up three films, Rachcha,Endhukante Premanta and Rebel,which are being shot simultane-ously. Now, the actress is in a fixover allotting dates for all thesefilms. Recently, Sravanthi RaviKishore, the producer ofEndhukante Premanta,

approached the Producers’Council and complained thatTamannaah hasn’t been allottingdates for his film. Finally thecommittee has asked the produc-ers of these films to plan theirschedules according to the avail-ability of Tamannaah’s dates.She’s more likely to completeshooting for Rachcha soon andthen juggle the dates betweenthe other two films in the com-ing few days.

Tamannaah

Shankar’s 3 Rascalsto release on Jan 26

Shankar’s upcoming Tamil film Nanban, theofficial remake of Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots, isgoing to hit screens in January. Vijay, Jiiva

and Sriram are playing the lead roles and Ileanais reprising Kareena Kapoor’s role in this film.The film is being dubbed in Telugu as 3 Rascalsand Dil Raju is distributing the film acrossAndhra Pradesh. Although, the Tamil version isreleasing on January 14 in Tamil Nadu, theTelugu version has been postponed to January26 to avoid a clash with other biggies which arereleasing in mid-January. Harris Jayaraj hascomposed the music for this film. 3 Rascals isthe first ever remake in Shankar’s decade and ahalf career and it’s his first film sinceRajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai starrer Robo, whichreleased in 2010.

Eckhart Tolle connection

Mahesh Babu is on a new high both per-sonally and professionally these days.But a few years ago, his career was

going nowhere. After Pokiri, he had to wait foralmost five years to make a strong comeback.Several things happened during those years andmost important among them was him spendinga lot of time with his son Gautham and readingseveral self help bookswhich brought morebalance to his life.One of those self-help books wasEckhart Tolle’s best-selling book, A NewEarth: Awakening toYour Life'sPurpose, whichapparently is hisfavourite book.The success ofDookudu haseased the bur-den off hisshoulders ofdelivering ablockbusterand now withPuriJagannadh’sThe BusinessMan makingthe rightbuzz, heseems to be inthe comfort zone.

Mahesh Babu’s

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201129Telly sitcoms, news and movie listingsChai Time

1400 Naadi Aadajanme1430 Pavitra1500 Movie1800 Sri Shanidevuni Mahimalu1830 Vasantha Kokila1900 Chinnari Pelli Kuturu1930 Anna Chellelu2000 Pellipandiri2030 Edureetha2100 Bhale Chancele2200 CID2300 Vasantha Kokila2330 Alajadi0700 Silver Screen0730 Just For Fun0800 Ayurvedam0830 Chaganti Nava Vidha Bhakti0900 Challenge

1400 Kannavaari Kalalu1430 Maavichiguru1500 Jeevitha Chakram1530 Movie 1800 Jai Shri Krishna1830 Shraavani Subramaniam1900 Mandhara1930 Auto Bharthi2000 No. 23, Mahalakshmi

Nivasam2030 Mogali Rekulu2100 Aparanji2130 Devatha2200 Mamathala Kovela2230 Sree Mathi Sree2300 Gemini Vaarthalu0800 Gemini Talkies0830 Movie 1130 Aha Emi Ruchi1200 Comedy Kick1230 Maa Inti Aada Paduchu1300 Chittemmaa 1330 Gorintaku

1400 Abhishekam1430 Aadade Aadharam1500 Antahpuram1530 Aakasa Ganga1600 Prema Mandiram1630 Jagadeeswari1700 Adhire Adurs1800 Devimahathyam1830 Puttadi Bomma1900 Kumkuma Rekha1930 Manasu Mamata2000 Chandra Mukhi2030 Bharyamani2100 Etv News2130 Paduta Teeyaga 2245 Movie 0800 Jeevana Jyothi0830 Tollywood Time0900 Movie 1130 Abhiruchi1230 Star Mahila

1400 Ardhangi 1430 Movie1800 Veera Naari Jhansi Laxmi

Bhai1830 Kalavari Kodallu1900 Chinna Kodalu1930 Pasupukunkuma2000 Muddu Bidda2030 Radha Kalyanam2100 Kanyadanam2130 Chittam Chittam -

Prayaschittam2230 Shree2300 Bindas2330 Latest Superhit Songs0800 Gopuram0830 Bhakti Samacharam0900 Sri Raghavendra Vybhavam0930 Ayurveda Jeevana

Vignanam 1000 Zee 70 Mm A.C

‘India's Minute To Win It’at 1900 Hrs on AXN

1415 Csi - Crime SceneInvestigation

1505 Sony Lifestyle TvMagazine

1535 Ebuzz1605 Chef Academy1700 Top Chef Masters 1800 Criss Angel Mindfreak 1900 India's Minute To Win It2000 Sports Crash2100 Minute To Win It 2200 Wipeout2300 Criss Angel Mindfreak 0700 Infomercial/30 Min0725 Sky Teleshopping0840 Infomercial/30 Min0905 Sky Teleshopping0930 Whacked Out Sports 0955 Infomercial/5 Min1000 Whacked Out Sports 1030 India's Minute To Win It1130 Sports Crash

‘Haar Jeet’ at 2230 Hrs onIMAGINE1400 Haar Jeet 1430 Dharampatni 1500 Nach Le Ve With Saroj

Khan 1600 Haar Jeet 1630 Dwarkadheesh1700 Dharampatni 1800 Beendh Banuga Ghodi

Chadhunga 1830 Sawaare Sabke Sapne1900 Nach Le Ve With Saroj

Khan 2000 Dwarkadheesh2030 Sawaare Sabke Sapne2100 Beendh Banuga Ghodi

Chadhunga2130 Dharampatni 2200 Baba Aisa Varr Dhoondo 2230 Haar Jeet2300 Dharampatni

‘Bade Achhe Lagte Hai’ at2230 Hrs on SONY

1400 Saas Bina Sasuraal1430 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai1500 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge1600 CID1800 Saas Bina Sasuraal1830 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai1900 Crime Patrol - Dastak2000 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge2045 Dekha Ek Khwaab2130 Parvarrish - Kuchh Khatti

Kuchh Meethi2200 Saas Bina Sasuraal2230 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai2300 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge0730 Sky Star Advertising0900 Adaalat1000 Crime Patrol - 11200 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge1245 Dekha Ek Khwaab1330 Parvarrish - Kuchh Khatti

Kuchh Meethi

‘[V] Humse Hai Life’ at1930 Hrs on CHANNEL [V]

1400 [V] Deadly Dus1430 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance1500 [V] Humse Hai Life1530 [V] Trailers1600 [V] Zabardast Hits1800 [V] Fresh Songs1830 [V] Humse Hai Life1900 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance1930 [V] Humse Hai Life2000 [V] Love Net2100 [V] Deadly Dus2130 [V] Trailers2155 [V] Fresh Songs2200 [V] Steal Ur Girlfriend2300 [V] Humse Hai Life2330 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance0700 [V] Trailers0730 [V] Zabardast Hits0800 [V] Mind Blasting

Mornings1100 [V] Fresh Songs1200 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance

‘Business Tonight’ at 2100Hrs only on ET NOW

1400 The F And O Show1430 Closing Trades1530 Tomorrow's Trades1600 Business Day1730 Markets Tomorrow1800 Rush Hour1900 Global Business Report1930 Business Express2000 Business First2030 Markets Tomorrow2100 Business Tonight2200 Top 10 At 102230 Investor's Guide2300 Zigwheels 0900 First Trades1000 Hot Stocks1100 Buy Now Sell Now - The

Stock Game1130 Buy Now Sell Now1200 Market Sense1300 Business Day1330 Markets Now

‘The Game’ at 1930 Hrsonly on TIMES NOW

1300 News Now At 11330 News Now1800 6 Pm1830 Live Report1900 Primetime1930 The Game2000 News Now At 82030 Live Report2100 The Newshour2200 The Newshour - Plus2230 E Now2300 News Now At 110800 The Morning News0900 News Now1200 Live Report1230 News Now

‘Silsilay’ at 1400 Hrs onZOOM1400 Movie - Silsilay1730 Star Bonanza1800 Letz Go!1900 Planet Bollywood News1930 Link'D2000 Telly Talk2030 Letz Go!2100 Safi Zoom Anchor Hunt 20112130 Link'D2200 B - Tonite2230 Business Of Bollywood2300 Bollywood Bonanza0700 Fresh Mornings0800 Red Carpet0805 20 - 20 Songs0825 Fresh Mornings1000 20 - 20 Songs1021 Fresh Mornings1100 Zoom Box1200 Garma Garam1300 Planet Bollywood News1330 Page 3

‘Khloe And Lamar’ at 2100Hrs on ZEE CAFE

1400 Scrubs1430 Better With You1500 Keeping Up With The

Kardashians1600 Body Of Proof1700 Scrubs1730 Better With You1800 E News 1900 The Tonight Show With Jay

Leno 2000 Scrubs2030 America's Funniest Home

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Videos

‘The Sheild’ at 2200 Hrson STAR WORLD1400 Masterchef USA 1500 Necessary Roughness 1600 The Big Bang Theory 1630 The Simpsons 1700 The Shield 1800 Masterchef USA 1900 Love2 Hate U 2000 Two And A Half Men 2030 The Simpsons 2100 Masterchef USA 2200 The Shield 2300 The Big Bang Theory 2330 Home Improvement 0700 The Big Bang Theory 0730 Home Improvement 0800 Two And A Half Men 0830 The Simpsons 0900 Masterchef USA 1000 The Shield 1100 Love2 Hate U 1200 Terra Nova 1300 The Big Bang Theory 1330 Friends

‘Sasural Simar Ka’ at1930 Hrs on COLORS

1400 Hamari Saas Leela 1430 Hawan 1500 Veer Shivaji 1530 Uttaran 1600 Phulwa 1700 Sasural Simar Ka 1800 Uttaran 1830 Balika Vadhu1900 Hawan 1930 Sasural Simar Ka 2000 Balika Vadhu - Kacchi

Umar Ke Pakke Rishte2030 Veer Shivaji 2100 Phulwa 2130 Parichay - Nayee Zindagi

Kay Sapno Ka 2200 Uttaran 2230 Bigg Boss2330 Balika Vadhu - Kacchi

Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

‘Curiosity’ at 2000 Hrs onDISCOVERY1400 Man Vs. Wild1500 Man, Woman, Wild1600 Dual Survival1700 Human Body - Pushing

The Limits1800 Killing For A Living1900 Swamp Brothers1930 Destroyed In Seconds2000 Curiosity2100 Man Vs. Wild2200 Swords - Life On The Line2300 My Shocking Story0900 Factory Made0930 Destroyed In Seconds1000 Time Warp

‘Chidiya Ghar’ at 2100Hrs on SAB

1400 Taarak Mehta Ka OoltaChashma

1430 Chidiya Ghar1500 R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya1530 Lapataganj1600 FIR1700 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma1830 R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya1900 Chidiya Ghar1930 Don't Worry Chachu!!!2000 Chintu Chinky Aur Ek Badi

Si Love Story2030 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma2100 Chidiya Ghar2130 R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya2200 Lapataganj2230 FIR2300 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma2330 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo0700 Religious Programmes0800 Teleshopping0830 Religious Programmes0900 FIR1200 Chidiya Ghar

MOVIE OF THE DAY

‘Diya Aur Bati Hum’ at2100 Hrs on STAR PLUS

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Meri Behnaa Hai1630 Sasuraal Genda Phool1700 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya1730 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam

Doon1830 Ruk Jaana Nahi1900 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya1930 Sasuraal Genda Phool2000 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam

Doon2030 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri

Behnaa Hai2100 Diya Aur Bati Hum2130 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai2200 Navya2230 Mann Ki Awaaz… Pratigya

Afsar BitiyaStoryline - It’s the day ofKrishna’s interview. She hasbeen studying day and nightfor this interview. Her fatherVidyapati always encouragesKrishna for her studies andher dream of becoming aBlock Development Officer.

‘Afsar Bitiya’ at 1900 Hrs on ZEE TV

Storyline - Baapji decides toleave the ashram after hesays that his family and hisdevotees are equal for him.After listening to this,Atharva feels bad.

‘Hawan’ at 1900 Hrs on COLORS

Hawan

‘Download - The TrueStory Of The Internet’ at2130 Hrs on DISCOVERYSCIENCE

‘The Defenders’ at 2100Hrs on BIG CBS PRIME1430 Jerry Springer 1530 Aspire 1600 Survivor 1700 Bellator 1800 Galileo Extreme 1900 The Defenders 2000 Entertainment Tonight 2030 Galileo Extreme 2100 The Defenders 2200 Jerry Springer 2300 CSI - Crime Scene

Investigation0700 Aspire 0730 Big Wheels 0800 Galileo Extreme 0900 CSI - Crime Scene

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1400 Junkies1430 Mummy Autopsy1530 Sci Fi Science1600 Innovation Nation1630 Mythbusters1730 Machines!1800 Industrial Junkie1830 Best Of Discovery Science1930 What's That About?2030 Bone Detectives2130 Download - The True Story

Of The Internet2230 G.I. Factory2330 The New Inventors0700 How It's Made0730 What's That About?0830 Mummy Autopsy0930 G.I. Factory1030 Bone Detectives1130 Download - The True Story

Of The Internet1330 Connections 3

1450 Rush Hour 2 1635 Blade II 1840 Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The

Cradle Oflife 2100 The Matrix Revolutions 2341 Romeo Must Die0740 Friends 0810 Good Morning, Miami 0840 Training Day 1055 Observe And Report 1230 The Matrix Revolutions

1345 Thunderbirds1550 The Bodyguard1840 Arthur 3 - The War Of The Two

Worlds2100 The Lost Future2300 Ong Bak 3 - The Final Warrior0700 The Untouchables0940 Arthur 31155 All I Want For Christmas

‘Choti Bahu 2’ at 1930 Hrson ZEE TV1400 Hitler Didi1430 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch

Bahuein1500 Bhagonwali1530 Yahan Main Ghar Ghar

Kheli1600 Pavitra Rishta1630 Shobha Somnath Ki1730 Preet Se Bandhi Yeh Dori1800 Hitler Didi1830 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch

Bahuein1900 Afsar Bitiya1930 Choti Bahu 2000 Hitler Didi2030 Yahan Main Ghar Ghar

Kheli2100 Pavitra Rishta2130 Preet Se Bandhi Yeh Dori2200 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch

Bahuein2230 Bhagonwali

‘The Lost Future’ at 2100 Hrs on HBO

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 201130Chai Time

How to Play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: “How do you play Kakuro?”, wellhere are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells likein a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells willcontain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro,the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly:In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you

will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14.Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is donethrough elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work outthe answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid com-binations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two - it contains two numbers, 30 and11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

KAKUROACROSS1 Boardwalk refreshments5 Attack a la Norman

Bates9 "Don't tread on me,"

e.g.14 ___ Blanc15 "Safe!" or "Out!"16 Atom with a negative

charge17 It's terrifying if it won't

open19 ___ B. DeMille20 Star of France21 "Drat!" is a mild one23 Adjective for a fox24 Three-dimensional man-

made scene26 Ship's backbone28 NYC time frame29 Bring on the decorator31 Cheap cigar35 John Milton classic37 Uses a straw40 "I wouldn't touch that

with a ___-foot pole!"41 Buddhist monk42 Gymnastics equipment47 Earhart, who flew solo

across the Atlantic48 Big name in building-

block toys49 One way to stand52 Chess action54 Throw away (with "of")56 Airport-shuttle vehicle59 "I'm ready for another

customer"61 Sainted Mother62 Napoleon, for a time64 Leeches, e.g.66 "Nine o'clock and ____

well"67 The E in QED68 Kind of shaft69 Major industrial center

near Manchester70 Kent's girl Lois71 Play parts

DOWN1 Obstruct2 Raccoon relatives3 Implant

4 Word with "case" or"step"

5 Conniving sort6 T, in Greece7 Range above tenor8 Dreary9 Bushwhacker's tool10 ___-two punch11 Involuntary contractions12 "Double, double ___

and trouble ..."13 "If I ___ Had a Brain"18 Barton or Bow22 Thomas Hardy heroine25 "... ___ which will live

in infamy" (F.D.R.)27 Loafs about30 Digby of "The Life of

Riley"32 "Can you ___ little

faster?"33 Doctrine34 Metal core?

35 Sacred song36 Comfy place to have

breakfast37 Aromatherapy setting38 "___ ... I Said" (Neil

Diamond song)39 Vent opening?43 Part of the pride44 Wash45 Cause to be

excited orroused

46 PopularValentine'sDay gift

49 Type of jus-tice

50 Give the OK51 Needles53 Kick out55 ___ donna56 Meat

department

purchase57 Support shaft58 White or Blue in Egypt60 "American Pie" actress

Reid63 Part of a jack-in-the-

box65 Took off on foot

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THOUGHT OFTHE DAY

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Two of Swords –Youʼll need to do thejuggling act and itmight be quite a both‑er. Donʼt worry aboutit too much. The feel‑ings of restlessnesswill eventually go.

The Empress – Thisis the card of love,romance and fertili‑ty. Women lookingto get pregnant ha vea good chance no w.Those in love willhave a great phase.

Page of Swords –You just know howto cut through theclutter and get tothe heart of the mat‑ter. There are cloudsof confusion but notfor long.

ARIES TAURUS GEMINIARIESFinancially sound position likely. Busi ‑nessmen profit by signing prosperousagreements and those who avoided th ‑em earlier will come back on their own;they contemplate fresh investments.

CANCER

LIBRAYou have to keep putting continued ef ‑forts to achieve your goals. Certain use‑ful work done by you in the past willyield good results now. Good time tocontemplate fresh investments.

CAPRICORNAvoid wasteful expenditure and monitoryour finances carefully to strike a bal‑anced situation. New opportunities areto be executed with a focussed appro ‑ach. Consider growth‑oriented projects.

TAURUSMother's health may be a cause for con ‑cern; take care of her. Spend time withfamily members, especially mother soas to keep them all happy. Ten sions willreduce but financial situation grim.

LEOYour self‑confidence is set to increase.You will fulfill wishes of your children.Specu lative deals can bring good gainsprovided you make a calculated effort.Some have chances to buy a house.

SCORPIOYour advises and suggestions will getimportance and be followed by all. Yourexpectations will get fulfilled without anyhurdle. Opportunities will come your wayand it is left to you to make use of them.

AQUARIUSAvoid postponing any work as youm a y end up with problems. If neededspend extra hours to get planned wo ‑rk done in time. Those in love will behappy as the bond is strengthening.

GEMINISome good news is in the offing, which willbring cheer to you. Your expectations willget fulfilled. Efforts for getting a job will befruitful for fresh graduates. You have tospeak with extreme caution.

VIRGOYour written‑off old dues get collected toyour surprise. Fortune windfall gains are inthe offing; make use of the good opportu‑nity that comes your way. Employees areto be entrusted with new responsibilities.

SAGITTARIUSAvoid sharing confidential matters withanyone as, indirect enemies have a tar‑get to defame you. You have to showyour willpower and fight hurdles thatcome in your way to fulfill expectations.

PISCESAvoid being emotional and unwantedrisks. Before taking vital decisions, consult family members and your well‑wishers. Avoid getting into disputes and controversial approach.

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Seven of Pentacles –Learn a new skill. Pickup an interestinghobby that will keepyou company whenyouʼre alone. Thereare many new thingsto learn.

– Five of Wands –Someone may beplotting against you.But how it goes willdepend on how youreact to it. You feelterrible about beingleft out.

– The Magician –Use your intuition toguide you to the rig ‑ht decisions. Youʼrefeeling great aboutthis time and thepositive attitude willtake you a long way.

CANCER LEO VIRGO

Five of Swords –There are too manypeople trying to get apiece of the pie andit bothers you thatyou cannot even bailout right now. Donʼtlet your guard down.

Eight of Swords –You feel restless andon the edge. Youhavenʼt been sleep‑ing well and itʼs sho ‑wing on your hea lth.Take time off andrest well.

The Moon – Payattention to whatyour mother is saying.She may seem con‑fused and may not bemaking sense. Butthere are subtle mes‑sages that help you.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS

Ten of Swords – Thisis the time to startover. The bad phaseis officially over. Itʼsup to you to acknow ‑ledge it and moveahead to brighterdays.

Eight of Wands –Good luck is comingyour way. Careermatters look up andyouʼre doingextremely well in thebalancing act this alldemands.

King of Pentacles –Finances will sta‑bilise. You need tostop worrying. Get apen and paper andchart out the rightcourse of action atthis time.

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