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The hanging of kasab 2WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

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MUMBAI: The sole survivinggunman from the 2008 Mumbaiattacks was executedWednesday, nearly four yearsafter 166 people were killed in athree-day rampage throughIndia’s financial capital, officialsannounced.

Pakistan-born MohammedKasab was hanged earlyWednesday at Yerawada jail inPune after President PranabMukherjee rejected his pleas formercy earlier this month.

“Kasab was shifted toYerawada jail two days ago. Hewas hanged at 7.30 this morn-ing,” Maharashtra home minis-ter RR Patil told reporters inMumbai. “His execution is a fit-ting tribute to the victims ofMumbai attacks,” Patil added ata news conference.

Kasab was one of 10 gunmenwho laid siege to the city inattacks that began on November26, 2008, and lasted nearly threedays. He was sentenced to deathin May 2010 after he was foundguilty of a string of charges,including waging war againstIndia, murder and terrorist acts.

Federal home ministerSushilkumar Shinde said that theIndian government had

informed its counterparts inPakistan of Kasab’s execution.

“The external affairs ministryhas informed the Pakistan gov-ernment about the execution,”he said.

The minister said that Indiawas prepared to hand over thegunman’s body to Pakistaniauthorities but it had received nosuch request so far.

During the 2008 attacks, theheavily armed Islamist gunmenstormed targets in Mumbaiincluding luxury hotels, a Jewishcentre, a hospital and a bustlingtrain station.

India blames the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) mil-itant organisation for training,equipping and financing thegunmen with support from “ele-ments” in the Pakistani military.

Pakistan has admitted thatthe attacks were planned partlyon its soil, but denies any officialinvolvement. It charged sevenalleged plotters behind theattacks in 2009 but has insistedmore evidence is needed to con-vict them.

Kasab initially pleaded notguilty but later confessed, admit-ting he was one of the gunmensent by the LeT.

At his trial, the prosecutionproduced fingerprint, DNA, eye-witness and TV footage evidence

showing him opening fire andthrowing grenades at CST in thebloodiest episode of the attacks.

When his trial began in 2009,Kasab at first appeared relaxed,joking or smiling at lawyers andreporters. But he seemed increas-ingly sullen, withdrawn andeven asleep as the trial pro-gressed, prompting fears for hismental state. He showed noemotion in the dock when hewas pronounced guilty of mur-der and waging war on India.

Kasab appealed in the SCclaiming he did not receive a fairtrial but his petition was struckdown in August.

India has executed just oneperson in 15 years — a formersecurity guard hanged in 2004for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. Prisoners can oftenlanguish for years on death rowbut there had been a huge clam-our for Kasab’s execution.

During his appeal, Kasabargued that he was denied prop-er legal representation and thatsome charges against him werenot proved beyond a reasonabledoubt. “I was denied a fair trial,”Kasab said in a statement whenhis appeal hearing began inJanuary. “I may be guilty ofkilling people and carrying out aterrorist act but I am not guilty ofwaging war against the state.”

An official told the PressTrust of India the pleashould be rejected given

the “grave crime”. The November 2008 attacks

claimed 166 lives. Nine gunmenwere also killed.

Kasab was convicted of mur-der and other crimes in May2010. The Supreme Court upheldhis death sentence in August.

The 60-hour siege of Mumbaibegan on 26 November 2008, tar-geting luxury hotels, the mainrailway station and a Jewish cul-tural centre, the BBC reported.

Kasab and an accomplice car-ried out the assault on the sta-tion, killing 52 people.

Kasab, who was held inMumbai’s Arthur Road jail,appealed for mercy last month.

NOT BOUND The petition was forwarded tothe home ministry by the gov-ernment of Maharashtra. Thehome ministry on Tuesday said ithad “processed Kasab’s mercypetition and submitted it to pres-ident for decision”.

Legal experts say the presi-

dent is not bound by the homeministry’s advice and there is notime limit within which he has todecide. However, correspon-dents say it is unlikely that thepresident will go against the recommendation.

There was huge pressure forthe death sentence to be carriedout soon, with the BJP sayingthere should be “no delay” inexecuting Kasab.

Despite legal experts sayingit could be months before he’d behanged, the Pakistani nationalwas executed this morning.

India president advised to reject pleaIndia’s home ministry has recommended the president reject the clemency plea of Pakistani

national Kasab, who was on death row for his role in the Mumbai attacks.

This file photograph released by the Mumbai Police on December 1, 2008,shows Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab lying on a bed at an undisclosed loca-tion in Mumbai. AFP PHOTO/MUMBAI POLICE/FILES

4 years on, Kasab is executedFour years after the Mumbai terror attacks, Ajmal Kasab, the only gunman who was captured

alive, was hanged at Pune’s Yerawada Jail this morning in a secret operation.

CELEBRITIES TAKE TO TWITTER@vikramchandraAm quiteastounded at thecalm manner inwhich the #Kasabhanging tookplace. Total secre-cy. No media circus!

@suhelsethI love the waywe’re lauding ourrule of law quaKasab’s hanging!Must we keepassasins and mur-derers alive just to tom-tom orchange laws!

@riteishdeshmukh#kasab hanging -congratulationsgovt of India - fordoing it so effec-tively. For oncethe govt brokethe news n not the news chan-nels.

@ashishChowdhryWhy should Irejoice Kasab’sdeath? I willrejoice when lil’innocent childrenwill stop beingtaught to kill in the name ofGod n Religion.

@narendramodiWhat about AfzalGuru, whoattackedParliament, ourtemple of democ-racy, in 2001?That offence predates Kasab’sheinous act by many years.

@Actor_SiddharthThe death penaltyscares me noend…having saidthat, Ajmal Kasabneeded to die.He’s going torealize that the whole heaventhing…was a lie.

@sureshnmenonCan we get sometax relief now thatthe govt doesn’thave to spend somuch on kasab’ssecurity !

@kunalkohliNow that Kasabhas been execut-ed,can we alsoget his handlers& the plannerswho attacked mycity ? We need them executedtoo.

@LakshmiManchuDeathpenalty..Not whati agree upon.. It istooeasy..Repentanceneeds to bestronger. #Kasab teach him thevalue of life.

@V1SH4LKasab was just anerrand-boy with agun. India isthrilled with hisdeath, but thereal culprits mustbe laughing at our sheer gulli-bility!

@AnupamPKherJustice may notreplace the feel-ing of loss but itgives strength &hope to continuelife with renewedbelief in system we live in.#Kasab

@anubhavsinhaNot a big fan ofCapitalPunishment. Butif at all, we MUSTknow that Kasabis just the lastdomino piece to fall. Topplethe first one.

@iRanveersinghSo aftr 4 yearskasab gets justice.

@TheRajKundraDefinition ofPower: It tookBala saheb just 3days to convinceGod that Kasabshould go toHELL! Justice is served!!

@milinddeoraSo much for theright-wing spon-sored "Congressis soft on terror"debate! TheGovernment'sactions make me a prouderIndian

The hanging of kasab 3WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The hanging of kasab 4WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

TRIAL BEGINS: 23 MARCH 2009As the trial began for Kasab, he appearedon a video link from a high security jailand confirmed he was from Pakistan’sPunjab province and asked for a lawyer.

Construction was already underwayfor a high-security facility to try him in.

LAWYER SACKED: 15 APRIL 2009Kasab’s legal counsel was removed fromthe case almost as soon as it opened.Abbas Kazmi, a criminal lawyer fromMumbai, was appointed.

RELAXED IN COURT: 15 APRIL 2009Kasab appeared relaxed in court in anearly stage of proceedings. He is reportedto have greeted the presiding judged andsmiled throughout the proceedings. Heappeared curious about the reporters,made gestures to the special public pros-ecutor Ujwal Nikam and tried chattingwith a fellow defendant until he was toldto keep quiet by the judge.

CONFESSION WAS ‘COERCED’: 17 APRIL 2009Kasab retracted a confession made earlier.His lawyer said it was extracted throughcoercion and force.

NOT GUILTY PLEA: 6 MAY 2009Main Kasab chargesn Waging war on Indian Murdern Conspiracy to murder n Destabilising the government n Kidnapn Robberyn Smuggling and possessing illegal arms

and explosivesn Retracted confession

Kasab described himself as a labourerfrom Faridkot in Pakistan’s Punjabprovince. He pleaded not guilty to thecharges set out against him.

He told the court: “It’s all wrong. I’mnot guilty.” During the day’s proceedingsKasab was asked to confirm his age as 21.His defence had previously tried to arguehe was a minor.

SMILING DEFENDANT REPRIMANDED:12 MAY 2009The presiding judge issued a sharp warn-ing to Kasab to refrain from smiling dur-ing the trial. He was reprimanded on theday that various witnesses described thedeath of police officer Tukaram Omble,who was killed during the gun battle inwhich Kasab was finally overpowered.

YOUNGEST WITNESS SPEAKS: 10 JUNE 2009Ten-year-old Devika Rotawan was the

youngest witness during the trial. Oncrutches, as a result of the injuries shesustained during the attacks, she calmlyidentified Kasab as the gunman on theplatform.

BEREAVED MOTHER TESTIFIES: 11 JUNE 2009There was unrest in court on the day that23-year-old Nafisa Qureshi described howher six-year-old daughter died in her armsafter being shot in the back by gunmen atthe railway station.

WEEPING IN THE DOCK: 15 JUNE 2009Kasab laid his head down and wept onthe day the photographer who took thepicture of Kasab brandishing a gun, tookthe stand. Kasab’s lawyer, Abbas Kazmi,said his client was not feeling well.Sebastian D’Souza identified Kasab as oneof the men who fired at commuters atCST station. When asked to identify thedefendant, D’Souza said: “How can I for-get him? He has made me famous.”

KASAB SWITCHES PLEA : 20 JULY 2009Kasab stands up before the court to sayhe admitted his role in the killings. It isnot clear why he changed his plea afterpleading not guilty in May to all charges.He said there had been no pressure onhim to confess and it had been his deci-sion to do so.

‘HANG ME’: 22 JULY 2009Kasab told the court he was ready to behanged after admitting his role in theattack.

TRIAL TO PROCEED: 23 JULY 2009The judge ruled that the trial of Kasab willcontinue despite his admission of guilt.

CONFESSION RETRACTED: 18 DECEMBER 2009Kasab retracted his earlier confession. Hesaid he had been forced by police to con-fess after being repeatedly beaten up.

LAWYER REMOVED : 30 DECEMBER 2009Kasab’s main lawyer was removed fromthe case. The judge said that Abbas Kazmiwas “not co-operating” and was delayingproceedings.

DEFENCE LAWYER KILLED: 11 FEBRUARY 2010 The defence lawyer for one of three menaccused of involvement in the attacks in2008 was shot dead in Mumbai. ShahidAzmi represented Indian Fahim Ansariwho was subsequently acquitted ofcharges of involvement.

TRIAL CONCLUDES: 31 MARCH 2010 Kasab remained quiet throughout theproceedings. He simply nodded when thejudge told him he would pass judgementon May 3.

KASAB FOUND GUILTY: 03 MAY 2010 Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab sat silentlyin the courtroom as he was found guiltyon charges including murder, waging waron India and possessing explosives.

KASAB APPEAL REJECTED: 21 FEB 2011The High Court in Mumbai upholds thedeath penalty on Kasab, rejecting hisappeal against the sentence.

KASAB SC APPEAL BEGINS: 31 JAN 2012Kasab takes his case before the SupremeCourt. “I have been wrongly held guiltybecause I was denied a fair trial. I wasdenied a counsel,” Kasab said in a state-ment read by his court-appointed lawyerRaju Ramachandran.

SC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY: 29 AUG 2012The Supreme Court upheld his death sen-tence and judges also rejected his claimthat he had been denied a fair trial.

A spokesman for India’s main opposi-tion Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), MukhtarAbbas Naqvi, said there should be “nodelay” in executing Kasab.

KASAB APPEALS FOR MERCY TOPRESIDENT: 18 SEPT 2012Kasab appealed for mercy to the presi-dent of India. His mercy petition was sentto President Pranab Mukherjee’s office.

PRESIDENT ADVISED TO REJECTKASAB’S MERCY PETITION: 23 OCT 2012India’s home ministry recommended thatthe president reject the clemency plea ofKasab. An official told PTI the plea shouldbe rejected given the “grave crime”.

PRESIDENT REJECTS KASAB’SMERCY PETITION: 5 NOV 2012President Pranab Mukherjee rejectsKasab’s mercy plea. Two days later, federalHome Minister Sushil Kumar Shindesigned his execution order.

KASAB EXECUTED: 21 NOV 2012Kasab is hanged in Pune’s Yerawada jail.Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil saidhe was executed at 0730 India time.

“This is a tribute to all innocent peo-ple and police officers who lost their livesin this heinous attack on our nation,” MrPatil said. Kasab was buried inside the jail,Maharashtra Chief Minister PrithvirajChavan said. Pakistan had been informedof the execution, Indian official said, ashad his family. BBC

Twists and turns of the trialMohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab was found guilty in May 2010 of murder and waging war on India during

the 2008 attacks on Mumbai. Here are the twists and turns in the 14-month-long trial.

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The hanging of kasab 5WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

MUMBAI: Mohammed AjmalAmir Kasab, who earned infamyas the sole surviving gunmanfrom the 2008 Mumbai attacksand was executed on Wedn -esday, was a school dropout froma small village in Pakistan.

Ten heavily-armed militantsran rampage through Mumbai inNovember four years ago, killing166 people over nearly threedays in a prolonged assault thatwas covered live on televisionaround the world.

Kasab was one of two gun-men who opened fire and threwhand grenades at Mumbai’smain railway station onNovember 26, killing 52 peopleand wounding more than 100.

He was born in the dusty vil-lage of Faridkot in a remote andimpoverished region of Punjabin Pakistan’s farming belt, hometo 10,000 people, most of themfarmers and labourers and few ofthem literate. His father,

Mohammed Amir Iman, ran afood stall in the village.

Kasab dropped out of schoolin 2000 and worked as a labourerin Lahore until 2005, according tohis initial confession to police.

He first pleaded not guilty but

later made a confession, admit-ting being one of the 10 gunmentrained and financed by thebanned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Kasab said he joined theIslamist group to get weaponstraining after deciding to embark

on a life of crime but there wereclaims that his father duped himinto doing it for money.

The SC in New Delhi upheldhis death sentence in August andhe was executed, aged 25, onWednesday after his final appealto the president to save him fromdeath was rejected.

When his trial began in 2009,Kasab appeared relaxed, smilingat lawyers and reporters.

But he seemed increasinglysullen as the trial progressed,prompting fears for his mentalstate. He showed no emotion in

the dock when he was pro-nounced guilty of murder andwaging war on India.

After his conviction, he washeld in a high-security jail inMumbai. When his SC appeal, heissued a statement saying he hadbeen denied a fair trial.

Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam,while pushing for the deathpenalty, dwelt on the apparentsmile Kasab wore while firing ontravellers in the train station andhis reported regret at arrivinglate at the target because he hadmissed the commuter rush.

His defence lawyer, KPPawar, sought to persuade thecourt that Kasab was a suscepti-ble young man. “He was mental-ly defective (at the time of theattacks) and the effect impairedhis ability to appreciate theimpact of his conduct,” Pawarsaid. “He’s a human being offlesh and blood, that should notbe forgotten,” he added. AFP

Ajmal Kasab: Profile of a killerThe man, who earned infamy for being the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai

attacks, was a school dropout from a small village in an impoverished region of Pakistan.

MUMBAI: Calling Ajmal AmirKasab’s execution a case of “betterlate than never”, the BJP onWednesday demanded that AfzalGuru, convicted in the December2001 parliament attack case, behanged next.

BJP spokesperson Ravi ShankarPrasad demanded action againstAfzal Guru. “The Supreme Courthas rejected his (Afzal Guru’s) plea,and his review petition has alsobeen rejected. But why has the gov-ernment not taken any action? Ihope the government will nowexpedite the whole process of mercypetition,” Prasad said.

Similar views were expressed byGujarat CM Narendra Modi andCongress leader Digvijay Singh.

Kasab was buried inside Pune’sYerwada Central Jail shortly after hewas hanged, Maharashtra CMPrithviraj Chavan said.

Kasab was hanged at 7.30 a.m.Wednesday. Kasab did not leavebehind any will, the chief ministetold reporters. IANS

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His defence lawyer, KPPawar, sought to per-suade the court thatKasab was a suscepti-ble young man whohad been brainwashed.

The hanging of kasabWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Better late than never.Kasab's hanging willact as a balm on thewounds of the peopleof Mumbai but theirwounds are still fresh.They will get relief onlywhen Kasab's han-dler's across the borderare brought to justice.Shahnawaz Hussain, BJP

spokesperson.

All the legal proce-dures in the 26/11 ter-ror attacks case werecompleted. He wassentenced by the trialcourt, which wasupheld by the BombayHigh Court, SupremeCourt, and his mercyplea was rejected bythe president.Accordingly, Kasab hasbeen hanged thismorning at 7.30 a.m. inYerawada CentralJail.The punishment toKasab is a true tributeto the victims and mar-tyrs of the 26/11Mumbai terror attacks.

R.R. Patil, MaharashtraHome Minister.

It is victory for thecountry. By hangingKasab, we have paidhomage to all thosepolicemen and inno-cent persons who losttheir lives... we haveproved how the entireconspiracy washatched in Pakistan.We have set an exam-

ple that India will not tol-erate such attacks andthe accused will bebrought to justice. Ujjwal Nikam, Special pub-

lic prosecutor

I congratulateMaharashtra governmentand I believe this is trueshraddhanjali forBalasaheb. He had beendemanding death forKasab till his last breath.

Sanjay Raut, MP and ShivSena spokesperson.

Everything has been doneaccording to the law ofland. All actions havebeen taken as per the lawof the country. It is a clearindication for the wholeworld that rule of law isthere in this country. Wesee all as equal and haveno animosity against anyone. We gave him all nec-essary opportunities asper rule of law.

Salman Khurshid, External

Affairs Minister.

I have said in the past dur-ing my emotionalmoments that he shouldbe hanged by the lamppost. But today I say it isdone. This is one step.Surely , this is not a clo-sure for us. The investiga-tion must continue andthe other culprits shouldbe booked by Pakistanmore than by India.

K Unnikrishnan, father ofNSG commando Major

Sandeep who died duringthe 26/11 terror attacks

I believe that the deathpenalty is an outdatedform of justice. We are ademocratic nation, not afascist one. No matterhow heinous a person'scrime may be, a deathpenalty is not the answer.Instead of sentencing aprisoner to death, a lifeterm of imprisonmentwould have been better

albeit without the bene-fits that Ajmal Kasab hadapparently gottenthrough in the jail.

Krishank Manne, OU JACspokesperson

The Supreme Court ofIndia has upheld his capi-tal punishment and theauthorities have execut-ed the orders of the apexcourt. It was the rightdecision.

Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIMMP and Party President.

There was a lot of delay inexecuting his Kasab'ssentence by the Uniongovernment, it shouldhave been done longback. However, We arehappy that the guilty waseventually punished.

E. Peddi Reddy, SeniorLeader,TDP.

"We welcome the hangingof Kasab, this is one of thevery rare cases where

judiciary has completedentire course includingtrial and appeal and alsothe president of india dis-posed off the mercy peti-tion and the culprit waspunished with the sen-tence awarded by thetrial court. The entire trialand the other proceed-ings were transparentand the world has seenthe Indian Judicial systemworking at its best. Kasab'hanging will act as adeterrent to all otheranti-Indian forces actingagainst India and its peo-ple.

N. Ramachandra Rao,Senior Leader, BJP.

Death sentence is abso-lutely wrong.

Several countries havealready abolished deathpenalty. There is no justi-fication for taking some-one's life. The executionof one terrorist is not

While the over-whelming majority

among the Indianpeople seems to berelieved that justice

has indeed beenserved, the right to

take a life stillremains an issue of

contention.

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NEW DELHI: Pakistan was informed beforeAjmal Amir Kasab was hanged as per interna-tional protocol, highly places sources saidWednesday after the lone surviving Pakistani ter-rorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attackwas executed at Pune's Yerawada jail.Pakistanhad also been told about an address that Kasabhad given, the sources said. Earlier in the morn-ing, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shindesaid President Pranab Mukherjee had rejectedKasab's mercy petition on Nov 5."Pakistan hasbeen informed but there is no demand for Kasab'sbody. The president rejected Kasab's mercy peti-tion Nov 5. I had further forwarded it to theMaharashtra government Nov 8 and it wasfinalised on that day that Kasab would be hangedNov 21 at 7.30 a.m.," Shinde said. On being askedwhy secrecy was maintained, Shinde said: "Suchmatters have to be kept secret but as I had saidearlier that we will do the needful whenever weget the papers (from the president) and we havedone it," he added.In Mumbai, Maharashtra'sHome Minister R.R. Patil said: "This is a tribute toall the innocent people and police officers wholost their lives in the heinous attack on ournation."Kasab, who was hanged at Pune'sYerawada Jail Wednesday morning, was amongstthe 10 Pakistani terrorists who sneaked intoMumbai on the night of Nov 26, 2008. The Nov26-29, 2008 terror siege had killed 166 people andinjured 300. IANS

PAKISTANINFORMED BEFORE

HANGING

going to stop terrorism, asseveral handlers are stillroaming outside.

High crime rate ofcountries like SaudiArabia which uses capitalpunishment show that itis not very effective.

Siji Malayil, lawyer andhuman rights activist,

Bangalore.

I have gone through thejudgement and theSupreme court has heldhim guilty. But as ahuman rights lawyer Ithink the debate is a big-ger one and not just aboutKasab.

Capital punishmentisnt the only expression ofpunishing someone, Ithink there are otherways such imprisonment,fines etc.

Most countries havebanned capital punish-ment and historically itwas used in culturesbecause the system ofjustice was not as evolvedas today.

Ahmed Raza, HumanRights Lawyer, Human

RIghts Law Network(HRLN), Ranchi

Yesterday India votedagainst a UN GeneralAssembly draft resolutionwhich called for abolish-ing death penalty andtoday Kasab was hung.While there maybe a strong public opinionagainst him, from a

humanitarian perspectiveno one has the right totake another's life.

Gangadhadhar Reddy,SICHREM (South Asian Cell

for Human RightsEducation and

Monitoring), Bangalore

Unlike the US that justwent ahead and killedOsama in cold blood, Indiadidn't do that to Kasab. Asa lawyer, I feel that he hada fair trial.

Despite a lot of pres-sure and public opinionthat he must have beenhung long ago, the Statetreated him in the hospi-tal and got lawyers whenno one was willing to rep-resent him.

The judge wentthrough every detail andthe evidence was appreci-ated.

Wesley Menezes, HumanRights Lawyer, Human

Rights Law Network,Mumbai

It [The execution] wasalready delayed, but theaction indicates victory ofgood over evil.

All those who wereinvolved in this act shouldbe brought to justice, withhelp of internationalcourts.

UN must take somestrong initiatives to curtailthe acts of terrorism.

Dr D Sudhakar, GeneralSecretary, All India Peace

and SolidarityOrganisation.

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The police acted swiftly andmade several arrests of tho -se responsible for the vio-

lence that took place before andafter the Friday prayers in severalplaces of the Old City last week.

Eighteen cases were bookedagainst over two dozen trouble-makers – many of them minors –for burning vehicles, damage topublic property and stone pelt-ing in Charminar, Hussainialam,Mirchowk, Shahalibanda, Mogh -alpura and Reinbazar police sta-tions. Four corporators of the AllIndia Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musli -meen (AIMIM) have been held.

The CCS and the SpecialInvestigation Team of the Citypolice have been working togeth-er to produce the suspects incourt over the last three days.What is worrying is the numberof minors that the court has foundguilty. Most are history-sheeters.

The investigation clearlyshows the role of the fourAIMIM corporators — Mohd

Ghouse, Mohd Mukkaram Ali,Khaja Bilal Ahmed and MohsinBalala — in spreading the unrest.“The leaders provoked the youthand this is evident because whenthe violence was taking place,these leaders were present at the

locations. They were behind thegathering of huge crowds atMecca Masjid and inciting thepeople there. We have video evi-dence of them doing this,” saidAkun Sabharwal, deputy com-missioner of police, South Zone.

The corporators tried tosecure anticipatory bail for them-selves, but owing to the evidenceagainst them, the court hasrejected their bail plea,Sabharwal added.

CRIME CRIME

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BVijaya Prakash is a worriedman. He fears for his lifefrom his own family. The

one-time producer, director andwriter, who contributed to the filmdevelopment corporation and theState health department, has beenabandoned by his children andfights a daily battle for survival.

“My own wife and childrenare after my life. My wife and Iseparated 27 years back and mytwo daughters and son are men-tally ill. My relatives are plotting

against me and using my daugh-ters to grab my property. Therent is my only source ofincome,” said Prakash.

Prakash, 67, had taken a loanto construct a four-storey house.He says that once the house wascompleted, his daughters filed acase against him and claimedstake. He was forced to sell theground floor to make ends meet.

While his children stay inMalakpet, Prakash lives inJawahar Nagar. The state humanrights commission (SHRC) hasoffered him some relief. “I pro-duced, directed and acted in films

like Jeevana Ragam. I will get jus-tice as my wife and sons-in-laware responsible for me receivingthreatening calls,” said VijayaPrakash. Chikkadpally ACP said that he hasn’t receivedinstruction and “maybe orders areon the way.”

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Two people, including awoman, were murderedin Shamshabad and

Meerpet in the past 24 hours. In the first incident, a

mason, Malla Reddy, wasstabbed to death by his brother-in-law Shiva Reddy onTuesday. He died on the spot.The victim, 36, a resident ofAlmasguda, Saroornagar, wasworking as a mason at hisbrother-in-law’s house sincethe last few days. When Shivadid not pay him on time, theygot into a quarrel. Shiva calledMalla home and stabbed himwith a knife.

The second incident wasreported from Rallaguda,Indrareddy Colony inShamshabad. In the incident, awidow, Baleshwari, was brutal-ly murdered by unidentifiedpersons on Tuesday night. Thevictim, 28, was working as alabourer following the demiseof her husband. On Wednesdaymorning, she was found dead

in a pool of blood with multipleinjuries. It is believed that themurderers used a knife toinflict the injuries. The policealso suspect that she mighthave been raped. According tothe police, people have toldthem that the victim was livingwith a man and was having anaffair with another. When herpartner found out about theaffair, he may have committedthe crime. The police have reg-istered a case and have startedinvestigations.

Two murdersreported in City

The next step

The SHRC, upon the com-pletion of its inquiry, may

approach the SC or the HC forsuch directions, orders orwrits. n It may recommend to the

State government orauthority for grant of inter-im relief/compensation tothe victim or his/her family.

n Publish its inquiry reportwith the comments and theaction taken or proposed tobe taken. Send a copy of itsreport with its recommen-dations to the government.

n Publish its report with thecomments of the State gov-ernment or authority.

MIM leaders held for violenceSeveral minors have been booked for burning vehicles, damaging property and pelting stones in Old City.

LAW AND ORDER

DCP Akun Sabharwalsaid they have videoevidence of the fourMIM leaders incitingthe people at MeccaMasjid on Friday.

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Md NIZAMUDDIN Nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

Several of the Congress cor-porators, who are not satis-fied with the way the party

is functioning in the City, arelikely to migrate to other politicalparties by the end of this year, forsecuring important positions infuture.

Following the political devel-opments and as part of preparingthemselves for the 2014 GeneralElections, around 10 to 12 corpo-rators are likely to join YSRCongress in the coming months.

According to an Independentcorporator, who is now with theYSRC, preparations are beingmade to accommodate theseleaders who are in touch with theparty from the beginning of thisyear.

“At least 10 corporators willbe joining us in the couple ofmonths. A few of them are join-ing our party by the end of thisyear,” said the corporator.

The corporator who joined

this offshoot of Congress, con-tested as an Independent in theelections, but feels that unlikeCongress, the YSRC gives muchwider scope for a leader to grow.This is a growing perception

amongst several others who areattached with the Congress forseveral years, but nothing sub-stantial was realised.

Inefficient leadership in theCity Congress, neglect in organ-

ising regular party programmes,non-allocation of nominatedposts are some of the reasons forthem to reach this conclusion.

The second-rung leaders areamong the ones who are already

sitting on the fence, amongstwhom some have alreadyjumped to the other side.

According to the sources, for-mer mayor Banda KarthikaReddy and current deputymayor are on the list of corpora-tors likely to defect to the YSRCongress by the beginning of thenew year.

Karthika Reddy, who ismaintaining a low profile, isbelieved to be seeking an MLAticket for the next GeneralElections, assurance of whichfrom the party may stop her fromdefecting to the YSRC.

Corporators to migrate by year end?

Parties get into election modeAfter the announcement of the election schedule by the election commission, parties in the

Telangana region are bracing themselves for the upcoming Legislative polls.

Following political developments, the Congress corporators, who are not satisfied with the waythe party is functioning in the City, are likely to migrate to other political parties.

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The political heat in the Stateis likely picking up slowlyfollowing the announce-

ment of the schedule by the elec-tion commission to hold elec-tions for six Council seats. In contrast to other regions likecoastal Andhra Pradesh, the mercury levels in Telanganaregion have already reached anextreme three months ahead ofthe elections.

The polls for the LegislativeCouncil seats are scheduled to beheld in the month of March nextyear when the term of the pre-sent MLCs expire.

The Graduates’ constituen-cies include East and WestGodavari, Krishna and GunturGraduates’ Council seats, where-as the Teachers’ constituenciesinclude Srikakulam Vizia -nagaram and Vizag, Warangal,Khammam and Nalgonda con-stituencies.

Both the Graduates’ and

Teachers’ Council constituenciesof Medak, Nizamabad,Karimnagar and Adilabad arealso facing elections.

The two political parties —Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS)and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)— which are trying to cash in on

the ongoing severe agitation for aseparate Telangana, are clashingwith each other.

Both the parties have alreadymade up their minds to fieldtheir candidates to cash in on theT-sentiment.

Going a step ahead, TRS

president K Chandrasekhara Raohas officially announced thename of a former T-NGO’s presi-dent Swamy Goud and PSudhakar Reddy for theGraduates’ and Teachers’Legislative Council ofKarimnagar, Medak, Adilabadand Nizamabad. The BJP is seri-ously contemplating fieldingparty leader D Pradeep Kumarfor the Graduates’ Council.

It may be emphasised thatSwamy Goud played a key roleduring the last year’s generalstrike of government employees ofTelangana region. He was instru-mental in ensuring the success of

the strike which lasted for 42 days.

CONG, TDP AND YSRC LAGBEHINDOn the other hand, the Congress,which is surrounded by innu-merable internal problems, islagging behind in the race.

The party is in a deep confu-sion over fielding party candi-date in the ensuing elections.The delay in taking a final deci-sion on the contentious T-issuehas left the party nowhere to takecall on the issue.

Similar is the state ofOpposition parties like TDP andYSRC. These political parties areholding discussions on how toface the polls. Both the partiesare mulling over extending theirsupport to TRS candidates.

These leaders are of the opin-ion that if they extend support tothe TRS candidates, it wouldhelp them in consolidating theirimage as a pro-Telangana partyin the region. These parties arelikely to give a clarity on theissue in the coming days.

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According to anIndependent corpora-tor, preparations arebeing made to accom-modate these leaders,who were in touch withthe party from thebeginning of this year.

The TDP AND YSRCare holding discus-sions on how to facethe polls. Both aremulling over extend-ing their support toTRS candidates.

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What makes reality TV tick? Isit because we feel goodabout ourselves when welook at others making fools

of themselves on TV or is it because thereis little else to watch these days?

It’s impossible to say. But MTVRoadies is India’s first reality TV show tocomplete almost a decade. While its pro-ducer and creative-director, Raghu Ram,says he cares little about TRPs and whatpeople feel about his on-screen image,he says the reality show was “supposedto be a one off”.

“When the show was conceptu-alised, it was planned just for one sea-son,” says Raghu, who was in the Cityfor Roadies Season 10 auditions alongwith Rannvijay. “MTV is full of crazypeople and I’m one among them. Otherproduction houses in the country arebound by TRPs and constantly interferewith the progression of the show,whereas at MTV, we don’t have thatissue at all. In fact, we can make anentire season of Roadies with the kind ofmoney other reality shows spend onbringing contestants.”

While Raghu is not your typical niceguy on TV, he says he doesn’t care aboutwhat people have to say about him. “Ihonestly don’t care. I am constantlyasked why I am so harsh to people whocome for Roadies auditions — well, mostof them ask for it. They’ve been watch-ing the show for the past 10 years now,but they still come to auditions and

push my buttons. By now, I expect themto know what makes me tick,” he says.It might seem ironic to some that a per-son who dislikes being judged doesexactly that on his show. “I am no judgeand have not considered myself as oneeither. I am a mere casting director of theshow,” Raghu snaps right back.

So, what does the casting director ofRoadies look for, we ask. “A person whoembarks on a bike ride from Punjab toHyderabad just for the fun of it wouldhave a high chance. The ride, for me,symbolises a person’s willingness toexperience things out of his or her com-fort zone. We mostly look for people likethat,” he explains. “Even in auditions, wetry and shake people out of their bubblesto see the real thing. For instance, makingpeople balance themselves on theirheads — a task common to many audi-tions — in actuality only tests the will-ingness of a person to look ridiculous onTV. We want to see how people react toletting go of their inhibitions.”

Starting off as a road trip, the realityshow has come a long way. Thosehooked to it since its inception believethat the format has shifted from beingtask-oriented to that of a political drama.“Roadies has never been task-oriented. Itis a human drama focusing on the mostbasic human nature,” Raghu explains.

In a new avatar, the eagerly-awaitedRoadies Season 10 will feature 16 young-sters split into two teams — Raghu’s and Rannvijay’s. While Raghu’s teamwill comprise former roadies,Rannvijay’s team will consist of eightnew youngsters.

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNArahul.r@postnoon.com

Apopular German jazz vocal bandplayed for the City’s jazz loverslast night at Taramati Baradri.

The five-piece band consisted ofJoscheba Schnetter on lead vocals, BuggyBraune on keys, Johannes Wennrich onguitar, Arnd Geise on bass and DerekScherzer on drums. The night began witha quick foot-tapper — a cover of JoniMitchell’s Both Sides Now — after whichthe band proceeded to slowly get into ajam band groove.

Another particular that stood out fromJoscheba’s own composition was Who isthat voice inside my head?, at the start ofwhich the band proved that they did havea sense of humour.

The concert proceeded well into thenight as the band finished a whole 45minute to roaring applause and shouts forencores. The band’s sound was a distinctand fresh combination of a normal five-piece jazz band with on-stage improvisa-tion. What stole the crowd’s attention themost was the keyboard player and hiselectric Hammond that reminded one ofChick Corea. Buggy Braune is one ofGermany’s most distinguished pianists.

Bass player Arnd Geise has a history ofplaying with jazz legends like Omar

Hakim, Steve Smith and Vibe Tribe amongmany others. The lead guitar-drum-bassguitar trio managed to pack a tight set butcredit must be given to Joscheba for thegreat show and that soulful timbral quali-ty voice, despite suffering from a cold.

The band has been actively playing inNorth Germany for over two years andthis was their maiden trip to India fromtheir hometown Hamburg, which accord-ing to the band, shares quite a number ofsimilarities with Hyderabad.

The concert was made possible byGoethe Zentrum and Unwind Centre,Chennai.

Ten years onthe road

With MTV Roadies turning 10 this year, the Citywas abuzz with audition fever. Postnoon speaks tothe show’s creator — Raghu Ram — to find outwhat gives this reality show an edge over others.

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BusinessWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

12EU DEADLOCK CONTINUESEurozone finance ministers failed at an emergency meetingWednesday to strike a deal to unblock bailout funds needed tokeep Greece from bankruptcy and said they would try again nextweek.

Since our country is a union of states, weabide by its federal character and, there-fore, are bound by the consensus on theissue,

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The realisation of all of the automatic taxincreases and spending cuts that makeup the fiscal cliff, absent offsettingchanges, would pose a substantial threatto the recovery.

BEN BERNANKEFED CHAIRMAN

Tata Sons' chairman-designate CyrusP. Mistry Tuesday took over as chair-man of Tata Global Beverages Ltd(TGBL), the world's second largest teacompany. According to a companyrelease here, Ratan Tata stepped downas the chairman of the TGBL effectiveNov 20. Tata will, however, continueon the board of the tea major till hisretirement in December this year.Mistry was inducted into the board inJune 2012. He had been appointeddeputy chairman of Tata Sons Limitedin November last year.

NEW ROLE FOR MISTRY

Visa Steel, a leading player in theIndian special steel industry, hasentered into an agreement with US-based SunCoke Energy to form acoke-making joint-venture in India.According to the agreement,SunCoke, which operates coke-mak-ing facilities that produce over fivemillion tonnes of metallurgical cokeper year, will invest approximately`368 crore.

VISA STEEL STRIKES DEAL

NUMEROLOGY

5.3mnbags of potato crisps in Japan were

recalled by Snack food maker CalbeeInc.after fragments of glass were

found in them.

To buy one or rent one?

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Is it better to buy or rent ahouse? Which option givesbetter value for a customerin terms of comfort and in

appreciation of investments? InIndian culture, owning a houseassumes great importance.

However, a research onBuying a home vs. Renting ahome by ArthaYantra, a person-al financial service company,says the idea of buying a houseshould not be influenced byemotional, or cultural quotientsand the decision has to be finan-cially prudent, otherwise itcould lead to excess debt and anilliquid asset for the buyer.

The report states Hyderabadand Pune are the most afford-able places for a professional tobuy a house; and Hyderabad isthe most affordable place to rentor own a house in all the Indianmetros. The City offers thelargest living area of 26.57 sq ft

per lakh. This means that a pro-fessional who wants to own ahouse in Mumbai and Delhi hasto spend three times more thanwhat he spends in Hyderabadfor the same area in sq ft.

“A customer who is lookingto buy a house has to take adecision considering currentproperty price which deter-mines the EMI to be paid, cur-rent monthly rental value andthe current gross income.Monthly rent or the EMI beingpaid should not end up con-

suming most of the salary whichin turn affects lifestyle. It is not agood financial decision to buy ifthe rental value is low com-pared with the EMI to be paid incase of ownership,” says thereport. “For a professional, whois planning to purchase a decenthouse at a price point of 26.57 sqft per lakh should have a salaryrange more than `12 lakh. It isadvisable to rent a house ifhe/she has a salary range of `8-

9 lakh. And a salary of `10lakhto `11lakh falls in the neutralzone i.e. he can afford to buyand it is advisable to buy buthave to make few adjustmentsto the current lifestyle in orderto afford the additional amountfor EMI payments,” it says.

However, the report alsoadded the appreciation in thereal estate cannot be taken forgranted. “The appreciationdepends on several factors andit is difficult to determine therate at which the residentialproperty is going to appreciateor depreciate. A school ofthought supporting the rentargument says the amountinvested in a home when invest-ed well in capital markets forthe common horizon of 15 yearscould yield the same or betterrewards while possessing highliquidity,” says report.

The real estate market sce-nario is similar to that of equitymarkets because they are equal-ly unpredictable.

HOME SWEET HOME

Which option gives better value for a customer in terms of comfort and inappreciation of investments?

n Time required to saverequired corpus for downpayment: 4 years.

n Minimum salary required tobuy a house valued 26.57 sqft per lakh: `10 lakh.

n Hyderabad gives highestvalue for money among allthe metros: 26.57 sq ft perlakh.

Key facts from thereport on City

A professional whowants to own a housein Mumbai and Delhihas to spend threetimes more than whathe spends inHyderabad for thesame area in sq ft.

WorldWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

13TAJIKISTAN LIMITS BEARD LENGTHAuthorities in Tajikistan have imposed restrictions on the maximum length of malefacial hair. Beard size cannot exceed the size of its bearer’s fist, the council ofulama, or Islam lawyers, decreed on the request of the governmental Committeeon Religious Affairs, Islamnews.tj reported.

NO THREAT TO US SIKHSNEW YORK: The FBI has said ithas concluded its probe into theAugust shooting incident at agurudwara in Wisconsin, and foundthere is no evidence that the attackwas part of any ongoing threat tothe Sikh community. “There is noevidence to suggest the attack waspart of any ongoing threat to theSikh community,” special agent inCharge of FBI’s Milwaukee divisionTeresa Carlson said while announc-ing conclusion of the investigationThe probe indicated that gunman awhite supremacist, acted alone andwas not assisted by anyone.

WASHINGTON: Autar Kaw, anIndia-born professor of mechani-cal engineering at the Universityof South Florida, is among thefour recipients of the 2012 USProfessor of the Year award.The sponsors US Council forAdvancement and Support ofEducation and the CarnegieFoundation for the Advancementof Teaching declared Kaw, a USFprofessor for 25 years,Outstanding Doctoral andResearch Universities Professor.

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

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$246 mnworth drugs were seized byAustralian authorities from a

consignment coming from China.An American and a Canadian were

arrested in the sting operation.

The goal must befor durable out-

comes that promoteregional stability andadvance the securityand legitimate aspi-rations of Israelisand Palestiniansalike.

Hillary ClintonUS secretary of state

Egyptian president tovisit Pakistan on FridayISLAMABAD: EgyptianPresident Mohamed Morsi will beundertaking a state visit toIslamabad on Friday, Xinhua report-ed. Morsi will visit Pakistan at theinvitation of President Asif AliZardari after the D-8 Summit, saidan official announcement. The D-8is a group of developing countrieswith large Muslim populations.

Northern Ireland to hostG8 summit in 2013LONDON: The leaders of eight ofthe world’s richest countries willmeet in Northern Ireland for theirannual summit in June 2013, BritishPM David Cameron said. Lough Ernegolf resort will be the main venuefor the G8 summit, scheduled forJune 17-18. “I think this will be abrilliant advertisement for NorthernIreland,” Cameron said.

Terror attack on Polishpresident foiledWARSAW: Poland’s law enforce-ment agencies foiled a terroristattack against President BronislawKomorowski and top governmentorgans earlier this month, officialshave revealed. Investigators say aresident of Krakow was plotting toattack “the Constitutional organs” ofPoland during the November 11Independence Day celebrations.

Moscow man kills kids,mother over debtsMOSCOW: Moscow police havedetained a mentally-ill 40-year-oldman who allegedly killed his moth-er, two children and tried to murderhis wife because of his debts, policesaid. The incident happened whenthe killer’s wife came home to findthe bodies of her children with theirgrandmother in a pool of blood. Herhusband then tried to attack her.

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GAZA CITY: Six morePalestinians were killed inIsraeli raids on Tuesday night,raising the day’s toll to 26, astalk of an imminent truce failedto slow the pace of Israelistrikes.

The Hamas emergency ser-vices said that two brothers inthe southern town of Rafahwere killed in a strike that hittheir motorcycle. Four otherswere killed in raids around thecentral town of Deir al-Balah,they added.

Meanwhile, the Palestinianenvoy to the United Nationssaid Tuesday that more than 140people have been killed andmore than 950 injured in theIsraeli offensive on Gaza.

Ambassador RiyadMansour gave the toll in a letterto the UN Security Council inwhich he again demanded thatthe 15-member body meet tocondemn the Israeli actionlaunched to stop militant rocketattacks from Gaza.

The Security Council heldtalks late Tuesday to discuss ademand by Arab nations that ithold a public meeting on thecrisis.

Western diplomats hadexpressed fears that commentsmade at an open meeting couldharm efforts to reach a ceasefire,but they agreed to hold themeeting on Wednesday.

Earlier, two cameramenfrom Hamas-owned Al-AqsaTV were among six peoplekilled in Israeli air raids on the

Gaza Strip, raising the overallPalestinian death toll in the vio-lence to over 130.

More than 1,000 peoplehave also been injured in Gazasince the conflict began withIsrael’s targeting of a seniorHamas military commander.

Five Israelis have beenkilled by rocket fire from Gaza— four civilians and one soldier— including two people onTuesday.

“Two cameramen from Al-Aqsa TV have been killed,”health ministry spokesmanAshraf al-Qudra told AFP, say-ing the strike hit a car in Nasserarea that was clearly marked asa press vehicle.

The Israeli army had no

comment on the apparent tar-geting of a press vehicle, con-firming only that the air forcehad carried out several attacksin the area.

“We attacked two terroristsquads in northern Gaza: onewas adjacent to a weapons stor-age site that was also a missilelaunching site; the other wasjust a terror squad,” aspokeswoman said.

Apart from the cameramen,Qudra said three people werekilled in Gaza City’s Shejaiyaneighbourhood and anotherperson died in an air strike onthe town of Beit Hanun.An ear-lier strike on a car in the Sabraneighbourhood of central GazaCity killed six people. AFP

ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT

Hundreds die asUN talks peace

The toll of the days attacks now rises to 26 as six morePalestinians were killed in Israeli raids.

Irelandchangesprobe teamLONDON: Ireland hasdropped three doctors ofthe Galway UniversityHospital from the team thatwill probe death of Indiandentist SavitaHalappanavar, who dieddue to pregnancy-relatedcomplications after beingdenied abortion.

An announcement inthis regard was made byPM Enda Kenny in theParliament barely withinhours of unveiling of aseven-member team toprobe the tragic death.

Savita’s husbandPraveen Halappanavar hadearlier refused to talk to theinvestigators, saying hewould not consent to theirviewing his wife’s medicalrecords as three of theGalway hospital’s seniordoctors were part of theteam.

“The three doctors willnot be part of the investiga-tion and therefore differentpersonnel who are compe-tent, who are experiencedand who have no connec-tion to Galway UniversityHospital will be appoint-ed,” Kenny said.

Kenny said that thedoctors will be replaced byofficials who have “no con-nection at all” with theGalway hospital.

The decision was taken“to have regard for thetraumatic effect on Savita’shusband and family and inthe greater public interestat large”, Kenny said.

He expressed hope thatthe investigation will beable to ascertain the truthsurrounding her death.

A Palestinian stone thrower runs from tear gas smoke fired by Israelisecurity forces during clashes in Bethlehem. AFP

PROBE

TAIWAN

CommentWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSThere’s a limit to euphemism. Rumours are that the Maharashtra police force whichmessed up big time by arresting two girls over a post on FB offensive to the ‘tiger’are trying to portray it as a case of protective custody. What about sentencing themto jail and later releasing them on bail? Routine procedure, eh?

Huang Yu-siang wasborn with a giftand a devastatingdisability. He has ahuge talent for

music, but he is blind. His storyhas become a movie that hascaptivated audiences in hisnative Taiwan.

The film, Touch of the Light,marks a double triumph for the25-year-old. First he overcameawe-inspiring odds by becom-ing a successful pianist in reallife. Then he beat the odds oncemore by playing himself on thebig screen.

“I was surprised by thewarm reactions at home andabroad. Many people told methey were encouraged by thefilm to persist in their dreams,”Huang told AFP in an interview.

Huang’s musical gift wasdiscovered at the age of twowhen he could play on thepiano songs he had heard onlyonce. He went on to win manycompetitions and became thefirst blind person to obtain abachelor’s degree in musicmajoring in piano in Taiwan.

His story was made into ashort film in 2008 by Taiwanesedirector Chang Jung-chi, whichattracted the attention ofacclaimed Hong Kong filmmak-er Wong Kar-wai, who encour-aged Chang to build it into afull-length feature.

It has become a top-grossingmovie in Taiwan since itsSeptember release, winning

over fans including PresidentMa Ying-jeou, who praised its“subtle character portrayals” onhis Facebook page. The film hasalso been welcomed by civilgroups that hope it will sharpenthe focus on the plight of theisland’s blind. While attitudestowards those with disabilitieshave improved in recent years,support groups and charitiessay Taiwanese society still hassome way to go when it comesto equality.

Taiwan prides itself on itsfacilities for the physicallyimpaired — wheelchair rampsabound in the cities — but thefact remains that blind peopleface drastically limited opportu-nities.

“The visually-impaired are aminority among the minorities,as employers are more willingto hire the physically or hearing-

impaired,” said Chiang Pei-fen,a spokeswoman for TaiwanFoundation for the Blind.

“The majority of the visual-ly-impaired are still limited toworking as masseurs or in tele-marketing, and even thoughgeneral workplace acceptance isimproving, there is still a biggap between the number of jobseekers and employers willingto hire them.”

Despite his gift, Huang him-self has not avoided discrimina-tion. He said he was mocked byfellow students at school andwas rejected by a junior highschool music programmebecause he could not see thescores.

The real shock came whenHuang left home to attend uni-versity, where he struggled tocope, with some classmatesreluctant to accommodate him.

“It was a difficult timeadjusting to a new environmentbut I came to realise that I couldnot always sit back and wait forother people to come to me. Ihad to take the initiative tomake friends,” he said.

His adjustment process andthe friendships he eventuallydeveloped form the bulk of theplot in “Touch of the Light”.

The experience has trans-formed Huang from a “shy,introverted” boy who dared notrespond to people greeting him,he said, to a celebrity musicianand actor who mingled withfans and travelled abroad topromote his work.

“Acting makes me feel moreconfident and I have becomemore outgoing and more active,reaching out to other people,”said Huang, who is now ahousehold name in Taiwan andoften approached in the streetby fans. Even though the movieis based on Huang’s experi-ences, director Chang stressedthat it is really about “pursuingdreams and breaking stereo-types.”

“In the movie the character’sfriends are not overly protectiveor treat him like an ‘endangeredspecies’ as I want to break thesentimental pitying or worryingfor the blind or other minoritygroups.”

Huang has been nominatedfor the Outstanding TaiwaneseFilmmaker category thatencompassed actors, directorsand other aspects of film at thismonth’s Golden Horse Filmawards, regarded as theChinese-language AcademyAwards.

Kasab’s dead, now hang the death penalty

By the time you read this, Ajmal Kasab’s body has been buriedin a Pune jail. All what’s left of his corporeal form now will be

fodder for worms and maggots. But his heinous crime mustnever be forgotten. It must stand as a reminder that we fight an

enemy so bloody and devious that conventional security mea-sures are unable to thwart their evil ways on their own. Now,

however, that Kasab has been hung, it’s time to rethink India’slaws as pertains to the death penalty. The ‘rarest of rare’ case

clause has ensured that we don’t go all American on our con-victed criminals and execute them with all the barbarism that weso loathe in our criminals. To take a human life, is to murder him,

make no mistake about that. The death penalty is state-spon-

sored murder. And Kasab deserved a fate worse than death.With his hanging, his suffering has ended, and oblivion engulfs

him. But for those families that were torn apart by his, and hisfellow terrorists’, acts of terror, their pain will burrow deep intotheir souls and reside there till the day they release their final

breath. Incarceration for life in the deepest, darkest recesses ofour penal system is a fate much worse than death, and it is in

this that we can condemn those who cannot be reformed. Whoare we to take a life? Would you sentence a woman who mur-

dered her child’s killer, to death? Would you sentence to death aman who murdered the person who destroyed his life’s work? Ifyou can say yes to both with any conviction then let the blood-letting continue. But if you can’t, then let’s make capital punish-

ment a thing of the past.

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It is courage,courage, courage,

that raises the bloodof life to crimsonsplendor. Live bravelyand present abrave front toadversity.

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TALES OF HOPEAmber Wang

TOUCH OF LIGHT

Waring over waterAKBAR BORISOV

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The ex-Soviet states ofCentral Asia are

engaged in anincreasingly bitter standoff overwater resources, adding another

element of instability to thevolatile region neighbouring

Afghanistan. Plans in mountainous but

energy-poor Tajikistan andKyrgyzstan for two of the

world’s biggest hydro-electricpower stations have enraged

their powerful downstreamneighbour Uzbekistan which

fears losing valuable water.Russia as well as the other

Central Asian states ofKazakhstan and Turkmenistan

are also being pulled into a dis-pute which dates back to the

allocation of resources when theSoviet Union broke up in 1991.

Uzbek President Islam Karimovwarned on a visit to Kazakhstanin September that the battle over

water resources could sharpentensions to such an extent it

could spark not just “seriousresistance but war”.

Tajikistan, still recoveringfrom a 1990s civil war and

blighted by energy shortages,wants to revive a Soviet-era pro-ject to build the Rogun dam over

the Vakhsh River. If completed, it would be the

world’s biggest and stand 335metres (1,150 feet) tall.

Kyrgyzstan, meanwhile, wantsto build a project that was also

conceived in Soviet times — theKambarata-1 dam over the

Naryn River that would stand275 metres (900 feet) high.

Crucially, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin has given

Moscow’s backing to the Kyrgyzproject while remaining consid-erably more circumspect about

the even more controversialRogun Dam.

DID YOU KNOW...

Skyfallis the first one-word Bond movie

title in seventeen years, the last wasGolden Eye. Skyfall is also the short-

est ever one word James Bondmovie titles and the only ever onewith two syllables. Octopussy had

four but most had three, Goldfinger,Moonraker, Golden Eye and

Thunderball, the latter title of whichactually rhymes with Skyfall.

The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn Part 2Bella is enjoying her new life andnew powers, after the birth oftheir daughter, Renesmee. Soon,however, their family bliss isthreatened again, by a new men-ace. Vampire Irina believes a childlike Renesmee could challengethe power and existence of theVolturi. As Irina rallies the Volturito destroy this potential threat,Bella and the Cullens — togetherwith any allies they can assemble— are preparing to fight a crucial,ultimate battle, to protect theirfamily.

Actor Daniel Craigsurprised US army

men posted inAfghanistan whenhe met them and

watched the latestJames Bond movie

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played the role ofJames Bond for thethird time, went to

Camp Bastion inHelmand provinceand took a copy ofthe hit new moviewith him, reports

dailystar.co.uk.

Cameron Diazfinds racy photoshoots empower-ing. Diaz, 40, saidshe is comfortablein her skin andknows how tohandle herself,reported Showbizspy. "It's empower-ing. I'm not someyoung girl with thephotographergoing, 'Will youtake your clothesoff?' I'm like'How does thislook?’”

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CinemaWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

15FAILED BIRTHDAY PLANS PS I Love You star Gerard Butler's last-minute plan to spend his birthday in India was wreckedafter he failed to leave enough time to obtain a visa.Butler celebrated his birthday on November13 and the same day he headed to the Indian embassy in Dubai for a travel permit but had toabandon his plan when he was told the documents would not be available for a week.

HEMANTH KUMARhemanth.k@postnoon.com

Ang Lee’s reputation asone of the world’sfinest filmmakers pre-cedes the fame which

Yann Martel’s Booker Prize win-ning novel Life of Pi has achievedin the literary world. Havingmade films like Eat Drink ManWoman, Sense and Sensibility, TheIce Storm and Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon before Life of Piwas written, Ang Lee is a heavy-weight in contemporary cinema,although the Taiwanese film-maker who graduated fromNew York University’s TischSchool of Arts in 1984 prefers tobe extremely humble about hisachievements so far. Despite allhis credentials, for Ang Lee, thecinematic adaptation of Life of Piis indeed one of the most chal-lenging projects which he hasembarked upon. Except forHulk, Ang Lee has never toyedwith visual effects so much inhis storytelling and Life of Pi ishis first tryst with 3D. If theearly buzz surrounding the filmis anything to go by, it certainly

looks like Ang Lee has not onlyadapted a book, which was con-sidered to be too difficult to film,but also broke new grounds interms of usage of 3D in films.

After Yann Martel’s Life of Piwon the Booker Prize in 2002,Fox 2000 studio had been intalks with quite a few directorslike Manoj Night Shyamalan,

Alfonso Cuarón and Jean-PierreJeunet to direct the film beforeAng Lee took up the project inFebruary 2009. In several inter-views, Ang Lee confessed thathe found the book to be quiteinspiring and mind boggling,but adapting it was too big achallenge for him. No wonder, ittook him almost four years to

put everything together, con-vince Fox 2000 to not shelve theproject and a phenomenalamount of CGI to make, whatfew critics have called — a cine-matic masterpiece.

The film’s lead actor SurajSharma was just 17 when heauditioned for the role. Ang Leetook him onboard despite theteenager having no prior actingexperience.

For the uninitiated, the filmis about a boy who finds himselfstranded on a life boat with ahyena, orangutan, a zebra and aBengal Tiger named RichardParker. Ang Lee visitedPondicherry to soak in the cul-tural aspects of the region hewas going to shoot the film, butmost part of Life of Pi was shotinside studio lots, containinghuge wave generating wavetanks to simulate the ocean, inTaiwan. Yes, the ocean and evenfew portions of the tiger seenalongside Pi are digitally gener-ated. Ang Lee also took the helpof naval engineer StevenCallahan who survived afterbeing stranded for 76 days in thesea and wrote a book Adrift in1986.

Visual effects supervisor BillWestenhofer is at loss of wordswhen he talks about Ang Lee’sstyle of working which includedsailing in the middle of a stormto experience the ocean’s per-sonality. “It was very rough. Butit goes back to one of Ang's chiefqualities: authenticity. He's alsoincredibly artistic and very sym-bolic," Westenhofer said in aninterview to thr.com.

There’s a famous adage inHollywood that one shouldn’twork with animals, children andwater since most films withthese constituents have tankedat the box office, although filmslike Titanic have a different storyto tell. Ang Lee has broken allthe three rules and already it ispegged to be a potential Oscarcontender. The film is slated forrelease on November 23 inIndia.

SLICING THE PIAng Lee’s upcoming film Life of Pi has already become oneof the most talked films of the year so far. Right from visualising the novel’s incredible story to breathtakingvisual effects, we take a look at the making which really isas invigorating and profound as the film itself.

Ang Lee confessedthat he found thebook to be quiteinspiring and mindboggling, but adapt-ing it was too big achallenge for him.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

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Jazz band Joscheba & Band from Hamburg hadthe Hyderabadi crowd in a frenzy when they per-formed at Taramati Baradari on Tuesday night.

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MAKINGLEARNINGFUNStudents fromHyderabad werehonoured withscholarships worth`20,000 each byClassmate, a lead-ing stationerybrand. It believesthat each child isunique and shouldget an opportuni-ty to followhis/her heart’strue calling.

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It takes fibre to beat itWith evolving lifestyles and eating habits, fibre intake has dropped drastically in our diets.

But this change is paving the way for a lot of new ailments, some rather serious.

You know how every-one’s forever going onand on about the needto eat a high fibre diet

and the rising incidence of obesi-ty, diabetes and heart diseaseamong other things. Well, theyare not really wrong you know.And if you don’t really buy anyof this ‘nutritious food is goodfor you’ notion then you shouldprobably read on to know aboutthe health risks Indians are atthanks to their changing eatinghabits. No, we’re not talking theusual heart disease and obesity,we’re talking cancer and othersuch serious issues.

Like it or not, it has beenproven that people who incorpo-rate fibre-rich foods in their dietsare much better protectedagainst problems like colon can-cer and diverticulitis. “It is true.Earlier ailments like colon cancerwere common in the West, whileIndian were better protectedagainst them thanks to theirfibre-rich diets. However, withchanging lifestyles there are alarge number of Indians toofalling prey to health problemsthat were earlier common in theWest,” says Dr SundeepLakhtakia, consultant gastroen-terologist at the Asian Institute ofGastroenterology.

He goes on to add that a lowfibre intake has been associatedwith the incidence of colon can-cer and diverticulitis amongother ailments. “These problems

are becoming common in Indiaprimarily due to increased con-sumption of non-vegetarian andprocessed foods. Earlier tooIndians did consume non-vege-tarian food, but in limited quan-tities, which has now changed.There is little or no fibre intakeamongst most individuals,which is also changing the kindof health ailments that we arenow at risk of,” he explains.

Low fibre intake also reflectsas constipation, weight gain,

blood sugar fluctuations, tired-ness and diverticulitis.Diverticulitis is small, bulgingsacs or pouches of the inner lin-ing of the intestine (diverticulo-

sis) that have become inflamedor infected. “These are usuallysmall pouches in the colon.When the fibre intake dropsthere will be bacteria growing inthese and the pouches can getinfected or inflamed. Sometimesthe patient might require surgeryto get rid of this problem andvery rarely can there be bleedingin these pouches,” says DrSundeep.

He adds that lack of fibreintake can also cause nutrition

deficiencies. Fibre in the foodhelps the body absorb the nutri-tion from the food but lack of itcauses deficiencies. “Eating veryrefined food like polished riceand dal also robs the food of itsnutritional value. So while it isalright to eat everything, do so inmoderation, even non-vegetari-an food. Excessive intake of italso leads to heart and choles-terol problems. So it would helpto balance it out with fresh fruitsand vegetables as well,” he says.

NUTRITION

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patients together that have similarconditions and diseases. Users can jointhe community and provide advice andinformation to others who are goingthrough the same health issues.

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Outer skin cells regener-ate every 27 daysHumans shed andregrow outer skin cellsabout every 27 days.Skin protects yourinternal organs fromthe elements and assuch, dries and flakes off completelyabout once a month so that it can main-tain its strength.

Godfrey HounsfeildSir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield wasan English electrical engineer whoshared the 1979 Nobel Prize forPhysiology or Medicine with AllanCormack for his part in developing thediagnostic technique of X-ray CT. Hisname is immortalised in the Hounsfieldscale which is defined in Hounsfieldunits (symbol HU), running from air at−1000 HU, through water at 0 HU, andup to dense cortical bone at +1000 HU.

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WASHINGTON: A mind thatstrays from the present or theone that is solidly rooted in thehere and now, could be linked tothe length of telomeres - theDNA caps that protect the endsof chromosomes.

Telomeres prevent chromo-somes from deteriorating or fus-ing with neighbouring chromo-somes. They are also emerging asbio-marker for cellular and gen-eral bodily ageing.

The findings suggest thatthose who reported more mindwandering had shorter telom-eres, while those who reportedgreater presence in the moment,had longer telomeres, the ClinicalPsychological Science reports.

“Our attentional state whereour thoughts rest at any momentturns out to be a fascinating win-dow into our well-being. It maybe affected by our emotionalstate as well as shape our emo-tional state,” said Elissa Epel,associate professor of psychiatryat the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF).

“In our healthy sample, peo-ple who report being moreengaged in their current activi-ties tend to have longer telom-eres,” added Epel.

A preliminary study assessedtelomere length, along with thetendency to live in the presentversus the tendency to wander,involving 239 healthy, midlifewomen aged between 50 and 65.

Telomeres shorten with ageand in response to psychologicaland physiological stressors. Adiscovery shows that telomereshortness predicts disease andmortality. Previous studies foundthat they are tied with increasedactivity of an enzyme, which isresponsible for protecting telom-eres. Epel, along with psycholo-gist Eli Puterman are developinga series of classes to promotemindful presence, to see if thisintervention protects telomeremaintenance. IANS

‘Shorteningtelomer linkto wanderingminds’: Study

BREAKTHROUGH

‘Faltering kidneys can hitmental functioning’

Researchers found the greater a person’s decrease in renal functioning, the greater thedecrease in cognitive functioning, particularly abstract reasoning and verbal memory.

WASHINGTON: Faltering kid-neys can hit mental processes

involved in thinking, understand-ing, reasoning or remembering,

according to an American study.“The brain and kidney are both

organs that are affected by the car-diovascular systems,” said Adam

Davey, associate professor of publichealth in Temple’s College of

Health Professions and Social Work,who led the study, Researchers from

the Temple, Maine and MarylandUniversities examined longitudinaldata, five years apart, from 590 peo-

ple, according to a Temple state-ment.

What the researchers found wasthe greater a person’s decrease inrenal functioning, the greater the

decrease in overall cognitive func-tioning, particularly abstract reaso-

ning and verbal memory.“They are both affected by

things like blood pressure andhypertension, so it is natural to

expect that changes in one organare going to be linked with changes

in another,” says Davey.“Those two tracked together, sothis study provides us with evi-dence that the rate of cognitive

decline is associated with deteriora-tion in kidney function” adds

Davey.Davey said that this information

emphasizes two important points:the importance of diagnosing andmanaging chronic kidney disease

and the extent of decrease in cogni-tive functioning.

“As we get older, our kidneyfunction tends to decrease naturally,so if there’s an extra issue involved

in renal function like chronic kidneydisease, we need to know about it

as soon as possible,” he said. “That is something that needs tobe managed, just like you would

manage hypertension.” IANS

RESEARCH

STUDYRobust heart can extend lifespan

WASHINGTON: A robust heartin the middle age may helpextend your lifespan by a maxi-mum of 14 years, than peers whohave two or more CVD risk fac-tors, says a study.

“We found that many peopledevelop cardiovascular diseaseas they live into old age, but

those with optimal risk factorlevels live disease-free longer,”said John T Wilkins, study co-author and assistant professor ofmedicine and cardiology atNorthwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine.

Researchers extracted datafrom five different cohorts and

looked at the participants’ risk ofall forms of fatal and non-fatalcardiovascular disease from ages45, 55 and 65 through 95 years ofage, the Journal of the AmericanMedical Association reported.

All participants were free ofCVD at entry into the study anddata on the following risk factors

was collected: BP, cholesterol,diabetes and smoking status,according to a statement.

The primary outcome mea-sure for the study was any CVDevent (including fatal and non-fatal CHD, all forms of stroke,congestive heart failure, andother CVD deaths). IANS

EntertainmentWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

21SUKUMARUDU NEARS COMPLETIONAadi, Nisha Aggarwal starrer Sukumarudu is inlast leg of production. Directed by Ashok G, thefilm was recently shot in Europe. Anup Rubenshas composed the music.

Mahesh Babu is notThuntari

The title for MaheshBabu’s upcoming film in

Sukumar’s direction hasn’tbeen decided yet. AnilSunkara, one of the produc-ers of the film, confirmedthat Thuntari, one of thetitles which are doingrounds, is not even underconsideration. Kriti Sanonis playing the lead roleopposite Mahesh Babu.

Samantha to endorseDabur Vatika

Samantha, who had so far beenthe face of saree and jewellery

brands, is all set to endorse DaburVatika. She’ll now join the likes ofTrisha, Anushka and Tamannaahwho have been ruling the roost interms of endorsements.Meanwhile, Samantha is busywrapping up the shooting ofSeethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle.

Sunil to team up withMaruthi?

After the super success of BusStop, Maruthi is all set to

direct a film under the GeethaArts banner. Buzz is that Sunil islikely to team up for Maruthi inthis film. More details will berevealed soon. Currently, Sunil isplaying one of the lead roles inVettai’s remake and another filmMr Pellikoduku, the remake ofTanu Weds Manu, is going torelease soon.

CINE BYTESSWITCHING TRACKS

But it may seem to be quite routine for athird person. In a tête-à-tête with

Postnoon, Sundeep Kishan talks about hisupcoming film Routine Love Story.

Every love story isunique…

HEMANTH KUMARhemanth.k@postnoon.com

It has been exactly two years, four monthsand five days, since Sundeep Kishan wasseen in a Telugu film. For an actor withjust two Telugu films to his credit,that’s an incredibly long wait, espe-

cially after wowing the critics and audi-ence alike in Prasthanam. So what’s thereason behind his long hiatus? “It’s notlike I stayed away for a long time with-out a reason. I did get a lot of projectsafter Prasthanam, but most of them did-n’t excite me. At this point of my career,the most important factor is to build cred-ibility as an actor. Finally, when Shor in theCity happened, I lapped up the projectbecause I thought it would open up newavenues and horizons for me,” SundeepKishan says.

It’s been more than a year and a half sinceShor in the City released and at one point of time,Sundeep Kishan was in fact supposed to act incouple of films under Vikram Bhat’s productionhouse, but that didn’t happen. In mid 2011, hedecided to change tracks and that’s how RoutineLove Story happened. “I wanted to do a fun, solohero-based film in Telugu. Fortunately or unfortu-nately, the Telugu film industry banks too muchon solo hero projects. My friend Chanakya, who’sproducing the film, insisted that I meet PraveenSattaru and I immediately fell in love with theconcept he had in mind,” Sundeep reveals. Thefilm is being touted as a satirical outlook on rela-tionships. We ask Sundeep how he defines rela-tionships, he puts things in perspective, saying,“Till recently, the biggest conflict in love sto-ries was winning the parents approval.However, that’s slowly changingnow. The most important factorin relationships today iswhether you foresee a futurewith your partner or not.When you are datingsomeone, you meet inhappy places andbelieve that the rest ofyour lives things willbe the same. But itdoesn’t work thatway. I believe thatevery love story isunique, but it’ll seemcomical for a thirdperson,” he signs off.Routine Love Story isslated for release onNovember 23.

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Zoya Akhtar startsscripting family drama

Writer-director ZoyaAkhtar, who won acco-

lades for her last projectZindagi Na Milegi Dobara, isnow busy scripting a familydrama. “I am writing a familydrama now. I have not fin-ished the script yet, so it istoo premature to talk about it.But all I can say is that it is mykind of family drama,” Zoyasaid. IANS

‘Jism 3’ still beingdiscussed: Dino

Actor Dino Morea, who turnedproducer with Jism 2, says the

third instalment of the franchise isstill in the stage of being dis-cussed. “Jism 3 is still being dis-cussed. Nothing has beenfinalised yet. There is no idea yet.We are still in search of a goodscript,” the 36-year-old said.Meanwhile, on the acting front,Dino says he is just readingscripts. IANS

When cricket won overmusic for Imtiaz!

Director Imtiaz Ali, who direct-ed Rockstar, based on the life

of a singer, reveals he had oncetaken up music lessons for some-time, but then he gave it up forhis love for cricket. “I used tolearn Indian classical vocals whenI was very young. The problemwas it would happen at the sametime when I went down to playcricket. So, ultimately over a fewmonths, cricket won,” the 41-year-old said . IANS

CINE BYTESNO CLUBS FOR HIM

AamirKhan

BOX OFFICE NUMBERSCAN BE DECEPTIVE:

In Bollywood, `100crore has becomethe new definitionof box-office suc-cess. But actor

Aamir Khan feels thatnumbers can be decep-tive and the elite figuremay not be the truemeasure to determinehow well a film is madeor received by the audi-ence. Three of Aamir’sfilms — 3 Idiots, Ghajiniand Fanaa — havereportedly earned over`350 crore, `150 crore,and `100 crore respec-tively, scaling the touch-stone of success. Yet hedoes not believe in thenumber game. “A largenumber of peoplemight see the filmbecause a star is there.Numbers can be decep-tive. To me successmeans when we as acreative team sit togeth-er to watch a filmbefore it releases... (dowe) feel that we havesucceeded in makingwhat we set out to do. Ifthe team feels we havecome close, it’s the firstsign of success,” Aamirsaid. “I have neverlooked at figures. I amthe last person to lookat figures at the outset. Ilook at them in retro-spect as it helps megauge how well a filmof mine has beenreceived. It is one of theyardsticks. I use themto understand how myfilm has fared, howpeople have reacted toit,” he said. The 47-year-old actor-producerfeels filmmaking is ateam effort and thecredit for the success ofa film should not entire-ly be given to actors butthe whole team. PTI

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Harry Osborn role upfor grabs

The filmmakers of theupcoming Spider-Man

sequel. On Monday, at leastfour young men were test-ing for the role of HarryOsborn in Sony’s sequel toThe Amazing Spider-Man,which reunites directorMarc Webb with starsAndrew Garfield and EmmaStone, adding ShaileneWoodley as Mary Jane.Osborn is an integral partof the Spidey mythology.

Mary Kate and herboyfriend Olivier in NYC

Mary Kate Olsen and herboyfriend Olivier Sarkozy out

and about in NYC. Just one weekafter their much-buzzed-aboutbasketball PDA fest, the couple—who share a 16-year age differ-ence—were snapped on Saturday.Although the duo's age differencehas become a source for tabloidfodder, the style star, who hasbeen in the business since shewas an infant, insists that the gos-sip doesn't faze her.

Gosling is beaten bloodyin film poster

Reunited with his Drive director,Gosling plays a boxer who

clearly suffers some physicalduress in the upcoming Thailand-set film. This is not going to helpRyan Gosling's populist SexiestMan Alive campaign. The Oscar-nominated actor is seen with abadly bludgeoned face in a newposter for their next collabora-tion, Only God Forgives.

CINE BYTES LOSING INTEREST

Actor RowanAtkinson

says play-ing the

fun-filledcharacter in comedy seriesMr Bean does not suit himanymore and he might doless of it. The 50-year-old

actor admits that althoughplaying the lead role in the

show has been very success-ful, but the mute characterhas become tiring for him.

"The stuff that has been mostcommercially successful forme — basically quite physi-

cal, quite childish — Iincreasingly feel I'm going to

do a lot less of," DailyTelegraph quoted him as say-

ing. "Apart from the fact thatyour physical ability starts todecline, I also think someone

in their 50s being childlikebecomes a little sad. You've

got to be careful," he added.Mr.Bean first aired on televi-sion in 1990 and was on air

for five years and hasreceived a lot success. IANS

ATKINSON

MR BEAN

NOT EXCITEDABOUT PLAYING

ANYMORE

The stuffthat has

been most com-mercially suc-

cessful for me —basically quitephysical, quite

childish - Iincreasingly feelI'm going to do a

lot less of.

Actor RowanAtkinson

Chai TimeWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

26THOUGHT OF THE DAYCapital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime ascharity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Henry Ford

ACROSS1 ___ the grid4 Old Turkish pooh-

bahs10 Cash drawer14 End of the Three

Musketeers' motto15 Post-performance

performance16 Opera diva's solo17 Shape of St.

Anthony's Cross18 A well-trained quip

(Part 1)20 Snow runner21 Musical closings22 Follow as a conse-

quence23 “Let's Make a Deal”

option25 Car's need26 A well-trained quip

(Part 2)31 “As I ___ saying ...”34 Make a window

frame watertight35 ___ Bator36 Advanced math

subj.37 Pitchfork part38 Warn39 What skunks are

known for40 Fantasy baddies41 Wearing clothes42 “Rise and ___!”43 Ham on ___

44 A well-trained quip(Part 3)

46 Caviar47 Where inhaled air

goes48 Foundation51 Added lubrication

to54 Amateur's opposite57 A well-trained quip

(Part 4)59 It's used to row,

row, row your boat60 More than suggest61 Greeted and seated62 It's taken in vein63 Jungle noise64 Give the go-ahead65 MGM lion

DOWN1 Grains in some meal2 Strong criticism3 Volume equal to

1.805 cubic inches4 Proud bird with

beautiful feathers5 Mohair-coated goat6 1991 missile7 Georgetown athlete8 Gives guns to9 One of seven salty

ones10 Small mountain

lakes11 Colored part of the

eye

12 “In ___ of flowers...”

13 Put on board19 Bring up, as chil-

dren24 Eyes amorously25 Mannerly man26 Cast member27 Grocery section28 Gown fabric29 Spotless30 Feature of the capi-

tal of Greece?31 Non-swimmer's

hangout32 By oneself33 Alternative to a nail36 “Over There” song-

writer George M.38 Feel a dull pain42 Classroom figure44 Reggae great Peter45 Type of hydrocar-

bon46 Choir platform48 Vision imprecision49 Prefix with

“dynamic”50 Long, sweeping

story51 Single bills52 French for“islands”53 Lay it on the ___55 Steak option56 Popular cookie58 Barcelona Zoo bear

KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD

PREVIOUSPUZZLEANSWER

How to playkakuroKakuro is a populargame similar tosudoku in some ways.But is also suitably dif-ferent. The key ques-tion: ‘How do you playkakuro?’, well here arethe rules of kakuro.The answer: Thekakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of anysize. It has rows andcolumns, and dark cellslike in a crossword.And, just like in acrossword, some of thedark cells will containnumbers. Some cellswill contain two num-bers.

However, in a cross-word the numbers ref-erence clues. In akakuro, the numbersare all you get! Theydenote the total of thedigits in the row or

column referenced bythe number.

Within each collec-tion of cells — called arun — any of the num-bers 1 to 9 may beused but, like sudoku,each number may onlybe used once.Let’shave an example toexplain this conceptmore clearly:

In the imageabove, which shows asection of a kakuropuzzle, you will see thenumbers ‘26’ and ‘14’in the top row. Look atthe 14. This means thatthe total of the threecells underneath mustsum to 14. Therefore 9,4, 1 could be theanswer, or perhaps 7,

4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work

out the actual combi-nation? Well, this isdone through elimina-tion and cross-refer-encing. For instance, asyou work out theanswers for otherkakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the validcombinations, andhence the answer forthis particular run.

Note the second cellin row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30and 11. The 30 refersto the vertical rununderneath the num-ber 30 and the 11refers to the two cellsto the right, horizon-tally, of the number 11.

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ARIESExpected transfer on cards foremployees. Official trips alsowill be frequent. Those tryingfor a new job will be favouredwith the same. Influx of visitorslikely. Health of blood relativesmay be affected. Advise themto take proper care.

ARIES: Three of Pentacles– Pay attention to your dreams. Nodoubt they are the muck thrown outof your subconscious but they alsohave hidden messages for you.

GEMINI: Ace of Swords –Don’t be weighed down by the grav-ity of a situation just because you’reexpected to pay a lot of attention toit. Do what feels right to you.

LEO: Seven of Wands –Consider all the factors before youmake a decision. Take time to draftout the exact path you would likethis project to take, and then act.

LIBRA: Temperance – Takea break from work every hour, andget away from your desk. Unless youdo that, it will become difficult foryou to maintain the same pace.

TAURUS: Ten of Swords –Don’t think too much about skippinga social engagement you have abso-lutely no interest in attending. Dowhat you feel like, once in a while.

CANCER: The World – Not every job will go as smoothly as you want it to. There is going to be some trouble. There will beobstacles.

VIRGO: The Tower – Youwould like your stamp of identity toappear in a prestigious job. But thatdoesn’t mean that you do eccentricthings in order to make it work.

SCORPIO: Ace of Wands –You will be confused about someoneacting like a clone of someone elseyou know. Don’t take decisions offriends seriously for now.

CAPRICORN: The Sun –You have the dream of wanting toretire as a farmer in a countrysidelocation. It’s tough to make this workbut it’s not impossible.

SAGITTARIUS: Page ofWands – Something you had plannedmay not have worked out as per yourexpectation. Think of this as anopportunity to go down a new road.

AQUARIUS: Queen ofCups – You’re being too emotionalabout a problem. Distance yourself,and take assistance from someonewith more experience to deal with it.

PISCES: The Magician –From where you are, you thinkyou’ve made the right decision. Fromanother standpoint, that may seemselfish. Don’t draw conclusions.

TAURUSMixed results likely. Thoughwork will start on a good note,there will be a delay to get itcompleted successfully. Youmight tend to lose your cool attimes but avoid such situa-tions. Financial position willlook up gradually.

GEMINIGood things are about to takeplace.Though you might faceproblems, you will be able tosolve the same with the help ofwell-wishers and experiencedfriends. Business will look upgradually but keep a watch on staff working for you.

CANCEREmployees can put in theirbest efforts towards getting atransfer or a pay revision, butrealisation of such events willbe delayed. Don’t be disap-pointed. Keep doing your dutyand things will be taken care ofon their own.

LEOUnexpected financial fortunelikely. Your administrative pow-ers will improve and work willbe done with perfection.Marriage will be finalised forbrother or sister with a goodpartner. Your influence is set toincrease.

VIRGOYou will sell your old plot for agood and expected price andbuy a new one.You will gainimportance in the midstof in-laws. Some VIP friendsmay sever their friendship withyou . You have to struggle tomanage unexpected expenses.

LIBRANew thoughts will occupy yourmind and implementation ofthe same will yield favourableresults. You will feel cheerfuland relaxed due to the influx offriends and relatives. You willcome out unscathed fromblame.

SCORPIOAvoid unwanted argumentsand controversial stand.Financial situation will makeyou upset. Professional andcommission agents will earnattractive income. Mother'shealth will be a cause for con-cern. Take care.

SAGITTARIUSYou will attend get-togethers ofyour friends and expand thecircle of friendship. You willface a lot of memorableevents which will make youcheerful. Employees will receivetheir long-pending arrears aswell a new pay hike.

CAPRICORNFinancial position will be weakand you have to be cautious.But you will soon take neces-sary steps which will improveyour position financially.Health problems likely due toyour hard work. Take a smallbreak and relax.

AQUARIUSYour social status is set to rise.Expected works will get com-pleted as per the plan.Businessmen and traderswill get profits as expected.Benefits through relatives like-ly. Blood relatives will be moreaffectionate and kind.

PISCESDon’t neglect minor healthproblems and take necessarytreatment. Spouse and childrenwill be very affectionatetowards you. As financial situa-tion looks strong, you will becheerful. Avoid enmity withanyone.

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Entertainment WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012 28

Hathaway hopes to bea mum soon

Sounds like AnneHathaway is ready for

another life-changingmoment! "I'm the only onehere who's not a mother. Ihope to join the rankssoon," the recently marriedLes Misérables star saidduring a roundtable dis-cussion with other possibleOscar contenders, all ofthem mums, put on by TheHollywood Reporter.

Peter Jackson deniesanimal cruelty charges

Protestors and activists areplanning to demonstrate at

the international premieres forThe Hobbit: An UnexpectedJourney after allegations that 27animals died during filming dueto unsafe conditions on the farmwhere they were being housed,according to The Daily Mail. Inresponse, Peter Jackson hasissued a strongly-worded state-ment denying those claims.

Rob Schneider welcomesa baby girl

Funnyman Rob Schneider andhis wife, television producer

Patricia Azarcoya Arce, welcomedtheir first child together, a beauti-ful daughter, on Friday. The actortweeted, "Baby is COMING NOW!19th hour of labor! Wife is doinggreat! WOW!!!" "MirandaSchneider!!! Born 8:59 pm!Mommy and Baby happy andhealthy! Gracias por sus buenosdeseos," he tweeted.

CINE BYTESALL LOVEY-DOVEY

MILA KUNISand KUTCHER

enjoy holiday in ROME

Looks like Mila Kunis andAshton Kutcher are still goingstrong! The adorable twosomeand former That '70s Show

costars were snapped hand-in-handas they strolled the streets of Romeafter a romantic dinner date in theItalian capital. The often casually cladcouple wore jeans and scarves for theevening outing, as they stayed closetogether to keep warm in the crispweather. Ashton looked charming in agray jacket and flat cap, while hisSexiest Woman Alive looked effort-lessly chic in leather boots and astriped shirt. After dinner, Ashton andMila returned to the brunette beauty'sapartment, where the 29-year-oldactress is staying while she is filmingscenes for the flick, The Third Person.The TV turned real-life twosome havebeen busy jet-setting as of late. Theyrecently returned from an Australiangetaway, where they were snappedvisiting the zoo and enjoying a fewquiet meals together.

sports 29DUBAI WORLD TOUR

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

HCA Inter School Coca Cola U-16Gowtham Model School 228/4

(M. Sai Kiran 34, N. Sandeep Goud95 n.o., K. Sai Teja 74 n.o.) bt CalPublic School 199/8 (G. VinithReddy 37, Syed Ali Hyder 103 n.o.).

A 4-11 One DayML Jaisimha 333/5 (Vignesh 42,Junaid Ali 54, Shilpee Brahma 113,Sairam 70, Hari Kumar N 3/86)bBtAkshith 323/6 (Srikanth 56, AnupKumar 36, S.K. Khaja 104).

Lal Bahadur PG 189/9 (Pawan35, Rakesh 33, D. Devrath Singh 35,Vivek 6/39) bt Gaganmahal 148(Vivek 44, Azeem Warsi MA 3/35, D.Devrath Singh 5/24.)

Agarwal Seniors 190 (Shakir 70,Noshir Mehta 4/46) lost toSecunderabad Club 191/1 (SundeepBhale Rao 47, C.V. Anand 101 n.o.).

Ameerpet 269/7 (Mel Benito124, Shiva 76, Raju Barman 3/38,Syed Maaz 4/31) bt St Marys 205(Rahul Singh 97, Syed Asif Ali 30,Sharanpal 3/28, Satpal 3/41).

Vijaypuri Willowmen 130(Ramraj 4/34, Irfan 4/32) bt Sagar XI107 (Shakir 5/21).

Deccan Blues 141 (Raj Kumar 37,P.S.P. Verma 32, Akshay 3/34, Vishal5/44) lost to Eklavya 142 for noloss(Dinesh 50 n.o., Pradeep 55 n.o.).

Kakatiya 368/8 (V. Sai Krishna103, Ramana 56, B. Sai 34, P.Subramantam 50 n.o., J.M.M.Preetham 49, P. Pavan Kumar 30) btAdams XI 126.

Sacred Hearts 33 (D Arvind 6/8,K. Srikanth 4/16) lost to Amberpet35 for no loss.

Cheerful Chums 167 (Teja 44,Mohan 40, V. Abhinav Kumar 5/54)lost to Rushi Raj 168 for no loss (V.Abhinav Kumar 80 n.o., N. SuryaTeja 48 n.o.).

SK Blues 136 (AfrozeMohammed 6/41) lost to Red hills137/1 (Md Abdur Rehman 39, M.A.Waseem 52 n.o.).

Vijayanand 128 (Nadeem Khan34, Ramu 40, Ajay Dev 5/30) lost toAVCC 129/5 (Ajay Dev 51, Jai Dev30, Hinesh 3/25).

Swastik Union 174 (LokeshYadav 51, Chandra 65 n.o., Sai Teja5/49, Jathen 3/34) bt Greenlands 59(Amar 3/9,Pankaj 3/8).

Noble 506/7 (MAR Irshad40,

Mohammed Aqeel 74, MohammedAejazuddin 63, Osmama 126, M.A.Qayyum 107) bt Raju CC 190 (Prajual65, Lohith 46, MohammedAejazuddin 3/30, M.A.R. Irshad4/39).

Starlet 192 (Manohar 43, Firoz 63,Shiva Datta 3/69, A. Vijay Kumar7/63) lost to Bharath 196/4 (VarunSimha Yadav 40, Shiva Dattha 59,Amit Singh 44 n.o.).

Royal CC 148 (Jikesh 32,Vizarauth 33, Sawan 3/40) lost toTime CC 149/1 (Sitarami Reddy 77n.o.).

Shalimar 191 (Rohit Reddy 32,Bhargav 31, Krishna Prasad 31,Saleem 31, Shakeel 5/56) bt GunRock 182/8 (Jai Krishna 37, AkshayNag 4/31, G. Ganesh 4/31).

WMCC 175 (M Sailesh 37, P. BalaKumar 64, M. Soma Sekhar 4/61, P.Ashok Kumar 3/43) drew withBharatiya 175/8 (M. Soma Sekhar 72,G. Vengaiah 60, P. Srinivas Rao 4/34).

HPS B 255 (Ashash Singh 52,Rajashekar Reddy 31, NikhilParwani 61, Sachin 30, Marshall3/63) bt Saint Sai 139 (Somender3/30).

HYDEARABAD: The Following players have beenselected as Hyderabad Under -16 Probable’s:Teams:Red Team: Sandeep Goud (Captain) (Gowtham ModelSchool), Sai Arvind (Wesley Jr College), Cristy Victor(Bhavans Jr College), Vamshi Vardhan Reddy (St PetersHigh School), Chanadan Shani (Mahesh Vidya), Parvez(Boys Town), C.H. Rakesh (Bhavans Jr College), BharathRaj (Cal Public School), Manish Parashar (St Johns JrCollege), Azmath (Boystown), B. Rahul (Wesley JrCollege), Akshay, Surya Vikram Adithya (PBCC), Blue Team: Praneeth Reddy (Captian) (Wesley JrCollege), Rajashekar (H P S Begumpet), Sandeep Naidu(Wesley Jr College), Varun Yadav, Krishna Chairth (StJohns Jr College), Sanjay Yadav (All Saints), AnuraagVittal (St Marys Jr College), Mir Omer Khan (St Marys JrCollege), Mickhil Jaisiwal (St Patricks ), E. Sree Charan(Indus School), Nikhil Naidu (All Saints), Asim Ali(Disneyland College ), K. Gynashwar.Green Team: A Jayasuriya (Captain) (St Marys JrCollege), Abirath Reddy (HPS R ), Raj Thakur (St Johns JrCollege), Vineeth Reddy (Cal PS), Vivek (K V Bolaram),Amir Khan (Bhavans Jr College), Wajid (Nizamabad),Melwin John (Wesely Jr College), DGJ Chaitanya (Cal PS), Syed Maazuddin (Ensconce), S Naveen Kumar (Wesley JrCollege), MAQ Shoaib, Prateek Chandra.Yellow Team: Nitish Reddy (Captain) (St Marys JrCollege), Ramesh (Nizamabad), Suraj Naik (Nizamabad),Yudish (Boys Town), Mohd Shabaaz (India Cements), SaiTeja (Gowtham M School), Sunny P (All Saints), Abdul ElaQuershi (Boys Town), Nitish Koundinya (Bhavans JrCollege), Mel Binto (Bhavans Jr College ), Somasekhar(Gurkul H School), Kartikeyan (Obul Reddy HighSchool), Abdul Rehman.

JOSH CHARLES Agence France-Presse

DUBAI, Nov 20, 2012 (AFP) -World no.1 Rory McIlroy sayshe has enough motivation to dowell at this week's Dubai WorldTour Championship, eventhough he has already securedthe European Tour's Race toDubai crown.

The 23-year-old fromHolywood, Northern Ireland,emulated the ground-breakingfeat of Luke Donald from lastyear when he won the MoneyList on both US PGA andEuropean Tours.

While Donald had to waittill the very last event on bothsides of the Atlantic for hisachievement, McIlroy wrappedup the PGA Tour honour with-out playing a single Fall Seriesevent, and clinched theEuropean Money List when hefinished third in the SingaporeOpen a couple of weeks ago.

Ahead of the $8 million sea-son-ending tournament at theEarth course of Jumeirah Golf

Estates here, McIlroy said:"I am obviously very proudand very honoured to havewon the Race to Dubai thisyear. I've had four go's at itsince 2009. I came close acouple of times, and youknow, it was great to be ableto do it this year.

"It's been a phenomenalyear, and I've still got onemore tournament left and Iwant to try to finish the sea-son strong. I really want toplay well this week. This isdefinitely a great way toend what has been a greatseason.

"I would like to pick uptwo trophies at the end ofthe week. I think that's thebig thing. Obviously, youhave to stay right till theend, so I might as well makeit matter."

McIlroy, who missed thecut last week at the HongKong Open said one of thebest things about the 2012season was the way hecame out of the slump.

TURIN, Italy, Nov 20, 2012(AFP) - Former Tour of Italy win-ner Michele Scarponi is facing athree-month ban, the ItalianOlympic Committee (CONI) saidTuesday, for infringing rules onconsulting prohibited persons.

Scarponi is one of many ath-letes alleged to have consultedwith Michele Ferrari, the doctorat the centre of the LanceArmstrong doping scandal.

Ferrari is one of several indi-viduals being investigated byprosecutors in Padua.

He is accused of being at thecentre of a sophisticated dopingnetwork involving athletes,sports agents and corrupt bank-ing officials.

LEAGUE CRICKET

Gowtham Model defeatsCal Public School

Hyderabad Under-16probable’s list

Rory McIlroy motivated The 23-year-old emulated the ground-breaking feat of Luke Donald from last yearwhen he won the Money List on both US PGA and European Tours.

Scarponifaces ban forFerrari visits

POWER STRUGGLE

sports 30ENGLAND’S TOUR OF INDIA

RANJI TROPHY

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The Sub-continent blues wereback to haunt England again.They looked completely outof tune in the first Test except

for a spell in the second innings. Andthere is more to come when theymove to Mumbai for the second Test.

The wicket did not hold anydemons. Despite pleas by the hometeam to prepare turning tracks, thewicket turned out to be slow andwithout much bounce.

If England had applied them-selves, they would have gained somemomentum in the series.

Instead they squandered wicketsthrough expansive shots or lack offootwork.

Captain Alistair Cook and MattPrior were the exception. Their 157-run partnership in the second inningsis a lesson for the other batsmen.

Cook played one of the mostimportant innings of his career. Hisheroics have certainly lifted the spiritof the English side.

It will also mean that Englandmay change their thinking and tac-tics.

The biggest blunder in the firstTest was not picking a second spinnerin the side. This reflects England’sinflexible selection policies.

There was no need for three-man

pace attack on a wicket which wasnot going to offer much.

The brilliant performance ofGraeme Swann in the match under-lined the need for strong spin sup-port at the other end.

Samit Patel was not good enough.Monty Panesar must come into thepicture now for Mumbai even if thewicket offers more bounce.

He could easily replace TimBresnan, who had a poor match.

With Ian Bell flying out to the UKand missing the Test, England willhave to decide between Eoin Morganand Jonny Bairstow.

Morgan has a poor record againstspin while Bairstow is positive in hisapproach which may prove benefi-cial.

Then there is Kevin Pietersen’sdismissal by a left-arm spinner inboth innings for cheap scores. He wastroubled by Pragyan Ojha but thechampion batsman is good enough tonot let this chronic weakness stand inhis way.

India will be quietly pleased thatVirendra Sehwag scored his first hun-dred in two years. His aggressiveapproach helped Cheteshwar Pujarato settle down and get to the doublehundred.

Pujara was undoubtedly the Manof the Match. He played with greatassurance and never seemed in ahurry.

His footwork was the best againstSwann and he did not let the spinnerdominate. This also helpedComeback Man Yuvraj Singh to calm

his nerves and get to an importanthalf century.

Yuvraj seemed very determinedand batted the way he should inTests. If he does succeed in this series,then the fairy tale comeback will becomplete.

India will be slightly worriedabout the form of Sachin Tendulkar.His poor run seems to continue toolong. Playing on his home turf mayjust get him back in the groove.

Ravichandran Ashwin is fastbecoming India’s premier strikebowler. He and Ojha are workingwell in tandem.

The most pleasing aspect of theirbowling is that they flight the balland are not afraid to toss it up fre-quently at a slower pace. Ojha had agreat match in Mohali.

The Mohali wicket was not whatthe doctor ordered for Indian captainMahendra Singh Dhoni and this dis-pleased him. It is hoped that the cura-tor in Mumbai won’t disappoint himand listen to his repeated call forspinning wickets.

India must play to their strengthnow. Spin is their main weapon and itwould be appropriate if they use it towipe out the 4-0 nightmare when thetwo sides last met.

Let us not be nice about thatdrubbing. The English critics hadplunged their knives and murderedIndia’s reputation as a cricketingnation.

The boot is on the other foot now.India must put them in a spin andmake sure they trip on their feet.

HYDERABAD: BavanakaSandeep and Ashish Reddy hitcontrasting half centuries todeny Saurashtra an outright vic-tory as Hyderabad grabbed apoint from their drawn RanjiTrophy match on the fourth andfinal day here today.

Sandeep (50 not out) andReddy (56) stitched 84 runs forthe sixth wicket after Hyder -abad, chasing a target of 345 for awin, were reduced to 123 for fivetowards the tea break.

Reddy was out midway inthe final session but Sandeepheld fort with the lower-ordercolleagues to save the match. Hebatted for nearly four hours and

consumed 161 balls for his 50and hit just three fours.

Reddy, on the other hand,played an aggressive innings ashe took just 60 balls for his 56and hit five fours and three sixesat Rajiv Gandhi InternationalStadium at Uppal.

Ibrahim Khaleel was theother not out batsman on 10 asthe match was declared drawnafter Hyderabad made 232 for sixafter 91 overs in the Group Amatch.

For Saurashtra, RavindraJadeja took three wickets to addto his six in Hyderabad firstinnings to end the match withnine wickets.

Earlier, Saurashtra declaredtheir second innings at overnightscore of 270 for six to giveHyderabad a target of 345 for awin.

Saurashtra bagged threepoints from the drawn match byvirtue of their 74-run firstinnings lead.

Saurashtra are on six pointsfrom two matches whileHyderabad have just two pointsfrom two matches.Brief Scores:Saurashtra: 260 and 270/6 decldrew with Hyderabad 186 and232/6 (Bavanaka Sandeep 50n.o., Ashish Reddy 56; RavindraJadeja 3/84).

Saurashtra denied winby Hyderabad

Brief ScoresAt Agartala: Services 563/4decl and 7 for no loss drewwith Tripura 484 (S Abbas Ali121, Abhijit Dey 107; ShadabNazar 6/108).At Meerut: UP 283 and 343/5drew with Karnataka 181 and274/8 (Manish Pandey 76,Ganesh Satish 70;Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/67).At Kolkata: Gujarat 260 and272/8 (Rujul Bhatt 102 n.o.,Rakesh Dhruv 83) drew withBengal 526/7 decl.At Bhubaneswar: Railways205 and 353/5 (Amit Paunikar166, Sanjay Bangar 62) drewwith Punjab 314 and 59/2.At Jamshedpur: Jharkhand360 drew with Goa 208 and292/8 (Manvinder Bisla 92;Sunny Gupta 6/93).At Malappuram: Kerala 264and 294/5 (Abhishek Hegde129, VA Jagadeesh 127) drew

with Assam 286 and 201/6(Pallavkumar Das n.o. 92, KRSreejith 5/75).At Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh256 and 466/6 (Jalaj S Saxena76 n.o.) drew with Rajasthan379 and 88/4.At Nadaun: Andhra Pradesh372 and 282/7 decl. (AMuzumdar 104, B Sumanth 81;Rishi Dhawan 5/77) drewwith Himachal Pradesh 265and 108/4.At Delhi: Delhi 505/6 (RajatBhatia n.o. 133, MithunManhas 106, Sumit Narwaln.o. 65, Mohit Sharma 71)drew with Baroda 561.At Rohtak: Haryana: 66 and300 lost to Odisha 219 and152/6 (G Podder 51).At Chennai: Tamil Nadu 276and 149 bt Maharashtra 233and 88 (R. Aushik Srinivas3/15, M Rangarajan 3/34).

India haunt England againIf England had applied themselves, they would have gained some momentum in the series.

Instead they squandered wickets through expansive shots or lack of footwork.

TWELFTH MANBabu Kalyanpur

sports 31WEST INDIES IN BANGLADESH

SOUTH AFRICA IN AUSTRALIA

SPORTS BRIEFS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

KHULNA, BANGLADESH: WestIndian captain Darren Sammy tooktwo wickets to reduce Bangladeshto 88-3 at lunch on the opening dayof the second and final Test here onWednesday. The medium-pacerhad Shahariar Nafees caughtbehind and bowled opener TamimIqbal in quick succession to derailthe home team who won the tossand decided to bat on a slowSheikh Abu Naser Stadium pitch.

Naeem Islam was unbeaten on15 and with him Shakib Al Hasaneight not out at the interval.

Bangladesh, who trail 0-1 in theseries after losing the first Test by77 runs in Dhaka, never got thedesired start to kick off strongly inthe match they needed to win tolevel the series. Nazimuddin,brought in for failed opener JunaidSiddique, fell to a short ball frompaceman Fidel Edwards in thethird over of the innings after scor-ing just four. Iqbal and Nafees bat-ted sensibly to add 59 for the sec-ond wicket but Sammy strucktwice to give the Windies the upperhand.

The medium-pacer had Shahariar Nafees and opener Tamim Iqbal in quick succession.

ROBERT SMITH Agence France-Presse

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA:Skipper Graeme Smith hasbacked legspinner Imran Tahir totrouble Australia’s left-handersas South Africa seek to establishcontrol of the three-match seriesin Thursday’s Adelaide Test.

The Proteas have made twochanges for the second Test,bringing in Tahir and debutantFaf Du Plessis, following a drawin the first Test in Brisbane.

Tahir takes over from pace-man Rory Kleinveldt, who waswicketless and ineffective on hisTest debut in Brisbane, while DuPlessis comes in for the injuredJP Duminy.

Adelaide traditionally takesspin late in the match and Smithis banking on wrist-spinner Tahirto make a valuable contributionwith his wrong’un turning awayfrom the left-handers.

Australia’s team is stackedwith five left-handers among itstop seven batsmen and the

Proteas are banking on Tahir tomake an impact after being leftout of the series opener on anunresponsive Gabba wicket.

Pakistan-born Tahir, 33, hascaptured 26 wickets in 10 Testssince his debut against Australiain Cape Town last year andSmith is confident he will do hisbit in Adelaide.

“Hopefully there’s a lot ofrough (bowlers’ foot marks), notfor me, but for the Australianleft-handers and he’s certainlyused the rough well in the timeshe’s played for us,” Smith said.

“He created a lot of stress forAndrew Strauss and the left-han-ders in England so the wrong’unturning away from the bat is nota bad option. He’s got enough toreally contribute in this game.”

Smith added that Tahir musthave faith in himself to stick at itover the five days of a Testmatch.

“Naturally, he’ll be anxiousto always do well, that’s Imran’spersonality, but he’s contributedin key ways for us over the lastfew Test matches and his role isimportant,” he said.

“Not everything is going togo your way in Test cricket, butyou have to be able to find a wayto contribute over those five daysand I think Imran has done thatwell for us and I think all of uswould love to see him pick up ahuge wicket haul.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA:Ricky Ponting is hoping areturn to the Adelaide Oval, hisfavoured hunting ground, willkill his run of ducks againstSouth Africa in Thursday’s sec-ond Test.

The former Test skipperwas out for nought inAustralia’s massive firstinnings of 565 for five declaredin last week’s drawn firstBrisbane Test — his third duckin four Test innings against theProteas.

“I don’t shy away from it,”Ponting told reporters onTuesday.

“I’ve been around enoughand played in enough highpressure situations, whetherit’s a big game or a game whereyou’re under pressure becauseyou haven’t scored runs your-self.”

South Africa celebrated abig wicket when they hadPonting out edging to the slipsearly off Morne Morkel at theGabba.

“I was disappointed lastweek with all the work I put in

pre-season and to make a littleerror like that and have yourgame over and done with infive balls was disappointing,”he said.

“But it’s a fresh start thisweek. When it’s my turn to batI must make sure I’m one of theguys who contributes.”

Ponting, who turns 38 nextmonth is playing his 167th Testmatch this week.

Sammy strikes for West IndiesScorecard

Bangladesh 1st innings

Tamim Iqbal b Sammy 32

Nazimuddin c Powell b Edwards 4

Shahriar Nafees c Ramdin b Sammy 26

Naeem Islam not out 15

Shakib Al Hasan not out 8

Extras: (lb2, nb1) 3

Total: (3 wicket; 26 overs) 88

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-64, 3-77

Bowling:Edwards 5-1-22-1, Best 6-2-18-0,Sammy 8-2-23-2,Narine 7-0-23-0

Ponting optimisticADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA:All-rounder Shane Watson isshort of match fitness andwill not be risked in the sec-ond Test against South Africain Adelaide, Australia captainMichael Clarke said onWednesday.

Watson has been trou-bled by a calf injury and triedthis week to prove his fitnessafter missing the drawn seriesopener in Brisbane earlier thismonth. But Clarke saiddoubts about Watson’s injuryprompted Australia go withan unchanged team for thesecond Test.

Watson out of TestProteas turn to spin

PONTE VEDRA BEACH,FLORIDA: Nicolas Colsaertsof Belgium and Martin Kaymerof Germany are part of the lat-est group of European golfersto join the USPGA Tour.

Kaymer has been eligibleto become a US Tour membersince he won the PGAChampionship at WhistlingStraits two years ago.

Three other internationalplayers — Peter Hanson ofSweden, Ryo Ishikawa of Japanand David Lynn of England —

will become members nextyear. Lynn was the runner-up atthis year’s PGA Championship.

Kaymer rolled in the clinch-ing putt for Europe in the 2012Ryder Cup in Chicago.

He will be considered aPGA Tour rookie, even thoughhis 10 career wins include amajor and World GolfChampionship.

The additions means 28 ofthe top 30 players in the worldranking will be USPGA Tourmembers.

Kaymer, Colsaerts to join US Tour BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA:The Brisbane Internationalstarting next month will fea-ture the world’s top threewomen players with confirma-tion on Wednesday that top-ranked Victoria Azarenka willtake part.

Azarenka, of Belarus, joinsRussian world number twoMaria Sharapova and SerenaWilliams of the United Statesin the main lead-up tourna-ment to January’s AustralianOpen in Melbourne, the sea-

son’s first Grand Slam.Tournament organisers

said the field would featureeight of the top 10 women.

Other players confirmedinclude Germany’s AngeliqueKerber, Sara Errani of Italy,Petra Kvitova of the CzechRepublic and Australia’sSamantha Stosur.

“I am really looking for-ward to returning to Brisbanewhere I won the inaugural titlein 2009,” Azarenka said.

“I am very proud to have

ended the year as world num-ber one and I am excited tostart my 2013 campaign inBrisbane where I know I willget some tough matchesagainst the world’s best there.”

Azarenka, 23, said it wasthe perfect preparation lead-ing into the Australian Open,where she will defend the titleshe won this year.

The Brisbane International,which also features AndyMurray in the men’s draw,takes place from December 30.

Azarenka, Sharapova, Williams in Brisbane

sportsWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

32S. KOREA GRAND PRIX STUCK IN THE REDOctober's South Korean GP was hosted at a loss of $36 raising questionsover the future of the event which has been in the red since its inceptionin 2010. The only positive was that the 2012 version of the F1 race haem-orrhaged less cash than the previous two.

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PARIS: Barcelona and BayernMunich qualified for theChampions League last 16 onTuesday but Chelsea were indanger of picking up the dubi-ous honour of becoming thefirst titleholders to crash out inthe first round.

Joining Barca and Bayerninto the knockout stages wereValencia and ShakhtarDonetsk while Celtic still have

work to do to book their ticketafter defeat at Benfica.

Frustratingly for Chelseatheir fallow spell in thePremier League spilled over toTurin where Roberto diMatteo's men were sweptaside 3-0 by Juventus.

With Shakhtar seeing offDanish minnowsNordsjaelland in Copenhagenthe Londoners slipped to thirdin Group E, with their fatenow out of their hands goinginto the final roll.

Chelsea's Gary Cahill (R) reacts after their match against Juventus. Juve won 3-0.

PARIS: Premier Leaguetrio Liverpool, Tottenhamand Newcastle will be aim-ing to secure passage to theEuropa League knockoutstages with a game in

hand. While the Englishclubs have had modeststarts to their domesticcampaign their fortuneshave been brighter in conti-nental action.

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Chelsea on brink asBarca, Bayern qualify

English trio on brink of last-32 spot