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Oman Air flight number WY236 X travellingfrom Hyderabad to Muscat was delayed atShamshabad airport today. The flight, sched-uled to take off at 6.55am, was still on theground at 11am after the pilot reported sick.However, a spokesman from the airline said itwas a technical snag. All 150 passengers havebeen accommodated in a hotel.

OMAN AIR FLIGHT DELAYED AFTER PILOT REPORTS SICK

city eventsTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Photo exhibitionAlliance Française of Hyderabadinvites you to The Upside DownWorld of Philippe Ramette.Where:Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: October 22,7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an art exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 120 artists and art talksby experts on the concept of biodiversity is being held. Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11.30am to 7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

Unspoken harmonyA painting exhibition by artist JayaBaheti titled Unspoken Harmony — ashow of art and antiquity is on.Where:Taj Deccan,


When: Ongoing11am onwards

Contact: (040) 66663 939

Tribute to MahatmaAn exhibition depicting the life ofthe Father of Our Nation MahatmaGandhi through the drawings of Late

Venkateshwara Raju Palala is beingheld at Salarjung Museum.Where: Salarjung Museum,

Afzal GunjWhen: Ongoing,

4.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2457 6443

Recent and retrospectiveA painting exhibition by artist SudipRoy is being held.Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

MultiversalMultiversal a painting exhibition featuring 26 artists from all aroundthe country is being held at Muse ArtGallery.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999

Folds of disguiseFolds of disguise, a show of recentworks by artist Hetal Chudasama isbeing held. Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,

Banjara Hills,

Rd No 12 When: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 6656 4466

Play timeGrim Pumpkin Theater presents theirproduction of Vijay Tendulkar's play,Silence! The Court Is In Session.Where: Lamakaan,


When: October 26, 7.30pm onwards

Contact: 98490 26029

A throw of diceThe silent film A Throw of Dice isbeing screened. Tuten and BlasenOrchestra will be playing the live background music for the film.Where: Shilpakala Vedika,

MadhapurWhen:October 20,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2311 2704

Film workshopA filmmaking workshop and a filmappreciation workshop is being held. When: October 27 onwards,

1.30pm onwardsContact: 94904 40986

Bengali food festivalHotel Green Park’s multi-cuisinerestaurant Once upon a time is host-ing a Bengali Food Fest. The foodfestival is on till October 21.Where:Hotel Greenpark,

Begumpet When: Ongoing

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 6651 5151

Rannaghor food festHotel Ista is hosting a Bengal FoodFest from October 19 to 28. The festis open for lunch and dinner.Where:Hotel Ista,

Gachibowli When: October 19-28

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IN CONVERSATION WITHPRINCE CHARMING Actor NakuulMehta uses hischarms to optimum effectto connectwith audiencesand get theirattention.

‘I’M A MINISTER, NOTACCOUNTANT’

“Main bada aadmi hoon, accoun-tant nahi (I’m a big man, not anaccountant)” blurts minister for

minority welfare Ahmedullawhen we quizzed him about the

alleged `55-crore scam in theminority finance corporation

which the CID is probing now.

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HEADS SET TOROLL AT GHMC

Immediatelyafter thecompletion ofCoP-11, theGHMC commissionerwill reportedly becracking thewhip againstofficialswhose lackadaisicalattitude hasbrought disrepute totheCorporation.

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 Don’t trust agents whopromise lucrative jobs.

Sabira Begum, mother of three,learnt things the hard way. Shewanted to surprise her family withfat pay cheque by working as amaid in Saudi. But to her shock,the agents hired her as a construc-tion labourer.

2 Pensioners might get a pieceof good news.

According to minister for pensionsSunita Laxma Reddy, six lakh morepensions will be granted duringthe CM’s next Rachabanda.

3 He might have quit, but hestill gets paid!

Minister Dharmana Prasada Raowas the first to quit when he wasnamed by the CBI. But the mancontinues to receive his salary.

4 Though hopeful of conserv-ing biodiversity, no finances.

India might be hopeful of resourcemobilisation for conservation, butit cannot expect huge finances.

5It can’t threaten you if youdon’t let it.

Nischal Narayanam has proventhat math is not to be feared, butenjoyed with his unique solutions.

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Making up for lost timeLast year we had reported how stu-

dents had got back to their aca-demic schedule after a 33 day breakdue to the Sakala Jannula Sammeorganised by Telangana activists.While students had admitted to beinghappy to resume school and college,they were worried about the extrahours they would have to put in due toall the precious time they had lost.

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Burglars clean upmedical storeBurglars targeted a medical store

in the Red Hills area of Nampallyon Tuesday night and cleaned outall electronic equipment includingcomputers and mobile phones. Theyalso looted the cash kept in thepremises among other valuablegoods. Thieves broke open the shut-ters and entered the store.Nampally police are investigating.

Three people hurt inroad mishapsThree people including a woman

were injured in separate roadmishaps this morning. At Punjaguttacrossing two passengers in an autowere hurt in an accident when a carcollided with the auto they weretravelling in. In a separate incident,at AR Nagar a private bus hit apedestrian leaving her with seriousinjuries.

Energy conservationmeeting to be heldThe first meeting of State Energy

Conservation Mission (SECM) islikely to be held during the thirdweek of October with the top offi-cials of major departments likeEnergy, MA& UD, Agriculture,Industries, Panchayat Raj, PWD,NREDCAP, etc. Key decisions onenergy conservation are likely to betaken to explore energy savings.

Four shops burgled atone go at CTCIn a shocking incident four shops

were burgled in one go last night.The shops located in ChenoyTrading Centre in Secunderabadarea, were burgled all at one go andthe burglars decamped with most ofthe valuables. Police found that theburglars had gained access byunlocking the shutters of all theshops. The police are investigating.

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Main bada admi hoon. It’s

unjust to ask meabout the scam.Those involved are incustody. Let theprobe reveal, I amnot an accountant.

Ahmedullah, ministerSee page 5

Following the informationthat Yalamanchili MLARamanamurthy Raju alias

Kanna Babu possessed hugeassets disproportionate to hisincome sources, the ACB sleuthsstarted simultaneous raids onfive locations belonging to theCongress MLA in the City,Rambili and Yelamanchili.

It may be mentioned herethat the ACB, which used to reg-ister cases against governmentofficials on corruption charges,has registered a case against anelected representative for thefirst time. It is learnt that one

Adari Adimurthy ofYalamanchili had filed a caseagainst Kanna Babu in theSpecial Court for ACB Cases,Visakhapatnam stating that theMLA had amassed assets dis-proportionate to his income.Admitting the case, the ACBspecial judge GV Krishnaiahdirected the ACB DSP to submita report on Kanna Babu’s assetsby October 11. Following direc-tions from the ACB court toinvestigate into a complaint ofdisproportionate assets of theMLA, the ACB teams compris-ing officers and personnel from

the City, Vizianagaram andVijayawada began the raids.

The sleuths conductedsimultaneous raids on the resi-dence of the MLA, the residenceof his daughter and offices of hisson in the City and on the prop-erties belonging to the MLA inYalamanchili and Rambili, ACBDSP N Venkateswara Rao toldthe media. Documents seizedwould be sent to the ACB headoffice in Hyderabad. The ACBofficials would have to verify ifthe documents seized duringthe raid were the ones listed inthe FIR. NSS

ACB raids Kanna Babu’s house, offices

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One more tragic taleand agents’ cunningcomes from SaudiArabia where a poor

Hyderabadi woman, whodreamt of earning money forher family was duped, ill-treat-ed and is now awaiting for away to return home.

Sabira Begum, 32, wanted tosurprise her family by earningwell as a housemaid in SaudiArabia. She is married and is themother of three.

Recently, she met threeagents — Sameena, Khusroo,and Masood — who promisedher a good salary as a maid in arich home. She paid `17,000 andpromised to pay an equalamount after earning her firstsalary. She was taken to Riyadhlast month and from there trans-ported to a location 700 kilome-tres away from the Saudi capi-tal. Once she got there she wasplaced, along with hundreds oflabourers on a construction site.

Meanwhile, her husband

Mohd Sajid was under theimpression that she was goingto get a job in Delhi, but whenshe phoned from the agent’smobile in Delhi airport he was shocked.

He advised her not to go toSaudi where no protection formigrant workers existed. Heasked her to return but it wastoo late and she thought herhusband and children would be happy once she started to

earn a good salary.After the initial shock, she

was forced to work at the con-struction site under the blazingsun. With the help of co-workersshe called her husband andbegan crying. She pleaded withhim to take her back home,pledging to herself she wouldnever leave her native placeagain. The couple live in Purani Haveli.

According to Sabira, her

employers are cruel and there isno consideration for being aMuslim or a woman. She wouldbe one of the hundreds workingsilently with no labour protec-tion. Her agents, she says, havedisappeared and now she isunder the control of a contrac-tor. She was promised 1,200riyals a month to work as amaid and the contractors madeher sign some documents.

Trapped, hurt and sick, thewoman calls her family when-ever she gets a chance and hasbeen pleading with Sajid (herhusband) to do something. ButSajid told Postnoon that he doesnot know what to do and whomto approach. Meanwhile, theirthree children are still awaitingtheir mother’s return.

Woman’s dreams turn sourConned by wily agents, a mother of three, wallows in misery and

sickness in Saudi Arabia.

Sabira Begum’s children

She was taken toRiyadh last month andfrom there transport-ed to a location 700kilometres away fromthe Saudi capital.

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Stating that the State gov er -nment has been payingpensions to over 75 lakh

senior citizens, minister for pen-sions, women development andchild welfare Sunita LaxmaReddy has disclosed thatarrangements were being madeto extend pensions to another sixlakh people during the chiefminister’s ensuingRachchabanda programme.

Addressing the media in theSecretariat on Wednesday,Sunita said that the pensionbeing paid by the Union govern-ment was very insufficient andthe pension amount being paidby the State government was thehighest in the country. She said

that a list of new beneficiaries tobe paid pension during the nextphase of the Rachchabanda pro-gramme has already beenfinalised.

She also reminded the mediathat the State government wassanctioning Pavala Vaddi andinterest-free loans to women ontime only. NSS

Pensions to six lakh more inRachchabanda: Sunita

This is in addition to the 75 lakh senior citizens who are currently availingpension from the State government.

Hospital to raise cancer awareness

Basavatarakam Indo-AmericanCancer Hospital and ResearchInstitute is undertaking various

awareness programs this month for BreastCancer Awareness Month. As part of theprogrammes, the hospital is organising aBreast Cancer Awareness Walk, CancerAwareness Program and a Free CancerScreening Camp.

Cancer Awareness Walk will begunfrom Basavatarakam Indo-AmericanCancer Hospital & Research Institute andwill proceed up to the KBR Park Junctionand return to the hospital at 6.30 am onOctober 18.

City police commissioner AnuragSharma will flag off the walk. Several Cinestars lead by Nandamuri Balakrishna willparticipate in the walk. NSS

Sunita said that thepension being paid bythe Union governmentwas very insufficientand the pension by theState was the highest.

city THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 4CULTURE

As City dance studios prepare dandiya enthusiasts, Postnoon finds out that a dandiya class ismore an amalgamation of cultures and has little to do with the mythological significance.

NIDHI [email protected]

Apart from the nine-day fast and variousother forms of prac-tising control interms of alcohol and

non-vegetarian food, theNavaratras bring with it a time torejoice. It is during this Indianfestive season that we see groupsof people preparing for thecolourful dandiya nights.

Raas or Dandiya Raas is thetraditional folk dance form ofVrindavan, where it is performeddepicting scenes of Holi andleela of Lord Krishna and Radha.But, in today’s modern world, itis purely an excuse to get togeth-er and have some fun.

“We’ve been conductingdance classes to teach dandiyafor a decade now,” says Ambikafrom Rangmanch dance studio.“There is a 25 per cent increase inthe number of students whoenrol these days as the dance hasbecome more about fun andexposure to different cultures.”

“We hardly have anyGujaratis enrolling for the danceclass,” quips Sheetal Agarwal,who runs Kalpataru - The Hobby

Hut with her partner VandanaBadruka.

“We’ve been impartingdandiya lessons for almost fouryears now. The classes wereintroduced as many were inter-ested in learning more about thisdance form. We conduct theseclasses specifically around

Dussera, mostly 10 days beforethe Navaratras begin.”

While dandiya classes havebeen a hit among all age groupsfor quite some time, toddlers arealso catching up with the trendtoday.

“We started the concept ofholding a dandiya workshop last

year. Because, we garnered suchgood feedback, we decided to doit every year,” says PurvviBagariaa, who is organising theworkshop as part of TreasureHouse on Friday.

“Our workshop is designedfor children aged five years andabove. Their parents, Gujaratis

and non-Gujaratis, are thrilledabout the workshop because it islike a recreational activity fortheir children.

“These days, people of all agegroups are willing to learn moreabout other cultures. Forinstance, during GaneshChaturthi this year, we hadorganised a workshop on mak-ing Ganesha idols out of clay.Many turned up to participate,irrespective of whether they cele-brate the festival or not,” saysBagariaa.

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It is almost impossible to get astraight answer from thisband. Chennai-based “The

Shakey Rays” will debut in theCity at Hard Rock Cafe todayand the band is very eager toplay here. In the clipped butcheeky words of the guitaristDhruva Gautham,”Yes. Firstshow in Hyderabad. Cannot waitto play the loudest show atRamoji Film City.”

While Dhruva Gautham andVikram Kannan handle guitars,vocals and harmonising, drum-mer Niranjan Swaminathanplays a crucial role in songwrit-ing. This four piece rock and rollband will feature guest bassplayer Tiburtius Rubin as a part

of their tour. One album old, theband says another album is inthe offing, soon. “Recording forTunes From the Big Belly was funas we roamed aroundPondicherry all day and wentback to the studios to lay down

the tracks. Only mixing thetracks was a little unsavoury,”says Dhruva.

Considering that the bandhas received appreciation bothonline and offline, what do theythink about independent music

platforms? “I think independentblogs are doing a better job atpromoting the artists than main-stream music publications are.The biggies like Rolling Stoneand NME need to come out oftheir cupboards and have a lookat what’s really happening,”Dhruva says. “We’re definitelywilling to work on music forfilms if something interestingcomes up,” says Vikram. Theycannot help but joke that theirnext album is going to be dancemusic, nomad music and have abetter album cover.

While the interview eventu-ally moves into a lot of wiselyframed jokes, the band also letsslip the mystery behind its name.“I think we’d had a drink or tenwhen the name presented itselfin bold letters,” says Dhruva.

All set to ‘shake up’ the CityChennai based-band The Shakey Rays, all set to perform at Hard Rock Cafetonight, talks about their expectations and the secret behind their name.

Hyderabadi youth step it up!

The mythologicalconnectDandiya raas originated as a devo-tional dance form, which was performed in Goddess Durga’shonour. This dance form actuallydepicts the staging of a mock-fightbetween Goddess Durga andMahishasura, the mighty demon-king. Dandiya raas is also referredto as ‘The Sword Dance’. The sticksof the dance are said to representthe sword of Goddess Durga. Theorigin of these dances can betraced back to the life of LordKrishna. Today, Dandiya raas is notonly an important part of Navaratriin Gujarat but extends itself toother festivals related to harvest as well.

The devotees, who reachedVijaywada to have a dar-

shan of Goddess Durga inconnection with the ongoingNavaratri celebrations, arefacing severe hardships in thePandit Nehru Bus Station dueto lack of adequate information.

Devotees from all parts ofthe State pouring into the Citywere being subjected to hardships as there was noneto give information about theprogrammes in the Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri.

Even the free busesarranged by the templeauthorities for the convenience of the pilgrimswere not coming to the busstation. With this, the chil-dren, women and senior citi-zens were also being subject-ed to hardships.

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Cops foilscribes rally

Tension prevailedwhen the police

foiled T Journalists’Forum’s rally beingtaken out from GunPark to Indira Park inprotest against thegovernment’s dis-crimination towardsthem on Wednesday.The police arrested TPolitical JAC chair-man Kodandaram,co-chairmanMallepally Laxmaiahand MLA HarishwarReddy, “NamastheTelangana” editorAllam Narayana andothers. NSS

The TDP has gone hammer and tongs at YSRC forbrazenly comparing Sharmila’s padaytra to LordJagannatha’s Rath yatra. “They have denigrated

the Lord by comparing a ‘corrupt party’s neta to LordJagannatha,” protested TDP politburo memberYanamala Rama Krishnudu.

“The YSRC has also insulted the great poet Sri Sriwho wrote about the Jagannatha Yatra of the down-trodden in his famous anthology Maha Prasthanam.Her chariot runs not on the wheels of righteousnessbut on corruption,” he said.

Referring to the Biodiversity conference, Yanamalastrongly protested against the PM Manmohan Singhgiving appointment only to the leaders of his partyand denying audience to leaders of other parties. Hequestioned whether Singh was the prime minister ofthe world’s largest democracy or for the corruptiontainted Congress party. NSS

TDP flaysSharmila’s yatra

Mohd [email protected]

“Main bada aadmi hoon,accountant nahi,” (I’m a bigman, not an accountant)

blurts out the minister for minority wel-fare Ahmedulla when the media quizzedhim of the alleged `55 crore scam in theminority finance corporation, which theCID is probing now.

The outspoken minister who mincesno words when it comes to commentingon his ministry wondered how the hellwas he to know what the officials aredoing with funds. “It’s unjust to ask meabout the scam. Those involved are incustody. Let the probe reveal, I am not an

accountant,” said a visibly moved minister.

The five accused in the financial jug-glery — Sai Kumar, Venkatramna,Naveen Sagar, B Keshav Rao, and anoth-er — are in judicial custody for theircomplicity in the scam.

Ahmedulla, who is a minister forminority welfare for the past two yearssaid this was the first time the minoritydepartment was accused of financialbungling. “Are you a minister or a rub-ber stamp,” queried one media personthat brought angry outbursts from theminister. This has evoked reaction frommany who wondered if the minister wasunaware of financial bungling in hisdepartment he should quit.

Md [email protected]

Immediately after the completion ofCoP-11, the GHMC commissionerwill be cracking the whip againstthe officials whose laxity has

brought disrepute to the Corporation. Even as the international

conference was underway, there wasreallocation of duties to the additionalcommissioners. According to sources,the process of internal transfer wouldresume on a larger scale as soon as theCoP-11 comes to an end. Those who arecompetent will be given importantresponsibilities and those who failed tocomply with the directives of theGHMC commissioner and only workedto save their positions will face themusic, it is learnt.

Those engineers who failed to com-plete the tender process worth severalcrores within the set deadline may haveto go back to their original departmentfrom which they had been drafted.

And, they will go back with a tag ofinefficiency taped to their lapels.“Change is what the GHMC commis-sioner is considering,” says an official.Streamlining the responsibilities of theadditional commissioners would be apriority, he said.

Sanitation, electrical and works and the zonal commissioners and circle levels (deputy municipal commis-sioners) would be under the scanner.With the prevailing confusion amongthe public and even inside the GHMCabout the responsibilities of the addi-tionalcommissioners, it is believed thattwo important wings will be allotted toeach additional commissioner.

There were instances before the CoP-11 where officials and engineers failed toturn up even after the commissionerarrived on the spot.

“Mason’s are better,” was the com-ment of the GHMC commissioner whileinspecting some works. Little wonder a foreign delegate fell in to a ditch andbroke his leg. Accountability is part ofthe job, he was heard commenting.

Those engineers who failedto complete the tenderprocess within the setdeadline may find them-selves in trouble.

Corporation officials, who failed to complete works allotted to them withinthe set deadlines, might be reallocated by the GHMC commissioner.

GHMC

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Heads to roll in GHMC

CULTUREDharmana joblessbut gets salary

POSTNOON [email protected]

Former minister for roadsand buildings,Dharmana Prasada Rao,

continues to be a minister andgets his salary and perks but

he is jobless at the same time!Dharmana Prasada Rao

was the first to quit after hisname appeared in the CBI listin the disproportionate assetscase. He had willingly givenup all his perks associatedwith his cabinet rank.However, the governmentcontinues to pay him as hisresignation is not yet acceptedby the governor. If his resigna-tion is accepted from the datehe put up his quit notice, hissalary and other perks remit-ted to his account will have tobe returned to the government.

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‘I’m a minister, not accountant’

India is hopeful of a consensuson resource mobilisation forbiodiversity conservation at

the ongoing UN meet but is notexpecting huge monetary com-mitments by participating coun-tries, environment ministerJayanthi Natarajan said onWednesday.

“I am hopeful that the confer-ence will arrive at a final docu-ment on resource mobilisation bythe end of the conference,”Natarajan said at the CoP-11.

Quoting figures from thehigh level panel on the globalassessment of resources forimplementing the strategic plan,Natarajan said: “It is projectedthat $130-430 billion is needed toachieve bio-diversity conserva-tion targets by 2020.”

“We are not expecting theseresources as the countries havenot come with such mandate.What we are looking at it is apolitical commitment, wherecountries pledge that they willallocate money for resourcemobilisation,” she said.

Expressing happiness aboutwillingness of countries to worktowards mutual agreed solutionson biodiversity, Natarajan saidthat there were very few logjamsin the deliberations because ofdifference in perspective. IANS

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Hyderabad 2012

PADMINI [email protected]

You are a veteran on the CoPscene, how effective is it?I’ve been to several Conferenceof Parties. But to be honest, inthe ten years that I’ve beenactively involved, I cannot saythat I’ve seen progress. I thinkthe reason is that governmentsdon’t really want to change. Ifthey have to, it means they haveto sacrifice economic interests.Because destroying nature goeshand in hand with creating neweconomic activity. It’s happen-ing in my country, South Africa,where millions of hectares ofnatural land, on which localcommunities and indigenouspeople live, is being planned tobe taken away so as to readythem for crops to be used in bio-fuels. When I look at the messdue to infrastructure develop-ment, i’m thinking, what’s hap-pening in India?!

But what about all the talks we’vebeen having here on protectingthe rights of indigenous people?It’s all talk. What really mattersis action on the ground. Andthere’s little of that. As far as theCoP goes, it’s less about protect-ing bio-diversity and more

about exploiting it. Naturalresources are being used for thebenefit of the wealthy (with thehelp of the governments andinternational organisations),while the poor are being leftwith leftovers. It’s the ordinarypeople who are the real champi-ons of biodiversity. It’s theirmessage that we are trying torepresent but is not being heard.

Is there a loss of faith in the CoP?Absolutely. The process is a fail-ure because it does not considerat a governmental level, therights of the ordinary people. Inthe 2008 CoP which was atBonn, the German delegationhad industry [Monsanto] people

in it. You tell me, if it’s possibleto bring industry people into thedelegation, then why not civilsociety, local communities,indigenous people, environ-mental organisations and givethem the same opportunities.

What can the CoP do differently?A lot. For instance, every yearthere are more conferences andmore expensive venues. Thereason our world is in troubletoday is because we waste somuch. There is such an excess ofconsumption. Look at us here,we are in this high energy/luxu-ry environment which I isunnecessary. Where I comefrom, we don’t even use air con-

ditioning. So here are we, peo-ple from Africa, Asia, SouthAmerican stuck in this jail,where we are forced to breatherecycled air with no healthyfood. It’s like a concentrationcamp, with hundreds of guards.We are isolated from the ordi-nary people.

So you don’t even feel like youare in Hyderabad?Not at all. I could be in NewYork right now. The only realexposure to Hyderabad andIndia I’ve had is what I’ve seenon the ride back to my hotel andwhen I went to the People’s bio-diversity fair. Even the majorityof NGO people from India I’vespoken to are far removed fromthe ground.

Will you come back for CoP-12? When I look at the biodiversitytargets set in 2010, they failedmiserable. At this rate, I don’tthink the 2020 targets can beachieved either. But it is it’s anincredible platform to meet like-minded people to combat theglobal threat. When I come here,I can meet my own governmentpeople who will never see me inmy own country. As an NGOobserver representative, I canmeet anyone I want here.

‘People are real champions’At the tail end of the CoP, Wally Menne, a representative of the Global Forest Coalitionand a member of the CBD Alliance speaks on the inside story of the CoP meetings.

INNOVATIVE REQUEST

Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner underwater in Andaman and Nicobaron the eve of the high level segment at the COP11. PTI

‘Don’texpect hugefinances’

Recognising effortsPOSTNOON [email protected]

This time tomorrow, theworking groups will haveto present the outcomes

to the plenary of the delibera-tions held over the past tendays. Even as the workinggroups go into overdrive to fin-ish the outstanding items onthe agenda, include the stickyissue of resource mobilisation,matters closer home are infocus this morning. The win-ners of the GoI-UNDP biodi-versity awards being heraldedas citizen heroes here at theEleventh Conference of Parties.

The awards recognise out-standing practices from com-munity run institutions, localself governance bodies, jointforest management and com-munities who are the heart ofeffort to conserve biodiversity.

From over 150 nominationsacross the country, a panelheaded by Prof MSSwaminathan evaluated thesubmissions. Orissa-based PirJahania Jungle Suraksha Samitatook home the award in thecommunity stewardship cate-gory, Shankarpur Village GramPanchayat from Maharashtra inthe category of decentralisedmanagement while Van UttanSansthan from Rajasthan wonfor co-management and finally,the Periyar Tiger Reserve forthe protected areas category.

The winners also received acash prize of `100,000 fromenvironment minister JayanthiNatarajan. Since the work wasundertaken by champions ofbiodiversity at the grassroots, itwas fitting therefore that theAwards were announced at theCoP-11, said UNDP officials.Natarajan welcoming UNDP asa partner, announced that theIndia Biodiversity Awards willbe an annual feature onInternational Biodiversity Day.

“The winners representinnovative approaches thatcombine the basic needs oflivelihoods, well being and dig-nity while respecting conserva-tion. India has evolved a rangeof governance models thatdemonstrate the importance ofstrategies that create positiveopportunities for develop-ment,” said Rebeca Grynspan,UN under secretary general.

The awards recognisepractices from insti-tutions, local self gov-ernance bodies, jointforest managementand communities.

N SHIVA KUMAR

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RAJESH [email protected]

When NischalNarayanam haddifficulty under-standing three-

dimensional objects in mathe-matics (most of us wouldremember that teachers woulddraw cubes and cuboids andspheres on boards in geometryclasses), he asked his mother toget him models for better under-standing. His mother scoured themarkets, but could not find any.So Nischal made his own mod-els. At the time he was a 9-year-old studying in class V.

“Around that time, his fatherbrought home a financial state-ment of our sugar business —Nischal spotted a mistake inthat,” recalls his mother, DrPadmavati, who spotted some-thing unique in her son.

Today Nischal is 17. He isalso a Guinness world record-holder for memorising the mostnumber of random objects (225)

and the most numbers memo-rised in a minute (132, that toobinary numbers). He is doing hisBCom and is a CA student. Sowhen he tells you that it is hismission to convert the fear ofmath to joy, you may trust him.

Reports say that 65 per cent

of students get the shivers whenthey hear the word ‘math’. But atNischal’s Smart LearningSolutions, where he is mentor,you can see kids who have beentrained to shred fiery mathemati-cal knots to pieces in seconds:24x56... 1344: pop comes the

answer... no fear whatsoever.One thinks it’s magic.

The means are different —either abacus or vedic mathemat-ics. But your fear of the subject iszero. As part of his mission to ridchildren of mathphobia,Nischal’s Smart Learning

Solutions will conduct mathenhancement programmes forstudents from class I to X duringDussera vacations. With the helpof math lab that a youngerNischal developed), traineesconduct sessions in math, vedicmathematics, abacus and chess.

Chess? “Many eminent math-ematicians played chess well.John Nunn was a mathematicianand a grandmaster,” says LankaRao, international chess master.“Albert Einstein was a goodchess player, too.”

Nischal’s methods haveardent fans in many eminentpeople. One among them is PRamanachari, the former head ofdepartment for maths inHyderabad Public School, who isnow senior trainer in Nischal’sinstitute. “I was immenselyimpressed when I first saw theirmodels and their applications,”he says. “I wish we had thesemuch earlier.”

In Nischal’s world, math isnot scary — there’s no need tomug up — but an absolute joy.

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

He makes math look like child’s playNischal’s love for the subject led him to develop models to help students understand math better.

Nischal (second from right) has designed Smart Learning Solutions to make math fun.

INNOVATION

BusinessTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

8PROSECUTORS SEEK 10-YR JAIL FOR RAJAT US prosecutors want Rajat Gupta, a former Indian-American direc-tor of Goldman Sachs Group, jailed for up to 10 years, but hislawyers suggest he could repay for his "shocking" crimes withcommunity work in rural Rwanda.

THUS SPAKE

We have agreed to begin negotiationsfor an agreement on civil nuclear energycooperation, which will precede actualcooperation.

MANMOHAN SINGHPRIME MINISTER

US online giant eBay said onWednesday third quarter profitsedged up two percent from a yearago to $597 million, driven by gains inmobile shopping and payments. Theprofit of 55 cents a share excludingspecial items was a penny ahead ofWall Street expectations. And theecommerce firm lifted its forecast forthe rest of the year. "We had a greatthird quarter across our company,with Marketplaces and PayPal accelerating customer growth," saidJohn Donahoe, eBay president andchief executive. Revenue for the third quarter increased 15 percent from ayear ago to $3.4 billion, eBay said.

EBAY PROFITS RISE

A Spanish financial entity establishedto take over risky loans, or "badbank," is to begin operations onNovember 19 under the name ofSareb, and will take on up to 90 billioneuros ($118 billion) in so-called toxicassets, an economy ministry sourcesaid on Wednesday. A decree that cre-ates Sareb is to be adopted by theSpanish government on November16, the source told journalists inMadrid. Establishing the institutionwas a condition set by the EuropeanUnion in exchange for aid of up to100 billion euros to the Spanish bank-ing sector, which was hit hard when areal-estate bubble burst in 2008.

BANK IN $118-bn MOP-UP

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$238 mnis the third quarter loss American

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INNOVATION

What started as a personal aid, has become a business with global presence.

HEMANTH [email protected]

After collaborating withleading Bollywood stu-dios like Yash Raj Films

and Eros International, Googlehas set its eyes on the SouthIndian movie market.

“I agree that so far we havebeen mostly concentrating onBollywood, but over the last fewmonths, we have been in talkswith several filmmakers andproducers in South to exploredifferent ways to monetize theircontent on YouTube,” GautamAnand, director, ContentPartnerships, Google-Asia-Pacific region, said at the paneldiscussion on Filmmaking,Managing and Marketing in the

digital era at Media andEntertainment Business con-clave in Chennai. Apart fromhim, Kamal Haasan,Priyadarshan and Santosh Sivanspoke about various opportuni-ties and challenges the industryis facing due to digital revolu-tion in terms of exhibition andmarketing.

One of the key issues wasthat of piracy. Answering a

query on why people downloadfilms illegally, Gautam Anandsaid, “Mostly it’s an issue ofaccess. The Indian diaspora isspread all over the world andmost films don’t release in theirnearest cinema hall. We are con-fident that with platforms likeYouTube, filmmakers can reachout to newer markets and audi-ence across the globe. Besides, alot of more people have begunusing this medium to showcasetheir talent. There’s no guaran-tee that every video posted onYouTube gets good number hits,but if the content is good,there’ll always be an audience.”

In fact, a team from Googleflew down to Chennai to inter-act with filmmakers and pro-ducers from Tamil film industry

to discuss about collaborationand monetisation of their con-tent.

On the other hand, KamalHaasan opined that internet isnot going to replace cinemahalls in near future, althoughthe percentage of revenue gen-erated from theatrical releasemight come down a bit. “So far,70% of the film’s revenue is gen-erated in theatre release and therest comes from different medi-ums like satellite rights, DVD.That’s likely to change in nearfuture and it’s high time, pro-ducers and filmmakers adapt tothis change. All said and done,internet will not replace cinemahalls completely because it’s adifferent experience altogether,”he said.

PRUDHVI RAJU [email protected]

With the growth ofthe value-addedservices, manycompanies have

evolved in this ecosystem toenrich user experience for smart-phone users, be it typing a textmessage, writing notes or watch-ing television. KeyPointTechnologies (KPT), founded in2004, improves text input experi-ence (typing) in smartphones andother devices.

It is rightly said necessity isthe mother of invention. WhenSanjay Patel’s (founder’s) broth-er lost his arm, instead ofdespairing, Patel went aboutcreating a solution to overcomethis problem. Little did he knowthat he would stumble upon“input text solution” and start acompany, which today is knownas KeyPoint Technologies. Thecompany has grown over timeand has international presenceand user base. The initiative,launched few years back, todayenriches the way users interactwith their devices.

“A mobile user today hasaccess to smartphones, tabletsand other connected deviceswith plethora of applicationsinstalled. Each applicationrequires an interaction with theuser to perform the intendedaction. We enhance the inputexperience of users and simplifytheir interaction with devicesand apps,” says SumitGoswami, CEO.

“Adaptxt, a product fromthe company, is designed tolearn and adapt to the user’swriting style and allows to writemore with minimal keystrokes.It provides highly accurate andrelevant text prediction, error-correction and auto-correctioninputs by combining the best ofartificial intelligence and com-puting technology. It supports50-plus language add-ons and35-plus industry specific add-ons, which are free to downloadfrom Google Play store.

“The ‘Learn from Socials’based personalisation featureprovides users a hassle-free typ-ing experience. It understandsuser’s unique writing style fromsocial profiles like Facebook,Twitter as well as their SMSmessages and contacts.

“Adaptxt beta version 1.0 forAndroid tablets allows users toassign a certain text or phrase asa shortcut and enables them toretrieve and text the entirephrase with a simple tap usingthe ATR shortcuts,” he explains.

The company is enrichingthe user experience and there byadding value to the products

and services of device manufac-turers and mobile operators.

“A mobile user today is ableto communicate in his native lan-guage across smartphonedevices. Complex legal jargonsor lengthy medical terms are nolonger difficult to be typed on asmart device, powered by ourlegal and healthcare dictionary.We enable operators to enhancetheir messaging and data rev-enues by simplifying the wayuser types their messages onSMS editor, IM apps or work andpersonal email editor,” he says.

On growing importance ofVAS, he says, ”It is a catalyst fortelecom revolution and a majorsource for inclusive growth. Thetelecom market is no more sim-ply driven by voice and VAScontributes to more than 12 percent of the overall operator rev-enues. A proper ecosystemaround VAS can help in finan-cial and social inclusion. Thetelecom ministry, TRAI andtrade bodies like CII and FICCIshould recognize VAS as animportant sector and providerecognition and all possible sup-port for investment and growth.

Inadequate numberof release centrestempt those who aretech-savvy, especiallyabroad, to downloadfilms illegally.

Google eyes South film contentThe company’s team is in talks with filmmakers and producers of the region.

Sumit Goswami, CEO, KeyPoint Technologies

WATER FEST

SHILLONG: Union law ministerSalman Khurshid, who wasscheduled to inaugurate India’sfirst glass mosque here onThursday, has cancelled his tripdue to a meeting of the empow-ered group of ministers on 2Gspectrum on Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’s advice.

Denying that Khurshid wasstaying away because of the alle-gations of corruption againsthim, Union minister of state forwater resources Vincent H Pala,who is in Shillong for the pro-gramme, said the PM hadadvised him to attend the EGoMmeeting. “Khurshid is not skip-ping his visit to Shillong becauseof the allegations against him.The EGoM meeting is crucial andthat’s why the prime minister

advised him to cancel his visit,”Pala said.

Congress sources claimedthat the prime minister and UPAchairperson Sonia Gandhi want-ed Khurshid to be in the nationalcapital because of the ongoingcontroversy. “They don’t wanthim to leave station in the wakeof the controversy; leaving sta-tion now could seem like run-ning away from the problem,” aCongress leader said on condi-tion of anonymity. IANS

PM ‘grounds’Khurshid?

Girls perform in a boat during the inaugural ceremony of ‘Jashn-e-Dal’ at Dal Lake in Srinagar on Wednesday.PTI

GRAFT ALLEGATIONS

Congress sourcesclaimed that the PMand Sonia Gandhiwanted him to be inthe national capital.

nationTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

9SC THROWS OUT RAPE CASE AGAINST RAHULThe Supreme Court today dismissed the kidnap and rape case filed against RahulGandhi by former SP MLA Kishore Samrite. The SC said the petition lacked even ‘aniota of evidence’ and had done severe damage to the reputation of Rahul and hisfamily. The court also ordered Samrite to pay `5 lakh to Rahul as compensation.

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PATNA: Two CRPF troopers were killedand eight others injured, three of themseriously, when Naxalites triggered anIED blast blowing an anti-landminevehicle in Bihar’s Gaya district today.

The incident occurred at 6.20am nearChakarbanda forests in Barha village ofthe district when the CRPF vehicle wasgoing for an operational duty.

While two personnel inside the vehi-cle were killed on the spot, eight others

were injured, officials said.Three troopers were seriously

injured in the blast. An IAF helicopterfrom Ranchi has been rushed to evacuatethe causalities.

The troopers belong to 159 battalionof the force deployed in the state for anti-Naxal operation tasks. It is suspectedthat Maoists used a huge quantity ofexplosives to detonate the ImprovisedExplosive Device (IED). PTI

Naxals kill 2 CRPF men

NEWS BRIEFSKolkata doctor implantsMRI-friendly heart deviceKOLKATA: Heart patients ineastern India can now undergolife-saving magnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) scans, thanks to acardiac implant successfully per-formed in a private hospitalhere, a doctor said onWednesday. The new CRT-D(Cardiac Resynchronization therapy-Defibrillator), is anupgraded heart saving devicewhich do not prevent a patientfrom undergoing MRI, wasimplanted for the first time in apatient by doctors at the BM.Birla Heart Research Centre.Many of the older versions,though effective, had a drawback that they were MRIprohibitive.

Low intensity earthquake hits MPand ChhattisgarhJABALPUR/RAIPUR: Mild tremorswere felt in the bordering districts ofChhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh thismorning. No loss of life or property hasbeen reported so far. Mild shocks wereexperienced at about 8.03am in Sargujadivision of Chhattisgarh and Jabalpur-Umaria-Shahdol area of MP.The epicentre of the earthquake, ofmagnitude 5 on the Richter scale, wasabout 150 km from Jabalpur division,Raipur Met office director ML Sahu toldPTI. A report from Shahdol said theearthquake lasted for nearly 20-30 seconds, forcing people to comeout of their houses in Shahdol-Annoppur area. The administra-tion has said there is no need to panic asthe state agencies are fully ready to copewith any eventuality.

STEPHEN COLLINSONAgence France-Presse

ATHENS, OHIO: A clumsy com-ment by Mitt Romney about com-piling binders full of womenwent viral online Wednesday in abizarre twist of a possibly deci-sive election duel for the heartsand minds of female voters.

The furor threatened to com-plicate the Republican candi-date’s push for an important seg-ment of the electorate, and offeredPresident Barack Obama a boostas he sought to stem Romney’srecent polling surge ahead of theNovember 6 election. It wasObama who touched off the skir-mish after drawing Romney intoa row during the pair’s heateddebate Tuesday on Long Island,New York by making a ferventpush for female votes.

A day later, the presidentdelighted in ridiculing Romney’scomeback that he reviewed“whole binders full of women”when choosing his cabinet as gov-ernor of Massachusetts.

“We don’t have to order upsome binders to find talented,qualified young women, to learn,to teach,” Obama said, before a14,000-strong crowd, many ofthem female, under fall foliage atOhio University in Athens.

Romney’s oddball phrasetook on a life of its own, trendingon Twitter and inspiring a“Binders Full of Women”Facebook page which drew330,000 “likes.” Someone rustledup a blog — http://bindersfullof-women.tumblr.com — for fan artmocking the phrase, which somecritics said smacked of an anti-quated view of females in the

workplace and treated women asa commodity. One pictureshowed two white binders withthe words, “Binder full of women.If found please return to MittRomney.”

Another featured a shot ofSecretary of State Hillary Clintonsaying “No one puts me in abinder, I work for the president.”

Vice President Joe Biden alsowaded into the mockery. “Whoa!The idea that he had to go and askwhere a qualified woman was, hejust should have come to my

house. He didn’t need a binder.”Obama and Biden were keen

to jump on Romney’s embarrass-ment, as it offered them an open-ing to court the women’s vote fol-lowing several recent polls sug-gesting their advantage in the so-called gender gap was fraying.The president beat RepublicanJohn McCain among women by13 points in 2008, and in what isshaping up as an even closer elec-tion this time, may need an evenwider gender gap to be safe.

Romney wasted no timecourting female votersWednesday. “This president hasfailed America’s women,” he tolda rally in Virginia. As he criss-crosses the nation, women askhim to bring down unemploy-ment, improve schools and pro-vide their children with better jobprospects, Romney said. “That’swhat the women of America areconcerned about. And theanswers are coming from us andnot Barack Obama.”

Obama’s attacks built onDemocratic assaults on Romneyearlier this year when he high-lighted conservative positions onabortion to court the more radicalaudience of the Republican Partyprimary.

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Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney

It’ll be aquiet affairWASHINGTON: Win orlose, President Barack Obamawill spend election night inhis hometown of Chicagoand will speak at a smallervenue than the large parkwhere he held his victoryspeech four years ago, asource said Wednesday.Obama, who is battlingRepublican Mitt Romney for asecond four-year term in theWhite House, will deliverremarks on November 6 atMcCormick Place, Chicago’sconvention center, accordingto the source with knowledgeof the matter. Situated onLake Michigan, McCormickPlace was the venue for May’sNATO summit and is locatedsome 2 miles (3 kilometers)from the city’s Grant Park,where Obama addressed acrowd of 240,000 onNovember 4, 2008. Thechoice seems to suggest thatthe Team Obama does notexpect a large turnout.

Bruce singsfor BarryRock star Bruce

Springsteen plans to hitthe campaign trail withPresident Barack ObamaThursday as the White Houserace heats up in the finalthree weeks ahead of theelection. “President Obama isour best choice because hehas a vision of the UnitedStates as a place where weare all in this together,”Springsteen said in a state-ment distributed by the cam-paign. “We’re still livingthrough very hard times butjustice, equality and real free-dom are not always a tiderushing in. They are moreoften a slow march, inch byinch, day after long day. “Ibelieve President Obamafeels these days in his bonesand has the strength to livethem with us and to lead usto a country ‘where no onecrowds you and no one goesit alone,’,” he said, quoting hissong “Long Walk Home.”

Obama pans Romney over‘binders full of women’

HOW IT STARTED?

In response to a woman’squestion at Tuesday’s debate

about unequal pay in US work-places, Romney recalled how,as Massachusetts governor, hewent out of his way to addwomen to his state cabinet andsenior staff.

n “Captain of finance, binder ofwomen” snickered one memefeaturing a smiling portrait ofthe equity-fund tycoonturned politician andRepublican White Housechallenger.

n “All My Wives” — a referenceto Romney’s Mormon faithwhich, in the 19th century,preached polygamy.

n “Binders full of women? Ohsure, I’ve got hundreds ofthem,” ran the gag line acrossa photo of Playboy founderHugh Hefner standing in abathrobe amid rows of booksin a library.

n Yet another meme featuredObama’s secretary of stateHillary Clinton in dark glassespeering at her BlackBerrysmartphone and thinking:“Romney still uses binders?”

n A grab shot from the video ofBeyonce’s 2008 hit “SingleLadies (Put a Ring on It)” -- inwhich she wore a steel glove— had the pop star tellingRomney to “better put threerings on it.”

The best of “bindersfull of women” memes

LET’S GET CRACKING

A social assistant talks to a crack addict who was sleeping in the street in the surroundings of Parque Uniaoshantytown during an operation to clear out the city’s crack addicts, in Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday.

AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOPHE SIMON

WorldTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

11NARROW ESCAPEAn Australian yachtsman was reunited with his family Thursday followinga dramatic rescue after a massive wave picked up his boat and rolled itover, hundreds of kilometres off the coast. Glenn Ey, 44, spent days adriftbefore being spotted by an Air Canada passenger plane.

WAKAMATSU DIESAward-winning Japanese directorKoji, whose film career started inpornography and ended inacclaimed independent produc-tions, has died after being hit by ataxi, an aide said Thursday. Wakamatsu was 76, and had onlytwo weeks ago been named AsianFilmmaker of the Year at the region’sbiggest film festival in Busan, SouthKorea, for his contribution to inde-pendent cinema. Interviewed byAFP in Busan, the “Caterpillar” direc-tor had said he felt his films wereundervalued in Japan, “so this is agreat honour for me”.

The winners of the VeoliaEnvironnement wildlife photogra-pher of the year 2012 competi-tion have been announced. Theoverall winner is the CanadianPaul Nicklen, with his underwatershot of emperor penguins. Anexhibition of winning photosopens at the Natural HistoryMuseum in London on Friday 19October, featuring 100 images.

TOP SHOT

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65.6 millionpeople watched the second tele-vised debate between President

Barack Obama and Republican rivalMitt Romney, a survey showed

Wednesday.

We're all takingpart in this soli-

darity. Let's stopthinking that there'sonly one countrywho's going to pay forthe others. That'sfalse.

François HollandeFrench President

US, Israel to conductjoint drill aimed at IranWASHINGTON: The UnitedStates and Israel are set to launch amajor military exercise in a show ofunity aimed at Iran, despite frictionbetween American and Israeli lead-ers over how to counter Tehran’snuclear ambitions. The air defensedrills, dubbed “Austere Challenge2012,” will unfold later this monthand last about three weeks.

11 Peruvians killed, 10injured in mudslideLIMA: At least 11 Peruvians werekilled and 10 more are missing aftera mudslide Wednesday slammedinto a small village in a mountain-ous jungle region, officials said.Those killed in the landslide includefive children, Ronald Garcia, theprovincial mayor, told RPP nationalradio network.

AFP

S. Korea to hold drillagainst N. Korea threatSEOUL: South Korea saidThursday it would begin next weekan annual, large-scale military exer-cise aimed at countering threatsfrom North Korea at a time ofheightened cross-border tensions.The week-long Hoguk exercisebeginning October 25 will involve240,000 army, navy, air force andmarine corps personnel.

US meningitis deathsclimb to 19 WASHINGTON: At least 19people have died in a widening fun-gal meningitis outbreak linked to acontaminated steroid, US healthofficials said Wednesday. The flare-up has caused 247 cases across 15states, the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention reported onits website.

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NEWS BRIEFS

SYRIAN CRISIS

MAARET AL-NUMAN,SYRIA: International peaceenvoy Lakhdar Brahimi haswarned that the Syria conflictrisks setting the region “ablaze”,as clashes broke out across theborder with Lebanon.

Even as Brahimi appeared tobe winning support withinSyria for a ceasefire, rebels shotdown an army helicopterWednesday while a fierce battlefor the Damascus-Aleppo high-way raged around the north-western town of Maaret al-Numan.

The UN and Arab Leagueenvoy warned of the conflictspreading as he visited neigh-bouring Lebanon, the latest legof a Middle East tour aimed atending more than 19 months ofbloodshed.

“This crisis cannot remainconfined within Syrian territo-ry,” the veteran trouble-shootertold reporters.

“Either it is solved, or it getsworse... and sets (the region)ablaze.”

His words came just hoursbefore reports of clashes across

the restive Syria-Lebanon bor-der.

A Lebanese security officialsaid armed men in Lebanonused machineguns to shoot intoSyrian territory, and the Syrianarmy responded with roundsfired from tanks and machine-guns. “The Syrian army firedshells into Lebanon afterunidentified armed men openedfire across the border near thevillage of Aboudiyeh” in north-ern Lebanon the official said,adding there were no casualties.

AFP

WASHINGTON: A privatesecurity company working forthe US government inAfghanistan is in hot water aftera video surfaced allegedly show-ing several of its employeesdrunk and on drugs, US broad-caster ABC reported Wednesday.The video posted on the websiteof ABC purportedly taken at anoperations center belonging toUS defense contractor JorgeScientific shows men with nudetorsos downing vodka shots andwrestling with each other.Another man is shown in adazed state after shooting upwith Ketamine, a strong anes-thetic. Contractors working forthe US Army are banned fromthe use of alcohol and drugs.

Security firmin troubleover drugs,drinks

WILD PARTY

‘Conflict may set region ablaze’International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warning comes as clashes broke out acrossthe border with Lebanon.

US talks Syria with IraqWASHINGTON: PresidentBarack Obama’s deputynational security advisor wasin Baghdad this week fortalks with Iraqi leaders onissues including thespillover from the unrest inSyria, the White House saidWednesday. DennisMcDonough met Mondaywith Iraqi President JalalTalabani, Prime Minister NuriAl-Maliki.

HEARTBEATS

CommentTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

12HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSJulia Gillard has a history of losing shoes — one resurfaced on e-bay.While laying a wreath on Indira Gandhi memorial she took a tumble andwas floored flat on her face. She quickly got up and coolly laughed it off.Now she knows that grass and heels are a big no-no.

Dear readers, I sithere with a heavyheart writing aeulogy forStethoscope #3, or

as he was affectionately knownas ‘S3’. S3 and I met about fouryears ago. I was working atJackson Memorial Hospital atthe time and S3 was hanging outat the medical store trying topick up girls and playing practi-cal jokes - all though he deniesit, we all believe he was respon-sible for switching the chocolateand stool sample at thePathology Christmas Party.

Due to an unfortunate acci-dent I somehow ended up mis-placing my stethoscope andneeded one ASAP for work. Adoctor showing up to workwithout his stethoscope is likepolice showing up to workwithout his gun or a politicianshowing up to work not asking“Who can I collect bribes fromtoday?” Not wanting to looklike a fool (hold your com-ments) I went to buy one. Beingthat I was in a hurry I didn’thave time to hear the other med-ical equipment in the storewarning me not to buy S3. Iwent in, pick him up, paid andwent to work. It was only when

I got to work did I realize whatkind of stethoscope S3 was andwhy the warnings were beingissued. But it was too late, I wasstuck with a joker.

S3 has a crude sense ofhumor. If he wasn’t busy prankcalling people or sending ran-dom emails to drug companiesabout Viagra, he was messingwith the patients trying to getyou in trouble. Though he wasexcellent at what he did, thatdidn’t mean he wouldn’t havefun at his patient’s expense andmy dignity. One joke he was

most notorious for was knownas the “Boobie Dive”. If hethought I wasn’t paying atten-tion he would start to slide off ofmy neck and try to make hisway into the patient’s shirt andland between her breasts caus-ing both parties to be highlyembarrassed. When I caught onto this little prank of his he gotmore adventurous and decidedthat while I was listening to apatient’s heart sounds he wouldjump out from my fingers anddive right between her breast,again causing great deal of

embarrassment and me apolo-gizing profusely for his actions.

Though he was known to bea joker, it should not take awaythat he was a hard worker.Everywhere I went, he wentwith me, hanging around myneck. Every patient I saw, hesaw with me. At times whenmy appearance lacked to instillconfidence in my patients, itwas his appearance that reas-sured them that, yes, this kidwas really a doctor and not justthe janitor dressed as a doctor toget pick up girls.

Six months ago S3 had a badaccident that caused him to rup-ture his tubing. We were able tosave him using surgical tape,however we knew that this wasonly a temporary fixture and itwas only a matter of time.Despite his injury S3 insisted onworking, mainly because sittingat home drove him crazy. Andon October 17, 2012 S3, whileworking, came apart. And trueto his nature he made sure heleft with a bang. The crazy felladecided to come apart while Iwas listening to a patient’sheart. The patient looked ratherconcerned when she noticed ofS3 in my ears and the other halfon her chest. “Your heartsounds good.” I said as I real-ized that my best friend is nomore and that he went out mak-ing me look like an ass. Thanksfor all the wonderful memoriesS3.

Lance owes cancer-sufferers an apology

The fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal has claimed its first innocentvictim; the thousands of cancer patients and survivors who relied on Armstrong’s

cancer charity Livestrong for hope and help. Lance may believe he’s doing the rightthing by stepping down from the charity, but his leaving will leave a gaping hole in

the hearts and minds of those who looked up to him as a beacon of strength againstthe odds. This is what happens when bad people do bad things and good people pay

the price. This is the price paid by those who believed in Bernie Madoff as his ponzischeme soaked up hard-earned pensions and life savings and then sent them up in

flames. Lance may try and fluff his way out of this mess but the wounds that hecaused will take a long time to heal, for those who are already living their lives under

a cloud that may burst at any moment. This is Lance’s major crime, because itharmed thos who did him no harm at all.

Why we love... rappers

When we cannot make the truth plain, wemay yet say it, subtlely. There’s no better

medium for this purpose than art. Rappers inZimbabwe are doing this. We know it as acountry of contractions which has several har-rowing, hair-raising tales to tell. Of coursepolitics supply us with this, but the oftenuntold positive side comes out through thenumbers of these rappers about the strengthof the people of this nation. As a known rap-per of this country, Synik, says, “The peopleare a better story.”

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

Let us learn toappreciate

there will be timeswhen the trees willbe bare, and lookforward to the timewhen we maypick the fruit.

Anton ChekhovWriter

BUT... SERIOUSLYAjay Hotchandani

EULOGY:STETHOSCOPE #3

White whalechronicles

Herman Melville was notthe easiest writer to

read, in fact Billy Buddranks right up there with Joyce’sFinnegans Wake as a literary mire

that can only be appreciatedyears after the words have

ceased to cavort around one’saddled brain. Today marks the

161st anniversary of the publish-ing of Melville’s Moby-Dick, aclassic tale of man’s obsessionand the tumultuous and fatal

road down which it often takeshim. We all have our white

whale, something that we want,need, or covet. Whether it is a

human being, a job, or the reali-sation of a life-long dream, thereis a spout of water travelling byus at all times as we go through

life. Obsession can lead to disas-ter, of that there is no doubt and

there are numerous tales tospeak of the misfortune of chas-ing the elusive dream. But there

are times when obsession canlead to an absolute truth, a sub-lime realisation of the nature of

things. This may seem to besomewhat of an a priori state-

ment but let’s look at it in posteri-ori. Einstein’s obsession led to

his scientific magic, Beethoven’sobsession led to his musical

genius, and while the fictionalAhab’s obsession led to madness

and death it also gave him pur-pose. That’s what obsession

does; it gives you a reason tolive. And without that many of

us are zombies wanderingthrough life’s bylanes trying to

put one foot in front of the other.Be obsessive, but to be obsessed

with being thus leads to disaster.

The writer is the editor of Postnoon.

THE HUMAN CONDITIONDean Williams

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SUNORY [email protected]

He’s the kind of guyany girl would wantto take home to meetthe parents. The

man’s got the looks, an affablepersonality and the good man-ners to endear him to just abouteveryone. No wonder RajshreeProductions chose him to essaythe role of Aditya Diwan, theguy with a heart of gold on PyarKa Dard Hai Meetha Meetha PyaraPyara on Star Plus.

Nakuul’s tryst with the enter-tainment industry began duringhis college days when directorSatish Kaushik spotted and casthim in a leading soft-drink com-mercial. And like they say, therest is history. He went on to bethe face that’s launched many aproduct ranging from colas totoothpastes, to motorbikes andeven a men’s fairness creamalongside Shahrukh Khan. Allthis and more while still pursu-ing a Masters degree inCommerce. Reveals Nakuul,“While I modelled and subse-quently started working in the-atre, I also did summer intern-ships in the financial marketsand a dot-com start-up. Having astrong academic foundation wassomething that was ingrainedwhilst I was very young. Yet thedream of doing something in theentertainment industry wasalways at the back of my head.Without trying too hard, I man-aged to get some really goodwork in the advertising spaceand that gave me the initialencouragement to keep at it.”

“My family was absolutelysupportive of my dreams andtook great pride in the fact that Istarted working at such a youngage. My parents gave me thechoice to follow my dreams ofworking in the entertainmentindustry or go after the muchmore conventional academicroute of getting a Managementeducation and that is something

I value greatly, even today.Nobody in my family is in theentertainment industry.”

What Nakuul doesn’tdivulge easily about his familyis that his great grandfatherMehta Laxmi Lal was the primeminister of Udaipur and hetraces his lineage back to PrithviRaj Chauhan. When prodded onhis aristocracy he says in allhumility, “It feels great to bepart of such a legacy yet I seemyself as just another law abid-ing citizen of my country whohas dreams of entertaining andtouching people through hiswork.”

And his work speaks foritself indeed. Nakuul has over60 commercials to his credit,

acted in about 15 plays, workedon a mainstream Bollywoodmovie (Haal-e-dil), did an inde-pendent short film (Avant GardePythagoras Sharma) and is nowthe lead protagonist of Pyar KaDard Hai. When quizzed on hisdiverse range of projects heexplains, “I’m not someone who

chooses his medium and thendecides to act. These are projectsI have been terribly excitedabout at a certain point of mylife and gone ahead and donethem with my full potential.”

Despite a relatively smoothentry into the entertainmentindustry, Nakuul, like everyartist has had his fair share ofhighs and lows but says, “Thestruggle never really gets over.Initially it’s about getting theright break, then you have toprove your mettle, continue tostrive to do good work and thatcycle never ends. It also keepsyou on your toes to continuedoing your best.”

And we look forward to see-ing him better the best.

Actor NakuulMehta uses his

charms to optimum effect to

connect with audiences and get

their attention.

PRINCE CHARMING

On acting

“Television as a medi-um is amazingly

big. I am hugely motivat-ed by the reach it givesme to put my work outthere for audiences toreact to and that isextremely gratifying.”

DID YOU KNOW...

Televisionwatching in Japan seems to be a

national passion. In fact, this pas-sion is called “ichioku-so-

hakuchi-ka” which means “onehundred million people go

crazy”.

American Horror Story If you thought American HorrorStory's Murder House was spooky,just wait until you experienceBriarcliff Manor, the insane asylumat the center of the FX drama'ssecond season, aptly subtitledAsylum. But while there are plentyof tangible scares — a viciousserial killer named Bloody Face, aNazi doctor whose failed experi-ments roam the woods justbeyond the Manor's boundariesand... aliens — it's the psychologi-cal terror co-creator Ryan Murphyhas added that will send you run-ning for the hills.

The CW Networkhas ordered Cycle

20 of America'sNext Top Model. In

Cycle 20, for thefirst time, malemodels will be

added to the groupof contestants com-

peting for the titleof America's Next

Top Model, and willmove into themodels' housealongside the

women. Also view-ers will continue to

vote for theirfavourite models

though socialmedia.

Former partici-pants of realityshow Bigg Boss,Pooja Bedi and SkyWalker(AakashdeepSehgal) will soonbe seen on anoth-er reality televisionseries. The two hitit off really wellafter the previousseason of BiggBoss came to anend. They haveeven been spottedgoing on vacca-tions together. Sowhat new show isgoing to snag thiscouple?

NEW SPIN

TRENDING...

DOWNTON ABBEY IN GREECEGreek state television has come under fire from the country's mainopposition party and critics for editing out a gay kiss on the premiereof the British period drama Downton Abbey.

A NEW LOOKMaruti Car dealer Varun Motors unveiled ALTO’s newform ‘ALTO 800’. The new car sports a fresh look, isroomier and is over 15 per cent more fuel efficient.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

16ROCK WITH AGAMContemporary carnatic rock band Agam from Bangalore will be performing live at Hard Rock Cafe tonight from 9pm.

FUN & GLAMOUR

LADIES’ DAY OUT

FASHION FIRST

spotlight

CHAMPION’S CHOICECricketer Yuvraj Singh, brand ambassador of UlyseeNardin, launched Yuvraj-II collection at MeenaJewellers store, Basheerbagh on Wednesday.

BLING ALERTJewellery brand

Kirtilals announceda line up of lucky

draw conteststhrough with cus-

tomers can winprizes including

diamond necklaceand prize holiday

package worth`1,20,000. The win-

ners will be selectedduring the end of

scheme period.

ALL FOR A CAUSETollywood actorRana Daggubatilaunched the newWWF initiative forTiger Conservationat HICC onWednesday.Minister JayanthiNatarajan was alsopresent at the do.

Ladies were in for a treat at Taj Krishna where anexhibition and sale was organised by Akriti.

Designer Neeta Lulla inaugurated the do.

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SKIPPING BREAKFAST COULD MAKE YOU FATTERThose who skip breakfast to lose weight not only eat more for lunch, theyalso crave fatty and sugary foods, researchers say. Over time, this couldlead to slimmers piling on the pounds, despite their best intentions, theDaily Mail reported Tuesday.health


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PREGNANCYPREGNANCY

iTriageiTriage is a health appthat helps you find outwhat ailment you maybe having and whichkind of doctor youshould visit for treat-ment. The app helpsyou save and share

healthcare information that’s mostimportant to you. This free app is avail-able for android users.

Heart MurmursThe heart makes a sequence of soundsas the blood is pumped through itschambers, and the heart valves openand close. Murmurs are abnormalsounds that can be heard. Murmurs aresaid to be very common during child-hood and the vast majority are not asign of disease or anything to worryabout. It is said that 30 per cent childrenhave murmurs. A heart murmur may bethe most common sign of heart disease.

Noise can make thepupil dialate

Even small noises causethe pupils to dilate. It isbelieved that this is whysurgeons, watchmakersand others who performoperations are bothered

by uninvited noise. The sound causestheir pupils to change focus and blurvision, making it hard to do their job.

Llyod CovonerLloyd Hillyard Conover is the inventor ofTetracycline. For this invention, he wasinducted into the National InventorsHall of Fame. Covoner was the first tomake an antibiotic by chemically modi-fying a naturally produced drug.Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum polyke-tide antibiotic for use against many bac-terial infections. It is a protein synthesisinhibitor. It is commonly used to treatacne today.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

When Lata learnt shewas pregnant shewas thrilled. Herhusband and she’d

been trying to conceive for yearsunsuccessfully, but now as sheneared her 35th birthday, herdream had finally come true.

For the most, her pregnancywas a smooth sailing. Fortunately,even her morning sickness wasnot too bad and the pregnancyglow really suited her. But oneday as she approached her thirdtrimester, she noticed that she hadsome swelling in her limbs andher face.

While a bit of swelling wasalright during pregnancy, her’sseemed abnormal. Also she beganputting on massive amounts ofweight within a short period oftime, not to forget the headachesand nausea. Unsettled by thesedevelopments, she approachedher doctor, who diagnosed herwith preeclampsia or high bloodpressure during pregnancy.

Typically, preeclampsia is con-sidered high risk and extremecaution needs to be taken by theexpectant mother. “While it ishard to pinpoint a reason for thismaternal hypertension, it is oftenassociated with family history.Other risk factors like obesity,multiple pregnancy, late pregnan-cy, smoking etc are associated

with the condition,” says Dr RupaReddy, a gynaecologist and obste-trician.

Symptoms of preeclampsiainclude, abnormal swelling of thehands and leg and face, decreasedurine output, nausea, suddenweight gain, high blood pressureand decreased platelet count.Needless to say, the condition isconsidered high risk as it putsboth mother and child at risk.“When it comes to the foetus, itsgrowth could be compromised

due to irregular blood supply. Themother herself might be at risk asshe may suffer convulsions orbleeding disorders. Besides, dur-ing pregnancy medications haveto be administered carefully asthey tend to affect the unbornchild as well,” says Dr Rupa.

In case a woman developspreeclampsia, tests are done tocheck how well her blood clotsand also to monitor the baby’sgrowth. Generally, the only wayto cure preeclampsia is by deliver-ing the baby.

“If the preeclapsia is mild, thewoman can be treated as an out-patient with some medications.However, if it is moderate or

severe,we advisethat thepatient getsherself admit-ted for constantmonitoring andso help can be athand in case of anyemergency,” says DrRupa.

“Once doctors are con-vinced that the baby can sur-vive outside the mother’swomb, we advise having the babydelivered before term, in a bid tosave both the mother and child. Incase, the condition is turning lifethreatening and as doctors we feelthat this poses a risk to the moth-er’s life, we suggest delivering thebaby regardless of it’s survivalchances outside the womb. Butthis is usually done in extremecases and only if the mother is atrisk and is unable to carry thepregnancy to term,” explains DrRupa.

For the most part women withpreeclampsia are advised to be onbed rest, drink plenty ofwater, reduce saltintake and takemedicationsprescribed tolower bloodpressure.

RANJANI [email protected]

A potentially life-threatening condition, preeclampsia or high blood pressure during pregnancy can be managed with a little care.

Typically, preeclampsiais considered high riskand extreme cautionneeds to be taken by theexpectant mother.

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SYDNEY: Rheumatoid arthritispatients are more likely to suffertooth loss due to periodontaldisease, which manifests as soreand inflamed gums which weak-en the bone and tissues support-ing the teeth.

Rheumatoid arthritis causesthe immune system to attackhealthy tissue in the joints, lead-ing to inflammation and loss ofbone and cartilage. This results

in a painful condition whichimpacts normal joint function.

“Not only did the gum dis-ease influence joint tissues, butarthritis also influenced tissuesin the mouth,” said doctoral can-didate Melissa Cantley, whoworked with colleagues at theUniversity of Adelaide.

“The relationship betweenthese two common diseases isvery complex and we can nowuse this model to further ourunderstanding,” said Melissa,whose doctoral supervisors areDavid Haynes, associate profes-sor and Bartold Mark, professor,at Adelaide.

The research also foundsigns of bone loss in the joints ofmice with gum disease aloneand bone loss in the jaws of micewith arthritis alone, according toan Adelaide statement.

Clinical studies are under-way to determine if treatment ofperiodontitis can help reduce thesymptoms tied to arthritis.Cantley is one of 12 early-careerscientists who are using thisknowledge to investigatewhether treating mouth condi-tions could help relieve arthritis.

Arthritisand dentalhealth maybe linked

RESEARCH

Obese boys likely to endup impotent men

Scientists observed a 50 per cent reduction in testosterone in a recent paediatricstudy. Worse still, the males were young and not diabetic.

WASHINGTON: Obese young menbetween 14 and 20 years of age have onlyhalf the testosterone levels of their leanercounterparts, and a high likelihood of infer-tility as adults, found a team of USresearchers led by Indian-origin professorParesh Dandona.

Researchers from University at Buffalo,New York, reported as early as 2004 that lowtestosterone levels, or hypogonadism, wasfound in obese, type-2 diabetic adult males.The finding from the university’s School ofMedicine and Biomedical Sciences was con-firmed in 2010 in more than 2,000 obesemen, both diabetic and non-diabetic.

“We were surprised to observe a 50 percent reduction in testosterone in this (latest)paediatric study because these obese maleswere young and were not diabetic,”Dandona, professor of medicine at Buffaloand head, Division of Endocrinology,Diabetes and Metabolism, who led thestudy, was quoted as saying by the journalClinical Endocrinology.

“The implications of our findings are,frankly, horrendous because these boys arepotentially impotent and infertile. The mes-sage is a grim one with massive epidemio-logical implications,” Dandona said,according to a Buffalo statement.

The small study included 25 obese and25 lean males. Concentrations of total andfree testosterone and estradiol, an estrogenhormone, were measured in morning fast-ing blood samples.

The results need to be confirmed with alarger number of subjects, Dandona says.

“These findings demonstrate that theeffect of obesity is powerful, even in theyoung, and that lifestyle and nutritionalintake starting in childhood have majorrepercussions throughout all stages of life,”he said.

In addition to the reproductive conse-quences, the absence or low levels of testos-terone that were found also will increase thetendency toward abdominal fat and

reduced muscle, leading to insulin resis-tance, which contributes to diabetes.

“The good news is that weknow that testosterone levels doreturn to normal in obese adultmales who undergo gastric bypass

surgery,” Dandona said. “It’s possible that levels

also will return to normalthrough weight loss as aresult of lifestyle change,although this needs to beconfirmed by largerstudies,” he said.

The researchers nowintend to study whetheror not weight loss acco -m plished either throughlifestyle changes orthrough pharmacologi-cal intervention willrestore testosterone lev-els in obese teen males.

IANS

OBESITY

Cause for childhood obesityn Genetic factors

n Physical inactivity

n Medications

n Dietary factors

n Stress

EntertainmentTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

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Iddharammailatholaunched

Puri Jagannadh's upcom-ing film

Iddharammailatho waslaunched yesterday morn-ing. Allu Arjun, Amala Pauland Richa Gangopadhyayare going to play the leadroles in this romantic enter-tainer. Devi Sri Prasad isgoing to compose themusic. Most part of the filmis going to be shot abroad.

Dhenikaina Ready torelease big in Kerala

Vishnu Manchu, Hansika starrerDhenikana Ready is going to

release in almost 140 screens inKarnataka and Kerala later thismonth. In Kerala alone, the film'sMalayalam version titledEndhenum Ready, will release in70 theatres. Recently, Mohan Lal,appreciated Vishnu and hereportedly told him that the filmwill do well in Kerala as well.

Shruti to join Balupu'steam in November

Shruti Haasan is all set to startshooting for her upcoming

Telugu film Balupu in November.She's playing Ravi Teja's romanticinterest in this action entertainer.Gopichand Malineni is going todirect the film and Prasad VPotluri is going to producing it.Currently, Shruti Haasan is shoot-ing for the Hindi remake ofNuvvuvasthananteNenuvaddhantana.

CINE BYTESBOLLYWOOD CALLING

SS Rajamouli's upcoming filmstarring Prabhas is going to be acrackerjack, if the latest buzz inthe industry is to be believed.Recently, Rajamouli had

revealed that the film is going to bemade in Telugu and Hindi and alsoadded that it's going to be a folklore.This puts several rumours doing roundsfor the past few weeks that the acedirector is planning a period film withPrabhas. Rumour has it that a huge setis being erected in an area spanning 25acres and over 100 horses have beenbooked for the film. This untitled filmmarks the debut of Prabhas inBollywood. The decision to make thefilm in Hindi comes shortly afterRajamouli received rave reviews forhis recent film Makkhi. SeveralBollywood producers hadapproached Rajamouli; however,he hasn't taken a decision about ityet. Meanwhile, this untitledRajamouli-Prabhas' film isexpected to go on floorsshortly. Shobu Yarlagaddaand Prasad Devineni, whohad earlier collaborat-ed with Rajamoulifor MaryadaRamanna, are goingto produce thisbig budgetfilm. MMKeeravani isgoing toscore themusic.

GEARS UP FORRAJAMOULI'S FILMPRABHAS

Color white

Atrend that was prevalentabroad as well, the showcaseof statement looks in the

shade of white. A pure tone inwhich the clean-cut lines andshapes of a garment are the front-runners. Designer Rahul Mishraopened the show with a line ofdresses in organic white khadiinspired by the traditional Keralamundu. The linen shaped thebodice carefully and the lines weredefined by the gold on the hem-line. Alternative designer KallolDatta showcased a predominantlywhite collection with hints of black.Even though each garment wasmade with the same cotton fabricand colour, yet was distinct in theway it was stitched. TitledGrotesque Nonsense he left thebrief to just that. But if I were tointerpret the choice of colourpalette it seemed to resemble thatof x-ray photographs of bones,limbs and fetuses, which werenoticed literally as the prints.

A fan of the red-carpet dressingGauri and Nainika also produced awhite and black collection inspiredby Cecil Beaton’s creations in MyFair Lady. Designer Vaishali S tookthe bow in a white cotton sari. Hercollection was made from similarfabrics and colour of white.Deconstruction of traditional Indiangarments like sari, suits were mod-eled in long dresses, skirts andblouses.

The trendsetters havemade their presenta-tions at WillsLifestyle IndiaFashion Week. Welook at the some ofthe key trends thatstood out.

The writer is a fashion blogger(www.lovestruckcow.

blogspot.com) who attempts tobridge the gap between creatorand consumer. As a fashion writ-er, she hopes to promote Indianfashion among Indians and on a

global level too.

fashionTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

BRAD PITT IS THE FIRST MALE FACE OF CHANELBRAD PITT made his debut as the first male face of Chanel's iconic No.5 fragrance, in an advertisement

campaign. The video is part of a $10 million advertising campaign for which Pitt was paid $7 million,according to Women's Wear Daily.

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Graphic Prints

Graphic prints are a fairly new fash-ion for Indian designers to dabbleinto. For spring summer 2013, col-

lections used digital prints in a way tospell out their collection theme more lit-erally. Like in the case of Ashish N Soniwhose prints were of red blood cells, glu-cose, and vitamins. The collection itselfwas inspired by ‘microbiology’. The printhelped the designs be transformed fromhis signature best to something com-pletely new and what was unexpectedfrom the designer. Designer duo Hemantand Nandita continued their style ofusing graphic images onto garments. Asportswear inspired line was madeunique with x-ray print of flowers in blue,pink and black on white canvas gar-ments. At Alpana and Neeraj, the inspira-tion was snow and ice and interpretingthe complex geometric shape of asnowflake onto the garments in form ofembroidery, shape and prints. The printsspecifically resembled the geometricshapes of an iceberg. Kolkata based duoDev R Nil used print to define their newlycoined logo for the brand. This logo is aheart formed with adjoining of twothumbprints. The theme of the collectionwas based on a Dev R Nil girl lost in amaze looking for love. The maze wasdepicted with use of honeycomb pat-terns and love was shown with use of theheart print both of which were used onthe garments in a layered manner.

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20&21LOUIS VUITTON'S GEOMETRIC TRAVELMARC JACOBS looked for inspiration just around the corner in his latest collection for Louis Vuitton, stimu-lated by a once bitterly controversial '80s work of public art located five minutes walk from the luxurybrand's Paris headquarters.

Organic

In acountry that boasts ofhandspun fabrics andnatural dyes and heritage

in fashion, it is surprising tosee this as a newly recog-nised trend on the runways.Designers like Aneeth Arorafor Pero have made a nameto utilise this skill of handartistry and giving a morenatural and organic look tothe fabrics. The models arestyled to wear her garmentsin a nonchalant organicmanner like how you and Iwould wear the same gar-ments paired with a classicpair of blue jeans and rolledup sleeves. She has suc-cessfully formed an identity,which connotes natural,organic and lovable fash-ion. It was clear that ‘organ-ic’ trend was a winningtrend when futuristicdesigner Rimzim Dadu tookonto patterns of flowers. Afairly softer take by thedesigner who is known touse metal coil and wiring asfabrics in her collections.While many designers usefloral motifs and linenfor summer time, it wasDivyam Mehta’s easylaid-back look that gavea significant direction tohow we should dress nextIndian summer. His ideais that fabricshould resemblesecond skin —moving, shapingand draping thebody shaperather than theother way around.What could bemore organicthan that?

Modernizing the sari

The hundred-year-old garment sari has seenmany tweaks in its life most of which did notsurvive due to its poor conceptualisation. This

time, the designers might have cracked the codeand given options of designer saris that are a littledifferent from six-yard-long fabric garment.Designer Arjun Saluja who is known for makingmenswear for womenswear and womenswear formenswear gave the sari a completely new twist. Thebottom of the sari was a cleverly self-draped, wide-legged trouser with frontpleats that was paired with a shirt-blouse. The free flowing pallu of thesari modified itself into a narrowingpiece of fabric with constrainedmovement neatly placed ontothe shoulder and hand. This sariis not to be worn like the tradi-tional one and neither would atraditional one replace it.Goan designer WendellRodricks took a more minimalroute to show his version ofthe sari. A barely there blouseor bikini top worn with apleated skimming skirt and asheer stole to resemble thepallu of the sari. This is defi-nitely the one to wear for aresort season or paired as analternative to a swimsuit-cov-ering kaftan. Payal PratapSingh paired her Kutch,Gujarat handloom saris withthe traditional kedia jacketsas blouses. A blast ofcolours, this was a collection forthe Indian woman who is lookingfor a change in traditional wearyet wanting to wear traditional —a good reason to modify the sari.

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ACROSS1 Taunting remark5 Wax eloquent10 Short-billed merganser14 “Woe is me!”15 Golden-touch king16 Oft-slung food17 Escape19 Bohemian20 PETA peeve21 Expressions of repugnance22 Golden Fleece carrier23 Australia’s national bird24 Daisy ___ of Dogpatch25 Lionhearted28 Discharge, as from the RAF30 Pinch pennies32 Carnival locale33 Vehicle to take a pass on?35 Holster’s location36 Drummer’s responsibility37 Gets outta Dodge40 New Mexico tourist town42 “Mighty” fine home for a squirrel?43 Unneeded command for

chowhounds44 A third of some plays45 Dominant theme47 It might be wild at a poker table51 Does a second version53 One may trip on it55 Twin of Bert Bobbsey56 Barkeep records57 Apiece58 Lichtenstein’s field59 This shelter is for the birds60 Peel out63 Singles64 Grammarian’s topic65 Helm position66 Was for several people?67 Fix some loose stitching68 “Present”

DOWN1 Speared with a fish hook2 Make lighter or brighter3 Distilled liquid used as an after-

shave4 Winter hrs. in Florida5 Last Greek letter6 Entrepreneur’s dream7 Commotions of Shakespearean

proportions?8 Chinese “way”9 More than intuition10 Puppeteer Lewis11 “Dennis the Menace” girl12 Baltic Sea republic13 One of the five W’s18 Scrooge’s word22 High peak25 Eight on a sundial26 Abundant27 One learning to walk29 Kimono ties31 Uniform material34 Quivered36 Chomp down on37 Big trouble, so to speak38 Makes lace39 Hindu monk (Var.)40 Road crew supply41 Fingernail polish remover ingre-

dient45 Post-wedding title46 Projecting rim on a pipe48 Lacking the resources49 It’s more than a job50 Main course52 Morbidly adipose54 Alternative to a nail57 Historic periods of note59 Bull’s beloved60 Hitchhiking seed61 Employ62 Scrooge’s shout

KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

Chai TimeTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

24THOUGHT OF THE DAYAll the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combinein the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I todo? 3. What may I hope?

Immanuel Kant

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PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.

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

Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

Let’s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:

In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.

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ARIESMinor tension and confusioninevitable. But you will be ableto manage and come out suc-cessfully. Financial positionmight not be comfortable andyou might be upset as therewill be a delay in implement-ing your wishes.

ARIES: Knight of Cups –You are in a philosophical frame ofmind today. There is a transience toyour actions and thoughts. Let theday pass without major decisions.

GEMINI: Six of Swords –Your right as an individual may bequestioned today. You feel left outand want to be part of the largergroup and be treated as important.

LEO: The Hanged Man – Atyre puncture may delay things foryou today. Watch out for pendingtasks and if it is the last day to com-plete it, may as well get it done.

LIBRA: The Hierophant –A train journey revives a lot of pleas-ant memories. You think of yourchildhood and the simpler times youspent with family.

TAURUS: King of Pentacles– You have been spending a lot oftime trying to decide on an impor-tant investment issue. Listen to fami-ly members and take their opinion.

CANCER: Three of Cups –Watch the parliament proceedings tofigure out how politicians evadeissues and postpone decision-mak-ing. Maybe you need a lesson or two.

VIRGO: The Star – Toss acoin to decide on something that’sactually taking up a lot of time butdoes not deserve all that attention.Either way, it will be in your favour.

SCORPIO: The Empress –A male member of your team at thework place will come to your rescueand help you with a project. You maybe stuck. This person bails you out.

CAPRICORN: Queen ofPentacles – Just do the minimumwork you’re supposed to before log-ging out for the holiday season. Taketime out to relax and enjoy free time.

SAGITTARIUS: Page ofSwords – Someone is sending you atext message as a reminder about animportant issue. Do not ignore it. Acton it as soon as possible.

AQUARIUS: Justice –Enjoy the rain, sun and the many dif-ferent seasons. No point craving sun-shine during winter and cool breezein the heat of summer.

PISCES: Five of Pentacles– Don’t be too rash in your decisions.Take your time to consider all theoptions before you take a final call.Let time decide.

TAURUSDaughter or son's marriage willbe finalised and will be per-formed in a grand manner.Those in search of job will besuccessful in getting a promis-ing opportunity. Unexpectedfinancial opportunity likely;debts will be cleared.

GEMINICouple are advised not to mag-nify mistakes of each other soas to avoid unwanted riftbetween both. Court casewhich was delayed will end inyour favour. Employees mightbe entrusted with additionalresponsibilities.

CANCERThought there might be adeficit financial situation toperform your daughter's mar-riage, the same will be man-aged with your wise decisionand help from an unexpectedsource which will make yourelaxed.

LEOThose upset because of a delayin their marriage finalisationwill soon receive a good news.Those trying for a loan will besuccessful. With new less inter-est loan,old debts will becleared, which will make youfeel relaxed.

VIRGOYou will be able to achieve inall the works planned properlywith your right approach.Deficit financial situation willimprove. You will feel happyand proud with the improve-ment in the career of your chil-dren.

LIBRAThough marriage talks willprogress well, finalisation mightget delayed , but need notworry as it is good to wait forsometime. Those searching forjob in abroad or out of state,may not be successful immedi-ately.

SCORPIOMental depression and minorworries likely.However you willbe able to achieve in the worksundertaken with a differentapproach and achieve yourgoals. Your harsh approachand arguments at workplacemight bring you trouble.

SAGITTARIUSMoney from expected sourceswill be received in parts only,which will make you upset asdeficit situation will continue toremain. Businessmen might befaced with certain disappoint-ments but need not worry.

CAPRICORNThose who were hospitaliseddue to critical illness willimprove well and come out ofthe same. Health will becomefine. Money from expectedsource will be delayed and youare likely to do more travelling.

AQUARIUSCourt case with regard toancestral property will bedecided in your favour.Expected good news will arrivewhich will make you verymuch happy. Businessmen willbe more cheerful as they enjoythe best phase of their trade.

PISCESBusinessmen will progress wellin an unexpected speed andincome will be beyond expec-tations.All your long pendingwishes will get fulfilled. All thenew efforts can be implement-ed now as the time is verymuch favourable.

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Entertainment THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 26A LOT ON HIS PLATE

Halle Berry wants to leavethe country

Halle Berry is eager to marryOlivier Martinez, but for now,

another matter is taking prece-dence— relocating the family, like-ly overseas, to shield her daughterfrom the spotlight. "I'm not surewhere I am going to be living inthe next few months, so I have toget that settled first," the actress,46, tells InStyle.

Dunst dons mature lookfor period film

Actress Kirsten Dunst wasspotted wearing a

grown up style and look for period film Two Faces Of

January, while filming. Thethriller is about a con artist, his

wife and a stranger who areforced to flee their country after

they're caught up in a murderscandal.

CINE BYTES

Jackman debuts Gangnam Style

It seems no one can escape Psy'sGangnam Style trend, as Hugh

Jackman was snapped doing thefamous dance with its originator onMonday. "Had a great time withRealHughJackman," Psy tweeted onTuesday along with a photo of theactor and singer in mid dance,wearing Wolverine claws. "Slicinggangnam style!" tweeted Jackman.

INSCI-FIMODETom Cruise is currently

eyeing Our Name IsAdam, a sci-fi film fromMary Parent, a producer

behind Guillermo del Toro'sforthcoming Pacific Rim as well asDarren Aronofsky's now-filmingNoah. No word on the plot, butCruise just filmed Oblivion andAll You Need Is Kill — bothinvolving aliens — back-to-back,so it's clear he's working throughthis divorce with sci-fi.

And let’s get one thing clear:Cruise is offered everything inHollywood, even a few romcoms where the lead character isclearly supposed to be a collegegraduate. He’s also got a typical-ly loaded plate of projectsalready in development, includ-ing the Magnificent Sevenremake, a new Van Helsing andanother outing for Ethan Huntand the Mission: Impossibleteam. So a loose attachment likethis one means nothing just yet.

CRUISE

HYDERABAD: BhuvneshwarKumar played the innings of hisfirst-class career as Central Zonemade it to the Duleep Trophyfinal for the second successiveyear as they beat North Zone byvirtue of 18-run first inningslead. Central Zone scored 469 inreply to North’s 451 riding on anastonishing 127-run 10th wicketpartnership betweenBhuvneshwar who hit a career-best 128 and Rituraj whochipped in with 39.

The match as contest wasover when Bhuvneshwar scoredtwo runs off Ishant Sharma togive his team an all-importantlead. It was after Rituraj had hitanother Delhi speedsterParvinder Awana for two bound-

aries to level the scores.Bhuvneshwar hit 13 fours andthree sixes in his innings.

“It was one of the bestinnings of my first-class career.

I am happy that I have beenable to win it for my team,”Bhuvneshwar told PTI during aninteraction after the match.

For the record, North made187 for four in the second inningsas opener Rahul Dewan made 80.Yuvraj Singh didn’t come out tobat during the 52 overs. Centralwere given a target of 170 runsbut after 13 overs, the two cap-tains decided to call off the pro-ceedings.Brief Scores: North Zone 451 &187/4 (R Dewan 80)vs CentralZone 469 in 154.1 overs (Bhuvn -eshwar Kumar 128, Mahesh Raw -at 71, Mohammed Kaif 64, Ritur -aj Singh 39 no, R. Dhawan 3/66)& 39/1. (Central in final by virtueof 1st innings lead).

sports 27DULEEP TROPHY

HYDERABAD’S RACE CARD FOR FRIDAY


HYDERABAD: L.V.R.Deshmukh trained Oasis Vision whowon convincingly in his last run can win In the Trainer P.PratapReddy Memorial Cup the feature event of Friday afternoon raceshere at Malakpet.1st Race: The Trainer P.Pratap Reddy Memorial Cup (about)1200 Metres, Cat-II.A handicap for horses, 3 year olds and upward, rated upto75. 1-15 P.M.1 Twentyfive Pips 60 (Srinagesh) Laxmikant (1)2 Oasis Vision 56.5 (Deshmukh) P S Chouhan (6)3 Odalis 56 (Silvester) Ajit Kumar (3)4 Sweet Candy 51.5 (Satheesh) A K Pawar (5)5 Askioz 49 (N Rao) G Sai Vamshi (4)6 Silver Liner 49 (Fayaz) Kuldeep Singh (2)Selections:1.Oasis Vision 2.Twentyfive Pips 3.Silver Liner

2nd Race: The Accomplish Plate (Div-II) (about)1100 Metres,Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 3 year olds and upward, rated upto50. 1-45 P.M.1 Secret Angel 61.5 (Lasman S) P A Culhane (5)2 Green Bay 59.5 (D’Silva) A K Pawar (2)3 Kohinoor Destiny 59 (Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (7)4 Camacho Speed 55 (Prasad R) N Rawal (4)5 Classic Emerald 55 (D’Silva) S Nayak (10)6 Pacific Star 53.5 (S Abbas) P S Chopuhan (9)7 Silver Island 52.5 (S’narayan) MF Alikhan (1)8 Sprint Saloni 52 (Netto) S Sreeekant (3)9 Lady Of Grace 51.5 (Z.Shaikh) Nitin Singh (8)10 In Reality 50 (Netto) Uday Kiran (6)Selections:1.Secret Angel 2Classic Emerald 3.Pacific Star

3rd Race: The Bhagat Singh Plate (Div-II(about) 1100 Metres, Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 3 year olds and upward, ratged upto25. 2-15 P.M1 Cannon Aim 61 (Prasad R) N Rawal (4)2 Majestic Rock 61 (Prasad R) S Sreekant(`10)3 Red Magic 61 (Habibulla) AK Pawar (9)4 Ziv 61 (Srinagesh) NitinSingh (5)5 Maid For Love 60.5 (Srinagesh) Ajit Kumar (7)6 Castle Rock 59.5 (Kassam) B.Shinde (6)7 Royal Bird 57 (Srinivas) P Sai Kumar (1)8 Amber Rose 56.5 (S’shuddin) M F Alikhan (8)9 Inspiring Tunes 55 (Silvester) G Sai Vamshi (11)10 New Dawn 51 (Satheesh) K Anil (2)11 White Wind 49 (Srinagesh) Laxmikant (3)Selections:1 CannonAim 2 Red Magic 3.Ziv

4th Race: The Bhagat Singh Plate (Div-I) (about)1100 Metres, Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 3 year olds and upward, rated upto25. 2-45 P.M.

1 Anagalekha 61 (A Sharma) Ravinder Singh (1)2 Dazzling Princess 61 (Fayaz) harinder Singh (2)3 Icelandic 61 (S’narayan) Kuldeep Singh (8)4 Khalis Gold 61 (Hassan) B Shinde (10)5 Merry Maid 61 (Srinagesh) S Nayak (7)6 So Be It 61 (Satheesh) B Dileep (6)7 Amrapal 59 (Netto) G Sai Vamshi (5)8 Deccan Queen 57 (Prasad R) Laxman (3)9 Queen Major 57 (S.Abbas) Ch K Chary (4)10 Pussy Galore 55.5 (Habibullah) N Rawal (9)11 Hard Hit 53 (Srinagesh) Nitin Singh (11)Selections:1 Dazzling Princess 2 Khalis Gold 3 Anangalekha

5th Race: The Elite Zone Plate (about) 1200 Metres,Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 4 year olds and upward, rated upto50. 3-15 P.M.1 Ann Arbor 61.5 (D’Silva) Kuldep Singh (1)2 Ektto Ektto Ektto 61.5 (Sequeria) B Dileep (15)3 Miss Watermelon 61.5 (Deshmukh) PS chouhan (4)4 Ponte Verdi 61.5 (D’Silva) S Nayak (13)5 Yours Truly 59.5 (Habibullah) A K Pawar (12)6 Homely Helo 58 (Laxman S) PA Culhane (8)7 Kohinoor Pride 58 (Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (6)8 Striking Gold 58 (Prasad R) M Mark (9)9 Ice Rain 56.5 (Satheesh) K Anil (7)10 Golden Adagio 55.5 (Prasad R) P Sai Kumar (5)11 Tripple Eight 54 (Z.Shaikh) Laxman (3)12 Off Break 53.5 (Vatsalya) Ravinder Singh (10)13 Eloquence 52 (Netto) S Sreekant (2)14 Cypress Way 50.5 (Vatsalya) N Rawal (11)15 Sugar Deal 50.5 (Hassan) Ch K Chary (14)Selections:1 Ann Arbor 2 Ektto Ektto Ektto 3 Miss Water Melon

6th Race: The Mystical Cup (about)2200 Metres,Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 3 year olds and upward, rated upto50. 3-45 P.M.1 Ice Mountain 62 (Satheesh) K Anil (3)2 Great Warrior 61.5 (Laxman S) P A Culhane (10)3 Kohinoor Angel 61 (Vatsalya) N Rawal (7)4 Sheikhs Emperor 61 (Laxman S) Harinder Singh (9)5 Vijays Champ 60.5 (Deshmukh) P S Chouhan (6)6 Fashionista 53.5 (Srinivas) A Ramana (8)7 Superb 51.5 (A Sharma) Ch K chary (1)8 Allendale 51 (D’Silva) Kuldeep singh (4)9 Enigma 51 (Sequeria) Laxmikant (5)10 Heart N Soul 50.5 (Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (2)Selections:1 Vijays Champ 2 Kohinoor Angel 3 Great Warrior

7th Race: The Blue Ice Plate (Div-I) (about)1000 Metres,Cat-II.

A handicap for horses, 5 year olds and upward, rated upto75. 4-15 P.M.1 Drayton 61.5 (Netto) S Sreekant (5)2 Kings Cruise 59.5 (Netto) B Shinde (3)3 Kohinoor Supreme 56.5 (Vatsalya)NRawal (2)4 Sun Strikes 56 (D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh (6)5 Fine Racer 55.5 (Prasad R) A K Pawar (1)6 Ashleen State 53 (Deshmukh) Ravinde rSingh (9)7 Pluto Queen 52.5 (Vatsalya) Laxman (4)8 Tico Tico 52.5 (S.Abbas) Ch K chary (8)9 Divine Ganges 49 (Srinivas) Harinder Singh (7)Selections:1 Kohinoor Supreme 2 Fine Racer 3 Drayton

8th Race:The Accomplish Plate (Div-I (about)1100 Metres,Cat-III.A handicap for horses, 3 year olds and upward, rated upto50. 4-45 P.M.1 CannonLaw 61.5 (Prasad R) N Rawal (2)2 Mr Glorious 60 (Hassan) Harinder wsingh (8)3 Prince Prashant 59.5 (D’Silva) P Sai Kumar (5)4 Transition 56.5 (Satheesh) B Dileep (3)5 Sheridan 56 (Fayaz) Ravinder Singh (10)6 Kohinoor Revanta 55.5 (A.Sharma) Ajit Kumar (4)7 Indian Hurricane 53 (D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh (7)8 Allainz Arena 52 (S’narayan) P S Chouhna (6)9 Pranavi 52 (Netto) S Sreekant (9)10 Shadow In The Mist 52 (Hassan) M F Alikhan (1)Selections:1 Allainz Arena 2 Prince Prashant 3 Cannon Law

9th Race: The Blue Ice Plate (Div-II) (about)1000 Metres,Cat-II.A handicap forhorses, 5 year olds and upwar, rated upto75. 5-15 P.M.1 Corvette 60 (Sequeria) B Dileep (5)2 Samsonite 59.5 (Hassan) Harinder singh (9)3 Dream Deal 58 (S’narayan) M F Alikhan (7)4 Rio Grande 57.5 (D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh (1)5 Ziglar 54 (Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (4)6 Star Propsect 53.5 (Prasad R) P Sai Kumar (2)7 Kohinoor King 52 (Vatsalya) Ravinder Singh (8)8 Rich And Famous 50.5 (Satheesh) K Anil (6)9 Sun Bird 49.5 (Netto) A K Pawar (3)Selections:

1 Corvette 2.Star Prospect 3.Dream DealDays Best:Oasis VisionJackpot Race Nos:5,6,7,8 & 91st Treble Race Nos:1,2 & 32nd Treble Race Nos:4,5 & 63rd Treble Race Nos:7, 8 & 9No False Rails:

Oasis Vision will be fancied

LEAGUE CRICKETA division three-daysn EMCC 166 vs Hyderabad

Bottling 389/3 (Rohan Yadav157 n.o., Nishant Yadav 71,Prithvi Reddy 82)

A2-A3 two-daysn Ours 310 (Veda 53, Abdul

Rahman 66, Mansoor 53, Arshad4/40) vs HBCC.

n Gouds XI 415/9 (K. Sai Nath102, D. Sai Akshay Raj 61,Kaleem Khan 5/87) vs Zinda.

n Raju CC 150 (VenuMadhav 57,Melwin John 6/29) vsNational CC 154/4(Virender Naik 57).

HCA Coca Cola inter school U-16

n Genious Citizen High School 33(Sai Teja 7/14) lost toGowtham Model School 35 forno loss.

n DAV Public School 124 (M.Pratyush 5/13)lost to St JosephHigh School 125 for no loss (A.Sai Pranay 97 n.o.).

n Bhavans SA College B 308/8 (Sai

Sandeep 78) bt Cresecent MEnglish School 217 (SuchitNaidu 55, S. Anuteja 6/43).

n Johnson Grammer School 257(Syed Ali 70, K Tarun 74) btSrichandra Junior College 68 (K.Tarun 4/29, Syed Adil 5/9).

n Jubilee Hills Public School 268(G.Bhargav 87) Bt Nalgonda dis-trict 222 (P. Ganesh 110, M.Shalavritha 5/35).

A4-A11 one-dayn Mayur CC 194/4 (Shantan Reddy

106 n.o.) lost to HyderabadPanthers 195/7 (Saketh Reddy75).

P. Ganesh

Dinda stars for East VISAKHAPATNAM: Bengalspeedster Ashok Dinda’s hostilespell of fast bowling helpeddefending champions East Zonereach the final of the Duleep Trop -hy for the second successive timeafter beating South by virtue of23-run first innings lead. After Ea -st were bowled out for 215 in theirsecond innings, South needed 239runs in 51 overs (including mand -atory overs) in order to win thematch but in the end just aboutmanaged to avert outright defeat.

Central reach final

sports 28AUSTRIAN OPEN

KREMLIN CUP DOPING AFTERSHOCKS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

CHARLES BOISSEAU Agence France-Presse

AUSTIN, TEXAS: Sponsorsstampeded away from endorse-ment deals with doping-dis-graced US cyclist Lance Armstr-ong (right), who also steppeddown on Wednesday as chair-man of the Livestrong anti-can-cer charity he founded.Armstrong was issued a life banand stripped of seven Tour deFrance titles in August by theUS Anti-Doping Agency(USADA), which last weekrevealed 1,000 pages of evi-dence against him, including

testimony from 11 former team-mates.Sponsors to pull theirsupport included sportswearmaker Nike, 24-Hour Fitness

health clubs, brewers Anheuser-Busch, Honey Stinger productsand Trek bicycles.

“Due to the seeminglyinsurmountable evidence thatLance Armstrong participatedin doping and misled Nike formore than a decade, it is withgreat sadness that we have ter-minated our contract withhim,” Nike’s statement said.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, whi -ch used Armstrong in beer adv -ertisements, said they wouldnot renew a sponsorship dealwith Armstrong when their cur-rent three-year endorsementcontract ends in December.

VIENNA: Top seed Juan MartinDel Potro marked his return totennis after a month-long injuryabsence on Wednesday with athree-hour victory over Germanqualifier Daniel Brands to reachthe Austrian Open third round.

The Argentine defeatedBrands 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6(8/6) in a match featuring 59aces and no breaks of serve.

The match point — DelPotro’s second — was decidedby the Hawk-Eye electronic sys-tem.

“If I’d known I’d have tostart with a three-hour win, Iwould have stayed home,”joked the 2011 finalist, who wasplaying for the first time sincesuffering a wrist injury inSeptember’s Davis Cup semi-finals.

“We both served so well, itwas a really tough match,”added Del Potro, who kept alive

his hopes of booking a place inthe eight-man World Tour Finalsnext month in London whichwrap up the ATP season.

Meanwhile, Two-time cham-pion Juergen Melzer sufferedhis earliest Vienna defeat in five

years as the fourth seed wentout in the second round, losingto Gilles Muller, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7/4) while Dominic Thiemdefeated Slovak Lukas Lacko 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 to keep home hopesalive. AFP

STOCKHOLM: Australian vet-eran Lleyton Hewitt reached hisfirst quarter-final since Julywhen he defeated eighth-seededFinn Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (7/2),2-6, 6-4 at the Stockholm Openon Wednesday.

Hewitt dropped serve sixtimes, but capitalised on three ofhis four break points in the deci-sive set to improve to a 5-0record against Nieminen.

The 31-year-old last made thequarter-finals on his way to theNewport championship match inJuly where he was runner-up toJohn Isner.

Nieminen was looking toreach the Stockholm quarter-finals for a seventh straight yearand eighth time overall. He wasa finalist in 2001, 2006 and 2011.

MOSCOW: Marion Bartoli sawher slender hopes of sneakinginto the season-ending WTAChampionships by the back doorsuffer another setback on Wed -nesday when she was sent crash-ing out of the $1.5 million

Kremlin Cup.The second seeded Bartoli

slumped to a 6-3, 6-0 secondround loss to Swedish worldnunber 46 Sofia Arvidsson whorecorded her fifth win overGeneva resident Bartoli in theirseventh head-to-head meeting.

Bartoli, who is 10th in therankings, was hoping to leapfrogAustralia’s Samantha Stosur, theworld number nine and top seedin Moscow, in the race to be thefirst alternate for the eight-woman WTA Championship inIstanbul next week.

“Today my body just refusedto execute what my mind wastelling it to do,” Bartoli said.

Del Potro wins openerArgentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro defeated German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-7(5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (8/6) in a match featuring 59 aces and no breaks of serve.

Melzer suffers five-year Vienna low VIENNA: Two-time cham-pion Jurgen Melzer sufferedhis earliest defeat in fiveyears at the Austrian Openas the fourth seed went outin the second round, losingto Gilles Muller, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7/4).

The result at the Stadtha -lle was a huge disappoint-ment for the newly-married31-year-old, his rankingdown to 37 after a numberof injuries including a hipproblem. Melzer admi tted atthe start of the week that hewas going into the Europeanindoor season with a loss ofform, but rem ained encour-aged by his re cent Beijingquarter-final run. AFP

STOCKHOLM OPENHewitt entersquarter-finals

Bartoli sees Istanbulhopes slip away

Sponsors flee Lance ashe quits Livestrong

Beauty queen for golf tourneyJAKARTA: The winner of Miss Indonesia2012 Ines Putri Tjiptadi will replace crown andgown with golf clubs and caddie to competein the Ladies Indonesia Open, which tees-off inJakarta on Thursday. She is also a leadingamateur golfer, winning the ladies Singaporeamateur championship in 2010 and securinggold and silver medals in 2004 in Indonesia’snational championships. She has been pairedin the opening round with Australian starStacey Keating and Nontaya Srisawang fromThailand. AFP

Wolff marks first test LONDON: Susie Wolff became the latestwoman to drive a Formula One car on Wedne -sday, but admitted that stricken Maria de Villo -ta was in her thoughts as she tried to showthat the sport should not be an all-male dom -ain. Marussia test driver De Villota lost her rig -ht eye and suffered serious head and facialinjuries during a crash in England in July whichended her racing career. Wolff, a developmentdriver for the Williams F1 team, admitted thatthe accident had been on her mind during herfirst day behind the wheel at Silverstone. AFP

Tseng looks to end SK slumpSEOUL: World number one Yani Tseng willlook to turn around a recent slump in formwhen she defends her LPGA title in South Kor -ea this week against a pack of Koreans eagerto perform before their home crowd. The Taiw -anese fired a 14-under 202 in the three-roundevent in 2011, edging Choi Na-Yeon by a stro -ke and denying her a hat-trick of straight winsin the event. The LPGA KEB-HanaBank tourna-ment in Incheon, just west of Seoul, has prov -ed fertile ground for local golfers, with SouthKoreans winning seven of the past 10 events.

Pedrosa to trim Lorenzo’s leadKUALA LUMPUR: Dani Pedrosa will atte -mpt to snatch his third victory in a row at theMalaysian GP this weekend as he batt les Yam -aha ace Jorge Lorenzo for his first ever Moto GPcrown. With just three rounds remaining thisseason, including Sepang, Pedrosa tra ilsLorenzo by 28 points following his impressivewin in Japan as the Honda rider picks up crucialpoints for the title bid. Nonetheless, Lore nzo’slead effectively means he can be assured of thetitle by finishing at least third in the last threeraces regardless of what Pedrosa secures.

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FIXING WOES

PERKS FOR SELF

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DURBAN: IPL winners KolkataKnight Riders were todayknocked out of the ongoingChampions League Twenty20after their must-win matchagainst Perth Scorchers wascalled off due to incessant rainhere.

The Knight Riders needed towin this match at any cost, hav-ing suffered reverses in their firsttwo outings against DelhiDaredevils and Auckland Aces,but luck deserted Gautam

Gambhir and his men on theirmost important day.

In the process, they becamethe first team to be eliminatedfrom the tournament proper.

A downpour followed bycontinues drizzle ensured thegame ended 14 overs into the

Scorchers innings -- they were 91for two at that stage.

The Australian outfit wasasked to bat first after the coinlanded in Gambhir’s favour atthe Kingsmead.

Pace spearhead Brett Lee vin-dicated Gambhir’s decision,

removing the experiencedHerschelle Gibbs in the very firstover of the match.

The South African got impa-tient a tad too early as he tried toloft one over the infield only tobe caught by Iqbal Abdulla atcovers.

After the early blow, ShaunMarsh and Simon Katich added70 runs for the second wicket toput Scorchers in a much betterposition.

Not only did they keep thescoreboard ticking by taking thesingles and twos, the duo alsomanaged to find the boundarieson a fairly regularly basis tillMarsh was trapped in front byJacques Kallis.

Kallis fired one in the blockhole, Marsh missed it promptingthe Knights to go up in appeal,which proved to be successful.Marsh hit three fours and a sixbut gobbled up 40 balls to scorehis runs. Katich was unbeaten on43 off 32 balls while MitchellMarsh was giving him companyon five when play was halted. PTI

WELLINGTON: Martin Croweon Thursday blamed illnessespicked up touring during a 13-year international cricket careerfor his diagnosis with the cancerlymphoma.

Crowe said his cancer was“very treatable” and he wouldbattle it with the same determi-nation he displayed during hisplaying days. “My mindset andfierce focus has kicked in just likeit did when approaching a longinnings in a Test match,” he saidin a statement. “I will focus onthe important things in front ofme, and nothing else.”

The 50-year-old said he

believed his immune system hadbeen weakened by illness whileon the road with the Black Caps,leaving him vulnerable to thecancer, which he said was gradetwo follicular lymphoma.

“In the past, on travels dur-ing my cricket career, sufferingsalmonella and glandular feverhas compromised me,” he said.

“The result of a weakenedimmune system over the last twodecades is basically why I havebecome exposed to this sort ofdisease.

Crowe, who scored a record17 centuries for New Zealand inhis 77-Test career and is regardedas the country’s greatest bats-man, said he had been buoyedby expressions of support sincehe went public with his diagno-sis.

“I am overwhelmed by thesupport and concern by so manyaround the world and wish tosay a massive thanks... it hasenabled me to come to termswith the shock from my recentlymphoma diagnosis faster.” AFP

LONDON: The InternationalCricket Council (ICC) is fight-ing a “war” against corruptionwhich even includes educatinggroundsmen as well as playersand officials, its chief executivesaid on Wednesday.

“It is a war we are fighting,”David Richardson said at thelaunch in London of the finalICC Champions Trophy. “Ouranti-corruption unit have theirwork cut out to make sure play-ers are kept away from tempta-tion. “It’s everybody now, unfo -rtunately. Everybody is suscep-

tible — curators, groundsmen— our corruption unit is veryaware of what it needs to do.”

Six umpires were provision-ally suspended last week afteran Indian TV sting alleged theywere open to bribery, while fiveIndian cricketers were also sus-pended during this year’sIndian Premier League overallegations no-balls could bearranged to order.

Other tournaments includ-ing T20 leagues in Bangladeshand Sri Lanka have also beentainted by scandal. The Champ -

ions Trophy, which pitches thetop eight one-day nationstogether, is being scrapped tomake way in the internationalcalendar for a new World TestChampionship from 2017.

“This tournament is part ofthe current rights cycle, as wecall it,” Richardson said.“Somewhere in the middle thestrategy was changed as far asICC events are concerned. Wehave three vibrant formats ofthe game and it makes sense tohold one major event for eachformat. AFP

JOHANNESBURG: SouthAfrica’s suspended cricket bossGerald Majola was onWednesday found guilty ofwrongfully receiving bonuseslinked to international tourna-ments staged in 2009, officialssaid.

Cricket South Africa (CSA)spokesman Michael Owen-Smith confirmed to AFP thatMajola had been found guilty

by an independent probe panel,but did not give details.

An independent news agen-cy Eye Witness News said thesuspended chief executive wasfound guilty of all nine chargeslaid against him and linked tothe 2009 Indian Premier League(IPL) and ICC ChampionsTrophy staged in South Africa.He will know his fate on Friday.

“He shall be invited tomor-

row (Thursday) to make repre-sentations on an appropriatesanction and thereafter a sanc-tion will be given on Fridayafternoon,” CSA lawyerNicholas Preston said.

Majola is accused of accept-ing 1.7 million rands ($198,000,151,000 euros) in bonuses thatwere not approved by the CSAboard.

AFP

Suspended Gerald guilty of graft

KKR eliminated from CLT20Kolkata Knight Riders were today knocked out of the ongoing Champions League Twenty20

after their must-win match against Perth Scorchers was called off due to incessant rain.

Titans thrash AucklandDURBAN: Titans produced aclinical all-round display to posta crushing 59-run victory overAuckland Aces in their Group AChampions League Twenty20match here on Wednesday.

Opener Jacques Rudolphled the Titans innings, blasting abrisk 56-ball 63 to help thempost a challenging 172 for fourafter Auckland won the toss anddecided to field at Kingsmead.

The Titans then returned tobowl out Auckland for 113 in18.1 overs to inch towards asemifinal berth. They will nexttake on Kolkata Knight Riders atCape Town on Sunday.

Auckland were 58 for six in8.3 overs but a 45-run partner-ship between Andre Adams (30)and Micheal Bates (14) delayedthe inevitable.

For Titans, Ethy Mbhalatiand Alfonso Thomas took threewickets each giving away 26and 18 runs respectively, whileCornelius de Villiers, Eden Linkand RE van der Merwe grabbedone apiece. PTI

Perth ScorchersS Marsh lbw b Kallis 38H Gibbs c Iqbal Abdulla b Lee 0S Katich not out 43M Marsh not out 5Extras: (LB-1, W-4) 5TOTAL: (for 2 wickets in 14 overs) 91Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-73Bowling:B Lee 2-0-11-1 Y Pathan 4-0-29-0SP Narine 2-0-9-0J Kallis 3-0-24-1L Balaji 3-0-17-0

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Crowe blames touring for cancer

ICC fighting a ‘war’ on corruption

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30‘CITY RANG ME TO SAY SORRY OVER BALOTELLI’ Mario Balotelli’s agent says Manchester City contacted him to apologisefor their perceived criticism of the controversial striker. It was widelyreported in Britain at the weekend that Balotelli had been warned he mustset a better example with his behaviour on and off the pitch.

LONDON: Serbia andEngland will face disci-plinary action over theirstormy European Under-21 match which sparkedclaims of racism and endedwith players, fans andcoaches embroiled in uglyscuffles, UEFA saidWednesday.

England won thematch 1-0 in Krusevac onTuesday for a 2-0 aggre-gate triumph but Englishdefender Danny Rose wassent off for kicking the ballaway in response to whathe claimed was monkey

chanting and physicalprovocation.

The Serbian FootballFederation denied that anyracist abuse was hurled atEngland’s players andslammed Rose for “vul-gar” behaviour.

UEFA said the caseswill be discussed onNovember 22.

Britain’s PrimeMinister David Cameronearlier led calls for UEFA totake a tough line againstSerbia. The British leaderwanted “tough sanctions”against Serbian football ifracism is proven, his offi-cial spokesman toldreporters. But the FSS hitback at allegations ofracism. “The Serbian FFresolutely rejects anddenies that there was anyracist incident.”

Serbia to face the musicThe Serbian Football Federation denied that any racist abuse

was hurled at England’s players.

MARTYN WOOD Agencie France-Presse

PARIS: Much-maligned aftertheir feeble exit from Euro 2012,France served a warning to theirdetractors with a creditable 1-1draw against world championsSpain in Tuesday’s World Cupqualifier.

The French press had forecasta sizeable defeat in Madrid butwere quick to praise the result,with Le Parisien declaring: “Thisis how we like you”, hours aftercalling for its readers to “Pray forthem”.

“Delightful” was the wordused to describe the display bysports daily L’Equipe.

Only time will tell whetherOctober 16, 2012 is the catalyst

for an upturn in fortunes for theFrench national team, butDeschamps can use it as a refer-ence point.

“I am happy for the playersbecause this allows them tocement their good spirits andrewards their efforts,” saidDeschamps.

The return fixture, which willbe played at Stade de France nextMarch.

Signs of a Frenchrenaissance?

Under the tutelage of coach DidierDeschamps a rejuvenated and France

dominated their more fancied opponents.

ROAD TO WORLD CUP 2014

U-21 EUROPEAN CUP QUALIFYING

English defenderDanny Rose wassent off for hisresponse to whathe claimed wasmonkey chanting.

JONATHAN FOWLER Agencie France-Presse

WARSAW: England were heldto a 1-1 draw by Poland onWednesday in a Group H quali-fier that went ahead a day lateafter Tuesday’s scheduledmatch was called off due to awaterlogged pitch.

Wayne Rooney put Englandup fifteen minutes from half-time, heading in a corner fromcaptain Steven Gerrard for his30th international goal.

Poland’s answer came in the70th minute, thanks to Torinodefender Kamil Glik, courtesy

of another header from a corner.“It wasn’t one of our best

performances,” admittedEngland manager RoyHodgson (above), whose sidestill lead Group H by one pointfrom Montenegro.

“As far as we’re concerned,

the extra day, the extra stay, thesogginess of the pitch obviouslydidn’t work in our favour. It’sthe same for both teams ofcourse,” he said.

“I think sometimes ingames, you’ve just got to be sat-isfied that you come away withsomething out of the game. Idon’t think it’s going to be easyfor teams to come here and beatPoland.”

Poland coach WaldemarFornalik lauded his team andfans who returned having seenTuesday’s planned encounterpostponed by a deluge, an hourafter the planned kick-off.

“The atmosphere in the sta-dium was great, the supportwas massive,” he said.

“We did what we’re sup-posed to do. We wanted to playa good game. I don’t thinkEngland played a bad game,actually.”

But Gerrard admitted it hadnot been one of his team’s bestnights.

“It’s a decent point but weare disappointed,” he said.

Despite adding to his goaltally, Rooney was also down-beat. “We weren’t at our bestbut we dug in and got a draw.We know we can play better butthis is a difficult place to comeso it is a decent point,” he said.

England goalkeeper JoeHart took responsibility for thegoal.

England held by PolandEngland still lead Group H by one point from Montenegro.

Rooney put Englandup 15 minutes fromhalf-time, heading ina corner from StevenGerrard for his 30thinternational goal.

Only time will tellwhether October 16,2012 is the catalyst foran upturn in fortunesfor the Frenchnational team.

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