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New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by the apex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes by lawyers, wondering why there should be a strike at all. Justice Gogoi’s response came after Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra raised the issue of lifting the ban at a BCI event to felicitate the new CJI. The CJI’s view was also shared by apex court’s Justice Arun Mishra, who reminded the lawyers that their absence in court will affect people’s liberty and deny many of their rights. Detailed report on P5 I n a fight over a pet dog being hit by a vehicle, the driver was stabbed to death and another person sustained life threatening injuries in the attack that took place in Dwarka’s Uttam Nagar area on Saturday around 12.50 am. While driving Tata Ace, 40-year-old Vijender Rana accidently hit the dog. Though the animal received minor injuries, the incident triggered a fight between Rana and the canine’s owner and others, said police, adding that in a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the vic- tim and his elder brother. “Rana was declared brought dead at a local hospital and his elder, Rajesh Rana, (45) sustained injuries. He was later referred to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital,” a senior police official said. Police said prime suspects are one Ankit, his brother Paras and his tenant Dev Chopra. “The accused people have since fled from the scene. We have deployed three teams to catch them,” the official said. Turn to Page 4 Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar will not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, party leader Jitendra Ahwad said here on Saturday. Putting to rest speculation that Pawar will contest from Pune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwad told reporters that Pawar had already made it clear in 2014 that he will not contest the Lok Sabha polls again. “Pawar has told the party not to consider his name as he will not be a candidate. In today’s meeting, Pawar said he is not in the (LS) race and nobody should propose his name,” said the NCP MLA from Mumbra-Kalwa, in neighbouring Thane district. Awhad also denied that the NCP chief had opposed the candidature of Parth Pawar, son of senior leader Ajit Pawar, for the Mawal Lok Sabha seat. “Preliminary discussions are on. The name will be finalised after discussions with party workers,” Ahwad said. Turn to Page 4 M adhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram will go to polls in November, while Rajasthan and Telangana in December. The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced the polling dates for the five States, the results of which will set the tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. While Naxal-affected Chhattisgarh will go to polls in two phases on November 12 (18 seats) and November 20 (72 seats), the Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram Assembly elec- tions will be held on November 28. Polling in Rajasthan and Telangana, whose Chief Minister K Chandrsekhar Rao had dissolved the Assembly last month, will be held on December 7. The counting of votes will be held across all the five States on December 11. With the EC’s announce- ment, the model code of con- duct has come into effect in four States. The code of con- duct is already in place in Telangana since the Assembly was dissolved. The election will be held using the latest Mark III EVM, VVPAT machines in all the States. Announcing the poll dates, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) OP Rawat said the elec- tions in Chhattisgarh would be held in two phases because some areas in the State were affected by Left-wing extrem- ism. “The Assembly con- stituencies going to polls in the first phase of Assembly elec- tions in Chhattisgarh are affect- ed by Left-wing extremism violence. There are 18 con- stituencies which will go to polls in the first phase and the remaining 72 constituencies will go to polls in the second phase. Life of each and every voter is precious for us, which is why we are being cautious,” the CEC said. These five Assembly elec- tions would be crucial for the BJP as it gears up for the Lok Sabha election next year and is in power in three of these States — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. While the Congress is in power in Mizoram, Telangana Rashtra Samithi ruled Telangana before the Assembly was dissolved. The BJP is trying for a fourth term in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and to retain power in Rajasthan. The three States also played a significant role for the BJP in the 2014 general elections when it had won 62 out of the 65 Lok Sabha seats in these three States. The elections also hold significance for the Congress, which is out to challenge the BJP’s rule in the States even while protecting its last bastion in the North-East. Mizoram is the only remaining State in the North-East, which is not under the rule of BJP-led NDA. The eight North-East States togeth- er have 25 Lok Sabha seats. Mizoram’s 50-member House expires on December 15, 2018, Chhattisgarh’s Assembly, comprising 90 mem- bers, ends on January 5, 2019, the tenure of the Madhya Pradesh 230-member House expires on January 7, 2019, and the 200-member Rajasthan House comes to an end on January 20, 2019. On September 6, KCR had dissolved the Telangana House to avoid a possible clubbing of Assembly polls with the Lok Sabha elections. CEC Rawat said the elec- toral rolls for Telangana will be published on October 12. Turn to Page 4 Related reports on P5, P6 C lose on the heels of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announcing to go it alone instead of forging an alliance with the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Samajwati Party (SP) too on Saturday said it has “waited for too long” for the grand old party to respond and would look at the non-Congress out- fits in Madhya Pradesh, includ- ing the BSP, for a pre-poll seat sharing deal. SP president and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said his party will now consult the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP), with which it had an alliance, and the BSP, for an alliance in MP. The announcement of the SP against the backdrop of a running discussion among the Opposition parties for striking a grand national alliance against the BJP-led-NDA could only help inspire an “opti- mism” in the ranks of the BJP in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. BJP insiders are happy at party’s prospects in MP after Akhilesh’s announce- ment. The SP’s distancing from the Congress comes just days after Mayawati shut the door on any BSP alliance with the principal Opposition party for Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The BSP has gone ahead with forging a seat-sharing pre-poll deal with former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi in Chhattisgarh. The coming together of Jogi, the first CM of Chhattisgarh, and Mayawati, could also upset the poll cal- culations of the Congress in the State where just over one per cent vote had decided the out- come of the last Assembly poll. Turn to Page 4 B haratiya Janata Party (BJP) pres- ident Amit Shah here on Saturday formally launched the party’s mass contact campaign in the Malwa- Nimad region. He launched the ‘Maha Jansampark Abhiyan’ from the Rajwada area and sought support from the people for his party in the upcoming Assembly polls. He garlanded a statue of Ahilyabai Holkar, a former queen of the kingdom of Malwa, in front of the historic Rajwada Palace of the erst- while Holkar dynasty. Shah also offered prayers at a Mahalaxmi tem- ple located in the vicinity. The BJP chief launched the cam- paign from a famous paan shop in Rajwada and its owner offered a paan to Shah. Standing on the footboard of his vehicle, Shah greeted the peo- ple gathered in the area and then trav- elled from Rajwada Palace to Krishnapura Chhatri, covering a dis- tance of about half-a-kilometer. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who is the BJP MP from Indore, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other senior party leaders remained present. The mass contact pro- gramme will cover the Malwa-Nimad region of western Madhya Pradesh, an area considered a BJP bastion. Later, addressing a huge gather- ing in Jhabua, Shah said that his party had ensured that government funds reached the tribals and forest- dwellers. He observed that under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's government, people of this area could now afford motorcycles. Turn to Page 4 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K
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New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoion Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by theapex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikesby lawyers, wondering why there should be astrike at all.

Justice Gogoi’s response came after BarCouncil of India Chairman Manan KumarMishra raised the issue of lifting the ban at aBCI event to felicitate the new CJI.

The CJI’s view was also shared by apexcourt’s Justice Arun Mishra, who reminded thelawyers that their absence in court will affectpeople’s liberty and deny many of their rights.

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In a fight over a pet dog being hit bya vehicle, the driver was stabbed to

death and another person sustained lifethreatening injuries in the attack thattook place in Dwarka’s Uttam Nagararea on Saturday around 12.50 am.

While driving Tata Ace, 40-year-oldVijender Rana accidently hit the dog.Though the animal received minorinjuries, the incident triggered a fightbetween Rana and the canine’s ownerand others, said police, adding that in

a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the vic-tim and his elder brother.

“Rana was declared brought deadat a local hospital and his elder, RajeshRana, (45) sustained injuries. He waslater referred to Deen Dayal UpadhyayHospital,” a senior police official said.

Police said prime suspects are oneAnkit, his brother Paras and his tenantDev Chopra. “The accused peoplehave since fled from the scene. We havedeployed three teams to catch them,”the official said.

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Mumbai: NCP presidentSharad Pawar will not contestthe 2019 Lok Sabha elections,party leader Jitendra Ahwadsaid here on Saturday.

Putting to rest speculationthat Pawar will contest fromPune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwadtold reporters that Pawar hadalready made it clear in 2014that he will not contest the LokSabha polls again.

“Pawar has told the partynot to consider his name as hewill not be a candidate. Intoday’s meeting, Pawar said heis not in the (LS) race andnobody should propose hisname,” said the NCP MLAfrom Mumbra-Kalwa, inneighbouring Thane district.

Awhad also denied that the

NCP chief had opposed thecandidature of Parth Pawar, sonof senior leader Ajit Pawar, forthe Mawal Lok Sabha seat.

“Preliminary discussionsare on. The name will befinalised after discussions withparty workers,” Ahwad said.

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Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and

Mizoram will go to polls inNovember, while Rajasthanand Telangana in December.The Election Commission (EC)on Saturday announced thepolling dates for the five States,the results of which will set thetone for the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections.

While Naxal-affectedChhattisgarh will go to polls intwo phases on November 12(18 seats) and November 20 (72seats), the Madhya Pradeshand Mizoram Assembly elec-tions will be held on November28. Polling in Rajasthan andTelangana, whose ChiefMinister K Chandrsekhar Raohad dissolved the Assembly lastmonth, will be held onDecember 7. The counting ofvotes will be held across all thefive States on December 11.

With the EC’s announce-ment, the model code of con-duct has come into effect infour States. The code of con-duct is already in place inTelangana since the Assemblywas dissolved. The electionwill be held using the latestMark III EVM, VVPATmachines in all the States.

Announcing the poll dates,Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) OP Rawat said the elec-tions in Chhattisgarh would beheld in two phases becausesome areas in the State wereaffected by Left-wing extrem-ism. “The Assembly con-stituencies going to polls in thefirst phase of Assembly elec-tions in Chhattisgarh are affect-ed by Left-wing extremismviolence. There are 18 con-

stituencies which will go topolls in the first phase and theremaining 72 constituencieswill go to polls in the secondphase. Life of each and everyvoter is precious for us, whichis why we are being cautious,”the CEC said.

These five Assembly elec-tions would be crucial for theBJP as it gears up for the LokSabha election next year and isin power in three of theseStates — Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh.While the Congress is in powerin Mizoram, Telangana RashtraSamithi ruled Telangana beforethe Assembly was dissolved.

The BJP is trying for afourth term in Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh and to retainpower in Rajasthan. The threeStates also played a significantrole for the BJP in the 2014general elections when it hadwon 62 out of the 65 Lok Sabhaseats in these three States.

The elections also holdsignificance for the Congress,

which is out to challenge theBJP’s rule in the States evenwhile protecting its last bastionin the North-East. Mizoram isthe only remaining State in theNorth-East, which is not underthe rule of BJP-led NDA. Theeight North-East States togeth-er have 25 Lok Sabha seats.

Mizoram’s 50-memberHouse expires on December15, 2018, Chhattisgarh’sAssembly, comprising 90 mem-bers, ends on January 5, 2019,the tenure of the MadhyaPradesh 230-member Houseexpires on January 7, 2019, andthe 200-member RajasthanHouse comes to an end onJanuary 20, 2019.

On September 6, KCR haddissolved the Telangana Houseto avoid a possible clubbing ofAssembly polls with the LokSabha elections.

CEC Rawat said the elec-toral rolls for Telangana will bepublished on October 12.

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Close on the heels of theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP)

announcing to go it aloneinstead of forging an alliancewith the Congress in MadhyaPradesh and Rajasthan, theSamajwati Party (SP) too onSaturday said it has “waited fortoo long” for the grand oldparty to respond and wouldlook at the non-Congress out-fits in Madhya Pradesh, includ-ing the BSP, for a pre-poll seatsharing deal.

SP president and formerUP Chief Minister AkhileshYadav said his party will nowconsult the GondwanaGantantra Party (GGP), withwhich it had an alliance, andthe BSP, for an alliance in MP.

The announcement of theSP against the backdrop of a

running discussion among theOpposition parties for strikinga grand national allianceagainst the BJP-led-NDA couldonly help inspire an “opti-mism” in the ranks of the BJPin the run up to the 2019 LokSabha polls. BJP insiders arehappy at party’s prospects inMP after Akhilesh’s announce-ment.

The SP’s distancing fromthe Congress comes just daysafter Mayawati shut the dooron any BSP alliance with theprincipal Opposition party for

Rajasthan and Madhya PradeshAssembly elections. The BSPhas gone ahead with forging aseat-sharing pre-poll deal withformer Chief Minister Ajit Jogiin Chhattisgarh. The comingtogether of Jogi, the first CM of

Chhattisgarh, and Mayawati,could also upset the poll cal-culations of the Congress in theState where just over one percent vote had decided the out-come of the last Assembly poll.

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pres-ident Amit Shah here on Saturday

formally launched the party’s masscontact campaign in the Malwa-Nimad region. He launched the‘Maha Jansampark Abhiyan’ from theRajwada area and sought supportfrom the people for his party in theupcoming Assembly polls.

He garlanded a statue ofAhilyabai Holkar, a former queen ofthe kingdom of Malwa, in front of thehistoric Rajwada Palace of the erst-while Holkar dynasty. Shah alsooffered prayers at a Mahalaxmi tem-ple located in the vicinity.

The BJP chief launched the cam-paign from a famous paan shop inRajwada and its owner offered a paanto Shah. Standing on the footboardof his vehicle, Shah greeted the peo-ple gathered in the area and then trav-elled from Rajwada Palace toKrishnapura Chhatri, covering a dis-tance of about half-a-kilometer. LokSabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan,who is the BJP MP from Indore, ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and

other senior party leaders remainedpresent. The mass contact pro-gramme will cover the Malwa-Nimadregion of western Madhya Pradesh,an area considered a BJP bastion.

Later, addressing a huge gather-ing in Jhabua, Shah said that his party

had ensured that government fundsreached the tribals and forest-dwellers. He observed that underChief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan's government, people of thisarea could now afford motorcycles.

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Marvel, as we all know, is inthe habit of pulling outnew characters for the big

screen from its old lot of comicbook heroes. This one though is astep ahead — a human powered bya snaky and venomous butwholesomely humorous alienentity, or should we say a mass ofamoebic matter with a yen forhuman liver, heart and intestines.

That, of course, is when he isnot trying to make his presence feltas a loser in a loser. You get what Imean? Not really, but do go thecinemas to enjoy slower than usualsuperhero movie with Tom Hardy’sedgy existence all through the 2-hour film.

But it is not Hardy, theincorrigible investigative reporterwho loses almost everything in life— consistently — due to his innatedesire to investigate — and, ofcourse, get into a soup from thereis very little possibility ofretrievable. Till he starts to livewith it, it being the alien in him,his parasitic foe turned buddyturned existential partner.

Venom, as the alien entitywhich can shape up as an angryanaconda and a masked backedmonster with a shark-like jaw line,is not so much about the poisonand the fangs that he is expected tobare as it is about first theessentiality and then the fun ofinhabiting a human body andslowly getting to like it.

The poison is more in ascientific spatial rogue that has noqualms of taking lives in his questto find a synchronised human-alienrace on Earth for future habitationcommerce of another planet.

From a sticky green and blackmass struggling to crawl out of aglass lab canister, it breaks out toinhabit humans giving them superpowers as well as eventual death, allexcept Hardy who turns up with adisgusting appetite for everythinglive.

Zombieland director RobertFleischer ad a big job at hand tobring to life yet another cavernouscharacter out of the Marvel pagesbut he manages only some bits ofexhilaration in a non-superheromovie which interest you enoughbut not entirely – not even half asvisually grand as you would expecta Marvel mount to be and yet giveenough to score as your optionalpoison for the week.

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Dhun come along to stitch back yourexpectations from the otherwise over the topdream merchants.

Andha Dhun can be, beyond doubt, termedas a perfect modern thriller mounted withpolish and finish by director Sriram Raghavan.It has suspense, it has pace, it has a no-nonsenseattitude both when murders are beingcommitted and also when the witness is tryingto survive the murky goings-on. Not that he isnot murky himself, posing as a blind man whocan almost everything, except what is comingnext from an unscrupulous, ambitious womanwho has just packed off the body of herhusband in a suitcase through her trigger happylover who happens to be an equallyunscrupulous cop.

It is not just the story, inspired by Frenchthriller Le Accordeur (The Piano Player), butalso the perfection introduced by Raghavan inother aspects of film-making, including choiceof actors and music synchronising an old worldcharm from an unhurried city like Pune, thatmakes Andha Dhun a breeze to sway with.

Ayushmaan Khurana as the blind pianist issuper cool and plays his part to the hilt,immersing you inexorably into his situation, butwith no tear-jerker intentions. Hired by ayesteryear Bollywood star to play the piano at

his home as a marriage anniversary gift to hiswife, the apparently blind pianist sees a murderso foul that he has to, well, carry on playingwithout even an iota of emotion that wouldsuggest he was witnessing a foul cover up.

Much of the film, punctuated by resurrectedold numbers from Anil Dhavwan’s films, andsome very peppy and apt songs moulded to thesituation by a brilliant Amit Trivedi, carries onuninterrupted, often making you forget thecorn and cola on the side.

Tabu, as the incorrigibly deceitful andalmost sub-human second wife of the slain star,is the centrepoint of the movie, and she givesmany moments to the film with her actingacumen. In her, Raghavan embodies howmorality is a misnomer in modern society andexcellently counterfoils the perceived completedisruption in society through his pianist whotoo is unscrupulous but in a much more benignkind of way.

Radhika Apte, though on the periphery,renders a captivating cameo of a post-modernwoman who has flippant humour andintelligence running in her feisty veins.

From murder, to cover-up, to organ sellingto extortion, blackmail and the abysmal fall ofvalues in characters from all strata of society,this film keeps you on the hook till the end ofthe road. “Every life has a liver,” says a crypticstatement in the beginning but it is only at theend of it that you get to know why and howawfully that is true in an unforgiving world thatwe perilously inhabit, a world we have built upby and by without thought or reason. Tabuencapsulates that, Ayushmann propels it and hisaccomplices play it out even as Apte accepts itby being generally unaffected by it.

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�What is India Ke Mast Kalandar about?The show has a unique concept. Here, the talent is to make

people laugh. People can show their madness and how atrangi theyare on this show. The motive is to entertain people and make themlaugh. If the contestants can deliver this they move the next level.This is a platform for the common man to showcase their talent.I am the host and Geeta and Mika are our atrangi judges. It isobvious that there is no vulgarity or obscenity in the show becauseit is a SAB TV show. It is a full family-based show and it is funto host it.�Comedy shows are trending. Will this show beable to live up to the standards set by others?

Our show doesn’t aim to compete with anyother comedy show. Comedy is a difficult genre; itis not everyone’s cup of tea. Even during theauditions if the person was not atrangi enough wealways boost their confidence by saying ‘aap mayoosna hon, agli baar try karein’. There are a lot of platformsfor stand-ups but this show is a platform for the peopleto do weird things and entertain the audiences. Ouraudience is already loving the show and that is whatwe strive for.�Having played so many comic roles, which one cameclose to you and why?

I have been in the industry for the last 35 years. I’mfortunate that all my shows have successfully run fora minimum of two years. Therefore, all the roles thatI’ve played — be it Sahil Sarabhai in Sarabhai VsSarabhai, or Apoorva Shah in Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Boloor Vasant in Badi Door Se Aaye Hain, had left a markin the heart’s of the audiences. People recognise meby the names of the character that I have played. Thisis wonderful because shayad maine apne abhinay seunke zehen main ek chhaap chhodi hai. Some of myfans call me Sahil, some Vasant. In that way, eachand every role is close to my heart. What mattersfor me is which role has my audience loved andappreciated. Having said that, if I had to pick one,it will always be Sahil Sarabhai.�What challenges did you face while playingdifferent roles?

I have never faced any challenge ingetting into the skin of my characters. I loveacting and get paid for it as well. When youdo what you love you never feel difficultiesin it, you enjoy it. As an actor, I have to live

with the characters that I play on-screen and gradually turn theminto reel life characters. I am always worried about my

writers because they are the real heroes on the sets.They have to write around 22 episodes every monthwith that same spark in the script. I always ask mywriters how do they expect me to play a character.

Then I follow their instructions. The entire processbecomes easy for me.�Was there a moment when you thought of

quitting a show?No, I never felt the need to leave any show.Most of the times, when my show has gone

off the air, I feel that it is for the best sinceit means that the show has lost its spark.In such a scenario, it is better to shut downthat show rather than drag it unnecessarily.

It is always better to leave before youraudience asks you to do so.�Define acting. What is your approach to

it?Acting is my passion and I always try to

keep it as real as possible. I try to approach mycharacters with an aim to make them as real aspossible so that I am able to connect with themon an emotional basis. A character and a roleare two different things. I always try to mergethem so that it looks more real on-screen. If anactor can give a valuable contribution for aproject it is a big thing because you have to riseabove the script to deliver the right content.It is not always possible to have a perfectscript. In this case, it becomes a challenge forthe actor to play the role with conviction thatit reaches the audience in the right manner

and message.�Can you share the best moment of yourjourney?

My journey has been amazing and it is fullof fun moments. The most recent one is withMika. Both of us love to sing and we have aband on the sets. So in between the shoot we

always sing and jam together. Other thanacting we should always try to make sometime for ourselves and have fun. We should

never miss out on living the beautifulmoments that life gives us.�Who is your favourite comedian?

There are many on my list. CharlieChaplin and Mehmood are my all timefavourites. At present, I’m a very bigfan of Dilip Joshi, who plays Tarak inTarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah. Iwouldn’t like to call them comedians.They are fantastic actors who aregood at comedy too. I am a fan oftheir acting skills.� Are there any upcomingprojects?

At present, I’m focusing onIndia Ke Mast Kalandar.

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Congress president RahulGandhi on Saturday

accused the ruling BJP of work-ing for the interest of a few richpeople and ignoring the farm-ers and other sections of thesociety. He also raked up themulti-billion Rafale fighter jetdeal with France to attack PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

Gandhi said his party willensure implementation of thetribal rights bill if voted topower in Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Rajashthan,which go to polls in Novemberand December.

"If you want to help out therich, do it..But also help thefarmers and other poor sec-tions of the society. If Rs 3 lakhcrore of the rich can be writtenoff, then why not give suchconcessions to farmers andother poor sections of the soci-ety?" he asked.

Speaking at an eventorganised by a tribal organisa-

tion, Adivasi Ekta Parishad, atMorena, he said, "The tribal billis not a gift, but right of thetribal people. The tribal peoplemust have their rights overland, water and forests."

The Scheduled Tribes and

other Traditional ForestDwellers (Recognition of ForestRights) Act, 2006, is a keypiece of forest legislation passedwhen the Congress-led UPAwas in power at the Centre.

Also called the tribal bill, it

concerns the rights of forestdwelling communities to landand other resources denied tothem for decades due to colo-nial forest laws. Gandhicharged the Modi governmentwith diluting the consent clausein the Land Acquisition Billand also weakening thePanchayati Raj institutions.

The Congress chief allegedthat in the 2016 demonetisationexercise, black money becamewhite, nobody went to jail andcontrary to the BJP's promise,no one received Rs 15 lakh intheir bank account. He saidbefore taking a decision, unlikethe BJP, he thinks whether itwill benefit the poor.

"If the decision will harmthe interests of the poor, I nevergo ahead with its implementa-tion. On the other hand, theBJP thinks whether its deci-sions will benefit the rich,"Gandhi said. "The BJP goesahead with the implementationonly if the decision benefits therich," he added.

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Afather’s concern for hisfamily, was showcased

through a Hindi play ‘MereBaad’. The play was staged atRavindra Bhavan auditoriumhere in Saturday leaving theaudience awestruck.

Directed by a known the-atre director of the city TariqDaad, the play was performedby Nyasa theatre troupe,Bhopal. Notably, the playmarked the fourth day ofRang Aviram 2 TheatreFestival.

The play portrayed the lifeof a middle class family. Thefather is the bread winner inthe family and his wife is ahomemaker. His son on theother hand is happy-go-luckykind of a person and not at allcares what his father goesthrough. Interestingly, theplay was performed by onlythree artists on stage. The

matured acting skills, theirappearance, the simple back-drop and the perfect lightdesign added mood to thescenes.

In this family each indi-vidual wants to live their lifein their own way. Each indi-vidual has different aspira-tions, dreams and rules of life.This play is a mirror of themiddle class family, which isa story of generations, wherethe way to live life is measuredaccording to the age. On theone hand, while the 70-year-old man keeps his own valuesfor life, he is not ready tomake any compromise. Atthe same time, his thirty-year-old son lives according tothe present time and live hislife on his own conditions. Justbecause of old age and think-ing, both of them are living ina boisterous life. In their con-flict, a wife and a mother isstuck between.

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Three members of serial killer AdeshKhambra’s gang involved in around 20 rob-

beries, have been nabbed; These crimes werecommitted from March to June 2018 truck dri-vers and cleaners were murdered and in theinvestigation it was found the members of AdeshKhambra gang were involved in the crime, saidIG Bhopal Jaydeep Prasad while speaking withthe media persons on Saturday in the state cap-ital.

After Adesh Khambra was found in serialkilling and robberies a SIT was formed onSeptember 30, 2018 and during the investiga-tion the police have search for gang membersof serial killer Adesh Khambra and nabbed threeaccused which have committed crimes withAdesh Khambra.

Paramjeet alias Billa (58) and Bablu aliasYashpal (47) of Jhansi Uttar Pradesh andGurubaksh Singh Barara (40) of Kanpur UttarPradesh who have confessed around 20 robberiesin different parts of the country.

The SIT has nabbed these three accused inmurders and robbery who have confessedaround 20 robberies which are under investi-gation and possibly to commit robberies victimswere killed which would be revealed in the inves-tigation. Adesh Khambra and his aides confessed34 murders in different parts of the country.

Paramjeet has confessed 16 robberies inMaharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka andAndhra Pradesh. With the arrest of theseaccused the total number of gang membersreached 12.

Notably, Adesh Khambra was nabbed aftera truck driver was found murdered and goodsfrom truck worth Rs 12 lakh were robbed. Laterthe serial killing by Khambra’s gang wasexposed.

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Players of Madhya PradeshState Water Sports Academy

showcased an impressive per-formance at 39th JuniorNational RowingChampionship by bagging twogold and two bronze medals.The 39th Junior NationalRowing Championship had agrand closure on Saturday withbrilliant performance by playersof Madhya Pradesh.

In the 1000 m race the play-ers brought laurels to the Stateby bagging four medals. Havingwon four medals in the cham-pionship, Madhya Pradeshremained second in the scoreboard. With three gold medals,Orrisa got first position andwith four medals including agold medal, two silver medalsand one bronze medal Keralaremained at the third positionon the score board.

Madhya Pradesh Academyplayers earned gold medals inthe junior boys category of theSingle Scull and Double ScullEvent while the junior boys andgirls category in Coxless fourevent Rowing Academy playerswon one bronze medal.President of Rowing Federationof India, Rajlakshmi Singh Dev,President of Sports and Youth

Welfare S.L. Thoussen felicitat-ed the medal winners of thechampionship.

Madhya Pradesh’s playerMangal Singh won the goldmedal in the final rounds of thesingle-scull boys category. WhileWest Bengal and Karnatakaplayers remained at second andthird position respectively.Similarly, the duo players ofAcademy Nitesh Bhardwaj andPraduman Mandloi gaveMadhya Pradesh a gold medalin the double-scull competition.

Madhya Pradesh playersVedanta Kulshresh, Ajay Singh,Vijay Pal Singh and PrinceNassir won the bronze medal inthe junior boys category'sCoxless Four event. Similarly,Pratyusha Jain, Partibha Bharti,Jyoti Kushwaha and MonikaBhadauriya won a bronze medalto Madhya Pradesh while per-forming well in the CoxlessFour event. The concludingprogramme was addressed byRajlakshmi Singh Dev,President of the RowingFederation of India. On theoccasion Director Sports andYouth Welfare SL Thoussencongratulated the medal win-ners and congratulated the par-ticipants.

On this occasion, GirishFernandes, Secretary of theRowing Federation of India, LifeTime President of RowingFederation of India ColonelCP, Robin Dutta, President ofMadhya Pradesh RowingAssociation, President ofMadhya Pradesh RowingAssociation, Arjuna AwardPadmashree Bajrang LalThakkar, Chief Instructor ofMadhya Pradesh RowingAcademy, Chief Trainer ofSailing Academy GL Yadavother coaches and players werepresent.

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Around 300 militants areactive in the Kashmir val-

ley while over 250 ultras havebeen waiting in the launchpads across the Line of Control(LoC) to infiltrate into this side,a top Army officer said onSaturday.

“Over 250 militants are ondifferent launch pads and aretrying to get into this side. Ourarmy is alert and ready to stopthem,” General officer com-manding (GoC) of the Army’s15 Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatttold reporters in Kupwara dis-trict of north Kashmir.

He said the Army’s effortswould be to not let the militantsinfiltrate into this side.

“People of this village (nearthe LoC) have been supportingus and we want to crush ter-

rorism in entire Kashmir,” hesaid. The army officer saidaround 300 militants wereactive across the Kashmir val-ley.

He said the army alongwith police and CRPF are con-ducting area domination exer-cises to ensure the smoothconduct of the local bodies’polls.

“Our aim is peace and tranquillity and that theelections are concluded peacefully. We are conductingarea domination with CRPFpolice during day and night,” hesaid.

The four-phased urbanlocal bodies (ULB) polls inJammu and Kashmir are sched-uled to begin on October 8.

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From Page 1“A police control room

(PCR) call was received fromMohan Garden, Gurudwararoad regarding two peoplebeing stabbed.

Pol ice immediatelyreached the spot and the twowere taken to Mata RoopRani Maggo (MRRM) hospi-tal,” the official said.

“A case has been regis-tered at Uttam Nagar policestation under sections 302(punishment for murder),307 (act with intent whichcaused death) and 34 (act byseveral persons) of the IndianPenal Code has been regis-tered on the statement ofSeema, the wife of thedeceased Rana,” the officialsaid.

From Page 1The SP and the BSP have

accused the Congress of notshowing “large-heartedness”during the seat-sharing talksfor Madhya Pradesh whichalong with Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh, Telangana andMizoram would go to polls inNovember and December,dates for which was announcedby the Election Commission onSaturday.

“The Congress has madeus wait for too long. Howmuch longer must we wait?” SP

president Akhilesh Yadav said.“We will now consult the

Gondwana Gantantra partywith which we had an alliance,and also the BSP, for the com-ing Assembly elections inMadhya Pradesh,” Yadav toldreporters on the sidelines of aparty event at Lucknow. “Timeis passing by and we cannotwait any longer,” he asserted.

Reacting to Yadav’s remark,the Congress said in New Delhithat it had not been planningan alliance with the SP inMadhya Pradesh in any case.But Congress spokespersonRandeep Singh Surjewalaadded there had been a possi-bility of an alliance with theBSP in Chhattisgarh and

Madhya Pradesh.On Wednesday, Mayawati

said the BSP will contest theAssembly polls on its own or inalliance with a regional party.

She had said Sonia Gandhiand Rahul Gandhi wanted analliance but some “selfish”senior leaders in their partywere out to foil any under-standing. According to reports,Congress State leaders analysedthe electoral configuration ofthe 30 seats sought by the BSPand anticipated that the BJPmay benefit if the BSP were tocontest the said seats.

Reacting to Mayawati’sstatement, Akhilesh Yadav hadthen urged the Congress toshow large-heartedness by tak-

ing along other parties. “Ifthere is any delay, there is a pos-sibility that other parties maydeclare their candidates. Afterthis, there will be a levelling ofallegations that they colludedwith the BJP,” he had said.

As against the possible‘gathbandhan’ partners movingin different directions andunable to share a single plat-form, Congress presidentRahul Gandhi has hoped thatthe Lok Sabha 2019 wouldwitness a grand alliance includ-ing BSP and SP against the BJP-led-NDA. Not discountingsuch hope from the Congresspresident, the BSP chief had putthe blame (for not reaching aseat-sharing with Congress in

MP) at the door-steps of StateCongress leaders.

Mayawati and Akhilesh,the two major regional satrapsin UP, along with Ajit Singh of‘Rashtriya Lok Dal’, are seen tobe in consultations to forge ananti-BJP Opposition alliance inthe State for the Lok Sabha pollto upset NDA’s record win of 73LS seats in 2014. The Congressis also expected to join the anti-BJP bandwagon in UP where80 LS seats are up for grabs.Notwithstanding this,Mayawati is proving to be ahard nut to crack as she wantsa major share of 80 LS seats andbargaining hard with the SP,her one-time arch rival in theState.

From Page 1He said the polls in

Telangana have been pushed toDecember, so that theCommission could place thevoters’ list before the HighCourt, where the ChiefMinister’s decision has beenchallenged.

“The case in High Court isabout the voters’ list and itwants to see the list.

So the EC extended finalpublication to 12. That’s whyTelangana polls are at the farend,” Rawat said.

The Election Commissionhad called off the revision ofrolls in Telangana to makeway for polls in the State by theyear-end. The Commission issticking to the lists fromJanuary 1, 2018 and asking thevoters to flag any new names ordiscrepancies.

Rawat said Lok Sabhabypolls in Shimoga, Bellaryand Mandya in Karnataka willbe held on November 3. Hesaid that there are changes innomination procedure andadvertisements according toSupreme Court order to checkcriminalisation of politics.

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In the wake of Congress chiefRahul Gandhi’s allegation

that industrialist Anil Ambaniwas being favoured in rolling outan insurance policy in Jammuand Kashmir, the state govern-ment Saturday said the schemehas been implemented in a fairand transparent manner.

“Dispelling the rhetoricalmisgivings being created aboutthe Group Medical HealthInsurance Scheme rolled out bythe JK government recently, thestate government Saturday madeit clear that the scheme has beenimplemented after following allthe required procedures in a fairand most transparent manner,”a spokesperson said here.

Gandhi took a jibe at PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onSaturday for allegedly favouringAnil Ambani after the Jammuand Kashmir government gavehis company the contract forexecuting the governmentemployees mediclaim policy.

“When your BFF is the PM,you can get the 1,30,000 Cr.Rafale deal, even without rele-vant experience. But wait.There’s more! Apparently,4,00,000 JK Govt staff will alsobe arm twisted into buyinghealth insurance ONLY fromyour company!,” the Congresspresident tweeted, tagging amedia report which suggestedAnil Ambani was beingfavoured.

Gandhi’s comments alsoreferred to the offset dealbetween French aerospace giantDassault Aviation and Ambani’sReliance Defence after the BJP-led NDA government enteredinto an agreement with Franceto buy 36 Rafale fighter jets.

The state governmentspokesperson said the entirebidding process has been donein a competitive, clean andtransparent manner in line withthe Financial Rules andRegulations as well as ChiefVigilance Commissioner guide-lines.

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Central Railway Saturday informed that it

had given compensation of �5 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased in Friday’s hoarding collapseincident.

A 40-feet hoarding Fridaycollapsed on vehicles whichhad halted at Shahir AmarShaikh Chowk traffic light nearPune Railway Station, killingfour people and injuring fiveothers.

The hoarding was beingdismantled at around 2 pm bya contractor hired by the rail-ways when it came crashingdown.

Two railway employees --junior engineer Sanjay Singhand his assistant PandurangWanare, were produced beforea court here Saturday andremanded in police custody tillOctober 11.

“We have paid compensation of �5 lakh eachto the next of kin of ShamraoKasar (70), Shamrao Dhotre(48), Shivaji Pardeshi (40) andJaved Khan (40),” saidDivisional Railway ManagerMilind Deouskar in a pressconference.

“We have given Rs 1 lakhto those who are grievouslyinjured while people with sim-ple injuries have been given�50,000,” he added.

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Congress chief RahulGandhi on Saturday hit

out at Prime Minister NarendraModi over unemployment andassured youths that his partyalone can create jobs for them.

He was addressing a gath-ering at Raddi Chowk at theend of his 8-kilometre road-show in poll-bound MadhyaPradesh’s Jabalpur district.

“We brought green revolu-tion, white revolution, com-puter revolution. But PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andMP Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan have madefalse promises,” Gandhi said.

“I can assure (you) with fullconfidence that the Congressalone will generate employ-ment for the youth. We don’tlie. If we come to power, we aregoing to provide employment,”he added.

“We don’t make fakepromises. If we make promis-es, we stick to them,” theCongress chief asserted.

Gandhi alleged PrimeMinister Modi wants to create“two Hindustans” — one ofwealthy businessmen like VijayMallya, Nirav Modi and LalitModi — and another for thepoor and weaker sections. “Wesay no to this as we want oneHindustan in which the fruitsof progress is reaped by thepoor, farmers, labourers andsmall shopkeepers,” he stressed.

“Modi ji with Make in

India, Start Up India andSwachh Bharat has ruined thecounty in the last four and ahalf years,” Gandhi claimed.

“Modi ji and Shivraj jipromised to generate employ-ment but they did not deliverthe goods. You relied on them.Now rely on the Congress. Wedon’t believe in making fakepromises,” he said.

“Modi ji in his public meet-ings promises to give Rs 15lakh, 20 lakh and 30 lakh. Wewill speak the truth. Withenthusiasm, we are going toaccomplish our promises,”Gandhi said.

Earlier, as part of the road-show, Gandhi moved in a vehi-cle through the main thor-oughfares of the city.

Hundreds of people whohad lined up along the routeshowered petals.

At Model Road, Gandhiwas taken aback when a bal-loon, released to welcome him,exploded with a loud sound.

Earlier Saturday, Gandhi

started his 8-kilometre road-show here after paying obei-sance to the Narmada River,with hundreds of posters dot-ting the route terming him a“Narmada bhakt”.

The Narmada River isrevered by the people of the stateand thousands of them carryout its “parikrama” (circum-ambulation) as a holy ritual.

Gandhi Saturday kickedoff his roadshow by flyingfrom Dumna Airport here toUma Ghat, named after Unionminister Uma Bharti, on thebanks of the Narmada andperformed “aarti” amid chantsof “Jai Narmade” by partyfunctionaries.

Gandhi, after performingpuja and giving a gift to ayoung girl seated on a stage,began his roadshow fromAbdul Hamid Chowk. A partyfunctionary was seen handingover a yellow envelope to theyoung girl as well.

The route of the roadshowcovered three assembly con-stituencies, namely JabalpurWest, Jabalpur North Centraland Jabalpur East (SC) seats.While two of these seats areheld by the BJP, the third has aCongress MLA.

Gandhi, during his cam-paign in poll-bound MP, hasbeen dubbed a “Shiv bhakt”, fol-lowing his return from theKailash Mansarovar pilgrim-age, and a “Ram bhakt” aftervisiting Satna and Rewa dis-tricts of the state.

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Gujarat Deputy ChiefMinister Nitin Patel

Saturday said that he has writ-ten to Chief Justice R SubhashReddy of the Gujarat HighCourt seeking speedy trial inthe rape case of a 14-month oldgirl.

On September 28, a 14-month-old girl was allegedly raped in a villagenear Himmatnagar town,around 100 km fromAhmedabad.

One Ravindra Sahu, alabourer hailing from Biharworking in a local ceramicfactory, was arrested the sameday and charged with the tod-dler’s rape.

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Tamil Nadu GovernorBanwarilal Purohit

Saturday alleged crores ofrupees exchanged hands in theappointment of vice-chancel-lors to universities before hetook over.

Reacting to his remarks,the ruling AIADMK said it hadno role to play in the appoint-ments of vice-chancellors.

In the “appointment ofvice-chancellors...Exchanging(of) money in crores, I couldnot believe that, then I decid-ed things have to be changed,”Purohit said at an event on edu-cation here.

Purohit said people ofTamil Nadu will appreciate that “till date I haveselected nine vice-chancellors,purely on merit, nobody canraise a finger (againsthim)...From vice-chancellor tothe primary school teacher allappointment should be clear-ly on merit.”

The governor’s remarkshave virtually strengthened theopposition

criticism against theAIADMK government on theappointment of vice-chancel-lors to state run varsities.

Pattali Makkal Katchi had in February demanded aCBI probe into alleged cor-ruption in universities in TamilNadu.

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With 75 international buy-ers, 125 buyers across the

country and delegates fromtour, travelers, hotels and hos-pitality industry, the fifthMadhya Pradesh TourismMart was inaugurated here onSaturday in the presence ofMinister of Bihar PramodKumar, Principal Secretary ofTourism Hari Ranjan Rao,President of Adventure TourOperators Association of India(ATOAI) Captain SwadeshKumar, President of DomesticTravel PP Khanna, MD ofTourism DevelopmentCorporation T Ilaiya Raja onSaturday.

After the formal inaugu-ration the B to B discussionswere started. Primary objectiveof this mart is to market andpromote MP as a yearlongtourist destination. Exclusivefocus remains on domesticand inbound tourism intoMadhya Pradesh to reassurethe position of the state as apreferred tourist destination inthe world.

Principal Secretary(Tourism) Rao said that ‘mart’would provide an importantplatform to exchange ideasand have discussion for devel-opment of tourism.

He said that in Madhya

Pradesh new and innovativethings have been done intourism as the state has sepa-rate tourism cabinet, JalMahotsav at Hanuwantiya,City Walk festival, tourismstudent quiz and by incorpo-rating new ideas MadhyaPradesh had been felicitatedwith 10 National Awards forthe consecutive second yearand Hall of Fame awardremains for three year.

In the state AdventureTourism in promoted andAdventure NEXT in the firstweek of December this yearwould be important landmark

in this direction. President of Adventure

Tour Operators Associationof India (ATOAI) CaptainSwadesh Kumar said that innear future more focus wouldbe on tourism and to aim this‘Adventure Tourism’ should bepromoted.

The exhibition would havestalls of Gujarat, Bihar, Kerala,Tripura, Manipur StatesTourism DevelopmentCorporations, AsainAdventure, Indo Asia Tour,India Tourism, Various Hotelsand Hospitality Group andTour and Tourism institutions.

Bhopal: An inter-school dramacompetition based on the playswritten by William Shakespearewas organised at St Joseph’sConvent Co-ed School. Thecompetition was held here onSaturday.

In the inter-school dramacompetition first prize was wonby the students of CarmelConvent School, second prize wasbagged by the students of StXavier’s Convent School and thethird prize was won by the stu-dents of The Sanskar ValleySchool. The competition beganwith a prayer song and lighting ofthe lamp. As many as 11 schoolsparticipated in the competition.Shibani Basu Dubey of BSSSCollege, poet and writer RajeevMishra, theatre personalityMorris Lazarus were present asthe chief guests on the occasion.All the guests were welcomed bygifting saplings on the occasion.

While addressing the event,Principal of the school FatherVarghese Shiju said that all thestudents have prepared the dra-mas with a lot of hard work. Hefurther encouraged the studentsto give their best and alsoenhance their skills in extra-cur-ricular activities.

During the competition thestudents staged different playswritten by William Shakespeare.The students brilliantly show-cased their skills on stage. Fromthe costumes to the dialoguedelivery everything was beauti-fully staged by the young stu-dents. The students of St Joseph’sCo-ed School staged JuliusCaesar.

While addressing the stu-dents Morris Lazarus said thatall the students have depicted theplays wonderfully that it seemsthat Bhopal is experiencing aRoman era. SR

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Rahul baba (Rahul Gandhi)will come. They will talk abouteverything, but development.They will talk about caste, reli-gion. But whenever they cometo power, they take moneymeant for the forest-dwellers totheir own homes...The BJPensures that the money meantfor them reaches their (forest-dwellers') homes," Shah said.

The Congress ruledMadhya Pradesh for 55 years,but development did not reachJhabua, he added, adding,“After getting off the helicopter,I was surprised to see that dur-ing Shivraj Singh Chouhan'stenure, people are ridingmotorcycles.”

People in large numbersusing two-wheelers meant thatChouhan had brought enoughprosperity to the district, headded.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on

Saturday expressed concern overcertain erosion of the State’spowers, leading to a weakeningof the Centre-State relations inthe federal structure.

Participating in a discussionat the HT Summit 2018, theChief Minister made it clear thathe had no problems workingwith the Centre, from whom ithad been receiving full cooper-ation, but added that the statewas facing some issues, particu-larly in matters of finance and

key appointments.Capt Amarinder said control

had been taken away from thestates and he did not have thepower even to appoint his ownDGP but had to send a list ofnames to UPSC. “Do they knowbetter than us,” he asked, addingthat his government was chal-lenging the issue of DGPappointment in the SupremeCourt. The states were not con-sulted in the matter of appoint-ment of judges, Capt AmarinderSingh further said, adding thatwhile earlier the state used tosend its recommendations nowit was being only given thenames.

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Against the backdrop of con-cerns of cyber-meddling in

elections, the ElectionCommission (EC) has initiateda slew of measures to ensure thepoll process is not affected in anyway. The Commission has askedall States and Union territoriesto publish electoral rolls only inimage Portable DocumentFormat (PDF) and CAPTCHAformats to ensure that no onecan access the electoral data,except in 'read-only' files. Thepoll watchdog has also appoint-ed chief information securityofficer at the central level and acyber-security nodal officer inevery state even as it has decid-ed to conduct a third-partysecurity audit of all poll-relatedapplications and websites.

Sources in the EC said thatthe image PDF format (noneditable of electoral rolls withonly details and without pho-tograph of electors) blocks thesearch option in the electoralrolls, while CAPTCHA (con-

taining alphabet, numeral andspecial character) blocks read-ers from extracting and down-loading the data. This also pro-hibits use of personal devicessuch as smart-phones and per-sonal email Intrusion DetectionSystem (IDs) for communica-tion of protected information.

Sources said that EC's web-site has been linked with securesocket layer or SSL, which is astandard security protocol inorder to keep an internet con-nection secure by encrypting anycrucial information sent betweenone's browser and the website.

"The EC is more concerned

about electoral roll manage-ment, result dissemination,safety and security of EV-VVPAT, growing dependenceon digital technology and useof the internet for voter regis-tration," sources said.

"The Commission hascome out with cyber securityregulations for its officer'sonline behavior. Under thenew rules, electoral roll infor-mation can be provided topolitical parties and the publiconly in a non-editable formatto curb the possibility ofmanipulation," sources added.Since June, EC has held sever-al workshops to help train offi-cers in cyber hygiene.

To ensure proper safety andsecurity, the EC has made it clearthat private security guards, civildefence or home guards shouldnot be deployed to guard/pro-tection of EVM-VVPAT.

India was ranked amongthe top five countries to beaffected by cybercrime, accord-ing to a report by online secu-rity firm "Symantec Corp".

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The Election Commission(EC) on Saturday refused to

make any comment on theremarks made by Congressover the change of Press con-ference timing from 12.30 pmto 3 pm by the poll body toannounce Assembly electiondates. Referring to remarksmade by Congress spokesper-son Randeep Singh Surjewala,Chief Election CommissionerOP Rawat said that politiciansare political creatures, therefore,it is in their nature to see poli-tics in everything. He said thatthe commission would not liketo comment on it. However, hestarted the presser with anapology for the confusion overthe timing of the presser.

He said that the commis-sion had to take into accountcertain last minute considera-tions, including last-minuteassessment of timeline for pub-lication of Telangana , Pending

HC direction that Telanganarolls should be shown to it firstand , the decision on by-polldates in Karnataka, whichremains under the threat ofpoor weather condition

Earlier, Surjewala accusedPrime Minister Narendra Modiof "putting pressure" on theElection Commission (EC) todelay its Press conference toannounce poll dates in fiveStates as he was scheduled toaddress a rally in Rajasthan."The EC's explanation for thedelay is preposterous. Prime

minister Narendra Modi isguilty of pressuring the EC todelay its press conference as hewas scheduled to address arally. The EC was made to waitfor Modi's rally," Surjewalatold reporters in Kolkata.

However, Surjewala wasnot impressed with the CEC'sreply. He also said that the EChad done a similar thing whileannouncing poll dates forGujarat last year.

"In Gujarat, BJP IT celltweeted the election dates evenbefore ECI. ECI delinked Gujaratelections from Himachal toenable PM Modi to make a slewof announcements. ECI againdeferred PC to enable PM Modito do the same in Rajasthan. IsBJP the Super EC?," Surjewalalater said in a tweet.

Interestingly, while criti-cizing the poll panel, theCongress leaders have forgot-ten that Rahul Gandhi rally wasalso scheduled at Morena, MPat 1 pm on Saturday.

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Social networking platformFacebook on Saturday said

it will encourage engagementbetween people and politicalleaders on its platform for ‘freeand fair election’ and deploytask force to check hate speech-es during polls.

“We want our platform tosupport free and fair electionand positive civic engagement.We welcome people to engagewith their political leaders butwe dont want people to abusethat,” Facebook Vice President

for Public Policy EMEARichard Allan told reporters.

The company has facedcriticism for misuse of its plat-form for manipulating viewsduring elections, spreadinghate speech etc.

Facebook has come upwith a policy around hatespeech under which it removescontent that intend to spreadhate speech and violence etc.

Allan said that the abuse dif-fers from country to country butprinciple is same, and Facebookis accordingly fine tuning its pol-icy to address the issue.

"When we see electionscoming up, obviously India istop of mind, biggest democra-cy in the world, so we have atask force working on that -security specialist, content spe-cialist. We trying to understandwhat is possible form of abusein India versus UK versus anyother country," he said.

Assembly elections are duein five states — Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,Telangana and Mizoram.

Facebook blocks contentusing automation as well asthrough experts after scrutin-

ising it. The social media majorhas developed its guidelinesbased on feedback from localcommunity experts.

"We have a general policythat applies all across the world.As we have looked issues in dif-ferent country, one of thethings that came out was thatthere is a view that hate speechis directed against people inIndia, in particular, and Indiansoutside India also. They maydirect hate speech against eachother on the basis of ...Caste,"Allan said.

He said that one should

not carry out hate speechattack based on gender, eth-nicity, national origin, disabil-ity, religion etc.

Allan said that attacking aconcept or saying someone thathe doesn't like a religion is nota hate speech. However, one cannot say that he hates followersof that religion or concept.

"Trust is very clear dis-tinction between no liking aconcept, not liking an idea.Some people find that contro-versial. They feel attacking reli-gion is same as attacking thesame as followers," Allan said.

He said that the companyhas policy against excessivelyviolent content and hatespeech.

Facebook executiveclaimed that the company hasdeveloped good capacity toremove terrorist content, childabuse images and other imagesthat cannot be legally sharedthrough automation.

Facebook has plans to havearound 20,000 people workingacross different aspect of build-ing the automation tools, secu-rity and content review tocheck hate speech.

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Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley on Saturday

dismissed talks of a grandOpposition saying if such analliance is formed again then2019 will be a contest betweena Stable Government led by astrong leader and an "anarchiccombination". Jaitely described'Mahagathbandhans' as "tried,tested and failed ideas "

Anticipating BJP's win in2019 Lok Sabha polls, he saidthis is not a time for India totest an anarchic kind of com-bination when it is on thegrowth path.

"You tried it underChandra Shekhar, it was part-ly tried under V P Singh, it wastried under Charan Singh andit was tried under IK Gujaraland Deve Gowda. It's an exper-iment where policy gets killedand the longevity of theGovernment is a few months."

"So, these (mahagathband-hans) are tried, tested and failedideas much that they soundvery fancy. In order to have a big

alliance, you must have a largenucleus and smaller groupsaligned around them. You can-not have a nucleolus of a hand-ful of people and you cannothave an alliance of political par-ities whose interests are region-al," the Finance Minister said atthe HT Leadership Summit here.

He further said "you can-not have an alliance with par-ties whose leaders are maver-ick or they want to be inalliance to have criminal casesto be closed. If you get togeth-er this kind of a crowd then2019 will be a choice betweena Stable Government with a

strong leader versus a com-pletely anarchic combination".

Observing that history hadprovided India a great oppor-tunity, he said, India has beengrowing fast consistentlydespite global slowdown andother factors.

"So, therefore, this is whenwe need coherence, gover-nance and policy. This is nottime where you can go in for ananarchic kind of combination.I think aspirational societiesnever commit suicide. So, I amvery clear what will happen in2019," he said.

Dismissing Congress

President Rahul Gandhi's alle-gation that the NarendraModi- led Government isresponsible for mounting badloans in the banking sector,Jaitley said, "I think some peo-ple need to grow up andunderstand these issues.Debate on these issues has tobe a grown-up debate."

The total amount of debtgiven till 2007-08 was about �18lakh crore by public sectorbanks in the country and whenthe global slowdown began this�18 lakh crore went up to �55

lakh crore in 2014, he said.Year after year, he said, the

previous UPA Governmentwas asking banks to grow theirlending by 31 per cent.

"So the undeserving andunstable projects were all beenfunded. That's when the bankloot started. So the Congresspresident must realise that thiswas the genesis of the problem,"he said.

The second crime that theycommitted was instead of accept-ing the problem of additionalcapacity, banks were asked to rollover the debt when the borrow-er started defaulting, he said.

Citing an example of VijayMallya without taking his name,Jaitley said "in one of the mostcontroversial cases where personhas escaped to the UK, it was theRBI which wrote to the SBI toplease give him (Mallya) a sec-ond restructuring".

So you have managed thesystem to such an extent thatthe RBI telling State Bank ofIndia that someone should begiven a second restructuring,he maintained.

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Senior Congress leader andRajya Sabha MP Ahmed

Patel on Saturday wrote toPrime Minister Narendra Modidrawing his attention towardsincreasing deaths of Asiaticlions in the Gir National Park inGujarat. In his letter, the RajyaSabha MP alleged that the deathof Gir lions is a "manifestationof negligence" and "result of theState Government’s prolongedmismanagement and poor over-sight.”

The Congress leader sug-gested the Government to con-sider the request of generatinga fund worth �1,000 crore forthe conservation of the GirLions for launching a nationallevel program on the lines ofProject Save the Tiger.

The Congress MP also sug-gested certain measures to savethe existing populations oflions. He said that there mustbe a fine balance between pro-moting tourism and conserv-ing wildlife.

"There must be a fine balancebetween promoting tourism andconserving wildlife. The expand-ing dog menace and uncon-trolled growth of resorts near thesanctuary has become a serious

threat for the survival of the lions.The Government must showthe will to end such illegal resortsirrespective of their ownership,"wrote Patel in the letter.

Patel said eco-sensitivezones (ESZ) in Gujarat, extend-ing only up to 0.5 km from pro-tected areas, as against 10 kmsuggested by the Ministry ofEnvironment, Forest andClimate Change (MoEF&CC),had "caused unwarranted inter-ference in the ecosystem oflions". He called for a revisionof the ESZ for Gir NationalPark and expressed the need tostrike a "fine balance" betweenpromoting tourism and con-serving wildlife.

The Congress leader alsostressed on the need forremoval of "illegal resorts" nearthe sanctuary, "irrespective oftheir ownership." In the letter,the Congress leader hasappealed to the Government to'not neglect the lions of Gujarat

and treat them with the sameimportance given to the Tigers'.

Drawing attention to theshortage of medicines andtrained veterinary doctors forlions, Patel suggested the gov-ernment to consider "introduc-ing training programmes forlion conservation and allocatingadequate budget for researchtowards their conservation."

"Treat Gujarat lions with thesame importance given to tigers.The Central Government canconsider creating a �1,000-crorefund for conservation of Girlions and launch national-levelprogrammes on the lines ofProject Tiger," he said.

"Being a fellow Gujarati,you (Modi) are equally awarethat Gir's lions are an integralpart of Gujarati asmita (pride).Gir Forest, which was onceprojected as a success story ofanimal conservation, is nowbeing seen as a glaring exam-ple of ecological neglect by theState," he said.

At least 23 lions, all from asingle area in Gir forest, havedied over the past three weeksdue to various reasons, primeamong them is CanineDistemper Virus and Protozoainfection. There are 523 lionsin Gujarat as per the last cen-sus in 2015.

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Commander Abhilash Tomy,who was injured and later

rescued in a multi-nation effortlast month in the Indian Oceanand was under medical obser-vation at Ile Amsterdam, wasbrought to Visakhapatnamsafely onboard Indian Navyship Satpura on Saturday. He isnow in navy hospital there forobservation and medical assis-tance as required.

Incidentally, Captain AlokAnanda, the commanding offi-cer of Satpura, lost his fatherwhile the ship was on opera-tional deployment and divert-ed for the search and rescueoperation to evacuate Tomy.

He was participating inthe Golden Globe Race2018(GGR) representing Indiain the historic around theworld race without modernnavigation aids. On September21, his sailing vessel 'Thuriya'was dismasted when the boatwas caught in a violent stormin the South Indian Ocean,approximately 1,900 nauticalmiles West of Perth, Australia.

He suffered a severe back injuryand dropped out of the race.

The Australian RescueCoordination Centre atCanberra coordinated the res-cue mission in conjunctionwith many agencies includingthe Austral ian DefenceDepartment and the Indian Navy.

Indian Navy launched'Operation Raksham' to rescuethe injured officer by immedi-ately deploying the Long RangeMaritime ReconnaissanceAircraft P-8I in the area stag-ing through Mauritius for pro-viding close support and mon-itoring the rescue operations

besides diverting its shipsSatpura and Jyoti to undertakeSearch and Rescue Operations,navy officials said here.

On September 24, FrenchFishing Vessel (FV) Osirisreached in vicinity of'Thuriya' and carried out asuccessful rescue operationand later shifted Tomy to IleAmsterdam for shelter.Satpura arrived off the IleAmsterdam and evacuatedTomy using the ship's heli-copter on September 28.

He was thereafter provid-ed the requisite medical treat-ment onboard during the pas-sage to Visakhapatnam.

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New Delhi: Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi onSaturday disagreed with a sug-gestion by the apex bar body tolift a 16-year-old ban on strikesby lawyers, wondering whythere should be a strike at all.

Justice Gogoi's responsecame after Bar Council of IndiaChairman Manan KumarMishra raised the issue of lift-ing the ban at a BCI event tofelicitate the new CJI.

The CJI's view was alsoshared by apex court's JusticeArun Mishra, who reminded thelawyers that their absence incourt will affect people's libertyand deny many of their rights.

Justice Gogoi, who wassworn in as the CJI on October3, said, "I don't think it is anissue at all. Why go into thelegalities. Why should there bea strike? I am sure there wontbe any".

Echoing his views, JusticeMishra said that the strikes ofthe Bar can only be supportedin "exceptional cases when thedemocracy is in danger" or for"saving the judicial system"but otherwise "it has no rightto go on strike".

"Can we afford jungle raj?Can we shut the doors for com-mon man in rule of law. Howmany person's liberty is affect-ed when you are not in courtthat day. How many personsare bereft of their rights thatday," said Justice Mishra.

Demanding lifting of theban, the BCI Chairman saidthat “if the mouth of lawyersare shut it will destroy thevery democratic setup of the country".

"The legal fraternity has agreat faith on the CJI. We aresure that you will restore ourfreedom," he said. PTI

New Delhi: Finance MinisterArun Jaitley Saturday said he didnot agree with the portion of thehistoric Supreme Court judg-ment decriminalising consen-sual gay sex that called sexuali-ty a part of free speech, as he feltit raises questions on restrainingany form of homosexual orbisexual activity in a schoolhostel, prison or army frontier.

He also differed on a por-tion of the apex court rulingon adultery, saying it mayend up converting the Indianfamily system into a Westernfamily system.

On the Supreme Courtallowing women's entry intothe Sabarimala shrine, he saidsuch a ruling cannot happen onselect practices as it may havemany social consequences.

Speaking at the HTLeadership Summit, Jaitley saidthe judgment decriminalisinggay sex was fine but "the prob-lem comes when writing thesehistorical judgements, you getcarried away and want to bepart of history and thereforeyou go a step further".

He said he fairly agreedwith the reasoning given by thecourt in the judgement that sex-ual activity is part of Article 21of the Constitution that guar-antees right of life and that nodiscrimination on the basis ofsex should be there, but addedthat he completely disagreeswith the reasoning that sexualactivity is part of free speech.

"Because I think that's littleexcessive and consequences ofthat may not be on decriminal-isation. Free speech is entirely adifferent gambit, it can berestrained on the reasons ofsovereignty, security, public orderand so on and mind you there istendency of creating new fun-damental rights everyday.

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Government on Saturdayadmitted that deaths of 23Asiatic lions were not solelydue to infighting and territo-rial war but some occurredalso due to serious infectiousdisease, canine distempervirus (CDV). The lion deaths

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Finance Minister Arun JaitleySaturday said a Parliament

approved legislation can restoremandatory linking of biomet-ric ID Aadhaar with mobilephones and bank accounts,but did not say if the govern-ment will bring a new law forthe same.

The Supreme Court hadlast month upheld theConstitutional validity ofAadhaar, the 12-digit biometric based unique iden-tity number, but restricted itsuse by private entities like telecom operators for verify-ing identity of mobile phoneuser.

Jaitley said the verdict wasa “very sound judgment” as thecourt accepted that there islegitimate state aim in Aadhaar.

“Aadhaar is not a citizen-ship card,” he said at the HTLeadership Summit here.“Because after all you have asystem where you give a lot ofGovernment money in form ofvarious support and subsidiesto all kinds of people. That was

the principle objective ofAadhaar.”

The Supreme Court, hesaid, upheld most of whatAadhaar does.

“What had not beenupheld falls in two categories.One is the principle of pro-portionality that Aadhaar willhelp in these cases and then doit by an appropriate law.

“So the whole argumentwhich was given that privatecompanies can’t use it, there isSection 57 which says you canauthorise others either by lawor contract. So what has beenstruck down is by contract,” hesaid.

Finance Minister said alegal provision through a leg-islation can restore linking ofAadhaar with mobile phonesand bank accounts.

“By law it can still be done, provided you do it underthe adequate provision of lawand do it on the basis of that inthis field it is necessary,” he said.

He, however, did not say if the government plans tobring a law in Parliament forthe purpose.

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Asserting that theGovernment is determined to meet the fiscal deficit

target, Finance Minister ArunJaitley Saturday said some moresteps are on the anvil to narrowthe current account deficit(CAD) and bolster forexinflows.

Speaking at the HTLeadership Summit here, hesaid India will continue to bethe leading destination of for-eign direct investment despitethe adverse global situation.

However, he said, therecould be some transient prob-lem in foreign portfolio invest-ment but these would not con-tinue depending on the globalsituation.

The Finance Minister saidmaintaining fiscal prudence isone of the top priorities of thisGovernment.

“One of the top prioritieswas and I do believe in that

maintaining fiscal prudencealways helps and you can affordto take liberties only when fis-cal position is strong and nototherwise,” he said.

“Gradually on fiscal deficitwe had glide down from 4.6 percent we are now targeting 3.3per cent (of GDP) this year andI am quite certain with the kindof revenue coming particularyfrom the direct taxes, we willachieve that,” he said.

As far as current accountdeficit (CAD) is concerned,Jaitley said it is linked to glob-al oil prices because forex ismostly spent on crude.

“The way the (crude oil)prices are going up, the high-est in the last 4 years, it is goingto be some adverse impact onthe CAD. Now we are tryingour best to take measures tonarrow it.

“Some more steps are like-ly but there are two factors...External one is the oil pricesand second is the policy with

the United States which isleading to hardening of the dol-lar itself therefore adverselyimpacting all currencies of theworld,” he said.

He, however, did not dis-close steps to be taken by thegovernment for narrowingCAD.

Citing some of the steps tobridge CAD and bolster flowsin the recent past, Jaitley saidthe sovereign borrowing targetwas reduced by �70,000 crorefor the current fiscal and with-holding tax on masala bondshas been withdrawn for themoment.

Besides, he said, theGovernment recently allowedpublic sector oil marketingcompanies to raise $10 billionthrough external commercialborrowing (ECB).

On Indian economy, hesaid, the ability of the countryto maintain the present growthrate for a decade or two is rea-sonably certain.

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The challenges thrown up bythe increase in the inter-

national price of crude oil can-not be resolved by either thetweets or television bytes ofsome Opposition leaders. Theproblem is serious. The oilproducing nations have cappedtheir production, thus creatinga demand-supply mismatch.

The political crisis inVenezuela and Libya hasadversely impacted the pro-duction in those countries.The US sanctions on Iran have

increased the uncertaintytowards Iran’s supplies to itsbuyers. The commercial supply of shale gas, which wasintended to balance the highcrude oil cost, is runningbehind schedule.

The high cost of crude oilhas also impacted the curren-cy situation. India’s macroeco-nomic fundamentals withregard to its fiscal deficit, infla-tion, foreign exchange reservesetc. are fairly stable. Tax col-lections are encouraging.However, a high cost of crudeoil adversely impacts theCurrent Account Deficit. That,in turn, impacts the currency.Additionally, the hardening ofthe dollar has further impact-ed most global currencies.

Both the above factors havean impact on the cost of fuelavailable to a citizen.

The cost of crude increasedin the month of April and May.

Thereafter, it softened a bitand then increased to its high-

est level in the past four years.The cost of oil does not movein a straight line. Depending onthe global factors, it increasesor decreases. A section of themedia excessively reports theincrease when the prices riseand blackout the reductionswhen prices fall. Governmentcritics rejoiced the politicalconsequences of the increase ofthe crude prices.

This was evident from theircomments. When the pricewas reduced yesterday, the crit-ics did a volte face and arguedthat this is bad economics. Letme categorically assure all thatthere is no going back onderegulation of oil prices. EvenRahul Gandhi, whose partyhad inflicted a double digitinflation on India during thepast five years of UPA-II, gavetelevision bytes and releasedtweets advocating a pricereduction.

The NDA Government hasan exemplary record of fiscalprudence. We have maintainedthe gradual glide path since2014 to bring down fiscaldeficit. We will continue to doso.

No Government can beinsensitive towards its people.In the last four Budgets, theModi Government, to the sec-tion of small and middle tax-paying population, has consis-

tently given some direct taxrelief each year. The cumulativeeffect of these income-tax con-cessions already given is�97,000 crores each year. Thereduction of GST rates in thefirst 13 months itself withregard to 334 commodities hasgiven a �80,000 crore annualrelief to the consumer. Lastyear, in the month of October,when the oil prices were rising,the Centre cut down its exciseduty by �2. We have requestedthe States to make a similar cut.Most of the BJP-NDA Statesdid so.

The others refused to doso. I had always maintainedthat in extraordinary situa-tion, the capacity of an economy to give relief willdepend on it’s fiscal strength. Inview of the increase, particu-larly in the direct tax revenue,the Centre decided to givebetween central excise and theabsorptions by the OMCs, a�2.5 relief to the consumer. Werequested the States to give asimilar relief.

The Centre’s oil tax rev-enues remain static. The Centrecharges a fixed amount. Whatthe Centre gets as tax revenue,42% of it is passed on to theStates. The States indepen-dently charge their VAT.

The average VAT rate inthe country is about 29%.

Thus, the States were getting29% ofthe lower cost price afew months ago. They now get29% on the increased price.The States benefit from high-er oil prices. The Centre’s col-lection remains the same. Thus,the capacity of the States to givea �2.5 benefit is within theircapacity. Their extra tax col-lection, because of increase inoil prices, is much larger sincetheir taxes are ad valorem. Yetwe have a situation where anumber of non-BJP non-NDAStates have refused to pass onany benefit to the consumer.What are the people supposedto conclude? Are Rahul Gandhiand his reluctant allies onlycommitted to tweets and tele-vision bytes when it comes togive relief to the commonman? Depending on the ad val-orem rate of VAT in the Statesand after collecting the VATand getting 42% of the Centrerevenue, 60-70% of the total oiltax goes to the States.

Must not the non-BJPStates be candid with the peo-ple and tell them that both in2017 and 2018 they refused togive any relief to the peopleeven from their higher rev-enues.

They sent out tweets andgave television bytes but whenit came to performance, theylooked the other way.

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Former Reserve Bank of India Governor YV

Reddy Saturday said dual con-trol by the Centre and the RBIis a problem in the bankingindustry.

Reddy, who was speakingat an event at the Indian Schoolof Business (ISB) here, said theRBI says that it does not haveenough regulatory powers. Thegovernment, however, says thatthe RBI has enough regulato-ry powers, he said.

“If the regulator and gov-ernment could not agree andcannot agree, what is the truth?The truth is that there is a prob-lem of dual control.

Narasimhan committeerecommended 20 years ago,please end this. Till today, it hasnot ended,” he said.

To a query on job creation,he said, quoting from a recentinternational conference, the

likely scenario from a global sit-uation is that “most probablyeither 20-30 per cent employed,rest of them cannot beemployed because technologywill replace”.

There could also be arestriction (in the future) onthe number of days one canwork in a week.

“Our (in India) strategyshould be maintain externalsector balance and generateenough domestic demand anddomestic supply... I believethat should be one thing whichhave to be clear.

Not that we don’t believe inglobalisation, global integra-tion,” he said.

Demographic transition isstretched in India which wouldbe an advantage, he said.

On agricutlure, he said thebig problem is that agriculturecannot be commercialisedunless it is “reasonably” immu-nised from risks.

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Public sector Indian BankSaturday said it has revised

the foreign currency non-res-ident banking term depositswith immediate effect.

For FCNR(B) desposits, inUSD terms, the revised interestrates for deposits of one yearand above, but less than twoyears has been fixed at �3.78 percent, the city headquarteredbank said in a statement.

For deposits of two yearsand above, but less than threeyears, interest rates have beenrevised at 3.98 per cent.

Interest rates for deposits ofthree years and above, but lessthan four years have been fixedat 4.06 per cent and for depositsof four years and above, but lessthan five years interest rateshave been fixed at 4.07 per cent.

For deposits of upto fiveyears, the interest rates havebeen fixed at 4.10 per cent, therelease added.

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Mortgage lender PNBHousing Finance Saturday

said it has raised $200 million(about �1,470 crore) throughExternal CommercialBorrowing (ECB), its first underthe automatic route of the RBI.

This year, the Reserve Bankof India has allowed housingfinance companies to borrowthrough ECB up to $750 millionannually under the automaticroute, the company said in a state-ment. The funds will be used fornormal business operations.

“This will not only enhanceour liquidity profile but also fur-ther enhance our ALM positionas the facility is for 5 years. Thefully hedged landed cost of thisfacility is lower than on shorepricing of similar tenure loan.”

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Aspiring entrepreneurs areset to congregate under

one roof for the Innovation andE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment Center (IEDC)summit in November, one ofAsias biggest gatherings ofstartup aspirants looking toconvert ideas into market-fitproducts.

Conceived as a bridge forbudding entrepreneurs tobridge the gap between ideationand execution, the meet willserve as a miniature incubatorto enable them to walk in withan idea and walk out with aproduct, an IEDC release said.

To be held at the AmalJyothi College of Engineering,Kanjirapally in Kottayam dis-trict on November 3, the thirdedition of the summit is a one-of-its-kind initiative plannedwith the objective of accelerat-ing aspiring entrepreneurs.

As many as 4,000 partici-pants from 210 colleges areexpected to attend the event.

The meet will also witnessintroduction of future mastersof technology startups to thepanel of senior and seasonedbusinessmen, besides exploringprofessional networking pos-sibilities, filtering of ideas anddynamic team building, therelease said.

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US Secretary of State MikePompeo said he hoped to

accelerate a second summitbetween Kim Jong-un andDonald Trump as he kicked offan Asian trip on Saturday thatwill feature a meeting withNorth Korea’s leader.

Pompeo arrived in Tokyoon the first leg of a tour that willtake him to Pyongyang for afourth time as the contours ofa possibly historic US-NorthKorea deal take shape.

Speaking on the plane onthe way from the United States,Pompeo said his aim was to“develop sufficient trust”between the historic foes toinch towards peace.

“Then we are also going toset up the next summit,” saidPompeo. However, he playeddown expectations for a majorbreakthrough, saying: “I doubtwe will get it nailed but beginto develop options for bothlocation and timing for whenChairman Kim will meet withthe president again.”

“Maybe we will get furtherthan that.”

In June, Trump met Kim inSingapore in the first-eversummit between the coun-tries. No sitting US presidenthas visited North Korea, whichaccording to human rightsgroups remains one of themost repressive countries onEarth. Since the Singaporesummit, which yielded whatcritics charge was only a vaguecommitment by Kim towardsdenuclearisation of the Koreanpeninsula, the road towardsbetter ties has been bumpy.

Trump scrapped a previ-ously planned trip by his topdiplomat to Pyongyang after

what he said was insufficientprogress towards implementingthe terms of the Singaporedeclaration.

But the unorthodox USpresident has since declaredhimself “in love” with thestrongman in Pyongyang.

Pompeo has repeatedlydeclined to be drawn publiclyon the shape of an eventualagreement. The United Stateshas called for a comprehensiveaccord and strict enforcementof sanctions on North Korea inthe meantime.

Pompeo kicked off his tripwith talks in Tokyo with PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe andForeign Minister Taro Kono.

Japan, which has seenNorth Korean missiles fly overits territory and been threat-ened with annihilation, hashistorically taken a hard line onPyongyang and stressed theneed to maintain pressure onthe regime. More recently,however, Abe has said the onlyway to improve strained ties isa face-to-face meeting withformer international pariahKim.

Speaking ahead of his talks,Pompeo said it was importantfor him before travelling to

Pyongyang that the two allieswere “fully in sync.”

He said he would bring upwith Kim the issue of Japanesecitizens abducted by NorthKorea decades ago, which is ahuge issue domestically inJapan. Abe called for “coordi-nation” on this issue and alsoon North Korea’s nuclear threat.After Tokyo, Pompeo travels toPyongyang and then on toSouth Korea, whose dovishpresident Moon Jae-in hasserved as a go-between for thetwo sides.

South Korean ForeignMinister Kang Kyung-wha hasgiven a hint of what a grandbargain between the two coun-tries could look like.

In an interview with theWashington Post, she said theNorth could agree to disman-tle Yongbyon, its signaturenuclear site.

In exchange, the UnitedStates would declare a formalend to the 1950-53 Korean War— which concluded with anarmistice rather than a full-blown peace treaty — butNorth Korea would stop shortof delivering an exhaustive listof its nuclear facilities, shesaid.

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About 50 people died and100 were burnt on

Saturday after an oil tanker col-lided with a vehicle on anarterial highway in the west ofDR Congo, the acting governorof the region said.

“We have about 50 deadand a 100 people have sufferedsecond degree burns,” saidAtou Matabuana, the interimgovernor of Kongo Centralregion, according to the actu-alite.Cd website.

The accident occurred ona highway linking the capitalKinshasa to the country’s soleport at Matadi on the AtlanticOcean.

It took place near the cityof Kisantu, about 120 kilome-tres (100 miles) west ofKinshasa.

The UN’s Okapi radio said“the flames spread rapidlyengulfing nearby houses.”

Overloaded trucks carry-ing goods as well as oil tankersregularly ply this highway.

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Brett Kavanaugh’s confirma-tion to the US Supreme

Court appeared all but assuredafter two key lawmakers whohad wavered on his controver-sial nomination signaled theirsupport.

Senate Republican SusanCollins on Friday affirmed ina closely-watched floor speechthat she will vote for the con-servative jurist nominated byPresident Donald Trump, andmoments later Democrat JoeManchin broke ranks toannounce his own backing.

Their declarations ofbrought the number of senatorspublicly supporting the 53-year-old judge — who hasfaced accusations of sexualassault — to 51 in the 100-member chamber. A final con-firmation vote is expectedSaturday afternoon.

Kavanaugh’s nominationwas left teetering on the edgeafter university psychologyprofessor Christine Blasey Fordclaimed in harrowing testimo-ny last week that he tried torape her when they were highschool students.

But Collins, a moderate,pro-choice lawmaker fromMaine, said Kavanaugh wasentitled to the “presumption ofinnocence” as the allegationsagainst him lacked corrobo-rating evidence.

While Collins acknowl-edged that Blasey Ford’s testi-mony was sincere, painful andcompelling, and that theaccuser is a sexual assault sur-vivor, she added that “I do notbelieve that these charges canfairly prevent Judge Kavanaugh

from serving on the court.” Immediately after the

Collins speech Manchinannounced his support, callingKavanaugh a “qualified jurist”who “will not allow the parti-san nature this process took tofollow him onto the court.”

Manchin faces extraordi-nary political pressure. He is upfor re-election in West Virginia,a state Trump won over-whelmingly in 2016.

Earlier on Friday theSenate voted 51-49 to enddebate on Kavanaugh’s nomi-nation, setting up a final show-down on Saturday.

The outcome hadremained in doubt, however,after one Republican, LisaMurkowski, defied her partyand voted against movingahead. Trump neverthelesscheered the result of the cloturevote.

“Very proud of the USSenate for voting ‘YES’ toadvance the nomination ofJudge Brett Kavanaugh!” thepresident said on Twitter.

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Interpol has made a formalrequest to China for infor-

mation about the agency’smissing president, citing con-cerns for the well-being of thesenior Chinese security officialwho seemingly vanished on atrip home.

The Lyon-based interna-tional police agency says onSaturday it used law-enforce-ment channels to submit itsrequest about the status ofMeng Hongwei.

It says the agency “looksforward to an official responsefrom China’s authorities toaddress concerns over the pres-ident’s well-being.”

Meng’s wife says she hasn’theard from him since he leftthe French city of Lyon at theend of September to go toChina.

France has launched itsown investigation. Frenchauthorities say he boarded aplane and arrived in China, butthe 64-year-old’s subsequentwhereabouts are unknown.

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Britain has expressed con-cern over freedom of

speech in its former colonyHong Kong after authoritiesrefused to renew the work visaof a senior editor of theFinancial Times.

A statement dated onFriday said Britain has askedfor an explanation as to whyVictor Mallet’s visa renewalapplication was rejected.

“Hong Kong’s high degreeof autonomy and its press free-doms are central to its way oflife, and must be fully respect-ed,” the Foreign andCommonwealth Office said ina statement posted on its web-site. Mallet is a vice-presidentof Hong Kong’s ForeignCorrespondents’ Club, whichrecently drew criticism fromthe authorities for hosting a talk

by the leader of a now-bannedpro-Hong Kong independenceparty. Hong Kong waspromised semi-autonomy for50 years as part of its 1997 han-dover from British rule.

Rights groups have calledthe visa rejection the latestsign of Beijing’s expandingrestrictions on the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

The London-basedFinancial Times said in a state-ment that it was given no rea-son why Asia editor Mallet’sapplication was rejected.

“This is the first time wehave encountered this situationin Hong Kong,” it said.

In response to a queryfrom The Associated Press,Hong Kong’s immigrationdepartment said it would notcomment on individual casesbut that it makes visa decisionsin accordance with the law.

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Rescuers picking throughthe grim aftermath of

Indonesia’s quake-tsunamiissued a fresh public healthwarning on Saturday as moredecaying corpses wereunearthed from beneath theruined city of Palu.

Officials said on Saturdaythe death toll had climbed to1,649 with more than a thou-sand maybe still missing in theseaside city on Sulawesi island,after the region was hit by apowerful quake and a wall ofwater.

Hopes of finding anyonealive a full eight days since thedisaster have all but faded,though the search has not beenofficially called off. There arefears that vast numbers ofdecomposing bodies could stillbe buried beneath Petobo andBalaroa — two areas virtuallywiped off the map.

“Most of the bodies wehave found are not intact, andthat poses a danger for the res-cuers. We have to be very care-ful to avoid contamination,”Yusuf Latif, a spokesman forIndonesia’s search and rescue

effort, told AFP from Palu.“We have vaccinated our

teams, but we need to be extracautious.” Security ministerWiranto, who like manyIndonesians goes by one name,said eventually the worst-hitareas would have to be declaredmass graves and left untouched.

“We have to make a deci-sion as to when the search forthe dead will end. Then, welater must decide when the areawill be designated a massgrave,” he told reporters lateFriday. At the massive Balaroagovernment housing complex,

where the sheer force of thequake turned the earth tem-porarily to mush, soldiers wear-ing masks to ward off thestench of death clambered overthe giant mounds of mud,brick and cement.

The troops peeking undercollapsed walls and peelingback corrugated sheets did nothave to look hard.

Sergeant Syafaruddin, froman army unit in Makassarsouth of Palu, asked for a bodybag to be brought to a spot nearwhere the remnants of anIslamic school now stands.

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Bangladesh’s jailed formerPrime Minister and BNP

chief Khaleda Zia was onSaturday admitted to a spe-cialised state-run hospital herefor proper treatment followinga court order as her health dete-riorated.

Zia, 73, is currently ontrial for corruption charges ina makeshift courtroom insidea 19th-century British-builtprison where she is the onlyinmate and in failing health.

The former Prime Ministerhad recently complained tothe court that she was losingfeeling in her hand and in a leg.

“We have admitted herand took all steps to provideher the required treatment,” aBangabandhu Sheikh MujibMedical University (BSMMU)spokesman told PTI.

Zia would be staying at aVIP cabin in the hospital whilean adjacent room has been allo-cated for her, he said.

The Bangladesh HighCourt on Thursday hadordered the government toshift Zia to BSMMU andreconstitute a medical team forher treatment.

The court ruled that Ziacould choose a physiotherapist,a gynaecologist and a techni-cian and a physician from out-side Bangabandhu SheikhMujib Medical University(BSMMU) for her treatmentsubject to the approval from themedical team.

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That practice appears tohave resumed under PresidentVladimir Putin, as Russia facesaccusations of waging a glob-al campaign of cyber attacks.Dutch officials on Thursdayaccused four Russians from theGRU military intelligenceagency of attempting to hackinto the global chemicalweapons watchdog in TheHague.

The agency has investigat-ed both the fatal poisoning ofRussian former double-agentSergei Skripal; and an allegedchemical attack by Moscow-allied Syrian President Basharal-Assad. The Baltic states werethe first to accuse Moscow ofmounting attacks to knock outtheir sites back in 2007.

Estonia said one suchattack had put the country’smain emergency service phonenumber out of action for overan hour. Since then, accusa-tions of cyber attacks havecontinued against Moscow.

The Russian hacker groupvariously known as Fancy Bear,APT 28 and Sofacy has beenlinked to GRU and accused ofattacks on the US Democrats’2016 presidential campaign,together with Russia’s FSB secu-rity service, the successor to the

KGB. The skills of Russianhackers today developed froma tradition of excellent com-puting and programming skillsdating back to the Soviet era.

“The whole structure of theeconomy was skewed towardsthe military sector,” said OlegDemidov, a consultant at theMoscow-based independentthink-tank PIR Center.

“All the achievements ofSoviet science including thefirst computers went to servethe military sector.” The mostbrilliant students were pushedto work in the military andspace sector, he added.

After the Soviet Union fellapart in 1991, its armed forceswere broken up and most of thetop specialists turned to thenascent banking sector inRussia, either to work there orto attack it. In this era saw thefirst cyber attacks on bankingoperations and the first men-tions of Russian hackers.

“Now Russian hackers areexcellently trained andequipped and they still occupyone of the top positions inbanking crime,” said Demidov— even if the Russian justicesystem has begun to crackdown on them.

In 2016, Russian cyberse-curity giant Kaspersky esti-mated that between 2012 and2015, Russian hackers hadstolen at least $790 millionworldwide. AFP

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National police chiefMohamad Fuzi Harun said thesuspects are connected with anIslamic religious school inYemen that promotes the SalafiJihadi teachings, which permitthe killings of non-Muslims aswell as Muslims who don’t fol-low their ways and denouncedemocracy as un-Islamic.

He said the foreigners,aged between 24 and 38,include five people from acountry in Europe, one fromthe Americas and one from theMiddle East. Fuzi said the Sept24 arrests came after policereceived intelligence aboutattempts by a Yemen-basedterror group to set up a schoolin Southeast Asia to promotethe Salafi Jihadi ideology, whichis shared by groups includingthe Islamic State. AFP

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ANavy veteran was chargedwith threatening to use a

biological toxin as a weapon bysending letters to PresidentDonald Trump and other lead-ers containing ground castorbeans, the substance fromwhich the poison ricin isderived. William Clyde AllenIII, 39, told investigators hewanted the letters to “send amessage,” though he did notelaborate, FBI investigatorssaid in documents filed in U.S.District Court of Utah.

Authorities zeroed in onAllen after finding his returnaddress on the envelopes,according to the complaint.

The envelopes that testedpositive for ricin also had a notethat said “Jack and the MissileBean Stock Powder,” the doc-uments said.

US Attorney for Utah JohnHuber declined to comment onAllen’s mental state, but said thecase is “no laughing matter,”Huber said.

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The announcement onFriday confirms rumours of anopposition manoeuver to try todefeat 85-year-old Biya atSunday’s polls, but the newunion will not include themain opposition SocialDemocratic Front’s hopefulJoshua Osih.

Akere Muna, leader of thePeople’s Development Front(FDP) agreed to “withdrawhis candidacy... And to supportMaurice Kamto,” leader of theMovement for the Rebirth ofCameroon (MRC), Muna’sspokesman said in a state-ment.

Kamto’s party alleged ear-lier on Friday that a “massivefraud” was underway to ensurethe sitting president wins a sev-enth term. AFP

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India recorded their biggest Test winas they humiliated West Indies by aninnings and 272 runs in the first

match here on Saturday, wrapping up oneof the most ludicrous mismatches ofrecent times without breaking a sweat.

India dominated the game, amass-ing 649 for nine in their first inningsbefore bowling out the West Indiestwice on day three, to take a 1-0 lead inthe two-match series.

They were bundled out for 181 in 48overs before lunch and were expectedlyforced to follow-on. They did not fare anybetter in the second innings, crumblingto 196 all out in 50.5 overs in the finalsession.

Previously, the innings and 262-runwin over Afghanistan in June this yearwas India's best in terms of innings vic-tory.

While Ravichandran Ashwin (4/37)was the pick of the bowlers in the morn-ing, Kuldeep Yadav (5/57) was all overthe opposition batsmen in the secondinnings on way to a maiden five-wickethaul in Tests.

The feat makes Yadav the first play-er to have a five-wicket haul in all threeformats of the game.

The second and final Test will beplayed in Hyderabad from October 12-16. The West Indies will have to lift them-selves to put up a better performanceafter being thoroughly outplayed inRajkot. The absence of captain JasonHolder and pacer Kemar Roach alsoadded to their woes.

For India, the game will be bestremembered for the emergence of PrithviShaw, who announced his arrival in inter-national cricket with a classy hundred ondebut, becoming the youngest from thecountry to do so in Tests. Virat Kohli andRavindra Jadeja were the other centuri-ons.

By tea on Saturday, it became clearthat the game will be done and dustedinside three days with the West Indiesbatsmen cutting a sorry picture at 185 foreight.

Opener Kieran Powell was the onlyWest Indian batsmen to make a signifi-cant contribution in the second essay, anentertaining 83 off 93 balls with eightboundaries and four sixes.

Ashwin was their main tormentor in

the morning and in the afternoon it wasKuldeep's turn to dominate. The oppo-sition batsmen, who needed to bat fortime, seemed to be in a hurry to finishthe game. Punishing a loose ball is finebut they went for far too many strokesand paid the price for their recklessness.

In the morning session, Ashwinproduced a brilliant spell as Indiaenforced the follow-on.

At lunch, the West Indies were 33 forone in nine overs in their secondinnings with Ashwin removing skipperKraigg Brathwaite (10) for his fourth

wicket of the day.The West Indies, resuming their first

innings at 94 for six, lasted only an hourand 10 minutes, mainly due to efforts ofRoston Chase (53) and Keemo Paul (47)who ended up sharing a 73-run stand.Ashwin ran through the tail on a pitchoffering plenty of turn, ending with fourfor 37 in 11 overs as the West Indies wereall out in 48 overs.

India started with the spin-pacecombination of Kuldeep andMohammad Shami. Surprisingly, Chase

and Paul had little difficulty in pickingthe chinaman, who bowled the first overthe day. Paul went on the offensivestraightaway, sweeping Kuldeep for twocrisp boundaries.

Paul was the aggressor in the part-nership but Chase also came up with afew attractive shots.

Paul was comfortable againstKuldeep but had issues dealing with theshort ball. Umesh Yadav set the WestIndian up nicely before getting rid of himwith a perfectly placed bouncer as he

mistimed a pull to be caught at mid-wicket.

Ashwin then removed Chase with abeauty, a flighted ball that turned inviciously to create a big gap between batand pad before crashing into the stumps,leaving the West Indies at 159 for eight.Number 10 and 11 were easy meat forAswhin who sent them back with theaway turning ball.

India expectedly enforced the fol-low-on with less than an hour to go forlunch.

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Prithvi Shaw is a "different quality" player and that'swhy the youngster was rushed into the Test team,

gushed an elated India captain Virat Kohli after theMumbai teenager was adjudged Man-of-the-matchfor his century on Test debut against the West Indies.

Shaw became the youngest Indian batsman, fourthoverall, to score a hundred on Test debut. He beganhis Test journey with a 134-run knock, opening theinnings for India, who thrashed the West Indies byan innings and 272 runs in the series-opener.

"Delighted for Prithvi and Jaddu. Playing his firstgame, seeing him dominate - the guy (Shaw) showedhe is different quality. That's why he's been pushedto the Test team. It is exciting to see from the cap-tain's perspective," Kohli said at the post-match pre-sentation.

"Jaddu as well - he has got important runs for usbefore and we wanted him to get three figures. Webelieve he can turn matches for us," Kohli added.

Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also hada memorable game as he scored his maiden Test ton.

Kohli also credited the pace duo of MohammadShami and Umesh Yadav for putting the oppositionunder pressure.

"If you see the first innings, the way Umesh andShami ran into bowl. Few wickets with the new balland you can put the opposition under pressure. Shamitook wickets on a pitch that was offering nothing."

Asked about the impressive overate, Kohli saidmore than the players it the umpires, who are respon-sible.

"It was a bit to do with the umpires pushing usas well. With the new rule of not drinking water. Theguys struggled a bit because of that, it was difficultfor guys to bat 45 minutes without water. I'm surethey'll look at those rules and adjust it for conditions."

Asked about the difference in conditions betweenRajkot and England, where India lost the test series1-4 last month, Kohli said the two cannot be com-pared.

"That was a bigger challenge. We understand thatwith the ability we have, we will dominate in theseconditions. We were very clinical," Kohli said.

Shaw said it was a good start to his Test careerand his strategy was to play like any first class domes-tic mach.

"It was a great win. Scoring myself and getting theteam to a win on my debut, couldn't have imaginedit so I feel good. Whenever you play internationalcricket, there is always a challenge. I was looking toplay my natural game, the way I play in First Classcricket, and play the ball on the merit."

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite said lackof partnerships cost them the match.

"India played well and showed us how to bat, espe-cially. As a batting unit we didn't get any partnershipsput together and that cost us. I think the batters wehave are fully capable of doing the job. We need twoor three big partnerships to set it up."

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The West Indies batsmen wereguilty of playing too much attack-

ing shots in the first Test against Indiaand going forward stand-in captainKraigg Brathwaite said they wouldhave to find the right balance betweencaution and aggression.

"Going forward what we need todo is along with the attacking shots,trust in defence. I think that's the key,"said Brathwaite after India beat WestIndies by an innings and 272-run inthe series opener.

"Obviously when the field goesback, it's a matter of still staying pos-itive in defence also and putting awaythe bad balls, stroking the ball alongthe ground for singles. I just don'tthink we didn't trust our defence asmuch as we should have," he said.

It was an embarrassing loss forthe West Indies who were bowled outtwice on day three.

Brathwaite said debutant PrithviShaw's knock was an example of howto build an innings. The West Indies

batsmen had little clue while facingthe Indian spinners.

"I think what they can look at ishow India batted. We saw the guysgetting in and backing themselves.Obviously, Shaw was quite attacking,

he was 100 percent into what he wasdoing. Kohli obviously came in, tookhis time and flourished," he said.

"I think if we can learn fromthem, that will put us in good steadgoing forward. Obviously a few

nerves, it's Test cricket so it is nevereasy but we need to take a page outof their book and take that into ourbatting. Trust in defence and obvi-ously when you attack, go 100 percentas well," Brathwaite said referring tohis inexperienced unit.

Brathwaite said that his team pre-pared well for the India tour thoughit got only a two-day warm-up gamebefore the opening Test.

What also hurt the visitors wasthe absence of captain Jason Holder,who pulled out last minute due to anankle injury, and lead pacer KemarRoach, who will be back for the sec-ond Test. He had missed the seriesopener due to the death of his grand-mother.

"Kemar will back but not 100 per-cent sure (about Jason). In a coupleof days we will come to know," hesaid. He remains positive going intothe Hyderabad Test starting October12.

"It's just for us to bounce back.Obviously it's not the start we want-ed, but we can bounce back."

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Match-winning Pakistanspinner Yasir Shah has sent

a warning to Australia's batsmenthat he is targeting 20 wicketsand a win in the two-match Testseries starting in Dubai onSunday.

The 32-year-old has beenPakistan's main spin weaponsince making his Test debutagainst Australia at the samevenue four years ago.

He and left-armer ZulfiqarBabar took 26 wickets betweenthem to rout Australia 2-0.

Yasir again holds the key forPakistan in the two-match series,with the second in Abu Dhabifrom October 16.

"I have a target of 20 wick-ets," Yasir said. "I know howimportant it will be to takewickets so that remains my tar-get and for the team to win theseries which is very important."

Yasir has grown in statureand wickets with each series. Hetook 24 wickets in three Tests ina series win over Sri Lanka a yearlater.

His 10 wickets at Lord's andfive at The Oval formed the basisof Pakistan's 1-1 series draw in

England two years ago before hetook 25 in a 2-1 win in the WestIndies in 2017 —Pakistan's firstseries win in the Caribbean.

Yasir said Australia will missthe guile of banned duo StevenSmith and David Warner, whoare each banned for a year fortheir part in a ball-tamperingrow in South Africa earlier thisyear.

"No doubt, Smith andWarner are two world-class play-ers and Australia will miss them,"said Yasir. "(They) know the artof staying at the wicket so that

will be missed by Australia."But we can't take any team

lightly. They have a few goodplayers and a few of them I haveplayed with in the Big Bash(Australia's Twenty20 league)so I know their strong and weakpoints.

"You can't say they are weak,maybe inexperienced. They'realways a strong side. That series(in 2014) was my first and so I'm

going to try to improve on that."While, Australian captain

Tim Paine hopes his team willmove on from the ball-tamper-ing row and start a new era.

"I think what happened wasunfortunate but we have to moveon. We are fortunate enough tobe getting back together afterwhat happened," Paine said onSaturday.

Both teams will also shakehands ahead of the Dubai Test,with Aaron Finch, Travis Headand Marnus Labuschagne all setto make their Test debuts forAustralia.

"It's a great opportunity forsome new players, new coach,but still the Australian Test teamhasn't changed. It's a little bit ofa new era, but we are hopefulthat the guys who were involvedwill be back in the next six oreight months," said Paine of thebanned trio.

Australia face a trial by spinas has so often been the case ontheir tours to Asia.

In the space of six years, theyhave lost 12 of their 15 Tests—recording only two wins withone draw — on tours of India(twice), Sri Lanka, Bangladeshand the United Arab Emirates.

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Uttarakahand opener Karn VeerKaushal entered the record

books by scoring the first doublecentury in the Vijay Hazare Trophy,smashing 202 off 135 balls, to starin a 199-run rout of Sikkim in aPlate group match here onSaturday.

The in-form Kaushal, whohas now three 100-plus scores fromseven matches, eclipsed AjinkyaRahane's 187 for Mumbai againstMaharashtra in Pune in 2007-08.

In List A cricket, whichincludes ODIs, the 200-mark hasbeen breached six times by Indianbatsmen — Rohit Sharma (thrice),Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawanand Sachin Tendulkar one each.But this is for the first time it hashappened in the country's domes-tic circuit.

Kaushal also shattered therecord for the highest openingstand in List A cricket in Indiawhen he along with his openingpartner, Vineet Saxena (100 runsof 133 balls), put on 296 runs to laythe foundation for Uttarakhand's366 for two in 50 overs.

Kaushal, who debuted againstBihar in this tournament, smashed

18 fours and nine sixes in a strikerate of 149.63 on the way to histhird 100-plus score — the most inthe tournament so far.

Chasing the huge target,Sikkim's outing with the bat tooturned out to be one of misery asthey lost four wickets for 42 inside12 overs before half centuries byLee Yong Lepcha and PadamLimboo took them to 167 for sixin 50 overs.

The victory also kept afloatUttarakhand's hopes of qualifyingfor the next round as they movedup to the second spot with 24points from seven matches.

One team from the plate groupmake the quarters.

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Woh Punjabi mein kehte hain na, ‘Biba munda haiyeh’ (It’s like they say in Punjabi, ‘Sweet child heis). I was such a good boy. I mean I am. Whyam I talking in the past tense? Even as a kid, Iwas shy and would keep to myself. I was always

sincere. Be it studying or sports. I wouldn’t say competitive, butI was very sincere,” says Vicky Kaushal, the actor who haseffortlessly portrayed the passionate Vicky Sandhu inManmarziyaan, the poised and charming Iqbal Syed in Raazi,the bankable Kamli in Sanju, and the adorable Sanjay in LovePer Square Foot — all in the same year and each performance asincontestable as the other. He is set to play an Army officer inthe film Uri, which is based on the 2016 attacks in Jammu andKashmir. His secret? “(I just want) to not be complacent. Whenyou are on set, people really take care of you. You are pamperedand anything you want is available. So, that shouldn’t go to yourhead. My aim is to treat every film of mine as my debut film, sothat it has a sense of being uncontaminated.”

Kaushal should have ‘arrived’ with his powerful perfor-mance in Masaan in 2015. While the movie enjoyed itsown share of acclaim, Kaushal’s craft has been trulyappreciated only this year as he has shown that hecan find a die-hard Pakistani patriot, a reckless DJ,and the sexually inexperienced, gullible andhomely boy (Paras in Lust Stories) within him.With such different characters brought tothe screen with an effortless believability,one can’t help but wonder, what must VickyKaushal be like in real life? How many layersmust his own personality have for him to be ableto portray so many kinds of hero so easily? By hisown admission, the actor is closest to his characters inMasaan and Manmarziyaan, and aspires to, some day,become like his character in Raazi.

“I believe every character is present inside you, but if Ireally have to pick and choose one that is closest to my ownpersonality, then I would say that actually I can’t pick one,there’s two. And it’s weird that they are both so diverselyopposite to each other. But I really can relate to both of them.One is Deepak from Masaan and the other one is VickySandhu from Manmarziyaan. And what I kept saying duringthe promotions (of Manmarziyaan) also — everybody has aClark Kent and a Superman inside, right? Everybody has analter ego. So, what I am in reality when you meet me and talkto me and how I am to people in general is Deepak fromMasaan, who is the Clark Kent. But there is a Vicky Sandhuinside, who is the Superman side of Deepak. So, both shadesare there and I could relate very much to both of them. Beinga Punjabi, who’s always thrived on Punjabi music and cul-ture... I speak Punjabi at home with my family... Vicky Sandhuis very much — I mean not considering the carelessness andthe way he is not a shining star when it comes to takingresponsibility, the commitment, not those elements — but justthe vibrancy of it, the colour of Vicky Sandhu, and the sinceri-ty of Deepak is something that I can relate to.

“In fact, a transition has happened. I have always been theDeepak from Masaan; I was this under-confident guy, whowas happy to be lost in the crowd, not to be pinpointed atthat, you know, ‘He’s very good.’ I was the shy, coy guy. So,there was a Deepak (in me) for the longest time of my life.And in some situations, he does still come up. But every filmgives you a lot of confidence. The reactions of people and crit-ics and everybody — that gives you a lot of confidence. Myjourney till now has made me a much more confident personand much more extrovert than I was till now,” he reveals.

As far as one of his most successful performances, IqbalSyed from Raazi, is concerned, he says: “I am a very good lis-tener. (I listen) to the point that I almost get faulted for nottalking much. So, that is one trait I have; I can really hear youout and then put across my point. I am not a very impulsiveperson. Even when things are not going right, I don’t reactimpulsively. I just take it in and in my own good time, I react.But Iqbal is actually husband material. I look up to him and Iwould love to be an Iqbal to somebody some day.”

Fortunately or unfortunately for all his female fans, Kaushaldoes not consider himself to be Iqbal Syed-level husband materi-al yet. He blushes when complimented on his looks and getsembarrassed when he gets female attention. But like many of thecharacters he has portrayed on screen recently, he has no qualmsin going for an arranged marriage. In his own words: “There istime. Let me just sort myself. People say you never feel ready,but I just feel there is time — not much, I am 30 now. Sooner orlater, it will happen but I am not in a hurry.” Later, he says, “Evenif it’s an arranged marriage, I will meet the girl and connect withher, and of course we will go forward only if we connect.”

As of now, he says he doesn’t know how to respond tofemale attention. “I just melt; full chaud mein ice bankar jaata

hu. Jaise hi ek compliment milta hai, waterbankar pighal jaata hu! (When I step out, Iam all cool and confident. But the momentI get a compliment, I melt!) My very closegirl pals from my engineering days keeptelling me that I need to learn how to takecompliments from girls. And I am like:‘What do I do if I start blushing?’ So that’ssomething that I’m trying to learn. I stilldon’t feel that I am good looking. I stillremember when I decided that engineer-ing is not something that I want to take upas a career, I was thinking about what Iwant to do. And if this is something that Idon’t want to do because I don’t connectwith it, then whatever I connect with, Iwill do that. And I was always acting onstage since childhood — not like I wasdoing Shakespeare’s plays, but little perfor-mances here and there. I felt that this is aspace where I can do and say anything Iwant; it’s allowed. It’s all valid; it just has tobe entertaining. Be it in school or college,most of them were dance competitions. So,I was like: ‘Ok, acting?’ Acting bhi mainpehli dafa apne aap ko question mark kitarah hi bol paya tha. (The first time Ithought I wanted to act, I said that tomyself as a question). I wasn’t so confidentbecause I was this lanky, underweight fel-low with curly hair and crooked teeth. Butall I knew was that performing for anaudience gives me a lot of happiness.” Theonly thing that Kaushal repeats is his beliefthat while acting, one can do anything.This superhero appeal of the craft is whatdrove him towards this profession.

Why did he go for engineering in thefirst place, though? The actor explains, “Iwas just going with the flow. In my family,we were very clear that we have to finishgraduation before you decide what youwant to do. After graduation, we can dowhatever we want, but the rule that wehave to graduate first is non-negotiable. Ihad scored well in Class 10; I was a goodstudent and got good marks. I really likedstudying maths because it didn’t requireyou to rote-learn. Medical was out of ques-

tion because Ican’t rote-learn.So, I took up engi-neering. And I had noproblem; I was having agood time. It was in post-graduation, when you go tocompanies to get a job that Irealised that I wouldn’t be happyeven if I was the CEO. And that gaveme clarity on what I don’t want to do inlife. So, a day after graduation, I waschecking out acting academies in Mumbai.I believe no experience is a waste of time. Iam not using algebra right now, but some-times it’s just the discipline that comesinto your character when you are pursuingengineering. It’s the habit of working hardthat stays with you.”

Outside the world of engineering andinto the world of filmmaking, Kaushal hashad a chance to make some new friends. Hesays: “Wherever you shoot for a film, youare on a journey and you are living a storytogether. Alia Bhatt is fantastic; RanbirKapoor is amazing — I wish to keep work-ing with him in the future. Taapsee Pannuand I share a space where we can be verygood critics of each other — we can justpick up the phone and say, ‘Arrey kya karrahi hai? Yeh bewakoofi hai, aisa mat kar,waisa mat kar.’ (Why are you being stupidor don’t do this, don’t do that).”

The occupational hazards of filmmak-ing can sometimes be as entertaining asthe movie itself. Kaushal says that once heindulges in a character, there are timeswhen he doesn’t feel like coming out ofthat zone and it starts influencing hispersonal life till he consciously pulls him-self out of it. “For Masaan, I didn’t knowBanaras, I didn’t know how the peoplethere are. I had to play a guy who is froma different community and who burnscorpses at the ghat. So, all of that wasvery new to me; I didn’t know anything. Ididn’t know the language. I didn’t knowhow the life of a person would be whojust repeats ‘Ram Naam Satya Hai’ all

throughthe day.For VickySandhu, eventhough I hadn’tdone anything like itbefore, I could relate tothe context. Because cul-turally, I am very much intouch with Punjab. My familyis from Hoshiarpur; I go thereevery year. I know Punjab. I knowhow the youth has changed. I knowhow their aspirations have changed.What’s trending there, what’s not. How isthe music of that place. Food, clothes,everything. So, it was very easy for me torelate to him. He is very expressive. If heis happy, he will start dancing in the mid-dle of the road. If he is sad, he will crylike a baby. Unlike me, he is impulsive.So, there was this mental note that don’tbind yourself; Vicky Sandhu wouldexpress to the fullest. But Deepak(Masaan) was a character that I lovedindulging in. It was such a nice character,such a nice world that even after theshoot got over, you really wanted to belike him; he was an ideal man. You hopeto be as sincere and earnest as Deepak.

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In fact, when I came back toMumbai from the shoot, firstlymy manner of speaking had

changed. That was because inBanaras, everybody is like, “Arreyhum yahan aa rahe hain, aapwahan chale jao.” Wahan tu-tadaak nahin hai. Jab mainMumbai aaya, mera hum, aap,tum hi chal raha tha. Main tu paraa hi nahin paaya. For the longesttime, mujhe ‘tu’ lagta tha jaisemain kisi ko gaali de raha hu, itnibadtameezi lagti thi. Jab koi mujhetu bolta tha to mujhe bhi gussaaata tha... mujhse chhota hai aurmujhe tu bolkar baat kar raha hai.(In Banaras, people use pronounslike hum and aap, which carrymore respect. So when I cameback to Mumbai, tu, which ismore casual, started sounding dis-respectful to me). I had to tellmyself, ‘Three months ago, youwere also that, so chill.’

“Raman Raghav was emotion-ally and mentally exhausting. It’sin a really dark space. After 21days of mostly non-stop shoots, Iused to be all grungy and claus-trophobic and morose; somethingor the other was going wrong. So,I didn’t take a day to indulge inthat character. Like today, wewrap up the shoot, next day I amout of it. Because you just don’twant to be that character. You arewaiting for the movie to endbecause then you will be donewith that character.”

The phase of cinema, thatmainstream Indian movies arecurrently in, is the biggest reasonthat his work has been acknowl-edged, Kaushal feels. “I feelextremely lucky that I could getinto this phase of cinema becauseI feel, cinema has always keptchanging depending on the evolu-tion of the audience and what isgoing on in society. So, our audi-ence right now is evolving in abeautiful way. Around 15 to 20years ago, we were an audiencewhich demanded the stars to keepshowing us the things that weliked to see from them. Even if it’s

repeated film after film, we wouldlove them for it. We will say wewill clap for you, we will whistlefor you because it’s a side of yoursthat we love to see. Today is thetime when the audience is sayingthat we need to be surprised, weneed to be shocked. Otherwise,we are not coming to the theatresif you are saying the same thingsagain and again — no matter whothe star is. So, that is giving a lotof power to new writers, new con-cepts, new thoughts to come to

the forefront. Earlier, peoplewould talk about formulas to suc-cessful films. Today, ‘formula’ isan extinct term. Today, content isthe king. You just come out withgood content that you feel peoplewill get connected with, no matterwho the face of the content is andwho the people are. If it’s worthappreciation, people will appreci-ate it. They will go to the theatres,there will be mouth publicity andthey will make sure that theatresof full people are watching the

films. Because of this, a NeerajGhaywan could make a film likeMasaan, which could star newfaces apart from Richa Chaddaand Sanjay Mishraji. It starredcompletely new faces and it couldsee the light of the day... becausewe, to be very honest, were neversure if this film was going to bereleased while we were making it.It was just a film that we werevery happy to be shooting becausewe knew that the script is noble.And after that, we went to

Cannes, we won two awards.Then we got a release over here,which everyone appreciated alot. In fact, it had come out withBaahubali that year. BajrangiBhaijaan was also going strong,but still it kind of made its ownpath and audience, who cameand watched it.

“Later, even on digital plat-forms, people kept watching itand we still get messages aboutMasaan. So, definitely, I feel like Ilucked out. Today, a Masaan or

The Lunchbox or Ankhon Dekhican get a mainstream audienceview. This year has been beauti-ful: Raazi could garner the samebox-office numbers as Sonu KeTitu Ki Sweety; and then Stree andSanju did well alongsidePadmaavat. So, you look at therange of films. Because the con-tent was good, they crossed the�100-crore mark. There was atime when we wanted to watchaspirational stories; show us sto-ries that we don’t see in real life,show us the world that we alwaysthink in our head that ‘I wish Ilived in a world like this’. Theywanted the ideal world. The lovestories were aspirational. Thevengeance stories were aspira-tional. Today, it’s either TheAvengers, where it’s a differentworld altogether. But if it’shuman stories, they have to berelatable. They are not aspira-tional heroes; they are heroes intheir own context. I am an actorand it is my responsibility toentertain people. So, I just wantto explore any and every genrethat my heart connects with. AndI just want to jump into it, notthinking about the genre or thesensibility. I want to do anythingand everything. Because evenwith commercial films right now,if the content is not there, peoplewon’t accept it. It has to have con-tent no matter if it is a star-drivenfilm or a small budget film.”

It’s probably good that digitalplatforms are all the rage at thistime. Lead of the first NetflixOriginal from India — Love PerSquare Foot — he says, “WithNetflix, the beauty is that you aregoing live to 150 countries at thesame time. And it’s there, it stays— there’s no hurry or a limited

time period for which the movieis going to be showcased. AfterLove Per Square Foot, we had peo-ple from Spain telling us that theyfaced the same problem in buyinga house, and they had never evenbeen to Mumbai. That’s when werealised that different cultures cancome together through this.”

About the controversy sur-rounding his latest releaseManmarziyaan — some pertinentscenes were deleted as they hurtSikh sentiments — Kaushal saysthat while audience’s sentimentsare paramount, the only thingthat hit him was, “Yeh kab se honelag gaya ki ab mandiron mein kyasochna hai woh bhi insaan ab taykarenge. (Since when have peoplestarted deciding what other peo-ple are or are not allowed to thinkabout inside a place of worship).That’s humans trying to be pro-tectors of God. But ultimately, it’sthe producer’s call. Because asactors, we do our jobs and gohome. But later, if something goeswrong and distributors call to saythat certain groups might forcethe theatres to shut down, theproducer has to deal with it.”

When one speaks withKaushal, the person, he is a mix ofthe ideal young man who knowshe is going to be a big shot, butalso the art of not allowing successgo to his head. He believes inputting his heart into his workbecause he wakes up each day toprove something — more to him-self than to others. The momentthe focus of the conversation driftsfrom his own self to his work, heassumes an almost enviable andendearing sense of maturity thatshows in his portrayal of the char-acters he has taken up. And whenhe speaks about a general, cultur-ally relevant issue, he exhibits thekind of balance in his opinion thatvery few people manage to find intheir 30s. Going by even just themany promises he has madethrough his performances anddemeanour this year, he is defi-nitely an actor worth the wait.

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Mughal emperor Abu’l-FathJalal-ud-din MuhammadAkbar, better known asAkbar, used to be oftenremembered for his state

policy as it promoted secularism and wasaimed at ‘Sulh-i-Kul’ or universal peace andamity. Unfortunately, today he is a malignedhistorical personage in some parts ofPakistan. Akbar had extended his domainover a large territory and created what wasoften called the world’s mightiest empire atthat time. Yet, some of the historians andauthors of text books in Pakistan either donot mention his name or tarnish his imageby accusing him instead of Aurangzeb forthe downfall of the Mughal Empire. Thereason advanced for this is that the latterhad vehemently criticised Akbar’s incorpo-ration of non-Muslims in a Muslim State.He has been criticised for bringing Hindusand Muslims together in his empire. Thepolicies pursued by him contradict the two-nation theory which eventually led to thePartition of the sub-continent and the for-mation of Pakistan. Akbar, then, is seen assomeone whose ideas threatened to put theMughal Empire in ‘danger’ and later evenmade the demand for a separate nationbased on religion seem baseless.

Though Muslims were still the domi-nant group, the Mughal Empire under himhad ceased to be solely Muslim-run. It’sargued that this emperor ended up weak-ening Islam to the extent where its domi-nance in the affairs of the State could notbe restored. Akbar is also held ‘guilty’ forthe tolerance that he exhibited towardsHindus. He, in particular, favoured Rajputs.Rajputs, in turn, gained prominence dur-ing his rule. Had Man Singh I and BhagwanDas not joined Akbar, they might have goneunnoticed in history. One negative effect ofAkbar’s Rajput policy was that he could nolonger depend on the support of his nobleswho, too, had lost confidence in him.

Akbar’s introduction of a religious phi-losophy known as Din-i Ilahi (religion ofGod) was an ill fated attempt aimed atcombining the salient features of Islamwith Hinduism. For doing so, Akbar isaccused of having tried to distort Islam assome of its followers believe that Islam isnot supposed to absorb contradictory ten-dencies and beliefs from other religions.

Perhaps Akbar, who indubitably laid astrong foundation of secularism during hiseventful regime, happens to be a square pegin a round hole in the context of the real-ities in Pakistan today. Nevertheless, it isquite uncharitable to ignore the magnifi-cent role played by Akbar to consolidate theMughal Empire through sustained effortsto secure the goodwill and co-operation ofa vast segment of a multi-racial society.

Moderation in religious outlook wassomething that he internalised quite earlyin his life. Born to Emperor Humayun andHamida Banu Begum on November 23,1542, under the hospitable roof of a RajputChief, Akbar is believed to have inheritedtolerance from his mother. Later on, histutor Abdul Latif instilled a liberal outlookin him. Akbar’s contact with Sufis likeShaikh Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak and hissons further influenced him and helpedshape his liberal religious ideas. It led himto declare his much acclaimed policy of‘Sulh-i-Kul,’ which was in keeping with thebest traditions of our country. Akbar wastruly a free thinker. He took pains toacquire basic knowledge of Jainism and wasmoved by its cult of compassion. He cameunder the spell of Jesuit teachers and waspublicly reverential towards Jesus Christand Virgin Mary. He was equally fascinat-ed by the Parsi form of worship.

The motivation for a close contact withvarious religions stemmed from his desirefor all communities to live in peace and ami-cably practice different faiths. Although hewas not highly educated, Akbar thought thatreligious harmony was the only way forachieving this cherished goal. Therefore, hemade concerted efforts in this direction. Hisfamous Ibadat Khana (at Fatehpur Sikri),a house to hold religious discourses of allfaiths was a notable step in this regard. Thus,Akbar himself became the torch bearer forthe fundamental unity of various faithswhich differed only on the surface.

But it would be wrong to brandAkbar as either a religious philosopher ora theologian. Neither was he a ruler withjumbled religious perception nor a zealotwishing to produce something sensation-al with the aim of leaving his mark in his-tory. He was simply a practical politician.Out of his 50 top men, only 18, includingBirbal, had accepted ‘Din-i Ilahi’. ManSingh was notable among those whorefused to accept it.

It was not his way to force his will inreligious matters. But he spared no effortsto win his subjects over. Not only did heabolish unjust laws, do away with discrim-inatory taxes and stop slaughter of animals,he also took bold steps like making a pub-lic appearance while wearing a tilak (com-mon in Hindus) on his forehead. Heindulged in Sun worship and observed afast on Shivratri. He also took a vow torefrain from hunting. Nobody can say withcertainty whether Akbar adopted suchpractices in keeping with the craft of Stategovernance or to earn popularity. It is,however, often said that his heart was nottouched by any religion and that no oneknew his religion per se. There is no deny-ing the fact that he was intensely devoted

to God and longed to have communionwith that which is infinite. Chroniclersbelieve that he sometimes spent wholenights repeating the name of Allah. Onmany mornings, he would sit by himselfin prayer on a large flat stone in an oldbuilding near Fatehpur Sikri.

At the same time, Akbar was a wisestatesman and a practical politician. He didnot allow any religious interference in thematters of the State. He knew the art tosubdue, if not to extinguish a murmur ofdissent. He ruthlessly curbed actual revolton account of his secular approach andissued several royal firmans. He evenassumed the role of Supreme Pontiff. Hewas a staunch secularist and no amountof opposition from ignorant persons couldwean him from his chosen path. There is,however, no evidence that Muslims werepersecuted in his rule. Akbar became asymbol of tolerance and enlightenment. Hehas been described by our first PrimeMinister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and asthe ‘father of Indian nationalism’.

The seeds of secularism sown by himand others in the long course of our his-tory have sprouted after a lapse of centuriesin our Constitution. In his recently pub-lished book, Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps:Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea ofIndia, Zia-us-Salam, reproduces excerptsfrom reports published in old English dailynewspapers that detail how Akbar gaveIndia a stable administration for close to50 years through a mix of military prowessand acumen. A contemporary of Akbarand a Jesuit, Father Monserrate, opinedthat by tolerating all faiths, Akbar practi-cally dismissed the ‘extreme forms’ of allreligions. He was a hero that nobody couldhate. Yet, religious fundamentalists contin-ue to make efforts to project Akbar as adiminutive ruler so that all his accomplish-ments can be questioned.

Early in 2017, an attempt was made torename Akbar’s Fort in Ajmer. In May,2016, efforts were made to rename AkbarRoad in New Delhi or to rewrite historyand text books in Rajasthan in order toestablish that Akbar was not the winner ofthe Battle of Haldighati. Interestingly,Akbar is said to have stayed away from thatbattle, leaving the responsibility to Rajputssuch as Man Singh. Attempts have beenmade to undermine Akbar’s contributiontowards nation building and to project himas the ‘New age Aurangzeb’.

The bottom line is that fighting overthe facts can’t possibly lead to anythingprofound. But following the ideal of Din-i Ilahi might. India, Pakistan, and in factall of today’s world would do well to fol-low the glorious example of mutual respectand tolerance set by Akbar.

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There is something special aboutlooking at old photos. Sometimeswhen you look at your parents’

wedding album, you don’t only admiretheir youthful beauty, you not only snig-ger at the absurdly dressed relatives butyou also feel that you are there. NajmaYusufi takes you on a similar ride as shetransports you to Peshawar, Lahore,England and Africa, in her story thatrevolves around the Afghan Durranissettled in Peshawar. The last rulingAfghani royal family, that she herself is adescendant of from her mother’s side, isseen scattered and devoid of its formerglory as it occupies the last relic of itslegacy — a corner house of Munda Beriin a Pakistani city.

The heroines of her story are thefour Durrani daughters: The sincere anddutiful Bibigul (modelled on her ownmother Afsar ‘Bibigul’ Durrani); the nar-cissistic and practical Maagul; the book-lover intelligent Chan; and the overshad-owed and ‘dark’ Firasat. But it is alsoabout their mother, HidayatullahDurrani and their servant girl Bano whoalong with her mother Amma, serves inthe Durrani household.

The novel might be a work of fictionbut it draws heavily from the author’sown life. By her own admission, theauthor forayed into writing only afterher mother’s death in 2001 and decidedto tell the story of the Durranis. Her ownexperiences of having been a lecturerand having lived in Britain and Africaapart from Asia, are used to portray thelife of the heroines. Hence, the fictionalcharacters, places and events bear a ‘real’avatar in an almost historical account ofa royal family that is both admired andmocked by others. What stands out forme and what can perhaps be attributedto the author’s experience as a filmmakeris the almost ‘cinematic’ experience thatthe novel offers. Reading about some-one’s life — from teenage years to death— can be quite taxing. However, onemust give full credit to the author whokeeps the reader engaged as the narrativemoves back and forth from one heroineto another. Divided across five parts, thenovel spans five decades as the authordescribes in detail the family’s traditions,customers, wedding celebrations, birthof children, life of servants and the men’slounge where infamous dancing girlsperform at night. The epicenter of thenarrative is of course the “Big House” the

ancestral Durrani house that representsthe last bit of their royal past. We meetthe heroines who are very different fromeach other and are busy reading Englishbooks, applying the latest make-up, get-ting excited about buying beautifulclothes and then embracing totally dif-ferent lives after marriage. The lack ofindependence in a world where menmake all the rules shines throughout.However, instead of standing up to apatriarchal society, the women learn tolive with their ‘kismet’ and blame theirsorry excuse for marital relationships ontheir mother who they feel did not ‘train’them adequately for a married life.

With so much focus on female hero-ines, their weddings and prospectivegrooms, I could not help but comparethe novel to Jane Austen’s Pride andPrejudice. Apart from the obvious cul-tural differences, what is different here isthat the story is not of one ElizabethBennet. The story is almost equal for the

four Durrani daughters with the addedlayer of Bano’s story.

Except Bibigul whose husbandMehmood leaves for England afterimpregnating his newly married wife,the life of the other three sisters seems tohave begun well albeit momentarily.Maagul and her husband Rashid build aseparate home after initial problems andthere is a lot of description of the for-mer’s shiny bangles, bright lipstick andoverall beauty. Chan and her husbandDr Shafi have a rather strange beginningwhere an almost mysterious character,Naseem, who is a distant cousin of Dr.Shafi and works like a servant being hell-bent on disrupting their wedding nightas she hides under their bed! AndFirasat, who was forever made fun dueto her dark complexion and is complete-ly relegated to the background in thepresence of her sisters having found aloving and caring husband in Altaf.

As a reader, you are transported

into the middle of Muslim householdswhere new characters are being intro-duced till the very end. But where thenovel varies majorly from Pride andPrejudice is in its description of men.Where Jane Austen describes men asthe “hunted” commodity in a world ofhusband-hunters where marriage istheir only future and men come withprice-tags, Najma Yusufi’s male charac-ters are MCPs (Male Chauvinist Pigs)with very few exceptions.

Bibigul, who was left behind byMehmood, moves to England andAfrica, almost like a maid servant. Shesuffers due to the ill temper of her hus-band whom she had once loved, herdaughter Ayesha is abused by her fatherand the youngest one, foul-mouthedZara is not strong enough to take care ofher mother and sister alone. Chan is sentback to her parents’ house and lives a lifeof ignominy and taunts even as she startsworking independently as a teacherwhile her husband flies off to Londonand marries the strange Naseem and hasmore children with him giving her thelife that Chan deserved. In a relationshipdescribed by monthly ‘moneygrams’,their son Sami seems to be wasting awayhis youth in hatred. Maagul, who is per-haps the most interesting and desperatein her need for upward mobility, findsout that her husband is a whore-mongerlike most men in the novel and is sellingoff lands discreetly to meet the expensesof his vain wife. Firasat’s life becomesalmost like Najma’s in Secret Superstarwhere she is married to a radical who ishell bent on enforcing his version of thereligious scripture. When their son Ibhifinally stands up to his father who isagainst his daughter-in-law working as adoctor, the moment is cathartic and yourheart goes out for Firasat. And thenthere is Bano, the servant girl, whoknows nothing except the four walls ofthe Durrani House. She is packed off likesome toy to Maagul’s in-laws where sheis first ill-treated and then raped byMaagul’s friend Yasmeen’s husband.Already separated from her family andfriends as she is made to move withMaagul, she is forced to run away toKarachi and start a new life. When youfinish this novel, you are not happy asyou want more. The Begums of Peshawaris very readable and relatable. It is one ofthose that you will remember.

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Twinkle Khanna has done itagain — with Pyjamas AreForgiving, she has given herfollowers a fresh taste of hersharp writing style, which is

coupled with her humorously self-criti-cal approach to life. This time, it comesalong with dollops of ghee as the novelis set in an ayurvedic ashram whereAnshu, the protagonist, finds the cure toher physical ailments as well as theemotional ones when she bumps intoher ex-husband, who comes there withhis second wife. In a chat with us, theauthor talks about her writing schedule,her most dedicated readers, and thegenre of her next book, which she isalready in the process of writing.

�The mother and the sister in yourbook... to what extent is your description in the book close to your own mother and sister? I don’t think the mother is anything likemine at all. Although like Anshu, I toohave very strong bonds with my siblingand we talk to each other every day.

�Preparing for a role that you playonscreen and preparing for a book you write — how different have the two processes been for you? Haha! I don’t think I have ever pre-pared for a role onscreen. I don’t thinkI was part of movies that ever demand-ed more than dancing around treeswith a big fat bow on my head and Iwasn’t even particularly good at that.Preparing for a book is a long-drawn

process. I usually start writing some-thing completely different altogether,and half way through, I drop it andbegin again. Different books need dif-ferent sorts of preparation. My last one,The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, wasbased on characters from small townsand villages and for that I had to do alot of research. I went to MadhyaPradesh to assimilate bits of the cul-ture, spend two weeks in Kerala,watched a lot of documentaries andhad to interview many people. WithPyjamas Are Forgiving, I had alreadybeen to a stringent ayurvedic retreatand had undergone Panchkarma, so Iwas familiar with the basic premise,but I did have to read multiple booksabout Ayurveda and do a lot ofresearch on all sorts of sleep disorders.

�You have said elsewhere that youwrite every day and start writing asearly as 7 am. Does this kind of discipline come naturally to you or is it something you picked up from your husband?I like to write early in the morning justafter my children leave for school. Ihave always been an early riser and therare occasions — usually only becauseof jet lag — when I get up later than8.30 am, I barely get any work done; Ifeel like I have wasted my day. I thinkit’s the morning silence both within thehouse and the phone just laying there asa corpse that helps me focus a lot more.

�How difficult is it to write and deal

with the interpretations of readers when both you and your husband are public figures?I find fiction easier in that context as Ihave many layers to hide behind. Withthe column (in an English daily), I havea larger task at hand with regards toreaders’ expectations.

�Has your love for reading and writingrubbed off on your kids and husband?My husband doesn’t read aside from mycolumns and that is also because hewants to see if I am not writing my wayinto a hurricane. My son does have aflair for writing; he can string a fewdecent sentences. But my daughter is an absolute bookworm like me.

�The title of your book is ratherunique. How did you come up withthe metaphor that connects pyjamaswith forgiveness?I was struggling to zip up my jeans aftera few weeks of festive indulgence duringDiwali. Standing in front of my closet,the entire line popped into my head:“Pyjamas are forgiving, but it’s jeans thatknow how to hold a grudge!” And Iwent waddling off to quickly jot it down.

�Do you already have a topic in mind for your next book?A lot of people feel happy when theyfinish a book, but I feel lost. So, I amalready toying with the idea of anIndian dystopian novel.

�What kind of research went into writing this one?I had already spent weeks at a retreatwith similar stringent rituals, but I didhave to spend large amounts of timeresearching Ayurveda doshas and otherdetails about that world extensively.

�Within the family, who is your most dedicated reader?I think my most dedicated reader isLord Ganesha! Each time I have a bookout, I give it to my mother to read andwhen I seek her feedback, she says shehas placed it in front of her Ganpati. Ihave a feeling that she waits for Hisreview before deciding whether it’sworth reading after all.

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Europe can no longer rely on the UnitedStates for its security; it is up to us to

guarantee European security.” — Emmanuel Macron, President of

France

We won’t let ourselves be pushedaround time and again; we will act.”

— Angela Merkel, Chancellor ofGermany

These recent impassioned statementsby the respective EU leaders reflect theincreasing European disillusionmenttowards the US policies shaping theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO) — an alliance that has been themainstay of European security for half acentury.

The fraying of this trans-Atlanticpartnership, amid unprecedentedAmerican criticism of its European alliesdisproportionate “burden sharing”, is asymptom of the emerging US trend oflooking at global relationship primarilythrough an economic prism.

US President Donald Trump has goneon record to call the European Union (EU)a “trade foe” which has been “unfairly tak-ing advantage of America”. With politicsand security being intertwined, thesedevelopments have cast a shadow on thevalue based trans-Atlantic security rela-tionship.

Meanwhile, European push-back, inthe form of the Permanent StructuredCooperation (PESCO) that envisionsEurope taking charge of its own defence,highlights a fundamental recalibration ofthe continent’s security mind-set.

Their emphasis on greater strategicautonomy, rooted in the fear of beingforced to fend for themselves strikes at thevery root of the post Second World WarWestern strategic consciousness.

As Europe and the US head towardsunchartered territory, pertinent ques-tions arise: What is the salience of NATOin the Trans-Atlantic partnership? Whatare the key emerging differences betweenthe US and its European allies? And whatare the core challenges that Europeancountries face in their quest for greaterstrategic autonomy?

NATO’s enduring relevanceThe American and European strate-

gic consciousness has been shaped by adistinct modus operandi since the end ofthe Second World War. In return forrebuilding Europe (Marshall Plan) and

ensuring its security (NATO), the USsought Europe’s support in its global pro-jection of American power. This strategicbargain has allowed the EU to emerge asa technological and economic powerhousewhile the US influenced the continent’sforeign policies and became the key pil-lar of its security. NATO, in this context,emerged as a vital instrument of trans-Atlantic mutual dependence.

More significantly, NATO ensures astrategic balance within Europe. The US,as a hegemon leading the organisation,suppresses the inherent tendency ofEuropean nation states to enter into asecurity competition and engage in a bal-ance of power calculus with each other.Europe’s consensus on American leader-ship of the Western world vis-à-vis thatby a European state reflects this reality.

From European perspective, the fur-ther the hegemon is from their shores, themore stable is the existing equilibrium.

Strategic driftNevertheless, a strategic dissonance in

the trans-Atlantic relationship has beenfestering for years. Taking European sup-port for granted for pushing the USregional agenda in Iraq and the clandes-tine American surveillance of EU leadershave, in the past, shook the foundationsof a trust based partnership. Even so, giventheir mutual dependence, Europe and theUS have consistently found the sweet spotin their strategic outlook.

However, the tone and tenor ofPresident Trump in questioning the verycredibility of NATO has sowed seeds ofdoubt among the Europeans aboutAmerican commitment and NATO’s reli-ability. The growing fissures in theirshared strategic calculus, evident in theirdiverging positions on multiple issues,particularly where the European countriesare vital stakeholders, have further mud-died the waters.

These involve climate change, tradeand tariff, migration, Iranian nucleardeal, American actions in Jerusalem, andthreat from Russia. President Trump’s sup-port for European political parties thatendorse an-anti-EU rhetoric, meanwhile,strikes at the core of the EU integrationmodel.

These developments, therefore, laybare the inherent contradictions betweenAmerica First and the EU multilateralismprisms. Having unflinchingly supportedthe US global leadership role, a growingperception of the US trying to undermine

legitimate EU interests has led theEuropeans states to seek a greater inde-pendent role in shaping their foreign andsecurity policies.

It is, perhaps, not the Americans butthe Europeans who feel they are beingtreated unfairly. The German ForeignMinister’s appeal to “build a sovereign andstrong Europe” that will form a “coun-terweight when the US crosses the line”aptly reflects these sentiments.

This has resulted in a Europeanclamour for forging a “new alliance oftrade-friendly nations” – likely a referenceto the non-Western world initiatives.

In this context, some Europeans viewbetter economic ties with China as a hedgeagainst disruptive American policies.Notably, a break in the trans-Atlantic unityis evident in the EU seeking to circum-vent the US sanctions by setting up non-American monetary channels in order tokeep alive the Iranian nuclear deal. Its suc-cess could challenge the status of the USdollar as the world’s principal reserve cur-rency, thereby seriously underminingPax-Americana.

Method behind the madness?Given the salience of this mutually

beneficial relationship, the ongoing fric-tion is likely more nuanced than whatmeets the eye. Notably, none of theTrans-Atlantic partners have called for acomplete break from NATO. In this con-text, President Trump’s insistence onEurope paying more for collective defencecould be the US bargaining chip to gainconcessions on reducing the Americantrade deficit.

Similarly, a stronger and more inde-pendent Europe allows the Europeans tobuild a balanced relationship with the US.Their “Europe First” rhetoric can compelthe US to take European interests moreseriously. As part of this posturing, theFrench President’s recent positive outreachto Russia can be an attempt to tap theinstitutional Russophobia in the US andto convey the message that Europe too hasoptions in its strategic calculus. Not tomention, a strong EU also raises the con-tinent’s global strategic profile.

Rhetoric vs reality of Europeanstrategic autonomy

However, in their quest for takinggreater control of their foreign and secu-rity policies, the Europeans are con-fronted by multiple structural and func-tional roadblocks. These include lack of

unanimity among its members on keyissues, ranging from EU’s strategic outlookto migration, financial stability, weaponssales and emerging threat perception, andthe growing Euroscepticism sweepingthe continent. Decades of defence under-funding, especially on command and con-trol and surveillance, due to their over-reliance on the American security umbrel-la has undermined a credible Europeanconventional and nuclear deterrence.Any perceived weakness puts the conti-nent in the crosshairs of Russian strate-gic calculus.

NATO is, in effect, a force multiplierwithout which the Europeans vulnera-bilities are deeply exposed. The GermanForeign Minister’s admission that the“organisation is indispensable for oursecurity” highlights EU’s existing securi-ty dilemma.

Moreover, on the global strategichorizon, in its search for strategic partners,the US continues to be Europe’s best bet,given their inherent overlapping valuesand interests, and the comfort derivedfrom being historical partners. Lack ofeffective alternatives — structured dif-ferences with China and the limitedglobal heft of other countries — limitsEurope’s strategic choices. Meanwhile,instruments of financial independence,such as making Euro the global reservecurrency, which would mark true strate-gic independence are likely to have a longgestation period.

Consequently, the prediction of anend of the Trans-Atlantic partnershipappears unlikely. As with its other glob-al relationships, the ongoing friction hasthe imprimatur of President Trump’s dis-ruptive America First policies. The USinstitutional mechanisms, though, appearto bet on the strategic relevance of thispartnership, as evident by DefenceSecretary Jim Mattis’s recent reassuranceto Europe of America’s “iron clad com-mitment” to NATO.

While the expectations of a futurereturn to normal remain high due to theirmutual dependence, Europe now is moreaware of its strategic gaps and the folliesof outsourcing its security. Strategicmanoeuvring in the form of strengthen-ing the European pillar of NATO, there-fore, appears to be the blueprint for thefuture.

(The writer is a Research Analyst at theInstitute for Defence Studies and Analyses,New Delhi)

Bedazzled” is the word thatsprings to mind whenever any

onlooker gazes at the exhibits ofIndia’s many ex-royals and theirprized possessions.

It is not as if such artefacts,antiques and magnificent items ofsplendour are seen only in Indianmuseums or palaces converted intohotels or in the still intact oldhouses of “zamindar-landlords” andlegal heirs of hundreds of erstwhiledynasties who ruled the length andbreadth of the sub-continent.

A world traveller would bearwitness to such ornate masteryacross Austria, Hungary, Germany,Turkey, Iran, France, Russia, Greece,Italy, China and many other parts ofthe world wherever monarchy wasthe order of society.

Yet, however, and most inter-estingly, India has a most uniquehistory as well as collection of his-torical material evidence of thewealth of the kingdoms whichreigned, over centuries of prosper-ity, plenty and advanced societalmores.

Of discipline, taste and harmo-nious co-existence, to the studentsof modern history fed on pseudotexts and unauthentic secondaryprose books on the subject, it mayseem unbelievable to visualise the“sasya shyamala” or abundance ofresources, both material and spiri-

tual in ancient Bharatvarsh!But, the truth is unveiled when

one delves into history via availableproof —be it the marvellous bridgebuilt across the sea by the formida-ble vanars for Lord Sri Rama to walkacross to Sri Lanka and free his con-sort, Sita Devi, or the temples inHampi of the most venerable rulerSri Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagaraempire when precious stones likeemeralds, rubies and diamondswere sold in heaps on waysides!

Such was the state of prosperi-ty in those eras in this very land ofthe devout and the faithful people.Languages were different. Cultureswere separate. Yet, they all wereweaved by a common bond of“Hindutva” and Hinduism a.k.aspiritual lifestyle in a bare transla-tion of the term into the English lan-guage.

The over-riding word of com-mon bonding was however“Dharma” to which there is noknown direct equivalent in thebeautiful English language.

A small indicator to the mightof Indian supremacy — essentiallydue to a most exalted state of “goodgovernance” sine qua non to “goodgovernance” has always been patro-nising the arts in myriad forms. Beit literature, sculpture, dance, poet-ry, dance-drama or even weavingcloth or engineering skills reflected

in the dainty huge temple towersand rock carvings and even in pot-tery-items found in ruins atHarappa civilisation of the IndusValley civilisation, the glory ofthought and actions, both by thegoverned and their rulers, is evident.

As modern history evolved andraiders plundered the hospitableland and stole the loot to housethese treasures in veritable institu-tions (including the “palace of awestern queen) and as Bharatvarshgot partitioned into many countriesand then eventually, a Republic ofIndia was created with many States,these many together reflect theethos of the great India civilisation.

Yes, we are a civilisation. A cul-ture where the majority mergeditself to offer an umbrella of pro-tection as well as compassion to theminorities in society and wherethose who leave the majority to beclubbed with the minority are treat-ed with equal respect as fellow citizens.

All of this is a necessary studyto the theories of “unity in diversi-ty” and “all for one & one for all”.The corollary though is the “blot onthe face of a fair moon”.

Most would agree that a crop ofwrong politicians have rendered analmost irreparable damage to thepolity of such a great ancient andstill thriving civilisation on Earth.

All of this is evident in the con-trasting study of geo-political his-torical incidents and current state ofaffairs pertaining to the map ofIndia.

You had a West Pakistan and anEast Pakistan amputating the main-land map. And, we had the fiasco ofArticle 370, which continues tohaunt all India even after seventytwo years of Independence.

But then, we had “OperationPolo” which was brilliantly dealtwith and most deftly by SardarVallabhai Patel to prevent a CentralPakistan which was the ominousdesign of the last Nizam ofHyderabad — a traitor by deedswho was tamed both by love and bymilitary action!

However, recent developmentswhich appear inane such as thesummary division of a compositeAndhra Pradesh State to carve theTelangana State are reasons foralarm.

There is more than meets theeye. Without much ado, let it beunderstood that emeralds, rubies ordiamonds do not grow on trees norcan be procreated by any man orwoman — be he of mogul descentor a legal heir of any foreigner ordesi politician. Such is the case of thefabled “private collections” of thelate Nizam of Hyderabad.

How in the first place did he

acquire these diamonds, emeralds,rubies and the rest of priceless, rarestor rare antique jewellery items?

Truth can never buttress lies ofhistory or the dunces who oftenwrite it (more so, in modern times).

When the Mughal empire dec-imated and the last emperor wasincarcerated in Burma (Myanmar )by his progeny, and their localcommander in the Deccan regionbecame a “sovereign” since the “bigboss” was dead and gone, the “find-er became the keeper”. Continuinggenerations continued to chant thehymn of “sarkar” being the ownerand possessor.

Even weirder as well as worsewas the unholy way of the waywardlast Nizam of Hyderabad who would“usurp” the estate of any Noblemanwho died leaving behind a minor:the widows would be included in hisHarem and the prized possessionswould be owned by the “Sarkar”,meant to be returned to the minorin attainment of age of majority butconveniently forgotten! Thus werethese collections enlarged.

Not many know how he also gota certain Barrister-Nobleman killedbecause Ghalib Jung Bahadur wasowning a greater collection of dia-monds than all of his put together.And, often lent his governmentloans too...In fact, the gentlemanwas so aghast at having been told to

halt when the convoy of the Nizampassed by that he built a separatebridge called the “Muslim Jungpul” which adjoins the High Courtbuildings..

Significantly, the sequel to thistragic saga is the historical fact thathe dispatched his industry ministerto deposit a few boxes of dia-monds, emeralds and rubies atLondon in the Lloyd’s Bank but thetrusted lieutenant did so but in hispersonal name and fled to newlycarved West Pakistan to become thefirst Prime Minister.

Such is the hoary past of the so-called private possessions of the lateNizam of Hyderabad. And, it cer-tainly is not amusing to read of a lit-tle learned politician of TelanganaState grandly announcing his inten-tion to glorify the Nizam era, viasuch relics of India!

It is not an unknown fact thata certain MP of the region has directcontact with a certain MP of mod-ern day Pakistan, whose father waskingpin of a genocide committedagainst majority Hindus by minor-ity Sunni ruler, last Nizam ofHyderabad. As well as avowed dec-laration repeatedly by that foreign-er of “retaking Hyderabad” toavenge her departed father’s defeatby Sardar Patel, who had quietly air-lifted the razaakar-boss and droppedhim in Karachi sparing his life!

The signs are ominous. Thenation must learn to foresee andprevent further chaos and unin-formed governance styles. All the“private possessions” of late Nizamare in fact State property and belongto the people of India. Not to anyghost of history nor to any living lit-igants. Universal laws apply. Theopen declarations surrender broad-cast by the last Nizam was a will surpassing any mischievousinterpretations or devious claims ofaccidental leaders and ignorantmasses.

The entire collection ought to beshifted to the National Museum atthe National Capital of Delhi. Thesecan be monetised by theGovernment of India to help wipeout external debt that has mountedover the last few years of crude oilwars.

If a tiny isle land in the Gulfregion which does not drill a dropof oil can enjoy such glory ofworldwide patronage by dint of itseconomic and fiscal policies, whynot India? History is created not bygeo-political factors but by moralfibre of the people who rule thetimes. History is no mute witness.When muted, History screams loudand clear. Is anyone listening?

(The writer is eminent jurist,poet, author)

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For almost a decade or two after the Independence, the Congress remained thedominant ruling party, both in States and at the Centre. The pains they took in

the freedom movement and their dedication and earnestness to create a modernIndia that is both inclusive and advanced paid dividends for them. Or at least thereward was results of their political manoeuvring. But the script rarely goes as planned.Driven partly by their lethargy and partly by the nature of Indian economy andpolity, the development that was promised never came, at least not as fast and inthe way that many had imagined.

A few years later, the Left came in limelight, often understood as the legionsthat voice the concern of common people. For almost a decade, they remained theonly credible Opposition in some States. A decade later, regional parties mushroomedin the politically active Hindi belt. By the time, Emergency kicked in, economy wasin doldrums and corruption was at its height. In these troubled times emerged twostalwarts who would change the political landscapes of decades to come. The visionand ideology of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan with roots in stu-dents’ movement in Bihar gave birth to a new generation of socialists — the veryones who would go on to change the complexion of the political landscape.

Our party, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) is a byproduct of this movement.For more than a decade, we have been staunch proponents of social inclusion basedpolitics and have been at the forefront of fight against the chauvinistic dogmas ofManuvad.

The history of the rise of regional parties is the reason why they are not goingto die out soon. The circumstances that created them in the first place are still there,accentuated in some cases. The national parties have become so big that it is almostimpossible for a common man to reach the top leaders. This, over time, creates atrust deficit that ultimately ends with the chosen representatives becoming merepawn of the party politics.

With time, they become less and less aware of the issues facing the people intheir constituency. Regional parties, on the other hand are more connected to the“root”. For regional parties, people are their main source of power. It is no-brain-er to deduct that to serve locals, you will have to be local. No outsider can under-stand your concerns better than the ones from within you and regional parties scoreheavily here.

The other reason is more personal. It is about the urge to preserve your cul-ture and language against the majoritarian impulses of big national parties of theLutyens’ Delhi. If we look at the history of modern day nation states, the Europe,for instance, we find that it is the language (and their unique culture and ethnici-ty) that has largely shaped their shape, size and ideology. Much like them, our Statesare also the product of intense debate on linguistics.

Of late, some leaders have begun to show a tendency of placing one languageor practice over the other. The call to adopt Hindi as your prime language (readnational language), for instance, such demand has raised eyebrows in many States,and rightly so.

For people who have known, say, Bengali or Tamil or Telugu their entire life, itis almost cruel for us to ask them to choose a language that we are comfortable with.It perhaps comes as no surprise when we see leaders from parties like AIADMK, DMKand others enjoying relatively more popularity than their national counterparts.

When our forefathers drafted our Constitution they made it very clear that Indiawill have a federal nature of Government and rightly so. Being the seventh largestcountry in the world with home to almost 1,600 languages, India is marked by diver-sity. In a culturally and politically diverse country, it’s only fair that it reflects inour politics too. And the presence of large number of regional parties is a testa-ment to that.

(The writer is National General Secretary & Spokesperson, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party)

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Donald Trump mocked the testi-mony of Christine Blasey Fordagainst Brett Kavanaugh as he

attempted to discredit her account ofthe alleged sexual assault. The USPresident cast doubt on Ford’s allegations at a campaign rally inMississippi, part of an attempt topush back at the #MeToo movementand appeal to the party’s bedrock vot-ers — white men — just weeks beforean election. It was a striking change oftactic after the US President had optedto show restraint towards Ford lastweek, and had called her a “very cred-ible witness” during her Senate testi-mony. “‘I had one beer’,” Trump said,drawing cheers as he started imitatingher account before the SenateJudiciary Committee last week.

“Well do you think it was… ‘Nope.It was one beer.’ Oh good. How didyou get home? ‘I don’t remember.’“How did you get there? ‘I don’tremember.’ Where is the place? ‘I don’tremember.’ How many years ago wasit? ‘I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’tknow.’ What neighbourhood was it in?‘I don’t know.’ Where’s the house? ‘Idon’t know. Upstairs. Downstairs. Idon’t know. But I had one beer that’sthe only thing I remember’.”

Complaining about the treatmentof his Supreme Court nominee, Trumpsaid: “And a man’s life is in tatters. Aman’s life is shattered.” Trump thencalled Democrats against Kavanaugh“evil people” who are out to “destroypeople.” The president’s remarks arepart of his and his GOP allies’ attemptsto defend their Supreme Court nomi-nee from sexual assault allegations. Thethree-decade-old accusation facingKavanaugh is not only false, they argue,but an example of the #MeToo move-ment gone too far in its call to believethe women — and not the men.

This is “a scary time,” Trump

said. “It’s a very scary time for youngmen in America when you can beguilty of something that you may notbe guilty of. You can be somebodythat was perfect your entire life andsomebody could accuse you of some-thing ... and you’re automaticallyguilty.” At the campaign rally later,the president pretended to be a sonasking his mother how to respond tosuch an accusation. “It’s a damn sadsituation,” Trump said.

Republicans fear facing a challeng-ing midterm election and need tomotivate their most reliable voters. All

signs suggest Democratic women areenergised by opposition to Trump’spresidency. The primary season yield-ed record numbers of female candi-dates. Kavanaugh’s confirmation battleand the national soul-searching oversexual consent it has provoked threat-en only to further motivate liberalfemale voters, leaving Republicanssearching for a counterweight.

In his warning, Trump echoedsome of his allies. Steve King of Iowasaid “If Kavanaugh is not confirmed,every man is subject to seeing their life’swork and their reputation destroyed by

an unsubstantiated allegation.”Sen John Kennedy of Louisiana

declared: “This is no country forcreepy old men. Or young men. Ormiddle-aged men. But this is nocountry at all.” The rising frustrationcame as the Kavanaugh confirmationprocess played out before the coun-try, with both Kavanaugh and Fordappearing before the SenateJudiciary Committee last week todiscuss her claim that he sexuallyassaulted her at a high school partymore than 30 years ago.

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The crisis in Bihar NDA isshowing no signs of abating.Two weeks ago, Nitish Kumarhad said that the seat-sharingarrangement with the BJP

was final and would be announcedsoon. The State President of JDU,Vashishtha Narayan Singh, and partyleader in the Rajya Sabha, RCP Singh,had also said in a press conference thatthe JDU would continue in the NDAwith respectable seats in its kitty.

Now the question is what are therespectable seats and when will anannouncement be made? Interestingly,there are many reports surrounding thenumber of ‘respectable’ seats. The BJPsources say the party can’t give morethan 12 seats to the JDU. If the RLSPleaves the NDA, its two seats could bedivided among the BJP and JDU. Thatmeans in a very favourable situation, the JDU will get maximum 13 seats.

However, many BJP leaders are say-ing that the seat proposal is merely astrategy to keep the JDU occupied. TheBJP doesn’t want any alliance break-up inBihar as it might have a detrimentaleffect on the Assembly Elections in fiveStates. That is why it is being said that inthe recent meeting, Amit Shah toldNitish that he was busy with the electionsof five States, and the seat-sharing for-mula would be decided after that.

If the BJP fares well in five States, itmight take its support back from theJDU in Bihar, and impose President’srule. At that time, neither the Congressnor the RJD will save the JDU. That iswhy Nitish is trying to make his movebefore the BJP strikes, but without suc-cess. The Congress and RJD are notready to agree to his terms and condi-tions. Nitish is said to be gearing up fora third front too, but that path is alsoriddled with many hurdles.

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Former President of the JDU, SharadYadav, is not very active in politics.

However, he has been busy in givingshape to the Mahagathbandhan againstthe BJP, and is probably also chalkingout a third front in Bihar. Some lead-ers with big political ambitions areplanning a third front. Apart fromthem, if the Left parties don’t get goodseats, they might part ways with theRJD-Congress alliance.

The three big parties of the LeftFront in Bihar — the CPI, CPM, andCPML — have a base in different areasof the State. While the CPML has a goodhold in central Bihar ie Arrah andBhojpur, the CPI rules the roost inChamparan and Begusarai. Probably

Lalu Prasad doesn’t want to leave morethan three seats for the three parties,while they need at least five.

Sharad Yadav is well aware of thehold of the Left parties amongst thebackward and Dalit vote banks. That iswhy there is a buzz that he, along withhis own party and the Left parties, mightform a third front. Interestingly, peopleare saying that Central Minister UpendraKushwaha will also join the front. IfKushwaha doesn’t get a respectable seatin the RJD-Congress alliance, he mightjoin the proposed third front and couldalso become its CM candidate.

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The first controversy over the NehruMemorial Museum and Library has-

n’t been solved yet and a new one hascrept up. Director of the museum, ShaktiSinha, had given a proposal to make it amemorial for all PMs, which theCongress had opposed. Former PMManmohan Singh had written a letter toPM Narendra Modi, stating that theNehru Memorial must be saved from anyinterference. The Congress wants a

memorial for all PMs to be made at anyother place, but not at the NehruMemorial. But it seems that theGovernment is adamant on changing the form of the Nehru Memorial.

The new controversy is over funds ofthe memorial. The director wants toremove the funds from there, and theCongress is opposing the move. There’sanother row over the private documentsof Indira Gandhi. The Indira GandhiMemorial Trust had sought these docu-ments, but the director refused. SoniaGandhi, the chairman of the IndiraGandhi Trust, says the documents hadbeen given to the Nehru Memorial forsafe-keeping and are not its property.Many private letters of Indira Gandhi areamongst these documents, and theCongress thinks they can be misused.

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Seats of the Assembly in many Statesmight be increased. The State

Governments had been pressing for thisfor long and it is being said that theCentral Government is now ready. TheCentre has prepared a Cabinet note for

this and the committee of ministers ispondering over the proposal. First ofall, the seats of Telangana and AndhraPradesh might be increased. Jharkhandis also demanding the same for long,but right now it seems that its chancesare grim. This must be noted that at thetime of bifurcation, there was a propos-al for increasing seats in Telangana andAndhra Pradesh. There were 294 seatsin the unified Andhra Pradesh. Afterbifurcation, Andhra got 175 and 119seats went to Telangana.

According to the new proposal, 50 seats would be increased in Andhraand the total seats would be 225. In thesame manner, Telangana would get 34more seats and the total seats will be153. There is problem, though. Even ifParliament passes the Bill, it can’t beexecuted immediately. Possibly, it willbe implemented on the basis of the2021 Census, which will be out before2024. Only then can the seats of theAssembly be increased before the nextpolls. The leaders of both States aredemanding an increase in the numberof seats on the basis of previous data.

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First, Sharad Pawar supposedly gave aclean chit to Modi in the Rafale deal

and tried to puncture the campaign of theCongress, and now he has complicatedthe politics further. His NCP wants toinclude the MNS in the alliance, which is on the cards against the BJP inMaharashtra. The Congress is against thisidea. The State Congress leadership saysthe MNS has a record against non-Marathis; there have been severalinstances of attack on North Indians inMumbai by the workers of Raj Thackeray.The Congress is of the view that if theparty goes with the MNS, its core votebank will be disappointed. But the NCPsays that the MNS is necessary to uniteall anti-BJP forces. The NCP knows thatthe Congress will not accept the MNS inthe alliance, but Sharad Pawar is doingthis to build pressure on Rahul Gandhi.

On the other hand, SwabhimaniShetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti— the new partner of the Congress —wants an alliance with Bharip BahujanMahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar.He wants the Congress and NCP toshow their magnanimity and includesmaller parties in the alliance after giv-ing them respectable seats. This must benoted that Raju Shetti is an MP, and thelast time round, he had fought alongwith the BJP. The Congress might justgive in to his demand and includeAmbedkar in the alliance.

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Central Minister and NDA partnerUpendra Kushwaha is still in the

NDA, waiting for the JDU to be oustedfrom the alliance so that he can continuewith old equations and formula. Hethinks Nitish Kumar might leave theNDA again. One of his close associatessays the BJP has signalled to him that thealliance would be the same as it was in2014. So, Kushwaha’s first choice is theNDA. Leader of his party, Nagmani, saidthe RLSP should be given more seats thanthe JDU. He argues that the Kurmi votebank — the caste of Nitish — is only 2 percent, while the vote bank of Kushwahas is6 per cent. Clearly, Nagmani’s motive wasto put the JDU under pressure.

Kushwaha is also trying to keep thedoors open to the RJD-Congress alliance,but he won’t get more than three seatsthere. He hopes for four or five seats,which seems impossible. So, it is beingsaid that Kushwaha is gearing up for aprobable third front, which will projecthim as the CM candidate. Sharad Yadav’sparty and the Left front would also be apart of the front. In this front, the RLSPmight get half of the total seats.

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video of his record-break-ing Super Mario Bros. ses-sion, which he completedin 4 minutes, 55 seconds.The streamer, who goes bythe name Kosmic, posted avideo to his YouTube chan-nel showing him finishingthe 1985 NintendoEntertainment Systemgame in 4 minutes, 55seconds and 913 mil-liseconds. The run beatKosmic’s own record of4 minutes, 56 minutesand 245 milliseconds.The player’s latest recordnearly ties the theoreticalfastest time to beat thegame, 4 minutes, 54 secondsand 30 milliseconds. Mariospeed-runner AndrewGbecame the first player to fin-ish the game in under 5 min-utes with a 2010 speedrun.

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AColorado woman visiting Crater ofDiamonds State Park in Arkansas

found a 2.62-carat diamond in just 10minutes of searching. The 71-year-

old woman, who did not want heridentity revealed, said she and herfamily were only looking for dia-monds for about 10 minutes atthe park when she found the ice

white diamond on the surface. Thegrandmother said she wasshocked when she took herfind to the park’s DiamondDiscovery Center, where itwas identified. More than

33,100 diamonds have been foundsince Crater of Diamondsbecame a state park in 1972.

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AChinese resort unveiled a 20-foot-tall rooster statue made out of

chili peppers and corn cobs. A videofilmed at the resort in Linyi City,Shandong Province, shows the giantrooster statue with its body composed

of red and green chili pep-pers and its legs made fromcorn cobs. The statue was madein honour of the city’s chili crop,which was recently harvested.

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ATexas man found a scenic locationin the Colorado mountains to pro-

pose to his girlfriend, but the coupleran into trouble on the way down. TheBoulder County sheriff ’s office says 27-year-old Joshua Mason of Denton,Texas, took 28-year-old Katie Davis ona hike Saturday to Jasper Peak at an ele-vation of nearly 4,000 m. They got lostas darkness fell. The couple were show-ing signs of altitude sickness and dehy-dration when a hiker found them. Heled them to his camp and gave themfood, water and a place to warm up.Another camper called for help.Rescuers reached the camp earlySunday and walked the couple to theircar. They didn’t require medical treat-ment. Sgt Clay Leak says deputieslearned the engagement was still on.

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Nimo bounds out of a car in arush to get to work at a Bangkok

advertising agency, but Nimo is no ordi-nary employee. He’s a dog. The brown-haired husky accompanies his owner,Thimpaporn Phopipat, to work every-day at digital advertising agency YDMin the Thai capital. “Since I already lovedogs, it really made me want to workhere,” said Thimaporn, 29, a digital pub-lic relations manager who also takesalong her chihuahua, Muu Pan.

The bring-your-dog-to-work trendis gaining momentum in Thailand, par-ticularly at companies like advertise-ment firms that are known to requireirregular work hours.

The policy can help to alleviatestress, as well as attract, and retain,employees, say some. Other advertise-ment agencies in the Thai capital havedog-friendly policies but YDM, withnearly 200 employees and 20 pet dogs,is by far the largest to adopt the scheme.

Several studies point to the benefitsof dogs in the workplace, but a May2017 study in the International Journalof Environmental Research and Public

Health warned against hazards such asallergies and animal-borne diseases.The same report said pets could helpto buffer stress at work, however.

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Londoners fed up withBrexit can vent their

rage with a special gymroutine that includes high-intensity exercises like pum-meling punchbags bearingphotographs of some of the mainplayers like Boris Johnson andJean-Claude Juncker. The 30-minute circuit also features the“Theresa May Sack Race,” “JacobRees-Logg lifts” and “PoliticoHeadslammer” in which partici-pants slam balls on to pictures ofBritish Prime Minister TheresaMay and opposition Labour partyleader Jeremy Corbyn. There is alsoa “Cameron Quitters’ Corner”named after May’s predecessorDavid Cameron to take time out.

The Brexfit classes are beingoffered by fitness company Gymbox,

whose boss Marc Diaper said thetheme was chosen by a members’poll of their main frustrationswith living in the British capital.Fifty two percent of respondents

said Brexit, followed by rentprices and train delays.

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Police in Ohio said a report-ed dead body spotted at

the side of a road was found bythe coroner to be a realistic

mannequin. Colerain Townshippolice said officers respondedThursday to a report of a body on

the side of a road outside a naturepreserve in Hamilton County. Thebody had been spotted wrapped ina garbage bag by county engineers,police said. Police located the body,but it wasn’t until the coronerarrived that they discovered it thebody was a dummy. ColerainPolice Chief Mark Denney said

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Kanye West followed his appear-ance on the 44th Saturday NightLive season premiere with ram-

bling pro-Trump remarks thatprompted boos in the studio. Wearinga red Make America Great Again cap,West followed a performance of GhostTown by addressing the audience.

The remarks were not broadcastbut in footage shot by the comedianChris Rock and posted to socialmedia, West said: “The blacks wantalways Democrats … you know it’slike the plan they did, to take thefathers out the home and put them onwelfare… does anybody know aboutthat? That’s a Democratic plan.

“There’s so many times I talk to,like, a white person about this andthey say, ‘How could you like Trump?He’s racist.’ Well, uh, if I was con-cerned about racism I would’vemoved out of America a long timeago.” He added: “Now you got a situa-tion where we need to have a dia-logue, and not a diatribe.”

Later, in a string of tweets criti-cised on social media, he called forthe amendment that abolished slaveryto be scrapped, before clarifying that

he wanted to see it “amended”. Theinitial tweet showed a photo of him-self on an airplane wearing one ofDonald Trump’s signature “MakeAmerica Great Again” hats.

“This represents good andAmerica becoming whole again,” Westwrote. “We will no longer outsource toother countries. We build factorieshere in America and create jobs. Wewill provide jobs for all who are freefrom prisons as we abolish the 13thamendment. Message sent with love.”

It is unfair to deride millennials as“snowflakes” or to criticise them asoverly sensitive, self-centred or

ignorant because it is their parentswho are at fault, the author FayWeldon has said. “We should stopbeing beastly to the snowflakes sincewe, their forebears, left them withsuch a mess to clear up and no toolsto deal with it,” she said. “Today’syoung grow up into a violent, angry,unstable environment, all too likely toend up jobless, homeless and child-less, unlikely to reach their full poten-tial. They are probably the mostdespairing generation ever conceived.The least we can do is not add to theirburden by slagging them off.”

She added: “If the new millennials— at best dependent on the bank ofmum and dad, at worst on benefits ina shrinking job market — shoulddespise and hate the old, it’s not sur-prising.” After a series of odd jobs as asingle mother, Weldon became a topadvertising copywriter before movingto television drama and writing novelsincluding The Life and Loves of a SheDevil, her cautionary tale of adultery.

Her new novel, After the Peace, is

the story of a child of the new millen-nium, Rozzie, a “sperm bank baby”. Inone passage, Weldon writes of “poor,baffled, indignant, work-deprived,renting-not-owning millennials” whohave been let down by their “careless,stupid, smug” parents. She said: “Webrought the millennials into this ratherextraordinary, slightly insane worldand then they turn out to be what theyare. Through the drug and money cul-ture of their parents, we’re landed withthe product of what is our fault.”

Visitors to Tate Modern could,literally, be left weeping whenthey visit the gallery over the

next five months as part of a series of“stealth interventions” by the Cubanartist and activist Tania Bruguera.Bruguera is the latest artist to be askedto fill the vast Turbine Hall space aspart of the annual HyundaiCommission. Her theme is the crisisin migration. If that in itself does notmake people cry with anger and frus-tration then the presence of an organiccompound that induces tears will do.The idea, Bruguera said, is to provokea forced empathy … a physical reac-

tion that she hopes will trigger “ashared emotional response”. Otherinterventions include renaming theBoiler House building, the main gal-leries closest to the River Thames incentral London, after the local activistNatalie Bell. She was chosen, thegallery said, “for her positive contribu-tion to the lives of others in SE1”. Mostof the Turbine Hall has been coveredin shiny black material that is heat-sensitive. Underneath, at the far end, isa hidden portrait of a young man wholeft Syria in 2011 and found emotionaland practical support through SE1United, the charity Bell helps run.

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There is a time formany words, andthere is also a timefor sleep,” wroteHomer in the

Odyssey — proving that evenin c.700BC, wise old headsknew the value of good slum-ber. Not that we’ve paid muchattention. According to TheSleep Council, citing a surveyof 5,007 adults, 70 per cent ofBritons now sleep for underseven hours a night (sevenhours is on the lower end ofwhat a healthy adult shouldget). Over a quarter experi-ence poor quality sleep;while, in the three years up to2013, the survey stated thenumber of people living onfive to six hours sleep a nightrose dramatically.

And this is importantbecause sleep directly affectsour mental and physicalhealth. It helps us be moreproductive at work, stay emo-tionally balanced, be morecreative, as well as aiding ourimmune systems, brain andheart health, and even keepingour weight in check.Prolonged sleep derivation isalso linked to premature skinageing, decreased sex drive,and an increased risk of dia-betes and Alzheimer’s.

The good news is there are several lifestyle changesyou can make in order toimprove your sleep. Fromgoing to bed at the same timeevery night, to cutting out blue lights, here’s what thewonders of modern sciencecan tell us about the oldest of human obsessions.

���������������������Never easy, this one. One nightyou might curl up in front ofthe sofa at 7 pm and be readyfor bed at 9; the next you’vegone out for drinks withfriends; and the next you’reworking late. However, settlinginto a good routine, accordingto new research from DukeUniversity, can greatly improvesleep. With nearly 20 years ofdata to draw from, focusing on2,000 adults aged 50 or more,the team at Duke found thatthose with irregular sleep pat-terns had increased bloodpressure and blood sugar, anda greater risk of heart attack orstroke than those who alwayswent to bed and awoke at thesame time. While theresearchers noted that thestudy was observational, andthat heart problems, for exam-ple, may be the cause for thepoor sleep schedules, the gen-eral conclusion is that a regularroutine does improve sleep.

� ����#�������,��We’re all aware of alcohol’sadverse effect on our health —on the liver, heart, pancreas,and more. But at least a fewdrinks will coax us into a deepsleep, right? Wrong. Alcoholmay help you fall asleep faster— but it won’t help you sleeplonger or better.

According to a paperreleased last year in JMIRMental Health, even a low alco-hol intake can reduce therestorative qualities of sleep,meaning you won’t get thephysiological benefits of a fullnight’s shuteye (the study found

that a low intake reduces physi-ological recovery by 9.3 percent; the more we drink, thegreater decrease in recovery).

Alcohol can also disruptthe circadian rhythm. Ourinternal 24-hour body clocksare regulated by a gene calledthe circadian clock gene.Research on animals in 2010discovered that booze can leadto lower levels of mRNA, anacid that helps produce pro-teins, in circadian clock genes.Too much alcohol can lead to adisrupted circadian rhythm,making going to sleep at thesame time every night and get-ting a good quality, restorativesleep a lot more difficult.

�B�����������You may think exercising inthe evening will knacker youout, helping you conk out assoon as your head hits the pil-low. But, as someone who playsfive-a-side football in theevening, I know from experi-ence that I’m more likely to befull of adrenaline than ready tosleep. According to a sleepresearch scientist at AarhusUniversity in Denmark, thebest time of the day to workout, in order to boost yoursleep, may in fact be the morn-ing. “Exercising in the morn-ing daylight helps you sleep,”says Sofie Laage-Christiansen.“It helps kickstart the brain inthe same way as when youexpose yourself to bright lightearly in the morning, andmakes the body release mela-tonin earlier in the evening.”Melatonin is a hormone thathelps set the circadian rhythm.

�1�������Tobacco smoking is on thedecline, but for those whohaven’t kicked the habit, theremay be an additional healthrisk than lung cancer or heartdisease. In fact, smokingtobacco also interferes withour internal clock genes, bothin the lungs and brain, ruin-ing the chances of a goodnight’s sleep.

In 2013, a study at theUniversity of RochesterMedical Center exposed miceto cigarette smoke and found itdistorted their sleep rhythm.With greater exposure to thesmoke, the mice’s circadianrhythm deteriorated further.

Smoking also causes sleepapnea, according to a reportin the National Center forBiotechnology Informationjournal in 2014. Sleep apneais a disorder that affectsbreathing during sleep andprevents the brain from get-ting enough oxygen.

Further studies highlightother ways smoking preventsgood sleep. In 2008,researchers at the JohnHopkins University found thatsmokers were lighter sleepersthan non-smokers, meaningthey got less restorative sleep.

�������������,�������If you live in a modern urbanenvironment, chances areyou’ll be hard-pressed to find adark room devoid of any ambi-ent light. But if you can, per-haps by investing in someblackout blinds, you reallyshould, as it can help you sleepbetter. Why? Well, it’s that cir-cadian rhythm again.

As diurnal animals,humans evolved to be awakewhen the sun’s out and toswitch off at night. But nowa-days, with constantly availablebright light, our circadianrhythm is disrupted.

���,��,��������,��According to the NationalSleep Foundation, around 95

per cent of us use a light-emit-ting device — such as a smart-phone, laptop, or TV — rightuntil we hit the sack.According to researchers atKing’s College London andCardiff University, looking intothe effects of electronic deviceuse on children, the use ofsmartphones and tablets beforebed doubled the chance ofpoor sleep. This is partly dueto blue light, which is morepotent than regular light anddelays your body’s release ofmelatonin. Interestingly, thestudy also concluded that justhaving a smartphone in yourroom also increased risk ofruined sleep, as it provides astimulus to the body.

��A��������������We all know it’s bad, yet we alldo it, mostly out of necessity.Either you’re working late oryou’re out late, and you’ve for-gotten to have dinner. By thetime you get home, you’restarving, so you grab whatev-er’s easiest and whack it in theoven (if you haven’t alreadypicked something up on theway home). Aside from beingbad for your weight, this mayalso prevent a sufficient night’ssleep. In 2015, a study by sci-entists at Universidade Federalde São Paulo stated: “We con-clude that food intake duringthe nocturnal period is corre-lated with negative effects onthe sleep quality of healthyindividuals. Indeed, foodintake near the sleeping period(dinner and late night snack)was negatively associated withsleep quality variables.”

According to the study,men who consumed too muchfat late at night slept less effi-ciently, spending less time inREM. Women also experi-enced lower sleep efficiency,and took a longer time to fallasleep, while they also tooklonger to reach REM andwere more likely to wake upduring the night.

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Who knows about someone betterthan that person? None other.Therefore, if we really want to

know about God to get convinced aboutHis existence, then, whom should we talkto? God of course! God is quite pleased torespond. He has already done so in somedetail in the Gita, and He is still preparedto respond directly to us if we are reallykeen. We have been told that God knowsthe past, the present and the future.Nostradamus wanted to know about thefuture. He couldn’t do it by himself. So,what did he do? He is said to haveremained awake for several years, medi-tating over a brass bowl filled with water.This was like ‘tapasya’ that our saints havebeen doing for ages. And what happened?God, who can see the future, showeredhim with kindness and allowed him tosee future events like Hitler’s rise topower and the explosion of the US shuttlechallenger in 1986. This act of God hasconvinced us about His ability to knowthe past, the present and the future.

Baba Vanga has been another extraor-dinary soothsayer who got connectedwith God. She had claimed that her extra-ordinary abilities including making accu-rate predictions were due to the informa-tion she received from some source (readGod). She could also tell the life story ofanyone standing in front of her frombirth to death like a film. Who could have

known that except God? She foretold thebreakup of the Soviet Union, theChernobyl disaster, the date of Stalin’sdeath, the sinking of the Russian subma-rine Kursk, the September 11 attacks inAmerica and Topolov’s victory in theWorld Chess Tournament.

What else do we know about God?Let us see if we can test some of themfrom our past experiences. I have donethis exercise and this is what I have foundout. Lord Krishna told Arjuna to get upand just be His instrument. (Gita 11.33) Ihave a somewhat similar experience whenI get some realisation from God and sitdown to write about it. Points come thickand fast and a nice structure is in place.For an article, I have to just put pen topaper. Without being proud, sometimes Imarvel at how I, an engineer, have beenchosen for this privilege.

Like most people, I tend to get con-

fused/deluded. Whom do I turn to? TheLord makes me write down everythingthat I feel. Slowly, I get the answers fromthe One who knows. Then, I meditatesome more and I know what to do. Same istrue about memory. I am in the fourthstage of my life. Lots of events have takenplace in my life. When I am forced into adifficult situation, the merciful Lordreveals what got me out of trouble earlierwhen faced with similar difficulties. Isbewilderment not what comes before lossof intelligence and subsequent doom?(2.63) God provides; He surely does.Whatever I need somehow becomes avail-able with not much effort. (9.22) This factmakes me wonder and I feel greatly hum-bled by such grace. Whatever I need some-how becomes available with not mucheffort. (9.22) God helps like no one can.

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Somebody at some point of time coined the wordmultitasking. And everyone fell for it, believing thatit was quickest route to productivity. Multitasking

means doing multiple things at the same time. The result,however, is that you either end up doing nothing, or messup everything. To use a fancy popular US slang, it is likedividing one’s mental resources between multiple tasks tillthe STHF (shit hits the fan). The result can be imagined.Multitasking has been portrayed as the ‘in’ thing in manybusiness models and even management literature had tocreate scope for the jargon to be experimented with as apractice. But the fact is that multitasking leads to divisionof attention between too many things. The keyword isattention. Human brain is fashioned in such a way thatallows you to attend to one stimuli at one time. A verysimple yet appropriate analogy given by psychologists fewdecades ago entailed a mechanical model of attention thatexplained the process as a Y-shaped tube in which twoseparate channels of ping-pong balls merge in a centralchannel protected by a filter that allows only one ball toenter. This was also explained by dichotic listening exper-iments carried out much earlier in which people wereasked to retain information upon listening to two differ-ent messages given through the two ears. It was a typicalattention-distraction model highlighting the importanceof attention in perceiving the external stimuli. Againstthis backdrop, we need to understand why in the presenttimes no one is listening and the result is chaos. There istoo much information bombarding the human sensesfrom too many directions. Pieces of information are prac-tically competing with one another for capturing theattention of the recipient. This competition has in itselfbecome a distraction hampering the learning and under-standing process. Information is impinging the humansenses but is not being received. The human mind hasbecome wayward almost like the movement of the mole-cules which is explained in Physics as Brownian motion.It is erratic, random and continuous. While big data is thetopic of discussion, big confusion is the state of the mind.With a laptop screen in front of the eyes and Androidphone in the hand — one is not even trying to listen butsimply feigning to listen. If a CEO-like creature wants togive instructions under such circumstance, can he speaksense? He cannot. But this is what is happening. Meetingafter meeting consumes hours but produces nothing. Theproblem is that people are not ready to believe it. To makematters worse, this is becoming the norm. Everyone istrying to ape this form of multitasking that is some kindof a fashion statement. Naturally, those who want to besomebody have to prove that they are busy even if there isno need for that. This model has percolated down to alllevels. People claim to be in meetings, adding value andattending to emails at the same time. For those who arenot in business and are not in a position to schedule andconduct meetings, Facebook and WhatsApp come inhandy to help them seem busy. Just a glance at the poststhat are written and posted would prove that all is notwell on the thinking front. While Psychologists hadproved long back that you can’t do two things at the sametime, recent findings suggest that the mere presence of acompeting stimulus affects the ability to attend and con-centrate. But the modern day workplace and even homeis witnessing competing interferences from different stim-uli resulting in an inability to connect.

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When we are in love, theworld and our livesbecome beautified.Everything takes on avividness and richness

unseen before. One’s world undergoes atransformative beauty in the presenceof the beloved. As an Urdu poet of thepast century, Sant Darshan Singh, says:

The autumn-stricken paths suddenlybloomed and blossomed,

In whatever direction the Belovedturns, there is only spring.

What is it like for the soul to belost in love with its beloved Lord? It ismore beautiful than being with yourbeloved in gardens landscaped withdancing fountains surrounded by amyriad of fragrant flowers. It is loveli-er than sitting together on a hillsideand watching the brilliant colours of asetting sun. It is more peaceful thansitting by a gently flowing stream in acool forest. It is more uplifting thanthe haunting violin and the angelicharps. It is like being permeated fromhead to toe with divine love.

Along with the intoxication andmadness of this love comes anotheraspect: This love is unconditional. Itknows no discrimination, no prejudice,and no separatism. Our soul is lovedunconditionally by the Lord. We, inturn, can reflect that love and radiateunconditional love to those we meet.

There are few examples of uncon-ditional love in our everyday relation-ships. In examples of the greatest loverelationships in the world, there alwaysseem to be some conditions placed onthem. In the parent’s love for a child,there are expectations. The parent maywant the child to behave a certain way.When the child grows up and the par-ent grows old, there may be an expecta-tion that the child will take care of theparent. Thus, this love is not entirelyunconditional. In the love betweenspouses, there is always an expectationthat the lover will make him/ herhappy. We want the lover to provide us

with the fulfilment we seek. If thelover’s behaviour does not meet ourexpectations we may argue and fight,and in some cases even break up.

The soul loves unconditionally,because God loves unconditionally.The soul and God are one and thesame. If we tap into our soul and lookat the world through its eyes, we cannot only love unconditionally, but alsofeel God’s unconditional love for us.The Sun does not discriminate as towhich flowers it will shine upon. Itsheds its light on all equally. Thus,roses and violets, tulips and weeds allreceive the same light. Same is the casewith God’s love. It shines on all of us,whether we are man or woman, Hinduor Muslim, Christian or Jew, Sikh orSufi, Parsi or Jain. It shines on us nomatter what colour our hair, skin, oreyes are. When we experience our souland begin to identify with it, we toocan grow in our love of all people.

One of the most powerful illus-trations of unconditional love isfound in the teachings of Jesus Christ.The foundation of Christianity isbased on the concept of love and for-giveness. As Christ said:

Ye have heard that it hath been said,thou shalt love thy neighbor and hatethin enemy. But I say unto you, loveyour enemies, bless them that curse you,do good to them that have you, and prayfor them which despitefully use you, andpersecute you (Matt. 5:43, 44).

The world is in need of uncondi-tional love. Just as we wish to be lovedunconditionally, so too can we lovethose around us unconditionally.

True love means loving everyone.Saints and mystics point out that if wetruly love God, we will love all ofGod’s children. As Christ said, “If any-one says, ‘I love God,’ and hates hisbrother, he is a liar; for he who doesnot love his brother whom he hasseen, cannot love God whom he hasnot seen”(1 John 4.7-20).

When we tap into our empowered

soul, we can become blind to outerdifferences of religion, culture, colour,and nationality. All can be seen as onefamily of God, and we can learn tochannel the love of our empoweredsoul to all we meet.

�������1���1���#,���The soul recognises its own nature oflove in every living creature and in alllife itself. As Sant Darshan Singh wrote:

He is hidden in every instrument, inevery song and melody.

All creation reflects His glory.There exists not a sparkling wave

nor a fiery star that does not owe itsradiance to His Light.

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumihas said:

The current of love from the oneGod is flowing through the entire uni-verse. What do you think when you lookat the face of a person? Look at himcarefully. He is not a person, but a cur-rent of the essence of God which perme-ates him.

And Lord Krishna said:He who is able to see My form in

everything, who realises that there is nodifference between different beings is, infact, the true seer. Such a person I cannever forget.

������,����1��#�,How can we find the intoxicating loveof our empowered soul? It is not inthe stars, or on the mountaintops, ordeep under the sea. It is within us.Kabir Sahib said:

Within his navel the musk is hid, thebewildered deer hunts for it in the forest.

So also dwells the Beloved within theheart, yet the world knows it not andseeks Him outside itself.

We look for fulfilment in the ‘outerloves’ of this world which may give ustransient joy. But we can have perma-nent joy. We can experience the love ofour empowered soul. We can enjoy arichness to our relationships.

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Ignorance remains at the root of mostof the problems in life. In manycases, even when made aware, people

blinded in their belief won’t acknowl-edge it, especially when it comes tomental ailments. It is understandable ifthe illiterate don’t understand. Theirony, however, is that a good majorityof educated Indians are no better in thisrespect. Even they remain in denialmode for long. They avoid seekingtimely psychiatric help, as if the prob-lem would be a stigma for the person,which when comes out in open, shall besubject to public ridicule. Instead, theytake to various unscrupulous methods.It is only when the situation goes out ofhand that they are forced to seek med-ical help. What they don’t realise is thatmental ailments need to be treated justlike any other disease. They are curableif attended to in time.

A couple of years back, worried par-ents of a young girl came with a volley ofquestions: “Has somebody used blackmagic on my child that she has beenbehaving abnormal for quite some time?If so, suggest some remedies to ward offthat evil. We have got as many pujasdone as suggested by pundits, but to noavail. We sought the help of even a

tantric, but even that didn’t work. Tellme, what is in store of her destiny? Whenis she expected to become normal so thatwe may plan her wedding? Our worry isthat with her present state of mind, shecan’t hold on to any relationship.”

After analysing the girl’s chart, Iasked: “How is her sleep pattern? Hasher thought process become so incoher-ent that she won’t listen to reason?Does she go through intermittent boutsof violence and sadness?” “Yes, nothingseems to be getting into her head. Whenwe try to explain something, she turnsviolent. At other times, she gets sad-dened. In between, she realises herproblems for a while. She remainsawake almost the whole night and keepslying down half-asleep during day time,”they answered in chorus.

Well, all these symptoms clearlypoint to a serious psychiatric disorderand call for immediate medical interven-tion. Otherwise, I am afraid, in the heatof the moment, she could even turn sui-cidal. “She did show a suicidal tendencyin the recent past. But, how could youcome to this conclusion, just giving alook at her horoscope, even withoutmeeting the girl?” they asked.

Let me make it clear, astrology reads

into the unique character of a person —the core strengths, mental limitations,and desire trends. Looking at the seed-potential of a person, the future trendscould be figured out. The pointers underconsideration are her will factor, level ofintelligence, and general mind trends.Lagna lord Venus, signifying the girl’sidentity, occupies the lunar constellationowned by headless Ketu posited inMercury-owned dual sign Gemini. And,Venus is ill-disposed off to Ketu. Itimplies that she has a weird vacillatingmind trapped into self-created conflicts,not able to find a way out. The fact thatcusp-wise Ketu occupies the eighthhouse identified with serious difficulties,makes her vulnerable to becoming a vic-tim of her own making.

The Sun, identified with one’s will-power, again occupying a dual sign ismoving towards its sign of debilitation,and is placed adverse to Uranus,Neptune, and Rahu. In the first place, itmakes her erratic, unorganised, unstable,and habitually doubtful of any elder’sintent. Second, she would be stuck to herself-delusions, distanced from groundrealities. Intelligence signifying Mercurytoo is ill-disposed off to Uranus,Neptune, and Rahu. That makes her arestless person. This also accounts for

her impaired reasoning and judgement.Mind signifying Moon, though

occupies its own sign Cancer, but isplaced opposite its planet of nemesisSaturn. That is indicative of unpre-dictable mood-swings, and a negativemind-set susceptible to depression. Ontop of that fiery Mars occupying the12th house, locked in adverse formationto Uranus, Neptune, and Rahu, makesher temperamental. She is vulnerable tosuffer from an inferiority complex. Shemay unmindfully misdirect her energiestowards unproductive ends. Caught upin the above bind, her sleep would bedisturbed, which brings down her ener-gy level. Her mind and psyche, is thus,badly impaired. In such cases, even thehormonal balance of the person getsdisturbed, which in turn, further vitiatesthe thought process. Now, when theroot of the problem lies in her mind andphysiological status, how can a puja cor-rect that? There is no better choice thanseeking immediate medical help.

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