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By Amit Srivastav

More than 23,000 students and 510 teachers in Navi Mumbai are at riskparticularly during the monsoon, as no lightning arresters have been installedin civic schools. A proposal worth Rs 1.20 crore was cleared during the

Standing Committee meeting of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC)

By Prashant Hamine

Almost allmajor political parties have givena cautiouswelcome to the SupremeCourt

verdict that struck down Section 8 (4) of theRepresentation of the People Act, 1951, thatgave protection to convicted lawmakers.However, there have been some who werequick to point towards the supremacy of theParliament to make laws. Most political par-ties have welcomed the verdict as a step to-

wards stopping the criminalizationof politics.Some political parties are now talking of an

all party consensus on the stand to be takenon the verdict. Efforts to contact the otherwisevocal, top state BJP leadership proved futile.The SC verdict is especially for politicians

like Shiv Sena MLA Sureshdada Jain, Con-gress MP Suresh Kalmadi, DMK MPs Kani-mozhi and A. Raja who have already served

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AT RISK BECAUSENMMC SCHOOL

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ARRESTERS

DIDN’T WANT THIS EQUALITYNow, equal before the law, and with many culpable in the ranks,

SC verdict is cautiously welcomed by political parties

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By Philip Varghese

Six days after the CentralBureau of Investigation(CBI) filed a chargesheet

in the Ishrat Jehan Fake En-counter Case accusing six po-licemen, Ishrat’s family onThursday alleged that therewas a threat to their lives.This comes from advocate

Vrinda Grover, who repre-sents Shamima Kauser,mother of Ishrat Jehan, aswell as RaufLala and Mohin-uddin Ismail Sayyed, whohave for the last 9 years sup-ported the family in its strug-gle for justice. According to aletter written by advocateGrover to the Union HomeSecretary Anil Goswami onThursday, “The CBI chargesheethas named senior Gujarat Po-lice officers as accused in thekilling of Ishrat Jehan andothers. Further investigationinto the conspiracy behindthese murders, and the evi-dence recorded by the CBI,points towards the complicityof senior officers of the Intel-ligence Bureau and politicalleaders of Gujarat state.On July 10, 2013 the local

Mumbra Policewas informedabout the threat to ShamimaKauser and her children. Ac-cordingly policemen wereposted at the gate of thebuilding in which Shamimaresides. My client ShamimaKauser has informedme thatin the dead of the night, ataround 2:30am on July 11,2013, 4-5 men came andstarted banging on the doorof their flat, aggressively de-

manding that the door of thehouse be opened. Uponbeing asked by Shamima toidentify themselves and theirpurpose, they kept bangingthe door. After some time,these men announced thatthey were from the police.Shamima refused to open thedoor as it was clear that thesemen had come to bring harmto her and her young chil-dren. These 4-5 men keptstanding outside Shamima’sdoor for some time talking inwhispers to each other andthen left. Clearly their pur-pose to terrorise Shamimaand her children had beenaccomplished.”The letter further added, “It

is a well known public factthat after the demise of herhusband, Shamima heads afamily of young daughtersand sons. Shamima and herdaughter have courageouslybeen speaking about justicefor Ishrat Jehan public meet-ings and demanding punish-ment for all personsresponsible for her killing, re-gardless of their official posi-tion. Many of the powerfulaccused are yet to be arrestedin this case. The CBI hasrightfully sought protectionfor its own investigating offi-cers, but has not paid any at-tention to the vulnerability ofShamima Kauser, her chil-dren and RaufLala and Mo-hinuddin Ismail Sayyed.Even in the past, attempts

have been made on the life ofShamima Kauser, RaufLalaand Mohinuddin IsmailSayyed. Despite written and

verbal complaints to the po-lice and the CBI no serious ac-tion or enquiry has beeninitiated into the matter. Onthe night of June 18 or 19th,2013, the vehicle carryingShamima Kauser, RaufLalaandMohinuddin Ismail Sayedwas attacked by armedmen.However, the said incident

was registered as an FIR of aroad accident. ShamimaKauser and her children havealso reported that they arebeing followed and men inmotorcycles are keeping awatch on their home and

their movements.There is a grave threat to

Shamima Kauser (mother ofdeceased Ishrat Jehan) andher children as well as Rau-fLala and Mohinuddin IsmailSayyed. There is a real appre-hension that attempts will bemade to threaten, terrorise, in-timidate and harm ShamimaKauser and her children aswell as RaufLala and Mohin-uddin Ismail Sayyed to coerceand compel them to abandontheir efforts to secure justicefor the cold bloodedmurder ofIshrat Jehan.”

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Ishrat Jahan’s mother Shamima Kauser (centre) and sister Nusrat, along with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt at a press conference, in the city, on Thursday.

By A Staff Reporter

Anandini Thakoor, Chairperson ofH (W)WardFederation, haswrit-

ten a letter to Municipal Commis-sioner Sitaram Kunte, allegingviolationof the court order indemol-ishing an illegal drainage pipeline inBandra (West).In her letter, Anandini Thakoor

said, “Jennifer Fernandes, Trustee ofthe H West Federation, got a courtorder todemolish an illegal unautho-rized drainage pipe line, which is af-fecting themadversely as they live ona floor lower than the drain line andwhich leakspersistently.Yourofficials,not the AMC H West, but the AE(Building and Factory) despite thecourt order, gave the excuse that theywere not getting police assistance.This I managed to provide throughourgoodofficesand theeffectivenessofourSantacruzpolice station. How-ever theAEnowwantsus tonegotiatewith the opposite party across thetable.This is theheightofcorruption.”

By Shwetha Kannan

While the BMC has managed tobring down the cases of swine

flu to zero this July from 151 casesin July last year, cholera and gas-troenteritis seem to have grippedthe city.Going by the statistics given by

the BMC, there were 1652 cases ofgastroenteritis in themonth of Julylast year while this year, in the firstten days of July, the city hasrecorded 685 cases of gastroenteri-tis already. Cholera, which hadn’tpresented itself at all last year, hasalready affected 20 people over twomonths this year.

“There have been no cases ofswine flu this month. But there is aslight increase in the cases of gas-troenteritis, while cases of choleraare also surfacing. However theseare sporadic and there is no fear ofan outbreak or no reason to panic,”said Additional Municipal Com-missioner Manisha Mhaiskar.Dengue, which has also been a

matter of concern for the city, af-fected 60 people in July last year,

while 15 cases have been recordedin the first ten days of July this year.Five deaths due to dengue were

recorded last year, while this yearthere have been no deaths in theBMC jurisdiction as yet. However,the disease has claimed two lives intheGreaterMumbai in the last fort-night. A 43-year-old man at BhaktiVedantaHospital inMira Road diedon July 3 while a 9-year-old boyfrom Vasai died in Hinduja Hospi-tal on July 6 due to complicationsarising out of dengue.

“As these cases are not fromMumbai, they can not be countedas deaths in Mumbai,” saidMhaiskar.

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BMC violation of courtorder earns ire ofH (W) Ward official

Malaria, Gastro overtake Swine Flu this yearOther monsoon illnessesrecorded in the first tendays of July 2013:� Fever: 1,532� Malaria: 265� Leptospirosis: 3� Typhoid: 25� Hepatitis: 29� Chikungunya: 3

Other monsoon illnessesrecorded in July 2012:� Fever: 7026� Malaria: 1485� Leptospirosis: 23� Typhoid: 60� Hepatitis: 240� Chikungunya: 5

There were 45 deaths dueto malaria and 360 casesof swine flu with 5 deaths in2012 while 36 cases ofswine flu have beenrecorded this year.

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SPECIAL REPORTTHE CONFLICTThe Sanjay Gandhi National Park isaround 103 sq km in size and ishome to leopards and other wildanimals and human beings (bothliving legally and illegally) for a longtime. Sunil Limaye, Chief Conserva-tor of Forests and Director, SGNPsaid, “There is no shortage of foodwithin the park. There are plenty ofCheetal and Sambar deer, but theyare attracted to dogs as they areeasy food for them.” These straysare commonly found near humansettlements and of course garbagebecause of which they are movingalarmingly closer toward humansettlements and buildings. Accord-ing toVidya Athreya, Ecologist withWCS-India and Co-ordinator,Mumbaikars for Sanjay Gandhi Na-tional Park (MfSGNP), “Every leop-ard eats about 1 dog per week.There are about 700 dogs in AareyMilk colony alone which is a smallarea about 13 sq km to the southwest of the park. There are unveri-fied reports by residents that theBMC releases stray dogs here.” Thegarbage andmeat disposal here toois a big issue which is attractingdogs even more. Another cause ofconflict, Athreya adds, was the re-lease of leopards (caught anywhere)into SGNP till 2005. Moving themaway from their homes causedproblems of adjustment as they areterritorial by nature. It was alsofound that most attacks happenednear release sites. Currently thereare around 21 leopards in the parkand incidents of attack have re-duced considerably.

DECODING THE LEOPARD“Contrary to what most peoplefeel,” Athreya adds, “Leopards arevery shy animals and are scared ofhuman beings. They will run awayand hide on seeing humans.” Theremay be a few stray cases of leopardsinjuring humans, but in general, itis important to remember that leop-ards will not instinctively attack hu-mans or come after them unlessprovoked.

ON TRAPPINGTrapping an animal and releasing itelsewhere was considered a solu-tion for a long time, but it onlymade matters worse. Says Athreya,“When you remove a leopard froman area, others come in and fill thevacant territory. If amother is sepa-rated fromher cubs, the cub is likelyto create problems.” So it is best notto trap an animal that has causedno harm. A trapped animal whichhas not hurt humans should be re-leased closer to its home whereasanimals captured after purposefulattacks on humans should never bereleased. Moving it to another area

causes problems of adjustment forthem and may lead to attacks.Athreya also adds that when the an-imal is caged it very often injures it-self on colliding against the metal

bars and maggots infest thewounds. Also, leopards are very ter-ritorial and are not prone to multi-plying in areas or numbers easilysince internally they control theirpopulations, with older animalskilling the sub-adults who are insearch of new territories.

POLICE AND TACKLING THELEOPARD SITUATION:Members of MfSGNP visited andspoke to police personnel in sur-rounding stations to sensitize themon how to deal with the human-leopard conflict. Dipti Humraskar,Ecologist and member of MfSGNPsaid, “36 police personnel in 13 po-lice stations around the NationalPark have been alerted about theproblem. In worse situations whena mob has formed, the police can

declare Section 144 of the CriminalProcedure Code (CrPC) when thereis any problem caused by leopard-human interaction, to control thecrowds."Deputy Commissioner of Police,

Zone 11, Pravin Patil, said, “Peopleare unable to differentiate betweenpolice officers and forest officers. Inmany situations we even rescue theleopard if it is stuck somewhere.Theillegal shanties inside the SGNP arethe biggest problem.We give train-ing to our police officers to attendand visit the site when they receivea call from the control room. Ourmain intention is to divert the con-flict between leopards and humanbeings. In the last 2-3 months we

have not received any call about anykind of conflict. Most of the con-flicts happen in AareyMilk Colony.”

ATTACKS (INCLUDINGINJURIES AND DEATHS):

1997-1998 24 attacks2002 – 2004 84 attacks1986 – 2010 avg attack on humans 71997-98 avg attacks on humans 122002-04 avg attacks on humans 282005-10 avg attacks on humans 2

PRACTICAL STEPS TOSAFEGUARD YOURSELF� Stay alert at night.� Do not leave children unsuper-vised. Make sure they don’t wan-der and it is best to keep themindoors at night and under con-stant supervision

� Do not move around in the darkalone. Make sure you are accom-panied by someone.

� Make sure to create some noisewhich keeps the leopard awarethat you are around.

� Leopards are attracted to dogs, somake sure your dog is safe athome at all times and not run-ning around freely in the colony.

� Garbage needs to be disposed offefficiently as this is probably themostmajor problem and cause ofconflict.

FORWARD ACTIONAccording to Athreya, “There is noeasy solution and there will alwaysbe instances of incidents. Resi-dents need to ensure that theirown surroundings are clean, thatgarbage is dealt with efficientlyand children are not outside afterdark and that play area has adultssupervising the children as well asis well lit. The garbage issue can be

sorted out through composting orcreating a pit for the garbage oreven by using good garbage bins,that dogs can’t get to. In terms ofthe problem of encroachmentspertaining to SGNP, the govern-ment is dealing with them very se-riously. ”It is essential to remember that

the leopards have always lived herelong before the city of Mumbai ar-rived at their doorstep. Humans andwild animals have been co-existingpeacefully for eons in rural areas. Aswe slowly encroach on the land thatthey have been living on for years,we are forcing them to stray andstray they do, right back, closer toour homes.

ADJUSTING WITHTHE ADAPTABLE CAT

Legislator Ravindra Waikar, who is representingGoregaon East, that encompasses some part of theNational Park, alleged that the state and the BMC arenot taking action against mushrooming illegalconstruction at the Aarey Colony. Waikar said, "Somepersons have encroached into the forest areas andconsequently the animals are entering into humanhabitat, thanks to which school-going students andsenior citizens out on morning walks are becomingvictims of attacks. I have raised this issue in theassembly and have requested to set up a 'RescueCenter' inside Aarey Colony. In case any wild animalenters residential areas, the rescue center will trapthe animal."

"The state has advised against taming like poultry,goats and dogs, as they tempt wild cats into coming

here. In recent times, leopards have come right uptothe ONGC colony. Its high time we resolved theissue," he added. Civic health officials have denieddropping off stray dogs inside the park area.

Mumbai has been facing a conflict with leopards especially in the areas surrounding theSanjay Gandhi National Park. With forest and open spaces slowly disappearing at the edgesof the park, the easily adaptable, shy, wild cat has been increasingly in the news for the

wrong reasons, especially for its so called ‘encroachment’ on human land. With the spate ofleopard sightings raising a storm, environmentalists are struggling to find a solution thatwill not only conserve the species but also help both human and animal co-exist better,

reports Gayatri Sahasrabuddhe

“If you spot a leopard, the first thingyou should do is go inside your home tosafety,” says Athreya. A mere sightingdoes not necessarily translate into adangerous situation. Recognise thatleopards are resident of the area andremember that leopards are scared ofhumans and will not attack unlessprovoked. In case of an emergency

situation (not just a sighting), call upthe police or Forest Department tohandle the situation. Do not create acommotion or stir up a crowd.Cornering the animal will only provokeit and scare it, making the situationmore dangerous. Your best bet is tostay indoors for the safety of yourselfand your family.

For emergency call thePolice Control room on 100,22621855, 22621983Borivili: 2288990066660066Aarey: 2299227722448844Dindoshi – 2288778866330000

SGNP Control Room: 2288886666444499Thane Forest division controlroom: 2255444455445599

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Eternal vigilance…City police conductsmock drill inside BKCpolice station after anIM post threatens totarget MumbaiBy Zuber Ansari

Taking heed of a tweet on@ I n d i a nMu j a h i d i n

posted on July 6 – a day be-fore the Bodh Gaya blasts inBihar – in which the organi-sation mentions Mumbai asits next target, the city policeconducted amock drill insidethe Bandra Kurla Complex

(BKC) police station to makesure everyone knows how toreact during an emergency.Since the city has always

been a soft target for terroristoutfits the police do not wantto take any chances.At around 2 p.m. a surprise

mock drill was organised bythe DCP inside the BKC po-lice station. The drill began

when one of the constablessuddenly started requestingpolice officers as well citizenswho had come to the policestation to file complaints toevacuate the building. Thoseinside the building were toldthat a mysterious bag hadbeen found, and that it mayhave an explosive device hid-den within.

Within 30 minutes, a dogsquad and bomb disposalsquads came to the spot totackle with the situation.Deputy Commissioner of

Police Zone VIII, NamdevChavan, said, “It is our firstmock drill which we are con-ducting after the Bodh Gayablast, it was organised be-cause we wanted to see howour officers and commonman will react if really theywill come to know about thebomb, we are ready to tacklewith any emergency after IMthreat call.“We were unaware about

the mock drill. So when oneof our constables asked us toevacuate the police station ataround 2 p.m. we werescared. But wewere informedlater that the whole incidentwas a mock drill,” said a con-stable attached to BKC policestation.It has to be noted that,

hours after the earlymorningblasts at theMahabodhiTem-ple in BodhGaya on July 07, atweet on the account hadclaimed responsibility for theattack, and subsequentlythey threatened to targetMumbai in the next weekor so.

By Yatin Ingle

After the ADC reportedabout students beingcrammed into class-

rooms, the issue was takenup at the Academic Councilof Mumbai University, whichauthorized the extension ofdivisions for various degree

courses in several collegesin the city.The ADC had reported

(‘Packed like sardines’ June22) that city colleges hadbeen crossing the studentlimit per class for degree col-lege courses, where two divi-sions were merged into oneforcing almost 140 students

to accommodate themselvesin a class made for 75.Madhu Nair, Member of

the Management Council,MU said, "It is a relief for col-leges. Previously colleges had

to manage the excess of stu-dents in one division, but astwo divisions have been de-clared by the cabinetministryof Maharashtra, colleges canhave spacious classroomsand follow the varsity rules ofthemaximumnumber of stu-dents per classroom".The cabinet ministry has

declared that Mumbai andPuneUniversities, which hadan excess of students in acourse and had requested thestate government for an in-crease in the number of divi-sions, have been allottedextra divisions. 10 city col-leges falling into this criterion

have therefore been allowedto have an extra division forthe concerned courses.When the ADC spoke toDr.

T. Shivare, Chairman, Non-Grants College Association,he said, “The declaration ofseats was actually needed.Colleges can now systemati-cally divide students intomore divisions, rather thanmaking classrooms crowdedand uncomfortable for stu-dents. The varsity should alsokeep inmind that colleges donot take advantage of thegiven divisions and enrollmore students than the limitof admissions and class-

rooms according to the MUrules."The recent admissions and

fewer divisions hadmade it ahard task for teachers toteach in overcrowded class-rooms.Dr. Nareshchandra, Pro

Vice Chancellor, MU, said,“City colleges will now nothave a problem of divisions,and the varsity will see to itthat none of the colleges takeadvantage. The Local Investi-gation Committee (LIC) ofMUwill be keeping a track ofthe records of the added divi-sions and admissions".

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ROOM FOR MORECabinet declares extra divisions for city colleges

ADC IMPACT

By Suresh Golani

Ahigh level inquiry com-mittee headed by Pune

Municipal Commissioner,Shrishant Pardeshi, onMonday carried out a de-tailed ground inspection tocheck alleged irregularitieson the land earmarked for aplayground oppositeMaxusMall in Bhayandar (West).The probe has been or-

dered by the Urban Devel-opment Department of thestate government followinga complaint registered byformer Janta Dal (S) corpo-rator, Milan Mhatre, alleg-ing massive exploitation ofthe ground for commercialbenefit and violation of theterms of contract executedbetween the developer andthe municipal corporation.It should be noted that a

prime piece of private landoppositeMaxusMall, whichfalls under the reserved cat-egory (playground) hadbeen handed over to the de-

veloper on a Built OperateandTransfer basis. In lieu ofthis, the developer had theliberty of using the groundfor a total of 30 days eachyear. “The developer, who isa close aide of an influentialleader of this area, has notonly carried out permanentconstructions in the formoffood stalls and concretestructures, but has also vio-lated the agreement byusing the ground for a daysfar more than the permissi-ble period,” allegedMhatre.

The PMC chief not onlyinspected the playgroundand checked the docu-ments pertaining to theland, he also gave a patienthearing to the com-plainant who had earliermoved the judiciaryagainst the illegal acitivi-ties. Residents of the areahave alleged that the de-veloper has turned the ac-cess road into a privateproperty which falls in be-tween the play ground anda theatre-cum-mall.

HIGHLY IRREGULARPune civic chief probes playground land irregularity in Bhayandar

HIGH ON ALERT: Police getting ready for the impending threat from aterrorist attack, conduct a mock drill at the BKC Police Station.

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By Vishnudas Sheshrao

The death toll caused bythe AntopHill landslidehas gone up to five, in-

cluding two children. Thelandslide occurred when aportion of the hills rolleddown on the shanties be-sides the old post office inDeoram chawl near AntopHill onWednesday morning.The deceased have been

identified as Sandeep Kevat(22), Ramavatar Kevat (45),Sultana Shaikh (25), ArifShaikh (2) and RizawanShailh (18 months) by thecivic officials.Salim Shaikh (27) whowas

seriously injured was rushedto Sion Hospital. He is stableand has been kept under ob-servation. The 15-hour-longoperation has been called offby the Mumbai Fire Brigadeofficials on yesterday after-noon. The Brihanmumbai

Municipal Corporation(BMC) officials said that theyhave already served cautionand evacuation notice to

these residents.Ward Officer Assistant

Commissioner Narendra Ba-rade said, “The operation is

over. Five people died, whileonewas injured.We have tem-porarily rehabilitated the resi-dents in municipal schools.”

By Neel Shah

The Mumbai police, inves-tigating the suicide case

of Tejas Sawant, son of seniorinspector Arvind Sawant,have been inquiring withfriends and family membersof the deceased.In a bid to learn why Tejas

took such a drastic step, thepolice inquiredwith his closefriend, Prakash, who in-formed the police that Tejaswas very closely related to agirl, who last year completedher B.A. from Ruia College inMatunga, informed the in-vestigators in Tilak Nagar po-lice station.Subsequently, the police

have also inquired with thegirl, whose name has beenwithheld to protect her iden-tity. The girl admitted tobeing close to Tejas, but clar-

ified that the friendship wasplatonic and neither did theyhave any quarrel nor any talkleading to a fight, addedsources.Adding further, the sources

said that the girl along withhis brother had visited Tejas’new house, just few days be-fore the latter committed sui-cide.The investigators are going

through the call detailrecords as well as the smsandWhatsAppmessages.On Wednesday morning,

Tejas killed himself with hisfather’s service pistol insidehis house at Chembur’s TilakNagar area. Arvind Sawant,father of Tejas, is at presentposted atUnit III ofMumbai’scrime branch, as senior in-spector of police.

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By Zuber Ansari

Days after thievestargeted a Vijay Sales

showroom at Mira Roadand stole mobile phonesworth Rs.14 lakh, unidenti-fied persons broke into amobile phone shop atDaftari Road in Malad(East) late on Wednesdaynight and decamped with120 mobile handsets andcash.Heeralal Popatlal Shah,

owner of the shop, NeelamCommunication, lodged acomplaint with theDindoshipolice station stating thatthe mobile handsets wereworth Rs.8 lakh, and somecashwas also stolen from thecash box.The police said the shop

closed at around 11 p.m. onWednesday, and the theftwas noticed only when thecashier and accountantcame to the shop at around9.30 a.m. on Thursday

morning. When they foundthe shutter of the shop tam-pered with and hundreds ofmobile phones Nokia, Sam-sung, Sony and other com-panies missing, they alertedthe police.A police team, including

senior officers Jaywant Moreand others visited the crimescene, as did officers fromthe Crime Branch. Policesaid Shah was known to be abig dealer in mobile hand-sets and the burglars had re-

moved the mobile handsetsfrom their boxes to make iteasy to carry away and thestolen phones were of. Therobbers entered the shopafter cutting off wires ofthe CCTV cameras installedinside.The police said that inves-

tigations at the crime sceneindicate that this was not ajob of one individual, andmore than four personsmay have been involved inthe robbery.

By Suresh Golani

Sleuths of the Valiv policein Vasai claim to have

busted a gang of robbers whoused to hijack trucks ladenwith consignments on theMumbai-Ahmedabad Na-tional Highway. Six people,including twowhopurchasedstolen consignments, havebeen arrested.According to the police, an

outbound truck from Mum-bai carrying a consignmentof engineering tools, made ofcopper and worth more thanRs.16 lakh, was interceptedby a six-member gang nearthe Burma Shell petrol pumpin Sativali village along theMumbai-Ahmedabad High-way last week. The miscre-

ants assaulted the driver andfledwith the truck, whichwasheading to deliver the con-signment in Gujarat, said thepolice.Following a complaint reg-

istered by the consignor, apolice team, led by AssistantPolice Inspector AnandBhoir,carried out investigationsand arrested four persons,identified as Salman NoorSaifi (19), Javed Din Mo-hammed Khan (21), Mo-hammed Salim Siddiqui (45)and Imran Sohrat Siddiqui(22). During rounds of sus-tained interrogation, the fourconfessed to the crime andrevealed the names of RafikMultani and Mohd. Ilias, towhom they had sold a part ofthe stolen consignment.

MY TRIBUTE...On the occasion of the7th anniversary of7\11, senior BJP leaderGopinath Munde paidrich tributes to thevictims who have bravedthe ordeal, at VasantSmruti in Dadar, onThursday.

TARGET – CELL PHONESMobile phone thieves strike again and decamp with 120 high-end handsets worth Rs.8 lakh

Death toll goes up to fivein Antop Hill landslide

Firemen with civic workers during the rescue operation at Antop Hill, on Thursday.


Still puzzling over suicidePolice are talking to friends, acquaintances of

cop’s son who shot himself

Highway robbers nabbedGang had hijacked truck carrying copper

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By A Staff Reporter

Recently, Hitesh Gupta (37) be-came the first man to be re-lieved of a giant polypoidal

oesophageal (food pipe) tumourmeasuring of 8 cmX 2.5 cm throughthe use of Endoscopy and En-doscopy Ultrasound (EUS) by Dr.Vipulroy Rathod, Endoscopic sur-geon and Director of EndoscopyAsia.Hitesh was suffering with dys-

phagia (difficulty in swallowing)and severe chest pain on and off formore than two months. After un-dergoing several barium tests, en-doscopies, CT scans and MRIs,Dr. Rathodwas the only doctor whoadvised an endoscopic procedurefor removal of his tumour.“I did not want to undergo mas-

sive open surgeries, which wouldhave left me with lifelong disabilityalong with heavy scars onmy body.I was extremely disappointed andhad lost hope that I can ever getcured without a major surgical in-tervention. So when Dr. Rathod ad-

vised an endoscopic procedure forremoval of my tumour, I instantlyagreed,” said Hitesh.The resection was carried out in

two sessions and the entire tumour

was successfully removed from thestalk.“We have seen several cases of

polypoidal tumours in the stomach,duodenum, and colon and havesuccessfully treated themwith EUS.However such a giant polypoidal tu-mour of this size of 8 cms x 2.5 cms,with a 2 cms thick stalk in the oe-sophagus was observed for the firsttime,” saysDr. Rathod, who has per-formed more than 17,000 EUS pro-cedures till date which is the largestindividual experience in India.“This is the first ever case of its

kind in India and may be in theworld, which to remove such a hugetumour from the oesophagus (foodpipe) with the help of EUS,” addedDr. Rathod.Within 24 hours of the removal of

the lesion, Hitesh was given oralfood and was discharged after 48hours of the surgery neither therewas any blood loss not did he re-quire blood transfusions or ICU ad-mission as the endoscopictreatment was without any compli-cations.

By Prashant Hamine

The Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd(MMOPL) has undertaken sys-

tems integration and testing oftrains as well as the signaling andcommunication systems on theVersova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG)corridor. The Metro OneVAG corri-dor which is likely to be thrownopen to the public sometime in Au-

gust will provide the much neededEast-West connectivity in terms ofsuburban train traffic.In a statement theMMOPL stated

that Signaling and Communicationsystems are the core of any metrooperations and their seamless inte-gration with the rolling stock ismandatory for train operations. Allmajor and globally renowned sup-pliers of these systems aswell as thecontractors engaged by MMOPL tobring Mumbai’s dream project to

reality have come together to carry-ing out these crucial tests for theMetro Rail.These tests are being conducted

jointly by the train manufacturer(CSR Nanjing, China), the providerof the signaling systems (Siemens,Germany) and the providers of thecommunication system (Thales,Austria). All the tests are being wit-nessed as per requirement by the

technical consultants (SYSTRA-PB)and an independent engineer(Louis Berger Group).The tests conducted so far in-

clude: static tests which testswhether instructions from signalingsystem are being followed; dynamictests which include the applicationof emergency breaks; tests to checkthat all instructions are being com-municated between the various sys-tems; door closure tests, tests forthe application of breaks in case of

roll back.The system being implemented

by the MMOPL is designed to haveminimal human intervention dur-ing train operations. The Cab Sig-naling and Continuous AutomaticTrain Control (CATC) with Auto-matic Train Protection System(ATPS) systems are being imple-mented to control the high volumeof train movements in a safe man-ner. The radio system in the train al-lows the driver to communicatewith the Central Control Room(CCR). All stations are connectedthrough fiber optics for communi-cation and a Video TransmissionSystem (VTS) is provided in thetrain, so that the central controlcenter can watch over the happen-ings inside the compartment of arunning train. This is a new systemthat is being introduced in India forthe first time.

A life saved Man saved from deadlytumour through use ofendoscopic procedure

Dr Vipulroy Rathod

MMOPL to commence systemtesting on VAG corridor

CR starts 16 specialtrains to Pandharpur

By A Staff Reporter

The Central Railway (CR) willrun 16 special trains com-

prising 6 Sleeper Class and 8compartments daily betweenLatur and Pandharpur in viewof the Ashadi Fair at Pand-harpur. Therewill also be 4 spe-cial trains comprising 4 SleeperClass and 8 General SecondClass compartments betweenAurangabad and Pandharpurto handle the extra rush of pil-grims visiting the fair.Reservations have com-

menced from June 13.

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prison terms for cases of allegedcorruption. Other than thesepoliticians who are currentlycaught in a swirl of allegations ofcorruption and poll related issues,there are former Congress chiefminister Ashok Chavan, NCPmin-isters Sunil Tatkare, Chhagan Bhu-jbal and Gulabrao Deokar, andmore recently, BJP deputy leaderin Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde.The poll related allegations againstAshok Chavan and GopinathMunde fall under the purview ofSection 10 (A) of the Representa-tion of the People Act, 1951.Speaking to the ADC, NCP

spokespersonNawabMallik statedthat the SC struck down the provi-sion terming it ultra vires ongrounds of equality before law tothe commonman and elected rep-resentative as well. He added thatthe NCP will adhere to whateverstand the government takes at theall party meeting, and that of theParliament. Mallik however wasquick to point out that several

times, politicians across politicalparties stage agitations and arebooked for violations of the law.Maharashtra Pradesh Congress

Committee (MPCC) spokespersonAnant Gadgil stated that the Con-gress welcomed the judgment inprinciple. He argued that the judg-ment is silent on what happens ifa candidate is declared disquali-fied and is subsequently found notguilty by the higher courts. Gadgiladded that the voter needs to bemore cautious and not vote for atainted candidate.Shiv Sena spokeswoman, Dr.

Neelam Gorhe, while advocatingthe supremacy of the parliament tomake laws, termed the judgment asamilestone. She added that it is theparty’s decision to field a particularcandidate in the elections. She saidthat the parliament was thesupreme legislative body to makelaws and until it makes such a law,one will have to abide by the ver-dict. Dr. Gorhe further added thatthe intention of the SC verdict isgood in barring criminals from en-tering politics.

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held onWednesday, but it will takeat least three months to be imple-mented, during which the mon-soon will have ended.During the meeting, the mem-

bers of the Standing Committeeraised questions on the way thecivic administration has beenworking. “The proposal wasbrought in for discussion in themiddle of themonsoon. And eventhough it has been cleared, it willtake at least three months for thecontractor to install lighting ar-resters in all the school build-ings,” said Congress corporatorSantosh Shetty.TheNMMChas 51 school build-

ings which accommodate morethan 23,000 students. “The cashrich civic body is playing with thelives of innocent children. Thislethargy while addressing school

issues is not new,” saidVijyanandaMane, Shiv Sena corporator. Headded, “Lightning is a natural oc-currence andwe cannot control it,but we can make arrangements tolessen its effects.”Interestingly, theproposal carries

only a one-year maintenance con-tract of the equipment. Membersallege that the proposal wasbrought in at the wrong time. “Themonsoon will be over when all thelightning arresters are installed andfunctional. And by next year, thecivic body has to renew the annualmaintenance contract,” said Shetty.G. V. Rao, Chief Engineer,

NMMC, stated that the equipmentto be used in the arresters will beof high quality. “There will be noneed of maintenance for at leastone year. However, the contractorwill have to change the equipmentif any defects are found,” said Rao.

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By A Staff Reporter

At least six police personnelwere injured when a group of

villagers allegedly attacked themwith stones here, district rural po-lice said on Thursday.One person has so far been

arrested in this connection, theysaid. The incident occurred whena team of personnel from the Ar-nala Police Station in Vasai area ofThane district went to take actionagainst illegal dredging in Narangivillage onWednesday.While the police team was tak-

ing action against some personsdredging illegally and seizing thesuction pumps, the villagershurled stones at them thus injur-ing six of them, including a police

inspector and an assistant sub-in-spector, police told PTI.The policemenwere treated at a

local hospital.Police have registered an offence

against the mob of villagers undersections -- 143 (unlawful assem-bly), 147 (rioting), 149, 353 (assaultor criminal force to deter publicservant from discharge of hisduty), 332 (voluntarily causinghurt to deter public servant fromhis duty), 333 and 324 (voluntarilycausing hurt by dangerousweapons or means) of the IPC.One person has been arrested

in connection with the attack, po-lice said, adding that they are onthe look of others who were partof the mob which attacked thepolice party.

Six cops injured in attackby villagers; one held



CITY 09

ByVishnudas Sheshrao

Shiv Sena won’t get Shivaji Parkfor its annual Dussera rally thisyear as the civic body has

strictly prohibited the use of publicground except as recreational spacefor children under the new ‘RG PG’(recreation ground and playground) policy on Thursday.Shiv Sena has been organising

Dussehra rallies at Shivaji Park fromover four decades. However, hence-forth, the Sena shall have to findother spots, maybe the Mumbai

Metropolitan Regional Develop-ment Authority’s ground in BandraKurla complex, for the rally.The Brihanmumbai Municipal

Corporation (BMC) underlined thatthe open ground will be used onlyfor recreational purposes. Evensummer vacations, April 15 to June15, shall witness no activity takingplace on the ground except Maha-rashtra Day Celebrations onMay 1.These grounds would be used

only for the celebration of anniver-saries of national leaders as well asMaharashtra Day, Independence

Day and Republic Day. Besidesthese, physical training activities andannual gathering of school shall bepermitted. But even those will re-quire valid permission from theDeputy Municipal Commissioner,Education. Other grounds will begiven for other purpose on conditionthat the event is non-commercial,lasts only for 30days. Also, the 30dayperiodwill be counted from themo-ment tents are placed on the groundto the moment the organiser takesthem away.

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By A Special Correspondent

FormerWater Supply and Sanita-tionMinister, LaxmanDhoblehas

tendered an apology for taking awayfurniture and appliances worth Rs. 7lakh fromhis official residencewhilevacating it last week.Dhoble lost his job in the Nation-

alist Congress Party (NCP) reshuffle

last month and had to vacate the C8bungalow opposite Mantralaya,which he was occupying since 2009.“While surrendering the bungalowhe had taken with him all its furni-ture, appliances, cabinets and eventhe curtains,” the Public Works De-partment (PWD)has said in awrittencomplaint to the government.The PWD officials who inspected

the bungalow before its next occu-pant, Tribal Development Minister,Madhukar Pichad moved in, wereshocked to see the state of affairs in-side thehouse. All thePWDproperty,including the sofas, beds, chairs, ta-bles, electrical fittings, geysers, cur-tains, pelmets, cabinets, airconditioners, gas stove, cylinder, andeven the kitchen ventilator, weremissing. ThePWDofficials took cog-nizance of this and brought this tothe notice of the Chief Minister,Prithviraj Chavan. Immediately afterthis Dhoble rushed to Mumbai andmet the PWD officials to tender hisapology.Theofficials arenowwaitingfor Dhoble to return the items.

By Shwetha Kannan

The Central Telegraph Office(CTO) at Fort inMumbai is see-

ing a sudden increase in demandfor sending telegrams from thepublic and the reason for this is thefact that July 14, 2013will be the lastday for availingof telegramservicesin the country. People in the city arecurious to know more abouttelegrams and are eager to send afew of these oldest methods ofcommunication to their family andfriends. And it is this curiosity andeagerness which has led to an in-crease in telegram bookings thesedays. “Since a week or so, a lot ofpeople, especially youngsters, arecoming for booking telegrams astheyknow that this facilitywill soonbe stopped for ever. Maybe theywant to preserve the sample of atelegramas a souvenir for the com-ing generation,” said G.S Gaur, SubDivisional Engineer, CTO,Mumbai.“Generally, there used to be sev-

enty to eighty bookings from peo-ple on a daily basis but since thenews of telegram services being

discontinued, the numbers haverisen to three hundred everyday,’addedGaur.Anup Duriya the Chief Section

officer said, “There is a queue forbooking telegrams today. I amloaded with bookings. One personhas booked 150 telegrams alreadyto be sent to his native place.”The enthusiasm to send a

telegram indeed seems to be highamong youngsters.“Yes, the idea of sending a

telegram is exciting more so nowbecause this facility will soon bediscontinued. The fact that thetelegram that I will send, will beamong the last of the telegrams tobe sent will makeme feel like I wasa part of some big moment in thehistory of communication,” said27-year-old banker,Mamta Raikar.“I would definitely like to send a

telegram. It will be just for the funof it since we did learn telegramwriting in school but never reallygot a chance to use it,” said ShrutiSridhar, a 26-year old MBBSgraduate.

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Rally somewhere elseBMC’s new RG PG policy will force Shiv Sena to move its ‘traditional

four-decade-old’ Shivaji Park Dussehra rally to a new location

Sending Telegramswill be history!

Sunday, July 14, will be the last day for availing oftelegram services in the country

By Prashant Hamine

Accusing the Mumbai CricketAssociation (MCA) of blatantly

violating the court order and set-ting aside BMC rules and con-structing liquor bars andrestaurant on the leased land re-served for playground which wasgiven to it at Mahavir Nagar, Kan-divli (West), the Shiv Sena leaderswill be taken out a morcha at theMCA premises today. In a state-ment issued here yesterday, SenaMLA Vinod Ghosalkar stated thatthe state government had tem-porarily vacated the stay imposedon the MCA to allow the construc-tion and re-imposed it after theconstruction was over.He said that many other organi-

sations too had sought permissionfrom the BMC to make construc-tion on the reserved playgroundbut was denied. Ghosalkar stated

that all rules were flouted and threeliquor bars and two restaurantsmeant for the rich were con-structed. Moreover, the locals havebeen denied membership and in-stead the same has been awarded

to some clubs. Ghosalkar furtherdisclosed that as perMCA rules themembership fee per member isRs.11,000. However, some affluentindividuals have been given mem-bership at Rs.7 to Rs.10 lakhs.Ghosalkar stated that although

the land belongs to the BMC, theMCAhas taken pains to ensure thatthere is no visible presence of thecivic body in the form of anyplaque or signboard. Furthermore,security guards have been de-ployed to keep the locals off theplayground. He added that Mum-bai Mayor Sunil Prabhu has beenurged not to grant Occupancy Cer-tificate to MCA. The BMC Mayortoo on his part has directed thecivic administration to submit itsreport within a week on the issue.Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) too has announced its deci-sion to agitate at the MCA ClubHouse in Kandivli.

NCP Minister feels sorry for his actFormer Water Supply and Sanitation Minister, emptied his officialresidence of all its furniture while vacating the premises last week

Sena to take out morcha to protestmisuse of land allotted to MCA

The BMC’s new ‘RG PG’ policy prohibits political parties from using the Shivaji Park for their public rallies.

Laxman Dhoble

Sena MLA Vinod Ghosalkar



EDIT PAGE

The most sensational news concerningthe media – which many newspaperssadly did not cover – is the decision of

the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) to recommend curbing corporate con-trol of the media, while pointing to the com-plexities in operationalising it. It would seemthat there is talk of creating “an institutionalbuffer” between corporate owners and edito-rial management of the media. All this hasstirred up a measly controversy.One charge is that corporate control over

media content has distorted democraticpractices through ‘paid news’ and that “withthe line between news, views and propa-ganda blurred, readers are misled”. And BigBusiness has one more tool to influence thepolitical system. Many issues arise in thiscontext of TRAI’s recommendation. One, set-ting up a newspaper costs crores of rupees.Where is it to come from? Anybody whowants to pitch in with financial assistancewould be a rich idealist or a pucca business-manwhowants returns for themoney he hasinvested; even the Congress-supported Na-tional Herald had at one time to close down.So, when someone – may be a CorporateGroup – cough up the cash, one presumesthat it wants something in return inwhichever way.

What is News?Paid News could be just one part of that ob-jective. Here one comes across the question:What is News? Anyone who reads about adozen newspapers daily – as I do – wouldknow that no two papers carry the samenews. If all carried the same news items, whydowe need thatmany newspapers? Can’t justbe one enough.What this shows is that therecan be – and indeed are – different conceptsof ‘news’. Everything depends, in the end, onthe news editor. In such circumstances, canone charge him with ‘bias’? In the end thechoice of what goes into print is the final re-sponsibility of one man. And no matter howtrained he (or she) is, in the ultimate analysis,the responsibility rests on one shoulder.Anyone charged with covering an event

surely is conscious that no matter how ‘ob-jective’ he is, his conscience reminds him thathemay not always have all the facts on hand.Reporters know only too well their limita-tions. But that still does not answer the ques-tion what constitutes ‘news’. The same‘information’ can be interpreted in differentways. It is only in a communist state that whatmakes ‘news’ is laid down by the government

and editors have no choice but to obey theguide lines laid down. In a democratic coun-try, a corporate body also should have theright to present news – or such information itfeels the reader should have access to, or elsewhat is democracy all about?To argue that the financier of a paper

should have no right to control what shouldgo into a newspage but should leave it strictlyto the editor is to live in a dream world. Be-

sides what makes one think that the editorhas no political or socio-economic and otherbiases? Lies are propagated, politicians aresought to be dragged in the mud, as in thecase of Narendra Modi and no one has ques-tioned the Goebellian mindset of our allegedsecularists determined to destroy a goodman’s character. And, surely, one is aware ofthe Neera Radia tapes?Vice President Hamid Ansari in an address

to the biennial session of the National Unionof Journalists held in Junemade the point thatthe autonomy of the editorial staff must beupheld.With all due respect toMr. Ansari andto my own fellowmen and colleagues, in theprofession, it is only too unfair. Besides, whoamong the ‘staff’ will have the right to decidewhat makes news? The Editor? The News Edi-tor? The Chief Reporter? And what if all ofthem decide together to damn the very indi-vidual or corporate body who pays for theirbread and butter?What kind of logic is that?Furthermore are we to presume that all

corporate bodies are run by unprincipled in-dividuals? There are 80,000-plus registeredpublications in India and 800 plus TV chan-nels.What makes sense is for a financier of apaper appointing an editor with who he haseasy and complete rapport, and both enjoymutual trust. Then the question of appoint-ing a statutory Media Council does not arise.To presume that editorial staffs are by def-

inition unbiased is pure nonsense. Among re-porters onemay be inclined towards the Con-gress, another towards the BJP, a third is intune with Maoist sentiments and so on, onlyto end up inmessing up news coverage; prob-ably that does not occur to our idealists. Inthe end there should be only one to lay downthe law, whichever way, so that there is con-sistency in the pages and the smart readerknows what to expect.To quote The Economic Times (June 20),

“why presume an editor is more ethical thanthe publisher?” The ideal situation is one inwhich the publisher, the editor, the editorialstaff right down to the juniormost reporterare all ideologically one. It should also bepointed out that it is sheer arrogance to pre-sume that corporate bodies are evil by natureand should be prevented from owning publi-cations. The EconomicTimes insists “that thebasis of free speech is the right to start a pub-lication to express one’s views” and the TRAIproposal “to barricade the editorial sectionfrom the publisher would destroy this foun-dation.”

Error of omisssion, commissionThere are many ways in which reporters aremade to stay on course with the publisher’sviews. One way is to hire them on “contract”.It is a standing threat to the reporter that if heis out of tune with the management’s needshe can be easily shown the door.The best wayto make the media transparent is four-fold:one, on the editorial page as well as on frontpage, it must be clearly stated that the news-paper is the property of the concerned cor-porate body which alone has the right tochoose news. Two, all staff members must beemployed on a permanent basis and not oncontract and any dismissal should be ade-quately recompensed. Three, that it is theproprietor and not the editor who is legallyresponsible for any error of omission andcommission. And four, what goes for PaidNewsmust be clearly admitted by the end useof the initials CBC (Certified by Corporation).The Hindu (June 16) carried a report that

said Vice President Hamid Ansari has con-demned “propagation of biased analysis andforecast, both in the political arena as well asthe corporate sector and irresponsible report-ing to create sensationalism.” This is a matterfor the Press Council of India to evaluate. Butit is clear that Mr. Ansari should work in anewspaper office, even for fun, to knowwhat ittakes to bring out a daily paper. His recom-mendationsmay then be takenmore seriously.

All editorial staff arenot unbiased

No place forlawbreakers in

House of lawmakersIT is indeed a shame that a largenumber of lawmakers — in Parlia-ment and state assemblies — arelawbreakers: they have criminalcharges against them and are facingcases in court. All political partiesgive poll tickets to criminals whopossess the necessary means —money and muscle power — to winelections.How can any civilised society have

a Parliament with criminals? It is in-deed a diabolical joke that criminalscan sit in Parliament andmake laws.The verdict of the Supreme Court

passed a couple of days ago is likelyto help in themost undesirable situ-ation. The Supreme Court has or-dered that themoment anymemberis convicted, he should be sus-pended from Parliament. An appealto a higher court willnot allow a member to continue tosit in parliament.All political parties havewelcomed

the decision. The practice of givingpoll tickets to those against whomthere are criminal cases may stopthanks to the directive of theSupreme Court.It is to be seen what political par-

ties will do when 2014 Lok Sabhapolls will be held. It looks like politi-cians cannot dowithout the supportof criminals: They may decide to as-sociate them in some way with theelections.

AfternoonDESPATCH & COURIER

CAROL ANDRADE A.R. KANANGIEditor Associate Editor

KAMALMORARKAChairman of the

Board of DirectorsAfternoon Despatch & Courier office is located at:Janmabhoomi Bhavan, 3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg,Fort, Mumbai-400 001. Phone: 40768999.Fax: 40768916. E-mail: [email protected] by Shashikant Jadhav for Courier PublicationsPvt. Ltd., at Journal Press, Free Press House, Free PressJournal Marg, 215, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 andpublished by him from Janmabhoomi Bhavan,3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001.Registered Office at: 98 Mittal Chambers,Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021.Vol. XXIX No. 93

CONFUCIANISM is often characterized asa systemof social and ethical philosophy

rather than a religion. In fact, Confucianismbuilt on an ancient religious foundation toestablish the social values, institutions, andtranscendent ideals of traditional Chinesesociety. It waswhat sociologist Robert Bellahcalled a ‘civil religion’, the sense of religiousidentity and commonmoral understandingat the foundation of a society’s central insti-tutions. It is also what a Chinese sociologistcalled a ‘diffused religion’; its institutionswere not a separate church, but those of so-ciety, family, school, and state; its priestswere not separate liturgical specialists, butparents, teachers, and officials. Confucian-ismwas part of the Chinese social fabric andway of life; to Confucians, everyday life was

the arena of religion.The founder of Confucianism, Master

Kong (K’ung, Confucius, 551-479 B.C.E.) didnot intend to found a new religion, but to in-terpret and revive the unnamed religion ofthe Zhou (Chou) dynasty, underwhichmanypeople thought the ancient system of reli-

gious rule was bankrupt; why couldn’t thegods prevent the social upheavals? Theburning issue of the day was: If it is not theancestral and nature spirits, what then is thebasis of a stable, unified, and enduring so-cial order?The dominant view of the day, es-poused by Realists and Legalists, was thatstrict law and statecraft were the bases of

sound policy.Confucius, however, believed that the

basis lay in Zhou religion, in its rituals (li). Heinterpreted these not as sacrifices asking forthe blessings of the gods, but as ceremoniesperformed by human agents and embody-ing the civilized and cultured patterns of be-havior developed through generations ofhuman wisdom. They embodied, for him,the ethical core of Chinese society.Moreover,Confucius applied the term “ritual” to ac-tions beyond the formal sacrifices and reli-gious ceremonies to include social rituals:courtesies and accepted standards of behav-ior — what we today call social mores. Hesaw these time-honored and traditional rit-uals as the basis of human civilization, andhe felt that only a civilized society could havea stable, unified, and enduring social order.

— Judith A. Berling

MATTER & SPIRIT

MEDIAWATCHM.V. Kamath

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Ponder awhile…“An election is a moral horror, as bad asa battle except for the blood; amud bathfor every soul concerned in it.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Confucianism, a system of social, ethical philosophy



LETTERS

SRK has set a very bad example!

PRODUCING babies is one’s per-sonal decision but Shah Rukh Khanhas set a bad example by going infor a third child and that toothrough surrogacy. India is a coun-try with teeming millions wherefamily planning is the need of thehour. India would overtake Chinathis decade as far as populationgoes and population explosion inour country is our biggest problem.Also, surrogacymethod should be

used in extreme cases only whencouples are unable to have kids orwhen risk to the mother is involvedduring pregnancy. It has legal prob-lems as well as the mother givesbirth in another woman’s body andis it worth having kids in suchman-ner when the whole process is sopainful and controversial?Adoption is the best option for

couples who are unable to conceiveand deliver on their own. It satisfies

a social obligation as well by givinga home to an orphan child andchecking population numbers aswell. Celebrities like Shah Rukh andAamir Khan should have taken aleaf from the filmdom colleagueslike Sushmita Sen and Raveen Tan-don who have adopted kids in thepast to add to their family. Sports-men, actors and other celebritiesshould adopt kids and act as brandambassadors for ‘Adoption’ so thatothers too follow it, whichwould begood for our country!

—S.N.Kabra, Goregaon

Digvijay’s no match for ModiIt is observed from a TV channel’sreport that Digvijay Singh, who hasbeen in the habit of deliberatelyspeaking without any conviction orconcern to the problems adverselyaffecting the people is challengingModi to debate with him. Modi isprojected as the face of the BJP tolead the campaign for the ensuingParliamentary polls, whereas theCongress has not projected him asanything or in any capacity as yetand there is no likelihood of anysuch projection either. There is totallack of logic andModi cannot affordtowaste his precious timewith suchfactotums of this decrepit Govt., im-mersed in huge scams and cluelessonmany critical issues. It is themis-take of the TV channel to give op-portunity to such people tobrazenly defend the indefensiblewhich certainly is tantamount tomocking and ridiculing people'sability to perceive, intended tomis-leading them. If Singh is fond of adebate, let him send Rahul Gandhias a prey in front of Modi and he

could sit and watch. It is high timethat that TV channels also shunsuch people as they also do have amoral responsibility which is notsomebody else's business.

—T.M.Uday Shankar,Mumbai

Axe middleman, control pricesIS the government honest enoughin its attempt to bring down theprices of vegetables? If it really is,the role of middlemen in the tradeshould be abolished.That will bringthe prices down by around 50 percent. But because of political rea-sons, the government is just notwilling to do it.

—V.V.Vijayan, Chembur

Dress code for bar girls?THE Congress govt. of Karnataka isreportedly implementing a schemewhich would ensure a certain dresscode for bar girls in the State. Justbefore the Assembly elections, oneof the main planks during the pollscampaign was the strict oppositionto themoral policing undertaken bysome of the Hindutva outfits. It wasthought to be one of the reasons forthe humiliating defeat of the BJP inthe elections. By this yardstick, arethe bar dancers not at liberty tochoose whatever dress they preferto wear? Why a particular type ofraiment should be imposed onthem? Can the Congress workersask this question to their govt?

— Jorhat Singh, Kandivli

School children made to ‘beg’WEare a poor nation and hence ourschools have already begun to teach

children how to beg. Every year, atthe beginning of the academic year,all schools in conjunction withsome NGO – this time it is HelpageIndia – recruit all children to goabout to collectmoney for theNGO.The scheme also has competitions,of course with the usual caveat –Conditions Apply – at least Rs.1,000must be collected. Since each soci-ety has many children from thesame school, there is intense com-petition and it is really pitiable tosee children come at night to ask formoney. Their faces reveal the ten-sion they are under. Will the courtsor some legal eagle file a PIL and putan end to this despicable means ofrecruiting child labour? And let ustake the principals to task for beingan accessory to the crime.

—T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivli

Check the killer landslides

THIS is with reference to the report‘Landslide kills two, injures one’(ADC, July 1). This writer, being ageologist, has in fact pointed out inthis column earlier that landslidesare waiting on the hills for the rainsto come down. This Antop Hill inci-dent therefore does not come as anysurprise and there are a large num-ber of localilties in Mumbai and itssuburbs where hutment coloniesare in real danger of coming underthe rock-slides because the hill-slopes have been destabilised by in-discriminate cutting, removal ofbasal support, overloading, oversat-uration with water, etc., which areall known causes for the rock anddebris slides. The BMC has an ex-haustive inventory of all these vul-nerable spots but, strangely, doesnot go beyond sticking notices forevacuation.This does not help at allbecause the poor people livingthere do not have any alternativeaccommodation to go. It is neces-sary therefore that the corporationwith its astronomical annual budgetof 10,000 crore, draws up a plan forstabilising the hill-slopes in theselocalities using some of the avail-able methods like spraying a ce-ment mixture on the slopes,building a retaining wall below, in-serting steel bolts, placing a net ofsteel wires, etc. No other agency isfinancially equipped to carry out allthese. That “200 people have losttheir lives in landslides in the last 10years” is a gross understatement —about 150 people died in just twolandslides in Chiragnagar,Ghatkopar and Saki Naka, Andheriand every year the slides have beentaking their toll without fail.

—Dr.V. Subramanyan, Thane

THE Supreme Court’s landmarkorder states that MPs and MLAswith criminal convictions will bedisqualified. Better late then never,but it is the best declaration everdone by Supreme Court.We must learn from China,

where in a recent case, an ex-min-ister who was convicted for cor-ruption just two years back hasbeen sentenced to death.In India, we, let go such court

cases against MPs andMLAs go onfor years together, allowing the of-fending peoples’ representatives toenjoy more and more during theirtenure while increasing their bankbalance too.In India, we give votes, we give

them security, we admire them, wegive them full facilities, in spite ofknowing that the concerned per-sons are criminals.The BJP (42 Ministers) and Con-

gress (41Ministers), both are pam-pering such tainted MPs andMLAs, specially BJP is also trying tomake one of this ilk the next PM, ig-noring his serious crime.I am very happy to hear about

the Supreme Court's declarationabout such (majority) MPs andMLAs to be disqualified if they arefound guilty. But the question is toget the whole issue implementedin real and true sense.At least Parliament will be clean

now. Let us hope for the best.—Perin Akolawala,Mumbai

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THE historic judgment of theSupreme Court on disqualificationof tainted electedMPs andMLAs isbound to have far reaching conse-

quences on the entire electoral sys-tem of the country. The next thingone can visualise in this situation isthe intervention by the Presidentwith a reference to the ChiefJustice of India. The RashtrapatiBhavanmay seek advisory opinionof the Constitutional Bench of theapex court for interpreting thelandmark verdict.

—ArunMalankar, Kalina

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ITS landmark verdict by the apexcourt that the minister has to re-sign from the post, if he foundsguilty by any lower court. Its in-evitable, that the further appealagainst the verdict, would not behelpful to the convicted minister,to keep his post or political statuswith him Its really needful decisionin our county, where many of theMPs and MLAs are with criminalbackground. We are happy that atleast one pillar from the four pillars.i.e. judiciary is doing fine in the in-terest of the nation. Its first masterstroke of broom to wash the dirtypolitical environment.

—Bhavesh Jani, Nala Sopara

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AS reported, it is indeed refreshing,encouraging and inspring to knowthat Supreme Courthas passed the verdict by which

MPs and MLAs will be disqualifiedimmediately when found guilty byany court for crimes committedand punished for two years andmore without further appeal, by ahigher court.This is indeed very precious ver-

dict as it will cleanse our rotten po-

litical system where criminals ofvarious kinds are ruling and hold-ing the country to ransom andwhen found guilty go in appeal to ahigher court, the process whichtakes a very long time and in themeanwhile these offenders con-

tinue shamelessly holding on totheir posts, status and enjoy allperks, unaffected.When such a lawis enforced almost more than halfof the existing MPs and MLAscould be disqualified and loosetheir posts and status.Such a worthwhile statement

could also put an end to the age olddictum—‘Justice delayed is justicedenied’. Until nowmost of theMPsand MLAs, when found guilty,would make an appeal to highercourts and sit complacently. Theyalways felt that though they havebeen elected by aam admi they areabove the law and will never bepunished or prosecuted for theirbad deeds. They continued

with their nefarious activities,national crimes and even immoralbehaviour.This will also discourage a lot of

people with criminal backgroundfrom contesting the polls asElection Commissioner will find

it easy to reject applicationsfrom them. The SC verdict bringsa ray of hope into our nationgroping in the darkness full ofhoplessness, corruption andscandals. Kudos to SC for thislandmark verdict.

—S.P. Sharma,Mumbai

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THE epoch making judgment ofthe Apex Court about disqualifica-tion of the elected representatives,must have certainly set the greycells of the politicians in a fast for-ward motion. Their parties’ thinktanks must have gone into huddlewith the sole intention of finding away out to circumvent the verdict.

On thismatter, all the political out-fits in the country, irrespective oftheir ideologies, would speak withone voice. All Opposition partiescan now request the govt to go infor a Constitutional Amendmentfor the purpose if necessary, to pro-tect the vested interests of all andsundry.

—Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

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I WELCOME the landmark rulingof the SupremeCourt that when anMP or MLA is convicted by anycourt in a criminal case, he or shemust be disqualified from theHouse with immediate effect andshould not be allowed to contestthe future election. I am of theopinion that SupremeCourt, at lasthas realised that there are manypolitical leaders with criminalbackground and are ruling in theirown states as well as in the Parlia-ment, dictating their own termsand conditions to remain in powerby hook or crook without bother-ing about the law, thus vilifying theentire political atmosphere andnow the people and the voters ofthe country will have more confi-dence in their representatives,thanks to the SC’s determination tohave politics with a clean imageand more transparency. It is hightime all the political parties followthe Supreme Court order and seeto it that the convicted memberof their party must be disqualifiedand should not be given be allowedto contest polls till their namesare legally cleared of their offence,if at all.

—Bhagwan Thadani,Mumbai

NOT DONE! Shah Rukh Khan should nothave gone for the surrogacy option since itshould be used only in extreme cases whencouples are unable to have kids or whenrisk to the mother during pregnancy isinvolved.

Every year, landslides have been takingtheir toll without fail. To state that only200 people have died due to them in thelast 10 years is a gross understatement.

CLEANSING OF POLITICAL DOMAIN: The apex court delivered the judgementon a petition filed by Advocate Lily Thomas (right).

SC VERDICT ON TAINTED LAWMAKERS DRAWS LOUD APPLAUSE

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Observing that a child suf-fers an intense psycho-logical trauma if he or

she is expelled or continued inthe same class upon failing inthe final examination, the Bom-bay High Court on Friday dis-missed a public interestlitigation challenging a provi-sion in the Right to EducationAct.Under section 16 of the Act,

no child shall be held back or

expelled till completion of ele-mentary school (Std VIII), re-ports PTI."A child who is not allowed to

progress to the next standardsuffers from an intense psycho-logical trauma resulting in lossof self-worth. Holding back forwant of adequate performanceassessed with conventionalmethods like examinationsplaces the child in a position ofdisadvantage in relation to hisor her peers," the court said.The division bench of Justices

D.Y. Chandrachud and S.C.Gupte was hearing a public in-terest litigation filed by ArunJoshi, director of a Solapur-based educational institute,stating that this provision hadresulted in deterioration of ed-ucational standards.The High Court, however, dis-

agreed."The kind of pressure we put

on our children these days... Atsuch a young age learningprocess need not be based onlyon exams. I was also a student

and now a parent...I know howexams can be," Justice Chan-drachud said.The court observed that

while enacting the RTE Act theParliament was aware of socialrealities. "Assessing knowledgemerely in terms of performancein examination takes a very nar-row view of the purpose of edu-cation. Education mustemphasise the need to initiatethe child into a holistic patternof development," the benchsaid, dismissing the PIL.

HC upholds RTE provision which bans holding child back upon flunking exam

Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

pg 18 We tell you why you should order atin or two from Tea Trunk

pg 16-17 Find out which brands areon sale this weekend

TREK IT OUTThe monsoon is the most beautiful season for trekking. So, if you love the outdoors, Priyanka Singh & Dev Goswami tell you about destinations that youshould not miss out on this season

If you are a trekking enthusiast and wantto witness the best waterfalls and densegreenery, then trekking during themonsoon will be like a dream for you!

During the monsoon, the natural habitatssurrounding us are in their utmost glory andyou’ll get to view them up, close andpersonal while hiking. We give you a list ofsome of the best monsoon trekkingdestinations closer to the city.

tUngareshwar

Tungareshwar is an excellent choice if you’relooking for heights that are closest to the city.Located between Virar and Vasai, it’s a hillwith a plateau on top and it is surrounded bydense forests and ample greenery. There isalso a Shiv temple and ashram on the hill,the latter of which has turned into more of apicnic spot lately. If you are not taking yourown vehicle, you can take a Virar local andthen take an auto from there to get toUssgaon where you’ll find the welcome gatefor Tungareshwar. This is the perfect time tovisit the place as the waterfalls will be at theirprime right now. There are also some small

restaurants on the way, so you have anoption of not carrying eatables with you. Thetrek is not very steep and so is suitable for beginners.

gorakhgad

Named after Saint Gorakhgad, Gorakhgad issituated at a height of 2,150 ft, which is not avery long trek and ideal for a one day trip.After the base of the summit, the trek gets alittle challenging, so if you are not used to

trekking, we’d suggest that you refrain fromvisiting this location. This mountain islocated at Dehri which is near Murbad andsome distance away from Kalyan. If you aretaking a train, then getting off at Kalyan willbe your best option. After some amount oftrekking, you’ll reach a cave with beautiful rock cut steps and further up you’llfind a small Shiva temple. Make sure you should carry your own food and water here.

ratangarh

If you are also a history enthusiast, thenRatangarh will delight you as on its extremetop, you’ll find Ratanwadi Fort which is 400years old. It is located 180km away fromPune and you’ll have to take a ferry over theArthur Lake to get to the base camp. A seriesof waterfalls and a thick jungle follows next.Finally, the entrance to the fort is so wellhidden that you need to enter through achimney. It will take three hours to reach tothis fort from the base and you will comeacross paddy fields, Pravara river and denseforests. Towards the end of the forests are

two ladders to cross the steep boulders.However, one needs to exercise utmostcaution on the ladders during the rains asthey can get slippery, but if it’s adventurethat you are after, then you’ll find that aplenty here.

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Upcoming groUp treks If you are finding it hard to muster up a

group of friends to go trekking along with

you, you can check out Jumpstart’s treks

where you can be sure of being among

like-minded people. They are organising

treks to the following places:

l thanale caves: July 13-14

l Jaambul maal: July 14

l tungareshwar: July 28

l gorakgadh: August 10-11

For more information, visit their Facebook

page at

Facebook.com/JumpstartOutdoors>> Jaamal Maal is thehighest point in Mumbai andis located in the SanjayGandhi National Park

14Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

harishchandragad

Harishchandragad is a hill fort situated inAhmednagar district of Maharashtra and itis 120km northeast of Pune. This is atreasure trove for people who have a keeninterest in history. However, during themonsoon, it is advised that onlyexperienced trekkers should take up thistrek, as reaching the fort can get quitedangerous and slippery. The highlights ofthis trek are the Kadareshwar cave andKonkan Kada. The former is a huge cavewhich has a big shiva linga that iscompletely surrounded by water. In themonsoon it is mostly not possible to reachthis spot as huge streams of water flowacross the way. The cave is quite a sight.The Konkan Kada gives a breathtakingview of the surrounding region. In themonsoon, availability of food and waterbecomes a problem, so carry your own.

thanale caves

Located in the Raigad district and a fewhours away from the city, Thanale Caves isa very popular trekking location. The rock-cut caves are actually Buddhist templesthat date back to 1st and 3rd century AD.There are 28 caves in all, however,natural circumstances have blockednearly 10 of them. All the treks forThanale caves start from the Thanalevillage, from where it will take youaround two hours to reach thecaves. The only drawback is thatthe place is popular and so, youmight find it a little crowded.However, the scenic beauty andancient architecture will surelymake up for it.

JaaMbul Maal

If you don’t think you can go out ofMumbai or just want a one-day break fromthe city, head over to the Sanjay GandhiNational Park (SNGP) where you can trekto Jaambul Maal, which is the highestpoint in the city. The point is located in the

Kanheri Caves region and wecan tell you from a first-hand

experience that this is one trek that everyMumbaikar must take up at least once intheir lifetime. The view from the highestpoint is truly breathtaking and you willwant to come back for more. Quiteobviously, SNGP is usually crowded duringthe weekend. However, very few peopleventure towards Jaambul Maal, so youdon’t need to worry about that.

kalsubai

Another popular destination, Kalsubai isthe highest peak in Maharashtra and islocated in the Sahyadri range. This trek isonly for those who are experienced intrekking as the rugged hilly terrain canprove to be quite a challenge; and the finalclimb to the Kalsubai pinnacle is a steepclimb. Once at the top, you will be treatedto a panoramic view of the surroundingsand the vast backwaters of Bhandardaraare sure to catch your attention.

trekking gear

If you are new to trekking and want to build up

your outdoor gear, we recommend you check out

these items:

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safety precautions While trekking

While the monsoon is the perfect time to go trekking, due to the lush greenery and the

variety of flora and fauna; it can also be dangerous, especially if you’ve never trekked

before. If you’re new to trekking, always get someone who has trekked before to

accompany you. Also, Akul Tripathi, one of the founders of Jumpstart Outdoors, gives us

a few safety tips:

• Always inform your family/neighbours about your plans. Keep them updated.

• All treks/climbs have a variety of routes. Select one on the basis of the least capable

person in your group.

• Do background checks on the location before you leave the city. Talk to someone who

has been to the place before.

• Learn wilderness first aid skills and always carry a basic first aid kit.

• Carry enough drinking water and emergency food with you.

• Avoid carrying valuables when outdoors (jewellery /gadgets).

• Check your shoes for grip and durability before you leave and carry extra socks.

• Consuming alcohol dehydrates your body, makes it tougher to trek, reduces your

alertness, lowers your guard and makes you prone and vulnerable to accidents and/or

crimes against you. Make an informed decision.

• Keep change ready in your pocket and do not access your wallet all the time. Keep

some money stashed away safely in your bag for an emergency.

• Be consciously careful during the end of the trek as most accidents tend happen

during the wrap-up time.

>> Tikona fort (in thepicture) near Lonavala,though not on our list, isanother great option to gofor a monsoon trek

>> (Left) Waterfall at Thanale

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This reasonable bottle clip

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It comes with a

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trekking tool.

price `199

Where www.hitplay.in

Multi-purpose

This torch comes with a

variety of attachments that

include a knife, scissor and

a compass.

price `1,499


a roof over your head

Planning a trek that involves staying over for the night?

This tent from Basecamp will surely come in handy.

price `2,750 onwards

Where www.basecamp.in

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Trekking with your

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« EVENT LOSE YOURSELF AT THE COMEDY STORE

« PERFORMANCE ALICE IN WONDERLAND AT AVE 29

If only all of us could follow her and dive head first into the

hole! But unfortunately as that’s not going to happen, we’ll

have to make do with Choito Ghosh’s rendition of Alice in

Wonderland, which will take you into the obscure parallel

world with the help of objects, puppets, shadows and

actors. The play’s cast comprises of Rachel D’Souza,

Suraj Tomer, Vikas Baid, Rakhi Prasad, and Anurupa Roy’s

Katkatha puppetry troupe.

Pia Shivdasani and Atmika Didwania, the managing

partners of Ave 29, tell us, “We have always wanted to

host different events, plays and shows. Choiti Ghosh takes

us back in time, enacting the play with the use of different

mediums. Choiti believes that the audience will be able to

relate to it in their daily lives.”

entry `300

When Tonight and tomorrow, 8 and 7pm respectively

Where Ave 29, Kohinoor Mansion, 29 Hughes Road

contact 23804981

Party in a hosPital

discover youralter ego

Lose Yourself at the Comedy Storeis India’s first character comedyevening that will be highlighting alter egos and new characters.

Have you ever thought that you mighthave an alter ego waiting to beunleashed? Here is your chance to letyour darker/lighter side out in the open.Vir Das’ Weirdass Comedy bringstogether for one night on one stage, allyour favourite comedians with only one

catch — they are not allowed to performas themselves. You will see a vastnumber of alter egos and newcharacters trying to tickle your funny bone.Charlotte Ward, director and assistant

producer of The Comedy Store (India)Pvt. Ltd., says, “Vir is a joy to watch onstage and Lose Yourself promises to be acrowd-puller. It is an interestingconcept and it will be great to see the

performers get out of their comfortzone and into the skin of another.”Tickets are available at the venue as wellas on Book My Show for `600. Comeface to face with faces you may know…but will you recognise them?When July 14, 8.30pm onwardsWhere blueFROG, Mathuradas MillsCompound, Lower Parelcontact www.bookmyshow.com or61586158 (blueFROG)

Win a DVD

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This week,

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« GIG GET A MUSICAL CHECK-UP

Well, we all have incongruous dreams and if for you one of them

is partying in a hospital with nurses while your favourite

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) beats play in the background,

then this time’s Visa on Arrival (VOA) will be like a dream come

true for you! Titled Clinically Tested, Canvas lounge is calling

this evening as the greatest musical check-up. At this gig,

nurses will attend to your every musical need with a hospital

themed EDM scene. Opening performance is going to be by DJ

Shiva, followed by DJ AJ (too many initials spoil it, don’t you

think?) The lounge will be transformed into a hospital with

medical cross shaped LCD screens, hostesses dressed as

nurses and DJs serving as your music doctors.

Vismay Chokshi, director of Crossbar Entertainment, says,

“Usually VOA is associated with the in-flight experience, but this

time we have chosen to move a step further and change the

aisle seats into hospital wheelchairs and beds. A hospital may

sound a bit scary, but when medicines are substituted by shots,

the nurses transform into naughty fantasies and you can dance

to your favourite EDM music with in-house fireworks... going to

a hospital will never be the same again.”

Price `1,000 for lounge and `2,000 for VIP (full cover)

When Tonight, 9pm onwards

Where 4th Floor, Palladium, High Street Phoenix, Senapati

Bapat Marg, Lower Parel

contact 9920058268 or log on to www.bookmyshow.com to

book tickets

Tejasvi Desai tells you whyyou need to check out The Comedy Store’s latestweekend offering

« GIG SATURDAY SLAM AT F LOUNGE.DINER.BARdJ ishani is in the housePut on your dancing shoes and head over to

F Lounge.Diner.Bar as DJ Ishani is spinning some

great tunes to kickstart the weekend. With an old

school style coupled with alternative and

underground contemporary sounds, DJ Ishani has

opened for international acts such as DJ Mark Da

Spot, DJ Doc, Camouflage as well as DJ Power

A.K.A The Soul Controller.

Vihas Madhavan, head of programming and

events at F Lounge.Diner.Bar, says, “DJ Ishani is

one of the first amongst a handful of female hip-

hop DJs in India, and has played at various night

clubs in India and abroad. This Saturday, she will

be spinning some hip hop, RnB, funk, soul and

mainstream tunes.”

So, what are you waiting for? Head over to the

lounge to dance the night away with some new and

exciting sounds.

When July 13, from 9pm onwards

Where One India Bulls Centre, Elphinstone Road

contact 66505820

« EVENT FOOD FESTIVAL

Mahesh Lunch Home brings to you its

Andhra Food Festival, Andhralicious.

Andhralicious promises to liven up your

spirits with a huge variety of seafood and

non-vegetarian and vegetarian delicacies

cooked in true Andhra-style. A hot favourite

among gourmets, their Andhra spread

consists of mouthwatering varieties such

as the Masala Squid, Kuchipodi Kodi,

Prawn 555 among many others. And to top

it all, you will get a free pint of chilled

Kingfisher beer with every starter!

Experience the real taste of Andhra at this

delicious food festival.

When Up to July 14

Where Mahesh Lunch Home, Next To Tulip

Star Hotel, Juhu

contact 66955554/59

satisfy your south-indian food cravingsat mahesh lunch home

>> This weekend, some of the mostfamous comics will be performing in a

never-seen-before avatar at blueFROG

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17MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JUlY 12, 2013

SALE SPECIALsensuality sale at aViratéAviraté presents its Sensuality sale across a range of dresses,

bags, shoes and accessories. The price ranges from `300 to

`20,400 (before sale price). “Every season we have our much

awaited sale across an extensive range of apparel and

accessories. And this year, with two stores and our Sensuality

sale up to 70% off, fashionistas will have better access to our

high-street fashion at affordable prices,” says Jahid Osman,

managing director of Aviraté India.

When Up to August 18

Where Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla and Skyzone — High Street

Phoenix, Lower Parel

Contact 61801558/ 40043242

end-oF-season sale at ayeshaHead to an Ayesha Accessories store for their end-

of-season sale and buy one, get one free offer. Get

yourself accessories in different colours from red

and yellow to neon. Jaqueline Kapur, managing

director of Ayesha, says, “This time our customers

get a little more than the usual discount so, grab

your favourite accessories from the SS’13

collection before they run out.”

When Up to July 31

Where Inorbit Vashi, Infinity mall — Malad, Phoenix

Mills, Lower Parel

Contact www.ayeshaaccessories.com

Full entertainMent at halF the priCeSony DADC has tied up with Snapdeal.com for a Half Price Full

Entertainment Sale that offers a flat 50% discount on all its music

albums and international movie titles. The sale includes music

albums right from the greatest hits of the King of Pop, Michael

Jackson, to the latest Justin Timberlake comeback release 20/20

Experience. Rajat Kakar, head of home entertainment services by

Sony DADC, says, “We have blockbuster titles across major

Hollywood studios and international music titles from Sony Music.

We have introduced this exciting offer to value the patronage of

our fans.”

When Up to July 15

Where www.snapdeal.com

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sia’s super saleAre you looking forward to expanding your jewellery collection? Head to a SIA outlet near

you as the SIA ART Jewellery stores are have introduced a sale of up to 50% off on great

designs. And for those who are a little pressed for cash, they also offer an EMI scheme so

you can pick up what you like without paying immediately. Beta Dave, manager of

marketing & E-business development from SIA Art Jewellery, tells us, “The Super Sale is

back with a bang this season! The sale is running all over the nation with an array of

beautiful designs. SIA offers more than 30,000 exquisite designs in their stores for

shopaholics, it has a dainty display on www.siajewellery.com. So, shop till you drop this

season and get the best designs at the best discounts! Make the most of it.” So, go ahead

and pick from a variety of great pieces.

When Ongoing Where SIA outlets across the city Contact www.siajewellery.com

end-oF-season sale atMyntra.CoM Myntra’s end-of-season sale is something that

you really shouldn’t miss out on. They are offering

up to 51% off on all the brands on their website.

Co-founder of Myntra.com, Ashutosh Lawania

tells us, “With access to over 200 leading brands

such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, UCB and FCUK,

shoppers can browse through a wide selection of

over 20,000 products which are on offer 24/7.

Patrons can also avail free home delivery (for

shopping over `1,000) and a 30-day return

facility while shopping on Myntra.com.”

When Ongoing

Where www.myntra.com

Westside’s end oF season saleWestside is offering up to 60% off on some of its best brands.

On offer are casual wear, shirts, western wear and kurtis

across some of the best Westside brands such as NUON,

Elegant 9-9 Dresses, L.O.V., Bombay Paisley, Zuba, Richmond

and Ascot. So, come prepared to fight it out before they fly off

the shelf! Some of the brands that are offering a discount of

up to 50% off are Levis, Lee, Van Heusen, Remanika, Louis

Philippe, Loreal, Maybelline and Espirit. Additionally, Axis Bank

debit and credit card holders will get 5% additional cash back

on the minimum purchase of `4,500 and above. Gaurav

Mahajan, chief operating officer of Westside, says, “Our end-

of-season sale is an opportunity for our customers to take

advantage of by splurging on their favourite brands at

attractive prices and have a great time shopping.”

When Ongoing

Where Westside outlets across the city

Contact www.mywestside.com

glaMorous disCounts at guess If you’ve had your eye on the watches by

Guess, then now is the perfect time to shop

for them. The brand is offering up to 30%

off on a number of their styles and designs.

Some of the designs that are part of the

sale include a sexy, hourglass shaped gold

watch and a glittery, gold watch with ‘G’

inscribed on the strap. Ivana Perovic, chief

executive officer of AP Group tells us, “It’s

raining discounts at Guess. Don't miss out

on our extraordinary sale with exciting and

enticing offers.”

When Ongoing

Where Shoppers Stop and Lifestyle outlets

Contact www.guesswatches.com

up to 70% oFF at Vinegar If there is one sale you cannot

miss out on, it’s Vinegar’s, where

they are offering up to 70% off on

their collection of apparels and

accessories. You can look forward

to picking up jackets, dresses and

jumpsuits at unbelievable prices.

Owner and manager of Vinegar,

Varsha Bhawnani tells us, “Our

main aim is to make our

customers feel pampered and

offer them products and prices

which compel them to splurge.

Our latest collection includes ditsy

prints, lace stories, neon detailing,

bright colors and light cool fabrics

such as georgettes and chiffons,

which dry quickly.”

When Ongoing

Where Vinegar, Behind Shree

Khatwari Darbar Trust, 13th Road,

Off Linking Road, Khar (W)

Contact 26482787

Men’s Clothing saleat turtle If you have been lusting for luxury

merchandise, grab this opportunity.

Men’s lifestyle brand, Turtle, has

introduced their end-of-season sale

which also extends itself to

products from London Bridge. All

discounts are up to 50% and the

product range will feature ties,

cufflinks, handkerchiefs, socks,

belts, and wallets. Vikram Duggal,

head of marketing & digital

business at Turtle Ltd., says,

“Fashion brands across the globe

typically hold an end-of-season

sale. In line with the market trend

in India, Turtle also launched its

sale at the end of the spring-

summer season.”

When Ongoing

Where Turtle stores across the city

Contact www.turtlelimited.com

Wrangler’s end-oF-season saleWrangler, the original outdoor denim brand,

lifts up its shutters for the end-of-season

sale. Ride home with stylish and rugged

Wrangler merchandise at exciting discounts

of up to 40% off on apparel for both men

and women. There is also a buy-one-get-one

free offer on select merchandise. “Wrangler

is known for its stylish and rugged

merchandise. The end-of-season sale offer

is applicable on a select range of apparel

and accessories for both men and women,”

says Anshul Chaturvedi, marketing head of

Wrangler India. Pick your best from a

collection of exciting denims (see left),

stylish t-shirts and shirts.

When Ongoing

Where Wrangler outlets across the city

Contact www.wrangler.in

anita dongre’ssignature labels on saleAvail up to 50% off on labels such as -

AND, Global Desi, Timeless, Iinterpret

and Anita Dongre Menswear, just

what you needed to give your

wardrobe that snazzy makeover!

“People have access to the ramp

styles during our sale at the most

affordable prices. Our USP is that we

have a wide collection of styles and

designs which help us stock

something for everyone," says

designer, Anita Dongre. So don’t miss

out on a chance to grab that perfect

outfit from your nearest Anita

Dongre Store.

When Ongoing

Where Anita Dongre Outlets across

the city

Contact www.anitadongre.com

>> Get high-street fashion ataffordable rates at Aviraté’s

Sensuality sale

Woodland’s Flat 50% oFFWoodland is having a sale on its spring/summer

collection and is offering up to 40% off on footwear

and a flat 50% discount on apparel. You’ll find a

selection of casual and formal footwear, t-shirts,

linen shirts, trousers and summer jackets for men

and women. Harkirat Singh, managing director of

Woodland Worldwide, says, “Woodland’s end-of-

season sale is the perfect chance for our

customers to indulge themselves in everything

they've had their eye on, but haven’t bought yet.

With choices ranging across footwear, apparel and

trendy accessories, who can pass up the

opportunity? Our customers can expect to spend a

long time pouring over our selections and debating

over which pieces they absolutely must have.”

When Ongoing

Where Woodland stores across the city

Contact www.woodlandworldwide.com

Monsoon sale at 109°F109°F has announced their end-of-season

monsoon sale. The sale is offering a discount of

up to 50% on all 109°F merchandise. On offer

are tops, tunics, dresses, shorts, trousers,

denims and jackets. Speaking about the sale,

Radhesh Kagzi, president of 109°F, says, “During

our end-of-season sale, we see a considerable

increase in footfall. It is a great platform for us to

reach out to a larger set of customers who are

looking for stylish and comfortable outfits at

attractive prices. The customer’s shopping

experience has always been a priority at 109°F.

We continuously try to satisfy our customers,

despite the rush. Our end-of-season sale has

something to offer for everyone.”

When Ongoing

Where 109°F outlets across the city

Contact www.109f.com

The Art Loft has been around for two years and

most people in Bandra already know and love

French brother-sister duo Leila and Kevin

Tayebaly. Started as a space for art therapy and

a range of other activities, it enables

participants to take a break from life to explore

their artistic side.

They’ve recently managed to procure a

decent amount of space on Bandra’s Waroda

Road, cut off from the noise outside by a large

wooden door and a tiled, closed space. On the

day we visited, work was still going on, but we

could see the long French windows and muted

walls of the ‘therapy room.’ It’s a big space,

complete with a gallery and exhibition area

where they plan to hold a lot more exhibitions

and workshops than before. We walked in (and

possibly disturbed!) an art therapy class held by

Leila, who very generously allowed us to take a

few pictures and explained that although they

have opened doors for their art therapy classes,

they are still working on putting finishing

touches to the entire space.

The art therapy includes painting with water

colours, which brings harmony between your

thoughts and actions. From the art therapy

class to distressing pottery workshops and a

Sounds of Sufi workshop for music lovers, this

artsy space has something for everyone.

We can’t say much about its décor because it

was still under construction when we visited,

but if the finished product (which, hopefully, will

be soon) is as nice as the concept, we’re not

going to be complaining. But, we really look

forward to going back when they’ve finally

launched their café.

To find out more about their activities, log on

to www.facebook.com/THEARTLOFT or follow

them on Twitter. Their Twitter handle is

@TheArtLofters.


« STORE REVIEW: ARMANI & ART LOFT

A CREATIVE NICHE « NEW LAUNCHES: FIND OUT WHAT’S JUST OUT

A1,957 square foot store withdesigner clothes andaccessories for men and women — Armani does a

good job with first impressions. As itshould, being one of the many spin-offs of the successful Giorgio Armanibrand. We’ve always loved theluxurious Emporio Armani collectionsand the high-end Armani Collezioni,but unless you’re flushed with cash,they’re not the most affordableoptions. So, they decided to bring thebridge-line, denim heavy Armani Jeansinto the mix to test the waters. It’s stillheavy on the pocket for most, but it’stargeted (correctly) at the young andflashy crowd for whom paying `9,000for a belt is no big deal. Armani Jeans is like the rainbow

sister compared to the rest of theArmani labels. I’m used to going gagaover their dapper suits, crisp whitesand subtle beiges, but I’m not used toseeing reds and blues pop out at me

under the designer tags. It was apleasant change and made the storeseem a little less intimidating. On display as I entered the store, was

a pretty peach floral bag staggeringlypriced at `15,500, along with itssomber black twin for `15,000.Remembering that it’s a luxury brandwill help ease you into the prices,especially since it’s cheaper than ausual Armani store. Still, `9,000 for apair of pink rain shoes seems a bitoverpriced to me. While the purses andshoes were too run-off-the-mill to havesuch tags, the clothes were a little lessoffensive. Especially since the designswere designer-worthy and the materialwas luxurious to touch. I was remindedthat the collection changed often, so ifyou like something and think you’llbuy it in a few days, you may not getthe chance to. They seem to encourageimpulsive spending, not a bad ploy fora designer store. A blue, striped blousestood out the most (`13,000), if only for

the material. The jeans also looked likethey were made of great material(`11,500) and seemed like a good buy.However, on closer inspection I was alittle perturbed by the loose stitchingnear the waist band. If I’m paying overten grand for jeans, I expect nothingless than perfection. The men’s collection impressed me

with its splashes of colour. A redchecked shirt for `11,500, shoes for`19,500 and slim jeans for `11,000 — Iloved each piece but the materialwasn’t as impressive as that of the

women’s collection. One thing thatmade Armani Jeans stand out fromother designer stores was the lack ofstaff snootiness. They didn’t treataffluent looking customers better thanthe jeans and t-shirt wearing crowd.They know prices and information at aglance, are helpful and willing to assist,whether they think you can buy whatyou’re trying on or not.

where The Art Loft, 37 Waroda Road, off

Hill Road, Bandra (W)

coNtact 9819132958/ email:

[email protected]/ website:

www.theartloft.co.in

where Infiniti Mall, Upper Ground Level,

New Link Road, Shastri Nagar, D Phase,

Andheri (W) coNtact 42664727

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Nehru jackets by PawaN

sachdeva

If you want to up the traditional quotient of your

wardrobe, we recommend Pawan Sachdeva’s new

collection of Nehru jackets. The two-piece jackets are

apt for formal occasions and are sure to add a bit of

unique touch to your look. The collection features a

variety of fabrics such as linen, cotton, matka silk, khadi

silk and silk brocade and also has a plethora of colours

including blue, pink and brown. The minimalistic use of

embroidery gives the collection a classy look.

where www.pawansachdeva.com

Price `8,500 onwards

Relax, de-stress and let creativity flow at the relocated Art Loft in Bandra, says Rhea Dhanbhoora>> The Art Loft,apart from theirart classes, willalso soon beintroducing yogaand othercalming andcreative sessions

The price of luxuryLuxury Italian label Armani has launched an Armani Jeans store in Malad. Rhea Dhanbhoora sees if it lives up to its designer name

>> The ArmaniJeans store hasrefreshing pops

of colour. >> Weloved thisfloral bag

>> The men’scollection has a nicerange of loafers

>> The colouredjeans wereimpressive

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There’s pretty much nothing that can

make me smile when I just wake up.

But, seeing that elephant along with

the sentence ‘Made with tender

loving care, our teas taste best when

shared’ made my day. Perhaps even

week. But, that wasn’t the best part

— I opened the tins and was engulfed

by an invigorating lemon scent, gentle

vanilla aroma and a potent whiff of

ginger. And that’s what Tea

Sommelier Snigdha Manchanda, the

founder of Tea Trunk, wants — a

happy tea totaller.

Snigdha has always been

consumed by her love for tea. Having

grown up collecting tea from all over

the world, including Russia, Taiwan

and Kenya; Snigdha stored more than

100 exotic and rare teas in her

father’s old trunk for over a decade

which later became the inspiration for

the name of her tea company in

2011. She is a trained Tea Taster and

a certified Tea Sommelier in 2011

from the Tea Sommelier Academy in

Sri Lanka. So, it’s safe to say that this

girl knows what she’s talking about

when it comes to tea.

Having realised the potential of the

tea market, she created six

handblended signature teas (Rose

Oolong, Vanilla, Ginger, Lemon, Moon

White and East Himalayan Black Tea),

available on her new online tea store.

The website is fun (that elephant is

so goddamn cute!), easy to navigate

and ordering is simple.

We tried the vanilla (read the

brewing instructions on the tin),

lemon and ginger tea. The vanilla

(`800 for 15 teabags), which we had

with a dash of sugar, is a unique

blend of two tea varieties from the

north and south of India: the robust

Assam and the fragrant Nilgiri.

Combined with real vanilla beans, the

vanilla tastes so good that you almost

feel guilty drinking this dessert tea.

The lemon tea (`650 for a tin of 15)

is a great pick-me-up and ideal to

beat a mid-day slump. The ginger root

(`650 for a tin of 15), which shows

the adorable elephant all wrapped in

a scarf on the tin, claims to sort out

everything from a blocked nose to a

broken heart. A warming cup of this is

like a hug from the inside. Another

thing we like about the tea is that

they recommend what you can eat

with it. Tea Trunk knows us well.

Frankly, these teas are a little

expensive to make it a daily affair but

the cute tin makes it an ideal gift or a

treat for yourself. The flavours are

subtle and worth trying out. And yes, I

know Tea Trunk recommends sharing.

But, I’m not going to. Get your

own tin!

HOUSE OF GOOD

>> Try thenon-vegetarianDim sum, theRajmaGalaoutiKebab and theStrawberrymocktail whenyou visitnewly openedHouse of Asia

WhAT’s Cooking?

Pinkberry is open! If you felt there weren’t

enough yogurt franchises,

you’ll be happy to know that

Pinkberry has opened its

doors at Pali Naka, near the

Costa Coffee outlet. Enjoy

flavours such as chocolate,

salted caramel, pomegranate

and mango; lassis, smoothies

and Pinkberry fresh bowls,

which are yogurt bowls topped

with unique garnishes such as

tomato and basil.

Ps: If you’re in the area, don’t

miss out on the momo stall

opposite Poco Loco.

Where Near Costa Coffee, Pali

Naka, Bandra (W)

We bring youupdates on newplaces that haverecently opened upin the city

Newly opened House of Asia at TheMirador Hotel offers a mix of Indianand Pan-Asian food. Here is a placewhere you can dig into Kashmiri,

Awadhi or even Hyderabadi food alongsideThai, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese andJapanese food. So, here’s the deal. House of Asiaoffers a lunch and dinner buffet alongside theireclectic à la carte menu. The buffet lunch ispriced at `450 plus taxes while the dinner buffetis `550 plus taxes. We sampled a little of both tobring you a list of must try and avoidable dishes.We started our meal with the Chicken Shorba

soup and Lemon Coriander soup from thebuffet spread. Refreshing and spicy, both were agood start to our meal. Next was the KashmiriChaat ( `200) which was sweet but tasty; thisone’s only for those who really like chaat. Nextin line were dishes from the Live Teppanyakicounter at the buffet. House of Asia offers quitea few dishes in their buffet (Indian and Pan-Asian), but their live counters (buffet),especially the Teppanyaki one, is the one to lookout for. Both the chicken and vegetable variantsserved here were nothing short of delicious! Wealso sampled the Dim sum (buffet). The non-vegetarian dim sum were very good, but sadlythe vegetarian one was nothing to write home about. Next from the à la carte menu was the Rajma

Galaouti Kebab ( `300) with the Ulta tawa

paratha and green chutney. Eaten together, thetrio is a superb combination of textures andflavours. For the mains we sampled the MurghMakhani (`350) and the Thai Green Curry withChicken (`400). The former was tasty, not thebest we’ve had, but pretty good. Now for sweeter matters — the dessert! We

highly recommend the Tab Tim Grob (`250)available on their à la carte menu. This Thaidessert, created with water chestnuts, sugarsyrup and coconut milk, was absolutelyrefreshing, unusual and a nice change from theusual western and Indian sweets mostrestaurants offer. A must try when you visit.House of Asia also offers a range of their in-house homemade gelato ice-creams (buffet).So to conclude, yes, House of Asia is worth a

visit if you’re in the vicinity or willing to travelfor a good meal, just make sure you order theright dishes. The rates (impressive for a four starhotel) are reasonable and in tandem with thespread offered. The staff is warm and friendly,but service took a while to pick up, with a fewglitches here and there. The decor isn’t a highpoint but bright and happy for a corporate orfamily meal. All in all, it was a good andsatisfying experience.

Gayatri Sahasrabuddhe treks toAndheri (E) to find out whetherHouse of Asia is worth a visit

>> If you’re achaat lover, youmust try theKashmiri Chaat

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Where The Mirador Hotel, 131/B, New

Link Road, Chakala, Andheri (E)

Dinner for two Approximately `1,500

Alcohol served Yes (cost of pint of beer:

`150 (exclusive of taxes) onwards

Timings 12.30pm to 3.30pm (lunch) and

7.30pm to 11pm (dinner)

Contact 30932030

It’s the perfect weatherfor a good cup of tea.

That’s why Glynda Alvesrecommends you order a

tin or two from Tea Trunk

Tea Trunk

Where www.teatrunk.com

>> Tea Trunk’s tins are extremely cuteand the flavours meet expectations

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It’s raining deals

Ramada Powai: FoR aRomantic getaway

Ramada Powai Hotel & ConventionCentre might be located amidst thehustle and bustle of the city but once youenter you get to experience a tranquilhaven. This spot is ideal for a romanticweekend break and you get to enjoy thelush green lawns, hill top views, open skyand rain. They are offering a TheMonsoon Treat package which includes acouple stay with a welcome drink onarrival, complimentary buffet breakfastand 20% discount on food and beverage.The package also provides access to theHealth Club. What’s more, you can trytheir spa treatments at 20% discount.The package includes a complimentarystay for two children below 12 years.Package One night stay for `5,555 andtwo night stay for `8,999. contact 67776000 where Before Vihar Lake, Powai, SakiVihar Road

the ResoRt: enjoy aFamily bReak

For a quick family break, check out TheResort. Located at Madh-Marve, an areathat’s known for its greenery, you canavail of great deals if you visit the relaxingdestination before September 30. Thelush greenery, smell of wet earth and

cooling showers offer a welcomingrespite to those seeking to get away fromthe concrete jungle. The Resort isoffering two monsoon packages: the firstis designed for guests who want a onenight break. It is inclusive of two buffetmeals and also offers a 15% discount onall food and soft beverages and anadditional 15 % off on all body andbeauty treatments. The second package,inclusive of buffet breakfast for twoguests, comes with a value-add on thatencourages guests to stay an additionalnight. “We are offering a buy one daymonsoon holiday and get second nighton half price, which is truly value-for-money,” says Anuj Prakash, vicepresident and general manager.Packages Package 1: `3,550 per personper night. Package 2: `3,750 per person.contact 28447777 where Madh-Marve Road, Aksa Beach,Malad (W)

the seRai chikmagaluR:FoR wateR sPoRts

This monsoon enjoy an adventure of alifetime as The Serai introduces whitewater rafting at Chikmagalur. You canexperience an all new high as you coursethrough the Bhadra River whilepartaking in the white water raftingadventure. Etched against themountainous canvas of the Western

Ghats, the Bhadra river provides an ideallocation for white water rafting. As younavigate your way through thechallenging waters, the river takes you ona spectacular journey — luscious coffeeplantations, dense forests and charminghamlets — a window to a whole newexperience. Their monsoon package ison till the end of September. Package: `27,900 plus taxes (Includesmeals and couple stay for two nights)contact 8262224903 where Mugthihalli Post, K M Road,Chikmagalur, Karnataka

aamby Valley: FoR theadVentuRe junkie

Want to get an adrenaline rush thismonsoon? If your idea of a goodweekend includes zorbing, paintball anddirt bike riding, then this monsoon youcan head for an adventure escapadefilled with endorphin-boosting activitiesat Aamby Valley City. 19 Degree North atAamby Valley City is an ideal adventuregetaway that is offering a diverse range ofactivities. 19 Degree North is the placefor all adventure and adrenaline junkies.So, don’t worry about the rain, mud anddirt, get down and dirty here.contact: Call 2022900666, [email protected], or logon to www.19degreenorth.comwhere: Aamby Valley City, Pune

>> Closer home, TheResort is perfect for aromantic getaway

>> If you’re anadventurous person,

head to Aamby Valley

When the rains hit the city, instead of getting stuck in the chaos of murky streets, why notpack your bags and treat yourself to a getaway? Glynda Alves brings you some of the bestmonsoon packages

Sorabh Pant &his city musings

Five things you love about Mumbai?

Four people who come for my show. And, one glass of

Nasik wine.

Five things you’d change about the city?

Nothing. All the negatives of our great city are

positive. Flooding turns us into Europe — S.V. Road

becomes South Venice road. Potholes finance the

axle repairman’s livelihood — he can send his kids to

Harvard with the money he makes. Traffic gives us

moments of stillness — to direct our inner Buddha.

Illegal immigrants remind us that you can buy Chetan

Bhagat’s new novel for cheaper at traffic signals.

Pollution makes our lungs stronger, so strong that we

could survive underwater when the tsunami comes.

One person you’d like to import into the city and why?

Any Bangladeshi. I’m a North Indian so I need the ire

against my people directed toward someone else.

One person you’d like to export. Why and where?

The man/woman who started Micromax phones. To

China. It'll be ironic for him/her to meet the place

his/her phones originate from.

Funniest Mumbai moment.

I once stopped a man from committing suicide at

Worli Sea Face. When things got out of control, I

called the cops. Most of them were super but, one

kept insisting that the man trying to commit suicide

was my gay partner. I was like, even if I were gay I

don't think I'd be so bad at being gay that I'd drive my

partner to kill himself!

Hottest person in Mumbai

Shahrukh Khan in those ganjee ads. According to

Shahrukh Khan.

Sorabh Pant will be performing tonight at 10.30pm at

Canvas Laugh Factory in Phoenix Mills. Tickets are

priced from `400 to 800

>> The Serai is offeringyou beautiful andtranquil surroundings

We asked stand-up comedian Sorabh Pant random questions aboutthe city. Here are his tongue-in-cheek responses

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they were unable to apprehend him as he kept changing dis-guises, and always kept one step ahead of the authorities. Thismatter was assigned to Chief of Revenue Intelligence Vir Vijaysingh and his team of Vikram, Victor, and Sheeba. Their inves-tigation led them to the conclusion that. CCVVOO,, 99 pp..mm..

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Behnaa Hai9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum.9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata

Hain10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai….10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas –

Veera11.00 Saraswatichandra

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Mother8.30 Big Bang Theory9.00 Revenge10.00 One Tree Hill11.00 Mad Men

ZEE CAFÉP.M.2.00 Grey’s Anatomy 3.00 Scandal4.00 The Following5.30 Just For Laughs6.00 Grey’s Anatomy7.00 The Following8.00 Friends8.30 American Dad9.00 Scandal10.00 Grey’s Anatomy 11.00 The Following

BIG CBS LOVEP.M.2.00 Summerland2.30 Game3.00 Beauty and The Beast3.30 Under The Dome4.00 Life Unexpected5.00 Excused5.30 Game6.00 Summerland7.00 Entertainment

Tonight7.30 Rules of Engagement8.00 Friday Evening with

Oprah9.00 Under The Dome11.00 Excused

SONY TVP.M.1.30 Aamdani Attani Kharcha

Rupaiya: Film4.30 1920 Evil Returns7.30 Dil Ke Nazar…8.00 Anamika8.30 Amita Ka Amit9.00 Chanchhan9.30 Comedy Circus10.00 CID11.00 Crime Patrol

ZEE TVP.M.2.00 Connected Hum

Tum2.30 Punarvivaah3.00 Hitler Didi3.30 Pavitra Rishta4.00 Qubool Hai4.30 DID Super Moms6.00 Jodha Akbar6.30 Punarvivah7.00 Aaj Ki Housewife7.30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke8.00 Jodha Akbar8.30 Hitler Didi9.00 Pavitra Rishta.9.30 Qubool Hai10.00 Connected Hum Tum10.30 Punarvivah11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OKP.M.2.00 Savadhan India

7.30 Amrit Manthan8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev8.30 Savitri9.00 Do Dil…Ek Jaan9.30 Junoon-Aisi Nafrat, To

Kaisa Ishq10.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab

Sa Risk Hai10.30 Savadhan India

COLORSP.M.2.00 Sasural Simar Ka2.30 Balika Vadhu3.00 Na Bole Tum…3.30 Madhubala….4.00 Bani Ishq da Kalma4.30 Comedy Nights with

Kapil6.00 Balika Vadhu…6.30 Uttaran7.00 Bani – Ishq da

Kalma7.30 Sasural Simar Ka8.00 Balika Vadhu8.30 Madhubala9.00 Sanskaar…9.30 Na Bole Tum…10.00 Uttaran10.30 Bani – Ishq da

Kalma11.00 Balika Vadhu

SAHARA ONEP.M2.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar

Mein Uljhi Niyati2.30 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka

Aangan Hoga.3.00 Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani:

Film, Balraj Sahani6.00 Surkshetra7.30 Haunted Nights8.00 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali9.00 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka

Aangan Hoga.9.30 Rishton Ke Bhawar

Mein Uljhi Niyati10.00 Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara

Lage

10.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali.11.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar

Mein Uljhi Niyati

SAB TVP.M.2.00 Taarak Mehta Ka2.30 Lapatagani-Ek

Baar Phir3.00 F I R3.30 Jeanie Aur Juhu4.00 Taarak Mehta…7.30 Jeanie Aur Juhu8.00 Baal Veer8.30 Taarak9.00 Chidiya Ghar9.30 Jeanie Aur Juju10.00 Lapataganj-Ek

Baar Phir10.30 F I R11.00 Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHIP.M.2.00 Tu Tithe Mee2.30 Tuze Maze Jamena

3.00 Mala Sasu Havi3.30 Radha Hi Bawri4.00 Pakke Shejari5.00 Tu tithe Mee5.30 Mala Sasu Havi6.00 Tuze Maze Jamena6.30 Home Minister7.00 Tu Tithe Mee7.30 Radha Hi Bawri8.00 Unch Maza Zoka8.30 Mala Saasu Havi9.00 Tuze Maze Jamena9.30 Pakke Shejari10.30 Radha Hi Bawri11.00 Tuze Maze Jamena

ANIMAL PLANETP.M.1.00 River Monsters3.00 Animal Planet’s

A to Z4.00 Botswana’s Wild

Kingdom5.00 TV with Teeth6.00 Wildest Africa7.00 Ultimate Killers7.30 Up, Close and

Dangerous8.00 River Monsters10.30 Animal Planet’s

A To Z11.00 TV with Teeth: Prey vs

Predators

DISCOVERYP.M.2.00 Dual Survival3.00 American Digger3.30 Food Factory4.00 Fearless Planet5.00 Man Vs Wild6.00 Untamed and

Uncut8.00 American Digger8.30 Food Factory9.00 House Hazards9.30 Swamp Brother10.00 No Kitchen

Required11.00 Meat Eater

DISCOVERY KIDSP.M.2.00 1001 Nights3.00 Transformers

Prime4.30 Wild Kratts5.00 Amazing Spiez6.00 1001 Nights7.00 Sally Bollywood8.00 Adventures of

Tintin9.00 Transformers

Prime10.30 Wild Kratts11.00 1001 Nights

SCIENCEP.M.2.00 Monster Inside Me3.00 When We Left

The Earth4.00 How Do They

Do It4.50 Food Detectives5.15 How It’s Made6.00 Weaponology7.00 Built It Bigger8.00 How It’s Made

9.00 When We Left The Earth

10.00 Weapon Masters11.00 Monsters

Inside Me

HISTORY CHANNELP.M.2.00 Food Tech3.00 World’s Scariest4.00 IRT Deadliest Roads5.00 Jurassic Fight

Club6.00 Sliced6.30 Pawn Stars7.00 Making of Bhaag

Milkha Bhaag8.00 Shark Wranglers9.00 Mankind10.00 Pawn Stars10.30 Addicted

NAT GEOGRAPHICP.M.2.00 Most Amazing

Moments3.00 Engineering

Connections4.00 Mega Factories5.00 Megastructures6.00 Most Amazing

Moments8.00 Breakout10.00 Banged Up Abroad11.00 Taboo

STAR CRICKETP.M.2.00 Australia Tour of

England 2013highlights

2.30 Cricket Extra3.30 Aus Tour of England

2013 1st Test Day 3 live

10.30 Cricket Extra

ESPNP.M.2.00 Jai Ho2.30 T20 Dhamaka3.00 ICC C’ships Trophy

2013 h/ls4.00 Jai Ho4.30 Champions Ka

Champion5.00 T20 Dhamaka5.30 Aus Tour of England

13 h/ls7.00 T20 Dhamaka7.30 Jai Ho8.00 ICc C’ships Trophy

13 h/ls9.00 Aus Tour of Eng

13 h/ls9.30 FIFA Confederations

Cup Brazil 13 highlights

11.00 US Senior Open C’ship 2013

MADHUBALA… EK ISHQ EK JUNOON� In tonight’s episode we will see, Sultan calls up RK and tellshim that he is lost to him and that he is the illegitimate son. RKin a fit of anger goes to the lakeside and burns his father’s chair.He puts alcohol on his body to burn himself. Madhu tells him tostop and that she is with him. Madhu goes to Sultan’s house toconfront him about why is he doing that to RK, Sultan tells herthat because he lost everything including her to RK. Madhu getsa shock after hearing this. CCoolloorrss,, 88..3300 pp..mm..

UNDER THE DOME � While the residents of Chester’s Mill face the uncertainty oflife in the dome, panic is heightened when a house goes up inflames and their fire department is outside of the dome, onUNDER THE DOME. BBiigg CCBBSS LLoovvee,, 1100 pp..mm..

COMEDY CIRCUS KE AJOOBE� In tonight’s season finale episode, get ready for some unlim-ited dose of laughter as the comedy kings pull out all cards toclinch the title. Who will win this season and be crowned thechampions of Comedy Circus ke Ajoobe? SSoonnyy TTVV,, 99..3300 pp..mm..

REVENGE� With unexpected assistance from her new ally, Nolan, Emilymakes it her mission to destroy the political and professional lifeof the district attorney who convicted her father. Victoria very pri-vately grieves the loss of her only true love while plotting to con-firm her suspicions about Emily’s past. Meanwhile, Danielexposes a side of himself that Emily finds impossible to resist.SSttaarr WWoorrlldd,, 99 pp..mm..

MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US� Mankind is the first of its kind television series of our genera-tion, which has attempted to demystify the history of the humanrace through the ages in 12 episodes of epic production values.Embracing pioneering storytelling methods and awe-inspiring im-agery with dramatic reconstructions, the show narrates a fast-paced story of the evolution of the human race - fromhunter-gatherers to global citizens. Each episode narrates themomentous phenomenon, which have defined and redefinedhuman survival and progression – right from the ice age, to theadvent of farming, the fall of Rome, the discovery of the New

World, the fall of the Aztec empire, the Industrial Revolutionamongst others. HHiissttoorryy,, 99 pp..mm..

ANIMAL PLANET’S A TO Z� Wild animals rely on their instincts as opposed to learned be-haviors. Explore about the various wild animals at ANIMALPLANET’S A TO Z. AAnniimmaall PPllaanneett,, 1100 ..3300 pp..mm..

NO KITCHEN REQUIRED � In this action-adventure cooking competition, three well-known chefs leave the comforts of their kitchens and aredropped into remote locations around the world. They must workwith the locals to hunt, forage and collect ingredients to createa locally-inspired meal. Their meals will ultimately be judged bythe locals and one will be crowned the winner. DDiissccoovveerryy,, 1100 pp..mm..

WEAPON MASTERS� Technology and history collide head-on in this action packedseries WEAPON MASTERS, where viewers witness firsthandpower of pivotal world-changing weapons. But did the ancientcraftsmen get it right? Can better weapons be made today withmodern materials, science and techniques? Or did ancientcraftsmen’s simple solutions made the most sense, withstand-ing the test of time? Tune in to this episode to discover more.DDiissccoovveerryy SScciieennccee,, 1100 pp..mm..

STARMOVIESP.M.1.55 Colombiana2..10 Con Air6.30 Van Helsing7.10 Chronicle9.00 Jurassic Park III10.55 Indiana Jones and the

Raiders of the Lost ArkA.M.7.50 Jurassic Park

10.20 Moulin Rogue

HBOP.M.

12.45 Charlie And The ChcolateFactory

2.55 Mission Impossible GhostProtocol

5.55 Spy Kids 3: Game Over7.15 High Lane9:00 Madagascar 3: Europe’s

Most Wanted10.58 Wrath of the TitansA.M.7.15 Mean Girls 29.15 The Chronicles of Narnia:

The Lion, The Witch and TheWardrobe

ZEE STUDIOP.M.1.00 Sister Act3.15 Cindrella Man6.25 Tron Legacy9.00 The 25th Hour11.45 MysteriaA.M.9.45 Tron Legacy

PIXP.M.1.00 Redline2.45 Species : The Awakening4.30 Piranha6.10 Watchmen9.00 Arthur Christmas11.05 The ExpendablesA.M.7.05 The International9.05 Watchmen11.45 Arthur Christmas

STAR GOLDP.M.3.10 Meri Taaqat6.25 Do Dooni Chaar9.00 MelaA.M.9.00 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

MAXP.M.2.00 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai:

Bipasha Basu5.30 Lahoo Ke Do Rang: Akshay

Kumar9.00 Sabse Badi Hera Pheri:

VishnuA.M.7.00 Kala Patthar: Parveen Babi

10.30 Cheeta The Power Of One:Mahesh Babu

ZEE CINEMAP.M.1.15 Sanjog: Jeetendra6.45 Desh Premi: Amitabh BA.M.

10.50 Insaan: Akshay Kumar

CVOP.M.2.00 Gangaajal: Ajay Devgan5.30 Awaragardi: Aditya Pancholi9.00 16 December: Milind

SomanA..M.10.25 Aakhri Ghulam: Mithun

FILMYP.M.

12.00 Kahani ek Chor Ki: Jeetendra3.00 Maan Gaye Ustad: Ashok

Kumar6.00 Kotwal Saab: Shatrughan

Sinha9.00 Robbery: NagarjunaA.M.9.00 Shor In The City: Tusshar

Kapoor

B4UP.M.

12.00 Veer Jaanbaaz: Keerthi Chawla4.00 Zamane Se Kya Darna:

Sanjay Dutt8.00 Delhi 6: Abhishek BachchanA.M8.00 Kahani Kismat Ki:

Dharmendra, Rekha

ZEE TALKIESP.M.

12.00 De Dhakka: SiddharthJadhav

3.00 Tula Shikvin ChangalaDhada: Sanjay Narvekar

6.00 Aare Davaa: MakrandAnaspure

9.00 Marathi Tarkha 2012

CARTOON NETWORKP.M.1.30 Tom & Jerry The Magic Ring3.00 Oggya dn the Cockroaches3.30 Oggy Oli La Lu Li5.00 Ben 10 : Ultimate Alien5.30 Oggy and the Cockroaches7.30 Tom and Jerry The Fast and

the Furry9.00 Ben 10 Ultimate Alien9.30 Adventure Time10.30 Tom and Jerry Show11.00 Adventure TimeA.M.8.00 Scooby and the Lochness

Monster9.30 Barbie The Princess and

The Popstar11.00 Gon

POGOP.M.1.00 Bheem vs Aliens2.30 Chhota Bheem In Can Adventure4.00 Dholakpur Ka Hero Special5.30 Chhota Bheem In The Rise

of Kirmada7.00 Chhota Bheem Aur Krishna8.30 Hagemaru9.00 Chhota Bheem

9.30 Monster High10.00 Scan 2 Go10.30 Sunaina11.00 MADA.M.8.00 Chhota Bheem8.30 Soori Poori9.00 Takeshi’s Castle Marathon

DISNEY CHANNELP.M.2.00 Doraemon3.00 Hamtaro3.30 Phineas and Ferb4.30 Art Attack5.00 Doraemon7.00 Hamtaro7.30 Art Attack8.00 Doraemon9.00 Slokk9.30 Best of Luck Nikki10.00 Doraemon

DISNEY XDP.M.2.00 Kiteretsu4.30 Splatalot5.00 Super Robot5.30 Kiteretsu6.00 Iron Man Armored Adventures6.30 Spiderman7.00 Phineas and Ferb8.00 Ultimate Spiderman8.30 Hulk9.00 Iron Man 9.30 Rescue Force

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SOAPS & SERIALS

All programmes on this page are as per the official schedules of the various channels. Afternoon is not responsible for any last minute changes.

MOVIE CHANNELS

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Unch Maza Zoka, Zee Marathi, 8 p.m. No Kitchen Required, Discovery, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

The 25th Hour, ZeeStudio, 9 p.m.

Madhubala, Colors, 8..30 p.m.



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Arthur Christmas, Pix, 9 p.m.

Jurassic Park 3, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

DDI (Main Channel)P.M.2.30 News in Marathi3.00 Uchallali Jib3.30 Swayamsiddha4.10 Mayechi Sawali4.35 Pimpalpan Suvarnakshan5.00 News in Marathi6.00 Krishi Varta7.00 News in Marathi7.15 Dial 1008.00 News8.15 Samachar8.30 Hum Phir Milenge9.00 Saraswatichandra

10.00 GANDHI TO HITLER:Film. Raghuveer Yadav,Neha Dhupia

DDII (Metro Channel)P.M.2.00 Samachar.2.30 News3.00 Sports News3.30 PSBT4.00 Samachar4.30 The News5.00 Samachar5.30 Rajyon Se Samachar6.05 Metro Scan6.30 Business Wrap.

7.00 Samachar7.30 Focus8.00 News Night8.15 Samachar10.00 Aamne Samne10.30 Aankho Dekhi.11.05 Khel Samachar

Gandhi To Hitler, DDI,10 p.m.

DOORDARSHAN

Religare calls a ‘Buy’ on IndusInd BankCMP: Rs. 511 Target Rs. 575IIB’s Q1FY13 results were in line with our/street estimates at the NII level(up 40% YoY to Rs 6.8bn), while PAT came in higher (up 38% YoY to Rs 3.3bn)driven by trading profits. NIMs remained stable as lower cost of funds(despite high deposit costs) offset the pressure on lending yields. Assetquality was stable (even as GNPLs in the CV portfolio rose marginally) and theprovision coverage increased QoQ due to floating provisions of Rs 500mn. SAtraction continued in Q1 with 12% growth QoQ. We maintain BUY and rollover to Sep’14 PT of Rs 575/sh (from Rs 525/sh earlier).Other income growth strong; asset quality healthy: Total non-interest

income grew by 48% YoY to Rs 4.7bn driven by trading profits of Rs 1.05bn;however, core fee income growth moderated to 31% YoY. GNPLs increased by3bps QoQ to 1.06% due to higher GNPLs in the CV segment (up 16bps QoQto 1.17%; Fig 8); however, NNPLs declined QoQ as floating provisions of ~Rs500mn were adjusted against NPLs. IIB intends to utilise trading profits toincrease its provision coverage further.Strong earnings growth to support premium valuations: We expect a 27%

EPS CAGR over FY13-FY15 driven by strong advances growth and stableasset quality. In our view, the bank’s premium valuations (3x/18.7x FY14BV/EPS) would sustain given strong earnings visibility and robust assetquality.

ICICI Direct calls a ‘Buy’ on Jubilant Life SciencesCMP: Rs. 122 Target Rs. 162Jubilant is one of the few stocks in the pharma space,which is negatively impacted by rupee depreciationdue to huge foreign currency denominated loans. Ason March 31, 2013, it has debt of around Rs 3788crore, which includes foreign debt of US$426 millionand rupee debt swapped into US$ to the tune ofUS$202million. According to the management, everyone rupee depreciation vis-à-vis the US$ will benefitthe company to the tune of ~Rs 12-15 crore at the

EBITDA level. However, it needs to book MTM loss of Rs 40-45 crore on forexdebt.We are cutting our target price to Rs 162 from Rs 234 on the back of two

reasons 1) unfavourable rupee and 2) China imposing anti dumping duty onPyridine. From our last recommendation, the INR has depreciated around10% vis-à-vis the US$ and the stock has declined 26%. We now value thestock at 3.8x FY15E EV/EBITDA, i.e. ~70% discount to Divi’s.What if rupee stays at current level? If the rupee stays at the current level

of Rs 61 per dollar, the debt will get inflated by around Rs 300 crore from thelevels of March 2013.

First Call Research calls a ‘Buy’ on Voltamp TransformersCMP: Rs. 400 Target Rs. 436We initiated coverage of Voltamp Transformers Ltd and set a target price of Rs.436.00 for Medium term Investment. Voltamp Transformers Ltd is one of theleading designer & manufacturers of Power & Distribution as well Dry Type(VPI) & Cast Resin (CRT) transformers. Voltamp Transformers Ltd achieved aturnover of Rs.1749.72 million for the 4th quarter of the current year 2012-13 as against Rs.1946.47 millions in the corresponding quarter of theprevious year. The company has reported a net profit of Rs.149.25 millionagainst Rs. 110.53 million reported respectively in the corresponding quarterof the previous year. Voltamp Transformers Ltd has recommended dividend onEquity Shares @ Rs.10/- per equity share and onetime special dividend onEquity Shares @ Rs.5/- per equity shares to commemorate Successfulcompletion of 50 years in the transformer business for the financial yearended March 31, 2013. Operating profit and PAT of the company are expectedto grow at a CAGR of 5% and 8% over 2012 to 2015E respectively.

Outlook and Conclusion: At the current market price of Rs.396.30, the stockP/E ratio is at 10.62 x FY14E and 9.68 x FY15E respectively. Earning per share(EPS) of the company for the earnings for FY14E and FY15E is seen at Rs.37.33and Rs.40.94 respectively. Operating Profit and PAT of the company areexpected to grow at a CAGR of 5% and 8% over 2012 to 2015E respectively.On the basis of EV/EBITDA, the stock trades at 6.57 x for FY14E and 6.04 x forFY15E. Price to Book Value of the stock is expected to be at 0.89 x and 0.82x respectively for FY14E and FY15E. We expect that the company surplusscenario is likely to continue for the next three years, will keep its growth storyin the coming quarters also. We recommend ‘BUY’ in this particular scrip witha target price of Rs. 436.00 for Medium to Long term investment.

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:The Nifty rose substantially on Thursday (July 11, 2013) a net118.40 points (2.04%) and closed at the 5935 point level. Themarket opened up with a gap at the 5894 points level on pos-itive global cues. It then declined by a few points and regis-tered the day’s low at the 5887 points level at 9.16 a.m. Theindex then rose sharply and turned into a range bound move-ment until 12.00 p.m. It then rose further and registered theday’s high at the 5948 points level at 12.14 p.m. The marketthen turned into a range bound movement until closing at theday. The Nifty remained above its previous close throughoutthe session, moved in a range of 61 points and closed abovethe psychologically important 5900 points level. Sentimentwas extremely bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 46were gainers, while just 4 stocks closed in the red. All the sec-toral indices barring consumer durables closed in the green.Heavy buying was witnessed in banking, realty, capital goodsand oil & gas stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 6.04%. This changeis small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE waspositive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 864 were gainers, 487were losers and 58 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillatorhas risen and has entered the over-bought zone.

The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator has risen abovethe slow D line (positive and a buy signal).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now rising(positive if it continues).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero but is nowrising (positive if it continues). It is above its 9-dayAverage (positive).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI lineand both lines are diverging (positive if it continues).The ADX is flat while the Market Index is rising. Nosignal here.

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS)The index:Has crossed above its 5-day average (at 5858) Positive.Is above its 15-day average (at 5775) Positive.Is above its 25-day average (at 5783) Positive.Has crossed above its 200-day average (at 5836) Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness:The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating astrong market with a positive bias.

Support Levels:For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the5581 points level.

The next support is at the 5478points level.

Resistance LevelsThe immediate main resistance is atthe 5965 points level. The next re-sistance is at the 6108 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis:For intra-day traders the support andresistance levels are calculated ac-cording to the pivot point theory and are:Pivot point = 5924 (This is the level where the trend is likely tochange during intra-day).Support (1) = 5899; Support (2) = 5863;Resistance (1) = 5960; Resistance (2) = 5985.



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OUTLOOK FOR TODAY:On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formeda long white candle. The body of this candle is aboveand outside the body of the previous candle indicatingrange expansion and acceleration. This is positive. Fur-ther, the index has crossed above the 5 and 200 day’smoving averages. The index is now above the 5, 15, 25and 200 days moving averages and all the four aver-ages are rising. Moreover, the velocity parameters whichwere neutrally trended have now again turned positive.All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of afurther up move unfolding.

Incidentally, the index is approaching a major resist-ance level at the 5965 points level. There is a possibil-ity that the index could find some resistance there.However, if it crosses above it then a further rise can beexpected. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy andcompleteness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of thisnewspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employeesand/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Thursday (July 12, 2013)(Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

Nifty Crosses 5900

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"Look at our Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy.Ministers go all out to woo investors, but when invest-ment proposals come, we cannot take decisions. Ourpolicy on FDI is akin to inviting guests over to our house,but when they arrive; we refuse to open the door,"

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh

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NEWS FLASH India committed to transparent, fair investment environment: Chidambaram. � Nasscom to debate immigration Bill with Silicon Valley firms. � India Inc's M&A tally touchesUSD 11bn in first half of 2013. � Merc-Benz launches diesel engine-equipped version of B-Class. � Government approves modified industrial infra upgradation scheme.

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BUSINESS BRIEFSInflation Risk ResurfacesPower, Pharma, Banks & Textiles To Lead Q1 EarningsMomentumDuring the June quarter, “we expect Power, Pharma Banks and Textilessectors to show profit growths of 29%, 11%, 7% and 96% YoY respectively”forecast Karvy Stock Broking. According to it ; Capacity additions,increased tariffs, lower base of last year should drive the Power sector’sgrowth. New product launches, market share ramp-up and Rupeedepreciation should drive the Pharma sector’s PAT growth. Banks’ profitgrowth is driven by private sector banks’ profitability growth. Earningsgrowth in Textiles sector is skewed.Cyclicals including Infrastructure, Cement, Capital Goods and

Automobiles would report a YoY earnings decline owing to slowereconomic growth, policy paralysis, high interest rate and higher input cost.Key sectors showing QoQ uptrend are Oil & Gas (+6%) and Real Estate(+5%). Key sectors with QoQ earnings downtrend are Auto (-34%), CapitalGoods (-74%), Infrastructure (-20%), Pharmaceuticals (-7%), Power (-32%)and Textiles (-9%).

Govt To Divest Stake In ITDC and STCThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved thedisinvestment of 5 % paid-up equity capital in the India TourismDevelopment Corporation (ITDC) and 1.02 % paid-up equity capital in theState Trading Corporation (STC), essentially to make these Central PublicSector Enterprises (CPSEs) compliant to the public shareholding normsunder the Securities Contract (Regulation) Rules (SCRR). Under theserules every listed public sector company has to maintain a publicshareholding of atleast 10 % of the total paid up equity capital.

Kavindra Mishra Becomes Pepe Jeans, CEOPepe Jeans India has announced the appointmentof Kavindra Mishra as Chief Executive Officer.Mishra brings over 13 years of relevant industryexperience to his new role and will be responsible togrow the existing business portfolio and also beinstrumental in designing effective strategies forPepe Jeans India and embed them tactfully in thebroad spectrum of the global strategy.

—Business Desk with inputs from PTI

By A Business Reporter

After falling for three consecu-tive months WPI inflation isnow facing upside risks. “Our

analysis shows that if the rupee aver-ages Rs 58 per US$ in 2013-14, aver-age WPI inflation in 2013-14 couldrise to 6.0 % compared to our base-line call of 5.3 %. This leaves littleroom for monetary easing despitethe sharp slowdown in GDP growth”says Crisil Research.

The fall of the rupee by nearly 12 %since the beginning of May, 2013 hasraised the rupee price of crude oiland will get reflected in higher infla-tion of internationally-linked fuelssuch as petrol. The rupee’s weaknesshas also increased under-recoveriesin diesel to Rs 10 per litre (as of July

8th) from only Rs 2.50 per litre inApril. If the rupee remains at currentlevels, the monthly diesel price hikewill have to continue throughout2013-14.

In addition, keeping in mind thefiscal consolidation agenda, the pres-sure to hike prices of other adminis-tered fuels such as LPG will also rise.Input costs, particularly those of im-ported raw materials, have risen sig-nificantly. As firms pass-through atleast some of these cost increases toconsumers, core inflation - meas-ured by CRISIL Core Inflation Indica-tor – will begin to rise again.Therefore, unless the rupee appreci-ates swiftly from its current levels,the lowest point inWPI inflation maynow be behind us.

This article analyses the evolving

inflation dynamics in India by sepa-rating the noise, signal, and adminis-trative price components ofinflation. Wholesale price-based in-flation (WPI) fell sharply within ashort span of three months – to 4.7 %in May from 7.3 % in February. Therecent sharp depreciation of therupee has, however, once againraised concerns over the future tra-jectory of inflation. Will inflation goup again sharply? Is the lowest pointof inflation behind us now? Will de-mand-side pressures on inflation riseagain? In insight, Crisil assess the in-flation trajectory in coming monthsby separating inflation into two com-ponents: noise and signal. ‘Noise’ ininflation comprises those prices thattend to be highly volatile and whoseimpact on inflation is usually transi-tory. ‘Signal’ reflects the demand-side pressure on prices and providesan indication of the likely inflationpath ahead.

Noise could arise due to two fac-tors – first, the impact of temporaryfactors that are hard to predict suchas supply disruptions on prices offood articles, volatility in currencyand movements in internationalcrude and commodity prices. Sec-ond, changes in administered pricesthat are set by the government suchas prices of certain food grains andfuels; such as diesel, coal, keroseneetc. As price increases in these arti-cles are regulated by the government,they do not reflect demand and sup-ply forces in the economy. Like othernoise elements, administered priceincreases are not indicative of theunderlying pressures on prices.


Expressing shock and disappoint-ment, telecom major Bharti Airtel

has said it will approach courtagainst a Rs 650 crore penalty noticeimposed by the Department of Tele-com for alleged violation of roamingnorms.

“Bharti Airtel is shocked and dis-appointed to receive a demand no-tice of Rs. 650 crore from the DoTpertaining to the service of Sub-scriber Local Dialling to its sub-scribers between 2002 and 2005,” thecompany said in a statement.

DoT had found that Airtel had

routed national and internationalcalls to its roaming subscribers aslocal calls, even after being told tostop the service in 2003, causinglosses to the government exchequerand state-run Bharat Sanchar NigamLtd in 13 service areas.

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal ap-proved the penalty amount proposedby DoT on the company at the rate ofRs 50 crore per service area. Airtelsaid the Rs 650 crore penalty is de-void of any merit and has no justifi-cation both on facts and in law.

“We are disappointed that DoT,which has the bounden duty to actrationally, has thought it fit to issue

such a baseless penalty order, leavingus with no choice but to litigate,” thecompany said. The total revenuegenerated by the SLD service was afew lakh rupees and the DoT wasaware of this fact, Airtel said.The reg-ulator had found this service to becustomer friendly and in complianceof the licence conditions, the com-pany said.

“Yet strangely, without as much asgiving us a proper hearing, the DoThas after eight years issued a demandnotice of Rs 650 crore in completedisregard of the natural process ofjustice,” the company said.


Rising price of raw materials andhigh taxation have emerged as

biggest threats to corporates in theAsia Pacific region, says a survey.According to Lloyd’s Risk Index 2013,Asia Pacific executives termed cur-rency fluctuation, inflation, loss ofcustomers/cancelled orders as thenext three top risks facing their or-ganisations.

When the study was last con-ducted in 2011, price of material in-puts ranked 12th on executives’ list ofrisk concerns, the index noted.Talentand skills shortage was the prime

concern for corporate houses in2011. “The price of raw materials isseen as the top risk, reflecting the im-portance of manufacturing to the re-gion, and the rising cost of materialsacross a range of sectors. It hassoared up the risk index ranking from12th to 1st place in the last twoyears,” the survey noted.

The risk index surveyed 558 exec-utives across the world during Apriland May. Respondents were ques-tioned about 50 risks across five cat-egories— business, strategic andeconomic; regulatory and market;political, crime and security; envi-ronmental and health and natural

hazards. “With costs of many rawmaterials rising, businesses in theAsia Pacific region are understand-ably concerned about managing thisexpenditure.Yet the danger is that anemphasis on near-term, operationalissues comes at the expense of sig-nificant, strategic decisions that havepreviously exercised business lead-ers,” Lloyd’s CEO RichardWard said.

“With the timetable for global eco-nomic recovery likely to be muchlonger than we hoped, a focus onlong-term sustainability and effec-tive risk management should be apriority for boards across the world,”he added.

Rising Raw Material Cost Threatens Corporates In Asia Pacific Region

Airtel, DoT To Slug It Out In Court

Infosys Results TodayBy A Business Reporter

Today will be Infosy’s first resultannouncement after N R

Narayana Murthy returned to thehelm of affairs as its executivechairman. Already the company’sshares have risen over 4 % sincehis return in June. However, whatis announced today will majorlyinfluence the company’s stockprice and the sector pricing as awhole going forward.

But analysts do not expect anyfireworks. The company had al-ready forecast its revenues to growin the range of 6-10% for 2013-14

much below the industry estimateof 12-14%. So the first quarter re-sults would be similarly in line.

Says Rumit Dugar, Indian ITandTelecoms Analyst, Religare In-stitutional Research “We expectInfosys to deliver a muted sequen-tial US$ revenue growth and ex-pect margins to remain flat. Thefocus will firmly remain on theirFY14 outlook which currentlystands at 6%-10% US$ revenuegrowth. While demand environ-ment remains mixed and couldprompt some tightening of theband, we don’t expect cut to thelower end of the guidance range.”

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By: Suneel V. Gaur andRajesh V. Gaur

From his first movieKalicharan in 1976, Sub-hash Ghai has believed in

his instincts to make the deci-sions that saw his debut filmbecome a blockbuster. Overtime, the instincts were gradu-ally replaced by a strong confi-dence in mastered skills thatcontinued to drive him towardsacclaim. Karma, Kalicharan,Ram Lakhan, Saudagar,Pardes, Vidhata, Karz and Taalare some of his subsequentfilms which have made itthrough the annals of Bolly-wood.

The master filmmaker is nowcoming out with his new direc-torial film – Kaanchi which isreleasing in August this year.Ghai, who is known for launch-ing new faces and big dramas,

is back in his element.Kaanchi, a musical thriller witha love backdrop has a new starcast with veteran actor RishiKapoor playing the villain in thefilm and Mithun also playing animportant role.

We dug up information onGhai’s new film Kaanchi andfound out that it is the story ofa 17-year old girl’s journey fromthe mountains to the city. Ghaiadmits, “Yes, it is the story of ayoung, innocent girl’s journeyfrom the mountains to the city.She’s a girl on a mission.” Ghaiis thrilled about returning to di-rection after 4 years. “I di-

rected Black and White and Yu-vraaj in 2008 but then gotbusy with my film schoolWhistling Woods. Now, I am di-recting again.”

As a filmmaker, Ghai intro-duced tons of fresh talent andgroomed each of them, mak-ing their journey to stardomeasier. No wonder he is alsoknown as a godfather andgreat teacher to many in Bolly-wood. This is probably whyGhai set up Whistling Woodsin 2006, an international qual-ity film and television traininginstitute. Sharing his thoughtsGhai insists that, “We must

share our knowledge and ex-perience with the younger gen-eration of film makers andkeep learning from contempo-rary cinema to keep pace withtime and values “.

The grandeur of Ghai’s en-deavor and the delight hetook in extravagant story-telling, earned him the sobri-quet ‘Showman.’ His last fewfilms like Yuvraaj, Trimurti,Yaadein, and Black and Whitemay have not done well, but itwould be foolish to write himoff, because there are a lot ofwould-be performers outthere who need their sparkle

to be chiselledout. And Bolly-wood has very fewshowmen whothrive on doingjust that.

SUBHASH GHAITHE SHOWMAN AND GODFATHER:

Did the ‘Aila Re’ song helpyour career?Yes. It got noticed by the big-wigs in theHindi film industryand makers down South too,who offered me songs androles and basically kept mevery busy in the region.

Tell us something aboutGrand Masti.Grand Masti is a hilariouscomic entertainer directed byIndra Kumar and stars AftabShivdasani, RiteishDeshmukhandViveikOberoi. I playViveikOberoi’s girlfriend and it’squite a substantial role. Wehad fun on the sets with theensemble cast which also hasBruna Abdullah andMariyamZakaria.

How is Indra Kumar as a di-rector?Since he is an actor himself he

could explain the scenes inperfect detail andhehas a fan-tastic sense of humor. It was aprivilege to work with him.

And Viveik Oberoi?He is a very co-operative actorand fun to have around. Dur-ing the first day of the shoot Islipped and fell and Viveiktook great care ofme.

Any forthcoming projects?I am in talks with a few pro-ducers and my projects willbe announced soon. Mean-while I am doing stage showsand some work down Southas well as a few commercials.I have an item song comingup as well, sung by MamtaSharma.This makes it quite clear thatKainaat Arora has that X-fac-tor needed to make it big inHIFI(Hindi Film Industry)!

Kainaat’s sizzling actKainaat Arora, who grabbed eyeballs with her sultrydance ‘Aila Re’ with Akshay Kumar in Khatta Meethaand later with her dances down South with leadingstars like Ajit Kumar, is now waiting for directorIndra Kumar’s sequel to his earlier comic hit Mastinow titled Grand Masti. ADC’s Sandeep Hattangadispoke to the vivacious Kainaat about her career.

Akshay Kumar and Kainaat Arora in Khatta MeethaLet’s start with your jour-ney..I started singing at the age of 2and a half and although I be-long to a Marwari family, mymum did everything she couldto train me. I have studied clas-sical music under PanditSatyanarayan Mishra and havealso learnt playback singingand voice culture. My journeyhas been very exciting so farwith me having sung over 78songs.

You have done a lot of So-cial Work with ‘Dil se Diltak’ from a very young age?Yes, my brother and I do showsfor heart patients and till nowwe have donated Rs. 2.88crores for 587 operations.There are 623 more kids in mywaiting list and I am trying mybest to help them out. I startedthis mission 13 years ago butnever thought that it would goso far.

How was your start inKalyanji - Anandji’s group?I was already a part of Anandjiuncle’s Little Stars group fromthe age of four. I travelledacross the world with him andgot to learn a lot.

How did Bollywood respondto your first major assign-ments in Damadamm andEk Tha Tiger?Himesh sir made me sing titletrack of Damadamm. I got ‘La-pataa’ from Ek Tha Tiger onlybecause of Salman sir. Oneday he told me that I wouldsoon be singing for Yashrajfilms. A month later, I got a callfrom Sohail Sen. I was so ex-cited when I came to know thesong was for Ek Tha Tiger.

Your song from Aashiqui 2became a rage. How didyou feel?I was excited when I was calledto sing for Aashiqui 2. There

was a big responsibility onthe music team, becausethe music of Aashiqui 1was a super hit and wehad to match those standards.I was aware that this projectwould be something big, butnever knew that it would cre-ate history. I am thankful toeveryone involved.

Howmany languages doyou sing in?I sing in 17 languages. Actuallywherever I perform I sing inthe local language. Likewhen I went to Malaysia Isang in Malay, Arabic inDubai, Kiswahili in Kenya,English in London, Tamil inChennai and so on.

What do you have lined upfor the future?I have recorded 78 songswhich are lined up for releasethis year and early next year.

By Chaitanya Padukone

The ‘chulbuli’ Dabanggdamsel, Sonakshi Sinha,

has been unanimously show-ered with lavish praises forher ‘extraordinary’ perform-ance in Lootera as the period‘Bong’ babe Pakkhi who suf-fers from a critical respira-tory ailment. The icing on

the cakeof complimentscame in the form of herlegendary actor dad,Shatrughan Sinha’sspontaneous reactionwhen he watched themovie. The other-wise hard-to-pleaseShatrughanwasap-

parently emotionally stunnedand moved to tears whilewatching his daughter on-screen, coughing spasmodi-cally andeven facing rejectionin love.

Enthuses the outspokensenior Sinha, “Whatevermaybe the box-office reportsof Lootera, it’s an awesomeperformance by Sonakshiand she touched my heartand soul with her convincing,sensitive portrayal ofPaakhi. She has made mywife andme feel that sense ofparental pride”, insists Sha-trughan who seemed so dis-turbed during the screeningthat he discreetly called up

his daughter to checkwhether she was perfectlyokay.

Meanwhile, Sonakshi hastaken all the accolades verymodestly. “Actually my dad’semotional reaction is itself acoveted award for me. Ini-tially people were skeptical ifI should be acting in a periodfilm as an ethnic demurely-clad character. But on an in-stinctive impulse, I took it upas a challenging experiment.Allow me to share the creditwith my entire cast and crewespecially Lootera directorVikramaditya-ji who broughtout the best of my histrionicpotential,” smiles Sonakshi.

Dad’s emotional reaction is itself an award for me: Sonakshi

Palak Muchhal performs in shows across the world to raise funds for poor children who need financialassistance for the treatment of heart disease. She is also a Bollywood playback singer and is known forher songs in Ek Tha Tiger and Aashiqui 2. Here are excerpts from her conversation with Faisal Saif.

‘My journey has been very exciting’

SonakshiSinha inLootera

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BOLLYWOODMUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

IN spite of living in a filmobsessed country, onenever ceases to be amazed

at just how much interestthere is in the lives of stars.For quite a few weeks, eventhe upper crust hangoutsof Mumbai were en-tran-ced by the soapopera createdaround ShahRukh Khan’sbaby. Apart

from what the media wasalready covering — thesex determination angle,and the BMC’s over eager-ness to ‘question’ the star—therewere some scandalousstories going around thatwould make the ears burn. Ifyou said you were not in theleast curious about theparentage of the baby, youwere supposed to be weirdand not human. How cananyone in India not be inter-ested in the ‘inside’ story?Then Shah Rukh Khan

sends out an official press re-

lease that says, “Amidst all thenoise that has been goingaround, the sweetest is theone made by our new-bornbaby, AbRam. He was bornprematurely by severalmonths but has finally

come home. Gauriand our wholefamily have beendealing with hishealth issues fora long timenow. As a fam-ily, our silenceon this sub-ject has beenbecause ofthe personalnature ofemo t i o n a lstrife that wehave beeng o i n g

through due tohis health…” andgoes on to endwith, “It seemsunfortunate that I

have to explain/clar-ify so many aspectsfor our new-bornbaby. Wish it werejust a simplemessageof happiness on be-half of the family.They say a baby isGod’s opinion that theworld should go on.Post this statement, Ihope we all move on

too.”And all of a sudden

the media retracts itsclaws and the whole

country (or at least the sec-

tion that was following thedrama) is going “cho chweetbaby AbRam” and marvelingover the great selection ofname and the spelling.All of which raises the ques-

tion of a film star’s right to pri-vacy. There is a point of viewthat says a public figure is an-swerable to society, which isthe price to pay for fame, andanother that believes there islimit to howmuch prying thatcan be done into thelives of stars. Thenagain, the stars whowant to be leftalone, find ways ofguarding theirprivacy andthere are thosewho just pretendto be bothered bythe constantscrutiny, but surrep-titiously feed it. As forconsumers of this peep-hole journalism, it is ofcourse a safe form ofvoyeurism.They get their gos-sip fix, without experiencingany of the discomfort or em-barrassment the celebrity tar-get would go through,especially if he/she has notasked for it. As for the rest, ifyou don’t care to know, turnthe page or change thechannel.Frankly, if Shah Rukh

Khan had ignored all thespeculation and glared downany impertinent questions,that would have been fine too.The world would have movedon in any case.

Veteran actor Dhar-mendra has

asked Bollywoodstar HrithikRoshan, who re-cently underwenta brain surgery, tobe careful whileperforming stunts.Hrithik underwent abrain surgery on last Sundayfor removal of a two-month-oldclot, which was caused follow-ing a head injury while he was

performing a stunt forhis upcoming film‘Bang Bang’. Hewas dischargedfrom the hospitaltoday.Dharmendra,

who is currently inthe US to attend a

wedding, got to know ofHrithik’s surgery and calledhim up to check on his health.The veteran actor askedHrithik to be careful while per-

forming stunts, source close tothe actor said.Hrithik has always been a

huge fan of Dharmendra.Meanwhile, Hrithik’s goodfriend and filmmaker KaranJohar gifted him a person-alised DVD of his latest homeproduction Yeh Jawaani HaiDeewani. The 39-year-oldactor has seen all of Karan’sfilms, but couldn’t make it tothe special screening of thismovie.

RANVEER SINGH saysthat after tasting success

early in his career there havebeen moments when star-dom got to him, but theactor credits his family forkeeping him grounded.Ranveer started his acting

career with 2010 hit BandBaaja Baaraat and thenwenton todoLadies vs RickyBahl.The 28-year-old actor’s

recent release Lootera hasalso been appreciated.The actor’s father scolds

him whenever he tends toact “bratty”. “I have a veryclose knit nuclear familywhoare very frank andbluntwith me, especially my fa-ther. I will admit, there havebeenoccasionswheremy fa-ther has scolded me saying,‘What are you doing?Why are youbehaving like

this? you are getting reallybratty!’.He keeps me in check.

“And then I have these twobest buddies since the ageof13-14.They are just what real

friends do, keep criticisingmywork andnever letme flyhigh. Theymakeme feel likejust another guy. When youhave such close people youcan never lose your mind,”Ranveer told PTI in an in-terview.

“What I hope formyself in terms of thecareer I want andthe sort of contri-butions I want tomake to thefilms, stardomdoesn’t reallymatter then. Iknow where Ihave to reachso I am notlooking at what

is happening around mebut just concentrating onwork,” he said.

Dad always keeps atab on me: Ranveer

RINGSIDE VIEWDeepa Gahlot

RIGHT TO PRIVACY?

Actor Hrithik Roshan greets his fans and mediapersons after he was discharged from a hospital, on Thursday.Hrithik’s father Rakesh Roshan is also seen in the picture.

Vishwanath Salian | ADC

Be careful with stunts: Dharam advises Hrithik

KNOWN for her controver-sial quotes and colourful

attitude, starlet RakhiSawantnowhas anewmissionin hand-settling disputes be-tween artistes and producers.Buzz has it that the Cine

and Television Artistes Asso-ciation (CINTAA) has ap-pointed Rakhi as Chairpersonof its Disputes SettlementCommittee, a job to whichshe has taken with much

gusto. Confirming the news,an elated Rakhi said that shehasmanaged to recovermorethan Rs 1 crore from someTVserial makers who had notmade the payments to manypeople involved with theirshows.She also added that there

has not been a single day,when she did not give time toartistes and helped themwiththeir problems.

Rakhi Sawant is godmother for artistes

ACTRESS JacquelineFernandez, who willbe next seen playing

the female leadopposite Ranbir Kapoor forthe very first time in Roy,claims that she did notagree for the project be-cause it starred the Rock-star.The Sri Lankan lass said

that she had given her nodfor the project even beforeRanbir came on board and

that she agreed for thefilm as she found thescript quite interest-ing. Directed bydebut directorVickySingh, Roy is a ro-mance drama.The former beauty

queen turned actresswill also be seen play-ing the female leadin Sajid Nadiadwala‘sKick, which stars SalmanKhan in the lead role.

Jacqueline denies signingRoy due to Ranbir

ACROSS:5 Kingdom still on the gold

standard? (9,5)7 Fruit tree that could be rustic (6)8 One who talks one round to

composing some music (8)10 Looking out for a swindle during

an artistic revival (13)14 Pays to get one's revenge ? (7,8)17 Soldier-husbands who try to

supply everything (7,6)22 In a spin with the weight? You

could fall over like that (3-5)23 Bullish adversary (6)24 Brilliant achievement by

exceptionally able rowing man ?(6,2,6)

DOWN:1 That's not the right way to go for

anything so beastly big andabandoned (4,4)

2 Makes sure about ? (4,2)3 African fighter to request a

change of air (6)4 Getting back at firm mother in the

USA (6)5 Another vision of what lies ahead

(6,5)6 Central part or gin cocktail ? (5)9 That shout heard when the girl

gets across ! (4,3,4)11 North American girl may have

such an accent (5)12 Races here don't begin to display

charm (5)13 Woman prepared to follow order

(3)15 Barrel seen in nut-twisting (3)16 Rune involved with a circle and no

mistake! (8)

18 Strongly advise her to kiss wildly(6)

19 Oh dear, king goes to a Northernstate (6)

20 Authority for rumour ? (3-2)21 Goods lost in transport? There is

resentment when top of fridge ismissing (6)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORDAcross: 1 Remorseless, 9 Veto, 10 Pear-shaped, 11 By chance, 12 Ealing, 13Humdinger, 15 Toman, 17 Whist, 18 Poisoning, 21 Snorer, 22 Trinkets, 24Hindustani, 25 Rook, 26 Steam engine.Down: 2 Enoch, 3 Opponent, 4 Siamese, 5 Lashed, 6 Small town, 7 Get yourhand in, 8 Reincarnation, 14 Discredit, 16 Aspiring, 19 Outpace, 20 Cresta,s23 Koran.

SOLUTION TOYESTERDAY’SENIGMA CODEPLANET, ANNEAL, LATENTNETTLE, PLATEN, TALENTTENANT

MATH PYRAMID 587

ENIGMA CODE 587

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically,or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle anda some other numbers are already filled in.

Each colour in our coderepresents a letter.When you have cracked thecode you will be able tomake up seven words.The clue to first word is givento help you get started.

The Clue: Talcum for one

MATHDOKU 587Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of thedigits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeatedin any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number andone of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematicaloperation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to eachpuzzle is arrived at logically and is unique.

W

W

W

W

W

W

W

ACROSS:1 Fetch (3)4 Mispickel or galena (3)5 Listerine's target (5)8 Word from the French (3)9 Tea stirrer (5)12 Bauxite, e.g. (3)13 Ample abdomen (3)

DOWN:1 Satanic power: Bib. (3)2 Before, in poetry (3)3 Periods of time at school (5)6 Janitor's item (3)7 Bend down (5)10 Gold, in Madrid (3)11 Snare (3)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fillthe given pyramid with numberssuch that the following three rulesare satisfied.1. A cell value must be sum ordifference of the two cells below2. A row cannot have duplicatenumbers3. A number cannot be less than 1or more than the grid size

QUICK CROSS 587

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION



COFFEEBREAK

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

HIDATO 587

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 587

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

PHANTOM LEE FALK

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You have a favorable period ahead. Expect to hear somevery good news on your birthday itself. An unexpected stroke of good fortune could befrom overseas. Gains and fame are indicated. You will be in a positive frame of mindand feel very confident in your relations with your loved ones. You will enjoy delightfulromance this year.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Attractive, soft spoken, medium height, healthy and long-lived. Will have fine hair and soft skin. Respectful, helpful culturally aware, will alsovalue tradition. Will make a good advisor or administrator.

TODAY’S FORECASTTIGER BUD BLAKE


Afternoon Despatch & Courier 27COFFEEBREAKMOON : LeoITHI : Vinayak Chaturthi

NAKSHATRA : MaghaRASHI : Sinh[Leo]M.T.

LUCKY COLOUR : Grey and RedLUCKY NUMBER : 6

ARIES (March 21 - April 20):You can look forward to gains fromunexpected sources. A work pro-

posal that was withdrawn will be re-vived. A past issuemay come up. Suddendemands at work spoil your plans for tak-ing leave or stealing a break from routinework. Socially you will have busy time. Thesingle and fancy-free are likely to comeacross a person who catches their atten-tion at a party. This could lead to some-thing romantic.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20):Your logic, method of work and re-sult oriented approach gets ap-

preciated by those who matter. Youwill succeed in your objectives. You couldhave one or two good work options com-ing; accept the one that does not needany financial investment from you. Youwill be in the mood to celebrate theevening in the company of your friendsand family. A romantic involvement getsstronger.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Yourexpectations are quite high. Initi-ate negotiations for better terms,

which will be favorably considered.Some changes for all-round gains are im-plied. You can seek the advice of an ex-pert for a decision, but do not delay thesigning of an agreement. Youmight not begiven a second chance. You can find a fewtender moments with your beloved in anotherwise busy hectic schedule of workand family responsibilities.

LIBRA (September 22 - October22): Stressful situations at workwill increase. But monetary gains

will also accrue and you will perhapsbe investing in a property. Working condi-tions for the employed are going to im-prove. There will be some additionalbenefits like a new house or a newmeansof conveyance. After a hectic day look for-ward to a few relaxed moments with yourbeloved to unwind. Your mate will be in-dulgent and expressive.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 -December 20): A good opportu-nity with a few risks thrown in is dif-

ficult to resist. You can go aheadwithyour plans but only after a thoroughscrutiny of the deal and its long-term sig-nificance. Minor misunderstandings orsnide remarks could become an issue ifyou allow it to happen. In love you feelneglected and unloved. Cheer up, you arejust feeling low and sorry for yourself.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - Feb-ruary 18): You will be in themoodto take a few risks in a new open-

ing that comes along at work. A per-son you have helped in the pastmay returnthe favor by backing you in what you wantto do. Negotiations and discussions heldtoday will go in your favor. You are on theupswing wheremoney is concerned. In re-lationships allow others the benefit of thedoubt before you jump to conclusions. Themarried have minor differences.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20):News of a new contract or favor-able job offer is likely. Outstation

work would turn out to more reward-ing and add to your experience. New busi-ness proposals lead to gain. Investmentsmade now will grow fast but you shouldnot hang on to your gains for too long. Achance encounter with a person of oppo-site sex will assume romantic undertones.Try not to be too aggressive, be unassum-ing.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21):Use money wisely as there areextra demands. You need to ad-

just your budget. Ask for help if youneed. You couldmiss out on an importanttip for investment or work because of acommunication problem. Be discreetwhen dealing with people as there couldbe misunderstanding. You will re-evalu-ate your relationship. It seems you havedoubts about the sincerity of your belovedwho is remaining aloof.

VIRGO (August 22 - Septem-ber 21): You will do well mone-tarily as well as professionally.

This is likely to make you feel veryupbeat about things. A trip undertakenwill yield positive results. It may be some-thing that you have been waiting for quitesome time. Some good changes are alsoin store. In your love relationship Misun-derstandings could hurt more than ex-pected. Give each other space and timeto resolve your problems.

SCORPIO (October23 -Novem-ber21): Your will beMade awareof some information which could

go against you, but with right adviceyour may be saved from an embarrassingsituation. At an outing or get-together youmay come across another person whoshares your interests. The possibilities arephenomenal but take one day at a time.

CAPRICORN (December 21- January 19): Your work gets ap-preciated making you optimistic.Gains through government or some-

one importantare likely.Anyopposition thatyou may have will be overcome easily.Forces that have opposed you will now beredundant. Inapersonal relationship,makethe first move towardsmaking peace. Nos-talgia gets the better of you and you maywant to revive thosemoments with one youlove. Plananexclusive evening just for love.

PISCES (February 19 - March20): At a business meeting for anew project you should be pre-

pared for making a few adjust-ments. With some quick thinking and afew compromises you will win a contractwith additional benefits. Those who areappearing for an interview will be suc-cessful. The married or those alreadycommitted in love are cautioned againstsecret liaison, for this could create seri-ous rift in old relationship.

JAGJIT UPPAL

ACROSS:1 Indian unit of weight (4)4 Begin to grow ? (6)8 Make transmitted radio message

unintelligible by causing interference(3)

10 Actor Richard (4)13 A natural spring of water (8)14 Cooked but still firm (7)15 Hand covering (6)17 Explain or make a meaning clear (9)21 Penultimate mo. (3)22 A type of cereal grass (3)23 Mount ___ : hill resort in Rajasthan?

(3)26 Large dog (5,4)27 Cheerful (6)28 Made a formal request for a job, for

example ? (7)32 Give one thing for another (8)34 Beige (4)35 Consume, devour (3)36 Narrow laneways (6)37 ___ and ends : miscellaneous items,

matters, etc. ? (4)

DOWN:1 "Take __ Train" (4)2 Burden to be carried (4)3 Foolish (4)5 Learned person (6)6 Order of St. Augustine (3)7 Moderating or tempering ? (6)9 "The Simpsons" bartender (3)11 Miller of music (5)12 Desert region of Israel (5)15 Prefix with physical (4)16 Bass brass instrument (4)18 Grave or burial vault (4)19 Harbour, drink (4)20 Author Foley (3)23 Rolling in the Deep singer (5)24 Not over or atop (5)25 An expression of triumph (6)

26 Samsung's range of Android phones(6)

28 Oldness; decline, in a way ? (3)29 Joyous song or broken "pane" ? (4)

30 ____ tea : not your regular hotcuppa? (4)

31 Invests with nickname (4)33 Quarter of M (3)

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Today’s clue: D equals M

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AfternoonWORDMINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’spuzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain theletter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreignwords and proper names are not allowed.Today’s ratings: 14 average; 16 good; 18 outstanding.YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: hale, hassle, heal, heel, helm, lash, leash, mash, mesh, sash,shale, sham, shame, SHAMELESS, slash, smash

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COFFEEBREAK

TRENTBRIDGE: Number 11 AshtonAgar made an astonishing record 98 ondebut as Australia seized control of the

first Ashes Test against England on a wildlyfluctuating second day at Trent Bridge onThursday.Ashton Agar shared a record last-wicket

partnership of 163 with Phil Hughes to giveAustralia a lead of 65 and England did wellthrough skipper Alastair Cook and KevinPietersen to score 80 for two in their secondessay in the first Ashes Test.England had dominated the first part of

morning session when Australia collapsed to117 for nine before 19-year-old Agar andHughes changed the course of the match.Agar’s innings was the highest score by a

number 11 inTests andHughesmade an un-beaten 81.England fast bowler James Anderson ear-

lier produced an inspired display of swingbowling as Australia, after resuming on 75for four, lost five wickets for nine runs andthe hosts looked poised to lead by around ahundred on first innings.

Steve Smith became the

first player to pass fifty in thematch and hadmoved on to 53 when he tried to drive An-derson through extra cover and nicked acatch to wicketkeeper Matt Prior, sparking aflurry of wickets.Graeme Swann produced a ripping off-

break to bowl Brad Haddin for one, PeterSiddle edged Anderson through to Prior andMitchell Starc went the same way for a duck.James Pattinson was trapped lbw by

Swann for two and Australia were reeling.But Agar showed great composure in only

his 11th first-class match, driving Swannover long-off for six and pulling Steven Finnfor two fours as the last-wicket pair broughtup their fifty partnership off only 60 balls.Agar reached his half century with a two

off Anderson, getting to the landmark off ex-actly 50 balls including one six and sevenfours.He dispatched Swann for another six over

long-on and Hughes joined the party afterpassing his fifty, smashing Stuart Broad forthree fours in an over.England took the extra half hour before

lunch but they could not capture the final

wicket, Agar and Hughes bringing up theircentury partnership shortly before the inter-val.The pair continued to flay the England at-

tack in the afternoon and Agar, havingpassed the previous highest score by a num-ber 11 in a Test of 95, looked poised to reachhis century.But he heaved Broad into the leg-side and

was caught by Swann on the mid-wicketboundary before leaving the field to a stand-ing ovation.England openers Alastair Cook and Joe

Root played cautiously in the face of tightAustralian bowling and Root, on five, wasunlucky to flick Starc through to wicket-keeper Brad Haddin down the leg-side.Jonathan Trott was then trapped lbw by

Starc’s next delivery, sent back to the pavil-ion following an umpire referral after beinginitially given not out.

Brief scores:England 215 and 80/2 (43 overs) KP Pietersen 35*(98) AN Cook 37* (130) vs Australia 280 ( A Agar 98,S Smith 53, P Hughes n.o.81; J Anderson 5/85)


Afternoon Despatch & Courier SPORTS

DUBAI: Former Australia spinner ShaneWarne will be inducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame on July 19 during the teainterval of the second Ashes Test betweenEngland and Australia at Lord’s, ICC an-nounced.Warne becomes the 69th male member of

the Hall of Fame, and joins fellow 2012-13 in-ductees Brian Lara of the West Indies, Eng-land’s Enid Bakewell and former Australiateam-mate Glenn McGrath in being recog-nised by the ICC and the living members ofthe Hall of Fame.Lara and Bakewell were inducted last year

at the ICC Awards in Colombo in September,andMcGrath during the SydneyTest betweenAustralia and Sri Lanka in January this year.Warne represented Australia in 145 Tests be-tween 1992 and 2007, claiming 708Test wick-

ets at an average of 25.41. He was the firstcricketer to reach 700 Test scalps.He also played in 194 ODIs, claiming 293

wickets at an average of 25.73 andwas part ofthe Australia side that won theWorld Cup in1999 at Lord’s against Pakistan alongside fel-low Hall of Famers GlennMcGrath and SteveWaugh.His performance at the match saw him

named Player of the Final after he concludedthe game with match figures of 9-1-33-4."I'm very honoured and proud to be an-

nounced as an inductee into the ICC Hall ofFame later this month and I’d like to thankthe voting academy very much for even con-sideringme. I'm looking forward to celebrat-ing my induction with my friends and familyin front of the crowd at Lord’s during the sec-ond Ashes Test,"Warne said.

THE ‘NEW’ WIZARD FOR OZNumber 11 batsman and debutantAshton Agar stands as a wall againstthe English attack, scores a bristling98; shares record 163 run stand forlast wicket with Phil Hughes

Australia's Ashton Agar smiles as he reaches a historic 50 on the second day of the opening Ashes series cricket match against England at the Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham.

Warne to be inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Agar tipped forAshes success

NOTTINGHAM: Australia coach DarrenLehmann forecast "outstanding" teenagesensation Ashton Agar would come intothe game "more and more" after the left-arm spinner was handed a shock Testdebut in the Ashes opener at Trent Bridge.Agar, a 19-year-old Western Australia

left-arm spinner, was only brought toEngland originally as a "developmentplayer" for the first two Ashes Tests. But ina dramatic move involving Australiachairman of selectors John Inverarity, ontour selector and wicketkeeping greatRodney Marsh and Lehmann himself, Agarwas preferred Wednesday instead of off-spinner Nathan Lyon, a veteran of 22Tests.The stunning selection did not leak

from the tourists' camp until fast bowlinggreat Glenn McGrath was seen handingAgar his 'Baggy Green' cap, in a traditionalpresentation ceremony for Australiaplayers making a Test debut, shortlybefore Wednesday's toss."The boys were good, they knew two

days ago so we just had to see if theycould keep it quiet and they did,"Lehmann, appointed only just over afortnight before this match after SouthAfrican Mickey Arthur was sacked asAustralia coach, said."For a 19-year-old kid, it's great," added

Lehmann, a former Australia batsman."He's excited and you saw him when

Glenn McGrath presented him with hiscap, he had a tear in his eye and it's a bigmoment for him." Just as England believeoff-spinner Graeme Swann can play a keyrole against Australia because his stockball turns away from left-handed batsmen,of whom there are several in the tourists'line-up, so the fact England's top-order ismainly made up of right-handers helpedboost Agar's case.



SPORTSIN BRIEF

Faster Farah sends Sneha packing;Riya impresses

MMUUMMBBAAII:: Farah Mollobhai put up a finedisplay of her all round game, whiledisposing of Sneha Mhadlekar to breezeinto the women’s singles semi-finals of theCCI-GMBA District badmintonChampionships held at the Cricket Club ofIndia. Farah who had better speed than heropponent, beat her with deception at thenet for a 21-13, 21-18 victory. Anotherimpressive win was notched by RRiiyyaa AArroollkkaarr,who made short work of Gayatri Sapale 22-8, 21-6 to move into the girl’s under-19semi-finals. The men’s third seed PawanSingh, encountered stiff resistance fromSiddhesh Aroskar before he prevailed at 30-27, but the top two seeds Firoz Mulani andAtman Ajmera did not have to sweat muchas they beat their opponents withconsummate ease. Firoz routed RaunakRasal 30-13, and Atman defeated AbhishekTulaskar 30-12.

Top seed Reddy struggles to getpast OmkarMMUUMMBBAAII:: Favourite and top seed Sai DineshReddy was made to fight all the way beforehe could get past Omkar Joshi to enter theboys under-15 singles quarter-finals of theLi-NING-JVPGC Suburban District badmintonchampionships, hosted by Juhu Vile ParleGymkhana Club. The tie could have gonethe other way, but Sai kept his nerve toemerge a 30-28 winner. The girl’s under-15top seed Kalpita Sawant did not wastemuch of her time as she outplayed AnaghaKarandikar 30-9. Second seeded PoojaDevlekar eased past Deeksha Hardasani30-18. But Simran Singhi, the third seed,was given a fright by Archita Malgaonkarbefore she edged home 30-26. It was prettytough going for Purav Suryamurthy, whosqueezed past Upendra Phadnis 30-29 inthe men’s singles round of 32. Pinank Shah,too, struggled a bit before beating AmitDeshpande 30-26.

Carrom tournament from July 27MMUUMMBBAAII:: Kitte Bhandari AikyavardhakMandali, Mumbai will be organizing theprestigious Prize Money Carrom Tournament2011 as part of their annual celebrationfrom July 27-28 at their premises. Thetournament will be conducted in twosections - men’s and women’s singles.Nearly 200 players and officials areexpected to participate in this event.International Umpire Janardhan V. Sangamhas been nominated as Chief Referee &Technical Director and will be assisted byRavindra Parkar in the tournament.

FROOME SPRINGS TO CAVENDISH DEFENCEMONT-SAINT-MICHEL,

FRANCE: Tour de Franceleader Chris Froome

came to the defence of formerteam-mate Mark Cavendish onWednesday and hit out at thespectator who threw urine at theBritish sprint star.The incident happened during

the 11th stage of the Tour deFrance, a 33-kilometre individualtime-trial between Avranches andMont-Saint-Michel in Normandy. It came a day after he was

blamed for a collision that sentArgos rider Tom Veelers crashingto the ground in Saint-Malo.Cavendish did not talk to the

media after the race, but Froome,speaking after holding on to theyellow jersey, said what happened"ruined" what has otherwise beena wonderful atmosphere through-out the 100th staging of the sport'sgreatest race."It is disappointing to hear

about one individual like that,"he said. "That's one of the beau-ties of our sport. Anyone cancome and watch at the side of theroad and enjoy the excitementand really get close to the top rid-ers in the world. Mark is one ofthe big characters in the sport,and some people love him, somepeople hate him. But to do some-thing disrespectful like that,that's really sad. It ruins thewhole atmosphere."Earlier in the day, Omega

Pharma team CEO Patrick Lefe-vere confirmed to AFP thatCavendish had been insulted byspectators and attacked by oneindividual on the race route."Probably some spectators were

not very pleased with what hap-pened yesterday and they yelledto him and then one other idiotthrew urine at him," said the Bel-gian."Mark is not upset, but he is re-

ally disappointed because hethinks he didn't deserve this. Thecycling public is known for beingvery fair, we have no hooligans,but there are thousands and thou-sands of people on the roads andnot everybody is a gentleman," theBelgian added.

Cavendish escaped withoutpunishment following Tuesday'sclash with Veelers, which hap-pened during a sprint for the linewon by German rider Marcel Kit-tel. Veelers pinned the blame onthe British champion, and an anx-ious Cavendish became embroiledin a spat with one journalist afterthe finish to Tuesday's stage,snatching away his dictaphoneafter being asked if he felt the crashwas his fault.However, Cavendish later called

Veelers to apologise and Lefeverehopes that can be the end of thematter. "He apologised already yester-

day (Tuesday) on Twitter and onthe phone," he said. "If you don'tagree you don't take the tele-phone, but he (Veelers) took thetelephone. Today is a time-trial soyou don't have the time but maybetomorrow (Thursday) he can havea little handshake with Tom Veel-ers if he agrees to do it and thenthis case has to be closed."

COLLISION COURSE: Mark Cavendish [celebrating] was accused of a collision that sent Argos rider Tom Veelers crashingto the ground in Saint-Malo.

NEW DELHI: Taking note ofthe "indigent circumstances"

in which former athlete SanthiSoundarajan has been living, theSports Ministry sanctioned an as-sistance of Rs 60,500 to fund herNIS Diploma Course at the SAICentre in Bengalore."Minister of State (Indepen-

dent Charge) for Youth Affairs &Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has ap-proved financial assistance of Rs.60,500 from National WelfareFund for Sportspersons to Ms.Santhi Soundarajan, former ath-lete, who had won a silver medalin Asian Games 2006 at Doha,which was later withdrawn, asshe was not found eligible tocompete in female category be-cause of female hyperandro-genism," the Sports Ministry saidin a statement.Soundarajan's plight came to

fore after media reports appearedof her working as a daily wager ata brick kiln in Tamil Nadu.Soundarajan later applied for acoaching course at the SAI Centrein Bangalore."Ms. Santhi Soundarajan has

applied for pursuing a regularNational Institute of Sports (NIS)Diploma in coaching at Ben-galuru Centre of Sports Authorityof India (SAI). Taking into consid-eration the poor financial condi-

tion of Ms. Santhi Sondarajan, as-sistance of Rs. 60,500 has beensanctioned to her to meet expen-diture towards fee, lodging andboarding, sports kit etc for un-dergoing NIS Diploma Course atSAI Centre, Bengaluru," theSports Ministry stated.

For Soundarajan, it has been atumultuous journey so far. Themiddle-distance runner becamethe cynosure of all eyes when shewon a silver medal in the 2006Doha Asian Games. But a failedgender test a few months later,and the athlete was immediatelystripped of her achievement.Last year, the country woke up

to the news of the 26-year-oldslogging eight hours underscorching heat to earn a measlysum of Rs 200 per day as alabourer. The Union governmenttook cognisance of the matterand promised Soundarajan a seatat the NIS, Patiala even thoughshe was banned by the AthleticsFederation of India from compet-ing in national and internationalcompetitions.

IOA ADJOURNS MEETING, FIXESSPECIAL GBM ON AUGUST 25The Indian Olympic Associationdecided to hold its Special Gen-eral Body Meeting to amend itsconstitution on August 25 as di-rected by the IOC under the blue-print prepared for the country'sreturn to the Olympic fold.In a meeting here which lasted

barely half an hour before it wasadjourned, the IOA also decidedto hold its elections tentatively onSeptember 22.

India's Santhi Soundarajan holds hersilver medal on the winner's podiumafter the women's 800m final of theathletics competition at the 15th AsianGames at Khalifa Stadium in Doha.Asian Games silver medallist SanthiSoundarajan of India has failed a sextest and was stripped of her medal.

Soundarajan gets Sports Ministryassistance for NIS course

Badami, D’Souzarally to enter last 8of snooker tourney

MUMBAI: Local cueists KabilBadami of Bombay Gymkhana andRovin D'Souza of P J HinduGymkhana recorded hard-fought 3-2 victories to enter the quarter-finals of the NSCI-BSAM All IndiaUnder-25 Snooker Challenge 1.Badami, who came through theround robin untroubled, endured alate challenge before stopping cityrival Pawan Kohli of KharGymkhana with a 60-28, 73-13,53-63, 29-54, 59-35 win at theNational Sports Club of India here.

Badami got off to a good startwith a 2-0 lead that included abreak of 42 in the opening frame.But Kohli fought back brilliantly toforce the decider before bowingout. D'Souza, a formerMaharashtra state juniorchampion, halted the winningstreak of Nimish Kulkarni of Pune'sPYC Hindu Gymkhana with a 30-62,61-23, 62-38, 27-55, 68-0 win.

D'Souza rallied after losing theopening frame to a 2-1 lead butKulkarni kept his hopes alive bysnatching the crucial fourth frame.A break of 44 by D'Souza proveddecisive in the fifth and final frame,leaving his rival with no chance torecover. Laxman Rawat and formerMaharashtra state junior championJaiveer Dingra of P J HinduGymkhana were the other notableplayers to make the last eight.


Afternoon Despatch & Courier SPORTSIN BRIEF

Striker Robin Singh signs up withJSW Sports

BBAANNGGAALLOORREE:: Nationalteam striker RRoobbiinn SSiinngghh,who made his India debutat the Nehru Cup last year,signed a two-year contractwith JSW Sports, aBangalore-based I-LeagueClub. "There was more thanone reason to sign for thisclub. It's going to be a

young squad and the way they are goingabout setting up the club is very professional.That apart, I have been to Bangalore toattend camps and I enjoy the vibe of the city.I am really excited to be part of this team,"Singh said. The young striker, who wasnamed among the 30 probables by nationalcoach Wim Kovermans for the upcomingfriendly against Tajikistan, has had apromising run since graduating from the TFAand is touted as a player who will make it big.

China slashes National Gamesbudget by 78 per centBBEEIIJJIINNGG:: China has cut down the budget forits 12th National Games by a hefty 78 percent as the once booming economy hasslowed down with no respite insight. The totalfunding for the 12th National Games will bereduced to no more than 800 million yuan(USD 130 million) which is a huge drop of 78per cent than the previous budget which was3.6 billion Yuan (USD 590 million), said theGames' organising committee. China in thepast hosted national and international sportsevents including the Beijing Olympics withlavish settings and spending. But now the eraof high spending on lavish events appears tobe a thing of past.

JK Tyre introduces exclusive seriesfor India's U-20 racersNNEEWW DDEELLHHII:: With an aim to give Indianracers the exposure to drive technicallyadvanced cars, JK Tyre has replaced theirAsia Series with Formula BMW series whichwill be exclusive for country's under-20racing talents. Last year JK Racing Asiaseries was held at various Asian andEuropean venues but this time the five-roundseries will be held at three places, out ofwhich the third round is marked as a streetrace, which may be held at picturesqueSrinagar. The season will kick off atCoimbatore (July 19-21) and then move toChennai (Aug 9-11). The fourth (Sep 27-29)and fifth rounds (Nov 29-Dec 1) will be heldat Buddh International Circuit in GreaterNoida. The organisers have not yet got asecurity clearance from FIA, world governingbody of the game, for the Srinagar race dueto safety concerns on a street circuit.

Lorgat in CSA could affect India-S Africa cricket ties

JJOOHHAANNNNEESSBBUURRGG:: A topcontender for the CEO'spost in Cricket South Africa,HHaarroooonn LLoorrggaatt'sappointment could end upcreating a rift between theCSA and the BCCI, which isopposed to the former ICCofficial joining here. Lorgatis among the three

contenders short-listed by CSA for the postand technically the favourite given hisadministrative experience in internationalcricket but the BCCI's opposition could goagainst him. There have been reports that theIndian Cricket Board has threatened to pullout of the upcoming tour to South Africa if theformer ICC CEO is appointed as CSA's CEO.

Virat is an aggressive captain in Ganguly mould: Coach SharmaNEW DELHI: Noted coach Rajkumar

Sharma, who played a pivotal role inshaping up Virat Kohli's career, feels that hisward's aggressive captaincy resembles a lotwith Sourav Ganguly's methods but insistedthat he should also learn the ropes from cur-rent skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni."Virat is an aggressive player by nature. He

is someone who always likes to attack andtake the opposition head on which is also re-flected in his captaincy. For me, Virat belongsto the Sourav Ganguly 'School of captaincy'which is to attack the opposition from theword 'go'," Sharma told PTI during an inter-action.Just like any concerned coach, Sharma is

also aware that aggression should be blendedwith caution which is the hallmark of a goodcaptain. "I am all for aggressive captaincy but I be-

lieve that he should also know the line thatone shouldn't overstep. If he does that, then Icome into picture to make him aware,"Sharma analysed.Kohli, in his maiden stint as India captain

has led the team to the final of the Tri-Series

in West Indies but his coach doesn't want hisward to be pushed into the hot seat."Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an exceptional

captain and I believe that Virat still has a lotto learn from Dhoni although no two personsare the same and their thought process isbound to be different. I feel that till Dhoni isplaying, he is the best man to lead India andVirat will certainly get it when his turn comesaround," Sharma opined.However the former first-class cricketer

doesn't believe that age should be a criteriawhile selecting a captain."Age has got nothing do with captaincy. It's

more about how good one is when it comesto analysing match situation, reacting to itand also about leading from the front withgood performances."The coach also believes Virat has come of

age in the past couple of years and is moreconfident about his game."He had some problems but that was way

back in 2008 during IPL-I. After that, he un-derstood his mistakes and also worked hardon his game. He has matured a lot and that'sfor everyone to see," Sharma concluded.

PORT OF SPAIN: India benefited im-mensely after Sri Lanka’s middle andlower-order batsmen committed hara-

kiri, which saw the team lose eight wickets forjust 30 runs before being bundled out for 201in the final of the Tri-nation ODI series heretoday.Sent into bat, Sri Lanka were sitting pretty

at 171 for two in the 38th over, but lack of ap-plication on part of their batsmen saw thembeing packed off with seven balls left in theirinnings.Ravindra Jadeja was the most successful In-

dian bowlers returning figures of 4/24 whilethere were two wickets apiece for Bhuvnesh-war Kumar, Ishant Sharma and RavichandranAshwin.Earlier, the in-from Bhuvneshwar made use

of seaming conditions to send back UpulTharanga and Mahela Jayawardene. Inciden-tally, the duo had punished India with a dou-ble-century partnership in the match thatBhuvneshwar was dropped.Sri Lanka then rode on Kumar Sangakkara

(71) and Lahiru Thirimanne’s 122-run part-

nership for the third wicket to stage a fight-back before their innings disintegratedlargely due to some mindless batting. Thirimanne scored 46 off 72 balls while

Sangakkara got his runs in 100 deliveries.From a comfortable position with about 12

overs to go, Sri Lanka were left licking theirwounds at 193 for seven in the 46th overwhen skipper Angelo Mathews got out. Noneof the last six batsmen could reach double fig-ures.Sri Lanka made a cautious start on a pitch

that was not conducive for stroke-play. Butafter reaching 27 in the seventh over, the is-landers suffered their first blow when Bhu-vneshwar changed his angle to induce aninside edge from Upul Tharanga. Dhoni didthe rest behind the stumps.The ever-consistent Bhuvneshwar was at it

again, in the 14th over, as he removedJayawardene with an innocuous delivery thatmoved a bit on landing at the Queen’s ParkOval.Losing the experienced Jayawardene so

early into the innings was a big blow for the

Lankans and they desperately needed solid-ity at that point of time. Sri Lanka found theanswer to their worries in the form of anotherveteran, Sangakkara, who anchored the in-nings.Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 201 all out in 48.5 overs(Kumar Sangakkara 71, Lahiru Thirimanne 46;Ravindra Jadeja 4/23, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/24)

Kumar Sangakkara attempts an unorthodox shot.

INDIA RESTRICT SRI LANKA TO 201 AS JADEJA TAKES FOUR

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is congratulated by teammate Suresh Raina after he claimed a Lankan scalp.

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