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The pulse of Kiwi-Indians
27 May, 2016 • Vol. 8 Issue 10 • www.iwk.co.nz
NZ’s first Kiwi-Indian weekly newspaper
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New ZealandBarrister Sanjay Patelappointed ActingDistrict Court Judge
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Investing in our thriving tourism industry
Our tourism industry is thriving.
With more visitors coming, staying
longer and spending more, tourism
is becoming an increasingly signicant partof our economy.
It’s now our second biggest export
earner and a major employer of New
Zealanders. That’s why the National-led
government is committed to supporting
this industry and ensuring all our regions
benet from it.Later this week, Finance Minister Bill
English will be delivering our eighth Budget.
In the lead-up to Budget 2016, I recently
announced a $45 million investment into
two initiatives to support tourism across
New Zealand.
The rst is a $20 million fund to supportcommunities to build small infrastructure
projects to help them cope with the inux ofvisitors, and to promote New Zealand in key
growth markets.
The second is a $25 million investment
into the New Zealand Cycle Trail to ensure
it continues to oer a world-class visitorexperience. Both these investments will
further support tourism’s contribution to
economic and job growth in regions across
New Zealand.
This extra $45 million in Budget 2016
is in addition to the more than $130
million a year the government already
spends on tourism.
We also support tourism in other ways
such as funding major events, which help to
attract high-value visitors.
Since 2013, the government has
invested $46 million in 58 events,
including the FIFA under 20 World Cup,
the Cricket World Cup and the World of
Wearable Arts.
The FIFA tournament alone boosted
our economy by $30 million and attracted
3,600 international visitors.
As well as investing in the sector directly, we are helping the industry attract the
money needed to fund infrastructure.
A group involving government and
people from the tourism sector has been
established to help accelerate investment.
The group is working to identify
opportunities to develop high-quality
accommodation and to promote those to
overseas investors.
There have been some positive
developments in this space in
recent months.
Work is underway on a $200 million
ve-star hotel at a landmark sitein downtown Auckland, one of the
largest-ever foreign investments in New
Zealand’s tourism infrastructure.Budget 2016, which was delivered on
Thursday, May 26, focussed on investing in
a growing economy while still ensuring we
continue to support families and our most
vulnerable people.
New Zealand’s economy is performing
well; we’re on track for annual growth of
around three per cent for the next few years,
which is helping to deliver more jobs and
higher wages for New Zealanders.
I look forward to letting you know about
some more of the initiatives in Budget 2016
over coming weeks.
Rt Hon John KeyPrime Minister
Budget 2016, whichwas delivered onThursday, May 26,focussed on investingin a growing economywhile still ensuring wecontinue to supportfamilies and our mostvulnerable people.
For more coverage on Budget 2016, go to page 10, 11
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Barrister Sanjay Patelappointed Acting DistrictCourt JudgeIWK BUREAU
A uckland barrister Sanjay Patel
is one of the two Acting District
Court Judges appointed recently.
Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson
QC announced the appointment on May 17.
Both will hold jury warrants.
Mr Sanjay Patel, who has been
appointed an Acting District Court Judge
in Manukau, began his career in a generalpractice in 1992.
After 12 months, he moved to Davenports
in Henderson carrying out general civil
litigation, criminal and employment work.
In 1996 he moved to Corban Revell
where he remained until 1999 when he
became a barrister sole specialising in
criminal defence litigation in the District
Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.
Judge Patel will be sworn in on June 22
in Manukau.
Hamilton barrister and solicitor Philip
Crayton has been also appointed an Acting
District Court Judge in Whanganui. He
was previously a barrister in the United
Kingdom and has practised in New Zealand
for more than 14 years. Prior to becoming a
partner at Almao Douch in 2004, he was a
senior sta solicitor with Almao KellawayBarristers & Solicitors. He has practised
in the criminal jurisdiction at all levels
up to the Court of Appeal with occasional
appearances in the Family Court and
Youth Court.
Judge Crayton will be sworn in on June
14 in Hamilton.
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CAB helps migrants to settle down Moving to a new country is often an overwhelming experience for many. o help you get accustomed to anew surrounding, Citizens Advice Bureau helps newcomers find the right information they need.ESHA CHANDA
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ew migrants tackle a
number of hurdles as
they inch closer to their
dreams. Borders are crossed tostep into an unknown land and
settle among unknown people.
New Zealand has been seeing a
rise in the number of immigrants
in recent years. For them, the
laws, rules and regulations of
the country, and their rights and
obligations as a resident of their
adopted homeland are dierentfrom the one they have left behind.
That’s where Citizens Advice
Bureau (CAB) steps in. The not-
for-prot organisation providesfree and condential adviceto individuals and helps solve
their queries.
CAB was rst started in NewZealand in 1970, and since then,
has opened numerous branches
across the country. Adding to the
growing number of bureaux is the
recently opened branch in Botany
Town Centre, Auckland.
With many new migrants
settling in Botany, Dannemora,
Ormiston and Flatbush, the
reopened bureau (it closed
in December 2014 due to a
lease expiry) has recently
seen a surge in the number of
Indian clients.
The community link
C AB’s involvement in the
community can be seen
in their dual role of helping
individuals settle in a new place,and working for a change within
the society. Through their social
policy work, the organisation
aims to bring about a positive
social change.
By working alongside their
clientele, CAB increases awareness
about the rights and obligations
of new migrants. Their seamless
service assists in overcoming the
challenges faced by new migrants.
“If you have recently moved to
New Zealand you probably have
lots of questions about how things
work here, and we’re here to help,”
says Louise Boswell, Manager of
CAB Pakuranga and Botany.“We can make settling into
your new home easier by helping
you nd out what you need toknow, whether it is how the school
system works here, how to sign up
with a GP or who provides English
language courses. We can help you
to understand your employment
rights, assist you in resolving
tenancy issue or help you to sort
out a problem with goods or
services you have bought. If you’re
looking for a social or sports club
to join, we can help you with that,
too,” she adds.
Each branch of CAB is operated by local community volunteers who are trained to provide anindependent, condential andfree service. “The people who
volunteer as bureau interviewers(and members of our board) arethe drivers of our organisationand provide the “listening ear”to our multi-cultural clients whoseek answers to their problemsand issues,” says Boswell.
For migrants who nd it dicultto communicate in English, CABprovides help through LanguageLink—a service available in morethan 20 languages that can beaccessed by anyone. Their teamof interviewers also include
volunteers who can uentlyspeak in Mandarin, Cantoneseand Hindi.
Tracing back itsorigins
The rst Citizens AdviceBureau opened its door in
Ponsonby Terrace in October
1970 and today, there are more
than 80 CAB branches around
the country. With more than
four decades of experience, CAB
has become a trusted source for
information for new migrants. But
its history goes further. Its origin
lies in war-time England when the
bureau was established during the
Second World War to help people,
who were dislocated to cope with
the trauma.
The CAB edgeBoswell says that their face-to-
face interview information
service provides the “human
touch” to their clients, and this is
what makes them dierent fromother organisations that provide
migrant services in the country.
CAB regularly organises
workshops and seminars on
topics such as employment,
education and health, which
helps newcomers familiarise
themselves with their rights and
responsibilities in the country;
they have one on June 18 on
employment, which will cover
CVs, job searching, New Zealand
employers, interview skillsand coaching.
Like the Pakuranga branch, the
one opened in Botany provides
immigration services and has a
weekly visiting Justice of Peace.
Legal Clinics—a 15-minute free
session with a lawyer that oerslegal guidance on issues such
as court proceedings, power
of attorney, wills, tenancy and
dispute matters, family law and
legal aid—are held every Thursday
from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and
are voluntarily run by lawyers.
“At the bureau, we haveresources that cover a wide rangeof topics. You can also read theinformation our website www.cab.org.nz, which includes a
community directory of local andnationwide service providers,”says Boswell.
Services offeredby CAB:• Healthcare• Education and schooling• Working in New Zealand that
covers CVs, job searching,interview skills, etc.
• Clinics—Justice of Peace,Immigration, Legal, +65Counselling
• Taxes• Tenancy Tribunals and
Disputes Tribunals• Consumer rights• Income support and benets• Immigration• Housing and tenancy• General matters such as
contacts for local recreationalactivities, and publictransport timetables
Auckland barrister Sanjay Patel, who will be appointed asActing District Court Judge on June 22
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Dairy in West AucklandWeekly Sales $6,500 ApproxAsking $35,000 + Stock Ref 45302
Dairy in Waikato with3 Bedroom AccommodationWeekly Rent $271 plus GST (Shop & Accommodation)Weekly Sales $7,000 ApproxAsking $70,000 plus Stock Ref 45428(UNDER CONTRACT)
Dairy with 2 Bedroom Accommodationin Central AucklandAsking $49,000 plus Stock Ref 45336
Spacious Superette in AucklandWeekly Sales $8,500 Approx
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Dairy for Sale in AucklandSame owner for past 10 yearsWeekly Sales $15,000 ApproxAsking $220,000 plus Stock Ref 45466
Dairy in AucklandWeekly Sales $20,000 ApproxAsking $265,000 plus Stock Ref 45518
Dairy for Sale in Central AucklandWeekly Sales $10,000 ApproxAsking $75,000 plus Stock Ref 45555
Dairy for Sale in Central AucklandWeekly Sales $10,000 ApproxAsking $79,000 plus Stock Ref 45546
Dairy in Waikato with3 Bedroom AccommodationWeekly Sales $23,000 ApproxAsking $385,000 plus Stock Ref 45501(UNDER CONTRACT)
Fruit & Vege In West AucklandWeekly Sales $13,000 ApproxAsking $99,000 + Stock Ref 45110(SOLD)
Proftable Fruit & Vege ShopCheap Rent $280 plus GST per week Weekly Sales $14,000 Approx
Asking $200,000 plus Stock Ref 45395
Good Value Fruit and Vege Shop inAuckland Price to sellWeekly Sales $11,000 ApproxAsking $60,000 plus Stock Ref 45418 (SOLD)
Fruit and Vege Shop in Hibiscus CoastWeekly Sales $7,000 ApproxAsking $49,000 plus Stock Ref 45505
Licensed Indian Restaurant in AucklandWeekly Sales $16,000 ApproxAsking $350,000 + Stock Ref 45247
Licensed Indian Restaurant in HamiltonWeekly Sales $8,500 ApproxAsking $169,000 plus Stock Ref 45547
Indian Sweets and Snacks Takeaway RestaurantWeekly Sales $15,000 ApproxAsking $300,000 plus Stock Ref 45548
Licensed Restaurant Seating for 40 in AucklandAsking $69,000 + Stock Ref 45334 (SOLD)
Retail Indian Clothing Store In AucklandSame Vendor for la st 17 yearsAsking Only Value of Stock $250,000 Approx Ref 45236
Fish and Chips Takeaway with4 Bedroom AccommodationWeekly Sales $6,000 ApproxAsking $110,000 plus Stock Ref 45502
Lotto, Printing and Photo ShopAsking $125,000 plus Stock Ref 45458
BUSINESS LEADERS FROM AGRITECHINDUSTRY TO GATHER AT THEUPCOMING INZBC SUMMIT 2016
More than 300 global business
leaders and stakeholders will
come together on June 13 for a
rst-of-its kind summit on agritech, beingheld by INZBC. The summit will witnessbusiness leadership from across NewZealand and India to discuss the scope ofagribusiness in both the countries. Thesummit is being held in partnership withNew Zealand National Fieldays.
“INZBC has always endeavoured tobring together a range of organisations,
think-tanks, academicians under oneroof through our agship event—INZBCSummit. This year, for our third annualsummit, the Agritech theme is very relevantand timely given the importance of theagriculture sector for both the countries”,said Wenceslaus Anthony, Head of GovtRelations, INZBC.
The summit has an interesting line-upof speakers from both countries includingrepresentatives from National Bank forAgriculture and Rural Development,Kwality Dairy India Ltd, Agriculture SkillCouncil of India, Binsar Farms, QualitatProducts (India), Pipfruit, WaikatoInnovation Park, Fieldays, New Zealand
Trade and Enterprise, ATEED andCallaghan Innovation. The summit willtouch upon areas such as major trendsand future market opportunities in thesector, technology advancements, animalhusbandry for increased productivity andscope of growth in dairy farming.
For the past few years, INZBC has beensuccessful in bringing together networksof business and organisations includingkey companies and policymakers who areinterested in developing trade betweenIndia and New Zealand. Attending this
summit will not only equip attendees withknowledge on opportunities in agritechsector but also help to get connected withexcellent speakers and business communityin the sphere. As India looks to increase itsagricultural output, there is great need—and a growing market—for sophisticatedmechanized tools and equipment. There is asignicant opportunity for Kiwi businessesto get access to networks of businessfrom India.
The event is open to the publicand will take place from 9:00 a.m. to6:30 p.m. at the Langham Auckland.Tickets can be purchased from
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MP Parmar to host aPink Ribbon BreakfastIWK BUREAU
E very year, many women battle breast cancer.
To increase awareness,
The New Zealand Breast CancerFoundation (NZBCF) encourages
women around the country to
host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast, which can help raise money to
fund breast cancer research inthe country.
Early next month, National list
MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar will behosting a Pink Ribbon Breakfast—
an opportunity to not only have
fun with friends and family butalso help in raising donations. A
Pink Ribbon Breakfast can be held
at home, work, school, your coeegroup or a local participating café
or restaurant.Even a small contribution
towards the cause can make a
big dierence. All the donationsraised at the breakfast go to
NZBCF to fund a potentially life-
saving research. A $40 donation could help
fund a tumour sample from thetissue bank used for genetic
testing while a $75 donation
could fund a box of 100 tissue
culture asks, to test response tonew drugs.
By raising $400 from your breakfast, you could be funding
an antibody detection kit(allowing 50 antibody reactions).
Collectively raising $1.5 million
can help investigate newtreatment options for women
with advanced breast cancer,and help women have access
to leading-edge research. In
2015, more than 2,600 Kiwishosted a Pink Ribbon Breakfast
and collectively raised more
than a million dollars for breastcancer research.
MP Parmar is inviting everyone
to join her in this noble cause tomake a dierence. The details ofthe breakfast are as follows:
Date: Friday, June 3Time: 7:30 a.m.Place: Sierra Café, 563 Mt AlbertRoad, Royal Oak (corner ofHillsborough Road)Cost: $20 per ticket proceedsgo to NZBCF (payment may bemade on the day)RSVP: MP Parmar’s Mt Roskillofce phone (09) 620 6707 or
Escalating crime rate worriesbusinesses in South AucklandRIZWAN MOHAMMAD
Ahuge number of
aggrieved victims
turned up at theIndian community meetinglast weekend to discussand deliberate on theissue of rising in crime inSouth Auckland.
Hosted on Saturday, May21, at the Indian CommunityCentre in Papatoetoe, theafternoon witnessed a
wistful narration of the horrorsof growing crime in the areaincluding burglaries and assaults.The crime rate in South Aucklandhas recently increased with the
victims being robbed of theirmoney, dignity and security.
To answer the queries of the victims at the meeting wereNational List MP KanwaljitBakshi, Labour MP Phil Go,
NZ First List MP Mahesh Bindraand community leader MsPratima Nand.
The growing concern on howto alleviate crime in Aucklandis being scrutinised for a reallylong time. Regions in East andSouth Auckland such as Otara,Pakuranga, Botany, Papatoetoe,Manukau, Manurewa, andTakanini have become a centrefor the oenders to commit thecrime. MP Go, who has been a
victim of burglary, blamed thelaw enforcement authorities fornot taking stern actions againstcriminals on priority.
The victims were from allages and walks of life especiallyself-employed people such astaxi drivers, dairy and liquorshop owners along with pizzadelivery boys and pedestrians ondeserted streets.
“I was punched and pushedto the ground and stabbedamid aggravated robbery atmy liquor store last month,”
exclaimed traumatised SarabjitSingh. The CCTV footage of therobbery went viral on Facebookafter the vicious attack andthe police were able to nabthe criminals. The same criminals
were reported to have robbed aliquor store in Takanini the nightthey stabbed Sarabjit. An enraged
victim added, “If the police areunable to act on time, we may takethe law into our own hands andthen the police should not blameus for being defensive.”
Speakers at the event calmedthe claims of the victims and
assured to convey messagesto the higher authorities andgovernment so that stringentactions can be taken againstthe oenders.
The meeting also showedsome positive solutionssuggested from the audience.
“Why don’t we invite theoenders and the youngindividuals who wanderthrough the streets to the
Gurudwaras and serve themlangar? We serve free food
three times a day, these teenagersdo not have access to good foodand clothing, and many dwell on
benets and turn towards crimefor their needs. This positive movecould reduce some opportunisticcrime at the least,” added anattendee.
Ms Nand listed precautionarymoves that should be taken by
business owners and associations.
The associations can pool funds toincrease surveillance by installingnew cameras outside shops andcomplexes, install loud sirens toalert distress, report suspectingindividuals and groups throughconstant monitoring, increaselighting and presence of morepeople during late evenings.
Reducing the number of liquorstores, closing stores early indeserted areas, rehabilitation ofthe broken families, monitoringschool activities of teenagers weresome of the other suggestionsoated at the meeting.
MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar will host a Pink RibbonBreakfast on June 3
From left to right: Labour MP Phil Goff (addressing the attendees),National MP Kanwaljit Bakshi and NZ F irst MP Mahesh Bindra
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Performed by Jacob Rajan, Krishnan’s
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and his family after immigrating to New
Zealand for a better life.
Rajan, whose family originated from
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Since 1997, Rajan and his long-time
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Rajan believes that the Indian culture
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The team aims to create shows that
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They are also well-known for their use of
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The company works with Kiwi actors
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Tashi and Nungshi Malik hope to scale
Mount Cook this summer Te Everest wins are hoping to raise money to fulfil their dream of hoistingthe tricolour atop Aotearoa’s highest peak GAURAV SHARMA
India is a land ofcontradictions. We worshipour rivers, calling them
Mother Ganga and MotherNarmada. Almost the entirecountry bows down to a femalegoddess nine days in a row, twiceevery year, all of this seen in adeep-rooted patriarchal society,with strong male-child preferencesand an unfavourable female-male sex ratio due to widespreadfemale foeticide.
That’s why instances suchas when an Indian Army ocerspends his entire life savings tofund his twin daughters dream ofcompleting an Explorers GrandSlam—scaling the seven highestpeaks in all the seven continentsalong with skiing to the Northand South Poles—its a story worthtelling again and again. Especiallywhen those twins are Tashiand Nungshi Malik—modern,progressive and high-achievingIndian women!
While their mountaineering
exploits are well-documented—Indian Weekender ( IWK ) toocovered those at length when thegirls were special guests at our lastyear’s Hall of Fame event—theirexperiences of living in a countryfor more than a year now, withdierent male-female societaldynamics, is not. (read NewZealand’s peculiar “male drought”issue) That’s why IWK decided tocatch up with the girls again andlearn how the land of the longwhite cloud has treated them overthe past year-and-a-half.
IWK: Please start by tellingus your reasons for comingto New Zealand.
Tashi and Nungshi: SirEdmund Hillary!
To elaborate, the New ZealandHigh Commission in Delhi hadorganised an event in 2013 tocommemorate the 60 years ofSir Edmund Hillary’s historicfeat, which we were fortunateenough to attend. That, we wouldsay, sparked our interest in NewZealand. We thought it wouldbe great to experience a countrywhere the legend of our tradelearnt his lessons.
Moreover, our love foroutdoors, and this being “heavenon Earth for people who love thegreat outdoors”, it was the obvious
choice. That’s why when we wereoered the NZISS, we jumped atthe opportunity.
IWK: So now that you haveexperienced New Zealand abit, what have you learnt?
Tashi and Nungshi: A lot!
Especially in the context of genderinequality and societal attitude.Over centuries, women havefaced, and continue to face, hugesocietal obstacles when it comesto succeeding in life. And forthat to change, societal attitude,
especially among men, needs tochange. Men need to understandthat women play an equal role inevery sphere of human life.
And sadly, the situation isthe same everywhere, though atdierent degrees. In New Zealand,
which is a far more gender-equal society, rugby, played bymen, gets all the funding andsupport, while netball, played by
women, struggles.
IWK: So that’s why yourFoundation emphasis somuch on changing attitudes?
Tashi and Nungshi: Precisely!That’s why through the
NungshiTashi Foundation, weaim to empower the girl child by promoting outdoors. We want to break the stereotypesand emphasise that outdooradventures and mountaineeringare for all. Girls love it, can excelin it, and can be leaders in thesesports. We hope to have regularhiking and outdoor leadershipprogrammes by the later half ofthis year.
We believe if we can do our bitin helping change attitudes, therest will follow.
Even the Government of India’s Beti Bachao Beti Padao Yojana (save the daughter, educate the
daughter) aimed at saving andempowering the girl child, which we wholeheartedly support, is alsoabout changing societal attitudesamong other things.
IWK: Now that both of youare in New Zealand, do youhave plans to initiate the
Foundation’s work here?
Tashi and Nungshi: Certainly. We are looking to start our work inNew Zealand as well, for which weare looking to partner some like-minded organisations. We mightstart with a few student exchange
programmes and later take on women empowerment and genderissues such as tackling domestic
violence, which is alarmingly highin New Zealand.
IWK: Coming to the life inNew Zealand, what has been your experience?
Tashi and Nungshi: Wonderful,to say the least. Everyone has
welcomed us with open arms.People here love their outdoorsand keep up-to-date withother people’s achievements as
well. That’s why we got morerecognition here as compared to
back home.
Whether it is the sta orstudents at SIT, the widercommunity of Invercargill, the
Alpine Club in Auckland, theRotary Club, the CanterburyMountaineering Club, or morerecently TEDx Queenstown, ourexperience has been extraordinary.Meeting Prime Minister John Key
was a highlight too!
IWK: There have beensome reports in the pastthat Indians nd it difcult
to settle in places such asInvercargill, which are notso diverse. What are yourthoughts on it?
Tashi and Nungshi: Ourexperience wasn’t like that at all.Maybe because we are girls, weare pampered a lot. And everyonesmiles at us. [laughs]
But, on a serious note, one doeskeep hearing stories of Indiansnding it dicult in the jobmarket here.
That’s why we keep doing whatever little we can do toencourage people. Even inour talks, we focus a lot aboutdeveloping life skills, notlosing hope and keep ghting.Metaphorically, ‘climb higher’ and‘climb better’ is the only way out.
Also, due to our networks andcontacts, if we nd that somepeople can help each other out, weput them in touch.
It’s not about diversity, orInvercargill, or being a Kiwi, or anIndian. From what we have seen,
we have realised that all majorproblems of the world are caused
by a ght over identities. Evengender inequality stems fromgender identities.
The challenge for all of us is toembrace each other and tide overour separate identities.
IWK: That’s a very mature
take on our world, especially
coming from two 23-year-
olds. How long do you plan to
stay in New Zealand?
Tashi and Nungshi: At least
for the next three years, till
we complete our masters and
doctorate programmes.
IWK: That’s the long-term
plan. Any short-term goals?
Tashi and Nungshi: Yes,
we want to climb and hoist the
tricolour atop New Zealand’s
highest mountain, Aoraki/ Mount
Cook, in the coming summer. We
are actively seeking sponsors for
this endeavour as mountaineering
is an expensive sport.
Their claim to fame
In just under two years and one month, Tashi and Nungshi Malik
have climbed the seven summits (highest ones in all the seven
continents), skied to North and South Poles, and scaled an unnamed
virgin peak alpine-style in Bara Shigri Glacier at 21,000 ft. With
this, they became the world’s youngest persons, rst twins, andrst siblings to complete the Explorers Grand Slam and three-polechallenge.
But what is even more appreciative is the motivation behind their
#mission2for7 (climbing the seven peaks together). Armed with
the motto “Gender equality now—ght against female foeticide”,the girls use mountaineering as a metaphor for life’s climbs and
breaking gender stereotypes. Recognising this, their home state
of Uttarakhand has made them the brand ambassador for the Beti
Bachao (save the girl child) campaign.
Notably, the world’s second most populous nation has an abysmal
record with regards to reining in female foeticide. So much so that
as per the last census held in 2011, the child sex ratio (914 girls per
1000 boys) is at an all-time low since independence.
To put it simply in Malik sisters’ words, “India cannot realise its
full potential as long as its girls and women cannot realise theirs!”
What they have been doing in NZ• Completed the Explorers Grand Slam by skiing to the North Pole
on April 21, 2015
• Completed Graduate Diploma in Sport and Exercise at the
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), Invercargill on New
Zealand India Sports Scholarship (NZISS)
• Pursuing their Masters at SIT now and aiming to complete their
doctorate eventually
• Started the NungshiTashi Foundation in Dehradun, India in
February 2016 to promote girl empowerment through outdoors
• Attended US Department of State and Global Sports Mentoring
Program (run in cooperation with University of Tennessee) in
September 2015
• Talks at Canterbury Mountaineering Club in Christchurch, NewZealand Alpine Club in Auckland, and Rotary Clubs in Invercargill
and Auckland, where the girls shared their journey of the Explorers
Grand Slam for the cause of the Indian Girl Child
• Most recently, the Malik sisters spoke at TEDx Queenstown in April
2016 about the plight of “millions of girls in much of the developed
world who have to climb their daily invisible ‘mountains’ merely
to survive”
Nungshi (left) and Tashi (right) in a national park in US during their participation in the Global SportsMentoring Programme in 2015
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Tie a turban on AucklandTurban Day this weekendSWATI SHARMA
W ith an aim to educate people
of dierent cultures aboutSikhism and Punjabi culture,
a group of Sikh youth is organising
Auckland Turban Day on May 28.
Events such as this are quite popular
in many parts of the world, where non-
Indians also participate to learn about the
Sikh culture.
One of the members of the Sikh Youth
New Zealand (SYNZ), Amrita Kaur
explained the reason behind carrying out
such exercises in public.
“In an attempt to reduce the chances
of discrimination and bullying in schools,
workplaces and public places due to the
turban, we have conceptualised this idea
as a fun, colourful (with all the dierentturban colours) and interesting way
to achieve our goal of education and
awareness. We believe that such an event
would contribute greatly to the rich culture
and varying faiths of Auckland and New
Zealand,” said Amrita.
The event is supported by community
members where SYNZ is receiving
donations from public to buy turbans. Some
turban retailers have also come forward to
help. As a part of the event, a yer will bedistributed in order to answer some basic
questions about Sikhism such as who Sikhs
are, what turbans are and why Sikhs wear
them and also the 10 Sikh Gurus’ teachings
regarding equality, love and unity of people.
The Auckland Turban Day will be held
at Aotea Square in Auckland CBD on
Saturday, May 28 from noon to 3 p.m.
Anyone can join the event to have fun and
learn about Sikh faith and also to get a taste
of Punjab with masala chai (tea) that will be
served free of cost to the public.
Social networking forbusiness and real estateRIZWAN MOHAMMAD
Don Ha Real Estate hosted an
evening of networking last week
bringing together businessmen,
professionals, and individuals enthusiastic
to amplify their trades, services and
businesses.
The invite-only event provided a platform
to introduce oneself and one’s business, to
reach out to a greater set of audience. The
attendees gathered at Lakewood Court (Old
Valentine building) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
May 18, sharing their business cards over
drinks and nibbles.
Don Ha Real Estate licensed salesperson
Steve Starke emceed the event briengabout the company and its exponential
growth over the last few years. Don Ha
took over the stage and shared some light
moments from his experience, and his story
of establishing one of the most successful
real estate companies in Auckland.
Don Ha invited attendees to come to
the dais and brief about their businesses
and services, which was the crux of the
networking event. Individuals present
at the venue grabbed the opportunity to
introduce and showcase their businesses to
other businessmen present.The venue also exhibited a life-size
replica of the Manukau Lakewood Plaza
apartments, the exotic lounge, rooms, and
kitchen area with attached balcony. There
was also a tiny model of the Plaza that
received some attention from the people at
the venue.
Don Ha Real Estate (Top One Real Estate
Limited, Licensed Real Estate Agents REAA
2008) has its oce located at 12 Osterley Way in Manukau and provides services for
buying and selling real estate.
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BUDGET2016Budget 2016: at a glanceIWK BUREAU
Finance Minister BillEnglish deliveredthe National-ledgovernment’s eighthBudget in Wellingtonon Tursday, May 26.
The Budget talks about
investing in a growingeconomy, while ensuring
continuing support to families and
the most vulnerable people who
need it the most.
“New Zealand’s economy is
performing well and we’re on track
for annual growth of around three
per cent over the next few years.We’re also on track for growing
surpluses and falling debt,” said
Mr English.
“That’s thanks to the National-
led government’s clear economic
plan and responsible management
of the books. Budget 2016 is about
building on that good progress.”
The main highlights of
budget 2016 are as follows:
Health
A n additional $2.2 billion
for health to help pay for
more lifesaving drugs, more
elective surgeries, more disability
support services, and to start
the roll-out of a national bowelscreening programme
Infrastructure
A$2.1 billion publicinfrastructure package to
invest in building new roads,schools and classrooms, and tosupport our thriving tourismsector. School infrastructure is akey part of the package. The $882.5million investment will deliver480 new classrooms, nine newschools, two school expansionsas well as the relocation andrebuilding of three schools and aKura. This includes $168.5 million
for the Christchurch schoolsrebuild programme, which is nowin its third year and has completed
six schools, with a further eightunder construction. A core partof the package focuses on growthand provides $270.6 million ofnew capital funding and $80.3million of new operating funding
over the next four years.
Science andinnovation
$761 million for an InnovativeNew Zealand package, which
invests in science, skills, and
regional economic development
initiatives to help grow and
diversify the economy.
Social Investment
$652 million for a Social
Investment package to help
drive changes to help improve
the lives of the most vulnerable
New Zealanders. The package,
which provides $641.6 million
of operating funding over the
next four years and $10.5 million
of capital, includes additional
support for vulnerable children as
well as initiatives in corrections,
education and health.
Social housing
Budget 2016 invests $258
million to ensure people most
in need of social housing have
access to this essential service.
Over the four years, the package
will include $200 million for more
social housing places in Auckland,
costs related to redevelopingsocial houses in Tamaki and for
increased Income Related Rent
Subsidy payments because of
higher rents; $41.1 million for
emergency housing and a new
Special Needs Grant; $7.5 million
in new operating funding to
manage social housing transfers to
community housing providers and
$3.7 million in 2016–17 for the
Ministry of Social Development’s
housing unit and the Auckland
social housing team.
Housing
$
36 million to ensure more
New Zealand families live
in warmer, drier and healthier
homes. The investment includes
$18 million of operating funding
over two years to extend the Warm
Up New Zealand programme to
insulate rental houses occupied by
low-income tenants, particularly
those with high health needs,
and $18 million over four years
to expand the Healthy Homes
Initiative to reduce preventable
illnesses among young children
(newborns to ve-year olds) who are living in cold, damp and
unhealthy homes >>
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Education
A dditional investment in early
childhood education, children
with special needs, and new schools
and classrooms takes annual education
spending above $11 billion for the rst time.This includes $640.5 million of operating
funding over the next four years, plus $75.1
million in 2015–16 and $727.3 million in
capital. Key spending includes an extra
$396.9 million over the next four years,
plus $39.2 million in 2015–16 for ECE. By
2019–20, this will provide funding for afurther 14,000 children. $43.2 million over
the next four years for schools educating
students most at risk of educational under-
achievement and $42.1 million over the
next four years for students with high and
special educational needs.
Civil defence
Extra $6.2m to increase Civil Defence
capability to ensure New Zealanders
are better prepared for natural disasters
by providing an extra $6.1 million of
operating funding over the next four years
and $63,000 of new capital funding for the
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency
Management (MCDEM).
Police
$299.2 million in additional funding
for police over four years, which
includes $49.2 million from a Budget
2015 contingency, will fund $279.9 million
for police pay increases, $8.2 million for
the child protection oenders registerdevelopment and operating costs, $6.4
million to ensure police comply with theprovisions of the Anti-Money Laundering
and Countering Financing of Terrorism
Act 2009 and $4.7 million to cover the
rst two years of the new operating costsof Christchurch’s Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct.
Justice
Budget 2016 invests heavily in core
justice services, with $208.4 million
in additional funding over the next four
years—the largest increase to Justice and
Courts in almost a decade.
For a detailed analysis of the Budget
2016, read our next issue (June 3).
People’s safety not about‘bottom lines’ or dollarsMAHESH BINDRA
New Zealand First has long heldthe view that we should all besafe in our homes, businesses
and communities. We share the concerns of those at
the public meeting in Auckland, whichdiscussed safety for business owners and
their sta, particularly smaller businesses
such as dairies and liquor stores. We have been raising the issue of the
increased number of attacks and share theconcerns of those at the Indian communitymeeting held last week.
This violence is unacceptable, and it is asad reection on the deterioration of societyunder this National government that somany youths are the perpetrators; they arejobless, without direction.
The reality is that a large number ofthese frontline, high-risk businesses are
owned by Kiwis of Indian origin. We believein hard work and enterprise and haveachieved success in business all over theworld because of our work ethics and pridein running a business.
The government constantly tells New
Zealand that crime is down but this is notevident, as the community well knows.
Then there are the statistics. Of coursethe government is fudging the guresespecially when it comes to Auckland.There are not enough police to keep our
communities safe.The senior police authorities have gone
on record, on questioning by us, that they
have closed down 30 police stations but
opened 15 new ones resulting in a net loss
of 15 police stations to New Zealanders.
This is not good enough and our role as an
opposition party is to hold the government
to account on this and we continue to do so.
The other trend that was evident in this
meeting was that an increasing number
of business owners are so frustrated they
won’t mind taking law into their own hands
if they have to. We are peace-loving, law-
abiding people and this is not what we
should be forced into.
This government needs to realise that
it is not about “bottom lines” and dollars
when it comes to the safety of our people,
our homes and our businesses. We need
more policemen and women in our streets
so they can prevent crime and respond to
incidents in acceptable time frames.
NZ First MP Mahesh Bindra addressing the attendees at theIndian community meeting
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Creative Communities bringsthe magic of the arts to all
V isually-impaired children will be
able to experience the wonder of
the theatre, thanks to a grant from
the Creative Communities Scheme.
Tim Bray Productions will provide audio
described performances
included in the company’s
July and September shows
at The Pumphouse Theatre
that feature touch tours of
the set.
“Creative Communities
has been stunning in supporting
these performances which allow
blind and visually impaired
children to enjoy our shows. They
sit alongside our New Zealand
Sign Language interpreted shows,
which we have been oering for12 years now as we try and create
productions that are accessible to
all children,” says Tim Bray, whose
company is celebrating its 25th
anniversary this year.
Each year, Creative New Zealand
provides Creative Communities Scheme
funding to city and district councils to
distribute in their area.
A showcase event was held on
Thursday, May 26, to celebrate the
success of Auckland community arts
projects funded under the contestable
grants scheme.This allocation round, Auckland
Council has distributed $488,866 to 152
local projects that will reach an estimated
audience of more than 263,000 people.
“Through supporting grassroots
organisations, the fund helps bring art into
the everyday lives of Aucklanders from
all our dierent communities telling our
stories in many languages,” says Barbara
Procter, Sector Investment Leader at
Auckland Council’s arts and culture unit.
Other projects awarded grants in the
latest round include creative wānanga
by Te Waka Huia to develop a play based
on the Brynderwyn Bus Disaster, the
country’s worst road accident, and the
Battlecry breakdance competition staged
by thebreaksnz.
The applications for the next round of
grants close on August, 26.
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Call fornominationsin ManukauHarbour awards
The Manukau Harbour Forum
is inviting nominations from
respective mana whenua, iwi,
individual contributors and community
group representatives for the Mauri o te
Moana Award.
The award will be presented at the 2016
Manukau Harbour Forum Symposium,
and recognises the work of those who have
helped to protect and restore the mauri
of the Manukau Harbour over the last
three years.
Mauri is the life energy force, or unique
life essence, that gives being and form to allthings in the universe.
“We know there are many organisations,
large and small, that have contributed to
the harbour’s wellbeing,” says Manukau
Harbour Forum Chair Jill Naysmith. “This
is an opportunity to celebrate and highlight
their eorts so we can learn from them inthe future.”
Each of the recipients will receive a copy
of an original artwork by mana whenua
artist Charlotte Graham, to be presented at
the Manukau Harbour Forum Symposium,
which will be held 10 June at Ngā Tohu oUenuku (Māngere Arts Centre) and is freeto attend.
Instigated by the Manukau HarbourForum, the Manukau Harbour Forum
Symposium is focused on the harbour’s
future, and on real actions that can
contribute to the restoration of its mauri. It
will consider proposed and current projects,
innovative approaches and smart ways of
acting to create a new reality.
Nomination forms close on June 1 and are
available at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/
manukauharbourforum, or can be requested
via email at manukauharbourforum@
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
Booking to attend the symposium is
essential. You can nd out more, reserve aseat, and nominate someone for an award,
by visiting www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/manukauharbourforum.
Calling allSuperGold
cardholdersT
he SuperGold public transport
concession switches to AT HOP
from July 1.
SuperGold cardholders this month will
need to purchase an AT HOP card and load a
SuperGold concession to continue to travel
free on trains and selected buses and ferries
in Auckland, after 9 a.m. weekdays and all
day on weekends and public holidays.
See AT.govt.nz/supergold to identify the
services that provide free SuperGold travel.
AT HOP cards cost $10 and must be
loaded with at least $5 at the time of
purchase. The purchase price is non-
refundable. The AT HOP card makes journeys easier and faster.
Terms of use and registered prospectus
for the AT HOP cards are available at
AT.govt.nz/athop.
Phone 0800 AT GOLD (0800 28 4653)
now to secure your information pack and
make the switch. Obligations of Auckland
Transport under the AT HOP cards
are unsecured.
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Kanwaljit BakshiNational List MP
NEW ZEALAND
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More families to receive
intensive home support
This National-led government is
reprioritising $7.3 million a year
for Family Start, an intensive
home visitation support programme for
vulnerable children. The funding is being
redirected from October 1 from another
programme that hasn’t shown itself to be
eective at reducing child maltreatment.Our aim is about investing in those
children and families who are the most
vulnerable and ensuring services are
evidence-based and eective.
$7.3 million a year will be reprioritised
to support more vulnerable children and
their families through Family Start, an
intensive, home visitation service.
Family Start has shown positive results
in reducing post-neonatal mortality,
increasing the reporting of child abuse
and neglect and has been shown to
increase mothers’ use of community-
based mental health services, child
immunisation rates and participation in
early childhood education. The funding is
being reprioritised from the low-intensity
home visitation programme called Parents
As First Teachers (PAFT), which has
shown no evidence of eectively reducing
child maltreatment.
Family Start currently works with 5,000
at-risk families at any one time, and this
funding will support an additional 1,250
families nationwide. Eligible families
currently receiving PAFT will be referred
to Family Start and others will be able toaccess resources such as Strategies for
Kids, Information for Parents (SKIP) and
targeted parenting programmes such as
Incredible Years. Ocials will work with
existing Family Start sites to expand their
boundaries and new sites will be established
in Tauranga, Palmerston North, New
Plymouth and Timaru/Ashburton.
More information about Family Start is
available on https://www.familyservices.
govt.nz/working-with-us/programmes-
s e r v i c e s / e a r l y - i n t e r v e n t i o n / n e w -
family-start/
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Source: Fiji Sun
FIJI
Govt keen to work with Asia-Pacic body
The Fijian Government
has extended aninvitation to the Asia-
Pacic Broadcasting Union(ABU) to collaborate on climatechange issues.
Attorney-General, and Ministerfor Finance, Civil Service, Public
Enterprise and Communications
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum made thoseremarks during the opening of
the ABU Administrative Council
Meeting at the Sheraton FijiResort, Denarau Island yesterday.
“The Fijian Governmentis very keen to work withOrganisations such as ABU,”
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said.The A-G said the Government
would be very keen to have
some specic gathering or
conference in the country through
the broadcasters regarding
climate change.“We are also quite keen and
would like to inform you next
year, we are hosting one of thelargest conferences on the Oceans
that are also key feature for us,”
he said. “These are the hardcore
realities that are faced by the
Pacic island countries. I supposeto highlight these issues to you so
we have an understanding and ofcourse can collaborate with.”
Attorney-General, and Minister for Finance, Civil S ervice, Public Enterprise, Communications AiyazSayed-Khaiyum with participants during the op ening of the ABU Administrative Council Meeting at the
Sheraton Fiji Resort, Denarau Island
Fiji appointed advisorymember to PIANZEA
Fiji has been appointed
as an Advisory Group
Member representing the
Melanesia region to the PacicIslands, Australia, and New
Zealand Electoral Administrator’s
(PIANZEA) Network following
a nomination by the Melanesian
grouping at the PIANZEA meetingin Nadi. The Supervisor of
Elections, Mohammed Saneem,
accepted the nomination.
“Since the re-admittance into
the network, the Fijian Elections
Oce has benetted from severaltraining and capacity building
initiatives organized by PIANZEA,
including this week’s meeting,” Mr
Saneem said. “Fiji’s appointment
as a PIANZEA Advisory Group
Member will give us even greater
access to networking opportunities
and electoral assistance.”
The PIANZEA member countries
manage and direct PIANZEA
activities through a PIANZEA
Advisory Group and the Advisory
Group members are rotated
through nomination by membercountries. PIANZEA, a semi-formal
association of Pacic ElectionManagement Bodies (EMBs), is a
platform for networking, sharing
capacity-building opportunities
and provides mutual electoral
assistances to member from the
region funded by Department
of Foreign Aairs and Trade, Australia and currently hosts the
PIANZEA Secretariat.
Unforgettable moment withthe Queen
Unforgettable! That
was how Joji Marau
described his visit
to Windsor Castle on the
invitation of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II.
Mr Marau is the head of School
of Mechanical Engineering at
the Fiji National University. Heis also the designer and one of
the builders of the authentic
traditional iTaukei drua, Adi Eta,
which featured during the Queen’s
90th birthday celebrations.
“I will never forget this day
for the whole of my life when I
and ve other members of theFiji delegation was part of the tea
party with the Royal Family in the
Castle…what an opportunity.”
Mr Marau posted the comment
and photos from Windsor Castle
on his Facebook account.
He was also thrilled about the
Queen’s acknowledgement after
their performance. “I am glad the
Fijian delegation performance
in the nal and main event lastnight at the main arena and
in Windsor Castle was well
acknowledged by Her Majesty
the Queen.”
As the members of the Republic
of Fiji Military Forces Brass Band
make their way home, Adi Eta
will be on her way to Norwich.
The drua will be shown in the
exhibition Fiji: Art & Life in the
Pacifc at the Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Arts from October 15, 2016
to February 12, 2017.
Adi Eta will then move to
her new home at the National
Maritime Museum in Greenwich,
in its new Voyagers exhibition
gallery, which will open in 2018.
The double hull canoe stands
at eight metres in length and 2.15
meters in width and is made from
damanu tree from the interior of
Viti Levu in Nakorosule, Naitasiri.
PM in “warm and cordial” talks with
Prime Minister Modi in New DelhiCo-operation between
India and Fiji on a
broad range of issues
has been discussed during talks
in New Delhi between Prime
Minister Voreqe Bainimarama
and his Indian counterpart,
Narendra Modi. The two leaders
met during the PM’s stopover
in the Indian capital on his way
to the United Nations World
Humanitarian Summit in Turkey
next week. Prime Minister
Bainimarama, who described
the talks as “warm and cordial”,
stressed the importance of Fijibeing able to access funds to
strengthen its ability to withstand
future events such as Tropical
Cyclone Winston.
“We ask for India’s support
to gain access to the nance weneed to build our resilience to
the extreme weather events and
rising sea levels caused by climate
change. We urgently need funding
to rebuild or reinforce our homes
and infrastructure to prepare for
the more frequent and intense
cyclones that the scientists say
are coming.” The Prime Minister
warmly thanked Mr Modi for
India’s immediate support to Fiji
in the wake of Cyclone Winston.“We are deeply grateful for
India’s generous response—the
45 tonnes of relief supplies that
were own to Fiji so quickly andthe one million US dollars in cash
for the relief eort. We especiallyappreciate India entrusting us to
direct the cash where we saw t to
meet our own priorities. Because
of your generosity and the speed
of your response, the goodwill
towards India among ordinary
Fijians has never been greater”,
the PM said.
The Indian leader expressed
his condolences for the loss of
life in Fiji and said India stood
ready to provide all possible
assistance in the rehabilitation
and reconstruction eorts. Healso rearmed his commitmentto strengthen cooperation in
disaster management with all
Pacic Island countries, includingthrough the establishment of a
Space Technology Applications
Centre for the region. Prime
Minister Bainimarama also asked
India for assistance to boost
Fiji’s solar energy programme to
enable it to meet its international
commitment to reduce its carbon
emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
India is an acknowledged leader in
solar technology.
The PM is holding a series
of high level meetings in India
before he moves on to Turkey
to lead Fiji’s delegation to the
World Humanitarian Summit.
The subjects include new
avenues of cooperation betweenIndia and Fiji in the energy and
medical sectors.
PM leads Fijian delegation to world humanitarian summit
Prime Minister VoreqeBainimarama is leadinga Fijian delegation
to the United Nations World
Humanitarian Summit, which
opens in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Summit is being attended
by representatives of 175
countries, including 53 heads of
state and government, who will
discuss a range of humanitarian
challenges such as the mass
displacement of refugees due to
conict and natural disasters.In a series of statements at the
Summit, the Prime Minister will
call on the global community to
assist countries such as Fiji withthe funds they need to build their
resilience to climate change and
brief other nations on the relief
and rehabilitation eort in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Winston.
He will also be speaking
about the need for international
assistance to enable Fiji to givepermanent refuge to the people of
Kiribati and Tuvalu in the event
that both nations are submerged
by the rising seas caused by
global warming.
In other sessions, the Prime
Minister will speak about the
government’s programme to
improve the position of women
and girls in Fiji and the steps being
taken to integrate the private
sector into decision making and
improve the ability of the business
community to deal with disaster.
Among the Fijian delegation are
the Minister for Agriculture, Rural
and Maritime Development andNational Disaster Management,
Inia Seruiratu, Fiji’s Permanent
Representative to the United
Nations in Geneva, Nazhat
Shameem and the Permanent
Secretary in the Prime Minister’s
Oce, Yogesh Karan.
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama (right)with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left)
Joji Marau meets Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle
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Extra million touristspredicted for Pacic:World Bank
The Pacic region could attract anextra million tourists per year by2040, according to a new report by
the World Bank.
That would translate to an additionalyearly revenue of around $1.8 billion,
signicantly helping the economies ofisland nations. The World Bank says forthat to happen, the region needs to focus
on improved international transport linksand aggressively target higher-spending
tourists from markets such as China.
Author of the Pacic Possible tourismreport John Perrottet says tourism is one
of the Pacic region’s most economicallyviable sectors, with signicant opportunitiesfor sustainable growth in the Chinese
tourist, cruise ship, luxury travel andretiree markets.
Perrottet believes the United States,
China and Japan could be the next boommarkets. In 2014, the region hosted 1.37
million overnight visitors with most coming
from Australia and New Zealand.
Fiji offers help
Fiji will provide a permanent refuge
for the people of Kiribati and Tuvalushould they be displaced in the face
of rising seas and global warming, says
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.Mr Bainimarama revealed this while
addressing the World Humanitarian
Summit on the implementation of theNansen Initiative, a proposed international
mechanism to protect people displacedacross borders because of natural disasters
and climate change in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mr Bainimarama said Fiji was ready tosupport its island neighbours in the event
that the current scientic projections wererealised and the islands were submerged.
"One of Fiji's formal commitments at this
summit is to support the Nansen process.
Fiji has oered to give a permanent hometo the populations of two of our closest
neighbours—Kiribati and Tuvalu—and wewill naturally need the assistance of the
global community to carry out that mass
movement of people when the time comes."It is understood the leaders have yet to
establish an international legal framework
to address the issue of displacement ofpeople who are vulnerable to climate
change." Mr Bainimarama said Fiji hadallocated funding to explore the researched
legal areas of climate change, including
giving refuge to the citizens of Kiribati
and Tuvalu."In the meantime, we have facilitated
the purchase by Kiribati of a large area ofland on our second biggest island, Vanua
Levu, to ensure its food security. Our ownchallenge as mainly volcanic mountainous
islands pales into insignicance beside thechallenge to our atoll neighbours."
NZ PM John Key plans an ofcial visit to Fiji next month
Mr Key will be in the country for a
two-day visit from June 9 to 10,an informed government source
said. A planning committee is understood
to be working on the visit. Mr Key is due to
meet Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
This will be a signicant step forward inthe relations between the countries. No NZ
Prime Minister has made an ocial visit toFiji since 2006.
Mr Key’s visit will be a follow-up to his
Foreign Minister Murray McCully who
visited Fiji in February in the wake of
Tropical Cyclone Winston. In NZ, Mr Key
had signalled more aid may be in the pipeline
for Fiji after pledging NZ$3.2million
(F$4.58m) including defence force assets
and personnel.
Diplomatic relations between New
Zealand and Fiji soured after the 2006
takeover. Australia and NZ deserted Fiji and
were instrumental in Fiji being suspended
from Pacic Islands Forum.But the relations were restored after Mr
Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party won the 2014
general election. However, the situation was
complicated when Mr Bainimarama did not
attend the Pacic Islands Forum meeting in
Port Moresby early September last year.
Mr Bainimarama objected to Australia
and New Zealand’s “undue inuence”and said he would not attend the PacicIslands Forum until the two countries
became development partners rather than
full members. He said he believed PacicIslands Forum no longer served the best
interests of Pacic islands. A few weeks later, on September 30, Mr
Key and Mr Bainimarama posed together
for a photo in New York. After a quick chat
about rugby, the two leaders withdrew to
a private room to continue their meeting.
Their talks focused on Fiji’s role in the
Pacic and a likelihood of a top-level visit
by Mr Key. Next month’s visit would be the
icing on the cake for the restored relations.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama with New Zealand Prime
Minister John Key at a meeting in the UN last year
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Editorial
— Tim Burton
Thought of the week
One person’s craziness is anotherperson’s realit y
From the desk of theManaging Editor
“The most self-defeating thing you can do is to take action with divided intention.
If you are doing something while resisting, resenting, or complaining about it,
you are ripping yourself o, along with everyone else involved. Nothing is more
annoying than someone doing something and kvetching and whining as they do it.
Either do something with a whole heart or don’t do it. If you agree to do something,
then really do it. If you don’t agree to do it, then really don’t do it. Be total.”
~Alan Cohen from Enough Already
I really like these words. These also remind me of the words of Walter Russell,
who gives his bri lliant insight saying: “There should be no distasteful tasks in one’s
life. If you just hate to do a thing that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins
and you become fatigued very soon. You must love anything you must do. Do it notonly cheerfully but also lovingly and the very best way you know how. That love of the
work which you must do anyhow will vitalize your body and keep you from fatigue.”
There are many others who have spoken about the importance of pursuing what
you really enjoy or love to do. Often times, this takes a lot of eort to break through
your comfort zones and chase after a dream. Sometimes it may even involve taking a
leap of faith in the direction of your dreams, sometimes the risk may actually be quite
signicant, but eventually the pros far outweigh the cons.
Just as we are putting this issue together, the Hon. Bill English is announcing the
Budget 2016. We bring you some instant snapshots of what’s coming. The analysis
and further details of the budget and how it will aect the community, in general, will
be covered in the next issue.
At a glance, health, education and social services seem to be the big winners in a
Budget, which contains some surprises but also a few contentious moves.
Auckland housing along with Justice and Defence also feature prominently in the
National-led government’s eighth Budget. There, however, seems to be no respite
for rst-home buyers but at a glance, it seems that funding will help free up land for
housing developments in Auckland and open up more social housing places for the
most desperate families.
The Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame is drawing closer, and we are bracing ourselves for
the biggest celebration for the Kiwi-Indian community. The nominations have now
been handed over to the jury to deliberate and make their decision regarding who the
winners will be this year. As developments keep happening, we will keep bringing
you the updates.
Winter is slowly setting in, and I hope that all our readers are looking after their
health. Until next time.
Until next time.
Giri Gupta
Pick of the week
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• Unplug unused chargers and
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White House contenders: bend it like them!ARUN KUMAR
Gandhi did not quite say it. But thathas not come in the way of any of
the three remaining White House
warriors from Republican Donald Trump
to Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary
Clinton to purpose it in their cause.
Capitalist Donald has done it to plug“Make America Great Again,” Socialist
Bernie to show “A Future to Believe in” and
sophist “Hillary for America” “Fighting for
Us” to simply suggest “Love trumps hate.”
But Trump trumps them all. The pearl
of wisdom misattributed to the Mahatma
by many, according to fact checking site
Snopes.com—“First they ignore you, then
they laugh at you, then they ght you, thenyou win”—ts the Manhattan mogul to a T.
For the apostle of peace and non-violence
there was “no god higher than truth”. But
they have no such qualms. No one can bend
it like them.
After demolishing “Low Energy” Jeb
Bush, “Little Marco” Rubio and “Lyin’ Ted”
Cruz, the master of monikers Trump hasnow turned full blast on “Crooked Hillary”.
First, he called Bill Clinton “the worst
abuser of women in the history of politics”
and Hillary an “enabler” of her husband’s
peccadilloes. Now Trump aided and
abetted by a Fox News host has branded
an allegation of sexual assault against the
former president as “rape”.
Clinton, in turn, has called Trump
“divisive and dangerous”, “unmoored”, and
“a loose cannon”.
And from her opponent’s hurry to call
EgyptAir plane crash a likely “terrorist
attack” she “has concluded he’s not
qualied to be president”. She called his“suggestion” to temporarily bar all Muslims
from entering the US “until we gure out what’s going on” a total ban on Muslims.
It would keep even Nobel Prize winners
out and send a “message of disrespect” to
Muslim nations and a message to terrorists.
Trump’s willingness to meet North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un became praise
for a repressive regime and his criticism of
British Prime Minister David Cameron as
an attack on US allies.
Trump hit back Friday, calling her
“absolutely dumb” and suggesting the
former secretary of state is “ill-equipped”
for the presidency.
He has also egged “Crazy Bernie” to
take on Hillary as an independent, saying
the Democratic system of picking their
nominee is as “rigged as the Republicans”.
Trump and Bernie may have a lot
to disagree, but they agree on at least
one thing: Hillary is “unqualied” to bepresident. She has shown poor judgement
in voting for the “disastrous” Iraq war (ditto
Trump), refused to release transcripts of
her speeches to big banks for $225,000
dollars a pop and raised millions from
Wall Street.
Clinton, who thinks her being the
Democratic nominee is a done deal in eect with her “insurmountable” lead in pledged
delegates, has returned the compliment
questioning Sanders’ qualications for notdoing his “homework” on his big promises.
She has also accused him of backing gun
manufacturers despite his D minus grade
from the powerful gun lobby and criticised
him for not releasing his tax returns.
Sanders’ take on that is: “My wife does the
taxes and she is busy campaigning.”
But maths-defying Sanders dogged
persistence to ght till the very end, even asnew polls show an overwhelming majority
of Republican voters pushing their party
leaders to get behind Trump, has the
Democrats worried. Unlike India, there are
literally no writings on the walls, but with
more and more Trump lawn signs popping
up in “suburbs that had been trending blue”
Democratic, as the Washington Post put itin a report from Philadelphia, is adding to
their headache.
With choice limited to “widely disliked”
Trump and Clinton, as a new NYT/CBS poll
revealed, a Virginia woman took the matter
in her own hands, or at least one of her sons
did after she died of lung cancer at 68.
“Faced with the prospect of voting for
either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton,
Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose
instead to pass into the eternal love of God,”
the dutiful son wrote in her obit to “carry on
her sense of humour.”
Unfortunately that choice is not
widely available!
With Assam in bag, time to move forward with reformsAMULYA GANGULI
A ssam has given Narendra Modi a
breather. It is now up to him to
make full use of the time he has
got to recover from last year’s drubbings
in Delhi and Bihar, and brace for the
battles in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat
and Goa next year.
Assam was a low-hanging fruit for
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by
an octogenarian who couldn’t keep his
house in order as the politically damaging
departure of an able lieutenant, Himanta
Biswa Sarma, from the Congress showed.
Uttar Pradesh will be dierent asthe BJP will come up against the feisty
Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP), who expects to cash in on the anti-
incumbency sentiments against the ruling
Samajwadi Party (SP).
In Punjab and possibly in Goa, the Aam
Admi Party (AAP) will make its debut
outside of Delhi with its usual hyperbole.
Again, the task will not be easy for
the BJP, which tends to be thrown o balance by Arvind Kejriwal’s rhetoric
skirting the thin line between insult—the
prime minister is a psychopath, he once
said—and defamation.Only in Gujarat can the BJP expect to
hold its own because, for one, its opponent
will be a Congress licking its wounds from a
series of defeats.
For another, Modi’s home state can
be expected to stand by him even if his
successor as chief minister, Anandiben
Patel, hasn’t been a roaring success. What
the battles against the BSP, SP and AAP
underline is the Congress’s absence as the
BJP’s main adversary.
It is not a Congress-mukt Bharat yet, as
the BJP’s provocative slogan about ridding
India of the Congress proclaims.
But the political scene appears to
be evolving in that direction as the
mother-and-son duo of Sonia and Rahul
Gandhi appears clueless about ways to
revive the party.
But there’s many a slip between the
cup and the lip. The BJP will need at
least the victories in Gujarat and Goa to
justify its slogan since U.P. and Punjab
are tough nuts to crack, the latter being
hobbled by the misrule of the father-and-
son combine of Prakash Singh Badal and
Sukhbir Singh Badal.
To advance towards the objective of
decimating the Congress, therefore, the BJP
has to be far more politically savvy than it
has been till now.
Since Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
has said that the BJP’s victory in Assam
underlines a popular rejection of the
politics of obstructionism practised by the
Congress, Modi will have to reach out to
possible allies in order to push through the
partially stalled economic reforms.
The two victorious ladies will have to be
on the top of the BJP’s list in this regard.
Modi is fortunate that both Mamata
Banerjee and Jayalalithaa are expected to
be more condent at the beginning of theirsecond terms and are unlikely to hesitate in
the matter of striking deals with the centre.
Of the two, Mamata Banerjee’sextraordinary success can enable her
to enlist the support of the BJP MLAs
in West Bengal as she helps Modi to
implement reforms.
The death blows she has inicted onthe Congress and the Left are expected to
neutralise their carping exercise in nay-
saying on the pro-market initiatives.
Jayalalithaa, too, will be an able ally
since she has no ideological hang-ups about
a neo-liberal economy.
It is possible that the reverses suered by the Congress from the time of its defeats
in four assembly elections in 2013 followed
by the general election drubbing in 2014
and the latest losses in Assam, Kerala and
West Bengal will take the wind out of the
sails of the “socialists” in the party led by
Sonia Gandhi.
However, it is not only the Congress,
which advocates this outdated thesis
but also parties such as the Janata Dal
(United), the SP and others in the so-called
Janata parivar.
Modi has to take the present opportunity,
therefore, to push ahead energetically
with reforms in parliament and outside
so that the roadblocks on the path of
economic growth are quickly removed as
well as discredited.
At the same time, a palpable sign of
employment-generating development will
silence the “socialists” and weaken them in
electoral terms since the modern generation
looks for jobs and not dead dogmas.
Apart from the focus on the economy,
the prime minister will have to cut theloudmouths in the saron brotherhood tosize lest their comments on the removal
of the Reserve Bank governor and the
building of the Ram temple are interpreted
as those of Modi.
He will also have to pay greater heed to
the views of industrialist Adi Godrej about
the baneful eects of measures such as the beef ban and prohibition on the economy.
The almost constant round of elections
has its value in telling the politicians what
needs to be done to keep the system on
the move.
For instance, the results show, as in
West Bengal, that opportunistic alliances
like the one between the Left and the
Congress have no future.
And Jayalalithaa’s success has shown
that in choosing between two sets of
tainted parties, the voter rejects the one
by a nonagenarian.
In traditionally Left-leaning Kerala, the
comrades will feel that it is not the end of
the road for them as their critics believe.
Amguri Voters wait in queues to cast their vote during the rstphase of Assam Assembly election in Amguri in Sivasagardistrict of Assam
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Cook, Modi discuss plans to
manufacture in IndiaIn a fresh insight into Apple’s futureplans for India, CEO Tim Cook
discussed with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi the possibilities of
manufacturing and retailing in the country
as the two met on Saturday, May 21.
On his part, Modi explained his Digital
India initiative and identied its threekey objectives as e-education, health and
increasing farmers’ incomes.
“Modi sought support from Apple in
these objectives,” a statement from the
Prime Minister’s Oce said.During the meeting, Cook, 55,
appreciated the breadth of young talent in
India, saying the “youth have signicantskills, which Apple would like to tap”.
He mentioned the immense potential
for “app-development” that exists in
the country and elaborated on the Map
Development Centre that Apple is setting
up in Hyderabad.
Hailing Modi’s initiatives in “ease of
doing business”, Cook also launched an
updated version of the Narendra Modi
Mobile App. In an exchange of tweets later,
the two praised each other.
“Thank you @tim_cook! Friends,
welcome and happy volunteering. Your
views and eorts are always enriching,”
Modi tweeted. Cook replied: “Thanks @
narendramodi for a great meeting. Already
looking forward to next visit to India. Best wishes on the app!”
“I am delighted to share that Tim
Cook launched an updated version of the
‘Narendra Modi Mobile App’. Thank you,
Cook,” said Modi in his tweet.
“I urge you to have a look at the new
feature My Network that empowers you
to contribute on lively and enriching
forums where you can share your ideas
and deliberate with others. You will also
enjoy the daily tasks on the app,” the prime
minister added.
They also deliberated on issues regarding
cyber security and data encryption.
Modi encouraged Cook to help the global
community to cope with the challenges of
cyber crime. In an interview with an IndianTV channel on Friday, Cook asserted that
he was looking at India holistically and
Apple was “here for the next thousand
years”—a comment that was hailed by
Communications Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad at an event later.
“I complement Apple chief executive for
a public commitment of one thousand years
in India. We are ready to work together,”
Prasad said. Cook also met Sunil Mittal,
chairman of Bharti Airtel, one of India’s
leading telecommunication companies
which was the rst to launch 4G in Indiaand set to oer the service countrywide.
Modi calls for countryto move towardscashless society
R enewing calls for India to move
towards a “cashless society”,Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Sunday, May 22, said this was essential to
curb black money in the country.
Exhorting citizens to begin using the
“electronic technological” payments
systems put in place, Modi in his Mann
ki Baat address over All India Radio said,
“I urge fellow citizens to begin using the
electronic modes of cashless transaction
and illegal businesses will close down, black
money will disappear. Through electronic-
technological means we can now both pay
and receive money. The world is moving
towards a cashless society.”
The prime minister also said the move
towards such a society was being enabled by
the government’s JAM initiative—Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhar and Mobile—to implement
direct transfer of benets.“Through the JAM trinity, we can move
towards a cashless society,” Modi said.
“RuPAY cards have been given with Jan
Dhan accounts and in the coming days these
will have credit and debit card facilities, to
disincentivise cash transactions,” he added.
RuPAY cards were launched by the
National Payments Corporation of India
to address the needs of Indian consumers,
merchants and banks. The benets of RuPaydebit card are exibility of the productplatform and high levels of acceptance.
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India appreciatesCanadian PM’s gesture
India on Saturday, May 21,appreciated Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau’s
gesture of apologising in the
House of Commons in Ottawa
for the infamous Komagata Maru
incident of 1914.“We welcome and deeply
appreciate the gesture of Prime
Minister of Canada to deliver a
formal apology in the House of
Commons for the Komagata Maru
incident,” external aairs ministryspokesperson Vikas Swarup said
in a statement.
“The Indian diaspora in Canada
has contributed immensely to
Canada’s growth and development
and acts as a bond between our
two nations. Prime Minister
Trudeau’s gesture constitutes an
acknowledgment of the positive
role of the Indian diaspora,” he
said. The Komagata Maru was
a Japanese ship that was hired
by a rich Malaysia-based Sikh,
Baba Gurdit Singh, to bring 376
Indians, mostly Sikhs, to Canada
to challenge the racist laws of the
time in 1914. Since both India and
Canada were British dominions at
that time, the Indians should have
had the right to enter Canada. But
the Canadian government of that
time put in place various clauses in
laws to bar Indians from entering
Canada. The Komagata Maru,
which entered Vancouver harbour
on May 23, 1914, was forcibly sent
back to India after two months. On
reaching Budge Budge in Calcutta
in September 1914, the passengers
were subjected to ring by BritishIndian police in which 19 of them
were killed.
In his apology in the House
of Commons on Wednesday,
May 19, Trudeau said, “Canada’s
government was, without
question, responsible for the laws
that prevented these passengers
from immigrating peacefully and
securely. For that, and for every
regrettable consequence that
followed, we are sorry.” In his
statement on Saturday, Swarup
said that Trudeau’s gesture
reected “Canada’s commitmentto the values of pluralism and
multiculturalism, which India
fully shares”.
India, Iran commit to build strongrelationship based on civilisational ties
On Monday, May 23,India and Iran pledged
to build a strong and
cooperative bilateral relationship
based on the strength of their
historical and civilisational ties.
The two sides also saw “potential
for cooperation” in the sphereof mines and mining besides
other sectors and also “noted
their shared desire to develop an
Information and Communication
Technology Zone in Chabahar”.
“The leaders (Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi) were united in their
determination to build a strong,
contemporary and cooperative
relationship that draws upon
the strength of the historical and
civilisational ties between the
two countries,” a joint statement
issued said.
Both countries “were also of the
view that their governments must
enable and encourage utilisation
of the emerging opportunities
to the maximum possible extent
in all areas of bilateral economic
and commercial cooperation,
in particular connectivity and
infrastructure, energy, and trade
and investment”.
The statement further said,
“The Iranian side welcomed the
investment of Indian side in
setting up plants in sectors such
as fertilisers, petrochemicals and
metallurgy in Chabahar FTZ on
terms mutually benecial to theconcerned parties.”
Rouhani and Modi also welcomed prospects forparticipation of India’s railwaysin various ongoing and futureprojects. In this regard, they notedthe steps for cooperation taken
by IRCON and CDTIC of IslamicRepublic of Iran, the statementsaid. The Indian side thanked
the Iranian government forIndia’s ongoing participation andinvestment in the developmentof the oil and gas sector in Iran.In this regard, they expressedthe hope that a Heads of
Agreement will be concluded by the third quarter of 2016,it said. The leaders noted withsatisfaction the decision toconvene a bilateral ‘EnergyDialogue’ with participationof important stakeholdersalternately in India and Iran, tofocus on all aspects of mutualconcern in the energy sector.
“President Rouhani andPrime Minister Modi agreedto strengthen the longstandingtrade ties between the twocountries by, inter alia, steppingup the momentum of economicengagement through earlyconclusion of a PreferentialTrade Agreement, preferably
within a year. The two leadersalso directed that Double
Taxation Avoidance Agreementand Bilateral InvestmentTreaty should be concluded
before the end of the year,”it said.
According to the jointstatement, “India fully supportsthe accession of the IslamicRepublic of Iran to the WorldTrade Organisation and theongoing consensus building
eorts among W TO members to
reactivate the accession process,
consistent with the objective of
making the organisation universaland inclusive.”
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani, during the Joint Press State-ment, in Tehran, Iran on May 23
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INDIA
India successfully tests winged reusablelaunch vehicleFAKIR BALAJI
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n Monday, May 23,
India successfullytested its home-grown
winged reusable launch vehicle
(RLV), demonstrating its space
technology prowess and joining an
elite club of space-faring nations
such as the US, Russia and France.
“We have successfully tested the
rst delta-winged-body aerospacevehicle operating in hypersonic
ight regime,” the IndianSpace Research Organisation
(ISRO) said in a statement after
accomplishing the mission as
a technology demonstrator
(RLV-TD).
“We have successfully
accomplished the RLV-TD
mission. The lift-o was at 7 a.m.
from the rst launch pad,” ISROdirector Devi Prasad Karnik said
after the shuttle returned to Earth.
President Pranab Mukherjee
and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi congratulated the
Indian scientists.
Mukherjee, in a message, said,
“Heartiest congratulations to
ISRO Team on successful launch
of India’s rst indigenous spaceshuttle RLV-T.”
Modi said in a tweet: “The
dynamism and dedication
with which our scientists and
ISRO (Indian Space Research
Organisation) have worked over
the years is exceptional andvery inspiring.”
The sleek 1.7-tonne RLV was
latched on top of a 15-tonne rocket
with a booster for lift-o from thespaceport here in Andhra Pradesh,
about 80km north of Chennai,
o the Bay of Bengal coast. “Westarted the countdown for lift-
o at 11 p.m. on Sunday and the
rocket blasted o at 7 a.m., as the wind and weather conditions were
good for launching the vehicle,”
ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre (VSS) director K. Sivansaid later.
After 91.1 seconds into the
ight, the burn out occurred while the rocket along its vehicle
coasted to an altitude of 56
km and separated to ascend
to 65 km above the Earth in
sub-orbital space.
From 65 km height, the vehicle
began its descent followed by
atmospheric re-entry at Mach
5 (ve times speed of sound).“Navigation, guidance and control
system steered the vehicle for safe
descent to the dened landingspot over the Bay of Bengal, about
450 km from Sriharikota on theeast coast,” the statement said.
The entire ight duration fromlaunch to landing in the sea was
13.3 minutes. Critical technologies
such as autonomous navigation,
guidance and control, reusable
thermal protection system and
re-entry mission management
have been validated. The vehicle
was tracked during its ight fromground stations at Sriharikota and
a ship-borne terminal.
“We have located the place
where the vehicle is oating. Thelanding was soft as the vehicle was
intact and did not break up on
impact,” Sivan claimed.The Indian Coast Guard and
National Institute of Ocean
Technology extended support for
the mid-sea wind measurement
and ship-borne telemetry in
the mission.
The space agency’s telemetry,
tracking and command network
(Istrac) centre in Bengaluru
recorded the data of the vehicle’s
hypersonic speed, autonomous
landing and powered cruise ightusing air-breathing propulsion.
The maiden mission has
qualied India to enter the eliteclub of space-faring nations
such as the US (NASA), Russia
(Roscosmos), France (European
Space Agency) and Japan (Jaxa), which developed and used RLVs
for their space missions over
the years.
The seven-metre RLV
prototype was used as a ying test bed to evaluate technologies the
state-run space agency developed
to reduce the cost of launching
satellites into the Earth’s polar and
geo-stationary orbits in the next
decade. “The long-term objective
of this mission is to reduce the
launch cost by 80 per cent of the
present cost by using a reusable
vehicle,” Sivan said, ahead of
the test.
Rockets and support systems
for launching satellites and
space exploration missionsare made at the space agency’s
VSSC at Thiruvananthapuram in
southern Kerala.
Space agencies around the
world spend, on an average,
$20,000 per kg to build and use
medium-to-heavy weight rockets
to launch satellites into the
Earth’s polar and geo-stationary
orbits, about 36,000 km above
planet Earth. “In subsequent
test ights, we will attempt toland the reusable vehicle at a
specic location on land like anaircraft does on a runway so that
we can again use it for launching
satellites,” Sivan pointed out.
The space agency is developing
the RLV and its support systems
from the budget earmarked
annually for technology
development and research and
development activities.
The cost of developing the
RLV technology is estimated to be
about Rs.100 crore ($14 million).
“Developing the complex
technology and using a reusable
vehicle will take over a decade as
we have to build them with our
own resources,” Sivan added.
The space agency will make
two more RLV prototypes with
additional features for other tests
before the nal version, which will be six times bigger than
its demonstrators.
US-based billionaire Elon
Musk’s SpaceX and Amazon
owner Je Bezos’s Blue Originhave recently conducted similar
test launches.
SpaceX tested its Falcon 9
rocket in December while Blue
Origin’s New Shepard completed
a third launch and vertical landing
in April.
NASA, however, grounded its
space shuttle programme in 2011after using its reusable vehicles
such as Discovery, Endeavor,
Columbia and Challenger as a
space transportation system for
over three decades since 1981 to
launch various missions, including
International Space Station (ISS)
and Hubble telescope.
Special visa for foreignlm-makers in ofng
I
n a major move to make India a global
lm shooting hub, the information and broadcasting ministry has urged the
home and external aairs ministries that aspecial category visa be created for foreign
lm-makers who want to visit India andscout for shooting locales in the country.
While the suggestions were made to
the ministries of external aairs and homeseparately to facilitate travel within India of
foreign lm-makers, ocial sources said thematter may be initially referred to a panel
of ocials from the concerned ministriesand departments.
“There are various issues involved.
Foreign nationals visiting north-eastern
India require another permit called
Restricted Area Permit (RAP) besides the
necessary passport-visa. All these need to
be examined,” an ocial said. Meanwhile,ocial sources said that a proposal has
been prepared under which the central
government may provide assistance to an
Indian lm competing for the Oscars. An assistance of Rs.1 crore may be given
to lms in contention for an award at Cannesor Rs.50 lakh for lms at Venice.
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Indian students win six awards
at Intel competition in USI
ndian students have won six awards
at the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the
US where New Delhi’s Shreyas Kapur was
declared the grand winner of the “Google
Thinking Big Award.”
Organised by Intel Corporation and the
Society for Science and the Public in Arizona
this month, the Indian team comprising
16 students won a total of $9,500 in three
grand awards and three special awards
in the elds of biotechnology, medicine,biomedical engineering and mathematics,
Intel declared in a statement on
Tuesday, May 24.
Kapur from Modern School at
Barakhamba Road won the award for
the “project that addresses a large and
seemingly-impossible problem, by nding
an elegant solution with broad impact.”
His project titled ‘Cellphone-based
Optometry using Hybrid Images’ also won
him third position in both the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) and Biomedical Engineering award.
Arvind Krishna Ranganathan
from Ecole Mondiale World School in
Mumbai won the second place for his
project titled ‘Deterministic Approach
to the Position, Trajectory, and Collision
Prediction of Particles within Bounded
Two-Dimensional Environments’.
Suhani Sachin Jain and Divya Kranthi
of Centre Point School in Nagpur won the
third award in plant sciences for developing
an ‘Innovative Strategy using Endophytes
for Eective Biocontrol of InsectPests in Cotton’.
Vasudev Malyan of Maharaja Agarsain
Public School in Delhi won fourth spot
in translational medical science for the
development of a ‘Novel Paper Sensor as a
Diagnostic Test for Multiple Sclerosis’.
The 16 Indian students were selected to
attend ISEF as nalists of the Initiative forResearch and Innovation in Science (IRIS)
2016 that featured more than 1,700 young
scientists selected from 419 aliate fairs in77 countries.
The Intel Foundation also awarded
$1,000 grant to each winner’s school and to
the aliated fair they represented.
Organised by Intel Corporation and the Society for Science and the Public in Arizona this month, the Indian team comprising 16students won a total of $9,500 in three grand awards
Indian-Americanstudent wins
NationalGeographic Beenals
Out of the 10 nalists for this
year’s National Geographic Bee,
three Indian-American students
secured the rst three positions.Rishi Nair, 12, from Florida was declared
the winner of the 28th annual National
Geographic Bee title. He received a $50,000
college scholarship and will travel on an all-
expenses paid trip to Lindbald expedition to
southeast Alaska, including a stop at Glacier
Bay National Park. Fourteen-year-old
Saketh Jonnalagadda from Massachusetts
secured the second place and received
a $25,000 college scholarship while the
third place was secured by Kapil Nathan, a
12-year-old from Alabama, who received a
$10,000 college scholarship.
Indian Americans students hold
the record of winning the last four
championships with Rahul Nagvekar
winning in 2012, Sathwik Karnik in 2013,
Akhil Rekulapelli in 2014 and Karan Menon
in 2015.
The remaining seven nalists won$500 each.
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IPL: De Kock’s60 pulls Delhi to
138/8
South African opener Quinton de
Kock’s matured 60-run knock
helped Delhi Dardevils post 138/8
against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a
must-win encounter for both sides in the
Indian Premier League (IPL) match on
Sunday, May 22.
Fellow South African Chris Morris (27
not out) was the next most successful
batsman for Delhi. Leg spinner Yuzvendra
Chahal claimed 3/32 o his four overs. West Indian Chris Gayle chipped in with
2/11 in two overs.
RCB captain Virat Kohli won the toss and
opted to chase at the Shaheed Veer Narayan
Singh International Stadium.Sent in, Delhi lost Rishabh Pant (1) in the
second over with the score at 11.
Pant tried to punch on the up a delivery
from pacer Sreenath Aravind, but the ball
held its line and icked the outside edge ofPant’s bat to be caught behind.
De Kock together with No.3 batsman
Karun Nair then put up a brief partnership.
But Nair (11) was dismissed after getting
a promising start, superbly caught by
Kohli o leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.Nair played a booming drive to a ighteddelivery. But Kohli completed a catch after
sprinting a fair distance to reduce Delhi to
42/2 in the sixth over.
Sanju Samson (17) was the next man in
and he too promised a lot. Hitting a six and
a four to get settled only to lose his wicket in
the 10th over with his team at 71/3.
They were in more trouble when Sam
Billings (4) went cheaply. Chris Gayle
took a sharp catch of the bowling of pacer
Chris Jordan.
Losing wickets after building small
partnerships was hurting Delhi’s cause
though de Kock held rm. But at 81/4 in11.2 overs, Delhi needed someone beside de
Kock who brought up his 50 in the 14 th over
with a single. That didn’t happen. Instead,
Delhi slipped further losing Pawan Negi (6)
and Carlos Brathwaite (1) in the 15th over by
Chris Gayle.
To make matters worse, de Kock went back in the next over, bowled by Jordan
after hitting ve fours and a six during his52-ball knock. That deprived Delhi of a
strong nish to their innings, though Morrisprovided some lusty blows. RCB replaced
left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdullah with pacer
Varun Aaron.
Delhi made two changes, bringing in
batsman Sam Billings and all-rounder Chris
Morris in place of Jean-Paul Duminy and
Nathan Coulter-Nile, respectively.
Man United salvages season with 12th FA Cup title
Aremarkable goal by Jesse Lingard
in the second half of extra timegave Manchester United a 2-1
victory over Crystal Palace in the Football
Assoiation (FA) Cup nal. It was United’srecord-tying 12th title in football’s oldest
tournament, reports Efe.
Marouane Fellaini and Anthony Martial
both red shots early in the second that
ricocheted o the woodwork as United
seemed to be closing in on the opening goal.Instead it was Palace that struck rst in the78th minute, with Jason Puncheon receiving
the ball unmarked after United failed to
clear a ball out of its area and powering
a left-footed blast past David De Gea at
close range. United struck back just two
minutes later when Wayne Rooney made an
outstanding run down the right side before
executing a cross that Fellaini chested toSpanish midelder Juan Mata, who nishedo the play with a left-footed volley that hito defender Joel Ward’s ankle and into thenet past net minder Wayne Hennessey.
The match came down to the extra
period when defender Chris Smalling was
sent o for a second yellow card in the
105th minute. But ve minutes later,
Lingard nished o the game in style with apowerful volley o an attempted clear thatgave Hennessey no chance to react.
Manchester United saved the best for
last in a disappointing season in which it
was bounced from both the Champions
League and Europa League and nishedfth in the Premier League.
IPL: AB patiently hunts victory for RCBfrom Gujarat Lions
R oyal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
batsmen AB De Villiers and Iqbal Abdullah guided the team to a four-
wicket win against Gujarat Lions in the rstqualier of IPL match on Tuesday, May 24at the Chinnaswami stadium in Bengaluru.
RCB scored 159/6 to snatch the victoryfrom the Lions with 10 balls to spare.
With an asking rate of 7.5 runs in 20
overs, Royal Challengers started o shakily,losing wickets early. Gujarat Lions bowler
Dhawal Kulkarni ripped apart RCB top
order, castling both the openers Virat Kohli
for duck and Chris Gayle for nine.
Three Royal Challengers batsmen
suered duck-out fate, Kohli, Rahul andBaby. RCB was 65/5 midway through the
sixth over and lost another wicket before
the end of 10 overs.
It was at this dicult juncture that starSouth African batsman De Villiers took theonus of steering the team to victory aided
by Stuart Binny (21) and Abdulla (33) later.
De Villiers remained unbeaten at 79
in 47 balls with ve fours and ve sixes,playing slowly and responsibly initially but
breaking free later after the 15th over toensure the match was safe in the hands of
Royal Challengers. Abdullah and De Villiers
managed to grab 16 and 15 runs respectively
in the 15th and 16th overs to lower the asking
rate to 32 runs in 23 balls by the 17 th over.
The batsmen constructed an unbroken
partnership of 91 runs in 52 balls. Kulkarni
came out with the best bowling gures forGujarat Lions with 4/14 with a splendid
economy of just 3.50 while Jadeja was the
only other bowler to claim wickets for the
Lions with bowling gures of 2/21. Earlier,Gujarat Lions set RCB a target of 159 runs
after Dwayne Smith (73) saved the day for
the visitors, enabling them to cross 150
runs. After openers Brendon McCullum
(1) and Aaron Finch (4) departed in the
second over o left-arm spinner Abdullah,Smith rose to the rescue of his team with
73 runs in 41 balls, smashing ve fours andsix sixes. With just nine runs on the score
board and two wickets down, Gujarat lost
another crucial wicket, Suresh Raina (1)
was caught by Sreenath Aravind o Shane Watson’s bowling in the fourth over.
With the top order crumbling, no
boundaries were hit even after four overs,
until Smith hit two in the fth over.Only Dinesh Karthik (26) and Eklavya
Dwivedi (19) made some contribution with
the bat to put a respectable total, while
other batsmen zzled—Ravindra Jadeja(3), Dwayne Bravo (8), Praveen Kumar (5)
and Dhawal Kulkarni (6). After 15 overs,
the Lions managed to score 104/4 but
Smith and Dwivedi powered it ahead until
Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli heldtwo excellent catches in the long on area to
send back Smith and Dwivedi, who had hit
two sixes in the 19 th. Electing to eld rstafter winning the toss helped Kohli in not
allowing a big total to the Lions. Watson
4/29 produced the best bowling gures,followed by Chris Jordan with 2/26 and
Abdulla with 2/38, while bowling mainstay
Yuzvendra Chahal managed only a wicket.
De Villiers was adjudged the man of the
match for his winning knock.
Liverpool to face Barcelona in
International Champions CupEnglish football club Liverpool will take on Spanish
champions FC Barcelona in the International
Champions Cup clash at the Wembley Stadium in
London on August 6.
Liverpool ambassador Gary McAllister and Ronald de
Boer, representing Barcelona, were at Wembley on May 24
to launch the news of the clash.
“What an incredible game to round o such a high-proletournament, and all set under the iconic Wembley arch.
“I’m sure this game will be a great spectacle for Reds fans
and football fans in general.
“I can’t wait,” McAllister was quoted as saying by
Liverpool’s ocial website on Tuesday, May 24.The Jurgen Klopp-coached side are one of 10 teams
competing in the International Champions Cup and will play
two matches in California in July before heading back to the
United Kingdom to face Barcelona.
Liverpool will take on Chelsea at the Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, California on July 27, followed by AC Milan three
days later at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Barcelona last played Liverpool in the l ast-16 stage of the Champions League nine years ago
AB de Villiers of Royal Challengers Bangalore in action duringqualier 1 of IPL 2016 between Gujarat Lions and RoyalChallengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium
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F un wit h kno w ledge
A story about generosity
Mahatma Gandhi was on an expedition to collect funds from various cities andvillages for Charkha Sangh. He went to several palaces and reached Orissa. Hehad organised a meeting in Orissa. He requested to offer
funds for the Sangh and gave a speech. After the speech, a very oldwoman with bent back, faltered clothing, white hair, dry and shrunk skin
got up. She was trying to reach the stage and requested the volunteers
to allow her to reach Gandhi Ji. However, the volunteers stopped her,yet she fought with them and reached Gandhi Ji. She touched the feet of
Gandhi Ji. Then she took out a copper coin kept in her folds of saree andplaced the copper coin at his feet. The old lady left the stage.
Gandhi Ji very carefully took the coin and placed it safely. The in-chargeof the Sangh asked Gandhi Ji for the copper coins, but he refused to give it. Ikeep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh, the in-chargesaid laughingly yet you won't trust me with a copper coin. Gandhi Ji said, This
copper coin is worth much more than those thousands Gandhi Ji said. If a manhas several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean much.
Yes, the coin was just the only thing that the poor old woman possessed. Shedid not even have proper clothes and seemed that she could not afford forgood food, still gave everything she had. It was the greatest offer ever made. That is why Mahatma
held the coin very preciously. We may have tons of wealth, but that doesn't make us generous.Offering helping hand when we have nothing or very little wealth makes it more
valuable.
Soduko
I run a thousand miles
But still can’t see youYou used to stand right next to meBut now I can’t even see your foot stepsIs this the only way for you to punish meI know I haven’t kept my promiseBeen busy but I guess the timeI should have spend with youHas taken us apart
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Kiwis encouraged to shave for a causeESHA CHANDA
In a bold yet simple move, thousands of
Kiwis across the country participated
in a hair-razing event held from April
4 to 10 to raise money to help 10,000 New
Zealanders battling with blood cancer.
For the past 12 years, Kiwis have been
showing solidarity with blood cancer
patients by chopping o their locks.The funds raised at the event go towards
Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand
(LBC)—a national charity dedicated to
supporting patients and their familiesliving with blood cancers.
LBC not only provides patient support
but also uses the funds for research,
information and awareness programmes.
“Shave for a Cure is such an exciting
fundraiser for LBC and every year we are
so blown away by the amount of selesspeople who decide to shave,” says Pru
Etcheverry, LCB’s CEO.
Although Kiwis are encouraged to
shave during the Shave Week, individuals
interested in participating in the movement
can shave anytime during the year. They can
sign up for the cause or support someone
by sponsoring a fundraising page on LCB’s
website (www.shaveforacure.co.nz).
One such individual who chopped her
locks is Stephanie Sequeira. She shaved
her head on May 1 and has raised $2,141 so
far through her fundraising page. Sequeira
says, “In the past, my godfather (father’s
brother), a strong businessman became
weak when he lost his battle to cancer. It
was dicult to go through that experience.To show solidarity, all the men, including
my dad,s h a v e dtheir head.I thoughtthat it wasa commendablegesture. In recent
times, two family friends, both women in their 50s, had to gothrough chemotherapy.
“At a recent event, seeing someone bald, one of them said, ‘Now I will havesome company, too!’ This is what mademe look for things to do to create the samepositive vibe.”
Like Sequeira, many Kiwis of all
ages have pulled out their clippers to
shave. The website’s leaderboard displays
names of individuals, schools, businesses,community groups and farmers. As of
May 25, LCB had crossed the one million
mark. “It was a tough decision, as I have
never cut my hair short, let alone shaved
my head,” says Sequeira. “I decided to do
it anyway because I act rather than just
be sympathetic.”
When young Sequeria informed heremployer ICNZ about her idea, theysupported her by oering to host the event.“It was a small event with some close family
and friends.The family friend who inspired me to do
it was also there. I have raised $2,141 so farand hope to raise much more. Any supportsmall or large will be greatly appreciated.”
Her goal is to reach $2,500.
Sequeira’s fundraising page can be found
on my.leukaemia.net.nz/stephanieforsave
FEATURES
It was a toughdecision, as Ihave never cutmy hair short, letalone shavingmy head,” saysSequeira.
UNDERSTANDING EXPOSURE— PART 2/3JEFFERY CHAN
This week, we shall explore in moredetail in the second part of understanding
exposure and the concept of depth of eld.
Aperture
The Aperture is the opening in the lens
that allows light to pass through. Think
of it as a pupil of your eye. The amount of
light is controlled by “f/stops”. As you can
see in the diagram below, a shallow f/stop,
usually f1.4, will allow plenty of light to
pass through your lens. This has an eect
of shallow depth of eld, which simplymeans that if the focus is in the front, the
background will become blurry. This is
ideal for portrait photography.
On the opposite end, f22 restricts light
and makes the foreground and background
sharp. This is great for landscape shots
where you want a sharp foreground
and background.
TryThe best way to learn this is to try
photographing using all the f/stop. Place
two objects front and back on a table,
separated by 10 inches. Make sure you can
see both objects when you photograph.
Set your camera to Aperture mode and
the camera will adjust the other elements
(Shutter and ISO) automatically. Focus on
the front object and photograph using the
widest Aperture of your lens. Change to the
next f/stop and take another photo. Keep
doing this till you reach f/11. You should
see that the background object starts out
blurry and keeps getting more in focus as
you change your aperture.
TipUse the Aperture setting if you want
to blur out either the background or
foreground. This helps to draw the viewer’s
attention to the point of focus. This is great
for portrait, macro or food photography.
The image to the
left was shot with
a wide aperture atf/1.4 making the
background blurry
so that attention is
on the ring.
For a landscape
image, where the
aperture is f/11 in
the image below,
almost everything is
in focus and visible.
ISOISO is a level
of sensitivity of your camera to available
light. The lower the ISO, usually 100 or
200, the less sensitive it is to light while a
higher ISO is more sensitive. The sensoron your camera is responsible for your
ISO sensitivity and cost a big part of the
camera. Think of it as the brains of your
camera. Most modern digital cameras have
advanced sensors that can capture low-light
images without a ash. The result of highISO is grainy images, or in the photographic
term, noise. Generally, noise is not atteringin an image, but you can use it to produce
an image that looks vintage..
How Aperture, Shutter and ISO aecteach other can be seen from this Exposure
Trinity diagram. I shall continue with
Shutter in my next article.
Photo critiqueFeel free to send in your photos for a
constructive critique and I will publish
them in the following articles. There areno right or wrong answers; just suggestive
ways to improve an image. You can send
them to [email protected]
Je ery is the owner and photographer
at STUDIO81 photography which has 2
locations i.e. Newmarket and East Tamaki.
STUDIO81 is one of Auckland’s leading
portrait photography studio and specialises
in modern glamour transformation. Jeery is
an award winning photographer and NZIPP
Master of Photography.
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Applications sought from Kiwi youngsters
R otary is currently
accepting applicationsfrom New Zealand
students who want to experiencea “true” exchange with a familyon the other side of the Tasman,including a week-long safari.
Celebrating 50 years ofexchanges in 2017, the RotaryAustralia & New Zealand StudentExchange (RANZSE) programmeis regarded as one of the mostrespected and safest studentexchanges in the world.
Often referred to as a “matchedtwin exchange”, RANZE isprimarily aimed at studentsbetween the ages of 13½ and16, who will be in Year 10 or
Year 11 in the year of travel. The
exchange covers two school terms.Direction of travel alternates each year, but in 2017 New Zealandstudents will travel to Australiafor one term, before they hosttheir Australian “match” in thesecond term.
Chair of RANZE in NewZealand, Max Patmoy, from theRotary Club of Ahuriri in Napier,said by becoming part of anotherfamily and attending school inanother country, the Kiwi studentsexperienced personal growth anddevelopment, enjoyed improvedcondence and maturity, andlearnt responsibility. “RANZSEdiers from most youth exchanges
in that the student stays with
the matched family in the othercountry with the support of theRANZSE committee and the localRotary club in each country. Itis for a shorter time away fromhome, the student participantsare younger, and they reciprocatethe hosting experience with theirmatch family,” Mr Patmoy said.
There was an approximatecost of $4,500 to parents, Patmoysaid, but that included airfares,spending money, a supervised
bonding weekend and a supervised week-long ‘safari’, among otherthings. A contribution from thestudent’s sponsoring Rotary Club
would go towards the cost of their
RANZSE gear, including polo and
rugby shirts, jacket, backpackand due bag, passport holderand nametag. Any excess money
would be used to oset the cost ofthe exchange, he said.
On her RANZSE trip to NewZealand this year, Australianstudent Lily Collins fromMuswellbrook in New South
Wales, was “matched” with AnaRathbone, from Havelock Northin Hawke’s Bay.
Together they attended AnzacDay commemorations andtravelled to the South Island,
where they rode on the luge inQueenstown, visited Te AnauGlowworm Caves and cruised
Milford Sound.
“I [had] the pleasure ofattending the ANZAC Dayservices; I was the only one whoknew the Australian anthem. Igot a couple of weird glances. Iam so grateful to everyone whomade the student exchangehappen… I will never forget howamazing that trip was!” Collinssaid. Expressions of Interestforms can be found at rotary9930.org/Page/youth-ranzse whichneed to be returned by June 30.Students may also apply onlineat http://rotary9930.org/Page/
youth-ranzse
New scholarshipsto support morestudents
Hundreds of new
u n d e r g r a d u a t e
scholarships will
be provided by the University
of Auckland to help entry-
level students transition into
university life.
The University of Auckland
opened applications for four
brand-new scholarship types that
will be awarded to more than 400
students starting undergraduate
studies in 2017:
• University of Auckland Top
Achiever Scholarships—value
$20,000• University of Auckland
Māori Academic ExcellenceScholarships—value $20,000
• University of Auckland
Pacic Academic ExcellenceScholarships—value $20,000
• University of Auckland
Academic Potential
Scholarships—value up
to $20,000
The University of Auckland
will have many more scholarships
available for students to
apply for than any other New
Zealand university.
“Our focus in designing the
new schemes and increasing thenumber of scholarships available
has been on empowering students
from schools across New Zealand
to successfully transition into
their rst year at the university,”says University of Auckland
Vice-Chancellor Professor
Stuart McCutcheon. Guaranteed
accommodation in a university hall
of residence is a major component
of the new scholarships. The
accommodation package includes
pastoral care, social activities, and
membership of the University
Recreation Centre and, for rst year students, three meals per day.
Auckland-based students wishing
to live away from the family home,
as well as students from elsewhere
in New Zealand, will now be able
to experience living in the central
city, in a safe environment, with
student services on hand and theopportunity to build lasting and
supportive peer-group networks.
Living close to the university
will ease the burden of travel
time and costs for those who
would otherwise be commuting
and help incoming students get
the most out of University life
and opportunities.
The assessment criteria include
whether an individual is the rst intheir family to attend university,
is from a refugee background,
has a disability, is living in a
rural area, or is experiencing
nancial hardship.Students currently enrolled in
University pathway programmes
will also be eligible to apply for
the new University of Auckland
Academic Potential Scholarship.
Applications for these
scholarships close on August 23.
World-class creative learningcentre launched in Wellington
W ellington’s creative
community is set
to benet fromthe build of a new $22.5 million
campus, which will produce morethan 1,000 graduates each year tosupport New Zealand’s ourishinglm, creative technology andapplied arts industries.
Te Auaha New ZealandInstitute of Applied Creativity
has been established to providea world-class learning facilityin Wellington, New Zealand’screative capital. The name TeAuaha means ‘to shape, create,form, fashion, create and innovate’and reects the exciting mix ofprogrammes to be delivered inthe campus.
Te Kāhui Auaha, which means‘the cluster of creativity’, is thename provided by Te Ātiawa forthe campus building. Establishedby Whitireia New Zealand andthe Wellington Institute ofTechnology (WelTec), Te Auahabrings together programmes fromWhitireia’s and WelTec’s visual
and performing arts, design,media and creative technologies.The new campus will provide adynamic learning environmentfor students with world-classfacilities, including a performancetheatre, in-house cinema, musicstudios, photograph studies,workshops, hair and make-up studios, digital labs, andprogrammes that reect industryrequirements.
The campus build is part ofa wider development of the oldDEKA building by Willis Bond& Co. “Te Auaha New ZealandInstitute of Applied Creativitywill be unique in New Zealandbringing together an incrediblerange of tertiary educationoptions for aspiring lm directors,producers, musicians, artists andartisans, jewellers, photographers,graphic designers, animators,broadcasters and stage andscreen performers,” says RogerSowry, Council Chair of Whitireia
and WelTec. The launch includedan array of live performancesshowcasing the best from thenew institute’s programmes,alongside speeches from Ministerfor Tertiary Education Skills andEmployment Hon Steven Joyce
and Minister for Arts, Culture andHeritage Hon Maggie Barry.High prole creative sector
ambassadors were announced atthe event to represent Te Auaha.The inaugural ambassadors drawnfrom a number of the areas in
which Whitireia and WelTec teachare: renowned writer Dame Fiona
Kidman, creative performancedirector and entrepreneur DameSuzie Moncrie, musician andcomposer Barnaby Weir, digitaltechnologist Scott Houston,make-up artist Gino Acevedo,and internationally acclaimedchoreographer Malia Johnston.
“We are very excited to have
these ambassadors on boardsupporting this importantdevelopment in Wellington,”says Whitireia and WelTec ChiefExecutive Chris Gosling.
“The ambassadors are allincredibly well known in theireld of expertise and it is animmense privilege to havethem supporting Te Auaha andhelping us tell the Te Auaha
story to the rest of the country andthe world.”
Construction of Te Kāhui Auahais well underway and will includean impressive array of learningspaces including 9,000m2 ofdance studios, rehearsal and
performance spaces, recordingstudios, mixing rooms and anin-house radio station, studiosand salons for hair, beauty andmake-up artistry, workshopsfor woodwork, jewellery makingand sculpture, lm photographystudio and dark rooms, a 250 seattheatre and a 60 seat cinema.
Whitiereia performing arts student Orama Fisher with Te Auaha ambassador Gino Acevedo
Launched to around200 industry leaders,business people, centraland local governmentrepresentatives andmedia, Te Auaha NewZealand Institute ofApplied Creativity,located in Wellington’screative precinct onCuba Street will openfor learning in early2018.
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A metal musician’s quest to revivephysical formats in IndiaANKIT SINHA
One of the fondest
memories of my early
teenage days was
scrounging for music CDs at stores.
At that time, I was completely
oblivious about the Internet and
didn’t even own a computer. The
notion of high-speed online music
streaming and searching for music
on smartphone apps was like a
dystopian dream.
I may have been 16 when I
unknowingly stumbled upona bootlegged CD compilationfeaturing hard rock and thrashmetal acts such as Guns N’ Rosesand Metallica. When I slippedthe disc in my old stereo system,I had no inkling that the music I
was about to hear would changemy life forever. Almost a decadelater, I am still a proud metal headand, yes, I am still attached to thephysical format of CDs and evenvinyl more than ever.
Although in today’s Internetera, where everything is just aclick away, devout fanatics of hardrock and heavy metal like me havea hard time sourcing physicalcopies of albums. A look at theonce-popular music store PlanetM’s website—where 32 pagesworth of listed music items arelabelled “out of stock”—is enoughto understand the abysmal state ofthe physical format in the country.
However, defying all odds, andeven somewhat succeeding inhis eort to keep the scene alive,Bengaluru-based musician andentrepreneur Vikram Bhat is stillensuring that in these dark times,the country’s select few metalfans and rock lovers continue
to get their regular supply ofmusic titles through his storeMahatobar Distribution.
Bhat, who is also the frontmanof long-running death metal bandDying Embrace, says the ideato create a physical store camethrough his quest to “get goodmusic out to fellow fans”. A coupleof years ago, he took a leap of faithand established a small shop atM.G. Road, Bengaluru, to relivethe old memories he grew up
with and “also for younger fansto experience how it is to be in astore with physical copies of musicon display”.
People thought he was crazy, but the store recently completedits second anniversary, thusdispelling the notion thatpeople don’t want to buy CDs or
vinyl anymore. While most youngsters today
spend their time streaming musiconline, checking a song or two
before moving on to the nextartiste, Bhat proudly importstitles from music giants suchas Sony Music, EMI, Warner,Universal along with a plethoraof underground heavy metalrecord labels.
“Sourcing stocks is not muchof a problem, the companies aresurprised that there is a marketstill and there is a physical storestill standing. I am pretty muchthe only one they are importingrock and metal titles for in the
country exclusively. Most biggerstores have given up,” Bhat said.
“There was a booming bootlegand tape trading scene back then...Friends would get an album froma friend who had a friend, who gotthe album from a friend’s friend,”
he reminisced.
To one’s surprise, even in the
late 80s and 90s, Bengaluru (then
Bangalore) had plenty of little
music shops that peddled hard
rock and heavy metal albums.
“Major labels [such as] HMV,
Magnasound [and] Universal all
put out metal albums on cassette
tapes adding to the madness.
Actually, we were spoilt for
choice without the Internet; only
dierence, we had to pay for themusic, which kept the industry
rolling, the shops running and our
passions fuelled,” he said.
“The 80s and 90s had so many
fans, shows would have nothing
less than 200 to 400 fans turning
up and everything was spread via
word of mouth. The underground
music network worked better that
way,” Bhat added.
It was during the 1990s when
Bhat took his undying passion
for heavy metal to newer heights
by stepping in as the vocalist of
Misanthrope—touted as the rst-ever death metal band to emerge
in the country—in 1996. The band
was later re-christened Dying
Embrace, and it celebrated its
25th anniversary at a gig called
High Voltage in Bengaluru just
earlier this month.
However, unlike today,
sourcing good equipment to play
and record music was a herculean
task in the 90s, reveals Bhat.
“Dud ampliers, sub-standardguitars, tin can drums, we went
through it all,” he said, while
lamenting that the younger
generation is “not appreciating
music as much”.
A bunch of self-taughtmusicians, Dying Embrace went onto release a string of EPs between1998 to 2002, before going on adecade-long hiatus, only to riselike the triumphant phoenix in2011. The reformed band went onto release a compilation album, anew EP, a single and a split withPakistani metal band Dusk.
“I think it was a case of us beingthere at the right place at the righttime! Extreme metal from India
was put on the global undergroundmusic map unknowingly by us,”says Bhat. And rightly so.
He believes that extreme musicis an experience and it’s for achosen few.
“It’s these fans who have keptthe faith alive and helped smallstores and distros [such as] minearound the world survive and keepthe ag ying high!”
Indian Samurai reveals whyBritish feared BoseSHUDIP TALUKDAR
A s an iconic gure, NetajiBose has a few parallels
or peers anywhere.
He continues to exercise such a
mesmeric hold on the collective
psyche of the nation that the air
crash which allegedly killed him
might have never happened.
But the latest take on the
popular leader, Bose: An Indian
Samurai , authored by Maj Gen
G.D. Bakshi, debunks the theory
and assesses his role as a military
leader, based on 10 years of
exhaustive research.
Enough has been said and
written about Bose as a politicalstalwart and as a radical. But it is
only in the tness of things that anexperienced military commander
such as Gen Bakshi undertakes the
task of highlighting the strategic
role played by the Indian National
Army (INA) in our independence.
In bitterly fought campaigns
across Burma, Imphal and Kohima,
the INA performed creditably and
under tremendous odds with their
Japanese counterparts. These two
theatres have been described as
the most signicant of the historic World War II battles fought by the
British, matching Stalingrad in
sheer scale and ferocity.
Gen Bakshi attributes Bose’s
exemplary leadership with
inspiring a erce loyalty andpatriotic fervour among his
military cadres; so much so that
they rose above their religious
and linguistic identities to act
as a single entity, motivated
by national pride and a spiritof sacrice.
A contention seconded by none
other than one of Bose’s closest
military aides and later envoy to
Canada, the late Colonel Mahoob
Ahmed, in an interview with
The Illustrated Weekly of India.
He emphatically
declared that had he had 100 lives,
he would have willingly sacriced
each of them for the sake of his
beloved leader.
An Indian Samurai makes a
number of startling revelations.
Even with the stakes
heavily loaded against
the Japanese-INA
forces in terms of
numbers, repower,logistics and supplies,
they mounted attack
after attack on the
British, which unnerved
them. These formations
displayed extraordinary
levels of battleeldresilience and morale.
Though virtually decimated,
these units suered “no masssurrenders... no crumbling of
morale,” the author observes.
What is more, they
retained their combatcohesion and managed to
retreat to the Chindwin, only
to undergo a twin assault from
disease and starvation, which took
a heavy toll.
In the viciously fought
campaigns with the British, the
INA lost 26,000 men out of its
strength of 60,000. These martyrs
became the role models for more
than two million conscripts, who
practically hailed from the same
villages and formed the backbone
of the British Army. Their loyalty
could now no longer be taken for
granted and became a decisive
factor in the British quitting India.
Even though the Japanese
reported that Bose had died in
an air crash on August 18, 1945,
the latest lot of declassied lesreleased in March 2016 indicate
that he had indeed made three
radio broadcasts long after the
date of his alleged crash, namely,
on December 26, 1945, January 1,1946 and in February 1946.
“The air crash theory is full of
gaping holes, yet the Nehruvian
government went to inordinate
lengths to prove that Bose had
indeed died in that air crash,”
writes Gen Bakshi.
Back in the 1980s and1990s, Vikram Bhatwas a part of the city’stape trading scene—theprimary way for rock andmetal lovers to sourcethe music in the countryduring those days.
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Film industry is male dominated: Kajol
Sonu Nigam sang morethan 25 songs over threehours on the streets
Singer Sonu Nigam, whose
recent six-minute video The
Roadside Ustaad has gone
viral, says that he sang almost 25
songs over the three hours at various
locations in Mumbai for it.
In the video, Sonu, dressed as an
old man and in shoddy clothes, sings
with a harmonium, on the streets of
Mumbai. About people’s reactions,
Sonu said in a media interaction,“They didn’t recognise my voice.
They liked my voice; that was the
good part that I could actually, out
of nowhere, attract them through my voice.
I was dreading the fact that these people
shouldn’t recognise me; that would be
an embarrassment for me. There was no
one around me, no bodyguards, no team,
no managers.
“What you guys saw, was a very short clip.
At every spot, I sang for one hour each. One
hour behind Chandan (theatre in Mumbai),
then one hour in front of Chandan, one
hour at Four Bungalows (area in Mumbai).
So it wasn’t easy, sitting in the sun, in the
dust, and I sang a varied range of songs; you just heard two. I might have sung at least
25 songs. I worked that hard; that’s why so
many people joined in.”
The video has gone viral on social media,
collecting more than 3.5 million views
already on Youtube within a week’s time.
Along with sending a message across of
nding happiness with the present, the
video was also a marketing feature for
Sonu’s latest single, Crazy Dil , which was
launched on Tuesday, May 24.
“We had no idea that people would like it
so much and make it so huge. From where
all I’ve received calls, they gave me good
vibrations, they told me that they were
crying, they couldn’t believe that I did this,”
Sonu said.
About what people can learn from the
video, he said, “What learning can we giveothers; we, ourselves, learned a lot. For me,
it was my own learning. It’s the same me,
it’s the same voice, the only dierence is of
the clothes, where I’m singing, and how I’m
looking. A man sitting alone and without
inviting anyone, we wanted to know how
would that experience be.”
Nana Patekar should havewon National Award forNatsamrat : Irrfan
A ctor Irrfan Khan says that veteran
actor Nana Patekar should have won the National Award for his
performance in the much-appreciated
Marathi lm Natsamrat .
At a screening of the recent Marathi
blockbuster Sairat he organised, Irrfan,asked about Natsamrat , said, “Outstanding
lm. I think it should’ve won the NationalAward for Nanaj i. Anyway, I wasn’t in thejury.” The Mahesh Manjrekar-directed
Natsamrat , starring Nana as a veteranstage actor, was a highly critically acclaimed
lm, which also did brilliant business at thebox-oce. Incidentally, it was megastarAmitabh Bachchan, who won the Best Actor
National Award for Piku in which Irrfan
also played a crucial role.Considering the fact that most of the
National Awards winners this year have
been lms which released in 2015 such asPiku, Bajirao Mastani , Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
it is not clear if Natsamrat , which releasedon January 1, 2016, still has a chance
next year.
Films such as Tharai Thappattai andSairat , which released in 2016, have
however been considered this year.
Apparently there is a particular rule, which
state that the lm has to be certied by theCBFC between January 1 and December 31to be considered for National Awards.
About Marathi cinema in general, Irrfan
added, “Marathi lm industry is hitting asixer every year. And this is great for Indian
lm industry... In Marathi cinema, whenUmesh Kulkarni had started making his
lms, Vihir, Deool , that’s when I came to
know that some interesting work happens
there. And since then I have been intouch with Marathi cinema and have been
watching it.”
About the importance of regionalcinema, he added, “Regional cinema is
what is creating a new kind of cinema. The
way Hollywood and Hindi cinema has gotpopular, similarly regional cinema has
also got popular, and Marathi cinema is
the prime example of it. Every year somegood lm is coming from there. I feel thatin some other place as well regional cinema
will evolve with fresh cinema.”
Is Irrfan open
to acting inMarathi lms?“Yes, whynot? If I get
a good role
and a goodd i r e c t o r ,
t h e n
definitelyI’ll run to
do it.” Irrfan
has acted in a
Bengali and a
Telugu lm before.
NATALIA NINGTHOUJAM
A t 41, award-winning actress Kajol still stands
strong and bold in the lm industry. But thePadma Shri awardee, who has a lm career
spanning over two decades, believes that showbiz is
“simply just another business” and is a man’s world.
Wage inequality recently became a hot topic in
Hollywood and Bollywood. Asked about gender inequalityin the lm industry, Kajol said in an interview, “It ismale dominated. There is no getting away from that fact.
Whether it is Hollywood or Bollywood, that will be there
because currently our world is like that.
“Hollywood or Bollywood, it is simply another
business where it is male dominated. But again it has to
be monetarily feasible and economically viable. That’s
something that has everything to do with the pay scale as
far as this particular business is concerned.”
But neither age nor her marital status has ever come in
the way of her career.
Married to actor-producer Ajay Devgn, the mother
of two, was last seen on the big screen in the 2015 lm Dilwale. And no, she isn’t taking a break from movies as
of now. She will soon start shooting for a lm under their
home banner production.“I can’t talk about it right now. It is still in the scripting
stage. I hope it goes on oors in the next three months orso. The director is yet to be nalised,” said the Gupt star.
Apart from doing movies, she is also Lifebuoy’s Help
a Child Reach 5 handwashing ambassador. Help a Child
Reach 5 has been advocating hand washing with soap as
one of the most cost-eective means of preventing childdeaths on platforms.
“It’s (the campaign) very close to my heart. As a star and
as a person, you have a responsibility... you need to stand
up and be a part of society and help out in whichever way
you can. For somebody like me...I am famous and people
recognise me.
“Hopefully, they will believe in the things that I
have to say, so I can use that to the advantage of my
society and work for it,” she said about the cause
for which she visited New Delhi and also met
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She shared that they talked about how
hand wash should be mandatory in
schools. “It is necessary to put in not only
toilet but wash basins as well. So that
facility should be available and then
only the habit will be available.”
Has he shown any support to
the cause?
“Ocially, no. I can’t say that wehave tied up. But I think the way
we are going, what we are talking
about, it coincides well with his
own campaign ( Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan). We are denitelyon the same page,” said the
Dilwale star.
Kajol also wants to make a
dierence as a part-time memberof the Prasar Bharati Board that runs public
broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio. “My opinion is one of many. Since I am on
board, hopefully my suggestions will be taken. I
am there to give suggestions and make a dierenceif I can,” she said.
With so many projects in hand, don’t her
children—daughter Nysa and son Yug—complain?
“They always complain. If they had their way,
I would be sitting at home 24/7. My son tells me
‘Mama I like it when I enter the house and see
you waiting for me’. I think every child wants their
mother to be their bai (maid),” she signed o.
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Pooja Batra’sHollywood debutlm’s trailer shownat Cannes
Pooja Batra’s Hollywood debut lm’strailer was shown at Cannes
The world premiere and the
trailer launch of One Under the Sun,starring Bollywood actress Pooja Batra,
took place at the Cannes Film Festival.
The former beauty queen, who set her
Bollywood aspirations aside to marry Los
Angeles-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr
Sonu Ahluwalia, was spotted having her
moment under the sun.
The Virasat actress, dressed in a white
sari at the gala, looked excited about her
Hollywood debut in which she essays the
role of an astronaut.
“It is a proud moment for me to play the
lead in my rst Hollywood lm. It is a greatrole. In order to prepare for it, I needed to
really dig deep into myself and my feelings
to nd honest inspiration. For my physical
appearance, I took hints from Indian-born
astronaut Kalpana Chawla and American
astronaut Sunita Williams,” Pooja Batra
said in a statement.
Executive producer Sunny Vachher, who“always believed” in Pooja, said “she has
what it takes, a true go-getter”.
One Under the Sun is the story
of astronaut Kathryn Voss (Pooja),
a sole survivor of a disastrous space
shuttle mission. As a distraught mother
desperate to reunite with her terminally
ill daughter, she becomes a wanted
fugitive after discovering she possesses an
extraordinary gift.
Co-director Vincent Tran has praised
Pooja for her hard work and dedication
towards the project.
He said, “Pooja’s acting in One
Under the Sun brings audiences on an
emotional journey and challenges their
notions of war.”The trailer launch took place recently at
the Indian Pavilion of Cannes Film Festival
where Sunny Vachher, Isha Vachher,
Thomas Pierce, co-director Riyanna
Hartley, managing director of World News
Network Satish Reddy, co-director Vincent
Tran, Pooja, actor Rich Paul, executive
producer Mike LeBlanc were present
along with many delegates from India
and the international lm fraternity.
John Abraham holdstness masterclass
A
ctor John Abraham gave a
tness masterclass, organised bysportswear brand Reebok India
and online portal Jabong. Giving fans a
holistic tness experience, John madea grand entry amid resounding cheers
and enthralled the audience on Friday.
Consumers were thrilled as they received
tness tips from the actor.“I had a great time working out with
the enthusiastic audience and sharing my
tness mantra for a healthier body and
mind,” John said in a statement.Silvia Tallon, senior marketing director,
Reebok India, thanked the star “for
supporting this initiative and inspiring our
consumers to be fashionably t”. Apart from the star, Reebok trainers
gave CrossFit sessions, thereby engaging
consumers with high intensity and
fun workouts.
“Our aim has always been to make
shopping an experience for our customers
and I am happy that this will be a memorable
one for some of them,” Sanjeev Mohanty,
CEO and managing director, Jabong said.
Ayushmann tries
Chaplin-inspiredlook for MeriPyaari Bindu
Getting rid of his thick beard, actor
Ayushmann Khurrana tried out a
moustache which was inspired by
Charlie Chaplin, Adolf Hitler and Indian
comedian Mehmood for his upcoming
project Meri Pyaari Bindu.
The actor was seen sporting a scruylook for the lm, which also stars ParineetiChopra, and took to Twitter to share the
new look.
While posting a black and white image
of himself with the moustache, he shared:
“Going for the clean shaven look. Itried this.
Hitler/Chaplin meets Mehmood. Got rid
of my beard. Meri Pyaari Bindu.”
In the image, with a dressing table in the
background, the Dum Laga Ke Haisha star
has kept a dead pan face.
He gives an impression of the late
English comic actor, lm-maker, CharlesSpencer “Charlie” Chaplin, who was known
for his small moustache.
The 31-year-old appears to have posted
the photograph on the micro-blogging
website in the midst of the shaving process.
Ayushmann will be seen essaying the
character of an author named Abhimanyu
Roy. Set in Kolkata, the lm is directed bydebutant Akshay Roy and is a Maneesh
Sharma production.
Parineeti will be seen essaying the
character of an aspiring singer in the Yash
Raj Films (YRF) movie and will also croon
a number for it. According to reports,
Ayushmann will also be singing in the lm.
Tisca Chopra happyto break ‘serious’image with full-oncomedy 3 Dev
A ctress Tisca Chopra, who is often
tagged as a serious actor, is happy
to break that image with a full-on
comedy titled 3 Dev.“I’ve been wanting to do a comedy for a
long time, as you do one lm where peoplereally like a type of role of yours and then
everybody thinks that you can do only that.
If you compare it to telling a singer to sing
in only one sur, it will get very boring.
“There is a lm of mine coming named 3
Dev, which will come in June.
That you should denitely watch;it’s a full-on comedy, but with a little
bit of meaning in it,” said Tisca at the
Pink Power initiative for upcoming
women entrepreneurs.
Known for her serious roles in lmssuch as Taare Zameen Par, Firaaq and
Rahasya, she says, “I want to do many
dierent things. I’m essentially not a veryserious person.
Looking at my face, it might seem that
I’m very serious, but I’m not very serious.”
3 Dev also stars Tisca’s Rahasya co-star
Kay Kay Menon, as well as Karan Singh
Grover, Kunal Roy Kapur, Raima Sen,
Prosenjit Chatterjee, and marks the debut
of TV actor Ravi Dubey. The lm is directed by Ankoosh Bhatt.
About her character, she said, “It’s too
early to talk about the character; you know
how it is nowadays, leave the producers to
do their job; I’ll do my job.”
The other roles that fascinate her? “I’d
like to play Indira Gandhi, I’d like to play
Amrita Sher-Gil; I’d like to play a killer, acop, a spy, so many dierent roles.”
Since she was present at a women
entrepreneurship event, she was asked
about her entrepreneur plans, and said, “I
want to produce some lms. After that I want to start a restaurant,
not right now.”
Will we see less of Tisca on screen after
she turns a producer? “You feel that I’ll
produce lms for others?” she said.Tisca was last seen in Loveshhuda and
Sardar Gabbar Singh.
SRK invitesHollywood lm-
maker Paul Feig
A fter hosting a star-studded dinner
party for Apple CEO Tim Cook,
superstar Shah Rukh Khan has
extended an open invitation to Hollywood
director Paul Feig, his wife Laurie and all
their friends.
On Wednesday, May 25, Laurie tweeted
that she hoped that someday Paul is
welcomed to Shah Rukh’s house Mannat
in Mumbai.
“Someday I hope Paul Feig can be
welcome at Mannat! dream, Shah Rukh
Khan,” Laurie had tweeted.
Responding to that post, Shah Rukh
shared that he will keep French fries ready
for the Spy director.
“Laurie Feig, Paul Feig and all your
friends are most welcome whenever you are
in India.
“Tell Paul, will keep French fries ready
for him,” the Don star tweeted.The Bridesmaids director said that it
would be an honour to meet the 50-year-
old Bollywood actor. You’re on, Shah Rukh
Khan! I’ll bring the ketchup.
“It would be an honour to meet you.
Many thanks, my friend,” Paul tweeted.
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30FEATURES
Pink Ribbon BreakfastDate: Friday, 3 June 2016
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Place: Sierra Café, 563 Mt Albert Road, Royal Oak (corner of Hillsborough Road)
Cost: $20 per ticket proceeds to The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation (payment may be
made on the day)
National party MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar is inviting everyone to join her in this noblecause to make a dierence with this worthwhile event. A Pink Ribbon Breakfast is
an opportunity to not only have fun with friends and family but also help in raising
donations. Even a small contribution towards the noble cause can make a big
dierence. All the donations raised at the breakfast go to NZBCF to fund the potentially
life-saving research that allows families to keep their precious wives, mothers and
sisters for longer. RSVP: MP Parmar’s Mt Roskill oce phone (09) 620 6707 or parmjeet.
Auckland Turban DayDate: Saturday, 28 May 2016
Time: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
With an aim to educate people of dierent cultures about Sikhism and Punjabi culture,
Sikh Youth of New Zealand (SYNZ) is organising Auckland Turban Day on May 28.
Come and try amazing and colourful turbans on yourself with the help of our experts.It’s a free event. Anyone can join the event to have fun and learn about Sikh faith and
also to get a taste of Punjab with masala chai (tea) that will be served free of cost to the
public.
Auckland Art FairDate: Saturday and Sunday 25-29 May 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue: The Cloud, Queens Wharf, Auckland CBD
Auckland Art Fair returns to The Cloud with a new focus on ar t of our region - the
wider Pacic rim. See artworks by more than 150 artists represented by the leading
galleries of New Zealand, Australia and further aeld. For those just starting to collect
contemporary art, Ngatahi Editions is a collaboration of nine Auckland non-prot
organisations, showing artworks made specially for them by artists to help raise funds
for their organisations. The cafes, bars and restaurants at the fair are by internationally
renowned chef and art collector, Peter Gordon. Make a day of it and come experience
the Auckland Art Fair. Bu tickets at artfair.co.nz/buy-tickets or contact Stephanie or
Hayley [email protected] or 09 376 4603. General admission $30 ($25 early bird until
30 April) Students and senior $20, Child $15, under 5s free, opening night $95 and
artists’ party $45.
Open Orchestra CentralDate: Saturday 28 May 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Auckland Town Hall, Queen Street, Auckland CBD
Enjoy a free performance by the full Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and explore
individual instruments up close in the Music Zoo. Come along and watch, talk to APO
musicians and listen to some orchestral favourites.
ARIES(March 21-April 20)
A promising week for professionals is foretold.Changes in the workplace are inevitable, but will notaffect you in any way. Judicious spending will ndyour bank balance in a healthy state. If there are anydifferences with spouse over some issue, this is thetime to resolve them. Your initiative on the romanticfront can get you a lukewarm response. Adopt await and watch policy regarding buying or selling ofproperty.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Dark Red
LEO(July 23-August 23)
You are likely to be happily involved in yourprofession and take the best decisions. It may bedifcult to nd extra energy for lending a helpinghand on the domestic front. A marriage proposalcan become a source of joy for the eligible. Someof you can suffer the after effects of love gone sour.
A real estate transaction is likely to prove protable.Conserve money by keeping a check on spending.
Lucky No.: 6 / Lucky Colour: Dark brown
TAURUS(April 21-May 20)
Your fondest wishes are likely to come true thisweek as you steal the show in a family function.You will manage to impress one and all by your giftof the gab on the work front. A vacation will giveyou ample opportunity to enjoy the new locale andlet your hair down. Good nancial returns fromprevious investments will keep you in an upbeatmood. Health remains satisfactory.
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Grey
GEMINI(May 21-June 21)
Finger in every pie will keep you abreast at workand make you fully prepared for any eventuality. Youcan count on the total support of family members indomestic matters. You manage to ward off a nancialcrunch by thinking ahead. Good eating habits willkeep you safe from lifestyle diseases. Romance atthis juncture may not rock. An out of town trip is inthe ofng for some.
Lucky No.: 5 / Lucky Colour: Turquoise
CANCER(June 22-July 20)
Workplace colleagues will lend you a helping handwithout any reservations. You will succeed in gettingyour work recognised by the ones who matter. Youmanage to save enough to organise a grand functionor an event. Shopping will be fun, but don’t loosen thepurse strings too much. You will nd your relationshipgoing from strength to strength. Starting an exerciseregime is on the cards for some.
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Red
VIRGO(August 24-Sep 23)
A change of portfolio is in the ofng for some at work. Your leadership qualities will be muchappreciated in a particular situation that you maynd yourself in this period. Homemakers will ndthis phase fruitful when they manage to makethe changes on the home front. Those spirituallyinclined will be able to set out on a pilgrimage.Financial worries can make some restless, but thesituation will not be beyond redemption.
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Grey
LIBRA (Sep 24-October 23)
Hard work and sleepless nights are in store forsome organising a family function, but it will beworth the effort. Your expertise is likely to get yousome good breaks on the professional front. Itis best to consult knowledgeable people beforegoing in for investments. Treating partner to amovie or dinner will go a long way in an enrichingrelationship. A family member can hold animaginary grudge against you.
Lucky No.: 4 / Lucky Colour: Orange
SCORPIO(Oct 24-November 22)
Your skills and expertise will help you in establishingyourself at the workplace. A windfall can be expectedfor those disposing of property, but they will have tobe careful while investing this money. It may seemdifcult to get rid of an ailment permanently. You willsucceed in raising the spirits of a depressed familymember. A compatible match is likely for the eligible.Don’t overstrain yourself by becoming too gureconscious.
Lucky No.: 8 / Lucky Colour: Electric green
AQUARIUS(Jan 22-February 19)
You can feel a bit mentally disturbed this week
due to something that happened in the past. Adeliberate attempt at saving is the only way youcan repay your loans. Shooting your mouth off atan inappropriate time can harm your image, sokeep a low prole at work. You can get a feeling ofbeing neglected by those close to you. A regularroutine will keep you in the prime of health.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Cream
PISCES(Feb 20-March 20)
Those opting for higher studies will be able to gather
their focus and energy. Spending without a set plancan affect your future nancially. Appreciation atwork is in store for some. All your attempts at a freshbeginning or turning over a new leaf are likely to faceunanticipated hurdles. Prots are likely to dip forretailers as footfalls refuse to increase despite bestefforts. Those ill will make good progress.
Lucky No.: 17 / Lucky Colour: Coffee
CAPRICORN(Dec 22-January 21)
Feeling positive about a situation will set things
right for you, even if they are going wrong. Anexcellent investment opportunity comes yourway that will lead you to nancial security. Higherstudies can beckon some. Domestic harmony isassured for those wanting to spend time by them-selves at home. Newlyweds are likely to enjoy anextended togetherness on a short vacation. Therewill be nothing to complain about the health front.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Peach
SAGITTARIUS(Nov 23-December 11)
Those with a creative bent of mind can feel a bit
frustrated due to lack of recognition. Financial bet-terment is just round the corner for some. A familyfunction is on the anvil and will give you an op-portunity to showcase your talents. Your efforts onthe romantic front will be richly rewarded. Thosewanting to reduce weight can taste success. Newdrivers need to be careful on the road.
Lucky No.: 2 / Lucky Colour: Indigo
WEEKLY FORECAST: MAY 27 TO JUN 2
By Manisha KoushikManisha Koushik is the talented daughter and associate of world renowned celebrity astrologer Dr Prem Kumar
Sharma. A practicing astrologer, tarot card reader, numerologist, vastu and fengshui consultant is based in Indiabut maintains a global presence through the online channels. She is available for consultations online as well.Let her tarot cards do the magic and numbers make you understand which choices in life will be best for you!E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.askmanisha.comContact: +91-11-26449898 Mobile/Whatsapp: +919015607139
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