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Dear Editor 6History Mail Fiona Apple to her fan 9Editorial

COP 18 is a failure;

time for a serious relook at Global

Warming, and action 10Happenings

Hosni Mubarak to face retrial 12More J&K sarpanches resign 13TSI Impact

Spot on prediction 14Album

Small Talk: Kareena Kapoor 15

UNDERCOVERSecuring the war criminals 16Mind your language 16MuSIngs

Kati patang 17

COLUMNTh e second nuclear age

Paul Bracken 18

FAR PAVILIONA socialist's baptism by fi re

Hollande's adventure in Mali has

signalled that the French policy of

“Francafrique” is all but over 20

SPECIAL REPORT 1Setting the cat amongst pigeons

By naming Stalin as successor,

Karunanidhi has paved the way for

a full scale war 22

SPECIAL REPORT 2Battle station Delhi

Can the tension following the killing

of the Indian soldiers at the LoC spark

off a larger confl ict? 26 COVER STORY Is the game up?

It is time for a new beginning for Team

India, but where are the few good men

who can stand up to be counted? 30

SPECIAL STORYRevolutionary slokas

Maoists in Bihar are mixing Left ist

politics with social engagement to

increase their mass base 40

BUSINESS Can monte carlo beat the Johnny-

come-latelies?

Th e pioneer knitwear brand in the

country has moved on to straddle

other apparel segments 43 LIFEDrop Anchor

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ARTTypos

It’s a little like love 56Movie Review 57Book Review 58

REAR WINDOWMamata can do better

Arun Srivastava 60

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� dct to go the like mgnaregaTh is refers to the article "Last throw of the dice?" (TSI, Jan 20). It is a shame that the Direct Cash Transfer scheme, which is supposed to facilitate the under privi-leged in claiming the aids that the gov-ernment extends them, has been reduced to only a political tool by the Congress party. While it is to be noted that MGNAREGA, which was launched with much fanfare, has its own set of fl aws. Corruption has set into the scheme with not all the money reaching the desired person as lots of middlemen are involved to ensure that corruption remains at forefront. I am sure that Congress has not learnt its lesson well and will commit the very similar mistakes in Direct Cash Transfer scheme as well because its inten-tions are not honest. With its dwindling fortunes, this scheme is its last hope to get back to winning mode. Bal Govind,

Noida� media targeting odiWords fail me as I try to express my gratitude to Arindam Chaudhuri for writing the great article "Modi and secu-lar media..." (TSI, Jan 13). India needs hundreds of Arindams to save this sacred country which is basically a land of wis-dom and spirituality. Only people like him can save the country from the on-slaught of media who are blatantly doing disservice to the country by only caring to fulfi ll their lowly and degraded inter-ests. Th e media traded their soul and thus their values. Th is media is a menace and a threat as it has misguided our

youths and derided our value-based cul-ture. Th is media has taught our youths to be appreciative of porn stars like Sun-ny Leone and to adopt the depraved cul-ture of the West. It has encouraged them to insult genuine patriots like Baba Ram Dev, Narendra Modi and many others who love this country and its values. G Naresh, Delhi� hope 'bharat' winsTh is is regarding the editorial "Modi and secular media..." (TSI, Jan 13). Th e editor has very rightly pointed out one of the many factors which is very subtle yet very strong to make this divide of Bharat and India...the English language. While I my-self don't hold a good command over this language, when I see people having even poorer English speaking skills than me, ravaging the language in public just to re-ceive attention of a few around them, I feel like going straight to them and punching them right across their faces (though I hold back myself for my own good!). I too pray to God that the Bharat wins. Just speaking in English is not going to serve the purpose that the nation is striving for. We need in-tent and not the focus on language. Com-municating eff ectively should be our aim, the content of what we speak should be our aim, not the language itself. Manoj Roy, Kolkata� a fair articleTh is is regarding the editorial "Modi and secular media..." (TSI, Jan 13). I have been waiting for Arindam Chaudhuri's view-point about Gujarat elections and Naren-dra Modi. Th e Gujarat chief minister has

Th is is in reference to the editorial "Modi and secular media..." (TSI, Jan 13). I absolutely loved the article. I am someone who has a master's degree and am educated in India. But at the same time, I am a true Indian and I believe in Narendra Modi. He is a true son of this soil, fi ghting for the real In-dia that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel would have given us if only Mahatama Gan-dhi had not supported Nehru. Anyway, time has now come for all Indians, whether in India or abroad, to support Modi. It is no less than a freedom fi ght scenario because Modi represents the

real India that we all Indians have so endlessly waited for. Th is is a golden opportunity to bring back the nation from the jaws of doom and reinvent ourselves to become a superpower soon. It is visible for all how he has changed the scenario in Gujarat. Al-most everyone is wealthy and prosper-ous in that state. If his model of devel-opment is followed across the country, nothing can prevent us from becoming a superpower and beating even China in most spheres soon.

Sam, Canada

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done a great job for Gujarat and all Guja-ratis seem to take a liking for him. So, I think it was a fair article by the editor in which he understood the calibre of Naren-dra Modi. Professor Chaudhuri has always stood for the right view which every young Indian should have. Hence I idolise him as an Indian. It has nothing to do with the fact that I am also a Gujarati. I think history is repeating itself. Earlier it was Nehru versus Sardar. Unfortunately Nehru became the fi rst prime minister and now it is going to be Rahul Gandhi versus Narendra Modi. So, it is the time to make a right decision and I wish this time, the people of India will not make a wrong choice and will elect Modi as the new prime minister in 2014. He is the leader who can lead India better than any other leader in India. Sachin Patel, Sudbury, Canada

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“When we are provoked, we shall respond immediately. I expect my commanders to be aggressive in the face of fi ring” GENERAL BIKRAM SINGH, Indian Army Chief, in

response to Pakistan’s killing of two Indian soldiers

“I’ve just got to start believing in myself a little bit more. But I would love to do it. It would be such a challenge – facing a bigger ball and bigger bowlers”

SARAH TAYLOR, England women’s team

’keeper, who is in negotiations to feature in the men’s team

in county cricket

“If you had been a public fi gure since you were a toddler, maybe you’d value privacy above all else, too”

JODIE FOSTER,Hollywood actor, during her

speech at the Golden Globe Awards

“Afghanistan will be more secure aft er the foreigners leave. We do need foreign assistance, but we don’t need the presence of their troops” HAMID KARZAI,

Afghanistan President, reassuring his countrymen

that security will not be compromised when US

troops leave

“Societies with great inequalities are not likely to function well. Many economies are trying to imitate the American model. If they imitate too well, they will end up like America, with large inequalities” JOSEPH STIGLITZ,

American economist and Nobel laureate, dissuading India from allowing FDI in

retail

So They Said

AARON SWARTZ KILLS HIMSELF

SL’S FIRST WOMAN CJ IMPEACHED

NEW GUN LAWS IN NEW YORK

Sri Lanka’s fi rst woman Chief Justice, Shirani Bandara-

nayake has been sacked by President Mahindra Rajapakse following her impeachment by the Parliament. Rajapakse hur-riedly appointed Mohan Peiris as her successor. Th e govern-ment has come under wide-spread criticism for the whole process of impeachment. While legislators found her guilty of corruption, she has alleged that she was denied a fair trial and the charges were politically

Famed internet freedom ac-tivist Aaron Swartz, who

was facing hacking charges, was found dead at his apart-ment in New York on January 11. Suicide by hanging is said to be the reason behind his death. Aaron is also credited to be an early developer of the Reddit website. Considered to have been a child prodigy, he helped create RSS at an early age of 14. He pushed hard to make web fi les free and acces-

sible to public and was signifi -cantly involved in the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) campaign. However, in July last year, he was indicted for downloading 4.8 million docu-ments and articles (almost the entire library) from the digital library JSTOR. He also faced charges of computer fraud and wire fraud and if convicted, he could have faced a prison sen-tence for a maximum of 35 years and a fi ne of $ 1 million.

The Egyptian judiciary has accepted an appeal

against the life sentence of deposed president Hosni Mu-barak and has ordered a re-trial. Th e case against him pertains to the killing of over 850 protestors by his security forces during the 2011 Egyp-tian revolution. However, he

New York enacted new gun control laws which bans assault weapons and prohibits mentally ill people from possessing

guns. It becomes the fi rst US state to sign a new gun control law following the mass shooting of kids at an elementary school in Connecticut. Th e shooting reignited the debate on gun-control in the country.

along with his two sons will continue to remain in prison on account of charges of fi -nancial crimes against them. While his supporters hope that the retrial would help him get a lighter sentence, op-ponents see it as an opportu-nity to build an even stronger case against him.

HOSNI MUBARAK TO FACE RETRIAL

motivated. She has also said that the impeachment was il-legal and unconstitutional. Th e legal fraternity of the country has stood by her so far.

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Controversial remarks from respon-sible citizens are not something very new to the society. However, a big

question today is, do we also hold police offi cials accountable for their sweeping statements that malign individuals. Al-though the Indian Constitution clearly al-lows a citizen to seek punishment on any-one who shows the citizen disrespect “on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever”, sweeping remarks are still not considered as a part of hate speech and, thus, go unprosecuted – and more so if the commenter belonged to the police.

Th e country was furious when Asaram Bapu, a self-proclaimed Godman blamed the recent rape victim herself for her plight; and a case was registered against him in Bihar. All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Mus-limeen (AIMIM or MIM) MLA, Akbarru-

dent and even for the attacks on foreign soil by American soldiers. Interestingly, many times, the heads of various US security agencies – be it the CIA chief or Secretary of Defense – have been accused of human rights abuse during their tenure. But what is shocking is that despite such allegations, the government has rarely hesitated in pro-moting such individuals to the highest posts in various security agencies.

Th e recently appointed CIA chief, John Brennan, was a key offi cer who was in-volved in the Bush-era war crimes in con-fl ict zones. He was also a supporter of CIA’s inhuman detention and interrogation pro-gram, which was severely criticised by glo-bal media and human rights groups. As Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, he executed America’s drone attacks in Af-ghanistan, Syria and Iraq and is also alleg-edly involved in other war crimes and ex-tra-judicial killings in these zones, which he undertook the veil of war on terrorism. He has now replaced David Petraeus, a man who again was in the watch list for alleged human rights violations and a series of war crimes. Chuck Hagel, on the other hand, has also been criticised by the Republicans

decisive for US security as both work close-ly with the President on internal and exter-nal security issues including war on terror-ism. In the past, these positions were held liable and accountable for all security glitches including the infamous 9/11 inci-

Chuck Hagel and John Brennan are new defense secretary and CIA chief respectively

din Owaisi was sent recently to Adilabad district jail for spreading communal hatred. Very recently, Swami Kamlananda Bharati was arrested on January 14 in Hyderabad for making a hate speech against Muslims. In 2007, the authorities had charged the late Maqbool Fida Husain for hurting the reli-gious sentiments of Hindus when he had painted Mother India as a nude woman. Likewise, in 2007, Pune police arrested four soft ware-engineers for posting an obscene profi le on the Internet.

In this context, an example is the recent remark of the Th ane Police Commissioner that women should keep red chilli powder and should not venture out late night to avoid rape. Another example is when in January 2013, the Punjab police heartlessly revealed the name of a gang rape victim. Th e contentious statements coming from persons who upon joining their service pledge to keep the nation and its citizens safe has outraged many. But the moot point is, when all of the above instances against citizens ended up in the police taking ac-tion, then why not hold police offi cials also accountable and responsible for their inept comments. In a sting operation conducted by Tehelka across 23 police stations of NCR,

Serving his second term, President Barack Obama recently nominated John O. Brennan as the head of the

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Chuck Hagel as the new Secretary of De-fense. Both these positions are deemed

SECURING THE WAR CRIMINALSSECURING THE WAR CRIMINALSSecurity heads of US seems to have legacies of war crimes and controversies

u s s e c u r i t y h e a d s : c o n t r o v e r s i e s

MIND YOUR LANGUAGEMIND YOUR LANGUAGEEven police should be made accountable for their sweeping remarks

l e w d c o m m e n t s : a c c o u n ta b i l i t y

Varun Gandhi delivered a hate speech during the 2009 Lok Sabha elections

F A R P A V I L I O N S

Francois Hollande's adventure in Mali has signalled that the French policy of “Francafrique” is all but over, says Saurabh Kumar Shahi

A Socialist's Baptism By Fire

It feels like only yesterday when So-cialist Party candidate for the French presidency, Francois Hol-lande, while trying desperately to outsmart incumbent Nicolas

Sarkozy, was promising a complete over-haul of French foreign policy, including clamping down on military adventurism in Africa, which France has historically seen as its playground. To give him his due, he did expedite troops pullout from Afghanistan. More importantly, just weeks ago, Hollande refused permission to inter-vene militarily in its former colony, Cen-tral African Republic, where President Francois Bozize was forced to accept a power-sharing deal with insurgents who looked set to take over the state. However, something changed this winter.

Mali, another former French colony, has been in the line of fi re for quite some time now, mostly because of some inadvertent indirect actions of France itself. France under Sarkozy had enthusiastically sup-ported Islamists against Gaddafi . Th ese Islamists then ethnically cleansed the Tu-aregs, a sort of Berber people, who were part of the rainbow Libyan armed forces. Th e Tuaregs were then driven back to their traditional homelands in Northern Mali. Armed with the left over Libyan army weapons, these Tuaregs assembled in northern Mali to claim their own state. As the Mali government dithered, the Alge-rian Islamists saw an opportunity to shift their base away from Algeria where they were being hunted by the Algerian forces. Th ey moved to northern Mali to appar-ently support the Tuareg revolt, but then took over themselves. France was quiet until last week when the Islamist forces advanced into positions in central Mali and captured Konna, that left the capital Bamako, still 600 km away, vulnerable, if the French are to be believed.

With the Mali government still dither-ing, Hollande ordered the fi rst military strike of his career. As this story goes to print, France has deployed 550 troops; C-160 transport aircraft and attack heli-copters and has carried out several sorties of Rafale jets bombarding the rebel bases and frontline, managing to slow the speed to their advance. However, the retaliation was more severe than the French com-manders had thought and France lost one attack helicopter and some men in the initial fi ght. Th ree other helicopters were damaged and rendered out of action.

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