https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10 EDITORIAL DELHI THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE In white nation talk, the voice of the Squad How the Democratic Party positions itself in the poll runup cuts to the very heart of its identity and America’s future are immigrants … do not belong in radical socialist, nonwhite minor Warren and Ms. Harris are likely to Congress or in the United States of ities. evoke the sort of misogyny that The terrorist tag America.” The vote condemning the Presi How the Democratic party posi tions itself vis-à-vis Mr. Trump’s clearly contributed to Hillary Clin ton’s defeat, while Mr. Sanders’ dent (240 Democrats for, 187 Re idea of a white nation cuts to the avowal of social democracy often India needs tough laws to combat terror, but publicans against) was over very heart of its own identity and baffl ingly alienates many under the proposed amendments could be misused Sankaran Krishna whelmingly along party lines. The the nation’s future. There is the class people who need it most. Democrats were a united bloc and temptation to seek an increasingly That his socialism is seen as a pro T he idea of designating an individual as a terrorist, only four Republicans (one black evanescent middle ground blem while Mr. Trump’s practical as the latest amendments to the Unlawful Activi F or the fi rst time in over 100 Congressman from Texas, two oth through the candidacy of some ly treasonous and utterly pusillani ties (Prevention) Act propose to do, may appear years, the U.S. House of Re ers possibly either retiring or not one such as Joe Biden. With a track mous relations with Russia’s innocuous. However, designating an individual as a ter presentatives passed a non seeking reelection, and the fourth record that includes opposition to President Vladimir Putin does not rorist raises serious constitutional questions and has binding resolution on July 16 con a naturalised citizen of Polish ori busing early in his career; she defl ect his followers simply beg AFP the potential for misuse. The practice of designating in demning the President of the Unit gin) and the sole independent in pherding draconian antiminority gars belief. dividuals under antiterrorism laws, prevalent in sever ed States, Donald Trump. Just days the House (a Michigan Congress erator. Far from being an aberra laws through Congress (by secur al countries, is seen as being necessary because banned earlier he had tweeted that if four man forced out of the Grand Old tion or outlier in the U.S. political ing the bipartisan support of A thread of hatred Democratic Congresswomen did Party, or GOP, for his opposition to landscape, he epitomises a consid southern racists, no less) on the More importantly, as with a host of groups tend to change their names and continue to op not like the state of aff airs in the Mr. Trump) joined them. erable section of it only too well. pretext of getting “tough on other countries (India, Turkey, the erate. However, there is no set procedure for designat U.S., they could “go back” to the Mr. Trump was reportedly de crime”; serving as Vice President United Kingdom, the Philippines, ing an individual a terrorist. Parliament must consider countries they came from, coun Leader, party and vision lighted at the display of Democrat to Barack Obama as the latter con Brazil — to mention only a few) whether an individual can be called a ‘terrorist’ prior to tries whose governments were “a In publicly telling these Congress ic unity on the resolution con solidated an unprecedented car rightwing strongmen and their conviction in a court of law. The absence of a judicial complete and total catastrophe, women to “go back”, Mr. Trump demning him for his comments on ceral state (with 5% of the world’s supporters riding on a cocktail of determination may render the provision vulnerable to the worst, most corrupt and inept was explicitly saying the U.S. was a the Congresswomen. It played ful population, the U.S. is home to racist, casteist, majoritarian and invalidation. There ought to be a distinction between anywhere in the world.” He went white nation in which coloured pe ly into his hands for next year’s around 25% of the world’s prison misogynistic ideologies seem to be on to tweet, “Why don’t they go ople and racial minorities irres Presidential elections wherein he population); and as a white male, winning everywhere. A visceral an individual and an organisation, as the former enjoys back and help fi x the totally bro pective of their citizenship status, would position himself as the can Mr. Biden might cut into Mr. politics of hatred for racial minori the right to life and liberty. The likely adverse conse ken and crime infested places place of birth, or length of resi didate of a white nation under Trump’s core constituency of an ties and other putative outsiders, quences of a terrorist tag may be worse for individuals from where they came. Then dence, did not belong. And in re threat from a rising tide of minori gry whites threatened by a loss of energised by social media reso than for organisations. Further, individuals may be sub come back and show us how it is fusing to join the Democrats in ties, immigrants, and various oth privilege. Yet, for those same rea nance machines we still poorly un jected to arrest and detention; even after obtaining bail done.” supporting the resolution, the er unAmerican ‘outsiders’ living sons he is unlikely to make any derstand, has returned incumbent from the courts, they may have their travel and move GOP was clearly on board with his off government handouts and headway with the young, with mi regimes that would have been ments restricted, besides carrying the taint. This makes Vote and politics vision of a white nation. In the crime. The sight of House majority norities, and those who have swept out of power in times past. it vital that individuals have a faster means of redress All four Congresswomen [they 1990s, faced with the demograph leader, Nancy Pelosi, standing stayed away from the polls in the It may not matter what the Demo have given themselves the nick ic reality that the U.S. would in shouldertoshoulder with the four postObama period. There is the crats do and Mr. Trump may yet be than groups. Unfortunately, there is no change in the name, the “Squad”] are persons of course of time become a whitemi coloured Congresswomen was added danger that the “Trump De reelected. But in confronting his process of getting an entity removed from the list. Just colour; three of them (Rashida nority nation, sections of the GOP precisely the sort of photooppor mocrats” in the rustbelt may pref racism and misogyny, in making a as any organisation getting the tag, individuals, too, will Tlaib, DMichigan; Ayanna Press had sought to broaden its appeal tunity that was dynamite as far as er the unvarnished bigotry of their forceful case for progressive taxa have to apply to the Centre to get their names removed. ley, DMassachusetts; Alexandria to Hispanics, AsianAmericans, Mr. Trump was concerned. (The man to the triangulated message tion, for reforming a dysfunctional A wrongful designation will cause irreparable dam OcasioCortez, D New York) were middleclass Blacks, and other mi weeks prior to this show of unity of a Biden. healthcare system, in bringing the age to a person’s reputation, career and livelihood. Un born in the U.S., and the fourth (Il norities. With the rise of a nativist had been marked by bitter diff e With their more progressive U.S. back into conformity with in ion Home Minister Amit Shah’s warning that his govern han Omar, DMinnesota) was a re and white supremacist fringe (epi rences between the centrist Pelosi and articulate economic agenda, ternational law on asylum seekers, fugee from Somalia and a natural tomised by the Tea Party) the GOP and the more progressive Con the likes of Elizabeth Warren, Ber and in derailing the endless war ment would not spare terrorists or their sympathisers, ised U.S. citizen. The resolution has decided it can dispense with gresswomen on issues such as so nie Sanders or Kamala Harris are machine that it has become, and his reference to ‘urban Maoists’, are portentous “strongly condemns President Do minorities. cialised health care, immigration likely to off er a much better pros whoever wins the Democratic about the possibility of misuse. It has been argued by nald Trump’s racist comments Between gerrymandering con reform, border control, and Israel pect for the Democrats. If a hide nomination would be well advised some members in Parliament that the Bill contains anti that have legitimized and in stituencies, preventing minorities Palestine, to mention the most bound party leadership does not to listen to the four minority Con federal features. The provision to empower the head of creased fear and hatred of new from voting through myriad res prominent). stymie their chances (as it did with gresswomen: they represent the the National Investigation Agency to approve the forfei Americans and people of color by trictions, and legalising all this Mr. Sanders for the nomination future, however cloudy that may ture of property of those involved in terrorism cases ob saying that our fellow Americans through increasing control over Poll-centric theme the last time around), a ticket com seem at this moment in time. And who are immigrants … should “go both the judiciary and various It is obvious that Mr. Trump in prising two such leaders might off it would be the right thing to do. viously overrides a function of the State government. At back” to other countries, by refer state legislatures, the GOP has an tends to make the upcoming Presi er the best bet. Yet, the obstacles present, the approval has to be given by the State police ring to immigrants and asylum chored itself fi rmly in a white na dential elections a contest about are likely formidable. Precisely be Sankaran Krishna teaches politics at the head. Also, there will be a section allowing NIA Inspec seekers as “invaders,” and by say tion. Mr. Trump is both a symptom race, and paint the Democratic cause of their accomplishments, University of Hawaii at Manoa in tors to investigate terrorism cases, as against a Deputy ing that Members of Congress who of this process and its great accel party as beholden to unpatriotic, intellect and articulateness, Ms. Honolulu, U.S. Superintendent of Police or an Assistant Commissioner. This signifi cantly enhances the scope for misuse. The 2004 amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Preven tion) Act, 1967, made it a comprehensive antiterror law The minutiae of Trump’s mediation claim that provided for punishing acts of terrorism, as well as Governments pursue their national interests singlemindedly without allowing sentiment to infl uence their judgment for designating groups as ‘terrorist organisations’. Par please his guest; perhaps he was each other and coordinate their selfdetermination for the Kashmi liament further amended it in 2008 and 2013 to streng confi dent that he would be able to actions in this area. But India has ri people which is largely swal then the legal framework to combat terror. While none placate the Indian leader on some its own interests and concerns lowed by other countries. will question the need for stringent laws that show ‘zero subsequent occasion, by for exam about China which are not shared It makes sense for the Pakistan tolerance’ towards terrorism, the government should ple, extending the deadline for re by others. All ‘strategic’ experts military not being keen on resolv be mindful of its obligations to preserve fundamental ducing import of Iranian oil to are of one view, namely, in the ing the confl ict, because it will lose rights while enacting legislation on the subject. Chinmaya R. Gharekhan zero. event of a major crisis with China, its relevance and preeminent po we shall have to depend solely on sition in society once the Kashmir The bottom line ourselves; no other country will problem is out of the way. Surely Boris days AFP U .S. President Donald The main lesson for us in India in come to our help in any meaning that is not the case with the Indian Trump’s claim on Monday, all this is not that we cannot trust self to act hurt or annoyed at Mr. ful way. This calls for a certain military. India’s military is highly Britain’s new PM should abjure his dangerous during a press conference the American President — we Trump’s pungent criticism of Pa amount of distancing ourselves disciplined and apolitical and will brinkmanship in seeing Brexit through with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Im should not trust any foreign leader kistan’s ‘lying and cheating’ just from the game that other powers follow whatever the civilian go ran Khan in Washington, that in such matters. It is an object les days before his visit. On the other are playing. Surely, the experts in vernment decides. B oris Johnson, Britain’s new Prime Minister, has Prime Minister Narendra Modi had son how other governments pur hand, he took some steps, includ the government are conscious of If each country wants to solve achieved one of his life’s ambitions. His defi ant told him at the G20 summit in Ja sue their national interests single ing lifting the ban on overfl ights these factors, especially now that the problem only on its terms, it speech at Downing Street on Wednesday, pledg pan in June, in so many words, mindedly without allowing senti through Pakistan’s airspace to we have a seasoned diplomat at will never be solved. In any nego ing a “no ifs, no buts” exit from the European Union be that he wanted the American Pre ment to infl uence their judgment. create an impression of reasona the helm of Foreign Offi ce. tiation, both sides have to compro fore October 31, is clear indication that he will pursue a sident’s help, either through me At this point in time, the U.S. is bleness in time for his Washington mise, which means neither side hard Brexit. “Doubters, doomsters and gloomsters,” diation or arbitration, in resolving desperate for Pakistan’s help in visit. The ‘K’ word will get all it demands. The only the Kashmir dispute is a claim that ‘extricating’ the American military We Indians do not take kindly to To come back to Kashmir, we are realistic and practical way out is would be defeated, he declared in characteristic style. has understandably raised hackles from Afghanistan. such strong words from foreign justifi ed in our position that there the conversion of the Line of Con Several ministers from the previous government, who in India and jubilation in Pakistan. The use of the word ‘extricate’ leaders. We feel hurt and show our can be no talks with Pakistan un trol into an international boun have either resigned or have been dropped, are all pre The Indian External Aff airs Minis was most suggestive; it indicates hurt publicly. In the old days, what less and until Islamabad eff ectively dary, with suitable, minor adjust sumably among them. Conversely, the induction of sev ter has denied that Mr. Modi had that the U.S. feels itself in a quag Mr. Trump said would have led to stops crossborder terrorism ema ments. eral eurosceptics, most notably Jacob ReesMogg from made any such request to Mr. mire in that unfortunate country demonstrations in front of the nating from its territory. The ques We did make this off er during the European Research Group, leaves no doubt that the Trump. and is eager to pull out with some American embassy. We also get tion is: does either country really the BhuttoSwaran Singh talks in Johnson team is nothing if not a Brexit cabinet. The oth The Opposition is not satisfi ed facesaving formula. Mr. Trump is carried away by fl attery. As they want to resolve the issue? It is not 196263. We even off ered an extra er is Dominic Raab who, during the Conservative lea with the Minister’s denial and thinking only of his country’s in say, even god loves fl attery, but go enough for either country to say 1,500 sq.km to Pakistan, but the wants Mr. Modi personally to clar terest; he is not bothered about In vernments cannot aff ord to take that it wants to solve the problem. latter wanted the whole State, ex dership race, advocated proroguing Parliament to en ify the situation, which he seems dia’s reaction. If India feels off end praise at face value. Thus, our ego When Pakistan says this, it cept for the district of Kathua. It is sure MPs did not stop a nodeal exit. Mr. Johnson’s reluctant to do; it is very diffi cult ed, so be it. He knows that gets infl ated when we are told that means withdrawal of all Indian obvious that neither country has rhetoric is reminiscent of Theresa May’s uncompromis for the Prime Minister to call Mr. Pakistan is the only country with India has a major role to play in forces from the whole of Jammu the political courage or the man ing early stance that no deal was better than a bad deal. Trump a liar because that in eff ect clout with the Taliban that can the IndoPacifi c. and Kashmir, followed by a refe date to offi cially put forward this While she was forced to back down from several unreal is what he would be saying if he help him in reaching this objec The concept of the IndoPacifi c rendum. When India says it wants proposal now or ever. Thus, the is istic positions, Mr. Johnson’s place in Downing Street is contested the latter’s claim. tive. If Pakistan does manage to is nothing but containment of Chi to resolve the problem, it means sue will not be solved bilaterally far more precarious than her’s. His majority in the It hardly needs stating that Mr. persuade the Taliban to engage in na by another name. The Japanese the vacation by Pakistan of its pre and will remain with us for a long, Modi did not make any such re direct talks with the Afghan go Prime Minister takes credit for sence from the whole of Jammu long time. And some might say ‘so House of Commons could drop to just two seats if, as quest to Mr. Trump. The Presi vernment, it can expect substan coining the phrase, suggesting that and Kashmir. Pakistan’s interpre be it’. the polls forecast, the Tories lose the byelection in Au dent’s love for truthfulness in his tial dividends from Mr. Trump — the name implies the importance tation of the UN resolution is pa gust. This arithmetic is crucial in what is a sharply po own country is suspect. It is entire beyond the $1.3 billion that was of India in this region. He has his tently wrong; the resolution calls Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, a former Indian larised Parliament now. Party hardliners have threa ly possible that he thought of mak mentioned at the presser. own problems with China, and Ja for withdrawal of all forces under Ambassador to the United Nations, was tened to vote out the government if the exit deadline ing such a statement, which he Imran Khan too has played his pan is a close ally of America. The Pakistan’s control fi rst. But it has Special Envoy for West Asia in the was breached for a third time. With Brussels ruling out must have known was not true, to cards well. He did not allow him two no doubt work closely with managed to create a narrative of Manmohan Singh government a renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement, the chances of leaving on October 31 seem remote. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. Mr. Johnson has for too long painted the other 27 na tions in the bloc as hostile adversaries that have under Panel scrutiny committee comprises both the growth of importance of small family as an asset is not a theory it is inevitable that all of us mined Britain’s sovereignty. He has paid scant regard to The demand by Opposition ruling and Opposition infrastructure. On the among the poor seems to be that India can aff ord to buy. should be vigilant about the mounting evidence, most recently from the Interna leaders that the members there can be contrary, such growth will growing. However, we do It may not be an judicious use of water (OpEd, tional Monetary Fund, of the crippling economic im government must refer discussions at leisure. The only add to the burden as need to bring down the total exaggeration that all the “Making the waterguzzling seven key Bills, which services of experts can also far as public health and fertility rate (TFR) even progress achieved in the 70 thermal plants accountable”, pact of Britain leaving the union. Mr. Johnson has even include the Unlawful be used. In the past, several education are concerned further, from 2.2. For this, years of Independence has July 24). Thermal power has dismissed the risks to the integrity of the Good Friday Activities (Prevention) useful suggestions have and result in greater education, health care and been overshadowed by an its place but the focus must agreement between the U.K. and Ireland, in the ab Amendment Bill, 2019, the been off ered by Opposition unemployment. Economic infrastructure have to be in unbridled population be towards nonconventional sence of the prevailing soft borders connecting Dublin Right to Information members, incorporated growth will be unequal too. tandem. There needs to be explosion. We do not need a sources of energy and Belfast. But as Prime Minister he can illaff ord to in (Amendment) Bill, 2019, before the Bill was tabled. Divya Sharma, better awareness, quality rocket scientist to tell us that production. Tidal energy is and the DNA Technology This way, precious time in Dehradun, Uttarakhand education and more excess population is India’s one such source that has not dulge the populist instincts of the narrow nationalists among the Conservatives. Instead, he must reckon with (Use and Application) Parliament can be saved. incentives for adhering to a bane. Let us not fi ght shy of been tapped in full. Solar Regulation Bill 2019, for S.V. Venkatakrishnan, ■ A prominent feature of small family. the truth. energy too needs huge the real and grave consequences for the nation and further scrutiny by a Select Bengaluru population control in India is Y.G. Chouksey, Sivamani Vasudevan, funding in technological even his party, of abruptly walking out on London’s Committee of Parliament is that it has been achieved Pune Chennai research. closest partners. The contradictions of that approach reasonable and justifi ed Population curbs without coercive measures, Danish Umar, were laid bare this week in London’s bid to coordinate (Page 1, July 25). The India is a democracy and examples of these measures ■ Pockets of Indians across Other sources of power New Delhi with Brussels to protect European commercial shipping government should not cannot aff ord to pursue an being the Emergency phase all religious denominations Amidst the acute water crisis more letters online: in West Asia. Clearly, London’s interests lie in redou bulldoze things merely authoritarian policy on or the rigorous norm of and economic brackets have India is facing in many parts, www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ bling eff orts to resurrect the multilateral order that U.S. because it has a political population control onechild per couple in been deriving direct and corrections & clarifications: majority. The essence of (Editorial page, “Having the China in the past. Voluntary palpable benefi ts by President Donald Trump seems so keen to undo. The In the Sports page story titled “Melissa Tapper — making the democracy is debate and last word on ‘population eff orts have been adopting ‘small family special relationship between the principal transAtlan most of her disadvantage” ( July 22, 2019) both the photo caption discussion. The system of control’,” July 25). However, engendered by the spread of norms’, as seen in terms of and the text erroneously said: “Born with brachial plexus — which tic partners is nothing if it did not encompass a more select committees is fully I feel India’s demographic education as shown by the overall prosperity, quality of means the nerves between her right neck and shoulder were torn universal vision. Mr. Johnson must abjure his danger utilised in the Westminster dividend can be utilised best total fertility rate (TFR) life and better rankings in the apart...” This should be corrected to read brachial plexus injury. ous brinkmanship. That would be in Britain’s interest. system of parliamentary only if the population results in Kerala. Besides, social indices of these The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; democracies. Since the growth does not outpace greater awakening about the nuclear units. 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PARLEY The government need not restrict the surrogacy So, it seems logical that ART is the key to surrogacy. Is it parts of the country and we in volved the public. We put out adver option to married couples only possible that the ART Bill will tisements in newspapers and asked be fast-tracked now? the public to speak out. Only after The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill was ting the cart before the horse be this, did the ART Bill come about. introduced in the Lok Sabha earlier cause there is a whole process in KGD: We are trying to solve the pro Even for surrogacy, the public this month with the intent of facili volved, and surrogacy is only the blems by talking, and we are going should have its say, because this is a tating altruistic surrogacy in the ultimate end of it. There are many to discuss this next week. Only at democracy. country. The Bill stipulates that a other points in the Bill that are very the end of the discussion will we be Couples with infertility pro surrogate mother has to be a ‘close problematic. First, it leaves out a lot able to see how many amendments blems, transgender people, single relative’ of the intending couple. The of people in case they want to have a the government has accepted. women, divorced women, and wi government claims that regulating baby through IVF, including unmar If you have a surrogate pregnan dows should be involved in the pu surrogacy will put an end to ram ried couples who want to have a ba cy, it should be preceded by an IVF. blic debate and only then should the pant commercialisation of the prac by through surrogacy, gay couples That is why IVF should be discussed Bill be brought in. tice. But in the process, it has left a and single men and women. fi rst. IVF clinics have mushroomed lot of women from underprivileged Also, the Bill allows only altruistic all across the country, and malprac GA: Exactly! I agree with you on backgrounds who lend their wombs surrogacy; this provision is very tices are happening, for instance, in that. The Constitution gives a wo worse off . In a conversation moder problematic as far as I’m con dichotomy or seedsplitting. There man the right to reproduce, or not ated by Ramya Kannan, gynaecol cerned. I spent two years with sur are also advertisements where cele to reproduce, as she wishes, and ogist Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar rogate mothers, clinics and intend brities falsely claim to provide a she has the right to privacy when (KGD) and author Gita Aravamu ing couples; what I found is that the 100% success rate, whereas the in she makes her reproductive choic dan (GA) look at the Bill’s people who are lending their ternationally acceptable rate for wo es. So, this has to be incorporated shortcomings. wombs in order to bear children for men is about 35%, and it can never into the Bill — If I have a right to re somebody else — they are doing a be more than 40%. produce, that means I can hire a How will the Bill impact job which is very creditable because A foreigner couple with their child, which was born through surrogacy, in We do have, in certain age surrogate, I can go in for IVF wheth surrogacy in the country? Will they want to help somebody, but it Hyderabad in 2013. P.V. SIVAKUMAR * groups, a 70% success rate; but it er I’m a transgender, a lesbian or a it increase or decrease the doesn’t mean that they should put might be just 30% for the next age divorcee, I have this right as I wish. chances for people to choose their life on hold for it, or that they forced to bring this proposal. The group, so the cumulative rate comes A woman who has lent her womb from the many reproduction should not be paid for it. mothers were not being given good < > Before speaking of surrogacy, we should have to 35%40%. But these IVF units are also has these rights. options? Altruistic surrogacy has, in fact, food or medical treatment and post brought in the Assisted claiming a 100% success, so more failed in other countries, and has re partum care was nonexistent. patients are going to them. Costs are Any closing remarks? Reproductive Technology KGD: I would like to mention that I sulted in various other forms of as While in my own experience, I also going up. While an IVF proce Bill, which has been lying have spoken to Union Health Minis sistance being given, though money have always dealt with close rela dure earlier used to cost less than ₹ 1 GA: We need a law, but passing the Dr. Kakoli ter Harsh Vardhan. I have also, in may not be paid. If we are going to tives who came forward as surro in cold storage for years lakh, it now costs ₹ 4 lakh₹ 5 lakh. Surrogacy Bill without looking at Ghosh Dastidar fact, written to him that it looks like rely on relatives alone, many may gates, I am all for including other So, the ART Bill should be tabled be the whole process — I think this is a gynaecologist we are putting the cart before the not come forward. Surrogacy groups of people too in the Bill, if GA: So, I agree with Dr. Kakoli that fore the Surrogacy Bill. means we are heading for disaster. and Trinamool horse. For surrogacy to happen, we should be declared as a kind of pro couples are unable to, or cannot there are certain places where sur The whole Bill has been drafted Congress MP need embryos, and embryos are fession — the person providing a bear children due to medical rea rogates were thoroughly exploited GA: The ART Bill has been in cold without taking into consideration cultured in various InVitro Fertilisa womb must have a contract, must sons. However, I’m strictly against and it was the agents, the middle storage. But the Surrogacy Bill, the many physical and emotional tion (IVF) laboratories. So, before be paid properly and get insurance ‘fashion surrogacy’, where women men, who did that. However, in which deals with the end of the pro factors at stake. Meanwhile, there speaking of surrogacy, we should and proper medical checks. who feel their fi gure would be dis stead of removing the means of live cess, is being touted as very impor are many people who don’t know have brought in the Assisted Repro turbed if they carry a baby opt for lihood from them, you should have tant. It is not. What is important is whether or not they can hire a sur ductive Technology (ART) Bill, Both of you sound quite surrogacy. a contract that all surrogates and to take note of the fact that malprac rogate. There are people who have which has been lying in cold storage agitated at the exclusion of the commissioning parents have to tices are taking place in these IVF already hired surrogates. What will for years now. We should have for certain groups of people. GA: In the case of LGBTQI couples sign. laboratories, to the extent that so happen to their baby? There is a lot mulated rules and regulations for and single parents, when medical The contract should include de mebody else’s embryo can be put of doubt in these areas now. ART because there is a mention of KGD: I would like to mention here facilities are available, surrogacy tails of the payment to be made, into you saying that it is yours. When the government banned ‘donor eggs’ in the Surrogacy Bill; that our group, led by my husband, should be allowed, because other specify insurance coverage, and These fl ybynight operators have to surrogacy for foreigners, some fo Gita and it is the donor eggs that are Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar, was wise how will they have a baby? give an assurance that the mothers be regulated. ART Bill has to be ta reigners who were here earlier had Aravamudan is used for the IVF procedures. Se the fi rst in the country, possibly glo They will need the womb of a surro will be treated properly even in the ken up again, and discussed fi rst, af already put some embryos in deep a journalist with cond, the Bill specifi es that the in bally too, to help a singlemale pa gate. Living in has become accepta postpartum stage. I have come ter being tabled in Parliament, and freeze thinking that they would a special interest tending couples should be married rent have a baby through IVF surro ble now, and livein couples should across a couple of surrogate homes passed. Otherwise, are going to come back and have another baby in gender issues Indian couples. There is no mention gacy in 2005. also be allowed to have surrogate in Gujarat, in Bengaluru and Hyde have a very messy situation. through the viable embryos. Follow of NonResident Indians working or We have been working on IVF babies. All these archaic rules, I rabad, where the surrogates are ac ing the ban, they asked for the em studying abroad who may want to since 198687, so we have had so ma think, should be shed from the Bill. tually treated very well. Have all points of view been bryos to be returned. They had come back home to have a baby. As ny experiences of dealing with peo Surrogates are actually not very represented in the Bill? Did a gone through a lot to produce a life far as the other provisions go, they ple who seek surrogacy. Thus, I Surrogate mothers have indeed attached to the babies they are car consultative process precede form, but the government said there are mostly okay, but we need to be strongly speak in favour of transgen been exploited, because there rying in their wombs, because it is a the introduction of the can be no export and import of em able to debate the Bill at length. ders and samesex couples. I think is no process to monitor the means for them to get a livelihood. Surrogacy Bill? bryos any more. So what will hap they should have been included in clinics or any law to ensure that If the government can only ensure pen to those embryos? You cannot Are there any problems with this Bill. the mothers are not defrauded that everything is done legally, we KGD: When the ART Bill was draft put everything in jeopardy at the the Bill? But as far as the experience of by the clinics or the intending don’t need this kind of a Bill that is ed in the late 1990s, an expert com last moment, and then say ‘let me Scan the QR code to surrogate mothers is concerned, couples. The question is, will so noninclusive and superfi cial, in mittee was constituted by the In think about it and get back to you af listen to the full GA: There are a lot of problems. some women had been exploited so this Bill manage to ensure a fair the sense it doesn’t delve deep into dian Council for Medical Research. ter a year’. This is a very complicat interview online First, as Dr. Kakoli said, we are put much that the government was and just process? the problems. It held public debates in all four ed issue. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Making national legislatures CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC more gender-balanced FROM THE ARCHIVES FIFTY YEARS AGO JULY 26, 1969 Quotas can ensure more number of women MPs Apollo men in good shape Archana Datta 349member single House, Swedish Back from the moon, but isolated from the The Global Gender Gap report for Parliament, now has 161 women with world the Apollo 11 astronauts today [ July 2018 said that the widest gender dis 46.1% representation. Sweden does 25] underwent their fi rst physical examina parity is in the fi eld of political empo not have any constitutional clause or tions since their historic moon trip and werment. To cite the InterParlia electoral law earmarking representa showed no signs of having picked up germs mentary Union 2018 report, women tion for women in elected bodies. on the lunar surface. Dr. William Carpentier legislators account for barely 24% of The issue of compulsory gender quo of the National Aeronautics and Space Admi all MPs across the world. ta didn’t fi nd favour in Sweden as it nistration said Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin However, the experience of the was believed that such a quota will and Michael Collins were in “very good topranked countries in the IPU list create reverse discrimination and shape”, despite a minor infl ammation in one does give an indication of how wo violate the principles of equal oppor of Armstrong’s ears. The doctor said the men’s presence in political spaces tunities. Almost all political parties men of Apollo 11 were in a better condition took an upward turn in those there have adopted measures to en than the previous Apollo astronauts. After 11 nations. sure a fair representation for women hours of examination of the spacemen, Dr. Rwanda, a landlocked nation with at all levels. In 1993, the Social Demo Carpentier said Armstrong, Aldrin and Col a population of 11.2 million, tops the cratic Party adopted the ‘zipper sys lins showed less deterioration in the condi list, with 61.3% seats in the Lower tem’, described as “a gender quota tion of heart and blood vessels than other House and 38.5% in the Upper House system whereby women and men are Apollo men have had. He was not sure why it occupied by women. Since 2003, the placed alternately on all party lists.” was so. But he was sure that the infl amma country has implemented a legislat This further boosted women’s seat CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC tion in one of Armstrong’s ears was not im ed quota of 30% in all elected posi share. portant. He said there may have been a buil NOTEBOOK dup of fl uid in the ear due to the pressures of tions, which has enabled a steady in fl ow of women parliamentarians Nepal’s example reentry and that the fl uid was draining. The after successive elections. Its Consti Closer home, Nepal occupies the The dramatic ambulance ride that wasn’t men will be under painstaking medical scru tiny for 21 days. Dr. Carpentier, has also been tution has also set a quo 36th position in the IPU ta of 30% in all elected and its 275member How an idea for a ‘perfect Mumbai feature story’ failed to materialise quarantined with the astronauts in the trail erlike facility aboard this recovery ship. offi ces. However, some Lower House has 90 wo believe that the higher men, about 32.7% of the Jayant Sriram tion. I also wanted to ob equipment or food may anyone there can recall representation of wo total strength. The Nepal I try to plan my life around serve what kind of skills an have to be moved between several instances when he A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JULY 26, 1919 men in the country can Constitution stole a traffi c but there was one in ambulance driver needed facilities. Members of the may have heard an ambu not be attributed solely march over many others stance when I was actually to display. ambulance unit were in lance, sirens blaring, trying Birth of a Prince in Mysore. to quotas — women were in the South Asia by ear counting on it being busy. Armed with this ‘perfect itially sceptical of my idea to cut through. I was so A Mysore Government order says: The Go thrust into the political marking 33% seats for This was for what I ima image’ of what my story but, as the day wore on, convinced that this would vernment of His Highness the Maharaja de limelight due to the huge women in all state insti gined would be the ‘perfect should be, I managed to get were totally into the story. be a great story that I went sire that the auspicious event of the birth of a vacuum that emerged in tutions, including the feature story’. the help of a government back thrice to hang out son to His Highness the Yuvaraja should be the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, legislature. A couple of years ago, hospital located in the Waiting for emergency with the same unit. suitably celebrated and observed as a day of which resulted in a large chunk of the India, at 149 among the 192 coun while working in Mumbai, I centre of the city and be By mid afternoon, we were Members of the unit rejoicing throughout the State on the 29th, country’s male population getting tries in the IPU list, had barely 11.8% was commissioned to do a gan hanging out with the all in the amusing position thought I was a bit crazy public holiday, in honour of the event, and killed. women’s representation in the 16th story about traffi c jams. ambulance dispatch unit of hoping for an emergency and assumed that I must fl ags should be fl own and special thanksgiv Lok Sabha, which improved to 14.5% Classic big city reporting from early morning. call. “It can happen any have been particularly job ing services should be arranged to be held in Leader in the Caribbean in the current Lower House. At least cliché yes, but this story What followed, however, time,” they said, though I less to spend hours with principal temples and mosques. For this Cuba, the largest Caribbean island seven out of the 29 States have not had a twist. I would aim to was a sobering contrast suspect now that they just them, just waiting. Howev purpose a sum of Rs. 100 for the districts of nation with a population of about 11.1 sent a single woman MP. The 108th do it while travelling in an between the dramatic im felt sorry for me as I sat er, they never discouraged Bangalore and Mysore including the two ci million, holds the second rank, with Constitutional Amendment Bill stipu ambulance as it navigated age in my mind and the quietly in a corner of the me though, predictably, I ties, and Rs. 50 each for other districts, will 53.2 % seats of its 605member single lating 33% quota for women in the its way through traffi c. reality. Between 7 a.m. and dispatch room, looking never got the perfect scena be placed at the disposal of the Deputy Com House being occupied by women re Parliament and in State Assemblies What I hoped to achieve 2 p.m., the unit was dis ‘hopeful’ every time the rio of that dramatic ambu missioner through muzr department. All presentatives. The Communist dis remains in political cold storage. The was a kind of forensic ana patched about nine times phone rang. lance ride through busy prisoners under sentence of one month and pensation in Cuba did not opt for le system of voluntary party quotas, lysis of how disorganised to diff erent places, and More trips between hos traffi c I assumed was com less will be released and all other prisoners gislated gender quotas, but does which has worked well in many coun the Mumbai traffi c might each time, I eagerly geared pital facilities followed and, monplace in Mumbai. will be given a month’s remission for every follow a practice akin to voluntary tries, is not likely to cut much ice in be, or if there was a sense myself up to report. towards the evening, there The experience gave me year or fraction of a year of sentence they quota systems. However, Cuban wo India’s deeply embedded patriarchal of order behind the appa It turned out however, was even a trip to transfer a a vague guiding principle, have yet to undergo provided their conduct men are less represented at the local society. As has happened in the case rent chaos. I wanted to see that an ambulance is not patient to another hospital especially when it comes to in jail has been satisfactory. Prisoners sen level, where candidates are selected of panchayats and municipalities, on if vehicles had the space to dispatched only in times of a few kilometres away, one writing features or other tenced to transportation for life who have by the local communities that often ly a legally mandated quota could manoeuvre themselves out emergency. There are that proved to be largely long form stories — never only one year or less out of their sentences overlook women candidates. perhaps ensure a largescale entry of of the way when an ambu numerous trips it takes just uneventful. have the perfect scene in to serve in jail and whose conduct in jail has Sweden, the fi fthrank holder in Indian women into the higher eche lance needed to cut to cater to the basic logis I didn’t get my ‘perfect mind beforehand and be been uniformly good and civil prisoners the IPU, has a professedly feminist lons of political power. through and if there were tics of running a hospital. feature story’ but was left prepared to write, with a who have been confi ned in jails and look up government and has maintained a systems in place, like traffi c For instance, a patient may with this lingering sense of clean slate, on what you for a debt not exceeding Rs. 100 and who are women’s parliamentary representa The writer is a former Indian Information police stepping in, that have to be transferred from ‘what if’. Traffi c jams are so see. And, of course, never through poverty unable to pay the same will tion of at least 40% since 90s. The Service Offi cer and media educationist could help ease the situa one building to another, or common in Mumbai that count on the traffi c. also be released. CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 12 NEWS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 FROM PAGE ONE LS passes Triple Talaq Bill after JD(U) walks out EC sets up teams to probe VVPAT mismatch Opposition leaders call for Session extended till Aug. 7 scrutiny of Bill SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT decided to extend it by According to the order, the Constituency and the Osian NEW DELHI another 12 days. teams have been asked to Assembly Constituency of Parliamentary Aff airs As soon as the Lok Sabha probe the cases of one less the Pali Parliamentary Con Special Correspondent Minister Pralhad Joshi on passesd the Triple Talaq Bill VVPAT slip being found in stituency in Rajasthan; se NEW DELHI Thursday informed the in the Lower House, Mr. the Sri Renukaji Assembly ven extra slips found in the The Lok Sabha on Thursday Lok Sabha that the Joshi got up to inform Constituency of the Shimla Kodur Assembly Consti passed the Muslim Women government had decided Speaker Om Birla about the Parliamentary Constituency tuency of the Rajampet Par (Protection of Rights on Mar to extend the fi rst session government’s decision. in Himachal Pradesh; one liamentary Constituency in riage) Bill, 2019, which crimi of the 17th Lok Sabha till The government’s move is slip extra found in the Kshe Andhra Pradesh; and four nalises divorce by instant tri August 7. linked to ensure the passage trigao Assembly Constituen less slips and 34 less slips ple talaq by Muslim men and The session, which of crucial pending Bills like cy of the Inner Manipur Par respectively found in the Py attracts a jail term of three began on June 17, was the Triple Talaq and the liamentary Constituency in nursla Assembly Consti years for the husband. scheduled to end on July Motor Amendment Act in Manipur; one slip extra each tuency and Nongkrem As A majority of 303 mem 26, but the government the Rajya Sabha next week. found in the Begun Assemb sembly Constituency of the bers voted for the Bill follow Protest move: A television grab of Congress MPs leaving the Lok Sabha after the Triple Talaq ly Constituency of the Chit Shillong Parliamentary Con ing a fractious debate, which Bill was passed by a voice vote on Thursday. PTI * toragarh Parliamentary stituency in Meghalaya. saw a walkout by a consti tuent of the ruling National of trust in society,” JD(U) men; in fact you have done bruary. Justifying the intro ment’s motive in rushing the tory’ as it sought to target on Democratic Alliance, the Ja members staged a walkout. more harm than good,” Mr. duction of the legislation, Bill through the House, K. ly Muslim men even when Karnataka Speaker nata Dal (United). The legis lation was earlier introduced for the fi rst time in the 17th Two Opposition parties — the Congress and the Trinamool Congress — also walked out Owaisi asserted. Mr. Owaisi said a woman should have the right to leave Mr. Prasad said: “Twenty Muslim countries in the world, including Pakistan Suresh of the Congress said that the criminality clause may be misused by the pol the problem of abandoning wives was not unique to the community. disqualifi es 3 rebel MLAs Lok Sabha. Tabling the Bill, Union after the voice vote. The Bill now needs to be the marriage. “Will the hus band give maintenance from and Malaysia, have banned the triple talaq. Why can’t a ice and governments. The Minister clarifi ed that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that the crime Law Minister Ravi Shankar approved by the Rajya jail? Why should the woman secular India do it?” the government had includ was the ‘desertion of wife’ When asked if he would re “I am setting a new prece Prasad said: “Law is not Sabha. remain married to the hus Opposition parties, on ed certain safeguards such as without taking responsibilty. sign before taking a deci dent. Let the country and about religion or garnering Opposing the legislation, band who is in imprison their part, demanded that the provision of allowing for “Why is a law criminalising sion on resignations, he State discuss it. votes, it is for women’s AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi ment,” he asked. the Bill be referred to a select the grant of bail for the ac Muslim husbands, ” he said: “Only after I complete “Let the lawmakers take empowerment.’’ termed it as “antiIslam”. The Bill seeks to replace parliamentary committee for cused before trial. asked, adding that the Su my responsibility and not a decision on public hear Questioning the rationale “Introducing a law will not the Ordinance passed by the discussion and debate. The Opposition also noted preme Court had already cri going against my con ing before the resignations for a law that creates a “lack eradicate a social evil on wo previous government in Fe Questioning the govern that the Bill was ‘discrimina minalised Triple Talaq. science that I will decide on are accepted.” my future.” Mr Ramesh Kumar added On his suggestion that vo that the opinion of the vo ters should be heard before a decision is taken on the MLAs’ resignations, he said: ters can be considered de pending on the prevailing situation. Azam Khan’s ‘objectionable’ Companies Bill introduced in LS remark sparks furore in LS amid opposition hue and cry RS passes RTI Bill amid Akhilesh Yadav defends party MP, amid calls for apology Parties say that the law is being enacted in a hurry Opposition protests Special Correspondent think Azam Khan ji meant Special Correspondent NEW DELHI the Rajya Sabha. Hence the NEW DELHI any disrespect to the Chair second ordinance was pro Opposition members is an eff ort to kill the RTI Act Lok Sabha on Thursday wit (Rama Devi). They (BJP MPs) Union Finance Minister Nir mulgated in February. This stormed into the Well of the as an act of revenge by nessed high drama when are badtameez (insolent) mala Sitharaman on Thurs Bill has been brought to re House and raised slogans in Prime Minister Narendra BJP MP Rama Devi, in the ....these people are so illbe day introduced a Bill to re place the second ordinance. protest. Amidst slogans, the Modi who has been put in Chair, took objection to a haved and they point fi ngers place the Companies We are not bringing the Bill BJP members initiated the an embarrassing position by comment made by Samajwa at us?” (Amendment) Ordinance, in haste,” she said. The go debate. queries often, including the di Party leader Mohammad Speaker Om Birla, who 2019 in the Lok Sabha, a vernment was following the Though the motion to ref case seeking information in Azam Khan who was speak resumed Chair, demanded move strongly opposed by best practice by adopting er the Bill to a select com the educational qualifi ca ing during the debate on the an apology from Akhilesh the Opposition, which the legislative route to enact mittee was signed by Biju Ja tions of Mr Modi. Muslim Women (Protection Yadav. claimed that the govern the law, she added. nata Dal and Telangana Speaking at the conclu of Rights on Marriage) Bill, Earlier, Mr. Khan speak ment had been trying to Nirmala Sitharaman Mr. Chowdhury said the Rashtra Samiti members, sion of the debate Minister 2019. Azam Khan ing on the triple talaq bill enact the law in haste. government on several occa the two parties spoke in for Department of Person The House erupted with and referring to the inter There was no mention of low this to happen,” Mr. Roy sions had brought Bills to the support of the Bill during nel and Training Jitender demands for Azam Khan’s sible for me to say anything vention of Minority Aff airs the Bill in the list of business told Mr. Birla. House without prior notice. the debate. Singh said the amendment apology even as Samajwadi bad. If there is a single un Minister Mukhtar Abbas for the day, a point that was Ms Sitharaman said the “If such trends continue, the When the Opposition was brought without any Party chief Akhilesh Yadav parliamentary word in what Naqvi, read out a couplet repeatedly made by Trina Bill had been a necessity as dignity of the House will be sensed this change of motivation and was in good defended him with Ms. Devi I said, then I declare my re “...tu idhar-udhar ki baat mool Congress member Sau the government had promul hurt,” he said. Mr. Birla said stance, it decided to call off faith. stating: “This is not the way signation from Parliament." na kar (do not divert from gata Roy and Congress lead gated an ordinance on the he had given a ruling that at the protest and join the de This, he said, will lead to to speak to a woman. Ex Akhilesh Yadav, who the topic) ...”. er in the House Adhir subject twice in November least two days prior notice bate. institutionalisation of the punge your remarks.” stood up to defend Azam At this, Ms. Devi asked Mr. Chowdhary. Both urged 2018 and February 2019. should be given to the MPs Congress MP Jairam Ra CIC and strengthen the pro Attempting to clarify, Khan, faced cries of Khan and address the Chair. Speaker Om Birla to reintro “A Bill to replace the fi rst before the introduction of mesh alleged that legislation vision of RTI Act. Azam Khan said: “You are “shame” from the ruling It was in response to this duce the bill on Friday. ordinance was passed in the any bill from the next ses my sister. I have had a long party. However, Mr. Yadav that the SP member made “You are the supreme Lok Sabha in January 2019 sion and allowed Ms. Sitha political career, it is not pos continued and said: “I don’t the “objectionable” remark. authority. You should not al but could not get through in raman to introduce the Bill. Subhash Garg seeks Ensure funds CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC INS meets voluntary retirement for POCSO DD live Goyal on 10% Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced avail. Similarly, it is believed courts: SC newsprint duty the scheme in the budget that Mr. Garg was instru earlier this month. mental in denying SEBI’s re Krishnadas Rajagopal Press Trust of India peated pleas against trans NEW DELHI New Delhi Source of friction ferring 75% of its reserves to The Supreme Court on A delegation of the Indian It is widely believed among the government. The Fi Thursday asked the Centre Newspaper Society (INS) Finance Ministry offi cials nance Bill 2019 was passed to ensure that money was on Thursday met Com and watchers that Mr. Garg in both Houses of Parlia made available to set up merce and Industry Minis was a key source of the re ment without the govern special courts in districts ter Piyush Goyal regarding cent friction between the ment changing this provi that recorded more than the 10% customs duty im Ministry and regulators sion. Mr. Garg’s voluntary 100 cases pending under posed on newsprint in the such as the Reserve Bank of retirement, if approved, will Protection of Children Union Budget, an offi cial India and the Securities and kick in about 15 months be from Sexual Off ences said. Exchange Board of India. fore his scheduled superan (POCSO) Act. The delegation was led While members of the Ja nuation in October 2020. Citing the delay in ensur by Society president Jayant lan Committee looking into Mr Garg was designated ing justice, a Bench, led by Mammen Mathew, execu the issue of the RBI’s re as Finance Secretary in the Chief Justice of India, tive editor of the Malayala serves and how much March this year following said the traumatised chil Manorama Group. should be transferred to the the superannuation of A.N. dren needed to be treated Mahendra Mohan Gupta Centre asked Mr. Garg to Jha. He held this post in ad with compassion. In short, of Dainik Jagran and Mohit tone down his dissent note dition to that of Secretary a completely diff erent ap Jain of Bennett Coleman on the Committee’s report, Economic Aff airs, which he proach was required for Ltd. were also present. this was apparently to no held since June 2017. the investigation and trial Earlier, the INS had of the POCSO cases, Chief sought a rollback of the Justice Ranjan Gogoi said. 10% duty saying the move Assam BJP slams Addressing the cour troom, the CJI said, “We are concerned about States would put unbearable bur den on the industry. Finance Minister Nirma NRC authority where there is hardly any infrastructure; where the Enter innovation: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar at the offi ce of Doordarshan in New Delhi on la Sitharaman had said the 10% duty was to provide a magistrate has hardly any Thursday. He said creative heads would be appointed in various channels to generate highquality content. PTI * level playing fi eld to dom For rejecting a plea for reverifi cation room... ... yet are snowed CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC estic manufacturers. under by cases under new SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 27% reverifi cation on his laws... New law means new own without any instruction responsibility and addi President marks U.P. govt. issues orders to withdraw GUWAHATI The BJP in Assam has from the apex court that is tional burden for them slammed the National Regis monitoring the exercise. ...These are the real issues ter of Citizens (NRC) author ity for rejecting a plea for re The Centre and State had sought reverifi cation to en which aff ect the judiciary and not the Supreme Court two years in offi ce 22 more cases of Muzaff arnagar riots verifi cation of names in the sure not a single genuine In Collegium.” draft list published on July dian is excluded from or any The CJI then turned to Govt. counsel says they are not keen to go on appeal 30 last. illegal immigrant included the Solicitor General and Special Correspondent trapati Bhavan has come out The Central and State go in the list. We feel Hajela is told him, “Mr. Mehta, ask New Delhi impressive slides on how the Special Correspondent lated to arson and loot,” he dicts in 41 cases and have ac vernments, both headed by being directed by some vest your government to make President Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President has taken “In Ghaziabad said. quitted the accused in 40 the BJP, had requested the ed interests,” Assam BJP the money available [for who completed two years in dia to the world”. The Uttar Pradesh govern District government cases where Muslims were Supreme Court for reverifi said in a statement. the establishment of spe offi ce on Thursday, will be ment has issued orders to counsel Dushyant Tyagi said attacked. cation of 20% of names in cial courts].” come the fi rst President in A fi rst withdraw 22 more cases he would move the applica Mr. Tyagi said the govern districts bordering Bangla Memo to President The court said the sup recent years to visit over 12 Apart from being the fi rst In linked to the 2013 Muzaff ar tion at relevant courts. “I ment was not keen to go on desh and 10% in other dis Sachetan Nagarik Mancha, port persons in these spe countries, including his up dian President to visit Aus nagar riots, taking the total can’t say much as the cases appeal in acquitted cases. tricts. But NRC State Coordi an Assambased group that cial courts, who performed coming visit to west African tralia, Bolivia and Croatia, number to 70. Additional are still subjudice. It is for The prime reason, he said, nator Prateek Hajela, on July had submitted a memoran the crucial role of a bridge countries later this week. he has travelled to Chile in district magistrate Amit Ku the court to accept or reject was witnesses in most cases 23, told the court that this dum to President Ram Nath between the child victim Keeping with the govern South America. mar confi rmed to The Hindu the government’s position.” turned hostile. was unnecessary as NRC of Kovind last year alleging and the court’s offi cers and ment's Africa focus, Presi “The President takes keen that he has received the or The riots which swept Welcoming the move, se fi cials handling the exercise that the draft contained the investigators, should be dent Kovind will embark on interest and gives his sugges ders. “Out of 90 cases in Muzaff arnagar in 2013 nior BJP leader from Muzaf had already reverifi ed 27% names of Bangladeshi peo dedicated people who had a weeklong visit to Benin tions when the Rashtrapati which report was sought, claimed at least 65 lives and farnagar Sohanveer Singh of the names. ple, said the government excellent academic qualifi and Gambia. Bhavan secretary works out the government has decided thousands were displaced. said these were “fake cases” “We disapprove of Hajela did not push hard enough cations and were devoted Marking two years of Mr. his schedule along with MEA to withdraw proceedings in Since 2017, Muzaff arnagar foisted by the then Samajwa having done, as he claims, for reverifi cation. to child rights. Kovind's presidency, Rash offi cials,” said an offi cial. 70 cases. These are cases re courts have delivered ver di Party government. 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We are now going for India tells Pak. to grant ited States have adequately hitech defence tieups.” full access to Jadhav NEW DELHI presented their respective Mr. Trump’s claim has put India on Thursday asked points of view and therefore spotlight on Mr. Modi’s up Pakistan to grant full it is time to move beyond the coming visits to multilateral consular access to phase created by President summits where he is likely to Kulbhushan Jadhav at the Donald Trump’s comment interact with President earliest in “full compliance on Kashmir, the Ministry of Trump. The Indian leader is and conformity” with last External Aff airs said on scheduled to visit Biarritz in week’s verdict in his case by Thursday. France in August to partici the International Court of Speaking at the weekly pate in the events associated Justice. External Affairs press meeting, MEA spokes with the G7 summit. Ministry Spokesperson man Raveesh Kumar sought Planning ahead: Admiral Karambir Singh, right and former Raveesh Kumar said India is in to put an end to the contro ‘Episodic issues’ Admiral Sunil Lamba at a seminar on Thursday PTI * touch with the Pakistani versy that began after Mr. Sources said that the contro authorities on the issue. PTI Bombay HC issues notices to Gadkari, ECI Trump, in a press confe rence with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, sought versy associated with Presi dent Trump’s comments will not put a brake on the Will respond within to mediate between India smooth fl ow of interaction NAGPUR The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on and Pakistan on Kashmir. Important ties between the leaders and offi cials of both sides. The spo kesman referred to the rela our budget: Navy Thursday issued notices to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari “India’s ties with the United tionship as “multifaceted” and the Election Commission States is extremely impor and “broadbased” that is ‘Longterm fi scal support needed’ of India, seeking their stands tant. Our position on the not infl uenced by episodic is on a bunch of petitions matter has been explained in US offi cials made to contain against India’s traditional Kashmir issue and India con sues. Special correspondent quired longterm fi scal sup challenging the minister’s both houses of the Parlia the diplomatic incident. policy of avoiding thirdpar tinues to adhere to ‘no third Following Mr. Trump’s NEW DELHI port to build a Navy. “That is election in the 2019 Lok ment by the External Aff airs The core of the controver ty interference on Kashmir party intervention’ on bilat comment on Kashmir, Larry A day after China released its the only way we can plan,” Sabha polls. Justice A. S. Minister. The State Depart sy is in the fact that U.S. Pre issue. eral IndiaPakistan issues. Kudlow, Chief Economic Ad defence white paper that he noted. Chandurkar heard three ment has issued a statement sident had claimed that the In his speeches in the Lok The offi cial insisted that visor in the Trump adminis laid emphasis on building a On the proposed second petitions fi led by Congress saying that their position re request for American media Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Ex there are “plenty of things tration, said that the U.S. Pre strong navy, Chief of the Na Indigenous Aircraft Carrier leader Nana Patole, Vanchit mains the same and there tion had come from the In ternal Aff airs Minister Dr. S. on the table” for the India sident “doesn’t make things val Staff Admiral Karambir (IACII), which has been on Bahujan Aghadi candidate has been no change,” said dian Prime Minister Naren Jaishankar said that PM Modi U.S. ties and said, “It is an up”, arguing that Mr. Trump Singh on Thursday said “we the drawing board for some Manohar Dabrase and one Mr. Kumar recounting the dra Modi. This version of the had not urged President important relationship. We was indeed asked to inter have to watch and see how time but hasn’t been ap Nafi s Khan, alleging electoral clarifi cations that Indian and interaction on Kashmir goes Trump to intervene in the are very strong strategic vene by PM Modi. we can respond within our proved by the government malpractices and defective budget and constraints that yet, Adm. Singh said he can EVMs used in the polls. PTI we have.” not give any timeline. “Our 5G, data localisation to dominate BRICS meeting “It is not just the Chinese plan is to build a 65,000 30 Bangladeshi white paper, it has been said tonne with possibly electric immigrants deported in the past also. Lots of re propulsion and a Catapult GUWAHATI sources have been shifted Assisted TakeOff But Arrest Bangladesh on Thursday from other arms to the PLA ed Recovery (CATOBAR) so took back 30 people, Digital economy and U.S. opposition to telecom major Huawei likely to be prominent issues Navy obviously in line with that if we have three aircraft including three women, who their intention to become a carriers, we can have two had entered India illegally Special Correspondent of the U.S. opposition to Chi that fi nancial data pertaining “Regarding the [policy] of claimed. global power. We have to operational at any given over the past fi ve years. NEW DELHI nese telecom major Huawei, to Indians is stored only in the United States of America “We will be discussing watch that and see how we time,” he said, adding that Offi cials in Karimganj district of Assam deported them Calling for a united stand on diplomats said the BRICS Indian servers. with regard to certain Chi 5G,” said Brazil’s deputy can respond within our bud the plan to build IACII was a through the Kalibari Ghat issues surrounding 5G net group of emerging econo nese companies, we deem it chief of mission in Delhi get and constraints that we part of the Maritime Capabil checkpoint. Karimganj works and data storage, di mies would seek to “coordi On Huawei an inappropriate way of Brenna Herman, adding that have,” Adm. Singh said in his ity Perspective Plan (MCPP) Superintendent of Police plomats from the fi venation nate” positions on the con India is yet to clarify whether dealing with competition,” countries “coordinate posi fi rst interaction with the me 201227. Manabendra Debroy said the grouping of Brazil, Russia, tentious issue. it will include Huawei in its said Russian deputy Ambas tions, but BRICS is not a me dia since he took over as Na India’s fi rst Indigenous immigrants had infi ltrated India, China and South Afri The BRICS countries may trials of 5G equipment due to sador Roman Babushkin, in chanism against any particu vy chief on May 31, on the si carrier Vikrant is under ad since 2015 and were arrested ca said the digital economy also search for common start in September. The issue dicating that Moscow be lar country or grouping.” delines of a seminar on vanced stage of construction in 10 districts . The camps would dominate the meeting ground on data localisation, had been raised on the side lieves the U.S. moves against India will be represented ‘Nation building through and expected to be delivered have 60 more Bangladeshi of BRICS Foreign Ministers in of particular interest to In lines of the Osaka G20 sum Huawei are motivated by at the BRICS forum by Union shipbuilding’ on Thursday. to the Navy by February 2021 nationals awaiting their Brasilia on Friday. dia, after the Reserve Bank mit in June, but no decision commercial considerations, Minister for Road Transport On the Navy’s budgetary and commissioned by early return home. Making a special mention passed guidelines ensuring has been announced. not security risks, as and Highways V.K. Singh. constraints, he said they re 2023 after aviation trials. Civilians pen letter to Modi, Trump, Imran Peerzada Ashiq problem”. The letter said. the Kashmir Centre for So means”. The letter asked Mr. Srinagar “The armies of the two nu cial and Developmental Stu Trump to “initiate serious ef A Kashmirbased civil socie cleararmed nations are dies, comprising prominent forts in right earnest by ad ty group on Thursday wrote standing face to face, and a academics, doctors and bu dressing and reconciling, an open letter to Prime Mi trivial confrontation can ig sinessmen, expressed “grati rather than managing tem nister Narendra Modi and nite a nuclear war. Can the tude to Mr. Modi, Mr. Khan porarily or ignoring perma his Pakistan and U.S counter U.S. and, for that matter, the and Mr. Trump for showing a nently, the diff erences the parts Imran Khan and Do whole world aff ord such a keen interest in resolving the parties to the dispute have, nald Trump, hailing “their risk?” world’s longest festering dis in arriving at a fair and equit urge to address the Kashmir In the letter, members of pute through peaceful able solution”. ‘4 BJP MLAs ready to join Cong. in MP’ Sidharth Yadav Bhopal A day after two BJP MLAs voted in favour of a Bill in the Madhya Pradesh Vid han Sabha leaving the par ty in shock, Namdeo Das Tyagi, popularly known as ‘Computer Baba’, on Thursday claimed he had names of another four BJP MLAs who were ready to back the Congress. “Four BJP MLAs are in touch with me and they want to support the Con gress,” said Mr. Tyagi, Chairman of the State go vernment’s Ma Narmada Ma Kshipra and Ma Manda kini River Trust. “All of them are politicians with heft. Whenever Chief Mi nister Kamal Nath gives me the goahead, I will present their names before you,” he told The Hindu. Before being appointed on March 10 as the Chair man of the body tasked with conserving the three rivers and checking illegal sand mining on their beds, Mr. Tyagi was given Minis ter of State status under the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government as a member of a panel to conserve Nar mada river. However, six months la ter, terming its government “irreligious”, he accused Mr. Chouhan of not keep ing his promise to conserve the river. The MLAs didn’t specify their demands to him. “They’ll tell it themselves when the time comes,” Mr. Tyagi said. CM https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 14 WORLD DELHI THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Ukraine seizes Russian ship in Black Sea U.S. federal government to Crew were freed after Moscow warned of consequences if any Russian citizens were ‘taken hostage’ reinstate death penalty Reuters sian tanker, the Neyma, KIEV which blocked Ukrainian Executions of fi ve death row federal inmates scheduled Ukraine on Thursday seized warships in the Kerch Strait,” a Russian tanker for its al Ukraine’s SBU security ser Reuters leged involvement in the vice said in a statement. WASHINGTON capture of three Ukrainian The SBU published foot The U.S. Justice Department Navy vessels by Russia, age of the tanker being announced on Thursday it prompting Moscow to warn searched. The same footage was reinstating a twode of consequences if any Rus showed the name of the de cades long dormant policy sian citizens were “taken tained ship, the Nika Spirit, to resume the federal go hostage”. on the vessel’s bow next to a vernment’s use of capital The crew members were darker patch of paint that ap punishment and immediate later freed by Ukraine and parently covered up its old ly scheduled the executions were on their way home, but name. Two men in camou for fi ve death row federal the tanker remained in Uk fl aged uniforms with Ukrai inmates. rainian custody in the Da nian insignia were shown “Congress has expressly nube river port of Izmail, a walking through the Russian authorised the death penal U.S. Attorney General William Barr. * AFP spokesman for the Russian fl agged vessel. ty through legislation adopt Embassy in Kiev said by Russia’s Foreign Ministry ed by the peoples represen nalty for drug traffi ckers and Mitchell, who was found telephone. Maritime tension: The Russian tanker, called ‘Nika Spirit’, detained by the Ukrainian security warned Ukraine “there will tatives in both houses of mass shooters. The Justice guilty by a jury in Arizona of service in the Black Sea port of Izmail on Thursday. REUTERS * soon be consequences” if Congress and signed by the Department said it has sche stabbing a 63yearold Delicate negotiations any Russian crew members President,” Attorney Gener duled executions for fi ve fed grandmother and forcing The seizure threatens to up between Kiev and Moscow, had been on board at the Russia seized the Ukrai were “taken hostage”, the al William Barr said in a eral inmates who have been her young granddaughter to set delicate negotiations on a which remain blighted by time of the seizure. nian ships after opening fi re RIA news agency reported. statement. convicted of horrifi c mur sit next to her lifeless body possible prisoner swap bet Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s security service on them and is still holding The SBU said the Russian “The Justice Department ders and sex crimes. on a car journey before slit ween the two countries and Crimea from Ukraine and its alleged that the tanker, the 24 Ukrainian sailors who vessel had entered Ukraine upholds the rule of law and Those inmates include ting the girl’s throat. came weeks after Volodymyr backing for proRussian sep ‘Nika Spirit’, used to be were on board at the time, under its new name, the Ni we owe it to the victims and Daniel Lewis Lee, a white su “Each of these inmates Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s new aratists in eastern Ukraine. called ‘NEYMA’ and was accusing them of illegally en ka Spirit, “to cover its invol their families to carry for premacist who was convict has exhausted their appel President, spoke with Rus The Ukrainian prosecu placed beneath a bridge near tering its territorial waters, a vement in illegal actions”, ward the sentence imposed ed in Arkansas for murder late and postconviction re sian President Vladimir Pu tor’s offi ce said 10 Russian Crimea in November in or charge they deny. but that it had identifi ed the by our justice system.” ing a family of three, medies,” the department tin for the fi rst time. crew were detained for ques der to block three Ukrainian “The Ukrainian security ship from its unique Interna U.S. President Donald including an eightyearold said, adding that the execu The incident is also cer tioning. Russian news agen Navy ships from entering the service and military prosecu tional Maritime Organization Trump has called for in girl. tions will take place in tain to further sour relations cies said around 15 Russians Sea of Azov. tors’ offi ce detained a Rus number. creasing use of the death pe Another one is Lezmond Indiana. Billionaire Epstein found At least 11 killed as 3 blasts rock Kabul U.K. Cabinet has three injured in prison cell Ministers of Indian-origin The attacks come amid U.S. General’s meeting with top U.S. and NATO offi cials Agence France-Presse New York The injuries are not be All of them are Brexit supporters lieved to be serious, they ad Reuters nistry and mines and petro A second bomb exploded restore strict Islamic law af U.S. billionaire Jeff rey Ep ded. Guards are also investi Kabul leum, killing fi ve women and on a road parallel to the site ter their 2001 ouster at the stein, who is accused of sex gating whether he was the Three bombs rocked the Af a child. of the bus attack, killing fi ve hands of U.S.led troops, said ually assaulting underage victim of a possible assault ghan capital of Kabul on Video footage shared with people and injuring police their fi ghters had used a veh girls, was found injured in as they piece together what Thursday, killing at least 11 reporters by security offi who were trying to manage icleborne improvised explo his jail cell after a possible happened. people and wounding 45, of cials showed the bodies of the traffi c after the fi rst blast. sive device to kill nine fo suicide attempt, according The fi nancier was denied fi cials said, as the chairman the women and a child lying Islamic State claimed res reign forces and destroy two to sources cited in multiple bail last week after appear of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of on the road in the eastern ponsibility for the two vehicles. media reports. ing at a New York court Staff was meeting top U.S. part of city as bystanders attacks. On Wednesday, a Croatian Epstein was found semi charged with one count of and NATO offi cials in the tried to help the wounded. The third blast, about 3 soldier serving in Afghanis conscious with marks on his sex traffi cking of minors and city. Health offi cials said at km away, wounded at least tan was killed and two were neck, anonymous law enfor one count of conspiracy to A suicide bomber blew least 20 people were taken 17 civilians, for which the Ta seriously wounded in a sui cement sources told U.S. commit sex traffi cking of mi himself near a minibus car to hospital by civilians, some liban claimed responsibility. cide attack on their convoy media. nors. rying employees of the mi on wheelbarrows. The Taliban, fi ghting to outside Kabul, (From left ) Alok Sharma, Priti Patel and Rishi Sunak. * AFP IN BRIEF Afghan Taliban ready to Paris records its hottest day Press Trust of India ment norms imposed by the London European Union (EU). British Prime Minister Boris Fellow Brexiteer Mr. Su visit Pakistan on invitation Johnson has appointed nak had also issued similar They are willing to talk to end confl ict as heatwave sears Europe three Indianorigin leaders in his top ministerial team in what has been dubbed as open letters in favour of fair er visa norms for everyone in the world. Britain’s most diverse The 39yearold Conser Press Trust of India Washington and Islamabad. Temperature is rising as hot, dry air comes in from N. Africa Cabinet. vative Party MP, who is mar Islamabad/Doha Interestingly, Mr. Khan Hours after Mr. Johnson ried to Infosys cofounder Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is dead The Afghan Taliban on was accompanied by Army Associated Press was appointed by the Queen Narayana Murthy’s daught Thursday expressed willing chief General Qamar Javed Paris as Britain’s new Prime Mi er Akshata, is an MBA grad TUNIS Tunisian President Beji Caid ness to travel to Pakistan Bajwa, InterServices Intelli A new record high tempera nister, he named Priti Patel uate and investment expert Essebsi, the North African and meet Prime Minister gence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. ture was recorded in Paris Home Secretary, Alok Shar who takes charge of one of country’s first democratically Imran Khan if he invites Faiz Hameed during the on Thursday, as Europe ma as the International De the most important jobs in elected leader, died on them for negotiations to end talks at the White House. sweltered in what was its se velopment Secretary and the U.K. Treasury, serving Thursday at the age of 92, his the 18year confl ict in Af Sohail Shaheen, a spokes cond heat wave this sum Rishi Sunak as the Chief Se under the new Chancellor, office said. The veteran ghanistan, according to a man for the Taliban’s politi mer. cretary to the Treasury. Sajid Javid. politician, the oldest head of media report. cal offi ce in Qatar’s capital Climate scientists warn They attended their fi rst Ca The U.K.born son of a state after Britain’s Queen The statement by the Tali Doha, told the BBC Urdu this could become the new binet meeting at 10 Downing pharmacist mother and a Elizabeth II, came to power in ban came hours after Mr. that if PM Khan extended a normal in many parts of the Street on Thursday National Health Service gen 2014. AFP Khan returned to Islamabad formal invitation, they will world. But temperate Eu morning. eral practitioner father is an after his maiden offi cial visit accept it. rope where air conditioning Beating the heat: People cool off next to the fountains at The Prime Minister’s fel Oxford and Stanford grad N. Korea fires missiles to the U.S., where he dis “We frequently visit is rare isn’t equipped for the Louvre Museum in Paris on Wednesday. AP * low proBrexit campaigner uate. in latest provocation cussed the Afghan peace countries in the region and temperatures frying the re Ms. Patel will now be in Indiaborn Alok Sharma, SEOUL process with President Do would surely go to Pakistan, gion this week. The Netherlands and Bel Britain also expects to charge of the U.K.’s security, 51, backed Mr. Johnson in North Korea fired two short nald Trump on Monday and too, which is our Muslim On Thursday afternoon gium also reported new re breach the 39 C mark for the immigration and visa the Conservative Party lea range missiles into the sea on Thursday, complicating agreed to work together to neighbour, if there is a for the Paris area hit 42.4 de cord heats and Britain is ex fi rst time after London re policies. dership contest as the lead efforts to resume stalled end to the confl ict. mal invitation from Islama grees Celsius, beating the pected to do so later. cording its hottest day on re The 47yearold has er best placed to launch a nuclear talks with During the meeting, Mr. bad,” he said. previous record of 40.4 C set The Netherlands’ meteor cord for July, with the mer vowed to fi ght the scourge coherent unambiguous plan Washington and signalling its Trump said that Pakistan Media reports say the U.S. in 1947. Authorities said the ological institute said 40.4 C cury climbing to 36.9 C at of crime and will be in the to deliver Brexit and take us anger over planned U.S. would help the U.S. “extri is negotiating for a deal by temperature was still rising, was recorded on Thursday Heathrow Airport. hot seat to fulfi l some of her out of the European Union. South Korea joint military cate” itself from Afghanis September 1 that would see as a result of hot, dry air in the municipality of Gilze The previous July record past promises of a fairer The Conservative Party exercises. One had a range of tan, adding that there was international forces pull out coming from northern Afri Rijen, near the border with was 36.7 C in 2015, while the postBrexit visa regime for MP, who was serving as Em 430 km while the other “tremendous potential” in of Afghanistan in return for ca that’s trapped between Belgium. In Belgium the new alltime record is 38.5 C re everyone around the world, ployment Minister, has been travelled 690 km. AFP the relationship between Taliban security guarantees. cold stormy systems. alltime high rose to 40.6 C. corded in August 2003. free of the freedom of move promoted to a Cabinet post. 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Krishna is keen to elicit can be connected to a court order (6,7) breathlessness (6) Sahadeva’s opinion about His mission to Hastinapura that 25 Small bird found in the lot we He has undertaken with the hope of averting a war if possi let fl y (5) 13 Father to learner; be free and ble, pointed out Nagai Sri Mukundan in a discourse. 26 Fluctuating returns, large ignorant (10) As a Pandava warrior, Sahadeva, smarting under the hu discrepancy found in the miliations they have faced, is all out for war even if his broth 16 Everything in street kept ers seek peace. He tells Krishna that He should talk in Dhrit centre, covered up (9) before often needs to be fi xed arashtra’s court in such a way that war and only war should 27 Worst owner to retain place (9) (4) be the result. But the jnani in him surfaces when he says that 18 Property of earl at the regardless of what any of them may think or want, it is what 28 Decreased fl ow around outskirts of Tilbury right in He ordains that will come to pass. Chennai in the middle, rose again (10) the front (6) Whether Krishna goes as a messenger, whether the king dom may or may not be given to the Pandavas, or whether it ■ DOWN 19 Company! Can it be endless is going to be war or compromise, no one can divine what is 1 Born in difficulty, child is and in the middle gain energy in store for all. The entire world is maintained by His Sankal bearing a trouble from the with drug? (7) pa. People may think that they are the ones who control start, leading to a complaint 20 Drawback to have son their lives and also make an impact and infl uence on others. (10) Solution to puzzle 12687 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku But the truth is that even the downtoearth activity of following and no turning back ■ ACROSS 12 Drawback! Book desptached 2 Teacher manages to control in the front and beyond (7) breathing is not under one’s control and is sustained by His 1 Determined to transfer director for capital of Canada takes errant students at the will. to British capital; dejected and time, internal mix up at beginning (9) 22 Shoe found in Britain, at In the Ramayana, the auspicious time and date for Rama’s overwhelmed (6,4) Germany. Get a courier (7,6) 3 Sweethearts's hugs and kisses Oxford's good, high class and coronation is decided by none other than the Kula Guru Vas 6 Soldiers coming back after end and stroke is almost cheap essentially (6) ishta and with Dasaratha’s blessings. But it did not happen 14 Chilled daiquiri, cognac, sensational (6) then and took place only when Rama had planned it to hap of fi ght capturing a plant (4) absinthe at the end leads to 23 Attack is almost ending, to 10 Boy! Louis is mad to cross the 4 Eldest royal, tucked in and put pen. Sahadeva indicates that if Krishna has decided to carry dysentry primarily (4) retreat against third front (5) middle of river. Evidently (9) to sleep (7) out the war and fulfi ll the purpose of His avatar, namely to 11 Counter opening earlier, runs 15 Perhaps extra zone Congress 5 Receipt for wife's account 24 Cast is primarily terrifi c, gets reduce the burden on earth, His own peace mission will not out of stock of calling device eventually conceded to Left in features an unknown quantity Oscar for keeping spectators be able to stop it. The future of the Pandavas is in His hands (5) the poll for vacant seat (28) (7) on the edge repeatedly (4) and they are happy it is so. CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 DELHI BUSINESS 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE market watch 25-07-2019 Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 37,831 ddddddddddddd -0.04 % CHANGE Tata Motors’ loss doubles HC order could dilute Centre’s US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 69.04 ddddddddddddd -0.09 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 35,870 ddddddddddddddd0.00 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 63.65 ddddddddddddd -0.76 Domestic and Jaguar Land Rover volumes drop during the quarter GST antiprofi teering eff orts Special Correspondent The company is now fo Order in Reckitt case may provide relief to industry NIFTY 50 MUMBAI cusing on long term growth PRICE CHANGE Tata Motors Ltd. has report through emphasis on retail TCA Sharad Raghavan that the petitioner has made Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.35. . . . . . . . -0.45 ed a consolidated net loss of sales and is targeting an EBIT NEW DELHI out a prima facie case for Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1495.85. . . . . . . 12.45 Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723.15. . . . . . . 10.85 ₹ 3,680 crore for the fi rst growth of 3 to 4% during the A decision taken by the Del grant of limited interim re Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2547.00. . . . . . . 24.40 quarter ended June 30 com year, top executives said. hi High Court recently has lief. Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6782.30. . . -283.00 pared with a net loss of At JLR also, net revenues the potential to undo the go It is directed that, till the Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3046.50. . . -127.05 Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 339.00. . . . . . . . . 0.10 ₹ 1,863 crore in the yearear were down 2.8% to £5.1 bil vernment’s steps to provide next date, it will not be re BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.30. . . . . . . . -8.80 lier period owing to loss of lion. It reported a net loss of the GST AntiProfi teering quired to furnish informa Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2671.55. . . . . . . 30.10 sales volume both at Tata £402 million. Authority with greater pow tion to the DGAP pursuant to Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.65. . . . . . . 17.90 Motors and Jaguar Land Rov During the quarter, JLR ers to ensure no profi teering the impugned notice other Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.05. . . . . . . . -7.80 Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2654.10. . . . . . . 55.05 er ( JLR) during the quarter. made investments of £795 occurs. than information pertaining Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 16436.85. . . . . . . 55.80 Consolidated revenue also million in products and tech The High Court has pro to the complained product,” GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 134.75. . . . . . . . -1.90 dropped signifi cantly to nologies. For the full year, in vided relief to Reckitt Benck the order added. Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.65. . . . . . . . -9.80 HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.30. . . . . . -10.00 ₹ 60,830 crore compared cant negative impact on the eff ect of axle load norms, vestment has been capped at iser India Private Limited by Chidambaram, learned se The court, however, clari HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2195.35. . . . . . . 11.10 with ₹ 65,957crore in the business. However, the good particularly in medium/hea £3.8 billion. ordering an interim stay on nior counsel for the petition fi ed the NAA’s inquiry as far HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2286.05. . . . . . . . . 5.15 same period last year. thing is that China has start vy duty trucks, impacted ov JLR is expected to turn the the notice issued by the Di er, that the National Anti as the complained product Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2386.50. . . . . . -16.90 Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.75. . . . . . . . -0.50 ed showing stability for JLR,” erall demand,” said Guenter tide as it is set to have elec rector General of AntiProfi Profi teering Authority has is concerned would proceed Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1736.65. . . . . . . . . 8.00 ‘Challenging quarter’ he added. Butschek, CEO & MD, Tata tric versions of all its models teering (DGAP) seeking in ordered an inquiry as re in accordance with the law. Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 612.00. . . . . . . . . 0.30 Commenting on the compa On a standalone basis, Ta Motors. by 2020 and with operations formation on all products of gards one of the products of Pratik Jain, partner and ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.00. . . . . . . . . 0.50 IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1391.65. . . . . . . 29.65 ny’s performance, P. B. Bala ta Motors Ltd. reported a in China improving. the company, whereas the the petitioner i.e. Dettol HW leader indirect tax, PwC In Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 261.90. . . . . . . . -2.25 ji, group CFO, Tata Motors fi rst quarter revenue of Good balance “JLR is in a period of ma National AntiProfi teering Liquid Original 900 ml dia said, “If this principle [of Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.50. . . . . . . . . 8.20 said, “It was a challenging ₹ 13,352 crore, down 20% “Over the last few years we jor transformation. We will Authority (NAA) had or (complained product). only looking into the com Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 146.65. . . . . . . . -1.30 quarter for the auto industry. from the same quarter last had struck a good balance build on our strong founda dered an inquiry for only “The grievance of the pe plained product] is fi nally ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.85. . . . . . . . -3.00 JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.65. . . . . . . . -6.60 During the quarter, we saw a year. It reported net loss of between managing market tions and increased operat one product. titioner is that the Director upheld by courts, it would Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1485.05. . . . . . -12.15 21% volume decline and re ₹ 97 crore compared with a dynamics and fi nancial ing effi ciencies to return to Earlier this month, the go General of AntiProfi teering provide the much needed L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1372.40. . . . . . -14.95 venue was down 7.7%. China net profi t of ₹ 1,188 crore. health. profi t this fi scal year,” said vernment had provided the (DGAP) has by the impugned relief to industry, which has M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.55. . . . . . . . -2.45 Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 5756.75. . . . . . -11.25 and Indian operations had “The continued slow “However, this time, des Ralf Speth, CEO, JLR. DGAP with precisely this notice dated 8th/9th April, been requesting the govern NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.75. . . . . . . . -2.10 the biggest impact on overall down across the auto indus pite continuous turnaround JLR has committed that its power, to assess products 2019 sought information on ment for issuance of defi ni ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.85. . . . . . . . . 0.25 revenue. try is due to weak consumer eff ect we could not prevent its fi nancial performance that are currently not part of all products of the petition tive guidelines with respect PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 213.15. . . . . . . . . 3.35 Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1231.50. . . . . . -27.60 “The loss of volume dur sentiments. some impact on our Q1 per will improve in the remain its investigation. er,” the order said. to antiprofi teering proceed State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.30. . . . . . . . . 1.70 ing the quarter had signifi “Liquidity stress and the formance,” he said. ing part of the year. “It is pointed out by Mr. P. “The court is of the view ings.” Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 437.15. . . . . . . 11.60 Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 144.30. . . . . . . . -6.95 Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.35. . . . . . . . -5.65 TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2127.90. . . . . . . 31.10 Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 652.50. . . . . . . . -7.95 Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090.45. . . . . . . . . 3.05 UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 4460.10. . . . . . . 17.25 Bank of Baroda Q1 net Want to make sending money PMO asks FinMin to study UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.35. . . . . . -12.70 Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.45. . . . . . . . . 6.40 Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.25. . . . . . . . -1.95 profi t rises to ₹ 710 crore as easy as texting, says WhatsApp overseas bond issue YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.65. . . . . . . . -1.50 Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 391.95. . . . . . . 12.35 Lender saw ₹ 5,583 cr. fresh slippages It plans to roll out payment services in India later this year Concerns raised over its implications SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PRESS TRUST OF INDIA than 5%. EXCHANGE RATES Special Correspondent the local number to rise to a Mumbai NEW DELHI The idea, however, has Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit NEW DELHI except yen at 4 p.m. on July 25 Staterun lender Bank of Ba billionplus in the next three The Prime Minister’s Offi ce been criticised by many, in CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL roda reported a net profi t of U.S.headquartered instant years. During the event, (PMO) has asked the Fi cluding economists and al US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 68.84. . . . . . . 69.16 ₹ 710 crore for the quarter messaging platform What WhatsApp also announced a nance Ministry to conduct a lies of the ruling BJP alike, as Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 76.56. . . . . . . 76.92 British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 85.97. . . . . . . 86.37 ended June 30, as compared sApp on Thursday said it partnership with the Wo detailed study on the is they argued that it could Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 63.64. . . . . . . 63.93 to ₹ 528 crore reported in the planned to roll out its pay men Transforming India suance of overseas sove create longterm economic Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 10.02. . . . . . . 10.07 same period of the previous ment services in India later (WTI) Awards 2019, an initia reign bonds in the light of risks by exposing the go Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 69.57. . . . . . . 69.90 Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 50.42. . . . . . . 50.66 year. this year. The platform, tive of government think concerns raised by several vernment’s liabilities to cur Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 52.45. . . . . . . 52.70 The numbers, however, which has about 400 million tank Niti Aayog, to promote experts, sources said. rency fl uctuations. Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 16.73. . . . . . . 16.81 are not comparable, since users in the country, has women entrepreneurs in In The PMO has asked the Rathin Roy, a member of Source:Indian Bank Bank of Baroda merged with June 2018. been testing the service for dia. WhatsApp added that it Finance Ministry to exa the Prime Minister’s Eco two other Staterun lenders Bank of Baroda said while about a year. would provide support mine the concerns raised by nomic Advisory Council, — Dena Bank and Vijaya yearonyear credit growth amounting to $100,000 for formers RBI governors and has called for a discussion BULLION RATES CHENNAI Bank — from April 1, 2019. of the amalgamated entity UPI standards platform. The company, in the award winners. deputy governors on the is on sovereign bonds instead July 25 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses The net profi t for the latest moderated to 6.4%, on a “We built payments based October last year, had an The WTI Awards, which suance of such bonds and its of an ‘imperial announce Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45. . . . . . . . . . (45) quarter is of the amalgamat standalone basis, the lender on the UPI standard, part nounced that it had built a Niti Aayog organises in part implications. ment’ of the borrowing 22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3345. . . . . . (3340) ed entity while that of the continued to grow inline nered with banks here in In system in India to store pay nership with the U.N., recog After the detailed consul programme. comparable period last year with its trend rate of growth. dia... We believe that if we ments related data locally, to nises stories of exceptional tation, a considered view “I have grave concerns is of Bank of Baroda “Lending to erstwhile did this right, it will acceler comply with RBI’s data local achievements by women will be taken, the sources about this proposal on ate fi nancial inclusion and isation norms. WhatsApp’s who are breaking the glass Ruchi Soya standalone. On a comparable basis, customers of Dena Bank has resumed,” it said. bring more people in India’s entry in digital payments is ceiling and challenging ste added. Finance Minister Nirmala grounds of economic sove reignty, and about the ma in Patanjali’s the amalgamated bank made a loss of ₹ 49 crore in Gross NPA was ₹ 69,714 crore as on June 30, 2019, fastgrowing digital econo my. We can’t wait to provide likely to further intensify competition in the space reotypes through initiatives aimed at solving key societal Sitharaman, in Budget 2019 20, announced that the go croeconomic consequenc es... the government should pushcart the same period last year. Net Interest Income (NII) which is 10.28%. Fresh slip pages for the quarter was at the service to more of our users all across India later which currently has plat forms like Paytm, PhonePe, challenges. “Small business es are the backbone of a vernment would start rais ing a part of its gross bor instead look at relaxing the rupee bond limits for fo increased to ₹ 6,496 crore ₹ 5,583 crore, while provi this year,” WhatsApp Global Google Pay and BHIM UPI. strong economy and I am rowing programme from reign portfolio investors,” Press Trust of India compared with ₹ 6,331 crore sion for NPAs was at ₹ 3,168 Head Will Cathcart said. Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh proud of the role WhatsApp external markets in foreign he said. Even Swadeshi Ja Mumbai last year, an increase of 2.6% crore for the quarter. Dom He added that the Face Kant said: “400 million In can play in helping build the currencies. She added that gran Manch, the economic The National Company on year. Net Interest Margin estic current and savings ac bookowned fi rm wanted to dians are using WhatsApp, next generation of India’s India’s sovereign external wing of the RSS, has op Law Tribunal (NCLT) on (NIM) declined to 2.62% in count (CASA) deposits regis make sending money as easy out of the base of 1.5 billion” women entrepreneurs,” Mr. debttoGDP level is among posed the idea of issuance Thursday approved Patan June 2019 from 2.69% in tered a growth of 6.94%. as sending messages on the and added that he expected Cathcart said. the lowest globally at less of these sovereign bonds. jali’s revised ₹ 4,350crore bid to take over edible oil maker Ruchi Soya, which owed banks over ₹ 9,345 crore. Deutsche Bank However, the tribunal said the approval was sub clocks €3.15 billion loss ject to the resolution pro fessional bridging the in It fl agged €2.8 bn loss earlier in July formation gap regarding the exact source of funds Reuters The size of the loss, com worth ₹ 600 crore (which is FRANKFURT pared with a profi t of €401 part of the bid amount) be Deutsche Bank reported a million a year ago, prompt fore the next date of hear bigger than forecast quarter ed the bank’s shares to slide ing on August 1. ly loss of €3.15 billion ($3.5 as much as 5.8% in Frankfurt The tribunal also asked billion), underlining the before regaining some the resolution professional challenges faced by chief ex ground. The bigger loss to furnish the actual cost of ecutive Christian Sewing as stemmed from higher good the entire resolution pro he attempts to turn around will impairment charges cess before the next the struggling business. than foreseen when the hearing. bank announced its restruc “The resolution profes Job losses turing on July 7. sional is directed to submit Germany’s largest bank had As it reshapes, the bank detailed breakup of the already fl agged it would lose expects to post a loss in entire cost for the corpo around €2.8 billion in the 2019, meaning that it will rate insolvency resolution quarter when it announced have been in the red for four process before the next a restructuring plan that will out of the past fi ve years. But date of listing on August 1,” see 18,000 jobs go and cost it is aiming for profi t in the tribunal said. €7.4 billion overall. 2020. NCLT gives Leela 2 months to comply with new SEBI norms For additional disclosures on sale to Brookfi eld Press Trust of India tal ballot notice with additional dis Mumbai closures as directed by SEBI. Hotel Leelaventure on Thursday Granting eight weeks’ time, the got two months’ time from the NCLT adjourned the matter to Sep NCLT to comply with the latest SE tember 27. The Brookfi eld deal will BI directives asking the hospitality benefi t all the creditors, including company to make additional dis JM Financials, which owns 26% in closures to shareholders to pro the hotel, Mr. Pyasi said. ceed with its proposed sale to SEBI had on Tuesday directed Brookfi eld for ₹ 3,950 crore. Leelaventure to make additional Hotel Leelaventure’s counsel, disclosures to its shareholders on Ashish Pyasi of Dhir & Dhir Asso its proposed sale to Brookfi eld. ciates, tendered a copy of the new Last month, SEBI had asked the SEBI order and sought two months promoters to hold the sale process to comply with the same so that it after minority shareholders ITC, can proceed with the transaction which owns 7.6% in the company, with Brookfi eld which has off ered and LIC, which has 2% stake in the ₹ 3,950 crore for the four properties company, moved the SEBI seeking of the premium hotel chain. not to allow the transaction, alleg He said eight weeks’ time was re ing violations in relation to the pos quired to comply with the new pos tal ballot notice dated March 18. CM https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 16 BUSINESS DELHI THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Part of L&T projects in A.P. at stake Mahindra unveils Cruzio Hyundai Motor India to Some of the fi rm’s ₹ 9,000cr. works awarded in previous regime under review bus range make mass market EVs Piyush Pandey desh Chief Minister Chan Product will be rolled out in 34 years MUMBAI drababu Naidu’s dream pro Special Correspondent A part of Larsen and Tou ject of developing the capital MUMBAI Special Correspondent years time. bro’s ₹ 9,000 crore worth of city with global infrastruc Mahindra Truck and Bus CHENNAI “We are working on a projects in Andhra Pradesh ture. “We have not seen this Division of Mahindra & Ma Hyundai Motor India Ltd. platform for the mass mar is at stake as the new govern in the past... where [when] hindra has unveiled Cru (HMIL) is planning to deve ket. We will be investing Ashok Leyland unveils ment headed by Jaganmo one government goes and zio, a new range of buses lop an electric vehicle (EV) hundreds of millions of dol premium bus Oyster han Reddy has decided to re another government comes, based on its Intermediate for mass market, following lars. It is too early to talk MUMBAI view all projects where less they start reviewing everyth Commercial Vehicles plat the good response it re about the price point,” he Ashok Leyland Ltd. has than 25% of the work has ing the previous government form, at an unspecifi ed ceived for its electric sport said. introduced Oyster, an air been completed. did,” Mr. Subrahmanyan price. Aimed at the em utility vehicle (SUV) Kona, Mr. Kim also said it was conditioned midibus in the Asked for comments, L&T said. ployee transport segment, said a top offi cial. too early to talk about the premium category in India. MD & CEO S.N. Subrahma Early this year, the smart the Cruzio marks the com “In the last 15 days, we indigenisation level in Hy The multipurpose premium nyan said, “This initial way world and communication pany’s debut in the Lastwa have already received 120 undai Kona as the vehicle bus, whose price has not of looking over the previous Looking over the previous regime’s works slows down business secured a major or gen Pullman Overhang seg bookings for the Kona,” said was imported as a total been disclosed by the regime slows down the pro progress, says MD & CEO S.N. Subrahmanyan. SHASHI ASHIWAL * der from the Andhra Pra ment, which is gaining S.S. Kim, managing director package from Korea. company, is designed and gress. Some of our contracts desh State FiberNet Limited popularity due to its en and CEO, HMIL. “Hyundai On the high cost of the manufactured inhouse. Anuj Kathuria, COO, Ashok are facing problems. It’s a Andhra Pradesh include base infrastructure for the (APSFL) for Bharatnet Phase hanced consumer Kona is for a niche segment EV, he said the price was de Leyland, said, “With Oyster, general order which says building bridges, roads, new state capital, Amara II works to establish an IP/ experience. and the market size is small. termined by the lithiumion which is already a huge those contracts [that have] transmission lines, solar pro vathi, which includes roads, MPLS Infrastructure cover Rajan Wadhera, presi The initial response is quite battery. “We are trying to success in the international not reached 25% of their exe jects and cement plants bridges, stormwater drains, ing the 13 districts of Andhra dent, automotive sector, positive,” he added. fi nd a partner to source it lo market, we intend to further cution are under review. among others. sewerage and utility ducts Pradesh. L&T shares on the M&M, said: “Being BSVI Asserting that the Kona cally,” he said. our leadership positioning.” About 3% of our ₹ 3 lakh for power as well as informa BSE declined 1% to close at ready, the Cruzio is set to was targeted at the highend To a query about the roll crore order book is in And Base infrastructure tion and communications ₹ 1,372.95 in a fl at Mumbai be a game changer, and is market segment, he said Hy out of hybrid EV, he said, Rane Brake Lining Q1 hra Pradesh.” The engineering and con technology. This massive market on Thursday, valuing one of the most ergonomic undai would develop a mass “in the current situation, net profi t rises 11.4% Some of the major pro struction major is one of the project has been an integral the company at ₹ 192,637.42 buses that will set new market EV that would be there is no incentive to in CHENNAI jects L&T is implementing in key contractors to build the part of former Andhra Pra crore. standards in the market.” rolled out in three to four troduce a hybrid model.” Rane Brake Lining Ltd. (RBL) has posted a 11.4% increase in its standalone net profi t for the fi rst quarter ended June 2019 to ₹ 7.3 crore aided Srikalahasthi Pipes Bengal Chemicals ‘sale’ plan leaves unions fuming plans ₹ 400 crore capex by the aftermarket segment. During the quarter, RBL’s net revenue dipped 3.5% to Ministers’ panel to expedite 2016 decision for strategic sale; bid to sell a profi tmaking unit: INTTUC ₹ 118.9 crore. Sales to original Firm will raise ductile iron pipe output trade, and on ecommerce < > We plan to take Offi cial sources said that equipment customers Indrani Dutta declined 9% on drop in KOLKATA sites. It was also among the this company to a in its meeting earlier this Special Correspondent said G.S. Rathi, wholetime Talks about a strategic sale of fi rst Indian manufacturers of month, the Union Cabinet volumes across segments. ₹ 500crore CHENNAI Revenue from twowheeler director, Srikalahasthi Pipes the Kolkatabased 118year antisnake venom. turnover by 2024 had decided to constitute a segment grew 9%. Sales to Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd. (for Ltd. old heritage pharmaceutical As many as 185 em P.M. Chandraiah Committee of Ministers for aftermarket customers grew merly Lanco Industries According to him, the company, Bengal Chemicals ployees, including 50 offi c Director Finance taking a decision on strategic 1%, the company said. Ltd.) has drawn up a ₹ 400 new blast furnace for the & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., ers, have been discharging sale of a few undertakings, crore plan to increase the plant would be commis (BCPL) founded by the their duties on salaries that ing through a strategic sale adding that the setting up of TajGVK Hotels & Resorts production capacity of its sioned by the third quarter doyen of Indian chemistry, remained frozen for 22 has dealt a body blow to the this committee was likely to Q1 net profi t rises 24% ductile iron pipe plant by of 2020 and the increased Prafulla Chandra Ray, has years. employees, although none ‘expedite the process of im HYDERABAD two lakh tonnes to meet the capacity of ductile iron pipe left trade unions fuming and was willing to go on record. plementation’ of the Decem TajGVK Hotels & Resorts has growing demand. plant by end March, 2021. its workforce demoralised. P.M. Chandraiah ₹ 25.3crore net profi t The Indian National Trina ber 2016 Cabinet decision for posted a consolidated net The board gave its appro Mr. Rathi said that the fer Acharya P.C. Ray had In 201819, BCPL reaped a mool Trade Union Congress strategic sale of BCPL. profi t of ₹ 5.60 crore for the val for the plan to raise the ro alloys project was under founded BCPL in 1901 as In sent director — fi nance P.M. ₹ 25.3crore net profi t on the (INTTUC) staged a protest “We know that the govern quarter ended June 30, an capacity of the plant from the fi nal stages of execution. dia’s fi rst pharmaceutical Chandraiah helped BCPL back of a ₹ 119.7crore turnov outside BCPL’s Maniktala un ment is chasing a ₹ 1.05 lakh increase of 24% from the the present three lakh The fi rst furnace would go venture. However, its for turn around, reporting a er. Additionally, ₹ 28crore it on Tuesday. Dola Sen, INT crore divestment and stra yearearlier period. Revenue tonnes to fi ve lakh tonnes at on stream by September tunes started sliding with its profi t in 2017— its fi rst in 50 bank loans have been repaid TUC president, told The Hin- tegic sale target,” Ms. Sen stood at ₹ 72.36 crore a cost of ₹ 400 crore. 2019 and the second fur founder’s death in 1944. years. and the corporate offi ce du that at a time when an said. While announcing the (₹ 72.79 crore). Chairman “The board, at its pre nace by December 2019. BCPL was taken over by the BCPL’s products — Bengal building in the central busi earlier Cabinet decision to 201819 results, Mr. Chan G.V.K. Reddy said the company was able to post a vious meeting had sanc The fi rm reported a 93% government in 1977 amid Chemical Pheneol, naphtha ness district has been freed pare government stake in the draiah had mapped out his “healthy growth” in PAT tioned a capex (capital ex rise in its standalone net persistent losses. Its losses lene balls, Cantharidine hair of a mortgage. company was before the plans for the company. “We (profi t after tax) though penditure) of ₹ 145 crore and profi t for the fi rst quarter peaked in 2003, touching oil, Kalmegh and Aqua Pty Just as they were expect courts, it was surprising that work in mission mode here revenue numbers were fl at. the balance capex was ap ended June 2019 to ₹ 33.37 ₹ 40 crore. chotis —still command a mar ing to be rewarded for put the government was trying and we plan to take this great The company repaid ₹ 6.98 proved recently. The invest crore. Production of ductile Through sustained eff orts ket share through the com ting in their best eff orts, re to mount fresh eff orts to sell company to a ₹ 500crore crore debt and net debt as on ment costs will be met iron pipe rose to 65,518 thereafter, a proactive man pany’s own retail outlets ports of the Centre renewing a profi tmaking public turnover by 2024.. that is my June 30 was ₹ 191 crore. through internal accruals,” tonne from 59,555 tonnes. agement team led by the pre opened recently, modern its eff orts to divest their hold enterprise. mission BCPL,” he said. https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 DELHI SHOWCASE 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Wonders of West Asia (Clockwide PEOPLE Madhur Tankha from below) An Iranian wedding at Sanandaj province; Sheikh Lotfollah To get us, in Delhi, at least a little Mosque; the bust of a musician Scenes for all mindsets bit curious about understanding playing the fl ute ; Aziz Mahdi Iran, Aziz Mahdi, a Delhiite who Explore Humans Of Cinema’s collaboration with Mental lived for a decade in Tehran, where Health Talks India to highlight positive change in fi lm he studied Persian and then taught narratives, via an Instagram account the language, is showcasing a picto rial exhibition. On display are 40 photographs (selected arduously out of 50,000 images) in diff erent sizes, of this West Asian nation that gives us a glimpse into its culture and history. Aziz, or Dr. Mahdi, as he is fondly called by his Iranian and Indian students in Tehran and Delhi, has used handmade German paper to print on, ensuring the pic tures last a lifetime. Little is known in India about THE Iran, barring its “political and bu reaucratic side”. On the other hand, there’s a fair amount Ira nians know about our country. “Some people think Iran is a desert country. Even my father’s friend PERSIAN asked me if I got adequate drinking water in Tehran. I had to explain to him that there are reservoirs all If one came across a page on Instagram called Humans Of across the country.” Cinema (@humansofcinema), it’d be fair to assume there’ll be a flurry of posts about film industry folks. But 23year Travel tales old Harshit Bansal from Delhi took the idea beyond the GULF Between 2005 to 2016, when Aziz predictable and caught netizens’ attention in early May lived there, doing a Ph.D. at Tehran when he announced ‘Mental Health Talks x Humans Of University, he would get asked Cinema;’ a project inviting film enthusiasts to talk about questions relating to Amitabh film moments which helped them through tough times. Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and The series aims at highlighting the positive power of cinema. The linkup with Mental Health Talks India was Salman Khan. He’s watched Sholay serendipitous for Harshit. “The idea of correlating cinema in Persian, while travelling on a bus there. “Most Iranians know that In Aziz Mahdi, a Persian scholar, on how he with mental health came from a very personal space for me,” he explains. “I’ve always had a very personal dia is a nation of diversity and de balances his love for images and the relationship with films. But two years ago, when my mental mocracy. They describe India as Haftado do Mellat. In English, language of his forefathers health was at its worst, watching my favourite film or TV show used to make me feel better. I think films have the it would mean a nation of 72 potential to evoke emotions and induce empathy like no ethnicities.” vid Empire, in the early has diff erent aspects of daily life, Persian heritage the Mughal reign. As for photogra other medium in the world, which is why it becomes such a As a history student at Ja 17th century, and has now along with architecture. There’s Aziz’s father, Akhtar Mahdi, retired phy, he’s dabbled since childhood, powerful tool of selfhelp as well as rehabilitation for mia Millia Islamia in Delhi, been designated by UNES the Zoroastrian side of Iran with as professor of Persian language but he began taking it seriously on people. Eventually, however, it’s important to remember Aziz had come across a CO as a world heritage site. the Chakchak Fire temple; a ring and literature from JNU. “While ly in Iran. “The sheer beauty of Iran that films are only a temporary medium of escape and classical dome of Persian “It was almost a surreal seller leaning on his bike, the confi growing up, I was guided by him supported the artist in me. Archi professional help should be sought when necessary.” architecture umpteen experience. Architecturally dence in the way he wears his hat; and learnt how Persian is impor tecturally, it grabs the eye.” Mental health narratives are prevalent in the series, times in his text speaking, Sheikh Lotfollah the scissormaker, an elderly man, tant from the historical perspec Living in Delhi, where he was through a sweet letter to Robin Williams’ character John books. But the Mosque has a perfect with eyes sans pessimism, despite tive. From the 11th century on used to seeing smoky skies, Aziz Keating in 1989’s Dead Poets Society or Alia Bhatt’s Ananya moment of dome. Domes are his years. Tehran as a cosmopoli wards, all our offi cial documents, was bowled over by blue skies of in 2014’s 2 States. It’s worth noting many film characters seeing the usually uneven struc tan city comes through in a picture land deeds of the State and histori Tehran (also seen at the exhibi tap into the mental health space in one way or another. Sheikh tures. It also has of a wedding where the bride and cal texts were printed in Persian. So tion). “They were a welcome relief. “Cinema Therapy is a subject of study in itself, and is used Lotfollah glazed tiles. It was a groom wear Western attire. for 800 years, Persian was the offi Cleanliness and absolute stunning by many therapists as a part of psychotherapy.” Mosque palace of princess; Early on, one of his friends gave cial language until the Mughal rule weather are other features of this While his profession doesn’t lie in the film realm (he coowns artist merchandiser Frankly Wearing), he considers was so royal women him “sane advise” that if he wanted ended and the British abolished it.” country.” Humans Of Cinema to be more than just a passion project. mething would go through to be an Iranologist, he needed to In fact, Urdu is the daughter of His next step is to do a coff ee ta He recalls a post about Manjari Phadnis’ Meghna from else. A per the tunnel and know the country inside out. One Persian. “It was used during Nadir ble book. “Not many Indians have 2008’s Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa. “I really didn’t make much fect exam come back.” way was to study it; the other, was Shah’s military campaign. It was stayed in Iran for so long,” says of Meghna and always felt like her character hadn’t been ple of pre through travel. “I explored this basically a camp language which Aziz, on a parting note. done justice in an otherwise wellwritten film. But in this serving Everyday life scenic country. However, I still like was spoken by Persian and Turk specific story, the cinephile used instances from her own heritage, it and some of describing myself as a part Iranolo soldiers.” Rowzaneh: Iran Through my Lens is on at life to point out that letting Jai go was in itself an act of was built dur the exotic gist,” says the 36yearold, who He has roots in Persia too, with the India International Centre Annexe healing for her and was the most appropriate resolution to until July 30th ing the Safa The exhibition stands at six feet, four inches. his forefathers migrating during the character.” But what of global cinema? Harshit says he’d love to up the diversity of the film discourses across Humans Of Cinema, adding, “I also plan to share stories from nonHindi Indian films as well as foreign language films in the immediate future. As OTT platforms are slowly becoming FOOD SPOT For this, my Singapore important parts of our lives and people are keen on based friends, Raj and Nir exploring meaningful and impactful cinema from around mala, took me to a restau the world, I think it's important for me as someone with rant called Blue Ginger on this kind of reach to encourage that pattern.” Tanjong Pagar Road. This is a One of the most rewarding aspects of curating a page Vegans twostoreyed restaurant with such as this is the conversations Harshit has been able to a somewhat retro design. have with other cinephiles. “A Tamasha fan got in touch rahul verma The food here is simply sup with me recently to share how the film helped him erb. We had some otak otak – musterthe courage to leave his job and pursue his passion The cuisine in Singapore, in fi sh cake with turmeric and and of writing,” he recalls, “I couldn’t not engage in a fl uenced by disparate cul lime leaves, galangal, chil conversation with him after that, especially considering tures, is a delight. During my lies, candle nut and shrimp how the film was a driving force for me to start the page as last visit there a couple of paste, wrapped in a banana well. I’ll probably never meet weeks ago, I saw a side that leaf, then steamed. This is a him, but knowing that both of surprised me. I was in the small island state for its annual food fes tival, the 26th edition of which concludes on July 28. others bit like the paturi that is a part of the Bengali cuisine. The Beef Rendang — suc culent cubes of meat sim mered in a rich sauce of co us share such a special relationship with the same film was kind of a comforting thought in itself — sometimes, that’s all that you need.” The city is anyway alive with food courts and fi nedining Singapore is conut milk, fl avoured with ginger, lemon grass, lime restaurants, but this is the surprisingly for leaves and curry powder — period when there is a spe cial hustle and bustle. And everyone, no Delectable delights A rich was delicious. I enjoyed the Chap Chye Masak Titek, the surprise was a vegan matter what the creamy vegan curry; (above) mixed vegetables cooked in Chendol dessert food trail that had been planned for us. food choice * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT prawn stock. The strong stock had given a nice kick to Veganism is the path that the veggies. For dessert, shuns animal cruelty. So a least, taken aback. The walk nut. I enjoyed that, especial This formed the casing. It bowl: noodlefi lled broth there was Chendol, which vegan diet keeps away from was down the food court in ly its complementary fl a was taken off the skillet and usually fl avoured with coco looked as good as it tasted. everything nonvegetarian, Singapore’s Geylang Serai, vours, and then walked kept aside. Then the crepe nut milk, and garnished with This dish consisted of red and even milk or milk pro and we stopped here and ahead into a lane for Popiah, was fi lled with juliennes of mint, coriander, lemon and beans and a Pandanfl a ducts. I am fond of panAsian there for a vegan bite. a kind of a spring roll, with a carrots and slivers of green a host of other ingredients. voured jelly in coconut milk, food, and meats and seafood As they say in India, it’s vegetable stuffi ng. vegetables, and lashed with But I wanted some Nyonya sweetened with durian occupy the highest spot auspicious to start a journey I liked the way it was pre Chinese sauces. It was rolled or Peranakan food — the cui puree. there. For me, it’s diffi cult to with something sweet. So my pared. A big ball of sticky up and served. I loved it, all sine that was born when the The streets of Singapore — think of a Chinese or South fi rst stop at Mr Teh Tarik was wheat dough was spread out the more when I realised (ha early Chinese came to South and its superb restaurants — east Asian meal without any for some Putu Piring — on a skillet. The top part of lo intact) that it had no oil. east Asia, got married to lo make every food wish possi Divya Kala Bhavani of that. So when I heard that steamed and fl uff y rice cakes the wet dough was removed, Folks walked ahead and cal women, and the cooking ble. Even vegan ones! the organisers had planned a (as in our putta), served with leaving behind a very thin had some Laksa, a delicious pot was enriched with the For a listing or to be featured here, email us at vegan walk, I was, to say the palm sugar and grated coco layer on the heating pad. Southeast Asian meal in a mingling fl avours. The writer is a seasoned food critic delhimetro@thehindu.co.in 5 EVENTS WORTH YOUR WHILE FASHION PERFORMANCE GOURMET GIG FILM Lifestyle Music project Peshawari food festival Live performance Japanese fi lm The ongoing twoday resort wear exhibition IHC presents 7 Chakra Harmonizing Music Project, Spice Art, a restaurant at Crowne Plaza, has Imperfecto Shor Club is hosting a live dance and The Japanese Foundation will be screening titled, The First Resort Collective features an an evening of Western, Indian classical and folk organised a 10day Peshawari Food Festival, music performance, featuring the Armenian Ballard, a Japanese film, this evening. Directed exclusive collection of holiday essentials for the music by Nimisha Shankar with Silent Sage. The which brings delicacies from the region. On until American rapper, Super Sako. Sarkis Balasanyan, by Takashi Yamazaki, the film is an adaptation of season. Organised by the noted designer Ramola programme is an attempt designed to restore July 28, the festival offers dishes like Chapli better known by his stage name, Super Sako, a Manga comic. The plot is about a boy who goes Bachchan, the show will have products such as the natural balance of the chakras in the human Kebab, Peshawari Paneer Tikka, Lahori Aloo, rose to fame with his hit song 'Mi Gna' (meaning back in time somehow, to Sengokuera Japan kaftans, tunics, jumpsuits, beachwraps, bodycon body through Indian classical ragas, performed Mahi tikkka Saloni, Namkeen Mutton Karahi, 'Don't Go'). The song was part of his album titled and struggles to find courage while dealing with dresses, and more. on electronic tracks. Peshawari Choley, and more. 'Love Crimes'. several dangers. Venue: The Dome, Vivanta by Taj Ambassador Venue: Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre Venue: Crowne Plaza New Delhi, Rohini Venue: Hotel Pride Plaza, Asset 5A, Aerocity Venue: 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV Time: 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Time: 7 p.m. Time: 12 noon3:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.11:30 p.m. Time: 10 p.m. onwards Time: 6:30 p.m. CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 18 SHOWCASE DELHI THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Across the spectrum From millets The hills to a variety of breads and foraged HORS D’OEUVRES greens, hill cuisines have a lot to off er SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT * A bend in the road gura (banyard millet) is used for For the last 11 years, they’ve been the face of MasterChef sweet porridges while mandua Australia. But now the trio — Gary Mehigan, George are calling (fi nger millet) is used for rotis and Calombaris and Matt Preston — is set to bid farewell to the unpolished rice is preferred. hugely popular show, over a pay dispute with the network that Like Kumaon, mountain goat, produces MasterChef Australia. and river trout are eaten regularly; The decision was announced on Tuesday, ahead of the season 11 finale by Network 10, and came as a rude shock for many off als are cherished and excess fans who’ve come to love the affable judges. The social media meat is pickled. The thread of lo pages of the show too carried a farewell message, informing Hill cuisines that celebrate local and cal, regional and seasonal runs followers of the judges’ and network’s decision. According to throughout too — even in desserts, seasonal produce are gradually which are tuned to the season and an official statement released by Network 10, months of negotiation proved to have failed making their way to urban tables by region. when it came to reaching a commercial agreement that was satisfactory to way of pop-ups and promotions Bread talk Matt, Gary and George. Another element that binds the hill The announcement came close Anubhuti Krishna cuisines is respect for food. Food, on the heels of reports say the locals, is not something to that Calombaris had Snowcapped mountains, spraw be consumed thoughtlessly. It is been underpaying ling meadows, deep forests and to be revered. Nothing repre staff at his restaurants to babbling brooks. Think of the Hi sents the thought better than the tune of $8 million malayas and the fi rst thing that the Kangri Dham, a communi over the last few years. comes to mind is the abundance of ty meal cooked during celebra While the show is set to Nature. But do you know that Na tions, weddings or festivals in Hi return for its twelfth ture also makes the region home to machal. season, the network is some of the most exotic cuisines in “Dham, a selection of various now looking to rope in new judges. Some of the country? Local, regional, and delicacies, is the most popular as the names being seasonal, while the food of the hills pect of Himachali cuisine,” informs thrown around by had so far been restricted to the Chef Upadhyay. The cuisine, ho fans are Kylie Kwong, home kitchens of the region, its un wever, is too wide to be boxed into Maggie Beer and iqueness is steadily gaining popu just one meal. Curtis Stone. larity — one wholesome meal at a “The terrain in Himachal deter time. mines the food that we eat,” asserts “In the presentday context, Sherry Malhotra, a Himachali food what makes pahadi cuisine impor expert, who conducts regular pop tant is its sustainability,” says Rush ups of Himachali cuisine in Mum Noodles, ina Munshaw Ghildiyal, author and bai. People in the lower hills have culinary researcher, who works ex access to vegetation and rely on for on-the-go tensively with the cuisine and con aged greens, lentils, and rice. The As the rainy season sets ducts workshops and popups. “It upper hill region, which is colder in, cravings for piping hot noodles do the is interesting to note,” adds Ghildi and often arid, uses a lot of meat. same. Enter Wok to yal, “that principles like noseto Buddhist and Tibetan infl uences Walk. Hyderabad, tail eating, foraged greens, locally ensure there is yak cheese, dry Bengaluru and Srinagar grown lentils and millets, basically meat and fermented bread too. will be seeing outlets things that are touted as the newest include it in our menu,” he smiles. mains the most famous export of wal takes pride in jakhiya. A local “Bhaturu and siddu, the staple coming up soon. The trends around the globe, have al The hill cuisine can be broadly di the Kumaon hills, the kitchens here seed used extensively for temper breads of Himachal, are both fer latest addition to the ways been a part of mountain vided into Uttarakhandi (Kumaoni have much more to off er. Kumaon, ing, jakhiya is intrinsic to Garhwali mented,” says Sherry, “while siddu Wok to Walk family is in cuisine.” and Garhwali), and Himachali (Up a sub region of Uttarakhand, diff ers food. comes from Tibet, bhaturu, the Hyderabad on Road This global trend could be one per and Lower Himachal). While from Garhwal, another sub region, The region also uses lentils ex deepfried fermented bread, seems Number 36 opposite reason that is drawing more and the basic principles remain the in small but signifi cant ways. tensively. “Garhwali meals,” in to have been born out of leftover Neeru’s Emporio. more people to the cuisine; the same (think lentils, whole grains, Since the people of the hills of forms Rushina, “are balanced with dough.” Throwing food away, she Wok to Walk started in 2004 in Amsterdam, after a other could be the eff ort put in by plants, local spices), the treatment ten do labour intensive work, the fats, carbohydrates, and greens; says, was out of question. serendipitous trip around Asia. What started out as a tiny the culinary community. A sizeable and fl avour profi les vary, depend cuisine is meant to keep you nour ghee is used widely, spices are mi Zerowaste, local, and seasonal, restaurant quickly morphed into almost 100 around the chunk of chefs in the hotel industry ing on the terrain and vegetation. ished for long periods. Savoury nimal.” What sets the cuisine apart, the principles surely remain con globe, making them the number one wokchain in Europe. come from the hills, and while they “Even though the two states have pancakes, or cheela, made with however, is the use of millets. Jan- stant through the region, but does The Wok to Walk model is based on customisation, plenty of do adapt to the cities, they also car similar climatic conditions and ter mountain wheat, kafuli saag made the conscious cuisine fi nd takers flavour and speed of service. One can build their own noodle ry their family recipes with them. rains,” says Chef Atul Upadhyay, ex with foraged greens, alu ki thech- outside the hills? boxes by choosing noodle types, then rices and vegetable Some of which have started to be ecutive sous chef at the Taj Palace, wani, made with crushed potatoes, “All my popups are always sold mixes. That’s followed by the filling options — from chicken to HEMP FOR THE WIN nuts to peppers — along with sauces and toppings... and all of showcased by way of food festivals, New Delhi, (who hails from Hima bhat or soybean dal are common out,” grins Rushina, whose Garh The word ‘canvas’ is rooted in the this is prepared in less than five minutes. promotions, events, and popups. chal), “the cuisines are fairly dis everyday meals. wali food events are sold out weeks word ‘cannabis’, according to the According to Gautam Kamra, general manager of Wok to Walk People travelling to the hills, tinct.” Whole grains, dairy, rice and Bhang or hemp is used widely in in advance. “People who know North American Industrial Hemp International, the chain uses fresh ingredients, ensuring no meanwhile, are looking beyond the lentils dominate Himachali food; the form of chutneys and temper their food really appreciate the cui Council. During the Second World MSG is added. Additions to the menu include Indiantailored standard restaurant fare and de Uttarakhand meanwhile relies lar ing, and mountain goat, freerange sine,” smiles Sherry, whose food items such as famous flamers, and hot wokkin treats using War the US promoted mand authentic culinary expe gely on millets, vegetables, greens poultry, fi sh from the rivulets make festivals and promotions are always their Mumbai sauce. They aim to have 60plus branches growing hemp; the riences. “A lot of our guests want to and freerange meats. for celebratory feasts. Rustic fl a crop was needed to a hit, and requests for more don’t across India by 2022. Popular hashtags with Wok to Walk are try the local food,” Faisal Nafees, vours, fresh produce, and exotic in make rope and sails stop. “With the way the demand #FeedTheFlame and #DontStopJustWok. GM, lebua Corbett says. “They de Of bhang and jakhiya gredients are the highlights of any for ships. for the cuisine is growing, I am sure Existing branches in India include Defence Colony, Vasant Kunj mand authentic fl avours of the re While the bal mithai, a caramelised Kumoani meal. that we would soon have it on our and Kirti Nagar in New Delhi, Ardee City and Sector 49 in gion and we are only too happy to milk fudge made in the region, re If Kumoan has its bhang, Garh menus outside of the region too,” Gurugram and Jadavpur in Kolkata. concludes Faisal. https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 DELHI SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE England recovers, moves ahead by 181 runs Indian team set to have Leach at the forefront with a careerbest 92; Ireland has a short period of ascendancy with some quick wickets new jersey 77.4 overs. For Ireland, Mark sponsor LORD’S TEST Adair was the pick of the SCOREBOARD bowlers with fi gures of three Press Trust of India IANS England — 1st innings: 85. New Delhi Agence France-Presse for 66. London Leach and Roy shared a Ireland — 1st innings: W. Port Indian cricketers will soon 145run stand for the second erfield c Leach b Curran 14, J. be wearing a new brand Nighwatchman Jack Leach wicket as they went into McCollum b Curran 19, A. Bal name on their offi cial jer scored a careerbest 92 while lunch on 122 for one. But af birnie b Stone 55, P. Stirling lbw seys with Chinese mobile b Broad 36, K. O’Brien (not out) Jason Roy notched up his ter resumption, Roy lost his manufacturer Oppo hand 28, G. Wilson c Root b Stone 0, maiden Test half century as wicket to Stuart Thompson ing over the sponsorship S. Thompson b Broad 0, M. England recovered from a while Leach missed out on a Adair b Curran 3, A. McBrine b rights to Byju’s, a Bengalu poor start to erase a 122run maiden and memorable Broad 11, T. Murtagh c Burns b rubased educational tech defi cit and take a 181run lead hundred as he nicked fi rst in Stone 16, B. Rankin b Moeen 7; nology and online tutorial with one wicket in hand at nings hero Tim Murtagh to Extras (b10, lb6, w2): 18; fi rm. stumps on a rainaff ected Mark Adair in the slip Total (in 58.2 overs): 207. The deal between the day two of the only Test cordon. Fall of wickets: 132, 245, 3 BCCI and Oppo, which was against Ireland at Lord’s on Joe Denly could manage 132, 4138, 5138, 6141, 7149, inked in 2017 for a fi veyear Thursday. only 10 and Jonny Bairstow 8174, 9195. period, was reportedly Leach, sent in as a night once again got out for a duck worth ₹ 1,079 crore. watchman the previous like in the fi rst innings. At England bowling: Broad 195 Virat Kohli and his men 603, Woakes 102340, Stone evening to negotiate one ov tea, Root (12) and allrounder will be wearing the jersey 123293, Curran 103283, er of England’s second in Moeen Ali (7) were at the Leach 30260, Moeen with the new brand name nings, played brilliantly for crease. 4.21141. from the upcoming home his 92 off 162 balls with 16 season, beginning with the fours. Watchfully straight England — 2nd innings: J. Leach assignments against South c Adair b Murtagh 92, R. Burns c Test debutant Roy raced Unexpected opener Leach Africa from September 15. Wilson b Rankin 6, J. Roy b to 72 from 78 balls (10x4, 1x6) played watchfully straight. Thompson 72, J. Denly run out A source said that the as the host gained the upper And when fast bowler Boyd 10, J. Root c Wilson b Adair 31, J. transfer is a “tripartite hand but just before tea, Ire Rankin, the fi rst cricketer Bairstow lbw b Adair 0, Moeen c agreement” between Op land pacers dented En since the Nawab of Pataudi in Wilson b Rankin 9, C. Woakes c po, Byju’s and the BCCI gland’s charge with quick 1946 to both play for and Balbirnie b Adair 13, S. Curran c and will be signed on wickets to leave it at 209 for 5 against England in a Test McCollum b Thompson 37, S. Thursday. at tea. match, dropped short, Leach Broad (batting) 21, O. Stone “Oppo and Byju’s are ne cut him for four. (battng) 0; Extras (b1, lb7, gotiating among them Rain interruption Lefthander Rory Burns nb4): 12; Total (for nine wkts. selves on the possible han in 77.4 overs): 303. In the fi nal session which fell for six when he pushed Fighting knock: Opener Jack Leach gave a good account of himself while giving England’s second innings a robust start. * AFP dover of shirt sponsorship was cut short due to rain, En hard at Rankin away from his Fall of wickets: 126, 2171, 3 deal. The CoA has been in gland skipper Joe Root body and edged a simple starring in its World Cup tri Leach, playing his fi fth Test chance despite getting both at second slip, to drop the 182, 4194, 5194, 6219, 7239, timated that they are dis scored 31 from 64 balls (3x4) catch behind to wicketkeep umph, off drove a four off pa but fi rst on home soil. hands to the ball. chance. 8248, 9293. cussing among themselves and Sam Curran added a er Gary Wilson. ceman Mark Adair and hoist The bespectacled Leach Leach had another re But two balls later a softer, Ireland bowling: Murtagh 183 on the transfer of sponsor quickfi re 37 off just 29 deliv Roy, looking to make En ed off spinner Andy McBrine should have been out for 72 prieve on 92 when he edged defensive, edge went straight 521, Adair 207663, Rankin ship” a senior BCCI offi cial eries (4x4, 2x6) as England gland’s problem position of for six. when he edged Rankin, only Murtagh only for Adair, to Adair and this time he 171862, Thompson 12.40 said on condition of fi nished on 303 for nine in Test opener his own after It was a fi ne eff ort by for Wilson to drop the standing exceptionally close made no mistake. 442, McBrine 101470. anonymity. Consecutive wins for India U19 Australian quartet sets a new World mark Beats Bangladesh; Priyam Garg scores an unbeaten ton WORLD SWIMMING In the semifi nals of the men’s 200 breaststroke, Mat Press Trust of India thew Wilson of Australia Worcester Associated Press GWANGJU (Korea) timed of 2:06.67 to match Skipper Priyam Garg the World record set by Ippei slammed a 97ball century The Americans got ailing Ka Watanabe of Japan in Janu before the bowlers took tie Ledecky back. They just ary 2017. centre stage to guide India couldn’t overcome a World U19 to a 35run win over record by the Australians at Srihari’s new mark Bangladesh U19, its second the World Championships. Meanwhile, India’s Srihari consecutive in the Under19 Ledecky returned after Nataraj broke his own 200m Youth ODI triseries here. two days out of the pool backstroke National record Garg remained unbeaten while being sick to swim in in the heats. on exactly 100, a knock that the 4x200m freestyle relay. The 18yearold clocked was studded with seven She rallied the U.S. to the 2:02.08s, bettering his own boundaries and four hits ov lead on her second leg, but it 2:02.37s, while fi nishing er the fence, taking India wasn’t enough to defend the fourth in the heats but the U19 to 265 for fi ve after opt title from 2017. time was not enough to carry ing to bat on Wednesday The Australian quartet of him to the semifi nal. night. Ariarne Titmus, Madison Fantastic four: Australians Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus, Emma McKeon and Madison The results: Besides Garg, lefthanded Wilson, Brianna Throssell Wilson celebrate their recordbreaking eff ort in 4x200m freestyle event. AP * Men: 100m freestyle: 1. Caeleb opener Yashasvi Jaiswal Leading the way: Skipper Priyam Garg slammed a 97ball and Emma McKeon won in 7 Dressel (USA) 46.96s, 2. Kyle made 63 off 90 balls up the century to guide his team to victory. minutes, 41.50 seconds to penalized for not touching under 47 seconds in the fi The men’s 200 individual Chalmers (AUS) 47.08, 3. Vla order. Jaiswal struck six * FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR erase the old mark of 7:42.08 the wall with both hands in a nal. He was only 0.05 se medley title went to Daiya dislav Grinev (Rus) 47.82. fours and one six during his set by China at the 2009 simultaneous motion in the conds off the 10yearold Seto of Japan. He touched in 200m IM: 1. Daiya Seto (Jpn) knock. then led India’s bowling at India U19 will again meet Worlds. fi rst turn of the fourlap race. world record of 46.91 set by 156.14. 1:56.14, 2. Jeremy Desplanches Tilak Varma (23) and Prag tack to bundle out Bangla Bangladesh U19 in its next It was still a big night for Dressel won the glamour Brazil’s Cesar Cielo. Jeremy Desplanches of (Sui) 1:56.56, 3. Chase Kalisz nesh Kanpillewar (23) got desh U19 for 229 in 47.1 match in Cheltenham on the U.S. team with with Cae 100 freestyle for his third Olympic champion Kyle Switzerland took silver. (USA)1:56.78. starts but couldn’t prolong overs. Saturday. leb Dressel and Olivia Smoli gold and fourth medal over Chalmers of Australia settled Chase Kalisz, the 2017 cham Women: 200m butterfl y: 1. Bo glarka Kapas (Hun) 2:06.78, 2. their stay, while wicketkeep Captain Akbar Ali (56), The scores: ga winning golds. all. for silver in 47.08. Vladislav pion, earned bronze, ending Hali Flickinger (USA) 2:06.95, er Dhruv Jurel (34) also Shamim Hossain (46) and “It hurt really bad to be Grinev of Russia took bronze the Americans’ streak of India U19 264 for fi ve in 50 3. Katie Drabot (USA) 2:07.04. chipped in with useful runs opener Tanzid Hasan (44) King disqualifi ed honest,” he said. in 47.82. winning at eight consecutive overs (Priyam Garg 100 n.o., 50m backstroke: 1. Olivia Smo towards the end. were the main run getters Watching from the stands “You don’t always get that Dressel tied for quickest Worlds. liga (USA) 27.33, 2. Etiene Me Yashasvi Jaiswal 63 bt Bangal Ably supported by left for Bangladesh U19. desh U19: 229 in 47.1 overs was Lilly King, who was dis magical feeling every night off the starting block and In women’s 200 butterfl y, deiros (Bra) 27.44, 3. Daria Vas arm spinner Shubhang India U19 had defeated (Akbar Ali 56, Shamim Hossain qualifi ed from the morning but you’ve just got to shut held off a challenge from Boglarka Kapas of Hungary kina (Rus) 27.51. Hegde (three for 59) and host England U19 by fi ve 46; Kartik Tyagi four for 16, heats of the 200 breaststroke the brain off and go.” Chalmers in the closing me won in 206.78, while Smoli 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. rightarm mediumpacer wickets in the triseries Shubhang Hegde three for and lost an appeal to be rein Dressel touched in 46.96 ters to defend the title he ga won the women’s 50 back Australia 7:41.50 (WR), 2. USA Kartik Tyagi (four for 16) opener last Sunday. 59). stated. The American was seconds, the only man to dip won in 2017. stroke, a nonOlympic event. 7:41.87, 3. Canada 7:44.35. Gill, Panchal squander Exciting debut for Puneri Paltan Dabang pulls off a thrilling win starts Sabine Winter seals defending champion Dabang Delhi’s fate Chillar’s error proves costly for Thalaivas Press Trust of India UTT PKL North Sound (Antigua) Rakesh Rao sPECIAL cORRESPONDENT Opener Priyank Panchal NEW DELHI HYDERABAD and number three Shub man Gill squandered their It went down the wire and Dabang Delhi staged a re promising starts to leave till late into the deciding markable fi ghtback in the IndiaA at 134 for three at game of the fi nal rubber, it last fi ve minutes to record an lunch on day two of the was tough to call the winner. exciting 3029 win over Ta fi rst unoffi cial Test against Eventually, it was the expe mil Thalaivas in the league West IndiesA here on rience of Sabine Winter that phase of the Vivo ProKabad Thursday. turned the tide in favour of di League Season7 at Gachi IndiaA, resuming at 70 debutant Puneri Paltan. bowli Indoor Stadium here for one, struggled to score Importantly, Paltan’s 87 on Thursday. 64 runs in 26.4 overs in the triumph left defending Ironically, the defeat was morning session and trails champion Dabang Delhi to the result of a costly error by West IndiesA by 94 runs. rue the missed opportunity one of Thalaivas’ best defen Both Panchal (49 off 115) in the inaugural clash of the ders, Manjeet Chillar, who and Gill (40 off 87) played Ultimate Table Tennis league slipped ‘out of bounds’ Moment to savour: Dabang Delhi players celebrate an loose shots to be dismis here on Thursday. when Naveen Kumar was incredible win over Tamil Thalaivas. K.V.S. GIRI * sed. While Panchal was raiding. trapped in front off left Sathiyan’s twinwins in After going out of bounds, the fortunes. bang reduce the lead to 35. arm spinner Jomel Warri vain he was involved in a tackle For the winner, Naveen Immediately, star raider can, Gill went for a big shot For the home team, G. Sathi that pinned down Naveen, with seven points from 17 Rahul was pinned down by off spinner Rahkeem Corn yan’s twinwins proved in Star performer: Sabine Winter helped Puneri Paltan start its campaign on a winning note. and Dabang was awarded raids and Narwal with four the Delhi defence to level the wall only to topedge it at adequate. He grabbed a con * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the crucial point which points were the key per scores at fi ve. the stroke of lunch. solation 21 victory over proved decisive. formers, while for Thalaivas, But, after that, it was a On day one, India was Harmeet Desai in a repeat at the expense of Chaung Jon Persson 21. The results: Puneri Paltan beat For a team which strug Rahul scored six points from typical clinical performance clash of the recent Common ChihYuan and Ayika in the With the match tied at 66, Dabang Delhi 87 (Ayhika Muk gled in the fi rst session, Da 13 raids and Manjeet fi ve comfortably placed after from Thalaivas which saw wealth championship fi nal third rubber. At this stage, Sabine raced away with herjee bt Krittwika Sinha Roy bang showed great spirit from six tackles. bowling out the host for 1110, 116, 110; Harmeet Desai them lead 1811 at the break, 228. Leftarm spinner to keep his team in the hunt the score stood at 54 in Del opening game against Szocs when it mattered to pick up Earlier, it was a slow start Rahul scoring fi ve points lost to G. Sathiyan 311, 119, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem returned after Paltan’s Ayhika Muk hi’s favour. of the fi fth rubber. Much to points, thanks to the effi cacy to the contest before Thalai from eight raids and Ajay 11; Chuang ChihYuanAyhika impressive fi gures of fi ve herjee played to her reputa As it turned out, in the the credit of Szocs, she han lost to SathiyanBernadette of defender Joginder Narwal vas surged ahead to take a picking up three points. for 62 in 22 overs. tion of being the Common two singles featuring over dled the mounting pressure Szocs 611, 711, 711; Chuang and raider Naveen. 51 lead. Then, there was The result: Dabang Delhi bt Ta The scores: West IndiesA wealth titlist by blanking a seas recruits for the teams, well in the second game and ChihYuan bt Jon Persson 117, With the scores tied at 29, some drama when captain mil Thalaivas 3029. 228 in 66.5 overs vs IndiaA nervous Krittwika Singh Roy. Paltan proved stronger. restored parity. In the decid 118, 911; Sabine Winter bt all eyes were on star raider Ajay Thakur’s selfout not Friday’s matches: Telugu Ti 134 for three in 48.4 overs Sathiyan returned to join Chaung ChihYuan made er, Sabine broke away from Szocs 115, 711, 119). Rahul Chaudari. But, he re only denied an allout but al tans vs Patna Pirates (7.30 pm); (Priyank Panchal 49, Shub hands with Bernadette Szocs amends for the loss in the 66 and held on to her slen Friday’s fi xture: Chennai Lions turned after a blank visit and so conceded three points for UP Yoddha vs Gujarat Fortune man Gill 40). to collect three more points mixed doubles by stopping der lead. v U Mumba, 7 p.m. then Naveen’s raid changed a super tackle which saw Da giants (8.30 pm). 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Viswanath male excricketers, who have ity criteria. Mumbai played at least ten First Class Nutan Natu (nee Gavas Agence France-Presse India’s women cricketers, matches at the senior level; kar) told The Hindu that re COLOMBO who played in the domestic (3) female excricketers who cords were not maintained Standin Bangladesh captain tournaments under the aegis have played at least fi ve First by the WCAI. Tamim Iqbal on Thursday of the Women’s Cricket Asso Class matches in any format “Most of the matches paid tribute to retiring Sri ciation of India (WCAI) are in of the game at the senior le played by the women were Lankan star Lasith Malinga deep predicament. vel; and (4) diff erentlyabled oneday matches and only but said the fast bowler’s fa In the absence of any re excricketers who have the fi nal of the national rewell match would not dis cord of the matches played played either international championship was a three tract his team from winning. from 1973 to 2005, women cricket or First Class cricket, day match. Malinga will play his fi nal cricketers across the country where such cricket is recog “I have played many OneDay International here have virtually given up try nised by the ICC or the BCCI matches over a period of on Friday in the fi rst of three ing to fi nd evidence of hav and is organised by the BCCI four or fi ve years, but all zo matches against Bangladesh, ing played the WCAI organ or a body recognised by the nal and the interzonal were although he hopes to conti ised tournaments until Shubhangi Kulkarni. ICC or the BCCI, in any for oneday matches.’’ nue playing in the shorter 2005. * FILE PHOTO mat of the game at the senior Former India captain and T20 format. Over the last 12 months, level. secretary of the WCAI till “I think he is a great am many of them have been women cricketers. The CoA has also said that 2006, Shubhangi Kulkarni bassador of this game,” Ta calling up teammates, scor Three years ago, the Lod every three senior oneday believes that some of the mim told reporters on ers, statisticians and friends ha panel recommendations limitedover matches and ev States which promoted wo Thursday, adding Malinga’s Time to move on: Lasith Malinga said it was an opportunity for the likes of Kusal Mendis, left, in the newspaper offi ces to that was validated by the Su ery fi ve senior T20 matches men’s cricket could be hav achievements were “extraor Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Perera to prove their credentials. AFP * collect score sheets and clip preme court empowered of the BCCIorganised inter ing the records and they dinary”. “Tomorrow is a spe pings of the matches in women cricketers with mea State or interzonal tourna could become useful for the cial game for him. But one “I am very happy to leave ed mop and piercings — middle,” Malinga said. which they had played. ningful roles and a place in ment shall count as a First cricketers of the particular thing is for sure — when we at this time. This is an oppor called on cricket administra The match also holds spe Only verifi ed records of a the BCCI and State’s Apex Class match for men and wo States. “On the basis of these play against him we will not tunity for new players to tors to be patient with up cial meaning for Tamim, certain number of matches Council. men. records, the States can issue keep it in our head that it will prove themselves and pre andcoming stars and let who will make his debut as they have played will allow certifi cates to the former be his last match and will try pare for the next World Cup. them develop ahead of the 14th ODI captain for Bangla women cricketers to apply Eligibility criteria Time limit players who played in the to play as hard as possible. “We may have had some next ODI World Cup. desh. He will lead a newlook for the membership of the The eligibility criteria for The CoA has also said that WCAI domestic We will try to win the game setbacks, but we have the team that will also miss the Indian Cricketers Associa former men and women within 20 days, former men tournaments.” for Bangladesh.” capability to win another Have belief services of allrounders Sha tion (ICA) which is registered cricketers to apply for mem and women cricketers While the records of wo Malinga said he was “very World Cup,” Malinga said, “The young players need to kib Al Hasan and Moham as a company with Kapil Dev, bership of the ICA are: (1) should inform the associa men’s international cricket happy” to make way for pointing to Sri Lanka's suc believe that they can deliver. mad Saifuddin, and wicket Shantha Rangaswamy and men and women excricke tions of the State they hail has been obtained from the younger players after calling cess at the 1996 World Cup They need to be dedicated keeperbatsman Liton Das. Ajit Agarkar as the initial di ters who have played at least from, expressing their inter IWCC, the BCCI has main time on his illustrious 15 and 2014 T20 World Cup. and develop to a level that The second and third rectors of the Board. The one international cricket est to apply for membership tained all records after it be year career in the 50over Malinga — known for his they can decide for them matches will be held on July CoA has recognised the ICA match in any format of the of the ICA with relevant gan conducting tourna format. trademark blondhighlight selves when they go to the 28 and 31. as the only body for men and game at the senior level; (2) proof of meeting the eligibil ments for women. I wouldn’t trade this group of Warner scores fi fty in CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Going places men for the world: Neesham Ashes warmup match Agence France-Presse on August 1. ANI London Warner hit eight fours in NEW DELHI David Warner made a timely a 94ball 58. It was the fi rst New Zealand’s defeat in the fi fty as Australia’s bowlers fi fty of the match between cricket World Cup fi nal was continued to hold sway in the Brad Haddin XII and the heartwrenching. Batting all an intrasquad Ashes warm Graeme Hick XII. rounder James Neesham up match at Southampton. Fast bowler Pat Cummins said on Thursday that it is A fi xture scheduled for had earlier taken fi ve for 24 hard to dissect an expe four days will barely make it to run through the tail of the rience like that but he would into the third, with this Hick side, who led by 15 not trade his team for the match Australia’s only red runs on fi rst innings after world. ball warmup game ahead of being dismissed for 120. England won the World a fi veTest series with En By stumps on day two, Cup, while New Zealand gland starting at Edgbaston Hick XII was 35 for two. won the world. If a third ca tegory is added it would be Neesham won the hearts! In an Instagram post, Neesham shared pictures BBL unveils fi veteam On a mission: Indian Divyang Cricket team poses for lensmen ahead of its departure to England where it will play the 6-Nation Physical Disability World Cricket Series with his teammates, includ ing the one where he can be fi nals series in August. SUPREET SAPKAL * CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC seen consoling Martin Gup till after the loss in the fi nal. Agence France-Presse new system that gives a dou Sydney blechance for the regular He captioned it, indicating that he will prepare for the Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League unveiled a season’s top two teams. The fourth and fi fth India thumps India drops to 103 in next edition. Jamaica “It’s hard to really dissect an experience like that until newlook fi nals series and a shorter season on Thursday following fan feedback. placed teams will play in the newly titled ‘The Elimina tor’ with the winner facing KINGSTON: India blind crick FIFA rankings you get a bit of distance. et team registered a mas Sure some things didn’t fall The ninth year of the the thirdplaced team in Press Trust of India down by fi ve from the pre sive 238run victory over our way, but we went into domestic competition, start ‘The KnockOut’. NEW DELHI vious chart issued last Jamaica in the fi rst T20 the cup saying we were gon ing on December 17, will Teams fi nishing fi rst and The Indian football team month. match to take a lead in a na fi re some shots and scrap again see the eight franchis second play ‘The Qualifi er’, slipped two places to 103rd twomatch T20 series here like hell and boy did we do es playing 56 regular season with the loser taking on the in the FIFA rankings re The Indian team now lies on Wednesday. both of those. Another day games, but they will be con winner of ‘The KnockOut’ leased on Thursday. at 18th among Asian coun The scores: things might have been diff e densed into 42 days with in ‘The Challenger’. It will India 286 for three (Sunil India, which lost to Taji tries with Iran (23rd) at the rent but I wouldn’t trade this Tough luck: James Neesham shared pictures with his more doubleheaders. culminate with ‘The Final’ 107 n.o., Venkateswara 53) bt kistan and DPR Korea and top. Overall, Belgium leads group of men for the world,” teammates in an Instagram post, including the one where he Five teams will now be in between the Challenger and Jamaica 48 (Graham 12, Miles drew with Syria in the Inter the chart, followed by Bra Neesham said. can be seen consoling Martin Guptill. CLIVE MASON/ GETTY IMAGES * volved in the fi nals with a Qualifi er winners. 9, Ajay four for 12). ANI continental Cup, has 1214 zil, France, England and ranking points to its kitty, Uruguay. Deepak loves to lead ‘Home fans can expect something special’ Phelps hails from the front Narwal is growing in reputation as a brilliant defender and useful attacker Milak’s technique < > Fans Nandakumar Marar ing talked about. ahead can expect Enthused by the respect gained from MUMBAI All teams have begun to Team result is more impor something special Agence France-Presse couldn’t be happier to see being part of PKL Allrounder Sandeep Narwal realise the importance of all tant than personal highs. when I am on a raid Gwangju (South Korea) how he did it. That kid’s last is U Mumba’s key player in rounders. Getting two tackle or raid or lending my hand 100 was incredible. He put Michael Phelps paid tribute v.v. subrahmanyam the ProKabaddi League Sea Earlier, raiders called the points and ending up on the in defence. together a great 200 fl y from to Hungarian teenager Kris HYDERABAD son7. shots, then teams with good winning side is equal to 200 start to fi nish.” tof Milak’s “beautiful tech Deepak Niwas Hooda forms Credited with 200 league defenders did well over the points. than catchers, I will try to de nique” after he took down “It happened because a feared combination with points so far, the Sonepat last two seasons. Raiders usually end up liver expected from me in the American legend’s long there was a kid who wanted defender Amit Hooda for Jai sensation is growing in repu Goals in mind for the season contributing more points both halves. standing 200m butterfl y re to do it, who dreamed of do pur Pink Panthers. U Mumba tation as a brilliant defender cord at the World cham ing it, who fi gured out what will vouch for this after its and useful attacker. pionships here. it would take to do it,” said defeat in the ProKabaddi The vicecaptain, focused Phelps described Milak’s Phelps, who had a special League Season7 here the on bringing excitement to time of one minute, 50.73 fondness for the 200m other night. home fans during the Mum seconds as “incredible”, butterfl y. Not surprisingly, Deepak, bai leg (U Mumba won one who loves to lead from the and lost one in the opening although he admitted his as “(He) worked on his tech front, did leave a huge im leg at Hyderabad and faces tonishment was tinged with nique until it was beautiful pact on that game scoring 11 Puneri Paltan here on Satur sadness at losing a World re and put in the really, really points from 15 raids and day), spoke to The Hindu. cord which had stood since hard work that it takes to do Amit notching up a highfi ve. Excerpts: 2009. it — my hat’s off to him,” “It’s not about money alone. Deepak Niwas Hooda. What can Mumbai fans “As frustrated as I am to Phelps told the New York It’s the kind of respect we get * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT expect from Sandeep Narwal see that record go down, I Times. by playing in the PKL that is in the second leg? more important,” emphasis mentum. “We are a young U Mumba will demonstrate es Deepak in a chat with The Hindu. “The growing fan follow side with an average age of 22 years, but immensely ta lented,” he says. something diff erent this sea son. Fans can expect someth Sporting Lisbon ing is a fair indicator of the popularity of not just the “Also, we are fortunate to have an owner like Abhishek ing special when I am on a raid or lending my hand in holds Liverpool sport but also of the players,” (Bachchan). I don’t think any defence. says the 25yearold World other franchisee owner is so After raiders and defenders Agence France-Presse no victories to show from its Cup gold medallist. deeply involved in the game. Washington threematch tour but did ruled the previous seasons, Deepak, who is the big And, the best part is the way will allrounders call the shots Liverpool wrapped up its US manage to salvage a tie gest name for Pink Panthers, he keeps encouraging us des in future? tour with a 22 draw against against the reigning Portu says: “I don’t feel any pres pite setbacks,” says the star The allrounder’s role is be Sporting CP as the English guese champion at Yankee sure, but defi nitely lot more raider. Premier side failed to win a Stadium in New York. responsibility.” He is happy with the win And, his dream moment? “Waiting for that evening < > All teams have begun to realise the game on its fi rst trip abroad since being crowned Euro Marcus Wendel tied the game 22 in the 53rd minute ning start and is obviously when our team clinches the importance of A point to prove: Sandeep Narwal, centre, sees a bigger role for allrounders pean champion. on Wednesday with a right looking to sustain the mo trophy,” he says. allrounders henceforth. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT * Liverpool fi nished with footed shot from the centre. CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 DELHI SPORT 21 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS Badminton: Japan Open, Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 6.30 Sindhu, Sai Praneeth in quarterfi nals Shivpal fi nishes fourth a.m. MOTONET GP Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh: 1st ODI, Sony Six (SD & HD), Prannoy bows out after losing to Gemke Sports Bureau 2.30 p.m. victorious in a tough three England vs Ireland: Only JAPAN OPEN game second round aff air in JOENSUU (Finland) Test, Sony ESPN, 3.30 p.m. Javelin thrower Shivpal Ultimate Table Tennis: Star Press Trust of India 53 minutes. Singh, who has been trying Sports 1 & Star Sports Select Tokyo The Indian pair came 1 (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. out changes in his tech from a game down to quell PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu nique, fi nished fourth with the challenge of China’s Kai 7.30 p.m. & 9 p.m. and B. Sai Praneeth moved 76.90m at the Motonet Xiang Huang and Cheng Liu TNPL: Star Sports 3, 7.15 p.m. into the quarterfi nals of the Grand Prix here on 1521, 2111, 2119. Japan Open after registering Wednesday. contrasting wins here on It was curtains in mixed IN BRIEF Thursday. doubles as Satwiksairaj and That was way below his Ashwini Ponnappa lost 2116, personal best of 86.23m While fi fth seed Sindhu 2117 to fourth seeds Decha which brought the 24year had to toil hard in an hour pol Puavaranukkroh and old the silver at the Asian Shivpal Singh. * FILE PHOTO long battle to get the better Sapsiree Taerattanachai of championship in Doha in of unseeded Japanese Aya Thailand. April. Ruuskanen, the 2012 Lon Ohori 1121, 2110, 2113 in the The results (second round): “I felt some pain in my don Olympics silver medal second round, Praneeth Men: B. Sai Praneeth bt Kanta shoulder, that’s why I think list, as second with 80.79. sailed past another local Tsuneyama (Jpn) 2113, 2116; my throw was not that Meanwhile National re shuttler, Kanta Tsuneyama, Rasmus Gemke (Den) bt H.S. good,” Shivpal told The Hin- cord holder Amiya Kumar 2113, 2116 in a encounter Prannoy 219, 2115. du. “I’ve been having easy Mallick clocked 10.60s as he that lasted 45 minutes. Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankired 78m throws during training fi nished last in the men’s Leonard, George want However, H.S. Prannoy, dy & Chirag Shetty bt Kai Xiang but I think I’m overexcited 100m ‘A’ race in 10.60s in to create history who knocked out compatriot Huang and Cheng Liu (Chn) 15 in competition. I hope to do the same meet. Japan’s Ta LOS ANGELES 21, 2111, 2119. K. Srikanth in the opening On course: Sai Praneeth cruised into the quarterfi nals after taking out Kanta Tsuneyama in well in the World kuya Kawakami, a former Kawhi Leonard and Paul Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Aya round, went down to Ras straight games on Thursday. MATT ROBERTS/GETTY IMAGES Championships.” Asian junior champion, Ohori (Jpn) 1121, 2110, 2113 * George (in pic) made their mus Gemke of Denmark 219, Estonia’s Magnus Kirt, took gold in 10.27s. debuts on Wednesday as Los Mixed doubles: Dechapol Puav Angeles Clippers teammates, 2115 in his second round Tour Super 750 tournament 80 over Ohori. It was good Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and aranukkroh & Sapsiree Taerat the world leader this year Mallick fi gured in the vowing to turn their match. on Thursday extended Sind news for India in the men’s Chirag Shetty made it to the tanachai (Tha) bt Satwiksairaj & with 90.61m, won with startlist in the 200m too but hometown club into an NBA The win at the BWF World hu’s headtohead record to doubles event as the pair of quarterfi nals after emerging Ashwini Ponnappa 2116, 2117. 87.35m while Finland’s Antti did not start the race. champion and eclipse city rival Lakers. “We’re not looking at the Battle of LA. We’ve got bigger goals in mind,” George said. “We’re Mixed fortunes for Natl. coaches workshop Priyanka springs a surprise on Vantika not thinking about the Lakers shadow. We want to be holding that trophy and we’ll Indian junior shuttlers Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Bhakti sitting pretty at the top with 8.5 points build up Clipper Nation along Meenakshi 6.5; K. Priyanka 7 bt The 10th National tennis the way”. AFP Press Trust of India over Hong Kong’s NG Tin coaches workshop will be NATL. CHESS Vantika Agrawal (Del) 7; Mrudul NEW DELHI Yan. The Indian’s campaign, held in Goa from Septem Dehankar (Mah) 6.5 drew with Malvika Bansod’s singles however, was cut short 218, Special Correspondent Divya Deshmukh (Mah) 6.5; V. campaign at the Badminton ber 20 to 23. Karaikudi 2113 in that round by the Varshini 6.5 bt Soumya Swami Asia junior championships fi fth seed Benyapa Aimsaard The workshop — for nathan (PSPB) 6; Mary Ann Defending champion Bhakti ended in the third round but of Thailand. coaches (of other sports as Gomes (PSPB) 6.5 bt Swati Kulkarni of Air India is sitting not before she had caused a well), tennis facility manag Ghate (LIC) 5.5; Pratyusha Bod pretty at the top with 8.5 huge upset at Suzhou, Chi Tanisha-Aditi in last 16 ers, tennis parents and en da (AP) 6.5 bt Bagyashree Thip points after the ninth round say (Mah) 5.5; Harshita Gud na, on Thursday. In girls’ doubles, Tanisha thusiasts — will off er coach of the 46th National wo danti (AP) 5.5 lost to P.V. Bansod, ranked 83rd in Crasto and Aditi Bhatt were es the latest sports science men’s chess championship Nandhidhaa 6.5; Michelle Cath the world junior rankings, brilliant in their 2112, 2118 information and practical here on Thursday. erina 6.5 bt Sakshi Chitlange stunned World No. 1 Phit win over Chinese Taipei’s oncourt presentations. But her nearest rival Van (Mah) 5.5. tayaporn Chaiwan 2118, 21 Jiang PinYue and Ting Ya The venue will be the tika Agrawal of Delhi, who S. Vijayalakshmi 6 bt Nand 19 in the second round be Yun that put them in the Caravela Beach Resort. was cruising well, crashed to hini Saripalli (Goa) 5; Meenal fore going down 2114, 218 prequarterfi nals. Coach Nar Singh will be her fi rst defeat as K. Priyan Focused: K. Priyanka pulled off a crucial win that took her to Gupta (J&K) 5 lost to Srija Sesh Maradona undergoes to China’s Tan Ning. Earlier, Aashi Rawat suc the administrator and ka of Tamil Nadu, the Na the joint second spot. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT * adri 6; J. Saranya 5 lost to Nisha successful knee surgery In boys’ singles, World cumbed to a 2110, 2114 de coordinator, while Hemant tional under17 champion, Mohota (PSPB) 6; Isha Sharma BUENOS AIRES No. 14 Maisnam Meiraba feat at the hands of the se Bendrey and Manoj Vaidya surprised her in 70 moves time champion Mary Ann best use of it to win in 46 (Kar) 6 bt P. Saye Srreezza (TS) Former Argentina World snatched the fi rst game from cond seed Zhou Meng while will be the directors. Dr. with the Modern Defence. Gomes. moves. 5; Rutuja Bakshi (Mah) 5.5 drew Cupwinning captain Diego twotime World junior Aditi Bhatt lost 2113, 2115 to Vece Paes, Nandan Bal, Ka with Parnali S. Dharia (Mah) 5.5; It was an important win V. Varshini of Tamil Nadu Eight players, including Maradona underwent a champion Kunlavut Vitid fourth seed Han Qian Xi. Nityata Jain (MP) 6 bt Sanskriti waljeet Singh, Suresh Ku for Priyanka as she moved to also sprung a surprise. She third seed Divya Deshmukh successful knee operation at sarn before losing 2118, 15 Goyal (UP) 5; Kiran Manisha In boys’ singles, Sathish mar Sonachalam, Gary the second slot with Vantika. shocked top seed Soumya (Maharashtra) and Mary, Mohanty (LIC) 5.5 drew with a clinic here, his lawyer has 21, 821 to the Thai. Kumar Karunakaran was the O’Brien and M. Balachan In the penultimate round, all Swaminathan of PSPB. Play share the third spot with 6.5 revealed. The former coach C.H. Meghna (Rlys.) 5.5; P. Bala of the Argentine national Unnati Bisht was another only one to enter the third dran, form the advisory pa eyes will be on this young ing black in a Pirc Defence, points. Kannamma 6 bt Srishit Pandey team quit his job at Mexican Indian to reach the third round, courtesy of his 2111, nel. Registration (₹ 20,000) girl from Coimbatore as she Soumya blundered on the Important results (ninth (Mah) 5; Aarthie Ramaswamy second division outfit round in girls’ singles fol 217 win over Sumiyasuren will be accepted till Sep takes on Bhakti while Vanti 31st move. It turned out to be round, TN unless specifi ed): (AI) 6 bt Sunyasakta Satpathy Dorados last month for lowing a 216, 2110 victory Enkhbat of Mongolia. tember 1. ka is pitted against three costly as Varshini made the Bhakti Kulkarni (AI) 8.5 bt S. (Odi) 5. health reasons after just nine months in charge. AFP Pau Gasol agrees to Shashikant Rajput stuns Krishan Hooda, makes fi nal FIFA asks AIFF for Trail Blazers deal NEW YORK Spanish star centre Pau AITA TENNIS games. Krishan and Udday vir won the doubles title. 60. Doubles (fi nal): Lakshay Kumar & Lokesh Pun bt Arjun beat top seed Yugal Bansal 62, 63 in the quarterfi nals 62, 63; Amit Beniwal bt Aakash Ahlawat 62, 46, 64; update on club structure Gasol, a twotime NBA In girls under18 section, Kundu & Yashraj Dalvi 36, 64, of the AITA men’s ranking Ashutosh Tiwari bt Abhishek Sports Bureau [106]. Gaur 26, 64, 63; Faisal champion, has agreed to CHANDIGARH Sandeepti Singh Rao set up a tennis tournament at the terms on a oneyear deal Girls: Under18: Semifi nals: Pradhan Tennis Academy in Qamar bt Hardeep Singh Special Correspondent sultation process in 2018. title clash against Kaavya CHENNAI with Portland Trail Blazers, Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Lakshmi Sector103 on Thursday. Sandhu 76(7), 63. The report’s objectives are Shashikant Rajput beat top Sawhney and also made the ESPN reported on Arunkumar 63, 61; Kaavya FIFA, world football’s go among others, to provide seed and fellow trainee doubles fi nal. Fardeen’s brother, second Prequarterfi nals: Bansal bt Wednesday. The 39yearold Sawhney bt Vanshika Choud verning body, has sought an the AIFF with external ex Krishan Hooda 61, 67(0), The results: Boys: Under18: seed Faisal Qamar beat Bikramjeet Singh Chawla 64, 7footer, who helped Los hary 75, 62. Doubles (semifi update from the All India pertise and to support your 64 in the under18 boys sem Semifi nals: Shashikant Rajput seventh seed Hardeep Singh 46, 76(5); Fardeen bt Anuj Angeles Lakers to the 2009 nals): Vanshika & Sandeepti bt Football Federation (AIFF) federation and it’s stakehol ifi nals of the AITA Super Se bt Krishan Hooda 61, 67(0), Sandhu 76(7), 63 in Malik 63, 46, 64; Ahlawat bt Inayat Roy & Ridhima Mehra ders in establishing and im and 2010 titles, joins his sixth 64; Uddayvir Singh bt Bhupen another quarterfi nal. Ricky Sehrawat 67(5), 64, on the current status of the ries junior tennis tourna 61, 60; league club for a 19th career der Dahiya 61, 62. Doubles 64; Beniwal bt Kaivsh Kathuria club structure in the plementing a widelysup ment at the CLTA Complex Under16 (semifi nals): Lakshmi In the semifi nals, Fardeen NBA campaign. The deal was (fi nal): Krishan & Uddayvir bt 63, 61; Ashutosh Tiwari bt country. ported, robust medium to reportedly worth $2.6 on Thursday. Bhupender Dahiya & Karan Pa Arunkumar bt Kaavya Palani 67 will play Amit Beniwal while Mohit Bhardwaj 63, 62; Gaur In response to the letter longterm strategy. million. AFP In the fi nal, Shashikant rashar 75, 75. (6), 62, 63; Tanushri Pandey Faisal will be challenged by bt Yashdeep Gahlot 63, 75; sent by six ILeague clubs to “As you know, the report will play Udddayvir Singh Under16: Semifi nals: Ajay bt Sanvi Ahluwalia 63, 75. qualifi er Ashutosh Tiwari. Hardeep bt Varnit Arora 75, FIFA president Gianni Infan Harmanpreet to lead in who cruised past Bhupender Kundu bt Rishi Jalota 60, 61; Qamar siblings in last four The results (quarterfi nals): is therefore a comprehen 62; Faisal Qamar bt Amit Bzad Tokyo Test event Ajay Singh bt Kartik Saxena 61, GURUGRAM: Fardeen Qamar Fardeen Qamar bt Yugal Bansal tino, FIFA’s Chief Member sive review and professional Dahiya for the loss of three 67(4), 62, 60. NEW DELHI Associations Offi cer Joyce proposal which also con Captain Manpreet Singh and Cook, has asked for an up tains a series of clear and goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh were date from the national concrete recommendations among a few senior players rested from the Indian hockey Quintana takes stage in emphatic style federation. The clubs — East Bengal, for your further considera tion. In view of the above, team for next month’s Mohun Bagan, Minerva Pun we would like to obtain an Olympic Test event in Tokyo. TOUR DE FRANCE Quintana, who dropped out he gained 32 seconds after al jab, Churchill Brothers, Ai update on the current posi of overall contention last so attacking about two kilo Dragflicker Harmanpreet zawl FC and Gokulam Kerala tion of the AIFF as well as Reuters week, prevailed from the metres from the top of the Singh will don the captain’s — had sought Infantino’s in any additional information armband. VALLOIRE day’s breakaway thanks to an Col du Galibier. Defending Nairo Quintana claimed an impressive attack in the as champion Geraint Thomas tervention in the dispute ov you may be able to provide The squad: Krishan Bahadur er the top tier status in In on the present situation. Pathak, Suraj Karkera, emphatic win in the 18th cent to the Col du Galibier. later jumped away from the stage of the Tour de France, Frenchman Romain Bar favourites group, only to be dian football between Gurinder Singh, Harmanpreet a 208km mountain trek det took second place 1:35 reined in by Frenchman Thi Indian Super League (ISL) Same as Patel’s thinking Singh (Capt.), Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Hardik Singh, from Embrun, as fellow Co behind Quintana. baut Pinot as Alaphilippe and ILeague. Reacting to the letter, the Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek lombian Egan Bernal Frances Julian Alaphilippe cracked in the fi nal part of It may be recalled that, AIFF in a statement said: “In Sagar Prasad, Jaskaran Singh, Winning run: Nairo Quintana prevailed from the day’s emerged as the strongest of retained the overall leader’s the climb before coming earlier this month, the AIFF the recent days, the AIFF Mandeep Singh (Vicecapt.), breakaway, thanks to an impressive attack in the ascent to the top contenders on Thurs yellow jersey but Bernal back in the descent to the fi n had announced that it President Mr. Praful Patel in Gursahibjit Singh, Nilam the Col du Galibier. REUTERS would recommend to the * day. Twice Tour runnerup moved up to second place as ish. his meeting with the Hero I Sanjeep Xess, Jarmanpreet AFC to consider the ISL League clubs as well as in Singh, Varun Kumar, Ashis champion for a spot in the Topno, S.V. Sunil, Gurjant several recent interviews qualifi ers for the AFC Cham DivijErlich combine enters the quarterfi nals Singh, Shamsher Singh. has broadly taken the same pions League. line as was suggested in the “Further to previous ex Relay gold for changes concerning the sus abovementioned report. “Needless to mention tainable development of Indian men INDIANS ABROAD kumar Ramanathan slipped he was beaten 26, 76(3), 62 Samardzic of Switzerland 63, 61. an 26, 76(3), 62. €46,600 Challenger, Prague: 63, 64; Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) bt Arjun Kadhe 62, 76(7). toplevel Indian club foot that this is precisely the rea son that a twothreeyear by wild card entrant Alexan The results: Doubles (prequarterfi nals): Doubles (quarterfi nals): Timur ball and the current situa Sports Bureau window is required to re Sports Bureau der Ritschard of the US in the Andre Begemann (Ger) & Flo Khabibulin (Kaz) & Arjun tion within Indian football, ATLANTA $777,385 ATP, Atlanta: Dou solve all contentious issues ERZURUM (Turkey) second round. rin Mergea (Rou) bt Sriram Ba Kadhe bt Nuttanon Kadchapa we have recently become Divij Sharan and Jonathan bles (prequarterfi nals): Jo amicably with all laji & Vishnu Vardhan 76(4), nan & Worovin Kumthonkitti aware of media reports con The Indian men’s 4x400m nathan Erlich (Isr) & Divij Sha stakeholders.” Erlich of Israel made the 26, [108]. kul (Tha) 63, 62; Sanchai Ra cerning ongoing discussions relay team won the gold, Sriram-Vishnu duo loses ran bt Miomir Kecmanovic tiwatana & Sonchai Ratiwatana doubles quarterfi nals with a $25,000 ITF men, Denia, Spain: It further added: “The clocking 3:02.59s, in the (Srb) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) with ILeague clubs, the fu 26, 63, 1311 win over Mio In the Prague Challenger, Sri Singles (fi rst round): Alberto bt Niki Poonacha & Manish Su question of Hero Indian Balkan Relays here on 26, 63, [1311]. reshkumar 62, 64. ture of the top league’s mir Kecmanovic of Serbia ram Balaji and Vishnu Vard Barroso Campos (Esp) bt Aryan Thursday evening. €586,140 ATP, Gstaad: Dou structure in India and a po Super League not remaining and Robert Lindstedt of Swe han, playing together after a Goveas 64, 61; Timofei Ska $25,000 ITF women, Porto: Amoj Jacob, Noah Nir bles (quarterfi nals): MarcAn tov (Kaz) bt Rishab Agarwal Singles (fi rst round): Shrivalli tentially unifi ed “Indian a closed league permanent den in the $777,385 ATP ten gap, were beaten 108 in the drea Huesler & Jakub Paul Football League”. Further ly has been clarifi ed amply mal Tom, K.S. Jeevan and 60, 75. Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty bt nis tournament here. super tiebreak by Andre Be (Sui) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhi Aylline Esina Samardzic (Sui) more, we have also been enough by the AIFF Presi 400m national record hol Doubles (prequarterfi nals): Meanwhile, in the ATP gemann and Florin Mergea yan & Purav Raja 75, 64. Javier Molino & JoseAntonio 63, 61. contacted by several I dent, and promotion and re der Muhammed Anas, in event in Switzerland, Jeevan in the prequarterfi nals. €250,000 WTA, Palermo: Dou SancchezDe Luna (Esp) bt $25,000 ITF women, Nontha League clubs in this regard,” legation eventually would that order, ran the event. Nedunchezhiyan and Purav bles (prequarterfi nals): Eka Rishab Agrawal & Aryan Go buri: Doubles (quarterfi nals): Cook wrote in a mail ad lead to the development of Host Turkey (3:03.31) and Raja, who had beaten the se Shrivalli cashes in terine Gorgodze (Geo) & veas 64, 57, [101]; Pau Perez Alana Parnaby & Alicia Smith club football in India.” Romania (3:59.43) took the dressed to AIFF general se Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt Eva Wa Contri & Sergi Perez Contri (Aus) bt Mana Ayukawa (Jpn) second and third spots in cond seeds in the fi rst round, In the $25,000 ITF women’s cretary Kushal Das. The AIFF said it is com canno (Ned) & Prarthana (Esp) bt Arnav Alok Goel & & Rutuja Bhosale 46, 75, the relay which featured lost to 75, 64 to local wild event in Portugal, Shrivalli Thombare 76(2), 76(4). “Many of the elements mitted to engaging with AFC Ojas Rathee 63, 61. [108]. three teams. cards MarcAndrea Huesler Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty under discussion are related and FIFA as well as all other $54,160 Challenger, Bingham $25,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, $15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, The Indian women’s and Jakub Paul. capitalised on a luckyloser ton, USA: Singles (second Thailand: Singles (prequarter Tunisia: Singles (fi rst round): to suggestions made in a stakeholders for fi nding an team did not take in Erzu In the Challenger at Bing entry into the main draw, by round): Alexander Ritschard fi nals): Manish Sureshkumar bt Alice Amendola (Ita) bt Sowja joint FIFA and AFC report early resolution to these is rum. hamton, second seed Ram beating qualifi er Ayline Esina (US) bt Ramkumar Ramanath Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam nya Bavisetti 36, 63, 63. following an extensive con sues. 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Robert Ballard, the under bati, where she survived Tesla CEO Elon Musk has left World temperatures rose fas A second paper, in Nature water explorer who found briefl y as a castaway. his 27.6 million Twitter ter in the late 20th century Geoscience, examined rates the Titanic, has a new quest National Geographic said followers puzzled after he than at any other time in the of surface warming, aver — searching for the plane of Mr. Ballard, who also located mysteriously changed his famed aviatrix Amelia Ear the remains of the German last 2,000 years, according aged over subperiods each a name to “–1” on the micro hart, who disappeared over battleship Bismarck, would to a study released on Wed few decades long. blogging platform. “What’s nesday. The study found that pre the Pacifi c in 1937. head from Samoa to the deal with –1? Can Climate variability — the industrial temperature fl uc National Geographic said Nikumaroro. someone explain?” a user fl uctuation of surface tem tuations were largely driven Mr. Ballard plans to leave Amelia Earhart. It said the search team asked. “Elon you ok man?” another user wrote. IANS peratures over time — has by volcanic activity. from Samoa on August 7 to will use sonar to map the long been the subject of de But it also concluded that carry out the hunt with his nating historians for de ocean fl oor and deploy re bate. humans had never wit stateoftheart research ves cades and spawning books, motely operated vehicles, While average global tem Cool meal: An Amur tiger at a zoo in Chicago, U.S., is given a nessed such rapid global sel E/V Nautilus. movies and theories galore. including one that can dive peratures are currently meatfi lled slab of ice to prevent dehydration. warming as in the latter part National Geographic said The prevailing belief is as deep as 13,000 feet. around 1°C hotter than pre of the 20th century. it plans to fi lm the expedi that Earhart, 39, and Noo Earhart, who won fame in industrial times, there have temperature indicators — rise so quickly and so consis Commenting on the stu tion and air a documentary nan, 44, ran out of fuel and 1932 as the fi rst woman to fl y been a number of periods of tree rings, sediment cores, tently as in the late 20th cen dies, Mark Maslin, Professor about it on its television ditched their twinengine solo across the Atlantic, took cooling and warming over coral reefs and modern ther tury — the period where the of Climatology at University channel on October 20. Lockheed Electra in the Pac off on May 20, 1937, from the centuries. This had led mometer readings — to pro world’s postwar, fossil fuel College London, said their Earhart went missing ifi c near remote Howland Is Oakland, California, hoping China launches private sceptics of manmade global vide a comprehensive time powered economy reached results “should fi nally stop while on a pioneering land while on one of the fi nal to become the fi rst woman rocket to carry satellites warming to suggest that hu line of the planet’s recent unprecedented heights of climate change deniers roundtheworld fl ight with legs of their epic journey. to fl y around the world. BEIJING man activity is not the main climate history. production and consump claiming that the recent ob navigator Fred Noonan. One of the most popular She and Noonan vanished A Chinese startup has driver of climate change. The fi ndings are clear: at tion. served coherent global Her disappearance is one theories is that Earhart and on July 2, 1937, after taking launched the country’s first Researchers used data no point in modern human A paper, published in the warming is part of a natural of the most tantalising mys Noonan crashlanded on un off from Lae, Papua New commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit, compiled from nearly 700 history did temperatures journal Nature, examined climate cycle”. teries in aviation lore, fasci inhabited Gardner Island, Guinea. as the space race between China and the U.S. heats up. Beijingbased Interstellar Glory Space Technology — also known as iSpace — said it ‘Flying’ inventor fails to cross English Channel Tokyo 2020 medal launched two satellites into orbit from Jiuquan, a state Franky Zapata fl oundered when he of Sangatte, Guy Allemand, designer basks in fame launch facility in the Gobi after the midChannel mis desert, on Thursday. AFP had to refuel his jet pack midsea hap was confi rmed. Kawanishi won national contest In a scene resembling a Agence France-Presse in the future. Mr. Zapata took science fi ction fi lm, Mr. Za Reuters Sangatte off successfully from San pata had zoomed into the Tokyo A daredevil French inventor gatte in northern France and sky wearing a full body suit, Designer Junichi Kawanishi on Thursday failed in his at had planned to land in Bri helmet and clutching a joys is enjoying his sudden fame, tempt to fl y across the En tain at St. Margaret’s Bay out tick to control the device. a couple of days after his de glish Channel while standing side Dover after a fl ight of Onlookers gasped in as sign for the medals to be on a jetpowered “fl yboard” just 20 minutes. tonishment as he soared awarded at the Tokyo 2020 but vowed to try again. But the refuelling was al high above the sea and rapid Olympics was unveiled to Pak. to send astronaut Franky Zapata, 40, a ways set to be one of the ly became just a tiny speck the world. into space by 2022 former jetskiing champion, most diffi cult parts of the op on the horizon. Mr. Kawanishi, a graphic ISLAMABAD had to be fi shed out of the eration and Mr. Zapata made In a tribute to past avia designer from Osaka, won a Pakistan said on Thursday Channel by rescuers after contact with the refuelling Sky high: Franky Zapata taking off on a fl yboard. * REUTERS tion heroes, Mr. Zapata had nationwide competition to Junichi Kawanishi that it aims to send its first astronaut into space by 2022. falling into the busy shipping platform due to the waves, picked the day that marks design the medals for the “This will be the biggest lane between France and forcing him into the sea. 20 minutes, keeping an aver would only take him part of 110 years since pioneer Louis Olympics and Paralympics metals, collected from 6.21 space event of our history,” Britain during a tricky re “It’s certain that I will age speed of 140 km an hour the way across the Channel, Bleriot made the fi rst air next year. million electronic devices Science and Technology fuelling manoeuvre. cross again but I don’t know at a height of 1520 metres he needed to pick up a new plane fl ight across the Chan The medals, which are 85 donated across Japan. Minister Chaudhry Fawad But Mr. Zapata, who suf when. I will need to renego above the water. The fl y backpack in midChannel for nel on July 25, 1909. mm in diameter, feature the Mr. Kawanishi said he Hussain tweeted. A selection fered only a scratched elbow, tiate with everyone [French board is fuelled by kerosene the second half of the trip. Mr. Zapata’s fl yboard, Greek goddess of victory wanted the circular design committee will begin said afterwards that while he authorities],” he said. stored in the backpack. “I think it was just a case which is about the size of a Nike in their design along on the front of the medals to choosing candidates in was “disappointed” he Mr. Zapata had hoped to Mr. Zapata carried 47 kg of of a few metres, even a few skateboard, is powered by with the Olympic symbol represent the globe and re February 2020. REUTERS would be having another go make the 35 km crossing in fuel on Thursday. 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But ex country. aroused by the confl ict goes perts were quite excited at The letters from diff erent back to his work with Ar its potential to revolution parts of Afghanistan express tLords, an art collective he ise the long battle against a tangled mix of confusion, A member of the ArtLords cofounded that has become HIV. The research was de resignation and fear. sorts letters of DardeDil famous for the dramatic mu scribed this week at an in “I live in grief but I smile. project in Kabul. rals it has painted on grim ternational AIDS confe People think I am brave but I concrete walls around rence in Mexico City. have no choice,” wrote one ment to end a war that has Kabul. Merck’s innovation is to unidentifi ed person. raged on for 18 years. His team has installed deliver its new antiretrovi The letters, part of a pro “I am writing with a hope special letter boxes outside ral drug, islatravir, with a ject called DardeDil (a pain that we have a better life in cafes, educational centres, proven technology long ful heart) are addressed to Kabul, we live amidst so hospitals and government used for birth control: a U.S. diplomats, the Taliban much tension, I can do noth offi ces, encouraging people matchsticksized plastic and government offi cials. ing to change the situation to try to deal with their an rod inserted just under the They are being written as but I am still writing,” wrote xieties and voice their opi skin of the upper arm that highlevel talks are under another person from the Af nions about the peace talks A model presents a creation by Colombian designer Renata Lozano at the Medellin Fashion Week in Medellin, Colombia. * AFP releases tiny doses of the way to fi nd a political settle ghan capital. in letters. 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NY TIMES Russia hatches plan to become top tourist draw New drug to combat wombatkilling disease Electronic visas will come into force in October for stays of up to 8 days in St. Petersburg and the surrounding region Agence France-Presse Sydney Agence France-Presse cities still put off many Putin has ordered the go the Kamchatka region, Moscow visitors. vernment to introduce elec where tourists can ski and A disease that has ravaged Fancy a tank ride in the Nearly 25 million tourists tronic visas, which are free of trek in pristine landscapes. wombats in southern Aus snow, then a night in a Tsa visited Russia last year, mak charge and issued quickly, Tour operators are seek tralia could be brought un ristera palace? ing it the world’s 16th most for citizens of a number of ing to diversify, luring visi der control using a treat With ambitious plans to popular destination, accord countries. tors with Arctic tours featur ment commonly applied by become one of the world’s ing to the World Tourism Or ing reindeer herders, rides in pet owners on cats and top 10 travel destinations, ganisation. They largely Imperial experience Sovietera tanks or a night at dogs, researchers have Russia is off ering tours off came from the exSoviet bloc Electronic visas will come in a palace that belonged to Pe found. said the disease, which was the beaten track and lifting and China. to force in October for stays ter the Great. Mange — which causes introduced to Australia by visa restrictions to attract During last summer’s of up to eight days in the But Russia as a whole only wombats to lose some or all European settlers in the more visitors. World Cup, Russia off ered vi former imperial capital of spends around €1 million per of their fur and starve to 1800s, caused “the worst A year after it hosted the safree entry for internation Saint Petersburg and the sur year on promoting itself to death within months — has animal suff ering” he had ev World Cup, the exSoviet al fans and Ms. Lomidze said rounding region, though visitors, according to esti wiped out more than 90% of er seen. country is looking for new the tourism sector had Russia has not yet said which mates from the Association barenosed wombats in a A paper published today ways to attract international hoped for a substantial boost countries’ citizens can apply. of Russian Tour Operators. single national park on the in the Journal of Applied visitors with the goal of more Burst of sunshine: A woman snapping a selfi e by the from the tournament played From July, there has been The country needs to in island state of Tasmania. Ecology details how past at than doubling tourism reve ‘Friendship of Nations’ in Moscow. AFP * in 11 Russian cities. a similar deal for travellers vest billions of dollars in in Squat and furry, wombats tempts to control the dis nues to $25 billion by 2035. “But the eff ect of the from 53 countries visiting the frastructure and new facili are small burrowdwelling ease in the park failed, but “Young people will now Russia’s rich cultural her make the country an obvious World Cup was practically Kaliningrad, formerly part of ties for travellers but equally marsupials that are largely Mr. Carver said scientists be able to see Russia in a way itage and its spectacular draw for visitors. But the dif reduced to zero by the eter Germany. crucial is a major publicity nocturnal and walk on all were now “confi dent” a dif their parents could not,” said scenery ranging from sub fi culty of obtaining visas, a nal problems with visas,” she Since 2017, nationals of 18 campaign to improve its im fours. They are not a threa ferent drug — used to treat Maya Lomidze, executive di tropical Black Sea resorts to lack of contemporarystyle said. countries have been eligible age tarnished by the confl icts tened species. mange in domestic cats and rector of the Association of Siberia’s Lake Baikal and the accommodation and tran Apparently aware of the to receive free evisas to visit in Ukraine and Syria and spy But University of Tasma dogs — could prove eff ective Russian Tour Operators. volcanoes of Kamchatka sport links outside the main problem, President Vladimir Russia’s Far East including ing scandals, experts say. nia scientist Scott Carver in wombats. CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4Exams YK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official Delhi • city EDITION • JULY 26, 2019 www.thehindu.com https://www.facebook.com/thehindu https://www.twitter.com/The Hindu INSIDE ‘Written as a theatre viewer’ Shanta Gokhale’s autobiography invites readers to explore their own relationship with the body P3 Milestone Kathak dancer musicians Gauri Diwakar’s latest work ‘Dancing Emptiness’ explores the metaphysical world Page 4 Five of this year’s Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees in Stepping music talk about events that changed the course of their musical journey P5 into a new A song’s race to the top space ‘I Don’t Care’ by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber is trying hard to be at No. 1 on Billboard Top 100 P6 Gandhi in Urdu literature Urdu poets like Brij Narain Chakbast, Akbar Allahabadi produced ambrosial DINESH KHANNA poems when the Mahatma was in South Africa P7 * https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 2 REVIEW DELHI FRIDAYREVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Melody and the Mahatma Manjari Sinha CCCCCCCCC Kalapini Komkali invoked Gandhi P resented by the Raza Foundation, ‘Sing Malhar to pay a ing Gandhi’ was a unique programme under musical tribute to Sterling performance Apurvaa and Aishwarya Anand the Foundation’s well con the Father of the ceived series, ‘Gandhi Nation Calm and creative Matters’. Held at the India International Centre this past week, it featured Ka Young violinists Apurvaa and lapini Komkali, the gifted daughter and disciple of Aishwarya Anand impressed with the legendary Pt. Kumar Gandharva and Vidushi their intelligently-structured Vasundhara Komkali, talk concert in New Delhi ing about and singing ‘Gandhi Malhar’, a raga created by Kumarji on the Venkatesan Srikanth CCCCCCCCC Mysore Vasudevacharya’s occasion of Mahatma “Pranamamyaham Shri” in Gandhi’s Birth Centenary. A purvaa and Aishwarya Gowla. The duo’s creative ta The guest speaker for Anand, the California lent came to the fore when the evening N. Subbarao, based sisters came to they played kalpanaswaras a very close friend of Pt. the capital, performed and towards the end. The sisters Kumar Gandharva, who conquered the hearts of the then presented Shyama Sas has also been with Gandhi Endearing homage Kalapini Komkali ; Pt. Kumar Gandharva * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR music lovers of the Capital. tri’s “Mari vere gati” in Anan Peace Foundation and The violin duet concert of da Bhairavi in a delightful Gandhian Youth Move he saw Gandhi was on 8th operation in what form? I descending avaroha. the youngsters was organ manner. ment for decades, orga August, 1942 at the Gowa decided to create a new This Shuddha Gandhar ised by the T. K. Jayarama It’s time now for Apurvaa nising youth camps and lia Tank Maidan in Mum raga depicting the two underlines the most beau Iyer Foundation at the audi and Aishwarya to take up a trying to bring about na bai, when Bapu initiated qualities of his character tiful, austere and serene torium of the Delhi Tamil song for detailed presenta tional integration through the Quit India Movement. that I adored and respect aspects of Gandhi’s cha Sangam recently. The occa tion, and the siblings took up Gandhian thoughts, Kumarji, in those days, ed most; his truthfulness racter hence pivotal to the sion was 125th Birth Anniver Tyagaraja’s popular compo spoke about his associa was training under Prof. resulting in ‘abhaya’ (fear raga too. There is also the sary Celebrations of Late T. sition “Swara raga sudha” in tion with Kumarji. He B.R.Devadhar at his music lessness) and his Nisseem Komal Gandhar in the K. Jayarama Iyer, a renowned Shankarabharanam. Both shared a few interesting school near Chaupati. He Karuna, boundless com Avaroha, which is incredi musician, composer, scholar Apurvaa and Aishwarya anecdotes and how the was sent along with a few passion. Malhar was capa ble in its independent and teacher. played a detailed alpana of idea of making a raga in other students to sing a ble enough to echo them entity. Born in May 1894 in a mus the raga in turns and brought voking Gandhi, material prayer on that occasion. both, hence I based the ical family, T. K. Jayarama out its features to the fore. ised. Subbarao gave a Young Kumar was awe raga on that and named it Befi tting treatment Iyer showed a fl air for music Besides presenting the slow pleasant surprise by con struck seeing an ‘Aajanu ‘GandhiMalhar’.” Kalapini gave a befi t at a very young age. His mus paced song to a riveting tem cluding his deliberations Bahu’ (one whose hands Malhar’s Komal Nishad ting treatment to the raga ical career reached its peak po, the sisters presented with a devotional pada of touch the knees) person was already there to ex underlining the Malhar when he joined the All India creativelycrafted swarapras TukdoJi Maharaj, singing for the fi rst time in his life press his boundless love Ang with the specifi c use Radio, Delhi to take charge of tharas which once again it like a bandish in sthai and vividly remembered and compassion for the of both the nishads to the Vadya Vrinda alongside brought out their manodhar- antara format. that when people started poor and downtrodden, evoke Gandhi’s boundless the renowned Pt. Ravi Shan ma talent to the fore. clapping along with the but to echo the strength of compassion and the pivo kar. T.K. Jayarama Iyer re Apurvaa and Aishwarya’s Lasting impression bhajan, Gandhiji stopped his truthfulness, fearless tal Shuddha Gandhar to ceived the prestigious San- choice of a thillana in the ra Kalapini eloquently them and said, “Our ness and the uncommon mark his Dheerata, the geetha Kalanidhi of the ga Pahadi (composed by the spoke about Gandhi Mal country will be free only sense of detachment with calm composure, self Madras Music Academy in violin maestro Lalgudi G. har before delineating the when its people will learn out any bitterness; he controlled tranquil state the year 1960. The organis Jayaraman) was befi tting and raga with an introductory to clap together in sync conceived and added the of detatched mind, ers deserve appreciation for the duo played the thillana aalap and compositions in with laya, the correct Shuddha Gandhar, which strengthening his charac a well thought out and neatly once again in an impressive vilambit and drut Ektala rhythm.” The other me resonates with diff erent ter. The bol alaap and vis organised event. Actions manner. The duo’s calm de respectively. She empha mory of Gandhi that last shades in ascending and tar of the compositions in spoke louder than words in meanour during their recital sised the fact that all ed him lifelong was a sad descending orders of Aa vilambit Ektala, “Tum ho the auditorium. was another noteworthy fea through the 60 years of one. The day he shifted to rohi and Avarohi. The Dheer, Sanjeevan Bharat Apurvaa and Aishwarya ture. However, absence of his creative life, Gandhi Devas for health reasons, words of his compositions ke, Virat ho re and the An Anand, the great grand neraval in their recital was Malhar had a special sig happened to be the ‘Nir are also pregnant with tara (the second half of daughters of T.K. Jayarama conspicuous. The sisters nifi cance for Pt. Kumar van Divas’ of Mahatma deeply suggestive mean the composition) Aahat Iyer had their task cut out. In could have taken up a phrase Gandharva. This was due Gandhi, the 30th of Janu ings, which is not mere ke, Aarat ke Sakha re, Paa the short span of one hour, from the central item for the to the lasting impression ary 1948, and he never ev heroworship but an invo van Aalok Anokhe ho the time the sisters had at purpose. of Gandhi on his mind er forgot Gandhi and both cation to the incredible re…” and the Drut Khayal their disposal, the siblings The understanding per and heart. The fi rst time these dates! piety, magnanimity and “Tum mein sab roop, Eka structured their concert in cussion support by the Delhi Kalapini said, “Kumarji greatness, that was born hi path, Ek Mantra, Sama telligently and played songs K.N. Padmanabhan on the created 11 DhunUmag ra in Bharat. ta Saakar and the Antara, in quick succession exhibit mridangam and Elathur N. gas there in Devas, in Gandhi Malhar has Darshan Ke anugami, An ing their musical talent to the Harinarayanan on the gha spired by the folk tunes of both the Gandhars and tar Ekaki, Bheeton ke delight of music lovers. tam embellished the con Malwa; but Gandhi Mal both the Nishads. Mad Aadhar; were also dealt Apurvaa and Aishwarya cert. The percussion duos’ har was diff erent. It was a hyam is komal and Dhaiv with imaginative creativi started their violin recital taniavartanam in adi tala, ‘VicharUmag’ raga, born at is shuddha. The ‘Ga ty. She concluded her rec with the Kalyani varnam “Va though brief, was enjoyable. out of the thoughts about Dha’ and ‘Dha Ga’ sanga ital with “Hirna samajh najakshi” in Adi tala in an im Apurvaa and Aishwarya Gandhi. He has written ti (combination) is impor boojh paga dharana…” a pressive manner. The neat Anand are disciples of Anu about this in his book tant. Its aaroh and avaroh Nirgun Bhajan of Kabir, presentation of the varnam radha Sridhar of California ‘Anoop Raga Vilas Vol are vakra, but despite be immortalised by Kumarji. indicated that many more who is daughter and disciple II.’” “The Gandhi Centen ing vakra, Shuddha Gand Shambhunath Bhatta delightful items were on of Lalgudi Brahmanandam ary Committee had asked har creates a crucial role charya provided her with their way, and so was it. T and niece of Lalgudi G. Jaya for my cooperation, but for itself in both the as adequate tabla support. he siblings then took up raman. they did not tell me, co cending aaroh and the https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC FRIDAYREVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 DELHI STAGECRAFT 3 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC IN SHORT ‘I have written as a viewer of theatre’ Icons on SHRINKHLA SAHAI CCCCCCCCC canvas er cackling voice draws me H into a world of wrinkled memories and joyous re fl ection. In her 80th year now, Shanta Gokhale shares ideas and experiences with the exuberance of an eightyearold. The wisdom of her words blends gracefully with her disarming joiedevivre, a unique combination that is also a hallmark of her oeuvre as a prol ifi c writer. Her work scours fi c tion, nonfi ction, translation, Shanta Gokhale’s plays, theatre history, journalistic writing and cultural commentary. autobiography “One Foot on the Ground: A Life Told through the Body”, her auto gently invites the Lata Mangeshkar biography, is an engrossing life readers to explore A solo exhibition by renowned ar arc penned with candour, curiosi their own tist Suman Sen Gupta that brings ty, humour and heart. Writing the ‘self ’ relationship with the portraits of the icons of the world with the duality of the sur “It is a story of acceptance all the body as they roundings opens at India Habitat the way,” observes the veteran writer, “one has done all the ques delve into eight Centre on July 27. Apart from melody queen Lata tioning and answering, and now it decades of a life Mangeshkar, other personalities is about acceptance.” The narra tive is anchored in the body. Each immersed in arts featured in this upcoming exhibi of the 31 chapters reveals an as and culture tion that will be mounted at IHC’s Visual Arts Gallery till July 31 in pect through the corporeal lens, ranging from ‘Lessons in Anato Eloquently penning her thoughts Shanta Gokhale * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT clude Pandit Ravi Shankar, Nelson my’, ‘Breasts, Buttocks and a Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Lisp’, ‘Darkskinned in Gothen and nonfi ction, while balancing a academic theatre writing whereas cess, even rehearsal notes are ve Subhash Chandra Bose and Sachin burg’, to ‘The Body Politic Frac long stint as an arts journalist. mine has been informative for the ry precious and have a whole lot Tendulkar. tured’, and concluding with Although her interests are varied, scholar but accessible to the lay of possibilities. Theatre today is ‘Boots for My Bunions’. she focuses on one work at a time, person,” observes the writer. “I quite exciting, theatre writing has Turning to the body as a trope “Moving from one genre to anoth have not addressed the kind of is to step up!” to tie the narrative together emerged as an exciting idea to fol er calls for a slight change in track,” she refl ects. “The internal sues that academics address in their writing on theatre. I have Love for languages A bilingual writer, Gokhale has Garden of low, “Whatever stage my body was going through, it posed a few questions, the answer was always process diff ers for each. For in stance, if I am working on fi ction, I might spend a few hours in the written as a viewer of theatre, so meone who loves it for its varied forms – aesthetics, variety of contributed immensely to both Marathi and English literature. “We were brought up in a bilin memories – acceptance. When I was dealing day just reading a novel to get my themes, theatrical devices, and gual environment. Marathi was Art liberates the soul, provokes the with Glaucoma, I was in fact pre self into the fi ctional creative others.” home for me, and later English imagination and encourages peo paring myself to go blind. I would space.” Gokhale believes that there are emerged as the language of my ple to go further. And if this imagi grope my way about the house The dreaded writer’s block has certain issues that are seeded in natural expression with my edu nation is the result of some child with my eyes closed, so that I be often made its way into her writ academia and grow there, and cation and exposure.” The jour hood memories, then it grows into come familiar with the space and ing process, pausing it for days. though she is well aware of the In ney into Marathi literature came numerous ideas. This rings true for know how to move through it. “When I was writing “Playwright dian theatre scholarship, she jo up later in her writing trajectory Nandita Richie, whose foray into Well, these are some of the funny at the Centre” I came up against a vially remarks, “I really admire when she wrote her fi rst collec the art world began with the me and often stupid things you do, bad case of writer’s block and the works, but mostly, I don’t read tion of short stories in Marathi mories of her grandfather’s garden. that also help you to look ahead wasn’t sure how to move ahead. them, I read about them!” Break and a host of translations. Describing her work, Nandita, and come to terms with the body, During a conversation with Arun ing into a bout of hearty laughter, “The most important change in whose solo exhibition titled “Khwa the way it is. Once you accept Kolatkar (poet and author), he she also shares some profound in Marathi literature happened in beeda” will open at the Open Palm your own body, acceptance of suggested that I write some dra sights on the gaps in theatre writ 196070s when Dalit writing Court Gallery of the India Habitat everything follows, the accep ma or fi ction and then return to ing today. “I feel there is a huge shook up the literary world. It Centre on July 26, says: “My work is tance of what is, and whatever the book. I did have a play run dearth in documenting theatre.” brought in a voice that had been a visual diary of my memories of will be.” ning at the back of my mind in She has written extensively on the silenced. There was a diff erent the garden where I watched my Fiction and nonfi ction those days so I wrote that and works of theatre artists Veenapani texture to the language, a depar grandfather and father creating the Compiling one’s memoirs is of shared it with some friends. It ac Chawla and Satyadev Dubey. Re ture from the smooth middle most beautiful garden fi lled with ten tricky terrain. Bringing alive tually cleared my block with the miniscing about the process of class Marathi. Both in content and exotic fl owers and lush trees for us an archive of memories can be book I was writing and “Playw compiling “The Scenes We Made: form there was this huge up to play and respect nature in Jai gratifying and painful at the same right at the Centre” fl owed beauti An Oral History of Experimental surge.” Refl ecting on the present pur.”The exhibition will last till July time. “The only part where I had fully after that!” There is a gentle Theatre in Mumbai”, she points scenario of Marathi literature she 30. to think a little was what details of balance between the internal pro out that mostly writings on says, “It has not opened up in a my married life I wanted to in cesses of diff erent genres, she be theatre revolve around anecdotal major way to any international in clude and what were to be left lieves, “Though they are diff e histories. fl uences, it remains promising, out.” For Gokhale, the dilemma rent, fi ction and nonfi ction have “Even a towering theatre fi gure but rather insular.” was fi nally resolved by the writing a way of helping each other out.” like Bal Gandharva’s work had not Through her exploration of lan style as it evolved, “Once the tone On theatre writing been documented at that time. guages, literature, theatre, life of the book was set, it didn’t allow ‘Playwright at the Centre: Ma- What exactly made Bal Gandhar and self, Gokhale keeps returning too much pain to be expressed. rathi Drama from 1843 to the Pre- va the charismatic actorsinger to the body as a source and Having lived through pain I had sent’ remains the most compre that he was? That kind of docu centre. The autobiography gently sorted things out by that time, I hensive history of Marathi mentation of his style and analy invites the readers to explore wasn’t carrying any baggage from theatre. The work is massive and sis is important for theatre writing their own relationship with the the past.” lucid, appealing to the academic and often missing, even today. body as they delve into eight de A polymath writer, Gokhale’s circles as well as the general en Theatre groups should have so cades of a life immersed in arts, Nandita Richie’s Breathing Blooms work has embraced both fi ction thusiast. “There is quite a bit of meone to document their pro literature and culture. https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 4 COVER STORY DELHI FRIDAYREVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Narratives Chitra Swaminathan CCCCCCCCC P rominent 19th century bal that fuse to understand the body, respect the space and explore the geom etry of movements. Like her gu life and art letomane Theophile Gau ru, the radical Kathak diva Ku tier thought dance is little mudini Lakhia, Aditi also conducive to render metaphysi believes in an approach marked cal themes. But dancers of this by adventurous curiosity. The SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT century are proving otherwise — disciples are encouraged to make exploring the workings of the hu their own path and not expected man mind and heart through Gauri Diwakar fi nds her feet through to tread the one already laid. their abstract narratives. They Talking about ‘Dancing Empti are moving beyond mythological choroegraphic productions that engage ness,’ Gauri says, ‘Shunyata’ plots and stories to tap into their the mind and the body (emptiness) is not nothingness, it * experiences and emotions for a has an energy of its own. In life, personalised expression. we need to explore the space, Delhibased Gauri Diwakar’s fl anked by extremes, like the ‘Dancing Emptiness’ is one such lens. Kathak is khula naach; it’s galdas. “She has been strings of an instrument that production that draws from the not repertoirebound; it allows pushing me to choreo should neither be very loose nor philosophy of Kabir and the you to visualise and interpret the graph such exhaustive tight to produce a beautiful naad. Buddha, and had its Delhi pre way you want to,” she explains. works, but I think I It’s a space where everything is miere yesterday at Shri Ram ‘Dancing Emptiness’ opened am still not ready. Gu transient, yet deeply intercon Centre. Music is by Bhuvanesh in 2017 at the Serendipity Festiv rus are like umbrellas nected.” Komkali, grandson of the legen al, Goa as part of the speciallycu under whom you like “Possibly the thought dary Kumar Gandharva. rated series ‘Sandhi’ by Sanjeev to take protection,” emerged from my own situa From being part of renowned Bhargava. Like her fi rst produc says Gauri. tion,” she adds. With my guru dancerchoreographer Aditi tion, ‘Hari Ho... Gati Meri,’ this Before her perfor there’s an unspoken understand Mangaldas’s repertory to staging one has also been choreo mance at the Serendipity ing. It is the same at home, where her second major work, Gauri graphed by her guru Aditi Man Festival, Gauri was “holed up” my husband and motherinlaw says this progress is a response to at the house of Aditi’s mother off er unconditional support the personal insight she has had in Mumbai for three days. without my asking for it. So, I over the last two decades “Aditiji was visiting her but know the excitement of being in into her art. “When got busy with my rehearsals a bare, free space that allows you performing such full that went on throughout the to think on your terms and fl edged solo produc day. Every minute was spent grow.” tions, you realise how shaping and reshaping ideas. Like her fi rst production, ‘Hari much you have assimi With her you cannot have it ea Ho... Gati Meri,’ Gauri hopes to lated the technique and sy. At every stage, she expects travel across the world with style.” complete involvement and will ‘Dancing Emptiness.’ ‘Hari Ho... Over the past few years, Gauri, keep asking, ‘what do you think Gati Meri’ are lines from Sayyad who also trained under Pt. Birju about it’. Also, you need to have Mubarak Ali Bilgrami’s poetry, Maharaj and his son Jaikishan your thematic ideas mapped out who professed love for Krishna Maharaj, has emerged as an ar and music ready before she gets in his verses. It also includes refe tiste who captures the spirit of down to the choreography.” rences to Krishna in the poems of the dance form as much with her The training at Drishtikon Maulana Hasrat Mohani, Malik energetic whirls and rapidfi re (Aditi’s dance company) goes Muhammad Jayasi and Mian Wa footwork as with her eloquently beyond the Kathak vocabul hid Ali. It has been staged at the graceful moves. Her performanc ary. The students are made Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dar es show her fi ne grip over the bar Festival in London, Korzo grammar and the poise with Festival in Hague and Milaap Fes which she draws poetic imager tival in Singapore. ies. “I revel in Kathak’s tradition “It’s a great time to be a Kathak al nuances. Contemporary for dancer, when the dance form is me is a thought process. As a drawing the attention of the dancer of today, I view the classi world with some of its highlyad cal system through a modern mired practitioners coming up with stylised and experimental works,” says Gauri, who is eager to fi nd a perfect way to balance the old and the new. < > “You need to have the convic tion to handle an unconventional Gauri has been theme. Hari Ho...Gati Meri’ was chosen for the not created to make a point but to refl ect the inherent Indian spi annual senior rit of coexistence. It seemed to fellowship by be an extension of my collabora Malavika Sarukkai’s tion with Samiullah Khan, the vo Kalavaahini Trust and calist for my performances and an integral part of the curation she will be process,” says Gauri, who hails performing in from the small town of Jamshed Chennai on pur but has managed to fi nd her September 7 feet in a big city. “My journey is like a dance piece that emerges from a small thought to send out a larger message,” she laughs. https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ND-ND FRIDAYREVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 DELHI SPOTLIGHT 5 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Pandit Madhup Mudgal “Yes, this award makes one hap py, but it is also a big responsibility to do still better. It is not a ‘fullstop’, but an inspiration to work further and harder,” says Pandit Madhup Mudgal, who has been awarded for his contribution to Hindustani classi cal music. “I have got other awards also like the Padma Shri and the San skriti Samman but if you ask me which one felt the most precious, it was the day my esteemed guru en trusted me to tune his tanpuras, and for the last 1015 years of his life, I got the proud privilege of tuning his tan puras for each and every perfor mance. There can’t be a higher award or reward for me than this re cognition by my own guru, taking in to account his high standards of ut most tunefulness!” Turning point The music of Kumar Gandharva was the turning point in the musical journey of Pt. Madhup Mudgal.. Madhup was born in a musical family where his fi rst Gurus were his own parents Pt. Vinay Chandra Maudga lya, fondly addressed by the musical fraternity as Bhai Ji and his mother, ‘Bhabhi ji’. He was further groomed by Pt. Jasraj and the other stalwarts who visited the Gandharva Mahavi dyalaya (GMV), like Pt. K.G. Ginde and Pt. Dinkar Kaikini, but he con Recognition matters (From left) Pandit Madhup Mudgal, Malini Awasthi and Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya * A. M. FARUQUI fesses the realisation about true mus ic came only after listening Pt. Ku mar Gandhavra. “Those were the days of Long Playing (LP) Records”, he continues, “ I listened to all his albums one by one and started of with playing just Milestone musicians the Tanpura behind him during his Five of this year’s Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees in the fi eld of music talk about events in their performances for next ten years, soaking the essence of his music be life that changed the course of their musical journey fore I went to Devas and he actually started training me. The fi rst few Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD years there, went by just doing swa For santoor exponent Pandit Ta ‘Better late than never’ run Bhattacharya, whose musical Pt. Mani Prasad, the leading light of Kirana Gharanadoesn’t mind being awarded the SNA rabhyas, practice of the swaras, be journey negotiated the ups and Award at the age of 87 years. “ There are so many musicians, your turn may get delayed, as cause of his intense focus on purity they say, it’s better late than never! Otherwise, also this the age of networking and I am of swaras and keenness on pitch per downs for over four decades, “This merely a ‘Sangeetsaadhak’. I am grateful my contribution is also acknowledged!” fectness of notes…” was long since overdue. Nonethe Pt. Dinanath Mangeshkar was one of the many brilliant disciples of his father. “The less, I am elated that the news came Pandit Tejendra Narayan Ma- Mangeshkar family treats us as their Guru Parivaar. I have taught many compositions to on the auspicious day of Guru Purni Hridaynath (Mangeshkar) and his children are still training under my nephew.” jumdar ma. I dedicate the award to my guru He says one should concentrate only on ‘sur’, without bothering about what you get, or do Sarod maestro Pt. Tejendra Na ji, Pandit Ravi Shankar and also to not get out of it. “It is the path of sacrifi ce and you opt it by choice. I left the world of rayan Majumdar feels grateful to be my father Robi Bhattacharya who glamour and money, name and fame, composing for fi lms and came back to my sur sadhana, born in a family that injected spiri gave me the musical ambience at but only one composition of mine, “Suniyo ji araj mori….” sung by Lata for ‘Lekin’ was tual samskar in him from a very enough to establish me as a memorable composer.” home and at his music school and young age. “My grandfather and On the secret of musicians coming to him for the fi nishing touch, Pt. Mani Prasad confesses, my fi rst guru Dulal Roy who initiated father were both musicians who in “Yes, I have chiselled many musicians, but that I do only after ‘GandaBandhan’, accepting me to santoor.” itiated me into classical music. I was them as my disciples. The fi rst thing is the voice quality and then the ‘sur ka lagav’, applying Chance meeting a science student and did physics ho your voice to produce the accurate note. Multani should not intrude Todi and vice/versa. One should be able to properly A chance meeting with Pandit Ra nours.” discriminate between Puria, Marwa and Sohani.” vi Shankar in 1982 shook Tarun Bhat These days, he is teaching at the ‘Gangu Bai Gurukul. There also I insist on the purity of raga and swara. Ye ibadat ka kaam hai. The turning point came when he tacharya out of the cocoon of ano shabdon mein nahin, sur mein dikhna chahiye Ram aur Krishna, the almighty. Only then the music touches the heart, which is topped the AIR music competition nymity and placed him in the ultimate aim, not the awards!” and started singing from the All India international arena. “Once, Guruji DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Radio. “This was the time when stal was listening to my playing in the that I will be honoured for my un her grandmother every morning to gramme, I participated in it as a grad warts like Pt. Nikhil Bannerjee, Pt. presence of the then director of ICCR conventional passion,” she says. Ganga at Mirzapur where several el ed artiste. This inspired me to be Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Pt. Shankar who liked it and booked me for a se “Initially, I had to swim against the derly women would come vibrantly come a folkartiste and also to learn Ghosh and Pt. Ajoy Chakravarty took venteenconcert tour abroad. With tide. I had to wait till my own folks attired in traditional dresses and from Appaji (Girija Devi).” notice of me and encouraged me to Guruji, I went and lived in George accepted the traditional, social and singing ritualistic songs. At home, Malini winning spree in “SaReGa take music as a profession. He feels Harrison’s house and played at his linguistic values of my chosen form she would listen to her aunt who Ma” reality show (1998) paled when fortunate to have received indepth famed house concert, at Albert Hall, of singing despite my classical would sing ‘gharelu’ songs like tona, she, with the blessings of Appaji, par training under gurus like Ud. Baha at Russia Bharat Utsav (1997); the list grooming in music and academics sohar, banna, haldi apart from local ticipated in another reality show in dur Khan and Ud. Ali Akbar Khan, is endless. The mere association with under such gurus like eminent litté kajri, hori, etc. “I was so drawn to 2007 at Mumbai where she sang 36 who also encouraged him to unfold Guruji changed my world over rateur Vidya Niwas Mishra and musi wards the lyrics that I started collect varieties of folksongs. “What was the mystery of ragas.” “To be honest, night,” says Bhattacharya with deep cians Shujat Hussain Khan, Rahat Ali ing them. I realised that most of the termed as cheap, lurid and outmod the real criterion is your own assess veneration. and Ganesh Prasad Mishra. Yet I ded songs tell tales of struggle and long ed, gradually won acceptability here ment of yourself. If you do not pro Malini Awasthi icate this award to all those women ing in the absence of their beloved, and in places like Berlin and Los An ceed and progress further than what For Malini Awasthi who has been who encapsulated real Indian cul because Uttar Pradesh has a long his geles, and it changed my life. I get in you played yesterday, the awards chosen for nurturing folk songs of ture in these songs of the soil.” tory of seeing its menfolk migrating vited to highbrow seminars as well,” have no meaning. I don’t want to re Uttar Pradesh, the recognition has Tales of struggle out to earn livelihood. Later when she laughs happily. main static,” says Majumdar. come as a surprise. “Even in my wil Apparently, the seeds were sown Gorakhpur’s newly established AIR Meena Banerjee Manjari Sinha dest dreams I could never imagine when as a little girl she accompanied Station started Bhojpuri music pro https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ND-ND 6 VOICEOVER DELHI FRIDAYREVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The West Wind When ‘I don’t care’ Sometimes, a song Cyrus fi rmly ensconced at the top, for 16 weeks, ‘I Don't Care’ may be good enough just could not make that success for the summit, but ful lunge to Billboard Top 100 glory, when the summit was falls just short of it, within reach. because something It is currently at numberthree position, behind Old Town Road better is up there and Bad Guy (Billie Eilish). There are one more song in the fray Prince Frederick CCCCCCCCC that is capable of pushing its way The Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves at Bhubaneswar in Odisha.* PHOTO: PAUL NORONHA up — Senorita by Shawn Mendes For the past two and Camila Cabelo — but I will Slice of History months, I have been still keep my fi ngers crossed for suff ering from the stucksong syn drome, with the ad ‘I Don't Care’. Rewind to Breathe A confederacy of Tamil kings dictive piece of mus Against this backdrop, I can't ic being Ed Sheeran’s ‘I Don't help recall how nearly 20 years It was necessary to keep the Mauryas at bay Care’. ago, ‘Breathe’ by Faith Hill was Layered with synthesised so close to the summit, yet so far Suganthy Krishnamachari CCCCCCCCC 285 or 286 BCE, which would be hathi naavana paripuram by ear sounds, the song (an Ed Sheeran from it. the time of the Mauryan ruler Bin lier scholars, but K.P Jayaswal and Justin Bieber collaboration) It seemed destined to get The Hathigumpha dusara, the father of Emperor Aso R.D. Banerji read it as hathi nivaa comes with enough pop hooks to stuck at no 2 on the Billboard inscription, found in ka. The legend about the Chellan sa parisaaram stockades for ele keep it stuck in your ears. Let me Top 100 largely because it was the Udayagiri caves diamman temple in Mayanur, near phants. Kharavela got horses, ele confess that I have been thrust contemporaneous with ‘Smooth’ near Bhubaneshwar, Karur, lends credence to the sug phants, rubies, and pearls from ing the song on unsuspecting by Santana and Rob Thomas. was noticed in 1825 by gestion of a confederacy among the Pandya King, says this line. friends, even sharing it in a ‘Smooth’ stayed at the summit A. Stirling. The fi rst re the Tamil kings. Tamil scholar Mu. Raghava WhatsApp group. for 12 weeks and within close liable version of the record came The story goes that the Chera, Iyengar preferred the reading The song is a reassurance that range of the summit, spread from Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji in Chola and Pandya kings sought hathi naava. Naava means boat in all of us would do well with, that across the last quarter of 1999 1885. The language in the inscrip Goddess Parvati’s help to put an Tamil, and Raghava Iyengar’s ex there is always — at least — one and the early part of 2000. The tion (2nd century BCE) is Prakrit, end to the constant warring planation was that hathi naava meaningful and soulenriching music was undoubtedly led by and the script is Brahmi. The in amongst themselves. She settled meant boats with an elephant fi relationship to be cherished Carlos Santana’s wizardry on the scription reads like an abridged their disputes in Mayanur and gure on the bow. Raghava Iyengar amidst tiringlysynthesised hu guitar, with the maestro given biography of a Kalinga king called marked the boundaries of their pointed to the Silappadikaram , man interactions. enough air time, especially from Kharavela, son of Mahameghava respective kingdoms. Mayanur is which talks of Pandya ships as ka Though Ed Sheeran shares around the third minute, when hana, of the Chedi dynasty. Chedis also called Madukkarai, which is a rimukha ampi and parimukha am songwriting credits with fi ve oth he gets to off er a bit of a solo per fi nd mention in the Mahabharata, corruption of madilkarai (madil pi. Ampi also means boat or ship, ers, which include Justin Bieber, formance. and Sisupala belonged to this dy wall; karai boundary). This is to and karimukha ampi is a ship with the narrative style is echtShee The song had considerable nasty. The inscription talks of Kha indicate that a wall was built there, an elephant fi gure carved on the ran. It is told midparty, and it musical depth, with its altrock ravela’s carefree youth, his attain to mark the boundaries of the bow, and pari mukha ampi is a engages the listener the way a soul fl eshed out with Latinstyle ing fatherhood and of his military three Tamil kingdoms. Because of ship with a horse fi gure carved on welltold story would. rock elements, and the sounds conquests. a request from the three kings, the the bow. Interestingly, Dr. Sudha ‘I Don’t Care’ should be ex from the horns and the drums The inscription says that Khara Goddess stayed on in Madukkarai, kar Chattopadhyay also gave a si pected to manage a summit stay serving as a cladding of steel to vela broke the 113 year old Tamira as Chellandiamman. milar explanation. He said that on Billboard Top 100, at least for the music structure. confederacy, which was a source Kharavela took away ships from a week, but that has been prov It was unfortunate ‘Breathe’ of danger to his country. Tamira is Rivers and boundaries the Pandyan kingdom. He wrote: ing elusive, despite the song top was up against such a formidable Damira, which means Dramida or In the Trichinopoly Gazetteer “Perhaps in these ships were ping around two dozen other competitor. Though ‘Breathe’ Dravida, indicating Tamil Nadu. 1907, Hemingway writes that the carved elephants and horses, charts, including the U.K. Singles topped the Country charts, it So, what was this confederacy? Karaipottanar river, which rises in which were studded with pearls Chart. Besides performances, it’s was not typically Country, and To answer this question, we must the Kolli hills and empties itself in and stones.” doing well commercially, espe was more of a pop off ering. Ho go back a little in history. The Mau to the Cauvery, was so named for a But who was the Pandya king cially racking up huge numbers wever, all in all, it was a well ryas, ruled Kalinga before Khara reason. The name Karaipottanar mentioned in the Hathigumpha in on Spotify. turnedout song, as illustrated by vela, and they fi nd mention in San means ‘river that marked the scription? “It was probably Nedun The most the song has man the decision to adjudge it the gam literature. Verse 175 in boundary.’ This stream was once chezhian, who is referred to in Pu aged on Billboard Top 100 is a song of 2000, when it stayed on Purananuru talks of the parasols, the boundary between the three rananuru as Ariya padai kadanda number 2 position. With the Billboard Top 100 for a noticea banners and chariots of the Mau Tamil kingdoms. “Beyond the Nedunchezhian. Kharavela’s army countryrap song ‘Old Town ble number of weeks, without ev ryas. Agananuru, verse 69 says Cauvery, an embankment runs must have marched up to Madurai. Road’ by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray er making it to the summit. that the Mauryas had cut paths in Southward, across Kulittalai taluk, Nedunchezhian managed the mountains for their chariots to and this is supposed to be the con crisis, gave many gifts to Kharave pass. Verse 251 refers to the Mau tinuation of the boundary,” writes la, and averted the threat to his ryas as strangers (vamba moriyar). Hemingway. He further refers to a throne. The Brahmi inscription in Verse 281 says ‘moriyar then thisai verse of Avvaiyar, which gives the Mangulam, mentions a Pandya mathiram munniya varavirkku’ – Western boundary of the Chola King called Nedunchezhian. The the Mauryas who came with a de Kingdom as Kottaikarai, which lit inscription is dated to 2nd century sire to conquer the South. So, erally means ‘fort bank.’ Accord BCE. This Nedunchezhian was these are proofs of Mauryan mili ing to local tradition this ‘fort probably the one who ruled in tary ambitions in Tamil Nadu. bank’ referred to the embankment Madurai in Kharavela’s time,” says But there are no records of a seen in Kulittalai. Hemingway epigraphist S. Ramachandran. Mauryan conquest of the Tamil re writes that the Chellandiamman However, epigraphist Dr. V. Ve gion. Maybe, because of the Mau temple marked the “ spot where dachalam, gives a broader time ryan threat, the Tamil kings band the Chera, Chola and Pandya king span for the Mangulam inscrip ed together, and their unity acted doms met,” and that a “bank that tion, placing it between 3rd and as a deterrent. This is the confede runs South from the river at this 2nd century BCE. If the Mangulam racy that Kharavela perhaps point was erected to mark the inscription is older than 2nd cen broke, roughly around 173 or 172 boundaries of the Chera and Chola tury BCE, we are left with the BCE. 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Gandhi’s rance, liberty and non deep earnestness left an in cult for wri violence tend to evoke delible mark on Iqbal and ters to make a strong sense of disappro notable poets such as Zafar a living with the in val, truthfulness is consi Ali Khan, Hasrat Mohani, come from the sale dered a medievalist appen Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Ma of their books is dage, one needs to be jaz. Josh Maliabadi, Asar well known. Of exposed to the infi nite possi Lucknawi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, course, there are bilities of peaceful coexis Anand Narian Mulla, Wamiq exceptions. Adrian tence and ethical delive Jaunpuri, Iqbal Suhail and Ja McKinty did not rance. There exists a search meel Mazhari. They wrote belong to the cate for a person whose life in Or evocative poems either on gory of exceptions, wellian phrase was a pilgrim him or the values he “To all the world, age in which every act was symbolised. it looked like I was signifi cant. According to Fatimi, this successful writer. But just no one was buy This iconic personality is Premchand’s writings owe ing the books. And so my income was just gra none other than Mahatma much to ideological con dually drying up.” His wife had a teaching job Gandhi whose relentless ef cerns of Gandhi and the pro but that was not enough. forts to prevent violence in tagonist of his novel “Goshe And then one day, McKinty was evicted from all its forms is now being de afi yat, Surdas is the ardent his home, “And I just remember all our stuff be rided. Despite widespread follower who practised non ing dumped on the sidewalk in front of our acceptance for all that is con violence and satyagraha. his house and my little girls looking up at me and go trary to what Gandhiji stood other novel Chaugane Hasti ing, is everything going to be alright? – and me for, he still poses a formida deplores untouchability, thinking, I don't know…And that’s kind of the ble challenge to oppression caste system . injustice, coer moment when I realised that I was going to stop and injustice. His multifacet cion, and communalism and this writing business and do something else with ed personality as a source of it creatively espouses all that my life.” creativity and inspiration Gandhi preached Odd jobs continues to permeate in Ur The special issue proff ers du literature. It is aptly show an informed debate on Gand Soon he started working as a bartender and cased by the special issue on hi/s concept of the national Uber driver. Before making this career move, the Father of the Nation of note that several prominent BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB language, and it is explained McKinty, who lived in Australia, had, however, the literary quarterly “Nak Urdu poets, including Brij Despite widespread without rhetorical fl ourish. written about his fate as a writer on his blog. hlistan”, published by the Narain Chakbast and Akbar Moazzaam Ali, in his astutely Bestselling thriller writer Don Winslow hap acceptance for all that pened to read it and felt he had to help for he Rajasthan Urdu Academy, Allahabadi, produced am worded editorial, asserts that Jaipur that appeared recent brosial poems when he was is contrary to what Gandhi wanted to promote felt, “I had six or seven published novels but ly to mark his 150th birth in South Africa. It happened Gandhiji stood for, he both Urdu and Hindi as na couldn’t make a living at it. At one point, I think I had $37 in the checking account… McKinty was anniversary. much before Nobel laureate still poses a formidable tional languages with equal To create a creative bul Roland Romain’s widely ac intensity and propounded too good to stop writing.” challenge to So Winslow introduced McKinty to his agent, wark against the rising trend claimed book on Gandhi, the concept of Hindustani. of deploring Gandhiji or “de “The Man Who Became One oppression and Unfortunately, it did not go Shane Salerno. One day when McKinty had just mahtamise” Gandhiji, the With The Universal Being” injustice well with politicians of that dropped a passenger to the airport and returned editor of the magazine, Syed had hit the stands. creasing presence of Gandhi era. The quarterly carried ar home, close to midnight, his telephone rang. Moazzam Ali decided to Romain’s book appeared ji. ticles of Dr Rajendra Prasad, McKinty was in half a mind not to take the call delve deep into Urdu litera in 1924, but in 1913, perhaps A prominent Urdu critic Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, because he was hosing down his car…his passen ture and produce a detailed for the fi rst time, in any lan Ali Ahmad Fatimi in his bril Abid Hussain, Abdus Sattar ger had thrown up on the side. Finally, he did account of how eminent Ur guage a perceptive poem on liantly documented article Dalvi and poems of Majaz, answer the call and appreciated Salerno’s wil du poets and authors make young Mohandas Karam “Gandhiji In Urdu literature” Asar, Mulla, Hurmatulka lingness to help, thanked him and hung up. But him an object of seamless chand Gandhi was published points out that the fi rst na ram, Makhmoor Saeedi, Ejaz Salerno was persistent. “Do you have a story set admiration. in Urdu. The poem titled “Fa tional poet of Urdu, Chak Siddiqui, Seemab, Salam, in America?” he asked. It is a pleasant surprise to riyadeqaum” (The com bast, was highly impressed Salman Abbasi, Rafat Sarosh New book plaint of the nation), going by the crusade against racial and Umair Manzar beyond the traditional ha discrimination that he McKinty was drawn into conversation and told giography turns attention to launched in South Africa. Inspiring fi gure him a story. A story which was called “The the value central to the doc The poet makes a fervent Moazzam did well to re Chain”. Salerno paid him an advance on an ad trines he preached. The poet plea “Watan se hain Tu door mind us that Gandhiji conti vance and today as the new book has just been Chakbast says: “Samajh Liya par nigah kar laina/idhar bhi nues to be an inspiring released, McKinty says, “This is the story of a hai ki hame ranjedard sahe aag lagi hai zara khabar kar source of creative and cere woman whose child is kidnapped by this evil en na hain/ Magar zaban se ka laina( Though you are away bral guidance at a time when tity, this organisation known as The Chain. And henge wahi jo kahna hai from the country/ Fire en we forget to understand that to get her child back, she has to pay the ran (Learnt that we have to live gulfs us do take care of! It the man is the measure of all som…. she has to kidnap someone else’s child to with pain and anguish/ But was the fi rst verse addressed things and non violence is replace hers on The Chain. And then it goes on we have to utter what we to Gandhi. capable of producing an at forever. This is someone who crosses the line want to say). Gandhiji's mosphere of peaceful living. and does bad things. But I knew that I wanted steadfast commitment to Allahabadi’s Herrymon Maurer’s lines are the readers still to be on board with her, to have truth and complete abjura endorsement still worth remembering: them think to themselves, well, what would I do tion of hypocrisy fi red the A celebrated Urdu poet, Ak ‘During the second period of for my kids…you'd pretty much do anything if imagination of a number of bar Allahabadi, famous for pause/Gandhi went out with your kid was in jeopardy or in harm. You'd do writers who sketched cha slapstick humour, too wrote his teaching / East and west anything to get your kid back.” After all McKinty racters on his views and a poem in which he asserted looked at him / followed him even gave up writing the day he saw his daught composed poems on the in that time has come to com and yet misunderstood him.’ ers looking at him on the sidewalk... https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 8 ENTERTAINMENT DELHI FRIDAYREVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ‘Music is a wonderful way to Quick Five express pain’ Meet Mithoon, the composer of heartwrenching melodies in Hindi fi lms Atif Khan CCCCCCCCC T he essence of heart break that refl ects in the Doing justice to meaty parts Saurabh Shukla music of “Kabir Singh” * SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY comes through Mithoon’s composition “Tujhe Kitna Keeping it real Chahne Lage”. It not only captures the pain but also the temperamental nature of the protagonist. Saurabh Shukla on essaying “Kabir Singh was an inter esting experience because it lifelike characters on screen was about heartbreak. The character is honest, tempera How did you prepare for your role in “Fa mental and thinks from his mily of Thakurganj”? heart. Making music for such The fi lm explores peculiarities of the Hindi a character is very fulfi lling heartland, and I was expected to mould manne because you connect with the risms and dialect into one seamless perfor character and I have tried to mance. I knew the setting very well as I was born create a lot of dynamism in in Gorakhpur. To bring out the fl avour of the the melody which is like the backdrop is part an actor’s work. Observation character of the main prota and research play a big part in it and that im gonist,” says Mithooon who proves with experience. has also written the lyrics of You are a writer as well. Has characteri the song. sation improved in fi lm scripts in last few years? Natural fl air! The sudden attention towards content com Going by his earlier hits, he pelled the makers to go beyond the utilitarian va is someone who is known for lue of the character in the story. They are explor evoking such heartwrench ing personalities in detail. Having said that, it is a ing sentiments on a regular choice between the popular and the real. There basis in fi lms such as “An is nothing wrong in what used to be the earlier war”, “Jism 2”, “Aashiqui 2” way of delivering dialogues but my choice is real and “Humari Adhuri Kahani”. ism. I like it that way. I am in love with the life of “Music is a wonderful way to Striving for longevity Mithoon in New Delhi * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT an ordinary man because I think there is a lot express pain which one goes more hidden in his life than what is already por through. Hindi music is in 20. His father Naresh Sharma Jeet Ganguli and the sound work automatically. It is be trayed in our fi lms. For an actor, being relatable complete without the emo was a famous arranger who track came together very cause you are not stuck in a is very important and that has been my ap tion of heartbreak. Writing along with Pyarelal formed well. We didn’t interact crea set of mind and you are evolv proach. I fi nd nuances in characters I essay. such music is enjoyable for one half of the legendary duo tively. Every composer did his ing with time. It is like nature. Whatever the role may be, it should be me as it is something which LaxmikantPyarelal. They song according to the per If you are connected to the multidimensional. comes to me naturally,” re guided him in his initial days. spective he had of the narra environment around you, the Does the present chaos in real life re veals Mithoon. “The most important quality tive and that is what made it change will become part of quire more escapist fi ction to strike a ba He is one composer who that they had and I am aspir more interesting. In “Kabir you and you don’t have to lance? doesn’t put in eff ort accord ing to have is longevity. What Singh” too, I had not listened think about it. I do music There is a saying that reality is more fi ctitious ing to the budget or star cast they did 3040 years back is to other songs. We all listened from heart and what I did 13 than fi ction. Reality is bizarre and that gives us of the fi lm. In fact, many of still fresh. The most impor to each other’s compositions years before is diff erent from enough ground to write fi ction. One can argue his songs worked better than tant thing about creating a after they came out for the au what I am doing right now. I that fi ction was always an escape from ugliness the fi lms they were part of. niche for yourself is sticking dience.” am 34 and there is a natural of reality. But I think it is debatable. “When you are inside a studio to your ideals and taste. I maturity which has come Your are equally active in theatre... and ready with your saaz, it should not become a people Devoted to his passion with age. It also translates in Acting is acting and there is no diff erence for becomes a pure relationship. pleaser and that’s what I have For him, there is hardly to my music,” he explains. an actor. Your job as an actor is not to work ac There you cannot think that I done all these years,” he says. any life beyond composing When there is a debate on cording to the medium but to bring out the truth am making a piece of music He started doing independent music. He takes two to three the viability of songs in fi lms of the text and the character with your perfor for a big budget fi lm and that I albums along with fi lms out of months for a song and that is and songs are often accused mance. My advice is forget about the medium, it have to make more eff orts. which “Kuch Is Tarah” from why he only comes up with of hampering the pact of nar will take care of itself. Everybody who comes to my Atif Aslam's album “Doorie” six to eight songs every year. ration , he is still positive Tell us about your formative years and studio expects the best. The and Abhijeet Sawant's “Ek “People have always appre about the future of music in how do you look back at your journey? only thing that changes is the Shaqs” from” Junoon” still re ciated my music for its origi Bollywood fi lms. “I personal When I used to study in Khalsa College, I read vision. A fi lm like ‘Shab’ had a main popular. nality. In an age, when others ly feel that Hindi cinema is Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” which was in my very independent vibe to it are repeating old hits, being can’t live without music. We English literature course. It blew away my mind. and that refl ects in its music Maintaining the ‘feel’ original and contemporary is have a strong presence all ov Later Then I read Mohan Rakesh. His “Aadhe Ad which was more like indepen On the trend of multiple a very healthy combination to er the world because of our hure” left a deep impression on me. dent music. While ‘Kabir music directors in a fi lm, he have.” songs and dances. You can I have no time to see myself. I just keep work Singh’ is mainstream cinema, says, that if the vision of a fi lm In “Bas Ek Pal”, he dabbled see people around the world ing. It is up to others to decide where I am. I nev so it has ‘fi lmy’ sounds. My le is understood, the music will with electronic music. The al still talk about Raj Kapoor’s er thought that I have reached somewhere or vel of dedication was equal.” follow automatically. He gives bum was way ahead of its fi lms and their music. I feel have made it big in my life or not. Raste guzarte Mithoon arrived on the the example of “Aashiqui 2” time and spurred a trend. “If we should change according rahenge, makaam aate rahenge (The journey scene very early as an inde where multiple music direc you are honest enough to feel to times but we should not will go on, milestones will keep coming). pendent music director. tors succeeded in maintain and react to what is happen forget our roots. I am very A.K. When he composed the track ing the ‘feel’ of the fi lm. “I ing around you, the change proud of our musical roots,” ND-ND of “Bas Ek Pal”, he was only worked with Ankit Tiwari and will come to you and your sums up Mithoon. https://t.me/SSC4Exams https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams
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