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JOY & CELEBRATION

(From left) Capt.
Rajeev Sharma,
Air Indian
Regional
Manager
Vandana Sharma,
Ranju Batra,
Mukesh Modi,
Congresswoman
Maloney, Consul
General Riva
Ganguly Das and
Ravi Batra at the
event celebrating
the nod to Diwali
Stamp (inset).
USPS honors Diwali

with postage stamp
New York: After years of advocacy, the
USPS has announced the release of a
Forever postage stamp commemorating
the festival of Diwali, the foremost Indian
festival. The stamp will be released on a
firstday ceremony hosted by the Indian
Consulate in New York on Oct 5. Rep.
Carolyn Maloney (DNY), a leading figure
advocating for the stamp, headlined a cel

ebratory event on the steps of NYC City
Hall, and cong ratulated the Indian
American community as well as Ravi and
Ranju Batra of the Diwali Stamp Project
for envisioning and working relentlessly
for a Diwali Stamp in the US.
For detailed story, see page 3.
Pomp & pride at

India Day Parade
Grand Marshal Abhishek Bachchan, Chief Guests Acharya Lokesh Muni

and Baba Ramdev at the parade in New York.
New York: Thousands celebrated India's 70th
Independence Day in Manhattan on August
21, taking part in the 36th India Day Parade
org anized by the Federat ion of Indian
Associations (FIANYNJCT) that featured
many tableaux, marching bands, police con
tingents and cultural performances.
Donald Trump to address Hindu

Americans at New Jersey rally
Washington: Just two days before
the first presidential debate next
month, Republican nominee Donald
Trump is scheduled to address
Hindu American supporters at a
rally in New Jersey.
Its the first such outreach to the
community, and most possibly the
larger cohort of increasingly influ
ential Indian Americans, by the
presidential nominee of a major US
party ever.
Trump will be with us for nearly
four hours, Shalabh Kumar, an
Illinois businessman whose year
old outfit Republican Hindu
Coalition (RHC) is hosting the
Trumps Sept 24 rally will be host

ed by Republican Hindu Coalition
founded by Shalabh Kumar.
event, told Hindustan Times. The
event, titled Humanity united
against terror, is scheduled for

Sept 24 at a venue that can seat
17,500 people, in New Jersey,
which has a heavy concentration of
Indian Americans.
Kumar says Trump was easily
persuaded to do the event when
the two met in July, sometime
before the Republican party con
vention in Cleveland.
He told me India was a great
country, he liked Indian people,
Kumar said recounting their con
versation, and he said he found
Hindus to be peaceloving people.
About 2 million Americans identify
Continued on page 4
The Grand Marshal was Bollywood star

Abhishek Bachchan. Chief Guests were yoga
guru Baba Ramdev, Jain Acharya Dr. Lokesh
Muni, and South Indian superstar Vikram.
Numerous dignitaries from India and the US
graced the occasion.
See page 1617 for details.
Indian medal winners feted
Haryana Chief Minister M.L.

Khattar felicitates wrestler Sakshi
Mallik who won a bronze in Rio.
(Photos: IANS)
New Delhi: T he Indian Sports
Ministry announced that the two
Rio Olympics medalists, shuttler
P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi
Malik will receive Khel Ratna
award, the country's highest sport
Olympic silver medal winner P.V.

Sindhu, seen with her coach P
Gopichand, was felicitated by the
Telangana government in
Hyderabad on Aug 22.
ing honor at a ceremony in
Rashtrapati Bhavan on Aug 29.
Sindhu and her badminton coach
P. Gopichand were felicitated by
the Telangana government as well
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Celebrating the coming

release of Diwali stamp
New York: T he USPS has
announced the re lease of a
Forever postage stamp commemo
rating the festival of Diwali, the
foremost Indian festival. The
stamp will be released on a rst
day ceremony hosted by the
Indian Consulate in New York on
Oct 5.
Following years of hard work
and advocacy, Congresswoman
Carolyn B. Maloney was joined by
Consul General of India, Amb. Riva
Ganguly Das, and Chair of the
Diwali Stamp Project Ranju Batra
on the steps of City Hall on
Tuesday to celebrate the USPS
announcement of the issuance of
the Diwali Commemorative Stamp.
Diwali celebrates the triumph of
good over evil, light over dark
ness, and knowledge over igno
rance, and is an important spiritu
al and cultural festival for many
Americans including the Indian
Americans, but it did not have
stamp to commemorate it.
Today marks a triumph that
truly exemplies the meaning of
Diwali, said Congresswoman
Maloney. After many years,
Diwali has nally received its own
commemorative stamp, rightfully
joining the ranks of other major
religious and cultural holidays
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The Diwali
stamp will
feature a
traditional
diya, and
will be a
Forever
stamp.
such as Christmas, Kwanzaa,

Hanukkah and Eid. I want to thank
the USPS for listening to the voic
es of the millions of Americans
who celebrate this Festival of
Lights. Many people over many
years helped make this happen,
from Ranju and Ravi Batra of the
Diwali Stamp Project to MR
Rangaswami of Indiaspora, to
thousands of grassroots support
ers across the country. For sever
al years, Congresswoman Maloney
headed efforts in US Congress to
push the Citizens Stamp Advisory
Committee (CSAC) to issue the
Diwali stamp. In 2013, she rst
introduced H.Res. 47, expressing
the sense of the House of
Representatives that the CSAC
should issue a Diwali stamp. The
resolution had 46 cosponsors.
Maloney reintroduced the resolu
tion in 2015 as H.Res. 32, which
had 71 cosponsors.
Ravi and Ranju Batra in 2013
succeeded in g athering over
400,000 online signatures calling
for the stamp. And in 2015,
Senate India Caucus cochairs
Sens. Mark Warner (DVA) and
John Cornyn (RTX) introduced
Senate Resolution 113, calling for
a Diwali Stamp in the US.
At the August 23 event, Ranju
Batra recalled how as President of
AIANY in 201112, she lifted the
Diwali celebration at South Street
Seaport to its highest level. For the
push to get Diwali stamp issued
she turned to a dear friend,
Congresswoman Maloney. The
two invited then Consul General in
New York, Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay
to write a Diwali stamp poem. In
2015, Ranju requested Prime
Minister Narendra Modi during
the UN General Assembly session
to support the stamp ef fort with
President Obama.
Consul General Riva Ganguly
Das and eminent attorney Ravi
Batra also spoke at the Tuesday
event.
Reps Grace Meng and
Ami Bera, supporters of the Diwali
stamp project, have welcomed the
USPS decision to issue the stamp
this year before Diwali that falls
on October 30.
Navtej Sarna likely the

next Indian envoy to US
New Delhi: India's high commis
sioner to UK, Navtej Sarna is
likely to take over from Arun
Singh as India's ambassador to
the US. Sing h, who steered
India's Washington outreach
for the past yearandahalf, is
scheduled to retire at the end of
the month.
Sarna has only recently been
sent from South Block where he
was secretary (west) to London
as hig h commissioner. If
appointed, Sarna would keep an
informal tradit ion alive by
being the third former ambas
sador to Israel to make it as
either deputy head or ambassa
dor in Washington DC.
In Washington, Sarna is likely
to be joined by Santosh Jha
who is currently joint secretary
(policy planning) in MEA,
tasked by foreign secretary S
Jaishankar with the job of com
pletely revamping this division.
Jha is like ly to be the next
deputy ambassador there.
Yash Sinha, who has nished
three years in Sri Lanka, may
be the one to go to London as
high commissioner.
Sarna, who has several books,
ction as well as nonction, to
his credit, had succeeded
Ranjan Mathai as Indias envoy
Navtej Sarna is currently India's

high commissioner to the UK.
He will replace Arun K Singh as
Indias ambassador to the US.
to the UK.
The 59yearold career diplo
mat served as the ministrys
spokesperson from 2002 to
2008, the longest anyone has
served the MEA in that capaci
ty. He then headed for Tel Aviv,
serving as Indias ambassador
to Israel till 2012.
For two years from August
2012, Sarna served as addition
al secretary incharge of inter
national organisations.
Hicksville South Rotary distributes 500 backpacks to needy kids
Those at the distribution of 500 backpacks included New York State Senator Jack
Martin, Project Chair Quddus Mohammed, Dave Sharma, President, Rotary Club
Hicksville South, and club officials Nilima Madan, Arjen Bhatija and Mukesh Modi.
Hicksville, NY: The Board and Members of

Rotary Club of Hicksville South (RCHS) distrib
uted 500 school backpacks, Tshirts and school
supplies to needy children of Long Island as
part of "Bright Beginnings"2016 Back Pack
Project of the club at an event held at Indus
American Bank on Broadway, Hicksville, NY.
Executives of nine organizations with chil
dren were in attendance at the August 18
event. The Chief Guest was New York State
Senator Jack Martins and Immediate Past
District Governor Kamlesh Mehta.
Those who sponsored bags or donated for
the project included Kalpana Patel, Chamunda
Swami, Hyderabadi Cultural Association of
Great New York, Vicky Greenburg, JFK Rotary
Club, Dr Shashi Jhamb, Rocky Kumar, Ashok
Varshney, Dr Dev Ratnam, Roopam Maini,
Johri Kohli of AW Mobile, Eric Kumar and Dan
Flynn. Those rendering voluntary service for
the project included Daniel Wall, Mukesh Modi
and Lionel Chitty, Past President of RCHS.
Community organizations receiving backpacks

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Program 50 bags
Joseph Samodulski St Ignatius Human
Services Food Pantry 50 bags
Barbara Borum Hempstead Coordinating
Council of Civic Associations 50 bags
Daphne Haynes Peace Valley Haven
Shelter 50 bags
Tom Bruno Hicksville Boys and Girls
Club 20 bags
Roosevelt Civic Association 10 Bags
Hicksville school 50 Bags
Logan Foundation 50 Bags
Big Brothers Big Sisters 50 Bags
Dix Hill Community Center 50 Bags
Walking from local Hicksville area
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Union Baptist of Hempstead 25 Bags
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In UN, India warns against terrorists getting nukes

By Arul Louis
nited Nations: India has warned of
the "catastrophic dangers" of terror
ists getting weapons of mass destruc
tion and said that nations have a responsi
bility to prevent nuclear material from
falling into their hands.
Speaking at the UN Security Council
debate on weapons of mass destruction
( WMD) on Tuesday, India's Deputy
Permanent Representative Tanmaya Lal
said: "We are fully cognizant of the cata
strophic dangers that the transfer of
Weapons of Mass Destruction to nonState
actors and terrorists could entail."
Therefore, he said, "The primary respon
sibility for ensuring nuclear security rests
at the national level but national responsi
bility must be accompanied by responsible
behavior as well as sustained and effective
international cooperation."
At the same time, the focus on terrorists
"should in no way diminish state accounta
bility in combating terrorism and disman
India's Deputy Permanent Representative

to UN, Tanmaya Lal
tling its support infrastructure and its link
ages with WMDs," he said.
Without naming any country, he said that
"clandestine nuclear proliferation networks
must be rolled back and their resurgence
prevented." Pakistan ran an underground
international nuclear bazaar overseen by
the notorious scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan
that transferred nuclear knowhow and

technology to North Korea. Islamabad's
nuclear bases have come under attack from
terrorists, who have even managed to enter
one of them.
For its part, India has enacted several
laws and set up mechanisms to ensure that
terrorists don't get access to WMDs, Lal
said. "Our recent steps taken to strengthen
nuclear security include the setting up of a
Counter Nuclear Smuggling Team (CNST)."
"India is committed to maintaining the
highest international standards with refer
ence to control of nuclear, chemical, biolog
ical and toxin weapons and their means of
delivery and has strong and lawbased
national export controls consistent with the
highest international standards," he said.
New Delhi was committed to the ideal of
the elimination of all nuclear weapons, Lal
said. But for this to happen all nuclear
weapon states must hold "a meaningful dia
logue to build trust and confidence by
reducing the salience of nuclear weapons in
international af fairs and security doc
India - West Indies T20s in Florida to develop cricket in USA

Fort Lauderdale, FL: The United
States will get a rare taste of world
class cricket this weekend when
Florida will play host to two
Twenty20 internationals between
the West Indies and India. It is just
the third time that full international
cricket matches will take place in
the US, following on from the West
Indies matches against New
Zealand and Sri Lanka in 2010 and
against New Zealand again two
years later. But this is the first occa
sion that the worlds most popular
team will grace US soil.
Indias cricket board, the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),
is expecting the 15,000 capacity
Central Broward Regional Park in
Fort Lauderdale to be soldout for
the matches on Saturday and
Sunday. It promises to be a lucra
tive venture for both India and
Indian team is led by MS Dhoni

while West Indies skipper is
Carlos Brathwaite.
West Indies cricket, with tickets
priced from $75 up to $250. But
the games global governing body
insists it also fulfills the latest step
in developing cricket in the United
States. Last year the International
Cricket Council (ICC) suspended the
USA Cricket Association and took
control of the right to sanction
which events could take place in the
U.S. T hat led to a threematch
Cricket AllStars tour last
November, featuring legends of the
game led by Sachin Tendulkar and

Shane Warne. And, in announcing
the ICCs approval of the series ear
lier this month, chief executive
David Richardson explained what
he hopes the U.S. will get out of
matches between the sides ranked
second and third in the T20I rank
ings. The ICC has approved these
matches because we believe they
can play a significant role in the
long term development of cricket in
the USA and our ongoing efforts to
unify the USA cricket community,
he said. It certainly promises to be a
highquality matchup. While the
West Indies continued its struggles
in Test cricket in recent weeks with
a comprehensive 20 series defeat
at home to India, they are the reign
ing kings in the sports shortest for
mat having won the World T20 ear
lier this year.
Donald Trump to address

Hindu Americans at New
Jersey rally
Continued from page 1
themselves as Hindus. And while
most of them are of Indian
descent, others are from Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, the Caribbean
and Afghanistan.
T he
number
of
Indian
Americans, however, is estimated
to be around 3 million with
only a third of them said to be vot
ers. And of them, most vote
Democratic overwhelmingly.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich
is the honorary chairman of RHC,
whose inauguration in 2015 was
attended by many senior leaders.
RHC also plans to parade some
Bollywood stars at the show,
which was fine with Trump, a one
time owner of beauty pageants
he said Indian people are beauti
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trines," he said. India's nuclear doctrine is

built on a policy of credible minimum deter
rence and a commitment to nofirst use and
to not using the weapons against non
nuclear weapon states, he said, adding that
New Delhi continues its "unilateral and vol
untary moratorium on nuclear explosive
test ing."
Pakistan's
Permanent
Representative Maleeha Lodhi asserted
during the debate that Islamabad had
implemented a comprehensive system to
control exports and taken steps to improve
nuclear security. She took a swipe at the
IndiaUS civil nuclear deal and Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver for New
Delhi to allow access to civilian nuclear
technology and fuel, but did not name
either country. While India's attempts to
join the NSG has been stalled mainly
because of China's opposition, Lodhi made
a pitch for Pakistan's membership. She said
Islamabad met the criteria for membership
and that "it expected that a nondiscrimina
tory and criteriabased approach would be
followed for extending such membership."
ful. Amar D. Amar, a New Jersey

professor who cofounded and
heads the PAC Indian Americans
for Trump 2016, will be attending
too.
Indian medal
winners feted
as the Andhra Pradesh govern
ment. Sindhu received a check of
Rs.5 crore from Telangana Chief
Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao,
who also offered her a residential
plot in Hyderabad and a govern
ment job.
In Hyderabad, her home town,
Sindhu was accorded a heros wel
come. Bronze medal w inner
Sakshi Malik was felicitated by
the Haryana government. She was
awarded Rs 2.5 crore and a class
two level job in the state govern
ment.
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Rajat Gupta's plea to overturn

Indian American Business
Council launched in Chicago conviction must be rejected: Bharara
Acharya Dr. Loksh Muni seen with IABC executive team Ponam Gupta
Krishnan, Nazneen Hashmi, Dr. Sanhita Agnihotri,
Mohammed Faheem & Keerthi Ravoori
Chicago: On the occasion of Indias
70th Independence Day, Indian
American Business Council (IAB
Council) hosted a high profile recep
tion with dignitaries from India,
South Africa, El Salvador, and
America on August 11 at Northwest
Suburban College in Rolling
Meadows, IL. IABC earlier has been
soft launched in the presence of
Governor Hon. Matt Bevin and
Louisville Mayor Hon. Greg Fischer
in May this year in Louisville,
Kentucky.
Newly formed trade organization,
IAB Council, was graced with pres
ence and enlightening words from
Chief Guest, Acharya Dr. Lokesh
Muni ji who has been introduced as
an ambassador of peace. Acharya Dr.
Muni shared that ahimsa, unity, and
cooperation is the key requirements
for any progress. Acharya Dr. Lokesh
Muni announced the setting up of a
World Peace University in Gurgaon
India with a central goal of combat
ing violence and terrorism in the
society and introducing the princi
ples of nonviolence.
The IAB Council is an umbrella

organization that supports small and
medium size businesses that are
interested in expanding their busi
ness internationally. Council also
provides full scale services to
investors from around the world to
match their investment with oppor
tunities for secure and maximum
growth. IAB Council is Illinois regis
tered notforprofit in the state of
Illinois and is currently operating in
Illinois, Kentucky and India. IAB
Councils strategic partners include
Indian Diaspora Club, Government
Technology Foundation, Indo
American Friends Group, VisionOne,
CSR Virgil, and VNA Partners.
Strategic collaborators include
Illinois Chamber of Commerce, IL
SBDC International trade Center and
many more.
Attorney Chipo Nyambuya, princi
pal of Virgil LLC presented overview
of creative investments and legalities
for investment in USA and around
the world. Nyambuya also provided
highlights of the investment oppor
tunities present for businesses.
New York: Indian American former

Goldman Sachs director Rajat
Gupta's latest bid to have his insid
ertrading conviction overturned
should be rejected, prosecutors
have told an appeals court here,
asserting that he got a fair trial
and the jury convicted him for his
"criminal" conduct.
In a lengthy brief filed before the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit this month, Indian
American U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
Preet Bharara said Gupta's conduct
of repeatedly tipping his business
partner Raj Rajaratnam with mate
rial nonpublic information in
"ways that furthered Gupta and
Rajaratnam's shared financial
interests" remains "criminal" and
he is "not actually innocent.
Bharara said Gupta's appeals
from an order denying his motion
to vacate, set aside, or correct his
sentence should be rejected and he
is not entitled to the relief he
seeks.
In May, Gupta, 66, had filed an
exhaustive brief in the appeals
court, arguing that the judgment
of the Manhattan district court
finding him guilty of insider trad
Exhusband of stepmother accused

of killing Indian girl arrested
New York: The killing of a nineyearold
Indian girl from Punjab by her stepmother
took a sordid turn on Sunday when authori
ties arrested her exhusband and accused him
of helping her hide.
Raymond Narayan was accused of helping
his exwife Shamdai Arjun Pardas leave her
home after allegedly strangling her step
daughter on Friday and trying to hide her in
his house, Ron Brown, the top public prosecu
tor for the New York city district of Queens,
said in a statement on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Pardas was produced in Queens
Criminal Court on Sunday and formally
charged before Judge Gerald Beibovitz with
murdering Ashdeep Kaur, who had come from
India to the US about three months ago to join
her father. "This is a horrifying case of a child,
a defenceless nineyearold, who was left in
the care of her stepmother who allegedly
strangled her to death," Brown said. "Her
actions, if true, are beyond comprehension
and must be severely punished."
Judah Maltz, Pardas' lawyer, asked the
judge to place her in protective custody in jail,
the New York Daily News reported.
This will keep her away from other prison
ers as New York jails are notorious for brutal
Ashdeep Kaur was allegedly killed by her

stepmother Shamdai Arjun Pardas.
attacks by fellow inmates on those accused of
heinous crimes, especially those involving
children.Maltz said the 55yearold Pardas
denied killing the child and claimed there was
no proof that she did it. Michael Curtis, the
assistant prosecutor, made chilling new reve
lations in the court. He said that on Tuesday
Pardas had told Kaur's father, Sukhjinder
Singh, 35, that she would kill the child, the
News reported.
She had "repeatedly and on numerous occa
sions threatened to kill the victim", Curtis
said. "On Friday, she made good on this
threat."
ing "should be reversed" and his

"conviction should be vacated.
Gupta's appeal came on the back
of a landmark ruling by the
Manhattan appeals court that for
an insider trading conviction pros
ecutors must show that a defen
dant received a personal benefit
for passing illegal tips. Gupta's
lawyers have cited the ruling that
led to the reversal of insider con
victions of hedgefund managers
Todd Newman and Anthony
Chiasson in December 2014.
Asserting that there is no legal
basis to overturn Gupta's verdict,
Bharara said Gupta was convicted
by a jury in a "fair trial" for
"repeatedly and brazenly" disclos
ing material nonpublic informa
tion to Rajaratnam in violation of
the fiduciary duties Gupta owed to
Goldman Sachs and Procter and
Gamble, companies on whose
boards of directors he served.
"This conduct, which was moti
vated by Gupta's substantial finan
cial
entang lements
with
Rajaratnam and his multibillion
dollar hedge fund, is as criminal
today as it was before Newman,"
Bharara said.
"Gupta received a fair trial
before a properly instructed jury;

that jury simply agreed with the
government's evidence of guilt,
rejected Gupta's proffered defens
es and convicted Gupta for the
conduct he committed. There is no
legal basis to disturb that verdict,"
he said.
The top federal prosecutor in
Manhattan noted that at no point
did the District Court instruct the
jury to convict Gupta based on a
Newmaninvalidated "mere friend
ship" theory of benefit.
"Indeed, the 'friendship' does not
appear in the jury instructions at
all. T he District Court instead
instructed the jury that tipping in
furtherance of Gupta's good and
frequent business relationship
with Rajaratnam would suf fice
under the law. Newman says noth
ing to the contrary," he said.
Gupta is a free man now, having
completing his twoyear prison
term on insider trading charges in
March this year. Gupta was con
victed in 2012 of passing confi
dential boardroom information to
now jailed hedge fund founder
Rajaratnam. He is currently sub
ject to a term of supervised release
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YHS completes ve years of summer Hindi camp in PA

By Ashok Ojha/SATimes
Pennsylvania: On August 12, more
than 30 primary and middle school
students received certificates of
completion at a colorful graduation
event in Harleysville, PA, where par
ents and community folks watched
their children present varieties of
stage performances including topic
related skits and Bollywood songs
and dance items. These students of
8 to 13 years of ages, completed
three weeks of intensive program
for speaking, reading and writing
Hindi, a major language of India cat
egorized as a critical language for
US national security.
YHS STARTALK Hindi Language
and Culture Camp 2016 is in its fifth
year in Pennsylvania. This yearly
camp is conducted by NJ based Yuva
Hindi Sansthan in collaboration
with North Penn School District,
Lansdale, PA. This years program,
launched on July 25th ended on Au
gust 12.
STARTALK summer camps are in
The chief guests and YHS members at the event

tensive programs designed to im
merse students in language learning
at a shortterm program. YHS
STARTALK also provides assistance
to continued Hindi learning beyond
the camp. By the end of the program
students confidently communicate
with native speakers including their
parents.
The impact of our program is
such that every year parents await
the announcement of our program.
Its popularity can be judged by the
fact that this year not a single stu

dent, enrolled at the program,
dropped out, said Dr. Surendra
Gambhir, Hindi professor at UPenn
and chairman of YHS.
Upendra Chivukula, former NJ As
semblyman and currently the Com
missioner of Public Utilities, State of
NJ was the chief guest at the gradu
ation day event. Chivukula comple
mented the organizers for success
fully conducting the program year
after year. He said, It is the duty of
the members of the IndianAmeri

can community to motivate their
children to learn Indian languages
and culture. It is very important for
the people of Indian origin to cele
brate their culture and strengthen
their identity.
Piyush Patel, an entrepreneur and
philanthropist, was the guest of hon
or at the concluding event of the
program. Patel emphasized the need
to teach Hindi to the next genera
tion of IndianAmericans. He said,
IndianAmericans have emerged as
a major force in the US today. It is
time we made united efforts to
teach our next generation our lan
guage and the culture so they grew
up as true world citizens. He pre
sented awards to students who
demonstrated higher proficiency in
speaking, reading and writing Hindi
at the threeweek program.
Approximately 15 faculty and
staff members worked for months
prior to the program in order to pre
pare and manage it. We grouped our
students into four classes on the ba
sis of their grades, age and linguistic

backgrounds.
The theme of the program was In
dias cities and villages, which was
taught through authentic audiovi
sual material. Students interacted
with each other and presented their
understanding in the form of multi
media projects, posters and theatri
cal presentations. Most of our stu
dents come from nonHindi speak
ing families, who take great interest
in understanding Indias geography,
culture and history during the camp.
A sense of appreciation about YHS
STARTALK Hindi 2016 program
prevailed among the parents, as re
flected in the following remarks by
Roopa dCosts, who sent her two
kids at the program:
Our kids are learning to speak
Hindi with confidence at this camp.
Every day they came home with new
set of expressions to share with us. I
was very impressed by the teaching
style of this program where cultural
practices and technology is inte
grated in classroom instructions.
The Kerala Center celebrates Shri Krishna Nidhi Foundation

to host celebrity gala to
Indias Independence Day
support cancer patients
Games organized by children at the event and winners of the card games.
Elmont, New York: Flag hoisting,
fun games and barbecue dinner
marked the Independence Day cel
ebration hosted by the Kerala Cen
ter. The Indian National Flag was
hoisted on the centers flagpole by
Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Kerala
Center with the singing of the Jana
Gana Mana by Lauren Vattakalam.
Then the goodly crowd of the Cen
ters members and friends with
drew from the hot and humid sun
to the auditorium.
Thambi Thalappillil, Center Pres
ident welcomed the gathering to
the celebration and introduced
board member Abraham Thomas as
event coordinator. Thomas stated
that the festivities were youthori
ented and put together by the Cen
ters Youth Club committee: Jake
Thottam, Joel Thomas, Amrita Pu
lianapallil, Noel Kuzhiparambil,
Melvin Manumkal, Anil Paradiyil,
Jasmin Uralil, Niel Chaco, Maryann
Philip and Lauren Vattakalam.
CMC, famous story teller and
beloved member of Sargavedi, de
livered a poignant and brief mes
sage. Dr. Bhaskaran, inaugurated
the youngsters games

with a few great words
of patriotic fervor, and
Dilip
Varghese,
a
Founder Grand Patron
of the Center, played a
few of those games, at a
dollar for a try. The floor
was arranged not with
rows and rows of chairs
as for a formal meeting
but with various play
stations. Soon the adults
left the children to their
laughter and chatter
and repaired upstairs
for card game competi
tions.
Card Game Tourna
ment winners received
medals
and
cash
awards. The winners for
the card games are as
follows: Game 56: So
Kerala Center Board Chairman Dr. Madhu
manathan Nair, Jose Ma
Bhaskaran raising Indian flag at the
dathilkunnel and Math
Kerala Center Ceremony
ew Chacko, Second : Jose
Thottam, Thomas Thot
Thomas, Dr. Nandakumar Chanayil
tam and James Pattiyalil; Game 28: and Sani Ambookan. Besides, a
Binchu John, Abraham Abraham, fundraising raffle put some green
and Anthony Kunjeria, Second: Raju bills into one lucky pocket.
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NJ:
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organizations annual fundraising el Lisa Ray will share her personal
gala on Saturday, September 17, journey of surviving cancer; having
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iterates: "I have learned that the
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Proceeds from the event will progress of the human spirit does
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Asian families dealing with and re and live life more fully.
Hindu Temple Society gears up for 9-day Ganesha fest

Flushing: Once again it is that time of the year to celebrate the biggest
annual 9day festival of the Hindu Temple Society of NA Sri Ganesha
Chaturthi. The colorful celebrations begin September 2nd and con
clude on September 11th. The culmination of the program will be a
very colorful procession of Lord Ganesha placed in a lavishly decorated
Silver Chariot around the streets of Flushing on September 11th start
ing in front of the Temple at 1:00 PM. Thousands of joyful devotees
will accompany the procession and exhibit their exuberance by singing,
chanting and dancing to the tunes of the drums and shehnai. Invitation
is open to one and all to enjoy the bliss and joy of the festival.
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
India
highest
recipient
Renu Khator inducted in
of
H1B
Visas:
US
ofcial
Texas Women's Hall of Fame
Houston: Renu Khator,
lured numerous mem
IndianAmerican woman
bers of the prestigious
academic, will be induct
national academies of
ed into the Texas
science and engineering.
Women's Hall of Fame
Incoming undergradu
for making signicant
ates are making better
contribution for the ben
grades and returning at a
et of the US' second
higher rate, a sign that
largest state.
the university's sluggish
Khator, 61, Chancellor
graduation rate could
and President of the pres
pick up.
t ig ious University of
Khator, who earned her
Houston (UH) said,
Bachelors degree from
"Thank you, Governor! I
Kanpur university in
am honored and hum
1973, is the eighth chan
bled", after being induct
cellor of the UH System
ed in Texas Women's
and the 13th president
UH President Renu Khator
Hall of Fame.
of the UH. She is the rst
Khator, the rst IndianAmerican to lead a foreignborn president of the university and
major research university in the US, is also the second woman to hold the position.
the president of University of Houston's
She is the "rst Indian immigrant to head a
main campus.
comprehensive public research university in
Born in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad dis the United States," according to the state
trict, she is largely credited with pushing the ment announcing her induction.
UH once known as "Cougar High" towards
She will be inducted into the hall of fame
the nation's toptier of research universities.
at the Texas Women's University of Denton
During her eightyear tenure, the UH has on October 21.
Hinduism helped him, says Rio

Olympic medal winner Rajeev Ram
Washington, DC: While the basic ideals of
Hinduism have often been held as the foun
dation of most religious theories, an Olympic
medallist has recently spoken out regarding
his ethnicity and how this religion helped
him pursue and improve in his sport. The
American silver medallist for Mixed Doubles
in Tennis at Rio 2016, Rajeev Ram, 32, in a
recent interview with the Washington Post,
he said, I identify, certainly, with anyone of
Rajeev Ram and Venus Williams won a silver in
South Asian background in the U.S. Its a
mixed doubles at Rio Olympics.
small group. Its an even smaller group of
people of that background who are athletic.
of the moral and ethical implications of your
In the same interview, he has opened up actions that a rm follower of Hinduism is
regarding his roots and the calming ef fect expected to have, for the athlete, it also means a
Hinduism has had on his style of play. This complete control over his body and a masterful
calmness, he says, is what helped him reach the grip on his game. Obviously, your bodys going
pinnacle of his career. As of August 2016, Ram to do what your mind tells it to do. If you can
has registered a career high ranking of 20th in have that inner control, a sense of peace, your
the world in the Mixed Doubles category. He bodys going to follow, he added.
has specically credited his parents for shaping
According to him, his parents never expected
his philosophy in life both in and out of the him to w in every match he played.
court, based on Hinduism.
Consequently, he was taught the importance of
Part of the Hindu religion teaches, more so looking at the bigger picture when faced with
than anything else, your control of your mind challenging situations in life. This helped him
your selfcontrol, basically, Ram explained. channel his temper into a determination to
While that might mean a complete awareness outdo himself with every passing day.
New Delhi: Despite a hefty hike in fees

of US H1B and L1 visas, there has been
no drop in number of applications from
India and the country continues to be
the highest recipient of H1B visas, the
highest US of ficial in Washington deal
ing with international visa issues said on
Tuesday.
Indian citizens receive almost 70 per
cent of all the H1B visas issued world
w i d e, " M i ch e l e B o n d , U S A s s i s t a n t
Secretary of State for Consular Af fairs,
said during a media interaction.
Overwhelmingly, Indian applicants
are the ones who are successful in quali
fying for these visas," she said.
As for L1 visas, she said that Indian
citizens received around 30 percent of
all such visas issued.
The US doubled the visa fees to $4,000
for H1B and to $4,500 for L1 at the
end of last year.
Indian IT bellwethers have most of
their employees working on site holding
H1B visas. Bond said that in US fiscal
year 2015 (October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015), more than
110,000 H1B visas were issued to
Indian citizens. "This is a priority for us

because we are part of a bilateral India
and US ef fort to grow their economic
and commercial ties," she said.
Asked if there has been any move to
revisit the issue of hike in visa fees, she
said: "These specific visas where the fees
changed the H and L visas we have
seen no drop in the number of applica
tions for those visas, no lessening of
interest in obtaining those visas. It was a
legislative change, so we were imple
menting that law."
Bond came to India to attend the annu
al bilateral consular dialogue that was
held in New Delhi on Monday during
which issues like facilitating tourism and
business and other travel between the
two countries, visa assessing, protection
of US citizens in India, transparent inter
national adoption, and preventing inter
national parental child abduction cases
were discussed.
While she led the US delegation, P.
Kumaran, Joint Secretary (Consular,
Pa s s p o r t , Vi s a ) i n t h e M i n i s t r y of
External Affairs, headed the Indian side.
(IANS)
Shahs donate $1 Million

to Akshaya Patra
Arcadia, CA: Nearly 200 peo
ple gathered here Aug. 6 to
celebrate the 5th anniver
sary of Akshaya Patra and its
having served 2 billion
meals to hungry children in
India, in a benet to honor
Manu and Rika Shahs
humanitarian ef forts for
providing food and educa
Manu and Rika Shah (center) seen with Akshay
tion to children in India.
Patra Foundation chairman Desh Deshpande and
Akshaya Patra, one of the
Vandana Tilak at the event.
worlds biggest midday
meal programs, serves 1.5 million meals International, directly supporting over
in children in 10,600 government 120,000 jobs all around the world.
schools in 10 states in India daily. The Today MSI is one of the biggest natural
program feeds a child for $15 for the stone wholesalers on the West Coast.
Shahs donation of $1 million will go
entire academic year.
Several people participated in the towards a new kitchen in Bhuj and sub
event, including keynote speaker Vikram sequent donations over the next two
Gandhi, Vandana Tilak, Akshaya Patra years for spoke kitchen in Mandvi and
Foundation USA chairman Desh Mundra. The Bhuj kitchen would serve
Deshpande, and Manu and Rika Shahs 50,000 children and utilizing its capacity
son Raj Shah, who introduced his par to cook for more during an eighthour
ents. Manu and Rika Shah started their cycle; the kitchen would do most of the
business from their apartment, persist food preparation for the spoke kitchen
ing with hard work and tenacity and dili which would serve another 50,000 chil
gently built their business, MS dren in Mandvi and Mundra combined.
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Republican opponent calls Tulsi Gabbard 'devil'

Washington: Tulsi Gabbard, the
first Hindu to be elected to the US
Congress, has been targeted for
her Hindu faith by her Republican
opponent in the Congressional
elections, prompting sharp reac
tions from the HinduAmerican
community members.
35yearold Democratic Repre
sentative Gabbard is seeking her
thirdterm reelection from Hawaii
against Republican candidate An
gela Kaaihue.
Kaaihue last week described
support to her as "worship(ping)

the devil" and called the Democrat
ic Party the "Devil Democratic
State."
"Some Christians say, a vote for
Tulsi Gabbard is a vote for Satan,
the devil do you agree or dis
agree?" Kaaihue alleged in a Face
book post, which has now been
deleted. This infuriated the Hindu
American community. The Hawaii
Republican Party in a statement
urged party members to disavow
Kaaihue for her attacking Gabbard
for her religion and faith.

The chairman of Kaaihue's party
also condemned the attack, calling
it "vulgar" and "religiously intoler
ant". "Her vulgar, racially bigoted,
and religiously intolerant descrip
tions of Democratic Party candi
dates are offensive, shameful and
unacceptable in public discourse,"
said Fritz Rohlfing, chairman of the
Hawaii Republican Party.
"Attacks on Congresswoman
Gabbard, especially on her Hindu
faith, are a reflection of religious
prejudices that originate from an

impoverished view of a religion
and culture that is practiced by
nearly one sixth of the world's pop
ulation," alleged Sandeep Dedage,
director Hindu Education Founda
tion USA (HEF).
"It's shocking that in 2016 any
political candidate in the US faces
such absurdly ignorant and bigot
ed personal attacks on their Con
stitutionally guaranteed right to
practice the faith of their choice,"
said Rishi Bhutada, Hindu Ameri
can Foundation board member.

"Furthermore, these attacks
clearly show that Hinduphobia and
religious bigotry is very much alive
and kicking in the United States,
even if not all incidents of Hindu
phobia are so direct and open as
what we've seen here," he said.
According to local media, Kaai
hue has refused to take back her
words and attacked her party
chief, asking him to be cautious be
cause he is attacking the "messen
ger of God."
Anjali Tripathi, Tina Shah

3 IndianAmerican
named White House Fellows
women may make history
in November polls
Washington, DC: As Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton targets to break the
"highest glass ceiling" in the US, three Indian
Americans figure in a list of 19 women who
could make history if e lected to the US
Congress in November.
In a Congress that has only 19 per cent
women, over a dozen women from both sides
of the aisle could end up breaking barriers if
elected in the November polls, the popular
Cosmopolitan magazine said as it released the
list of the women.
The three IndianAmerican women who fig
ure in the list are Pramila Jayapal, who is run
ning for House of Representatives from
Washington state; Kamala Harris, who is seek
ing to enter the Senate from California; and
Lathika Mary Thomas, who is running for the
House on a Republican ticket from Florida.
Jayapal and Harris are from the Democratic

party. If elected, Harris would be the second
black woman in Senate after Carul Mosley
Braun in 1992 and the first IndianAmerican in
the Senate.
Harris, who has been endorsed by US
President Barack Obama is currently the
California AttorneyGeneral.
Jayapal, who earned an endorsement from
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, would be the
first IndianAmerican woman in Congress, if
she wins the elections in November.
According to latest polls, both Jayapal and
Harris are expected to win their respective
elections.
Like Jayapal, Latika Mary Thomas if elected
to the US House of Representatives seat from
Florida would be the first IndianAmerican
woman in the Congress.
(PTI)
LA chapter chair Vandana Tilak joins Akshay Patra board

Stoneham, MA: Vandana Tilak, LA Chapter Chair, Ayurveda practitioner and longtime supporter
of Akshaya Patra has joined the Akshaya Patra USA Board of Directors. In
this role, Tilak will continue her crucial work of spreading and growing
awareness about Akshaya Patra in all 13 Chapters in the US and in India,
building on the organizations expansion plans via new kitchens and the
number of children served.
Commenting on her new role, Vandana Tilak stated, It is an honor and
a privilege to serve Indias children by joining the Board of Directors of
Akshaya Patra USA. Emily Rosenbaum, CEO of Akshaya Patra USA wel
comed Tilak, saying, Vandana works for the children like no one else I
have ever known. She wakes up every day thinking about the cause, the children and their hopes
and dreams. Chairman of Akshaya Patra USAs Board of Directors, Desh Deshpande added,
Akshaya Patra is very fortunate to have a caring, compassionate, and genuine leader like Vandana
Tilak in our organization. Her dedication shows through in all of her hard work, all of her interac
tions, and everything she does to help move Akshaya Patra to the next level.
Washington, DC: Two

IndianAmerican women
have been selected for
the prestigious White
House Fellow program
that of fers firsthand
experience of working at
the highest levels of the
US federal government.
Astrophysicist Anjali
Tripathi from California
and physician Tina R
Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi, physician Tina Shah
Shah from Chicago are
(Photo courtesy: dnaindia.com)
among the 16 W hite
Tripathi, an astrophysicist recently at
House Fellows appointed from across
the nation for the year 201617, offi Harvard University, focuses on the for
mation and evolution of planets. She
cials said.
Shah is a Pulmonary and Critical has pioneered the characterization of
Care physicianscientist focused on planet forming environments and
transforming healthcare delivery for developed the first 3D simulations of
planets evaporating due to extreme
patients with chronic diseases.
She recently completed her clinical atmospheric heating.
Tripathi has also been involved in
fellowship at the University of Chicago
(UC), where she redesigned the care mode lling the Milky Way and the
cycle for pat ients w ith Chronic search for dark matter. Previously, she
Obstruct ive Pulmonary Disease has conducted particle physics, seis
(COPD), dramatically reducing hospital mology and engineering research at
Fermilab, Caltech, MIT, and NASA JPL,
readmissions.
As the recipient of the inaugural UC as part of the mission operations team
Innovations Grant, Shah also led an for the Mars Rovers, Spirit and
interprofessional research team to Opportunity.
Her commitment to improving her
evaluate this valuebased care delivery
community has been recognized by
program.
Shah was a trustee for the Chicago Harvard, MIT, and the American Red
Medical Society and has held leader Cross. Tripathi will receive her Ph.D. in
ship positions in other medical soci Astronomy from Harvard, where she
eties to advocate for her patients and earned an AM in Astronomy as an NSF
for a sustainable medical workforce. Graduate Research Fe llow. She
She received a BS and an MD from the received M Phil in Astronomy from
Pennsylvania
State Cambridge University as a Marshall
University/Jef ferson Medical College Scholar and SB in Physics, with a minor
accelerated six year medical program in Applied International Studies, from
MIT.
(PTI)
and MPH from Harvard.
US AFFAIRS
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
PayforPlay scandal a threat to the

foundation of democracy: Donald Trump
BILL CLINTON SAYS HE WILL
LEAVE CLINTON FOUNDATION IF
HILLARY IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
Former president Bill Clinton and Democratic nominee for White House, Hillary Clinton, at
her campaign rally. (Reuters)
Washington: Amid reports that hundreds
of donors to the Clinton Foundation met
Hillary Clinton at the state department
when she was the secretary of state,
Republican presidential candidate Donald
Trump has alleged that the scandal is a
threat to the foundation of democracy.
She (Hillary Clinton) is boughtand
paidfor by the special interests. This cor
ruption relates closely to another corrup
tion scandal that strikes at the heart of
our Democracy.
Every day more and more alarming facts
come out, 70yearold Trump said at an
election rally in Austin, Texas. The scan
dal I speak of is the State Departments
PayforPlay Scandal under Hillary
Clinton. If our Secretary of State can be

bought, or bribed, or sell or trade govern
ment favors, then the whole American sys
tem is threatened, he said.
It is a threat to the foundation of
Democracy itself. This is what happens in
a Third World country its the failed con
ditions people flee when they come to
America, Trump alleged. America can
never elect a candidate who, like Clinton,
did government favors for those giving
her family and her foundation massive
amounts of cash. The new revelations
about Clintons email scandal make clear
we have only seen the tip of the iceberg,
he said.
Trump alleged that 68yearold Clinton
ill Clinton will step down from the

board of the family's namesake
foundation if Hillary Clinton is
e lected president, he announced
Monday.
In an open letter, Clinton wrote that if
his wife wins the election, he would stop
fundraising for the Clinton Foundation
and that the foundation would only
accept donations from U.S. citizens.
"Since Hillary began her presidential
campaign in 2015, Chelsea and I have
made it clear that the work the Clinton
Foundation started should continue if
Hillary is elected, but that changes would
be necessary," he wrote. "While it would
be presumptive to assume a victory in
is desperate to coverup her crimes and
that is the reason why she deleted 33,000
emails. Thats also why she lied repeatedly
to Congress and the public.
She said she never sent or received clas
sified materials. That was a lie, proved
over and over again.
She claimed she used an insecure email
server for the convenience of using only
November, now that Hillary is her partys

nominee, it would be irresponsible not to
plan for it."
The foundation relies on the Clinton's
vast network of connections to fund
charitable work in the developing world,
but it has come under scrutiny during
the presidential race over questions
about possible ties between donors and
activities at the the State Department
under Clinton.
The letter comes as Donald Trump
repeated his call for the foundation to be
shut down and return the donations it
took from foreigners and governments
outside the U.S.
(IANS)
one device. But she used multiple devices.
Another lie, he said. She said her server
was secure, and had no breaches. But we
know now it was completely unsecure,
and the FBI Director said it could easily be
hacked by our foreign enemies.
Clinton said her lawyers reviewed all of
her emails before destroying them, he
(PTI)
said.
Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal: FBI discovers 15,000 more e-mails

Washington: T he FBI has discovered
almost 15,000 unrevealed documents
linked to the email scandal surrounding
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary
Clinton, US media reports said on
Monday.
The documents were found during the
FBI investigation into Clinton's use of a
private email server while she was
Secretary of State between 2009 and
2013, Efe news reported.
Some 30,000 documents linked to the
scandal were already turned over by
Clinton's attorneys to the Department of
State in 2014.
The State Department has promised to
publish the documents and on Monday
assured federal Judge James E Boasberg,

who is hearing the case, that the depart
ment is "giving priority" to reviewing the
new email messages.
However, it is still not known if the e
mails will be published before the Nov 8
election, in which the former first lady is
contesting against Republican presiden
tial nominee Donald Trump.
The email controversy erupted in early
2015, when US media revealed that dur
ing her four years heading the State
Department, Clinton always used a per
sonal and not an official account for
her communications, including a private
server, Efe news added. Clinton acknowl
edged at the time that it would have been
"smarter" to use an of ficial account and

handed over for publication 55,000 pages
of emails from her tenure at the State
Department, but the case raised questions
about whether classified government
information was improperly handled on
her personal account.
The State Department identified around
2,100 emails from Clinton's server as
confidential, although it said that many of
them were not considered classified at the
time they were sent, but had been desig
nated as such during the review.
The scandal also brought accusations
from Republican lawmakers about
Clinton's handling of the 2012 attack on
the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in
which thenAmbassador Chris Stevens

and three other US government of ficials
died.
Several months ago, Clinton appeared
before Congress for more than 11 hours
to explain what occurred during that
attack, and in early July the lawmakers'
final report on the incident was made
public, a report that concluded that no
evidence incriminating her had been
found.
Thus, later in July the FBI recommended
to the Department of Justice that no
charges be filed against the Democratic
candidate after the email investigation,
and Attorney General Loretta Lynch fol
lowed that advice and closed the case.
10
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
US AFFAIRS
Trump maybe softening on immigration

Washington: Republican candidate for
President Donald Trump insists that hes not
flipflopping when it comes to his proposal to
deport the estimated 11 million people living
in the United States illegally even though
his new campaign manager now says his
stance is to be determined.
Trump said in an interview with Fox &
Friends on Monday that hes not flipflop
ping, but wants to come up with a really
fair, but firm solution.
Trump had previously proposed using a
deportation force to remove the 11 million
people living in the United States illegally a
proposal that excited many of his core sup
porters, but alienated Hispanic voters who
could be pivotal in key states. Republican
leaders fear that Trump cant win and
could drag down GOP congressional candi
dates if he doesnt increase his support
beyond his white, male base.
Trump met Saturday with Hispanic support
ers, representatives of a community that has
been wary of the billionaire businessmans
deportation proposals and his plans to build a
giant wall on the U.S.Mexico border.
Questioned on whether Trump still intends to
deploy the deportation force, campaign man
ager Kellyanne Conway said Sunday: To be
determined.
There have been previous signs that Trump
might be moderating his stance on deporta
tions. At last months GOP convention, the
Trumps pitch to African-Americans:

What do you have to lose?
Washington: Donald Trump made a

passionate pitch to the African
American voters, who he said were liv
ing in poverty in neighborhoods that
are more dangerous than war zones,
but drew strong criticism from the rival
Clinton Campaign for insulting and
stereotyping the community.
During a rally in Ohio, the Republican
presidential candidate repeatedly
posed the quest ion to African
Americans, What do you have to lose?
Youre living in poverty. Your schools
are no good. You have no jobs.
You can go to war zones in countries
that were fighting and its safer than
living in some of our inner cities...I ask
you this. Crime. All of the problems. To
the AfricanAmericans who I employ so
many. What the hell do you have to
lose? Youll be able to walk down the
street without getting shot. Right now,
you walk down the street. You get
shot, he said.
Trump first posed this question to
AfricanAmerican voters during a rally
in North Carolina on Thursday, then
repeated it at a rally in Michigan on
Friday and Virginia on Saturday.
In Ohio, Trump alleged on Monday
that in the past eight years, the African
American labour force participation
dipped another three percentage points
and its dropped another six% for
teenagers. Nearly 4 in 10 African
American children live in poverty, he
Half of US blacks say they've been mistreated recently: Gallup

Washington: Nearly half or 46 per cent of blacks in the US reported being treat
ed unfairly in the past 30 days before the period of June 7July 1, found a
Gallup poll. Gallup on Monday said it asked about unfairness against blacks in
five situations in the past decade, including discrimination while at work, while
shopping, while in dealing with police, while at a bar or a restaurant, and while
getting healthcare, Xinhua news agency reported. Among the blacks who
reported receiving unfair treatment, slightly less than half, or 45 per cent, listed
only one of the situations. As many as 25 per cent listed two, 20 per cent listed
three, seven per cent mentioned four, and three per cent named all five, accord
ing to the poll. In addition to asking US blacks to report on their own treatment,
Gallup has often asked Americans more broadly how they perceive blacks being
treated in their community and in specific situations such as shopping and
while at work. The assessment by blacks of how they were treated in their com
munity showed little change, the poll discovered. Meanwhile, whites have
become more likely in the past two years than previously to perceive that
blacks are being treated less fairly than whites in their community.
said. For those hurting the most, who
have been failed again and again by
their politicians, Ive asked in recent
days, what do you have to lose by try
ing something new? If you keep voting
for the same failed politicians you will
keep getting the same results, Trump
said passionately.
Senior member of the Democratic
nominee Hillary Clintons campaign
Marlon Marshall responded to Trump
saying it could not be clearer how
much AfricanAmericans have to lose
under the 70yearold billionaire
tycoon. He is doubling down on
insults, fear and stereotypes that set
our community back and further divide
our country, he said. But again this is

not surprising, this is a man who ques
tions the citizenship of the first African
American president, has a disturbing
pattern of courting white supremacists,
and has been sued for housing discrimi
nation against communities of colour,
he alleged.
As demonstrated by his bigotry and
actions, Donald Trump is unfit and
unqualified to be President. We cannot
af ford this out of touch and divisive
thinking in the White House, which is
why we must take nothing for granted
and work as hard as we can to make
sure Hillary Clinton is our next presi
dent, Marshall said.
Republican National Committees director of

Hispanic communications, Helen Aguirre
Ferre, told reporters at a Spanishlanguage
briefing that Trump has said he will not do
massive deportations. Hispanic and religious
leaders who met privately with Trump ahead
of the convention said he signaled that he is
open to embracing a less punitive immigra
tion policy that focuses on compassion
along with the rule of law.
Trumps comments Monday come as
Republican officials insist the GOP nominee is
finally hitting his stride and will catch up
with Democrat Hillary Clinton by early
September, following a major shakeup to his
campaign. Polls now mostly show Trump lag
ging Clinton by 5 percentage points or more
nationally.
Donald Trump has been disciplined and
mature. And I think hes going to get this
thing back on track, Reince Priebus, the
Republican National Committee chairman,
said Sunday.
Conway echoed Priebus optimism, contend
ing that the candidate just had the best week
of his campaign, mostly because hes able to
be himself, the authentic Donald Trump.
Conway was named to her post last week in
a shakeup in which the campaign chairman,
Paul Manafort, resigned and conservative
media firebrand Stephen Bannon, who led
Breitbart News, took over as campaign chief
executive. (PBS)
The Daily
Mails
insinuation
that Melania
Trump was
also an
escort during
her modeling
years before
marrying The
Donald is
challenged by
her lawyer.
Melania preparing to sue UK

tabloid for defamation
New York: Melania Trump, the wife of Republican presiden
tial nominee Donald Trump, is preparing to take legal action
against British tabloid The Daily Mail for an article about
her past that she considers to be defamatory, her attorneys
said on Monday.
Mrs. Trump has placed several news organizations on
notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail
among others, for making false and defamatory statements
about her supposedly having been an escort in the 1990s
before she married the real estate magnate, attorney
Charles Harder said in an email sent to online daily Politico
on Monday.
All such statements are 100 per cent false, highly damag
ing to her reputation, and personally hurtful, Efe news
quoted Harder as saying.
According to Harder, Trumps wife understands that news
media have certain leeway in a presidential campaign, but
outright lying about her in this way exceeds all bounds of
appropriate news reporting and human decency.
He referred to an article published on August 19 by The
Daily Mail questioning the biography and the modeling
career of Melania Trump, who is of Slovenian origin and has
(IANS)
been married to the mogul since 2005.
INDIA
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
11
Allparty delegation for Kashmir talks soon: Rajnath
Those killed hadn't gone to

buy milk, toffee: Mehbooba
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar.
Srinagar: Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh said an allparty dele
gation will arrive in Jammu and
Kashmir soon to hold talks on how
to resolve the ongoing unrest in the
valley that has claimed nearly 70
lives so far.
"We have decided that an allparty
delegation will arrive for talks over
Kashmir. I have asked the state gov
ernment to make all preparations
for that," the Home Minister told
reporters here at the end of his two
day visit to the valley. On the issue
of pellet guns that has been widely

criticised for the numerous injuries
to protesters, including blindings,
Rajnath Singh said the government
will decide "within a few days" on
an alternative method for mob con
trol."Experts have made their sug
gestions. Within a few days we will
find an alternative to the pellet
guns," he said, addressing the media
along with Chief Minister
Mehbooba Mufti.
The Home Minister's second visit
to the valley in a month came as
Kashmir is battling the deadliest

unrest in six years. At least 67 civil
ians have been killed and thousands
injured in firing by security forces.
Most of the injuries have been
caused by pellet guns that have left
hundreds partially or fully blinded.
Two policemen have also died in
the unending cycle of violence rag
ing in the valley for the past nearly
seven weeks. The Home Minister
said he had asked security forces in
Kashmir "to exercise restraint"
while dealing with protesters.
SC ignored as dahi
handi celebrated with
protests, black flags
Mumbai: Despite a Supreme Court
order on height restrictions, several
organizations in Mumbai, Thane and
Navi Mumbai celebrated the dahi
handi ritual on Janmashtmi with
protests, black bands and black
flags.
Several politicallybacked organi
zations of the estimated 1,500plus
groups who conduct the event flout
ed the apex court order. The court
had set a 20 foot or fourtier height
limit for the human pyramids
formed the occasion of the festival
that marks Lord Krishna's birthday.
It had also ruled that minors would
be excluded from acting as the
Govinda at the top of the pyramid
who is tasked with breaking the pot
full of curd, milk and other goodies.
While one Dadar organization
built a 'horizontal' pyramid on the
ground and then broke the pot at a
height of more than 30 feet, but the

Govinda climbed a ladder to break it.
The participants of some organiza
tions sported black shorts and arm
bands to protest the apex court rul
ing and after breaking the dahi
handi, the topmost Govinda waved a
black flag.
In Thane, an organization backed
by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
(MNS) erected the dahihandi at a
height of 49 feet in an attempt to
create a new world record which will
be broken later in the day.
One of the main organizers and
MNS activist Avinash Jadhav told
mediapersons he was prepared "to
go to jail" but would take orders only
from his leader, Raj Thackeray.
Mumbai police spokesperson DCP
Ashok Dudhe said that the police
were photographing and videograph
ing the celebrations across the city
Srinagar: Chie f Minister

Mehbooba Mufti justified the
killings by security forces in the
ongoing unrest in the Kashmir
Valley saying those hit by bul
lets or pellets had not gone to
fetch milk or toffees.
Addressing a press confer
ence here with Union Home
Minister Rajnath Sing h,
Mehbooba faced some tough
questions from reporters and
was asked how could she justify
the alleged disproportionate
use of force against protesters
when as opposit ion leader
she had criticized the govern
ment in 2010 for civilian
killings.
The Chief Minister got angry
and asked a reporter not to
compare the two situations.
"You are wrong. What hap
pened in 2010 had a reason.
There was a fake encounter in

Machil. Three civilians were
killed. Today three militants
were killed in an encounter and
how is the government to be
blamed for that."
She said that people came out
on the roads after the July 8
killing of Hizbul Mujahideen
commander Burhan Wani even
though the government had
imposed a strict curfew.
"Had a kid gone to buy a tof
fee from an army camp? A 15
yearold boy who attacked a
police stat ion (in south
Kashmir), had he gone to buy
milk? Don't compare the two,"
she said.
She said that poor Kashmiri
youth were being used as
shie ld by vested interests.
"Ninetyfive percent people
killed are from poor families."
John Kerry to visit India,

Bangladesh
Washington: US Secretary of
State John Kerry is set to visit
India and Bangladesh to hold dis
cussions to broaden bilateral ties,
according to an of ficial state
ment.
Kerry will travel to Dhaka on
August 29 to highlight the long
standing and broad US
Bang ladesh re lationship, the
State Department statement said.
"Secretary Kerry will meet with
government of ficials to discuss
our g row ing cooperat ion on
global issues," the statement said.
"He also will focus on strength
ening our longstanding bilateral
partnership on democracy, devel
opment, security and human
rights."
On August 2931, Kerry will
travel to New Delhi, for meetings
with senior Indian officials.
On August 30, the Secretary
and US Secretary of Commerce
Penny Pritzker will cochair the
second USIndia Strategic and
US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Commercial Dialogue.
Secretarie Kerry and Pritzker
will be joined by their respective
Indian cochairs, Minister of
External Af fairs Sushma Swaraj
and Minister of State for
Commerce and Industry Nirmala
Sitharaman, along with members
of the US delegation and their
Indian counterparts.
"The Strategic and Commercial

Dialogue is the signature mecha
nism for advancing the US' and
India's shared priorities of gener
at ing sustainable economic
growth, creating jobs, improving
the business and investment cli
mate, enhancing livelihoods, and
sustaining the rulesbased global
order," the statement added.
12
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
INDIA
Submarine data leak: Navy says no need for alarm

New Delhi: The leak of data related
to India's Scorpene submarines cre
ated a stir, with Defense Minister
Manohar Parrikar seeking a report
from the Indian Navy on the docu
ments.
The navy, however, stressed that
the data in the leaked report is
hypothetical, pertaining to simula
tors, and the signature of a boat can
be known only when it hits the seas.
The navy also made it clear that
the leak did not take place in India.
The data, which comprises over
22,000 pages, was leaked, the
Australian media reported.
It contained documents on the
Scorpene submarines, designed by
French company DCNS and being
built in India by the Mazagaon Dock
Limited in Mumbai (Maharashtra) at
a cost of around $3.5 billion.
The news created ripples in India
soon after the report in the
Australian media came out.
According to sources, experts from
the navy started examining the doc
uments on Tuesday night.
Defense Minister Parrikar, who
sought a report in two days, said it
appeared to be a case of hacking.
"The first step is to identify if it
A view of INS Kalvari, the first of six Scorpene dieselelectric

attack submarines (SSKs).
re lates to us," Parrikar told
reporters here. "The navy chief
(Admiral Sunil Lanba) has been
asked to analyse what exactly has
been leaked," the minister said,
adding his first assessment was that
it was an act of hacking and not a
100 per cent leak. "I've told the
navy chief to find out all the details.
Maybe, in a couple of days, I'll be
able share with you."
The navy, in a statement issued
shortly after the minister spoke,

stressed the leak did not happen in
India.
"T he available information is
being examined at the Integrated
Headquarters, Ministry of Defence
(Navy), and an analysis is being
done by the specialists concerned,"
the navy said. "It appears that the
leak's source is overseas and not in
India," the statement said. A com
plaint was also filed at the Prime
Minister's Office, though there was

no official statement from the PMO
on the issue.
The Defense Minister was briefed
by the navy chief. Later, he also
held a meeting with top naval offi
cials.
The opposition Congress alleged
that the government was trying to
cover up the issue. Former Defense
Minister A.K. Antony demanded a
probe.
"Despite this blunder, which has
hurt our defense preparedness,
explanation of Modiji's Defense
Minister is that it is a case of hack
ing. The Indian Navy is saying the
leak is possibly from a source out
side India. It is intriguing how clean
chits are being meted out without
looking into the matter," Congress
spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
said.
Navy sources, meanwhile, main
tained there is nothing to be
alarmed about as the data does not
pertain to any of the Scorpene sub
marines currently being built in
Mazgaon Docks, Mumbai.
"Details in the leaked documents
regarding the Scorpene submarine
are not valid because the signature
can be known only once the boat

goes out to the seas," a navy source
said, adding the specifications men
tioned in the document are hypo
thetical.
"How can we know the signature
of the boat which is still not done
with the trials. The technical and
operational details will be written
by how we exploit the submarine.
So far, even the weapon systems
and torpedo are not there." The
navy, nonetheless, held the leak is
an issue of concern. "The docu
ments should not have been leaked,
but there is nothing to be alarmed
about," said the source.
DCNS, twothirds owned by the
French government, said a probe
will be carried out to determine the
exact nature of the leaked papers,
potential damage to the company
and customers and responsibilities
for this leak.
The Australian media reports,
quoting DCNS, said that the leak of
such technical data could not hap
pen with its submarine proposed
for Australia. The French company
also alluded that the leak may have
occurred at India, rather than
from France.
Pakistan pushes
ED summons Chidambaram's
for NSG membership at UN wife in Saradha scam probe
Islamabad: Pakistan has made a
strong pitch for membership to
the Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG), telling the UN Security
Council that the "exemplary meas
ures" Islam abad had taken to
strengthen nuclear safety estab
lish its eligibility credentials. The
NSG is a 48nation body that regu
lates the global trade in nuclear
technology.
"We expect that a nondiscrimi
natory, criteriabased approach is
followed for extending NSG mem
bership which strengthens the
nonproliferation
regime,"
Pakistan's representative to the
UN Maleeha Lodhi said, Dawn
online reported on Thursday.
Speaking on nonproliferation of
weapons of mass destruction,
Lodhi said Pakistan had imple
mented a comprehensive export
control regime, participated in the
Nuclear Security Summit process,
ratified the 2005 amendment to
the Convention on Physical

Protection of Nuclear Material.
She said Pakistan has also
declared unilateral moratorium on
further nuclear testing and reiter
ated its willingness to translate it
into a bilateral arrangement on
nontesting with India, all of which
established its e ligibility to
become a NSG member.
A challenge to nonproliferation
norms was the granting of "dis
criminatory waivers", arrange
ments which denoted "double
standards" and opened the possi
bility of diverting material intend
ed for peaceful use to military
purposes, she said, in an oblique
reference to India.
India and Pakistan are the two
nonNPT states aspiring for the
membership of the 48member
international nuclear trade cartel.
At least 10 countries, including
China, had opposed India's bid to
join the NSG at its last meeting.
New Delhi: The Enforcement

Directorate (ED) has sum
moned former Union Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram's
wife Nalini Chidambaram for
questioning in connection
with the multicrore Saradha
chit fund scam.
T he
Enforcement
Directorate (ED) has sum
moned former Union Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram's
wife Nalini Chidambaram for
questioning in connection
with the multicrore Saradha
chit fund scam.
The of ficial refused to divulge
the date when Nalini, a senior
Chennaibased lawyer, will be
questioned, but said the agency
has "certain evidence" against
her in the case, and for this she
has been asked to appear before
the investigators in Kolkata.
Nalini has been given 10 days'
time to appear before the investi
Nalini Chidambaram.
gators. Sources said the agency
wants to get information about
the "transaction details" from
Saradha company to Nalini's
accounts and its "purpose".
Earlier, the ED and the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
both have questioned Nalini in
the case but ED this time wants
to quiz her on the basis of some
"new evidence".
Nalini came under the ED's
probe ambit after Saradha
Chairman Sudipta Sen
alleged he had paid over Rs 1
crore to her at the instance
of Manoranjana Sinh, the
estranged wife of Congress
leader Matang Sinh.
Nalini was the lawyer for
draft ing a contract for
Sarad ha case accused
Maoranjana, who was arrest
ed by the CBI in October
2015 along with Santanu
Ghosh, a businessman, in
connection with the chit fund
scam. Sen made the allegation
against Nalini through his letter
to the CBI in April 2013. He also
told the agency that he had paid
for Nalini's visits to Kolkata and
for her stays at a fivestar hotel.
He also alleged that Nalini
pressured him to invest Rs 42
crore in Manoranjana's company.
INDIA
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
13
Indian cabinet approves surrogacy bill

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet gave
its no d to the long overdue
Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016,
that seeks to prohibit "commercial"
surrogacy and denies foreigners,
NRIs, single parents, livein part
ners and samesex couples from
becoming parents through surro
gacy.
Only married Indian couples
would be allowed to seek surroga
cy if they fail to conceive a child
after five years of marriage and
are able to prove through a med
ical certificate that they cannot
conceive for some medical rea
sons. A surrogate mother has also
to be in close relation to the cou
ple seeking a surrogate child.
Union Minister Sushma Swaraj,
explaining the features of the bill,
said surrogacy is a necessity and
not for "shauq" (hobby) or "anand"
(pleasure).
The Bill lays down clearcut rules
for the procedure for the first time
and allows "ethical altruistic surro
gacy" to needy infertile couples.
Terming commercial surrogacy
as "kokh ka vyapar" (trade of
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj comes out after cabinet

meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: IANS)
womb), Sushma Swaraj, who head
ed the Group of Ministers (GoM)
formed to look into the matter of
surrogacy, said it was becoming a
"fashion" and "hobby" to produce
children through surrogacy by
"those who do not want to put
'Rahul didn't blame RSS'

New Delhi: Congress Vice
President Rahul Gandhi
had not blamed the RSS as
an institution for the assas
sination of Mahatma
Gandhi, but the people
associated with it, the
Supreme Court was told
thisa week.
Union Minister of Urban
Development M. Venkaiah
Naidu welcomed the devel
opment, saying that "wis
dom is prevailed".
The RSS, however, has
demanded an apology from
the
Congress
Vice
President.
Senior counse l Kapil
Sibal told the apex court
bench of Justice Dipak
Misra and Justice Rohinton
Fali Nariman of Rahul
Gandhi's stance while
Rahul Gandhi blamed RSS for the
referring to an af fidavit
assassinations of Mahatma Gandhi.
filed by Gandhi before the
Bombay High Court challenging the instructions from Kunte.
Sibal told the apex court that
defamation proceedings against
him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Gandhi has never accused RSS for
Sangh (RSS) worker Rajesh Madhav the Mahatma's assassination.
He, Sibal said, had told the high
Kunte.
The bench, while taking note of court that "the assassination of
Gandhi's statement before the high Mahatma Gandhi was a result of the
court, said that it can dispose of the destructive philosophy of the per
matter after the Congress leader's sons associated with the RSS. It was
"unequivocal" statement that he had also clearly suggested that the
not blamed the RSS as an organiza assassins were associated or affili
tion for Mahatma Gandhi's assassi ated with RSS" and never accused
nation, but only the people linked RSS as an institution of the crime.
As the court indicated the order it
with it.
However, the court deferred the may pass, Sibal said: "I am not mak
hearing till Sep 1 as senior counsel ing any addition, alteration or sub
Umesh R. Lalit, appearing for the traction" in what Gandhi had said in
RSS worker, wanted time to take his affidavit.
their wives in pain". Without nam

ing anyone, she said that some
celebrities who already have kids
both boy and g irl try to get
another child through surrogacy
as they "don't want to put their
wives in (labour) pain".
Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan

and Tushaar Kapoor are some of
the celebrities who have had kids
through surrogacy.
"This Bill will curb this practice
and would allow ethical surrogacy
to needy infertile couples only and
we have put several checks and
balances for the same," Sushma
Swaraj said.
Asked if the provision denying
altruistic surrogacy to single par
ents, livein partners and samesex
couples, was not discriminatory,
she said that currently homosexu
ality is illegal in the country and
hence, samesex couple cannot be
allowed to have children through
surrogacy.
"We do not recognise homosexu
ality and livein relationships in
India. So how can we give legal
space to such couples in this Bill,"
she said.
The Bill's provisions have drawn
both praise and flak from different
quarters.
T he LGBT community has
termed the bill homophobic.
All India Democratic Women's
Association President Subhashini

Ali said there is certainly a need
for regulation of surrogacy in
India where exploitation of poor
women, who often act as surrogate
mothers, is quite rampant.
"Renting a womb has become a
commercial exercise and this is not
the way it should be. There is cer
tainly need for regulation. The per
son who is a surrogate, her rights
have to be protected," Ali said.
According to estimates, currently
more than 2,000 surrogacy clinics
are operating across the country.
As per the Bill, a surrogacy clinic
must register itself with the gov
ernment, else it would be deemed
illegal. T he Bill is likely to be
brought up in the next session of
Parliament. The Minister also took
a dig at Bollywood celebrities for
using surrogacy despite having
kids.
"I am pained to say that the pro
cedure that started as a necessity,
has become a hobby of sorts. This
is not a thing for pleasure...it has
become a fashion these days," she
pointed out.
State machinery not to curb

criticism, SC tells TN
New Delhi/Chennai: Stressing
state machinery could not be
used against critics, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday held that
criticism of public policy could
not be a ground for a defamation
suit as it issued fresh notice to
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.
Jayalalithaa on a plea alleging
abuse of power by her.
Issuing notice on the plea of
DMDK leader 'Captain' Vijaykant,
a bench of Justice Dipak Misra
and Justice C. Nagappan said
that slapping of de famat ion
cases against people for criticis
ing government policies is not
the way for "a healthy democra
cy".
"Public figures must face criti
cism. T his is not the way a
healthy democracy functions,"
the bench said, adding: "Don't
use the state machinery" against
your critics.
"If there is some problem, one
takes that person 'one on one'," it
observed, asking: "Why you use
state machinery for that."
In Chennai, leaders of the rul

ing AIADMK said the apex court
had made an observation but
denied they were using the
defamation law against political
opponents and only resorted it
when comments got "personal".
Vijaykant had filed a petition
challenging the institution of sev
eral defamation cases against
him by the state for criticising
Jayalalithaa and her policies.
Taking exception to the way
defamation cases were being
filed in the State, the bench said:
"It is the state which looks after
the prosecution.. controls the
prosecution. You must exercise
restrainT while starting prosecu
tion."
In the meantime, the court,
which had in the course of the
last hearing on July 28 sought a
list of the number of defamation
cases filed by the Jayalalithaa
government against its critics,
was told the Jayalalithaa govern
ment has filed 131 defamation
cases against people for criticis
ing her government and its poli

cies.
Holding that defamation law
could not be used as a "political
counter weapon", the court had
then said: "It amounts to curbing
of free speech. There has to be
tolerance for crit icism. T he
defamation law cannot be used
as a political counter weapon."
During the July 28 hearing, the
court had stayed the nonbailable
warrants issued by a court in
Tamil Nadu's Tirupur against
Vijaykanth and his w ife
Premalatha, who had attracted
the defamation case for criticis
ing the Tamil Nadu government
policy and describing it as cor
rupt. T he Tirupur court had
issued nonbailable warrants
against the couple following
their nonappearance before it in
the de famat ion case filed in
February.
Vijaykant is facing 14 defama
tion cases for criticising the
working of the AIADMK
government.
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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
OP-ED
Why India wins only a few Olympic medals

By Amulya Ganguli
he joy felt by Indians over

the successes of P.V.
Sind hu in badminton,
Sakshi Malik in wrestling
and Dipa Karmakar in gymnastics
is understandable.
At the same time, the question
needs to be asked, as has been
done earlier, as to why India, a
nation of 1.2 billion people, sec
ond only to China in population,
could win only two medals, which
is one of its worst performances
in recent years? India won six
medals at the 2012 Olympics and
three in 2008.
The usual explanation for such
a dismal record is known poor
infrastructure, poor physique,
poor diet and the lack of the so
called killer instinct.
Our sportsmen and women are
rarely up to the mark, therefore,
compared to their betterpre
pared opponents who have had
the advantages of stateoftheart
training facilities and dedicated
coaches, along with a balanced
diet regimen. Some of them are
also selected at an early age by
Badminton team coach Pullela Gopichand and badminton player

P.V. Sindhu during a programme organized to felicitate them
in Hyderabad. (Photo: IANS)
talentspotters who instill in them
a desire to win at major events.
Where Indians are concerned,
cricket is the only game where
they routinely do well, as in hock
ey earlier. But cricket does not
require as intense a schedule of
training as do disciplines like ath
letics or swimming and does not
have the kind of global competi
tion that others sports have as its
playing is limited to a handful of

largely Commonwealth countries.
One possible reason why India
lags behind is that it has always
relied more on individual talent
as in the cases of Sindhu, Sakshi
Malik and Dipa Karmakar than
on organisations devoted to nur
turing potential winners.
This is true of cricket as well
where the team is heavily
dependent on a single player for

success whether it is Virat Kohli
today or Sachin Tendulkar yester
day. Diet is another factor why
India's deficiencies show up. As
Kapil Dev once said, Indians can
not be topgrade pace bowlers
because they eat too much fried
food.
Besides, it is undeniable that
virtually all the winners from
European, American, African and
even Asian countries like China
are meateaters, including beef.
Vegetarianism, which often leads
to protein deficiency, is not exact
ly the road to sporting success.
The inadequacy of food habits
is compounded by the generally
slight build of the Indians as well
as the lack of stamina which is
why they are nowhere near the
top in, say, football, let alone
rugby.
As the Chinese media has patro
nisingly pointed out, the insis
tence of Indian parents on mak
ing their children doctors and
engineers is one of the reasons
why India does not pro duce
world class sportspersons.
Among other reasons men
tioned by the media are poverty

and girls not being allowed into
sports. For instance, Sakshi
Malik's parents were ridiculed in
Rohtak for allowing their girl to
become a wrestler, supposedly a
men's sport.
More than any other sporting
occasion, the Olympics denote a
country's progress or the lack of
it. It isn't only the swanky stadia
or the crystalclear, blue water
bodies designated for boating,
water polo and other g ames
which show the level of economic
advancement but also the upscale
cities where major events like
cycling take place.
Unless a country can hold the
Olympics, it will be seen as lag
ging behind. Like the bullet train,
the hosting of more than 200
countries in a sporting extrava
ganza has become a symbol of
development.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's dream of modernizing
India will not be achieved if the
country remains embroiled in
cow polit ics and ministers
splurge taxpayers' money on
junkets.
Key elections are near: Kashmir, Pakistan can wait

By Saeed Naqvi
ashmir is ablaze and relations with

Pakistan are at a low. Consequently,
the communal cauldron is on a slow
simmer. T he gas can always be
turned on for it to bubble over. All of this is
not without purpose.
Elections to the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and
Goa assemblies are due in February 2017, six
months from now. The Narendra Modi gov
ernment will have completed half its term.
If hard saffron is to be the chosen line in
these elections, softness with Pakistan hardly
serves a purpose. "Development" as a plat
form will be required in 2019 General
Elections. What shade of saf fron is to be
mixed with development, will be improvised
in the light of experience after the February
state elections.
The Atal Behari Vajpayeeled government
faced similar choices in July 2001. Uttar
Pradesh elections then, as now, were due in
February, six months away.
Today, of course, the ModiAmit Shah duet
will settle on a hard line for the coming state
elections. But in July 2001, there were two
views in the BJP on the platform for the UP
elections. Vajpayee and then External Affairs
Minister Jaswant Singh were on the same
page a softer line, approximating to the
middle ground which would open the door to
a wider electorate. This was one of the rea
sons they were so enthusiastic about the Agra
Summit with President Pervez Musharraf in
July 2001.
This was anathema to leaders like L.K.
Advani. Helped decisively by senior Ministry
Elections to the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa assemblies are due in February 2017,
six months from now.
of External Affairs officials, the summit was
wrecked.
A hard line for the UP elections became a
fait accompli.
Luck favored the hardliners. Within six
weeks of Agra, 9/11 happened. By October 7,
2001, President George Bush had embarked
on the world's most rivetting fireworks on
live TV air strikes on Afghanistan. The glob
al war on terror metastasized into global war
on Muslim terror. AntiMuslim rhetoric
soared. Journalist Geraldo Rivera whipped
out a revolver live on Fox News. He would
shoot Osama bin Laden if he ever saw him.
New standards in journalism were being set.

An irony confronted New Delhi. Since 1989,
successive Indian Prime Ministers had com
plained of "cross border terrorism from
Pakistan". Suddenly Islamabad was
Washington's key partner in the war on glob
al terror. Bush's Ambassador in New Delhi,
Robert Blackwill, explained the incongruity in
simple words: "Pakistan is helping the US
fight the global war on terror; the crossbor
der terrorism New Delhi complains of is part
of an old regional quarrel."
Only after the December 13, 2001, attack
on Indian Parliament and the unprecedented
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
mobilization of the armies on both sides of

the border, did the Indian plaint register with
the international community. Nevertheless, it
remained a piquant situation. America's front
line partner in the War on Terror was also
New Delhi's principal tormentor with its
relentless crossborder terrorism. Not for the
first time, the US was sailing on two boats at
the same time.
BJP hardliners, in search for electoral gain,
ended up with something of a mixed bag.
Shrill antiPak rhetoric and antiMuslim
atmospherics worldwide because of the glob
al war on terror did not work in UP. Election
results came out on February 2425, 2002.
Rajnath Singh, as Chief Minister, had brought
down the BJP's tally from 174 to 88 seats in a
House of 403. But Modi's hard saffron cam
paign in Gujarat in July 2001, boosted by the
postGodhra pogrom, succeeded. He won 127
seats in a House of 182. Clearly, compared to
UP, Gujarat is more communalism prone.
Witness the 1969 Gujarat riots in which,
according to a commission of inquiry, 527
Muslims perished. Hitendra Desai of the
Congress was the Chief Minister.
Amit Shah raised the communal pitch in UP
to the levels of post Godhra Gujarat. The
Muzaf farnagar riots of AugustSeptember
2013 served this purpose. Amit Shah came up
trumps. BJP won 73 of the 80 seats in UP.
It is only reasonable to assume that the
party will maintain communal temperatures
from tepid to torrid until the elections in
February. Steps towards harmony in the
Kashmir valley or on the IndiaPakistan track
will unsettle the political thermostat pro
grammed towards these electoral ends.
INDIA DAY CELEBRATIONS
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
15
ndoAmerican
Cultural
Foundation of Central New
Jersey (IACFNJ), a nonprofit
organization in central jersey
organized
Indias
70th
Independence Day celebration on
August 21st from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at Shree Swaminarayan Temple.
Approximately 200 people attend
ed this outdoor funfilled patriotic
event which was free and opened
to all public. After last six years
grand success and overwhelming
community support, the organiz
ers and executive committee of
IACFNJ once again organized
2016 patriotic ce lebration of
Indias Independence Day event
with funfilled entertainment and
cultural activities, dance perform
ances, traditional Indian dances,
patriotic dances, recital of songs,
live music and authentic food sam
pling which was attended by local
residents, community leaders and
local and state public officials. The
program kickedoff with welcome
address by VicePresident Dr.
Tushar Pate l and introducing
IACFNJ Committee members fol
lowed by wonderful signing of the
ndia's 70th Independence cele

bration and flag hoisting cere
mony by Indo American
Cultural Society INC., Man Making
Group in cooperation with 1st
Presbyterian Church of Iselin was
held on Aug. 20. The event was
graced by many elected leaders
including Dy. Consul General of a
India Dr. Manoj Mohpatra, Mayor
of Edison Thomas Lankey, Senator
Dr.
Samue l
T hompson,
Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, Mayor
of a Rosel Park Carl Hakanson, NJ
BPU Commissioner Upendra
Chivukula. Councilmen Rajiv
Prasad Franklin Twp., Ajay Patil
Edison and PatrioskyRosel Park,
Lucile PaniosOldbridge and many
candidates for upcoming election
from both parties. Large number
of community members of all ages
were present, also many leaders of
community organizations includ
ing senior organizations attended
the event.
American and Indian National

Anthems followed by the local and
state public of ficials and digni
tarys addresses and fun filled
patriotic, cultural and classical
dances and singing from the young
and talented kids from the
renowned dance groups of Bina
Master, Vandana Aiyar, Divya Jain,
Latika Jethani and Meghana
Goradia. Mac Shah, Treasurer pro
vided brief introduction of the pub
lic of ficials to bring them on the
stage. Boogie Woogie kids champi

onship winner Mahin Master and
his talented sister Aditi Master
served as the masterofceremony
and did an excellent job through
out the program and kept the audi
ence engaged with their talents.
The live DJ and music entertain
ment with live patriotic songs were
provided by DJ Darshan of North
Brunswick.
South Brunswick Mayor Frank
Gambatese, Councilman Charles
Carley and Joe Camarota,

Commissioner of New Jersey Board
of Public Utilities and former State
Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula,
South Brunswick School Board
members Deven Pate l, Harry
Delgado and Azra Baig were among
the dignitaries who attended the
celebration to wish all participants
on Indias 70th Independence Day.
In his address, Mayor Gambatese
said I am proud to be a Mayor of
the culturally diverse town where
Asians Americans resides and

events like these will bring commu
nity together. Mayor added
Indian community is a huge part
of our towns and you all should be
proud of your contributions in edu
cation and political systems.
Deven Patel, Secretary extended
his appreciation to all for coming
out and support this event and pro
vided vote of thanks to all sponsors
and supporters to make this event
a huge success.
Indo American
Cultural
Society marks
I-Day with flag
hoisting event
Enthusiasm marks 70th I Day fete by New York seniors
ruhud NY Seniors hosted

flag hosting, patriotic songs
and colorful dance pro
gram on August 15th at Shree
Saniswara Temple Be llrose
Terrace, NY with pride and glory.
The event was organized by
Shashikant Patel/Gopi Udeshi.
Dr. Vasundhara Kalasapudi Chief
Guest along with Berry
S.GrodenchikNYC Council mem
ber, David I WeprinNYS
Assembly member, Governor
Cuomo Rep. Harsh Parekh took
part in the flag hosting. Gujarat

Chief Minister Vijay Rupanis mes
sage was also read out. Certificate
of Merit honor was presented by
Senator Toby Ann Stavisky to
Bruhud Seniors representatives
Shashikant Patel and Gopi Udeshi.
NY State Governor, the City coun
cil of NYS assembly also gave
proclamation for continuous serv
ices performed by Bruhud NY
Seniors. Various local artists per
formed patriotic songs and
dances.
The Empire State Building lit up in

tricolors on occasion of India's 70th
Independence Day.
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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
New York: Thousands of Indians in tra

ditional finery celebrated India's 70th
Independence Day here on August 21 at
arguably the largest parade outside the
country with the iconic Empire State
Building lighting up in Indian tricolor.
The 36th India Day Parade by the
Federation of Indian Associations (FIA
NYNJCT) marched down 13 streets
along Madison avenue in Manhattan and
featured tableaux by various Indian
American groups, marching bands,
police contingents and cultural perform
ances by young IndianAmericans.
The Grand Marshal was Bollywood
star Abhishek Bachchan. Chief Guests
were yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Jain
Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni, and South
Indian superstar Chiyaan Vikram. It was
graced by dignitaries from India and the
US.
Baba Ramdev said, "India has made its
mark through its strength, culture, her
itage and honesty," expressing hope that
the Indian tricolor continues to fly high
around the world.
Amid applause, Ramdev, speaking in
Hindi, said the world today recognizes
India's strength and its tremendous con
tribution to health, education, political
and spiritual system.
"Combining its spirituality and mod
ernism, the country is moving forward,"
he said and called on NRIs to work
together to take the nation, its cultural
heritage and "Indianness" to greater
glory.
"Ayurveda, nonviolence, truth, harmo
ny, coexistence and brotherhood are
India's culture and heritage," Ramdev
said, adding that the people of India
need to promote these.
Dr. Lokesh Muni, founder of Ahimsa
Vishwa Bharti in India, said that India
and US are two largest democracies of
the world that share common values of
plurality, secularism, and justice to all.
He said the two countries have set an
example for the entire world by giving
complete freedom to practice and prop
agate your culture and religion.
He further said that Indian diaspora is
one of the largest in US and they have
Grand Marshal Abhishek Bachchan reminisced that his superstar father, Amitabh Bachchan,
was the FIA parade Grand Marshal in 1997. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS)
Chief Guest
Acharya
Lokesh Muni,
accompanied
by New York
State
Assemblyman
David Weprin
(left),
marching in
the India Day
Parade.
Continued on page 17
At the parade, Baba Ramdev said,

Combining its spirituality and modernism, India is moving forward."
Tamil superstar Vikram electrified the crowd.
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
17

contributed to America's progress even
as US played a key role by giving them
opportunities. Now under Make in India,
Digital India, Startup India, India is
emerging as the land of opportunity for
US companies. This collaboration will
take both countries far ahead.
Abhishek Bachchan said it felt "won
derful" to be a part of India Day celebra
tions in New York. He recalled that the
last time he had attended the parade
was in 1997 when his father, Amitabh
Bachchan was the Grand Marshal. "It is
a huge honor to be here and represent
the beautiful nation of ours," Abhishek
said, waiving out to the crowd from a
stage, as people thronged to click pic
tures with him and shake his hand.
Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "And this
Abhishek in New York a short while
ago... Grand Marshall for the India Day
Parade in Manhattan. A proud moment...
I was appointed the same years ago...
now son follows". India's Consul General
in New York Riva Ganguly Das, along
with several IndianAmerican leaders
including Anand Patel, FIAtristate
President, witnessed the parade.
Tamil superstar Chiyaan Vikram was
as much a hit with the crowds as
Abhishek Bachchan, Andy Bhatia, Exec.
Vice President of FIA, told The South
Asian Times (Abhishek even paid his
friend and senior actor down south a
tribute). At the gala a day after the
parade, Vikarm sang, danced and electri
fied the audience. Dismissing a comment
by a journalist, Bhatia said Vikram is
gracious and a fine human being who
did not disappoint his fans in any way.
Organizers of the event estimated the
crowd of about 75,000100,000 people
for the daylong celebrations, which also
included special food stalls, cultural
extravaganza and special floats by vari
ous Indian organizations including Air
India and State Bank of India.
People chanted patriotic slogans such
as 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', 'Vande Mataram'
and 'Jai Hind' and carried banners, plac
ards along with Indian and American
flags as they witnessed the floats and
celebrities from the barricaded pave
ments along the parade route. Indian
music and popular Bollywood songs
Maharashtrian folk dance lezim performance at the parade.
The parade
organziers
pegged the
crowd
participation
at one
hundred
thousand.
reverberated through the air. Several

Americans also lined the streets to
watch the event.
Families had travelled from nearby
Indian American officers of NYPD participate in India Day Parade

in New York on Aug 21. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS)
states such as Connecticut, New Jersey

and Massachusetts to witness the
parade, which has been an annual fix
ture in the city's calendar since 1981.
There was a large presence of person

nel from NYPD against the backdrop of
security concerns during such large
gatherings.
Popular south actor Vikram at the parade gala.
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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
Salman dances like

monkey in stupid movies
elebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani
has been very vocal about her dis
like for actor Salman Khan. And
she has often been abused by Khan fol
lowers for it, a report in Hindustan
Times said.
In June, when she condemned Khans
rape comment on Twitter, she even
received rape threats for it. But when she
has decided to make a debut as a writer,
she is choosing to not write about him.
This man really misuses people and I
dont have to give him importance
especially in my book, Sapna, whose
memoir will be called Chapter One, was
quoted as saying in the Hindustan Times
report.
But she does talk about the rape com
ment, Its insulting to have an Indian
man talk like that on an internation
al platform. I am embarrassed to
call myself an Indian when
statements like these go
out worldwide. I was very
vocal about it on
Twitter, and every
where. I got a lot of
flak for it, but flak or
stalkers and
trollers should
not be the rea
son why you
should stop voicing the truth.

Its (comments on Twitter) insane, if
you read some of the crap
that was written...
youd know.
Before I start
ed blocking
them, I was
reporting
them to
Twitter, my
point is to
get them off
Twitter, but
when twitter
was also not tak
ing necessary
action, I
Won't camouage
baby bump on
screen: Kareena
had to block them, because I couldnt let

them affect my mental health. These
guys are hired by the Khan and political
parties these people have zero follow
ers, but everyday they come to slam
you.
This is not the first time that
she has received threats for
speaking against Khan. After she
came out of the Bigg Boss
house, a show that Khan hosts,
she was threatened with dire
consequences.
Actor Salman Khan during

the trailer launch of film
Freaky Ali.
Kareena proudly shows off her baby bump at a

product launch in Mumbai.
ctress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is expect
ing her first child with Saif Ali Khan, says she
won't camouflage her pregnancy on screen
for any role. The momtobe said her pregnancy
does not affect her hectic work schedule or her
career. "Well I will definitely go on with my normal
life. I am a working woman and there is absolutely
nothing wrong in that. I love my job and I'm pas
sionate about my work. I have wanted to became an
actress ever since I was in my mother's womb. So I
will continue acting all my life until I am 80,"
Kareena said. The actress will begin shooting for
Shashanka Ghosh's "Veere Di Wedding" in October.
The film also stars Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar
and Shikha Talsania. "Whichever role I do, I am not
going to camouflage it on screen. I am proud of this
phase (being pregnant) that I am in and there is
nothing to hide about it. Whichever film I choose to
do you will see me the way I am. Right now, I am
working on dates so it all depends on how I feel,"
she added. "Veere Di Wedding" is a romantic come
dy about four women who embark on a trip from
Delhi to Europe.
Abhishek,
Aishwarya won't
feature in
'Sarkar 3': RGV
Ali Fazal hopes his new
Hollywood film is
'Oscar-worthy'
Didn't have any confidence

before 'Kick': Jacqueline
ctor Ali Fazal, who will work

with veteran British actor Judi
Dench in Stephen Frears' next
movie, hopes it turns out to be an
Oscarwinning project. Ali said: "I
just hope this film will be an Oscar
worthy film. I am not thinking of
awards as such, but I am more than
happy to bag this role. I will start
shooting for this film soon. I can't
wait to work with Judi." The film is
based on Shrabani Basu's book
"Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of
the Queen's Closet Confidant",
telling the true story of an unexpect
ed friendship in the later years of
Queen Victoria's long rule.
According to deadline.com, Ali has
taken on the role of Abdul Karim,
the young servant from India who
became an unlikely confidant and
teacher to Queen Victoria (Dench).
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
ctress Jacqueline Fernandez considers "Kick"

a turning point in her life, and says before
featuring in the Salman Khanstarrer, she
lacked confidence. "Post'Kick', things have
changed. Since 'Kick', it has been great
work (for me) and it has been
good. The offers have
been great too. I am
hoping I just keep
growing," Jacqueline
told the media here.
"I think what went
wrong before 'Kick'
was... I feel I didn't
have any confidence
before 'Kick'. That was the
only thing which went wrong.
When I look back, I feel I didn't have the confidence
back then," she added. "Kick", released in 2014, had
done well at the box office. The Sri Lankan beauty
has been enjoying her tryst with commercial cine
ma in Bollywood.
ck to the top
RGV is looking to get ba
r film.
ors with his third Sarka
among Bollywood direct
ollywood's power couple Abhishek

Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan, who had featured together
in the 2008 film "Sarkar Raj", will not be a
part of the third installment of the film
franchise, said filmmaker Ram Gopal
Varma.
"'Sarkar 3' first look will be launched on
August 26. Going by the story, both
Abhishek and Aishwarya will not be featur
ing in this segment," Varma posted on his
Twitter page. The first film in the franchise,
"Sarkar", released in 2005 with megas

tar Amitabh Bachchan as the protago
nist. It is still not clear whether the
screen veteran will return for the
upcoming thriller. But Varma has
vouched the third movie will be bigger
than the past movies. "Scale of 'Sarkar 3''
will be much more larger and intense than
the earlier two...Rest of the cast details will
be soon announced," he added.
Big B also featured in "Sarkar Raj" with
Abhishek and Aishwarya.
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
Dia Mirza 'dissatisfied'

with scripts being
offered to her
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
19
I always wanted to do role

of a mother: Ranveer Singh
ollywood actor Ranveer Singh, who
plays a mother in "Ranveer Ching
Returns", says that he always wanted
to do a role of a mother.
The Rohit Shetty directorial for a leading
food brand was released recently. The six
minutelong TVC stars Ranveer Singh and
southern superstar Tamannaah Bhatia.
Ranveer said, "I always wanted to do a
role of a mother. And thanks to Rohit, I
finally got to play this part."
But in between Rohit quipped "its good
Ranveer did not say that I made him a
mother".
The ad shows Ranveer as a messiah of
masses, and is packed with highoctane
action, a romantic angle, dance number and
nottomiss moment.
In the film the actor is starring in his own
mother's role as Maa Ching, dressed as an
old lady. The ad is packed with all the
ingredients of a minifilm and plenty of
madness and special effects.
The six minutelong video is a

Bollywood potboiler directed
by Rohit Shetty.
Dia Mirza made her cinematic debut with
Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein in 2001.
ia Mirza is not so active
any more as an actress.
She says she is not happy
with the sort of scripts that are
coming her way and is, therefore,
busy producing the movies she
believes in. Dia said: "As a produc
er, I am very excited about some
of the scripts that have come our
way and we are looking forward
to making these films. As an actor,
I am dissatisfied.
"But I am grateful that instead
of moping about the lack of good
opportunities to be in good films,
I create opportunities by making
the films I believe in."
Dia believes there is a need for

India to have more theatres as she
feels the lack of screens is a
threat to the country's film indus
try. "Our biggest threat is the tax
ation policy as well as the lack of
a sufficient number of movie
screens.
Both the issues need to be
addressed urgently. "The econom
ics of making and releasing a film
are getting increasingly difficult,
add to that the advent of access to
digital content, and at large, pro
ducers/studios have their work
cut out for them," said the former
beauty queen.
riterDirector Mudassar Aziz's

"Happy Bhag Jayegi" is a loosely
inspired, Indian version of the
Julia Roberts starrer, Hollywood film,
"Runaway Bride".
But unlike in the Eng lish film, the
Punjabi bride Harpreet Kaur aka Happy
(Diana Penty), in this romantic comedy,
elopes to marry the person she loves.
After being spotted romancing with her
college sweetheart Gurpreet Singh aka
Guddu (Ali Fazal), Happy is forced by her
father, essayed by Kanwaljit Singh, to
marry the local politician Daman Singh
Bagga (Jimmy Shergill).
But on her wedding day, the feisty
Happy leaves Bagga stranded at the man
dap, by jumping on to a truck, which is
supposed to take her to Guddu.
But instead of landing her, at her desti
nation, Happy gets transported to the resi
dence of a reluctant politician Bilal Ahmed
(Abhay Deol) in Lahore, Pakistan.
What makes the film intriguing apart
'Not cut out to run around trees,

says Vinay Pathak
ersatile actor Vinay Pathak admires those who make commercial cinema look
great, but he says he does not consider himself cut out for "running around
trees". "I really don't do commercial cinema. Not because I look down upon
them or anything, but I think I am little inadequate to be part of cinema where I feel
false. I feel it's not real... running around the trees," Vinay said.
"Apart from few commercial films, I am known for films like 'Dasvidaniya', 'Chalo
Dilli', 'Johnny Gaddaar', 'Manorama Six Feet Under'.
"It looks like he makes commercial films, but I think he doesn't... and that's the beau
ty of filmmaking. I like that," the 48yearold said.
Meanwhile, the actor will be seen in the critically acclaimed film "Island City" a
Ruchika Oberoi directorial which had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice Film
Festival 2015 in the Venice Days section, where it won the FEDEORA (Federation of
Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean) Award for Best Debut Director.
seen
The actor will be
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acclaimed film
"Island City".
'HAPPY BHAG
JAYEGI':
A lighthearted,
feelgood lm
Review
Actors Ali Fazal, Diana Penty and Jimmy Shergill during the music launch of film
Happy Bhag Jayegi.
from Happy's impulsive instinct to run
away, is the fulfillment of her journey in a
country that is at crosspurpose with
India. This crossborder drama adds to the
excitement.
Diana Penty as the lively, determined
and bubbly girl, who would do anything
for love, is the surprise package. She is
simply natural and impressive as she lives

her character to the tee.
Ali Fazal as Happy's unsure love Guddu
and the Pakistani actress Momal Shaikh,
who plays Bilal Ahmed's love interest, are
both notably striking.
Abhay Deol slips into the role of an
unenthusiastic son of an ambitious politi
cian with ease. And his presence does not
raise the bar of the film.
After a long time, Jimmy Shergill deliv
ers a performance of some substance. As
Bagga, he is rugged and stimulating.
20
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
DIASPORA
Indianorigin Muslim
siblings ordered off
plane over IS claims
London: Three Indianorigin Muslim siblings
were allegedly ordered off the plane and inter
rogated by British police after fellow passen
gers accused them of being members of the
Islamic State (IS) militant group, the media
reported. Sakina Dharas, 24, her sister Maryam,
19, and their brother Ali, 21, were on board
EasyJet flight EZY3249 from London's Stansted
Airport to the Italian city of Naples on August
17, aljazeera.com reported.
As the plane was about to take of f, a crew
member ordered the siblings of f the aircraft
and escorted them down the staircase to the
tarmac, where they were met by armed police
and an MI5 agent who questioned them for one
hour, Sakina was quoted as saying.
Two passengers told authorities that the sib
lings had been looking at a mobile phone screen
that showed either Arabic text or the words
"praise be to Allah", Sakina said.
"A passenger on your flight has claimed that
you three are members of ISIS," the MI5 agent
said to the siblings, according to Sakina.

"The minute that I saw police standing there, I
was extremely emotional. We had nothing at all
[on our phones]. We don't even speak Arabic,
we're [of] Indian [origin]," she said.
During their onehour interrogation on the
tarmac, Sakina said she was asked to explain
page by page the details of various entry
stamps on her passport. She also showed the
MI5 agent recent WhatsApp messages.
The siblings provided answers relating to
their personal lives and were questioned on
their home addresses, workplaces, social media
history and parents' professions.
The siblings, from northwest London were
then allowed back on the plane, which had been
delayed. Sakina said she and her siblings were
victims of "racial profiling".
The airline has now apologised after the inci
dent at Stansted last week as the three were
heading to Naples for a weekend getaway.
(IANS)
Release of Indian 'child

abductor' sparks
backlash in Italy
Rome: The release of an Indian migrant accused of trying

to abduct a small girl from a Sicilian beach resort has riled
conservative Italian politicians
and sparked calls for his deporta
tion.
Ram Lubhay should be "immedi
ately expelled" for his attempted
abduction of a fiveyearold girl
last week as she played in the sea
at Vittoria, the town's centre
right mayor Giovanni Moscato
Ram Lubhay
told Adnkronos. "This is a very
serious incident that has caused alarm in the town and else
where," Moscato said. "I am confident in the investigation
being spearheaded by magistrates but call on Italy's
authorities to immediately deport Lubhay, who is an illegal
immigrant," Moscato added. Lubhay was held last Tuesday
and released on Sunday by a judge in Ragusa on the
grounds that under Italy's penal code a person cannot be
arrested for attempted kidnapping, even if they are under
investigation. The girl's parents and witnesses have testified
that Lubhay picked up the girl and began to walk away,
releasing her and running off when they gave chase. Italy's
Justice Minister Andrea Orlando has ordered an enquiry
into the release of Lubhya, a homeless henna tattoo artist
lacking legal residency who has a prior criminal record.
(IANS)
Lubhay claims he did not try to abduct the child.
Indianorigin 'celebrity'
surgeon sued by 57
patients in Britain
given a laser treat
London: An Indianori
ment known as High
g in "ce le brity" sur
Intensity Fo cused
geon who was work
Ultrasound (HFIU)
ing at a hospital in
even though it has
Britain has been sued
not been approved by
by 57 male patients,
the drugs watchdog
after he allegedly left
National Institute of
some of his patients
Clinical Exce llence
infertile, the media
(NICE).
reported.
T he
General
Urolog ist Arackal
Medical
Council
Manu Nair working at
(GMC) had placed a
Southport
and
number of restric
Ormskirk Hospital
tions on the doctor's
allegedly
treated
licence and he is
patients for prostate
unable to work unsu
cancer when they did
pervised, or in a pri
not have the disease,
vate practice, until
southportvisiter.co.uk
Arackal Manu Nair
July 2017, the report
reported.
One man claims he was left impotent stated. Nair has also appeared on a tele
when Nair "cooked" his prostate gland vision show in Britain called
after zapping him with controversial "Embarrassing Bodies" as a medical
laser treatment. Others were apparently expert.
(IANS)
IndoCanadian Sikh
MP is first woman
Leader of House
Ottawa: An IndoCanadian
Sikh Cabinet Minister
Bardish Chagger, was sworn
in as the new leader of the
government in the House of
Commons, becoming the first
woman to hold the position
in the Canadian parliament,
the media reported.
"T his is a tremendous
opportunity. I have been
involved in the polit ical
process for basically my
whole life," Chagger was
quoted as saying, after her
swearingin ceremony at Rideau
Hall in Ottawa, by cbc.ca on
Friday.
Chagger, 36, replaces House
leader Dominic LeBlanc.
"I know what demo cracy
should look like. Democracy
should be engaging Canadians.
That is the leadership of our
Prime Minister," Chagger added.
Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau expressed his
confidence that Chagger will be
Bardish Chagger
"a worthy successor."
Chagger, who is a rookie MP
and is one of the four Sikhs
Harjit Sajjan, Navdeep Bains,
Amarjeet Sohi being the other
three was elected to Trudeau's
cabinet in 2015,in a move that
drew worldwide attention.
Chagger had a brief and unre
markable stint as small business
and tourism minister.
She will retain that portfolio in
addition to her new position.
Indian doctors in UK seek

tailored English
language tests
London: The UK's largest representative body for
Indianorigin doctors today said English language
tests must be designed dif ferently for Indian
medicos, focusing mainly on communication skills
and practical use which relate to patient's safety.
The call follows a recent report which revealed
that doctors from outside the European Union (EU),
including India, are less likely to face disciplinary
action for poor English. "Indian doctors use English
medium all through their curriculum and therefore
the test should be tailored dif ferently for them,"
said Dr Ramesh Mehta, president of the British
Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO),
UK's largest representative body for Indian origin
doctors.
"We will be raising the issue with the GMC
[General Medical Council] to modify the test for
Indian doctors so that the focus is on the practical
use of the language which relates to patient safety,"
Dr Mehta said.
BAPIO fears that some Indian doctors may be get
ting put of f by a detailed written aspect of the
English tests when applying to the UK, while the
focus should be mainly on communication skills.
"With around 30 per cent of the NHS [National
Health Service] medical workforce being made up
of Indians, it is a fact that Indians are the best doc
tors available to the NHS from overseas. .
(PTI)
Sri Lanka to replace

antiterror laws
Colombo: Sri Lanka said a dra
conian antiterror law will be
replaced w ith a Counter
Terrorism Act.
The antiterror law was used
during 30 years of war between
the Tamil Tigers and the military
to arrest those suspected of hav
ing links with the rebels.
The Prevention of Terrorism
Act (PTA) will soon be replaced
by the Counter Terrorism Act,
Xinhua news agency quoted the
Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation,
Resettlement
and
Hindu
Religious Af fairs Minister D.M.
Swaminathan as saying.
Swaminathan said the Attorney
General will submit a review on
78 trials pending under the PTA
with regard to Tamil suspects by
September 15.
He said this review will consid
er the number of detainees that
can be subjected to lesser sen
tences or sent for rehabilitation.
The trials currently pending
under the PTA w ill be dealt
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
SUBCONTINENT
Sri Lankas Hindu Religious Affairs

Minister D.M. Swaminathan.
under the Counter Terrorism Act.
He also said that 112 files were
sent to the Attorney General's
Department for advice out of
which 108 cases were concluded
by the end of 2015.
21
MQMs Hussain calls

Pakistan 'cancer,' ousted
London/Islamabad: MQM leader
Altaf Hussain has given up con
trol over the party after coming
under widespread criticism for
calling Pakistan a "cancer", the
media reported.
T he
Muttahida
Qaumi
Movement chief has handed
over all powers of party reor
ganization as well as policy
making to the Coordination
Committee, MQM spokesman
Wasay Jalil said.
Hussain said: "Keeping in view
the statements by MQM leader
Farooq Sattar and other MQM
members, I hand over powers of
reorganization, policy making
and decision making to the
Raabita Committee.
"I will continue to focus on
improving my health in line
w ith
the
Coordinat ion
Committee's suggest ions,"
Hussain tweeted.
T he MQM chie f, who for
decades has held sway over the
MQM leader Altaf Hussain.

Urdu speaking population of
Karachi and Sindh, claimed he
was "under acute stress" due to
backtoback "incidents", upset
ting news and dayandnight
work.
He also apologized for hurting
the sentiments of Pakistanis
with his earlier antiPakistan
remarks. Hussain lost his cool
while addressing MQM activists
in Karachi over telephone from
London the usual way he
keeps contacts after violence
broke out in the city's southern
districts. T he MQM workers

were protesting outside the
Karachi Press Club ag ainst
"enforced disappearances and
extrajudicial killings of work
ers". A livid Hussain then said:
"Pakistan is cancer for entire
world. Pakistan is headache for
the entire world.
"Pakistan is the epicenter of
terrorism for the entire world.
Who says long live Pakistan...
It's down with Pakistan."
Khwaja Izahrul Hassan, leader
of the opposition in the Sindh
assembly, told Dawn that the
MQM leadership in London had
not been consulted before hold
ing the press conference to
indicate that the MQM in
Pakistan was beginning to act
on its own.
Sattar said: "From now
onwards, decisions will be made
in Pakistan. This message is for
the London office as well as for
Pakistan officebearers."
Baloch leaders booked for Taliban captures Khan Abad

district
in
Afghanistan
supporting Modi's comments
Islamabad: Pakistan police regis
tered five cases against three
separatist Baloch leaders for
allegedly support ing Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
statements on Balochistan, media
reports said.
T he cases were reg istered
ag ainst Brahamdag h Bugt i,
Harbiyar Marri and Banuk
Karima Baloch on the complaints
of petitioners Munir Ahmed,
Maulana Muhammad Aslam,
Muhammad Hussain, Ghulam
Yaseen Jatak and Muhammad
Rahim at five police stations in
the province's Khuzdar area,
Dawn online reported.
T he Balo ch leaders were
booked under different sections
of the Pakistan Penal Code. The
sections refer to "concealing
design to commit of fence pun
ishable w ith imprisonment",
"waging or attempting to wage
war or abetting waging of war
against Pakistan", "concealing
with intent to facilitate design to
wage war", and "assault or crimi
nal force to deter public servant
from discharge of his duty".
Acting District Police Of ficer
Khuzdar Muhammad Ashraf
Jatak said the applicants claimed
Bugti, Marri and Baloch had 'sup
ported' Mo di's August 15
remarks.
Modi in his speech on India's
independence day said the peo
An Afghan securityman takes position on a military

vehicle outside the Khan Abad district.
Indian PM Narendra Modi made reference to

Baloch freedom struggle in his IDay speech.
ple of Balo chistan, Gilg it
Baltistan and Azad Jammu and
Kashmir 'thanked him a lot in the
past few days'.
One of the complainants,
Ahmed alleged that the Baloch
leaders had asked Modi to com
mit aggression against Pakistan.
Modi's controversial statement
sparked
protests
across
Balochistan, with large numbers
of tribesmen taking to the streets
in protest in Dera Bugti, Khuzdar,
Quetta, Chaman and other parts
of the province, Dawn said.
Balo chistan Chie f Minister
Sanaullah Zehri, in a speech last
week alleged that the Indian gov
ernment "fully supports the

ongoing
insurgency
in
Balochistan". Zehri's speech came
days after a video showing exiled
Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti
appreciating "support" given to
the Baloch people by Modi began
circulating on social media.
He also alleged that the Indian
government "is deeply involved
in sponsoring e lements like
Brahamdagh Bugti, Harbiyar
Marri, Zamran Marri and Allah
Nazar".
He accused Bugti of "getting
funds from Indians", alleging
"that's why he supported Modi's
statement".
Kabul: Taliban militants seized

control of Khan Abad district in
Afghanistan's Kunduz province as
sporadic clashes continued
around the district centre, ofcials
said. "Dozens of armed militants
overran the district bazaar. They
also stormed the district centre
and seized government ofce
buildings after security forces
made a tactical retreat to outer
sides of the district after dawn,"
Xinhua news agency quoted a
security source as saying.
The district is located around
25 km east of the provincial capi
tal of Kunduz. The main highway
connecting Kunduz to the neigh
boring Takhar province passes
through the district.
"The provincial security ofcials
were meeting to prepare for a
counterattack. The security forces
will soon kick the militants out
from Khan Abad," another ofcial
said.
Zabiullah Mujahi, a purported
Taliban spokesman, said the mili
tants also seized weapons and
vehicles after capturing security
checkpoints following recent
clashes.
He said the Taliban also overran
several troop security posts in the
neighboring Ali Abad district.
The Kunduz province and neigh
boring Baghlan and Takhar
provinces have been the scene of
heavy clashes over the past cou
ple of months as Taliban tried to
challenge government forces in
the once re lative ly peaceful
region. The Talibanled insur
gency has been rampant since
early April when the militant
group launched its annual rebel
offensive in different places of the
country, which had claimed hun
dreds of lives including militants,
security personnel and civilians.
22 Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
Earthquake leaves at
least 38 dead in Italy
The epicenter of the quake was in Norcia in Umbria.

Rome: An apocalyptic earthquake
in Italy destroyed a string of
medieval towns and villages,
trapping people beneath building
debris and killing at least 38 per
sons with several others still
missing.
The 6.2 magnitude earthquake
rattled the reg ion, reducing
buildings to rubble and leaving
most residents terrified and pan
icked.
The epicenter of the quake was
in Norcia in Umbria, about 105
miles northeast of Rome, while
the hardesthit towns reportedly
were Amatrice, Accumoli and
Pescara del Tronto.
Much of the town of Amatrice
was reduced to rubble and a fam
ily of four were feared dead in
nearby Accumoli. Two boys aged
four and seven were pulled out

alive from the debris of the house
they had been staying in with
their grandmother.
According to La Repubblica, a
witness named Marco, a sanita
tion worker from Amatrice, saw
how everything "fell apart" in an
instant.
"It was a miracle for me to sur
vive... I just woke up when sud
denly everything collapsed. Ten
seconds were enough to destroy
everything," he said.
T he earthquake struck at a
shallow depth of 10 km, its inten
sity was compared to the April
2009 Aquila earthquake in which
at least 309 persons died. The
epicenter was around Accumoli
where several persons died, BBC
reported.
INTERNATIONAL
North Korea submarine fires

ballistic missile, draws flak
Seoul: North Korea fired a ballis
tic missile from a submarine off
its east coast, South Korean mili
tary said.
T he KN11 missile was
launched from waters near Sinpo
and flew about 500km before
falling into the Sea of Japan, BBC
quoted a US official as saying.
The testfiring came as ten
sions heightened on the Korean
peninsula after South Korea and
the US started annual war games,
the military said.
A South Korean defense min
istry of ficial told Xinhua that
North Korea testfired a subma
rinelaunched ballistic missile
(SLBM) around 5.30 a.m. (local
t ime) of f Sinpo in South
Hamgyeong province.
T he military said it would
"sternly and strongly respond to
any provo cat ion by North
Korea", Yonhap news agency
reported. It was the longest flight
among any known North Korean
testfiring of SLBMs. The launch
came just two days after Seoul
and Washington kicked off their
joint annual war games code
named "Ulchi Freedom Guardian"
(UFG). Pyongyang has consid
ered the drills as a dress rehears
al for a northward invasion,
which the two allies claimed to
World not prepared for new

technology threats: UNSG
United Nations: UN Secretary
General Ban Kimoon has sounded
an alarm that the world is not pre
pared to face the threats from bio
logical attacks while the Interpol
and experts warned about the dan
gers of terrorists using 21st century
technologies to wreak unprecedent
ed levels of mass destruction.
"In the wake of the very serious
outbreaks of Ebola, MERS and
Yellow Fever, I am extremely con
cerned that the international com
munity is not adequately prepared
to prevent or respond to a biologi
cal attack," Ban told the UN Security
Council.
Although "the impact and conse
quences of a biological attack on a
civilian target could far exceed
those of a chemical or radiological
attack", he said the international
community was not taking ade
quate steps to prevent it. Speaking
at the Council debate on weapons
of mass destruction ( WMD), he
sought to expand its definition
beyond nuclear, chemical and bio
logical to embrace the threats aris
ing from 21st century science, tech
nology
and
g lobalization.
Ban Kimoon was speaking at the

Council debate on weapons of
mass destruction.
Information and communication
technologies, artificial intelligence,
3D printing and synthetic biology
have the potential massive destruc
tion, he said. "The nexus between
these emerging technologies and
WMD needs close examination and
action."
As a first step to face these chal
lenges, the global community must
lay the framework for "the peaceful
use of cyberspace and, particularly,
the intersection between cyber
space and critical infrastructure," he
said. "People now live a significant
portion of their lives online," he
added. "They must be protected

from online attacks, just as ef fec
tively as they are protected from
physical attacks."
"We should not be just one click
of the mouse away from a cyber
Chernobyl," warned an expert,
Gregory Koblentz, drawing atten
tion to the dangers of cyber terror
ism. There was growing risk that
terrorists could use computer virus
es to attack chemical, biological,
radiological or nuclear facilities,
said Koblentz, who is the director of
the Biodefense Graduate Program
at the George Mason University in
Virginia.
Underlining cyber threats, he said
that the Nuclear Threat Initiative
had found that in 20 countries that
have weapongrade nuclear materi
al or nuclear power plants failed to
meet the most basic cyber security
requirements.
Drones could be deployed by ter
rorists to attack nuclear facilities or
chemical storage sites, or to deliver
weapons of mass destruction, he
warned. ISIS, Hamas and Hezbollah
were already using drones, he
added.
Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un.
be defensive in nature.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe said the missile fell into
Japan's ADIZ, an area of airspace
over which a country exercises
security controls.
He said it was an "unforgivable,
reckless act" which "poses a
grave threat to Japan's security".
The US State Department said
it "strongly condemned" this and
previous missile tests and would
raise concerns at the UN.
The launch also coincided with
a meeting of foreign ministers
from Japan, China and South
Korea in Tokyo. T he three
regional powers agreed to "urge

North Korea to exercise self
restraint regarding its provoca
tive action, and observe the UN
Security Council's resolutions",
Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio
Kishida said.
South Korea's president ial
office, the Cheong Wa Dae, con
vened a national security council
(NSC) meeting two hours after
the testfiring, reflecting worries
about an earlierthanexpected
North Korean deployment of sub
marines capable of carry ing
nucleartipped ballistic missiles
within a couple of years.
Turkish forces launch

operation in Syria against IS
A Turkish army tank and an armored vehicle.

Ankara: Turkish forces and US
led coalit ion warplanes
launched an operation in the
Jarablus region of north Syria,
the media reported.
Turkish forces dispatched
warplanes and artillery during
the operation, aiming to clear
the borders from the Islamic
State militants, halt the new
wave of refugees and deliver
humanitarian aid to civilians in
Jarablus the last significant
town held by the IS near the
border between Syria and

Turkey, Xinhua news agency
reported.
Turkish Foreign Minister
Mevlut Cavusoglu said that
Turkey would provide all kinds
of support for military opera
tions in Jarablus.
Hours before the operation,
the Turkish border town of
Karkamis was attacked by a
series of mortar shells fired
from Syria, leading many locals
to evacuate.
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
BUSINESS
23
Parrikar seeks report on Scorpene submarine leak

New Delhi: With sensitive infor
mation related to of combat and
stealth aspects of India's
Scorpene submarines being
allegedly leaked, De fense
Minister Manohar Parrikar
sought a report from the navy,
adding that it appeared to be a
case of hacking.
The Indian Navy, in a state
ment, meanwhile said it is ana
lyzing the information. The navy
also made clear that the source
of the leak was not in India.
T he Scorpene submarines,
designed by French shipbuilder
DCNS and being manufactured at
the Mazg aon Do ckyard in
Mumbai at a cost of around $3.5
billion, are conventional diesel
vessels that boast of advanced
stealth capabilities.
The over 22,000 pages that
have been leaked from DCNS
contain information on different
aspects of the boat, including its
Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar.

underwater sensors, abovewater
sensors, combat management
system, torpedo launch system
and specifications, communica
tions system and navigation sys
tems.
While the leaked information is
still being analysed to gauge the
extent of damage, there is fear

that it may compromise the sub
marine's detectability.
Remaining hidden, or stealth, is
considered the most important
attribute of a submarine.
Parrikar, at the sidelines of an
event on Wednesday morning,
said he got information about the

alleged leak around midnight.
"The first step is to identify if it
re lates to us," Parrikar told
reporters here.
"The Navy Chief (Admiral Sunil
Lanba) has been asked to analyse
what exactly has been leaked,"
the Minister said, adding his first
assessment was that it was an act
of hacking and not a 100 per
cent leak.
"We do have our final integra
tion and all that," he said.
"W hat I can understand
because it came to my knowl
edge around 12 a.m. there is a
hacking. So we will find out all
these aspects," he said. "I've told
the navy chief to find out all the
details. Maybe, in a couple of
days I'll be able share with you."
The Indian Navy, in a statement
issued shortly after the minister
spoke, stressed the leak did not
happen in India.
Jaitley orders 'immediate action'

towards Bankruptcy Code
New Delhi: Calling for time
bound implementation of the
Insolvency and Banckruptcy
Co de (IBC) 2016, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley directed
senior of ficials of his ministry
to take "immediate action" on
the key requirements of the
legislation. "Jaitley directed the
senior of ficers of the Ministry
of Finance and Corporate
Af fairs to take suitable neces
sary action for implementation
of IBC 2016 in a time bound
manner, said a Finance
Ministry statement.
"The Finance Minister said
that an immediate action is
required on the key require
ments for implementation of
the IBC including setting up of
Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Board of India (IBBI), notifying
rules and regulations relating
to Insolvency Professionals
(IPs), Insolvency Professional
Agencies (IPAs) and Corporate
Insolvency among others, it
said.
Jaitley here on Tuesday held
a meeting of senior officers of
the ministry to review the

implementation of IBC 2016.
The meeting was attended by
Economic Af fairs Secretary
Shakt ikanta Das, Financial
Services Secretary Anjuly Chib
Duggal, and other of ficers of
RBI (Reserve Bank of India) and
market regulator Securities and
Exchange Board of India.
Implementation in a time
bound manner is very crucial
in order achieve the desired
goals of IBC 2016, Jaitley
emphasized.
After the meeting, a Finance
Ministry source said that a
tight schedule for implementa
tion of the IBC 2016 has been
discussed with Jaitley.
The new code will replace the
existing centuryold bankrupt
cy laws and provide a time
bound process for resolving
insolvency issues. It will cover
individuals, companies, limited
liability partnerships and part
nership firms.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
"The available information is

being examined at Integrated
Headquarters, Ministry of
Defence (Navy) and an analysis is
being carried out by the con
cerned specialists."
"It appears that the source of
leak is from overseas and not in
India," the statement said.
The Australian media reports,
quoting DCNS, said that the leak
of such technical data could not
happen with its proposed subma
rine for Australia. The French
company also alluded that the
leak may have occurred at India's
end, rather than from France.
The first of the Scorpene class
submarines being built in India,
INS Kalvari, went for sea trials in
May 2016 and is expected to be
inducted in the Indian Navy soon.
Variants of Scorpene submarines
are also used by Malaysia and
Chile, with Brazil to join the club
soon.
INDIA 7TH WEALTHIEST

COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD: REPORT
New Delhi: India was ranked seventh among
top 10 wealthiest countries in the world,
according to a report by New World Wealth.
The United States topped the chart.
With a total individual wealth of $5,600 bil
lion, India stood at No. 7 in the list, ahead of
Canada ($4,700 billion), Australia ($4,500
billion) and Italy ($4,400 billion), which came
in at 8th, 9th and 10th slots, respectively.
The US is the wealthiest in the world in
terms of total individual wealth he ld
($48,900 billion) while China ($17,400 bil
lion) stood second and Japan third with
$15,100 billion.
Others in the top 10 club were the United
Kingdom at No. 4 with a total individual
wealth of $9,200 billion, followed by
Germany (5th, $9,100 billion) and France
(6th, $6,600 billion). Wealth refers to net
assets of a person. It includes all their assets
property, cash, equities, business interests
less any liabilities, the report said, adding that
it excludes government funds from its gures.
The ranking of India as one of the top 10
wealthiest countries in the world is largely
because of its large population. Australias
ranking is impressive, considering it only has
22 million people living there, the report
explained.
24 Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
SPORTS
Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa to get Khel Ratna

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry announced
that Rio Olympics medalists shuttler P.V.
Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik will
receive the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna award along with gymnast Dipa
Karmakar and shooter Jitu Rai.
Considered as the country's highest
sporting honour, the Khel Ratna award is
conferred on a sportsperson for outstand
ing performance over a period of four
years. The award comprises a cash prize of
Rs.7.5 lakh along with a medal and a cita
tion.
Dipa's coach Bisheshwar Nandi has been
selected for the Dronacharya award along
side Team India skipper Virat Kohli's coach
Raj Kumar Sharma, athlet ics coach
Nagapuri Ramesh and boxing coach Sagar
Mal Dhayal.
Sind hu's coach Pulle la Gopichand
received the coveted award in 2009 while
Sakshi's coach Kuldeep Singh has been
overlooked for the award.
The Dronacharya awards for lifetime will
be awarded to veteran swimming coach S.
Pradeep Kumar and wrestling coach
Mahabir Singh. The award comprises a
cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each with a medal
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar felicitates

wrestler Sakshi Mallik. (Photo: IANS)
and a citation. Star cricketer Ajinkya
Rahane will be conferred on with the
SINDHU, GOPI GET

ROUSING RECEPTION
Vijayawada: After Telangana, Star
shuttler P.V. Sindhu and her coach
Pullela Gopichand basked in the
g lory of the silver medal she
clinched in the women's singles
category at Rio Olympics here.
A day after the Telangana gov
ernment felicitated them for the
historic achievement, the Andhra
Pradesh government went out of
the way to give them a rousing
recept ion. If Hyderabad, the
hometown of Sindhu, had come
out to accord her a hero's wel
come, Vijayawada, the native place
of her mother, opened its heart to
the star shuttler.
The Andhra Pradesh govern
Badminton player P.V. Sindhu being felicitated in
ment left no stone unturned to
Vijayawada. (Photo: IANS)
give Sindhu and her coach a mem
orable reception. They were brought here before reaching the stadium, where she
by a special aircraft from Hyderabad in the was given a rousing reception.
Keeping all proto cols aside, Chie f
morning.
At the Gannavaram Airport, they were Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reached
accorded a warm welcome by the state the stadium much before the scheduled
ministers. As Sindhu's parents have their time to welcome Sindhu and Gopichand.
Naidu even held a racquet and played for
roots in Andhra Pradesh, many of her rela
tives were among those who accorded her some time with Sindhu on the dais, amid
loud cheers by thousands of students.
a warm welcome.
Sindhu said the visit to Vijayawada was a
This was followed by a huge victory rally
from the airport to the Indira Gandhi trip down memory lane. "As a child I used
to visit my grandparents here and play
Municipal Stadium.
Standing in a specially decorated open badminton," she said and recalled that
top bus along with her coach Gopichand, Gopichand spotted her playing the game
parents and some ministers of Andhra and offered to train her.
Sindhu received a check of Rs.5 crore
Pradesh, Sindhu waved at the huge crowd.
She kept displaying her Olympic medal from Te lang ana Chie f Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao, who also offered her
proudly.
Amid the drum beats, the victory rally a residential plot in Hyderabad and a gov
passed through different parts of the city ernment job.
Arjuna Award alongside archer Rajat

Chauhan, athlete Lalita Babar, cueist
Sourav Kothari, boxer Shiva Thapa, foot

baller Subrata Paul, hockey stars V.R.
Raghunath and Rani Rampal, shooters
Gurpreet Singh, Apurvi Chandela, paddler
Somyajit Ghosh, wrestlers Vinesh Phohat,
Amit Kumar, Paraathletes Sandeep Singh
Maan and Virender Singh.
The award constitutes a cash prize of Rs.5
lakh and medal and a citation.
Athlete Satti Geetha will be conferred the
Dhayan Chand award along with hockey
player Sylvanus Dung Dung and rower
Rajendra Pralhad Shelke. The award com
prises a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh, a medal and
a citation President Pranab Mukherjee will
g ive away the awards at Rashtrapat i
Bhavan on August 29, which is celebrated
as the National Sports Day.
Meanwhile, the Tripura government wel
comed Dipa with open arms in Agartala.
Tripura Sports Minister Sahid Chowdhury
said national sports awards to Dipa and her
coach would benefit Tripura sports.
A motorcade of hundreds of vehicles and
twowheelers took to the streets here
before a huge colourful reception ceremo
ny was held at a city stadium to honour the
"pride of the state".
Rio bids adieu with

feeling of nostalgia
Rio de Janeiro: Rain drenched Rio par
tied, saluting the Brazilian music
maestros, the traditional arts and
dance forms, as the 31st Olympic
Games the first in South America
drew to a close here on Sunday in a
colorful but nonextravagant showcas
ing of the myriad and diverse cultures
of the nation.
Tradition and technology merged dur
ing a threehourlong closing ceremo
ny, watched by over 60 thousand peo
The spectacular carnivalinspired closing
ple at the historic Maracana Stadium,
ceremony of Rio 2016 Olympics.
and millions across the globe on televi
(Photo: Seshadri Sukumar/IANS)
sion.
The nagging showers and a strong wind ancient Olympics and the stage of the first
failed to dampen the spirit of the 11,000odd modern Games in 1896 went up and the
athletes who mingled freely in the true spirit Olympic flag was lowered and handed to the
of Olympic camaraderie and bade farewell to Mayor of Rio, who gave it to Bach.
Silence and emotion took over Maracana,
one another cutting across national barriers.
Over 3,000 volunteers and 200 actors took with Bach presenting the flag to Tokyo
part in the ceremony that resembled a carni Governor Yuriko Koike in a symbolic gesture
val as the spectators time and again jived to to the Asian city, now busy preparing to host
intoxicating beats of Brazilian music of dif the earth's biggest sporting extravaganza.
ferent eras interspersed with moments of The Olympic flame was extinguished as
nostalgia. There prevailed a wrenching feel singeractress Mariene Castro crooned the
ing of sadness when International Olympic evergreen melody 'Pelo tempo que durar',
Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach offi that spoke of "the time we have left", and nar
rated the impermanence of life and nature's
cially declared the Games closed.
"I declare the Games of the 31st Olympiad constant change.
The US, with 121 metal pieces (463738)
closed. In accordance with tradition, I call
upon the youth of the world to assemble four took the top position, leaving closest chal
years from now in Tokyo, Japan, to celebrate lengers Britain far behind at 67 (272317).
China took the third slot claiming one gold
with us the Games of the 32nd Olympiad. Bye
bye Rio," Bach said. "We arrived in Brazil as less than Britain but overall three medals
guests, we leave as your friends. You will more (261826).
India finished 67th, courtesy a silver won
have a place in our hearts forever," he told
by shuttler P.V. Sindhu in Women's singles
the Maracana, drawing thunderous applause.
A little earlier, in a customary handover rit and a bronze claimed by wrestler Sakshi
ual, the flag of Greece the host of the Malik in women's freestyle 58kg category.
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
SELF HELP
25
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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
BOOKS
Grappling with Glory: India and its wrestling tradition

By Vikas Datta
akshi Malik picked up the first

medal for India at Rio in
womens wrestling a disci
pline which only made its Olympic
debut in 2004 and has been prac
tised in the country for not even
two decades now. But wrestling,
which is possibly the oldest sport
played in India, has always been
unique, for no other activity, sport
ing or otherwise, has had the capac
ity to surmount the countrys
endemic caste and religious barri
ers and now, even gender ones.
But kushti, as wrestling is called,
has despite its contributions to
social and gender equality as well
as Indian sporting achievements
most individual medals at
Olympics, Asiads and various glob
al competitions always perceived
to be a rough, rustic endeavor
requiring brawn more than brain,
more associated with villages and
with a celibate male god its patron,
confined to men. Wrong on all
counts, argues journalist Rudraneil
Sengupta, who in this book, shows
how wrestling is as entrenched an
urban phenomenon as rural and
requires as much as skill, acumen
and flexibility as solid muscle
though the last comes in useful too,
while breaking all sorts of barriers
due to some visionary men and
The Great Gama India's first

sporting superstar
Wrestler Chandgi Ram who after

his own sparkling career perse
vered to train women wrestlers
including his own daughters.
spirited women. As a sports jour
nalist, Sengupta saw his interest in
wrestling spark, like countless
other Indians, when Sushil Kumar
won a medal at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics over 50 years since
the first and the term repechage
entered the nat ions sport ing
vocabulary. He was soon cured of
his misconceptions.
I thought wrestling was a niche
sport, like most games in India are
apart from cricket, and that wit
nessing a match would be a dif fi
cult proposition. It was bit of a
Enter the Dangal

by RudraneilSengupta;
Publisher: Harper Sport
(HarperCollins);
Pages: 274;
Price: Rs 350
shock then to find out that there
are close to a hundred wrestling
tournaments that take place just in
Delhi every year and the akhada
or traditional wrestling arena and
training centre is ubiquitous
even in Delhi where they were
everywhere: tucked away behind
markets and cemeteries, hidden
behind highrises and office blocks,
flanked by wheat fields and citrus
groves, along the reedy banks of
the Yamuna, or in dim halls inside
decaying stadia.
In this book, which offers both a
fairly detailed account of the sport

in all its variations but also of its
presence and impact in Indian cul
ture and history, including during
the national awakening and free
dom struggle, Sengupta seeks to
explore wrestling as it is now prac
tised in India; the men, women and
events that have shaped its history
from Gama (Indias first sporting
superstar) to Sushil Kumar as well
as undertake a journey through
the wrestling landscape of India
spanning from behind the scenes
with Indias Olympic wrestlers to
akhadas quietly defying urbanisa
tion and from dangal to dangal in
villages and small towns to the
intrepid women who dared to break
the barriers in this manly sport.
And in his eng rossing and
enlightening account, detailed
accounts of Sushil Kumar and
Yogehwar Dutts paths to glory
and some poetic descriptions of the
sport and frustrating accounts of
Indias sports administrators are
entwined with depictions of dan
g als across north India, of
unearthing the akhadas of Varanasi
and a slum in Indore where at least
some residents gained a sense of
worth from wrestling and one
enterprising man picked it up for
his own upward mobility.
Also getting their due are Satpal
Singh, whose contribution to Indian
wrestlers transiting from the akha

da to Olympic mats is second to
none despite an obstructive and
petty bureaucracy, and Master
Chandgi Ram, who after his own
stellar career, started training his
own daughters to wrestle as soon
as the IOC decided to include the
womens version, and persevered
despite all opposition and attacks,
including a physical one on his own
akhada in 2000 by some of his own
coaches and students. Among many
he inspired was student Mahavir
Phogat, who faced an easier time in
training his six daughters and
nieces, being sarpanch of his vil
lage.
T hen, besides Gama and his
remarkable family, whose ultimate
ly tragic story is told in detail, there
is Jatindracharan Goho, or Gobar
Goho, who trained along with a
youth who would be known as
Bagha Jatin and who himself, after
a spate of proper but not lucrative
wrestling bouts, found success in
the forerunner of WWF in America
in the 1920s.
But Senguptas book is not only
about wrestling but a traditional
vibrant and inclusive sport and the
culture it embodied and the
threats it faces from sectarianism,
unthinking modernity and commer
cialization.
(IANS)
My writing will never be the same, says

author Perumal Murugan
New Delhi: "My writings will be
never the same. A censor is seated
inside me and he is testing every
word that is born within me. His
constant caution that a word may
be misunderstood and I'm unable
to shake him of f," said acclaimed
Tamil author Perumal Murugan
here on Monday.
This was Murugan's first public
speech after announcing his
"death" over social media after a
controversy broke out in 2015
over his book "Madhorubagan"
(One part woman). T he book
earned the wrath of some Hindu
groups and castes and copies of
his books were burned at the town
of Tiruchengode, where the novel
is set.
However, in July 2016 the
Madras High Court quashed all
criminal cases filed against the
author.In a moving statement read
out after the release of his new
book, a collection of 200 poems
titled "Kozhayin Paadalkal" (Songs
of a Coward), at the Nehru
Memorial Museum And Library,
Murugan said that it was the court
verdict that prope lled him to
resume writing.
Perumal Murugan had announced over a year ago that he was giving
up writing after he came under attack from Hindutva supporters who
claimed that his novel Madhurobhagan, published in 2010, is
blasphemous. The novel explores the problems of caste divisions.
"The question of whether a word
or a sentence in a judicial verdict
should determine if I write or not
remains in my mind. If a faceless
force can put a full stop to writing,
can't a line in a judicial verdict bol
ster writing? Moreover, the imper
ative 'write' suits my present state
of mind and is a cause for happi
ness," he said, adding that thus he
resolved to resume writing and
start publishing.
"The publication of this book
marks this beginning," he said.
Talking about the selfimposed
exile, the author said that it was
poetry that saved him from
despair.
"Between December 2014 and
June 2016, I couldn't so much as
scratch a line in the first three
months. As though the fingers of
my heart had become numb. I

couldn't read a thing. Even when I
turned the newspaper my eyes
would scan the print but my mind
would not absorb a word," he remi
nisced.
"I wallowed in a dark hole with
out the urge to see or talk to any
body. But as I ruminated over my
existence, there came a certain
instant when the sluice gates were
breached. I began to write. I chron
icled the moment when I felt like a
rat, dazzled by the light, burrowing
itself into its hole," he added.
Invoking
Tamil
poet
Thiruvalluvar, Murugan said that
though the court asked him not to
live in fear, he finds it tough. "The
learned judges have said that 'I
should not live under fear'. But my
old
teacher,
the
g reat
T hiruvalluvar has said, 'Folly
meets fearful ills with fearless
heart; To fear where cause of fear
exists is wisdom's part',"
Murugan, who prefers to stay
away from sensationalism, also
said that he accepted the invitation
of the publishers to express his
gratitude to those who lent sup
port to him.
"During the nig htmarish

time...writers from Tamil Nadu,
from other parts of India and from
across the world stood by me,
extending their support in various
ways. Across the country voices
were raised in support of freedom
of expression and against intoler
ance...I accepted this invitation to
speak here only to express my
gratitude to those voices," he said.
Stressing that his written words
will speak more now, Murugan
also requested the media to allow
him privacy.
"It is silence that g ives me
strength now. I'll write to gain fur
ther strength. My request there
fore to the media and organisers of
lit fests is this: Please do not ask
me to speak. Let me be quiet. And
write. I shall speak to you through
my written words," he added.
Later, in a discussion with author
Nilanjana Roy, Murugan noted that
his writings have always dealt with
the issue of castes. "In my writings,
I have dealt with re lationship
between castes and conflicts
between various castes. I believe
no writer can write a single word
in defense of castes," he said.
Obesity may cause eight

more types of cancer: Study
New York: Are you overweight
and obese? Be warned, as you
may be at an increased risk of
developing eight more forms of
cancer, including stomach, liver,
gall bladder, pancreas, ovary,
meningioma a type of brain
tumor thyroid cancer and the
blood cancer multiple myeloma,
says a review.
The findings showed that for
most of the cancers on the newly
expanded list, the higher the
bodymass index, or BMI, the
greater was the risk of develop
ing cancers.
"The burden of cancer due to
being overweight or obese is
more extensive than what has
been assumed," said Graham
Colditz, cancer prevention expert
at Washington University.
"Many of the newlyidentified
cancers linked to excess weight
haven't been on people's radar
screens as having a weight com
ponent," Colditz added.
In addition, the cancer risks
associated with excess weight
were similar for men and women
and were also consistent across
geog raphic reg ions North
America, Europe, Asia and the
Middle East.
Excess fat leads to an overpro
duction of estrogen, testosterone
and insulin, and promotes
inflammation, all of which can
drive cancer growth.
The study could have a signifi
cant bearing on the global popu
lation out of which an estimated
640 million adults and 110 mil
lion children are obese, said the
paper published in T he New
England Journal of Medicine.
Limiting weight gain over the
decades could help to reduce the
risk of these cancers.
Moreover, lifestyle factors such
as eating a healthy diet, main
taining a healthy weight and
exercising, in addition to not

smoking, can have a significant
impact on reducing cancer risk,
the researchers said.
"Rather than getting discour
aged and giving up, those strug
gling to take of f weight could
instead focus on avoiding more
weig ht g ain," Colditz noted,
warning "this is another wakeup
call. It's time to take our health
and our diets seriously."
T he results are based on a
review of more than 1,000 stud
ies of excess weight and cancer
risk analyzed by the World
Health
Org anizat ion's
International Agency for Cancer
on Research (IARC), in France.
Childhood head injury may up mental illness, mortality risk

London: Brain injuries, including concussions in childhood, can increase the risk of mental ill
ness, poor school attainment as well as premature death, finds a study.
The findings showed that people who had experienced a single mild, moderate or severe
brain injury during childhood were at twice the risk of being admitted to hospital as a mental
health inpatient (an increase in absolute risk from 5 per cent to 10 per cent).
They were 50 per cent more likely to use a mental health service (increase from 14 per cent
to 20 per cent) than unaffected people in the same age group.
The risk of outcomes, including the likelihood of developing a psychiatric illness, became
higher if the injury was more severe, or if there were multiple injuries.
"The study found that a childhood brain injury increased the chances of all these things.
More serious brain injuries and repeated brain injuries made them even more likely," said lead
author Seena Fazel, professor at Oxford University.
French European Indian Fashion

Week to happen at Eiffel Tower
New Delhi: French European Indian
Fashion Week, an initiative of World
News Network, will take place at the
iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris October 21
23 and will serve as a platform for
designers from around the world to
express their culture or any other cause
through their creations.
Satish Reddy, President of Parisbased
French European Indian Organization
(FEIO), is happy to introduce a unique
and iconic fashion week on the first level
of the Eiffel Tower.
"It's a great pleasure organizing a fash
ion week on the Eiffel Tower and we are
looking forward to promote fashion on
all the seven wonders of the world.
"I want to thank all the French and
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
LIFESTYLE
Indian Dignitaries for supporting this

iconic event and making a dream turn
into reality," Reddy said in a statement.
FEIO wants to play a bridge to get cul
tural tieups and business opportunity
for France and the Indian community.
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Cyberbullying more common

among friends, dating partners
New
York:
Cyberbullying is
more likely to occur
between current or
former friends as
well as dating part
ners than between
teenagers who have
never been friends or
in a romantic rela
tionship, according
to a study.
(Image : www.dosomething.org)
Cyberbullying, also
known as cyber aggression, is particularly likely to find them
defined as electronic or online selves in situations in which they
behaviour intended to harm are vying for the same school,
another person psychologically or club, and or sport positions and
social connections. "Competition
damage his or her reputation.
The findings showed that the for status and esteem can be one
likelihood of cyberbullying was reason behind peer cyberbully
approximately seven times higher ing," Felmlee added.
In terms of dating partners,
between current or former friends
and dating partners than between young people often have resentful
young people who had neither feelings of hurt as a result of a
been friends nor dated each other. breakup, and they may take these
"A common concern regarding out on a former partner via cyber
cyberbullying is that strangers aggression, the study said.
Further, girls were doubly prone
can attack someone, but here we
see evidence that there are signifi to fall victim to cyber aggression
cant risks associated with close than boys.
"Cyber aggression towards girls
connections," said Diane Felmlee,
may
be in part an attempt to keep
Professor at Pennsylvania State
girls 'in their places'," Felmlee
University, in the US.
Friends, or former friends, are pointed out.
How to dress like a star

within your budget
New Delhi: If you are a fashion buff, you've

probably craved for the outfits sported by
celebrities. But if you make smart fashion
choices, you can ace the looks within your
budget, suggests an expert. Archana
Dhankar, Fashion Stylist and Founder of
Stylemeee.com, a personal styling and image
consultation service for women, has shared
some tips to help you dress like a star:
* Embrace minimalism: Have you ever
noticed that the best dressed celebrities are
often minimalist in their fashion choices?
And the reason for this is simple clean,
classic styles are always in vogue and diffi
cult to go wrong with. Minimalism in terms
of accessorizing, layering and even makeup,
tends to create a more elegant and sophisti
cated look. * Concentrate on the fit: Rarely
would you find any celebrity wearing illfit
ted clothes. When they go to Alist events,
their outfits are often tailormade to fit them
perfectly. Now, we can't customize each
dress for a stellar fit, but we can always
avoid clothes that don't fit well. Next time
you shop, concentrate more on the fitting
rather than the color and print.
* Don't forget hair and makeup:
Celebrities are always called out when their
hair or makeup is sloppy, because if these
are unkempt or badly done, it is highly
noticeable and generally steals all the atten
tion, no matter how lovely the clothes may
(Image courtesy: instyle.com)

be. So whenever you dress up, make sure
your hair and makeup is on point too.
* Be a salemonger: It cannot be denied
that one of the reasons celebrities are our
fashion gurus is because they wear the best
of the best. We may not be able to af ford
their kind of couture pieces, but we can
surely try. Make sure to pick up a few items
during the sale season to wear on special
occasions.
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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
HUMOR
Funny Side by Nury Vittachi
THOUGHTS ON HOW WEIRD LIFE IS JUST NOW

T
HE KIDS WERE NOT really
listening to me so I told them
that Justin Bieber had just
been outed as an alien from the
Helix Nebula here to kidnap Taylor
Swift.
Instant full attention.
***
Some folks disapprove of my
methods, but the fact is, theres no
proof he isnt.
And no one thinks that guys nor
mal, right?
***
The extreme weirdness of life
these days was brought home to
me by a news report I just read
that a woman named Tina Gorjanc
is using DNA from her hero, late
fashion designer Alexander
McQueen, to grow his skin which
she plans to turn into a jacket.
Imagine her wearing it to a posh
restaurant.
Maitre d: May I hang up your
jacket, madam?
Gorjanc: Yes, but leave the
cloakroom door open. Alex doesnt
like the dark.
***
I wondered why she would make

a McQueenskin garment instead
of growing a whole new McQueen?
I also wondered whether I could
get some Taylor Swift to send me
her DNA?
Hi, Taylz, instead of a signed
photo, could you scrape the inside
of your cheek onto this medical
spatula and return it to me?
Thanks!
***
I posted that first question onto
one of those websites that provide
answers, and some guy eventually
wrote that scientists were not
act ive ly working on cloning
human beings except in China.
This makes no sense.
Do they not have enough people
in China?
***
The high level of weirdness in
modern life was reinforced by a
reader who sent a recent news
report about a UK man who iden
tifies as a vampire.
T he 25yearold has leg ally
changed his name to Darkness and
sleeps in a coffin every night.
Everyone has their beliefs and I

dont believe I should be persecut
ed for following mine, Darkness
told the Lancashire Telegraph
newspaper.
Being British, Darkness is a bit
too wellbred to bite his neighbors,
so he orders packs of human blood
substitute from
medical suppli
ers.
***
Forg ive my
cynicism, but thats not really the

same, is it?
If the Dracula legend had been
about a guy sitting waiting for an
Amazon delivery, the whole vam
pire scene would never have taken
off.
***
One of my colleagues has just
told me that she once interviewed
a selfproclaimed vampire who
said that blood tastes metallic.
When vampires need a snack,
they suck coins, she said.

***
The reporter also said the vam
pire was a pain in the neck, and
interviewing her really sucked.
And now you know why journal
ists have bruises on they shins.
T heir addiction to corny puns
makes them eminently kickable.
***
The really weird thing is that a
financial reporter friend told me
that science may support the vam
pire theory.
A US company named Ambrosia
(which means food of the gods)
wants to inject young peoples
blood into older folk.
They were inspired by a group of
scientists who injected young
mouse blood into older mice and
got signs of a return to youthful
ness.
I assume this means the older
mice instantly became addicted to
sending impenetrable emojiladen
messages to each other on smart
phones.
***
W hatever. Anyway, if Taylor
sends me a bit of her DNA, Ill try
to grow my own and report back
on the results.
My office door may be locked for
some time.
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By Dr Prem Kumar Sharma
AUGUST 27SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

ARIES: Selfconfidence would immensely
help in achieving good results at profes
sional front. Believe it or not someone in
the family is watching you closely and consid
ers you a role model. An improvement in mon
etary position makes it convenient to purchase
essential items. Love works like a panacea as
you find sanity. Inexhaustible energy enables
to participate in outdoor activities. Time to
relax and enjoy your visit to a relatives place.
Purchasing of electrical appliances can be
done. You need to assess the situations before
doing anything this week.
TAURUS: The efforts of people aspir
ing to join interior designing course are
likely to be handsomely rewarded. An
important development at personal front
brings jubilation for entire family. This week
longterm investment would enable to make
substantial gains. Love partner touches soul
that would take imagination to unlimited
heights. You attain a bloom in health on shar
ing happiness with others. Journey to some
famous historical place sounds exciting to
your kids. A good deal for residential property
is ahead. Inability to discuss problems with
friends is likely to create troubles later.
GEMINI: Leadership qualities and abili
ty to understand people would benefit
at work. A happy time in the company
of friends and relatives as they do many
favours to you. Financial hassles will be eased
out with the help of your friends. Someones
timely help would enable visualizing succeed
ing in love. A cheerful state of mind would
allow enjoying the perfect health. Romance is
in full bloom, a journey full of pleasure is your
crave. Time to make investments on farm
lands. Avoid taking risks especially to impress
others.
CANCER: At work you will be perfect

in whatever you do this wee k.
Enjoying the company of close rela
tives will brighten your evening. Certain
important plans will be executed, bringing
fresh financial gains. Romantic imagination
would keep you in a jovial & cheerful mood.
Divine knowledge from a saintly person pro
vides solace & comfort. Its time to travel with
innovative imagination. Your investment plans
are at full boom and you might succeed in
them. Fame and social recognition are likely to
come hard even after puttingin best efforts.
LEO: Support and appreciation from
seniors would raise your morale and
confidence. Shopping with family mem
bers will be highly pleasurable and exciting.
Speculations are likely to bring monetary prof
its. The company of love partner makes you
forget about the work. Meditation and yoga
prove beneficial for spiritual as well as physi
cal gains.
Are you longing to go on a vacation then be
ready for it? Your girlfriends desire for an
apartment might lead to its destination. Make
sure you leave aside matters that dont concern
you at all.
VIRGO: A very good week to apply for
overseas job. You will be at the lime
light in a social gathering provided you
attend. Monetary position is likely to improve
later in the week. Sudden romantic encounter
will lift your spirits. A very healthy week when
your cheerfulness gives the desired tonic and
confidence.
Be ready to hang out with your friends. Time
to plan a gift for your parents may be their
dream home. Time to learn to be satisfied
when the situation is such that you cannot eas
ily change.
LIBRA: Promotions and monetary ben

efits for dedicated professionals. You
will be the star of attraction of familys
gettogether this week. Hard work of previous
weeks brings good fortune enabling to fulfill
monetary promises. Attending a so cial
event/family function brings a romantic
encounter. You are likely to maintain good
health that would also give you success. By
traveling you will learn about new places, ulti
mately its a great deal for yourself. Its high
time to think of purchasing a new of fice.
Circumstances would require bringing judi
cious nature into play while passing on a
judgement.
SCORPIO : Pending proposals will get
implemented with the help of seniors.
Help from family members would take
care of your needs. You succeed in making
some extra cash on playing your cards well.
Your physical charm would catch the attraction
of opposite sex. A continuous positive thinking
gets rewarded as you succeed in whatever you
do this week. Pack your bags and some eata
bles and go out for a picnic. It might be the
right time to sale your empty plot as property
rates are at peak. Dont forget to verify second
hand information to find out the truth.
SAGITTARIUS: Good week for imple
menting new plans and ventures. You
will enjoy the time spent with family
members and friends. An auspicious week to
invest money on items that would grow in
value. Love life blossoms paving the way for
lovely times ahead. Creative hobbies are likely
to keep you relaxed. Many people want to fly
international and you are one of them. Your
plan for a new house will be in process very
soon. Beware and keep yourself away from
unnecessary indulging in others affairs.
CAPRICORN: Subordinates/coworkers
would be very helpful. Your generous
behaviour would enable to enjoy some
lovely moments with family. Investment on
longterm plans would pave the way for earn
ing financial gains. A romantic encounter is
likely to add spice to life. With a positive out
look & confidence, you succeed in impressing
people around you. By traveling youll learn
about new places and cultures, which is ulti
mately a great deal about yourself. Your loan
procedures for pursuing a plot will be in
process. Time to keep yourself abreast with
knowledge to impress others.
AQUARIUS: Traveling brings new
overseas business opportunities.
Friends and family members would
lend a helping hand. Improvement in finances
makes it convenient in clearing long pending
dues & bills. Romantic partner would try inno
vative methods to catch your attention. Mental
alertness would enable to solve a tricky prob
lem. You and your loved ones been busy for
quite sometimes and have finally decided to go
on a vacation. Investment in hotel industry can
be the right choice to be made. Make sure you
dont unnecessarily make life hard for yourself.
PISCES: Auspicious week to start a new
venture. An unexpected message from
a distant relative brings happy news
for the entire family. Successful execution of
brilliant ideas would help in earning financial
profits. Initiatives in love bring positive results
as you catch the desired attention. A cheerful
state of mind brings mental peace. Your next
journey is to a place which is full of natural
beauty and ravishing. Investment on construc
tion business might give fruitful results.
If possible, dont allow others to take decisions
for you.
ANNUAL PREDICTIONS: FOR THOSE BORN IN THIS WEEK

27th August, 2016
Ruled planet: Mars Ruled by no: 9
Traits in you: The vigor of you ruling planet, Mars
blesses you with energy. You are charismatic, coura
geous, enthusiastic, and intellectual. You will be a
crowd puller as you have the characteristics of intel
lectuality. You will impress people with your person
ality and talks. However, you should not behave
aggressive & short tempered. This may ruin your
image in front of others.
Health this year: The last quarter of the year will
make you seek help from a spiritual person to attain
peace of mind. You may go through minor health
related problems due to stress.
Finance this year: You will earn excellent returns if
you had invested in past. Your legal issues will be
settled in your favor this year. You may receive
money unexpectedly from friends and relatives
throughout the year. Your business trips will be suc
cessful this year and you will receive earning oppor
tunities from your trips.
Career this year: This year is the best time to go back
to your old contacts and create new contacts to receive
help to make yourself better in professional life.
Romance this year: You may get involved in a roman
tic relationship this year, which may get converted to
marriage later on.
Lucky month: November, January and February
28th August, 2016
Ruled planet: Sun Ruled by no: 1
Traits in you: Being ruled by Sun, you will be cre
ative by nature. Your other characteristics include
smartness, intelligence, and dignity and so on.
Health this year: Your younger siblings may have
some health issues, which will put you in immense
pressure.
Finance this year: You may go ahead creating new
contacts and casual relationships this year. If you
are a businessperson, there are huge opportunities
for you to start new ventures and earn lot of money
as you will be successful whatever initiative you take
this year. Your assumptions of investing will prove
to be highly beneficial.
Career this year: Art and literature are your area of
interest and you want to contribute to these fields.
However, you need to be sober and down to earth to
create a good impression. If you are a scientist or a
lawyer, you may find this year to be rewarding for
you. Women professionals in advertising and media
will also be rewarded for their good work.
Romance this year: If you are unmarried, this year

may bring romance in your lonely life.
Lucky month: October, December and May
29th August, 2016
Ruled planet: Moon Ruled by no: 2
Traits in you: The influence of your ruling planet
Moon enhances your imagination power. You are
honest, sensitive and creative by nature. You are
helpful by heart and you help people in need with
money and physical support. However, you should
not behave introvert or shy.
Health this year: The drip in the health of your par
ents might cause concern for you.
Finance this year: Your assumptions on investments
would prove to be correct and you will earn a hand
some amount of money from your investments. There
is a healthy chance of overseas travel regarding busi
ness meeting this year. The travel would be successful
and you may get new projects. You should avoid
financial transactions with casual friends as it may
result in loss and complications in relationships.
Career this year: This year may bring new opportu
nities for you. You may get promotions and transfer
orders.
Romance this year: Your partner will be supportive
enough and help you in every respect. If you are eli
gible and unmarried, you may get marriage propos
als this year.
Lucky month: October, January and March
30th August, 2016
Ruled planet: Jupiter Ruled by no: 3
Traits in you: Ambition, dignity, intelligence, confi
dence are your inborn qualities as you are under the
influence of the powerful planet Jupiter. You like
being philosophical and organized. You can impress
anyone on the earth with your intellectual behavior
and talks. However, you need not behave weird to
impress others. It may be proved to be a negative
aspect in your nature.
Health this year: You may suffer with problems in
your eyes and mouth. So you need to get your peri
odic medical checkup done on time and take pre
scribed medicines without negligence.
Finance this year: The rewards will also open the
door for you to earn much more than you are earn
ing currently. You may win a foreign contract or gov
ernment contract this year. It will enhance your busi
ness and earn a lot of money and respect for you.
You may travel abroad in the last half of the year for
business meetings. You should research well before

investing on anything. You may concede enough
money on renovation and construction activities.
Career this year: This year belongs to you as you will
be appreciated and awarded throughout the year for
your professional achievements.
Romance this year: You will be in a good mood
throughout the year as your partner will provide you
with lots of love, care and concern. If you are unmar
ried, this year may end our bachelorhood or spin
sterhood.
Lucky month: November, February and May
31st August, 2016
Ruled planet: Uranus Ruled by no: 4
Traits in you: The planet Uranus makes you active,
dependable, energetic, systematic and honest. You
have a practical approach to lead a life. You are seri
ous towards you goals and dreams.
Health this year: Some of your relatives may fall sick
suddenly and that may make you a bit bothered. You
need to drive carefully at night as there are chances
of accident this year.
Finance this year: This year is very productive for
you in terms of investments. You should put your
money in real estate as it is very much rewarding
this year. You will be benefited from you near and
dear ones as they will support you financially.
Career this year: You want to realize your aspira
tions by working hard. You put your duties in high
esteem. However, you have to control on your behav
ioural approach. You should not show your stub
bornness to your colleagues.
Romance this year: You will find extra love and con
cern from your spouse. You may tie your knots if
you are unmarried.
Lucky month: September, December, March, April
1st September, 2016
Ruled planet: Sun Ruled by no: 1
Traits in you: Due to the positive effects of your rul
ing planet Sun, you will have the characteristics of a
good human being. By nature, you are accountable,
unique, courageous, committed, competitive, coordi
nated and intelligent. You should work on your nega
tive personality traits such as selfishness, dependen
cy and pessimism.
Health this year: You need to take an appropriate
care of your health. You may fall sick in the middle
months of the year though those will not be serious.
If you are a sportsperson, you need to be very care
ful for your diet and nutrition to perform better in

your sporting events.
Finance this year: You may get benefits from your
investments later this year. This year seems to be an
ideal one to start investing in business, land or gold.
Your efforts to earn money may pay off this time.
You may go for new partnerships. However, you
should verify the financial background of your part
ner for your financial security.
Career this year: The nature of your professional work
will allow you find many new job opportunities with
high salaries. You should take up a new job to flourish
in your career. You will gain required expertise in
your profession & perform better than ever.
Romance this year: You will spend a peaceful life
with your love interest this year. You will lead a
blissful life with your beloved with lots of love, care,
concern, and support.
Lucky month: September and November
2nd September, 2016
Ruled planet: Moon Ruled by no: 2
Traits in you: Your ruler, the Moon makes you a very
friendly individual. You are simple, confident, realis
tic, sincere, and optimistic. You are very innovative
and try to perform your work in a different and effi
cient way. You need to work hard on your character
istics of being jealous and insensitive at times.
Health this year: Your health will remain fine.
However, you may suffer from various minor diseases
say cough, cold, body pain, loss of sleep and so on. To
enjoy a very healthy life, you need to get a good con
trol on your diet. You have to stay away from alcohol
and cigarettes to avoid any organ dysfunction.
Finance this year: Your past investments may yield a
lot of money for you this year. You need to be extra
cautions while investing huge amounts as it is a bit
risky to put money on unpredictable things. Overall,
you will enjoy a strong financial condition.
Career this year: You will be successful professional
ly this year. You will be additional responsibility and
you will well execute them to perfection. Your suc
cess may get you various awards and rewards as
well. You may share your ideas with the higher man
agement as it would help you grow quickly.
Romance this year: If you are yet to be in a relation
ship, this year is the ideal time to find a partner. You
will get ample support from your spouse in any critical
decision you have to take. You should show your love
to your partner as it strengthens your relationship.
Lucky month: November , February , April and May
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Aug 27-Sep 2, 2016
SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
Dealing with stress and anger
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
ife is challenging. Every day

people face situations that
can make one feel stress and
anger. Modern science has proven
the af fects stress and anger have
on the health and wellness of our
body and mind. Is there any way
that we can deal with stress and
anger so that it does not create
stressrelated illness of our body
and mind? Is there a way that we
can face the tension of life in a way
that we maintain calm and equa
nimity physically, mentally, emo
tionally, and spiritually?
The combined wisdom of the
saints and mystics from ancient
India and the current research by
scientists, medical doctors, and
researchers point to the same
answer: we can reduce stress and
anger and maintain optimum
health and wellness through the
practice of meditation.
As life has become more com
plex, we interact with many people
in the course of the day. Any one of
these can result in stress.
Whenever there are disagreements
between two or more people, or
things do not go the way we
expect, this can lead to anger. In
the past, when people lived and
worked on a farm or from their
homes, there were fewer interac
tions with others. However, today,
we have many opportunities
throughout the day in which we
meet and interact with others.
People have stress on the job.
When we are raising a family,
there is stress over the health of
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
ourselves or our loved ones, their

schooling, their financial dif ficul
ties, or living in a household with
multiple people. With the economic
difficulties of modern life, we have
financial stress. As students, either
in a school or college, or in training
for our career, we have to worry
about our grades in school and our
test scores. We worry about
whether we will be accepted into a
school or training facility, and once
there, whether we will pass so we
can get a job in our chosen career.
Once we have a job, there is stress
about keeping it with the stiff com
petition workers face, or we worry
what will happen if we lose the
job? The terminal illness or death
of a family member or loved
one creates tremen
dous pain and stress
in our lives. There is
also stress caused
by interperson
al relation
ship prob
lems.
bear out the positive effect medita

tion has on the health and wellness
of our body and mind. The most
beneficial gains from meditation
are that it reduces stress and
anger, which in turn reduce our
risk for stress re lated illness.
Numerous diseases have been
linked to stress, such as cancer,
stroke, heart problems, digestive
problems, circulation problems,
migraine headaches, skin prob
lems, and others. By reducing
stress, we can minimize our risk
for these problems, prevent them,
and mitigate them if we already
tory technique called Jyoti

Meditation, which involves sitting
quietly, focusing our attention
within, and experiencing the peace
and calm within us. For more
instructions, many resources relat
ed to meditation can be found at
www.sos.org A few other factors
can help us reduce our stress and
anger. New research is showing the
value of a vegetarian diet. By eat
ing plantbased foods, we also can
reduce our risk of many diseases.
Illness produces its own stress not
on only our body, our families, our
work, but also on our finances. If
we can remain healthy through
healthy eating such as a vegetarian
diet, we can also reduce stress.
Selfless service to others also
reduces stress. When we
are a contributing mem
ber of a community, we
are calmer and happier.
This reduces ten
sion and stress.
By being of
serv
From morning until night, we face

one or more of these situations
that cause stress or which makes
us feel angry.
The good news is that there is a
solution to dealing with stress and
anger. From ancient times, saints
and mystics have taught medita
tion as a way to remain calm and
peaceful. In the past few decades,
the practice of meditation has
gained popularity in countries all
over the world. While people have
been practicing meditation
because they recognize how good
it makes them feel, there is the
added bonus contributed by med
ical researchers and doctors that
prove why we feel so good when
we meditate. These medical studies
have them. Spending daily time in

meditation contributes to our
health and wellness.
Two meditation techniques we
use in Science of Spirituality
Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission are
simple to do and can be practiced
by anyone of any age in their
homes or wherever they like. It
does not require difficult postures
or asanas, and can be performed
anywhere at any time. One is the
Shabd Meditation, or Meditation
on the Light and Sound. This pro
vides us an inner connection to a
source of happiness, peace, and
bliss within us. It is like having an
internal retreat that we can visit
anytime we want to recharge and
refresh. The second is an introduc
ice to others, we create a joyful life

for ourselves and make life better
for others. When we think of oth
ers first, it helps take our attention
away from our own problems.
As a byproduct of meditation, we
realize the same light within us is
in all others. We realize that at the
level of soul or spirit, all humanity
is one. We begin to develop love
for all and treat others kindly as
members of one family. As we
become more loving and calm, we
eliminate much of our stress and
anger. We replace stress and anger
with love and tolerance for all,
making our own lives and that of
others more peaceful.
Here are some easy tips to help
us when we feel anger arise in our
daily lives:
Tip 1: We can remove ourselves
from the situation and go some
where to quietly meditate. This
gives us a break from the situation
so we can calm down, slow down
our heart rate and brain waves to a
calmer state, and then return with
the equipoise to deal more peace
fully with the situation.
Tip 2: When we return to the
stressful situation after meditating,
try to talk things over. Listen calm
ly to what the other person has to
say and see if there is any truth to
it. If so, we can apologize if we
have done or said something to
hurt them, and resolve to refrain
from repeating that action or those
words. After the other person has
felt heard and that we truly lis
tened, they may be more open to
hear things from our point of view.
We can then share our side of the
incident, so they can understand us
as we have tried to understand
them. We can then discuss a way to
have a winwin solution or compro
mise. In this way, we can use con
flict resolution to work out a prob
lem without resorting to anger and
violence.
Tip 3: We can look at the source
of our anger, which is often ego.
We get angry when things are not
going our way. It could be that we
want to control others, have power
over others, or make others do
what we want. If we can step back
and find ways to make things work
out in a way that is mutually bene
ficial for all parties, we are happy,
others are happy, and we have
made the environment peaceful.
Through daily meditation, lead
ing a calm, peaceful life becomes a
habit. Over time, a habit turns into
our nature. Day by day, we trans
form ourselves into peaceful, non
violent, and calm people and radi
ate that to others. The ripple effect
of our calmness and equipoise
spreads and it will not be long
before we have a peaceful family,
community, and world. Peace
begins with each of us.
SECRET TO ENLIGHTENED LIVING
here is a quotation by the great Greek philosopher, Socrates. Once he said, Our prayers
should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. This quote
coincides with the prayer to God to give us whatever is good for us.
Time and again, whenever we demand something from God that is continually denied to us,
it is usually because we are asking for something that is not good for us ultimately.
There have been many instances in which people prayed to God for something, and God did
not grant their wish. Later they came to learn that receiving the wish would not have been a
good thing after all. Will a mother allow the child to have poison? The child may cry for it and
throw a tantrum, but if it is poison, the mother will not grant it. Instead the mother will give
the child what is best for him or her. The child may not realize it at the time, but as the child
grows and learns, the child is grateful for all the things the mother denied him or her that
were ultimately not good. Many people are anxious about making choices. The way to be
sure we make the right choices about what to pray for is to pray that God gives us what is
best for us. God makes no mistake. Rather than pray for something that may or may not be
the best for us, let us pray for Gods will for us.
What are the spiritual pearls to enlightened living?
f we relax and rest in Gods will, we will

find that everything works out for the
best in the long run. Meditation is a
pro cess of re laxing in Go ds w ill.
Meditation provides a time when we can
let go of all clutching and praying for this
thing and that. It is a time in which we sit
in a state of stillness and surrender to
Gods will. It is a chance to let go of all our
wants and desires. We merely sit in a
receptive mood and ask God to grant
what is best for us. We will find that God
will give us much more than we had
expected.
That is the secret to enlightened living.
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Pomp & pride at

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Donald Trump to address Hindu

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against terror, is scheduled for

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Dr Samarth Joseph Espoir Youth

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India's Deputy Permanent Representative

that transferred nuclear knowhow and

India - West Indies T20s in Florida to develop cricket in USA

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Donald Trump to address

Jaipur (India) Bureau

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Contributing Editors: Meenakshi Iyer,

President: Arjit Mehta

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Rajat Gupta's plea to overturn

The IAB Council is an umbrella

New York: Indian American former

Exhusband of stepmother accused

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