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PALLAVIVARMAon daring togive up every-thing in pur-suit of pas-sion, and themagic that istheatre.

JAGAN MEETS ‘AVAILABLE’ MLAsA beleaguered YS Jaganmohan Reddy closeted

with the available ‘ousted’ Congress legislators who havebeen sailing with him at his residence on Saturday morn-

ing to discuss the way forward. It is widelyspeculated that Jagan is being cornered by the Congressand that the inevitable is imminent. The legislators who

attended the meeting included G Srikanth Reddy,Chennakesava Reddy, Srinivasulu and Konda Surekha.

VIKRAMVUPPALA

on making themove from

engineeringinto healthcare,and realising along-cherished

dream.

LILO LINESLindsay Lohan admits that

she has learned from her baddecisions. Only time will tell.

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Where: Nift auditoriumMadhapur

When: March 3, 7.30pmContact: (040) 2311 0841

Voice and VentriloquyGallery Space presents Voice andVentriloquy- a solo show bySubroto Chowdhury . The exhibi-tion is on till March 10.Where: Gallery Space,

Banjara HillsWhen: Ongoing, 11am to 7pmContact: (040) 6554 1836

ChowrastaCatch the painting exhibitionChowrasta featuring artistes suchas Natraj S, Thirumala M Thirupathi,Srinivas Mouni and Subodh Singh.Where: Shrishti Art Gallery,

Jubilee HillsWhen: Ongoing, 11amContact: (040) 2354 0023

Go SplashSplash lounge is the perfectleisure destination for you tounwind at the poolside. During theevenings, the atmosphere getsromantic with great music, martinisand apertifs.Where: The Westin, MadhapurWhen: Monday-Friday,

5pm-10.30pmWeekends, 8am-10.30pm

Contact: (040) 6767 6828

Naveena awardsTV 9 Naveena is organising TheNaveena Mahila Awards on Marchat Prasad’s Preview Theatre to hon-our rural woman who fight againstsocial evils.Where: Prasad’s Preview Theatre,

Banjara HillsWhen: March 3, 10.30 am

KalighatVictoria Memorial and London’sVictoria hall and Albert museumpresent Kalighat, an exhibition ofpaintings from Kalighat.The exhibi-tion features 100s of paintings by15 contemporary artists currentlyworking in rural Bengal.Where: Salarjung Museum,

CharminarWhen: Ongoing, 10amContact: (040) 2452 3211

Art from the heartMuse Art Gallery presents a charityart show by Anjum Mohammadi(Karachi).Where: Muse Gallery, Tank BundWhen: Ongoing, 11amContact: (040) 2752 2999

Any doubts?A Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awardwinning drama set in 1960s in NewYork, Doubt is a strong dramaabout the conflict when theschool’s principal suspects abeloved and progressive parishpriest of molesting an altar boy. Where: ,Lamakaan

Banjara HillsWhen: March 3, 7.30pmContact: 96427 31329

Classical jugalbandiA Bharatanatyam and KathakJugalbandi by Nirupama & Rajendrawill be held at Where: Ravindra Bharati,

SaifabadWhen: March 3, 6.30pmContact: (040) 2323 3672

Midnight BuffetMidnight hunger pangs?Head to Best Western for it’s mid-night buffet where you can enjoyHyderabadi dum biryani andlive dosa with chicken curryevery night.Where: Best Western

Jubilee HillsWhen: Ongoing,

10.30pm-2.30amContact: 80083 00373

Solo performanceAs a part of Rangsutra catch a soloperformance based on the relation-ship between Krishn & Draupadi.Maiin Krishna Krish Ki is presentedby Avitoko from Chennai.

colourful bagh Khadi sarees,Maheshwari sarees, cotton andpoly khadi dress material alongwith products made by SHG’s.Where: Institute of Engineers,

KhairtabadWhen: Ongoing, 10amContact: (040) 2339 4969

Musical concertAnandaPriya Foundation for Artsand Learning present a ConcertLecture on Hindustani and CarnaticMelodic Structures by Shri SriramParasuram. The event will be heldat the Amphi Theatre, Road No 8,Banjara Hills on March 5.Where: The Amphi Theatre,

Saptaprni, Banjara HillsWhen: March 5, 7pm

Through her eyesIconart Art Gallery plays host to‘Through her eyes’- an art exhibi-tion by Priyanka Poogalia. The exhi-bition is on till March 4.Where: Iconart, Banjara HillsWhen: Ongoing, 11.30amContact: 98499 68797

WeavesWeaves — A Cotton and Silk spectrum is being held. Head therefor your pick of sarees.Where: Imperial Gardens,

SecunderabadWhen: Ongoing, 11am to 9 pmContact: (040) 30522000

Momo CaféMomo Café at the Marriot presentsa new A-La-Carte Menu with delicacies such as Thai,ClassicWestern, Oriental and South Indian. Where: Hyderabad Marriot,

Tank BundWhen: OngoingContact: (040) 2752 2999

Food for thoughtManthan along with KalpanaSharma host a discussion on ‘Whatshould we do about dowry?’Where: Vidyaranya School,

SaifabadWhen: March 3, 6pmContact: (040) 2323-7789

Acting workshopSamahaara- an acting anddancing workshop is beingheld. The workshop focusses on avariety of topics such as under-standing the basics of stage acting,character analysis, stage andrehearsal terms, movement andstage geography.Where: The Actor’s studio,

MadhapurWhen: Ongoing, 7pm to 9pmContact: 98854 04784

Silk UtsavMadhya Pradesh Khadi & VillageIndustries Board, Bhopal is hostingan MP Silk Utsav.Head to the exhi-bition for a variety of exotic &

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CITY 3

Air Customs officials of the RGIairport detained a passengerbound for Malayasia carrying

an unexplained cash amount of `6lakh last night. The lawful limit is `1

lakh. Officials found that the passenger, Ganesh, 28, also held a

Malaysian passport. He is suspected to be linked with the

hawala racket.

Man held with `6 lakh

The Special Investigation Team(SIT) of the Anti-CorruptionBureau (ACB) launched a major

crackdown across the State on theliquor syndicates on Saturday morning.The sleuths have launched searches inHyderabad, Visakhapatnam andKhammam. Searches are on at theHyderabad residences of senior offi-cials of Excise of Warangal.

Raids on excise officials

The relay hunger strikes by theFederation of AP Small IndustriesAssociation entered the third day

and over 30 women entrepreneurs par-ticipated on Saturday. APK Reddy,president of the association, said thatthe government should ensure uninter-rupted power supply to small andmedium enterprises and also save 1.61lakh SMEs across the State.

FAPSIA stir enters third day


Is the stage set for the arrest ofYS Jaganmohan Reddy? Theacceptance of the resignationby Nellore MP Mekapati

Rajamohan Reddy by Lok SabhaSpeaker Miera Kumar two daysago; the disqualification of 16Congress legislators owing alle-giance to Jagan in a late nightdevelopment just a day after GaliJanardhana Reddy was movedout of Chanchalguda jail toBangalore are all pointing to the

imminent arrest of Jagan.Allagadda MLA Shobha Nagi

Reddy told Postnoon on Saturdaythat the Speaker was takingdecisions at the behest of theCongress high command. In caseof Jagan’s arrest, sympathyfrom the people would engulfthe State like a tsunami. Onevisit by the already-aggrieved YSVijayalakshmi would result in acomplete wash out of theCongress and the TDP.

She exuded confidence thatall the 17 MLAs and one MP ofthe YSR Congress would bereturned with best-ever marginswhenever by-elections were con-ducted. The Congress might beunder the impression that itcould buy time to undo the dam-

age it inflicted to its own votebank. But that’s far-fetched.

Official spokesperson of theYSR Congress Ambati Rambabu

sought to know as to how theCBI could arrest Jagan. “Henever held any office in the Stateor the Centre. If they dare do it,the government will have to facethe consequences.” The result ofKovur Assembly constituencywould itself indicate that belltolls for Congress. People beganto believe that Jagan was beingcornered, he said.

The disqualification of the 16legislators happened for the firsttime in the history of indepen-dent India after the advent ofAnti-Defection Law.

The disqualification waseffected under Section 21 (A) and(B) of the Tenth Schedule of theConstitution of India on 13MLAs, while three MLAs were

disqualified under Section 21 B. The MLAs actually resigned

their membership of theAssembly on August 24 resent-ing the inclusion of the name ofthe late CM YS RajasekharaReddy’s name in the FIR filed bythe CBI.

The 16 Congress MLAsdefied the party whip and votedin favour of the no-confidencemotion moved by the TeluguDesam Party against the NKiran Kumar Reddy-ledCongress Government onDecember 5.

The CBI will have to file acharge-sheet within 90 days offiling an FIR. The deadline forthe charge-sheet is likely to endin the first week of April.

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Decks cleared for arrest?

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The tension in the air waspalpable. Some sat aroundbiting their nails, a few just

walked around listlessly, whileothers struck up nervous conver-sations with their neighbours.All the while though, there wasjust one thought on everyone’smind — “I hope my child recallseverything he/she has studiedand aces the exam.” Even as thestudents raced to complete theiranswer papers, parents waitedanxiously outside exam centresin the City on the first two daysof the Intermediate examina-tions. Unmindful of the blazingsun and sweltering heat, the par-ents patiently waited for theirchildren to finish their exams —be it on the footpaths, air condi-tioned cars or under trees.

As per the rules, parents whocome to drop their children at

exam centres cannot enter thepremises. So they did the nextbest thing — wait right outsidewishing their children luck andsending up silent prayers hopingfor their children to emerge with

flying colours. “When I gave myfirst board exam my whole fami-ly came to the exam center formoral support. Back then I won-dered why they were all sotensed. But today my husband

and I are waiting outside StFrancis Junior College as mydaughter is writing her Boardexams. I now understand whymy parents came along withme,” recalls Sudha K, a parent.

The fact that the parents did-n’t mind waiting for three longhours goes to show the highexpectations the children have tolive up to. The stress of the com-petition is heating up not justamongst students, but their par-ents as well.

“More than class X results, itis the intermediate board examresults that are more crucial.These exams will decide myson’s future hence I am here tooffer him moral support andcheer him on,” says KrishnaRao, a parent.

While for most of us thesegestures may come across astouching, according to psycholo-gists and counsellors, examstoday have become testing timesfor parents more than children.“It’s not the college but the par-ents who stress their child. Theyjust want to prove that my childis better than yours,” saysAbhinav Reddy, a psychologist.

Aspirations have come toa full circle. After beingknocked off its highpedestal by the sunrise

industry, the coveted civil ser-vices have once again capturedthe imagination of the young. Agrowing number of candidatesare appearing in the examina-tions that included highly quali-fied techies. Andhra Pradesh hasdone well with 70 of its 550 can-didates getting through, andHyderabad takes the cake.

It was no easy job to get inthough. It requires a megaton ofpatience and interests to pursuethe studies. Out of 12,993 candi-dates who appeared for theexamination throughout thecountry, just 2,418 have managedto secure qualifying marks. Ofthese only 900 candidates areexpected to be appointed by theUPSC. Unlike other exams, theprocess for UPSC takes morethan one and a half years’ time.Given the tough competition oneis more prepared for rejectionthat selection. We speak to someof them.

Shivaji Anguru: A sales

executive in Reliance, he quit hisjob two years back to prepare forthe exam. After failing in hisfirst attempt he worked harderand success smiled at him thesecond time round.

His only ladder to successwas read less and think more.“The UPSC demands more ofthinking than information.Unfortunately our education sys-tem gives us a lot of unwantedbaggage. One first needs to un-learn what they’ve learnt inschool and college,” he says.

Talking about the mistakeshe made last time, he says, “Thebiggest mistake that I made wasfailing to practice writing. Thisis a mistake most people make.Once they finish studying theythink they know everything butthe main catch is to practicewriting. In 25 minutes one has towrite 500 to 550 words.” He isspiritual but not religious andhe says trust in oneself is themain asset.

Guru M: After working forfour years in the IT industry andsaving enough to sustain him fora few years Guru quit his job topursue his dream.“Psychological supportfrom friends and family areimportant during the years ofpreparation. The preparationstage is very demanding. Manythink that it’s like any otherexam and one clears it in the

very first attempt.” This atheist, believes in hard

work and self confidence. “Whilepreparing there are several peo-ple who will give you advice. Butyou should your discretion.There are two things to keep inmind while preparing, one is tochoose the right subjects. Basingon illusions one should notchoose his subjects. Choosing asubject on the basis of marks iswrong.” And, of working underpoliticians he has no qualms.“People have chosen them andwe need to respect their choiceand work under them,” he says.Guru says mains are the mostimportant section to clear. He isexpecting India’s future in thenext 30 years as the main topicin the forthcoming interview.

Vijay Anand: Although thisMBA graduate could not clearthe exam this time, he takes it inhis stride. “How will I grow if Idon’t give myself the permissionto fail?” he says, adding, “I madea mistake in choosing the wrongtechnical subject and not prac-ticing writing.”

“There are new trends beingobserved since the last fiveyears. One is IT professionalsare entering into this field andthe other is the children of for-mer civil servants succeed morein examinations, says GopalKrishna, director, Brain TreeIndia coaching centre.

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On top of the world

Parents cheer intermediate students from the bleachers

SUDESHNA KOKA

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Grinding study, thinking, practicing writing and preparing one’s mind for rejection are,in sum, the mantra of the triumphant candidates of the civil examinations this year. Postnoon

speaks with a few of them for the benefits of aspirants

n The intermediate examscommenced on Friday andthe examination was conducted smoothly allacross the State.

n Only one case of imperson-ation was reported. Theincident occurred in GovtJunior College, Sathupally,Khammam district and acase was registered againstthe culprit, Karri Mallesh.

n No of students who tookthe test: 92.83 per cent

n No of students absent:70284

n Hall tickets denied: 20,000n Malpractice cases: 36

FOCUS 5SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

Maryam Sultana &Darshani [email protected]

Being in the dumps forquite some time, theface of the StateCentral Library is

changing for good, makingstudents of all streams flocktowards it. With its growingpopularity among the youngand old the glory days arehere again

The State CentralLibrary located in Afzalgunj,is one of the most imposingstructures in the city, andwas granted heritage statusin 1998.

Constructed in 1891, oflate the library is being ren-ovated to suit the growingneeds and demands of therapidly increasing readers.

“I’ve been coming to thislibrary for the last 6 months,I find it pretty good. The col-lection is impressive, espe-cially in the text book sec-tion. I am really happy withthe changes that are takingplace here. Both the infras-tructure and the collection isimproving,” says Rakesh, anEngineering student fromSri Indu EngineeringCollege.

The setting of thislibrary is beautiful, you canfind many students spread-ing newspapers under theshade of trees in the lawn,sitting on them, and study-ing devotedly for theirexams. Chetan, an engineer-ing student says, “This placeis very serene. It helps metake refuge from the con-stant hustle-bustle happen-

ing at the college. Here, I justfeel like studying, the atmo-sphere is appealing for manystudents like me. You canfind the library filled withstudents, both inside andoutside.”

Be it students of Arts,Commerce or Sciences, youwill find all sorts under oneroof on the eve of Exams. “Ifind all kinds of books here.SCL is very useful, the col-lection here is massive andbroad. The renovationsbrought about last year hasmade this place more com-fortable, I spend much moretime studying here,” saysVaibhav, student of B.Pharmacy.

Shankarappa, the incharge of the text book sec-tion at the Central Library,adds, “The new blocks have

been completely renovated,but for the main block therewon’t be large scale renova-tions. Since it’s an old build-ing, we have to be careful.But changes will be broughtabout. We’re looking atimproving the condition ofthe building, and re arrang-ing, cleaning up and addingmore books to the library.”

The library has an excel-lent collection of over fourmillion books publishedsince the early 19th century,including books in English,Hindi, Telugu, Tamil,Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit,Urdu, Arabic and Persian.Nearly 17,000 manuscriptsdating to the fifth and sixthcenturies were transferredto the Andhra PradeshOriental ManuscriptsLibrary in 1967.

After years of lying in a dilapidated condition, the State Central Library inAfzalgunj has been given its due. Partly renovated now, the library is back

to having students fill its halls. We take a look

Revived and restored!

Other Libraries in the City

1Archeological Museum Library,Gunfoundry

2 British Library, Secretariat Road

3 City Central Library, Chikkadpally

4Indo-American Studies Centre forInternational Studies, Osmania University

5 Osmania University Library

6 Vivekananda Library, Ramakrishna MathCampus

7 NIMSME library, Yousufguda

MARYAM SULTANA

NATION 6

Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists protest during the shooting of afilm on Osama bin Laden by Oscar-winning director KathrynBigelow in Chandigarh on Friday. Activists protested against thehoisting of Pakistani flags during the shooting of the film. PTI

UP IN ARMS

PANAJI: Around 20 per centballoting was reported in Goa in

the first two hours of elections topick a 40-member assembly on

Saturday. North Goa districtwhich reported 21 per cent vot-ing has 23 assembly segments,while South Goa district which

clocked 17 per cent voting, has17 assembly segments.

Brisk voting in GoaMUMBAI: Beleaguered MumbaiCongress leader KripashankarSingh, facing charges of amass-ing illegal wealth, today said hehad done nothing wrong and willfight “as per law.” Accusing me -d ia of unfairly targeting him andhis family, the former Cong resspresident also said he was notabsconding as being reported.

‘I have done no wrong’WASHINGTON: To mark the10th anniversary of Gujarat com-munal riots, a Democrat lawmak-er has introduced a resolution inthe House of Representativesurging the state government torestore religious freedom,recognising the suffering of thepeople affected by the 2002 vio-lence in Gujarat.

Religious freedom

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LUCKNOW: Brisk polling tookplace on Saturday in the seventhand final phase of Uttar Pradesh’sstaggered elections in 60 assemblyseats across 10 districts. Twopolling officers died of heart attackwhile 17 women constables goingfor polling duty were injured in anaccident.

Voting at 9am was 10.06 percent. As many as 17 women consta-bles headed for polling duty wereinjured on Saturday in Moradabadwhen a mini-bus carrying themoverturned.

The women, who are undergo-ing police training, were on theirway to polling stations for electionduty when their vehicle turned tur-tle, police said.

Deputy Inspector General ofPolice (Moradabad) Amitabh Yashtold that while 14 were dischargedafter first aid, three women consta-bles had “slightly serious injuries”.

The returning officers at twobooths — one each in Bijnor andMoradabad — died of heart attacklate on Friday night.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)

Umesh Sinha said that followingthe deaths, alternate arrangementswere made at both the booths sothat the voting process was nothampered.

The electorate numbering18,227,281 — men 10,024,588, women8,201,987 and others 706 — will sealthe fate of 962 candidates, includ-ing 100 women candidates.

The political parties contestingin this phase include BahujanSamaj Party, Bharatiya JanataParty, Congress, NationalistCongress Party and Samajwadi

Party. The number of EVMs beingused in this phase is 48,533, whilethe total number of polling stationsare 18,957.

The assembly constituencieswith maximum number of candi-dates are Bithari Chainpur andBareilly Cantt, both in Bareilly dis-trict, with 27 in the fray whileGunnaur (Badaun) with seven can-didates is the constituency withminimum number of candidates.

Votes for the 403 assembly constituencies will be countedMarch 6. IANS

NEW DELHI: Water levels of amajor river flowing through India’snortheast are “normal,” an Indiangovernment official said Friday, deny-ing claims a dam in neighbouringChina had caused them to plunge.

The senior official in India’sMinistry of Water Resources in NewDelhi said there had been “no reduc-tion in the flow” of water in theBrahmaputra River which has itssource in China’s southwestern Tibetregion.

The Indian Central WaterCommission, which measures theriver, has found the levels are “nor-mal,” the official told AFP, asking notto be named.

“There have been no suddenchanges in the river’s flow and thereis no need for India to worry or pressthe panic button,” he said.

The official’s statements came asChina earlier on Friday denied allega-tions that a dam it was building onthe river had affected the lower reach-es of the waterway in northeasternIndia.

“Our projects have not affectedthe lower stream regions, includingthose in India,” China’s foreign min-istry spokesman Hong Lei toldreporters in Beijing.

China pays attention to theimpact on the lower stream regionswhen developing its water resources,Hong said.

Tako Dabi, a lawmaker in India’sArunachal Pradesh state, triggeredconcern on Thursday about water lev-els by claiming that they had droppedand accusing China of diverting theriver water on its side.

Likar Angu, chief engineer of theArunachal Pradesh state waterresources department, told on Friday that “one can see a few drypatches” in the Brahmaputra Riverbut the river level was higher thanlast year.

“This is a lean period and obvi-ously the water discharge is lower,but compared to last year on this day,the water level is 80 centimetresmore,” Angu said.

The Brahmaputra River is knownin China’s Tibet region as the YarlungTsangpo and it enters India inArunachal Pradesh, where it is calledthe Siang.

The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometre)river then descends into the plains ofadjoining Assam state and ends inBangladesh in the Bay of Bengal,along the way supplying water tohundreds of millions of farmers andresidents.

“To satisfy the needs the TibetAutonomous Region, China hasbegun to build the hydroelectricpower station of Zangmu in the mid-dle part of Yarlung Tsangpo river,”China’s spokesman Hong said onFriday.

“It does not have a big capacityand does not retain an excessiveamount of water. It will not affect thedownstream water regulation andenvironment.”

Beijing has regularly faced com-plaints over its water usage fromSoutheast Asian nations fordamming the Mekong and Salweenrivers, both of which originate inChina.

AFP

UP to decide Azhar fate

Water levels ofriver ‘normal’:Indian official

Prohibitoryorders inB’lore courts

All courts inBangalore will

remain closed onSaturday afterFriday’s violence,according toreports. Advocatesattacked media per-sons in theBangalore civilcourt on Fridaymorning during thehearing of an illegalmining case againstformer minister GJanardhana Reddy.

The violence leftat least 32 policemen(including a deputycommissioner ofpolice) —10 journal-ists and seven advo-cates injured.

The violencestarted around 11amand went on all day.The police had toresort to lobbyingteargas shells andbaton charges tocontrol protestors.Prohibitory ordershave been imposedin and around thecourt complex fortwo days.

While city policechief Jyoti PrakashMirji failed to bringthe situation quick-ly under control,chief minister DVSadananda Gowdapleaded ignorance.

Pakistan will normalisetrade with India by the end

of 2012, Islamabad announced,signalling its commitment toliberalising trade with itsregional rival.

Pakistan will normalisetrade with India by the end ofthis year, the governmentannounced, signallingIslamabad’s commitment tofollowing through on a pledgelast year to liberalise tradewith its regional rival.

A government statementsaid Pakistan will phase outrestrictions on most importsfrom India by December 2012,the Associated Press reports,reflecting weakening opposi-tion to trade ties between thetwo countries from Islamistgroups and the military.

Formal trade between the

Pakistan and India is worth$2.7 billion a year, according tothe BBC. The World Bank esti-mates that trade couldincrease to as much as $9 bil-lion if barriers are lifted.

Islamabad currentlyimposes severe restrictions ona wide variety of goods,including sugar and textiles,and Pakistani traders can onlylegally import around 2,000items from India. The decisionnow means that Pakistaniscan import anything fromIndia except for 1,200 items ona ‘negative list’ which is to beeliminated by the end of theyear, according to TheHindustan Times.

The push to remove tradebarriers between the pair havefuelled hopes of closer politi-cal links.

Pakistan, India tonormalise trade

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Syria targeting journalists

Chicago: At least six people werekilled and one small town was

‘gone’ as more than six dozen tor-nados tore across the central

United States on Friday. Five otherdeaths were reported, but have not

yet been officially confirmed. Thelatest wave of storms comes after a

string of twisters killed 13 peopleearlier in the week.

Tornados rip central USWashington DC: Obama warned againsta premature attack on Iran, while Israelileader Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Israelhad the right to self-defence and neededroom to manoeuvre. But in an apparentnod to Netanyahu, Obama said if sanc-tions failed to curb Tehran's atomicambitions, military action against Iraniannuclear facilities should not be ruledout.

Obama warns IsraelChicago: British Petroleum said on Fridayit reached a $7.8 billion deal to settleclaims from fishermen and other privateclaimants affected by the Gulf of Mexicooil spill ahead of the start of a blockbusterUS trial. The settlement does not affectwhat is anticipated to be tens of billions infines and claims from the US governmentand the coastal states and local govern-ments impacted by the spill.

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PARIS: Syrian forces seemed to bedirectly targeting journalists in Homs,wounded French reporter EdithBouvier and photographer WilliamDaniels said on Saturday, after escap-ing the besieged city.

"There were at least five successiveexplosions, very near. We really had theimpression that we were directly tar-geted," the pair were quoted as sayingafter their return to Paris on Friday.

The rocket attack on February 22 inthe flashpoint Baba Amr area of Homskilled French photographer RemiOchlik as well as veteran SundayTimes reporter Marie Colvin, andwounded Bouvier and British photog-rapher Paul Conroy.

Paris prosecutors on Friday opened

a murder probe into the attack. Thebodies of Ochlik and Colvin weremeanwhile formally identified inDamascus by the French and Polishambassadors.

Le Figaro reporter Bouvier sus-tained multiple fractures to her legfrom the rocket attack on a makeshiftmedia centre in Baba Amr.

Bouvier, 31 and Daniels, 34, weresmuggled out of Syria to Beirut byactivists and were greeted by relativesand French President Nicolas Sarkozywhen they arrived on Friday at aFrench airbase near Paris.

The two Figaro journalists recount-ed their harrowing experience from thetime on February 22 when Syrian rock-ets began hitting the ‘press centre’.

Colvin and Ochlik were the first toleave. A missile landed in front of thepress centre. The explosion was massive,Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik werepractically at the point of impact. Theywere killed on the spot. The injuredBouvier couldn't move her leg. "Iscreamed" and Syrian insurgent fighterstook the journalists to a field hospital ina nearby house.

The two French journalists weretrapped for days. "We didn't know any-thing... was the way blocked? Were theSyrian troops coming? I really wanted toflee, before remembering that I wasimmobilised," said Bouvier who waseventually moved out on a stretcher.

Their exact route out remains asecret, though the two French journal-ists recounted how they were shelteredby locals along the way "despite therisks". They eventually reached Lebanonlate on Thursday and were repatriated toFrance the following day. AFP

Journalist Edith Bouvier smiles as firefighters carry her into an ambulance.AFP/JACQUES DEMARTHON

Photographer William Daniels on his arrivalin France. AFP/JACQUES DEMARTHON

DAMASCUS: The UN demanded on Fridaythat Syria allow in humanitarian aid after aRed Cross relief mission to a vanquishedrebel stronghold was blocked, as fears grewof brutal reprisals by regime forces. In NewYork, UN leader Ban Ki-moon demanded thatSyria unconditionally let in humanitarianaid.

"The Syrian authorities must open with-out any preconditions to humanitarian com-munities," Ban told a press briefing at theUN headquarters.

"It is totally unacceptable, intolerable.How as a human being can you bear... thissituation," he said.

But Syria's UN envoy Bashar Jaafariaccused the UN chief of ‘slandering’

President Bashar al-Assad's governmentwith his accounts of the deadly crackdownon opposition protests.

The United States called all countries tocondemn the ‘horrific’ brutality in Syria asPresident Barack Obama declared thatAssad's days were numbered.

Syria has refused to let UN humanitarianchief Valerie Amos into the country, but Bansaid the UN still hoped to persuade PresidentBashar al-Assad to allow her entry to makean aid assessment. His comments came afterthe Red Cross said Syria had blocked an aidconvoy from entering Baba Amr, which wasoverrun by regime forces on Thursday afterrebel fighters retreated in the face of theirwithering assault. AFP

Red Cross barred from Baba Amr

Readers’ viewsWe invite you to write to us comments, sugges-tions or just about anything to [email protected] or #1246,Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No62, Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad – 500 033 oreven by way of a call on4067 2222.

COMMENT 8

The Central government's decisionto amend the Motor Vehicles Actis a welcome move. Of late, the

number of accidents has been on therise in Hyderabad due to negligenceand rash driving. The government andpolice department is sending a strongsignal to motorists to get their actright or pay a hefty fine.

Mohd Faizuddin, Mehdipatnam

A good initiative

Corporate colleges in AP havebeen exploiting students in thename of admissions to top engi-

neering and medical colleges. The lat-est trend of coaching students forUPSC exams is alarming given the lackof scientific approach in most of thesecolleges. Making students study for 12hours will only stress them.

Ritu Joshi, Jubilee Hills

Blind rush Shame on us

EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS

I’ve celebrated Holi andplayed with colours onlyonce, as a teenager. I love towatch coloured powderthrown high up in the air. I

love to watch how revellerssmear these powders on eachother that the colours lose iden-tity and mesh into an altogethernew shade. But I’ve largelystayed away from these boister-ous celebrations. Once I evenrisked losing the friendship of agood neighbour by shutting thedoor on her face when she land-ed up unannounced (anddrenched in coloured water thathad turned black) to splashsome on me.

Holi is when we stop andpay attention to all the coloursaround us. It’s a festival thatannounces the end of winterand the arrival of spring.Although in South India, wedon’t celebrate this festival allthat much, the migrant popula-tion, the influence of Bollywoodand TV soaps, and the enthusi-asm of the youth, who areexposed to cultural fusion, haveall made this festival more top-of-mind today than it was evensome 10 years ago.

I won’t deny that I may be abit of a control freak to cele-brate Holi in its splendour with-out worrying about my clothes;without worrying if the colourwill come off; without worryinghow I look with all thosecolours of my face; and withoutworrying if I’m inhaling somepoisonous particles in the pow-ders. Yes, I admit to all of it.

But I’m also wary of givingthe licence to not-so-closefriends, and sometimes com-plete strangers, to use this as anopportunity to touch me — inthe name of celebration.

When I look at the way Holiis celebrated in different pock-ets by various communities, Icannot help but wonder at theirony of why we celebrate thisfestival at all. Of course, there

are age-old customs associatedwith celebrating Holi. The bon-fire signifies burning away ourdesires, ego, selfishness, impuri-ties, evil thoughts, etc.

But it also has the deepersignificance of conquering lust.It’s about attaining the higherspiritual ideal over the sensual.News reports, almost everyyear, of unruly Holi celebra-tions gone wrong, should serveas reminder of why we cele-brate this festival.

Colour is an outwardexpression of our strongest anddeepest emotions. Each colour

attracts a certain cosmic power.The seven colours of the rain-bow are each associated with achakra in the human body.Colours have vibrations and toknow and understand themwhile using them is to be moresensitive, aware and alive to theworld around us. Holi should bethat time to make us aware ofthese meanings.

The vibrations in thecolours correspond to thebody’s inner vibrations. Coloursare, therefore, essential tools toharmonise the human body andrestore balance. Colour therapy

is used to do this effectively,through which the individualcan improve, both socially andspiritually.

Whether to rein in lust orto celebrate colour, Holi is agood time to introspect onour desires and expectations.Symbolically, burning thesedesires in the Holika is onething but moving on to lead abetter focused life from the nextday is the bigger challenge.

It’s the challenge of the spir-itual over the sensual.

(The writer is a Bangalore-based commentator)

BP’S PAY OUT ISnot nearly enough

This morning BP reached anagreement with a group ofplaintiffs for the Deepwater

Horizon oil spill. The sum was$7.5bn. But if BP thinks that this

pay-out is the end of the affairthen they are sadly mistaken.Along with Transocean, BP is

responsible for the largest environmental disaster in history

and while this money is ostensibly going towards help-

ing out fishermen who lost theirlivelihood due to the spill, it

does not take into account themassive loss of life under the

sea. Hundreds of thousands ofbirds, fish and marine mammalshave been affected by this epictragedy, and no dollar number

will make up for this loss.Big oil has run countries and

governments for far too long,from the Exxon Valdez to

Deepwater Horizon, we haveturned a blind eye to an industry

that wants, but fails to giveback. After Horizon the US gov-ernment was given an opportu-

nity to redress past wrongs.They have failed miserably, andwhile $7.5bn will go a long way

to alleviate human suffering,nature’s scars, however, will be

far more difficult to cover up.

WHY WE LOVE...Taylor Kitsch

Well for one he’s got a greatsurname. It conjures memoriesof tat that everyone wants, and

Taylor is someone everyonewants. Many will remember his

star turn in the superb TV seriesFriday Night Lights, but few

know that life has been ratherunkind to the hunk. Now,

however, with John Carter readyfor a huge release we can

breathe easy in the knowledgethat the man who made high

school football sexy is going tobe with us for a while. Having

said that, we’re pretty sure evenhe can ‘t save the Carter turkey.

Officials fumble, as city crumblesis a highly important issue thatjustifiably needs focus on the

front page. The question is, is there anorganised way of dealing with issues? Ihave complained to the authorities likeGHMC, and the kind of response I goteach time was enough to dissuade mefrom making any more pleas.

Radhika Hari, Srinagar Colony


SOUL CURRY SUMAA TEKUR

Spiritualover the sensual

ANUP J KAT

COMMENT 9

As I hurried home frommy morning walk, mindcluttered with a humon-gous to-do list; my

thoughts were disrupted with aconstant whining sound. Iturned around to see what thenoise was all about. It was a lit-tle four-year-old, dressed forschool, persistently calling outto her dad from across the road,“Papa, idhar aao!” (Dad, pleasecome here!) Equally persistently,the dad was ignoring her;absorbed in his newspaper.Surprised at the obvious risk theparent was subjecting his childto (she might just get it in herhead to cross the street and go toher dad), I wondered what wouldhappen if this scenario wasplayed out in another country. Iremembered an incident that myfriend, Simi Dayal had recount-ed to me when she lived in NewJersey. After grocery shopping,she had asked her five-year-oldto wait on the pavement, whileshe reversed the car. Immediat -ely, she was approached by an

officer who warned her never todo that unless she wanted to losecustody of her child.

Curious and worried for thesafety of the little girl, I stood toobserve. The dad reluctantlystood up from the kerb where hehad been sitting, and saunteredover casually towards the child.Relieved, I moved on. Just anoth-er day in parent-land. Or was it?

Are we Indians really bad par-ents? Or are other people toostringent about what constitutesgood parenting? Did theBhattacharyas in Norway reallydeserve to have their childrentaken away from them?

Even as we grapple with fig-uring out a balance between ourparents’ authoritarian parentingstyle and a too-liberal parenting

style, I feel Indians are not alonein this struggle. Everyone’sthinking, “Should I be a tigermum, or a cool mum? Is AmyChua just an out-of-control, con-trol freak; or is she right?” It istransition time for parents allaround the world; having reject-ed the model that includes cor-poral punishment and humilia-tion, we are now in the phase of

trial and error experimentation.What makes it more complex isthe fact that times are changinglike never before; and some issu -es are being faced by parents forthe very first time. For instance,our parents did not have to dealwith disciplining us in the faceof unlimited satellite televisionwith cartoon channels; nor didthey have to figure out how tohandle technology options thatpresent unfiltered data indis-criminately. The biggest problemfaced by the previous generationof parents was probably that thekid was at a risk of developingcarpel-tunnel syndrome fromplaying too many video games.

How does one decide whatconstitutes good parenting? I forone, think that if a parent is fret-ting over his/ her parentingstyle, that itself is a good sign. Itmeans that s/ he is consciouslythinking about what s/ he isdoing right or wrong. Introspec-tion is the starting point for evo-lution. I don’t think we’re gonnaget it right just yet. A couple ofgenerations will pass before peo-ple probably universally agreeabout the best parenting meth-ods. Until then, I’m just happythat the poor Bhattacharyas’nightmare is over.

(The writer is a Hyderabad-based commentator)

Urban sketchesVISWAPRASAD RAJU

Adiscussion has been raging inour newsroom about why we stillcontinue to use British English

when most of the world (read Internet)has adopted the simpler, though lack-ing in etymological heritage, AmericanEnglish.

The younger members of our staffare not shackled by tradition and seeno reason why American Englishshould not make its way into theirpaper, the older ones though are cling-ing to the vestiges of an age whereproper English used a ‘u’ in colour andrelegated the ‘z’ to the zoos of the language.

I, for my part, find myself agreeingwith the youngsters. American Englishis a precursor to Lingua Webica. Itcompressed and simplified a languagethat over the early part of the 20th cen-tury was spiralling out of control.

English is a strange language, to saythe least. It dangles its participles in amost obscene way and splits infinitiveswith gusto as it cribs its way throughall the great languages of the world.

The stoic and macho German hasfallen under its pressure at a linguisticGotterdammerung; the French beautyenthralled by its wily ways, and let’snot even get started on its destructionof Latin, that’s been talked about adnauseam. Only the Spanish have keptthe verbose English hordes at bay, giv-ing them an Ole now and then to keepthem happy.

The question, however, is how willreaders react to a ‘z’ displacing an ‘s’.Will they criticize the destruction of adialect they hold dear? Or will theyrealize that times are changing and theshifting color of languages must not beheld ransom to literary anemia?

We want to know what you think. IsAmerican English the ‘English’ of thefuture, or is it just an errant brat thatmust be kept in the corner, and allowedto only speak as a printer’s demon?

(Write to us [email protected])

Editor’s NoteDEAN WILLIAMS

American or Brit, aquestion of English


No longer a'Secret' lake

[email protected] SINGH

Heeding the roar: To be ornot to be the Tiger Mum

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV)unveiled a new range of trucks under its

brand BharatBenz on Friday. The ninetrucks showcased included light duty trucks

(LDT) and heavy duty trucks (HDT) in 9, 12, 25,31 and 49 tonnes category. Marc Llistosella,

CEO and managing director, DICV, said,“Daimler has invested Rs 4,400 crore in India.

The company will launch 17 more models overthe next 20 months.”

BharatBenz trucks launched

Individual taxableincome limit is likelyto go up to Rs. 3

lakh from Rs. 1.8 lakh(Direct Taxes Code).Another Rs. 2.50 lakh (

Rs. 1 lakh under Section 80 C, Rs20,000 under infrastructure and Rs35,000 under mediclaim also wouldget exemption from IT.

Budget tip

In choppy trade, the Bombay StockExchange benchmark Sensex onFriday at the closing of the market

gained 53 points on value buying insome stocks amid a firm trend in glob-al markets. The Sensex rose 52.83points, or 0.30 per cent to 17,636.80.Similarly, the National Stock Exchangeindex Nifty rose 19.60 points, or 0.37per cent to 5,359.35.

Sensex ends choppy

BUSINESS 10SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

Every business takes birth from adream — one that has been nur-tured through childhood and pur-sued relentlessly till it is realised.This is exactly how Vikram

Vuppala, co-founder, NephroPlus, a chainof kidney care centres, scripted his suc-cess story. For him, it was always aboutestablishing a business and making animpact in the industry.

“I always dreamt of establishing myown business. After I completed my highschool, I decided to set up a business. Igraduated in Chemical Engineering fromIIT Kharagpur and did my MBA from theUniversity of Chicago, Booth School ofBusiness to realise my dream,” saysVikram.

The idea to launch this chain of kid-ney care centres took seed in 2008, whileVikram was serving various hospitals inthe health care industry. “Back in the US,kidney care centres are highly organisedand consolidated with chains havingmore than 1500 units. I wanted to bringthis same concept to India and make itsuccessful,” he says.

For someone who had lived for morethan a decade in the land of million dol-lar dreams (US), was it easy making theshift back to his homeland? “There aretwo main reasons I decided to move backto India. First, I am an only child and Iwant to live with my parents. Second, Iwant to give something in return to mycountry which gave me everything. Ireceived quality and subsidised educa-tion for Rs 1,000 a year from IIT. I want toserve my homeland by creating jobs andcreate an impact on the kidney healthcare sector,” says this passionate busi-nessman.

NephroPlus is co-founded by KamalShah and G Sandeep with an initialinvestment of Rs 1 crore and the firstcentre was set up in Banjara Hills. “Iraised the funds by investing my lifetime savings. Three other friends in theUS also pitched in. The two rounds ofangel funding is supported by PrabhaSinha, an IIT Karaghpur alumnus, livingin USA. The company also raised ven-ture capital investment from BessemerVenture Partners to expand to 100 clinicsin next three to four years,” says Vikram.

What really sets NephroPlus apartfr om other health care centres, saysVik r am, is the value addition offered toits cl i ents. “NephroPlus offers qualitytreatm ent at 30-40 per cent less cost, com-pared to corporate hospitals. The patientis tre a ted like a friend in the hospital, weeven address to them as guests. Wecelebrate th eir birthdays, anniversariesand even give them cards. It’s person-alised. It is all about building relation-ships and trying to create a healthy envi-ronment in our he alth care centres. Wealso conduct an an nual event — Asha —where around 500 pa tients participate

and play games,” he says.While most people may be obsessed

with reaching targets and reaping prof-its, Vikram believes otherwise. “Thegroup is not looking at margins for thenext three years, but to build a brand andincrease the volumes. It is working atvery thin margins as of now but it willincrease in the future. But at any time,the service offered would be 30 per centcheaper than corporate hospitals,” saysVikram.

Each centre will get a cash breakeven in a year and the completebreakeven would take three to four yearsdue to lower margins. The group is aim-ing to launch 100 centres that include 15-20 centres in Andhra Pradesh and 5-10centres in other states. The company iscurrently focussing on all major citiesand towns in South India.

While his work might be his passion,Vikram also loves his travel. Hisfavourite holiday destinations includeAlaska and New Zealand, while backhome it is the peaceful backwaters ofAlapuzha in Kerala and the azure watersof the Andaman and Nicobar islandsthat steal his heart.

Although his work takes up most ofhis time, Vikram makes it a point tocatch up with his wife in his free time. “Idon’t get to spend too much time with mywife because of my busy travel sched-ule,” says this businessman who alsolikes to turn to Facebook during a breakat work to catch up with friends.

Unlike most others, Vikram is not toobrand conscious. It is quality that winsover labels for this down-to-earth lad.

Vikram Vuppala

Age: 35 years

Secondary School: Oxford GrammarSchool, Himayat Nagar.

Senior Secondary: St. Mary’s JuniorCollege

Graduation: Chemical engineering, IIT,Kharagpur

Post-Graduation: Masters in ComputerScience from University of IllinoisMBA, University of Chicago, BoothSchool of Business

Experience: Strategy consultant atMcKinsey & Company in US.Founded an internal managementconsulting group, AbbottLaboratories, USABusiness analyst at ZS Associates, USA

Founded: NephroPlus, a chain ofKidney Care Clinics in Dec 2009 It hasseven centres in various cities of SouthIndia and plans to launch 100 centresacross the country

Hobbies: Watches Simpsons on StarWorld Adventure sports like Sky divingand rollerblading

[email protected] PRUDHVI RAJU Dialysis

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It isn’t easy for a hardcore engineer todrift into healthcare. For Vikram Vuppala

it was a long-cherished dream to establish abusiness and he filtered out numerous options

to launch kidney care centres

Nissan is set to revive the Datsunbrand. The new Datsun,

according to Nikkei newspa-per, will be a no-frills cheapie, tailored

for (and built in) emerging marketssuch as India, Indonesia and Russia.

The paper says Nissan plans to launchthe born-again Datsun in third-world

markets in 2014, and hopes to shiftabout 300,000 a year.

Nissan to resurrect Datsun

According to the Institute ofAdvanced Motorists and theUK's Transport Research

Laboratory sending SMSs (texting)while driving is more dangerous thandriving while drunk or stoned oncannabis. Texting slowed the drivers'reaction times by an average of 37.4per cent. Cannabis slowed reactiontimes by an average of 21 per cent.

Texting worse than stoned

Land Rover is to unveil a RangeRover Evoque convertible conceptcar at the Geneva Motor Show this

month. The bold concept marks thenext step for the widely well-receivedEvoque crossover, which has been onsale for about six months now. Thesoft-top features a fully retractableroof system, a drop down tailgate anda comfortable four seat package.

Evoque set for Geneva

11MOTORINGSATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

Going Solo!

Trails of GloryThe open road is always an invitation for biking enthusiasts.

We ask three avid bikers in the city about the routes that makefor a great riding experience

Bandhur Bajaj

For every biker a destination is just another reason to be wit-ness to the beauty of the country. No matter how many

times we ride the same route over and over again, there isalways something new to it. Every biker has their favourite road

which they can’t stop raving about. One such route is theSrisailam road. A 200-odd kilometres (one-way) road, it certainly

gives riders a great high. The road to Srisailam has everythingthat a rider needs for a day’s ride. It’s got its share of straight

roads to open up the throttle, steep climbs, bends and curves. Thepassage through the beautiful and dense forest is a sight and if

you’re brave enough, you could also try off-roading into the forestand if it rains consider yourself lucky. The charm of Srisailam is

irresistible during monsoons.

Purnima Maudgil

Hyderabad in all its glory hassome of the dearest roads tooffer. However, my personal

favourite, post a recent ride toAashique-e-Khwaja and Pahad-e-Shareef Dargah, is the Srisailamroad. The people, the landmarks,the colours, the old city way oflife and the rustic charm makes apicturesque environment to enjoya nonchalant Sunday ride. Theroad slows you down to soak inthe simple joys. It’s almost likeindulging in a childhood fantasy.

Sheetal Iyer

Istarted biking when I was 16. Born and raised in Hyderabad, I'veseen myself grow as a rider. Owning a Royal Enfield made mytravel on the roads of Hyderabad and many other towns and cities

of India, more exciting and enjoyable. My favourite route in andaround Hyderabad is the NH-7 route (The Medchal Highway). I'vebeen riding on that route since a very long time and I've watched itgrow better and better at every visit. Cruising on those roads due toits well maintained infrastructure and considerable movement oftraffic, makes the ride an amazing experience. Apart from that, theroads to Srisailam also appeals to me because of the natural beautythat can be witnessed enroute.

MOTORCYCLEDIARIES

Here we go... First andforemost do get your bikeserviced and prepared.

Carry essential spares and toolsjust in case.Oh! yes... do carrya first-aid kit as well as appropri-ate medicines. Riding gear isreally important. A full faceriding helmet. A good jacketthat has multi benefits. Fulltrousers or jeans and anklehigh riding footwear isalways better.

Rest. Make sure you are rest-ed before the ride. I have crasheddue to sleep deprivation. If youfeel sleep coming on, stop, take ashort nap. Do not drink or doany substances while you ride.Riding requires your completeconcentration. Be wise.

Water. You could buy a bagthat you can carry and sip asyou ride or store enough to stop,after every 75-100 km and restyour bike and drink.

Overtaking. Neverovertake on a bend. Often,while concentrating on gettingahead we miss out on oncomingtraffic and other traps on theroad like pot holes and strayrubble. Know your route. Lightsalso play a critical part. Do notstop in empty stretches andnever hesitate to ask locals forhelp. Keep someone informedabout your route and progress.Most of all, a lot of your safetyand happy journeys depend on aprayer or three.

It is always better tohave a second bike and buddyalong. Two bikes in a crisisare better than one. Howeverif solo it is, then... offyou go rider, the horizon isyours.

So, you haveyour Royal Enfield,

you have theroad and you

have you. Here’spreparing for the

Solo Ride.

DAN

BLACKJACK!A.K.A JACK JIGG

[email protected]

12TECHNOLOGY

Cinemagram is aneasy way to createanimated gifs. Just

shoot a video clip, color inthe part you want to move,add a filter and voila! Theapp makes you a gif.

Cinemagram for iPhoneTHE GOODn Rich narrative n Beautiful visuals push the

Wii to its limits n Heaps of side questsn Great localisation

THE BADn Minor frame rate issues

www.instructables.com

Instructables is a site where youcan find and share tutorials onjust about anything. If you want

to learn something new or sharewhat you know, this is the place tobe.

VIDEOGAME REVIEWWEBSITE OF THE WEEKTHE LAST STORY

APP OF THE WEEK

Sony Tablet P

The Sony Tablet P is adual screen, multi-func-tional tablet which is

perfect for mobile communi-cation and entertainment(Sony says so anyways), and itwill hit the market fromMarch 4 onwards. This is a4G capable tablet, so youcan expect amazingly fastconnection speeds wheneveryou are under the right net-work connection.

Organic AirScrubbing Purifier

This organic air purifiereliminates 99.9% of allpollutants, not to men-

tion make short work ofodours at the same time.How does it work? The airpurifier will create a neutralambient air which attractspositively and negativelycharged airborne impurities,drawing them into the unitusing a fan, while destroyingthem with a careful mixtureof water and an organicenzyme.

Nokia 808 PureView

A41-megapixel camera.Yes it’s true! Nokiaunveiled the phone at

Mobile World Congress2012. Heck, even the yet tobe released Canon EOS 1D-X carries only 18-megapixelsof shooting goodness. Can’twait to see this, can you?

Four days before the biglaunch, we talk to peoplewho have moved on fromage-old desktops and lap-tops and think that

Tablet PCs are the way forward. Pruthvi Rajan, a student,

swears by his BlackberryPlaybook. “I can do anythingand everything on my Playbook.It is far more portable andunlike the laptop, youdon’t need to charge it everyfew hours. The battery is verylong lasting. I now dread thethought of going back to alaptop!” he quips.

“Even if I accidentallydrop my BB Playbook, I wouldnot panic because I know itcan withstand the impact.I can’t say the same for alaptop or a desktop. Besidesbeing more carefree, I can playmusic, games, browse theInternet anywhere,” he explains.

It was love at first touch forentrepreneur Shravanth Kumar.

His Samsung Galaxy Tabbecame his most valuable pos-session. He was so enamouredthat he wanted the Tablet experi-ence even on his phone. And sohe bought a Galaxy Note.“Tablets are made the right size.They fit into your hands and arethe perfect weight as well.Activities like watching videosare a delight because most tabshave superior screen resolu-tion,” he says.

“Apart from scoring browniepoints over the desktop forportability, browsing theInternet is a breeze. You canzoom in and out of a page with atouch of a finger. Tablets arebecoming increasingly cheaperas well. Look at Aakash Tablet,apart from technical glitches, it’san easily affordable item,” hepoints out.

The soaring sales of Tabletsin India is proof of the demandin our consumer market. In fact,In dia is touted to be one of thefa stest growing markets of Tab -let PCs this side of the world.

Aditya Kabra, an iPadowner, says that if you everkept a laptop and the iPad infront of him, he wouldn’t hesi-tate to take the latter. “It’s assimple as this. You can operatea tablet in a few seconds,whereas for a desktop or laptop,you’d have to wait several min-utes for the it to boot up. When Ihave my clients and have toshow them an area on Googlemaps, I can use the app on myiPad and show them whereexactly it is,” he says addingthat tablets are the best forpersonal use

Nitin Bisain, an IT profes-sional and a proud iPad owner,says that tablets are the way ofthe future. “As the Tablet marketis growing, so are the optionsthat consumers have. Cheapertablets are being launched everyother month. As a tablet owner, Iwould never want to go back tolaptops or desktops,” he says andadds, “The way cassettes phasedout CDs only to replaced byDVDs replaced; tablets are goingto replace desktops and laptops.It’s only a matter of time untileveryone has a tablet,” con-cludes Nitin.

[email protected] SALMAN


The Tabletsteals the show

The way cassettesphased out CDsonly to be replacedby DVDs, tabletsare going toreplace desktopsand laptops.

Nitin Bisain,IT Professional

Apple is holding a special conference in San Francisco this weekend.The invite promises there’s something we ‘really have to see and touch’.

It’s time for launch of the iPad 3. Could this be it?

GADGET BAR

Panda privacy

Hong Kong's pandasLe Le and Ying

Ying have beengiven some privacy away

from the prying eyes oftourists this week in a bid to

encourage them to mate, theirhandlers said Tuesday.

13ANIMAL KINGDOM

Maurice Holder, 73,was walking alo -ng a river when

the ground suddenly gaveway and he plung ed 40 ft

into the water. Monty saved his injuredowner's life by dashing half a mile to a

pub to raise the alarm.

Hero of the day

The Malinois BelgianShepherd is a pow-

erful and athleticdog. The Malinois is

used extensively by thepolice, customs and excise, and thearmed forces. This is an exceptional

working dog.

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Know your dog

Passion for pets

PET NEWS IMPORTANT NUMBERS


What is meant by ethicaltreatment of a pet?Animals need no charityfrom man. The most tragicpart is that many rich peoplebuy exotic dogs. At the firstchance of the animal con-tacting even a simple skindisease or old age theyabandon the animals. About30 per cent of street dogswe find today are pedigreedogs thus abandoned. Whata cruelty! Culling or drivingout street dogs, which areessentially Indian, is not thesolution. Neuter and vacci-nate them and leave thedogs back from where theywere picked up. Dogs have ahigh sense of propriety overthe area they grew up in.They won’t allow other dogsto come that part. So leav-ing them in the same placenot only ensures their well-being but they also save youfrom varied marauders.

Could adoption be a partof the solution?It is. But by itself, it is not.Every residential colonycould adopt a few dogs andrear them. They will guardyou free of cost.

Who do you think do mostharm to pets?Pet dealers. They are the pe -r p etrators of crime againstpets. They breed and crossbr eed the dogs to makemoney. And, they have norespect for the law

What is the remedy?GHMC and other municipali-ties have powers to imposea license fee on pets. Theyare not doing this. Today,the so-called pet lovers ill-treat animals as they yapthrough the night disturbingpeople around. You know, ifa neighbour complains ofpets making noise the cor-poration can impound theanimal and penalise theowner. In India people donot assert their rights.

n Don’t walk into a nursing mother dog. n Don’t ever run when a dog barks at you.n If you are drunk and walk unsteadily the dog will

protest. Don’t attack it, walk as steady as possi-ble.

n The only language a dog knows is barking.Don’t fret every time it barks. Give it a commandto stop. It will obey. It’s only trying to get yourattention.

How to behave with a dog

Street dog brings security to your area. Dogs areterritorial creatures and don’t allow new dogs

into their areas. This also helps keep at bay dogswith diseases and chase away rats and otherrodents. They also eat up leftover food keepingyour area clean. If a street dog is neutered and vac-cinated they are the best security against thievesand burglars. Trained street dogs have proved to bethe best guarantee against intrusion or terrorism.

Canine fact file

The cat and bull,says Pradeep.

Cats are being sur-reptitiouslybutchered and usedin restaurants whilebulls suffer through-out their lives.

Which animalsare the worst off?

“For a little loveand a morsel offood the dogalmost pledgesits life to you.

Which other animal will dothat?” Asks Pradeep KumarNath, who’s known in Vizag forhis love for animals. He runssome animal shelters and a hos-pital. Pradeep is a founder of

ABC India (Animal BirthControl) and is also the founder-president of Visakha Society forProtection and Care of AnimalsMember, AP State AnimalWelfare Board.

Pradeep is no ordinary doglover. He champions their cause.As a manager in a scheduledbank, he created controversy bywalking into the bank with acouple of street dogs at his heels.The rule that animals are notallowed inside bank was for oth-ers. And wherever he got trans-ferred his fame or defame as youview it preceded him and many

tried to stall his posting to thenew branch for fear of it becom-ing an extended canine shelter!He later quit service to dedicatehimself to the animal welfare. Ithas been 16 years since he andhis wife have given their days toanimal welfare. Four criminalcases have been slapped againsthim. He gets abused and hasoften been threatened for creat-ing ‘nuisance.’ “But I keep doingwhat I believe is my mission—bring succour to the poor ani-mals.”

Today Pradeep and his wifelive for animals. They make 80

packets of food every day andfeed the street dogs. has its ownpet hospitals and shelters.

“I have converted many ossi-fied dog haters including my father to dog lovers, ,” saysPradeep smiling as he recalls hisfeats.

“My dad could not stand thesight of a dog. He would kick itand curse it. One day I puta baby Pomeranian on his desk.With its button eyes and whitecoat it looked like a tennis ballwith two eyes. He took to it andfondled it. When it died, my dadcould not control his tears!

PK SURENDRAN

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Animals need no charity from man, what they need is our loveand attention. Pradeep Kumar Nath, a dog-lover from Vizag tells us more

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In the words of the authorMichael Robotham TheWreckage is a big international

conspiracy thriller set amid theaftermath of the GlobalFinancial Crisis and the War inIraq. It features multiple story-lines in Baghdad, London andWashington, which come togeth-er in a dramatic climax.

Writing crime fiction is seri-ous stuff and the author, a for-mer investigative journalist inBritain, really knows his wayaround these parts. On one handyou have the dark alleys ofLondon and on the other thedanger zone of Iraq. Like a skil-ful artist at work Robothambegins weaving a tapestry withhis most enduring characterVincent Ruiz, a 60-year-oldretired policeman. Ruiz falls vic-tim to a robbery in London, andhis search for the stolen lootleads him on a thrilling trail.The threads then connects withthe mysterious disappearance ofmillions of dollars in Baghdad.Meanwhile, living in the danger

zone in Baghdad is a fearlessPulitzer prize-winning journal-ist Luca Terracini who is alsotrying to follow the money.Different international govern-ments using a deadly cocktail ofmoney and power attempt tostop the investigation at allcosts. How the duo overcomeodds to solve the mystery formsthe rest of the story.

Robotham's story is based onreal-life events. The idea of writ-ing this particular book came tohim when he read an interviewof the head of the UN Office ofDrugs and Crime. He learnt thatduring the height of the GlobalFinancial Crisis, major westernbanks were on the brink of col-lapse and so desperate for fundsthat they laundered $352 billionfor drug cartels and organisedcrime gangs. A second article onthe details of the largest airliftof US currency in the history ofthe Federal Reserve, proved to bea goldmine. Slowly the threadsfell into place and The Wreckagewas born.

Closer to the end, Robothampeels off the layers slowly expos-ing the truth in the most corro-sive of manners, but one can’thold it against him as by thenyou are too drawn into the plotto protest. To put it subtly, theauthor takes it upon himself in

most parts to voice people’s dis-appointment and concern at theway the big banks brought abouta full-fledged financial crisis,pushing them to the brink ofruin. He is often cynical andvociferous. Sadly, the bookremains just a work of fiction.

Rajesh [email protected]

All memoir is prostitution,declared WikiLeaks chiefJulian Assange after read-

ing the first draft of his autobi-ography. About the time thebook was to debut, he claimedthat he felt “screwed over toearn a buck” and disowned itsaying that it was not written byhim. Of course, that is evident toanyone who reads JulianAssange: The unauthorised biog-raphy.

Ghost writer AndrewO’Hagan has done a good jobromanticising the story of theman who is seen by world pow-ers as a threat to national securi-ty. Assange has a multi-facetedimage in the world: there areseveral who see him as the bea-

con of freedom of expressionand truth.There are some whothink he is just a cold geek whowas irresponsible with statesecrets, the leaking of whichhave apparently compromised

the world powers and their sol-diers fighting to liberate theoppressed. But O’Hagan presentsAssange as a free spirit, whowants the world to be a fair andjust place for all. The bookbegins with Assange’s account ofhis time in Wandsworth prison,the place where Oscar Wilde didtime in 1897… in the same cellthat Wilde was locked up —though Assange is not sureabout the ‘cell’ fact, which wastold to him by his lawyer. Thereis an interesting revelationabout Assange’s surname,too:he got it from his stepfather,Brett Assange. He admits thatit’s a strange name,which wasonce Sang or ah-sang in can-tonese. Brett’s ancestor was aTaiwanese pirate. See any con-nection? His detractors would.

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Unplugging the leaks NameJULIAN ASSANGE: THEUNAUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHYAuthorJULIAN ASSANGE, ANDREWO’HAGANPages343PublisherCanongate

NameThe Wreckage

AuthorMicheal Robotham

Pages533

PublisherHachette India

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terrorist. But JulianAssange’s story is

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Before there was the X-Men film, way beforeIron Man and CaptainAmerica stormed thescreen and pulverised

box offices across the world, oneM Night Shyamalan made a filmabout a superhero. He wasn’tglamorous like Tony Stark;enraged like Wolverine; nor washe moral like Superman. In fact,David Dunn was a bald, slightlyheavyset man with a child and awife. There was no cape and nomask, there was only him andhis insecurities. But while,through Bruce Willis’s character,Shyamalan channelled the god ofa million fanboys; Unbreakableis now all but forgotten. But tothose who live and breathecomic books, it stands head andshoulders above the pack. It isthe definitive superhero film.

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In his book Supergods,Morrison takes us on a journeythrough comic book history. It’sa journey that begins with theadvent of Superman, and drivesrelentlessly through the SilverAge, Golden Age and the Dark

Age of comics. Morrison is quiteobviously a fan of the SilverAge, and he rails against thehumanisation of superheroes,although strangely enough,some of Morrison’s best workwas done on the uncannily real-istic New X-Men in 2000.

Morrison has heaps ofpraise for himself and his work,and while almost all of it isdeserving, it should not putreaders (especially Alan Moorefans) off what is essential read-ing to anyone who has everlooked at a Superman comic andwondered why he wears hisunderpants on the outside(Morrison, by the way, has theexplanation).

But it is his account of theDark Age that is most interest-ing. The time when comic booksstarted taking themselves seri-ously in the realisation that theworld had changed and theircharacters had to change with it.Marvel’s Age of Apocalypse,

Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch’sThe Authority, Pat Mills’Marshal Law, and Morrison’sown Doom Patrol sent the barinto the stratosphere with art-work and writing the world’scurrent best would find hardpressed to outdo.

Superheroes have come a lo -ng way since Action Comics #1was published in 1938. They havemorphed and reanimated them-selves into a thousand avatars;and they have died, only to be re -born with the strength of a mil-lion suns. Although sometimescheesy, and often unbelievable,superheroes have always been atthe vanguard of popular culture,and Morrison has been an inte-gral part of that revolution.

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Pages464pp

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All About EveDARSHANI NENE

Stranded onVenus

It was something I’d been try-ing to avoid all this while.After my tenth, I was given a

choice, to join either an excel-lent all girls school, or join acomparatively less better, co-ed school. And I picked the co-ed. Being in an all-girls envi-ronment has always been oneof my biggest fears. But aftermy 12th grade, I had comeface-to-face with the enemy.Gathering up all my courage, Ienrolled myself into one ofthe best all-girls’ colleges’ inthe twin cities. And one andhalf years down the line, Irealise it isn’t as bad as I imag-ined it to be.

Let’s be honest, life with-out boys is pathetic. Whenyou’re around them, you don’thave to think a million timesbefore you say something. Youcan be yourself, no one isgoing to judge you (probablybecause they’re not even lis-tening to what you’re sayinghalf the time). As long asthey’re having fun and arehappy, everyone is happy,which is the absolute oppositecase in an all girls environ-ment. Or I’m saying all thisonly because I’ve been atomboy all my life.

Or maybe it’s just abouthow I perceive things. If I stoplooking at them as girls andboys, and just as people, it’dget so much easier. The kind offriends you have, decideswhether you enjoy this experi-ence or not. What’s worse isthat I know girls who’ve beenin all-girls schools all theirlives, and my heart goes out tothem, truly. Put in a room fullof boys, they just don’t knowwhat to do. To all those par-ents who choose to keep theirchildren in same sex schoolsall their life, please don’t.

Getting back to the point,the only possible way of sur-viving in an all girls atmo-sphere is by not thinking of itthat way, and keeping in touchwith your male friends just tokeep you sane. That’s what Ido at least. But in the end, forme, all girls will only remainan experience. Give me achance and I’ll gladly pick co-ed over same sex institutions.Any day.

Acomfy job in the cor-porate sector withweekends at your dis-posal and a healthybank account, by all

means life should look good.But that was not what PallaviVerma, an MBA in finance, feltany of the three years sheworked in the corporate sector.“I had jumped onto the band-wagon like everyone else. I fin-ished my MBA in Mumbai andtook the first placement offerthat came my way withoutthinking about it. I startedworking with ICICI and laterwith Reliance Capital. But aftera year of my professional life, Istarted getting disillusionedwith the monotonous life,”recalls Pallavi.

Today she has left all thetrappings of the corporateworld behind her to do whatshe always wanted to do—dance, write, act and a wholelot activities that she’s passion-ate about.

A trained Kathak dancer,Pallavi joined theatre, startedwriting for a web portal besidespursuing photography. But didshe ever regret letting go of thejob that paid her bills? We fig-ure that’s a no when she saysgiggling, “I had three creditcards before and now I justhave one debit card. But that isalright because I am satisfiedwith what I am doing. I don’tdeny that I don’t feel the crunchbut the life that I was livingbefore burned me out and wastoo mundane. I was not happyat all and having all that moneyand comforts didn’t bring thatsatisfaction that I have now. So,no, I don’t miss it at all.”

Her love for theatre andwriting is however not new.

Pallavi loved writing fromchildhood and also frequentedtheatres in Mumbai when shewas working there. “I have beenwriting from my childhoodabout any subject that catchesmy fancy. It’s all about telling atale just like in a play eitherthrough my writing or eventhrough my dance,” she shares.

Recognition and fame mayhave eluded her but these pastyears have been a great learn-ing experience. “It feels goodwhen people appreciate mywork on social networking sitesbut that’s the only recognition Ihave got apart from friends,family and people I know. Also,I acted in a short film whichwas screened in IFFI Goa lastyear,” she shares.

But in the process on get-ting here in life Pallavi inadver-tently hurt her family who hadhoped to see her climb the cor-

porate ladder. However, theyhave always stood by her.

While she talks about thechoices she made, ask herabout her future plans and itlooks Pallavi has her plans inplace. “I don’t think I will everquit theatre but there were willbe a lot more writing. I want towrite a book; even make a mo -vie some day. But one thing thatI really want to do is travel wri -ting. I want to travel and writeabout places and also work onmy photography,” she says.

While there have been peo-ple who want to pursue theirpassion but not everyone hasthe zeal to leave their cushyjobs and follow their heartPallavi has gone ahead anddone what few dare to do. Andas they say, “Break the rulesand stand apart, ignore yourhead and follow your heart.” Itlooks like Pallavi did just that.

ISHA MUKOO

[email protected]


Building aworld of her own

THE CV

Full Name: Pallavi Verma

Last Book Read: Life IsElsewhere by MilanKundera andSlaughterhouse 5 by KurtVonnegut (simultaneously)

Last Film Seen: Hugo. Orwait. I think it was TheArtist.

Motto in life: Go where theheart leads you!

Inspiration: Dad!

It’s not every day that you see someone that dares to give upeverything in pursuit of their passion. Fortunately for us,

theatre artiste Pallavi Varma is just that someone

19SPOTLIGHT

Guests turned upin large numbers

to share the happiness of the

newly-weddedcouple Madi

Reddy Param andMadhu Kariappa

at the Novotel onFriday.

Towardsa better

future

DEEPAK DESHPANDE


Poornima, Rajika & Hina Zabeena & Namrata Manjulla Santha John

Journey through VietnamArt-lovers in the city gathered at the Westin Hyderabad Mindspace onFriday evening for a preview of an exhibition of artwork from Vietnam.This is the first time such art has been showcased in the city.

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

Madi Reddy Param & Madhu Kariappa Chaitra & Tilak

Adarsh & Shakuntala

Balram NaikRao Ramesh Prakruti & Rajesh

Shilpi & Kajol

Anusha & Sirisha

Rummy Azad Cate Vandehil & RajikaVishnu & Savera Deepthi & VeeraJette

20RELATIONSHIPS

Ihave been dating a guy for threeyears now. I am 20 and he is

23. We were engaged and are tobe married soon however, I recently

looked at his mobile phone andchanced upon some explicit mes-

sages he has been sending to anothergirl (who happens to be my best

friend, who also has a boyfriend). Idon’t know what to do. Please help.

Dear spying kid, First of all it’s bad manners to read other people’s messages.Serves you right for playing detective. He was probablygoing to play both of you along. One for the fun and theother to entertain at home. Thank your lucky stars you foundout in time. Hmm.. and as for your best friend, now youknow who will not be invited to the wedding, that is, if thereis going to be a wedding. In case you want to get back athim, why don’t you take those texts of his and forward themto all his friends in his list. Then leave him to save face.

Emotion-sensing computer software that models and respondsto students' cognitive and emotional states — including frus-tration and boredom — has been developed. The new tech-

nology, which matches the interaction of human tutors, not onlyoffers tremendous learning possibilities for students, but also rede-fines human-computer interaction. Tested on more than 1,000 stu-dents, AutoTutor produces learning gains of approximately one let-ter grade — gains that have proven to outperform novice humantutors and almost reach the bar of expert human tutors.

Source: University of Notre Dame

I AM ALL EARS COMPUTERS RESPOND TO EMOTIONS

Aishwarya [email protected]

Twin tales


“She stole mylip gloss again!”I screamed. Thatwas the third time

this week my younger sisterhad ‘borrowed’ my lip gloss,which obviously meant shealso misplaced it. My motherbrushed aside my rant say-ing, “Come on, she’s youngerto you. Let it be.” Well yes,she is younger to me. Muchyounger to me. She is five andI am 21! And let me surpriseyou once more. She has atwin brother who is equallynaughty. As I write thiscolumn they both are busy‘browsing’ my room; inother words, thoroughlyfiddling with stuff that is myproperty.

Anyone who comes toknow that I have younger sib-lings (twins mind you!) whoare 16 years younger to me,they are instantly intrigued.A barrage of questions fol-low about whether they wereplanned or not, how do I bondwith them? Am I like a sec-ond mother to them? etc. Tobe honest, when I came toknow that my mother waspregnant I was extremelyembarrassed. After all I wasin my tenth grade! I did nottell my friends about thenews until they were born.You can only imagine howshocked they were. Theythought I was joking and itdidn’t help that they wereborn on April 1! But once Ifirst saw them, things instant-ly changed. No, I’m not talk-ing about a Karan Johar kindof emotionally dramaticscene. First it started off as afascination for babies thatmost people have. And seeinga pair of twins (even thoughthey are fraternal) increasedit. They were prematurebabies, so they needed extracare and soon I was alsoincluded in the baby-care rou-tine. In no time I was chang-ing the tiniest diapers avail-able, mixing the formulamilk, burping them afterfeeds and of course keepingthem entertained.

This was just thebeginning of a relationshipbetween a confused teenagedsister and two newbornssiblings.

SHIBA MINAI

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Instances ofchildren dying asa result of harshpunishments by

parents areincreasingly sur-

facing in thenews. So today

we put the spotlight back on

why physicalpunishment is a

bad way ofinstilling

discipline in your child

Alternatives suggestedby various psychologists 1. If your child refuses to lis-

ten, crouch down to hislevel, grasp his arms firmlyso he cannot avoid look-ing at you, and then talkcalmly

2. Since spanking does notoccur in calm, rationalmoments, it is importantto control your anger. Trydistracting yourself. Onceyou have cooled down,you will probably feel lessinclined to spank.

3. If you feel you must punishyour children, make surethe punishment is logically related to theincident so that they canlearn the lesson you wantto teach.

4. Introduce the appropriateuse of time-out. Time-outused as a punishment iscontroversial. When usedto allow a few minutes fora child— and a parent—toregain control of theiremotions, it can be effec-tive in stopping a cycle ofinappropriate behaviour.

Psychologists, counsellorsand parents have alwaysdebated whether spankingchildren is an advisable

medium of disciplining chil-dren? A search on the Internetcan give total opposite argu-ments.

The first of which is echoedby an IT professional and fatherof two kids Karan Singh. Hesays, “When I was in the US, Iattended a parenting class con-ducted by my company. Thecounsellor said, a spank in timesaves lot more than nine, whileIndian counsellors said other-wise. I realised the reasonbehind the statement was thattheir society could do with suchhelp and in our society it wouldbe inappropriate.”

The question remains, whatis the right thing to be do?

Child psychologist and fami-ly counsellor ZenobiaRustumfram says, “I considerspanking as a violent act, havingsaid that I would like to insistthat a little pat, firmness or anaction that asserts that you as aparent do not like what the childis doing and will not entertain itis a must.” She continues, “Notbeing able to do so in time, canmake your child complacent,spoil him and he/she will neverbe able to take no for an answer.”

Ayesha Khan, a Montessori-trained teacher and also a moth-er of three kids says, “Duringtraining, we were clearly toldthat even touching the child inanyway can be harmful and canaffect their psyche, we wereasked to use alternative methodsof making the child understandthat what they do is not accept-

able.” She adds, “Studies haveproved that children who werehit in their childhood, turn outto be aggressive, unsure ofthemselves they either takethemselves too seriously andworry endlessly or do not takeanything seriously at all.”

Zenobia sums it up by sayi -ng, “As parents and adults every-one is endowed with a certaindecision making capacity it isimportant that we use commonsense. We need to remember thathandling a kid or dealing withthem has no hard and fast way,and striking a balance is one ofthe most important things thatneed to be done. Being firm byholding the hand or giving a pator a firm stare can achieve whatyou want and yield better resultsnot just at the moment but evenin the long run.

Sticks and stones willbreak their bones

(source : kidsource.com)

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Vasantha Balan'slatest period film,Eka Veera is setin 18th century ina hamlet where

honour is valued morethan life itself. Right fromthe characters' look to thelocales used to shoot thefilm, you can see the effortthat has gone into makingof this film. However, thefilm is excruciatingly longand the wayward screen-play spoils the chances ofhaving an overwhelmingexperience.

The film opens with arobbery where a gang of

thieves manage to steal lotof gold from a wealthyman's house. Sambayya(Pasupathy) is the leaderof this gang and one fineday he's shocked to knowthat a stranger stole thequeen's necklace posing asone of the members in hisgang. We are told that thisstranger is Veera (Aadhi)and Sambayya finally man-ages to catch him.Impressed with his brava-do, he invites Veera to joinhis gang. Veera has a pastwhich he hides from thevillagers until one fine daywhen he's caught by theroyal guards. The rest ofthe story is about Veera'sidentity and why he has

been in exile for nineyears.

The film's principalcast including Aadhi,Pasupathy, Dhansika ren-der commendable perfor-mances and Karthik'smusic is another highlightof the film.The action

sequences are well shotand full credit for the artdepartment for creatingthe right look. On theother hand, the film's firsthalf has no connectionwhatsoever with the latterhalf and it's never clearwhy Vasantha Balanchooses to delve into thelives of Sambayya andother villagers, when thefilm's central themerevolves around Veera. Ata run time of nearly threehours, Eka Veera comespretty close to testing one'spatience. Perhaps thiscould have been a muchbetter film had it been onlyabout the clash of theclans.

Clash of the clansEka Veera tries to recreate a part of our cultural history but the film's

wayward screenplay plays a big spoilsport

Karthi, Priyamani starrer Malligadu, thedubbed version of award winning filmParuthiveeran, is definitely not for the

faint-hearted. This intense love story narrates theemotional struggle which a couple goes through

due to overwhelming opposition from the girl'sfamily. Directed by Ameer, the film boasts of daz-

zling performances by Karthi and Priyamani, ter-rific cinematography by Ramji and good music byYuvan Shankar Raja. Unlike most other entertain-ers, Malligadu ends ona gut-wrenching note and it

leaves a long lasting impact; however, the excessiveviolence might be a turn off.

A gut-wrenchingtale of love

RGV has found a new muse and this time it's aBrazilian model named Nathalia Pinheiro.

She came to India few years ago and thisyear she was in the news for winning the

Kingfisher Calendar Hunt 2012. Recently, shechanged her name to Nathalia Kaur. RGV was so

smitten with her looks that he decided to cast herin an item number in his upcoming Hindi film

Department. Talking about Nathalia, RGV tweeted,“I nvr hid a fact tht am a devotee of womans beau-

ty..bt I hvn't seen nyone mre beautiful thn Nathaliakaur who did dan dan song in Department. We wrtryng fr Sunny leone bt by Gods grace it dint wrk

out or else v wud hv lost out on smone as divine asNathalia nd I thank God for that. I dint ever see a

Nathalia kind of combination of a classically beau-tiful face with an angel like body nd then so highlyexpressive (sic).” In fact, the director is even plan-

ning to make a film titled Andham and castNathalia Kaur in the film. Whether he makes this

film or not, RGV's confession on his latest musehas become the talk of the town.

He's smitten,again!

Movie : Eka Veera

Cast : Aadhi,Pasupathy,

Dhansika, Archana KaviDirector :

Vasantha BalanRating :

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@RGVzoomin“@moriraj: Words may hurt,but silence can be a killer”

@AnupamPkherUnhappiness indicates

wrong thinking, just as illhealth indicates bad regi-

men.:).

@DuttaLaraGood Morning Folks! Andto some on a friday night,goodnight! :-). Here in liesthe difference betweenyouth and responsibility!:-)

@realpreityzintaFor all the new eagerbeavers on my home

page.... The film I am pro-ducing is called Ishkq In

Paris !

@NeilNMukeshBoth his gorgeous showstoppers malaika arora khanand amrita looked out ofthis world.

@sonakshisinhaRT @FeminaIndia: Tomorrow

we are conducting aTwinterview with the

“Dabang” girl @sonakshisin-ha at 2pm.

Here, there andeverywhere

It has spark missing. We suggest you give it a miss too

What is it all about really?What’s happening here?Somebody tell me what’s thestory please? These are the

questions that come to mind when youwatch London Paris New York.

Nikhil Chopra (Ali Zafar) andLalitha Krishnan’s (Aditi Rao) chancemeeting at an airport extends over a fewyears — and each time, their meetingsare simply put, unconvincing. Ali Zafarseems to deliver what he is asked to, butAditi Rao falls short of convincing theaudience. She is definitely a juicy treatto the eyes, no doubt, but so are NargisFakhri, Praniti Chopra, Amy Jackson

and a host of other new belles inBollywood —so what makes her distinctfrom the rest is yet to be seen. The dia-logues are supremely mediocre anddrag a lot — enough to put the audienceto sleep.

What one fails to understand is, howdoes the heroine (and only the heroinemind you), fall in love with a guy, andnever ‘realise it’, only to figure it out onthe day of her wedding? It’s tiring, andactually sometimes scary to see thisinstability of the mind! The less saidabout the director Anu Menon the bet-ter. Go watch the movie if your friendsinsist, but go only to a good multiplex,

at least, you can spend your lazy after-noon sleeping in the air-conditionedhall after a long drive in the sun.

INDIRA ATLURI

Movie:London Paris New York

Cast: Ali Zafar , Aditi Rao

Directed by:Anu Menon

Rating:

A rebelspeaksPaan Singh Tomar

is the true jour-ney of a talentedrunner who turnedinto a rebel. It’s astory about a manfrom a small townof Madhya Pradeshwho rose as an ath-lete and won thesteeplechase eventat the Indian National Games for sevenyears in a row. His record stood unbeatenfor 10 years. His name was Paan SinghTomar, belonged to rajpoot community ofMadhya pradesh. But fame didn’t stopthere-he became even more famous orrather infamous when he gave up his run-ning shoes, took up the rifle and went on tobecome a baaghi and wreaked havoc in theChambal Valley.

John lookedup SurveJohn Abraham says he has worked hard to

get into the character of Manya Surve,the gangster who was shot dead by Mumbaipolice in 1982, for the movie Shootout AtWadala, inspired by the real life incident.

“I can honestly say that I have put inevery kind of effort to study this character,to work on the way he supposedly behaved.In fact, me and Sanjay (Gupta) went andmet the people who knew him to find outhow Manya Surve behaved and the way hespoke,” the 39-year-old said here at anevent.

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Actor Demi Moore hasreportedly completedher rehab stint and has

gone on a vacation to anundisclosed place.

The actress had checkedinto Cirque Lodge in Sun da -nce, Utah, to deal with aneating disorder and addict-ion issues.

“She’s in no rush to getback to LA. She's on total lockdown and only talkingto a small group of people,”E! News quoted a source assaying.

Moore’s decision to seektreatment came after her hos-pitalisation after smoking an“incense-like substance” onJanuary 23. IANS

She’s in no rushto get back to LA.She’s on totallockdown and onlytalking to a smallgroup of people

DemiMoore outof rehab


Kim’s ex-boyfriend

just wants tobe friends

Socialite KimKardashian hasbeen left devastat-

ed after being told byher ex-beau ReggieBush that he just wantsto be friends.

The 31-year-old wastrying to reconcile herromance with Bush fol-lowing the collapse ofher short-lived mar-riage to KrisHumphries, but he isn’tinterested. “Shethought Reggie wouldtake her back after the

whole Kris Humphriesdebacle. Reggie’s herone true love. He couldeasily fire things upwith Kim now, but he’schosen not to,” contact-music.com quoted asource as saying.

“Reggie likes hang-ing out with Kim, buthe’s not into all thepublicity. He’s prettymuch told her, ‘I don’tlove you like that any-more; we’re justfriends’,” the sourceadded. IANS

LILO

Bruce to starin FiveAgainst aBulletBruce Willis will star in Sony’s action

thriller Five Against a Bullet, HannahMinghella, president of production atSony’s Columbia Pictures, said onThursday.

The movie, which Alex Litvak (TheThree Musketeers, Predators) is writing, isabout a Mexican politician who hires thefive best bodyguards in the world after adrug cartel kills his father.

Willis will play one of the bodyguards.Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Jordan Schurand David Mimran are producing themovie. “We have been excited about thisproject since acquiring the rights lastyear,” Minghella said in a statement.“Bruce Willis is the perfect actor to leadthis cast. We look forward to moving FiveAgainst a Bullet into production quickly.

Willis will soon begin production on AGood Day to Die Hard, the fifth install-ment of the Die Hard movies.

Actress Lindsay Lohan admits that shehas learned from her bad decisions.The 25-year-old feels that she doesn’tneed any more “negative stuff ” in herlife and wants to put her bad times

behind her. “I regret the choices that I’ve made,but I’m grateful for where I am today because ofthem. I don’t need to see any more negative stuff,I don’t need to put myself in those places any-more,” showbizspy.com quoted Lohan as saying.“It’s been a learning experience and I’m gladthat I experienced it. I’m grateful that I’velearned from it. It’s helped me, it’s hum-bling,” she added.

says she’slearntfrom thepast

CHAI TIME 26SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

How to play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: “How do you play Kakuro?”, wellhere are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cellslike in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the darkcells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In akakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of thedigits in the row or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the num-bers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only beused once.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly:In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle,

you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14.This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and soon...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this isdone through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as youwork out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limitthe valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of thenumber 11.

KAKUROACROSS1 Shampoo directive6 Mason's Gardner?10 Mimics14 ‘It's been ___ plea-

sure’15 Utah park16 Sound of a defective

faucet17 Oxymoronic group19 Bygone Chevy20 He's a deer21 Feed-bag bit22 More prevalent23 Out of sorts25 Enticing ads27 Oxymoronic seclu-

sion32 Water container?33 Nevada gambling

haven34 Moist37 Compass reading38 Predominant, as a

ruler41 Scare word42 Hallmark product44 Common street

name45 Rand McNally book47 Oxymoronic ‘per-

haps’50 Tummy scrunchers52 Rep.'s counterpart53 Carroll's adventurer54 Hawaiian food staple56 Uptown blowout60 Exit the springboard61 Oxymoronic physical

description64 Odd's counterpart65 Speak angrily66 Mountain nymph of

Greek myth67 Cram-session cause68 Catch ___ (under-

stand)69 Fritter away

DOWN1 Reckless2 ‘___ La Douce’

3 Close by

4 Cracker type5 Right-angle joint6 Cornell or Pound7 Event in a prison

movie8 Daily temperature

extreme9 Cease10 Did some counseling11 Rather12 ‘The ___ Sanction’

(Clint Eastwood film)13 Gaff and boom18 Revolver inventor22 ‘Go team!’ cheer24 Sinister look25 Landlord's supporter26 Alma mater of Prince

William27 Baldwin of ‘The Cat

in the Hat’28 Chanteuse Horne29 Fifth gears, often

30 Church instruments31 Really smart people35 Lot's land36 Raise, as a question39 Send out matter40 Make the wild mild43 Mountain climber's

return46 Lutelike

instrumentof Asia

48 Paymentfor services

49 Cut andsplice

50 Citadel stu-dent

51 ___ branch(peaceoffering)

54 Confined(with ‘up’)55 ___ von

Bismarck57 Piles on birthdays58 Chair-back part59 Jekyll's alter-ego61 ___-am (kind of golf

tournament)62 Took off on foot63 ‘Ouch!’ relative

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CHAI TIME 27SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo VirgoThree of Wands

Work – Don’t spendtoo much time gos-

siping about unnecessarypeople and topics at thework place. You have tofocus on more importantthings. Romance –Singles will find someoneattractive and want tomake the first move. Havesome harmless fun butdon’t get too emotionallyattached. Health – Healthis fantastic. You feel goodabout the choices you’vemade and where your lifeis right now. It reflects onyour health. Money –You’ve made the rightinvestments or are in theright direction puttingyour money in the rightplaces. Good going! Tarotmessage – You have wait-ed a long time for thingsto move. It is all going asper plan now. Don’t lookback.

The High Priest

Work – You have thesolution with you

but you may be afraid tovoice it out. Speak bravelyin meetings and let yourbosses know of yourideas. Romance – Aromance with an olderpartner is likely. This willwork very well as you willcomplete the limitationsin each other. Health –Beware of over-eating andputting on weight. Watchyour diet but also indulgeonce in a while. Don’tbinge. Money – You havethe answers to what needsto be done to improvefinances. You just need to put it to action. Tarot message – Thereare times when you have the answers but time or fear stops you from going down that road. Be patient.

The Sun

Work – You are likely toget a little flirtatious

with a coworker. Don’t takeit to extremes, and don’tlead the other person on.Romance – This is a greattime for sensual pleasuresand all kinds of passions.You’re in the mood toexplore all sensory plea-sures. Health – You have ayouthful energy and vervewhich will take you througheven the most difficulttimes. Stay cheerful andspread that energy. Money –Finances are in good shape.Though you have little toworry about, keep checkingin on your bank balanceand assets once in a while.Tarot message – When thegoing is good, everythingfalls into place. Reflect onyour life goals.

Seven of Pentacles

Work – You need toattend a workshop or

seminar that will enhanceyour knowledge in yourfield. Pay attention towhat industry leaders aresaying. Romance – Youmay be neglecting yourpartner. Take a weekendoff or spend a day witheach other doing thingsyou both like. Health –There’s some worry oranxiety that needs tack-ling. Take up a meditationcourse or something to de-stress. Avoid alcohol at allcosts. Money – Your focushas been on making moremoney for some time nowand it is working well.Don’t worry about thebank balance. Tarot mes-sage – You will get stuckin a rut if you do not getout of your comfort zoneand move ahead fullsteam.

Three of Cups

Work – A project youworked on was suc-

cessful. This gives yourbosses more confidence inyour ability and you’re ableto pull off more than theythought you could.Romance – In a marriagebe careful of the interven-tion of a third person. Itcould be an extra maritalaffair. It could also be apesky in-law. Health –Your feelings of content-ment spill over and yourbody responds in a positiveway to the call of immedi-ate needs. Money – A raiseor promotion is likely. Acelebration of some kind isindicated. You may evenget a job offer from a rival company. Tarot message – Successis important to knowyou’ve done well and to know your own ability.

Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

Queen of Pentacles

Work – You will have todeal with some jeal-

ousy from a coworkerabout you getting lots ofpats on your back for a jobwell done. Romance –Your emotions are concen-trated on making a goodcareer path right now.Though you have it in youto be warm and caring,your partner may be feel-ing left out. Health –Watch the weight. Payattention to diet and avoidbingeing, no matter howstressed you may be.Money – Finances are ingreat shape. You are man-aging your bank accountsand assets rather well andknow how to managemoney and time. Tarotmessage – Balance the different aspects of your life to experience it fully.

Nine of Pentacles

Work – You like towork alone but cir-

cumstances are forcing youto work with a team. Treatthis as a learning experi-ence. Romance – The sig-nificant other may be feel-ing left out and may wantmore attention from you.Carve out time to do thingsyou both like. Health – Inorder to maintain goodmental health, you need tosocialize and talk to newand different people. Don’tget stuck in a rut. Money –Finances are good. Thebank balance is healthyand it gives you the confi-dence to take a few riskswith your career. Tarotmessage – In order toexperience life fully, you need to sometimes get out of your comfortzone and do differentthings.

Six of Wands

Work – This is the vic-tory card and whatev-

er it is you have been wait-ing for is now yours. Treatyourself for a job well doneand celebrate! Romance –A chance meeting turnspassionate and you two hitit off big time. It may evengo on to turn serious witha deepening of commit-ment. Health – If you needto quit smoking and drink-ing, this is the time to putyourself on a regimen anddo it. Money – That free-lance project you work onbrings in more money thanyou had imagined. A booksells well or a stock market investment grows.Tarot message – Whenthe times are good, you look back and congratulate yourself on hanging in there.

Seven of Cups

Work – The focus is onmaking money and

you’re now making allcareer decisions based onlyon the monetary returns.Romance – Love is in theair. Passions run deep.Though you and your part-ner discover each other,there is confusion aboutwhere the relationship isheaded. Health –Confusion, anxiety andworry may be giving yousleepless nights. Don’t pun-ish yourself by over think-ing your actions. Money –With your focus on materi-al possessions, you do wellto amass whatever it isthat you need at this pointin your life. Tarot mes-sage – De-stress and dowhat it takes to see thingsclearly. Develop a healthyrelationship with yourself first.

Knight of Wands

Work – This is a cre-ative time and since

the work review resultshave been good, you alsobegin to plan your nextmoves. Romance – Youmay come across as quitethe unscrupulous monsterwhen it comes to express-ing your feelings. You’reunable to do it with sensi-tivity. Health – You’re highon energy and feel the needto continue to march aheadon that adrenaline rush.Rest and relaxation arealso equally important.Money – You’re creatingthe road to better financialsecurity. In the process,you may have to make afew compromises. But thepath is clear. Tarot mes-sage – There may be a fewdistractions but as long asyou are focused on yourgoal, nothing can stop you.

Two of Cups

Work – A business part-nership will be more

successful than you canimagine, especially if youthought you’re not cut outfor business.Romance – Commitment ina relationship deepens andyou decide to get engaged,move in together or tie theknot. Emotions run high.Health – Get a second opin-ion if a persistent healthproblem is refusing to letgo. Alternative therapiesmay help. Money –Opening a joint accountwith a business partner orwife can bring in more luck.Try it out and see how itworks. Tarot message –Two minds can do betterwhat one mind can. Explorethe possibilities of teamingup and the pleasures ofworking together with alike-minded person.

The High Priestess

Work – You may beasked to work with a

lot of women around you.So much feminine energymay be clashing with yourown energy. Romance –Love is in the air. A lot ofromance, wining, diningwill take up your time.Enjoy it while it lasts.Nothing will stay thesame forever. Health –Look out for minor issueslike sleep irregularities,acidity or throat infection.Take medication and dowhat’s necessary to cor-rect it. Money – A free-lance opportunity willhelp you make some extracash. This will helpreduce the stress with theEMI payments. Tarotmessage – Use your intu-ition to the maximum. Goby what you feel and notwhat other people willthink.

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KNOW YOURCOUNTRY

THE SATURDAY QUIZ 28SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

1. Which cartoon characterwears a flying helmet andtakes on the Red Baron?

2. In which sport would youfind a puck?

3. What is the full name of theMGM Company?

4. In Oscar Wilde's novel,whose portrait changes in amystical way?

5. In which film could you findthe character Cruella de Vil?

6. For which newspaper didSuperman work?

7. Which rock star wrote thebook titled In His OwnWrite?

8. In which country are theislands of Honshu andHokkaido?

9. Name the procedure used toassist a person choking onfood?

10. On the 100th Anniversary ofAmerican Independence in1876, what did France giveto America?

11. Which fictional characterlived at 221B Baker Street?

12. Who was described by

Winston Churchill as a"seditious" and "half-nakedfakir"?

13. What is the name of 0degrees longitude?

14. What are the units of measurement for the heightof a horse?

15. Who was the first animalfilm star?

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

NAME GAME

1 The Grand Old Man ofIndia

2 The man of Blood andIron

3 The Land of theGolden Fleece

4 The Island of Pearls

5 Hermit Kingdom

6 Queen of the Adriatic

7 City of the DreamingSpires

8 Land of Canals

9 Granite City

10 Wizard of the North

IDENTIFY THESECOUNTRIES AND PEOPLE

FAMOUS SPOUSES

1She is the face of the modernwoman: confident, intelligent,witty and pretty.She is a queen,

but she has been a champion ofwomen’s rights and empowermentof youth in the Arab region. Who isshe?

2The girl with eyes of dawn, shewas one of the greatest actorsof Hollywood’s golden age.

She married eight times, but hadonly seven spouses. No,we did notget our count wrong, it’s just thatshe married Richard Burton twice.Who is she?

3He descended on the tenniscircuit with flowing golden hair,a winning smile and irresistible

charm. He was the first tennis play-er and one of the only two men tobag a Career Golden Slam in sin-gles: winning all the three GrandSlams and an Olympic gold medal.He is married to Steffi Graf. Who ishe?

IDENTIFY THESE FAMOUSBETTER HALVES

WHO AM I?I belong to the fairytaleworld. My mother and twostep-sisters used to treat mevery badly. My misfortunescontinued until a handsomeand charming prince foundme, but he could only do it

thanks to aglass slipperI had left athis palace.Who am I?

Answers1.Snoopy 2.Hockey 3. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer4. Dorian Gray 5. 101Dalmatians 6. DailyPlanet 7.John Lennon 8. Japan 9. Heimlichmanoeuvre 10. The Statue of Liberty11.Sherlock Holmes 12. Mahatma Gandhi 13.The Greenwich Meridian 14. Hands 15. RinTin Tin

Answers1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2.Otto VonBismark 3.Australia 4. Bahrain 5. Korea6. Venice 7. Oxford 8. Netherlands 9.Aberdeen 10. Walter Scott

Answers1Queen Rania of Jordan 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3.Andre Agassi

1What is the motto of the AsianGames?

2 Which Indian city would you bein if you were standing onworld's longest railway plat-form?

3 Which Indian woman athlete ispopularly known as the IdukkiExpress ?

4 Who founded the SevagramAshram near Wardha inMaharashtra ?

5 Who was the first Indian womanto win Miss Asia Pacific title in1970 ?

Answers1.Ever Onward 2.Kharagpur (West Bengal) 3.KM Beenamol 4. Mahatma Gandhi 5.ZeenatAman

Answer Cinderella

with SantoshGhule

Find the fishin the picture

IDENTIFY THESE CARTOON CHARACTERSAnswers1.Garfield 2 Atom Ant 3.Popeye 4 Pink Panther

PICTUREPUZZLE 4

Answer for3: The sides ofthe glasses formthe four faces.

SPORTS 29

Second seed Jelena Jankovicreached the semi-finals ofthe BMW Malaysian Open

Saturday without having to pick up herracquet after Ayumi Morita pulled outinjured, the second withdrawal in two

days. Top seed and world number fiveAgnieszka Radwanska pulled out

Friday due to injury after a string ofrain delays caused a schedule pile-up.

Jelena Jankovic in semis

France and Ireland will at last lockhorns at the Stade de France onSunday with the hosts being

warned that they must start with abang if they are to keep alive theirdreams of a Grand Slam. CoachPhilippe Saint-Andre has guided theFrench to two wins in their first twogames but was concerned by theirlethargic approach last week.

France, Ireland to lock horns

British Tour de France hopefulBradley Wiggins is aiming tomaintain his solid start to this

year's cycling season when the Paris-Nice event begins on Sunday. TheTeam Sky rider finished third inFebruary's Tour of the Algarve andplans to carry that form into the firstEuropean-based World Tour race of2012.

Wiggins to maintain form


Murrayhas hisrevengeDUBAI: World number oneNovak Djokovic was beaten forthe first time this year when hisfirst tournament since hisAustralian Open triumph endedin a straight sets semi-finaldefeat to Andy Murray at theDubai Open.

The triple Grand Slam final-ist beat the triple Grand Slamtitle-holder from Serbia 6-2, 7-5 toearn a final against RogerFederer on Saturday.

Federer reached his 102ndcareer final with a 7-6 (7/5), 7-6(8/6) win over Juan Martin DelPotro which earned him a chanceof extending his record of Dubaititles to five.

The Grand Slam record-hold-er from Switzerland beat the 2009US Open champion fromArgentina with a calm and solidperformance in which he held allhis service games throughout afourth successive match.

He also saved four set pointsin the second set tiebreak.

Murray, who lost a thrillingAustralian Open semi-final toDjokovic, gained revenge in animpressive display.

It was an unpredictablematch, with two or three surpris-ing twists and turns, Djokovicattacking the net more thanusual, but Murray being the bet-ter server and more consistentplayer.

"You know some parts of thismatch I played well, but he wasjust the better player," saidDjokovic. "So I have to congratu-late him on that.

"But generally I feel good,physically, mentally, you know.It's just the start of the season.You know, some 1000 events com-ing up which are really impor-tant (Indian Wells and Miami)and I need to get ready."

AFP

DELRAY BEACH: Isneradvanced on Friday with abrisk 6-3, 6-2 victory overeighth-seeded AustralianBernard Tomic.

Fellow American andfourth seed Roddick lost hisquarter-final in three sets toSouth Africa's Kevin Anderson2-6, 7-6 (11/9), 6-4.

America's Isner, ranked11th in the world, capitalized onfour of his five break chancesagainst the 19-year-old Aussieto claim victory in only 56 min-utes.

Isner, seeking a first title of2012, will face seventh seededAnderson who rallied to beatRoddick in a two hour, 33

minute marathon match.Anderson, of

Johannesburg, put on animpressive serving display,beating Roddick at his owngame. Anderson hammered 11aces to Roddick's eight aces andwon 77 percent of his first servepoints.

Roddick had four double

faults overall as he fizzled inthe third set, winning just 65percent of his first serve points.

This marked the 25-year-oldAnderson's second win overRoddick in four career meet-ings. They faced each otherthree times last year withRoddick winning the first twobefore Anderson won instraight sets, 6-4, 7-5, in theround of 32 at the Beijing hard-court tournament.

The 203 centimetre tallAnderson, who is chasing hissecond career title, raised hisrecord this year to 6-4, whileRoddick dropped to just 2-4.

Israel's Dudi Sela bookedhis first semi-final berth of theyear with a three-set victoryover fifth-seeded GermanPhilipp Kohlschreiber.

After dropping a second settie-breaker, Sela responded topost a 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-0 victory.

Sela reached his first semi-final since Chennai in 2010.

AFP

MEXICO, Acapulco: The shadow of Italian tennis player Sara Errani is casted on the court as she prepares to serve during a Mexican TennisOpen match against compatriot Roberta Vinci, in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on Friday. AFP PHOTO/ALFREDO ESTRELLA

GAME OF SHADOWS

Top seed John Isnerbooked his berth inthe semi-finals whileformer US Open win-ner Andy Roddickwas sent crashing outof the ATP Tour'sDelray BeachInternational tourna-ment on Friday. John Isner

Top seed Isner in semis

Murray

SPORTS 30SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

BRISBANE: The vanquishedIndian cricket team, barring acouple of players, traced itsway back to home on Saturday,drawing curtains on a disas-trous Australian tour duringwhich it lost more than itgained.

As soon as Sri Lankapipped Australia at the post inMelbourne last night, the reser-vation plans were put afoot andthe players lost little time inleaving for home on Saturday.

The players with bases inMumbai and south India —Sachin Tendulkar, ZaheerKhan, Rohit Sharma, UmeshYadav, Vinay Kumar,Ravichandran Ashwin and theentire support staff — took amorning flight to Singapore

where they would board respec-tive connecting flights toMumbai and Chennai.

Skipper Mahendra SinghDhoni, Virat Kohli, VirenderSehwag, Gautam Gambhir,Suresh Raina, Praveen Kumarand Rahul Sharma leftBrisbane this afternoon, againfor Singapore where they wouldtake the flight to Delhi.

Irfan Pathan and ParthivPatel, with bases in Gujarat,will leave for home on Sunday.

The Indians were not exact-ly glued in front of their TVscr eens on Friday to watch theoutcome of the Australia-SriLanka match which the latterwon by nine runs in the finalover.

A few wandered around in

the market while a small grouphad dinner together. Only a fewhooked themselves in front oftelevision screens last night.

India had raised hopes formaking it to the finals of theone-day series with an aston-ishing chase of 321 in 36.4 overs

against Sri Lanka at BelleriveOval, Hobart earlier this week.

The Indians had finally lib-erated themselves on an other-wise suffocating three-monthtrip to Australia during whichthey were blanked 4-0 in theTest series and claimed just twomatches in the triangularseries. Batsmen and bowlerssuffered collective failures andonly Virat Kohli, and to a lesserextent Umesh Yadav and VinayKumar, redeemed themselvesduring the debilitating tour.

The Indians would head forBangladesh to play the AsiaCup, due between March 13-22.Post Asia Cup, it would be timefor the fifth edition of IndianPremier League (IPL), startingApril 4. PTI

Indians on their way back

Down & out Down Under

AS SOON AS SRI LANKAPIPPED AUSTRALIA ATTHE POST INMELBOURNE LAST NIGHT,THE RESERVATION PLANSWERE PUT AFOOT ANDTHE PLAYERS LOST LITTLETIME IN LEAVING FORHOME ON SATURDAY.

CLEVELAND: The ChicagoBulls breezed past theCleveland Cavaliers 112-91Friday with the help of forwardLuol Deng's perfect four-for-fourshooting from beyond the arc.The 26-year-old Deng scored aseason-high 24 points, DerrickRose added 19 points and nineassists and Carlos Boozer fin-ished with 13 points and 11rebounds for Chicago, who wontheir fifth consecutive NationalBasketball Association game.Antawn Jamison finished with22 points and Ramon Sessionsscored 16 for Cleveland, wholost their fourth straight.Cleveland played without firstoverall draft pick Kyrie Irving,who was suffering from a virus.Rose made a driving layup atthe end of the second quarter togive the Bulls a comfortable 12point lead at halftime.The Bulls then turned it up anotch in the third quarter lead-ing by double digits the wholetime as the Cavaliers failed tomount a comeback.Deng, of Sudan, nailed a threepointer in the final minute ofthe third quarter to extendtheir lead to 24 points, 94-70.

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MANCHESTER: ManchesterCity manager Roberto Manciniindicated Friday he has toldstriker Mario Balotelli heshould heed a warning fromItaly coach Cesare Prandelli toimprove his disciplinaryrecord.

Balotelli was dropped fromthe Italian squad for the inter-national friendly loss to theUnited States after Prandelliblasted the player’s indiscipline,noting the 21-year-old has beensent off twice for City this sea-son and missed eight gamesthrough suspension - albeitthree of those held over fromlast season.

Mancini said: “I think it(the warning) is correct. Weknow that Mario is a top player- but he should improve hisbehaviour.

“For the national team it isimportant. When you go to playin the European Championshipand you only play three or fivegames, you should have goodbehaviour.”

Balotelli did impress forPremier League leaders City inlast week’s 3-0 win overBlackburn which encouragedMancini to say that “Mario isthe best Italian striker, for sure- 100 percent.”

The former Inter Milan for-ward has scored 13 goals in allcompetitions this season, com-pared with 21 and 18 for fellowstrikers Sergio Aguero andEdin Dzeko. Mancini also notedthe return of another contro-versial figure in Carlos Teveznow back in training. AFP

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MANCHESTER: Sunderlandwill look to dent Newcastle’sEuropa League hopes and boosttheir own outside chances ofplaying in Europe next seasonwhen they travel to meet theirlocal Premier League rivalsSunday.

The Black Cats make theshort trip to the renamed St.James Park aiming to avoidfalling victim to a league doubleby their North-East neighbours,who won by the only goal at theStadium of Light at the start ofthe campaign.

A 52,000 sell-out, the Tyne-Wear derby is new groundfor Martin O’Neill, theSunderland manager, who haspresided over a remarkable up-turn in fortunes since takingover from Steve Bruce inDecember.

Despite the 4-0 reverse at WestBrom last time out, theWearside club have won 10 ofthe Irishman’s 16 games incharge. It’s seen them throughto the last eight of the FA Cupwhile climbing out of thePremier League bottom three tosit ninth, 10 points behindNewcastle, who are sixth. Bothclubs have 12 fixtures left to play.

Former Celtic managerO’Neill tasted the unique atmo-sphere of Glasgow’s Old Firmderby on several occasions andsaid: “I’ve never experienced aNorth-East derby in terms ofSunderland versus Newcastle.By reputation, this one is rightup there with the biggest inBritain. For generations, thisarea has been a hotbed of foot-ball this is a massive game, one

I’m looking forward to.“It’s a ferocious derby which

I’m sure will be played at agreat pace. We’ll be be ready forit, and if we perform to ourcapabilities we can win.”

Sunderland haven’t won attheir arch rivals’ for the last sixvisits, stretching back toNovember 2000. O’Neill added:“It’s a big occasion and a biggame and we’ve got to be readyfor it by applying the sameapproach which has seen us dorelatively well over the last cou-ple of months.”

Newcastle, written-off bymany before the start of thecampaign for a season of struggle, have lost just twice athome this term to see themgreatly over-achieve in theircontinued bid to return toEuropean competition for the

first time since 2006.Alan Pardew is keen to atone

for the disappointing 2-2 homedraw with struggling Wolveslast time out, and the Newcastlemanager said: “We just want toget four points from the twohome games, and on the back ofthe run we’ve had at home, that would constitute asuccess.”

Sunderland have emerged vic-torious just once in the last 14meetings with their local rivals,and were humiliated 5-1 ontheir most recent visit toTyneside 16 months ago.

Pardew warned his side not torest on their laurels, and headded: “It doesn’t matter what’sgone on before, that’s irrele-vant. What it will be about isthe day itself and how we play.”

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MANCHESTER: Sir AlexFerguson believesManchester United’s tripto Tottenham on Sundaywill prove pivotal to hisside’s hopes of securing a20th league title.

United trail leadersManchester City, whohost struggling Bolton onSaturday, by two pointsgoing in to the weekend -but will have WayneRooney back to bolstertheir challenge.

Spurs’ own push forthe top has come unstuckin recent weeks but theystill represent a majortest to United.

Ferguson believes awin at White Hart Laneand keeping up with Cityat this stage could provedecisive, with United fac-ing a game at City in thethird last fixture of theseason.

He said: “It’s a very,

very important game forus. If you look at the restof the season you wouldcertainly say that build-ing up to a game thatcould turn out to be thedecider againstManchester City later inthe season, Tottenham isour hardest away gamebut we’ll be looking tonavigate it.

“I’m looking atManchester United. Werealise how important itis on Sunday to maintainour challenge.

“We’re not interestedin anyone else’s challengebut to maintain our chal-lenge we need to win onSunday.” Ferguson feelsthat Tottenham managingto fight off Chelsea’sinterest in Croatian mid-fielder Luka Modric lastsummer has been key totheir successful cam-paign.

The playmaker insist-ed he wanted to leave butSpurs rejected a string ofoffers from Chelsea.

Ferguson said: “Ithink it swung the playersaround too that theydecided to hold on toModric against what wethought was a big Chelseabid and it’s an indicationthat they mean business.

“It’s worked becausethey’ve had a great seasonand up until about threeweeks ago they were play-ing the best football in theleague. “They’ve hit a lit-tle bit of a plateau at themoment but we know thatgoing down there on Sun -day is a big game for usand it’s the most impor-tant game for us so far.”

Ferguson has a doubtover defender ChrisSmalling, who sustained ahead injury in England’s3-2 friendly defeat to

Spurs game keyfor us: Ferguson

AVB braces forIdes of MarchLONDON: Chelsea coachAndre Villas-Boas admitted onFriday that March will definethe club’s season andshrugged off specualationthat Jose Mourinho is poisedfor a dramatic return toStamford Bridge.

The under-pressurePortuguese coach faces twocrucial Premier League gamesin the coming weeks and anFA Cup fourth-round replay,as well as trying to overturn a3-1 Champions League last-16deficit against Napoli. “Theyare key just because we can be

out of or continue in two com-petitions,” he said ahead ofSaturday’s league game atWest Bromwich Albion. Askedif March was a definingmonth, he added: “It candefine a ‘trophyless’ season forChelsea, yes.” Adding spice tolife at Chelsea this week werereports that Real Madridcoach Mourinho was spottedin London house-hunting.

But Villas-Boas insisted hewas unconcerned aboutrumours linking his mentorwith a return to the Londonclub.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (centre) reacts during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 second legfootball match between Manchester United and Ajax at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England last month.

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Holland in mid-week.

But Rooney,who missed theDutch clash andsat out twoUnited gameswith a throatinfection, willplay, Fergusonconfirmed.“Wayne is fit.”

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