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THE CROWN OF

Despite its glorious past, the country isnow on the brink of bankruptcy. Its

economic downturn notwithstanding,Portugal is a beautiful country with plentyof sun, sand, cultural heritage and monu-ments which have stood the test of time.

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GAUTHAM MENON,SURIYA’S FILM TOTAKE OFF IN JUNE

After a lot of dilly dallying, GauthamMenon has officially confirmed that

the principal shooting of his upcomingTamil film with Suriya is going to beginin June. The film has been named asDhruva Natchathiram.

DOLLARDREAMS OF AN NRI

Asensitive guy with a greatsense of humour, Ketan

Bhagat is almost ready tolaunch his first novel —Complete/ Convenient.Postnoon chats with the ner-vous wreck to find out more.

PG 28

PG 20

PG 10

53% OF BIEBER'S 37 MNTWITTER FOLLOWERS ARE

FLOOD STUDENT LEADERS‘FIX IT’ PLEAS

This is what student leaders, and even some professors, at City varsities are being asked to do.

FAKEJustin Bieber

recently overtook LadyGaga as themost followedperson onTwitter. But anew report bythe BBC sug-gests he mayhave earned therecord unfairly.

EXAM FEVER

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April 15 to June 30Contact: (022) 660 1 1825

Corporate express lunchTesta Rossa has added a new on-the-go corporate express lunch ser-vice for its customers. The lunch iseconomically prices at `199 for vegand `249 for non-veg.Where: Testa Rossa,

Jubilee HillsWhen: Ongoing,

noon to 4pmContact: (040) 6555 6519

Baisakhi Food Festival

Carrying forward the festive moodand spirit, GreenPark introducesBaisakhi Food Festival, bringing inthe authentic flavours of Punjab.Where: Once Upon a Time

Green Park Hotel,Greenlands, Begumpet

When: April 11-15,7:30pm to 11pm

Contact: (040) 6651 5151

All about cyclingA half day interactive workshop oncycling, the technical considera-tions, fitness, nutrition, commonproblems, how to plan a trainingprogramme, planning for competi-tion and prevention of injuries. Where: Alliance Franchise,

Road no 3,Banjara Hills

When: Registration: OngoingEvent: May 4

Contact: (040) 2335 0008

Vaishali Bisht’s theatreworkshopVaishali Bisht is conducting specialSummer Holidays theatre work-shops for children between theages of six and 12. The course con-sists of 20 classes held Monday toSaturday. Using theatre games andexercises, the workshop helps chil-dren use their imagination and getcreative.Where: Road no 7,

Banjara Hills When: From April 15,

Monday to Saturday,4.30pm to 6.30pm

Contact: 94904 40986

Three for twoTaj Safaris offers guests the optionof extending their two-day trip. Itgives you a third day complemen-tary stay. There are four exquisitelodges in the national parks of MP. Where: Taj SafarisWhen: Offer is valid from

summer for children. A parent andchild can register as one studentpair to make a short film together.Where: Begumpet When: From April 24,

2pm to 7pm,Contact: 94901 00404

KumbhKumbh: Native Realm, a search ofthe true self is a photography showby Joydeep Mitra, Where: ICONART Gallery,

Road No 12, Sri RamNagar Colony, Banjara Hills

When: Up to April 18Contact: 98499 68797

IPL FervorYou can order any four or six itemsfrom the menu and get the chat ofday free.Where: Kailash Parbat,

Above Ebony Gautier,2nd floor, Road No 36, Jubilee Hills

When: April 14,7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 8856

Malvani cuisineEnjoy a scrumptious spread of clas-sic dishes like pandhara kombdichesaar, kale vatana ni gawarchi bhajjiand puran poli. Where: Spice Junxion,

Taj Deccan, Road No 1, Banjara Hills

When: Till April 25Contact: (040) 6652 3939

French animated film Alliance Française of Hyderabad presents Le chat du Rabbin, direct-ed by Antoine Delesvaux and JoannSfar. Where: Alliance Française,

Banjara HillsWhen: April 18,

6.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2355 4485

Reflections and ImagesAn exhibition of paintings by artistsincluding Agacharya, AnandPanchal, Arvind Kolapkar, DattaBansode, Devyani Parikh, andKaushik Raha.Where: Kalakriti Art Gallery

468, Road No 10,Banjara Hills

When: Up to April 30Contact: kalakriti.in

Filmmaking workshopsfor childrenYavanika Films is conducting aunique filmmaking workshops this

CITY 2SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

The 65th Annual Nirankari Sant Samagam is being held at Exhibition Grounds, Nampally.

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Sundaybrunch can

be a little confus-ing — it's hard to

stick to one cuisine.Taj Krishna in the City hasdecided to go off the beatentrack by launching its SparklingYumcha brunch this Sunday atthe Golden Dragon. Thebrunch, which includessparkling wine, will focus onlyon delicacies from the heart ofChina. It lures you with dim-sums, soup, spring rolls, noo-dles, rice and a variety ofseafood to choose from. Visitonce, you'll definitely indulgeagain!

City’s#1 spot

CITY 3SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

Union minister of state for tourismK Chiranjeevi paid floral tributesto BR Ambedkar on his birthday

anniversary today at a function held atTank Bund where he said that

Ambedkar was the inspiration behindthe SC/ST sub-plan. Now, the recom-mendations of the Koneru Ranga Rao

on land issues should be implementedimmediately, he said.

Chiru’s tribute to Ambedkar

TDP chief Nara ChandrababuNaidu, whose ‘VastunnaaMeekosam’ padayatra entered

Visakhapatnam, is suffering from sev -ere body ache. His heel was swollenand his feet have developed blisters.Doctors, who came from Hyderabad,examined him on Saturday. He plans abus yatra to maintain the continuity ofhis marathon mass contact.

Babu may end yatra soon

The owner of a hospital and one ofits doctors have been chargedwith medical negligence that

resulted in the death of a patient. Thecases were registered against GVenkateswara Rao and a doctor onduty. The case pertains to ShravanKumar, 20, who was admitted to thehospital on February 1 and developedserious complications the next day.

Hospital owner, doc booked

Congmen back Anam

This dog’s bark was worse than his bite

They may be man’s bestfriend, but not keepingyour pet dog under con-trol could be disasterous.

In a curious case, a man lost hislife and six others sustainedinjuries after an argument overthe constant barking of a dog inKotherapally, Ranga Reddy dis-trict.

The dog that belonged to one

Bhaskar of Kotherapally is saidto be the cause of the trouble. Itis said that this dog, an aggres-sive one with a penchant forbarking throughout the night,was a nuisance to the neigh-bours who were unable to sleep.

According to reports, neigh-bours’ complaints to the ownerproved futile. G Ramchandraiahand his son-in-law wereattacked by the dog when hesuddenly broke loose from itstether. They raised an alarmand threw stones at the dog toscare it away.

Ramchandraiah later lodgeda complaint at the Vikrabad

police station, but the police-men shrugged it off as a matterthat was not worth investigat-ing. Things took a bloody turnon April 11. Bhaskar was ran-kled by the thought ofRamchandraiah attacking hispet dog. Ramchandraiah wasalso aggrieved at the never-ceas-ing trouble from his neighbour.

The two confronted eachother and a verbal attack began.One thing led to another, andsoon it swelled into a majorquarrel where both campspitched for a battle. Bhaskar’srelatives reportedly joined inand Ramchandraiah was killed

in the ensuing clash. Six otherssustained injuries.

Inspector Latchaih of theVikrabad police station saidthat the matter is being inves-tigated.

A police posse has beenposted at the venue to preventfresh trouble. But people inthe village have accused thepolice of inaction. Somepolicemen also admitted willy-nilly that had the policeintervened when the com-plaint was received, amurder would havebeen averted.

MOHD SUBHAN

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A man lost his life after an argument over a pet dog turned bloody.

Postnoon [email protected]

The prestigious UNWTO(United Nations WorldTourism Conference) held in

the City resolved to demand eas-ing the process of issuing touristvisas to give a fillip to globaltourism.

At a press conference aftertwo-day long discussions, secre-tary general of UNWTO TalebRefai said it is becoming increas-ingly difficult for tourists toobtain hassle-free visas due tocomplex procedures adopted bycountries.

“We think this difficulty has to be removed. We will worktowards removing this in comingdays,” he said.

The conference discussed var-

ious issues connected to traveland tourism the worldover.According to the secretary gener-al, the issues pertaining aviation,connectivity and transportationwere also discussed with theobjective of introducing policiesthat would lead sustainabletourism development.

TERRORISM IS NOT A THREATUnion minister of state fortourism K Chiranjeevi, who wasthe cynosure of all eyes duringthe conference, while reacting toa question on safety of touristssaid the threat of terrorism hasnot adversely affec ted tourism inthe country.

He pointed out that th Citywas able to host the conferencedespite the Dilsukhnagar blasts.He did, however, admit that ter-ror is a global issue.

“It is not India alone that issuffering from terrorist attacks.All countries are suffering fromthe menace. But as a responsiblegovernment we have taken allnecessary precautions to ensurethe safety of foreign tourists.

Chiranjeevi also revealed thatthe government is planning onextend the visa on arrival serviceto five more cities includingHyderabad. Presently, the serviceis available at the four metros.

World leaders batfor easier visas

Inkeshaf [email protected]

Political observers in theState perceive that Statefinance minister Anam

Ramanar ayana Reddy's vituper-ative outpourings against theCM late YS Rajasekhara Reddyand YS Jagan Mohan Reddy onFriday as the beginning of anall-out attack by the Congress to‘finish off ’ the Jagan effect inthe electoral politics of theState.

Anam’s remarks that “ifanyone ought to be hanged inAndhra Pradesh it must beJagan” have led to tremors inpolitical circles. “It is not an off-the-cuff remark; it has an aim,”said a senior Congress leader.Many Congressmen toldPostnoon that the party had pri-marily decided to attack Jaganto rein in his YSR Congressparty that has been growing onsentiments.

The Congress leaders aresuffering for being subservientto YSR. “Many Cabinet minis-ters are suffering pain formeekly submitting to YSR. Heis no longer a magic leader; hehas now become a liability. The

Congress had primarily decidedto launch an aggressive attackagainst YSR’s family with theobjective to expose them. Anamfired the first shot. All Cabinetministers will continue to do soin coming days,” said a seniorcongress leader, who is close toChief Minister N Kiran KumarReddy.

It is significant that AndhraPradesh Congress Committeepresident Botsa Satyanarayanahas also joined the bandwagonand said that he fully supportsthe finance minister’s com-ments. He alleged that Jagan'sfamily has looted the entire

State while his father was inpower. "I would like to ask YSSharmila (Jagan’s sister), whois vociferously demanding thearrest of two ministerschargesheeted by the CBI, thatwho is responsible for theirpredicament?” asked Botsa.

Senior Cabinet ministerKanna Lakshminarayana toojoined the bandwagon and saidthat no Cabinet minister haddeliberately committed a mis-take and simply dischargedtheir duties as per the direc-tions of the former chief minis-ter YSR.

"The ministers are sufferingdue to the selfishness and greedof one person (Jagan). No min-ister has committed a crime.(Jagan’s) objective is to garnerpublic support during GeneralElections by forcing us to abusehis father's name. But theirstrategy did not work out," hesaid.

Another Cabinet minister, KPardha Saradhi, said, "Anamwas merely expressing hisanger over the plight of minis-ters, who are facing seriousallegations for issuing GOs. Theministers are suffering unnec-essarily for no fault of theirs.”

The party seems to have achieved a rare solidarity targetingits former wonder boy YSR and his political heir Jagan.

4SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

CITY

If a policeman asks you, whenyou approach him with a com-plaint, “do you know the formal-ities?” don’t act dumb. It’s code

for money. If you don’t know themeaning, a more legible messagewill be delivered, only it would becoated with a dab of foul words.

Not all, but a lot many men inuniform are drawn to the vortexof corruption. The seniors who‘have seen life’ will guide therookie on how to take extra fromthe litigant public. This time it isthe advocates, who by the natureof their works are compelled todeal with police on cases, who arealleging that taking money on thepretext of meeting peripheralexpenses has become secondnature to many policemen.

Senior advocates claim thatmany policemen in the Cityharass their clients and takemoney if they have to get the doc-umentation procedure, startingfrom filing an FIR at the policestation. Now, the matter hasreached the court with one com-plainant seeking judicial help.

Here’s a glaring instance. OnApril 5, Manjeeth Singh, 23, wastaken to Narayanaguda police sta-tion for a petty case after he had afight with his neighbour overparking of a motor cycle. Thepolice took in a General Diaryentry and took an undertakingfrom him. Manjeeth signed a bail

bond under Section 436 of CrPCand said he would appear beforethe court the next day and pay thefine. However, Manjeeth was notsent home but was detained in thestation. The reason, he alleges,was that he did not pay cops onduty “chai-pani.” When he did notcome home, his family contactedtheir advocate Gopal KrishnaKalanidhi, who then intervenedand threatened the police that hewould take the case to the HumanRights Commission.

In another case, MohamedGhouse, a driver who works for anIPS officer at the Secretariat, sayshe had been booked under a falsecase when he dared to complainagainst the police. Now he hasfiled a case stating that the policehad taken promissory notes from

him under duress.Ghouse says, “On June 25 last

year, I was picked up from my res-idence in Balapur by the localpolice. When I asked them why, allthey said was that someone hadfiled a complaint. It was only afterI went there I got to know that thecase was filed by a friend of myex-wife, stating that I owe her `7lakh. I told the police the allega-tions were false. They did notheed and detained me in thepolice station.

“They forced me to write apromissory note, a commitmentletter, and give my ex-wifeRajeshwari five post-datedcheques. Only then was I allowedto go home. Later I filed a case atthe Civil Court in this regard.

“I notified my bank against

the cheques issued to my ex-wife.The court issued a restrainingorder. It also granted me anticipa-tory bail, and I was asked toappear before the police stationand surrender. The cops on dutyasked me to pay `2,000 to the writ-er. I was left with no option but topay since they said it was ‘manda-tory’. Since I had filed a case atthe civil court against them, thepolice were hostile. To teach me alesson, they began sending con-stables in mufti to my house andthreatening me over the phone.The case is still in the court.”

According to some advocateswho sought anonymity, whenevertheir clients go to the police sta-tion, the cops make it clear thatthere is a procedure. They ask ifthey know the “formalities” to go

about the procedure of documen-tation. “Cops tactfully choosewords. They first give the hint,and if the person appears not tohave got the message, directmethod is applied,” says advocateES Nayak.

NO MONEY FOR STATIONERY!According to senior advocateKalanidhi, most cops outsourcewriting work. “Police openly tellme that they are short-staffed andthey outsource writers. Not onlythat, they say they have to takebribes from clients because other-wise, they will have to shell outmoney from their own pocket forstationary, cool drinks or tea andcoffee. When any high-profile visi-tor goes to the police station, rightfrom offering coffee to biryani,the cops ensure that the ‘VIP’ istreated well. Taking bribes is acommon sight these days. How -ever, the government seems to beturning a blind eye,” he says.

POLICE RUBBISH ALLEGATIONWhen Postnoon contacted a seniorpolice official, he laughed it off.He would not swear that somecops do not take bribes. “But if apoliceman is caught taking bribe,he will have to face the conse-quences. However, the allegationsof writing being outsourced arenot true. The constables on dutywrite reports,” he said.

He said, “Every month, eachpolice station gets an allowance of`5,000 from the headquarters.This money is used for the stationexpenditure,” he said. It is anoth-er matter that whether withtoday’s inflation `5,000 is suffi-cient, he adds reluctantly.

Model police methods

Rahul Ramakrishna [email protected]

The troubles of being a stu-dent leader include fendingoff some rather comic

requests from their own studentbrotherhood. Just a few daysbefore the PG exams in OU,which are due to start on April 15,student leaders are being bom-barded with calls from students.

Krishank Manne from OUJAC explains, “With examsaround the corner, we get loads ofcalls asking if we can manage toleak a few question papers or helpwith some “setting” during re-evaluation. I don’t understandhow students can pin their hopeson these malpractices when theycan invest the same amount oftime in preparing for the examsin the first place.”

Malpractices in examinationsquite often make it to the news,with many colleges in the City

receiving quite a lot of bad press.But there is a twist to this storyhere. If and when a questionpaper does get leaked, it is oftenthat these papers are made up bysome individual and are not theactual question paper at all!

“So what you see is a lot ofstudents running behind thesefake question papers, pinningtheir hopes of passing the examon them. But as I said, the sameamount of dedication and energycould be channelised into prepar-ing for an exam rather than rely-ing on these last minute add-ons,”Krishank says.

The system of making fakequestion papers is quite a lucra-tive business. Because it holdsmuch value just a few hoursbefore the commencement of theexam, any “fake” question papercan cost between `1,000 to `3,000.Some even go to the extent ofpreparing sets and batches ofquestion papers that are basically

cooked-up versions of previousyear copies.

So what do these leaders do,when the number of calls gets ontheir nerves? “Some students donot realise that they hamper thereputation of the student commu-nity by thinking we can manipu-late the examination system. Weoften try to convince them that

nothing of this sort happens butthis same trend is noticed everyyear,” a student leader says.

Lecturers too get their shareof sudden attention. B SrinivasReddy, a professor of Physics fromJNTU says, “It is so disappointingwhen some students call us up aday before the exams asking if‘things could be managed.’ And to

satisfy them, we often make up afew question papers in the hopethat they prepare at least for somepart of the subject.”

In the last few years, JNTUhas received quite a lot of flakover a series of exam questionpapers being leaked, and re-evalu-ation systems being rigged.

Janardhan Reddy, a BTech(Mechanical) student from JNTU-Kakinada says, “Right after theexams, we come across somedubious characters who promiseto clear our backlogs and arrears.Some students blindly believethem and pay them huge amountsof money to the tune of `20,000per paper to get their subjectscleared. And then they vanish.”

As one lecturer from JNTU-H,Sriram Reddy, puts it, “Last-minute preparations never help.And we guarantee that paperscannot be leaked easily. So it isbetter to pull up one’s socks andstart preparing in earnest.”

ALEENA ALICE

[email protected]

Leak a few question papers for us, will you?

Advocates allege that police indulge in naked corruption. Complainants go directly to court against thepolice. What’s happening to the once-lauded efficient police of AP? Postnoon finds out.

This is what student leaders, and even some professors, at institutions across the City are being asked to do.

FOR REPRESENTATION ONLY

This is what student leaders, and even some professors, at institutions across the City are being asked to do.

READERS’ LETTERS 5SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

Arms likeSchwarzeneggerWe paid homage to action starswho do their own stunts inmovies with the article TheDaredevils (April 10). One reader,obviously a very fit person himself, decided to give us a fewtips to get into shape. Don't besurprised if you see journalistspractising martial arts soon!

Now Hollywood action filmshave gone with the winddue to our own action-

packed films. Still, train by doi -ng 300 push-ups in standing posi-tion in the kitchen by placingyour palms wide apart. Do 300before breakfast, then 300 beforelunch and 300 before dinner.Surely it will get you in greatshape in arm musculature.Prove it yourself. (Wing-chunlover)

TARAZAM, via email

Read the report at

http://postnoon.com/2013/04/10/the-daredevils/118955

Meter downDeepashri V's article series on pentavalent vaccine (Does India need pentavalent?, April 7, raised some

hackles in the medical community. One doctor wrote in to explain how our arguments were flawed.

As we expected, several readers wrote in about theirbad experiences with Hyderabad's auto and taxi-wallahs after Aleena Alice's article on the same(Auto woes grip Hyderabad, cops act, April 11).Many pointed out that auto drivers seem completelyfearless of cops and continue to flout rules. Hardlyany use meters; if they do, the chances that the meteris tampered is high. Citizens deserve better and it ishigh time the police put an end to the auto raj.

Nobody can discipline these auto drivers. Ihave been seeing this trend from 1970s. Godsave the citizens.

K VENKATARAMAM, VIA EMAIL

Read the report athttp://postnoon.com/2013/04/11/auto-woes-grip-

hyderabad-cops-act/119173

You cannot tame these auto and taxi wallahs. Iuse autos and taxis regularly. If you ask themwhy they don't use meters, they say it is not

working. They are not scared of traffic cops andknow that they can bribe their way around them.

KS SUDHAN, VIA EMAILRead the report at

http://postnoon.com/2013/04/11/auto-woes-grip-hyderabad-cops-act/119173

About time the police do their work. Ioften notice half-a-dozen constablesstanding together and chatting away as

though there is nothing else for them to do.

SATISH, Via e-mailRead the report at

http://postnoon.com/2013/04/11/auto-woes-grip-hyderabad-cops-act/119173

TOP LETTER

Our Tollywood guy, Hemanth Kumar,offered his opinion that summer blockbusterBaadshah was quite predictable (Baadshahmovie review: Treading familiar turf, April5). However, one reader who loved the moviewas quite affronted by his review. And no,the reporter does not claim to be the finalword on the issue. Dear Hemanth,

Your English is pretty good and I knowyou for quite long… you and yourtweets on Twitter…I know your

knowledge on cinema…. But that doesn’tmean whatever you said is the finalword…. Baadshah is a super hit movie…And try to put ratings’ ?/5 which youwanna say in short….instead of readingthe holy s***…. :(

HEMACHANDRA PRASAD E, VIA EMAILRead the report at

http://postnoon.com/2013/04/05/baadshah-movie-review-treading-familiar-turf/118175

Blockbuster bashing VaccinationwoesDeepashri V's article series onpentavalent vaccine (Does Indianeed pentavalent?, April 7) raisedsome hackles in the medical community. One doctor wrote into explain how our argumentswere flawed.

Some clarifications for theabove mentioned ill-informed

article:A. NTAGI is a government

advisory body and is not funded.B. The NTAGI member the

article mentions is the one andonly member who is a vaccine-opposer in that body. He forgetsthat had he not been vaccinated,he would have died of smallpox,polio or TB by now. Yet he oppos-es introduction of pneumoniavaccine just like he did forHepatitis B vaccine (which inci-dently is proving beneficial formillions) some years ago.

C. The calculations that oneNTAGI member is presenting isfaulty and misleading.Pentavalent vaccine saves chil-dren from pneumonia andmeningitis. He is comparing thenumber of children saved fromHib-induced meningitis and con-veniently forgetting the numberof children the pentavalent (vac-cine) will save from Hib-inducedpneumonia.

D. Pneumonia kills overthree lakh children in India andis the largest killer in India(refer IVAC Progress Report2012)

DR CEF,Via e-mail

Read the report at http://post-noon.com/2013/04/07/does-india-

need-pentavalent/118431

This is one of the seriousissues going on in India. Weshould not neglect death due

to pentavalent and we shouldinvestigate whether the deathsare really due to pentavalent.

DR AMP, Via e-mailRead the report at http://post-

noon.com/2013/04/07/does-india-need-pentavalent/118431

Up in smoke That burning garbage is bad for health is an established fact. However, the GHMC seems to be least bothered about the health of its citizens. Angry readers responded to Rahul Ramakrishna's article onApril 10, Your health’s going up in smoke in Hyderabad!

GHMC winning an awardfor the best civic manage-ment in the country is the

biggest joke Please burn thataward as well.

YASH, VIA EMAILRead the report at http://post-

noon.com/2013/04/10/your-healths-going-up-in-smoke-in-

hyderabad/118976

Just about anybody can buy agenerator and burn diesel tomitigate the harshness of

summer. These diesel burningmonsters then fill one's lungswith dangerous exhaust fumes.All residential buildings turn ondiesel generators because that isthe only means available duringpower cuts imposed by the grandorganisations like

GENCO/TRANSCO and APCPDCL. Babus who run these organisations seem to haveno idea about the pollution theyare causing.

SATISH, VIA EMAILRead the report at http://post-


hyderabad/118976

There is an urgent need to putan end to burning of garbage.GHMC workers are not only

putting themselves at risk, butalso polluting the City.

SHAVAN, VIA EMAILRead the report at http://post-


hyderabad/118976

Win `500every weekWe are giving `500 to thereader who writes in thebest letter every week. So

get to work. You can e-mailus at

[email protected], orwrite to us at Postnoon,#1246, Level 3, JubileeCasa, Rd nos 62, Jubilee

Hills, Hyderabad, 500033.ALSO SEND US YOUR

PHOTOGRAPHS.

NEW DELHI: The Income Tax depart-ment has decided to name and shame“chronic” tax defaulters by publicisingtheir names and addresses. It is in theprocess of finalising the procedures ofcompiling the names and cases pertain-ing to habitual tax dodgers and subse-quently uploading them on its website.The department, it is expected, wouldupload the names and possible address-es of such tax evaders on the lines ofthe ‘Wanted’ list uploaded by enforce-ment agencies like police and investiga-tive agencies like the CBI and the NIA.

Ponty killing: 2accused get bailNEW DELHI: A Delhi court has grant-ed two months interim bail to anaccused in the murder case of PontyChadha and his younger brotherHardeep on “humanitarian ground”.Narender Ahlawat, who worked forChadha as a manager, was released oninterim bail saying “he deserves indul-gence on humanitarian ground” as he iswheelchair-bound, and therefore needs“proper medical treatment”. The judgealso imposed certain conditions whichinclude that Ahlawat will not influencewitnesses in any manner or leave Delhi.

Tax dodgersto be shamed


NEW DELHI: A constable allegedly opened fire at hisfriend in a police quarters here after an argument over

some petty issue, police said. The incident was reportedfrom Jagatpuri Complex police barracks last night in which

Rakesh was injured. Rakesh and another friend had gone toconstable Ranvir Tomar’s place where they entered into anargument, police said. Following which, Tomar opened fire

injuring Rakesh, they said, adding the third person fledfrom the scene after the incident. Rakesh was admitted to

LNGP hospital for treatment. Tomar was later arrested.

Constable opens fire at friendLONDON: An Indian-origin school lab technician and her two daughtershave been found dead under mysteri-ous circumstances at their home innorthwest London. Heena Solanki, 34,was found dead along with Prish, 4, andJasmine, 9, at their home in London onFriday, according to the police. Mediareports claimed that Heena poisonedher daughters before killing herself.

3 Indians found dead in UKBERLIN: India and EU will hold a cru-cial meeting on the proposed freetrade agreement tomorrow in Brusselsto iron out the impediments in con-cluding of the pact. The meetingwhich is also seen as a last ditch effortto resolve the differences before Indiagets into the election mode where themanoeuvring of decisions regardingthe pact will become difficult.

FTA talks with EU tomorrow

NATION

LUCKNOW: Apparently peeved overremoval of hoardings set up on the occasionof 122th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar,BSP chief Mayawati today accused theSamajwadi Party government in UttarPradesh of acting with political vendettaand treating her party as number one target.

“Members of the opposition parties arebeing dealt with political vendetta and BSPis being made number one target,” she saidhere.

The BSP supremo was apparently moreinfuriated with the removal of hoardingsinstalled near Bhimrao Ambedkar SamajikParivartan Sthal to mark his 122th birthanniversary.

“The government knew that it was

Babasaheb’s anniversary and lakhs of peo-ple will come to pay tribute to him. On thisoccasion, hoardings are installed across thecountry for which no permission isrequired,” she said.

Mayawati said that considering theapproach of the SP government, her party-men took permission from the local body toinstall hoardings near the Sthal.

“Till yesterday, a large number of hoard-ings were installed within three kilometresof the sthal, but I have come to know that alot of drama took place last night and on thedirective of the SP government, all of themremoved.

“In whatever strong words the move iscondemned is less,” she said. PTI

A Punjab policeman blows a bugle at a function to pay tribute on the 94thanniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar on Saturday. The massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place in the JallianwalaBagh public gardens on April 13, 1919, when British Indian Army soldiers openedfire on an unarmed gathering, killing at least 379 men, women and children,according to official records. AFP /NARINDER NANU

TRIBUTE Maya fumes over SP govt’s ‘vendetta’

Ambedkar hoardings removed by officials.


BALI: Indonesian investigators havestarted working to determine what

caused a new Lion Air passenger jet tomiss a runway while landing on the

resort island of Bali, crashing into thesea without causing any fatalities.

Transportation Ministry spokesmanBambang Ervan said today that the

National Transportation SafetyCommittee is examining the wreckage.

Probe into Bali air crashSYDNEY: A strong 6.6-magnitude earth-quake struck off Papua New Guineatoday, the US Geological Surveyreported, but a tsunami warning was notissued and no major damage wasexpected. The quake hit 105 kilometreswest of Panguna, a town on BougainvilleIsland, at a depth of 64 kilometres, andsome 677 kilometres west of theSolomon Islands’ capital Honiara.

Strong quake strikes PNGBEIJING: At least 33 people died and10 others were injured early Saturdayafter a bus plunged 200 meters (650feet) down a ravine in northern Peru,police said. The bus with the Hornacompany veered off a mountain roadnear the town of Otuzco some 570kilometers (350 miles) north of Lima.Authorities blamed the region’s treach-erous, winding roads.

Peru bus crash: 33 killed

WORLD

RAMALLAH: Palestinian prime minister SalamFayyad resigned on Saturday after a weeks-long fallingout with president Mahmud Abbas, despite US effortsfor him to stay on. “Fayyad met Abbas for half an hourin the president’s headquarters in Ramallah in theWest Bank and officially handed him his written resig-nation,” a Palestinian official told AFP. Abbas taskedFayyad with the role of caretaker for the current gov-ernment until a new prime minister is appointed,another official said. The two men have been at logger-heads amid mounting criticism of Fayyad’s economicpolicies by Abbas’s ruling Fatah movement, butWashington has lobbied hard for the 61-year-old, US-educated economist to stay on.

French gangster inspectacular jailbreakSEQUEDIN: One of France’s most dangerous gangsters,known for brazen attacks on cash-in-transit vehicles, onSaturday blasted his way out of jail after briefly takingseveral wardens hostage, officials said. Redoine Faid, whorisked a heavy sentence over the 2010 death of a police-woman, used explosives to blast through five prison doorsand break free in the northern town of Sequedin. Policeand helicopters were trying to track the 40-year-old, whoset fire to his getaway car in the south of the city of Lillebefore getting into a second vehicle. State ProsecutorFrederic Fevre said Faid, who had already been France’smost wanted a few years ago, was a “particularly danger-ous prisoner” and was still armed and in possession ofexplosives.

LONDON: Hundreds of opponents of MargaretThatcher filled London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturdayevening for a rain-soaked celebration of the formerBritish prime minister’s death earlier this week. Formercoal miners involved in the year-long strike against theIron Lady’s government in the 1980s joined far-leftactivists and students to drink to the Iron Lady’s demise.An effigy of the former Tory leader was carried throughthe crowd, complete with her trademark string of pearls,blouse and flowing hair made from orange plastic bags.There was a strong police presence for the demonstra-tion. mong the crowd were ex-miners from the north ofEngland, who saw their communities devastated in awave of pit closures under Thatcher’s 11 years in power.

Miners arrive foranti-Thatcher party

KJM Varma

BEIJING: Striking a tough pos-ture towards the belligerentNorth Korean leadership, Chinatoday warned Pyongyang that“trouble making” would amountto dropping the rock on onesown toes. As US Secretary ofState John Kerry in his meetingshere today pressed Chinese lead-ership to press hard the NorthKorean leader Kim Jong Un whoresorted to rhetoric by threaten-ing nuclear war, Premier LiKeqiang said troublemaking onthe Korean Peninsula issuewould harm the interests of allthe parties involved”.

“To do that (trouble making)is nothing different from liftinga rock only to drop it on one’sown toes,” state-run Xinhuanews agency quoted Li as saying

to Kerry today.“The parties involved should

shoulder their responsibilitiesand be ready to bear the conse-quence to safeguard the regionalpeace and stability,” Li said.

This is the second time

China spoke its mind againstNorth Korea distancing itselffrom Pyongyang’s belligerentstand in spiralling tensions inthe Korean Peninsula.

Last week, President XiJinping in his address at theBoao Forum said that “no oneshould be allowed to throw aregion and even the whole world

into chaos for selfish gains”,which Chinese officials saidlater was an indirect referenceabout North Korea.

On China-US relations, Li

noted that cooperation betweenChina and the United States, twomajor economies of the world,would cater to the internationaltrend and benefit the world.

The two sides shouldachieve new breakthroughs onthe depth and quality of thebilateral cooperation, and makefurther efforts to cultivate faircompetition and protect legiti-mate rights and interests oftheir businesses, Li said.

“I hope the US side couldtake substantial actions to liftthe ban on exportation of high-tech products to China,” Li toldKerry.

He also suggested that Chinaand the United States shouldparticipate in and promote theeconomic integration process inthe Asia-Pacific region withopen, transparent and inclusivespirits.

Kerry said the bilateral coop-eration has benefited the twonations and would have signifi-cant influence over the world.

According to Kerry, theUnited States highly values itsties with China, and is willing tomake concerted efforts withChina to improve the bilateralcooperation mechanism,strengthen communication andcoordination, step up coopera-tion and jointly address the glob-al challenges and regionalissues.

China is the second leg ofKerry’s four-day east Asia tour,which has also taken him to theRepublic of Korea. He will fly toJapan on Sunday. PTI

Palestinian PMFayyad resigns

Korean issue would harminterests of all: Li

A North Korean soldier (C) looks through binoculars towards the South side at the truce village of Panmunjom in theDemilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on April 13, 2013.

To do that (troublemaking) is nothing dif-ferent from lifting arock only to drop it onone’s own toes.

Li Keqiang,Chinese premier

COMMENT 8SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

EDITORIALS

LEAVE LINDSAYLohan Be

Almost any report aboutLindsay Lohan starts with

“Troubled star…” or “Troubledactor”. It’s like she has been

bestowed a title, like Sir, Dameor Lady. All may not be well with

her and her career, and everynow and then news pops upabout her horrifically-gone-

wrong drinking sessions or herbrush-ups with law, or attending

court, or going to rehab, comingout of it, and going back again,but is it not wrong that if she is

troubled and is in the process ofseeking help for her condition

that she be accorded the mini-mum courtesy, privacy? Lohan

who started as a child actor wasonce hailed one of the finest ofthe then young crop, tipped tobe a great star in the future. It’s

an irony that her story turned outbe the perfect example of how

fame and stardom can ruin aperson’s life. At one point of

time tabloids were awash withsome revealing gossip of Lohan:pictures of her walking about in

a bikini in her house, her allegedlink-ups and her drug and alco-

hol abuse or her run-ins withtraffic cops. And what has all of it

done for her? At 26, she is a“troubled” actor when she

should have shared some of theproper limelight she deserves forher talent and her work. But who

would hire a troubled person?All those greedy shutterbugs

and worthless, unethical hacksmay pat themselves on their

backs for this… for their hand intwisting the fate of a young per-

son and making a wreck of herlife. No, please don’t come upwith the excuse that paps and

being featured in gossipcolumns are the occupational

hazards of an acting career. Evenas these lowlifes ‘sold’ and “ate”off Lohan, she was just a promis-

ing talent, of which there wereample proof in movies like par-

ent trap. But if she can come onTV shows and talk about it, and

make people laugh about herslip-ups, that means Lohan can

overcome her troubles.

WHY WE LOVE...Anti-Thatcherites

It is curious how eager aresome to deify even tyrants whenthey are dead. The people who

have gathered at TrafalgarSquare are not like that: theywon’t forget the darkness in

Thatcher’s legacy.

Pran Krishan Sikand, sim-ply known as Pran, thevillain of numerousBollywood films that we

loved to hate is finally beingrecognised for his contributionto Hindi cinema with the DadaSaheb Phalke Award at the ageof 93, when he cannot evenwalk up the stage to receive theaward. Pran acted in over 400films in a career spanning oversix decades and played a rangeof roles as villain, hero andcharacter artiste.

Pran’s roles depicting nega-tive shades in a man, be it cru-elty, avarice or sadism, did itwith such perfection that onehated the character completelyfor the evil he represented.Negative emotion would reekfrom every pore of his body;from the eyes to the angle of hishead and the position of thebody. The slim and well-main-tained body had cruelty leashedwithin, waiting to strike outlike an adder, as portrayed inmany a move, ‘Ram Aur Shyam’and ‘Madhumathi’ to name two.

He would metamorphosehimself into the character total-ly. In ‘Madhumathi’, as therapist with an evil smile on his

lips, he preys on the innocentMadhumathi with such alacritythat we want to become thehero to beat this breast to pulp.In ‘Ram Aur Shyam’, as thecruel brother-in-law who usurpsall the wealth of the zamindarand goes on to abuse the youngheir Ram and his sisterparalysing them with fear is anunmatched performance.

From the polished pointedboots tucked in the stirrups of ahorse, to the horsewhip, whichhe uses with such effectiveresult on the poor Ram playedby Dilip Kumar who is reducedto a shaking gibberish spewingwreck, the emotion of crueltystrikes out and the audience ismesmerised into loathing himwith an intensity much greaterthan the pity aroused for thefearful Ram. And when finally

Shyam beats him up andregains the rightful place forhim and his brother in thepalace, the audience exults withjoy for the victory of truth. As asuave businessman exemplarilydressed holding a rifle in hishands, or with a cigar danglingfrom his lips, he would look thepart of a cold and ruthless win-ner of all stakes.

His was not the role of acharacter that was given tworeels and incidental to a film;the films began contextuallywith him as a central characterand the heroes only respondedto him; in fact, more than thehero, the film was filled with hislarger than life presence. Thedark energy is palpable and theaudience is left worryingwhether it would be possible forthe hero to fight such evil. The

success of many films was inlarge measure due to the ster-ling performance of this vil-lain. The heroes looked moreheroic and noble to fightagainst such a formidable andevil opponent.

It was not only as a villianthat Pran made himself memo-rable; as the good character inManoj Kumar’s ‘Upkaar’ andthe kind-hearted Pathan in‘Zanjeer’ or the entertainingstreet-smart fraud in ‘VictoriaNo: 203’, he proved his versatili-ty as an actor.

Despite the penchant of theIndian audience to mix the manwith the character he plays inhis films, Pran had a fair shareof fans. I myself secretlyadmired him as a young boy butwas apprehensive to admit it toanybody for fear that having anegative character for a rolemodel would not go well withthem.

The glamour quotientattached to stardom is so highthat few have been able to leaveit, either to pursue another pro-fession, for domestic reasons orin retirement. This man did so.He retired from acting at a timewhen every other movie hadhim in meaty roles. A moviebuff friend of mine then hadtold, “I am fed up of hearing thesame voice in all movies.” Hetreated his profession as anyother — one that comes with aretirement age. Now that is pro-fessionalism for you.

Pran, the man weloved to hate

From the hipSYED SHOAIB

The glamourquotient attachedto stardom is sohigh that fewhave been able toleave it, either topursue anotherprofession, fordomestic reasonsor in retirement.This man did so.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

Most people hope to go to heaven when they die,but they don't want all of their online informa-

tion floating around in the cloud with them.Google has come up with a "digital will" that allows con-

sumers to decide what should be done with their datawhen die or if they plan to be out of Wi-Fi range for a long

period. Officially called the "Inactive Account Manager",the new feature allows holders of Google accounts to "tellGoogle what you want done with your digital assets when

you die or can no longer use your account".

Google unveils plan for data after death

Greece hopes to conclude nego-tiations with international credi-tors by Monday in a bid to

unlock the next rescue loan, the headof the country's socialist party said."We have come up with a proposal weall agree on and which I hope the troi-ka will accept by tomorrow night," saidEvangelos Venizelos, after a meetingwith PM Antonis Samaras and others.

Greece deal by tomorrow?

Mukesh Ambani has got paidabout $240,000 (`1.3 crore) asdirector compensation for 2012

by global banking giant Bank ofAmerica — a position he would relin-quish next month. Ambani, who headsbusiness conglomerate RelianceIndustries, was paid a higher compen-sation of $276,816 by the bank in theprevious year, 2011.

BoA pays Mukesh `1.3 cr

BUSINESS 9

The Tata group will contin-ue to take the acquisitionroute as one of the modesof growth for the over $100

billion conglomerate and keep tothe path intensely followed by itsformer Chairman Ratan Tata.

"There have been over 60 sig-nificant acquisitions, many ofthem overseas, undertaken byTata companies in the last twodecades, and this is clearly one ofthe modes of growth for the

group," Tata Sons brand custodi-an and chief ethics officerMukund Govind Rajan told PTIin an e-mailed response.

Some of the high-profileacquisitions made by the group,while Ratan Tata was at helmincluded Tata Tea buying the UKbrand Tetley for £450 million in2000; Tata Steel's takeover ofAnglo-Dutch rival Corus for £6.2billion in 2007 and Tata Motors'$2.3 billion acquisition of British

luxury vehicle maker JaguarLand Rover from Ford Motor Co.

Rajan said the practice ofmergers and acquisitions hasexisted at the corporate centreand till recently, it was beingoverseen by Arun Gandhi. "(It)has led inorganic growth projectsat Tata Sons besides assistingsome of the Tata companies intheir inorganic growth projects,"he added.

When asked about reportsabout Tata Sons searching for ahead of mergers and acquisitionsto fill in the vacancy afterGandhi's retirement, Rajandeclined to comment.

"As far as possible leadershipchanges are concerned, we willcommunicate these as and whenthey happen, and will not like tocomment on speculation regard-ing possible leadership struc-tures that may be put in place inthe future," he said.

Ratan Tata, who had led thetransformation of the Tata groupfrom a conventional corporatehouse into a multinational con-glomerate, retired on December28, 2012, at the age of 75 years. Hewas succeeded by 44-year-oldCyrus Mistry, who was chosenhis successor in 2011. DuringTata's tenure, the group's rev-enues grew manifold, totalling$100.09 billion ( `4,75,721 crore) in2011-12, from a turnover of amere `10,000 crore in 1991. PTI

NEW DELHI: In a bid todevelop in-house capabilitiesin air navigation services,the Airports Authority ofIndia has tied up with arenowned American technol-ogy provider to set up a high-tech research, developmentand training facility inHyderabad.

The proposed technicalcentre would provide com-prehensive laboratory capa-bilities to support AAI's dailyair traffic management oper-ations and maintenance,besides carrying out perfor-mance analysis and R&D.

The AAI and the MITRECorporation last week signedtwo agreements to establishthe Hyderabad centre and fortransfer of technology andknowledge. Among thiswould be a sophisticatedtechnology to train air trafficcontrollers (ATC), called'Human-in-the-Loop' (HITL)computer simulation capabil-ity, AAI officials said.

HITL simulation is a vir-tual, real-time ATC simula-tion that requires humaninteraction with airborne

and ground automation tomanage air traffic. It helpsidentify ATC problems, devel-ops solutions for them andachieving cost-efficientdeployment of new solutions.

A real world example isthe US Federal AviationAdministration's use of HITLsimulation, developed byMITRE, to allow ATC person-nel test new automation pro-cedures by directing simulat-ed air traffic while monitor-ing the impact of new proce-dures to be put into action.

MITRE is also offering itsportable ATC simulation sys-tem that can be used to trainpersonnel at any locationwith the use of a few laptops.

The AAI, which has part-nered with MITRE since 2006for many of its Communicat-ions, Navigation,Surveillance and Air TrafficManagement activities, is thefirst sponsor of MITRE forHITL Technology. By virtueof this, AAI becomes one ofthe very few aviationresearch organisations in theworld to possess such a capa-bility, the officials said. PTI

KOLKATA: IndustrialistRama Prasad Goenka, betterknown as RP Goenka, diedearly this morning at his resi-dence here after a brief ill-ness, family sources said. Hewas 83. He is survived by hiswife Sushila and sons HarshVardhan and Sanjiv.

RP Goenka was the eldestson of Keshav Prasad Goenka.The Goenkas are one of theoldest business families of theeastern India.

RP Goenka establishedRPG Enterprises in 1979which included PhillipsCarbon Black, Asian Cables,Agarpara Jute Mill andMurphy India with a turnoverof about `100 crore. Othermajor companies in his groupinclude CESC, CEAT,Spencer's and Saregama.

In 1990, his sons HarshVardhan and Sanjiv took over

as chairman and deputy chair-man respectively of RPGEnterprises. Later in 2011,Sanjiv Goenka set up RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group to havehis own brand identity. HarshGoenka continued as chair-man of RPG Enterprises.

RP Goenka remainedchairman emeritus of boththe groups with a combinedturnover of around `30,000crore. PTI

Tatas to stay onacquisition path

RPG’s Goenkapasses away

AAI to set up R&Dhub in Hyderabad

NEW DELHI: Setting a stifftarget for all public sector banks,the Finance Ministry has direct-ed them to expedite the recoveryprocess and bring down netNPAs to 1 per cent of their totaladvances by the end of 2013-14fiscal.

"We have asked banks tobring down their net NPA to 1per cent of the total advances byMarch 2014," Department ofFinancial Services SecretaryRajiv Takru said.

Banks are free to choose

which ever way they would liketo bring down their bad loans.Whether they do it through spe-cialised recovery branch orother method, it is up to the indi-vidual banks to decide, he added.

The gross NPAs of publicsector banks rose to 4.18 ofadvances by the end ofDecember 2012, compared to 3.22per cent a year ago. Net NPAs,which are arrived at after mak-ing provisions from the grossamount, increased to 2.12 percent in December 2012.

In absolute term, gross NPAof PSU banks jumped to`1,84,193 crore in December 2012compared to `1,37,102 crore inMarch 2012, an increase of`47,091 crore in the nine monthsperiod.

The gross NPA in corporatelending rose to `98,884 crore inDecember, as against `68,221crore in March. In the case offarm loans, the gross NPA roseto `30,800 crore in December asagainst `24,827 crore in March.

PTI

Bring down NPA to 1%by March 2014: Finmin

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 201310INTERVIEW

N R I

Nidhi [email protected]

Competition among sib-lings is quite the norm—we practically grow upcompeting with our

elder and, in-their-imagination,wiser brothers and sisters.However, competition at schoollevel or even college might notbe as tricky as one on a profes-sional level.

Ketan Bhagat, who’s theyounger brother of celebratedauthor Chetan Bhagat, is all setto launch his first novel nextmonth. Titled Complete/Convenient, the book focuses onthe life of an NRI. Whether thebook will change the relation-ship the two brothers currentlyshare, only time can tell. Fornow, we give you the excerptsfrom a tete-a-tete with ChhotaKetan, who has his fingers tight-ly crossed.

Q. What compelled you to writethe book? Was the success thatyour brother enjoys a factor?Ans: I started writing the book in2010, a little before I decided tomove back to India, giving up myalmost perfect life in Sydney. Whatan NRI goes through once he getsto live the dream he’s been dream-ing is a topic that is very close tomy heart. It was what I was goingthrough personally that provoked

me to write the book. Like the leadcharacter Kabir, I too, was a typicalIndian boy who always dreamed ofgoing abroad and earning in dol-lars. However, there is a cost andsacrifice all NRIs have to make toleave their home country. My bookis about that. It is a representationof what life abroad is like, it doesnot say if that is bad or living inIndia is good. It’s just a story of anNRI’s life through Kabir.

It took me about two years tofinish writing. While I hadn’t startedwriting with the purpose of makinga profit out of it, now that itsrelease is barely a month away, Iwant people to pick it up. Chetanbeing what he is was a major fac-tor, yes. But not because I wanteda piece of his success or anything,it was a factor only because heknew much more than me aboutthe market. And, about writing ingeneral.

Q. Did you consult your brotherabout the book? Has he read it?Do you think your book cancause a serious sibling rivalry?Ans: Initially, he did say that I’d beripped apart by the people and Ineedn’t get into anything in such arush. However, after reading thebook, he did say it was a good readand is very readable. Plus, both ofus somehow can’t agree with eachon creative subjects. We neverhave.

My intention is not to compete

with my brother — I can’t. The waya newbie who wants to set up an ITCompany can’t compete withNarayan Murthy, I can’t competewith my brother. He’s huge in Indiaand I’m very happy about that. Ijust needed to pen down what Ifelt, and things just led to a book.Plus, a living successful examplewithin the family was only reassuring.

Q. How would you describe atypical NRI life?Ans: The book will answer thatquestion. Anyway, everything in thebook is based on real characters. Itwill give the reader a significantinsight into the life of an NRI. Ittalks about how one is surprised byother countries that are so beauti-fully run, where one doesn’t needto fear cops, etc. But then, there’sthat longing to return home. For

instance, there is a chapter on whatan NRI couple goes through duringDiwali out of India.

Q. When is Complete/Convenient releasing? Do haveany ideas for a second book?Ans: The book will release on May15. However, the publishers—Shrishti — suggested that werelease it online before that. I have a topic for another book though I had vouched not to write again, but it is tooaddictive. The next one might beabout the relationship between afather and his child. Again, thetopic is very close to me. I’m a verysensitive person and can only writeabout things that matter to me personally.

Q.Other than a passion for writ-ing, what other similarities dothe Bhagat brothers have?Ans: We have very similar names,thanks to our non-creative parents.But, the similarity ends there. Whilehe’s always been the topper in thefamily, I’ve been the one barelygoing through. Even when our par-ents were called to school, the rea-sons varied in my case and in his.For me, the teachers only had com-plaints and for him, it was alwayspraise.

To know more about the author,you can log on:

www.ketanbhagat.com

A sensitive guywith a great senseof humour, KetanBhagat is almostready to launchhis first novel —Complete/ Convenient.Postnoon chatswith the nervouswreck to find outmore.

In January 2013, at the age of 57, Ranjan Sood led agroup of four that reached the summit ofKilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa at 19,341feet above sea level. Of the seven summits, he hasalready climbed three—Kilimanjaro, Elbrus and

18,000 feet of the Everest. And he is sure he can do twomore, next on the cards being Mount Aconcagua inSouth America in December.

In 1973, his school organised an All India rock climb-ing fest in Manali at the Jawahar Lal Nehru moun-taineering institute. The 21-day camp left a lasting pas-sion for adventurous sports in him. But it was not histime yet for he had start working. For adventure, he hadto satisfy himself with climbs to religious places likeVaishno Devi. It was five years ago, when GHAC orGreat Hyderabad Adventure Club was formed. It couldnot have come at a better time for Ranjan. He was 55,had a wonderful family and was a successful business-man. He had the time and the money to finally fulfill all

his childhood passions. As much as he is revered by thegroup now, his first step into daredevilry posed littlechallenge. “I was 51 then. I joined the online forum andreceived a reply from the then organiser which said—“We don’t carry baggages. Veterans are not allowed.” Itook it as a challenge. I told myself someday l will provehim wrong.” And he did. From trekking to paragliding,he did everything the club had to offer. “We were one ofthe first few to go to Mount Everest from GHAC. I toldthem I may not be able to help much but I will try and beindependent. And I proved that,” he says.

After 18,000 feet of Everest, climbing 19,400 feet ofKilimanjaro was not as difficult for him. They trekkedand climbed almost incessantly accomplishing 14,000feet in three days. One can imagine how easy it is to fallin love with the mountains. Sharing his experience withthe majestic ones, he says, “When you are there, you areactually aligning your three bodies— your mind, yourphysical and your emotional. You are harmonisingthem. This is one of the most profoundly spiritual

moments—You are one with nature and you are experi-encing your every step. You have to live in the moment.It is so dicey sometimes. One slip of the foot, and you godown. Just a month before us, three climbers lost theirlives, and a month after, six died in an avalanche.”

For the love of sports and adventure, he is workingon a project with his son-in-law. On a 10-acre land inMoinabad, he is opening a sports ground which willhave all the ethnic sports such as kho-kho, kabaddi, gilli-danda, seven stones, etc. which are slowly drifting intooblivion. “We have forgotten the touch of mud. When Iwas young, we used to swim in the lake. Now who daresto go to the lake. Ethnic games like gilli danda, sevenstones, kho kho, kabbadi, dirt runs are particularly forthe corporates. People have become couch potatoes butthey want to find their way back to the nature,” he says.At the recently held fifth anniversary of GHAC, whenRanjan Sood was recognised for his achievements hehad a few words to say: “I wish I could go back 40 yearsin my life. Had I been a youngster, I would have beenachieving much more. People ask me why I do this atthis age. But it is such a pleasure achieving it. Once youare at the summit, you don’t feel tired at all.”

A successful businessman managing multiple busi-nesses, a spiritual practitioner and now a mountaineer.As self-motivated as he is, his bulk of inspiration comesfrom his younger daughter Karishma, who has a geneticshortcoming of Down syndrome but has grown to be awonderful artist and painter nonetheless.

As you speak to him, his positive approach to liferubs off on you in no time. And you tell yourself “I cando it too”.

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Going by stereotypes there is only so much you can picture in a 57-year-old man’s world— nearing retirement, grandchildren, a glass of scotch, recording memoirs and morning and evening walks for exercise.

Where for many life becomes smaller, for Ranjan Sood it just became large.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 201312ART AND CULTURE

In 2008, Deepa Kiran got a rudewake-up call, courtesy a seri-ous ailment and high choles-terol levels. It jolted her into

realising that there was onething she didn’t want to put offdoing anymore — storytelling.

Since then, the Hyderabadresident has put her eclectictraining in classical dance,English literature, radio com-peering and teaching to gooduse, telling tales to avid listenersfrom ages two to 92. From hav-ing to approach schools and holdher own shows, corporates andinstitutes across the countrynow call her for sessions.

Deepa’s career choice mightseem unusual, but she says herfamily always encouraged her topursue what she believed in. Herbiggest fans are her two sons, sixand eight, who are also her offi-cial story testers. “They adorethe idea of their mother being astoryteller. Like any other child,they can never have enough ofstories and are only too happy tohave a ready supply available atall times.” They have also madeher a better performer, she says.“They keep me on my toes as Ihave to constantly search fornew stories for they’ve heardevery story that I possibly

know,” Deepa adds.So what does a storytelling

session entail? “Every sessionbegins with breaking the ice,irrespective of the age of my lis-teners. Connecting with theaudience, creating the mood andambience for listening to the sto-ries, and slowly getting the audi-ence to respond and getinvolved… All of these are veryimportant as storytelling is asocial art,” says Deepa, whoadds that the challenge is to getthe audience to imagine thestory in their heads “becausethat’s where the story finally is!”

Deepa’s style of narrationdoes not end at simply tellingthe story — she incorporatesmusic and dance into her perfor-mance. This requires carefulconceptualisation and lots ofpractice. “I rehearse my storiesmany times to the smallestdetail before I share it with anaudience,” Deepa says. She alsoplans the body gestures,rhythms and melodies andexcept for minor tweaking, allthe groundwork is done well inadvance. She changes her storiesto suit her audience as well. Forchildren, for instance, she does alot of animal stories, folk talesand mythology. For older audi-ences, her tone becomes moresoulful, more introspective,nudging the listeners to reflectupon their own lives.

But in these rushed times,how does she hold the attentionof her audience, especially easi-

ly distracted children? “Whole-body communication,” she saysfirmly. Using voice, gestures andexpressions, she engages thecrowd and encourages audienceparticipation. Another tactic sheuses is the most fundamentalidea of child psychology — chil-dren want to be heard. “I laydown rules for answering andenforce them firmly and gently.Since children intrinsically likediscipline and love stories, theyfollow the rules and we have agreat time together,” she adds.

With the summer vacationsbeginning, Deepa’s schedule ispacked. Her upcoming showsinclude sessions at the JustBooks libraries on April 20-21.So if you have a kid who lovesbooks or if you’re an adult whowants to be told a story, DeepaKiran is the person to turn to.

Connecting with theaudience, creating themood and ambience forlistening to the stories,and slowly getting theaudience to respondand get involved… Allof these are very impor-tant as storytelling is asocial art.

Deepa Kiran, storyteller

The family of a prominent Parisian artdealer is demanding that a

Norwegian museum return an HenriMatisse painting seized by Nazis under

the direction of Hermann Goering, in thelatest dispute over art stolen from Jews

during World War II. The painting at thecenter of the dispute, Matisse’s 1937

Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair, depictsa woman sitting in a living room.

Matisse was once Nazi loot

From the people who brought liveMetropolitan Opera performances

to a movie theater near you comes thenext big-screen cultural attraction:museum art exhibits from around theworld. A retrospective devoted to theportraits by Edouard Manet from theRoyal Academy of Arts in London willbe screened in 450 theaters across theU.S. and about 600 around the globe.

Exhibitions in theatres

Music and movie mogul DavidGeffen has kicked in $25 million

for a film museum planned byAcademy Awards overseers. TheAcademy of Motion Picture Arts andSciences announced that the DavidGeffen Foundation made the dona-tion for the museum scheduled toopen in 2017 next to the Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art.

$25M for academy museum

JYOTSNA NAMBIAR

[email protected]

Following the beat of her

One might think that storytelling is a dying

art in this age of multimedia saturation. But

Deepa Kiran, who has been entertaining

young and old alike since 2008,

has a very different

story to tell.

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UK scientists have developed an air-dropped projectile to put instru-

ments in some of the most inaccessibleplaces in Antarctica. Twenty-five of the“javelins” are currently sticking in Pine

Island Glacier (PIG), one of the continent’sbiggest and fastest-moving ice

streams.The PIG has many deep crevassesthat are too dangerous to traverse.

Javelins on Pine Island

The UN’s International Court ofJustice has set dates for public

hearings on Australia’s challengeagainst Japan’s whaling programme inAntarctica. The hearings will start inJune in The Hague, in the Nether-lands, the court said in a statement onThursday. Australia took legal actionagainst Japan over whaling in 2010.

Oz in whaling row with Japs

The dead sea otters arrived at MelissaMiller’s Santa Cruz, California, lab had

bright-yellow eyes and gums and their liversdestroyed.The otters had been poisoned bya “nasty toxin” called microcystin, which isproduced by blue-green algae. Such toxinscan appear when human sewage and fertiliz-ers run into lakes and rivers, adding nutrientsthat spur the growth of algae superbloom.

Sea otters poisoned by toxin

ENVIRONMENT

Tom [email protected]

Vast swathes of Hainanin the South China Seahave been cleared — aquarter of its wood-

lands in the last decadeaccording to environmental-ists Greenpeace — for golfcourses and exclusive hotelsin an attempt to create atourist paradise. Liu Futang, aformer forestry official dis-gusted by the destruction,campaigned against damagingdevelopments for years. ThePeople’s Daily, China’s mostcirculated newspaper and theruling Communist Party’smouthpiece, even lauded himon its front page as an “envi-ronmental warrior” after hestopped a mining firm cuttingdown swathes of palmsaround two kilometres fromthe golf course site inWanning. But Liu now standsas a symbol of Chinese sup-pression of environmentalistcritics after he was tried forpublishing books on the sub-ject, jailed, convicted andreleased on condition he doesnot speak to the media. Hisactivist career was terminatedafter his support on SinaWeibo — a Twitter-like plat-

form boasting more than 500million users — for the vil-lagers of Yinggehai against acoal-fired power station tookon overtly political tones. “Toprotect Hainan’s almostdestroyed environment... weneed to let officials feel thepeople’s leather shoes press-ing against their bodies, andlet them feel the power of thepeople," he wrote. His socialnetworking account was delet-ed. Months later, prosecutorsin Hainan’s capital Haikou,where Liu was being treatedfor diabetes and high bloodpressure, ordered his arrest.Prosecutors accused him ofillegally self-publishing bookson Hainan’s environmentalproblems and making 78,000yuan ($13,000) from doingso — charges his defence dis-missed as absurd. “If I hadwanted to make money, Iwould never have publishedthe books," Liu told the court,at one point breaking intotears, according to an accountof the trial confirmed by ZhouZe, who was present but saidhe was not allowed to repre-sent him. “Liu’s publicationswere not a commercial exer-cise, he did not pursue profit...and gave away most of hisbooks for free," said Zhou,

who is well known in Chinafor his work on human rightscases. “According to Chineselaw, Liu should be free to printhis books." Eventually, after

being held in custody formonths, Liu — whose titlesinclude The Green Dream andHainan Tears — was given athree year suspended sentencein December and released, butauthorities have silenced him.“The local security bureauhas made him promise not tospeak to the media," Zhousaid. “It’s clearly an illegalviolation of his rights."Neither the security bureaunor the court responded to faxand phone enquiries fromAFP. Hainan’s top official LuoBaoming said last year thatenvironmental protection“has always been a priority inthe government’s work", thestate-run China Daily report-ed. But in Yinggehai, a pover-ty-stricken town with unpavedroads, locals said officials hadbeaten and arrested protestersagainst the plant last October.“The government hit people...they just arrested whoeverwas standing at the front ofthe protest," said a shopkeep-er, who did not want to benamed for fear ofreprisals."We’re scared ofbeing arrested, so don’t wantto talk about the plant," headded, before furtively hand-ing over a copy of a protestrap song. “No one dares to

report it, because of pressurefrom the centre... those whoprotect their beautiful homeare suppressed," the rappersings, alluding to press cen-sorship of the protests.Hainan’s undisturbed sandybeaches, lapped by gentlewaves, still prove an irre-sistible lure to developers,who continue to hack downtrees that have stood over theshores for years."They cutdown the forest about a yearago," said Wang Jurong, afarmer in Wanning, as shepicked vegetables in a palm-fringed field still ploughed byoxen. But she would supportthe development as long asshe received a cut, she said.“If you give us a high enoughprice you can do what you likewith the land." It is an atti-tude mirrored by officials inHainan, who last month heardChina’s new president XiJinping declare that “develop-ment is still the key to solvingall our problems." “Local gov-ernments protect local indus-tries which boost GDP... evenusing the violent instrumentof the law to avoid pressurefrom people like Liu Futang,"Zhou, the lawyer, said. “Itmakes me very depressed."

AFP

Rumblingearthmoverscarve out a seaside golfcourse amongfallen palmtrees on aChinese island,after authoritiessilenced theman who spokeout againstdestroying thetropical forest.

Liu’s publicationswere not a commer-cial exercise, he didnot pursue profit...and gave awaymost of his booksfor free.

Zhou Ze

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 201314FOOD

With more than 16 years of expe-rience and a flare for trying outnew things, executive sous chef

at The Park Hyatt Agnimitra Sharmasays he can’t imagine a life that didn’trevolve around cooking and bringing asmile to people’s faces. “I’ve been pas-sionate about cooking since I was ayoung boy. And, even though the jour-ney to become a celebrated chef is notan easy one, I didn’t give up on mydream,” he says.

Talking about the KBC festival, hisbrainchild, the chef says: “I wanted tocreate something new with this festival.Most of the hotels in the City weredoing special Baisakhi food festivalsand I didn’t want to tread the samepath. I tried something new with it byadding chaats to the festival. In fact, theidea dawned upon me when I waswatching KBC on TV!”

When asked a little more about thechaat fixation, he quickly said: “I want-ed people to enjoy delicious chaats inthe comforts of a hotel. Most peopleassociate chaat with street food anddon’t think that hotels would do justiceto it. I wanted to prove them wrong.”

The experienced chef, from a smalltown called Gorakhpur near Lucknow,did prove his point at the end of the day.“We’ve got a good response from peopleso far. Many of them are pleasantly sur-prised with the chaat we have on offertoo,” he boasts a little.

Another peculiar aspect of the festi-val, the daily handpicking of eight vegand non-veg starters, he explains “is toencourage people to come again”.“Getting to try something new onanother day during the same festival isnot a common practice. I wanted to givethat choice to the guests with the KBCoffer,” he explains.

Word fromthe kitchen

From the city of Joy, here’s a call that you can’tsay no to. The Park Hyderabad brings in

Pohela Boishakh with a special Bengali feast start-ing from April 13 to April 15 at Verandah & Aish.

Masterchefs from Kolkata will be here to dish outthe finest of the Bengali cuisine delicacies. TheBengali feast will be held at Verandah for both

lunch and dinner on a-la-carte at Verandah the allday dining restaurant and a special Bengali Thali

at Aish, the speciality fine dining restaurant.

Celebrate Pohela Boisakh at Park

The onset of summers brings with itsheer happiness with Mangoes

galore! As the temperatures soar,Khandani Rajdhani gives you a reason tocelebrate the finest part of this season —Mangoes! This Mango Festival will be ontill May 31. Prepared with the finesthandpicked mangoes, the delectabledishes at Rajdhani include Aam ki lunjee,Fajeto, Gor keri and Mango dal.

Amras at Khandani Rajdhani

The Indian Beverage Association (IBA)expects the country's beverage

industry to continue to grow in doubledigits in 2013, despite the recessionarytrends being shown by most economiesthe world over, including the Indianeconomy. Speaking at an IBA-organisedseminar experts from the beverageindustry stated that it could witness arevolution.

Beverage industry growing

Flavour of the streets

I’m yet to find a place that goeswrong with an offer that includesunlimited kebabs and beer. Isn’tthat all you need to have a great

time with friends and family, as longit comprises the ‘cool’ kind of rela-tives? Well, in most cases, the answerto that would be a big yes.

The Park Hyatt recently launchedKBC — Kebabs, beer and chaat – atThe Dining Room. With mouth-water-ing kebabs, even the melt-in-the-mouth Kakori kebab kind, beer and avariety of chaats on offer, the hotel isthe go-to place to satisfy your streetfood craving, sans long queues andannoyingly crowded streets.

Our KBC festival began with thevegetable starters, a choice of fourhandpicked by the chef on the day.From Dudhiya Paneer Tikka to theevergreen Khumb Palak ki Seekh,the starters set the tone for a satiat-ing evening that was bound to follow.While the paneer was rich andflavourful, the Palak ki Seekh con-tributed to the crunchiness of it all.While the KBC package includes onlyKingfisher Blue as part of it, one isfree to indulge in the many cocktailsand mocktails listed on the set menu.However, priced at ` 750 per drink,they are not included in the offer.

Coming back to the deliciouskebabs on the menu, the two-weekfestival is planned in such a way that

eight starters — veg and non-veg —are selected from a long list of succu-lent kebabs on a daily basis to keepthe customers coming back for more.Luckily, the Kakori kebabs were onthe menu the night I went and ate tomy heart’s content.

The long list of non-veg kebabsincludes the usual suspects likeChicken Tikka, Galouti Kebab, BotiKebab, Shami Kebab, etc. while theveg starters throw in a few surpriseslike Tandoori Broccoli, TandooriBharwan Karela and Dahi Ke Kebab.However, what you get to choose fromdepends totally on your luck and the

eight veg and non-veg starters thechef inky-pinky-ponkies on that day.Knowing The Park Hyatt’s reputationfor serving some of the best food intown, I’m sure luck would be on yourside. It was on mine!

After the vegetarian starterswere taken care of, at least oneround, it was time to devour thenon-veg starters that includedKakori Kebab, Surkh Lal MurghTikka, Lamb ki Galouti and SarsonWali Machali Tikka. Out of the four,the Surkh Lal Murgh Tikka won theshow hands down. It was soft,flavourful and the spices in it blend-ed beautifully with the KingfisherBlue on offer.

The third aspect of the KBC festi-val, the chaat, though delicious, did-n’t do much for the rest of the offer.At least, for me, the dahi-soakedpuris and bhallas did nothing toenhance my kebab and beer experi-ence. In fact, it seemed like a desper-ate way to call the festival K.B.C’.Chutney or cocktail would haveserved the purpose too, right?

Anyway, the KBC offer — pricedat `1,500 plus taxes, also includes asmall selection of main course dish-es like Lucknowi Murgh Biryani,Dal Makhani, Indian Breads andSubz Chilman Biryani for those whowish to satisfy themselves the tradi-tional way — starter and maincourse. More good news for them…there’s dessert too!

In all, the KBC festival at TheDining Room, Park Hyatt, is a fulland satiating one. Don’t miss it, youhave time till April 21. And, aboutmy search for a place that goeswrong with kebabs and beer…well…it continues…

What: KBC – Kebabs, Beer and Chaat

Where: The Dining Room, The Park Hyatt

Price: `1,500 plus taxes

Details

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All set to give a new meaning to KBC in Hyderabad, The Park Hyatt is strong competi-tion to those numerous kebab eat-outs, at least in the coming week. The hotel is sure tolure you with its worth-every-penny Kebab, Beer and Chaat festival. Postnoon reviews.

NT BALANARAYAN

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 201315FOOD

Noor’s KitchenNOOR JAFRI

Contact us @ Noor kitchen -Mobile + 91 9441282318

Residence + 91 40 23356947Like us @ https://www.face-

book.com/Noorkitchen

Ingredients Quantity n Boneless fish (medium

sized pieces) 500 gmsn Garlic flakes or crushed 2 tspn Red chilli flakes or

crushed 2 tspn Lemon zest 1/2 tspn Lemon juice 1 tspn Salt to taste n Saffron (dissolved

in water) 1/2 tspn Hung curd 2 tbspn Refined oil 1 &1/2 tbsp

Proceduren Wash and clean the fish

pieces and rub in garlicflakes, lemon juice, lemonzest and salt.

n Leave it aside for half anhour.

n Mix in red chilli flakes, hungcurd and saffron water.

n Heat the oil in an earthenclay pot, and spread it evenly inside the pot.

n Arrange the marinated fishpieces around the base andcover it.

n Cover and cook it gently ona slow fire, till the fish isdone and the oil separates.

n Can be served hot in thesame vessel with few corian-der leaves sprinkled on top.

Chef’s Note:n It's a very mild and lightly

flavoured tasty preparation,rich in protein and low incalorific value.

IN A HAPPY PLACEKanchan Agarwal kanchan.a @postnoon.com

Iam not a megalomaniacbut there is somethingabout sipping your drinkfrom where you can see theentire city. Over the Moon

and its extension High, atHotel Daspalla, give you thisview. Once you have chosenthe table of your comfort,there is nothing you can dobut sit back and relax. If theweather decides to be pleas-ant, there is hardly anythingto complain about. With anambience like that, you feelfar from making small talk onhow hot this summer is.

The lounge looks just howyour holiday bar should looklike. There are two sections toit. The first is Over the Moonwhich has the bar placed inthe centre in that soft lightinginsist you drift into a laid-back mood. The second sec-tion. aptly called High givesyou a better view of the city.The lighting here changesinto hues of blue and is muchquieter with no music. Quiteideal if you tend to go intodeep conversations overdrinks.

We decided to experimentwith our first drinks. We wentstraight to the page called‘Masterpieces of OTM’ andchose Death by Chocolate, ayummy concoction of vodka,kahlua, baileys, vanilla icecream and chocolate syrup,and Green Apple Martini. If I

am drinking or not, there hasto be food on my table. So wemunched on some prawnsand tender chicken thighsmarinated in brown and yel-low chilli.

In search for somethinginteresting on the menu, Ifound a drink called Riderson the Storm that has vodka,banana liqueur, peachliqueur, orange, pineappleand cranberry juice. Therewas no reason to not call forit. And when I did, I did notregret it. Only if the song

Riders on the Storm was play-ing then, it would have beenjust perfect.

The liquor selection isquite fine with the menustarting off with aperitifswhich is a rare sight in thecity. For not more than `400,you can choose amongCampari, Cinzano Rosso and

Cinzano Extra Dry. Fromtheir single malt selection,they have many options fromLagavulin 16 years toGlenfiddich 12 years. Ifwhisky is what you need,thenthere are three names thatcan interest you— MakersMark, Jim Beam and JackDaniel’s. If subtlety is yourstyle, then you can go forsome Remy Martin cognac.

With sophistication andpeppiness alongside, Over theMoon will suit both youngand old patrons.

Bar: Over the MoonPlace: Hotel Daspalla,Jubilee Hills

Over the Moon is an interesting name for a bar and it also has an aptlytitled section called High. A visit to this beautiful lounge got Postnoon

raving about it. Here’s what we have to say.

Fish cooked in clay pot Mahi handi

STRAIGHT FROM THE ROYAL COURTWith décor inspired by Akbar’s court in Fatehpur Sikri, Tansen treats its customers like

kings. The Ohri’s restaurant recently launched a new menu to deliver that royal promise. Nidhi [email protected]

The walk from the parkinglot to the restaurant isnot the most appetising

— thanks to the foul smellcoming from the lake. Howe -ver, you’ll easily be transport-ed to a happy place themoment you enter Tansen.The few seconds of discomfortthat your olfactory nervesunderwent is quickly replacedby the fragrance of marigoldsdecorating each table.

Inspired by Akbar’s courtin Fatehpur Sikri, Tansen’sarchitecture is well-plannedand royal. Named for one ofthe nine gems of Akbar’scourt, Tansen the restaurantis a tribute to the legendarymusician. The menu, whichhas its little bits on Tansen,is a comprehensive one. The

selection of starters andmain course dishes, with anequal variety for vegetarians,is sure to make you drool.Some of the must-have vege-tarian starters are KaftaPaneer Tikka (kebab of cot-tage cheese rubbed in aro-matic Arabic spices andgrilled), Lakhanawi BharwanAloo (potato stuffed with cot-tage cheese, dried nuts and

spices), Rampur ke PyaziKebab (shallow-fried kebab ofbrown onion and cashewnuts, marinated with famousRampuri Changezi masala)and Khumb aur Akrot kiTikki (walnut and mushroompatties stuffed with apricotchutney).

Among the non-vegetari-an starters, the Sambhal kiSeekh (lamb seekh marinatedin Changezi spices, greencoriander, onion and greenchilies), the Mutton TawaKebab (shallow fried cutlet ofminced lamb with naancrumbs) and the Beera MurghKe Soole (skewered chickenmarinated in robust spicesand grilled) are must-haves.

The main course alsoboasts of plenty from thenewcomer list. Murgh Zaatar(strips of chicken tikkatossed with onions and toma-

toes) and Rampur NalliNihari are worth a try.Another good aspect is thevariety of bread. The multi-grain parantha, the Bhuraniparantha (chilli and chaatspiced layered bread fromLucknow) and the RehmaniaParantha (whole-wheatparantha cooked in a specialtandoor) are must-haves too.

Like all good food, evenTansen food is best when itends on a sweet note. TheAngoori Litchi (juicy litchisstuffed with small rasmalaiand served in sweet rabdi) isa personal favourite.

So, if you have it in you tobrave the heat and the foulsmell from the lake, Tansen isa good bet. The revised menu,which has undergone a 50 percent change, will surely satiateyour taste buds enough to keepyou coming back for more.

SRINIVAS SETTY

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 201318HISTORY

April 171961: The Bay of Pigs invasionbegins when a CIA-financed andtrained group of Cuban refugeeslands in Cuba and attempts to top-ple the communist government ofFidel Castro. The attack was anutter failure.

April 161889: Hollywood legend CharlieChaplin is born in London. Chaplinbecame a worldwide icon throughhis screen persona "the Tramp"and is considered one of the mostimportant figures of the film indus-try. He is most famous for his silentmovies like The Kid and The GoldRush, as well as talkies like CityLights and The Dictator.

April 192005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger iselected the 265th Pope of theCatholic Church following thedeath of Pope John Paul II. Thenew Pope takes on the papal nameBenedict XVI.

April 181956: American actress Grace Kellymarries Prince Rainier of Monaco ina spectacular ceremony. Afterward,she became Princess Grace ofMonaco and retired from acting.

April 211918: Manfred von Richthofen, thenotorious German flying ace knownas "The Red Baron," is killed byAllied fire in France. The Red Baronhad downed 80 enemy aircraftbefore his death at the age of 25.

April 211987-The Tamil Tigers are blamedfor a car bomb that explodes in theSri Lankan capital of Colombo,killing 106 people.

April 201999: High school teenagers EricHarris and Dylan Klebold kill 13people and injure 24 others beforecommitting suicide at ColumbineHigh School in Columbine,Colorado.

April 151989: The Tiananmen Squareprotests begin in thePeople's Republic of China,following the death HuYaobang. University studentswho marched and gatheredin Tiananmen Square voicedgrievances against inflationand limited career prospects.

April 151912: The British passengerliner RMS Titanic, widelybelieved to be 'unsinkable',sinks in the North Atlanticat 2:20am, two hours and40 minutes after hitting aniceberg. Only 710 of 2,227passengers and crew onboard survived.

April 162007: In one of the deadliestspree shootings in US history,32 students and teacherswere gunned down on thecampus of Virginia Polyte-chnic Institute by Seung HuiCho, a student at the schoolwho later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

April 17 1970: Ill-fated US lunar spacecraft Apollo 13, which suffered a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon, safely returns toEarth. The lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the service module upon whichthe Command Module depended.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 201319SPOTLIGHT

Kitchen queenA total of 36 winners of the prelimi-nary rounds battled it out for thecoveted title of Kitchen Queen ofHyderabad, initiated by FreedomRefined Sunflower Oil. SamtaaSinghee was declared the winner.

Laugh riotHyatt Hyderabad, Gachibowli,

formally announced its openingon Saturday with a gala dinner.Regaling guests and visitors at

the do was renowned stand-upcomedian Papa CJ.

A night to rememberThe third year anniversary celebrations of Heal a Child Foundation

turned out to be gala event. Donors and children saved by the trust’s efforts made a beeline to Westin Hotel to take part in the

celebrations. Ash Chandler and Manasi Scott performed at the event.

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ANJALIis back in action

After nearly five days of highdrama, actress Anjali finallycame out of hiding and metSudheer Babu, the deputycommissioner of police,

Hyderabad (West Zone) on Friday at10.30pm. Sudheer Babu informed themedia that Anjali had been hiding inMumbai all these days; however, herefused to elaborate further on whathad actually happened. “Anjali has con-fessed that she went out of the hotel onher own, contrary to the reports thatsomeone else is behind the wholedrama,” Sudheer Babu said.

Talking to the media, Anjali said,“In the past few days, some unwantedincidents happened in my life. My pro-ducers, directors, co-artistes and otherswere affected by this and I apologise toall of them. I am feeling very bad that Ihave caused so much inconvenience tomy colleagues. Right now, my life andmy career are in my hands. I thank allthe fans and media that stood by me.From Monday, I will start shooting forthe remake of Bol Bachchan in Pune. Iwill also complete the remaining por-tions of shooting of Balupu. From nowonwards, all my concentration will bejust on films.” While the entire filmindustry and media heaved a sigh of

relief that Anjali is back, there are several unanswered questions aboutthe whole fiasco. It’s still unclear about the role whichher step-mother and uncle played inher disappearance and the contradicto-ry statements made by Anjali and herstep-mother Bharati lend credence tothe notion that there’s more to thisissue than meets the eye. Just beforeappearing before the police, Anjali hadasked her brother to withdraw the complaint he had filed; however, there’sstill a case pending against Anjaliwhich was filed by her step-mother inChennai.

Meanwhile, there were rumours inTelugu film industry that filmmakerswho are working with Anjali weremiffed with her unprofessionalbehaviour since she didn’t even try tocontact them. All said and done, theincident has become a blotch onAnjali’s career and it remains to beseen if she’ll feel the repercussions ofthis incident on her career in Telugufilm industry. After films like Journeyand Seethamma Vaakitlo SirimalleChettu, Anjali has made a mark for her-self as a talented actress and moreoffers started coming her way from thebeginning of this year.

Kajal Aggarwal is undoubt-edly one of the most suc-cessful actresses in con-

temporary Telugu cinema. Inthe past three years alone, shealready has six superhits andblockbusters to her credit inTelugu, Tamil and Hindi andher latest film, Baadshah, is ontrack to become yet anotherblockbuster. Despite all this,she confesses, “I don’t take suc-cess or failure seriously, but itfeels good that I have been partof commercially successfulfilms in recent years.” Unlikeher contemporaries, she hasn’tacted in a woman-centric filmso far. Does she consider it as aresponsibility too big to han-dle? “Of course not. I was intalks for few such films, butnothing has worked out so far.If I get a good script, I woulddefinitely lap it up. In fact,there are so many dream rolesthat I want to act in,” shereveals and elaborates saying,“I would love to play a cop ormaybe do an action film whereI get to do lot of stunts.Although I have been part ofromantic films in the past, Iwould really like to act in apure love story on the lines ofBefore Sunrise and Before

Sunset. Apart from all theseroles, I would love to act in aliterary adaptation.” Shenames Amish Tripathi’sThe Immortals of Meluhaas one such book she hadgot hooked onto. “I lovedreading The Immortals ofMeluha. I could relate alot to Parvati and Iwould love to playthat role if I get achance to act in itsonscreen adapta-tion,” she says.Incidentally, KaranJohar is said to beplanning to adaptthe book into a filmin Hindi. He’s yetto finalise the castand crew for thefilm, but the adap-tation is defi-nitely on. WillKajal getlucky? Letswait andwatch.

‘I’d love to act in literary adaptations’


After a lot of dilly dallying,Gautham Menon has offi-cially confirmed that the

principal shooting of his upcom-ing Tamil film with Suriya isgoing to begin in June. The filmhas been named as DhruvaNatchathiram. “Nothing tentativeabout this... The film IS calleddhruva natchathiram..We havestarted work and filming with myfriend Suriya starts June 1. (sic),”Gautham Menon posted onTwitter. Last month, a section ofmedia reported that this filmmight be shelved since Suriyahad already given bulk dates toLingusamy and on top of thatGautham Menon was in a legaltussle with producer ElredKumar who approached theMadras High Court to put anembargo on Gautham Menon’sprojects until further notice.After the news broke out,Gautham Menon clarified thatthe legal petition was quashed bythe High Court and also addedthat his film with Suriya is on.Suriya will also star inLinguswamy’s film which will goon floors in August. Currently,Suriya is busy wrapping up theshooting of Singham 2 which hasAnushka and Hansika.

Gautham Menon, Suriya’sfilm to take off in June

Megastar Amitabh Bachchanreportedly plays himself inAnurag Kashyap’s short

story in Bombay Talkies.A bouquet of four short sto-

ries, Bombay Talkies has contri-butions by four directors —Kashyap, Karan Johar, ZoyaAkhtar and Dibakar Banerjee.An ode to 100 years of cinema,the film is up for a May 3release.

The 70-year-old plays acameo in Kashyap’s film andas part of the role, he willmeet an ardent fan whocomes to visit him from hishome town Allahabad inUttar Pradesh.

It is also said thatKashyap’s short story willhave a special song dedicat-ed to the veteran actor. Itwill be released Sunday out-side Big B’s residencePrateeksha in Juhu, said astatement.

“Bachchan will play acameo in the film. There isa surprise in store for himwhere a flash mob of 60Bachchans (artistesdressed and masked likeBachchan) will launch thesong in front of hishome. Big B has a tradi-tion of having fans gath-ering outside his houseon Sunday evenings inthe hope of catching aglimpse of the veteran,”said a source. IANS

Actress DivyaDutta, who

will soon beseen in Karan Johar’s

production Gippi, saysthis is her first filmwith the filmmaker

and she loved doing it.“I loved doing the

film. I got a beautifulcompliment from Karan

when he called me upand said he loved my

performance,” theactress said.

“I was watching afilm and the promo of

Gippi came. It is lovelyto see your name and

face with the DharmaProduction tag,” she

said. “I got this feelingafter working with Yash

Chopra, ShyamBenegal, Rakeysh

(Omprakash) Mehra. Soit’s great to work with

such people who youhave always admired,”

Divya added. The 35-year-old also praised

debutant directorSonam Nair.

“Gippi is my firstfilm with Karan Joharand a new girl Sonal is

directing it. She hastaken a leaf out of her

own life. She has shownthe growing up yearsvery beautifully,” she

said. IANS

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The Lootera team had their shareof problems while filming theromantic period-drama. Theyhave captured their struggle in a

five-minute documentary Labour OfLove, which will come out soon.Director Vikramaditya Motwane saysthe film was an “emotional journey” foreveryone.

Known for making his directorialdebut with internationally acclaimedUdaan, Motwane has teamed up withRanveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha inthe movie.

“Lootera has been an emotionaljourney for all those involved with it. Itis the perseverance and determinationof the crew that made sure this moviegot made,” Motwane said.

“After watching the five-minutevideo, a lot of people want us to make afull-fledged documentary. We will bereleasing some more footage of ourjourney soon,” he added.

Lootera journey has been dogged bymishaps and accidents.

One of the first mishaps was leadactor Ranveer’s back injury on the setsin Dalhousie, which gave the crew amajor fright. After that the shootingschedule went haywire as the actor hadto be rushed back to the city on astretcher.

After that, weather played spoil-sport in Dalhousie. Such was the weath-er that the crew had to trek throughknee-high snow.

For now, makers are trying to figureout how to release the documentary —whether it should be made availableindependently during the promotionsor it should be screened with the film’send credits. IANS

Looterateam comesout with a

film ondisasters


Big B to playhimself inBombayTalkies?

Loved doingKaran Johar’s

Gippi, saysDivya Dutta


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I WASN’TLOOKINGFOR SOLO

LEADS:ADITYA ROY

KAPOOR

He had two releases in 2010 andafter that Aditya Roy Kapoor dis-appeared from the big screen. Theactor says he was not looking forsolo leads, but something exciting

and is happy that he waited for the rightprojects to come his way.

His next film is Mohit Suri-directedromantic saga Aashiqui 2, his first film as asolo hero. It’ll see him romancingShraddha Kapoor on the big screen when ithits theatres on April 26.

After that he will be seen in DharmaProductions’ Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, setfor a May 31 screening. Directed by AyanMukerji, the romantic drama bringstogether Ranbir Kapoor and DeepikaPadukone together in a film after fiveyears.

“It has been a while. I wasn’t lookingfor solo leads. I was looking for something,which excited me,” Aditya said.

“I did not find anything, which I washappy about. Till I read Yeh Jawaani HaiDeewani and then Aashiqui 2 came my way.So till then, I lived my life, met my friends,played football, I felt bad... normal humanemotions, but I was happy that I waited,”he added.

His last two releases were ActionReplayy and Guzaarish. Both came in 2010and bombed at the box office. IANS

Adah’s comic lessons Eesha Koppikarnot an IPL fan

Indian Premier League match-es might be a craze among

Bollywood stars, but actressEesha Koppikar does not likethe tournament because she

believes it divides the countryinto different teams.

“For me, may the best per-son win. I did watch the World

Cup because I am an Indianand I love my country. But what

happens in IPL is that thecountry gets divided into differ-

ent teams. I don’t like it,” shesaid. The 36-year-old is not at

all fascinated by cricket.“Not much. Actually I have

seen my father and my brotherwatching cricket like crazy

since I was a kid. They used toforget everything that was hap-pening around them. I don’t get

so engrossed in cricket,” saidthe actress.IANS

Adah Sharma, who will be seensharing screen space with thelikes of Sanjay Dutt and Juhi

Chawla in comedy Hum Hai RaahiCar Ke, says she got to learn a lot

from her experienced co-stars aboutcomic timing.

The 23-year-old, who made herdebut opposite Rajniesh Duggall in

horror thriller 1920, will be seenromancing Dev Goel in the forthcom-

ing comedy, set to hit the screensMay 24.

“We both are very lucky to workwith established stars and to do com-

edy with them because one gets tolearn a lot in comedy. Everyone’s

comic timing is different, Chunky(Pandey) ji, Juhiji, and Sanjay Dutt’s.We got to learn different things from

everyone,” Adah said in an inter-view.

Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke is a comicmisadventure and tells the story of

one night road trip of the two protag-onists. IANS


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CINEMA 25SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013

Actor Ryan Gosling sayshe hated the tattoos that

he has sported in upcomingmovie “The Place BeyondThe Pines”.

The 32-year-old playsLuke Glanton, who resortsto crime in order to havemoney to raise his child.

His character has a lotof tattoos, which he did notlike and even complained

about it to director DerekCianfrance.

“We wanted to make thetattoos look a mess, fromsomeone who lived a life ofnot thinking things throughand making bad decisions.When I went for the tattoo, Ithought, this is stupid, thisis dumb, I can’t do this,”metro.in quoted Gosling assaying.

“And Derek was like‘Well, that’s how most peo-ple feel about their face tat-toos’. I didn’t even want tolook at myself in the mirror.I felt like I knew what he(the character) was like.When I was holding TonyPizza, the kid who plays ourchild, I just felt ashamedthis person I created was hisfather,” he added. IANS

Chris Pine seems to thinkhe’s in the middle of thetotem pole when it

comes to people “giving a s--t”about him.

“I’m just waspy enough. Asix-foot-tall white man, youkind of blend in, and that’sfine with me,” the 32-year-oldStar Trek Into Darkness hunksays in the Spring 2013 issue ofC for Men magazine, dis-cussing his aversion to toomuch attention.”It helps I

don’t really seek anythingout,” he adds. “Hopefully, I putthe vibe out of ‘not looking forit.’ “I’m very clear about myrelationship to ‘it’ and I don’tlike ‘it,’” Pine’s anti-famespeech continues. “I find ‘it’very invasive, though I’m try-ing to welcome ‘it’ more in aneffort to be more zen and not-angsty. But on the totem poleof people giving a s--t aboutme, I’m pretty much in themiddle, which is great.”

Star Trek’s ChrisPine Calls Fame “INVASIVE”

Hollywood actor TomCruise was reportedly

surprised when he found outthat his ancestors controlledthe majority of Dublin, thecapital of Ireland.

The actor waspresented with acertificate of Irishroots by the coun-try’s Minister forForeign Affairs andTrade, EamonGilmore earlier thismonth. The 50-year-old learned his relatives canbe traced back to the 9thcentury after two femalefans researched his familylineage as a gift to their idol,reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Speaking on Jimmy

Kimmel Live, Cruise said: “Ihad no idea it went backthat far.” According to thesources, Cruise revealed hisfamily once owned a town

called Hollywood inCounty Wicklowand one of hiselders was knownas a famine herowhen they returnedto Ireland from NewYork to save peoplefrom being evictedfrom their homes.

During his trip toIreland the actor was sur-prised to find out moreabout his ancestors.

“To learn about the his-tory of my family —it wasincredible,” he said.

Tom Cruise’s ancestorscontrolled Dublin?

disliked face tattoos in his latest film

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ACROSS1 Kitchen meas5 Drawing room10 ‘Bhagavad Gita’ hero16 Mountain top21 Earth goddess22 Insurance center23 Dried fruit24 Intend (2 wds)25 Cyrus’ realm, today26 Verdict giver27 Miff28 — -toothed tiger29 Hydrant hookup31 551, to Ovid33 Show-offs35 Libertines36 Likelihood39 That woman40 Tuscan river41 Tarzan’s nanny44 7 on the phone45 Deviate, as a rocket47 Resistance unit49 — cool!51 Plea at sea52 Collapsed54 Dollops55 Warty critter57 — -di-dah59 Ran in neutral60 Jet route61 Wallet stuffers63 Eastman invention67 Hauled into court68 Duck’s gait70 Repress72 Arizona river73 Stay calm (2 wds)75 JFK followed him77 Japan’s highest vol-

cano79 Understood80 Cartoon shrieks81 Monarchs’ stand-ins84 Kind of look86 Close shave89 Rental agreement90 — -craftsy91 Soft leather94 Orchestra section96 Realty unit98 Explorer — Helen

Johnson99 Tea biscuit101 Admiral’s org102 Walker’s gadget107 Tart109 Joust competitor111 Small pet113 Tree trunk114 Navigation system116 Gymnast — Korbut117 Cell block brawl118 Pharaoh’s textile119 Kid’s marble121 Royal honorific123 Lapp neighbor124 Sheep’s coat125 Vim and vigor128 ‘— -Man Fever’130 911 responder131 Colony member132 Battery size133 Country addr134 Ice skater’s leap136 Attorney’s deg138 Teamster rig

140 Stays afloat142 Very hungry145 Go — — diet147 Luxurious151 Piano exercise152 Caulked155 Zen master’s poem157 Westernmost

Aleutian158 Above the horizon159 Box up160 Lou Grant portrayer161 Bracken162 Hound’s trail163 Loafer doodad164 Not those165 Keg-party site

DOWN1 Happy-hour letters2 Rani’s garment3 Orchard produce4 More rational5 Brief stay6 Makes laugh7 Roman household gods8 Melodrama shout9 Ancient ointment10 Calla lily, eg11 UK fliers12 Skippy rival

13 Treats shabbily14 Beethoven symphony15 Fergie’s ex16 Do horoscopes17 Vaquero’s rope18 Bonfire residue19 Camp-stove fuel20 Museum sculptures30 Aspired32 Stock-market stats34 Siberian river37 Pixel38 Tender sprig41 Like — — out of water42 Where Galileo taught43 Ms Barkin of films45 Wild blue —46 Gance or Ferrara48 Obsessions50 Talk, talk, talk53 Account books54 Roams around56 Dict entries58 Monopolise60 Cambodia neighbor62 Burger side64 Finger or toe65 Throw for — —66 Actress — Bates68 Stir-fry pan69 Barely beat (2 wds)

70 Knowing somehow71 A funny Philips74 Mild onions76 Starts a card game78 Burglar deterrent82 Cotton gin name83 Dice throw85 No-charge item86 ‘Cheers!’87 Kid who rode Diablo88 Robin of ballads92 ‘Gross!’93 Kid’s taboo (hyph)94 Carrot or spud95 Track event96 Mine access97 Blimp title100 Swedish name103 Poet’s black104 Copy machine need105 Vote in106 Ms Zellweger108 Filly’s mother110 Is destructive112 A Walton daughter115 Touch of frost118 Animal that hisses120 Romantic island122 Monsieur’s summer123 Gladly, old-style124 Vain attempt

125 Patio stones126 Glamorous127 Read129 Storage place132 Rouses from slumber135 Encumbered137 Good, to Teresa139 Shape clay140 Cactus defense141 Personnel

143 Bronze coin144 Marsupial pockets146 At the drop of — —148 Livy’s route149 Razor brand150 Fontanne’s husband153 — Cruces, NM154 Flight dir156 Hearth residue

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Ten of Wands – Onephase is ending andyou are preparing fora new, next phase.Be assured that thisphase will be luckierand you can chaseyour dreams, truly.

Eight of Wands –This is the card ofgood fortune. Luckfavours the brave,too. So be preparedto do something newand go down a rela-tively less known path.

ARIESPay hike or promotion on the cards foremployees. Minor tension and unwant-ed apprehension likely. Also, you mightfeel afraid of certain issues. Talk polite-ly so as not to be mistaken.

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LIBRANew efforts can be postponed as timeis not favorable. Important issues maybe shared even within close circles.However, you will be able to enjoy lifewith family members. Be vigilant.

CAPRICORNMother’s health may be a cause forconcern; take care. Care while express-ing opinions will keep you out of trou-ble. Real estate brings good gain. Inc -o me through maternal relatives likely.

TAURUSYou gain an upper hand over enemiesand succeed despite obstructions.Employees could face tension sincethey have to fight to retain their job.Work burden and travel could tire you.

LEOFinancial position will be comfortableas you land unexpected fortune. Goodeffects likely to increase and make youcheerful. Health looks fine. Employeesand businessmen win all challenges.

SCORPIOStrong financial position will keep youin a comfortable position. High self-confidence will help in completing alltasks. Businessmen likely to get govtsops. You will clear some major debts.

AQUARIUSA real estate transaction can be with-held for sometime. You feel frustratedas certain unexpected events depressyou. However, with your patience, youwill be able to handle the issues well.

GEMINIAs income and expenses both increa -se, it will upset you. Health problemcould depress you. Businessmenadvised to complete govt statutorycompliances to avoid penalty.

VIRGOBusinessmen advised to be cautiousbefore implementing expansion plans.New efforts will be successful. Healthwill be fine. Good news from paternalside and VIP friends is likely.

SAGITTARIUSFinancial inflow will not be as expect-ed. Hence, you need to plan andmanage the situation wisely. Minorhealth issues will come and go. Acourt verdict will go in your favour.

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Seven of Pentacles –Take up a course toupgrade your skills.Your worry shouldreally be to stay want-ed in the rapidlychanging world ofemployment.

Three of Wands –Pay attention to thehard facts and dowhat’s needed tostick to them. Draw -ing your own con-clusions about situa-tions will not help.

The Hermit – Spirit -ual awareness is im -p o r tant to you now.You are alone butnot lonely. You’re insearch of somethingimportant. Continuethe search.

Nine of Pentacles –You prefer to be leftalone. This is not a badthing but ensure youare not hurting some-one close just becauseyou fail to explain yourneed to them.

Queen of Wands –You’re at your creativebest, and in control ofyour life. You havemanaged to attainthe perfect balance toensure that your daysare more fruitful.

Ace of Pentacles –Yo u may want to fol-low the style of som -e one you deeplyadmire. Don’t feelashamed to followsomeone. It will giveyou a direction.

King of Swords –There are many peo-ple who are curiousabout your life.Don’t be obligatedto share details ifyou don’t want to.Maintain a distanceand dignity.

The Star – There is alot of confusionaround you but thereis also a silver lining.Hold on to this liningof hope and get onwith making the deci-sions you feel will stick.

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* All that glitters has a highrefractive index.* Having amnesia and deja vuat the same time. I think I'veforgotten this before.* How come it takes morebrains and effort to fill out theincome-tax form than it does toearn the income?* I can't remember the last timeI wasn't at least kind of tired.* I don't repeat gossip, so listencarefully the first time.* I finished 50 push-ups thismorning! (I started them in2005.)* I heard that how you dresssends a message to everyone

around you. I think my messagemust be, "Help! Help!"* I started early teaching mykids the value of a dollar. Fromthen on, they demanded theirallowances in gold.* I think my problem is indeci-siveness. Or maybe it's procras-tination.* I'd like to be the ideal mother,but I'm too busy raising mykids.* If I had eight hours to chopdown a tree, I'd spend sixsharpening my axe.* If necessity is the mother ofinvention, I bet MacGyver is thefather.

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37 million Twitterfollowers are

53 per cent fake

Justin Bieber's


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Justin Bieber recentlyovertook Lady Gagaasthe most followed per-son on Twitter. But a

new report by the BBCsuggests he may haveearned the record unfairly.

BBC says the websiteSocialbakers examinedboth Bieber's and Gaga'sfollowers and found that ofthe Biebs' 37.3 million fol-lowers, only 17.8 million ofthem are genuine accountslinked to real people. Thatmeans 53 per cent ofBiebers' followers areprobably spambots. As forGaga, her potentially gen-uine followers are 19 mil-lion, which means sheshould technically stillhold the record for mostTwitter followers.

Socialbakers categoris-es fake followers by check-ing to see whether theaccounts have generatedany genuine tweets, ratherthan spam links. It also fil-ters continuously tweetedbuzz phrases like “makemoney,” “work fromhome,” and “diet.”

Charlie Sheensings

LindsayLohan'spraises

Charlie Sheen hasn't made a secretof the fact that he has a soft spotfor Lindsay Lohan. The two actors

attended the Scary Movie 5 premiere andwere reportedly in good spirits as theyhung out on the red carpet.

The duo clearly has a good relation-ship, because after filming a cameo forthe horror movie spoof, Sheen paidLohan’s tax bill and then invited her toappear on Anger Management. That’swhy it shouldn’t come as much of a sur-prise to learn that Sheen had nothingbut nice things to say about Lohan at thepremiere. In fact, he even said she hasgreat comedy chops.

“Of course she does,” Sheen toldMTV News. “She knows funny. She doeschicken right.”

Despite its buzz due to Sheen andLohan's involvement, Scary Movie 5earned bad reviews from critics, thoughit could have a good opening weekend.

Knowing that Wolverine is asensitive sort, HughJackman firmly believes

that his X-Man alter-ego wouldbe all about helping those inneed.

“Wolverine is for Haiti, ahundred per cent,” theAustralian star told E! News atan event for Donna Karan’sUrban Zen organisation, whichwith eBay is auctioning offoriginal papier-mache hearts,crafted by her designer pals, tobenefit the Haitian ArtisanProject.

“All of us feel really blessed,we’ve had amazing career

opportunities, and one of thethings that allows us to do is goto incredible places and use ourprofile to help,” Jackman, whoalso happened to be celebratinghis 17th wedding anniversary,said had wife Deborra-LeeFurness at his side.

“I consider it a privilege, nota duty, and I have children—weall have children,” Jackmanadded, looking at his wife, “andtrying to teach that to our kids,being part of a community, yourworld, and doing whatever youcan is actually your birthright.It's actually what we're all natu-rally meant to do.”

Hugh Jackmanshares

the love:Wolverine

Is for Haiti!


SPORTS 29FARO, PORTUGAL: Championshipleader Sebastien Ogier of France extendedhis advantage in the Rally of Portugal onSaturday and will take a 34.8sec lead overVolkswagen teammate Jari-Matti Latvala ofFinland into the final day. Finnish Citroendriver Mikko Hirvonen lies third at 1min08.5sec as he bids for a maiden world titleat the age of 32. The 29-year-old Ogieropened the season with a second place fin-ish at Monaco.

Ogier takes charge in Portugal KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board todayslapped bans on umpires Nadeem Ghouriand Anis Siddiqui for four and three yearsrespectively after finding them guilty of cor-ruption in an expose by an Indian TV chan-nel last year. The two umpires were foundguilty of agreeing to extend undue favoursfor material gains in a sting operation car-ried out by India TV in October last. ThePCB's integrity committee headed by chair-man Zaka Ashraf took the decision today.

PCB bans 2 umpiresNEW DELHI: The Asia Cup cricket tour-nament will be held in Bangladesh for thesecond time in a row after India, who hadearlier agreed to host the 2014 edition,backed out citing a packed internationalschedule. Bangladesh had hosted the lastedition of the tournament in 2012. The like-ly dates for the tournament will be February24 to March 8. The decision was taken atthe Asian Cricket Council (ACC) boardmeeting on April 8 in Kuala Lumpur.

Bangladesh to host Asia Cup

ORLANDO, FLORIDA:Courtney Lee scored 20 pointsas the Boston Celtics clinchedthe seventh playoff seed in theEastern Conference standingson Saturday by routing theOrlando Magic 120-88.

Lee was one of sevenBoston players to reach double-figures in scoring. Jeff Greenand Jordan Crawford had 17and 16 points, respectively.

Kevin Garnett, BrandonBass and Avery Bradley alsoscored 14 points apiece forBoston who were coming off a109-101 loss to Miami on Friday.

Garnett finished with ninerebounds and Paul Piercescored 12 points for the Celtics,who beat Orlando for the eighthconsecutive time.

Boston has just two gamesremaining in the regular sea-son as they will face Indiana athome on Tuesday before finish-ing the regular season inToronto on Wednesday.

Tobias Harris scored 22points and Nik Vucevic record-ed a double-double with 16points and 12 rebounds forOrlando, who have lost six oftheir last seven games.

PAUL AND CLIPPERS HALTGRIZZLIES' STREAK

Chris Paul sank one of twofree throws with 18 seconds leftas the Los Angeles Clipperssnapped the Memphis Grizzlies'13-game home win streak witha 91-87 NBA victory on

Saturday.Paul finished with 13 points

and five assists, while DeAndreJordan had 16 points and 12rebounds for Los Angeles whohave won five straight contests.

Blake Griffin chipped in 12points and nine rebounds forthe Clippers in the win.

Marc Gasol had a game-high 18 points and 15 boardsand Zach Randolph finishedwith 16 points and 12 reboundsfor the Grizzlies, who lost theirfirst game at home sinceFebruary 5 against Phoenix.

Memphis are in fifth spot inthe Western Conference, oneposition back of the Clippers.

Paul put the Clippers ahead89-87 late in the fourth. AfterLos Angeles forced a turnoveron a pass from Memphis' MikeConley, Griffin went to the free throw line to try andextend the lead, but he missedboth shots.

But Griffin was fouled on aclear path violation, giving theball back to the Clippers. JamalCrawford then made two freethrows with 2.2 seconds left toice the victory.

With the win, the Clipperstook the season series 3-1 andare looking to earn home-courtadvantage, even though theycurrently share the samerecord with Memphis with twogames left in the 2012-13 season.

The Clippers are now one-half game behind the DenverNuggets for the third seed inthe Western Conference. AFP

NEW YORK: GuillermoRigondeaux remained undefeat-ed by beating Nonito Donaireby a unanimous decision intheir world title junior feather-weight fight Saturday, handingthe Filipino his first loss in 12years.

Two-time Olympic goldmedal winner Rigondeauxrecovered nicely from an earli-er knockdown to win the 12-round bout on all three judges'scorecards, 114-113, 115-112 and116-111.

Rigondeaux retained hisWBA junior featherweightcrown and improved to 12-0with eight knockouts. He alsotook Donaire's WBO version ofthe belt. The 32-year-oldRigondeaux, who defected from

Cuba two years ago, went downfrom left in the 10th round butbecame the aggressor in the12th, opening up a cut nearDonaire's eye at the Radio CityMusic Hall venue.

Donaire came into the boutriding a brilliant 30-fight winstreak. The 30-year-old Donairedropped to 31-2 with 20 knock-outs. Donaire's only previousloss was March 10, 2001 in hissecond pro fight.

Rigondeaux pushed theaction for much of the fight,landing 129 of 396 total punches.

Donaire delivered a hookthat floored Rigondeaux in the10th round, while the Cubanconnected a hard left thatstunned Donaire and opened acut over his right eye. AFP

SYDNEY: A team of experts,including an adolescent psychol-ogist, will work on developingcultural and leadership changeswithin the troubled Australianswimming team, officials saidSunday.

Australian swimming isbeing systemically overhauled inthe wake of the team's return ofjust one gold medal, six silverand three bronze at last year'sLondon Olympics -- their lowestpool tally since 1992 inBarcelona. AFP

Celtics seize 7th seed

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers leaves the arena on a cart aftergetting injured during his team's game against the Golden State Warriorsat Staples Center on Friday in Los Angeles, California. AFP/ ANDREW D

Bryant out for up to 9 months with torn Achilles

Greg Heakes

LOS ANGELES: KobeBryant underwent surgeryto repair a torn Achilles ten-don which could sidelinethe Los Angeles Lakers starfor up to nine months, theNBA team announcedSaturday.

The 15-time all-starBryant left the court inagony toward the end ofFriday's 118-116 win overGolden State and laterdeclared his season over.

Bryant chose to have

immediate surgery to repairthe damage to his torn leftAchilles, undergoing anoperation on Saturday.

"The successful surgerywas performed by Dr. NealElAttrache and Dr. StephenLombardo," Lakersspokesman John Black said."Recovery time is expectedto be a minimum of six tonine months."

Lakers head trainer GaryVitti described the torn ten-don as a "third degree rup-ture."

Guillermo upsets Donaires

Guillermo Rigondeaux headlocks Nonito Donaire during their WBO/WBAjunior featherweight title unification bout at Radio City Music Hall onSaturday at New York City. AFP/ AL BELLO

Postaldown APHigh Court‘A’ Institution 1-Day LeagueChampionshipAP High Court 108 (Rajesh 31,Vijay Kumar 3 for 26, LeslieWelfrad 5 for 15) lost to Postal109 for 1 (Venu Gopal Reddy41no, Vijay Kamal 50no)

APCS 162 for 6 (Nagaraj 34,Subbramanyam 76, Naveen 5for 35) bt IDL 101 (Madhu 34,Prabhu 4 for 17, Bhanukiran 3for 10)

CHESS TOURNEY THROWSSURPRISESN Rajana Reddy, A Prateek , ARohit, B Upendra , R jayanth,Raivath Mallela, VL Ajay leadthe junior category in the 83rdBrilliant Trophy ChessTournament at the BrilliantGrammar High School in theCity on Saturday.

In open category KPraneeth Surya, JSubrahmanyam, MY Raju,VVarun, DLK Bhushan, KPerumallu, AV Kishore, MHinduja Reddy, PratyushSrivastav and Y Mralimohanwere in the lead.

Experts todevelop Ozteam culture


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Jim Slater

AUGUSTA: Tiger Woods fired atwo-under par 70 in Saturday’sthird round of the Masters onlyhours after being hit with atwo-stroke penalty, putting himin the hunt for his 15th careermajor crown.

Woods began a run of threebirdies in four holes at the par-312th and made tense par puttson the last three holes to shareseventh on three-under 213after 54 holes at AugustaNational, where he has wonfour green jackets. After abogey at the par-4 11th, Woodsbirdied three of the next fourholes, then made a sand save atthe 16th, a tricky par putt at 17and a 10-footer for par at the18th after a bad tee shot.

“That was a nice one tomake,” Woods said of his lastputt. “The last three saves werekey and kept me in the tourn-mament.”

Woods was four strokes offthe lead when he reached theclubhouse with the leaders stillfinishing their third rounds,but the 14-time major championhas never won a major when hewas not leading after 54 holes.

World number one Woodsbegan the day with an early mo -rning meeting with the Augus -ta National competition commi -ttee, which imposed the penaltyon him for an improper drop atthe par-5 15th hole in Friday’ssecond round. “I made a mis-take. Under the rules of golf, Imade an improper drop and Igot a penalty,” Woods said. “I’mabiding by the rules.”

The committee had checkedthe drop and ruled it proper onFriday after a television viewerinquiry, but comments byWoods in a post-round televi-sion interview opened the doorto reconsider the ruling.

After hitting the flagstickwith his third shot at 15 onFriday and seeing his ball rollinto a water hazard, Woods hadsaid he dropped the ball twoyards back from the originalshot to avoid a similar risk onthe next shot.

When Augusta Nationalcompetition committee chair-man Fred Ridley saw thoseremarks, the group reverseditself and imposed the penalty,but it would have been withinits rights to disqualify Woods forsigning an incorrect scorecard.

“Take the fact that it wasTiger out of the equation and itis a fair ruling,” tweetedGraeme McDowell, who missedthe cut. “Since it is him thedebate begins about TV ratingsetc etc.”

Ridley said Woods wastreated like any other golfer.

“I thought (on Friday) Tigerhad done his best to comply,”Ridley said. “Other people maydisagree with that. It was mydecision.

“It would have been grosslyunfair to Tiger to have disquali-fied him. If this had been JohnSmith from wherever he wouldhave gotten the same rulingbecause it’s the right rulingunder the circumstances.”

Instead, a rule changeapproved in 2011 governingsuch situations allowed for atwo-stroke penalty rather thandisqualification for a playerwho unknowingly makes a vio-lation, which Ridley ruledWoods had done.

“It was certainly a distrac-

tion early with the routine butit’s like anything, it happensand you move on,” Woods said.“I was ready to play come gametime.” The ruling sparked furi-ous comments from formerplayers who were accustomedto players withdrawing them-selves if they found they hadmade a violation, none moresothan three-time Masters winnerNick Faldo of England.

“He should really sit downand think about this and themark this will leave on hiscareer, his legacy, everything,”Faldo said on The GolfChannel.

“It’s just dreadful. Tiger isjudge and jury on this. There isabsolutely no intention to dropas close to the divot. That’s abreach of the rules.” AFP

Allan Kelly

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA:RoryMcIlroy saw his hopes for aMasters green jacket nosedivefor a fifth straight year atAugusta National on Saturdayand he admitted he was unsurewhat to do next.

The Ulsterman, who willturn 24 next month, came intothe tournament hoping he hadturned the corner on what hasbeen a poor season so far and hewas nicely poised on Saturdaymorning to mount a seriouschallenge. But once again themistakes slipped into his gameand he went into the water at the11th and 15th holes for a triplebogey and a double bogey, culmi-nating in a round of 79 thateffectively killed off his hopes.

“It’s disappointing, especial-ly after such a good start,” saidthe world number two.

“I was only a few off the lead

going into seventh hole todayand then all of a sudden I playseven through 11 in five-over parand basically my chances in thetournament are gone.

“So it’s very disappointing, Ifeel like I was playing well andfeel like I have been playing wellcoming in here and it’s just afrustrating day.” AFP

9:20 a.m.: Keegan Bradley9:30: Guan Tianlang, SandyLyle9:40: Phil Mickelson, RyanMoore9:50: Michael Thompson,Ryo Ishikawa 10:00: Peter Hanson, CarlPettersson10:10: Thomas Bjorn, ScottPiercy10:20: David Lynn, JohnPeterson10:30: Trevor Immelman,Rory McIlroy10:40: Martin Kaymer, PaulLawrie10:50: David Toms, LucasGlover11:00: Vijay Singh, RichardSterne11:10: OPEN11:20: Kevin Na, Brian Gay11:30: Henrik Stenson, JoseMaria Olazabal11:40: Stewart Cink, D.A.Points11:50: Branden Grace,

Robert Garrigus12:00 p.m.: Luke Donald, K.J.Choi 12:10: John Huh, Ernie Els 12:20: Charl Schwartzel,Bubba Watson12:30: Dustin Johnson, JohnSenden12:40: Fredrik Jacobson, BillHaas12:50: Jason Dufner, FredCouples1:00: OPEN1:10: Zach Johnson, JustinRose1:20: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Thorbjorn Olese1:30: Bo Van Pelt, SergioGarcia 1:40: Jim Furyk, Nick Watney1:50: Bernhard Langer, LeeWestwood2:00: Rickie Fowler, Stricker2:10: Tim Clark, Tiger Woods2:20: Jason Day, Matt Kuchar2:30: Adam Scott, Leishman 2:40: Brandt Snedeker, AngelCabrera

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland walks on the 13th green during the thirdround of the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club onSaturday in Augusta, Georgia. AFP/HARRY HOW

Tiger in Masters hunt

Final pairings

‘Strugglingbut stillenjoying’Jim Slater

AUGUSTA: Chinese 14-year-old schoolboy Guan Tianlang,the youngest player in Mastershistory, struggled to a five-overpar 77 in Saturday’s thirdround of the 77th Masters tostand third-from last.

Simply reaching the week-end by making the cut on thenumber was a triumph of sortsfor Guan, the youngest playerin a major since Scotland’s“Young” Tom Morris made hisBritish Open debut at age 14 in1865.

“It’s just a great week forme, and I really enjoy it,” Guansaid. “People here are nice andI learned a lot from the topplayers. I played pretty goodrounds these three days. It’sreally great.”

Guan, who won the Asia-Pacific AmateurChampionship last year inThailand to qualify for theMasters, stood on nine-overpar 225 after 54 holes.

On Sunday, Guan will playalongside Scotland’s 55-year-old Sandy Lyle, the 1985Masters winner, in the secondgroup.

“I’m pretty excited I get toplay with all the top players onthe weekend,” Guan said. “Ihad a pretty good run in thefirst two days, and today feelspretty good, not badly. I did acouple unlucky (things), butthat’s golf.”

After a bogey at the par-3fourth for the second day in arow, Guan took bogeys at thepar-4 ninth and par-4 11th forthe second time in three days.He also made bogeys at 14 and17 playing alongsideDenmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen.

AFP

Tiger Woods acknowledge the cheering crowd as he walks off 18th green during the third round of the 77thMasters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday in Augusta, Georgia. AFP/JEWEL SAMAD

Rory at loss over flop

SCORECARDMUMBAI INDIANS VS PUNE WARRIORS CHENNAI SUPER KINGS VS RC BANGALORE

Mumbai Indians innings(20 overs maximum)RT Ponting* c Nayar b Yuvraj 14 (17)SR Tendulkar c Marsh b Finch 44 (29)KD Karthik† lbw b Marsh 41 (29)RG Sharma not out 62 (32)KA Pollard not out 19 (14)Extras (w 2, nb 1) 3Total (3 wickets; 20 overs) 183Bowling O M R W Econ IAJ Finch 2 0 11 1 5.50B Kumar 2 0 16 0 8.00AB Dinda 4 0 63 0 15.75R Sharma 4 0 27 0 6.75AD Mathews 4 0 29 0 7.25Yuvraj Singh 2 0 13 1 6.50MR Marsh 2 0 24 1 12.00Pune Warriors innings (target: 184 runs from 20 overs)AJ Finch b Johnson 0 (1)RV Uthappa† b Johnson 7 (9)Taylor run out (Rayudu/Ojha) 4 (5)Yuvraj c Dhawan b Pollard 24 (16)Suman c Pollard b Harbhajan 23 (15)AD Mathews*c Sharma b Ojha 19 (18)MR Marsh c Dhawan b Johnson38 (26)AM Nayar c Pollard b Malinga 6 (7)B Kumar not out 6 (11)R Sharma not out 10 (12)Extras (lb 1, w 4) 5Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 142Bowling O M R W Econ MG Johnson 4 0 33 3 8.25PP Ojha 2 0 20 1 10.00Harbhajan 3 0 20 1 6.66SL Malinga 4 0 22 1 5.50R Dhawan 4 0 27 0 6.75KA Pollard 3 0 19 1 6.33

RC Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)CH Gayle c †Dhoni b Morris 4 (10)MA Agarwal st †Dhoni b Ashwin24 (21)V Kohli* c †Dhoni b Morris 58 (47)AB de Villiers c Bravo b Nannes64 (32)DT Christian c Raina b Morris 2 (2)R Rampaul c †Dhoni b Bravo 0 (4)KB Arun Karthik† not out 5 (5)Extras (lb 1, w 6, nb 1) 8Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 165Bowling O M R W Econ DP Nannes 4 0 31 1 7.75CH Morris 4 0 40 3 10.00MM Sharma 2 0 13 0 6.50R Ashwin 4 0 28 1 7.00RA Jadeja 2 0 20 0 10.00DJ Bravo 4 0 32 1 8.00Chennai Super Kings innings (target: 166 runs from 20 overs)Husseyc Agarwal b Vinay 6 (16)M Vijay c †A Karthik b Rampaul 2 (5)Raina c Kartik b S Mohammad 30 (22)Badrinathc Agarwal b S Mohammad 34 (29)Dhoni*† c †A Karthik b Rampaul 33 (23)RA Jadeja not out 38 (20)DJ Bravo lbw b Rampaul 8 (3)CH Morris not out 7 (4)Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 3) 8Total (6 wickets; 19.5 overs) 166Bowling O M R W Econ R Rampaul 4 0 31 3 7.75RP Singh 3.5 0 41 0 10.69R Vinay Kumar 4 0 36 1 9.00DT Christian 2 0 13 0 6.50M Kartik 3 0 29 0 9.66J S Mohammad 3 0 15 2 5.00

Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets


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METRE 6S 127 14ChrisGayle(RCB) 93*HIGHEST

SCOREBESTBOWLER 4-134S 419 26Virat

Kohli(RCB)

SunilNarine(KKR)

Virat Kohli(RCB)

Sunrisers Hyderabad, unlikewhat many had anticipatedat the beginning of this IPL

season, have put up a prettygood show, winning threematches from the four theyhave played.

SRH, who are set to clashwith Kolkata Knight Riders atthe Eden Gardens today, haveundoubtedly been the surprisepackage of the sixth edition ofthe tournament.

While the Sunrisers do nothave much to boast about withregards to their batting, theirbowling, which is led by DaleSteyn and Amit Mishra, hasclearly compensated for theirlack of talent with the willow.

Though the team has thelikes of skipper KumarSangakkara, Cameron Whiteand all-rounder Thisara Perera,they have not been able to con-tribute much with the bat.

Shikhar Dhawan, who wasinjured during the India-Australia series, is yet to recov-

er and likely to sit out for anot -her week or so while it remainsunclear if Darren Sammy, whois joining the squad for thismatch, would be making it tothe playing XI or not.

Though most believe that ifthe Sunrisers continue playingin the same fashion, it wouldnot be long before they are pla -ced at the top of the points tablebut with the unpredictable nat -ure of the tournament, it wouldbe to early to judge any side.

Meanwhile, the Kolkatateam which is set to clash withthe Sunrisers, need to win thismatch as they are currentlyplaced at the seventh positionon the points table with onlyone victory from three games.

The defending championswho were earlier thrashed bythe Royal Challengers Bangal -ore and the Rajasthan Royals,need this victory to in theirendeavour to surge forward.

If the Knights from Kolkatamanage to post a formidabletotal today, then the going couldget tough for the SunrisersHyderabad.

G APARNA SAI

Vinay Kumar(RCB)

8 wickets

Opening standset up MI win:JohnsonMumbai Indians’ Mitchell

Johnson credited his side’s41-run victory over Pune

Warriors in their IPL game to the54-run opening stand between Ric -ky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar.

“I think our opening partner-ship got us to a good start. ThenDK (Dinesh Karthik) and Rohit(Sharma) put on a good partner-ship. Rohit kept going and obvi-ously got us a good total to bowlto. That gave us the confidence togo out there and pitch the ball upand get those early wickets,”Johnson said.

“It was nice to see the ballswing around. You normally see itin these conditions with the whiteball, a bit of early swing, so (wewere) looking to pitch the ball up.It was nice to get those early wic -kets because it definitely put the -m under pressure,” he said. PTI

SRH VS KKR AT 4PMON SET MAX

Sunrisers in prime form

Virat Kohli(RCB)256 runs

IPL 6 BATTLE OF THE TITANS

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Syed [email protected]

The high ratio of host teamswinning matches has settongues wagging: are the

Indian Premier League matchesbeing rigged to keep the crowdshappy?

Sure, pitch conditions aremore likely to be exploited by thehome team, but when the lastball of the match is no-balled,and that to by a mile, eyebrowsare bound to rise.

Captain of Kings XI PunjabAdam Gilchrist, who had anextremely successful start in theIPL, could stop the rumour millsoverworking with a winning per-formance at the Sawai MansinghStadium in Jaipur.

For someone who won match-

es for Australia single handedand continued that performancein the first two seasons of IPL,Gilchrist has become a paleshadow of his former self.

He could still be a winningforce for his team if he got going.The problem with those whodepend on free-flow batting to col-lar bowling is that they shouldnot be bogged down in the headwith any issue, under perfor-mance being the worst of them.

In Shaun Marsh and DavidHussey, Kings XI Punjab haveenough backup to their captainand hope to upstage RajasthanRoyals so as to climb up on thepoints table.

Not much time for Gilly

KXIP VS RR AT 8PMON SET MAX

P W L T PT NRMI 4 3 1 0 6 +1.150

RCB 5 3 2 0 6 +0.439

SRH 4 3 1 0 6 +0.139

CSK 3 2 1 0 4 +0.250

RR 3 2 1 0 4 0.186

KXIP 2 1 1 0 2 +0.986

KKR 3 1 2 0 2 -0.524

PW 4 1 3 0 2 -1.392

DD 4 0 4 0 0 -0.836

P-played; W-win; L-lost; T-tie;NR-net run rate; PT-points

I think it is a joke[the title Sir Ravind -ra Jadeja] and weare enjoying. Nothi -ng serious in thatmatter. I don’t thinkI am a great man. Ijust want to be whatI am right now.

Ravind ra JadejaCSK player


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Tom WILLIAMS

LONDON, UK: Wigan Athleticdefeated second-tier Millwall 2-0to reach the FA Cup final for thefirst time in their history onSaturday, but the match wasmarred by fighting between fansof the beaten side.

After Callum McManamandoubled Wigan’s lead 12 minutesfrom time at a rain-soakedWembley Stadium, violence bro-ken out in the Millwall seatingarea behind one of the goals.

Wigan manager RobertoMartinez said the scenes were"disappointing", but his Millwallcounterpart, Kenny Jackett, saidhe was not in a position to com-ment.

"I didn’t see or wasn’t awareof any fighting during the game.I was concentrating on the gameand I wasn’t aware of any prob-lems," he said.

"I’d need to examine thefacts, see it, and talk to people,before I can give an opinion onit."

A Millwall spokesman saidthe club would investigate thematter.

The violence took some ofthe shine off Wigan’s victory,sparked by a composed volleyfrom Scottish midfielder ShaunMaloney mid-way through thefirst half.

Wigan now await the win-ners of Sunday’s other semi-final between Manchester Cityand holders Chelsea, as theylook forward to a second majordomestic final after a one-sidedloss to Manchester United in the2006 League Cup.

Martinez unexpectedly hand-ed goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi afirst start since March 2, but itwas his opposite number, DavidForde, who was the focus ofactivity in the first half.

His first involvement sawhim race out to save at the feet ofArouna Kone, before springing

to his right to repel a crisp drivefrom McManaman with a two-handed parry.

FANS WHO SHAMEDWEMBLEY FACE LIFE BANSMillwall fans who shamedWembley by fighting a bloodybattle amongst themselves whiletheir team slumped to an FA Cupsemi-final defeat will face lifebans, the London club warned onSaturday.

Eleven people were arrestedafter violent scuffles broke outtowards the end of their 2-0defeat by Wigan Athletic.

Police wielding batons even-tually brought the disorderunder control, and theMetropolitan Police said fourofficers had sustained "minorinjuries".

"Our position is clear. Anyoneassociated with our club foundguilty of violent behaviour will

be banned indefinitely fromMillwall matches in addition toany punishment they receivefrom the authorities," saidMillwall chief executive AndyAmbler.

"Having worked so hard toshow the positive side of our clubboth on and off the field, we can-not allow the actions of a mind-less minority to undermine that.

"At this stage we are still inthe process of establishing thefull details of what happened in asection of the ground during thesecond half. When we have thosefacts at our disposal we may be ina position to comment further."

The fighting, which left manyyoung children in the stands intears, came on the weekend ofthe 24th anniversary of theHillsborough disaster.

One fan was even highlightedon television, snatching a policeofficer’s helmet and smilinglytucking it inside his jacket.

Kieran CANNING

MADRID: Valenciamissed the chance tomove into fourth place inLa Liga as SergioGarcia’s 94th minutegoal salvaged a 3-3 drawfor Espanyol in a crazyfinale at Cornella El-Prat.

Mubarak Wakaso (Rin pic) had given thehosts a deserved lead infirst-half stoppage time,but Valencia improvedgreatly after the breakand were level eight min-utes after the restartwhen Ever Banegareleased Sergio Canalesto score his first goal ofthe season.

Valencia had appear -ed to have snatched allthree points when twogoals in four minutesfrom Jonas and RobertoSoldado handed them thelead for the first time instoppage time. AFP

Valenciadenied inthriller

Valladolid 2 Vs Getafe 1Levante 0 2 Vs

Deportivo La Coruna 4Espanyol 3 2 Vs

Valencia 3Malaga 1 Vs Osasuna 0

Wigan reach FA final The stands got violent when supporters traded punches as police wieldingbatons attempted to restore order, while some supporters were left in tears.

Wigan Athletic’s English striker Callum McManaman (R) vies with Millwall’s English defender Jack Smith (2nd R) andMillwall’s French-born Comorian midfielder Nadjim Jimmy Abdou during their match at Wembley Stadium, London onSaturday. Wigan won the game 2-0. AFP/ PAUL ELLIS

Martinez rewarded forstaying loyal to Wigan

When Roberto Martinezwas pictured with

Liver pool owner John Henrylast year, it seemed theSpaniard’s reign as Wiganmanager was about to end.

But fast forward ninemonths and Martinez hasbeen rewarded for rejectingLiverpool’s overtures asWigan reached the FA Cupfinal for the first time with a2-0 victory over Millwall atWembley on Saturday.

Leading Wigan to onlythe second major final ofthe club’s history, the otherwas a 4-0 defeat againstMan United in the 2006League Cup, was a sweetmoment for Martinez.

NEW DELHI: India’s firstWorld Superbike team MahiRacing Team India made yetanother confident start at thequalifications before the sec-ond race of the World SuperSport Championship cam-paign at Aragon, Spain onSaturday.

Mahi Racing rider KenanSofuoglu claimed pole positionwhile his team-mate FabienForet finished third on the starting grid for today’srace.

Three time championSofuoglu finished ahead ofthirty four riders with a tim-ing of 2’01.450, while Foret

timed the clock 2’02.216 lag-ging behind by a margin of.766 fractions of a secondsbehind Great Britain’s SamLouis who finished second onthe grid with a timing of2’01.610.

"Obtaining a pole positionin the qualifiers has given mea greater boost to maintainthe same results in tomor-row’s race as well. The bike(Kawasaki ZX-6R) has beenperforming fantastically andhelping me to hold the fort,"said Sofuoglu, the TurkishRider in a release.

Mahi Racing started theseason with a win, when

Kenan Sofuoglu won the firstrace of the season in PhillipIsland, Australia earlier thisyear. The team which haddebuted in the World SuperSport Championship last yearmid way has witnessed a solidperformance from both theirriders and they are front run-ners to take the chequered flagtomorrow.

"We have been able tomaintain consistency in theperformance so far. Be it in thequalifiers or the main race, weare on top and that is a verypositive sign, " chairman andmanaging director of the teamArun Pandey said. PTI

Results on Saturday

Mahi Racing takes pole positionMahi Racing TeamIndia has the com-plete support of co-owners AkkineniNagarjuna and NDomlur. Nagarjunais going all out toput India on theworld superbikemap and is present-ly with the team inSpain, egging it on.

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