Postnoon E-Paper for 11 December 2012

RUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYRUNAWAYA 23-year-old brideattempted suicide afterher groom fled with thecash given in dowry anhour before their wedding.

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‘I’LL WAIT FOR DANIEL CRAIGTO RETIRE’Hugh Jackman has joked

that he will take theJames Bond role when DanielCraig gives up.

THE WORLD OF FASHIONAs the year draws to a

close, we take a lookback at the fashionistas

who made news this year.We bring you some of the

fashion highlights.

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city eventsTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Moplah MagicMoplah cuisine, form Kerala, will beserved with Arabic and Samarkanditouches.Where: Dakshin,

BegumpetWhen: December 10-16 Contact: (040) 2340 0132

1 Night 2 GiveThere is a gala dinner to raise fundsfor the “Girl child education” cam-paign. It will be launched by activistAmala Akkineni..Where: Park Hyatt Hyderabad,

Road No 2,Banjara Hills

When: December 12, 7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 4949 1234

Sound of MusicThis musical drama is the theatreversion of the 1965 classic per-formed by Oakridge InternationalSchool. Where: Shilpa Kala Vedika,

Near Cyber Towers, Hitec City

When: December 11,7pm onwards

Contact: 93965 55888

Christmas carolsChristmas carols will be sung byGlobal Edge school till the end ofDecember at The Lobby. Where: Novotel & HICC Complex,

PO No 1101,

Cyberabad Post Office, Near Hitech City

When: December 3-31Contact: (040) 6682 4422

Célimène and the CardinalAlliance Française of Hyderabad &Qadir Ali Baig theatre foundationpresent Célimène and the Cardinalby Jacques Rampal.Where: Nift Auditorium,

MadhapurWhen: December 11,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2355 4485

Art exhibitionWorks of K Muralidhar will be on dis-play, along with his invention, “eco-friendly clay.” Where: The Rainbow Art Gallery,

Paryatak BhavanWhen: Upto December 12Contact: 99596 31898

Tales of an idyllic worldAlliance Française, Hyderabad, ishosting an exhibition of paintings:Tales of an Idyllic World by BalaAbhiram. Where: Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: Upto December 14from 9am

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

Eclectic iridescenceAn exhibition of Dhiren Shasmal’sart work on various themes andstyles of painting.Where: Residence Inn,

Amar Coop Soc.,Lane Opp. Madhapur PS,

Kavuri HillsWhen: Upto December 19,

11am onwardsContact: (040)2311 3709

Po10tialA show of recent works by variousartists like Anand Bekwan, JinsonJospeh and Maredu Ramu.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,

Rd No 10, Banjara HillsWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 6656 4466

Treasure HuntAmar Chitra Katha is organizing atreasure hunt for kids.Where: Landmark,

KMC Retail Mall,Somajiguda

When: December 152pm onwards

Contact: 88855 10382

Photo competitionAlliance Francaise, Hyderabad, isconducting a photo competition. Thetheme is Professions of the world.Where: http://hyderabad.afindia.orgWhen: December 3-January 6

Handloom exhibitionPochampally Handloom Park is orga-nizing IKAT Mela, exhibiting hand-loom linen, dress material and saris.Where: State Gallery of fine Arts ,

Department of Culture,Kavuri Hills, Madhapur

When: 13-16 Decemberfrom 6-9:30pm

Contact: 98488 42471

Public speaking workshopThere is a four-day workshop oneffective public speaking at MediaJunction.Where: Media Junction,

Parthani Towers, , Golconda Cross Roads, Musheerabad

When: 13-16 Decemberfrom 6-9:30pm

Contact: 98488 42471

Music workshopThere is a 3-day workshop onHindustani classical music and ghaz-al singing by Ustad Rajkumar RizviSutradhar and Naadbrah.Where: 3-6-145/9/1/1,

Himayatnagar When: December 12-14

6:30pm-10pmContact: 77990 00792

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HOSPITALGeneral Hospital, Sec-bad 27505566Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills 23314095NIMS, Director, Punjagutta 23390933Osmania General Hospital 24600146Railway Hospital, Lalaguda 27001134Apollo, Jubilee Hills 23607777Care Hospital, Banjara Hills 30418888Care Hospital, Nampally 30417777Care Hospital, Musheerabad 30419000Care Hospital, Sec-bad 30416666Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar 39879999

BLOOD BANKSBlood Bank,Narayanguda 27567892Chiranjeevi Blood Bank 23559555Blood Bank Mediton Goal 23226624Red Cross, Vidyanagar 27633087ADRM Blood Bank 27035588Mythri Charitable Trust 27550238NTR Memorial Trust 30799999Care Banjara Hills 30418296

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AMBULANCESApollo 23548888, 23607777Kamineni 24022222Medwin 23202902, 23204616Smile Line Dental Hospital 23747979Red Cross 27627973Niloufer Hospital 23314095Gandhi 23320332

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TOURISM OFFICESAP Tourism, Hyd 23262152/53/54Sec-bad 27893100Dept of Tourism 23453110India Tourism 23261360AP Tourism information Centre (24x7) 23450444, 23455999

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Beside Meridian School, Banjara Hills-34. Working hours are from 8 AM to1 PM And 2 PM to 3PM.

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HYDERABAD ROCKATHONThe Great Hyderabad Adventure Club and the Society to Save Rocks are

conducting Hyderabad Rockathon 2012, to spread awareness aboutpreserving the rockscape of the City, on December 16 at University of

Hyderabad, Gachibowli, from 7:30am to 1pm.

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DINING

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PILGRIMAGE

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

3City YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONWERE MPS WHO MISSED FDI VOTING PLOTTING WITH CONGRESS?

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An avaricious ‘groom’ boltedwith a huge amount of cashpaid as dowry just an hourbefore the marriage was

scheduled to take place, leaving thebride and her parents devastated. Indeep depression, the bride attemptedsuicide by consuming poison, but wassaved by timely medical intervention.

The crime took place right on thekalyana mandapam (marriage podium)under the jurisdiction of Mangalagiripolice station in Guntur district onSunday. The marriage of G Triveni, 23,was fixed with T Prasad, 32, who worksin a private firm in the district. Her father, G Gurvaiah, a businessman,had agreed to pay `4.5 lakh in cash asdowry, besides the usual quota of jew-ellery and other valuables. The marriagewas fixed for December 9 at 12.28 pm.

All the preparations were made,guests arrived and the bride and groomwere ready when the cash box washanded over to the boy’s parents. Soonafter, an hour before the muhurtam, thegroom melted away quietly. Trivenisaw him leaving. She alerted her par-

ents, who questioned the boy’s rela-tives and parents. A heated argumenttook place, at the end of which the par-ents and relatives of the boy too disap-peared in various vehicles. The girland her parents were inconsolable.Apart from the shame, the fact that thegirl’s father had paid dowry was nowout in the open. “Was he so desperate?”was the query raised.

Soon, a mournful atmosphere

reigned in a place where songs andlaugher had been just a moment before.The bride managed to get hold of sometoxic liquid (people don’t know how)and tried to commit suicide. She was,however, saved by timely admission tothe hospital. The police are trying tolocate the deceitful groom and his par-ents. An officer was reported as sayingthat he couldn’t understand the wantongreed of some youths.

Groom bolts with cashMan makes his escape with the dowry an hour before the

wedding was to take place. The dejected bride attempts suicide.

ANUBHA K [email protected]

The railways has done a dis-service to Ayyappa devo-tees from the State. Instead

of starting trains without reser-vations, the system of reserva-tion that enables booking threemonths in advance is being mis-used by travel agents, bemoandevotees from AP. Theyexpressed their wish for moreunreserved trains to circumventthe problem.

The second largest number ofSabarimala pilgrims, nearly twocrore, travel from AndhraPradesh. Not only travel prob-lems, but also the habit of APdevotees of eating only kuchcharice makes it difficult for them, asSabarimala temple managersserve parboiled rice gruel, tapio-

ca and curry for meals in thetemple premises.

Devotees from Hyderabadsaid they prefer taking the train asit offers more freedom and com-fort than a car or a plane. The rushfor witnessing the ‘jyoti’ that mys-teriously appears on January 14has already begun.

Every year, there is anincrease in the number of devo-tees visiting Sabarimala. Travelagents and those renting outvehicles say there could be a 30to 40 per cent increase in pil-grims to Sabarimala this year.

Some 11 trains have beenengaged for Sabarimala from dif-ferent parts of the State. The trainsoffload pilgrims at Kollam, thenearest station to the shrine. Themisuse of reservation by agentshas made rail travel impossible.“Only lord can save us. We have

no hope in human beings,” saidRajesh Pallepati, a devotee board-ing a train at Secunderabad.

“The new trains have beenstarted from last week ofNovember and getting a con-firmed berth now is almost next

to impossible,” said Rama Rao, aIT profession and devotee.

However, devotees likeBrahmananda, a gymnasticscoach, said the main problemstarts after reaching Sabarimala.Apart from the language barrier,

devotees have to queue for longhours whenever a VIP visits thetemple. “Every year, there is anincrease in number of devotees,but maintenance by the Keralagovernment is low,” he said.

“Travelling to Sabarimala is ahassle. Pilgrims prefer travellingby bus and private vehicles, butthe irony is that even APSRTCservices are not up to the mark. Itis the duty of the Kerala govern-ment to see that pilgrims fromdifferent parts of the country getproper facilities. The nearest rail-way station, Chengannoor, is themost preferred destination. Fromthere, devotees take a bus forSabarimala. But there are notenough buses. It’s high timeKerala government did some-thing,” says Chiranjeevi Raowho is visiting Sabarimala fromfor the last 30 years.

AP Sabarimala pilgrims suffer neglect‘Swami Saranam’ chants rent the air in December-January and some two crore Ayyappa devotees from the

State mean it literally as they are left high and dry by both the AP and Kerala governments.

CRIME

Vehicles setablaze

POSTNOON [email protected]

Acar and a bike were set ablaze atdifferent places in Old City onMonday night. Cases have beenbooked against unidentified

accused in both cases.The first incident was reported at Dhobi

Ghat in Madanapet, where some unidenti-fied people burnt a car belonging to a busi-nessman. The victim, Fahad Ahmed, hadparked his vehicle in front of his home asusual. He was asleep when some unknownpeople allegedly poured petrol on his carand set fire to it. Locals who saw the firealerted the owner, then notified the police.The police reached the spot and controlledthe fire, but so far, the reason of the arsonhas not been established.

Another incident was reported atNarsareddy Colony in Kalapathar, wherethe bike of Mohd Anwar, who works in aprivate company, was torched by unidenti-fied people. The bike was parked on theroad in front of his house. Miscreantsallegedly poured petrol and set fire to hisbike. Anwar and his family woke up andmanaged to control the fire.

DCP (south zone) Akun Sabharwal saidthe police stations concerned have bookedcases and have started investigations.

FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSES

N SHIVA KUMAR

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1Not having the reach thatthey intended.

A State government scheme,aimed at providing genericmedicines for sale at hospitals, has not had the reach the govern-ment intended.

2 Pilgrims face a tough timeduring peak season.

Sabarimala devotees from theState are an unhappy lot, becausethe travel facilities to the popularpilgrimage site leave a lot to bedesired.

3 Does a beloved leaderbecome common property?

A rival political party has usedNTR’s photo on their campaignmaterial, claiming that he is theproperty of the State.

4 Disqualified, but not out inthe GHMC.

A GHMC corporator may havebeen disqualified, but the officialsare still taking their time over thelegal issue.

5No glitches on Day Two oftable tennis tournament.

After the fiasco on the first day ofthe World TT Tournament, the nextday went off smoothly.

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Not reaching highLast year, we had reported how the

fire department in the City had onlythree hydraulic platforms with a reachup to 10-14 floors. With high-rises of20-plus floors mushrooming inHyderabad, this shortage could onlyspell disaster. The news came to lightin the wake of the tragedy at theKolkata hospital, which promptedcities to check their own fire services.

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Body of auto driverfound in tankThe decomposed body of MA

Samad, an auto driver fromMahmood Nagar, who has beenmissing since December 3, wasfound in Miralam tank on Sunday.The 45-year-old had disappearedfrom his home and his family hadno clue of his whereabouts, stateda complaint by his son, MA Basheer.

21-year-old biker runover at SaidabadAstudent, Karthik, died in a road

mishap on Saidabad Road. Thevictim, a 21-year-old resident ofRoshandullah colony of Balapur, wasreturning home after meeting hisfriends at Malakpet on his bike. Aspeeding car hit him on SaidabadRoad and he died on the spot,police said. The car that knockedhim down sped away.

1,250 packets of hoochseized, four heldThe anti-hooch squad

arrested four and seized 1,250packets of gudumba (hooch) fromtheir possession yesterday. The four,P Arjun Singh, J Raju, Kumaraswamy,and P Vijay Kumar, were found to bepart of the seller’s chain. Theywould purchase each sachet for `10and sell it for `15 a sachet, said the squad officers.

Emergency landing atHyderabad airportAGoa-bound Air Arabia plane

from Sharjah made an emergen-cy landing at Shamshabad Airporton Tuesday morning. With poorweather conditions in Goa, theplane from Sharjah, with 160 pas-sengers on board, stayed for hoursat the Hyderabad international air-port. The flight finally took off toGoa at 9.47 am.

LAST YEAR... HERE CIVIC

AGRICULTURE

NEWS BRIEFS

`72Lwas the revenue earned by OsmaniaGeneral Hospital by selling generic

medicines in a month. Pharma companies make over 10 times the revenue from branded medicines.

5THINGS WELEARNT TODAY

NUMEROLOGY

About the lightsgoing out (at the

first day of the WorldTT tournament), wewere just testing the250 KV generatorthat we had ropedin as a backup forpower supply.

V Malapaka, organiserSee page 6

Chief Minister N KiranKumar Reddy todayasked officials to takesteps to purchase cot-

ton at a rate which is not lessthan the minimum supportprice (MSP) . He also instructedofficials to purchase the totalquantity of discoloured paddyfrom the farmers.

The chief minister declaredthat the farmers need notworry, as the government is

determined to purchase the dis-coloured paddy and cottonstocks from the farmers.

Kiran Kumar Reddy held adetailed review with the offi-cials of marketing department,civil supplies corporation andCotton Corporation of India athis office in the LegislativeCouncil on Monday. The chiefminister directed chief secre-tary Minnie Mathew to appointspecial officers of different

departments to co-ordinatewith the Cotton Corporation of India officials and monitoron a daily basis the quantity ofcotton coming into the market, cotton being purchasedand cotton available with thefarmers.

The chief minister also gaveclear instructions to the officialsto take immediate steps toensure that farmers are not putto any hardships. NSS

Kiran gives assurance to farmersPromises that the State would purchase all discoloured paddy and cotton stock.

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AFrench delegationheaded by ChristineBost, vice-president,Bordeaux Urban

Community, France, has calledon the mayor and GHMC com-missioner in their chambers onMonday. The delegation metthem in connection with theMusi Rejuvenation project,being taken up as part of thegovernment’s National RiverConservation Programme(NRCP).

Mayor Mohammed MajidHussain said that the co-opera-tion of Bordeaux UrbanCommunity, France, will catal-yse the Musi Rejuvenation pro-ject, which will be taken up bythe GHMC.

While interacting with thedelegates, the mayor explainedhow the old drainage system ofHyderabad, built by the Nizams100 years ago, is still able to con-trol the current sewerage sys-tem. He added that there wasneed to improve the facility forthe benefit of the public. He alsoassured that he will be lookingforward for the mutual techni-

cal exchange between both thecities and hoped that this rela-tionship would go a long way increating new avenues for theyounger generation of the City.

MT Krishna Babu, commis-sioner, said that protection ofMusi River will be taken up intwo phases; first being the

improvement of water qualityin Musi river and the secondbeing protection and develop-ment of recreational places onthe riverfront. He said thatGHMC has jurisdiction over21.5 km that the Musi riverflows through, and that the cor-poration is planning to develop

the river with the support ofNRCP within three years.

Reacting to the proposal ofagreement by French delegates,he said that GHMC will be writ-ing to the AP government forseeking approval for entering amutual technical agreementwith the French organisation.

Musi to get French helpThe mayor and the commissioner met delegates of Bordeaux Urban

Community to discuss the river rejuvenation project.

Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain with delegates of the French organisation

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PK [email protected]

Can one party leaderportray the picture ofanother party leader inhis election campaign

boards? Law is mute on that.The issue has come up

with YSRC leader KS Rao aliasNani of Gudivada portrayingTDP founder NTR on the partybillboards. Nani is a TDP rene-gade who joined YSRC in June.

TDP MLA of Mylavaram,D Umamaheshwara Rao, hastermed the blatant use ofNTR’s image as ‘shameful’and asked Nani to quit andseek re-election if he has anymoral values left. Rao alsowanted the YSRC leadershipto remove the photograph ofNTR and stop ‘defaming’ agreat leader of the State. This isall the more outrageous as

Nani had been critical of TDPleaders. On his part, Naniclaims to respect NTR whiledisagreeing with Chandra -babu Naidu and his coterie.

Rao criticised Nani for bring-ing down the image of Krishnadistrict and alleged that the YSRCongress was indulging inhorse-trading and was makingthem hurl abuses at rival parties.He demanded an explanationfrom the YSR Congress forallowing Nani to speak againstthe TDP. TDP MLC YVBRajendra Prasad took exception

to Nani’s remarks against theTDP, Naidu and Balakrishna,and using NTR’s photograph tocash in on the goodwill the lead-er has on the masses.

Prasad said Nani and otherYSRC leaders have no right tospeak against TDP as the newpolitical outfit was born withcorruption money and itschief, Jaganmohan Reddy, wasallegedly in several financialfraud cases. He said that YSRCMLA Balineni Srinivasa Raohad openly admitted that theparty would soon merge withthe ruling Congress, as itwould take four to five yearsfor Jagan to come out of jail.

However, Nani reportedlyhas taken the stance that NTRwas a mass leader and he is theproperty of the whole State andits population, not of the TDPalone. Who will solve the issueremains a ticklish question.

Md [email protected]

Not in the recent past hasofficials of GHMC faceda situation like this. A

corporator was ordered unseatedby the High Court and the sec-ond-in-line replaced him, lead-ing to a stir in the civic politics.

It was a shock to the rulingpartner, MIM, when the courtdeclared the election of LangarHouse corporator Ravi Yadavnull and void for violating therule that a candidate havingmore than two children is ineligi-ble for standing in the civic elec-tion. Consequently, BJP candi-date Uday Kumar (in picture)was to become the corporator,bringing the MIM tally in theGHMC to 42 and the BJP’s to 6.

But the BJP is kept on tenter-hooks as the embarrassedGHMC officials are seeking legalopinion. “What legal opinioncould be better than the highcourt ruling?” asked a BJP leader,

who was in anguish over thedelay in clarifying the stance. Butofficials under the steely gaze ofMIM are busy pouring overbooks to find any loopholes tospike the stance, it is alleged.

“I am visiting the GHMCoffice daily for the past twoweeks. Hope the matter will besolved soon,” said Uday Kumar,who does not want to stir the ire

of the officials for fear of trouble. Even as every party is

preparing itself for the generalbody meeting on December 15,BJP floor leader Bangari Prakashis engaged in getting the issuesettled first. Prakash has forbid-den party members from speak-ing to the media for fear of retri-bution from the GHMC.

An anxious BJP leader saidonly this much, “We are awaitingresponse from the authorities inthis direction. It may come in oneor two days.”

Observers have questionedthe delay in declaring UdayKumar as the lawful receiver ofthe seat. Even a legal hand in theGHMC legal wing is dismayed.“If the legal opinion was a neces-sary thing, why was it delayedfor so many days? The slowprogress in this case means thatwhoever wrote to the ElectionCommission does not wish to beblamed in declaring a new candidate as corporator,” saidthe legal expert.

GHMC flip-flops ondisqualification

Case of judiciary disqualifying an MIM corporator for violating rules disallowing more than two children for a candidate has enabled a BJPrunner-up to replace him, but it has put civic officials in a quandary.

Is NTR a property of State?A ticklish issue has cropped up with the once TDP-man-turned-YSRC KS Rao alias Nani

using NTR’s picture in YSRC campaign materials.

In his defence, Naniclaims that herespects NTR, whiledisagreeing withChandrababu Naiduand his coterie.

STILL DEFIANT

Police detain CPI(M) activists who were protesting outside the HyderabadCollectorate against the AP government for hiking electricity and watercharges. N SHIVA KUMAR

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RAHUL [email protected]

On the second day of theWorld Table TennisTournament beingheld at Gachibowli,

things smoothened out followingthe initial hiccups on the firstday. Earlier allegations and criti-cism from various corners aboutthe manner in which the gameswere hosted and the many tech-nical issues, were put to rest asthe organising committee madesure that everything wentaccording to plan.

On the first day, it wasobserved that the power supplyflickered thrice while the tourna-ment’s junior championship wasbeing played. And also reportsthat the authorities had failed toprovide enough water for thevisitors was also noted and thecommittee came under criticismfor its lacklustre performance.The second day of the games sawa difference and all the com-plaints died away. According toorganising committee memberVenkata Malapaka, the commit-tee had put in their best efforts toconduct the games with no dis-crepancies.

“About the lights going out,we were just testing the 250 KV

generator that we had roped inas a backup for power supply.The rest of the allegations thatthere was no refreshments ordrinking water supply for visi-tors, no proper sanitation areuntrue. We have two 5,000 litretankers of water waiting to bepressed into service and a writ-

ten assurance from APTranscosaying that there will be continu-ous power supply till December17,” Venkata Malapaka said.

Moreover, a lounge was allo-cated for the media along withtransport from a common meet-ing point in the City.Furthermore, in case of emergen-

cies, two fire engines were sta-tioned at the stadium. Whatabout allegations that the Stategovernment’s promise of provid-ing `1 crore for the entire tourna-ment was misused?

“It is absolutely untrue. Not asingle rupee has been released sofar, although it must be men-

tioned that the State governmentdid show interests. Whoever hasmade these allegations shouldrealise that we put in 35 days ofcamping and study and havelooked into finer details such asartificial landscapes worth `3lakh at the venue. We havepressed 150 liaison officers to theservice of all the delegates andhave arranged their accommoda-tion in three star hotels located inthe surrounding areas likeGachibowli and Hitec City,”Venkata said.

All said and done, maybe itwas the criticism or maybe it was

just the apathetic City, there wasno strong turnout at the stadium.

However, in reality no fireengines were stationed at thevenue. Water supplies to the visi-tors was however reinstated andthe empty water coolers andrefrigerators suddenly sportedplenty of water.

The Mahankali Police havedetected an important caseof theft of diamonds and

ornaments worth `18 lakh andarrested four accused involvedin this case on Monday.

The brief facts are that, onNovember 8, the complainant,Gone Sanjeeva Reddy, agentGreen Dart Courier, complainedthat on October 30, their DelhiBranch in-charge informed themthat he sent a parcel throughCarex (Air Cargo) Cargo Express

Private Limited to theirHyderabad branch of Pan Bazar,Secunderabad for delivery whichwas further meant to be deliv-ered to Prem Rathan Soni ofHimayatnagar, Hyderabad. OnOctober 31, the in-charge ofCarex Cargo Mukesh Agarwalinformed the firm that they hadhanded over the parcel to one oftheir employees, after due verifi-cation. But his employees deniedreceipt of the parcel and request-ed to take necessary action.

As per the contents of thecomplaint, a case was registeredat Mahankali police station andinvestigated. During the processof investigation, the police arrest-ed the accused Moula Ali andBiplabdas (both employees ofGreen Dart Courier), Basith andShaik Ibrahim (private people)and recovered the property viz acover containing diamonds anda necklace studded with the pre-cious stones.

They confessed that, due to

financial problems they hadcommitted this offence with theconnivance of Green DartEmployees. The arrested arebeing produced before the Courtfor Judicial Remand and Sectionof Law is being altered to 381,380 IPC.

The case is being investigatedby Naresh, sub-inspector ofpolice, under the supervision ofinspector K Satyanarayana andACP, Vasusena.

NSS

TT series held amidst hiccupsDespite several complaints on the first day of the international tournament, the second day of

the games turned out to be a relatively smooth affair.

Diamond theft detected, four heldTwo of the accused in connivance with a courier company stole diamonds worth `18 lakh.

The second day saw adifference and all thecomplaints died away.The committee hadput in their best effortsto conduct the games.

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The book launch of Grey Wolvesand White Doves by Dr John DBalian took place at the

Landmark bookstore atSomajiguda where the author gavea short introduction to his book.During the course of his interactionwith the audience, the author saidthat he firmly believes that oneshould never give up and nevergive in. Perseverance is the key toachieve one’s goals in life.

When asked about the book,Balian explained that it’s more likean autobiography as it has bor-rowed from his experiences. Thebook talks about the situations andevents that Balian himself faced inlife and how he wandered throughseveral Middle Eastern and euro-pean countries. Originally from asmall village in Anatolia and a wit-ness to the Turkish invasion, Balianfelt the need to talk about the life heled before moving to the USthrough his book.

“It took a lot of patience to

write this book because I had othermatter to attend to like family andmy regular job. It took me 10 yearsto finish writing the book,” saysBalian. The book which hasreceived rave reviews revolvesaround a boy’s journey from theage of 6 to 16 and all the troublesand betrayals that he faces duringthe course of time.

The title of the book relates tothe scene, which takes place in thebook where grey wolves are thepeople who are the enemies andthe white doves, which actuallyrelates to the birds and also to thefact that even your friends can turnout to be enemies or who canbetray you. But that doesn’t meanyou don’t stop working towardsyour goal or move on in life, that’sthe message of the book. As men-tioned earlier never give up ornever give in.

The book on the whole is uplift-ing and inspirational. During theQ&A round when Dr Balian wasasked what was the best compli-ment he had received he said, “Myown children are proud of me.”

Also his oldest reader who lives inBangalore emailed him telling himthat reading the book was just asgood as his regular yoga sessionswhich kept him refreshed, activeand alive. According to his readerhis book is just as good as yoga.

It is compliments like these thatBalian holds close to his heart andsaid that Hyderabad was the fifth book launch in India and that Indians connect to his book onan emotional level. If the book wereto be adapted into a movie, it would be a great move feels Dr Balian.

For a celebrated author, JohnBalian turned out to be extremelyhumble and was a delight to talkto. He had some great views on lifeand doled out valuable tips forbudding authors. The fact that onecan connect one’s own real-lifeexperiences with a book and at thesame time keep it entertaining,educational and inspiring says a lotabout the writer. The book brokethe record sales set by 50 shades ofGrey. Grey Wolves and White Doves isworth it.

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Equipping forest guardswith firearms andintensified vigil havedrastically brought the

smuggling down this year.Encouraged with the salutaryefforts the forest departmenthas placed procurementorders for 250 more guns forforest guards and 125revolvers for the officials, saidadditional PCCF (Vigilance) BMuralikrishna.

In 2011 and 2010 nearly35,000 cases of stealing timberand killing denizens of jungle,were registered. But up toSeptember this year the totalcases registered in the Statecame to 14,290. It is expectedthat the overall cases would beless than 20,000 as comparedto 35,000 in the last two years.“We have stepped up vigil andthe forest range have been pro-vided with firearms,”explained Muralikrishna.

Officially, AP has nearly63,814 sq.kms of forested area.However, authorities agreethat not all are viable forest

ecosystems. Degradation,encroachment, violation of for-est rules result in loss of forestcover. Corruption among for-est protection functionaries isanother reason for the dwin-dling forest wealth of the State.

The biggest challenge theAP forest managers face is thesmuggling of red sanderswhich commands huge pricesin the international market.Thanks to China’s offer of highprices, red sander smugglingalong the AP-Tamil Nadu bor-der forests has gone up in therecent past. There were asmany as 1,546 cases of redsanders being smuggled lastyear and till September thisyear, nearly 927 such caseshave been recorded. Forestvigil saves 14.30 tonne of redsander. Some 977 vehicleshave been confiscated and2,651 people arrested.

Senior forest officials saythe empowerment of the forestguards to open fire if they findpeople engaged in cutting tim-ber or violating forest rules hasgenerated a fear among smug-glers but they too are wellequipped.

Acandidate whohad participated

in the running eventfor the excise consta-ble selection test,died due to a heartattack in Kadapa onMonday.

According toinformation, Sanjeev,the candidate, col-lapsed on the trackwhile taking the run-ning test. He wasrushed to RIMS hospi-tal where he died.

Sanjeev was a res-ident of Malluru vil-lage. RIMS directorsaid that heart attackwas the reason forSanjeev’s death. NSS

TRAGEDYExcise constabledies during test

SMUGGLING

BOOK LAUNCH

Bullets deter forest brigands

A reflection of his experiences

The move to equip forest guards with firearms and intensify vigil along problemareas has effectively reduced the number of smuggling cases this year.

SRIVANTH KUMAR

city TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 8HEALTH

RAHUL [email protected]

The State government’sinitiative in revolution-ising health care ser-vices has not received

all the attention it deserves.Because, when genericmedicines were introudced forsale in State-run hospitals aspart of ‘Jeevandhara’ scheme,what started on an experimentalbasis remained that way, withhospitals like NIMS not havingan outlet for generic medicines.

Roughly, there are about 341drugs prescribed for 85 per centof the most known ailments likecommon fever, diabetes, bloodpressure etc. These drugs are alot different from the one’s pre-scribed because they are cheap-er by 30 per cent to 40 per centof the prescribed drug price butare manufactured by prominentpharmaceutical companies.

This way, a person suffering

from fever need not purchase a strip of paracetamol tablets for say, `12 when the same drug, but its generic alternativeis available for as cheap as `2 to `3.

Now, this worthy socialscheme went wrong like all oth-ers because it did not find thenecessary publicity and aware-ness to be given by governmentagencies. Furthermore, theexperimental setup of genericmedicine outlets in Hyderabadhospitals like Osmania GeneralHospital and Gandhi Hospitaldid not see a leap into other hos-pitals. Also, the proposed outletat NIMS hospital has remaineda distant dream which prompt-ed RTI activists to file a com-plaint and dig more into itsmysteries.

According to an interimreport based on observationsfrom the project, theJeevandhara units have man-aged to rake in an average

monthly revenue between `30lakh to `52 lakh. The highestrevenue generated so far wasfrom Osmania General Hospitalwhich generated `72 lakh. Thisis meager when compared toprivate pharmaceutical unitsthat make almost 10 times therevenue in the same month.

According to Dr KhalsaSingh, private practitioner andgeneral physician, “Genericmedicines need a lot moreawareness made in the publicabout their cost effectivity. Ourgovernment has not done greatpublicity or taken up awarenesscampaigns about genericmedicines.

“Plus, it has not seriouslylooked into the nexus betweendoctors and pharma companiesthat tend to promise a cut if adrug of theirs was promoted. Soeven if you sell dirt cheapmedicines, there are not manytakers for it, unless you promisethem something out of this.”

Even as the complaints filedfrom the RTI community awaitsaction, the state of medical sup-plies in NIMS hospital is notgoing to get better soon, officialsfrom the APHMH&IDC say.“This is similar to the JanAushadhi scheme that came upin 2009 but by 2010 it shut shop,to beat the private pharmagiants nexus with doctors, thegovernment has to do a lot morethan just open experimentaloutlets. But then, half the gov-ernment hospitals lack suppliesanyways, and this is a just oneof the many issues we have todeal with. Generic medicinesmay be great, but they need a lotmore publicity drive to actuallymake the idea sell otherwise,there is no way the nexusbetween pharma giants anddoctors can be broken,” says asenior official from AP Health,Housing and MedicalInfrastructure DevelopmentCorporation (APHMH & IDC).

Govt’s health care initiativeremains grounded

The State’s ini-tiative to intro-duce genericmedicines on anexperimentalbasis in govern-ment hospitalshas failed togather steam,with hospitalslike NIMS nothaving an outletfor the same.

Fact file

Generic drugs are copies ofbrand-name drugs that

have exactly the same dosage,intended use, effects, sideeffects, route of administration,risks, safety, and strength as theoriginal drug. In other words,their pharmacological effectsare exactly the same as those oftheir brand-name counterparts.

Many people become con-cerned because generic drugsare often substantially cheaperthan the brand-name versions.They wonder if the quality andeffectiveness have been com-promised to make the lessexpensive products. The FDArequires that generic drugs beas safe and effective as brand-name drugs.

Actually, generic drugs areonly cheaper because the man-ufacturers have not had theexpenses of developing andmarketing a new drug. When acompany brings a new drug intothe market, the firm has alreadyspent substantial money onresearch, development. A patentis granted that gives the compa-ny that developed the drug anexclusive right to sell the drugas long as the patent is in effect.

As the patent nears expira-tion, manufacturers can apply tothe FDA for permission to makeand sell generic versions of thedrug; and without the startupcosts for development of thedrug, other companies canafford to make and sell it morecheaply. When multiple compa-nies begin producing and sell-ing a drug, the competitionamong them can also drive theprice down even further.

Source:www.medicinenet.com

focus TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 9EDUCATION

ARUNIMA [email protected]

This is the time of the year,when Delhi becomes animportant part of the lifeof every Indian. As elect-

ed representatives from acrossthe country are talking at lengthabout Foreign Direct Investmentin retail, there are four key edu-cation Bills that are slated to bedebated in the Winter Session ofParliament.

These Bills, namely — theNational AccreditationRegulatory Authority for HigherEducational Institutions Bill, theProhibition of Unfair Practices inTechnical EducationalInstitutions Bill, MedicalEducational Institutions andUniversity Bill, TheEducational Tribunals Billand National AcademicDepository Bill — haveoften been trumpeted asthe key elements of thereform agenda of the UPA IIgovernment.

However, the controversialForeign Educational Institutions(Regulation of Entry andOperations) Bill, has not beenlisted for discussion.

CRIPPLING EFFECTFormer HRD minister KapilSibal had asserted many timesthat these reforms are supposedto improve access and qualityof the education offered byIndian universities and eventu-ally increase the GrossEnrolment Ratio of the country.However, certain sections ofthe teaching community feelthat this would ultimatelylead to reduced state spend-ing on education.

This is not the first timethat teachers expressed theirconcern about the proposedBills of the government.

Earlier this year, teachersassociations like DelhiUniversity TeachersAssociation (DUTA) hadstaged protests at JantarMantar against the proposededucation Bills. Members ofDUTA allege that these billspromote commercialisationof education and plan to useonline medium such as socialmedia to gather momentum fortheir disagreement.

According to Abha Dev

Habib, assistant professor ofPhysics, Miranda House, Delhi,public-funded institutes are get-ting cold feet as they foreseebudget cuts based on accredita-tion, which will be made manda-

tory under the AccreditationBill.

“Eventually, when thefund allocated by government isgoing to be based on rating, thenpublic institutes are going to suf-fer. Within a Central university,there are several colleges, someof them operating even in ruralareas, and one cannot expect allof them to have the same level ofinfrastructure," says Abha.

The existing accreditationsystem of the country comprisesof two major accreditation agen-cies namely, NationalAssessment and AccreditationCouncil (NAAC) and NationalBoard of Accreditation (NBA).However, accreditation is stillnot mandatory in the country.The two bodies are ill-equippedto check the quality of the edu-cational institutes across thecountry.

According to sources,these national agencies havedone quality check only fora miniscule of universities

and colleges.

ONLINE AND SIGNA-TURE CAMPAIGNS

Critics of the reforms agen-da point out that the gov-ernment is trying to get out

of the welfare state mode. According to eminent

educationist Anil Sadgopal,the Bills are designed to pave

way for the entry of foreign play-ers.

“The bills reflect World Bankagenda of single window clear-ance in the education sector,”says the former member ofCentral Advisory Board ofEducation (CABE). “We are try-ing to catch the attention of thebureaucrats through signaturecampaigns. The massive signa-ture campaign against theForeign University Bill held inBhopal is a sign of the anger ofthe teaching community," addsSadgopal, who is also Member,Presidium of All India Forum forRight to Education.

Several professors seeTribunal Bill as an attempt tocontrol the teaching community."There are established mecha-nisms for settling disputes with-in the various departments in anIndian university. Setting up agovernment controlled tribunalmight not work,” says the ProfSadgopal.

One of the other contentiousissues of the Bill is the minimumage limit of 55 for the membersof the tribunal. According toVijendar Sharma, AssociateProfessor of Physics, ARSDCollege, Delhi, this is to accom-modate retired bureaucrats andvice chancellors.

PUBLIC CONSULTATIONINADEQUATE Meanwhile, the report submittedby the standing committee onHRD on the Accreditation Bill,suggests that the governmenthas not conducted a widespreadconsultation on the Bill. "TheBills will reduce the role of stategovernments. Education being aconcurrent subject, the bills areagainst the federal nature of theIndian Constitution," says PKBiju, an MP of CPI (M).

Will key reform Bills survive Winter Session chill?

With just one-and-a half years left for the UPA II government to finish its term, major Bills toupgrade as well as regulate the education sector, are pending before Parliament.

Though the govern-ment has introducednew faces like PallamRaju and ShashiTharoor in the ministry of humanresources develop-ment, academics areworried whether thebills would eventuallylead to budget cuts forpublic-fundeduniversities.

Key Billsn National Accreditation

Regulatory Authority forHigher EducationalInstitutions Bill

n Prohibition of UnfairPractices in TechnicalEducational InstitutionsBill

n Medical Educational Instit -utions and University Bill

n The Educational TribunalsBill

n National AcademicDepository Bill.

BusinessTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

10US TO SELL OFF ALL SHARES IN AIGThe US Treasury said Monday it will sell off all of its remainingshares in insurer AIG, four years after the government set out$182 billion to rescue the company in the financial crisis.

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Rinku Jain started hercareer with odd jobswith need of the hour tosupport her family. She

gradually built a successfulrecruitment and consultingfirm, Recriot. The business grewmore than 100 per cent (YoY)since inception and is aiming for`1 crore of revenues in 2013-2014.

Rinku was always amongthe toppers in the academicsand excelled in each job — be itas commerce student at SVUniversity or as a demonstratorfor selling music systems in theexhibition grounds.

About childhood, she says,”I am from a conservativeRajasthani family, wherewomen are supposed to takecare of the family. I alwayswanted to prove myself andshow that women can have asuccessful professional careerwhile taking care of the family,”

Talking about financial secu-rity for women she recalls, “Myfamily underwent a financialstruggle and everything was onmy shoulders after my mar-riage. Although, I was amongthe university toppers, I was notreluctant to join as a demonstra-

tor. I thoroughly enjoyed the joband learnt the art of sales.”

Rinku also worked as a free-lancer before starting Recriot.“Although, I had many offersfrom corporates, I did not wantto leave my baby and go forwork. I started off as recruit-ment freelancer, where you getcertain margins when you placeright candidates.

“After working for twoyears, it was an offer from theconsulting firm for partnershiphad pushed me to start a busi-

ness. Why partner and sharearound 60 per cent of revenueswhen I can do everything, Ithought.”

Rinku started Recriot with amere investment of `2,000. I gota computer on rent withInternet connection. There weremany initial challenges duringthe journey. “I never want toapproach the clients, whom Iknew at the previous job. I hadto build the client network fromscratch,” she explains.

The breakthrough came after

a client, after Recriot persistedwith business calls. “Heassigned us to recruit for 17 dif-ferent positions to simply get ridof us. The firm was also not clearabout the process and neitherdid they inform us. I workedround the clock with and recruit-ed 13 employees. They were sur-prised and upgraded the three-month contract to an annualone,” she says.

The company achievedaround `8 lakh revenues in2007-08 and grew more than 100per cent (year-on-year) exceptduring recession. The businessexpanded into consulting business and wants to slowlybuild diversified service portfo-lio.

About consultancy business,she says, “We did not want todepend solely on recruitment.The new business offers to helpvarious retail players to stream-line their processes and getthem organised to cut costs.”

The eight-employee compa-ny is also involved in philan-thropic activities by sharingknowledge and giving time tostudents with disabilities. It alsowants to start equal employ-ment portal, which helps vari-ous candidates from disadvan-taged community to getemployment.

WASHINGTON: US authori-ties plan to announce a record$1.9 billion settlement withBritish bank HSBC to end alle-gations of money laundering,The Wall Street Journal reportedMonday on its website. The dealcould be announced as early as

Tuesday in New York, officialstold the Journal.

Citing people familiar withthe matter, the Journal said thatthe figure includes nearly $1.3billion, a record amount for abank, as part of a deferred pros-ecution agreement. The

London-based bank also wouldpay a civil fine of more than$650 million, according to peo-ple briefed on the issue, thenewspaper said.

US lawmakers have accusedthe global bank of giving Iran,terrorists and drug dealers

access to the US financial sys-tem. Criminal investigatorshave been pursuing some of thesame allegations highlighted inthe Senate probe, the Journalnoted. HSBC in July admitted topoor anti-laundering controls.

AFP

No room for complacency‘Why take partners and share profit when you do all the hardwork?’

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

MONEY LAUNDERING

HSBC to cough up $1.9 bnThe London-based bank also would pay a civil fine of more than $650 million.

French President Francois Hollandesaid that the eurozone crisis was"behind us," as he lauded work theEuropean Union has done to "resolvethe problems." "The euro crisis, I'vesaid it before, is behind us. We'vegiven Greece the funds it was waitingfor. In Spain we've helped keep thebanks afloat. In Italy, even if there'spolitical uncertainty, I'm sure theItalians will address it," Hollande toldjournalists in Oslo. GermanChancellor Angela Merkel was not sosure however, telling the broadcasterRTL in an Oslo interview: "I cannot liftthe alert completely, I am a prudentoptimist."

HOLLANDE OPTIMISTIC

A Thai billionaire has been givenanother three weeks to propose animproved bid for Fraser and Neave(F&N) after an Indonesian rivaloffered $10.7 billion for the Singaporeconglomerate. In a media statement,TCC Assets — controlled by Thai bev-erage tycoon CharoenSirivadhanabhakdi — said the closingdate for the F&N offer had beenextended to January 2 from December11. This is the second time TCC hasbeen granted an extension after itsplans to acquire F&N through aSg$8.7 billion ($7.12 billion) bid forthe shares it does not yet own werestymied by Overseas Union Enterprise(OUE). OUE, a property firm controlledby Indonesia's Lippo Group, offeredSg$13.1 billion in mid-November.Lippo's founder is Indonesian tycoonMochtar Riady, and his son Stephen isOUE's executive chairman. F&Nbecame a takeover target after sellingoff its most prized asset, Tiger Beermaker Asia Pacific Breweries, to Dutchgiant Heineken in September.

MORE TIME FOR F&N BID

NUMEROLOGY

$6.1 bnis the annual loss of German heavyindustry giant ThyssenKrupp after

two major write-offs.

nationTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

1110-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER SCHOOL BEATING In a case of brutal corporal punishment, a 10-year-old boy died allegedlyafter being beaten up by his teacher in Bilsahaiganj area in the district. Sajid,a class V student at Lakhi Public School in Azad Nagar, was allegedly beatenup by his teacher Rahul over some issue on Monday, the police said today.

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Bangalore’s first literature Festivalsaw discussions on the role of theelectronic media in India among

other things. Thankfully, the authorswere not left discussing topics alone onstage, but had a willingly abundantaudience for company at the BangaloreLiterature Fest last weekend.

Among the concluding sessions was‘Scripting India’ moderated by authorand translator, Pavan Verma. Each of themembers of the panel, had in some wayattempted to ‘script’ or write aboutIndia – Well known BBC Correspondentand author of India in Slow Motion andNo full Stops in India, Mark Tully; authorof India Becoming, Akash Kapur; authorof Tales from Shining and Sinking India,Akash Banerjee; author of ImaginingIndia, Nandan Nilekani; and author ofThe Indian Renaissance: India’s Rise after aThousand Years of Decline, SanjeevSanyal.

The portrayal and representa-

tion of India in the mainstream electron-ic media was discussed for much of thesession.

Writer Akash Banerjee with his expe-rience in the electronic media as areporter pointed out that different nar-ratives are needed to talk about thediversity of India and relying on just onemedia or TV channel would not be fair.For constraints of time TV is naturally‘shallow and generic,’ he said.

Sir Mark Tully began, “I think obvi-ously, we might be tempted to say thereis too much written about India and Iam not sure how much wiser India is.”He went on to emphasise that the Indianelectronic media wasn’t doing justice toits viewers.

“I do believe that this country itselfis badly served by its electronic media. Ihave said this for many years, the elec-tronic media is very important, they doform opinions and far greater opinionsthan any of us do with our books.”

This was followed up by his recom-mendation for ‘a genuine independentpublic service broadcasting’. “That willdeepen the coverage of electronic mediaand would have a knock-out effect on

the commercial stations for showingthem to be shallow and jejune as theymost often are,” he added.

Moderator Pavan Verma pitched inwith his view, agreeing with Banerjeethat expecting too much from the elec-tronic media that lives from hour tohour and day to day, maybe unrealistic.“You cant expect it to provide in-depthinsight to unfolding news that’s unfold-ing at a very rapid pace and provide indepth analysis. Yes, there is scope forreform, there is need for greater objec-tivity, less hysteria and greater caution.”

Banerjee, in defense of the electronicmedia, explained that most of the pro-gramming is driven by TRPs that are aresult of what the audience is choosingto watch. Therefore creating a demandfor the content that is produced.

“Does anyone know what has beenthe highest grossing program on TV forthe last five years?,” he asked the atten-tive audience. Giving out the answer herevealed Saas, Bahu aur Saadhish, a Hindi soap drama. “This despite anybreaking news or bomb blast. If a sizableamount of the population would watchanything else, we would provide that,”he said.

Sir Tully retorted that it is thisvicious circle that makes it more impor-tant to have an alternative to main-stream news and that news and popularsoap operas aren’t the only forms of tele-cast. “You cant say people won’t watchthis, if people don’t have a choice.”

The session came to close by a com-ment from a gentleman in the audience,“There’s demand for something andtherefore we give it to them seems a lit-tle tame to me. Everyone throws outjunk at people and say they want it. It’sas if people [who create content] are nottaking responsibility for it. You’re in it[media] for a reason, so what is this con-sumption driven eco-system you’ve cre-ated?” he asked. Without anytime left,the question had to be left unanswered.

WASHINGTON: US intelligence has pre-dicted that in 2030, India could be the ris-ing economic powerhouse of the world asChina is seen today and that it will contin-ue to consolidate its power advantageover Pakistan. “In 2030 India could be therising economic powerhouse that China isseen to be today. China’s current economicgrowth rate — 8 to 10 per cent — willprobably be a distant memory by 2030,”said the fifth installment of the GlobalTrends 2030: Alternative Worlds, of NationalIntelligence Council (NIC), released today.

As the world’s largest economicpower, China is expected to remain aheadof India, but the gap could begin to closeby 2030. “India’s rate of economic growthis likely to rise while China’s slows,” saidthe report which is aimed at providing aframework for thinking about the future.

According to the report, the total sizeof the Chinese working-age population

will peak in 2016 and decline from 994 mil-lion to about 961 million in 2030.

“In contrast, India’s working-age pop-ulation is unlikely to peak until about2050,” it said. “Also of significance, Indiawill most likely continue to consolidate itspower advantage relative to Pakistan.”

The NIC report said the diffusion ofpower among countries and from coun-tries to informal networks will have a dra-matic impact by 2030, largely reversing thehistoric rise of the West since 1750 andrestoring Asia’s weight in the global econ-omy and world politics.

In a tectonic shift, by 2030, Asia willhave surpassed North America andEurope combined in terms of globalpower, based upon GDP, population size,military spending, and technologicalinvestment. China alone will probablyhave the largest economy, surpassing thatof the US a few years before 2030. PTI

The India of televisionBangalore’s first literature Festival saw discussions on the role of the electronic

media in India among other things.

“I do believe that thiscountry itself is

badly served by itselectronic media.”

Sir Mark Tully

US predicts rise ofIndian might

WorldTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

12ACTIVISTS CONVERT JAPANESE BOAT FOR WHALING CAMPAIGNActivists aiming to halt Japan’s whaling fleet Tuesday revealed their new weapon for their latestAntarctic campaign — a US$2 million ship once owned by the government in Tokyo. LockhartMacLean, captain of the renamed Sam Simon, said the militant Sea Shepherd ConservationSociety bought the vessel after a US company, purchased it when it was advertised for sale.

FB OUT OF REACHFacebook was unreachable brieflyon Monday after the social net-work made a change to part of itsinfrastructure dealing with routingtraffic to its online address. “Earliertoday, we made a change to ourDNS infrastructure and thatchange resulted in some peoplebeing temporarily unable to reachthe site,” Facebook said inresponse to an AFP inquiry. “Wedetected and resolved the issuequickly, and we are now back to100 percent. We apologise for anyinconvenience.”

An Australian radio network cameunder media pressure Tuesday tofully explain who cleared thebroadcast of a royal prank call, asthe family of a dead nurseembroiled in the hoax appearedin public. In tearful interviewsMonday, 2Day FM presenters MelGreig and Michael Christian saidthat their call to London’s KingEdward VII Hospital — which wastreating Prince William’s pregnantwife Catherine — was vetted byothers. “It’s not up to us to makethat decision (to air),” a sobbingGreig told Australia’s NineNetwork.

WHO’S CALL WAS IT?

NUMEROLOGY

500Kis the number of new entries for theexpanded Chinese dictionary of 25volumes. It will take seven years tofully revise the Hanyu Da Cidian,

first published in 1986, for its sec-ond edition.

The world mustknow that just

as we were not sub-servient to Syria orIran in the past, weare not subservientto Egypt, Qatarand Turkey.

Khaled Meshaal Hamas leader

Mali PM quits afterbeing arrestedBAMAKO: Malian Prime MinisterCheik Modibo Diarra announced theresignation of himself and his gov-ernment early Tuesday just hoursafter he was arrested at home bysoldiers acting on the orders of ex-coup leader Amadou Sanogo. “I,Cheik Modibo Diarra, I resign withmy government,” he declared in abrief speech.

Philippines typhoon tolltops 700, many missingMANILA: The death toll from thestrongest typhoon to hit thePhilippines this year has climbedabove 700 with hundreds moremissing, many of them tuna fisher-men feared lost at sea, the govern-ment said Tuesday. Typhoon Bophahad brought floods and landslidesacross the main southern island ofMindanao on December 4.

Petrol bombs thrownduring Bangla protestDHAKA: Hundreds of protestersin Bangladesh threw petrol bombsat police on Tuesday as oppositionparties enforced a nationwide strikedemanding elections under a neu-tral caretaker government.Police fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators in the north-western city of Rajshahi, while minorclashes erupted in Dhaka.

Two Tibetans die inlatest self-immolationsBEIJING: Two more Tibetansburned themselves to death inprotest at China’s rule of theHimalayan region, a rights groupsaid Tuesday, as state mediaaccused the Dalai Lama of turningTibetan Buddhism into “an evil cult”.Both immolations happened onSaturday in restive Tibetan-inhabit-ed regions of China.

NEWS BRIEFS

DARRET EZZA: Jihadists haveseized a strategic army base innorthern Syria, a watchdog said,as the EU piled more pressure onPresident Bashar al-Assad byrecognising the opposition coali-tion as “legitimate representa-tives” of the people. The SyrianObservatory for Human Rightsalso reported clashes in a north-ern Damascus district, thefiercest in the area since a revoltagainst Assad broke out inMarch 2001.

The European Union gave avital boost to the newly-formedSyrian opposition coalition,describing them as the “legiti-mate representatives of theSyrian people” following talks inBrussels with its leader AhmedMoaz al-Khatib. The EU, winnerof this year’s Nobel Peace Prize,said at the award ceremony inOslo that the 21-month conflict inSyria must be addressed. “Thecurrent situation in Syria is astain on the world’s conscienceand the international communityhas a moral duty to address it,”said European Commission pres-ident Jose Manuel Barroso.

AFP

Jihadistsseize army

base

Israel is suspected of carryingout a series of leaks implicat-ing Iran in nuclear weapons

experiments in an attempt toraise international pressure onTehran and halt its programme.

Western diplomats believethe leaks may have backfired,compromising a UN-sanctionedinvestigation into Iran’s pastnuclear activities and currentaspirations, the Guardian report-ed.

The latest leak, published bythe Associated Press (AP), pur-ported to be an Iranian diagramshowing the physics of a nuclearblast, but scientists quicklypointed out an elementary mis-take that cast doubt on its signif-icance and authenticity. An arti-cle in the Bulletin of the AtomicScientists declared: “This dia-gram does nothing more thanindicate either slipshod analysisor an amateurish hoax.”

The leaked diagram raisedquestions about an investigationbeing carried out by IAEAinspectors after it emerged thatit formed part of a file of intelligence on alleged Iraniannuclear weapons work held bythe agency.

The IAEA’s publication of asummary of the file inNovember 2011 helped trigger anew round of punitive EU andUS sanctions. AGENCIES

CAIRO: Egypt was bracingfor rival protests to take placein Cairo on Tuesday over a bit-terly divisive referendum on anew constitution, promptingPresident Mohamed Morsi toorder the army to help “pre-serve security”.

Meanwhile, unknownassailants fired at demonstra-tors at Tahrir Square injuringnine people. The attackers alsohurled petrol bombs at theprotesters causing a small fire,said witnesses.

The duelling demonstra-tions, organised by Islamistsbacking Morsi and the largelysecular opposition, raised fearsof street clashes like ones lastweek in which seven peoplewere killed and hundredsinjured.

Morsi’s decree instructingthe military to fully cooperatewith police “to preserve secu-rity and protect vital state

institutions for a temporaryperiod, up to the announce-ment of the results from thereferendum” came into forceon Monday.

Army officers “all havepowers of legal arrest,” it says.

The military, which hasurged dialogue and warned it“will not allow” the politicalcrisis to deteriorate, has forseveral days kept tanks andtroops deployed aroundMorsi’s presidential palace.

Egyptian soldiers sit on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) flying theirnational flag next to a tank deployed outside the presidential palace inCairo on December 10, 2012. AFP/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

SYRIA CAIRO CRISIS

SPY GAMESIsrael behind Iran’s nuke secret leaks?

Army takes positionas 9 hurt in firing

The nine were injured after unknown assailantsfired at demonstrators at Tahrir Square.

A satellite image of Iran’s militarycomplex at Parchin.

Pac-Man: n Year: 1982n Console: Atarin Units sold: 7 million

Halo 2: n Year: 2004n Console: Xboxn Units sold: 8 million

Kinect Adventures: n Year: 2010n Console: Xbox 360n Units sold: 18 million

Super Mario Bros: n Year: 1983n Console: NESn Units sold: 40.24 million

Wii Sports: n Year: 2006n Console: Wiin Units sold: 79.6 million

Sonic the Hedgehog: n Year: 1991n Console: Segan Units sold: 15 million+

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreasn Year: 2004n Console: PlayStation 2n Units sold: 17.33 million

Gran Turismo 5: n Year: 2010n Console: PlayStation 3n Units sold: 9.03 million

Monster Hunter 3rd: n Year: 2010n Console: PSPn Units sold: 4.12 million

The Sims 2: n Year: 2004n Console: PCn Units sold: 20 million

Angry Birds: n Year: 2009n Console: Mobile phonesDownloaded: 1 billion

The greatest videogames

OF THEM ALL

Iran has launched a video-sharingsite in its latest effort to providealternative government-sanctionedInternet services. Dubbed "Mehr,"the Farsi word for affection, the siteaims to attract Persian-speakingusers and promote Iranian culture,according to the About Us pagereviewed by the Agence France-Press. "From now on, people canupload their short films on the Website and access [IRIB] producedmaterial," said Lotfollah Siahkali,deputy chief of Islamic Republic ofIran Broadcasting.


Instagram photos have vanishedfrom Twitter as the photo-sharingapp turned off all support for themicroblogging site. Facebookended all support today forTwitter cards, meaning Twitterusers won't be able to viewInstagram photos from withintheir Twitter feeds. Users areinstead greeted by a white spacewhere the image formerlyappeared. Twitter noted:"Instagram has disabled photointegration with Twitter. As aresult, photos are no longerappearing in Tweets or userphoto galleries. While tweetinglinks to Instagram photos is stillpossible, you can no longer viewthe photos on Twitter.”

IRAN’S YOUTUBE!

INSTAGRAM OFF TWITTER

As patent spats continue to com-mand much of the tech world'sattention and corporateresources, a group of prominentcompanies is taking a standagainst a practice it sees as hob-bling innovation.

Google, Facebook, Zyngaand five other tech giants filed anamicus brief with the US StateCourt of Appeals for the FederalCircuit, asking the court to rejectthe patents central to a lawsuitbetween two financial institu-tions. CLS Bank sued Alice Corpfor infringing on four patentscovering a computerised methodof having a third-party hold fundsin escrow on behalf of two othercontracting parties.

Nothing abstract

Technology 13VIDEOGAMING

IS THE GAME OVER?In 2012, the game industry faced a spiral of declining sales, with overallrevenue down 24 per cent compared to the same period in 2011. We take a

look at the industry ahead of the Christmas buying period.

Angry Birds vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Rovio, the maker of the Angry Birds franchise, posted $106.3 million in revenue in 2011. Call of Dutyreached $1 billion in the first 16 days of it going on sale.

Console and PC-basedn 43.8% Action, sports and

strategyn 18.4% Shootersn 4% Casual n 33.8% Other

Onlinen 42% Puzzle and card

gamesn 25% Action and sportsn 33% Other

NUMEROLOGY

30Is the average

gamer’s age whohas been playing for12 years. Eighty-twoper cent of gamersare 18 years of age

or older.

42%Is the proportion ofwomen gamers who

are one of theindustry's fastest

growing demographics.

$20bnIs how much theJapanese gamingindustry is worth.

31%Is the proportion of

videogames thatwere downloadedfrom the Web in

2011, up from 20%in 2009.

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The Sega Dreamcast was the firstconsole to implement online playover a phone line.

On the original MagnavoxOdyssey, players had to keep scorethemselves because the machinecouldn't.

Nintendo's Game Boy was themost successful system ever, withmore than 100 million units sold.

The word Atari comes from theancient Japanese game of Go andmeans "you are about to beengulfed".

The Sony PlayStation was originallyintended as a CD add-on to theSuper Nintendo. When licensingproblems and other issues arose,Sony decided to develop thePlayStation as a machine of its own.

DID YOU KNOW…?

Mobilen 47% Puzzle and card

gamesn 12% Action and sportsn 41% Other

EURO CRISIS

CommentTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSWell, as expected Rahul Gandhi has been made the spearhead of the party preparing for the2014 General Polls. There were doubts if he would come out so soon with new responsibilitiesafter the devastating state poll fiascos. Perhaps he is upto it: or maybe the Congress did nothave a choice. Of course, there’s no choice. This is the Congress, for God’s sake!

Blue-eyed Angelina hadthe misfortune ofbeing born in Greecein 2010, just as thecountry became

engulfed by an economic crisisthat has deprived her parents,like so many Greeks, of their jobsand livelihood.

Today, Angelina’s familylives in the run-down district ofPalia Kokkinia, near the port ofPiraeus, where her young par-ents George and Lia Tsouvalakisface a daily struggle to put foodon the table of their tiny, dampflat.

George, 31, is a carpenterwho used to earn over 2,500euros ($3,200) a month alongsidehis wife, a 30-year-old formershop attendant.

He owned two cars and amotorcycle and headed a five-man worksite team that untilrecently did brisk business atconstruction sites.

But when Lia lost her job andthe Greek construction industryfoundered, George was left withfew options in order to make aliving.

The family moved into a 30-square-metre flat owned byGeorge’s mother, who does notcharge them rent, while hisbrother helps pay their utilitybills.

George now carves smallhandicrafts for tourists and sellsscrap metal to recycling yards,and in a good month he can

hope to scrape together 400euros.

In the bad months he makesnext to nothing.

“Today I want to buy dia-pers, milk, meat, oil. From thelooks of it I will only buy diapersand milk,” George told AFP.

The family refrigerator isempty, save for a few ice cubes.

Tonight, dinner will consistof a plate of chickpeas and salad.

It is a tale heard more andmore in near-bankrupt Greecewhere the recession, continuingfor a fifth year, just keeps gettingdeeper.

The latest Eurostat figures,based on 2010 incomes, showthat over 21 percent of Greeksare on a poverty ‘threshold’,meaning an annual salary ofunder 6,600 euros ($8,600) perperson, or 13,800 euros for afamily of four.

But conditions in Greecehave deteriorated even furtherin the ensuing two years, withauthorities forced to make majorcutbacks in return for EU-IMFloans and doubling the ranks ofthe unemployed from 644,000 toover 1.2 million.

The district of Palia Kokkiniarose around thousands of desti-tute Greek refugees who fledTurkey in 1922 after the AsiaMinor Disaster, the failed Greekmilitary campaign to annexe theregion after World War I.

Ninety years later, there aresimilar feelings of hopelessness.

“There is no future. Not forthis generation or the next,” saysGeorge, his voice rising in anger.

“I am outraged because weknow that all of this happeningin Europe did not happen

because people overspentmoney. It is because those gov-erning wasted money,” he said.

Greece nearly went bankruptin 2010 and had to appeal to theEuropean Union and theInternational Monetary Fund forbailout loans after the govern-ment revealed a hole in the bud-get that was far worse than pre-viously thought.

As wave upon wave ofspending cuts were applied toplug the deficit, Greeks lookedto the ruling elite for culprits.

In particular, the conserva-tive and socialist parties whogoverned Greece for the lastthree decades are blamed forchronically failing to tackle taxevasion and corruption, andwith stuffing the civil servicewith excess staff.

The cuts have drasticallyreduced social benefits to thedetriment of Greece’s disabled,the infirm and the unemployed.

There are over 20,000 home-less in Greece and their numbers

are growing.George and Lia may have a

roof over their heads, but theydo not qualify for even reducedsupport payments.

“We don’t have help fromthe state because we don’t fulfilthe conditions. You need to befired from an employer to getunemployment benefits,” saysLia.

Sometimes the family eats atchurch soup kitchens and Lia’sparents help out when they can -- though her father’s pensionhas also been trimmed to a pal-try 370 euros a month.

George says there is demandfor carpenters in Australia,Norway and Sweden.

But the family can barelyafford cinema tickets, let alonean airplane fare.

“We shouldn’t remain in thecountry anymore. But we don’thave the financial capability toleave,” says Lia.

“We did not choose this, thestate did all this,” she says. AFP

Decide it now

The issue of Telangana is stretched to the point of boredom and farce. TheCongress flip-flopping on the issue has damaged the State beyond

repair. Apart from economical, the mental divide between brethren has beendebilitating, to say the least. Any responsible party at the Centre would have

taken up the brief and make its stance clear instead of playing cat-and-mousegame with the TRS. In fact, TRS is the product of the Congress vacillation. The

question of a separate state is a matter of expert consideration, not just an issueto be decided by freckled politicians. If the Centre had a sense of propriety, it had

have set up a second SRC to consider all the separatist claims and take action.But the way the Union Government gladly bifurcated Bihar and UP makes it clear

that it’s the political expediency, not considered opinion, that rules the gover-nance of this country. It’s a sad comment.

Pacman’s Rocky moment

Only a fighter can understand what’s in MannyPacquiao’s head. After his defeat to Juan

Manuel Marquez, his first KO loss in 17 years, hismother has urged him to quit; his wife has urgedhim to quit, both with tears fuelled by their fearsfor Manny. He donned the gloves when he was 16,and all these years it’s been a wonder where fromthis pint-sized man brought on that storm of pow-erful combinations that was the undoing of many apugilist. The thing is a man like Manny cannot leavelike that: call it quits when he falls: he’s a fighterand once a fighter always a fighter.

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

Don’t goaround saying

the world owesyou a living. Theworld owes younothing. It washere first.

Mark TwainAuthor

LETTERS FROM GREECEEmmanuelle Baillon and Will

Vassilopoulos

A GRIM TALE

From farmersto beggars

JASON [email protected]

The secluded valley thatsheltered Jerry

Blanco’s banana cropfrom communist and Muslim

rebellions offered no refuge fromTyphoon Bopha, which left him

destitute in seconds. Last week’sterrifying storm has left more

than 1,600 people dead or miss-ing in the southern Philippines,

and all but wiped out thebanana plantations that are one

of the desperately poor coun-try’s few export earners. “First

the strong wind came, then asheet of rain. Our roof rattled,

the house creaked and then thewall was blown away,” Blanco, a

39-year-old plantation worker,told AFP in the southern

Philippines. “I looked out acrossthe field, and all the (banana

stalks) were felled. Our harvestwas gone. The first thought inmy mind was, we’ve just lostour future,” the father of four

said. Barefoot, shirtless andwearing torn trousers, Blanco

stood by the roadside withneighbours who had also sud-

denly lost everything. Days afterBopha obliterated their town of

New Bataan, they were reducedto beggars. For fellow plantation

worker Ben Alpor, the disastermeant the three youngest of his

seven children would have tostop going to school. “I will not

be able to afford it. What littlesavings we had was in a (chil-

dren’s) piggy bank, and that hasbeen blown away too,” Alpor,

55, says. “We’ve been reduced tobegging for food, when before

we had so much to eat.”Ensconced in a valley on the

southern island of Mindanao,New Bataan is surrounded by awall of mountains that had longprotected it from storms before

Bopha barrelled through.


15BRING ON THE PRAISEWhen it comes to rallying the troops, bonuses aren’t always the best way to go —or the cheapest. You need to praise them as well. As common as holiday bonusesare, some workplace experts argue that the little something extra some compa-nies tack onto paychecks isn’t the greatest way to say thanks for a job well done.

DID YOU KNOW...

$500,000 is the amount that Bangalore-based

mobile marketing and communications startup ZipDial

Mobile raised from Silicon Valley-based incubator-cum-seed fund 500

Startups.

Agilent TechnologiesWith more than 1,500 employees,Agilent Technologies in Gurgaonis a great place to work. AgilentTechnologies, a spin-off ofHewlett-Packard Company, brokerecords on November 18, 1999 asthe largest initial public offering(IPO) in Silicon Valley history.From a small garage in Palo Alto,California, to employees aroundthe world serving customers in110 countries, Agilent has a longhistory of innovation and leader-ship in the communications, elec-tronics, semiconductor, test andmeasurement, life sciences andchemical analysis industries.

An internationalteam of sleep

researchers hasdeveloped the

world's firstscreening tool to

help reduce work-place accidents

and illnesses,including cardio-vascular disease

and cancer,caused by shift

work. Published inthe journal Sleep,the new tool will

enable healthprofessionals to

better understandindividual

vulnerability tothe health and

safety impacts ofshift work.

Although morephysicians thannon-physicianshave knownmental healthproblems prior tosuicide, this did-n't translate intoa higher rate ofantidepressantuse, according tothe study, whichappears inGeneral HospitalPsychiatry andprovides a lookat why physiciansmay have a high-er-than-averagesuicide rate.Major depressionis known to affectfemale physi-cians, drastically.

KNOW YOUR COMPANY

HEALTH AT WORK

A SHRINK’S WORLD

workplace

While it can befulfilling tohelp people

resolve theirpersonal issues,being a psychi-

atrist can be emo tionally

draining to saythe least. City

shrinks talkabout how

their profe s sionallives affect

them.

What about them?

NIDHI [email protected]

We've often com-plained about howcertain people inour lives bring all

sorts of negative energy withthem and make huge holes inour so-called aura. We'vecribbed, whined and bitchedabout people who can't stoptalking about how crappy theirlives are. Everybody knows atleast one grumpy old unclewho can't seem to find happi-ness in anything, a femalefriend who is constantly bat-tling with her attempts to find aMr Right and we're sure we allknow that sad, self-sympatheticman who can't stop cryingabout his past love. Phew! Thatseems like quite a handful,doesn't it? It constitutes maybea meagre 0000.0001 percent ofwhat psychiatrists and psychol-ogists have to live with — con-stant cribbing, crying, grievingand so much more.

“Psychiatrists are expectedto maintain a professional emo-tional distance from theirpatients and at the same timethey are also required toempathise,” explains Dr AshokAlimchandani, who has beenpractising for the past 25 years.Given that he's spent more thantwo decades in this field, theconsultant psychiatrist at

Apollo Hospitals has experi-enced his share of professionallows. “There have been timeswhen I thought of changing myprofession because of the stressthat comes with it. The only rea-son why I had chosen this fieldis because I wanted to help peo-ple come out of problemsstronger. But, there have beentimes when big organisationssend their stressed employeesto us for their personal gain.They use the fact that employ-ees are taking medicines to copewith a mental issue againstthem,” says Dr Alimchandani.

Like us, psychiatrists too,find comfort in talking. “Wetalk to fellow psychiatrists whoare able to understand. Theemotional stress that we gothrough has been the topic ofdiscussion during many nation-al-level conferences too. We areconstantly told to detach our-selves from the problems to be

able to come up with solu-tions,” says Dr Alimchandani.

City-based counselling psy-chologist Dr Diana Monteirosays being affected by people'sproblems happens to her all thetime. “But that's the good part.Providing the solution won'tseem right unless one actuallyfeels and understands the pati -ent’s problems,” says she, whohas been practising for the pastfive years. “Though I'm affectedevery time, I have learned howto compartmentalise.”

Stressful as it is, being atherapist also has its highpoints. “My problems seem sominiscule in comparison to peo-ple's at times. What keeps megoing is the fact that I'm able tohelp someone out of problems,even though the success ratemight be 50 percent,” says DrMonteiro, who finds her glassalways half full. “Though therehave been times where Ithought of quitting, it passeswithin two hours mostly. I'vehad people thanking me forkeeping them alive – suchthings always keep me going.”

While Dr Monteiro mostlytalks to those she is close to, tounwind, she also indulges insome harmless American TVwatching to relax her nerves.“From comedies like Big BangTheory to medical thrillers likeBody of Proof, I'm a fan. Usually,I prefer working non-stop for 3-

4 weeks and then take a breakfor a couple of days,” says DrMonteiro, adding that she likesreading too.

Another City-based clinicalpsychologist Dr Savita DateMenon, who has been practis-ing for the more than twodecades, says she graduallylearned how to deal with thepsychological baggage thatcame with the job. “It takesabout a few months to a yearfor us to learn how to compart-mentalise and deal with theissue at hand. Initially, I faceddifficulties too, I would haveheadaches, feel exhausted,would take my work homebecause I would constantlyworry about what my patientsmight be going through and Ialso began over-analysing thosearound. So, I was practicallyworking all the time. My mindhardly got any rest,” she recalls.“However, once you get passedthe initial stages, you learn toswitch off mentally.”

Dr Menon, who has alsofaced her share of highs andlows career wise, says regularexercise has helped herimmensely too. “Usually, anyactivity that is drastically differ-ent from my profession helps mestay calm. Also, the fact that thejob is immensely fulfilling keepsme going. Seeing people come ofproblems is incentive enough tostay,” feels Dr Menon.

I would worryabout my

patients and beganover-analysingthose around.

Dr Savita Date-MenonClinical psychologist

A new story to tell Author John D Balian launchedhis book Gray wolves and whitedoves at the LandmarkBookstore in Banjara Hills, onMonday. He also spoke inlength about his experienceswhile writing the book.

A special online martSucheta, a young entrepreneurhas started ‘Just buy’, group ofwebsites. She is being helped

in her venture by ShanthiGurajada, a business

development manager.


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MOVIE NIGHT

Fans of Akshay ‘Khiladi’ Kumar were infor a treat as Anup Chandak and

Prashant Agarwal held a screening ofKhiladi 786 at PVR Punjagutta.

Aakanksha , Anup, Koyal, Radhika , Prashant

Radhika, Prashant Vartika, Gautam Rajiv, Manisha Kapoor

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The celebration beginsThe New Year is just weeks away, but thatdoes not stop the party lovers at Spoil fromhaving fun. Spoil held a pre New Year bash onSunday night.

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It’s Christmas time. What funare winter vacations withouttravel? An ideal winter trav-el plan would include desti-

nations that give you a real tasteof winter, with snowcappedmountains and ice sheets, wherewords get lost in the mist.Whether you travel within India,to places with freezing tempera-tures, or to other cold countries,make sure you’re well preparedto brave the chill.

Hyderabad does not see suchextreme temperatures in winterthat could cause chilblains, buttravelling to places with severeconditions, especially when youare not used to it, can throw youoff guard. Chilblain is a tissueinjury that occurs when the skinis exposed to very low tempera-tures and high humidity levels.

“Chilblains are not very com-mon in India. If you are exposedto freezing temperatures, therecould be vasoconstriction in thetips of fingers and toes, whichcould lead to bluishness ofskin,” said Dr Sunita ShekharReddy, dermatologist at ADIclinic in Hyderabad.

“Initial symptoms mayinclude itching, redness, or aburning sensation in the skin ofthe hands, feet, nose, ears andear lobes,” said Dr AftabAhmed, senior consultant physi-cian at Apollo Hospital,Secunderabad. He said the firstthing to do, before visiting aqualified doctor, is to warm the

affected area gradually. If the initial symptoms are

ignored, chilblains could lead to

ulceration, with areas of skinloss, or gangrenes. Some peopleare more susceptible to

chilblains than others. For them,the damage could be moresevere as compared to a normal

person. Dr Sunita said for people

with an underlying condition(those prone to vasoconstric-tion), especially smokers, diabet-ics and those with hypertension,the damage to the tissue couldbe permanent. “You have tofibrate the part in that case. Butif the damage is reparable, it willheal; the tissues will recover.”She said there is no specific med-ication, and once it sets in, it’shard to treat. So best thing to dois to prevent it by keeping your-self warm.

According to Medical NewsToday, chilblains, which are alsocalled pernio or perniosis, can beprevented by regular exercise,which will help in blood circulation. It also says that over-the-counter medications areavailable at pharmacies forchilblains that have not yetturned infectious or formedcracks on the skin.

TESTOSTERONE SHOTS TO WARD OFF HEART ATTACKS?Testosterone shots not only can overcome low libido in men but also protectthem against heart attacks, says a US study. A five-shot course of the hor-mone boosted male sex drive as well as their fitness levels, mood and theirability to concentrate. They also reported weight loss. health


19WINTER CARE

DEEPASHRI [email protected]

iPeriod MenstrualCalendarIf you can’t keep track ofwhen your period is due(or when your PMSsymptoms are going toappear), then downloadthis digital tracking cal-endar. It records your menstrual cycle,highlights your most fertile days, plus,you can join in the forum.

LeprosyLeprosy is an infectious disease. It hasbeen known for a very long time. Today,it is mostly called Hansen's disease,named after the person who discoveredthe bacterium, Gerhard ArmauerHansen. It is caused by a bacterium,Mycobacterium leprae. As of 2004, theestimated number of new infections wasabout 400,000. Getting the disease ishard, since it requires close contact withsomeone who has it.

Intercourse takes place120mn times on earth

On any given day, sexualintercourse takes place120 million times onearth. Humans are aquickly proliferatingspecies, and with about

4 per cent of the world’s populationhaving sex on any given day, it’s nowonder that birth rates continue to rise.

Leroy Hood Leroy Hood is an American biologist. Hewon the 2011 Fritz J and Dolores H RussPrize “for automating DNA sequencingthat revolutionised biomedicine andforensic science” and the Lemelson-MITPrize for inventing "four instrumentsthat have unlocked much of the mysteryof human biology" by helping decodethe genome. His inventions include theautomated DNA sequencer and an auto-mated tool for synthesising DNA.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

Travel wisethis winter

You’re all set to take off for that family vacation and arelooking forward to some snow. But before you do, gear

up to stay warm and safe.

Chilblain is a tissueinjury that occurswhen the skin isexposed to very lowtemperatures and highhumidity levels.

Fact filen Symptoms: Skin at the

tips of fingers, toes, earsor nose could turn bluishor reddish. There couldbe itching, pain, blistersin the affected areas.

n Treatment: Warm theaffected area. Visit a dermatologist.

n Chilblains are often mis-taken for frostbites.Chilblains occur whenyou are suddenlyexposed to freezing temperatures.

n In extreme cases it couldlead to ulceration organgrenes, and theaffected area will have tobe cut off, doctors say.

n To prevent chilblains,keep yourself warm.Gloves and other protec-tive clothing areextremely important.

health TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 20

BERLIN: Electronic cigarettes,viewed as a healthy alternativeto conventional smoking, maynot be all that safe, says a lateststudy from Germany.

Researchers at theFraunhofer Institute for WoodResearch WKI, in Braunschweig,conducted a study to find outwhether e-cigarettes polluted thesurrounding air. The results ofthe study pointed to dischargedsolid particles remaining in thesurrounding air for a consider-able time.

Compared to conventionalcigarettes, which constantly emitsmoke as the tobacco burns, theelectronic equivalent only releas-es volatile substances when it isturned on.

But that is not the only differ-ence between the two stimulants,as the WKI researchers observed.

“In the e-cigarette,vapourised substances create anaerosol of ultrafine particleswhich become even finer wheninhaled into the lungs. These tinynanodroplets disperse overtime,” said Dr Tobias Schripp,scientist at Fraunhofer WKI andstudy co-author.

“Conversely, the combustionprocess discharges solid particlesthat can remain in the surround-ing air for a considerable time,”said Schripp. An e-cigarette com-prises battery, atomizer, heatingcoil and a reservoir for the liq-uids used for producing vapour.

The mechanism is activatedeither by pressing a button or bysuction. Liquids come with orwithout nicotine, and also con-tain aromas and flavours likeamaretto, almond, vanilla orapple.

These liquids are heated upin the atomizer and vaporized atbetween 65 and 120 degreesCelsius. Propylene glycol is themost usual solvent; it producesthe atomized mist that resemblessmoke, according to aFraunhofer statement.

An estimated two millionpeople in Germany have alreadyturned to the vapour cigarette.

IANS

e-cigarettesnot safe?

STUDY

Toothbrush to polish teethwith ultrasonic waves

LONDON: Scientists claim tohave developed the world’s firsttoothbrush which uses onlyultrasound waves to cleanteeth — meaning there is noabrasive brushing.

While manual toothbrusheshave long been replaced bywhizzyelectric versions boastingsuper-fast vibrations and expen-sive whitening heads, the tech-nology remains the same —abrasive particles in toothpasterubbed against the teeth toremove plaque.

The new high-tech productlaunched in the UK last week isclaiming to be the world’s first100 per cent ultrasound tooth-brush, the Daily Mail reported.

Some ultrasound technologyhas been incorporated into elec-tric designs in the past, but thisis the first time it has been usedalone, requiring no movement ofthe brush.

The new Emmi-dent tooth-brush makes a staggering 86 mil-lion sound waves per minuteand uses only these waves toclean the teeth.

The product will cost 79.95pounds and the manufacturersclaim the ultrasound wavesemitted cause millions of tinybubbles to form in the special3.99 pounds toothpaste you haveto use with it.

These bubbles are smallenough to get between the teethand into the gums, where theyimplode, killing bacteria anddislodging tartar and fooddebris. This means you don’t

have to use a conventionalbrushing motion.

The technology also kills anybacteria left on the brush head.

Since people can’t feel ultra-sound, the company ,EmmiUltrasonic AG, has added avibration to the brush to reas-sure that it’s working.

Professor Damien Walmsley,of the British DentalAssociation, said proper testsneed to be done to provethe efficacy of the brush.

“The most importantfactor in maintaininggood oral hygienestill remains regularbrushing with fluo-ride toothpaste andavoiding excessiveconsumption ofsweet or acidicfood and drink,”he said.

PTI

BREAKTHROUGH

Stick to healthy diet for weight lossLONDON: Cutting down butter andcheese, biscuits, cakes and crisps and

going in for low-fat diet could helpshed pounds, according to a new

research.In this way, people can get

slimmer in six months withoutdieting. The more fat you stopeating, the more weight is lost,

says a new research from the

University of East Anglia (UEA).The results prove for the first

time that weight loss is possible sim-ply by choosing foods lower in fat

despite a plethora of recent publicityextolling the benefits of low-carbo-

hydrate and no-carb diets, the BritishMedical Journal reported.

Lee Hooper from UEA’s NorwichMedical School, who led the study,

said the regime led to consistentlower weight for at least seven years.

“The weight reduction that wefound when people ate less fat was

remarkably consistent - we saw it inalmost every trial. Those who cut

down more on fat, lost moreweight,” she said, according to the

Daily Mail.IANS

RESEARCH

Bubbles created bythe special toothpasteare small enough toget between the teethand into the gums,where they implode.

The new Emmi-dent toothbrush makesa staggering 86 million sound waves

per minute and uses only these wavesto clean the teeth.

EntertainmentTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

21MIRCHI’S AUDIO LAUNCH ON DEC 23The audio launch of Prabhas, Anushka, RichaGangopadhyay starrer Mirchi will be launched onDecember 23 in Hyderabad. Koratala Shiva hasdirected the film and DSP has scored the music

Naayak’s audio launchpostponed

The audio launch of RamCharan’s upcoming film

Naayak has been post-poned by another day. Ithas now been rescheduledto December 16 and theaudio launch will be held inRamanaidu Studios atNanakram Guda. VVVinayak has directed thefilm.

Biography on Chiranjeevilaunched

Veteran Telugu film journalistPasupuleti Rama Rao has writ-

ten a biography on Chiranjeevi’slife. The book titled MegaChiranjeevitham was launchedrecently in Hyderabad. AkkineniNageshwara Rao, Allu Arvind, RamCharan and Suresh Kondeti weresome of the guests at the eventand all of them praised PasupuletiRama Rao for his efforts.

Kadal’s teaser is out

Anew teaser of Mani Ratnam’supcoming film Kadal was

unveiled couple of days ago andit has made a big splash on theInternet. A new song ElayKeechan, sung by AR Rahman,was also released along with theteaser. Gautham and Thulasi areplaying the lead roles in this filmand the complete album will bereleased on December 17. Kadalwill hit the screens in early 2013

CINE BYTESMAKING THE RIGHT NOISES

music strikesthe right chordKo Antey Koti’s

Sharvanand, PriyaAnand starrer KoAntey Koti is mak-ing quite a lot ofbuzz these days.

Directed by Anish Kuruvilla,the film is a crime comedyand it also stars Srihari in animportant role. Shakti kanthKarthick has composed themusic. Recently, when thefilm’s audio was launched, thesongs from the film were post-

ed on the film’s website andFacebook page so that peoplecan download them for free. Itindeed is a radical thoughtand perhaps this is the firsttime something of this sorthas been implemented inTelugu cinema. KalyanMyneni, one of the producersof the film, says, “The wholeidea behind letting peopledownload original music wasto combat piracy. In any case,

people end up downloadingaudio files from differentwebsites within two hoursafter the audio launch. Ourteam has worked hard on themusic and we want everyoneto listen to the songs withoutcompromising on the quali-ty.” The ring tones and callertunes of the songs and dia-logues will be released laterthis week.

It’s been three days since

the songs were uploaded onthe film’s official websitewww.koanteykoti.com andthe response has been prettygood so far. “We have beenworking closely with the teamto promote the film on theweb. The website has gotmore than 5 lakh hits and thealbum itself has pver 20,000downloads,” SharathChandra, co-founder of FirstShow, informs us.

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‘Race 2’ has beenmost challenging:Jaqueline Fernandez

Actress JaquelineFernandez considersRace

2 as her most challengingfilm. “It is the most negativecharacter I have played. It isvery challenging to do some-thing like that. I had to tackleeach scene with an underly-ing thought that the charac-ter is concealing a deep darksecret. Every character is darkand that is the beauty of thefilm,” she said. IANS

Fardeen’s wife Natashasuffers miscarriage

Actor Fardeen Khan’s wifeNatasha was expecting twins

but she has suffered a miscar-riage. “As delighted as we were toannounce Natasha’s pregnancy, Iam equally saddened to say shehad a late miscarriage,” Fardeensaid on Twitter Sunday night.However, Fardeen says Natashawas an emotionally strongwoman, and so they are takingthe development well. IANS

People’s opinion mattersmost to Imran

Actor Imran Khan says he neverreally gives in to a critic’s

opinion because for him appreci-ation from a large group of peo-ple matters the most. “I neverreally gave anyways to critic opin-ions because it is ultimately theopinion of one person, so whyshould I take the opinion of onecritic? To me appreciation comesfrom large number of people,”Imran said. IANS

CINE BYTES

PRIYANKA receives her first

music nomination!

Priyanka Chopra ison a roll. After win-ning accolades onher performance ofBarfi, bagging

Gunday and now she is onroll for her music.It’s nomination time forPriyanka Chopra. She hasreceived her first music nomi-nation for her single In MyCity by World Music Awards.A multi-ethnic platform itsthe biggest platform forworld music.The source says, “Her musichas been liked a lot in thewest. She has been nominatedunder three categories — BestDebut, Best Song and BestVideo. Her collaborationwith Will.i.am for In my cityhas been received well.”The source says, “It’s a matterof pride for an Indian artisteto be recognised and nomi-nated alongside some of thebest names in the world.Priyanka is absolutelydelighted.”

Spokesperson confirmsthe news. In India too she isgetting nominated in allawards for best actress forBarfi.

MORE THAN A CITY GIRL


Farrell wanted to be afootballer

Irish actor Colin Farrell sayshe wanted to be a football

player like his father EamonFarrell. The actor’s father wasa professional player withShamrock Rovers in Ireland.Farrell, 36, could not fit intothe role of a sportsperson. “Iwanted to be a footballer, butI wasn’t good enough.Certainly, when I was 13 or14, I knew for sure that I’ddropped the ball, so tospeak,” contactmusic.comquoted Farrell as saying. IANS

Brown parties with girls

Although the news of singerChris patch up with Rihanna

has been making rounds, the for-mer was seen partying with manygirls. The two seem to haveburied the hatchet and growncloser to each other. “She caget itinto her head that Chris will neverchange. given him so manychances since he beat her up in2009 and he still keeps hurtingher by partying with girls,” a closefriend was quoted as saying. IANS

Morrison recordingchristmas album

Actor Matthew Morrison isworking on a Christmas

album, which is expected to getreleased next year aroundDecember. Morrison, 34, is bestknown for his role as WillSchuester in musical-comedy-drama Glee and has worked onmore than four tracks for upcom-ing album.“I play the ukulele soI’ve done this Hawaiian Christmassong,” dailystar.co.uk quotedMorrison as saying. IANS

CINE BYTESA CHANGE OF OPINION

She Went From She Went From She Went From heroineto villain

Keira Knightleywent on an emo-tional roller coasteras she conceived

the personality of hereponymous character inAnna Karenina.

First, she loved her as theheroine. Then, she saw whyLeo Tolstoy, the novelist thatcreated her, hated her.

Finally, she reconciledthe two views.

“Do I have a right tojudge her? No,” she said.“That’s what makes her sofascinating and terrifying.”

Knightley plays the tem-pestuous duchess, who fallsin love with another manand leaves behind her sonand husband, in the storyset in 19th century Russia.

The actress said shepored over the book forweeks, making obsessive,colour-coded notes through-out it.

“I first read it when I was19 or 20,” she told TheWrap’sawards editor Steve Pond ata Q&A after the showing.“She was innocent and total-ly in the right and everyoneelse was wrong and she wasa victim.”

“My memory of herwas as being the heroine.So I found it actuallyquite profoundlyshocking when wewent into productionlast year,” sheadded, saying on are-read, her opin-ion changed.

ACROSS1 Hardly a hit5 Ragout of roasted game10 Togo’s capital14 Brook15 All washed up?16 Curve-billed wader17 It can put you in an awkward

position18 Indian princesses19 Battery unit20 Chinese, Haitians and

Cubans, eg23 Concludes24 Wander (with ‘about’)25 Spills hot coffee on28 Take care of, as a bar30 ‘Be Prepared’ org33 Writer Horatio34 Place to play old records35 Fair grades36 Troops led by George

Washington39 GPS suggestions40 Fly ball trajectories41 Golfer Els42 Therapeutic sounds43 Easy gait44 Bear witness to45 Mayonnaise container46 Fox or Rabbit, to Uncle

Remus47 Climate change53 Walked off with54 Poke fun at55 Two-thirds of DIY57 Fish-eating bird58 Rain gutter locales59 Hackman of ‘Hoosiers’60 Easter egg decorator61 Hardy form

of wheat62 ‘If all ___ fails ...’

DOWN1 One kind of cook2 Detroit football player3 First name in Russian gymnastics4 Blood bits5 Young codfishes6 Jackson and Arkin7 She played Glinda in ‘The Wiz’8 Drop in a letterbox9 Military rank

indicator10 Fuming mad11 Pitch-setting

instrument12 Units of wire

thickness13 Winter hours in NYC21 Short-tailed lemur22 Trace25 Pelvic bones26 Material for some car seats27 Choreographer de Mille28 Add a bit of color29 Immature

amphibians30 Capital of Switzerland (Var)31 Eighteen-wheelers32 Up to the present time34 Purple Heart

recipient35 Ink or bullet holder37 Adds commentary to38 ‘___ In’ (McCartney tune)43 Something to run up or pick up44 Take to the clink45 ‘Wild’ one in a deck46 German-speaking Swiss city47 Bloodcurdling48 The ___ Ranger49 Do a grand jete50 Surfer’s need51 ‘Silent Night,’ eg52 Cotton deseeders53 Baseball legend Williams56 Golf prop

KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

Chai TimeTUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

26THOUGHT OF THE DAYIf we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Anne Bradstreet

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PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: “How do you play kakuro?”, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbersreference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are allyou get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

Let”s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:

In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers “26”and “14” in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.

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ARIESAbilities will draw recognition.Suc cess on all fronts and incre -ase in influence likely. You willgain when you work selflessly.Travel undertaken will be suc-cessful. Family members will bein good harmony. A fortunewill make you comfortable.

ARIES: Ace of Pentacles –Money is in focus. Sit down with penand paper, and plan your investmen -ts. Think practically. Trying to savetoo much may make life miserable.

GEMINI: Queen of Cups –Your face is a mirror to all yourthoughts and emotions. If your jobinvolves managing people, thenlearn to not show your true feelings.

LEO: Ten of Wands – You’refeeling burdened by the weight ofyour own expectations. De-stressand let go of the past. That’ll helpyou look ahead fresh.

LIBRA: Ace of Swords –You’re taking an extreme stand on anissue and this may be working again styou. Let go of ego and meet an is s uehalfway instead of being stubborn.

TAURUS: The Tower –Expect the unexpected today. Delaysand disappointments will make youfeel restless. You can’t handle it whenthings spiral out of control.

CANCER: Two of Cups –Get a partner on board to executeideas. Two minds working together isbetter than one. Singles find a loverand wish to deepen the commitment.

VIRGO: Death – Not physi-cal death. But more like a 360 degreeturn in your plans. There’s little youcan do to control the turn of eventsexcept keep an open mind.

SCORPIO: Five of Swords– Don’t trust anyone who’s volun-teering help. Ask yourself what’s in itfor them, and find out if you’re apawn in a larger scheme.

CAPRICORN: Queen ofSwords – You’re feeling lonely andthis may be because you have mov -ed on and the others around youhaven’t. Stay focused on the job.

SAGITTARIUS: King ofWands – You’re feeling creative and incontrol. Bosses love you for your pro-fessionalism and peers like your atti-tude. Great going!

AQUARIUS: Six of Swords– Overseas contacts are in focus.Those looking for jobs should lookabroad. You’ll get a good offer, onethat’ll make you see life differently.

PISCES: Eight of Swords –You’re leaving behind some past rela -tionships and moving on. Don’t carryguilt or baggage from any previousbonds that might have only hurt you.

TAURUSSocial status will see an up -ward trend. With sincere andhard work, you earn name,money and respect. But becareful while expressing opin-ions as you being misunder-stood is very likely. Ego clasheslikely between couples.

GEMINIAvoid making fresh debts. Hea -l th needs to be taken care of.Misunderstanding with fatherlikely but will be resolved soon.Businessmen will flourish givingthem mental peace. Ego clasheslikely between couples; there isneed to adjust with each other.

CANCERBe cordial with everyone andnever confront anyone. Moth -er's health might be a causefor concern, take good care.Turning points likely, which willput an end to your hardship oflong; be extra cautious. Neverremain as a desperate person.

LEOStay away from women as thereare chances of misunderstand-ing, wasteful expenditure andworries. An old debt issue willresurface. A court issue will notend in your favour. Those youbelieved the most might let youdown unexpectedly.

VIRGOMixed effects likely. Healthneeds good care. Unexpectedexpenses, tension and worrieslikely in the family. Need to actwith patience, solve them andbelieve that you are capable,which will do wonders. Allwishes will get fulfilled.

LIBRAFinancially a very comfortableposition likely. Employees canexpect recognition, promotionand attractive pay package.Ancestral property will come;make good use of it. Take adecision only after consideringthe present circumstances.

SCORPIOUnexpected favourable turningpoints likely to keep you happy.Fortune opportunities likely toknock your door. Brothers willhelp and extend good support.Court issue will be decided inyour favour. Appropriate effortswill bring suitable rewards.

SAGITTARIUSContinuous health problemmight worry you. Chances ofmisunderstanding with friendsand colleagues. Try to be cor-dial and avoid such a situation.New responsibilities likely foremployees. Some have chancesof a fortune through women.

CAPRICORNDull and uneasy situation inthe family will change gradual-ly. Health needs to be takencare of. Employees will see acomfortable situation at work-place. Those without a job willbe favoured with a good andprosperous opportunity.

AQUARIUSArtists will be happy as theirdreams get realised. Dull trendwill change and life looks verypositive. Expenses throughchildren will increase, whichmight upset you. Businessmenwill expand with financial assis-tance they get and do well.

PISCESThere is a need to expressviews after understanding theplace, time and situation.Avoid wasting time and workwith realisation of responsibili-ties. An unexpected financialopportunity is not ruled out.Father might face depression.

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A LITTLE REGRETEntertainment TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 28

Why Pitt feels lucky?

Actor Brad Pitt says hislife isn’t that remark-

able, but he is extremelygrateful for the wonderfulmovie roles he’s taken on.“I still have to get up at 6am and make breakfastfor six kids. I don’t see mydaily life as being thatremarkable except for thefact that I’ve struck thelottery when it comes tomy work and the opportu-nities it’s given me,” con-tactmusic.com quoted Pittas saying. IANS

CBS boss calls Angus’scontroversy a “piece ofcake”

CBS CEO Les Moonves saysthe current controversy sur-

rounding co-star Angus T Jonesis “a piece of cake” by compari-son. “We took this boy whostarted with us when he waseight years old, and it seems tobe what happens with child starsover the course of time,”Moonves said according toYahoo.

Gwen Stefani and GavinRossdale share a kiss onstage

Rock stars, parents and part-ners in life Gwen Stefani and

Gavin Rossdale proved their loveflame still burns bright aftersharing a passionate smooch onstage during their performanceat the 23rd Annual KROQ AlmostAcoustic Christmas at GibsonAmphitheatre.The couple reunit-ed at the event where they metalmost 17 years ago.

CINE BYTES

‘I’LL WAITFOR DANIEL

CRAIG

TORETIRE’

Hugh Jackman hasjoked that he willtake the James Bondrole when DanielCraig gives up.

Speaking at the Les MisérablesUK premiere, the actor said that hewould like to play the iconicBritish secret agent.

The 44-year-old, who playsex-convict Jean Valjean in themusical movie, previouslyturned down the role of Bondbut said he has some regretsover his decision.

Jackman told The Sun that hewill wait until Craig becomes tooold to play the spy.

“I will just wait. The thingabout Daniel is that he’s, what, 62now, isn’t he? He’s falling apart atthe seams,” he joked.

“So I just keep telling him, ‘I’mready, whenever you want to lethim go’. The good thing is I alsohave a British passport.”

Jackman, who turned down thelead in 2006’s Casino Royale tofocus on the X-Men franchise, saidof the decision: “At the time it waswrong for me but when I sawDaniel in the movie I thought Ishould have been more interested,because it was great.

“But I am great mates withDaniel and, you know, no-onecould have played Bond better.”

sports 29SWIMMING AT RIO


REBECCA BRYANAgence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES: Missy Frank -lin (above), Ye Shiwen, Sun Yangand Yannick Agnel were part ofa youth movement in the 2012Olympic pool that signalledswimming has plenty to lookforward to after Michael Phelps.

Phelps put the finishingtouches on an epic Olympiccareer in London as excitingyoung swimmers from aroundthe world promised to carry thesport through Rio 2016.

Franklin, just 17 at her firstOlympics, left London with

four gold medals and twoworld records.

She helped propel theUnited States to their familiarspot atop the Olympic swim-ming medals table with 16 gold,8 silver and 6 bronze for a totalof 30.

World record-breaking per-formances by teenager Ye andSun saw China confirm theirarrival as an Olympic swim-ming power with five goldmedals and 10 overall.

Right behind China, Franceclaimed a superb four golds,with Agnel delivering a scintil-lating 4x100m free relay gold

ahead of the United Statesbefore a dominant victory in the200m freestyle that leftAmerican Ryan Lochte trailingin his wake.

France’s four golds wereone more than they had claimedin all prior Games, and Agnelsaid he had no intention of let-ting up before Rio.

Traditional power Australia,meanwhile, floundered inLondon after big guns JamesMagnussen and James Robertsfailed to fire in the freestylesprints.

Australia’s tally of one gold,six silver and three bronze inLondon was their lowest since1992, and they were without anindividual gold medallist forthe first time since 1976.

The flop promptedSwimming Australia to back anindependent probe into thedebacle, with federation chiefexecutive Kevin Neil steppingdown in November.

That’s the same month thatmining billionaire GinaRinehart promised Aus$10 mil-lion (US$10.4 million) to sup-port the country’s leadingswimmers.That was good newsfor talented swimmers likeMagnus sen, who at 21 still hastime to regroup and head toRio.

HYDERABAD: Odalis,Askioz, Aerosmith andMolucule caught the eye withimpressive runs when horseswere exercised at theMalakpet racecourse in theCity this morning.

Sand track 800 metresWedding Gift (rb) 2y. StarWings (Sai Vamshi) 56.5,600/42.5 Former finished alength in front. Molucule (rb)58, 600/44 Easy. Santa Fe (rb)59.5, 600/43.5 Easy.Aerosmith (N Rawal) 57,600/43.5 Moved well.

Sand track 1000 metresOdalis (Ravinder Singh) 1-11,800/55, 600/41.5 Impressed.See My Style (Trainer) 1-15,800/1-0, 600/44.5 Movedfreely. Askioz (Sai Vamshi) 1-11, 800/55, 600/41 Impressed.Sand track 1200 metresNasheeta (Imran Khan) 1-31,1000/1-13, 800/58, 600/44Easy. Saravagnya (rb)

Smrithiman (Nitin Singh) 1-28.5, 1000/1-12.5, 800/58,600/44 They finished together.

Sand track 1400 metres2y. Kallu Mama (Togrolu) 1-46, 1200/1-28, 1000/1-12,800/57, 600/44 Moved well.Sand track 1600 metresKohinoor Angel (app) 2-5,1600/600 in 1-13.5. Urged.Mock Race on Monday 1200 metres

Elzaam (Harinder Singh)Kohinoor Fighter (N Rawal)Montpelier (S Nayak) MagicMillion (Kuldeep Singh) KillerInstinct (SS Tanwar) MoghulEmperor (Deep Shanker)Royal Craft (MF Ali Khan)Princess Jaanu (J Vikas) StarWish (Ajit Kumar) Daniella(Nitin Singh) 1-15, 1000/1-2,800/50, 600/38. DaniellaPlanted, Princess Jaanu andRoyal Craft slowly off. Elzaamand Kohinoor Fighter werethe pick.

Odalis, Askioz give it their best

MANILA: Philippine mediacommentators have put pressureon boxing great Manny Pacquiaoto retire after his heavy defeat inLas Vegas, with one comparinghim to Parkinson’s disease suf-ferer Muhammed Ali.

The southpaw who turns 34next Monday has vowed to fighton. But many suspect that 17years of pro ring combat are nowtaking their toll on the man onceseen by many as the world’sfinest pound-for-pound fighter.

Pacquiao, a national hero,was knocked out by Mexicanrival Juan Manuel Marquez inLas Vegas on Saturday in his sec-ond consecutive defeat.

“Pacquiao got hit hard but inthe end, he was conquered byFather Time after it turned out he

could no longer take a solidpunch,” wrote sports columnistRecah Trinidad in the PhilippineDaily Inquirer newspaper.

Pacquiao, who fought hisway out of poverty as a teenagerand is now immensely wealthy,had earlier controversially losthis World Boxing Organisationwelterweight crown to unbeatenUS fighter Tim Bradley on July 9.

Boxing television analystRonnie Nathanielsz said thatPacq uiao wants a shot atredeeming himself.

“The sight of Roach himselfriddled by Parkinson’s diseaseand the great heavyweight cham-pion Muhammad Ali, wrackedby the disease, sends shiversamong many who care deeply forPacquiao,” Nathanielsz said. AFP

Philippine media packspressure on Manny to quit

HYDERABAD TRACK WORKWORLD JUNIOR TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

India’s Batra Manika serves to Hung Tzu-Hsiang of Taipei in their match in the 10th World Junior TableTennis Championships in the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in the City on Tuesday. SRINIVAS SETTY

SATURDAY FIGHT ECHO

Filipino spectators are stunned as they watch the broadcast on television inManila on Saturday of boxer Manny Pacquiao hitting the canvas to lose hisnon-title bout in Las Vegas. AFP/ JAY DIRECTO

Gen New to shinePhelps was under pressure in London to avoid failure

against the new breed of swimmers.

sports TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 30TENNIS

DAVE JAMESAgence France-Presse

PARIS: Comfortably into herthird decade on tour, SerenaWilliams (above) remains thedominant power in women’stennis with her eyes firmly fixedon overhauling Martina Navra -

tilova and Chris Evert’s GrandSlam record in 2013.

She was in a class of her ownin the second half of 2012, win-ning Wimbledon, the Olympics,the US Open and then capped itoff with a stunning straight setsdemolition of Maria Sharapovain the WTA Championships final.

“I definitely think I canimprove some more,” saidWilliams, who now has 15 GrandSlam singles titles.

That’s just three off 18 collect-ed by Navratilova and Evert withonly Steffi Graf’s record of 22looking potentially out of reach.

“The day I feel that I can’t

improve, I think that’s the day Ishould probably hang up myracket,” added Williams, whosesuccess in the latter half of theyear looked a distant dream inthe first six months of 2012.

Having missed 12 months ofaction in 2010 and 2011, battlinglife-threatening blood clots onher lungs, she was a fourth-round loser at the AustralianOpen.

Then, despite winning clay-court titles in Charleston andMadrid, her stunning first rounddefeat to Virginie Razzano at theFrench Open was her worstcareer loss at a major and seemedto beckon the end of the line.

But by the time Wimbledoncame around in June she was reju -v e nated, taking a fifth title at theAll England Club in a final whereopponent Agnieszka Rad wanskaat least went down fighting.

It was also at Wimbledonwhere Williams, never far fromcontroversy, celebrated her Olym -pic gold with an impromptu “cripwalk”, a dance linked withAmerica’s violent gang culture.

After her trials in the first halfof 2012, the American is reluctantto predict another “Serena Slam”where she would hold all four Grand Slam titles at thesame time.

PARIS: Alberto Contador’s(below) Saxo Bank team wasawarded a sought-afterWorld Tour license on Mon -day, confirming the Danishoutfit’s place in cycling’s elitedivision for the 2013 season.

Saxo, along with Frenchoutfits AG2R La Mondialeand FDJ and Belgian teamLotto, retained their place inthe 18-strong top division,providing them automaticentrance to the sport’s mar-quee races.

However there was noplace for Katusha, whichmeans the Joaquim Rodri -guez-led Russian outfit willhave to rely on invitationsfrom organisers to take part inthe grand tours, one-day clas-sics and other principalevents.

The only change from lastseason is the inclusion ofDutch outfit Argos, who fea-

ture young German duoMarcel Kittel and JohnDegenkolb.

The sport’s governingbody the UCI did not provideany reason concerning therefusal to grant KatushaWorldTour status.

“The request from theteam Katusha for registrationin first division has beenrejected,” declared the federa-tion in a statement.

“In accordance with UCIregulations, this team’s appli-cation has been forwarded tothe UCI administration, sothat the latter may assess thepossibility of registering thisteam as a UCI ProfessionalContinental Team.”

Aside from performance,the UCI’s Licenses Commis -sion also takes ethical andfinancial criteria into account.“Purito” Rodriguez, 33,claimed victory in the FlecheWallonne classic as well as theTour of Lombardy this year.

The Spaniard finished sec-ond at the Tour of Italy andthird in the Tour of Spain as heclaimed top spot in the year-end WorldTour standings. AFP

RICHARD EATONAgence France-Presse

DOHA: World champion NickMatthew (right) admitted he wasin trouble against Australia’s ZacAlexander who might have beenusing “reverse psychology”,before carrying his bid to achievea title hat-trick into the last 16 onMonday.

The 32-year-old Englishmanwas made to fight for survivalbefore coming through 8-11, 11-5,11-5, 11-5 against Alexander who packed his bags for the airport and brought them in thecar they shared en route to thearena.

“For the first game and a halfI wasn’t anywhere,” saidMatthew, who was 3-5 down inthe second set having lost thefirst in the world championship

second round tie.“I don’t know if packing his

bags was reverse psychology, buthe played really well and I had toget my act together.

“I was in trouble there and itwas ugly for a while. I had tothrow tactics out of the window

and just fight and get someadrenaline going.

“It wasn’t easy and I had totell myself to try to enjoy itbecause I felt maybe a little bittense. He had packed his bagsand it was like I wasn’t going tobe there tomorrow.”

SQUASH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Serena eyes more Slams The American, who will turn 32 in September, finished the year at three

in the world and looks hungry for more Grand Slam glory.

World champion Nick Matthew confessed that he was under psychological pressure before his match against Zac Alexander.

Matthew made to struggle

Contador’sSaxo Bank in,Katusha out

WORLDTOUR LIST

Results on Monday (x denotes seeding)

2nd roundChris Simpson (ENG) bt LaurensJan Anjema (NED x9) 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9; OmarMosaad (EGY x10) bt Max Lee(HKG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4; GregoryGaultier (FRA x3) bt MiguelAngel Rodriguez (COL) 11-9,11-7, 11-9; Ramy Ashour (EGYx5) bt Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-6,11-2, 11-9; Amr Shabana (EGYx7) bt Joe Lee (ENG) 11-5, 11-2,11-3; Alister Walker (BOT x12)bt Shaun Le Roux (RSA) 11-9,11-6, 11-5; Nick Matthew (ENGx2) bt Zac Alaexander (AUS) 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; TarekMomen (EGY x13) bt RyanCuskelly (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6

sports TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 31KANERIA’S LIFE BAN CASE

AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA

HOUSTON, Texas: Tony Parker(right) recorded the first triple-double of his career with 27points, 12 rebounds and 12assists on Monday, as the SanAntonio Spurs beat the HoustonRockets 134-126 in overtime.

Gary Neal nailed seventhree pointers and finished with29 points for the Spurs, whohave won five consecutivegames.

Manu Ginobili finished with22 points and six assists andDanny Green had 14 points and

half dozen rebounds.Tim Duncan had a double-

double with 10 points and 13

rebounds for San Antonio,which improved to 11-2 on theroad this season.

Jeremy Lin tied a career highwith 38 points while dishing outseven assists for Houston, whohave lost three straight. OmerAsik added 21 points and 10boards.

Chandler Parsons had 20points and seven boards forHouston in the loss.

The Rockets were withoutguard James Harden because ofa right ankle injury.

KARACHI: The hearing intoPakistan leg-spinner DanishKaneria’s (right) appeal against alife ban had to be adjourned inLondon after the counsel for theplayer objected to the absence ofkey witness, Mervyn Westfield,from the proceedings.

According to details availablewith PTI, the counsel forKaneria, QC Tim Maloney, raisedthe issue that since Westfield wasthe main witness in the wholecase, his presence at the hearingwas imperative. Westfield ab -se n ted himself from the hearingon grounds of ill-health.

The former Essex player andteammate of Kaneria at thecounty was jailed by a crowncourt for a short period afterconfessing to accept paymentsfor under-performing in a Pro-40match against Durham in late2009.

Westfield later also namedKaneria as his alleged corrupterwhich led to a disciplinary panel

of the England and Wales CricketBoard (ECB) imposing a life banon Kaneria in June this year.

“Although the ECB counselkept on insisting before the five-

member appeal tribunal that itwas not necessary to haveWestfield at the hearing butKaneria’s counsel argued thatsince it was on the basis of his

confession and testimony thathis client was declared a gravedanger to cricket,” a sourceaware of the hearing develop-ments said. PTI

BANGALORE: India pro-duced an all-round perfor-mance to crush South Africaby 288 runs and enter thesemi-finals of the Twenty20World Cup for the Blind alongwith arch-rival Pakistan heretoday.

Electing to bat after win-ning the toss, India’s top-order batsmen, GaneshBushara (80 off 31 balls),Dunna Venkatesh (79 off 31)and Hitesh Bhai Patel (72 off26) did the bulk of scoring forthe hosts who notched up amammoth 355.

Chasing 356, all the SouthAfrican batsmen, barring

Lawrence Ruthven, failed toreach double digits, as Indiancaptain Shekar Naik (3 for 13)and vice-captain Ajay KumarReddy (2 for 14) did most ofthe damage with the ball.

India will play Sri Lankain the second play-off onWednesday.

In another match, Pakistanroared into semi-finals instyle, hammering Nepal by 10wickets at the Aditya GlobalSports Ground.

Pakistan will playEngland in the first play-off inthe on Wednesday.

PTI

NBADelhi 258 and 40 for 3 (Mohit4*, Manhas 1*) need a further370 runs to beat Karnataka 192and 475 for 9 (Binny 85,Pandey 61)Railways 214 (A Yadav 53,Pandey 6-61) and 54 for 5 trailMadhya Pradesh 377 (Rameez128, Rajan 69, Bangar 4-81) by109 runsMumbai 364 for 3 (Rohit 163*,Pawar 78, Shah 54*) trail Punjab580 (Mandeep 211, Amitoze 91,Inder Singh 76) by 216 runsBengal 112 for 9 (Tiwary 55,Jadeja 4-48) and 65 for 3 needanother 366 runs to beatSaurashtra 209 (Jadeja 70, Saxena5-17) and 333 for 8 dec (Jackson

118*, Jadeja 68, Vasavada 59,Saxena 6-133)Rajasthan 294 (Kanitkar 100*,Dhurve 6-65) and 29 for 2 leadGujarat 312 (Parthiv 92, Gohel63) by 11 runsBaroda 301 (Waghmode 71,Rayudu 64, Chauhan 60, Shah50) and 4 for 0 beat Odisha 181(Podder 82, Bhatt 6-73) and 123(K Patel 4-36) by ten wicketsVidarbha 237 for 6 (Badani 69*)trail Uttar Pradesh 548 for 8 dec(Dagar 116, Alam 100, Kaif 85,Chawla 85) by 311 runsHaryana 257 (Yadav 63) and 75for 2 trailMaharashtra 540 for 8dec (Atitkar 190, Jadhav 109,Bawne 86) by 208 runs

Appeal hearing adjournedKaneria has appealed against the life ban and at the first appeal

hearing Westfield was not present.

RANJI TROPHY ROUND-UPSpurs beat Rockets in OT

India,Pakistan insemi-finals

T20 WC FOR BLIND

India will play SriLanka in the secondplay-off onWednesday, whilePakistan will playEngland in the firstplay-off for a placein the final of theT20 World Cup forthe blind.

LAHORE: Pakistan on Mondaydropped big-hitting all-rounderShahid Afridi from their squadfor the three-match one-dayinternational series against arch-rivals India starting this month.

The 32-year-old captainedPakistan in their 2011 World Cupcampaign, which ended in asemi-final defeat to India, buthas been in poor form of late,managing just 76 runs and fivewickets in his last 10 one-dayers.

He will miss the 50-overseries -- the neighbours’ first infive years -- but selectors keptfaith with him for the shortestform of the game, naming him inthe 15-man Twenty20 squad.

Pakistan drop Afridi

SYDNEY: Australian batsmanPhil Hughes (left) said onTuesday he has put his disap-pointing last Test performancebehind him and is confident ayear of work will pay off whenhe takes on Sri Lanka this week.

Hughes returns to the Testarena at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval,where he played his last Test inDecember 2011 and scored just24 runs in two innings againstNew Zealand.

“This is the ground wherethings probably didn’t pan out

perfectly on a personal note,” hetold journalists in Hobart.

“Twelve months down thetrack, I feel like I’m in a betterplace now.”

Hughes, who turned 24 last

month, was last week handed asecond chance in the Australianteam after veteran Ricky Pontingretired.

He has been in solid form indomestic cricket and appears tohave satisfied selectors that hehas overcome technical issueswhich made him vulnerable tothe rising ball and led to hisaxing in the past.

“I feel like I’ve done a lot ofwork,” said Hughes, who has 17Tests to his name.

AFP

Hughes confident of scoringHughes returns to theTest arena at Hobart’sBellerive Oval, wherehe played his last Testin December 2011.

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32NABI RULED OUT FOR SIX WEEKSMohun Bagan midfielder Syed Rahim Nabi has been ruled out for at leastsix weeks as he underwent a surgery for two fractures on his cheekbone.“Nabi will have to take rest for about four to six weeks and then can thentake the field,” said a doctor attending to the star Mohun Bagan player.

PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB WORLD CUP

LONDON: Britain’s attorneygeneral applied Monday for freshinquests into the deaths of 96Liverpool supporters in the 1989Hillsborough football stadiumdisaster.

Dominic Grieve applied to theHigh Court to have the verdicts ofthe original inquests into Britain’sworst sporting disaster quashedso that fresh ones can be held.

The original inquests returnedverdicts of accidental death butGrieve wants to bring new evi-dence forward after an indepen-dent inquiry published inSeptember exposed a police

cover-up following the crush.“I believe that the case for the

High Court to quash the originalinquests is a good one,” said thegovernment’s top legal officer.

“My application has now beenlodged with the court. It is myintention to appear to argue thecase at the hearing that will takeplace in the High Court.”

In England, inquests are heldto examine sudden or unex-plained deaths. They set out todetermine the place and time ofdeath as well as how the deceasedcame by their death. They do notapportion blame. AFP

LONDON: Hugo Rodallegafired Fulham to their first win ineight matches as the Colombianended his goal drought to seal a2-1 victory over Newcastle atCraven Cottage on Monday.

Rodallega had failed to hitthe back of the net sinceSeptember, but the striker final-ly notched only his second goalsince his pre-season move fromWigan with a second half head-er to kill off the Magpies.

It was sweet relief for bothRodallega and Fulham bossMartin Jol, whose strugglingside had blown the first halflead given to them by SteveSidwell.

Although Hatem Ben Arfaequalised for Newcastle early inthe second half, Alan Pardew’steam, were unable to avoid afifth defeat in their last sixPremier League matches.

They remain only fourpoints above the relegation zoneafter a 14th successive awaymatch without a win.

Jol said: “That was vital forus. I was so happy that we couldscore the first goal becausethat’s been our problem in thelast couple of weeks.

“We showed some characterbut I felt we should have fin-ished it off earlier.”

For Pardew, celebrating twoyears in charge of Newcastle, itwas a miserable anniversary asFulham took control on a freez-ing night on the banks of the

River Thames.“It’s a really soft second

goal. You can’t do that as thislevel,” he said.

“We had the game by thescruff of the neck at that point.We played some of the bestattacking play of the season, butwe still came away with noth-ing.”

Rodallega had the first sightof goal for the Cottagers with abicycle kick, although his acro-batic effort failed to testNewcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul.

Newcastle’s defence was fartoo open and the hosts wereable to exploit those gaps to take the lead and end a five-hour goal drought in the 19thminute.

Damien Duff was theprovider as he released Sidwellinto the penalty area and theformer Chelsea midfielder’sstrike looped past Krul via adeflection off Mike Williamson.

Dimitar Berbatov shouldhave doubled Fulham’s advan-tage moments later when hesurged through on goal but,with just Krul to beat, the for-mer Manchester United for-ward shot too close to theNewcastle goalkeeper.

Berbatov threatened againafter Krul could only palmSascha Riether’s cross to theBulgarian, but once more hewas unable to convert thechance as the Newcastle keeperrecovered to save. AFP

DISASTER REPERCUSSIONS

Fulham’s Colombian striker Hugo Rodallega heads to score a goal againstNewcastle United in their English Premier League football match atCraven Cottage stadium in London on Monday. AFP/ IAN KINGTON

Fulham down Newcastle Colombian striker Rodallega ends goal drought to help Fulham to their

first victory in eight outings with a 2-1 win over Newcastle.

Britain seeks fresh inquest into deaths

YOKOHAMA: InterimChelsea boss Rafael Benitez(above) on Monday deniedfeeling any added pressuregoing into the Club WorldCup in Japan, despite his sideexiting the ChampionsLeague at the first hurdle lastweek.

The London club, appear-ing in the intercontinentalevent for the first time, willtake on Mexican sideMonterrey in the semi-finalsat Yokohama InternationalStadium on Thursday.

They come into the tour-nament on the back of a winat Sunderland on Saturday —a victory which ended a poorrun of results, including twodraws and a defeat inBenitez’s first three games incharge since replacingRoberto Di Matteo.

It also came days after theBlues became the firstChampions League holders tofail to progress past the groupstage of the premier Europeancompetition.

“I don’t have any problemin terms of pressure,” saidBenitez, who won the ClubWorld Cup as Inter Milancoach two years ago.

“I have some experienceand I would like to enjoyevery minute that I am hereand try to do my best and tryto win,” the Spaniard told anews conference inYokohama.

Benitez, who was sackedjust five days after leadingInter to glory in 2010, said theJapan showpiece providedhis team with a good chanceto collect some silverware.

“Everyone at this club hasthe same idea as me: to winevery trophy that we can,” the52-year-old said.

“So we have this opportu-nity now. It doesn’t matter ifwe are in the ChampionsLeague or not. This one isvery important for us.” AFP

Benitezdenies anypressure

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