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NAIDU UNWELL, SUSPENDSPADAYATRA

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, whowas on a marathon walk to shore up

support for his party suffered a setbacktoday at Gadwal in Mahbubnagar districtwhen he was forced to discontinue thepadayatra after he suffered a sore leg andhip problem. Also, the makeshift stagebuilt for the party meeting yesterday partlycollapsed and a pole hit Naidu in theback, which added to his woes. Jr NTR hasrushed to the spot to visit Naidu today.

OPERATION‘BLACK FILM’

CLAIMS ITSFIRST VICTIM

REPORT ON PG 4

PG 25

KENNEDYFAMILY TOHONOUR

TAYLORSWIFT

PANCHAMI RAO NAGARAJAN ISMISS HYDERABADThe grand finale of Miss Hyderabad 2012 was a glitzy

affair with the who's who of the City turning up atNovotel. Panchami Rao Nagarajan, a student from Niftwas crowned the face of Hyderabad. Natasha Pamnaniand Ankita Sharma were named first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

PG 19

Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 44767777,Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 8800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973CINEMAS

When: Ongoing,11.30am to 7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

Tribute to MahatmaAn exhibition depicting the life ofMahatma Gandhi through thedrawings of Late VenkateshwaraRaju Palala is being held atSalarjung Museum. The exhibitionis on till October 31.Where: Salarjung Museum,

Afzal Gunj When: Ongoing,

4.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2457 6443

Photo exhibitionAlliance Française of Hyderabad,Banjara Hills invites you to TheUpside Down World of PhilippeRamette, an exhibition of photos.Where: Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: Ongoing,9am to 6pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

Film workshopA filmmaking workshop and a filmappreciation workshop is beingheld. The workshop is being heldon weekends only. Where: October 27 onwards,

Violin recitalA solo violin recital by French musi-cian: Frédéric Pelassy is being heldat Alliance Francaise, Banjara Hillson November 1. The event is opento all with seats on first-come first-serve basis.Where: Alliance Francaise,


When: November 1,6.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

Rannaghor food festHotel Ista, Gachibowli is hosting aBengali Food Fest from October 19to 28. The fest is open for lunchand dinner.Where: Hotel Ista,

Gachibowli When: October 19-28

1pm onwardsContact: (040) 4450 8888

Folds of disguiseFolds of disguise, a show of recentworks by artist Hetal Chudasama isbeing held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

The fat politicianSamahaara Workshop Production’sThe Fat Politician is being held atLamkaan. The multilingual satirebased on Alfred Jerry's King Ubu.The play is about a politician andhis wife. Where: Lamakaan,


When: October 28, 7.30pm onwards

Contact: 98490 26029

Maach mango mishtiAditya Sarovar, Gachibowli is host-ing a Bengali food fest calledMaach Mango Mishti. The fest ison till October 28 for both lunchand dinner.Where: Cascade,

Aditya Sarovar Premiere,Gachibowli

When: Ongoing, Lunch: 12.30pm onwards,Dinner: 7.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6769 6769

In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an art exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 120 artists and arttalks by experts on the concept of biodiversity is being held. Where: Iconart Gallery,


Where: Arts Heaven Art Gallery,Lakdikapul

When: Ongoing, 12pm onwards

Contact: 99495 71031

Rang spandA group show of paintings titledRang Spand is being held.Where: Daira Art Centre,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: 80197-62868

In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an art exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 120 artists and arttalks by experts on the concept of biodiversity is being held.Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11.30am to 7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

Kashmiri food festivalKoshur Saal a food fest is beingheld at Deccan Pavilion. Sample thedistinct flavours of Kashmir.Where: ITC Kakatiya,

Begumpet,

1.30pm onwards Contact: 94904 40986

Spiritual questA painting exhibition by Padma-nabh Bendre titled Spiritual Quest-Lord Shiva will be held fromNovember 3. The exhibits will be ondisplay from 11am to 7pm.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: November 3 onwards, 11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Spiritual questA painting exhibition by Padma-nabh Bendre titled Spiritual Quest-Lord Shiva will be held fromNovember 3. The exhibits will be ondisplay from 11am to 7pm.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: November 3 onwards, 11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Blue and whiteAn exhibition of handcrafted periodfurniture, exclusive porcelain vases,porcelain dolls and other exotichome interiors and decor is beingheld till October 31.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) celebrate Bakrid by spreading a message against the sacrifice of goats on Thursday. N SHIVA KUMAR

SPREADING THE MESSAGE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

CITY 3

Apolice team from Kalapathar raided a house at Narsa

Reddy Colony and busted a gambling den and arrested

23 people including the two kingpins,Swamy and Shahnawaz. Police seized`57,000 in cash and playing cards from

their possession. Later, the policebooked a case against them and

produced them in court.

Gambling den raided

Mangalhat police arrested sixpeople on Thursday andbooked cases against them in

connection with group clashes in thearea on Thursday. They are chargedwith rioting and arson as two bikesbelonging to policemen wereallegedly torched by them. However,locals that allege the police havebooked a false case to spite them.

Six held for rioting

College managements inHyderabad have decided tofacilitate spot admissions for

engineering, MBA and MCA streams.The decision comes after nearly 1.06lakh seats have been left vacantdespite the commencement of tworounds of Eamcet counselling. Theadmissions committee will allow spotadmissions from November.

Spot admissions to be held


Despite a serious murderbid, grab of property,and creating terror inthe locality all by a gang

of ruffians, Chandrayanguttapolice are sitting pretty pleadingthat they are on the trail.

A 35-year-old mother of fourwho was lured with hush moneyafter she witnessed a ganghijacking a house, now lies in anOsmania Hospital bed in a criti-cal condition after she was criti-

cally injured by the gang.Chandrayangutta sub inspectorN Karuna Kumar says the vic-tim, Farzana is a zari workerwith four school-going children.They live in Pahadishareef.

Recently, a gang had takenby force, a house that belongedto Chand Pasha, a resident ofVadi-e-Mustafa colony, inPahadishareef.

Out of fear for his life hefled. Farzana, a neighbour, waswitness to the whole operation.At that time the aggressorspromised her `50,000 hushmoney. But she never receivedit.

Farzana pestered them forthe money. Fed up, they gangedup on Wednesday and attacked

her with weapons. She collapsedwith serious injuries. The clam-our of terrified children brought

neighbours who had her admit-ted to hospital and informed thepolice.

By the time police came, thegang had vanished.

Farzana told the police thatshe could identify two of the six,Salam Hadi and Hussain Qatar.But the police for unknown rea-sons continue to be inactive andhave made no serious bid to nabthe gang members that Farzanahad named.

What the police have done sofar is to book a case of wilfulattack on a defenceless woman;but they plead the oft-repeatedrefrain: investigation is inprogress.

“How will we live in this Cityif we have no protection fromthe law itself ?” Wondered aneighbour who for fear soughtanonymity.

[email protected]

Mohd SUBHAN

Gang attacks eyewitness

4CITYSATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

Modified vehicles withhigh powered halogenheadlamps, power sub-woofer systems, sun-

roofs, LED back panels, modifiedexhaust chambers, fancy hornsthat startle you out of yourwits... The car accessory markethas been thriving, with or with-out the knowledge of the CentralMotor Vehicle’s Act that pro-hibits any vehicle from beingmodified.

According to Rule 93 of theCentral Motor Vehicle Act, facto-ry-made vehicles cannot be mod-ified or changed in any way.Even changing the colour ofyour vehicle has to be notifiedand endorsed by RTA. No gov-erning body, including the RoadTransport Authority, has anyright to authorise vehicle modifi-cations. In fact a whole sectionof rules from Rule 102 to Rule111 of the Central Motor

Vehicles Act has been dedicatedto headlamps, filaments, stoplights, indicators, use ofred/white/blue lights etc.

As administrative inspectorof traffic police AV Srinivassays, “If a person is found tohave modified his or her carapart from what comes from themanufacturer or included in themanual book, he/she can be

booked for violating the CVMAct of 1989.”

So, are the car accessorymarkets aware of this rule? Yesand No. Some say they know andothers say that they don’t. “I wasaware that modifying vehicleswas against the rules but peoplethrong to us for chassis designs,body shaping, light and soundmodifications. It is a big busi-

ness. But we do not rely entirelyon this. We also perform otherservices like tyre replacement,washing and cleaning, mainte-nance etc,” says the manager ofa car accessories showroom inRasoolpura.

“I did not know that fitting ahalogen lamp for a two-wheeleris against the law. But when cus-tomers come to us in huge num-

bers we cannot help but attendto the business,” says SyedHashmi, a bike modifier andmechanic from King Koti.

Hashmi takes in at least adozen requests for headlamp andtail light modifications everymonth, any of which can rangefrom working on simple lightreplacement to fitting LED pan-els and halogen lights. Fitting in

a four- channel subwoofer ampthat was not part of the manu-facturer’s design too is rulebreaking.

To counter this, are thepolice equipped to stop a modi-fied car? How many cases havebeen booked for car modifica-tion? “None. Because, we lackthe technical expertise or equip-ment to differentiate between amodified car and a non-modifiedone. As of now, the traffic policeare only enforcing visible trafficviolations. Moreover, it is thesole responsibility of the RTA tokeep a tab on the vehicular mod-ifications and registrationexpiries etc,” says AV Srinivas.But RTA says traffic police couldbook for violations. Who willbell the cat? (To be continued)

City flouts RTA rules

‘Operation Black Film’ draws first blood

Removing tint from windowsAlthough automobile acces-sory dealers can remove thetinted films, there are somesimple methods that can beused to remove the tint athome itself. Soaking and scraping:n First one should make a

small cut on the blackfilm with the help of arazor blade. The cutshould form a tab thatcan be pulled.

n Carefully, peel the filmfrom the surface.

n Spray the glue withsome help of soapywater to help release theglue from the surface.

n Scrape off the adhesivewith a sharp object. Oneshould be careful toavoid scratching the sur-face of the window.

n Finally one should use aglass cleaner and papertowel to clean the window pane.

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Operation Black Filmdrew its first blood yes-terday when a swankyBMW car driven by a

young student hit a home guardat the Jubilee Hills check post.The home guard suffered a frac-ture on his ankle and was shift-ed to Apollo Hospital. The guardwas flagging down the car topenalise it for black films on thewindow when the driver acceler-ated, hitting the cop.

According to information,

the youth who was behind thewheels had first tried to speedaway but then stopped as the copon duty whistled him to stop. Inthe course of preventing his speeding away, a tyre of the cardrove over the guard’s foot,injuring him.

SI Prabhakar of the JubileeHills Police Station said, "Thehome guard Anjaneyulu Goudwas injured while trying to stopthe car being driven by Sahil, astudent.

Sahil helped shifting thehome guard to Apollo Hospitaland a case under rash and negli-

gent driving has been bookedagainst him.”

As it is a bailable offence, thedriver had been let off after thecase was booked, however thedepartment is looking into theissue, he said.

The inspector said OperationBlack Film was a tough task asmany wayward drivers stillseem unconvinced of the need toremove the black film.

Police say they will toughentheir stance against rich kidswho use vehicles with no carefor others.

THE HOME GUARD SUF-FERED A FRACTURE ONHIS RIGHT ANKLE ANDWAS SHIFTED TO APOLLOHOSPITAL. THE GUARDWAS FLAGGING DOWNTHE CAR TO PENALISE ITFOR BLACK FILMS ONTHE WINDOW WHEN THEDRIVER ACCELERATED,HITTING THE COP.

THE CAR ACCESSORYMARKET HAS BEENTHRIVING, WITH ORWITHOUT THEKNOWLEDGE OF THECENTRAL MOTORVEHICLE’S ACT THATPROHIBITS ANY VEHICLEFROM BEING MODIFIED.

City traffic police have their hands full with window-tint violators. While their attention is fullyfocussed on black-tape buffs, many blatant violations of the MV Act go unnoticed.

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midterm pollsInkeshaf [email protected]

The Congress presidentSonia Gandhi’s recentexhortation to party work-

ers to be ready if a mid-termpoll is thrust on the nation hasjerked the State leadership outof its inertia and internal war.

The brainstorming sessionthat the party held on Friday atGandhi Bhavan had all seniorleaders and ministers who dis-cussed among themselves thebest strategy to meet a mid-term eventuality.

“There must be a strongreason for the party president’sstatement. I think it is likely tohappen at any time. The atmo-sphere is vitiated but prospectfor the UPA is bright for a hat-trick,” says minister for civilsupplies D Sridhar Babu.

Commenting on thechances of the UPA retainingpower, especially in the wake ofa series of corruption chargesagainst the union government,Babu reasoned that elections atthe Central level are basicallyheld on broader issues. But thebroader issues he described arejaded old theories.

“The broader issues arecommunalism and secularism.People who believe in secular-ism would not vote for BJP,which is known for its commu-nal politics and polarisation ofsociety. They would vote forUPA.”

Party senior leader and 20-point programme chairman NTulasi Reddy too put up abrave front. “We need not fearmid-term polls. There will notbe a mid-term in APAssembly.”

But some leaders Postnoontalked to prefer simultaneouspolls for both Parliament andAssembly to save trouble andmoney. However, many othersbelieve it would be better towork for one election ratherthan two at a time. “It is ideal

to have elections forCentre and State atdifferent intervals. Itwould help partyleaders and workersto put their 100 per-cent on one electionat a time and improve the chances ofthe party,” saidCongress MLC andchief whip YSivarami Reddy.

The Congress,they say, has success-fully implemented arevolutionary welfarescheme like NationalRural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme(NREGS). “This andmany similar oneswould help the UPAgovernment to winthe midterm polls,”Reddy insisted. Onepositive developmentwas the apparentunity of factional pol-itics. Most factionsseemed to have kepttheir grudges for alater day.

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Areshuffle of the Union Cabinet,which could be the last beforethe Lok Sabha elections slated

for 2014, will take place tomorrow.The Cabinet reshuffle will

take place at 11:30 AMtomorrow, Rashtrapati Bhavan

spokesperson Venu Rajamony saidtoday. The reshuffle is expected to see

induction of new faces.

Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday

External Affairs Minister SM Krishnaon Saturday resigned ahead ofthe reshuffle of the Union Cabinet

to be done on Sunday. Speaking tothe media after submitting his resigna-tion, he said that he was resigning tomake way for younger people. Thereshuffle of the Union Cabinet sched-uled for Sunday could be the lastbefore the General Elections in 2014.

‘Quit to make way for youth’

AA fifteen-month-old baby boy,who was allegedly abductedfrom a residential locality in

Bhayander here was reunited a dayafter with his parents, on the eve ofBakra-Eid, police said today. PSI A BPhullarwar of Navghar police stationwithin Bhayander said the child wentmissing on the night of October 25from his residence.

Kidnapped baby saved

WASHINGTON: Against thebackdrop of Britain warming upto Narendra Modi after boy-cotting him for 10 years, the UShas said it would handle theGujarat Chief Minister's poten-tial visa application as per itsimmigration laws.

At the same time, US DeputySecretary of State WilliamBurns said, the United Statessupports the business interestsof American companies inGujarat.

"Well, I mean, the questionhas often arisen about Mr Modi'spotential application for visas,for example, to come to theUnited States. And you know, thetruth is I can't comment on indi-vidual visa applications.

"You know, those gethandled, according to US immi-gration law at the time there'san application," Burns saidyesterday.

He was responding to ques-tions if there has been a changein the US stance on the GujaratChief Minister, to whom it hasbeen denying visa, in view ofthe shift in policy of the Britishgovernment towards Modi.

John Sifton, the Asia advoca-cy director at Human RightsWatch, had asked Burns, "Is itstill US policy, and will it remainUS policy for the time being, tomaintain its cold-shoulder policy

with respect to Mr Modi?"Burns replied: "With regard

to Gujarat in general, you know,obviously, to, you know, comeback to the question about busi-ness activity, a lot of Americanbusinesses have interests there.We continue to support that.Obviously, there are a lot ofIndian-Americans who comefrom Gujarat too. So there's astrong connection. But I don'thave anything new to suggestwith regard to personalities."

On October 11, Britain, end-ing a 10-year boycott of Modiimposed after the 2002 riots, hadannounced that it had decided toresume engagement withGujarat. Britain's envoy to IndiaJames Bevan also met Modirecently.

PTI

NEW DELHI: The BJPFriday backed party chief NitinGadkari, who is facing accusationsof wrongdoing in business dealings,and described speculation of hisresignation as "baseless" even asthe Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) distanced itselffrom the matter.

Gadkari, who has beentargeted by anti-corruption activistsas well as the media of allegedimpropriety in his businesses, metsenior party leaders in the capitalFriday evening.

The party core committee, whichmet late in the evening, decided onbacking the party chief.

"The party is unanimous inbacking him," BJP spokespersonPrakash Javadekar said after the

meeting ended."The speculation about his

(Gadkari) resignation is totally base-less," he said, adding Gadkari wouldleave for Himachal PradeshSaturday to campaign for the stateassembly election.

The top leaders of the BJP,

including Sushma Swaraj and ArunJaitley, were present at the meetingat Gadkari's residence to discuss thecontroversy over Gadkari's firmPurti Group.

Earlier, Gadkari met party lead-er L.K. Advani after arriving in thenational capital. According tosources, the Maharashtra leader toldAdvani that he would abide by thedecision of the party.

The RSS, the BJP's mentor, in astatement on Friday said it hadnothing to do with the matter.

"RSS has nothing to do with anyof the allegations. It is saddened bythe efforts aimed at draggingSangh's name in this," said the state-ment released by RSS general secre-tary Suresh Bhaiya Joshi.

IANS

US musician, Carlos Santana performs during the "Rock ‘N India" debut concert in Bangalore on October 26,2012. AFP PHOTO/MANJUNATH KIRAN

OYE COMO VA! US still unsureon Modi’s visa

BJP backs chief Gadkariwhile RSS keeps silent

STRASBOURG: Iranian rights activists, lawyerNasrin Sotoudeh and film-maker Jafar Panahi, onFriday won the European Parliament’s Sakharovprize, just days after the EU tightened sanctionsagainst Tehran. The prize “is a message of soli-darity and recognition to a woman and a manwho have not been bowed by fear and intimida-tion and who have decided to put the fate of theircountry before their own,” said parliament presi-dent Martin Schulz. Schulz urged the Iranianauthorities to allow the pair to collect their prizein person in December at a parliament sitting inStrasbourg.

AFP

Myanmar violencetriggers exodusSITTWE: Thousands of displaced people havesurged towards already overcrowded camps in west-ern Myanmar, the UN said Saturday, after viciousnew communal violence that has left dozens dead.Seething resentment between Buddhists andMuslims erupted this week in a wave of freshunrest in Rakhine state, prompting internationalwarnings the unrest imperils the nation’s nascentreform process. The official death toll stood at 67. Roughly it is being said that at least half the deadwere women, according to a state spokesman, whowas unable to provide a casualty breakdown bycommunity.

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Pakistani cricketer turned politician ImranKhan was stopped by US immigration

officials and questioned about his viewson American drone strikes in his country,

party officials said Saturday. Khan On Twitter,Khan said he was stopped by US officials in

Toronto. “I was taken off from plane andinterrogated by US Immigration in Canada on

my views on drones. My stance is known.Drone attacks must stop,” he wrote.

Imran ‘stopped’ over drones

At least three people were killedand 18 injured Friday after asupermarket roof collapsed in

western Argentina, according toauthorities who said an undeterminednumber of people were missing inthe accident. The accident occurredshortly before closing late Thursdaywhen an adjacent building under con-struction collapsed.

Supermarket roof collapses

WELLINGTON:A New Zealandwoman has admit-ted giving herthree-month-oldbaby cannabis —through her breastmilk. The 29-year-old, from theNorth Island townof Wanganui, wassentenced to sixmonths’ supervision.

Kiwi feedsbaby withdrugs viabreast milk

AMES, US/ IOWA: USPresident Barack Obama and hisrival Mitt Romney hunted forvotes in battleground states onSaturday after the Republicanpropelled the economy to theforefront of the campaign bypromising to restore the coun-try’s economic engine.

Romney will take his mes-sage to Florida voters whileObama plans to defend hisrecord in the northeastern stateof New Hampshire.

With just 10 days to go untilAmericans troop to the polls, theRepublican nominee on Fridaysought to steal Obama’s 2008“change” slogan and brand hima hapless leader unable to endthe slow-growth malaise that hasdefined the economy.

“The president’s campaignfalls far short of the magnitudeof the times. And the presidencyof the last four years has fallenfar short of the promises of his

last campaign,” Romney told acrowd in Ames, Iowa.

Turning the tables on 2008Obama, the 65-year-old multimil-lionaire private equity baronbilled himself as the hope-and-change candidate and theDemocratic incumbent as repre-senting the political “statusquo.”

“President Obama promisedto bring us together, but at everyturn, he has sought to divide anddemonize. He promised to cutthe deficit in half, but he doubledit,” Romney said.

Obama had also been in theregion Thursday, stumping forblue-collar votes and seeking toshore up a firewall againstRomney, who has drawn ahead ofthe incumbent in national pollsbut still trails in the key swingstates.

With the election on a razor’sedge, the two teams are readyingcross-country travel blitzes overthe final 10 days.

But Mother Nature is intrud-ing on their plans. HurricaneSandy threatens to barrel ashorealong the US Mid-Atlantic coaston Monday, bringing torrentialrain and heavy flooding, andpotentially knocking out powerto millions just one week beforethe election.

Experts say the hurricanemay collide with a powerful“nor’easter” seasonal weathersystem and merge with it toform a monstrous storm affect-ing more than a dozen states.

Fears of foul weather havealready forced Romney to scrapa Sunday campaign rally inVirginia Beach, Virginia, whileVice President Joe Biden can-celed a Saturday appearance inthe same city. AFP

US Republican Presidential candi-date Mitt Romney supportersattend a campaign rally at CantonHoover High School in NorthCanton, Ohio on Friday. AFP

The heat is on

WASHINGTON: A sugges-tive Internet ad that backsUS President BarackObama and speaks toyoung women about their“first time” — voting —went viral Friday, drawingconservative ire for its racydouble entendre.

“Your first timeshouldn’t be with just any-body. You want to do it witha great guy,” indie TV star-let Lena Dunham confidesto the camera in the one-minute campaign ad, calledYour First Time.

But the 26-year-oldpixie-cut brunette, who iscreator and lead characterof the HBO series Girls isn’tdiscussing sex; she has pol-itics on the brain.

“My first time votingwas amazing,” saysDunham, clad in a loose,sleeveless white T-shirt thatshows off the elaborate tat-too on her right arm.“It wasthis line in the sand; before,I was a girl — now I was awoman,” she says. AFP

Internet ad draws conservative ire

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COMMENT 8

Incidents of government servantsabusing power have been a commonphenomenon since forever. But, the

rate at which the numbers are soaringis scary to say the least. It is a shamethat people today fear those who arehired to protect them. The govern-ment needs to act soon.

Kailash SinghVia email

Act soon

The violence in Musheerabad isanother unfortunate incidentwhich shows just how insensitive

and intolerable our society hasbecome. A small incident almostalways builds up to become a commu-nity issue and results in unnecessaryinjuries and even loss of life.

Parvati MishraVia email

Truly unfortunate Govt should be transparent

EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS

This year’s Durga pujapandals were clichédand a replica of theprevious year’s pujaand the one before that.

Though a South Indian, I makeit a point to visit at least oneDurga pandal every year. MyBengali friends dangled theidea of good food, festivitiesand cultural programmes to getme, a claustrophobic, a fewyears ago to visit a pandal. I gothooked and drop by at a pandalevery year, with or withoutBengali friends.

It’s the same story everyyear. Outside the pandal venue,there are huge traffic jams,quarrels over parking space,stressed out policemenwhistling madly at no one inparticular, and long queues ofwell-dressed visitors hoppingover mini pools of slush on thebadly maintained grounds. Yet,

year after year, the crowds swellwith the repeat of this tradi-tion.

Tradition, rites, rituals anddharma apart, there was some-thing else that made scores andscores of believers gather toadd value to their communitygathering – an emotional con-nection. Goddess Durga isbelieved to make Her annualfour-day sojourn to earth. TheBengalis – and, more recently,anyone who partakes in this MaDurga tradition – has a strongand deep emotional connectionto this event, which they may ormay not be able to articulate.Many express this connectionby being present for the puja.They beehive in large numbers,share, belong, participate andnetwork among their own. Allthis, with the Goddess withfiery eyes looking down benevo-lently at her devotees. TheGoddess presides over thesegatherings and gives the com-munities a reason to share, areason to be there and a reasonto connect with their roots.

In a hyper-connected world,isn’t it strange then that another-worldy being gives us the

grounds to commune? Those atthe pandal used their cell-phones, smart and not-so-smart,to take photos, find friends andrecord videos. At any givenpoint, a sea of phones was up inthe air pointed at the Goddess.It was as though the phone werea social crutch, a device thatprevented people from fallingwith a thud while trying toreach the other dimension.Having a phone to look at, playwith and fiddle with perhapsmade them less squeamishabout the process of connectingwith their tradition. I hardlysaw anyone without a phone

even when the impressiveChhau performance, the tribalmartial art dance, was on.

With culture becomingincreasingly homogenized (andWesternised), these are occa-sions to celebrate our distinct-ness. We should be celebratingvariety – in culture, dress, food,art and religion. I witnessedthat tug of war between tradi-tion and modernity at the pan-dal this year. The struggle tostay raw in the face of rapidmodernization and change wasvisible in every young womanwho had draped a lovelyBengali cotton saree (howeverawkwardly) and in every familythat spoke only Bangla. I alsosaw love in its purest form –young couples, some dreamy-eyed, some in the magical flushof new love, making memoriesat the celebration.

Like they say, the morethings change the more theyremain the same. I will brave the traffic jams and the crowds every year to watch this ray of hope for tradition. And, of course, the food should be good, too.

THE AGE OF being offended

These days everyone is tak-ing offence at anything andeverything. The latest is the

Indian government takingumbrage to Ferrari’s Ferdinand

Alonso’s decision to put theItalian Navy flag on their cars at

the Indian Grand Prix in anapparent solidarity with the twomarines facing murder chargeshere. The reason: "Using sport-

ing events to promote causeswhich are not of a sporting

nature is not in keeping with thespirit of sports," external affairs

ministry spokesperson SyedAkbaruddin told reporters.

Nicely worded, yet what harmcan a man do by sporting navalflags of his nation? Surely, patri-otism is paramount in sport, as

any sportsperson will tell youand that is one of the aspects

that drive them to do well.Therefore there’s no reason why

anyone must feel offended byAlonso’s decision. Perhaps hebelieves the two marines who

are under trial are innocent andhe is free to do so. Whether

they are guilty will be decidedunder Indian laws. But weendorse free speech and

tolerance and are known for it.Instead of being unpleasant

over trifles like these let’s be benevolent by being true tothe tenets on which this nation

is built.

WHY WE LOVE...Arvind Kejriwal

If there’s one man whoknows how to keep the spotlight

on him constantly, it’s got to beArvind Kejriwal. He first had fin-

gers pointing at the Gandhiscion and now has his guns

trained at Nitin Gadkari. Whilehis blowing the lids off their cor-

rupt ways is admirable, onewonders if anything will actuallycome off it, or is it just Kejriwal’sway of gaining political mileage.

Guess only time will tell.

The Right to Information Act wasenvisioned with the purpose ofmaking government functioning

as transparent as can be, but it’s asorry affair that the people who arecharged with making this happenshows reluctance. Perhaps, those whoframed it did not forsee its effects.

Ram BabuVia email

TRADITION, RITES, RIT-UALS AND DHARMAAPART, THERE WASSOMETHING ELSE THATMADE SCORES ANDSCORES OF BELIEVERSGATHER TO ADD VALUETO THEIR COMMUNITYGATHERING – AN EMO-TIONAL CONNECTION.


Soul CurrySUMAA TEKUR

Tradition meets modernity

COMMENT 9

In Iowa, a rural state of out-sized political importance,retired nurse PaulineMcAreavy is among thou-sands eager to vote against

President Barack Obama afterfour years of disappointment.

McAreavy holds a personalgrudge against the presidentthat dates back to 2008, when shehosted Obama's supporters forthree weeks in the Midwesternstate that nurtured his improba-ble White House dreams.

She never got a thank younote for her small role in helpingland Obama in the White House,but McAreavy's antagonism goesdeeper, the product of brokenpromises and accumulated disil-lusion with the "hope" promisedby the man who has billed him-self an "adopted son" of Iowa.

"Obama gave us this 'no red,no blue state' America," saidMcAreavy, 78.

"I was fooled, I kick myselfeveryday," she said. "I said: 'Infour years I'll get you buddy —and I'm going to.'"

Her home lies in the state'sIowa County, where residentsgave exactly the same number ofvotes to Obama and hisRepublican rival John McCainin the 2008 elections: 4,173 voteseach.

The Obama campaign is hop-ing that Iowa voters will rejecthis Republican challenger MittRomney, a former Massachusettsgovernor who failed to win theIowa caucus nominating con-tests in either of his two presi-dential runs, in 2008 and 2012.

But McAreavy is amongmany Republican and indepen-dent voters in midwestern Iowa— which kicks off the presiden-tial nominating contests everyfour years — who have aban-doned their allegiance toObama's platform.

Their lack of support,revealed in two dozen interviewswith Iowa County residents, is atthe heart of the president's chal-lenge in seeking a second termin what has become a very tight-ly contested White House race.

Sweeping in front of herhouse in Williamsburg,McAreavy recalled how she hadthought Obama would bring apolitically divided together andthat electing the first AfricanAmerican president of the

United States would be "wonder-ful" for this country.

"He didn't, he tore us moreapart. I did feel maybe the worlddidn't like America, but theworld hates us more now thanthey did before!" she said.

CHOOSING THE LESSER OFTWO EVILSThe Obama boat is leaking.

Many voters who choseObama last time around arequick to vent frustration over

the discrepancy between whatthey had hoped from a historicObama presidency and whatactually transpired. Almost noMcCain voters, meanwhile, seemready to cast a ballot for theDemocrat.

Even if Obama wins thestate of Iowa and the entire elec-tion this year, the victory will benarrow and will lack the sweettaste of 2008.

Back then, Obama got 54 per-cent of vote in Iowa against 44

percent for McCain. But in this race, no poll gives

him more than 51 per cent, andRomney is only two pointsbehind, on average.

"I don't think he pulledCongress together enough to dosomething. He's not a leader,"said McAreavy.

"He's more worried about hisreelection. It infuriates me whenafter what happened in Libya, hewent to a fundraiser in LasVegas."

Even the president's support-ers — and there are still legionsof them — are gloomy. Many citeRepublican control of the Houseof Representatives and its size-able contingent in the Senate asextenuating circumstances.

All search for excuses."Every election it's the lesser

of two evils," said Williamsburglibrarian Carol Uhlmann, a 72-year-old registered Democrat.

Inside the WilliamsburgPublic Library, a woman playingwith a young girl has alreadydecided not to vote for Obama, like she did four yearsago.

"I'm going to go with thechange," said the woman, whowould only give her first nameAnn.

AFP

Urban sketchesVISWAPRASAD RAJU

In Iowa, disappointmentwith Obama runs deep

Green play


China: a new leaf?

Of the two big political transi-tions ahead of us next month, itis clear which will receive most

attention and be the easiest to read.The US presidential election, in spiteof some uncertainties about MrRomney's real position on many issues,is a straightforward and dramatic elec-toral contest. It will be comprehensive-ly covered everywhere, and its outcomeexhaustively analysed. The replace-ment of China's leadership at the 18thparty congress, a couple of days afterthe American vote, is, by contrast,already foreordained. It looks likeChinese business as usual, and will bean almost entirely opaque process, asunclear in its implications after it isover as it is before it has begun. Yet itis arguably the more important of thetwo.

This is not because China is a big-ger power than America, which it isnot, and which it may never become. Itis because China's accumulated prob-lems are so numerous and its need forreform and renewal so evident that thecourse its leaders set in the next fiveyears could be more critical for the

world than the choices a singleAmerican president will make in thefour years at his disposal. Ever since itbecame possible to talk about Chinesepolitics in something like westernterms, outsiders have hoped forreforms that will take the country inthe direction of the rule of law anddemocracy, and reduce its dependenceon a combination of nationalism andconsumerism as a source of legitimacy.So have many, although it is unclearhow many, Chinese. These expectationshave usually been disappointed,because both the party and the peoplein China are frightened of too muchchange – the party because it worriesthat it will lose its grip, and ordinarypeople because of the memory of thechaos and cruelty of earlier times.However angry they are about officialcorruption and mismanagement, theyfear any lurch into the unknown.

The most serious failure of all, asthe Chinese writer Yu Hua has said, isthe erosion of political belief andmeaning to the point where, as he sug-gests, the phrase "the people" hasbecome "nothing more than a shellcompany, utilised by different eras toposition different products in the mar-ketplace". Put that way, there is indeeda long way to go in China.

Global editsThe Guardian (UK)

US ElectionsIVAN COURONNE

US banking giant Citigroup paid a$2 million fine to a state regula-

tor and fired a junior analystover a probe into leaks of confidential

information on Facebook's publicoffering, officials said. A senior techanalyst left Citi, the banking group

confirmed, after the investigationuncovered "prohibited contact" with a

French business journalist.

Citi group fined $2 mn

Swiss banking giant UBS is plan-ning to split its ailing investmentbank, triggering the loss of up to

10,000 jobs, Britain's Financial Timesreported on Friday. The split will movea major part of UBS' fixed incometrading business into a non-core unitand create a smaller investment bankhandling equities trading, foreignexchange and advisory services.

UBS to split investment bank

India Friday signed an MoU withSpain to promote cooperation in theareas of high speed railways,

upgrading speed of passenger trains,improving safety of train operationsand modernisation of the network,said officials. According to officials, anMoU between the Indian Railways andRENFE-Operadora and ADIF wassigned by Railway Minister CP Joshi.

India, Spain sign MoU

BUSINESS 10SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

When most companies arevery particular abouthierarchies and manage-ment levels for decision

making and growth, Instillmotioncomes as a breath of fresh air. Aninnovation consultancy company,Instillmotion has been successful increating a democratic organisationby valuing each of its employeesequally and has also instilled asense of ownership in everyemployee. It was founded by HershHaladker with a mere `1 lakh seedinvestment in August 2010. Sincethen, the company is seeing a 100per cent growth rate in projects and200 per cent growth in revenues.

Incidentally, Hersh holds threemasters degrees in innovation,design and entrepreneurship fromLondon. However, he returned tothe country to start a business ofhis own and even convinced indus-try leaders like RA Mashelkar andVijay Mahajan to come on board.The focus of his business is to comeup with a unique approach to solveproblems that hinder the growth ofbusinesses. When asked about theimportance of advisors for anybusiness, he says, “Many timesentrepreneurs get carried away

with what they innovate. However,the real value of the product can bejudged by an expert who sees thevalue in terms of customer, clientor investor perspective.”

On his contradictive approach,he says, “A consulting firm works ina framework or theories that havebeen tried and tested in the past.However, innovation or solution fora particular issue may be beyondthat. As our team is built with dif-ferent people from various back-grounds, each of them comes upwith their own way of solving theproblem. We incorporate variousstrategic ideas and inputs in offer-ing a solution for the problem.”

Bout wouldn’t having differentinputs from each team member maylead to chaos in an organisation?“This fosters ordered chaos andencourages collaboration based ondiverse perspectives, variedinsights and lateral thinking. Thereis no wrong or right in solving theproblem,” he replies.

“Often when we go to compa-nies to take up issues, they ask usabout the industry knowledge orexpertise we possess. But we don’tknow anything about it and that isour strength as it helps us to have afresh perspective to solve a particu-lar problem. The lesser the knowl-edge about the industry, the fresherthe perspective,” adds Hersh.

Instillmotion fosters team build-ing by managing high levels oftransparency. Every employee

knows the revenues and profits ofthe company. “We discuss and con-clude on the price before quoting afigure for a project and at times weshare certain amount of profits asincentives. Except, for initial invest-ments of `1 lakh, the company wasbuilt on the profits it generated overtime. All of us are underpaid butare passionate about building thecompany,” says one of the employees.

Interestingly, the company doesnot follow a step-by-step procedurewhen solving a problem. “Manytimes a consultancy firm gives areport for solving a problem in theclient’s business. Most of the times,we do a pilot on a small scale in thecompany and get feedback. Attimes, we make mistakes but makesure that the mistake doesn’t costthe company too much. However,we learn from these failures andstrive to solve the client’s problem,”Hersh explains.

The company has national andglobal brands from diverse indus-tries in its portfolio. Talking aboutfuture plans, he says, “We want todo different projects and solve prob-lems that are much harder. Ourteam at labs is constantly workingon different problems and developbusiness models in the process ofsolving it. We want to continue tocollaborate with different educa-tional institutes and foster innova-tion by helping students work inareas of their interest.”

It’s a melting pot of talent

[email protected] RAJU K

What’s the one thing you most wish for when you stumble upon a roadblock? A trouble-shooter.That’s exactly what Hersh Haladker did when he launched Instillmotion – he provided solutionsto problems that hinder business growth.

M ANIL KUMAR

Hersh Haladker (third from right) and his team at Instillmotion.

Paula Bustamante

MIAMI: Hurricane Sandy rum-bled toward the US east coastFriday threatening as much as athird of the United States withwhat has been dubbed a power-ful "Frankenstorm," after leav-ing 38 dead in the Caribbean.

While Sandy lashed theBahamas with heavy rains andhigh waves, forecasters looked tonext week, when the storm couldcollide with a seasonal "nor'east-er" weather system that wouldsuper-charge it while dragging itwest onto land.

Before then, Sandy willamble up the coast as a huge,slow-moving system while theeastern United States braces forhuge tidal surges, power out-ages, inland flooding and evenheavy snowfall on high groundfar from the coast.

As emergency responseteams and frightened familiesstocked up on essential supplies,meteorologists said Sandy couldaffect as much as third of thecountry, from the Carolinas upto New England and as farinland as Ohio.

"It is going to be a challeng-ing storm," Federal EmergencyManagement Agency adminis-

trator Craig Fugate said, as offi-cials warned it was too early tosay when and where the stormwill make its initial landfall.

"We know somebody is goingto get hit. We just cannot saywho that somebody is going tobe," said James Franklin, branchchief of the Miami-basedNational Hurricane Center(NHC), during a telephone pressconference Friday.

Meteorologists have nick-named the unusual confluence ofweather patterns a"Frankenstorm," because it willhit right before Halloween onOctober 31 and is composed ofparts from different sources, aswas Frankenstein's Monster.

The sprawling US Navy basein Norfolk, Virginia said it wassending an entire fleet of shipsout to sea to get out of the way

of the storm.Further north, the mayor of

New York, Michael Bloomberg,said the city was ready for any-thing Sandy can throw at thecity, and cautioned againstpanic.

Authorities in the states ofMaryland, New York,Pennsylvania, Virginia, the UScapital Washington and a coastalcounty in North Carolinadeclared a state of emergency,directing officials to speed upstorm preparations.

One quirk of Sandy is thatwhereas most hurricanes tend todrift east after making landfall,this one could head inlandbecause of a separate weathersystem high up in the atmo-sphere and far north, over south-east Canada.

Louis Uccellini, director ofthe National Centers forEnvironmental Prediction, saidthe danger of coastal floodingwas higher because Sandy willstrike during a full moon, whentides are already at their highest.

Sandy could last throughseveral tidal cycles and causerepeated flooding.

In a bulletin at 0000 GMT, theNHC said Sandy was about 400miles (645 kilometers) south-

southeast of Charleston, SouthCarolina, with maximum sus-tained winds of 75 miles perhour.

In some areas of the Bahamasand then later in Florida and else-where in the United States, floodwaters could reach three to fivefeet in depth if the peak surgecoincides with high tide.

The Caribbean island chainreported power and phone linesdowned, tourists stranded andtrees uprooted. Schools, govern-ment offices, airports and bridgeswere to remain closed Friday.

The storm was downgradedlate Thursday to a category onehurricane on the five-pointSaffir-Simpson wind scale.

It will hit during the frenziedfinal week of campaigningbefore the November 6 US presi-dential vote.

Concern is mounting thatstorm damage and power out-ages could have a major impacton voter turnout, polling stationreadiness, and last-minute cam-paigning by Romney and Obama.

US Vice President Joe Bidencanceled a Saturday appearancein Virginia Beach to allow offi-cials to focus on storm prepara-tions. Sandy earlier claimed 11lives in eastern Cuba.

11FOCUSSATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

FRANKENSTORM!Hurricane Sandy rumbled toward the US east coast threatening as much as a third of the US

with what has been dubbed a ‘Frankenstorm’, after leaving 38 dead in the Caribbean.

US NAVY RUSHESSHIPS TO SAFETY

WASHINGTON: The US Navyon Friday ordered more than 20of its ships on the Virginia coastout to sea before powerfulHurricane Sandy strikes thearea in the next 48 hours.

"Based on the current trackof the storm, we made thedecision to begin to sortie thefleet," said Admiral BillGortney, commander of USFleet Forces.

The ships, from the sprawl-ing naval base in Norfolk,Virginia, were directed to leavebetween Friday or Saturdayafternoon and three vesselswere already en route, the Navysaid.

Commanders usually ordernaval ships to evacuate beforemajor storms to safeguard ves-sels and piers from seriousdamage caused by high windsand powerful waves.

Under Friday's order, knownas ‘Sortie Condition Alpha’,ships ordered to leave includedthe aircraft carrier USS Truman,an amphibious assault ship, theUSS Bataan, amphibious trans-port dock ships, three guided-missile cruisers, eight destroy-ers and other vessels.

INSIDE A HURRICANE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image shows Hurricane Sandy, which ploughed across Cuba early Thursday as a ‘strong’category two storm after battering Jamaica, where it downed power lines and forced hundreds of people to seek emergency shelter. According to NOAA,early on October 25, 2012, the Suomi NPP satellite passed over Sandy after it made landfall over Cuba and Jamaica, capturing this detailed infraredimagery, showing areas of deep convection around the central eye.

Warm airrises fuel-ing storm

Rainbands:Thunderstorms 50 to300 miles long

Eye: Relatively calm,clear area approx20-40 miles across

Winds: 155 mph+Surge: above 18 ft

Densecloudshield

Eye wall: Composedof dense clouds thatcontain thestrongest winds inthe storm

12TECHNOLOGY

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Hair Makeover LiteDeathdome stands out fromother games because of it'svisuals and the storyline.You'll essentially be killingzombie like creatures in thegame and scavenging forresources otherwise. It's a fungame provided your phone ispowerful enough to play it.

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Apple owns the tablet mar-ket hands down despiteAmazon, Google and ahundred Taiwanese

OEMs selling similar devices atthrowaway prices. With iPadmini it is not trying to competewith Android based devicesthough that might appear to bethe case at first. They are instead,slowly filling the gaps in theireco-system that currently spansdevices such as the 4-inch iPodTouch to 9.7-inch iPad. Thatbeing the case, here are a few rea-sons why you shouldn't ignorethe latest member in the Applefamily.

GREAT FOR READINGA lot of books that are in themarket now are 7-inches diago-

nally and that is one of thereasons why a lot of ebookreaders — ranging fromAmazon’s Kindle to Nookreader — are manufactured inthat size. Apple has finallyjoined the league, well almost.According to Apple CEO TimCook, the company decidednot to do 7-inches as they feltit was too small; according tothe Internet the company isjust trying to live by itsmotto — be different. All said, it’sstill not too big to be uncomfort-able for reading.

LIGHTER IS BETTEREveryone who has tried toread an ebook on an iPad will tellyou how much it hurts after fif-teen minutes. Those 650 gramsstart feeling like a kilogram andthis is where a smaller tabletshines. The iPad mini weighsa little more than 300 grams, itis even lighter than Google’sNexus 7 that got great reviewsworldwide.

SMALLER IPAD 2In essence the iPad mini is a

smaller iPad 2 — thescreen size is the same, sois the processor, RAM — bat-tery life you name it. The advan-tage of this approach is that it’llbe easier for developers to createapps for the Mini. If their appswere already configured to workwith the iPad 2 it’ll work in Miniwith very minimal changes. Offlate Apple has been workingtowards making the internals,smaller and more modular andiPad Mini is just another productthat has benefitted from thisapproach. All components thatwent into iPhone 5 and the newiMac have also gone through asimilar cycle of miniaturisation.

CHEAPER, ALBEIT SLIGHTLYBy launching iPad Mini Applehas covered all possible pricepoints. They have fourth genera-tion iPod Touch that costs a littlemore than `10,000, the iPad miniwhich would cost around `20,000,the iPad 2 costs `25-30,000 and soon. iPad Mini fits a very impor-tant price point. At that price itis quite tempting for an averageuser as it’ll be competing directly

with Samsung’stablets and incomparison Apple’sproduct definitely hasbetter build qualityand more tablet friendlyapps.

SMALLER THE BETTERThe smaller tablets are per-forming better in the market asthey are cheaper and haveenough processing power to war-rant a purchase. Apple itself isexpected to sell fewer iPads thanexpected in the Q4 of this yearand they are betting big on thesmaller device to help pick up theslack. Till now this segment onlyhad Android tablets and theprices of mini tablets in the sizeare expected to fall further withthe entrance of iPad Mini.

[email protected] BALANARAYAN

Steve Jobs once swore Applewould never make a 7-inchtablet; true to his word thecompany released a 7.9-inchtablet this week

Smallsize, bigpromises

WITH IPAD MINI IT ISNOT TRYING TOCOMPETE WITHANDROID BASED DEVICESTHOUGH THAT MIGHTAPPEAR TO BE THE CASEAT FIRST.

Make no bones

Taxidermy enthusiastAlan Dudley hasmore than just the

one skeleton in his closet— he has a jaw droppingcollection of more than 2,000 skulls. Itis thought to be one of the largest ofits kind in the world.

13ANIMAL KINGDOM

Air India (AI) haswithdrawn its con-troversial decision

to not fly live animalsmeant for scientificexperiments. It admitted that the earli-er decision had been taken after thecarrier was “approached by PETA.”

Animals get wings

Gov. Tom Corbettsigned into law aban on animal

euthanasia by carbon-monoxide gassing onWednesday, making Pennsylvania the20th state in the United States to banthe practice.

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Alien invasion

Postnoon [email protected]

Owning a colorful fish ora rare species of birdor some other exoticpet might seem like a

great idea. Let us tell you whatseveral animal owners and vetswill also tell you, it’s not such agreat idea. Not only are theyfrightfully expensive, they arealso a lot of effort. More oftenthan not, they require specialcaging, diets, controlled environ-ments, healthcare and specialtraining.

Much too late, owners realisethe cost and effort required

before they decide to let them go.It’s a dangerous trend as most ofthese pets cannot survive in thewild especially in an alien terri-tory. However, even more dan-gerous are ones that do. Studiesshow that introducing non-native species into your neigh-bourhood might have disastrousconsequences for your ecosys-tem. In fact, environmentalorganisations across the worldnow say that a rising threat isthe irresponsible release of exot-ic pets have lead to them becom-ing “invasive species” dominat-ing native species, leading to atremendous loss of biodiversity.

WHAT ARE INVASIVE SPECIES? Invasive species are defined as“non-indigenous or non-nativespecies that adversely affect thehabitats and bioregions theyinvade economically, environ-mentally, and/or ecologically.The Convention of BiologicalDiversity estimates that 40 per-cent of all animal extinctionshave been due to invasive alienspecies.

CASES OF INVASIONLionfish in Caribbean: Verypopular in the aquarium tradeand frequently imported to theU.S, Lionfish are quite indemand for their dramatic red-

dish-brown and white bandingpattern. But few realise that thenon-native fish from the IndianPacific waters were said to bebrought to the Atlantic andCaribbean waters through theaquarium and exotic pet trade inthe early 90’s. Because they haveno natural predators and breedincredible fast, they soon tookover the Caribbean, drasticallyreducing the abundance of coralreef fishes and leaving behind adevastated ecosystem.Snakes in Florida: The Floridaecosystem is facing a terriblethreat. Research has revealedthat five giant non-native speciesof snakes were released into the

wild by clueless pet owners.Because of their highly aggres-sive nature, breeding patternsand consumption of native birdsand animals, the snake species,researchers estimate that thereare now thousands of Burmesepython, boa constrictors, yellowanacondas, northern and south-ern African pythons breeding inthe region. Others: The Red Fox in Europe,Gambian rats in the Midwest,Giant African Land Snails andParakeets in the U.S,Chameleons in Hawaii are someother examples of biodiversityloss arising as a direct/indirectresult of pet/acuaria trade.

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14BOOKS

Title: A wild sheep chaseAuthor: Haruki MurakamiPublisher: Random HouseHow's this for a crazy plot: Ayoung, hotshot advertising exec-utive innocently uses a postcard,sent by a friend, for one of his

ad campaigns, not realising that the imagealso includes a malformed sheep, one that amysterious man commands the ad exec toeither locate or die trying.

Title: The ElectricMichaelangeloAuthor: Sarah HallPublisher: Faber & FaberTaking place between 1910and 1940, Sarah Hall's delicatecoming-of-age saga follows a

tattoo artist learning about culture beforefalling in love with a particularly toughwoman who allows him to sketch over100 pieces of ink on her physique.

Title: HauntedAuthor: Chuck PalahnuikPublisher: Random HouseSeventeen aspiring writers arelocked inside an abandonedtheater for three months, withunlimited amounts of food,

water, and electricity as they're told to eachwrite their masterwork, and over thecourse of Haunted their 23 stories increasein strangeness as they lose their own minds.

Title: The Things they carriedAuthor: Tim O’BrienPublisher: Publisher :Houghton Mifflin HarcourtThe Things They Carried is

the closest anyone who wasn'tin Vietnam during the contro-

versial war will ever get to stepping onthe soil and dodging bullets. Written byVietnam vet Tim O'Brien, and the story isloosely based on his own experiences.

SHORT READS

If you pick up It Takes AMurder expecting a nail-bitingthriller, you will be disappoint-ed. Sure, it starts of with the

violent murder of an elderlyman in a hill station, but thebook is less about his death thanthe events that preceded and fol-lowed the incident.

Anu Kumar is a skilful writ-er, capturing the moody, mist-shrouded tone of an Indian hillstation well. Gautam SinghDogra is the victim, but his mur-der remains a footnote in the

reminiscences of CharlotteHyde, the mysterious teacherand single parent who is hisneighbour. The world seen thro -ugh Charlotte’s eyes is murkyand uncomfortable, very much atodds with the usual idyllic imageof a sleepy tourist town.

Like the title suggests, ittakes Dogra’s murder to getCharlotte face her past and viewher future with helplessness.Unfortunately, Kumar flitsthrough the years haphazardly,and for a large part, the reader isleft wondering whether she’stalking about her past, her pre-sent or an imagined future.Many characters appear briefly,make what the reader thinks willbe important cameos, and aren’tmentioned again. Charlotte’smany ‘loves’ also seem to be a lit-

tle forced, especially the mysteri-ous stranger on the boulder. Themurdered man remains a nebu-lous ghost in the background.

The book has the quality ofsomeone telling his or her lifestory, suddenly remembering animportant fact and randomlyinserting into the narrative. Thismight be intentional on part ofthe writer, but it makes the booka difficult read.

That said, Kumar’s prose isclear, almost lyrical, at places.The writing induces a dream-likestate, perfect for quiet little to w -ns with a relaxed pace of life.She also doesn’t pull any punch-es exposing the duplicity and qu -iet desperation of the inhabita -nts. From teachers carrying outan affair through mail to an oldretainer to a rebellious teenager,

her characters are well etched,no matter how short their rolesmay be. Indira Gandhi’s assassi-nation, the Babri Masjid demoli-tion and other historical events

provide a slightly unnecessarybackdrop to the story.

If the events in the bookwere in a better order, and thewriting fast paced, the bookmight have made a satisfyingread. Kumar certainly has avoice that deserves to beexplored. It Takes A Murderneeds the shock and pace of agood murder mystery to shake itout of its languor.

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In all probabilities WendellRodricks is a storyteller. If heis not creating the Goan land-

scape through his clothes, he istelling someone the tale of whatmade his present collection.Rodricks The Green Room

promises stories and much more.An insight into the world of fash-ion, the sanctum sanctorum ofall models the green room, inter-spersed with stories from thedesigner’s own upbringing greetyou.

Born in 1960 and brought upin Bombay, Wendell’s first brushwith fashion came adding buffetfrills and skirting to tables as ayoung graduate during a sum-mer training at Mumbai’s TajMahal Hotel. His parents weremuch opposed to his taking uphotel management as a profes-sion, but he stuck to his guns butnot for long. At the beginning hetells us that it was the then for-mer Miss India Universe and

now actor Lara Dutta’s compli-ment that made him come upwith this book.

Most of the book tells thestory of one man, his journeyfrom the Terrace Building chawlto his job in Muscat and how hemade it to Colvale. Quite aninquisitive man, his quest for

learning and travelling did won-ders for him.

The anecdotes, the little talesof interest all work their charmlike a well-woven blanket. Achance encounter with one SuzieStapleton, an American lady wholater turned out to be a spy, iswhat brought him head to headwith fashion and another personwhom Rodricks is not shy ofmentioning is his life partnerJerome Marrell, the man withwhom he would sign a civilunion in 2002. However, whatsaddens me a bit is that there is alot left unsaid. The murky under-belly of these worlds is leftuntouched. Seems like he isavoiding controversy like aplague. But those who have alove for fashion without thenitty- gritty will definitely like tolay their hands on this book.

Don’t expect a thriller

Seamlessly woven

NameThe Green Room

AuthorWendell Rodricks

Pages351

PublisherAvailable at Oxford Bookstore

NameIt Takes A Murder

AuthorAnu Kumar

Pages281

PublisherHachette India

Designer WendellRodricks partmemoir part travel-ogue recounts thegood ol’ days both-of his life and thefashion industry.


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Greig Beck is not a bad writer, far from it, theatmosphere he creates is freezing and at times claus-trophobic, ideal for the picnicking spelunker, with a

penchant for tight spots

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New York of 1845 is anypoliceman’s nightmare,and there was no realpolice force to keep

watch on a city of about 320,000.A feeble ‘Watch’ had been dis-mantled as it proved to be morea liability than an asset to main-tenance of law and order in thecity. The potato famine has mul-tiplied the number of impover-ished immigrants landing at theshores. As a sea of desperatehumanity swells the underbellyof the city, already creaking atthe joints for lack of good gover-nance, a perfect mix is createdfor those who want to maketheir fortune through everymeans possible.

Timothy Wilde is a happyand content man. His job as abartender is giving him enoughpopularity and money to seekthe hand of the woman he loves.However, he is catapulted into adifferent life as an infernomakes mincemeat of his plansfor a perfect future. Renderedhomeless and penniless, andscared emotionally and physical-ly, Timothy reluctantly enrolshimself as a member of the

newly-formed New York PoliceDepartment.

Already smarting underhumiliation of having to acceptthe job as a handout from his

charming, and equallyunscrupulous, fireman-politi-cian-policeman brother, hetrudges on learning the newtrade till one evening a 10-year-old in blood-soaked clothes runsinto him. Professional curiosityand thorough investigationsopen wide a murky world ofcriminals, religious fanatics,racists and a mass of facelesshumanity – defined by theirdetermination to survive in theface of all odds.

Wave after wave of CatholicIrish immigrants arriving at aProtestant-dominated New Yorkis already a cause of simmeringdiscontent as locals are wary ofthe newcomers taking awaytheir jobs. Blacks are free buttheir conditions haven’t changed

much from the slavery days. Thecity, which is trying to find itsfeet and establish some sem-blance of order after the disas-trous fire, is shaken when thedisembowelled body of aCatholic boy is found, with across-shaped wound. With sparksfalling dangerously close to areligious-ethnic-political powderkeg, it is now up to Timothy tocrack the crime and establishfaith in his nascent Force.

The plot of The Gods ofGotham has been woven afteradequate research on socio-eco-nomic conditions of New York ofthat period. The narrative cre-ates a detailed picture andallows you to soak in a complexplot with ease. Simply put; agood read worth your money.

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All About EveNIDHI BHUSHAN

Typical Delhigirls!

What’s the first thingthat crosses yourmind when you

think of a girl from Dilli?Let me guess, a fair, Punjabigirl obsessed with luxurybrands. This stereotype hasonly been strengthened byour fair-skin obsessedKaran Johar. Take his latestStudent of the Year, forinstance, the female new-comer — a sorry AliaBhatt — represents thecream of Delhi girls. So,Shanaya — as Bhatt iscalled in the mind-numbingmovie — is white, stylish, ofcourse the prettiest girl inschool, and apparentlydrops designer names inevery sentence.

Unlike the chicken andegg argument, one can safe-ly say that this stereotypeshown in the movie camebefore the idea of suchfilms in the industry. So,let’s not blame Karan forreflecting this racial reality.

Coming from the heartof Dilli — old Delhi — Ihave often been told that Ihardly look like I’m fromthe capital. Why, I ask? ‘Cos, you know, you’re notsnooty. You don’t dress upso much and you know, thegeneral, you’re not as gorichitti.’ Wow!

Sadly, a significant per-centage of young boys alsobelieve that girls from Delhiare loose, they will be easilypataoable — ‘all you need ismoney.’

This pataoable charac-teristic associated withDilli ladkis, is defined asone who is independent,outspoken and boisterous(euphemistic approach ofwomen elsewhere, evenHyderabadis).

So, for those who mightlike to believe that Dillikudis (girls) are fair-skinned bimbos who can’tgo beyond a Cosmopolitanor Vogue, let me be yourwake-up call. I’m not fair orPunjabi, just a Delhi girlwho follows the news andpicks Bata chappals overJimmy Choos.

The Wrath of Eve


What a week it's been for women's right's activists who couldn't decidewhich way to direct their ire as misogyny and sexism took centerstage at

the highest political platforms across the world

All at once, there seemsto be a massive wave ofbarely restrained furyand outrage sweeping

women across the world. Lastweek, hundreds of womenmarched on the streets inBritain to lobby for women'srights, but most notably toprotest against Jeremy Hunt'sproposition to halve the legaltime limit for women to haveabortions, from 24 weeks to 12.An equally strong movementtook place in the Australiawhen Prime Minister JuliaGilliard launched a scathingattack against opposition lead-er Tony Abbott in theParliament, accusing him ofbeing a misogynist. The 'misog-yny' speech, as it's now beingknown, has already led to asharp rise in Gillard's populari-ty among both men and

women in Australia. But nothing compares to

the massive outcry in the U.Sthat came with Mitt Romney's"binder's full of women" state-ment during the secondPresidential debate, last week.In a response to a question onhow he will seek to rectifyinequalities between the sexesin the workplace, Romneyreferred to his time as governorwhen he allegedly askedwomen's groups to find suitablecandidates to fill his cabinetand "they brought us wholebinders full of women."

Never to be left behind,India of course made its ownmark when BSP MP Saini saidin a rally that women shouldnot be allowed to have cell-phones as it "invites trouble."The statements and the reac-tions have provoked the ire ofwomen not just in these coun-tries but everywhere. "It doesn'tmatter where these incidentshappen. In fact, it goes to showthat sexism and misogyny pre-vail everywhere, even in 'pro-gressive' socieities. Thewhiplash was deserved and

necessary. It's horrific to imag-ine that these are the people weare electing to rule over us andempowering them to make life-changing decisions for us.Women have always had to fightto vote but now I think womenshould exercise their right tonot vote until we have leaderswho will respect and recogniseus as an integral part of thesociety," says Sudha Krishnan,a student specialising in genderstudies from IGNOU.

The statements are provoca-tive and offensive but what theyreally designed to do is distractus from the real issues, say oth-ers. "Take Romney's statementfor instance. The real issuethere is the gross inequality ofpay and benefits between thesexes in the workplace. Womendraw significantly less thanmen despite the same qualifica-tions, aptitude and capability.The gap exists, in our countryand in every part of the world.Nothing's being done about it.

That's the issue whichshould be the focus and

which we should befighting, " feels

Ramya R, HR Manager in acity-based MNC.

Whatever else be a matterof debate, women agree thatprogress is a very relative term.And a moot one at that, espe-cially with regards to their ownrights. Especially in India, thecountry which was recent votedto be the worst G20 country forwomen.

Kavya Sharma, an NGOworker from Mumbai, is quitedisillusioned with the debate."With every decade we aregrowing technology, scientifi-cally and economically. But interms of mindsets, nothing haschanged. You just have to lookat the news to see the alarmingfrequency with which episodesagainst women taken place. So,if anything, we are regressing.

We are no more liberat-ed than we were a hun-dred years ago. We arejust in difficult shack-les, that's all.

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19SPOTLIGHTSATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

Safety first Actors Rana Daggubati and Manchu Vishnu signed thepledge and extended their support to the 92.7 BIG FM’s road safety campaign as part of the Total Quartz Safety Month.

What’s new?Designer Rahul Mishra poses with models as he unveilshis latest collection at Anahita in Banjara Hills. Also seenat the event were Maniza Patny, Cherry and JasminePestonji.

The first step French Connection, a UK-basedglobal retailer and wholesaler offashion clothing and accessories,launched its first exclusive store atGVK One mall. Spotted at theevent was Shilpa Reddy.

Matters from the heart Artist Sravanthi Juluri held an exhibition titled Jaagoo

Stree. It aims to lend a voice to the suffering of womenand innocent children.

The face of the CityThe grand finale of

Miss Hyderabad2012 was a glitzy

affair with who's whoof the City turning

up at Novotel.Panchami Rao

Nagarajan, a studentfrom Nift was

crowned the face ofHyderabad. NatashaPamnani and AnkitaSharma were namedthe first runner upand second runner

respectively. TaapseePannu, Marc

Robinson and ShilpaReddy were part ofthe judging panel.

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DEEPAK DESHPANDEDEEPAK DESHPANDE

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

N SHIVA KUMAR

Days of sneaking out of thehouse, stealthily evadingthe eyes of your parents

just to take a puff or graba glass of beer are over. In case youhaven’t noticed, there is a new gen-

eration of parents here —Generation X. They are liberal and

“cool” when compared to theirfriends’ parents; they wear design-

er clothes just like their kids andare at ease with themselves whenmeeting their kids’ friends. Their

kids on the other hand, flaunt themto their friends, putting statuses

about them on social networkingsites. They are those with “cool”

parents and their statuses like Outon a booze night with mom evokes

envy from their peers. In such families, kids have their

first sip under the supervision oftheir parents while they having a

meal together. From one such family, Leo

Thomas,who is a student, says, “Icome from a family where I have

grown up seeing my father drink-ing. He wasn’t very happy, the first

time he caught me drunk. But,instead of prohibiting me from

binging on alcohol, he took a ratherproductive approach; he encour-

aged me to drink with him thusdemystifying alcohol.

Moreover, in my case, thesedrinking sessions also helpedme to get closer to my father.

Topics that I would neverotherwise bring up when

around my father would bethe topics of discussion at

these sessions. It was duringone of these sessions that I

ended up confessing to dad thatI smoked too. It was a shock for

him at the moment, but later hehelped me get over smoking.”

Most of the times, parents takeup this approach in an effort to take

away the illicit thrill of the boozefrom their kids’ minds.

However, how far does allowingkids to drink and sometimes evensharing a drink with them help in

turning them into individuals withresponsible drinking habits in the

future?Srikala Reddy, a primary school

teacher, does not agree with the ideaof allowing kids to drink with par-

ents. She is of the opinion thatdrinking with kids does not in any

way encourage sensible drinkinghabits in them.

“Children see their parents as per-fect beings and when they see themdrinking, it gets imprinted on their

minds that drinking is not a sin andcan be practiced. When parents take

it a step further and allow them todrink with them, children are giventhe impression that binging on alco-

hol supposed to be cool. This sce-nario gives a mixed signal to thechildren and there by, they havemore chances of becoming alco-

holics in the later stages of lives,”she says.

While there are others who feel thatparents’ behaviour has nothing to

do with kids turning into alco-holics.

“My dad used to drink when I was akid and had encouraged me to join

many a time. But I am averse todrinking and like to be in senses

every time. So, I think it is individu-al choice that determines whether

you end up becoming an alco-holic or not and has nothing

to do with the parents’approach. Since, ultimately,

by allowing kids to drinkwith them, they are alsoonly trying to inculcate

sensible drinkinghabits. On the other

hand, there are kids ofnon-drinking parents who

end up becoming alco-holics,” student George

Mathew says.

20RELATIONSHIPS

Iam in a long-term relationshipwith a guy whom I believe isthe love of my life. I am cer-

tainly close to him and we do alot of things together. But he is

not one of my best friends. Thisthought disturbs me since rela-

tionship tends to work only whenyou are best friends with your sig-nificant other. What should I do?

Dear disturbed kid, You don't necessarily have to be best friends withyour partner. On the contrary, the relationshipthat you share with your lover will be healthier ifyou have a set of people whom you can turn towhen you are facing trouble in your relationship.Moreover, in the process, you will be able to givethe required space to your partner. You don’tneed to be worried next time this thought creepsinto your mind.

Afirm, friendly handshake has longbeen recommended in the busi-ness world as a way to make a

good first impression. Now, a paperpublished by the Journal of CognitiveNeuroscience on a study of the neuralcorrelates of a handshake gives insightinto just how important the practice isto the evaluations we make of subse-quent social interactions.

I AM ALL EARS


DRINKINGWITH

PARENTSGeneration X parents are here. They don’t

prohibit you from alcohol. In fact, theymight even share a drink with you.

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CINEMA 21

Tamannaah has beenfinalised to play the

lead role in TigerShroff ’s debut film

titled Heropanti.Leading producer Sajid

Nadiawala is backing the projectwhereas Sabbir Khan is going

to direct the film. TigerShroff had been named asone of the talents to watch

out for and there’salready there’s a lot of

curiosity surrounding hisacting career since he’s

the son of Jackie Shroffand Aamir Khan had

taken a keen interest tolaunch his career few

months ago. On the otherhand, Tamannaah isalready acting in the

remake of Himmatwalain which she’s playing the

lead role opposite AjayDevgn and buzz is that she

has also been approached forthe Hindi remake of

Chiranjeevi-starrer Tagore.Looks like Tamannaah is mak-ing all the right moves even in

Bollywood, but it remains tobe seen if she can replicate

the success which she foundin South Indian film indus-

try, especially Telugu andTamil.

Tamannaahsigns

anotherHindi film

Siddharth,Hansika teamup againSiddharth is a busy bee these

days and he’s showing nosigns of stopping anytime

soon. After Venu Sriram’s Oh MyFriend, he’s once again going toteam up with Hansika for anupcoming Tamil film to be direct-ed by Sundar C. “Working withSundar sir is a long time wishcome true. And to haveKhushboo produce it, wow! And IFINALLY get to work withSanthanam! Yay! Happy to beback on screen with @_Hansika

…this time in a Tamil film…’Theeya velai seiyyanumKumaru…’ is going to be fun!Thanks Sundar sir! (sic),”Siddharth posted on Twitter. Inthe past, Oh My Friend wasdubbed in Tamil as Sridhar andthe Tamil version of Love Failurewas a huge success. Siddharth iscurrently shooting for NandiniReddy’s upcoming film and thereare already three more films inthe pipeline which’ll be ready forrelease in 2013.

Yami Gautam seems tobe making waves inTamil cinema, even

before she makes her debutin Radha Mohan’sGauravam. If the latestreports are to be believed,she has been approached byAL Vijay for the latter’supcoming film with Vijay inlead role.Although,Yami has-n’tsignedthefilm

yet, both the parties seemto be keen on working witheach other. If this projectmaterialises, it would cata-pult Yami Gautam into thebig league in Tamil cinema.A formal announcementwill be made soon about theproject. Yami Gautam willsoon be seen in Allu Sirish-

starrer Gauravam andshe has also signed a

new Hindi filmtitled Aman Ki

Aasha,which willbe direct-

ed by ENiwas.

Yami Gautam in talks for

Vijay’s film?


CINEMA 22SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

Asin Thottumkal,who turns 27 Friday,is busy working onher birthday. Theactress says that“for the first time”

she is having a “quiet birthday”.The actress rang in her 27th

birthday on the sets of Khiladi786 and will shoot and dub forthe movie the whole day.

“It will be a quiet birthdaythis year... will bring it in on thesets of Khiladi 786, which is afirst for me. It will be a workingbirthday, haven’t really plannedanything since the shoot sched-ules have been very hectic,” saidAsin.

Directed by Ashish R.Mohan, the film also featuresAkshay Kumar, MithunChakraborty and Paresh Rawal.

Jointly produced by Akshayand Himesh Reshammiya, itreleases December 7. One of thesongs from the film titled Balmais already out. IANS

orkingWASINbirthdayfor

I want my son tosay no to crackers

Actor andfilmmakerSohail Khan

is against burst-ing crackers thisDiwali and wantshis children tosay no to fire-works.

“I hopefullywant to avoidcrackers. I wish Ican put somesense into my son and makehim realise that crackers aresomething like burningmoney,” the 41-year-old saidon Thursday at MaheepKapoor’s festive collectionlaunch at Satyani Jewels.

Sohail, who has two chil-

dren — Nirvaanand Yohan —wants them tounderstand thereal meaning ofDiwali.

“So I wanthim to enjoy theactual festivemoment ofDiwali wherefamily andfriends get

together and light somediyas. I would probably givesome money to poor kids tohelp them enjoy Diwaliinstead of bursting crackersand polluting the city more,”Sohail said.

IANS

S O H A I L K H A N

Chakravyuh — taleof two friends

This is Jha's most reso-lutely etched and firm-ly grounded dramasince "Mrityudand",

and a work way superior tohis last two films —"Raajneeti" and"Aarakshan" — both ofwhich suffered to someextent by being scattered inintent and pulled in toomany directions.

Jha is in full command ofhis wide-angled canvas,never allowing the story-telling to become a slave tothe political ideology. Heenters the dark, largely-unex-posed, world of the Maoistsfighting for their land anddignity and braving all oddsincluding an apathetic gov-ernment, corrupt and sadis-tic cops and bureaucrats,

betrayal within their ownMaoist ranks and avariciousland-grabbing entrepreneurs.Adil Khan (Arjun Rampal)and Kabir (Abhay Deol) areseparated by their differingattitude to socio-politicalinjustice, but united in theircombat against corruption.

If anything, the filmshould have been longer.There should have been more space for the Adil-Kabir friendship to be nurtured.

Suffice to say that Jhacopes with the complexthemes of love, loyalty,friendship and betrayal in alanguage that never resortsto gutter-level sniping andcombative belligerence justto appear trendily earthy.

IANS


Kennedyfamily tohonour

The Kennedy family is set to honoursinger Taylor Swift at an upcominggala. Swift split from Conor, son ofRobert F. Kennedy Jr. and EthelKennedy, recently and despite that his

family is going ahead with plans to pay tributeto her at the Robert F. Kennedy Center forJustice and Human Rights' Ripple of HopeAwards Dinner, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Theevent is set to be held at New York's MarriottMarquis on December 3.

Taylor Swift

Singer Kylie Minogue has performed for the Prince ofWales and Duchess of Cornwall to mark the couple'sdiamond jubilee tour, which begins next month. The

royal couple will visit Papua New Guinea, Australia andNew Zealand and the high profile figures from the three

nations are also invited to the event. The 44-year-oldAustralian singer, who now lives in London, believes the

country will offer the royals a "warm welcome" when theytour, reported BBC online.

"I hope she has a beautiful warm welcome. I know thatthey will both enjoy the hospitality Australia

offers. I'm sure currently at the otherend of the earth they are planning

the best time for them. I hopethey enjoy it," she said.

Around 200 gueststhat attended

Minogues performanceincluding comedianBarry Humphreys,

broadcaster and musi-cian Rolf Harris and

Strictly Come Dancingjudge Craig Revel-

Horwood.

Kylie Minogueperforms for

Prince Charles

David Mitchell’s award win-ning novel Cloud Atlas wasalways considered a book

that was too difficult to adapt onbig screen. However, with nameslike Wachowski Brothers (TheMatrix), Tom Tykwer (Run LolaRun) and Tom Hanks attached tothe project, there was at least aglimmer of hope that theonscreen adaptation would dojustice to the rich texture andcomplex storytelling which wasthe USP of the novel.

The film follows the lives ofsix different characters spreadacross centuries and it’s evidentthat they are connected to eachother. The film opens with a seg-ment about an old man on amountain and before his storycomes to an end, the narrativecuts to the story of a sailor inmid 19th century and then to anintrepid journalist Lusia Rey(Halle Berry). There are threemore stories before the narra-tives retraces its path which givesthe audience a glimpse of whatthe story is all about.

Cloud Atlas, despite itsmind boggling visual affects,is let down by the weight of itsambitious approach to adaptan iconic novel. The film hardlycaptures the soul of the story andwe are served a film which isdevoid of intelligent screenplayand direction which is perhapsall the more important for a filmof this scale. At a run time ofnearly three hours, Cloud Atlasfails to deliver what it promisesand ends up being a self-indul-gent and confuses the viewers.It’s hard to make sense of thefilm unless you have already readand understood its nuancesbefore coming to a conclusion.Rather than finding a way to veeraway from this complication, thedirectors drag the audience rightin the middle of its complexitywithout giving any hints. It’s adaring film, but that doesn’t makeit any better.

Cloud Atlas isconfusing

Movie :Cloud Atlas

Cast :Tom Hanks, Halle Berry

Directors :Andy and Lana Wachowski

Tom TykwerRating :

CHAI TIME 26SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

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

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

Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

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

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

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

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

KAKUROACROSS1 Imagination product5 Not sleeping10 “The Call of the

Wild” vehicle14 Alpine lake15 Cotton compactor16 Chore list header17 Abridge, perhaps18 Air spray targets19 Shower in public?20 Matter23 Treasure container24 “___ makes waste”25 Entrance’s opposite28 Take a gander30 Decent, so to speak31 ___ man’s bluff33 Wanted poster initials36 Not be phony40 Shelley output41 Deprive of one’s

nerve42 “Hard ___!” (nautical

command)43 Pass the breaking

point44 Extra benefits46 Computer character

code49 “Farewell, amigo!”51 Count57 Ship’s line-securing

post58 Former Portuguese

territory in China59 “___ Flux” (2005

Charlize Theronmovie)

60 Entry fee for a pokerhand

61 Beg forgiveness62 Edible rootstock63 Blacken, as a steak64 Classroom jottings65 Airborne fish eaters

DOWN1 Agenda component2 Part of a baby’s vocab-

ulary3 “CHiPS” star Estrada4 Go ahead of5 Places to call home6 Dry riverbeds7 Floating on high8 Notch made by a saw

9 Celtic language10 Window cleaner’s

blemish11 Banks may float them12 Dictator’s dictum13 Endowment benefi-

ciary21 Sounds at a doctor’s

office22 “The Mary Tyler

Moore Show” spinoff25 “Hello, hello, hello,”

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CHAI TIME 27SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo VirgoQueen of Pentacles

Work – Someone maybe saying something

against another person topoison your mind. Be car -eful of what you hear andhow you react to it. Rom a n ce – You arestrongly influenced by themainstream pop cultureideals of what ahero/heroine should belike. Shatter those stereo-types. Hea l th – Before startinga hea lth treatment, inves-tigate into the cause andeffects. Confirm that youare do i ng the right thing.Mon ey – There are boundto be some hitches withany long-term investmentpl an you take up. Be in itfor the long haul, and itwon’t matter. Tarot message – To pre-vent the mi nd from decay,take steps like stayingactive all the time.

Judgment

Work – Drop a teammember if he/she is

not serving your purposewell. It may be too taxingto carry on working withthis member around.Romance – You and yourpartner tend to matchyour interests just so youcan be together. Take outtime each week to pursueyour individual interests,too. Health – Your ups anddowns in health arerather violent, and youneed to tone it down a bit.Binge eating and drinkingshould be avoided. Money – This is a stableperiod and not manychanges are coming up fornow. Keep it going withoutdisrupting anything.Tarot message – Youdon’t have to be in thedriver’s seat all the time.

Knight of Cups

Work – You have theurge to quit what

you’re doing now and takeup something else. Thinkwell before making anydecision. Romance – You haveexperienced the horror ofa break-up and are doingeverything to avoid anoth-er such. Is it suppressingyour personality in theprocess? Health – You can be bash-ful in your attitude toyour health. But it isgoing to eventually take atoll on your body andmind. Be moderate.Money – You tend to betaken in by a schemesomeone has told youabout. Research about itfrom many sources. Tarot message – Youhave the tendency to lec-ture about life’s lessons toyounger people.

King of Pentacles

Work – Toggle tasksand do a little bit of

each at a time so that youdon’t waste too much timewaiting for something toget done. Romance – Your partnerhas the wanderinginstinct. You should notstop this as it could lead totrouble within your rela-tionship. Health – Beware of sea-sonal infections. Payattention to the source ofthe water and food youconsume. Money – Take charge andmake changes to yourfinance portfolio. Speak tosomeone in authoritybefore you revisit yourinvestments. Tarot message – Take theload off your work by del-egating as much as youcan. Share the work andlet time take its course.

Six of Swords

Work – Don’t be hungup on your status at

the office. It does not mat-ter as long as the workinterests you, and you dowell on projects. Romance – It will be dan-gerous to draw inferencesabout something by merelyobserving half a truth andthen imagining the otherhalf. Health – Make yourselfcomfy. You need to dothings that make youhappy to relax and havesome fun. Break the rules. Money – The terms andconditions may changefrom region to region. Soensure you know all therules before you sign up fora scheme. Tarot message – If gather-ing articles and collectingmaterial experiencesmakes you happy, youshould do just that.

Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

Three of Cups

Work – There is a lotof repetition in your

work and it is bugging youno end. You want work tobe more creative and inter-esting than this. Romance – Pay attentionto the details. Your rela-tionship status needs arevamp. Singles must min-gle more. Those attachedmust go to the next level.Health – There may besome blocks and clogs thatneed to be addressed imme-diately. Mental blocks canbe dealt with through med-itation. Money – Don’t ignorenotices and changes fromyour finance advisor. Thesemay be sent in the form ofregular mailers. Tarot message – Enjoyyour leisure time. Go outfor music gigs and de-stress.

The Hanged Man

Work – There may besome important

grapevine news doing therounds in the smokingarea. You may want to lis-ten in on these conversa-tions. Romance – It’s trickywhen you get into the‘yours and mine’ situation.What’s yours should beshared with your partner.Make the first move.Health – If you’re startinga new health regimen, besure to cover all the practi-cal aspects like availabili-ty of coach, timings, etc.Money – You get interest-ed in some new invest-ment plans. Look deeperand bide your time on it.Don’t jump into anythingyet. Tarot message – Changeis inevitable. You have todeal with it.

The Chariot

Work – You’re temptedto rate yourself and

how you do right now inthe face of stiff competiti -on in your office. Take therating with a pinch of salt.Romance – You may notbe listening to your part-ner. He/she may be sayingsomething important, butnot directly. Listen moreclosely and empathise. He a lth – Rid your home ofrodents, rats, insects andother pests. It may be lead-ing to some health prob-lems without your knowl-edge. Money – When inve stingin something, get acquain -ted with the terms andconditions, especially thehidden clauses that don’tjump out at you. Tarot message – Openyour mind to new possibil-ities.

Page of Cups

Work – Make changesto your daily routine

so that you don’t feelbored. Your challenge is inmaking your must-do workinteresting every day.Romance – Get into a funmode with your partner.Kid around, lighten up andmake each other feel de-stressed. Health – Read books aboutpeople who have similarhealth problems as yours.Learn from their experi-ences on how they tackledthe problems. Money – Get straight tothe issue. If an insuranceagent si trying to sell yousomething you don’t need,cut him off straight away.Tarot message – Use yourimagination to up the qual-ity of your creative work.Nothing’s strange if yoususpend disbelief.

Four of Pentacles

Work – Do the mini-mum you can and

leave the rest to destiny.The problem is that you’retrying to control every-thing. Romance – You may bestepping on your partner’sterritory, which is causingthe rift between you two.Stay away when you knowit’s not your business.Health – Make health apart of your daily subrou-tine. It’s very importantthat you take out that halfhour everyday to maintainyour health. Money – There are toomany people getting intothe same problem. Youwant to make quick moneybut also don’t want to waittoo long. Tarot message – Takecare not to rush throughlife.

Death

Work – You know youhave the intellectual

ability to deliver. However,in a real world, that’s notsufficient. Romance – What’s com-monly understood as lovemay not apply in your situ-ation. You have a differentperspective of romance.Health – Deal with theconflict arising within youabout two different meth-ods of treatment. Don’tstay in the state of confu-sion for too long. Money – Whatever passesthe test of profit shouldwork for you at this point.You may be bogged downby financial pressures.Tarot message – It’s goingto be more downs than upsat this stage. It’s a learningcurve like no other. Takethe lessons and grow fromthe experience.

Six of Cups

Work – Update your-self with the latest

in technology and work-ing methods. Moderntools and services mayease your pressure signifi-cantly. Romance – Hear thesweet sound of roma nce.The violin strings willreach your heart stringsand get you into a pas-sionate mood. Health – Take advicefrom only those peoplewho practice what theypreach. There are toomany people out theregiving free advice. Money – Toe the line andstay in the conventionalbox. Getting too adventur-ous at this stage will notwork well. Tarot message – There ismuch to be said and done.Don’t get bogged down byexpectation.

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THE SATURDAY QUIZ 28

1. Spacecraft from which coun-try docked successfully withthe International Space Stationcarrying three astronauts and aconsignment of fish?2. Which Indian organisationhas joined hands with HumaneSociety International thataddresses issues such as inhu-mane practices and conditions

affecting animals?3. According to which agency’sdecision, is Lance Armstrongbeing stripped off his sevenTour de France titles?4. What is gospel music singerManuel Simão popularlyknown as?5. Who will step down as thedirector of Edinburgh

International Festival?6. Which celebrity topped thehighest earning dead celebritythis year?7. Which company - Apple orSamsung - won the preliminaryInternational TradeCommission ruling?8. Which festival is beinglaunched at the Royal Welsh

College of Music & Drama toinspire budding musicians?9. Which is the oldest playablerecording of an Americanvoice and the first ever cap-turnig of a musical perfor-mance?10. Who is been voted asworld's least fun celebrity thisweek?

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

NEWSMAKERS

1He is a famous director,producer and scriptwriterwho is known to have

launched many actors. He hasmany block-buster movies tohis credit and actors vie to bepart of his films. After a longgap, he got back to directing amovie but before he couldwrap up the project, he passedaway. Who is he?

2 He is a flamboyantentrepreneur and a mar-keting mogul from

London. He is the fourth rich-est man in the United Kingdomaccording to Forbes. He is cur-rently in India to launch hiscompany’s services on theMumbai-London route. Duringhis visit, he got associated withthe cause of saving the tigersin the country. Who is he?

IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLE INTHE NEWS

WHO AM I?I am rapper, songwriterand dancer. I am known forhumourous videos.Recenly, I got global recog-nition after one of songs

wentviral. I amfromSouthKorea.Who am I?

Answers1. Russia 2. Federation of Indian Animal ProtectionOrganisations3. United States Anti-Doping Agency 4. Bambila5. Jonathan Mills6. Elizabeth Taylor7. Apple8. International Wind Band Festival9. The recording was on a Thomas Edison-inventedphonograph in St. Louis in 187810. Victoria Beckham

Answers1. Yash Chopra2. Richard Branson

1Which city will host PoloInternational Tournamentnext month?

2Australian harmonica artistMark Atkins will be perform-ing at which festival thisweek?

3International Digital FilmFestival that is usually heldin Delhi is extended towhich city?

4Which Indian-based man-agement examination isgoing international fromnext year on?

5Where will the secondFormula One Grand Prix beheld?

Answers1. Manipal2. Rajasthan International Folk Festival3. Mumbai4. CAT5. Delhi

ACTORS WHO TURNED DIRECTORSAnswers:1. Ben Affleck 2. Ben Stiller 3. Mel Gibson 4. Jodie Foster

Answer : PSY


FIND OUT

1Sony Vaio

2 Liberty

3Slice

4West Bengal

5TVS Scooty

6Gujarat Tourism

7FC Barcelona

8Suzuki MotorcycleIndia

9MTS India

10Dabur

NAME THE BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR THE FOLLOWING

Answers:1. Kareena Kapoor2. Hrithik Rosan3. Katrina Kaif4. Shahrukh Khan5. Anushka Sharma6. Amitabh Bachchan7. Ranbir Kapoor8. Salman Khan9. Imran Khan10. Priyanka Chopra

with SantoshGhule

Are the fish station-ary or are they mov-ing??

PICTUREPUZZLE 38

Answer for 37:There is no colour dif-ference.

SPORTS 29

Spain's Javier Fernandez upstagedCanadian star Patrick Chan in the

men's short programme onFriday at Skate Canada, second stopon Figure Skating's Grand Prix circuit

at Windsor, Ontario. Fernandez,coached by Canadians Brian Orser

and Tracy Wilson, scored 85.87 pointsfor a programme that included a

quadruple toe loop.

Fernandez upstages Chan

Middle order batsman Chetesh -war Pujara and in-form ShikharDhawan were today included

in the Mumbai 'A' squad to play again -st England team in the visitors' secondwarm-up game at the D Y Patil Stadiu -m from November 3-5. "These twoplayers would play as special inviteesin the team," said Nitin Dalal, jointsecretary of the MCA.

Pujara, Dhawan in Mum 'A'

Gurbani Singh won her third titleof the season in a very compre-hensive manner as she

emerged triumphant by seven shots inthe Usha Western India Ladies golf atthe BPGC on Friday. Gurbani, whoturned 17 this month, shot anothersteady three-over 73 at the BPGC tototal six-over 216. Her earlier roundswere 70 and 73.

Gurbani wins golf title


Assam 126/8 (SapnaChoudhary 46, Susmit a Negi3/15, H.B. Deol 2/16) lost toHimachal Pradesh 129/6(Nikita Chauhan 31 n.o.,Preeti Negi 23, NehaChauhan 20, Anitha Lodhi3/23, Papori Gogoi 2/26).

Andhra 163/6 (S. Meghana53, G. Sneha 22, G. ChandraLekha 28, C. Jhansi Lakshmi24, Shreyanshi Singh 2/34) btMPCA 122/8 (Neha Badwaik31, Kalpana Yadav 51, C.Jhansi Lakshmi 4/21, K. AnjaliSravani 2/11).

Hyderabad 145/8 (S. Sowmya43 n.o., G. Praneesha 24,

Nidhi Torvi 26, Meghana2/14, Aditi Sharma 2/23) lostto UP 146/7 (Aditi Sharma 42,Ekta Singh 23, ArundhatiReddy 2/35, S. Sowmaya2/20).

Punjab 101 (Tania Bhatia 38,Sneh Rana 26, Beauti Mondal4/28, Anita Naskar 3/7) lost toBengal 102/5 (AparnaMondal 30 n.o., Priyanka D.S.2/22).

A2-A3 TWO-DAYSDay 1Osmania 316 (Santosh 71,Paninider 53, Abhinav 54,Krishna Charith 6/66) vs KosaRaju 16/1.

SAND TRACK 800 METRES:Victory Sky (rb) 1-1, 600/45Moved freely. Vijaysheel (app)58, 600/44.5 Unextended.Dream Deal (rb) 54.5, 600/41.5Speedy. Ace Star (rb) 1-0,600/45 Moved freely. WeddingGift (rb)1-1, 600/45Unextended. Rebut (rb) 57,600/44 Urged. Pantita (rb)Shadow In The Mist (rb) 59,600/43 Former finished in front.Smashing Beauty (app) 1-0,600/45 Moved freely. BettyPrior (Anil) 1-2, 600/47 Easy.Jaden Gil (Anil) 56.5, 600/43Moved well. Rob Roy (rb) 59.5,600/45 Easy. Precisely That(Joshi) 58, 600/44 Moved on the bit. Baba’s Gift (app) 1-2, 600/46 Easy.Rajkumari (B.Shinde) 1-1,600/46 Moved freely. QueensNecklace (rb) 1-1, 600/46 Easy.

SAND TRACK 1000 METRES:Benita (rb) Three Double Eight (rb) 1-12.5, 800/57,600/43.5 Former finished infront. Glorious View (Alikhan)

1-14, 800/58, 600/43Unextended. Handsome Hunk(app) 1-12, 800/54.5, 600/42Pushed in the last part. VijaysBest (Josh) 1-14, 800/58,600/44 Moved freely.Custodian (app) 1-14, 800/58,600/44 Slightly pushed.Ashleen State (app) 1-10,800/55, 600/42 Moved well.Cascading Glory (rb) 1-12,800/57, 600/42 A speedy dis-play. 2y.Senure/Karinae (rb)Brianna (rb) 1-18.5, 800/1-1,600/45 Former finished in front.

SAND TRACK 1200 METRES:Specialist (Joshi) 1-30, 1000/1-12, 800/57, 600/43 Moved onthe bit. 2y.Staminoizd (Ramana)2y.Lucy Diamond (rb) 1-32,1000/1-15, 800/58.5, 600/43.5Former finished in front.Laughing Eyes (rb) 1-30.5,1000/1-14, 800/58.5, 600/45Moved well.

SAND TRACK 1400 METRES:Pedalo (Joshi) 1-48, 1200/1-32,1000/1-15, 800/1-0, 600/46Moved on the bit.

1ST RACE:The Classical Act Plate Div-2(about) 1200 Metres., 12-30 P.M.1 Serena 2 Winds Of TheNorth 3 Zidaan

2ND RACE:The Delhi Race Club Trophy(about) 1200 Metres, 1-00 P.M.1 Doven Hill 2 MountainRegement

3RD RACE:The Kejriwal Trophy Div-2(about) 1200 Metres, 1-30 P.M.1 Golden Memory 2 Monza 3Small Treasure

4TH RACE:The Democratic Plate (aboUt)2000 Metres, 2-00 P.M.1 Mountain Force 2 Songlark3 Phoenix Force

5TH RACE:The Red Mills Horse FeedNow In India Salver (about)1400 Metres, 2-30 P.M.1 Que Sera Sera 2 HomeAdvantage 3 Woven Dreams

6TH RACE:The Coolmore JuvenileMillion (about) 1000 Metres,3-00 P.M.1 Decathlon 2 Rapter 3Marinsky

7TH RACE:The Irish ThoroughbredMarketing & GoffsR.W.I.T.C.Ltd Gold CupGrade -2 (about) 2000Metres, 3-40 P.M.1 Hills And Stars 2 NativeKnight 3 Alma Mater

8TH RACE:The Kejriwal Trophy Div-I(about) 1200 Metres, 4-10 P.M.1 Forest Legins 2 Greatness 3Oriental Dam

9TH RACE:The Classical Act Plate Div-I(about) 1200 metres, 4-50 P.M.1 Mzima 2 Flying Star 3 SnowBall

10TH RACE:The Thudering Power Plate(about) 1600 Metres, 5-20 P.M.1 Mon Ami 2 Atlantic Star 3Blue Casper

DAYS BEST:HILLS ANDSTARS1st Jackpot Race Nos:4,5,6,7, and 82nd Jackpot Race Nos:6,7,8,9 and 101st Treble Race Nos:3,4 and 52nd Treble Race Nos:7,8 and 93rd Treble Race Nos:8, 9 and 10.

LEAGUE CRICKET

PUNE RACES

Dream Deal,Specialist please

HYDERABAD WINTERRACES 2012 -13.

The Hyderabad winter sea-son which will see 34 daysof racing, commences fromSunday the November 4,2012 and concludes onMonday February 25, 2013.

The first classic of theseason, The DeccanBookmakers Golconda 1000Guineas, will be on Sundaythe November 18 2012, TheDeccan BookmakersGolconda 2000 Guineason Sunday December 9,The Golconda Oaks andThe Smt.TeegalaSulochana Reddy MemorialByerly Turk Million onJanuary 6, 2013, ThePratap Stud Darley ArabianMillion on January 11, TheQutab Shahi Cup onJanuary 20, TheBookmakers GolcondaDerby Stakes and TheBhagyanagar JuvenileMillion on February 10, TheVif Stud Godolphin BarbMillion on February 17 andThe Alcock Arabian Millionto be run on February 242013.

The total stake moneyfor the winter season (229Events) is Rs.11,60,65,000(Eleven crores sixty lakhsand sixty five thousand)and the value of the tro-phies for these events (100Nos) is Rs.30, 28,000 (Thirstylakhs and twentyeight thou-sands).

Stakes for the lower divi-sions if any, will be same asthat for the first divisionalso.

Cups/Trophies of samevalue will be given forLower divisions.

RACES:

All India women’s under-19 one day super league

Selections (November 28):

Dream Deal, Specialist, Handsome Hunk, Ashleen Stateand Cascading Glory moved well when the horses were

excercised in Hyderabad, this morning.

SPORTS 30SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012

GREATER NOIDA: Red Bulldominated the practice sessionsby putting both the cars at thetop in FP 2 but Sebastian Vettel,who had the fastest time, reck-ons that the qualifying resultmay be different.

After the final practice ses-sion tomorrow morning, thedrivers will fight for the posi-tions on the grid for Sunday’srace.

“Friday’s are always diffi-cult with so many thingschanging. The track improve-ment was quite big today, it wasdusty to start and improved lapby lap, so I wouldn’t be sur-prised if tomorrow the order isdifferent, but we’ve had worseFridays, so I am happy. We needto keep working and improve alittle bit overnight,” Vettel thedefending champion said.

His team-mate MarkWebber, whose late charge sawhim shoot up to second posi-tion, said they have good infor-mation for the race.

“That went pretty well. Ihad a lock-up in Turn 1, whichI could have done without, butit isn’t the end of the world. Wegot on with the important stuff,which is understanding the softtyre on short and long runs.We’ll have a look where we canimprove the car, you can alwaysimprove. The team is incredibly

motivated and the drivers also,”the Australian said. Ferrari’sAlonso, who was behind thetwo Red Bull cars, the FP2 was“difficult” after a good morningsession. “In the second one,when we switched from theHard to Soft, the balance of thecar was no longer the best andit was beco ming very difficultto drive, to such an extent that Iended up spinning.” he said. PTI

Surprise in store?Red Bull dominated the practices but Vettel, reckons the qualifying may be different.

Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany sits in his race car in the pit garage during the second prac-tice session of The Buddh International circuit for the Indian GP in Greater Noida on Friday. AFP/PUNIT PARANJPE

Vettel, Red Bull dominate day oneNEW DELHI: SebastianVettel topped both practicesessions at the Indian GrandPrix Friday as he bids for hisfourth win in a row and ahistoric third straight driverstitle. The Red Bull driver, 25,who seized the champi-

onship lead at the last racein South Korea and is seek-ing to become FormulaOne’s youngest triple cham-pion, scorched a fastest lapof one minute and 26.221seconds in the second ses-sion.

Domenicalideclines tocommenton flagGREATER NOIDA: Ferrariteam principal Stefano Domen -icali refused to be drawn into theraging controversy surroundingits decision to race with theItalian navy flag on their cars atSunday’s Indian Grand Prix as agesture of solidarity towards itsmarines facing trial in Indiaover murder charges.

Domenicali declined to com-ment on the issue in an officialFIA press conference at theBuddh International Circuithere after India today expressedits unhappiness over the ItalianFormula One outfit’s decision,saying this is “not in keepingwith the spirit of sports”.

“If you look behind in thepast we have done a lot of initia-tives, but there is nothing I wantto get into specifically becausethis is not the place we shoulddo it,” he said. Asked whetherFerrari would reconsider itsdecision, Domenicali said,“Honestly, I don’t think it is amatter to discuss this subjecthere.” Disapproving of Ferrari’sdecision, official spokespersonin the ministry of externalaffairs Syed Akbaruddin said:“Using sporting events to pro-mote cause which are not of asporting nature is not in keepingwith the spirit of sports.” PTI

Azarenka sealsyear-end top spot

Qualifying will be key

Saumojyoti S Choudhury

GREATER NOIDA: McLarenMercedes might not have thebest of the free practice ses-sions today, but its drivers --

Lewis Hamilton and JensonButton -- have already set theirsights on tomorrow and said agood qualifying session will bekey to the team’s success inSunday’s race.

Both Button (1:27.182) andHamilton (1:27.131) improvedtheir FP1 timing in the after-noon but still the two McLarenMercedes cars could only setthe sixth and seventh fastesttimings of the day.

Defending championSebastian Vettel emerged as thefastest driver in both the prac-tice sessions with teammateMark Webber finishing a closesecond, as Red Bull put up animpressive show in the freepractice sessions.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonsowas third quickest.

However, Hamilton soundedoptimistic and said with littlebit of improvement, the twoMcLaren Mercedes cars canmatch the likes of Red Bull andFerrari at the second edition ofthe Indian Grand Prix.

ISTANBUL: Victoria Azarenkaat last made sure of the year-endworld number one ranking, justtwo matches from the finish ofthe 2012 season, when she over-came Li Na to reach the WTAChampionships semi-finalsFriday.

The Australian Open cham-pion from Belarus claimed a 7-6(7/4), 6-3 win over the Chinesestar to set-up a last-four clash onSaturday against MariaSharapova.

The other semi-final will seeOlympic, Wimbledon and USOpen winner Serena Williamsfacing Agnieszka Radwanskawho needed three hours and 29minutes, the longest match in

the history of the 40-year-oldchampionships, to claim a 6-7(6/8) 7-5, 6-4 win over Italy’s SaraErrani.

“It feels great, a dream cometrue,” said Azarenka, who puttogether a 26-match winningstreak earlier this year. I want toplay my last matches here andthen enjoy being the world num-ber one. I want to focus on thiscompetition, there are still lotsof challeges ahead.”

Azarenka’s achievement hadlooked in doubt for much of anunpredictable 68-minute first set,during which 2011 French Openchampion Li hit hard, flat, andambitiously and the favouritesometimes struggled. AFP

McLaren-Mercedes driver Jenson Button of Britain powers his car duringthe second practice session at The BIC on Friday. AFP/PRAKASH SINGH

Nico happy with free practiceGREATER NOIDA: Inhis maiden sojourn atthe Buddh Internatio -nal Circuit here,Sahara Force Indiadriver Nico Hulkenber -g is satisfied with thefree practice today andsaid he was shaping upwell for the qualifyingsession at the Indian

Grand Prix tomorrow.Hulkenberg, who

ended eighth at thesecond practice ses-sion, said that he hadachieved what he hadwanted to do. “It wasmy first experience ofthe Buddh circuit andI have to say they havedone a really nice job.

There’s a good flow tothe lap and the secondsector is very technicaland challenging,” hesaid after the practicesession. “The pro-gramme for me todaywas quite straightfor-ward becau se we man-aged to do everythingwe wanted.”

Federer, Del Potro final likelyBASEL, SWITZER -

LAND: Roger Federerwon his 32nd match

from his last 33 playedat the Swiss Indoors

on Friday, reaching thesemi-finals in emphatic

fashion over BenoitPaire, 6-2, 6-2. The Fre -

nch challenger knewhe was in for the mat -

ch of his life againstthe five-time tourna-

ment winner who wasborn in Basel. Theforce of the world

number one and topseed was on full dis-

play in his 54-minutequarter-final rout of

the outsider, a victorystudded with seven

aces and four breaksof serve. Federer will

Saturday play anotherFrench opponent whenhe takes on fellow vet-eran Paul-Henri Math -

ieu, who reached hissecond semi-final sincecoming back in late Ja -nuary after a year aw -ay with a knee injury.


CENTURION: Sydney Sixerskept kept their cool to beatNashua Titans by two wickets ina nerve-wracking second semi-final of the Champions LeagueTwenty20 here on Friday.

Needing eight runs from thefinal over to reach the target of164, Sydney Sixers’ PatCummins held his nerves toscamper home for a bye off thelast delivery as the Big BashChampions won the mostthrilling match of an otherwisedrab Twenty20 competition.Sydney will now take onHighveld Lions in the final to beplayed on Sunday.

The match went onto thewire and all three results werepossible but Sydney ultimatelyreaped dividends due to a goodopening stand. The winners star -ted the chase in right earnest asopener Steve O’Keefe hit off-spinner Eden Links for couple ofboundaries. His partner MichaelLumb got two more in the sec-ond over from Ethy Mbhalati.

A flurry of boundaries fromthe duo saw Sydney reach 50 inthe fifth over but Lumb was dis-missed by Alfonso Thomas afterscoring 33 off 19 balls. He offered

a skier to rival captain Martinvan Jaarsveld. Lumb hit sixfours and a big six off Thomas.

O’Keefe however didn’t letthe momentum drop as Sydney

maintained 10 per over run-rate.O’Keefe was finally bowled for 32off 21 balls when he tried a wildslog of Links’ delivery. He hit sixfours. However O’Keefe dis-

missal brought about a collapseas skipper Brad Haddin andglovesman Nic Maddinson whoscored a quick 20 were back inthe dug-out. From 85 for one,Sydney team were reduced to 92for four having lost three wick-ets in a space of 11 deliveries.

Moises Henriques then againsteadied the ship with a brisk 27that had couple of huge sixesbut once he was gone, Sydneywere 132 for seven. ButCummins and Ben Rohrerensured that the Australianteam cross the finishing line.Earlier, David Wiese’s brilliantcounter-attackinginnings helpedNashua Titans reach a com-mendable 163 for five againstSydney Sixers .

The big-bodied Wiese camein when Titans were tottering at82 for five and then carried out aswift yet brutal assault smash-ing an unbeaten 61 off only 28balls.

The pace trio of MitchellStarc, Pat Cummins and MoisesHenriques were left stunned bythe Wiese carnage as he complet-ed his 50 off 25 balls and hit fivefours and four huge sixes. Hechanged his gears suddenly after

playing 10 balls without a bound-ary. He hit the pull shots andstraight over the long-on regionwith equal ease.

Along with opener HenryDavids who carried his batthrough with an impressive 59not out in 44 balls (3x4, 3x6), theyadded 81 runs in only 6.3 overs.

The last six overs produced awhopping 79 runs after the first14 fetched them only 84 runs atthe expense of five wickets. PTI

Sixers win thriller, reach final

Sydney Sixers players celebrate the dismissal of Titans batsman Heino Kuhnon Friday, during their CLT20 semi-final match at the SuperSport Park inCenturion. AFP/STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

GENEVA: The 1999-2005 Tour deFrance races will have no win-ners attributed to them, embat-tled world cycling officials anno -unced on Friday, ordering dop-ing-tainted icon Lance Armstro -ng to repay his prize money. TheInternational Cycling Union(UCI) this week effectively erase -d Armstrong from the cyclinghistory books when it decidednot to appeal sanctions imposedon the American by the USADA.

A report by USADA last we ekconcluded that Armst rong he -lped orchestrate the most sophis-ticated doping programme in thehistory of sport. An UCI manag -ement committee “ackno wledgedthat decisive action was neededin response to the report”. Arms - trong will now lose all of his res -ults from 1998, the year he resu -med racing after battling cancer,and a year before the first of hisseven wins from 1999-2005. AFP

Armstrong’sTour victoriesto have nonew winner

LEEDS (ENGLAND): AceIndian cueist Pankaj Advanitoday advanced to the semifinalsof the World Billiards Champio -nship in the time format thoughhe crashed out of the tourna-ment in the point format here.

Advani beat Rupesh Shah1647-705 in the time format quar-terfinals to make it to the lastfour stage. He, however, lost toPeter Gilchrist of Singapore 1-4in a quarterfinal match in pointsformat. Against Rupesh, Advanimade a strong start with twodouble century breaks and fourcentury breaks before he pro-ceeded to pocket the game with a940-point margin in 180 minutes.

He now faces another compa-triot Dhruv Sitwala in the semi-finals. “I am very happy to beplaying fellow Indian and a greatfriend in the semis. With twoIndians at the table, we are guar-anteed a spot for the country inthe finals of the Timed formatand it also gives us a greatchance of bringing the titlehome,” he said. PTI

Cueist Advaniin WorldBilliards semis

Australia’s chairman of selectorsJohn Inverarity urged cautionover producing a generation of

chuckers by teaching the doosra tothe country’s aspiring spin bowlers.The doosra, the difficult-to-bowl leg-spinner delivered with an off-spinningaction, has been a key weapon forleading sub-continent slow bowlers inTest cricket.

John urges doosra caution

Swimmer Laure Manaudou, the400m freestyle champion at the2004 Games, will retire for a sec-

ond time after the Europ ean Champio -nships, the Le Courrier Picard newspa-per reported. Laure, wh o was also atriple world champion, quit for the firsttime in September 2009 before decid-ing to get back into the pool in orderto race in her third Olympics in 2012.

Manaudou to quit again

Natraj Behera, who led East Zoneto the Duleep Trophy title, cred-ited Ashok Dinda’s seven-wicket

haul in their semifinal against South asthe turning point of their triumph intournament. East Zone was adjudgedthe Duleep Trophy champions on basisof their first innings lead over CentralZone after both the teams played outa draw at Chepauk in Chennai.

Dinda sets the momentum

Casey Stoner again led the way ashe clocked the fastest lap timein third practice ahead of

Saturday’s qualifying for the AustralianMotoGP at Phillip Island. The homehero on a Repsol Honda posted a bestlap time of one minute 29.665seconds.Also quickest in both sessions onFriday, he is the only rider to go under1min30sec ahead of Sunday’s race.

Stoner dominates practice

BRIEF SCORESTitans 163/5 (H Davids 59n.o., H Kuhn 13, M vanJaarsveld 5, F Behardien 14, D Wiese 61 n.o, Hazlewood1/19, Starc 2/33, Cummins1/51, Henriques 1/36) lost toSydney Sixers 164/8 (SO’Keefe 32, M. Lumb 33, N.Maddinson 20, B. Haddin 3, S Smith 3, M Henriques 28, B Rohrer 21, P Cummins 14n.o., Links 1/24, Mbhalati1/34, Thomas 2/36, DeVilliers 1/31, Van der Merwe1/23).

Sachin ready for Eng TestsNEW DELHI: Record-break-ing Indian batsman SachinTendulkar will make a rareappearance in domesticfour-day cricket next weekto gain match practiceahead of the home Testseries against England.

The 39-year-old, theworld’s leading scorer inboth Test and one-day crick-et, was named Friday in a13-man Mumbai squad for afour-day Ranji Trophymatch against Railwaysstarting in Mumbai onNovember 2.

Tendulkar, whose lastRanji appearance was in2009, struggled in a homeTest series against NewZealand in August-September when he scoredjust 63 runs in threeinnings.

Legendary Indian openerSunil Gavaskar even sug-gested during the secondTest against New Zealand inBangalore that Tendulkar’s

reflexes were on the slideafter the batsman wasbowled in all three innings.

Tendulkar has made arecord 51 Test centuries buthas now gone 25 inningswithout a hundred in thefive-day game since making146 against South Africa inCape Town in January 2011.

He has scored a worldrecord Test (15,553) and one-day (18,426) runs and hasalso compiled an unprece-dented 100 internationalcenturies. The selectors alsonamed India’s left-arm pace-

man Zaheer Khan in theMumbai side. England opentheir to ur with a three-daypractice match against India‘A’ in Mumbai on October 30.It wi ll be followed by twomore warm-up games beforethe four-Test series starts inAhmedabad on November15.

The tourists, who alsoplay two Twenty20 interna-tionals on the first leg oftheir tour, will go home forChristmas and return for afive-match one-day seriesstarting on January 11. AFP

‘We must learn from mistakes’Alex Ferguson’s second placed side head to leaders Chelsea for Sunday’s summit meeting

Neil Johnston

LONDON: Ryan Giggsinsists Manchester Unitedcannot afford to keep play-ing catch-up if they wantto regain the PremierLeague title.

Alex Ferguson’s secondplaced side head to leadersChelsea for Sunday’s sum-mit meeting having man-aged just three cleansheets in 12 matches thisseason.

Although United havewon 10 of the last 11games in all competitions,they have conceded fourtimes in the last two aftergifting their opponentshead starts.

Stoke were allowed togo 1-0 up at Old Traffordlast Saturday before losing4-2, while Portuguese sideBraga sailed into a 2-0

lead in Manchester onTuesday before losing 3-2in the Champions League.

While United escapedwith victories from thosetwo matches, Giggs knowsa team of Chelsea’s quali-ty are far more likely totake advantage of suchsloppy play.

“That’s probably thebiggest disappointmentfrom this season, the num-ber of times we’ve gone

behind,” United midfielderGiggs said.

“On the plus side,though, we’ve managed tocome back in the majorityof those games and winthem.

“Obviously we can’t gothroughout the season likewe have been doing.

“But we know that ifwe get clean sheets and westart getting zeros againstour name then we’ll createchances at the other endand win more games thanwe lose.”

Giggs is pushing for areturn to the starting line-up as United look toreduce Chelsea’s four-point lead at the top.

Giggs, who is 39 nextmonth, made a substituteappearance against Bragabut is desperate to startagainst Chelsea.

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City will bounce back,insists Roberto ManciniMancini is urging his side not to let their Europeanmisery disrupt their defence of the league title.

Neil Johnston

MANCHESTER: Manchester City willbounce back from their poor ChampionsLeague form and become stronger asthey chase more domestic honours,Roberto Mancini insisted on Friday.

The City boss has admitted it willrequire a miracle for his expensively-assembled side to reach the ChampionsLeague knockout stage after losing toAjax in midweek.

But City will leapfrog second-placedManchester United, who are away to

leaders Chelsea on Sunday, if they makeit four domestic wins in a row onSaturday against a Swansea side whichhas tasted victory once in six leaguegames. And Mancini is urging his sidenot to let their European misery disrupttheir defence of the league title.

“When you play an important gameand you lose you are disappointed, andI’m disappointed like all my players,”said the Italian. “Maybe now it’s difficultto go through but we have an importantseason and if we are like this after onedefeat, then we’re really weak.”

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