NEW DELHI, DEC 2712.27.14 Delhi Sikh

Gurdwara ManagementCommittee Chairman ofthe prestigious projectknown as theInternational CentreFaar author Dr. SikhStudies. Jaswant SinghNeki and Convenor susTrilochan Singh as amember of the RajyaSabha, Shri GuruGranth Sahib prepay

Research Centreassumed office on cam-pus. Committee presi-dent Manjit Singh GKDR. Nobleness andTrilochan SinghJihmmedari Siropa andsubmitted to the officeby offering Shaal.Punjabi UniversityPatiala in the short pro-gram to take up the postof Vice Chancellor, thefamous cartographer

and Robin Mtaru BaabiBedi and present theirideas in front of intel-lectuals and famousShicshavido.

GK Jihkr outline ofthe proposed center onthe occasion in front ofthe parliament buildinglocated in front of thelocal bodies of theBandiso said to be in hishands a small scope.

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTSunday, December 28, 2014

New power substation inauguratedin Hari Nagar

HTC Planning to Launch More Entry-Level 4G Smartphones in Q1 2015

I Am Proud of Shraddha Kapoor:Tejaswini Kolhapure

NEW DELHI, DEC 27Even as the Army is

intensifying its opera-tions in Sonitpur andKokrajhar districts ofAssam where NationalDemocratic Front ofBoroland (Songbijit)

militants massacred 75people, India has enlist-ed the support of Bhutanin tackling terrorist inci-dents along the border.

External AffairsMinister Sushma Swarajspoke to the Bhutanese

government at the high-est level and it hadresponded positively,Ministry spokespersonSyed Akbaruddin said

here on Friday.Responding to

queries, he said theMinister was trying toestablish contact with

other friendly countriesin the neighbourhoodfor increasing coopera-tion in checking terror-

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Assam massacre: Joint opera-tions along border planned

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SRINAGAR, DEC 27Famous Dal Lake and other

water bodies froze partially asSrinagar city, the summer cap-ital of Jammu and Kashmir,witnessed the coldest night of

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Dal Lake, water bodiesfreeze in J&K

HYDERABAD, DEC 27Union Minister for Science

and Technology and EarthSciences Harsh Vardhan hassaid that the Indian NationalCentre for Ocean InformationServices (INCOIS) will soonextend its GIS-based 3D

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Tsunami warning soonin all vulnerable areas

NEW DELHI, DEC 27As many as 831 confirmed

cases of swine flu were report-ed in the country betweenJanuary 2014 and November30, out of which 204 peopledied.

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Swine flu death toll204 till November

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KOLKATA, DEC 27West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visit-

ed north Bengal on Friday toreview the assistance being provid-ed by the district administration tothe people who have fled Assam inthe wake of the violence unleashedby the National Democratic Frontof Boroland (Songbijit) and takenshelter in relief camps inAlipurduar district.

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Mamata promises help

MUMBAI, DEC 27Months after the disastrous per-

formance in the MaharashtraAssembly polls and prior to that inthe Lok Sabha election, RajThackeray-led MaharashtraNavnirman Sena (MNS) facesprospect of a split.

Pravin Darekar, one of the mosttrusted aides of Mr.

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Raj Thackeray’s MNS faces prospect of split

NEW DELHI, DEC 27Union Minister Jitendra Singh, a

prominent BJP face from Jammuregion, on Saturday parried ques-tions on government formation inJammu and Kashmir where hisparty is in deliberations with others

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Union Minister Jitendra Singh parriesquestions on govt formation in J&K

PUNE, DEC 27Caving in to alleged pres-

sure of suspected right-winggroups, the ILS Law Collegein Pune has cancelled thescreening of noted filmmakerAnand Patwardhan’s

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College cancels screeningof film on Babri demolition

CHENNAI, DECEMBER 27The Chief Operating Officer

of Sun Network, Praveen,transferred his female col-league when she resisted hisharassment, an investigatingofficer said.

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“Sun TV COO abruptlytransferred her”

IMPHAL, DEC 27Four persons were injured

when a China made handgrenade was lobbed into theoffice of a media service atUripok in Imphal on Fridaynight. The blast comes as aserious blow to the govt which

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IM men killed making IEDsin Trinamool leader's house

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Sushma to chair India-South Korea meetNEW DELHI, DEC 27

External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj will chairthe 8th session of theIndia-South Korea jointcommission meeting alongwith her South Koreancounterpart Yun Byung-seover the weekend.

The visit is important toimprove relations with animportant partner in our“Act East policy” saidMinistry of ExternalAffairs (MEA)Spokesperson SyedAkbaruddin.

Ms. Swaraj is alsoexpected to call on theSouth Korean Presidentand Defence Minister apartfrom other senior officials.

This is the first multi-structured discussionbetween the two countriesafter the NDA governmentcame into power andimproving economic tieswill be the major focus.

South Korea has a trade

surplus and Ms. Swarajwill discuss steps to reduceit and also impress uponthe South Korean industryto invest in India.

Recently, Ms. Swarajcancelled the tender for

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NEW DELHI, DEC 27A Bill for inclusion of the leader of single

largest opposition party in Lok Sabha as amember of a committee selecting chairper-son and members of Lokpal will be broughtin the next session of Parliament, UnionMinister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday.

“The Lokpal Bill was brought with someamendments in the last session. Membersshowed keen interest in it. It was decidedthat the Bill may be referred to a parliamen-tary committee. Government did not objectto it and the Bill was referred to the selectcommittee of the House. The Bill will betaken in the next session,” Mr. Singh toldreporters in Delhi.

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JAMMU, DEC 27Pakistani troops violated

the ceasefire twice along theIndo-Pak border in Jammuand Kathua districts, draw-ing retaliation from BSF.

This is the fourth ceasefireviolation in the past fourdays.

"Pakistani troops resortedto small arms firing onVikraman post along theInternational Border inArnia sub-sector of Jammu

district late last night", apolice officer said.

It continued till around1.30 AM, he said, addingthere was no loss of life orinjury to anyone in the firingexchanges.

In another such ceasefireviolation, Pakistani troopsfired on the Jabowal post inHiranagar sector of Kathuadistrict last night, officialsaid.

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NEW DELHI, DEC 27 The CBI on Saturday regis-

tered two fresh cases againstSudipta Sen, Chairman ofSaradha group, in connectionwith alleged cheating ofinvestors in Assam by thecompany.

The CBI sources said thecases of alleged cheating andcriminal breach of trust havebeen registered by the SpecialInvestigation Team of theagency headed by JointDirector Rajiv Singh.

The agency has received areference from the Assamgovernment to probe allegedduping of investors in the

state by Saradha and its groupcompanies by offering lucra-

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UDAIPUR, DEC 27The Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) Governor RaghuramRajan, on Saturday, said thecentral bank would like tofocus on medium-term infla-tion targeting and will notchase the short-term goals.

“The medium-term is whatgives you time to let the econ-omy adjust to the changes thatare happening. This is the sen-sible inflation targeting thatwe have to debate about,” hesaid at the annual conferenceof Indian EconomicAssociation.

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NEW DELHI, DEC 27India on Saturday

asked Pakistan to handover underworld donDawood Ibrahim, sayingenough evidences havebeen given to it on theprime accused in the1993 Mumbai serialblasts.

Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju saidIndia’s stand has beenvery clear for a longtime that Dawood hasbeen in Pakistan and hehas been living inKarachi.

“We have been askingto hand him over toIndia for a long time.Already many evidence

have been given toPakistan.

Pakistan should nowact and hand him over tous,” he told reporters inNew Delhi.

Rijiju said Pakistanshould cooperate with

India in its fight againstterrorism if it is serious.“We want it to act onevidence,” he said.

In Lucknow, HomeMinister Rajnath Singh

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Hand over Dawood, India tells Pakistan Focus is on medi-um-term inflationtargeting: Rajan

Amendment in Lokpal Act onLoP in next session: Minister

Pakistan violates ceasefire twicealong LoC in Jammu Province

Saradha scam: CBI registers two fresh cases

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DR. Kindliness and International Centre Faar TrilochanSingh took over as Pdadikariyon of Sikh Studies

NEW DELHI, DEC 27Army Chief General

Dalbir Singh Suhag onSaturday reviewed thedeployment of Army inthe areas of Assamwhere NDFB(S) mili-tants killed over 70 peo-ple, and examined theblueprint for deploy-ment of additionalforces in the region.

The Army chief

arrived in Guwahati onSaturday morning andreviewed the currentstatus of operations andvarious measures takento improve the securityscenario in the state, aDefence spokespersonsaid.

He directed his fieldcommanders to enhancethe intensity of opera-tions against those

responsible for the car-nage and assured addi-tional support forrenewed focus on oper-ations.

The Army chief alsointeracted with variouscommanders in the fieldto obtain a first-handperspective of the area-domination operations.

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 120CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity:100%Wind: 0 Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 220CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity: 88%Wind: 0 Km/hr

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Army Chief reviews deployment of troops in Assam

NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | DEC 28, 2014Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, DEC 27Delhiites will not have

to pay more for water till anew government takesover in the Capital. Thecity's water utility hasdeferred the annual tariffhike till its next meeting.

At a meeting of theDelhi Jal Board on Friday,members took the deci-sion to put off the 10 percent hike in rates that wassupposed to take effectfrom January 1, 2015.

A DJB statement said:"The board decided thatthe effective date ofimplementation of theannual increase of 10 percent in the water tariff bedeferred to the next boardmeeting."

However, the hike isunlikely to go throughbefore the DelhiAssembly elections,which are expected to beheld in February.

"We have deferred thehike till the next meeting,but we won't let rates goup till an elected govern-ment can take a decision,"

said DJB member andLeader of the House in theBharatiya Janata Party-ledNorth Delhi MunicipalCorporation MiraAggarwal. She added thatthe BJP members in theBoard would demand thatthe automatic annual hikebe scrapped. Since 2009

the tariffs have been goingup automatically onJanuary 1, with the excep-tion of last year.

In 2013, an electionyear, former ChiefMinister Sheila Dikshitdeferred the hike.

When the Aam AadmiParty Government took

over, it allowed the ratesto go up in January 2014,but also gave 20 kilolitresof free water per month tothose with metered con-nections.

The current water tariffsfor domestic users rangebetween Rs.2.66 per kilo-litre and Rs.33.28 per

kilolitre depending onmonthly consumption.

The fixed service chargeranges from Rs.66.55 forhouseholds consumingless than 10 kilolitres amonth to Rs.266. 20 forthose whose monthly con-sumption is more than 30kilolitres.

Delhi water tariff hikedeferred, at least till polls NEW DELHI, DEC 27

Finance Minister ArunJaitley at the foundationstone-laying ceremony fora new substation at HarshVihar in East Delhi onFriday. Photo: S.Subramanium

Finance Minister ArunJaitley on Friday inaugu-rated one of the biggestpower transmission proj-ects in the National CapitalRegion. The 400 KVpower sub-station hascome up at Harsh Vihar inEast Delhi.

While inaugurating thepower station Mr. Jaitleysaid that it would be alandmark in making Eastand North East Delhi apower cut free zone.

"With this power station,people in East Delhi willnot have to face any morepower woes," Mr. Jaitleysaid. He further added thatGovernment of India isformulating policies so thatcoal blocks would be allo-cated to the power generat-ing companies and they inturn may provide cheapelectricity to the con-sumers.

Union Minister of State(IC) for Power, Coal andNew & Renewable EnergyPiyush Goyal, Member ofParliament from NorthEast Delhi Manoj Tiwari,were also present at theevent. Mr. Goel said:"The Government of Indiaensured that the clearancerequired for completingthis project was madeavailable without anydelay. With the commis-sioning of this Substationand on completion of someother power projects,inverters and generatorswill not be required any-more in East Dselhi."

The Harsh Vihar substa-

tion has been linked withDadri Thermal PowerStation which suppliesaround 900MW power toDelhi. Delhi Transco offi-cials said the substationwill directly draw powerfrom the Dadri ThermalPower Station.

"With the addition of thisSubstation, East Delhi hasthree independent powersources. The other two400KV Substations feed-ing East Delhi are 400KVMandola and 400KVMaharani Bagh whichhave been linked with220KV Substations atSouth of Wazirabad andGhazipur respectively.

NEW DELHI, DEC 27A Delhi court has

acquitted two persons inan attempt to commit cul-pable homicide of a manby hitting him on his headwith an iron pipe and rodas the complainant and thelone eye-witness to thecrime refused to supportthe prosecution case.

The prosecution chargesagainst the two accused,Veerpal and Gangaram,were that they had in turnhit the complainant withan iron pipe and a rod onhis head following analtercation over someissues.

The prosecution exam-ined six witnesses toprove the case.

Except the complainant

and the eyewitnesses, allthe other were formal wit-nesses.

"The eyewitness of thecase has stated that he hadnot seen anyone assault-ing Satish, the com-plainant. The police didnot record his statement.He was declared hostileby the prosecution andcross examined by theAdditional PublicProsecutor but in vain,''the court said.

The complainant in hiscross-examination by theAdditional PublicProsecutor said that as itwas night, he could notidentify the assailants. Hewas also under the influ-ence of liquor on the dateof the incident.

New power substationinaugurated in Hari Nagar

NEW DELHI, DEC 27The National Capital

Region recorded its firstswine flu fatality onFriday with a 51-year-oldwoman from Ghaziabadsuccumbing to the virus ata private hospital here.

Officials at the SriGanga Ram Hospital,where the patient wasadmitted said the womanhad been moved fromColumbia Asia Hospitalin Ghaziabad a few daysago.

She was in a criticalcondition and had to bekept on ventilator sup-port.

Meanwhile, all govern-ment hospitals have beenput on alert by the DelhiGovernment's healthdepartment. Hospitalshave been asked to take

appropriate measures totreat swine flu cases.

According to the

Directorate of HealthServices, six cases ofswine flu have been

reported in the nationalcapital and its neighbour-ing region this month.

"This is the first deathdue to swine flu this year.A total 32 positive casesof swine flu have beenreported in Delhi andNCR since January 1 tilldate," said Dr. DalveerSingh, StateEpidemiologist, holdingthe additional charge ofPublic Health.

The deceased, identifiedas Sheel Goel, resident ofEast Model Town inGhaziabad was admittedto the ICU of Ganga RamHospital in a serious con-dition on December 21.

All India figures haverevealed that swine fluhas claimed 204 livesfrom January tillNovember this year.

As many as 831 con-firmed cases of the out-break have been reported

during the correspondingperiod.

The maximum numberof cases (155) werereported in Gujarat, where55 people succumbed tothe disease followed byMaharashtra with 42deaths and 112 cases.Karnataka ad Punjabreported 294 cases and 33deaths and 56 cases and30 deaths respectively.

According to the dataprovided by the UnionHealth and FamilyWelfare Ministry therehas been an outbreak ofthe Influenza A H1N1 thatcauses swine flu since200910, with sporadicoutbreaks being reportedfrom various statesincluding Rajasthan,Karnataka, Maharasthraand Kerala.

51-year-old succumbs to swine flu, hospitals put on alert

FILE PHOTO OF A SWINE FLU SCREENING CENTRE AT RAM MANOHAR LOHIA

HOSPITAL IN NEW DELHI IN 2009.

NEW DELHI, DEC 27Four labourers, two of

them brothers, were buriedalive under rice sackswhich purportedly fell onthem while they weresleeping inside a godownin Outer Delhi's Alipur.

The accident is said tohave occurred in the earlyhours of Friday.

Eyewitnesses said thevictims, who used to sleepin the mill had chosen tosleep between two rows ofrice sacks to ensure insula-tion from the cold.

Ruling out foul play, apolice officer said theywere probing the matterfurther. They have regis-tered a case of causingdeath by negligence.

It was a colleague,sleeping some distanceaway from the victims,who first raised thealarm.

"As he could not find thefour labourers when hewoke up at 7-30 a.m. Hecalled out to his other col-

leagues on seeing the fall-en rick sacks. Togetherthey removed the sacks tofind the four men buriedunderneath," said a seniorpolice officer. The four -identified as Pawan Yadav(37), Santosh (24), LattunYadav (23) and Manoj(22) - were rushed to theBabu Jagjivan RamHospital where they weredeclared brought dead. Allfour hailed from the samevillage in Bihar'sSamastipur district.Santosh and Manoj weresiblings.

Ashok Yadav who wassleeping some distanceaway from the accidentspot is learnt to have toldthe police that even thoughthe accident took placevery close to where he wassleeping, he did not hearany screams.

The officer said it waspossible that the sackseach of which weighed 50kilograms, would havemuffled the voices.

The police had toremove about 50 suchsacks from the heap beforethe bodies could bebrought out.

The godown where thefour worked as labourersbelonged to one DeepakJain who also owns a ricemill in the same premise.Mr. Jain deals in whole-sale supply of rice.

Many workers employedby Mr. Jain use hisgodowns to sleep at night.The four victims hadspread empty sacks on thefloor and slept at aroundmidnight on Thursday.

Four labourers buried aliveunder rice sacks in Delhi

"As he could not findthe four labourers when

he woke up at 7-30 a.m.He called out to his other

colleagues on seeing thefallen rick sacks. Together

they removed the sacksto find the four men

buried underneath," saida senior police officer

NEW DELHI, DEC 27“We know rain and floods;and are well aware of storms;but who the hell are you?….During this season of electionsin Tamil Nadu;political hawks of all hueshovered over the carcasses.These are two epigrams (four-

line poem) that figure among the100 in "Terse Verse on theTsunami", a book of poems by T.Sampath Kumar, who wears differ-ent hats including that of a poet, alyricist and a short story author.

The epigrams published recentlyare his tribute to those who suf-fered the South Asian tsunami thatoriginated in the Indian Ocean onDecember 26, 2004, and severelyhit 13 countries and killed approx-imately 300,000 people.

Originally written in Telugu, theepigrams were translated intoHindi first by Sahitya AkademiAward winner Dr. J. Laxmi Reddy,a retired Hindi Associate professorfrom Delhi University's DayalSingh College. They were allpicked by Sahitya Amrith, a liter-ary journal that printed all the 100

poems in 2006. Following popular demand,

these were recently translated intoEnglish by Late Dr. Kesava Rao, alecturer from an Andhra Pradeshcollege. The English version saw asober launch at the Canadian HighCommission in New Delhi earlierthis week. On the experience ofpenning the poems, 58-year-oldMr. Kumar, who works with theHigh Commission's DevelopmentDepartment for the past 22 years,says: "As a bi-lateral agency, the

Canadian High Commission wasinvolved in supporting the rehabil-itation to lessen the humanitariantragedy. I was on my official dutyto assess the situation in TamilNadu from 2004 to 2009. But see-ing the vastness of the tragedy, Igot involved personally. I saweverything from gender discrimi-nation to NGOs helping there, topolitical interests. I couldn't haveincluded all of that in stories. So Idecided to write just four lineseach on different situations which

could work like a ladder tied withropes. I left the gaps between theropes to be understood by the read-ers. The 100 epigrams in a wayserve as a story of the tsunami."

Notably, this writer of threeother books of short stories inTelugu, has minced no wordswhile mirroring the hypocrisycreeping on the sight of the tragedyin the name of help; people turningvultures to loot the "dead"; home-less girls forced into prostitutionand so on.

After 10 years, a poetic tribute to tsunami victims

Delhi court acquits two inan attempt to commit

culpable homicide case

Continuation 3

Assam massacre...related activities and flushing out terrorists

from their territories. It is suspected thatsome of the key NDFB(S) leaders haveslipped into neighbouring Myanmar.

“Cooperation with neighbouring countrieswill give a sharp edge to our anti-terror oper-ations in the border areas of Assam,” govern-ment sources said adding the border withBhutan had been sealed.

After a review of the security situation inSonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam,Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh askedArmy Chief General Dalbir Singh to intensi-fy anti-militancy operations. They are said tohave discussed joint operations with Bhutanand Myanmar against the NDFB(S), whichhas bases in both countries.

The Home Minister asked the Army Chiefto ensure that peace was restored in Assam.Army presence would also be increased inArunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, whereNDFB(S) militants have a footprint.

General Singh said 66 Army columns hadbeen deployed in Assam.

Army Chief..to extend all possible support to the State

administration in bringing back normalcyand at the same time, carry out relentlessoperations against the perpetrators of terror.

He was also briefed on the pro—activeactions undertaken by the Army along withdifferent agencies to intensify the pressure onthe militant outfits.

He expressed satisfaction over the stepstaken by the commanders at all levels andasked for greater synergy with the central andstate intelligence and security agencies.

He assured the troops that he would contin-ue to maintain a close watch on the dynamicsin the region.

He thereafter undertook an aerial survey ofthe strife-torn areas of the State along withthe officers leading the operations.

The Army chief later left for Delhi.

Focus is on ...the world chased short-term inflation target

ignoring domestic and global developments.“What typically done is ... medium-term

flexible inflation targeting ... We want toachieve this objective, and we are going togive a time to reach that objective. And, if wego off track, we will re-calibrate to reach thatobjective within the medium-term. So, Idon’t have to achieve tomorrow but I have totry and get back to it over the medium-term,”he said.

The RBI-appointed Urjit Patel panel hassuggested that the central bank should aim at8 per cent retail inflation (CPI) by March2015, and 6 per cent by March 2016.

“I do believe RBI still has a role in control-ling inflation. We are not going to close shopand go home,” the governor said.

The RBI has kept interest rate (repo)unchanged at 8 per cent since January despiteindustry and government urging it to cut therate.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-basedinflation is on a decline, and in November,dropped to zero level, the lowest in aboutfive-and-a-half years. Retail inflation, too,fell for the fifth straight month in Novemberat 4.38 per cent.

The RBI will be announcing its next bi-monthly monetary policy on February 3.Debt waiver schemes

Putting a question mark on the effective-ness of government’s farm debt waiver pro-grammes, the RBI Governor said suchschemes had constrained flow of credit tofarmers. “In some States on certain occasionswe have had debt waivers. How effectivethese debt waivers have been? In fact, thestudies that we have typically show that theyhave been ineffective. In fact, they have con-strained the credit flow post waiver to thefarmers,” he said.

On farmers suicide, he said there was aneed to study this important and sensitiveissue.

“One question is how else we should dealwith over indebtedness in the farm sector.Also worth examining very important issueis of farmer suicide. How much they arecaused by indebtedness especially to the for-mal (banking) system, how much formal sys-tem alleviates indebtedness....,” the Governorsaid.

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana govern-ments have declared loan waivers for thefarmers hit by cyclone Phailin last year.

While the Telangana government has giventhe mandated 25 per cent of the written off

loan amount to the banks, Andhra Pradeshhas not done it so far.

Banks have over Rs.1.3 lakh crore expo-sure to the farm sector in these two States.

In 2008, the then UPA Government atCentre had come out with Agricultural DebtWaiver and Debt Relief Scheme (ADWDRS)2008 under which 3.69 crore small and mar-ginal farmers and other 60 lakh farmers weregiven debt relief to the extent of Rs.52,516crore.

Government auditor CAG had found inseveral cases that ineligible farmers weregiven benefit while deserving were left out,pointing to large-scale possibility of fraud.Farm subsidies

Talking about subsidies for farm sector,Mr. Rajan said that it would be useful to seewhether these subsidies had actually helpedagriculture or not.

“...The positive aspect is that you are giv-ing a benefit, a cheap credit to agriculture.The concern, however, is whether this creditis being put to right use or is it leading toover indebtedness or distortionary invest-ment.

“We, for example, have crop loan that wehave subsidised. But we don’t subsidiselonger term loans. Does that change thenature of what kind of activities are sub-sidised in agriculture? So that’s one issue...,”he added.

Hand over ...said Dawood is India’s most wanted terror-

ist and India has repeatedly asked Pakistan tohand him over to it.'Wait and watch'

“Wait and watch,” Singh said without elab-orating, when asked when India can get holdon him.

The comments came amidst reports whichsuggested that Dawood is running his busi-ness empire with impunity and the billions hemakes are being spent in terror operationsaround the globe.

“Dawood has been tracked in Karachi,alive and kicking, and is heard expanding hisreal estate business,” web—portalNewsMobile said based on tapes receivedfrom western diplomatic sources.

“This clearly proves that the underworlddon is blatantly running his terror supermar-ket from Pakistan and his real estate interestsare helping him generate enough funds toexpand his operations,” said NewsMobileeditor—in—chief Saurabh Shukla.

The Home Minister last month had saidPakistan was providing shelter to Dawoodand the underworld don was staying alongthe Pak—Afghan border.

India’s most wanted terrorist, Dawood isthe mastermind of the 1993 serial blasts inMumbai that claimed around 300 lives.

Asked about the news reports, Rijiju saidgovernment will examine the fresh evidencethat have come.

Sushma to chair...eight mine sweeper vessels for the Navy in

which a South Korean firm had been short-listed.

Asked if it would be discussed, MEASpokesperson said India sought cooperationfrom South Korea in ship building activitiesincluding the defence sector. “South Korea isa major ship building country and we wel-come their participation in India as part of the‘Make in India’ campaign,” he said.

Both sides will also take forward talks onimplementing the civil nuclear agreementcooperation, particularly in R&D and person-nel training, which was signed in 2011.

Saradha scam...the sources said.With this, there are total of six cases

against Saradha and its group companies inwhich Sen, and other senior office bearers ofthe company besides Trinamool MP KunalGhosh, Srinjoy Bose and State TransportMinister Minister Madan Mitra have beennamed as accused.

The agency, which had concentrated itsprobe on the investors of West Bengal andOdisha, has now extended its investigation toAssam. The agency had arrested someimportant personalities from Assam includ-ing singer Sadananda Gogoi for being part ofSaradha group.

It is alleged that Mr. Gogoi had taken Rs. 4lakhs to make a documentary on SudiptaSen’s factory in Assam. It is also alleged thathe introduced Sen to many influential peopleof the state including politicians and bureau-crats.

Amendment in ...

Mr. Singh said the government also pro-posed provision for inclusion of the singlelargest opposition party in the selection panelas there is no Leader of Opposition in theLower House.

Under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, theselection committee led by the PrimeMinister consists of the Lok Sabha Speaker,the Leader of Opposition in the LowerHouse, the Chief Justice of India or a judgeof the apex court nominated by him and aneminent jurist who could be nominated bythe President or any other member.

Pakistan violates...There was no loss of life or injury in this

brief firing, he said.There have been four ceasefire violations

in the past four days. On December 25,Pakistani Rangers resorted to unprovokedsmall arms firing in forward areas in Pansarborder out post belt of Hiranagar sub-sectorof Kathua district.

On December 24, the Pakistani troops hadresorted to mortar shelling and firing on theforward areas in the Pansar BoP belt inHiranagar sector of Kathua district.

They had targeted border areas throughoutAugust and for over 15 days in October,killing 11 people and leaving over 100injured. Over 32,000 people were also dis-placed.

DR. Kindliness ...GK The existing building without any sab-

otage of the center to create unique multime-dia complex claims. DR. Jaspal Singh inabout 1950 by Master Tara Singh laid thefoundation stone of the building, citing theGuru Granth Sahib, the spiritual affinity withthe building committee for the Delhi Prytnobeing praised.

Trilochan Singh at the center of the Sikhreligion, social reforms and foreign touriststo get the message to the young generationtold Jhriya. Trilochan Singh GK head Theprofiles of the center by Anrtrashtryy effortsto level the father Santokh Singh, head priestof the Panthic work seeks to create the condi-tions for combat.

DR. Kindliness Naujwano at the Centre aswell as access to people of all ages deserve tobe resolved to make the necessary steps. Hesaid that the Sikh religion in the world is theman who is learning to be truly human. ByRobin Mtaru Baabi altar screen on occasionand the design of the proposed centerrevealed in detail. Delhi Ravinder SinghKhurana, senior vice president of the com-mittee, vice Tnwant Singh, senior Akalileader Kuldeep Singh Bhogal, chief adviserKulmohn Singh, chief Paramjit Singh Ranamissionary, Bhai Jasbir Singh Rode JathedarSri Akal Takht Sahib prepay, center directorDr. Harbans Sggu Kaur, Dr. Mahinder Singh,Dr. Tripta Wahi, Dr. H Singh, committeemembers Dnoa Hardev Singh, ParamjitSingh Chandok, Jasbir Jassi Singh, KulwantSingh Batth, MPS Chadha, Gurbachan SinghCheema, Harjinder Singh, Jatinderpal SinghGoldie, and Shiromani Committee memberMtaru Bhupindra Singh Anand GurminderSingh and Prof. Kaalejon. And the principalwere present.

Mamata promises...“About 1,000 people have come from

Assam. Whatever we can do within our lim-ited means, we will do for them,” Ms.Banerjee told journalists outside theBagdogra airport in Siliguri. She will remainin Jalpaiguri on Friday and visit the camps onSaturday.

Union Minister ...to form the government. "It is beyond the

purview of my ministry's domain. It is notmy prerogative," said Singh to questions ongovernment formation in Jammu andKashmir.

Singh, Minister of State for Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions and also inthe Prime Minister's Office, was addressing apress conference to highlight achievement ofhis ministry.

"It is not my prerogative," was the standardreply given by Singh when asked whethertoday's press meet was going to be his lastpress conference as Union Minister.

Raj Thackeray’s ...Thackeray on Saturday held a meeting with

the Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, trig-gering speculations of him joining the rivalparty. While Mr. Darekar refused to divulgethe details of the meeting, he is likely toannounce his decision at a press conferencein the next few days.

Mr. Darekar has already resigned from theparty posts and has announced that he willcontinue working as a member.

According to sources close to Mr. Darekar,he is upset over the coterie of advisors sur-rounding the MNS chief and feels neglected.It was rumoured earlier that Mr. Darekarwould join the BJP.

Apart from Mr. Darekar, the discontentamong the leaders from Nashik and Punemay also harm the party. Several senior lead-ers, including former MLAs are said to be ontheir way out to join either the Sena or theBJP.

Mr. Thackeray has already announced thathe will not stop anyone who wants to quit theparty, as these testing times will identify hisreal supporters.

Dal Lake...this winter with mercury plunging to minus

5.6 degrees Celsius.Dal Lake located in the heart of the city

was partially frozen early this morning ascold wave conditions intensified with mercu-ry plunging nearly 1.5 degrees to settle at theseason?s lowest minimum temperature so far.

Dal dwellers, using their oars, were seenbreaking the layer of ice at several places tomake way for their shikaras to reach thebanks of the lake.

While the freezing cold added to the woesof the residents, the tourists were happy towitness it.

A Gujrati couple, who had come to theValley after visiting Mata Vaishno DeviShrine in Jammu, said they were lucky to seethe frozen Dal Lake.

"It is our good luck that the lake frozewhen we were here. The feeling is indescrib-able," Madhu Bhai, a Gujrati businessmansettled in Mumbai, said.

The cold wave led to freezing of manyother water bodies and drinking water taps inthe city while early morning motorists faceddifficulties due to a thin layer of frost on theroads.

Qazigund, the gateway town to KashmirValley in south Kashmir, recorded a low ofminus 5.9 degrees, also the lowest so far, aMeT Department spokesman said.

He said Pahalgam tourist resort in south,which serves as a base camp during the annu-al Amarnath yatra, registered a minimum ofminus 7.4 deg C, while the ski-resort ofGulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low ofminus 4.7 degrees Celsius.

The mercury in Kupwara town in northKashmir settled at the season's low of minus5.7 degrees Celsius, while Kokernag in southregistered a minimum of minus 2.3 degreesCelsius, the spokesman said.

He said the night temperature in Leh, in thefrontier Ladakh region, settled at minus 16.4degrees Celsius, which is also the season'slow so far.

Kargil recorded a low of minus 14.5degrees Celsius, the spokesman said.

The MeT Office has said the weatherwould remain cold and dry over the next fewdays.

College cancels ...controversial 1992 documentary Ram ke

Naam (‘In the name of Ram’) that documentsthe Babri Masjid demolition.

The film was to be screened at the collegeauditorium at 5.00 p.m. on Saturday, to befollowed by a question-and-answer sessionwith Mr. Patwardhan, who had alreadybought his tickets for the event.

“It is stupefying. Till yesterday [Thursday],everything was set for the screening. Thisafternoon [Friday], student organisers calledto say that after receiving threats, their facul-ty decided to cancel the event,” a disappoint-ed Mr. Patwardhan said.

“The students are refusing to say where thethreats came from or to divulge the namesof the faculty who cancelled the event.Obviously, they are themselves underthreat.”

Mr. Patwardhan suspected it to be theusual case of right-wing intimidationwherein they “threaten the organisers” ofthe event rather than approaching him.“They know I will not stop,” he said.

College authorities failed to give reasons,stating they were under “tremendous pres-sure from certain groups” and that the can-cellation was “regrettable.”

The film, a searing investigation into theperils of religious fundamentalism sinceIndependence, was made in the aftermathof the Ayodhya riots. It has since incurredthe hostility of the Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh and its affiliates, who have left nostone unturned to disrupt its screeningssince 1993.

In 2002, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) prevented the movie from beingscreened at the American Museum ofNatural History (AMNH) in New York.However, it denied any involvement in thiscase. VHP Pune chief Sanjay Kulkarni said,“we know nothing about this.” MilindEkbote, of the Samatha Hindu Agadhi, aleading Hindutva front in Pune, also deniedinvolvement. “We do things openly. Notcoerce behind the scenes,” said Mr. Ekbote.

Tsunami warning...protocol on tsunami warning to all vul-

nerable areas in the country with newmethodologies and improved warning pro-cedures.

The protocol is in place for Cuddaloreand Nagapattinam of Tamil Nadu, and 3Dmapping will be ready for the rest of thetsunami-prone areas too.

At the inaugural session of a nationalworkshop on “Indian tsunami early-warn-ing system: progress, challenges and futureroad map” organised here on Friday tocommemorate 10 years of the devastatingIndian Ocean tsunami, Dr. Harsh Vardhansaid details of every person living in vul-nerable areas would be mapped. The pilotproject in Cuddalore and Nagapattinamwould be extended to other areas.

Hailing the efficacy of the system devel-oped by INCOIS, he said it did not issueeven one false warning during the sevenyears of its existence, even when advancedcountries such as Japan had issued severalfalse alerts.

Swine flu ...of cases (155) was reported in Gujarat,

where 55 people succumbed to the diseasefollowed by Maharashtra with 42 deathsand 112 cases. Karnataka and Punjabreported 294 cases and 33 deaths and 56cases and 30 deaths respectively.

According to data provided by the UnionHealth and Family Welfare Ministry, casesof Influenza A H1N1 that causes swine fluhave come to light since 2009-10, with spo-radic outbreaks being reported from variousStates including Rajasthan, Karnataka,Maharashtra and Kerala.

To check the spread of the virus thatkilled 75 people in 2011, 405 in 2012 and699 in 2013, the Ministry has providedguidelines on screening and categorisationof patients, laboratory diagnosis, infectioncontrol, home care and clinical manage-ment.

Technical support for early case detectionis provided by Integrated DiseaseSurveillance Programme (IDSP) andthrough a network of 26 laboratories in thegovernment sector.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease causedby viruses that infect the respiratory tract ofpigs and can be transmitted to humans.Symptoms of swine flu in humans are sim-ilar to most influenza infections, whichinclude fever, cough, nasal secretions,fatigue, and headache.

“Sun TV COO...to put up with his harassment, Mr.

Praveen used his official powers andabruptly transferred her to Kochi. Sherequested that the transfer be revoked as herchild was attending school in Chennai andher mother was undergoing treatment, buthe did not consider that. So she quit,” theofficer said.

Mr. Praveen reportedly continued toharass the woman by not clearing the finalsettlement, pending salary and other dues,following which she approached the citypolice, the officer added.

A CCB team probing the complaintpicked up Mr. Praveen from his residencein Anna Nagar early on Friday. Followingquestioning, he was charged with variousoffences including sexual harassment at theworkplace, criminal breach of trust andintimidation, and arrested. He was remand-ed in judicial custody, sources added.

The victim began her career with the SunNetwork in 2004 after she was in-charge ofa radio station (owned by the network) inKochi in which Mr. Praveen was her boss.She quit that job after a few years, andrejoined the company as programme headfor Surya TV in Chennai in 2014.

IM men ...has tightened the security across the

town.All the four injured persons were rushed

to the hospital. No arrest was made so far,since the police are yet to get any clue overthe incident.

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Editorial4 NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | DEC 28, 2014SAADDA HAQ

BY GURDEEP SINGH SASAN

Guru Gobind Singh Ji figures in theworld history as a great leader ofmen, epitome of royal courage, ris-

ing spirit, (Chardhi Kala), Patriotism,Sacrifice, Confrontation with tyranny, aversatile genius of highest order, a God-man and a mystic par excellence, a power-ful poet and patron, a unique religious lawgiver and champion of down trodden,relentless defender of faith and above all, asacrificing martyr for the cause of sufferingand persecuted humanity. In fact it isimpossible to encompass and delineate inwords all the facts of his highly charismat-ic and remarkable personality. Guru Ji cre-ated his classless a Casteless Khalsa mostlyfrom the stuff which was discarded asdowntrodden and depressed and gave us themessage and practical lesson to live secularand democratic life. He proudly said “Ishall create scholars out of them, teachthem the method of discoursing on specialreligious lores, shall transform them into acrown (Sardar) all of men, only then I shallbe worthy of myself.”

“Sewa Lakh Se ek Laraun ;Chirian to (n) main baajtaraun ; Tabhe e Govind

Singh naam Kahaun”

“Unless I raise one to stand againstmany, cause sparrow spurn the hawk andinspire jackals to kill lions, I shall notdeserve to be called Gobind Singh”.

Guru Ji uplifted and filled with fervor orand fighting spirit such people who hadbeen turned into mere clods of clay duringmany centuries of oppression, and who hadnever dreamed of holding weapons.

The Hindu Nation was a divided light,with various sects warring (showing enmi-ty) with one another. Their existence waslike a flickering light of dying lamp. GuruJi placed the love of nationalism, a lampwick oiled by not only sacrificing his ownlife for the benefit of other but also gaveeverything he had, all his wealth, his fourchildren his father, his mother, his five

beloved singhs, all his might and brainpowers for the nation. All his comforts andpeace, blood of his body and his life he sac-rificed for his countrymen. Was there any-thing that he hid from us? No, nothing. Thatis why we call him the greatest hermit ofIndia because his life and sacrifices wereonly for his nation. Guruji infact came toshow that the body of happiness and peaceis prepared with the yeast of sacrifice andpain. When his four sons sacrificed theirlives for the honour of their country, GuruJi was proud of them and proclaimed.

“In patran ke sis per vardiya sut char

Char muye to kya hua jee-vat kai hazar”

“For the family of my Khalsa I have sac-rificed my four sons so that if four are dead,when thousands more are alive” is there anymatch in the history of world which can becompared to such supreme and unlique sac-rifice?

Swami Vivekanand a well authority onVedanta, honourably call Guru GobindSingh “the most glorious hero of our race”(Vol. IIIP 366) After studying super naturalAmrit ceremony of Guru Govind SinghSwami was so much impressed that wher-ever he gave any speech or wrote a letter, healways used to greetings –

“Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa,Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh”

Guru Govind Singh was not enemy ofany religion but he was definitely againsttyrants who were oppressing people inthe grab of religion. Guru Ji was a noblesoul who considered whole humanity tobe absolutely one.

“Hindu Turk Kou RafziIman Safi, Manas Ki JaatSabhe Ekai Paichanbo”

(Hinidu, Turk-Listen ye all recognizethem all only one caste of brotherhood)

Pir Bhikham Shah Darvesh when came toPatna with his followers to test the divinepowers of Infant to satisfy their inquisitive-ness, he took hold of two goblets one repre-senting Muslim faith and the other repre-senting Hindu. A system was evolved that aBaba has a special prophet sent by God andfor whom none was high or low and bothHindus and Muslims were equalent, then hewould put his hands simultaneously on boththe goblets with this predetermined equa-tion, Pir placed the goblets in front of ChildGobind. The infant baby with a cute smileplaced both his hands together on the twogoblets and thus satisfied everybody’s,authority that he was a special prophet sentby God for leading the whole humanity.

Anyone who was indifferent to thebounds of religion and religious groupsjoined as the devotee and followers of GuruJi. Also those Individuals who were sup-porters of justice and in dual by rights, whohated the division of caste and dividingwalls of high and low, rich and poor, and forwhom religion was a symbol of impartialand selfless service of humanity, came hap-pily under the banner of Guru Gobind Ji.Among such devotees of the Guru were(BUDHU SHAH) (Badrudin) who feltproud to sacrifice his three sons, brotherand hundreds of his relatives in BhawaniSahib Battle. Like Budhu Shah, twoMuslim brothers Nabi Khan and Gani Khanhelped Guru ji in Machiwara, safety takinghim away seated in Palki from the reach ofMughal Army. Muslim Nawab who wasGurus devout welcomed the Guru in Raikotand also treated and served him as a hon-ourable guest.

Guru Ji’s mission was religious above all.He said himself as restorer of Dharmawhich he meant was true religion.

The divine Guru sent me for righteous-ness sake, on this account I have come intothe world to extend the faith everywhereand the seize and destroy evil and sinful.There is no difference between Guru andKhalsa, the Khalsa and the Guru are same”.

Historian and author J.V. Vaswami in his

book “THE SIKH Sanctuary” writes aboutGuru Gobind Singh as under :-

Guru Sahib’s personality is like rainbow.He possessed sweat honeyed humanity ofGuru Nanak ; lamb like virtue of JesusChrist, Spiritual wisdom of Gautam Budha; bubbling energy of Hazarat Mohammad,Sunkissed glory of Lord Krishna abidingdiscipline of Lord Rama and more so ;royal glamour of emperors.”

Guru Gobind Singh by administeringAmrit (Nector) infused the spirit of Chardi-Kala (dynamic power rising spirit) whichrefuses to be crushed by any adversary :

“Nanak Naam ChardhiKala

Tere Bhane Sarbat theBhala”

(Prayers of Guru Nanak’s followers andwith his grace good of all prevails)

Lady Dorothy Field in her book“Religion of Sikh” (1914 Edition) writes“The religion is also one which showedappeal to the accidental (Western) mind. Itis essentially a practical religion. If judgedform the pragmatical stand point is somequarters, it would rank almost first in theworld”

The Guru’s philosophy is of uniting thewhole mankind in a single thread of loveand universe brotherhood and the presenttime demands that such way of life shouldspread in the whole world.

“Ek Pita Ekas Ke HumBarik

Tu Mera – Gur haee.”

(The one lord is the father of us all andwe are the children of lord)

Guru Nanak Dev Ji fought against socialevils atrocities committed against thewomen and said “So Kayon Manda Akhiyejit (o) Janme Rajaan”.

Why call her bad whogives, birth to great kings”

Guru Govind Singh forbade the entry ofthe killers of new born daughter intoKhalsa Panth. Since such people as hadbecome habitual killers of their daughterswere like to continue the evil practice evenafter joining the Khalsa, they were exclud-ed from the ranks of the Khalsa. The Sikhswere asked not to deal and intermarry withsuch people.

Daulat Rai an Arya Samajist while dis-cussing the inimitable character of GuruGobind Singh. Says with a sense of pride inpraising his matchless hero :

The Emperors of Germany, Austria andRussia despite having huge armies withthem surrendered unabashed beforeNapoleon. And so did Muslims of Egypt. Abrave General like cronje despite havingguns and four thousand Boer fighters withhim, laid down arms before the BritishjArmy. But look at the unparalleled couragedisplayed by Guru Govind Singh. He hadonly forty Sikhs with him in a dilapidatedabode structure at Chamkaur surrounded bythe imperial hordes ---- Guru Gobind Singhrefused to buckle under……

He was the great saviour, soldier whoemancipated the long enslaved HinduNation from the Mughal tyranny. He wasthe saint who created a casteless free socie-ty in India after centuries of internal frac-tion and inequity.

Let our homage to Guru Ji be to pledgedto redouble our efforts of lighting up theright of love, kindness and impartial affec-tion and strengthen the pillars of work wor-ship and charity, sharing and caring, serviceand meditation but not least and let’spledge to eradicate the menance of femalefoeticide and other social evils prevailingin the society.

The author is a socio-political reformist.

Sahi-be- Kamal Guru Gobind Singh – A Saint, Saviour and Soldier

BY ROHIT DHANKAR

All curricula are situated incontexts and are simultane-ously guided by ideals.

Therefore, an understanding of and abalance between the two is essential.

We have succeeded in creating aneducation system that discouragesgood education in every possibleway. It is largely apathetic to thequality of education and the fate ofchildren. The mindset that governsthinking and the actions of the func-tionaries of education in the govern-ment are to somehow manage thenaukari and to reap the benefits of thejob on the basis of seniority. Thethought of doing a good job rarelycomes to mind if it ever does. Theidea of reform and improvementremain at the level of rhetoric. In thissystem, any teacher who wants towork for good education has to workon his or her own and without muchsupport. He or she also has to over-come varied forms of resistance.

Obstacles before the teacher

In schools, the quality of educationrevolves around issues such as aschool uniform, heavy school bags,mark sheets and some semblance ofhaving the English language andinfrastructure in place. Parents areconscious of the need for quality edu-cation, with upward mobility in theform of well-paying jobs beinguppermost in their minds. This is alegitimate expectation, but parentsand schools see the path to well-pay-ing jobs through so-called Englishmedium and high-fee chargingschools. From there it moves on tochildren studying in private universi-ties, now a dime a dozen, and whichall proclaim to produce leaders.

Children’s lives, even in the ruralareas, now revolve around televisionand in various activities on themobile phone. Hence, the motivationto ensure that a child has a worth-while education enabled by a whole-some learning experience has to becreated by the teacher. Even if thechild is a natural and enthusiastic‘learner’, that all learning is equallyworthwhile is an unexaminedassumption. Therefore, the teacher

has to direct the efforts of the childtowards this goal. This is a difficultjob.

Let’s focus on the teacher. In thegeneral atmosphere of economiccompetition and consumerism, ateacher legitimately desires leading agood economic and social life. Theteacher has to constantly fight with

her visibly low status in society,which saps her enthusiasm for goodteaching.

Education is increasingly becomingcentric to the government’s thinkingin order to realise the desire forIndia’s economic competitiveness ina globalised world. Thus, the purposeof education can be well served byhaving a layered education system.One part of that system can take theresponsibility of mass producing“narrowly skilled” people with a lim-ited vision of life and completely soldout on shining promises of con-sumerist hedonism. Another partcould produce a limited number ofpeople who can think relatively betterregarding skills and theoreticalknowledge, but still remain weddedto promises of economic growth.

Obviously, in each point mentionedin the system, namely the parent, thechild, a teacher’s ambitions and thegovernment, there exists many alter-

native ideas and serious efforts aswell. I have painted this grim picturein order to claim that this is the dom-inant mood and in spite of there beingmany people who want to do some-thing better. The purpose of citingthese instances is not to deny the pos-itive aspect, but to make the point thata teacher has to work in an adversescenario and be on the lookout to

identify genuine elements in the sys-tem to collaborate and work with.

The ideals

The issue is this: what is the kind ofTeacher Education (TE) curriculumneeded that can help a new teacherenter this scenario with confidenceand to work effectively? The context-centric thinking has a natural tenden-cy to privilege status quo without thethinker being conscious of this prob-lem. One starts thinking of ways ofsurvival in the face of adverse ele-ments in the context and loses sightof the larger purpose, thereby rein-forcing the context as it is. This isproducing a tendency to take the con-text as given and planning educationthat seems possible in the given limi-tations. In the process, the limitationsgain acceptance while the quality ofeducation becomes a variable to beadjusted with them. The teacher hasto strive for quality; not only for sur-vival.

But why should the teacher strug-gle? It is much easier and personallybeneficial for him to go along withthe system. What motivation couldthere be to challenge it? And, strivefor what? What should he try toachieve? What are the kind of tools tobe used? These abstract questions arevery pragmatic ones if we are to

develop an effective TE curriculum.

One definite requirement to workwell is to have an idea of what one isworking for and an ability to divertone’s efforts towards enabling worthygoals and a vision. Therefore, a per-sonal examination of goals and visionproposed by the system is essential inorder to create commitment for atask. This requires a reasonableamount of intellectual autonomy; itmay be weak and limited autonomyperhaps, but autonomy nonetheless.

A teacher needs to build an intellec-tually, ethically and socially satisfac-tory, if not exciting, life for herself asa thinking being. Also, a possibilityfor continuous personal developmentis essential in order to contributetowards creating good education.Usually, creating opportunities forsuch development is supposed to bethe job of the system; but in the situ-ation we have, the poor teacher has tofend for herself.

A commitment to good educationwill also require an understanding ofthe need for education in people’slives and society, and a reasonabledose of dreams. People seem to becreatures of dreams to a large extent,and there is no contradiction betweenbeing creatures of dreams and beingsituated in socio-political reality asembodied creatures. The trick is tocreate dreams that have intellectualconviction as well as pragmatic pos-sibility.

The need for capabilities to teach isobvious enough. But these capabili-ties have to be rooted in what onewants a child to achieve through edu-cation, an understanding of the child,and the society in which both thechild and the teacher live. Thisdemands a serious theoretical under-standing of the same, boring and age-old questions: Why teach? What toteach? And, how to teach?

Practical skills

None of our TE programmes hasever seriously tried to achieve a clearand convincing enough understand-ing of what one tries to achievethrough education. It always has beena rhetoric of larger aims and workingfor myopically understood parentaland market aspirations. This confu-sion has made education non-seriousto both — a case of na khuda hi milana wisaal-e sanam. We are prone tosee the failure of TE in the lack ofpractical skills.

However, a deeper analysis is like-ly to show that the failure is primari-ly theoretical. Practical skills, howev-er well taught, usually do not answerthe question “why” and, therefore, donot generate conviction and commit-ment — essential ingredients in goodteaching. There is a reasonable unex-plored possibility that adequateunderstanding of and conviction inthe “why” along with guidance inteaching skills may produce a varietyof viable methods. Therefore, theissue is not where to start from — isit theory or from practice? It is to tra-verse the whole continuum whateverone’s chosen starting point is. If onestarts at theory, then it is about bring-ing it right down to the classroomlevel and in terms of actual skills; if

starting with classroom work, it isabout taking it to issues of serioustheoretical understanding. A half-fin-ished or half-hearted job, irrespectiveof the starting point, will remainunsuccessful. A display of bias in anydirection will also be counterproduc-tive.

In concrete terms, a teacher has tohave a range of capabilities. A tenta-tive first listing could look like this:capability to teach all school subjectsat the primary level and at the least,one at the upper primary level. Thiswill involve practical activities, theuse of materials, and connecting withchildren. It will also demand anunderstanding of the subject in termsof its content, epistemology andrationale in the curriculum; adequateunderstanding of the curriculum andits rationale. It will necessarilyinvolve understanding the aims ofeducation, the need for education inan individual’s life and in social life;a convincing dream of a desirablesociety and living a satisfactory life.And situating oneself and the child inthis dream; self-confidence and aconviction to work in an either indif-ferent or adversarial education sys-tem; a professional conviction thatone can find ways for personalgrowth and development as a teacher,and a capability to generate episodesof reasonable success in order to keepthat hope alive.

What kind of curricular content andinstitutional experiences will developthese qualities is what will have to beworked out seriously, with care and indetail. It seems that without thesecapabilities, teacher education isunlikely to have any effect on the sys-tem. We also have to discard the rhet-oric of “change agents” and replace itwith an unglamorous idea of doingone’s job adequately to one’s person-al and social satisfaction, and as aplain and simple worker.

(Rohit Dhankar is with the AzimPremji University, Bangalore, and is

honorary secretary, Digantar,Jaipur.)

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Education is increasingly becoming centric to the gov-ernment’s thinking in order to realise the desire for

India’s economic competitiveness in a globalised world.Thus, the purpose of education can be well served byhaving a layered education system. One part of thatsystem can take the responsibility of mass producing“narrowly skilled” people with a limited vision of lifeand completely sold out on shining promises of con-

sumerist hedonism. Another part could produce a lim-ited number of people who can think relatively better

regarding skills and theoretical knowledge, but stillremain wedded to promises of economic growth.

State Watch 5

CHANDIGARH, DEC 27Haryana Chief Minister

Manohar Lal Khattar onSaturday said he has beenreceiving over 500 com-plaints every hour frompeople across the state andresponsibility of concernedofficers have been fixed toredress them in a time-bound manner.

"I am visiting all districtsand have been receivingmore than 500 complaintsfrom people every hour.These include long-pend-ing complaints as well asnew ones," Khattar saidtoday in Sonipat.

"The grievances redresssystem has been revampedand responsibility of offi-cers fixed to redress themin a time-bound manner. Ifthe grievance of a personcannot be addressed, theofficer should call the com-

plainants and explain thereasons", the CM said in arelease here. On December25, Haryana governmenthad announced the launchof 'CM Window', aiming toredress grievances of peo-ple in a time-bound man-ner. 'CM Window' wasinaugurated at all districtheadquarters so that griev-

ances of the people directlyreach the government forredress and the public donot have to rush toChandigarh, for it.

On the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP)Expressway, Khattar saidthe work on this projectwould start soon. "The hin-drances coming in the way

of construction of the KMPExpressway are beingremoved and work on theproject will start soon," hesaid. The 136-km KundliManesar Palwal (KMP)Expressway was runningbehind schedule. The proj-ect, started in 2006, was tobe commissioned on July29, 2009.

Haryana CM Khattar receivingover 500 complaints every hour

UDUPI, DEC 27Two women were killed

and 13 others were injuredin a collision between twobuses at Karje village com-ing under Brahmavar policestation limits on Friday.

The police said a bus car-rying cashew factory work-ers was going fromBrahmavara to Hebri collid-ed with an aoncoming pri-vate bus. Two women in thecashew factory bus wereseverely injured and takento hospitals, where the doc-tors pronounced them dead.They had been identified asDurgavva (28) andSharavva, about 35 years

old, from Bagalkot district.As many as 13 others were

injured and they were shift-ed to Mahesh Hospital in

Brahmavar and KasturbaHospital in Manipal.

Two killed, 13 injured in Udupi bus collision NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | DEC 28, 2014SAADDA HAQ

TIRUCHI, DEC 27Direct sale of consumer

products manufactured bywomen prisoners to publichas become a reality withthe commissioning of thePrison Bazaar at theentrance of the SpecialPrison for Women here.

This is the first prisonbazaar to have beenopened up at a SpecialPrison for Women in theState which accounts forthree such jails situated atPuzhal in Chennai, Tiruchiand Vellore.

The newly openedbazaar will sell a slew ofproducts produced by theinmates lodged in theSpecial Prison for Womenlocated near the GandhiMarket area. In addition toproducts made by womenprisoners, the bazaarwould sell a range of items

made by the male prison-ers lodged in the CentralPrison here. Bakery items,different types of pickles,cookies and night dressmade by women prisonerswould be kept on displayfor sale. S w e e t s ,savouries and garmentsmade by male prisonersbesides vegetables grownwithin the sprawlingCentral Prison complexwould find place in theshelves of the bazaar.

A group of 20 convictsserving lengthy termswere being engaged in themanufacture of consumerproducts in the SpecialPrison for Women here asa rehabilitation initiative.The women prison at pres-ent accommodates 150prisoners of which 70were convicts.

The products made by

the women inmates wouldbe sold at a lesser cost, jailofficials here said.

Profit accrued throughsale of products would bedistributed as wages to thewomen convicts involvedin this micro-level indus-trial activity.

Hitherto, the productsespecially pickles made bywomen convicts were sentto Central Prisons func-tioning at Salem,Coimbatore, Tiruchi,Cuddalore, Madurai andPalayamkottai.

Pickles would continueto be sent to other CentralPrisons, officials added.The prison bazaar whichwas opened on Fridaywould be run by jailstaff.

Plans were afoot to starta food court at the prisonbazaar, the official said.

Now, a bazaar at women prison

PUDCHERRY, DEC 27Silent prayers, procession and floral tributes marked

the 10th anniversary of the tsunami, which struckPuducherry and Karaikal regions on December 26, 2004.Relatives of those who perished thronged beaches andoffered floral tributes. Chief Minister N. Rangasamy,Speaker V. Sabapathy, Ministers T. Thiagarajan, and N.G.Pannirselvam offered floral tributes near the Gandhi stat-ue on the Beach promenade. A wreath was also placed atthe memorial erected in Veerampattinam in memory ofthose who were killed while many poured milk in the seaand performed rituals. Silent processions by political par-ties, National Fish Workers Forum (NFF) and civil soci-ety organisations also formed part of the anniversary inPuducherry. As a mark of respect, fishermen in severalcoastal hamlets did not venture into the sea.

Silent prayers, processionmark tsunami anniversary

BENGALURU, DEC 27Old age always draws in

a picture of a person relax-ing on a cot, sporting a pairof spectacles and reading abook, but the oldies ofBengaluru decide to do itthe 'youngster way'.Spoorti Mahila Samaj andKeerti Mahila Samajorganised a cricket matchcalled 'Spoorti Cup' forgrannies and mothers of thecity on Friday here.

Four teams – two ofmothers and two of grand-mothers – enthusiastically

played cricket. The eventwas inaugurated byTransport MinisterRamalinga Reddy. He said,“Women often forgetsports once they get mar-ried.

Seeing them play crickettoday I feel really happy.Age is never a barrier forsports."

Enthusiasm and cheers oftheir family membersengulfed the grounds, asgrannies and mothers tookthe new avatar of 'crick-eters'.

BENGALURU, DEC 27One of the classrooms at the

Government Model PrimarySchool at Hosahalli in Bengaluruhas luggage trunks stacked up andclothes hanging next to the black-board. Another classroom, whichhas colourful learning material onthe walls, is stocked with vegeta-bles and groceries.

It’s 8 a.m. and a group of stu-dents is busy putting on shoes,helping each other tie ribbons andarranging their bags to go to “big”private schools.

These two classrooms in thegovernment school serve as dormi-tory and kitchen-cum-dining hallfor 22 students who hail fromMadhogarh village in Ashoknagardistrict of Madhya Pradesh. Of the22, 18 are enrolled in privateunaided schools under the RTE

quota.The life of these students was

very different just a year ago whenthey begged and sold balloons attraffic signals. These are childrenof migrant labourers belonging to anomadic tribe and their parentscontinue to live on the streets.

One of the oldest in the group,12-year-old Mela who is busypacking lunch boxes for theyounger children says: “We neverthought we would be able to studyas our parents move from one cityto another. But now, we all go toschool and have a big room of ourown.” Ashok, a class one studentsays: “Idar dimak lagana padatahai.” (Here we need to exercise ourbrains.)

Sadiq Pasha, who doubles astheir warden-cum-auto driver,swells with pride when he talks of

these children. He cannot stoppraising them, from the Englishwords they have picked up to howthey have mastered the art of tyingtheir own ties. “They did not evenknow how to hold a pencil whenthey first came. Look at their hand-writing now,” he says.

Four girls — Sakshi, Aarthi,Sannidhi and Anchal — study atRNS Vidyaniketan and their teach-ers say that the four bright girls arequick learners and have madetremendous progress in their aca-demics as well as extracurricularactivities.

They show their notebooks andsay that increase in number of smi-leys and stars over the past fewmonths are a testimony to theirprogress. One of their teacherssays that the students had complet-ed their Christmas holiday home-

work even before their holidaysbegan.

Nagarathnamma D., BlockEducation Officer, South Range 2,identified these children during theOut-of-School Children survey inNovember last year and put themin tent schools and organised abridge course for them.

“Their parents were very reluc-tant, but the children were eager tostudy. So, we enrolled them in pri-vate schools under the reservationquota and have made arrange-ments for them to stay in the gov-ernment school,” she said.

Jayanthi, mother of two girlswho also takes care of all the chil-dren, says, “Initially, we did notthink this arrangement wouldwork. But now I know my childrendo not deserve to sell balloons anylonger.

They sleep and eat in a govt. school,but study in ‘big’ private school

MANGALURU, DEC 27Notwithstanding regular work-

shops on behavioural improvement,conductors and drivers of privatebuses in Dakshina Kannada andUdupi districts have not mendedtheir ways and continue to be “rude”towards passengers.

Compared to the organised servic-es offered by Karnataka State RoadTransport Corporation (KSRTC) andits sister concerns, private buses con-tinue to be unorganised, therebylacking a proper supervisory mecha-nism. Behaviour of the crew on RTCbuses has largely improved over theyears due to strict action against rudebehaviour and periodical sensitisa-

tion workshops.Passengers ill-treated by private

bus crew have very limited option of

getting their grievances redressedand “swallow the insult”, said K.S.Manjunath, a regular traveller

between Mangaluru and Udupi whohas seen and experienced many suchinsults. They hardly complain eitherto the police or regional transportofficers as it involves “cumbersomeprocess”. In fact, the crew and own-ers “should be grateful to passen-gers” as they make a living out ofpassengers’ money, he said.

This week, a conductor rudely tolda passenger on Udupi-Manipalexpress bus to complain to the RTOwhen the passenger grumbled aboutthe two hours taken for the journey.“Can we fly?” the conductor told thepassenger, Mr. Manjunath said.Besides halting at all the 11 designat-ed stops, the bus stopped at multiple

spots whenever flagged down bypassengers, he pointed out.‘Attitude problem’

The rude behaviour is a reflectionof bus owners’ attitude towards pas-sengers, claims JathindraMaravanthe, a financial servicesadviser at Byndoor. The bus owners“scoff” at the passengers “as if bypaying Rs. 50-60 for tickets theythink the whole bus is theirs”, hesaid. The owners compel the crew tobring more collection, due to which,the crew ignore all safety precau-tions, and treat passengers includingthe aged, young and handicapped,with rudeness, Mr. Jathindra said.

The situation is entirely different ifone travels a few kilometres towardsKerala. Mr. Jathindra said the buseswould not move an inch unless alldoors were closed. Even buses goingfrom Mangaluru to this region followthe rule obediently.

Canara Bus Owners Associationpresident Rajavarma Ballal said theassociation has conducted manyworkshops and would continue toconduct similar ones in the future toimprove the behaviour of the crew.Assistant Commissioner of Police(Traffic), Mangaluru, Uday Nayak,told The Hindu that the departmentwas planning one such workshopnext month.

Time for some cricket, Ajji!vigil in festival shopping hubs

GURGAON, DEC 27Two of the four robbers

who snatched a car herewere arrested after a hotchase and exchange offire, police said Saturday.

The duo, who are 20 to25 years of age, have beenidentified as Amit Dalal, aresident of Palwal andSandeep from Lakhuwasvillage here nearSohna.

"Two other accused,who managed to flee, havebeen identified and raidingparties despatched to nabthem," said a senior policeofficer.

Police got informationaround midnight that a carhad been snatched bysome boys from nearLeisure Valley in Sec 29Gurgaon.

Carjackers heldin Gurgaon after50 km chase

Private bus crew remain ‘rude as ever’

KOLKATA, DEC 27 Prasar Bharati is trying

to expand its online pres-ence to reach a wideraudience, its ChiefExecutive Officer JawharSircar said here onFriday.

Referring to the younggeneration’s increasinguse of Internet, he point-ed out that if VividhBharati had online pres-ence then its reach wouldwiden.

“These days the youthare listening to every-thing on the Internet. IfVividh Bharati goesonline then listeners fromCalifornia to Vancouverwill be able to listen to it.We are currently con-ducting an experiment inthis regard,” said Mr.

Sircar.He was in Kolkata to

launch Prasar Bhararti’sVividh Bharati service onFM in the city.

Pointing out that theFM channel would alsobe accessible on cellphones, Mr. Sircar said:“The Government ofIndia is very keen onmobile FM.”

He also said that theFM radio was becomingincreasingly popular andeasily accessible throughcell phones adding “Wecall it the democratisa-tion of radio reach.”

Asked about the poten-tial of digital radio inKolkata, he said that itwould take some timebefore digital radiobecomes popular due to

the small availability ofradio sets.

On the issue of offeringlong term contracts to thecasual staff of PrasarBharati, he pointed outthat if a casual staff had“good performance he orshe will be offered longterm contractual assign-ment.”

As for radio jockeys, hesaid: “They only do radioassignments. There is noquestion of permanentabsorption for them.”

In August, PrasarBharati had dropped 100anchors working for theorganisation for the last19 years from its weeklyanchoring rota as theywere over the age limit of30 fixed for radio jock-eys.

Prasar Bharati trying to expandonline reach, says CEO

Acouple of weeksago, at the start ofthe Great Online

Shopping Festival (GOSF),Google finally launched theChromecast wirelessstreaming accessory inIndia at Rs. 2,999. When itfirst launched lastyear, theChromecastwas seen as ageeky curiosi-ty, though aslong term own-ers of the HDMIdongle, we can testifyit's seen more and moreuse off late. At the sametime, we've seen alterna-tives such as Teewe, whichwas really easy to set upand worked well too, andEsycast, whose UI coulddefinitely stand someimprovement, but which isstill a good alternative,launch in India. So howdoes the Chromecast meas-ure up and who should bebuying it?

The first, and most obvi-ous question is what aChromecast is, and whatyou'll use it for. TheChromecast is a smallgadget, a little bigger thanyour thumb, and it connectsto your TV using the HDMIport. On the back, there's a

Micro-USB port which isused to power theChromecast, and the charg-ing cable and an optionalHDMI extender cable (forhard to reach ports) are alsoincluded in the box.

Its design and build qual-ity is well ahead of the

competition - despitethe low price, it feelslike a premium gadg-et, and this continues

even when you'reusing it, thanks to

a well-made,sleek andeasy to usei n t e r f a c ewhich is better

than any of theIndian efforts we've used.

The Chromecast connectsto your home Wi-Fi net-work through a simple pair-ing process - the steps areneatly explained when youfirst connect it to the televi-sion and are very simple tofollow. Once you've donethat, you can "cast" videosfrom other devices on thesame Wi-Fi network to theChromecast - this works ina couple of different ways.

For one, there are videosbeing streamed off theInternet - so for example, ifyou go to YouTube on aconnected phone or PC, and

press the cast button - thevideo is downloaded to theChromecast directly,instead of being down-loaded to your device andthen streamed to theChromecast locally.

This is also used for appslike Eros Now, and likePopcorn Time, so while wemight lack some of the"channels" you have in the

US such as Netflix andHulu, there is a pretty bigselection of content avail-able now. However, not allvideo sites are supportedand for these you can usethe mirroring option viaChrome (see below).

Then, there's screen mir-roring. This only works onphones that have Android4.4.2 or later. If your phone

meets that requirement,then the process of mirror-ing is pretty simple - justlaunch the Chromecast appand tap the "Cast Screen"button and it'll mirror yourscreen on the TV.

This allows you to dupli-cate anything from yourphone to your TV screen -whether you're browsingFacebook or want to show

your friends your games.Actually playing the gameson the big screen isn't agreat idea incidentally,unless you're playing a turnbased board game stylegame, where quick reac-tions don't matter. That'sbecause there's a smallamount of lag - a consistenthalf second or so delay -between your mobile screen

and the TV screen.This is also how you can

send content from your PCto your TV - install theChromecast extension inyour desktop Chromebrowser, and you get a"Cast" button on top of thepage. If you're on a site likeYouTube and you click thecast button, it will simplyplay the video from your

Chromecast. Otherwise, itmirrors the webpage you'reon to your Chromecast.

Playing the video has acouple of benefits - for onething, it usually looks bet-ter. On a webpage, there areoften elements on a pagethat are needed for naviga-tion, which don't look goodwhen you're watching avideo on your TV screen.

Science & Tech6 NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | DEC 28, 2014SAADDA HAQ

1. The major ingredient of leather isA. collagen B. carbohydrateC. polymer D. nucleic acid

2. What are the soaps?A. Salts of silicatesB. Mixture of glycerol and alcoholsC. Sodium or potassium salts of heavier fatty acidsD. Esters of heavy fatty acids

3. How does common salt help in separating soap fromthe solution after saponification?A. By decreasing density of SoapB. By decreasing solubility of SoapC. By increasing density of SoapD. By increasing solubility of Soap

4. In vulcanisation, natural rubber is heated withA. Carbon B. SiliconC. Sulphur D. Phosphorous

5. Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the pres-ence ofA. cupric oxide B. nickel oxideC. cobalt oxide D. iron oxide

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(A), 2 (C), 3(B), 4(C), 5(C)

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TV Channels Schedule TODAY’S STARARIES We're taught from a young age the virtues of patience. 'All good things', we are told, 'come to those

who wait'. We know, however, that that isn't entirely true. We are also told that 'he who hesitates islost'. We know that, to make something special happen, we need to be focused and proactive. Weneed to be willing to take action and invest effort if anything worthwhile is to be achieved. You'vewaited long enough for a situation to improve. You've invested enough patience. It's time to startmaking effort and make a change you want to see happen, happen.

TAURUS There are and always will be benefits to sticking to routines. We create them for good reasons. Theysuit us. They make it easy for us to know where we stand and what we need to do within them.Unless we can identify a sound reason to break a routine, we prefer to stick with what we know.One way, however, to break a routine often involves deciding something we do routinely doesn't suitus as much as what the introduction of something new might do. That's why you're being encour-aged now to summon a bit of strength to break a routine you've grown very used to!

GEMINI We know what our priorities are. We know what matters most to us and why we give atten-tion to what we believe matters. There are, however, always people who believe we haven'tgot it quite right where our priorities are concerned. This is usually because they feel thatthey or their needs aren't being addressed by us in ways they wish they were – or believethey should be! Someone could put forth a convincing argument about why they or theirneeds should move higher up your list of priorities. The final decision will be yours.

CANCER Woody Allen observed that relationships are like sharks. They have to keep moving for-ward or else they die. Whilst he was of the opinion that what he had on his hands wasdead shark, a relationship in your world has been, despite what you might be inclined tobelieve, moving forward. It has reached a new and potentially exciting new level. This isgoing to cause you and a certain person to adapt and adjust to this. You can trust that youare very prepared and able to do precisely that and so too is you-know-who.

LEO When we were small children, we were encouraged to talk. When we grew older, we wereencouraged by at least one authoritative person to keep quiet. As children, we were left in nodoubt that we would have to 'grow up' one day and start taking life more seriously throughabsorbing responsibilities. No matter how 'grown up' we feel, part of us longs for the inno-cence and sense of adventure we experienced as children. You're being encouraged now toallow the child within you to reveal itself. There is fun and adventure to be had from doing so.

VIRGO We tend to want proof too often in our worlds. Why might that be? Is it the result of having beentricked or conned early in our lives and consequently become skeptical or mistrusting? None ofus wants to be fooled any more than we are willing to invest hope into something we feel unsureor skeptical about. You could be wanting more evidence available to you before opting to investsome trust in something that requires it. Relax in the belief that your trust is not being misplaced.It is time to be more receptive toward a scenario you have feel mistrustful of.

LIBRA We know that all positive change is gradual. Even change that appears immediate can have alengthy and possibly hidden history. If we're to introduce change, then it makes sense that is doneover a period of time as this allows us and possibly others to become accustomed to it. Thatappears to be a strategy you're keen to introduce in some way now. A very positive developmenthas occurred recently but, to take it a step further will require adapting to a change in circum-stances. That's why it needs to be introduced slowly - and you're right to recognize that!

SCORPIO Racing car drivers learn to anticipate twists and turns whilst travelling at highspeeds. They must constantly look ahead into the distance whilst keeping controlof their movements at the time. You are right to be looking into the distance in anarea of your world but the sky insists that you're in no danger of making a dan-gerous or costly move by focusing on what's happening in the present. Focus nowon right here, right now. It's what your future wants and needs you to do.

SAGITTARIUS Eureka Moments happen more often than we think they do. The trouble is, we don'talways recognize when we've had one. We get so used to looking at, assessing or ana-lyzing a problem that we start to believe it to be more complex than it really is. So, wechoose to step back from it and focus our attention on what we believe we are capa-ble of solving or progressing. It is when we stand back and detach ourselves from sit-uations that Eureka Moments often choose to make themselves known, as you'reabout to discover through detaching yourself in some way.

CAPRICORN There are many ludicrous rules that remain in place today that were created many years ago.Whoever created them probably felt there was a very good and necessary reason for introduc-ing them. A quick search on the Web will identify many of these but my point surrounds how seri-ous some rules can be at one time and then be a great source of hilarity later. We have outgrownsuch unnecessary laws. They have no place in modern society. With that in mind, consider a ruleyou would do much better without in your world through it no longer being appropriate.

AQUARIUS If a microwave oven in a kitchen doesn't work, then it doesn't make sense to replace an entire fusebox. An isolated problem needs to be looked at and assessed in an isolated way and, when we dothat, we often identify an isolated solution. It's possible you could feel inclined to go to greater lengthsthan are necessary to solve a particular problem now. Whilst it is usually helpful to look at a muchbigger picture, on this occasion, you risk making an isolated issue appear greater. Keep it is simple.Look at what needs 'fixing' and focus solely on what's required, nothing else.

PISCES Some people use intuition. Others apply imagination. Some even use tea leaves, crystal balls,stones with ancient symbols on them or colorful cards wrapped in silk. How do you predict thefuture? Emails I receive from some people suggest I or anyone else don't have the right to evenattempt to ascertain what the future holds. But such people tend to agree that the future is what wechoose to make it and, to do that, we have to allow some visualization of what we want it to be totake place. You have every reason to be hopeful of the vision you're creating now.

Two devices fromChinese manufac-turer Xiaomi

expected at CES 2015 arethe Mi 5 or Mi 4S smart-phone and the MiPad 2tablet.

The anticipated flagshipsmartphone from Xiaomihas been leaked in pur-ported specifications andan image. The alleged Mi5 or Mi 4S from the pur-ported image appears to bea large screen smartphoneor phablet, and likely usesa sapphire glass display,reports DigiTimes (viaPhoneArena).

The sapphire glassrumour is in-line with aprevious report, where thecompany was said to haveordered 50,000 sapphirecovers for the smartphone.

As far as the specifica-tions are concerned, theanticipated Mi 5 or Mi 4Ssmartphone is rumoured tofeature a 5.7-inch Quad-HD (1440x2560 pixels)display; a 64-bitSnapdragon 810 proces-

sor; 3GB of RAM, and a20.7-megapixel rear cam-era.

On the other hand, theanticipated next genera-tion Xiaomi MiPad tablet,expected to be called theMiPad 2, has also beenleaked in pictures andspecifications on Weibo(via GizmoChina). Thereport speculates that

these pictures could befake however, as there isno Mi branding on top ofthe pictured tablet and itsoverall design is very dif-ferent from the currentMiPad.

One big change thatXiaomi is said to be mak-ing for the next generationMiPad tablet is the inclu-sion of an Intel chipset

(1.8GHz), instead of usingan Nvidia Tegra SoC asused in the originalMiPad. The other tippedspecifications of therumoured MiPad 2 includea similar 7.9-inch displaywith a 2048x1536 pixelsresolution; 2GB of RAM;16GB of built-in storage,and MIUI skinned on topof Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Xiaomi Mi 5 Tipped to Sport SapphireDisplay; MiPad 2 to Feature Intel SoC HTC will expand its

entry-level 4Gsmartphone port-

folio in the first quarter ofnext year, hints Presidentof HTC North Asia, JackTong, in a media report.

Tong is also reported tohave to revealed some sta-tistics, such as HTC hand-sets sold online currentlyaccount for a 'double-digitratio to its total sales'.

The DigiTimes reportfurther cites Tong to sayHTC will stress on promo-tion of affordable HTChandsets over the Internet.Tong also expects thatHTC handset shipmentwill grow by a double-digitrate next year. He alsorevealed that the single-SIM Desire 820 will beavailable in markets start-ing January 2015.

The HTC North AsiaPresident added that thecompany's RE camera hasseen impressive responsesince its availability inearly December. Tongexpects that the RE camerawill exceed 20,000 unitsby end of this year.

HTC's RE action cameraearlier this month was

made officially available inIndia via exclusive onlinepartner, Snapdeal, priced atRs. 9,990.

The Taiwanese handsetbrand has launched a num-

ber of budget and mid-r a n g e

smartphones in India thisyear. Some of the popularhandsets that created abuzz in the Indian marketwere the HTC Desire

816launched at Rs. 23,990,and which was soon fol-

lowed by acheaper ver-sion calledthe Desire816G. Otherh a n d s e t sinclude theHTC Desire210 DualSIM pricedat Rs. 8,700;HTC Desire310 at Rs.11,700; HTCDesire 516Dual SIMpriced at Rs.14,200; HTCDesire 516Cat Rs.12,990, andHTC Desire616 DualSIM at Rs.16,900.The compa-

ny alsolaunched its "most afford-able 4G LTE handset," theDesire 510, which is cur-rently available in selectmarkets in Europe andAsia.

HTC Planning to Launch More Entry-Level 4G Smartphones in Q1 2015

Google Chromecast Review: Simple Streaming, Now in India

Sports 7NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | DEC 28, 2014SAADDA HAQ

MELBOURNE, DEC 27Captain Steve Smith cracked his

third successive century with a hero-ic 192 as Indian bowlers put up apoor show to allow Australia post amammoth first innings total of 530and gain control of the third cricketTest here today.

Resuming the day on 259 for five,Smith led from the front to notch uphis seventh Test ton and put on a 110-run sixth wicket partnership withBrad Haddin (55) to demoralise theIndians on the second day.

Like in the previous matches, theAustralian tailenders added valuableruns to expose the Indian bowlingattack which has found it difficult toclean up the tail.

India responded well to Australia'shuge first innings total by reaching108 for one at close on the secondday with Murali Vijay (55) andCheteshwar Pujara (25) at the crease.

India are still trailing by 422 runs. If Smith mixed the right dose of

caution and aggression in his 305-ball stay, hitting 15 fours and 2 sixesin his career-best knock, then Haddin,his innings laced with 7 fours and asix, made sure that the hosts score ata quick rate in the morning session.

New-ball bowlers Ishant Sharma(0-104) and Umesh Yadav (3-130)made no impression in the first hourof play as the Australians made merryon a good Melbourne wicket much tothe delight of the home crowd.

Mohammed Shami (4-138), whohad been bleeding runs till now, final-ly got Haddin caught behind butIndia's troubles were far from over asthe ever-resilient Mitchell Johnson(28) also did his bit with the bat.

Off-spinner RavichandranAshwin's (3-134) entry brought some

respite to India's condition as the vis-itors managed to check the flow of

runs and get the dangerous Johnsonback in the pavilion.

In the second session, Smithchanged gears and found the perfectpartner in Harris as the duo stitchedtogether a 106-run eight-wicket part-nership to double-up the scoring rate.

Harris, who notched up his thirdtest fifty was finally trapped lbw offAshwin but Smith coontinued tosmack the bowlers all around the parkas the hosts managed a scoring-rateof over five throughout the day's play.

Medium-pacer Harris took the onlywicket of the Indian innings so farwhen he got Shikhar Dhawan (28) toinduce an outside which was welltaken by Smith at second slip.

The Murali-Pujara duo rebuilt the

innings with an unbeaten 53-runstand but trailing the four-match

series 0-2, India sure have a mountainto climb on the third day's play in amust-win game.

Vijay and Dhawan (28 runs, 51balls, 3 fours) opened the inningsafter an early tea-break given that theAustralian innings had finished justclose to the end of the second session.

They had 37 overs to fend off thenand they started in solid fashion withthe pitch optimum to bat on. But thebowling attack did what the Indianbowlers did not do earlier and that isstick to a proper line and length andnot bowl too short.

Runs were not easy to come byeven though Vijay got a quick startwith two fours off Johnson (0-24) inthe fifth over. Dhawan waited around

a bit before he too opened up andstruck two fours in the 14th over off

Shane Watson (0-14). Those boundaries brought up the

50-run partnership for the openingwicket, the duo's only second-suchstand.

In the very next over though,Dhawan departed and Pujara thenwalked out to bat. Pujara though waslucky to be still batting at close ofplay as Brad Haddin dropped him inthe 27th over off Hazlewood (0-19).He was batting on 12 at that time.

Before stumps, Vijay got to his 9thTest fifty in the 34th over, gettingthere off 93 balls and in the next overas India's 100-mark came up.

Earlier, Australia hammered Indiain the first two sessions of the daywith skipper Smith scoring a career-

best 192 as the visitors let slip anypressure built on day one and com-pletely surrendered to the batting dis-play.

For India, Ashwin was the bestbowler on display, bowling with con-trol throughout the innings. Shamitook the most wickets, but he gaveaway too many runs -- smacked for23 fours, 13 more than any otherbowler. Ishant and Yadav were alsounimpressive on this day.

Post-lunch, Smith (128 not out)looked to get some quick runs withHarris. India meanwhile looked onauto-mode, waiting for things to hap-pen and almost reluctant to get thebatsmen out.

All their front-line bowlers conced-ed more than 100 runs, a fact cheeredby much gusto by the MCG crowd.Smith meanwhile continued to motoralong, getting to the 150-run mark forthe second time in this series, reach-ing there in the 133rd over.

He stepped up the run-rate there-after, scoring his next 42 runs offonly 32 balls.

Harris was out lbw to Ashwin in the136th over of the innings and there-after Smith added a quick-fire 48 runsfor the 9th wicket with Nathan Lyon(11), who threw his bat around.

They were then both bowled byShami in successive overs, 142nd and144th, as the hapless Indian bowlingand fielding effort on day two cameto an end.

In the morning session, the hostsbroke through India's resistance onday one and marched ahead in themorning session as Smith struck hisseventh Test century.

The Indian bowlers would havelooked to maintain their consistencyfrom day one but they erred on theirline and length, resorting to short-ball

tactic almost immediately. Haddin made full use of the same

as he raced to his half-century off 75balls, scoring 29 runs off 25 balls inthe morning's play.

The score also sped as a result asthe first 9 overs cost India 52 runs.The 50-run partnership for the 6thwicket came up in the 92nd over andthen Haddin's 18th Test fifty came upthree overs later.

At the other Smith remained solidas ever, bringing up 2000 career runsplaying in his 25th Test. A little laterAustralia crossed the 300-mark in the97th over and three overs later their100-run partnership came up.

Following up his scores of 162 notout at Adelaide and 133 at Brisbane,Smith brought up his ton in the 101stover of the innings then.

He got to the milestone off 191balls, and in doing so, emulated VijayHazare, Jackie McGlew, SunilGavaskar and Alastair Cook as theones to score hundreds in their firsttwo Tests as captain.

In that same over, against the run ofplay, Haddin was out caught behindedging a delivery he looked to leaveoff Shami. But this didn't bring anyrespite to the Indians as Johnson (28runs, 37 balls, 5 fours) came to thecrease. The field was spread onceagain and similar tactics as inBrisbane were resorted to as the left-hander sped off. In fact Australiamaintained a run-rate of more thanfive-per-over through this morningsession, scoring 130 runs in just 25overs. Ashwin was introduced lateinto the attack, and just as on day one,he was able to apply some brakes. Healso managed to get Johnson outstumped in the 112th over but Harrisstayed with his skipper until thebreak.

Smith century puts Australia in command

NEW DELHI, DEC 27A long sabbatical and a

rejig in weight categoriesnotwithstanding, Olympicheroes Sushil Kumar andYogeshwar Dutt reaf-firmed their dominance atthe world stage, whichincluded ending a 28-yeargold drought at the AsianGames, even as young-sters showed the qualityof Indian wrestling's tal-ent reservoir in a success-ful 2014.

Despite taking to themat for the first timesince the 2012 LondonOlympics and climbingup weight divisions afterinternational governingbody FILA rejigged theweight classes for itscompetitions includingthose of the 2016 RioOlympic Games, bothSushil and Yogeshwarproved their worth in thelimited tournaments theytook part in this year.

Yogeshwar, in fact,ended India's 28-yearwait for gold in wrestlingat the Asian Games bybagging the yellow metalin Incheon, South Korea,in September.

Their eyes now firmlytrained on Rio Olympics,the star grapplers careful-ly picked their tourna-ments, contesting in notmore than three competi-tions in 2014.

But in those limitedopportunities, thefreestyle wrestlers cameout with flying colours.

After opting out of theDave Schultz MemorialInternational tournamentat Colorado Springs,USA, in February, fol-lowed by FreestyleWrestling World Cup inMarch, the two finallyparticipated in the SeniorInternational competitionin Sassari city, Italy, onMay 30-31.

Putting to rest all appre-hensions about how theywould fare in their

respective new weightcategories and after along break, the celebratedIndian wrestling duosparkled on debut.

Having shifted from60kg category, LondonOlympics bronze-medal-list Yogeshwar won thegold in the 65kg division,

while two-time Olympicmedal winner Sushilbagged the silver in 74kg

class.Sushil, who hadwon a bronze in the 2008Beijing Olympics beforebettering his performancewith a silver medal at theLondon Games four yearslater, had always contest-ed in 66kg freestyle cate-gory. But the 31-year-oldgrappler, who had to add

nine kilogrammes toadjust in his new weightbracket, made the jumplook like a cake-walk.

After claiming silver atthe Senior Internationaltournament, Sushil assert-ed his class in theCommonwealth Games atGlasgow, Scotland, win-ning all his four bouts enroute to a gold medal,rather comfortably.

In the gold-medal boutagainst Qamar Abbas ofPakistan, even before onecould blink, the contestwas over with Sushil pin-ning down his opponentin under two minutes tostamp his authority.

Yogeshwar also expect-edly pocketed the goldwith little trouble, usinghis trademark 'fitele' (leg-twisting) technique togreat effect in all the fourbouts he fought duringthe CommonwealthGames.

Sushil,Yogeshwar shine in good year for Indian wrestling

LONDON, DEC 27While Chelsea and

Manchester City slug it outat the top of the PremierLeague, Louis van Gaal'sOld Trafford revolutiongathers ever more momen-tum in the red half ofManchester.

The Dutchman endured atricky start to his reign butseven wins in eight leaguegames have put United hoton the heels of the paceset-ters.

If the current United sidecan emulate the teams ofAlex Ferguson who wererenowned for a strong sec-ond half of the season, VanGaal's men could yet havetheir say in the destiny ofthe title.

United visit TottenhamHotspur in a lunchtimekickoff on Sunday as thegames continue to flow

thick and fast over the fes-tive period.

"The signs have beengood in recent weeks,"midfielder MichaelCarrick told the club web-site (ManUtd.com).

"We were bitterly disap-pointed not to win lastweek (at Aston Villa) butwe beat Newcastle andnow have two big awaygames. They will be agood test for us to seewhere we are at."

After the trip to Spurs,United -- seven pointsbehind City and 10 adriftof Chelsea -- are away atStoke on New Year's Day.

"We're continuing tolook up and will continueto try to catch them (Cityand Chelsea)," Carricksaid.

"We're not satisfied withthird -- it's obviously an

improvement and we'regetting better, but we wantto keep looking up."

Seventh-placed Spurshave won three on thebounce with striker HarryKane emerging as one ofthe stars of the season, hisfirst-minute strike in the 2-1 victory over Leicester onFriday taking his tally to15 in all competitions.

"We've built up somemomentum now with somewins," he said.

"United have picked upform. It's going to be atough game but we areconfident at the minute.We're ready for it."

Chelsea make the tripsouth to face a fourth-placed Southampton sidewho appear to have gotover their blip following aflying start to the cam-paign.

EPL: Man United bandwagongathering pace under Van Gaal

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,DEC 27

India's ace shuttler SainaNehwal is keen to get herpriorities right. She doesn'twant to overburden herselfby playing back-to-backtournaments in the daysahead. A strong perform-ance in the Jakarta WorldChampionship in Augustnext year and RioOlympics in 2016 are hertwin targets.

In order to optimize herpotential, she has decidedto give some of the impor-tant national events a missnext year. The Hyderabadshuttler has stated that shewill not feature in the

National Games to be heldin Kerala as well as theNational SeniorBadminton Championshipsto be held in Vijayawada.Both these events arescheduled to be held inJanuary-February 2015.

"I'm not a machine. I'm ahuman being. I can onlyplay according to what mybody permits. I play atleast 12 to 15 tournamentsaround the globe a year. Ihave to prioritise the tour-naments I play in and thatwill be done in consulta-tion with my coach UVimal Kumar, BadmintonFederation of India and myback-up team that includes

my family. And I don'tthink I will be part ofNational Games and theSenior NationalB a d m i n t o nChampionship," the WorldNo. 4 said on the sidelinesof a promotional eventhere.

Though Andhra Pradeshis not likely to field a teamin the team events ofNational Games, Sainacould have played in theindividual singles event.But she has ruled out thatoption.

"Right now I'm taking aweek's break and I am heretoday only because of myobligation towards my

sponsors. I'll resume train-ing from Monday orTuesday with my coach inBangalore. I can only takeit from there. I'm going tostart off with some lighttraining. Usually, it takestwo to three weeks to getinto competition mode,"Saina said. "The WorldChampionship is in Augustand Olympics in Rio ishappening in another year'stime. I have to concentrateon these two as both arebig tournaments for me. Itwill be tough. I want tostay fit in 2015. So I haveto be choosy about thetournaments I participatein," Saina said.

I'm not a machine, I'm human, says Saina NehwalKOLKATA, DEC 27

Overwhelmed by the sup-port she received fromBoxing India and her fellowcountrymen includingcricket icon SachinTendulkar while facing theprospect of a life ban, boxerL Sarita Devi hopes tomake it count by winning amedal at the 2016 RioOlympics.

"I really thank SachinTendulkar, Boxing Indiaand my fellow countrymenwho stood behind me andgave me a second chance. Idon't want to let go theirsupport in vain and win anOlympic medal," SaritaDevi, who was handed aone-year ban by AIBA for

showing dissent at theAsian Games Incheon inOctober, said here.

Here in the city for afelicitation programme, theManipuri boxer said shewants to forget the past andstart a new life.

"I don't want to talk about

what happened. I was verymuch mentally disturbedand I've forgotten every bitof it. All my focus is nowon earning my country anOlympic medal in 2016,"the 29-year-old said.

The lightweight pugilistwas furious after losing her

semifinal to local favouritePark Ji-na and she refusedto accept the bronze medal,prompting the AIBA to sus-pend her indefinitely.

AIBA later handed her aone-year ban which wouldget over in October nextyear and can be furtherreduced based on her con-duct. "Everyone learnsfrom experience and I toohave to learn to be posi-tive... I have brought thecountry medals, includingfrom Asian games,Commonwealth Games,Asian championship andWorld Championship.Before I put off my gloves,I want to bring Olympicglory for India," she added.

Boxer Sarita Devi determined to win an Olympic medal

Bollywood actorSanjay Dutt, whowas released on a

two weeks' furlough by theYerwada Central Jailauthorities on December24, was spotted at a specialscreening of PK, whichfeatures the actor in a piv-otal role.

The screening was host-ed for Mr Dutt, by PKdirector Rajkumar Hiraniand co-producer VidhuVinod Chopra onDecember 25, in Mumbai.However, the film's leadactors, Aamir Khan andAnushka Sharma, gave thescreening a miss. Mr Duttattended the screening withhis wife Maanyata andchildren Iqra andShahraan. The familylooked happy to have himamong them.

The incarcerated actor iscurrently serving a five-year jail term since nearly18 months in connectionwith the 1993 Mumbaiblasts case.

Time and again, Mr

Dutt's demand for parolehas raised questions, towhich he had earlier said,"I didn't get any specialtreatment. I had applied forfurlough five months back,and then later it was sanc-tioned. Thanks for all yoursupport."

Meanwhile, Mr Dutt isaware that RajkumarHirani is making a biopic

on him and they willreportedly discuss aboutthe film in these twoweeks. Mr Dutt has docu-mented most of his side of

the story and its authenti-cation is a work in process.Actor Ranbir Kapoor hasreportedly been roped infor the lead role.

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Model-actress TejaswiniKolhapure says she ishappy with the way her

niece Shraddha Kapoor's careeris shaping up in Bollywood.

Tejaswini, 34, who waslast seen in a small role inMani Ratnam's Raavan,said the Ek Villain actresswaited for seven years toget good roles.

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Tejaswini, who isexpecting her first childwith director husband Pankaj Saraswat, has teamed up with Anurag Kashyap again inUgly. The actress began her journey in Bollywood with Anurag's murder mystery filmPaanch, which never released.

"The film is good and I don't know why it is not releasing. But it gave me the confi-dence as an actress that I have done something good. Anurag is the person who hadcourage and confidence to cast me. I owe my new lease of career to him," she said.

I AmProud ofShraddhaKapoor:TejaswiniKolhapure

Amitabh Bachchanhonoured withYash Chopra

Memorial Award.Celebrities like Jaya Prada,former cricketerMohammed Azharuddin,Pamela Chopra, SimiGarewal graced the occa-sion. MaharashtraGovernor C. VidyasagarRao handed over the awardto Big B. Last year, theYash Chopra Memorialaward, was conferred toNightingale of India LataMangeshkar.

"I don't think I deservethis much appreciation, butI am still trying to give my

best and will continue todo so in the coming yearswith all your love and sup-port," said AmitabhBachchan on receiving theaward. Celebrities likePamela Chopra, Simi

Garewal, Jaya Prada,Madhoo, Gulshan Grover,Elli Avram, Manish Paul,Mouli Ganguly, MazharSayyed, DiganganaSuryavanshi, Ayub Khan,Mohammad Azharuddin,

Karan Grover and TinaDutt among others gracedthe ceremony.

The humbled actor tookto twitter to express hisheart, “Honoured humbledand grateful for the YashChopra Memorial Awardtonight ... such a nostalgicmoment and so much graceaccorded! “The awardYash Chopra Memorial2014 .. such a humblingmoment ... each payingaccolades ... so embarrass-ing to sit there and watch”,Big B, who will next beseen in Piku andShamitabh next year addedfurther.

Amitabh honoured with Yash Chopra Memorial Award