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TIMES CITY4 THE TIMES OF INDIA, BANGALOREWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009

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2nd Death Anniversary

DR.K.NARAYAN

04-11-2007

Inserted by Wife L.E.Madhumathi,Son K.Srikanth.

K. SUBBAIAH HEGDE

Expired on 3rd November

2009. Cremation on 4th

November 2009 at Wilson

Garden Crematorium,

Bangalore at 2.30 pm.

21A, “Kusum”, 12th Main,

2nd Cross, 4th C Block,

Koramangala,

Bangalore-560034.

Ph: 080-25538813

cell: 9845070588

DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS

VAIKUNTASAMARADHANA

We all wear differentmasks throughout the

day. For instance, mask of asenior, subordinate, father,son, etc. While wearingdifferent masks one tends toportray the best image in frontof others to make a goodimpression. This is when thequestion of authenticity arises.Most misunderstandings andstrife occurs when people tendto disregard what they haveinside them and say what theother person wantsto listen consciouslyor unconsciously,indulging insycophancy.Deliberate ignorancehelps one surfacethe truth and act accordingly,minimizing chances ofmistrust. This brings trans-parency between two personsand strengthens relationship. SShhooww iiggnnoorraannccee Deliberate ignorance isachieved by being oblivious ofthings around. In certainsituation it is a winningapproach. As when, oneprovides such stimulus theother person starts feelingmore comfortable and beginsto behave the way s/he trulyis. This makes the otherindividual more comfortableand subsist in natural self. PPrroobbee Probing others gives themchance to speak more and

thereby helps in receivingmore information. Ask asmany questions. This allowsthe other person to speak, andhelps in being curious enoughto gather more inputs andinformation enabling self, toevaluate the genuineness ofwhat is being said and done. LLiisstteenn mmoorree One should avoid falling intothe trap of talking more andlistening less. Deliberateignorance endorses silence

and encourages theother person to talkmore. Moreover,God has given onemouth and two earsclearly asking us tolisten twice more

than one speaks.DDiivveerrggeenntt tthhiinnkkiinngg Deliberate ignorance opensthe realms of possibilities andcreativity as it pushes one tothe extent of transcendingself to the limitless, thushelping in viewing things as awhole. In turn, it makes onethink more creatively andhelps in better evaluation.

To become more awareabout our surroundingsdeliberate ignorance is animportant tool which helps uscomprehend myriad things,which otherwise we wouldhave remain oblivious about.

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Feign ignorance to find out truthTo become more aware about our surroundings deliberateignorance is an important tool which helps us comprehendmyriad things, says Dr Kapil Kakar

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Hungry India can depend on milletsJJaayyaasshhrreeee NNaannddii | TNN

Bangalore: In the era of pizzeriasand burger joints, these farmers havea different story to tell. Millets, thepoor man’s crop, will turn out to bea major solution to two nationalthreats — climate change and dia-betes. The Millet Network of India(Mini) has launched a campaign topush millets into the Food SecurityAct, that is being drafted. Reason?It’s easy to grow, high on nutritionand it is drought-resistant.

Ragi roti and jowar roti have beenpopular traditional delicacies of Kar-nataka, but mono-culture croppinghad taken over most parts, leadingto a sharp decline in millet varieties.Farming groups and millet cam-paigners feel this is the right junc-ture to push them back into main-stream agriculture.

Compared to irrigated commodi-ty crops currently promoted by poli-cies, millets require just around 25%of the rainfall demanded by othercrops, such as sugarcane and banana.They hardly burden the state with de-mands for irrigation or power. Milletscan also grow on skeletal soils that areless than 15 cm deep. It does not de-mand rich soil for survival andgrowth. Millet production is not de-pendent on synthetic fertilizers either.

“Rice and wheat will become com-pletely unviable in the context of cli-mate change. With the projected in-crease of 2 degree Celsius in tem-perature, wheat will disappear fromthe farming scene. Rice, which needsstanding water for cultivation, is oneof the highest emitters of methane,a greenhouse gas (GHG). Thus, both

wheat and rice will lose their im-portance in the food basket of thecountry,” said Satheesh Periyapat-na, national coordinator of Mini.

A nutritive analysis of millets vis-a-vis major grains like rice and wheathave shown that compared to rice,they have 30 to 300% more nutritionalelements such as calcium, minerals,iron, fibre, beta carotene and othermicro-nutrients.

Earlier, in most dry parts of Kar-nataka, millet-based multi-croppingsystem used to be very common.Women primarily work on thesefarms, while men work on the majorcrops. They grow ragi, little millet,mustard, castor, pulses like tur dal

and green gram, all on a small patchof half or one acre. This system iscalled Navdanya. “This has two ad-vantages — firstly women are em-powered, they grow everything theyneed in their kitchen on their smallfarm, secondly, there is food securi-ty always. The crop doesn’t fail. It isalso extremely good for diabetics.About 15% of the adult populationin Bangalore has diabetes. Doctorshave time and again said that mil-lets are good for diabetics than riceand wheat,” said G Krishna Prasadof Sahaja Samrudha, an organicfarmers’ collective.

One of Mini’s demands is to putmillets into the public distribution

system (PDS) because of its high nu-tritional value. “Millets are a cropthat can be controlled by the poorand hence, are an answer to theagrarian crisis in India that has re-sulted in over 1.5 lakh farmer sui-cides within the past decade. Re-member, we are 128th in nutritionalindex in the world, worse than Sa-helian Africa, there is huge malnu-trition we have to deal with,” addedPeriyapatna.

Easy To Grow, Nutritious, Drought-Resistant | May Be Part Of Food Security Act

Ragi roti and jowarroti have beenpopular traditionaldelicacies ofKarnataka, butmono-culturecropping had takenover most parts,leading to a sharpdecline in milletvarieties. Farminggroups feel this isthe right junctureto push them backinto mainstreamagriculture

SUSTAINABLECROP

● Rajasthan is home to the PearlMillet (Bajra) ● The Deccan plateau (Marathwadain Maharashtra, Telangana in AndhraPradesh and North Karnataka) iswell-known for Sorghum ● Southern Andhra Pradesh, TamilNadu, Orissa and southernKarnataka are home to the FingerMillet ● Uttarakhand and other hill andtribal areas cultivate a range ofsmall millets such as Foxtail, Proso,Kodo and Barnyard ● India is the top consumer ofmillets in the world; Indians eat 42%of millets produced globally

Fake rate-cardRecently, after disembarkingfrom Rajdhani Express at 6.40pm at Bangalore City railwaystation, I searched for a cab togo to Thippasandra. As driversdemanded an exorbitant Rs 450. So I approached aconstable for help. But I wasshown a printed rate-card,which showed the amount. Ithink the fare is very high for adistance of 12 km. The RTOshould clarify whether it hasgiven rate-cards to taxi driversat the railway station.

—— PPiiyyuusshh LLaaddddhhaa,, BBaannggaalloorree

Dangerous open drain:Although a stretch of 19thCross, 20th A Main Road, J PNagar 5th Phase, was repairedsome months ago, the drainagelid was damaged. Kids may fallinto the open drain andmotorists are in danger too.BBMP or BWSSB should fix thedrain immediately.

—— AA rreessiiddeenntt,, JJ PP NNaaggaarr

Sidewalk encroached: Thesidewalk near BSNL quartersnext to Ulsoor telephoneexchange has been encroachedupon by vendors. Pedestriansare forced to walk on the busyroad, risking their lives. BBMPshould clear this area as soonas possible.

—— SSaammaarr,, BBaannggaalloorree

CIVIC PROBLEMS

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Reddy bros keep sleuths on toes

DDaanniieell PP GGeeoorrggee | TNN

Chennai/Bangalore: TheReddy brothers, apart fromgiving sleepless nights to theBJP leadership, are also keep-ing the state’s intelligencesleuths guessing.

Three high-ranking policeofficers from the state’s intel-ligence wing arrived in Chen-nai on Tuesday morning tokeep a tab on the movementsof the Reddy brothers andtheir associates, who have re-fused to budge from their de-mand for removal of chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa.

Intelligence sources toldTOI the officials are campingin Chennai as the Reddy broth-ers were expected in the city,and arrangements had beenmade to book a resort on theEast Coast Road on the in-structions of a leading city-based granite exporter who isclose to the brothers.

According to sources, forthe past three days, the Reddybrothers and B Sriramuluhave been keeping intelligence

officials guessing on theirmovements by booking flighttickets to Chennai, Hyderabadand Goa, but not flying out.

On Tuesday morning,there was a request from theReddy camp to a private air-line, asking if they could char-ter an aircraft to bring in amarriage party from Hyder-abad to Chennai, sources said.

A source also said the Red-dys have kept some MLAs inhotels and resorts in Banga-lore and New Delhi, and areexpected to shift them to Chen-nai anytime.

The Tamil-speakingsleuths from Karnataka in-telligence have been asked togive inputs to Yeddyurappa’soffice every half-an-hour andthe move to send the three of-ficials to Chennai was aimedat being prepared, if the Red-dy camp lands here.

The movements of the Red-dy brothers have been toughto track as they have said noto state government protocolvehicles in Delhi, Hyderabadand Goa and are making their

own arrangements for traveland security.

Confirming the presenceof the three officials in Chen-nai, a senior officer with a cen-tral intelligence agency said:

“The drama began duringthe weekend, as the Reddycamp was expected to fly downfrom Goa and Hyderabad, andwhen three of their associatestook a morning flight on Sat-urday to Chennai from Ban-galore to make arrangements.That’s what tipped off the Kar-nataka state intelligence onthe moves of the brothers whoare heading the dissidents.’’

CM TAKES SWIPES AT REBELSYeddyurappa talked tough onTuesday by taking swipes athis detractors, while oversee-ing the flood relief operations.

In Bangalore after a meet-ing to prepare plan to seekfunds for infrastructure fromthe Centre for rebuilding hous-es: Transfers are the CM’s pre-rogative. No one can questionit. The Reddys have some mis-understanding and it will besorted out. The developmentsin New Delhi and what Reddysare saying about it, there’s ahuge difference. It’s poles apart,the happenings and their

claims. I am going to New Del-hi on Wednesday and will dis-cuss everything with the cen-tral leaders. The present de-velopments are not new. We willevolve strategies, a laChanakya, to retain power. Wewill come out of the crisis. Oursis a disciplined party and I bowbefore the high command.

In Bellary en route to Ban-galore: There is no questionof withdrawing the toll leviedon trucks transporting ore.

Rebel leader G KarunakaraReddy told reporters: “The cri-sis is not yet over. Ours is a na-tional party and it will takesome time to arrive at someconcrete decisions.’’

Reddy held a parallel meet-ing to review the progress offlood relief work at VikasaSoudha, while Yeddyurappawas busy laying the founda-tion stone for Aasare (shelter— government-private initia-tive to build houses for theflood victims) in Bijapur andBelgaum.

On why there was no coor-dination between departmentsin implementing flood-relatedworks, Reddy said his depart-ment, revenue, was the moth-er of all the departments inimplementing relief work.

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3 High-Ranking Police OfficersKeep Tab On Their Movements

Cong putsflood in focusas BJP bickersNew Delhi: As the BJP gov-ernment in Karnataka strug-gles with factional feuding,with MLAs camped in luxuryhotels to avoid poaching, theCongress on Tuesday steppedin to make a strong pitch forflood relief and increased cen-tral compensation, in what ap-pears a bid to position itself inthe war of perceptions.

A delegation of Congressleaders from Karnataka calledon party chief Sonia Gandhi,asking her to impress uponPrime Minister ManmohanSingh to give more flood reliefto the state. The leaders includ-ed KPCC chief R V Deshpande,leader of opposition Siddara-maiah and Union ministers S MKrishna and K H Muniyappa.

The delegation denied a po-litical discussion with the par-ty chief, saying the meetingwas limited to talking about re-lief in what is a serious floodsituation. The Congress meet-ing, with concern for flood vic-tims as its focus, contrastedsharply with images of CM BS Yeddyurappa’s men, miningmagnates Reddy brothers andtheir sympathisers, showingBJP in a poor light. TNN

Netas busy, but babus on a roll

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Bangalore: It is sarkari raj at Vid-hana Soudha, as babus sip chai andgupshup. Files have been put awayfor another day. An October full oflong weekends, festivals and holi-days has run into a rebellious No-vember, and work is still on hold.

While ministers run hither andthither on a ‘Save Yeddyurappa’ cam-paign, and MLAs make a beeline tothe rebel rallying points, the secre-tariat is as good as empty. VidhanaSoudha echoes with silence, and other topstate government offices are also desert-ed. But the addas are full and noisy. Steam-ing tea is being gulped down by the gal-lons, snacks are popular.

Officers and their staff, known for theirage-old aversion to work, are making themost of the situation. Most arrive late tooffice and calling it a day by 3-4 pm. “Sev-eral ministers have not attended office forquite some time, as they are preoccupiedwith saving the government,’’ said a sen-ior official who monitors the visit ofVVIPs.

CM Yeddyurappa and some of his col-

leagues had come to Vidhana Soudha onSunday to release a stamp dedicated to Kan-nada matinee idol Rajkumar, but left theplace soon after the function. While someministers have turned emissaries, manyothers who were not so active in the ad-ministration are simply keeping away fromoffice to evade the public and media glare.

“We understand the ministers can’t at-tend office in the present circumstances,but at least civil servants can be asked toattend office,’’ said a government schoolprincipal, who came all the way from Da-vanagere to meet the primary and sec-ondary education minister.

MISSING IN ACTION Meanwhile, enquiries at the offices ofvarious ministers threw up interestingresponses. The secretarial staff of en-ergy minister K S Eshwarappa said theminister would attend work only afterNovember 6, as he was busy “with someimportant work in Shimoga’’.

Staff of large and medium scale in-dustries minister Murugesh Nirani saidthe minister was on a tour of NorthKarnataka, as was higher educationminister Arvind Limbavali and PWDminister C M Udasi.

There was, however, hope that someministers may drop in on Tuesday. Rur-al development and panchayat raj min-ister Shobha Karandlaje’s staff could saywith certainty that she would come to of-fice on Tuesday,as was the case with med-ical education minister Ramachandra

Gowda.Meanwhile, officers seem to have de-

serted the mini secretariat too. Even sec-retaries holding important charge aretaking it easy. Staff members of a few sec-retaries said they were on tour, but wherewas not very clear.

Whether on tour or rescue missions,governance appears to come to a stand-still. “Several works are lying pending inthe absence of the ministers. From get-ting bills for development works sanc-tioned, to signing important files, workhas stopped,” said a senior officer.

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New sectors interested in IIM placementsSShhrruutthhii BBaallaakkrriisshhnnaa | TNN

Bangalore: There is a joyous moodat IIM-B where summer placementsare expected to begin from Novem-ber 6. Though there is some amountof nervousness whether they willmake it to their desired firms, by andlarge, students are optimistic.

Following the crash of globalbanking and financial sectors, theIIMs, last year, focused on tech serv-ice firms to explore job opportunities.

“This year, we have all our regu-lar IT and IT consulting firms re-turning. Many companies across all

sectors are participat-ing in the placements.This year’s surprise isstart-ups. We even havesome NGOs and sports-based companies show-ing interest,” PaulSavio, external rela-tions secretary, IIM-C,told TOI, said.

Ditto with IIM-Kozhikode (IIM-K). The institute saysfirms from new sectors like micro fi-nance have confirmed participation.“These can add up to nearly 15% ofthe placements,” said Rohan Jaik-

ishen, placement com-mittee member, IIM-K.The placement processis expected to com-mence from this weekor early next week.

On the offers andpay packages, Rohansaid, “We hope the of-fers per firm will in-crease.” Maintaining

that IIM-K’s focus is more on financeand marketing, he said that this timetoo participation of firms from thesesectors could be the same as last year.This time, some international firms

confirmed participation, he said.

‘NOT LESS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR’“The number is not less comparedto last year. Firms from various coun-tries, including Singapore and thosefrom West Asia, have shown keen in-terest,” he added.

IIM-Lucknow (IIM-L) placementschairman R L Raina said the num-ber of companies has grown.

“The offers are also expected tobe increased. This is a sign of eco-nomic growth. One of the new sec-tors that will participate is agri busi-ness,” he said.

Report sought onBMIC projectBangalore: The Supreme Court onWednesday set a deadline for thestate government to submit a reporton implementation and issues per-taining to the BMIC project beforeNovember 22. Justice Tarun Chat-terjee, Justice Lodha and JusticeDeepak Verma passed an interim or-der directing the government thatthe report must be prepared and sub-mitted by the high level committee,headed by the chief minister. TNN

Apex court givesrelief to studentsBBaannggaalloorree:: The apex courtbench headed by the CJI onTuesday dismissed the SLP filedby Yenepoya University on theadmission issue and asked it toabide by the HC order andadmit students. Meanwhile, therole of KEA in allotment ofmedical seats to CET studentsin Yenepoya University raisedmany eyebrows in the HC.

N Khetty, counsel for MCI,said KEA officials colluded with

the university duringadmissions in violation of theapex court and HC orders. Seatallotment letters issued by KEAto a CET student substantiatedthat KEA favoured YenepoyaUniversity to accommodatemanagement students ratherits own students, he said.

The court has also foundfault with the officials andobserved that officers shouldnot be allowed to continue inoffice in the interest of thepublic. J S Kavya, a student, hadfiled the petition. TNN

Officers Trickle In Late To Office, Go Home Early

DRAMA IN BJP CONTINUES...

Some dissidentslose steam MMyyssoorree:: The stock of Bellarymining czars, who haverevolted against chief ministerB S Yeddyurappa, appears tobe dwindling. Many legislatorswho were taken to Hyderabadby the Reddy brothers haveeither already returned or onthe verge of returning. Theirdemand for change ofleadership has nearly fizzledout with the party highcommand refusing to heed totheir demand.

Another letter on BJP crisis:After energy minister K SEshwarappa apologized to thepublic for the present politicalcrisis in the state, it was theturn of urban developmentminister S Suresh Kumar onTuesday. Kumar dashed off aletter to all ministers,expressing concern about theBJP’s future. In the letter, hementioned that “Whoever maybe the winner in this battle(dissidence), the BJP iscertainly the loser”.

Sindhia joins JD(S): The JD(S)has got a shot in the arm withformer minister PGR Sindhiajoining the party soon. JD(S)

state unit president H DKumaraswamy and his fatherH D Deve Gowda have bothspoken and invited Sindhia tothe party. “My friends andwell-wishers advised me to goback to my parent party. Ialways want to associatemyself with a secular party. Iam joining the party onNovember 9,” Sindhia said.

Also, JD(S) is trying to netformer Union ministers C MIbrahim of Congress andBasanagouda Patil Yatnal. TNN

Revenue minister KarunakaraReddy holds a videoconference on flood relief inBangalore on Tuesday

TOI