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Unidentified bodies rot at the GandhiHospital mortuary as the blame gamecontinues with no solution in sight.RIP?
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32 SHIRDI-BOUND PILGRIMS DIE AS BUSCAREERS OFF BRIDGE
In a pre-dawn tragedy inOsmanabad district of
Maharashtra, 32 pilgrimsfrom Hyderabad, were killedand 14 others are strugglingfor their lives in various hos-pitals when their bus care -ered off the road. The bus,owned by Kaleshwari Tra -vels, was on a journey fromHyderabad to Shirdi when itwent off a bridge around450km from Mumbai ataround 3am, OsmanabadPolice said.
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England remained oncourse for the knockout
rounds of Euro 2012 aftercoming from behind to sendSweden crashing out of thetournament with a 3-2 victo-ry in Kiev. In the earliergame, France beat Ukraine2-0 in their Group D clash.
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`252cr That’s how much the bypollscost you, the taxpayer...Was it worth it? PG 5
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When: June 9 to July 8, Contact: (040) 2322 2247,
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SerenitySerenity- an exhibition of painting isbeing held at Kalakrithi art Gallery.The paintings are by artist AnindaVarma. The exhibition is on till June23.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 10
When: Ongoing,11am-7pm
Contact: (040) 66564 466
Chai PakodaIt’s monsoon. How we love to sit bythe window sill, with a plate of hotpakodas and some chai. Arena atTaj Deccan brings that feeling toyou every evening 3pm-7pmWhere: Taj Deccan,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 1
When: Ongoing,3pm to7pm
Contact: (040) 6666 3939
Nirmal paintingA certificate course on Nirmalpainting will be held by LiteracyHouseat Andhra Mahila Sabha(AMS) from June 18. Where: Literacy House,
AMS Academic campusWhen: June 18 onwardsContact: (040) 2709 6464
Madhubani workshopThe YMCA Secunderabad is hostinga madhubani painting workshop.The workshop is being felicitated byan artist from Madhubani. A partof the fees earned will be used totrain underprivileged women.Where: YMCA Secunderabad,
West MarredpallyWhen: June 18-June 29Contact: 98490 07736,
99595 57183
La femmeThis one is especially for all thewomen, head to La Femme atTease, Vivanta by Taj for an eveningespecially for women everySaturday.
paintings by Pranay will be on dis-play at Muse Art Gallery.The exhi-bition is on from June 9.Where: Muse Art Gallery,
Lower Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,
11.30am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999
Abstract landscapesA painting exhibition by artistBhaskar Rao B titled A leaflet and adrop will be on display at IconartGallery. The exhibition will be ondisplay till June 20. Where: Iconart Gallery,
Banjara Hills, Rd No 12When: Ongoing,
11am onwardsContact: 98499 68797
Musical eveningA musical event by Srinivas Srikanthwill be held on June 16.Where: TTD Bhavan,
Himayat NagarWhen: June 16,
6.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 23220852
Friends with BirdFriends with bird, a patining exhibition by artist Pallavi Wallunj is being held at ColoursArt Gallery.
Where: Colours Art Gallery,Chikoti Gardens,
NCC enrolmentNo2 Air Sqn (Technical) NCC,Secunderabad is conductingrecruitments for the senior division.Selections will be made from June14 to 16 between 10 amand 4 pm.Where: Bison Polo training
grounds,Secunderabad
When: June 14 onwardsContact: (040) 2775 1703
Sunday brunchSpend the perfect Sunday after-noon with Aqua’s special brunch.Where: Aqua,
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DJ timeHead for one of the most musicaland fun filled evening. We have DJShikar, DJ Sam and DJ Zeesh on theopening sets and DJ Zain Sabri &DJ Veer spinning hip hop and com-mercial music.Where: Cuba Libre,
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11am onwardsContact: (040) 6776 7114
Vision of blue goldVision of blue gold, an exhibition of
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French classesA two-day session will be held atAlliance Francaise, Banjara Hills.Where: Alliance FrancaiseWhen: June 15,
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Buy artIconart Art Gallery as a part of itsBuy Art initiative is hosting an exhi-bition featuring abstract art, sculp-tures and paintings.Where: Iconart Gallery,
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Music and dreamsThis is the story of Ashley, a hiphop performer at the RhapsodySchool of Dance who takes thebiggest decision of her life becauseof a prestigious dance competitiontitled - Of Music And Dreams. Where: Shilpa Kala Vedika,
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8pm onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999
CITY 3
Due to electrical shutdown at 33KVsub-station at Sadasivpet, from
11am to 5pm today, the supplieson Manjeera Phase-III and Phase-IV
system will be reduced, due to interrup-tion of pumping system at Singoor. As a
result, there will be delayed and shortsupply of water today to areas under
Lingampally reservoir, Khanapur reservoir and Hydernagar Reservoir.
Water supply shortage
Entersoft Information Systems (EIS),pioneer in network administrationand IT security, is hosting a job
fair from June 16 to 18 at JNTU,Kukatpally. All the graduates who areenthusiastic about a career inInformation security and administrationcan attend the fair. The job fair is to fillthe openings of network engineers,security analysts and web developers.
IT security job fair at JNTU
The Network of Persons with dis-ability (NPdO) will be organisingMahadharna at all district collec-
tor offices on June 18 at 11 am acrossthe State, protesting against tardyimplementation of governmentschemes in the last five years. NPdOpresident M Srinivasulu demanded thegovernment provide full pension witharrears to disabled people.
Rally against govt apathy
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Mohd Subhan and Inkeshaf [email protected]
In a pre-dawn tragedy in Osmanabaddistrict of Maharashtra, 32 pilgrims,all from Hyderabad, were killed and14 others are struggling for life in
various hospitals.The ill-fated bus, owned by
Kaleshwari Travels, was on a journeyfrom Hyderabad to the famous pilgrimcentre of Shirdi in Ahmednagar dis-trict when it fell off a river bridge onthe outskirts of Osmanabad town,around 450 km from Mumbai around3am, the Osmanabad police said. Amajority of the injured are in a seriouscondition and the casualty figure islikely to go up.
Osmanabad additional superinten-dant of police Ravinder Singh Pardesitold Postnoon on phone that the spot ofincident was between Jalkote andNaldurg. While brake-failure was quot-ed as the cause in the preliminaryreport, the ASP said it appeared to besheer negligence by the driver. If thedriver had dozed off or was in an ine-briated condition is under probe. Thetwo bus drivers too are said to be in aserious condition. The police haveshifted the bodies of victims in Jalkoteprimary hospital for post mortem.
According to sources, around 14 ofthe victims are IT employees and oneis a teenager.
Superintendant of policeOsmanabad Dattatreya Karare said thebus of the Kaleshwari Travels bore thelicence number KN01-DO245. It started
on Saturday at 9.30pm from Hyderabad. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar
Reddy and TDP chief NaraChandrababu Naidu have expressedtheir shock at the accident. The CMhas asked the City police and districtofficials to take necessary relief works.A team of RDOs has been sent toOsmanabad to help the survivors.
In the meantime, the City policehas arranged for a bus to take relativesof the victims to the accident site.
(With inputs from Osama Salman)
Aspecial control room inOsmanabad has been opened.
The contact numbers are 02427-222900/700 and the police are: SPOsmanabad 02472-227620/8007040100 (Karare).Control room Osmanabad 02472-222700. ASP Pardesi 9923103535.
Major road accidents involving people from the StateDate Place of Accident No of Dead
June 17, 2012 Osmanabad, Maharastra 32
March 21, 2012 Kondagattu, Karimnagar 11
March, 20, 2012 Tungaram village, Khammam 8 children
February 28, 2012 Ganti Pedapudi village, East Godavari 4
Pilgrim tragedy, 32 killedAs the holy trip turned a tragedy, hun-
dreds of kin of those involved in themishap rushed to the Kaleshwari
Travels office in Lakdi-Ka-Pul. Eachseemed to carry a faint hope of his/her rel-ative surviving. But the shock of knowingmost were either dead or battling for lifeturned the gathering into a moaning group.The scene was heart-rending. Despite aheavy police presence, the crowd surged atthe counter shouting.
Unable to bear the news of his kinbeing dead, a middle-aged man collapsedon the spot. Enquiries revealed that his 14-year-old boy was among the dead. He wasshifted to a hospital immediately.
“We are devastated,” remarked aChandra Sekhar, a young techie who waspresent at the spot. A group of 14 friends,all with a leading IT firm had been on thebus. “We are told that four of them arealive but we’re still not sure.”
“We are going to Osmanabad,” saidanother shocked friend Prithviraj. Anotherwoman by name Aruna who is the sister ofvictim Krishna, said, “I don’t have words tosay anything. It is a criminal negligence.”
One Mohan Reddy, brother of a victim,Kehsav Reddy, also alleged that this wassheer negligence by the travels whosedrivers are not properly trained nor takencare of.
Shocked kin cry foul
A man collapsedoutside theKaleshwarioffice on hearing of hisson’s death
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4CITYSATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
There are people waitingoutside to identify thedead bodies, some ofthem can be seen weep-ing, and others curious-
ly peeping through the windowsto catch a glimpse of an autopsy.Due to the overpowering stenchmost of the people stand cover-ing their mouths with hands, tis-sues or even their own clothes.This scene can been seen infront of any mortuary but theGandhi Medical College andHospital mortuary has a muchsorrier tale to tell.
Of the 36 freezers to storethe deceased bodies, only 12 areworking. And for the number ofdead bodies that are sent herefor post mortem, this falls woe-fully short. In fact, six freezers
that don’t have air conditioningare placed outside the mortuary.The worst part, however, is thatat times when none of the work-ing freezers are available, theyare used to store the dead bodies.This decays the bodies further.
The freezers inside aren’t ina better condition either. In mostof the freezers, the air condition-ing doesn’t work, and even if itdoes work, it seems to be inade-quate. The mortuary itself is ina pathetic condition and theunhygienic and dirty premisesadd to the foul odour.
A total of 344 bodies havebeen bought to this mortuarythis year (from January up toJune 14). A considerable numberof dead bodies are left unidenti-fied. The Gandhi Hospital mor-tuary gets an average of sevenbodies for autopsy, out of whichat least three lie unidentified.
Even the pit room, where theentire room acts as a freezer,does not suffice. For a long timenow, the freezers have not beenworking, but are often used asan alternative to store the bod-ies. The unidentified bodies aretreated with utter disregard. Theabsence of proper temperaturesleads to faster decomposition ofthe bodies, adding to the stench.
The unidentified bodies arethen supposed to be handed overto the Sri Satya Harish ChandraFoundation that takes theunidentified bodies for crema-
tion. Often, due to the delay bythe police to file a report or givepermission for the foundation totake the dead bodies away, thebodies lie in the mortuary for upto a week. They become heavilydecomposed and it is harder forthem to be identified.
As of June 14, seven bodieslie there rotting and unclaimed.“Sometimes when the freezersaren’t available to store the bod-ies, we store two in each freezer.The six freezers that are outside
the mortuary too are used, butthen so is the pit room. The mor-tuary is in a pathetic condition.If all of them are working prop-erly, including the pit room,there is no need for more. Butnothing seems to be done here,”says Dr Vikram Aditya, a dutydoctor at the mortuary.
The blame game never endsat the Gandhi Hospital. “Theproblem with the mortuary isthat the ACs don’t work andoften break down. Because of
the foul smell, the companywhose freezers the morgue usesdoesn’t send engineers to repairthem.
The hospital administrativestaff blames the company as itdoesn’t send executives to repairor maintain them. They in turnblame the hospital for not clear-ing the bills. That is why theyrefused to renew their contract,”said Dr K Rajender Kumar, headof department, forensicmedicine.
Dr S Mahaboob, superinten-dent of Gandhi Hospital,remained unavailable for com-ment. One of the workers at themortuary said that the reasonwhy the unidentified bodiesremain here is because thepolice don’t complete the formal-ities, and without that, the hos-pital cannot hand over the bod-ies to the foundation.
“Many a times, the policeconduct a post mortem and for-get about it. This delays the pro-cess. Having said this, the ACswill be repaired within two tothree days,” he added.
Perhaps Gandhi Hospitalcan learn a lesson from the signon the door to the mortuary—‘The dead teach the living’.
Rest in peace? Not reallyEven as workers cram two bodies in one freezer and unidentified bodies rot in non-functioningpit rooms, the blame game at the Gandhi Hospital mortuary continues with no solution in sight
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THE MORTUARY IS IN APATHETIC CONDITIONAND THE UNHYGIENICAND DIRTY PREMISES ADDTO THE FOUL ODOUR.
Many a times, thepolice conduct a postmortem and forgetabout it. This delaysthe process. Havingsaid this, the ACs willbe repaired within twoto three days.
Worker, Gandhi Hospital Mortuary
FOCUS 5SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
“The State has wit-nessed 65 by-elec-tions in the lastsix years due to
resignation of MLAs. This isresulting in wastage of publicmoney in conducting electionsbesides paralysing administra-tion and causing hardship tothe people.”
Andhra Pradesh Assemblyspeaker Nadendla Manoharmade this statement on comple-tion one year term in office onJune 4, this month. These elec-tions also include the just-con-cluded bypolls in 18 assemblyand one Parliamentary con-stituencies. With the latestincluded, the election commis-sion has spent a whopping `252crore of public money to con-duct these bypolls.
While the regular, legiti-mate elections are part and par-
cel of democracy, most of theseby-elections are thrust on peo-ple by the whims and fancies ofsome political parties. This isthe saddest part of the story,officials point out.
Expressing his displeasureover frequent bypolls, intellec-
tual and Loksatta party presi-dent Dr Jayaparakash Narayansaid, “The bypolls are not onlycausing huge wastage of publicmoney but also paralysing theentire administration.” Hestrongly advocates the intro-duction of election based onproportional voting system.“The introduction of propor-tional voting system in conduct
of elections would not only savehuge public money but alsohelp in avoiding by-elections. Ifany candidate quits, the nextcandidate in the list would begiven the opportunity to servethe public. Most of these elec-tions were necessitated for purepolitical opportunism,” headded.
`3 CRORE FOR EACHCONSTITUENCYElection commission sourcessaid that it incurred an expen-diture of about `3 crore foreach Assembly constituencyelection. The cost wouldinclude all kinds of preparationfor elections. If we look at thestatistics, since the 2009 generalelections alone, a total of fiveby-elections were held at differ-ent intervals to elect represen-tatives to 40 Assembly and twoLok Sabha constituencies. If welook at the figures since 2004general elections, a total ofeight by-elections for bothassembly and Lok Sabha seatswere held at different intervalsfor pure political reasons.
Bypolls cost you `252cr By-election statisticsn December 2006: 2 Lok
Sabha seatsn 2008: 16 Assembly and 4
Lok Sabha seatsn December 2009: 1
Assembly seat n July 2010: 12 Assembly
constituencies n May 2011: 1 Assembly
and 1 Lok Sabha seatn October, 2011: 1
assembly seat. n March 2012: 7 assembly
seatsn June, 2012: 18 assembly
and 1 Lok Sabha seat
NARENDRA B,retired school principal, socialworker
It was all sympathyvote for YSRC. He
got votes because of his latefather but not for his work. In fact,after Jagan’s arrest, the partyused the opportunity to projectitself as a political victim and gain votes.
RITACHOUDHARY,technical writer
Iwish TDP had won.Hyderabad was a
better place to livein during Naidu’s regime. Jaganis not an ideal candidate for theCM’s seat. He may win in themain elections too but it’s notgoing to be easy for him.
NEELAM RAMESH,State general secretary, YSRCSeva Dalam
We are veryhappy. It goes
to show that both the Congressand TDP could not upstage theYSRC. We just wanted to showeverybody that regardless ofJagan being free or imprisoned,he continues to be our leader. Allthe constituencies supported us.
[email protected] INKESHAF AHMED
Political whims and direct election are haemorrhaging the State heavily.Urgent electoral reforms are required
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Keen to forge deeper strategic andeconomic ties with India as theUS draws down in Afghanistan,
US President Obama may meet IndianPM Manmohan Singh at the La Cabos
G-20 summit in Mexico. “I think he’llhave a chance to see Singh on themargins of the G-20,” Ben Rhodes,
deputy national security advisor to thepresident said.
Obama, Singh at La Cabos
Twenty-five people were killed and61 others injured in three roadmishaps in different parts of
Rajasthan, the police said. Nineteenpassengers of a private bus were killedand 37 injured when the bus collidedwith a truck and caught fire nearSanchore area in Jalore district. Of the19 passengers, four succumbed totheir injuries in various hospitals.
25 killed in road mishaps
Asub-inspector of police belonging to Krishnaganj PoliceStation has been suspended for
notaccepting complaints of rape madeby two women on Sunday. A house-wife of Krishnaganj Monoharpur andher mother-in-law were allegedlyraped by some youths who warnedthem not to complain about the incident to the police.
SI refuses to file complaint
KOLKATA: Taking upthe campaign for APJAbdul Kalam online,Trinamool Congresschief Mamata Banerjeetoday said that herchoice of thePresidential candidatewas the choice of mil-lions of Indians.
Debuting on socialnetworking siteFacebook, she wrote inher first post, “I gavevoice to what millionsof Indians want to seein a President.”
Refusing to budgefrom her stand, shesaid, “My party is asmall party. We are nota big party with none ofthe resources otherspossess. We are led bytruth and conviction.All through my life Ihave stood by my princi-ples. I stand by the posi-tion I have taken”.
Stating that the willof the people issupreme in a democra-cy, Banerjee requestedfellow citizens to peti-tion their public repre-sentatives to stand up,support and vote forKalam.
“Let your voice beheard. I will bow to thewill of the people,” shesaid.
Describing the ‘mis-
sile man’ as a proud anddistinguished son ofIndia who continues toinspire all Indians, thechief minister saidKalam remains abovenarrow politics.
“He is a seeker oftruth, a fount of knowl-edge and an impartialvoice of reason and san-ity, who is above narrowpolitics. He is the kindof man all our citizensaspire to makePresident,” Banerjeesaid. The TMC chiefhad joined hands withSP chief MulayamSingh Yadav to proposethe name of Kalam.However, the SP laterbroke away and pledgedsupport to Pranab Muk -herjee, leaving the WestBengal chief ministertotally isolated.
Unfazed by the isola-
tion after Congress-ledUPA named Mukherjeeas its Presidential nomi-nee, Banerjee said lastnight that her partyremained firm on thecandidature of Kalamand said “the game hasjust begun”.
“We are firm on thecandidature of Kalam.He is the fittest candi-date. We are not shiftingfrom our stand of whatwe have announced ear-lier,” Banerjee had said.
Noting that she andher party has alreadygiven a clarion call toother parties to supportKalam as President,Banerjee said, “Alongwith my other fellowcitizens I can only urgethem to consider thiscall. Let our country beled forward by peoplesuch as him, people offree thought and hon-ourable action who willnot hesitate to do whatis just and right.”
By recallingTagore’s famous lines of‘Where the mind iswithout fear and thehead is held high’ in herfirst posting on the site,she said, “I am a hum-ble, transparent, com-mon person like thevast majority of you.”
PTI
Kalam is the choice of millions, asserts Mamata
Didi pursues Prezpoll war on FB
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat governmenton Saturday said that it had blacklisted apublishing firm for supplying a magazineto 35,000 government schools in the state,which contained lewd jokes.
The May 2012 issue of Puzzle Magicmagazine distributed to all the schools ofcontained four pages of lewd jokes.
“The magazine is distributed in theschools under the ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’to develop reading habits of children, toimprove their general knowledge and toincrease interest in subjects like scienceand maths,” Gujarat minister of state foreducation Raman Vora said.
The state education department hadgiven the work order to Amisha Printersand Publishers to publish the magazine, hesaid adding the printer had sub-contractedthe work to Golibar Publications, whichhad printed and supplied the magazine.
The government had issued a notice tothe firm for distributing the magazinewithout the state government’s clearance.
“The magazine was supplied violatingthe contract of work order, which said thatthe publishers will get the content of themagazine passed by the ‘Sarva SikshaAbhiyan’ officials. They did not do that andposted the magazine on May 19 to all theschools,” Vora said. PTI
Guj publishing firmblacklisted for lewd joke
“He is a seekerof truth, is abovenarrow politics.He is the kind ofman all our citi-zens aspire tomake President,”
Mamata Banerjee
Japan defies public protest,to run nuclear reactorsTOKYO: Japan ordered nuclear reactors back online Saturday, defyingpublic sentiment against atomic power following last year's meltdowns atFukushima sparked by a huge quake-tsunami disaster.Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday received approval for therestarts from Issei Nishikawa, the pro-nuclear power governor of centralFukui prefecture, which hosts the plant.The premier then met three ministers — the minister of economy, tradeand industry, the minister in charge of the nuclear accident and the chiefcabinet secretary."Now that we have the approval from the autonomous body where thereactors are relocated, the four ministers (including Noda) concernedmade the decision to restart the reactors," Noda told the meeting on cam-era. Nishikawa told the prime minister he was happy with the restartsafter he received safety assurances on Friday from the operator.
OSLO: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was on Saturdayset to deliver her speech for the Nobel Peace Prize she won twodecades ago, on a Norway trip hailed as a sign of the success of herstruggle. Suu Kyi's visit to Oslo after years of house arrest is itselftestimony to the past year's sweeping political change in herSoutheast Asian homeland, where the long-ruling generals havepromised to follow a path to democracy. When Suu Kyi won the hon-our in 1991, she could not accept it in person, fearing she would beblocked from returning to the country also called Burma where "TheLady" had become a potent symbol of non-violent defiance.This week, back in Europe for the first time in 24 years, she is beingcelebrated by Western supporters and Burmese exiles on a whirlwindtour that started in Switzerland and will also take her to Britain,Ireland and France.
After 21 years comesSuu Kyi’s Nobel speech
7WORLD
Hurricane Carlotta struck thecoast of southern Mexicolate Friday with sustained
winds of 150 kilometers (90 miles) anhour, the US-based NationalHurricane Center reported.
Carlotta, a Category One hurri-cane on the five-level Saffir-Simpsonscale, made landfall just north-west
of Puerto Escondido.
Carlotta hits Mexico
TThe UN Security Councilexpressed "serious concern"Friday over Libya's detention of
four International Criminal Court offi-cials and called on the country towork toward their release. A SecurityCouncil statement pointedly remind-ed Libyan authorities that they haveto cooperate with the ICC under UNresolutions on the conflict last year.
Concern over ICC officials
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Obama saystalentedimmigrantsmay stay DAMASCUS: In anelection-year movehailed by SouthAsian, Latino andother immigrantorganisations,President BarackObama announcedthat his administra-tion will stopdeporting talentedyoung illegal immi-grants if they poseno criminal or secu-rity threat.The changes causedby his executiveorder will makeimmigration policy"more fair, moreefficient and morejust," he said in aWhite Houseaddress Fridayafternoon to praisefrom Latino leadersbut outrage fromoppositionRepublicans."This is notamnesty. This is notimmunity. This isnot a path to citi-zenship. It's not apermanent fix,"Obama said.
LEGEND OF THE FALLS
Aerialist Nik Wallenda tighropes over the Niagara Falls on Saturday in Niagara Falls, Canada. Wallenda walked across the 1,800 footlong, 2 inch-wide wire Friday night as the first person to cross directly over the falls from the U.S. into Canada. Wallenda, 33 and afather of three, is a seventh generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas who trace their roots to 1780 Austria-Hungary, whenancestors traveled as a band of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, animal trainers and trapeze artists. ABC televised the event and insist-ed the daredevil wear a tethered harness to prevent live coverage of a potentially deadly fall 190 feet into the churning torrentbelow. JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES/AFP
Rupert Murdoch tookpart in an "over-crude" attempt by USRepublicans to pushTony Blair into action
before the invasion of Iraq,the former British primeminister's ex-media chiefclaimed Saturday.
Alastair Campbell saidthe News Corporation mediabaron warned Blair in aphone call of the dangers indelaying signing up to theMarch 19, 2003 invasion, aspart of an attempt to speedup Britain joining the mili-
tary campaign.The claim came in "The
Burden of Power: Countdownto Iraq" -- the final volumes ofCampbell's diaries from hisyears at Blair's side, whichare being serialised in The
Guardian newspaper.Campbell suggested
Murdoch made moves to helpthe right-wing RepublicanParty of then US presidentGeorge W. Bush before theMarch 18 vote in the Britishparliament's lower House ofCommons on deployingtroops to Iraq, which waspassed.
On March 11, 2003,Campbell wrote that Blair"took a call from Murdochwho was pressing on timings,saying how NewsInternational would support
us, etc."Both TB and I felt it was
prompted by Washington,and another example of theirover-crude diplomacy.Murdoch was pushing all theRepublican buttons, how thelonger we waited the harderit got."
The following day headded: "TB felt the Murdochcall was odd, not very clever."
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COMMENT 8
In the dock was superb. It’s sort of arefresher of the important cases thatcreated history. I knew many of these
cases, but had forgotten why werethey pivotal in legal history. The onethat angered me was Jessica Lal’scase, how the poor thing met herdeath at the hands of a callous rogue.
Suresh BabuGachibowli
In the dock was good
When will the menace of dowrydeaths end, I wonder? Theysay there are laws to teach
greedy men like the one mentioned inyour report, Greedy husband kills wife.It seems it’s been only a year and a lit-tle more since the couple’s marriage.Something must be done.
Suraj ReddyGandipet
The curse of dowry deaths Kalams best for Prez job
EDITORIALS
EDITORIALS
Often, I’ve heardfriends ask: Why doI have to go throughthis? Why can’t itbe a little easier for
me? Why is it so easy for thatother person?
It seems appropriate at thetime to give a spiritual explana-tion about becoming stronger sowe have the will to fight thelarger obstacles that are aboutto come our way. But this expla-nation is never really convinc-ing enough, especially if one isgoing through a really toughtime. I recently read this beauti-ful story about a butterfly andits metaphors for why we needstruggle in our lives.
A man once came across the
cocoon of a butterfly. He kept aneye on it. One day, a small open-ing appeared in it. The man satpatiently and watched the but-terfly for several hours as it str -uggled to force its body out ofthat little hole. Then it seemedtired. It stopped making any pr -ogress. It appeared as if it hadgotten as far as it could, and itcould go no further. Or at leastthe man thought that’s how thebutterfly must be thinking.
The man decided to help thebutterfly out of its misery. Hetook a pair of scissors and snip -ped off the remaining bit of thecocoon. The butterfly then eme -rged easily. But it had a swollenbody and small, shriveledwings.
The man continued to watchthe butterfly because he expect-ed that, at any moment, the wi -ngs would enlarge and expandto be able to support the body,which would contract in time.But this did not happen. Inste -ad, the butterfly spent the restof its life crawling around with
a swollen body and shriveledwings. It never was able to fly.
What the man did not real-ize that in his attempt to makelife easier for the butterfly, hehad actually crippled its future.Nature has its ways of doingthings and going against natureis bound to lead to problems.The restricting cocoon and thestruggle required for the butter-fly to get through the tiny open-ing were nature’s way of forc-ing fluid from the body of thebutterfly into its wings. Thisprocess, though extremely pain -ful for the butterfly, would makeit flight-ready. It was very impo -rtant that the butterfly go thro -ugh this struggle in order to ac -hieve freedom and fly into thesun. The butterfly may notknow this. The man who cut thecocoon certainly did not knowit. Similarly, it’s possible thatwe don’t know why we gothrough certain difficulties inlife. We may not always knowwhat we’re up against and whatour current experiences are
preparing us for. Maybe we areforced to take a few steps back,sometimes, only so we cancharge ahead in full forcetowards success.
Tough times and difficultexperiences make us moreresilient. We all, at some pointor other, go through extremestruggle and stress (whetheroutward or within ourselves).This breaks down our innerequilibrium and makes ustired. But we have to get backup and continue fighting.People find their own ways ofdealing with stress. Some ofthese are extremely helpful butsome, in turn, cause morestress. Positive spiritual cop-ing strategies do help in theprocess, making the individualfeel better. The first step todealing with struggle, though,is to understand that there isno way out and that one has togo through the strugglesnature has decided put usthrough. Acceptance can bethe very first step to healing.
PILGRIM TRAGEDY:When will we learn?
The recent bus accident thatkilled 32 pilgrims might be
shocking but is also a gruesomereminder of the negligence by
most agencies when it comes toappointing and training drivers.Although the cause of this acci-
dent is yet to be established,there are rumours of it being
caused due to negligence of thedriver. Often passengers com-
plain of drivers being in an ine-briated condition or driving
rashly, putting several lives atrisk. While driving all night long
can take a toll on anyone,drivers on long distance busesgo without food simply to stayawake and ‘drink breaks’ come
as a welcome respite. But giventhe large number of accidents
caused by bus drivers be it thecallous APSRTC drivers, school
buses or long distance ones, it’stime agencies began ensuring
that their drivers are well trainedand more responsible in order
to curb any further loss ofhuman life.
WHY WE LOVE...Nik Wallenda
They say Nik Wallenda ranthe last few steps to become thefirst man in more than a century
to cross the Niagara falls on ahigh wire. One can understand
why he ran. He could not wait tomake history, to be counted
among those who amazed andinspired men to do the impossi-ble. Nik could only see the mistbefore him as he embarked on
his 45-minute history-makingjourney; he could sense the rush
of the water falling down, ring-ing in his ears, with no one to
turn to if he slipped. Only oncedid he give the spectators a
chance for concern — 30 metresfrom the finish he bent down onknee; people suspected he was
about to fall, but he reassuredall by pumping up his fist. Next
he plans to cross the GrandCanyon. Good luck, Nik.
There is nothing wrong in APJAbdul Kalam becoming presidenta second time. Of the lot he is
the most suited for the post with aclean image and is someone who hasbeen truly instrumental in India’s riseas a developed nation. I hope that hebecomes the president again.
Anisha DhawanAmeerpet
Why need we struggle?
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Soul CurrySUMAA TEKUR
COMMENT 9
In case you haven’t noticed,the sky is falling in India, andeverybody is complainingabout it. But is the new pes-simism really about eco-
nomics, or just politics?As FirstPost reports, tycoons
like Wipro’s Azim Premji andInfosys’s Narayana Murthy can’tsay anything good about Indiaanymore — though apparentlytheir mothers never told them tokeep quiet when that’s the case.
“This is a whining andfinger-pointing season forthe economy. And there’s noneed to blame it all on Standard& Poor’s free downgrade threat.The pessimism has been aroundfor a while, but has gatheredsteam now,” writes R.Jagannathan.
“Among the latest groups tojoin the hand — wringingbrigade are businessmen. Boththe optimists and the pessimistsamong them are whining – foropposite reasons. The former areprobably seeking to curry favourwith a spineless government bysaying the S&P doesn’t know itsoats, while the latter are moan-
ing about the invertebrates whoare currently running the gov-ernment.”
Yep. And then you’ve gota bunch who want tax breaks,rate cuts, and a whole lot ofstuff that — apart from variouseconomic reforms that might
have longer lasting impacts —would put money directly intheir pockets.
Maybe that’s why the two topexecutives at ICICI Bank inject-ed a note of optimism this week,according to Moneycontrol.com.“[ICICI CEO] Chanda Kochhar
has said that people are talkingmore about challenges while tak-ing the positives for granted,”the web site reports. Meanwhile,“ICICI Bank Chairman KVKamath has also sounded anoptimistic note. In his latest let-ter to ICICI Bank shareholders,
Kamath said he is confidentabout a ‘robust and sustained(economic) growth over themedium to long term’.”
What about “policy paraly-sis?” Well...
The scuttlebutt these days isthat India’s demise has beengreatly exaggerated. Coalitionpolitics notwithstanding, grid-lock will end in 2013 when theelection is looming and theCongress won’t have to worryany longer about snap polls.
The logic is that neitherthe Trinamool Congress’sMamata Banerjee nor any ofManmohan Singh’s other allieswill bother to pull out of the gov-ernment if there’s only a fewmonths remaining before thenext scheduled election, andeven if they choose to do so, theCongress will hardly have any-thing to lose.
As a result, insiders say thatSingh will push through every-thing but the kitchen sink — FDIfor retailers like Walmart, FDIin aviation, pension reforms,and on and on — in his lastmonths in office. And once thepolicies in place, they argue, thepost-2014 government won’t belikely to repeal them, regardlesswhether it’s headed by theCongress or the BharatiyaJanata Party.
India Issues
Urban sketchesVISWAPRASAD RAJU
Is the new pessimismabout politics or economics?
Heritage
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Global edits
Egypt: dangerous tricks
The Egyptian military and securityestablishment has not been asteady, skilled, or unbiased man-
ager of the political process in thealmost year and a half of post revolu-tionary ups and downs the country hasendured. Its manoeuvring on the eve ofthe second round of voting in the pres-idential election risks creating freshconfrontations and uncertainties.
Whether or not it is the case, few inEgypt seem to believe that the deci-sions to dissolve parliament and to givethe police and armed forces wide-rang-ing powers of arrest are unrelated, orthat they just happened in the normalcourse of the supreme constitutionalcourt’s deliberations or the defenceministry’s planning processes. Coupledwith the rigging which marked thefirst round of voting, and which isunlikely to be abandoned in the sec-ond, they point, many say, to a deliber-ate orchestration. It seems designednot only to ensure a victory for AhmedShafiq, the old regime’s presidentialcandidate, but to undercut the power ofthe Muslim Brotherhood in the otherinstitutions of the state, and to further
marginalise the liberal and secularforces which carried so much of theburden of the revolution.
At the far end of the trajectorythere is no doubt a resolution in whichthe military and the Brotherhood cometo terms and Egypt settles down to anew dispensation. In the broadestsense Egypt does indeed need such asettlement.
Neither of the two big beasts ofEgyptian politics is going to disappear,and an accommodation, which alsoincludes a strong role for liberal par-ties, is desirable. But not like this. Forone thing the Brotherhood, after initialconfusion, has now thrown down itsown gauntlet. Mohamed Morsi, theircandidate, has said that foul play in thevoting will be followed by massiverevolt.
This is an indication that theBrotherhood will not accept a Shafiqvictory, even if, as is not impossible,such a victory were to be genuine.Morsi has also said that he does notaccept the dissolution of parliament.Whether he is serious about revolt issomething that events will test.
The Brotherhood has changed itsmind before and it has alwaysappeared possible that they and thearmy would avoid real confrontationand do a deal.
The Guardian (UK)
JASON OVERDORF
Arare surviving first model of theApple computer sold for
$374,000 at auction in NewYork on Friday. The price was morethan double the pre-sale estimate,
reflecting a two-way bidding eventual-ly won by an anonymous telephone
bidder, Sotheby’s said. It was createdby Apple co-founders Steve Wozniak
and Steve Jobs.
Apple I fetches $374,000
Facebook’s chief technical officerBret Taylor on Friday announcedhe is leaving the world’s leading
social network to start a new companywith a friend. Taylor revealed the moveon his Facebook page less than amonth after an initial public offering(IPO) of stock reported to have mademillionaires of about a thousand of theCalifornia company’s employees.
FB CTO leaving for startup
An exhibition of palm productsopened in the UAE emirate ofRas al-Khaimah Friday. Crown
prince of the emirate SheikhMohammed bin Saud bin Saqr AlQasimi said the palm tree is one of the pillars of economic developmentin the UAE. Forty-five types of palm derivatives are showcased in the expo.
Palm expo opens in UAE
BUSINESS 10SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
“Don’t aim forsuccess ifyou want it;just do whatyou love and
believe in, and it will come nat-urally,” David Frost had oncefamously said. And that isexactly what Agni PuthraVarma did when he createdRadio Josh, an online radio sta-tion. Launched seven monthsback, the radio station todayhas 50,000 listeners from 150countries.
The seeds for his passionfor radio were sown in child-hood itself, admits Varma. “Ihave grown up listening to theradio. My mimicry of what I’dheard on the radio would oftenearn me compliments fromfamily and friends. This lovefor the radio drove me tobecome a radio jockey andeventually launch Radio Josh,”he says.
After completing hisBachelors in computer scienceand an MBA course, Varmawent to Dubai to work as anoffice and IT admin profession-al with an engineering compa-ny. He also worked withMeeRanjani, a Telugu AMradio station that broadcasts inArab countries, part time. Overtime he had a huge listener following.
“It was around this timethat I decided to launch anonline radio station, afterobserving the internet trends. Ichose the internet as the medi-um because it has a wide reachand low investment. The reachis not limited to certain loca-tions like any FM and AMradio and the investments areignorable, compared to startinga FM station,” he says.
Talking about funds, hesays, “It took me two years toplan and implement this busi-ness. I had a dream but did nothave the funds to effectively
implement it. Luckily, I sharedthis idea with Saritha (IBM,Singapore), who was a regularcaller on my radio show. Shecame forward and supportedme without even knowing me. Istarted the station in late 2011with an investment of `2 lakhs.However, over time, we haveinvested around `10 lakh tobuild the company.”
“We play quality music bystreaming at 128 Kbps with 5.1surround sound. However,many online radio stations onlyplay at 32 or 64 Kbps with amono output. Also we limit ouradvertising to four to five timesin a three hour-slot to make lis-teners stick to the radio,” hesays.
Fortunately, the revenueshave been picking up for theradio station. “Initially, wethought that we would onlyearn revenues after a year butgrowth in listeners had brought
advertisements from varioustextile retail stores, jewelleryoutlets and telecom companiesfrom various countries likeUSA, Dubai, Australia. Thereare also advertisements fromlocal businesses in Hyderabad,Vizag and Anantapur. The com-pany now has a tie-up withAndhra Mirchi, a radio stationin USA for content syndication.They telecast our two hour livecontent for a fixed monthly pay-ment,” he says.
The company now plans tolaunch RJ data cards in collabo-ration with mobile internetproviders to increase their basein Dubai. “This will enable aperson to listen to our stationeven while he is travelling. Wealso had a tie-up with VoiceService to bring radio to mobilephones. The listeners can soonlisten to our station on theirphones by dialling a number.”
Currently, Radio Josh has15 employees and plans to addanother 10 employees for start-ing online Malayalam, Kannadaand Tamil radio stations. Thecompany is also starting anexclusive Telugu station forDubai and Australia. It isexpecting a break even by theend of the year by aiming toreach 1 lakh listeners per day.
On the personalfront,Varma enjoys listening tomusic by Ilayaraja, SPB, ARRahman and writes poetry.
Ruling the air wavesAgni Puthra Varma chucked his job with a prestigious
company to start his own online radio station. Within sevenmonths of its launch, the station has over 50,000 listeners NEW YORK: The euro pushed
higher Friday seemingly imper-vious to the threat of more pos-sible turbulence in the eurozoneafter the crucial election inGreece this weekend.
Traders shrugged off thethreat that Greece’s far-leftSyriza party might abrogate thecountry’s massive InternationalMonetary Fund-European Unionbailout, raising the risk thatAthens would default on its debtand exit the euro, driving moreturbulence across the world.
The Bank of England’s clearsignal it would protect Britain’sbanks and shore up the economy,and hints of similar possibleinterventions from other centralbanks, helped ease some of thedeepest worries.
Even so, the safe-harbouryen beckoned to the most ner-vous investors, picking upground on the other major cur-rencies. At 2100 GMT the eurotraded at $1.2644, up from lateThursday’s $1.2630. The dollarslipped to 78.67 yen from 79.34yen, while the euro fell to 99.47yen from 100.21.
Some traders said thatdespite the appearance of calm,all the warning signs of moreinstability ahead were in themarket. “Upcoming Greek elec-tions could force substantialvolatility in the Euro and othermajor currency pairs, and abroad range of market indica-tors show that conditions showfears for the worst,” said DavidRodriguez of DailyFX.
“Forex options markets showthat one-week volatility expecta-tions are at their highest sincethe euro/US dollar topped nearthe $1.45 mark in October, 2011.”
Simon Denham of CapitalSpreads was more sanguine.“Which way will the Greeks voteand, even if the Socialists win,will the Euro elite actually kickthem out? Whilst it is temptingto say that the markets are likelyto go bananas on Monday, nomatter which way the electoratejumps.”
The British pound earned astrong boost from the Bank ofEngland’s intervention, rising to$1.5714 from $1.5556 Thursday.
The dollar also slipped to0.9496 Swiss francs from 0.9507francs. AFP
Euro risesin face ofGreekvote
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We play music bystreaming at 128 Kbpswith surround sound.However, many onlineradio stations onlyplay at 32 or 64 Kbpswith a mono output.
Agni Puthra Varma,entrepreneur
Volkswagen may pay $750 millionmore than originally planned
for the remaining 50.1 ofPorsche’s automotive business that
it currently does not own, theFinancial Times Deutchland reported.
The higher price is due to the achieve-ment of cost reductions between
the two companies earlier thanplanned, the FTD said.
VW pays $750 m for Porsche
Honda Motor Co. will recall about50,000 Civic small cars in theUnited States from the 2012
model year for a potential driveshaftassembly issue that could lead to lossof engine power. The Japaneseautomaker said it will inspect and, ifneeded, replace the driver’s side drive-shaft that may not have been properlyassembled.
50,000 Civic cars recalled
AChinese-Sweden investmentgroup with Japanese backinghas agreed to buy bankrupt
automaker Saab Automobile and plansto make electric vehicles, the winningbidder said . The first vehicle underthe plan will be based on the company’s 9-3 car, and the modelwill go on sale early in 2014,the statement said.
Saab bought by Japenese
11MOTORINGSATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
DUCKING IT OUT The KTM 200
Duke rightlylives up to
its name.Experiencethe thrill of
racing in stylewhile others
turn greenwithenvy
SIDDHARTH TSS
This tangerine monstercomes from the famousKTM stable. KTMSportmotorcycle AG is an
Austrian motorcycle, bicycle andmoped manufacturer and ismost commonly known for itsoff-road motorcycles though inrecent years it has expandedinto street motorcycle produc-tion. Now the Austrian motorcy-cle maker aims to make India itslargest market with the releaseof the KTM Duke 200.
Most motorcycle companiesprefer not to tinker with the setformula and especially with thelooks of the bike. But the KTMis not your ordinary bike and ev -en the most fastidious folks willbe bound to praise this monster.Chiselled body, high performan -ce and a light weight chassis,add all this and you get the KTMDuke 200 . The combination ofbrute force with perfect bike co -ntrol is what makes the KTMDuke 200 click with the Indiancrowds. Most of this bike’s perfo -rmance comes from its well-pla -n ned but aggressive ergonomicsand power to weight ratio. The
appearance of this naked bikehas been designed to look asbrute like as possible. The mus-cular curves, edgy and sharpmonikers adorning the fuel tankand 25 horses in the enginemake this bike a must-have.
Watch this flash of orangeon the city streets and the num-ber of heads it turns is proofenough that it knows to get itsown way. The handling andmanoeuvrering of this bike is assimple as handing a bicycle, asits weight is just a bare 126 kilo-grammes as compared to otherbikes of this segment. Since it isa naked bike many ponder uponthe question of its durabilityduring extreme conditions, wellKTM has considered that also asit has made it extremely waterresistant. Well, what seems toattract most buyers is theabsence of the exhaust canisteron either side. It has been placedunder the belly of the bike justadding to the motorcycle’s exte-rior makeup. The exhaust alsohas been designed in such a wayto avoid any scope of waterentering the engine. The body is
a Tubular space frame madefrom steel tubes which are pow-der-coated to give it a matte fin-ish sort of look.
The bike can push itself to140kmph at the max. Anotherinteresting fact of this bike isthat it can reach 0-100 in 9.3 sec-onds. As for the question of com-fort, the seat of the bike can seatthe rider comfortably; ironicallythe width of the fuel tank doesnot seem to hinder the ridingexperience. The front end of this
bike is supported by an invertedtelescopic WP Suspension 4357and the rear rides comfortableon a solo WP Suspension 4618EM. The wide handle bars too donot cause too much stress on therider or his spine. The short andstubby tail lights are enough tomake heads turn.
The engine of this beast is tobe lauded as it produces 25BHPat 10000RPM. The bike also ma i -n tains its integrity in terms ofmi leage as it can run for 30-35 ki -lometers per litre which is com-mendable considering the powerit can shell out. The bike is hea -vy duty with a high RPM whichjust seem to make the Duke’s ca -se even stronger, but with all go -od comes a bad which in this ca -se is the heat which emanates fr -om the engine. The flat and widesaddle is a bit hard over long dis-tances. But if you thought this isit— hold on, Bajaj Auto isalready hard at work on develop-ing a 350 Duke which will makeits international debut soon andwill hit the Indian roads by 2013.Till then this ruffian is enoughto rule the roads.
YOU BUY IT AT:
The off-road Duke 200 ispriced at `1,17,500, ex-showroom, New Delhi.
MORE SPECSAcceleration: 0-60 – 3.34s0-100 – 9.01s
Topspeed – 136km/h(Restricted)Fuel Economy: City: 29kmplHighway: 37kmplOverall: 33kmplFuel Tank: 10.5litresRange: 346.5km
12TECHNOLOGY
It doesn’t take a genius to work out whatWalkie Talkie Watches could be. This istwo watches that double
up as walkie talkies. It mightbe an outdated concept, butit still is pretty retro to haveone of these!
Walkie Talkie WatchesTHE GOODn Some of the richest, most
complex fighting game-play around
THE BADn Single-player mode is
weak compared to previ-ous iterations.
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Fun at your
fingertipsUnique?Maybe. Fun?Yes. Crazy?Most definitely.We bring to you the craziest appson iPhone and Android
If you thought the iTunesand Android market hasmeaningful apps thathelp you, and occasional-ly make you addicts of a
few games, well, youcouldn’t be more wrong. The
app market is filled with themost outrageous apps, someof whom are downrightweird and yet so funny.We’ve compiled the best foryou, and we can bet wouldyou want them.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
iFart and droidFart
No surprises what these do. These emit anyone of a series of pre-recorded fart
sounds from your iPhone or Android. If none ofthese satisfy you or your friend’s ears, then youcan even record your own or your friend’s farts
and have them playback on command. Yeah, weknow it’s childish but people are actually settingup “fart wars” to see who can produce the King
of all farts. Don’t blame us.
Pimple Popper
Just in case you miss those teenage yearsstanding in front of the mirror popping zits,
this app allows you to test whether you still havethe knack. Do you have what it takes to be amaster zit popper? Find out with this app.
Bic Concert Lighter
Have you ever beenat a concert and the
band plays yourfavourite anthem andyou wanted to join inwith hoards of peopledown in the ‘pit’ withtheir lighters swaying inrhythm to the song –but you don’t smokeand don’t have a lighterhandy? Problem solvedwith the Bic ConcertLighter app, which turnsyour Android into a sim-ulated lighter, withoutthe choking fumes! Thisapp is available only forthe Android, so iPhoneusers will have to chokeaway (and burn theirhands!)
iSteam
This one is for iPhonesand simulates the
steamed up bathroommirror. Yes, you activate itby blowing on the micro-
phone and it automati-cally creates a steamed
up display panel on yourphone. Why? Well, again
it’s slightly childish, butyou can write messages
or doodle on the displaypanel like you would on
the fogged up bathroommirror when you were a
kid (or maybe still do, forall we know). When you
want to re-steam thescreen, just blow into themike again. Hours of fun.
Drunk Sniper
Okay, so thismight be
disgusting at first,but it is a good
app. This is agame that’s all
about controllingyour urine stream
when you’re drunk— take aim and
fire into the toiletbowl but be careful— the more drinks
you have, the morethe room sways.The developers
promise ladies “achance to try walk-
ing in men’sshoes.” Haha.
Cow Toss
Okay, here’s a really stupid app. Absolutelyuseless… which is why we quite like it. It’s
one for the iPhone whereby you flick the imageof a cow with your finger and send it flying. Ithas a completely arbitrary scoring system too,just to add to the sense of pointlessness. This iscertainly not a definitive list! We could go on!There is plenty of idiotic lunacy out there wehave missed in the world of smartphone apps.But while we continue searching, enjoy these.
Furry cat, furry cat
Looks like the NationalZoo has two newyoung additions!
Twinfishing cats wereborn May 18. The twin kittens were the
first-ever fishing cats to be bred andproduced in the D.C.area — makingfuture breeding possibilities a more
tangible option.
13ANIMAL KINGDOM
About 1.4 millionowners take
some 2.3 million dogs to work
every day, according to an AmericanPet Products Association survey last
year. Keeping employees happy is oneof the main reasons cited by
employers.
Dogs at work
The English Setter isa beautiful, long
and lean, workinggundog. A very gentle,
calm dog. Friendly and excellent withchildren they are easy going, loving all
the affection they can get. Exuberantand vivacious outdoors, but relatively
inactive indoors.
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Companionsfor life
From cats and dogs, to tur-tles and parrots,Hyderabadis are nowembracing their love for
animals and keeping a variety ofpets at homes more than everbefore. This has led to a rise inconsciousness for the citytowards becoming pet-friendlyand creating more animal-loving
communities in different areaslike Banjara hills, Begumpet andeven parts of Gachibowli, wherethese pet owners are choosingmore and more places to hang-out at places which are pet-friendly and looked after as anyother kid would be. And thetrend is to adopt these animals,rather than to purchase breeds,a trait that is becoming verypopular among the young andold Hyderabadis alike.
Aruna Saha, an HR Manager
and a hardcore animal lover whohas a dog, a cat, a turtle and 20fishes living with her and herfamily under the same roof, justcannot imagine her life withoutthem. “They are a part of thefamily, I know that I will neverhave to come back to an emptyhouse.” she says, adding, “Theanimals know when you needthem and you also begin tounderstand when they need you.Some bonds are difficult toexplain and that’s exactly how Ifeel with all my pets. They arean important part of my day andI make sure that I am not only
concentrating on their cleanli-ness and hygiene but also keep awatch on how they react to mymood-swing. Just being aroundthem helps me in uplifting mythoughts when I am down.”Aruna is one of those peoplewho bought an abandoned doghome around seven and a halfyears ago and she says, “The loy-alty and love I get from him isjust inexpressible in words.”
Amogh Panje, who workswith ‘Make a Difference’ a non-profit, has had about 12 cats aspets over the last 18 years andsometimes has three cats at
home at the same time. “I amdefinitely a cat person and canrelate to them more than anyother animal. Probably becausethey are very laid-back, affec-tionate, lazy and just uncompli-cated creatures overall.”
However, a thing that he sayshe has learnt from cats is thatlove is a two-way street and thatthe loyalty is a shared bond thatneeds to be built over a period oftime between the pet and the ow -ner which takes a good amountof effort from both sides.
You might have heard thesaying fighting like cats and
dogs. But research has proventhat cats and dogs can live underthe same roof. Nikhil says, “Ihad a pug as I was growing upwhile my sister had a cat for petso we did have a few issues inthe beginning. I had no problemwith having a cat around but Iunderstood the dynamics of itall pretty well. It actuallydepends on the personality ofthe dog really. A cat is very easy-going and doesn’t care about thedog being around it, while a dog,especially a pug can be reallypossessive and want more atten-tion from you. Dogs can betrained to be around cats andthen it’s fairly easy to hangaround with them together. Itcan even be exciting to watch thetwo chase each other around andhave fun on a lazy Sunday after-noons since they are such play-ful creatures. Just make sureyou have enough space in yourhome to accommodate both.”
PET NEWS IMPORTANT NUMBERS
DIVYA NAWALE
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Pet friendly placesin the city
Ofen in Banjara Hills allowsdogs if you to sit on their la wn at the back. Most ofthe open places around KBRpa rk let you bring your petal ong- Around the Cor n erand Organika for exa m ple. Alot of places in the ci ty aremaking efforts to be co mingmore pet-friendly and café’slike Barista and Ch ocolateRoom are also op ening upto the idea of al lowing petsalong with fa m i li es for awholesome fun outing.
LOVE IS A TWO-WAYSTREET AND LOYALTYIS A SHARED BOND THATNEEDS TO BE BUILTOVER A PERIOD OF TIMEBETWEEN THE PETAND THE OWNER WHICHTAKES A GOODAMOUNT OF EFFORTFROM BOTH SIDES.
“Until one has loved ananimal, a part of one's soul remainsunawakened,” goes a famous quote
by Anatone France. Pet-loversacross the twin cities go on to
vouch for it
14BOOKS
Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen ThompsonWalker Publisher: Random House The world is ending not with abang so much as a long,drawn-out whimper.The loom-
ing apocalypse parallels the adolescentstruggles of 10-year-old Julia, as her com-fortable suburban life succumbs to a sortof domestic deterioration.
Title: Eat and run Author: Scott JurekPublisher: Houghton MifflinHarcourtIn Eat and Run, Jurek tells thestory of how an averageMidwestern kid growing up on
meat he caught or killed himself becamea vegan elite athlete. Part memoir, parttraining guide, part vegan manifesto,Jurek’s is the most inspiring proposal.
Title: The Watch Author: Joydeep RoyBhattacharya Publisher: Hogarth In Kandahar Province, havingsurvived a firefight, the sol-diers inside the compound are
wary and edgy. That's the setup to a tautand gritty story that unfolds amid thedust, shadows, and unease of one slice ofthe war in Afghanistan.
Title: Fooling Houdini Author: Alex Stone Publisher: HarperAlex Stone discovers a vibrantunderground magic sceneexploding with creativity andinnovation and populated by a
fascinating cast of characters: from hisgruff mentor, who holds court in the backof a rundown pizza shop, to one of theworld's greatest card cheats.
SHORT READS
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Emylia Hall is one ofELLE magazine’s ‘mostanticipated debut novel-ists’ of this year. Let’sus see what is so
enchanting about her book.The epigraph by WB Yeats
sets the mood perfectly for thisstory. “When you are old andgrey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire,take down this book,
And slowly read, and dreamof the soft look
Your eyes had once, and oftheir shadows deep;”
We begin in London whereElizabeth Lowe, a worker in anart gallery prepares herself fora visit from her father. Fromher thoughts, we come to knowthat the visit is a highly unex-pected one and reveal theextremely formal relationshipthe two share.
He brings along with him aparcel which threatens to dis-turb the rather drab life thatElizabeth was leading. The par-cel was from her mother withwhom her relationship wasquite strained. But now thather mother is dead, she longsfor closure. Once she opens theparcel, Erzi as her mothercalled her, gets to know hermother all over again. Thescrapbook contains memoriesof seven glorious summers ofher childhood spent in the idyl-lic countryside of Hungary,tightrope walking between herflighty mother, and a reticentfather, apart from being enam-oured by a vivacious artist.Sixteen years after separatingfrom her mother, Beth finds itall too difficult to revisit thepast. All these years she hadonly attached pain and denialwith these memories.
It is not just a coming-of-agestory of Beth, it is also a lovestory. One can’t help but fall inlove with the unspoilt world ofrural Hungary and stringingalong with it is a story of the
unique love between a parentand a child.
Titled aptly, the book thatBeth is reading contains snap-shots of happy times spentwith her mother in a Hungary.There the hills were burstingwith rhododendrons and therewere the mustard painted hous-es and the languid verandasand crooked-tiled roofs of VillaSerena where all her memoriestook birth. So we know whatBeth felt each of the summersthat she spent there.
“Sometimes if you don’t gobackwards, you can’t move for-wards,” says Marika and this ishow Beth gets back the child-hood she had thought she hadlost trying to revive the failedrelationship of her parents.
Hall’s writing is beautifullyevocative. Earnest Hemingwaytalked about creating livingpeople and not characters andby the looks of it Hall believesin it too.
But this is not a story witha happy ending if you think itis, however. instead, there is asense of loss, and wistfulness.
A young girl’s memories of her mother and the painful discoveries of the complexities of life is what makes this enchanting books a must-read
A story with a heartFLEME VARKEY
NameThe Liquid Refuses to Ignite
AuthorDave Besseling
Pages336
PublisherHachette India
NameThe Book of Summers
AuthorEmylia Hall
Pages330
PublisherHachette India
In searchof thetruth
Hemanth [email protected]
After ten years of globetrotting, Dave Besselingcomes face to face withthe truth about what he
has been looking all his life. TheLiquid Refuses to Ignite is a partmemoir and a part travelogue,which takes us through the lanesof Varanasi, hills of Manali andSouth East Asia, which is theresult of Besseling’s desire tolook beyond the obvious. Whenhe arrives in India, the murki-ness makes him quite repulsive,unlike most others who can’t seeanything apart from the countrybeing a spiritual destination.
Besseling has a keen eye forobservation which sets himapart from most other travelwriters.
The amusing part of thisbook is that Besseling doesn’ttry to romanticise the places hevisits. The wisdom whichBesseling has acquired over theyears by travelling to over 35countries is palpable throughoutthe book. His alter-ego DrHeagney stands out as the voiceof reason, constantly challeng-ing Besseling’s thoughts abouteverything in his life.
The Liquid Refuses to Igniteis a thrilling read, albeit a bittoo quirky for most of us.
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If there’s something of a greatstory to be read in a book, itsmade greater only by thestrength of its writer’s story.And what a story Chad
Harbach’s life makes. Living inabject poverty bordering on des-titution, for most of his adultlife in pursuit of writing thatone great novel, it took Harbachten years and ten times as manyrejections before things startedto turn around. His debut novel– a tale of love, loss and triumphof the human spirit set against abackdrop of the diamond-- wasan idea whose time had come.Literary publishers fought in afiercely bid war from whichemerged Little Brown and Co.,that secured the rights of thebook, thereby making Harbachan advance that would havebeen obscene if it was to oneless deserved. Upon release, TheArt of Fielding waltzed its wayto the top of the bestseller listsin the US and the UK and neverlooked back.
It was being said withincreasing regularity that wun-derkinds of the contemporaryliterary novel like JonathanFrenzen and Don DeLillo havecompany. Still, great reviews ornot, one deterrent remained -- itwas a book on baseball – a sportmost of us have little interest in,or knowledge of.
It’s a reservation thatHarbach makes you soon forget.Henry Skrimshander, a prodi-gious talent, has just arrived tojoin the MidwesternHarpooners, a varsity teamwhose fortunes are going to rise.Because there are two thingsHarry can do with superhumanaccuracy – to catch a ball andthrow it. By all measures, he isseems destined to superstardom.Until a freak throw injures histeammate– it marks the begin-ning of Henry’s fall from grace.There on, Henry is too aware ofhis fallibility, paralyzed bythought, unable to act or reactnaturally. While his team wins,he suffers. But Henry’s crisis isnot his alone, the fates of fiveothers, hang in the balance. As
the final game arrives, all ofthem must face their deepest,darkest hopes and fears.
To be sure, in Art ofFielding baseball is simply aprop. As Harbach admits in aninterview, “The sport just fit thestory I wanted to tell. I wasinterested in watching someonegoing through a purely psycho-logical crisis in public. Lots ofpeople have those breakdowns,but it’s less interesting whenyou can hide away. For Henry,anyone who wants to can comeand watch him fall apart. No onehad written fiction about that; itseemed a very good start tosomething.”
And fiction, it is, of thefinest quality. Harbach weaveshis love for baseball with hislove for literature. BesidesMelville, to whom the book is anunapologetic tribute, playful ref-erences to Dickinson andWhitman, Emerson and Lowellare abound.
Perhaps a tad bit too long,but warm, generous, engaging,readable, Art of Fielding isinspiring and transformative.
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Even if youhad no interest
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encounter thisyear
Debut that hits a homer
WHAT’S SELLING
MUST READS
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
CLOUD ATLASBY DAVID MITCHELLA reluctant voy-ager crossing thePacific in 1850; adisinheritedcomposer blag-ging a precari-ous livelihood inbetween-the-wars Belgium; ajournalist in Governor Reagan’sCalifornia; a vanity publisherfleeing his gangland creditors; agenetically modified “dineryserver” on death-row; andZachry, a young Pacific Islanderwitnessing the nightfall of sci-ence and civilisation — the nar-rators hear each other’s echoesdown the corridor of history.
NameArt of Fielding
Author, Chad Harbach
Pages528
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
LIGHTS OUT INWONDERLAND BY DBCPIERREGabrielBrockwell—aes-thete, philoso-pher, disaffectedthing decadent—is thinking ter-minal. He’sdecided to killhimself—but not immediately.His destination is Wonderland.Travelling between London,Tokyo, and Berlin, Gabriel is insearch of the bacchanal to oblit-erate all previous parties. Alongthe way, Gabriel falls apart, onlyto reemerge with a new outlookon the world. Lights Out inWonderland is an allegoricalbanquet you can’t miss.
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCESBY JOHN KENNEDY TOOLEA Confederacy ofDunces is anAmerican comicmasterpiece.John KennedyToole’s hero isone Ignatius J.Reilly, “huge,obese, fractious,fastidious, and a latter-dayGargantua, a Don Quixote of theFrench Quarter. His story burstswith wholly original character,denizens of New Orleans’ lowerdepths, incredibly true-to-life dia-logue, and the zaniest series ofhigh and low comic adventures”
18WOMEN
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APPS OF THE WEEK
From Stanford, comingto a screen near you
Melanie Kannokada, a Standford graduate, left her plum job atMcKinsey & Co to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
She talks to Postnoon about her life and career so far
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Hemanth [email protected]
It wouldn’t be surprising ifshe was a character straightout of the TV series, BigBang Theory discussingabout Astro Physics and
engineering with SheldonCooper. After all, she has aBachelor’s Degree inMechanical Engineering fromStanford University to prove it.Meet Melanie Kannokada, for-mer Miss India America, wholeft a plum job at McKinsey &Company to follow her dream ofbecoming an actress.
“My parents migrated fromKerala to a suburb nearChicago a long time ago. I grewup in a conservative householdand it was always a struggle forus in the beginning. My motherused to work as a nurse in ahospital and she would work forlong hours to take care of mybrother and me. Sacrifice wasalways deemed as importantpart of our lives because of ourhumble roots,” Melanie recalls.She confesses that she wasinterested in Maths and Physicswhen she was in school andfrom the age of nine, she beganpractising Shotokan Karate. “Ihave a second degree black beltin Karate,” she chu cklesadding, “It was amazingbecause I got a chance to com-pete at the junior level in thePan American Games.” So whatelse were you interested in? “Ilearnt tap dancing, jazz andhow to play a piano. And I waspart of the Cheerleading teamin my high school,” she confess-es. A cheerleader? Now, that’sinteresting. “You know, when Itell people in the US that I am acheerleader, they go ‘Oh...Wow’,whereas in India, when I tellthe same thing, people have this‘Oh...really’ expre ssion. It’sessentially a combination ofgymnastics, dance and stunts. I
don’t know about India, but it’squite a big deal in the US,”Melanie quips. By the time, shegraduated from high school, shehad already turned downadmissions from several IvyLeague Schools on the EastCoast and decided to go toStanford University. “It was myfirst choice, afterall,” she says.
While she was studying atStanford, she co-founded a n on-profit organisation, Hos -pital for Hope, to build a hospi-tal in Jharkhand. “We raised alot of money for this and I amexcited that already 75 per centof the construction of the hos-pital is complete,” Melanie says.
Her Stanford experience,where she served as a StudentBody President, landed her ajob as at McKinsey & Company."I moved to New York and beg -an juggling between my job andmodelling. This went on for al -most a year, during which I ev -en took up acting classes. Onefine day, I decided to quit every-thing and followed my dream,”Melanie recalls. Soon she app -eared in ads of leading brandslike Nescafe, Verizon, P&G, LGand Verizon. From New York,she moved to Los Angeles andsoon she got supporting roles inTV shows like Rules of Enga -gement and Paren thood. Earlier,Indian actors hardly used tomake it big on American TV,but that seems to be changingnow. How tough is it to find abreakthrough? “Indian charac-ters are not stereotyped on TV,but still there’s a long way to gobefore lead roles are written forIndians,” she admits.
Melanie was recently select-ed as the face of Bare Escen -tuals International, a beautyproduct and she recently madeher debut in Love, Lies andSeeta, she’ll soon be seen in aTelugu film. “I just want to dogood work, no matter where Igo,” she signs off.
First Job:Business analyst at McKinsey
Motto:Live simply. Dream big and
work hard.
Inspiration:My parents
Last movie seen:Gabbar Singh
Last book you read:What I wish I knew when Iwas 20 by Tina Seelig.
The CV
My fiancée’s visitto India,last year andhis comment on the
‘stuff ’ he saw on Indian televi-sion is something I never willforget. “You guys are so funny,”he said laughing at the Indiansongs and dances he saw.I had no explanation whatsoev-er, and in fact felt silly asShilpa Shetty and Govindaproudly displayed their danc-ing skills to the song LML babaLML. LML to all those who did-n’t know is short for ‘Let’smake Love.’
A year later, last week, Imanaged to dump a few moviesonto my tab, and saw ShutterIsland (albeit a bit too late) lastevening. Intrigued and amazed,this movie made me reflect onthe kind of movies we produce.And unfortunately when Iswitched on the TV, RowdyRathore was warning me withhis ‘Don’t angry me’, remark.Not one to get into altercations,I moved on to the next channelonly to find Shah Rukh Khansinging Main Hoon Don, MainHoon Don. Well, he can just saythat instead of singing it out tohis enemies I thought, and fora second imagined Al Pacino,singing Io Sono Don in Italian!
And yes, talking of ourmovies, how can I forget theitem numbers! On one side, ifthe desi variants are enticingthe men with their microscopicpallus and ghunghats, on theother side are the firang vari-eties — aka ‘Cheeni Bais’ ask-ing us to watch their ‘importedkamariyas’.
Well, entertaining they arefor sure, but my problem iswith the after-effects of theladies’ overdose. The problemis when my friends and I walkin public, into the snares of theheroes of the gallis. Theirstares are almost like expectingme (or my friends) to com-mence our item numbers! Andwhen I go to see my fiancé inSwitzerland, far away from theinfluence of the bold world ofBollywood, every new friend Imake there has just one com-ment to make – ‘Ah! We knowyour Bollywood movies!’ Ouch!Now is it time to sing a song inSwitzerland?
All About EveINDIRA ATLURI
A song inSwitzerland?
19SPOTLIGHT
Culture & CoutureThe Lakhotia Institute of Design held
their annual fashion show at NConvention on Friday night
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Talented TechiesAscendas celebrated Livewire 2012 atThe V, Cyberpearl showcasing unique
talents of IT professionals
School of ThoughtWith much fanfare and celebrations,Foster Billabong High InternationalSchool opened its doors on Friday
MONTE CARLO MAGICMichelle Borth, Ted Danson, Jacqueline Mac Innes Wood, Sandra Vidal, Don Diamont and several television
actors pose during the closing Ceremony of the 52nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco
20RELATIONSHIPS
Iam a 28-year-old man. My par-ents are on the look out for a
bride for me since the pasttwo years. In this period many
of my friends have got married.Now my relatives have startedchiding me, saying that no girl
wants to marry me. I usuallylaugh it off, but it has affected
me. What should I do?
Dear worried kid, We now know who is not getting the invitation toyour marriage. Tell these relatives that goodthings to those who wait. Don’t let it be a bother,people will keep talking, since they are just wait-ing to have a lavish feast at your expense. And ifyou are worried why are you not getting the rightgirl, like I said, good things take time. It’s not asif its a sea of girls waiting to reel you in. So enjoyyour bachelorhood.
There’s an old saying that true lovelasts forever, but then it’s rarelytested as extremely as it has been
by a pair of tortoises – who have finallycalled it quits after 115 years. AnAustrian zoo dropped the bombshell ofthe fallout between giant tortoises Bibiand Poldi, both 115, after the twobecame increasingly hostile towardseach other.
I AM ALL EARS THE LONGEST RELATIONSHIP
Square peg in a round hole
Right from our childhood,we are told to have dreamsand goals and then spend25 years of our life work-
ing towards achieving thesegoals. Studying in a premier col-lege makes you all the moreambitious about what you wantto do for the rest of your life andwhen you find your true calling,you feel like there’s no stoppingyou. The burning desire to besuccessful rages like an inferno,until the day your parents popthe question which you had beendreading since graduation —‘So, when are you getting mar-ried?’. In a country like India,where it’s considered blasphemyto still be single at 30, this ques-tion changes the entire equationwhich you had worked upon socarefully since the age of ten.Have I been asked this question
before? Yes. And my replies havebeen consistent so far. “What’sthe hurry? There’s still a lot ofthings I want to do, before Ithink about marriage,” I say,much to the chagrin of my par-ents. And the moment yourealise that most of your friendsare falling like a pack of cardsin front of this institution, reali-ty dawns upon you that life isn’tthe same anymore. You can’thang out with them like the goodold days and imagine theprospect of dealing with loneli-ness when your friends are liv-ing a blissful life after marriage.
There’s no denying that crav-ing for company is on everyone’smind, but what I don’t under-stand is why do people get mar-ried when they are at the cusp oflaying the foundation for the restof their life and living theirdreams. Marriage changeseverything and I have seen lotsof my friends take a completelydifferent path post marriagebecause they have to ‘settle’down in life. Perhaps, theirdreams of travelling the worldand living a life devoid of
responsibilities was deemed tobe too risky. But then, I mustreiterate that I am not againstgetting married. The time lapsebetween graduating from collegeand getting married is whatbothers me the most. ShyamalaChandrasekhar, who works in aconsultancy firm, says,”A lot ofmy friends began feeling inse-cure when they saw their friendsgetting married soon after grad-uation. It was more about com-pany than the idea of settlingdown in life. You don’t knowwhether you can relive the gold-en moments you had spent withyour friends.”
It’s quite a tricky situationfor guys as well when theyrealise that their days ofabsolute freedom are numbered.When Rajeev, a communicationsconsultant based in Hyderabad,sat together with his friendswho got recently married, hebegan to have mixed feelingsabout marriage, “ When myfriends tell me stories abouttheir life after marriage, Ialways wonder how they areable to manage doubled expens-
es. There is obviously a lot ofanticipation, introspection andsometimes people end up havingcold-feet. When they narrate anincident involving their wives, Itend to connect it with my ownlife and think ‘what if I face asituation like this’, because Icould be facing a similar issuesoon. If not, that incident ispassed off as ‘Thank God I’mstill not there’.”
Peer pressure to get marriedsnowballs into constant naggingfrom your parents. ‘Look at yourfriends. Everyone is getting mar-ried and they are all so happy.When are you going to get mar-
ried?’ they ask, precisely whenyou are about to say, ‘I am notready yet.’
Hemasundar Dhavili, an oil-field engineer, concurs,“Honestly it does get depressing,especially if you are single andhave almost lost connectionswith your friends. To cope up,people tend to make new friendsat work and take time out totravel and do different thingsrather than just relying on someget togethers with old friends.There’s also constant pressurefrom the family to get marriedjust because all our friends aregetting married. It’s tough todeal with a situation like this,especially when you are yet tocompletely understand the pur-pose of marriage.”
As I sit back and ponderupon the mystery behind thisphenomenon, I get an e-mailfrom an old friend. He has sentme an invitation for his mar-riage. A sense of depressionclouds my thoughts. Why iseveryone in a hurry? I sigh andresign myself to this inevitabili-ty which will change my life.
The storyof the single girl
in the city isone that’s
oft-told. Butthe insecurities
and anxieties ofthe single guy,
who feels like anodd one out
deserves amention
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
HEMANTH KUMAR
WHAT I DON’T UNDER-STAND IS WHY PEOPLEGET MARRIED WHENTHEY ARE AT THE CUSPOF LAYING THEFOUNDATION FOR THEREST OF THEIR LIFE ANDLIVING THEIR DREAMS.
CINEMA 21 T-TOWN TWEETIES
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SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Nithya Menen, Nishan,Asif Ali starrer 50%
Love is an unusualstory about love and
destiny featuring three young-sters. It’s a classic tale of how
greed plays spoilsport evenwhen two people are deeply inlove with each other; however,
the twists in the plot are said tobe it’s biggest USP. Directed by
Sibi Malayil, 50% Love is thedubbed version of a Malayalam
film titled Apoorva Raagam.Vidyasagar composed the musicand KK Radhamohan is present-
ing the film in Telugu.
An unusual love storyNag ups the style quotient
SSRajamouli’s
upcoming
magnum opus,
Eega is all set
to release on
July 6. The film had already
been postponed couple of
times because the post produc-
tion team wanted more time to
deliver top notch visual effects.
Couple of weeks ago,
Rajamouli stated that he was
extremely happy with
how the visual
effects had shaped
up in Eega. “Yes.
Eega, naanEe and
eecha are releas-
ing on July
6th..(sic),” Rajamouli
posted on Twitter.
Already, the next phase
of the film’s promotional
campaign has begun and
Rajamouli has given a
gree signal to unveil
more footage of the film.
Nani, Samantha and
Sudeep have played the
lead roles in this film
which narrates the story
of how a housefly avenges
its death in previous life.
Sai Korrapati has pro-
duced the film in Telugu
and Prasad V Potluri is
producing the Tamil ver-
sion titled Naan Ee. M M
Keeravani has composed
the music. The film is also
being dubbed in
Malayalam and Hindi.
Eegaset to flyon July 6
Nagarjuna has always been rated as oneof the most stylish celebrities in
Telugu film industry and now he hasthe upped the style ante even further.
He was the cynosure of all eyes at the recep-tion of Ram Charan and Upasana. For the pastfew months, Nagarjuna was spotted at various
events with a beard as he was shooting for KRaghavendra Rao’s upcoming film Shirdi Sai.
Now that the film’s shooting is over, Nagarjunawent through a complete makeover and he daz-
zled everyone with his brand new avatar. Wehear that people couldn’t stop raving about his
new style— spiked hair and a goatee, as hewent on stage to greet the newly married cou-
ple. Nagarjuna will soon join the cast of hisupcoming film to be directed by Dasarath.
CINEMA 22SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
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@shreyaghoshalWe always have two paths tochoose from. Which one wepick is what makes us whatwe are.
@bomaniraniCast and crew party after
FKS premiere: Pricelessmoments. A crew of young-
sters unseen & unsungcheer the most.
One of the many highlyanticipated movies,Rock Of Ages set expec-
tations alive with fantasticpromos. Yet, ten minutes isall it takes to see through theglittering Hollywoodmachine that attempts to sailthrough on star power.
The plot is made up ofthe most overused ofHollywood cliches — smalltown girl(Hough) withHollywood dreams meetsaspiring rockstar (Bonata),romance clicks. Glidingalong on pulsating covers ofForeigner, Joan Jett, BonJovi, it is sweet and smooth,until an (unnecessary) intru-sion from rock god StacieJaxx (Tom Cruise).
Although it does nothingfor the story, Cruise's charac-ter is a blessed break fromwhat seemed to be an alarm-ing transformation into HighSchool Musical. Tattooed andas wild as his long mane,
Tom Cruise as Stacie Jaxx isevery bit as atrocious as thepromos hinted. Well, makethe best of this oasis, its oneof the few things about themovie that doesn't disap-point.
Dipping into the 80s nos-talgia, Rock Of Ages falls intoa long line of feebleHollywood musicals.Impeccable cinematography,editing and a collection offamous faces polish theglossy adaptation, but theabsence of any coherentstory line makes you wonderwhy Shankman even both-ered. Its time Hollywood justleft the 80s alone.
Julianne Hough, with herblond curls, shining smileand vulnerable/ sweet char-acter is rather reminiscent ofa Disney heroine. RussellBrand, as the manager of thepub central to the plot, isperfect, as he always is,whenever rock and comedyappear on the same page.Catherine Zeta Jones' charac-ter suffers from a case of badcostumes and uninspiredchoreography. That said, shedelivers as the vengeful ex
lover, righteously condemn-ing rock and roll and thendrooling over Jaxx. Althoughtechnically perfect rendi-tions, newcomer Bonata'snumbers lack life, managingonly faint foot tapping reac-tions.
The soundtrack makes upwhat is the movie's feebledefense. It has bountifulservings of rock's greatesthits. Silly and outrageous, itis a movie which doesn't takeitself too seriously. If youare faced with an emptyweekend and desires of somelight entertainment, thismovie might fit the ticket.
Movie:Rock of Ages
Cast: Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Alec
Baldwin, Russell Brand,Julianne Hough,
Directed by:Adam Shankman
Rating:
A feel good filmSiddharth [email protected]
Ferrari Ki Sawaari spinsaround the aspirations of ayoung cricket star, his
dream to make it big and hisdoting father’s struggle tomake ends meet. Kayo the sport-star of his cricket club is select-ed for a cricket camp in Londonand his merit can only take himso far. So to make his son'sdream come true Rusy(Sharman Joshi) must attain alarge sum of money, to performthis Herculean task he stridesinto a well known sports per-son's house and 'borrows' his
Ferrari for a few hours. The plotfurther moves into how themoolah is raked in, and the caris misplaced; the rest is the runaround for setting the wrongsright. As the movie reaches itsclimax it leaves the viewer feel-ing warm and fuzzy.
The movie scores well interms of acting, script, screen-play and casting but lacks lustrein the development of the plot.Sharman Joshi has set a com-pletely new benchmark in termsof portraying a fatherly figure inthe film. An exceptional perfor-mance by Rithvik Sahore asKayo. Boman Irani as the evercynical grandfather of the Parsi
family. One expects a lot fromVidhu Vinod Chopra and aRajkumar Hirani combinationsince the Munnabhai movies,but Ferrari... needs a lot of workto be done.
Movie:Ferrari ki Sawaari
Cast: Boman Irani,Ritwik Shore,
Sharman JoshiDirected by:
Rajesh MapuskarRating:
Music is the real star
Dipping into the 80s nostalgia, Rock Of Ages falls into a longline of feeble Hollywood musicals
FAUSTINA JOHNSON
CINEMA 23SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
CINEMA 24SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
KNOW YOURCOUNTRY
THE SATURDAY QUIZ 25
1. Where are The broken hillsfamous for zinc and leadlocated?
2. Which countries form themembership of CACM(Central American CommonMarket)?
3. Where is the permanent sec-retariat of the SAARC?
4. The warm and dry winds that
blow down the steep valleysin Japan are called...
5. Name the Continents thatform a mirror.
6. When was the first Olympicday celebrated?
7. Contact lens are made from?8. Why does the blackboard
seems black?9. Which metal is used for mak-
ing boats because it doesnot corrode by seawater?
10. Which of the followingbecame the first blackPresident of South Africa?
11. Which is the biggest literaryaward of Britain?
12. Which capital city stands onthe River Danube?
13. Who was Mt Everest named
after?14. The country also known as
the country of copper is?15. Where is the coldest place
on Earth?16. Who was the first Pakistani
to have recieved the NobelPrize?
17. Which tree's bark is used inmaking Quinine medicine?
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
NAME THEM
1Magic Mann
2Maneaters ofKumaon
3Abasolom andAchitophel
4All quiet on theWestern Front.
5Autobiography of anunknown Indian
6Anna Karenina
7Bleak House
8Catch 22.
9Children of the Sun
WHO AUTHOREDTHESE BOOKS?
TAKE YOUR PICK
1Jude Felix is a famousIndian player in which ofthese sports?A. Volleyball,B. Tennis,C. Football,D. Hockey
2The name of Pierre Cardin isassociated with which of thefollowing fields?
A. Painting,B. Films,C. Pop Music,D. Fashion Designing
3Graham Green wasassociated with which ofthe fields?A. Science,B. Music,C. Painting,D. Literature
WHO AM I?I am remembered as anItalian Renaissance sculptor,painter, architect, poet, andengineer. My best knowsworks are titled the Pietaand David.I also painted thefresco on the roof of the
SistineChapel inRome.Who amI?
with SantoshGhule
Who is scaringthe birds?
Answers1. Australia 2.Costa Rica, EI Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua3.Kathmandu 4. Yamo 5.Europe and Asia6.1948 7.Polyvinyl Chloride 8.Because it doesnot reflect any colour 9.Nickel 10.NelsonMandela 11.David Cohen Award 12. Belgrade13.Sir George Everest 14.Zambia 15.Verkoyansk in Serbia 16.Abdul Salam17.Cinchona
Answer:1.Thomas Mann 2.Jim Corbett 3.JohnDryden 4.Erich Maria Remarque5.Nirad C Chaudhari 6.Leo Tolstoy7.Carles Dickens 8.Joseph Heller9.Maxim Gorky
Answers: 1. D 2. D 3. D
1Which is the oldest paramilitaryforce in the country?
2Which is the major mineral foundin Punjab?
3Which Indian satellite had a mainfunction to perform X-ray experi-ments in space and send backdata to earth?
4Zawar in Rajasthan is famous for?
5Which atomic reactor is used forstudies of uranium heavy waterlattice?
6With which state is the Phulkariembroidery associated ?
Answers1.Assam Rifles 2.Salt 3.Aryabhatta 4.Zinc mines5. Zerlina 6. Punjab
IDENTIFY THESE ACTORSAnswer:1.Manisha Koirala 2. Mamta Kulkarni 3. Tabu 4. Sonali Bendre
PICTUREPUZZLE 20
Answer: Michelanagelo
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Answer for19: The landscapearound the boydepics the father
CHAI TIME 26SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
How to Play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: “How do you play Kakuro?”, wellhere are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cellslike in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the darkcells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.
However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In akakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of thedigits in the row or column referenced by the number.
Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.
Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly:In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle,
you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14.This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and soon...
So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this isdone through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as youwork out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limitthe valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run.
Note the second cell in row two - it contains two numbers, 30and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of thenumber 11.
KAKUROACROSS1 Brief periods, briefly5 Box-office failure9 Beverage with a
marshmallow14 "Sack" attachment15 It's not a good thing16 Got word of17 Leave the engine
running18 "I changed my
mind" on a comput-er
19 Made a misstep20 Exert one's influence23 Improve, as cheese24 Prefix with "plasm"
or "type"25 Broom accompanier27 Archery bow wood28 Decomposed32 Card collection33 "Significant" person34 River to the Rio
Grande35 Ironic event38 Commemorative pil-
lar (Var.)40 "Blue Velvet" actress
Dern41 Broken on the ranch42 Deli cold cut44 Be inquisitive47 Less popular, as a
restaurant49 Achieve harmony51 Blood classification
letters52 Star transport56 Beyond the suburbs58 Asian nursemaid59 TV Batman West60 About to blow61 "Quo Vadis" meanie62 Give up claim to63 Allays64 Homer's besieged
city65 "East of ___"
DOWN1 Peanut butter brand2 Abide3 Wet behind the ears
4 Hardy kind of wheat5 "Sesame Street"
straight man6 Of higher rank than7 Conservative skirt8 A gentleman might
prefer one9 Activity requiring four
bishops10 "Above," in an
anthem11 Crab or turtle shell12 A spice13 Math problem num-
bers21 Aerial combat mis-
sion22 Big bang maker26 Eighth Greek letter29 Cries of understand-
ing30 Asian new year cele-
bration
31 "The Lord of theRings" beast
33 Avian baby34 Persona non grata35 Fleeting36 Air traffic control
agcy.37 "Fee, fi, fo, ___"38 Kind of acid
used incosmetics
39 Indian lute(var.)42 "Quiet onthe___!"43 Downright44 ___ oneself
on (had anego about)
45 Filmed anew ver-sion of
46 Palace
workers48 Archipelago units50 Candied, as fruits53 Spud bud remover54 Edible root55 Bok ___ (Chinese
vegetable)57 "Fast cash" site
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All men whohave turned
out worthanything
have had thechief hand in
their owneducation.
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SUDOKU THOUGHT OFTHE DAY
– Sir Walter Scott
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Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo VirgoQueen of Pentacles
Work – When you get-the wind of some
gossip near the copiermachine or the water cool-er, try not to react to it.Gossip is good at the workplace but is somethingthat must be taken lightly.Romance – Present your-self better to the oppositesex. A wardrobe refreshmay be in order. You maywant to pay a visit to thespa, too. Health – Working like arobot according to a timetable is killing your cre-ativity. This is not goodfor your energy levels.Money – You may be over-doing the retail therapyby hoping it will compen-sate for how you feel. Notworking. Tarot message – Yourego has to be kept incheck. Do what makesyou happy.
Two of Wands
Work – There arereforms needed in
your attitude at work, andalso your style of func-tioning. There are manyways you can deal with it.Romance – A romancerefresh is in order.Doing the same old thingsin a new way will chart anew course for yourromantic life.Health – Prepare for oldage. Remember that youwill be productive formore number of yearsthan your parents.Exercise and take care ofyour health. Money – There may be aneed to drill the idea ofsavings into a spouse ofclose family member whouses your resources. Tarot message – Beaware of the environmentand circumstancesaround you.
The Wheel of Fortune
Work – Don’t take anyrash decisions, like
wanting to quit a jobbecause someone saidsomething. Take yourtime. Haste makes waste.Romance – One personmay be dominant in arelationship and it invari-ably feels like it is the per-son who speaks louder.Need not be. Health – Get into thehabit of eating healthyand build it into yourlifestyle. You need to takebetter care of your overallhealth. Money – There may besome unforeseen expens-es, like hospital bills ortravel charges or extrataxes. Be prepared. Tarot message – Life willnot be the same ever.Change is permanent. Theonly way to prepare forthis by being open to it.
Temperance
Work – Wearing for-mal clothes to work,
despite what your officedress rules say, will putyou in a professionalframe of mind. Romance – There issomething intriguingabout a new relationshipyou have entered into. Itleaves you with morequestions when you try toget answers. Health – Take care ofyour teeth. Oral hygiene isvery important to ensuregood overall health.Money – There may be aneed to lift some curbsyou have placed on your-self when it comes tospending. Tarot message –Patience is importantespecially while tryingsomething new. Theresults may not be imme-diate.
Three of Pentacles
Work – You may befeeling suffocated in a
job and want out. But themoney is good. So you’refeeling stuck. Stay on.Romance – You are jump-ing from one emotion toanother without fully expe-riencing the beauty of it.Go slow in a relationship.Health – Stay hydrated atall times. Drink a lot ofwater and stay away fromthe harsh sun. As the harshsun may cause you sun-burns or stroke. Money – Be careful whiletransacting with largesums of money using newtechnology like the inter-net or mobile banking. Useonly safe connections andwebsites.Tarot message – Money isyour focus right now andyou need not worry one bitabout it. All will go as peryour plan.
Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
Three of Swords
Work – It may be agood idea to get out of
your serious avatar at leastfor some time and crackjokes with colleagues andsubordinates. It will light-en the mood. Romance – Wooing yourlover in the traditional waywith gifts, songs strummedon the guitar, and candle-light dinners, will never goout of fashion. Health – Use simple tac-tics to get health benefitsin the long run. You couldtry chewing gum, for exam-ple, to lose face weight.Money – When one part ofyour financial goals aremet, it is time to celebrate. Tarot message – There isbound to be grief andunhappiness. For, withoutit you wouldn’t value thehappiness that is presentin your life.
Queen of Swords
Work – Take a leaf outof the book of some-
one you admire verydeeply in your profession.It will be a good idea toemulate his/her ideals.Romance – A love letterwill come your way. Expectsome traditional romanceand wooing. You shouldalso play the part equally.Health – Protect yourmind and body fromextreme stress. Do what ittakes to de-stress as muchas possible. Relax and calmdown. Money – Check the bal-ance sheet for any discrep-ancies, especially if youhave handed over the man-aging to someone else.Tarot message – It is lone-ly at the top. Keep this inmind while striving to besuccessful and get to thetop quickly.
Three of Cups
Work –You will comeout of the shadows.
You have worked very hardand it is time to step intothe limelight. Romance – Take a daytrip.Surprise each other and dounusual things. It willincrease the passion andkeep you interested in eachother. Health – Stay away fromvery icy-cold food anddrinks. Balance your dietwell and plan it accordingto the changing weather.Money –There are ways tolearn from big investorsand their investing behav-ior. You cannot get thatknowledge in a textbook. Tarot message – A cele-bration is round the cor-ner. It may not be for a con-ventional cause but justthat you are handling atough situation well.
Two of Pentacles
Work – You may bespiking your own
ideas because of lack offaith. Have complete trustin yourself and bounce offyour ideas with someonebefore chucking them.Romance – Singles arelikely to meet someoneinteresting. When travel-ling, you also get interestedin random conversations. Health – Don’t over-doconsumption of non-vege-tarian food, if you are non-veg. Even vegetariansshould stay away from oilyand unhealthy foods. Money – There is arhythm to your financialcycles and you are used toit. Tarot message – Balanceis needed in work and life.You have been achievingthis rather well in the pastfew months.
Five of Pentacles
Work – You’re beingcrabby and it’s unfair
to show your emotions toyour coworkers. Theydeserve better. Romance – Flirt a little.No harm in engaging inplayful banter with theopposite sex. It will keepyou occupied and engagedin light conversations.Health – Be careful ofdowning too much beer oreating too much. Binge-eat-ing will also put all yourfitness efforts to waste.Money –Keep a diversifiedportfolio and manage yourmoney based on your indi-vidual needs. Stick to yourannual savings goals.Tarot message – There islikely to be conflict andcontradiction. Don’t worry.It will be resolved. You justneed to do the right thingfrom your end.
The Lovers
Work – It’s a good ideato de-clutter your
work desk and get rid of allthe junk. It will also helpclear your mind and focusat work. Romance – Candles are aromantic way of saying ‘Ilove you’. Do what yourpartner likes, but also makesure to communicate whatyou like. Health – There is trouble
looming with the change inweather. But it can be easilytackled by exercising cau-tion and care.Money –You may be feel-
ing like a prison with yourown EMIs and loan repay-ments. Living day to dayshould not become hellwhile repaying loans.Change conditions. Tarot message – Takesome tough decision tomake life simpler.
Page of Cups
Work – You have beentense about a presen-
tation. It goes very welland you put across yourpoint exactly how youwanted to. Romance – A holiday to anew location with yourpartner will bring you twocloser together. You candiscover the place as wellas each other. Health – Laugh a lot.Listen to good jokes andhang around with cheer-ful people. This will makeyou feel better. Money – A joint accountmay need attention. Keepa check on your financesand review your invest-ments in a routine check.Tarot message – Go withthe flow and use yourintuition. Thinking oranalyzing too much willnot help get what youneed at this point.
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OOne of the most fa -mous stadia in theworld, Wemb ley
has hosted some of themo st memorable sportingmoments in history. Wem -b l ey is the largest of thesix venues hosting the Lo -ndon 2012 Olympic Foo t -
ball tournament. It is alsothe second largest of allLo ndon 2012 venues, afterthe new Olympic Stadiumin Stratford. WembleyStadium opened in 2007on the site of the old 1923stadium. It features an archthat soars over 130m into
the sky – more than fourtimes the height of thetowers of the old WembleyStadium. With a span of
315 metres, Wembley archis the longest single spanroof structure in the worldand is visible from acrossLondon. A truly iconicBritish building, the newstadium comes completewith a sliding roof to pro-tect against bad weather.
FOOTBALL:The Footballcompetitionkicks off theLondon 2012
Olympic Games. Spreadacross six major groundsaround thje UK, it offers allthe drama that fans of thegame have come to expectfrom major internationaltournaments
FIELD OF PLAYThe football pitches arenot exactly the same size inall the venues, but varybetween 100m–110m long and64m–75m wide. The penaltyspot at either end is 11mfrom the goal.
FOOTBALL AT GAMESFootball was introduced as amedal sport at the Paris 1900
Olympic Games. GreatBritain won the men’s goldmedal, then successfullydefended their title fouryears later in Stockholm.
The sport has featured atevery Olympic Games since,except for Los Angeles 1932.The first women’s competi-tion was at Atlanta 1996.
THE BASICSThe aim of football, to scoremore goals than the opposi-tion, is simple and widelyknown. Teams with 11 play-ers each compete across two45-minute halves, with extratime and penalty shootoutsused to decide the winner inthe case of drawn matchesduring the knockout stagesof the competition. At theLondon 2012 Games, the me -n’s Football is an under-23scompetition, although eachteam is allowed to includethree older players. while,tshere is no age restrictionin the women’s competition.
Competition format Theaim of football, to scoremore goals than the opposi-tion, is simple and widelyknown. Teams of 11 playerscompete across two 45-minute halves, with extratime and penalty shootoutsused to decide drawn match-es during the knockoutstages of the competition. AtLondon 2012 the men’sFootball is an under-23s com-petition, although each teamis allowed to include threeolder players. There is noage restriction in thewomen’s competition.
OFFICIALSA referee on the pitch offici-ates each match with thehelp of two assistant refer-ees, who are on either side ofthe pitch.
Foul: illegal inter-ference with anopposing player,such as trippingAdvantage: played bythe referee after a foul ifhe/she feels that the te -am which has been foul -ed would benefit from acontinuation in playExtra time: if a matchin the knockout stages istied at the end of 90 mi -n utes, the teams play 30minutes of extra time ina bid to find the winner
THE LINGO
PERFECT KICK
Patrick Mboma (bornNovember 15, 1970) had alreadyplayed professionally in France,
Japan and Italy when he hit his peakin 2000. Early in the year, he led
Cameroon to victory in the AfricanNations’ Cup, before the Sydney
2000 tournament kicked off.Considered outsiders, Cameroon
went on a thrilling and unexpectedrun, with Mboma as a pivotal figure.
Mia Hamm (born March 17, 1972) Themost dominant women’s football playerof the 1990s, Mia Hamm has been aninspiration to young players around theworld. At the inaugural women’sOlympic Football event in ‘96, Hammhelped her team to the gold medal.Although the USA were beaten byNorway in the final in 2000. In ‘04Hamm and the team won the goldmedal, beating Brazil 2-1.
n The Olympic Football tournamenthas been decided by a replay justonce, in Amsterdam 1928:Uruguay beat Argentina 2-1 afterthe first match between theteams ended 1-1
n The only time a gold medalmatch has been decided onpenalties was at Sydney 2000,when Cameroon beat Spain in ashootout.
n Hungary has won three Footballgold medals — more than anyother country.
n During the London 2012 Footballcompetition approximately 2,400footballs will be used.
Numerous VenuesDue to the numerous lar ge stadiarequired for the Olympics, venues indistant cities — often more than 200km (about 120 miles) away from themain host — are typically used forthe football to urnam-ent. In an extr-eme examp le, two early-round ven-ues for the 1984 Games were on theEast Coast of USA, well over 2,000miles (about 3,200 km) from the ho -st city of Los Angeles. The next Ga -m es held in USA, i.e. in 1996, wereunique. In th at no matches wereheld in the host city, Atlanta; the ne-arest venue and the site of the finalswas 65 mil es (about 105 km) awayon the Univ ersity of Georgia cam-pus in Athens. Counting the ‘12 and‘ 16 Summ er Olympics, there are 120venues th at have hosted Olympic f-ootball, the most of any sport. Inthe upcoming Games, the sport wi llbe played at five different venueswith both the men’s and women’sfinals held at the Wembley Stadium.
MEDAL EVENTS
TALLY 2008
August 9 Women’s FootballAugust 11 Men’s Football
THE WEMBLEY STADIUMTHE VENUE
ARG 1 0 0USA 1 0 0BRAZIL 0 1 1
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Millar relieved atremoval of the‘final handcuff’
LONDON: DavidMillar, who served a twoyear drug ban from 2004to 2006, said on Fridaybeing included in Brita-
in’s Olympic cycling squad felt like“taking off the final handcuff ”.
Following the end of his two-yea-r suspension for taking a blood-boos-ting agent, he still remain-ed barredfrom future Olympics under the Bri-tish Olympic Association (BOA) bye-law imposing a lifetime Games banon anyone found guilty of, or admit-ting to, doping offences. But that rul-ing was overturned by the Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS) in April,paving the way for the likes of Mill-ar and sprint runner Dwain Cham-bers to return to Olympic competi-tion. Millar was named in an eight-man road race squad from whichfive riders will be selected to com-pete at the Games on Wednesday.
He said, “for eight years, I’dbeen through it all — bans, sanc-tions, bei-ng ostracised, legal prob-lems — and the only thing left tohang over me was my lifetimeOlympic ban and I didn’t realisehow much I hated living with ituntil it was actually lifted.”
London busdrivers to goon strike
LONDON: Londonbus drivers will stagea one day strike on 22June in a dispute overOlympic bonuses and
have pledged to walk out duringthe Games if they do not receivea £500 payment reported TheGuardian. The Unite trade unionsaid it would disrupt the world’sbiggest sporting event unless its21,000 bus members were paidin line with tube and rail workerswho have secured one-offrewards.
NEW DELHI:Indian tennischiefs on Frid-ay opened thedoor for a ma-
jor row after naming a relu-ctant Mahesh Bhupathi toplay with former doublespartner Leander Paes at theLondon Olympics.
The All-India TennisAssociation (AITA) namedthe ageing duo for the Olym-pic men’s doubles even thou-gh Bhupathi publicly statedthat he wanted to pair withhis current partner RohanBopanna.
Bhupathi and Bopannaissued a joint statementslamming the AITA’a selec-tion, amid mounting mediaspeculation that Bhu-pathimay opt out of playing withPaes in London.
“We are saddened tolearn of the decision to notnominate us for participa-tion in the doubles at theGames,” Bhupathi andBopanna said in the state-ment.
The pair said they hadrequested the AITA considerthem for selection only as ateam and not as individualsto be “paired with any otherplayers”.
“It is indeed disappoint-ing that the AITA has cho-sen to disregard ourrequest. We believe thatignoring a combination thatis fully committed, dedicat-ed and prepared is an unjus-tifiable compromise,” thepair said.
“This is a sad day forIndian tennis from all per-spectives.
“But we are hopeful thatbetter sense will prevailbefore the team nominationdeadline of June 21, 2012.We will continue to makeour case to all concernedover the next few days.”
AITA secretary-generalAnil Khanna said the selec-tion committee had pickedthe best combination.
“We thought these two(Paes and Bhupathi) makethe best players to win amedal at the Olympics.That’s why we have decidedto field them,” said Khanna.
“They have played fourOlympics together. Theyplayed for India despite dif-ferences, so we expect them
to bury their differences andplay for the nation at theLondon Olympics also.”
Paes, who turns 39 onSunday, and Bhupathi, 38,have won three Grand Slam
doubles titles — the FrenchOpen in 1999 and 2001 andWimbledon in 1999.
The duo went their sepa-rate ways in 2002 for yet-unspecified reasons,although they continued toteam up for India in theDavis Cup and multi-sportsevents like the Olympics.
Bhupathi played withPaes at the 2011 AustralianOpen doubles event afternine years before partneringBopanna this season.
Paes, who won the men’ssingles bronze at the 1996Atlanta Olympics, andBhupathi have figured in thedoubles at four Olympics,but failed to win a medal.
Cheruiyot aims for Olympic doubleNAIROBI:Kenya’s doubleworld champi-on VivianCheruiyot beat
a strong field on Friday towin the 10,000 metresOlympic trial race andmoved a step closer to herbid for another double at theLondon Games.
Cheruiyot, who wascompeting in her first10,000m race since the worldchampionships in Daegulast August, clocked 32:24.51ahead of Joyce Chepkirui(32:24.71) and world silvermedallist Sally Kipyego,
who was third in 32:26.82.Cheruiyot and Chepkir-
ui clinched the two automat-ic places for the Olympics,with the third athlete to bedecided by the selectors butCheruiyot said she was nowlooking forward to be select-ed in the 5000 metres whichwill be held on June 23.
“I am happy I have madethe team in the 10,000m. Iknow the 5000m is myfavourite event, but since Iam considering to double upin the Olympics, it is satis-fying to have already putone race in the bag,” saidCheruiyot.
SELECTION ROW
We thought thesetwo make the bestplayers to win amedal at theOlympics. That’swhy we have decid-ed to field them
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30Croatia fined over crowd trouble at Ireland match Croatia have been fined $31,400 after crowd trouble at thecountry’s Euro 2012 opener with the Republic of Ireland,UEFA said in a statement on Friday. The fine comes after fanslit flares and let off smoke bombs to celebrate goals in the 3-1 win in the Polish city of Poznan last Sunday. A spectator alsogot on the pitch and missiles were thrown in one match.
Poland expels two Russians for rioting Poland ordered the immediate expulsion of two Russian citizens
sentenced for rioting and a pitch invasion at Warsaw’s NationalStadium during the Euro 2012 face-off between Poland and
Russia. “Two Russian Federation citizens have been ordered toleave Poland’s territory... The banishment will take place today,”
Ivetta Bialy, a spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
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WARSAW: PowerhousesRussia intend to win theirfinal Group A match againstGreece, coach Dick Advocaatsaid on Friday, as striker AlanDzagoev said the team’s unrulyfans should behave in theface of a threatened UEFApoints penalty.
The Group A leaders knowthat a draw against bottom ofthe table Greece will be enoughto earn them a berth in theEuro 2012 quarter-finals, butplan to show their mettle,Advocaat told reporters onthe eve of Saturday’s matchin Warsaw.
After a 4-1 demolitionof the Czech Republic intheir tournament opener lastweek, Russia were criticisedfor getting ahead of them-selves, allowing co-hostsPoland to fight back againstthem in Tuesday’s crunchmatch which ended 1-1.
“I think that whenever youplay a game, you have to winand want to win,” 64-year-oldAdvocaat said.
“We are very confidentin ourselves and I’m surethe Greek coach will say thesame thing.”
Advocaat, who took overfrom compatriot Guus Hiddinkin May 2010, has won plaudits
for building a side with attrac-tive, free-flowing play andblooding young talent such asCSKA Moscow’s Dzagoev.
The 21-year-old hasscored three goals so far atEuro 2012, with a doubleagainst the Czechs and one inthe Poland game.
There is an outside chancethat Russia could fail toadvance if Greece win andthere is a winner between theCzechs and Poland inSaturday’s other match in thesouthwestern city of Wroclaw.
But Dzagoev said he wasn’treckoning on a nightmare.
“I’m really sure that we’llgo through. We are veryfocused,” he said.
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WROCLAW, POLAND: Czechcaptain Tomas Rosicky insistshis team will not play for a drawwhen they tackle Poland in theirfinal Euro 2012 Group A matchhere on Saturday.
A draw will be enough forthe Czechs to progress to theknock-out rounds unless Greecebeat Russia in the other game.
Poland have to win to reachthe quarter-finals while theCzech Republic know only a vic-tory will ensure their passage.
“We can’t start the matchthinking that a draw is enough,we have to go into it with victoryin mind, otherwise we will havea lot of worries and concerns,”said the 31-year-old Arsenal mid-fielder.
“We don’t want to just defendfor a draw, we have to be proac-tive from the beginning. We haveto play as we did in the first halfagainst Greece, without specu-lating (on the other result). Wemust play at 100 per cent or wecould lose.”
Rosicky himself may notplay as he is struggling with acalf problem that has kept himout of training since Tuesday’s2-1 win over Greece.
POLANSKI VOWS TO WREAKCZECH CARNAGEMidfielder Eugen Polanskisays Poland will show no mercyto the Czech Republic when thetwo sides meet in an all or noth-ing Euro 2012 Group A decideron Saturday.
Poland must win to reach theknock-out rounds for the first
time in their history in theEuropean Championships whilethe Czechs know that anythingother than a win could see themeliminated.
A draw might be enough forthe Czechs, unless Greece beatRussia, whereas for Poland it’swin or bust. And Polanskipromised a frantic effort.
Greece gung-ho aheadof Russia crunch
Group A stragglersGreece on Friday
brushed off their underdogimage ahead of their do-or-die match with leadersRussia which could sealtheir fate at Euro 2012 onSaturday.
“Our team must respectits opponent, but never fearanyone,” their Portuguesecoach Fernando Santossaid at an eve of matchpress conference.
“I really believe in myteam,” he added.
Czechs not for adraw, says RosickyRussia keen to
win: Advocaat
Rosicky decision to bemade today
Adecision on whetherCzech Republic captain
Tomas Rosicky can play intheir final Euro 2012 Group Amatch against Poland herewill be made on Saturday.
Rosicky, who is crucial toCzech hopes as he is theircreative force, said duringFriday’s pre-match press con-ference that his calf problemhas been improving but adecision would have to beleft until the day of thegame.
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Goal celebrationinvites UEFA rap
Czech players are refusing toshave during Euro 2012 in thehope that it will bring them luck,a source close to the team toldAFP on Friday, as Michal Bilek’smen gear up for a must-winmatch against Poland.
Reserve goalkeepers JaroslavDrobny and Jan Lastuvka cameup with the idea of eschewingrazors in the run-up to the com-petition.
“It’s meant to cement moraleon the team,” the source said.
While players unanimouslysupported the idea to downrazors, the idea has apparentlymet with stiff opposition — fromtheir wives and girlfriends.
UEFA on Friday said that it wastaking action against Denmark’sNicklas Bendtner over his goalcelebration against Portugal,when he flashed the waistband ofhis underpants showing anapparent sponsor.
European football’s governingbody said in a brief statementthat Bendtner was facing disci-plinary proceedings for “improp-er conduct (Law 4 of the Laws ofthe Game)” during Wednesday’smatch in Lviv, Ukraine, thatDenmark lost 3-2. “The UEFAControl and Disciplinary Bodywill deal with this case onMonday,” the statement added.
P W D L F A PtEngland 2 1 1 0 4 3 4France 2 1 1 0 3 1 4Ukraine 2 1 0 1 2 3 3Sweden 2 0 0 2 3 5 0
(played, won, drawn,lost, for, against, points)
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Hairy Czechs hopeto make the cut
TOP GOAL SCORERS3 goals:
Dzagoev (RUS, inpic), Gomez (GER),
Mandzukic (CRO)2 goals:
Bendtner (DEN),Fabregas (ESP),
Pilar (CZE),Shevchenko
(UKR), Torres (ESP)
LONDON: England remainedon course for a place in theknockout rounds of Euro 2012after coming from behind tosend Sweden crashing out ofthe tournament with a 3-2 victo-ry here on Friday.
Manchester United strikerDanny Welbeck scored a well-taken winner for England in the78th minute after the introduc-tion of substitute Theo Walcottswung a see-saw Group D battleback in his side's favour.
England had got off to adream start when recalled strik-er Andy Carroll headed theminto a 23rd-minute lead.
But an own goal from GlenJohnson on 49 minutes followedby a header from Olof Mellbergin the 59th minute threatened toset up a disastrous night forRoy Hodgson's side.
However, the substitution ofJames Milner for Walcottchanged the game. The Arsenalwinger lashed in a 64th-minuteequaliser to make it 2-2 andthen provided the run and passwhich set up Welbeck's winner.
Hodgson praised the wayhis side had fought back to winafter trailing early in the sec-ond half.
"It was a cracking game offootball. We were reasonablycomfortable at half-time andhad a good control of the game
before they rocked us on ourheels," Hodgson said.
"We knew how dangerousthey were from set-pieces andthey proved true to that. But itwas very good the way the teamresponded to that.
"It's difficult at this level,we're playing against goodteams. Our attacking playshowed good intentions and welooked dangerous."
But Sweden counterpart
Erik Hamren was disconsolateafter watching his side go out.
"I feel really bad for theplayers," Hamren said. "Theyplayed a really good match butwent out. The operation wentwell but the patient died. That'show I feel today," he said.
England's first ever competi-tive win over the Swedes meansthey will qualify for the quar-ter-finals with only a point intheir final group game against
co-hosts Ukraine in Donetsknext Tuesday.
However, Hodgson will wantto see a marked improvementfrom his side if they are tosecure the draw they need aftera performance littered witherrors and shaky defending.
England had started posi-tively, Scott Parker forcing afine save out of Andreas Isaks -son after only seven minuteswith a fine swerving effort. AFP
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DONETSK, UKRAINE: Franceweathered a fierce thunder-storm that held up play foralmost an hour to beat Euro2012 co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 onFriday and claim top spot inGroup D.
An almighty deluge atDonetsk's Donbass Arena forcedthe players off the pitch afteronly five minutes and when theskies cleared it was France whoprevailed through quick-firesecond-half goals by JeremyMenez and Yohan Cabaye.
It was France's first victoryat a major tournament since
their runners-up finish at the2006 World Cup and it tookLaurent Blanc's side a pointabove Ukraine ahead of thelater game between Englandand Sweden in Kiev.
Les Bleus' unbeaten runnow stands at 23 matches, whileUkraine must pick themselvesup after a reality shock that cutthrough the euphoria sparkedby their opening 2-1 successagainst the Swedes.
The first moment of dramaoccurred during the nationalanthems, as a sudden clap ofthunder interrupted LaMarseillaise.
The match began beneath a
steady downpour but the rainquickly intensified, sendingspectators scrambling for coverand obliging referee Bjorn
Kuipers to order the players offthe pitch for a delay that was tolast 57 minutes.
When play resumed, it wasFrance who took the initiative,despite the roars of encourage-ment from the banks of yellow-clad fans in the tribunes everytime Ukraine crossed thehalfway line.
Ukraine goalkeeper AndreiPyatov fielded a curling shotfrom Karim Benzema andblocked an effort from Menez atthe back post, either side of alow shot from AndreiYarmolenko at the other endthat dribbled wide.
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English forward Danny Welbeck (jersey number 22) scores against Swedenat the Olympic Stadium in Kiev on Friday. AFP/ JEFF PACHOUD
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France rain in Donetsk
Rooney will return saysHodgson after win
England manager RoyHodgson has vowed to
pick Wayne Rooney for hisside’s crucial final groupgame against Ukraine nextweek despite a pulsating 3-2 victory over Sweden.
A night of high drama atthe Olympic Stadium sawEngland’s youthful side haulthemselves back from thebrink of a potentially catas-trophic defeat to leavethem only a point away fromthe quarter-finals.
The win came courtesyof three goals scored by thenew generation of players,Andy Carroll, Theo Wal cottand Danny Welbeck.
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SAN FRANCISCO: Some of the biggestnames in world golf were saying a not sofond farewell to San Francisco’s OlympicClub Lake Course on Friday after failingto make the cut at the US Open.
Among them were the two top-rankedgolfers in the world, the reigning MastersChampion and an assortment of topdraws.
They all came to San Francisco withhopes high and left with heads low as they
were bruised and battered by the par-70,7,170-yards long layout known as “TheGraveyard of Legends” for its canny abili-ty to bring the best to their knees.
Englishman Donald, who was nineover when the day began, shot a 72 andimmediately said he needed three weeksaway from the tour to recover, beforedefending his Scottish Open title.
Asked to detail what was hardest thingabout playing the Lake Course, Donaldsaid just about everything.
“Any time you have firm greens, that’sthe hardest part,” he said. “If you everwant to make a course tougher you get thegreens firm. We don’t play that manycourses that of are this firm, not evenclose. That coupled with the slope of thegreens make it’s tough. And other thanthat, there’s probably the rough aroundthe greens is gnarly and then the rough offthe tee.”
Defending champion McIlroy endedthe day and the tournament at 10 overafter a 73 and that compared miserably tothe 13-under position he had at the samestage at Congressional last year en routeto winning his first major.
The 23-year-old Ulsterman agreed withDonald that playing on a course like thistook the world’s best golders out of theircomfort zone. “This course is so toughwith the reverse cambers and you hit it inthe middle of the fairway sometimes itdoesn’t hold and you’re in the rough andwhen you hit it in the rough it makes itdifficult,” he said.
“It’s just such a demanding golf courseand just punishes the shot that’s slightlyoff line.” AFP
HALLE, GERMANY: Rafael Nadal doesnot regret his decision to go straight tograss from his historic seventh FrenchOpen triumph despite a shock quarter-final loss at Halle, a key Wimbledon tune-up event. World number two Nadalslumped to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to PhilippKohlschreiber, his first loss to the German
in nine meetings as his build-up toWimbledon was cut short.
He insisted he was right to play thetournament for the first time since 2005even though world number one NovakDjokovic decided to rest and take the weekoff.
“I have played the week after theFrench Open for eight years with theexception of 2009 when I was injured,”said Nadal, who has traditionally playedthe Queen’s Club grasscourt tournamentin his Wimbledon preparation.
“It has always worked out fantasticallyfor me. Even if I lost, the two matches andthe practice I have had here have helpedme a lot. I hope to be back again next year.
“On the grass courts, if you are notfull of confidence, then all matches are alottery, particularly over three sets.” AFP
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Lu forced to quit at Queen’s
LONDON: Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun wasforced to quit during his Queen’s Clubquarter-final against Marin Cilic as thestrain of playing two matches in thespace of a few hours took its toll.
Lu beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) on Friday to reach the last eight.
NEW DELHI: Indianamed former Dutch inter-national Wim Koevermansas their new football coachon Friday on a two-yeardeal in a bid to improve
their dismal fortunes.The 51-year-old
replaces local incumbentSavio Medeira, who servedas an interim coach for sixmonths following the res-
ignation of EnglishmanBob Houghton last year.
“It’s an honour to behere in India,” Koever -mans said. “I can’t wait tomeet up with the boys.”
India name Wim as football coach
