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EXPLOSIVES FOUNDON RAILWAY TRACK
Alert gangmen averted amassive tragedy when
they detected a cache ofdetonators on the railwaytracks near HanumakondaMandal between Peeda pa -ndiyal and Naskal railway sta-tions in Warangal district thismorning. The BhagyanagarExpress and GolcondaExpress which were to passby at 9am escaped tragedy.Police and sniffer dogsreached the spot and theexplosives have been seized.
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SHE PROVEDHER METTLE STUDYINGIN SARKARI SCHOOLThe faces of these children may not grin at you from
full-page advertisements of corporate schools;they might not have the best of accommodation. Yetthey pass exams with flying colours — a befitting trib-ute to the sacrifices made by their family.
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INFERNO!Some 15 shops in the three-storey Sony Shopping Centre in Begumpet were gutted in a sudden
blaze this morning. No casualties were reported. A transformer snag is suspected as the cause.
Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 44767777,Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 8800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973CINEMAS
Imperial Gardens, Sikh Village fromJune 1 to June 3.Where: Marvel Pavillion,
Imperial Gardens,Secunderabad.
When: Ongoing,11am onwards
Sunday brunchThe Square at Novotel is host to an
exciting summer brunch. Greatfood, beverages and games foryour family.Where: The Square,
Novotel,Hitech City
When: May 20 onwards,Contact: (040) 6682 4422
Theatre workshopSamahaara is hosting specialfour week summer acting work-shops. The workshops will beheld for a duration of four weeks inthree different parts of the City.Where: Vidyaranya School,
The Terrace,The Actor’s Studio
When: Ongoing ,Monday-Friday
Contact: 83411 20303
Buy artIconart Art Gallery as a part of it’sBuy Art initiative is hosting an exhi-bition featuring abstract art, sculp-tures and paintings.Where: Iconart Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 12
When: Ongoing,11.30 am onwards
Library summer campA library summer camp for parentsand faculty of UG and PG studentswill be held from May 10 onwards.The camp will provide guidance forfaculty and final year PG studentsfor National/State lectureship andscholarship test(NET/APSET) for `3,650.Where: Hyderabad library
services, Sagar View Complex
When: May 10 - June 10, Contact: (040) 2322 2247,
94412 37751
Numerology Logically numerological, numero-logically logical. Everything of you,based on DOB. For appointmentscall Appaaji, numerologist.Contact: 95734 11255
Colonial cousins liveColonial cousins — the extremelypopular duo of Hariharan and LeslieLewis will be performing live atShilpa Kala Vedika to supportSparsh Hospice Care Centre.Where: Shilpa Kalavedika,
MadhapurWhen: June 3,
6.30 pm onwards
Paradigm shiftMumbai based fusion bandPARADIGM which plays a combina-tion of Indian classical music andcontemporary progressive rock willbe performing live on May 31 atHard Rock Cafe.Where: Hard Rock Cafe,
Banjara Hills,Rd No
When: May 31,9pm onwards
Contact: (040) 6463 6375
Blood songBlood Song, a radical adaptation ofFederico Garcia Lorca’s "BloodWedding"will be showcased onMay 26 and 27 at the Nift auditorium.Where: Nift auditorium,
MadhapurWhen: May 26 and 27,
7.30pm onwardsContact: 98852 88982
A matter of perceptionJuxtaposed Perceptions, a solopainting exhibition by renownedartist Ninad Jagadish. Where: Muse Art Gallery,
Lower Tank BundWhen: OngoingContact: (040) 2752 2999
Weaves lifestyleA fashionable exhibition cum sale“weaves lifestyle” is being held at
second batch is from May 28.Where: Annapurna School,
Banjara HillsWhen: Ongoing Contact: (040) 4914 1234
Water coloursA painting exhibition featuringnew water colour works by SunilLohar called Narrations,Connotations and Interpretationsis on display.Where: Kalakrithi Gallery,
Banjara Hills, Rd No10When: Ongoing,
11.30 am onwardsContact: (040) 6656 4466
Food and cricketGreat food and a great game ofcricket makes for great news.Head to News Cafe to catch theIPL matches with some great IPLinspired food.Where: News Cafe,
Inorbit Mall,Madhapur
When: Ongoing,8pm onwards
Contact: (040) 4010 1236
Mexican brunchLa Cantina, at Novotel presentsSunday brunch, an interestingmexican spread, every Sunday.Where: La Cantina,
Novotel,Madhapur
When: Every Sunday,12pm onwards
Contact: (040) 6682 4422
Contact: 98499 68797MetamorphosisThis workshop aims to help childgain confidence so as to participatein a group , perform on stagethrough it’s fun-filled play method-ology.Where: Treasure House,
Jubilee Hills,Rd No 36
When: Ongoing,2.30pm onwards
Contact: (040) 2355 0118
Painting exhibitionAn exhibition of paintings by LaluShaw is being held at Shrishti ArtGallery.Where: Shrishti Art Gallery,
Jubilee Hills,Rd No 15
When: Ongoing,11am onwards
Contact: (040) 2354 0023
Solo exhibitionRamakanth’s Solo Painting Exhi -bition deals with the loneliness of along distance runner.Where: Hyderabad Marriott,
Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,
11am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999
Summer campAnnapurna International School ofFilm and Media will be holding aSummer Camp program in film-making, acting and photography.The first batch is from May 21.The
CITY 2SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
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Three persons were hurt when aspeeding RTC bus of Uppal
depot hit their bikes onSaturday night on Chandrayangutta
Road. Abdul Mohsin, Abdul Lattef andAbdullah were riding two bikes to
home when the accident happened.Brake failure is said to be the reason.
Some passers by too were injured,police said
RTC bus knocks down 3
Yadaiah, 35, whose wife and kidshad gone to their native place,came home late night, drunk and
singing loud film songs. His agedfather who was irritated scoldedYadaiah to stop the infernal noise. Theman, police said, in a fit of anger anddesperation made a noose of a sheetand hanged himself to death in hisroom in Gangaputra colony.
Man commits suicide
AAn unidentified pedestrian aged55 was found fatally knockeddown by as yet unidentified
vehicle at Bapughat area in LangerHouze police station limits last night.He wore a blue coloured pants and ablack shirt. Body is kept in OrmaniaHospital mortuary for identification,Langer Houze police said.
Man found dead
The new City PoliceChief Anurag Sharmais angry. He gave hisofficers of the Crime
Control Station (CCS) adressing down the other day.Why incidents of chain-snatching are increasing inthe City? He wanted toknow.
In the last two weeksnearly two dozen cases ofsnatching were reported inNarayanguda, Mirchowk,Gopalpuram, Asifnagar,Begum bazaar, HumayunNagar, Langer Houze,Tappachabutra,Chandrayangutta,andBowenpally. In all some 30to 40 tolas of gold orna-ments have been lost.
The City police chiefargued that it sent awrong signal to the peo-ple, that the police areinept and don’t care.What made the situa-tion sticky is the factthat the CCS copswere not sufficientlysuccessful in spik-ing the gangs thatgo around merri-ly snatchingchains. Whatabout safety oftravellingwomen?
Sharmatold his offi-cers in hisdaily tele-com con-ference
that what all matters to himis the crime detection rate.The rest is all secondary.The police efficiency is mea-sured in detecting crime andbringing cases to a logicalconclusion, he told them.
Enquires with the CCSreveal a curious situation.On the one hand it is shortof hands, on the other,many of the ranksare on verge ofretirement andtake the postingas the relaxedlast tenurepost.They
lack the skill and will topursue the hard cases ofrobbery, burglary, snatch-ings, which require a hotfoot and cool head, aninspector confided.
The recent posting of PJohn Victor as CCS too issaid to have created a divi-sion in the ranks due to hisavuncular style of functioning.
The commissioner islearnt to have suggested tothe CCS to deploy decoys tonab snatchers. Once a gangis caught the police musttry to extract all informa-tion possible of othergangs, the police weretold. The police chief ’sdirective comes in thewake of a hue and cryraised by many womenwho say the police arenot taking the snatch-ing incidents seriously.
Postnoon News
AP Congress disci-plinary committee
chairman KantetiSatyanarayana Raju hashinted at action againstEluru MLA Alla KaliKrishna Srinivas (Nani),for getting close with theYSR Congress party. Theparty is keeping a closewatch on those overtlyand covertly sympathisewith Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The party leader saidon Saturday that show
cause notice was beingissued to Nani. The partywould take serious disci-plinary action againstthose showing empathy to
the YSRC and thus tar-nish the image of theCongress.
Stating that PCC chiefBotsa Satyanarayana haslodged a complaint seek-ing action against AllaNani for getting closewith the YSR Congress,he said, the party's disci-plinary committee wouldissue show-cause verysoon. The party high com-mand has asked the Stateunit to be firm with thosebringing a bad name tothe party.
Nani may pay forempathising with Jagan
[email protected] SUBHAN City top cop
asks CCS:why this
snatchingspree?
Jagan’sinterrogationcontinuesRahul [email protected]
On the third consecutive day,the CBI continued interrogat-
ing YSR Congress chief JaganMohan Reddy in the dispropor-tionate assets case. Jagan left hishome around 10.15am with ahuge fan following as usual andreached the Dilkusha GuestHouse at 10.30am. Jagan’s deposi-tion before the CBI has led torumours of his impending arrest.Both his party supporters and thecity police are keeping vigil.
Tomorrow is D-Day. JaganMohan Reddy will be attendingthe Nampally CBI court tomor-row. City police are taking extraprecautions for the event it islearnt. On Saturday, the policeclaimed that they had discoveredand foiled a conspiracy to setafire 100 buses in the city in theevent of Jagan's arrest.
In a separate incident,Minister MopideviVenkataramana, who was arrest-ed in connection with theissuance of controversial GOs,has been shifted to CARE hospi-tal following a rise in his bloodpressure. The minister is current-ly under arrest in connectionwith disproportionate assets case.
Meanwhile the police havealso made elaborate securityarrangements in Jagan's nativeKadapa district and other parts ofthe State. Prohibitory orders ban-ning assembly of five or morepeople have been imposed.
4SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
CITY
“My educationended at ClassIV. The samehappened to my
eldest daughter. She had to dis-continue studies as I could notafford to pay her school fees,”says Parsha Ramulu with mois-ture in his eyes. He’s a watch-man at Ushasuu apartment.
But Ramulu’s gloom turns toglow as he summoned his twoyounger children — Sai Kiran(Class X) and daughter SarithaGovind (Class XII). Sai scored9.04 GPA and Saritha 94 per cent.For the barely-literate embroi-dery worker, who migrated toHyderabad from Karimnagar sixyears ago for two square meals aday, his kids’ achievement is nomean feat.
Saritha’s is an inspiringstory. She had no coaching andshe studied in Telugu mediumgovernment school. In Class Xshe scored 85 per cent. But thefamily could barely manage thestudies of Sai, and Ramulu hadalmost decided to discontinueSaritha’s studies. But CollectorM Dana Kishore, who came toknow of her zeal, sponsored herintermediate education. He issaid to have helped many suchbright kids.
“I was in a Telugu mediumgovernment school till Class Xbut after that I was enrolled inNarayana College which is anEnglish medium. It was a verydifficult phase as I had to learnEnglish and study all my sub-jects in English. My friends who
were from English mediumschools would help me under-stand and translate from Englishto Telugu. In return I wouldteach them math,” explainsSaritha.
She scored full marks inmath and chemistry. To make upfor the few marks she lost inphysics, Saritha is writingimprovements and is confidentof a centum.
A diehard fan of actorPrabhas and a movie buff, shecredits all the success to herteachers. “Neeraja ma’am andVidya ma’am are my role mod-els. If I don’t become an engi-neer then I will surely become a
teacher like them. They taughtme the importance of educationand its role in empowerment.”
Who said competition is bad?In this family, it’s the brother-sister competition which hasyielded rich results.
Sai Kiran’s 9.04 GPA trans-lates into an A+ grade for ClassX. Unlike his sisters, he had theprivilege of studying in a pri-vate English medium school.
“After coming to the City Iunderstood the importance ofEnglish and the opportunities itwould unlock.' Come what may,my son will study in Englishmedium private school,' I decid-ed,” recalls Ramulu. “His school
fee is `16,000 a year and I earnonly `3,000 a month. At first weworried whether we could affordsuch high fees but later my wifestared working as a domestichelp and I stared to clean cars tosupplement our income. That’show we managed to pay hisschool fee,” he adds.
“Every effort that we put inis worth it," chips in his wifeVimala from the background.
Sai is an avid cricket fan anda lover of watches.
“I listen in class and finishmost of my studying at theschool hour. Later, an aunt in mybuilding helped with mydoubts,” he beams. The youth
wants to a software engineer.When asked what his mes-
sage is for students preparingfor board exams this year, hesays, “Listen in class.Understanding the subject isimportant.”
The faces of these childrenmay not grin at you from full-page advertisements of corpo-rate schools and colleges; theymight not have the best ofaccommodation, with the entirefamily squeezing into a singleroom. Yet they came out with fly-ing colours — a befitting tributeto the sacrifices of the family.
It’s celebration time nowRamulus.
She proved her mettlestudying in sarkari school
Mohd [email protected]
Last night Langer Houze,Karwan and surroundingareas slipped into dark
after the power supply snappedfollowing sudden strong winds.
In fact, many areas of the Cityfaced this problem but the sta-tions concerned were quick torectify the fault. Not the NetajiNagar substation people. Threeto four hours lapsed and sweat-ing people and wailing kidsmade a hue and cry.
Some, unable to bear anylonger, approached the Karwancorporator Aruna who wentwith them to the substationoffice. The employees there arealleged to have told them towait, but they did not appear tobe eager to solve the problem.After a while, restive peoplestarted throwing stones at theoffice and some barged in anddamaged equipment till theLanger Houze police drove in.
In Motinagar Borabandaunder SR Nagar police stationlimits too witnessed similarscene where people after wait-ing for a couple of hours to getthe snapped power restoredrushed to the power stationoffice and attacked it.
Power houses attacked in City
SUDESHNA KOKA
N SHIVA KUMAR
SRINIVAS SETTYFacing the double trouble — punishingheat and power cut — people are
becoming restive and vent their ire onelectricity offices. Two incidents
happened last night, one of whichinvolved a corporator
Vietnam joins the protest against Olympicsponsor Dow Chemical, accused of
“green-washing” its Agent Orange sinsCain Nunns
The organisers of London’s 2012Olympics call them the GreenGames — a monument to bestsustainable practice within the
sports world. The Vietnamese govern-ment says the organisers should tellthat to the hundreds of thousands ofchildren born with cleft palates, mentaldisabilities, hernias, lung, larynx andprostate cancer, missing limbs andextra fingers and toes. Vietnam joinedthe growing chorus of protest againstOlympic sponsors accused of “green-washing” their past sins earlier thismonth. In a letter obtained byGlobalPost, the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism castigated theLausanne-based International OlympicCommittee (IOC) for green-lighting DowChemical as a major Olympic sponsor.
Dow produced about one-third ofthe 80 million liters of Agent Orangedefoliants sprayed over southernVietnam, during what the Vietnamesecall “The American War.” TheVietnamese Red Cross estimates that upto 3 million Vietnamese have beenaffected by Agent Orange, including at
least 300,000 children born with birthdefects. The Ministry of Foreign Affairsestimates are much higher. It says 4.8million people were exposed, resultingin 400,000 deaths and injuries and about500,000 children born with defects,many of which are still being born tothis day — some four generations later.“Agent Orange … destroyed the envi-ronment, claimed the lives of millionsof Vietnamese and left terrible effectson millions of others, who are now suf-fering from incurable diseases.Hundreds of thousands of fourth gener-ation children have been born withsevere congenital deformities,” wroteHoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Culture,Sports and Tourism to the IOC.
“Dow Chemical has expressed indif-ference and refused compensation forvictims of Agent Orange, as well astheir responsibility to clean up contam-inated areas. Dow also continues todestroy the environment. In 2010, USEPA listed Dow as the second worst polluter in the world,” the letter said.
Vietnam has unsuccessfullybrought legal action against Dow andother Agent Orange producers in US
courts. But activists say that theCommunist state is caught in a legalbind. The producers of Agent Orangeblame the US government for its use,while sovereign immunity shieldsWashington from prosecution inAmerican courts.
US helicopters and planes sprayedabout 20 per cent of southern Vietnamwith the defoliants over a 10-year peri-od. The goal was to strip the NorthVietnamese of jungle cover and limitaccess to food supplies. A less reportedaim was to drive rural Vietnamese whomay have been sympathetic to Hanoiinto US-controlled cities in what wasthen South Vietnam. “It’s ironic thatDow is allowed to sponsor sportingevents including Paralympics athleteswhen it is responsible for creating gen-erations of severely disabled childrenand refuses to do anything to helpthem,” wrote a Vietnam Association ofVictims of Agent Orange/Dioxinspokesman in an email.
Dow, the IOC and the LondonOrganising Committee of the Olympicand Paralympic Games ignored repeat-ed requests for comment. DowChemical inked a 10-year deal with theIOC in 2010. Dow envisioned a globalsales bump of about $1 billion by pro-moting, ironically enough, a raft ofenvironmentally-friendly products.
But it was the $11.25 million con-tract doled out to Dow for the 336 giantpanels that will make up the decorativewrap that first sparked controversy. TheCommission for a Sustainable London2012, a watchdog body charged withoverseeing the Games’ environmentalcredentials, was rocked when commis-sioner Meredith Alexander resignedlast month in protest over Dow’s award-ing of the stadium contract.
Campaigners believe that Dow alsohas ongoing liabilities relating to the1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal,India, that led to an estimated 20,000deaths and serious injury to tens ofthousands more. “But the Olympics isbig business. There is an expensivemachine behind the Games that is fund-ed by corporate sponsors. Sadly whenthese sponsors are selected, moneytalks much more loudly than values,”said Alexander to The Guardian. Bigbusiness indeed. Dow’s Olympic stablemates also include BP and Rio Tinto,two resource extraction behemoths thatrights groups say have woeful environ-mental and human-rights track records.
“Dow refuses to accept responsibili-ty. They state they were told to makethe chemicals by the US governmentand will not and have not paid one centin compensation,” writes Len Aldis,secretary of Britain-VietnamFriendship Society, in an email toGlobalPost. “Despite their record,money talks. The IOC should cancelDow’s sponsorship of the Games.”
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Vietnam joins protestagainst Dow Chemicals
DOW PRODUCED ABOUTONE-THIRD OF THE 80MILLION LITERS OF AGENTORANGE DEFOLIANTSSPRAYED OVER SOUTHERNVIETNAM, DURING WHAT THEVIETNAMESE CALL “THEAMERICAN WAR”
NATION 6SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
NEW DELHI: India’s firstlaboratory to study forma-tion of clouds and theirinteraction with the envi-ronment is taking shape atthe popular hill station ofMahabaleshwar inMaharashtra. The HighAltitude Cloud PhysicsLaboratory started function-ing from an IMD office inthe hill station about 100 kmfrom Pune 10 days ago.
The location of theresearch centre, about 1,500m above the mean sea level,would give scientists anopportunity to study theclouds and study its interac-tion with the environ-ment.”The lab will beequipped with a large num-ber of state-of-the-art equip-ment to measure all themicro-physical properties ofthe clouds and rain as wellas environmental conditionssuch as the aerosols, winds,temperature, humidity athigh temporal intervals,” anofficial said.
Mahabaleshwar offers aunique location for theexperiment at the hill sta-tion receives nearly 500 mmof rains every year whilethe surrounding plains areusually drought prone.
This year, Satara dis-trict, where the hill stationis located is experiencingone of the worst droughts ofrecent times. Weather scien-tists have been by flying anaircraft fitted with observa-tion instruments insideclouds to study how theaerosols in the atmosphereinfluence the cloud forma-tion and bring rain.
There were, however,limitations on the numberof samples taken on cloudproperties and other envi-ronmental parameters dueto the number of flights thatcan be carried out, officialssaid. They said it was neces-sary to set up a lab wherelong term continuous mea-surements of clouds couldbe made and where cloudswere found at the groundlevel.
The foundation stone ofthe laboratory was laid byEarth Sciences MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh lastweek. Construction isexpected to start after themonsoons in October, and islikely to be completed byJune next year. PTI
First cloud physicslaboratory to openin Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: India said itmay stop European carriersfrom flying into the countryif the European Union bansairlines from the SouthAsian nation that boycottthe EU’s new emissions feesystem.
“We will take retaliatoryactions to counter stepstaken by the EU. If Europebans our carriers we willban theirs as well,” thesenior government official,who did not want to benamed, told reporters lateFriday.
The EU in mid-May gaveIndia and China a month tocomply with the airline car-bon emissions fee systemacross the 27-nation bloc, orface penalties for flights intoand out of Europe.
European UnionCommissioner for ClimateChange Connie Hedegaardsaid all EU airlines and“nearly all” world airlineshad agreed to hand overemissions data requiredunder the controversial car-bon levy that took effect onJanuary 1.
While some 1,200 air-lines have complied with theEuropean Union require-ments, eight Chinese andtwo Indian airlines repre-senting less than three percent of aviation emissionsin the bloc have refused.
AFP
India may bar Europecarriers over climate tax
NEW DELHI: Prime MinisterManmohan Singh today said India andMyanmar would explore new initiatives
and define a roadmap for furtherboosting of bilateral ties with focus ontrade, investment and connectivity as
he begins a three-day visit to thatcountry. He said that “recent years
have witnessed significant strengthen-ing and expansion of our relations”.
PM upbeat on MyanmarROHTAK (HARYANA): A teenage girl,who is a junior national volleyball player,was hospitalised with serious injuriesafter two motorcycle-borne youth threwacid on her while she was going forpractice Saturday evening, police said.Ritu Saini, 17, was taken to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Scienceshere with burn injuries on her face andchest. The youth managed to escape.
Woman attacked with acidNEW DELHI: A Delhi court onSaturday reserved its order on a pleaof Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in acase against him saying that the probeagency (CBI) was not relying upon cer-tain documents of the complainantand key prosecution witness in thecase. Sajjan Kumar and five others areaccused of inciting mobs against theSikh community during the 1984 riots.
Order on Sajjan reserved
ATS exposes underworld-IM linkMUMBAI: With Maha rashtraATS naming Dubai-basedMuzaffar Kola, an associateof jailed 1993 serial blastsaccused Mustaffa Dossa, as awanted accused in last year’s13/7 triple blasts case, thelink between underworldand home grown terror out-fit Indian Mujahideen hassurfaced.
Kola, who runs MuzaffarKola Enterprises based inDubai, was instrumental infacilitating availability of`10 lakh to IM’s elusive chiefoperative Yasin Bhatkal,
sources in the ATS said,adding that the money wasused to trigger the blasts.
“Kola has been associatedwith Dossa and his abscond-ing brother MohammedDossa. On Kola’s instruc-tions, hawala operatorKanwar Pathrija (arrested inthe 13/7 blasts case) alleged-ly handed over Rs ten lakhto one Shivanand, who laterturned out to be YasinBhatkal,” said the source.
“With this link, we nowcannot rule out underworldhelp in this terror attack,”
the source added.On July 13, 2011, triple
bomb blasts occurred atDadar, Zaveri Bazaar andOpera House of the citykilling 27 people.
Dossa was charged withconspiracy and makingarrangements for landing ofarms and ammunition atRaigad coast for the 1993serial blasts. His brotherMohammed, also wanted inthe same case, is absconding.The explosions had killed257 persons and injured 574.The main trial in the blasts
case is already over and thecourt has convicted 100accused.
However, Dossa and someother accused, includingextradited gangster AbuSalem, who were taken intocustody at the fag end oftrial, are being tried sepa-rately.
Meanwhile, ATS officialshad identified the planters intwo months after the tripleblasts following painstakingefforts of sifting through the308 hours of CCTV footage.
PTI
Revise thermal plants guidelines: Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunalhas directed the ministry of
environment and forests (MoEF)to revise guidelines for setting upof thermal power projects byclearly demarcating the areas notconducive for projects.
The MoEF was asked to sub-mit the revised guidelines, whichshould clearly indicate ‘Go’ as thearea for a project and ‘No go’ asthe place where a project cannot
be undertaken, within threemonths.
The order came along withthe tribunal’s decision that envi-ronment clearance to NagarjunaConstruction Company Ltd forfirst phase of proposed 2,640 MWcoal-based thermal power plantin Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulamdistrict, shall remain suspendedand the MoEF shall revisit thenod.
‘Info on projects mustbe made public’
Stressing on greatertransparency, the
National Green Tribunalhas asked the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests(MoEF) to bring in publicdomain the relevant infor-mation regarding venturesin eco- fragile zones.
“We also feel there isneed to have more trans-parency in the EIA processand as such, whatever rel-evant information regard-ing the projects are usedduring the time ofappraisal of the projectfrom environmental angleby the Envi ronmentAppraisal Com mittee(EAC) and MoEF shouldalso be made available inpublic domain incl udingthe executive summary ofspecific studies.
“Therefore, we directthe MoEF to make avail-able relevant informationother than EIA report andreport of the public hear-ing considered during theappraisal of the projectthrough its website,” thebench said.
7SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
JAKARTA: Pop diva Lady Gaga’s show inthe world’s most populous Muslim-majority
nation has been cancelled, her promoterssaid on Sunday after Islamic hardliners
threatened “chaos” if she entered the coun-try. “Lady Gaga’s management has consid-
ered the situation minute to minute, andwith threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady
Gaga’s side is calling off the concert,” thepromoters lawyer said.
Gaga’s Indonesia show cancelledTOKYO: Four Japanese construction work-ers were confirmed dead today after beingrecovered from inside a mountain tunnelwhere they had been trapped since anexplosion on Thursday, an official said. Theblast occurred early on Thursday inside a2.8-kilometre (1.7-mile) highway tunnelbeing built in Minami Uonuma, about 180kilometres northwest of Tokyo police andfire department officials said.
4 dead in tunnel explosion
WORLD
Tuareg, Islamists join forcesto run north MaliBAMAKO: Tuareg rebels and the Islamist rebel group Ansar Dineannounced on Saturday they are joining forces and creating a body to rulenorthern Mali as an independent Islamic state. “The Ansar Dine movementand the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Tuareg MNLA)proclaim their dissolution in Azawad (northern Mali),” the two groups saidin an agreement sent to AFP. The accord between the secular Tuareg andthe Islamists comes after weeks of sometimes fraught discussions betweentwo movements which have long been separated in their objectives and ide-ologies. It also marks a major turning point for northern Mali which hasslipped out of the government’s control since a March coup. In Gao, a majortown in the north where leaders of the two movements have been holdingtalks, the sealing of the deal was greeted by the sound of guns being firedinto the air, local residents said. “Allah has triumphed,” declared SandaOuld Bouamama, an Ansar Dine spokesman. AFP
LONDON: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had 16million pounds (about $25 million) in cash delivered to his luxuryvilla to pay girls at his bunga bunga parties, The Sun reported.The staggering stash was revealed during the trial of the 75-year-oldpolitician who refuses to admit to have paid for having sex with aminor. Dozens of women received money, cars and jewels for attend-ing the bashes and sleeping with the politician, say prosecutors.Some of the girls dressed up as nuns and police officers and per-formed pole dances to entertain Berlusconi and his cronies.Guiseppe Spinelli, Belusconi’s accountant, has revealed how he drewsums totalling 16 million pounds out of the bank in 2009 and 2010. Hetook wads to the millionaire’s mansion near Milan, where partieswere held in the basement.
AFP
Bunga Bunga partiescost Berlusconi $25 mn
DAMASCUS: The head of a UNmission has warned of “civil war”in Syria after his observers countedmore than 92 bodies, 32 of themchildren, in the central town ofHoula following reports of a mas-sacre there.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joined a chorus of interna-tional condemnation on Saturdayamid mounting calls for worldaction to halt the bloodshed.
The rebel Free Syrian Army(FSA) said it was no longer commit-ted to the UN-backed peace plan forSyria unless there was prompt UNintervention to protect civilians,and called for air strikes againstregime forces.
UN head of mission MajorGeneral Robert Mood called whathappened in Houla a “brutaltragedy.”
“This morning UN military andcivilian observers went to Houlaand counted more than 32 childrenand over 60 adults killed,” Mood toldreporters in Damascus on Saturday.A monitoring group said 114 peoplehad been killed in Houla.
“Whoever started, whoeverresponded and whoever carried outthis deplorable act of violenceshould be held responsible,” Moodsaid.
“Those using violence for theirown agendas will create more insta-bility, more unpredictability andmay lead the country to civil war,”he added.
Ban and Kofi Annan, the UNand Arab League envoy who bro-kered a truce which has been flout-ed daily since it came into effectApril 12, said the massacre is a“brutal” breach of internationallaw.
“This appalling and brutalcrime, involving indiscriminate and
disproportionate use of force, is aflagrant violation of internationallaw,” a UN spokesman quoted Banand Annan as saying.
US Secretary of State HillaryClinton also condemned the “atroci-ty” and said Washington wouldwork with its international allies toincrease the pressure on PresidentBashar al-Assad and his “cronies”
“Rule by murder and fear mustcome to an end,” she declared.
Condemnation also poured fromthe European Union. Britain,France and Germany, with FrenchForeign Minister Laurent Fabiussaying he was making “immediatearrangements” for a meeting of theFriends of Syria group.
His British counterpart WilliamHague said “we will be calling foran urgent session of the UNSecurity Council in the comingdays.”
Amateur videos posted onYouTube showed horrifying imagesof dead children, with at least onechild’s head partly blown away.
The massacre will heighten theimportance of a trip Annan is tomake to Syria “soon,” hisspokesman said, while the SecurityCouncil is due to discuss Syria onWednesday.
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh
Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayancalled for an urgent Arab Leaguemeeting, saying the “massacreshows the failure of Arab and inter-national efforts to stop the violenceagainst civilians in Syria.”
The six-nation Gulf CooperationCouncil, of which the UAE is amember, urged the internationalcommunity to “assume its responsi-bilities” to end the bloodshed.
ANNAN PEACE PLAN GOING TO
‘HELL’A statement by the Free Syrian
Army said it could no longer com-mit to the ceasefire and that unlessthe Security Council takes urgentsteps to protect civilians, “Annan’splan is going to go to hell.”
Earlier the head of the FSA’smilitary council, Turkey-basedGeneral Mustafa Ahmed al-Sheikh,urged the Friends of Syria nationsto launch air strikes againstPresident Assad’s forces.
Killings in Houla and elsewhereare taking place “under the eyes ofthe UN observers,” the FSA said,urging the international communi-ty to “announce the failure of theAnnan plan.”
The opposition Syrian NationalCouncil (SNC) for its part demand-ed prompt UN Security Councilaction.
SNC spokeswoman Basma Kod -mani said “some of the victimswere hit by heavy artillery whileothers, entire families, were massa-cred.”
State news agency SANAblamed “armed terrorist groups”for the killings, adding that “clashesled to the killing of several terror-ists and the martyrdom of severalmembers of the special forces.” AFP
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Ineed to travel through Lakdi-ka-put everyday from and back home to my office. Iget delayed here every single day both at
my office and home, making life miserablefor me. I had not realised that it is inter-citybusses that have been creating hell for meand all other road users here. Mofussilbusses should operate from the outskirts ofthe city.
Javed AhmedMallepally
Chaotic traffic must ease
Wonder why the administration can-not plan things in advance and en -sure a smooth transition when thi -
n gs change. Before springing a surprise atthe public in the form of a huge hike, theleast the government could do is to add re -ss problems of people who would be di -rectly affected by it — autorickshaw owners.Is announcing a revised fare so difficult?
VidyavathiNampally
Smooth changeover helps City held to ransom
EDITORIALS
EDITORIALS
OPPORTUNITYbeckons India
As Prime MinisterManmohan Singh begins hisvisit to Myanmar, all eyes are
set on how successful India willbe in befriending the eastern
neighbour — which was aninternational pariah till recently.The new 'democracy' and free-dom for Aung San Suu Kyi hasmade the South Asian country
the latest poster boy for thesuccess of US-led sanctions.
Democracy is old news; Indiahas bigger stakes here.
Management of the currentlyporous border is essential for
crushing the militant groupsthat operate in the Northeast.
Myanmar is rich in naturalresources, especially oil andnatural gas, and we have to
secure our share before China,the junta's all-weather friend,gobbles it up. The third con-
cern is maintaining a good rela-tionship with the 'civilian' gov-ernment so that Chinese mili-
tary ambitions in the region arechecked. By rolling back the
crippling sanctions in return forthe reforms, the West has
shown that their interests are inthe business opportunities
rather than ensuring adherenceto human rights. This visit is theperfect opportunity to consoli-date the ties that were createdby India's Look East policy and
secure a friendly neighbour, allyand business partner for future.
SYRIA’S OFFICIALLY up the creek
The death of 32 children inthe Syrian town of Houla has
proved that the situation in thebesieged country is getting
worse. The international com-munity has twiddled its thumbs
rather than tackling the issue.China and Russia, two countries
who care nothing for humanrights have to be brought
around, or else more blood willbe on the UN’s hands.
We have played into the hands ofunscrupulous politicians and seemto have no way out. Whenever it
fancies them they hold us to ransom, some-times even the whole city in one go. Andwhy shouldn’t there be more bundobast forMr Jangan, isn’t he bigger than Bush? Askhim and see if he is even remorseful aboutupsetting the city’s routine.
Dakshaini MBy email
AEnglish came to Indiawith the British rule,meaning it was thelanguage spoken bythe Brits and was
largely not understood by thenative Indian. That made it a for-eign language to us. As Englisheducation took root in Indiamainly for administrative pur-poses, concomitantly forays intoexpression in the form of litera-ture also began.
They were hesitant steps, yetleft their mark in the poems ofSarojini Naidu and writings ofauthors like RK Narayan. It wasonly after Salman Rushdi’s Mid -night’s Children in 1981, whichwon the Man Booker prize, thatIndian writers saw the potentialof writing in English.
From 1985 came a host ofwritings like Vikram Seth’s TheGolden Gate and A Suitable Boy,The Trotter-Nama by Allen Sealy,The Shadow Lines by Ghosh,
English August: An Indian Storyby Upamanyu Chaterjee, culmi-nating with Arundati Roy’s TheGod of Small Things that alsowon the Booker.
We may well wonder at thesudden crop of English writersfrom India that arose after 1985.Post-1950, a class of Indiansarose to whom English becamethe first language in schools andfor many it was the only lan-guage, in which they spoke,wrote and thought.
Therefore they became inti-mate with the language, whichthen enabled them to projecttheir creativity through it. Thisled to a boom in English writingby Indians both in fiction andserious academic subjects.
It is noteworthy that thisclass of people are specificallyfrom urban, upper and middle-classes having the same intellec-tual background; most of themode rn authors came from Bom -bay and Delhi more particularlyfrom St Stephen’s College, Delhi.
From the days of RK Nara -yan, Indian writing in Englishwas predominantly published inthe West, so it led to the writerswriting with western audiences
in mind. Indian writing being avery young literature, writerswere not able to find the rightidiom to express themselveseffectively. Hence, a large part ofIndian experience is nowunrecorded and the tendency topresent India as an exotic land isprevalent in these writings.
It is only after the huge suc-cess of English books written byIndians of late that the authorsrealised the vast Indian marketfor their works. A major part ofthe audience is in India whilethe western audience is limitedto critical acclaim. Writings ofShobha De and Chethan Bhagatare very popular among the GenY, much as the earlier generationwas familiar with Mills & Boon,James Hadley Chase andWesterns. Today, the young sethas a blank look at the mentionof these authors.
The other problem faced byIndian writers is that there washostility to English as it was con-sidered the language of the colo-nialists. More importantlyIndians felt that they were let-ting down their mother tongueby giving patronage to English.It was only in 1960s that there
was an award instituted forEnglish writing in India.
With English becomingthe global language for commu-nication and the ‘computerlanguage’ the unease of adoptingthe aggressor’s language hasbeen trashed. What has doublyhelped is that memories ofcolonial rule are becoming faintand distant. English has alsobecome the lingua franca in thecountry, so there is more accep-tance of this young tradition ofliterature, kindling optimismabout its future.
Aside the original writing inEnglish, there is also the bigunexplored potential of translat-ing works of Indian languagesinto English. The limitedEnglish writers in India, mainlyurban India, have captured onlya miniscule slice of the greatexperience that is India.
It is from creative works inregional languages that an in-depth view of the totality ofIndia can be had. This could be awindow to India for the rest ofthe world and we would do wellto foster this activity.
The writer works for Postnoon.
From the HipSYED SHOAIB
English shouldpower our writers
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
Hinting at a reduction in petrolprices in the state, HimachalPradesh Chief Minister Prem
Kumar Dhumal Saturday said the ValueAdded Tax (VAT) on petrol may be
reduced further provided theCongress-ruled states took initiative in
this regard. He said the Maharashtragovernment has already refused to
lower VAT on petrol.
‘States can cut petrol VAT’
Kolkata-based Keventer Group isplanning to set up a food park inWest Bengal, investing about
`700 crore, a top executive of the com-pany said on Saturday. He said manyfood companies were looking to set upunits in the state and about 80 firmswere expected to build units in theupcoming park.
Keventer plans food park
RWith an eye on the Assemblypolls slated for next year, DelhiCM Sheila Dikshit is likely to put
special focus on social sector anddevelopment when she presents theannual budget of her government forthe second consecutive year tomor-row. The budget is expected to be apopulist one and a bid to regain theCongress’ support base.
Sheila plans poll budget
BUSINESS 9
Rob Lever
WASHINGTON: The browserwars are heating up again, butthis time the fight is for domi-nance of the mobile Internet.
Google, Apple, Microsoft andYahoo! are all in the struggle,along with the Norwegian-madeOpera browser and the opensource Firefox software fromMozilla.
The motive behind the warsis not just bragging rights. Thecompany that controls themobile Web can direct users toits websites, and importantly,gather data that can be used intargeted advertising.
“The browsers need to bepresent on the mobile device forsurvival,” said Greg Sterling, ananalyst with Opus Research.
“Everyone is trying to man-age their strategy in this multi-screen and multiplatformworld.”
Research firm StatCounterfound that global access frommobile devices, not includingtablets, doubled in the year toJanuary to 8.5 per cent of allInternet usage.
Google stepped up its effortearlier this year by releasing afull version of its Chromebrowser for mobile devices,which will over time replace theunnamed browser on devicespowered by Google’s openAndroid platform.
The Google-Android browserby April had grabbed 21.5 percent of the mobile Web, overtak-ing Opera, the early leader thathad 21.3 per cent, according toStatCounter. “Chrome is defi-nitely the up-and-comer becauseof Android, and it has a lot ofmomentum on the PC,” Sterlingsaid. Running third was Apple’sSafari, the default browser oniPhones, with 20 per cent. Nokia,BlackBerry and a few othershold small shares.
When tablets are included,Apple is the dominant playerwith 63 per cent, according todata from Net Applications’NetMarketShare survey, butAndroid is gaining with nearly19 per cent.
The push by Google meshes
with its strategy of gatheringinformation about users acrossplatforms, so that someonesearching on a mobile devicemight get an ad on a PC, or vice-versa. And Google just complet-ed its $12.5 billion deal to buymobile phone maker MotorolaMobility, freeing the Californiacompany to build its own hand-sets that play into the strengthsof its software.
“Everybody wants to havethat first point of contact withthe user to control the experi-ence from that point, capturecertain data and direct them toservices,” said Al Hilwa of theresearch firm IDC. “It’s all aboutcontrol, about who is further upon the stream of data.”
Meanwhile Microsoft, in itseffort to get a share of themobile space, is pushing its ownInternet Explorer browser fordevices running Windows, butcritics say the software giant islimiting compatibility.
Mozilla’s Harvey Anderson
complained in a blog post thatMicrosoft is limiting the“advanced” capabilities for out-side software, effectively shut-ting out browsers like Firefox.
Anderson said Microsoft inits new Windows 8 devices wassignaling “an unwelcome returnto the digital dark ages whereusers and developers didn’t havebrowser choices.”
Yahoo! became the latest toboost its effort in the mobilespace, introducing its Axisbrowser designed for mobiledevices. “It is meant to replaceSafari,” Yahoo! product manage-ment director Ethan Batraskisaid of Axis. “You will neverhave to use Safari ever again.”
Ben Schachter, an analyst atMacquarie Capital who followsGoogle, said the Internet searchgiant will also introduce a ver-sion of Chrome for the Appleoperating system.
Schachter said in a note toclients that Google benefits fromChrome by reducing the pay-
ments from “traffic acquisitioncosts” and that a Chrome brows-er for iPhones and iPads could“meaningfully” reduce whatGoogle pays Apple.
But Apple can tweak itsstrategy without competinghead-on against Google, Sterlingsaid. He said Apple’s Siri voiceassistant and its new maps soft-ware offer a type of search. Andas tensions rise with Google, itcould change the Safari searchengine to Microsoft’s Bing, oranother.
Analysts say it remainsunclear to what degree devicemakers will try to block out com-peting browsers, and if this willtrigger a government response.In the 1990s, Microsoft’s effortsto lock out competing browsersprompted actions on both sidesof the Atlantic.
The battle for control of themobile Web raises questionsabout Facebook, which is grop-ing for a mobile strategy after atroubling response to its massive
share offering.One report said Facebook
was eyeing Opera, which couldsolve some of the perceivedproblems for the social networkgiant by offering a platform toget better data on mobile usagefor targeted advertising. “Itwouldn’t surprise me” ifFacebook were to acquire or tieup with Opera or develop itsown browser, Hilwa said.
Another player to watch,said Hilwa, is Amazon, whichhas developed its own browserfor the Kindle Internet device —a move that can also steer usersvarious services, earning cashalong the way.
Hilwa said Amazon, like theothers, is pursuing a strategythat includes hardware and soft-ware, but can also sell goods andservices. “They have content,they sell stuff, they have Webservices,” he said. “They have alot of assets and have been suc-cessful. I would watch them.”
AFP
Browser wars flare inmobile space
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201210INTERVIEW
Sneha Mashetty and Bhavneet [email protected]
How did you start with‘Youth for seva’?I was a happy- go-luckyperson who was living a com-fortable life with a great job atInfosys and a happy family.But when I started attendingthe classes at Ram KrishnaMatt it all changed, I realisedthat they are many thingsbeyond living a luxurious lifeand earning money. I decidedto quit my job as I had nosense of satisfaction. I wantedto do something to bring achange and that is how I start-ed with the Youth for Seva inHyderabad.
Was your decision readilyaccepted by your family?In the early stages all myfamily members were aston-ished with my decision toquit my job. My husbandunderstood my enthusiasm tobring a change and has beenvery supportive, in fact, he is aparttime volunteer with theorganisation. My parents stilldon’t approve of my decision,even though they are proud ofwhat I do. They think I shouldn’thave quit my job and managedtime between both of them.
What were the challenges youfaced initially?Something what I felt waschallenging was to get young-sters involved.When I sharedmy idea with my friends, sixof them were convinced andthought that it could helpbuilding a better society andso they joined me, then westarted our Facebook pageand website to communicatewith the youngsters andtoday we have 350 activevolunteers and 3,500 young-sters registered on ourwebsite.
What are the issues you work on?We do not limit ourselves toone single issue, we are opento ideas and take up anything
that is proposed by our mem-bers. Currently we are workingon four major issues education,environment, health and thedifferently abled.We aim to dis-tribute 10,000 school kits topoor school children, the kitincludes a bag, books, geome-
try box and a plate for mid-daymeal.What campaigns have you heldtill date?Our main objective is to spreadawareness among the ignorantso that they can take care oftheir health. We have conduct-ed many health camps in bor-der villages and we named thecampaign ‘Aarogya’. We organ-ised many 5k runs in villages tospread awareness about clean-liness and protecting the envi-ronment. Our volunteers go toorphanages and slum schoolsand teach kids every weekendon a regular basis .
How do you get the funds?Initially there was a problemgenerating funds but today
we have many companies readyto give funds. Money is notthe criteria it is automaticallycollected when you areworking for a good cause,getting people’s sustainedsupport and time is the mainproblem. There are peoplewho come one day and don’tturn up the next day, it is verydifficult to keep them engagedall the time.
As you engage with the youthwhat do you think the majorproblem with the youth is?I remember a quote by SwamiVivekananda, “Youth are notuseless, they are just ‘used’less”. The youth of the currentgeneration have a lot of energywe just need a platform tochannelise it. So we try to makeour organisation a platform forthe youth. The youngsters oftoday are preoccupied withtheir own life and future plans.
What is the message thatyou would want to give to theyoungsters?In the race of life do notforget the society you live in.Sit back, think and analyse ifyou done anything for the peo-ple suffering around you andI’m sure you would want to joinYouth for seva after that. I hopeto see all the young energieswork together.
You don’thave to movemountains or
travel across theworld to bring
a change insociety, a small
initiative canignite a
revolution.Swati Ram the
coordinatorof ‘Youth for
seva’ believesin the same
concept
Towards a better future
THE YOUTH OF THECURRENT GENERATIONHAVE A LOT OF ENERGYWE JUST NEED APLATFORM TOCHANNELISE IT.SO WETRY TO MAKE OURORGANISATION A PLAT-FORM FOR THE YOUTH
Visually challenged people (R) playing chess School kits distributed
SRINIVAS SETTY
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201211GOLDEN YEARS
When 60-year-oldNagaraju P realisedhis retirement datewas nearing he was
perplexed. After having workedevery single day of his life forthe last 40 years, this centralgovernment employee could notfathom a life without a job.Fiercely independent and usedto providing for his family,Nagaraju had forgotten that oneday he’d be the one his childrenwould be looking after. For thebetter part of his life, his jobtook up most of his day. Butafter retirement he simply didn’tknow what to do with all his freetime. “Although he had usaround, it was not enough. Heneeded to keep himself busy andthis lack of a hectic routine real-ly got to him. He would getextremely irritable and wouldsnap for the silliest of reasons.We tried to perk up his mood,but nothing helped. Eventuallyhe sank into depression and iscurrently under treatment,” saysNagaraju’s daughter, Avantika.
While most people dream ofthe day they will retire and befree of responsibilities, there area few who sorely miss their rou-tines and find it hard to settle fora retired life. “Elderly people arecaught up in the current times ofsocio cultural transition.Retirement in the past was astage of fulfillment, enjoying thetoils of the past. Unfortunatelythese days elderly people seem togo through various issues afterretirement. I do see severalclients with post retirementproblems ranging from retire-ment blues to severe depression.Psychologically it is a state ofnot having any work to do.Reduction in income, loss of roleat work place and unfortunatelyin the current nuclear familysetting the role of retired isdiminishing. This leads to reduc-tion in self esteem and anxiety.There might be financial issuesand also issues about the placeof their stay. Conflict with chil-dren and with their spouses canprecipitate issues of depres-sion,” says Dr Praveen KumarChintapanti, psychiatrist anddirector, Tranquil Minds.
He adds, “Depression inelderly can manifest as lowmood, lack of energy, lack ofinterest in activities they used to
enjoy earlier, irritability, reduc-tion in concentration and memo-ry. Sleep and appetite distur-bances are very common. Somemight present with apprehen-sion and fear, palpitation. Thereare occasions when this depres-sion is not treated these clients
can contemplate suicide.”Given the rat race and
increasing number of nuclearfamilies these days, most peoplewho retire prefer to keep them-selves occupied and not justbecome complacent. “When Irealised that my retirement datewas nearing I was extremelyapprehensive. For so many yearsI was used to juggling work andhome life and not to mention theattractive pay packet. But when Ifinally retired last month I knewthat I would miss my office, col-leagues and of course the salaryat the end of each month,” saysRamadevi Subramanian, a for-mer customer service executive.
“Each person reacts differ-ently to retirement, there is ageneral sense of loss of identity.After having worked for morethan 30 years or so suddenlyhaving to retire is a hugeovernight change. They sudden-ly go from being the provider tobeing the receiver. A lot alsodepends on how well preparedthe person is for this role transi-tion,” explains Dr Siva Prasad,professor of psychiatry atOsmania Medical College.
While Ramadevi is happythat she now has time for her-self, she is looking forward todoing some consulting work on a
freelance basis. “It will keep meoccupied and I could use themoney too. As of now, I’m justsoaking up the pleasures ofretired life – taking a nap when Iwant to, spending time with mygrandkids, running the housethe way I’d like to etc. But Iknow I can’t do this for long. Ineed to do some kind of con-structive work. After all howmuch television can I watch,”she says.
The best way to handle it isplan the retirement much earli-er, have some arrangements forretirement, i.e place of stay, trav-elling between children, securefinancial status. Finding a job ora nurturing a hobby which cankeep one engaged can help too.
RANJANI RAJENDRA
Retirement on one hand is welcome but on the other the thought of living out one’s retirementyears is overwhelming. Your choice of action and attitude can make all the difference. Here’s why
Adjusting to changeThings you can do afterretirement
1Develop a habit of goingfor a walk.
2Get your periodic healthchecks.
3Eat healthily, neverneglect your sleep,ensure you get 6 to 8 hrsof sleep per day.
4Avoid drinking alcohol toexcess and stop smok-ing.
5Ensure that you are com-pliant with your treat-ment for medical illnessyou are suffering from.
6Should there be signs ofdepression seek helpimmediately.
EACH PERSON REACTSDIFFERENTLY TORETIREMENT, THERE IS AGENERAL SENSE OF LOSSOF IDENTITY. AFTERHAVING WORKED FORMORE THAN 30 YEARSOR SO SUDDENLY HAVINGTO RETIRE IS A HUGEOVERNIGHT CHANGE.
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201212ART AND CULTURE
This style of visual art beganevolving as early as the firstdecade of the 20th century.
But, it was only in 1925 whenmagic realism and new objectivi-ty were officially recognised asmajor trends. Franz Roh pub-lished a book on the subject thesame year, translated as AfterExpressionism: Magical Realism:Problems of the NewestEuropean Painting.
Gustav Hartlaub curated theseminal exhibition on the theme,
entitled simply NeueSachlichkeit (translated as NewObjectivity), at the KunsthalleMannheim in Mannheim,Germany.
The magical realism istheoretical or critic’s rhetoric.Eventually under MassimoBontempelli guidance, the termmagic realism was fullyembraced by the German aswell as in Italian practicingcommunities. The style wasroughly divided into two subcat-
egories: conservative, (neo-)clas-sicist painting.
When art critic Franz Rohapplied the term magic realismto visual art in 1925, he was des-ignating a style of visual artthat brings extreme realism tothe depiction of mundane sub-ject matter, revealing an interiormystery, rather than imposingexternal, overtly magical fea-tures onto this everyday reality.
In painting, magicalrealism is a term often inter-
changed with post-expression-ism for the very title of Roh’s1925 essay was MagicalRealism:Post-Express ionism. Rohused this term to describe paint-ing that signalled a return torealism after expressionism’sextravagances, which sought toredesign objects to reveal thespirits of those objec ts.
Magical realism, accordingto Roh, instead faithfully por-trays the exterior of an object,and in doing so the spirit, ormagic, of the object revealsitself. Recent magic realism hasgone beyond mere overtones ofthe fantastic or surreal to depicta frankly magical reality, withan increasingly tenuous anchor-ing in everyday reality.
Not one who enjoys theglassed claustropho-bia of luxury hotels, Ihardly knew what toexpect as I drove to an
art exhibition at one such venue.Stepping in through the foyer of
Taj Deccan, I was greeted by avisual experience that immedi-ately made me glad. Artist HariSrinivas unveiled VermillionReds, his latest installment inhis colourful career, on May 21,to a star studded audience.
The exhibition, a charityshow in support ofBasavatarakam Indo-AmericanCancer Hospital and ResearchInstitute featured some of theartist’s best work. Light andshadow play was extensivelyexplored in many of the paint-
ings. Although there was ablending of different styles,what stood out is the emotion inevery piece. The highlight of theexhibition was an artful frolicwith light and illusion, with deli-cately tapered tree branchescoming together to form awoman’s visage. While there wasno central motif, women were arecurring theme.
Also on display was a sepa-rate series of glass paintings,bursting with the artist’s signa-ture vivid imagery. Light andcrafty, these pieces mainly fea-ture flora amidst fairytale set-tings with subtle rustic touches.
Inspired by scenes from dailylife, the paintings deal with awide variety of subjects, fromreligion to sport. At a time whenthe contemporary scene is satu-rated with references to Indianculture, Hari’s work is a refresh-ing change. Each of the paint-ings witnesses the robust unionof European and Indian tech-niques.
Two of the exhibits wereexclusively produced for thecause. The first of these is titled
‘Mother And Child’, Anita, hiswife, tells me, was his most chal-lenging piece. “He placed partic-ular emphasis on the shading inthat piece. He worked on it for along time.” The sombre depic-tion of care and family comesalive. The second, ‘Woman inLinen’, is a compelling personifi-cation of emotion. The contrastof the woman’s olive skinagainst the textured white of thesheets stands out among all theexhibits. The minimalistic use ofcolour captures the angst anddesolation of a cancer patient
effectively. This is Hari’s 22ndsolo exhibition.
An artist with a naturalinclination to aesthetics, hewas given his first colour kit atthe age of four. He excels in arange of schools includingabstracts, landscapes and figura-tive. Sincere and modest, Anitatakes care of the promotion andpublicity. Together, the couplemake a dynamic pair.”I offercritiques on all of his pieces ashe works on them,” she says,“But he prefers his solitudewhile he paints.”
An artist’simpressionsArtist Hari Srinivas’s elaborate discourses in colour tell uswhat it means to be human. We visited his ongoing exhibition and here’s what we found
The intensity of reality when explored can be magical
A return to Realism ART FOR DUMMIES
SRINIVAS SETTY
Sparks flew last night at the opening of therevamped Photographers’ Gallery in
London when arts heavyweight LizForgan followed the ever ebullient Ed Vaizey,
the arts minister, as guest speaker at the swankylaunch bash. Forgan went on to describe thenew Photographers’ Gallery, after a five-year,£9m transformation of its multi-storey home
near London’s Oxford Street, as the “classiestloft conversion imaginable”.
Photographers’ Gallery Revamped
One charity auction that hascaught our eye is the PiHContemporaries sale due to
take place at Bonhams, Knightsbridge,on 28 May. PiH stands for Paintings inHospitals, an important charity thatplaces works in UK healthcare facilities.All of the participating artists haveagreed to donate 100% of the saleprice to the good cause.
Healthy Art Auction
Australians will soon be able toexperience first hand the discon-certing art of Gregor Schneider
who will shortly install the originalbasement rooms. The cellar roomscome from the artist’s childhood homein Rheydt, north-west Germany, whichhe has relentlessly reconfigured since1985. The perturbing piece will be onview in a newly refurbished wing.
Gregor sets up in OZ
[email protected] JOHNSON
If you thought the garbagefrom your house is nothingbut a stinking mass of uselessthings, think again. Here area few people who found out
how to dispose off this waste,and also help the cause of goingeco-friendly.
“I’m veryglad that I tookthis initiative,”says AmarjeetSingh, a busi-nessman whohas a compostpit in hishouse. “Myson had sug-
gested this idea and so I got itdone. Now all the waste just goesinto it and after a week or so, wehave manure for our plants. Itdoesn’t matter anymore if theragpicker comes or not” he adds.
Composting is a technique inwhich you dump all the organicwaste from your house into a pitin your garden or nearby. Thencover it for a week or so withleaves and mud, and at the endof it, you’ll have organic manurefor all your plants.
“The cycle is pretty simple.All you have to do is keep addingwaste water from your kitchen.This helps the cause of thedecomposing garbage whichbrings out the minerals into thesoil,” says Varun Naidu, a LifeSciences student. “It’s like anunderground dustbin whichkeeps my house, and also theearth clean.
“Making apit is very easyand in factdoesn’t requireany invest-ment. Allyou have to dois dig into theground andthen dump the
garbage in layers.”Manpreet Soni, a software
engineer, too advocates usingthis method of compositing,“There’s hardly any money
needed, it just requires initiativeand effort from our end.”
But that said, the process ofcomposting requires a bit ofpatience. First, you need to dig apit in your backyard. Then, tryand line it up with a few stonesto make sure that nothing fromthe soil around gets mixed withit. Add organic matter and coverthe pit with some dried leavesand a layer of soil. The nexttime you add some moreorganic stuff into it, repeatthe dried leaves and soil layer.This allows for some air. Finally,let the water from your kitchenflow into it to help the
decomposingprocess.
At the endof 45 days(for the firsttime) you getready to usemanure whichcan be placedback into
the soil to improve itsproductivity.
Contrary to what manymight think, the process is simple and effective. Also, one ofthe ways we can repay mothernature for the food we eat. Sohurry up, and start digging!
SNEHA MASHETTY
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201213ENVIRONMENT
America's most endangered river isthe Potomac, says the nonprofitor ganisation American Rivers in
its 2012 annual report. The Potomac wasplaced at the top of American Ri v ers' annu-
al list to alert the nation to the fact thatCongress is considering cuts to national
clean water protections, just as riversnationwide are facing threats from natural
gas drilling, pollution and new dams.
Potomac river endangered
For a world dependent on fossil fuels,carbon capture and storage (CCS)could be a key to controlling green-
house gas emissions. But the technologymeant to scrub carbon dioxide pollutionfrom the air is experiencing stiff headwi -nds that have stalled many projects. TheIEA would like to see more than 3,000CCS-equipped plants come online bymid-century to achieve some reductions.
Carbon capture
Oxygen currently makes up 21per cent of our atmosphere.But for the first half of Earth's
existence, the air had almost no oxy-gen. If any humans could travel backto that ancient environment, they'dneed spacesuits to survive. Now, anew study of 70,000 rock samples fromaround the world may have solved themystery of oxygen's long delay.
Oxygen’s long delay
Wealth from wasteComposting is nature’s way of recycling. The end product of this process is manure,
which is what all plants require. So if you are tired of organic waste lying in your yard,build a compost pit and have an effective waste management in place
n Make sure that there is onlyorganic waste that goes inside.Plastic by no means qualifiesas one!
n The waste in the compost hasto be moved continuously toallow air to enter.
n The walls should be lined toprevent erosion which some-times is toxic.
n The layer of sand and driedleaves is a must.
n Do not flood the pit with wateras excess water can ruin it all.
Five precautions to take while composting
Varun Naidu
Amarjeet Singh
Manpreet Soni
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201214FOOD
The Kerala government on Fridayimposed a complete ban onthe sale and consumption of
gutka and paan masala in the state.ChiefMinister Oommen Chandy told reporters thatthe government order was passed on May 22
and the news would be passed across thestate in a few days. With this, Kerala
becomes the second state after MadhyaPradesh to ban gutka and paan products.
Kerala to ban gutka
PEPSICO is considering launchingproduction of alcoholic beveragesfor the first time in its history. The
new products are expected to appearin Russia.The company has alreadynotified the Russian Agency forPatents and Trademarks, about itsplans to launch cider, saloop andmead under the Russkiy Dar brandname.
PepsiCo to bring new drinks
Over 130 tonnes of edible oil insouthwestern China’s Yunnanprovince has been found
adulterated with animal fat meant forindustrial use and would be recalled. Alocal oil manufacturer, the YunnanFengrui Oil and Fat Company, was sus-pected to be producing three types ofcooking oil with animal fat, China Dailyreported.
Animal fat found in edible oil
Thetaste ofthe city
BHAVNEET SINGH
Over the years Paradisehas become the go toplace to taste the best
biryani in the city.Today, we explore some
of the lesser knownrestaurants which serve
this delicious dish
Biryani Durbar
Biryani Darbar is anotherplace that serves greatbiryani. This place is the
Biryani specialist ofSecunderabad as it servesonly biryani. Located inTrimulgherry, the speciality ofthis place is the Doublemasala biryani. However, itsAchilles Heel is the ambience.It’s not that great and proba-bly that’s the reason the par-cel section is more crowdedthan the restaurant.
Leo’s Food Court
Next on the list is Leo’sFood Court, Sainikpuri.Leo’s prides itself in
serving a unique kind ofbiryani. This one dish every-body loves to experimentwith. Here, the flavours arevery strong and the spicescome through very well.Ambience is great and so isthe service. This place with itsyummy biryani will make you come back for it againand again!
Alpha Hotel
Topping the list is AlphaHotel. Located oppositeSecunderabad railway
station, this place has beenserving good biryani for oversix decades now. The priceshere are moderate and ser-vice is very quick. The crowdsthat throng this place tell thestory of how good the biryanihere is. So when you cravesome biryani next time inSecunderabad, you knowwhere to head to.
Garden Restaurant
Giving tough competi-tion to Alpha hotel isGarden Restaurant,
opposite the Clock Tower inSecunderabad. GardenBiryani is very different fromthe one served anywhere.They add a lot of spice to thebiryani which makes it veryunique. The prices are moder-ate and the taste and theambience is worth it. The onlything that this place lacks isfast service.
Hotel Pride
Last on the list is HotelPride of Hyderabad. Thishotel as the name says is
surely the pride of Hyderabadwhen it comes to biryani. Thehotel is located on the Kukat -pally road and you’ll hardlyfind place to sit here in theevening. Service is bang ontarget, and taste is out of theworld. The prices are muchlower in comparison to all other places we havelisted here.
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The Buffet at GVKOne stands trueto its theme and
serves anelaborate spread
of the best inworld cuisine. We
spoke to theirUnit Chef, Sunil
Chauhan to get ataste of their
exquisite fare
n Tell us a little bit aboutThe Buffet.
At the GVK space, we have apub (Cuba Libre) and an A’ LaCarte restaurant (Khan Saab).So we decided on a buffettheme which went ontobecome the name of therestaurant itself and definesit the way it is. The restau-rant is a multi-cuisine restau-rant serving the best inOriental, Chinese, Italian,French and Indian cuisine aswell. n What is unique to the
restaurant?What lies unique to therestaurant is that it has one ofthe biggest kitchens in India.In order to serve quality food,
we believe that it is highlyimportant to have enoughspace and the best of equip-ment in order for chefs towork more freely and openlywithout getting in eachother’s way.n Does your menu change
every day?We prepare close to 52 disheseveryday, that is, for lunchand dinner includingdesserts. So, yes, it does. Wemake sure to not repeat theitems for lunch and dinner.We don’t have a set menu assuch for the buffet spread butwe rely mostly on spontaneityand available products. n Share with us your expe-
rience working at TheBuffet.
We are a team of 15 chefs dedicated to different cuisinesand Nithin basically handlesthe operations of the restau-rant at The Buffet. My teamand I have been workingtogether for the past 6-7 years
and we have developed thisamazing chemistry when weare on the job. n How do you insure that
the food stays fresh?We start work by 8 in themorning and since we are amulti-cuisine restaurant, wehave a variety of cuisines towork with in a limited span oftime. We usually prepare thesauces first and by 11 we getour vegetables and other pro-duce so we start cooking themain dishes then. I have avery efficient team so there ishardly ever an issue with get-ting the dishes out on time. n At the restaurant, what
does a typical buffet looklike?
Since we are offering somany cuisines, we believe inbalancing it out completely.So for example, you wouldfind Noodles in Thai sauce,red curry, kebabs, a varietyof salads, pasta, a little bitof South-Indian and of
course the much-lovedHyderabadi Biryani.
n How many people can therestaurant seat at onetime?
About 110 people.
SANA MIRZA
A mega spread
Noor’s KitchenNOOR JAFRI
Khubuli
It’s a chana dal andrice preparation, cooked
biryani style
Ingredients1. Basmati rice - 500 gms
2. Chana Dal - 150 gms
3. Onions - 2 medium sized - finely slicedand fried till golden brown and crisp
4. Ghee or refined oil - 60 ml
5. Ginger-garlic paste - 2 table spoons
6. Red Chilli powder - 1/2 a teaspoon
7. Mixed garam masala powder - 2 tea-spoons
8. Saffron - 2,3 strings
9. Yellow food colour - 1 pinch
10.Yoghurt (dahi/curd) - 1cup
11.Milk - 1 cup
12.Lemon - 1 teaspoon
13.Salt to taste.
14.One small bunch of green coriander & mint leaves.
15.Green chillies - 5 to 6 (slits)
Procedure1. In a big vessel boil water, with whole
garam masala and salt.
2. When the water boils, boil the alreadysoaked rice till half done. Once cookedstrain it and keep it separately.
3. Wash and pressure cook chana dal, tillhalf done.
4. Heat the oil or ghee, in that fry theonions and take them out.
5. In the same oil, fry ginger garlic, andadd all the masalas, curd, lemon juice,green masala, and boiled dal.
6. Fry for some time and keep it separately.
7. In a big flat thick bottom vessel, putsome ghee and half the boiled rice, topit up with the layer of cooked dal andcover it again by the remaining rice.
8. Mix the saffron and yellow colour, in hotmilk and sprinkle it over the rice layerwith the remaining sliced onions andhara masala.
9. Seal with tight lid and with weight ontop, cook till the steam is formed.Reduce the flame when the steam isformed.
10.Cook for 5 to 6 minutes, and switch offthe gas, serve hot after 10 minutes, bymixing it portion by portion.
11.Can be accompanied with dahi ki chutney or raita.
Contactn Noor’s Kitchen
n Mobile:- 91-9441282318
n Residence:- 91-40-23356947
Chef’s note: Since the preparation iswith all the rich ingredients of biryani,and rich in protein and carbs, advisableto have in moderate.
MON-FRIVegetarian and Non-vegetarian
LUNCH`249 + taxes
DINNER`349 + taxes
SAT–SUNVegetarian and Non-vegetarian
LUNCH`299 + taxes
DINNER`399 + taxes
Ingredientsn Arboria Rice – 150 gms
n White sauce – 50 ml
n Cheese spread – 50 ml
n Salt – 5 gms
n Black pepper corn(crushed) – 5 gms
n Oregano (dry) – 5 gms
n Olive oil – 10 ml
n Veg aromatic powder – 5gms
n Bosca white wine – 20 ml
n Red, green and yellowcapsicum (diced) – 20 gmseach
n Green and yellow zucchini(diced) – 20 gms each
n Mushroom (quarters) – 20gms
n Green peas – 20 gms
n Red chilli flakes – 5 gms
n Parmesan cheese (powder)– 5 gms
n Fresh basil (leaves) – 10gms
n Fresh cream – 10 ml
Methodn Cook arboria rice in a pot
of boiling water till it is
75% cooked.
n To it, add the white sauce,cheese spread, salt,crushed black peppercorn, oregano, vegetablearomatic powder and chilliflakes.
n Now add the roasted veg-etables (red, yellow andgreen capsicum alongwith the green zucchiniand mushrooms) and cookit for 2-3 minutes.
n Now add olive oil andbosca white wine and mixit well. Add freshcream.
n Transfer it to a 9’’ pastabowl.
n Garnish it with fresh basilleaves and the powderedparmesan cheese.
n Serve hot.
Italian Rice withfresh green veggies
and a drizzle ofolive oil
Risotto alla primavera
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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201218HISTORY
May 28 1961 - Amnesty International, ahuman rights organisation, wasfounded.
May 28 1965- Methane gas causes a mineexplosion near Dharbad, India, thatkills 375 people and injures hun-dreds more.
May 291953 - Edmund Hillary and SherpaTenzing Norgay became the firstmen to reach the top of MountEverest.
May 301431 - Joan of Arc was burned atthe stake in Rouen, France, at theage of 19.
May 30 1981 - In Chittagong, Bangladesh,President Ziaur Rahman was assas-sinated.
May 311884 - Dr. John Harvey Kelloggpatented “flaked cereal”.
June 1 1938 - Superman, the world's firstsuper hero, appeared in the firstissue of Action Comics.
June 1 1968 - Helen Keller died. She hadbeen deaf and blind since the ageof 18 months. During her life shelearned to speak, ride horses, andthe waltz. She also graduated fromRadcliffe cum laude.
June 21818 - The British army defeatedthe Maratha alliance in Bombay,India.
May 29 1911 - The first running of theIndianapolis 500 took place.
June 2 1953 - Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
June 31970 - Har Gobind Khorana andcolleagues announced the first syn-thesis of a gene from chemicalcomponents.
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201219SPOTLIGHT
FOOTBALL FEVER
The art festival at Muse Art Gallery,Marriott opened with a preview of a solo
exhibition ‘My Thoughts’ by MadhuSmitha. Many celebs graced the event.
Elite Football League of India with brandambassador Lakshmi Manchu talk to the press
a week before the first match, on June 2.
COLORFULCANVASES
Chalapathi Rao
Madhu Smita
Swapna & Nidhi
Aparna
Anne, Natasha & Erica
Sirisha
Allu Aravind
Living the good lifeYoungsters in the city gravitated towards B&C on
Saturday night for an evening of great music from JalebeeCartel as part of The Kingfisher Ultra Soul Flyp
SrijithaSakshi
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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
CINEMA 20 T-TOWN TWEETIES
@ssrajamouliCar broke down.caught anauto to work.realised it’sbeen years since I travelledin one.Fun!!!...:)
@actressanjjanaau can hurt urself more than
anyone can hurt u just bykeeping all your feelings
hidden.so be expressive nhappy
@RGVzoominDepartment asalu version nitondharlo telugu lo `RendoDepartmet` perutho vidud-hala cheyyabothunamu.
@RanaDaggubatiWorking Sunday for me!!
Started shoot at 7am in film-city. Last day of the action
piece. Hoping the sun-godshows mercy on us today!!
@shrutihaasanI’m so lucky to have wonder-ful friends who help me inways even they don’t realiseby just being a part of mylife :)
@snehaullalheartI think our song,title and
concept is decided..ideaspouring in,what a high
@purijaganDon’t make a permanentchoice over a temporaryfeeling..
@richyrichaSorry guys. Have been in
hibernation as i wasn’t feel-ing well, but thanks soooomuch for all those who are
Akshagoesback toher rootsAksha, who was last seen in
Kandireega, is back inTollywood after a brief
hiatus. Ask her why she took along gap after Kandireega, shesays, “I want to do good filmsand I am not in a hurry to signas many films as I can. I amquite young, so I have plenty oftime to plan my career careful-ly.” She’s currently acting in afilm starring Srikanth.Meanwhile, she is all excitedabout her guest appearance in asong in an upcoming Malayalamfilm titled Bangles. “I was sup-posed to act in the film; however,they needed bulk dates for thefilm and those dates were clash-ing with my Telugu film. So theyadded an extra song and whenthey asked me to do the song, Icouldn’t say no. I started mycareer in films with aMalayalam film and I ampretty happy aboutworking there again.”Ajmal, Poonam Kaurand Archana Kaviare playing leadroles in the film.
The principal shootingRam’s upcoming filmin BommarilluBhaskar’s direction
began earlier today inGuntur. We hear that thefilm’s cast and crew willcontinue to shoot in Guntur
for almost 40 days since thefilm is set in the backdrop ofthe market yard in the city.“Starting my film#9 withBommarillu Bhaskar fromtomorrow☺..off toGuntur!Heard its just 48-50degrees there..niccee! *palm
on face* Keeping the tempera-ture aside...very excited! A Newlook..A New script..A Newcharacter..A New phase in mylife! ;) (sic),” Ram posted onTwitter yesterday. ShubhaPhutela is going to play thelead role in the film. BVSN
Prasad is producing it and GVPrakash is going to composethe music. Meanwhile, Ram,Tamannaah starrerEndhukante Premanta hasbeen confirmed for release onJune 8. It certainly looks like abusy summer ahead for Ram.
Sukumarudu will be as good as SundarakandaAfter scoring two hits in a
row, Aadi is teaming upwith Pilla Zamindar’s
director Ashok for an upcomingfilm titled Sukumarudu. Nisha
Aggarwal is playing the lead rolein the film and K Venugopal is pro-
ducing the film under the SriSoudamini Creations banner.
KVV Satyanarayana is present-ing the film. Talking about the
film, Aadi said, “I am confidentthat Sukumarudu will be a big
hit and I really loved thescript written by Ashok. He’s
a passionate director. This is thefirst time I am acting in a film
which feature more than 60 seniorartists.” Anup Rubens will be
going to compose the music for thefilm. “Sukumarudu will be as good
as my earlier productionSundarakanda. Ashok has been
working on the film for oversix months and I am sure that
one day he’ll become as famousas K Raghavendra Rao,”
KVV Satyanarayana said.The film will go on floors in the
first week of June.
Ram’s next
film goes
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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
CINEMA 21 B-TOWN TWEETIES
@GulPanagEvery one from my localchemist to divas gracingmagazine covers wears themcoloured contacts!
@AnupamPkherMotivation is what gets youstarted. Habit is what keeps
you going. :)
@MaheshNBhattMy mistakes are my life.Samuel Beckett
@RanvirShoreyAnd here comes Sunday
morning! Whee!
@realpreityzintaMorning folks ! Just landedin Sri Lanka 4the CarltonSuper 7’s Rugby tournament! This Sunday is definitely asporty1.
@bipsluvurselfOn my way to the
location!Shooting fr my nextfitness DVD called ‘Break -free’!Day 1 ws awe some...
@thevirdasThat akward moment whenplane doors open, you andcabin supervisor realize noone is there to pull the stair-case 5ft to your plane.
@Neha_DhupiaThe only thing worse than amanic monday is a working
sunday!!!!
Naseer to workwith Madhuri V
eteran actorNaseeruddin Shah isdelighted to team upwith Bollywood divaMadhuri Dixit in
Vishal Bhardwaj’s DedhIshqiya, and says he is lookingforward to their workingtogether.
“It’s a really funny script.What Vishal Bhardwaj and(director) Abhishek Choubeyhave come up with is quitegorgeous. And I’m reallylooking forward to doing thisfilm. I am very happy to get towork with Madhuri. Whateverwork we’ve done together sofar has been very sketchy,”said Naseer.
Talking about their rolesin Dedh Ishqiya, Naseer said,“We play two con-persons try-ing to constantly out-con eachother.” Dedh Ishqiya is asequel to 2010 film Ishqiya star-ring Vidya Balan, Naseer andArshad Warsi. While Naseerand Arshad would reprisetheir roles, Madhuri has takenVidya’s place.
Karan’sb’day bash,
a grand affair
It was supposed to beBollywood’s party of theyear, and that it trulyseemed like it was! From
Shah Rukh Khan,Priyanka Chopra andBipasha Basu to AamirKhan, Vidya Balan andJaya Bachchan —Bollywood’s who’s who,dressed predominantly inblack and white, attendedfilmmaker KaranJohar’s grand 40thbirthday bash, atthe Taj Lands Endhotel in Mumbai,on Friday night.
The themefor the nightitself was blackand white,revealeddesignerManishMalhotra,who tookcharge ofpreparing thevenue, stylingthe waiters’uniform aswell asstyling a listof celebrities
who tip-toed to the party withelan. Johar looked dapper in ajet black suit, white shirtteamed with a shimmery bow
and a white rose in his leftpocket. He added moreglamour with shimmeryblack shoes.
There were other cou-ples too— Hrithik Roshan-
Suzann Khan, Sanjay-Maanyata Dutt, Riteish
Deshmukh-GeneliaD’Souza, Anil-TinaAmbani,GoldieBehl-SonaliBendre, VidhuVinod Chopra-AnupamaChopra andactors BomanIrani, andRonit Roycame withtheir respec-tive wives.The guest listalso includeddirectorsJugalHansraj,Punit
Malhotra andSooraj Barjatya.
‘Bollywood holdingup to Hollywood’
Hollywood may havewiped out the “whole
world’s indigenous filmindustry” but Bollywoodhas held up, giving room totalent from all over theglobe, says DibakarBanerjee, the maker ofacclaimed films such asKhosla Ka Ghosla and OyeLucky! Lucky Oye!
Stating that Bollywoodhad not buckled underHollywood pressure,Banerjee said: “TodayBollywood has become one
of the last few independent-ly surviving and indepen-dently profitable industry, asHollywood has managed towipe out the whole world’sindigenous film industry,and Bollywood is one ofthose last frontiers that’sholding up because of itseconomic liberalisation.”
“People are coming tous because we are a goodsecond choice, it’s profitableand our business booms onits own, we don’t have toexport our films,” he added.
Pakistaniactress VeenaMalik, set tosizzle in theKannada ver-
sion of hit Bollywoodfilm The Dirty Picture,aims to go a stepahead of VidyaBalan’s act in the orig-inal. She maintainsthe two films are dif-ferent.” I have notseen the The DirtyPicture in Hindi,though I have heardthat Vidya Balan hasdelivered an awesomeperformance in thefilm. But I really wantto go one step aheadin my performance inthis film,” said Veena.The actress, who roseto fame in India afterher stint in controver-sial reality show BiggBoss 4, says it isunfair to compare thetwo films. “Pleasedon’t compare theBollywood film withthe Kannada film thatI am doing now,” saidVeena. This is herfirst Kannada film,
and she is confidentit will be appre-
ciated.IANS
Want to be a step ahead
of Vidya Balan
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Bollywood actressVidya Balan, whohas performed a‘Lavani’ number in
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’sforthcoming film FerrariKi Sawari, says she isnow keen to do aMarathi film as well.
“I would love to doMarathi film...they aredoing well. There issome great work hap-pening there (Marathicinema),” Vidya said.
While doing the
song, the actress lookedup to noted actressesMadhuri Dixit and lateSmita Patil for inspira-tion. “For the lavanisong...my inspiration isMadhuri. I liked hersong (Humko Aaj Kal)from film Sailaab and Ialso admire Smita Patil’sperformance inBhoomika,” she said,adding that she prac-tised for ten days to per-fect her steps for thedance.
“I was happy whenthis song was offered tome. It was always mydream to do a lavanisong. I am not a traineddancer...I had to put it ina lot of effort,” she said.Besides Vidya, the entirestar cast of Ferrari KiSawari includingSharman Joshi, BomanIrani, director RajeshMapuskar and producerVidhu Vinod Choprawere present at theevent. PTI
I would love to do Marathi films:Vidya Balan
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ENTERTAINMENT 25
Actress Zoe Saldanahas signed up for
Machete Killsalongside Sofia
Vergara, Michelle Rodriguez,Jessica Alba, Mel Gibson and
Danny Trejo.The 33-year-old will star
in the follow-up to 2010 actionmovie Machete, and Danny
Trejo —who is set to reprisehis role as blade-wielding
Mexican Federale MacheteCortez – says he can’t wait to
kiss all three girls in the film.“The sequel Machete Kills
is going to be a lot more over-the-top than Machete. We’ve
got Sofia Vergara, who is astar in her own right, Jessica
Alba, Michelle Rodriguez,and Zoe Saldana — and guesswhat? I get to kiss all of ‘em,”
Trejo said. PTI
to star inMachete
Kills
Zoe Saldana HalliwellwantsGeorgeMichaelto help Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell
wants to recruit GeorgeMichael as her celebrity helper
on The X Factor.The 39-year-old singer says she
doesn’t want to bring in a star whoshe will pretend is her friend assome talent show judges do.Instead she plans on asking herlongtime friend to accompany herat the judges’ houses stage, report-ed Sun online.
“Whoever I bring in as myguest helper will be authentic tome. It wouldn’t be rent-a-celeb. I’dpossibly ask George as that feelsauthentic. It would either be himor my mum,” Halliwell said.
The singer also said that shewished the talent show had beenaround when she was trying tocarve out a career. PTI
Allman ties theknot...again!
Perhaps the seventh time’sa charm. Rocker Gregg
Allman is set to walkdown the aisle with wife No.
7, and “this time,” the 64-year-old rocker said, “I am
really in love.”The Allman Brothers
Band founding member, whoappeared on Piers Morgan
Tonight on Tuesday (amongseveral other shows this
week), is engaged to 24-year-old Shannon Williams andalthough he’s tied the knotmany times before, Allman
said it feels like his first ‘Ido.’ “This is my first
wife...It’s just—it’s altogetherdifferent. I’m sober,” Allman
went on to say. Allman wasonce married to Cher. Thecouple has yet to set a date
for their nuptials.
CHAI TIME 26SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
ACROSS1 Woe is me!5 Guru's community11 Terre Haute's river17 Daydream21 ‘Hi- —, Hi-Lo’22 Son of Charlemagne
(2 wds)23 Exact, to Pablo24 Lariat25 Complaint26 French brandy27 Tempo notations28 Sufficient, in verse29 Put on the block31 Nut shells33 Meals35 Pack rat36 Chomps down37 Retail giant38 Anka's ‘— Beso’41 Debussy subject42 Sponsorship43 Cathedral town44 Rhett's Scarlett48 Leafs through50 Reef builder51 — you serious?52 Made it snappy53 Whale constellation54 Memento55 Scattered about57 Amigo of Fidel58 Kept in custody59 Mubarak predecessor60 Lighter fluids61 Use FedEx62 Bambi's aunt63 Cornball64 Jiffies65 Strapped for cash66 Rangy68 TV knob69 Put the kibosh on70 Nulls71 MIT grad72 Jabber73 Toshiba competitor74 Fast-talk75 Nitrogen compounds78 Amusement79 Startled cries80 Not good at music
(hyph)84 Drilled a hole85 Ocelot87 Sit on the throne88 ‘Honest’ fellow89 Winter forecast90 Museum display
(2 wds)91 Like a fair lass92 Gullet93 Coffee brewer94 By the book95 Violin's middle96 Italian poet97 Rent-sharer99 — Lobos of pop100 Country crooner
Crystal —101 Quays102 Tough fabric103 Math subj104 Blacktops105 Jazz genre106 ‘Silent Spring’ topic107 Piqued109 Fridge raider110 J Paul —
112 Chocolate desserts115 Photographer —
Adams116 Spread thickly120 Like most radios
(hyph)121 Charters123 She loved Lancelot125 German import126 Dwarf buffalo127 Eventually (2 wds)128 Kindling129 Lean130 Feel nostalgic131 Fliers' frustrations132 Really fast133 Monsieur's pate
DOWN1 Actress Jessica2 Stead3 Sir — Guinness4 Weighs, as evidence5 Niches6 Jayhawk rival7 More humongous8 Cheese coating9 White — — ghost10 A Great Lake11 Kane portrayer12 Lutz alternatives13 Censors
14 Fake it15 Turbulent16 Hebrew prophet17 Year-end ornaments18 Smoke-detector
outputs19 Location20 Wields an ax30 Poets' feet32 Gas or tel34 Arrogant36 Jaunty lid37 Soft tissue38 Writer with acid39 Jungle queen40 Desperado42 Perfect, at NASA
(hyph)43 Unpredictable45 ‘Gesundheit!’ evoker46 End a layoff47 Whizzes49 Flood residue50 In secret writing51 Acclimates52 Lo- — graphics54 Bet accepter55 Heat source56 Former NBA coach —
Unseld59 Ditties60 Keane of ‘Family
Circus’61 Destroy documents63 Whetted64 Janitor's tool65 Playing card67 Moisten68 They sacked Rome70 Sharply piquant72 Holiday tradition
(2 wds)73 RCMP patrol zone74 Dive75 Ridiculous76 Marilyn or Vaughn77 Type of applique
(hyph)78 At last79 Nutritious grain80 Jumpy81 Got paid82 Subsided83 Least85 Clown's getup86 Utter loudly87 Makes turbid90 Admission —91 Aspirin brand92 Cleveland cager94 Sketches95 Ripples96 Pool dimension98 Swamp gases
100 Track receipts101 Sweepstake103 Mr Lupin104 Free tickets105 Hit on the head108 Nearly frozen109 Foe110 Dance move111 Brewer's supply112 Sir's companion
113 Old Dodge model114 Aerial enigmas115 China's place116 Healthy upstairs117 Decide, as a jury118 Revise text119 Small coin122 Maj ocean124 Teacup rim
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Page of Cups – Payattention to yourhealth. Drink lots ofwater and eat freshfruits to stay upbeatand feel healthyfrom within. Avoidfried foods.
Three of Cups – Acelebration is aboutto take place. Youwill be excited aboutan achievement,however small thatmay be.
Ten of Swords – Dre -ams hold the key tounderstanding yourtrue feelings. Whenyou wake up, try toremember dre ams.Talk it out with some-one to feel better.
ARIESYou will plan your children's future set-tlement. All work as per your plan willtake place without difficulties. You willrealise that some hand loans given byyou will not be coming back to you.
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LIBRAWork expected to get completed with-out difficulties, might not work. Youmight face some hurdles. Chances ofdifferences with blood relatives.Expenses are likely to increase.
CAPRICORNYour hard work will be recognised verywell. While expressing your opinionsbe careful and think well beforeexpressing them aloud. Happy eventsare likely to take place at home.
TAURUSFinancial situation will improve for thebetter. You will fulfill wishes of all yourfamily members. The slowness in your children will bother. Some havebright chances to buy a vehicle.
LEOElevation or pay hike on the cards foremployees. You will work swiftly andcomplete all work well in advance. Some will undertake pilgrimage.Businessmen will earn good profits.
SCORPIOHealth problems and debt issues willupset you. Also, you might face dilem-matic situation because of blood rela-tives. Employees who are close to sup -e riors are likely to get a promotion.
AQUARIUSYou will be bold enough and show alot of actions in implementing yourwork. Financial position to improve in abig way. Those planning to construct anew house will be successful.
GEMINIThough you will not be able to save,the income will balance the expenseswithout a deficit. Blood relatives mightland you in unwanted trouble. Avoidbelieving on agents in important work.
VIRGONo problems seen in the inflow ofincome. Family will remain in a peacefulatmosphere. Expenses will jump due to influx of visitors but it will bring cheerto family members at the same.
SAGITTARIUSHurdles will upset you in most of thework undertaken by you. Avoid helpingunknown or wellknown persons as youmight get into trouble by doing so. Becareful in financial transactions.
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The Magician – Intui -tion plays an impor-tant role today. Youwill be able to figureout what may hap-pen next withoutreally putting all thepieces together.
Three of Wands –Success is just aro -und the corner. Bepatient and don’t getoverly excited aboutreaching the destina-tion. Enjoy the jour-ney as much as well.
Three of Pentacles –Your skills will cometo good use. A for-eign trip is in the off-ing. It will happenquickly and you maybe expected to makea longish trip abroad.
Nine of Pentacles –There are times wh -en you feel like youwant to be left aloneand don’t want tosocialise or take thetrouble to be aroundother people.
The Devil – You’retempted to take ashortcut. Not a verygood idea becauseyou run the risk ofputting all yourgood work down thedrain in no time.
Six of Pentacles – Anelderly person in yo -ur industry is goingto come to your res-cue and tell you thedifference betweenbeing professionaland being pushy.
Five of Swords –Some conflict is likely.You should not getinto a brawl with any-one. Stay away fromall kinds of politicking.Put your ego aside.
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My brother is a terrible musi-cian. The other day he
asked my sister if she hadheard his last recital.She replied, “I certainlyhope so”.
Man 1: After buying this newhearing aid, I am able to hearsomething two blocks away.How much did it cost?Man 1: The time is 3 past 10.
Lady 1: My son is very wellbehaved.Lady 2: How can you say that?Wasn't he arrested and impris-oned for 5 years.
Lady 1: Yes, but he got outafter 2 years for goodbehaviour inside the jail.
Doctor to a rich man: Do youprefer a local anaesthesia?Rich man: I would rather animported one.
A woman went to the Doctorand said, "When I looked in themirror this morning, I saw myhair was frizzy, my skin wrinkly,my eyes bloodshot — what iswrong with me?".The Doctor replied, "Well thegood news is that your eyesightis fine".
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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 201228WACKY WORLD
If you thought your hairstylist was amazing,wait until you see what living master-
pieces these camel enthusiasts can createwith scissors and some patience. Every year,
the desert city of Bikaner hosts one of themost colorful events in the world – the
Bikaner Camel Festival. This homage tocamels includes various events, from camelraces and rides, to camel haircut competi-
tions and even a camel beauty pageant.
Care for a haircut?
Basis is a bring-your-own-food barthat recently opened in Amsterdam,
in response to the crisis currentlyaffecting it. The Basis Bar allows itscustomers to bring their own food,either cooked at home or ordered fromcheaper eateries, like pizzerias. The barprovides everything from dishes, cut-lery and microwave. People have toonly pay for their drinks.
An economical eat-out
Ann Clark calls herself an “animalregistrar”, which is just a fancy way
of saying she performs weddings forpampered pets. You might think that’sa silly job, but she’s making up to£20,000 ($31,600) per event. Whyshould pets miss out on the unforget-table moments of getting married?That’s probably what Ann told herself,when she decided to become this.
A wedding for your pet?
Artist turnsbananas in art
Multimedia artist Phil Hansen uses a techniquesimilar to pointillism to turn ripe bananas intoorganic canvases, recreating some of history’s
most famous artworks. Hansen’s works are just sodetailed it’s hard to believe all he uses to create themis a common pushpin and the banana’s natural oxida-tion process. The talented artist just punctures thepeel repeatedly with the pushpin and the banana, andas the the banana browns, his intricate designs arerevealed.
Ugly potholes turnminiature gardens
Steve Wheen realised nobody likes to hit potholes ontheir way to work, so if authorities weren’t going tofill them, he would. He became a guerrilla gardener,
travelling around the world, turning ugly potholes intocharming miniature gardens. The London-based artiststarted pothole gardening during his university years,partly to make art, partly as a hobby, and mostly to high-light how crappy East London’s streets were. Since then,he’s been to other big cities like Milan, to turn potholesinto tiny gardens featuring all kinds of small props.
Art on phonebook pages
Chilean artist Carlos Zuniga creates detailed por-traits and images by simply striking out namesfrom phone book pages, with black ink. Sounds
simple enough, but the results are awe-inspiring. CarlosZuniga isn’t the first artist to use phone books as themain medium for his works. Alex Queral has also beenusing them to carve his amazing celebrity portraits, butZuniga developed his own artistic technique, whichallowed him to differentiate himself from everyone else.
AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMANOW, NOW...NO MONKEY BUSINESS
A monkey and a bull beat the summer heat on the banks of the Bagamti river in Kathmandu. Temperatures in the Nepalese capital are rising with the onset of summer.
59 DAYS TO GOSUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012 29
DEBRECEN, HUNGARY:Italy’s Federica Pellegrini(above) dominated thewomen’s 200m freestyle toretain her title at theEuropean championshipshere on Saturday and putdown a marker ahead of theLondon Olympics in twomonths time.
While her time, 1min56.76, was hardly spectacularbeing only the 12th fastest inthe world this year, it was theway in which she controlledthe race that caught the eye.
She touched the wallalmost two seconds up onGermany’s Silke Lippok whoalso finished second to hertwo years ago in Budapest.
“Everyone was expecting
me to win but it wasn’t soobvious for me,” she said.
“Lippok can swim a lotbetter than she did today. Ihad to be very careful.”
This was Pellegrini’s firstindividual race here thisweek after guiding Italy totheir first ever team relaytitle in Thursday’s 4x200mfreestyle. On Sunday she willconclude the championshipsin the 400m freestyle, a dis-tance in which she is the dou-ble world champion.
Amongst the men,Serbia’s Milorad Cavic postedthe fastest time in the worldthis year when claiming the100m butterfly in 51.45, withHungarian Laszlo Cseh sec-ond in 51.77.
This was a return toform for Cavic who after the2008 Games in Beijing suf-fered a back injury followingthe 2009 world championshipsin Rome — he is now oncourse to clash withAmerican swimming giantMichael Phelps in London.
Poland’s Radoslaw Kaw -ecki won his first major titlewhen lifting gold in the men’s200m backstroke. He won in atime of 1:55.28 in front oflocal hope Peter Bernek.
Sunday’s closing day’saction features the men’s50m freestyle in whichSweden’s Stefan Nystrandwill start as favourite afterposting the quickest time inthe semi-finals.
Pellegrini blowsaway competition
TOKYO: South Korea have one foot inthe London Olympics after they whippedThailand in three sets in the women’s vol-leyball qualifying tournament Saturday,while Japan remain in contention despitelosing heavily. The South Korean womenonly need to defeat Peru on Sunday toensure their place at the Games aftertheir 25-18, 25-22, 25-20 victory.
“We are going to keep our concentra-tion for tomorrow’s match against Peru.Hopefully we can win. I also hope thatthe three Asian teams — Korea, Japanand Thailand — will qualify for theOlympics,” said coach Kim Hyung-Sil.
The top three sides in the eight-teamround robin and the best-placed Asianside among the rest will qualify for theOlympics. Already there are Russia, thetwo-time world champions, who out-gunned Japan in straight sets to securetop place in the standings with one day togo in the tournament in Tokyo.
They have 18 points from six wins outof six, ahead of South Korea and Serbia,who each have 12 points. Japan have 11points in fourth place, followed byThailand in fifth on nine points.
If it stays like that, Thailand willmiss out at the expense of Japan. Japanand Serbia go head-to-head in the otherbig game. Thai coach KiattipongRadchata gri engkai knows his side willneed to beat Cuba to stand any chance ofkeeping their Olympic hopes alive.
The Russian women never gave theJapanese a sniff on their way to a power-ful 25-22, 25-20, 25-20 victory for theirsixth straight win.
“I’m satisfied with the result. I’mespecially satisfied that my playersplayed strong mentally. We had someproblems in receiving, but we solved itduring the match to get the victory,” saidRussian coach Sergey Ovchinnikov.
Italy, the United States and Chinahave already qualified after takingmedals at the World Cup last year withcontinental champions Algeria, theDominican Republic, Turkey, Brazil, aswell as hosts Britain, joining them.
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TERAKAWA LAYSDOWN MARKERTOKYO: Japan’s AyaTerakawa clocked theworld’s second fastesttime of the season towin the women’s 100metres backstroke atthe Japan Openswimming champi-onships, laying downa marker ahead of theOlympics.
The world 50m sil-ver medallist, who seta new Japaneserecord at the nationalchampionships inApril to qualify for theOlympics, improvedon it with a time of59.08 seconds, beat-ing Shiho Sakai intosecond place. “I’mhappy, because I had-n’t expected to swima personal best,” saidTerakawa, who was0.09 seconds fasterthan the current worldrecord pace.
MONTPELLIER: Britain’smen’s gymnastics teamflexed their muscles ahead ofthe London Olympics byclaiming a first team goldahead of Russia at theEuropean championships onSaturday. Daniel Purvis(right), Kristian Thomas,Louis Smith, RuslanPanteyley monov and MaxWhitlock became the firstBritish team to take amajor championships teamgold medal.
Despite a fall on the finalapparatus, the high bar, theyheld on for victory after bui -l ding up a sufficient lead on
the other five — floor, pom-mel horse, rings, vault andparallel bars — to score266.296 points. Russiaachieved 265.535 for silverwith Romania third with261.319.
Smith, who gave Britaintheir first Olympic medalwith his bronze on the pom-mel horse in Beijing fouryears ago, will take on worldand European championKrisztian Berki in the finalon that apparatus Sunday.
“It’s my first Europeangold medal and also a pagein British history and I’mproud to be part of it,” said
Smith. Britain’s men andwomen’s teams have surgedto the fore of world gymnas-tics in recent years withBeth Tweddle winning theirfirst world title on theuneven bars.
“Today’s an importantday with a view to theLondon Games and a fantas-tic achievement,” saidBritish Gymnastics Olympicperformance director TimJones. “Many people neverthought they would see a daylike today and to see ourjuniors and seniors Euro -pean champions is huge.”
Germany were however a
pale shadow of the team thatwon the European title in2010 with an error-strewnperformance which saw theteam led by two-time worldsilver medallist Philipp Boyfinish sixth. Hosts Francealso had a nightmarechampionships withhigh bar specialistYann Chucherathurting his fingersin qualifiers, andtriple EuropeanmedallistSamir Ait-Said sufferinga knee injuryon the vault.
Team GB takes gymnastics gold
Ryland James
MUNICH: Poland-born Germany strikerMiroslav Klose will be looking to roll back theyears at Euro 2012, as the evergreen veteranaims to claim his first major title.
Klose turns 34 on June 9 when Germanyopen their Group B campaign againstPortugal in Lviv and German fans will be hop-ing to see him perform a few more of hisfamous front-flip goal celebrations during themonth-long tournament.
With 63 goals in 114 appearances for hiscountry, Klose is just five short of GerdMueller's all-time record of 68 goals forGermany, the last of which sealed a 2-1 winover Holland in the 1974 World Cup final.
Lazio's Klose has repeatedly said his main
motivation this June is to see Germanyrealise their potential, rather than passingMueller's mark, by winning the Euro 2012final in Kiev on July 1.
He is the only player to score five goals ormore in consecutive World Cups (in 2002 and2006) and with 14 World Cup goals, he is sec-ond only to Brazil's Ronaldo, who with 15 isthe competition's all-time top scorer.
Having made his debut in 2001, Klose hasyet to lift a major title, despite playing in the2002 World Cup final, the Euro 2008 final andalso twice reaching World Cup semi-finals in2006 and 2010.
A hard-working striker who can thankless-ly harass goalkeepers and defenders for 90minutes before popping up in the right placeto score the winner, he was top-scorer inGermany's flawless qualifying campaign withnine goals.
Miroslavcomes Kloseto history
PLAYER TO WATCH
Ryland James
BERLIN: Coach Joachim Löw goes toEuro 2012 with a job guarantee, havingguided Germany to runner-up at Euro2008 and third at the 2010 World Cup.But only victory in the Kiev final willenhance his status here.
Having taken over as head coach in2006, Löw knows his job is safe until the2014 World Cup in Brazil, regardless ofresults at the European Championshipsin Ukraine and Poland.
Germany are among the favouritesto lift the title having qualified with 10wins from 10, but 52-year-old Löw needsto finally claim a major title after goingclose twice.
"We all agree that in Löw and [teammanager Oliver] Bierhoff we have thebest pair possible," Wolfgang Niersbach,the president of the German FootballFederation (DFB) has said.
"They both do excellent jobs and sowe see no reason to change a winningformula. If we have to suffer disappoint-ment, we are strong enough to stand upand face it."
Despite his impressive 52 wins in 76internationals with 13 draws and 11defeats in six years, Löw needs the Euro2012 crown to be considered one of hiscountry's top coaches and with theGerman public craving their first titlefor 16 years.
Other than a title, his record com-
pares favourably with Germany's leg-endary coaches Franz Beckenbauer,who coached the 1990 World Cup win-ning team, and Berti Vogts, whose sidewon Euro 96.
Germany's former reputation ofruthless efficiency has been replaced byfleet-footed attack, with Löw playing asingle striker up front supported bypace on the flanks. It was in SouthAfrica two years ago when Löw's youngside made the world sit up and takenotice. The Germans ran riot in theWorld Cup knock-out stages beatingEngland 4-1 in the Round of 16.Argentina were then dispatched 4-0 inthe quarter-finals before Spain haltedtheir march in the last four.
Germany carried their South Africaform into Euro 2012 qualifying whilefriendly wins over Brazil, in August,and Holland, last November, underlinedtheir status as favourites.
Löw’s juggernautThe UEFA European Championship’s most successful team and
runners-up to Spain in 2008, Germany are aiming for a fourth titleafter qualifying for the finals with a perfect record.
BEAUTY & THE BEST
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
30ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GERMANY GERMANY’S FIXTURES EURO STATS
MATCHES PLAYED
GERMANYGROUP B
At a glanceThree-time victors andthree-time runners-up, Germanyare the European Championship'smost successful side and anexciting squad approach Euro 2012knowing the Nationalmannschaft,last winners in 1996, havenever had to wait more than foureditions for glory.Third in the last two FIFA WorldCups and runners-up at Euro 2008,Löw's charges qualified with a100% record this time around.
Alongside Spain, Germanyare certainly favourites towin the title. But a horrificdefensive display in yester-day’s friendly againstSwitzerland (pg 31), will givethem pause for thought.PO
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Overall:P126 W81 D29 L16 F268 A91
Final tournament:P38 W19 D10 L9 F55 A39
Qualifying:P88 W62 D19 L7 F213 A52
Saturday 9 June:Germany v Portugal, 20.45CET, Lviv
Wednesday 13 June:Netherlands v Germany, 20.45CET,
KharkivSunday 17 June:
Denmark v Germany, Lviv
Best EURO performance:winners 1972, 1980, 1996
Coach:Joachim Löw
Leading scorer: all-time – GerdMüller (68); current – Miroslav
Klose (63)
Most appearances: all-time –Lothar Matthäus (150); current –Miroslav Klose (113)Association formed:1900Nickname:Nationalmannschaft
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PARIS: Germany and theNetherlands, two of the sideswidely-tipped as potential Euro2012 winners, suffered worryingfriendly international defeats onSaturday. Germany slumped to ashock 5-3 defeat in Switzerlandwhile the Dutch were booed offin Amsterdam after surrender-ing a one-goal lead to lose 2-1against Bulgaria.
Defending European andworld champions Spain, howev-er, showed off their impressivestrength in depth when a second-string side defeated Serbia 2-0.
England, meanwhile, gaveRoy Hodgson a winning start asnew national coach with a hard-
fought 1-0 win over Norway inOslo. Germany, who rested theireight-strong Bayern Munich con-tingent, suffered their first lossto Switzerland, who failed toqualify for Euro 2012 for the firsttime since 1956.
Joachim Löw’s Germanyqualified for Euro 2012 withoutlosing a match, but they havenow lost two friendlies in succes-sion having been defeated 2-1 byFrance in February.
Roy Hodgson made a win-ning start to his reign asEngland manager after anAshley Young goal in the ninthminute gave his side a 1-0 victo-ry over Norway in Oslo.
Hodgson, who only took overas the successor to Fabio Capelloearlier this month, saw hisexperimental England siderecord their first win overNorway for 32 years.
Ireland saw off Bosnia 1-0 inDublin while Portugal were held0-0 in Leiria by Macedonia.
Denmark lost 3-1 to a youngBrazil side, who are preparingfor the London Olympics.Elsewhere Saturday, there werewins for tournament co-hostsPoland who beat Slovakia 1-0.
Croatia beat Estonia 3-1, theCzech Republic edged Israel 2-1while 2004 champions Greecewere held 1-1 by Slovenia.
Strausston putsEnglandon track
Julian Guyer
NOTTINGHAM: Englandcaptain Andrew Strauss
struck his second hundredin as many matches to ans -
wer one earlier Saturday fr -om West Indies skipper Dar -
ren Sammy in the secondTest here at Trent Bridge.
At the close of the sec-ond day, England were 259
for two in reply to thetourists’ first innings 370,
which featured Sammy’s 106— the all-rounder’s maiden
Test century.England were 111 runs
behind, with Strauss 102 notout and Kevin Pietersen,
who had struck a six and 10fours, unbeaten on 72.
They’d so far added anunbroken 136 for the third
wicket as they both cashedin on an excellent batting
pitch. Strauss, who hadgone 18 months without a
Test hundred before scoring122 in England’s five-wicket
series opening win at Lord’s,posted his 21st century in 96
matches at this level onSaturday.
That meant the 37-year-old left-handed opener was
now just one short of theEngland record of 22 Test
tons held jointly by WalterHammond, Colin Cowdrey
and Geoffrey Boycott.
Schumivows tobouncebackTim Collins
MONTE CARLOL: MichaelSchumacher vowed onSaturday to ignore his five-place grid penalty and goout in search of his sixthvictory at the Monaco GrandPrix.
Seven-time world cham-pion Schumacher has beenstruggling this season toconvince his critics he canstill deliver his once-phe-nomenal speed, but pro-duced an amazing fastest lapin qualifying to top thetimes and secure whatproved to be an illusory 69thpole position of his career.
He was the fastest manon the circuit in hisMercedes, but due to a five-place grid penalty handed tohim for colliding withBruno Senna’s Williams inSpain two weeks earlier, hewill start the 78-lap show-piece from sixth on the grid.
It was the great Ger ma -n’s best performance inqualifying since he retu rn edto Formula One after athree-year ‘retirement’ in2010. Schumacher said:“First of all, I am more thanthrilled and excited aboutmaking a pole here inMonaco.
“Monaco to all of us isthe track of the year thathas a very prestigious posi-tion and to manage poleposition here after what Ihave gone through in thelast two-and-a-half years isjust fabulous — and that iswhat sticks into my mind.
“I told you guys in (anearlier) press conferencethat I would get pole, startsixth and win it - and that iswhat I am going to aim for.That’s all I have in my mindand the past doesn’t matter.”
Schumacher, who hasstarted from pole in Monacothree times in his career, de -scribed the feeling, when heknew he was fastest, as ‘bea -utiful’. “Obviously I saw mytime on the dashboard and Ithought it should not be toobad, but you don’t know —as being one of the earlyones out on track — youdon’t kn ow what will comebehind.”
PARIS: Venus Williams andJuan Martin Del Potro, whosecareers have seen GrandSlam highs as well as injury-hit lows, take centre-stage onSunday as the French Opengets underway.
With top drawcards suchas Novak Djokovic, RafaelNadal, Roger Federer, MariaSharapova and SerenaWilliams all being sparedopening day duty at RolandGarros, the likes of Williamsand Del Potro get an earlychance to impress.
Williams, now ranked 53
in the world after battlingenergy-sapping Sjogren’sSyndrome, was runner-up inParis in 2002, losing the finalto sister Serena but comesinto the French Open stilldreaming of claiming a placeat the Olympics in London.
The 31-year-old begins her15th Roland Garros againstArgentina’s Paula Ormae -chea. Del Potro, the only manto have won a Grand Slamtitle outside of the ‘big three’in the last seven years, beginsagainst Spanish veteranAlbert Montanes.
Ninth-seed Del Potro wasa semi-finalist here in 2009before going on to win the USOpen that year.
Del Potro won the clay-court title in Estoril this year.Three former champions arealso in action on Sunday.Juan Carlos Ferrero, the 2003men’s winner, faces France’sJonathan Dasnieres de Veigy.Ana Ivanovic, the 2008women’s champion, facesLara Arruabarrena-Vecino ofSpain while 2009 winnerSvetlana Kuznetsova tacklesCroatia’s Mirjana Lucic.
Venus, Del Potro eye prize
Big two stumble
Dutch football playerKlaas-Jan Huntelaar (R)vies for the ball with hisBulgarian opponentNikolay Bodurov during afriendly football matchbetween the Netherlandsand Bulgaria at the Arenastadium in Amsterdam.
AFP/ANP/JERRY LAMPEN
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
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BOSTON: The Boston Celtics punchedtheir ticket to the NBA Eastern Conferencefinals on Saturday with an 85-75 victoryover Philadelphia behind a "triple-double"by Rajon Rondo.
Rondo scored 18 points with 10 assistsand 10 rebounds as the Celtics won thedecisive game seven in the EasternConference second-round series.
The Celtics will open the best-of-sevenEastern conference finals in Miami againstthe star-studded Heat on Monday night.That winner will face San Antonio orOklahoma City in the NBA Finals.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS: Jason Dufner,chasing his third US PGA title in fiveweeks, fired a four-under par 66 to keep aone-stroke lead after Saturday's thirdround of the $6.4 million Crowne PlazaInvitational.
Dufner, who led by two strokes whenthe day began, stood on 15-under 195 after54 holes at Colonial with 2007 Masterschampion Zach Johnson, seeking his sec-ond Colonial title in three years, onestroke adrift after a third-round 65.
"There has been a lot of good golf and Ihave a lot of confidence going to the firsttee on Sunday," Dufner said.
WENTWORTH, UK: Luke Donald is inpole position to retain the PGA Champion-ship title and return to the top of the worldrankings after overnight leader JamesMorrison suffered a third round meltdownat Wentworth. Morrison had been fourshots clear after a second round 64, but theworld number 236 carded a woeful 81 onSaturday to leave him eight strokes behindDonald heading into Sunday's final round.
As England's Morrison struggled torecover after a quadruple bogey eight, atriple bogey eight and three other bogeys,Donald made light of testing conditions totake the lead.
Celtics headinto finals
Dufner keepslead…just
Donald set for#1 spot
After eight weeks and74 matches, the stageis finally set for thegrand finale. Today’sfinal will be the fourth
for defending champions,Chennai Super Kings and thefirst for Kolkata Knight Riders.
CSK would hope to repeat
what the Aussies did with theWorld Cup; win the title on threeconsecutive occasions. Lookingat the way Chennai has bouncedback since the play-offs, certain-ly makes one believe that it willbe a whistle podu moment by theend of the game.
Touted as the team whichhad the ability to retain the tro-phy, Chennai did not exactlybegin the season on a promisingnote. They faltered in the inau-gural match and conceded a fewmore defeats. But lady luckseemed to have favoured themwhen Deccan Chargers beat
Royal Challengers Bangalore; amatch which saw Chennai makeit to the next round.
Chennai thrashed DelhiDaredevils in the second qualifi-
er to cruise through to the final.They posted a formidable 222, atarget which Delhi failed toreach, by a huge margin.
Murali Vijay starred forChennai scoring a century inthis high octane match. His blis-tering 113 of 58 balls saw him hit15 fours while another foursailed over the boundary rope.
The bowlers then came to theparty, dismantling theDaredevils’ batting line up.
Chennai would hope to con-tinue this same performancewhen they meet Kolkata onhome turf for the ultimate clash.
Meanwhile, the Knights havebeen consistently performingwell this season; but for a bumpystart and a few off games, KKRdominated their opponentsthrough out the tournament.
Gautam Gambhir led histeam from the front while histeammates have always chippedin. Sunil Narine remains a mys-tery which is yet to be solved.
The SRK co-owned teamwould look to claim their maid-en title while Chennai wouldlook to claim a hat-trick whilethe fans enjoy the match and“raise their hands”.
G APARNA SAI
High octane match on cards
