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COMPOUND BCOMPOUND BCOMPOUND BCOMPOUND BCOMPOUND BUILDINGSUILDINGSUILDINGSUILDINGSUILDINGSRTI query reveals civic body had in 1986 taken steps to regularise 67,000sqft.

The municipal

corporation had initiated

a move to regularise

67,000 sqft out of the

total 91,000 sqft at

Campa Cola Compound

in Worli. Right to

Information (RTI)

queries showed that the

B r i h a n m u m b a i

Municipal Corporation

(BMC) in a 1986 order

had taken a step to

regularise the

unauthorised 35

storeys by charging fee

as per the ready

reckoner (RR) rate. A

few days ago, the BMC

— following a Supreme

Court order — issued

eviction notices to 140

flats owners of seven

buildings at Campa

Cola Compound.

An official

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

between additional

m u n i c i p a l

commissioner and

deputy chief of building

proposal dated

November 12, 1999,

revealed that when the

issue of the Campa

Cola Compound

buildings was raised,

the BMC initiated to

regularise them by

charging fee as per the

RR rate. “BMC has

issued orders to

regularise the work

already carried out

beyond the approved

plans and the architect

was informed to pay

Rs6,56,800 as penalty

vide this office letter

dated 22/11/86.

He was asked to

submit an amended

plan as per work

carried out at the site

and to demolish the

u n a u t h o r i s e d

enclosure of stilt. The

architect/developer

paid the amount on 17/

12/86 as the penalty for

regularisation,” said the

letter. However, the

penalty for

regularisation was not

charged according to

the prevailing land rates

at the time of the

amended plan

approval, regularisation

was not done and the

amended plans were

not approved. Because

of this, the decision to

regularise these

buildings was dropped.

The residents have

demanded that the

BMC revoke its earlier

decision and regularise

these unauthorised

structures by charging

a fee and charging

penalty as per the

ready reckoner (RR)

rate. “There have been

many instances of

u n a u t h o r i s e d

structures being

regularised and this is

a fit case for such

consideration. We

request the authorities

to take a realistic view

and save the families

from becoming

homeless,” said a

resident.

On Friday, the

residents had protested

after getting the eviction

notices.

“We have spent our

hard-earned money on

our flats and we have

been living here for

more than 25 years,

paying all municipal

taxes,” said a senior

citizen. “What was the

BMC doing for 25

years? This is grave

injustice meted out to

us,” said another

resident.

PAGE 2INDIA LOCALMonday, 29nd to 5th May 2013

Editorial

This year, India can, it seems, look

forward to good rains. Last year’s monsoon

could easily have slipped into a full-scale

drought but was saved by exceptionally

heavy rains in September. Even so, almost

one-third of the country received far too little

rain and has been left parched, with water

resources running low. A good monsoon now

is essential for agriculture and for the

replenishment of reservoirs and aquifers.

The India Meteorological Department in a

forecast issued on Friday declared that this

year’s monsoon was most l ikely to be

‘normal,’ with nationwide rainfall between 96

per cent and 104 per cent of the long-term

average. Using a stat ist ical model, i t

predicted a 46 per cent probability of the

monsoon turning out that way. The met

agency estimated a 27 per cent chance of

the monsoon being ‘below normal,’ with

rainfall between 90 per cent and 96 per cent

of the long-term average, and just a 10 per

cent chance of a deficient monsoon with

rains less than 90 per cent of the long-term

average. A forecast from the Pune-based

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,

using an advanced dynamical climate model

that simulates the complex interactions

between land, oceans and atmosphere, has

indicated that the monsoon could see above

average rains (104 per cent of the long-term

average, with an error bar of five percentage

points). The South Asian Climate Outlook

Forum (SASCOF), which met earlier this

month in Nepal, struck a similar note in its

consensus statement. The monsoon rainfall

for South Asia would “most likely be within

the normal range with a slight tendency

towards the higher side of the normal range.”

But the SASCOF consensus statement also

warned of below normal rains over some

north-western and southern parts of the

subcontinent. That is worrying, considering

that many States in those areas fared badly

in the last monsoon as well. However,

statistical as well as dynamical models are

known to have limitations in forecasting the

d is t r ibut ion o f monsoon ra in fa l l

geographically, and over time. It is not clear,

there fore , how much sk i l l ex is ts in

predicting which parts of the country will get

more or less rain this far in advance of the

monsoon. But far more vital than improving

those predictive capabilities is learning to

l ive wi th the inev i tab le var iab i l i ty o f

monsoons. Ways to store rain water and

recharge aquifers; ensuring rational water

use in agriculture, towns and cities for

residential and industrial purposes; and

encouraging water recycling and reuse are

crucial. The alternative is to make water

availability a dangerous gamble on the

monsoon.

Bring onthe rain

WRONG ROUTE The Survey of India (SOI) complaint

against Google’s ‘Mapathon 2013,’ a

collaborative and community mapping

exercise, on the ground that it

jeopardises national security represents

unwarranted paranoia. In February,

Google announced a nation-wide

competition inviting those interested to

use its online tools, add neighbourhood

data and create better maps. Towards

the end of March, when the competition

ended, the SOI, following a shrill BJP

campaign, filed a complaint with the

Delhi police. It objected that this Google

venture violated the National Map Policy

and could pose a security risk. In an

age when GPS devices are freely

available for navigation, geographical

information flows unhindered across

borderless digital space and satellite

images of every square inch of the earth

are in the public domain, the SOI’s notion

of restricted areas and insistence on

monopoly over spatial data appear

irrational. Instead of dismissing this

knee-jerk reaction as untenable, the

police have scaled up the complaint to a

CBI level investigation. The irony is that

it is not Google, but the SOI which has

failed the National Map Policy.

Foreseeing the challenges of digital

practices, the policy urged the SOI in

2005 to take up a leadership role in

democratising spatial information

through partnerships. But the SOI,

despite an early start and the weight of

the state behind it, has till date offered

no people-friendly facilities worth

mentioning.

When spatial information is restricted

and official maps are inadequate, private

services step in to create user-friendly

maps. In this context, there is a lesson

or two for the SOI to learn from its colonial

cousin, the Ordnance Survey, the

national mapping agency of Great

Britain. The Ordnance Survey has

impressively grown over the years and

has launched a series of data products

for free public use and value addition.

GeoVation, one of its most popular

schemes, invites entrepreneurs and

community groups to creatively use its

digital geographical information to

transform neighbourhoods in the

country. More than 500 innovative ideas

were added in the last four years. The

services of the Ordnance Survey are on

a par with, if not better than, any private

mapping service. In contrast, the SOI

has taken to a narrow approach, which

stifles innovation and would eventually

strengthen the powerful mapping

companies that have the wherewithal to

work around the bureaucratic hurdles

and which can afford to pay prohibitive

licensing fees. What is needed is

unrestricted access that would empower

communities and facilitate the

emergence of citizen cartographers who

could keep commercially exploitative

mapping services such as Google under

check.

1 killed in Andheri building slab collapseA 26-year-old

man was killed and

several others

feared to be

trapped under the

debris after a

portion of a building

came crashing

down in Andheri on

Sunday night.

A 26-year-old

man was killed and

several others

feared to be

trapped under the

debris after a

portion of a

building came

crashing down in

Andheri on

Sunday night. The

deceased was

identified as Ravi

Solanki. The

incident occurred

at around 8.40pm

when the parapet

of the five-storey

staff quarter

building of the New

India Insurance

C o m p a n y

collapsed. The

building is located

on the CD

Burfiwala lane in

Juhu galli. “One of

the victims has

been rushed to

Cooper hospital.

We are afraid

there are still more

people trapped

under the debris,”

a fire official said,

r e q u e s t i n g

anonymity. The

rescue operation

was on by the fire

brigade personnel

while going to the

press.


Rs 65 for cattle feed, Rs 21 for kidsMUMBAI: Critics

find the state's priorities

hard to digest. While the

government forks out Rs 65

per day per animal as sub-

sidy for fodder allocated to

fully grown cows and buf-

faloes in fodder camps, it

provides a paltry Rs 21 per

day per head as grant-in-

aid towards meal expenses

for kids housed in various

shelter homes in the state.

At stake is the nutrition

and well-being of about

80,000 kids sheltered in

1,100-odd children homes.

Four meals, including

breakfast, lunch, dinner,

and evening snack, are cov-

ered under the food ex-

penses grant, which is

pegged at Rs 635 per child

per month. Child care and

protection norms require

these child care institutions

to ensure that "hygienic food

of the right nutritional value"

is provided to these kids in

"adequate quantities".

On condition of anonym-

ity, senior state officials ad-

mitted that these standards

and requirements often re-

main unmet and also con-

ceded that the meagre

grant-in-aid had a role to

play.

In 2011, citing price rise

and inflation, a panel headed

by the chief secretary pro-

posed that the food grant be

increased by another Rs 200

per child per month.

Interestingly, even the

state cabinet approved this

raise in November 2011.

However, a year and a

half later, the decision is yet

to be implemented.

In sharp contrast, the

fodder subsidy has been re-

worked four times in the re-

cent past; with the amount

being increased on three oc-

casions. Sources said alli-

ance politics between the

Congress and the NCP is to

blame for non-implementa-

tion of the cabinet decision.

Sources said that deputy

chief minister Ajit Pawar

(NCP)-led finance depart-

ment has objected to the

move. It has claimed that in

2008 (when Congress min-

ister Harshavardhan Patil

was in charge of the women

and child development de-

partment), sanctions for 589

new children homes were

granted without its consent.

Having initially opposed the

release of additional grants

to these institutions entirely,

the department has now

asked WCD to check the

eligibility of kids admitted in

all homes before the grants

are released.

The WCD, which is now

headed by another Con-

gress minister, Varsha

Gaikwad, has objected to

this rider. Claiming that the

child welfare committee,

which has powers of a judi-

cial magistrate, oversaw the

eligibility process, the WCD

has claimed that any such

drive would amount to ques-

tioning the CWC's decision

making. It has further

claimed that a drive to close

down homes found violating

norms were already on.

Sources in WCD ac-

cused the finance depart-

ment of deliberately block-

ing the proposal. The de-

partment has now ap-

proached CM Prithviraj

Chavan to resolve the

stalemate. Until then, how-

ever, kids' daily diet will

continue at Rs 21!

Meal Plan For Kids In

Children's Homes

Morning breakfast: Milk

with items such as kanda

poha, misal, eggs, biscuits,

etc

Lunch: Chapati, rice,

one vegetable, dal. Sweets

to be given along with other

items on one day of the

week

Evening snack: Milk

with items like eggs, bis-

cuits, poha, etc

Dinner: Chapati, rice,

one vegetable, dal. Sweets

to be given along with other

items on one day of the

week.

DOCTORS IN DOCK FOR GIVINGANAESTHESIA, CAUSING DEATH

MUMBAI: Dubbing adoctor a "quack" for adminis-tering anaesthesia despite notbeing qualified to do so, thestate consumer commissionhas observed that no doctorcan do a specialized job if heor she does not have the nec-essary qualification.

The case pertains to awoman who died days aftergiving birth to her child 10years ago following anaesthe-sia-related complications. Thecommission relied on Su-preme Court judgementswhich observed that "unlessthe person holds a necessaryqualification, he should notperform the job of the special-ist". The Maharashtra StateConsumer Disputes RedressalCommission upheld a districtforum order which found thedoctors guilty of negligence. Itdirected gynaecologist DrSujata Rathod and physicianDr Vasant Kumar Jog to paythe victim's family Rs 6.6 lakhas compensation.

—husband ShashikantVichare, minor daughter andmother-in-law—Rs 1.1 lakhand Rs 5.1 lakh respectively.

The commission observedthat Rathod was aware thatJog did not hold either a post-graduate degree or diploma inanesthesia which is a manda-tory qualification for an anaes-thetist as per the MedicalCouncil of India The commis-sion also referred to an expertcommittee observation whichstated that a quack is a personwho does not have knowledgeof a particular system of medi-cine but practises in that sys-tem, and is a mere pretenderof a medical knowledge orskill—in effect, a charlatan.

In the complaint filed be-fore the forum in 2004,Vichare had alleged that hiswife Shashikala was pregnantand was registered as a pa-tient with Rathod. She wastrying to get pregnant for 10years. On July 7, 2003, whenShashikala was examined,Rathod told her that there wasfoetal distress and she neededto undergo an emergency Cae-sarean section.

While Rathod performedthe surgery, Jog administeredthe anesthesia. Vichare statedthat the baby was born at

9.50pm and by 10pm both doc-tors left the nursing home. Healleged that the doctors exam-ined her only on July 8, 2003and did not administer post-op-erative care. After this, thepatient was left in the care ofan RMO, who was not an al-lopathic doctor but a homeo-path. Vichare said that althoughJog was not an anaestheticdoctor and Rathod was awareof this, she let him conduct theprocedure. He stated that Jogadministered the wrong anes-thesia, which caused chestcongestion. After a month'streatment, Shashikala died onAugust 9, 2003, at the hospitaldue to bilateral pneumonia withimpending adult/acute respira-tory distress (ARDS). Vicharesubmitted a report of the com-mittee of experts, which sup-ported the family's claim.Among its various observa-tions the committee had saidthat when a patient had respi-ratory tract infection it is astandard practice to adminis-ter spinal anesthesia to mini-mize the complications. De-spite this, in Shashikala's case,general anesthesia was ad-

ministered, the committeesaid. Rathod however con-tended that when Shashikalacame to her for a check-up inJune 2003, she was treated for

cold, cough and fever. Evenafter the operation, she repeat-edly checked on the motherand baby, and both werehealthy, she submitted.


SAIF ALI KHAN

FINDS HIS GIRL

Vidyut

Jammwal's

lady fan

from Ja-

pan sends

him a

sketch

Ileana D’cruz will romance Saif Ali

Khan in his next home production to

be directed by Raj Nidimoru and

Krishna DK. The duo have also

wielded the directorial baton for Go

Goa Gone which is also Saif’s produc-

tion.

A source informs, “It was during

the making of Go Goa Gone that direc-

tors Raj and DK had spoken about

their next project. Saif loved the idea

of a romantic film.

It will be shot in the USA and Saif

agreed to produce the film under his

banner. However the leading girl was

not finalised and everyone at the pro-

duction house was of the opinion that

they needed a fresh pair with Saif af-

ter Cocktail. The audience had loved

Diana Penty with Saif. One of the

crewmembers suggested Ileana’s

name.”

Saif confirmed the news but re-

fused to divulge any further details.

Being a Jackie

Chan and Jet Li fan, it

seems Vidyut has yet

another connect with

martial arts fans in

the East. The actor

recently encountered

a fan, Noriko K, from

Japan on a social net-

working website. The

fan from Kyoto sent

him a sketch that she

made of him from his

film’s images.Says a

source, “She told him

how much she loved

his action in Com-

mando and the stunts

which he himself has

done in the film. She

particularly liked his

somersault stunt over

a fast moving car.

GENEROUS SHILPA

SHETTY RECOM-

MENDS HER

MAKE-UP MANVikram Bawa is no stranger to star tan-

trums. However, at a recent shoot for a maga-

zine, Bawa was impressed by Shilpa Shetty and

her behaviour towards her staff members.

Shilpa, who has lost 22 kg post-pregnancy, was

shooting at a suburban hotel. The actress

praised her makeup artist Ajay Shelar for his

flawless work and technique.

An onlooker says, “I never, thought that any

Bollywood star would be so generous and

thoughtful. But when she recommended her

make-up artist to Vikram, it was unique. The

artiste does not even work with her full time

but her praising him was unheard.” Shilpa

shrugs off the incident saying, “Ajay is tal-

ented and such hardworking people should be

encouraged. As an actor, you learn to travel a

lot with your staff and hence you learn to trust

them too. Vikram recognises and respects tal-

ent and he too loved the work of Ajay so he

was more than happy to hire him.”


WHEN WANKHEDE SPECTATORS

FORGOT THEIR MANNERS

When Virat Kohli

walked out to bat in the

2011 World Cup final on

April 2, the entire

Wankhede Stadium was

behind him, praying for him

to succeed after Sachin

Tendulkar was dismissed by

Lasith Malinga for 18.

Kohli went on to score

35 and put a vital 83-run

partnership with Gautam

Gambhir.

Two years later, the

same player was booed

and called a cheater at the

same venue in an Indian

Premier League game fol-

lowing a controversial run

out of Mumbai Indians’

batsman Ambati Rayudu.

Cricket’s strange ways

never fail to amuse.

However, this is not the

first time that the Wankhede

crowd lost its manners with

regards to their response to

cricketers.

We turn back the clock

to those instances involving

big names…

Sunil Gavaskar

In the 1987 World Cup

semi-final against England,

chasing a total of 254,

Gavaskar was cleaned up

for just four by pacer Phillip

DeFreitas. During his long

walk back, he was jeered

by the same crowd which

had enjoyed his batting for

13 seasons. It also turned

out to be his last Interna-

tional appearance at

Wankhede.

Gone: Sunil Gavaskar is

clean bowled by England’s

Philip DeFreitas in the 1987

World Cup semi-final at

Wankhede

In India’s previous

game – at Nagpur – against

New Zealand, Gavaskar

scored a scintillating century

despite running high tem-

perature. Chetan Sharma

was also India’s hero when

he claimed at hat-trick which

demolished New Zealand.

India’s loss in the semi-

final was heartbreaking to

fans since India were

favourites to win the tourna-

ment after being defending

champions.

England, who faced Aus-

tralia in the final at the Eden

Gardens in Kolkata, ended

up as runners-up.

Ravi Shastri

another Mumbaikar, an-

other big achiever! Shastri

somehow was not the

crowd’s favourite at

Wankhede. They booed him

and he never took it lying

down.

Chants of ‘Ravi Shastri

hai hai’ were not rare. The

heckling was mostly because

of his slow batting, accord-

ing to those who witnessed

the booing.

Probably, the unsporting

section of the crowd kept

forgetting Shastri’s immense

contribution to Mumbai

cricket. Remember, he

equalled Sir Garfield So-

bers’ amazing six- sixes-in-

an-over feat in a Ranji Tro-

phy game for Mumbai at

Wankhede in 1984-85.

Also, it was Shastri, who

helped Mumbai break an

eight-season jinx of not win-

ning the Ranji Trophy when

his side clinched the trophy

in 1993-94. Shastri, whose

first-class career for

Mumbai began in the 1979-

80 season, retired after that

season. His first Ranji Tro-

phy game at the Wankhede

Stadium was in 1980 when

Mumbai played host to

Baroda.

Sachin Tendulkar

In 2006, the unthinkable

happened. The ‘God of

Cricket’ as they call Sachin

Tendulkar was reportedly

booed in his landmark

132nd Test match which

made him India’s most

capped player. Out! Sachin

Tendulkar walks back after

his dismissal during the third

Test against England in 2006

Tendulkar had been go-

ing through a lean patch and

England defeated India

comprehensively in the third

Test of the series. After be-

ing dismissed by James

Anderson in the first innings,

the Wankhede crowd,

which proudly points out to

Tendulkar’s association to

the city, vented their frustra-

tion on the legend himself by

booing. However,

Tendulkar downplayed the

episode and was later

quoted as saying, “It was

not that bad. I have more

well wishers than the small

section at the Wankhede

present on that day. I have

to ignore them.” The

Wankhede loss to England

meant the series honours

were shared 1-1. In 2011,

during the India vs West

Indies Test match, some

spectators made their dis-

appointment when Ravi

Rampaul dismissed

Tendulkar for 94. It would

have been Tendulkar’s

100th international hundred.

Andrew Symonds

In 2007, it was the turn

of a foreigner to be attacked

by a section of the

Wankhede crowd. Aussie

Andrew Symonds was

hurled with racial taunts and

actions in the last ODI of the

bilateral series after he was

dismissed for a golden duck.

The matter was not done

and dusted as the Austra-

lians filed an official com-

plaint with the ICC.


In order to make their

families approve of their

marriage, a couple in Kurla

attempted to kill them-

selves twice. But the futile

suicide bids proved un-

successful in persuading

their families as well. The

police, meanwhile, have

not registered a case

against them so far. The

Nehru Nagar police, who

have been embroiled in

controversy recently for

taking bribes over their lax

attitude, have not even

counselled the duo.

Mukesh and Tina

Kothari were admitted to

Sushrut hospital after she

consumed sleeping pills

and he poison; kin say

they have threatened sui-

cide again According to

sources, Tina Kothari (28)

and Mukesh Kothari se-

cretly got married with the

help of their friends nearly

a month ago. They did not

inform anyone in their

families. Mukesh’s family

is objecting to his new al-

liance, as he is already

married and has a kid. Tina,

on the other hand, got a

divorce from her nine-year

marriage six months ago.

After the couple returned

from honeymoon, they

were confronted by their

families and were forced to

live apart. Fed up of trying

to win over their families,

the two decided to end

their lives. A week back,

Tina took some 10 sleep-

ing pills and was admitted

to Sushrut hospital. Fol-

lowing her discharge two

days ago, the family in-

formed the police who took

down a detailed statement

from her. They let her off

after a stern warning. Tina

said Mukesh’s family had

threatened her and forc-

ibly made her sign divorce

papers. “I spoke to my

husband who has assured

me that no matter what

happens, we will stay to-

gether. If they do not al-

low us to live together, we

POLICE FAIL TO LODGE CASE AS

COUPLE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AGAINwill end our lives,” she

said.

Her husband,

Mukesh, the son of a

jewellery storeowner in

Kurla (East), took the

same step. He consumed

poison after his family

separated him from Tina

and was admitted to the

same hospital. Mukesh’s

brother Ashok said,

“Who will take responsi-

bility of his (first) wife and

child? We do not approve

of their relationship. The

police should take some

steps to sort out the mat-

ter but they have done

nothing. Both of them

have threatened to com-

mit suicide again.”

Additional Commis-

sioner of Police Quaiser

Khalid (east region) said,

“I am not aware of the

case but will look into it.”

A doctor at the hospital,

refusing to identify him-

self, confirmed the inci-

dent. “Both Tina and

Mukesh were admitted to

our hospital and both the

times we did not inform

the police. The police had

come once to take down

their statement but did

not turn up later. We have

done our job and now it

is the police’s responsibil-

ity to investigate the mat-

ter.”

MUMBAI ENGINEER HAMID ANSARI MISSING IN PAKISTAN His distraught family in Mumbai's upmarket Versova area fear that he

may have been involved in a serious accident, may have been kid-

napped by a terror group or arrested by authorities for illegally enter-

ing Pakistan. Hamid had left for Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov 4 last year

on a 90-day tourist visa. He had promised to return within a week.He

kept in touch with his banker father Nehal, college teacher-mother

Fauzia, and dentist brother Khalid for a week and then disappeared.

"We have heard that he was trying to rescue a girl in distress in Paki-

stan, but we do not have any concrete evidence," Nehal Ansari told

IANS. "I have not given up hope. I pray that he returns. We don't know

what has happened to him," his mother Fauzia said. The lure of an

airlines job in the operations sector in Kabul attracted Hamid after

he failed to get a job with an airlines in India. The Ansaris

have lodged a police complaint with the Versova police

station and have contacted the Afghanistan consulate in

Mumbai. "They were cooperative and provided us with

Hamid's visa details to enable us to trace him," Nehal

Ansari said. He added that the family have written to

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, state

Home Minister R.R. Patil and to the external affairs ministry for help. Soon

after Hamid disappeared, the Ansaris made desperate attempts to

seek his whereabouts in Afghanistan or Pakistan. One of Hamid's

Facebook friends told them that he had crossed the Afghan border

near Jalalabad and reached Peshawar Nov 12, three days before

he was to return to Mumbai. His other friends on the social net-

working site indicated that Hamid reportedly tried to help a Pakistani

girl avoid getting married against her wish in Kohat, in Karak region of

Pakistan. "It is our request to rescue our son. We only want to save him

and return to us. People commit errors and if he has done so, we

apologise on his behalf," Nehal Ansari appealed, appre-

hensive of a fate akin to that of Sarabjit Singh. Singh

is an Indian imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pa-

kistan since 1990 on charges of carrying out

bombings in Lahore and Faisalabad that killed

14 people. He says he strayed across the bor-

der into Pakistan by mistake. He was recently

attacked by fellow inmates in prison and is in

a coma in a Pakistan hospital.


CROSSWORD

ARIES: The stars

recommend that you

should take proper care

of your health and

temperament during this

week. Some of you might be under

mental stress during first half of the

week and vague feeling of depression

may engulf you.

TAURUS : You will be in a relaxed

and a happy state of mind

most of the time during

this week. Be prepared to

shoulder responsibilities

that come your way

regarding family matters. There is

strong possibility that you would

repent later to wonder how you could

have done this.

GEMINI : Your health

will be fine and you will

feel energetic and able to

undertake tasks that you

had postponed earlier. However

senior citizens might suffer from

joint pains or chest congestion. Long

awaited promotions, elevations in

social status or rise in salary are on

the cards for the most of you.

CANCER : The

planetary configuration

indicates that you are

required to observe

necessary precautions in

your eating habits and take proper

rest coupled with sleep to maintain

your physical and mental health. You

will receive lot of respect from

others.

LEO : The period under

consideration is

favourable for enjoying

good health most of the

time. The favourable days

during this week are likely to be

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. You

are advised to try to make the

optimum use of opportunities when

they come along.

VIRGO : Health and

domestic affairs would need

your attention this week. Do

not neglect an ailment that,

though not serious, may

become a nagging problem. However,

your expertise in preparing meticulous

and detailed project reports will stand you

in good stead later.

LIBRA : Those of you,

who had been suffering

from general weakness and

headaches, would feel

relieved during this week. Youngsters

might decide to go on a health binge.

Regular exercise schedule and proper

diet will make them more relaxed and

active. If connected with computer

related work, you will receive an offer

to set up your own enterprise.

SCORPIO : Your health

will be fine and you will

feel energetic throughout

this week. However you

might be required to look after the

health of the elderly in your family

who may require medical attention.

There may be some changes in the

household for those living in a joint

family.

SAGITTARIUS : It is

a busy period for work

and career, but at the

same time you should

not neglect your regular

exercise schedule. It is necessary to

pay necessary attention towards

your health also. The work assigned

to you during this week might be a

test of your expertise and

knowledge.

CAPRICORN : Your

health might experienceups and downs. Henceyou are required toobserve slight

precautions regarding your healthduring this week. A desire to advanceyour career will inspire you to worksincerely towards achieving your

objectives and goals.

AQUARIUS : Thosewho have justrecovered from a spellof illness should becareful regarding their

health. A relapse at this stagemight prove to be troublesome foryou. If you have been thinking ofstarting an independententerprise, make a concrete movein that direction now by meetingpeople and discussing your ideas.

It may take some time.

PISCES : It will be a

good week to build upyour stamina andreserves to tackle thecoming onslaught of

work. However some of you mayhave a slight health problem thatwill require you to take rest forfew days. Take care of your diet

and focus on your health.

Your horoscope for this week

A

'HOW' MORE IMPORTANT THAN 'WHY'American undergradu-

ates focus on the `how’ of

a breakup when describing

their breakups, not the ̀ why’

or the `who,’“ said Ilana

Gershon, associate profes-

sor of communication and

culture in IU’s College of

Arts and Sciences.

She looked at how

people write to break up to-

day, including through

texts, emails and social

media.

Ilana Gershon said that

part of what makes the

breakup stories she col-

lected into American sto-

ries is that the medium

seems so important to

the message when

breaking off relation-

ships.

Gershon also is the

author of the 2010

book, “The Breakup

2.0: Disconnecting

over New Media”

(Cornell University

Press), which argued

that Facebook and

other forms of social

networking have radi-

cally changed the play-

ing field of dating today.

She interviewed 72

people at length for her pa-

per, including 66 under-

graduate college students

who communicate fre-

quently with new technolo-

gies. She found that when

American college students

tell their breakup stories,

they consist of a string of

conversations, and people

always describe when any-

one switched media to con-

Across:

1 __ Lanka : our southerly

neighbour (3)

4 Detonate or cause to begin or

start (3,3)

7 A dividing membrane or parti-

tion (6)

8 Crave, covet or lust for (4)

10 Lower House of Parliament

(UK) (3,7)

12 Prohibitions by custom or reli-

gion (6)

14 Accumulates by skimping (6)

15 In large amounts of quantity,

in a way (4,2)

17 Famous hospital on Pedder

road (6)

19 Unable to read or write (10)

21 Bathroom powder (4)

22 ___ ___ nobis : pray for us, in

Latin (3,3)

23 __ ___ puzzle : fit the pieces –

you get the picture (3,3)

24 Big name in moulded luggage

(3)

Down:

1 A group of six musici (6)

2 Understanding term? (1,3)

3 Tramples heavily on (6)

4 Feeling one's way overseas (6)

5 Unwelcome visitor, intruder (10)

6 Whimsical; strange (3)

9 Sorcery from the West Indies (6)

11 Chinese restaurant at Churchgate

(10)

13 Microscopic one-celled animal

(6)

16 Come as a logical consequence

(6)

17 Delayed bodily effects due to

long journey by plane (3,3)

18 Maintain, prevent from sink-

ing, especially tempo, one's spir-

its, etc (4,2)

20 Name of sea forming north-east-

ern arm of Black Sea (4)

21 __ Mahal : the wonder at Agra

(3)

WHEN DESCRIBING BREAK-UPStinue the conversations.

“The medium used for

the conversation mat-

tered enough to be al-

most always mentioned.

People would invariably

mark when a different

medium was used, ex-

plaining when communi-

cation shifted from

voicemail to texting to

Facebook and then to

phone,” Gershon said.

Her results differ from

other ethnographic re-

search done elsewhere,

such as in Japan and

Britain, where the story

often focuses on justifying

why the relationship had to

end. Character was the

emphasis overseas, not

the method.


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RAPES WILL COME DOWN IF PEOPLESHUN MEAT, ALCOHOL: SWAMI AGNIVESH

Rape cases wil l

come down if people

shun non-vegetarian

food and alcohol, activ-

ist Swami Agnivesh said

Friday.

"We cannot stop a

crime like rape by polic-

ing only. I think rapes will

come down significanlty

if people stop eating

non-vegetarian. There

has been lot of research

on this. Rapes will come

down significantly if al-

cohol consumption is not

there," he told reporters.

He said a lot of crimes

and accidents take place

due to consumption of

alcohol. Arguing on the

benefits of vegetarianism,

he said Japanese scien-

tists conducted a study on

the oldest man on earth

recently and they found

that he was a vegeterian.

"Every research con-

ducted in this world points

to one fact that red meat

is the reason behind all

diseases," he

said.Agnivesh said that all

the six accused in the

gruesome rape of a young

girl in a moving bus on

December 16 last year

were drunk as well as the

accused in the recent in-

cident of sexual assault on

a five-year-old girl. "In

both the incidents, the ac-

cused consumed alcohol.

This explains clearly that

alcohol drove them to

commit the crime. Alcohol

shuts down the moral

thinking of a person," he

said. "Government is not

ending alcohol-production

in the country as it fetches

revenue. All the states

have now started compet-

ing to outnumber each

other in alcohol produc-

tion. This has become the

norm," he said. Express-

ing concern over the fact

that everyday one billion

animals are slaughtered,

he said that "Its

consequesnce will be se-

vere." Regretting the loss

of values in human beings,

Agnivesh said, "There are

no moral and spiritual val-

ues left in people. Schools

today do not teach chil-

dren about the evil conse-

quences of drinking. We can-

not blame an individual for a

crime. The society, as a

whole, is responsible."

Asked about whether death

penalty will stop rape,

Swami said, "Death penalty

will not do anything. I do

not support it. Death sen-

tence should not given to

anybody including those

who attack Parliament.

Even Qasab should not

have been given death sen-

tence," he said.

Sarabjit not to be moved for treat-

ment abroad: Pak officialsThe four-member medical board headed by Jinnah Hos-

pital chief executive Mahmood Shaukat conducted a rou-tine examination of Sarabjit this morning, officials said. They

rejected a media report that theboard was mulling a proposalto send Sarabjit abroad fortreatment. "No such proposalhas been under consideration,"an official of the health depart-ment of Punjab province toldIL "In fact, the medical boardhas no mandate (to decideabout sending Sarabjitabroad)," said the official, whodid not want to be named ashe was not authorised to speakto the media. The medical

board is "minutely monitoring the patient" and Sarabjit isbeing given the "best treatment" at Jinnah Hospital, the of-ficial said. Sources in the hospital told IL that there had been"no improvement whatsoever" in Sarabjit's condition. Themembers of the medical board Shaukat, Postgraduate Medi-cal Institute principal Anjum Habib Vohra, Jinnah Hospitalneuro department head Zafar Chaudhry and King EdwardMedical University neuro-physician Naeem Kasuri seeSarabjit's case as "major neurosurgical challenge", the sourcessaid. Sarabjit, 49, sustained several injuries, including a skullfracture, when six prisoners attacked him in Kot LakhpatJail on Friday and doctors said his chances of survival areslim. He was hit on the head with bricks and cut with sharpweapons. He is in a deep coma and on ventilator support inan intensive care unit of Jinnah Hospital.

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