postnoon e-paper for 03 december 2012

PARIS HILTONFASCINATED BY

INDIAN FASHION International socialite Paris

Hilton, who is set to spin thedisc as a DJ on the last day of

India Resort Fashion Week(IRFW), says she has always

been a huge fan of Indianfashion and will walk theramp for finale designer

Shane and Falguni Peacocklate Saturday.

A team ofexperts fromDelhi, visited thearterial road anddescribed it asone of the mostdangerous placesfor pedestrians inthe City.

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PONTING GETS GUARDOF HONOUR Former Australia captain RickyPonting was given a highly unusu-al guard of honour by SouthAfrica’s players as he came out tobat in his last ever Test inningsMonday. Despite a cheap dis-missal, Ponting went out in style,leaving the game as Australia'sall-time leading Test batsman.

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city eventsMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

The last ChristmasThe last Christmas is a large-scaleproduction featuring live singing,dancing and acting, is the heart-warming story of Retired Gen Roywho recounts his seven favouriteChristmases.Where: RNR auditorium,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 12

When: December 8, 9 and 1011am onwards

Contact: (040) 6515 7558

Photo exhibitionA photography exhibition of wildlifeby Suheim Sheikh will be held fromDecember 8 onwards. It will be inau-gurated on December 7 at 6pm.Where: Goethe Zentrum,


When: December 8 onwards,9.30am onwards

Contact: (040) 2335 0473

Interactive sessionManthan is hosting an interactivesession on The Sacred and theProfane: Living and Dying withBlasphemy Laws with Babu Goginenihumanist, rationalist, activist. themeeting is open to all and is free-of-cost.Where: Saptaparni,

Banjara HillsRd No 8

When: December 6,6.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2335 5118

Célimène and the CardinalAlliance Française of Hyderabad &Qadir Ali Baig theatre foundationpresent Célimène and the Cardinalby Jacques Rampal.Where: Nift Auditorium,

MadhapurWhen: December 11,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2355 4485

Tales of an idyllic worldAlliance Française of Hyderabad is hosting an exhibition of paintings:Tales of an Idyllic World by BalaAbhiram. The exhibition is on tillDecember 14. The exhibition will beinaugurated on December 6.Where: Alliance Francaise,


When: December 7 onwards9am onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

Po10tialA show of recent works by variousartistes such as Anand Bekwan,Jinson Jospeh, , Maredu Ramu,Nataraj Saraf etc is being held.Where: Kalakrithi,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Palette scapesAn exhibition of paintings on Acrylicon canvas by artist Nupur Kundu isbeing held at Shrishti Art Gallery Where: Shrishti Art Gallery,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 15


Contact: (040) 2354 0023

Art showSymmetrics in the unknown, an exhi-bition of abstract paintings by 10

artists is being held at IconartGallery. Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11.30am onwards

Contact: 98499 68797

Expressive artAlankritha Art Gallery presents anexhibition by Maredu Ramu, NirmalKarmakar Nirmala Biluka and PalakDubey.Where: Alankritha Art Gallery,

Kavuri Hills,Jubilee Hills

When: Ongoing,Monday-Saturday

11am onwardsContact: (040) 2311 3709

ConvergenceConvergence, an exhibition OfPaintings By Ananad SwaroopManchiraju is being held.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Marriot Convention Centre,Tank Bund


Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Khamma ghani saThe Westin Hyderabad Mindspace ishosting a Rajasthani food festivalfrom November 23 to December 7.Where: Westin

Hitec CityWhen: Ongoing,

7pm onwards Contact: (040) 6767 6838

GAS BOOKING IVRS NO HP 9666023456Indane 9848824365

BSNL Complaints 198HMWS & SB Complaints 155313

POLICE CONTROL ROOMHyderabad 27852435Traffic Control Room 27852482DCP Traffic 23234065, 23243499FPollution Control Board 23887500

ELECTRICITYGeneral Complaints 155333Breakdown Section 23431178

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ENC 23225267Engineering 23220418MCH Tankbund 23225397Emergency MCH Circle I&II 24525842MCH Circle III 24736912MCH Circle IV 23326975MCH Circle V 23326976MCH Circle VI MCH Complaints 1100Head Office 23225397

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WATER SUPPLYComplaint Cell 155313Sewerage Complaint 23307328Hyd. Water Supply 23313163

HOSPITALGeneral Hospital, Sec-bad 27505566Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills 23314095NIMS, Director, Punjagutta 23390933Osmania General Hospital 24600146Railway Hospital, Lalaguda 27001134Apollo, Jubilee Hills 23607777Care Hospital, Banjara Hills 30418888Care Hospital, Nampally 30417777Care Hospital, Musheerabad 30419000Care Hospital, Sec-bad 30416666Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar 39879999

BLOOD BANKSBlood Bank,Narayanguda 27567892Chiranjeevi Blood Bank 23559555Blood Bank Mediton Goal 23226624Red Cross, Vidyanagar 27633087ADRM Blood Bank 27035588Mythri Charitable Trust 27550238NTR Memorial Trust 30799999Care Banjara Hills 30418296

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AMBULANCESApollo 23548888, 23607777Kamineni 24022222Medwin 23202902, 23204616Smile Line Dental Hospital 23747979Red Cross 27627973Niloufer Hospital 23314095Gandhi 23320332

AIRLINES

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18001801407And for All Flights: 1800227722Air India has revised its flight timings.For more information call (Toll free)18001801407, 1800227722 from BSNL/MTNL 04023430334 from otherlines and mobile Website; www.airindia.in

TOURISM OFFICESAP Tourism, Hyd 23262152/53/54Sec-bad 27893100Dept of Tourism 23453110India Tourism 23261360AP Tourism information Centre (24x7) 23450444, 23455999

UK VISA OFFICEVFS India Pvt Ltd Building, 8-2-542/A,Sunil Chamber, Road No. 7

Beside Meridian School, Banjara Hills-34. Working hours are from 8 AM to1 PM And 2 PM to 3PM.

MUSEUMSSalar Jung Museum 24523211AP State Museum 232431300/7641Nizams Museum 24521029

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FESTIVE SONGSChristmas — the season of joy and giving is here again. Head to Park

Hyatt, Banjara Hills, Rd No 2, on December 5, 7pm onwards for FestiveChoristers. The event is a musical evening of Christmas songs. Be a part

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A FAIR CHANCE: An event by Ability Unlimited Foundation at HICC on theoccasion of International World Disability Day ( December 3). M ANIL KUMAR

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YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONSHOULD GOVERNMENT JUNKETS BE RESTRICTED?

YES (A)

NO (B)

CRIME

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3City TODAY’S QUESTIONWILL YSRC MERGE WITH THE CONGRESS BEFORE THE GENERALELECTIONS?A) YES B) NO

To vote, visit www.postnoon.com

80%

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Mohd [email protected]

The Central governmenthas asked the CBI toprobe alleged illegalactivities of 24 NGOs

belonging to different statesincluding 11 from AndhraPradesh, which have receivedhuge funds from abroad for ‘reli-gious and charity works.’

The minister of State forHome RPN Singh said foundersof these NGOs were found to beleading a lavish life while their‘charity’ works undertaken bythem were little.

They were debarred fromactivities but with officialinvolvement they continued to

collect funds, it was said.The 24 belong to Tamil Nadu,

Kerala, Kolkatta, Jammu andKashmir, AP and Rajasthan.

In all, the government had

earlier banned 60 NGOs all overIndia for channelling funds pur-portedly received for ‘religiousand charity works for dubiousworks.’ Of the total, inquiry isnow ordered in to the doings ofthe 24. Right wing parties allegemost of these organisations wereinvolved in religious conversion.

11 AP NGOs under CBI probeThey were blacklisted but continues to collect massive funds from abroad. In all, 24 NGOs from

all over the Country have now been placed under the scanner.Fund flow to the NGOs

The minister of State RPNSingh said that altogether

a sum of `10,997.35 crore wasrec eived as foreign contribu-tion by 23,172 NGOs acrossIndia in the year 2008—09,`10,431.12 crore by 22,275NGOs in 2009—10 and`10,334.12 crore by 22,735NGOs in 2010—11.

n Anjumane HussamiaEducational Association,Hussami Manzil, Hyderabad

n Aware (India) foundation,Banjara Hills Road No 12,Hyderabad

n Christ’s Helping Hand chil-dren’s Home, Alcot, Gardens,Rajahmundry

n Society for People’s Action forDevelopment, Donica Road,Chenchupet, Tenali, District –Guntur

n Pragati Orphan Home, PragatiNagar, Old Town, Tanuku

n Matsyagandhi Mahila WelfareAssociation, Fisherman’sColony, Visakhapatnam (U),

n Agape Helping Ministries, 80-24-4/1, Jayasri Gardens, AVARoad, Rajahmundry,

n John Abraham MemorialBethany Home, House No 6-19, Plot No 342, VivekanagarColony, Kukatpally

n John Abraham MemorialBethany Home,Tandur,Rangareddy district

n Action for Welfare andAwakening in RuralEnvironment (Aware),Administrative Office, Lake HillRoad, Hyderabad

n Good Samaritan Evangelicaland Social Welfare Association,Sathyavedu, Krishna AP.

List of NGOs in AP

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 Donating to an NGO? Do abackground check first.

According to minister of State forHome RPN Singh, founders of sev-eral NGOs were found to be lead-ing lavish lifestyles, while the char-ity work was very little.

2 Want to take a walk? Stick toa park.

You might be the type who wantsto walk from point A to point B.However, given the rash drivingand lax traffic management sys-tems, you might just want to stickto walking in a park.

3 Warring ministers? CM willbroker a truce.

Kiran Kumar Reddy is on a rollthese days. He recently helped histwo warring colleagues reach atruce.

4 Take some time, spare athought for pressing issues.

Forty IT employees are using theirspare time to empower thedeprived using the RTI.

5It’s a busy time for the familycourts in the City.

With awareness about rights andfinancial independence, more cou-ples are opting for a divorce.

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MLAs with benefitsLast year the Speaker Nadendla

Manohar Reddy had announcedthat he wanted to run a paperlessAssembly. However, it was discoveredthat the laptops given to MLAs toachieve this goal was being used bytheir children! A few MLAs even admit-ted that they were still trying to learnhow to operate the gadgets that theirchildren were now enjoying.

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Naidu reaches 1000-kmmark todayTelugu Desam Party president N

Chandrababu Naidu, who is on awalkathon to shore up support willcomplete 1000 km today. Thepadayatra is presently being held inNizamabad district. It began onOctober 2 and covered 26 Assemblyconstituencies in five districts of thestate. Naidu will formally concludehis padayatra on January 26.

Rescue Telugus trapped in the GulfBJP has urged the State govern-

ment to rescue hundreds ofTelugus who had gone to the Gulfcountries and got trapped in hugedebts due to cheating by brokers.BJP secretary Muralidhar Raoaccused the State government ofleaving in lurch the migrants ofnorth Telangana, who were beingincreasingly cheated by brokers.

Cops act on tip-off,arrest history sheeterIn separate incidents, Task Force

sleuths arrested three history-sheeters in the City and seized fourdaggers from their possession onSunday. Acting on a tip-off, taskforce sleuths apprehendedChaderghat's history-sheeterMohammed Osman, 23, near Hi-Tech function hall in Wahed Nagarof Old Malakpet.

Apex court rejectsMopidevi’s bail pleaThe apex court of AP rejected the

bail plea of former ministerMopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao whois lodged in Chanchalguda prisontoday. A division bench of the courtheld that it cannot grant bail toMopidevi as the CBI investigation inVanpic case is still on. The formerExcise minister has been lodged injail for over a six months.

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Yes, the relation-ship between

Sabitha Indira Reddyand me is not good.She always tries tocontrol the entire district and interferes inevery matter.

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Md NIZAMUDDIN [email protected]

Shattering myth that aposh locality like JubileeHills is a well-cared forarea with clean surround-

ings, a team of Delhi experts incapacity building, that visitedRoad No 36 described it as oneof the most dangerous places forpedestrians in the City.

“The continuous flow oftraffic at Kavuri Hills junction,without any signal, rarelyallows anyone to cross theroad,” says Anjlee Agarwal, oneof the resource people invitedby GHMC for capacity buildingin the City. Footpaths laid arenot usable by pedestrians forvarious reasons like unwarrant-ed height, unruly ramps madeby residents along the road,encroached by bus stops,improper manholes, cutting offootpaths by property owners,electric transformers placedon footpaths and lack of streetlightning. Lack of propersignaling system at crossingsand dearth of public toilets dis-suade people from walking.Hence more motors on road andmore pollution.

National Transport UrbanPolicy (NTUP) of 2006, empha-sises the theme, ‘make peoplemove and not vehicles’. ButRoad No 36 in Jubilee Hills isthe place where a pedestrian isconsidered to be a nuisance witharrogant drivers accelerating atcrossings where police are eitherabsent or look the other way,resource people observed.

The Kavuri Hills junctionis one such place where therezebra crossings are markedon only two sides, while there

is no signal and a medianrefuge is of no use. One of theexperts remarked the road invit-ed murder.

Anjlee Agarwal, executivedirector, Samarthyam, alongwith her teammates represent-ing various organisations ison a road capacity buildingvisit to Hyderabad. She wasinstrumental in transformingthe way pedestrians in Delhiwere treated.

Now the pedestrians havemore space to breathe and walkin many stretches in the nationalcapital. She hopesthat Hyderabadis too can get asimilar respite in the comingyears, if issue is taken seriouslyby government as well as bythe public.

The City’s civic body is lack-ing architects and urban plan-ners, who should be guiding theGHMC in planning the struc-

tures, which would enhancetraffic system. The most impor-tant component of traffic plan-ning is pedestrians. Accordingto her, the problem faced byDelhi a few years ago was simi-lar and it overcame the handi-cap to a large extent.Implementation and enforce-ment are the most importantaspects after the civic body con-siders situational analysis. Butwhen the planning (blue print)itself is improper every stage ofdevelopment would be in a mess.

Unlike the general percep-tion of removing hawkersfrom roadsides, the team mem-bers advocate accommodationof these petty businessmen atdesignated places. As thesehawkers are termed as ‘eyeon the streets’, she asks theauthorities to allow them inplaces like Jubilee Hills. “It is

but these people who help oth-ers, if something untoward hap-pens on the roadside,” shepoints out.

If the Accessibility andWalkability Audit at JubileeHills is taken seriously by theGHMC officials and necessaryinitiatives are taken as part ofimproving the conditions, theteam from Delhi is consideringproposing a cell in Hyderabadon par with Unified Traffic &Transportation Infrastructure(Planning & Engineering)Centre (UTTIPEC) of Delhi. TheCentre formed during theCommon Wealth Games has allthe stakeholders and powerfulenough to approve or reject pro-jects. “If formed, the cell wouldcoordinate with all the depart-ments, including Metro Rail andwill have statutory powers forwhich a mass awareness cam-paign is needed,” Anjlee says.

Posh Jubilee Hills termedkiller for pedestrians

A team of experts from Delhi, visited the arterial road and described it asone of the most dangerous places for pedestrians in the City.

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POLITICS

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Chief Minister N Kiran KumarReddy, who has succeeded in rein-ing in his detractors, is howeverfinding it difficult to control his

cabinet colleagues.The CM’s pet programme, Indiramma

Baata, is becoming a platform for his cabi-net colleagues to prove their one-upman-ship. Last month’s Indiramma Baata inMedak district witnessed differencesbetween deputy chief minister DamodarRajanarasimha, who hails from the samedistrict and the in-charge minister ofMedak, DK Aruna. This month’sIndiramma Baata in Ranga Reddy districthad led to severe differences between thehome minister P Sabita Indira Reddy andthe handloom minister G Prasad Kumar.Both the ministers belong to RR district.

The CM’s Indiramma Baata will beginfrom today (November 3) and conclude onDecember 5. According to officials andparty leaders of Ranga Reddy district, boththe ministers, P Sabita Indira Reddy andG. Prasad Kumar, are at loggerheads overthe conduct of Indiramma Baata in the dis-trict. “Yes, both the leaders have seriousdifferences over many issues. Almost everymeeting held to make arrangements for thesuccessful conduct of the Indiramma pro-gramme ended with both the leaders try-ing to outsmart each other.

As Sabitha Indra Reddy is a senior min-ister, she wants to have control over every-thing related to Ranga Reddy district. Thisis hurting Prasad Kumar a lot as he strong-

ly feels that his suggestions should beheard,” a leader said. Clearing the air onthe issue, the handloom and textiles minis-ter G Prasad Kumar spoke to Postnoon onSunday and said, “Yes, the relationshipbetween the two of us is not good. Shealways tries to have control over the entiredistrict and interferes in each and everymatter, which is not related to her. This isnot good. As a minister I also have somepowers to wield and do something goodfor my people.” Kumar further said thathe had asked the home minister not tointerfere in his Assembly constituencyissues as it would send out the wrong mes-sages to others.

CM MAKES PEACEQuick at finding out the differencesbetween two of his cabinet colleagues, thechief minister reportedly summoned thetwo leaders to his camp office and askedthem to work together by patching uptheir differences. As part of the compro-mise formula worked out, it has beendecided to tour the two Assembly con-stituencies represented by these ministersin two different days.

The CM will visit MaheswaramAssembly seat represented by the homeminister on Monday, the first day of thetour. On the second day, he will visitVikarabad constituency, which is repre-sented by Prasad Kumar. During theIndiramma Baata, the CM, apart frominaugurating and laying foundationstones at various development projectsprogrammes, is also scheduled to interactwith school and college students.

Kiran brokers peaceThe chief minister is doing his best to broker

a truce between his two warring colleagues, Sabitha Indira Reddy and

G Prasad Kumar.

LAW AND ORDERPOLITICS

Mohd [email protected]

The City police commissionerAnurag Sharma has sounded

high alert in view of the BabriMasjid demolition day,December 6.

Since Islamic organisationsobserve it as Black Day, policeare on their toes to prevent unto-ward incidents. City situation ismore fragile due to the continuedskirmish at Charminar.

Naaka Bandi (vehicle check-ings) are being conducted bypolice stations in all five zones ofthe City everyday as a precau-tionary measure. The specialalert will last till December 8.

The Task Force has beenasked to conduct a special driveat different places like shoppingmalls, railway station, theatres,parks and government offices,said Additional DCP Task force BRameshaih. Prohibitory orderswill be in force from tomorrowtill December 8.

POSTNOON [email protected]

The third and final day ofthe special session ofHouse for voting the SC,

ST sub plan 2012 was a lacklus-tre affair in which more thanhalf of the elected representa-tives stayed away.

The only intervention bythe Opposition TDP to amend aclause of the Bill was defeatedby 69/47 votes. This apart, noparty made any effort to studyor come up with constructivesuggestions.

Shockingly, of the 294MLAs, 178 were absent whenthe voting was held. Amongthe polled votes 69 votes

belonged to Congress andremaining 47 votes came fromopposition political parties.The more shocking aspect ofthis voting is that a whoppingnumber of 86 ruling partyMLAs including some minis-ters were absent during thevoting process despite the factthat the bill was moved by theruling government to make an

exclusive legislation for SC andST communities.

Commenting on this,Congress MLA Masthan Walireasoned that the absence ofthe MLAs was not deliberate.He remarked that the govern-ment did not ‘expect’ theOpposition to press for votingat the last minute. “The votingwas an unexpected develop-ment. We thought that the Billwould be approved withoutany voting. But the oppositionTDP pressed for voting at thelast minute to gain politicalmileage. Since the discussionstretched till late night, manyof our MLAs left the Housewithout expecting voting,” hesaid.

Opposition loses goldenchance to spike govt

Sudden voting demand on an amendment sought on the SC, ST Billbeing debated Sunday night gave a golden chance for the Opposition toput the govt in a quandary, but wanton absence gave Kiran a breather.

The shocking aspectof this voting is that awhopping number of86 ruling party MLAswere absent duringthe voting process.

Babri Day:Police on toes

The Task Force willconduct specialdrives at shoppingmalls, railway station,theatres, parks andgovernment offices.

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While their colleaguesare making extramoney in theirspare time or

spending time with friends,some 40 young techies in theCity devote their off duty hoursto empower the deprived, usingthe only weapon the commonmasses has these days —Right toInformation Act.

They set apart one per cent oftheir salary for the cause. Eventhe postal order required toaccompany every RTI applica-tion is borne by them. Close knitdo-gooders, the It’s Time toMake a Difference (ITMD), hasbrought succour to many indi-viduals besides fighting for thecollective good of the City.

ITMD completed four yearsof its commendable operationsand entered 5th year yesterday.Their achievements in the outgo-ing year have spanned acrosslake restoration, consumer forumtrack, moving Lok Ayukta onpublic issues, availability ofgeneric medicines.

t was also a day to elect anew leader for the year. And thevotes favoured Rahul Buddalawho will now be President ofITMD. Panasa Ramakrishna,founder and spirit behind themovement has stepped down.

Rahul says, “We are justresponsible citizens who wantthe government to be a function-

al body. So far, we have seenpeople who have participated inmeetings just for namesake. Onlya handful are actually motivatedenough to make a change.”

So the message is clear. Theleader must change and thecadres would follow.

ITMD is currently workingon four lines — Awareness onconsumer forum, awareness andpromotion of generic medicines,lake conservation and RTI.

So has the group in its fouryear history come across selfminded people who used theforum for their personal gains?

“Personal issues are alwaysgiven focus. But people do notrealise that an RTI is a personalendeavour and making someoneelse address your issues is point-less. But we do help people draftan application by sponsoring iton behalf of ITMD.

“We have designed templatesto address the most commonissues like roads, water and gasconnections, passport applica-tions etc,” says Ramakrishna.

The group has been creditedwith bringing about change inmany issues but the most promi-nent and long drawn battle with

the government was their fightagainst irregular bus shelters inHyderabad.

“We have been following thecase of irregularities in bus shel-ters for four years and with thehelp of Lok Ayukta, we are posi-tive about the results from thehearing that is scheduled afterfour months in 2013.

“Apart from that, we havebeen helping people fight irregu-larities in applying for gas con-nections, pending passports,provident fund discrepancies.We are also trying to help raiseawareness about ConsumerForum issues just like JaagoGrahak Jaago. Also our repeatedefforts in conserving lakes hasproved helpful in maintainingthe Miyapur and Kothagudalakes complete with joggers foot-paths and fencing them fromencroachment,” says Rahul.

So do these young IT profes-sionals who find time to strivefor a social revolution have anypolitical ambitions, on the linesof Arvind Kejriwal?

“No. We are nether for noragainst any political party. Ourmain emphasis is to get the rulesimplemented. As a group we donot have any political ambitionsbut personally we may differabout this.

“Our system is more chokedand polluted because of educat-ed people who neglect socialissues. This is the core of theproblem we are fighting rightnow,” they say.

Techies toil for common good

CM inaugurates new ORR stretch

Over 3,000 RTI applications they helped file in the past four years brought a smile to thefaces of the deprived and have helped improve public service.

We have beenhelping people

fight irregularities inapplying for gas con-nections, pendingpassports. We are alsotrying to raiseawareness aboutconsumer issues.

Rahul Buddala president, ITMD

This new link connects Patancheru and Shamirpet areasPOSTNOON [email protected]

Another stretch of the megaOuter Ring Road (ORR) pro-ject between Patancheru and

Shamirpet areas at Kandlakoi junc-tion was declared opened by theChief Minister N Kiran KumarReddy today.

The stretch has a a 3-km diver-sion from the originally conceivedplan. The also laid foundation forradial roads at Nagaram nearKeesara junction.

With this the traffic coming tothe City from Mumbai-Pune cantake diversion to Shamirpet. thiswill help them to save two hours.With the inauguration of the ORR

project, the CM also kicked off histhree day long Indiramma Baata inRanga Reddy district.

It may be emphasised here , the

CM inaugurated a similar stretchbetween Narsingi and Patencherulast year. The total cost of the projectis estimated as `2,439 crores.

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With around 15 casesregistered every day,the Hyderabad FamilyCourt has certainly

been busy. Of the 1,600 cases regis-tered this year till November, morethan 40 per cent were for divorce,15 per cent under the MuslimMarriage Act, and 35 per centunder the Hindu Marriage Act. Ofthese, 70 cases have been disposedand 1,200 cases are still pending.

A senior official of the court toldPostnoon that most number ofdivorces are sought by softwarefirm employees.

The reasons are usually thesame — salary disputes, differentwork timings and ego. JameelaNishat, chief functionary ofShaheen Women Research andWelfare Organisation, pointed outthat in Muslim families, mostwomen opt for khula over divorce.

Khula is when a woman choses toseparate from her husband. “In oursystem women are oppressed bymen, but this is changing slowly.With growing awareness, women

have begun demanding theirrights,” she said.

What the organisation alsofound was that harassment wasmore prevalent in double income

homes, and that the family courtreceives most cases from educatedand well-to-do people. Other cases registered in familycourt:n Judicial separation n Restitution of conjugal rights n What’s and Guardians Act (Pls

check if this is right) HinduMinor and Guardianship Act

n Adoption n Cases related to NRIs n Cruelty n Dissertational n Adultery n Egoism n Mutual consent between parties

Md [email protected]

The GHMC has levied penal-ty and collected an amountof `1,10,500 from 81 cases

involving pasting of posters anderecting banners violating civiclaws.

All the 81 cases were record-ed by the vigilance cell in the sec-ond half of the year starting fromJuly 3 to November end. Apartfrom this two criminal cases werealso booked against the offenders.

The commissioner said thedrive will continue and thoseviolating the rules will be fined`1,000 for each poster. Under 421Sub-section (1) of schedule (U) ofGHMC Act 1995, the organisa-tions were imposed fines rangingfrom `1,000 to `12,000 during theperiod.

The two criminal cases CrNo.304/2012 of Chikkadpallyand Cr.No.450/2012 of Saifabadunder prevention of disfigure-

ment of open places and prohibi-tion of obscene and objectionableposter and advertisement Act1997 were registered.

These two people failed torespond to the notices issued bythe vigilance Cell and pastedbulk quantity of posters on walls

at Ashok Nagar area and Lakdi-ka-pul Railway Bridge.

“The efforts are being contin-ued by deputing the vigilancestaff regularly in day and nighthours to penalise the offenderswho are violating the rules in thisregard”, the commissioner noted.

In a significant developmenttowards energy efficiency and ener-

gy conservation, which is the need ofthe hour in the present critical junc-ture, the State government was seri-ously contemplating to enter into apartnership programme with theindustries and other key stakeholdersfor continuous deliberation on along-term basis to provide somerelief to all the categories of con-sumers, specifically to the industry.

Disclosing these details, chief sec-retary and SECM chairperson MinnieMathew has stated that the govern-ment has been putting all efforts tomeet the requirements to the maxi-mum extent, particularly agriculture,domestic and industry categories, bycoming out with encouraging poli-cies in respect of renewable energysources, optimisation of generationfrom all the existing generating unitsin the State and even purchasingexpensive power from outside. Thegovernment expects an addition ofabout 2,000 MW of power throughthe upcoming solar and wind units.

The State was proposing an inter-active workshop on acceleratingenergy efficiency initiatives inIndustries in the State jointly organ-ised by (CII) and Commissionerate ofIndustries on December 14 . NSS

Family court has its hands fullWith awareness about rights and financial independence powering

decision-making, more couples are opting for divorce.

LAW

GHMC

A senior official of thefamily court toldPostnoon that mostnumber of divorces aresought by software firmemployees.

POWER

State steps upefforts to provide relief

Civic vigilance slapspenalty on 81 posters

The 81 cases are for illegal pasting of posters and erecting banners across the City.

S BALAKRISHNA

SRINIVAS SETTY

city MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012 8EVENT

NIDHI [email protected]

Though the first Sunday ofDecember had all the ingre-dients of a typical Sunday,there was some special sea-

soning yesterday. It was the first outof the five Sundays in which couplesacross the City compete to win the‘Who is the best cook?’ title.

The first day of the competitionreceived more than just a willing lotof ‘expert’ cooks. While it wasplanned that the day would be splitinto two parts – lunch (2 – 4pm) anddinner (6 – 8pm), the organiserswww.studentmug.com had to incorpo-rate a third part because of so manyenthusiastic souls. According to theinitial plan, 20 participants (singlesor couples) would compete duringthe day and two winners would beshortlisted for the grand finale in2013. While 10 would compete dur-ing lunch, the other 10 would battle itout at dinner time. But, thanks to theoverwhelming response, www.stu-dentmug.com gave six more a chanceto participate.

The first round took placebetween 16 participants – lunch andextended lunch – at the ShantiShikara apartment building. Theatmosphere was more festive thancompetitive.

While husbands cheered theirexpert ‘home chefs’, childrenwatched in awe as their mothers

cooked some delicious delights forjudges and others in the audience.From baingan bharta to chicken dumbiryani, the participants were seencooking it all.

A panel of four judges decided onwho the best cook was in the after-noon. Haritha, a housewife who keptthe Hyderabadi spirit high, outshoneher 15 competitors by cooking asumptuous chicken dum biryani.Haritha was more than excited aboutbeing selected.

After the sun had set, organisersseemed exhausted by the excitementduring lunch. But their spirits didn’tremain low for long as an even moreenthusiastic crowd gathered at theGulrez apartments in Somjiguda tobattle it out during dinner.

Women gathered to show off

their cooking talent while their chil-dren helped and cheered them on.Again, the mood was more fun thanserious. The participants were given45 minutes to arrange their ingredi-ents and utensils they require to cooksomething delicious.

While there was a variety of dish-es like khandvis, pasta, paneer buttermasala and so on, the participantwith the biryani bagged this one too.Fatima, who cooked delicious mut-ton dum biryani in just 40 minutes,was shortlisted from the dinner lot tocompete in the grand finale of ‘Whois the best cook?’.

While Haritha and Fatima havefour weeks to improve their cookingskills, Postnoon will tell you whatthey’re up against in the comingweeks.

LET THEGAMESBEGIN...

‘Who is the best cook?’kicked off yesterdaywith a great start .

Participants put theirbest ladles forward to

create that perfectdish. While only two

out of 26 made it to thefinals, it was a momentof joy and pride for all.

Postnoon reports.

SRINIVAS SETTY

city MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012 9HOBBIES

OMAR [email protected]

BRamalingeshwar Rao,India’s top copoclepilistand numismatic, holdsthe Limca Book Of

Records for possessing 4,300 keychains. What is unique about thisfeat is that these key chains werenever bought in the market butgifted by people who wanted tohelp him pursue his passion.

On taking a closer look, onesees key chains of several brandswhich are no longer in the mar-ket. It took Rao about 30 years toput together this impressive col-lection. Rao started collectingkey chains as a hobby because hewanted to try something differ-ent. As he considered collectingcoins a bit too common, he decid-ed to do something innovative.

So he started his new collec-tion when customers wou ld givehim key chains of their company.Collection and maintenance

them is pretty hard, says Rao. Ittook him three months to sortthem place them in order.

He is also a member of theKey Chain Collectors Intern -ational Club where they meet inthe US every two years. The firstkey chain ever acquired by himwas given by a friend with thebrand named “Globac”.

There is every key chain youcan imagine — beer mugs, wed-ding invitations, tools and bottleopeners. With the entire keychain collection, he virtually hasthe world at his home.

Rao also has an equallyimpressive coin collection. FromIndian coins of the Victorian Age,coins of every state in America,the world currencies and differ-ent Indian currencies over thelast few decades; it’s all there inhis collection. Pursuing his pas-sion with patience and showcas-ing it for others with humility,and not for publicity andrecords, sets him apart.

What started out as a ‘different’hobby about three decades ago, has

become a world record.

HOLDING KEYS TO EVERYTHING

SRIVANTH KUMAR

BusinessMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

102% GROWTH WOULD BE GOOD: SINGAPORE PM Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has said that the government isno longer aiming for "ridiculously high" economic growth likethose seen in the past years, but rather a more sustainable rate ofabout 2 to 3 percent per year, local media reported Monday.

THUS SPAKE“In the long term I am definitely of theopinion that we consider how we devel-op legal procedures for states which donot comply with their commitments,"

ANGELA MERKELGERMAN CHANCELLOR

Singapore Airlines said on Monday itwas in talks with “interested parties”on a possible sale of its 49 per centstake in Virgin Atlantic as mediareports listed US carrier Delta AirLines as a possible buyer. “These dis-cussions may or may not result in atransaction," it added without namingany of the parties. Sunday Timesnewspaper identified Delta as one ofthe interested parties and reportedthat the US carrier had approachedSIA directly over the stake, which SIAhad paid 600 million pounds for in1999. If the sale goes through, Delta’sEuropean partner, Air France-KLM,may then buy part of Branson’s 51 percent stake which would see him losingcontrol for the first time of the airlinehe founded, the report added.

SIA TO SELL VIRGIN STAKE

A French minister cast doubt onSunday on whether the world’s topsteelmaker ArcelorMittal would keepits end of the bargain after a compro-mise deal on a key plant that Parishad threatened to nationalise. Thedispute over the closure of blast fur-naces at the Florange plant had riskeddamaging France’s image amonginvestors, after a virulent attack by aminister on the company owned byIndian-born steel tycoon LakshmiMittal. “There has been an agreementbut there is no confidence," FrenchEcology Minister Delphine Batho said.

MINISTER TARGETS MITTAL

NUMEROLOGY

£154 mnis what Britain will spend to target

tax-dodgers companies who a shieldtheir earnings from the government.

Storming the tea cupPRUDHVI RAJU [email protected]

‘Alot can happenover a cup of cof-fee’, this tag linefrom a famous

coffee shop chain reiterates theimportance of coffee in a meet-ing. Undoubtedly, over adecade, coffee has become partof meetings of urban youths.This culture has pushed thegrowth of these coffee shopchains and overall consumptionof coffee.

“The overall coffee con-sumption in India doubled inlast one-and-a-half decade. Theper capita consumption of cof-fee stands at about 100 grams. Incontrast, per capita consump-tion of tea is closer to a kilo-gram. This shows India stillremains a tea-drinking country.However, the total coffee con-sumption is expected to grow atover 4.5 per cent, outpacing tea.The specialist coffee shops aregrowing at even higher rates —at 20 to 25 per cent. These coffeeshops only account to 2 per centof over all consumption butadds more visibility to the coffee

culture,” said Nitin Kalani,Beverage Analyst, RabobankGroup India.

The growth in overall con-sumption coupled with globaldemand resulting in tighteningstock levels will increase the

prices of this commodity.The coffee culture trend is

offering numerous businessopportunities. But there are alsosignificant challenges faced bythe industry such as high attri-tion and real estate costs that

prevents the stakeholders fromexploiting the demand to itsfullest potential.

“Attrition and high rentalsin key real estate areas are themajor challenges. These coffeechains have brought in new sys-tems to overcome these chal-lenges. To control attrition, fewplayers have created innovativeemployee retention plans (fasttrack career progression to man-agerial level, additional employ-ee benefits). Some train poten-tial hires (specially fromrural/semi urban areas) on cof-fee etiquette and hospitality intheir own training institutes. Onhigh rentals, the players havetried to explore additional areas(highways, small cities) whererentals are moderate but canoffer sizable revenue potential,”he said.

Talking about the future ofthese coffee chains, he said, “Westrongly believe that with therobust economic growth, decentpopulation and per capitaincome levels along with con-sumers willingness to spendmore on modern food channelsin the background, the sectorhas favourable outlook.”

TRENDS

SHAKE-UP

Coffee shop chains, though contributing only two per cent of overall consumption, is instrumental in providing visibility to the beverage.

Since our country is a union of states, weabide by its federal character and, there-fore, are bound by the consensus on theissue,

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NEW YORK: Rupert Murdo c -h’s top newspaper lieutenant inBritain is to leave his post at theend of the year, it was anno un -ced Sunday, heralding the startof a major shake-up at parentcompany News Corporation.

The sudden departure ofTom Mockridge, chief executivesi n ce July 2011 of News Inte -rnational, which encompassesThe Sun, The Times, and The Su -nday Times in London, wasmade public by Murdoch him-

self. It sets the stage for arestructuring of News Corpo -ration into two separate divi-sions with a pu blishing armcontrolling new spapers and anentertainment bu siness control-ling the company’s televisionand film interests.

That recently announcedmove came in the wake of heavycriticism, including from share-holders, about the company’shandling of a phone hacking sc -andal.

Mockridge’s decision toleave also comes amid muchspeculation that he was to missout on the top job at News Corp’s new publishingdivision.

The favourite for that post isreportedly Robert Thomson, thetop executive at the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal andDow Jones Newswires, and aformer editor of The Times inLondon.

AFP

Murdoch’s UK newspaper chief to resign

Number of coffee shopsin India: 2,100

Percentage of consumers in Indiawho prefer consumption at shop

itself : 95%Percentage of consumers preferring

on site consumption in the US:Around 60%

Per capita consumption of coffee inIndia: 100g

Tea consumption: 1kgSoft drink consumption:

About 7 litres pa.Alcohol (beer and spirits) per capita

consumption: Under 2 litres

News Corp split in Dec?LONDON: RupertMurdoch’s plans to split hismedia conglomerate NewsCorp. into two separate firmscould be realised before theend of the year, DailyTelegraph reported. Thetycoon’s proposal to spin offthe company’s troubled pub-lishing arm was due to becompleted by June.

GAY PRIDE

LGBT community people during the Bangalore Pride & Karnataka Queer Habba 2012 rally in Bangalore onSunday. PTI

nationMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

11PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS FOR THE DAYParliament adjourned for the day after obituary refer-ence to the passing away of former prime minister IKGujral.

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SRINAGAR: Amidst tight security,polling is underway today for the fourLegislative Council seats in Jammu andKashmir under the Panchayat quota.

The polls for the reserved seats arebeing held after a gap of 38 years as thePanchayat elections in the state wereheld last year after a gap over threedecades.As many as 33,450 panchayatmembers will decide the fate of 37 candi-dates in fray.

Election officials said while pollinghas been brisk in some areas of Jammu,the response so far in the Valley has beenpoor due to cold conditions early in themorning.

National Conference and Congress

— partners in the ruling coalition — arecontesting the elections jointly and havefielded two candidates each for the fourseats. The opposition parties, includingPDP and Panthers Party, have fieldedcandidates on all four seats while the BJPis contesting on three seats — two fromJammu region and one from KashmirValley. The BSP has also fielded threecandidates.

As many as 15,628 panchayat mem-bers will elect two MLCs in Jammu divi-sion from a total of 21 candidates, while17,912 members will cast their votes toelect two members from the 16 candi-dates in fray from Kashmir division.

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DEMOCRACY

TRANSITION

NEWS BRIEFS

MADURAI: Three persons werekilled on the spot and another injuredwhen the car they were travelling inrammed a roadside tree early thismorning at Alagapuri, about 50 kmfrom here, police said. The occupantsof the car were on their way toRajapalayam from Chennai when theaccident occurred after the driver lostcontrol of the car, they said. theinjured car driver has been hospitalised.

3 killed in accidentNEW DELHI: A Delhi Police headconstable committed suicide byshooting himself with his servicerevolver in a police station hereSunday evening, police said. Tejpal,49, shot himself in his right temple inhis room in Kanjhawala police station."Tejpal received an accident callaround 9.15 am and went to the spot.He returned around 3 pm, went to hisroom and shot himself," additionalDCP Mohammad Akhtar Rizvi said.

Delhi cop commits suicide

Polling underway forJ&K council seats

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena onMonday announced that allpowers of party president wouldnow vest with executive presi-dent Uddhav Thackeray.

An announcement in partymouthpiece Saamna said thedecision had been taken at ameeting of top party leaders atthe Thackeray residenceMatoshri.

"All the powers of Shiv SenaPramukh (chief) shall be withexecutive president UddhavThackeray. This has been decid-ed in a meeting of Shiv Senaleaders," the statement said, in adevelopment that was anticipat-ed.

Uddhav, 52, has been theparty's executive president since

2004. He will now be de factoparty president. His father BalThackeray had founded theparty and led it for over fourdecades till his death November17.

After Bal Thackeray's demise,a photograph with a sandalwoodgarland has been placed on thechair he regularly used.

"The party's first meeting washeld in 'Thackeray Durbar' (theroom where the garlanded pho-tograph of the late Shiv Senachief has been placed) where allthe leaders unanimouslyexpressed confidence in Uddhavand decided to authorise him(Uddhav Thackeray) to fulfil thelate Bal Thackeray's dreams," thestatement said. IANS

Uddhav holds‘durbar’

WorldMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

12KILLER OZ CROC WAS BEING FED BY LOCALS: COPSHopes were fading Monday for a nine-year-old boy taken by a four metre (13feet) crocodile in northern Australia, which police said was being fed by thelocal community. The child was swimming with a group of people at PortBradshaw on Saturday when he was grabbed.

THE UNSTABLE SUSPECTThe US military held WikiLeaks sus-pect Bradley Manning under strict“suicide watch” partly because hisgender identity struggle showed hewas mentally “not stable,” a witnesssaid Sunday. Manning, a formerarmy intelligence analyst in Iraq, isaccused of the biggest intelligenceleak in American history forallegedly passing a massive trove ofclassified documents to JulianAssange’s anti-secrecy website.Manning’s purported gender strug-gle came up at a pre-trial hearing ashis defense urged a military judgeto dismiss the case.

Rupert Murdoch’s top newspaperlieutenant in Britain is to leave hispost at the end of the year, it wasannounced Sunday, heralding thestart of a major shake-up at par-ent company News Corporation.The sudden departure of TomMockridge, chief executive sinceJuly 2011 of News International,which encompasses The Sun, TheTimes, and The Sunday Times inLondon, was made public byMurdoch himself.

CHANGE AT THE HELMTHE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

30people have died in Somali whenfierce clashes broke out betweentwo rival clans over grazing and

water rights.

The world said in aloud voice... yes to

the state of Palestine,yes to Palestine’s free-dom, yes to Palestine’sindependence, no toaggression, no tosettlements, no tooccupation.

Mahmoud AbbasPalestine leader

Colombia gives FARCone year for peace dealBOGOTA: President Juan ManuelSantos on Sunday warnedColombia’s Marxist FARC rebelsthey have less than a year to strikea deal under recently openedpeace talks aimed at ending LatinAmerica’s longest-running insur-gency. “This has to be a process ofmonths, rather than years,” thepresident said at an event.

War-era shell kills fourVietnamese childrenHANOI: A shell from the VietnamWar killed four children and seri-ously injured four other villagerswhen it exploded at a family party,police said Monday.

The children, a girl and threeboys aged between four and 11-years-old, died on Sunday afterfinding the unexploded shell whilethey played in a garden.

Pak seizes 14 tonnes ofbomb-making chemicalQUETTA, PAKISTAN: Pakistaniauthorities seized nearly 14 tonnesof potassium chlorate, a key ingre-dient in bomb-making, from a busin the country’s violent and unsta-ble southwest on Sunday, officialssaid. The haul was made when offi-cials acting on a tip-off stopped abus just outside the city of Quettaloaded with the substance.

Jailed Cuba contractor’swife pans ‘negligent’ USWASHINGTON: Three yearsafter Cuba arrested American con-tractor Alan Gross, his wife is blam-ing a “totally negligent”Washington for his plight and fearsthe Castro regime has no concernfor his future. Judith Gross protest-ed in front of the Cuban InterestsSection in Washington on Sunday.

AFP

NEWS BRIEFS

SYRIAN CRISIS

(Above) US First Lady Michelle Obama and US PresidentBarack Obama at the Kennedy Centre on Sunday inWashington, DC. (Anti-clockwise from top left) Oscar winnerDustin Hoffman, the Late Night Show host David LettermanRobert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin,ballerina Natalia Makarova, and Blues musician Buddy Guywere each honored for their lifetime contributions to the arts.

AFP/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

DAMASCUS: A car bombrocked Syria’s third largestcity Homs on Sunday killing15 people, state media said, asthe army hammered rebel posi-tions around Damascus in astrategic assault aimed at secur-ing the capital.

Shell fire from Syria, mean-while, hit a Turkish border townlate Saturday, without causingcasualties. It was the first cross-border shelling since Ankararequested that NATO deployPatriot air defence missiles onthe restive frontier.

“A terrorist attack struckthe Hamra district of Homs,”the state SANA news agencysaid, adding that it killed 15people and wounded 24 inthe government-held neigh-bourhood. State television said

it was a car bombing.The Syrian Observatory for

Human Rights also reported acar bombing in Homs.

“The blast hit an area wherethere is a large vegetable mar-

ket,” the Britain-based watch-dog said.

“The Hamra neighbour-hood has been under regimecontrol throughout the revolt,”its director Rami Abdel Rahman

told AFP.Amateur video footage post-

ed online by opposition activistsshowed the bodies of at leastthree victims, including awoman buried in the rubble of abuilding as a car burned not faraway.

Another video showed aninjured child lying in hospital,wailing in pain.

Straight after the attack,hundreds of people started toprotest against President Basharal-Assad, according to activists,with some blaming the regimefor the bomb attack.

Homs was one of the cradlesof the armed uprising againstAssad’s rule, earning it the mon-icker of “capital of the revolu-tion” from opposition activists.

AFP

15 killed in Homs blastThe army hammered rebel positions around Damascus

Chem weapon fears

Turkish officials say they haveevidence Assad regime could

resort to ballistic missiles if aircampaign against rebels fails. Arequest by Turkey for NatoPatriot missile defences to bedeployed on its territory fol-lowed intelligence that theSyrian government was contem-plating the use of missiles, pos-sibly with chemical warheads.Bashar al-Assad’s regime mightresort to missiles and chemicalweapons in a desperate lasteffort to survive, sources said.

Delay for Patriots

Even if NATO foreign ministersapprove Turkey’s request to

deploy Patriot missiles on theborder with Syria as expected, itwill still take some weeks to getthem in place, a top US officialsaid Monday. The United Stateswas “hopeful that NATO will bein a position to respond posi-tively and agree to help Turkeybolster its air defences,” a seniorofficial said. but added that, “itwouldn’t be an absolutelyimmediate deployment,” hintingat the delay.

NUMEROLOGY

THE RISE AND FALL OF GROUPON

Zynga and Facebook parted ways earli-er this week and their stock prices havebeen diving since then. The company’sstock prices have been on the declinefor a while because of a decline in thenumber of people playing Farmvilleand other games by the company.Zynga is hoping that it will have moresuccess as a standalone, but everyoneelse believes they will have more suc-cess if they shift their focus entirely tomobile. Whatever be the case,Facebook users can rejoice that they’llbe getting fewer Farmville requestsfrom their friends.


Startup Village, a mobile startupincubator in Kochi, Kerala becamethe first place in India to get 1Gbps internet connection and theteam behind the venture is aim-ing to incubate 1,000 startups in10 years. This venture proves thatit is actually possible to roll outhigh-speed broadband in India,but it needs to be seen if a massroll out of such a service is feasi-ble. India currently lags behind inInternet adoption and those whodo have access get a very lowspeed in comparison to mostcountries. Other Indian statesespecially Andhra Pradesh andKarnataka needs to learn fromthis initiative and start rolling outsimilar services.

LOST THEIR ZING?

PHEW THAT’S FAST!

BitTorrent, the company behind theinfamous torrent file sharing sys-tem wants to go legit. Theyannounced their plans to tie-upwith the entertainment industry.BitTorrent says that there is achance that the industry might usetorrents to distribute their work ata low cost to its 40 million users —more than Hulu, Netflix, andSpotify combined. The company’splan sound a little too ambitiousconsidering how much Hollywoodhates torrents, that too at a timewhen they are trying unsuccessful-ly to shut down Piratebay. Thecompany has no plans to set up astore and will only offer the tech-nology needed to distributed thecontent.

BITTORRENT GOES LEGIT

Technology 13Andrew Mason, who founded Groupon, theonline discounter, has seen his company'sstock take a nosedive since its IPO lastyear. We take a look at the company’sstratospheric rise and catastrophic fall.

POSITIONMASONARY

2008Groupon is launched.The idea that would eventually evolveinto Groupon was born out of the frustra-tion site founder Andrew Mason felt whentrying to cancel a mobile phone contract.

350The number of people

employed by Groupon with-in 18 months of opera-

tions begin-ning.

$1bnGroupon was worth $1 billion after

just 16 months in business. The onlywebsite to reach that number faster

was YouTube, which reached thatnumber in 12 months.

GROUPON ACQUISITIONSMyCityDeal , ClanDescuento,

Qpod.jp, Darberry.ru, Beeconomic.com.Groupon bought the Indian deal-of-the-

day website SoSasta.com in January2011, and re-branded it as "Crazeal byGroupon Inc". Groupon also acquired

GroupsMore.com in Malaysia toexpand its business there. Prior to these

acquisitions, Groupon had bought outthe mobile technology company

Mob.ly. In January 2012, the companyacquired Mertado, a social shoppingservice based on the Facebook plat-

form. In May 2012, Groupon acquiredBreadcrumb, a point of sale system andiPad app that targets local restaurants.

THE OFFERSIn October 2010, Yahoo! was

rumoured to have offered over $3 bil-lion to acquire Groupon. On November

30, 2010, it was reported that Googleoffered $5.3 billion with a $700 million

earnout to acquire Groupon and wasrejected on December 3, 2010.

THE FALLIn early November of 2012,

Groupon reported they had missedtheir third quarter revenue estimates,

posting a revenue of $586.6 millionwhile estimates were at $591 million.

This caused Groupon's stocks to fall toas low as $2.93/share early in the trad-ing day. Groupon has said to have lost80% of its value since its initial public

offering over one year ago.Since Groupon’s IPO on November

4, 2011 the company continues to see anumber of Groupon management staff

leaving the company.On April 13, 2012, Groupon

announced that Groupon Head ofInternational Marc Samwer was leav-

ing the company, and on May 31,2012, it was reported that Groupon

Australia and New Zealand Head ofMarketing Elisa Chan had left

Groupon. Shortly after Groupon'slock-up period expired on June 1,

2012, it was reported that Daniel PGlasner (co-founder and managing

director at Groupon GmbH) andPhilipp Magin (CEO & co-founder

at CityDeal GmbH) were leavingGroupon.

In August, 2012, two ofGroupon's key

sales executives left the company.On August 21, 2012, it was reported

that Groupon’s top saleswoman andvice president

of business development JaynaCooke had left Groupon. Later thesame week, on August 24, 2012, itwas announced that Senior Sales

Executive Lee Brown would beleaving Groupon.

HOW DOESGROUPON MAKE MONEY?

Groupon makes its money bytaking a commission on every

“Deal of the Day” that getstriggered. A predetermined number

of shoppers have to purchasethe deal before money

changes hands.

I just thoughtthere has to be a

large number of peo-ple with these sameproblems, and if wewere united in someway, we couldleverage our col-lective power.

Andrew Mason

POLITICS

CommentMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSIt’s a bit hard to describe people who did many things in their life. Howwould you describe Harriet Tubman? Abolishionist, humanitarian, Unionspy? The only perfect description is that she was a good woman, nothingmore, nothing less.

Aseasoned politicalobserver needs noresearch or astro-logical acumen topredict political

behaviour. I would humblyclaim credit for foreseeing theCongress game long ago. In theplural democracy of India it hasalways been the practice of thedisgruntled or the righteous toleave the parent party, float achota party, and swim or sin. Ifswims, he’ll be welcomed intothe parent fold terming it a‘home coming.’ The only excep-tion to this general behaviourhas been the MarxistCommunist party which oncechucks a leader out haunts himto his grave. The only one tosurvive this cruelty has beenveteran communist MVRaghavan of Kerala who onparting ways with the CPMfloated a CMP and survived allthese years.

Jagan Mohan’s YSRC is noexception to the rule of ‘happyhomecoming.’ Efforts creditedto the ‘young brigade’ of RahulGandhi are in full swing tryingto ‘assess’ public opinion on theadvisability of welcoming theYSRC back to the Congress. It isclear to all had Jagan beenproved a flop, he’d be resting inthe nearest municipal dustbin.

Postnoon also claims creditfor pointing out there exists aquid pro quo when the YSRCvoted Pranab Mukherjee for

president. The Congress hadsent the MIM leader AsaduddinOwaisi with a nosegay to meetJagan. It was only to be believedthat Jagan had extracted a price

for his support, only it shouldnot be seen so soon.

The game of the Congresstherefore is clear as follows. Theparty would have an electoral

understanding, or even embraceJagan back to the fold before thegeneral elections saying a‘prodigal son has returnedhome.’ This would give teeth tothe tottering Congress allthrough the state except inTelangana. The only other thornwould then be the TRS, whichthe Congress plans to have abait before the elections. Sincethe Congress has many tongues,one of them will speak of thedeadline for creating T which,after the elections will betermed, a slip of tongue.

The Congress knows toowell that the TDP has lost itssteam. The only time TDPstirred the state’s political potwas when Chandrababu Naiduannounced 50 per cent seats toSCs. Suddenly, the Congressremembered the SCs along withSTs and came out with a Bill thathad been gathering dust in theparty attic.

If the YSRC and Jagan areable to bring home bacon, theCongress, say political leaders,would not hesitate to hand overthe rein to the YSR II. With thisthe ‘glorious’ period of YSRwould return which is charac-terised by many acts that havenot been publicly audited.

Where will Kiran be? Well,he himself knows and has saidon occasions, power comes andgoes.

He only has to wait for awhile before meaty assignmentscame searching for him. And,Botsa, thanks to his caste votebank will be protected. All willsing tumty..tumty..tum.

Happy days are hereagain!!!!

Stronger gun laws needed

When we debate about the need for the right to keep guns, we must consider the following incidents:the Colorado shooting, the Gurdwara shooting, and the incident where an NFL player shot himself

in the head after gunning down his girlfriend. The earlier ones have been discussed in detail, but the lastone is the latest. All who know Jovan Belcher remembers him to be a nice fella with an infectious smile,

and good with kids. Everything seemed promising with a pretty girlfriend, a two-year old kid with herand a very successful career. All of this crashed to the ground when he shot her multiple times after an

argument with her. And after that he drove off to his training facility and while thanking everyone aroundfor what they did for him, walked away and shot himself in the head. A tragic end to a wonderful life.

Another incident is reported from France where a man miffed with his neighbours for their loud partyingunleashed havoc after walking into their house and opened fire. Two died. Words fail to describe such

lack of compassion where the first resort when we feel wronged is to eliminate the source. Do we needmore reasons for stronger gun laws, be it in America or anywhere in the world?

His last bow

And so a grand era in worldcricket has ended. Ponting

just made eight runs beforewalking away unable to doanything to plug the Proteus’spommelling like he used to inhis heydays. Everyone has theirprime and he has had his andnow it’s time to call it day.Despite all that, he will beremembered for his pullshotsand a terrific cricketing brain.

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

Every great dreambegins with a

dreamer. Alwaysremember, you havewithin you the strength,the patience, and thepassion to reach forthe stars to changethe world.

Harriet TubmanHumanitarian

HARD TALKPK Surendran

REIN OF YSR II SOON

The death ofEntertainment

By now, most of you willhave realised that BBChas shut down its BBC

Entertainment channel in India.No longer will we able to watchTop Gear, Come Dine With Me, Dr

Who, or the Graham Norton Show;all we’re left with is highly-cen-sored drivel courtesy the other

channels. BBC’s reason is that itcouldn’t monetise the channel

and hence took what seems to bea purely financial decision. But

on the forums people are upset.One irate lass wrote that nowshe finally understands why

people download programmesoff the internet and that shewould be doing that in the

future too. India has some verygood English TV channels,

showing some great shows. Butwith the censors running amok,almost all of them have become

unwatchable. My question is why bother

showing programmes that havenudity and bad language if all

you’re going to do is edit theoffending scenes (many times

extremely important to the nar-rative). In India we will neverhave the pleasure of watching

Homeland, Shameless orBreaking Bad simply because

someone’s moral compasstwitches wildly at the sight of

skin. With the demise of BBC

Entertainment we’ve lost a greatchannel, one that hovered abovethe Reality TV trash that passesfor entertainment. We will missit, and I only hope that at some

point in the future the BBCdecides that its fans are more

important than money.Delusional? Yes. Hopeful? Mostcertainly. After all, it is the BBC.

THE HUMAN CONDITIONDean Williams

campusMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

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AMY ROSE [email protected]

Come January and thefest season in collegesbegins. College campus-es are now abuzz with

preparations which commencetwo months before their annualfest. These events test students’managerial skills since they planeverything from the sponsors tothe events.

CBIT's Carpediem,Arthashastra in St. Francis,Summons of Nalsar, Elan in IITHyderabad, Arora College'sAbhiyaan and Felicity in IIIThave been some of the fests thathave made a name for themselvesin the city. These fests has stu-dents from across the state andalso from other parts of the coun-try taking part in them.

College fests are a platform toshowcase their talent with eventssuch as dance, music, quizzes,debates and literary competitionsand more being conducted dur-ing the fest. But more important-ly, the entrepreneurial and man-agerial skills of the students arealso tested as they are the ones

who raise the big bucks (runninginto lakhs), organise the eventsand manage the publicity of thefest.

Since funds and sponsor-ships determine the extravaganceof the fest, the fund raising bitbegins early on. Some colleges inthe city are also coming up withunique strategies that help in rais-ing more money. For instance, forSpectrum organised at NationalInstitute of Fashion Technology,each student was promised ashare of the amount of sponsor-ship that they raised.

Utkarsh Kumar who is part ofthe organising committee ofSpetctrum says, “It is only afterwe raise enough money that wedecide on the events and thecelebrities that we'd call for thefunction. Also the student whosucceed in getting sponsorshipfrom a company gets to keep tenper cent of the money. So if a stu-dent manages one lakh thenhe/she will earn 10 per cent of itwhich is `10,000. This way, morestudents will be encouraged intrying their luck at convincingpeople to donate for the fest. Wehave to approach clients with a

letter issued from the collegewhich states the budget of thefest. Our work of finding spon-sors becomes all the more easier ifwe find media partners. Theygive us free publicity and thereare times when people get toknow about the fest through thearticles and posters and come for-ward to donate money. Apartfrom the fund raising, anotherprogramme we start early, is theauditions for the students whowould want to participate in thefest. Since it is an open event, weselect students from other col-leges to be models in the fashionshow that is organised as part ofthe event.”

The head of the organisingcommittee of Carpediem, whichis the fest organised at ChaitanyaBharathi Institute of Technology

once in two years, Sahidh Reddysays that most of the money goesfor roping in artists. LastCarpediem saw Parikrama andVishal and Shekhar performing atthe do.

“Most of the guests who gracethe occasion during the fest comewithout charging money sincethe funds raised during the festare donated to NGOs. However,artists refuse to come without themoney. And usually it is due tothis that we need to raise bigbucks.” He goes on to add thatthere around 200 students whoare involved in the event. “Thereis a core team that comprises of 20students. And each of themwould be heading a differentdepartment which includes pub-licity, management, events andsponsorship. The toughest part ofthe fest is managing studies andfest together. Two months beforethe fest we tend to miss a lot ofclasses since we have to manageeverything from scratch,” he says.

These fests provide studentswith real life experiences wherethey could think beyond class-rooms and get a taste of the realworld.

IT’S FESTIVAL TIMEFeaturing performances of A-list celebrities and budgets touching `40 lakh, college

fests are getting bigger and better with each passing year

Fests test students’managerial skills sincethey have to organiseeverything fromscratch and raisemoney for the event.


18BOLLYWOOD MASALASpoil is hosting Bollywood Night tonight. So, head to the pub and danceto the latest Bollywood chartbusters.

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TAKING CENTRESTAGETheatre lovers in thecity were treated toSalt n Pepper, a playstarring Mandira Bedi,Kuki Grewal, DarshanJariwala and VikramKochhar. The play wasstaged at ShilpakalaVedika on Sundaynight. Spotted wereArchie Paranji, Rimlyand others.

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LONGER SLEEP LOWERS SENSITIVITY TO PAINLonger hours of snoozing for those who are mildly sleep deprived helps promote daytimealertness and reduces pain sensitivity, says a study. "We were surprised by the magnitudeof the reduction in sensitivity, when compared to the reduction produced by takingcodeine," said a researcher.health


19Banish dry skin this winter

The weather outside might be dry and dull, but your skin need not. Winter skin care mightseem challenging, but if you know exactly what your skin needs, it can be a breeze. Read on.

Winter is here and you’re all excitedabout bringing out those stylishwoollens and mits. But you’re lack-lustre and dry skin is leaving you

looking horrible. Winter skin care is always a bitof a pain isn’t it? Try as you might there arealways patches of white, dry skin. And if luck isreally not on your side, then the dry skin can flareup into rashes, leaving you with an extra problemto deal with. However, it is really not all thatimpossible to have soft and supple skin this win-ter. You just need to know how.

WHY DRY SKINIn winter the low temperatures, low humidity andharsh winds rob the skin of its natural moisturecontent leaving it dry and patchy. True that in

Hyderabad we don’t have severe winters, but thedry air is enough to complicate matters for theskin. Also the extra long hot baths that we takein winters causes the skin to dry out even faster.

WHAT YOU CAN DO“Products with harsh chemicals do more harmthan good when it comes to dealing with dryskin. Use a mild body wash instead, prefer-ably one that has phetyl alcohol.Moisturising is extremely important duringwinter. One should carefully choose a mois-turiser depending on their skin type. Forinstance, there are moisturisers with glycer-ine, paraffin, petroleum and even aloe. Itdepends what suits an individual,”explains Dr Sunitha Sekhar Reddy, der-matologist at ADI clinic.

She adds that it is necessary to mois-turise skin twice daily as sometimes thedry skin can flare up in to an eczema,especially in the elderly. “In case ofeczema, a doctor will prescribe a topi-

cal steroid for a few days toreduce the rashes. Somepeople might not respondto this treatment and thenwe look for other possiblecauses like haemoglobinlevels and hormonalissues,” says Dr Sunitha.“Since children’s skin ismore sensitive, it is advis-able to make them wearclothing that covers up alarger surface area and pre-vents dryness. Avoid usingbesan etc on their skin as itfurther dries the skin. Alsooil hair regularly to preventdryness,” she says.

SKIN CARE

RANJANI [email protected]

WINTERCARE

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Body gives off heatYour body gives offenough heat in 30 min-utes to bring half a gallonof water to a boil. Ifyou’ve seen the Matrixyou are aware of the

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Be battle readyn Check with a specialist: A dermatologist will

analyse your skin and prescribe the rightmoisturiser to help you sail through winter,dry skin-free.

n Moisturise more: You’ve got to change yourskin care routine. It can’t be an all-season fitsone. So come winter find a moisturiser thatworks best for you and ensure that you use itat least twice a day.

n Use sunscreen: Just because it is winter youcan’t ditch the sunscreen. Please slather it onto prevent any skin damage.

n Pamper your hands: They are the mostneglected parts of the body. Since the skin onyour hands is thinner it needs more moisturis-ing. Use a good hand cream to keep them softand supple.

n Grease your feet: You need a stronger footcream in the winter. So slather on and wear asock to seal in the moisture for pretty crack-free feet.

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LONDON: High salt levels incheese may be fuelling an epi-demic of high blood pressure(BP) linked to strokes, heartattacks and thousands of prema-ture deaths, claims a group thatworks towards greater aware-ness of the effects of salt onhealth.

Cheese can contain as muchsalt as junk food products, saysConsensus Action on Salt andHealth (CASH).

A bit of cheddar was found tohave a greater amount of saltthan a bag of crisps, while feta,halloumi and other populartypes contain higher levels of saltthan seawater.

CASH chairman GrahamMacGregor, professor of cardio-vascular medicine at the WolfsonInstitute here, said: “We urge thegovernment to stop dragging itsheels and set new, lower, targetsfor cheese manufacturers to worktowards. Even small reductionswill have large health benefits.”

“For every one gram reduc-tion in population salt intake, wecan prevent 12,000 heart attacks,stroke and heart failure, half ofwhich would have been fatal,”McGregor added, the Daily Mailreports.

Cheese, which also usuallycarries high levels of saturatedfat, is the third-biggest contribu-tor of salt to the national diet,after bread and bacon.

Together, these alone areresponsible for the recommend-ed daily intake of six grams -about a teaspoon - being exceed-ed by over a third. The averageintake is 8.1g a day. Doctors saysalt is a major factor in highblood pressure.

A survey of products byCASH found that the saltiestoption on the high street wasroquefort, with one gram in atypical portion of 30g. However,CASH did find that it is possiblefor shoppers to switch to rela-tively low-salt or even salt-freecheese for a healthier option. IANS

Salty reasonto go easyon cheese

STUDY

‘Genome mapping maystop superbug deaths’

According to Australian researchers, genome mapping could prove key in preventingsuperbugs in hospitals . This could prevent countless deaths in the future.

SYDNEY: Genome mappingcould prove key in preventingsuperbugs in hospitals, anAustralian researcher said, urg-ing its use to prevent countlessdeaths from antibiotic-resistantinfections.

Mark Walker, director of theAustralian Infectious DiseasesResearch Centre at theUniversity of Queensland, saidthe technology would allowmedical staff to determinewhether patients had contract-ed identical bugs.

Tracing the source of aninfection would then becomesimpler and health workerscould concentrate theirresources on controlling itsspread.

“What we’ve done isdemonstrated that the technolo-gy is able to answer questionsthat could not previously beasked,” Walker told AFP afterhis research was published inthe US journal Science.

“That has potential toanswer specific questions in thehospital setting that will help incontrolling... hospital acquiredinfections.”

Until now, he said, it hadbeen impossible to knowwhether closely-related bacteriacausing infections were trans-ferred from patient to patient,or were being passed on bypoor clinical practice, a carrier, acontaminated instrument orsomething else.

By taking a bacteria samplefrom an infected patient andsequencing the genome, aresearcher ends up with sometwo or three million base piecesof paired genetic information.

They can then compare the

sequence to that of a sampletaken from another patient anddetermine whether or not theyhave an identical bug.

“If you know that the bacte-ria is absolutely identical, thenthat really confirms that whatyou’re seeing in a hospitalwhere people are getting sick isthat the bug is transferred,” hesaid. He said in one instance inBritain this type of approachdetermined that cases of a bugin a neo-natal ward were identi-cal, prompting the hospital totest all health workers.

One was revealed to be thecarrier of a reservoir of a bugwhich ended up causing infec-tions in babies from time totime. The worker, who was notsick, was treated and the out-

break cleared up.“This is where this type of

technology is really powerful,”said Walker.

He said genomics had beenaround for some time but it wasonly recently that the technolo-gy had become available toallow genome sequencingrapidly and in an almost cost-effective manner.

“This is a new way of doingit that needs to be taken up,” hesaid.“It’s another way andimproved way to help preventinfections.” AFP

RESEARCH

Mark Walker, said thetechnology wouldallow medical staff todetermine whetherpatients had contract-ed identical bugs.

We are moving to anew City. While myhusband and I are

excited, my 8-year-old is veryupset as she will leave herfriends and the house wherewe are living now. We areshifting in two weeks and Iam worried. what should I do.

For a child, their world is madeup of the things they are

around, thus when a child is toldof a move away from the thingsthey hold dear to them, life canfeel like its falling apart. Moving

away from extended family,close friends, school teachers,

and their school is very hard fora child. Often thus, children will

react with anger, irritability, tearfulness and will withdraw in

an attempt to express howupset they feel. It is normal for a

child to feel this way at first. Inorder to help a child, there are a

few things you can do to makethem feel better and help by

making their transitionsmoother. Start by letting them

know the about the move asearly as you can. Once you tell

them about the move, makesure you allow them to have any

reaction that they might have.Usually children have lots of

questions when presented withnew information. If your child

has questions, answer the ques-tions as honestly as possible. If

you don’t know an answer themas best you can. While you

should allow them to expresstheir feelings and allow them tobe upset if they need to be, it is

also important to make sure youmake it clear that the move is

happening and there is notgoing to be change of plans. Ifyou child doesn’t want to talk,

allow them the space they needwhile also letting them know

that you are there for them.Given that you have to move, goahead with your plans and try toinvolve your child in the packing

and decision making to theextent possible. Stay positiveand eventually your child willaccept the decision. After the

move, ensure that you helpbring life back to a routine.The writer is a counselling

psychologist at the HyderabadAcademy of Psychology. You can

write to her [email protected]

Dr Diana MonteiroGrowing pains‘MOVING IS DIFFICULT FOR CHILDREN’

EntertainmentMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

21SAROCHARU’S AUDIO OUT ON DEC 5Aditya Music is going to launch the audio of RaviTeja’s upcoming film Sarocharu on December 5.Kajal and Richa have played the lead roles.Parasuram has directed the film.

SVSC’s audio launchon Dec 15

The audio of MaheshBabu, Venkatesh starrer

Seethamma VaakitloSirimalle Chettu is goingto be launched onDecember 15. Samanthaand Anjali are also playinglead roles. Srikanth Addalais directing the film andMickey J Meyer has com-posed the music. The filmwill release on January 11.

Tamannaah signs Ajith’sfilm

Tamannaah is all set to makeher comeback in Tamil and she

has signed Ajith’s upcoming film.This is her first Tamil film sinceVenghai, which released back inJuly, 2011. Shouryam Shiva isgoing to direct this mass enter-tainer. Devi Sri Prasad will becomposing the music and thisuntitled film will go on floors inMarch 2013.

Nagarjuna heads toBangkok

Nagarjuna is going to join theteam of his upcoming film in

Dasarath’s direction in Bangkok.The film will be shot there for thenext 25 days and most part of thefilm will be wrapped up in thisschedule. Nayanthara is paired upwith Nagarjuna in this film. DSivaprasad Reddy is producingthis love story and Thaman isscoring the music.

CINE BYTESCONTROVERSY KING

VISHWAROOPAMcourts big trouble in TN

Theatre owners are up in arms against Kamal Haasan who’s planningto air Vishwaroopam on DTH services on the day of the film’s release

Kamal Haasan isonce again courtingcontroversy inTamil Nadu and if

the issue is not resolvedsoon, there’s a chance that hisupcoming filmVishwaroopam might even bebanned by theatre owners.The film’s first look waslaunched earlier this yearand since then Kamal Haasanhad been waiting for theright moment to release the

film. In Vishwaroopam,Kamal Haasan has played thelead role in, apart from writ-ing, producing and directingthe film. Last week, heannounced that the film willbe released on January 11and just when he was aboutto strike a deal with a promi-nent distributor in TamilNadu, the latter was shockedto hear Kamal Haasan’s planto air the film directly onDTH services like Tata Sky,

Airtel right on the day of itstheatrical release.Apparently, Kamal Haasanhas struck a `50 crore dealwith various DTH operatorsto air the film in Telugu,Tamil and Hindi right on theday of its release.

While this is a big stepforward in terms of howfilms are going to be dis-tributed in future, the theatreowners are extremely upsetsince they’ll have to suffer

heavy losses due to a signifi-cant drop in theatrical collec-tions, if Kamal Haasan hashis way. We hear that theyhave urged Kamal Haasan todrop his idea and if not, theymight even have to ban thefilm from releasing in the-atres in Tamil Nadu. The con-troversy is still raging and afinal decision is expected tobe taken later this month.

Shankar Ehsaan and Loyhave composed the music

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BREAKING THE NORM

‘Paani’ is a mission:Shekhar KapurAcclaimed director Shekhar

Kapur, who is known formaking films like Masoom, MrIndia and Bandit Queen, hastermed his new work Paani amission. “Paani is a film, butmuch more. Paani is a passion,but much more. Paani is a mis-sion,” Kapur tweeted Saturday.The film is based in a futureworld where wars over waterhave broken out. IANS

‘There is cynicism ineveryone’s life today’

Actor Vivek Oberoi, whohas been a part of

many social causes, believes thatcynicism has become a part of

everybody’s life today. “It (book)addresses the cynicism, unfortu-

nately which is growing so fast,whether it’s the kids today,

whether its our television hosts—everybody has a slice of cynicism

in their life today,” he says.

Unlike other Bollywoodcelebrities, Karan

Johar is hardly involvedin any controversies. The

filmmaker says all of itdepends upon how clean a

person is at heart.“If you are clean in your

heart, you will be clean inyour actions as well,” he says.

‘If your heart is clean, your actions are clean’

KAREENA

Post Talaash, Saifplans to throwparty for

Kareena Kapoor is getting ravereviews for her performance inReema Kagti’s Talaash, and hus-band Saif Ali Khan is planning tothrow a small party to celebrate

the actress’ success.“Saif is still in Lucknow shooting for his

film. He is very excited as he has been receiv-ing messages from our family and friendsabout my performance in Talaash,” Kareena.

“He was happy about the fact that this ismy first big film after our wedding and wehave broken the norm to prove that even mar-ried women can get the box office going. Saifand I are quite thrilled about this and Saif isplanning for a small party with friends andfamily as soon as he is back. He wants to havea small get together, now let us see howthings fall in place,” she added. Kareenaand Saif exchanged wedding vows lastmonth in an intimate ceremony.

A decade after Chameli,Kareena once again plays the roleof a prostitute in Talaash. Theactress is delighted that her per-formance in the new film hasbeen accepted well by theaudience.

“It’s quite ironic that Idid Chameli when I was 22and I did Talaash when Iam 32. So exactly after adecade I played a prosti-tute’s role and both myroles were accepted wellby the audience,”Kareena said.

“It is easy to dosong and dance,though it is a part ofme and my USP, butI feel really blessedto play somethinglike this onscreen,” sheadded.


Dennis Quaid files fordivorce

Dennis Quaid is pullinghis half of the plug.

About a month and a halfafter wife Kimberly filedfor a legal separation, theVegas star has filed fordivorce, citing irreconcil-able differences andrequesting joint legal andphysical custody of their 5-year-old twins. He alsoexpressed his willingness topay spousal support.

Casablanca sequel:here’s looking at you, kid

According to a planned sequelto the 1942 classic, the cou-

ple, played by Ingrid Bergmanand Humphrey Bogart, had achild together who was broughtup in America by Lund and herhusband, the principled humani-tarian Victor Laszlo.The sequel, Return to Casablancaor As Time Goes By, is beingdeveloped in Hollywood.

Miley Cyrus loves honestOsbourne

Singer Miley Cyrus believes sheand singer Kelly Osbourne are

such good friends because theyshare an honest nature. “I like itwhen people are honest. Like, if Ilook bad, I want you to tell me if Ilook bad. I’ve always been thatperson,” okmagazine.com quotedCyrus as saying. ‘’I really like hon-est people and I think that’s whyme and Kelly get along so well,”she says.

CINE BYTES SYMBOL OF LOVE

splashes75,000pounds onNoddy carpainting

Pitt

Actor Brad Pitt hasreportedly spent

a whopping75,000 pounds on a

Noddy car painting byiconic artist Bambi as a

gift to his partnerAngelina Jolie on

Christmas.Pitt commissioned an

oil painting of him,Angelina and their six

children in a bright redand yellow Noddy car.

The couple and their sixkids, Maddox, 11, Pax,

eight, Zahara, seven,Shiloh, six, and four-

year-old twins Knox andVivienne, love the Noddy

and Big-Ears stories byEnid Blyton.

“The Jolie-Pitt chil-dren love Noddy; they

each have a Noddy car,”dailystar.co.uk quoted a

source as saying.“Brad wants the

painting to be a surpriseChristmas present to

hang in the kids’ play-room. The artwork titledThe Rainbow Family will

show all six childrensquashed into a Noddy

car with a shadowy Bradand Angie in the back-ground. Brad asked if

there could be extra spaceleft for future children,”

the source added. IANS

Chai TimeMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

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ACROSS1 Best toys in the whirl?5 Sound of shock9 Casino moneymakers14 Friend in war15 Bit of fishing gear16 Horse-drawn cart17 Lender's security18 Vicinity19 Vital artery20 2005 Samuel L

Jackson biopic23 Clairvoyance, briefly24 To this day25 Poetry foot27 Filmdom's Fernando

or Lorenzo31 Countless centuries33 Yemen neighbor37 Prayer39 Wacko40 ‘Living’ payment41 It may take place in

the conference room44 All set for

slumbering45 ___ Dee River

(Carolinas waterway)

46 Oakland pro47 Far from plentiful48 Add to the kitty50 Bas-relief medium51 Go it alone53 Costa del ___55 ‘___ the ramparts ...’

58 Most severe, or leastsevere

64 Decisive evidence66 Like many a

chocolate cake67 Covering of an

orange68 Bone below the

femur69 East Asian weight

unit70 On the edge of one's

seat71 Fishhook-to-line con-

nection72 Navy rival in football73 Foundation

DOWN1 The softest mineral2 Eclectic assortment3 Answer to a judge4 In ___ (harmonized)5 What's said before

dinner6 Make soda water, eg7 Person with a vision8 What a Top 40 hit

goes, often9 Act like the birds in

‘The Birds’10 Doctor in a 1964

movie11 Folklore meanie12 Tater tasties13 Break under strain

21 Green tea type22 A time to dye26 The Cat in the Hat

wore one27 Pneumonia type28 Caribbean island29 Cheap so-and-so30 Actors' lines to no

one in particular32 Beginning34 Female domestics35 Mother Teresa's real

first name36 United ___ College

Fund38 Katmandude?42 Madrid

mademoiselle43 Image on pre-1999

quarters49 Hold in regard52 Butcher's scraps54 In a strange manner55 Gets off the

metaphorical fence56 ‘___ go bragh’57 Father Time's garb59 Appendectomy

evidence60 Snatch61 Capital in the Baltics62 One of the first

people mentioned inGenesis

63 Sword feature65 Crude in a tanker

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How to playkakuroKakuro is a populargame similar to sudokuin some ways. But is alsosuitably different. Thekey question: ‘How doyou play kakuro?’, wellhere are the rules ofkakuro. The answer: Thekakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of anysize. It has rows andcolumns, and dark cellslike in a crossword. And,just like in a crossword,some of the dark cellswill contain numbers.Some cells will containtwo numbers.

However, in a cross-word the numbers refer-ence clues. In a kakuro,the numbers are all youget! They denote thetotal of the digits in therow or column refer-

enced by the number.Within each collection

of cells — called a run— any of the numbers 1to 9 may be used but,like sudoku, each num-ber may only be usedonce.Let’s have anexample to explain thisconcept more clearly:

In the imageabove, which shows asection of a kakuro puz-zle, you will see thenumbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ inthe top row. Look at the14. This means that thetotal of the three cellsunderneath must sum to14. Therefore 9, 4, 1could be the answer, orperhaps 7, 4, 3 and so

on... So, how do you work

out the actual combina-tion? Well, this is donethrough elimination andcross-referencing. Forinstance, as you workout the answers forother kakuro clues, thiswill naturally limit thevalid combinations, andhence the answer forthis particular run.

Note the second cellin row two — it containstwo numbers, 30 and11. The 30 refers to thevertical run underneaththe number 30 and the11 refers to the two cellsto the right, horizontally,of the number 11.

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ARIESYou will gain in all areas with achange in approach. All worksget completed successfully dueto this drastic change in you.VIP friendship likely. A cheerfulatmosphere will prevail at ho -me. Friendship circle will expa -nd with which you beneficial.

ARIES: Ten of Wands – It’salright to be average and not to bepressured by the thought of beingthe best all the time, every time. Youcannot excel each time. So relax.

GEMINI: Seven of Cups –You seem obsessed with money. Youare caught in the trap of the materialworld and all that it has to offer. Letnot your obsessions overtake you.

LEO: Six of Pentacles – Youfeel emotional, and not always for areason. Accept that you’re feeling outof sorts and stay with emotions ratherthan forcing yourself out of them.

LIBRA: The Hanged Man –you think differently from others inyour group and team in the officeand this is your biggest strength. Usethis talent to better your prospects.

TAURUS: Eight of Pentac les– If you are determined to get some-thing, you can. You will do whatever ittakes, going the extra mile to findwhat will make you happy.

CANCER: Nine of Wands –Your biggest strength is the numberof options before you. You can planand execute ideas better than everbefore without success pressure.

VIRGO: Seven of Swords –You are a believer in working towardsgaining better social status. It maynot necessarily be a bad thing becau -se it motivates you to achieve more.

SCORPIO: The Fool –Research thoughts and ideas welland make sure you are not wastingtime by working on things with noreal value. Do your groundwork well.

CAPRICORN: Page ofCups – You’re at your creative bestand must work at putting ideas totest. Talk about these to bosses anddo something different off the cuff.

SAGITTARIUS: Six of Swo r -ds – Your biggest strength is your abili-ty to be dynamic and change your tho -ughts according to the changing circu -m stances around you. Bosses love you.

AQUARIUS: Temperance –Keep it simple, stupid. No other advi -ce is better suited to you at this point.You have complicated life by yourthoughts that serve no real purpose.

PISCES: The Wheel of For -tune – It has been a long journey an -d it bothers you that you do not yethave a clear roadmap for the future.Keep working at it. Don’t give up.

TAURUSYour self-confidence level willbe at its high with which youwill complete all work as perplan within the scheduled ti -me. Court verdict will go in yo -ur favour. Minor tensions andexpenses likely. Don’t go toofar in any sort of spending.

GEMINIPoliticians will be in the lime-light. Money inflow is good,which makes you financiallycomfortable. You will clear aportion of your old major debt.Favourable verdict awaits you ina court case. Visa for your for-eign trip will come through.

CANCERYou adjust well with all and getyour work done wisely. Yourskills will be exposed from theway you handle the issues.Expected money will come.Your social status is set toimprove. Children might arguecausing you to get upset.

LEOYou are appreciated well by allas you will solve all problemsby finding out the root causeand hence they will not recur.Your opinions will be wellreceived and you will gain anupper hand in all issues. Houseconstruction will resume now.

VIRGOSwift actions will put you in theforefront. You will be successfulin any type of challenge orassignment undertaken. Thosewho opposed you will keepquiet now. Housing plan willget approval and work will startsoon and complete soon.

LIBRAYou will not go against the truthand do anything. ‘Truth will tri-umph’, is your policy and youfollow it sincerely. Though diffi-culty likely in receiving expectedmoney, unexpected financialinflow will solve your problem. Happy atmosphere will prevail.

SCORPIOYou will be cheerful and alsocheer others. Your influence isset to raise. You will get closerto famous industrialists, whichwill prove beneficial. Expectedmoney will come from all theexpected sources. You will finda way to come out of debts.

SAGITTARIUSYou will never look back once adecision is taken and imple-mented. As time is favourable,you will be successful even incompleting challenges thatlook like uphill tasks. A strongfinancial position likely.Friendship with VIPs likely.

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AQUARIUSYou will help those in troubleand shoulder their problems.Administrative capacity andcommanding power willincrease considerably. Govtwork will end favourably andfast. Good support likely frompolitical VIP friends.

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Jessica Chastain'sterror research

Actress Jessica Chastain readbooks on the covert opera-

tion to kill Osama bin Laden toprepare for her role in a contro-versial new film Zero Dark Thirty.

The actress plays CIA agentJen, who had a crucial role intracking bin Laden to a com-pound in Abottabad, Pakistan,where he was killed on May 2nd,2011.

IANS

Singer Rihanna revealed hernext single in the album

Unapologetic after Diamondswill be Stay. Stay will be

released January 7 next year. Unapologetic, is Rihanna'sseventh album. It recently

became her fourth U.K num-ber one album when it

climbed to the top of thecharts.

Rihanna reveals next single as Stay

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PARIS’ TRYST WITH INDIA

Styles set to perform with Swift

Singer Harry Styles, who is report-edly dating singer Taylor Swift,

has invited her to perform with hisboy band One Direction at a

Christmas show. "It's such a momen-tous time for the boys and they wanttheir girlfriends by their sides. Seeing

Zayn with Perrie and Louis withEleanor made Harry realise there's a

person he wants to be there withhim, too. Taylor," contactmusic.com

quoted a source as saying.

PARIS HILTON fascinated by Indian fashion

International socialite ParisHilton, who is set to spinthe disc as a DJ on the lastday of India Resort Fashion

Week (IRFW), says she hasalways been a huge fan ofIndian fashion and will walk

the ramp for finale designerShane and Falguni Peacock lateSaturday.

"I was always fascinated byIndian fashion and whenever Ivisit, I make sure to buy some-thing for myself. Last time itwas sari that I tried and thistime I am walking for Shaneand Falguni's show at the fash-

ion event,"Hilton said, while address-

ing the media here. She wore awide-slit printed dress by thedesigner duo.

This is Hilton's second visitto India. She visited the countrylast year to launch her range ofhandbags and accessories.

The 31-year-old is set tosashay down the Indian rampfor the first time in Shane andFalguni Peacock's creationsduring the ongoing IndiaResort Fashion Week Saturday.

"I love their(Shane and Falguni Peacock)designs and this is the reasonwhy I am walking for them.Since my childhood, I wasaccompanied by my mom toseveral fashion weeks and thatis when I started getting usedto fashion. I love everythingthat is beautiful and this is thereason why I love India for itsvivacious and bright coloursand designs," she said.

Apart from catwalk, Hiltonis looking forward to her per-formance Saturday and saysshe has a bag full of surprises

for her Indian fans.She has been brought to India

by E-sense Entertainment."I am playing electronic,

pop and some fun music that Ihave remixed myself. I amexcited to perform in the coun-try that has huge music lovers.Obviously there are some sur-prises in store but for that youhave to wait and watch," shesaid.

Hilton also took some timeout for shopping.

"I went to spice market andbought some spices. I loveIndian food. I also bought trin-kets from the local market herefor my family and they are justbeautiful," she said. IANS

sports 29FAILED DOPE TEST

DISTRICT-LEVEL CHESS

LEAGUE CRICKET


HYDERABAD: A one-day dis-trict-level chess tournament washeld at Bullayya College by Mot -her Chess Academy on Sunday.Winners of the different cate-gories were declared as under. Under-8 Boys:1. Tanveer Suhan, 2. RamVasanth 3. RushivarunGirls:1. Soha Tripathy 2. RishithaUnder-10Boys:1. Surya Dhanush 2. Saketh 3.Sai LochanGirls: 1. VinithaUnder-12Boys:1. Goutham k, 2. Mallikarjun, 3.Sai VardhanGirls:

1. Deekshitha, 2. ShreyaUnder-16Boys:1. Abhiram 2. Sreekar, 3. SridharGirls:1. Yamuna 2. Sukanya

A4-11 Division One-day LeagueChampionshipNew Star 211 (Mohsin 67,Muzzamil 38, SA Aziz Quadri 5for 72) lost to Boys Town 212 for 4(Abdul Khaled Al Qureshi 51,Mohammed Saleh Amoodhi 64)Team Kun 137 (Luvakush 58no,Md Baseeruddin 3 for 17) lost toVictory CC 141 for 3 (Jeeth 68no)Navjeevan Friends 134 (Harry

Francis 3 for 14, Lesley Daniel 3for 30, Alex M 3 for 16) lost toSacred Heart 135 for 4 (JamesAnthony 54)Youngmaster 191 (Yaseen Khan41, Isaac 30, Mohd Muzzamil 5for 48) bt Green Turf 75 (Ibrahim5 for 34, Mubeen 3 for 14)SK Blues 213 for 3 (Suman 100,Ashwin 39) bt Sportive CC 174(Vishawak 53, Ramu 39, Imtiyaz 3

for 37, Affan 3 for 35)AB Colony 128 (Rehman 39,Ranjan Das 5 for 25, T RahulYadav 4 for 29) lost to SouthendRaymonds 129 for 6 (A RanjanDas 36, Dhruv 3 for 50)HPS B 154 (Dheeraj 38no, Durga 3for 35, Abhiram 3 for 24) lost toNatraj CC 155 for 2 (Md Siddique62no, Nawaz 57)HCA Academy 236 for 8 (MSR

Charan 127, K Ashish 53, Shilpi B3 for 25) bt ML Jaisimha 182(Junaid Ali 37, Varun Goud 4 for49, Yash Kapadia 5 for 48)RR Dist 70 (TV Vardhan 5 for 16)lost to Royal CC 71 for 4(Abhishek 3 for 9)Concorde CC 140 (Ali BinAbdullah 52, Aejaz 4 for 27,Junaid Shaik 5 for 27) lost to HydWonderers 142 for 4 (Afzal 70,

Akhid 44)Vijayanand 113 (Shilpee 6 for 49)lost to ML Jaisimha 114 for 5(Vignesh 30)Lucky XI 84 (Shajeel 5 for 26) lostto Golconda CC 87 for 1 (MdMohsin 32)HGC 226 for 6 (Randheer 89,Bhaskar 49) lost to Walker Town230 for 2 (Chenniah 41, Sridhar96no, Ameenuddin 41no)

PIRATE IRWINAgence France-Presse

PARIS: Legendary jockeyFrankie Dettori will on Tuesdaylearn his fate for failing a drugstest when French racing’s rulingbody France Galop issue theirverdict at a disciplinary hearing.

Through his lawyer,Christopher Stewart-Moore, thejockey admitted to testing posi-tive for a non-performanceenhancing product.

But both France Galop andDettori’s legal team have stead-fastly refused to identify thesubstance.

British media have reportedthat it was a recreational drugwhich could see him receive asix-month worldwide ban.

However, a more run-of-the-mill product, such as treatmentfor a common cold, would seehim escape with a reprimand.

The feeling from racing

insiders is that with the dossierhaving been handed on to thestewards by the medical com-mission, after they heardDettori’s account a fortnightago, is that he is facing a highly-

damaging ban of severalmonths.

It will be especially damag-ing for the exuberant Dettoribecause he recently had hislucrative contract with the

Dubai-based GodolphinOperation terminated after 18 years of success for both par-ties.

The final straw for both sidescame not with the dope test fail-ure — though they may havealready been aware of it — butwhen Dettori accepted the rideon Epsom and Irish Derbychampion Camelot for

Godolphin’s bitter rivalsCoolmore Stud in October’sArc.

It brought to a head the dete-rioration in the relationshipbetween both Godolphin — thebrainchild of Dubai ruler SheikhMohammed bin al-Maktoum —and the jockey.

Ironically it was a previousdrugs offence that had seen himable to sign for Godolphin aftera high-profile contract in HongKong fell through when hereceived a police caution in 1993for possessing a small amountof cocaine.

A six-month ban for Dettoriwhen he has become a freelancerider will be costly.

While it would see him backin the saddle by June 4, he willhave missed all the mainEuropean Guineas classics (overa mile) as well as the blue ribandEpsom Derby and the Oaks(both run over 1 1/2 miles).

YORK, UK: Northern IrishmanMark Allen could be bannedfrom snooker for three monthsafter his “cheating” row withHong Kong star Marco Fu over-shadowed the UK Champion -ships on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Allen, theworld number eight, is in troubleafter repeating allegations hefirst made during the worldchampionships in Sheffield inApril.

Following his first-rounddefeat to China’s Cao Yupeng atthe world event, Allen accusedhis conqueror of playing abanned push shot.

He also named Fu as a playerhe believed to have broken therules in the past.

Fu, 34, has denied all allega-tions of cheating and took out hisfrustrations later Sunday bybeating last year’s UK runner-upAllen 6-3 in their first-roundclash. AFP

SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dettori set to learn costRacing’s most well-known personality failed a dope test after riding in

the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe trials at Longchamp on September 16.

VOLVO AUTO X 2012

A car races in the dirt track of the GMR Arena in the Volvo Auto X – 2101 at Shamshabad in the City onSunday. S BALAKRISHNA

While it would seehim back in the sad-dle by June 4, he willhave missed all themain EuropeanGuineas classics.

Youngmaster get the better of Green Turf

Tanveer, Soha youngest champs

Allen facesban as Fu

‘cheat’ rowgoes on

Participants take part in the eventon Sunday.

sports 30TENNISWORLD CHALLENGE

CYCLING


First win in twoyears for McDowell

Tiger Woods finished with two bogeys, abirdie and an eagle to be placed joint fourth.

REBECCA BRYAN Agence France-Presse

THOUSAND OAKS, CALI -FOR NIA: Northern Ireland’sGraeme McDowell ended atwo-year victory droughtSunday with a three-shot tri-umph in the World Challengehosted by Tiger Woods.

McDowell, who capped astellar 2010 season that saw himwin the US Open with a victoryin this unofficial post-seasoninvitational, hadn’t won any-where in the world since then.

He carded a four-under par68 on the soggy SherwoodCountry Club course for a 72-hole total of 17-under 271 and a

three-stroke victory overKeegan Bradley.

Bradley, the 2011 PGAChampionship winner whostarted the day two shots offMcDowell’s lead, posted a 69for 274.

“Just over the moon to getthe job done,” said McDowell,who took the lead in the secondround on Friday and held on.

The 18-man event offersworld ranking points andwhile it isn’t part of any tourMcDowell said the win addeda nice flavor to a sometimesfrustrating season that includ-ed a tie for second at the USOpen, and a tie for fifth at theBritish Open.

SRINAGAR: The stage is set forKashmir to host its first-everinternational cycling race as theauthorities here have completedall the arrangements for themega-event to be held onTuesday.

The race will be held on thebanks of world famous Dal Lakeand will be telecast live. Twentyinternational media channels areexpected to cover the event, theysaid.

The race will start fromRoyal Springs Golf Course toKashmir University viaForeshore Road and back to

Hotel Lalit Grand Palace.The race is being held in three

cities of the country.The first leg of the race was

held today in Mumbai while thethird and final leg will be held onDecember 9 at the BuddhInternational Circuit in GreaterNoida.

Reputed teams like Astanaand Lotto have confirmed theirparticipation in the event.

The state government is hope-ful about showcasing the beautyof Kashmir before the world dur-ing the race. Mean while, trafficauthorities have asked people liv-

ing along the route of the cyclingrace to travel early towardsSrinagar city before the com-mencement of the race.

“All type of vehicular move-ment going towards Nishat,Shalimar and Harwan will bediverted at Badyari towardsKhanyar-Rainawari while thetraffic coming towards Srinagarfrom Harwan-Shalimar will bediverted towards Tailbal. Besidestraffic coming from Ganderbaltowards Srinagar will be divert-ed at Zakoora crossing,” an offi-cial of the traffic departmentsaid. PTI

Stage set for Tour De India in KashmirAs many as 120 cyclists of international repute are expected to take part in the second leg of ‘Tour De India’

here. The Kashmir leg of the race will have seven 26-kilometre laps — a total distance of 168km

KOLKATA: Indian doublestennis ace Mahesh Bhupathitoday said 2013 would be hislast year on tour as he hasretirement in mind.

“I’ve had a great career. Idon’t enjoy leaving mybaby alone and going fortours so much. I am happyto call it a day,” Bhupathi,who has a career GrandSlam in mixed doubles, saidhere today.

In the city for a promo-tional programme, the 38-year-old said, “I’ve had theopportunity to play along-side many great players...

“From Todd Woodbridgeto Max Mirnyi to LeanderPaes to Mary Pierce toMartina Hingis, it has been agreat ride for me,” he said.

He also spoke about theSachin Tendulkar and saidthe critics should leave theLittle Master alone.

“He does not need toprove anything to anybody.He has scored 100 centuries.The people in the mediawriting about him have noidea. He will take the rightdecision at the right time,”Bhupathi said.

PTI

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathihas won 12 Grand Slam titles

in a glittering career.

2013 my last yearon tour: Bhupathi

Participating in a chat showorganised in connectionwith the release of a bookon cooking recipe titled‘Cooking on the Run’ writ-ten by journalist Boria Maz um dar, tennis aceMahesh Bhupathi, said“Indian food is a luxury on tour.”

The tennis star said heusually takes pasta which ismostly available abroad orsettle for a staple died that

is available on the tour.Mahesh said choice of

food in China is “pathetic.”He also once faced a

weird experience while inChina during a Davis Cuptie. During the dinner at aChinese restaurant a livesnake was brought to theirtable and they were askedwhether they would like itto be cooked. They some-how filled their stomachwith some other dishes.

‘I was offered live snake for dinner in China’

Lara Dutta poses with husbandMahesh Bhupathi in a recent filmpremier in Mumbai. AFP

sports 31AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

INDIA VS ENGLAND


PERTH: Veteran Ricky Pontingfell for just eight runs in hisfinal Test innings as SouthAfrica closed in on victory inthe third and deciding Test atthe WACA Ground on Monday.

Set a mammoth target of632 runs to win, Australia lostthree wickets in the openingsession on day four, reachinglunch at 110 for three, withopener Ed Cowan unbeaten on37 and skipper Michael Clarkeon eight.

Resuming at 40 withoutloss, the home team lost DavidWarner (29) to the second ballof the day, caught at first slip byGraeme Smith off VernonPhilander.

Shane Watson made 25before he was also caught bySmith, from the bowling of

Morne Morkel.That brought Ponting, the

second-highest scoring bats-man in Test cricket historybehind Sachin Tendulkar, to thecrease for the last time at thetop level, in his 168th match.

The South Africans formeda guard of honour when hestrode to the crease, with theTasmanian shaking hands withProteas skipper Smith as hecame out.

Ponting got off the markwith a trademark pull shot forfour off Morkel.

However, he lasted only 23deliveries before falling to spin-ner Robin Peterson just minutesbefore lunch. He was caught atfirst slip by Jacques Kallisattempting to force Peterson offthe back foot.

Ponting stopped his walkback to the pavilion to raise hisbat and acknowledge the cheer-ing crowd, while the Proteashalted their celebrations to offermore applause.

He finishes his career with13,378 Test runs at 51.85,including 41 centuries. Pontingalso shares the record for Testappearances for his countrywith his predecessor asAustralian captain, SteveWaugh.

HIS LAST BOWDespite a cheap dismissal

on Monday, Ricky Pontingwent out in style, leaving thegame as Australia's all-timeleading Test batsman after apoignant guard of honour fromthe South Africans.

India should focus on the gameThere has been a lot of head-spinning stuff floating about on the eve of the third Test.

Foremost has been the spatbetween Eden Garden cura-tor Prabir Mukherjee and

Indian captain Mahendra SinghDhoni. Mukherjee has pointblank refused to prepare a rankturner at Eden Gardens as perthe instructions of Dhoni.

He feels cricket should beplayed on fair pitches. Dhoni hasbeen thinking otherwise.

Then there is much hue andcry over Sachin Tendulkar. Thecries for his retirement are grow-ing ever so loudly. Again, thefickle minded Indian fans andcritics have been at work.

Tendulkar has played cricketfor India now over two decadeswith great honour and pride.Why can’t the people let himalone?

Tendulkar has never beenselfish throughout his career.And he is man enough to gowhen the time comes.

And what have many of theothers done to deserve theirplaces?

Instead of focusing on suchtrivial matters, India should beworking on their so-called mas-tery of spin.

They should take a leaf out ofEngland’s book on grit, determi-nation and will to win.

Dhoni’s wish for a rank turn-er was granted in Mumbai. AndEngland thrived on it.

The answer was simple.India’s spinners misjudged thepitch badly and sadly did notlearn from the English spinners.

A certain amount of pace wasneeded to extract bounce andsharp turn in Mumbai. MontyPanesar and Graeme Swann gotto know of it easily and took allthe wickets bar one in the Test.

India’s spinners bowleduntidily and paid the price. Andthe trend conituedbin the secondinnings.

India’s batsmen fell to injudi-cious shots and lack of footwork.

Indians are supposed to playthe spinners well. Instead theyhovered most times on the back-foot and were undone by theturn.

A certain amount of aggres-sion was also required. This sur-faced only when India’s top bats-man at the moment, CheteshwarPujara, was batting withRavchandran Ashwin.

Pujara showed fine tempera-ment. He was rarely troubled bythe English spinners.

India seemed to lack the fightwhich made them the No 1 sidein the world. They seem to givein when the going gets tough.

This was illustrated in theway the tailenders just waftedtheir way back to pavilion.

The body language is so poortoo when under pressure. India

need a dose of positivity morethan ever before. All we hear iswe did okay and were out-played. Or the umpiring isblamed. And India are to blamefor that too as they are firmopponents of the DRS system.

England will look to Kolkatain a better frame of mind. Their

trump card, Kevin Pietersen, isback among the runs. Hisinnings in Mumbai was a master-class on how to play spin.

Alistair Cook has become arun machine. He is very cleverand learns from his mistakes. Heis a complete product now andwill go on to break many records.

Matt Prior has also playedthe spinners well, employing thesweep shot to good effect.

England’s batmen have longlast learnt the art of playing spin.They used simple tactics like thesweep and use of the feet tonegate spin.

Panesar should have playedin the first Test too. But Englandstuck to the old formula of threepacemen and the lone spinner.

Now the think-tank hasrealised that they must be a littlemore flexible and the old horsesfor courses policy works undersuch conditions.

Andy Flower, one of the bestplayers on spin and a terrori nIndian conditions, got the greycells working again.

Panesar bowled beautifullyand was always hungry forwickets. This helped Swann a lottoo. England are worried aboutStuart Broad’s form. Steve Finn,if fit, may come in for him.

The Eden Gardens curatorhas promised a used wicketwhich will help all kinds ofbowling. India may opt for justtwo spinners and get in anotherpace bowler.

India will be facing a test ofcredibility once more. And nowis the time to get their act togeth-er and show their true mettle. Orelse they will tumble lower in therankings.

Test matches count the mostin cricket. Let’s hope for an AhKokata instead of O Kolkata.

South Africa 1st Innings: 225Australia 1st Innings: 163South Africa 2nd innings 569Australia 2nd innings(overnight 40 for no lose)EJM Cowan c Elgar b Steyn 53Warner c Smith b Philander 29SR Watson c Smith b Morkel 25RT Ponting c Kallis b Peterson 8MJ Clarke* not out 26MEK Hussey not out 7Extras: (lb 3) 3Total: (4 wickets ) 151Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-81, 3-102, 4-130Bowling O M R WDW Steyn 16 4 48 1VD Philander 17 6 32 1M Morkel 10 2 34 1RJ Peterson 7 0 34 1

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TWELFTH MANBabu Kalyanpur

Australia's Ricky Ponting leaves the fieldafter being dismissed for 8 ru ns in hisfinal Test cricket innings on day four ofthe third cricket Test against South Africaat the WACA gr o und in Perth on Monday. AFP/G WOOD

Proteas have Oz on the mat

sportsMONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

32AVRAM COULD BE OFFERED CONSULTANCY AT CHELSEAAvram Grant could be offered a consultancy role with Chelsea. The Israeli'sreturn to the club would represent further antagonising an increasingly dis-illusioned fanbase, though that he is under consideration reflects the chaoscurrently gripping the European champions.

Juve tightengrip butrivals follow JUSTIN DAVISAgence France-Presse

MILAN: Juventus boosted theirmorale ahead of a crucialChampions League clash awayto Shakhtar Donetsk with a 3-0rout of city rivals Torino, but theOld Lady of Turin has plenty ofcompany at the top of Serie A.

Claudio Marchisio (two) andSebastian Giovinco scored sec-ond half goals as Juventus hum-bled 10-man Torino to rack uptheir 60th win in the 135th‘Derby della Mole’ on Saturday.

Juventus dominatedthroughout but apart from asolid performance from Frenchmidfielder Paul Pogba the bian-coneri’s first half display lackedreal bite and even included apenalty miss from Andrea Pirlo.

Antonio Conte’s side madeamends in the second half, withGiovinco’s 67th minute goalsandwiched by Marchisio’s braceon 57 and 84 minutes after theexpulsion of Torino defenderKamel Glik.

A week after suffering theirsecond defeat of the season, at ACMilan, Marchisio said: “It’s goodto get back to winning ways.

“It wasn’t as easy as it looked,the derby is always a particularmatch but thankfully we cameout on top and that will build ourmorale for the match in Donetsk.”

Juventus’ 11th win in 14games took their lead to fivepoints over Napoli, who thanksto a brace apiece from GokhanInler and Edinson Cavani andMarek Hamsik’s goal on thequarter hour demolished base-ment side Pescara 5-1.

Napoli’s win in Sunday’searly game heaped the pressureon third-placed Inter Milan, whowere made to sweat at the SanSiro by a stubborn Palermo sidewhich gave the Nerazzurri theirmatch winner. After their 10thwin in 15 games Inter remainthird on 31 points.

Juventus’ midfielder ClaudioMarchisio (R) tackles defenderValerio Di Cesare.

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ATHENS: Arsene Wenger(right) has told his Arsenal starsto banish the fear factor as thestruggling Gunners try to securea first place finish in theirChampions League group.

Wenger’s side travel toOlympiakos on Tuesday in des-perate need of a morale-boost-ing victory after Saturday’s 2-0home defeat against Swansealeft the north London club tee-tering on the brink of a full-blown crisis.

Arsenal, languishing in 10thplace, have made their worststart to a Premier League seasonin Wenger’s 16-year reign andthe sense that their club is indecline has prompted a furiousresponse from Gunners fans.

Some supporters staged aprotest march before theSwansea match to underlinetheir frustration at the Arsenalboard’s failure to back Wengerin the transfer market, whilemany more unleashed a torrentof abuse at the Frenchman andhis players after the final whis-tle.

In the circumstances,Arsenal could do with a win inAthens which, combined with a

draw or defeat for Schalke atMontpellier, would allowWenger’s men, who havealready qualified for knockoutstages, to snatch top spot andsecure a potentially easier drawin the last 16.

But to achieve that goal theGunners will need a strongermental approach after crum-bling too easily under pressure

in recent weeks.“At home, we look like we

play a little bit with the hand-brake. It is not fluent, theremight be a psychological com-ponent in there as well,”Wenger said. “There was nomovement in our passing andwe looked laboured, not sharp.

While Wenger would love tofinish top of the group, he

acknowledges that Schalke arelikely to win their tie against aMontpellier side already elimi-nated from the tournament and,with that in mind, he may notsend out a full-strength team.

DARREN WITCOOPAgence France-Presse

MILTON KEYNES, UK: AFCWimbledon coach Neil Ardleyexpressed pride in his team afterseeing them lose to an injury-time goal in their FA Cupgrudge match at MK Dons.

AFC were formed byprotesting fans 10 years agoafter the Football Associationsanctioned plans to moveWimbledon, the 1988 FA Cupwinners, 56 miles north fromsouth London to theBuckinghamshire town ofMilton Keynes.

Sunday’s second-round tiewas the first ever meetingbetween the clubs and the ani-mosity was apparent through-out. Fans brandished pos ters,sang derogatory songs and even

hired an aircraft to fly overStadium MK trailing a bannerthat read: ‘We are Wimbledon’.

AFC’s directors, meanwhile,shunned their hosts’ hospitalityto sit among the 3,000 travellingfans, while many supporterssimply boycotted the game alto-gether.

League One MK Dons even-tually prevailed 2-1 through afine stoppage-time back-heel byJon Otsemobor, but Ardley saidhis players had no reason to feeldownhearted.

“I’m proud of the club forwhere they’ve come in the last10 years,” he said.

“This is a celebration of usand the way we have handledthe week. This moment, which alot of our fans dreaded, hascome and gone. I’m relieved wehave done the club proud.”

AFC Wimbledon’s Toby Ajala (L) vies for the ball against Milton KeynesDons’ Anthony Kay (R) during the match at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes,England, on Sunday. MK Dons won the game 2-1. AFP/ ADRIAN DENNIS

Arsenal must banish fearArsenal, languishing in 10th place, have made their worst start to a

Premier League season in Arsene Wenger’s 16-year reign.

Group A P W D L GF GA Pts

FC Porto 5 4 1 0 9 2 13 QPSG 5 4 0 1 12 2 12 QDynamo Kiev 5 1 1 3 5 9 4D Zagreb 5 0 0 5 0 13Group BSchalke 5 3 2 0 9 5 11 QArsenal 5 3 1 1 9 6 10 QOlympiakos 5 2 0 3 7 8 6Montpellier 5 0 1 4 5 11 1Group CMalaga 5 3 2 0 10 3 11 QAC Milan 5 2 2 1 7 5 8 QZ. St. Petersburg 5 1 1 3 5 9 4Anderlecht 5 1 1 3 2 7 4Group DDortmund 5 3 2 0 10 5 11 QReal Madrid 5 2 2 1 11 8 8 QAjax 5 1 1 3 7 12 4Man City 5 0 3 2 7 10 3

(Q = qualified for knock-outphase)

(played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, goals against, points)

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