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180,000Indianscommitsuicideevery yearDon’t becomea statisticAccording to the National Crime RecordsBureau, AP accounts for 11.1 per cent ofsuicides that took place in the country inthe year 2011. On the eve of WorldSuicide Prevention Day, we address thisburning social issue.

INDIA LAUNCHES100TH SPACE MISSION

India today successfullylaunched its 100th space

mission with the indigenousPSLV-C21 rocket putting inorbit two foreign satellites.The launch, scheduled for9.51am, was delayed by twominutes at the end of the 51-hour countdown.

FLASH

‘AMUL MAN’V KURIEN

PASSES AWAY

The father of India's ‘whiterevolution’ Dr Verghese

Kurien passed away early thismorning at Muljibhai Patel

Urological Hospital in Nadiadtown due to age-related

problems, Gujarat Co-opera-tive Milk Marketing

Federation sources said.

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I WANT TOKNOWINDIA BETTER:HALLE

Hollywood actor HalleBerry, on the set of

Cloud Atlas, says she is fascinated with Indian culture

and wants to know it better.“India is a fascinating

country with myriad layers init. I want to take a step

towards learning more aboutone of the oldest cultures in

the world.”

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Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 44767777,Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 8800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973CINEMAS

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 2354 0023

Life of othersA German film Leben der Anderen(The life of others) directed byFloren Henckel Von Donnersmarckwil be shown on September 21. Where: Goethe Zentrum,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: September 21,4pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2335 0443

Kebab and biryani festThe Jewel of Nizam at HotelGolkonda is hosting a kebab andbiryani fest. Sample various age-oldrecipes. The fest offers options forboth vegetarians as well as for non-vegetarians.Where: Jewel of Nizam,

Hotel Golkonda,Masab Tank

When: Ongoing,12.30pm onwards and 7.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6611 0130

Shobana’s KrishnaTalented danseuse and actorShobhana will perform along withher troupe.Where: Ravindra Bharathi,

Why me?Head to Lamakaan for the playWhy Me? being presented onSeptember 9. The play revolvesaround the life of a middle-agedman.Where: Lamakaan,


When: September 9,7.30pm onwards

Contact: 96427 31329

Recent and retrospectiveA painting exhibition by artisteSudip Roy will be held at KalakrithiArt Gallery from September 28.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: September 28,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Madly in loveHead to Goethe Zentrum for aSwiss Film Festival. The movieMadly in love will screened onSeptember 10.Where: Goethe Zentrum,


When: September 10,4pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2335 0443

Deep in the woodThe exhibition displays woodcut artprints by 22 artists.These art worksare from the woodcut workshopconducted by Earth Art Gallery. Where: Earth Art Gallery,


When: Ongoing

A relook at artJannis—A Relook, an exhibition ofrecent water colours on archespaper by Jehangir Jani is beingheld.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,



Contact: (040) 66564 466

Art exhibitionAn art collection by Dr PraveenJagarlamundi titled Pieda is beingheld at Muse Art Gallery.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank Bund RoadWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999

SunyataAn exhibition of paintings bySuniyata Khanna is being held.Where: Alankritha Art Gallery,

Residency InnKavuri hills

organising an exhibition-cum-saleof finest quality of Kutchi handembroidered apparels and life styleproducts which will feature 16 different types of embroidery Where: Veevs Boutique,


When: September 11 onwards,10.30am onwards

Contact: 95429 76567

Tamil Nadu Food festivalCourtyard by Marriott is hosting aTamil Nadu Food Festival with thename ‘Arusuvai Sangamam’ at itsall day dinning restaurant MomoCafé from 27 August to 9September. Where: Momo Cafe,

Courtyard by Marriot, Tank Bund road

When: Ongoing,7.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2752 1250

Cotton and silk expoAn exhibition featuring 75 weaversis being organised by NirmalaHastakalakar Vikas Society. Theexhibition is on till September 9.Where: Kalinga Cultural Society,



Contact: 98499 00930

SaifabadWhen: September 8,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2323 1245

Mediterranean food festTake a trip and experience a varietyof Mediterranean delights such asbruschetta and seafood marinarapasta, bruschetta and antipasto atTruffles cafe. The fest is on tillSeptember 30.Where: Truffles Cafe,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 10


Contact: (040)2355 0105

Wisest fool on earthCatch the play, Wisest Fool onEarth at Lamakaan. The play isabout Jay, a jobless man who findshimself locked up in a washroom.Unable to get out he engages in aninteresting monologue.Where: Lamakaan,


When: September 911pm onwards

Contact: 96427 31329

Exhibition-cum-saleShrujan ( Threads of Life) a nonprofit organisation will be

CITY 2SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A boy tries to balance on his hands in Uppuguda, Old City on Friday evening. M ANIL KUMAR

STRIKING A BALANCE

N SHIVA KUMAR

CITY 3SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Today the Nehru Zoological Park,Hyderabad, received a RedSand Boa, caught from the

Mohammedia Masjid, Sagar RingRoad. The snake was medically exam-ined and found healthy. The snake willbe under observation for 15 days and

will be available for public viewingthereafter. It’s 1.5 metre long and

weighs around 2.4 kg.

New sand boa at zoo

Bowenpally police on Saturdayarrested Koppula Laxmi aliasVaralaxmi and her associate

Gunda Tataji for theft. Stolen jewelleryworth nearly `20 lakh was recoveredfrom Koppula Laxmi’s possession.Police said Laxmi would made a noteof the homes where she worked as adomestic help, while Tataji did theclean up job.

Man, maid held for theft

Principal of Aurora College, RaviPaturi, 47, was found dead in theHussain Sagar Lake early in the

morning. Ramgopalpet inspector,Shanker Yadav, said Ravi, a resident ofTarnaka, had been missing for the pasttwo days. Police suspect it is a case ofsuicide. The body was shifted to theGandhi Hospital mortuary for post-mortem. A case has been filed.

Principal found dead

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‘Minor’ victims of hooch mafiaEnquiries with police and excise departmentsrevealed that the hooch mafia mainly recruitschildren who are either abandoned or belongto poverty-stricken parents to ply their trade.

“Mere baap ne mujhe choddiya aur maa ne dusreke saath bhaag gaya(My father abandoned

me and my mother ran away with anoth-er man)” said a wide-eyed 12-year-oldMohd Saddam to the excise inspectorBharat Bhushan.

Mohd Saddam, who speaks onlyHindi, narrates how he, sitting forlornon the pavement, was taken away by thegudamba (hooch) mafia and has sincebeen one of the scores of children usedfor selling hooch.

Saddam says if he does not sellgudamba, he gets beaten up, whereas hegets daily wages if he sells it. He says heis scared so he does it. Saddam unbut-tons his shirt and shows signs ofinjuries to buttress his claims of tor-ture.

Saddam came to Hyderabad with hisparents from Mahbubnagar, some fouryears ago. His father, Mohd Moula, wasa ‘professional’ beggar, and his mother, adomestic help, who was fed up with herhusband. A year-and-a-half ago, Moulaleft for Mumbai and his mother, makingthe best of his absence, bolted withanother man leaving Saddam on thepavement. The boy says a relative who

lived in the City refused to give himshelter.

One day a man came up to Saddamand asked him his details. The man wasgudamba seller Bandi Srinu, whooffered the boy the job of peddlinghooch. Selling 1,500 sachets of `4 perpack, Saddam makes `9,000 every day.But the boy gets just `150. He alsorevealed that many young boys like himwork for Bandi Srinu.

Enquiries with police and excisedepartments revealed that the hoochmafia mainly recruits children who areeither abandoned or belong to poverty-stricken parents to ply their trade.There are also reports that students ofgovernment schools are being persuaded

to earn an extra buck, as the riskinvolved in minors selling hooch are lesscompared with when adults do it. “Allwe can do is send them to juvenilehomes. But when they are released theyhave no place to go but take up hoochsale again,” said a police official.

MOHD SADDAM NARRATESHOW HE, SITTING FORLORN ONTHE PAVEMENT, WAS TAKENAWAY BY THE GUDAMBA(HOOCH) MAFIA AND HASSINCE BEEN ONE OF MANYCHILDREN USED FOR SELLINGHOOCH.

[email protected] SUBHAN

A government schoolclassroom thatserves as gudamba‘outlet’ after dusk.

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CITY

Two days ago a nine-year-old girl jumped to herdeath from her neigh-bour’s roof. Her family

was shell shocked. The reasonfor suicide: the girl’s mother hadreprimanded her for somethingshe’d done. Only last week, awoman poisoned her childrenand then proceeded to attemptsuicide by consuming the samepoison. Though the woman wasrescued, her two children died.Her reason? Family problemsfollowing her husband’s death.Causes are just as varied as the

methods people adopt to killthemselves, but the conse-quences are all the same – awasted life and a shattered fami-ly that is left behind trying tofigure out when and wherethey’d gone so wrong.

The suicide rate in AndhraPradesh is nothing to be proudof. According to the NationalCrime Records Bureau (NCRB),AP accounts for 11.1 per cent ofthe suicides taking place in thecountry in the year 2011. One of

the most common reasons forsuicides in AP of late has beenbankruptcy and a sudden changein the economic condition. Infact, most suicides takes placebetween the ages of 15 to 40years. “The core group howeveris between the ages of 20 to 35.Reasons like relationship prob-lems, be it with the spouse, par-ents or in-laws, financial pres-sures and in youngsters the pres-sure of academics are most com-

monly cited,” said AkheelSiddiqui, director, Roshni, a sui-cide prevention helpline.

In fact, Karimnagar happensto be the suicide capital of theState, predominantly due tofinancial problems being facedby the farmers and weavers inthe area.

“While both men and womencommit suicide, the rate is high-er in women simply becausethey adopt more fatal methods to

kill themselves. Distressed men,on the other hand, make up alarge portion of our callers. Thiscould be because men are typi-cally projected as strong individ-uals who do not really expresstheir emotions,” reveals Akheel.

However, a suicide canalways be prevented only if wehave the time to stop and listen.“Typically a suicidal person pre-sents very strong feelings for 24to 72 hours. During this time if

the right kind of interventiontakes place, the person can behelped to overcome those feel-ings. A person who intends tocommit suicide will always dis-play signs. Because suicide isnot the wish to end a life, but adesperate cry for help,” saysAkheel, citing the example of ayoung boy who began aFacebook countdown leaving hisfriends puzzled. “He would ‘XXnumber of days to go’ as his sta-tus message. Nobody knew whathe meant, until the D-day hefinally killed himself.”

Often talking to a personwho has suicidal feelings can goa long way in calming themdown and keeping them fromresorting to such an extremestep. “It is important for a per-son who is feeling depressed toshare their feelings with some-one, even if it is a professionalagency, to vent their feelings andkeep from killing themselves,”says Akheel.

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For the India-Pakistan WheelchairCricket Series scheduled forSeptember 25-30 at Lahore,

Pakistan, the Delhi-based Associationfor Disabled People has selected MdFarooq Ahmed (Karimnagar) to repre-sent AP in the Indian team.

In spite of disability his sportsm -anship spans several years. He ga inedsignificance after he took part in 4thParalympic Senior and Junior Na ti -onal Table Tennis Championship in 20 -11, held in Bengaluru, where he got th -ird place in the category Men Class-5.

He also secured third position in6th Paralympic Table Tennis OpenNational Championship conducted byIndian Paralympic Table Tennis

Federation, held in March-April thisyear at Ghaziabad.

Apart from this, he won‘first prize’ in Sabre at 1st NationalChampionship on Wheel ChairFencing in 2007. He al so won ‘secondprize’ in Spoon race on Wheel chair atNational sports meet he ld in 2010 atNew Delhi under the aegisHandicapped Welfare Federation.

Choose life, with a little helpEvery suicide is as much an indictment against society as a crime against one’s self. Society,

therefore, must make a collective effort to come to the aid of the desperate.

Signs to watch out for

1A person is feeling worthless or hopeless

2He/she suddenly devel-ops an eating or sleeping

disorder

3Someone is dealing witha broken relationship

4Is facing a financial crisisor bereavement

5He/she repeatedly talksabout taking his/her life

6Has a definite plan inplace to commit suicide

Roshni: (040) 66202000,27848584

Makro Foundation: (040) 46004600

Suicide preventionhelplines

Farooq readiesfor another bout

DISABILITY HAS NOTPREVENTED THIS LIONHEART,BUT HAS ONLY MADE HIMEXCEL IN A WIDE ARRAY OFGAMES IN WHICH HECLAIMED SEVERAL TITLES.

[email protected] RAJENDRA

NATION 5SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackerayhas said that Sushma Swaraj isthe only leader in the ally BJP

who would make a “deserving” PrimeMinister. In part three of his marathon

interview, published by Sena mouth-piece ‘Saamana’ today, Thackeray said:

“At present there is only one personwho is intelligent, brilliant — Sushma

Swaraj.”

Bal backs Sushma for PM

Six persons, including two women,were killed and three othersinjured when the MUV carrying

them collided with a lorry at Domjurarea of Howrah district this morning,the police said. The accident occurred near Ankurhati check postwhen the MUV cut through a gap inthe divider and rammed into a speeding truck

Six killed in accident

At least seven Assam Riflesjawans were injured in a bombblast in Bishenpur district of

Manipur today when the para-militaryforce personnel were jogging in aroad, official sources said. The bomb,allegedly planted by militants, exploded at Kumbi area while the personnel were busy in their morningexercise.

7 soldiers injured in blast

NEW DELHI: Prime MinisterManmohan Singh has assets wortharound `10.73 crore, double that of lastyear, but a number of his cabinet col-leagues are much richer than him.

Among the richer cabinet ministersare Praful Patel with assets of approxi-mately `52 crore, Sharad Pawar withproperty worth around `22 crore and MK Azagiri with `9.50 crore, according toupdated list of assets of the ministersposted on the PMO website.

Defence minister AK Antony hasassets worth `55 lakh, the lowest in thelist of the cabinet ministers.

Last year, the Prime Minister haddeclared total assets worth Rs 5.11 croreapproximately. Sources in the PMO saidthough the assets with Singh haveremained the same, the valuation hasgone up as the assessment has been doneby a government-approved valuator.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and hiswife Promila have total assets of `45.33crore, including `8.11 crore of his wife.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shindehas a house whose present worth is `50lakh, two flats worth `1.99 crore and`1.25 crore, agricultural land worth`19.76 lakh, guest house worth `8.22 lakh,land worth `1.11 crore. The rest of the

assets are in the name of his wife.External affairs minister SM

Krishna has assets worth `1.89 crore,

including immovable properties of`31.44 lakh.

Finance minister P Chidambaram’stotal assets, including bank accounts andcurrent assets, add up to `11.96 croreapproximately.

Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddyowns a house in Hyderabad and has 43acres of agricultural land in AndhraPradesh. His wife S Laxmi owns propertyin the form of office space inSecunderabad. She also owns jewelleryworth `7.5 lakh and cash savings of over`9 lakh. She also has a Toyota Qualis reg-istered in her name.

Minister of state for overseas Indianaffairs Vyalar Ravi has a two-bedroom flatin Eranakulam, Kerala, worth `20 lakh.He declared inherited land worth `90 lakhin Eranakulam district. Ravi also declareda Ford car and 900 g of gold jewellery.

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singhowns six agricultural lands in Durg(Chhattisgarh) and West Uttar Pradeshhaving a total worth of nearly `13 crore.

Rural development minister JairamRamesh has assets worth over `56 lakh.More than a half of its share are jointlyowned by Ramesh and his mother. In theyear 2011-12, Ramesh’s asset rose to over`4.16 crore after his mother declared him

a nominee of her bank deposits. New and renewable energy minister

Farooq Abdullah has over `98 lakhdeposited in bank accounts and hasshares in ancestral properties in Jammuand Kashmir. The value of some of theproperties within the share and in posses-sion of Abdullah is over `2.25 crore.

Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahayand his wife Rekha Sahay have declaredassets worth `70.74 lakh and `1.24 crore,respectively.

Parliamentary affairs minister PawanKumar Bansal has total assets worth `6.65crore. Information and broadcasting min-ister Ambika Soni has declared a flat inDelhi valued at nearly `3.5 crore in addi-tion to jewellery worth `16 lakh and silverutensils worth over `11 lakh in addition toan Optra car.

Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azadhas total assets of `68.59 lakh. The networth of Azad and his family as on July2012 is Rs 3.42 crore along with a flat inDelhi which is not valued.

Power minister M Veerappa Moily hastotal assets of `30.47 lakh and liabilities of`12.85 lakh. The total worth of immovableproperty owned by minister of urbanpoverty alleviation and housing KumariSelja is `12.25 crore approximately. PTI

PM assets double to `10 crDefence minister AK Antony, with assets worth `55 lakh, is the ‘poorest’ in the list of ministers.

ANAND (GUJARAT): The father ofIndia’s ‘white revolution’ DrVerghese Kurien passed away earlythis morning at Muljibhai PatelUrological Hospital in neighbouringNadiad town due to age-related prob-lems, Gujarat Co-operative MilkMarketing Federation (GCMMF)

sources said.He was 90 years old and He is sur-

vived by wife Molly and daughterNirmala.

Kurien, who took India frombeing a milk-deficient country to theworld’s largest milk producer, is rec-ognized as the father of white revolu-tion and the man who started ‘opera-tion flood’, besides making the Amuldairy brand a household name.

GCMMF chairman MS Sodhi hadreached the hospital, sources said.

Kurien’s 90th birthday was cele-brated in a big way at his residencein Anand by the GCMMF onNovember 26 last year.

President Pranab Mukherjee con-doled the death of Kurien. Mukherjeehailed Kurien as one who ushered inwhite revolution and had made enor-mous contributions to the fields ofagriculture, rural development anddairying. PTI

‘Amul Man’, VKurien, no moreKurien took India from being a milk-deficientcountry to the world’s largest milk producer.

Manmohan Singh `10.73 crorePraful Patel `52 croreSharad Pawar `22 crore MK Azagiri `9.50 croreKapil Sibal `45.33 croreSM Krishna `1.89 croreSushilkumar Shinde `7.5 crore (approximate)

P Chidambaram `11.96 croreAjit Singh `22 crore (approximate)

Jairam Ramesh `5 crore (approximate)

Farooq Abdullah `3.5 crore (approximate)

Subodh Kant Sahay `2 crore (approximate)

Pawan Kumar Bansal `6.65 croreAmbika Soni `3.7 crore (approximate)

Ghulam Nabi Azad `3.42 croreKumari Selja is `12.34 crore

BHOPAL: Congress general sec-retary Digvijay Singh today saidthat those who call him “insane”should first try to find answersto the issues raised by him.

“The easiest way to avoidanswering the issues I raise is,to call me insane,” Digvijay toldPTI. He alleged that Shiv Senaexecutive president Uddhavcalled him “insane”, as based ona book he had pointed out thatthe Thackerays had originallycome from Bihar.

It is out of frustration thatsome people term him insane, asthey have no words to counterthe issues raised by him,Digvijay said adding that he is,however, not bothered by use ofsuch words against him.

Singh said he was termedthe same by Baba Ramdev whenhe accused the yoga guru ofbeing involved in money laun-dering, and asserted that yetagain his allegations were“right”. PTI

First answer myquestions andthen call meinsane: Digvijay


BAGHDAD: Nearly a decade afterSaddam Hussein’s statue was pulled

down in an iconic moment seen globally,Baghdad will finally replace it with new

artwork to mark its selection as the 2013Arab Capital of Culture. It is the latest in

efforts by authorities to promote thecountry and the capital, which this year

marks 1,250 years since its founding.

Iraq to replace Saddam statueTORONTO: Filmmaker Peter Jacksonavoided questions on Saturday abouthis decision to split J.R.R. Tolkien’s 300-page fantasy novel “The Hobbit” intothree feature length films, amid growingfan criticism. The director of the epic“Lord of the Rings” trilogy says thedecision to make three films was possi-ble because of the extended appen-dices in that novel.

Jackson mum on The HobbitSEOUL: South Korean activistslaunched balloons carrying leafletscritical of the North’s ruling Kim familyacross their shared border Sunday tocoincide with the regime’s 64thanniversary. Some 10 activists includ-ing North Korean defectors in Seoulfloated the 10 giant balloons carrying200,000 small leaflets and 300 DVDs atthe Imjingak park.

N Korea hit with leaflets

WORLD

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGI NIA:Republican Mitt Romney thrustGod to the center of the WhiteHouse race Saturday, in a culturewar strike that prompted BarackObama’s team to brand himextreme and divisive.

Romney appeared with televan-gelist Pat Robertson in the keyswing state of Virginia, and seizedupon the row at last wee k’sDemocratic convention spa rkedwhen delegates removed languageabout God from their platform.After reciting the Pledge ofAllegiance, Romney told the crowd:“I will not take God out of... ourplatform. I will not take God out ofmy heart. We are a nation that’sbestowed by God.” Romney saidAmericans needed a new presidentwho will “commit to a nationunder God that recognizes that we,the American people, were givenour rights not by government butby God himself.”

Romney also appeared to implythat Democrats wanted to removethe phrase “In God We Trust” fromUS currency.

The Obama campaignswiftly responded to Romney’srhetoric, describing it as a “HailMary” pass — a desperate longthrow in the dying moments of anAmerican football game whendefeat is nigh. Spokeswoman LisSmith accused the Republicannominee of launching “extremeand untrue attacks against thepresident and associating withsome of the most strident and divi-sive voices in the RepublicanParty.”

Romney seeks divine helpto counter Obama

Mitt Romney’s campaignplane experienced problems

before take-off Saturday,forcing the Republican presi-

dential nominee and hisentourage to secure another

flight home toMassachusetts. Ro mney was

in Rich mond, Virginia makinga campaign stop at a

NASCAR race. He and cam-paign staff as well as

reporters traveling with thecandidate boarded the

plane, but the flight wasdelayed due to unspecified

problems with the aircraft.

Obama jokes about thebirther issueORLANDO: President BarackObama was winning laughs ata packed restaurant on thecampaign trail Saturday,where he was introduced to aboy born in his home state,Hawaii. At a bustling eateryGator’s Dockside, the incum-bent president sidled up to atable of 10 people includingfive children, at which awoman signaled to Obamathat one youngster was bornin Hawaii. “You were born inHawaii? You have a birth cer-tificate?” Obama joked to theboy, whose table burst intolaughter.

A supporter takes a photographof US President Barack Obamausing an iPhone.

Mitt Romney’scampaign planesuffers snag

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TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehihas said his country was ready to hold negotiations wi -th world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme, state-run Press TV reported. “We have repeatedly ex pressedour readiness and announced that we are re ady fortalks in a win-win situation,” Salehi was quoted as say-ing. Iran has never lost the “opportunity for diploma-cy”, the foreign minister said. “Iran’s Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei has asserted that Iran’s nucle-ar energy programme is peaceful. If there is any prob-lem today, it is the problem of the West and the US,” hesaid. Several rounds of talks over the controversialnuclear programme have been carried out, but have ledto no peaceful settlement of the issue.

‘Iran ready to holdnuclear talks’

Foreign ministers of countries in the EuropeanUnion (EU), who met for a two-day meeting inCyprus, demanded the resignation of Syrian

Presi dent Bashar al-Assad, Xinhua reported. “Themessage out of the discussions at the informalmeeting of the European foreign ministers in con-nection with the crisis in Syria is that PresidentAssad must go,” EU foreign policy chief CatherineAshton was quoted as saying. Ashton said the EUwill offer its support to the UN’s new envoy toSyria Lakhdar Brahimi in his efforts to find apeaceful solution. “He (Brahimi) must reach apolitical solution so as to end the violence inSyria,” Ashton said.

Assad must go:EU ministers

The governor of Aleppo hasdenied reports that drinking

water has been cut off in the regionnor has it been poisoned, state-runSANA news agency reported.Governor Mohammad Aqqad saidonly two water pumps were dam-aged and maintenance work wasunderway to fix them. He said thewater pumps had been damaged by“sabotage acts”, and that they onlyfeed three districts, al-Midan,Azizieh and Slaimanieh, wherewater was cut off.

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The business of youth

Prisons across the world havealways been breeding grounds forcriminal activity. In that I mean a

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EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS

TALKING TO THEsuicide generation

Most of us can’t fathom thestate of mind of a person on theverge of attempting suicide. Theneed to end one’s life must be atruly debilitating state. Yet soci-

ety often turns a blind eye tothose most in need of their time

and empathy.According to a report in the

Lancet, published this year, Indiaaverages around 170,000 sui-cides per year. That’s 170,000

preventable deaths. The insularnature of Indian society coupled

with social norms that stifle thespirit as well as the body, meansthat few in need of help can get

it. Worse than that, a personwith suicidal tendencies is often

relegated to the ranks of thementally disabled and left to rot

until the pressure builds to alevel where the only release is

death. There is also an alarmingincrease in the number of

young, healthy people takingtheir own lives. What is it that

makes those at the zenith oftheir lives consider ending it all.The answer unfortunately mostoften lies in the home and the

family unit. Pressure to marry, tosucceed academically, and to

maintain one’s superficial sexualorientation deprive a human

being of the basic necessity ofsurvival: the will to live.

As a country and a societywe must understand that the

world has changed and we mustchange with it. The youth of

today don’t need to follow intheir parents’ footsteps, nor do

they need to follow archaiccodes of conduct. Life is to belived to its fullest, prevent that

from happening and you lay thefoundation for the greatest

tragedy of all: A life that endstoo soon. On the eve of World

Suicide Prevention Day we mustspare a thought for those

trapped in a hell that few of uscan venture into. We should betheir conduit back into the land

of the living, not the sentinelskeeping them out.

Your edit yesterday (Cling to yourjobs, the future’s grim) made for,well, grim reading. Too many of

us are opting for jobs instead ofcareers and this is giving rise to a situ-ation where everything is in flux. Shithappens, as they say, and we mustbrace for the worst. Self-belief isimportant in these dark times.

T Muralidharan, via e-mail

As US President BarackObama’s prime-timespeech to conventiondelegates breaksTwitter records and

the 51-year-old asks for a secondterm amidst doubts of a re-elec-tion, his public-speaking skillsseem to be the predominantimage revisited.

Four years ago, around hisbirthday in August, the mes-merising speeches and charismato hold an audience who seemedto love him for his marginalisedtraits and underdog image, stillremain fresh in Indian memory.

For India, Obama’s history-creating victory raised a tri-umph of hope. A desire thatremained ignored and nowrekindled with another electiontalk. Obama understandably justmade some whispers aboutIndia, enough to be echoed aswrong noises. Diplomacy on eas-ing Foreign Direct Investmentnorms in India, mouthing theright quotes about Washington’srelationship with Pakistan, ask-ing American youth to workhard to beat the Bangalore chal-lenge and his reiteration thatIndia is not the right destinationto invest money due to govern-ment gridlocks.

Seeking a second term,Obama, has also to contend withAmericans of Indian origin —Republican politico BobbyJindal, critical of Obama’s bigfederal spending, Americanpolitician Nikki Haley whoremarks Obama does not have toremind immigrants that they didnot build their flourishing busi-ness themselves and DineshD’Souza, whose critical docu-mentary 2016: Obama’s America,is rocking the US box office.

Even when former USPresident Bill Clinton makessweeping references to MichelleObama in a bid to mop up thesupport for the colour-crossedWhite House candidate, you arereminded of his MonicaLewinsky episode in theNaughty Nineties and his own

wife’s bid in 2008 during whichhe clashed with the presentincumbent-in-support.

For a man, whom The DailyTelegraph describes in its arti-cle: ‘Barack Obama: The 50 factsyou might not know’, as the manwho “applied to appear in ablack pin-up calendar while atHarvard but was rejected by theall-female committee” and “saidmany of his friends in Indonesiawere street urchins”, life’s beena roller coaster.

Coincidentally, Osama alsodecides to haunt Obama at thiscritical juncture with a formerNavy SEAL’s insider accountthat steals the thunder fromObama’s powerful speech in thetelevised address on May 1, 2011that Osama Bin Laden is dead.The new advertisements trum-peting the killing is drawing flakfor politicising national security.

Despite all this lacunae,there are lessons to be learnt; anexercise called Obama, whoreports say recovered from

drugs, broken parentage, chainsmoking, difficult marriage,impossible extended family et al.His trip to India in November2010, remember, was billed as asuccess. The Taj Hotel visit,Diwali with Mumbai kids, dancewith students and visitingHumayun’s tomb are the hover-ing memories.

Media reviews aboutObama’s performance in officeremain mixed, predominantlynegative. While Time magazinecalled Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh TheUnderachiever in its July 2012edition, India’s Outlook immedi-ately hit back by calling ObamaThe Underachiever in its follow-ing cover story.

With the WashingtonPost now calling ManmohanSingh a Tragic Figure, it’s timefor India’s 13th Prime Minsterto learn to put his PublicRelations skills in place fromBarack Obama, the 44thPresident of the US. From sto-

ries of Michelle Obamabeing a regular at gyms to hisdaughters being disciplined, thetrue role of Public Relations,preceding elections, throughmedia is at play in the West andthe West-fed Indian media.

The Democratic candidatemight just pip his Republicanrival Mitt Romney, thanks againto the power of verbal exchangesand election propaganda thatworks well in impressionableAmerican public memory. Thispossible victory could be despiteunemployment rate at 8.1 percent, nonfarm payrolls at 96,000and a national debt that has sur-passed $16 trillion in the UnitedStates. And herein is the hiddenlesson for the Congress-led UPAgovernment in India trailingwith corruption, scandals and adysfunctional set of ministers.Elections are round the cornerand the Indian political battlealso begins and ends with words!

The writer works forPostnoon

Oh, a balm for India!From the hip

SYED SHOAIB

Four years ago, Obama’s mesmerising speeches and charisma enthralled an audience whoseemed to love him for his underdog image, still remain fresh in Indian memory.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Lufthansa services were mainly back tonormal Saturday after a 24-hour staff

walkout that grounded half the air-line's flights in Germany ended with agree-ment to call in a mediator. The airline also

agreed not to employ cheap contract work-ers in Berlin. The strike that began at mid-

night Thursday affected more than 100,000passengers, with around half the airline's

1,800 daily flights cancelled.

Lufthansa back to normalcy

Taiwanese computer marketer Acer plans to expand its footprint to 1,200 towns across the country by the

end of this year. According to research firmGartner, Acer has established a significantpresence in the second quarter of 2012 and has become the number 2 player in thecountry with a 13.4 per cent market share in the total Personal Computermarket.

Acer to expand network

As many as 35 stock brokers havebeen probed by capital market reg-ulator Sebi for possible lapses in

controls related to money laundering andterror financing, and further action may betaken soon in these cases. The inspectionsfollow actions taken by stock exchangesand depositories against more than 300market entities for violations and discrep-ancies related to money laundering.

Sebi probes brokers

BUSINESS 9

Syed [email protected]

Uniglobe Sameera Travelcelebrated their silverjubilee at Vivanta fromTaj on Saturday. Former

cricket captain and all-rounderKapil Dev did the honours forthem, first showering praiseson the corporate and then giv-ing away mementos andcheques to their deservingstaff.

In his trademark bare-allstyle he told the managingdirector, Vijay Mohan Raj, “Iam here even though I hatedyou during our playing days foryou never gave me your wicket.I could not stand your battingeither; you neither hit runs nordid you get out… it was tuk tuktuk tuk all the time.”

He told the audience thatdespite this, he liked Vijaybecause he showed cricketerswho had a very early retire-ment age that they had to moveon and earn money in one pro-fession or the other becausetheir times were not IPL timesand ex-cricketers had to fendfor themselves. Business, he

thought was a great way to doit; to start a new innings afterretirement.

He said he had immenserespect for a company thatstarted off small to go on to bea `40-crore global corporate. Herecalled that incidentally it wasDelhi-Hyderabad that he firstflew, recognising the impor-tance of a travel agency.

Vijay impressed upon thegathering that hard work andconsistency were very essentialfor the growth of the companyand asked his staff to imbibethis from the PadmabushanKapil who had played 131 Testsback to back. “Do whatever youdo with passion and enjoydoing it,” was his advice.

The managing director ofthe company revealed that theyplanned to foray into adventuretourism, wedding planners andtraining and team building pro-grammes in their attempt toexpand their company to a`100-crore one. He said thatBangkok, Brunei and Thailandwere popular destination todayfor Indian weddings andarranging these was big busi-ness and a satisfying one.

Hyderabadis get ataste of Hurricane

The outspoken cricketing great emphasised on the need for cricketers to developpost-retirement careers and be smart about it.

The adulation for KapilDev Nikhanj, who wasthe chief guest at the

event, could be seen clearlyin the eyes of Dharan, a classvii student of St Michel’s.“I’m here to see the manwho won India the WorldCup,” he says, wielding acamera. “Dhoni is myfavourite cricketer but I likeKapil Dev too,” he adds.

Dharan is not the onlybarely-teen clamouring atthe sight of the legend — atleast half-a-dozen childrenvie with adults to be pho-tographed with the formercricket captain who wonIndia its first World Cup. Thatthese tiny tots were notaround then, nor when hehung up his boots in 1994,says volumes of the populari-ty of the Haryana Hurricane.

This phenomenon is notdifficult to understand when

one hears Wisden’s IndianCricketer of the Century. Thewarmth of the smile touchesthe heart, so do the wordsspoken straight from his. “Iam here after giving up animportant visit to Indonesiabut feel a thousand timesbetter to be among peoplecelebrating success,” hebeams.

He has courted contro-versies with his outspokenways but not regretted; voic-ing one’s opinion is not acrime. Only this all-roundercan say, “During our days ifyou spoke, you were out ofthe team; these days theBCCI itself teaches you totalk,” just months after mak-ing up with the board andget away with it, and alsohave people still adore you.Stuff actually that gets youinducted into Cricket Hall ofFame.

Eyes don’t lie either

Indian ITcos worstpaymastersNEW DELHI: Indian compa-nies are among the world's 10lowest paying employers in theIT space, with their mid-to-senior level staff getting an aver-age salary of $38,767 per annum— less than one-fourth of the ITpay package at globally top-pay-ing Swiss firms.

Salaries in the IT sector ofSwitzerland are the highest inthe world at an average of$168,211 per annum, as per astudy titled 'World wide ITSalary 2012'.

The study, conducted by glob-al recruitment service providerMyHiringClub.com, has rankedIndia at eighth spot among 10worst IT paymasters globally.

The study, which was conducted in August this year,took into account the averagesalaries for people with four andmore years of experience for theIndian and other companies.

The report compared thetotal annual cash compensationand total remuneration informa-tion for IT staff in more than6,000 companies across 40 different countries and foundthat employers in westernEurope are the best paymasters.

It also found that compen-sation in developed countriesfocus more on variable factors,such as bonus schemes, toattract staff. At the same time,the emphasis remains on cashcompensation in the lower-pay-ing countries.

Interestingly, IT managers inIndia fare better than their coun-terparts in neighbouring China,where the average annual com-pensation package were lower at$38,624.

Among the best IT salariespaying countries Belgium

bagged the second positionwith an average salary of$144,980, followed by Denmark$136,542, the US $128,632 and theUK $127,890.

PTI

INTERESTINGLY, IT MAN-AGERS IN INDIA FAREBETTER THAN THEIRCOUNTERPARTS INNEIGHBOURING CHINA,WHERE THE AVERAGEANNUAL COMPENSATIONPACKAGE WERE LOWERAT $38,624.

SRINIVAS SETTY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 201210INTERVIEW

INTRIGUED BY JAZZFor someone who is an Internet music sensation, US clarinettist Shankar Tucker

is very shy and reserved about his success.

The clarinet playingAmerican whose music isevery bit Indian says, ‘he is waiting to be a

part of the new contemporaryIndian music movement’. As webegin shadowboxing about themany mysterious parts of his per-sonality (his name, for instance )and get down to talking aboutbuilding bridges across Indianand Western music, he getsexpansive and liberal with theconversation.

Tell us how you started with theclarinet and the eventual jour-ney into Indian classicalmusic.My parents were artists and mygrandfather was a music teacher.When I first wanted toplay, it was my grandfather whohelped me with the basics. Theywere very supportive aboutmy passion for music. And then Ilearnt more under Micheal

Cessman and Tom Martin ofthe Boston Symphony before beingtaken under the wings of PanditHariprasad Chaurasia and thesoundscapes of Bombay.

How was your experience oflearning under the great Pandit?Did you have a specifictimetable everyday?Yes. He is a very great teacher andvery meticulous about practice.Everyday we would havetwo or three hours of practice ingroup classes. That is two or threehours of raga practice, followed by one hour of aalap prac-tice. I was most mesmerised byhim, especially after listeningto him play with John McLaughinand Remember Shakti.

Now that you talk about them, itis quite obvious that your musicis very highly influenced byRemember Shakti. What is itabout John McLaughlin thatinspires you somuch? Which one do you likebetter — Shakti or RememberShakti?I was always intrigued by jazz. Infact, a couple of years ago, Ibought an instructional DVD

by John and practised the clarinetwith it even though it was meant forguitar players! John McLaughlinhad played some of the greatestlines and his songs have explorednew spaces in jazz and world music.But I had always liked RememberShakti over their previous line-up,mostly because it had gurujiHariprasad Chaurasia in it.

What is it about jazz and fusionmusic that drives you the most? Jazz is like the science of improvisa-tion. Between chord changes andconstant shifts in rhythm patterns,you are left with no boundaries orconstraints. But with Indian classi-cal, you make compelling solos andartful constructions in the carefullycrafted composition of the raga.But it’s the beauty and the aesthet-ics of these two styles of music thatdrives me the most.

Since you have been here for awhile, what do you think of theIndian artistes here?Apart from conventional film musicthat is everywhere, I have heardmusic of a lot of bands. But theyare too influenced by the Westernworld in their sound and song writ-ing, and don’t really stand out. But

there are a few that make goodmusic, like Raghu Dixit who is alsosinging for a Tamil film that I amworking on.

So what can we expect fromShankar Tucker’s first stint inTamil films?I think it is more experimental thanwhat I have worked on so far. Thefilm is not exactly mainstream com-mercial so I have had some free-dom in terms of working style. Weare waiting to begin mixing thesongs at a studio in Mumbai, that’sall I can tell you.

And how different has the expe-rience of playing live been fromplaying in the studio? Has theIndian crowd been appreciativeenough?It is a very good experience, the

crowd here simply loves our covers.Our common set list has been acombination of Hindustani classicaland jazz with electronic triggerswith acoustic/electric guitars. Acouple of ghazals also figure butwe always end up getting comicrequests like the covers we haddone for Shrutibox. I sometimesfeel we haven't reached out to thecrowd in a full manner because wekept playing to a limited audience,so I am yet to know how it is toactually play “live”.

How do you see yourself hereconsidering that your popularityhas helped you meet many musi-cians across the border?I see a lot many independentartistes coming here. But more thananything else, I would like to be apart of the yet-to-emerge contem-porary Indian music scene. Which iswhy I am here.

As we finish and exchange cardsover promises to stay in touch,Shankar laughs at the mention ofhis name and the mystery behind it.He explains, “My family are devo-tees of Mata Amritanandamayi whosuggested I be called ‘Shankar’.”

[email protected] RAMAKRISHNA

MUSIC BANDS HERE AREINFLUENCED BY THEWEST IN THEIR SOUNDAND SONG WRITING,AND DONT REALLY STANDOUT.

SRINIVAS SETTY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 201211GOLDEN YEARS

Be Preparedn Register the name,

address and phone num-ber of the domestic helpand driver at the localpolice station.

n Install safety features likea peephole and irongrille so that you canscreen visitors before letting them in.

n If vendors, repairmenand others enter thehouse for any work, donot leave them alone.

n Do not open cupboards,safes or discuss financialmatters in front of thedomestic help. Also, donot mistreat or refuse topay them.

n Keep the neighboursand watchmen informedabout the people whoregularly come to yourhouse.

n Keep important tele-phone numbers ofneighbours, relatives liv-ing nearby and the localpolice station handy.

n Don't keep valuables orlarge sums of money athome.

Senior citizens livingalone areoften a vulnerable target for criminals.Postnoon takesa look at theinitiatives tokeep theelderly safe inthe City.

With crimes against senior citizens on therise, police departments across the

country have woken up to the fact thatsecurity needs to be provided to elderly

people who live alone.The Delhi police recently launched an initiative

to provide identity cards to over 13,000 senior citi-zens living alone. The card will have the name of

the card holder, emergency contact numbers, healthdetails and a registration number.

In Kottayam district in Kerala, the police havegone a step further. The cops keep a constant eye on

elderly people living alone, and once a week, apoliceman and a policewoman visit the senior citi-

zen's house to ensure that they are safe. In Hyderabad, however, no such measures are inplace as of now. RN Mital, president of All India

Senior Citizens' Confederation (AISCCON), says, “InHyderabad, rules were framed a few months back toensure the welfare of senior citizens. These includ-

ed providing physical security for the elderly.However, it is all on paper and it has not been imple-

mented as yet.”R Mamatha Bai, the project director of GHMC

initiative AASARA, adds, “There isn't much policeor government support for such schemes in

Hyderabad. The police do not attend any pro-grammes aimed at helping senior citizens. The

Supreme Court has directed cops to give priority tocomplaints lodged by senior citizens. However, that

is not happening here.” Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma

agreed that there aren't any such initiatives in thecity as of now. “There is no separate cell to deal

with senior citizen issues. Basically, as of now, ifsenior citizens are living alone, they can notify the

local police, who will try to keep an eye on them.They should keep them in the know about their

travel plans and other such details. While there areno organised schemes as such, we will look into

what the Delhi police are doing and consider thefeasibility of a similar scheme here.”

When asked whether the senior citizen associa-tions in the city are doing anything to ensure safety,Mamatha Bai said, “We have been motivating seniorcitizens to form groups; 'seniors for seniors' is what

we're trying to promote. There are 180 senior citi-zen associations in the City and they take care of

their members. They keep in touch with them andmake sure their needs are met.”

However, Mital said that physical security canonly be provided by the police. “We can help only in

a limited capacity. We run errands and so on forelderly people who live alone or are not mobile. But

providing security is difficult.”Mital added, “We have been taking up this issue

with various police departments. The response issatisfactory. Awareness is getting created, and this

in turn will make the police personnel more respon-sive. At the senior level, the police are already more

responsive and understanding. The awareness hasto be slowly generated at junior levels to ensure

that the police response is more friendly.”

JYOTSNA NAMBIAR

[email protected]

SAFETYFIRST

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 201212ART AND CULTURE

Futurism was an artistic andsocial movement that origi-

nated in Italy in the early20th century. It emphasised and

glorified themes associated withcontemporary concepts of the

future, including speed, technology, youth and violence,and objects such as the car, the

airplane and the industrial city. It was largely an Italian phe-

nomenon, though there were par-

allel movements in Russia,England and elsewhere. TheFuturists practised in everymedium of art, including paint-ing, sculpture, ceramics, graphicdesign, industrial design, interi-or design, theatre, film, fashion,textiles, literature, music, archi-tecture and even gastronomy.

Key figures of the movementinclude Italians FilippoTommaso Marinetti, Umberto

Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, GinoSeverini, Giacomo Balla,Antonio Sant'Elia, Tullio Craliand Luigi Russolo, and theRussians Natalia Goncharova,Velimir Khlebnikov, andVladimir Mayakovsky, as well asthe Portuguese AlmadaNegreiros.

The founder of Futurism andits most influential personalitywas the Italian writer Filippo

Tommaso Marinetti. Marinettilaunched the movement in hisFuturist Manifesto, which hepublished for the first time onFebruary 5, 1909 in La gazzettadell'Emilia, an article then repro-duced in the French daily news-paper Le Figaro on February 20,1909.

Marinetti expressed a pas-sionate loathing of everythingold, especially political and artis-tic tradition. “We want no part ofit, the past”, he wrote, “We theyoung and strong Futurists!” TheFuturists admired speed, tech-nology, youth and violence, thecar, the airplane and the indus-trial city, all that represented thetechnological triumph ofhumanity over nature.

His fascination formyths and heroes,victorious or fallen,has always reflectedin artist Jehangir

Jani’s works. Jani, who is exhibiting his

works at the Kalakriti ArtGallery, has tackled sensitivesubjects through his works inhis two-decade-long career.Jani says that the fact that alarge population structurestheir lives around myths con-sidering them as absolutetruths, has mystified him tono end. According to him, it isthis quest for knowledge andtruth that kept him going.This aspect of myth construc-tion was vividly expressed inmany of Jani’s previousshows, the most significant ofthem being ‘Faerie Tales…ARelook’ (1998, Mumbai),‘Peers’ (2006, Mumbai andHyderabad) and ‘GreatExpectations’ (2007, Mumbai).

He explains, “I hope thatfuture generations will bemore comfortable and accept-

ing of the alternate modes ofexistence that I have oftendepicted in my works. I ammore curious about how myworks will be seen by thefuture generations.”

His exhibition, titled

Jannis… A Relook, is on tillSeptember 22. The paintingsare rendered in delicate wash-es of watercolour and a dex-terous use of charcoal draw-ing. This is his second soloshow with Kalakriti, the firsttime being in 2006 with hisseries of sculptures titledPeers. While his contributionto contemporary Indian sculp-ture is well acknowledged, hisengagement with watercolouris more recent.

Jani says, “I have beenexploring the possibilities ofwatercolours for many yearsnow. But I am also toying withthe idea of using new mediatechnology in the future. Idon’t have the classical sensi-bility of being faithful to onemedium. Like an ever flowingriver, I hope technology willcarry on inventing new mate-rials, and I will have reason tobe in a perpetual state of discovery.”

The present series ofpaintings explores a stimulat-ing theme. These works

expose the relationship sharedbetween passion and knowl-edge. The theme is bestexpressed in the painting ‘TheTree of Knowledge’. The bit-ten apples represent eroticismand curiosity. The symbol ofthe bitten apple is derivedfrom the story of Adam andEve. The message is that onemight have to risk tasting theforbidden fruit in order toacquire knowledge.

Another theme this seriesof paintings explores is theidea of how, in society, knowl-edge is built and protected.Usually, the contribution ofthe labour classes to thegrowth of knowledge is notacknowledged. In paintingslike ‘Jannis’ Bag 6’,(right) theartist depicts the handbags ofa labourer, filled with coal.The idea behind these worksis to remind us that there areno menial jobs in the world, asevery worker remotely ordirectly is instrumental inhuman progress and knowledge.

Captivatedby mythology

Through Jannis – A relook, Mumbai-based artist Jehangir Jani explores

myths and their influence on us.

Like an ever flowingriver, I hope technology will carryon inventing newmaterials, and I willhave reason to be in aperpetual state of discovery.

Works of the Futurists revolved around contemporary subjectslike technology, youth, violence, car and airplanes.

Lovers of the future ART FOR DUMMIES

BRASÍLIA: The Inhotim Institute, thevast art park founded by the miningbillionaire Bernardo Paz in a remote

part of southeast Brazil, is due tolaunch a pavilion dedicated to the

works of established Brazilian artistTunga.The 2,600 sq m gallery is due tohouse six major installations. There are

pavilions dedicated to 20 other con-temporary artists.

A pavilion dedicated to TungaAMSTERDAM: The Rijksmuseum willreopen to the public on April 14, 2013,after a decade-long refurbishment andmodernisation project, the museumannounced this week. Around 8,000works from the national collection arenow being installed to tell the story ofthe Netherlands from the Middle Agesto the present day, according to apress statement.

Rijksmuseum to reopenLONDON: A quarter century after AndyWarhol’s death, his work resonates morethan ever. Several museum exhibitions arefocusing on his influence in painting, pho-tography, film, performance, and more.“With his Factory, his Marilyns, his films,and his many riffs on banality, seriality, andkitsch, Andy knocked down obstacles thatno one ever thought about before,” sayscritic Arthur Danto.

Warhol Warhol, everywhere


WEST YORKSHIRE: Biodiversity, or theabundance of life, generally increasesas the planet warms. More heat createsmore energy for plants and animals tothrive. Of course, not all species flourishin a warmer environment. According toa new study from the University ofLeeds, it is the speed at which the cli-mate is changing that will instead causebiodiversity loss.

Speed of climate change LONDON: You may want to rethink theexpenditure, a new study in GeophysicalResearch Letters shows that spacetourism will likely aggravate global cli-mate change. Using sophisticated mod-elling, the researchers found that thebiggest impact of a rise in spacetourism on global temperatures won'tbe due to carbon emissions, but blackcarbon, often in the form of soot.

Space tourism worsens warmingWEST YORKSHIRE: A new researchshows rainforests have a huge impacton rainfall. A team from the Universityof Leeds and the NERC Centre forEcology & Hydrology found that airpassing over tropical forests producesat least twice as much rain as air pass-ing over little vegetation and canimpact rainfall thousands of milesaway.

Deforestation affects rainfall

ENVIRONMENT

The eco-warrior andher little army

Children are the inheritors of the future and inculcating in them the importance of conservation is the bestway forward to a greener and better tomorrow. Rajani Vakkalanka shows the way.

“The right to life and sur-vival is a child’s basicright. But with theunabashed degradationof our environment,

exploitation of natural resources and theresulting hazardous climatic changes, arewe providing our children this basicright?” asks Rajani Vakkalanka.

She’s addressed this pertinent ques-tion with a simple solution — empower-ing, through knowledge and awareness,the future custodians of Mother Earth —its children. Rajani began conducting con-servation programmes for children in hercolony four years ago. Since then, theenthusiastic youngsters of AmbienceFort, Hyderguda, have actively participat-ed in learning and in turn teaching thosewithin their circle of influence the rele-vance of water conservation, reducingcarbon emissions and the use of plastic,tree planting and bird conservation withspecial emphasis on saving sparrows andother native birds in their neighbourhoodintegral to our biodiversity.

Rajani has a Masters in Social Workfrom Tata Institute of Social Sciences, aspecialisation in family and child welfare,and experience of working with mentallychallenged children at Thakur HariPrasad Institute in the city. She is also thecity co-ordinator for children in difficultcircumstances at Childline. In particularthe youth has always remained a primaryfocus of Rajani’s work.

Her efforts to spread awareness havebeen appreciated by the colony’s residentsand beyond. It even came to the attentionof Mallikarjun Rao, Director of NehruZoological Park and the media, who’vecommended her work and helped spreadher message.

Taking this association with nature astep further, Rajani is currently pursuingher PhD at Osmania University, faculty ofeducation, in the area of environmentalconservation through children’s partici-pation. She explains, “I felt it would give

me a larger platform to address schoolsand tap into children’s initiatives. There’sa lacuna in our education system due to adearth of specialised training pro-grammes for teachers to address climatechange challenges in schools. A SupremeCourt directive stipulates environmentaleducation be made compulsory at all lev-els of education right from primaryschool. But it hasn’t been implemented tobring about a tangible difference to thepresent situation. That’s one area where Iintend to start teacher-training pro-grammes so they can effectively helpaddress and involve students in conserva-tion activities.”

She goes on to say, “When adults aremore involved and take an initiative tosupport a cause, it’s easier to tap a child’sinquisitiveness. And when schoolsinclude project-based learning amongchildren, it goes a long way in teachingthem to relate to the significance of con-servation and its importance.”

It’s a colossal task, changing the mind-set of an overindulged generation condi-tioned to waste, but Rajani takes heart insome pleasant serendipitous affirmationsof the future going green. Like the timeshe encounters an eco-conscious six-year-old refusing a plastic bag at a bookstore.Or when the colony kids bring her awounded pigeon to be tended back toflight. She knows then that Mother Naturewill be secure in the hands of these littleguardians.

SUNORY DUTT

[email protected]

“Most Vedic scripturesspeak of reverence to natu-ral elements. Our responsi-bility doesn’t end in the ritu-alistic recitation of thesescriptures. Actual reverenceto Mother Earth lies in ourown lifestyle practices andchannelling every day andevery second of our thoughttoward creating a sustain-able world.

Rajani Vakkalanka

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 201214FOOD

BRASÍLIA: EMISA has completed con-struction of a new 33 390 sq m plant for

Coca-Cola in Maringá, Brazil. The newfacility has been declared as environmen-tally friendly, built using sustainable mate-

rials. The prefect for Maringá, SilvioBarros, said EMISA had shown “extreme

competence”, adding that it should bean incentive for the market to adopt a

sustainable model.

Coca-Cola facility in BrazilLUANDA: A new banana and tomatoprocessing plant has been opened inNorthern Angola, in an attempt to addvalue to fruit unsuitable for the freshmarket. The facility has capacity to pro-cess 2.5 tonnes of tomato and 750 kgof banana per hour, and was built fol-lowing investment from the Angolangovernment.

New processing plant in AngolaWASHINGTON: Ladies, don’t keep thatchocolate! Pass it on to the men. Anew study finds that compared withmen who reported eating little-to-nochocolate on a regular basis, thosewho had the highest weekly consump-tion of chocolate — about 63 gramsper week, or just a little more than 2ounces — reduced their likelihood ofsuffering a stroke by 17 per cent.

Nibble on some chocolate

DiscoveringThai food

The soul behind ThaiPavilion, Ananda Solomon,

Corporate Chef TajPremium talks about roots,

discovering Thai and more.

Padmini [email protected]

WHAT DREW YOU TO THAICUISINE?Once you taste Thai food,you’ll either love it or you’llhate it. The first time I wentto Thailand, I went to a smallplace which served curry, riceand salad. I found the foodwas aromatic, pleasantlysweet...I’d never tasted any-thing like it before. But by thethird meal, it completely drewme. It has the properties tomake you an addict.

DO YOU COOK AT HOME?Occasionally (Laughs). Mydaughters Smriti and Tulikado mostly. My younger oneis especially fond of cooking.So I make the effort. But usu-ally I have long days. I beginmy day at 8 am and end itaround midnight. My averageday is 14-15 hours. Therefore Irarely get the time.

HOW DID YOU DECIDE YOUWANTED TO BE A CHEF?I come from a joint familywhere everyone in the houseplayed their part helping inthe house. We had our dutiesin the kitchen. I’ve alwaysliked food. And among myfour brothers, I was the onlyone who was vocal about giv-ing feedback to my mother onthe dishes served. My mumwas a great cook, an excellenthand. I picked it up from her.Later, I went to catering col-lege and specialised in FrenchFood. But after a stint in Goain 1989, when I went back toBombay, I had a chance toopen this restaurant (ThaiPavilion), I took three years tostudy it.

Jyotsna [email protected]

The French perfected theart of long, leisurelylunches. But it is atThai Pavilion inVivanta by Taj that you

truly realise the pleasure of one.In its first foray outside

Mumbai, the iconic restaurantstrikes all the right notes at itsHyderabad branch. The diningspace is intimate, with discreetscreens dividing the restaurantinto private alcoves. The muteddécor, tapering chandeliers andcomfortable seating set the moodfor a relaxed meal. It is a placemeant for friends, family andconversation — at our table, thechatter was constant, with paus-es only when the food made itsappearance.

Starting the meal with arefreshing watermelon and basilmocktail, we quickly tucked intothe series of starters that madetheir way to our table. The suc-culent koong samrot (tigerprawn with bird’s eye chillipaste and makroot leaves) wasdelicious, as was the subtlechicken satay kai. Paired withpeanut, honey chilli, tomatochilli and spicy chilli sauces, thestarters were a hit. The vegetari-ans had thord man khao phod(corn cakes with red currypaste), a mildly spicy dish, fol-lowed by silken tofu in soysauce. The tofu was a delight;pure silk in the mouth.However, it is blander than theaverage Indian palette is used to.The fried noodle canapes madefor wonderful finger food, acrunchy and light change fromthe usual suspects.

As we sat back, sated withthe starters, bowls of tom yum

(soup) were brought in. Chicken,seafood and vegetables floated inflavourful broth, redolent withchilli, lemon grass and galangal.If you’re not a fan of strongThai flavours, then the soupmight not be for you.

A guava mocktail laced withchilli powder provided a nice

respite after the tangy soup, butit was quickly abandoned whenthe main course was served.Steamed rice, khao phad namprik pao ( spicy fried rice), phadthai (stir fried rice noodles) andsteamed John Dory fish withThai spices, made up the maincourse.

The gaeng kiew warn (Thaigreen curry) is too much forthose with mild palettes, but thegaeng ped (Thai red curry) isjust perfect. Rich and delicious,both dishes get a thumbs up. TheJohn Dory fish was made to per-fection. The phad kapprao khaophod warn (babycorn and mush-rooms with chilli and basil) was

tasty, but not exceptional. Thereal winner was the chickenwrapped in palm leaves.Delicately spiced, the dish is mypick of the day, as is the cabbageand peanut salad.

As stuffed as we were, wedug into the dessert with gusto.Served in coconut shell bowls,the tub tim grob (coconut milkwith chunks of rose-flavouredwater chestnut) had its share ofadmirers and dissenters.

Our verdict? If you’re look-ing for somewhere to tuck intosome good Thai food, catch upwith family and friends andrelax on a weekend, ThaiPavilion is a good choice.

The art of leisureThai Pavilion, in its maiden foray outside Mumbai, proves to

be the perfect setting for family, friends, food and conversation.

Thai Pavilion at Vivanta by Taj

Timings: Noon to 3 pm, 7.30pm to midnight

Meal for two: `2,500(+ taxes)

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Chef’s note n The dish is a simple mild tasty

preparation without red chilliand made in white gravy. It’sgenerally served with the maincourse, along with tandooriroti, butter naan, or paratha.It’s also suited to everybody’staste because of the lack ofspice.

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Ingredients1. Chicken - 500 gms (boneless or

curry pieces)

2. Onions - 2 medium-sized and fine-ly chopped

3. Coconut powder - 1 tbsp

4. Cashew nuts - 8 to 10

5. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

6. Dhania powder - 1 tsp

7. Jeera powder - 1/2 a tsp

8. Salt to taste

9. Milk - 1/2 a cup

10.Cream - 2 tbsp

11.Oil to cook - 50 ml (2 to 3 tbsp)

Procedure1. Heat 1 tsp of oil, lightly roast

onions, coconut powder, andcashew nuts, make a paste out ofthese.

2. Heat the oil again and fry the chick-en pieces, along with ginger garlicpaste, zeera, dhania powder & salt.

3. After frying the chicken, add theonion, coconut and cashew paste,stir it for a while.

4. Add 1/2 a cup of milk and put it onslow fire, till it gets tender, and thegravy reaches medium consistency.

5. Switch off the gas, add cream,sprinkle some kasuri meethi andserve.

Biriyani bonanza

An evening with friendsThe new and improved Xtreme Sports Bar at Karkhana lives up to its word of being back

with a bang. Now evenings are going to get a lot better. Sudeshna [email protected]

Well it’s said thatpatience is a virtue.Indeed, after a long

wait, the Xtreme Sports Bar atKarkhana has reopened.Hyderabad in general does notboast of many sports barshence, when this reopened, theparty hoppers could not butcome visiting the new renovat-ed bar.

Getting down to business,we were served a wide rangeof starters with beer. To begin

with, new on their menu ischicken di pana, well cookedwith the right amount of redsauce — a perfect start to aperfect night.

The chicken tikkas are

delicious, but fairly pre-dictable, but grilled perfectly.However, the buffalo wingswere indeed the clear cut win-ner. The dip along with it isalso good. The Crispy corn is a

must-have for the vegetarians.It’s served in the most uncon-ventional way which makesyou wonder which one to eat,the bowl or the corn. Yes, thecorn is served in an ediblebowl and is perhaps tastierthan the corn itself.

Good music, cosy beanbags, huge LCD screens withyour favourite game beingaired, beer and great finger-food, top that with the amazing company of friends;there was nothing more that Icould ask for to end a longweekday .

WhileHyderabadboasts ofdelectablebiriyani, there

are only few restaurantshere that serve you thebiriyani that can truly pam-per your taste buds.According to Aamer Jamal,master chef at ITC Kakatiyathat won the coveted title of

the best biriyani in the twincities, the element that ismissing in the biriyani isthe ghar ka khaana feel. Hewishes to provide this expe-rience to the guests at theDeccan Pavilion here.Daawat-E-Biriyani, the foodfestival at ITC Kakatiyapays tribute to the biriyaniof the Nizami times. Thepresentation of the five dif-ferent biriyanis itself was atreat to the eyes. On themenu were — BerianiIranian, Lucknowi Biriyani,Dum Pukht Biriyani, SubzDum Biriyani andHyderabad Kachche Ghoshtki Biriyani. The favourite ofthe non-vegetarian crowd

was Hyderabad KachcheGhosht ki Biriyani which isrice and raw lamb meatcooked together, layeredwith a yogurt-based mari-nade of minced lamb meat.Subz Dum Biriyani is avegetarian s delight which iscooked with an assortmentof vegetables, spices anddry fruits. With each of thebiriyani tastier than theother, it is advisable tosavour small quantities ofeach of them.

The chef, whose onlyeducation on cooking iswhat he learnt from home,looks up to his motherwhen it comes to cookingand having grown inHyderabad helped him

imbibe the real taste ofthe city.

He says, “I grew upwatching my mum cook.Since that’s where my pas-sion was, I put my heartinto it. Here I am onlyextending what I havelearnt from home and noth-ing else.”

Beriani Iranian is madeby marinating lambovernight with yogurt,herbs, spices and driedfruits, whereas in theLucknowi Biriyani the riceand meat are cooked sepa-rately, then layered togeth-er. In the Dum PukhtBiriyani — Avadhi inspiredbiriyani, where rice andmeat are cooked on a slowfire with the right amountof spices and vegetables.The festival Daawat-E-Biriyani is on tillSeptember 16 at Deccan

Pavilion, ITCKakatiya.

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Sept 10 1921 - The Ayus Autobahn inGermany opened near Berlin. Theroad is known for its nonexistentspeed limit.

Sept 131959 - The Soviet Union’s Luna 2 became thefirst space probe to reach the moon. It waslaunched the day before.

Sept 141901- US President William McKinley diesafter being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition inBuffalo, New York.

Sept 112001 - In the US, four airlines werehijacked. Two airliners hit the WorldTrade Center in New York City. Oneairliner hit the Pentagon inWashington, DC. Another airlinercrashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

Sept 121954 - Lassie made its televisiondebut on CBS. The last show airedon September 12, 1971.

Sept 121940 - Lascaux cave paintings werediscovered. Near Montignac,France, a collection of prehistoric,15,000- to 17,000-year-old cavepaintings are discovered by fourteenagers.

Sept 161998 - Universal paid $9 million forthe rights to the Dr Seuss classicsHow the Grinch Stole Christmasand Oh, the Places You’ll Go.

Sept 151978 - Boxer Muhammad Alidefeats Leon Spinks at theLouisiana Superdome in NewOrleans to win the world heavy-weight boxing title for the thirdtime in his career, the first fighterever to do so.

Sept 151928 - Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillinin the mold Penicillium notatum.

Sept 141984 - Joe Kittinger became thefirst person to fly a balloon soloacross the Atlantic Ocean.

Sept 11 1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada was dedicated by US PresidentFranklin D Roosevelt when he turned on the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam.

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GET YOURSPEED FIXMotor racing enthu-siasts rejoice.Vodafone onSaturday unveiled anexact replica ofVodafone McLarenMercedes Racing Carat InOrbit Mall inHitech City. Thereplica will be on display untilSeptember 9.

SWEETDREAMS

Agra Mithaiwala haslaunched a luxurystore for sweets,

namkeen and chaatat Kukatpally. It also

features a vegetarianrestaurant. Actress

Madhurima Banerjeeand MLA Bhikshapati

Yadav graced thelaunch.

QUEENS OFTHE KITCHENC Pavani and SumanTiwari were judgedwinners of Mallika-e-kitchen (AndhraPradesh region). Thewomen, both fromHyderabad, will nowcompete with 24other finalists fromacross the country inthe grand finale.

TECHIE TALENTCorporates showedoff their artistic andcreative side at RadioMirchi’s ‘Clash of theCorporates’. Techiesfrom companies likeDell, Wipro andAccenture let downtheir hair at the eventat OakridgeInternational School.

PICTUREPERFECT

Art Guru, a spe-cialised studio featur-

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at the opening of the gallery.

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Saiyami Kher’s lifelong dream

to meet her idol RogerFederer has finally come

true. She’s currently in theUS where she’s shooting for

YVS Chowdhary’s upcoming filmRey. Few days ago, after she wrappedup the film’s shooting in Trinidad &

Tobago, she landed in New York towatch the US Open. “I am a big fan ofRoger Federer and it still feels so sur-

real that I saw him in person.Recently, while I was waiting in a

hotel lobby in New York, RogerFederer walked right past me

towards the elevator. I desperatelywanted to talk to him, but I was in a

shock, the moment I saw him and Icouldn’t say a word. I know I missed

a golden opportunity there, but it’sby far the best moment of my life,”

Saiyami says. The film unit recentlyflew to Las Vegas to shoot the

remaining scenes in this marathonschedule in US. Sai Dharam Tej and

Saiyami Kher are playing the leadroles in Rey.

Saiyami’s dream comes

true

Siddharth goesto Toronto

Siddharth is having thetime of his life inToronto. He recently

flew to the city to attend thepremiere of Deepa Mehta’sMidnight’s Children atToronto International FilmFestival. Apart from thefilm’s screening and meet-ing with several celebritieswho graced the event,Siddharth was all the moreexcited to meet one of hisfavourite actors, TerryJones, who has acted anddirected the Monty Pythonseries. “I’m in Toronto forMidnight’s Children. It’salways going to be surreal.Just spent an hour with

Monty Python’s Terry Jones.Now it’s just mad! Life as apython geek comes a fullcircle. Now to dress in dragand do a funny walk!!! (sic),”Siddharth posted onTwitter. He played the roleof a Major in the IndianArmy in the movie.

Adapted from SalmanRushdie’s Booker Prize win-ning novel of the samename, the film also starsSathya Bhabha, ShriyaSaran, Anupam Kher,Seema Biswas, ShabanaAzmi, Rahul Bose and SohaAli Khan. The film opens intheatres across the world onOctober 26.

A tribute toromance in 3DKRaghavendra Rao’s penchant

to draw parallels between awoman’s beauty and fruits,

during his heydays, has remainedas his trademark. At times, fewdirectors have either tried to repli-cate K Raghavendra Rao’smethod of shooting the songsor spoofed it. Now for thefirst time, a song from anupcoming Allari Nareshstarrer Action is goingto be shot in 3D andAnil Sunkara, thefilm’s director, hasrevealed that it’sgoing to be a tributeto K RaghavendraRao’s style. Musicdirector BappaLahari has composedthe retro song for thefilm and Anil Sunkarais in the process offinalising KRaghavendra Rao’s signa-ture songs to use them inhis film.


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HATS OFFTO ACTORS WHO WORK WITH

NEWCOMERS:PREITY ZINTA Working with newcomers is an uphill task, says

Preity Zinta, who will be seen opposite debu-tant Rhehan Malliek in her maiden produc-

tion venture Ishkq In Paris. Recalling herdebut film Dil Se in 1998, she doffs her hat to her first co-starsShah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala for being patient with

her. “I was working with a new guy and it was very tough. Irealised how Shah Rukh and Manisha made me feel comfort-

able in my first film Dil Se. I thanked both of them,” Preitysaid. After acting in about 35 films, Preity, 37, didn’t want to

be associated with a film which embarrassed her; so sheensured that the Ishkq In Paris script is strong. “There is

some experience that I have, considering the work that I havedone. I just wanted to make sure that our script is amazing. I

just wanted that if I put my name to a film, I should not beembarrassed. I want to be part of films that are entertaining

and have a message,” she said.IANS

“Reality shows aregoing to die soon”

Ranbir, Imtiaz, Rahmanto come together again?Post Rockstar, rumours have

been rife that directorImtiaz Ali and actor

Ranbir Kapoor are comingtogether for a movie again.And the news is now con-firmed, according to a sourceclosely associated with the pro-ject. The movie will be pro-duced by Sajid Nadiadwala,and they have even convincedOscar-winning composer ARRahman to join the team, eventhough he’s hard pressed fortime. “Initially, Nadiadwalaroped in Ranbir and Imtiaz fora sequel to Rockstar. However,neither the actor nor the direc-tor was enthused by the idea ofleaping into an angst-riddenjourney of the traumatised

musician again, at least not atthe moment. They suggested acompletely antithetical film toRockstar,” said the source.Now, Imtiaz will be directing

Ranbir in a comedy. “Theyneeded to get away from thegloom of Rockstar. This timeit’s an out and out fun film, thesource added. IANS

Rannvijay Singh, whose trystwith fame began with his vic-

tory on MTV Roadies in 2003,says after enjoying considerablespace in Indian television, thereality genre is going to hit adead end in the country soon. “Ithink reality shows are going todie soon. Everything has a life,”

Rannvijay, who has been associ-ated with action-adventure showRoadies since the past nineyears, said.

“If you see in the West too,reality shows are dead. Four orfive years ago, everything was areality show there, now it’s allfiction. Our problem is that ourfiction is bad,” he added.However, the 29-year-old believestalent shows, involving singingand dancing, might survive. “It’salways great to watch talent, andit’s even more wonderful to seehow perception towards dancersand singers has changed overtime thanks to these realityshows,” said the veejay-turned-actor.IANS


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Saif exercises to Kareena’s

Kareena Kapoor’sHalkat Jawani is hav-ing positive effects onher beau, actor SaifAli Khan. He is such

a fan of the song that he exer-cises with the peppy numberin the background. “He (Saif)is very excited (aboutHeroine). He liked the firstpromo, everyone has been

talking about the dialogues,and he is very supportive. Heactually runs on the tread-mill with the song (Halkatjawani) on, so I am makinghim run and lose someweight,” the 31-year-old said.Kareena spoke on the side-lines of the launch of thetitle track of Heroine, direct-ed by Madhur Bhandarkar.

The movie releasesSeptember 21. Meanwhile,asked about her marriageplans, Kareena said: “We arenot giving that topic so muchimportance, but you all are.Right now there is no time tothink about it. I have beenpromoting the film, there issome sort of event (all thetime).” IANS

Priyanka Chopra

I was called ‘browny’in US school:

Priyanka Chopra, whowent to high school fora few years in Boston,

said she faced racial issuesthere as some fellow stu-dents called her “browny”and pointed a finger at herfor being an Indian. In aninspiring speech at theIndia Today Mind RocksYouth Summit, the 30-year-old actress took a crowd ofhundreds of students

through her life’s journey,from being “gawky kid” toa Bollywood star. “I was liv-ing in Bareilly, from there Iwent straight to Boston andjoined school there. I didn’tknow how to fit in. Also, Ifaced some racial issues.Some girls called me‘browny’ and I was type-cast, pointed a finger at forbeing Indian,” Priyankasaid. The bullying turned

into a fight and Priyankawas suspended from schoolfor three days. But theactress said going to schoolin America was a huge les-son in life as it taught herto be more confident.Delivering a speech on per-fection, Priyanka said sheis not perfect and it’s okayto be flawed as “long as youare being yourself ”.

PTI

Midnight’sChildren is anexotic IndiapackageDeepa Mehta’s much awaited

Midnight’s Children lushlycaptures much of India’s recenthistory in an epic sweep, some ofthe magical realism of SalmanRushdie’s iconic novel afterwhich it is named, and is evenfunny. The movie is an exoticIndia package complete withsnake charmers in red turbans,magicians who say Abracadabraand slumdwellers who speakpakka English. Mehta, Canada-settled director of Indian origin,slathers on the chutney muchthicker than even SlumdogMillionaire, directed by DannyBoyle, who is British. PTI

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I'm more than justMJ's daughter: ParisShe is the daughter of

late pop icon MichaelJackson, but Paris, whohas landed her first

movie role, says she wants tobe known for her own talent.“I love my dad, and I’m proudto be his daughter. I just don’tthink the title ‘MJ’s daughter’fits me,” the 14-year-old toldGlamour magazine. “A lot ofpeople think that (my dad) isthe only reason I’m making it,but I want to show that I dohave talent and that I canmake it if I try. I want to bemy own person,” she added.Paris has been roped in tostar in the upcoming filmLundon’s Bridge and theThree Keys and sheadmits many peoplewere not happy withher decision to turn toacting, reports peo-ple.com. “A lot of peo-ple don’t want me to(be an actress) butAunt La Toyabelieves in me. Sheheard me play a lit-tle guitar and sing.She really doesencourage me; it’sjust awesome ofher,” she said. IANS

I want toknow Indiabetter: HalleHollywood actress Halle Berry, who is draped in

a bright red sari in her upcoming film CloudAtlas, says she is fascinated with Indian cul-

ture and wants to know it better. “India is a fascinat-ing country with myriad layers in it. I want to take astep towards learning more about one of the oldestcultures in the world. I have many Indian friendsand it’s fascinating to hear their stories of ancientIndia,” Berry said in a statement. For a scene inCloud Atlas, an adaptation of the eponymous 2004novel by David Mitchell, the actress dressed in a tra-ditional Indian way. Her look is complete with asari, and she wears bangles, with henna applied onher palms. Cloud Atlas is written and directed byLana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski along withTom Tykwer. It will release in India and the US inOctober, and will be distributed by PVR Pictures.

IANS

Culkin’s artto be on display soonMacaulay

Culkin’s cre-ative juices havebeen flowing.Though he hasn’tbeen in front of thecamera for a while,the 32-year-oldactor has beenbusy for the lastyear with a differ-ent type of art —and next week,he’ll have an exhib-it to show off thefruits of hisimpromptu passionproject. “Wecleared out every-thing, laid downplastic and went alittle nuts at the artsupply store,” Culkin says in a video he shot withthe rest of Three Men and a Baby, the art collectivehe has formed with pals Adam Green and TobyGoodshank (both of Moldy Peaches fame). MacaulayCulkin is looking good in face of denied drug addic-tion rumors. The friends have been using Culkin’sNew York City pad as a studio and will be holdingtheir first show, Leisure Inferno at gallery/perfor-mance space Le Poisson Rouge on September 13.

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ACROSS1 In a reverie7 Watch over12 Unyielding17 Back financially21 City near Syracuse22 Movie award23 Video-game pioneer24 Fit of shivering25 Call again26 Deadlines (2 wds)28 — Almond of Soft

Cell29 ‘Mogambo’ name30 Inelegant solutions32 Van Gogh’s medium33 Maria Conchita —35 — Thomas Clocks37 Bassoon cousins38 All ears39 More arrogant40 Golfer Sam —42 Startled cries43 The two together44 Flowering trees45 Bonsai’s land47 Algebra or geometry48 Down the hatch49 Big bird52 Telegraph signal53 Johnnycake54 Lost a lap55 Date ender, maybe59 ‘Werewolves Of —’61 Roomful of students62 Go sour63 Sticky64 Kentucky Derby award65 Nile goddess of truth66 ‘Veni, —, vici’67 ‘True Lies’ co-star68 Sarah — Jewett69 Shoved off70 Eager72 ‘48 Hrs’ lead73 Bleachers shout74 Mock fanfare (hyph)75 Intuitions76 Freeway access77 LP speed80 Sudden forays82 Not liquid or gas83 One-liner84 1960s hairdo85 — Dion87 Pot covers88 Oater showdown89 Welcome90 Musical drama91 Luxury fur92 Fine violin, briefly94 Black-footed critter95 Fellows96 Decaf brand97 What banks do98 Mdse99 U2 producer100 Casts a ballot101 Green Hornet’s valet102 Market collapse104 With greater frequency107 Trout habitat108 Up — — point109 Caravan sighting113 South Seas clothes114 Hack’s customer115 Water slide117 Bar mitzvah dance118 Is

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monogram123 Practical jokes124 Regions127 Avoids capture129 Feel sore130 Buoy up131 Reduce by 50

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function133 Back muscles134 Stage platform135 Hard sell, maybe136 Watered the

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DOWN1 Quagmire2 Lopsided3 Unruffled4 Jr’s son, maybe5 Minn neighbour6 Wine-making family7 Dismounted (2 wds)8 Customary practices9 Farm measures10 Dust collectors11 Rapper Dr —2 Salad ingredient

13 Where Rome is home14 B-movie pistols15 Temper16 Charmed17 Wellknown18 Kampala’s country19 Hospital helpers20 Wallpaper, etc27 Kind of fairy31 WWII movie staple

(hyph)34 Raucous diver36 Uris novel ‘The —’38 Jots down39 Climber’s spike41 Lower wall panels43 Censors44 Kiwi language46 Wrestler’s coup47 Zoo barrier48 Chopin piece49 Young Jetson50 Silverheels’ partner51 Disentangled53 — du jour54 Follows the recipe55 Waldheim or Cobain56 Meddle57 Travel on powder58 UNIX or DOS60 Kiki or Joey61 Water-to-wine site

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(2 wds)89 Fresco base91 Tarzan and Jane92 Allay, as thirst93 Monsieur’s pate94 Safe products org96 Lark, for one98 Iron latticework100 Let off steam101 K, to a jeweler102 Advice

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Five of Wands –Rou t i ne can get bor-ing, but it is essentialin order to carry onwith life and do thethings we alwayswanted to. Don’tgive up. Keep at it!

Page of Cups –Laugh a lot. Youneed laughter toloosen up a bit andto de-stress. It willtake your mind offthings and peoplethat are stressful.

ARIESKeep your distance from friends and r -e latives. You will complete all work wi -th politeness and though-out appro ach.Spouse's health may be a cause forconcern. Politicians gain confidence.

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LIBRABlood relatives will be of great helpan d support you in times of need. Youwill repent later for harsh talk you do inanger: avoid such a situation. Employ -ees will have an increased work.

CAPRICORNSome have bright chances to go abro -ad and will receive their visa easily. Pr -o blems in getting paternal assets willbe resolved and you will get it. Promo -tion and pay hike on the cards.

TAURUSDelayed court issue will go in yourfavour. To adust with each other isgood for couples. Women will takecertain important decision about theirfuture in consultation with parents.

LEOEnemies will turn into friends. Politici -ans will be in limelight. You will be themost respected in functions and publicmeetings. Unwanted tension and exp -e n ses likely. Delay in work foreseen.

SCORPIOThough you may face tension and dis-appointments, health will be fine. Youmight face failure and disappointmentif work not planned and executedproperly. Plan everything in advance.

AQUARIUSFriends will be of great help and theircircle will expand. Chances of gettingstomach ache or heat-related ailments;take good care. Be patient whileundertaking important work.

GEMINIYou will receive ancestrial property tocheer you up. Travel and expenseslikely for fulfilling needs of children.Chances of differences with relatives;be alert and avoid such a situation.

VIRGOAvoid standing guarantee for anyone orextending financial help. Unexpectedjourney awaits you. Avoid anger andemotional decisions. You will purchase anew property by selling an existing one.

SAGITTARIUSSudden financial fortune likely. Self-confidence and willpower levels are attheir high, which will ensure success inall work undertaken. Old friends andclose relatives come in search of you.

PISCESMisunderstanding between couples willbe over and they will live in good har-mony. Avoid standing guarantee foranyone. Be careful while driving. Busi -nessmen will crush the competition.

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Anna Karenina starKeira Knightleysays she finds iteasier to revealher body than her

personal life. The 27-year-oldactress said that she haslearnt to avoid the spotlight

while off screen but is notprudish about nudity, report-ed Daily Mirror online. “I’m not prudish when itcomes to nudity. If the rolecalls for it, then I’m going tobe naked. I’m not afraid toexpose myself that way,” she

said. Knightley has strippedoff for roles before, includingEdge Of Love. While she isnot shy about revealing herbody, the actress said that shefinds it more difficult to chan-nel personal relationships inmovies. IANS

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K E I R A K N I G H T L E Y

MatthewPerry’sshow isaimingfor thestars

Afreshman comedystarring MatthewPerry as a sports-

talk radio hosthas set eyes on David

Beckham for a guest role.Sources told The

Hollywood Reporter thatthe former Friends star isthe driving force behind

landing Beckham, havingreached out to the football

star to cameo on the series.Showrunner Scott Silveritold THR that he’s already

being approached byagents and sports stars for

cameos on the series,which has already bookedMiami Heat’s Chris Bosh,

Terrell Owens, JeremyRoenick and Bob Costas for

guest roles.

Christian

Bale,a real

lifesuperhero!

Christian Bale just madeone little boy’s dreamscome true. Earlier thisyear, over 30,000 volun-

teers helped make a wish a reali-ty for a five-year-old boy suffer-ing from leukemia, who wasgiven only a few months to live.The Ohio-based group organisedtheir effort through Facebook,creating an event called“Lighting the Bat Signal forJayden”. On Friday, Jayden gotto meet the real-life Batman.After hearing about the event,Bale flew Jayden and his familymembers to Los Angeles forlunch at Disney’s Club 33. Thebest part — reportedly, Jayden’sin remission.


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Paula Creamer had six birdies in a six-under 65 on Saturday to seize a two-shot lead over former world No. 1 Jiyai

Shin after three rounds of the LPGA’sKingsmill Championship. Creamer had a54-hole total of 16-under par 197 whileovernight leader Shin, of South Korea, card-ed a 69 for 199. Dewi Claire Schreefel ofthe Netherlands carded a 69 for a share ofthird on 12-under 201 alongside AmericanDanielle Kang, who shot 70.

Creamer grabs lead over Shin

Canada wrested the Paralympic men’swheelchair basketball title back fromtheir old rivals Australia on Saturday

with a hard-fought 64-58 victory in the final.The world’s best wheelchair player, PatrickAnderson, scored 34 points at the NorthGreenwich Arena to help Canada take thegold medal and repeat their success at the2000 and 2004 Games. It was a bitter disap-pointment for Australia, who had beatenCanadas to win the 2008 title in Beijing.

Canada win basketball title

The Paralympic flame will be extinguis-hed in London on Sunday after thefinal day of competition at the Games,

bringing down the curtain on a summer ofelite sport. With 11 days of sport and thebiggest, most high-profile Paralympics inthe Games’ 52-year history at an end, atten-tion then turns to the closing ceremony,which takes place in the Olympic Stadium.Organisers have promised that the showwill be a celebratory farewell.

London set to bid farewell

Alexander Fedorets Agence France-Presse

MOSCOW: Ukraine’s VitaliKlitschko successfully defendedhis WBC heavyweight title hereSaturday after the refereestopped his bout withGermany’s Manuel Charr in thefourth round due to a cut overthe challenger’s right eye.

The fight was stopped with56sec remaining in the round.

Klitschko improved hisrecord to 45-2, while Charr, whowas unbeaten before his meetingwith Ukraine’s 41-year-old veter-an, fell to 21-1.

“I was a bit disappointed as Iwanted to win today by a realknockout, not a technical one,”said Klitschko. “I was ready tocontine the bout and Charr wasalso ready for further boxing butit was the decision of the doctorand the referee, who are respon-sible for it and we could do noth-ing about it. Klitschko startedthe bout as a hot favourite inwhat was his 17th world heavy-weight championshipfight.Charr brought with him anunblemished record in 21 fightsand a seventh ranking by theWBC, but none of his opponentshad been of the highest calibre.

Pistorius races to gloryPhil Hazlewood Agence France-Presse

LONDON: “Blade Runner” OscarPistorius on Saturday ended the lastfull day of competition of the LondonParalympics by storming to victoryin his favoured event, as most of thefinal golds were decided.

Pistorius, 25, had been favouriteto retain his T44 400m title for singleand double below-the-knee amputeesprinters being the only man in thefield to run under 50sec.

The result never looked in doubtfrom the gun, as the South Africanstruck out on his own to lead cominginto the last half-lap and was roaredacross the line in 46.68sec by thecrowd at the packed 80,000-capacityOlympic Stadium.

“It was very, very special to me,”Pistorius told Britain’s Channel 4television after the race. “It was thelast event of my season, the lastevent of the London 2012 Games. Justso special.

“It was my 11th time I was able tocome out on the track and I justwanted to end and give the crowdsomething they would appreciate andtake home with them.

“I was very nervous beforetoday’s race. I was quite tired but thecrowd just really kept me going.”

Brazil meanwhile defended theirunbeaten record in five-a-side foot-ball, beating France 2-0 to clinchtheir third gold in the three Gamessince the sport was introduced.

Bosnia-Herzegovina gainedrevenge over Iran for their defeat inBeijing four years ago, clinching themen’s sitting volleyball title 3-1,while China won three out of four ofthe team gold medals played onSaturday in table tennis.

The haul took their overall tallyin the competition to 14 out of 29golds on offer -- one more than onhome soil in 2008 -- with 21 medals intotal.

In the pool, Victoria Arlen of theUnited States secured her first gold ofthe Games in the S6 100m freestyleafter three silvers and a row abouther classification on the eve of theGames.

Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias,who was born without hands andfeet, secured his sixth of the Games.

Canada wrested the men’swheelchair basketball title back fromtheir old foes Australia thanks to adominant performance from theworld’s best wheelchair player,Patrick Anderson, in front of thou-sands of Canadian fans.

Anderson went on to score 34points to help his team, Canada win64-58 and avenge their defeat to theAustralians in the 2008 final inBeijing.

In wheelchair tennis, former mil-itary helicopter pilot Noam Gershon,who was injured during Israel’s 2006war with Lebanon, took the men’squad singles titles for the Jewishnation’s first gold of the ParalympicGames.

“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius on Saturday ended the last day of the competition of the LondonParalympics by storming to victory in his favoured event, to retain his T44 400m title.

South Africa’s OscarPistorius crosses theline to win gold in themen’s 400m - T44final during the ath-letics competition atthe London 2012Paralympic Games atthe Olympic Stadiumin east London onSaturday.

AFP/IAN KINGTON

Klitschko defends WBC title

Ukraine’s Vitali Klitschko (R) fights against Germany’s Manuel Charr inMoscow early on Sunday. AFP/POOL/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Ward retains crown

Andre Ward stoppedChad Dawson in the

10th round on Saturday toremain unbeaten and retainhis World Boxing Associat-ion and World Boxing Cou-ncil super middleweightworld titles. Ward pum-melled Dawson sendinghim to the canvas in thethird and fourth roundsbefore his final barrageended it at 2:45 of the10th. AFP


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Players of Delhi Devils and Bangalore Warriors participate in the Arena Polo match held at the Hyderabad Polo andRiding Club on Saturday. Delhi Devils, which had starts like Sameer Suhag, won the match. SRINIVAS SETTY

Hyderabad XI defeated Kerala by a formidable 136 runsin the Moin-ud-Dowlah Cup on Saturday. Hyderabad’sDB Ravi Teja smashed 118 from just 114 balls, a knock

which saw him hit two sixes and eight fours. Sachin Baby top-scored with 55.

Meanwhile, at Gymkhana grounds, Karnataka defeatedHCA President’s XI by 293 runs. KL Rahul of Karnataka scored131. He was well supported by Kunal Kapoor who wasunbeaten on 92. Naveen Kumar of HCA President’s XI scoreda superb 94 but failed to help his team win the match.

Elsewhere, Tamil Nadu beat Services by42 runs while Goalost their match to DDCA by nine wickets.RESULTS:n Hyderabad XI 348/5 and 228/5(DB Ravi Teja 118, GH Vihari

40) bt Kerala 268 and 172 (Abhishek Hegde 36, Sachin Baby55, Vishal Sharma 3/57)

n Karnataka 436 and 236/3 (KL Rahul 131, Kunal Kapoor 92n.o.) bt HCA President’s XI 221 and 158/7 (Naveen Kumar94, Ronit More 3/21).

n Tamilnadu 378/8 and 212/8 (KB Arun Karthik 57, B. Aparjith49, Vijay Shanker 40, Abhishek Sinha 4/69, KhalidMohammed 4/76) bt Services 327/9 and 221(Prateek Desai51, Soumik Chaterjee 59, Rahil Shah 3/69).

n Goa 250 and 271/7 (Swapnil Asnodkar 91, Regan Pinto 74,Sher Bhadur Yadav 31, Ishanth Sharma 4/59, P. Awana 2/61)lost to Delhi DCA 333/9 and 192/1 (Mohit Sharma 86 n.o.,Shikar Dhawan 85).

Hyderabad XI thrash Kerala

In 76th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament being held atBrilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, atotal of 23 players are in joint lead with 2 points each after 2

rounds, in the open category. In the junior category five players A Prateek, E Shiva, D

Swethasree, Avikshith, M Koushi are in jont lead with 3 pointseach after 3rd round.RESULTS: Open Round: J Ramakrishna (2) beat Anvitha (1);Krishna Sai (1) lost to J Subrahmanyam (2); P Ramakrishna(2)beat Srikanth(1); Janakidevi(1) lost to Sandeep Naidu(2);Harsha (2) beat B Ganesh(1)JUNIORS: 3rd Round (Top 5 Boards): A Anirudh (2) lost to MKoushik (3); H Nikhil (2) lost to A Prateek (3); P Ajayreddy (2)lost to Avikshith (3); Shanmukha Teja (2) lost to E shivakumar(3); Srikanth (1.5) lost to D Swetasree(3)

Prateek, Shiva, Avikshith, Koushi in lead

A 2 and 3 Division two days matchesDay 2n Budding Star 237 bt Nizam College

163 (Venkatesh 30,Sahir Hussain 45no,Akshit Agarwal 4 for 41)

n Continental 139 bt Team Speed126 (A Abhinay Kumar40,Santosh Singh 40,P PraneethKumar 4 for 18,Y SharavanKumar 3 for 42 )

n Sultanshahi 363 bt Hyd Titans 148(B Prasad 58,Meher Prasad 4 for 41)

n MCC 211 lost to Visaka 214 for9 (Surinder Singh 74,SatishChinthala 49 no,Raja Venkatesh6 for 52 )

A 5 and 12 Division one day matchesn Hyd Wanderers 217 (Aijab

49,Khusru 43no) lost toGolconda 223 for 1 (MohdMohsin 118 no,Md AbdulShadaab 39 no)

The selections forthe under-19 wom-en’s cricket to rep-

resent HCA at the Sout-h-Zone inter state unde-r-19 tournament to beheld in Andhra Pradeshwill be held at the Gym-khana Grounds in Secu-nderabad on Mondayfrom 2pm. Five playerseach from the HCA aff-iliated districts are req-uired to attendd theselection trials. The pa-rticipating players areto report to the venuealong with their date ofbirth certificate.

Selections for U-19 HCAwomen’s team

League Cricket

ARENA POLO

Proteas on course for T20 WCCHESTER-LE-STREET: SouthAfrica captain AB de Villierssaid his side’s three-wicket winover reigning championsEngland was an encouragingsign ahead of this month’sWorld Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.

On a generally slowChester-le-Street pitch takingturn -- the kind of surface thatmay well confront them in theglobal tournament -- SouthAfrica restricted England to118 for seven.

Spinners Johan Botha andRobin Peterson took four wick-ets between them, as SouthAfrica provided the latest evi-dence they are no longer solelyreliant on pace bowling.

But Dale Steyn, arguablythe world’s best fast bowler,was named man-of-the-matchfor a return of one for 13 infour overs -- all bowled in one-over spells.

Saturday’s win saw SouthAfrica, the world’s top-rankedTwenty20 side, take a 1-0 leadin a three-match series aheadof Monday’s clash inManchester.

De Villiers, asked if victoryboded well for the team’s World

Twenty20 chances, replied:“Definitely, it’s very similar towhat we are expecting.

“There was a little bit ofturn, it was quite slowish. Itwas really good preparation.The bowlers had really clearplans and I’m proud of the waythey came out. They made myjob really easy out there.”

South Africa, who failed tomake the semi-finals whenEngland won the WorldTwenty20 in the Caribbean twoyears ago, then suffered a toporder collapse as they slumpedto 29 for three.

But an unbroken stand of90 in 91 deliveries between vet-eran all-rounder Jacques Kallis(48 not out) and JP Duminy (47not out) saw the Proteas homewith an over to spare.

Kallis was returning afterbeing rested from the preced-ing drawn one-day seriesbetween the two countries andan admiring de Villiers said ofthe world-class all-rounder:“Jacques, coming back from abit of a break, made it lookreally easy, with JP obviouslyreally playing well at the otherend. AFP


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INDIANAPOLIS: PhilMickelson (right) fired 10birdies in an eight-under par 64on Saturday, enough to seize ashare of the third-round leadwhen Vijay Singh bogeyed thelast at the BMW Championship.

Fijian veteran Singh, whoheld a one-shot lead after 36holes, posted a three-under 69 tojoin Mickelson on 16-under 200at Crooked Stick, where 70 play-ers teed it up in the penultimateevent of the US PGA Tour’s four-tournament playoff series.

Mickelson and Singh, bothWorld Golf Hall of Famers, willhave plenty of quality competi-tion on Sunday.

“I’m looking forward totomorrow’s shootout,”Mickelson said. “It should befun.”

Northern Ireland’s worldnumber one Rory McIlroy, whowon his second career major atthe PGA championship lastmonth, birdied 18 for a 69 to join

Lee Westwood of England on201. Westwood, a former worldnumber one, carded a 68.

McIlroy leads the playoffstandings that will determinethe 30 players who advance tothe Tour Championships thatclose the series.

“I’m in great position andexcited about tomorrow,” saidMcIlroy, who won the DeutscheBank Championship last week.

“Phil obviously played welltoday... He might go out thereand shoot the same numberagain tomorrow, but I just haveto concentrate on myself and tryand do the best that I can.”

Australian Adam Scott card-ed a 66 for 202 where he was

joined by Dustin Johnson (67)and Robert Garrigus (66).

Tiger Woods was three shotsoff the lead, alone on 203 after aone-under 71.

“It’s an incredible leader-board,” Scott said. “It’s going tobe fun.”

Woods appeared to aggravatehis troublesome knee hittingfrom an awkward stance.

He was three over throughhis first eight holes with fourbogeys and a birdie when a chip-in for birdie at the ninth igniteda string of three straight birdies.

He added another at the par-three 13th to keep himself in thehunt. “I grinded hard,” Woodssaid. “I didn’t have much, and ontop of that I made two really badbogeys on seven and eight fromthe middle of the fairway, but atleast I fought back where I havea chance going into tomorrow.

“It’s probably going to take63 or 64 tomorrow, but it can bedone out here.” AFP

Vijay Singh finished his round with three bogeys and twobirdies in his last five holes to join Phil Mickelson.

Alastair Watson

GLASGOW: Craig Levein(right) says Scotland’s WorldCup qualifying match againstMacedonia on Tuesday is amust-win game after watchinghis side being held to a goallessdraw by Serbia at Hampden.

The Scots failed to get theirGroup A campaign off to a fly-ing start as they struggled tofind a way past SinisaMihajlovic’s side.

Levein’s side face toughmatches against Croatia andBelgium later on in the qualifica-tion campaign and the Scotlandboss admitted his side were nowunder pressure to take all threepoints against Macedonia atHampden.

However, Levein insisted hisside would not be so wasteful in

front of goalagain.

“It proba-bly is a must-win match. It wouldcertainly be benefi-cial to win the game onTuesday,” Levein acknowl-edged.

“But, I am more confidentnow than I was before the matchbecause after that game I am dis-appointed we didn’t win becauseof the chances we created.

“I look at the opportunitieswe had to hit Serbia in the areaswhere we knew they were weakand I could count half a dozentimes where we didn’t playalmost a simple pass at times.”

Mickelson charges intoshare of BMW lead

Schumacher posi-tive for Italian GPMONZA: Michael Schuma -cher (right), making whatmay be his final appearance atthe famous Autodromo Nazi -onale circuit, proved he stillhas plenty to offer when hequalified fifth for Mercedes forSunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

The 43-year-old German, aseven-time champion, said hewas sticking to his decisionnot to discuss his future untilOctober after a performancethat confirmed his ongoingspeed.

“I think we can be satis-fied with our qualifying per-formance as we have per-formed consistently all week-end,” he said.

“Our car clearly suits thiscircuit more than those at thelast races, but we’ve had a

couple of hiccups along theway in practice.

“Our guys back at the fac-tory and here at the track dida good job to sort out the prob-lems and compliments tothem. Solid points should be arealistic target. The fact that Iwill start from fourth is anot -her small positive point, be -cause here the even numberson the grid are probably thebetter start positions.” AFP

TIGER WOODS WASTHREE SHOTS OFF THELEAD, ALONE ON 203AFTER A ONE-UNDER 71.

‘Scotland in must-winafter drawing with Serbia’


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Jim Slater

NEW YORK: Olympic champi-on Andy Murray, (right) tryingto become the first British manto win a Grand Slam title since1936, withstood blustery condi-tions on Saturday to beat TomasBerdych and reach the US Openfinal.

“It was brutal,” Murray said,after a tornado warning hadbeen issued earlier in the day.

“Some of the hardest condi-tions I have ever played in, and Icome from Scotland so that’ssaying something.”

Murray, who owns a 6-5career record aginst Ferrer buttrails Djokovic 6-8 in their all-time rivalry, was left not know-ing who he will face in the finalafter the other semi-final wassuspended until Sunday withFerrer ahead 5-2.

Trying to end a Britishmen’s Slam drought dating toFred Perry’s 1936 US title, the

lanky 25-year-old Scotsman bat-tled through brutal winds toreach his fifth career GrandSlam final, his second in a rowafter falling at Wimbledon.

After collecting an Olympiccrown last month, avenging hisWimbledon final loss to RogerFederer in the final, this mightat last be Murray’s moment.

“I hope so,” Murray said.“You can never say for sure. Iknow how hard these tourna-ments are to win. When the con-ditions are like they were todayanything can happen. You haveto be there from the first point tothe last.”

Murray and his coach, eight-time Grand Slam champion IvanLendl, are the only Open-eraplayers to drop their first fourGrand Slam finals, Murray los-ing at the 2008 US Open, 2010 and2011 Australian Opens and lastJune at Wimbledon.

Despite wicked breezes,Murray connected on 74 percent

of his first serves and won 73percent of those points whilemaking only 20 unforced errorsto 64 for Berdych.

“The wind blew it away forme,” Berdych said. “It was reallyhard to play a passing shot in

this kind of weather, but on theother hand, it was also tough notto make mistakes and be aggres-sive.”

Wind gusts whipped the netand players’ clothing, playedhavoc with many serve tosses,

blew food wrappers across thecourt to foil several points andeven sent Murray’s chair andracquet bag onto the playingarea late in the second set.

“You had to focus for everysingle point. You had to get inposition for every shot. Youweren’t going for aces because itwas hard enough to get the sec-ond serves in,” said Murray.

Umpire Pascal Maria turnedoff the electronic system to sig-nal let serves after wind gustsset off random beeps.

“This is not about show. Thisis just about somehow to try todeal with the conditions andthen trying to put ball over thenet,” Berdych said. “Sometimeswas impossible.”

Murray, also trying tobecome the first man to win theOlympic and US Open titles inthe same year, will overtakeSpain’s Rafael Nadal as WorldNo. 3 in Monday’s world rank-ings.

NEW YORK:Britain’s AndyMurray has extrainspiration forMonday’s US Openfinal after meetingtwo of his mostfamous fans, SirSean Connery (farright) and Sir AlexFerguson (right),and knowing theywill be on hand towatch him.

Olympic champion Murray booked hisspot in his fifth Grand Slam champi-onship match with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (9/7)victory over Czech Tomas Berdych, thenmet football coaching legend Fergusonand the former James Bond.

“I’m a hugeJames Bond fan andI love football aswell,” Murray said.“Sir Alex is one ofthe most successfulmanagers of all timeand both of them arefrom Scotland. So tohave them both herewas very nice.

“They re going tobe here for the final

as well so I hope I can do it for them.”Murray, a 25-year-old Scotsman, had a

somewhat awkward first meeting withConnery and Ferguson to say the leastafter withstanding wickedly windy condi-tions in his match, what he said wereprobably the toughest he has faced. JS

Storm forces US Open suspensionDave James

NEW YORK: Violent stormsand a tornado warning causedthe US Open to be suspendedon Saturday, leaving the men’sfinal to be played on Mondayfor a fifth successive year andofficials accused of bungledscheduling.

With a tornado watch inoperation, and violent thunder-storms expected, the secondmen’s semi-final was suspend-ed at 1711 local time (2111GMT)with Spain’s David Ferrer lead-ing defending champion NovakDjokovic 5-2 in the first set.

The women’s singles finalbetween Serena Williams andVictoria Azarenka, set for

Saturday night, had alreadybeen put back to Sunday earli-er in the day.

British third seed AndyMurray had made sure of hisplace in the men’s final afterbeating the Czech Republic’sTomas Berdych.

“Severe weather is coming

and we needed to give patronstime to get out of the stadiumand into their cars,” said tour-nament director David Breweras the Billie Jean King TennisCenter was evacuated.

“The decision was taken tostop play for the day.”

Brewer told a later newsconference: “We’re getting verytired of having Monday finals.”

He added that switching thesecond semi-final to LouisArmstrong Stadium had beendiscussed as a means of gettingboth matches completed intime to allow for the final to bestaged on Sunday as planned.

Talks were held with playerrepresentatives, security offi-cials as well as broadcasters.

Attendants dry centre court at the start of the match of Andy Murray andTomas Berdych in New York on Saturday. AFP/ TIMOTHY A CLARY

Murray blows away Berdych

Murray gets US Open boostfrom Connery, Sir Alex

Third seed Murray advanced to the finals by defeating the sixth seed 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (9/7).

WITH A TORNADOWATCH IN OPERATION,AND VIOLENT THUN-DERSTORMS EXPECTED,THE SECOND MEN’SSEMI-FINAL WASSUSPENDED.

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