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`2FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 HYDERABAD WWW.POSTNOON.COM WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 20°C 32 PAGES

The City policehave come up witha novel way ofcurbing the drunk-driving menace —put the onus on thehotels and bars. Inone of the quirkiestlaws in years, thepolice have prettymuch outsourcedtheir job to citizens,by demanding thatestablishments givetheir customersbreath analysersbefore they leave. Needless to say,we’re not happy

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INDIA VS AUSTRALIA

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We’re off with our coverage of the upcoming India v Australia series, andyou know what that means... 4 pages of sport! Your guide to the greatestcricket series ever starts right here

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 2Spirit of Twin CitiesPage Two

Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 447677770,Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 08800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973CINEMAS

Go liveEvery Friday enjoy a live barbequespread. Alfresco turns into a magicalsetting with a live bar through theevening.

Where: q~à=hêáëÜå~I=_~åà~ê~=eáääëWhen: Every FridayContact: (040) 66662323

Sing alongHead to Via Milano Italian Bar andRestaurant. for Open Mic with RogerWhite.

Where:sá~=jáä~åçI=gìÄáäÉÉ=eáääëWhen: December 23Contact: (040) 64555544

So fresh you can taste itTo experience a typical seafood market,head to the Simply Fishy Food Festival.Sample food prepared by the chefsmade with fresh seafood cooked in avariety of marinades and sauces.

Where: Hyderabad Marriott & Convention Centre, Tank BundWhen: Ongoing, 6.30 to 11.30pmContact: (040) 27522567

Christmas treatIt’s Christmas time, NovotelHyderabad’s Le Café celebrates the fes-tive season with a gingerbread house.You can view this marvel and buy vari-ous Christmas goodies such as cookiesand moulded chocolate that are avail-able on site.

Where: kçîçíÉäI=eá=qÉÅÜ=`áíóWhen: Ongoing, 11am to 11pmContact: (040) 66824422

Myriad ReflectionsView a collection of paintings atAlankritha Art Gallery by RamachandraB Pokale at an exhibition titled MyriadReflections. His work depicts the youth.Through his paintings he presentswomen as glamorous, enticing andalluring

Where: ^ä~åâêáíÜ~I=gìÄáäÉÉ=eáääëWhen: Ongoing, 11am to 7pmContact: (040) 2311370

4play at 4Hard Rock Café’s Happy Hour ‘4Play at4’ is on from Monday – Friday between4-7pm.

Where: e~êÇ=oçÅâ=`~ÑÉI=oÇ=åç=NWhen: Monday-Friday, 4 to 7pmContact: (040) 4476 7900

Interactive artAn interactive exhibition Via presence byB2FAYS is being presented by Alliancefrançaise Hyderabad along withKalakriti Art gallery.

Where: h~ä~âêáíáI=_~åà~ê~=eáääëWhen: Ongoing, 11 to 7pm

Contact: (040) 66564467

Synchronicity An exhibition of paintings and sculp-tures by Seema Kohli’s titledSynchronicity will be on at Shrishti ArtGallery.

Where: pÜêáëÜíá=I=gìÄáäÉÉ=eáääë=When: Ongoing, 11 to 7pmContact: (040) 23607151

Acrylic workshopThe Daira Centre for Arts and culturehas started Atelier for Artist project.The first project is a reverse glass paint-ing workshop called Acrylic on Acrylic orAcrylic on Glass.

Where: W=a~áê~I=_~åà~ê~=eáääë

When: Ongoing, 3 to 6pmContact: (040) 66618628

Martini ‘n musicEnjoy the winter evenings with greygoose martinis with crooner Kelly dish-ing out your favourite numbers.

Where: W==q~à=hêáëÜå~I=_~åà~ê~=eáääëWhen: Every EveningContact: (040)66662323

Man and wifeMiya-Biwi, a comedy play in HyderabadiHindi will be staged as a part of theUdaan Theatre Festival 2011.

Where: i~ã~â~~åI=_~åà~ê~=eáääëWhen: December 23, 7.30pmContact: 9642731329

Go rock and rollJoin Heal a Child Foundation onDecember at HICC for the Rock & RollRetro Evening & dance till you drop!

Where: ef``I=_~åà~ê~=eáääëWhen: December 23, 7.30pmContact: (040) 66824422

Visual artAn exhibition cum sale of paintings byHari Srinivas. The Exhibition is on dis-play till 30 January 2012.

Where: Wspi=sáëì~ä=^êí=d~ääÉêóI=mäçí=åç=NMMI=^m=qÉñí=_ççâ==`çäçåóI=dìå=oçÅâ=båÅä~îÉ

When: OngoingContact: 9247175135

Life in the darkDialogue in the dark is an innovative for-mat to experience and understand thedaily life of the visually challenged. Youcan get a tour in complete darknesswith visually impaired guides as theylead you through various situationssuch as shopping at a supermarket andcrossing the road.

Where: Inorbit Mall, Madhapur When: Ongoing, 10am to 8pmContact: (040) 64603341/4

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HYDERABAD: While we wereasleep, the City police assumedthe role of a headmaster andcame out with an advisory memo,with a stick attached that theonus of your getting caught drunkon the road will be on the bars orrestaurants that served you liquor!

The shocking diktat comesafter the recent well-publicisedsuccess of the traffic police inhauling up the youngsters andcelebrities who had one peg toomany on some party or occasionin the club or hotels.

The notice now the City com-missioner issued, of whichPostnoon has a facsimile, tells that“it is the responsibility of themanagement of pubs/bars tomake necessary arrangements toprovide drivers/cabs to the cus-tomers who are in a drunken stateo reach their destination safely…pubs/bars can maintain breathanalyser in for use by theirclients.”

Joint Police CommissionerMM Bhagwat said that they haveasked the bar and pub owners toprocure breath analysers which

will be a client service. Will the police department

which got World Bank funding forbuying equipment procure onebreath analyser each of therestaurants? “No comment.” Thetop police officer said.

City police chief AK Khan said,“Well, I can’t comment anythingat this juncture. I have convened ameeting of five star hotels, barsand restaurant owners todayafternoon to discuss on the issue.”

The headmaster in uniformtells further that much like thestatutory warning on cigarettepackets and liquor bottles, thepubs, bars and restaurants shoulddisplay posters 'Don't Drink andDrive' and 'Drunk Driving is AnOffence' at the entrances.

The advisory is obviously ill-received by bar/ restaurant own-ers who are already lassoed on toomany counts. While the bars andrestaurant managements appreci-ate the efforts of the policedepartment to prevent drunkenand driving, they are displeased atsome clauses of the advisory.

The tone of the advisory isthat it is basically the fault of thebars and restaurants that peopleget caught on the road. And, inthe case of them found wantingon compliance of police directiveto be vigilant, there hangs a threatof snapping their license. “All themanagements of bars and restau-rants are instructed to follow theabove instructions with immedi-ate effect and any disregard ofthese directions will be viewedseriously besides cancellation oftheir entertainment licenses, fol-lowing due process of law.”

AP Hotels AssociationPresident, GV krishnaiah, has nowords. He rather spluttered,“sarkar ki dabbulu kaavali 90 percent bikelapai vastaaru kada mot-tam ban cheyandi (90 per cent ofliquor revenue to the governmentcomes from those come on bikes.It should rather ban liquor salethan indulging in this kind of gim-mick.”

Bar and restaurant owners saythat some rules prescribed by thepolice are prone to misuse.

Especially, the rule which saysthat the licenses of the bars andrestaurant owners will be can-celled if more than five cases areregistered against them.

"The police are openlyencouraging bars and restaurantmanagements to resort to illegalmeans to kill competition amongthem. Any bar owner can trick thepolice to book more than fivecases against his rival bar orrestaurant to get its license can-celled," Ravinath Goud, owner ofVenkateswara Bar and Restauranttold Postnoon.

Another rule that the bars and

restaurants' managements shouldmake arrangements to drop theircustomers, who are in drunkenstate to reach their destinations isalso termed ridiculous. Many ofthese managements are sayingthat they can’t make sucharrangements as they are alreadysustaining losses on account ofaggressive anti-drunken drivecampaign by traffic police.

A senior lawyer who wantedto be anonymous (as he too lovesa pint of elixir once a while)remarked that such directive willnot stand the scrutiny of law. “Thepolice are exceeding their brief.”

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It’s ironicthat onedepart-mentissueslicenses to run barsand pubs by charg-ing lakhs, anotherdepartment issuesnotices imposingsanctions

GV Krishnaiah, AP HotelsAssociation president

The City policechief’s latestdirective to bars

and restaurants thatthey would, for allpractical purposes, beheld responsible forthose caught fordrunk driving has senta shiver down stake-holders’ spines. Barsand restaurants,whose hands and feetare already bound bya variety of laws, arepreparing for a show-down with the gov-ernment and police ifpushed further. APostnoon realitycheck.

Thisaction ofthepolice isa clearcase of humanrights violation as itamounts to unnec-essary harassmentof the bar andrestaurant owners

G Vasanth Kumar Goud, for-mer AP chief of all India HRA

What powers dothe police have towarn us that theywould cancel ourlicenses, if morethan five cases areregistered againstus. This rule can bemisused by ourcompetitors toharass us.

Ravinath Goud, owner,Venkateswara Bar

I havebeen aregularbar visitorfor years.I am surprisedwhen I heard aboutthe fresh rules. It isatrocious to askrestaurants to keepbreath analysers

VV Santosh, Patron

Liquor is injurious tothe server

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 5Campaigns, hard news and spirit of Twin CitiesHyper LocalC camp fuming as itawaits spoils of officePostnoon [email protected]

Megastar-turned politicianChiranjeevi has a mega

problem on his hands—how tokeep his fuming flock in theavuncular Congress camp.

The erstwhile PRP MLAs arespending sleepless nights thesedays. Legislator Sreedhar KrishnaReddy said, “We hope thatChiranjeevi would be made aRajya Sabha member in Februaryor else we would rethink aboutPRP’s merger with the Congress.”

Chiranjeevi and his legislatorsare clearly feeling humiliated astheir wait for rewards is extend-ing hopelessly. The promisemade by the Congress leadership

at Delhi was that Chiranjeeviwould be suitably rewarded witha berth in the Union Ministry andthree of his party MLAs would beinducted into the State Cabinetbesides some other plum posts.But as of today, the only recogni-tion that Chiranjeevi got was apromise of his nomination in theCongress Co-ordination commit-tee.

Despite helping the Congressgovernment survive, Chiranjeeviand his party legislators havebeen cold shouldered by theCongress High Command andthe chief minister. This despitethe fact that Chiranjeevi is a closeconfidant of the APCC presidentBotsa Satyanarayana and bothbelong to the Kapu community.

Danam vs Anjan boutover deputy mayoraltyFinal call on the candidate will be taken by the CM despite hecticlobbying by Secunderabad MP and labour minister

U Srinivas [email protected]

Minister for LabourDanam Nagendarand SecunderbadMP Anjan Kumar

Yadav have been at loggerheadsfor a long time. But now theirrivalry has reached a new nadirwith each lobbying for his can-didate for the deputy mayoroffice.

The issue has now beentaken to Delhi. Election for thedeputy mayor post is due by this

month- end and both of themare tirelessly meeting in turn thechief minister, minister formunicipal administrationMaheedhar Reddy and PCCChief Botsa Satyanarayana.

While Anjan shuttlesbetween Delhi and Hyderabadas a Parliament member, it islearnt that Danam made a tripto Delhi to see that his candi-date gets the trophy.

It is learnt that calls fromDelhi had reached PCC Chief forAnjan Kumar’s candidate (iden-tity of the candidates are kept

under wraps). It is learnt thatAnjan Kumar has told Delhi thathe never asked for favours in thepast but this time he wants hiscandidate for the deputy mayorposition. But Nagendar is veryclose to PCC Chief and he knowshow to get things done.

All said and done the finalnod has to come from the chiefminister as he is a Hyderabadiand has his own opinion onsuch matters. At the end it couldbe the CM’s blue-eyed boy (orgirl) who would win the chair,sources point outl.

It is reliably learnt that whensome of the city leaders wantedto make suggestions in thisregard to the CM, he snubbedthem saying they they shouldfirst stop corruption in theGHMC and then think aboutlobbying for the posts. He citedthe example of some officialswho were suspended and saidthat what would the City peoplethink when leaders lobby for thecity posts? He told them thatable leaders will get the post andthat there was no need for lob-bying at all times. The CM alsoquestioned one of the leaders aswhy they should take this issueto Delhi.

Contractors threaten to stallJalayagnam projectPostnoon [email protected]

The builders Associationof India (BAI) has warnedthe State government

that the contractors are leftwith no other option thanstopping works of Jalayagnamprojects if their funds were notreleased and rates revised.They blamed the governmentfor not coming to the rescue ofthe contractors on variousfronts.

Talking to Postnoon, chair-man of BAI P Mohan Reddysaid that lot of time was wastedin land acquisition and acquir-ing the forest land. Apart fromthis delay late payment wasalso another reason for slowwork. Most of the contractorswere driven to bankruptcy andsome of them have suspendedwork for payments he said.

While people think that

contractors are thugs and rob-bing the society , ground reali-ties are different,” said Reddy.“They are a harassed lot.”

He suggested to the gov-ernment that escalation of costfor materials and labour had tobe compensated. Like otherStates do. Reimbursing thecommission on bank guaran-tees beyond agreement periodis one. Reimbursing extraexpenditure incurred on insur-ance premiums is another.This apart, reimbursing extraexpenditure on cutting andremoving the rock by con-trolled blasting, paying backthe extra expenditure incurredon structures beyond the spec-ified numbers are other helpsexpected of government. Thecontractors want the govern-ment to work out a method toresolve the impasse withoutunduly burdening the contrac-tors or the government.

1 They have to absorb costoverrun

2 Bank guarantees have to berenewed as long as theworks got delayed in thename of permissions

3 Extra premiums for insurancepaid due to delays

4 Interests on mobilisationadvance borne by the con-tractor.

5 Government never botheredto respond over the old ratesand agreements

6 Idling charges claimedagainst machinery, tools andplant rejected

7 The contractors incurredheavy financial loss due todelay in land acquisition,seeking permission from for-est department.

The issues facedby contractors

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 7Campaigns, hard news and spirit of Twin CitiesHyper Local

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We want our money back, it’sinjustice, we have been vic-timised, retake, refund aresome of the angry outbursts

doing the rounds on several MBA fora andsocial networking sites after the recentSNAP (Symbiosis national aptitude paper)fiasco.

For students who appeared for theexam, the alleged rigging and leaking ofthe question paper of SNAP 2011 has leftthem feeling cheated and angry. Some ofthe allegations made by students andtraining experts include questions takenfrom coaching institute websites andblogs.

“The GK section of the paper was lift-ed from one of the blogs. Also, there werefew questions which were directly copiedfrom the material of a reputed coachinginstitute. This gave students of these insti-tutes an unfair advantage,” says Suchit S,an MBA aspirant.

The problems that students faced withthis year’s SNAP exam were endless. Forstarters, they were given incorrect ques-tions and answer options. The multipleanswer possibilities in a test had singleanswer choice questions, there was miss-ing data from the question stem andanswer options as well as spelling mis-takes and repeated answers.

“I spent five minutes on one set of log-ical reasoning and analytical reasoningand still couldn’t figure it out. It’s easy tocriticise the students that they wastedtime on it but when there are 6 marks areat stake you can’t just leave it,” fumesAbhishek Anand, a student.

He goes on to add, “Even in the quan-titative section that was riddled with mis-takes I kept rechecking my answers butcouldn’t find any mistake nor could I get amatch for my answer. For instance,instead of 5+5/7 the question had anoption as 55/7.”

Naga Akhilesh says there wereappalling spelling mistakes in the verbalsection. “I got set G which had printingerrors. I had an option in a question as‘HAD HAD’ whereas in other sets the sen-tence was ‘HAS HAD.’ There were spellingmistakes like, KERNAL instead of KERNELand MASSENGER instead of MESSEN-GER,” he says.

When contacted, officials fromSymbiosis remained unavailable for com-ment. But a letter of clarification postedon the website said, ‘A prima facie investi-gation has not found anything wrong inthe SNAP examination.’ The letter signedby Madhu Sharma, registrar, furtherreads: ‘We wish to clarify that theUniversity does not have any tie up withany coaching institution.’

Postnoon News

HYDERABAD: Silk lovers in the Cityhave reason to cheer. The latest Silk MarkExpo held at Sathya Sai Nigamagamambrings to the City unique designs that areup for grabs. Organised by the Silk MarkOrganisation of India (SMOI) the exhibi-tion will be on till December 27. The mainobjective of this exhibition is to educatethe consumer on the purity of silk and itsvarieties.

The exhibition was inaugurated onDecember 22 by CS Ramalakshmi IFS,commissioner of Sericulture.

This year craftsmen brought to foreinnovative designs that garnered muchappreciation from the public. On offer were

designs from across India like PochampallyTie & Dye designs from Andhra Pradesh,Rich weaves from Kancheepuram andArani silk, Salem Silk of Tamil Nadu, softMysore silks, Golden Muga of Assam andthe famous Benaras silk that is known forits designer zari work.

“I have been doing this business forseveral years now and Hyderabad has beena great audience. Even this year we havebrought a variety of products says,”Srinivas K, of Satya Sai creations Bangalore.

The expo also showcases Patola silksarees from the west, Sambalpur silk sareesfrom the east, Crepes from Kashmir,designs from Dharmavaram, Gadwal,Peddapuram and Uppada of AndhraPradesh, classy Tussars from MP and Bihar.

Students fume asdreams SNAP

UJJWAL KUMAR,NEW DELHI

Ihad worked very hard forthis year’s SNAP but in the end I realised

that it was nothing but a second gradecoaching centre’s mock test. Most of theGK questions were directly lifted from ablog and coaching centres’ websites. If thiswas not enough, many quant and logicalreasoning questions were also lifted fromanother coaching centre’s website.

THILAK KUMAR, HYDERABAD

Iam one of the thousandsof students who appeared for SNAP.

There were many problems with the paper,not only were the questions directly liftedfrom a coaching institute's website butalso there were questions that didn't makeany sense. Surprisingly, the questions car-ried the maximum marks and hence could-n't just be ignored.

PRIYANKASHARMA,HIMACHAL PRADESH

We all believed in the brand Symbiosisbut this time the SNAP exam just

snapped right back at us. Even if we aregiven grace marks for the disputed ques-tions they still can’t make up for the timewe lost on those questions. For many likeme it was a dream to get into to SIU but ithas been shattered. We need justice!

ANKIT DIKSHITNEW DELHI

For people like me whobelong to middle class families it’s not

easy to shed around Rs 7000 and see itgo waste. The SIU has earned incrores(20+) and still couldn't manage toset a paper well. I am disappointed withthe Indian mode of education and thelackadaisical approach of the regulatorsof national level exams.

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Pranab Mukherjee:"It is for the 545 members of the

Lok Sabha to decide on the Bill. Itis not undue haste. There is noth-ing illegal."

Anna Hazare:"The new Lokpal Bill is very weak,

it will not help in tackling corrup-tion. Why is government afraid ofCBI? If CBI comes under the Lokp al,there will be queue of ministerstowards jail. The government isafra id of CBI, that's why it does bri -n g it within the ambit of Lokpal."

Sushma Swaraj:"We are disappointed. This isunconstitutional. The Supreme Courthas given dozens of rulings statingthat any reservation should not bemore than 50 percent. Take it back,return with a fresh pro-constitution-al Bill and we will pass that."

Lalu Prasad:"We in parliament have to decide

about the bill. Don't do anythingwrong fearing the agitation.

Whatever right is to be done, wewill do that. We want a Lokpal billbut it has to be strong. This is not astrong bill. Wrong to bring ex-par-liamentarians under Lokpal."

Gurudas Dasgupta:"I appeal to the Congress party andto the government that under nocircumstances the sovereignty ofparliament should be surrendered.The Lokpal bill is being sou g ht tobe introduced in unusual haste.There is only one father of thenation, Mahatma Gandhi, let us notallow anybody pretend to be a sin-gle crusader against corruption. Wefought against corruption."

Arvind Kejriwal:"It (Lokpal) is a very dangerous billwhich will be controlled by thegovernment. The removal, suspen-sion and selection of the Lokpalwill be decided by the government.We reject the Lokpal bill and dem a nd the entire bill is takenback and redrafted in the rightmanner."

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GLOBE AT A GLANCENATO STRIKE IN PARK NOTINTENTIONAL: PENTAGONWASHINGTON: A probe by thePentagon concluded that the NATO bomb-ing in Pakistan last month was uninten-tional and stressed that “inadequate coor-dination” between the US and Pakistanisecurity forces was to be blamed for theair strikes. The alliance forces had “actedin self defence”, the Pentagon said onThursday. The findings have been sharedbetween the governments’ and NATO.

88 BODIES RETRIEVED AFTERINDONESIA BOAT DISASTERJAKARTA: Eighty-eight bodies wereretrieved by Thursday from a wooden ves-sel that sank six days ago with some 250people on board off the Indonesian islandof Java, officials said. The boat, carryingillegal migrants, mostly from the MiddleEast, Afghanistan and Turkey, was headingto the Christmas island in Australia, therescue office said. It sank near the Prigibeach on Saturday.

SYRIANS TO PROTESTAGAINST ARAB LEAGUE

DAMASCUS: Syrian pro-democracyactivists plan to rally after midday prayersFriday against an Arab League observermission they say will stall tougher actionagainst the government over its oppositioncrackdown. An Arab League advance teamarrived in Syria on Thursday to oversee aplan to end nine months of bloodshed asthe opposition accused regime forces of“massacring” hundreds in two days.

PAKISTAN PM GILANI FEARSHIS OUSTER

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Chilean student run away from the riotpolice during a demonstration against thegovernment in Santiago AFP

ISLAMABAD : Conspiracies are beinghatched to oust the elected Pakistani gov-ernment from power, PM Yousuf RazaGilani said on Thursday, insisting that“nobody is above the law” and all institu-tions in the country are “subservient toparliament”.”There cannot be a statewithin a state. Nobody can say that he isnot under the government,” Gilani said.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 9Around the World Beyond Borders

Quake rocks New Zealand’sChristchurch yet again

Astrong earthquake has rocked theNew Zealand city of Christchurch,closing the airport and sendingresidents rushing from buildings.

The 5.8 quake struck 26km (15 miles)north-east of the city at a depth of 4.7km,the US Geological Survey said. One person

was hurt but there were no immediatereports of large-scale damage.

The quake comes 10 months afterswathes of the city centre were destroyed byanother quake.

The earthquake hit at 1358 local time(0058 GMT). Electricity and telecommuni-

cations services have been disrupted insome areas. A shopping centre has alsobeen evacuated and residents were report-ed to be standing outside buildings.

The airport was closed but an officialtold local media it was expected to reopenlater in the day after checks. Witnesses toldlocal media shoppers ran from buildings asgoods fell off shelves.

Resident Keith Tannock: “It was a vio-lent rocking sensation - trees were wavingbackwards and forwards.” Police are check-ing the city for damage and Prime MinisterJohn Key is being updated on develop-ments, his spokesman said.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said thequake had left people shaken.

“I haven’t heard any more significantproblems at the moment,” local mediaquoted him as saying.

“Inevitably it would have caused dam-age to structures, we hope it hasn’t unset-tled any rock falls, and we just have to hopethe liquefaction issues don’t return.”

Liquefaction is the weakening of the soildue to the rising of silt and water sparked byan earthquake. Local media said there werereports of liquefaction in the suburb ofParklands.

A total of 181 people were killed whenthe last earthquake struck in February. Itcaused up to NZ$20bn ($15.5bn, £9.9bn) ineconomic losses.

Genocide row:Turkey reacts toFrench law

Turkey has frozen relations withFrance, recalling its ambassador and

suspending all economic, political andmilitary meetings in response to FrenchMPs’ approval of a law that would makeit a crime to deny that the mass killing ofArmenians in 1915 by Ottoman Turkswas genocide.The furious Turkish reac-tion to Paris’s parliamentary votemarked an unprecedented low betweenthe Nato partners.

The Turkish Prime Minister, RecepTayyip Erdogan, cancelled permissionfor French military planes to land andwarships to dock in Turkey, annulled alljoint military exercises, recalled theTurkish ambassador to France for con-sultations and said he would decide caseby case whether to let the French mili-tary use Turkish airspace.

Iraq’s Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemihas said that Prime Minister NouriMaliki is to blame for a sudden surge of

violence in the country. Dozens of peoplewere killed in a string of blasts across thecapital, Baghdad, on Thursday.

Mr Hashemi, who is subject to an arrestwarrant on terror charges, said that MrMaliki should be focusing on security not“chasing patriotic politicians”. The crisishas sparked fears of renewed sectarian con-flict in Iraq.

Mr Maliki is from the majority Shia Arabgroup while Mr Hashemi is one of thecountry’s most prominent Sunni politi-cians. He has been accused of orchestratingterror attacks on officials and securityforces, a charge he denies. In response, themain Sunni political bloc, al-Iraqiyya, isblockading parliament and the cabinet,putting the future of the fragile year-oldunity government in doubt.

“We should blame Mr Maliki, he starteda national crisis and it’s not easy to control,”Mr Hashemi told the BBC’s Arabic Service.“The Iraqis have a right to be worried. Hesaid the attacks happened because the gov-ernment was too busy chasing “patrioticpoliticians” instead of terrorists:

“What happened today shows the defi-ciency and it’s a good evidence for the lackof control over administration of the securi-ty brief; because the security services are

pointed in the wrong direction.” MrHashemi has previously compared theprime minister’s behaviour and style of gov-ernment to that of deposed former leaderSaddam Hussein, telling US Foreign Policymagazine Mr Maliki was “very muchadamant about running this country in avery bad and tough way”.

Thursday’s attack were the worst to hitIraq in months, and came just after the USwithdrew its troops, ending nearly nineyears of military engagement.

At least 68 people were killed and nearly200 injured as car and roadside bombswent off in 16 separate locations, mostlyShia areas of the city.

PM should be blamed forBaghdad blasts: Hashemi

Iraqis inspect the damage after a waveof attacks in Baghdad AFP

A file picture of the quake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral AFP

Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdoganduring a press conference AFP

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201110Matters of saving and spendingBusiness

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HYDERABAD: MedPlus, apharmacy retail chain, has goneback on its move to go public. Theprivate limited company, backedby multiple venture capital part-ners and private equity players,grew to turn over Rs500 crore ayear, in five years. Now, the retailchain plans to add 200-300 retailsstores in Mumbai next year and isincreasing its footprint in NewDelhi where there are already 34stores.

Madhukar Gangadi, founderCEO of the company, toldPostnoon on the sidelines of anevent on Thursday that the com-pany retired from its plans to gopublic as it did not require anyfunding at the moment. It hadproposed an IPO for Rs200 crorein 2008.

Currently, MedPlus had 1,000stores across the country and itwas adding an average of 250stores year on year. To a query onhow the company’s diagnosticservices division was performing,he tersely replied: “Very slow.”Asked if the company was plan-ning to do away with the diagnos-tic services business, he replied inthe negative.

Replying to another questionon the clinics in pharmacies,which almost remained a non-starter, Gangadi said: “Those two(diagnostic services and clinics)are no longer our focus areas fornow.” Asked if MedPlus wouldconsider a tie-up with chain ofclinics like Razi, he said: “No.”

He claimed that the Rs50,000-crore pharmacy segmentwas largely unorganised in thecountry and MedPlus com-manded a business of 1 to 1.5per cent of it, which was again

30 per cent of the organised sec-tor. He said organised retail inpharmacy segment took 5 percent of the cake.

MedPlus, which dabbledwith the idea of having a largechain of stores in the franchiseemodel, withdrew the plan andinstead grew organically on ahub-and-spoke model with amajor store catering to the SKU(stock-keeping unit) needs ofspoke stores.

Each store, depending ontheir location and demographics

of the geography, would typicallygross Rs70 lakh to Rs80 lakh ayear. The company ‘s loyalty pro-grammes, which could beredeemed to claim gifts, gainedpopularity with its 1.30 lakh cus-tomers in six States.

MUMBAI: The BSE benchmarkSensex rose by over 92 points inopening trade on Friday, extend-ing gains registered in the past twosessions on continued buyinginfluenced by a firming trend inAsian markets.

The 30-share index, which hasgained 638.28 points over the pasttwo sessions, rose further by 92.32points, or 0.58 per cent, to15,905.68 in opening trade onFriday. But it again fell below15,800 points for a while andbegan recovering.

In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock ExchangeNifty index moved up by 29.60points, or 0.62 per cent, to4,763.45. Capital goods, realty,banking, metal and oil and gasstocks accounted for the lion’sshare of the gains on the Sensex inopening trade on Friday.

Brokers said sustained buyingamid a firming trend in Asian mar-kets in the wake of overnight gainsin the US following the release ofencouraging data on the jobs mar-ket buoyed the trading sentimentat home.

In addition, covering up ofshort positions by speculators inview of approaching monthlyexpiry in the derivatives segmenton the NSE supported the upside,they said.

In Asia, Hong Kong’s HangSeng Index rose by 1.10 per cent.The Dow Jones Industrial Averageended 0.51 per cent higher in yes-terday’s trade. The stock market inJapan was closed.

The Indian rupee appreciatedby 7 paise to Rs 52.65 per US dollarin early trade on the InterbankForeign Exchange today, support-ed by gains posted by the euro andother currencies against theAmerican dollar overseas and ahigher opening in the domesticstock market.

WASHINGTON: Republicanleaders bowed to intense politicalpressure to extend a payroll taxholiday for 160 million Americanson Thursday, ending a tense stale-mate and handing a win toPresident Barack Obama.

The deal, which must be con-firmed by votes in both chambersof Congress, allowed Obama toend the year on a triumphant noteas he contemplates his re-electionbid, after spending most of 2011being thwarted by Republicans.

Republican leaders in theHouse of Representatives agreedto back a two-month extension of

a two per cent payroll tax cut, afteroriginally blocking the measure,the product of a bipartisan com-promise in the Senate.

Their tactics had sparked a tor-rent of derision from the media,some conservative luminaries andDemocrats who eagerly seized achance to pose as the party oflower taxes, a mantle that Rep -ublicans usually claim.

“(It) may not have been politi-cally the smartest thing in theworld,” Republican House Spe akerJohn Boehner said of the Repu -blican gambit, partly powered byTea Party conservatives, after

announcing the deal.Obama had enlisted the help

of supporters on Twitter and theInternet to argue that many Ame -ricans would have been badly hurtby losing $40 from their pay checkeach two weeks if the tax holidayexpired on January 1.

“I want to thank every Amer -ican who raised your voice toremind folks in this town what thisdebate was all about,” Obama said.Earlier, a tetchy Obama held a tele-vised event to vent fury that thoughmost people in Washi ngton agreedon the need to extend the tax break,Congress could not agree on the

length of the extension.

Economy grew 1.8 pcThe US economy grew at an

annualized rate of 1.8 per cent inthe third quarter and not 2.5 percent as originally thought, the Com -merce Department said on Thur -sday in its third and final estimatefor the June-September period.

Data not available at thetime of the initial estimate inOctober showed that consumerspending expanded by only 1.7per cent in the third quarter,compared with a preliminaryreading of 2.3 per cent.

HYDERABAD: The ninth edi-tion of BioAsia, forum forbiotechnology business com-munity, will be presenting the‘CEO Conclave, Mega Trends:The New Frontier’.

The 2012 CEO conclave isscheduled on February 10 at6.30pm and will focus on identify-ing mega trends in the life sci-ences industry for the nextdecade and their impact.

BioAsia partnered with Frostand Sullivan to present this con-clave. Sandeep Sinha, director,healthcare practice, South Asiaand Middle East, Frost & Sullivan,said: “Mega Trends are connectedand intertwined, which suggeststhat synergetic opportunitiesexist between them. Our objec-tive would be to help the compa-nies identify these opportunities.”

The workshop will find

growth opportunities for life sci-ences industry and transactionplans for the respective compa-nies to quantify the use of megatrends. Based on the delibera-tions of the conclave, a whitepaper will be prepared and sub-mitted to the Department ofBiotechnology, Government ofIndia and other relevant govern-mental agencies with some policyrecommendations. The last edi-

tion of BioAsia saw 38 participat-ing countries and 400 business tobusiness meetings which was thehighest ever in history of theevent. “This year given thechanged format and major high-lights like Mega Trends, we expectmany more delegates to partici-pate and make optimum use ofsuch great opportunities,”con-cluded Shakthi M Nagappan,CEO, BioAsia 2012.

MedPlus shelves IPO plans

Gangadi, in association withSurendra Mantena, launched

www.medplusbeauty.com, anonline virtual studio that wouldhelp people (men and women)select beauty care products by try-ing a makeover virtually by upload-ing their photographs.

The online store stacked 12,000varieties of beauty, wellness andnutrition care. The delivery timewould depend on the location ofthe buyer. In major cities likeHyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai,the company would offer cash-on-delivery facility. Users in tier-II andIII cities who could not access high-end and imported brands like CalvinKlein, Espirit, and L’Oreal, wouldnow be able to buy these productsonline. Mode of payment was creditor debit cards and net banking.

Online beautycare storelaunched

Frost & Sullivan partners BioAsia

Tax deal hands Obama rare win against Republicans

Sensexquiet

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201111The games people playPlaying FieldTITBITS

TOURE IS FOOTBALLER OF YEARJOHANNESBURG: Ivory Coast midfield-er Yaya Toure was named 2011 CAF Footballerof the Year in Ghana Thursday just 24 hoursafter helping Manchester City defeat StokeCity 3-0 and stay top of the English PremierLeague. Toure, a physically imposing 28-year-old younger brother of City defender Kolo, fin-ished ahead of Ghana and Marseille midfield-er Andre Ayew and Mali and Barcelona mid-fielder Seydou Keita in a vote among Africa-based national coaches. Title holder andCameroon and Anzhi Makhachkala strikerSamuel Eto’o was eliminated from the race tobe crowned the best footballer on the conti-nent along with Lille striker Moussa Sow.

LENNON CALLS FOR KILLIEFOCUS AS RANGERS LOOMGLASGOW: Celtic manager Neil Lennonhas told his players to forget about nextweek’s Old Firm showdown and keep theirfocus on Saturday’s game with Kilmarnock. Adip in form earlier this season saw the Hoopsfall 12 points behind Rangers at the top of theScottish Premier League. However a recentresurgence in fortunes has meant Celtic havewon their past seven matches to close the gapto just four points going into the ChristmasEve fixtures. And Lennon has warned his play-ers not to let their good work go to waste byletting their concentration slip against Killie.“Seven wins in a row is good form but it cango at any time and we have to be wary ofthat,” Lennon said.

JOHNSON SLAMS CRITICISMOF SUAREZ SUPPORT LIVERPOOL: Liverpool defender GlenJohnson has hit back at criticism of his deci-sion to wear a T-shirt in support of team-mateLuis Suarez before the Reds’ 0-0 draw againstWigan. Suarez was handed an eight-matchban and fined £40,000 on Tuesday after beingfound guilty of racially abusing ManchesterUnited defender Patrice Evra during a clash atAnfield earlier this season. However,Liverpool’s players remain supportive of theUruguay forward and Johnson and the rest ofthe squad warmed up for the Premier Leagueclash at Wigan on Wednesday in T-shirts fea-turing a picture of Suarez on the front and hisshirt number seven on the back.

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LONDON: England captain John Terry pro-duced a typical block to spare Chelseadefeat in a 1-1 draw against TottenhamHotspur in his first match since he wascharged by UK prosecutors with racialabuse.

Chelsea centre-back Terry blocked agoalbound shot from Emmanuel Adebayorin stoppage time to ensure a point for thevisitors at White Hart Lane on Thursday.

The draw left Spurs third in the PremierLeague table, two points in front of theirLondon rivals, after Adebayor’s opener wascancelled out by an equaliser from Chelseastriker Daniel Sturridge.

And it meant Spurs were nine pointsadrift of leaders Manchester City andChelsea 11 shy of the table-toppers.

Tottenham got off to an ideal start asTogo international Adebayor took advan-tage of Chelsea skipper Terry’s slipshoddefending eight minutes into the match byslotting home before Sturridge levelled mid-way through the first half.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech madesome crucial saves late in the game, asTottenham desperately searched for a win-ner. The build-up centred around Terry,charged on Wednesday with racially abusingQPR defender Anton Ferdinand duringChelsea’s loss at Loftus Road in October.

Terry — promised the full backing ofmanager Andre Villas-Boas — was booed bythe bulk of Spurs fans as he began his pre-match warm-up, but was applauded by theaway contingent. He was jeered again as heled Chelsea out ahead of kick-off — andwith every touch of the ball. But apart fromhis mistake to let in Adebayor, he deliveredan assured performance.

Chelsea had failed to beat Spurs on theirlast five visits to White Hart Lane and the

hosts had them on the back foot from thefirst whistle.

And after seven minutes Spurs wereahead — and Terry was partly at fault, afterSandro took the ball off Sturridge in midfieldand sent Bale on a run down the left.

Gareth Bale sped toward the byline andjust before crossing the ball into the box,Terry peeled off Adebayor to give himenough space to meet the Wales star’s centrefor a close range tap-in.

Juan Mata came close to levelling forChelsea three minutes later, but his stingingshot was palmed into Sturridge’s path byBrad Friedel and the Blues striker spoonedthe rebound over the bar.

Sturridge made amends in the 23rd

minute as he turned in Ashley Cole’s crossfor Chelsea’s equaliser.

The goal was met with vehementprotests from the home players as theEngland left-back had appeared to havehandled in the build-up.

A rare mistake from Ledley King in the73rd minute almost resulted in a second forSturridge after the Tottenham defender’sweak headed clearance fell to the striker, butFriedel was able to keep the ball out.

Cech saved his side from a loss six min-utes from time when he managed to tip overSandro’s shot. And in injury time theChelsea goalkeeper managed a full-stretchsave to tip wide Adebayor’s shot from justinside the area. AFP

VILAS-BOAS REMAINS UPBEAT AFTER DERBY DRAWLONDON: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas (right) believes his side are still verymuch in the English title race after DanielSturridge’s goal earned them a 1-1 draw againstTottenham Hotspur here at White Hart Lane.

Villas-Boas saw the performance as evi-dence his philosophy of introducing an attrac-tive, passing game to Chelsea was starting toproduce results.

“In terms of our title challenge, it keeps italive,” Villas-Boas said after a share of the spoilsin a London derby against third-placedTottenham, who remain two points in front ofChelsea.

“The draw punishes us a little bit in termsof the league. “We are still in it. If we take sixpoints from our next two home fixtures, we arepretty much in it.

“We came to Tottenham who are also titlechallengers and it is a good point to get. Wehave been in a worse situation than this and Iam sure we can further shorten the distance.

“Today [Thursday] our passing game

exploded to wonderful levels. It was fantastic towatch this team play when they find themselvesin possession and take opportunities.”

The focus was on Terry ahead of the matchafter the Crown Prosecution Service chargedhim Wednesday with racially abusing QPRdefender Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea’s lossat Loftus Road in October.

But Villas-Boas added: “His performanceshave increased since the incident. His commit-ment was never in doubt.”

TerryensuresChelseacome awaywith a point

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 12

MAHENDRA SINGHDHONI (C) & (WK)

Age: 30 years160 days

Role: WicketkeeperbatsmanTests: 64

Runs: 3407HS: 148

Average: 38.28100s: 550s: 23

GAUTAM GAMBHIRAge: 30 years

61 daysRole: Top-order

batsmanTests: 44

Runs: 3531HS: 206*

Average: 47.71100s: 950s: 18

VIRAT KOHLIAge: 23 years

39 daysRole: Middle-order

batsmanTests: 4

Runs: 191HS: 63

Average: 27.28100s: 050s: 2

ZAHEER KHANAge: 33 years

68 daysRole: Bowler

Tests: 79Wickets: 273Best figures:

7/87 (innings),10/149 (match)Economy: 3.28

AverageBest figures: 31.78

ABHIMANYU MITHUNAge: 22 years

58 daysRole: Bowler

Tests: 4Wickets: 9

Best figures:4/150 (innings),4/138 (match)Average: 50.66Economy: 3.80

VVS LAXMANAge: 37 years 43 days

Role:Top-orderbatsman

Tests: 130Runs: 8626

HS: 281Average:

47.13100s: 17

50s: 55

Stats in OzTests: 11Runs: 1081Average: 54.05100s: 450s: 3

SACHIN TENDULKARAge: 38 years

234 daysRole:

Top-order batsman

Tests: 184Runs: 15,183

HS: 248*Average: 56.02

100s: 5150s: 63

Stats in OzTests 16

Runs 1522Average 58.53

100s 650s 5

PRAGYAN OJHAAge: 25 years

100 daysRole: Bowler

Tests: 14Wickets: 62Best figures:

6/47 (innings),7/109 (match)Average: 34.62Economy: 2.79

RAHUL DRAVIDAge: 38 years


batsmanTests: 160

Runs: 13094HS: 270

Average: 53.22100s: 3650s: 62

Stats in OzTests: 12

Runs: 972Average: 48.60

100s: 150s 5

The world will lookeagerly at Sachin Tendulkar if

he would create this uniquerecord of records.

100th100?

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 13

Come December 26, India takeon Australia at Melbourne CricketGround, promising a sumptuousfeast of action for fans of bothcricket-loving nations.

OUR BOYS

VIRENDER SEHWAGAge: 33 years


batsmanTests: 92

Runs: 7980HS: 319

Average: 52.12

100s: 2250s: 30Stats in OzTests: 7Runs: 833Average: 50.2100s: 250s: 3

DOWN UNDER

TEST DEBUTS

RAVICHANDRANASHWIN


Role: BowlerTests: 3

Wickets: 22Best figures:


HS: 103

ISHANT SHARMAAge: 23 years

103 daysRole: Bowler

Tests: 41HS: 31*

Wickets: 128Best figures:


UMESH YADAVAge: 24 years

50 daysRole: Bowler

Tests: 2Wickets: 9

Best figures:4/80 (innings),7/130 (match)Average: 21.22Economy: 3.78

WRIDDHIMAN SAHA(WK)


Role: WicketkeeperTests: 1

Runs: 36HS: 36

Average: 18.00

Rohit SharmaAge: 24 years

228 daysRole:

Batsman

Vinay KumarAge: 27 years305 daysRole: Bowler

Ajinkya RahaneAge: 23 years


batsman

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201114The games people playPlaying Field

AMERICAN FOOTBALLCHARLES ‘BUBBA’ SMITHSuper Bowl-winning defensive player wholater forged a relatively successful actingcareer died aged 66 of acute drug intoxica-tion and heart disease on August 3. Mostsuccessful spell in the NFL came with thethen Baltimore Colts and landed the SuperBowl at the end of the 1970 season a yearafter losing to the Joe Namath-led NewYork Jets. After retirement he gained fur-ther fame through his portrayal of physi-cally imposing but soft-spoken policerecruit Moses Hightower in all but one ofthe Police Academy films.

AUTOMOBILE RACINGDAN WHELDONTwo-time Indianapolis 500 championkilled as a result of injuries suffered in acrash in the Indy 300 race at Las Vegas onOctober 16 aged 33. In the Vegas race hewas racing from the back of the field inpursuit of a $5 million prize offered byIndyCar to a non-series driver who couldwin the finale.

BOXINGSIR HENRY COOPERMuch-loved British heavyweight champi-on who died two days before his 77thbirthday on May 1. Best known for his 1963non-title bout with Muhammad Ali whenhe landed ‘Enry’s Hammer’ felling hisopponent. Some gamesmanship by Ali’strainer Angelo Dundee probably saved hisyoung star from defeat.

JOE FRAZIERWorld heavyweight champion known as‘Smokin Joe’ died of liver cancer aged 67on November 8. The former farmworkerfrom South Carolina fought a legendarytriology of title fights with Muhammad Aliin the 1970’s — Frazier won the first butlost the next two, Ali describing the finalbout ‘The Thrilla in Manila’ as “the closestthing to dying that I know of”. Outside thering the two never made up as Frazier feltslighted by Ali’s taunts of ‘Uncle Tom andgorilla’. Eventually Frazier did forgive hisold rival in 2009 and a frail Ali turned upfor his funeral.

CRICKETMANSUR ALI KHAN ‘TIGER’ PATAUDIFormer Indian cricket captain died aged 70of lung disease on September 22. TheNawab of Pataudi nicknamed ‘Tiger’because of his excellent catching andthrowing in the outfield. He played most ofhis career without his right eye, which helost in a car accident in England shortlybefore he became the first Indian to cap-tain Oxford University. Pataudi becameIndia’s captain at the age of 21 and led theteam in 40 of his 46 Tests.

PETER ROEBUCKControversial former Somerset countycaptain who found a more successfulcareer as an outstanding cricket corre-spondent allegedly committed suicideaged 55 on November 12. Was apparentlyabout to be detained by Cape Town police— he was covering the South AfricaAustralia test series — over an alleged sex-ual assault on a Zimbabwean man whenhe threw himself from his hotel room win-dow.

FOOTBALLSOCRATESBrazilian football icon died on December 4aged 57 of an intestinal infection.Captained the great 1982 Brazilian sidewhich was widely-regarded as the finestteam never to win a World Cup and alsoplayed in 1986 edition but was not fully fitand missed a penalty in the quarter-finaldefeat by France.

GARY SPEEDWales manager and former graceful mid-fielder committed suicide on November 27aged 42. Played 85 times for Wales and alsocaptained them 44 times. Took over coach-ing the national side last year and wascredited with reviving their fortunesrecently leading them to three successivewins for the first time since 2008.

GOLFSEVERIANO BALLESTEROSCharismatic Spanish golfer ‘Seve’ died onMay 7 aged 54 after years of ill health fol-lowing a brain tumour operation. Led thesurge in European golfers challenging thesupremacy of the Americans and won fivemajors with his play littered by audaciousstrokes from impossible lies.

HORSE RACINGDONALD ‘GINGER’ MCCAINEnglish four-time Grand National winningtrainer died two days before his 81st birth-day on September 19 after a long illness. aformer taxi driver and car salesman, hisfortunes were to change inexorably oncehe took on an average flat horse Red Rumand guided him to three Grand Nationalwins. Was to go on and win another withAmberleigh House in 2004.

MOTORCYCLINGMARCO SIMONCELLIFast rising daredevil MotoGp rider died asa result of injuries suffered in a crash in theMalaysian MotoGp on October 23 aged 24.Ironically it was at the same Sepang trackthe mop-haired Italian rider had enjoyedhis sweetest moment finishing third in the2008 250cc race to take the world title. Heachieved his best result in with a secondplace to world champion Casey Stoner.

STICKY WICKETSaluting the heroeswe lost in 2011Pirate Irwin takes a look at the sporting heroes who passed away this year

Swann warnsof death ofcricketTom Collomosse

Graeme Swann cannot understandsome of the decisions made bythose who govern cricket but as

he prepares for a schedule that wouldtest any sportsman, his biggest gripehas nothing to do with self interest.

For the England spinner’s chief fearis that the sport he loves will die in itscurrent form unless more is done tosave Test matches.

Swann is angry that the inauguralWorld Test Championship, scheduled totake place in England in 2013, has beenpostponed at least until 2017 becausethe International Cricket Council’sbroadcast partners would rather screenthe 50-over Champions Trophy, whichthey believe is more financially viable.

Test audiences are dropping in Asiabut remain strong in England andAustralia, and Swann is pleading withthe sport’s authorities to protect theoldest form of cricket, without which hebelieves the game would be almostirrelevant.

“If you just let Test cricket dwindleand fade, where will your cricketerscome from?” asked Swann. “You’re notgoing to get big, famous names comingjust through Twenty20, and in the end,cricket will die out, because Twenty20 isnot the same game, even though I loveit.

“It will die out as we know it, as thegame with all the tradition and all thegood things that have happened overthe years. If Test cricket ceases to be themost important thing, I don’t want to bea part of it.

“Who gives a monkey’s if someonecomes through T20? You will never lookback in 100 years’ time and discussthem, the way Don Bradman is stillrevered and idolised.

“My biggest nightmare is Test crick-et disappearing and there are more one-day internationals played instead. Thatwould be it, cricket out of the windowfor me.”

“The series coming up [against pak-istan] will be incredibly difficult cricket-wise but it will be very easy socially andrelations between the two teams will befine. Because of what has happened,with people going to prison, both teamswill want to draw a line under it and lettheir cricket do the talking.”

TALK BACKSad state of affairsOur city is lagging far behind in safety cul-ture. Several accidents that have takenplace in the last few monthshave shown how neglect ofthese crucial areas can endangerlives. Lack of awareness and laxi-ty of officials play equal roles inthe current sad state of affairs.The State government should takeimmediate measures to implementthe fire and safety procedures andrules to avoid frequent incidentstaking place resulting in loss of life andproperty.

Md Faisal InamdarHumayun Nagar

Helpful on healthThe health page of Postnoon packs quite a

bunch of information and expertadvice from top doctors in thecity. I am a regular reader of thispage and have now told mydaughters also to read thispage regularly. It would bevery helpful if you could add asmall section on what to dofor accidents and injuriesthat are likely to take place

at home. The stories on behavioural issuesand other such problems are very interest-ing; you should take more such stories.

Ashwin SriramBalanagar

All the best for ChiruThe story on lobbying for Vizag Parliamentseat was very interesting. Ever since hedecided to merge his Praja Rajyam partywith the Congress, Chiranjeevi has beensidelined under one pretext or the other.The promise of plum posts at Centre andState to him and his followers has notmaterialised so far and this has causedmany to desert him and join other partieswhere they have better prospects. Therecent no-confidence motion restored somerespect to him and I hope he will be able touse that bargaining power to carve out apolitical space he deserves.

Ashish TrivediHimayatnagar

DrunkorexiaThe cover pagestory youngsterscutting down onfood to allow formore alcohol con-sumption withoutgaining weight isvery interesting. As

a matter of fact, I know at least half adozen colleagues who follow suchlifestyles. I feel that peer pressure and pop-ular media’s obsession with staying thin isforcing youngsters to follow such practices.One must understand that they need notlook like a reed-thin model to look good.

RP NarasaimhaSainikpuri

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ANNA POSER TOSONIA, INSULT TO PM

Anna Hazare has chal-lenged Congresspresident Sonia

Gandhi to a debate on LokpalBill to explain why the govern-

ment has shot down severalkey demands of Team Anna. Bydirecting the question at Sonia,

he has reinforced the percep-tion that Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh doesn’t havethe final word on policy. Earlier,

the UPA chairperson hadnudged the Cabinet to clear thefood security Bill despite appre-hensions on the part of severalsenior ministers about the via-

bility of the populist legislation.The Congress president shouldeither take up the reins of thecountry or let the prime minis-

ter function independentlyrather than allowing the high-

est office in the country topbecome a matter of public

ridicule. What the Manmohangovernment needs now is solid

backing from the Congresspresident and not remote con-

trol operation. Let the visionaryprime minister be rememberedfor his contributions to nation-

building rather than being aglorified errand boy for the First

Family.

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The Chinese ‘dissident’ hasbeen sentenced to nine

years for ‘subversiveactivity’. But it is people like Weiwho will shake the foundationsof the totalitarian state throughhis intellect, principles and grit.Wei said he will not appeal the

decision, and why should he,from jail Wei becomes an icon

for those suffering under theyoke of oppression. Let’s hope

his sentence ignites the fires ofrevolution.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201118Holistic view of mind, body and soulH‑Factor

Differencesin parentsconfuse kids

Dr Kiran Krishnamurti

I seem to be going through a verytough phase with my 2 year old son.He was quite ok till he was 1.5 yearsold but has become exactly oppositeof what he used to be. He wants hisway all the time and if he does notget what he wants, he starts cryingloudly and sometimes even bangshis head on the wall.

My husband and I differ totallyin our parenting methods. I feel it’sok for a child to cry sometimes andmy husband is just the opposite. Sowe end up fighting with each otherand at the end of the day all 3 of usare miserable. I know that all this ispart of growing up and ‘terribletwos’ and all that, but I need helpbetween father and son I think I amgoing crazy and becoming a ner-vous wreck.

Please stay calm, this is a verycommon story in many a household.Firstly, you need to address the issueof your varied parenting styles. Youhave to discuss this in your kid’sabsence and come to a joint andmutual conclusion.

Crying does not harm the childas much as the divergence in parent-ing styles. It is more important thatyou both agree with each other, atleast in front of your son and dealwith your differences later. If youdon’t do this immediately, he will notonly receive confusing inputs, butwill start tone or by denying the childsomething that gives him pleasure.

Do not hit your child. It will onlymake matters worse.

Remember, anger towards chil-dren should always be only simulat-ed and not real.

(The writer is a paediatricianpractising at Andromeda Centre,

Hyderabad. You can write in to her at

[email protected])

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ments is what every girl lustsafter. It’s the epitome of sensu-ality and feminity. And whatcould be better than to havelovely healthy hair that can bestyled any which way for aninstant new look to suit anyoccasion. But what happenswhen one fine morning youwake up to find clumps of hairfalling out? Despite your bestefforts your beautiful head ofhair now has bald patches andyou are at your wit’s end.

It could probably be alope-cia, a condition where there’seither sudden hair loss leavingthe scalp looking patchy or amore gradual thinning processthat could eventually lead toeverybody’s worst nightmare —baldness.

“Alopecia can occur eitherdue to an infection, it could befungal, or it could be due to anauto immune disease (a con-dition in which the body pro-duces antibodies to fightagainst certain proteinsproduced by it),”explains Dr PrasunDeb, an endocrinologistat Yashoda Hospital. Headds, “This autoimmunerelated alopecia could bemore common in patientswith either diabetes orhypothyroidism.”

“There are threetypes of alopecia thatcommonly occur — dif-fused, alopecia areata andalopecia totalis or alopeciauniversalis. Diffused alope-cia is the more common typeof hair loss that people face. Inthis there could be loss of hairacross the scalp leading to agradual thinning in both menand women but is more com-monly seen in the fairer sex,”says Dr Asna Anjum.

Diffused alopecia is thesedays seen in young adults aswell and the blame could liewith either pollution, dandruff,lack of oil massages and theuse of harsh styling products.

In alopecia areata a personmight find that they have

patchy hair loss on the scalp.Usually due to hormonalchanges in the body and com-monly due to stress, alopeciaareata is a self-limiting condi-tion and normally sets right ina few months with or without

treatment. But it is alopecia totalis and

alopecia universalis that arereally worrisome. While thiscondition cannot really betreated, even the causes are

unknown making it an idio-pathic disease. In alopeciatotalis there is complete hairloss on the scalp leading to per-manent baldness while inalopecia universalis there istotal hair loss from all over thebody including eye brows,beard in men, body hair etc.

“If the cause of alopecia isan infection then treatmentcan be suggested for it.However, if it is an autoim-mune disorder then treatmentis difficult,” says Dr Prasun.

Dr Asna agrees. “While indiffused alopecia we can pre-scribe vitamins, hair oils andprocedures like mesotherapy(locally administering vitaminsdirectly onto the scalp, theycan only limit the hair loss. Notreverse it completely. In alope-cia universalis and totalis how-ever, there is no known treat-ment and it is an irreversiblecondition,” she says.

Bald andBeautiful?

Taniya Talukdar

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W hile Indians in generalhave a fixation for bigbottoms and bigger

bosoms, they are yet to apply thesame logic when it comes tomodels. But the fashion industry

is still smitten with skinny modelswalking down the ramp. There is a

section of plus sized models in the coun-try but they are lesser known and to be

honest, lesser appreciated. Though many would claim they do

not have the right to comment onanyone’s body type, going by theaffinity towards skinny models, it ispretty much clear where their loyal-ties lie.

Whatever else be a matter ofdebate we can all agree that by andlarge, India is ruled by Bollywood.

One of the most clichéd but aptexamples here would be how the whole

nation went gaga over actor KareenaKapoor’s size zero.

Young girls barely out of college,were so ‘inspired’ that they started

going to extremes to achieve thesame and in the process ended upharming themselves.

Model Faith Pandey says, “I thinkthe concept of having plus sized modelsto display plus sized clothes is essentialand welcome at the same time. Moreoverbeauty isn’t something that is containedin a 26 inch waist. It is bigger and beyondin the most literal sense. But of course inIndia, like most other things, it will take alonger time to warm up to this idea.Probably because our opinion of beautyis very parochial.”

“It takes time to break away fromthese mental blocks, for example, thecolour bias between fair and dark-skinned models and actors is way betternow but somehow somewhere it stillexists. However, in the West, the number

of large-sized people outnumber those inIndia. So in this regard, not everyone canrelate to what they see,” she adds.

It was perhaps a year ago when thecover of the fashion magazine V wasgraced by plus size model, Crystal Renn,who became an icon for big womeneverywhere. In a fabulous photoshoot, Vput a plus sized and a regular model inthe same clothes and both looked greatin the get-up, both made the clothes lookgood. More and more people abroad arenow opening up to the concept of plussize models but though Indian womenhave always been curvy, we still find itdifficult to accept fuller models.

Designer Sanjay Hingu says, “If youlook at the current scenario, internation-ally the trend of using plus size modelshas only started of late and purely

because of massive criticism and flakfrom the society due to the impact skinnymodels have had on the mindsets ofyoung teenagers who want to get intothis area of work.”

He goes on to add, “Indian womenhave always been curvy and with a goodamount of flesh in appropriate places,the recently released The Dirty Pictureestablishes my faith again in what I justsaid. Some actresses have tried to go thezero figure way but have failed to cast animpression and I am glad because ifteenagers had to start following blindlywhat they see in glossy magazines thanwe will have a society of skeletons mov-ing around us.”

Articles and fashion news about sizezero illustrated with pictures of glam-orous, rail-thin celebrities and modelswhose ribs were countable through theircouture dresses had the shock factor andhad many people up in arms.

“Size zero was a fad and was appreci-ated in both Bollywood and Hollywoodmovies but societies across the worldhave started moving towards healthierand fitter lifestyles and desire women tolook sexier, sensual and smart.

The beauty of a woman lies in hercurves, vibrancy and intelligence andpersonality and not in being rakishly thinand unbalanced,” says internationallycelebrated designer Sanchita Ajjampur.

She goes on to add, “We live in asociety which has a deeply disturbed atti-

tude towards food, nurture and con-sumption; we need to educate youngchildren and girls that their growing bod-ies and normal desires are acceptableand that they must not be starve.

Recent developments in the fashionworld also point to the return of curveson the ramp, with designers going in forfuller models as openers and showstop-pers on the runway, compared to earlierdays, when thinner models ruled thedomain. I would say, we do design for‘real people’ now!”

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201119Because you are what you wearF‑FolioThe world might be warming up to and embracing plus size models with

much celebration but is India ready to catch up with the rest of the world?

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201120Design

DESIGNDEVELOPMENT

With its rich heritageand history, confluenceof cultures and uniqueinfluences, Hyderabadhas often been toutedas a delight for archi-

tecture and designenthusiasts. But has

the changing landscapebeen beneficial for the

city? We find out

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Few other cities in the countryhave perhaps seen a transfor-mation as dramatic asHyderabad. Once known as

the laid-back city of the Nizams withhistorical and heritage buildingsdotting the streets, it has over thelast decade become Hitec city withits high-rises, mammoth malls andmultiplexes. Locals who rememberthe city of yore will wistfully recallthose cosy independent houseswhich have given way to huge apart-ment complexes, Irani cafes that fellto fine-dining restaurants and mar-ket places which have been replacedby malls.

As pleasing as the progress mightbe for the overall development of thecity, it's been detrimental for design,say experts. Professor Ravi Anandwho teaches at the School ofPlanning and Architecture, JNTU forinstance, is deeply unhappy at thedirection that contemporary archi-tecture in the city has taken. “Today,

there is nothing different, nothinglocal or unique about the structuresthat have come up in the city. Theyare very out of context. These build-ings are so global in nature they canbe found in any part of the world. Itis become a cause for concern for allof us in the industry,” he rues.

But what is it that makes a greatbuilding stand out from the rest?“Great architecture was never madewith financial motivations. But nowthere's no other kind of motivation.There are set patterns around whichdesigners develop. They might beimpressive at first sight but are notplaces you would want to live in or

work at,” feels the professor of archi-tecture.

Sudheer Reddy, principal archi-tect at Kruthica is of a similar opin-ion. “These buildings and structuresare a very real reflection of the con-fusion and the jumble prevalent inour own lives today. It's the story ofevery metro in the country, not justHyderabad. There is no character orsoul to them. Unlike the old historicbuildings that were benchmarks ofdesign, one is not much differentfrom the next, in design or spirit.Only the shapes and sizes differ,” hesays.

The rich and illustrious heritageof the city poses a further challengemaintains Ar. Haresh Lakhani, co-founder of Lakhani Associates.However, all is not lost and that thisis simply a phase in the evolution ofthings, he says. “Rome was not builtin a day. Similarly, a lot of gooddesign and good work is happeningin the city. It's evolving steadily. Sothere are going to be many a inter-esting things to come in the nearfuture but we have to give it time,”he says.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201121Food & Wine

Mixin’ it upthis Christmas

The holiday season is the favourite time of the year for manypeople, filled with get-togethers and fun parties. And no partycan be complete without drinks. So, we asked Kamal Shrestha,

the bartender at Fusion 9 to whip up a few of his favourite holi-day drinks. Toast to the holiday spirit with these fabulous and

easy Christmas cocktail recipes. Cheers!

Dijon Sidecar

n 45 ml. Hennessy VScognac

n 30ml. good-qualityCrème

n 15 ml. fresh lemon juice.

Shake ingredients togetherand strain into chilled

martini glass; serve withlemon twist.

The Ninth Nightn 45 ml. Citrus vodka

n 15 ml. Triple Sec

n 30 ml. cranberry juice

n Lemon-lime soda

n Lime juice

Combine Citrus vodka,Triple Sec, and cranberry

juice in a cocktail shakerwith ice. Shake vigorouslyand strain into tall rocksglass with fresh ice. Topwith soda and lots of freshlime juice.

Royal Fusionn 45 ml. Vodka

n 08 no. seedless grapes

n 08 no. cubed pineapple

n 05 ml. vanilla liqueur

n 05 ml. Hazelnut Liqueur

n Dash of lime juice

n Dash of simple syrup

Muddle fruits in a mixingglass. Add liquids before

serving. Shake vigorously

The Flashn 5 slices cucumber

n 3 pieces fresh kiwi

n 15 ml. fresh lemonjuice

n 60 ml Gin

n 15 ml. organic simplesyrup

In a pint glass, muddlefresh cucumber, kiwi,

and lemon juice. Add ice,simple syrup, and gin.Shake vigorously andstrain into stemmed cocktail glass. Garnishwith sliced wheels ofcucumber and kiwi.

Bloody MartiniThis cocktail is perfect fora holiday brunch!

n 45 ml. Absolut Citrus

n Dash simple syrup

n Dash lemon juice

n Dash Tabasco

n 6 cherry tomatoes

In a shaker glass, muddletomatoes with the lemon

juice and simple syrup.Add rest of ingredientsand shake with cubed ice.Fine strain into a chilledmartini glass and garnishwith a cherry tomatospeared with a basil leaf.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201122The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

Isha [email protected]

For years picturesqueBandra in the tinsel cityof India has been knownfor Shah Rukh Khan’s

Mannat, Salman’s Galaxy apart-ments and John Abraham’snightly rides along Bandstand.Now, Bandra has got somethingnew to boast of apart from beinga lovers’ point and a jogger’sdelight. On Wednesday, actorRiteish Deshmukh launched theBollywood Walk of Fame at theBandstand waterfront.

The Bandstand promenadeon Wednesday had brass handimprints embedded in the side-walk. The impressions will bepermanent public monumentsto the achievement of the Hindifilm industry. The actor hadtaken to the microblogging web-site Twitter to share his excite-ment at the unveiling, he tweet-ed, “Legend’s Walk will be awaterfront promenade whichwill have the hand impressionsof the legends from our FilmIndustry. Trying to integrate

technology for a better andwholesome experience at theLegends Walk. We already havemore than 25 Legends who havegiven their hand impressions.”

Revealing some of thenames, he thanked the starsthrough another tweet. “Thankyou all for being a part of#Legends Walk- @srbachchan sir,Jaya aunty (bachchan),RajeshKhannaji, Dharamji, Hemaji,Pran saab, Waheedaji, Sadhanaji,Manoj Kumarji, Vinod Khannaji,Salim(khan) uncle, Mithun Da,Shashi Kapoor saab, RishiKapoor sir, Jeetuji (jeetendra),Asha Bhosaleji, Asha Parekhji,@iamsrk @akshaykumar@beingSalmankha.”

Veteran actor Anupam Kherfeels the new addition toMumbai’s landscape is going tokeep memories alive. “It is agood step towards preservingmemories and will be a veryinteresting way at the same time.It’s going to be a milestone andwill attract lot of attention.” Sowill it have the same significanceas it does in Hollywood or willwe see it forgotten as some ran-

dom commercial venture? Towhich the actor replied, “I wouldlike to believe that it has thesame appeal but one cannot sayanything beforehand.”

The Hollywood walk of famecame into existence in 1958 andhas been a landmark for touristsand is also an honorary for thestars who have contributed tocinema. The sidewalk alongHollywood Boulevard and VineStreet, California boast of nameslike Michael Jackson, CharlesChaplin, Bryan Adams, AudreyHepburn and many more stars.While this landmark has beenthere from years in the west,Bollywood gets a new thing to gowow and rave about.

This new venture will notonly pay homage to just actorsbut also those who have con-tributed to the industry in anyway. Singer Sunidhi Chauhan onhearing about the new develop-ment only wished that timecould be reversed, she says, “Iwish we could go back in timeand have the names of those leg-endary singers like KishoreKumar and Rafi included as well.

They were the gods of music andif something like this would havehappened at that time, their fansand followers could have felttheir presence through this. Thelegends we lost this year, likeDev Anand and Jagjit Singh, theirpresence will also be sorelymissed. At the same I am gladthat we can now honour the liv-ing stars like Dilip Kumar, LataMangeshkar and many more.”She then goes on to say, “Ourcoming generations will be luckyto see these veterans throughthis and will understand thelegacy that these people left forthem. Better late than never, it’sa great thing to have happenedfor our industry.”

Director Kabir Khan says, “Ithink it’s a great idea and will

add great value to theBollywood brigade. Also, peoplekeep looking at Hollywood walkof fame and are fascinated withthe celebrities there but with thisthey can actually come and payhomage to their favourite starscloser home. It is something dif-ferent and is a new thing fortourists to look out for and iskind of thrilling to get a feel ofthe stars presence.”

B-Town stars now at BANDSTANDThe city of dreams has a new addition. Inspiredby Hollywood, Bollywood now has its very own

desi walk of fame. Here’s what some from thefilm industry had to say about it

B-TOWN TWEETIES

@rampalarjunGood morning on route toDubai for the ahlan masalaawards, look fwd to seeingsome of u there. Travelingwith @Abhishekapoor fun

@SrBachchanT 598 - Did photo shoot withShanouk my Pirrana Dane forcover of a magazine on dogsby the ebullient FarzanaContractor, wife of BusyBee !!

@udaychopraToday is the last day of shooton #TheLongestWeek thanksto all involved for making thishappen in such a smooth way.

@iamsrkAll screenings went well apartfrom the usual delay. Alwayshappy to see a film finally deliv-ered where it belongs...to theaudience..

@bipsluvurself#Players in Murmansk,Russia! Freezing cold also didnt stop us frm going out frwalks!

@NeilNMukeshI’ve learnt the biggest lesson inmy life. I hope it makes mestronger and teaches me thatthis world also has FAKE peo-ple ! :)be careful ;)

@sonamakapoorLeaving Chandigarh!!Promoted players here!! Lovethe thanda thanda mausam!

@priyankachopraJust landed back fromPatna..final leg of promotionsover..was too much fun..thanku so much for all ur lovephew..now butterflies.. #Don2

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Thespians are usuallysceptical about workingwith fresh directors, but

talented actor RajeevKhandelwal has no suchhang-ups. He feels he bene-fits from the debutants’ pas-sion for filmmaking.

For his own big screendebut, Aamir, Rajeev workedunder the direction of firsttimer Rajkumar Gupta. Evenhis second film Shaitan wasdirected by newcomer BejoyNambiar, while his lastrelease Soundtrack washelmed by debutant NeeravGhosh.

“As far as newcomers areconcerned, I invest in some-one who has the knowledgeof filmmaking, someone whohas a great script and contentto offer,” Rajeev said.

“I have worked with peo-ple who had been runningaround with their scripts forfour to five years, wanting tomake a film. I work with newdirectors because I know Iwill benefit from their pas-sion. I am not wary or ner-

vous about it at all,” headded.

Rajeev is a rare exampleof an actor who took a leapfrom the small screen to thebig screen and tasted success.But he says his career pathhas always been unplanned.

The 36-year-old nowwants to do projects whichhave a human connect. “Iwant to do films with humanconnect, but not really issue-based films. I also wish todirect films which havehuman connect to it. I can’tdo projects where my role isnot humane and I don’t evenenjoy watching such films,”Rajeev said.

For now, Rajeev is busyconnecting with commonpeople as the host of the sec-ond season of controversialreality show Sach KaSaamna. Initially, the showwas about people opening uptheir dark secrets on nationaltelevision; for this season, thecentral theme has beenchanged to corruption. IANS

says career wasnot planned

Rajeev Khandelwal

Megastar Amitabh Bachc han has been conferred theMaharashtrian of the Year award by the Marathinewspaper Lokmat. “And today another Award for

me — the Maharas htrian of the Year, a Maanbi ndu, from noless a person than the Presi de nt of the Count ry, the resp ectedan d honourable Shrimati Pratibha Patil. So grateful and hum-bled. The award given by the very popular Marathi paper‘Lokmat’,” Amitabh wrote on bigb.bigadda.com.

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was also honoured for his con-tribution to the Indian cinema.

“Dilip Saheb, gets one too for his life achievements,and there are many other prominent

Maharashtrian achievers in the field ofScience, Literature, Social Service, Art, Politicsthat get rewarded,” he added. The 69-year-old credits the city of Mumbai for giving himname and recognition. “I have spent 3/4thsof my life in this city— 42 years! And all thatI have received in life apart from my par-ents and my education have come to me

from this golden land,” he wrote.“My obeisance to this great city and its

people, for giving me all that I have with metoday,” he posted. IANS

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As part of some sort of cinematicarms race, two of 2012’s mosthighly-anticipated blockbusters

conspired to crash the Internet thisweek as millions of people watchedbrand new trailers for ChristopherNolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” andPeter Jackson’s “The Hobbit.” Let’sjust say that Batman and Bilbo sharethe No. 1 spot, as we can’t wait to see

either of them. While “The Hobbit’s”trailer seems to trade primarily onnostalgia (both for the beloved bookand the box office behemoth “Lord ofthe Rings” trilogy), “Rises” is moredetermined to undermine viewers’belief that “everything is going to beOK.” As Bane clearly states (well, sortof clearly), it’s not. And that’s OK byus.

The 2nd annualAthena FilmFestival, described

as a “Celebration ofWomen and Leadership,”is returning toManhattan’s Barnardcampus from February 9-12, 2012. Artistic Directorand co-founder MelissaSilverstein of IndiewireBlog Network’s Womenand Hollywood is pro-gramming again withhelp from this year’s co-chairs: screenwriterDiablo Cody (“Juno,”“Young Adult”), directorMira Nair (“SalaamBombay!” “MonsoonWedding”), producerDebra Martin Chase(“The Sisterhood of theTraveling Pants,” “ThePrincess Diaries”) andBarnard alumna JenniferChristman (ExecutiveDirector of The PictureHouse). “We can’t wait toshare the line-up of filmsand special events thatfocus on inspiring storiesof women leaders,” saidSilverstein.

“I am thrilled to bepart of a festival thatencourages women to usetheir talents to tell com-pelling stories of womenand to support each otheras they face the manyobstacles of getting theirwork made into successfulfilms,” said Diablo Cody.“The Athena Film Festivalbrings to the forefront themany issues women facetoday and celebrates thecourageous women whohelp make a difference.”

Actress Demi Moore is likely to pro-duce a TV show for women. Moorewill launch an interview series,

“The Conversation”, next month, withBritish TV personality Amanda deCadenet as the host.Moore, who recent-

ly split from husband Ashton Kutcher, isa producer of the show, but she mightappear on camera too. “It’s been anemotional year for her, and people wantto hear what she has to say,” a sourcetold New York Daily News.

Demi Moore to producewomen’s show

The Dark Knight Rises andThe Hobbit clash for first

Athena Film festival to be hosted in February

26The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011

HBO just released the first teaser trailer for their

upcoming film Game Change, starringJulianne Moore as vice presidential candidate

Sarah Palin. (We’re not sure she’s better thanTina Fey, but really, who could be?) The film follows John

McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign from the beginningto his decision to pick a game changer like Sarah Palin to

their ultimate defeat to Barak Obama. If you can dealwith the accent for the entire film, you’ll also get to see Ed

Harris as Sen. John McCain and Woody Harrelson asMcCain adviser Steve Schmidt. The trailer shows McCain

and Schmidt deciding that, with an African-Americanman like Barak Obama in the running, they needed topick someone that might be a game changer for their

campaign. Whatever side of the coin you’re on, thisshould prove to be an interesting story. Game

Change will premiere in March on HBO.

to play SarahPalin in Game

Change

How’s this for a crowningachievement: Glee is playing

host to the Queen! Oscar winnerHelen Mirren has signed on to gueststar in the show’s first episode backon January 17, TV Line has learnedexclusively.

But in a twist, the British damewill be heard, not seen. As per aGlee insider, Mirren provides the“inner voice” of a character whoshall remain nameless. (For now atleast.) “Helen came in and secretlyrecorded several long and hilariousmonologues two weeks ago,” saysthe source. “Then she visited thekids on set, and they had no ideashe was coming; they werestunned.”

gueststars

on Glee

Julianne Moore

Seeing how Steve Jobshelped revolutionise

the music industry,it only makes sense that

the folks behind theGrammy Awards

would acknowledgethe celebratedvisionary. Sure

enough, the RecordingAcademy announced

that the late CEO and co-founder of Apple is being

posthumously honoured with oneof the organisation’s Special Merit

Awards. In the case of Jobs, who passedaway in October at 56 after a long battle withpancreatic cancer, his specific Grammy falls

under the Trustees Awardcategory. There’s also

the LifetimeAchievement Award

category, whichincludes such

recipients as GlenCampbell, Allman

Brothers Band,George Jones and

Diana Ross.

Steve Jobs to win award

posthumously

A31-year-old, described as a“big Madonna fan,” hasbeen charged with leaking ademo of her single Give Me

All Your Love in November.Madonna may yet get to the bottomof who leaked a demo of her singleGive Me All Your Love in November,as Spanish authorities reportedlyarrested a 31-year-old man inZaragoza, Spain, on Wednesday andcharged him with the crime. Theman, described by police as a “bigMadonna fan,” was identified onlyby the initials JRM and wasreleased after being chargedwith the crime, the police saidin a statement.

Fan chargedwith leaking

song onlineMADONNA’S

The race to find the next Hunger Games –i.e. an adaptation of a book series

aimed at the youth crowd and belovedby swarms of passionate, ticket-buying fans— just found itself a new frontrunner, with

the news that Harrison Ford and AbigailBreslin have signed onto the adaptation of

Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Set in afuture in which Earth has weathered inva-sions by an insect-like race of aliens called

Formics, the story follows a young geniusnamed Ender Wiggin (Hugo’s Asa

Butterfield) who is conscripted into mili-tary school to learn how to battle backthe invading horde. Ford will play Col.

Hyram Graff, who runs the BattleSchool in which Ender is enrolled,

while Breslin has signed on to play thetitle hero’s sister Valentine. Hailee

Steinfeld (True Grit) will play PetraArkanian, Ender’s friend and the only

female recruit at the Battle School.

Stage show based on 2004 film, which explores theinspiration behind the famous character, to debut

in London next year. The producers behind Oscarwinning films such as The King's Speech, are turning

their attention to London's West End with plans fortheir first stage musical. The Weinstein Company's show,Finding Neverland, is based on their 2004 film of thesame name starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, andtells the story of how JM Barrie's friendship with a

young family inspired Peter Pan. It will be directed byRob Ashford, whose last West End musical was

Shrek, and whose Donmar theatre production ofAnna Christie was acclaimed this year.

British actor Julian Ovenden is set toplay Barrie.

Finding Neverlandto turn ‘musical’

Ford to star inEnder’s Game


T-TOWN TWEETIES

@bsoumya26Nothin lik gtng up early in temorn n listenin to ‘suprab-hatam’. It fills u wt amazingenergy!

@taapseeAfter a long and interestingshoot for Gallata wid@ShakthiGalatta it’s time forsome channel surfing n deepsleep. Gudnite twitpals.

@actressanjjanaaEverything in our lifes shouldb about ‘I me n myself’ Nthen others,For one to have alovely, peaceful lives, just ‘loveurself’ unconditionally.

@shrutihaasanBusy with work and travel!Looking forward to the yearcoming to a close and lookingahead with hope and light :)2011 has been incredible .

@shraddhadas43Crazy &hectic schedule on for‘Rey’ with just 4 hrs of sleepeveryday. been almost amonth of disciplined routinein Bangkok. Lovin every bit!

@shriyasmilingThis year got over in a flash,filled with memories and beau-tiful moments! Which is yourfavorite day from last 365days.

@trishtrashersFinally... Its a wrap.. yayyyy....Shot a beautiful song forBodyguard n Dammu n nowm bak home for d holidays...

@tashu_02Aahh..life is strange..at timeswe don't value things or peo-ple who are available tou..only whn u r away frm thm,u realize thr true worth!

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Rana signs a newendorsement deal

Rana Daggubati has beensigned as a brand ambassadorfor Royal Stag.This is Rana'sfirst major endorsement dealsince he made his Bollywood

debut in Dum Maro Dum earlier thisyear. Royal Stag has launched a hugeoutdoor campaign and TV commercialswill be aired soon with Rana as their newface. So far, Saif Ali Khan was endorsingthe brand across the country apart fromcricketers like Gautham Gambhir, MSDhoni, Robin Utthapa and HarbhajanSingh.

Kochadaiyaan to goon floors on Jan 2

SHRUTI HAASANbonds with

TAMANNAAHAre Shruti Haasan and Tamannaah the new pals

in T-town? Recently, when Shruti Haasan waswalking the ramp at a fashion show in Hyderabad,Tamannaah was one of the few celebrities whoattended the event. Although it's quite common forcelebrities to attend such events, what caught every-one's eye was Shruti's comments after she attendedTamannaah's birthday party couple of days ago."Happy birthday to Tamanaah! Such a lovely girl!Having the time of our lives dancing away with thebirthday girl :)," she tweeted. It's a rarity seeing lead-ing actors say good things about their contempo-raries in a public domain. Now, we can't wait to hearwhat Tamannaah has to say about her new pal.

Rajinikanth's fans canfinally heave a sigh ofrelief. After undergoing a

surgery in Singapore earlierthis year after he collapsed onthe sets of KS Ravikumar'sRana, the superstar has madegreat progress. He's expectedto get back to work as early asJanuary 2, 2012. His upcoming3D film Kochadaiyaan will goon floors in Chennai onJanuary 2 and the first look ofthis visual extravaganza isgoing to be unveiled inJanuary. Soundarya

Rajinikanth is going to directthe film and KS Ravikumar haswritten the story. Anushka andAsin are reportedly the leadingcontenders for the lead roleopposite Rajinikanth, althoughneither of them have beenconfirmed for the role. Snehais going to play Rajinikanth'ssister and Malayalam actorPrithviraj has been cast foranother important role. RajivMenon is the cinematogra-pher.

The film is expected to hitthe screens in August, 2012.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201129Telly sitcoms, news and movie listingsChai Time

1400 Naadi Aadajanme1430 Pavitra1500 Movie1800 Sri Shanidevuni Mahimalu1830 Vasantha Kokila1900 Chinnari Pelli Kuturu1930 Anna Chellelu2000 Pellipandiri2030 Edureetha2100 Money Money2200 CID2300 Vasantha Kokila2330 Alajadi0700 Slot0730 Maa Punyakshetralu0800 Ayurvedam0830 Real City0900 Movie

1400 Kannavaari Kalalu1430 Maavichiguru1500 Jeevitha Chakram1530 Movie 1800 Jai Shri Krishna1830 Shraavani Subramaniam1900 Mandhara1930 Auto Bharthi2000 No. 23, Mahalakshmi

Nivasam2030 Mogali Rekulu2100 Aparanji2130 Devatha2200 Mamathala Kovela2230 Sree Mathi Sree2300 Gemini Vaarthalu0700 Gemini Vaarthalu0730 Subhalagnam - Live0800 Gemini Talkies0830 24 Frames0900 Special Programmes0930 Movie1200 Movie

1400 Abhishekam1430 Aadade Aadharam1500 Antahpuram1530 Aakasa Ganga1600 Prema Mandiram1630 Jagadeeswari1700 Paduta Teeyaga1800 Devimahathyam1830 Puttadi Bomma1900 Kumkuma Rekha1930 Manasu Mamata2000 Chandra Mukhi2030 Bharyamani2100 Etv News2130 Wow - Game Show2245 Movie 0700 Etv News0730 Subhamastu0800 Jeevana Jyothi0830 Tollywood Time0900 Movie 1130 Abhiruchi

1400 Ardhangi 1430 Movie1800 Veera Naari Jhansi Laxmi

Bhai1830 Kalavari Kodallu1900 Chinna Kodalu1930 Pasupukunkuma2000 Muddu Bidda2030 Radha Kalyanam2100 Kanyadanam2130 Baghyalakshmi Bumper

Offer 2230 Shree2300 Chitrapuri2330 Latest Songs0800 Subhamastu0830 Bhakti Samacharam0900 Movie 1230 Mee Inti Vanta1300 Movie

‘Save The Last Dance’ at2200 Hrs on AXN

1415 Csi - Crime SceneInvestigation

1510 Wipeout1605 Launch My Line 1700 Estate Of Panic 1800 Criss Angel Mindfreak 1900 India's Minute To Win It 2000 Sony Lifestyle Tv Magazine2030 Ebuzz2100 Minute To Win It 2200 Movie - Save The Last

Dance0900 Sky Teleshopping0930 Winter Wipeout1030 Sony Lifestyle Tv Magazine1100 Winter Wipeout1300 Top Chef - Just Desserts

‘Beendh Banuga GhodiChadhunga’ at 2100 Hrson IMAGINE1400 Haar Jeet 1500 Nach Le Ve With Saroj

Khan 1600 Haar Jeet 1700 Dharampatni 1800 Beendh Banuga Ghodi

Chadhunga 1830 Sawaare Sabke Sapne –

Preeto 1900 Nach Le Ve With Saroj

Khan 2000 Dwarkadheesh - Bhagwan

Shri Krishn2030 Sawaare Sabke Sapne –

Preeto2100 Chandragupta Maurya2200 Baba Aisa Varr Dhoondo 2300 Sawaare Sabke Sapne –

Preeto ‘CID’ at 2200 Hrs on SONY

1400 Saas Bina Sasuraal1430 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai1500 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge1600 Crime Patrol - 22000 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge2045 Dekha Ek Khwaab2130 Parvarrish - Kuchh Khatti

Kuchh Meethi2200 CID2300 Crime Patrol - Dastak2330 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge0700 Telebrands0730 Sky Star Advertising0900 Dekha Ek Khwaab1230 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai

‘[V] Humse Hai Life’ at1930 Hrs on CHANNEL [V]

1430 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance1500 [V] Humse Hai Life1530 [V] Trailers1555 [V] Fresh Songs1600 [V] Zabardast Hits1800 [V] Fresh Songs1830 [V] Humse Hai Life1900 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance1930 [V] Humse Hai Life2000 [V] Steal UR Girlfriend2100 [V] Deadly Dus2130 [V] Trailers2155 [V] Fresh Songs2200 [V] Steal UR Girlfriend2300 [V] Humse Hai Life2330 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance 2355 [V] Fresh Songs0700 [V] Trailers0730 [V] Zabardast Hits0800 [V] Mind Blasting

Mornings1100 [V] Fresh Songs1200 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance

‘Top 10 At 10’ at 2200 Hrsonly on ET NOW

1400 The F And O Show1430 Closing Trades1600 Business Day1730 Your Trades1800 Rush Hour1830 Tee Time With Shaili

Chopra1900 Global Business Report1930 Business Express2000 Business First2030 Your Trades2100 Business Tonight2200 Top 10 At 102230 Et Insight2300 Et Interview2330 Your Trades0700 Starting Up0730 Et Insight0800 Tee Time With Shaili

Chopra0830 The Market Makers0900 Your Trades0930 Investor's Guide1000 Talking Technicals

‘The Game’ at 1930 Hrsonly on TIMES NOW

1300 News Now At 11330 News Now1800 6 PM1830 Live Report1900 Primetime1930 The Game2000 News Now At 82030 Live Report2100 The Newshour2200 10 PM2230 E Now2300 News Now At 112330 News Now Overnight0900 News Now0930 The Hidden Truth1000 News Now

‘The Zoom Review Show’at 2130 Hrs on ZOOM1400 Movie - Style1730 Star Bonanza1800 Letz Go!1900 Planet Bollywood News1930 The Zoom Review Show2000 Telly Talk2030 Safi Zoom Anchor Hunt

20112100 Zabar 102130 The Zoom Review Show2200 B - Tonite2230 Link'D2300 Bollywood Bonanza0700 Letz Go!0800 Red Carpet0805 20 - 20 Songs0825 Letz Go!1000 20 - 20 Songs1021 Letz Go!1100 Zoom Box1200 Garma Garam1230 Bollywood Big Story1300 Zabar 101330 Telly Talk

‘Better With You’ at 2330Hrs on ZEE CAFE

1400 Scrubs1430 Better With You1500 Khloe And Lamar1600 Parenthood1700 Scrubs1730 Blender's Pride Fashion

Tour1800 E News 1900 The Tonight Show With Jay

Leno 2000 Scrubs2030 America's Funniest Home

Videos2100 Keeping Up With The

Kardashians2200 Parenthood2300 Scrubs2330 Better With You0800 Body Of Proof1000 My Wife And Kids1100 Less Than Perfect1200 Parks And Recreation1300 Slot1330 Just For Laughs

‘Home Improvement’ at2330 Hrs on STAR WORLD

1400 Masterchef USA 1500 Achievers' Club1600 The Big Bang Theory 1630 The Simpsons 1700 The Shield 1800 Masterchef USA 1900 Love2 Hate U 2000 Two And A Half Men 2030 The Simpsons 2100 Masterchef USA 2200 The Shield 2300 The Big Bang Theory 2330 Home Improvement 0700 Dexter 0800 The Shield 1000 Terra Nova 1100 Love2 Hate U 1200 The Big Bang Theory 1300 Home Improvement

‘Phulwa’ at 2100 Hrs onCOLORS

1400 Hamari Saas Leela 1430 Hawan 1500 Veer Shivaji 1530 Uttaran 1600 Phulwa 1630 Parichay - Nayee Zindagi

Kay Sapno Ka 1700 Sasural Simar Ka 1730 Veer Shivaji 1800 Uttaran 1830 Balika Vadhu 1900 Hawan 1930 Sasural Simar Ka 2000 Balika Vadhu 2030 Veer Shivaji 2100 Phulwa 2130 Parichay - Nayee Zindagi

Kay Sapno Ka 2200 Uttaran 2230 Bigg Boss2330 Balika Vadhu

‘Man Vs. Wild’ at 2100 Hrson DISCOVERY CHANNEL1400 Man Vs. Wild1500 The Four - Winged

Dinosaur1600 Dual Survival1700 Rogue Sharks1800 Killing For A Living1900 Swamp Brothers1930 Destroyed In Seconds2000 Man Vs. Wild2200 Swords - Life On The Line2300 My Shocking Story0700 Wild China0800 A Year In The Wild0900 Factory Made1000 Megaquake - Hour That

Shook Japan

‘Taarak Mehta Ka OoltaChashma’ at 2030 Hrs onSAB

1400 Taarak Mehta Ka OoltaChashma

1430 Chidiya Ghar1500 R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya1530 Lapataganj1600 Fir1630 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo1700 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma1830 R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya1900 Chidiya Ghar1930 Don't Worry Chachu !!!2000 Chintu Chinky Aur Ek Badi

Si Love Story2030 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma2100 Chidiya Ghar2130 R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya2200 Lapataganj2230 Fir2300 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma2330 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo0800 Teleshopping0900 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta

Chashma

MOVIES OF THE DAY AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

‘I P K K N D’ at 2000 Hrson STAR PLUS1400 Sapnon Se Bharey Naina1500 Navya1600 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri

Behnaa Hai1700 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya1730 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam

Doon1800 Masterchef India -

Zaykebaazon Ka Safar1830 Ruk Jaana Nahi1900 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya1930 Sasuraal Genda Phool2000 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam

Doon2030 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri

Behnaa Hai2100 Diya Aur Bati Hum2130 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai2200 Navya2230 Mann Ki Awaaz… Pratigya2300 Maryaada ... Lekin Kab Tak?

Kuch Toh LogKahengeStoryline - Ashutosh’sfriend Armaan and Nidhi’sfriend Rohan will try to getboth of them together sothat they can confess theirlove to each other.

‘Kuch Toh Log Kahenge’ at 2000Hrs on SONY

Storyline - Sanchi savesfresher Mehak from indugang’s ragging very tactful-ly and intelligently.

‘Ruk Jaana Nahi’ at 1830 Hrs onSTAR PLUS

Ruk JaanaNahi

‘Exodus Earth’ at 2030Hrs on DISCOVERYSCIENCE

‘How To Be A Gentleman’at 2030 Hrs on BIG CBSPRIME1430 Jerry Springer 1530 Aspire 1600 Survivor 1700 Bellator 1800 Galileo Extreme 1900 The Defenders 2000 Entertainment Tonight 2030 How To Be A Gentleman 2100 Aspire2130 Big Wheels 2200 Lucha Libre 2300 Movie - Fist Of Fury 0700 Galileo Extreme 0800 CSI - Crime Scene

Investigation0900 CSI - Miami 1000 The Defenders 1100 How To Be A Gentleman 1130 Big Wheels 1200 Galileo Extreme

1400 Weird Connections1430 Mummy Autopsy1530 Discovery Science Presents1730 Frontline Battle Machines

With Mike Brewer1830 Best Of Discovery Science1930 100 Greatest Discoveries2030 Exodus Earth2130 Some Assembly Required2230 Weaponizers2330 The New Inventors0700 How It's Made0730 100 Greatest Discoveries0830 Eco- Tech0930 Weaponizers1030 Exodus Earth1130 Some Assembly Required1330 Investigation X

1451 A Dennis The MenaceChristmas

1636 Cradle 2 The Grave 1835 Training Day 2100 Proof Of Life 2341 Tekken 0802 Good Morning, Miami 0832 Friends 0902 Shrek The Halls 0932 Fred Claus 1152 Scooby - Doo 1337 The Mask

1415 The Twilight Saga - Twilight 1650 Devil1840 Couples Retreat2100 Biker Boyz2320 Se7en0600 Love Happens0820 Happy Feet1045 Supershark1235 Couples Retreat

‘Hitler Didi’ at 2000 Hrs onZEE TV1400 Hitler Didi1430 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch

Bahuein1500 Bhagonwali1530 Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli1600 Pavitra Rishta1630 Ram Milaayi Jodi1800 Hitler Didi1830 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch

Bahuein1900 Afsar Bitiya1930 Choti Bahu 2000 Hitler Didi2030 Yahan Main Ghar Ghar

Kheli2100 Pavitra Rishta2130 Ram Milaayi Jodi2200 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch

Bahuein2230 Bhagonwali 2300 Pavitra Rishta

‘Proof Of Life’ at 2100 Hrs on WB

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201130Chai Time

How to Play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: “How do you play Kakuro?”, wellhere are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells likein a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells willcontain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro,the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly:In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you

will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14.Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is donethrough elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work outthe answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid com-binations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two - it contains two numbers, 30 and11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

KAKUROACROSS1 ___ flask (liquor con-

tainer)4 Hiccup, e.g.9 Home of Guantanamo

Bay13 Any number divided by

itself14 Car-wash towel15 Parishioner's response16 Press into service17 Word with "detector"

or "picture"18 Thomas who wrote

"The Magic Mountain"19 Bob Eubanks' show

(with "The")22 "Once upon a mid-

night ___ ..."23 He's looking for a

buyer27 Pilsner holder28 Vehicle that's often

numbered31 Almost ready for the

Tooth Fairy32 Bill Cullen's show35 Cable channel for old

movies38 King of Troy39 ___ Monte (canned

food brand)40 Bud Collyer's show45 On ___ (how pranks

may be done)46 Tit for ___47 Airline seat choice51 Lee of "The Omen"53 "A Raisin in the Sun"

actress Claudia54 Gene Rayburn's show58 Big shot's transporta-

tion61 Desert illusion62 "The Office" network63 Frequently clicked

image64 Adjust in advance65 Collapsable bed66 Windows to the soul67 Poke fun at68 Shape of mountain

roads, sometimes

DOWN1 Harasses relentlessly2 Sunday paper extra3 Nickname for a little guy

4 Ostentatious5 Crown of the head6 At the center of7 Type of air pollution8 Avian mimickers9 Home of King Arthur10 John's "Pulp Fiction"

co-star11 Steelers quarterback

Roethlisberger12 ___ Taylor (women's

clothing chain)14 Atlanta suburb20 Homophone for "lane"21 Turn to liquid24 Garish, as some gar-

ments25 Peon or serf26 Wind-up fishing equip-

ment28 Girl Scout's topper29 Erie Canal city30 Biblical verb33 Speedometer units

(Abbr.)

34 Start of a Latin 101series

35 Ski lift36 Give up, as territory37 Polite form of address41 Mollusks that eat

starfish42 Part of MIT43 Mark of official

approval44 Queen's

mate48 Hand-hold-

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49 Dancesunder a bar

50 Puts inoffice

52 Neat andtidy

53 "Me andBobby ___"

55 Bog down

56 Length times widthresult

57 Russian news agencyITAR-___

58 Commit perjury59 Slippery, as winter side-

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Two of Cups – A sur‑prise Sunday brunchor an impromptu planto meet for coffee cando wonders to yourrelationship. Keep thepassion alive.

Page of Cups –Health needs atten‑tion. Take care ofyour skin and hair,too. Consult a doc‑tor and check if itwould help to takesome vitamin tablets.

Knight of Cups –Youʼre in a creativephase and would dowell to take up some‑thing like painting orpoetry – anythingthat draws from thesubconscious.

ARIES TAURUS GEMINIARIESDecisions taken by consulting the fami‑ly members will yield favourable results.Children will bring you good news.Sluggish business will pick up. Patienceadvised for government officials.

CANCER

LIBRAAdopt slow and steady policy.Businessmen advised to avoid majorinvestments. Those who are handlingcash at office, need to be careful. Getthe vehicles repaired in time.

CAPRICORNBusinessmen profits set to increase.Couples will be more cordial. Avoid mis‑understanding with blood relatives.Increase your savings Avoid using toxicproducts.

TAURUSSpouse's health needs attention.Businessmen are advised not to earnenemies. Keep secrets. Governmentofficals are advised not to betooaggressive. Good news from relatives.

LEOBroken friendship and strained relation‑ship will resume . Happy events to takeplace. Your will will succeed in all workundertaken. Govt officials will get promo‑tion and vital responsibilities.

SCORPIOHarsh words which hurt relatives andfriends need to be avoided. At workplacetoo, you have to be flexible. Avoid neglect‑ing advises from wellwishers. Health ofparents need attention.

AQUARIUSChildren will get expected careeropening and opportunities to contin‑ue higher studies. New efforts will yield favourable results. While usingcredit card be careful.

GEMINISome likely to get chance to go abroad. Thefamily will happy as separated relatives willrejoin and by the visit of close relatives.Importance of government officials toincrease.

VIRGOBusinessmen will do well. Foreign dealswill fetch multiple gains. Family will feelhappy. Government officials must avoidshortcuts. Avoid night journey. Be carefulwhile undertaking inevitable trips.

SAGITTARIUSNewly wed couples can expect the off‑spring soon. Marriage talks in progressfor some will end favourably. Avoidthird person interference in homeaffairs.

PISCESChildren will receive favourable news.Avoid rift with relatives. Likely chancesto buy vehicle or plot. Some will leavefor abroad to continue higher studies.Chances of promotion are high.

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Queen of Wands – Youneed a holiday. Take abreak from the routineand let the change andthe new environmentenergise you. Itʼs goodto not have control.

Three of Pentacles –Youʼre stuck withyour mobile phoneall day. Have youadded some newapps and are totallythrilled with it? Playon!

Death – Excuses arefor losers. Theexcitement andfreshness of lifestays if you manageto make things hap‑pen despite the odds.Just keep going!

CANCER LEO VIRGO

Queen of Swords –You may come acro ‑ss to loved ones asbeing lonely. Con ‑vince them that youʼre doing fine. Onlythen will they stopworrying.

King of Swords –There are no free lu ‑nches, and you hav eto work hard to geteverything you need.You realize this morethan anyone, being aself‑made person.

King of Wands – Youmay be making deci‑sions that has othersthinking that youʼreq uite a bore and inca‑pable of taking risks.Forget what others t h ‑ink, what do you want?

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS

The Tower – Peoplearound you may pre ‑ach about the rightway to go about life.But each of us has adifferent path to fol‑low. Take the advicewith a pinch of salt.

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Ten of Pentacles – Awedding or some cel‑ebration will take allyour time and atten‑tion. Youʼve waitedfor this a long time.Itʼll all go as planned.

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Businessmen need to work hard. Pay duerespect to the advises of elders. Financialsituation looks sound. Government officialsto maintain secrets carefully. Politiciansneed to be careful.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 201132Spotlight

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The spirit of Christmas has never been more vibrant in the city. TheClub La Vie’s XMas Carnival held in support of underprivileged chil-dren by Nikita Reddy on Thursday was a fun filled event which saw alarge gathering of prominent women from all walks of life!

PICS: SRINIVAS SHETTY

C H R I S T M A SCarnival at Novotel

postnoon e-paper for 23 december 2011

Documents

exhibition of paintings

acrylic oracrylic

banjara hills

alliancefranaise hyderabad

fresh seafood

withkalakriti art gallery

play at4

various christmas goodies