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Helicopter landed... The era has come to an end Two-time World Cup-win- ning former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from international cricket on Saturday, ending over one year of suspense and also an era during which his often unorthodox leadership and finishing skills became the stuff of legends. "Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. from 1929hrs consider me as retired," Dhoni posted on his instagram handle. The announcement came a day after he joined his Chennai Super kings team- mates in Chennai ahead of this year's IPL in the UAE. The 39-year-old's last out- ing in India colours was dur- ing the lost World Cup semi- final against New Zealand. One of the best runners between the wickets was run out following a hard-earned 50 in that tense game, shatter- ing Indian hopes and leaving him in a state of disbelief. The reticent man from Ranchi will, however, go down as one of the finest to have played the game for India, turning up for the country in a whopping 350 ODIs, 90 Tests and 98 T20 Internationals. The last leg of his career was, however, marred by a drop in form, prompting sev- eral critics to question his resolve to continue. But he nevertheless signs off as an ODI legend with 10,773 runs, averaging more than 50 despite bat- ting between No.5 and 7 for a major chunk of his career. PM announces health IDs to all, Covid mission roadmap Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled an ambi- tious National Digital Health Mission under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services and also announced that the country has made plans for mass- producing COVID-19 vaccine once scientists give a green signal. In his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the prime min- ister said the health ID will store every individual's med- ical records and the Mission will herald a new revolution in the health sector. "From today, a major cam- paign is being launched in which technology will play a big role. The National Digital Health Mission is being launched today. W hat do they know of Dhoni who only Dhoni knows. There seems nothing wrong in customising the most epic CLR James line from his seminal work 'Beyond a Boundary'. It fits Mahendra Singh Dhoni to the 'T'. He could force one to throw the MCC cricket manual in the trash bin with his daredevilry in unorthodox strokeplay. He could be a role model for all shy and reticent people on how to become an assertive leader. Two world titles meant he didn't do too badly. And then one fine after- noon, he could stun the world by relinquishing Test captaincy with 10 short of landmark 100 games, a record Indians are so fond of. And after another five years and seven months, he literally punch- es one in the gut on a balmy August 15 evening to say, "from 1929 hrs, consider me retired".Just like that. Just like that Lieutenant Colonel Dhoni says over and out, adding to the sense of loss and chaos that 2020 has come to symbolise. A legend in art of chasing, who became a megastar in finite crick- et bringing in Sachin Tendulkar's poise and Virat Kohli's aggression in optimum proportions, one can never pinpoint what Dhoni actually was. He was a bit of every- thing and still a bit more but no one could actually compre- hend what. Ever- yone thought they knew Dhoni, but no one knew him. Dhoni: A lot of it will always remain untold Investigators probing the ille- gal transnational online gam- ing racket busted recently by the Hyderabad police found that the conspirators were try- ing to transfer the ill-gotten money to Cayman Islands, which is deemed to be among the tax haven nations. It is pos- sible that most of the money has already been laundered. This can be ascertained only after through investigation. In a recent survey conduct- ed by the Tax Justice Network, Cayman Islands is ranked first on the 2020 Financial Secrecy Index, based on a secrecy score of 76 and a large global scale weight for the size of its offshore financial services sec- tor, which comprise 4.58 per cent of the world total. It is also considered as a country of 'pri- mary concern' by the US State Department. "Cayman offers a low-tax, regulation-light environment for financial players from around the world, particularly Europe and the United States. The local law frees companies and individuals from direct taxation, and allows companies to be separated from the indi- vidual so that owners could be shielded behind nominees. The combination of secrecy with zero taxes on corporations is a classic tax haven combination," stated in the report published by Tax Justice Network, an independent international net- work, focused on research, analysis and advocacy in the area of international tax and financial regulation, including the role of tax havens. Money laundering is the process of concealing the pro- ceeds of criminal activity to disguise their illegal origin. As it enables the criminal to enjoy these profits without jeopardis- ing their source. Cyberfrauds parking funds in tax haven nations Although the TRS govern- ment has expressed its resolve to enact a new Revenue Act to weed out corruption from the Revenue department, with Chief Minister K Chandrase- khar Rao reluctantly drop- ping his previous propos- al to axe the depart- ment due to stiff resistance from employees in the wing, hardly a day passes without graft cases coming to light with the tainted money involved breaking records in terms of its sheer proportions. The Anti-Corruption Bureau's Friday night opera- tion, which saw the MRO of Keesara being caught red- handed demanding and accepting Rs 1.10 crore as bribe at his residence in AS Rao Nagar to settle a land dis- pute, is an instance of the deep- er malaise in the revenue wing. Questions are now being raised, whether, with all the professed commitment and earnestness of the TRS govern- ment, the Revenue Department can be tamed with a tough piece of legislation. Addressing an election cam- paign meeting in April 2019 in Mahabubnagar dis- trict, KCR had announced that he would bring the new Revenue Act by June or July 2019. Four months later, addressing the I- Day celebrations from the Golconda Fort last year (August 2019), KCR confirmed that the draft of the new Revenue Act would be intro- duced in the budget session in September 2019. He then reit- erated that the proposed Act would eliminate corruption and give no room for laxity. None to beat Revenue dept in ACB cases Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has given instructions to ensure that the official machinery is on high alert due to the heavy rains and consequent flooding in various parts of the State. Most of the tanks and canals are overflowing dueto contin- ual rains in the State. At sev- eral places, the floodwater has inundated roads. Against this backdrop, dur- ing a review on Saturday at Pragathi Bhavan, the Chief Minister spoke with the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and the Ministers. He took stock of the situation dis- trict-wise and made sugges- tions. He wanted the setting up of two Control Rooms in Hyderabad. The Chief Minister instruct- ed his cabinet colleagues to stay put in their respective dis- tricts, coordinate with the Collectors and police officials on a regular basis. Considering several tanks were filled to the brim, some of them might breach, inundating roads and flooding low-lying areas. As the areas constituting erstwhile Karimnagar and Warangal districts have recorded thehighest rainfall and tanks in these districts are full to their capacity, officials should be all the more alert in these two districts. On the Chief Minister's instructions, officials have kept two helicopters ready. They will be utilised to rescue people stranded during the flood. Along with the heli- copter owned by the State, one chopper from the military has also been kept ready for use. KCR keeps officials on their toes After nabbing Keesara tahsil- dar red-handedly on Friday for demanding and accepting bribe totaling Rs 1.1 crore, sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau swooped down on the residences, offices and other properties of the Tahsildar of Keesara and government offices on Saturday. The offi- cials seized Rs 28 lakh in unaccounted cash and other incriminating documents. On Friday night, acting on a tip, Telanagna ACB raided a guest house in A S Rao Nagar which purportedly belongs to K. Anji Reddy, a real estate dealer, one of the conspirators, and caught Keesara tahsildar E. Balraju Nagaraju caught red- handedly while he was accept- ing Rs 1.10 crore cash as bribe from Ch. Srinath, another real estate dealer, in connection with the 19 acres of land at Rampally village in Keesara mandal. Renowned playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam con- tinues to be on life support and stable, a private hospital treating him said here on Saturday. The veteran singer's son SP Charan said there is a good response to the use of venti- lator and Balasubrah- manyam's lungs are func- tioning better. Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, meanwhile, vis- ited the hospital, had a dis- cussion with doctors treating the singer and on his twitter handle, wished Balasubrah- manyam a speedy recovery. Assistant Director (Medical Services), Dr Anuradha Baskaran, of MGM Healthcare said in a statement: "Thiru SP Balasubrahmanyam who is admitted at MGM Healthcare due to COVID-19 continues to be on life support in the Intensive Care Unit. He remains stable and the doc- tors are closely monitoring his clinical parameters." One of the three cubs born to a Royal Bengal tigress at the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) here has been named after late Colonel Santosh Babu, the braveheart who laid down his life during a vio- lent clash with the Chinese troops in Ladakh. N Z P authorities made the announcement to mark the 74th Independence Day celebrations on Saturday. NZP Curator N Kshitija, who hoisted the national flag, announced that one of the male cubs was named 'Santosh' in honour of the late Army officer. Rich tributes were paid to Santosh Babu, who hailed from Telangana.

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Two-time World Cup-win-ning former India captainMahendra Singh Dhoniretired from internationalcricket on Saturday, endingover one year of suspense andalso an era during which hisoften unorthodox leadershipand finishing skills becamethe stuff of legends.

"Thanks a lot for ur loveand support throughout. from1929hrs consider me asretired," Dhoni posted on hisinstagram handle.

The announcement came aday after he joined hisChennai Super kings team-mates in Chennai ahead ofthis year's IPL in the UAE.

The 39-year-old's last out-ing in India colours was dur-ing the lost World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

One of the best runnersbetween the wickets was runout following a hard-earned50 in that tense game, shatter-ing Indian hopes and leavinghim in a state of disbelief.

The reticent man fromRanchi will, however, go

down as one of the finest tohave played the game forIndia, turning up for thecountry in a whopping 350ODIs, 90 Tests and 98 T20Internationals.

The last leg of his careerwas, however, marred by adrop in form, prompting sev-eral critics to question hisresolve to continue.

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In his Independence Dayaddress from the ramparts ofthe Red Fort, the prime min-

ister said the health ID willstore every individual's med-ical records and the Missionwill herald a new revolution inthe health sector.

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paign is being launched inwhich technology will play abig role. The National DigitalHealth Mission is beinglaunched today.

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in customising the most epic CLRJames line from his seminal work'Beyond a Boundary'. It fitsMahendra Singh Dhoni to the 'T'.

He could force one to throw theMCC cricket manual in the trash binwith his daredevilry in unorthodoxstrokeplay.

He could be a role model for all shyand reticent people on howto become an assertiveleader. Two worldtitles meant hedidn't do toobadly.

And thenone fine after-noon, he couldstun the world byrelinquishing Testcaptaincy with 10short of landmark100 games, arecord Indians areso fond of.

And after another five years andseven months, he literally punch-es one in the gut on a balmyAugust 15 evening to say, "from1929 hrs, consider meretired".Just like that. Just likethat Lieutenant Colonel Dhonisays over and out, adding to thesense of loss and chaos that 2020has come to symbolise.

A legend in art of chasing, whobecame a megastar in finite crick-et bringing in Sachin Tendulkar'spoise and Virat Kohli's aggressionin optimum proportions, one can

never pinpoint whatDhoni actually was.

He was a bit of every-thing and still a bitmore but no one could

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Investigators probing the ille-gal transnational online gam-ing racket busted recently bythe Hyderabad police foundthat the conspirators were try-ing to transfer the ill-gottenmoney to Cayman Islands,which is deemed to be amongthe tax haven nations. It is pos-sible that most of the moneyhas already been laundered.This can be ascertained onlyafter through investigation.

In a recent survey conduct-ed by the Tax Justice Network,Cayman Islands is ranked firston the 2020 Financial SecrecyIndex, based on a secrecyscore of 76 and a large globalscale weight for the size of itsoffshore financial services sec-tor, which comprise 4.58 percent of the world total. It is alsoconsidered as a country of 'pri-mary concern' by the US StateDepartment.

"Cayman offers a low-tax,regulation-light environmentfor financial players fromaround the world, particularlyEurope and the United States.The local law frees companiesand individuals from directtaxation, and allows companiesto be separated from the indi-vidual so that owners could beshielded behind nominees. Thecombination of secrecy withzero taxes on corporations is aclassic tax haven combination,"stated in the report published

by Tax Justice Network, anindependent international net-work, focused on research,analysis and advocacy in thearea of international tax andfinancial regulation, includingthe role of tax havens.

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Although the TRS govern-ment has expressed its resolveto enact a new Revenue Act toweed out corruption from theRevenue department, withChief Minister K Chandrase-khar Rao reluctantly drop-ping his previous propos-al to axe the depart-ment due to stiffresistance fromemployees in thewing, hardly a daypasses withoutgraft cases comingto light with thetainted moneyinvolved breakingrecords in terms of its sheerproportions.

The Anti-CorruptionBureau's Friday night opera-tion, which saw the MRO ofKeesara being caught red-handed demanding andaccepting Rs 1.10 crore asbribe at his residence in ASRao Nagar to settle a land dis-

pute, is an instance of the deep-er malaise in the revenue wing.

Questions are now beingraised, whether, with all theprofessed commitment andearnestness of the TRS govern-ment, the Revenue Departmentcan be tamed with a toughpiece of legislation.

Addressing an election cam-paign meeting in April

2019 inMahabubnagar dis-trict, KCR hadannounced that hewould bring thenew Revenue Actby June or July

2019. Four monthslater, addressing the I-

Day celebrations fromthe Golconda Fort last year(August 2019), KCR confirmedthat the draft of the newRevenue Act would be intro-duced in the budget session inSeptember 2019. He then reit-erated that the proposed Actwould eliminate corruptionand give no room for laxity.

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Telangana Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao hasgiven instructions to ensurethat the official machinery ison high alert due to the heavyrains and consequent floodingin various parts of the State.Most of the tanks and canalsare overflowing dueto contin-ual rains in the State. At sev-eral places, the floodwater hasinundated roads.

Against this backdrop, dur-ing a review on Saturday atPragathi Bhavan, the ChiefMinister spoke with the ChiefSecretary, Director Generalof Police and the Ministers. Hetook stock of the situation dis-trict-wise and made sugges-tions. He wanted the settingup of two Control Rooms inHyderabad.

The Chief Minister instruct-ed his cabinet colleagues tostay put in their respective dis-tricts, coordinate with theCollectors and police officialson a regular

basis. Considering severaltanks were filled to the brim,some of them might breach,

inundating roads and floodinglow-lying areas.

As the areas constitutingerstwhile Karimnagar andWarangal districts haverecorded thehighest rainfalland tanks in these districts arefull to their capacity, officialsshould be all the more alert inthese two districts.

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On Friday night, acting on atip, Telanagna ACB raided aguest house in A S Rao Nagarwhich purportedly belongs to K.Anji Reddy, a real estate dealer,one of the conspirators, andcaught Keesara tahsildar E.Balraju Nagaraju caught red-handedly while he was accept-ing Rs 1.10 crore cash as bribefrom Ch. Srinath, another realestate dealer, in connection withthe 19 acres of land at Rampallyvillage in Keesara mandal.

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Renowned playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam con-tinues to be on life supportand stable, a private hospitaltreating him said here onSaturday.

The veteran singer's son SPCharan said there is a goodresponse to the use of venti-lator and Balasubrah-manyam's lungs are func-tioning better.

Health Minister CVijayabaskar, meanwhile, vis-ited the hospital, had a dis-cussion with doctors treatingthe singer and on his twitterhandle, wished Balasubrah-manyam a speedy recovery.

Assistant Director(Medical Services), DrAnuradha Baskaran, ofMGM Healthcare said in astatement: "Thiru SPBalasubrahmanyam who isadmitted at MGM Healthcaredue to COVID-19 continuesto be on life support in theIntensive Care Unit. Heremains stable and the doc-tors are closely monitoringhis clinical parameters."

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N Z Pauthorities madethe announcement to markthe 74th Independence Daycelebrations on Saturday.

NZP Curator N Kshitija,who hoisted the national flag,announced that one of themale cubs was named'Santosh' in honour of the lateArmy officer.

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It trembled after the tremor. But thecricket community soon got its acttogether. It had to, to remember,

savour, cherish and exhaust its stockof superlatives of all manner toadorn Mahendra Singh Dhoni

after the eternal enigma quiet-ly walked into international

sunset. He did so in theMSD way. The two-

time World

Cup-winning captain kept everyoneguessing about his retirement till theend but when he finally did, it left thecricket world overwhelmed with emo-tions.

Such was the impact he had had onhis teammates like Suresh Raina thatthe southpaw chose to retire frominternational cricket on the same day.Batting great Sachin Tendulkar hadbroken a plethora of records but theelusive World Cup win only came at the

fag end of his career andunder Dhoni's leadership.

"Your contribution toIndian cricket has beenimmense, @msdhoni.Winning the 2011 World

Cup together has been the bestmoment of my life. Wishing you andyour family all the very best for your2nd innings," tweeted Tendulkar. ViratKohli became the champion cricketerthat he is under Dhoni's leadership andthe latter's retirement naturally madethe current India skipper emotional.

"Every cricketer has to end hisjourney one day, but still whensomeone you've gotten to know soclosely announces that decision, youfeel the emotion much more. "Whatyou've done for the country willalways remain in everyone's heart,but the mutual respect and warmthI've received from you will alwaysstay in mine. The world has seen

achievements, I've seen the person.Thanks for everything skip. I tip myhat to you," wrote Kohli on Twitter.

In his appreciation for Dhoni,BCCI president and former Indiaskipper Sourav Ganguly wrote: "It isthe end of an era. What a player hehas been for the country and worldcricket. "His leadership qualitieshave been something, which will behard to match, especially in theshorter format of the game. "His bat-ting in one-day cricket in his earlystages made the world stand up andnotice his flair and sheer natural bril-liance. Every good thing comes to anend and this has been an absolutelybrilliant one.

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It is difficult to imagine thatjust one year ago,ChiefMinister of Telangana K.

Chandrashekhar Rao and hisAndhra counterpart Y. S. JaganMohan Reddy were singingpaeans for each other. They hadraised hopes of ending the bit-terness and opening a newchapter in relations between thetwo States. This conclusion hasturned out to be hasty asTelangana and Andhra are backat their old game of squabblingover their share of river watersand other resources.

An impression gainedground after the bonhomiethey displayed in the wake of

KCR's re-election and Jagan'smaiden victory in May 2019that they had decided to burythe past and amicably settledisputes between the twoneighbours that share the samelanguage and culture. Theyhad inherited a legacy of dis-putes ranging from AP's claimsof Rs. 70,000 crore towards set-tlement of fixed assets tointractable differences oversharing Krishna and Godavariwaters.

This feeling was reinforcedby Jagan's description of KCRas 'a good man'. It was a sur-real moment whenChandrashekhar Rao huggedthe young Jagan, son of late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, whohad done everything withinhis means to thwart creation ofTelangana.Jagan too bentbackwards to please KCR byhanding over all the buildings

under AP's control inHyderabad to Telangana.

After the failure of two formalmeetings, the leaders haveemphatically proved that per-sonal chemistry matters only toa limited extent. Resolving riverwater disputes requires visionbesides consensus among polit-ical parties in each State. Allthese elements are missing.KCR and Jagan are back to theirpre-May 2019 positions, warringover water and power. Theyeven skipped the Apex Councilmeetingconvened by the Centreon August 5 as if to avoid adirect encounter.

The Centre was alarmed bythe flurry of mutual complaints.The trigger was the complaintthat the Andhra Governmenthad issued orders on May 5 todivert 10 tmcft of water dailyfrom the Krishna river toRayalaseema through a lift irri-gation project and for expansionof the Pothireddypadu headregulator. Telangana com-plained that the RLIP wouldaffect several lift irrigation pro-jects besides drinking watersupply to Hyderabad and manyother districts.

AP's complaints were no lessgrave. They ranged from

Telangana changing the scopeof the Kaleswaram lift irriga-tion project, taking up five newprojects using 15.53 tmcft ofwater from Krishna, enhanc-ing the capacity of existingprojects, and generating powerfrom Srisailam in violation of

the agreement to share thebenefit in 50:50 ratio.

The crib list is illustrative. Itcannot be comprehensive in ashort piece because of the longhistory of acrimony over divi-sion of Krishna water amongstthe three regions Andhra,Rayalaseema and Telanganaand with neighbouringKarnataka. The BachawatTribunal's award allocating 811out of 2,060 tmcft failed to sat-isfy AP and the Brijesh KumarTribunalrefused to take a relookat allocation with other States.

Tribunal awards have leftmatters unresolved while theRiver Management Boardshave become toothless won-ders or just complaint boxes.Even the Apex Council com-prising the two Chief Ministersand chaired by the UnionMinister is unable to forge acompromise. Uma Bharati as

Union Minister for WaterResourceshad convened ameeting between then APChief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu and KCR,but it ended without result.

Many thought thatwithKCR and Jagan striking allthe right chords, a solution tothe vexatious river water dis-putes was round the corner.But theyhave escalated mat-ters. Lessons have to be drawnfrom the past. Telugu Ganga,a project steered by N. T.Rama Rao, was severely casti-gated by YSR and otherCongress leaders for carrying15 tmcft of water to Chennaiwithout fulfillingRayalaseema's needs. It wasextensively discussed withinand outside the AssemblyandNTR vilified before imple-mentation. So was the con-struction of the controversial

Pothireddypadu head regula-tor on the Srisailam project.

Stoutly opposing it, P.Janardhan Reddy, CongressMLA, fought so hard againstthe Chief Minister of his ownparty,YSR, that the matterreached the Congress highcommand.A joke used to dothe rounds that Congress pres-ident Sonia Gandhi even asked"who is this Pothireddy".

When Gujarat was separat-ed from the bilingual BombayState, it was not without bitter-ness and bloodshed.Sixty yearslater, both States are goodneighbours, prosperous, andcompete for investment in anatmosphere of cooperativefederalism.

Andhra and Telanganawould do well to emulate thisspirit of healthy competition.They can begin by initiatingmeaningful dialogues, ratherthan allowing old disputes tofester. As it is, they are fritter-ing away too much time andenergy on building new capi-tals and Secretariat offices.

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s soon as the news ofDhoni’s retirementspread, #ThankYou-

Mahi started trending onTwitter with hundreds ofTwitter users expressing theirheartfelt thanks to the leg-endry cricketer and wishedhim luck for his futureendeavours. MS Dhoni's fansand his Team Indian col-leagues, who were left in utterdisbelief and shock over his

sudden retirement, postedtheir messages on the micro-blogging platform using the#ThankYouMahi.

The announcement came aday after he joined his ChennaiSuper Kings teammates inChennai ahead of this year'sIPL in the UAE. The 39-year-old's last outing in India colourswas during the lost World Cupsemi-final against NewZealand. One of the best run-

ners between the wickets wasrun out following a hard-earned 50 in that tense game,shattering Indian hopes andleaving him in a state of disbe-lief.

The reticent man fromRanchi will, however, go downas one of the finest to haveplayed the game for India,turning up for the country ina whopping 350 ODIs, 90 Testsand 98 T20 Internationals.

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al cricket, here is a look at thecareer highlights of India'smost successful captain,who led the country to twoWorld Cup trophies.

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In the Test format, Dhoniaccumulated 4876 runs at anaverage of 38.09 and led Indiato more wins (27) than anyoneelse before him.

However, runs are not theparameter on which Dhoni'scareer can be truly judged.

Considered a punter bysome and a master strategist byseveral others, it was Dhoni'scaptaincy, wondrous reading ofmatch situations and the jaw-dropping hand-speed behindstumps that had the cricketworld mesmerised.

A leader even after he gave upthe official tag of the leader,Dhoni will be remembered asthe nonconformist, who maderisks look like well thought-outstrategy. Whether it was hand-ing the ball to rookie Joginder

Sharma in the final over of the2007 World T20 or pushinghimself ahead of man-in-formYuvraj Singh in the 2011 50-over World Cup, Dhoni'sinstincts rarely failed him.

For the record, India liftedthe trophy on both occasions,propelling him to cult status ina country which remains hope-lessly in love with all thingscricket.

The IPL was also his happy

hunting ground where he wasthe revered 'Thala', leadingthe Chennai Super Kings tothree trophies.

The most significant ofthose titles came last seasonwhen the side made its returnto the event after a two-yearsuspension for its officialGurunath Meiyappan's role inthe 2013 spot-fixing scandal.

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There's a compartment thatpossibly remains shut. It's fornone to see, it's where he prob-ably computes, processes hisraw thoughts and emotionswhile taking a decision.

Retirement may be one suchdecision, it was his own but heneeded to come to terms thatthe change room is no longerthe place where he belongs andit took more than a year sincethat heart-breaking run out ina lost World Cup semifinal.

Dhoni, despite being a crick-et star like no other, was neverentirely a cricket story. Hewas, still is and will alwaysremain a social story.

A reflection of times whenIndia's hinterland started shed-ding its fears and its inferioritycomplex while knocking on thedoors of an aspirational India.

He wasn't a social reformerby any stretch of imaginationbut most certainly, hinterland'sbiggest icon after economic lib-eralisation.

Yet he was probably more'khadoos' than any of his con-temporaries from Mumbai.

Remember his 70 odd atLord's in the first Test of a 2007series. He showed doggedness

and guts with limited tech-nique on his first Englandtour.

With S Sreesanth at theother end, rain came to India'srescue. But then fortunefavours the brave.

Just like the World T20 finalin Johannesburg, where lack ofbowling options turned into agreat punt as Haryana Police's

Joginder Sharma earned hiswikipedia page with an over noone can forget.

Dhoni came from the indus-trial town of Ranchi where arank in IIT JEE or AIEEE orUPSC, more often than not,defined a young mind.

But this man, who arrivedwith a flowing mane, insanelypowerful wrists and a smilethat was endearing but gaveaway nothing, redefined thedynamics.

He didn't display in-your-face aggression but those whohave dealt with him knew hewould stick to his conviction -- right or wrong, the jury is stillout.

Backing Virat Kohli, the Testbatsman and Rohit Sharma, theopener destined to become awhite ball legend, were fabu-lous foresights.

Indian cricket will remain

indebted.He shared a love-hate rela-

tionship with the media. Hebecame inaccessible save forroutine press conferenceswhere he could rephrase hisanswer thousand times butstill not give away anything,Dhoni became the least under-stood.

The conjectures, at times,were unfair and perhaps bor-dering on demeaning. It madehim more defiant with a bit ofirreverence for the fourthestate.

After the 2015 World Cupsemi-final defeat, his pressconference gave a hint of whathe thought.

"I always tell Dr Baba (thenmedia manager) that if they(media) are happy with youthen you are not doing a goodjob," he said and all presentlaughed.

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The 74th Independence Daywas a low-key affair in state dueto the Covid-19 pandemic asChief Minister K Chandrash-ekhar Rao hoisted the nation-al flag at his residence in a sim-ple ceremony on Saturday.

KCR paid floral tributes atthe portrait of the 'Father of theNation' Mahatma Gandhi. TRSParliamentary Party leader DrK Keshav Rao, Government'sChief Advisor Rajiv Sharma,Chief Secretary SomeshKumar, Director General ofPolice Mahender Reddy,among others, participated inthe ceremony.

The Chief Minister laterpaid tributes at the Martyrs'Memorial at the ParadeGrounds in Secunderabad.This is the first time since theformation of Telangana state in2014 that Independence Daycelebrations were not held atthe historic Golconda Fort.

After the formation ofTelangana state, KCR had shift-ed the venue of theIndependence Day paradefrom the Parade Grounds toGolconda Fort to highlightthe rich cultural heritage ofTelangana. Independence Daycelebrations were also organ-ised in the Telangana Assemblypremises. Speaker PocharamSrinivas Reddy hoisted thenational flag at a ceremonyattended by Legislative CouncilChairman G Sukhender Reddyand some top officials.

Speaking on the occasion,the Speaker said the govern-ment was implementing wel-

fare schemes for all sections ofpeople. Celebrations were alsoheld in the Telangana HighCourt premises. Braving theincessant rain, Chief Justice RSChauhan hoisted the Tricolourin the presence of some judgesof the High Court, seniorlawyers and officials.

The Chief Justice spoke onhow the High Court was con-ducting its hearings duringthe ongoing pandemic. He

said some lawyers succumbedto Covid-19. He thanked thestate government for desig-nating three hospitals for thetreatment of lawyers and theirfamily members.

The I-Day celebrations wereheld in the district headquar-ters in all 33 districts. Stateministers, other public repre-sentatives, district collectorsand top officials hoisted thenational flag.

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With 1,863 new Coronaviruscases reported on Saturday inTelangana, the state's total tallyrose to 90,259 even as 10 morefatalities pushed the state'sdeath toll to 684, the HealthDirector said. The state furtherimproved its recovery rate to73.34 per cent as against theaverage of 71.16 per cent.

The number of active casesnow stands at 23,379, includ-ing 16,221 in home or institu-tional isolation. The case fatal-ity rate stands at 0.75 per centas against the national averageof 1.95 per cent. Officials saidthat 53.87 per cent of thedeceased Covid-19 patientshad comorbidities.

A total of 39 testing labora-tories and 323 rapid antigentesting centres conducted21,239 more tests as against thestate's target of 5,600.

The tests conducted in thestate so far total 7,32,435. Testresults of 664 samples wereawaited. During the last 24hours, GHMC registered 394new cases, up from 356 theprevious day. The new caseswere reported from all 33 dis-tricts. Medchal Malkajgiri andRangareddy bordering GHMCreported 175 and 131 cases

respectively. Sangareddy,another district which sharesborders with the state capital,reported 81 new infections.

The figures show that therewas a spike in a few districtswhile the spread slowed downin some other districts.Warangal Urban saw 101 newinfections as against 74 the pre-vious day.

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The Air Intelligence Unit(AIU) of Hyderabad CustomsDepartment has detectedfour cases of gold smugglingand booked four persons atRGIA on Friday night. Theofficials have recovered 837grams of yellow metal worthRs 45.6 lakh collectively.

AIU intercepted four pas-sengers who arrived by flightfrom Riyadh on Friday.

The passenger have con-cealed the gold in their innerpockets. The market value ofthe gold is valued at Rs 45.6lakh, said the custom officials.

It may be mentioned herethat, on July 30, the officialshave seized 3.11 kg of goldfrom 11 passengers havearrived in the Vande Bharathflight from Dammam toRGIA. They concealed thegold in their inner pockets.The gold worth is estimatedto be of Rs 1.66 crore.

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The sleuths of Directorate ofRevenue Intelligence (DRI)intercepted a goods carriagevehicle at the outskirts ofHyderabad and seized 1050kilograms of ganja whosemarket value estimated to beRs 2.62 crores and arrested aperson.

Acting on the basis of spe-cific intelligence, the offi-cials intercepted a goodsvehicle which was carryingempty plastic crates, butdetailed examination of thecargo area revealed that sev-eral bags of ganja were con-cealed behind the empty plas-tic crates, said an official.

The contraband and thevehicle were seized and a per-son was arrested under theprovisions of NDPS Act,1985. A total of 1050 kgs ofganja was found to be con-cealed in the vehicle.

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A growing contract researchorganization Sai LifesciencesLimited on Saturdayannounced the commission-ing of its new Research andTechnology centre inHyderabad.

The Centre, located inGenome Valley, is spreadacross 83000 sq ft with sever-al unique features. The newResearch & Technology centreis adjoining their current R&Dfacility in Genome Valley,Hyderabad.

The Centre was inaugurat-ed by Minister for IndustriesKT Rama Rao in the presenceof Principal Secretary JayeshRanjan.

Speaking on the occasion,the Minister said, "It is a mat-ter of pride for us thatHyderabad today is emergingas the innovation hub andserving more than 1000 glob-al innovators in their vision toimprove healthcare andResearch & Developmentaround the globe.”

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In a video message, Charansaid "there is a very goodresponse from ventilator, hislungs are functioning betterthan they were yesterday. Thedoctors are very confidentthat he will pull through. It isa time consuming process.We, though, expect a recovery,it is going to be a slow recov-ery." Thanking the star singer'sfans and well-wishers for theirlove for his father, he said,"your prayers are definitelyhelping," and requested themto continue doing it.

The Minister said on histwitter handle, "On behalf ofHonble @CMOTamilNaduvisited #MGM Hospital &enquired the health of legendSinger #SPBalasubrahman-yam. Discussed with treatingDrs abt treatment & progno-sis. Dr. NarayanaBabu@tndme1, Dean Dr. Therani-rajan, Chief of Medicine@gmcrgggh were present.#GetWellSoonSPB."

Earlier, the Minister said hespoke to Charan and MD ofMGM Hospital and assuredsupport from the government.

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A 14-year-old student com-mitted suicide reportedlyafter his mother refrained togive him mobile at his resi-dence on Saturday afternoonunder Trimulgherry policestation limits.

The victim was identifiedas Ayush Kumar, a class IXstudent at Keindriya Vidala-ya. According to the police,Kumar was upset that hismother did not allow him toplay games on mobile. OnSaturday, he was playing agame on his mother's phone.She scolded him and took thephone from him.

Upset over the same,Kumar locked himself insidea room and hanged himself todeath. As he did not open thedoor for too long, the victim'smother broke opened thedoor only to found her sonhanging. Police booked acase of suspicious death andinvestigation is underway.Police shifted the body toOGH for autopsy.

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This will bring a new revolu-tion in India's health sectorand it will help reduce prob-lems in getting treatment withthe help of technology," he said.

"Every Indian will be givena health ID, which will work aseach Indian's health account,"Modi said, adding that it would

ease problems faced by citizensin getting healthcare access.

The ID will contain infor-mation about medical data,prescriptions and diagnosticreports and summaries of pre-vious discharge from hospi-tals.The Mission is expected tobring efficiency and trans-parency in healthcare services.

Modi said the country has

prepared a roadmap to ensurethat a covid vaccine reacheseveryone in the shortest pos-sible time. He said three vac-cine candidates are in differentstages of trials in the country.The prime minister said when-ever there is talk of COVID-19,the question that comes toeveryone's mind is - whenwill a vaccine be ready.

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Global money laundering andterrorist financing watchdogThe Financial Action TaskForce (FATF) explains thereare three stages in laundering:first stage, called placement -the launderer introduces hisillegal profits into the financialsystem.

Next stage, layering- laun-derer engages in a series ofconversions or movements ofthe funds to distance themfrom their source. This iswhere the Cayman Islandscomes into picture by helpingthe fraudsters to convert theblack money. After this, in thethird stage -- integration – inwhich the funds re-enter thelegitimate economy by invest-ing in different companies.

Speaking about these type

of malicious online gamblingand other games, PrasadPatibandla, Cyber Crime andDigital Intelligence Analyst,said, " The game developersusually create domain withfake address and install themin foreign clouds.

They siphon the moneyand use digital wallets formode of transactions for sendthe money to foreign accountsor they may convert moneyinto crypto currency -bit-coin,ethereum,and litecoin.This black money may beused for criminal activities orinvested in the dark net.

Tax haven nations BritishVirgin Islands, the CaymanIslands, the Channel Islands,and others are used to con-verting this black money intowhite by using the round trip-ping."

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KCR went on record thenthat archaic and obsoleteRevenue Acts had inflictedimmense damage to farmersand people. “We have to undothese damage. The govern-ment is engaged in preparinga new revenue Act. Let meshare good news with you thatin the coming Budget sessionof the Assembly, the newRevenue Act will be intro-duced,” he said.

The state government, hesaid, believed that that goodgovernance was possiblethrough administrativereforms. Several existing Actswere not sufficient to offergood governance and elimi-nate corruption. This was thereason why the Governmenthad enacted a New PanchayatRaj Act and a NewMunicipality Act. “Alongwith the new Revenue Actthat is in the pipeline, I amsure there will be clean, tidy

villages and towns with lots ofgreenery.

The new Revenue Act isbeing prepared to offer has-sle-free services to peopleand farmers,” he had said.

It is a different matter that,around that time the officialcircles were concerned thatthe Survey & BoundariesAct, 1923, the Telangana AreaLand Revenue Act 1317 F, theAP Schedule Areas RyothwariSettlement, and the APMahals and Jagir AbolitionAct, 1948 (adopted by theTelangana government afterbifurcation) needs a relookbefore finalising the newRevenue Act. Besides, thegovernment is keen onrevamping the entire set-upof the Chief Commissioner ofLand Administration), whichwould be at the apex of theentire Revenue Departmentunder the new Act.

Whatever it may be, thenew Revenue Act process isstill in the works.

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Further, during the raid onSaturday, ACB officials alsofound proceedings (order)copies at the Tahsildar's res-idence. Sleuths also found Rs8 lakh in cash in the car ofthe Tahsildar parked out-side the guest house.

Investigations revealedthat the accused haddemanded and acceptedbribe to clear certain issuesconcerning the land mea-suring 19 acres 39 gunta ofsurvey number 614 andother survey numbers, saidACB officials.

During the raids on theTahsildar's residence, sleuthsalso found that documentswhich ought to be issuedfrom the Collector officewere made at the accused'sresidence. And also Rs 28lakh in cash was recoveredfrom the Tahsildar office.

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Tigress Asha had given birthto three male cubs during thelockdown. The two other cubsare named 'Surya' and'Sankalp'.

The curator said NZP wasknown as one of the green andbest zoos in the world, madepossible due to the untiringefforts of its officers and staff.

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As per the instructions ofChief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao, ChiefSecretary Somesh KumarIAS on Saturday held ateleconference with thedistrict Collectors and tookstock of the arrangementsput in place for handlingthe situation arising out ofincessant rains and floodsin the state over the pastfew days.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Chief Secretary askedthe collectors to be onhigh alert as there are indi-cations that the rains arelikely to continue for afew more days. He askedall the officials to remain inheadquarters, work in closecoordination and ensure

that no loss of lives orproperty takes place in thestate.

He cautioned theDistrict Collectors to bevery vigilant in respect oftanks across the railwaylines as well as with regardto those tanks which arevulnerable and likely to bebreached. He wanted themto reduce the weir height of

the tank to prevent anybreach where the tankshave reached full tank lev-els.

Chief Secretary urgedthe District Collectors toset up a round the clockcontrol room in their dis-tricts to maintain closeswatch. He informed that astate control room (040-23450624) is also set up

and operationalised imme-diately. Anyone havingany problems can contactcontrol room.

He told them to imme-diately bring to the noticeof the higher officials aboutany submergence or inun-dation of low lying areas.He urged the Collectors totake care of sanitation invillages and towns.

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Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao onSaturday honoured well-knownpoet Tirunagari Ramanujamwith the Dasaradhi Award for2020 at Pragathi Bhavan.

The Chief Minister also pre-sented him with a memento,shawl and a cash prize of Rs1,01,116. "TirunagariRamanujam is a great literarypersonality about whom theentire Telangana society is proudof. Among his well-knownworks include Bala VeeraSathakam, Aksharadhara, andTirunagareeyam," the ChiefMinister said on the occasion.

KCR, while appreciatingRamanujam for his grip on tra-ditional and Sanskrit literature,observed that the former wouldalways be considered as literaryheir to Maha Kavi Dasaradhi.

"The blend of traditional andmodern literature is what makesRamanujam stand out," he said.The CM hoped that SriRamanujam would continue tocontribute more to enrich theTelugu literary world.

Calling the Telangana CM'Modern Day Maha Vishnu',Ramanujam recited a poem forKCR. TRSPP Leader Dr K KeshavRao, Government's Chief AdvisorRajiv Sharma, Chief SecretarySomesh Kumar, DGP MahenderReddy, Cultural Affairs SecretarySrinivas Raju, Director MamidiHarikrishna, CM OSD DesapathySrinivas, Ramanujam's sonSrinivas and others attended.

Meanwhile, the ChiefMinister also offered floral trib-utes at Amara Veerula Sthupamon the 74th Independence Dayat Parade Ground here. He alsosigned a visitor's book on theoccasion.

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Minister for Energy G JagadishReddy has alleged that rulers ofunited AP sabotaged interests ofayacut farmers of River Musi.Addressing media after releasingwater to Musi right and leftcanals ayacut farmers here onSaturday, he said that over 30,000acres of Musi ayacut lands wouldbe irrigated. In united APregime, the rulers did not payattention to woes of Musi ayacutfarmers. In this backdrop, CMtook initiative and took steps toundertake repairs to canals byspending Rs 21 crore. The aya-cut farmers are expressing grat-itude to KCR for his gesture. Thepaddy yield in Nalgonda district,during the last rabi with theavailability of Krishna andGodavari water for irrigation,was phenomenal.

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KRMB secretary HarikeshMeena on Friday wrote to theCentral Water Commission todecide the share of river waternot utilised during the lastwater year. In 2019-20, thegovernment of AP used647.435 tmc out of its share of651.995 tmc ft, while the gov-ernment of Telangana usedonly 278.33 tmc ft out of itsshare of 333.527 tmc ft. Also,another 50 tmc ft of waterremained unused. The gov-ernment of Telangana urgedthe KRMB to allow it to usethe unused share for irrigationand drinking water purposesin the early 2020. However,the government of AP object-ed to the request.

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Telangana BJP President andKarimnagar MP Bandi SanjayKumar on Saturday took pot-shots at Telangana ChiefMinister K ChanndrashekharRao. Speaking after hoistingthe national flag at the partyheadquarters here marking theoccasion of 74th IndependenceDay, the Karminagar MP reiter-ated his party's demand forofficial celebration of libera-tion day of Hyderabad that fallson September 17.

"There is a rule of Razakars inTelangana. The present day gov-ernment is operating themachinery with Razakars in itsside seat. While the Nizams per-petuated their rule from theKing Kothi and Falaknuma, the

present government is operatingfrom Pragathi Bhavan and farm-house. The government is afraidof hurting the sentiments of itsfriendly party by celebratingliberation day, " Sanjay said.

He further alleged that thepresent government in the Stateis blaming everything that goeswrong on Centre while claimingeverything good as its ownachievement.

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The Congress on Saturday askedwhy those sitting in power arescared of naming China whichhas entered Indian territory,and said every Congress work-er and every Indian is proud ofthe armed forces.

Talking to reporters afterPrime Minister NarendraModi's address, Congress' chiefspokesperson RandeepSurjewala also said all Indiansshould ask the governmentthis Independence Day what itwas doing to protect the coun-try and push China back.

In his speech from the ram-parts of the Red Fort, theprime minister said India'ssoldiers had given a fittingreply to those who had chal-lenged the country's sover-eignty, from "LoC to LAC".Modi, who did not nameChina, added that the wholecountry is united in protectingthe sovereignty of the country.

"Each and every Congressworker and all 130 crore Indians

are proud of our armed forcesand have full faith in them. Wesalute the armed forces for giv-ing China an apt reply every timethere has been an attack. Butwhat about those who are sittingin power. Why are they scared ofmentioning China's name?"Surjewala asked.

"At a time when China hasentered Indian territory, everyIndian needs to ask the govern-ment what it is doing to pushChina back and protect thecountry. On this IndependenceDay they should ask this. Thatis the true sense of democra-

cy," the Congress leader added.He said it is important to

question the government onwhether it believes in the man-date of the people and if thereis freedom to speak freely inthe country.

"Does our governmentbelieve in democracy? Doesour government believe inpublic opinion. Do we have thefreedom to speak, think, totravel, to wear what we like, toearn our livelihood or has thatbeen curbed," Surjewala said.

The foundation of an'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (self-

reliant India), he said, waslaid by Pandit JawaharlalNehru, Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel and our freedom fighters.

"But a government which isselling public sector undertak-ings, handing over railways andairports to private players andattacking everything from LICto FCI, will that government beable to keep the freedom of thiscountry safe. It is the duty of thegovernment and every citizen tokeep the freedom of the coun-try safe,” he added.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modion Saturday delivered a strongmessage to China and Pakistanagainst challenging India's sov-ereignty in his Independence

Day speech, emphasised onmaking the country self-reliant and announced sever-al initiatives like national dig-

ital health mission and massproduction of COVID-19 vac-cine once it is approved by sci-

entists. In his seventh consec-u t i v eaddress

from theramparts of the

Red Fort, the primeminister stressed on'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'and presented a broad

outline for spurringIndia's economic

growth, asserting that the coro-navirus pandemic cannot haltthe country's march towardsself-reliance.

Modi also underscored hisgovernment's commitment toholding assembly polls in cen-

trally-administered Jammuand Kashmir after the ongoingdelimitation exercise is overand stated that a new era ofdevelopment has begun in theunion territory after Article370 was scrapped a year ago.

Dressed in his customary'kurta pyjama' and safa, theprime minister used the occa-sion to put across a stern mes-sage to China and Pakistanwithout naming them, andasserted that India is fightingterrorism and expansionismwith determination.

"From LoC (Line ofControl) to LAC (Line of

Actual Control), anyone whocasts an eye on the sovereign-ty of the country, the armedforces have responded in thelanguage they understand,"Modi said in his 86-minutespeech at the ceremony heldobserving all COVID-19 pro-tocols amid the presence of alarge number of dignitariesincluding foreign diplomats.

His comments came in themidst of India's bitter borderrow with China along theLAC in eastern Ladakh. Thetension escalated manifoldafter 20 Indian soldiers werekilled in a violent clash in

Galwan Valley on June 15. TheChinese side also sufferedcasualties but it is yet to giveout the details

"The world saw in Ladakhwhat our brave soldiers, thecountry can do for this resolve(to maintain our sovereignty).From the Red Fort, I salute allthose brave soldiers who havestaked their lives for the moth-erland," Modi added.

On foreign policy issues,Modi said that today neigh-bours are not only those withwhom India shares its geo-graphical boundaries but alsothose with whom "our heartsmeet". He said that India wasmaking all efforts to deepenties with all countries in theextended neighbourhood.

Making a mention of theground-breaking ceremonyfor the Ram temple inAyodhya 10 days back, Modisaid the centuries-old issue hasbeen resolved peacefully.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modiand his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli held a telephonicconversation on Saturday dur-ing which the two leadersexpressed "mutual solidarity"amid efforts being made tominimise the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic in the twocountries.

Oli called up the Indian primeminister to greet his governmentand the people of India on thecountry's 74th IndependenceDay, and also offered congratu-lations on its recent election asa non-permanent member ofthe UN Security Council, anofficial statement said.

Modi offered India's contin-ued support to Nepal in its fightagainst the pandemic andrecalled the civilisational andcultural links that the two coun-tries share, it said.

"The leaders expressed mutu-

al solidarity in the context of theefforts being made to minimisethe impact of the COVID-19pandemic in both countries.Prime minister offered India'scontinued support to Nepal inthis regard," the statement said.

Modi also thanked Oli fortelephone call.

The talk between the twoleaders comes amid a strain inties after the Himalayan nationcame up with a new politicalmap in May, claiming some ter-ritories that belong to India.

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Union Home Minister AmitShah extended his greetings tothe countrymen on the occa-sion of Independence Day onSaturday and said the dream ofthe freedom fighters of anindependent, strong and self-sufficient India has beenrealised by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

After unfurling the nation-al flag at his residence here,Shah said on one hand, theModi government has pro-vided the poor and deprivedsections of the society withhousing, power and healthinsurance, while on the otherhand, India has emerged as apowerful nation.

"Today we are very proud

that the independent, strongand self-sufficient India ourfreedom fighters dreamt of, hasbeen realised by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi," hesaid in a tweet.

The home minister said onthe occasion of IndependenceDay, he bows before those

who contributed to the coun-try's freedom with their valourand sacrifice. He also paidrespects to those brave menand women, who made thesupreme sacrifice for the causeof India's unity, integrity andsecurity.

"On this Independence Day,come, let us pledge to fulfilPrime Minister NarendraModi's dream of an'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and con-tribute to India achievingnewer feats by adopting asmuch 'Make in India' products.Happy Independence Day," hesaid.

On Friday, Shah wasreleased from a hospital, wherehe was undergoing treatmentfor the coronavirus. Currently,he is in home isolation.

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On this Independence Day,every Indian, especially theyouth, must resolve to be at theforefront to fight attempts byforces that try to create dissen-sions among the people, VicePresident M Venkaiah Naidusaid on Saturday.

In a Facebook post to markthe 74th Independence Day, hesaid for India to achieve newheights of development andprosperity, every citizen,including people in public life,must perform their duty.

"As we approach the 75thanniversary of Independence,it is time for an objective intro-spection. At this juncture, we

must ask ourselves what weaspire to achieve as a nation by2022," Naidu observed.

"By 2022, India must beaatmanirbhar (self-reliant) inevery sense of the word. We allmust work with renewedvigour and determination to

eradicate poverty, end socialand gender discrimination andeliminate corruption," he said.

The vice president said Indianeeds a cultural renaissanceand a refreshing flowering ofliterature and artistic expres-sion in its national languages.

"As the country moves for-ward with renewed determina-tion and the tremendous ener-gy of 130 crore people to trans-form and build a 'new India',we are confident of regainingour past glory and becomingan ideal parliamentary democ-racy," he said.

"On this Independence Day,let us also remember withgratitude the countless menand women whose sacrificesbrought us freedom. We mustalways be grateful to them fortheir selfless efforts -- thefruits of which are beingreaped by us now as citizens ofa sovereign and vibrant parlia-mentary democracy," Naidusaid.

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Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sIndependence Day speech as “inspiring”,BJP leaders on Saturday said it reflectedhis resolve to build an all-inclusive andstronger self-reliant India. In hisIndependence Day speech fromthe ramparts of the Red Fort,the prime minister said thecall for an 'AatmanirbharBharat' has captured theimagination of the peopleand become a "mantra" foreveryone.

"A very spirited and inspiringspeech by PM Narendra Modi ji on the74th Independence Day from the ram-parts of the Red Fort. PM Modi ji's speechreflects his vision, mission and resolve to

build an all-inclusive and strongerAatmanirbhar Bharat," said BJP presidentJ P Nadda, who posted a series of tweets.

Echoing similar sentiments, former BJPpresident and Union Home Minister Amit

Shah termed the speech exemplary andsaid ”it clearly reflects his unwa-

vering commitment and resolvetowards a strong and self-reliant India”.

"Today, on the occasion ofIndependence Day, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's

address reinforces the resolveof a self-reliant India. There

may be challenges in this resolu-tion, but there is the ability to solve all

the problems within this country," seniorBJP leader and Defence Minister RajnathSingh said in a tweet in Hindi.

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Punjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh on Saturdaycalled for readiness to combatthe border threat fromPakistan and China.

With tensions at the borderscontinuing, India will have tobe prepared to deal with anyeventuality, said the CMin his IndependenceDay address here.Warning of a con-tinued threatfrom neighbour-ing countries,Singh said Punjabwill always be atthe forefront offighting the enemy atthe borders.

While Pakistan continuedto resort to firing every day,China, on the other hand,talks about friendship butremains a danger to the nation,said Singh while recalling therecent attack on Indian sol-diers by the Chinese forces inLadakh.

India has always givenPakistan a befitting response,

which is the only way to dealwith them, he said, adding thatChina also needs to be han-dled with the same iron hand.

On this occasion, the CMalso recalled the contribu-tions of the millions of Indiansto the freedom struggle andsaid Punjabis had always beenat the forefront of every battle.

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Pani' (in Andamanand NicobarIslands) have thenames of tens ofhundreds ofPunjabis etched

in immortality, hesaid according to an

official release. Even though the

Independence Day celebra-tions this year were a low-keyaffair due to the coronaviruspandemic, this was the time toremember the sacrifices of allthose who had made freedompossible, said the CM.

It was also the time to salutethe defence forces guardingthe nation's borders from theenemy, he added.

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Reliance Jio's four-year-oldtelecom spectrum sharing dealwith RelianceCommunications (RCom) isnot connected with the latter'spast statutory dues that pertainto the period prior to 2016when Jio wasn't even in oper-ation, sources close to thecompany said.

A Supreme Court benchhad on Friday sought to knowwhy Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd(RJIL) must not pay adjustedgross revenue (AGR) dues ofReliance Communicationssince it has been using the lat-

ter's spectrum since 2016.A source, refusing to be

quoted as the matter is sub-

judice, said RJIL in April 2016entered into a pact to share apart of the spectrum held by

RCom and its unit RelianceTelecom Ltd (RTL).

The shared spectrum waslimited to the 800 MHz bandand was strictly in accordancewith the Department ofTelecom's (DoT) spectrumsharing guidelines. RCom's2G, 3G and 4G spectrum in1,800 MHz band are not beingshared.

The AGR dues of RCom andRTL are in no manner connect-ed with this shared spectrum,the source said, adding that theAGR has been paid by bothRCom/RTL and RJIL on therevenue generated from theshared spectrum.

The AGR dues related to2G/3G business of RCom/RTLwhich it was carrying out priorto 2016, the time when RJILwas not even operational, thesource said. Not just RJIL,even Airtel had bought Aircel's4G airwaves in the 2,300 MHzband and Videocon's 4G spec-trum in the 1,800 MHz bandthrough the spectrum tradingroute in 2016.

The source said the quantumof spectrum used by RJIL isaround 38 per cent of the totalspectrum currently held byRCom. RCom continues tohold spectrum in 900 MHzband, 1,800 MHz band, and

2100 MHz, which is not beingshared with RJIL.

Over 85 per cent of thevalue of the shared spectrumhas been already fully paid andrealised by the government.

Moreover, the right to use 85per cent of the shared spectrumvalue is expiring in July 2021.

Both RJIL and RCom con-tinue to discharge in full theirstatutory liabilities in respect ofrevenue from the shared spec-trum. Further, both the firmscontinue to pay additionalspectrum usage charges to thegovernment towards the spec-trum sharing arrangement,sources added.

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A panel of state finance min-isters on Friday veered arounda proposal to levy 3 per centGST on sale of old gold andjewellery to check tax evasion,Kerala Finance MinisterThomas Isaac said.

The Group of Ministers(GoM) also decided to imple-ment e-way bill for trans-portation of gold within thestates, but implementing it forinter-state movement was notconsidered feasible.

The panel also decided tomake it mandatory for goldand jewellery shops to gener-ate e-invoice for every pur-chase and sale transaction.

Bihar Deputy Chief MinisterSushil Modi said the GoMreached a consensus on lettingstates decide whether to havee-way bill for intra-state move-ment of gold.

"It was decided that if anystate wants to implement e-way bill for gold, they can doso for intra- or within the statetransportation," he told PTI.

Modi, who also holds thefinance portfolio, said whileKerala and Karnataka wanted

e-way bill for inter-state move-ment of goods, Gujarat andBihar felt it was not practicaland feasible.

The GoM, comprisingfinance ministers of Kerala,Bihar, Gujarat, Punjab,Karnataka and West Bengal,set up to examine feasibility ofimplementation of e-way billfor movement of gold andprecious stones met via videoconferencing.

Isaac said the GoM arrivedat a consensus on bringing saleof old gold within the GSTambit under reverse chargemechanism (RCM).

"It was decided that sale of

old gold will attract GST at 3per cent under RCM. Theofficers' committee will nowwork on the modalities," Isaacsaid.

Isaac said this would put acheck on tax evasion as cur-rently most of the smuggledgold is sold as old jewellery toevade GST.

Under RCM, the buyerwould be liable to collect anddeposit the GST with the gov-ernment.

Isaac further said the GoMhas decided to start e-invoic-ing for jewellery traders whichwill help track down the end-user of gold.

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President DonaldTrump on Fridaygave the Chinesecompany ByteDance90 days to divestitself of any assetsused to support thepopular TikTok appin the United States.

Trump's executiveorder said there is “credibleevidence that leads me tobelieve that ByteDance …might take action that threat-ens to impair the nationalsecurity of the United States.”

Trump last week orderedsweeping but vague bans ondealings with the Chineseowners of TikTok and themessaging app WeChat, say-ing they are a threat to USnational security, foreign pol-icy and the economy.

It remains unclear what theTikTok orders mean for theapp's 100 million US users,many of them teenagers oryoung adults who use it topost and watch short-formvideos.

Trump on Friday alsoordered ByteDance to divestitself of "any data obtained orderived" from TikTok users inthe U.S.

Microsoft is in talks to buyparts of TikTok.

White House press secre-tary Kayleigh McEnanydefended Trump's earlier

TikTok and WeChat ordersThursday, telling reporters hewas exercising his emergencyauthority under a 1977 lawenabling the president to reg-ulate international commerceto address unusual threats.

“The administration iscommitted to protecting theAmerican people from allcyber threats and these appscollect significant amounts ofprivate data on users,” saidMcEnany, adding that theChinese government canaccess and use such data.

TikTok said it spent nearlya year trying to engage in“good faith” with the US gov-ernment to address these con-cerns.

“What we encounteredinstead was that theAdministration paid no atten-tion to facts, dictated terms ofan agreement without goingthrough standard legalprocesses, and tried to insertitself into negotiationsbetween private businesses,”the company's statement said.

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Industry leaders on Saturdaysaid India's self-reliance willdetermine how high and strongthe country's flag of freedomflies, and also welcomed PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sannouncement of NationalDigital Health Mission in hisIndependence Day speech.

In a tweet, Adani GroupChairman Gautam Adani said,

"Every IndependenceDay is a tribute tomillions of sacri-fices that earnedus the freedomto be born andraised in a freecountry full ofopportunities. Fromnow on, ourAtmanirbharta will deter-mine how high and strong theflag of freedom flies. Happy

#IndependenceDay."Welcoming the

National DigitalHealth Mission,Biocon CMDKiran MazumdarShaw said it gives

India's healthcaresector a digital back-

bone and it is vital tomake a difference to India's

healthcare sector.Deloitte India Partner and

Lifesciences and HealthcareIndustry Leader Charu Sehgalsaid the mission can be a verysignificant development inmoving India's healthcaresystem to the next level.“Most importantly, this willimprove access by providinga big boost to consultationthrough telemedicine withspecialist doctors for patientsin smaller towns and remotelocations," Sehgal stated.

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Kolkata, Aug 14 (PTI)Secondary steel makers havesought Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's interventionto resolve the issue of their rawmaterial shortages due to surg-ing exports of iron ore pellet toChina, which, they term, isagainst the idea ofAtmanirbhar Bharat or self-reliant India.

India's export of iron-ore tothe neighbouring country dur-ing the first six months of thecurrent fiscal was at 20 milliontonne, an eight-year high,while the domestic secondarysteel producers are facing adearth of raw materials and ris-ing prices of it, officials said onFriday.

The West Bengal SpongeIron Manufacturers'Association had on Thursdaywritten a letter to the primeminister to address the issue ofincreasing export of the rawmaterial for the secondarysteel products, an official of theindustry body said.

"The association woulddraw your kind attentiontowards a massive increase inexport of iron pellets with thesole purpose to get benefitfrom nil export duty," the let-

ter said. "Exporters are takingadvantage of the drawback inthe government's regulation.There is a 30 per cent exportduty on iron ore but nothingis levied for shipment of pel-lets.

"They are converting ironore fines to pellets and deliv-ering it to China," the officialsaid.

The iron ore pellet priceshave shot up after the neigh-bouring country startedimporting the product in a bigway, he claimed.

The price of iron ore pellethas increased from Rs 4,600per tonne in April to Rs 7,600per tonne in August this year,the industry sources said.

Recently, state-run NMDC

Ltd had hiked the iron-oreprice by Rs 300 per tonne.

The secondary steel makersare facing a double whammy ofsluggish demand in the wakeof the coronavirus pandemicand shortage of key raw mate-rials, the official said.

"The secondary steel indus-try is bleeding throughoutIndia. We, at West Bengal, aremost sufferers as there is noiron ore at our home state andhave import dependency forcoking coal. We are facingfalling prices of steel and ris-ing prices of iron ore due tomine closure for auction andmassive increase in export ofiron pellets," the association'spresident Shankarlal Agarwalsaid.

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Infosys on Friday said therehad been an "inadvertenttrade" by the portfolio man-agement services of BelaParikh, spouse of the compa-ny's independent directorBobby Parikh.

Following this, a penalty ofRs 2 lakh has been imposed onBobby Parikh, Infosys said ina regulatory filing.

Detailing out the inadver-tent trade by a designatedperson, Infosys said the port-folio management services ofBela Parikh had bought 2,754shares during the open trad-ing window period "withoutthe knowledge of Bobby

Parikh and without obtainingpre-clearance of trade".

Bobby Parikh is the jointholder of that account.

"Mr Parikh has confirmedthat he was not in possessionof any Unpublished PriceSensitive Information (UPSI).The Audit Committee of thecompany was notified of thismatter," it added.

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submission, the AuditCommittee has concludedthat this was an inadvertenttrade made without intent toviolate the company's insid-er trading policy or the Sebi'sProhibit ion of InsiderTrading Regulations, 2015(PIT Regulations), the filingsaid. "However, the AuditCommittee has determinedthat there was a violation ofthe company's Policy andPIT Regulations and hastherefore imposed on MrParikh, a penalty of Rs2,00,000 which amount shallbe remitted to InvestorProtection Education Fund(IPEF) in line with the PITRegulations," it said.

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Home-grown auto majorMahindra & Mahindra(M&M) on Saturday unveiledthe all new version of its icon-ic SUV Thar, which it plansto launch later this year.

The model, which comeswith all new exteriors andinteriors, will debut in thecountry on October 2.

The SUV would featureBSVI compliant petrol anddiesel powertrains mated tosix speed manual and auto-matic transmissions.

The diesel variants wouldbe powered by 2.2 litre enginewhile the petrol trims wouldcome with all new 2 litrepowertrain.

While the diesel motorwill generate 120 HP ofpower, the petrol Thar willsee an output of 150 HP ofhauling strength.

"Today, with the unveilingof the all-new Thar, werewrite history once again.The model is firmly rooted inour rich automotive heritageand upholds the MahindraDNA in its purest form,"M&M Managing DirectorPawan Goenka said.

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The country's second largestprivate sector lender ICICIBank on Saturday said it hascompleted the allotment ofequity shares under its qual-ified institutional placement(QIP) and raised approxi-mately Rs 15,000 crore tofund its business growth andmeet regulatory capitalrequirement.

Investors were allocated41.89 crore shares at an issueprice of Rs 358 per equity, thelender said in a statement.

"The issue price repre-sents a 1.9 per cent premiumto the floor price determinedbased on the pricing formu-la as prescribed underRegulation 176(1) of theSEBI ICDR Regulations anda discount of 1.5 per cent tothe closing price of the bank'sequity shares on theBSE/NSE prior to the launchof the issue," it said.

"Pursuant to the allotmentof shares, the paid-up equi-ty share capital of the bankstands increased from Rs12,952,832,416 consisting of6,476,416,208 equity sharesof face value Rs 2 each to Rs13,790,821,242 consisting of6,895,410,621 equity sharesof face value Rs 2 each," it said.

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Wall Street is drifting onFriday after a report showedthat sales for US retailersstrengthened again last month,but by less than economistsexpected.

The S&P 500 was virtuallyunchanged in afternoon trad-ing after earlier flippingbetween small gains and loss-es. The market is taking apause after nearly erasing thelast of the steep losses causedby the coronavirus pandemic.

In each of the last two days,

the index made a brief runabove its record closing high,which was set in February,only to fade in the afternoon.It's now 0.3 per cent below therecord. The Dow JonesIndustrial Average was up 41points, or 0.1 per cent, at27,937, as of 12:27 pm Easterntime, while the Nasdaq com-posite dipped 0.3 per cent.

Consumer spending is themain locomotive for the USeconomy, and Friday's reporton trends for U.S. retailersshowed some more improve-ment, though with caveats.

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As The Faceless AssessmentScheme, 2019 kicks off, theCentral Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has stipulated that allcommunications from thedepartment to the taxpayer,assessee, third-party will be inthe name of the National e-Assessment Center (NeAC)and no communication of anynature such as above will bemade by any of the Regional e-Assessment Centres (ReACs)across 20 cities in the country.

The Income TaxDepartment has embarked onthe journey of Faceless TaxAdministration. The FacelessAssessment Scheme, 2019 hasbeen announced by the CentralGovernment. Further, theCentral Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has notified theNational e-Assessment Centre(NeAC) in Delhi and variousRegional e-Assessment Centres(ReACs) across 20 cities in thecountry for implementationof the Scheme.

The CBDT has now giventhe detailed guidelines for theimplementation of the Schemeand role of residual charges inthis regard.

On the functions of thefaceless hierarchy, the guide-lines say that the NeAC/ReACshierarchy will be tasked withmanagement of FacelessAssessment proceedings andwill be broadly responsible forfunctions.

All these functions will bethrough electronic means forwhich the NeAC will be thegateway and will function as

such for all the flow of infor-mation. The officers and thestaff in the ReACs will perform

the functions relating to theassessment and verificationfunction under the Income

Tax Act, but all communica-tions from the department tothe taxpayer/assessee/third-party for the purposes of theAct will be in the name of theNeAC. No communication ofany nature such as above willbe made by any of the ReACs.

The functions of the NeAC,ReACs [Assessment Unit (AU),Verification Unit (VU), ReviewUnit (RU) and Technical Unit(TU)] have been delineated indetail separately by the NeACin consultation with the Board.

The Assessment proceed-ings u/s 143, 144, 148 read with143(2)/ 142(1) will be done bythe AU, verification related toassessment by the VU, verifi-cation related to centralizeddissemination of informationby the Directorate of Systems,by the VUs, review of draftorders by the RU, technicalsupport by the TU and passingand dispatch of the final ordersby the NeAC.

On the functions of the fieldformations outside theNeAC/ReACs hierarchy, theguidelines state that thePrincipal Chief Commissionerof Income Tax will be thecadre controlling authoritiesfor all the officers and staff intheir area of jurisdiction inrespect of all field formationsincluding ReACs, centralcharges, international tax andtransfer pricing charges, inves-tigation directorate, exemp-tion charges.

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Sitharaman has told taxofficials that the responsibil-ities of the Income TaxDepartment have increasedwith the new facelessapproach for appeals andassessments, sources said.

Sitharaman said that thedepartment is setting anexample for the world in theuse of technology for deliveryof better services to the tax-payers.

According to sources, shemet IT officials on Friday andthanked them for their tirelessefforts during the last twomonths to make the vision of

the Prime Minister a reality bybringing in the faceless assess-ment system in a short time.She told them to work withthe same zeal and dedicationto make the faceless appealsystem an equal success.

Expressing her apprecia-tion for the officers and staffof the Income TaxDepartment, she said thatnow the department has toserve the taxpayers withmuch higher standards tomeet the commitments madein the taxpayers charter withthe motto of "TransparentTaxation - Honouring TheHonest".

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Fear is a state of mind thatcan be overcome, say thetwo staffers Harendra andPappu at the Nigambodhelectric crematorium in

New Delhi. For the duo, while thelast four months have been toughgiven the risk they take every daywhen it comes to handling the bod-ies of the COVID-19 patients thatcome to the ghat but the dead needa proper send off even if the bagsin which they come wrapped incan’t be opened as per theGovernment guidelines.

“How will we do our work if weget scared and fear the virus? Westare at death all the time. Yes, theCoronavirus has put fear in theminds of the people but not inmine. I was a bit apprehensive butthen I had to move past that fast.I got rid of it by burning it with theCOVId-19 bodies. The dead com-ing to the ghat needed a propersend-off. How would that have gotthat if we shirked our work ordecided not to do it?” 55-year-oldHarendra asks who hails fromBalia, in Uttar Pradesh.

He had come to the Capital in1990 on the behest of his father-in-law with a promise of a job. Formany years he worked making cal-enders with God and Goddess. Butthe work took toll on his health anddecided to work elsewhere. This iswhen his brother-in-law told himabout working at the crematorium.

“I took this job because it wassafer. At the calender making, I wasending up inhaling fumes and itaffected my health. I have two sonsand had to think about themdecided to work elsewhere. That ishow I ended up here. I like this job.Yes, some people give us strangelooks and think that what we do isweird, but each person on earth hasbeen chosen to do certain kind ofwork. This is what I have been cho-sen to do,” Harendra says who stayswith his family in Rohini andcommutes on his bike.

He gets �16,000 as salary.“Besides this, sometimes peoplegive us �100 or �200. But some-times, there are people who are sopoor that they can’t afford a prop-er cremation for their loved one. In

that case, a few of us at the crema-torium pitch and do the needful.Just because a person is poor does-n’t mean that their dead need to bediscarded,” Harendra tells you.

For a long time, the duo con-tinued to work without PPE kits.“We protected ourselves with whatwe had — a mask. There are somedays when we end up with noPPEs. But I don’t let that scare. I amdoing God’s work and I believe thatHe will protect me. Death is theonly thing that is certain when weare born. Why should one fear it?We are born, we will all die. Thatis the truth,” Harendra says.

For thirty-nine-year-oldPappu, fear was very real. “I wasscared and didn’t want to touch theCOVID-19 bodies that came ini-tially. The scare was what if I spreadthe disease to my family. I have amother, wife and three small chil-dren. What will happen to them ifI test positive or if they test posi-

tive? But humans are resilient. Wehave learnt to live with the virusand the fear that comes with it. Ihave done the same,” Pappu sayswho is paid �12,000 as salary.

There is a silver lining thatinvolves his work, he says. Lastweek he had got to know that hisname had been nominated for anhonour for this service during thelockdown period. However, hetells you that he has not got any let-ter stating the same. “It is goodenough for me to know at least myname was nominated,” he says, whohas kept soap and an antisepticsolution at the ghat. I take a bathhere before I leave for home. OnceI reach home, I take a bath onceagain,” Pappu says.

“Yes, the work that I do is risky,but how many people are honouredfor their work by the Presidenthimself? I am lucky that I havebeen chosen for this honour,”Pappu says.

He used to drive a taxiin the Capital.However, a few yearsback, he had to take atough call when his

father who used to be the caretak-er at the Jadid Qabrastan Ahle Islamin ITO, could no longer carry outhis duties due to old age — whetherhe wanted to step into his fathersshoes. Meet Mohammad Shamim,the present caretaker who has tillnow buried over 550 people in the50-acres of the graveyard since theoutbreak of COVID-19.

His wife was not happy with hisdecision and did try to persuadehim otherwise given that they havefour school-going daughters. ButShamim was adamant. “I just feltthat this was the right thing to do.We are third generation caretakers.Mere dada karte thhe, phir merevalid aur ab main. When my fatherbecame too old to do the work him-self I had a choice. But I felt it wasmy calling. Not everyone gets theopportunity to ensure that man onhis final journey is sent with dig-nity and respect that he deserves.I like the work that I do. It bringsme peace. Every person deserves asend-off; I am just glad that I havebeen chosen to do so,” Shamimsays.

He tells you that the qabrastanwhere he works belongs to a privatecommittee and he is paid �100 foreach body that he helps bury. Butfor the COVID-19 bodies, he ispaid �1000 per day. Though theamount his not much, he says buthe gets by since there is other workthat he does at the graveyard.

While his committee doesn’tprovide PPE kits, it was muchlater that some journalists, somehospitals and even actor VidyaBalan after coming to know thatShamim was burying the deadwith no PPE kit provided him withthe necessary cover. But he tells youthat it is not easy to wear the kitfrom 9 am in the morning till lateevening.

“The doctors and staff workingin the hospital have better, theywork in an air-conditioned environ-

ment. My work entails me to be outthe whole day in the blazing sun. Itis not easy to wear the kit, the twomasks, gloves and a face shield anddig a grave when the temperaturesare touching 46° Celsius. First, it isextremely uncomfortable. Second,one can’t breath properly. It wasvery tough. But I had to get used toit,” he tells you.

When he didn’t have the kit, hehad to ensure that he kept his fam-ily safe. So he quarantined himselffrom his family in the house theylive given to them by the commit-tee. He shifted in a room that wasa few yards away. His meals wouldbe delivered to him and kept out-side the room.

“With no protection, I had toensure that my family was safe. Iwas a bit apprehensive to being withbut someone has to do this job andthat too with dignity and respect forthe dead. I did what I had to do formy family and did my work. Iensured that the grave was dug tospecification of three feet. I ensuredthat the body was lowered accord-ing to the specifications; I wouldthen place a stone on the body andthen the soil to finally cover thegrave properly. Sometimes, thereare people who don’t want to touchthe body and don’t know what todo. In that case, I do the work for

them while the maulvi reads the ,”the 38-year old says.

For the COVID-19 bodies, hetells you there is a different proto-col altogether. One can’t remove thebag in which they come in, nor canone clothe them or wash thembefore burying. “In such a scenario,we have to ensure that the other rit-uals are followed to a T,” Shamimtells you.

Though, it has been toughgoing but now that the deathshave reduced, he is thankful to Godfor his mercy. But he is unhappywith the way the administration hastreated him. “We are a privatecommittee. When I was told that Iwould be getting bodies fromGovernment hospital, I told themI needed extra benefit. But theydeclined and said it was theGovernment’s decision. The leastthey could have done was provideus with health insurance. But no,there is nothing for us. Here we arerisking our lives; we are warriorstoo. Has anyone besides a half adozen people done anything forthose who are giving the dead theirdue? No. But it will not stop mefrom doing my work. Now, I justpray to God that I never get to seewhat I have seen in the last fourmonths ever in my life again,”Shamim says.

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We also need to be conscious aboutchanging ourselves at individual level.For, we are born with an inherent urge toevolve, expand our vision in order tovisualise things in the right perspective.Accordingly, articulate ways and meansto work towards a better tomorrow. This,however, would not be forthcomingunless we identify and acknowledge ourindividualistic limitations — mental andemotional, habits and attitudes — and

address them through fresh educativeinputs. Also identify our indwellingpotential, hone it and then make the mostout of it.

Many a times, we remain unaware ofour inlaid potential, and so it remainsuntapped. A couple of years back a younglad came seeking guidance on his careerprospects. He was advised to take upmedia related work as his strength pointwas communicative abilities and flair forlanguage. He immediately retorted: “Sir,you have read me wrong. My languageskill is not good and I wish to go for amanagerial assignment. So, I am trying toget into a business school to acquire thenecessary skill set required.” I could makeout that his preconditioned mind is notable to digest my advice. I then suggested:“Well, it is your prerogative what profes-sion to opt for. But in any discipline, youwill need language skill to conduct well.Together with your preparations for nextentrance test for admission into a busi-ness school, why not work on your lan-guage skills also.” That got registered inhis mind. He immediately joined a mediaorganisation as an intern, with the intentto improve his language skill. Withinthree months, the young man realised

that he could write well, and soon aftergot into journalism.

A couple of years back, a gentlemanin his early forties came seeking guidanceon two issues: “Sir, my domestic atmos-phere is not good. Suggest me some pujaso that our family life improves. What ismy growth potential in the present job?”

In so far as your wish to improvedomestic atmosphere is concerned, youneed to work upon your attitude, playingspoil sport with you so far. Pujas con-ducted by pundits can’t bring about anychange. “Is it possible to change myinborn nature?” He asked. “Remember,human beings enjoy the exclusive privi-lege to guide their actions by choice anddiscrimination. Your discriminatory abili-ty helps you identify and acknowledgeinherent infirmities. Following which,you can make a conscientious choice tobring about the desired change throughfresh educative inputs.” I responded.

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The whole world celebrated 2020 with a bang andeveryone had exciting plans for their personaland professional endeavour. Came March 2020,Covid-19 changed life for everyone starting witha sudden complete lockdown forcing everyone

stay at home but ensuring that they work from home anddeliver the best despite pandemic and challenges of operat-ing from home.

While every business had a “so called” BusinessContinuity or Disaster Recovery plan in place but Covid-19lockdown was the father of all. A situation never happened,never thought about in 100 years. Everyone was sitting athome trying to figure out how to maintain sanity of work-ing while at home connecting with colleagues, vendors, sup-pliers, employees, manager etc.

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ness process of an organisation requires immediate conver-sion to digital mode to stay in business. Say for example, ifbanking transaction were done through visiting banks, inCovid-19 situation banking transactions needs to be doneusing net-banking. Or if the business was preparing invoicesphysically and sending it by courier to clients, during covidlockdown all invoices required to be prepared using digitalsolution, digital signature and sending it through emails.Take another example, if business meetings with clients,vendors, internal team which were happening physically,come pandemic, physical meetings are no more an option,so use of digital meeting options is only way out.

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the CEO gives target to all business heads and CIO to digi-tise everything. That can be really disastrous. I would alsolike to caution here that digitisation has to be done in verysystematic and gradual way. It is just not possible to digitiseeverything by approving a financial budget and giving man-date to all functions. Many companies burn their fingerslosing lot of money, efforts and drive due to failed digitisa-tion attempts. One must start with non-critical processes,function and implementation also to be done only for oneor two division to start with instead of going across.Companies also make the mistake of building software in-house. Now, that’s a terrible mistake. Now-a-days there aremany good Enterprise Product SaaS companies havingproducts very much in line of specific business need whichcomes at almost at 5% of cost of building in-house. In addi-tion, Enterprise Product companies are very focussed andcome with best practices, innovative solutions, state-of-arttechnology, seamless product support and feature upgradeswhich is not possible for in building in-house or makingtailor made product. It’s important to be very careful whileselecting technology partner so one can do a referencecheck from existing client and ensure security certification(like ISO). It definitely helps in building trust.

While it is always good to subscribe to readily availableSaaS solutions in the market, however, just to test thewaters, there are free tools available for basic digital solu-tions which allow users to get a feel of the solution andwhether it would really solve the problem. Many a times, alot of businesses purchase a technology solution or buildsolutions, however, they end up not using the solution

either due to the choice of wrong partner, notbeen able to spend enough time in scoping thetechnology solution or clear intent issue whichmeans resistance to change.

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build customised solutions like InvoicingSolution, CRM Solutions, ContractManagement Solution which comes with its ownperils like you end up spending 20 times moneyand ultimately realising the product which gotbuild has taken into consideration an idealisticscenario with advance level of digitisation. Lifedoes not really move that way. It is critical that astrategic initiative group should be formed fordigitisation purposes with clear agenda,roadmap and responsibilities fixed. At times ithappens that Strategy and Innovation along withCIO decides on one technology for a businessfunction which do not take into account real lifesituation resulting in complete waste of moneyspent.

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business can not be done by one person. Takingall stakeholders on-board and ensuring theproduct meets expectation makes a lot of differ-ence. In any business, normally CIO, CFO,Business Head and Strategy & Innovation Headare relevant stakeholders for a high level deci-sion making process. Once the business decidesto go for technology solution, the real stakehold-ers are business users, technology team toensure that the product is in line with businessexpectation and it gets installed within theorganisation without any major change manage-ment. The whole process has to be coordinatedand require acceptance from all stakeholder.

Another important thing is digitisationshould also be done based on level of readiness.Say for example, if you plan for digitisation ofinvoicing function, it’s ideal and simple toremove print, sign and despatch steps. So youcan make invoice as per normal process, use anyof digital signing functionality using DigitalSignature (Dongle) or Aadhar Sign feature tosign and email the Invoice from your officialemail ID. This is very basic process but will helpthe organisation reduce at least five days of timeand cost of despatch and invoice printing to zeroand improve collection time.

�� ��������Globally, digitisation and using technology

solution has been a way of life. For example,while in India many businesses still do not usetechnology for invoicing, contract management,CRM and business operations work-flow, incountries like US, UK, Europe and Australia, thelevel of digitisation has been very high. The rea-son for this is high cost labour, availability of

skilled labour, value for technology and longterm business vision. Globally, businesses go forready SaaS products for CRM, ContractManagement Software, HRM Software and ERPunless the business is fairly big and has complexprocesses, which require specialised technologysolution. Even for those companies, they firststart with basic level of technology solution andgradually move to moderate and advance levelautomation.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has completelytransformed how businesses carry out their day-to-day tasks. Every aspect of business is gettingdigitised and digital channels have become thesole media of communication for some. Everybusiness was seemingly forced to accelerate itselfas the digital strategy was still a part of the cor-porate world that had the potential to become aprimary in the future. Businesses that werealready thriving seemed to have seamlessly con-verted their channels of communication onlineafter a point of time, yet most businesses are stillstruggling to keep up with the pace. Digitalworkplace has become the new normal.

This digital transformation in the coronialera caused businesses in almost all industries toleap over several hurdles in a short time. Itdemanded business owners familiarise them-selves with the digital world as quickly as possi-ble and forced them and their employees tolearn new skills on an alien medium. This on-going process has led to several changes in thework culture and team collaboration of busi-nesses.

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It is important for businesses to make surethat the working of the business can continuesmoothly. So certain ready solution which areuseful for key business function and easy todeploy can work really wonders. For example,board meeting management software havingvideo-conference facility in-built, provide sever-al benefits to the company and help it to flaw-lessly communicating amongst one another.Using these services could prove useful to com-panies in these uncertain times and can alsoallow people to support other upcoming busi-nesses. Same solution can be used to conductsenior management meeting or collaborativemeeting with stakeholders from multiple busi-nesses across geographies. These solutions canbe customised according to the company’s spe-cific needs, which can further improve the effi-ciency of the business.

Similarly, concerning the issue of physicaldocuments and digital documents, digitising thepaperwork is unavoidable. Replacing physicaldocuments has been an issue for a while now,

however, this is the perfect time for companiesto shift to electronic documents. Using digitaldocuments also help reduce the spread of covidand ensure a safer working environment.

To improve efficiency in this aspect as well,companies can use solutions such as ContractLifecycle Management (CLM) as they can becustomised to fit the business and can greatlyimprove the working of the business by alertingthe business for any risks in the contract. ACLM software allows an organisation to manageall its contracts on cloud and easily communi-cate with all its stakeholders in one place. Suchsoftware are not only necessary in this coronialera, but can improve productivity and profitabil-ity of a business.

Digitisation of businesses has significantpositive outcomes for businesses. Digital busi-nesses empower employees through transparen-cy, learning opportunities, and open communi-cation. If the communication channels are wellorganised and are familiarised with the work-force, it can allow everyone involved in the com-pany to be informed about the decision with justone click.

Unlike the usage of emails as we did pre-corona, a communication channel allow infor-mation to be without any disruption. Employeescan be anywhere in terms of location but theycan collaborate and discuss using meeting toolslike Zoom, Microsoft Team or Google Meet.The concept of office is slowly fading away. Thecost elements have changed and spending ismore into digital assets like software solution forbusiness function, cloud storage, cyber security,data protection insurance cost is being replacedfor earlier cost elements such as infrastructurecosts, rental, office maintenance cost, travel costetc.

Usage of the previously mentioned servicesinvolving board meeting management can alsoensure that all members are kept up to date withthe workings of the business. Moreover, toreplace the informal interactions that took placein the workplace, workers can virtually talk inthe middle of meetings to discuss their achieve-ments and how they have been adjusting to theworld after the pandemic. Since they are not inthe physical workplace, they can also take breaksto interact with their family, which could easetheir mental stress in between meetings.

The whole concept of digitisation has to beimbibed into the DNA of the organisation andshould be embraced across. If senior manage-ment does not get accustomed to digital plat-forms and expects the whole organisation toadopt digital platforms to perform office work, itwill be highly inefficient and ineffective. If busi-nesses are successfully able to implement thesechanges and utilise this digital transformation, itcan help them improve team collaboration andsupport the work culture.

The writer is CEO & Founder, Volody

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Lord Ram is not only a religious symbol. He today epit-omises a cultural renaissance that was long overdue. TheIndian subcontinent, the Aaryavrat, has been one of the

most invaded lands in the history of the world. The resultwas a civilisation battered, a culture desecrated and a psy-che bruised. Ancient India was a prosperous society and anacclaimed seat of learning. But the many onslaughts by for-eign invaders impoverished the rich Indian land and cul-ture. The continued subjugation of the country at the handsof Mongols and Moguls and subsequently the Europeans,particularly the British ingrained a deep rooted inferioritycomplex in the Indian minds. Centuries of alien ruledestroyed the richness of the civilisation to such an extentthat most Indians considered themselves to be a second ratecitizenry born only to be ruled. There was a deliberate designin the plundering and destruction of the places of religiousworship by the alien Islamic invaders. They wanted to estab-lish the superiority of their own religion over that of theIndians and demoralise the people. The temples of India notonly possessed huge wealth, they also stood for the civilisa-tional and cultural pride. The later British conquest of India,though largely for economic and commercial purposes, fur-ther accentuated this trend, even if it was perpetrated far moresystematically and cleverly. They wanted a thoroughly demor-alised India for tightening the British strangle hold and con-tinued hegemony. All these alien rules left a lasting impacton the Indian psyche. For those who have reasons to agree,the elaborate account given by American Historian WillDurant as early as 1930 may suffice. The Case for India isan eye opener in which he describes the cruel and schem-ing British rule as a conscious and deliberate bleeding of India.Freedom from the colonial yolk did mark the birth of an inde-pendent nation but it did not heal the wounded psyche whichcontinued to carry the baggage of centuries old alien rule.Certain sections of the western press were also adding to thispsychological loading with their myopic stories. The indeli-ble mark of inferiority in their minds needed a strong cul-tural symbol to wipe this and boost the morale. After men-tal struggle of several decades post independence, the Indianpride could find a succor in Lord Ram. Restoring the nation-al pride is what leads to a cultural renaissance and Ram sym-bolises that. Ram and Ram Temple signify many things today.It is not about a Hindu God, it is a sustaining force, a meansto strengthen the Indian psyche that was awaiting a realisa-tion for a long time. However, it is important to understandthat Ram stood for universal values that are relevant not onlyto all generations but also to people across ethnic, social andeconomic backgrounds. Ram’s life was an example of ethicsin practice. Truth, compassion and love, and most impor-tantly, values driven leadership. Ram was an embodimentof Raj Dharma, a virtue that is almost non existent today. Itis important to understand what was Dharma in the eyesof Ram. Succinctly stated in Ram Charit Manas by GoswamiTulsidas, it is — par hit sarasi dharam nahi bhai. Which meansthe greatest religion is to serve others.

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Whether we admit or not, welive mainly to get pleasures.Pleasures are classified main-

ly in two ways. These are in the threemodes or beyond and whether gross orsubtle or superior. I will begin with theclassification according to the threemodes. These are: goodness passion anddarkness. Examples of pleasures underthese modes will clarify their differencesand advisability quite adequately.Beginning with the mode of goodness,these are my favourite activities? I loveto appreciate others, especially mygrandchildren; I look for any goodexcuse. Eating tasty foods and listeningto good music comes next. In these daysof forced isolation, I enjoy the rich greenthe nature has blessed us with due toreduced pollution levels. Playing sportswas my favourite activity. I found theexperience very satisfying.

The mode of passion allows ussome pleasures. Creatively is high on mylist. As I spend a lot of time alone withonly God for my company, I try to man-age my life with small innovations.Reading literature is next on my list. Inmy case, I love The Gita. Good sleepmakes me feel very good. Feeding birdsin my balcony by leaving biscuit piecesin an earthen pot makes me feel verygood. I enjoy the company of the birds.

The pleasures, which are in themode of darkness, should be keptaway from self; I will not go anywherenear them. Illicit sex destroys families;the momentary pleasure exacts a veryheavy price. Eating meats, which is verymuch in news because of the possibil-ity of some meat being the origin of theCoronavirus pandemic, should berestricted in any case if we wish to saveour forests. Growing grains in order toobtain one fifth its weight in meat makes

zero sense to me. Gambling is a plea-sure best avoided. Are we not trying tograb someone’s money? Cruelty is abehaviour not fit for human beings. Andthe last example is drinking, which ruinsfamily finances and health; covers theconscience temporarily.

Now let me turn to examples ofgross and subtle pleasures. Starting withgross ones, preaching to devotees pleas-es the Lord greatly. (The Gita 18.68-69)Doing ‘satsang’ in the company of spir-itually-minded people is highly bene-ficial. Lots of what I have learned is inthe company of my learned friend Mr.Jha. Making sacrifice like parents do allthe time; don’t they put the needs oftheir children about theirs? Similarly,‘paropakar’, which is doing good deedskeeps the world going. The last exam-ple is personal, that is selling our bookin World Book-Fairs. I have picked outfive examples of subtle pleasures. Theseare: the feeling of purity, pride in beingdutiful/useful, control over the mindand the senses, love from others andtrust of others.

Let me end the article with five

examples of beyond the modes orsuperior pleasures. At the top of the listare responses from God, which devo-tees receive. It will be almost impossi-ble to go on the ‘tapasya’ path withoutadequate encouragement from God. Heis extremely kind to me; invariably, I getdaily communication from my master.Similar is my Lord’s mercy in empow-ering me to write spiritual texts; I fre-quently get surprised by what has beenwritten after I finish. Peacefulness mustbe part of the superior pleasures,because without peace there is no bliss— the ultimate ‘sukha’ (pleasures).(2.66) The last example is of makingprogress of the spiritual kind, whichcontinues in future lives. (6.43-45)

I hope this covering of wide spec-trum of pleasures will bring clarity aboutthem, and the false nation that sensepleasures are the only ones can be givenup. Superior pleasures are available andof many kinds. Then, why seek lowerones, many of them whom bring neg-ative results?(������������������1�$������� �!��;����!��

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Meditation allows us tothink of our past withpeace, our present withpassion, and our futurewith prayerfulness. It’s a

daily sanctuary, wherein we can makesincere efforts, to allow the mostauthentic version of our Self to unrav-el. It’s the authenticity of this Self thatmakes its strength and ingenuity effort-less. Beyond the Self, it’s not just aboutcoming home to the Cosmos, theSource, but about making the journeyinspirational for others around us,too.

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It helps with a significant aspect ofdaily practice — that of being able toassimilate a thought, idea, and/ormemory without an emotional ‘charge’attached to it. This is easier said thandone. But, it is doable, one step at a time.Then, one day, we find that we’re ableto adopt meditative stillness as a wayof being, when the situation calls for it,quite effortlessly.

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The experience: Samsara — TheWorld Within is a tranquil fountain-head of guided meditation practicesentwined with skills-based learning.Founder-enabler Shikha Puri’s endeav-our is to bring awareness to one’s ownjourney, that one decides to embark

upon. She says, “Stillness is a momentthat can last a few seconds, minutes oreven longer. It’s a moment of realisation,and we can call it our oneness with thepower of the Universe. It helps us realisethat there is so much more than us andthere’s so much more over us. All of this— Nature’s abundance, and its ownpowers — humbles us. That way, evenin nothingness, there is something.”

Shikha describes meditation not asthe end, but the journey, the process,leading us. She elaborates: “In amoment, even for a second, when wecan feel the oneness with the Source,meditation happens itself and there isstillness.”

The approach: Assimilating athought, experience, and/or relatedmemory, without the emotional ‘charge,’is not about forceful detachment.Rather, it entails reconciling with theemotional ‘charge.’ Here’s a brief anec-dote to explain: I drew Tarot cards fora friend recently. He called me wise forthe manner in which I interpretedthem. I said, “wisdom comes from hav-ing been a fool for a very long time.”

It’s the same with meditative still-ness! Attempting it is easier, when weaccept, and embrace, the high-octanechaos of our existence. In doing so, we’reable to segregate what we need as a life-lesson, from what we need to let go of,because it may have run its course.

The process at work: As is the casewith all authentic forms of spiritual self-work, we find self-introspection at the

heart of meditation, and meditative still-ness. The subsequent mental chatter,though potentially excruciating, helpsus familiarise ourselves with the poten-cy of the emotional ‘charge.’ And,while this ‘charge’ is going through us,it teaches us many things about who weare, who we thought we were, and whowe can be. This combination of aware-ness and remembrance that makesmeditation personal, and sacred.

The ease or difficulty in arrivingat meditative stillness: Zorian Cross(the ‘modern Merlin,’ as I call him) isa tarot reader, astrologer, numerologist,and psychic channel. He’s also a certi-fied ashtanga/vinyasa yoga instructor.

Zorian asserts that stillness isn’t forthe unethical anarchists of chaos, andhe further explains union with the Self,through the practice of Asanas andPranayama: “The body is constantlyabuzz with trillions of cells and sub-atomic particles that are beaming withlife, while the mind is bombarded byinfinite thoughts on a conscious andsubconscious level. Perhaps that’s whyto achieve stillness, Patanjali laid out theeight limbs — Ashtanga — the first twobeing Yamas and Niyamas that containfive personal ethics to follow strictly,along with five societal rules to abideby. To get the body to be seated in still-ness, a regular Asana practice is a must.Only once that’s achieved, can wepractice the art of Pranayama to still themind. Some say that it takes five timeslonger to still the mind through

Pranayama than it takes to still the bodywith Asana.”

Practice that focuses on the powerof meditative stillness: Mini Shastri,founder of Om Yoga Shala Delhi, witha teaching experience of over twodecades, is also a wellness consultantand columnist. Her teachings areshaped by her vast travel and study withMasters from Kerala, Bengaluru,Mysuru, Chennai, and U.S.A. You canstudy and teach with Mini on herretreats. The focus is on living tech-niques — with daily Yoga, Pranayam,Meditation, cleansing Kriyas, along withcurated diets.

She explains the daily strength andnourishment we can derive from sin-cere practice succinctly, and so beau-tifully. “Your mat, your sadhna, andyour tapas will be your guru always,”she always reminds, gently.

On the subject of recommendedmethods she says, “Some easy medita-tion practices like So Ham breathmantra, Tratak, Om Japa meditation,and Kaya Stairam (cultivating stillnesswith presence in the body) are a greatway to pull in a fragmented mind(vikshepa) or distractions towardsmeditative stillness.”

Mini shares that striving to attainmeditative stillness is about workingtowards and creating a correct innerenvironment, to enter internal practicesfor the mind (Antaranga Sadhna) thatare more helpful to meditation, so ourmind/body lends itself naturally tomake meditation more spontaneousand joyous.

Choosing a suitable time to prac-tice stillness in meditation: Miniadvises, “It’s best to take advantage ofthe shifting qualities of the morningsor sunsets. According to Ayurveda andour body’s clock, we need to adjust ouractions to counteract the innate qual-ities of this time. Dawn and dusk are anatural time of change — transforma-tional, with shifting energies, resultingin fruitful meditation. The quiet stabil-ity of a meditation practice may alsoserve to counteract the potentiallyanxiety-producing aspect of change, ofthis time of day.”

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It is possibly right that “the happiest peo-ple we find today live on Facebook”. Thepleasure-filled acts, and the smiles on

every face, had made this social media plat-form a place to take shelter when every-thing around seems to be crumbling. Trueor not, humans seek happiness and pursueit all the time. It’s a state when one fulfillsone’s expectations, and craving is satisfied.Humans have linked happiness to pleasureand all efforts are being directed towardderiving pleasure to achieve this elusivehappiness.

Unfortunately, this happiness neverlasts. Probably because “perpetual blisswould completely undermine our will toaccomplish anything at all — that’s why per-fect contentment has probably been evolvedout of us”. Maybe, we are programmed to bedissatisfied all the time, and this may betrue as even after thousands of discoursesand hundreds of books with the goal ofincreasing well-being, we aren’t happier.

Does this mean we do not have trulyhappy people or communities around us?Take the example Amish people. A commu-nity living in parts of the United States andCanada and following a traditionalChristian church which dictates all aspectsof their day-to-day living, including prohi-bitions or limitations on the use of power-line electricity, television, telephones andautomobiles, as well as regulations on cloth-ing. The Amish value rural life, manuallabour, and humility, all under the auspicesof living what they interpret to be theirGod’s word. This group, by sheer willpower, has resisted the global culture. Theymarry in their own community and contin-ue to have six to seven children. Between1992 and 2017, the Amish populationincreased by 149 percent, a figure notrecorded in any society in modern history.While the population of indigenous tribesin all continents are on a drastic decline.

Amish children are found to be “obedient,content and remarkably happy”, and the rea-son was solely the way these children werebrought up holding on to certain values. Itseems simple life cues, just like in the goodold days, seemed to work in their commu-nities. They are taught to practice forgive-ness by understanding that “making a mis-take is not the end of the world”, and to usetheir own creativity to amuse themselves toavoid boredom.

Probably withdrawing membershipfrom the modern world is one good way toopen a path toward happiness. Talks on giv-ing it all up and heading to the mountainsseem a way out. It is true modernity hassent us into a depressive state, but whyblame modernity? In fact, modernity hasalso opened countless routes to happiness. Ithas laid more choices in front of us thanever before. Though the drive to attainmaterial wealth and physical pleasureremain a predominant activity for the mass-es as a way to happiness, a growing list ofindividuals are giving up their fortune andfuture to take to alternative living, new

careers, and expressing alternative behaviorto seek happiness.

Choosing to travel in car pools, living incommunes, in remoteness, living as a virtu-al being, expressing homosexual prefer-ences, accepting a pet as family, using cryp-to-currency, and thinking of life on anotherplanet are a growing trend. Modernity pro-vides such possibilities and opportunitieswith reversibility, a point toward an alterna-tive way to happiness. In fact, individuals orcommunities can be happy and free fromtussle if they set a boundary to their desiresand guard it mindfully. Modernity is nevera stumbling block in this.

Our natural state may not be mere seek-ing of happiness. Our natural state is possi-bly “being awake, aware, and feeling ourfeelings in their fullness”. To be in this state,it requires the willingness to feel everything,at maximum intensity. This they call it “joyof living”.

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ood is invariably auniversal connec-tor — however,experiencing andsharing-in thefood of a different

land is a very personal expe-rience.

As early merchants andtravellers navigated theglobe, they not only boughtback home goods and ideas,but also recipes, spices andedible ingredients, whichthey then customized andfurther cultivated.

Interestingly, SouthAfrica’s delicious signaturedish — the Bunny Chow(also simply known as the‘bunny’), has Indian origins.The dish consists of a hol-lowed-out loaf of whitebread filled with meat orvegetable curry. This dish,though rare in India, isextremely popular with thelocals of the RainbowNation. In fact, each year inSeptember the ‘Bunny Chow

Barometer’, which attractsnumerous entrants fromacross the Durban Metroregion to compete for thetitle of top bunny maker, isheld in Durban.

Other delicacies include,traditional African foodcooked over an open fire orin a three-legged pot (orpotjie), morogo (type of wildspinach), chakalaka (a spicyrelish served alongside amain course), and the ubiq-uitous boerewors roll (a vari-ety of spicy sausage).

Vegetarians will find awide range of appetizingfood options such as vegbobotie (a national dish ofSouth Africa, which is a deli-cious mixture of curried veg-etables, spices, fruits andnuts with a creamy goldentopping, that add to its com-plex flavor), pampoenkoekie(light, fluffy and literallymelt in your mouth pump-kin fritters) and pap tart(Pap, also known as

mieliepap, is the Afrikaansword for porridge, typicallyprepared with corn-maize).

Before the coronaviruspandemic resulted in shut-ting down of borders, SouthAfrican food trails werehugely popular among visi-tors. In South Africa, a typi-cal food trail would includea few must-have experienceslike wine tasting, BunnyChow sampling, coffee tast-ing at a local roaster, walking

tours of food gardens, visitsto ethical butcheries, spiceshops and quaint chocolatefactories.

Since a significant numberof Indian travellers are vege-tarian, South Africa offers avegetarian adaption/varia-tion to nearly every localSouth African dish, whetherit is Bunny Chow or the tra-ditional braai — this res-onates well with Indian trav-ellers on food trails.

With the rise of halal consciousness, the destina-tion has also increasedefforts to make restaurantsacross the food trail halalfriendly. Wine, and winetrails in particular, have alsobecome an enormous part ofthe South African experi-ence.

We can’t wait for bordersto open, and for us to havean authentic South Africandining experience!

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1������+��!1B)���������+�!'''I was not passionate aboutacting in my childhood. Ialways used to feel that myelder and younger sisters werethe good looking ones and thatI wasn’t beautiful or attractive. Iwas more into education.

?���1������&&����3��C���������'''When I was in Class 8 or 9,filmmaker T Rajendar garu sawme while I was walking to myfriend’s place near Vani Mahal.He stopped me on the road andasked about my whereabouts,interests, and where I lived. Heasked me if I was interested inacting. I didn’t respond then.The next day when I told thisin my school, my teachers gotexcited and asked me why Ididn’t say yes. I didn’t knowhow successful a filmmaker TRajendar garu was then. After Ifinished my +1, I was surprisedto see him at my home alongwith his assistant. He told myparents it would be nice if I actin his upcoming film. My par-ents left the choice to me. That’show I ended up in films. It wasa shocker to me. I never

thought Iwould act.

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I always wanted to be a doc-tor as a child. I took up BiPC inmy 11th standard. Five daysinto the course, we were takento the lab for our practicals. Wewere asked to pin a cockroachfor dissection. I ran from thelab and landed in my principal’sroom and started crying. I toldher I couldn’t dissect the cock-roach and pleaded with her toshift my group. I ended up do-ing commerce. But as a child, Iwas very passionate aboutbecoming a doctor. God isgreat I got married to a doctor. ������;+�!)���+���;�����9����"�����'''

There were other reasons forme to choose acting as my full-time career. My father produ-ced a film and we lost a lot ofmoney on it. We were goingthrough a rough patch then.Funding our education toobecame difficult for my father. I

used to be the last person topay my fee in the class. Tomake some money to help myfamily, I took up acting. Since Iwas introduced by T Rajendar,forget about my acting skills, Iwas signed by other productionhouses for 10 other films beforehis movie was even released.

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In one of my Tamil films,Rajasekhar garu was one of theheroes. That’s when I first sawhim. I heard he was a doctorand that naturally carried akind of respect towards him.We shot for one day and thenext day he disappeared.

Three days later, he wasreplaced by another actor.Thalambralu happened rightafter this film. When I met himon the sets, I asked why he quitthe other film. The director andproducer of the Tamil filmasked Rajasekhar garu how hefound me. He said, she ishomely and might not suit thecharacter. So the directorreplaced him instead of me inthe film (laughs). Rajasekhargaru and I became good friendsduring the making ofThalambralu, later our friend-ship grew and we fell in love. *�$���������9!�����+���)�������'''

We had a lot of issues fromRajasekhar garu’s family. Hismom didn’t approve of ourmarriage. She agreed to himacting on one condition that heshouldn’t get married to anactress. He comes from a well-read family of doctors, lawyers,and engineers at home. SinceRajasekhar garu didn’t want togo against his mother, we wait-ed for quite a long time before

we tied the knot. He struggled alot to convince his mother. Heeven met some other girls as hismother wanted. During such aphase, he met with a majoraccident during the making ofMagadu. His parents were outof town then. I stayed with himin the hospital. By the time hisparents got back, the surgerywas done. Everything changedwithin this one month and hisparents started liking me. They took me to their housedirectly from the hospital and Istarted living with my in-lawseven before my marriage. Atthe same time, I lost my father.After staying with his parentsfor almost a year, we got mar-ried in 1991. My marriageremains the most emotional

moment in my life.

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I am a very friendly mother.I don’t believe in strict parent-ing. We should compare ourmindset with our children

when you are at their age. Rightfrom education to clothing tofood, you have to think aboutthem from their point of view.Unless they experience, theywill not learn. Of course thereare some things they shouldnot experience. One shouldbuild a friendly relationshipwith one’s children to makethem understand that somethings are wrong and are betteravoided. If you build a vacuumwhere they feel your parentsdon’t understand you, they starthiding stuff from you. I strong-ly believe we should create afriendly space where they candiscuss and share anything andeverything with us. I wouldlove to give this advice to all theparents out there.

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