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PRIME MINISTER NARENDRAModi on Saturday launched arural public works scheme—Garib KalyanRojgarAbhiyaan— aimed at providing liveli-hoodopportunities to lakhsofmigrantworkerswhoreturnedto their native villages duringtheCovid-19lockdownperiod.With the formal launch of thescheme,fromTeliharvillageinKhagaria district of Bihar viavideoconferencing,asmanyas67 lakh workers in 116 dis-tricts spread across six statesare expected to be engaged inremunerativeemploymentforover fourmonths.The schemeinvolvesgovernmentexpendi-ture of a massive `50,000crore, without muchadditional budgetary cost, asmost of the funds are to bepooled in from outlays for 25existingschemes.

The idea is to use thescheme to pre-empt a ruraldistress and at the same timeexpedite rural public worksand asset creation. The fundswillbeusedtobuildgrampan-chayat bhawans, anganwadicentres, national highways,

railwayfacilities and forwaterconservation projects. Thepublic works to be taken upinclude ruralhouses,drinkingwater-and-sanitation andrural roads.

Launching the mission-modescheme,Modilaudedthecontributionofpeoplefromvil-lages infightingthepandemic.

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MALLICAJOSHINewDelhi, June 20

AFTER A STRONG pushbackfrom the Aam Aadmi Partygovernment,whichincludedastormy meeting Saturday,Delhi Lieutenant GovernorAnil Baijal said only thoseCovid-19 patientswho do notrequire hospitalisation andwho do not have facilities forhome isolationwill have to goto institutional quarantinecentres.Theywill,however,bereferred to Covid care centresforassessmentof clinical con-ditions, severity of illness andco-morbidities.

“Simultaneously, physicalassessment will also be donewhetheradequate facilities forhome isolation likeminimumtwo rooms and separate toiletexists so that the familymem-bers and neighbours are pro-tected and a cluster of casesdoes not develop in that local-ity.Ifadequatefacilityforhomeisolationexists,and thepersononclinicalassessmentdoesnotrequire hospitalisation, he

wouldbeoffered toeithercon-tinue to stay in Covid centre/paid isolation facility (hotelsetc),or can opt forhome isola-tion,”theLGsaidinastatement.

Baijal,whoheads theDelhiDisasterManagementAuthor-ity,hadpassedanorderonFri-day,making five-day institu-tional quarantinemandatoryfor everyone, irrespective ofwhether theyhave symptoms

or not.The Delhi governmenthad vehemently opposed theorder, asking why it was theonly state being subjected tothis decision and also raisingissues of infrastructure andreluctance to get tested thattheorderwouldgive rise to.

The decision to reverse theL-G’s Friday order was takenSaturday evening. At noon, ameeting of the DDMA wascalledandwasattendedbyBai-jal,DelhichiefministerArvindKejriwalanddeputychiefmin-ister Manish Sisodia, amongothermembers.Whennocon-sensuswasreachedduringthemeeting,itwassuspendedandanothercalledat5pm.

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Delhi cases: Institutionalquarantine order revoked

● PM launchesscheme topre-empt ruraldistress, expediterural publicworks

● Only for thosewho don’t needhospitalisationand don’t havefacilities at home

REYAMEHROTRANewDelhi, June 20

ASWITH MANYnewnormals,whichwe are getting used to,the ubiquitous masks arebeing seen as more than justfaceprotectors.Severalfashionhouses have turned them intoaccessories,while brands areusing them as branding tools.After all, nothing could bemore inyourface!

Replacing the typical capsand T-shirts, masks today arepowerful billboards for brandlogos. From global names likeDisney, Nike, Louis Phillipe,Tommy Hilfiger, Wildcraft,Puma,Adidas,BananaRepublic,OutdoorVoices,to local brandsstamping masks with theirlogos, it’s branding at itsmostblatant. Not only clothingbrands,but sports leagues likeMajorLeague Soccer,NationalHockeyLeague,andmassmediacompanieslikeWarnerBroshavetheirownbrandedmasks.BrightmasksbyDisneyandOldNavy

areahitglobally,withstylishandfun colours. Disney’s masks,favourites amongchildrenandteens,feature its characters likeBabyYoda,Elsa,MickeyandMin-nieMouse,theAvengers,etc.

BackinIndia,atriptoMum-bai’sEsselWorldwillalsoensurethemed masks for each of itsparks.PareshMishra,seniorvice-president, sales & marketing,EsselWorldLeisure,aMumbai-

based amusement and leisurepark,says,“Wehavemasks forEsselWorld,WaterKingdomandEsselWorldBirdPark,whichhavebeen designed by our internalcreative teams.” He adds that

brandedmasks are anadditiontotheirothermerchandiseliket-shirts and caps. “Masks are anecessity these days and sincetheyarewornon the face,theyhavemorevisibility.”

Skincare brand Skinella isoffering free branded maskswith a purchaseworth Rs 400or more. Says Dolly Kumar,founder & director of CosmicNutracos Solutions,Skinella’sparent company, “Our masksreflect our product ethos ofvibrant and colourful fruits.Since protective masks are amust,thebrandisofferingcrit-ical personal protection in arenditionthatthenew-agecon-sumerswouldenjoywearingasadistinctstylestatement.”

Goa based NinoshkaAlvares E Delaney, owner ofNinoshkaIndia, a fashionbrand that sells through e-commerce website Etsy, saystheyareofferingcoordinatingmaskswith theiroutfits.

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■ Masks are the latestbranding tools. FromDisney, Nike to localbrands, all want theirlogos on them

■ Replacing caps andT-shirts, masks todayare powerful billboardsfor brand logos

Amazon,BigBasketto deliverliquor inBengalPRESSTRUSTOF INDIAKolkata, June 20

E-COMMERCEGIANTAMAZONandAlibaba-backedBigBaskethave got approval to deliverliquor inWest Bengal, accord-ingtoadocument.Onlinegro-cery platform BigBasket saidthiswillbethecompany’s firstforay into the country’s liquordelivery segment. The clear-ance also signals Amazon'sentry into the space, likely forthe first in India.

State-ownedWest BengalState Beverages Corporation(BevCo) invited the two com-panies to sign the agreementsfor empanelment for homedeliveryafterfindingthemeli-gible,asperanoticedatedJune19.BevCo, the solewholesalerof liquor inWest Bengal, alsoinvited two Kolkata-basedcompanies — Senrysa Tech-nologies and Golden GoenkaCommerce—forthesigningofagreements.

Asked when BigBasketwouldstartoperations,itsCEOHariMenontoldPTI,“I cannotconfirmnowhowsoonwewillstart,butyes itwill be the firstforthecompany.”

Amazon did not commentontheapproval.FoodorderingplatformsZomatoandSwiggyhavealreadystarteddeliveringalcohol in West Bengal withKolkata and Siliguri after get-ting the required approvals,followed by the signing ofagreements.

RetailerSpencer'sandHip-Barhavealso joinedthe frayasthegovernmentallowedhomedelivery of alcohol to reducefootfall at stores amid thecoronavirusoutbreak.

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PMOclarifiesModi’s remarks thatnooneentered Indian territory

THE PMOON Saturday called as “mischievousinterpretation" the criticism over Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's remarks at an all-partymeeting that no one has entered Indian

territory or captured any military postwhile referring tothe GalwanValley clash in eastern Ladakh, reports PTI. In astatement, the Prime Minister's Office said the focus ofModi's remarks at the meeting on Fridaywas the events ofJune 15 at Galwan that led to the loss of lives of 20 Indianmilitary personnel.

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Reeling in realityCannes film festival may have been

cancelled this year, but it has

nevertheless assembled a compelling

2020 official selection list

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Alongstreak of redSelected excerpts

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The plastic challengeWeareprotectingourselveswith

plasticPPEkits. Butwehave tosave

theplanetaswellPage4

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WHILETHEANTI-CHINAsenti-ment is high across the coun-try, especially for made inChinaproducts,aboycott,andanimmediateoneatthat isfarfromfeasible.

Firstly, if the governmentbuckles under the pressure ofthe rising chorus to boycottChinese products by raisingimportdutiesonthem,it istheconsumers who will feel thehardest pinch as prices willincrease for a host of items

ranging frommobile phones,smart TVs to cars. Even if sev-eraloftheseproductsareman-ufactured in thecountry,theircomponents are eitherimported from China or thevendors of the final productsare dependent on China fortheirsupply.

Industry executives agree

that in several casesalternativescanbesourcedordomestic capabilities canbe created, but these wouldtake time.

For instance, though auto-mobile companies likeMarutiSuzukidonotimportanythingfromChina,theirvendorsdosobysourcingcomponents fromthere. The market size of theauto components industry isto the tune of $57 billion andChinese share in it would beabout25%.

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ONTHE JOB■Workers in 116 districtsspread across six states areexpected to be engagedfor over fourmonths

■Most of the funds are tobe pooled in from outlaysfor 25 existing schemes

■ Fundswill be used tobuild panchayat bhawans,anganwadi centres,national highways, railwayfacilities and forwaterconservation projects

■ The publicworks to betaken up include houses,drinkingwater andsanitation and rural roads

Say China inseparablelink for small parts andcomponents, especiallyfor IT, phone sectors

Branding that’s in your face, literally

Glenmark launchesCovid drug at `103 per tabNEW DELHI, JUNE 20: Drugfirm GlenmarkPharmaceuticals on Saturdaysaid it has launched antiviraldrug Favipiravir, under thebrand name FabiFlu, for thetreatment of patients withmild tomoderateCovid-19at a

price of about `103 per tablet.The drug will be available as a200 mg tablet at a maximumretail price (MRP) of `3,500 fora strip of 34 tablets, GlenmarkPharmaceuticals said.FabiFlu isthe first oral favipiravir-approved medication in India

for the treatment of Covid-19,it said in a statement. Thetablets are being produced bythe company at its Baddifacility in Himachal Pradesh.The drug will be available boththroughhospitalsandtheretailchannel,Glenmark said.

AREINDIAANDChinaatthebeginningofa newand contentious era? So it seems.In chapter 1, Chinese troops stealthilyintruded a few kilometres into Indianterritory—withoutbeingdetected—andoccupiedkeypointsintheGalwanValley,Hot Springs andPangongTso. The face-offonMay5-6broughttolighttheintru-sion. In chapter 2, on the night of June15-16, Chinese troops clashed withIndian troops leaving 20men dead onthe Indian side;80soldierswere injuredand10weretakenprisonerandreleasedon June18.The India-China border— or Line of

ActualControl (LAC)—hasbeensimmer-ingsincethe1962war,butthis is thefirstoccasion since1975when liveswere lost.Toholdthepeacefor45yearswasnomeanachievement.UnderMrModi'swatch,thattenuouspeacehasbeenshattered.

Afalse narrativeThe narrative that theModi govern-

menthadassiduouslybuilt inthelastsixyears was absolutely false. That MrNarendraModi, then the chiefministerofGujarat,wasafavouriteoftheChinese,who hosted him on four occasions; thatMrModi,unlike anyotherprimeminis-ter, visited China on five occasions,underscoring the special relationshipbetween the two countries; and thatMrModi andMrXi had a special chemistrybetween them as reflected in Wuhan(2018) andMahabalipuram (2019) - allthesewerepartofthefalsenarrative.Thebubbleburston June15-16.After the bloody confrontation and

lossoflives,Indiaremainedconciliatory.TheMEAput out aweak statement thatread"...a violent face-off happened as aresult of an attempt by the Chinese sidetounilaterallychangethestatusquo...allIndian activities were on its side of theLACanditisexpectedthesameofChina".The Chinese counter was swift andaggressive.ThePLAsaid"thesovereigntyof the GalwanValley region has alwaysbelonged to China"and China's ForeignMinister admonished India to "stop allprovocative actions........The Indian sidemustnotunderestimateChina'sfirmwillto safeguard territorial integrity."

Intelligence failureThere aremany theories aboutwhy

China acted in themanner it did inMaythisyear.Thescaleoftheintrusionpointsto careful planning over severalmonths-maybegoingbacktoAugust2019whentheModi government changed the con-stitutional status of Jammu&Kashmir.The government either overlooked orbrushedaside (more likelythe latter) thefactthatChinahasbeeninoccupationofalargetractoflandinLadakhoverwhichit claims sovereignty; that it is buildingthe Belt and Road connect to PakistanthroughGilgit-Baltistanwhich is a partof Ladakh; and that it had objected toIndia constructing a feeder road to linkwith theDBO road on the Indian side oftheLAC.Chinamustalsohavetakennoteof the HomeMinister's statement thatAksaiChinwill bepartof India.It isasoberingthoughtthatIndiadid

notsuspectChina'sintentions.Ifanyonemust take theblame squarely for India'scomplacency, it is our external intelli-genceagenciesaswell asdefence intelli-gence agencieswhich have boots on theground in Ladakh. In a sense, it is anunforgivable repetition of Kargil, andespeciallyinexplicable inanageofsatel-lites and images and photographs

beamedregularlyfromspace.Thediffer-encebetweenKargilandtheGalwanVal-leyisthattheadversaryisnotabumblingPakistanbutawilyChina.InDepsang(2013),Indiataughtales-

son to China and Chinawithdrew com-pletely.InDoklam(Bhutan,2017),Chinalearned a valuable lesson about India'sstrengths and weaknesses. India cele-brated thewithdrawal of some Chinesetroopsfromthetri-junction,butmeeklyacquiesced in the structures built byChina on the Doklam plateau, and theChinese are ensconced till date in theDoklamplateau!

MrModi's errorTheChineseareapplyingtheDoklam

lesson to the Galwan Valley and will,eventually, apply it to PangongTso and

the area between Finger 4 (the LACaccordingtoChina)andFinger8(theLACaccording to India).Therewas anoppor-tunity to avoid the GalwanValley loss.Immediately after the Corps Comman-ders-level negotiations on June 6, MrModi shouldhavedialledMrXi andper-suadedMrXitoagreetoacommonread-outbybothsidesendorsing theoutcomeofthenegotiations.MaybethetragedyofJune15-16wouldnothavehappened.ItwasagraveerroronthepartofMrModi.MrModi's dream that the 21st cen-

turywill be a China-India ledAsian cen-tury is practically over. It is obvious thatMrModi did not take a correctmeasureof MrXi.WhetherMrXi took a correctmeasure ofMrModi is amatterof spec-ulation.The two leaders cannot be closefriends again.They can still do business

andsignone-step-at-a-timeagreementsin themanner thatMrNarasimha Rao,MrVajpayee and DrManmohan Singhdidwiththeircounterparts inChinaandkeep the peace on the 4,056-kilometreborderthat includes theLAC.It iscertainthattherewillbenomore

'summits'or'swings'. Itwill be just hard-nosed negotiations. It will be useful forMrModitorememberwhatSaintThiru-valluvarsaidover2,000yearsago:"Fate'sstrength, one's strength, the adversary'sstrength, allies' strength, weigh allthese and decide your course of action"(Kural 471).

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Rashtriya Janta Dal leaderTejashwiYadav lays awreath on the coffins of Bihar Regiment soldierswhoweremartyred inthe face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh's GalwanValley, at Jai Prakash NarayanAirport in Patna PTI

Riding high,but riderInModi1.0,RajnathSinghwasfairlyinvisiblethoughheheldthekeyHomeAffairsportfolioandwasthesenior-mostCabinetminister.ArunJaitleywasusuallyinthespotlightongovernmentissuesandAmitShahonthepoliticalfront.AtthestartofModi2.0,AmitShahasHomeMinisterprojectedalargerthanlifeimage.ButinFebruarythisyear,ShahseemedtohavegoneonatemporaryhiatusandSinghdidmostofthetalkingonbehalfofthegovernment,whetheronthelockdown,themigrantproblem,theIndia-ChinaconfrontationorIndia-Nepalrelations.PoliticalobserversweresurprisedthatSinghwasevenincludedintheGroupofMinistersontheCovid-19crisis.Byvirtueofhisseniority,Singhautomaticallychairedthekeycommittee,thoughepidemicmanagementfallsundertheHomeMinistry.Singhmaybepoliticallyfarmorerelevanttodaythanbefore,butthedangerofbeingpushedupwardsisthathecanalsobeaconvenientscapegoat.

Pawarful rumblingsTHEoutsourcingoftheadministrationofMaharashtratobureaucratsbyChiefMinisterUddhavThackerayhasinfuriatedhisalliancepartnersandsomeinhisparty.TheCMisseldomtobeseenathisofficeorofficialresidence,andisnotavailableonthephoneafter11pm.HeclearsfilesonlyaftertheChiefSecretary'sapproval.FrustratedCongressstateleadersmaymakethemostnoisebutthemantowatchisSharadPawar.TheNCPleaderhasobjectedmorethanoncetotheCM'sovercautiousbureaucraticapproach.Forinstance,theCMwantedtodelaytheresumptionofdomesticflightstoMumbai,hencethecontradictorymessagesemanatingfromMumbaitoairlinesforthefirsttwodaysafterflightsstarted.WhilePawarbelievestheonlywaytorevivetheeconomyistoliftthelockdown,Thackerayfavoursthebureaucracy'spleasforamoregradualreturntonormalcy.Thackeray'slackofpoliticalleadershipisseeninhisinabilitytoengagewithMumbai's industry,whichshouldhaveplayedamajorroleinorganisingreliefandhealthcare.AftertheNisargacyclone,ThackeraywentonasingleaerialsurveyofRaigaddistrict,whilethe79-yearoldPawar,acancersurvivor,madeagruellingroadtripofthedevastatedregion.

CryingwolfRajasthanChiefMinisterAshokGehlot'soperation'WolfWolf',wherehecartedCongressMLAstotheJWMarriottresort,Jaipur,forovera

weekwasnotbecausehefearedathreatfromtheBJPinengineeringdefectionsandsabotagingtheelectionoftheCongress'stwoRajyaSabhacandidates.UnlikeGujaratandMadhyaPradesh,wheretheCongressisvulnerable,thenumbersinRajasthanarestackedsquarelyinfavouroftheCongress.Thereare126MLAs,107fromtheCongressalone,supportingthegovernment.TheCongressneededjust101votesforbothitsRajyaSabhacandidatestoromphome.Gehlotlaidoutanelaborategameplan-summoningallpartyMLAstotheShivVilashotelonthepretextthathewasholdingameeting;keepingtheMLAsthereovernight;andthenextdaysendingthemhometopacktheirclothesashewassendingthemonaweek'ssojourn.IfGehlotwastrulysuspiciousofhisMLAshewashardlylikelytohavegiventhemadvancenotice!ThedramawasorchestratedbyGehlotsimplytopainthimselfastheCongresssaviourwiththeDelhihighcommandandundercuthisrival,DeputyCMSachinPilot,byinsinuatingdisloyalty.

What's in a nameIASofficerVKPandianhasbeenOdishaChiefMinisterNaveenPatnaik'sright-handmansince2011whenhewashisprivatesecretary.Pandian,infact,issopowerfulthatheisoftendescribedasthede-factorulerofthestate.Butthemiddle-rankIASofficercouldnothaveremainedalowlyPSforever.Hewaspromotedtothepostofsecretarylastyearandgiventhefancifuldesignationof'Secretaryof5Ts'.TheTsstandforTransparency,TeamWork,Technology,TimelinessandTransformation.Aworkaholic,Pandianstartshisdayat4amandkeepsaneyeonthefunctioningofallministriesonthegroundasthisfallswithintheambitofhisworkdescription.Hesitsinatallmajorgovernmentmeetingsanddoesmostofthetalking.

Age no barMembersofDelhi'sprestigiousIndia InternationalCentreweredelighted to learn that thecentrewas re-openingafterthe lockdown.Theelderlymemberswhoconsiderthemselves theCapital'sintellectual eliteoftenspendtheentiredaybrowsing the libraryorholdingaddasovertea,coffeeandsnacks.But the re-openingcamewitha rider.Thoseover65wereadvised to stayhome.Themeanageof themembers is around60.Take,forexample,the IIC life-timetrustees.Soli Sorabjee is90,NNVohra,84,KapilaVatsyayan,91,BNSrikrishna,79,andShyamSaran is73.Itwas subsequentlymadeclearthat theage restrictionwasmerelyanadvisory.

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AREUTERS PICTUREwas indeedwortha thousandwords.It capturedabanneron the road intoWythenshawe,aMan-chester suburb, which said:“RASHFORD1BORIS 0”.Football’s No.10 took on the United Kingdom’s No.10 andwon.Rashford,the22-year-oldManches-

ter United centre-forward, has hadbeen inspirational during the Covid-induced lockdown. He joined handswith FareShare, a charity, and raised£20million (andcounting) tohelppro-vide 3millionmeals for thevulnerablechildren.Then he took his fight to thegovernment, when the 10 DowningStreet decided that free vouchers forfamilies,whose children qualified forfree meals,wouldn’t continue outsideof ‘term time’. Rashford used Twitterand wrote an open letter to all MPs,imploring them to “find your human-ity”. He became the voice of 200,000

childrenwhowould have gone hungrywithout a U-turn fromBoris Johnson’sgovernment.Rashfordmade the hash-tag, #maketheUturn, trending. Heurgedhis followers to retweethis letterand tag their local MPs. “We aren’tbeaten yet, stand strong for the200,000 children who haven’t had ameal toeat todayandkeepretweeting,”hewrote.Rashford forced the government to

make a U-turn and set up a £120 mil-lion ‘Covid summer food fund’ thatwouldhelp feed1.3million children inEngland during the summer holidays.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calledthe move a “welcome U-turn”. PrimeMinister Johnson acknowledged thefootballer’s“contribution to thedebatearoundpoverty”.As forRashford,this iswhat hewrote onTwitter:“I don’t evenknowwhat to say. Just look at what wecan dowhenwe come together,THIS isEngland in 2020.” Rashford used thepower and influence of social media.Some people use it to post haircutvideos.Rashfordused it tochange lives.GrowingupatWythenshaweas one

of five children raised by a singlemother, Rashford has seen poverty atclose quarters.As a child, he relied onfree school meals.He knows the pangs

ofhunger.He ison£200,000-a-weekatUnitednow; akeyfigure inOleGunnarSolskjær’s regeneration project. Rash-

ford hasn’t forgotten his roots.At 22, Rashford has become a hero

and a role model. He has transcended

his sport andclubrivalries.“Children inour region will benefit because of theactions of this remarkable rolemodel,”United’s arch-rivals Liverpool tweeted,adding: “From Liverpool With Love.”United’s cross-townrivals,ManchesterCity, posted: “Fantastic work @Mar-cusRashford, making Manchesterproud.”Solskjærcalledmanaging theplayer

“an honour”. Interestingly, the Unitedmanager was asked about Rashford’spolitical ambition at a press confer-ence.“I don’t thinkMarcus is thinkingabout thispoliticallyorinanyotherwayapart fromhelpingpeople andhelpingkids. He is a good human being. Hewants to make a good change. It’s notabout him,”Solskjær replied.Rashford himself has made it clear

that politics was never on his mind.Addressing all MPs, he posted: “Thiswas never about me or you, this wasnever about politics, this was a cry outfor help from vulnerable parents allover the countryand I simplyprovideda platform for their voices to be heard.The wellbeing of our children shouldALWAYS be a priority.” Some peoplerevel in cynicism. They often targetfootballers for the “silly money” theyget. Intentionally or unintentionallythey tend to forget that a lot of foot-ballerswalk theextramile tomake thisworld a better place. JuanMata’s Com-mon Goal programme, in associationwith streetfootballworld, has already

donesomesignificantworktogeneratesocial change and improve people’slives in different continents. Mata isone of the nicest men in football,whouses the power of his sport to bring“sustainable social change”. And inRashford, United now have anotherfootballer, a youngster, who will getstanding ovations at every ground inEngland andbeyond,when fanswill beallowed to return to stadiums.Not many people know that Rashfordworks with UNICEF also to help theunderprivileged in Africa get access tocleanwater.SolskjærsummedupRash-ford’s impact.“Marcushasalwaysbeena great human being. Coming upthrough the Academy, I think the clubrecognised that early on and gave himchances. Of course we saw the talent,butyouneed tobea reallygoodhumanbeing as well to come all the waythrough that.He’s changed the lives ofso many kids this summer, which ismore important thananygameof foot-ball that he would probably play.”Theclub’s official App posted the Unitedmanager’s quotes.Rashfordhas set thebarsohigh that

it might be a challenge for him to liveuptoexpectationsall the time.Afterall,he is just 22 years old and peoplewanttheir heroes to be spotless. But Rash-ford has all the attributes to raise thebarevenhigher.As foryoungkidsaspir-ing to be footballers, they don’t needanotherhero.

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DangalAnotherAamirKhanmasterpiece,thisone talks about the role of a father inthe careerof his daughters.Themovieis based on the life ofGeeta Phogatwhowon India’s first goldmedal inwrestling in theCommonwealth gamesin2010and alsowas the first Indian

woman tohave qualified for theOlympic Summergames.MahavirSinghPhogat,a formerwrestler, trainshis daughters aswrestlers to fulfil hisdreamofwinning a goldmedal forhiscountry.Hedealswith the social stigmaofwomen inwrestling andpushes hisdaughters towards success byguiding

them.Themovie shows the sacrifices ofparents to see their childrenwin.

The Pursuit of HappynessThe2006movieisbasedonthelifeandstrugglesofChrisGardner,ahomelesssalesmaninthe1980swho,withoutawife,struggledtoraiseayoungson.In

1987,hefoundedhisownbrokeragefirmandisnowabusinessmanandmotiva-tionalspeaker.Theemotionalstoryrevolvesaroundhowhestrugglestostudy,workandmakessacrificestobringuphisonlysonduringthelowphaseofhis life.Gardner'srole isplayedbyWillSmith.Duringaparticularphase,hehas

nowheretogoandlooksforatemporarylodgingtohousehissonandhimself.

Bicycle ThievesThisoneisablack-and-white1948Italianmovie,butwiththousandsofemotionstoholdonto.Itrevolvesaroundapoorfathersearchingforhisstolenbicycle,hisonlysourceofincometosupporthisfamily,inapost-WorldWarII-erainRome.Hereportsittothepolice,buttonoavail.Heandhissonresorttofindingthebicyclethemselves,butwithslimchancesofrecovery.Heishighlyidealisedbyhissondespitehislowincomeandstruggles.

Father of the BrideThe father inFatherof theBride is a typi-cal fatherwhodoesnotwant togiveawayhisdaughteron learning that she is

gettingmarried.Heeventually learns tolivewithhis son-in-lawandrealises thathe’shappyifhisdaughter ishappy.The1991movie starredSteveMartin,DianeKeatonandKimberleyWilliams in theleadroles.Its sequelFatherof theBridePart IIwas released in1995.SteveMar-tinplays thepossessive father.

S T O R I E S A N D T R E N D S F R O M I N D I A A N D A R O U N D T H E W O R L D T H A T C A U G H T O U R F A N C Y

AFATHER’SDAYFIESTA

Today, on Father’sDay, there could benothing better thanto spend some qualitytimewith your dad.Why not rustle upsome popcorn andwatch amoviewithhim? Here is a listof some greatfather-themedmovies tomake theday evenmorespecial. Compiled byReyaMehrotra

VAISHALI DAR

TILLEARLIERTHISYEAR,weweremakinggoodprogressin the fight against climatechange,as countries acrosstheworldwerebanningsin-

gle-use plastic items like bags, cups,straws, takeaway containers, etc. Butthenthecoronaviruscrisiscameknock-ingonourdoorsandwegotintroducedtopersonalprotectiveequipment(PPE)kits,whichincludegoggles,faceshields,masks,gloves,coveralls,orgowns,andheadandshoecovers—allmadeofplas-ticbuthighlybeneficialinreducingtheriskofcontractinginfection.The bottomline,however,remains

thatthisplastic-basedequipmentcouldend up in the natural environment,adding to thenear12billionpieces ofsingle-useplastic itemsthatareantici-pated to seep into the landfill and thenatural environment by 2050.Undoubtedly,thevirushas challengedefforts to reduce this toxicwaste.Asanemergencyhealth order, in fact,manystores across the world have startedusing single-usepaperorplastic shop-pingbagstopreventnewinfections.Even peoplewho swore off plastic

havehadtoresort tousing it toprotectthemselves.US-based environmental-ist andsocialmedia starLaurenSingerprided herself onneverusing plastic,but thevirus changedall that.“I sacri-ficedmyvalues and bought items inplastic.Lotsofit,andplasticthatIknowisn’t recyclable inNYC (NewYorkCity)ormaybeevenanywhere...whywouldIgo against something that I haveactivelyprioritisedandpromoted?”sheposted on Instagram,where she has3.83 lakh followers.Singerwent on toadmitthatastheseriousnessofCovid-19 dawned onher,she stocked up onhomeitemsforthe longterm,manyofthempackagedinplastic.Like Singer, many sustainability-

conscious peoplemaynowfind theircupboards stockedwithplastic bottlesofhandsanitisers,disposablewipesandtakeawaycontainers—restaurantsnowoffer home delivery or takeawayoptions, defaulting to disposables,whichgenerate plasticwaste.Hygieneconcernsandalongershelflifearesomeadvantages for single-use plastic sup-pliers.Additionally,inviewofthevirus,countriesliketheUKhadforsometimesuspended the plastic bag charge foronline deliveries.Fast food and retailchains, including Starbucks, alsobanned the use of reusable cups andfood containers.Maine in theUS haspostponedaplasticbagban,whileNewHampshireandCambridge,Massachu-setts,havebannedreusablebags.Insuchascenario,it's clearthat the

plastic pollution problem isn’t goingawayanytimesoon.IfthePPEiscriticalto fight thepandemic,it is also impor-tant to dispose of it properly.The dis-cardedmasksandwipescouldbecont-aminated andpose a threat to anyonewhopicksthemup.Environmentalistsfearnegativeconsequencesforwildlifeand the fight against plastic pollutionas thepandemicposes difficult short-termchoices betweenhealth and theenvironment.Plus,the contaminatedplastic,cloth and latex could endup inwaterways,blockingtheoceans.While it’s tough to sayexactlyhow

muchplastic is in theocean,scientistssayabouteightmillionmetrictonnesofplastic enters the ocean every year.That’s theweight of nearly90aircraft

carriers,aspertheNationalOceanicandAtmospheric Administration, USDepartmentofCommerce.AreportpublishedontheWorldEco-

nomic Forumwebsite byseniorwriterKateWhiting estimates that a plasticgrocerybag adrift in the ocean couldtake up to 20 years to decompose,whereas a plastic bottle could stickaroundforupto450years.There is somehope though,as sus-

tainability is the focus formanybusi-nesses.Today,it'squiteeasytofindeco-consciousaccommodation.HongKongOceanParkMarriottHotel, for one, istakingstepstocurbitscarbonfootprintby implementing a ban on single-useplastic,choosingorganic toiletries andtransporting guests in EVs.Its restau-rants are also eschewing plastic andemphasisingonplant-baseddishes.Closer home, Delhi-based non-

profitinitiativeApnaMask.orginspiredRajanAnandanof Sequoia India,VijayShekhar Sharma of Paytm, VishalGondalofGoQiiandbrandslikeUrbanCompany, MakeMyTrip, Dunzo,HealthifyMeandZomato tomakeandwearhomemademasks.Then there isonline shoppingbrand IndiaCircusby

KrsnaaMehta,whichhasunveiledsus-tainable face masks, while NiveditaSabooCouturehasproducedwashablemasksinareusablebagwitheasyiden-tificationwithinfamilymembers.Ouroverdependenceonplastichas

been one of themajor reasons for thedegradation of the environment.Butone must remember that recyclingworks better than bans. That’s whyIndian beverage brand ResponsibleWhatr has launched natural mineralwaterinrecyclablealuminiumcansandFinnish natural mineral water brandVeenoffers it in glass bottlesmade of100%recyclableextra-flintcrystal-clearglass.InternationalhomefashionbrandThe Rug Republic also uses recycledbicycletubes,PETyarnsextractedfromrecycledwaterbottles andrecycled silkyarnstocreatevibrantcarpets.UK-basedAPlastic Planethasdevelopedplastic-freevisorsmade fromFSCpaperboardandPEFCcellulosefromwoodpulp.Thevisorisbothrecyclableandhomecom-postable.The pandemic has given ustime to ponderwhat comes next.Wemust realise thatprotectinghealth,aswellastheplanetisthelong-termsolu-tionandmustgohand-in-hand.

The fight against climate change took abeatingwith the outbreak of the virus, asprotective equipmentmade of plastic becamecrucial. But it’s timewe realise that it’s asimportant to save the planet as one’s health

Theplasticchallenge

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ThreeMen and a BabyThe1987moviestarringTomSelleck,SteveGuttenbergandTedDansonshowsthreebachelorstryingtoadjusttheirlivesaroundanewlyarrivedtod-dlerwhoisthelovechildofoneofthem.Theymakeyoulaughastheytrytoadaptthemselvestofatherhoodleavingbehindtheirfun-filledlifeofpartiesandflingswithwomen.Itwasbasedona1985FrenchfilmThreeMenandaCradle.ItalsohasaBolly-woodremakeHeyyBabyywithAkshayKumar,RiteishDeshmukhandFardeenKhanintheleadroles.Asdaysgoby,thethreemenstartlovingthechildandbecomeresponsiblefathers.

PikuThe2015movie starringDeepikaPadukoneasPikuandAmitabhBachchanasBhaskor,hernagging father,touchedtheaudienceonmanylevels.Aroad tripundertakenbythe father-daughterduotoKolkata,theirhometown,bringsthemcloserdespite their ideologicaldifferences.Theyfightandargueovertrivial issuesbut still care foreachother.Pikuplaysadutifuldaughterwhowon’tmarrybecause shehas the responsibilityofher“70-year-oldchild”,say-inganymanwhomarriesherwouldhave toadopthim.She isprotectiveandcares forhimsomuchso that she takes todiscussinghismotionsonherdate!

SHRIYAROY

AFEWMONTHS BACK, step-ping out to buygroceries orany other essentials wouldhavebeen considered anor-

mal thing to do. However, in theseunprecedented times,steppingout isbothunsafeandaluxurythatnotmanycanafford.Eventhoughthelockdown,enforcedasaresultoftherapidspreadof thevirus,isnowbeing lifted slowly,steppingoutunless absolutelyneces-saryisneitheradvisablenorsafe.Butwith this restriction inmove-

ment,manypeoplehavebeenfindingitdifficult to get hold of essential andothersupplies.Andit'sherethatonlinedeliveryserviceshavecometotheres-cue, helping citizens get access toessentialitemswithoutthemhavingtostepoutoftheirhomes.Online grocery startups like Big-

Basket and Grofers have even hirednewemployees tomeet the demandand smoothen theprocess of deliver-ingessentialstocustomers.Apartfromthem, many new players have alsojumped at the chance to meet theincreasingdemand.Fooddeliveryappslike Swiggy and Zomato have joinedhands to delivergroceries and essen-tials aswell.Swiggyhas expanded itsservicestoover125citiesacrossIndia,andhas also launched the local deliv-eryservice,‘Genie’,inover15cities.TheSwiggyGeniefeatureincludesapickup

anddrop-off service to sendpackagesacross a city or purchase essentialsfromaparticularstore.Mumbai-based CoutLoot has

introducedan‘essentials’service cat-egory on its platform.The newcate-goryusesCoutLoot’sextensiveofflineseller network to pick and deliveressential goods sold through its plat-form.CoutLoothasalso listedseveralgrocery shops andmedical stores onits platform, allowing consumerswithina3-kmradiustoplaceorders.Then Rapido has also launched

RapidoBoxmanewon-demanddeliv-ery service, where customers canrequest pickupanddropof food,gro-ceries andmedicine on the app from,orto,anothercustomer.Theperson-to-persondeliveryserviceenablesuserstoexchangefood,groceriesormedicineswith their familyand friendswhoarenotabletostepoutoftheirhomes.Foodtech startupBox8 has also allowedordering of groceriesthrough its feature 'Inst-Fresh'. Users can orderessentials,includingdairyproducts, fruits, poultryproducts,amongothers.Bengaluru-baseddigi-

talpaymentstartupInsta-mojo has also come upwith an initiative forstores,pharmacies and logistics com-panies to help deliver essentials.Thestartupoffersa‘PriorityKYC’featureonitsplatformforessentialservices.Pay-mentappPhonePehasalsolaunchedanewfeatureonthe‘Stores’sectionofitsapptoenabledeliveryofessentials.AnotherplatformClickPostishelp-

ingitsclients,includingNykaa,RealmeandPharmeasy,reduceRTOrates,pre-ventdelays,cutdownon logistics andcustomer care costs,and provide thebest after-purchase experience.Click-post is also monitoring stuck ship-ments and blocked lanes across allroutesandupdatingthepin-codeser-viceabilityon the basis of on-grounddata. Many e-commerce and retail

companies have taken to Clickpost'slogistics intelligenceplatformtopart-nerwith the right logistics companiestodeliveressentialgoods.Shopclues is another app that is

deliveringgroceryandessentialitemsthrough its platform.There’s a sepa-rate grocery option available on theapp and thewebsite.People can justclickontheoptionandordergroceriesandotherdailyessentials.Bengaluru-basedgrocerydelivery

platform StoreSe has also partneredwithMore Retail,VishalMegaMartandMetro Cash to deliver essentialsandgroceries.VisitorandcommunitymanagementappNoBrokerHoodhaslauncheditsowngrocerydeliveryser-vice,which enables society residentsto order daily essentials at theirdoorstep and volunteerswithin thesocietycanconsolidate theorderand

get themdelivered.Wellness app Curefit

hasaddedawiderangeofgrocery essentials, withthe aim to supply themwithin24hoursoforder-ing.It haspartneredwiththe likes of Saffola,MTR,Britannia and MDH toprovide daily essentialsamid the pandemic.Giants Uber and BigBas-kethavealsopartneredto

deliver everydayessentials to people.Uber's driver partners are, in fact,helping BigBasket with deliveries.Uber does not charge any commis-sions forthese trips.Thecommissionis directly transferred to the driverpartner.DeliveryappDunzoalsopart-nered with Britannia, Cipla andMarico recently to delivermedicinesand groceries directly from thosecompanies’distributioncentres.Ride apps Uber and Ola are also

providing cars for emergency ser-vices.While Ola Emergency allowscitizens to travel to hospitals,UberMedic is specifically for healthcareworkers tohelp themtravel betweentheirworkplaceandhome.

At the touch of your fingerGoing out to buyessentials todayhasbecome a challenge.But apps are steppingin,helping people getaccess to essentialitemswithout themhaving to leave home

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Online grocerystores like

BigBasket andGrofers have hirednewemployees tomeet the demandand smoothen thedelivery process

Taare Zameen ParThe2007filmstarringAamirKhanasapaternalfiguretoIshaan,playedbyDarsheelSafary,cameasaneye-openerwhenstudentswerebeingpushedforbettergrades.Ishaan,abelowaveragestudent,isoftencriticisedbyhisparentsandteachersforhispooracademicper-formanceandsentawaytoaboardingschool.Ateacherattheschool,Ram,realisesthatthechildisdyslexic,butabrilliantpainter.Heinformstheparentsandmakesthemunderstandthattheirchildisdifferentbutnolessthananyotherchild.Themovietaughtparentstostopforcingtheirchildrentobethebestandacceptthemaswhotheyare.

MYMADAM. THAT’Swhat Icalled her. I wanted tohave a babywith her. I’ma deadman now.Whomwill shehaveababywith,

Idon’tknow.MynamewasKorsa Joga.Itstill is.Your name doesn’t change afteryou’ve beenmurdered.The police regis-tersays:KorsaJogaram,aliasRanjitMad-kam,alias Shivaji.Notorious Maoist.Agethirty-five years.Gond tribe.I was murdered fourteen days ago.

The first dayof theyear2015.IndistrictBijapur, division Bastar, Chhattisgarhstate. The police people got my post-mortem done.On a piece of paper, theywrote about how Iwasmurdered, howmanywoundsIreceived,andallthespotswheredaggershadpiercedme.Ihadbeenin the Party for elevenyears. I carried anAK-47, was deployed across Dan-dakaranya, ambushed and killedmanypolicemen, and never received a singlebruise. But my former comrades killedmewithin eighteenmonths ofmy join-ing the police.They attackedmewhen Iwas going tomyvillage near Gangalur.One of themwas a boy I had recruitedthreeyears ago.He livednearmyvillage.IbroughthimtotheParty,andhewasthefirst to stab me. After killing me, theythrewmeonthe road.Iknewtheywereplanningtomurder

me.Additional Sahab – the additionalpolice superintendent of Bijapur – hadaskedme to be cautious since I was ontheirhit-list,andadvisedmetoliveinthepolice barracks. Surrendered Naxaliteslive in the police lines and remain safe.But I thought that I could tacklemyoldfriendseasily.Ididnotleavethejungletolive with weapons and policemen. Iwanted to live in my village with myMadam.Iwasgettingasmallhomebuiltfor us. Iwas onmyway to the construc-tionsitewhenIwasattacked.Sahab often calledme for informa-

tion on the jungle.Sahab gaveme anewname:‘gopaniyasainik’orinformer.ItoldSahabmanysecretsabouttheParty.Ihad

once stopped a passenger bus inMurki-nar, ridden it with my comrades andambushedapolicepost.Ihadalsolooteda godown of explosives at the NationalMineral Development Corporation inBailadila, Dantewada, on 9 February2006. Nineteen tonnes of explosives,fourteen self-loading rifles and 2,430cartridges.UsNaxaliteshadneverlootedsuch a large quantityof gunpowderear-lier.Wecouldnowplantbattery-operatedlandmines across Dandakaranya thatwould explodewith the slightest pres-sure, even the unsuspecting tyre of amotorcycle.We could nowblowup thedreaded anti-landmine vehicles of the

police. Scared, the policemen stoppedventuring out of their camps. Ourauthoritywas stampeduponthe jungle.I joined the Party in 2002. I lived in

Silger village, in the district of Bijapur.East of Gangalur. Silger’s neighbouringvillage Sarkeguda saw the murder ofmanyadivasisbythepoliceinJune2012,but I remember that year for a differentreason.IwasthenamemberoftheSouthBastarDivision Committee of the Com-munistPartyofIndia(Maoist).Iheadedaplatoon and carried an AK-47. Once, IstoppedatPenkramvillagewithmyboys.Shewasateacherinagovernmentschool– I sawherand…Iwas instantlystruck...

We left Penkram the next day. Iwantedtogoback,butIwasaseniorcom-mander – I needed to have a reason tovisit the village. So I devised a plan.Maoistcommandersoftencallmeetingsof sarpanches,gurujis,healthworkers. Ibegan callingmeetings of the gurujis ofthatarea.Shewouldcome…andthen…I cannot speak any more. The dead

mustnot jabberon.She had told me to stay back in

Mysore.Shedidnotwant to return.But Icould not grasp the significance of herwords. Had we remained in Mysore, Iwould have gradually learnt some traitsof the city. I would not have beenmur-

dered.Ishouldhavefollowedher.Shewasmyteacher.MyMadam.

displacement / iWhatI’mgoingtotellyounow,Ihave

never sharedwith any outsider. It is notevenrecordedintheconfidential filesofmydepartment.Yes, I ensure the surrenders of innu-

merableMaoists in Bastar. I also recruitsurrenderedMaoistsasauxiliaryconsta-bles in the police force. I deploy some ofthemas gopaniya sainiks, some others Itakewithmetothejungleforoperations.It ismandatoryto record the surrendersonofficial files immediatelyand informthe Raipur police headquarters,whichthensubmitsareporttotheUnionhomeministry in Delhi. But I do not followeitherofthesedirectives.Infact,Icannot.Thosewhoclaimthat Iviolate lawsdo

not comprehend the law.Dantewada isnotDelhi,noris itspolicingthesame.TheCode of Criminal Procedure mandatesthat a personmust be produced before amagistratewithin twenty-fourhours ofthearrest.ThisisimpossibleinBastar.Saymy boys have gone for an operationtowards Gompad orKutul. If they catchanyone,itmaytakeuptoforty-eighthourstobringhimtome,to thecity.If Ipickupsomebody, will I first interrogate him,priseallthesecretsoutofhim,orproducehimbeforeagoddamnmagistrate?If Ganapathy, the top boss of the

Maoists, or Bhupathi, their politburomember, are caught, should I dutifullytakethemtoacourt,orkeepthematasafehouseformonthsandextracttheirentirehistory? Even if a divisional committeememberisdetained,Iwillnotletanybodygetwindofit,willgrillhimforweeks,andonly when he has been completelydrained,fittobediscarded,will Iproducehimbeforethemediaandthecourts.I follow a similar tacticwith surren-

deredNaxals.HowcanIofficiallydeclareasurrenderonthedaytheoutlawarrivesat my door? I will keep him for weeks,months,squeezeall the juiceoutofhim,anddisclosehimonlyafterhe is empty.Iamalsoawarethatallthoseregistered

as surrendered Naxals on governmentpapers are notNaxals.Manyof themarevillagers and Sangham members –ground-level,unarmed supporters.Butwho’s complaining? Do I kill anybody?Lockthemupinapolicestation?Imerelybring some tribals fromvillages,declarethemassurrenderedNaxals,gettheirpho-tographsclickedbythemedia,andreturnthemwith 2,000 rupees and a bottle ofcountry liquor, therebycreating the pos-sibility that theymay feel obliged tomeand rat out theNaxals,or that the insur-gentswill begin doubting them forvisit-ing thepolice andbringinghomemoneyandabottleinlieuofsurrendersthatwerenever there. I thus try to create frictionbetweenthevillagersandtheNaxals.Warisnotfoughtonthebattlefield.It

takes place on the chessboard of yourmind. If I havemyway, I can eliminateeverysingleNaxal fromBastar.

Pages 5-8Excerpted with permission

from HarperCollins

The Death Script:Dreams and Delusionsin Naxal CountryAshutosh Bhardwaj

HarperCollins

Pp280, `599

SUMITJHA

THE LARGELY HAGIOGRAPHICALaccountoftheMunjalbrothers,toldbyan effusive second-generationmem-ber of the family, is refreshingly

imbuedwithhomelyandwarmunder-tones,which, to the credit of authorSunil KantMunjal, prevents the bookfrom spiralling into a sugar-coatedself-indulgentwork.Even though Brijmohan Munjal,

the author’s father and the visionarycreditedforHero’srisetothetop,istheprotagonist in the story, his brothersrallyaroundforthecauseateverystepof theway.While one brother travelsabroad in search of technology andpartners, the other gets down to brasstacks—design and manufacture ofbicycle parts in Ludhiana in the rudi-mentarysettings.Instead, the story of a family that

established Hero Cycles as the largestcycle maker in theworld in 1986,30years after its inception, strikes a bal-ance required for narrating a story ofcharacters thatspansnearly100yearswithout getting bogged down indetails thatonlybelabourthepoint.And the point of the story is the

stuffofpotboilers.Theyoungsonsofamiddle-class family in north-westPunjab(nowinPakistan)startworkingin Quetta around 1930. They aredeniedaconsistentrunduetoadevas-tating earthquake in Quetta first, fol-lowed by a debilitating and devastat-ing partition of India accompaniedwithunmitigatedcommunalviolence.

The story then moves on to inde-pendent India where the family, likethousands others, tries different per-mutationstoekeoutalivinginvariouscities like Amritsar, Agra and Delhibefore finally settling down in Ludhi-ana.The story is also about a business,mannedbyfourbrothersnoteducatedbeyondmatriculation,thatgetsoff theblockasatradingentityofbicycleparts,morphsintoamanufacturingunitandfinallyaworld-beatingbehemoth.

The Making of Hero: Four Brothers,Two Wheels and a Revolution thatShaped India dwells briefly on thebusiness climate during IndiraGandhi's reign as prime minister inthe early 1970s.The stifling businessenvironment was underlined byextreme red-tape that worked forbureaucrats, but was crippling forbusinesses during this period.While

none of this is novel for readers whohave evenapassingunderstandingofthe era,it's still quite instructive.Some of the anecdotal accounts

are gripping and fun to read. Forinstance, the executives at Hondasprung a surprise on BrijmohanMunjal by asking him to partner theJapanese in making motorcyclesinsteadof the scooters onwhich ear-lier discussions were based. Whilethis led to absolute frenzy in theMunjal contingent inTokyo,markedbydoubts aboutwhetherIndiancon-sumers wanted scooters more ormotorcycles, the patriarch eventu-ally picked up the gauntlet. This is atestament to how true leaders per-ceive risky options that have thepotential to change the fortune ofthe entire company.Other interesting anecdotes

revolve around the branding of Heroproducts—both cycles andmotorcy-cles. The first-ever jingle for thecycles—Chale Hawa Ki Chaal—waswrittenandshotbyafreelancerwhichwas played in theatres before themovies.Thiscaughtonandwasinstru-mental inmakingHeroCyclesabrandname.Lateron,theHeroHondabrandroped inaprofessionalagencytocraftthe famous Fill it, Shut it, Forget Itadvertisement that distinguished itfromitscompetitors.Thetwo-wheelerteam also bet on the Mahabharatashow on television to place their ads,enablingthemtoreachvirtuallyeveryhousehold in the country.Thefamilybusinessestablishedby

the four brothers is now in the handsof thethirdgeneration,whichcontin-ues to transactwith third-generationsuppliers and fourth-generationauditors.There is a lessonhere some-where on running a successful enter-prise and keeping it amicablywithinthe family—a task thatmany family-run businesses have found hard toachieve without the eventual acri-monyandbreak-ups.

The account of asuccessful familybusiness alsobecomes a lesson inentrepreneurship

The Making of Hero: FourBrothers, TwoWheelsand a Revolution that

Shaped IndiaSunil Kant Munjal

HarperCollins

Pp 252, `699

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GETTINGCOMPETITIVERCBhargava

HarperCollins

Pp240, `599

Manufacturing is far fromcompetitive in India andcontributes only 15% of theGDP. As a result, removing thewide socio-economic disparitiesremains a distant dream.Bhargava draws upon hisexperience as a policymaker andindustry leader to givepractical suggestions.

CHORASHASTRAVJ James

Westland

Pp172, `299

Hoping to break out of hiscoconut-robbing father’s pettylegacy and strike it big, a small-time thief breaks into the houseof an eccentric professor. Onthe night of the break-in, theprofessor is immersed inChorashastra, a manuscript thatholds within its pages tips andtricks for thieves.

YOUNGMENTALHEALTHAmritaTripathi,

Meera Haran

Alva

Simon&

Schuster

Pp256, `399

How do we talk about mentalhealth? Are we having thesometimes-difficult conversationsthat we need to with ourchildren? The book shares aunique insight into what it meansto be an adolescent or youngadult in India today, the kinds ofpressure they face and how tostart such conversations.

INSIDETHETABLIGHIJAMAATZiya Us Salam

HarperCollins

Pp256, `399

Not much is known about what isarguably the world's, andcertainly India's, largest Islamicorganisation, the Tablighi Jamaat.Author Ziya Us Salam provides aninside view of the organisationthat unwittingly became a'hotspot' during the novelcoronavirus pandemic in 2020.

OMTHEYOGADOGIraTrivedi

Penguin

RandomHouse

Pp80, `326

Packed with easy-to-followinstructions and step-by-stepillustrations, this book will helpchildren develop flexibility,strength, inner peace andmindfulness. Written by IraTrivedi, a well-renowned yogaacharya, Om the Yoga Doghelps children explore yoga.

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ESTUARYPerumal

Murugan;

translatedby

NandiniKrishnan

Eka

Pp256,`499.06

It is a very busy day at Peppaand George's playgroup, as theyhave a very special visitorcoming in the afternoon. MissRabbit is going to teach thechildren how to calm down andrelax with yoga. The children lovelearning it and the parents lovepicking up their calm children!

PEPPAPIG:PEPPALOVESYOGAPenguin

RandomHouse

Pp16, `250

Perumal Murugan’s latest novel,his first in an urban setting, is arazor-sharp parody of everythingfrom e-commerce to the fitnessindustry, art appreciation topolitical manipulation, cramschools to social networks.Murugan tells of a world wreckedby unchecked consumerism andan obsession with growth.

Dwelling on his reportage of the conflict in Bastar, authorAshutosh Bhardwaj brings the discord alive as he weaves

a human narrative in his book, The Death Script

Cycles being loaded in a truck at Hero Cycles in Ludhiana EXPRESS PHOTOBYGURMEETSINGH

Winning the two-wheel race

AMaoist camp at an undisclosed location EXPRESS PHOTO

ONTHESHELF

FAIZALKHAN

T HE CORONAVIRUS PAN-DEMIC forced the cancella-tionoftheCannesfilmfesti-val thisyear,onlythesecondtime in its more than seven

decadesofhistory.That,however,hasn'tstopped the influential annual eventonthe French Riviera to pore over thou-sandsofhours of reels andput togetheran official selection to rally behindstruggling filmmakers. The Cannes2020 selection of 56 films, many ofwhichwill be screened at certain otherfestivals later thisyear,reflects the real-ityof contemporaryworld,from racismto the state ofuncertainty.Two new films by British director

SteveMcQueen—Lovers Rock andMan-grove—that deal with racism are thehighlightsoftheCannesofficialselectionalongwith such films asAmerican film-makerWes Anderson's The French Dis-patch,halfwaybetween comic strip andanimation, Japanese Naomi Kawase'sTrue Mothers and American directorJonathanNossiter's LastWords,which isabouttheendoftheworld.Like lastyear,there are no Indian films in the 2020official selection.

Race& justiceLovers Rock and Mangrove by

McQueen, who won the Best PictureOscar for 12 Years a Slave in 2014, tellthe story of the black community inLondon in the 70s.The period moviesare part of the director's five-filmanthology series, Small Axe, developedfromaTVseriesofthesamename.SmallAxe isa1973BobMarleysongabouttherights of the marginalised inspired bythe Caribbean proverb: "If you are a bigtree,we are a small axe"."This is,of course,verytopical today,"

said Cannes festival's general delegateThierry Fremaux, while unveiling theofficialselectiononJune3.SoonaftertheCannes selection, McQueen, also aTurner Prize-winning artist, dedicatedLovers Rock and Mangrove to GeorgeFloyd,theAfrican-Americanwhosedeathin police custody in the US has led toprotests against racial injustice acrossthe world. McQueen is no stranger toCannes havingwon the Camera d'Or forhisdebut filmHunger in2008.Lovers Rock, the title taken from the

reggaemusic style that dominatedLon-don's cultural scene in the 70s, is a fic-tional story, while Mangrove is a truestory about a landmark trial, also in thesameperiod,thatwasaturningpointfor

theblackcommunityinBritain.Thesub-jectofMangrove is the trialofnineblackmen—calledMangrove Nine—whowerepartof a culturalmovementbytheWestIndian community in Notting Hillagainst racialdominance.

Pandemic& futureThe Cannes selectors have also

responded to the pandemic that hasparalysed theworld by includingon thelist a post-apocalyptic drama. Set in2086,Nossiter's LastWords, a French-Italian co-production, presents aworldwithout crops and power,andwhere nochild has been born for 10 years. BasedonthenovelMyLastWordsbyArgentin-ian writer-filmmaker SantiagoAmogorena, the film turns the focus onthelast fewpeople left intheworldafterclimate changewipesout the rest of thehumanpopulation.ShotinItaly,thefilmstarsNickNolte,

Charlotte Ramping and Stellan Skars-gaard."Youmight think that itwaswrit-ten last week," said Fremaux of LastWords."It verymuch resonateswith theverypeculiar timesweareexperiencing.Ihope this (thepandemic)won'thappenagain," he added,while listing out theselected films that come without theusual Cannes categories, including theprestigious competition section for thePalmed'Or,the festival's topprize.

Domination ofAsiaInstead of categories, the selection

this year comes under titles The Faith-ful (forregularCannesparticipants),TheNewcomers, The First Features, AnOmnibusFilm (amovieonHongKong),3Documentary Films,5 ComedyFilmsand 4 Animated Films. The Omnibusentry, Septet: The Story of Hong, isdirected by seven renowned filmmak-ers fromHong Kong (including prolificdirector-producer Johnnie To), each ofthem exploring the history of the spe-cial administrative region of Chinarecentlyhitbyanti-gov-ernment protests in thepast sevendecades.A year after Korean

film Parasite won thePalmed'Or,theselectionhas11filmsfromAsia,among themKawase's TrueMothers, SouthKorean Im-Sang-soo's Heaven: TotheLandofHap-piness, compa-triotYeonSang-

ho's sequel to his highly-acclaimedTrain to Busan, titled Peninsula,Lebanese directorDanielleArbid's lovestoryPassion Simple andChinese film-makerWei Shujun's road movie Strid-ing Into theWind.The Cannes festival, known for

packing filmswithheavypolitical con-tent, has also selected several women-centric films thisyear,notablythedoc-umentaryNineDays atRaqqa by French

directorXavierdeLausanne.The film isabout the battle of LeilaMustapha,the30-year-oldmayorofRaqqa,to rebuildthe formerIslamicState capital in Iraq,which was reduced to ruins after thewar. The Cannes selection,which con-sidered films thatwould see theatricalrelease until next May, also has GreenBookactorViggoMortensen's director-ial debutFalling.Anderson'sTheFrenchDispatch,on theotherhand,is a tributeto journalism.For the first time, Cannes received

more than 2,000 entries this year."Weneeded to give these movies a boost,"saidPierreLescure,presidentofCannesfestival. "There will be no winners thisyear. This time, everybody will beallowed to give out their own Palmed'Or,"saidFremaux,whonotedthatcin-ema was very much alive during thelockdown,aspeoplewatchedmoviesonTV. "The film narrative is the story ofcinema,about people going out to the-atres andwatchingmovies,"he added.

FaizalKhan isa freelancer

SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020


BLACKBRITISHMUSICBlack Britishmusic is a long-established and

influential part ofBritishmusic. Its presence in the

UK stretches back to the 18th century,

encompassing concert performers such asGeorge

Bridgetower and streetmusicians like BillyWaters

VAISHALI DAR

THE IDEAOFCONSUMING creepycrea-turesmight be upsetting to some,butthere aremanybeauty rituals that usebizarre animal ingredients.Think snailscrawlingonyourface,fishpedicure,birdpoop facial,snakeorsnailmassage,andleechandurinetherapy.Thenthereare thecosmeticsweuse.

Women love to pose for selfies with acloseupof theirpuckered lips,but howmany know that some lipsticks andblushershavecochinealdye,whichiscol-lected fromcrushed cochineal beetles?TheinsectsfeedoncactusplantsinCen-tral andSouthAmerica and the femaleseat the red cactus berries.When they’recrushed,an intensereddye isproduced.Mascaras andnail polishes also containguanine,a crystalline shimmering sub-stance found incrushedfishscales.Ani-mal fat like tallow is common in eyemakeupormakeupbase.Thecarcassesofslaughteredanimalsareboiledtochurnout a fattysubstance,which is added tothe base thatyou could be applying onyourfacealmosteveryday.Squalene,anoilobtainedfromsharklivers,findswide-spreaduseinsunscreens,lipsticks,foun-dations,lotionsandmanyothercosmet-

ics. Even gelatin,used in cream-basedcosmetics and even ice cream, isprocessedbyboiling skin,tendons,liga-mentsandbonesofanimals.Makeup removers,too,aren't devoid

of weird ingredients, as they containlanolin, excretion from wool-bearingmammals.Ambergris,derived fromthewaxyoil that lines awhale’s stomach,isusedforthescentinperfumes.Theickyfactordoesn’tendhere.Snail

mucinisbiginK-beautyforitshydratingpotential and regenerationof skin,as itcontains glycolic acid andglycoproteinenzymes.Snailslime,anunpleasant,slip-peryand thick semi-solid substance, isprocessedandpackagedascreams,gels,serums,toners,moisturisersandgelfacemasks—expertssaysnailbeautytherapyhasbeenbiginsouthAsiancountrieslikeJapan,ChinaandtheWestforsometimenow.Infact,snailfarming,knownasheli-

ciculture,involvesraising landsnails forhumanuse: fleshisusedasedibleescar-got,eggsasgourmetcaviarandslimeforcosmeticsandpharmaceuticals.Italy's largest agriculture industry

associationColdirettirecentlyestimatedthat44,000tonnesofliveandpreservedsnails are produced annually in thecountry,making it an industryworth$292 million. “We are seeing recordnumbersofnewavant-gardesnail-pro-duction businesses,”claimed RobertoMoncalvo, president, Coldiretti. “Weraisethemnaturally,feedthemonlyveg-etablematterandthenextracttheslimewithwater that contains ozone,whichkills all the bacteria,”Moncalvo added(thelockdownhas,however,hadanega-tive impact on snail businesses in Italybecause farmers haven't been able totransportproduce.Thegovernmenthasnowset up a100-million-euro fund tosupportagriculturalbusinesses).Closer home, theNagas relish river

snailscookedwithdal.Speakingoffood,eventhat industryisn't farbehindwhenit comes to making use of creepy andweirdingredients.Ifyoulovemarshmal-lows,maybeyou’ve been topping off awhole lot of animal protein on yourscrumptiousstrawberryshakeforyears,asmarshmallowsaremadefromgelatin.Somefoodsmaybesweetintaste,but

a slightmention of the ingredientwillleave you sick. Take, for instance, acolourful candy coatedwith shellac, astickysubstancederivedfromthesecre-tionsofthefemaleKerrialacca,aninsectnative to Thailand. Jelly beans pack apunchofgooeynessbuttheyuseshellac

too. And don’t be amazed if you findoceansaltwaterinjectedintofood.Somepackagedmeats like raw chickenmaycontainsaltorotheringredientsinjectedinto them to enhance flavour andincreasetheweight.Doyoulikesprinklingloadsofshred-

ded cheese on your pizza? Cheese haswoodpulp,officially ascribed as‘cellu-lose’toboostfibreandaddcreaminesstolow-fatfoodsandtohelpkeepshreddedcheesefromclumpingtogether.Ingredi-entslikerennet,anenzymefoundinthestomach of nursing cows, lambs andgoats,which is extracted bykilling theanimal,arealsofoundincheese.Chewinggumismadewithlanolin—

a secretion from the skin glands ofsheep—which makes itchewy.Chewinggums thatdon't use lanolin are oftenmadeout of synthetic rub-bersinstead.Cannedmush-rooms also have traces ofmaggots and mites. Youmay,infact,findanaverageof75ormoremitesper100gmofdrainedmushroomsand the proportionateliquidinacan.Even beers are filtered

through isinglass,a gelatinmadeout offishbladder.Animal rights groupPETA,in fact,warns on itswebsite thatmanywines“includebloodandbonemarrow,casein (milk protein),chitin (fibre fromcrustaceanshells),eggalbumen(derivedfromeggwhites),fishoil,gelatinandisin-glass”.Theanimalsrightsgrouphasalsoaskedluxurybrandstostopusingexotic

skins,andwantsabanontheirsale.Whilethatmaystill takesometime,

Wuhan,theepicentreofthecoronaviruscrisis,has completely banned the con-sumptionofwildanimalsandhasmadewildlife trade illegal.The ban includesall terrestrial animals,animals that liveand reproduce in thewilderness, andprecious aquaticwild animals.InApril,theChineseministryofagricultureandrural affairs compiled a list of“speciallivestock”—non-domesticatedanimalslikereindeer,alpaca,guineafowl,ostrichandemucanbe farmedformeat,whileanimals likemink, silver fox,arctic foxand raccoondog canbe farmed for fur.Chinahasalsoupgradedtheprotectionof the pangolin—believed to be the

intermediate host of thevirus—to that of first-classprotected animal on a parwith other endangeredspecies like giant pandas.And Shenzhen has becomethe first Chinese city to banthesaleandconsumptionofdogandcatmeat.Colombia’s capital

Bogota, one of the oldestbullfighting cities in theAmericas,has alsooutlawed

themistreatmentandkillingofanimalsin amove aimedat eventuallybanningthe events.The Scottish government isalsogoingtobanthefishfarmingindus-tryfromshootingsealstosavea180-mil-lion-pound export business to theUS,whichplans to stop import of fish fromcountrieswhichallowsealstobekilledtoprotectfisheries,asperreports.

The bizarre bazaarFrom snail mucin to cochineal dye, here’s how people across the worldare consuming some weird animal ingredients and still loving it

Reelingin realityCannes film festivalmayhave been cancelledthis year, but it has nevertheless assembleda compelling 2020 official selection listto rally behind struggling filmmakers

(Clockwise from above)The 73rd edition ofCannes festival scheduled to take place in Maywas cancelled due to thepandemic; the festival's general delegateThierry Fremaux; and posters of some of the selected films for this year

Leisure

Mascaras and nailpolishes containguanine, acrystallineshimmering

substance foundin crushedfish scales

SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020


FANARMYThe Barmy Army is often called the

unofficial 12th man of England’s cricket

team. It was given the name by Australian

media during the 1994-95 Test series

reportedly because of the fans’ audacity

SHRIYAROY

THEYEAR2020washailedtobetheyearofsports.Withmajorsporting events like theOlympicsandtheUEFAEuro-pean Championship (infor-

mallyknownastheEuros) linedupafterafour-yearwait, itwas touted to be a busyyear for sports and sports fans across theworld.Butthencoronavirusthrewaspan-nerintheworksandeverythingcametoagrindinghalt.Wimbledonwas cancelled.The NBA, Premier League, ChampionsLeague andothermajor football leaguesweresuspended.AndtheOlympics,FrenchOpen,Euros andFormulaOnewerepost-poned.Closerhome,IPL,consideredtobeacashcowfortheBCCI,wasalsodealtasharpblow.Its13thseason,slatedtocommencefromMarch,wasfirstpostponedandlatersuspended.TheI-Leaguetournament,too,wascancelledlastmonth.Thefutureoftheleague,infact,looksuncertain,asthepar-ticipationofforeignplayersisunderdelib-erationbytheauthorities.

Fans have clearly been left disap-pointed.“IwasreallylookingforwardtothePremier League season. The match onMarch12,whereAtleticoMadridknockedLiverpool out of the UEFA ChampionsLeaguewas the last one Iwatched and itsomehowfeelslikeayearago,”ruesGuwa-hati-based football buff UddinabhMahanta,athird-yearBTechstudent.

Thereissomegoodnewsnow,though,as sporting events are slowly resumingacross theworld.But even as the dramaunfoldsonthefield,thepossibilityoffanscoming in towatchmatchesdoesn’t looklikelyanytime soon,asmost of the sportswilltakeplacebehindcloseddoorsasapre-ventivemeasure to stop the spreadof thevirus.With empty stadiums and indoorgames,the face of sportswill change for-ever.Butwhatdoesthatmeanforthefans?

AnewgameSporting leagues and federations are

grappling to restart proceedings withcloseddoormatches.TheEnglishPremierLeaguestartedthisweekonJune17andisbeing played behind closed doors. Theleaguewillgoontill July26.

The West Indies cricket team alsorecently reachedEngland toplaya three-matchTest series in July.TopplayersDar-renBravoandShimronHetmyer,however,refusedtotravelwiththeteam,expressingconcernoverthespreadofthevirusintheUK.Thematcheswillbeheldbehindcloseddoorsandplayerswillbeconstantlytestedto rule out coronavirus symptoms.Therewill also be a'no-touch,no-saliva'rule inplaceoncethegamestarts.

Interestingly,thiswill be the first timein25yearsthatEngland'scricketteamwillplayaTestmatchwithout the chantof itsiconic fans, The Barmy Army, boomingfrom the stands.The BarmyArmy,how-ever,wants tomake its presence felt andhas asked theEngland andWales CricketBoard to use the PA system to play outrecordings of its famous chants andanthemstocheeruptheirteamwhentheytakeontheWestIndiesfromJuly8.

Spanish football league La Liga alsostartedon June11with emptystadiums.Thelackofcrowdsis,however,beingmadeup for byhaving virtual fans and crowdnoise fromacomputergame.The leaguehas also collaborated with Norwegianbroadcasting technology firm Vizrt, soviewerswatching fromhomewill be ableto see images of seated fanswearing thehomeclub’scoloursin'virtualised'stands.

When the game is stopped,thesevirtualimageswill be transformed into a canvastodisplaymessagesfromthefans.Plus,forthesafetyofplayers,allcommonareaslikechanging roomswill be disinfected andairedbefore,duringandafterthegames.

The German football league Bun-desliga returned to action onMay16.Toencourage players,cardboard cutouts offanswereputupinthestadiumsforsomematches. Piped applause is also beingplayedthroughanapp.

Tennis starNovakDjokovic has,how-ever,called the coronavirus safetyproto-cols,planned in order for theUSOpen totake place, "extreme”—the protocolsinclude a complete banon travel toMan-hattan, staying in hotels at the airport,playersandstaffbeingtestedatleastthriceaweek,andonlyonepersonbeingallowedtoaccompanytheplayersatall times.TheGrand Slam tournament is scheduled tostartfromAugust31atFlushingMeadowsinNewYork,oneoftheworstaffectedcities.RafaelNadal,ontheotherhand,feels thateven though the matches will be heldbehindcloseddoors,travellingwill stillbeahugeriskforplayers.

Inthemanyyearsofitsexistence,the sporting world hasn't seen atimeasgraveas this.Thevirushashittheideaoflivesportsstraightoutofthepark.Surprisingly,though,thereare somecases,where it has resulted ingood news as well. Take, for instance,Spain’sbullfightingtradition.Forlong,ani-mal rightsactivistshavecalled for its sus-pension,calling the sport“outdated andcruel”.Today, the pandemic has left thesport,whichreliesoncrowdparticipationin large numbers,rudderless.With strictsocial distancing norms, it's hard to tellwhetherthebullfightingfiestawillbeabletobearthecostsandsurvive.

The fanchantIt is said that sports require a team

spirit,butanysportisincompletewithoutits fans. If you do not have thousandscheering foryou fromthestands,youcanbeaCristianoRonaldooraRogerFederer,but there will be something missingalways.BeitthousandschantingasDhonihitsasixorgoingberserkwhenBarcelonabeatsRealMadrid in anElClásicomatch,fanscanmakeorbreaktheatmosphereof

amatch.It’s,therefore,hardtoimagineanemptyWankhedeStadium,EdenGardens,StamfordBridgeandRollandGarros.

While fanscancatchtheaction liveontheirTVscreens, itwon't be the same asbeing in the stadium. There will be nochance to collectivelycurse theopposingteamwhenthere isa fouloraredcard.No'ooohs' in unisonwhen Nadal bangs hisracketontheground.Nocollectivetearsofjoywhenyour countrywins anOlympicgold.Itwill be aworldwhere the stadiumwill not burst with noise when ShikharDhawanmakes a centuryorwhenLionelMessiscoresahat-trick.

Thisnewnormaliscertainlyhard,espe-ciallyforafan.“Iwasusedtotheideaoflivesports. If not football, it was tennis orcricket or even NBA. Sports was alwaystheretorescuenomatterhowbadthedayhadbeen.Itwaslikeabeautifulescape.Iamstrugglingtocometotermswiththisnewrealitywherethereissportshappening,butyoucan’tactivelybeapartofit.It'snotthesame,”says28-year-oldPrashantGupta,aBengaluru-based financial analystwho isadie-hardArsenalandDjokovicfan.

TalkingaboutmissingtheiconicEastBengal versus Mohun BaganmatchesatKolkata’s Salt LakeSta-dium,Kolkata-basedmedia profe-

sionalAsmitabhaManna says,“Imiss thebanter between the fans... theMexicanwave inside thestadium.”Healsoadmitsto feeling worried about the future ofsports.“Even though sports is comingback, there are a lot of changes takingplaceandthingswillnotbethesameanymore.Socialdistancinginsportsmightbetheworstthingthatafancanimag-ine,”the26-year-oldChelseafansays.

Heisright.Spectatorsportsmaybereturning,but the fan experience hasbeenaltered.Whowouldhavethoughtthat one day an empty Signal IdunaPark stadiumwouldhost theGerman

football derby between Borussia Dort-mundandBayernMunichwiththeyellowflagsandthe iconicyellowwall of the sta-diumreplacedbyglaringemptyseats?Itisquite evident that theworld of sports isgoingthroughamajorsurvivalcrisis.

Playersweigh inWhilethenewruleshavecomeasabig

blowforfans,theyhaveaffectedplayersas

well.Afterall,themagicofplayinginfrontofafullcrowdcannotbematched.Forplay-ers,fansaddtotheatmosphere,experienceandthethrill.Theyalsolendanemotionalaspect to the game.In a stadium,it's thestands that are oftentimes the source ofnoise, drama and colour. What makessports stadiums special, in fact,is thehis-toryetchedintotheirwallsandthepeoplethat fill thestands,theirvoicesechoing inunison."Emptystadiumswouldbedisap-pointing forplayerswho are competing.There are a lot of times when playersrespond to spectators.If someoneplays agoodshot,themannerinwhichthecrowdrespondsalsobrings in that energy.Simi-larly,ifabowlerbowlsafieryspellandthecrowdisrespondingtoit,itbuildsakindofpressureontheopponentteam,”sayscrick-eting legend Sachin Tendulkar, adding,"Spectatorsareintegraltoanysport.Theirencouragement,vociferous chants fororagainstyouisanecessity.”

Indian skipperViratKohli agrees,say-ingthatcricketinemptystadiumsisarealpossibilitynow,but themagicwould bemissing.“Ihonestlydon’tknowhowevery-oneisgoingtotaketothatbecauseweareallusedtoplayinginfrontofsomanypas-sionatefans.Thatfeelingofthecrowdcon-nectingwiththeplayersandthetensionofthegamewhicheveryonegoesthroughinthestadium...thoseemotionsareverydif-ficulttorecreate,”Kohlisays.

Former England batsman KevinPietersen,however, says sportsmenwillhave todealwithplaying in emptystadi-ums, as the world gears up for isolatedsports events."Thenewversionsof sportswillhavetobeplayedbehindcloseddoorsuntilwefindavaccinationforcoronavirusandthesportsmenhavegottodealwithitnomatterhowhard it is,”Pietersen says,adding,“Fans need amorale boost.Theirmorale at themoment is so negative,sodowninthedumps.”

In an attempt to boost fans'moraleandstayconnected,perhaps,manyplay-ers are now turning to social media.While footballerCesc Fabregas is tryinghis hand at comedy on Twitter,AussiecricketerDavidWarnerhastakentoTik-Tok tokeephis fans amused.

ThesuspensionoftheIPLleftmillionsof fanswhowould flock to the stadiumsin the scorching summer heat disap-

pointed.Withthefateoftheleaguehang-ing in balance, fans have now turned tosocialmediatoseetheirstars inactioninthe virtualworld.The various IPL teamshave been keeping fans entertained byconducting daily live chatswith playersand putting out quizzes for fans.WhileRoyal Challengers Bangalore have beenposting daily fitness tips and videos byskipperKohli,KolkataKnightRidershavebeen engagingwith fans through aBen-gali 'food fest',wherein players rustle updishesonInstagramLivesessions.

Hope forthe futureThere are some countries, however,

that are allowing sportswith spectatorsin attendance.Take, for instance,Viet-nam.Soccerisbackinthecountryandsoare the fans in stadiums. Its top domes-tic league,V-League,resumedon June5,withmorethan1,000fansinattendanceat Hai Phong. Fanswere, however, sub-jected to temperature checks as theyentered the premises.“We are obviouslyhappy to play in front of fans, as this iswhatmakes football special,” said JungHae-sung, the coach of Ho ChiMinh, afootball clubpartof theV-League.

ThebestnewsperhapshascomefromNewZealand'sDunedin,where a capacitycrowdpackedtheForsythBarrstadiumonJune13 to celebrate the returnof profes-sional SuperRugbyalmost threemonthsafter the tournament was stopped as aresult of the pandemic.Itwas amomen-tous moment for New Zealand, as fansreturnedtothestadiumsforthefirsttime.Thestadiumhadover22,000peopleinthestands before the kickoff between theHighlandersandtheChiefs.

InRussia,too,authoritieshavereport-edlychalkedoutaplantoallow10%spec-tatorcapacityinstadiumsduringfootballmatches,whileinHungary,clubshavebeengivenclearance toholdgameswitha lim-itednumberoffans.

Allthisbecauseplayersandorganisersalike knowand understand the criticalrole fans play in a sporting spectacle.Many a times, in fact, players havestressed that theydidn't lose because oftheopposingteam,butbecauseofitssup-porters.Be it the intense rivalry amongfansduringanIndo-Pakcricketmatchorthe ruthless English fans booing Aus-tralia’s players, it's the fans who can attimesmake orbreak the players'morale.Theyare the oneswho can transform anordinarystreetinKolkatatoresembleoneinArgentinaorBrazilasthetwocountriesclash inthefootballworldcup.

Fornow,though,fanswillhavetotakea backseat.Twenty-five-year-old Chin-moySonowal,a Delhi-based filmmaker,gives it a funnytwist,saying that at leastnowtheIndiancricketteam“willnotloseoverseasTestmatchesastheyaren'tgoingto play one anytime soon!” His friendPriyankSingh,a26-year-oldtechconsul-tant based inDelhi,adds,“Iwant to see abustling stadium again... shouting fansintimidating the other team. I want towitness the thrill of an intense last-minute finish of a Champions Leaguematch,hoping for a referee decision topull thematchinfavourofmyteam.”

Acknowledgingthattheworldofsportshas suffered a huge blow,Sonowal feelsfansneed topractise somepatiencenowmorethanever.“WhileIdodefinitelymisswatching Kohli and Rohit Sharma battogetheranddon'tknowwhenthatisgoingtohappennext,Ialsounderstandthattheworld is going througha rough timeandweneedtobepatient,”hesays.

Sporting events are slowly resuming across the world. But even as the dramaunfolds on the field, the stadiums will remain empty as matches will be played

behind closed doors. But what does that mean for the fans?

THE SILENCE OFTHE

STADIUMS

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(Top) The UEFA Europa Leaguematch between Inter Milan andFC Ludogorets was playedbehind closed doors in Milan,Italy; (above, left) life-sizecardboard cutouts of fans wereput up in the stands toencourage players for somematches of German footballleague Bundesliga; and a fanwatches from a balcony arecent match between RayoVallecano andAlbacete inMadrid, Spain

(Bottom) A La Liga match inprogress between Sevilla andReal Betis in Seville, Spain

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FootlooseSUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020


JACKEWING

RECENTLY, I STEPPED aboard the sub-wayinFrankfurtforthefirsttimesinceFebruary, the start of a 4,000-miletrans-Atlanticjourneytorejoinmywifeafter a three-month separation. ThetriptotheUSisoneI’vemadedozensoftimes over the quarter-century I’velived andworked inGermany.But thistime, in themidst of the pandemic, itfelt likeavoyage into theunknown.

About twodozenpeoplewere in lineat check-inwhen I arrived at FrankfurtAirportonthemorningofmytrip.AfewminuteslaterIhadmyboardingpassandwaswalkingpastrowsofshutteredduty-freeshops.Icouldhearmyownfootstepsechoingonthepolishedmarbletilefloor.And here’s theweird thing.Therewassomething strangely enjoyable abouttravellingthroughadesertedairport.Somuch of the stress of air travel comes

fromstandinginlonglinesandfightingthroughcrowds,yetFrankfurtwaspeace-ful.Even the guardswrangling plastictraysatsecurityseemedcheerful.

The feeling of odd contentmentcontinued on the plane.There was atleast one empty seat between passen-gers, except for families. In otherwords,weweren’t packed in like sar-dines.Thestaffofferedassurancesthatthe plane had been thoroughly disin-fected.Still,I cleanedmyarmrestsandseattraywithadisinfectantwipe.Ialsowore amask the entire trip.

The onlydownerwas lunch.No oneexpectsmuchfromin-flightcuisine,butinthenameofsanitationthebland“spicychicken”andfruitcupcameinpackagessealedwith plastic film that had to bepeeledoff.Afterwardtherewasnocoffee

or tea.SomehowIhave the feeling thatsmallprivilegeslikecoffeeandfreshrollsarenevercomingback.

About eight uneventful hours laterwe landed at Dulles InternationalAir-port nearWashington,where I plannedto get a connection to Burlington. AtDulles, a woman in a nurse’s smockcheckedmyform,askedme if I felt sickandheldasensortomyhead.It’seasytoimaginehealthcheckslikethesebecom-ing a permanent part of internationaltravel,alongwithworse food.Travellerscan only hope the pandemic will alsobring some positive changes, like lesscrowded flights andmore freedom tochangeflightswithoutpayingstifffees.

The sensor saidmybody tempera-turewas98.1degreesFahrenheit.Goodtogo.Dulles seemedevensleepierthan

Frankfurt.All but a fewairport restau-rants were closed. I was glad I hadpacked some energybars.The plane toBurlingtonwas so empty that the pilotaskedtheflightattendantstomovepas-sengers tothefrontof theplane.

Vermont requires people arrivingfromout of state to quarantine for 14days.Buttherewasnoonetakingnameswhen I landed, just mywife’s friendlyface.Itseemedtheonlyenforcementwasa sign at the exit to the airport, like thekindhighwaycrewsusetowarnofroad-workahead.“Stayhome,”itsaid.Iunder-estimatedVermontstategovernment.Afewdayslater,IgotatelephonecallfromanamiablewomanattheDepartmentofHealthaskingifIfeltallright,remindingmeof thequarantine rules andofferinginformation on where to get a coron-avirustestifIwantedone.I’mfine,Isaid,butthanksforasking.

NYT

Flying was once routine. Now, it is a featMasks, health checks, bad food. Long-distance travel may never be the same again

ELAINEGLUSAC

SINCE SELLINGTHEIRhome inFort Collins,Colorado,in Sep-tember2018,TomandMonaMesereauhavelogged18,000miles through 30 states in

their32-footClassArecreationalvehicle,running their public relations businessfromtheroad.“StartingoutinanRVisalit-tle like moving into a new house,” Tomwrote in an email, listing tasks such ashookinguptopowerandwatersources.“Itis somewhat daunting at first,but it getseasyquickly.Afterthefirstcoupleoftimessetting up and breaking down,your tripwill justgetbetter.”

That’s some encouragement for theanticipatedsurgeofnewRVtravellerswhoareturningtothesehomesonwheelsasawaytotravelsafelyandmaintainsocialdis-tancing.RVrentalcompaniesarereportinghuge increases in summerbookingsafterthe industryvirtually shutdownbecauseof pandemic-related travel restrictions.RVshare,aRVsharingsite,saidthenumberof days bookedvia its site hasmore thandoubled year-to-date compared to lastyear.“WhenyourentanRV,you’regettingarentalcar,hotelandmoredirectaccesstowhereyouwant to go,”said JonGray,thechiefexecutiveofRVshare.Youalsousuallyget a private bathroom,which is helpingdriveinterestinRVs,accordingtoasurveyof4,500householdsintheUSandCanadaby the private campground companyKampgrounds ofAmerica.About half ofrespondents said having a private bath-roominacabinorRVwasveryimportant.

RentavehicleorshareoneSince buying an RVcan set you back

anywhere from$10,000 to$300,000, it

makessensetorent.Rentaloptionsrangefromcompanies thatowntheirroomsonwheels,likeCruiseAmerica,ormarketplaceplatforms like RVshare and Outdoorsywhereyou can find someone else’s RVtorent.RVshare brings together twogroupsthatmake sense:“Peoplewhowant to goonanRVtripbutdon’t ownoneandpeo-plewhohaveoneparkedintheirdriveway50 weeks a year,” said Gray. “In a worldwhere social distancing is at a premium,the ability to take your bathroom andsleepingarrangementswithyoupositionsRVsverynicely.”AtOutdoorsy,where it’seasytofindvintage,pet-friendlyorbudgetvehicles,theownersofitsroughly200,000vehiclesonthesiteofferlocaltraveladvice.

“Theyarebringinggreatrecommenda-tions to the table,”said JenYoung,the co-

founder of Outdoorsy.“That’s going to becomeimportant as people focuson in-state and local travelto have that expertisespreadacrossthecountry.”

Like booking throughAirbnb or other peer-to-peer sites, the platformswork as marketplaces forrenters to meet ownersand they don’t oversee the cleaning ofthe vehicles. To address the hygieneissue associatedwith the sharing econ-omy,Outdoorsy is encouraging ownersto let their vehicles sit empty for 48hours between rentals.RVshare recom-mends its owners follow cleaningguidelines established by the Centers

for Disease Control andPrevention before rent-ing and is working onoffering professionalcleaning. The companyalso has a partnershipwithTaskRabbit throughwhich owners can findcleaning services (withadditional fees includedin the rental agreement).

Cruise America disinfects each vehiclebetween uses and the company says itexceeds the guidelines established bytheCDC.Whetheryou rent fromCruiseAmerica or via a marketplace, vehiclerates are often just the base of the bill.Pricing RVs follows “the old car rentalmodel,”saidSmalley,notingcharges for

mileage andnot emptying sewage.

Van lifegets anupgradeOnthesmallendofthespectrumofRV

models,campervansarethetinyhousesofthe road, tricked out to accommodate abed, kitchen and amenities like wall-mountedTVs.Mostcampervanslackbath-roomsbuthavecachet,ascelebratedunderthe hipsternomadic Instagramhashtag#vanlife.Before itwasa socialmediadar-ling,itwasawayof life inAustralia,whereOmarBendezú,the ownerof the 13-vanrentalcompanyOndevaninMiami,gottheideatobringtheconceptstatesidein2017.Anengineerbytraining,Bendezúremod-elledhisvans,includingkitchenettes andqueen-sizebeds,withthehelpofacarpen-terandgotthemuralistMutatopaintthe

earlyvans.“I sawtheopportunityhere togivepeoplethemeanstoexplorebythem-selves,”hesaid.

Ondevans cost about $100 adayandthecompanyencouragesdriverstostopatlocalcampgrounds,farmsandshopshigh-lighted on a suppliedmap that Bendezúsaidisdesigned“tobuildcommunitywithothersmallbusinesses.”Jucycampervans,paintedinsignaturegreenandpurple,areubiquitousaroundNewZealand,wherethecompanyisbased.But itsNorthAmericanoperations, reliant on foreign travel, isstruggling this year, especiallywith thepostponement or cancellation ofmajorevents, including the Coachella ValleyMusicandArtsFestivalandBurningMan.

“Since those and other festivals arenot happening, our business has beenseriouslyimpacted,”wroteHironMenon,the generalmanager forNorthAmericaatJucy,inanemail.BasedinOakland,LasVegas andLosAngeles,JucyrentsDodgeminivans, retrofittedwith kitchenettesaccessiblefromthehatchbackandoftenwithatentthatpopsupontheroof;theyrun from $20 to $150 a night. In lateMay, the category got an upgradewithSeattle-basedCabana.Thestart-upoffers10 Ford Transit vans retrofitted withqueen-size memory foammattresses,toilets,flat-screenTVs,mini-refrigeratorsand showers supplied byonboardwatertanks.“I love getting dirty hiking in themountains and I also love taking a hotshower and sleeping in a comfortablebed,” said Scott Kubly,CEO and founderof Cabana, who describes the vans as“everything youwould getwith a hotelbutcrammedintoavanusingeverycubicinch likeagameofTetris.”

AdditionalreportingbyLaurenSlossNYT

CARAVANTALESAn early type of caravan is the horse-drawn

coveredwagon that, from circa 1745,

played a significant part in the opening up

of the interior of the North American

continent to white settlement

Recreational vehicles were gaining in popularity before the pandemic. Now,with travel restrictionsloosening, a surge of travellers is drawn to the relative solitude that RVs offer

Worried about social distancingduring travel? Rent anRV

RVs are like tinyhouses on theroad, tricked outto accommodate a

bed, kitchenand amenities likewall-mounted TVs

When you rent an RV, you’re getting a rental car, hotel and more direct access towherever youwant to go, say experts

BENJAMINRASMUSSENFOR THENEWYORKTIMES ROLANDODIAZ FOR THENEWYORKTIMES

Well-BeingSUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020

AIDING DEVELOPMENTIn the 19th century, developmental psychologists

such as Friedrich Fröbel proposed playgrounds

as a developmental aid, or to imbue children

with a sense of fair play and good manners. The

first purpose-built public-access playgroundwas

opened in a park in Manchester, England, in 1859


NANCYWARTIK

AS THE CORONAVIRUS spread acrossthe country,blood supply faced adireshortage across the world. Blood dri-ves were cancelled when businessesclosed,andmanypeople fearedgoinginto donation centres. Even now, therate of blood donations has yet tobounce back to previous levels. ChrisHrouda, president of biomedical ser-vices for the American Red Cross,which collects about 40% of thecountry’s blood donations, calls it a“staggering” drop in supply. “Ourinventories have been cut in half,”Hrouda said. “We’re starting to getinto a critical situation.”

Here’s what you need to knowabout donating in a time of crisis.

Whocangive blood?Almost any healthy person can,

although requirements may vary bystate. Recently, the Food and DrugAdministration loosened somerestrictions, includingmaking it eas-ierforgayandbisexualmentodonate.

Talk to your local centre about

eligibility guidelines. In mostplaces, you have to be 17 years oldand above; with parental consent,some places allow donors to be16. You must weigh at least 110pounds.There are no standing upperage limits.

ClaudiaCohn,directorof theBloodBank Laboratory at the University ofMinnesota and chief medical officerof American Association of BloodBanks (AABB), said in an interviewearlier this year that normally, olderpeople are the best donors.

“They give a disproportionateamount of blood,” Cohn said. “Eventhoughwe think their risk isvery low,wewant to protect them if theywant

to be careful about going out.”That means centres are asking

youngerpeople to stepupanddonatemore than theyusuallydo.

Can you get coronavirus bydonating blood?“This is not a blood-bornedisease,

that is clear,” Cohn said.“Blood itself

is safe.” Coronaviruses in generaldon’t seemtobeblood transmissible,as evidence from earlier outbreaks ofSARS andMERShas shown.

How are blood centres ensuringdonor safety?

“We completely understand peo-ple are hesitant,”said PampeeYoung,chief medical officer of biomedicalservices at the American Red Cross,earlier thisyear.“Wewant to reassurethe public that we’re handling thiswith an abundance of caution.”

Red Cross blood centres haverampedupordinaryprocedures,withstaff members masked, gloved andconducting extra temperaturechecks, on both themselves anddonors. All surfaces are repeatedlywipeddownanddonorsarespacedsixfeet apart.“With centres taking extrameasures to eliminate risk, it’s saferthan going to the store,”Cohn said.

I was told to stay home. Can Istill donate?

Yes.“The recommendations are toshelter in place except for essentialthings,” said Young. “Public healthofficials recognise that blood dona-tion is essential and they’vemade anexception for it.”

Can I donate if I’ve had the coron-avirus orCovid-19?

Yes,with somecaveats.Yourdona-tionmightactuallybeextra-valuable.So-called convalescent plasma —drawn fromdonorswho’ve recoveredfrom the disease — contains viralantibodies. “Antibody therapy holdspromise for the treatment of currentCovid-19 patients and it’s beingtested now,” said Eduardo Nunes, aspokesmanwith theAABB.“Mostcen-tres prefer you to have been symp-tom-free for28daysbeforedonating.”

Youmustmeet certainotherqual-ifications; for more information seethe COVIDPlasma.orgwebsite.

Christopher Flavellecontributed reporting

NYT

What you need toknow about donatingin a time of crisis

CHRISTINACARON

THE PLAYGROUND PAD-LOCKS are starting to comeoff. And children in someareasareonceagainzippingdown slides and swinging

frommonkeybarsaftermonthsofwait-ing.Whilethis isgoodnewsforchildren,some parents are being a bit more cau-tious.The coronavirus is still spreading,and a vaccine isn’t expected until nextyearattheearliest.Infectionsareclimb-ing quickly. So is it really okay to returnto theplayground?

Are playgrounds safe now?It’s impossible to negate all risks of

contracting the virus at a place like aplayground, which is frequented bylargenumbers of peoplewhomayhavedifferentviews about social distancingand hygiene.But outdoor playgroundsdo have the benefit of fresh air andmore space between people thanwhatmost indoor spaces offer. There is agrowing consensus that if you’re goingto leave your home, it’s safer to be out-doors than in an indoor public gather-ing space, like a mall.When air is stag-nant,respiratorydroplets could linger,experts say,whereas theairflowoutsidecan help dilute thevirus.

A crowded playground, however,might present a bigger risk. In Massa-chusetts,forinstance,caregivers“willberequiredtoseekalternative facilities”iftheplaygroundissocrowdedthatsocialdistancing cannot be maintained,according to the Executive Office ofEnergyandEnvironmentalAffairs.

Can the virus live on playgroundsurfaces?

It’s unclear how long the coron-avirus can live on plastic and metalplaygroundstructures thatare touchedby hundreds of tiny, and often dirty,hands.The Centers forDisease ControlandPreventionhassaid thatpeoplecanget Covid-19 by touching a surface orobject that has the virus on it and thentouching their own mouth, nose oreyes,but thiswas“not thought tobe themainway thevirus spreads.”

A study published in The New Eng-land Journal ofMedicine found that thevirus lives longest onplastic and stain-less steel and can survive on those sur-faces forup to72hours.Anotherstudy,published inTheLancet,found that theCovid-19 virus remained viable up tofourdays on stainless steel and plastic,but the researchers said the methodthey used to extract the virus fromtheseobjectswasn’t analogous tocasu-ally touching a surface.

TheWorldHealthOrganizationcau-tioned that those studies were con-ducted under laboratory conditionswhere the surfaces were neithercleanednordisinfected so they“shouldbe interpretedwith caution in the real-world environment.” And it’s alsounclear whether the virus theresearchers detected would haveinfected people who came in contactwith these surfaces.

The CDC recommends that play-ground surfaces made of plastic ormetal, like grab bars and railings, becleaned regularly, but said they do notrequire disinfection.Somestudies sug-gest that sunlight could help toreduce the amount of virus lin-gering on surfaces, but thatdoesn’t appear to have beenstudied inplaygrounds.

Should children wear amask at the playground?

Yes, the CDC recom-mendswearingmasks in play-grounds. Face coverings arebelieved to reduce transmis-sion of the virus. Even theWorldHealthOrganization,which had long refused toendorse face masks, con-

cluded in Junethatgovernmentsshouldencouragemaskwearing because of “agrowing compendium of observationalevidence.”Clothmaskswornbythegen-eral public aren’t as effective as surgi-cal masks or N95 respirators, but theystill offer some barrier protectionagainst the large respiratory dropletsgenerated when an infected personsneezes,coughs orbreathes.

But for very young children, saytwo or three years old, wearing amask can sometimes be counter-

productive, said Sean O’Leary,MD, thevice chair of the American Academy ofPediatrics’ Committee on InfectiousDiseases and an associate professor ofpediatrics at theUniversityofColoradoAnschutz Medical Campus and Chil-dren’s Hospital Colorado.

For example, if your child is contin-ually touching their face and readjust-ing the mask, “they might becomeinfected themselves,”O’Leary said.

TheCDCsayschildrenyoungerthantwo should not wear face coverings

because of the risk of suffocation.

What else can caregivers do to protectthemselvesandchildrenatplaygrounds?

Ifaplaygroundisfullofchildren,con-sider coming back at a different time ofday—perhapsearlyinthemorningwhenthe crowds are thinner. If there aren’tbathrooms nearby to wash children’shands regularly, the CDC recommendscarryinghand sanitiser.Applyenough tocoateverysurfaceofbothhandsandthentellyourchildtorubtheirhandstogetheruntil theyaredry.Considercleaningyourchild’shandsbeforetheyeatasnackontheplaygroundandalsoafterleavingit.

Ifyouplan touse sanitiser,it’swise tohaveabottleofwateronhandaswell.Thatway,ifyourchild’shandsbecomecoveredin dirt or sand you can rinse them offbefore applying the sanitiser.The CDCsaysthatsanitiserislesseffectiveondirtyorgreasyhands.

Finally, don’t assume that the chil-drenare theprimaryvectorsofdisease.Adults spread the virus more readilythanchildren,O’Learysaid.“That’swhytheadultsthataresupervisingshouldbecareful about staying away from otherfolks,”O’Learysaid.

Whyisn’tmyplaygroundopenyet?Some localities, have decided that

playgrounds present toomuchof a riskright now.To give childrenmore spaceto play, NewYork City, for instance,hasopted to close certain streets to vehicletraffic andwill also be setting upwatermisters in someparks.

The National Recreation and ParkAssociationhasrecommendedthatplay-grounds stay closed until there is nolongerwidespreadcommunitytransmis-sion of the virus because playgroundshave a tendencytobecomecrowdedandit is difficult to keep surfaces clean anddisinfected.The CDC has also said thatplaygrounds are difficult to keep safe.“Now in reopening,we have to actuallydouble-downonourdiligence,”NewYorkgovernorAndrewMCuomo said. If peo-ple continue to use hand sanitiser, stayawayfromlargegatherings,wearmasks,and stayphysicallydistanced,he contin-ued,“thevirusspreadwillbecontained.”

NYT

Parents and caregiversareweighing the risksof bringing childrentoplaygrounds,where social distancingcanbe a challengeandhard surfacesare everywhere

Here’s how to keep kidssafe in a playground

How to donate blood

Mind&GamesSUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020


MICHAELMOSS

DURING A SPRING CONFER-ENCEcall,themakerofOreosand other iconic snacksshared some exciting newswith Wall Street analysts. In

the early days of the coronavirus pan-demic,cookieandcrackersaleshadshotupby nearly 30%,a gargantuan leap in theworldofgroceries.“Weexecutedwellinthefirstquarter,evenastheviruswasspread-ing,”saidDirkVandePut,thechiefexecu-tive of Mondelez International.This was-n’t just a result of hoarding by nervousshoppers,hesaid.ConsumersintheUSandinmanyothercountriesboughtmore,atewhat theystashed awayand kept comingback for snacks as the weeks of social dis-tancingstretchedon.

The company did some investigating,andwhatitfoundhastheentireprocessedfood industry eagerly making new plansforourfuture.Wemaythinkthatweturneda corneron oureating habitswith all thatsourdough baking we did, but Big Foodisn’tabouttoletusoff itshookthateasily.For starters, the pandemic revealed thatshelteringinourhomesturnsourkitchensintoonehugevendingmachine.“In-home,there is more grazing,more continuouseating,andsnackingtakesupamuchbig-gerrole,”VandePutsaid.

On top of that,he noted that there arepowerful new emotions at play in thosecompulsions to graze.“Sharing a snackwith your kids as everybody is sort ofcoopedupinthehousebringsbackafeel-ing of normalcy,of togetherness,calmingeverybodydown,”hesaid.Lastly,thecom-pany found,many of us are finding our-selves drawn toward products that neverattractedusbefore—amarketer’sdream.Didwereallyfall thathardforthekindsofprocessedsnackfoodsthatmanyofushadbeentryingtoavoid?

Backin2014,AlexiaHoward,aSanfordC Bernstein food industry analyst with areputationforpullingnopunches,spottedthe trend among younger adults to avoidhighly processed foods because of healthconcerns.Soonafterthatcametheremark-able admission by Campbell Soup’s chiefexecutive that“we are well aware of themounting distrust of Big Food.” Now,Howard told me, the pandemic doesindeed appear to be giving the industry acomeback.“Therewasahugesurgeinsalesof packaged food in mid-March as all thepanic-buying played out across the coun-try,”she said.“But sales are generally stillextremely strong across the board due tothecollapseinfoodservicesalestorestau-rants,schools,etc.”

Data from the research firm Nielsenthat tracked Americans’grocery buyingfrom March to May bore this out.Camp-bell’sreapeda93%increaseinsalesof itscannedsoupbeforesettlingbacktoastill-amazing32%growth.AtGeneralMills,breakfast cereal jumped 29% in lateMarch,andjumpedagainto37%inthethirdweekofApril.Deepintothepan-demic,wewerestillbuying51%more

frozenwaffles,pancakesandFrenchtoastfromKellogg’s.Andsoon.

To help gaugewhatwe might do oncesocial distancing ends,Howard also tookan early measure of how the pandemicchangedoureatinghabits.Asurveybyherfirm,doneonApril2of1,052consumerswhowere representative of the US popu-lation, found that six in 10 adults werecookingmoreoftheirmealsfromscratch,atrendthatbrokefairlyevenlyamongdif-ferent age groups. But there were somegenerational splits on other matters.Notquiteoneinthreepeoplesaidthevirushadcausedthemtoeathealthier,whicholderpeople tended to define as helping themlose weight or control diabetes, andyoungeradultsdefinedas“realfood”withsimple ingredients. By contrast, one in

fourpeoplesaidtheywereeatingmore salty and sugary snacks,

andthesepeopleweredominatedbythesamegroupthathadgivenBig

Foodahardtimebackin2014:youngadults ages 18 to 29. Amy Trubek,chair of the nutrition and food sci-encesdepartmentat theUniversityofVermont,saidthatwhenherstu-

dents had to flee campus in March,theycookedupahealthystorm.Butshehasherdoubts about whether they or the rest ofus can keep this up without some con-certed effort.“American habits die hard,”shesaid.“Idon’tthinksourdoughstarterisgoingtomakeeverybodyintoahomecookof whole foods. It’s the everyday relent-lessnessof figuringouthowtofeedyour-self that is always the problem. And asthingseaseup,wehaveahabitualsystemin our society where you don’t have tocook,you can have other people cook onyour behalf, or you buy food that’s pre-paredforyouinsomeway,shapeorform.”

Enter the processed food companiesand their plans to capture the momentwe’re in, building on strategies theyemployed even before the pandemicbegan.Inlisteningtotheirmarketingexec-utivesandpitchestoWallStreet,wemightexpect to see a game plan that looks likethis:Keeptheirfoodsinourheadsthroughadsonourmobilephones.Thisstartedoutsilly,with bags of Doritos measuring sixfeetbetweenpeople.Theywentdeeperintoour isolation with“pick your quarantinehouse” from Skittles and played on oursocial distancing with virtual hugs fromM&Ms.Butevenwhennottiedtothepan-demic,theirpitchesarestaggeringlyeffec-tive.TacoBellhas1.9millionfollowers.

Fight harder for shelf space. Mon-delez employees go into supermarketsto stock the company’s products them-selves,which became a huge advantagein the pandemic.When grocers focusedon restocking staples like flour and letthe snacks aisles sit empty, Mondelezagents kept the Oreos and Ritz crackerscoming. Look for fierce shelf warsamong firms going forward.

Focus on new markets. In China, thepandemic hurt sales initially, but Mon-delez bounced back in part by refocusingtheir marketing efforts. “We started torealise that cookingwith Oreowas some-thingthattheyreallyliketodo,”saidVandePut.“So,we switched ourcommunicationto cooking with Oreo.”Recapture impul-siveness.Thepandemichasacceleratedtheindustry’seffortstogetustobuythingsnoton our shopping list.One trick that’s get-ting renewed attention: the full basket.With free shipping on orders of $35 ormore,for example,shoppers just short ofthatsumgetpromptedtoadditems.

Andfinally,foodcompaniesarehopingtoregainourtrustaboutthehealthrisksofprocessed foods by reducing their use ofsugar,saltandsaturatedfat,andbytakingstepstohelpconsumersavoidovereating.

NYT

Wemay think thatweturned a corner onhealthful eating habitswith all that sourdoughbakingwe did, but thefood industry isn’tabout to let us off itshook that easily

LEXICONKAKUROCROSSWORD BRIDGE BOUTS L SUBRAMANIAN

The sea ice that surroundsAntarctica is seasonal: itincreases during winter andlargely melts in the summer.The exception has been theWeddell Sea, which retainsmuch of its ice from year toyear because of cold windsfrom the south and acircular current, or gyre,that keeps the ice fromdrifting into warmer watersthat would cause it to melt.

That makes theWeddell animportant area for speciesthat prefer colderconditions. But from 2016to 2017, theWeddell had asharp drop in sea icecoverage during theSouthern Hemispheresummer compared with theprevious summer. The losswas nearly 350,000 sq miles.

So what’s going on? Afteranalysing satellite data andweather records,researchers say twoelements led to the initialsea ice loss in 2016-17, andthe loss has persistedbecause of a phenomenonalso seen in the Arctic.

First, they report in a recentstudy in GeophysicalResearch Letters, unusuallystrong westerly winds inSeptember 2016 pushed alot of sea ice out of theWeddell. And thatDecember, record strongstorms brought in warm airfrom the northeast.

In theWeddell, theresearchers said, the initialloss of sea ice that winterled to a rise in the seatemperature of about 0.5degree Celsius.

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1. Extra-ordinary General Meeting (‘EGM’) of the Company is

scheduled on Monday, 13th July 2020 at 11.00 a.m., through Video

Conferencing (‘VC’), to transact the businesses as set out in the

Notice convening the EGM dated 19th June 2020 (‘Notice of EGM’).

2. In view of the prevailing lock down situation across the country

due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions

on the movements apart from social distancing, the Ministry

of Corporate Affairs (MCA), vide Circular No.14/2020 dated

8th April 2020, Circular No.17/2020 dated 13th April 2020 read with

Circular No. 20/2020 dated 5th May 2020 and Circular No. 22/2020

dated 15th June 2020 (collectively referred to as ‘MCA Circulars’),

companies are permitted to hold their EGM through VC up to

30th September 2020.

3. In compliance with applicable provisions of the Companies Act,

2013 read with the aforesaid MCA circulars, EGM of the company

being conducted through VC will be hereinafter called as ‘e-EGM’.

4. In compliance with the provision of Section 108 of the Companies

Act, 2013 and the rules made thereunder and Regulation 44 of

the Listing Regulations, the Company is providing to its members

the facility to exercise their right to vote by electronic means on

the businesses as set out in the Notice of e-EGM through e-voting

facility.

5. The Company has, on 20th June 2020, completed dispatch of the

Notice of e-EGM to the shareholders whose names appeared in

the Statement of Beneicial Ownership maintained by National

Securities Depository Limited (‘NSDL’) and Central Depository

Services (India) Limited (‘CDSL’) or Register of Members of the

Company as on the close of business hours on 12th June 2020. In

compliance with the aforesaid MCA Circulars and SEBI Circular

dated 12th May 2020, Notice of the e-EGM is being sent only

through electronic mode to those Members whose email addresses

are registered with the Company/ Depositories.

6. Shareholders who have not registered their e-mail address,

and in consequence of which the Notice of e-EGM and e-voting

instructions could not be serviced to them, may temporarily

get their email address and mobile number registered with

the Company’s Registrar and Share Transfer Agent, KFin

Technologies Private Limited, by clicking on the link:

https://karisma.kintech.com/emailreg for doing the same.

Shareholders are requested to follow the process as guided

to capture the email address and mobile number for obtaining

the soft copy of notice and e-voting instructions along with the User

ID and Password. In case of any queries, shareholders may write

to [email protected].

7. Members holding shares either in physical form or in dematerialised

form, as on cut-off date i.e. 7th July 2020, may cast their votes

electronically on the businesses as set out in the Notice of e-EGM,

through electronic voting system of KFin Technologies Private

Limited (“KFIN”) from a place other than venue of EGM (‘remote

e-voting’) in the manner set out in the notice of the meeting. The

members are informed that:

i. the business set out in the Notice of e-EGM may be transacted

through voting by electronic means;

ii. the remote e-voting shall commence on 10th July 2020 at 9.00 a.m.;

iii. the remote e-voting shall end on 12th July 2020 at 5.00 p.m.;

iv. the cut-off date for determining the eligibility to vote by electronic

means or at the e-EGM is 7th July 2020;

v. any person, who acquires shares of the Company and

becomes member of the Company after dispatch of the

Notice of e-EGM and holds shares as on the cut-off date i.e.

7th July 2020, may email at [email protected] or call on

Karvy’s toll free number 1800-3454-001 to obtain the Notice of

e-EGM and procedure for e-voting;

Members may please note that:

a. the remote e-voting module shall be disabled by KFIN after

the aforesaid date and time for e-voting and once the vote

on a resolution is cast by a Member, the Member shall not

be allowed to change it subsequently;

b. the facility for e-voting shall also be made available at the

e-EGM and the members attending the e-EGM through

Video Conference, who have not cast their vote by remote

e-voting, shall be able to exercise their right to vote at the

e-EGM through e-voting;

c. the Members who have cast their vote by remote e-voting

prior to the e-EGM may also attend the e-EGM but shall not

be entitled to cast their vote again; and

d. a person whose name is recorded in the register of members

or in the register of beneicial owners maintained by the

depositories, as of the cut-off date, only shall be entitled to

avail the facility of remote e-voting as well as e-voting at

the e-EGM;

vi. the Notice of e-EGM is available on the Company’s

website www.renukasugars.com, on KFIN’s website

https://evoting.karvy.com, on the website of BSE Ltd. at

www.bseindia.com and on the website of National Stock

Exchange of India at www.nseindia.com; and

vii. In case of any query, members may refer to Frequently

Asked Questions (FAQs) for shareholders and e-voting

user manual for shareholders available at the download

section of https://evoting.karvy.com or contact Mr. Rajeev

Kumar, Dy. Manager - RIS Department of KFIN, by email

at [email protected] / [email protected] or call on

the toll free 1800-345-4001.

For Shree Renuka Sugars Limited

Date : 21st June 2020 Deepak Manerikar

Place : Mumbai Company Secretary

Registered Office: 12th Floor, Narain Manzil, 23, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110 001.Corporate Office: One BKC, 13th Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai - 400 051.Tel.: +91 22 2652 5000, Fax: +91 22 2652 8100, Website: www.iciciprumf.com,

Email id: [email protected] Service Office: 2nd Floor, Block B-2, Nirlon Knowledge Park, Western ExpressHighway, Goregaon (E), Mumbai - 400 063. Tel.: 022 2685 2000 Fax: 022 26868313

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company LimitedCorporate Identity Number: U99999DL1993PLC054135

Notice to the Investors/Unit holders for declaration of dividend under ICICI Prudential

Liquid Fund, ICICI Prudential Savings Fund, ICICI Prudential Floating Interest Fund,

ICICI Prudential Equity - Arbitrage Fund, ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund

(Tax Saving), ICICI Prudential Ultra Short Term Fund, ICICI Prudential Equity Savings

Fund, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund, ICICI Prudential Regular Savings Fund

and ICICI Prudential Constant Maturity Gilt Fund (the Schemes).

Notice is hereby given that ICICI Prudential Trust Limited, Trustee to ICICI Prudential

Mutual Fund has approved declaration of the following dividend under the dividend

option of the Schemes, subject to availability of distributable surplus on the record date

i.e on June 26, 2020*:

Name of the Schemes/Plans Dividend

(` per unit)

(Face value of

` 100/- each)#

NAV as on

June 19, 2020

(` Per unit)

ICICI Prudential Liquid Fund@

Quarterly Dividend 1.1498 101.5122

Direct Plan - Quarterly Dividend 1.1853 102.2956

ICICI Prudential Savings Fund$



ICICI Prudential Floating Interest Fund$



Name of the Schemes/Plans Dividend

(` per unit)

(Face value of

`10/- each)$#

NAV as on

June 19, 2020

(` Per unit)

ICICI Prudential Equity - Arbitrage Fund

Dividend 0.0500 13.6794

Direct Plan - Dividend 0.0500 14.5996

ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund (Tax Saving)

Dividend 0.50 16.31

Direct Plan - Dividend 0.50 23.89

ICICI Prudential Ultra Short Term Fund



Half Yearly Dividend 0.3414 10.7756

Direct Plan - Half Yearly Dividend 0.3780 10.9355

ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund


Half Yearly Dividend 0.22 12.24

Direct Plan - Half Yearly Dividend 0.22 13.05

ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund



ICICI Prudential Regular Savings Fund



ICICI Prudential Constant Maturity Gilt Fund



@ The dividend amount payable will be dividend per unit as mentioned above or the

distributable surplus to the extent of NAV movement since previous record date,

available as on record date.

$ The dividend payout will be subject to the availability of distributable surplus and

may be lower depending upon the extent of distributable surplus available on the

record date under the dividend option of the Schemes.

# Subject to deduction of applicable statutory levy.

* or the immediately following Business Day, if that day is a Non - Business Day.

Dividend will be paid to all the unit holders/beneficial owners whose names appear

in the register of unit holders/Statement of beneficial owners maintained by the

Depositories, as applicable under the dividend option of the Schemes, at the close of

business hours on the record date.

It should be noted that pursuant to payment of dividend, the NAV

of the dividend option of the Schemes would fall to the extent of

dividend payout and statutory levy (if applicable).

For ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited

Place : Mumbai Sd/-

Date : June 20, 2020 Authorised Signatory

No. 006/06/2020

To know more, call 1800 222 999/1800 200 6666 or visit www.iciciprumf.com

As part of the Go Green Initiative, investors are encouraged to register/update their e-mail idand mobile number to support paper-less communications.

To increase awareness about Mutual Funds, we regularly conduct Investor AwarenessPrograms across the country. To knowmore about it, please visit https://www.iciciprumf.com

or visit AMFI’s website https://www.amfiindia.com

Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks,read all scheme related documents carefully.

12 FE SUNDAY

WWW.FINANCIALEXPRESS.COMSUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020

Canara Robeco Mutual FundInvestment Manager : Canara Robeco Asset Management Co. Ltd.Construction House, 4th Floor, 5, Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 001.Tel.: 6658 5000 Fax: 6658 5012/13 www.canararobeco.com CIN No.: U65990MH1993PLC071003

NOTICE NO. 20

Declaration of dividend in Canara Robeco Mutual Fund Schemes:

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of Canara Robeco Mutual Fund has declared dividend inthe following schemes, subject to availability of distributable surplus:

Scheme Name Investment Option Dividend(` Per unit)

Face Value(` per unit)

NAV Per Unit ason 19.06.2020

Canara RobecoDynamic Bond Fund

Regular Plan - Dividend Option 0.45 10.00 14.5176

Direct Plan - Dividend Option 0.45 10.00 15.3093

Canara RobecoGilt Fund

Regular Plan - Dividend Option 0.50 10.00 15.7204

Direct Plan - Dividend Option 0.50 10.00 16.4602

Canara RobecoIncome Fund

Regular Plan - Quarterly Dividend Option 0.25 10.00 15.5483

Direct Plan - Quarterly Dividend Option 0.25 10.00 16.6277

Canara RobecoConservativeHybrid Fund



Canara RobecoConservativeHybrid Fund

Regular Plan - Monthly Dividend Option 0.10 10.00 13.3019

Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option 0.10 10.00 14.6445

Canara Robeco ShortDuration Fund



Canara Robeco ShortDuration Fund



Canara RobecoEquity Hybrid Fund



Pursuant to payment of dividend, the NAV of the dividend option of the schemeswould fall to the extent of payout and statutory levy (if any).Record Date for the purpose of distribution of dividend is 26th June, 2020 or the next business day if the recorddate happens to be a non-business day. All unit holders, under the abovementioned Plan/Option, whosenames appear on the register of unit holders of the Schemeas on the record date, are eligible for the dividend.

Declaration of dividend is subject to availability of distributable surplus on the record date/ex-dividend date.In case the distributable surplus is less than the quantum of dividend on the record date/ex-dividend date,the entire available distributable surplus in the Scheme/plan will be declared as dividend.

Unitholders are requested to visit www.canararobeco.com to claim their amounts remaining unclaimedor unpaid and follow the prescribed procedure therein.

For and on behalf of Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd.(Investment manager for Canara Robeco Mutual Fund)

Date: 20-06-2020 sd/-Place: Mumbai Authorised Signatory

Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to the Regulation 47 of the

SEBI (LODR) Regulation 2015, that a Meeting of the Board of

Directors of the Company will be held on Saturday, 27th June,

2020, at Bangalore, inter alia, to consider and approve the

Standalone and Consolidated Audited Financial Results of the

Company for the fourth quarter and financial year ended 31st

March 2020.In accordance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading)Regulations, 2015 Read with Code of Conduct of theCompany, the Trading Window for dealing in the securitiesof the Company has been closed from 1st April 2020 till theclosing hours of 29th June 2020. All Insiders are informedto abstain from trading in the Company’s shares when theTrading Window is closed.

By order of the Board

Sd/- Shivaram V.

Head-Legal, Compliance

& Company Secretary

Place : Bangalore

Date : 20th June 2020

DYNAMATIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDCIN: L72200KA1973PLC002308

Registered Office: Dynamatic Park, Peenya, Bangalore - 560058

Tel. No. : +91 80 28394933/34/35 Fax No. : +91 80 28395823

email: [email protected], Website: www.dynamatics.com

McDOWELLHOLDINGSLIMITEDCIN: L05190KA2004PLC033485

Registered Office: ‘UB Tower’, Level 12, UB City,

24, Vittal Mallya Road, Bengaluru - 560 001

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mcdowellholdings.co.in

Tel. : +91 80 4668 6020 Fax : +91 80 2227 4890

For McDowell Holdings Limited

Sd/-

Arindam Ash

Chief Financial Officer

Place : Bengaluru

Date : June 19, 2020

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Regulation 47 of the Securities and Exchange Board

of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a meeting

of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Friday, June 26, 2020, to

consider, inter alia, the Audited Financial Results of the Company for the quarter and year

ended March 31, 2020.

For further details, you may please visit the Company’s website www.mcdowellholdings.co.in

and on the website of the Stock Exchanges where the equity shares of the Company are

listed at www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com.

Dividend in the Schemes of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

The Trustees of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund have decided to distribute the following Schemes/Plans/Options:

Face Value Amount of Dividend NAV per Unit as onName of the Schemes / Plans#

per Unit (R) per Unit ( ) June 18, 2020 (R)

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 2 - Plan B (1224 Days) (FIFMP-2-B)

FIFMP-2-B - Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.19 10.3996

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 3 - Plan B (1139 days) (FIFMP-3-B)

FIFMP-3-B - Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.19 10.4307

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 3 - Plan C (1132 days) (FIFMP-3-C)

FIFMP-3-C - Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.19 10.4208

FIFMP-3-C- Quarterly Dividend- Direct 10.4572

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 3 - Plan D (1132 days) (FIFMP-3-D)

FIFMP-3-D- Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.19 10.4197

FIFMP-3-D- Quarterly Dividend- Direct 10.4798

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 3 - Plan E (1104 days) (FIFMP-3-E)

FIFMP-3-E - Dividend 10.00 0.97 11.2946

FIFMP-3-E- Dividend- Direct 11.3685

FIFMP-3-E - Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.205 10.5106

FIFMP-3-E- Quarterly Dividend- Direct 10.5724

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 3 - Plan F (1098 days) (FIFMP-3-F)

FIFMP-3-F - Dividend 10.00 0.98 11.3028

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 4 - Plan A (1098 days) (FIFMP-4-A)

FIFMP-4-A - Dividend 10.00 0.885 11.2288

FIFMP-4-A - Dividend- Direct 11.3488

FIFMP-4-A - Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.2 10.5238

FIFMP-4-A - Quarterly Dividend- Direct 10.5940

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 4 - Plan D (1098 Days) (FIFMP-4-D)

FIFMP-4-D – Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.205 10.5276

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 4 - Plan E (1098 Days) (FIFMP-4-E)

FIFMP-4-E - Quarterly Dividend 10.00 0.215 10.6342

FIFMP-4-E - Quarterly Dividend- Direct 10.7505

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans - Series 5 - Plan C (1259 days) (FIFMP-5-C)


FIFMP-5-C - Quarterly Dividend- Direct 10.6918

Franklin India Fixed Maturity Plans – Series 6 – Plan C (1169 days) (FIFMP-6-C)


Franklin India Prima Fund (FIPF)

FIPF - Dividend 10.00 4.250 46.4352

FIPF - Dividend- Direct 51.5228

The Record Date for the same will be June 26, 2020 (Friday). In case the Record Date falls on a non-Business Day, the

immediately following Business Day shall be the Record Date. All the Unitholders / Beneficial Owners of the dividend plan /

option of the scheme whose names appear in the records of Registrar / Depositories as on the Record Date shall be entitled to

receive dividend. The investors in the dividend re-investment plan/option will be allotted units for the dividend amount at

the NAV of the next Business Day after the Record Date.

# Please note that the dividend payout shall be subject to the availability of distributable surplus and if the available

distributable surplus as on the record date is lower than the aforementioned dividend rate, then the available distributable

surplus shall be paid out. The payout shall be subject to tax deducted at source i.e. TDS, as applicable.

Pursuant to payment of dividend, the NAV of the scheme would fall to the extent of payout and

statutory levy (as applicable)

For Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.

(Investment Manager of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund)

Sd/-

Sanjay Sapre

President

Date: June 20, 2020

Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.

R

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

Indiabulls Finance Center, Tower 2, 12th and 13th Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg,

Elphinstone Road (West), Mumbai 400013

“All the Investor Queries / Complaints / Grievances

may be addressed to [email protected].”

NOTICE pursuant to Regulation 29

and 47 of the SEBI (Listing

Obligations and Disclosure

Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is

hereby given that the meeting of the

Board of Directors of the Company

which is originally scheduled on

Wednesday, the 24th day of June,

2020 has been postponed and

rescheduled on Saturday, 27th June,

2020 at its Registered and Corporate

Office situated at ‘SOBHA’, Sarjapur

– Marathahalli Outer Ring Road

(ORR), Devarabisanahalli, Bellandur

Post, Bangalore - 560 103, Karnataka,

India, to consider and take on record,

inter-alia, the Audited Standalone and

Consolidated Financial Results of the

Company for the financial year ended

March 31, 2020 and to recommend

dividend, if any, on its equity shares.

Further details may be accessed from

the website of the Company

www.sobha.com or the website of

Stock Exchanges where the securities

of the Company are listed viz.

www.nseindia.com or www.bseindia.com.

SOBHA LIMITEDCIN: L45201KA1995PLC018475

Registered & Corporate Office: ‘SOBHA’,

Sarjapur – Marathahalli Outer Ring Road

(ORR), Devarabisanahalli, Bellandur Post

BANGALORE - 560 103

Phone: 080-4932 0000

For Sobha Limited

Place: Bangalore

Date : June 20, 2020

Vighneshwar G Bhat

Company Secretary and

Compliance Officer

NOTICE

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PRESSTRUSTOF INDIAWashington, June 20

US SECRETARY OF state MikePompeohas criticised theChi-nese Army for"escalating" theborder tensionwith India andmilitarising the strategic SouthChina Sea as he described theruling Communist Party ofChina as a "rogue actor." In ascathingattackon theChinesegovernment,the topAmericandiplomatsaidthattheCommu-nistPartyofChina(CPC)wantstoundo all the progress the freeworldhasmadethroughinstitu-tions like theNATOandadoptanewsetof rulesandnormsthataccommodateBeijing."ThePLA(People's LiberationArmy) hasescalatedborder tensionswithIndia,theworld'smostpopulousdemocracy.It'smilitarising theSouth China Sea and illegallyclaimingmore territory there,threateningvitalsealanes,"Pom-peosaid,adayafterheexpresseddeepcondolencestoIndiaonthedeath of 20 soldiers in violentclasheswith theChinese troopsat theGalwanValley inLadakhearlyintheweek.

China claims almost all ofthe resource-rich SouthChina

Sea andhas also laid claims onthe Senkaku islands under thecontrol of Japan in the EastChina Sea.Vietnam,thePhilip-pines,Malaysia,BruneiandTai-wan have counter claims overthe South China Sea. The USperiodically deploys its navalshipsandfighterplanestoassertfreedom of navigation. In hisvirtual address on"Europe andtheChinaChallenge"duringthe2020CopenhagenDemocracySummitonFriday,Pompeosaidthatformanyyears,theWest,inan era of hope, believed theycould change the CPC andimprovethelivesoftheChinesepeople along theway.“TheCPCtookadvantageof ourgoodwillwhileassuringustheywantedacooperativerelationship.As(for-mer Chinese politician) DengXiaoping said 'Hide yourstrength, bide your time.' I'vetalked in other venues aboutwhythis happened.It's a com-plicatedstory.It'snoone'sfault,"Pompeosaid.

Overdecades,Europeanand

American companies haveinvested in China with greatoptimism.Itoutsourcedsupplychains toplaces like Shenzhen,opened education institutionsforPLA-affiliated students andwelcomedChinesestate-backedinvestmentintheircountries,hesaid.ButtheCPCdecreedanendto freedom inHongKong,vio-lating a UN-registered treatyandtherightsofitscitizens.Thisis one of many internationaltreaties the partyhasviolated,Pompeosaid."GeneralSecretary(Chinese President) Xi Jinpinghas greenlighted abrutal cam-paignofrepressionagainstChi-neseMuslims,a human rightsviolation on a scalewehaven'tseensinceWorldWarII.Now,thePLAhas escalated border ten-sionswithIndia,”hesaid.

TheclashintheGalwanVal-ley is thebiggest confrontationbetweenthetwomilitariesaftertheir1967 clashes inNathuLawhen India lost around80 sol-dierswhilethedeathtollontheChinesesidewasover300."The

CPCisn't justarogueactorinitsown neighbourhood, it liedabouttheCoronavirusandletitspread to the rest of theworld,while pressuring theWHO toassist in its cover-upcampaign.Hundredsof thousandsofpeo-ple have died and the globaleconomyhasbeendecimated,”Pompeosaid.Evennowmonthsinto the pandemic, China hasnotprovidedaccesstolivevirussamples, facilities or informa-tionaboutpatientsinDecemberinWuhan,hesaid.

China is pushing disinfor-mation and malicious cybercampaigns to undermine gov-ernments and todrive awedgebetween the US and Europe,Pompeo alleged."It's saddlingdeveloping nations with debtand dependency. It's strong-armingnations to do businesswith Huawei, an arm of theCPC's surveillance state.It's fla-grantlyattackingEuropeansov-ereigntybybuyingupportsandcritical infrastructure fromPiraeustoValencia,"hesaid.

The topAmericandiplomat calledtheCommunistPartyofChinaa‘rogueactor’,saying itwants toundoall progressthe freeworldhasmade throughinstitutionslikeNATO

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo REUTERS

ASSOCIATEDPRESSWashington, June 20

APPLE'S FRIDAY DECISION toclose stores in four stateswithsurgingCoronaviruscaseshigh-lightsaquestionthatotherbusi-nessesmaysoonface:Stayopenorprepareformoreshutdowns?Apple,likemanyothermajorUSretailers,shutdownallof itsUSlocationsinMarch.OnFriday,itsaid it would shut 11 stores,seveninArizona,twoinFlorida,twoinNorthCarolinaandoneinSouth Carolina, that it hadreopened just a fewweeks ago.Themove heightens concernsthat the pandemicmight keepthe economy in the doldrumslonger than expected. Thoseworries sent stocks on WallStreet lower. It's not clearwhetherother retailerswill fol-lowenmasse,althoughoneana-lyst expects hard-hit stores tostayopenunless forced toclosebylocalauthorities.

Many other businesses,including manufacturing,travel, dining, and entertain-ment, have been steadilyreopeningwheretheycanwhiletakinghealth precautions.Butsomehave recentlypulledbackorpausedtheirplans.TheCruiseLinesInternationalAssociation,forinstance,announcedonFri-daythatshipswillnotbesailingfromUSportsuntilatleastSep-tember 15,extending a pauseputinplacebecauseoftheCoro-navirus pandemic. The autoindustry,meanwhile,has seenits efforts to restart productionhampered in part by infectedworkers.BecauseUS efforts tocontain the pandemic haven'tbeenparticularlysuccessful,thesituation“couldultimatelyleadto a need for more prolongedshut-downs”thatwouldreduceconsumer spending and costjobs,saidEricRosengren,presi-dentoftheFederalReserveBankofBoston.

Inpublic remarksonFriday,Rosengrensaidthatheexpectedtheeconomicreboundthisyearwouldbelessthanwhatwasini-tially hoped for at the pan-

demic's outset, and that theunemployment rate wouldremain indouble-digits.Statessuch as Utah and Oregon arepausing the reopening of theireconomiesamidaspikeincases,while others likeTexas andAri-zona have not changed theirplans. Arizona this week didmandatethatbusinessesimple-ment social distancing, andPhoenixmademasksmanda-tory inpublic.Likemanyof thebiggest players in the technol-ogyindustry,Applehasbeenfar-ingfarbetterthanmostcompa-nies amid pandemic-inducedrecession. The store closureswon't put a significant dent inApple's sales, said WedbushSecuritiesDaniel Ives,but theyare“aworrisometrend.”

The Cupertino, California,companyhas continued to selliPhones and other productsonline,andotherretailerscandosoaswell if theydecidetoclose,saidCraigJohnson,presidentofretail consultancy CustomerGrowthPartners.“I don't thinkthis isgoingtobeagiantstum-blingblockforAppleoranybodyelse. You can still get almosteverything you need onlinesomewhere,” he said. Johnsonnotedthatthecountry'sbiggestretailers,Walmart andTarget,didnot shutdown,andneitherdidappliancechains likeHomeDepot and Lowe's. If other

chains that aren't deemedessentialdoshutdownstores,hewouldexpectclosurestobelim-ited to areaswith rising cases.Still, retail has been hit hard,withdecliningprofitsandbank-ruptcies.Retailearningsshrank70%inthefirstquarter,exclud-ingWalmart,saidKenPerkinsofRetail Metrics, and second-quarterearningsareexpectedtodropanother45%.Departmentstores NeimanMarcus and JCPenney and clothing chain JCrew have all filed for bank-ruptcyprotection.

Home-goodschainPier1 isshutting down. “Remainingopen may be existential forsome retailers and I wouldexpect they will stay openwhere local regulations allow,”Perkins said in an email. Heexpectedthat theywouldoffercurbside pick-up “at a bareminimum”even if doorswereshut again in specific areaswhere they are required to doso. Disney, which has beenplanningtoreopenDisneylandinCaliforniaandDisneyWorldin Orlando, Florida, in July, isnotchangingitsplans.Univer-sal Orlando, Busch GardensTampaBayandSeaWorldhavealready reopened in Florida.Cases are also rising inFlorida,andsomerestaurantsandbarssaid they were temporarilyclosingagain.

Apple recloses some stores,raising economic concerns

Afile photoofanApple store inManhattan,NewYork REUTERS

ASSOCIATEDPRESSWashington, June 20

AFEDERALJUDGE ruledSatur-day that formernational secu-rity adviser John Bolton canmoveforwardinpublishinghistell-all book despite efforts bythe Trump administration toblockthereleasebecauseofcon-cerns that classified informa-tioncouldbeexposed.Thedeci-sion from US District JudgeRoyceLamberth is avictory forBolton in a court case thatinvolvedcoreFirstAmendmentandnationalsecurityconcerns.Butthejudgealsomadeclearhisconcerns thatBoltonhadgam-bledwith thenational securityof theUnited States byoptingout of a prepublication reviewprocessmeant to prevent gov-ernmentofficials fromspillingclassified secrets in memoirstheypublish.

Therulingclearsthepathforabroaderelection-yearreader-shipanddistributionofamem-oir,dueoutTuesday,thatpaintsanunflatteringportraitofPresi-dent Donald Trump's foreignpolicydecision-makingduringthe turbulent year-and-a-halfthat Bolton spent in theWhiteHouse.Nonetheless,Lamberthfrowned upon the way Boltonwentaboutpublishingthebook.Bolton took it upon himself topublishhisbookwithoutsecur-ingfinalapproval fromnationalintelligenceauthoritiesandper-hapscausedirreparableharmtonationalsecurity,Lamberthsaid.Butwith200,000copiesalreadydistributedtobooksellersacrossthecountry,attemptingtoblockits release would be futile, thejudgewrote.Asinglededicatedindividualwith abook inhandcouldpublishitscontentsfarandwide fromhis local coffee shop,Lamberthwrote.Withhundredsof thousands of copies aroundtheglobe,manyinnewsrooms,thedamage isdone.There isnorestoringthestatusquo.

Judge: Boltoncan publishbookdespiteefforts toblock it

Pompeotears intoChinafor‘escalating’tensionwithIndia

ASSOCIATED PRESSUnited Nations, June 20

UNEXPERTSSAYarmedgroups,criminal networks and somelaw enforcement agents inCongoarereapingvastsumsofmoneyfromillegallyexploitinggold and other naturalresourcesandsmugglingthemto Uganda,Burundi,Rwanda,Tanzania and theUnitedArabEmirates.Theexpertsmonitor-ing implementation of UNsanctionsagainstCongosaidina report to the UN SecurityCouncil obtained on FridaybyTheAssociated Press that“thevolumesofsmuggledgoldweresignificantly higher than thevolumesoflegallytradedgold.”

The council imposed sanc-tionsonCongoaftertheendofback-to-back wars thatdestroyedmuch of the centralAfrican nation by 2002. Spo-radicviolencehascontinuedtoplague the vast nation's min-eral-rich eastern border regionwhere local militias regularlyclashwith one another,aswellaswith Congolese army forcesand perpetrators of the 1994

Rwandan genocide.The panelof experts said it traced Con-golesegold“toregionalrefiner-iesandotherinternationaldes-tinations and found that somerefineriesactedasbrokers,usedcash payments, undertookrefiner-to-refiner trading andused corporate networks toobscure ownership, therebyinhibiting supply chainaccountability.” Gold tradersalsoavoidedusingformalbank-ingnetworks, it said.Thepanelsaid that it found that Northand South Kivu in easternCongoandIturiprovinceinthenortheastreportedofficialpro-duction totalling just over 60kilograms of surface-minedgoldin2019.

UNexperts:Gold fromCongo isgoing to armedgroups,criminals

PRESS TRUSTOF INDIAWashington, June 20

US PRESIDENT DONALDTrump has announced hisintentiontonominateleadingIndian-American global ven-ture capitalist Deven Parekhas a member of the board ofdirectors of an independentagency of the governmentthat provides financing forprivatedevelopmentprojects.The nomination of Parekh tobe a member of the board ofdirectors of the International

Development Finance Corpo-ration will be for a term ofthree years.He is themanag-ingdirectoratsoftwareinvest-ment firmInsightPartners.

Parekh previously servedon the Overseas PrivateInvestment Corporationboard from2016to2018andwasamemberof theadvisoryboard of the United StatesExport-Import Bank from2010 to 2012. Parekhreceived his BS in Economicsfrom theWharton School atthe University of Pennsylva-

nia.Lastmonth,heco-hosteda virtual fundraiser for for-mervice president Joe Biden,who is the Democratic presi-dential nominee againstTrump. Parekh was a majorfundraiser also for formerPresident Barack Obama. Heheld anumberof positions atBerensonMinella&Companybetween 1992 and 2000,including those of principaland vice president. Previ-ously, from 1991 to 1992,hewasa financial analyst fortheBlackstoneGroup.

US President intends to nominateIndian-American to IDFC board

US President Donald Trump REUTERS

67Lworkersget`50k-crhelpline

“Our rural governance sys-tems and field level workerssuchasAshaworkerswhobuiltpublic awareness in rural areashave played a very importantrolein(fightingCovid-19).”ThePrimeMinistersaidthegovern-mentwould ensure no one invillageswould need to dependonborrowingsduringthiscrisisperiod.According to him, theAbhiyaanwould stand in goodstead for women's self-helpgroups. “The way corona hasbeen fought in the villages ofIndia,it has taught abig lessonto thecities.Whethersomeoneacknowledgesyourworkornot,Ihailyourcontributioninfight-ingcoronavirus,”hesaid.

TheAbhiyanisestimatedtocover about two-third of suchmigrantworkers in UP,Bihar,Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,JharkhandandOdisha.Itwouldbenefit migrant workers whoreturned to the rural areas viathe special Shramik specialtrains and other means,withtensofthousandsgettinghomeonfoot.Atthesametime,givenits acute fiscal constraints, thegovernmentisapparentlykeenthat theseadditionalneedsarebeingmetmostlyviafast-track-ing of certain expenditure anda wholesale re-prioritisation.Additional budgetary costs, ifany,arebeingminimised.Apartfrom budgetary funds,resources form afforestation(CAMPA)fundanddistrictmin-eral funds could also be put to

use tosomeextent forthemis-sion-modeproject.

Manufacturersburstballoon

Anyincreaseindutieswouldraise cost for vendors, whichwouldbepassedontotheman-ufacturersandonwardstocon-sumers.Sincedomesticmanu-facturing of such componentsisnotenough,there'snosubsti-tutionpossiblecurrently.

Comingtothemobilephonesegment, the overall marketsize is of around `2 lakh croreand the share of the Chineseproducts is around 72%.Chi-nesebrandsdominatehereandanyhigherdutieswouldimpactthemarketintermsofpricesofthe phones. Even Chinese orsome domestic firms assem-bling these products in Indiaimport several componentsfromChina.Thesituationisnotmuchdifferentinthe`25,000-crore TVmarket.The share ofChinese products in smartTVsis higherat around45%,whilein the non-smart TVs, theirshare is at around9%.Raisingdutiesheremaywork,but con-sumer prices of smart TVswould rise as non-Chinesesmart TVs are costlier by 30-50%.SaysVinnieMehta,direc-tor-general of AutomotiveComponent Manufacturers'Association,“TheimportsfromChina cannot be replaced sosoon,butthevaluechaincanbecreatedinIndiagivenourskills,quality and capabilities.So theIndian auto parts industry can

bring down dependence onChina,whichaccountsforabouta fourth of India’s annual autoparts imports of $18 billion.Indian exports to China in thissegment, however, are onlyabout$300millionannually.”

B Thiagarajan, MD of air-conditioningmajor Blue Star,toldFEthatChinaisthebiggestcomponent supplier. “TheAtmanirmbar initiative hasbeen takenbythe governmenttoenablecomponentmakerstobecomeselfreliant,butallthesewill taketime.”

“When it comes to globalsupply chain in the domain ofelectronics manufacturing,China is the one inseparablelink.There is some componentorprocess ofvirtually all prod-ucts forwhich everyelectronicmanufacturing country in theworldisdependentonChina.IfIndia decides to stop importsfromChina,theproductionwillbeimpacted,”GeorgePaul,CEO,Manufacturers'AssociationforInformationTechnology,said.

"It is no secret that a sub-stantive part of India’s supplychain has its roots in China.Efforts are underway toenhance self-dependency.Meanwhile,we remain confi-dent that the Indian and Chi-nese leaderships will find alastingsolutionforthecurrentborder impasse. We remainhopefulofpeacewithoutcom-promisingIndia’sstrategicpri-orities,” said Pankaj Mohin-droo, chairman of the IndiaCellular and ElectronicsAsso-ciation.KamalNandi,business

headandexecutivevice-presi-dent of Godrej Appliances,said,“Forthenextfewmonths,there is enough stock of com-ponents and parts for con-sumer electronics and thoughtherewill be disruption in thelong term, it can bemitigatedwithalternativesavailable.Theimpact onprices is not knownbecausetheindustryhastoseewhat cost impact would bethere while importing fromothercountries.”

Brandingthat’s inyourface,literally

“It is a great promotiontoolwhichyoucan’tgowrongwith.Presently,we are givingawayonematchingfacemaskfree with every garment salethat we make.” While manycar companies in India aremanufacturing protectiveshields and ventilators,brands like Ferrari and Fordare offeringmaskswith theirbrand logos. In fact, brandedmasks have caught on so fastthat fakes have also floodedthe market. Fake brandedmasks of Adidas, Nike,TommyHilfiger, Swiggy andAmul are easily availableeverywhere. And, like otherfakes and copies, brands aretaking these seriouslyaswell.Adidashasclarified that ithasnot launched any masks inIndia so far,whereas TommyHilfiger has filed casesagainst manufacturers inTamil Nadumakingmasks intheirname.

Delhicases:Institutionalquarantineorderrevoked

After thismeeting,Sisodiasaid outstanding issues hadbeen resolved.“Thedoubts theLGhad regarding home isola-tionhave been cleared and thepractice will continue.We arethankfultotheLGforthis.ChiefministerArvindKejriwalwillnotletthepeopleofDelhisuffer,”hetweeted.Theprivate call centrewhich had been roped in tomakedailycalls to thoseunderhome isolation will, however,have to go.The serviceswill beavailed tillMonday,afterwhich“alternatives”will be discussedwith the health department,”Sisodia said.Sources said thatduring the noonmeeting, theelected representatives askedthe L-Gwhyhe had issued theorderwithout keeping them inthe loop.“TheorderwaspassedinthenameoftheDDMAwhentheissuewasnotevendiscussedbythemembers.Itwouldhavecreated complete chaos in thecity.Dowehave the infrastruc-ture to send every patient toinstitutional quarantine?Doesanycitywith a population likeDelhi’s have the capacity?Theother issue raised during themeetingwasthatpeoplewillnotcome forth toget tested even ifthey have been in touch withCovid positive cases.Thatwillonly lead to a higher rate oftransmission,” said an officialwhodidnotwanttobenamed.

From the Front Page

PRESSTRUSTOF INDIANewDelhi, June 20

DIESELPRICEONSaturdayhitarecord high after rates werehikedby61paiseperlitrewhilepetrolpricewasup51paise,tak-ing the cumulative increase inrates intwoweeksto`8.28and`7.62 respectively. Petrol priceinDelhiwashikedto`78.88perlitre from`78.37,while dieselrateswereincreasedto`77.67alitre from`77.06,according toa price notification of state oil

marketingcompanies.Rates have been increased

across the country and varyfrom state to state dependingon the incidence of local salestax orVAT. The 14th daily in-crease in rates sinceoil compa-niesonJune7restartedrevisingprices in line with costs afterendingan82-dayhiatus inrate

revision,has takendieselpricestonewhigh.Petrolpricetooisatatwo-yearhigh. Priortothecur-rent rally, diesel rate hadtouched a peak of `75.69 perlitre in Delhi on October 16,2018. The highest-everpetrolpricewas onOctober 4,2018,whenratessoaredto`84a litreinDelhi.

NEWS14 FE SUNDAY

WWW.FINANCIALEXPRESS.COMSUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020

P.O. Tamluk, Dist. Midnapur EastWest Bengal - 721 636

E-mail: [email protected]

Date: 18.06.2020Place: Tamluk Railway Station

Whereas, the undersigned being the Authorized Officer of the State Bank of India,Tamluk Railway Station Branch under the Securitization and Reconstruction ofFinancial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (No. 3 of 2002) andin exercise of powers conferred under section 13(12) read with rule 3 of the SecurityInterest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 issued a Demand Notice dated 31.05.2019calling upon the Borrower M/sAnsur Timber Traders, Prop. SkAnsurAli, S/o LateSk Chasam Ali of Vill. & P.O. Kakgeechia, P.S. Tamluk, Dist. Purba Medinipore,Pin - 721636 to repay the amount mentioned in the notice being Rs.12,58,787.11(Rupees Twelve Lakh Fifty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty Seven andPaisa Eleven only) as on 30.04.2019 plus up to date accrued interest. You arealso liable to pay future interest at the contractual rate on the aforesaidamount together with incidental expenses, cost, charges etc. within 60 daysfrom the date of the said notice.The borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to theborrower and the public in general that the undersigned has taken possession of theproperty described herein below in exercise of powers conferred to him under sub-section (4) of section 13 of Act, read with Rule 8 of the Security Interest(Enforcement) Rules, 2002 on this 18th day of June of the year 2020.The borrower/ guarantor in particular and the public in general is hereby cautionednot to deal with the property and any dealings with the property will be subject to thecharge of the State Bank of India, Tamluk Railway Station Branch for an amountof Rs.12,58,787.11 (Rupees Twelve Lakh Fifty Eight Thousand Seven HundredEighty Seven and Paisa Eleven only) as on 30.04.2019 with further interest andincidental expenses, costs etc. thereon.The borrower’s attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of theAct, in respect of time available, to redeem the secured assets.

Description of Immovable Property

(1) Deed No. 3483 for the year of 2002, Book No. I, CD Volume No. 117, Pages from110 to 116(2) Deed No. 5175 for the year of 2008, Book No. I, CD Volume No. 16, Pages from2782 to 2804(3) Deed No. 2339 for the year of 2009, Book No. I, CD Volume No. 7, Pages from7979 to 2987(4) Deed No. 38 for the year of 2009, Book No. IV, CD Volume No. 1, Pages from 374to 382All that piece and parcel of land measuring 8.161 Decimal out of 16.07 Decimal,situated at Mouza - Gourangapur, J.L. No. 150, Khatian No. 862, Plot No. 955, P.S.Tamluk, Dist. Purba Medinipore. Property stands in the name of Sk Ansur Ali.Butted and bounded of the Plot No. 482 by on the North: Plot No. 955, Property of SkAnsurAli, on the South: Plot No. 955, Pond of Uttar Malick, on the East: Plot No. 955,Saw Mill of Sk SultanAli and on the West: Plot No. 957, Property of SkAnsurAli.

Authorized OfficerState Bank of India

Tamluk Railway Station Branch

Appendix IV, Rule 8(1) POSSESSION NOTICE (For Immovable Property)

NOTICE-CUM-ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI), SCHEME

INFORMATION DOCUMENT (SID) & KEY INFORMATION MEMORANDUM (KIM) OF THE SCHEMES

OF JM FINANCIAL MUTUAL FUND (“THE FUND”).

CHANGE IN ADDRESS OF OFFICIAL POINTS OF ACCEPTANCE

Investors are requested to take note that the following Oicial Points of Acceptance (PoA) of the Schemes

of JM Financial Mutual Fund managed by M/s. KFin Technologies Private Limited will be functioning from

new address as under:

Location/

Branch

Date Current Address New Address

Belgaum June 22,

2020

CTS No 3939/ A2, A1, Above

Raymonds Show Room, Beside

Harsha Appliances, Club Road,

Belgaum 590001. Tel.: 0831 2402544

Premises No 101, CTS NO 1893, Shree

Guru Darshani Tower, Anandwadi, Hindwadi,

Belgaum 590011.

Tel.: 0831-4213717

Hubli June 22,

2020

CTC No.483/A1/A2, Ground Floor, Shri

Ram Palza, Behind Kotak Mahindra

Bank, Club Road, Hubli 580029.

Tel.: 0836-2252444

R R Mahalaxmi Mansion, Above Indusind

Bank, 2nd Floor, Desai Cross, Pinto Road,

Hubli 580029.

Tel.: 0836-2252444

Visakhapatnam June 22,

2020

Door No: 48-8-7, Dwaraka

Diamond, Ground Floor, Srinagar,

Visakhapatnam 530016.

Tel.: 0891-2714125

DNO : 48-10-40, Ground Floor, Surya Ratna

Arcade, Srinagar, Opp Roadto Lalitha

Jeweller Showroom, Beside Taj Hotel

Ladge, Visakhapatnam - 530016.

Tel.: 0891-2714125

This notice cum addendum forms an integral part of SID, KIM & SAI of the Schemes of the Fund, as

amended from time to time. All the other terms and conditions of SID, KIM & SAI of the Schemes of the

Fund will remain unchanged.

Authorised Signatory

Place : Mumbai JM Financial Asset Management Limited

Date : June 20, 2020 (Investment Manager to JM Financial Mutual Fund)

For further details, please contact :

JM Financial Asset Management Limited

(Formerly known as JM Financial Asset Management Private Ltd.),

Registered Oice: 7th Floor, Cnergy, Appasaheb Marathe Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400025.

Corporate Oice: Oice B, 8th Floor, Cnergy, Appasaheb Marathe Marg,

Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025.

Corporate Identity Number: U65991MH1994PLC078879. • Tel. No.: (022) 6198 7777

• Fax No.: (022) 6198 7704. • E-mail: [email protected] • Website : www.jminancialmf.com

Mutual Fund investments are subject tomarket risks, read all scheme

related documents carefully. REF No. 8/2020-21

NOTICE-CUM-ADDENDUM

M/S Real Value Retailers, Partners:- 1)Smt Ranjana Chatterjee, D/O- JagajyotiCjatterjee, 2) Sh Sanjib Chatterjee, S/O-Rabindranath Chatterjee, 3) Sh SubhasRanjan Sinha, S/O- Late Subodh Sinha &4) Sh Kanai Lal Ghosh, S/O- LateMonoranjan Ghosh and all the GuarantorsBranch: Durgapur

(1) 23.07.2019(2) 18.06.2020(3) Rs. 32,27,250.50(Rupees Thirty Two Lac TwentySeven Thousand Two hundred Fifty& paise Fifty only) as on 30.06.2019plus accrued interest, incidentalexpenses, cost & charges etc. (from01.07.2019 t i l l the date ofrepayment)

1

RRL Cluster : Durgapur, Nnachan Road, Benachity Durgapur, Pin - 713 213, Burdwan (W.B.); e-mail : [email protected]

Whereas The undersigned being the authorised officer of the Punjab National Bank (former Oriental Bank of Commerce), under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of FinancialAssetsand Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and in exercise of powers conferred under section 13(12) read with rule 3 of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 issued ademand notice calling upon the borrower and all the Guarantors to repay the amount mentioned in the notice plus accrued interest, incidental expenses, cost & charges etc. within 60 daysfrom the date of receipt of the said notice.The borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the borrower and the public in general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described hereinbelow in exercise of powers conferred on him under sub-section (4) of section 13 ofAct read with rule 8 of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 on the dates mentioned below.The Borrower / Guarantor in particular and the public in general is hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and any dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of thePunjab National Bank (former Oriental Bank of Commerce), for an amount plus accrued interest, incidental expenses, cost & charges etc. within 60 days from the date of receipt of thesaid notice.The Borrower’s/Guarantor’s/Mortgagor’s attention is invited to provisions of sub – section (8) of section 13 of theAct, in respect of time available, to redeem the secured assets.

Date : 18.06.2020 and 20.06.2020Place : Durgapur

Authorised Officer, Punjab National Bank(Former Oriental Bank of Commerce)

Name and Address of theBorrowers, Partners and

Guarantors / Branch Name

Equitable mortgage of commercial shop situated at Mouza Faridpur, JL No 85, Khatian No1362, CS Plot No 3601 (P), Suhatta Shopping Mall, Unit No 3/22, City Centre underDurgapur Municipal Corporation, having covered area of 485.00 sq. ft.(Super Built Up) &340 Sq Ft(CarpetArea), standing in the name of Real Value Retailers, covered by leaseDeed NoI/ 04502 of 2010. Bounded By: On the North By- Open to sky, On the South By-Corridor, On the East By- Kitchen Gallery and On the West By- Swastik foot wear

(For Immovable Property)

Appendix -IV, Rule 8(1)

Description of the Immovable Properties

M/S Netsoft, Proprietor- Sh Suman Kar,S/O- Late Malayendra Kumar Kar and all theGuarantorsBranch: Panagarh

(1) 15.02.2020(2) 20.06.2020(3) Rs.62,27,088.69 (Rupees SixtyTwo lac Twenty Seven thousandEighty Eight & paise Sixty Nineonly) as on 30.11.2019 plusaccrued interest, incidentalexpenses, cost & charges etc.(from01.12.2019 ti l l the date ofrepayment)

2 1. Equitable mortgage of commercial Shop, Premises No. 2/15G at the ground floor ofSuhatta Mall, City Centre, Durgapur- 713216 with a allotted space of 1000 Sq Ft (SuperBuilt Up Area) and Carpet Area of 700 Sq Ft. The said building “Suhatta Mall”is beingsituated upon a piece and parcel of land measuring 33.81 Cottah lying at Mouza- Faridpur,JL No. 74, Touzi No. 20, Kh No. 1362, C.S. Plot No.3601(P), Layout Plot No. 3, PS-Durgapur, Distt. Paschim Bardhaman in the name of Sh Suman Kar covered by Deed No.1659 of 2009. Bounded By: On the North By- Open Land & IOC Pipeline, On the South By-Sahid Khudiram Sarani, On the East By-60 Feet wide ADDA Road and On the West By-Lease hold land of M/S G K Diagonstic Pvt Ltd2. Equitable mortgage of commercial Shop, Premises No. 2/15 at the 2nd Floor ofSuhattaMall, City Centre, Durgapur- 713216 with a allotted space of 429 SqFt (Super Built UpArea) and Carpet Area of 300 Sq Ft. The said building“Suhatta Mall” is being situated upona piece and parcel of land measuring33.81 Cottah lying at Mouza- Faridpur, JL No. 74,Touzi No. 20, Kh No. 1362,C.S. Plot No. 3601(P), Layout Plot No. 3, PS- Durgapur, Distt.Paschim Bardhaman in the name of Sh Suman Kar covered by Sub-Lease Deed No. 163of 2007. Bounded By: On the North By- Open Land & IOC Pipeline, On the South By- SahidKhudiram Sarani, On the East By- 60 Feet wide ADDA Road and On the West By- Leasehold land of M/S G K Diagonstic Pvt. Ltd.

TOGETHER FOR THE BETTER

M/S Fighter, Prop. Sh DiptenduBhattacharjee, S/O Late TarunenduBhattacharjee and all the GuarantorsBranch: Raniganj

(1) 07.01.2020(2) 20.06.2020(3) Rs.35,18,966.84 (Rupees ThirtyFive lakh Eighteen thousand Ninehundred Sixty Six & paise EightyFour only) as on 31.12.2019 plusaccrued interest, incidentalexpenses, cost& charges etc (from01.01.2020 ti l l the date ofrepayment)

3 Equitable mortgage of Residential Flat No. 401, 4th Floor ofAsta VinayakApartment(aFiveStoried Building), having Super Built Up Area of 1150 Sq Ft along with onefour wheelerparking space in the basement Area- 100 Sq Ft in the name of Sh Diptendu Bhattacharjee& Smt Nivedita Bhattacharjee. The said building/apartment,“ASTA VINAYAKAPARTMENT” is being situated at Hill View Park(N), Asansol- 713304 upon a piece andparcel of land measuring 5 Cottahs 43 Sq Ft lying at Mouza- Asansol MunicipalCorporation, JL No. 20 within the limit of Asansol Municipal Corporation Ward No. 6 ofA.M.C. under R.S. Kh No. 1514, C.S. Kh No.777, R.S. Plot No. 4501, C.S. Plot No. 2013,P.S- Asansol, Distt. Paschim Badhaman covered by Deed No. 01946 of 2014 On theNorth By- 16 Ft Wide Road On the South By- Survey Plot No. 88 On the East By- SurveyPlot No. 74 and On the West By- Survey Plot No. 76.

PRESSTRUSTOF INDIANewDelhi, June 20

PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES’SPHARMA solutionsbusiness onSaturdaysaidithadenteredintoapactwithG&WLaboratoriestoacquire its solid oral dosagedrug product manufacturingfacility at Sellersville in theUSfor $17.5 million (over `130crore).“According to the termsof the agreement,Piramal En-terprises,throughoneof its af-

filiates,would acquire...100%stakeintheentitythatoperatesthefacilityandownstherelatedrealestate,”PiramalPharmaSo-lutions(PPS)saidinastatement.

This acquisition broadens theofferingofPiramalPharmaSo-lutions by adding solid oraldosage form capabilities inNorthAmerica.Untilnow,itsca-pabilities in solid oral dosageformswereall locatedintheUKandIndia,itadded.

“TheSellersvillesitecanalsoproduce liquids, creams, andointments, further expandingthe PPS portfolio,” the state-mentsaid.

Thesitehasreceivedcertifi-

cationsfromtheFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)andEuro-peanMedicinesAgency(EMA),itadded. “ManyofourcustomersarelookingforUS-basedmanu-facturing partners to expandandsupport theirpipeline.Thisacquisition strengthens ourability topartnerwith themonbest-in-class drug products,”PPSCEOPeterDeYoungsaid.

Piramal Pharma Solutionsnowofferssolidoraldrugprod-uctdevelopmentandcommer-

cialmanufacturinginallitsma-jor geographies, addressing apreviously unmet customerneedandstrengtheningitsabil-ity to work globally with cus-tomers to reduce theburdenofdiseaseonpatients,headded.

The company expects tofurther grow the site’s cur-rent strength to support de-velopment services aswell asany Covid-19 managementdrug opportunities,?thestatement said.

Piramal Pharma to acquireG&WLab’s US drug facility Diesel pricehits recordhigh,hiked for14thday

Amrapali: ED toquiz JPMorganChinesedirector,officials

The companywill acquireG&WLaboratories' solidoral dosage drug productmanufacturing facilityat Sellersville in theUS for $17.5 million

PRESS TRUSTOF INDIANew Delhi, June 20

THE ENFORCEMENT DIREC-TORATE (ED) will begin de-tailed interrogation of JPMorgan India board mem-bers, including a Chinese na-tional to take forward itsmoney laundering probelinked to the alleged diver-sion of crores of rupees ofhome buyers who wanted topurchase an abode in Amra-pali Group’s real estate pro-jects.Whathas comeas a shotin the arm for the agency is aJune18orderof the SupremeCourt directing themulti-na-tional firm JP Morgan totransfer over`140 crore plusinterest from its bank ac-counts,thathasbeen recentlyattached by the ED, to the es-

crow account maintained bythe UCO bank.

The apex court said themoney would be used forcompleting the pending pro-jects of the now defunct Am-rapali Group. Officials prob-ingmoney laundering crimessaid this is the first time thatthe apex court has soughttransfer of such funds in itsaccounts afterbeing satisfiedwith the provisional attach-ment order issuedbythe cen-tral agency. Usually, fundsonce attached are kept in thebankaccountswhere theyareand the order for attachmentis sent to the Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act(PMLA)AdjudicatingAuthor-ity for approval and subse-quent confiscation of assets.

The ED had recently at-tached, as part of an order is-sued under the PMLA,morethan `187 crore funds of JPMorgan India kept in a bankbranch in Mumbai. The apexcourt, which is monitoringthis case, had in Decemberlast year directed the ED totake charge of investigationand asked its Lucknow zoneJoint Director RajeshwarSingh to take action againstJP Morgan under the anti-money laundering law andthe Foreign Exchange Man-agement Act (FEMA) and ap-prise it on a regular basis.

An ED team led by Singhattends the court hearingstoo. The top court hadcracked whip on errantbuilders for breaching thetrust of homebuyers,orderedcancellation of AmrapaliGroup's registration underreal estate law RERA andousted it from its primeprop-erties in the national capitalregion by nixing the landleases in July lastyear.Officialsources said the investigatingagency has now sought all fi-nancial documents, agree-ments,memorandum of un-derstanding and others fromJ PMorgan India andwill be-gin detailed interrogationand recording of statementof its directors like GunjanBahl, Hrushikesh Kar andChanakya Chakravarty andfew others. A Chinese na-tional,ToddWong,whowas aDirector on the board of J PMorgan India PropertyMau-ritius Company IIwill also besummoned for questioningand recording of his state-ment under the PMLA, offi-cial sources said. They said achargesheet or prosecutioncomplaintwill be filed in‘duecourse’ after recording ofstatements. Wong was onboard of the company be-tween February 5, 2010 toApril 25, 2013 and as per anED affidavit was inducted asthe authorised signatory ofits escrowaccount.

The ED had recentlyattached, as part of anorder issued under thePMLA, more than`187 crore funds ofJPMorgan India

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