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MetamorpherscenseA painting exhibition titledMetamorphescense by PranatuKhanna is being held at IconartGallery. The exhibition is on till May19.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999

Solo exhibitionRamakanth’s Solo PaintingExhibition which deals with loneli-ness of a long distance runner.Where: Hyderabad Marriott,

Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999

Cricket frenzyMocha and Mocha Express is host-ing IPL specials with live screeningof the match and various pizzaspaying ode to the IPL teams andtheir spirits.Where: Mocha — Banjara Hills

Inorbit MallWhen: Ongoing,

4pm onwardsContact: (040) 2335 0144

Library summer campA library summer camp for parentsand faculty of UG and PG studentswill be held from May 10 onwards.The camp will provide guidance forfaculty and final year PG studentsfor National/State lecturership andscholarship test(NET/APSET) for `3,650.Where: Hyderabad library

services, Sagar View Complex

When: May 10 - June 10, Contact: (040) 2322 2247,

94412 37751

The amazing summershuttleA summer camp for children in theage group of 1-15 and for adults inThai flowers, stocking flowers andmarble painting is being held.Where: Plot-26, Gunrock Enclave,

SecunderabadWhen: 11am-1pm, 11am-5pmContact:98498 04416,

93921 05310

Picture perfectA 7-day photography workshop forchildren with the aim to introducethem to the basics of photographyis being held at Treasure House.The workshop is open for childrenin the age group of 12-18 years.Where: Treasure House,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 36

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 0118

Painting exhibitionAn exhibition of paintings by LaluShaw is being held at Shrishti ArtGallery.Where: Shrishti Art Gallery,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 15

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 2354 0023

Telugu playA Telugu play titled Go To Hellwhich deals with the conflictbetween an orthodox father and amodern son will be presented atLamakaan on May 15.Where: Lamakaan,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 1

When: May 15,7pm onwards

Contact: 96427 31329

Summer encounterSummer is a great time for foodand fun. Head to Taj Krishna,Banjara Hills for Summer Sundae atEncounter.Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills,

Rd No 1When: Every SundayContact: (040) 6666 1070

European film festivalA European Film Festival organisedby A delegation of the EuropeanUnion and the embassies of the EUMember States in India from May10 to May 20.Where: Alliance Francaise,


When: May 10 onwards, 6pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4483

Grill festivalHead to the grill festival to samplevarious grilled delicacies. Thats notall. Along with sampling somegreat food you can avail a 35 percent off as it is the anniversary ofthe restaurant. Where: The Grill Room,


When: OngoingContact: (040) 6557 7722

Theatre workshopSamahaara is hosting special fourweek summer acting workshops.The workshops will be held for aduration of four weeks. The work-shops are being held at three differ-

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ent places in the City.Where: Vidyaranya School,

The Terrace,The Actor’s Studio

When: May 14 onwards,Monday-Friday

Contact: 83411 20303

Food and cricketGreat food and a great game ofcricket makes for great news. Headto News Cafe to catch the IPLmatches live and exclusive alongwith some great IPL special food.Where: News Cafe,

Inorbit Mall,Madhapur

When: Ongoing,8pm onwards

Contact: (040) 4010 1236

Yoga CampThe third part of a series of seven-day yoga camp will be held byYoga Healing Foundation inYousufguda. The last part willbeheld at Saroornagar from May20.Where: Krishnakanth Park,

YousufgudaWhen: May13 onwards,

5.15 am onwardsContact: 98489 92354

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Additional deputy commiss -ioner of Police Zaffer Javed said

that the police are doing whatthey can to secure ATMs but itis difficult if the banks do not

maintain their CCTVs.

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Pastor Mald onado became the first Venez uelanto win a Formula One race by triumphing at

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After doling out `1 crorefund to each corporatorand granting deputymunicipal commission-

ers the power to spend up to `5lakh to redress civic grievancesrequiring immediate attention,during his first 100 days as mayorof the GHMC, Mohd MajidHussain is rearing to go further.He has already chalked out plansfor his second 100 days in officeand he is now taking fast tracksteps to achieve them.

The first among these planswill be to provide 2,000 jobs tounemployed youth of the corpo-ration in various corporate com-panies. Recognising the impor-tance of providing jobs to theunemployed youth and the avail-able job potential in the market,Majid took a personal interest init and wrote letters to variousCity based corporate companiesto join hands with the corpora-tion in providing employment.

Corporate companies, which arealways short-staffed, readilyaccepted the mayor’s offer andcame forward to join hands withthe civic body.

The mayor’s initiative is awin-win situation for both theGHMC and corporate compa-nies. While the civic body is ableto tap jobs for the unemployedyouth, the companies get rid ofconsultants who charge heavyfeess for recruitments.

The mayor is planning tohold a job mela this month toprovide placements for theunemployed youths with the saidcorporate companies.

`250 crore planAnother initiative launched bythe mayor during his second 100day rule is to expand the age oldnarrow roads of the old city area.Incidentally, every person whovisits the City is struck by the

narrow roads and chaotic traffic.The mayor plans to expand allthe major roads in old city on apriority basis and he also plansto involve all the stake holders inthe project, including the resi-dents. He has set aside `250 crorefor this plan.

At a recent meeting held atthe corporation’s headquarters,Majid had a detailed discussionswith MLAs from old city and tooktheir views and suggestions onhis proposed plan into consider-ation. He has even set deadlinesfor the completion of this roadexpansion project, to ensure thatthey are completed before theend of his term as mayor.

“This is a prestigious plan asfar as I am concerned. I will doanything to complete this as thiswould ease traffic woes of mil-lions of residents of Hyderabadand equal number of visitorswho throng this place to see her-itage monuments like Charminarand Mecca Masjid. I will see thatthis prestigious plan is complet-ed within the deadline,” theMayor told Postnoon.

Modernised flyovers are alsobeing planned as part of this

development project.

Challenges However, bureaucratic delays inexecution of works and legal tan-gles are coming in the way ofdevelopment the mayor has con-ceived for the City. Despite thechallenges thrown up, the mayoris firm on his stand and is deter-mined to deal with these hurdles.The mayor has decided to takethe help of advocate general ofthe State for speedy disposal ofthe pending legal cases which arehampering various developmentworks. He is also game for pro-viding a suitable compensationto victims for the sake of theCity’s development. “To me all round development ofthe City is paramount. I will doanything to ensure it. We areexploring all options so that theinordinate delays can be avoid-ed,” he said.

The mayor has convened thesecond general body meeting inhis chairmanship on May 19 todiscuss all problems of the Citywith the corporators and otherpublic representatives and workout plausible solutions.

Mayor has grand plans for CityMohd Majid Hussain plans to provide employment to 2,000 youth and expand old city roads

Mass marriages are a community affairAnubha K [email protected]

Everyone dreams of the per-fect wedding. But what doyou do when you don’t have

the means to realise you dream?This is where mass marriagescome in as a boon. In fact, severalcommunities in the City are noworganising mass marriages tohelp those who cannot afford toplan their own wedding.

“In my opinion, this is thebest way to help the poor andbridge the gap between the richand the poor. There are many

families who can’t afford lavishceremonies and several parentsstill find it difficult to find theirdaughters a groom thanks to thedemand for a hefty dowry. Massmarriages are the perfect optionfor them. For me it’s more like ablessing,” said Narender Thakur,member of Maharana PratapSabha.

The Sikh community recentlyorganised a mass marriage where22 Sikh couples got married inthe presence of over 25,000 Sikhswho came from across the coun-try to bless the newly weds. “Thisis the seventh consecutive yearthat the Prabhandak Committeeof Gurudwara Saheb Barambalahas conducted mass marriages.

The couples and their parentswere extremely happy that themarriages took place in such agrand manner,” said BachanjeetSingh, a member.

Interestingly, the work doesn’tend here. The community keepsin touch with the couple for atleast one year. Time to time coun-selling and financial help is alsoprovided to them if required. Thecouple is also required to submithealth certificates before thewedding. In addition to the helpfrom the community the Stategovernment too promotes thenoble cause. Many a times finan-cial help is provided by the gov-ernment to the couples andorganisers.

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Mohd [email protected]

Thieves physically carriedaway an ATM in ruralBangalore on July 15, 2010.In another incident, a cou-

ple of men entered an ATM boothposing as a repairmen, fooled theguard and stole the cash. In a thirdincident, a group of desperadoeski lled a guard and stole ATM cashin Chattisgarh. All these are hardrealities.

Hyderabad has its share ofATM woes. It is increasing, though.The night before, marauders madea bid at the ATM machine of AxisBank in Mehdipatnam. A cus-tomer who came in late at nightsaw the machine tampered andinformed the police. That wasaround 210 am. ACP Asifnagar TNagaraj Kumar whose team cameto the scene of crime, made sever-al calls to the concerned bank, butnobody answered. This was thesecond attempt at the ATMmachine within a week.

Despite the growing risk of lea -ving an ATM unattended or ungu -a r ded, most banks have taken no

measure for safety. This, some se -nior bank officials whisper, is bec -a use the banks are compelled topr ovide ATM service free. Theywo uld however, not come on

record.A senior banker handling cash

in a leading private bank said it is afact that many banks do not ensurethat the ATMs are properly loaded

or safeguarded. There are nearly1,200 to 1,500 ATMs in the twin ci -ties. “There is no proper record ofhow many remain ungu ar ded. Inma ny cases the close circuit cam-eras which are mandatory forevery ATM are not working. Th iswill prove to be a great obstaclebefore the police in the event of arobbery at an ATM,” said a bank of -ficial who refused to be identified.

A majority of SBH, SBI, andAndhra bank have guards, officialssay. But many banks, including apopular private bank leave themachines unguarded. Last week,the Corporation Bank ATM infront of the Jubilee Hills branch

remained faulty for three daysbefore anyone mended it.

It is not well known that mostbanks have outsourced the fillingup cash and maintenance ofATMs. However, concerned banksoften do not ensure that the out-sourced agency take their job seri-ously and ensure safety. This is tosave expenses, it is said. “But,” saidR Kumar, a retail chain manageron Jubilee Hills, “this would causeheavy loss to banks and mar theirreputation. What’s the use?” Kum -ar suggests that the ATM service benominally charged rather thankeeping it free so that mainte-nance expenses could be met fromthat. “In our country anything freehas no value for the public.”

Shaik Hussain, manager ofAndhra Bank in Banjara Hills toldPostnoon that his bank maintainssecurity for all its ATM machines.“Our customers trust us, so it isour responsibility to see that themachines are well guarded andwell kept,” Hussain said.

Additional deputy commiss io -ner of Police (crime) Zaffer Javedtold Postnoon that the police aredo ing what they can but it is diffi-cult if the banks do not maintaintheir CCTVs in working conditionand the machines are not guarded.

CRIME

Unguarded City ATMs under attackADDITIONAL DEPUTYCOMMISS IONER OF POLICE(CRIME) ZAFFER JAVED SAIDTHAT THE POLICE ARE DOINGWHAT THEY CAN BUT IT ISDIFFICULT IF THE BANKS DONOT MAINTAIN THEIR CCTVIN WORKING CONDITION ANDTHE MACHINES ARE NOTGUARDED


Sudeshna [email protected]

The city of Nizams isknown for its rock forma-tions. Unlike areas likeBanjara Hills and Jubilee

Hills which have destroyed theserocks, Secunderabad has pre-served these natural formations.There are many such colonies inthe cantonment areas ofSecunde rabad which stands as anevidence to it and preserve therustic look which the British haddeveloped.

In our campaign ‘DestinationSecunderabad’, we have coveredfour such areas which have evo -lved over the years and yet havenot lost the old British charm.

City old timers and the newgeneration believe Sikh village isone of the best areas to live inSecunderabad. Located just a fewkilometers away fromSecunderabad station, the placecan be easily accessed. The name‘Sikh village’ is attributed to theSikh army men who were part of

the Nizam’s troops. However, thefact is that not many Sikh familiesnow reside in the area.

Bowenpally is the neighbour-ing colony where many uppermiddle class families reside. Thearea is divided into many gatedcolonies and small townships.Hyderabad’s biggest RythuBazaar, a government-ownedmarket yard is located in the area.

“Despite so many develop-ments and several new supermarkets coming up, Rythu Bazaar

has its own charm. We get cheapand fresh vegetables here as com-pared to the supermarkets.Though the traffic congestion hasbecome a regular affair,” says Sri

Kamalam V, a marketing execu-tive.

Despite being one of the bestmarkets in the City there is noparking space allotted. “Custom -ers park their vehicles on themain road. They always have afear of their vehicles gettingtowed away by the City trafficpolice. Customers come in ahurry and shop,” laments Mohm -med Khaza, one of the oldest sh -op owners at Bowenpally market.

Not many people know aboutthe beautiful Hasmathpet Lake inthe area which is connected to Al -wal Lake. The lake is no less thanTankbund for the residents in thearea. The best part is that the lakeis one of the few lakes which havestill not been encroached.However, over the last decade thepollution levels of the lake haveincreased and this is giving birthof several other problems.

“We bought an apartmentbecause of it’s lake view but overthe years due to the pollution lev-els many problems have startedto arise like foul smell and mos -

quitoes,” complaints Vivek Roa,media professional.

Buffaloes in the area are amajor problem as most often theroads are blocked due to themwhen they come out for a walkduring the peak rush hours in themorning. “All the small problemslike bad road and garbage can besolved but one problem that wefacing since the last three years isthe traffic jam caused by thesestraying animals. We end up get-ting late for college almost everyday,” says Arjun Vishwanathan,engineering college student.

Apart from these problemsareas like Sikh village, Bowenpallyand Gunrock are perhaps someof the best areas to reside inSecunderabad.

Evidence of our colonial pastAreas like Bowenpally, Sikh Village and Gunrock Enclave prove to be a perfect mix ofdevelopment and a historical ambience

The Samaikhya Andhra SamithiParty (SASP) has decided to

stage a dharna before the BJPcentral office in New Delhi inprotest against that party aban-doning its former presidentBangaru Lakshman after his con-viction in a stage-managedbribery trap case. It also demand-ed that former PM AB Vajpayeespell out his opinion on the cre-dentials of the Dalit leader.

SASP president G KumarChowdary Yadav said thatBangaru Lakshman’s trap episodeconfirmed the fact that the SouthIndian political leaders werebeing discriminated and ren-dered injustice in the Indian poli-tics. Stating that BangaruLakshman worked as BJP nation-al president when AB Vajpayeewas PM, Yadav asked the formerPM whether he was ready todeclare that Lakshman was a cor-rupt person. He said that a Dalitleader of the South was made ascapegoat due to the group poli-tics of the BJP leaders. Similarly,another South Indian leader MVenkaiah Naidu was compelledto resign as national president ofBJP even before his term expire-don account of jealousy of theNorth Indian leaders. AGENCY

Balaji Ayurveda Pharmacymanaging director G Balaji

demanded that the State govern-ment order a CBI inquiry into theirregularities in the allotment ofBhoodan Yagna Board lands.

Balaji appealed to the govern-ment to intervene and provideprotection to his life while initiat-ing action against the grabbersofBhoodan lands. He said that theland grabbers were fabricatingstories against him to save theirskin. He said that the allegationsagainst him were baseless andmeant to damage his reputation.

Producing documentary evi-dence, Balaji said that he hadlodged a complaint with theLokayukta against BhoodanYagna Board member G RajendarReddy for illegally occupyingBhoodan lands in benami nameson April 23 this year. When theLokayukta admitted his com-plaint, he addressed a media con-ference on May 7 and exposedthe shady activities of RajenderReddy.

Balaji made it clear that hehas no connections withSudhakar and his associates inthe Boodhan land issue.However, he said that he had bor-rowed money from Sudhakar andreturned the same in cash and inthe form of cheques. AGENCY

ICONIC CITYParadise

Hyderabad as a Cityhas a lot to offer interms of heritage

and sights. We lookat the various

places that makethis City so special

One aspect thatalmost every-one associates

Hyderabad with isHyderabadi biryani.And there are numer-ous places in the Citythat serve this delicacy.But the one place thatreally stands out fordishing out one of thebiryanis is Paradise.

This decades-oldrestaurant is sofamous and popularthat the entire areasurrounding it is calledParadise including thebus stop.

It is believed thatdiehard fans of

Paradise biryani living inother cities make theirfriends or relatives sendthem parcels of biryanithrough air.

It is not just thebiryani that it is popularbut also the kebabs, falu-da, double ka meeta andof course the lip smack-ing haleem!

Paradise is also wellknown for its Irani chaiand everyday hundredsof regulars come here tohave there daily quota ofthis wonderful chai.

Presently it has threebranches — Secunde -rabad, Mehdipatnamand Madhapur.

Aishwarya Yerra

SASP to stagedharna at Delhi BJP office

Balaji seeksprobe intoland allotment

Places to visitn Hasmathpet Laken Gunrock hill n Tadbund Anjaneya Swamy

Temple n Rythu Bazaar n Secunderabad club

SAI RAM REDDY

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

M ANIL KUMAR

Average prices of essential commoditiesCommodity December May

2011 2012Sonamasoori rice `30 per kg `39 per kgBlack gram dal `68 pr kg `80 per kgGreen gram dal `65 per kg `75 per kgTamarind `85 per kg `100 per kgChillies red `93 per kg `120 per kgOnions (red) `12 per kg `15 per kgGroundnut oil `93 one litre `110 a litrePalmolien oil `60 per litre `70 per litreSugar `32 per kg `36 per kgNote: prices change upon quality — with

seed, seed less etc.


Inkeshaf Ahmed [email protected]

The Greater HyderabadMunicipal Corporationhas a population of 77lakh (Census-2011) with

625 square kilometres adminis-trative area. Surprisingly, there isno census to find out the pet dogpopulation so far.

As per the existing Act,Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsAct, 1960 and rules of the Stategovernment and Animal WelfareBoard of India (AWBI), animalcensus must be done after everyfive years.

In AP, the responsibility ofundertaking a detailed animalcensus rests with the AnimalHusbandry department. But thedepartment has never botheredto undertake a census of livestockfor lack of adequate staff andfunds. “It is mandatory for us.But what can we do when wedon’t have adequate staff toundertake the census. The enu-meration process of dogsrequires a lot of manpower andfunds. It involves visiting everyhousehold and collect data aboutpets. We are not in a position to

do that,” said Dr Vasu, assistantdirector of Animal HusbandryDepartment of Hyderabad.

According to Vasu, a randomsurvey was done in 2007 in somelocalities of the City and it wasfound that about 60,000 dogsincluding pets were present inthe City. “We can’t rely on thissurvey as it was only in someparts of the City,” he said. Again,it was not an exclusive survey ofpet dogs. He said the departmentwill undertake a comprehensivelivestock enumeration process inOctober this year.

“We will undertake a 15-dayenumeration drive and visit allthe households to find out live-stock population. This will alsohelp us have an idea of the extentof stray dogs,” he said. In the lastfive years, the department of ani-mal husbandry was inundatedwith a lot of complaints from var-ious stake holders regarding theproblems being faced by themdue to the non-availability of the

animal data. The animal hus-bandry department also hasplans to handover the process ofcensus to GHMC as it is entrustedwith the responsibility of pre-venting stray dog menace.

GHMC lose income On the other hand, chief veteri-nary officer, GHMC, VenkateswarReddy rues that the non-avail-ability of data pertaining to num-ber of dogs in the corporationlimits is causing a lot of problemsincluding loss of income.

“The dog census will help usin many ways. The rule clearlystates that every resident shouldtake license if he or she has a petdog by paying `50. But, sadly, weare unable to implement the ruleas we don’t have a dog census,”Reddy said. He further says thecorporation would get a lot ofincome if they issue pet licenses.According to Reddy, the corpora-tion is planning to kick off a driveto issue licenses to dog owners onits own instead of waiting for thecensus report from the animalhusbandry department. “Wehave been telling them to give uscensus reports but all ourrequests were unheard off. Now,

we will start issuing licenses onour own,” he said.

4 lakh stray dogsAccording to a rough estimate byGHMC officials, the corporationhas about 4 lakh stray dogs.Reddy says the corporation hadgiven a total of 3 lakh vaccinessince 2001. “On an average weperform 15-20 surgeries everyday apart from administration ofvaccines to dogs. The main objec-

tive is to prevent the spread ofrabies,” he said.

Enforcement squadsThe GHMC has a total of 18enforcement teams consisting of4-8 members to deal with thestray dog menace in all its 18 cir-cles. Every enforcement unit isequipped with a vehicle and therequired apparatus. The mem-bers of these squads catch straydogs and perform surgeries.

No consensus onpet dog census

In the absence of proper licensing, pet dogs suffer and corporationtoo loses revenue. Postnoon in association with ARPF begins its to

make investigations into this canine calamity

TRS blames Kodandaram,wants to go alone

Postnoon [email protected]

TRS chief K ChandrasekharaRao has decided not to wait

for the nod from T-JAC for field-ing a candidate in Parkala. Theparty has also decided not tobother about the BJP and it isclear that there may not be acommon candidate fromParakala in the name ofTelangana. Both the BJP andTRS are not announcing thecandidates as part of a strategy.

This is going to benefit theYSRC candidate Konda Surekhawho earlier toyed with the ideaof contesting as an indepen-dent in the name of Telangana .

KCR told the party leadersthat it was better to contestindependently rather than

depending on the T-JAC. “We have been fighting for

Telangana since a decade andwill continue the same. The BJPis only a recent entrant into themovement. The JAC leadersshould convince the BJP towithdraw from the contest. It isillogical to ask the TRS to backout. It will send wrong signals tothe party cadres in theTelangana region,” KCR said.

BJP leader BandaruDattatreya charged that the TRSin connivance with the YSRCwas planning to support KondaSurekha by splitting the voteand that it was not seriousabout winning the Parkala elec-tions and wanted to mar thechances of BJP also. It looks likethe TJAC political chiefKodandaram has failed to con-vince BJP and TRS leaders tofield a common candidate inthe name of Telangana.

CM to reign in price rise?U [email protected]

Chief Minister KiranKumar Reddy made astatement that despite

all the hungama being creat-ed by the opposition aboutthe governance and develop-ment; he is determined totake the State forward.Adding to this the PCC chiefBotsa Satyanarayna said thatthere will be no change inthe CM after the bypolls.

The CM suggested to thechief secretary PankajDwivedi to see that the soar-ing price hike be kept undercontrol. The government hasnow decided to create a sys-tem where prices of essentialcommodities are collected,analysed and finally report-

ed to the commissioner ofcivil supplies everyday.

If the prices shoot upabnormally, the officialsshould hold reviews with thedealers, sellers, ascertain thereasons and inform the gov-ernment to crack a whip.

Minister for Civil sup-plies Sreedhar Babu toldPostnoon that prices werebeing monitored, but somemore efforts will be made.

In case there is any stockin excess of the prescribedlimits, stocks will be seized, acase will be booked and thelicense could be cancelledafter due verification.

The stocks seized shall bereleased on interim disposalas per the procedure pre-scribed under the essentialCommodities Act, 1995 sothat these stocks are put inthe market to ensure reason-able prices.

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The influence of technology onIndian cinema cannot be undermined, despite the factthat we are eons away fromcatching up with films made in

Hollywood. Right from the introduction ofmotion picture, sound, colour, cinemascope and even digital cinema,almost everything has been borrowedfrom the West.

In the early years of Indian cinema fil mmakers like Dadasaheb Phalke, Rag -hupathi Venkaiah, Hiralal Sen and VShantaram enthralled audiences with theirsilent films. Introduction of sound in 1931brought a monumental change in Indiancinema. Ardeshir Irani’s Alam Ara, H MReddy’s Bhakta Prahalada and Kalidaspaved way for a new chapter in Hindi,Telugu and Tamil film industries. Slowly,silent films took a backseat and by theearly ‘40s, talkies had become the norm.After sound, the next major change inIndian cinema was the introduction ofcolour. In 1937, Ardeshir Irani made thefirst colour film titled Kisan Kanya.Technicolor arrived in India almost fourdecades after it was introduced in the US.Shammi Kapoor’s Junglee was the first filmto be shot in Eastman colour.

By mid ‘50s, cinema had become sopopular that cinema halls began introducing wide screens which led to theevolution of cinemascope. Guru Dutt’sKagaz Ke Phool was the first Indian film to

be released in cinemascope format.Although this film was a commercial disaster, films like Allu Seetharama Rajuand Sholay gained a lot from cinemascope. Audience was in awe of theepic sequences unfolding on screen incinemascope. Visual effects had alreadybecome quite common by ‘50s, althoughthey weren’t used on a massive scale untilthe ‘80s. Jijo Punnoose, a Malayalam film-maker, made My Dear Kuttichathan in1984 which holds the record for being thefirst 3D film made in India. By the late‘90s, Dolby stereo and Ultra Stereo addeda new dimension in the whole experienceof movie-watching. Sci-fi films havealways been a rarity in Indian cinema and

it wasn’t until the early part of 21st centurythat more filmmakers like Shankar ven-tured into this unexplored terrority.

The advent of digital cinema is provingto be a game changer. Cinematographerspredict that shooting on film might be a

thing of the past in another five years. Digitaltechnologies are even changing the wayfilms are distributed. As filmmakers contin-ue to experiment with technology, there’s lit-tle doubt that, going forward, there are greatthings in store for us. Despite the remarkable

changes in technology, Ibelieve that the magic ofcinema lies in its content.Unless audience connectswith a film on an emotion-al level, no gimmick cancome to its rescue.

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The mobile serviceprovider industry isfacing tough timewith the fall in thegrowth rate since

December 2011. The industrywhich was growing at 15-17million subscribers beforeDecember had to limit itself to6-7 million subscribers permonth.

Not only the growth in vol-umes, even the industry is inprecarious state in terms offinancial health with deplet-ing profit margins, low returnson capital, intense competi-tion and overt regulatoryexpenses. However, takinginto cognizance the diverseconsumer levels and prefer-ences, operators continue tooffer unique and affordableschemes and offerings for thesake of sustainability, saidRajan S Mathews, DirectorGeneral, Cellular OperatorsAssociation of India.

The average revenue peruser (ARPU) is one of the low-est in the world. There is hard-ly any profit in terms of mar-gins. Even the Minutes ofUsage (MoU) have beendeclining over the years andthe operators have no optionbut to concentrate on vol-umes. Neither, serviceproviders generating rev-enues on value added ser-vices. The Indian telecommarket has not maturedenough where voice can besubsidized by VAS/data ser-vices yet. It is also pertinent tonote that the uptake of VASand data services have notbeen very encouragingdespite the recent launch of3G services, he said.

Taking about the heavycosts, Rajan said, the industryis projected as a poster boy ofeconomic reforms and thegrowth of GDP in the country;however, the challenges aremanifold. Apart from theintense competition, the prof-itability and sustainability ofthe telecom industry is atstake due to high regulatorycosts such as very high spec-trum prices, cost of imple-menting security measures,mobile number portability(MNP), huge penalties arisingunder modification of con-tract terms and unreasonableexpectations of the govern-ment from the operators.

Not to forget the highprices that the operators hadto pay for 3G spectrum in thecountry; intense and gruelingprice wars and the fact thatthe returns on the invest-ments have not been ade-quate till date. Further, theoperators are finding it diffi-cult to receive funds from theFIIs and banks that are shyingaway from the industry due topolicy instability and uncer-tainty, he said.

In terms of policy frame-work, the industry is in direneed for a proper policyroadmap in place and needsimmediate attention from the

government to address thesecritical issues which are con-straining the essential growthof the sector.

In terms of regulation, it isessential that a cost-benefitanalysis should always bepracticed before a policy/reg-ulation is brought into placeso as to mitigate the chancesof excessive financial burdenon the industry. It is impera-tive that the government takesa balanced approach whileformulating policies so as tosafeguard the consumer inter-est while ensuring profitabili-ty and sustainability for thevarious stakeholders of theindustry at the same time. Thegovernment can also help

reduce the financial burden ofthe industry from high fees,levies and other charges,which today amount toalmost 30 per cent of revenueand are one of the highest inthe world, Rajan added.

TRAI recent 2G spectrumpricing recommendation tothe government also becomeworrisome to the operators,who were saying the tariffs,can be double in some circles,if the government acceptsthese recommendations. If the prices rise, the con-sumer would further reducethe minutes of usage (MoU),which in turn will affect theARPU and overall revenues ofthe industry.

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo!announced Sunday that RossLevinsohn will temporarilyreplace chief executive ScottThompson, who has steppeddown in the face of controver-sy about his allegedly inflatedresume.

The California-based com -p any, in a compromise withactivist investor Daniel Loeb,said Fred Amoroso would takecharge of the board of direc-tors as the struggling Internetpioneer seeks its sixth newchief in as many years.

“Yahoo! has been strug-

gling over recent years andthis new incident only makesmatters worse for the compa-

ny,” said technology industryanalyst Jeff Kagan.

“Yahoo! rode the wave upduring the last decade, butduring the last several yearshas crossed over the top andhas been heading down theother side.”

The changes are part of asettlement with Loeb’s hedgefund Third Point, which iswaging a proxy battle at theSunnyvale, California-basedfirm. Under the terms of thetruce, Loeb and two of hispicks — Harry Wilson andMichael Wolf — will take seats

on the Yahoo! boardWednesday.

Five current board mem-bers, including director RoyBostock and Patti Hart, willstep down immediately andnot end their terms at thisyear’s annual shareholdersmeeting as originallyplanned, according to Yahoo!

“The board is pleased toannounce these changes andthe settlement with ThirdPoint, and is confident thatthey will serve the best inter-ests of our shareholders,”Amoroso said. AFP

WASHINGTON,Three JPMorganChase senior exec-utives are set toresign this weekover the firm’s $2billion loss onderivatives trades,including the exec-utive who oversawthe trade, USmedia reportedSunday.

The bank’schief executiveJamie Dimon is setto accept the resig-nation of Ina Drew,the chief invest-ment officer. TheWall Street Journalsaid two otherhigh-ranking areAchilles Macris,who heads thedesk that placedthe trades, andtrader JavierMartin-Artajo, amanaging directoron Macris’s team.

Total connections in India:919.17 million

Number of phones per 100people: 76

New subscribed addedevery month

15-17 million (as on December 2011)

Number of subscribersadded every month:

6-7 million

Yahoo! chief Scott steps down

3 moreMorganmen to go

Anything but mobile this

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 8India unveiled India‑View

People throng around the statue of Rao Jodha on horseback installed on the 554th foundation dayof Jodhpur on Saturday. Rao Jodha founded Jodhpur. PTI

TIME RECALLED

Anurag Dey

SINGUR (WEST BENGAL):Hope and anticipation have givenway to despair and anger in thisrural belt where protests againstland takeover for industry cata-pulted Mamata Banerjee to powerin West Bengal one year ago.

Singur was abuzz with expec-tations when Banerjee, afterbecoming chief minister, had a lawenacted to give back 400 acres ofland said to have been forciblyacquired by the Left Front for theTata Motors.

Almost a year after Banerjeewas sworn in as chief minister onMay 20, the plant still stands like ahaunted house. But the projecthad to be scrapped after the com-pany was forced to relocate toGujarat due to a violent peasantagitation led by Banerjee. Withlegal complexities cropping upafter the auto maker challengedthe government in court, Singur isnow a depressing picture of

anguish and deprivation.The 3,000 or so farmers who

had rejected compensation for theland from the Left governmentbelieving Banerjee’s promise ofreturning their land when she tookcharge now face terrible times.

“We all believed her (Banerjee)and the promises she made. Nowit seems they were just wordsnever meant to be fulfilled. If shehad the right intention, she wouldnot have ignored us,” complained70-year-old Krishna ChandraManna who had lost four bighas offertile land.

Manna’s view finds resonanceamong many others, who a yearago called the Trinamool Congresschief their beloved leader.

Mahadeb Das, a member ofthe committee which spearhead-ed the Save Farmland Movement,though not critical of Banerjee,conceded people were fast losinghope. “When she became chiefminister we all rejoiced. Now thehope of getting back our land is

diminishing with each passingday,” Das told IANS. Several othersaccuse the Trinamool of gainingpolitical mileage at their cost andthen deserting them.

“When they were not in power,

there used to be a beeline ofTrinamool leaders. After takingpower they have not shown theirfaces. Even Banerjee has chosen toignore us. We feel cheated,” saidJoothika Manna, who once tookpride in calling herself a diehardBanerjee supporter.

Those who willingly gave uptheir land and accepted compen-sation, though better off, blamethe agitators for ruining theirfuture along with their own.

“Had they taken the compen-sation and not agitated, the factorywould have stayed which couldhave changed the fortunes of thewhole area. We would have gotjobs, schools, hospitals... All is lostnow,” said Basudeb Das, who will-ingly gave up nearly five bighas.

Like Das, there are many whorue the lost opportunity andblame Banerjee for it.

The Trinamool lawmaker fromthe area, Becharam Manna, insist-ed that the party was trying its bestto fulfill the promise.

Ryots despair at promises undone

SRINAGAR: He fought duringWorld War II in Burma, becamethe 13th chief of army staff, wasPunjab’s governor during militan-cy and also India’s ambassador inIndonesia. And on Saturday, 90-year-old Gen (retd) Om PrakashMalhotra returned to the place hewas born and brought up.

“It was my desire to come toKashmir and visit the place whereI was born, grew up and was edu-cated,” said Malhotra, formerpresident of the NationalAssociation for the Blind andfounder of the EquestrianFederation of India.

To mark the visit, his almamater, SP College, honoured theold student whose father wasseven decades ago the college’sprincipal.

Malhotra was born in the AbiGuzar locality adjacent to LalChowk on Aug 6, 1922, and grewup with his elder brother and sisterin the city.

“When I became the chief ofthe Indian Army in 1978, the firstplace I visited was Kashmir — theplace of my birth. Late SheikhMohammed Abdullah (thenJammu and Kashmir chief minis-ter) and his wife were happy to

receive somebody who hadbecome the country’s army chiefand had his roots in Kashmir,” hesaid. Malhotra said the role of thearmy had now changed.

“The army is now trained moreefficiently to act with heart andcompassion. I met the local corpscommander who informed meabout their public welfare pro-grammes,” he said.

On the current army chief GenVK Singh getting embroiled in anage row, Malhotra said: “Authorityhas to be respected without ques-tion even when there is confusionin the records.” IANS

Parmod Kumar

NEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt has said that in a democraticpolity, justice, both in its conceptand in essence, being fair andunbiased is the bedrock of goodgovernance.

“It is not to be forgotten that ina democratic polity, justice in itsconceptual eventuality and inher-ent quintessentiality in essenceforms the bedrock of good gover-nance,” said the apex court benchof Justice P Sathasivam and JusticeDipak Misra in their judgmentdelivered on Friday.

Justice Misra said, “In a demo-cratic system that is governed bythe rule of law, fairness of action,propriety, reasonability, institu-tional impeccability and non-

biased justice delivery system con-stitute the pillars on which its sur-vival remains in continuum.”

The court said this while dis-missing a petition by ChandraKumar Chopra who was a major inIndian Army and was held guilty offinancial irregularity in claimingtransportation bill reimburse-ment. The general court martial byits decision of June 4, 1990 foundthe charges correct and sentencedhim to cashiering and rigoroussentence of five years.

However, the confirmingauthority while retaining cashier-ing, reduced the five year rigoroussentence to six months.

The Delhi High Court by itsJuly 23, 1991 order declined tointerfere with the decision of theconfirming authority. IANS

Fair justice bedrock of goodgovernance: Supreme Court

Former army chief revisits his Kashmir roots

It was my desire tocome to Kashmirand visit the placewhere I was born,grew up and waseducated.

Gen (retd) Om Prakash Malhotra

Is the head being held high?

Election manifesto of the partyfor the 2011 Assembly elections.

n Revive West Bengal's industrialglory with a three-prongedstrategy

n Create employment on a mas-sive scale

n Drive education and skill for-mation as engines of empow-erment

n Revamp healthcare sector withprime focus on rural health

n Use Information Technologytools across the state connect-ing bottom of the pyramid tothe top

n Launch and execute an ambi-tious infrastructure buildingprogramme with focus on ruralroads, state highways andports

n Power all villages...

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 9India unveiled India‑ViewNATION AT A GLANCEElite Himachal school introuble over land dealSHIMLA: The 40-year-old chapter ofacademic excellence being run byDalhousie Public School may be slammedshut, with a one-man commission of theHimachal Pradesh government recom-mending vesting of the entire school. Thecommission has made recommendationsafter finding glaring violations by theschool authorities in property transactionsand original lease deed.

Three drown in rivertrapped in fishing netBAREILLY: Three persons, including afather-son duo, drowned in Garra Rivernear Shahjahanpur city, police said heretoday. Nabiullah and Majid got trapped ina fishing net and drowned in the riverwhile they were fishing last evening. Policesaid when Nabiullah’s son Nihaal saw hisfather drowning, he jumped into the riverto save him but drowned himself.

Hearing in Aarushi caseadjourned till May 16GHAZIABAD: A trial court todayadjourned the hearing in the twin murdercase of teenager Aarushi Talwar anddomestic help Hemraj till May 16. Thecourt adjourned the proceedings afterdelivering an order to hand over a CD andother related documents, which theaccused demanded. Aarushi’s parentsRajesh and Nupur Talwar are the accused.

Haryana teenager kills,burns parents

Folk dancers perform “Chhaudance” during the Uninor Run atRabindra Sarobar in Kolkata onSunday. PTI

DIG Ashutosh Pandey inspects astatue manufacturing unit duringraid in connection with elephantstatue scam in UP on Sunday. PTI

CHANDIGARH:A teenaged boy inHaryana’s Sonipat district Sunday killed hisparents while they were asleep at homeand burnt their bodies, police said. Aftermurdering his parents with a sharp-edgedweapon, the boy sprinkled kerosene on thebodies and set them on fire. He then fledfrom the spot.

NEW DELHI: Air India is atwar, with itself. There are twosystems working side by side inthe flag carrier and the currentpilots’ agitation, if anything,exposes that.

In 2007, the governmenthad merged Air India andIndian Airlines. Five years downthe road, it has come not to be.Insiders today say that thoughthey sit in the same offices andshare a common brand name,the split is wide open, as twosystems compete to run oneairline.

Not just pilots and the cabincrew, even managers and juniorstaff from both sides fight overallowances, pay scales and evenholidays. On the surface, itlooked like an issue with thepilots. But when contacted byIANS, even the cabin crew-in-charges, cargo managers andother functionaries voiced thesame resentment.

“The merger created prob-lems that cannot be solved. Ourgrades, work, promotions andallowances are different. Whenyou see your colleague from theother cadre doing the samework, but getting easy promo-tions, allowances, there isbound to be resentment,” asenior official with the opera-

tions arm said. “The companybelow the rank of DGM is not atall integrated. There are twosystems of promotions,allowances and even foreignpostings.”

Another official with the air-line’s cargo division said theproblems started when the twosystems collided. AI was follow-ing a system under which thedepartment head has the dis-cretionary power to promoteand the promotions are time-

bound, while IA had a strict HRcode of interviews and writtentests.

Another factor that hasaffected the morale of theemployees is the executive payscale in AI which is surprisinglylower than those of IA. “Some ofus were overlooked and the dis-criminatory power was used topromote the other cadre. Thisleft many saddened. After suchharassment who would like toput in his best effort,” asked

another official.“These are just initial prob-

lems. Once the Dharmadhikarireport is implemented, I don’tknow what criteria it has but if itcomes with the rider that thepay scale would be criteria forseniority, promotions will be amajor problem.”

Not just that. In the pilotscase, while a commander of AIgets `8 lakh per month that ofIA gets `3 lakh per month. Evena bare minimum flyingallowance of 80 hours is grantedto AI pilots while it is only 72hours given to IA pilots. Bothsides play the blame game bystating that overseas assign-ments as station officers arerestricted for IA officials as tra-ditionally they only had threeforeign branches.

No one knows what thereport by Justice DMDharmadhikari submitted inJanuary actually has suggested.It is understood to have talkedabout the mess in the airlineand has made recommenda-tions on such critical issues likecareer progression, integrationacross various cadres, rationali-sation of pay scale, allowancesand incentives and overallrestructuring of the entire staffof both the airlines. IANS

7 Indiansdie inNepal crashKATHMANDU: SevenIndians were among the 19people killed Monday whentheir aircraft crashed in west-ern Nepal, initial mediareports said.

The aeroplane belongingto Agni Air crashed in Jomsomin western Nepal Mondaymorning.

Seven bodies of Indianshave been found near thecrash site, reported myrepub-lica.com. Five passengers,including two children, twoforeigners and an air hostess,have been rescued alive.

Xinhua reported that 19people have been confirmeddead. The plane, carryingmostly foreigners, was flyingfrom Pokhara, a major touristdestination, to Jomsom.

Reports said the front por-tion of the plane was totallydamaged. The authorities saidthat they will be able to com-ment on the cause of the crashafter examining the black boxand cockpit voice recorder.

This is the second crash inless than a week after aRussian Sukhoi passengerplane crashed in Indonesiaduring a demonstration flightkilling all on board. IANS

Hectic efforts on tosave Gowda govtNEW DELHI/BANGALORE:The BJP was on Sunday strug-gling to save its government inKarnataka, as former chiefminister BS Yeddyurappaslammed his successor andparty leaders while praisingCongress president SoniaGandhi.

Chief Minister DVSadananda Gowda, who suc-ceeded Yeddyurappa in August,met BJP president NitinGadkari in New Delhi onSunday to seek an early deci-sion on ending the rebellion heis facing from the former chiefminister and his supporters.

In Bangalore, state BJPchief KS Eshwarappa tried toplacate Yeddyurappa, who ear-lier in the day called Gowda a“traitor” and compared him to“the devil quoting the scrip-tures”. Eshwarappa metYeddyurappa at his residenceand assured him that the partywas standing by him in thewake of Friday’s SupremeCourt order for a CBI probeinto corruption charges againsthim.

The assurance came as ear-

lier in the day at a public func-tion Yeddyurappa compliment-ed Sonia Gandhi for standingby her party leaders wheneverallegations were levelledagainst them.

Describing the former CMas “our leader”, Eshwarappatold reporters after the meetingthat “Yeddyurappaji has cer-tain grievances. The problemwill be resolved in a day ortwo”.

In New Delhi, Gowdadeclined to react toYeddyurappa’s attack on him.He also downplayed the formerCM praising Sonia. “I do notthink he praised SoniaGandhi,” Gowda told reportersin New Delhi.

As part of the pressure tac-tics Yeddyurappa on Saturdaysecured the resignation of atleast seven ministers loyal tohim. Legislators supportinghim are claiming that at least40 of BJP’s 120 legislators in the225-member Karnataka assem-bly will also give their resigna-tion letters to Yeddyurappa inthe next two days.

IANS

Air India: The great divide within

Yeduyurappa out side hisofficial residence inBengaluru on Sunday. PTI

NEW DELHI: The strike by AirIndia pilots entered the seventhday today, forcing the nationalcarrier to cancel as many as four-teen of its international flightsthat caused inconvenience to hun-dreds of passengers.

“As the pilots are not ready tocall-off their strike and join wo rk,

we have cancelled 14 internation-al flights from Delhi and Mu -mbai,” an Air India official said.

The pilots, who are on st rikesince Tuesday have refused toaccept civil aviation minister AjitSingh’s call for talks after with-drawing their strike.

PTI

14 international flights cancelled

Argentina okays dignified death, sex-change BUENOS AIRES: Argentina, the firstLatin American country to legalize gaymarriage, created a fresh stir this week bymaking sex-change operations and end-of-life decisions by relatives a legal right.

The measures, a first in the region, weremade possible thanks to a weak conserva-tive opposition and a favorable publicopinion in the city.

One of the bills passed by the ArgentineCongress allows transvestites and trans-gender people to choose how their sex isreported in legal documents, includingidentification cards, drivers’ licenses andpassports. The “dignified death” law, for itspart, grants more power to the terminallyill and their families to refuse treatmentand life support. It expressly forbids theuse of euthanasia, however.

Senator Sonia Escudero of the rulingJusticialist Party said the measures, com-ing two years after the predominantlyCatholic country allowed same-sex mar-

riage, “are a reaffirmation of autonomyand individual rights.”

The small Argentine transvestite com-munity, which numbers about 22,000 peo-ple, only has a life expectancy of 35 years— compared to an average of 75.5 years,according to the world bank.

More than 90 per cent of transvestiteshave gone into prostitution, with manylacking a formal education after beingforced to leave school very early.

Selva Herbon supports the right-to-dielaw, hoping it can bring a dignified end tothe short life of her daughter Camila, whohas been in a coma since she was bornthree years ago and shows no brain activityor other vital signs.

“All we want is peace for Camila andour family. Because right now, it’s likedeath all the time and it’s very painful.”

But how can a country like Argentina,with a long conservative tradition and 91percent of its 40 million inhabitants callingthemselves Catholic, have pushed a liberalagenda so far?

“First of all, Peronism was not born asan ideology but as a movement. It was areflection of the times,” explained literaryand cultural critic Beatriz Sarlo.

The ruling party is Peronist(Justicialist), and the political movementrests on three main ideals: social justice,economic independence and politicalsovereignty.

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201210Around the World Beyond Borders

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebookfrenzy is spreading ahead of thecompany’s big-time stock marketdebut, with anything from MarkZuckerberg’s hoodie to the bil-lion-dollar buy of Instagramsparking controversy.

Speculation about thepromise or pitfalls of owning apiece of the world’s leading socialnetwork was so feverish by theweekend that one report con-tended there was too muchdemand for the stock whileanother said it was lacking.

Facebook, already assured ofbecoming one of the most valu-able US firms when it goes public,has been on an intense marketingdrive ahead of its expected trad-ing launch on the tech-heavyNasdaq on May 18.

In a filing with the USSecurities and ExchangeCommission, Facebook set aprice range of $28 to $35 for itsshares, which would value thefirm at between $70 billion and$87.5 billion.

When Google went public in2004, its valuation was $23 billion,and now it has a market value of$200 billion.

Some are offended by theprice set for Facebook, a sitefounded by Zuckerberg just eightyears ago from his Harvard dormroom. Still only 27, he will retain57.3 percent of the voting powerof the shares.

Others expected better —some analysts predicted a price of$44 a share in the short term, anda much higher figure in the longterm.

At the midpoint of the pricerange, the sale of 337 millionshares would generate $10.6 bil-lion, making Facebook’s offeringthe largest IPO of a tech firm.

Despite the intense spotlighton Facebook coffers swelling witha stock sale, analysts agree that

for most of the social network’smore than 900 million users, thefocus will be on changes to theservice — not ownership of thefirm.

“What they hope, I think, isthat Facebook will continue toinnovate and make the servicemore interesting and more rele-vant,” said Creative Strategiesprincipal analyst Tim Bajarin.

“Facebook is not extremelyspecific on what they will do withthe money.”

The IPO also means wealthwill be heaped on longtimeemployees compensated withstock at the startup launched in2004.

“You give a group of people ina company a ton of money, youget some weird behavior,” saidindependent Silicon Valley ana-lyst Rob Enderle of EnderleGroup.

“Facebook itself is going tochange, and not necessarily forthe better.”

Workers made rich with com-pany stock have been known toleave for new endeavors or to fol-low dreams. Sudden wealth canchange people’s attitudes orinspire spending binges, Enderlenoted.

“A lot of stuff unrelated towork happens that can lead toturmoil,” Enderle said. “It is goingto be an interesting few months.Already Zuckerberg is acting out-side the envelope.”

Zuckerberg was bashed bysome analysts for wearing histrademark hoodie and jeans topre-IPO roadshow meetings withWall Street types accustomed tobusiness attire.

“Showing up in front of suitedfinancial analysts in a hoodie isnot the smartest thing,” Enderlesaid. “It just pisses off people whocan wreck your IPO.”

Zuckerberg was also second-guessed for orchestrating a bil-lion-dollar stock-and-cash deal tobuy the startup behind hot smart-

phone photo-sharing applicationInstagram.

The price tag evidently caughtthe attention of the US FederalTrade Commission (FTC), whichis reported to be reviewing thetakeover. Facebook declined tocomment regarding an FTCprobe of the Instagram deal.

Companies going public usu-ally wait until takeovers are com-pleted to spare investors uncer-tainty.

Becoming a publicly tradedcompany could result inZuckerberg being more con-strained because of accountabili-ty to stockholders and regulators,according to Bajarin.

“To be fair, once you go publicyou have fiduciary responsibili-ties and are in a different sce-nario,” Bajarin said.“(Zuckerberg) could never do thatInstagram deal for a billion dol-lars like that after an IPO.”

Facebook has kept busy in theweeks leading up to the IPO.

The social network unveiledan online center for smartphoneapplications synched toFacebook and bought mobilediscovery startup Glancee.Microsoft announced it is weav-ing feedback from Facebookfriends into personalized Bingsearch results.

Facebook confirmed Friday itwas creeping into the territory ofDropbox, Google and others withthe roll-out of a service that letspeople store files in the Internet“cloud” for access from a varietyof devices.

“Facebook wants to create anopen social network that allowsthem to get more aggressive inthe way they connect people,”Bajarin said.

“Mark wants Facebook con-nected to all kinds of other sites,and this new model can bebacked with more cash.” AFP

The US Navy may be responsiblefor more marine mammal deathsthan previously thought.

SFGate reported, in a draftenvironmental impact statementcovering Navy training and testingplanned for 2014 to 2018, the Navyestimated its use of explosives andsonar could unintentionally causemore than 1,600 instances of hear-ing loss or other injury to marinemammals in one year. The reportalso said the use of sonar andexplosives could cause 200 marinemammal deaths in one year.

Previous reports covering2009-2013 estimated the uninten-tional injury or death count toabout 100 marine mammals inHawaii and California. Howeverno deaths were actually reported,according to the AP.

The 2014 to 2018 numbers are

inflated due to the Navy’s use ofnew research on marine mammalbehaviour and updated computermodels that predict how sonaraffects animals, said the AP.

According to Fox News, theNavy must provide the estimatedimpact information to theNational Marine Fisheries Serviceto earn a permit for its activities. Ifthey failed to provide the informa-tion and a marine mammal werekilled, the Navy would be found inviolation of federal environmentallaw and have to stop its trainingand testing.

John Van Name, senior envi-ronmental planner at the USPacific Fleet, said “Each time weswing through this process, we getbetter, we take a harder look, webecome more inclusive.” Fox Newsnoted, the Navy isn’t saying it willdefinitively injure whales, dol-phins or other marine life as ittrains sailors and tests equipment,but rather, “It’s telling the publicand environmental regulators thatits actions have the potential toharm or otherwise prompt a reac-tion in the animals.”

GLOBALPOST

A woman watches Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerbergspeaking in a promotional video ahead of the company’s IPO, inWashington.

PREVIOUS REPORTS COVER-ING 2009-2013 ESTIMATEDTHE UNINTENTIONAL INJURYOR DEATH COUNT TO ABOUT100 MARINE MAMMALS INHAWAII AND CALIFORNIA.

Fervour hits before FB’s IPOAFP/MLADEN ANTONOV

US navydrills killmarine life

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201211Around the World Beyond Borders

GLOBE AT A GLANCESenior LRA membercaptured by UgandaNZARA, SOUTH SUDAN: Ugandantroops have captured a senior member ofthe Lord’s Resistance Army in an arrestthat could signal they are closing in onnotorious rebel leader Joseph Kony. CaesarAcellam, considered the LRA’s fourth-high-est ranking member, was arrested byUgandan forces in CAR and was flown tothe South Sudanese headquarters of theregional armies hunting the LRA.

49 bodies found byMexican police MONTERREY, MEXICO: Mexicanpolice said they had found the dumpedand decapitated bodies of 49 people, prob-ably killed in drug violence, whose handshad been cut off to prevent fingerprintidentification. The mutilated corpses werediscovered in black plastic bags close tothe northern city of Monterrey. The victimscomprised 43 men and six women.

The Avengers on trackfor billion-dollar clubLOS ANGELES: The Avengersthrashed all comers to haul in $103.2 mil-lion over the weekend, industry estimatesshowed. The Walt Disney film has earned$373.2 million so far, box office trackerExhibitor Relations reported on Sunday.Walt Disney said the film, which wasreleased first abroad, was on target to jointhe elite club of billion-dollar movies.

Sea Shepherd founderarrested in Germany

The exiled president of the WorldUighur Congress, Rebiya Kadeerdelivers a speech at the 4th WorldUighur Congress in Tokyo. AFP

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at theDiamond Jubilee Pageant inWindsor, the first big celebrationfor her diamond jubilee. AFP

SYDNEY: The founder of conservationgroup Sea Shepherd has been arrested inFrankfurt for extradition to Costa Rica, theorganisation. Paul Watson is in a Germanjail after being detained on charges stem-ming from a high seas confrontation overshark finning in 2002. The specific incidenttook place in Guatemalan waters.

John Hadoulis

ATHENS: Greek political partyleaders emerged late on Sundayfrom emergency cabinet talkswith no breakthrough in sight,raising the prospect of newelections that could scupperreforms and force the countryout of the eurozone.

President Carolos Papouliasinitially met for 90 minutes withthe heads of the three partiesthat topped last Sunday’sinconclusive election — con-servative New Democracy,socialist Pasok, and radical leftSyriza, before holding discus-sions with smaller parties.

But after the full day of last-ditch meetings, the smallDemocratic Left party, viewedas the most likely candidate fora coalition government withNew Democracy and Pasok, saidno government had emergedfrom Sunday’s discussions.

Talks will reopen on Monday,said state TV, as Greece grappleswith mounting threats of a loanfreeze should Athens falter onpromised structural reforms.

If a cabinet cannot beformed by Thursday, when par-liament convenes, new electionswill have to be called in June.

Some of the leaders saidPapoulias had produced a letterfrom outgoing Prime MinisterLucas Papademos on the stateof the Greek economy, whose

contents he declined to divulgeoutside the meeting.

“The president told me thatsadly, until this point there hasbeen no potential to form aunity government,” said FotisKouvelis, whose DemocraticLeft party was seen as the mostlikely candidate for a coalitiongovernment between the main-stream conservative and social-ist parties.

His party wants any coali-tion government to “immedi-ately” cancel legislation thatslashed the minimum wage andfacilitated layoffs, and start to“disengage” Greece from theunpopular EU-IMF rescuepackage.

Another key party, Syriza,which wants to tear up anagreement signed by Greece,the EU and the IMF in 2010 tosave Athens from bankruptcy,has refused to cooperate alto-gether. But Syriza, DemocraticLeft, New Democracy andPasok will meet Papoulis onMonday for another push atdoing a deal.

A new poll published hoursbefore the meetings showedthat Greeks were now desperatefor a coalition government thatwill safeguard eurozone mem-bership. Seventy-two per centof those who responded saidparties should cooperate “at allcosts,” according to a KappaResearch poll.

GREEK POLITICIANS FIDDLEWHILE ATHENS BURNS!

According to local media, the state has enough cash to pay salaries andpensions until late June. Greece’s European peers have threatened to cut off

further loans if promised reforms stall

(From left) Political leader of the Greek far-right party Chryssi Avghi, Nikolaos Michaloliakos; Greek leader of the Left Democraticparty Fotis Kouvelis; Greek communist party leader Aleka Papariga AFP/ANGELOS TZORTZINIS, LOUISA GOULIAMAKI

Five ways Greece could leave the EuroPolitical stalemate

If Greece cannot form a govern-ment – and the majority of voters

backed parties who are againstabiding by the agreed bailout

terms – political unrest will growon the streets and its neighbours

will get increasingly nervous. Asecond round of elections in mid-

June could produce an even largeranti-austerity vote.

Bring back the DrachmaTo counteract a run on its banks after a debt default, a new Greek

government would have to freeze bank accounts and introduce capitalcontrols to prevent the country’s citizens from moving money abroad.

The government would also have to pass a currency law and start up thebanknote-printing machines. It is not inconceivable that Greece might

already be quietly printing new money. To minimise the likely chaos thatwould ensue, the Greek government would probably choose

to reintroduce the drachma over a weekend.

No more moneySo what happens if Greeceremains without a government?The European Union, IMF andEuropean Central Bank wouldprobably turn off the taps andbailout money would stop flowingto the highly indebted country. Atthe same time, Greek banks wouldprobably be cut off from the liq-uidity provided by the ECB.

The bigexodus

The depreciation ofthe new currency

will make importedgoods more expen-

sive and drive upinflation. Mass

unemployment islikely, as is an exo-

dus of young skilledworkers. If tens of

thousands of Greeksheaded to the bor-

ders, they mighteven be closed.

The falloutHolders of Greek government debt wouldundoubtedly suffer, as they risk having theirassets redenominated into a rapidly fallingnew Greek currency — as would holders ofGreek corporate debt. Returning to a Greeknational currency would create all sorts oflegal problems with business and governmentcontracts. Greek companies forced still to makepayments in euros will see costs and interestpayments on euro loans double. And UBS says:“The costs of breakup go way beyond the eco-nomic. To quote Shakespeare, in the event of afragmentation of the euro, economists willhave little to do but ‘cry havoc, and let slip thedogs of war’.”

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201212Fair, free and forthrightComment

Poor arrangementsIt is not true that the authorities had madeus, the students wanting to take up EAM-CET, aware of the condition of the road

leading to the college.My Dad had a torridtime driving me up tothe college on theroad that was hardlymotor-able. The resultwas that I reachedlate to the venue andwent through a very

stressful time, which will show in theresults. And this is not the case with justme. Many of my friends do not feel hopefulof landing a seat because of the same rea-son.

Anjali ThakurBegumpet

Students’ sad storyThe grievances faced by students in therecent EAMCET exams show how weakour system of planning is. Are our authori-ties that short-sighted to realise that themost basic of all arrangements like seatingought to be thoroughly done? And everyyear, it is common for such incidents tohappen which are passed off as minorglitches. Our authorities need to reconsidertheir outlook towards planning examina-tions, as the future of many young stu-dents is at stake.

Suhith ReddyVidyanagar

Indo-Pak love affairShoaib's article on the plight of fishermancaught between cross borders throws lighton the many pretenses of peace keeping.These fisherman remain a minute statistic inthe greater game of peace, war and theoccasional diplomacy. While disregarding

issues like these asminor and of no greatconsequence, whatwe fail to realise isthat these issues arethe perfect recipes forturmoil and revolt.Whatever the reasonmaybe, our cynicism

in failing to address these issues will proveto be the bane of the times to come.

Rasheed AliRed Hills

Cool retreatsWater-logged and ice-capped visitingplaces within India made for mouth-water-ing reading. With the temperatures soaringin the city, these look like straight out ofsome believe-it-or-not book. Whenever wethink of getting away to a cool place outof the scorching sun, we believe that it willbe some out-of-the-country locale, butright here close by and within a reason-able budget too we have place of retreat.Thank you for the information.

Jitu KumarHi-tech City

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IT’S TIME THE PARLIAMENTARIANSdid some serious introspection

The politicians have finally decided to talk some sense on the occasion Indian Parliamentcompleting 60 years. More than anything else, it was the adamant and unreasonable

positions of various parties that cost several days of the Parliament. While theParliamentarians can't stop congratulating each other on being part of the nucleus of democ-

racy, they are forgetting that not much is being done for the people who sent them there.Numerous key Bills and amendments have been stalled or postponed due to House disrup-tions and public will suffer due to the delays. The parliamentarians need to understand thatmembership in the House is a job and requires a degree of professionalism. Walking out at

the drop of the hat and disrupting functioning of the House on topics of little national conse-quence have become the order of the day. If people are showering insults at the institution,

there are many justifiable reasons to it. Its better that the elected representatives realise theirflaws and rectify them. Better late than never.

WHY WE LOVEPastor Maldonado

For the Venezuelan Williams F1driver, pastor Maldonado, victoryin the Spanish Grand Prix proved

that the 2012 season was going to beone for the record books. But Pastor’sreal test of character came after therace and in the most bizarre of circum-stances. When a fire engulfed theWilliams pits after the race, Pastorrushed in to recuse his young cousin,and was snapped carrying him out onhis back. That’s a real hero Mr Chavez.

Europe’s on-going economic crisis hasso far claimed ten heads of govern-ments. However, Nicolas Sarkozy’srecent defeat in the presidential elec-

tions in France need not be entirely attributedto the economy — Sarkozy had lost it a longtime ago, even before the socialist FrançoisHollande defeated him.

Leader of the centre-right UMP, Sarkozydefeated the socialist Ségolène Royal(François Hollande’s then partner!) and waselected to a five-year term as president ofFrance in 2007.

At the time of Sarkozy’s election, theFrench economy, the world’s fifth largest, wasfaltering, leading George Bush to famouslyattribute this to the lack of a word for‘entrepreneur’ in the French language!Already in 2003 the US Congress had orderedFrench Fries to be renamed ‘Freedom Fries’ inmenus, in hysteric protest against Frenchintransigence in the war against SaddamHussein; now French foreign policy was beingpilloried as opportunistic and lacking in prin-ciples.

Domestically, questions were cropping upwhether France’s 35-work-hours-a-weekeconomy and her generous welfare state weresustainable. In politics, there was muchembarrassment: in 2004 PM Alain Juppé wasconvicted for corruption and received a 14-month suspended prison sentence, and pres-ident Jacques Chirac was shamefully, butcredibly, accused of embezzling public funds.

Despite forebodings based on his previ-ous performance as interior minister when heused brute force against Arab immigrants,and attempted to destroy laïcité (France’sunique secularism), Sarkozy seemed promis-ing. He wanted France to be strong likeAmerica, he vowed to reward ‘those who wakeup early’, he was full of energy and wanted todo things ‘at the speed of light’. He pledged tothe French on victory day “I won't betray you,I won't lie to you and I won't disappoint you.”

Sarkozy had a great start. His cabinet hadeight men and seven women – France hadnever seen such gender balance at this level.He appointed the socialist Bernard Kouchner(co-founder of Doctors Without Borders) ashis minister for foreign and European Affairs.He appointed Rachida Dati, of North African

origin, as his justice minister. He created anew international human rights position inhis cabinet, and offered it to Rama Tadé, aMuslim woman of Senegalese origin. Hepledged that human rights would be the cor-nerstone of his foreign policy and promised"to reach out to all those in the world ... whoare persecuted by tyrants and dictators."

But promise has to translate into perfor-mance. During his first visit to MoscowSarkozy was silent about the ‘intolerablekilling of journalists’ in Russia. In 2007, after ameeting with Putin, he turned up drunk for amedia conference at the G8 summit inGermany. After the bloody repression ofTibetans in 2008 he rightly threatened to boy-cott the Beijing Olympic Games if China did-n't start serious talks with the Dalai Lama, buttamely attended the inaugural after Frenchcontracts came under threat. He did not heedKouchner’s advice that effective Europeanintervention was called for in the civil war inthe Democratic Republic of Congo. Even ashe played an important role in world politics,where once the talk was of human rights,Sarkozy started speaking of ‘relative powers’,holding back and compromising.

After five years in power, Sarkozy leavesFrance with a record debt of $1.7 trillion ie$500 billion more than when he took office.

His economic legacy is a 13-year high of 10%

unemployment and a Standard & Poor'sdowngraded debt rating for his country.

Son of Hungarian immigrants, Sarkozycreated a ministry of national identity andstarted a much needed discussion on what itmeans to be French. Sadly, as he lacked thevision and authority to give direction to thedebate, his steps only unleashed xenophobiaagainst the 5 million French of Arab origin inmainland France. His immigration policywas a mess, and he regretted openly thatthere were too many foreigners in France. Hemade the Roma gypsies a hostile target of hisaction. When his electoral prospects becamedoubtful he unsuccessfully wooed the votersof the National Front.

Last year, Sarkozy’s cabinet ministerMichelle Alliot-Marie foolishly offeredFrench support for the Tunisian security ser-vices when the Arab spring demonstrationsfirst began. Alliot-Marie’s partner is believedto have been close to Muammar Gaddafi, andis credited with facilitating French arms tradewith that country. Sarkozy’s PM, FrancoisFillon accepted free holidays paid for by thenEgypt’s ruler Hosni Mubarak.

Sarkozy’s personal credibility also took abeating during his tenure. In a debate aboutnuclear power, Sarkozy said he went to

Fukushima after the nuclear meltdown where-as he went only up to Tokyo; on his Facebookpage he posted a fake picture of himself chip-ping away at the Berlin Wall. Astonishingly, herehabilitated the tainted Alain Juppe byappointing him his foreign minister. He wasnot immune to nepotism either and tried toimpose his undergraduate son Jean as head ofthe important business district La Défense.Embarrassingly, at state banquets, as in Indiaand at the Vatican, he was seen freneticallytexting with his mobile phone.

He had urged the French to work hard, buthis policies benefitted those like L'Oréal’sLiliane Bettencourt, France's richest womanwho it is believed made illegal campaigndonations to Sarkozy’s party.

Sarkozy did some good – at home heraised the retirement age to 62, made it harderfor public transport workers to strike, andrestored some order in the work culture of thenation. He firmly implemented universityreforms. As president of the European Unionhe negotiated a 6 point peace plan betweenRussia and Georgia. He did the logical thingby reintegrating France into NATO’s militarystructure. He attempted to create aMediterranean Union. He took the initiativein Libya to finally fight Gaddafi, but in themoral and financial mess that he leavesFrance in, these are hardly redeeming factors.

ADIEU, SARKOZY!THE HUMAN ANGLEBabu Gogineni

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201213Campus

DO YOU KNOW WHATTHEY’RE DOING

THIS SUMMER? As students, irrespective of age or course, we all wait for one thing, summer vacations. For us, it isall fun, enjoyment and amusement, but have you ever wondered what our teachers do during the

vacations? We spoke to a few of them and here’s what they told us

Gurmeet Saddal, a high schoolteacher at Bhavan’s school says

“I love summers. They are my timeto go out and explore the nature. Iam a nature lover and love to readabout it and participate in anyactivities that can help us improveit.” When asked about the otherthings she does in the holidays, shesaid “Taking care of the children inschool, our own children some-times feel left out. This is the timewhen I bond with them and spendsome quality time.”

Pallavi Pitla, a Lecturer at Loyola Academy has amore career oriented take on the vacations. “I

use the vacations to enhance my skills. I am cur-rently studying on various topics like Advertisingand planning to write research papers on them.This helps me get better knowledge of the subjectand teach better.” “The fun is always there in thevacations but an enhanced Bio data is always goodto have and there is no better time than summersto have it.” She adds.

Radha, a lecturer at Keys Junior college says holi-days or no holidays, her time belongs to the stu-

dents. “It’s been happening from the past few yearsnow. I prefer not going on a vacation. Instead I helpthe weak students to cover up their portion. Especiallythe ones who have backlogs.” says Ms. Radha. “If Iget some free time, then I prefer updating myself withthe latest trends and technology. As a lecturer in aJunior college, it is very important to stay updatedwith everything. So that is what I do.” She added.

Rachel, a primary teacher atNarayana concept school

has another favourite past time.“Summer is the time I spendwith my pets. During the schooltime, I don’t get much time tospend with my dog and my fish.But in summer, I dedicate all mytime to them. It is loads offun.” she says.

Bhavneet Singh and Sneha [email protected]

Come summer and all ofus forget that schools andcolleges exist. Many of usare busy with friends, rel-

atives and family doing every-thing possible. Some others arebusy with internships and otherprojects. But ever wondered whatthe teachers do durings summer,when they have no classes tomaintain and no home works tocheck? We sure did, so we found afew teachers from all over the cityto help answer the question.

So the mystery is finally revealed.Teachers and lecturers use their sum-mers to enhance their skills, and spendsome time with their near and dear ones.And they also are as excited as any us tohave some holidays. Of course, theydon’t have homeworks to do, but formost of them, a lot of work to do athome.

TEACHERS AND LECTURERS USETHEIR SUMMERS TO ENHANCETHEIR SKILLS, AND SPEND SOMETIME WITH THEIR NEAR AND DEARONES.

Be your child’srole model

Dr Diana Monteiro

My 12 year old son has been becom-ing very aggressive. I’ve been receiv-ing complaints about him gettinginto fights with other kids. I am wor-ried that he may be turning into abully. I’ve tried explaining to him,coaxing, cajoling and even scoldinghim. But nothing seems to work.

Bullying is defined as ‘repetitiveaggressive behaviour that is inten-tional and involves an imbalance ofpower or strength’ according to theAmerican Psychological Association.It typically involves a child becomingaggressive towards or excluding thevictim from the social group. Thebully has a strong need to dominateothers and to get their way and theydo so by defying rules.

They also do not listen to teachers,parents or other adults and also showlittle empathy for the others they vic-timise.

If a child has begun behavingaggressively, it’simportant to under-stand what is causing them to behavein that manner.

Sometimes, children do not knowhow to read social cues and might notknow that what they are doing is caus-ing harm. Children also learn aggres-sive behaviour from adults and thusimitate them. If a child has low self-esteem, then putting others down bybullying or aggression can be a way tofeel better.

To deal with such behaviour inchildren, start by educating themabout bullying and how it is harmful.Further, setting limits and boundariesand having clear penalties that is notpunitive or physical in nature when achild engages in bullying also helps.Being observant and checking achild’s behaviour while also creating awarm, positive environment for themwhere they have positive adult rolemodels is also effective.

Making it clear that bullying is notacceptable and when they are aggres-sive, setting limits that involve conse-quences for the child is very impor-tant. Additionally, when a child be ha -ves appropriately and behaves well,rewa rding them encourages them.

(The writer is a counselling psy-chologist at the Hyderabad Academyof Psychology. You can write to her at

[email protected])

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201216Holistic view of mind, body and soulH‑Factor

All for a good night’s sleepA good night’s sleep is said to be a solution to many ailments. But in today’s high pacedlife, stress has resulted in cases of insomnia and dependence on sleeping pills

Those long working hours, the needto always look and be the best atyour workplace, the chaotic traffic,lack of time and the need to main-

tain your relationships — all these lead toone element that is stress. While stress canaffect many aspects of your life, it has amajor influence on your sleep cycle. Arecent study in the UK has stated that thepeople affected by stress induced insomniawere increasing and a large number wereheading out to buy sleeping pills.

According to Dr Sucharita, psychologistand counsellor, “Our biological cycle is suchthat we are active during the day and sleepduring the night. When a person is stressedor very active during the day, their braincontinues to be very active during the night.A person needs to unwind during the nightelse it may affect their day-to-day activities.”

Dr M Phani Prashant, consultant psychi-atrist, Care Hospital says, “Whenever some-one is stressed, it affects the neurotransmit-ters in the brain. Of the three neurotransmit-ters, Dopamine is the one that regulatessleep. When it gets imbalanced it can causeproblems sleeping, concentration etc.”

Dr Sucharita says, “People tend to havethe habit of sleeping with mobiles, TV andother gadgets in the room. This is not good.They should make sure that these are left inthe other rooms in the night and the bed-room is used just for sleeping. They shouldlisten to some soothing music to relax beforegoing to sleep,” says Dr Sucharita.

Dr Prashant says, “Sleeping pills are notOTC (over-the-counter medicines) so peoplecannot just go out and buy them. The rea-son why we are told to avoid sleeping pills isthat once you start taking pills they becomelike an addiction. While they may help yousleep they are not able to tackle the problemof imbalance.” Dr Sucharita adds, “Peoplenowadays do take a pill to induce sleep butthis is not advised unless someone is pre-scribed these medicines for insomnia,depression or a mental ailment. If a doctorhas prescribed than he will now how muchof the dose is thus one is not at the risk ofoverdose.”

“Only if it is a chronic case of insomniathan a person is referred to a psychiatrist.People not getting good sleep for a day ortwo is okay as usually by the third day theywould require that sleep as they would beexhausted,” says Dr Sucharita. Dr Prashantsays, “Medication is not required for just anysleep disorder, if a person is unable to fallasleep or awakes very early then it may berequired.”

Sleep tipsDr Sucharita suggests, “Sleeping pads for theeyes can be good as they help send a signalto the brain that it is time to sleep. It isimportant that a person sleeps at a regulartime in a regular place to sleep. Anothermethod could be to wind down before goingto sleep through some physical activity.

Methods like yoga and aerobics and follow aproper diet. People tend to think that alco-hol helps them get a good night’s sleep butthat is not true as they may fall asleep in thenight but will get up with a hangover. Theyshould avoid any stimulants such as smok-

ing and drugs. A warm cup of milk andrelaxing music can help.”

Dr Prashant says, “Sleep hygiene is imp -ortant just like body hygiene. The bed shouldbe used just for sleeping and not conversa-tions, eating or quarrelling. People shouldavoid having caffeine, cold drinks or anystimulant in the evening. If a person is unab -le sleep for 10-15 minutes they should not lieawake in the bed. They should go to anotherroom till they feel drowsy and then comeback and sleep.” Apart from these me t hods,Dr Prashant suggests that one should avoidovershooting in the morning. This im p liesthat no matter what time one sleeps at nightthe waking up time should be kept at con-stant i.e if someone sleeps at 2am and theirusual wake up time is 7am th ey should getup at that time only and not oversleep till 8or 9. He suggests that sleeping during theday should be avoided. So keep those pillsaway, relax and have a good night’s sleep!

n Listen to some soothing music before yousleep.

n Take a walk with your partner or friendafter dinner.

n Keep your bedroom lights dim. If youabsolutely need some light invest in asmall bed light.

n Don’t carry work home, that includes yourinternet ready phones.

n A light and healthy supper with a greatconversation is a great way to unwind.

Sleep well

Anishaa [email protected]

Antiphospholipid syndrome which is also popularly known asalso sticky blood or Hughes syndrome, is an autoimmune

disease that can cause abnormal blood clotting in any bloodvessel which could include both arteries and veins.Antiphopholid syndrome is caused when, the body producesantibodies against phospholipids, a molecule that is commonlyfound in the human body. This may cause a variety of problemssuch as clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis or DVT), miscar-riage and dangerous arterial thrombosis which may cause astroke or heart attack. Although the syndrome can effect any-one from any age group, women are the most susceptible. Thetreatment for this kind of ailment involves prevention of theformation of clots which may be done with the help of aspirinor heparin.

HOUSECALL

As kids, our mothers have time and againscolded us for eating too fast or gobbling

our food down without chewing. Well technol-ogy now presents a mothers electronic dream— eat chew rest. The free of cost applicationhelps you to eat slowly. Just open the applica-tion, when the green circle on screen ismotion, put the food in your mouth, when theyellow circles appears chew your food andfinally when the red circle appears put your cutlery down andinvolve yourself in a conversation or simply rest. You canrepeat this cycle and control the speed too. If this app is whatyou really need, ignore the stares as you follow your phonesinstructions.

APP-LY YOURSELF

Are you one of those who hatesmoking for the pollution and ill-

effects it causes? Well this is one factthat could take you by surprise. Laserprinters are popular in homes andoffices, but Australian air-qualityinspectors have revealed somestartling facts. They studied the emissions of 62 laser printersand have found that 27 per cent of laser printers emitted tonergrains into the air. These Toner grains though tiny, whenbreathed in could be as damaging as compared to a second-hand smoke. Some laser printers’ emissions were said to bedense enough to almost match pollution from second-handcigarette smoke.

DID YOU KNOW?Antiphospholipid syndrome Eat, chew, rest You’re printer could be harmful

liposuction could increase deep belly fatNEW RESEARCH SAYS THAT

Alexander Besant

Liposuction may causedeeper, more dangerousfat in the abdomen, anew study says.

Brazilian researchers saidthat just a few months afterthe fat-sucking procedure,there could be an increase invisceral fat in the midsection.

So-called visceral fatincreases the risk of type-2

diabetes and heart disease andis thus considered more dan-gerous than fat nearer to thesurface of the skin.

Reuters reported that thestudy looked at 36 women whohad undergone liposuctionand were sedentary before theprocedure.

Half the women were toldto exercise post-liposuction,while the others remainedsedentary.

Bliss Tree reported thatthose who did not exerciseshowed a 10 per cent increasein visceral fat.It is still unclearwhy visceral fat increases sodramatically in post-liposuc-tion patients.

“We believe it may bebecause this particular fatdepot is more metabolicallyactive than the other fatdepots,” said study authorFabiana Benatti, of the

University of Sao Paulo,reported Reuters.

A competing reason is thatthe procedure destroys themake-up of fat cells below theskin so that new fat flows intothe visceral cells.The onlysolution to preventing deep fatfrom accumulating: exercise.The research is found in theJournal of ClinicalEndocrinology andMetabolism. GLOBAL POST

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201217Holistic view of mind, body and soulH‑Factor

STOCKHOLM: Food with a lotof fat and few carbohydrates mayactually benefit type-2 diabeticswho are advised to stick to a low-fat diet.

The results of a two-year diet -ary study led by Hans Guldb ra -nd,and Fredrik Nystrom from Sw -eden, shows that this kind of dietcould have a better effect on bloodsugar levels and blood lipids.

Diabetes millitus type-2 is alifelong disease in which there arehigh-levels of blood sugar.

Diabetes is caused by a prob-lem in the way your body makesinsulin. Insulin is needed to moveglucose into cells, where it isstored and used for energy.

In type-2 diabetes, your fat,liver, and muscle cells do notrespond correctly to insulin.

Consequently, blood sugardoes not get into these cells to bestored for energy. Increased fatalso makes it harder for your bo dyto use insulin the correct way.

The study is based on 61patients who were randomisedinto two groups, where they fol-lowed either a low-carbohydrate(high fat) diet or a low-fat diet, thejournal Diabetologia reports.

In both groups, the pa r ticipan ts lost approximatelyfour kg on an average. Besides, aclear improvement in the gly-caemic (blood sug ar) control wasseen in the low-ca r bohydrategroup after six months, accordingto a Linkoping statement.

Despite the increased fat int -ake with a larger portion of satu-rated fatty acids, the HDL contentincreased on the high-fat diet.

In the high-fat diet, 50 per centof the energy came from fat, 20 percent from carbohydrates, and 30per cent from protein.

For the low-fat group, the dis-tribution was 30 per cent from fat,55-60 per cent from carbohydra tes,and 10-15 per cent from protein.

The participants were recruit-ed from two primary health carecentres and met for four groupmeetings during the first year ofthe study. All 61 participated in thestudy for the follow-up. IANS

High-fat dietlowers sugarin diabetics

Aarti

Koyal, Anup

Sunday night feverYoungsters in the City proved that Sunday nights are no less happening than Saturday nights as they

thronged to clubs by the dozens. Kismet saw stylishly dressed partygoers letting their hair down.

Philomina Bhavin, Aishwarya Amrita, Raj

LITHI Slimming & Cosmetic Clinic in AS Rao Nagar was launched byactress Aksha on Sunday.

A beautiful launch

Wesley college on PG road saw a Honda rally and treasure hunt organisedby Pride Honda. Participants are seen posing next to the cars.

Hunt on wheels

Sharia, Rachana

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201218Spotlight

Apoorva, Divya

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

Ram, Tamannaah starrer EndhukantePremanta is all set

to hit the screens on June 1.For the past few days,

Sravanthi Ravi Kishore hasbeen in talks with producers of

few other films which were linedup for release this month to make

sure that his film doesn’t clashwith any other big budget filmthis summer. The film is cur-

rently in re-recording stage andsources say that Ram and

Sravanthi Ravi Kishore areextremely happy with the out-

put. A Karunakaran has direct-ed the film and GV Prakash has

composed the music.

Endhukante Premantaset to release in June

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@shraddhadas43Signd my 1st 3D film 2 b madein 4 languages,eng,malay-alam,tamil,telugu 2 b directdby veteran director Vinayanfrm tamil/malayalam films!

@tashu_02Played badminton on my loca-tion in the free time... gudworkout happened yay... thanxto my energetic team... m feel-ing so great now... :-)

@RanaDaggubatiShot all night!! Taking a planeback to mumbai at 7.30am!Working till noon and a flightback to hyderabad at around3!! Madness!!

@Actor_SiddharthWow! We can’t win agame.The worst bowling lineup in the history of the IPL.Salute to GurkeeratSingh.That’s how local talentshould play!

@shrutihaasanI had so much fun dancing to“pilla” first time trying some-thing like that!!;)

@actressanjjanaaStarting new film titlemahanadhi today headed toudupi fo muhurath followedby shooting in ankola. Feelblessed!

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 19The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

The first look of ManchuManoj, Balakrishna starrerUu Kodathara Ulikki

Padathara was unveiled in agrand ceremony on Saturdayevening. The event was held onthe sets of the film inManikonda, Hyderabad.Balakrishna, Dasari NarayanaRao, Mohan Babu, KRaghavendra Rao, K S Rama Rao,Kodandarami Reddy, LakshmiManchu, Vishnu Manchu and

Sekhar Raja graced the event.Talking at the event, LakshmiManchu said, “Our creative teamtoured several palaces in India tobuild this set. It cost us Rs 6.5crores and we made sure that allthe safety measures were takenwhile building the set. More than2,50,000 tons of iron was used tobuild this palace set which wehave named as GandharvaMahal.” Mohan Babu was allpraises for Balakrishna.

‘I will always beloyal to TDP’NTR has finally

broken hissilence over therecent controversywhich erupted afterVallabhaneni Vamsimet Jagan MohanReddy inVijayawada justdays before therelease of NTR’sDhammu. The factthat NTR’s closeaide, Vamsi met Jagan didn’t go well withTDP’s leadership. Soon a group in TDP initi-ated a campaign against NTR and reportedasked its party cadre and Nandamuri fans torefrain from watching NTR’s latest. NTR dis-tanced himself from Vallabhaneni Vamsi andsaid, “Vamsi is just a producer of myfilm Adhurs. I have nothing to do with whomhe meets. I am loyal to Telugu Desam Party.”

UKUP’sfirst lookunveiled

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MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 20The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

Dibakar Banerjee

says his politi-cal thriller

Shanghai is anattempt to bridge dreamsand reality: the dream oftransforming “stuffy and

dirty India” into a swankyShanghai, and a reality

check on where Indiastands today.

“In the context of thefilm, we have this dream ofa Shanghai like city, where

there is business, fame,money and entertainment.

Where there are lots ofbuildings, skyscrapers,

hotels, pubs and materialprosperity. The reality ofour (Indian) cities is notso,” Banerjee told IANS.

“We know what theyare. There is traffic, pollu-

tion; and civic amenitiesare bad. There is good andbad here in the film. There

is this India which is stuffy,dirty and hot, and anti-

Shanghai,” he added.The movie stars AbhayDeol, Emraan Hashmi,

Prosenjit Chatterjee andKalki Koechlin. Shanghai

itself plays a metaphor forprogressive change.

Elaborating further, the40-plus filmmaker said:

“It’s the difference betweendream and reality. It shows

the reality behind thedream and shows the

dream in the middle ofreality. It is a dream to

make Indian cities likeShanghai.”

The film has beeninspired by a mid-1960sbook ‘Z’, by Greek writer

and diplomat VassilisVassilikos, but adapted to

Indian sensibilities.It has been reported

that Shanghai will draw theviewers’ attention to cor-

ruption in the country. “It’sa contemporary film.”

‘Shanghai’ bridgesdreams and reality:Dibakar Banerjee

Didn’t say anything about KatrinaFilmmaker Karan Johar has denied

reports that he took a dig atKatrina Kaif’s magazine poses, say-

ing the actress is very talented and hardworking.”Absolutely crazy media reportsuggesting I have said something aboutKatrina! I have not! Its totally baselessand a lie,” tweeted the 39-year-old.

According to media reports, Karanwas overheard joking about Katrina’sposing skills at a recent party andmaking comments on hermonotonous looks for magazine cov-ers. It was also said that he had mim-icked some of her poses.

However, the filmmaker is upsetwith the news and finds the reports“ridiculous”. “Katrina is not only a dearfriend but also a supremely talentedand hard-working megastar! And all thisreportage is ridiculous,” he tweeted.

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MONDAY, MAY 14, 201222The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

Actress KristenStewart, whoshot araunchy sex

scene with real life andonscreen beau RobertPattinson in a Twilightmovie, was disap-pointed to see it editedout. The pair hadpeeled off for thescene in 2011 film TheTwilight Saga: BreakingDawn - Part I, but pro-ducers later toned itdown to avoid beingslapped with a restric-tive rating.

Stewart admits shewas surprised to seethe final product, asshe and Pattinson hadgone to great lengthsto make the sceneextremely passionate,reports dailystar.co.uk.

“It is a bit full onbut it’s edited. I seescenes and I think whyis music playing overthat, I was definitelymaking sounds and itcould be so sexy andit’s not. The ratingsboard breaks it downso technically andapparently, thrusting isa huge problem for thechildren,” she said.

Stewart upset withedited sex scene

Emma Stonelikes beingredhead

Actress EmmaStone hasrevealed she

loves her hair colourand wants to be a red-head in every movie. “Ilove being a redhead.My mum is a redhead. Ijust really prefer the redand that’s the way Iwould stay if I could,”showbizspy.com quot-ed Stone as saying.

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201223The glamour behind the glitzMagic Screen

SHAKIRA Colombian pop star Shakiraset a new record on socialnetworks this week as thenumber of her fans on

Facebook zoomed to 50 million.The artist posted a photo Friday

on her Facebook profile in whichshe is seen wearing a party hat,holding a balloon in one hand anda poster in the other that reads “50million!!!”

“Wow 50 million on Facebook.That’s incredible. Many thanks foryour love. A big kiss,” she wrote.

Shakira is one of the mostactive Latino stars on social net-works with 16,000 followers onTwitter and has won nominationsand prizes in this category, includ-ing Billboard’s award for LatinSocial Artist of the year last monthin Miami.

The singer is considered one ofthe celebrities most followed onsocial networks, on a par with suchstars as Lady Gaga and OprahWinfrey.

Shakira recently premiered themusic video for Addicted to You, anew single from her 2010 albumSale el Sol (Sunrise) that was shotin the Hollywood Hills by directorAnthony Mandler. IANS

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British rock band Queenhas planned a special

treat for their fans at theirupcoming 10th anniversaryshow -- an optical illusionthat will make their latevocalist Freddie Mercury’simage come alive for theaudience.

The band’s guitarist BrianMay confirmed they will pre-sent a projection ofMercury’s image by using aspecial effect, reportsaceshowbiz.com.

“People will come out

saying, ‘did we actually seeFreddie?’,” said May.

“That technique is some-thing we’ve looked at our-selves but I think probablyfor a show that runs eightshows a week it’s not reallyquite practical,” he said.

Other than Queen, bandslike TLC and Jackson 5 haveplans to do similar things inmemory of their late mem-bers. The former want tobring back Left Eye to life,while the latter plan to resur-rect MJ through SFX.

Freddie Mercuryto be resurrected

Singer Mariah Careyshowed up at a gaybar in Los Angeles

and partied hard. Carey wasseen at The Abbey Food in

West Hollywood.“There was no formal

announcement that shearrived at the club, but she

and her friend B. Scott heldcourt at one of the main

dance floor tables - so she wasvery visible,” people.com

quoted a source as saying.“She was very nice andgracious. But a security

guard had to stay by herbooth to control her fans,”

the source added.

Careypartieshard atgay bar

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201224Chai Time

How to play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku,can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in acrossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will con-tain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

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

Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

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

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

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

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

KAKUROACROSS1 2000 presidential

candidate5 Craggy ridge10 LaBeouf of

‘Transformers’14 Soothing plant extract15 Began smoking16 Televises17 Batters' banes19 1944 Normandy beach

code name20 Papas of ‘Zorba the

Greek’21 One of the Jackson 522 Rabbit fur23 Places to get

manicures25 Cook just below the

boiling point27 Bomber letters29 Knight wear32 Drinks like a cat35 Arabian Peninsula

resident39 ‘Now ___ seen

everything!’40 Beholden letters41 Old Russian ruler's

domain42 Needing buoying43 ___ Arbor, Mich44 ___ around

(roughhoused)45 Scandinavian capital46 Odd-numbered page48 ‘Dear’ partner50 Frequents54 Pitches58 Illegal mound move60 Chunks of history62 Bird with white plumes63 ‘Fifteen Miles on the

___ Canal’64 Kept for a rainy day66 Revealing skirt style67 City of a famed shroud68 Bog69 Port near the Red Sea70 Oregon or New York71 Overnight stops

DOWN1 Foundation2 ‘Violet’ starter3 French philosopher

Georges4 Really evil5 Its cousin is stout6 Lawless outbreak7 Decorative toiletry cases8 ___-frutti9 Type of salts used in a

bath10 Limoges item11 Haphazard12 Present-day Persia13 Like a burnt-out briquet18 Burns and Berry24 Authority26 Hurt badly28 ‘The only thing we have

to ___ is ...’30 Shape of the president's

office

31 Change the wallpaper32 Dishonest speaker33 As good as it gets34 Point of a joke36 Post-wedding title37 Biblical utopia38 Central points41 ‘___ shalt not steal’45 Art of paper

folding47 Adopt, as a

pet49 Did impres-

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homes52 Brook

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Rommel56 Be a good

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ARIESYou will approach work differentlyand get them completed without hur‑dles. You might be provoked by some,but don't get emotional and spoil yourname. Income will keep improving.

CANCER

LIBRAHelp expected from spouse and in‑laws will come. Women will advisefamily members and co‑operate. Becareful, plan all work and execute asper plan or face disappointment.

CAPRICORNUnexpected financial fortune likelywhich will make you strong financially.You will be benefitted through old andclose friends staying abroad. Mother'shealth will be a cause for concern.

TAURUSExpenses are likely to increase andupset you. Avoid giving guarantee toanyone and being negligent in govt‑related work. Some will undertake pil‑grimage. Health problems likely.

LEOThere might be obstacles in plannedpurchase of house or land but soonthey will be resolved. Speculative dealswill bring moderate gains. You adjustwith everyone and get same response.

SCORPIOYou will achieve through wise approa ‑ch of tough issues. You will have dif‑ferences with friends and relatives butwill they resolve soon. Court verdictwill go in favour. Politicians do well.

AQUARIUSYou will start getting returns from theancestral property. Unwanted appre‑hension about future will remain in yo ‑ur mind. Women will get their wishesfulfilled. Politicians will be in limelight.

GEMINIVIP friends will be of great help. Bloodrelatives will extend wholeheartedsupport. Avoid anger and emotionaloutbursts. Govt sops will come.Politicians might get plum post.

VIRGOYour straightforwardness will get youa good name and all work gets com‑pleted as per expectations. Business ‑men need to be careful, as some ofthe staff might leak business secrets.

SAGITTARIUSYou will complete those tough jobsthat were decided by others as impos‑sible to do. You will get good opportu‑nities to expose your skills; make useof it. Travel because of children likely.

PISCESHeld‑up marriage talk will resume andend well. You will demolish the old ho ‑use and construct a comfortable newhouse as per your plan. Business menwill benefit through volume of work.

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Eight of Wands – Thisis the card of goodfortune. Luck favoursthe brave, too. So beprepared to do some‑thing new and godown a relatively lessknown path.

Three of Wands – P ‑ay attention to hardfacts and do whatʼsneeded to stick to th ‑em. Draw ing your co ‑nclusions about situ‑ations, peopleʼs emo‑tions will not help.

Seven of Pentacles –Take up a course toupgrade your skills.Your worry shouldreally be to staywanted in the rapid‑ly changing world ofwork.

CANCER LEO VIRGO

Nine of Pentacles –You prefer to be leftalone. This is not abad thing but ensureyou donʼt hurt some‑one close just becau ‑se you fail to explainyour need to them.

The Hermit – Spiri ‑tual awareness is im ‑portant to you now.You are alone butnot lonely. Youʼre insearch of somethingimportant. Continuesearch till you find it.

Ace of Pentacles – Yo ‑u may want to followthe style of someoneyou admire. Donʼt feelashamed to followsomeone. It will giveyou direction ondeveloping your own.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS

Queen of Wands –Youʼre at your cre‑ative best, and in con‑trol of your life. Youhave managed toattain the perfect bal‑ance to ensure thatyour days are fruitful.

The Star – There is alot of confusion aro ‑und you but there isalso a silver lining.Hold on to this liningof hope and get onwith making decisio ‑ns you feel will stick.

King of Swords –There are many peo‑ple who are curiousabout your life. Do ‑nʼt be obligated toshare details if youdonʼt want to. Main ‑tain distance.

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Maternal property will come to you.You will purchase valuable, movableassets. Those planning to go abroadwill get their visa without effort. Expe ‑n ses need to be monitored, controlled.

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The Lovers –Decision time, andthis need not neces‑sarily be only abouttwo lovers decidinghow they want tospend the rest oftheir lives.

Six of Swords – Old‑fashioned diplomacywill take you a reallylong way, wherebeing street smartcannot. Stick to tradi‑tionalism and youwill be fine.

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Ten of Wands – Onephase is ending andyou are preparingfor a new one. Beassured that thisphase will be luckierand you can chaseyour dreams, truly.

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201226The games people playPlaying Field

Winners of the 13th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament pose with their trophies. A. Srikanth won theJuniors Category while Rishab Sharma and Pavan Teja claimed the crown in under-14 and under-12events respectively.

CHAMP STUFF

PONTE VEDRA BEACH:American Matt Kuchar kept hiscomposure while others aroundhim caved under the pressure towin The Players Championshiptournament by two shots onSunday.

Kuchar closed with a two-under 70 to finish at 13-under-par275 for his fourth win on theUSPGA Tour. Of the four wins, it isby far the biggest title of his career.

“What an amazing feeling tohoist this trophy and win amongone of the strongest fields in golf,”Kuchar said. “To come out on top,to do it on Mother’s Day it really ismagical.” Martin Laird rolled infive birdies in a seven-hole stretchfrom the seventh to grab a share ofthe lead. But Laird closed with abogey for a five-under 67 at theTPC Sawgrass.

Laird shared second place at11-under-par 277 with ZachJohnson (68), Ben Curtis (68) andRickie Fowler (70).

Luke Donald closed with a six-under 66 to end alone in sixth atminus-nine. He needed a solofourth or better to regain the worldNo. 1 ranking.

Third-round leader Kevin Nastumbled to a four-over 76 as hedropped into a tie for seventhplace at eight-under-par 280.

American Na was trying to bethe first 54-hole leader to win thetitle since Canada’s Stephen Amesdid so in 2006.

Na had a three-shot cushionearly in the fourth round with abirdie on the second hole, but hefell apart. Na said he was heckledat al m o st every hole Sunday

because of his reputation for play-ing slowly. “It is what it is,” Na said.“I do need to work on what I needto. I do need to work on my pre-shot routine. I do need to playfaster. “But the average golfer has

no clue how much pressure we’repla ying under and how tough it isand how much of a fight it is men-tally. “I honestly think with all thatgoing on, I did pretty well fighting.I had a good fight. I hung in there,

so you know what, I just take thepositives from it.” Things reacheda boiling point for the affable Nawho tried to reason with someunruly spectators. “I backed offand they’re booing me,” Na said. “I

said, ‘Look, guys, I backed offbecause of you guys.’ But it is whatit is. I also felt that a lot of peoplewere turning towards me andpulling for me, which I reallyappreciate.” AFP

Matt Kuchar of the United States hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the Players Championship held at thePlayers Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. AFP/ANDY LYONS

Kuchar wins Players Championship

Heat get past PacersMIAMI: LeBron James, who

earned his third league MVPaward Saturday, finished with agame-high 32 points as star-stud-ded Miami defeated Indiana 95-86to take the opening game of theirsecond round playoff series.

James, the game’s best player,has won the MVP award three outof the last four years and is chasinghis first ever NBA championship.

“Defensively, we stepped up,”James said. “We know we had toget stops and that would give us abetter chance to win.”

James also had 15 reboundsand five assists and guard DwyaneWade had 29 points and fourassists, while Chris Bosh added 13points for the Heat, who also wonthree of four regular season gamesover the Pacers.

Forward David West and cen-tre Roy Hibbert scored 17 pointseach for the much-improvedPacers, who finished off Orlandoin five games on Tuesday toadvance past the first round of theplayoffs for the first time since

2005. Heat forward Bosh suffered alower abdominal strain shortlybefore halftime at AmericanAirlines Arena and did not return.

Miami Heat’s Lebron Jamesshoots over Indiana Pacers’Center Roy Hibbert and DavidWest.

Chris Gayle(RCB) 572runs

MorneMorkel (DD)21 wickets

MONDAY, MAY 14, 201227

But as far as talentand technique is con-cerned, I think Rohit isa little bit better thanVirat.

Herschelle Gibbsof Mumbai Indians about

his teammate RohitSharma who hit 108 not

out against KKR

The mad scramblein the middle ofthe points tablefor a place in the

play-offs has started andfrom now on things areonly going to get heatedup further. MumbaiIndians who are thirdplaced on the points tablewill look to beat the RoyalChallengers today as theymeet them on their hometurf. Through this victorythey get to raise them-selves up one notch high-er and safer on the pointstable. Mumbai is expectednot to try many changes,as they would love to keepthe momentum achievedby the rising to form ofRohit Sharma andHerschelle Gibbs. Till afew days ago, Sharma hadto be content living under

the shadows of his peerssuch as Virat Kohli, butnow after the blitz againstKKR that he led alongwith Gibbs, he has provedhe is a force to be reck-oned with. In fact, Gibbssays that when it comes totalent and technique,Rohit is a bit better thanKohli.

Challengers, placed atnumber five on the pointstable, will want to win thismatch. After this one theyare to take on table-top-pers Delhi Daredevils, andit is only sense that theywill want to face theDevils without the weightof a defeat in their previ-ous outing. What gives theChallengers confidence isthat they have won threematches in a row, one ofthem against MumbaiIndians. If Challengers fal-ter at this juncture, theymay have to rely on netrun-rate to qualify andthat’s not a pretty situa-tion.Chandila

gives creditto HirwaniUnheralded off-spinner Ajit

Chandila recorded the firsthat-trick of the Indian PremierLeague season as RajasthanRoyals defeated Pune WarriorsIndia by 45 runs on Sunday.Bowling with the new ball,Chandila took the wickets of JesseRyder (1), Sourav Ganguly (1) andRobin Uthappa (0) before finish-ing with figures of 4 for 13. "Rahulbhai told me in the morning thatI was in. I was waiting for achance from a long time andluckily I got it today. I immediate-ly called up Narendra Hirwani.Hirwani sir suggested me to stickto the basics and try and bowl inthe right areas and not to allowthe batsmen to get to the pitch ofthe ball,” Chandila said.

The rush hour begins

Alot of things are at stake forChennai Super Kings andKolkata Knight Riders as

they face each other at the EdenGarden. Of the two Chennai seemto have the advantage, as theyhumiliated Delhi Daredevil intheir last match, but if they lose tothe Knights today, the fate of theirqualifying to the next stage will bedependent on many other fac-tors, not a nice spot to be in. Butthe way they ran through theDaredevils’ batting line-up andchased their rivals’ paltry total

gives them oodles of oomph.KKR come into tonight’s

encounter still ratting from thesevere beating they took at thehands of Mumbai Indians.Despite all that, their getting intothe next stage look highly likelywith one more win. But for them,it’s not about winning and quali-fying to the next stage. It’s aboutliving up to the expectationswhich the Knights have not beenreally able to since the very firstIPL. Only a spot in the final in thisedition can do that. RR

CSK vs KKRat 8pm on Set Max

Chennai have theadvantage

MI VS RCBAT 4 PM ON SET MAX

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RAJASTHAN ROYALSVS PUNE WARRIORS

Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs)R Dravid c †Uthappa b Nehra 21AM Rahane b Mathews 61SR Watson b Nehra 58BJ Hodge c Ganguly b Nehra 14STR Binny not out 6J Botha not out 7Extras (w 3) 3Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 170M Kartik 4 0 39 0 9.75A Nehra 4 0 23 3 5.75B Kumar 4 0 33 0 8.25R Sharma 3 0 31 0 10.33AD Mathews 4 0 29 1 7.25JD Ryder 1 0 15 0 15.00

Pune Warriors innings (target: 171 runs from 20 overs)

Ganguly st †Goswami b Chandila 2JD Ryder c Watson b Chandila 1Uthappa st †Goswami b Chandila 6AP Majumdar c & b Chandila 9CJ Ferguson lbw b Botha 23SPD Smith c Hodge b Botha 37AD Mathews c Rahane b Watson 23B Kumar b Tait 3M Kartik not out 8R Sharma c Rahane b Watson 0A Nehra not out 9Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) 4Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 125Bowling O M R W EconA Chandila 4 0 13 4 3.25SR Watson 3 0 19 2 6.33SW Tait 4 0 25 1 6.25J Botha 4 0 25 2 6.25SK Trivedi 3 0 24 0 8.00STR Binny 2 0 17 0 8.50

Rajasthan Royals won by 45 runs

DECCAN CHARGERS VS KINGS XI PUNJAB

Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs)S Dhawan c Awana b Kumar 71PA Patel c Gurkeerat Singh

b Azhar Mahmood 18Sangakkara c Azhar Mahmood b Awana 1CL White not out 67DT Christian c Harris b Azhar Mahmood 24PA Reddy not out 0Extras (lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 190Bowling O M R W EconP Kumar 4 0 31 1 7.75DJ Hussey 1 0 14 0 14.00RJ Harris 4 0 32 0 8.00P Awana 4 0 41 1 10.25Azhar Mahmood 4 0 39 2 9.75PP Chawla 3 0 27 0 9.00

Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 191 runs from 20 overs)

N Saini c Sangakkara b Christian 3Mandeep Singh c Christian b Gony 28SE Marsh c Sangakkara b Christian 11Azhar Mahmood st †Patel b Mishra 31DJ Hussey not out 65SD Chitnis c †Patel b Steyn 11PP Chawla c White b Steyn 8Gurkeerat Singh not out 29Extras (lb 6, w 2) 8Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 194Bowling O M R W EconDW Steyn 4 0 26 2 6.50TP Sudhindra 4 0 47 0 11.75DT Christian 4 0 31 2 7.75Jhunjhunwala 1 0 13 0 13.00MS Gony 4 0 40 1 10.00A Mishra 3 0 31 1 10.33

Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets

SCORECARD

METRE 6S 572 43ChrisGayle(RCB) 109*HIGHEST

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Romania’s Catalina Ponor competes on the floor during the Women’s seniors ApparatusFinals during the 29th European Artistics Gymnastics Championship in Brusselss on Sunday.At 24, Ponor may be a veteran by gymnastics standards, but she shone at the event takinggold on the beam and silver on the floor. AFP/ JOHN THYS

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK

72 DAYS TO GOMONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 28

Ryan has adecent swimCHARLOTTE: World record holderRyan Lochte beat runner-up ConorDwyer to win the 200 metre individualmedley at the Charlotte Grand Prixswim meet on Sunday.“It felt good to actually have a decentswim,” said Lochte, who swam in aregular suit for the first time thisweekend.American Lochte used a strong finish-ing kick beat Dwyer by nearly two sec-onds and set a meet record with atime of one minute, 57.63 seconds.Dwyer clocked 1:59.29 and EricShanteau finished third in 2:00.46.Sebastien Rousseau placed well backin fourth. The win was a nice finish toa frustrating weekend for Lochte whofailed to qualify for the finals of the100-metre freestyle earlier in the day.Lochte earlier finished sixth in the 200freestyle, seventh in the 400 IM andeighth in the 100 backstroke. He failedto qualify for the main heat in the 50

backstroke.Lochte was not please with his overallperformance. “I hate to lose,” Lochtesaid. “I like winning. I had to keepreminding myself this isn’t the big pic-ture. The big picture is the trials andOlympics.“I just have to keep focused for that,keep moving forward. People won’tremember this meet. They’ll remem-ber the trials and the Olympics. Soeven though I wanted to do well atthis meet, it doesn’t affect me. I knowthat it will be there when the time isright.” Lochte said he’ll return toFlorida this week to continue trainingfor the London Games. “I’m going tofocus on speed, doing little things likemy turns and my starts — just speed,”Lochte said. “Right now I have no speed. I have alot of endurance and I have a goodbackground right now in my trainingand it’s time to get ready.”

DALLAS: Michael Phelps isadamant that the LondonOlympics will be his last, but theUS swimming icon is keeping thedetails of his grand finale to him-self for now.

“Why is it such a big dealwhat I’m swimming,” Phelpsasked Sunday, when he was yetagain quizzed as to just whichevents he plans to swim at the USOlympic trials and in London.

Phelps, of course, hasexcelled in a broad range, win-ning an unprecedented eightgolds in one Games at Beijing totake his tally to 16 Olympicmedals overall, 14 of them gold.

Phelps then said he was justkidding, but still declined to offerany clues to the reporters assem-bled for the US OlympicCommittee’s pre-LondonOlympic Summit.

Coach Bob Bowman said thesecrecy keeps the opposition ontheir toes, and saves the need for

explanations if their planschange.

With a multiple medal perfor-mance in London, Phelps couldsurpass Soviet gymnast LarisaLatynina as the winner of mostcareer Olympic medals. She won18 medals, including nine golds,from 1956-64. Phelps said he hada chance to meet the gymnasticsicon at a photo shoot in New Yorkthough “the language barrier wasa little tough”.

Phelps mum over grand finale

AFP/JOHN THYS

LOS ANGELES:Defending championsUSA earned a berth in theLondon Olympics bysweeping Canada in threestraight sets in theOlympic qualificationtournament.

USA captain ClayStanley had 15 points forthe sixth-rankedAmericans, who won 28-26, 25-18, 25-20.

David Lee was chosenbest blocker of the tour-nament. He and MattAnderson scored 13points each for theUnited States.

Dallas Soonias ledCanada with 19 points,including 17 kills.

Fifth seeded Cubacruised past Puerto Rico,25-20, 25-21, 25-15, in thebronze medal match.

US ensures Games berth


I want to say it is the bestmoment of my life but if I’mhonest then I would sayplease never again this way.

Manchester City captainVincent Kompany on the

nerve-shredding finale.

“Everybody expected City towin, but they did it against10 men for half an hour andwith five extra minutes tohelp them. I congratulateCity.”

Manchester United managerSir Alex Ferguson

“That’s what makes ourleague so great. I thoughtUnited had won the title butwhat happened was justamazing. City have won itso good luck to them.”

Tottenham managerHarry Redknapp.

“It is no problem and thereis no news. I am happy. Ihave had a great time, theplayers have been magnifi-cent and I will alwaysremember this time whatev-er happens.

Chelsea interim managerRoberto Di Matteo is coy over

his future ahead of theChampions League finalagainst Bayern Munich.

“It was an absolutely shock-ing, woeful display. Maybesome of the boys werethinking about their holi-days already. That teamneeds a change and therewill be change.”

Aston Villa boss Alex McLeishat the conclusion of an under-

whelming campaign which sawa 2-0 loss at Norwich.

“We will have a chat nextweek somewhere. Arsenal isa great club. I love this club.Whatever happens that willnever change. We will see.We will have a chat and gofrom there.”

Arsenal striker Robin vanPersie on his future.

MANCHESTER: JoeyBarton apologised for his redcard at Manchester City butthe controversial QPR mid-fielder insisted he was onlyreacting to provocation fromCarlos Tevez.

Barton was dismissed inthe 55th minute after an off-the-ball incident in which heelbowed Tevez in the faceafter the City striker had hitout at him.

He exacerbated that fool-ish action by kicking Citystriker Sergio Aguero afterbeing shown a red card byreferee Mike Dean and islikely to face an extended

ban next season after twomore moments of madnessin a career scarred by similiarincidents.

Barton quickly pointedthe finger at Tevez in a seriesof posts on Twitter.

“Can do nothing butapologise to the players andthe fans. The head was nevergone at any stage, once I’dbeen sent off, one of ourplayers suggested I shouldtry to take 1 of theirs withme...Never worked but godloves a trier. Right am off fora bit. Gonna enjoy QPR stillbeing a Premiership club.Cheerio people.”

Ian Whittell

MANCHESTER: RobertoMancini celebrated ManchesterCity’s first English league title in44 years with a succinct summaryof his team’s 3-2 victory over QPRat Eastlands — “a crazy finish fora crazy season”.

“That was a crazy finish for acrazy season,” said Mancini after

City won the title on goal differ-ence. “I’ve never seen a final likethis. The best team won the title. Ithink we played the best football,scored most goals, beat Unitedtwo times. When you beat themtwice, when you score more goalsthan them, let in less goals, thenyou deserve it.

“I think for us it was reallyimportant to win this champi-

onship. In the future, ManchesterCity can have a big future,” saidMancini when asked about thebalance of power in Manchesterfootball.

“I hope we can continue towin. I am happy Sir Alex says hefeels two or three years youngerbecause of the competition. Ihope he feels 10 years youngersoon.”

October 23Manchester United 1Manchester City 6The eagerly anticipatedmeeting did not disappoint,with City running riot toinflict United’s heaviest homedefeat since February 1955.March 21Manchester City 2 Chelsea 1Tevez had not played sincehis falling-out with Mancini.But the striker rose from thebench to help inspire a stir-ring City fightback.April 30 Manchester City 1Manchester United 0An attritional battle was set-tled on the stroke of half-time when Kompany scored.May 6Newcastle United 0Manchester City 2City held their nerve to claima clinical victory with twogoals from midfielder Toure.May 13: Manchester City 3 QPR 2City showed the courage ofchampions to keep going andDzeko equalised beforeAguero fired home with vir-tually the last kick of thegame to seal the title.

5 key City moments

Football! Bloody ‘ell

Barton apologises... well almost


Gordon Howard

BARCELONA: Pastor Mald -onado became the first Venez -uelan to win a Formula One raceby triumphing at the SpanishGrand Prix on Sunday beforegoing on to play an heroic role in adramatic blaze in his Williamsteam’s garage.

Maldonado’s win, in just his24th race, was also the team’s firstvictory since the 2004 BrazilianGrand Prix and came on the week-end of team founder Sir FrankWilliams’ 70th birthday.

But on a dramatic day for theVenezuelan driver, he was laterpictured on Twitter carrying hisyoung cousin to safety after theteam garage was engulfed byflames. A total of 16 people wereinjured, one with severe burns,when the fire —believed to havebeen caused byan electricalfault in a fuel rig— broke out.

Maldonadowas forced tocarry his 12-year-old cousinManuel, who waswearing a protec-tive boot on a bro-ken right foot, tosafety as thick,black smoke bil-lowed down the pitlane at theCatalunya Circuit.

“After today’s Spanish Grand Prix afire occurred in the team’s garagewhich originated from the fuelarea,” said a Williams team state-ment.

“Four team personnel wereinjured in the incident and subse-quently taken to the medical cen-tre. Three are now receiving treat-ment at local hospitals for theirinjuries, while the fourth has beenreleased.

“The team will monitor theircondition and ensure they receivethe best possible care. The team,the fire services and the police areworking together to determine thecause of the fire and a statementwill be released in due course.”

The Catalan regional govern-ment said that one person was air-lifted to hospital with seriousburns, while five others were takento a local hospital for the effects ofsmoke inhalation. Ten more weretreated at the circuit’s medicalcentre. The Caterham team saidfour of their mechanics wereamong those taken to the medical

centre, one with a minor handinjury and three for smoke

inhalation.

Pastor to the rescueas Williams burns

Racing team crews carry the front end of a car after a fire in theWilliams racing pit stand

Williams’ Brazilian driver Bruno Senna’s car is damaged in the fire

Spanish GP winner Madonadorescues his young cousin fromthe fire

Racing team crews members assist an injured colleague

Racing team crews use a fire hose to try and extinguish the fire

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