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By Suresh Golani

While everyone hasbeen complainingabout potholes, a

huge one located on a pock-marked road in Vasai provedto be a blessing in disguise for

the police. The driver of anSUV in which a gang of mis-creants were trying to fleeafter committing a theft, lostcontrol over the vehicle afterhitting a huge pothole closeto a police check-post in theWakanpada area of Valiv vil-

lage, leading to their arrest.According to the police, the

night patrol team stationed atthe check-post spotted anover over-speeding Taverajeep which lost control after

BON VOYAGE: After spending three decades in the Byculla Zoo, 34-year-old Shiva has left for Delhi in search of a mate.

BLESSED POTHOLE!Robbers fleeing with silver worth Rs.18 lakh fall into police custody after hitting pothole near check-post in Vasai

DITCHED: These robbers, like everybody else, failed to make it past a pothole-ridden road and got caught.

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By Yatin Ingle

With the generation steppingahead in technology andgadgets, it has been no-

ticed that students have also wornin the shoes to study with throughthe gadgets. Notebooks alreadybeing replaced by smart phones, I-pads, and internet, theUniversity ofMumbai (MU) has now steppedahead to introduce learningthrough the virtual classrooms.At the Kalina Campus, Governor

K. Sankaranarayanan along withChief Minister Prithviraj Chavan,Minister of State for Higher andTechnical Education D.P. SawantandVice-Chancellor RajanWelukar,inaugurated the Harvard-style vir-tual classrooms for students.The virtual classroom has fea-

tures like audio-video conferenc-ing, webinar, wed conferencing,digital writing, High Definitioncameras and internet connectivity.These virtual classroom will beused for conducting high profileseminars, conferences, workshops,high end academic courses, train-ing programmes and creatingopening and creating open educa-tion resources along with runningopen and distance education pro-grams. The main purpose of thevirtual room is to facilitate the bestfaculty to the students, anywhere atanytime through internet.Governor K. Sankaranarayanan

said “I do strongly feel that the vir-tual classroom should be utilized to

enhance the quality of research inour university and other varsitiesin the state”. Vice-chancellor DrRajanWelukar said, “Vice-chancel-lor of various varsities often com-plain the shortage of teachers incolleges and universities. Throughthe virtual classroomswe can con-nect students for the lectures fromthe best of faculties can be relayedto students sitting in say Gadchi-roli, Gondia or Kolhapur”.

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Abha DholeLaw studentI don’t think so,since with politicalparties messing intocampus polls will bean open invitation toviolence.

Hardik TannaInterior designerNo, it might create aplatform for thestudents by involvingpolitical parties, butat the same time itwill be too risky!

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By Yatin Ingle

St. Xavier’s College’s annual festcompleted its 37th year on Sun-

day. ‘Malhar’, which commencedon August 15 this year, concludedits three-day run on August 17. As itdoes every year, the fest startedwith a ‘Conclave’ event in whicheminent speakers from various in-dustries interacted and sharedtheir knowledge with the collegestudents. Debates, talk shows andinteractive sessions marked Mal-har. Siddharth Vardharajan, Di-pankar Gupta, Dr. RamchandraGuha, Devdutt Patnaik, Vinod K.Jose and the likes of suchmade theMalhar Conclave happening.The festival, with the theme of

being ‘Zara Hatke’, was adornedwith creative and out-of-the-boxdesigns with its workforce ofaround 1,200 students. The fest thisyear had more than 75 events in

fields such as sports, drama, art, lit-erature and music. More than 63colleges from Mumbai and 11 out-station colleges had participated infest. It saw a footfall of over 50 thou-sand students withmassive crowdscoming in for the ‘Amnites’ andband events. ‘Street Dance’, thefest’s signature event, rocked withall the participants dancing to vari-ous hip-hop tunes. This year wit-nessed glamorous faces on thejudging panels too. The fest alsocame up with an event called‘Chakachak’, which brought to-gether students fromaround 15 col-leges to clean up Dadar Chowpattyand collected 1,239 kgs of waste.Judges like Malaika Arora Khan,

Marzi Pestonji, Earl Edgar, FaizalQueresi, Shilpa Rao, RandeepHooda,Vivek Oberoi, RiteshDeshmukh, andAftab Shivdasani were some of thejudges for the events. The fest ended,as it began, on a joyous accord.

Malhar concludes with ‘Zara Hatke’Three days of festivities came to a close amidst smiles and cheers at the St. Xavier’s campus

Xavierites dance to ‘Zara Hatke’ theme during the concluding session of Malhar on Saturday.

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By Prashant Hamine

Whathas prompted the PRAJA Foundation to comeoutwith aReport Card on elected representatives

In 1997-98, PRAJA Foundationwas the first organizationthat worked with the BMC, and became its consultant forbringing out the citizens’ charter. The idea was to set up agrievance redressal system which was gradually handedover to the civic administration. Governance issues shouldbe looked at as a dialogue between administration and thepeople. During our surveywe found out that there is a trustdeficit between the elected representatives and the people.Despite the 26/11 terror attacks which took place in SouthMumbai, the voting percentage actually dropped.Our reports have focused on issues like education, crime,

civic issues and health.The data has been gleaned from theRight To Information (RTI) applications filed. We sendelected representatives to control the administration. How-ever, in our system, the executive wing, that is the electedrepresentatives, are accountable only once in five years.There is no accountability of their performance during thatperiod. Voting in elections has largely been based on theThere Is No Alternative (TINA) factor or else results areswayed by public sentiments. We at PRAJA thought aboutmaking this exercise a regular annual feature. The electedrepresentatives and political parties need to have a posi-tive outlook towards the report.

You have based your survey on a sample size of just25,000 respondents. Don’t you think it is too small for acity like Mumbai?No.We have based our survey on the 60:40 ratio. Sixty percent on the role of elected representatives as enshrined inour Constitution and 40 per cent on public perception.Wehave based our survey on the accessibility and perform-ance of the elected representatives. The sample size of25,000 respondents cuts across the city and sections of so-ciety. The sample size and norms have been validated bythe Media Research Users Council (MRUC). In cases ofopinion polls, the sample size is based on 225 respondentstaken across 10 to 12 cities. The sample size is selectedproperly more or less. Error factor is counted into it.

But in the past it has been found that, often, such surveysand opinion polls have gone way off themark.You see, there is a difference between opinion polls andsample surveys. The sample survey is based on datawhereas opinion polls are based on few sets of questions. Inthe case of opinion polls, the questions are like who is yourMLA, what has he or she done for you and are you going tovote for him. In the opinion polls, the voter bias comes inthe way of free and frank opinion. In our case, in theMLAs

Rating, besides the criteria of 40 per cent public percep-tion, weightage is given to the data obtained through RTI.For us, the keywords are “comprehensive and objective rat-ing of the elected representative’s performance.”

Is there perceptible change in public perception in thecross-section of society towards elected representatives?In our report card, we have based the aspect of public per-ception on factors like the performance of the elected rep-resentatives, his work in relation to socio-economicaspects. Say in terms of roads and drinking water supply,the perception about the poor and the average middle-class hugely varies. A poor person may be happy with theroad to his locality and water in his tap arranged by hiselected representative. However, a middle-class person isgenerally unhappy over the quality of tapwater andwill notmind buying amineral water bottle instead.The people, byand large, feel governance is lacking. The aspirations of thepeople cannot be matched by the elected representatives.

What has been the feedback of the people on issues of gov-ernance?In our survey on the issue of crime, health and civic mat-ters, in respect of crime, when asked about how manywomen felt the city to be safe, twenty-five per cent of thewomen respondents did not feel the city to be safe for

them. The rate of convictions is going down. It is a reflec-tion on the government. In the case of constituencies inNorth CentralMumbai, fromour RTI queries we found outthat crime rate had gone up. However, the elected repre-sentatives here have asked the least number of questionson crime matters. They are not asking the questions theyshould.We hold the police accountable for law and order.The elected representatives are being sent by the people tokeep a check on the administration. Ask them the ques-tions, don’t just go and blindly vote for them. Governanceis after all a dialogue between citizens, elected representa-tives and the government.

What does your ranking of the MLAs reveal on issue ofgovernance?The first ranking MLA in our list has actually garnered 73per cent. In fact, none of them have got percentages above80. That is why Mumbai is what it is today, in shambles.Even the topper is not the best. It is a relative ranking. Thetop rankers are nowhere near the acceptable global stan-dards.

Do you foresee any impact of your report in future elec-tions?There is general apathy amongst the people. One cannotblame the people for it. Public awareness needs to be cre-ated. Social networking platforms are creating unbiasedviews. In future, these platforms will be strong. The ArabSpring has been the product of social media. The BJP has astrong social media platform. The Congress now is tryingto make its presence felt in the social media. I do not seeimmediate impact of the socialmedia in the 2014 elections,maybe it will be felt in the 2017 BMC elections.

What is your view on the recent SupremeCourt verdict onconvicted legislators?The verdict is a very pertinent one. The Right to vote ismore paramount. Probity in public life is supreme. I cannothave a law maker who is under a cloud of suspicion. Evenif the law makers want to circumvent the Supreme Courtverdict, they will have to amend the Constitution. Theycannot take people for granted. In our democracy, it is thepeople and the Constitution which are supreme.

The youth seem to be indifferent towards politics, yet theyform a sizeable part of the vote bank.We have the data now, but we have not broken it down tothat level.We at PRAJA have started the PRAJA Katta in col-leges, where students are given a platform to air their views.People need forums to air their views and find solutions.The youth are certainly not laid back, and have their ownviews on issues and politics. Only thing is that the forumtill now was missing.

A management graduate from Mumbai University,Milind Mhaske (32) tried his hand at the civilservices. Around 2010, he got involved in aproject related to BMC schools in which NitaiMehta’s PRAJA Foundation too was involved,and thus got hooked on to the Foundation’sactivities. A voracious reader, it was Mhaske’spassion for history and politics that led him toget associated with the Foundation from then on.His passion and penchant for number crunchingled to his taking up the project of preparing“Mumbai Report Card,” a rating of performancesof MLAs and BMC Corporators, keeping in mindthe Constitutional role and responsibility of electedrepresentatives and the opinion of their electorate.

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CHANGE OF NAMEWe father Mr Salim ZakariaSabuwala & Mrs Hafiza SalimSabuwala have changed thename of our minor daughterfrom Salma Salim Sabunwalato Salma Salim Sabuwala as perAffidavit dated: 14/08/2013.

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I have changed my name fromHafiza Salim Sabunwala toHafiza Salim Sabuwala as perAffidavit dated: 14/08/2013.

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I have changed my name fromHardik Navin Mistri to HardikNavin Mistry as per AffidavitNo:HP 94709 dated 26 July2013.

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I have changed my name fromHajra Arif to Hazra Arif as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMeera Yadavrao Hatwar toMinaxi Mohandas Nirwan asper Affidavit dated 14th August,2013.

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I have changed my name fromDattatray Kisan Bele toDattaram Kisan Bele as perdeed poll Affidavit dated16.08.2013.

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I have changed my name fromUsha Datatray Bele to SunitaDattaram Bele as per deed pollAffidavit dated 16.08.2013

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I have changed my name fromBalasaheb Ganpatrao Shendeto Balasaheb Ganapat Shendeas per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Mr. JeetendrakumarTarachand Jain have changedmy name to JeetendraTarachand Jain as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 16/08/13.

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I Mr. Rajkannu Rayappan havechanged my name to Mr.Rajkannu Rayappan Shetty asper deed poll Affidavit dated :16/08/13.

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I Vaibhav Jagdish Sonwanehave changed my name toVaibhav Jagdish Shimpi as perdeed poll Affidavit dated :17/08/13.

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I Ujwala Jagdish Sonwane havechanged my name to UjwalaJagdish Shimpi as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 17/08/13.

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I Jagdish Vishwanath Sonwanehave changed my name toJagdish Vishwanath Shimpi asper deed poll Affidavit dated :17/08/13.

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I Kamal MahadeoKandalgaonkar have changedmy name to Shraddha HaridasParadkar as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 17/08/13.

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I Samidh Dineshbhai Talsaniahave changed my name toSamidh Dinesh Talsania as perdeed poll Affidavit dated :12/08/13

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I Mansiben have changed myname to Mansi Sunil Shah asper deed poll Affidavit dated :17/08/13.

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I Chinmay Nagesh Prabhu havechanged my name to ChinmaySandeep Narwankar as perdeed poll Affidavit dated :18/07/13.

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I Pradipkumar MohanlalDamania have changed myname to Pradip MohanlalDamania as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 17/08/13.

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I Deepkumar Mukesh Vorahave changed my name toDeep Mukesh Vora as per deedpoll Affidavit dated : 16/08/13.

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I Anita Girdharbhai Rathodhave changed my name toPreeti Gaurav Patil as per deedpoll Affidavit dated : 16/08/13.

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I Almasben have changed myname to Almas MahendiMaredia as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 16/08/13.

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I Rakesh Kumar have changedmy name to Mr. Rakesh KumarBind as per deed poll Affidavitdated : 16/08/13.

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I Mahendibhai TajddinbhaiMaredia have changed myname to Mehendi TajddinMaredia as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 16/08/13.

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I Janam Mayurbhai havechanged my name to JanamMayur Parikh as per deed pollAffidavit dated : 16/08/13.

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I Rasilaben Narendra Shahhave changed my name toDarshana Narendra Shah asper deed poll Affidavit dated :14/08/13.

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I have changed my name fromHarsha Kirit Shah to HarshadaKirit Sha as per Affidavit dated :14.08.2013

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I have changed my name fromRanjana Dilip Bedai toRanjana Dilip Bediya as perAffidavit dated:17.08.2013

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I have changed my name fromDeepa Dilip Bedia to DeepaDilip Bediya as per Affidavitdated:17.08.2013

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I have changed my name fromLaxhmi Kanta Polley to LaxmiKanto Madan Mohan Polley asper Affidavit dated: 19 August2013

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I have changed my name fromMr. Jastin Natto to Mr. JustinFransis Netto as per AffidavitNo. HU 819620

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I Jivan Prakash Ananda Shettyhave changed my name toJeevan Prakash Ananda Shettyas per Affidavit dated8/8/2013.

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I have Changed my name fromMs. Vinita Chainani toMs.Vinita Purswani as perAffidavit dated 19.03.2013.

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I have changed my name fromRajkumar Rambali, to‘Rajkumar Rambali Jaiswar’ asper Maharashtra Govt. GazetteNo. (X-16700) Dated:26/07/2012.

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I have changed my name fromAziz Khan Gulkhan Pathan, to‘Abdul Aziz Gulkhan Khan’ asper Maharashtra Govt. GazetteNo. (X-22628) Dated:12/02/2004.

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I, Abdul Aziz Khan havechanged my Daughter’s namefrom Misbah Aziz Khan, to‘Misbah Abdul Aziz Khan’ asper Maharashtra Govt. GazetteNo. (X-59391) Dated:02/12/2010.

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I have changed my name fromRasal Praveen Madhukar toRasal Pravin Madhukar as perAffidavit

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I have changed my name fromNirmalkumar Kundanmal Jainto Nirmal Kundanmal Jain asper Affidavit

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I have changed my name from Jayantkumar ChunnilalMajithia to Jayantilal ChunilalThakkar as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromAnvar Abdulla Sayad to AnwarAbdulla Sayed as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromMehaboob Sayad to MehboobSayyed as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromMr. Ajaykumar NavnitraiBhutta to Mr. Ajay NavnitraiBhuta as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMr. Navnitrai Shantilal Bhuttato Mr.Navnitrai ShantilalBhuta as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMrs. Ramila Navnitrai Bhuttato Mrs. Ramila NavnitraiBhuta as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromAbdul Gani Ahmed Sumra toAbdul Gani Ahmed Chaki asper Govt. Gazetted No.X-43525

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I have changed my name fromMuhammed Owais Sumra toMuhammed Owais Chaki asper Govt. Gazetted No.X-43526

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I have changed my name fromBhaskara Neelaya Poojary toBhaskar Neelaya Poojary asper Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromEkveera Sudhir Dhoke toPriyanka Pramod Naik as perAffidavit

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I have changed my name fromHormuz Aspandiar Sarfabadito Hormuz Aspy Sarfabadias per Affidavit

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I have changed my name from Mukeshbhai ShivajiBhanushali to Mukesh ShivajiBhanushali as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromPawankumar Mishra to PawanMishra as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name from Riteshkumar RamanlalMahyavanshi to Ritesh RamanMahyavanshi as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromRamanlal Mahyavanshi toRaman Mahyavanshi as perAffidavit

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I have changed my name from Sureshchandra PhulchandVishwakarma to SureshPhulchand Vishwakarma as perAffidavit

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I have changed my name fromMarimuthu Malaikannu toMarimuthu MalaikannuKombar as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromJayantha Poojary to JayantPoojary as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromAmitkumar Mohanlal Sharmato Amit Mohanlal Sharma asper Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromShreekumar Arkat to SrikumarArkat as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromSantosh Yashwant Deshmukhto Santosh VishwanathDeshmukh as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromRaju Rama Kambale to RajuRama Kamble as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromSavan Gopal Singh to SohanGopal Rawat as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name fromRupa Vasu Pujari to Rupa VasuPoojari as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name from Jawaharlal Rijhumal to Jawaharlal RijhumalMansukhani as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromJawahar Rijhumal Mansukhanito Jawaharlal RijhumalMansukhani as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromShamya to ShamyaUdayakumar as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSudhir Kumar to Sudhir Hareshas per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromHarilal Kanji to Haresh Patel asper Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromManjula Ben to Manjula Patelas per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromBudha Bhudev Maity toBudhadev Bhudev Maity as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMrs.Kauslyabai OmprakashDhanak to Mrs.KauslyabaiOmprakash Rajput as per deedpoll Affidavit 17/08//2013.

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I have changed my name fromNaina Vishnu Alshi to RohiniRajaram Mhatre as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMary Lazarus Dsouza to MaryLouiza Lazarus Dsouza as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromVinaay Venkatesh to VinayVenkatesh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSutana Nizamuddin Tamankarto Sultana NizamuddinTamankar as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromNizamuddin Abdulla toNizamuddin AbdullahTamankar as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSultana Nizamuddin to SultanaNizamuddin Tamankar as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSantoshkumari LaxminarayanMuthabatula to Santosh SannuBaptist as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromDayalal Lallubhai Panchal toDahyalal Lallubhai Panchal asper Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromGeeta Dayalal Panchal toGeetaben Dahyalal Panchal asper Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromVijaykumar Dayalal Panchal toVijay Dahyalal Panchal as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMomin Saif Abbas to Saif AbbasAnsari as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSayyed Sarfraz to SayyedSarfaraz Husain as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMuzaffer Husein MohamedNaqvi Sayyed to HusainMohamed Naqvi Sayyed as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromMohmod Akib Abdul LatifShaikh to Mohdakib AbdulLatif Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromAslam Shaikh to MohammedAslam Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohamod RezkaHabiburrahman to MohammadRaza Habiburrehman Shaikh asper affidavit dated 14-8-2013.

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IT is one essential commod-ity that has once again threat-eningly become a politicalcommodity. It brings tears tothe eyes of the cook, skilledand unskilled. Once again,the humble onion is ready toset the political stage on fire

practically on the eve of theelections. In the past it hashad the potential to oust gov-ernments from power. TheBJP - led NDA had a taste of

its bitterness in the 2004 LokSabha elections when theskyrocketing prices of onionsled to people voting the gov-ernment out! That same sce-nario seems upon us again.

Maharashtra alone ac-counts for nearly 40 percentof the national onion produc-tion. In the past three years,we have suffered drought.This year we have the prob-lem of torrential rains. Theazrea under cultivation is alsoshrinking, all of which has af-fected crop yield. One wouldhave thought that the Con-gress government, both at theCentre and the state, wouldhave taken note of all thesefactors. Instead, with the LokSabha elections fast ap-proaching, the Congress haspetitioned Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan to probewhether there is any hoard-ing of the commodity that iscausing the price rise.

Not a single political partyseems to be in the mood totake steps to arrest the pricerise, thus impacting the com-mon man directly. Instead,the Nashik-Ahmednagaronion growing belt beingmore dominated by the NCPand NCP chief Sharad Pawarbeing the Union AgricultureMinister, the Congress con-centrates upon to hitting outat the NCP, to hurt it where itshowsmost, electorally. As forthe BJP-Shiv Sena combine,despite the onion dish beingserved to it on a platter, in

spite being in a well-knit op-position, nothing is beingdone to exploit the situation.So we are seeing feeble at-

tempts to take a position onvegetable prices in the veg-etable outlets being openedby the Congress controlledAgriculture and Cooperationministries in the state. Hasthis had an impact uponprices? Of course not! Theonion saga rolls on and theonly people crying are theones who willo have thepower of voting in theirhands next year.

You would think that theCongress would have morerespect for the commonman’s ability to remember.

Developing HurdlesINFRASTRUCTUREdevelop-ment and giving it top prior-ity sans politicking has neverbeen our hallmark. It is littlewonder then, that on issueslike potholes and malnutri-tion reaching the doorstepsof the courts, the predictableblame game begins. It is amatter of shame that evenafter six decades of Inde-pendence, it is still possibleto find cases of malnutrition

in Dharavi and Jawhar inneighbouring Thane district,where tribals still run forcover at the sight of a vehicleand still crave for a decentmeal and drinking water. Somuch so for the developmentand technological strides ofwhich we have been soproudly boasting.

With a plethora of differentgovernment agencies pokingtheir fingers into the develop-ment pie of Mumbai, it is butnatural to expect potholes onthe roads and inevitable de-lays in completing infrastruc-ture projects. It is the classiccase of toomany cooks spoil-ing the broth. Noted waterexpert Rajendra Singh hadaptly put it in declaring thatour country, schemes aremore contractor drivenrather than people oriented.That pretty much explains toyou why there is corruptionin the system and potholeson the roads. With electionsfast approaching, the govern-ment is finding it difficult to

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Rajendra Singh

getmajor infrastructure proj-ects like the Mumbai TransHarbour Link (MTHL) off theground even after fourdecades.Why has everythingto be election oriented ratherthan people oriented?

Election BluesELECTIONS interest us onlyonce in five years; that is thetime when they really come

pestering us for our valuablevotes. Till then for the rest ofthe four years we spend curs-ing the venerable elected rep-resentatives. PRAJAFoundation and NGOs like ithave been constantly drillingit in the minds of the elec-torate that their job is not tocast their ballot once in fiveyears and forget it later. Theelectorate needs to questiontheir elected representativesand hold them accountablefor the quality of governanceand services throughout theterm that they are mandatedto serve.Hence it is equally impor-

tant not to allow the politicalparties to run riot with issueslike Student Council elec-tions in colleges and univer-sities, thereby polluting theultimate goal of these aca-demic institutions, that is ed-ucation and not politicalindoctrination. Educationalcampuses are not placeswhere you go scouting for po-tential leaders, instead theyare places where corporates

should be going hunting forthe best talents available.As general elections draw

closer, expect a full blownepidemic of political somer-saults which have alreadybegun with erstwhile JanataParty leader Dr Subra-maniyam Swamy leading theway, embracing the BJP fold.Splitting rival camps is an-other political game beingplayed and amply demon-strated by the NCP severingthe clan of BJPs GopinathMunde. But what is morealarming are themoves of thegovernment to circumventthe SupremeCourt debarringtainted elected representa-tives from the poll fray. Nowwith the SC itself agreeing toreview its own judgment, theonus is now on the electorateto clean up the mess and sayno to criminalisation andvote bank politics.

FoodieHE is one eternal foodie thateveryone in the political cir-cles is quite familiar with. Somuch so that when the issuebegan“weigh”-ing himdown,he really began controllinghismuch-famed sweet tooth.Those were the days when

hewas not even in the nationallimelight. At one of the party’sstate plenary sessions at Jal-gaon, Nitin Gadkari did notmind throwing all cautions tothe wind literally. Everyonewas having a hearty lunchwith

jalebees to follow as dessert. Itwas nearing the end of thefeasting and the catering staffwas busy asking the guestswhether theywanted anythingmore to be served.One of the catering staff,

loaded with a full plate ofjalebees was doing his lastround of the pandal askingone and all whether theywanted to have the irre-sistible sweet offering. Every-one declined, content withwhat they had had. Then justas the man was about toenter the kitchen again, aloud call came from the back,“Come here”.It was none other than the

irrepressible Gadkari himself.He was directed to lay thewhole dish down.Needless to

say, there was one contentedGadkari and an empty dish awhile later. Of course this wasbefore better sense prevailed.Today, Gadkari may not beslim, but neither does he dis-play the rather alarming pro-portions of yesteryear.

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No. A.E. (S.W.M.)/721649564/M/E/Dt. 17-08-2013

e-TENDER NOTICEThe Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai invites

online tender for the following work on “Item Rate Basis”from the eligible bidders. The Bid Start Date & Time andBid End Date & Time is specified in the detailed tendernotice on MCGM’s website under Tender section.“Providing temporary lighting arrangement along with

D.G. generator set on hire basis at Trombay jetty forGanpati festival 2013 in M/East ward”.The intending tenderers shall visit the Municipal website

at http://portal.mcgm.gov.in for further details of the tender.The tender documents will not be issued or received by

post.Sd/-

Asst. Commissioner M/EWardPRO/614/ADV/2013

Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE is hereby given to the General Public that my client Mr. MUSHTAQ ABUBAKER SAYED residing at 79/1, Kambekar st, Mumbai- 400003 are negotiating for purchase of the immovable property viz. a building popularly known as "Dilbar Manzil' bearing C.S.No. 262 of Byculla Division admeasuring 308 sq. meters situated at the junction of Dimtikar Road and the First Peerkhan street. under E-ward No. E-3262-63 and street Nos. 154 to 162 and 9-11, Dimtikar Road and First Peerkhan street, respectively from MRS. DILBARJAAN HAKIMKHAN, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the above named Owner. .

Sd/-ROHIT VYAS

AdvocateShop No 12 & 13, Ground Floor, Diamond Mansion,

366/68, Kalbadevi Road, Dr. Viegas Street,Mumbai-400 002.

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY

ALL THAT piece and parcel of land or ground, previously of permanent Fazandari tenure but now of government tenure together with the messuages, tenement or dwelling house standing thereon, situate lying and being at the junction of Dimtikar Road and the First Peerkhan street in the Registration District and sub-district ofMumbaiand Mumbai Suburban containing by admeasurement 368 sq.yards i.e. 308 sq.mtrs or thereabout and registered and Registered in the books of the Collector of Land Revenue under Cadastral Survey No. 262 of the Byculla Division, bearing New survey No 3692 and in the Books of the Assessors and collector of Municipal Rates and Taxes under under E- ward No. E-3262-63 and street Nos. 154 to 162 and 9-11. Dimtikar Road and First Peerkhan street respectively and bounded as follows . That is to say : On or towards the East by the property of Karimbhai Abdulhussein. On or towards the West by the First Peerkhan street and On or towards the North by the Dimtikar Road On or towards the South by the Vacant land belonging to Bombay Municipal Corporation. .

ALL persons having any legitimate and/or lawful right, title, interest, claim or demand to and/or in and/or upon the said property or any part thereof by way of Sale, Exchange. Mortgage. Gift. Trust, Inheritance, possession, easement, lease, lien, assignment, maintenance, decree, attachment or otherwise howsoever should intimate the same to me as their Advocates in writing within 15 days of the Publication of this Public Notice at the address appearing herein below.In the event no claim or demand as above is received within the said stipulated time herein above, it shall be presumed that there is no outstanding claim or demand in or upon the said property and accordingly our clients shall proceed to conclude the negotiations and execute the necessary documents with the aforesaid Owners in respect of the said properly and any claim . right, title, interest or demand of any one not intimated to us. as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been waived, abandoned given up and released.

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY

Dated this day of 19th August, 2013.Sd/-

ROHIT VYAS Advocate

Shop No 12 & 13, Ground Floor, Diamond Mansion, 366/68, Kalbadevi Road, Dr. Viegas Street,Mumbai-400 002.


e-TENDER NOTICEThe Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of

Greater Mumbai invites e-Tenders for various worksfrom the government registered contractors, who arealso registered as ‘MCGM Vendor’; Bidder should alsogive Rs. 1 lack performance guarantee for the details of12 number of Tenders of estimated amount Rs.13225201.60 respective tender documents and processof e-Tendering, please visit www.mcgm.gov.in.

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NOTICE

Subramaniyam Swamy

Nitin Gadkari

Verbal volleyballBy Prashant Hamine

Even though the 2014Lok Sabha elections aredrawing closer, the seat

sharing talks between the rul-ing Congress-NCP alliance inthe state have degeneratedinto a war of words. Accord-ing to Congress sources, thestate leadership is not infavor of ceding anymore LokSabha seats to its ally, theNCP. That was quickly coun-tered by senior NCP leaderand unionminister for HeavyIndustries Praful Patel, who

without naming any Con-gress leader, remarked thatthe final seat sharing talkswould be held in New Delhiwith the Congress top brass.However, a senior state

Congress leader on condi-tions of anonymity disclosedto ADC yesterday that thestate Congress unit was not infavor of altering the existingformula of 26 seats for theCongress and 22 for the NCP.He argued that in the 2004elections, the Congress hadconceded 6 Lok Sabha seatsand 17 Assembly seats to theNCP. While in the 2009 gen-

eral elections the Congresshad released one Lok Sabhaseat to the NCP.Patel, on the other hand,

was quick to point it out tothe Congress that the NCPhas been its most trusted allyright from the day the UnitedProgressive Alliance (UPA)was put together. He alsosought to remind critics thatseat sharing talks did notmean that the UPA-II wasgearing up for early polls. Onthe other hand, the Congresshas been quick to point outthat ever since the 1999 gen-eral and assembly elections,

the NCP graph of electoralsuccess has shown a steadydecline.Another plausible reason

for the Congress to be skepti-cal of its electoral ally is therumour about NCP chiefSharad Pawar eyeing thePrime Minister’s post just incase the Congress falls shortof 130 seats in the 2014 LokSabha elections. Sourcesadded that the NCP chiefis amenable to the idea justin case the Congress fallsshort of the magical numberand the Left parties improvetheir tally.

Instead of sharingseats, Cong and NCPget into war of words



CITY 07Sixth body found

By A Staff Reporter

On the fourth day of rigorous ef-fort, the Indian Navy broughtup the sixth body from the for-

ward control room of INS Sindhurak-shak, that sank after explosions onboard the vessel reportedly while load-ing torpedoes prior to a new assign-ment, towards the midnight of August14. Indian Navy said that it had suc-ceeded in cutting into the hatches ofthe front compartment and getting ac-cess into the ill-fated submarine.Samples of bones and other body

parts found in the submerged vesselwere sent to the Central Forensic Lab-oratory (CFL), Kalina for DNA fingerprinting. To make the DNA matches,samples have also been taken from therelatives of the personnel and sent toCFL Kalina.

Divers bring up one more body from submarine INSSindhurakshak, even as intense search continues

By Prashant Hamine

After having faced flak for demand-ing a hiked minimum fare of Rs.25

for autorickshaws in the state, NCPleader and Auto-Taximens Unionleader, Sharad Rao, yesterday retractedhis statement. The climb-down was afallout of the decision of the KonkanRegion Auto-Taximens Mahasangh towithdraw from the proposed three dayauto-taxi strike slated from August 22.The trade union leader now arguesthat he has demanded a minimumhike of Rs.17 and added that the pro-posed three-day statewide strike willhappen as planned.

Rao held a meeting of Auto-Taxi-mens unions in Thane yesterdaywhich was attended by union leadersfrom Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai,Kalyan-Dombivli, Bhiwandi, Ratnagiriand Sindhudurg. Mumbai BJP unitpresident and MLC Adv Ashish Shelartoo has, in a letter to Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan, urged him to inter-vene in the matter in view of the fastapproaching festive season.The strike,he said, would put people and the vis-itors to the city to great hardship.Meanwhile, the state BJP unit is plan-ning to move the Bombay High Courtover the issue of the fare hike and theproposed strike.

Sharad Rao climbs down on fare hike demand,but insists on auto strike from Aug 22

Night shelters under scannerBy Suresh Golani

Night shelters in the Mira Bhayan-dar region are once again under

the scanner of law enforcers, after asmall-time telefilm producer fromGu-jarat, Ashok Bhagwandas Mewada(40), committed suicide at one suchshelter located in Kashigaon in MiraRoad on Friday.A native of Palanpur in Gujarat,

Mewadawas a civil engineer who, afterincurring huge losses in the construc-tion industry, aspired to make hisdebut as producer of Bollywood films.He had invested all his savings to

produce a mythological telefilm titledPatita Pavan. However, the filmbombed and Mewada was reduced topenury, prompting him to take the ex-treme step. Investigations revealed

that Mewada was staying at the nightshelter for the past three months.It should be noted that following the

direction of the Supreme Court in2011, theMBMChad started five nightshelters in the region. Although theseshelters are temporary accommoda-tion arrangements operated by NGOsto provide night-stay facilities to thehomeless, it has been alleged that duethe non-existence of a scrutiny system,anti-social elements have been takingrefuge in such shelters.Recently, a BJP corporator had de-

manded the immediate shifting of onesuch night shelter operating in theTalao Road area of Bhayandar (East),and there have been reports of policecarrying out raids after receiving tip-offs regarding the presence of crimi-nals in night shelters.

By Suresh Golani

The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell ofthe Thane (rural) police, led by API

Atul Aher, is contemplating closure ofthe lodge where a sex racket wasbusted on the eve of IndependenceDay. Following specific informationprovided by members of NGO, Rehab,about prostitution activities being runfroma bar-cum-lodge onBPRoad areaof Bhayandar (East), a police team,

comprising of Abba Choudhary,Sandip Chaskar and others, swoopeddown on Sai Sagar Lodge and rescuedeight women, including a minor girl.The police arrested four employees

of the lodge, who doubled up aspimps, including the cashier ShankarDas (52) and three room-boys identi-fied as Umesh Yadav (23), Kapil Ravi-das (29) and Prithvi Gaud (19). Apartfrom registering an offence under rele-vant sections of the IPC, the policehave also invoked sections 3, 4, 5, 6(2a)and 7 of the stringent Prevention ofImmoral Trafficking Act (PITA), 1956.

CLOSE THIS SLEAZY PLACE

By Suresh Golani

After finding place in thelist of top-4 beneficiaries

to bag a Rs.10 crore aid pack-age from the World Bank(WB) to enhance its publictransport utility, the MiraBhayandar Municipal Trans-port (MBMT) is now hopefulof strengthening its existingfleet with funding under the

Jawaharlal Nehru NationalUrban Renewal Mission (JN-NURM) transition phase2013-14.The MBMT has prepared a

Rs.40 crore-Detailed ProjectReport, which is all set to betabled before the Ministry ofUrbanDevelopment (MoUD)seeking funds under the JN-NURM.Under its Global Environ-

ment Facility (GEF) project,the WB is all set to extend fi-nancial assistance to theMBMT, with a Rs.10 croregrant to support detailedplanning, designing, capacitybuilding and up-gradation ofits public transport system.However, the civic bodywants to create substantialinfrastructure to meet itsgrowing transportation needsby procuring newbuses, con-structing bus depots andworkshopswith central assis-tance.“The proposal includes

procuring 70 buses (includ-ing mini and air-condi-tioned) and creatinginfrastructure to expandMBMT’s reach. While manycorporations are yet to pre-pare the proposal, we areahead of our counterpartsand are hopeful of beingfunded early,” said assistantmunicipal commissioner

Deepak Sawant.In the current pattern of

JNNURM funding availed bythe transport utility, 50 and20 per cent cost of bus pur-chase has been provided bythe Central and State govern-ments respectively, the re-maining 30 per cent (to bepaid by the MBMC) is borneby the private operator underthe Net Cost PPP modeladopted by the MBMC.Ulhasnagar-based Kestrel

Infrastructure has inked a 10-year Build-Own-Operate-and-Transfer deal agreeing topay a royalty of Rs.1 per km.Presently, 55 buses run by aprivate operator ply on 28 dif-ferent routes in and out of thetwin-city.Intelligent Transport Sys-

tem on the AnvilThe MBMT has chalked

out an elaborate plan to gohi-tech by introducing the In-telligent Transport System

(ITS) for bus commuters inthe Mira Bhayandar region.Designed to improve opera-tional and managerial effi-ciency, the ITS includesEnhanced GPS services tomonitor busmovement, LEDdisplay boards at bus stops toprovide real time informa-tion, Smart ElectronicTicket-ing Systems, PublicInformation Systems andCCTV cameras inside buses.“After a thorough and trans-parent evaluation process in-volving 16 participatingcities, the twin-city of MiraBhayandar, along with itsBhopal, Jaipur and Chandi-garh counterparts, have beenshortlisted forWorld Bank aidfor their commitment to sup-porting sustainable transportdevelopment and thedemonstration potential interms of innovation and ex-pertise, of which the ITS is anintegral part,” said Sawant.



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I LOVE MY INDIA: Displaying the spirit of patriotism on the occasion of the 67th Independence Day celebrations, students of St. Francis HighSchool, Bhayandar (East), performed in a variety of cultural programmes in the presence of a large gathering of parents and students and actors likeMukesh Tiwari, Ananya Choudhary and Atishree Sarkar, who were the guests of honour.


e-TENDER NOTICEThe Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of

Greater Mumbai invites e-Tenders for various worksfrom the government registered contractors, who arealso registered as ‘MCGM Vendor’; Bidder should alsogive Rs. 1 lack performance guarantee for the details of3 number of Tenders of estimated amount Rs.1758543.98 respective tender documents and process ofe-Tendering, please visit www.mcgm.gov.in.

Sd/-Public Relations OfficerPRO/619/ADV/2013

May you find love, Shiva

BLESSED POTHOLE!


hitting a huge pothole as it was nearing their post at about3:30 am on Sunday.Sensing something fishy, the police personnel immedi-

ately lowered the barricades and rushed to the vehicle. Aftercarrying out a search, the cops found three bags stuffedwith 35 kilograms of silver ornaments worth Rs.18 lakh. Allthe six occupants of the jeep, including the driver, weretaken into custody. Investigations revealed that the accusedhad burgled a silver ornamentsmanufacturing unit inNala-sopara (West) andwere headed to their native village in Ra-jasthan. The accused have been identified as JaganathDevra, Sajan Dasana, Bhagwatsingh Rajput, Raju Megh-wan, Sohan Rajput and Premsingh Rajput. “Jaganatah andSajjan, whoworked as artisans at the unit, had planned thecrimewith the help of their accomplices,” said investigatingofficer, API RamdasVakode.


on Sunday evening, en routeto Delhi, lodged in his spe-cially fabricated cage. Hiscaretakers and medical staffhadverymixed feelingswhilebidding him farewell. Shivahimself had been very nerv-ous and reluctant to go inspite of constant efforts tolurehim into the special cage.After spending more than

three decades in his 10x 15 ftcage in the Byculla zoo,Shiva is all set to reach Delhion Tuesday August 21. DrSanjay Tripathi, who hasbeen looking after the rhino,said, “If all things go well,there is hope for a juniorShiva. We are sad though tosay goodbye to this lovelyanimal who spent threedecades with us.”The Brihanmumbai Mu-

nicipal Corporation (BMC)

had been searching far andwide for a female compan-ion for Shiva, and hadscoured almost all states, in-cluding Assam,West Bengal,Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.The search evenwent global,when talks were on with aEuropean country for an eli-gible female to pair off withShiva.OnMarch 1985, Shiva was

brought to Mumbai fromAssamand for unknown rea-sons, refused to bond withany female, though 76 at-tempts were made to pro-vide him with a mate. It isreported that the New Delhizoo will be sending a fewpairs of swamp deer in ex-change for Shiva. In the newplan for a refurbished zoo,there is no space for a rhino,so coming generations willhave to travel out ofMumbaito see a rhino.

A police officerdisplaying therecovered silver.

PUTTING CRIME INTO A BOXBy Kaptan Mali

Considering the increasein criminal activitiesand the hesitation

among residents to approachcops, the Manpada police inDombivli have started put-ting up complaint boxes atseveral locations where resi-dents can drop in their com-plaints.The Dombivli and Kalyan

areas have seen many casesof crime like daylight mur-ders, chain-snatching, mo-lestation, etc, in the recentpast. However, according tothe police, citizens hesitate orfear approaching them dueto various reasons and hencethe police don't get informa-tion in time to avert or pre-vent such crimes.The main aim of the initia-

tive is tomotivate the generalpublic to inform the policeabout crimes or suspicious

activities in their areas. Thegeneral public fear being tar-geted or harmed by miscre-ants or criminals if theyapproach the police, but withthe complaint boxes, theydon't need to give theirnames, while the police willbe in a position to controlcriminal activities in the area.Rajan Ghule, Assistant Po-

lice Commissionor Dombivliregion said, "We have startedthis initiative from the Man-pada police station jurisdic-tion first, and have installedsuch complaint boxes at fourplaces. We are awaiting thepeople’s response and ac-cordingly we will adopt thesame in other areas also."Ghule further said that the

complaint boxes will bechecked every alernate dayand the complaints will beread by the senior police in-spector who will take appro-priate action on thecomplaints.

DROP BOXES THAT MAY ENSURE A DROP IN CRIME: The Manpada police(Dombivli) have placed complaint boxes at four locations in their jurisdiction.

TAKING FOR A RIDE?Spurred by Rs.10 crore WB aid, MBMT prepares Rs.40 crore plan to enhance bus services

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

If you love your car, don’tdrive it on Mumbai roads,at least for six months —

during monsoon and postmonsoon— as the conditionof roads will further deterio-rate the life of your vehicle.Experts say the latest casualtyof potholes is your vehicle,whose life may get reducedby at least 20 to 25 per cent.However, auto industry andgarages across the city havebooming business!“Tyres, suspension, shock

observers and steering com-ponents are first to get dam-aged as your vehicle hits apothole. Consequently, thebest of the best car turns tobe a piece of scrap in just 6 to7 years due to ride throughpotholes on Mumbai roads,”saidNitinDossa, president ofVintage & Classic Car Club ofIndia (VCCCI).He added, “A car that runs

on an average 50 km per dayin the city, needs repair everyweek. Consequently, it is anadditional financial burden

on the family.”The Brihanmumbai Mu-

nicipal Corporation (BMC),which is responsible themaintenance of city roads,has failed miserably on themaintenance department.Time and again, Shiv Senapresident Uddhav Thackerayconsequently had to expresspublic apology for the fate ofMumbai roads.As a fallout, BMC’s Stand-

ing Committee chairmanRahul Shewale had to tenderhis resignation, however, that‘drama’ lasted for just hoursand no effect was seen on thecondition of roads.“As an excuse, every time,

civic officials have given newdeadline for filling the pot-holes,” said Sandeep Desh-pande of MaharashtraNavnirman Sena (MNS).Even this week, a senior civicofficial have given a finaldeadline of filling the pot-holes before August 26.Mangala Chandran, editor

of ‘TrafficInfra Tech Maga-zine’, which reports on roadsconstruction technology,

road making and other infra-structural projects, said,“Modern cars are compara-tively delicate and light-weight and designed for thesofter ride. However, the pot-holes are getting bigger anddeeper, every passing yearand ultimately the end effectis on the life of your car.”“Actually, I am afraid about

human life expectancy ratherthan car’s life expectancy.”She laughs. “My colleaguewas bedridden for aweek dueto a backache. I wonder whatwould be the condition ofcars on city roads.”

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GEMS THAT ROCK: City’s noted Astrologer Ms. Nita Bheda inauguareted on exhibition of Enticediamond & jweelery on 15th August at Radio Club. The KGK group, established in 1905 by the Kotharifamily of Jaipur, is a global corporation with fully integrated operations in the Gems & Jewellery industry,registering its remarkable presence across the globe. With its perpetual endevor to offer new products &services to the world and with its massive international growth, KGK saw an opportunity to launch itsown precious jewellery brand- Entice. Seen in the picture Hon Secretary of Radio Club Mr. PrakashMirchandani, Entice Marketing Manager Mr. Nitin Pareek, City’s Environmentalist Dr. Mukund Aparajit.

Potholes: The casualty is your car!

By Suyash Padate

With an almost certaindefeat in the upcoming

elections, the state BJP isstruggling to get a candidatefor the by-election to the Leg-islative Council seat, whichfell vacant after senior partyleader Gopinath Munde’s es-tranged nephew resignedand joined the NCP. Now theBJP has decided to announceits nominee by August 23.Dhananjay Munde, who

was sulking in the saffronparty on various issues finallydeserted the party and ten-dered his resignation fromLegislative Council member-ship lastmonth. On the sameday, he officially joined theSharad Pawar-led party. Theelection to fill the vacant seathas been slated for Septem-ber 2. After the announce-ment of a by-election, the BJPdeclared that it will field its

candidate. However, theparty is still hunting for anominee.This seat will be elected

from the members of the As-sembly. As the ruling Con-gress-NCP has clear majorityin the Assembly, a debacle ofBJP is certain. Against thisbackdrop, no party worker isinterested in contesting the

election.When contacted, the

leader of the oppositionVinod Tawade said, “We arein search of a suitable candi-date. The BJP will contest anelection. The last date for fil-ing nominations is August 23and we will announce ournominee before that”.Dhananjay Munde wanted

to contest the Parli Assemblyseat in 2009 but his uncleGopinath chose his daughterPankaja Palve and sent hisnephew to the upper houseto mollify him. Parli inMarathwada region is part ofthe Beed Lok Sabha con-stituency which is repre-sented by Gopinath Munde.Significantly, while joiningNCP, Dhananjay had statedthat he would serve the partyin whatever capacity he isasked to. Now he will quitepossibly contest the electionas a NCP nominee.

Dhananjay Munde, now in NCP.

BJP hunt for LC nominee on

POTHOLES ABOUND: It is not only carsthat suffer damage, motorists too get bedridden due to back injuries.

PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh’strademark passivity on corruption maywell stem from a deep understanding of

the Congress culture. As a quiet but clued-inobserver of the GOP, which out of the blue hadcatapulted him into the prime ministerialgaddi in May 2004, Singh may have cottonedon early to the fact that it is futile to fightcorruption. For, it is at the very core ofthe party. Besides, all parties to a lesser orgreater degree are seeped in corruption, thePM might have reasoned while justifying hisdo-nothing stance.Admittedly, it would take a very bold politi-

cian, who iswilling to risk his career, to cleansethe Augean stables of Indian politics. Recall theanguished words of Mahatma Gandhi on theconduct of the very first lot of Congressminis-ters after the formation of provincial govern-ments under the 1935 Government of IndiaAct. In a little over two years, they had becomenotorious for feathering their own nests.A very angry Gandhi gave vent to his utter

disdain for the Congress ministers in thesewords: “I would go to the length of giving thewhole Congress a decent burial, rather thanput up with the corruption that is rampant…”Alas, there are no genuine Gandhis

around to shepherd the polity out of themorass of corruption and decay it has falleninto thanks to the doings of the growing armyof venal politicians. Money-making remainsthe goal; politics the most preferred route toachieve it.We recall this small nugget from the Ma-

hatma’s life and times because more thanseven decades later it still rings true.The num-ber of scams the Opposition raised this pastweek in parliament, and the dogged determi-nation the ruling Congress bigwigs displayedin stonewalling discussion on any of them, un-derlines the fact that there has been no changein the party’s DNA from the late 30s to this day.It continues to be the cheapest ticket to powerand pelf for its privilegedmembers.Thanks to the venality of the early Congress-

menwhosemisconduct had earned thewrathof the Mahatma, the virus of corruption hasseeped deep into every facet of human life inthis country. In the absence of rule of law, thecorrupt and the criminal feel emboldened toindulge in illicit activities without let or hin-drance since those empowered to penalizethem are themselves on the take. For everyAshokKhemka andDurga Shakti Nagpal, thereare thousands of NeeraYadavs who are willingto do the bidding of corrupt politicians fora share in the loot. For all practical purposes,we all are complicit in this growing cultureof corruption.Lest you believe that what Khemka has re-

vealed is anything new, think back to the hey-day of Congress socialism in the 60s and 70s.V.P Naik was ChiefMinister of Maharashtra andRajni Patel chief of the Bombay Congress. Be-tween them, they forked out licenses to reclaimhuge plots of land fromunder the Arabian Seato make what now passes for as the businessdistrict of Nariman Point. Such was their talis-manic powers that they could overnight turn apauper into a billionaire.The issue of a mere paper by the Naik

Government empowering you to reclaima three-acre plot from under the sea wasenough for ambitious builders to pay you ahuge premium. In fact, even the builder wouldbe selected for youby theNaik-Patel duo.Thus,you see a number of towers bearing thedouble-barreled name of the said builders inNariman Point.The point is simple. The Congress has been

playing around with public land for decades,converting it from agriculture to residential or

commercial; issuing acquisition notices underSection 4 and then allowing friendly landsharks andpoliticians to buy land at depressedprices and then allow that notice to lapse. Notmany would recall that as the Lt. Governor ofDelhi in the early 80s, the straight-as-a-reedJagmohan had issued a Section 4 notice foracquiring a large chunk of area falling inSouth Delhi’s Chhattarpur-Mehrauli complex.Overnight, the rich and the powerfulganged up against Jagmohan and had himtransferred to theGoaRaj Bhawan. Predictably,the Section 4 notice lapsed but land specula-tors made a killing.In sum,why get all het up about the get-rich-

quick ways of the Johnny-come-lately into theCongress’s parlour. The party has been playingthis game for decades. The only thing is thatthanks to the presence of the 24x7 news televi-sion there is far more noise now than in thetime of Nehru, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. Theprint media was small and fearful of authority.A recalcitrant paper could be easily tamed

since the owners were beholden to the rulingestablishment not only for licenses andquotas but also for the allocation of thecostly newsprint.In a postscript wemay add that the above is

not a plea for the genuine reformers and theanti-corruption crusaders to get disheartenedbut only to warn them about the near-impos-sible task of altering the DNA of the politicalclass. For, over the years it has become adeptin betraying the very people in whose name itseeks to wield power.

Sharad Yadav to break with NitishHERE is tomorrow’s news today. Bihar

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is slowlybut steadily cosying up to the CongressParty. Now that he has lost his sheen, acornered Nitish is willing to tie up withthe Congress if Bihar is given special status.A dispirited Congress will rush to doso sooner than later in order to find somerelevance in Bihar.While Nitish can count on the bulk of

the JD(U) MLAs going along with himwhen he aligns with the Congress, a numberof party MPs, led by Sharad Yadav, willresist tooth and nail such an alliance. Yadav,a life-long Lohiaite, wasn’t too happywhen Nitish broke with the BJP becausehe was sure of retaining power. But if hestitches up an alliance with the Congress,Yadav will break ranks and chalk out his ownindependent course.

The long forgotten son-in-lawINTERNET having become a powerful tool ofpolitical messaging, the one entry which has

gone viral in recent weeks refers to another fa-mous son-in-law, the late Feroze JehangirGhandi, the son of a Parsi liquor merchant

from Allahabad whom Mahatma Gandhirenamed Feroze Gandhi after he marriedIndira Nehru.The writer recalls how Feroze as a member

of the Lok Sabha, elected from Rae Bareli in1952 and 1957, had single-handedly exposedtheMundhra scandal, forcing his father-in-lawand Prime Minister Nehru to set up a judicialprobe under the BombayHighCourt Chief Jus-tice M C Chagla. It was duly established thatHaridas Mundra had manipulated the LIC tobuy shares in his little known companies. Later,he exposed how Ram Kishan Dalmia hadmis-used bank and insurance funds to acquire Ben-net Coleman and Company.And then the anonymous writer goes on to

lament that though crores are spent to markthe birth and death anniversaries of everymember of the Nehru-Gandhi family, Feroze’sbirth and death go unnoticed. Here is a sug-gestion. Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Partyshould adopt Feroze Gandhi as its guidingspirit and mark his coming birth anniversaryon September 8th with a fitting tribute to hiscrusading zeal against corruption.

Cheap invectiveCIVILITY in public discourse is the hallmark

of a mature democracy. Unfortunately,there are increasing signs of politicians usingthe rough and very often rude language toshow their rivals down. Now, Gujarat ChiefMinister Narinder Modi could be faulted forpitching his I-Day speech against that of thePrimeMinister traditionally delivered from theramparts of the historic Red Fort in Delhi.Though chief ministers of all States routinelyaddress the I-Day functions in their respectiveState capitals, Modi, as is his wont, hyped upthe occasion by seeking to compare and con-trast his oration in Bhuj, Gujarat, with the typ-ically bland and insipid address from the RedFort by Manmohan Singh. But that is not thepoint. Every Indian is free to judge the twospeeches and draw his own conclusions.Therefore, it does not lie in the mouth of For-eign Minister Salman Khurshid, apparentlywell-educated, to dub Modi a ‘khalnayak’(villain). Such gutter language does notbecome anyone in high office. Maybe it isthe growing realization of the groundslipping from below their feet that makespeople like Khurshid to use the streetlingo. (Remember how downright filthyadjectives he had hurled against ArvindKejriwal when the latter had laid bare Khur-shid’s family-run trust scam?) But then whatcan you expect from the second-and third-rank leaders of a party whose leader had saidthat Atalji apna mansik santulan kho baithehain ( Atalji has lost hismental balance) whenVajpayee was Prime Minister. And the sameleader, you will recall, had gone to Gujarat forthe 2007 Assembly campaign and called ModiMaut ka Saudagar (merchant of death). Evenif such abuse proves counterproductive, itseems hard for Congress leaders to toe thestraight and narrow of dignified public dis-course. Surely, it is up to voters to make themrealize their mistake.

Heard in the BJP circlesRAM JETHMALANI is out of the party.

Subramaniam Swamy is in.And on the nightly TVAnchor: Do you think BJP is committing

harakari by makingModi its primeministerialcandidate?

Panelist (who is a leading journalist): “No,no. Not harakari. It is committing suicide.”Amen.



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Ponder awhile...“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of allterror, victory however long and hardthe road may be; for without victory,there is no survival.”

— Winston Churchill

Chance for gettingsolid proof ofPak terror

WITH the arrest of Abdul KarimTunda, a Lashkar-e-Taiba oper-

ative, it should be possible to identifythe terrorists in Pakistan who havebeen carrying on anti-India activitiesduring the last two or three decades.Thismanwho is said to be involved,

among others, in theDelhi andMum-bai terror mission, has close linkswith Pakistan’s prime terrorist HafizSaeed. He was caught on the Nepalborder – evidently engaged in someanti-India operations. This terroristhad with him a Pakistan passport –which shows he has close connec-tions with the terrorist outfit.He is now under interrogation by

the Delhi police. The police are likelyto get useful information about anti-India terror activities. Hewent to Pak-istan and he was trained in terroroperation by the spy agency – the ISI.Later, he came to India and forwardedterror cells.The police have information he is

connected with gangster DawoodIbrahim. Chances are while rightlybeing subjected to painful torture, hemay tell it all: From him, the policecan get solid proof of Hafiz Saeed’s in-volvement in many of Pakistan’s ter-ror activities in India.It is a prize catch and the police

have a chance containing the contin-uing terror threat fromPakistan.Whatis also important is the informationthat we are likely to get from himabout India-based terrorists who arelinked with terror in Pakistan.

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CAROL ANDRADE A.R. KANANGIEditor Associate Editor

KAMALMORARKAChairman of the

Board of DirectorsAfternoon Despatch & Courier office is located at:Janmabhoomi Bhavan, 3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg,Fort, Mumbai-400 001. Phone: 40768999.Fax: 40768916. E-mail: [email protected] by Shashikant Jadhav for Courier PublicationsPvt. Ltd., at Journal Press, Free Press House, Free PressJournal Marg, 215, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021and published by him from Janmabhoomi Bhavan,3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001.Registered Office at: 98 Mittal Chambers,Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021.Vol. XXIX No. 125

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LETTERS

A timid approachto the rupeeAT the exchange rate of Rs.62/USD,the Sensex also went down bynearly 600 points showing a lack ofcontrol by the RBI or the FinanceMinister. The Indian exporters arenowmakingmore profits and fami-lies of those working overseas aregettingmore rupees for every dollarremitted by such persons to India.But foreign tourists comingto India will pay lesser dollars for

their vacationin India. Also, im-ports have becomecostly, affecting con-sumer durables. It isindeed a mixed bagfor Indian economy-which is more badthan good.Rupee’s fall will also

have a direct impact on foreign in-vestors pulling of Indian equitymarkets and the students studyingabroad, as they will have to coughupmore in rupee terms.Themoneykept in Swiss Bank accounts by bu-reaucrats and politicianswill appre-ciate substantially and the moneyearned as profit dueto rupee fall can be used during the2014 General Elections liberally topurchase votes.

—C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

Omar’s silly statementTHE J&K Chief Minister has drawna parallel between the Gujarat riotsof 2002 and the ongoing communaldisturbances at Kishtawar in hisstate. Such a comparison, to say theleast, is reprehensible; in the sensethat Omar Abdullah appears to besuggesting that whatever is nowtaking place in J&K is nothing butsome sort of retaliation for theGodhra riots. In other words, he ap-

pears to justify the incidences as a‘natural’ reaction; a phrase recentlycoined by a senior central cabinetminister fromMaharashtra.

—ArunMalankar, Santacruz

Gender EqualityThe Indian festival of Raksha Band-han is being celebrated this yearon August 20. Traditionally, this fes-tival is celebrated by our Hindubrothers and sisters. The sister seeksthe protection of her blood-brotheror a close male friend, who in turnoffers her respect and protection.Earlier, this festival waswrongly un-derstood as a woman subjugatingherself before aman as her lord andmaster.In an era which is marked by

movements for women’s liberationand rights, Raksha Bandhan can becelebrated as a festival that pro-motes brotherly-sisterly concernsand appreciates the complimentarygifts of a man and woman.Today, many centuries later, the

woman is still being considered asan object of sexual gratification andsubject to man. The celebration ofRaksha Bandhan can help us re-member that God created man andwoman as equal and complimen-tary partners and so a woman hasevery right for respect and dignity.

— Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili

The Wall’s soft statementI thought that there is one cricketer,albeit retired, who had the guts totalk against the arrogant andshameless BCCI. Yes I’m talkingabout ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid. Butmy happiness was short-lived asDravid issued a much commonpolitician-like response that hisstatement was taken out of con-text…Sad!Always thought and know that

cricketers don’t have the guts to talkagainst the almighty BCCI and Idon’t blame them. Look howthey treated the great Kapil Devwhen he floated the ICL withShubash Chandra. One can’t expecta senior active cricketer to talkagainst BCCI, forget the freshers.And if you think a Dravid can talkafter retirement? No, because to-morrow he may be signing a con-tract as a commentator or coach orwhatever. Hence the politician-type

by the great jam jam Dravid.—Chandrakant Kotian,Vikhroli

Condemn acid attacksInspite of the strict rules for sellingacid, we hear about acid attacks ongirls. After rape, this is the mostcommon and heinous crime inIndia. I would like to ask our judici-ary system why there is a slow ornegligible attitude towards thesecrimes.

An acid victim cannot show herface (due to the injury) to theworld,but the culprit, without any punish-ment, can roam and move easily inthe world. We can see the contra-diction here. Hence, I would like tosuggest concerned authorities, ourjudiciary, viz. High Court, SupremeCourt that we follow Saudi ArabsRules (tit for tat). A culprit will betreated in the same manner as hehas treated the girl.

—Perin Akolawala,Mumbai

LET me remind the senior BJPleader L. K. Advani that NarendraModi has uttered nothingwrong inreplying to Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh’s speech on Inde-pendence Day. The latter had saidin his ‘national’ speech that the‘narrow and sectarian’ (divisive)ideologies have no place in amod-ern India. But he conveniently for-got that his own Congress hadalready started to divide IndiansintoHindus andMuslims since the1969 regime of Indira Gandhi by‘gifting’ number of free economicfavours for education, coaching,religious pilgrimage etc. for Mus-lim votes, and thereby the ‘notes’ tobe deposited in the secret foreignbank accounts. Thank god that theMuslims have now begun to un-derstand Congress’ divisive politi-cal policies.

—Hansraj Bhat, Borivali

� � �IT was shadow boxing at its verybest as our political leaders re-duced Independence Dayspeeches to political bouts. WhilePrimeMinisterManmohan Singh’sspeech came with soft and hollowpunches from Delhi, Gujarat CMNarendra Modi’s punches werestrong and specific.The last five years of the UPA

government have been dismal withinflation and corruption at its peak

and the Indian rupee almostknocked out compared to globalcurrencies led by the dollar. Today’syouth and the commonman aspirefor a change and see NarendraModi as amessiah to bail them outof the mess - economic downfall,rising prices and corruption issues.However, Modi is skewed to-

wards Hinduism and needs to playwith a straight bat taking togetherevery religion with him if he wantsto become the next PrimeMinister

of our country. The battle lines aredrawn andManmohan Singh lookspale compared to the gigantic fig-ure of Modi at the moment. TheCongress it seems would have toproject a different PM to combatModi if theywant to come to powerin the next elections.

—S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

� � �NARENDRA Modi is a man inhurry for a seat in the PrimeMinis-

ter’s chair. He has no patience. Inthe process of positioning himselfas the PrimeMinisterial candidate,he is committing many mistakes.Narendra Modi’s challenge to

Manmohan Singh should beviewed in the backdrop. He is try-ing to convert our democratic set-up to American form ofgovernment without understand-ing the differences. He is not yetdeclared as the Prime Ministerialcandidate by his party. Secondly,no one has said that Manmohanwould be the next Prime Ministe-rial candidate of the Congress. Inthat case how can he (Modi) inviteManmohan for an open discus-sion?In India, after the election, the

elected representatives of the ma-jority party elects its leader and heor she is named as Prime Ministerand has to prove a majority in theLok Sabha. Does Modi think thathe is elected already as the major-ity party leader? Right now, he isonly a member of the party and aChief Minister of a province (not astate in political term). Therefore,even if hewants to engage in a one-to-one debate, there are chal-lengers like Digvijay Singh andSalman Khurshid. Modi is like aschool child who whishes to brag.Probably, he has an inferioritycomplex and is therefore trying toovercome it through these gim-

micks. Modi should have patiencetill he reaches the position hewishes to. Miles to go!

—M.H.Nayak,Mumbai

� � �THIS year’s celebration of inde-pendence also brought pain for thebrothers and sisters in Uttarak-hand who had to face devastationabout two months ago. Our deep-est sympathies arewith all the fam-ilies who suffered loss of life orproperty. The PM wants to assurethe people of Uttarakhand todaythat the whole country stands withthem in this moment of crisis. Hisgovernment failed in all aspectsand the PM was keeping mum allthese days. Our army, paramilitaryforces and numerous officers andstaff of the Central and State gov-ernments worked in difficult con-ditions in partnership with thecommon people to perform anoutstanding task in providing reliefto thosewhowere stranded.We es-pecially pay homage to the officersandmen of the Air Force, ITBP andNDRF who sacrificed their lives tosave others. On the eve of Inde-pendence Day, we all feel deeplypained that we lost the submarineINS Sindurakshak in an accidentyesterday. Eighteen brave sailorsare feared to have lost their lives.Experiencing such pain is notgoing to be a permanent solutionfor all the problems, Dr Singh. Theold dictum of by the people, of thepeople and for the people shouldbe followed to the core and wher-ever necessary.

—C.K. Ramanathan, Ghaziabad

I-Day: Modi versus Manmohan

IT is amatter of great concern thatthe search for survivors on INSSindhurakshak after the blast inthe ill-fated submarine has notyielded substantial results. Thechances of survival are of coursebleak but the efforts to get thebodies of the Navy personnel areon. The commandos of the eliteMARCOs failed to ascertain thestatus of all the crew members,who are allegedly trapped insidethe submarine after the blasts.The Russian company that had re-furbished the vessel has sent ex-perts who were put on the job butcould not do much for the cause.Searching for the bodies appearsfutile as the hatches of the subma-rine had fused shut after themetalof the hull melted in the heat gen-erated by the fire and the blasts. Itis a now or never situation.

—C.K.S. Ramaniam, Sion� � �

IT is very sad to read a report onthe eve of the 66th IndependentDay that our 16-year-old subma-rine INS Sindhurakshak caughtfire and exploded killing 18 pre-cious naval officers due to loading

of missiles in the front tube. It isthe worst tragedy and a great set-back to the Indian Navy. I am ofthe opinion that the explosion atmid-night was due to failure tocomply with standard operatingprocedures or material failure orcombination of both which led tothe warheads of torpedoes andmissile explosion, but the onlysaving grace in this tragedy wasthat the accident took place inharbour, in very shallow waters

and hence rescue and salvagewassimpler. It could have been a dif-ferent story if the accident had oc-curred deep into the sea. Thistragedy is the wake up call for thegovernment to expedite the caseformodern submarine rescue sys-tem to replace the single vintagesystem presently in use and if theright lessons are learnt, the tragicloss of young lives on the Sindhu-rakshak would not be in vain.

—Bhagwan Thadani,Mumbai

A sad search for bodies

Rescue operations are on at the Mumbai harbour.

It was a political bout between Narendra Modi and PM Dr. Manmohan Singh on August15 this year.

1 IntroductionFarming,manufacturing,mining, transport and communi-cation are productive activities.

2 Meaning of Economyi) An economy is a combination of productive activities

and services.ii) It is a system, which provides the means to work and

earn a living.iii) It is an organistion, which makes the use of available

resources to produce goods and services.iv) In the past, village economy was an important eco-

nomic, political and administrative unit.v) Agriculture and handicrafts were the main activities of

the people in villages.

3 Definitioni) An economy refers to various activities related to theproduction and distribution and consumption of goodsand services in a certain geographical region.

ii) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines an econ-omy as ‘a relationship between production, trade andthe supply of money in a particular country or region.’

4 Types of EconomyTHREETYPES OF ECONOMY1) Capitalist economy1) In a capitalist economy, the factors of production arecollectively owned by the society.

2) Themainmotive of producers is tomaximize profits. eg.USA

2) Socialist economy1) In a socialist economy, the factors of production are col-lectively owned by the society.

2) So themeans of production are owned andmanaged bythe government with a view tomaximize the social wel-fare.

3) Mixed economy1) It is a co-existence of both public and private sector.2) The means of production are owned and managed bythe government as well as private individuals eg. India.

5 Features of economyTHEMAIN FEATURES OF ECONOMY ARE:1 Certain geographical area2 Natural resources3 Population4 Sovereignty5 Sectoral distribution

A) Explain a well defined geographical area with referenceto India.A 1 The political boundaries of a nation determine its geo-graphical area.

2 Indian economy owns about 32,87,263 sq km of land,with 28 states and 7 union territories.

3 It occupies 2.4 per cent of total land area of the earth.

B Explain natural resources with examples.1 Natural resources are those which are freely available innature.

2 It includes land, mountains, water, sunshine, sea,forests, mineral deposits etc.

3 Level of production in the economy is influenced by theavailability and utilisation of natural resources.

C Population or human resources1) Population or human labour is used in the productiveactivities.

2) Supply of labour in a country depends upon the size ofthe population.

3) Education, training and health services improve thequality of human resources.

4) There are three concepts regarding size of population ofa country.

1 Optimum population1) Optimum population is the ideal size of population.2) In this case, available resources are properly utilized.

2 Over population1) Over population is the excess population above the op-timum level.

2) It increases pressure on the available resources.

3 Under populationUnder population is a situation in which the existing popu-lation is not enough to use the available resources fully.

4 Explain the term sovereignty1 Sovereignty means supreme power or authority of thestate exercised by the government.

2 The government of the countrymakes and enforces lawsand takes decisions about socio-economic welfare of acountry.

5 Explain sectoral distribution as a feature of economy.1 Sectoral distribution of the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) is an index tomeasure economic development ofa country.

2 On the basis of ownership andmanagement sectors areclassified as private, public and mixed or joint sector.

3 On the basis of nature of activities, various productiveactivities are mainly classified into three sectors 1) pri-mary, 2) secondary and 3) tertiary sector.

4 More than half of the population is engaged in the pri-mary sector. They aremainly engaged in agriculture andactivities like animal husbandry, poultry farming, fish-eries, forestry mining etc. But their contribution toIndia’s GDP is only 18 per cent according to 20112.

5 The share of secondary sector to the GDP is 26% (2011).It is also called as industrial sector. People engaged inthe occupations likemanufacturing, constructionwork,electricity, natural gas, water supply etc.

6 The share of the tertiary or service sector is alwayshigher i.e 56 per cent (2011). It includes services liketransport, communication, hotels, entertainment etc.

7 In India, the contribution of secondary and tertiary sec-tors in GDP is rising. It indicates an increase in India’seconomic development.

6Which activities are undertaken in an economy?A. An economy undertakes production, distribution, con-sumption and allocation of available resources in a partic-ular area.

7What is meant by an economy?1) An economy is a system which provides the means ofwork and to earn a living.

2) It is an organisation, which makes the use of availableresources to produce goods and services.

8What is a primary or agricultural sector?1 In this, productive activities are mainly based on natu-ral resources.

2 Agriculture, animal husbandry, poultry farming, fishery,forestry and mining etc are included in primary sector.

9 Explain secondary and tertiary sector (Page 92)

10 Define: 1 Optimum Population (Page 91),2 Over population, 3 Under population.

Introduction of Economy

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Pune varsity getssocial science projectunder Indo-US planPUNE: A social scienceproject under the"Obama-Singh 21st Cen-tury Knowledge Initiative"has been awarded to theUniversity of Pune whichwill team up with the Uni-versity of Massachusetts ina joint exercise.The institutional partner-

ship project, aiming to de-velop "appropriate researchand analytical tools", wasrecently announced underthe second round of OSIand will be sanctioned agrant of around US$250,000 to be utilised overa three-year period, saidUniversity of Pune (UoP)Vice-Chancellor WasudeoGade."The project awarded

under the initiative will de-velop appropriate researchand analytical tool andbuild institutional capacityand generate policy direc-tions for a genuine synergybetween shared commit-ments in equity and excel-lence in higher education,"he said.The programme, ‘Inclu-

sive Universities -- LinkingDiversity, Equity and Excel-lence for the 21st Century',will focus on how diversityand excellence are essentialto innovation and progressin multi-cultural demo-cratic societies.

Undertaken by the USand Indian Governments,the initiative envisagesstrengthening of collabora-tion and building of part-nerships between theinstitutions of higher edu-cation of both countries, re-ports PTI. The UoP projectis the first in the country inthe field of social sciencesunder the initiative, whichwas finalised betweenPrime Minister ManmohanSingh and US PresidentBarack Obama a few yearsago."The project will involve,

among other things, facili-tating interactions amongresearch teams, collectionof demographic data andexchange of study mate-rial," Gade noted.

This Parsi boy stepping out of the Agiary at Five Gardens inDadar on Sunday, on the occasion of Parsi New Year ‘NOVROZ’is a reflection of the rich diversity and inclusiveness of Indianculture.

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By Mayura Shanbaug

The situation on the economichorizon is turning gloomy bythe day. The more the cor-

nered government paws around tosave the situation, the worse itseems to be getting. The Indian gov-ernment’s and RBI’s decisions tohelp Current Account Deficit (CAD)and falling rupee seem to be doingmore harm than good. On Friday,the rupee breached its all-time lowand fell below Rs 62 before recover-ing to trade at Rs 61.7-61.8 to the USdollar.As a consequence investors both

retail and institutional have pan-icked. That was clearly evident onwhen the markets crashed 4% in asingle session. BSE Sensex slumped769 points, while the Nifty lost 234points draining investor wealth byover Rs 200000 crore.Foreign Institutional Investors

(FIIs) who were net buyers untilAugust 14 - FIIs bought sharesworth a net Rs 2479.6 million lastWednesday, turned net sellers onFriday due to the RBI imposing cap-ital controls on outward dollarremittances by Indians. The bankalso banned property purchasesabroad and clamped down on goldimports.According to Naina Lal Kidwai,

President, FICCI, the largest fall intwo years in the equity market hascontinued the sense of desponden-cy. “The markets experienced a freefall and has not reacted well to theCentral Bank’s restrictions onrupees flows offshore with height-ened fears that more restrictionsmay come including for FIIs,” saysKidwai.“These fears need to be addressed

- after all India has never restricteddividend flows offshore or indeedsales of equity share proceeds evenwhen the situation was more dire,”

she says. “The fall in the Rupeeessentially underlines weakness inthe economic fundamentals. At thisjuncture, instilling confidenceamong investors should be themost important task at hand” addsKidwai.Sentiment on Friday took another

hit after Moody’s downgraded thecredit assessment of three banks -Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank andPunjab National Bank.According to Senior Equity

Research Analyst from The Market,Siddharth Rajpurohit, the bourseswitnessed severe selling pressureacross the counters on concerns oftapering down of QuantitativeEasing by US. “The downward cor-rection was further supported by ajump in bond yields and USD/INRtouching a new low even after anumber of steps announced by RBIto strengthen INR,” says Rajpurohit.“With Inflation again moving

north and growth south, the currenteconomic scenario looks very grim.It is time to take some structuralmeasures to hold the INR and alsobring in capital flow rather thantemporary curbing steps,” he says.Rajpurohit feels that in the near

term the movement would furtherbe decided by the global cues. “Onemust keep a watch on some of thekey data expected this week global-ly, such as US Consumer Sentiment& FOMCMinutes, Germany and UKQ2 GDP growth,” he says. “In thenear term we expect Nifty to remainweak and further may test the 5450to 5400 levels, but expect a bouncefrom these levels,” he says.“We cannot ignore global influ-

ences with a strengthening of theUS economy and the dollar as alsothe possibility of QE tapering lead-ing to many emerging market cur-rencies weakening including therupee,” says Alex Mathews, HeadResearch, Geojit BNP Paribas

Financial Services. “As the Nifty haslost its key support at 5574, we canexpect a further down trend whichcan bring down the Nifty towards5415 and 5396,” he says.Amar Ambani, Head of Research

at IIFL, also expects market partici-pants to look towards internationalcues for further direction, given thatthe results season is behind us. "Inthe US, the Federal Reserve wouldrelease minutes of the FOMC meet-ing this week. Technically, the Niftyhas reversed from its 38.2% retrace-ment level, which also coincideswith the intermediate rising trendline resistance levels. If the Niftybreaches the 5,470mark on a closingbasis, selling pressure could accen-tuate,” he states.According to Rahul Bhandawat,

Sr. Technical Analyst – Equity,Equentis Capital, a UK-basedinvestment analytic and advisorycompany, investors should staycautious on the domestic front,while creating positions on the Sellside. The “Rupee movement,progress ofmonsoon session of par-liament, institutional activity (FII's)during Q1 result season and themovement of global stocks duringthe week will dictate near termtrend for domestic markets,” hesays.The “Rupee is trading near an all

time low and higher Crude Oilprices may remain a major concernfor Indian markets. The FIIs mayexit from the emerging markets(EMs) as their own economies areshowing positive signs of growth,”he feels.Bhandawat feels that markets

may remain highly volatile duringthe week and selling will continue.Nifty may see a technical reversal(pull back) at 5200-5220 levels onthe lower side before expiry,” hesays. “Investors should closely trackinvestment activity of FIIs,” he sug-

Markets Crash WHATNEXT?WHATNEXT?

With inflation rising again and growth declining, expect very volatile and nervous times ahead.gests further.However, Dipen Shah, Head

of Private Client GroupResearch, Kotak Securitiesfeels that the FM’s intent oncontrolling the CAD to about$70bn in the current fiscal andfinancing the same withoutdraining forex reserves will

hold. “Further announce-ments on attracting invest-ments in infrastructure andother core sectors will likelyattract more forex flows andinstill some confidence in therupee. This may have a conse-quent positive impact on mar-ket sentiment,” he concludes.

14Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI | MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013

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« GUEST COLUMNOM AHUJA,is CEO – Residential Services,Jones Lang LaSalle India

New Curbs OnInternational InvestmentIn uncertain times, preservation of capital becomes the keyconsideration for smart investors. Currency volatility and sus-tained weakness in the recent times has led the capital con-

trols by the banking regulator in India. Over the last one month,four notifications specifically aimed at curbing the investor senti-ment for gold and commodities have been issued.Equity markets in India recently witnessed negative FII flows

primarily because of the Indian rupee’s lack of stability, slowingeconomic growth and lack of Government initiatives with regardto reforms and resolving international taxation issues. The envi-ronment is becoming very complex for investors when it comes tomaking their investments work and yield good inflation-adjustedreturns.Over the last five years, equities have, on an average, yielded

annualized returns of 5% (Aug 16th 2008 to Aug 16th 2013),whereas gold has given annualized returns of 13% (Aug 16th2008 to Aug 16th 2013). Returns from bank deposits and bondshave been in the range of 9-10% annually. On the other hand,annualized returns on real estate in cities like Mumbai andDelhi have been in the range of 40-55% (pre-tax and not infla-tion adjusted.)If we benchmark these returns andmake a quick comparison, it

clearly reflects that real estate and gold have outperformed equi-ties and bonds / bank deposits. That said, many experts point outthat the returns from real estate may not sustain at these growthrates going forward, considering that we are possibly at themid orhigher end of the growth cycle curve for this asset class.Internationally, real estate displays a very different trend in

terms of returns and growth. Rental yield can ranges from 4-7%and annual growth in many parts of the world is approximately 4-5% annually. Many Indians chose to diversify and increase theirexposure to international real estate to ensure steady rental rev-enue streams for their families abroad, and / or provide accom-modation for their own use during their foreign sojourn.This became especially viable with the Liberalized Remittance

Scheme (LRS) which was rolled out few years back. Considerablerevenue outflows into destinations such as the Middle East,London and Singapore resulted. However, the recent policychange aimed at curbing of international real estate investmentmarks an abrupt moving away from the LRS scheme. The interna-tional property focus of such investors is now going to decreasedrastically.Whenever excessive controls are exercised (as we have already

seen in the case of gold and other precious commodities) investorsreceive confusing market signals that lead to increased uncertain-ty in terms of investment planning. In such scenarios, the mostevident trend that emerges is that of investors looking for alterna-tives that can help them grow money and protect capital.The new currency diversification curbs now imposed do not

just limit international real estate investments - investors will notfind remitting a mere USD 75,000 into any other asset classes oninternational shores attractive. Such small amounts will attractsizable charges by the banks managing their portfolio, making theentire proposition non-viable and unattractive.Indian Investors still believe that real estate is the ideal invest-

ment asset class when it comes to safety, returns and growth. Inan environment where international real estate is no longer anoption, we will see more money chasing attractive assets thatoffer good returns within the country.There will now be an increased focus on lucrative residential

real estate investment options in India. Because of the recent res-olution of the political quagmire there, Hyderabad – specificallythe IT-centric pockets there - will attract a lot of investor interest.This city is now suddenly in a growth phase, and it presents theideal investment scenario of relatively low entry points withextremely promising growth potential. Bangalore, Chennai andPune also provide interesting investment options, as these citieshave seen sustained inflows from NRIs.

Anand Birai

After a long rally, debt funds have begunlosing shine with returns falling. In July,

the returns plummeted 6.5% which is theworst performance by debt funds in aboutfour years. This was after the governmentbond yields surged over 80 basis points dur-ing the period. In July the Reserve Bank ofIndia took a raft of measures to prevent therupee from falling against the dollar, whichimpacted debt markets. The medium andlong-term bond and gilt funds were theworst hit, which are ironically consideredless risky among investment asset classes.The pressure on bond yields is expected to

continue for some time till the rupee stabilisesagainst the dollar. In the near term, investorsmay expect bond funds to under performfixed-rate instruments. There's a tight liquidi-ty condition in themarket,which is driving therates of short-term papers higher.The yield on benchmark 10-year bonds

(7.16%, 2023) rose over 80 basis points toaround 8.25% from 7.45% at July beginning.The 10-year bond yield is now at levels lastseen in December 2012.The trailing 1-year returns of most debt

mutual funds have come crashing to around8-10% levels from 13-15% at May end. Bondyields and return on debt funds move inopposite directions: as bond yield rises,return falls, and when yield falls, return rises.The policy changes by the central bank

have hurt bond yields across the board, andthis has impacted the net asset value (NAV) ofbond funds severely. A reversal of policymeasures and liquidity improvement canonly normalise the situation in bondmarkets.Bond yields also rose in June, as the sharp

depreciation of the rupee against the dollarhalted the bond market party. The currency

depreciated over 10% in the April-June quar-ter. The rupee closed at 61.17 to a dollar, nearits all-time low, on lastWednesday.Foreign funds were selling in debt markets

since mid-May, which added to the pressureon the rupee. And if the currency falls fur-ther, then monetary authorities may consid-er hiking the cash reserve ratio (CRR) from4% to drain out liquidity.The long-term bond and gilt funds saw

assets under management (AUM) doublingin six months to 1,00,000 crore at the end ofJune - from 49,000 crore - as investorsexpected aggressive interest rate cuts by theRBI in 2013. The assets under management(AUM) of debt and money market schemesare around 6 lakh crore, and represent 75%of the total AUM of the industry.Heads of asset management companies

fear redemption pressure from banks andcorporates, and slowdown in business due topoor performance by debt funds. The exter-nal global situation can also impact Indianmarkets. Fund managers say if the current

account deficit (CAD) does not come underthe desired limit, then RBI may find it toughto roll back the liquidity squeezing measuresany time soon.

MUTUAL FUND UPDATEDeutsche MF changes exit load structureDeutsche MF has announced to revise exitload structure under Deutsche ShortMaturity Fund with effect from August 14.Accordingly, an exit load of 0.75% will becharged if units are redeemed or switchedout within 6 months from the date of allot-ment. The revision in load structures will beapplicable on prospective basis.

Principal MF announces change in exitload structurePrincipal MF has announced change in exitload under Principal Debt Savings Fund –Retail Plan and Principal Retail Equity SavingsFund with effect from August 13. Accordingly,the revised exit load will be 1% if units are

redeemedor switched outwithin 30 days fromthe date of allotment for both the schemes.

Assets of MF Industry declines by 6.2% inJuly on M-o-M basisAccording to data from the Association ofMFs in India, the MF industry witnessed a6.2% fall in total assets under managementfromRs. 8,11,481 crore in June to Rs. 7,60,833crore in July. This was mainly due to hugeoutflows from income and liquid funds.

L&T MF changes exit load structureL&T MF has announced to revise exit loadstructure under L&T Triple Ace Bond Fundwith effect from August 12. Accordingly, anexit load of 1.5% will be charged if units areredeemed or switched out within 9 monthsfrom the date of allotment and nil otherwise.

Edelweiss MF announces change in fundmanagement responsibilitiesEdelweiss MF has announced change infund management responsibilities for cer-tain schemes, with effect from August 07.Accordingly, Bhavesh Jain has been appoint-ed as the Assistant Fund manager- Equity, tomanage Edelweiss Absolute Return Fund,Edelweiss Diversified Growth Equity Top 100Fund, Edelweiss ELSS Fund, Edelweiss SelectMidcap Fund and Edelweiss EquityEnhancer Fund along with Paul Parampreet .

Principal MF announces changes forPrincipal Retail Money Manager FundPrincipal MF has announced to change themaximum application and redemptionamount in Principal Retail Money ManagerFund. Accordingly, the cap on investmentamount has been revised to amaximumof Rs.15 lakhona single day for both- newandexist-ing investors with effect from September 6.


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Last week as expected Spot Rupee contin-ued to trade weak and breached the pre-

vious all time low to trade at 62.00 levels,which was a new all time low. Mainly takingcues from local equities, which traded weakand closed down by more than 4% on the lasttrading day. The biggest percentage fall forNifty since 22nd Sept 2011 and for the Sensexwhich dropped by 800 points for the 1st timesince 22nd Sept 2009 as FIIs took exit fromthe markets on fears that Federal Reserve'sstimulus programme will end soon.Measures taken by the regulators to support

Rupee has failed miserably as most of thetime RBI intervened in a small way whichwas not strong enough to restrict the curren-cy movement as a result investors lost theirconfidence in the Rupee. The trading rangefor the Spot USD/INR pair is expected to bewithin 61.10 to 62.10. It is recommended to be cautious and

Buy USD/INR Futures on dips with theappropriate stop loss as Rupee is expectedto depreciate against dollar. Pivot Point forthe Pair is at 61.55. The negative sentiment of the investors

has hammered the rupee and it is expectedto trade near 63.00 levels in the comingdays as India's own record high currentaccount deficit and weak fundamentalswill further weaken the rupee. The ReserveBank of India last Wednesday, had cappedthe limit of individuals and companiesinvestment abroad, by taking these steppolicymakers has curbed the amount of

money going out of India but the confi-dence of foreign investors may also fallshort as it will raise the fears of outrightcapital control. A slowdown in monetary stimulus could

be positive for the dollar, particularly if itleads to a further rise in Treasury yields asthe government scales back bond purchases.Higher yields make dollar-denominated

assets more attractive. The dollar, however,failed to gain much traction this week.Unfortunately the mixed economic reportsare only adding to the question of whetherthe Fed is making the right move by planningto taper asset purchases this year. Gold for December delivery added 0.3% to

$1,365 an ounce on the Comex in New York.Prices reached $1,372.30, the highest sinceJune 19, and are up 4% this week. In spotmarket, gold prices hovered at $1364 anounce on last Friday. Oil markets were steady with Brent crude,

consolidating after a week of strong gains asturmoil in Egypt and Libya stoked worriesover the security of supplies from theMiddle East and North Africa. Concernsthat violence in Egypt could affect the SuezCanal, conduit for up to 3 million barrelsper day of oil and a vital seaway for bulkcarriers, helped drive Brent to a four-monthhigh last week.

PRAMITBRAHMBHATTis CEO of AlpariFinancialServices(India)

« FOREX Rupee Expected To Decline Further

Debt Funds Losing Steam

BEST PERFORMING FUNDS

Scheme Name Category 1M% 6M% 1Y% 3Y%ICICI Prudential Service Industries Fund-G Equity 4.93 16.71 34.64 8.58Templeton India Ultra Short Bond Fund-Super IP-G Debt 0.36 4.41 9.17 9.27Peerless Liquid Fund-Super IP-G Liquid 0.67 4.32 8.97 9.09Religare Invesco Gilt Fund-Short Duration Plan-G Gilt 2.2 4.68 13.65 8.4SBI Magnum Balanced Fund Balanced -3.56 -2.23 12.12 2.65Returns for less than one year are absolute returns and returns for more than one year are compoundannualised. NAV as on August 14, 2013.

IT is a known fact that colour works wonders in manyaspects of life. It does so in films, at home, duringfestivals and also in brands. Colour has a strongimpact on our heart and mind and influences us tochoose a brand or a variant of a brand or reject abrand or a variant of a brand.Different moods and qualities are associated with

different colours. Whether it is for packaging oringredients or the product or service itself. It couldbe a brand of Airlines or a brand of soap or choco-late or a brand of hotels, colour does give a brand

personality to the brand.If it is white it may reflect purity and

red may reflect aggression. Blue mayrepresent tranquility and black may beseen as bold.Recently the campaign of a mobile

phone in the mobile services categoryuses colours in a very vibrant and excit-ing manner, taking the brand to a higherlevel of interaction with the consumers. It reflectsthe sentiment of colours being sprinkled with words,because of the mobile service provided. It is anoticeable campaign and memorable.Coke and Pepsi, Cadbury and Nestle, have a dis-

tinct personality as brands and one of the major rea-sons is the use of colours to establish a distinctidentity. Even while participating in an advertisingcampaign or a promotional campaign, colour codingof the dress code of the models, brings out thecolour association with the brand.Brand Colour is a vital weapon to recollect the

brand attributes, check its authenticity, build recalland create likeability. Brand Colour also creates acompetitive edge which distinguishes your brand

from oth-ers on the shelf. Itis also important to understand the behaviour of dif-ferent cultures towards colours of your brand. Somecolours are considered auspicious and others inaus-picious.Many brand campaigns build up their sales

through strategic use of colours in their brandevents. Others do it in their collateral, brochures andpoint of sale material. Colour is used effectively onletterheads, envelopes and also company signages.Ultimately brand colour moves the brand towardsprogress, whether it be a corporate brand like TATA,GODREJ, or a product brand like Nokia, Samsung or

Sony.Brand Colour is an exciting

colour to project the benefits ofthe brand. It reflects the way thebrand would communicate with theconsumer if it was a person. Therewas a scope to define the expecta-tions of the consumers, throughBrand colours.Since products are displayed on

the shelves of stores, it is important tochoose colours which do not get dirty. Further thecolour of ingredients also needs to be chosen well.They would give positive or negative signals.A change of colour to move it to a higher positive

level is of the Bisleri bottle from blue to green, get-ting it closer to nature.Brand Colour is an important weapon. Use it

strategically and in a wise manner.

Colour Your Brand To Win

16 17Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI | MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013

THE FM has promised to bring down CAD to 3.7%of GDP, while promising to better fiscal deficit.These two are “my red lines”, as quoted by him,and he did that last year also. In the last year hehad bettered his promises on red lines. Someannouncements have been made and some areyet to be made -Too slow in taking what seemedto be obvious decisions. The non essential itemsimport duty is expected on smart-phones andluxury goods, which will not hurt the commonman, but is yet to come, to further reduce CAD.Too obvious and slow again!Quick decisions help change sentiment, which

will help stabilize the rupee. But long-term meas-ures are also needed to be quick too, to changesentiments. And that seems to be lackingIt is encouraging that exports have risen in the

latest figures released. But it is sad to know thatMaruti & Hyundai’s car exports to Algeria havebeen hit due to norms being tweaked by Algeria,which is a big market for both these companies.It will take both Maruti & Hyundai a few monthsto adjust to the new norms.Hero Moto Corp has also announced recently,

that it will export to 50 countries and set up 10new factories outside India. But this will take afew years. The government needs to incentivizethem to do it faster.

How Mahindra Tractors Inc is beating JohnDeere in the US.M&M started exporting mini tractors - 22 to 100Hp range - to private Ranches in US in 2010.They had to make tractors more comfortable byputting A/C cabins and auto gears. An M&M trac-tor today costs between 12,000 dollars to50,000 dollars, in the US, depending on the size.John Deere, which makes 250 Hp and above,was skeptical about M&M targeting a niche mar-ket, but in just 3 years M&M has a market shareof 10% in the US, compared to John Deere’s35%.M&M is already the world’s largest tractor

manufacturer, with a 45% market share in India,and, after having bought a controlling stake in alarge Chinese tractor company, 3 years ago, itbecame number one in the world then.As far as SUVs are concerned, it is well

entrenched in South Africa since about 15 years.Three years ago when I visited Johannesburg,Durban and Pretoria, the largest auto showroomswere of M&M, followed by Mercedes, which weremuch smaller.Now M&M has taken over Ssangyong of South

Korea, a popular SUV maker, which was lossmaking. M&M paid 900 million dollars for thetake over and has just begun making profits inSouth Korea this quarter.We need, as a country, to incentivize engineer-

ing and hi tech defense exports. We can’t justremain a textile or a gems and jewelleryexporters. Autos and defense have high marginsand high value. Within a matter of a few years wecan be a Current Account Surplus country, whichwe were 10 years ago, rather than a hugeCurrent Account Deficit country, which weare today.

ROOPKARNANIis a SeniorJournalist,Author andIndustry Analyst

« STRAIGHT TALK

JAGDEEPKAPOORis CMD of SamsikaMarketing Consultancy

Government TooSlow On CAD

By Charlene Martins

Warren Buffet is the world’s most successfulinvestor who started with nothing andmade billion – dollar fortunes solely by

investing. Today the self made 83 year old Omaha,Nebraska based Warren Buffet is the fourth richestperson in the world with a net worth of $ 53.5 bil-lion (Rs 3,21,000 crores).What is the secret of Warren Buffet’s spectacular

success? How has he managed to so consistentlybeat all the major indices and so regularly come upa market winner?Here are some insights on theWarren Buffet wayWhen Warren Buffet began his investment part-

nership in 1956, his father counseled him to waitbefore making any purchases. Instead, despite thegeneral market level, he began investing in part-nership funds. Even at his young age, he quicklygrasped the difference between purchasing indi-vidual stocks and speculating about the directionof the market. Whereas purchasing companiesrequires certain accounting and mathematicalskills, managing market fluctuations requiresinvestors to master their emotions. Throughout hiscareer, Buffet has been able to disengage himselffrom the emotional forces of the stock market.Despite computer programs, it is still people

who make the markets. Because emotions arestronger than reason, fear and greed move stockprices above and below a company’s intrinsicvalue. Investor sentiment has a more pronouncedimpact on stock prices than a company’s funda-mentals. When people are greedy or scared,Buffet says they often will buy or sell a stock atthrowaway prices. Buffet recognized earlythat the long term value of his stock hold-ings was determined by the economicprogress of the business and not daily mar-ket quotations. Over the long term stockprices have a remarkable relationship tothe underlying economic values of thebusiness. As a company’s economic valueincreases over time so will the price ofshares. If on the other hand the companyfalters, the stock price will reflect this. Ofcourse, over shorter periods, Buffetlearned that the price of stocks willmove above or below its businessvalue dependent more on emo-tions than economics.Ben Graham taught Buffet

that the basic differencebetween investors and specu-lators lies in their attitudestowards stock pricing. Thespeculator tries to anticipateand profit from pricechanges. On the contrary, theinvestor seeks only toacquire companies at rea-sonable prices. Graham fig-ured that an investor’s worstenemy was not the stock marketbut one self. Despite superior abil-ities in mathematics, finance andaccounting, individuals who couldnot master their emotions were illsuited to profit from the investmentprocess.Buffet cannot predict short term market

movements and does not believe that any-one else can. He has long felt that the onlyvalue of stock forecasters is to make fortunetellers look good.Of course the stock markets can endure

long periods of over and undervaluation

but cannot continue to outperform their businessfundamentals indefinitely.The future is never clear and second you pay a

very high price for cherry consensus. To earn supe-rior profits, individuals are required to carefullyevaluate a company’s economic fundamentals.Embracing the latest investment style or fad can-not guarantee success.For the general health of the capital markets,

what is needed, according to Buffet is long terminvestors who seek out long term prospects andinvest accordingly.Buffet believes that investors must be financially

and psychology prepared to deal with the markets'volatility. Investors should expect their stocks tofluctuate. Buffet believes that unless you can watchyour holdings decline by 50% without becomingpanic stricken you should not be in the stock mar-ket.The most common cause of low prices is pes-

simism – sometimes pervasive, sometimes specificto a company or industry. Buffet states that wewant do business in such an environment, notbecause we like pessimism but because we like theprices, it produces. It is optimism that is the enemyof the rational buyer.Buffet finds it odd that investors habitually dis-

like markets that are in their best interests andfavor those markets that continually put them at adisadvantage. Unwittingly investors dislike owningstocks when prices are going down and warm tothose stocks whose prices are increasing. Of courseselling at lower prices and buying at higher pricesis not profitable. According to Buffet, if you

expect to continue to purchase stocksthroughout your life, you should welcomeprice declines as a way to add stock morecheaply to your portfolio.

Logically an investor would be betteroff if there was one big bear marketduring the purchasing period of theirlives and one glorious bull market shortlybefore they planned to sell. Buffet pointsout that investors show no confusion about

food prices, knowing that they are going topurchase food forever they enjoy lower prices

and despise price increases. According to Buffet,as long you feel good

about the businessyou own, youshouldwelcomelower pricesas a way toprofitablyincrease yourholdings.

Buffett GyanBy Dominic Rebello

Post 2008, Indian companiesdoing business in Europeare now redefining their

operational philosophy to copeup with number of challengesthese economies are springingfor them. From rising publicdebt, increased unemploymentto reduced consumption anddrop in disposable incomes,number of factors has directlyimpacted the bottom lines ofIndian companies.But despite the gradual slow-

down in India-Europe trade andeconomic relations, the regionstill remains India’s largest trad-ing partner. Most encouragingly,for first time in three years, saysFicci “Indian companies havebegun to express optimism. Thisis indicative of the fact that theyhave successfully been able to re-position and or re-align theiroperational capabilities in one ofthe most demanding and organ-ized markets in the world.”Infact, a number of companies

surveyed by Ficci, have indicatedthat despite the slowdown, theyhave been able to grow and cre-ate a niche for their productsthere. More so, there has been amarked rise in number of com-panies who have successfullybeen able to reduce their losseswhile doing business in theregion.

The current economic situa-tion, though resulting in numberof procedural and regulatoryobstacles for Indian companiesto expand and or do business inthe continent, is still providingneeded returns on the invest-ments made.In the initial years of liberaliza-

tion, Indian companies focusedon increasing exports, gettinginto joint ventures or technologytransfer agreements with foreigncompanies to make their pres-ence felt in global markets. Inrecent years, Corporate India has

steadily moved towards buildingglobally competitive enterprises.Healthy performance at home,the desire to venture abroad cou-pled with liberal policies on out-ward investments, served as acatalyst to establish a footprintglobally and expedited theprocess of Indian companiesentering foreignmarkets throughthe acquisition route.Despite the slowdown, Indian

entrepreneurial zeal is lookingtowards transforming adverseeconomic situation to its advan-tage. This has resulted in ever

increasing interactions and jointventures with the European com-panies. SMEs sector in India hasalso played a pivotal role in forg-ing new business alliances withEuropean companies. It has beendone to get needed technologiesand operational expertise tobecome globally competitive.The skill upgrades and devel-

opment has only added momen-tum to the growing synergiesbetween Indian and Europeanenterprises.In this backdrop, the current

economic crisis has far deeperramifications on the businessinterests of Indian companies.This includes, holding on to theircurrent level of businesses, fur-thering their footprint across theregion, seeking amore pliant pol-icy framework from respectiveEuropean economies to ease theprocess of doing business thereand seeking easy movement ofhuman resources to finish theexisting projects and or under-taking the new ones in the com-ing times.The ongoing negotiations to

sign an equitable and balancedFTA between India and the EUare also closely monitored byIndian industry. However, theissue of visas and movement ofprofessionals in the EU stillremains one of the most con-tentious concern areas for Indiancompanies.

Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved.Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at [email protected]

Is The Worst Phase Over For IndianCompanies Doing Business In Europe?For the first time in 3 years, the ‘feel good’ factor is returning amongst Indian companies doing business in Europe, finds a FICCI Survey

FICCI conducted a survey amongst Indian companies doingbusiness and or have invested in Europe in the past toassess whether the worst in terms of gloomy European eco-nomic scenario having direct bearings on Indian companies’bottom lines was over or not. These are the findings…

� Despite the ongoing gloomy economic scenario in Greece, Spain, Italy andmore recently, recessions setting in major economies like France, Indiancompanies have overwhelmingly expressed optimism that the worst is overfor them while engaging the region commercially.

� From the last year when over 75% of the companies had responded that theongoing crisis had resulted in their business prospects in the region beingadversely impacted, over 50% companies surveyed noted that even whenthe markets were going into a slowdown mode, they, have been able to reg-ister growth in their product(s) category.

� The concern point is that over 60% of the surveyed companies who reporteddecline in their business prospects, have quoted a loss of 20% or more interms of business generation from the European region. 18% respondentsreported a decline of 5-10% in their businesses.

� Half of the surveyed companies expected the current economic situationwould improve in the coming 1-2 years time.

� Encouragingly, 30% respondents expressed optimism that the economic sit-uation in the European Union would begin to look up in a year’s time.

� To keep their balance sheets stable, over 50% of the Indian companies sur-veyed have already begun to diversify their markets within Europe. This is instark contrast to last year’s survey as over 40% of these companies have ini-tiated efforts to make inroads into Central and East Europeanmarkets. 60%of these companies are primarily focusing on greener pastures in Africancountries, Middle East, South Asia and even in North America.

� Over 20% respondents have pointed out that during the current economicturmoil, rather than facilitating foreign investments and businesses, therespective European Governments have made its processes more stringentin obtaining and renewing long-term visas, work permits, family and depend-ent visas and overall ease of doing business in the region. Of these, there wasunanimity that getting a business visa remained the most worrying issue forthem to effectively engage the European economies.

� 10% of the respondents suggested that Indian government could favorablylook at providing subsidies and lower duties for promoting India-EU trade.

F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR AUGUST 19-23, 2013

ABIRLANUVO 1209 1216 1275 1334 1157 1098ACC 1157 1168 1201 1235 1135 1101ADANIENT 160 164 176 188 152 140ADANIPORTS 142 144 147 150 140 137ADANIPOWER 33 34 37 40 31 29ALBK 69 71 76 82 65 60AMBUJACEM 170 172 179 186 166 159ANDHRABANK 56 57 61 65 53 49APOLLOTYRE 65 65 67 70 62 60ARVIND 70 71 73 76 69 66ASHOKLEY 13 13 14 15 12 12ASIANPAINT 417 425 449 473 401 378AUROPHARMA 186 186 196 206 177 167AXISBANK 1048 1081 1182 1283 980 879BAJAJ-AUTO 1852 1862 1966 2070 1758 1654BANKBARODA 480 495 539 583 450 406BANKINDIA 163 169 187 204 151 133BANKNIFTY 9451 9647 10236 10825 9058 8469BATAINDIA 880 895 940 984 851 806BHARATFORG 222 226 236 247 215 205BHARTIARTL 336 340 352 365 327 315BHEL 106 111 126 142 96 81BIOCON 337 340 350 359 331 322BPCL 291 293 314 334 273 253CAIRN 302 304 315 326 293 282CANBK 225 233 260 287 207 180CENTURYTEX 213 219 237 254 202 184CESC 297 305 331 357 279 253CHAMBLFERT 34 34 37 40 32 29CIPLA 415 419 429 440 408 397CNXIT 7779 7830 7982 8134 7678 7526COALINDIA 259 264 281 297 247 231COLPAL 1318 1331 1371 1411 1291 1251CROMPGREAV 85 87 92 97 81 76DABUR 170 170 176 183 164 158DENABANK 46 47 51 54 44 40DISHTV 46 47 50 53 44 41DIVISLAB 994 1001 1020 1039 982 962DLF 144 147 167 187 127 107DRREDDY 2165 2191 2269 2347 2113 2035EXIDEIND 131 131 137 144 124 117FEDERALBNK 311 321 353 386 289 257FINANTECH 150 156 179 203 132 109FRL 80 84 96 107 72 60GAIL 298 306 327 349 284 262GMRINFRA 13 13 14 14 12 12GODREJIND 249 250 262 274 239 227GRASIM 2315 2355 2474 2593 2235 2116GSPL 54 55 60 65 50 45HAVELLS 605 616 650 684 582 548HCLTECH 920 928 953 977 904 879HDFC 739 757 812 867 703 648HDFCBANK 589 600 633 666 567 534HDIL 31 31 34 36 29 27HEROMOTOCO 1965 1942 2011 2079 1874 1805HEXAWARE 122 122 124 126 120 118HINDALCO 93 95 101 108 88 81HINDPETRO 182 186 196 206 175 165HINDUNILVR 600 608 632 656 584 559HINDZINC 102 103 109 114 98 93IBREALEST 57 60 66 73 53 46ICICIBANK 860 876 923 971 828 780IDBI 54 55 60 64 51 46IDEA 172 170 180 190 160 150IDFC 107 109 115 121 103 97IFCI 20 21 23 24 19 18IGL 256 260 272 284 248 237INDHOTEL 42 43 45 47 41 39INDIACEM 46 46 51 55 42 38INDUSINDBK 353 364 398 431 331 298INFY 2984 3018 3121 3224 2915 2812IOB 39 40 42 45 38 35IOC 204 203 217 232 189 174IRB 68 70 76 82 64 59ITC 321 326 342 358 310 294JINDALSTEL 214 218 233 247 204 190JISLJALEQS 50 52 56 61 47 42

CCoommppaannyy CClloossee PPPP RR11 RR22 SS11 SS22 CCoommppaannyy CClloossee PPPP RR11 RR22 SS11 SS22

Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal AnalysisPP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.

NTPC 140 141 147 153 135 129OFSS 2909 2934 3009 3085 2858 2783ONGC 272 278 295 313 260 243OPTOCIRCUI 25 25 28 31 22 19ORIENTBANK 130 135 151 167 119 103PETRONET 124 124 133 142 115 106PFC 112 115 124 133 106 96PNB 499 514 557 600 470 427POWERGRID 97 97 99 101 94 92PTC 43 44 47 51 40 37PUNJLLOYD 23 24 27 30 21 18RANBAXY 381 384 415 445 353 323RAYMOND 193 203 234 266 172 140RCOM 119 124 139 155 108 93RECLTD 171 172 181 189 164 155RELCAPITAL 312 322 351 380 293 264RELIANCE 828 841 880 919 802 763RELINFRA 326 337 370 403 304 271RENUKA 15 16 17 18 14 13RPOWER 69 71 79 86 64 57SAIL 40 41 46 51 37 32SBIN 1568 1589 1651 1713 1527 1465SESAGOA 128 132 142 152 122 112SIEMENS 430 439 467 494 412 384SINTEX 22 23 25 28 20 17SRTRANSFIN 621 628 649 670 607 585STER 76 78 84 89 72 66SUNPHARMA 543 546 554 563 538 529SUNTV 387 400 442 483 359 318SYNDIBANK 67 68 73 77 64 60TATACHEM 249 252 262 272 242 232TATACOMM 160 158 173 187 144 130TATAGLOBAL 141 143 151 159 135 128TATAMOTORS 314 305 342 379 268 231TATAMTRDVR 146 142 160 178 125 107TATAPOWER 73 75 80 85 70 65TATASTEEL 235 240 256 272 224 208TCS 1779 1794 1841 1887 1748 1702TECHM 1326 1311 1372 1433 1251 1190TITAN 241 252 286 320 219 185UCOBANK 54 55 59 63 51 47ULTRACEMCO 1676 1693 1742 1790 1644 1595UNIONBANK 113 116 124 133 107 98UNIPHOS 144 147 155 164 138 130UNITECH 17 17 19 21 15 13VIJAYABANK 36 37 39 42 35 32VOLTAS 70 72 79 86 65 59WIPRO 459 462 474 487 449 436YESBANK 259 277 329 382 224 172ZEEL 249 251 267 282 236 220

JPASSOCIAT 30 31 35 39 27 23JPPOWER 11 11 13 15 10 8JSWSTEEL 488 504 554 603 455 406JUBLFOOD 1055 1059 1070 1080 1048 1038KOTAKBANK 629 640 675 709 606 572KTKBANK 74 76 82 89 70 63LICHSGFIN 170 174 186 198 162 150LT 754 771 822 873 720 669LUPIN 818 828 859 890 797 767M&M 842 853 885 917 821 789MARUTI 1325 1350 1425 1499 1275 1200MCDOWELL-N 2238 2298 2477 2657 2119 1939MCLEODRUSS 264 270 286 303 253 237MRF 13407 13677 14486 15294 12868 12059NFTYMCAP50 1840 1849 1875 1900 1823 1798NHPC 16 17 17 17 16 16NIFTY 5505 5586 5829 6073 5343 5100NMDC 109 111 117 123 105 99


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REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:The Nifty fell substantially on Friday (August 16, 2013) anet 234.45 points (4.08%) and closed at the 5507 pointlevel. The market opened down with a gap at the 5705points level. It then rose by a few points and registeredthe day’s high at the 5716 points level at 9.16 a.m. Theindex then declined sharply and turned into a rangebound movement until 3.00 p.m. It then declined furtherand registered the day’s low at the 5496 points level at3.22 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movementuntil closing at the day. The Nifty remained below its pre-vious close throughout the session, moved in a range of221 points and managed to close just above the psycho-logically important 5500 points level. Sentiment wasextremely bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 47were losers, while just 3 stocks closed in the green. Allthe sectoral indices closed in the red. Substantial sellingwas witnessed in consumer durables, realty, metal andbanking stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 1.19%. Thischange is small and indicates a moderate participationby investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSEwas negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 260 weregainers, 1077 were losers and 66 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow StochasticOscillator has declined in the neutral zone.The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above theslow D line (positive if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI fell and crossed below the 40level and is now declining (negative if it continues).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero and is declin-ing (negative if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average(negative).ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the–DI line and both lines are diverging (negative if it contin-ues). The ADX is flat while the Market Index is falling. Nosignal here.

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS)The index: Has crossed below its 5-day average (at5625) Negative.Has crossed below its 15-day average (at 5693)Negative.Is below its 25-day average (at 5818) Negative.Is below its 200-day average (at 5851) Negative.All the four averages are negatively trended. Negative.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicatorsand oscillators discussed here are indicating a weakmarket with a negative bias.Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediatemain support is at the 5476 points level.The next support is at the 5359 points level.Resistance LevelsThe immediate main resistance is at the 5776 pointslevel. The next resistance is at the 5894 points level.Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the supportand resistance levels are calculated according to thepivot point theory and are:Pivot point = 5574 (This is thelevel where the trend is likely tochange during intra-day).Support (1) = 5430.Support (2) = 5353.Resistance (1) = 5651.Resistance (2) = 5794.


OUTLOOK FOR TODAY:OOnn JJaappaanneessee ccaannddlleessttiicckk ppaatttteerrnnss tthhee iinnddeexx hhaass ffoorrmmeedd aalloonngg bbllaacckk bbooddyy ccaannddllee oonn hhiigghheerr vvoolluummeess.. IInn ffaaccttyyeesstteerrddaayy’’ss ccaannddllee iiss aallmmoosstt lliikkee aa BBllaacckk MMaarruubboozzuu ccaannddllee..((AA BBllaacckk MMaarruubboozzuu ffoorrmmss wwhheenn tthhee ooppeenn eeqquuaallss tthhee hhiigghhaanndd tthhee cclloossee eeqquuaallss tthhee llooww)).. TThhiiss iiss nneeggaattiivvee.. FFuurrtthheerr,, tthheeiinnddeexx hhaass ccrroosssseedd bbeellooww iittss 55 aanndd 1155 ddaayyss mmoovviinngg aavveerraaggeessiinn aa ssiinnggllee sseessssiioonn.. TThhee iinnddeexx iiss nnooww bbeellooww iittss 55,, 1155,, 2255 aanndd220000 ddaayyss mmoovviinngg aavveerraaggeess aanndd aallll tthhee ffoouurr aavveerraaggee aarreeddeecclliinniinngg aanndd aallssoo nneeggaattiivveellyy ttrreennddeedd.. AA bbeeaarriisshh hhooookkffoorrmmaattiioonn iiss vviissiibbllee oonn tthhee 55 ddaayy mmoovviinngg aavveerraaggee.. TThheevveelloocciittyy ppaarraammeetteerrss ttoooo hhaavvee ttuurrnneedd nneeggaattiivvee.. AAllll tthheesseeiinnddiiccaattee aa nneeggaattiivvee bbiiaass aanndd tthhee ppoossssiibbiilliittyy ooff aa ffuurrtthheerrddeecclliinnee uunnffoollddiinngg.. IInncciiddeennttaallllyy,, tthhee iinnddeexx iiss aapppprrooaacchhiinngg aammaajjoorr ssuuppppoorrtt lleevveell aatt tthhee 55447766 ppooiinnttss lleevveell.. TThheerree iiss aappoossssiibbiilliittyy tthhaatt tthhee iinnddeexx ccoouulldd ffiinndd ssoommee ssuuppppoorrtt aannddrreevveerrssee ffrroomm tthheerree.. HHoowweevveerr,, iiff iitt ddeecclliinneess bbeellooww iitt,, tthheenn aaffuurrtthheerr ddeecclliinnee ccoouulldd bbee eexxppeecctteedd.. IInnvveessttoorrss aarree aaddvviisseedd ttooaavvooiidd bbuuyyiinngg aatt pprreesseenntt lleevveellss..

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NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (August 19, 2013) By Dominic Rebello

Markets Crash

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— Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

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ICICI DIRECT CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON TATA STEEL CMP: `235 Target `285

Tata Steel reported a healthy set of Q1FY14 numbers driven by higherrealisations QoQ coupled with better-than-expected sales volumes fromIndian operations. European operations also reported a robust operationalperformance supported by higher contractual realisations sequentially,which led to positive surprise on the margins front for Tata Steel Europe(TSE). Tata Steel India reported quarterly steel sales volume of 2 milliontonne (MT) while EBITDA/tonne came in at `14172/tonne (I-direct esti-mate: 1.9 MT, `14035/tonne). The positive surprise came in fromEuropean operations wherein the company reported EBITDA/tonne of`2475/tonne (US$44/tonne) sharply higher than our estimate of `280/tonne (US$5/tonne). During the quarter, the total operating incomestood at `32804.8 crore, lower by 3.0% YoY & 5.3% QoQ. The EBITDA mar-gin during the quarter stood at 11.2% while the consequent EBITDA stoodat `3688 crore (I-direct estimate: 9.1%, 2949.4 crore). On the back ofdeferred tax credit (`415.2 crore) on its overseas subsidiaries the conse-quent PAT came in at `1139 crore. Improving operational efficiencies atTSE bode well for the company. However, its sustenance, going forward,will be the key parameter to look out for. We also believe Tata Steel Indiawill steadily increase its contribution towards the company’s profitability atthe consolidated level, going forward. We continue to maintain BUY ratingon the stock with a target price of `285. On a consolidated basis, the Tata Steel group’s deliveries stood at 6.08MT. In Q1FY14, Tata Steel India posted EBITDA of `2834 crore (EBITDAmargin of 30%) while Tata Steel Europe reported an EBITDA of `777 crore.Tata Steel India to drive growth, Tata Steel Europe to consolidate: Thecompany is witnessing a significant shift in its business composition

wherein notable capacity expansion is being car-ried out in the high margin domestic business seg-ment. At TSE, the company completed upgradationof two key facilities in Q4FY13, which resulted inimproved performance in Q1FY14. We have revisedupward our TSE EBITDA/tonne assumptions forFY14E from US$15/tonne to US$20/tonne. Wecontinue to maintain BUY rating on the stock witha target price of `285.

ANGEL BROKING CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON M&MCMP: `855 Target `1,011Mahindra and Mahindra (MM) reported a mixed performance for1QFY2014. The operating performance was slightly lower than our expec-tations due to sequential decline of 3.7% in net average realization.However, the bottom-line at `938cr was ahead of our estimates of `850cr,driven by a sharp increase in other income aided by maiden dividend of`70cr from Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd (MVML). The overallresults were driven by an impressive performance of the farm equipmentsegment (FES) following strong growth in tractor volumes (up 25.2% yoy)even though the automotive segment (AS) posted muted results. We lowerour volume assumptions for the AS due to downward revision in utilityvehicle (UV) volumes. We now expect UV volumes to decline 6% yoy inFY2014 against a growth of 6% assumed earlier. We retain our positiveview on MM given its diversified business which we believe will help thecompany to face the macroeconomic challenges better than its competi-tors. We maintain our Buy rating on the stock.Strong growth in FES offsets slowdown in AS: The top-line registered a 7%yoy growth (down 4.4% qoq) to `10,023cr led by 6.4% yoy (down 0.7%qoq) growth in volumes and 0.6% yoy growth in net average realization.The volume growth was driven by an extremely strong growth in tractor vol-umes on anticipation of a normal monsoon. AS volumes however,remained flat as UV sales witnessed a sharp slowdown following anincrease in excise duty and also due to increase in competition.The EBIT-DA margin expanded 100bp yoy (74bp qoq) to 12.8%, marginally betterthan our expectation of 12.5%. This was on account of softening of com-modity prices, cost control measures, lower share of traded goods follow-ing decline in AS volumes and also due to greater share of tractors (37.7%as against 25% yoy) in the product-mix.

Outlook and valuation: At `871, MM is trading at 13x FY2015E earn-ings. We maintain our Buy rating on the stock with an SOTP based targetprice of `1,011.


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years and several awards underhis belt, Page –A1 is actuallyaimed at thosewho are either newentrants to the profession or stu-dents who cannot make up theirminds about whether they wantto be part of this 21st century jug-gernaut called media. A truly“portmanteau” word that com-prises a host of jobs, both tradi-tional and completelynon-traditional, it attracts mil-lions of youngsters all over theworld each year, eager to be a partof a vocational universe that ischanging the planet as I write this.Constantly evolving withchameleon-like speed to adjust toinformation technology, it de-mands a like ability to change inits adherents. That is why there isnever a dullmoment to thosewhochoose to enter. It is also the rea-son for much burnout, but that’sanother story!For the purpose of this book,

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier 23TV TATTLES

By Sandeep Hattangadi

The beautiful GautamiKapoor has been

missing from actionand away from thelights for a whilenow. She had takentime away from hertelevision career ongetting married to popularactor Ram Kapoor. Looks likeacting has called her yet againand Gautami will now be seen inZee TV’s show ‘Khelti Hai ZindagiAankh Michauli’. Produced byZee’s very own in-houseproduction arm Essel Vision, theshow tells the story of Ami, anaverage adolescent girl-not thebrightest student, not a champion

at sports, no special talents toboast of. Far from perfect, she

is unpredictable,inconsistent and oftenmisunderstood.Naturally, all hell brokeloose for Ami when shelost him two years ago!Gautami Kapoor

confirmed the news,saying, “I have been signed

on to play the role of Shruti, themother of Ami. The show tells avery touching story of a girlfinding her path in life once herfather, the only man who trulyunderstood her, passes away. Iliked the way Shruti’s relationshipwith Ami has been layered and thetreatment the show has beengiven”. Welcome back Gautami!

Gautami Gadgil Kapoor returns!

By Sandeep Hattangadi

Aanchal Munjal hasentered popular

TV show ‘BadeAchhe Lagte Hain’as a grown-up Pihuand the 16-year-oldis nervous andhopes she too getsthe same love and af-fection from the viewersthat Amrita Mukherjee re-ceived as the younger Pihu.The show, produced by EktaKapoor's Balaji Telefilms, hastaken an eight-year leap andAmrita, who played five-plusPihu, has been replaced byAanchal. “I am feeling very

nervous because youngerPihu (AmritaMukherjee) was

loved a lot. The audienceloves her (even now)”,Aanchal says on theset of the show‘Bade Achhe LagteHain’.“I hope that theyalso accept this Pihu

(me) and love her asmuch as they loved the

younger Pihu”, she added.Aanchal, earlier seen as Raaviin ‘Parvaarsih-Kuch KhattiKuch Meethi’, hopes to learnfrom senior actors like SakshiTanwar and Ram Kapoor,who play her parents in theshow.

Anokhi KavitaAs preparations for ‘SAB Ke AnokheAwards’ are in full swing, we hear thatnominees across categories have beenresorting to various means for garneringviewer votes. Well, Kavita Kaushikdefinitely is ahead in the game. Sheplays a Dabbang Police Officer

Chandramukhi Chautala on FIR takes on this election. Word isthat she has pulled out her biggest artillery to contest thiselection – her father, who is a Police Officer himself! He hasdesigned the master plan and unique strategy to help Kavitaget the highest number of votes.

Women achievers awardsZee Marathi takes pride in announcing ‘Uncha Maza ZokaPuraskar 2013’, an unusual step taken by Zee Marathi inrecognising the women achievers of Maharashtra. Zee Marathihad launched a serial called ‘Uncha Maza Zoka’ based on thelife and mission of great social reformer Ramabai Ranade. Theawards have been adjudged by an esteemed panel of experts;noted journalist & Editor-in-Chief of Divya Marathi, KumarKetkar, Ex-Vice-Chancellor Snehalata Deshmukh and notedwriter Vijaya Rajadhyaksha and features women from varyingfields including education, healthcare, sports, arts & literature,science, environment, entrepreneurs etc.

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Madhura plays lawyerMadhura Naik is all set to enter StarPlus’ popular show ‘Ek Nanad KiKhushion Ki Chabhi… Meri Bhabhi’. Shewill be seen playing a sophisticated andsuave divorce lawyer Jaspreet, who willhelp Shraddha (played by Kanchi Kaul)

file a divorce case against Bobby. She tells her family thatshe’s made up her mind to seek a divorce. The very supportiveShergill family immediately gets into action mode to look for alawyer and thus enters the beautiful Madhura Naik to theirrescue. Madhura delightedly says, “I’m quite excited about therole as I’ve never played a lawyer before. Also, my characterJaspreet is very positive and will evolve eventually with variousshades ahead.”

Foodie show‘Zee Khana Khazana’, India’s first 24-hour food channel has announced theirnew show, ‘World of Food’, for the foodand lifestyle enthusiasts who want toknow about the culinary and lifestyleworld. It will serve as the ultimate

destination to keep you updated with the new and latesthappenings in your city. The show will feature everything fromluxury living, to new products, book launches, exciting newrestaurants and lots of fabulous food. This exciting, bi-monthlyshow will ensure that you have your fingers on the pulse of theexhilarating happenings of the city.

Govinda aala re!The cast of Big Magic’s‘Beta Hi Chahiye’ is gearingup for an elaborateJanmashtami celebrationand joining the Rai parivaaron this auspicious occasionare none other thanDivyanka Tripathi, NishantMalkani and Priyal Gor

among many others. Recently while shooting for the specialepisodes, Divyanka Tripathi, Nishant Malkani and Priyal Gorgot together and their excitement knew no bounds on seeingthe idol of Laddoo Gopal placed in a cradle. Revel in thefestivities galore on Big Magic.

MANASI’S‘PRINCESS’

ACT!

What is the theme of theshow?Adjustment in a marriageis a universal topic as allaround us we see couplesstriving hard to have a har-monious relationship withtheir spouses. Adjustmentin the relationship occursbetween an individual andthe environment thathe/she lives in. Couplesface difficulties when theyhave to share their liveswith a partner who wasraised with different val-ues, morals and rules.Whether united by love oran arranged marriage, theadjustment period of amarriage is the crucial lit-mus test of a relationship.

Where is the story set?The story unfolds in Jodh-pur where Shivani andRaghu share a master–ser-vant equation respectively.Hailing from two very dif-ferent strata of society,Shivani is a privileged girlwho lives a luxurious lifewith her grandfather Bal-want Chauhan. He is anoverprotective guardian,who has an aide in thehouse named Raghu. Cir-cumstances conjure up asituation where Shivani,the girl born to riches ismarried to an underprivi-leged Raghu. Like the oldsaying, ‘life happens to youwhile you were busy mak-ing other plans’, the storytraces the journey of Shiv-ani, her adjustment with aman who she alwaysthought of as her grandfa-ther’s right hand man andnow she has to accept himas her life partner. It’s herstruggle to adapt in ahousehold and a lifestylethat is diametrically oppo-site from what she is usedto.

What is the character ofShivani like?Born and raised in Jaipur,Shivani Ranawas born intoa family on the fringes ofRajasthani royalty. The 20-year-old has been broughtup by her paternal grandfa-ther ‘Daaju’ after she losther parents in a planecrash. Owing to an overtly-

protected upbringing,Shivani has been totallyunaware of the harsh reali-ties of the world outsidelike human greed and con-nivance, abject poverty,hard labour etc. On turning18, Shivani was betrothedto her childhood bestfriend Abhimanyu. Withstarts in her eyes, she looksforward to a grand wed-ding and a dreammarriagewith him. However, whenAbhimanyu’s selfish, con-niving side is exposed,Shivani is emotionallytraumatised–as she hadnever before witnessedsuch deviousness andgreed among people. Afterher marriage to Raghu, alower-middle-class em-ployee of her grandfather,will Shivani be able to ad-just to the relatively de-prived lifestyle in his houseand surroundings?

Who are your co-stars onthe show?Producer Kalyan Guha andhis wife Rupali of FilmFarm Productions havesigned on an impressivecast for the show. ArhaanBehl will enact the role ofRaghu. Shivani’s grandfa-ther will be enacted by vet-eran actor Alok Nath asBalwant Rana. Rucha Gu-jarati and Vikas Sethi willbe seen as Mahima andJaswant Rana (Shivani’sbrother-in-law and sister-in-law) respectively. New-comer Akshat Guptawill beseen as Shivani’s fiancé,Abhimanyu Sanghi.

How was it like working onthe show?An opportunity to workwith the very popular andtalented Arhaan Behl and aveteran like Alok Nath is ahuge opportunity for me.Shivani is like a princess ina fairytale who is pam-pered by her grandfather.She has grown in the lap ofluxury and has always beenprotected by her grandfa-ther from the grim realitiesof life. However, one day,her life changes forever!Manasi Shrivastava is

looking for good daysahead.

Mansi Shrivastava, who was recently seenessaying the lead in the post leap story of ‘Rab SeSohna Isshq’ and earlier seen in Channel [V]’s‘Suvreen Guggal–Topper of the Year’, will now beseen in Zee TV’s forthcoming show premiering onAugust 12 at 8:30 pm, ‘Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori

Se’. Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to the petite Mansiat the launch of the show.

Aanchal Munjal - the newPihu in ‘Bade Acche Lagte Hain’

If there is one thing that allmajor political parties agreedupon and one cause they standunited for is - protesting against

the order that political partiesshould come under the ambit of theRTI Act.Just last week, to counter the Cen-

tral Information Commissioner’sorder to includemajor political par-ties under RTI Act, the United Pro-gressive Alliance (UPA) governmenttabled the first ever bill in the LokSabha to make amendments in thehistoric RTI Act.Even though the idea received

wide protests from the common,activists and social organisations,the Manmohan Singh governmentdecided to introduce the ‘amend-ment’ bill in the Lok Sabha to ex-empt political parties from comingunder the purview of RTI Act.

The Bill tabled in the Lok Sabhaproposes an amendment to Sec-tion 2 of the RTI Act which clarifiesthat political parties would not betreated as public authorities: “Au-thority or body or institution ofself-government established orconstituted by any law made byParliament shall not include anyassociation or body of individualsregistered or recognised as a polit-ical party under the Representa-tion of the People Act, 1951.”Flaying the government’s attempt

to keep political parties outside theRTI Act, former Supreme CourtJudge Justice (Retd) N SantoshHegde argued they are public bod-ies answerable to the masses whowant to know from where they getfunds from. A key member of TeamAnnamovement, he said one has tolook at the activities of political par-ties holistically and it’s clear thatwhether they are in power or not,they are dealing with public issues.Known for uncovering a huge ille-

gal mining scam in the state, theformer Karnataka Lokayukta saidpolitical parties are certainly in-volved in administration oneway orother. “Fact remains that they arepart of body which controls admin-istration one way or other”.It was more than two months

back, in June, when the Central In-formation Commissioner had or-dered six major political parties –United Progressive Alliance, Bhar-tiya Janta Party, Nationalist Con-gress Party, Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist), Communist Party ofIndia and Bahujan Samaj Party – bebrought under the RTI Act as theywere, in a way, public authorities.“We have no hesitation in conclud-ing that the INC/AICC, the BJP, theCPI (M), the CPI, the NCP and theBSP have been substantially fi-nanced by the Central governmentand therefore, are held to be publicauthorities under Section 2(h) ofthe RTI Act,” the judgement wasnoted.The CIC reasoned that since these

political parties receive ‘substantial’amount of money from the centralgovernment, it makes them ac-countable to the public and hence

they should come under the RTIAct. Political parties did not see anysense in this for obvious reasonsand countered that if the politicalparties are brought under the RTIAct, the act could be misused byrival parties to extract confidentialinformation.The parties reasoned that bring-

ing them under the RTI Act wouldforce them to reveal their internalstrategic decisions. But, instead ofbringing the political parties underRTI Act and introducing amend-ments to protect them from havingto reveal their ‘internal strategic de-cisions’, the UPA government de-cided to exempt the parties fromRTI Act altogether.It was the government fund that

the CIC wanted accounting for. Thewhole reason behind bringing thepolitical parties under the purviewof RTI Act was to make these politi-cal parties accountable when itcomes to accepting funds for theircampaigns and functioning of theparty.Political parties have been specu-

lated, time and again, to be receiv-ing funds from questionablesources. Bringing the political par-

ties under the RTI Act would havekept a check on the funding thatthese political parties receive andsubsequently helped in reinstatingsome amount of faith in public con-science.All political parties benefit im-

mensely from various sops offeredto them for being a ‘political party,’one of such sops being 100 per centtax exemption on their income. Itwas recently reported that, due tothis tax exemption, sixmajor politi-cal parties saved more than Rs 500crore between the years 2006 - 2009.

When calculated, out of all thepolitical outfits, the Congress partywas the one that gained that most.It got the maximum exemption ofRs 300.92 crore. The next in linewas Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)which saved Rs 141.25 crore intaxes. Other parties that profitedfrom the tax exemption were Bahu-jan Samaj Party (BSP), which savedRs 39.84 crore, Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist) saved Rs 18.13crore, Communist Party of India Rs24 crore, and the Nationalist Con-gress Party (NCP) Rs 9.64 crore.Just earlier this year, an RTI appli-

cation had revealed that barring

one, all other political parties inMa-harashtra had not been filing theirincome tax returns regularly. Mostof the political parties all over thenation don’t file their tax returnswith the Income Tax Departmenton a regular basis.

The definition of public author-ity under Section 2(h) of the RTI Actis - any non-government organisa-tion that is substantially financed,directly or indirectly by funds pro-vided by the appropriate govern-ment.' And, since political partiesenjoy tax benefits, land allotmentand other such facilities, theyshould have been included underthe definition of ‘public authority.’It was also reported that, in all, thesix political parties were allottedland worth Rs 456.91 crore.But even despite wide protest

from activists, organisation and po-litical groups like Aam Aadmi Party,the UPA government got the billcleared in the Cabinet earlier andhas presented the bill before theLok Sabha now. It is a known factthat, most of the bandhs andprotests organised by political par-ties in the city or all over the countrycost the exchequer a lot of money.

The damages to public property,losses due to the shutting-down ofshops and other service providershas a huge effect on the nation’s fis-cal condition, but that does not stoppolitical parties from gainingmileage out of smallest of things.It was reported that around 123

BEST buses were damaged in the‘bandh’ protest called by BJP inMaylast year against the hike in petrolprices. And, when it came to com-pensating for damages, one of theBJP party leaders, also on the BESTcommittee, was quick to point outthat the parties (BJP and Shiv Sena)that damaged the buses shouldn’tbe paying the compensation for re-pairing the buses it should beclaimed from the insurance compa-nies. Although he graciously ac-cepted it would cause the commonman immense trouble since almost100 buses will be off the road foraround a month.This amendment tabled in the

Lok Sabha will be the first blow tothe RTI Act that was introduced toarm the common man with theweapon of knowledge.

With inputs from Prerna Pandey



RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOWPolitical parties deal first blow to RTI Act

Readers keen on seeking help on drafting RTI applications may write in to [email protected] or call Gajanan Khergamker on 022-22841593 for any assistance on RTI or to have their findings / issue featured on this page

The most recent amendment bill introduced in the Lok Sabha by the UPA government aims to dilutethe common man’s right to information . Watch your right go, legally...writes Gajanan Khergamker

This amendment tabled in the Lok Sabha will be the first blow to the RTI Act that was introduced to arm the common man with the weapon of knowledge.

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Cracking the whipFor the first time in the history of Punjabadministration, two senior IAS officers willface severe consequences for their mis-doings. The Union Public Service Commis-sion (UPSC) has strongly recommendedaction against 1989 batch IAS officerKripa Shankar Saroj (currently the Direc-tor, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of PublicAdministration) and 1986 batch IAS offi-cer B. Sarkar (currently Secretary, PunjabHuman Rights Commission). Another1979 batch IAS officer has been let off thehook.Saroj has been accused of acting as the

MD of Punjab Agro Fi-nancial Corporation in2004 without theproper mandate. Hemisused this positionby releasing funds tothe tune of Rs. 17.10 crwithout proper verifica-tion. Shankar ignoredan official will and re-

versed the decision of the lower courts in2004 causing immense discomfort to oneUttar Singh of Jeonwala village in Faridkot.Both the officers will face punishment inthe form of reduced pays and postpone-ment of future increments, hence haltingtheir professional growth.

Headless at UPSCUnexplained delays in filling crucial postsin the Government have become the hall-mark of UPA-II, even in the evening of itsterm. The Union Public Service Commis-sion (UPSC) has not had a secretary forquite a few months now, ever sinceAmitabha Bhattacharya was sent off tohead the Staff Selection Commission earlythis year. But the Government doesn’tseem any closer to appointing one. Ac-cording to sources, apparently the CabinetSecretariat did choose Amarjit Singh, Ad-ditional Secretary in the Human Re-sources Development Ministry, for theposition vacated by Bhattacharya’s exitbut it appears that Union HRD MinisterPallam Raju refused to part with Singh,who is a Gujarat cadre IAS officer. Sincethe Minister is adamant on retainingSingh, the Government had no choice butto start the selection process fromscratch.

Mantri fears IPS lobbyIt speaks of thepower of thebabu lobbies thateven mantris,sometimes, arewary of takingany action thatmight upset thebureaucracy. InMaha r a sh t r a ,sources say, thepowerful IPSlobby has been

protecting some senior cops from facingaction for renting out their quota flatswhile staying in government accommoda-tion. Certainly the files recommending dis-ciplinary action against such cops hasbeen with the office of the State HomeMinister R.R. Patil, but he has been hesi-tating to sign off on the files. The flatswere acquired by the cops in Mumbai,Pune and Nashik under various schemes.There are also many officers who havecontinued to occupy Government accom-modation long after being shifted out ofMumbai. Apparently, the then Maharash-tra police chief Arup Patnaik had recom-mended action against such officers butresistance from the powerful IPS lobbyhas stymied any such move, so far.

— By Dilip Cherian

DILLI KA BABU



NOTES FROM NEW DELHI

By Anna Hazare

The fight for Independencestarted in 1857 itself. From

1857 till 1947, lakhs of people sac-rificed their lives. Patriots likeBhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Ra-jguru sacrificed their lives smil-ingly. Countrymen, after a longfight, gained victory over theBritish and Britishers left thiscountry. After a long period, on15 August 1947, the countryemerged from the fetters of slav-ery and drowned itself in celebra-tions of freedom. I have been awitness to that wonderful period:howmuch enthusiasm there wasin people. On everybody’s facesthere was the glow and bright-ness of joy. In every house a lightwas shining, but as time passed,that light became dull and alongwith that light, the enthusiasm ofgaining Independence has alsodisappeared today from the facesof people. Now, we are certainlycelebrating Independence Day,but the sense andmeaning of In-dependence are no longer there.In the real sense, we have beencelebrating Independence so faras independence from theBritish. Real freedom is still faraway from us, that is why coun-trymen are celebrating 15th Au-gust i.e. are celebratingIndependence Day, but in a halfhearted manner.Why did this happen, we first

need to understand this. After lib-eration from the British, the Con-

stitution of the country wasmade, but the difficulty beganwhen political parties made amockery of the Constitution andmade all the interpretations ofthe Constitution according totheir calculations. It has beensaid in the Constitution that in ademocratic republic, the peopleshould choose whoever theythink is fit or qualified or worthyas their candidate and elect thatperson to Parliament. But in1952, when the country’s firstelections were held, they wereheld on the basis of parties,whereas in the Constitution po-litical parties are not mentionedanywhere. At that time itself po-litical parties in the countrywhichwere not following or abid-ing by the interpretation of theConstitution should have beendismissed, becausewhen democ-racy has come, then what role dosides and parties have. MahatmaGandhi also said to the CongressParty that now that democracyhas come, therefore, finish offsides and parties. But what hap-pened was the opposite, the re-verse of this and the 1952elections were fought under par-ties and after fighting the elec-tions, different sides and partiessent their people to Parliamentpeople from the ‘janta’, the pub-lic did not go.We say Lok Sabha. The sense

and meaning of Lok Sabha is a‘sabha’, a house of representativessent by the people, but where is it

a Lok Sabha, it has become onlya ‘sabha’, a house of parties. Theproblems began fromhere.Theseparties encroached on democ-racy, violated it and finished offand ended the very meaning ofdemocracy.MahatmaGandhi used to say if

you want to change the countryyou will have to change the vil-lage first. But these parties side-lined development in villages andestablished their own self-inter-ests. So that people don’t get or-ganised and stand up againstthem, these parties confusedrural people with caste and creedand kept them out of the system.Democracymeans that system

which has been woven by thepeople. Now, because there is norole of people in it, it is notdemocracy. It is a ‘partycracy’.That is why I am saying that weare not independent, we are inthe grip of ‘partycracy’.The real meaning of democ-

racy is a system run with the par-ticipation of the people. The realowners are the people, thosewhohave been elected and sent torepresent the people, are the ‘se-waks’ of the people or those whoserve the people. The officerswho are chosen, they too are cho-sen to serve the people, but herethe opposite, the reverse is hap-pening: the owner has becomethe person who serves and theperson who serves has becomethe owner. If the system is work-ing in reverse, then what kind of

Independence is this? In thename of Independence, should itjust be considered that the Britishwent away? The conditions areunchanged, just the same as be-fore. In such a situation the ques-tion arises, why have the sacrificesand the years of struggle for Inde-pendence of lakhs of people gonewaste? Come, let us take a pledgethat wewill not let the sacrifices ofour martyrs go in vain.If democracy has to be brought

in, people will have to increasethe degree of their participation.Every voter will have to becomeaware and decide to take a pledgenot to vote for the candidate ofany party. The people of thecountry will have to decide andwho will be the candidate willhave to be finalised by the peo-ple. The people themselves willchoose their candidate, the partywill have no role in that. The pub-lic will choose people with char-acter and make them theirrepresentatives. In such a situa-tion, ‘partycracy’ or the party sys-tem, which is actually a corruptsystem, will be destroyed on itsown.Among all these factors the

questions are inevitable whetherpolitical parties will allow theconfidence that they shouldchoose their own candidate to‘develop’ in the people of thecountry, and whether in fact somuch confidence that they canchoose and field their own candi-date has come into people.

The date: 15 August 1947.This date had wreathed thefaces of every Indian of that

time with smiles because we hadbecome free from the British.There were dreams, there was theaspiration, the desire to be rid ofsorrows. There was the dream ofa new India in the eyes and everyperson had started to walk withthe assumption that rivers of

ghee (clarified butter) and milkwould now flow in the country,because everybody at that timehad faith in the leaders of thecountry. They did not have anyfear of what would happen tothem in the future.15 August, 2013. Now, on this

Independence Day, even aftertrying a lot, the mind cannot be-come joyous.There is no desire tohear the speech at the Red Fort.Reading the Government adver-tisements seems annoying. Over-all, it seems as if we have goneinto such a dark tunnel intowhich it was not necessary to goat all. Today, which segment,which section is there in thecountry which is happy. Itmay bethose who are hardworking,thosewho are farmers, thosewhoare students, it may be youthswho hold big, impressive degrees,

it may be those who are withoutdegrees – useless, unemployed,or it may be Government em-ployees with jobs – no one ishappy. Looking at the sectionsbigger than them, the traders, theindustrialists, people working inlarge companies, none of themare happy. It seems to everyonethere is some drawback, someshortage, some deficiency some-where. Themeans, the remedy toremove this deficiency cannot beseen with anyone. If anyone ap-pears happy, then it is the groupof the highest ‘class’ in politicalparties. They have no sorrows ofany kind. Whether they are inpower or in the Opposition,smiles can always be seen ontheir faces. They don’t grieve overlosing. Defeat or losing also givesthem both the same kind of thrillas a win and a share in it.

But the workers of politicalparties are not happy at all be-cause their condition in their re-spective political parties hasbecome like that of a broker. Ifthey go tomeet anMP, anMLA ora Minister of their own partyempty handed, or if they takesomeone with them who cannotgive any gift, then they are notgiven any attention there. Gettingtickets is a far cry for party work-ers. Tickets are available first forthe people of the family, thentickets for the servant, driver and‘munim’ (clerk or book-keeper)and then for those who can pur-chase the ticket with the largestsum of money. That’s why RajyaSabhaMPVirender Singhwithoutquite realising it disclosed thatthe price of a Rajya Sabha seat isRs. 100 crore, but he had got it forRs. 80 crore.

Santosh Bhartiya

Independence Day No Longer Heralds aNew India: What Happened to the Dreams?

ACROSS:1 In which you've deliberately given

wrong figures? (10,3)8 Falling with some frequency? (9)9 Try to catch at the corner (5)11 Samoan capital tracks honey

supplier (6)12 Make something secure and take

into a new position (3,1,4)14 Drink cocktail, looking wooden

(4)15 Worsted perhaps, and the

opposite still (8)17 Live fast, make fun! (8)18 Get steamed up over such a sore

(4)20 Not at home for the play (4,4)21 Firm exploitin' relation (6)23 Principles embodied in decree

out east (5)25 Abstruse material is staggering

actor, I see (9)26 Promises, but denotes only a

single weapon (5,4,4)

DOWN:1 Where in America it was

fashionable in the past? (7)2 Train to mould with the tongue?

(4,4,5)3 Promissory enterprise (11)4 One covering end of chin in spots

(4)5 Regard a ship as possibly

improving one's outlook (8)6 River of grass? (3)7 Helped to get yourself in the

wrong with the police? (7)10 Armies and legions deployed at

his command (13)13 Night watchmen? (11)16 Ultimately jellyfish without

tentacles can't hurt (8)17 Fee I can manage for the girl I'm

going to marry (7)19 Clan yard initially cordoned off by

a short length of rope (7)22 In France good about the ring,

which is a blessing (4)24 A small group of 504 Romans (3)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORDAACCRROOSSSS:: 1 Concert stage, 8 Atheist, 9 Arc lamp, 11 Abraham, 12 Emanate, 13Laser, 14 Orphanage, 16 Loose-leaf, 19 Sushi, 21 Ant-hill, 23 Eritrea, 24 Scooter,25 At a pace, 26 Searchlights.DDOOWWNN:: 1 Coheres, 2 Neither, 3 Extempore, 4 Tease, 5 Toccata, 6 Granada, 7Parallel bars, 10 Premeditated, 15 Pifferari, 17 Outcome, 18 Evictor, 19 Spinach,20 Spreads, 22 Lurch.

SOLUTION TOFRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODEENLIST, INSIST, LESSEN,LISTEN, NESTLE, SETTLE,TENNIS

MATH PYRAMID 608

ENIGMA CODE 608

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically,or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle anda some other numbers are already filled in.

Each colour in our coderepresents a letter.When you have cracked thecode you will be able tomake up seven words.The clue to first word is givento help you get started.

The Clue: Impassioned,ardent

MATHDOKU 608Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of thedigits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeatedin any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number andone of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematicaloperation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to eachpuzzle is arrived at logically and is unique.

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ACROSS:1 ___ Tamales, hard candy (3)4 Brother, of a sort (3)5 Hair-raising (5)7 "Top" or "tin" follower (3)8 Dalmatian feature (5)10 "A" in IAF (3)11 Not ___, later (3)

DOWN:1 Preliminary races (5)2 Bireme hand (3)3 Afflict (3)5 Father of the Bride, actor (5)6 Abyssinian, for one (3)8 ___ cheese! (3)9 'American ___', teen movie

hit (3)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fillthe given pyramid with numberssuch that the following three rulesare satisfied.1. A cell value must be sum ordifference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicatenumbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1or more than the grid size

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier 27COFFEEBREAKMOON : CapricornTITHI : 13th Shrvan Shuklapaksha

NAKSHATRA : UttarashadaRASHI : Makar (Capricorn) J.Kh.

LUCKY COLOUR : OrangeLUCKY NUMBER : 5

ARIES (March 21 - April 20):You will strike a good bargain get-ting you immediate benefits. Con-

centrate on your routine work, which isnow, poised for a major growth. Fresh in-vestments in new ventures should beavoided. The employed are likely to setout on a sales promotion tour with greatsuccess. Relationships with loved oneswill be good.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20):New work needs more funds thanplanned. You are advised not to

take large loans. As repayingmay be-come a problem .You are going to havetough time managing your schedules.Your attitude and persuasive manner willwin the day at an important meeting. Ca-sual meeting with a new person couldlead to a new romantic interest. If marriedor in love try to curb a flirtatious tendency.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Keepaway from any new investmentstoday as your judgment could be

biased. Personal relationships aredisappointing. Don't let it bother you. Youcan't please everybody. Criticismwill irri-tate you. At times you can feel quite aloneand forsaken as you may be feeling neg-lected. You've had been unnecessarilyworried about the home situation, whichwas not of your making nor are you re-sponsible for it. Chill and let others sort

out their problems.

LIBRA (September 22 - October22): You have a fortunate dayahead and if you take a few calcu-

lated risks you canmake substantialgains. If makingmoney is on yourmind goahead and take some chances. The em-ployed can put forward their demands,which will receive sympathetic hearing.With a lot on your mind you may want toseek solace with your mate. You will getlove support and understanding from theone who loves you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 -December 20): Make the most ofthe good trends present in your

work environment. You will get an op-portunity to work on a prestigious projectindependently. Those associated with artor television media will be in the news.There is marked improvement in your per-sonal and social life. Work at bringing backthe sparkle into your life. One works to cre-ate security but if there is no body to shareit with it could be total waste of time.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - Feb-ruary 18): Good thinking andquick planning helps you to secure

a contract that is likely to add to yourreputation and profit. Though, certain im-portant decisions may have to be de-ferred. A family get-together provesenjoyable. A religious or auspicious cere-mony will be celebrated at home. Yourmate or beloved may also want to spendsome quality time with you.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20):You will manage to achieve awork target. Financial position is

comfortable and you can safely in-vest some money in securities or bonds.Avoid speculative trading for a loss is cer-tain in such activities. Plans for an in-tended journey or project will bediscussed and could lead to a late night.You will be happy by spending time with aromantic companion. The single could geta marriage proposal worth considering.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21):Good work always gets noticedand if it has not then you are

about to be the limelight again.Some of you will get a promotion, to-gether with other benefits. You need towork hard to establish a good rapportwith others. Travelers who have beenaway will be returning home. Yourmate orbeloved may plan a surprise just to bewith you or be in touch.

VIRGO (August 22 - Septem-ber 21): New business proposalslead to gain. Investments made

now will grow fast but you shouldnot hang on to gains for too long. At busi-nessmeeting or on negotiation table yourideas and plans will be received well. Youmay have to attend social gathering to ful-fill an obligation to a family member. Youwill meet some new interesting people.

SCORPIO (October23 -Novem-ber 21): You may be able to graba prestigious deal in spite of

tough competition. It is time to getthe help of those who you can trust to seeyou through. With your capacity for man-aging things successfully you may begiven charge of organizing an importantevent in your organization. If unattachedyou will soon get involved in a romanticaffair, which has the making of a lastingassociation. Some get a marriage pro-posal.

CAPRICORN (December 21- January 19): Concentrate onworkelse you could lose some money

through neglect or indifference. Stayclear of fresh proposals and also from thosepeople who are known to give unwanted ad-vice. You are better judge of your condition andtake all measures to protect your job or finan-cial interests. At a family gathering you maynot like the overtures or attention of a personwho is a pest, say so in your own interest. Youwill not be hurting anyone.

PISCES (February 19 - March20): You will make major deci-sions about work and career that

will lead to gains. Your attitude willhave to change for all round improve-ment. You will also be paying more atten-tion to finances but make no hastydecisions. Think in terms of lasting sav-ings and not short term profits.

JAGJIT UPPALBIRTHDAY FORECAST: Those who have recently started a new job or work couldfeel dissatisfied with the emoluments. They should, however, give their work a try andnot to look for an alternative job immediately. Youngsters will make rapid advance-ment in their career, education or work through their hard work and determination.Students appearing for tests, interviews or competitive exams will emerge success-ful. Personal affairs run smoothly.BABIES BORN TODAY: Healthy, long-lived, with well-proportioned body, charm-ing and graceful appearance. Will be refined, soft spoken and respectful. Will be re-sponsible and settle down in a career early in life. Success and happiness is assured.

ACROSS:4 Foul or noxious, very unpleasant (6)7 One of the greatest off-spinners India has

ever produced (8)8 Pretended (6)10 False or assumed name (5)13 A medieval musical stringed instrument

(4)14 Dickensian villain Uriah ___ (4)15 Dry up; burn slightly (4)16 Shake with push or jerk (3)17 European capital (4)19 German river (4)21 Be deeply felt (9)23 Web-site language (4)24 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assoc. (4)26 Document, in short (3)27 ___ brothers : comedians not to be con-

fused with Communism? (4)29 The smallest animal in a litter (4)32 Girl's name - "a mud" anagram? (4)33 Get cracking; start fighting (3,2)34 Composer ___ Sebastian Bach (6)35 Arrange in a tabular form (8)36 Ducks and ___ : children's game of mak-

ing a flat stone skip along water? (6)

DOWN:1 Talk show host Winfrey (5)2 Count in jazz (5)3 ___ Christian Andersen : famous fairy tale

teller? (4)4 ___ New Guinea: island north of Australia?

(5)5 Friends' pronoun (4)6 Done in a building like some sports (6)9 Oscar winner for her role in The Iron Lady

(6)11 ___ Deighton : famous author of thrillers

and spy novels? (3)12 It's said to be not as lovely as a tree (5)13 One-piece garment (7)15 Camera type (3)16 A plane with engines that suck in air at

the front and push it out in a hot streambehind them (3)

18 Mr.Khan of Bollywood (6)20 Fierce look (5)21 Taiwanese cellphone manufacturer (3)22 A wild animal like a dog that lives under-

ground (3)23 High respect (6)25 Social worker? (3)28 Dad's sisters? (5)30 Character actor __ Dutt (5)

31 ____ up : made a statement etc. moreharsh or emphatic? (5)

32 Disguise (4)33 ___ searching : a critical examination of

one's actions, motives, etc.? (4)

CRYPTOQUIPThe Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

Today’s clue: R equals G

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1749

HEATHCLIFF

SUDOKU 1930Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based ona 9x9 grid such severalgiven numbers.To solve aSudoku puzzle, everydigit from 1 to 9 mustappear in each of thenine vertical columns, ineach of the ninehorizontal rows and ineach of the nine boxes.

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AfternoonWORDMINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shownin today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There shouldbe at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names arenot allowed.TTooddaayy’’ss rraattiinnggss:: 30 aavveerraaggee; 33 ggoooodd; 36 oouuttssttaannddiinngg.SSAATTUURRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: alder, aver, dare, darn, dealer, dear, deer, earl, earn,earned, elder, endear, endure, ever, lard, launder, lavender, leader, learn,learned, leer, lender, lever, lunar, lure, lured, near, neared, nerve, nerved,neural, never, rave, raved, ravel, raven, read, real, reed, reel, renal, rend,revalued, reveal, revel, revue, rude, rule, ruled, rune, under, unravel,UNRAVELED, unread, unreal, unreel, urea, veer, vernal.

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Y T U S A X S P U K D K S U A V P A ZSSAATTUURRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: It is dangerous to be right when the government iswrong

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4744

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORDAACCRROOSSSS:: 1 Kerala, 5 Bib, 8 Oral, 9 Abed, 10 Retort, 11 Directory, 13 Twig, 15 Cod,16 Ladle, 17 Based, 20 Net, 22 Fad, 23 Harem, 24 Yearn, 26 Pen, 27 Ogre, 28Surprises, 31 Saliva, 32 Cafe, 33 Exit, 34 Pus, 35 Severe. DDOOWWNN:: 1 Karate, 2 Retailer, 3 Lord, 4 Article, 5 Bleed, 6 Bast, 7 Learned, 12 Roe,14 Gate, 18 Afro, 19 Sanguine, 20 Natural, 21 Genesis, 24 Yes, 25 Aerate, 26Pipes, 29 Peep, 30 Sate.



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Afternoon Despatch & Courier SPORTSGOPICHAND DELIGHTED

WITH GOOD START TO IBL

MUMBAI: Indian badmintoncoach Pullela Gopichandsaid the IPL-style Indian

Badminton League (IBL) has got offto a good start and generated a lotof interest in people."It is important to get a good start

and the IBL has got a good start. Ithas created a phenomenal buzz.The second day in Delhi saw 3,000people," Gopichand, who is also amember of the IBL governing coun-cil told reporters here.He felt that the infrastructure in

the country has improved fromwhat it used to be earlier, especiallyin the cities where National Gameswere held. "In Guangzhou alonethere are 1,700 courts, and inMum-bai it must be 50. So infrastructureis needed but in association with

good coaches and equipment," hesaid.On rising Indian shuttler P V

Sindhu, who recently won thebronze medal in World BadmintonChampionship, he said," Sindhu isdoing good. It is one thing to reach acertain level and another to go tothe next level. She needs to playmore matches. Her planning in thelast two years has been spot on."Asked about Thailand's

Ratchanok Intanon who defeatedSindhu in the semi-finals of theWorld Championship before even-tually winning the title he said, "Shewon three world junior titles in thelast five years. She is very fit."He also praised ace Chinese

Olympic and world champion LinDan for his ability to maintain fit-

ness and said, "He is not the mostgifted player but he has workedhard on his fitness, which wouldhave taken him a lot of years. He isin a position to choose his matchesand he has the ability towinmost ofhis matches because of his physicalfitness."

HYDERABAD HOTSHOTS TO TAKEON HIGH-FLYING PUNE PISTONSMUMBAI: Following back-to-backvictories in their first two ties, high-flying Pune Pistons would be aim-ing to provide stiff competition tothe Saina Nehwal-spearheadedHy-derabad Hotshots in their IndianBadminton League contest heretoday.Pistons' come-from-behind vic-

tory over Mumbai Masters in theirMaharashtra state Derby clash atLucknow last night should be agreat morale-booster for the leaguetoppers ahead of their face-offagainst Saina's Hotshots at the Na-tional Sports Club of India stadiumcourts inWorli.Julinane Schenk, the German

powerhousewho, at number four, isone rung below Saina in the worldbadminton women's singles rank-ings, looms as a major threat to theHotshots who had beaten AwadheWarriors 3-2 in their opening clashat Delhi on August 15.TheGerman player has won both

her singles ties quite easily thus farwhile Saina too, after her disap-pointments in the World Champi-onships in China held prior to thestart of the million-dollar IBL, hasshown she is the woman to beat inhome environs.The expected match-up between

these two top women's playersin the world would be the highlightof the tie and should thrill thecapacity crowd in the newly-built arena. Hotshots would beeager to put behind their 2-3reversal at the hands of DelhiSmashers last night in Lucknowafter they squandered a command-ing 2-0 advantage.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning his third gold medal in the men's4x100-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadiumin Moscow, Russia.

IT’S STRIKE THREE FOR USIAN BOLT

Narain Karthikeyan wins from pole torecord third victory in Auto GP

NURBURGRING, GERMANY:Continuing his strong show in

the Auto GP series, Indian racerNarain Karthikeyan recorded histhird win of the season when he tri-umphed from pole in round six ofthe series, here.Narain faced stiff opposition from

ItalianGP2 driver Kevin Giovesi andhis Super Nova teammate Vittorio

Ghirelli, who startedwith the Indianfrom the front row. But the Indianalways seemed to have enough inhand to keep the Italian duo at bayandmanaged to cross the line in thetop spot 23 laps later."It feels great to win at Nurbur-

gring – it is a historic venue and itwas amazing to hear the Indian na-tional anthem playing in front ofpacked grandstands," an elatedNarain said. "We knew we had thepace to maintain the lead and Imanaged to get off the linewell so itwas all about controlling the pace,even though Giovesi came quiteclose at times," he said.After leading from the start and

opening up a nearly two secondgap, Narain pitted on lap 18 for themandatory tyre change, and theSuper Nova crew executed a near-perfect pit-stop to ensure that hemaintained his advantage.

Imran best all-rounder of my era: HadleeBANGALORE: Former New

Zealand all-rounder Sir RichardHadlee has voted Pakistan's ImranKhan as the best all-rounder of hisera, calling him a complete pack-age in the celebrated '80s quartet,which included himself, Kapil Devand Ian Botham."If I was asked to pick who was

the better of the four of us, and Iam on record as saying Imran be-cause he was a versatile batsman,potent strike bowler and charis-matic captain," he said."As a batsman, he could bat any-

where in the top six, sometimes inthe top four, and play any type ofinnings depending on the circum-stance of the game. As a bowler, hewas a potent strike bowler ... Hisrecord suggests he was a finebowler. He was also a charismaticperson, a good and successful cap-tain for Pakistan. He had a lot of re-spect, he had the package," Hadlee

added.However, Hadlee had a special

place for former West Indian cap-tain Sir Gary Sobers as an all-

rounder. "Sobers traditionally hasalways been regarded as the num-ber one because people would payto go and see him play. Very flam-boyant, rhythmical batsman andbowler, fielder, captain. The wholepackage and the stats would backthat up," he said.Hadlee, nevertheless, regarded

himself as the better bowler of thequartet, but admitted his weak-nesses as a batsman."I scored lessTest hundreds than

anyone else, my batting averagewas lower than the others. SowhileI had some good innings, my bat-ting was inconsistent. I wouldn'tput myself in that same category,actually, but as a bowler definitely,"he said.Talking about the rivalry be-

tween the four, Hadlee said the1980swas a fascinating erawith thefour all-rounders competing for aspace of excellence.

By Anant Bhagwat

Dr. KV Vahalia is probably theoldest player in Mumbai,

possibly inMaharashtra. But he isstill sharp on the tablewhile play-ing Bridge. Witness his defenceon this deal from the MatungaGymkhana tournament.

S- 10 6 4H- J 6 2D- 4 2C- A K 8 6 5

S- J 3 S- 7 5 2H- A 9 8 H-Q 5 4 3D- A K 7 5 3 D-Q J 8C- Q 10 7 C- J 4 3

S- A K Q 9 8H- K 10 7

D- 10 9 6C- 9 2

DrVahalia waswest. He dealt &opened 1 diamond. North over-called 2 clubs, east passed, southbid 2 spades north bid 3 spades &south rather adventurously bid 4spades.Dr Vahalia led the Ace of dia-

mond & followed it with King ofdiamonds. He knew his partner

had the 3rd diamond. So it wastempting to shift to a small heartto find the setting trick. But thatshift was fraught with danger.Partner may hold hear Queen &Jack.Then probably a trump re-

turn?. He could see that the clubsuit was breaking evenly for thedeclarer & dummy had an entryin the spade 10 since the Jackwascoming down doubleton.So the Grand Old Man of

Bridge found the deadly continu-ation of a diamond, punchingdummy. Now declarer had an in-

surmountable problem. If theclubs were 3-3 he could ruff 1club to make the suit good butcould not cash it. So he changedtrack. He played a small heartfromdummy, finessing the 10. DrVahalia won & returned the 9 ofhearts to Jack & King. Now de-clarer had only one chance. Ear-lier he was hoping the clubs werebreaking 3-3.Now he prayed they broke 4-2.

So he cashed all his trumps. Hadwest held 4 clubs hearty 8 hewould have been squeezed inclubs & hearts. Alas that was notto be, & west went down in anambitious contract. In the otherroom they played in 2 spades.The GOM had earned 6 imps forhis team.



SPORTSIN BRIEF

Siddesh strikes for Juhu SparksMMUUMMBBAAII:: Juhu Sparks SC came up with asolid determined performance to chalk out anarrow 1-0 win against a dogged ShreeMauli Mitra Mandal in a Third Divisionencounter of the MDFA (Mumbai DistrictFootball Association) League 2013-14, at theMumbai School Sports Centre, Dhobitalaoon Sunday evening. Siddesh Batawalascored the lone winning goal of the match. Inanother closely contested encounter,Kingston SC pulled off a 3-2 win overPeninsula SC by a 3-2 margin.Results - at Mumbai School Sports Centre,Dhobitalao –Div-III:White Village 0 drew withBorivali YMCA 0; United Brothers 3 (E. Martis 2,Elvis Fernandes) beat Adarsh SC ‘C’0; Kingston SC3 (A. Singh 2, Sachin Majgaonkar) beat PeninsulaSC 2 (Aakash Dhruv, Gaurav Sawant); Juhu Sparks1 (Siddesh Batawala) beat Shree Mauli MitraMandal0; Anjuman Islam 1 (Chandrakant Kamble)drew with Jolly Boys 1 (Irfan Khan).

Carrom tournament from Aug 23MMUUMMBBAAII:: The Carrom Players WelfareAssociation, Maharashtra along with KshtriyaUnion Club, Dadar, Mumbai will beorganising the 11th Late Mukhtar AhmedState Level Carrom Tournament August 23-26 at Kshtriya Union Club, Dadar. Thetournament will be held under five categoriesfollowing - men singles, women singles,junior boys singles (under 18 years), juniorgirls singles (under 18 years) and veteransingles. World and national championYogesh Pardeshi, former Asian and nationalchampion Sandeep Deorukhkar, SAARC andAsian Champion Hidayat Ansari, SAARCChampion Prakash Gaikwad, former nationalchampion Suhas Kambli, formerinternational and state champion MahendraTambe and former India No. 2 NarsingraoSakari and Vilas Dalvi in the men’s sectionand among the eves would be formerinternational and national championAnupama Kedar, Sangeeta Chandorkar,SAARC and state Champion AyeshaMohammed would be participating in theevent of prize money Rs. 120,000.

Bopanna-Edouard lose CincinnatisemisCCIINNCCIINNNNAATTII:: India's Rohan Bopanna and hisFrench partner Edouard Roger-Vasselinsquandered all five break chances againstMarcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to bow ofthe ATP Cincinnati Masters, here.The eighth-seeded Indo-French combinationlost 5-7 2-6 to the Spanish second seeds inthe semifinals of the USD 3,079,555 hardcourt tournament. Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin had three chances in the first setand two in the second but could not convertany. On the other side, they dropped theirserve one time in the opening set and twicein the second. The Spanish side will nowface top seeded American twins Mike andBob Bryan, who saved a match point toadvance to their 12th doubles final of theyear with a 4-6 7-6(6) 10-6 win over SantiagoGonzalez and Scott Lipsky.

Adhiban loses to NakamuraTTRROOMMSSOO,, NNOORRWWAAYY:: Indian Grandmaster BAdhiban went down to Hikaru Nakamura ofUnited States in the first game of the thirdround of World Chess Cup here. The loss aswhite came as a huge blow as Adhiban willnow have to play for a victory with blackpieces in the return game to stay in thematch. The last remaining Indian willotherwise be ousted from the knockout event.On a day of big upsets, Evgeny Tomashevskyof Russia caused the biggest reversalaccounting for top seed Levon Aronian ofArmenia. Tomashevsky won with black piecesand now needs just a draw in the return gameas white to proceed to the pre-quarterfinals.

BRIDGE

Age is No deterrent

NAYAN TAKES LEAD IN CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE;LEADS VISHNU BY A POINT

COIMBATORE: Nayan Chat-terjee of Rayo Racing took anarrow one-point lead over

Vishnu Prasad of Meco Racingafter triumphing in the SeniorMax category in Round 3 of the JKTyre-FMSCI National KartingChampionship.Kush Maini of Dark Don Racing

won the Junior Max whilePradyumna Vipul Danigund ofMohite's Racing captured the tilein Micro Max category at KariMotor Speedway. In the SeniorMax category, Nayan won thetoughest race of the Round afterbeating top racers such as team-mate and defending championAmeya Bafna and Vishnu.With this victory, Nayan top-

pled Vishnu in the championshiptable as he moved to 255 points,just one ahead of Vishnu (254).Ameya is at third position with244 points. "Today's race wasvery tough and there were lots ofups and downs. It was very diffi-cult to maintain the position as Iwas getting constant threat fromother racers. I just maintained myracing line and patiently waitingothers to make mistakes. I amvery much happy with my first

place podium finish," Nayan,who also won Round one, saidafter the race.Birthday boy Vishnu, who

started third position, took earlylead by overtaking pole positionholder Chittesh S Mandody (Mo-hite’s Racing) and Ameya in first

few seconds. In the next lap,Chittesh took an attempt to over-take Vishnu but he lost control ofhis kart, which cost him thepodium finish. In the battle for3rd position, Dhruv S Mohite(Mohite’s Racing), who started at4th, was overtaken by Nayan

Chatterjee (Rayo Racing) afterfew initial laps.In the 6th lap, Ameya was try-

ing to overtake Vishnu andVishnu was fighting to save hisleading position. But he failed torestrict Ameya, who became thenew race leader. Moreover, in thisshort period of time, Dhruvemerged from behind andpushed Vishnu further down at3rd position. In 22nd lap, Dhruvcollided with race leader Ameyaand both went out of the track.Seeing this opportunity, Nayanovertook Vishnu and claimed thefirst position. Dhruv recoveredquickly and re-joined the race at2nd position ahead of Vishnu,while Ameya managed to con-tinue his race at 4th position. Inthe Junior Max, Kush Maini ofDark Don Racing dominatedboth Final and Pre-Final racesand was way ahead of rest of thekarters. In the Final race, Kushtook the early lead and main-tained the lead till the chequeredflag. He was chased by Krish-naraaj D Mahadik of Mohite’sRacing, who attacked Kush in lastfew laps but Kush handled thepressure well and didn’t allowhim to overtake.The real battle was for the third

position, where Tejasram, Abhi-rath Shetty, Akash Gowda (allfrom Meco Racing), Arya ChiragGandhi (Rayo Racing) andAnanth Shanmugam (Meco Rac-ing) were fighting neck-to-neck.Tejasram was leading the pack

for couple of laps but an unfortu-nate incident changed the posi-tions of all the racers. Abhirath’skart broke down in the middle ofthe race, which gave opportunityto Arya Chirag and Ananth to top-ple two front racers - Tejasramand Akash – and both claimed3rd and 4th positions respec-tively.Krishnaraaj is leading the

championship table with 255 pts,followed by Tejasram (244) andAkash Gowda (240). Defendingchampion Pradyumna VDanigond of Mohite’s Racing wonFinal and Pre-Final Race of theRound 3 in Micro Max categoryand maintained his lead in thechampionship table. He againoutplayed other racers with hisbetter racing skills.

Nayan Chatterjee of Rayo Racing triumphed in the Senior Max category in Round three of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National KartingChampionship in Coimbatore on Sunday. Dhruv S Mohite and Vishnu Prasad finsihed second and third respectively. [Below] Pradyumna V Danigond of Mohite’s Racing won the Micro Max race. He was followed by Yash Aradhya and Paul Francisof Meco Racing.


Afternoon Despatch & Courier SPORTSIN BRIEF

Grappler Satywart wins bronze atjunior world championshipsNNEEWW DDEELLHHII:: India's Satywart Kadian has wona bronze medal in the 96-kg freestylecategory at the World Junior WrestlingChampionships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Satyawartproduced a clinical display of freestylecombat to get the better of Turkey's AliBonceoglu to open India's account at thechampionships on Saturday. Earlier,Satyawart's march was halted by Armenia'Viktor Kazishvili in the semifinals, as he ranout of steam and lost the bout in the firstperiod itself. The burly Indian had wonagainst three opponents, including a Kazakhand an Iranian grappler, before making it tothe last-four stages. In the other weightcategories, Indian hopes were dented earlyafter Asian junior champion Mangal Kadyanlost to Mehmed Zeyti Feraim of Bulgaria inhis opening bout of the 50-kg category.Parveen (60kg) lost in a close second-roundencounter to Shota Phartenadze of Georgiaafter a loss against Venezuela's WilfredoAogusto Rodriguez Bocaney in the openingbout. Trailing 0-2 after the period, Parveenlost the contest 2-3 in a gruelling duel atArena Armeetz.

National Senior Squash kicks off todayJJAAIIPPUURR:: Top seeded Saurav Ghoshal andJoshna Chinnappa would be favourites inthe 61st National Squash Championship2013 which kicks off with qualifying roundsat the Jaipur Club here today. Thetournament will be missed by top Indianwomen player Dipika Pallikal and AnakaAlankamony who have not entered in fraydue to personal reasons. Another stalwartRitwik Bhattacharya who had lightened theJaipur club courts on number of occasionsearlier in the Golecha Squash hasreportedly quit competitive squash. Apartfrom these names almost all other topplayers of country would be seen action inthe tournament which would be playedfrom August 18-23. In the men's sectiontop seed Saurav Ghoshal ranked 20th inProfessional Squash Association (PSA)ranking would be challenged by secondseed Harinder Pal Singh who is ranked 71stin world.

Pak eager for Afghanistan matchLLAAHHOORREE:: Pakistan football authorities saidthey were delighted at the prospect ofplaying their first match in Afghanistan for 36years, and hoped it could pave the way formore ties with their neighbour. Pakistan'snational team will play the friendly in Kabulon Tuesday, the first international match inthe war-ravaged city since Afghanistan facedTurkmenistan in 2003.

SELECTION IS NOT ONLY ABOUTSCOREBOOKS: TENDULKAR

BANGALORE: Senior Indianbatsman Sachin Tendulkarfeels selectors should focus

on the players' ability to handlepressure instead of only consid-ering their statistics while pickingthe national team. "Selection isnot about looking at the score-book. A selector can pick up play-ers who have scored heavily butthat does not work out. I haveseen players who are exception-ally good at the domestic levelnot being able to perform as wellin international cricket," Ten-dulkar said."It's about vision. When it

comes to selection, one has toanalyse a player. Even if he fails ina few matches, one needs to see ifhe has the ability to withstandpressure and execute at the inter-national level," he explained.Tendulkar said the changes

brought into cricket, includingthe much-criticised Twenty20format, has made the sport moreexciting and helped getting moreresults in Tests. "Cricket is theonly sport to have three formatsand it's only getting more excit-ing not only for players but alsofor spectators. There is creativityand more results are coming by(in longer version of the game).The batsmen are willing to takechances," he said in an interac-tion at KSCA's Platinum JubileeCelebrations here.Former India captain Sourav

Ganguly said Twenty20 has im-pacted the longer version of thegame as players are becoming ag-gressive and there have beenmany results too. "It has broughtinnovation to the game. When itcomes to Test cricket you need toadjust and no two players aresimilar in technique wise. Playershave to stick to their basics that isimportant," he said. Former Testcaptain Rahul Dravid saidTwenty20 has made cricketersmore flexible. "You have to learn to play a few

shots. You just can't block itwhich I did in Test cricket," hesaid."Good players learn to adapt

and if we look Chris Gayle,Michael Hussey or an AB de Vil-liers in last IPL, these guys whosort of dominated are all reallygood Test players. So, we need tohave our basics right," he added.Talking about adapting to dif-

ferent technologies being used inthe sport, Tendulkar said he wasastonished to see a laptop in thedressing room for the first time in2003. "I wondered how technol-ogy would help us learn cricketbut over a period of time, I fig-ured out it's importance. Ithelped us plan our innings," hesaid. Tendulkar said basics aremore important in Test cricketthan in the T20 format, in whichplayers have to just go out andswing their bats. "This is the onlyformat in which in three or fourdeliveries you can become ahero," he said.

GANGULY BACKS GAMBHIR,YUVRAJ AND OTHERS TO MAKEINDIA RETURNNEW DELHI: Former captainSourav Ganguly says the likes ofGautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singhand Zaheer Khan can still make acomeback to India's nationalteam but they need to be "hun-gry" for that. All the three playersare along with Virender Sehwagand Harbhajan Singh are out offavour these days as young gunssuch as Shikhar Dhawan, RohitSharma, Bhuvaneshver Kumarand R Ashwin have performedexcellently in their absence."No player is completely out of

the team. In 2011, the Indian teamlooked incomplete without theseplayers. And now they are out ofthe team. So you cannot say whatwill happen tomorrow," Gangulytold Star Cricket."They are all very good players.

They have won India world cup,Test matches, Test series. So if theyhave hunger inside them, they cansurely be back. They just need tofocus on cricket, train hard, be fitand make a comeback. ...They areall great players. Sehwag is one ofthe greatest as an opener in Indiancricket," he added.

Monty's marriage ends after bitter divorce battleLONDON: England spinnerMMoonnttyy PPaanneessaarr's marriage withpharmacist wife GursharanRattan has finally ended after abitter divorce battle, according tomedia reports.The 31-year-old spinner, who

was recently in news for gettingarrested for drunkenmisbehaviour and urinating inpublic, had managed to keep hisseparation from his wife a secretand their divorce was finalisedonly recently.Monty was dropped from the

Ashes series as a result of poorform, which is now being linkedto his personal turmoil."Monty was devastated by the

breakdown of his marriage and is

still coming to terms with hisrecent divorce. His personalstruggles have been a directresult of that," The 'SundayMirror' quoted a source as saying.A spokesperson for the

sportsman confirmed thedivorced. Friends said he blamedhis wife's family for making theirmarriage "increasingly difficult."Monty married Gursharan

three years ago in a traditional

Sikh ceremony. The Luton-bornplayer had praised her for the"greater stability" she gave himduring the early days of hissuccessful England career.Earlier this month, Monty wasthrown out of Brighton's ShooshClub after he reportedly hassleda group of women. He thenurinated onto the doormen of theclub before running off.Monty, who is studying for a

sports science master's degree,could face the sacking this weekfrom his county team Sussexwhich has been investigating theincident. But his former clubNorthamptonshire could offerhim a lifeline to rebuild hisshattered career.

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Sachin Tendulkar gives a memento to former Indian Cricketer Venkatesh Prasadduring the 75th platinum jubillee celebration of Karnataka State CricketAssociation in Bengaluru on Saturday.

India beat Pakistan by three wicketsSINGAPORE: Medium pacer SandeepWarrier picked up three wickets,while opener Unmukt Chand struck apatient half-century as India's Under-23 team got the better of arch-rivalsPakistan by three wickets in a limitedovers Group 'A' match of the ACCEmerging Teams Cup, here.Chasing 192 for victory, Indians

got off to a fine start with Under-19World Cup winning skipper Chand(61) and Lokesh Rahul (46) providingthe team a solid platform. Anddespite the middle-order batsmennot contributing handsomely, Indiacould sail home with 13 balls tospare at Kallang Ground.

Chand and Rahul shared an 84-run stand for the opening wicket.Apart from the duo, India skipperSuryakumar Yadav also made anuseful contribution with 23 runs afterPakistan's left-arm spinner RazaHasan picked up three wickets totake the contest to the closingstages. Opting to field, the Indianpace duo of Sandeep Sharma andWarrier proved their captain'sdecision right by exposing Pakistan'sfrail batting line-up. Both displayedan incisive spell of fast bowling toslice through the opposition top-order line-up, reducing Pakistan to22 for three inside 10 overs.

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