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INDIANANDChinesearmycom-
diplomatictalks SHUBHAJIT ROY
DelhigovernmentandSirGanga
Ram Hospital deepened on
of beds’
manders sat across the table for NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 Saturday as an FIR was filed
more than three hours Saturday THE MEETING between Nepal Prime against the hospital’s Medical after charging him Rs 2 lakh... I
to find ways to resolve the tense the Leh-based Corps DAYS AFTER its government Minister K P Superintendent for allegedly vi- am not saying all private hospi-
situationalongtheLineof Actual Commander and his sought parliament’s backing for Sharma Oli olating directions issued under tals are bad. Private hospitals in
Control in eastern Ladakh. Chinese counterpart sig- a Bill on the country’s new polit- the Epidemic Diseases Act. The the city have played an impor-
LtGeneralHarinderSingh,XIV nals two things: the situa- icalmap that includes territories FIR, filed on June5,was based on tant role in our battle against
CorpsCommander,ledtheIndian tion calls for high-level at- onIndianmaps,Kathmanduhas Secretaries can meet in person acomplaint byDeputySecretary coronavirus. But there are some
delegation to the Chinese border tention, and the realisation conveyed to Delhi that it is open or hold a virtual meeting to dis- (Health) Amit Kumar Pamasi. hospitals which are asking for
meeting point at Moldo near A file photo of Indian and Chinese personnel on the LAC. ANI on either side that engage- to the idea of a virtual meeting cuss the issue of Kalapani, The development came on a money from patients to provide
Chushul. The Chinese army team ment is key. Reports on between the Foreign Secretaries Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, the day Delhi Chief Minister Arvind them a bed. This is called black
was led by Maj General Liu Lin, what transpired at the to resolve the border issue that Indian territories it is claiming. Kejriwaltookaimat“someprivate marketing of beds and we will
commanderoftheSouthXinjiang began only after 11 am. Sources brief Army chief General M M meeting will feed the next is threatening relations. Last month, Delhi said that hospitals” in the Capital without not allow it,” the CM said.
MilitaryDistrict,whichisrespon- saidthetalkscontinuedformore Naravane on what transpired at diplomatic approach, and TheSundayExpress haslearnt the Foreign Secretaries, Harsh naminganyparticularfacility,say- His comments come against
sible for the border with Ladakh. than three hours, with a break themeeting.Untillatenight,there shape negotiating strate- that the Nepal government, via Vardhan Shringla and Shankar ing they were “lying” about not the backdrop of rising Covid
Scheduled to start early for lunch. wasnowordonthemeetingfrom gies over the standoff. a note verbale (a diplomatic Das Bairagi, will discuss the havingvacantbeds,andindulging casesintheCapital—1,330cases
Saturday morning, the meeting LtGeneralSinghisexpectedto CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 note), said that the Foreign CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 in “black marketeering”. inthelast24hoursalone—anda
“A few days ago, a person CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
came to me and informed me he
was denied a bed by a private
SUNDAY Khwaja Yunus custodial Safeguards for workforce lost in Pregnant woman dies,
STORY death: Four suspended clatter of powerlooms in Malegaon family says turned away
PAGE 10
Mumbai cops reinstated TEST by 8 hospitals in 12 hours
REP RTS Sunday Express that he took his
SADAF MODAK
& SAGAR RAJPUT
FROM THE AMIL BHATNAGAR
NOIDA, JUNE 6
sister Neelam, her husband
VijendarSingh,andanotherfam-
MUMBAI, JUNE 6 FIELD ily member to at least six hospi-
TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, A 30-YEAR-OLD woman, who tals in his autorickshaw and ap-
SIXTEEN YEARS after being sus-
pendedfortheir allegedinvolve- LOCKDOWN waseightmonthspregnantwith
her second child and had com-
proached two more in an
ambulancethey“hadtohiresince
A LONG ment in the custodial death of
27-year-old Khwaja Yunus in
plained of “breathlessness due
to rising blood pressure”, died
she needed oxygen supply”.
Most of the hospitals said
RECESS January 2003, four policemen
were reinstated on Friday and
KhwajaYunuswasarrested
onDecember25,2002
ZEESHAN SHAIKH
MALEGAON, BHIWANDI, JUNE 6
Friday after she failed to get ad-
mission in eight hospitals across
they did not have beds to spare,
he claimed.
This season, resumeddutyonSaturdayinthe Noida in a span of about 12 The hospitals listed by the
admissions to coaching city’s police force. IT FELT like a furnace inside the After almost two months, Mohammed Zahid stepped into the hours, her family has alleged. familyincludedShardaHospital,
centres are down to Assistant police inspector destruction of evidence. tin-shed powerloom unit in one powerloom unit in Malegaon where he works. Zeeshan Shaikh The Gautam Buddh Nagar a dedicated Covid facility, which
half as institutes try to Sachin Vaze and police consta- KhwajaYunus,aParbhanires- of Malegaon’s bylanes, but district administration has or- saidthatthepatientwas“admit-
reinvent their bles Rajendra Tiwari,Sunil Desai ident, was an engineer and Mohammed Yunus, 63, was deredaprobeintotheallegedin- ted briefly”, stabilised using a
resumed duty in the local arms workedinDubai.Hewasarrested happyandreassuredonMonday. myemployerpaidRs700aweek, TheMaharashtragovernment cident. The woman, a resident of ventilator and referred to an-
classrooms for a
unit. Constable Rajaram Nikam underthePreventionofTerrorism He was at work after almost two and social organisations helped had allowed powerloom units Khora in Ghaziabad, is survived other hospital.
post-pandemic world was reinstated in the motor ve- Act on December 25, 2002, by monthsof lockdownimposedby us with ration. But I realised this outsidecontainmentzonestore- by her husband, who is a private Another was Fortis Hospital,
hicle department. The four, sus- MumbaiPolice,whichclaimedhis the government to stop the would not last long. I had to get sumeoperationsonMay21.With sector employee, and their five- which said that Singh “refused
pended in different months in involvement in a bomb blast in spread of the Covid pandemic. backtowork,”saidYunus,speak- lakhsof migrantworkersreturn- year-old son. resuscitation and ventilation
2004, continue to face trial on Ghatkopar on December 2. “My family and I managed to ingloudlytobeheardamidstthe ing to their homes and The woman’s brother, support”and“declined...medical
UNLOCKING THE charges including murder and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 survive the lockdown because clattering of looms. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Shailendra Kumar, told The CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
ECONOMY
WISHLIST & ROADMAP
AN EXPRESS INTERVIEW SERIES
ASHU SUYASH
MD & CEO, CRISIL
ECONOMY, PAGE 9
Not allowed in stadium, so Barmy Army wants to be heard
As international cricket returns with England-West Indies Test andNewZealandthatwasplayed
withoutfansinSydneyonMarch
back, all England games have
startedwithatrumpeterleading
match in July, iconic fan club wants its chants on PA system 13. And Millard admits that the the travelling fans’ rendition of
comeback, too, will be tough for ‘Jerusalem’, the song popular
NGOS – THE FACE PAGE 1 felt—orrather,theirvoiceheard. willacceptouroffer.It'stotallyup fans. “This will be the first time among all English sports fans.
OF HUMANITY ANCHOR And so, the 33,000-strong
Barmy Army has asked the
totheEnglandandWalesBoard's
discretion,” Chris Millard, man-
that a cricket match featuring
England will not have our pres-
Following the team around
the world for a quarter of a cen-
EnglandandWalesCricketBoard aging director of Barmy Army, ence in the stadium. It feels tury hasn’t been easy, though.
tousethePAsystemattheAgeas told The Sunday Express. strange, but given the unprece- In March, a few Barmy Army
VISHAL MENON BowlinSouthamptontobeltout Thefanscameupwiththeof- dented situation that we cur- members were stranded in Sri
NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 recordingsof theirfamouschants ferafterEnglandcaptainJoeRoot rently find ourselves in, we are Lanka when the series was can-
and anthems to cheer up the said that “a few Barmy Army just delighted that there's finally celled due to the rising number
WHEN INTERNATIONAL cricket English team that take on the chants a couple of times a ses- somecrickethappening,”hesays. of Covid cases. “Some of our
returns to the stadium for the West Indies from July 8-12. sion would be nice... If we need Since the 1994-95 Ashes se- members had already arrived
first time next month after the Cricket is returning with a a wicket or something, I am sure ries, when about 50 supporters before the cancellation was an-
Covid pandemic shut down all tentative first step, and fans will the lads would appreciate that”. First time in 25 years, England will play a Test without the were first spotted wearing nounced, and got stranded.
sporting activity, its most iconic not be allowed in the stadium. The last international match support of Barmy Army from the stands. Courtesy: Barmy Army Barmy Army shirts with the Thankfully, the British High
fanswanttomaketheirpresence “We are really hopeful that they was an ODI between Australia Union Jack emblazoned on the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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THE CITY
KEJRIWAL SAYS SUCH FACILITIES WILL NOT BE SPARED
Refrain from
‘Some hospitals asking for money to give getting tested
beds, won’t allow black marketeering’ non-negotiable,”hesaid,address- Delhi recorded 1,320 fresh wholemafiabehindthis,"hesaid.
unless you have
symptoms: CM
ASTHASAXENA ing a virtual press briefing on Covid cases on Saturday, taking He also alleged that hospitals
NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 Saturday.
Blaming some hospitals for
the tally in the city to 27,654. The
number of deaths due to the dis-
were not toeing the line because
they had “contacts” in political ‘If all asymptomatic patients go to
IN A sharp indictment of some
private hospitals in the capital,
“black marketeering” of beds, he
said they were asking for a huge
ease has touched 761. Last week,
the government launched a mo-
parties.“Somehospitalshavebe-
come too powerful. They are not
get tested, the system will collapse’
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind sum of money from Covid pa- bileappwhichgivesreal-timein- heedingprotocol.Theyhavecon- CitingDelhigovernment'sruleto
Kejriwal, without naming any tients for reserving beds. formation about the availability tacts in other political parties. I ASTHA SAXENA not exceed the testing capacity,
particular institute, said they Previously, the Delhi govern- of beds and ventilators in each wanttowarnthesehospitalsand NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 thehospitalhascurtailedtesting
were"lying"aboutthenumberof menthadaskedprivatehospitals hospital. tellthemthatyourhospitalswere services.“Wehavelimitedcapac-
beds available for Covid patients in the city with a bed capacity of OnSaturday,theCMsaidthat established for the service of the ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE need ity to test the samples and from
and refusing them treatment. 50ormorebedstoreserve20%of therehadbeenbacklashoverthe people and not to earn money. not get tested for Covid-19, said the last two days, the number of
Issuing the stern warning, their total capacity for Covid pa- sharingofinformation.“Afterthe Where most of the hospitals are Delhi Chief Minister Arvind samples coming to the testing
Kejriwal invoked words such as tients. launchof theapponTuesday,we serving the people during this Kejriwal Saturday while stress- centre have increased. We are
“blackmarketeering”and“mafia” “A few days ago, a person “A few days ago, a person “Some hospitals have receivedamajorbacklashforour pandemic, I want to warn these ing on the need to test sympto- able to test 300-350 samples a
andsaidsomehospitalswereex- cametomeandinformedmethat came to me and informed become too powerful. intenttogiveouttheinformation. few hospitals who are indulging matic and severe patients. day but the screening centre re-
ploiting their links with political he was denied a bed by a private me that he was denied a They are not heeding Now, people know that if a hos- in these malpractices on the in- “The priority is to save the ported around 500 samples in a
parties. hospital,andaftermanyrequests, bed by a private hospital, protocol. They have pitalisdenyingabedincaseofan structions of their contacts in lives of serious patients. Those day. To ensure there is no back-
Thegovernment,hesaid,will they gave him admission after and after many requests, contacts in other political emergency, they must be lying otherparties,thattheywillnotbe with mild symptoms or asymp- log of the samples, we have de-
now deploy medical profession- charginghimRs2lakhforadmis- because they can access the app spared,” he said. tomaticcanrecover.If allasymp- cidedtorestrictthetimings,”said
als in each private hospital to en- sion… I am not saying all private
they gave him admission parties.” and know how many beds are “I have been seeing some tomatic patients will start going DrMinakshiBharadwaj,medical
sure patients are aware of the hospitals are bad. Private hospi- after charging him stillvacantinthatparticularhos- videos on social media where to the labs for tests, then the sys- superintendent of RML hospital.
ARVIND KEJRIWAL
availabilityofbedsandareadmit- talsinthecityhaveplayedanim- Rs 2 lakh.” DELHI CHIEF MINISTER pital. Also, we are not updating people are still finding it difficult tem will collapse. Asymptom- The Delhi government-run
ted “without any hassles”. portant role in our battle against the app ourselves. The hospitals tolocatevacantbeds.Iwanttoap- atic people should not insist on Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality
“You will not be spared. You coronavirus. But there are some areupdatingtheirbedsstatuson peal to them to please give me getting tested. If they are going hospital has been sending its
will have to take coronavirus pa- hospitals which are asking for notallowit.OnFriday,wemetthe reserving 20% beds for Covid pa- the backend of the app, and still some time and if the hospitals to get tested, then serious pa- samplestoLokNayakhospitalaf-
tientswhoarecomingtothehos- money from patients to provide ownersof33privatehospitalsand tients,thenyouhavetheoptionof lyingabouttheiravailabilitytothe continue to have the same ap- tientswillsuffer,”hesaid,adding ter a few lab technicians tested
pital for treatment. Giving treat- them a bed. This is called black themeetingwithotherswillcon- convertingintoadedicatedCovid people.Theyhavethepasswords. proach towards people, strict ac- that Delhi is still on the top in positive for coronavirus.
ment to patients is marketeeringofbedsandwewill tinuetoday.Ifyouhaveanissuein hospital,” he said. It will take some time to bust the tion will be taken,” he said. terms of conducting tests for According to sources, the hospi-
Covid-19. talisnotcollectinganynewsam-
DU’s open book exam plan Recently,thegovernmentissued hospital's lab used to test 70-80
New Delhi
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THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, JUNE 7, 2020
AREDUCTIONinsyllabusby30%
for secondary and senior sec-
thatolderchildrenshouldreturn
toschoolsfirst,Sisodiaquotedan
ICMR study which says that the
attack rate (people affected per
lakhpopulation)islowestamong
children aged 0-4. He said the
pleting syllabi for students up to
elementary classes and instead
focuson“fluencyinreadingwith
understanding and oral expres-
sion, writing different genres of
text, number sense, emotional
NewDelhi: A30-year-old
Delhi Police constable,
who was admitted at
SafdarjungHospitalfora
lungailmentanddiedon
Wednesday, tested posi-
ondary students, continuous school is an especially important resilience, internalisation of tiveforcoronavirusthree
evaluation, and moving away place for younger children to healthy and hygienic practice.” days later, police said on
fromsyllabusforprimaryandel- “learn to live with corona”. For secondary and senior Saturday. The constable
ementary students were among “We need to assure every secondary students, he asked was posted at DCP
suggestions made by Deputy child, irrespective of age and so- that the syllabus be reduced by (Northeast) Ved Prakash
Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to cial class, that they are important 30% across all subjects to focus Surya’s office in the
theHRDministeronthereopen- to us and all of them have equal Manish Sisodia on “depth in learning and un- Welcome area. Senior
ing of schools. righttothephysicalandacademic derstanding”. He also sug- officerssaidthemanhad
Sisodia wrote a letter to HRD spaceoftheirschools.Weneedto gested exam reforms for the been on medical leave
minster Ramesh Pokhriyal on completelypushasideviewsthat drenathomefornow…Wemust CBSE and NCERT, suggesting for the last eight
Friday, encouraging the reopen- leaning will only be carried for- take care that our next step does doing away with one high months due to a severe
ing of schools with “reasonable ward through online classes or notgiveprimacytoolderchildren stakes annual examination for lung ailment.
guidelines”, along with sugges- that education can go forward by overyoungerchildren,”hewrote. class X and XII students, and
tions on how it can be done.
Arguingagainstthereasoning
only calling older children to
schoolsandkeepingyoungerchil-
He stressed on the need to
transcend the focus from com-
working towards replacing it
with continuous evaluation. Gangrivalry:2
At Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital on Saturday. Amit Mehra
heldformurder
ASTHA SAXENA &
willbeneededinamonth’stime.
As of June 15, the city will need
said an official.
The move, however, will be
Bring your own mat, no prasad or flowers: New Delhi: Delhi Police
on Saturday arrested a
26-year-oldmanandap-
MALLICA JOSHI
NEW DELHI, JUNE 6
about15,000bedsbasedonpro-
jections. This number, however,
can only cater to patients in the
difficult to implement as Delhi
has several Central government
hospitals, including AIIMS,
Places of worship prepare to open the gates prehended a juvenile for
allegedly firing bullets at
two men in West Delhi’s
A FIVE-MEMBER committee city and not to those who come Safdarjung Hospital, RML and places of worship can open ners and sanitisers are being in- Dabri and killing one of
formedbytheDelhigovernment from other parts of the country. Hospital and Lady Hardinge SOMYA LAKHANI from June 8, as part of phase I of stalled.“Peoplewillbeallowedin them. The accused al-
to assess Delhi hospitals’ pre- Atpresent,notmanypatientsare Medical College — all of which NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 the“unlockdown”.However,the batches of 15-20 only. Masks will legedly fired ninebullets
paredness and suggest ways to coming to Delhi because of the are treating Covid patients. Delhi government is yet to re- be mandatory. No offerings of at the victims, Gaurav
strengthen infrastructure for lockdown. We have given the On Monday, CM Arvind AS PLACES of worship are ex- lease any guidelines on reopen- food or flowers will be accepted. andVicky,onMay20be-
Covid cases has said in a report suggestionthathospitalsinDelhi Kejriwal had asked people for pected to reopen on Monday, ing of religious places. No prasad will be given,” he said. cause of a “gang rivalry”.
that Delhi will need around can only meet the demands of suggestions regarding sealing preparationsforsanitisationand Imam Bukhari of the Jama FormerDelhiMLAManjinder Police later arrested
15,000 beds to cater to patients city patients,” he said. Delhi’s borders and on reserving social distancing at temples, Masjid told The Indian Express, Singh Sirsa, who is the president them from a nearby JJ
from the city by June 15. Delhi government sources hospital beds for Delhiites. The mosques, gurdwaras and “We have emptied the pond in of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara colony.
There are 8,637 beds for alsosaidthecommitteehadsug- government receivedmorethan churchesareinfullswing—from the premises so no wazu (ablu- Management Committee, said
Covid patients across the city so
far. Of these, 4,225 are occupied.
gested that beds in hospitals be
reserved for patients from Delhi.
7.5 lakh suggestions
“Overwhelmingly, people
floor marking for devotees and
sanitisers every few metres to
tion)isdonetheretoavoidspread
ofCovid-19.Wehaveaskeddevo-
devotees will be asked to leave
their footwear in their vehicles Copfound
Dr Arun Gupta, member of
the committee and president of
“Beds in Delhi will fill up
within 3 days if there is no re-
have said that beds in Delhi hos-
pitals should be for people from
ban on offerings of flowers and
food, and regular announce-
teestodowazuathome.Wehave
removed the carpet as well, and
A temple in Jhandewalan
being sanitised. Amit Mehra
andtobringtheirowndupattaor
handkerchief to wear over their
deadincar
Delhi Medical Council, said the striction on who can avail treat- Delhi.Thenumberof casesinthe ments on keeping children and have asked people to bring their heads. “Instead of one, we have New Delhi: A 45-year-old
assessment was based on the ment. This is an emergency sit- city has risen very quickly over the elderly at home. ownprayermats.Alternaterows nowmadefourentrypointsatSri inspector,postedwiththe
current case trajectory. uation, and a cabinet meeting the past few days, and there is As per guidelines issued by will be empty.” daily,” he said. Bangla Sahib Gurdwara,” he said New Delhi range of spe-
“The aim of the committee will be held to discuss the rec- anxiety amongresidents,” anof- the Ministry of Home Affairs Bukhari said that regular an- Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas He also said there is a contra- cial cell, was found dead
was to identify how many beds ommendations of the report,” ficial said. (MHA),malls,hotels,restaurants nouncementsarebeingmadeto said,“Severalchurcheshavesmall diction in MHA’s guidelines. “It in his car on Saturday in
ensure that the elderly, children communities that visit, so it is says we can do langar (commu- NorthwestDelhi’sKeshav
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The department reserves the right to extend or cancel the bids without assigning any reasons thereof.
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ADVERTORIAL An initiative by
S
AHYOG is a committed are sensitising them about the
NGO working for the em- good practice of hand wash in six
powerment of slum steps. They are also suggesting
dwellers and resettlement them maintaining social distancing
colonies in Delhi NCR. It was to fight in this pandemic situation.
started in 2002 with the vision to According to Mr Shekhar Maha-
bring smiles in the lives of under- jan, founder director, ‘Sahyog —
privileged people. Care for you’ is thankful to all indi-
■ Offering remedial classes and vidual and institutional donors with
bridge courses to underprivi- whose support we are able to dis-
leged children tribute essential items from March
■ Providing vocational training 26 to May 15, 2020. He quoted that
and employment to women till now we have distributed cooked
through a self-sustained pro- meal to 3,11,986 people, dry ration
ject. to 4,620 families and sanitary kits
■ Running SHGs for women to 16861 families in different slum
■ Organising health camps communities. He also emphasised
■ Organising workshops on child that due to continuous and selfless
sexual abuse, and services to the community people,
■ Helping the old and the desti- DM northwest and DM West had
tute by providing them clothes recognised our services and pro-
and ration. vided an appreciation letter to
Presently, the organisation is Sahyog.According to Mr Mahajan,
teaching 1,550 children through Sahyog is providing its services to
remedial classes and bridge the community people without any
courses, and 5,500 women through discrimination. He also requested
adult literacy programme, 65 dis- people to comply with government
■ ABHISHEK PATHAK effects of the disease in whatever ways abled, 60 war widows, 800 youth advisory norms of not to move out
possible. Their focal point has been to in 96 centres. Through our other of their homes, clean hands with
A
S COVID-19 continues to address immediate relief activities, from projects, we have been able to soap frequently or sanitise them. If
wreak havoc, there are major providing supplies to migrants to giving reach out to more than 20,000 moving out is necessary then your
disruptions that can be ob- targeted support to end-beneficiaries. people. ‘Sahyog — Care for You’ is giving Sahyog are continuously providing under this massive awareness gen- mouth should be covered with a
served in our society today. With slum dwellers, daily wage workers The word “Sahyog” beckons co- its sahyog to the community peo- their support by distributing eration campaign in the commu- mask. He expressed his hope that
The worst pandemic in over 100 years and migrant labourers finding it ex- operation; to walk in cooperation ple at different locations in Delhi, cooked food, ration and sanitary nity are making them aware and only through such small efforts will
has already affected many aspects of tremely difficult to sustain and earn with each other is what Sahyog is Haryana and Telangana with its full kits along with making general suggesting them the importance of be able to achieve our full potential
our daily life and will undoubtedly give a their daily bread in a continuously wors- all about. strength with the help of civic au- masses aware on the same. cleanliness especially hand saniti- and will soon come out with this
new impetus for rearrangements in our ening environment, it is the NGOs that To fight with Covid-19, in India thorities. The team members of Team ‘Sahyog — Care for You’ sation as well as hand wash. They pandemic.
globalised world. Life will now be re- have reached out to these troubled peo-
ferred as ‘Pre- and Post-COVID-19’. ple to help and support them in times of
It’s intriguing to think as to what will this huge crisis. They are indeed their
be the role of the NGO sector once the saviour — the face of humanity.
pandemic subsides. Will we see a There are NGOs that are working pri-
change in our own decision-making marily to make healthcare services ac-
processes and the way we continue to cessible to the poor and underprivi-
interact with our environment and na- leged. The NGO foundations have Creating peaceful societies through
ture? Surely, there will be a sea change in kickstarted massive efforts to provide
our behavioural aspects once we’re out coronavirus care kits to the poor, includ-
transformative education
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through activity-based learning. We
are majorly directed towards govern- improve learning outcomes and build
ment relief funds.This will surely reduce social & emotional skills in students.
disease the CSR funding to NGOs significantly.
Corporates are the major contributors
of funds for NGOs and have a long his-
tory of supporting the NGO sector
bit to alleviate the pains of corona-af- through thick and thin. In 2017-18, the
fected migrant population. However, CSR funds were estimated to be around 9,6- 9:18849 )%85%,/
the onus is also upon the common man Rs 13,000 crore. Can the NGO sector ex- Under this program, we work
and the NGOs to try and allay the ag- pect the same contribution from the cor- with urban schools and all the
gravated conditions for the corona-af- porate houses, given that a lot of money stakeholders involved, to create
an empathic and safe
fected working-class people. is currently directed towards mitigating environment for the socio-
Over the years, NGOs have made de- the crisis at various levels? The truth is emotional development of
finitive contributions to humanity in that a lot of corporations are already students. We do this through
several ways. Their contributions can’t contributing to various state and cen- various training programs.
8&40&- )%85%,/9
be discredited. Wherever the govern- tral relief systems from their CSR funds We conduct web-based training,
ment has failed to reach or provide relief which will surely affect their funding to interactive workshops and talks, on
to the downtrodden, NGOs have risen the NGO sector. As per reports, funding various aspects of social & emotional
like saviours for people in distress. How- for traditional CSR activities — not intelligence, mental health and career
counseling. These programs are
ever, the work of NGOs has never been linked to Covid-19 — in this fiscal year conducted for school leaders,
an easy one. There are growing con- will reduce by 30 % to 60%.This is gen- teachers, parents, children and youth.
straints that have hindered the activi- erally a significant portion of what the
ties of NGOs.Across the globe, there are sector would have got.Thus, it is imper-
several legal and administrative barri- ative for the sector to think beyond con-
ers making it more difficult for NGOs to ventional routes to keep the funding in-
receive funds and support. tact. Clearly, it is time to envision a new
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steadfast in its approach to mitigate the subsides.
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Akal Takht jathedar’s
remarks on Khalistan
Shahtoholdvirtualrallytoday, Congress moves
65 MLAs to resorts
create a flutter settosoundBiharpollbugle ahead of RS polls
KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR Oppn caught off guard, accuses BJP of ignoring virus threat for poll politics
AMRITSAR, JUNE 6 ADITI RAJA &
connectedtohelpmigrantwork- GOPAL KATESHIYA
KHALISTAN SLOGANS by fringe
elementsoneveryanniversaryof
SANTOSH SINGH
PATNA, JUNE 6
RJD SHOULD TRY TO ers, some of whom have also be-
come our party members.”
VADODARA, RAJKOT, JUNE 6
Operation Blue Star has become GET NITISH IN OPPN DenyingthatBJPistheonlyparty FOLLOWINGTHEresignationsof
routine, but this time Akal Takht
acting Jathedar Giani Harpreet
CATCHINGITSpoliticalopponents
napping, the BJP has announced
FOLD, SAYS MANJHI making a digital outreach,
RashrtriyaLokSamataPartypres-
three of its MLAs ahead of the
Rajya Sabha polls on June 19, the
Singh created a flutter, saying all that Union Home Minister and Patna: Former Bihar CM and ident Upendra Kushwaha added state Congress Saturday shifted
Sikhs want Khalistan and they Akal Takht acting Jathedar formerBJPchiefAmitShahwould Hindustani Awam Morcha he,too,didFacebookLivesessions its remaining 65 MLAs to three
will accept it if it is granted. Giani Harpreet Singh addresspartyworkersatapprox- (Secular) president Jitan Ram to take up the issue of migrants. differentresortsinthestateinan Congress leader Hardik
At a press conference imately 72,000 booths to reach Manjhi on Saturday told re- Congress party secretary attempt to thwart any more res- Patel slams ‘turncoat MLAs’
Saturday to mark 36 years of the out to its cadres and workers Amit Shah portersRJDleadershipshould Chandan Yadav said, “While the ignationsthatcouldfurtherjeop-
Army operation to flush out mil- Dev Ji had laid the foundation througha virtualrallyon Sunday. take along all constituents of BJP has gone in election mode, as ardisetheparty’stallyinthestate.
itants from the Golden Temple of Begampura. Guru Hargobind The BJP claims nearly 5 lakh the opposition alliance in the isreflectedthroughitsdigitalcon- After the third MLA, Brijesh (MLAs) with chappals for cheat-
premises, Giani Harpreet Singh, Singh founded Akal Takht. partyworkerswilllistentoShah's savvy. Almost all our key func- state and try to bring Nitish nectivity,ourtopleadersarecon- Merja, quit and fresh dates for ing the voters... I believe people
whobecameJathedarinOctober It is our great sovereign speechonYouTube,FacebookLive tionaries use smartphones and Kumar in the Grand Alliance nected(withthepeople)through the RS polls were announced, will give these turncoat MLAs a
2018, said: “There should be no commitment.” andontheNamoapp.Theeventis arenowfamilarwithZoommeet- fold. HAM(S) spokesperson WhatsApp,andwehaverunsev- Congress leader Hardik Patel fitting reply in bypolls, like they
sloganeeringduringmyaddress. “All of you know the type of beingtoutedasaformallaunchof ingsandpartyWhatsAppgroups. Danish Rizwan told The eral campaigns against misman- spoke out against the “turn- have done in the past — be it in
Thereisnothingwrongif slogans rule and governance Maharaja the electoral process in Bihar, Our state president had held a Sunday Express: “There has agementof thecoronaviruscrisis coats” and said people should Bayad, Radhanpur earlier or
are raised after the event.” Ranjit Singh provided. Its basis which is scheduled to go to the video meeting at levels of man- been no discussions on seat- by the Bihar government.” “beat them with chappals” for Morbi in the future,” he said.
Asked by mediapersons wasjustice.Itisthewishof Sikhs Assembly polls in October- dalsandshaktikendraingroups.” sharing so far. It is high time Yadavpointedoutthatasetof betrayal, and also urged the PatelsaidBJPwastryingallits
whether this meant he sup- to have a state where everyone November this year. In Bihar, BJP's organisational theRJDtakesinitiative.Manjhi 13questionsaskedbythepartyof Election Commission to act. So tacticstogainmajorityintheRajya
portedthedemandforKhalistan, isequalregardlessof caste,creed OppositionRJDandCongress, structure includes 45 organisa- also reiterated his suggestion Shahonsocialmediaplatformsis far eight MLAs have quit the Sabha, thus moving in to poach
hesaid,“If thegovernmentgives and religion... where nobody however,tookonthesaffronparty tional districts, 1,100 mandals, of making attempts to bring trending on Twitter. Congress since the elections Congress MLAs by pressurising
us Khalistan, what more can we faces atrocities, discrimination for going in “election mode” at a 9,000 shakti kendras and 72,000 Nitish to the GA.” ENS Among the Congress’s key were announced in March. thembeforeeveryscheduledpoll
ask for? We shall accept it. Every or hate as Sikhs have faced in the timewhenthebattleagainstcoro- booths.Anandsaid,“Whiileitwas questions are how the BJP can The party has divided its leg- to the upper house. “The (BJP)
Sikh wants Khalistan.” past,” he said. navirus is yet to be won in a state notpossibletomeetourworkers thinkofelectionsduringthepan- islators in three groups, confin- party may have a majority in the
Shiromani Gurdwara In Amritsar, there was un- wherecasesarestillrising—asof during lockdown, our cadres at into election mode at a time demic, and why half the posts of ing them at resorts in Ambaji, Lok Sabha but they are strug-
Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) precedented security in the run- Saturday evening, it had more every level remained activated. when Bihar is still in the grip of doctors are vacant even after its Rajkot and Vadodara. Senior gling to have numbers in the up-
president Gobind Singh up to the anniversary event, and than 4,500 positive cases. There had been some activity or the pandemic, Anand said, “The leaders held the Health portfolio Congress leaders claimed that per house. Therefore, whenever
Longowal, responding to the devotees were not allowed to Bihar BJP president Dr Sanjay theotherthroughdigitalchannels virtual rally is a bid to stay con- in the NDA government in the the decision to move the MLAs there is a Rajya Sabha election,
same question at the press con- enter the Golden Temple prem- Jaiswal, however, said Shah's vir- (even) during the lockdown.” nectedwiththepartyatthebase state for 13 years. to “safe locations” was to keep they try to get as many of their
ference, said: “If anyone offers it isesonSaturday,withthewalled tual rally is a way to digitally ad- Asked what the focus of level.LettheOppositioninterpret The BJP's alliance partner, them away from pressures from leaders elected as possible to in-
to us, we shall take it.” city being sealed off. dress the cadres. Shah’s virtual rally would be, it the way they would like to.” JD(U), also said it went digital a the BJP, which, according to the crease the numbers,” he said.
Inthepast,formerAkalTakht There was a minor scuffle BiharBJPspokespersonNikhil Anand said he could speak on RJDspokespersonMrityunjay longtimeago.Partyspokesperson party, has been trying to “poach He added that the onus is on
jathedars chose not to respond when activists of Shiromani Anand told The Sunday Express, the achievements of the second Tewarisaid:“OurleaderTejashwi Neeraj Kumar said, "Our national MLAs”. As many as two more the Election Commission (EC) to
toquestionsaroundthedemand Akali Dal and some other Sikh “Sunday’svirtualrallywouldbea Narendra Modi government in Prasad Yadav has also held Zoom president, Chief Minister Nitish MLAs are said to be on their way clear its stand on the issue of de-
for Khalistan. bodies managed to enter the culmination of our two-month- its first year, and how the Centre meetings; we have WhatsApp Kumar,hasbeenconnectingwith out, top party leaders said. fections and set an example by
Giani Harpreet Singh, how- premises. Police eased restric- long efforts to make our cadre – has tackled the Covid challenge. groups,butwearenotthinkingof party functionaries through Since March this year, when initiatingpunitive action against
ever, clarified: “Guru Nanak tions in Amritsar after the event. down to the booth level – tech- Askedwhetheritisrighttogo elections like the BJP is. We stay video-conferencing.” the RS polls were to be first held, turncoats to restore the faith of
as many as eight Congress MLAs the country in democracy.
have resigned. Karjan Vadodara Congress
Journalist booked for defamation over Amid spike in Covid-19 cases, J&K (Vadodara) MLA Akshay Patel
and Kaprada (Valsad) MLA Jitu
spokesperson
Brahmabhatt said MLAs
Nilesh
remarks on cops, he says being targeted prepares for Yatra via shorter route
Chaudhary resigned this week Mohansinh Rathwa and
on Thursday and Morbi MLA Sukhram Rathwa, from Chhota
Brijesh Merja on Friday. Udepur and Jetpur respectively,
Kotwali SHO Gautam Jain. WhatsApp message to SHO Jain ministration and Shri Amarnath place only via Baltal route.” OnSaturday,Congressleader have not been herded to the re-
HAMZA KHAN OnMay13,adisputebrokeout onMay26inwhichhecalledPali ADIL AKHZER Ji Shrine Board said the yatra Therearetwotrekkingroutes Hardik Patel reacted to the res- sort. “These are two MLAs who
JAIPUR, JUNE 6 between labourers and adminis- SP Rahul Katakey “insensitive” SRINAGAR, JUNE 6 would be cancelled this year. The to the shrine — the Pahalgam ignation of Merja, his one-time the party is absolutely sure
tration of Pali-based Maharaja and “arrogant”. He said in the press note was later withdrawn. route and the shorter Baltal trek confidant during the Patidar about. They are seniors so they
A JOURNALIST in Rajasthan’s Pali ShreeUmaidMillsLimited,atex- message, quoted in the FIR, that WITH JAMMU and Kashmir wit- ShafqatIqbal,DCofKashmir’s that is 14 km from the base camp Anamat Andolan in 2017. have been asked to stay in touch
hasbeenbookedinadefamation tilemill,overwages.Whenpolice he had informed the SP about nessingaspikeinCovid-19cases, Ganderbaldistrict,throughwhich at Baltal. “People should beat up those from their homes,” he said.
case after he questioned and al- arrived, the labourers allegedly Singhbeing“assaultedbyabase- authorities are considering hold- Baltal route passes, said, “The While the officials said they
legedly used offensive language started stone-pelting. Twenty- ball bat” but the “SP, a public ser- ingAmarnathYatraonlythrough work of trek clearance and repair haven’treceivedconfirmeddates
against police over the death of a two people, including labour vant, blocked my number”. the shorter Baltal route this year. is on. Tentative dates have not yet,sourcessaidtheyatraislikely
DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN
labour leader in judicial custody. leader Ramnath Singh (68), were Rajpurohit said, “I raised the The41-dayyatrawastobegin beencommunicatedtous,butwe to start on July 21. AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT,
Veerendra Rajpurohit runs senttojudicialcustody.Singhwas matter of the labour leader’s onJune23,butowingtoCovid-19, are expecting it (yatra) may hap- A senior official in Srinagar GOVERNMENT OF N.C.T OF DELHI
News 30 Rajasthan, “a web chan- admitted to a hospital where he death, so police are targeting me authoritiesareyettomakeanan- peninJuly.Thistime,therewillbe said that if the yatra begins next 5th FLOOR ISBT BUILDING, KASHMERE GATE,
nel”, and is associated with some died. Rajpurohit claimed that a and wrongly lodged an FIR...” SP nouncement. In April, the UT ad- less yatris and it is likely to take month, it will be “challenging”. DELHI (CHILD PROTECTION UNIT)
vernacular newspapers. He told constable,whoallegedlyhitSingh, Katakey said, “… you can see for F. No 1385/Selection of CWCs/DD(CPU)/DWCD/20-21 Dated: 05.06.2020
TheIndianExpressthatheisnowin was later suspended. yourself whether an FIR needs to
“hiding”.TheFIRhasbeenlodged As per the FIR against beregisteredwhensuchlanguage INVITATION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FOR THE POST
onthebasisofacomplaintbyPali Rajpurohit, the journalist sent a is used against an IPS officer.” OF CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF CHILD WELFARE
COMMITTEES (CWCs) IN NCT. OF DELHI
Online applications are invited for the 04 honorary posts of
Chairperson and 16 Honorary post of Members in the
various Child Welfare Committees in NCT of Delhi as per
Section-27 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of
Children) Act, 2015 and Rules 15(3) & 88 of Juvenile
Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016.
The applications shall be accepted w.e.f 09.06.2020 to
18.06.2020. After scrutiny of applications the list of eligible
shortlisted candidates shall be displayed on the website of
the Department. The eligible applicants are advised to
refer to the web portal www.wcddel.in for terms of
reference of the appointment and eligibility criteria.
Candidates are advised to refer to Department’s Notice
Board/Website for any updates in this regard.
Note- No other mode of applications except online shall be
entertained by the Department. The Department also
reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of
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PUBLIC NOTICE
GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA
EXCISE & TAXATION DEPARTMENT
NOTICE FOR INVITING e-TENDERS FOR ALLOTMENT OF REMAINING
ZONES OF RETAIL LIQUOR VENDS OF REMAINING DISTRICTS FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 IN THE STATE OF HARYANA
It is hereby notified for the information of general public that E-TEN-
DERS for ALLOTMENT of zones of remaining retail liquor vends of the
pending districts against which these zones are mentioned below, are
invited for the year 2020-21:
Sr. No. Name of Distt. Zone Number
1 Faridabad ZFBD-23 & 86
2 Guruaram (East) ZGRE-08, 18, 19. 29, 36, 45, 46, 67
& 69
3 Gurugram (West) ZGRW-06, 07, 11, 13, 14,22, 36, 44,
48, 50, 53, 66, 68 & 70
4 Jagadhri ZJAG-12 & 39
5 Kaithal ZKTL-16 & 21
6 Panchkula ZPKL-17
7 Panipat ZPNP-03, 06, 09 & 17
8 Sonepat ZSNP-08, 11, 14, 24 & 27
SCHEDULE FOR INVITATION AND EVALUATION FOR E-TENDERS FOR
REMAINING ZONES OF RETAIL LIQUOR VENDS
1. Starting date and time for placing 8th June, 2020
e-tenders. (from 09:00 A.M. onwards)
2. Closing Date and time for placing 8th June, 2020
e-tenders. (till 05.00 P.M.)
3. Evaluation of e-tenders. 8th June, 2020 (06.00 P.M.)
1. These e-Tenders will be submitted online as per public notice issued
by the Department (published on 07th/8th March, 2020) in the leading
newspapers inviting e-Tenders for allotment of retail liquor licenses of
Zones of vends for the year 2020-21. The public notice is available on
the departmental website i.e. www.haryanatax.gov.in.
2. The list of remaining Zones of vends in the Districts and venue for
evaluation of e- Tenders shall be conspicuously displayed in the office
of DETC (Excise) & DETC (ST) concerned. The list shall also be avail-
able on the departmental website i.e. www.haryanatax.gov.in.
3. The process of inviting tenders shall be continued by reducing the
original reserve price as per Excise Policy 2020-21 and as decided by
ETC, Haryana.
4. The e- Tenders shall be received and the Zones of vends shall be allot-
ted in the manner prescribed in the Excise Policy for the year 2020-21
and the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (as applicable to the State of
Haryana), the rules framed thereunder.
5. The allotment shall be subject to the approval of the Excise and
Taxation Commissioner, Haryana. He may reject, without assigning
any reason, any allotment in public interest as the case may be within
10 days of the date of allotment.
Excise & Taxation Commissioner,
81157/HRY Haryana
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registered Will dated same in any manner. Ankur Gupta els resume...” The 88-year old, whose late “She had devoted her life to Shankar Prasad said. ganised by the National Mission NMCG, Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.
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9 ECONOMY
THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, JUNE 7, 2020 Global Watch
POWELL TO APPEAR BEFORE US CONGRESS
Washington: US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before
the US Congress on June 16 and 17 in hearings on the central bank’s semi-
annual monetary policy report. By statute, the Fed delivers the report
providing an overview of the economy twice a year. REUTERS
RESERVES AT $493.48 BILLION FOR WEEK ENDED MAY 29 INTERVIEW WITH CRISIL MD & CEO
stability torupee
reservessurged$3.43billiontoan Totalvalueofthegoldreserves Weekly Reserves in ulus package to revive the econ- helpcreditgrowth?
all-timehighof$493.48billionfor continued to decline and were at $ billion omy and get the growth back on AN EXPRESS INTERVIEW SERIES It may not lead to a material
the week ended May 29 on the $32.682billion,lowerby$97mil- Mar 6 487.237 track, ASHU SUYASH, MD & CEO, uptick in credit growth. Two fac-
back of strong inflow of funds by ASHARPriseinforeignexchangereservesbyover$12billion lion as compared with the previ- Mar 13 481.892 CRISIL told SANDEEP SINGH that tors are expected to keep credit
foreignportfolioinvestors.InMay inMaytohit$493billionreflectsinflowof FDIandFPImoney ousweek,thecentralbanksaid. direct fiscal spending from the growthsubduedthisfiscal.Oneis
Mar 20 469.9
alone, forex reserves jumped by a intoIndianeconomyamidstthepandemic.Highlevelsof While the pandemic has overallpackageisaboutRs2.6lakh thechallengingmacro-economic
sharp$12.4billion. reservesnotonlyareequivalenttoIndia’soneyearof import pushedinvestorstoseekrefugein Mar 27 475.6 crore, or 1.2 per cent of GDP this undercurrents leading to an ex-
Data released by the Reserve bill,butalsoprovidestabilitytorupeeagainstthedollar. saferinvestmentdestinationsand Apr 3 474.6 year. Stating that the current ex- pected 5 per cent contraction in
Bank of India shows that in the instruments,leadingtooutflowof tent of economic decline would GDP, and two, risk-averseness
Apr 10 476.5
week ended May 29, foreign cur- funds in March and April, there demand stepping the scale and amonglenders.
rency assets, a major component As a result of rising inflow of now cover one year of import ex- had been a relative calm on that Apr 17 479.6 scope of fiscal measures, she said Till such time banks are com-
of the overall reserves, increased fundsandgrowingforexreserves, penditure. front in May. The continuing low Apr 24 479.5 thatwithoutastrongfiscalstimu- fortable with the credit quality of
by$3.50billionto$455.21billion. the rupee has also strengthened In his monetary policy state- levelsofBrentcrudeoilpriceshave May 1 481.08 lus, recovery is unlikely to be a V- borrowers, they may not loosen
During the week ended May againstthedollar.Whileitcloseat ment on May 22, RBI Governor alsobenefittedIndiaanditsforeign shapedone.Editedexcerpts: purse strings. That said, the gov-
29, FPIs invested a net of Rs 5,480 75.56 on Friday, it rose 34 paise in Shaktikanta Das said, “India’s for- exchangereserves. May 8 485.3 ernment’sRs3lakhcrorescheme
May 15 487.03
ASHU SUYASH
croreintoIndianequities.Withfor- the week ended May 29 against eign exchange reserves have in- Earlier, India’s foreign ex- HowdoyouseetheRs20lakh MD & CEO, CRISIL to extend credit to MSMEs –
eigninvestorslookingtobuystake theUSdollar. creasedby$9.2billionin2020-21 changereserveshadasmoothrun May 22 490.04 crorestimuluspackage backedbygovernmentguarantee
in Indian companies, the FDI in- Experts say in times of dwin- so far (up to May 15) to US$ 487.0 fornearlysix-monthsastheyrose announcedbythegovernment We, therefore, –shouldprovidesometailwindto
May 29 493.48 believe that sans
flowhasalsostoodstrongleading dling economic activity and billion—equivalentto12months week-on-week between intermsof itsimpactonthe creditgrowthinthissegment.
to a rise in forex reserves amidst growth, the rising forex reserves of imports.” September20,2019andMarch6, Source : RBI fiscanditsabilitytoprovidea strong fiscal stimulus —
thepandemic. provide a lot of strength as they Expressed in dollar terms, the 2020. filliptotheeconomy? which we don’t foresee — Whichsectorsdoyousee
Many steps in the recovery is unlikely to be impactedthemostbythe
AatmanirbharBharatpackageare lockdown?
BRIEFLY orientedtowardsraisingthelong-
a V-shaped one” Theconsumptionsector—es-
New Delhi
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10 SUNDAY STORY
THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, JUNE 7, 2020
A long recess
Every year about this time, India’s coaching industry starts admitting lakhs of students aspiring for
entrance to premier institutes. In the wake of coronavirus, numbers are down to half as institutes try to
reinvent their classrooms for a post-pandemic world. RITIKA CHOPRA reports
A
PRIL, MAY and June are the 12 around the same time last year,” a teacher Maheshwari said — he is confident that their “Nextweek,coachingindustrymemberswill
months when India’s coaching at the centre said on condition of anonymity. online programme will make up the deficit. joinmeinawebinartodiscussfurthersteps.”
industrygetsreadytowelcome “This will remain a bad year for us,” said a However, CareerPoint is an exception, Recently,KotaNorthMLAandstateUrban
a new batch through its doors. teacheratAakashInstitute’sNagpurcentre.“I along with Aakash and PACE, in its foray into Development Minister Shanti Dhariwal also
Every year, lakhs of students don’tthinkparentswillbecomfortablesend- online coaching. For traditional centres, con- held a meeting with seven coaching centres
walkthroughthem,fuellingtheindustry’san- ing their children to crowded classrooms.” tact classes remain the main revenue source. to discuss the way forward. “The coaching
nualrevenuestoupwardsof Rs24,000crore, Desperate for students, institutes have In the long term now, Maheshwari said, neighbourhoodsinthetowncouldbeturned
the estimate in 2015 by a government-ap- lowered the initial amounts for freezing of coaching institutes may have to rationalise into restricted zones. No outsiders will be al-
pointedcommittee,anditsannualgrowthto seats.AResonancecentreinDelhi,forinstance, theirofflineinfrastructure.“Institutesmaylay lowed to enter these areas. We have to make
double digits, as aspirations outpace seats. is accepting advance payments of Rs 10,000, off people on the administration side and familiesbelieveagainthatKotaissafe,”hesays.
A large many of them make their way to as opposed to Rs 60,000 in 2019. This centre those renting space may vacate partially. Sincethemid-’90s,neighbourhoodssuch
India’s coaching capital of Kota, theRajasthan charges Rs 1 lakh for one student per year. Whilewehaven’tvacatedanyspaceyet,some as Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Indra Vihar, Kunadi,
town whose economy revolves around its Teacherscomplaintheyarebeingpaidless of our franchises are considering it,” he said. Jawahar Nagar, Indraprastha Industrial Area,
coaching institutes. However, a month after and late even as they now provide individu- Ashifttoonlinethoughisworryingforan and Talwadi in Kota have emerged as coach-
mostofits1.5lakhstudentsleftfortheirhomes alised attention to students, holding online industryalreadylosingstudentstoestablished A student undergoes thermal screening at an Allen centre in Kota; (top) in Kunadi, inghubs,whichovertimespawnedamyriad
in other states in the wake of the coronavirus classes,recordinglectures,administeringtests, online players. “Tutoring platforms such as a coaching neighbourhood in the town, most hostels are empty. Maqsood Ahmad ofbusinesses—hostels,canteens,restaurants,
lockdown,thetownhaswornadesertedlook, andclearingdoubtsoverWhatsAppandZoom. Byjus,UnacademyandVedantuhavebeendo- stationery shops, photo-copy stores, cyber-
itscoachingcentres,hostels, AteacherattheNagpur ingthisforquitesometimeandtheiruserex- cafes, gaming zones, among others.
marketsandmallsshut,and
its once bustling haunts
nowempty.
INDIA’S COACHING
INDUSTRY
franchise centre of Aakash
talks of 20% to 25% salary
cuts, but Aakash denies it.
perience is much smoother. If online coach-
ingisgoingtobethenewnormal,wemaylose
our students to them,” admitted a teacher
In deserted Kota, AtRajivGandhiNagar,wherehotels,studio
apartments and hostels flank coaching cen-
tres,everysectorlinkedtotheindustryisfeel-
Witheducationalinsti-
tutions prematurely shut,
entrance exams post- `24,000 cr
“Revenues have been im-
pacted as most of our
branches are closed for of-
withacentreofVidyamandirClassesinDelhi.
According to its CEO Vamsi Krishna,
Vedantuhaswitnesseda150%increaseinpaid
problems real and virtual ing the heat, says Naveen Mittal. “There are
about 2,500 hostels in Kota, and a majority of
these owners had taken loans to build them.
poned, and uncertainty annual revenue of coaching flineprogrammeswhilewe users for competitive exam preparation dur- We had about 50,000 students and most of
hanging over the next aca- industry* continuetohaveoutlaysfor ing the lockdown. The slump in the offline neeringcolleges,Kota’sbiggestcoachingcen- themhaveleft.EachstudentspentRs80,000
demic year, the Covid-19 salaries,rentals,overheads. coachingindustry“isthecontributingfactor”, ANKITADWIVEDIJOHRI trehasalsohadtoresetits30-year-oldcoach- a year on accommodation — now you do the
12 lakh
O
pandemic hangs over the However, as a responsible he told The Sunday Express. ing grammar in the past three months. math,”saysMittal,whoownstwohostelsand
coaching world. Institutes company... we have not Theirplatformsoffermuchmorethanthe N APRIL 1, R K Verma, popular “Wehaveupgradedourinternalportal,the heads the hostel association in the town.
areseeingfallinadmissions students enrol for coaching made any salary reduction hastyshiftoftraditionalcoachinginstitutesto among students as ‘RKV Sir’, put BatchProgressMonitoringSystem.Itnowpro- The group has suggested guidelines for
to half, budgets that are for 2 years; pay Rs 1 lakh per or delay in payment of onlinelectures,headded.“Ourcontentishy- up a 17-minute video on vides lectures, notes, everything... We have hostels to follow once students return.
straining to pay for rented year* salaries,”AakashChaudhry, per-animated and visualised, and our plat- YouTubetoannouncethelaunch partnered with Test My Prep application for “Thermalscreeningattheentrance,oneroom
spaces, and fear of online *Ashok Misra committee, 2015 Director and CEO, Aakash form is interactive. Teachers can launch of the digital learning platform ‘ResoSir’. assessments,”saysPankajBirla,vice-president per student, and only 30 per cent of the hos-
competitors crowding EducationalServices,wrote quizzes,pollsandevensolvedoubts.It’sadif- Studymaterial,practicetests,andrecorded at the Allen coaching centre that has approx- tel’s strength at the mess during meal times
them out.
Coaching institutes 25 lakh in an email.
VidyamandirClassesin
ferent user experience.”
Krishna is confident of retaining his new
and live lectures can all be accessed through imately 50,000 students in Kota.
the portal, Verma, the managing director of Theyarealsograduallyovercomingsome
— are some of our suggestions,” he says.
ABJPMPfromRajasthansaidhehasbeen
have been reaching out to students appear for JEE Delhi has released only students once the crisis eases. “I understand Resonance coaching institute, said. of the initial hiccups. “We had to re-shoot receiving representations from people wor-
both the government and (Main), JEE (Advanced) about 60% of the salary for thebiasforcontactclasses,buttheCovidout- Ithadbeenaweeksincethefirstlockdown videosintheearlydaysbecauseof poorlight, riedaboutheftyloanstakentobuildhostels.
nervous parents reluctant and NEET every year April for teachers above a break has forced students to experience on- to check the spread of coronavirus was an- sound, and technical glitches. Now, our R&D Tenkilometresaway,inKunadi,alongrow
to send wards to class- certain salary bracket, said linelearning.Oncestudentsarehabituatedto nounced,andKota,thethrummingnervecen- team goes through them with a fine-tooth of‘hometuition’centresthathadcroppedup
rooms. On May 29, coach-
ing centres in Kota, led by
KOTA one of its teachers em-
ployed at a Dwarka centre.
the Vedantu experience, I doubt we will lose
them… unless they are in a remote region,
treofthecountry’scoachingindustry,hadbe- comb,andmostofthemaregoodtogoinone
gun to feel the first effects of a slump. shot,” he says.
intheshadowofthecoachinggiantshaveseen
“zero” business since March. “No one wants
one of its biggest players,
Allen Career Institute, re- 1.3-1.5 lakh
leased a list of “security students
An email to Vidyamandir
founder Brij Mohan Gupta
went unanswered.
with poor Internet connectivity.”
Coachinginstitutesargueinturnthatwhat
they bring to the table can’t be replicated by
Overnight, the classrooms of its 300 big and
small centres cleared out,
and, in little over a month,
However, as they race to set up their vir-
tual infrastructure, most
coaching centres admit to
tocallourteachershomedespitethefactthat
therehasbeennoCovidcaseinanyof coach-
ing neighbourhoods,” says Y K Jain, owner of
standards for classroom Teachers at FIITJEE, online firms. “Yes, students can be coached the1.5lakhmedicalanden- challenges.“In-depthclass- Y K Jain Classes in the area.
coaching”to“maintainthe
trust of parents”. These in-
`3,000 cr among the biggest players
in engineering coaching,
online, but it won’t get you selected to an in-
stitute. It won’t get you a qualifying rank,” a
gineering aspirants who
greased the wheels of the
roomteachingandone-on-
one problem-solving ses-
“I had 1,000 teachers registered with me
whochargedRs8,000for25hours.Ithought
clude masks in class, sani- estimated worth of Kota’s too spoke of pay cuts. An teacher with Allen’s Indore centre said. town’s coaching economy, sions brought students to students would prefer tuition classes to big
tisation of campuses twice coaching industry employee who had been A teacher with Allen’s Kota centre, which peggedatRs3,000crore,re- us. In online classes, most coachingclassroomsnow,butthathasn’tbeen
a day, special seating serving his notice period, hasseena10%dipinenrolment,saide-learn- turnedhome. students keep their videos thecase.Ifthiscontinues,Imighthavetomove
arrangements, and the use 300 shared an official email in- ingsuffersfrommajorlimitationslike“lackof “The digital platform off to save data. The teach- to another business,” he adds.
ofumbrellasbystudentsas
theyentercampusestoen- coaching institutes in Kota
forming him that he was
being relieved early be-
discipline” and “lack of peer learning”.
“Studentslearnfromoneanotherwhilesolv-
was supposed to be
launched in June, but we A new ers can’t see them, there is
no reaction. Interaction is
Thefearisreal,saysDrZafarMohammed,
chairperson of Pragati Group of Academies
sure social distancing.
Back in April, the 2,500
cause of “huge loss of busi-
ness” due to coronavirus.
ing problems in a classroom,” he said. “Also,
it’s difficult to enforce discipline. Some stu-
had to take urgent steps to
ensure that students’ blueprint difficult,” says Verma, ex-
plaining why, eventually,
that runs three schools in Kota. “Most of the
students at the 1,500 schools in Kota are out-
Maharashtra Coaching Kumar Anshul, of FIITJEE’s dents clearly cheat in mock tests at home.” preparation was not hin- thestudentshavetoreturn station students, especially from Classes 7 to
hostels (fee: Rs 80,000 per
Classes Association wrote marketingdivision,saidthe To academics who accuse the coaching dered. So, we launched on PEGGEDATRs24,000 to classrooms. 12. Parents trusted us and left children as
year per student for a room)
to Chief Minister Uddhav company did not wish to centres of encouraging rote learning, to the April 1 and gave the stu- crore,thecoachingindus- Also,whilemostcoach- youngas13here.Theyhaveallgonebackand
Thackerayseekingsupport respond to queries. detrimentofallelsethatinvolvesaschooled- dents a week’s time to tryisstrugglingtokeep ingcentresrefusedtoquote students of Classes 11 and 12 are unlikely to
for over 98,000 members While teachers at the ucation,thismaysoundironical.However,it’s arrangeforlaptops,phones uprevenues.Ownersof a figure, by most estimates return,” says Mohammed, who has nearly
in the form of rent waive-offs, as well as con- Maharashtra-basedPACEIIT&Medicalhaven’t flexibility above all else that has kept the and Internet,” says Verma. bigcoachinginstitutes, the industry in Kota is star- 3,000 students in his schools. “I still have to
cessionsinpayingsalariestoemployees,GST, receivedsalariessinceApril,MDPraveenTyagi coaching industry thriving, despite attempts Resonance, among the whostandtolosethe ing at an 80 per cent rev- pay150staffmembers.Thefateofeverybusi-
income tax and Copyright Act charges. claimedthiswasbecausehehadn’tbeenable by successive governments to rein them in. fivebigcoachingcentresin mostevenastheymakea enue loss if students don’t ness linked to coaching is in danger.”
The story is the same across Kota, Delhi, toaccessandsignchequesduringlockdown. Inthemostsignificantattempt,in2013,the Kota, has 25,000 students. hurriedtransitiontoon- return by July. Mohammed also worries about the in-
Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur and Indore. When asked about pay cuts, R K Verma, IITs — the Mecca of coaching — had changed Over the next few line,havereachedoutto “Inourmeetings,ourfo- creasedscreentimeforstudents.“Mostinsti-
EnrolmentsusuallypeakafterClass10results MD of Resonance said, “Sab samajdaar hain their entrance eligibility criteria to give more weeks, the centre bought thegovernmenttode- cus is to keep the coaching tutesdidn’tallowstudentsphones,andama-
andtheendofcompetitiveexamslikeJEEand (Our staff is smart). We will take steps based weightage to Board results. However, the in- and rented cameras, velopablueprinttoregain going through online plat- jority of hostels did not have Wi-Fi to avoid
NEET.Thistime,whiletheClass10examsare on how things unfold in future.” stituteshadprovedonestepahead,addingpro- tripods and monitors, and trustof students,parents. forms so that everything distraction. And now, the same teachers are
tobecompletedinthefirsttwoweeksof July, Career Point CEO Pramod Maheshwari grammestoimproveClass12scoresaswell. distributedthoseamongits seems normal for our stu- tellingthemtostaygluedtotheirphonesand
JEE (Main) is to be held between July 18 and said the disruption due to the pandemic was Then, in 2015, an expert committee set 600 teachers. “It took us a dents. But this is only for computers for hours!” he says.
23 (from April 1 and April 7 originally) while permanentandthat,atleastthisyear,parents up by the Centre to find ways to reduce “the monthtogetaccustomedtotheonlineclass- now.It’snotthatenrollmentshavebeencan- Also,saysJain,accesstoaphoneandhigh-
NEET is scheduled for July 26 (earlier, May 3). wouldprefercoachingonline.TheKota-based dependence of students on coaching cen- roomandholdliveclasses,”saysVerma,who celled, they have only been deferred,” says speedInternetisdifficultinruralareaswhere
AfterthelockdownbeganlateMarch,the institute,incidentally,hadgotontothee-learn- tres”,hadrecommendedanationalregulator also teaches physics. “We now have classes Allen’s Birla. manystudentscomefrom.“3Gdoesn’twork
coaching institutes had moved to online ad- ingbandwagonlastyear,andhasmanagedto for the industry. In 2017, in a similar move, from 7 am to 7 pm. I have a high-definition FortheRajasthangovernmenttoo,getting well here, how will it work in villages?”
missions. But, the numbers remain low. The hold on to its overall enrollment numbers. theMaharashtragovernmenthadproposed cameraand boardathome,and Ihold fourto Kota’s coaching economy back on its feet is a However, Resonance’s Verma hopes for a
new and existing batches are attending vir- “We had 9,000 students last year, of a Bill to regulate private coaching institutes. fiveclassesaday,eachattendedbynearly100 priority. “Livelihoods of many people in Kota middle road. “Right now, we must focus on
tual classes on the promise that these will be whom 90% were enrolled for classroom Both were given a quiet burial. students,” he says. are attached to the coaching industry. I have making this system work. Students who are
converted into physical ones soon. teaching. We have 11,000 this time, but 80% Now the final draft of the long-delayed Inanotherpartofthecoachingdistrict,the beenreceivingcallsfromcoachingcentresand appearing for the 2020 JEE have completed
ResonancecentresinMumbaiandRaipur of them haven’t shown interest in convert- National Education Policy calls for Board and 500-odd staff members of Allen institute, discussionsarebeingheldonwaystoopenup their course. Those going from Class 11 to 12
and the Indore centre of Allen are seeing half ing their online classes to offline once the entrance examination reforms, to “eliminate spreadacross13centresinthetown,havealso Kota. About 40 students per class as opposed haveenrolled,andonlyafewClass10students
the numbers compared to last year. At the lockdowneases,”hetoldTheSundayExpress. the need for undertaking coaching classes”. beentransitioningtothisnewnormal.Known to 120, and adhering to the government’s whoseexamshasbeendeferredhavenot.But
ResonanceEastDelhicentre,freshenrolment While this still translates into loss of rev- Says Nitesh Sharma, the head of media at for its large classrooms, bundles of detailed healthadvisoryaresomeofthemeasuresthat even they are making inquiries about online
is just 30% of 2019. “We got less than 10 stu- enue—“Forouronlineprogrammewecharge Allen, “Kota has always accepted challenges notes, and mic-wielding teachers that guar- havebeendiscussed,”saysRajasthan’sHigher classes.So,inthefuture,wewillhaveamixof
dentsinMayagainstthedailyaverageof10to 25% of the fees for contact classes,” andchanged.Wewillchangeagainifneeded.” anteed a seat at the country’s premier engi- Education Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati. both virtual and physical classes,” he says.
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Across Fifth
THEAISLE COLUMN
“Getting growth back not difficult” TAVLEENSINGH
Twitter@tavleen_singh
A letter
PRIMEMINISTER Modi knows the knack of the Army HQ and to the Foreign the lowest since Q3 of 2002-03, when tent,inclusion,infrastructure,investment
of moving away from the hot seat and Minister to negotiate with China. BJP was in power. Also, that the growth and innovation) misses at least one, if not
finding a limelight for himself. After Mr Modi did not utter a word on the rate of 4.2 per cent for the year 2019-20 two,crucial‘I’words.Themissingelement
from Bharat
promising that he will win the war migrant workers’ mass reverse migra- was the lowest in 17 years. Not even the is “income”. Nearly 125 million persons
against coronavirus in 21 days and im- tion for a whole month in April. When 2008internationalfinancialcrisiscaused lost their jobs in the last three months.
PCHIDAMBARAM posing Lockdown 1.0 and 2.0, he quickly the issue became uncontrollably explo- such a hit on India’s growth rate. The FM AIMOsurveyshows35percentofMSMEs
Website:pchidambaram.in distancedhimself fromsubsequentlock- sive, it was the Railway Minister who is often quoted as ridiculing the UPA’s and 37 per cent of self-employed busi-
Twitter @Pchidambaram_IN downs. Near the end of Lockdown 2.0, came forward not to take the blame but performance in 2012-13 and 2013-14, nesspersons have lost hope of recovery CYCLONE NISARGA came to my village
he quietly passed the buck to the state to accuse the state governments. deliberately ignoring the numbers put and will close down their businesses. last week and swept away all links to the
governments and the chief ministers. Thousands of migrant workers are still out officially by the CSO: 5.2 per cent in It is elementary economics that in- modern world. So, as I write these words
Until then, his word was the iron law, stranded at railway stations and bus sta- 2011-12, (I returned as FM on August 1, come alone — money in people’s hands I find myself wondering if I will be able
now it is left to the Home Secretary to is- tionsnotknowingwhentheywillbeable 2012), 5.5 per cent in 2012-13 and 6.4 —will revive demand; demandwill spur to file this column in time for my dead-
sue ambiguous notifications and to the to find public transport. per cent in 2013-14 (see graph). To re- supply and production; production will line. There is no electricity in the village,
ICMR to blithely announce, on the day ThePrimeMinister,lookingforalime- mindtheFM again,theUPAhandedover bring back jobs and incentivise invest- no telephone lines and no Internet.
the number of infected persons crossed light, grabbed the invitation of the an economy on the upswing to the NDA. ment;andallof thesewillrevivegrowth. When I enquired why everything col-
2 lakh, that the “peak is very far away”. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to Tobefair,theNDAmaintainedthepace This economic principle is doubly valid lapsed altogether, I discovered that fibre
The Rs 20-lakh-crore Economic address their General Body. I understand in 2014-15, 2015-16 and for most part of in a time of recession which is where optic cables are not buried underground
Stimulus Package was Mr Modi’s brain- no PM had addressed their general body 2016-17, when, consumed by hubris, the India is headed in 2020-21. as they should be but dangle from the
Even allowing that Prime child. No economist would have put her before,whichcameasabigsurprisetome. governmentannounceddemonetisation My final submission to the same poles from which dangle a twisted
Ministers must keep the signature to a khichdi of more liquidity, on November 8, 2016. That is when the Honourable Prime Minister: Axe your web of electricity and phone lines. These
grand five-year plans and little actual slide began and, despite the PM’s decla- currenteconomicadvisersandbringina fragile links to the modern world could
spirits high, Mr Modi’s money, and called it a Stimulus Package. NOT DIFFICULT — ration that “getting growth back is not so new team that will give you sound not withstand the fury of the cyclone.
speech was typical of the Withthepackageexpectedtofallflat,Mr TRUE OR FALSE? difficult”, NDA I and NDA II have proved advice. Most villages along the Konkan coast are
person. The PM said, “Trust Modileftitto theFinance Ministerto“fill that the task was beyond their capacity. as cut off as we are and, of course, this
me, getting growth back is the details”. The FM ran out of steam on What he said to the general body, of does not make national news because
not so difficult.” Is that
the second day. course, came as no surprise. Even allow-
ing that Prime Ministers must keep the THE MISSING ‘I’ GROWTH OVER THE YEARS Nisarga was kind enough to spare
Mumbai.
correct? If getting growth spirits high, Mr Modi’s speech was typi- Industry, trade and commerce know GDP growth (%) It is a tribute to Tata Sky that it man-
back was not so difficult, why PM DISTANCES cal of the person. The PM said,“Trust me, that.Exportersknowthat.MSMEsknow
10
aged to continue its services except dur-
7.9 8.5 8.3
did the government not stop HIMSELF getting growth back is not so difficult.” Is that. Construction sector knows that. 8 7.4 8.0
ing the worst moments of the cyclone,
that correct? If getting growth back was Economists, except government’s own, 5.5 7.0 6.1 so it was from TV news that I discovered
the slide in the GDP growth Mr Modi no longer speaks onJammu not so difficult, why did the government knowthat.Now,evendailywageearners 6 6.4 that the havoc wreaked by Nisarga in
rate in 2017-18? Why did the & Kashmir; that is left to the bureaucrats not stop the slide in the GDP growth rate and migrant workers know that. Hope 4
5.2 4.2 this village was no longer important.
government stand by in Srinagar. He does not speak on the in 2017-18? Why did the government has faded every day; now, hope is lost 3.1 Once Mumbai was safe, the cyclone
cross-borderviolationsorthelossof lives standbyhelplesslywhenthegrowthrate completely that the Modi government 2 stopped being an important story. I have
helplessly when the growth
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2016-17
2014-15
2015-16
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
of jawans; that is left to the generals. He declinedforeightsuccessivequarters till will be able to revive economic growth. been locked down in this village by the
rate declined for eight has not spoken so far on the confronta- Q4 of 2019-20? The PM has shown unwillingness to sea since the first lockdown began, so
successive quarters till Q4 of tion with China; he has left it to the Surely,thePMknowsthatthegrowth listentogoodadvice,butIshallnotgiveup. this makes it the longest unbroken pe-
Source:NSO
2019-20? Defence Minister to read the handouts rate of 3.1 per cent in Q4 of 2019-20 was The PM’s latest talisman, the “five I” (in- riod I have spent in rural India. This has
made me more than ordinarily sensitive
to how insensitive we in the media are to
the problems that the vast majority of
Indians face. Nothing brought this out
inside
Minister Narendra Modi to visit cyclone-
hit West Bengal, actually the initiative
came from the Prime Minister’s side.
Life
&WORK Before online classes, more painfully than our insensitivity to
the horrible journeys that migrant
workers have made since that first lock-
TRACK
lessons on a TV screen
Bhaskar Kulbe, adviser to the PM, who down began at four hours notice. Had
is from the West Bengal cadre, ap- SATHYANARAYANAN they been middle class city people, we
COOMIKAPOOR proached the CM’s principal secretary MUNDAYOOR in the media would have covered every
Gautam Sanyal. Mamata Banerjee had unclemoosa@gmail.com step of their journeys and this would
little option but to invite Modi, after she have made our political leaders pay at-
was informed of the PM’s desire to tour tention sooner than they did.
the areas devastated by the cyclone. The “ONLINE CLASSES from April 7? Won’t It is because we in the media care so
NO HOUSE CALLS BJP’s Bengal unit got full mileage out of
the visuals of the PM’s trip and his prom-
the schools let them enjoy even a bit of this
unexpected freedom?”
little about Gandhiji’s ‘real India’ that our
political leaders and officials care even
ANAND SHARMA tried unsuccessfully to ise of Rs 1,000 crore aid to the state, “Freedom? They already have too much less. Officials are forced to do some
force the ruling party’s hand to set an which goes to polls next year. Banerjee of it. Online classes are only for two hours.” spells of duty in rural areas but political
early date for the Monsoon Session of wanted to make clear that she was not leaders once they get elected return only
Parliament. The excuse cited for a prob- overwhelmed by Modi’s visit. At the air- SUCH REMARKS are common in these co- at election time. It has always been this
able delay in summoning Parliament is port, while the BJP state leaders led by rona times. All of a sudden, students and way but for a while after Narendra Modi
that the 24 parliamentary standing com- Dilip Ghosh bent over while greeting parentsarestruckwitharangeoffeelingsat first became prime minister it seemed
mittees must first meet and submit their Modi, Banerjee, carrying some files in the unexpected entry of an intruder into that things would really change.
reports. Sharma, as chairperson of the her hand, gave a rather perfunctory na- theirlives:digitaltechnologyforliveclasses. Remember how he ordered his MPs and
parliamentary committee on home af- maskar and kept her distance on the air- A panorama of memories unfold MLAs to adopt villages and make them
fairs, invited members to meet at craft. Later, she upped the ante and de- before me. into ‘model villages’? What happened
Parliament House on June 3. He felt that manded Rs 5,000 crore for the damage. In 1973, as students of journalism, we to that story? Remember how he or-
those MPs unable to attend in person due were on a visit to the I&B Ministry’s dered his senior bureaucrats to return to
to lockdown protocols could participate Overseas Communications Services (OCS) the villages in which they had their first
through an Internet platform. Even NORTHERNERS DIKTAT centre in then Bombay. Doordarshan tele- posting and report to him the changes
Britain’s venerable House of Commons, The DMK’s M K Stalin is the latest provin- casts in the four metros had commenced they saw? What happened to that story?
on which our Parliament is modeled, cial leader to seek the advice of Prashant onAugust15,1972,withonlyeveningpro- As a city hack who travels a little
conducted a virtual session because of Kishor, who has emerged as the most grammes on black and white TVs. It was more than my brethren, but not nearly
the pandemic, with 120 MPs participat- popular poll consultant in India. Stalin only at OCS that we first saw a colour TV enough, I confess that living in a village
ing through a Zoom platform. tweeted three months ago that he was telecast. When would we get colour TV in Illustration: Suvajit Dey for such a long period has taught me
Parliaments across the world have hiring Kishor. Now, the pollster may have India, we asked. Promptly, we were re- reach of the common man. Many residen- missinterestingshows.Thisroutinelasted more about the real India than I ever
adopted such strategies. But Sharma’s conceived the broad outlines for the minded of prime minister Indira Gandhi’s tialschoolsdidsetupTVsets,showingonly a few years. I watched the programmes knew. The lesson that has left the deep-
proposal was scuttled claiming that it DMK’s Assembly campaign next year. He words as Doordarshan got launched — a Sunday film or a serial. Even if a school in with students, whenever I visited a school. est impression on me is that rural life is
would violate the secrecy of the commit- has drawn up a concept which proposes ‘colour TV programmes are not a priority theNortheastthoughtofscreeningevening Our schools did benefit in an unex- fragile and uncertain in the best of times
tee’s proceedings. Strangely, this con- that only Stalin be projected and the for a poor country as ours; we would first news to give students an exposure to spo- pected way. We watched with curiosity and breaks down totally when bad times
straint did not prevent BJP MP Rita smaller anti-AIADMK groups play a sec- makesurethewholenationreceivestelevi- kenEnglish,itwasattoolateanhour—9.30 as (now late) Prof M R Bhide demon- come. When the pandemic came, every-
Bahuguna Joshi from summoning a vir- ondary role. The slogans coined by sionservices’.Also,thattelevisionwouldbe pm in rural Northeast is almost midnight! strated “vermicompositng”, and soon in- one realised that if someone got seri-
tual meeting of the salaries and al- Kishor include: “Tomorrow is Ours” and usedtoimproveschooleducation.Itmade AgroupofschoolsinArunachalPradesh, vited him to Arunachal to teach us the ously sick with this mysterious new
lowances committee to take a decision “Stalin as CM”. The DMK plans to contest sense to us that urban India must feel for of which I too was a managing committee process and help us grow better vegeta- sickness, they would die because the
on a 30 per cent allowance cut just be- around 170 of the total of 234 Assembly their less privileged rural masses, and wait member, decided that we would not buy bles. He came over and did a series of nearest hospital, in a town that is 20
fore the lockdown. An early session of seats. The rest is to be divided among the before we expect more. TVs—andahead-loadofproblemsforour- successful training sessions for our staff kilometres away, was not equipped to
Parliament to discuss the prevailing cri- eight-party alliance. The Congress’s This vision of television for school edu- selves. “Let Doordarshan start educational and the nearby villagers. That year, we deal with Covid-19. People became so
sis in the country is surely imperative in share is pegged at 30 seats. Some DMK cation soon came true in 1975. Satellite programmes”, we said firmly. got a handsome increase in our crops. fearful that they began to shun out-
these troubled times. veterans are unhappy with Kishor’s in- Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) Come 1987-88, and there was talk of And, we had introduced an agricultural siders. But, then they showed extraor-
duction. They feel he and his workers are startedbeamingprogrammesontospecial TV everywhere! innovation in our state, all from just dinary humanity by helping Bihari
highly overpriced and he should, in fact, satellite-linkedTVsetsinstalledinselected Ramayana startedgetting serialisedon watching TV! workers in the fishing industry return to
BELATED RESPONSE be subservient to the party’s district sec- villagesandtownsincentralIndia.Thecom- DD on Sunday mornings, and later the Did children benefit from educational their homes. The buses that took them
During the Doklam standoff with the retaries. They point out that it is also em- mon people there had free and direct ac- Mahabharata. Overnight, everything — TV like the EMRC shows? It would be in- home were paid for by local people.
Chinese in 2017, discussions took place barrassing from an ideological point of cesstoarangeofTVtelecastsrelatedtotheir friendships,partnerships,teamwork—de- teresting to find out, after three decades. Everyone had barely accepted the
between then home minister Rajnath view that the chief adviser of the life: agriculture, weather, environment, pended on whether you owned a TV set. As we listen to the government an- hardship caused by these lockdowns
Singh, then army chief Bipin Rawat and Dravidian party should be a north Indian school education and also entertainment. Never were residential schools in such a nouncements promoting online learning when the cyclone came. It arrived
NSA Ajit Doval. The trio were once again and a Brahmin to boot. Kishor’s full name ThepublicresponsetoSITEwasenthu- dilemma!Eventually,wefollowedsuit,per- during the corona crisis, a call for using TV stealthily. I woke on Wednesday morn-
key participants in the meeting of the is Prashant Kishor Pandey. siastic,despitethefrequentfailuresincon- mitting all our schools to set up TVs. for learning sounds feeble. One hears little ing to an ominous stillness in the air.
PM’s study group on May 18 to discuss nectivity and equipment breakdown. WealsodiscoveredtheEMRCPunetele- about TVchannelscateringtostudentsand The sea was silent, there was not a
the Chinese advances in Ladakh, even if When the programme was discontinued casts from 1-2 pm, Monday to Friday. And, teachers.Today,cableTVhasthelargestnet- breath of wind and even the birds were
they had different designations. The un- BACK IN FAVOUR? after1976andnotextendedtootherstates, whollyeducational!TheEducationalMedia work providing content across India. Have silent. Then a steady rain began that
usual build-up along the LAC was ob- Ram Madhav, who was the man to turn many of us felt deeply disappointed. Alas, Research Centre’s telecasts targetted col- schooleducationagenciesevertriedtorope lasted till news came that the cyclone
served from April 19, and finally around toforgovernmentthinkingonforeignpol- it was dependent on an American satellite legestudents,and,likeSITE,itcoveredsev- themintelecastinglearningmaterial?Have had landed in a town not far from this
May 1, the People’s Liberation Army icy issues concerning our neighbours and provided to India for only one year. eral subjects. Many were interesting to ourgovernmentstakenanymeasurestoen- village. Then suddenly huge, angry
moved forward across the barren hilltops. thediaspora,wassilenttowardstheendof By October 2, 1982, colour TV had ar- school students and useful to teachers. surethatthecableoperatorsdidtheiroblig- winds swept into the village tearing
It was only on May 17 that alarm bells Modi’s first term in office. He was miss- rivedinmajorIndiancities. Atmanyother Excited, we ordered our schools to atory CSR bit? down coconut trees and ripping tin
started ringing in New Delhi. ing from both the Howdy Modi conven- places,likeintheNortheast,onecouldstill screen EMRC programmes as the students Indira Gandhi in 1972 did gift us a roofs off houses and tossing them
tion and the Namaste Trump rally in access DD programmes, though it meant hadtheirlunch.Herewasclassroomlearn- dream. Where did we forget to chase it? around. I tried for the first moments to
Ahmedabad earlier this year. But, of late, a large expensive ‘disc’ and a lot of acro- ingmadeappealingintheremotestcorners take pictures on my phone but quickly
COOL WELCOME Madhav is back in the forefront, even as batic manoeuvres with long wires. ofArunachal,wherestudentshadnoteven The author is an education and library realised that this was dangerous and so
While the general impression is that relationswithNepalandChinatakeaturn But with frequent power cuts and high seen a train! We brushed aside all objec- activist, with four decades of close association I spent the rest of the day indoors lis-
Mamata Banerjee invited Prime for the worse. maintenancecosts,TVwasstillbeyondthe tions and went on screening, trying not to with the youth of Arunachal Pradesh tening to the violence of the storm that
seemed to go on for an eternity. When it
finally passed and a fragile sort of calm
descended, I emerged to find roads cov-
ered in broken trees and debris every-
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12 THE WORLD
THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, JUNE 7, 2020 FRANCE
D-DAY REMEMBRANCES HIT BY PANDEMIC
Compared to last year, when many tens of thousands came to the northern French
beaches of Normandy to cheer the dwindling number of veterans and celebrate three-quar-
ters of a century of liberation from Nazi oppression, the coronavirus lockdown turned this
year’s remembrance into one of the eeriest ever, with only a very few taking part.
TOPOFTHE
Officials of US cities move to rein
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WORLD Trump says India,
in police as protest crowds grow China would have
more virus cases if
Minneapolis,Denver,Seattleactagainstchokeholds,rubberbullets;majorprotestsaroundtheworld they did more tests
THE NEW YORK TIMES
JUNE 6 LALIT K JHA US still getting
FACEBOOK WASHINGTON, JUNE 6 over 20,000
Zuckerberg PROTESTERSACROSStheUnited
vowsreviewof
States, Australia and Europe
were staging major demonstra-
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump
has said countries like India and
new cases a day
contentpolicies tions on Saturday, in the latest
sign that anger over police vio-
China would have much more
coronavirus cases than America,
THEUSreported21,614newinfec-
tionson Thursday, and while that
afterbacklash lence has not abated since the
killing of George Floyd in
the worst-hit country in the
world,if theyconductmoretests.
numberisbelowitsAprilpeak,the
daily average has been rising
FACEBOOK CEO Mark Minnesota last month. Trump, in his remarks at slightly in recent days as the con-
Zuckerberg on Friday said In response, some American Puritan Medical Products in tinuedimprovementinNortheast
he would consider citiesarecrackingdownonover- Maine, said that the US has car- is offset by new outbreaks in the
changes to the policy that aggressive policing with an ur- ried out 20 million tests. Southandpartsof theWest.
led the company to leave gency never seen before. On ComparedtotheUS,Germany The uptick appears to repre-
up controversial posts by Friday, city leaders and judges in isatfourmillionandmuchtalked sent a combination of increased
US President Donald Minneapolis,DenverandSeattle about South Korea is about three testing, the coronavirus taking
Trump during recent moved to rein in tactics like offi- million tests, he said on Friday. hold in more regions and out-
demonstrationsprotesting cers’ use of chokeholds, tear gas According to Johns Hopkins breaks in localised hotspots. It
the death of an unarmed or rubber bullets. Coronavirus Resource Center, comes during a convergence of
black man while in police Inrecentyears,reformefforts the US has reported nearly 1.9 twodevelopmentsthathealthof-
custody, a partial conces- to curb police violence in were million cases and over 1,09,000 ficialsarewatchingwarily:states
sion to critics. Zuckerberg aimed at accountability for offi- deaths, making America the and cities pressing ahead with
did not promise specific cersorlegislativechanges,butthe worstaffectedcountry,whilethe planstoallowmorebusinessesto
policy changes in a currentwaveof protests hasam- total number of coronavirus reopen, and masses of people
Facebook post, days after plified calls across the country to cases in India and China stand at gathering around the country in
staff members walked off defund, downsize or abolish po- 2,36,184 and84,177 respectively. large-scaleprotestsagainstpolice
the job, some claiming he lice departments altogether. India has so far conducted brutality and racism. NYT
kept finding new excuses “We are going to dismantle DC PAINTS HUGE ‘BLM’ MURAL NEAR WHITE HOUSE: A Black Lives Matter mural has been painted in bright yellow letters on over 4 million coronavirus tests,
not to challenge Trump. the Minneapolis Police Washington DC’s 16th Street. AP according to the health ministry.
“We’regoingtoreviewour
policies allowing discus-
Department,” Jeremiah Ellison, Commenting on the Covid- Brazil court halts
a member of the City Council, ■ The city of Washington’s mural is a ■ Mayor Muriel Bowser said the painting ■ The mural ends near the church, where 19 tests in the US, Trump said:
sion and threats of state
use of force to see if there
said on Twitter this week. “And highly visible display of the local that spans two blocks is intended to send Trump staged a photo op Monday. A sign “We will be well over 20 million police raids on
whenwe’redone,we’renotsim- government’s embrace of protests that a message of support to those outraged now identifies that part of the street as tests. Remember this, when you
are any amendments we
should adopt,” he wrote.
ply gonna glue it back together,” put it further at odds with Donald Trump. over the killing of George Floyd by police. “Black Lives Matter Plaza”. test more, you have more cases.” Rio’s favelas
he added. “We are going to dra- “I say to my people every
matically rethink how we ap- time we test; you find cases be- BRAZILIANSUPREMECourtmin-
officewithSouth
Seoul:NorthKorealashed
Democratic nomination Malik of rape
Islamabad: A Pakistan-based
Germany, official says for the group’s operations in
northwestern Africa.
“A very big loss for them,”
the Islamic Maghreb. This
groupquicklybecameoneof
theAlQaeda’smostloyaland
out at South Korea for the American blogger has accused America’s top military officer, said Wassim Nasr, a French ex- lethalaffiliates,carryingouta
second day in a row on REUTERS threesenior leaders of theoppo- STEVE HOLLAND GeneralMarkMilley,chairmanof pert on the terrorist group who numberofsuicidebombings
Friday, threatening to JUNE 6 sition Pakistan Peoples Party BANGOR, JUNE 6 the joint chiefs of staff, and had has interviewed its leaders. and expanding outside
closeaninter-Koreanliai- (PPP) of raping and assaulting nothing to do with tensions be- In a statement on Twitter, Algeria. At one point the
son office and calling the FORMER US Vice President Joe her in 2011. US President Donald Trump has tween Trump and German DefenceMinisterFlorenceParlyof group had captured half of
South naive to think the Bidensecuredenoughdelegates Cynthia D Ritchie made the ordered the military to remove Chancellor Angela Merkel, who France wrote: “On June 3, the Mali. It also made over $90
Northwantsdialogueand toformallyclinchtheDemocratic allegation through a video clip 9,500 troops from Germany, a thwarted Trump’s plan to host a Frencharmedforces,withthesup- million through kidnapping
negotiations right now. A presidential nomination on posted on her Facebook page on senior US official said on Friday, G7 meeting this month. portof theirpartners,neutralized foreigners. The killing of
government spokesman Friday,settingthestageforachal- Friday. “In 2011, I was raped by amovelikelytoraiseconcernsin A second senior administra- theemirofAlQaedaintheIslamic Droukdaldeliversabigblow
said North Korea would lengetoPresidentDonaldTrump the former interior minister Europe about the US commit- tion official said the 9,500 troops Maghreb (AQIM), Abdelmalek tooneofthemostdangerous
“definitely withdraw” in the November election. Rehman Malik. That’s right, I’ll ment to the continent. wouldbesentelsewhere,someto Droukdal and several of his close Qaedaaffiliatesintheworld.
fromtheliaisonofficeop- A candidate needs at least lier in the week. say it again. I was raped by the The move would reduce US Poland,sometootheralliedcoun- associates, in the course of an op-
eratedwithSouthKorean 1,991 delegates to secure the The achievement was a for- then interior minister Rehman troops numbers in Germany to tries, while some would return erationinnorthernMali.”
officials to punish the nomination. Biden crossed the mality after Biden became the Malik,"sheclaimed.Shealsosaid 25,000, from the 34,500 cur- home. This official said there was Col. Christopher Karns of US mission.Hedidnotcommenton
South for failing to stop threshold when results came presumptive nominee when former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani rently there. less need for the large contingent AfricaCommandsaidtheUnited whether the raid had resulted in
defectors from sending late on Friday after seven states his main rival, Vermont Senator and former health minister Theofficial,whodidnotwant in Germany due to overall in- States had provided the French Droukdal’s death.
leaflets across the border. and the District of Columbia Bernie Sanders, quit the race MakhdoomShahabuddin“phys- tobeidentified,saidthemovewas creased defense spending by the with intelligence and surveil- Droukdal, 50, was born in
held presidential primaries ear- in April. ically manhandled” her. PTI the result of months of work by U.S.-ledNATOalliance. REUTERS lance aircraft to help with the Algeria. NYT
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Holbein died of plague in 1543, as did the Gassed, which depicts the aftermath of a
DVARD MUNCH, the artist ItalianmasterTitian,whopaintedPietawhen mustard gas attack during the World War I,
whose work so well expressed the disease swept Venice. Italian baroque probablyalsoborrowedfromtheartist’sown
theterrorandsolitudeof mod- artist Salvator Rosa’s L’Umana Fragilita battlewiththeSpanishFlu—hewasinfected
ernlife,spentalifetimebattling (Human Frailty, 1656) showed his newborn on the warfront. “Even those dressings over
anxiety. He was five when his son, who lost his life to plague, signing an the soldiers’ eyes can be regarded. . . as repo-
mother died of tuberculosis. agreement with Death. sitionings of the cloth masks that, covering
Nineyearslater,hisbelovedsistersuccumbed In 2005, the Worcester Art Museum in the nose and mouth, became a visual signi-
tothedisease.Theartist’schildhoodwasalso Massachusetts, USA, attempted to “examine fier of the 1918 pandemic, much like they
marred by ill-health. When he caught the the response of visual art to the plague” have for us again today,” wrote Lobel in an
Spanish Flu at his country house in Ekely, through the exhibition “Hope and Healing: article in Artforum in April.
Norway,in1918,hischancesof survivalwere Painting in Italy in a Time of Plague” through In more contemporary times, we have
slim. But he made it. That experience found 37 paintings in the baroque style by masters seenartbeingusedasameanstofightforjus-
space in two works — Self Portrait with the such as Van Dyck, Canaletto and Tintoretto, tice during the HIV epidemic. While several
Spanish Flu (1919, oil on canvas) and Self who were active in Italy during the plague prominent artists including Keith Haring,
Portrait after the Spanish Flu (1919). In both, years. One of the show’s objectives was to Robert Mapplethorpe and Felix Gonzalez-
heappearsemaciated,butthecolourreturns “provokediscussionabouttheroleof today’s Torresdiedfromtheillness,thehomophobia
tohisfaceinthesecond,andhelooksstraight art in providing a remedy against modern and stigma that prevailed became a subject
into the eyes of the viewer. ‘plagues’.Howwillartcontinuetoinspireand for several artists in America in the ’80s and
A century later, as the COVID-19 pan- give perspective to the human condition in ’90s, many of whom also addressed the gov-
demic shuts down the world, Munch’s work times of disaster?” ernment’sindifferencetoAIDSintheReagan
DAYANITASINGH
is being shared to sum up our present. The Thoughartistsarestillgrapplingwiththat era. If Jenny Holzer’s 1983-85 series Untitled
experienceof beingbatteredbywavesof dis- question,inthelastfewmonthswehaveseen (Protect Me From What I Want) comprised
easeisnotnewtohumanity—andhasshown Turner prize winner Damien Hirst pay trib- packaged latex condoms with safe-sex mes-
up in the work of artists before. In looking at ute to the United Kingdom’s National Health sages, Keith Haring’s Ignorance = Fear/Silence
the art of pandemics past, Service with a Butterfly = Death was printed on T-shirts and posters,
we search for resonances Rainbow, and influential andbecameapopularmotif toemphasisethe
and answers that can British artist David urgency of AIDS awareness. “AIDS is the sin-
make sense of today. Hockney lift our spirits gle most potent force shaping the develop-
with drawings of the ment of American art over the last several
■ ■ ■ blooming spring flowers decades…,”saidcuratorJonathanKatzduring
in Normandy, France. a lecture in Vancouver in 2016.
Art has also been Many of us have been Several Indian artists were part of the
shaped by the power of amused by rats causing 2008 travelling exhibition “Make Art/Stop
pathogens. As early as the mayhem in a bathroom AIDS” that debuted at Fowler Museum in
2ndcentury,theoutbreak painted by street artist America. On display, among others, was
of smallpoxacrosstheSilk Banksy.Delhi-basedartist Gurugram-basedartistduoJitenThukraland
Roadledtotheworshipof Pallavi Paul is collecting SumirTagra’soilpaintingLet'sPlaySafe,which
goddessHariti,believedto sounds of the lockdown focussed on safe sex practices, and Dayanita
have the power to cause from across the world — Singh’s photographs of caregivers working
and thwart the disease — the project Share Your with HIV/AIDS patients.
andresultedinnumerous Quiethasbirdschirpingin
sculptures of the deity in Lucknow, the UK and ■ ■ ■
the Gandhara region (present-day Pakistan Delhi, the sound of medical equipment at a
and Afghanistan). In India, the legends of nursinghomeinMumbaiandof windblow- Loss and melancholy has found expres-
Shitala Mata, who had the powers to heal ing in Auckland, New Zealand. Mumbai- sion through art, but so has black humour.
feverandsmallpox,andOladevi,thegoddess based Dhruvi Acharya, meanwhile, reflects EnglishcaricaturistIsaacCruikshankgotafew
of cholera, have been painted by folk artists ontheisolationof lockdown,andtheplightof laughs for his 1808 print that cast doubts on
for a long time. migrant workers in her watercolour series physicianEdwardJenner’ssmallpoxvaccine,
Medieval Europe was radically altered by Painting in the Time of Corona. with Jenner warding off his opponents with
thebubonicplaguethatlikelyarrivedinSicily “Every period produces works of art that a knife. The current crown-shaped virus ac-
in1347withtheGenoesemerchantsonships moves us in different ways. This time will be quires an eye and long tongue in Bhaskar
that sailed through the Black Sea. Its horrors no different…There are artists who work Chitrakar’s Kalighat patuas, where it enters
were reflected in the art of the times. It took morequicklyandofferamoreimmediatere- the home of a Bengali babu. While Indian
the lives of several prominent artists, includ- sponse...Thereareseveralprojectsindiffer- artist Gagan Singh is sharing comic sketches
ing Giotto di Bondone and Bernardo Daddi, entplacesintheworldwherephotographers ART OF DYING loan parade buttons and so forth. One of the Hungaryatthetime,wasalsoinfectedbythe of hislockdownexperience,alsotrendingare
who were rejecting Italian-Byzantine tradi- have shot people in their homes, from out- (Clockwise from top) challenges was that there wasn’t a rich virus but survived. Like Schiele, the flu took Turkish artist Ertan Atay’s re-imagined por-
tions for more realistic figures. More impor- side their windows. Street and graffiti artists archiveof objectstochoosefromintellingthe the lives of several other masters of the pe- traitsof mastersif theywerealiveinthepres-
John Singer Sargent’s
tantly, it altered the course of art history. The are always quick to respond. There are also story,” says Smith. riod, including Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, ent. Each of them wears a mask — Klimt’s is
pestilencethatkilledaboutathirdofEurope’s artists who are looking at the pandemic Gassed; Dayanita The art that emerged from the 1918 pan- Niko Pirosmani and Morton Schamberg. paintedwiththemotif of hisiconicwork,The
population coincided with the beginnings of through a more politicised lens — protesting Singh’s photograph demic proved that the losses were collective The impact of the 1918 flu on art might Kiss (c 1907), and Salvador Dali has his mus-
Renaissance. As existing rigid hierarchical the lack of planning and infrastructure that of a nurse at an HIV but not the memories. “The Spanish Flu is not have been as evident as the plague, but tache jutting out from it.
structuresbecamemoreflexiblewiththede- has hampered our ability to respond to this clinic; Egon Schiele’s rememberedpersonally,notcollectively.Not citiesravagedbythewaranddiseasesawthe “Art being art will find a way to continue.
cline of feudalism, there also emerged a new novelvirus.ButIammostcuriousaboutwhat The Family; Pieter as a historical disaster, but as millions of dis- birth of great art movements. Spearheaded Atthesametime,itsscaleisboundtochange.
classofpatronsandsupportforartistssuchas the slower artists will develop in the coming crete,privatetragedies,”writesLauraSpinney bydesignerWalterGropius,Germanysawan I think the book as a form will be something
Bruegel the Elder’s
FilippoLippi,LeonardoDaVinci,Raphaeland years. Will they still be reflecting on the cre- inher2017bookPaleRider:TheSpanishFluof emphasis on minimalism in the Bauhaus many more artists will be forced to explore,
Michelangelo. ative power of boredom, the intensity of iso- Triumph of Death; 1918 and How It Changed the World. movement.ArtistssuchasMarcelBreuerand while we all think a lot more about the huge
The plague and its profound experiences lation and our deep human need to connect Munch’s Self Portrait One such tragedy was recorded by Paul Klee were proponents of its rational ap- shopping and travel costs of exhibitions.
of suffering and loss led artists to create with each other despite everything?” says with the Spanish Flu; GermanartistEgonSchiele,whosketchedhis proach. Across the great seas, in the US, Instead,wesendsomePDFsand3Ddrawings
haunting imageries. While initially plague Trevor Smith, curator at Peabody Essex and Hans Holbein friend and mentor Gustav Klimt in his dying Dadaism challenged capitalism and existing over.Itmightbecomemoreaboutcollectives
was feared as God’s punishment for sin, the Museum,US,andco-curatorof “SpitSpreads the Younger’s Danse days. Months later, in October 1918, Schiele political and cultural norms, finding reso- rather than big individual artists. Art would
sufferers later began to be associated with Death”,anexhibitionthatopenedinOctober Macabre andhispregnantwife,too,haddiedof theflu nance in the works of artists such as Marcel address the inner lives of people as it always
Christ. The Danse Macabre — dancing skele- 2019 at Mütter Museum in Philadelphia to — like Klimt. His last unfinished canvas, The Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia. does—yet,neverbeforehavewerealisedthe
tonsaccompanyingkingsandcommoners— commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Family, immortalised his cherished dream — American art historian and critic Michael needforcommunity.SoIimagineartassmall,
becameamedievalallegoryfortheinevitabil- 1918 pandemic. “We worked with various it is a portrait of him seated behind his wife LobelarguesthatsincetheSpanishFlu“over- aboutcare,community,collectives.Ithinkthe
ityof death.Oneof itsbest-knowndepictions forms of ephemera, patriotic and public and their unborn infant. At the age of five, lapped” with the end of World War I, it is gurudwara model of sewa might be a model
isbyGermanartistHansHolbeintheYounger health posters, personal belongings, liberty Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, who was in probably difficult to clearly distinguish the to look to for some artists," says Singh.
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DOWN IN
JUNGLELAND
RanjitLal
Ranjit Lal is an author, THE BIG LITTLE THINGS
environmentalist and (Clockwise from above) Amol Palekar and
bird watcher Ashok Kumar in Chhoti Si Baat; stills from
from Chitchor and Baton Baton Mein;
Palekar, with Basu Chatterjee (centre) and his
leading ladies (from left) Zarina Wahab,
M
very warm and affectionate; I liked
OTHER NATURE really seems to have it in Hrishida’s films more because those were
for us. As if letting loose COVID-19 on the wholesome films with high emotional quo-
EXPRESSARCHIVE
world was not enough, she decided that a tient. His films were technically better than
Salaam Basuda
ferocious cyclone that would flatten and Basuda’s films. Having said that, I feel that
flood large swathes of eastern India would also be in or- Basuda’s narrative style was more authentic
der. But, probably feeling that north-west and central and consistently devoid of any set cinematic
India might feel left out, she upped the ante. And, so, here calculations. He would shy away from melo-
come the locusts! drama or theatrical twists and turns in his
Locusts are basically grasshoppers with a gross eating screenplay. His cinematic treatment was
and breeding disorder (and are very crunchy and high in simple yet not simplistic. His humour was
protein — although, they need to be insecticide-free to pure, sans any adulteration. His characters
make a safe snack) and I’ve always liked their sprightly
green cousins. Grasshoppers have a remarkable catapult Actor AMOL PALEKAR on his bond with Basu Chatterjee, and why were vulnerable yet infallible. They had a
moral graph yet there was no attempt to be
sort of mechanism that enables those prodigious leaps. I’m judgmental.
pretty tolerant of most creepy crawlies, although I would- the filmmaker’s work will remain immortal I, as a director, am more influenced by
n’t want to share my dinner with a cockroach (which I was Basuda. His obsession to shoot on actual lo-
W
once nearly made to do in a Mumbai hospital’s ICU ward, cations and not on studio sets influenced me
years ago). But I like and admire spiders — even wolf spi- OULDYOUliketochange deeply, so much so that I never shot my films
ders camping on the potty lid — as well as scorpions which your name, Amol? Like on sets except some portions of Paheli
remind me of medieval knights in armour, getting ready say ‘Anmol Kumar’?” (2005). His discipline to have a bound script
for jousts. But leeches and ticks — no thanks. And cen- Basuda(BasuChatterjee) with dialogues ready before the commence-
tipedes that launch guerrilla attacks in the shower are im- had asked me immedi- ment of the actual shooting was yet another
mediately neutralised with the toilet brush. atelyafterRajnigandha(1974)wasreadyfora practice I always followed.
Then there are wasps: notorious, alien-eyed cousins release.Hewastaking thefilmtovariousdis- A few years ago, I visited Basuda and sur-
of bees. Many have a truly hideous way of feeding their tributors,whowerenotreadytotaketherisk prised him (with me were Zarina Wahab,
babies. While most adults innocently sip nectar (some do ofdistributingafilmwithunknownnewcom- Bindiya Goswami and Vidya Sinha). He was
go in for bodily fluids, including blood) and fruit juices — ers.Tillthen,VShantaram,CRamchandraand ecstatic to meet all of us together. Sandhya,
their babies must get fresh meat. So wasp moms of sev- Master Bhagwan were among the few lead- my wife, blessed us with a memorable pic-
eral species go around stinging plump caterpillars, ingMarathi/Maharashtriannamesinthefilm ture of those moments. Despite his frail
grasshoppers and crickets and other insects, even huge industry.ProbablytosurvivethenorthIndian body, we could feel his sparkling soul.
tarantulas, anaesthetising and dragging them to burrows onslaught of Kapoors and Kumars, they had While climbing down the staircase of his
and holes. Here, they lay their eggs on them and seal the feltcompelledtochangetheiroriginalnames house, I felt deeply sad, though. I always felt
deal. When the grub hatches, it finds itself on the back of — Vanakudre, Chitalkar and Bhagwan Abhaji that the film industry didn’t give him due
its fresh meal (which cannot defend itself) and proceeds Palav, respectively. recognition for his everlasting contribution.
to gorge, carefully bypassing (initially, at least) the vital My flat refusal to change my name was If we see the prevalent herd of self-pro-
organs. I’ve pulled out nine or 10 zombie-like small spi- not surprising to Basuda though. He was in- claimed dazzlers with their Padma achieve-
ders from the den of a single spider wasp — and its troduced to my stubbornness right in our ments, Basuda stands out as a loner, with-
hideous yellow grub was attached to one. Wasp moms firstinteractionwhenhehadapproachedme ered away in the horizon. This is our
are single parents and even if they do nest in a colony, with Piya ka Ghar (1972). I would have loved cumulative failure. But his work is immortal,
to accept the offer but he asked me to meet which no one can ever snatch away from
the producer first. Somehow, the image of him. Time and again, when we see yet an-
me holding a begging bowl in front of a pro- other failed comedy film, the greatness of
ducerwasdisturbingtome.Irefusedtomeet Basuda’s films gets reconfirmed.
Mr Barjatya, and, of course, I lost the film. Basuda, now that you have left us, the
Despite my mulishness, Basuda ap- lines lingering in my mind are:
proached me with Rajnigandha just a year
later. I was very eager to hear the story and
Basudabeganthenarration.Butjustafterthe ground. Vidya was oblivious to acting. He from the beginning. In Bombay, Basuda,
introductory lines, he handed over a book never showed us how to perform, so Vidya through the Film Society movement, had ex-
andaskedmetoreada shortstorybyMannu had a hard time. Basuda asked me to re- posed me to many foreign films. Thus, my
Bhandari. I was incapable of extrapolating hearse the scenes with her. Even later, dur- bond with him started even before we
thecinematicelementsfromthoseone-and- ing Chitchor (1976), he asked me to share the started working together. He was a man of
a-half pages. Even then I said yes to him be- hotel room with Vijendra Ghadge, specifi- few words. He used to work on his scripts
RANJITLAL cause I loved the simplicity in the story. cally so that he could rehearse his scenes constantly. I used to be very charmed by his
SHE’S GOT THE STING My co-actors, Vidya Sinha and Dinesh with me. His subtle smile after the okay shot down-to-earth, non-filmi personality. I don’t
Wasps are alien-eyed cousins of bees Thakur, were new entrants as well. But used to be a pat on the back. recall a single incident when I had an argu-
Dinesh and I at least had a theatre back- His fondness for me percolated right ment with him, which is simply to his credit. Salaam Basuda, from a boy-next-door.
Moveable
wasps do not die after stinging you — in fact, they can
sting you repeatedly. Their stingers are straight and slen- inghistravelstootherpartsof theworldsuch
der, not barbed like those of bees — which, alas, get as Italy and Rwanda.
hooked into your flesh so that when the bee tries to pull In a way, the book is a callback to Saran’s
Feast
out, half its insides come out as well, killing it. early ambitions of a career in the arts. After
Wasps can be unreasonably belligerent. Relaxing in attending the Sir JJ School of Arts in Mumbai
the pool one summer, I noticed several orange wasps do- for a degree in visual arts, he decided to
ing the same thing — floating on the cool water with legs move to New York City to study at the School
splayed out. One of these was eyeballing me and then de- of Visual Arts. Here, he balanced his classes
cided to sunbathe on my neck. Before I could duck under and a job on the side, with almost daily cook-
water, it stung me. The sting hurt for a good 45 minutes in Chef Suvir Saran ing sessions, which ended with large groups
spite of the salves I applied. I was lucky: if that wasp had
sensed a threat, it would have emitted an “attack”
on his new book, and of friends and friends of friends gorging on
the homestyle food that he served. “Ten or
pheromone, summoning a crazed horde all over my head. his journey into the 15 or 30 people every night,” he says. To
This was why I got a bit perturbed when I recently Saran, cooking was still only a creative ex-
saw these same orange wasps, sashaying into my room business of food pression, but word soon spread about a
and disappearing inside the air-conditioner. One morn- young Indian man serving some of the most
ing there were about half a dozen, agitatedly buzzing on delicious meals in the city. He soon started
the glass door, demanding to be let out. So I let them out Pooja Pillai catering to parties and before long, was in-
and they went — and then kept returning and vanishing vited to run the kitchen of a new Indian
into a hole on one side of the AC grille. Something nefari- restaurant that was being launched by
ous was going on. The infiltrators were obviously build- SUVIRSARANtellsusthathe’sbeenpassion- Rakesh Aggarwal, president of the chain,
ing bunkers and cantonments inside. ateaboutfoodsincehewas“fourorfive”and Baluchi’s Restaurants in NYC.
At first, we tried the diplomatic approach. We thensurprisesusbyrevealingthatasaschool- Therestaurant,Devi,describedbyTheNew
plugged the hole with a wad of cotton soaked in boy,hehadabsolutelynoinclinationtowards York Times as “arguably the most ambitious
kerosene. Oh, yes, that disturbed them — they flew a career in food. A student of Modern School and refined Indian restaurant in New York”,
around a bit bewildered. But they returned once the inNewDelhi,hedidwellacademicallyaswell launchedSaranintointernationalfame.“New
smell dispersed. Now, we had to launch a major as in artistic pursuits like music and sculp- Yorkerswentcrazyoverthefood,becauseun-
counter-offensive. Off came the grille — and this time ture.“SoIthoughtthat if Icannot beadoctor, til then Indian food, to them, had been 50
kerosene was sprayed — like the Americans spraying then I should be an artist,” he says. shades of nasty gloop dressed up with fancy
Agent Orange. A whole squadron swarmed out to de- Instead, Saran, 47, ended up making a names. I cooked dishes like poriyal and kac-
fend its illegally occupied territory and we had to beat a name for himself in the culinary world, che gosht ki biryani, food that took diners on
hasty retreat, fortunately suffering no casualties. helmingthekitchenof DeviinNewYorkCity, ajourneythroughallregionsofIndia,”hesays.
Matters quietened down, so we went in again. Stealthily, the first North American restaurant serving else, Saran’s plans, too, were halted by the HAUTE AND him to compile them — along with other Saran left Devi in 2012, moving on to an-
this time, and armed with a long paper cutter. We had Indian food to be awarded a Michelin star. coronavirus pandemic. In the meantime, SPICY photosandessays—intoabook.“Iwasilland other well-received restaurant Tapestry, be-
spotted the illegal construction — the usual paper hon- Saran moved back to India in 2018 following however, he’s out with a coffee-table book, my friends said, ‘You’re not doing anything, fore his illness struck and he moved back to
(Clockwise from
eycomb. With the help of the paper cutter it was a major health crisis — a combination of Instamatic (Milap Publications). This is his so why not work on a book?’” he says. India.AndevenashemadeplansforHouseof
brought down and removed. The wasps appeared to complications brought on by a mini stroke fourth book; his three previous books were above) Suvir Saran; Persuaded, Saran looked over the photo- Celeste, he began planning a restaurant each
have temporarily vacated the place, probably waiting for andorthostatichypotension,whichincluded allcookbooks—IndianHomeCooking(2004), the House of Celeste, graphshehadbeentakingasarecordof alife in Delhi and Goa which, he assures, are still
the fumes to disperse. And, no, not a single wasp died in concussions, memory loss, loss of vision and American Masala (2007) and Masala Farm his restaurant in that he had come to look on as a gift. verymuchonthecards.“Thisisaveryuncer-
the operation — they all fled. motor skills. Not that it slowed him down. (2011) — while the latest one puts together Gurugram had a soft The essays grew out of the entries he had taintimeforallof us,includingthosewhorun
But have they got the message? This morning, I saw a Withinamonthortwoof beinghome,he photographs and essays that Saran has pro- launch in December been making every day in a diary, musing on restaurants.Evenif therestrictionsarelifted,
scout scuttle inside the AC grille from the middle and, began planning his first restaurant in the duced over the last two-and-a-half years. his life in NYC and thefarm in thesmall town people will be scared to come to restaurants
right now, as I write this, there is one investigating the country. House of Celeste in Gurugram, Taken with his iPhone, some of the pho- of Hebron in New York State, where he lived at least for a year or so, or until a vaccine is
original hole again. Oh no, this war ain’t over yet! which had its “soft launch” in December tographs were originally posted on Saran’s withhispartnerCharlieBurd.Instamatic also found.Sowehavetobepreparedforthat.But
2019,wastohaveofficiallyopenedwithabig Instagram account, where they caught the includes photographs and essays that were wearedefinitelynotshelvingourplans;once
bang in March this year, but like everyone attention of a few friends who persuaded createdafterSaranreturnedtoIndiaanddur- thesituationhasimproved,wewillgoahead.”
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T
BY THOMAS WHILE IT is well known that the missioned officers (and not only their
HOMAS PIKETTY shot into PIKETTY, ARTHUR Pakistan Army relied heavily on the superiors).Duringherresearchtrips,she
prominencein2013withCapital Pothohar region of rural Punjab for re- sometimes found villagers sceptical
GOLDHAMMER
intheTwenty-FirstCenturywhich cruiting soldiers, Maria Rashid’s book aboutmilitaryoutreach,admittingtoac-
unravelled,withgreatacuity,the (TR.) showsindepthhowithassystematically quiescent behaviour stemming from
inherent nature of capitalism to The Belknap Press/ cemented a military culture, building fear (“Aisa karna parta hai”). While she
sharpen inequalities of income and wealth. Harvard University bonds of affectation with men, their foundjubilationandprideatcovetedac-
CapitalandIdeologybuildsonit,andisdecid- Press wives and mothers in the famed ‘Land ceptance in the military, there was also
edly more ambitious. It opens with the ar- 1,104 pages of the Valiant’, Chakwal. This was risinganxietywhensonswere postedto
restingproclamation:“Every human society `2,250 achieved not only through benevolent combat areas, and the “numbness at
mustjustifyitsinequalities”,ortheentireso- management of recruitment and train- death, awe at the grandeur of funerals
cial and political construct could collapse. labour squeezed with rising inflation, stag- ing practices, but also a calculated ma- organised, raw grief afterwards”, when
Scholars look at income inequality in purely nant earnings and pockets of persistent un- nipulationof grief,deathandcompensa- military officers left the village. Though
economistic terms, but Piketty is among employment,thebloatedgovernmentlooked tion to families. This may have become “the orchestrated rhetoric of continued
those who look at such issues holistically, in liketheproblem.The1980ssawtheThatcher- necessary to enable villagers to adjust to sacrifice invoked some cynicism among
theireconomic,sociological,historical,polit- Reaganconfluenceoffree-marketfundamen- a change in perception of the enemy, the next of kin”, overall, she found “an
ical and even cultural ramifications. Such talism,alongwiththecollapseof Sovietcom- from the “traditional” Indian to the new awareness that the institution must be
overarchingscholarsareararebreed,andare munism.Again,thiscreatedidealconditions “internalMuslim”,confrontedespecially protected from those who wished to
usually indebted to Karl Marx. In the for the regeneration of inequalities. in the Federally Administered Tribal malign it”.
Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx had as- The trajectory of inequality in India has Areas (FATA) in the last two decades. The army faced a controversy in
serted:“Thehistoryof allhithertoexistingso- conformed to trends in mature capitalist Perhaps, this revealing inquiry could 2010-13 over rightist Islamic parties
ciety is the history of class struggles.” Piketty countries over the past century. In the late see the light of day because of the au- questioning the segregation of “military
offersanothercompellingperspectivewhich 1930s, the richest 1 per cent appropriated 21 thor’s lineage. Belonging to a third-gen- martyrs from other Muslim (militants)
is in agreement: “The history of all hitherto per cent of the national income. After eration military family, Maria dedicates killed”, but by adopting these practices,
existing societies is the history of the strug- Independence, while Nehruvian socialism her book to her father, Brigadier Rashid the author believes, the military “had
gle of ideologies and the quest for justice.” failed to breach the Hindu rate of growth of AliMalik,whoretiredin1996.Heappar- been able to largely override the chal-
Capital and Ideology analyses data across 3.5-4percent,progressivetaxationandother ently contested her findings lenge brought by the shift
centuriesinWesternEurope,NorthAmerica, statist measures kept a firm check on in- before his death in 2017 (she fromtheHinduenemytothe
India,China,Egypt,Mesopotamia,Iran,Africa equality. By the early 1980s, the share of the admits to being “baffled by new Muslim”.
and Brazil. France looms large, because top 1 per cent was a mere 6 per cent of na- his acceptance”... he “loved Apart from the reception
Piketty is French. In 1789, when the world tionalincome.Butin1991, liberalisationpre- me regardless”). Though of grief in villages, Rashid’s
lived in serfdom, slavery, colonialism or cipitously wideneddisparitiesagain.Thetop Maria enjoyed unfettered book devotes specific chap-
hereditary monarchy, French revolutionar- 1 per cent now enjoys almost 22 per cent of access to officers in Army ters to recruitment and
ieshaddaredtospeakof liberty,equality and national income, and the richest 10 per cent Headquarters(GHQ)andthe training (‘Manufacturing
fraternity.Pikettyhastriednottoneglectany own 81 per cent of wealth, making India one Inter Services’ Public Soldiers’),soldierdisabilities,
historical,sociologicalorpoliticaldetailof in- of the most unequal countries. Relations (ISPR) during her religion and the “war on ter-
equality regimes. This gives the book physi- Extensive deregulations in the US and research she notes, rather ror”.Deliberatepolicyefforts
cal heft, and the intricate details are some- major European economies in the past three tongue-in-cheek, their ad- inthepost-Musharraf phase
times a bit too heavy on the mind. The first decades triggered an unprecedented rise in monition not to reveal un- saw a reduction in recruit-
regimestudiedisternarysocietyinmedieval inequality, beyond the levels of the Belle comfortable facts. DYING TO SERVE: ment quotas for Punjab. This
Europe, with three classes — the religious, Epoque. It also led to the deep financial crisis The author describes the MILITARISM, created resentment in
the warrior and the labouring. Piketty re- triggered by the housing bubble in 2008. fanfare attendingthe annual
AFFECT AND THE Chakwal. Influential civilian
minds us that from the 10th century to the Multitudes of informal workers faced long Youm-e-Shuhada (YeS) func-
POLITICS OF
SACRIFICE IN THE feudals found their sifarish
late 19th century in Europe, there was also a periods of unemployment, and the unreli- tion(April30),whichstarted PAKISTAN ARMY for entry less effective,
distinct group of serfs. able gig economy was born. This provided in 2010 but was discontin- though recommendations
BY MARIA RASHID
India merits a full chapter with her an- fodderfortheOccupyWallStreetmovement, ued after 2015, which fo- from ex-serviceman held
cient and unique formulation of social strat- and the COVID-19 pandemic has now taken cusedonmartyrsfromFATA. Stanford greater weightage.
ification, caste. Despite the periodic resolve US unemployment to incredible heights. This was different from the University Press The last chapter (‘A Post-
to rid our polity of its implications, it dictates Dialectical materialism led Marx to con- older Youm-e-Difa (YeD) 288 pages Military World?’) reaffirms
India’scontemporary reality. British colonial cludethat the pauperisation of peasants and commemoration (October `2,120 how narratives of sacrifice
administratorsusedittotightengovernance, workers would result in the violent over- 6), observed after the 1965 continuetoholdvalence,de-
anda decadal census enumeratingcastewas throw of the propertied class, as in the Reign war. In both, it had become customary spite strains during moments when the
initiatedin1871.Then,Pikettyexaminesslav- of Terror of 1789 and the 1917 October for the army chief to make “aState of the relationship is tested. “Avoidable death
ery and colonialism, where inequality Revolution. But Piketty believes that a just Nation” type address, depicting the val- is turned meaningful” and the military
reached itspinnacle, and wasencoded in the society can be established through partici- our and sacrifices made against the en- can“functionasamodernkinshipgroup
minds of the rulers and the ruled. Elaborate patory socialism, with explicit power-shar- emy in “carefully crafted narratives of that rewards its subjects with pay, pen-
ideological constructs justified these ing between workers and shareholders. grief and mourning”. sions, and other benefits including land
regimes. Scholars expounded on the effi- Piketty’s appeal lies in his unfaltering op- Members of martyrs’ families, espe- grants”. These inducements “act as bar-
ciency of slavery andthe role, nay, the neces- timism to realise a better world for all. This cially mothers of the shuhada, appeared gaining chips that permit continued
sity,of colonialismtocivilisethenatives.Even rests on three vital suggestions. First, a pro- on the dais and ISPR officers carefully membership” in the kinship group. The
some of the more humanistic European gressive tax on income and property (the monitored their preparation during re- armyisacutelyconsciousof howitcrafts
philosophers believed in this myth. latter would secure a permanent circulation hearsals,“toshowjusttherightemotion ties with its soldiers and their families.
Capitalism attained maturity in the sec- of wealth). Second, universal capital endow- and some acting”, while skillfully man- This “appeal of militarism” remains a
EXPRESSARCHIVE
ond half of the 19th century, about a hun- ment to ensure a flow of income and a dig- aging camera work to determine what “powerfulpoliticalact,usedtochallenge
dred years after the spinning jenny, but its HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES unemployment and human misery ques- nified existence for all (not universal basic was depicted. While the mother’s sacri- itssubjects”.Itcanalsobedisplayedas“a
discreetcharmcameof agein1880-1914,the Manmohan Singh entering the tioned the viability of the capitalist system. income, though the two are linked). And, ficewas often venerated, asitwas “pure, heady mix of grief and ceremony for the
BelleEpoque.The rich and the well-off could The genius of John Maynard Keynes offered third, on social inequality, Piketty believes even asexual”, the participation of asha- larger nation”, when needed.
Parliament House to present the
live well, but inequalities of income and a revolutionary fix but World War II inter- that the world has much to learn from the heed’s wife was discouraged, as the “dis- Rashid’s book is a sobering reminder
wealthweregettingsharperandpeakedjust Budget on July 24, 1991. vened, and the mature capitalist countries Indian practice of reservation. It is gratify- play of romantic love” was considered that military dominance over civilians is
before the beginning of World War I. The Liberalisation precipitously put Keynesian prescriptions into practice ing to learnthat in his assessment, the Indian “tricky and could have un-Islamic” con- unlikelytochangeinPakistaninthefore-
wealthiest 10 per cent in the advanced widened disparities again only afterwards. state has played, on balance, a positive role notations. Women’s feelings of regret seeable future.
Western countries enjoyed 80 to 90 per cent in India Pikettyshowsthatin1950-80,Keynesian in promoting equality in this hierarchical and anger about their lost sons differed
of all property. management of the macro-economy and and fractured subcontinent. from the fathers’ reactions, who found Thewriterisformerspecialsecretary,
The unprecedented destruction of life progressive income taxes kept income in- it easier to take solace from public affir- cabinetsecretariat
and property in the Great War was followed equalities in check. By the end of the PulinBNayakwasprofessorofEconomicsatthe
by the Great Depression of 1929-33. Huge Seventies, with oil prices hardening and DelhiSchoolofEconomics
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