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Revellers throng new-look Vista
Visitors watch as a drone image of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose towers over the Central Vista Avenue on Friday.
King Charles III promises
to further mother’s legacy
Associated Press
letters@hindustantimes.com
LONDON: King Charles III vowed
in his first speech to the nation
as monarch on Friday to carry
on Queen Elizabeth II’s “lifelong
service,” as Britain entered a new
age under a new sovereign.
Around the world, the queen’s
exceptional reign was commem-
orated, celebrated and debated.
Charles, who spent much of
his 73 years preparing for the
role of king, addressed a nation
grieving the only British mon-
arch most people alive today had
ever known. He takes the throne
in an era of uncertainty for both
his country and the monarchy
itself.
He spoke of his “profound sor-
row” over the death of his
mother, calling her an inspira-
tion.
“That promise of lifelong ser-
vice I renew to all today,” he said
in the recorded, 9 1/2-minute
address, delivered with a framed
photo of the queen on a desk in
front of him.
“As the queen herself did with
such unswerving devotion, I, too,
now solemnly pledge myself,
throughout the remaining time
God grants me, to uphold the
continued on →13
I’VE DECIDED, WILL
BE CLEAR AFTER
POLL: RAHUL ON
CONG PREZ ROLE
CHENNAI: Senior Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he
had decided on his stand with
respect to the party president’s
post but refused to elaborate say-
ing it would become clear after
the internal elections were held.
Speaking to reporters in Kan-
yakumari on the second day of
the party’s 3,570-km Bharat Jodo
Yatra, Gandhi said, “Whether I
become the president or don’t,
this will become very clear when
the presidential election takes
place in the Congress. It will
become clear. I have clearly
decided in my mind what I am
going to do.” →P8
{ DIP IN GLOBAL RATES }
Retail prices of petrol, diesel may
not be cut due to volatile oil market
Rajeev Jayaswal
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI : International
crude prices may be near a sev-
en-month low but with oil mar-
kets still volatile, and state-
owned oil refiners having to
offset of losses amounting to
almost ₹18,500 crore (on
account of selling below cost in
this period), there’s unlikely to
be any change in retail prices of
fuel, three people aware of the
development said.
But the government will
review prices of crude oil and
petroleum products such as
petrol, diesel and aviation tur-
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King Charles and Queen Camilla outside the Buckingham Palace in London on Friday.
India announces State mourning
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Indian govern-
ment on Friday announced one
day of national mourning on Sep-
tember 11 as a mark of respect to
Queen Elizabeth II, who died on
Thursday at the age of 96.
President Droupadi Murmu,
vice president Jagdeep Dhank-
India joins 3 pillars of
US-led economic group
Prashant Jha
letters@hindustantimes.com
LOS ANGELES: India has joined
the supply chain, decarbonisa-
tion and infrastructure, and anti-
tax and corruption pillars of the
Indo-Pacific Economic Frame-
work (IPEF) at the framework’s
first in-person ministerial.
The statements outline an
ambitious agenda which will
entail greater information shar-
ing and investment in supply
chains, including identification
of critical sectors and critical
goods within critical sectors to
minimise disruptions; collabora-
tion on green technology; and
THE GOVT WILL
REVIEW PRICES OF
CRUDE OIL AND
PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS NEXT
WEEK TO ALSO
ALIGN WINDFALL
PROFIT TAX ON
THESE PRODUCTS
bine fuel (ATF) next week to
also align windfall profit tax on
these products with their mar-
ket rates and may also take a
call on retail pricing, they
har and Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi have expressed condo-
lences at the death of Queen Eliz-
abeth II. “In their messages, they
noted that she was a stalwart of
our times; a compassionate per-
sonality and provided inspiring
leadership to her nation and
people,” the statement said.
Modi said in a set of tweets
that Queen Elizabeth II would be
India to join
three of four
IPEF ‘pillars’
Prashant Jha
letters@hindustantimes
.com
ing its politi-
LOS ANGELES: Signal itment to
cal and strategic commeconomic
t
the world’s newes
architecture in the
and in keeping with
Indo-Pacific,
its national
join three
set to
India is
priorities,
of the four pillars
cific Framework
of the Indo-Pa-
at the frame-
son ministerial
work’s first in-per
ummit in Los Angel
es, people
SEPTEMBER 9: HT on Friday
reported that India will be a
part of the IPEF
more robust efforts to promote a
rules-based, transparent and
clean trading system.
→FULL REPORT ON P11
added requesting anonymity.
According to one person,
public sector oil marketing
companies (OMCs) are still los-
ing about ₹5-6 per litre on die-
sel while there has been no rev-
enue loss on petrol. In fact,
companies are making about
₹2-3 per litre margin on retail
prices of petrol, he added.
“While a reduction in wind-
fall tax on domestically pro-
duced crude is a possibility
provided international crude
prices remain soft till Septem-
ber 14, the tax is expected to
continue on exports of diesel
and ATF,” a second person said.
→FULL REPORT ON P21
SANJEEV VERMA/HT
REUTERS
remembered as a “stalwart of
our times”. He added, “She pro-
vided inspiring leadership to her
nation and people. She personi-
fied dignity and decency in pub-
lic life. Pained by her demise. My
thoughts are with her family and
people of UK in this sad hour.”
In another tweet, Modi said: “I
had memorable meetings with
continued on →13
SC STAYS MOVE TO
DEMOLISH PORTION
OF CURLIES IN GOA
NEW DELHI : The Supreme
Court on Friday stayed the
demolition of a part of Goa’s
Curlies restaurant and bar,
ordered by the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) on September
6, citing a violation of Coastal
20% tax on rice
exports to cool
Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms.
domestic prices
the
The restaurant is linked to the
NEW DELHI: India, as
world’s largest overse -
seller of rice, on
Thurs
tax
death case of former Bharatiya
day imposed a 20% s
on the export of
variou
ing
grades of rice, exclud ati
Janata Party (BJP) leader and
the premium basm -
ariety a finance
minis social media influencer Sonali
Phogat.
A three-judge bench headed
by Chief Justice of India (CJI)
Uday Umesh Lalit passed the
order on an urgent basis after
the counsel for the restaurant
owner claimed the demolition
was already underway while he
was arguing the case.
→FULL REPORT ON P9
SC SEEKS CENTRE’S
RESPONSE OVER
PLEAS ON PLACES
OF WORSHIP ACT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Thursday sought the Cen-
tre’s response, within two
weeks, on a batch of petitions
challenging the validity of Pla-
ces of Worship (Special Provi-
sions) Act, 1991, and ordered
that the matters be heard by a
three-judge bench on October
11. The law, which was intro-
duced on July 11, 1991 by the
Congress government, seeks to
maintain the “religious charac-
ter” of places of worship as it
was in 1947 – except in the case
of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri
Masjid dispute.
→FULL REPORT ON P7
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SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Spotlight
ON A HISTORIC HIGH

Understanding Neeraj
Chopra’s stellar season
By Shantanu Srivastava
India’s Olympic hero Neeraj Chopra continued his historic streak,
achieving yet another landmark on Thursday as he became the
first Indian to win Diamond League title in
Zurich. As he continues his spectacular
form, a look at how he has
soared this season, and what
is still left for him to achieve.
“I am not disappointed at all, it’s (90m) just a magical
mark. It all depends on how you perform on that day,
how you handle the situation... If you touch 90m and
don’t win, then it doesn't matter. So, there is no pressure
on me to hit the 90m-mark, no disappointment, when it
has to happen, it will happen.” — NEERAJ CHOPRA

A season
for record
Soaring high at Diamond League final
books Not for the first time in his career, Chopra’s first legal throw was enough
to win him the competition. The reigning Olympic champion threw an Sept 8,
Throws (in mts) impressive 88.44m to trump Tokyo silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch 2022,
90 (86.94m) and Julian Weber (83.73m) in a six-man field. In the absence Zurich
89.94 of world champion Anderson Peters, defending champion Johannes
Vetter, and CWG champion Arshad Nadeem, Chopra was a runaway
favourite to win the title, and he didn’t disappoint. After an intentional foul
Stockholm Diamond League

in the first attempt – Chopra said the spear had slipped out of his grip – the Indian
produced an unbeatable series that read 88.44m, 88m, 86.11m, 87m, and 83.60m for gold.

89.3 Top three at Diamond League Zurich on Thursday

89 89.08 Rank 3
Julian
Rank 2
Jakub
Rank 1
Neeraj
Paavo Nurmi Games

Weber Vadlejch Chopra

(GER) (CZH) (IND)
83.73m 86.94m 88.48m
88.44 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89

88.13
Diamond League Final

88
On song: A form that he’s June ’22
Lausanne Diamond League

to
maintained all season
World Championships

Sep ’22
This has been a season of firsts for the javelin ace. His
Zurich win notwithstanding, Chopra had etched his name in
the annals of India’s sporting history with an epochal silver
at the World Championships in Eugene in July, becoming
the first Indian man to win a medal in the competition.
87 Long jump queen Anju Bobby George won India’s first
Worlds medal in 2003 – a bronze – which means Chopra’s
effort is the best by an Indian at that stage.
86.69 Competing in a world-class field, Chopra found his groove
in his fourth throw, landing 88.13m to edge
Vadlejch’s 88.09m in a seesaw battle. The win
Kuortane Games

showed Chopra’s wherewithal to unearth

a big throw at the latter stages of a
86 high-pressure event. In the process, he
sustained a groin strain that ruled him out
of the Commonwealth Games where he
was the defending champion.

Since his gold at Tokyo

Olympics, Neeraj has shown
85 incredible form on the track

A record showing at June 30,

2022,
Diamond League this year Stockholm
Chopra started this year’s Diamond League season on a memorable
note in June, breaking his national record for the second time in little
84 over a fortnight. Coming back from an injury scare after slipping and falling
awkwardly at the preceding Kuortane Games, Chopra allayed all fears with a monster
first throw of 89.94m, falling agonisingly short of the 90m mark. It was the second
occasion of Chopra crossing 89 metres, but was not enough to win him the event as
Grenada’s Anderson Peters broke the 16-year meet record with a 90.31m throw.
Road to Diamond League Finals (points)

83 27 19 16 15 12 8 6
Jakub Julian Anderson Neeraj Curtis Patriks Leandro
Vadlejch Weber Peters Chopra Thompson Gailums Ramos

Still shy of the elusive 90m throw

82 For all his sustained success this year and a
seemingly insatiable penchant to create history,
Season’s best
one barrier that continues to haunt Chopra is the Throws (in mts)
distance of 90 metres — the holy grail in javelin.
Anderson
To be fair, Chopra reached within 6cm of breaching
Peters (GRN) 93.07
it. He logged three throws of over 89m this
season, and six of his throws sailed over 88 Jakub
metres, but the 90m mark continued to elude him. Vadlejch (CZH) 90.88
81 “It doesn’t bother me one bit. It will happen when
it has to; I am happier winning competitions,” he Arshad
said on Thursday, but it certainly remained an Nadeem (PAK) 90.18
unchecked box this season. Only three throwers —
Peters, Vadlejch, and Nadeem — managed to Neeraj Chopra
touch the 90m-mark this season but seven went (IND) 89.94
past 89m, illustrating the enormity of the task. Oliver
Still, for Chopra to gallop from a modern exponent Helander (FIN) 89.83
to perhaps an all-time great, a 90m throw is a
80 baggage he ought to shake off next season. 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94

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India, China push back
amid Hot Springs retreat
New Delhi pushes for
talks on remaining
friction points to be
taken forward as
Beijing blames India
for lack of progress
Rezaul H Laskar
and Sutirtho Patranobis
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI/BEIJING: A day after
India and China announced that
their troops would disengage at
the Hot Springs area in the ongo-
ing stand-off along the Line of
Actual Control (LAC), New Delhi
pushed for taking talks forward
to address remaining friction
points, even as Beijing indicated
that it does not accept the April
2020 status quo.
Earlier on Friday, India said
disengagement of Indian and Chi-
nese troops at Hot Springs will be
completed by September 12, and
that both sides have agreed to
take forward talks to resolve the
remaining issues on the LAC.
Both countries, however, refused
to comment on a possible meet-
ing between Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and Chinese Presi-
dent Xi Jinping on the sidelines of
the Shanghai Cooperation Orga-
nisation (SCO) — of which both
are members — in Samarkand in
Uzbekistan next week.
The two sides on Thursday
announced the disengagement
of troops in the area of Gogra-
Hot Springs, also known as
patrolling point-15, or PP-15, in
line with consensus reached at a
meeting of senior military com-
manders on July 17.
“As per the agreement, the
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Further defusing tension
The disengagement of troops will be completed by September 12, both sides have said
“With the resolution of stand-off at PP-15,
both sides mutually agreed to take the talks
forward and resolve the remaining issues
along LAC and restore peace and tranquillity.”
— ARINDAM BAGCHI, MEA spokesperson
“The Chinese and Indian troops in the area
of Jianan Daban have begun to disengage
in a coordinated and planned way”.
— CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTRY STATEMENT
disengagement process in this
area started on 08 September
2022 at 0830 hrs and will be
completed by 12 September
2022,” external affairs ministry
spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
said. “With the resolution of
stand-off at PP-15, both sides
mutually agreed to take the talks
forward and resolve the remain-
ing issues along LAC and restore
peace and tranquillity in India-
China border areas,” he said.
The development at PP-15 trig-
gered speculation about the possi-
bility of a meeting between Modi
and Xi at Samarkand next week.
But China on Friday also
blamed India for the ongoing
Where the disengagement
has taken place
PP-15: HOT SPRINGS DISENGAGEMENT
POINT is close to PP-17A at Gogra
Disengagement has taken place at Galwan Valley,
Pangong Tso, Gogra (PP-17A) and now PP-15
60,000
troops
the strength both Daulat Beg Oldi
armies still have
in the Ladakh
theatre
J&K
INDIA
military tension along the LAC
in eastern Ladakh, saying the
Indian side had trespassed
across the disputed boundary in
2020 — a contention that India
has consistently denied.
People familiar with the matter
described the disengagement at
PP-15 as a “positive” development
but noted that this did not mean
everything was well in the border
areas. “A lot more needs to be
done,” one of the people cited
above said. In this context, they
pointed to the need for further
talks to address outstanding fric-
tion points on the LAC.
Beijing, too, confirmed that
the disengagement process of
DEPSANG and DEMCHOK
remaining stand-off points
where disengagement is due
Depsang
Ladakh LAC
Galwan HOT
Valley SPRINGS
Gogra CHINA
Pangong Tso
Chushul
Tibet
Chumar
Himachal
Pradesh
front line troops had begun from
PP-15 area in eastern Ladakh, in
a brief defence ministry state-
ment, released both in Chinese
and English. “On 8th September,
2022, according to the consensus
reached in the 16th Round of
China-India Corps Commander
Level Meeting, the Chinese and
Indian troops in the area of
Jianan Daban have begun to dis-
engage in a coordinated and
planned way, which is conducive
to the peace and tranquillity in
the border areas”.
The Chinese defence minis-
try’s statement on the disengage-
ment linked it to the 16th round
continued on →15
SC ASKS GUJARAT
TO PLACE BILKIS
CASE RECORDS
WITHIN 2 WEEKS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Friday issued notices on a
clutch of petitions challenging
the remission of 11 convicts, who
were sentenced to life in 2008 for
the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and
murder of seven of her family
members, after the Gujarat gov-
ernment cleared their early
release under the state’s 1992
remission policy.
The top court also asked the
Gujarat government to place
before it, within two weeks, all
relevant records in the case and
posted the matter for hearing
after three weeks.
The 11 men were released on
August 15 after one of them, Rad-
heshyam Shah, approached the
Supreme Court in April seeking
remission, arguing that they had
spent over 15 years in prison in
the case. →P11
DELHI AND PUNJAB
MAY JOINTLY PAY
₹1,000 PER ACRE AS
STUBBLE INCENTIVE
CHANDIGARH: The governments
of Punjab and Delhi are working
on finalising a monetary incen-
tive for farmers if they do not
burn their paddy residue after
harvesting, a top official said on
Friday, after the Union govern-
ment turned down their request
to chip in with funds. As a result
of the Centre’s decision, the
incentive, which was initially set
at ₹2,500 per acre, is likely to
come down to ₹1,000 per acre.
The scheme will be crucial for
attempts to discourage farmers
from burning crop residue after
harvest that sends up clouds of
smoke which trigger the world’s
worst air pollution crisis in
much of north India. →P8
Bail for Kappan after
711 days behind bars
Abraham Thomas
letters@hidustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Friday granted bail to jour-
nalist Siddique Kappan, 711 days
after he was arrested by the
Uttar Pradesh police for alleg-
edly seeking to instigate com-
munal riots in Hathras where a
Dalit woman was gang-raped
and murdered.
A three-judge bench headed by
Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh
Lalit ordered Kappan to be pro-
duced before the concerned trial
court within three days. Upon his
release, he will remain in Delhi
for the first six months and will
thereafter be allowed to proceed
to his home in Kerala. During the
entire period of bail, the order
requires him to report once a
week to the local police station ,
Nizamuddin (Delhi) and Malap-
puram (Kerala).
Kappan was arrested on Octo-
Rice output set to dip
due to partial drought
Zia Haq
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: India’s summer-
sown rice output could dip by up
to 12 million tonnes due to a par-
tial drought but the country will
still have a surplus of the staple, a
senior official said on Friday, a
day after the government curbed
exports to put a lid on rising
cereal prices.
Union food secretary Sudhan-
shu Pandey said paddy output
will go down in four states with
deficient rainfall, but in others,
where the monsoon was robust,
Saturday, September 10, 2022
{ SUPREME COURT }
P
Every person has a right to
freedom of expression.
He (Kappan) is trying to
propagate an idea...
Will that be a crime in
the eyes of law?
A
ber 6, 2020 near Hathras and
charged of serious offences of
criminal conspiracy and terror
funding under the Unlawful
Activities Prevention Act
(UAPA). His bail plea was
rejected by the Lucknow bench
yields will likely go up. On bal-
ance, India will be in a surplus
based on previous reserves, the
total area sown and expected
yields, he said.
Pandey said that the paddy
acreage is lower by 3.8 million
hectare so far this kharif season
because of less rains in many
states. “Loss of production of rice
may be 10 million tonnes and in
the worst case it can be 12 million
tonnes this year.” According to
Pandey, paddy sowing is lower by
2.5 million hectares in West Ben-
gal, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand
and Bihar. →P7
NEW DELHI/METRO
of the Allahabad high court on
August 2. Early this week, the UP
government filed an affidavit
accusing Kappan of using jour-
nalism as a cover to propagate
activities of the Muslim extrem-
continued on →15
KEJRIWAL MEETS
LG AMID RAGING
CONTROVERSIES
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister
and AAP convener Arvind Kejri-
wal met lieutenant governor
Vinai Kumar Saxena for a weekly
coordination meeting on Friday
and said it was held in a “good
atmosphere”, and hoped that the
row between the LG and his gov-
ernment improves soon. This was
the first such meet between the
two since the August 19 CBI raids
against deputy CM Manish Siso-
dia for alleged financial irregular-
ities. “The meeting was held in a
good atmosphere. We discussed
several issues, mostly sanitation
and fixing the trash mountains,”
the CM said. →P3
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

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{ MY INDIA } ‘HURTING SENTIMENTS’ { BUSINESS } CRACKDOWN { WORLD } KHARKIV REGION

Comedian’s show Centre asks RBI to make a Ukraine recaptures

From AArchives cancelled in Ggm ‘white list’ of lending apps town, Russia defends
§

TELEVISION COMES TO INDIA, 1959

A Gurugram bar cancelled standup comedian
Kunal Kamra’s show on Friday after members of
right-wing outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and
Bajrang Dal threatened to protest against the event
as the comedian “mocks Hindu gods and goddesses”
and the show could lead to tensions in the city.
Kamra was scheduled to perform at Studio XO Bar in
Sector 29 on September 17 and 18. Members of
Bajrang Dal and VHP submitted a memorandum to
deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav in this
regard. “We would not have allowed Kamra to enter
Gurugram and did not want his show to take place,”
Ajit Singh, district president of VHP, said. HTC
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) to prepare a so-called approved ‘white list’ of digital
lending apps to stamp out those using unethical means to exploit
vulnerable customers. The ministry of electronics and information
technology will ensure that only apps on the approved list are hosted on
app stores. “The finance minister expressed concern about increasing
instances of illegal loan apps offering loans/micro credits, especially to
vulnerable and low-income group people at exorbitantly high interest
rates and processing/hidden charges, and predatory recovery practices
involving blackmailing and criminal intimidation,” it said. →P21
Russia said on Friday it was dispatching
reinforcements to the Kharkiv region in eastern
Ukraine after Kyiv’s forces announced robust gains as
part of a broader counteroffensive. State media
broadcast footage of columns of Russian tanks,
support vehicles and artillery travelling along paved
roads and dirt tracks, emblazoned with the letter “Z”,
the symbol of Moscow’s invasion. “Everything is as it
should be. A Ukrainian flag in a free Ukrainian city
under free Ukrainian sky!” President Volodymyr
Zelensky wrote on social media alongside a video
showing Ukrainian soldiers in the Kharkiv’s Balakliya
which fell to Russia in March. →P15

{ ASCENSION } ENGLAND’S GOT A NEW KING

Television came to India on September 15, 1959 with experimental transmission from New
Delhi as the first TV station is set up by All India Radio.

King Charles III takes the throne

HT ARCHIVE

Crowds throng Following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, Charles has ascended to the British throne after over 70 years as the
heir apparent, the longest for an heir in British history.
BRITAIN’S NEW LINE
to see India’s first United Kingdom's new king
On Saturday, Charles will be formally proclaimed king in
a ceremony at St James's Palace.
OF SUCCESSION
1 2 3

television show 73 years old HE IS THE OLDEST PERSON TO ACCEDE

TO THE THRONE IN BRITISH HISTORY
Charles is also head of the Commonwealth, an association
of 56 independent countries and 2.4 billion people Prince
William
Prince
George
Princess
Charlotte

4
Thousands witnessed the inauguration of TV Between tradition and modernisation 5 Prince
Louis
As King Charles III, he becomes the head of a country that has been
through two dozen sets installed by the govt ruled by the same monarch for over 70 years—longer than 85% of
the population has been alive—and one that has seen its global
HT Correspondent influence wane. Charles will have to see the UK through its
uncertain position post Brexit as well as the potential breakup of 6 Archie
elevision came to India on Tuesday when the President Dr his kingdom, as Scotland presses for independence, all while Prince

T
Mountbatten
Rajendra Prasad formally inaugurated from the auditorium trying to ensure the monarchy seems relevant. Harry Windsor
of the Vigyan Bhavan the first TV station set up by All India
Radio in New Delhi. 7
Thousands of men, women and children in Delhi and the adjoining
villages witnessed the inauguration through nearly two dozen sets A life riddled with controversies
installed by the government and a commercial concern. For many, he will always be associated with his broken marriage to
At places the crowds were so thick that those in charge of the Lady Diana and his then affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, the new
installations had a hard time maintaining order. At the Social Educa- Queen Consort, which make many question his fitness for the throne. Lilibet
tion Centre in Paharganj the crowd became unwieldy and all doors He never attained the kind of adoration from Britishers like his mother Mountbatten
had to be closed. Later the police had to be called in to prevent the Windsor
crowd from crashing in. The outspoken monarch?
Nearly a thousand people witnessed the programme through a set Unlike Elizabeth, who did not publicly
installed at the Community Hall on Panchkuian Road. They sat in discuss her views, Charles has given
pin-drop silence, but when the sound mechanism temporarily speeches and written on climate Who were Charles I and II?
stopped functioning, once or twice, they shouted and booed. change and green energy. At COP26
climate conference in Glasgow last Charles I, of the House of Stuart, took the
Judging from the reactions of the audience, what seemed to have
year, Charles said the world needed throne in 1625. His tyranny led to a civil war
attracted them was the novelty of the show rather than any particular
a "war-like footing" to tackle the in 1642, following which he was defeated,
interest in the programme. Some at least expressed great
"existential threat" of climate change. and then tried, convicted, and executed.
disappointment and said they felt bored. Some wanted
more songs and dances than dialogue. “There is too
much of talk and little action,” said a middle-aged office-
goer, who was witnessing the programme along with his
wife and two children.
But for two scooter-rickshaw drivers it was more
42% Britons think Prince William should take the throne,
according to an Ipsos poll conducted in April 2022
Charles II was Charles I’s son, and fled to
France when civil war broke out. He was
restored to the throne in 1660, and died
after a stroke in 1685, aged 54.

attractive than business. They refused hirers to

listen to the programme.
In his inaugural speech, the President
said that the launching of television { LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH IN BRITISH HISTORY }
marked “a significant stage in the

Elizabeth accepted the limitations,

progress of broadcasting and tele-com-
munications in India.”
He said, “I remember what an excitement it
caused when broadcasting was introduced in this
country. One can well imagine how much more
intriguing this new medium of mass contact would be to
the common people in India.” He expressed hope that televi-
sion, apart from its cultural value, “will go a long way in broadening
the popular outlook, and bringing people in line with scientific think-
Doordars
han began
dedicated her life to being Queen
ing.” with an Mark Tully of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum
Welcoming the President, Dr BV Keskar, Union minister for infor- experime Jubilee demonstrated her popu-
mation and broadcasting, said the opening of a television station in ntal ueen Elizabeth II’s larity and the popularity of the
the country was “a fitting climax to the all-round and continuous
development” of Indian broadcasting.”
Television, as a means of mass communication, said Dr Keskar,
was decidedly superior and
more effective than radio,
telecast in
1959 with
a small
transmitt
er and a
Q death marks the end of
an era not just for the
people of Great Britain
but also for the people
of the Commonwealth and
monarchy.
However, there could be
questions about the wealth of
the monarchy and its cost to the
nation. There is also the prob-
because it was audio-visual. makeshift indeed the whole world bearing lem of Scottish nationalism. If,
But the minister cautioned studio. HT in mind the standards she stood and it is a very big if, Scotland is
against the medium becoming for and the values she upheld. to become independent, will
undesirable at a later stage. “It She broke the record for the Charles be able to reign over
would be disastrous to allow it longest reigning monarch and both countries or will he be
to distort the study habits of the oldest queen. She made 247 reduced to just the King of
children,” he said. Commonwealth visits. England and Wales and possibly
Dr Keskar said that because I particularly remember the Northern Ireland?
of foreign exchange difficul- 1997 visit to India which was by One of the keys to Queen Eliz-
ties, it was possible only to no means a wholesale success abeth’s success has been her
begin TV service on a small — but the queen bore all the refusal to get directly involved
scale and warned that it might criticism generated by this in in politics. She has met on a
continue to be so for some silence. weekly basis Prime Ministers
more time. He, however, held I remember being given a from Winston Churchill to Liz
out the hope that it would be holiday at my prep school on Truss, who she met only the day
possible to expand the service the day she married Phillip, Queen Elizabeth II at the closing ceremony of the 12th Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982. AP before she died. We know little
further during the third Five- Duke of Edinburgh back in the or nothing about what she said
Year Plan. 1940s and I spent the day at the sented all that we believe a con- Britain, including Northern Ire- indeed disapproves of events to them but it is very difficult to
Mr JC Mathur, director- lordly house of a feudal Sir stitutional monarch should rep- land and Scotland, was vital for and ideas. believe that a woman of her
general of All India Radio, Westrow Hulse, who gave us a resent. She stood for dignity, her. At the same time, she was This has led him into public strength would simply sit and
regretted that the people of glass of sherry although this honour, and for what mattered head of the Church of England arguments which the Queen has listen to a record of political
Old Delhi were deprived of was not approved by our head- in the past and the future. The and as an Anglican took her scrupulously avoided. His events. She would certainly
the facility of viewing televi- master. Queen treasured tradition but global religious responsibilities divorce from the enormously want to, at least, make sugges-
sion programmes in public Then came the magnificent was not an obscu- very seriously. As the popular Diana and marriage to tions.
as no sets could be installed Coronation ceremony. I took rantist. She had a pas- BBC has said, she Camilla involved him in ugly There is no record of her tak-
partly due to technical and that much more seriously sion for nature and “was at heart a very controversies with the press. ing sides, however. The rela-
On September 16, 1959, HT’s front page carried partly administrative diffi- spending the night on the pave- animals, especially strong and unpreten- But he has ridden through that tionship between Charles and
the news of TV starting in the country. culties. ment of London’s Trafalgar horses and dogs. tious woman. No and will now probably take over his Prime Ministers may not be
Square with my younger sister She was a family vain glory for her.” from the queen reasonably quite so free of public contro-
waiting to watch the Coronation person and dealt with The Queen is suc- smoothly. But there will be versy because of the man he is.
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Under-construction building
collapses in Azad Mkt, 5 hurt
Hemani Bhandari
hemani.bhandari@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Five people were
injured when an under-con-
struction four-storey building
collapsed in north Delhi’s Azad
Market area on Friday morning,
police said, and added that they
have registered a case in the
matter.
Delhi Fire Services (DFS)
director Atul Garg said that they
received a call at 8.30am report-
ing that a building has collapsed
in the Sheesh Mahal area. He
said that four fire tenders were
pressed into service and by
9.30am, the fire department offi-
cials rescued three persons with
the help of locals and moved
them to a nearby hospital for
treatment. Two more people,
who lived in the same area, were
also injured due to debris falling
on them. They were also shifted
to the hospital, the officials said.
Soon, personnel from the
Bara Hindu Rao police station,
teams of National Disaster
Response Force, Delhi Disaster
Management Hospital, munici-
pal corporation and CATS ambu-
lance joined in the rescue opera-
tion.
Deputy commissioner of
police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi
said that the injured have been
identified as Congresh Yadav, 31,
Nitesh Yadav, 29 and Amarjeet
Yadav, 21 -- all labourers who
were working at the building --
and two residents of the area,
Azizur Rehman, 45, and Jamil,
44, who live a few houses down.
Police said Azizur Rehman and
Jamil had parked their cars in
the vicinity of the building and
CM announces compensation, AAP slams MCD
Alok KN Mishra
alok.mishra@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arv-
ind Kejriwal on Friday said that
the state government will pro-
vide compensation to the people
who were injured in the building
collapse on Friday at north
Delhi’s Azad Market area, and
directed authorities that steps
should be taken to prevent such
incidents. “Delhi government
will provide compensation to the
victims. It should not have hap-
pened. Steps should be taken to
check such incidents,” Kejriwal
said while speaking to reporters
Amid ongoing war of words, weekly
meeting between CM, LG resumes
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister
and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
convenor Arvind Kejriwal met
lieutenant governor (LG) Vinai
Kumar Saxena for a weekly
coordination meeting on Friday
and said it was held in a “good
atmosphere”, also expressing
hope that the relationship
between the LG and his govern-
ment can improve soon.
This was the first such meet
between Kejriwal and the LG
after the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) raided deputy
chief minister Manish Sisodia’s
residence on August 19 in con-
nection with alleged irregulari-
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A four-storey building collapsed in the Sheesh Mahal area of north Delhi on Friday.
were about to drive away when
the incident took place.
The fire department said that
the rescue operation is still
underway. “According to locals,
three persons are feared
trapped. Therefore, the opera-
tion is still underway. We can’t
say for sure they are there, but
we are looking,” an official said.
This is the 15th incident of
building collapse in Delhi in the
past six months. In most cases,
construction was being carried
P where construction work was
There have been
five such incidents
in the last four
years due to MCD’s
carelessness.
SOM DUTT, AAP MLA
after his weekly coordination
meeting with lieutenant gover-
nor on Friday evening.
The government, however,
did not specify the amount.
The four-storey building
ties in the city’s excise policy
2021-22 – the previous three
weekly meetings had been can-
celled because Kejriwal was out
of town.
Speaking about Friday’s meet-
ing, Kejriwal said it was held in a
“good atmosphere” and that they
discussed the condition of sani-
tation in the Capital, among
other issues. Kejriwal said he
offered to Saxena the AAP gov-
ernment’s support to help clean
Delhi. “The meeting was held in
a good atmosphere. We dis-
cussed several issues, mostly
sanitation and fixing the trash
mountains. I requested him to
fix the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi’s issues together,” he said.
On being asked about the tus-
out by people either without a
sanctioned building plan or sub-
standard material was being
used.
Kalsi said that the building
was under construction and was
owned by a man identified as
Ajay Jain, a resident of Rajinder
Nagar. “No one was staying at
the building and prima facie, it
appeared that it collapsed due to
substandard material and no
proper planning. The building
seems to have collapsed under
its own as there no proper load
going on collapsed on Friday
morning. Police and fire depart-
ment officials said five people
have suffered injuries in the inci-
dent.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
slammed the Municipal Corpo-
ration of Delhi, which was ruled
by the Bharatiya Janata Party till
May this year when the three
civic bodies were unified by the
centre. AAP MLA Saurabh Bhar-
adwaj alleged corruption by the
“BJP-controlled MCD” in
approval of the building’s map.
“Maps of only plots upto 100
square yards can be passed
sle between Saxena and the AAP
government, Kejriwal said it was
unfortunate. “I hope the situa-
tion improves. Today the atmos-
phere during the meeting
between the two of us was very
good,” said Kejriwal.
There was no response from
the LG’s office despite repeated
requests.
Later speaking to the media,
AAP legislator Saurabh Bhard-
waj said, “The CM met with the
LG for the greater good of
Delhi...it is pertinent to under-
stand that CM Kejriwal has been
put into power by the people of
Delhi continuously for the last
three terms. In recognition of
this very fact, the chief minister
has prioritised the development
My Delhi
RAJ K RAJ/HT
bearing structures. A case under
sections 288, 337, and 34 of the
Indian Penal Code has been reg-
istered,” he said.
The fire department and other
agencies called off the rescue
work around 8.30pm, with offi-
cials saying that no more people
were found to be trapped under
the debris. However, Garg said
that a fire tender will continue to
be stationed there
Mustafa Qureshi, 51, who lives
on the street next to the building
said that he was on his way to
under SARAL scheme [in which
maps are passed online]. The
area of the building was more
than 100 yards and it is not possi-
ble to get the map approved
online,” said Bharadwaj.
AAP MLA from Sadar Bazar
Som Dutt said, “There have been
five such incidents in the last
four years in which several lives
have been lost due to the care-
lessness of the MCD.”
While the MCD said that it
was enquiring into the matter,
the BJP hit back saying the AAP
was playing politics over an
unfortunate incident.
An MCD spokesperson said
of Delhi above and beyond any
form of politics.”
Since he took over as LG in
May, Saxena has been locked in
a sustained confrontation with
the elected government led by
Kejriwal over multiple issues,
including over the issue of juris-
diction over departments, the
frequent transfer posting of offi-
cials, and probes launched into
multiple cases of alleged corrup-
tion in the new excise policy,
school classroom construction
and procurement of buses. The
LG’s move to order a CBI probe
into alleged irregularities in the
excise policy implementation led
to raids at Sisodia’s residence,
intensifying the tussle between
the AAP and the LG’s office.
03
drop his son to school when he
saw the building collapse. “For a
few minutes, we couldn’t see
anything. It was all a blur. I
dropped my son back home and
returned. I then saw three people
pull themselves out of the debris.
They were heavily bruised on
their arms, head,and stomach.
There were seven-eight labou-
rers working on this site,” he
said.
Qureshi added that locals took
the injured to Bara Hindu Rao
Hospital. “I myself called the
SHO and he came to the spot
Rai writes to Centre to ready
with his whole team in no time.
Fire department also came. They
eventually rescued two more
a joint pollution action plan
people who were also moved to
the hospital,” he said HT Correspondent can save the residents of the ernment is preparing a winter
Resident Welfare Association national capital from the danger action plan to focus on 15 key
letters@hindustantimes.com
president Farukh Ansari said of air pollution in the winter. areas, including stubble burning
that the building construction NEW DELHI: Delhi environment “We want the Central Govern- and dust pollution.
about a month ago and the land minister Gopal Rai on Friday ment to work with the Delhi “Additionally, the Environ-
was 125 square yards. “The wrote to Union environment Government in this circum- ment Department will create a
builder constructed four floors minister Bhupender Yadav, seek- stance to successfully carry out collaborative action plan for the
in a month. Imagine what kind ing time to hold a meeting to dis- this year’s Winter Action Plan. In Winter Action Plan under which
of material he might have used,” cuss a joint action plan to tackle this way, today through this let- each department has been given
he said. air pollution in Delhi-NCR. ter, we have asked for time to distinct tasks on 15 focus points.”
Qureshi said, “We don’t know Rai, in his letter, said the Delhi hold a meeting with the central Earlier this month, the Delhi
if any permissions were taken government wanted to work government so that we can keep government re-imposed a com-
from authorities concerned . In with the Centre for the prepara- all our points related to the win- plete ban on the production, sale
the past, we have complained tion and implementation of a ter action plan,” Rai wrote. and use of all firecrackers till
about illegal constructions but meaningful action plan which Rai noted that the Delhi gov- January 1, including on Diwali.
nothing happens and lives con-
tinue to be at rIsk,” he said.
Talking about the operation, a
fire official said the lane was so
narrow that sending in rescue
vehicles was tough. “The lane is
so narrow that no crane or JCB
can enter. Therefore, the only
way to clear the debris during
rescue operation was manually.
We sent small MCD trucks inside
the lane to collect debris which
was being picked up by hand.”
the building plan was duly sanc-
tioned and added that no devia-
tion or excess coverage was
noticed on the site. He added
that according to information
gathered at the site, it was found
that substandard material was
being used for construction and
the building collapses under its
own weight.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Prav-
een Shankar Kapoor said it is
unfortunate that AAP was trying
to score political points. “The
incident is a serious incident
which needs to be probed and
those responsible for mishap
should be booked,” said Kapoor.
MINOR BOY HELD
FOR ASSAULTING
3-YEAR-OLD GIRL
NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy
was apprehended for allegedly
sexually assaulting a 3-year-old
girl in northeast Delhi’s Wel-
come area on Thursday, police
said.
According to police, the boy
and girl are neighbours. “The
boy lured the girl to an empty
plot on the street where he sexu-
ally assaulted her and then let
her go. When the girl came
home, she managed to tell her
mother about what had hap-
pened and also showed her
soiled clothes,” a senior police
officer said.
Police said the girl’s mother
then met the boy and his par-
ents, and the boy confessed. The
girl’s family then informed
police, who apprehended the
boy immediately.
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SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Delhiwale EXPERIENCE YOUR CITY LIKE NEVER BEFORE

Mayank
Austen Soofi

Day 1 scenes from a Vista that

blends familiarity and newness
Changed, yet unchanged...
People in funny hats. Selfie snappers.
Photographers pestering visitors to get
souvenir photos clicked, their prints
guaranteed in 10 minutes flat. Every-
thing around India Gate feels exactly the
way it felt before it was closed for the big
Central Vista redevelopment. But, at the
same time, it is profoundly different.
The eternal fire of Amar Jawan Jyoti
YouTube baby
has been taken from under the monu- So frustrating. Little Rashika is always Manju. The Mayur Vihar resident came
mental arch and merged with the fire at ready to break into a dance; she has her with her kids by the Metro. Her husband
the National War Memorial. There are own YouTube channel, after all. But is at work at Lodhi Road. The family was
no ice-cream carts, no chai-sellers with here, she is as frozen as a statue. excited since morning, and Manju had
kettles in buckets. The empty space in “Come on, Rashika, do one step please cooked chhole chawal for their “new
the grand canopy that once had the beside India Gate,” urges mom Manju India Gate picnic” but “the guards
statue of a British monarch now has the Gautam, a “tuition teacher” who gives stopped us from eating on the ghaas
statue of Netaji, his right arm in a salute, lessons in political science to graduate (grass),” she says, laughing. They then
his visage staring at India Gate, at Karta- students. Rashika refuses to budge. went to the parking, sat on a bench and
vya Path (formerly Rajpath), and at Snuggled in the baby stroller, her had their special meal. “Now we are
Rashtrapati Bhawan. younger brother Viraat, in extraordina- looking for ice-cream, and can’t spot any
This afternoon, two young labourers, rily spunky glasses, sees this as an ice cream walla.”
Basharat and Danish, sweating under opportunity to gather all the limelight. Meanwhile, little Rashika overcomes
the sun, are standing there (see photo), The family has been in the spanking new her shyness and boldly breaks into a
reciting aloud manmauji shayri (fun Central Vista for an hour, and is not brief ballet-like jiggle. Her mom quickly
verses) to each other. Close by, a man is minding the afternoon heat. “We are pri- makes a video, with India Gate as the
sitting with his sketch pad, drawing the marily here to see Netaji’s statue,” says backdrop.
canopy and the statue. Amitabh Desh-
pande is a native of Pune visiting Delhi
for a few days. He shows his pad, each
page depicting a Delhi monument that
he drew during the ongoing trip. “I’ve The eternal
been to India Gate before, but this time
too many barricades are here, too many
soldiers with guns… maybe because it is
Sufi secret
the first day of the new Vista.” He goes
back to his sketch pad, his eyes continu- This Sufi shrine tucked in the Central
ally shifting to the statue. Vista lawns, close to Janpath, used to be
a little island in the pond. Circled with
trees, it had four graves. Following the
Vista’s redevelopment, it has been

Posing in the subway altered, but only slightly. It is no longer

Gentleman in a white mundu, pulled up
to his waist, like Shah Rulh Khan’s lungi
in the movie Chennai Express. The hat on
his head is knocking against the hat of
the woman he is talking to. Elsewhere, a
woman walks in a blue salwar, so shiny
that she seems to have jumped straight
out of the disco age. A little girl in red
boots and toy revolver sleeps on her
dad’s shoulder. Farther away, a middle-
aged couple is holding hands, walking
quietly.
This might be an unlikely place to do
some serious Central Vista people-
watching: the underpass that goes under
the busy radial road, and connects the
India Gate grounds to the lawns towards
the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The long corri-
dor comes as a soothing relief after the
new extravagances of the sun-warmed
grounds above. Its two walls are plas-
tered with photos of the Vista. Visitors
are ambling, looking relaxed as they
pass the panels. The shade is welcoming.
The panels might interest those who are
serious about updating their knowledge
of the area, but you should come here to
see the crowd. Many visitors are posing
against these panels for formal portraits,
and their faces are inadvertently show-
ing the same profoundness that one
encounters in black-and-white photos of
yesteryear.
Now a bunch of five women and one
child from GTB Enclave sombrely pose
against a frame titled: “Refurbished gar-
dens at Kartavya Path.” The only male
member in the group snaps their photo
from his mobile phone. Then they walk
on, followed by two foreigners, their
arms heavily tattooed with butterflies
and eagles.
an island. This is perhaps a good thing
because you no longer have to risk a fall
by jumping across the slippery rocks on
the pond water. A tiled track connects
the pathway to the gentle mound that
makes up the dargah.
And yet, the shrine continues to feel
as secluded as before. This evening, the
place is cloaked in solitude. A painted
sign on a painted stone slab identifies it
as the burial place of Hazrat Shabbir
Shah Baba. There is no knowing about
this mystic, but then Delhi is full of small the age of this secretive landmark. Per-
and big Sufi shrines. The patron saints of haps it’s 500 years old; perhaps 50. The
a few of these shrines are known across mystery makes the shrine truly enig-
the world, while the biographies of a matic.
great many have been lost to history. In a furiously changing city, this spot
Several such shrines are also believed to of land has managed to survive under
have disappeared over the years, as the the radar. It doesn’t figure in any note-
expanding metropolis added more worthy guidebook. Nobody might have
buildings to its already limited space. noticed its passing if it had been lost in
The absence of a substantial architec- the makeover. But it lives on -- as a part
ture makes it impossible to determine of our city’s undocumented history.

Day after formal event, revellers rush Tight security grid

back to Delhi’s favourite public space
Paras Singh and
Jasjeev Gandhiok
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Families relaxing
on the lawns. Kids taking a dip in
the fountains. Youngsters busy
clicking selfies with the iconic
monument as a backdrop. After
nearly 20 months, a newly
revamped Central Vista Avenue
around the India Gate -- the most
accessible open public space in
Delhi -- has come alive with the
sound of joy and laughter.
Days ahead of the inaugura-
tion of Kartavya Path by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Thursday, there was a buzz
around the city -- many feared
the iconic lawns would be out of
bounds for visitors. However,
these apprehensions were
allayed on Friday, with the vast
green spread teeming with
adults and children on a warm,
balmy evening as some cooled
off near the fountains and the
canals.
One element was missing
from this familiar air of festivity
associated with the India Gate ---
ice cream trolleys and snack ven-
dors were missing from the
immediate vicinity of the monu-
ment, ostensibly due to security
reasons.
Munching on a snack or lick-
ing an ice cream bought from a
vendor at the India Gate lawns is
something experienced by gen-
erations to have visited the
iconic memorial. However, visi-
tors to the revamped Central
Vista Avenue found street ven-
dors missing altogether from the
area.
Rauf Ahmed Ali, who had
been selling bhelpuri at India
Gate for over a decade, said he
temporarily relocated to nearby
markets during the renovation
period, but was hoping to return
to his favourite haunt upon India
Gate’s reopening. “We got to
know in the morning that no
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Visitors at India Gate, part of the revamped Central Vista Avenue,, on Friday.
entry will be allowed. While
some vendors were able to sell in
the lawns initially, security per-
sonnel quickly told us to leave,”
he said.
Under the revamped Central
Vista, seven vending zones,
including two near India Gate at
C-Hexagon, have been devel-
oped-- but they were yet to be
occupied on the first day. Of the
seven vending zones, five will
have space for 40 vendors each.
There will also be two amenity
blocks at India Gate with 16
shops.
A senior CPWD official said,
“The vendors were not allowed
due to security reasons on the
directions of the Delhi Police. We
would have tried to accommo-
date some vendors at the five
vending zones, which has space
for 200 vendors, if the police had
allowed.”
Parul Garg, 32, a resident of
Shahdara said that while the
Central Vista was aesthetically
pleasing, her children were
upset over the lack of availability
food. “I had promised them ice-
cream at India Gate but I was not
aware that no vendors will be
allowed inside,” Garg rued.
Others, meanwhile, said this
was a welcome move, as it will
prevent littering inside the
lawns. “The entire Central Vista
looks beautiful and to maintain
it and keep it clean, it is impor-
tant to keep street vendors out-
side. If food is allowed inside, lit-
ter will constantly have to be
picked up by the upkeep staff,”
said 53-year-old Angad Singh, a
businessman.
However, street photogra-
phers were back at India Gate,
unceasingly pitching their
expertise to visitors, offering to
take your photos with a warmly
lit monument in the backdrop.
Dinesh Lal, who has been
clicking pictures of visitors at
India Gate for the last four years,
said it was good to be back. “For
the last two years, we had been
clicking pictures from outside
the barricaded area, but people
would argue that the photo-
graphs are from too far away.
Now, we are again able to snap
pictures of our customers from
inside the lawns and I have
already made sales of over
₹2,000 since I arrived in the
morning at 9 am,” said the
32-year-old, who says he expects
the crowd to grow further on the
weekend.
The highlight of Friday’s fes-
tivities was a drone show on Net-
aji Subhas Chandra Bose, but till
early evening, multiple troupes
showcasing the cultural art
forms of various states of India
were busy occupying the atten-
tion of the crowds. The crowd
swelled to such a degree that
though the drone show was
slated to begin at 8 pm, it was
delayed by over half an hour ---
at first, security personnel tried
their level best to clear a 50-me-
tre radius around India Gate, but
to no avail. Finally, a loud-
speaker mounted on police jeep
was roped in to clear the area.
At 8.38 pm, a loud roar rever-
berated around India Gate as
over 100 drones shot up in the
sky to form the tricolour, before
transforming into different
shapes. The show continued for
around 10 minutes during which
the drones morphed into shapes
resembling Netaji’s statue, bro-
ken handcuffs, Jai Hind in Deva-
nagari script--each of which
brought chants of ‘Jai Hind’ and
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‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.
While awe-struck people
gazed towards the sky, the
accompanying commentary on
loudspeakers which narrated the
life and struggles of Netaji.
“I came with my children and
wife as they were all excited to
see what India Gate looks like
now. We were also curious to see
the drone show and it did not
disappoint at all… This should
become a permanent attraction
at India Gate, similar to laser
shows that are held at some
monuments around the world,”
said Anand Rai, a 38-year-old
engineer.
Shantnu Moitra, a student,
said he was thrilled to see the
drone show. “It was worth the
time we spent commuting here
from Noida. Everyone should
come to see this new space
once,” he said.
around redesigned
Avenue on Day 2
Karn Pratap Singh
karn.singh@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Nearly 400 security
personnel from Delhi Police and
the Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF), 50 private security
guards deployed by the Central
Public Works Department
(CPWD), around 70 door frame
metal detectors (DFMDs), and
scores of the familiar bright yel-
low iron police barricades com-
prised a tight ring of security
around the Central Vista Ave-
nue on Friday.
A day after Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated the
refurbished Central Vista Ave-
nue and the newly renamed
Kartavya Path, thousands of
people -- including foreign tour-
ists -- flocked to the iconic zone
with the administration making
new arrangements to ease the
flow of traffic and tourists alike.
Police said the area received a
floating crowd of 8,000-10,000
during the day, which increased
to 15,000 in the evening. Police
officials said the area received a
footfall of 1 lakh visitors over the
course of the day.
“The heavy deployment of
personnel was made not only as
a security measure but also to
facilitate the movement of visi-
tors who may not have been
aware of the new access
arrangements,” said deputy
commissioner of police (New
Delhi) Amrutha Guguloth.
As part of the new arrange-
ments, access to the India Gate
lawns, the National War Memo-
rial and the statue of Netaji Sub-
has Chandra Bose will be only
through the four underpasses
on either side of Kartavya Path
– near the C-Hexagon and Jan-
path stretch. All visitors will
have to pass through DFMDs
installed in the underpasses
apart from frisking by security
personnel.
This is a departure from the
past, when visitors were
allowed to cross the India Gate
Circle also known as C-Hexagon
on foot to reach the lawns of the
historic monument through
either of the six radials.
On Friday, though, all six
radials of the India Gate lawns
were barricaded and manned by
police as well as private security
guards. “It is just a temporary
entry and exit arrangement at
the War Memorial point... How-
ever, our personnel on ground
were directing and encouraging
visitors only to use the subways,
as that will be the future access
points,” said a police officer.
While those visiting India
Gate and the Bose statue were
frisked once, those planning to
visit the War Memorial had to
undergo a second round of
searching and frisking and
walking through DFMDs. There
were private security guards
and a baggage x-ray machine at
this security point.
The India Gate and Kartavya
Path crossings were made sig-
nal free for vehicles and no
pedestrians were allowed to
cross the C-Hexagon. Barricades
were also put along the pave-
ments to dissuade people from
crossing the road and slowing
down the flow of vehicles. Traf-
fic personnel were busy remov-
ing hawkers, auto-rickshaws,
cabs and even private vehicles
stopping on C-Hexagon to pick
up or drop visitors.
Although Kartavya Path is yet
to be opened for vehicular
movement, pedestrians had to
access it and its adjoining lawns
through the DMFDs installed
there as the area was heavily
barricaded on Friday.
“The DFMDs and barricades
along the Kartavya Path were
placed for the inauguration cer-
emony on Thursday. We have
started removing them. All of
them would be removed by Sat-
urday,” DCP Guguloth said.
 NEW DELHI
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
Barricades, metal detectors and
traffic curbs at ‘new India Gate’
Karn Pratap SIngh
and Risha Chitlangia
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Visitors to the
revamped Central Vista Avenue
on Friday, a day after it was inau-
gurated by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, navigated through a
new regime of accessing the
lawns and open spaces near
India Gate with regulated entry
through door frame metal
detectors (DFMDs), and subways
unlike the old chaos that was
synonymous with the area.
The measures, authorities
said, will continue for at least a
couple of days more and a final
call on their continuation will be
taken later. Though fewer peo-
ple visited the Vista lawns during
the day, hundreds turned up in
the evening to watch the the cul-
tural events, including a drone
show, that was planned by the
central government.
The new access code
On Friday, visitors who came by
their personal vehicles found it a
bit difficult to locate the four
newly developed parking lots
along the Kartavya Path as the
entire area was barricaded. This
resulted in some confusion,
especially during the evening
hours when the footfall
Barricades have been put up at various points to regulate entry of visitors to the revamped Central
Vista Avenue.
increased. While the police said
that parking lots were opened
for the public, one of the four
lots was shut during the day. The
private security guards deployed
at the entry points of the parking
lot located between C-hexagona
and Man Singh Road were only
allowing government vehicles.
But those who managed to
park their vehicles at the other
newly developed parking lots at
the stretch between C-Hexagon
and Man Singh Road didn’t have
much difficulty in accessing the
India Gate lawns.
Opening Kartavya Path
for vehicular traffic
On Friday, the India Gate and
Kartavya Path crossing was
made signal free for vehicles and
no pedestrians were allowed to
cross the road. Apart from the
deployment of traffic personnel,
barricades were also placed
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along the pavements to dissuade
the public from crossing the
road and slowing down the flow
of vehicles. Although the Karta-
vya Path is yet to be opened for
vehicular movement, pedestri-
ans had to access it and its
adjoining lawns through metal
detectors.
Access to India Gate at C-
Hexagon
Unlike earlier, access to India
My Delhi 05
Gate at C-hexagon area was pro-
vided through the two pedes-
trian subways that connect the
lawns between C-hexagon and
Man Singh Road. There are two
more subways at Janpath that
connect the lawns between Rafi
Marg and Man Singh Road.
“These pedestrian underpasses
will provide smooth access to
people using Metro, as it is
located very close to the Central
Secretariat Metro station,” said a
Central Public Works Depart-
ment (CPWD) official.
On Friday, a majority of the
visitors were using the two sub-
ways near the C-Hexagon to
reach the India Gate lawns.
Security personnel deployed
around the India Gate Circle
were seen guiding the public to
the subways. The city police had
also DFMDs in the subways.
While accessing the India
Gate lawns looked smooth after
the visitors were guided by the
police, a majority of the people
were confused about the exit
routes. Unlike earlier, the access
to India Gate lawns was pro-
vided mainly through the two
pesdestrian subways. The C-hex-
agon area can also be accessed
from Tilak Marg near the
National War Memorial, but
police officials said that it is a
temporary arrangement.

Arogya Kosh: At
least 400k availed Government of India

govt health plan

HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: In the last five years,
at least 427,000 people have ben-
efitted from the Delhi govern-
ment’s Arogya Kosh scheme,
which provides patientscoming
to state government-run hospi-
tals with the option of availing
services in a private hospital
with a doctor’s reference in case
they require immediate atten-
tion, a statement issued by the
government said.
Delhi’s deputy chief minister
Manish Sisodia, who also holds
the health portfolio, held a
review meeting with officials of
the health department on Friday
and directed them to focus on
working towards ensuring the
timely benefit of this govern-
ment scheme to the maximum
number of people across the
national capital.
The minister said that
between 2017 and March 2022,
over 427,000 patients benefited
from the government scheme
and for this, ₹168.43 crore has
been spent by the government so
far. There are four schemes
under the Delhi Arogya Kosh
scheme, which include financial
support from the government
for medical implants, various
types of surgeries, 136 types of
medical tests and the ‘Farishtey’
scheme for the treatment of acci-
dent victims. “Under this
scheme, if any citizen of the Cap-
ital goes to Delhi government
hospitals for treatment and has
to face a waiting period for
examination or treatment and
the patient needs immediate
care, then the patient can avail of
the above-mentioned services in
a private hospital with doctor’s
reference,” Sisodia said, adding,
“Cashless check-ups and treat-
ments will be provided in all the
empanelled hospitals and the
cost of this will be borne by the
government.”
A statement issued on Friday
said that under one of the
schemes under the Delhi Arogya
Kosh, the government provides
financial assistance of up to ₹5
lakh to patients. In the last five
years, 5,028 people have availed
of this scheme with the govern-
ment spending ₹47.61 crore on
this.

{ GOVT-FUNDED INSTITUTION } DDU COLLEGE

AAP, BJP fight over
salary cut at college
HT Correspondent
htreporters@jtlive.com
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi
Party and the Bharatiya Janata
Atal Innovation Mission: More than 75 Lakh
students connected with nearly 10,000 Atal
Tinkering Labs
wing had made all payments due
to the college.
“The directorate of higher edu-
PM Research Fellowship connects high-quality
cation has made all payments research and innovation with the best talent in
that are due to the college on a
the country; fellowship and research grants of

 


party traded barbs on Friday over
the controversy related to the
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
withholding a part of the July sal-
aries of teachers citing paucity of
funds.
The college is is funded by the
Delhi government and is affili-
ated to Delhi University, Hem
Chand Jain, the officiating princi-
quarterly basis. The question
arises as to what you have done
with this money? What financial more than ₹50 lakh to complete PhD
irregularities have been done
that today the college is not pay-
ing full salaries to the staff?” India is home to world’s leading start-up
Kumar said in the email, a copy
of which HT has seen. ecosystem; more than 107 unicorns and
The issue, however, triggered
another round of war of words 77,000 start-ups

pal of the college, issued a notice
on Tuesday ₹30,000 each has
been retained from the net sala-
ries of assistant professors while
₹50,000 each was held back from
Nation progressing by
between the AAP and the BJP.
Citing DDU College’s act of
deducting salary, Bharatiya Jan- Emphasis on technology and service-driven
ata Party state president Adesh
Gupta said that Delhi CM’s edu- innovation. India jumps to 46th position from

connecting talent with

the net salaries of associate pro-
fessors for the month of July.
According to the notice, the
college promised to pay the
amount once the fund crunch
cation model had been exposed.
“... whenever Kejriwal is asked to 81st in the Global Innovation Index in the last
talk about corruption, he only
mentions the education model. six years
But now the education model has

innovation and opportunities

was over.
However, the college chair-
man Sunil Kumar, during a
meeting with DU vice-chancellor
on Friday, raised various issues,
including the misappropriation
of funds and the alleged insubor-
dination by the college principal.
He claimed that the principal
was violating several UGC (Uni-
also been exposed.”
Sharing a copy of the email Record 50% increase in patent registrations
sent by DDU chairman Sunil
Kumar to principal Jain ques- over the last seven years. Number of patents
tioning the salary deduction, AAP
MLA Sanjeev Jha accused the filed increased to 66,400 in 2021-22 from 42,700
BJP of defaming the Delhi gov-
ernment. in 2014-15
“Unable to digest the excellent
work done by AAP in the field of
Progressive Drone Policy to bring positive
cbc 22201/13/0115/2223

versity Grants Commission) education, the BJP deliberately

norms and requested the V-C to
look into these issues.
DDU College is among 28 insti-
tutions that are funded by the
Delhi government but their prin-
cipals are appointed by the uni-
versity.
The DU VC met chairpersons
of all 28 colleges on Friday.
In a separate email sent on Fri-
day, Kumar asked Jain why the
college had decided to partially
withhold salaries when the Delhi
government’s higher education
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tried to defame the Delhi govern-
ment by arbitrarily cutting the
Today the country is moving forward with unprecedented strength change in people’s lives through technology;
salaries of the teachers. Their tac- in many directions, like, technology, research, and innovation space sector strengthened by allowing private
tic failed. The chairman’s ques-
tion is reasonable. Why did col-
lege deduct salary despite having – Narendra Modi sector participation
₹25 crore in the fixed deposit?”
The issue of delayed salary
payments and not releasing
funds on time have been points Promoting an ecosystem of science and innovation, first of its kind 'Centre-State Science Conclave' to be
of contention between the col-
leges and their governing bodies,
and the Delhi government since
inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 10th September at 10.30 am (via video conferencing)
the past few years.
 06 My Delhi
NEW DELHI
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

DIRECTORATE OF SPORTS & Microbreweries set for a HC CONVICTS MAN

OVER A DECADE
AFTER HE RAPED
YOUTH WELFARE
T.T. Nagar Stadium, Bhopal-462003 (M.P.)
Tel. : 0755-2761448, 2778151, Fax : 0755-2775256 comeback after 9 months AN 11-YEAR-OLD
HT Correspondent
E-TENDERING NOTICE
P
letters@hindustantimes.com
Alok KN Mishra draught beer to customers for
The Director, Directorate of Sports & Youth Welfare, M.P. consumption only on its prem- NEW DELHI: The Delhi high
alok.mishra1@hindustantimes.com
Bhopal on behalf of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal invites ises and its installed capacity court on Friday convicted a man
NEW DELHI: After a pause of
The government should not be more than 500 accused of raping an 11-year-old
online tenders from contractors fulfilling the pre-qualification
criteria as per the detailed NIT published on https://
over nine months, microbrewer- must ensure that litres per day. It, however, needs girl in 2010---more than a decade
ies in Delhi are once more ready a clearance from the Delhi Pollu- after he was exonerated by a trial
www.mptenders.gov.in for Providing & Laying of FIH to welcome beer lovers; the city the rules related to tion Control Committee (DPCC) court---and handed him 10 years
approved system of synthetic Hockey Surface of Global is likely to have seven such taxation on beer, its and it should be located in a rigorous imprisonment for the
Category (non filled water based surfaces) with shock pad establishments soon, said excise pucca (brick and mortar) build- crime.
including construction of sub-base, providing, laying and department in the know of the production, etc, are ing. Microbreweries are also In April 2010, the girl, while
commissioning of Sprinkler System & other work including matter.
The department has recently
not punitive. allowed in hotels, restaurants
and at the airport, the docu-
returning from school, had gone
to a public toilet when the man
disposal of unserviceable material form site etc. at Tikamgarh,
awarded a licence to open a VINOD GIRI, director general, ments said. followed her and forced himself
Madhya Pradesh.
microbrewery in Saket and it is Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Such establishments may on her. The matter was reported
1. The details regarding participation in the e-tendering currently considering four more Beverage Companies remain open from 11am to 1am to the police seven days after the
process can be obtained on www.mptenders.gov.in. such applications, the officials or till the time the restaurant, incident. The man was appre-
If any queries regarding participation through e-tender said. These are apart from the was operational till the excise hotels or airport is allowed to hended a few days later.
process interested bidder may contact on Toll Free No. two operational microbreweries, policy 2021-22 was implemented serve liquor. The licence fee for In 2011, the trial court acquit-
18002588684. both in Connaught Place, which and permits became unavailable setting up a microbrewery with ted the man, giving him the ben-
2. The corrigendum and agendum issued (if any) related to are currently gearing up to serve due to some technical issues an installed capacity of up to 500 efit of doubt. Challenging this
beer. with the excise portal. The old litres per day is ₹2.5 lakh, said judgment, the state moved the
this bid will be published on above mention e-tendering
The owners of these establish- excise regime was re-imple- excise officials. The licensee is high court.
portal only. ments said the demand for craft mented on September 1, 2022, required to arrange to check the In its ruling, a bench of justi-
M.P. Madhyam/106305/2022 DIRECTOR beer -- generally made with tra- and we have received the neces- quality of raw materials used for ces Mukta Gupta and Mini Push-
ditional ingredients such as mal- sary permits on the payment of producing beer by a chemist karna noted that the trial court
ted barley -- produced by micro- an extension fee to the excise holding a degree in science, with committed a grave error in hold-
breweries is quite high in Delhi. department.” chemistry as one of the subjects ing the girl as a tutored witness
“In its endeavour to encour- He, however, added that no (preferably organic chemistry or by stating that during her cross
age more people to move date has been set for the reopen- bio chemistry) or a specializa- examination, the girl said she
Office of The Executive Engineer, P.W.D. Bridge Construction Division, Sagar (M.P.) towards soft liquor like draught ing as of now. tion in alcohol technology. had stated whatever her aunt
Tender Notification : 03/Setu/2022-23 Sagar, Date : 02.09.2022 beer and wine, the Delhi govern- The microbreweries offer The beer produced can be and police told her to.
Notice Inviting Tender ment is encouraging the opening craft beer or locally made beer released for sale only after the “This finding is totally falla-
Online Tender for the work mentioned below are being invited. The Tender have been uploaded on the E-Tender Portal of Public of wine/beer parlours and on tap. It is quite popular among chemist certifies that it is fit for cious since the girl in answer to
Works Department https://mptenders.gov.in. Tender details are as below :- microbreweries. One micro- the youth in Delhi-NCR and else- human consumption on a daily the court question had clearly
brewery has been approved (in where. basis. stated that her deposition was
S. Tender District Name of work P.A.C. e-EMD Cost of Period of Category of Submission of Saket) and four more are in the Rahul Singh, former president The licensee also has to made against the accused
N ID (Rs. in Tender Completion Contract Document (e-EMD &
o. lacs) Document Other Document) as
pipeline,” said an excise depart- of National Restaurants Associa- arrange to draw beer samples because the said incident had
mentioned in tender ment official, asking not to be tion of India, said craft beer sales once a month and forward the taken place and she had not
document. named. are consistently growing for past same to a laboratory for analysis. deposed against the accused
A Delhi government official several years on the basis of sus- The report should be displayed because her aunt and police had
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
said under the now scrapped tained demand among the on the premises, the rules state. asked her to state so,” the bench
1 2022_ Tikamgarh Construction of Bridge tt Rs. Rs. Rs. 12 Months Centralised Submission Online excise policy of 2021-22, micro- youth. “It is welcome that Delhi The excise duty on the beer at noted in its 20-page judgment.
PWDRB_ Aamghat across Jamni River. 442.05 4,42,050.00 15,000.00 Excluding Registered Only breweries were allowed but they excise department is serious the manufacturing stage is cur- According to the status report
220169_1 (Construction of Submersible Lacs. Rainy Contractor could not start operations as the about allowing more micro- rently fixed at ₹40 per bulk litre. filed by the prosecution in
Bridge across Jamni River Season
revised terms and conditions breweries. It will give people The owners of the microbrewer- November 2013, the man had
(Aamghat) on Kour-Kailwan
Road Near Madkhera could not be notified in time. As more options,” said Singh. ies are also required to install not been seen in the area of his
Village I/C Approach a result, the two microbreweries To be sure, the Delhi govern- on-site waste treatment plant. residence for a while and there-
Road, Protection Work and in CP stopped serving beer ment in 2015 permitted the set- The alcohol content of the fore, could not be traced.
Diversion Road. Tikamgarh around nine months ago. ting up of microbreweries by craft beer should not exceed 8% Since non-bailable warrants
(M.P.) (First Call) The old excise policy, which making necessary changes in its and serving of beer is not against the man were not exe-
2 2022_ Niwari Construction of Road and Rs. Rs. Rs. 08 Months --Do-- --Do-- was reintroduced in Delhi on excise policy. The excise depart- allowed to persons under the age cuted, the high court in March
PWDRB_ Bridge Village Jamunia To 320.97 3,20,970.00 15,000.00 Excluding September 1 after lieutenant gov- ment received the first licence of 25 years. Only on-site (within 2014 directed initiation of pro-
220177_1 U.P. Border (Construction of Lacs. Rainy ernor VK Saxena recommended application in 2015 itself but the premises) consumption of ceedings to declare him a pro-
Submersible Bridge across Season a probe by the Central Bureau of there were hurdles in setting up beer is allowed. claimed offender.
Satar Nalla in Km 6/2 on Investigation (CBI) into the microbreweries as these were Vinod Giri, director general, In its judgment, the high court
Orchha-Jamuniya-Jhansi excise policy 2021-22, permits not allowed under the Master Confederation of Indian Alco- justified the delay in the registra-
Road I/C Approach Road,
the setting up of microbreweries Plan 2021, said a liquor trader, holic Beverage Companies tion of the FIR stating that the
Protection Work. Niwari
(M.P.) (First Call) and on-site consumption of craft asking not to be named. (CIABC), said microbreweries girl, who had lost her mother at
beer. Permits were once more In 2018, the LG approved a represent not only a product, but a very young age and whose
The document can be purchased online only from the above website after making online payment. The last date & issued to the two microbrewer- proposal to exclude microbrew- a culture of easy, responsible father was also missing, was
time for purchase and submission of documents online is Dated 27.09.2022 up to 11:30 AM. detailed NIT and other details ies in CP and they are all set to eries from the prohibited list of and social consumption of alco- staying with her aunt who was
can be viewed on the above mentioned portal. Amendments to NIT, if any, would be published on website only, and not in start functioning again, officials the Master Plan and thus paved hol. “The government must looking after 10 children, 6 of her
said. the was for opening microbrew- ensure that the rules related to own and 4 of her brother’s,
newspaper. Executive Engineer Naveen Sachdeva, who eries. taxation on beer, its production, including the girl. “It may not be
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opened the capital’s first micro- According to the excise docu- storage, drainage and sales are lost sight of the fact that PW8
brewery in 2019, said, “I opened ments seen by HT, a microbrew- kept simple and are not punitive aunt of the victim is a labourer,
the microbrewery in CP and it ery can produce and serve in nature,” said Giri. not an educated woman.”

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Partial drought may trigger Kishida calls for open Indo-Pacific
12MT decline in rice output
Zia Haq
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: India’s summer-
sown rice output could dip by up
to 12 million tonnes (MT) due to
a partial drought but the country
will still have a surplus of the
staple, a senior official said on
Friday, a day after the govern-
ment curbed exports to put a lid
on rising cereal prices.
Union food secretary Sudhan-
shu Pandey, citing official pro-
jections, said paddy output will
go down in four states with defi-
cient rainfall, but in others,
where the monsoon was robust,
yields will likely go up. On bal-
ance, the country will be in a sur-
plus based on previous reserves,
the total area sown and expected
yields, he said.
The Centre is sitting on a stock
of 47MT of rice, including rice
equivalent of unmilled paddy, as
of July 1. The buffer stock
requirement is to have 13.5 MT
of rice as of July 1.
Pandey pointed out that the
paddy acreage is lower by 38
lakh (3.8 million) hectare so far
this kharif season because of low
rainfall in many states.The
kharif season contributes about
After 20-yr battle, court annuls child marriage
Sachin Saini
letters@hindustantimes.com
JAIPUR: A family court in Jodh-
pur annulled the marriage of a
21-year-old woman, who was mar-
ried at the age of 1 and was report-
edly being pressured for its con-
summation.
The woman’s family, she said,
was also imposed a fine of ₹10 lakh
by the Khap Panchayat after they
refused to send her to her in-laws
around 2016-17.
The incident came to light
after the woman, Rekha, who
belongs to Raseeda village,
approached a non-governmental
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Officials said that despite the dip in paddy output from 4 states
facing drought, the country still has a surplus of the staple.
80 % of India’s total rice produc-
tion. “Loss of production of rice
may be 10 million tonnes and in
the worst case, it can be 12 mil-
lion tonnes this year,” he told
reporters. According to the pre-
sentation made by Pandey,
paddy sowing is lower by 25 lakh
(2.5 million) hectares in four
states — West Bengal, Uttar Pra-
desh, Jharkhand and Bihar.
The production could be less
by 7-8MT in these four states.
Pandey declined to comment
on whether the government
would be in a position to con-
tinue with the Pradhan Mantri
A KHAP PANCHAYAT
EARLIER IMPOSED
A FINE OF ₹10L ON
THE WOMAN’S
FAMILY, AFTER
THEY REFUSED
TO SEND HER
TO HER IN-LAWS
organisation (NGO), which then
moved the family court.
Saarthi Trust’s managing trus-
tee, Dr Kirti Bharti, said Rekha was
married off to a boy of a village at
ANI
Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, a
free foodgrain programme intro-
duced as a Covid-relief measure,
beyond September.
The country has witnessed six
straight years of bumper har-
vests, helping expand state-held
food stocks and export. Amid the
pandemic, the farm economy
held steady because of ample
production.
But extreme weather this
year exposed the fragility of the
country’s agricultural system to
climate risks. In May, the gov-
ernment halted wheat export
after a severe heatwave crimped
the age of 1 after her father’s
demise. “She was married in 2002
under the mausar pratha, a ritual
in rural areas where children are
married off following demise of
any family member. But the girl is
supposed to be sent to her in-laws’
house when she turns older.”
“However, in 2016-17, when she
was around 15-16, her in-laws
approached her family and asked
them to send her for the gauna
ceremony (associated with con-
summation of marriage). On
learning that the boy is illiterate,
she refused to go,” she added.
Rekha refused to accept the
marriage as she was preparing to
My India
output, sending state-owned
reserves to a 14-year low.
On Thursday, the Union gov-
ernment imposed a 20% export
duty on common varieties of
rice. The same day, it also sus-
pended overseas sales of broken
rice, used as poultry and cattle
feed, apart from ethanol blend-
ing. Broken rice stocks are
almost exhausted due to a jump
in international shipments.
Wholesale inflation in rice
rose 8.22% from a year ago, offi-
cial data showed, while retail
rates leapt 6.30% on a per kilo
basis year-on. Maize price have
jumped 26% between January
and September 2022, the data
showed. These will feed into
overall food inflation, the reason
why the government curbed
overseas sales.
“At the moment this is the
first estimate. If the yield is good
in some areas, this can be com-
pensated also,” Pandey said.
“There could be a 10-15% defi-
cit in rice production. A large
rice quantity has been exported...
Therefore, prices have risen
above MSP,” said Rahul Chau-
han of IGrain Pvt Ltd.
With PTI inputs
become a nurse, Bharti said.
Unwilling to give in, her in-laws
arranged a caste panchayat which
imposed a fine of ₹10 lakh on the
woman’s family, she said.
In 2021, Rekha approached the
NGO and a case was lodged
against the man under Section 3 of
the Child Marriage Act, 2006,
Bharti said.
Presiding officer of the family
court, Pradeep Kumar Modi,
ordered the annulment of the mar-
riage on Thursday. “Since a cen-
tury, the evil of child marriage has
not been eradicated. Now, every-
one should together take a pledge
to eradicate child marriage.”
{ JAPAN-INDIA 2+2 MEETING }
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Japan and India
face many challenges, including
the Ukraine crisis and the situa-
tion in the East and South China
Seas, and should work together
to realise a free and open Indo-
Pacific, Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida said on Friday.
During a meeting with
defence minister Rajnath Singh
and external affairs minister S
Jaishankar in Tokyo, Kishida
said both countries are partners
with shared strategic interests.
The Indian ministers were in
Japan for a 2+2 meeting with
their Japanese counterparts on
Thursday.
“We would like to work
together to realize a ‘free and
open Indo-Pacific’. Based on the
results of the Japan-India 2+2
meeting held [on Thursday], we
will further strengthen the
SC posts petitions against Places of
Worship Act before 3-judge bench
Abraham Thomas
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Thursday sought the Centre’s
response within two weeks on a
batch of petitions challenging
the validity of the Places of Wor-
ship (Special Provisions) Act,
1991, and ordered that the matter
be heard by a three-judge bench
on October 11.
The law, which was intro-
duced on July 11, 1991, main-
tained the “religious character”
of all places of worship as it was
in 1947, except the Ram Janma-
bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.
A bench headed by Chief Jus-
tice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh
Lalit issued notice on two peti-
tions and 15 applications. Earlier,
notices were issued on two other
petitions.
The top court issued notices
on petitions by Jamiat UIlama
i-Hind and Vishwa Bhadra
Pujari Purohit Mahasangh. In its
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida
Japan-India Special Strategic
Global Partnership,” Kishida
was quoted as saying in a read-
out from Japan’s foreign minis-
try.
Kishida further said that
“Japan and India are partners
that share fundamental values
and strategic interests”, and the
two countries are “facing many
challenges, including the situa-
tion in Ukraine, the East and
South China Seas, and North
Korea”, the readout said.
He also expressed his grati-
Trial courts in Mathura and Lucknow are considering pleas by
Hindus, seeking permission to worship at Shahi Idgah mosque
(right) in Mathura and Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. FILE PHOTOS
plea, the Jamiat sought enforce-
ment of the 1991 law.
The second petition, by
Vishwa Bhadra Pujari Purohit
Mahasangh, was filed in June
2020, challenges the law on the
ground that it denies judicial
review by preventing citizens
from filing lawsuits to reclaim
land belonging to temples
destroyed by Muslim rulers.
Earlier, notices were issued on
two petitions.
In his plea, BJP leader and
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tude for Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s decision to attend the
funeral of former premier
Shinzo Abe at the end of this
month. Abe, Japan’s longest
serving prime minister, was
assassinated during an election
campaign meeting on July 8.
The readout stated that Singh
and Jaishankar said they would
like to cooperate with Japan in a
wide range of areas based on the
outcomes of the 2+2 meeting.
Both sides exchanged views
on the regional situation and are
steadily making progress in
cooperation on defence equip-
ment and technology, as was
agreed on in the 2+2 meeting.
They are also cooperating in
joint training, including the first
bilateral air force exercise.
Kishida also touched on
Japan’s presidency of G7 and
India’s presidency of G20 next
year and stressed on the impor-
tance of transparent and fair
lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upad-
hyay, on whose petition the top
court issued a notice to the Cen-
tre on March 12 last year, had
demanded that the matter be
heard by a five-judge Constitu-
tion bench.
Meanwhile, the Muslim side
led by advocates Ejaz Maqbool
for the Jamiat and MR Sham-
shad for All India Muslim Per-
sonal Law Board told the top
court about their applications to
intervene in the above petitions.
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development financing. He said
the two countries will cooperate
in this area.
Both sides also share the view
that they will continue to
enhance cooperation in a wide
range of areas ahead of Modi’s
proposed visit to Japan for an
annual summit.
The meeting was also
attended by Japan’s foreign min-
ister Yoshimasa Hayashi and
defence minister Seiichi
Hamada.
During the 2+2 meeting, India
backed Japan’s efforts to rein-
force its defence capabilities
over the next five years, reflect-
ing the growing security cooper-
ation between the two sides.
India and Japan also emphasised
the need for all countries to
peacefully resolve disputes with-
out using force or any unilateral
change of the status quo against
the backdrop of China’s aggres-
sive actions across the region.
NEPAL FOREIGN
SECY TO VISIT
INDIA SEPT 13-14
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Nepal’s foreign sec-
retary Bharat Raj Paudyal will
visit India during September
13-14 for talks on bilateral rela-
tions, including multifaceted
cooperation between the two
countries, the external affairs
ministry said on Friday.
Paudyal is visiting the country
at the invitation of his Indian
counterpart Vinay Kwatra, and
the two top diplomats will
review progress on announce-
ments made by the two sides.
The foreign secretaries will
hold discussions on September
13 on “bilateral issues covering
the entire range of multifaceted
cooperation between India and
Nepal”, the ministry said.
India and Nepal had launched
several energy cooperation and
connectivity initiatives, includ-
ing a cross-border passenger
train, during Deuba’s visit in
April.
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l
Mahant death
case: Bail plea of
disciple rejected
PRAYAGRAJ: The
Allahabad high court on
Friday rejected the bail
of Anand Giri in the
alleged suicide case of
Mahant Narendra Giri,
the then president of
Akhil Bharatiya Akhara
Parishad. Justice SK
Singh on Wednesday
had reserved order on
the bail plea of Anand
Giri, the prime accused
in the case. While
rejecting bail, the court
said there was sufficient
proof against the
applicant and he cannot
be granted bail.
CUET results to be
announced by Sep
15, says UGC chief
NEW DELHI: The results
of the common
university entrance test
held for undergraduate
admissions (CUET-UG)
will be announced by
September 15, UGC
chairman Jagadesh
Kumar said on Friday,
asking participating
universities to keep their
web portals ready to start
the admission process
based on CUET scores.
HC seeks survey
of ‘illegal coal
mining’ in Assam
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati
high court has directed a
district judge to conduct
a survey to ascertain if
any illegal coal mining
was being carried out
inside Dehing Patkai
rainforest in Assam’s
Tinsukia. A division
bench comprising chief
justice RM Chhaya and
justice Soumitra Saikia
directed the judge to
conduct a survey and
submit a report on or
before November 1, the
next date of hearing.
Raj launches 100-day job
scheme for urban areas
Sachin Saini
letters@hindustantimes.com
JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on Friday
launched the ‘Indira Gandhi
Urban Employment Scheme’ to
provide 100 days of employment
in a year to families residing in
urban areas of the state.
Gehlot termed the pro-
gramme a “historic initiative”.
The scheme is expected to cost
the state government ₹800 crore
annually, he said.
The chief minister said the
new scheme is mirrored along
the lines of MGNREGA, which
was started during the UPA gov-
ernment’s tenure to provide
employment in rural areas
across the country.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT
HOSPITALS MAY
SOON TREAT CGHS
BENEFICIARIES
Rhythma Kaul
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: In a bid to provide
more hospital options to
patients, the Centre is consider-
ing allowing Central Govern-
ment Health Scheme (CGHS)
beneficiaries to avail treatment
at hospitals empaneled with the
flagship Ayushman Bharat-
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojna (AB-PMJAY), people famil-
iar with the matter said.
“It is being planned that the
beneficiaries of the CGHS
scheme can also seek treatment
at any of the hospitals across the
country empaneled under the
Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna. It will
ensure patients have a larger
ambit of hospitals to choose
from, especially those patients
who are looking for super speci-
ality treatment,” said a govern-
ment functionary aware of the
matter, requesting anonymity.
“The idea...is good as these
will be private hospitals offering
multi-speciality care. However, it
will be better if cashless benefit
that Ayushman Bharat benefici-
aries get is also be extended to
CGHS beneficiaries,” said Dr MC
Misra, former director of AIIMS,
Delhi.
There are several changes in
the pipeline for the current pub-
lic health insurance schemes,
which also include having a uni-
fied card for AB-PMJAY and
schemes run by individual
states, Union health minister
Mansukh Mandaviya had told a
briefing last month.
According to the health min-
istry, at least 20 schemes are
being run by several states.
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Delhi, Punjab may jointly ‘Invoke NSA over child
lifting rumours, attacks’
pay incentive for stubble
Gurpreet Singh Nibber
gurpreet.nibber@hindustantimes.com
CHANDIGARH: The governments
of Punjab and Delhi are working
on finalising a monetary incen-
tive for farmers if they do not
burn their paddy residue after
harvesting, a top official said on
Friday, after the Union govern-
ment turned down their request
to chip in with funds.
As a result of the Centre’s
decision, the incentive, which
was initially set at ₹2,500 per
acre, is likely to come down to
₹1,000 per acre. The scheme
will be crucial for attempts to
discourage farmers from burn-
ing crop residue after harvest,
an easy way for them to clear
fields but a method that sends
up clouds of smoke that trigger
the world’s worst air pollution
crisis in much of North India.
“We had sought a support of
₹1,125 crore from the Union gov-
ernment in the total outlay of
₹1,875 crore while ₹375 crore
each was to be contributed by
Punjab and Delhi governments.
Now, we have received a com-
munication from the ministry of
agriculture that our proposal
has been rejected,” said Punjab
chief secretary VK Janjua.
The chief secretary added
that the states are still trying to
work out the incentive, which
could be now come down to
₹1,000 per acre. The Punjab
government has kept an alloca-
tion of Rs 200 crore in its budget
this year to check stubble burn-
ing.
HT reported in July that the
two state government – both
now controlled by the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) -- had writ-
ten to the Centre seeking for it
to chip in with ₹1,500 per acre
as incentive to help end farm
fires.
The Union agriculture minis-
“The positive results of
MGNREGA were seen and
employment opportunities were
easily accessible to the rural
unemployed across the country.
This also improved the standard
of living,” Gehlot said.
According to the outline, the
scheme is open for people in the
18-60 age group. While unskilled
labour will be provided a wage of
₹259 per day, skilled workers
will be given ₹283 each day and
mates will be given ₹271 per day.
Urban development and
housing minister Shanti Dhari-
wal told news agency PTI that
nearly 40,000 people received
work on the first day. More than
400,000 people applied for regis-
tration and job cards were issued
to 250,000 people, he said.
{ EYE ON 2024 POLLS }
BJP appoints new
state in-charges
Smriti Kak Ramachandran
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Jan-
ata Party (BJP) on Friday
announced names of in-charges
who will have the mandate to
oversee electioneering in over a
dozen states, with an eye also on
the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The party has begun aggressive
preparations for the general elec-
tions and held a meeting in the
national capital this week to draw
a blueprint for strengthening its
position in 144 Lok Sabha constit-
uencies where its performance
was found wanting in the previ-
ous general elections. The party
has also appointed a three-mem-
ber panel to redouble efforts in
73,000 booths across the country
to improve its position in the 2024
general elections.
National general secretary
Vinod Tawde has been given
charge of Bihar where the party
has begun preparations on a war
footing for the Lok Sabha polls
and the 2025 state elections after
its alliance with the Janata Dal
(United) came undone.
Two other national general
secretaries, D Purandeswari and
Kailash Vijayvarghia, will cease to
be in-charge of Chhattisgarh and
West Bengal, respectively.
Purandehwari is being
replaced by Om Mathur, a senior
party leader from Rajasthan who
was recently nominated to the
central election committee of the
party.
In West Bengal, where the
party has emerged as the princi-
pal opposition to the ruling TMC,
the BJP has given charge to
The cash incentive for farmers, which was initially set at ₹2,500
per acre, is likely to come down to ₹1,000 per acre.
try did not immediately respond
to requests for a comment on
Friday.
Officials in the Delhi govern-
ment too did not share details
on how they planned to incen-
tivise farmers to not burn the
residue.
But officials, who asked not
to be named, said they have
already begun preparations to
spray a bio-decomposer solu-
tion free of cost across Basmati
and non-Basmati fields in Delhi.
The solution, developed by the
Indian Agricultural Research
Institute (IARI) in Pusa, decom-
poses paddy straw naturally
within 15-30 days, thereby
removing the need for it to be
burnt.
Delhi’s environment and
development minister Gopal
Rai had on Thursday chaired a
review meeting to assess prepa-
ration for the same, with the
agriculture department had
asked to get farmers in Delhi to
fill a form at the earliest to iden-
IAF chief, son fly a sortie in Rafale jet
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, and his son, Squadron Leader Mihir V
Chaudhari, fly a sortie on Rafale aircraft as part of the three-aircraft combat training mission, at
Hasimara Air Force Station in Alipurduar on Friday.
BJP chief J P Nadda
former Bihar minister Mangal
Pandey. In Telangana where the
party has set its sights on ousting
the TRS government from the
state, the party has retained
national general secretary Tarun
Chugh as in-charge. The party has
also retained P Murlidhar Rao, a
former national general secretary
in Madhya Pradesh and national
general secretary Arun Singh in
Rajasthan as state in-charges.
UP lawmaker Ram Shankar
Katheria will be the co-incharge
in MP along with national secre-
tary Pankaja Munde, who has
also been retained in the position.
Vijaya Rahatkar, national secre-
tary will be the co-incharges in
Rajasthan. Former Union minis-
ter Prakash Javadekar has been
given charge of Kerala.
National spokesperson Sambit
Patra, who was in charge of Mani-
pur earlier, will now be responsi-
ble for overseeing election-related
work in all the north-eastern
states. Two former CMs have also
been given charge of states. While
former Tripura CM Biplab Deb
will be in charge of Haryana,
former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
will oversee election-related work
in Punjab and Chandigarh. Viren-
der Singh Raina, a former party
vice-president from Punjab, will
assist Rupani.
tify fields that need to be
sprayed.
Stubble burning and finding
a solution to it is one of the
15-key-focus areas identified by
the Delhi government, based on
which it will be preparing its
winter action plan for air pollu-
tion.
But the most pressing issue
appears to be convincing farm-
ers in Punjab to give up the
practice.
During the kharif season,
paddy is sown over close to
three million hectares in Pun-
jab.
The state produces roughly
18.5 million tonne of paddy crop
residue every year. Of this, 49%
is managed in-situ (mixing the
residue in the soil) and ex-situ
(used as fuel) methods, while
the rest is set ablaze.
Most farmers burn the resi-
due because it is a quick and
cheap way to clear the fields for
the sowing of rabi season wheat
crop, for which the window is
Study points to waning efficacy NIA probes smuggling of
of antibiotics used in ICU patients arms to Myanmar outfit
Rhythma Kaul
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The efficacy of Imi-
penem – a wide spectrum antibi-
otic – in treating intestinal disease
causing E coli bacteria dropped
steadily from 86% in 2016 to 64%
in 2021, and, in case of pneumonia-
causing Klebsiella pneumoniae,
dropped from 65% to 43% in the
same period, according to a sur-
veillance report of the Indian
Council of Medical Research
(ICMR) released on Friday.
The report underscores grow-
ing antibiotic resistance, spotlight-
ing the problem of over-the-coun-
ter sale of such drugs in India,
which has become a public health
concern. Not just commonly-used
antibiotics but also stronger anti-
Army gets battle gear in east, helipads for Chinooks
Rahul Singh
rahul.singh@hindustantimes.com
HAYULIANG (ARUNACHAL PRA-
DESH): Infantry battalions guard-
ing the Line of Actual Control
(LAC) with China in Arunachal
Pradesh are racing to equip
themselves with a string of new
weapons and systems to sharpen
their combat edge, with the
capability upgrade encompass-
ing light machine guns, assault
rifles, rocket launchers,
unmanned aerial vehicles, all-
terrain vehicles and high-tech
surveillance gear, officials famil-
iar with the army’s modernisa-
tion said on Friday.
Helipads, capable of operating
multi-mission Chinook helicop-
My India
often very short.
The result is that Delhi and
its surrounding areas report
hazardous levels of air pollu-
tion.
An official in Punjab’s agri-
culture department, who was
part of the meetings with cen-
tral officials, said: “The agricul-
ture ministry has rejected our
proposal citing that ₹275 crore
have already been sanctioned
for supplying subsidised
machines for in-situ manage-
ment of paddy straw”. With the
allocated funds, 32,100 more
subsidised machines will be
supplied to the farmers.
In the past four seasons, at
least 90,000 machines have
been supplied to farmers in
Punjab, with the Centre releas-
ing ₹269 crore, ₹273 crore, ₹272
crore and ₹331 crore in 2018,
2019, 2020 and 2021, respec-
tively.
The previous Congress gov-
ernment in the state had sought
₹100 per quintal as incentive
from the Centre to check stub-
ble burning in 2019.
All these grants, however,
have failed to bring down the
raging farm fires.
Janjua added that in the
upcoming kharif harvest the
focus would be on optimum use
of machines for in-situ manage-
ment of paddy stubble. “We will
make sure all machines are put
to best use and arrangements
are being made to tack these
machines by a GPS system,” he
said.
“I have no hope from any
government. The Centre has
backtracked and very soon, the
Punjab and Delhi governments
will also put a lid on the
scheme,” said Bharatiya Kisan
Union president Balbir Singh
Rajewal.
(With inputs from HTC in Delhi)
INDIAN AIR FORCE TWITTER
EMPIRICAL USE OF
NORFLOXACIN FOR
TREATMENT OF
BACTERIAL
DIARRHOEA IS
DISCOURAGED, THE
ICMR REPORT SAID
biotics used in ICU settings such as
carbapenems are also losing
potency. “Resistance to carbapen-
ems in Acinetobacter baumannii
was recorded as 87.5% in the year
2021, limiting the availability of
available treatment options,” the
report said.
Acinetobacter baumannii
causes most hospital-derived
infections, involving blood, the
ters, are also coming up in
remote pockets for faster deploy-
ment of soldiers and weaponry
as part of an overarching infra-
structure push, even as new sat-
ellite terminals along the border
will provide high-capacity com-
munications capability to plan
operations, said one of the offi-
cials cited above.
“Infantry battalions form the
cutting edge of combat, and they
are being stocked up with new
military gear for operational effi-
ciency. The capability upgrade is
happening at a remarkable
pace,” said Brigadier Thakur
Mayank Sinha, the commander
of a mountain brigade deployed
in eastern Arunachal Pradesh.
The new inductions include
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letters@hindustantimes.com
LUCKNOW/PRAYAGRAJ : The
Uttar Pradesh police has
directed its personnel to invoke
the stringent National Security
Act (NSA) against suspects who
spread rumours about child
abduction gangs being on the
prowl and those who assault
people over such suspicion,
officials said on Friday.
The move came on a day
when mobs in Pratapgarh dis-
trict assaulted nine people in
separate incidents.
In the first, six women in an
autorickshaw were dragged out
and assaulted before being res-
cued by police who took them
to a station.
In the second, a car driver
was held hostage and assaulted
– two policemen who
attempted to rescue the victim
too were beaten up. An official
said at least 35 people were
booked over the incidents.
On Friday, the police leader-
ship issued a detailed circular
and advisory to all district
police chiefs to curb the kid-
napping scare and handle inci-
Have taken decision on
Cong chief post, will be
clear after poll: Rahul
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
CHENNAI: Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Friday said he has
made his decision on whether he
will take up party presidency but
refused to provide details, saying
it would become clear after the
internal elections are held next
month.
“Whether I become the presi-
dent or don’t, this will become
very clear when the presidential
election takes place in the Con-
gress. It will become clear. So,
wait till that time,” he told
reporters on the second day of
the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“I have clearly decided in my
mind what I am going to do.
There is no confusion in my
mind at all,” he added.
Gandhi had resigned from the
top post after the party received
a drubbing in the 2019 general
elections. His mother, Sonia
Gandhi, is currently serving as
party president.
The party’s presidential elec-
tion is slated to be held on Octo-
ber 17. The results will be
announced on October 19.
A string of leaders have quit
the party over the past two years,
including Ghulam Nabi Azad
and Kapil Sibal.
Asked about the exit of high-
profile leaders from the party,
Gandhi alleged the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) better ways of
“putting pressure” than he did.
urinary tract and lungs, among
others. Among diarrhoeal patho-
gens (diarrheagenic E. coli, shi-
gella spp. and salmonella), the
commonly-used antibiotic, nor-
floxacin, was not effective, the
report said. Therefore, “empiri-
cal use of norfloxacin for treat-
ment of bacterial diarrhoea is
strongly discouraged,” it said.
Among meningeal isolates of S.
pneumoniae, resistance to penicil-
lin and cefotaxime was 77% and
23%, respectively. Hence, mono-
therapy with either of these antibi-
otics is not recommended in
meningeal infections, according to
the report.
At least 1.2 million people died
in 2019 as a direct result of antibi-
otic-resistant bacterial infections,
according to a Lancet study.
Helipads, capable of operating
multi-mission Chinook
helicopters, are also coming
up in remote pockets.
Israeli-origin Negev light
machine guns, Sig Sauer assault
rifles from the US, Swedish Carl
Gustav Mk-III rocket launchers,
indigenous Swift unmanned aer-
ial vehicles, all terrain vehicles
from the US and digital spotting
scopes for better recognition and
THE DIRECTIVE
CAME ON A DAY
TWO MOBS IN
PRATAPGARH
DISTT ATTACKED
NINE PEOPLE IN
SEPARATE CASES
dents in a sensitive manner.
Additional director general
(ADG), law and order, Prashant
Kumar, said every police officer
in the field should remain alert
and rush to the spot upon get-
ting any information of child
kidnapping or related violence.
“The police officers have
been asked to register cases
under appropriate IPC (Indian
Penal Code) sections and Sec-
tion 7 of Criminal Law Amend-
ment Act for creating panic
and disturbing law and order
against people involved (in)
spreading rumours and violent
activity in the garb of child lift-
ing and its scare,” the ADG
said.
“They have been asked fur-
ther to recommend imposing
National Security Act to the
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
in Kanyakumari on Friday.
“You know the role of the CBI,
ED and Income Tax department.
You know how they deal with
these things. So we are not fight-
ing a political party anymore. We
used to fight a political party.
Now, the fight is between the
structure of the Indian state and
the Opposition,” he said.
BJP chief J P Nadda, mean-
while, called the Congress the
party of a “brother and sister”
and emphasised that his own
party was against dynastic cul-
ture. “Congress is a party of
brother and sister,” he said. “Our
fight is against family politics.”
Gandhi must first bring an
end to his hypocrisy, BJP
national spokesperson Shehzad
Poonawalla said. “The country
was burning because of (Sikh)
riots during the Congress
regime. Instead of acting on
those scenes of massacre, state-
ments were given that when a
big tree falls, the earth shakes.”
Neeraj Chauhan
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The National Inves-
tigation Agency (NIA) has
launched a probe into alleged
smuggling of arms and explo-
sives to People’s Defense Force
(PDF), an arm of Myanmar’s
exiled National Unity Govern-
ment, according to officials.
The counter-terrorism probe
agency is “looking at cross-bor-
der linkages” and also probing
the role of northeast-based
Indian insurgents in facilitating
such smuggling, they said.
The development came
months after a team of Assam
Rifles intercepted two trucks in
in Aizawl and recovered huge
cache of arms and explosives.
identification of targets.
The focus is on capability
development, building infra-
structure and training to execute
the assigned operational role,
said Sinha.
Construction of helipads for
operating Chinooks that can
carry the army’s newest US-ori-
gin howitzers to forward bases is
in full swing, he added.
The M777 ultra-light howitzer
has emerged as the centrepiece
of the army’s weapon deploy-
ment along LAC in Arunachal
Pradesh to counter the Chinese
military build-up, with the gun’s
tactical mobility giving the army
multiple options for a firepower
boost in remote areas, the offi-
cials said. The army’s sharpened
NEW DELHI
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
district magistrate and send a
special request to consider
imposing it on merit,” he
added.
The ADG said police officers
have been asked to rope in
peace committee members,
digital volunteers, village secu-
rity committee members, civil
defence personnel, police pen-
sioners and defence pensioners
to handle the situation in
remote areas where police per-
sonnel may take time to reach.
A spate of such attacks have
taken place in the state
recently, raising fears of the sit-
uation worsening to the levels
it did in 2017 and 2018, when
dozens of people were lynched
across the country, especially
in rural parts, after rumours
spread on mobile messaging
applications that there were
gangs out to abduct children.
According to an analysis, till
the end of July, 2018, at least 61
mob attacks were recorded
since January 1, 2017.
In these, at least 35 people
were killed. The situation was
particularly bad in 2018, which
recorded a far higher number
of such fatal attacks.
VAISHNAW: RLYS
TO MAKE TRAIN
WHEELS, EXPORT
Neha LM Tripathi
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has
floated a tender to manufacture
wheels for trains like Vande Bha-
rat in the country and to export
them to European nations,
Union minister Ashwini Vaish-
naw said on Friday.
“For the first time, Railways
has aimed to become an
exporter from an importer by
floating a tender to manufacture
wheels under the ‘Make In India’
agreement. Setting up a plant
will ensure procurement of at
least 80,000 wheels at the cost of
₹600 crore every year,” he said.
India has been importing
wheels from Ukraine, Czechoslo-
vakia and Germany.
“We have been importing
forged wheels since 1960 from
European nations. Now, with this
plant, India will not only manufac-
ture wheels, but also export them,”
Vaishnaw said.
According to a ministry official,
India has been importing around
70,000 wheels annually at around
₹70,000 per wheel.
Additionally, the ministry is
also set to come up with an agree-
ment in a month, in which very
high-strength tracks
will be made in the
country, he said.
Meanwhile,
trials for the
Vande Bharat 2
trains were
ended on
Friday.
Four persons, all residents of
Aizawl, were detained.
After a probe by local police
revealed in that the consign-
ment was meant for the PDF, the
Union home ministry directed
the NIA to take over the probe.
“Mizoram shares a 510
km-long border with Myanmar.
We have seen that Indian insur-
gent groups have used Myan-
mar’s territory to set-up bases
and carry out attacks in India.
But there are clear directions
from the government that Indian
soil shouldn’t be allowed for
arms’ smuggling by groups fight-
ing Myanmar’s military govern-
ment. So, we will look at all links
through which gelatin sticks and
explosives are being sent to
Myanmar,” an officer said.
focus on the eastern sector
comes at a time when India and
China are locked in border row
in the Ladakh sector.
The Indian Army and the Chi-
nese People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) on Thursday announced
that their frontline troops have
kicked off disengagement from
Patrol Point-15 (Gogra-Hot
Springs area) in eastern Ladakh,
with the breakthrough coming
after the 16th round of military
talks held in July.
The army, which has focused
on counter-insurgency opera-
tions in the North-east for dec-
ades, has carried out a reorienta-
tion of its forces in the eastern
sector to counter challenges
along the border with China.
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SC stays partial razing
of restaurant in Goa
Abraham Thomas
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Friday stayed the demolition
of a part of Goa’s Curlies restau-
rant and bar, ordered by the
National Green Tribunal (NGT)
on September 6, citing a viola-
tion of Coastal Regulation Zone
(CRZ) norms. The restaurant is
linked to death case of former
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
leader Sonali Phogat.
A three-judge bench headed
by Chief Justice of India (CJI)
Uday Umesh Lalit passed the
order on an urgent basis after
the counsel for the restaurant
owner said the demolition was
already underway while he was
arguing the case. The Court
issued notice to the Goa govern-
ment and Goa Coastal Zone
Management Authority and
sought a response before next
SC REJECTS PLEA
SEEKING NUPUR
SHARMA ARREST
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Friday refused to entertain a
plea seeking the arrest of sus-
pended BJP spokesperson Nupur
Sharma over her remarks on the
Prophet made during a TV
debate. A bench of chief justice
of India Uday Umesh Lalit and
justices S Ravindra Bhat and P S
Narasimha said the courts
should think carefully while
passing orders in such matters.
“This may sound simple and
innocuous but it has far-reach-
ing consequences. The court
should be circumspect while
issuing directions. We would
suggest you withdraw your
plea,” the bench said.
The top court was hearing a
plea filed by lawyer Abu Sohel
seeking directions for an “inde-
pendent, credible and impartial
investigation” into matter. PTI
date of hearing on September 16.
The bench, also comprising
justices S Ravindra Bhat and PS
Narasimha said, “There shall be
a stay of demolition with respect
to structures standing on Survey
No.42/10 subject to the appellant
not undertaking any commercial
activity in or with respect to said
structure. If there be any unau-
thorized construction in lands
other than Survey No.42/10, the
demolition can certainly go on.”
“After the SC order, we sur-
veyed that particular part, and it
is kept out of the demolition
drive. The rest of the parts are
being demolished,” said an offi-
cial in Goa. BJP leader Phogat
had visited Curlies night before
her death on August 23. Meth-
amphetamine, allegedly given to
Phogat, was also found in the
bathroom of restaurant. Owner,
Edwin Nunes was arrested and
later released on bail.
PRIME ACCUSED
IN KOLKATA TWIN
MURDERS HELD
KOLKATA: The prime accused in
the recent murders of two teen-
agers near Kolkata was arrested
from outside Howrah station on
Friday, police said.
While four people were ear-
lier arrested, a search is on for
one more person, they added.
The main accused, Satyendra
Chowdhury, was nabbed from a
travel agent’s office near How-
rah railway station, an officer
said, adding that accused admit-
ted to killing the teenagers over a
monetary dispute.
The bodies of Atanu Dey (16)
and Abhishek Naskar (15) were
found in two separate locations
in North 24 Parganas on August
23 and 25, police said. They went
missing on August 22. “Accused
was sent to CID custody for 14
days on Friday. Further interro-
gation is needed,” he added. HTC
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HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH : JABALPUR

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (SECOND CALL)
Tenders are invited by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh from experienced and
reputed firms/ organizations/ Original equipments manufacturer (OEM) for the “Supply,
Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Air Coolers for the District and Tehsil
Courts in the State of Madhya Pradesh”. The last date of online tender submission is
11th October, 2022 before 06:00 P.M. (mandatory). The sealed tender complete in all
respect addressed to “Registrar General, High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur”
must be submitted before 05:00 P.M. on 12th October, 2022 (mandatory). The technical
bids of the tenders shall be opened on 13th October, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. The detailed
tender document is available in the official website of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh
www.mphc.gov.in and Government e-procurement portal www.mptenders.gov.in.
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MAHARASHTRA MARITIME BOARD
Indian Mercantile Chambers, 3rd Floor, 14 Ramjibhai Kamani Marg,
Ballard Estate, Mumbai - 400 001.
Tel.: 022-22658375. Fax : 022-22614331
Website : https://mahammb.maharashtra.gov.in
Email : ceommb@gmail.com
Second E-Tender Notice - (Year 2022-23)
Main Portal: https://mahatenders.gov.in
Departmental Portal: www.mahammb.maharashtra.gov.in
Digitally signed E-Tender for following work is invited by Chief Executive Officer,
Maharashtra Maritime Board, Mumbai, from Registered with Government of Maharashtra in
appropriate class and having experience in execution of Building & it’s related civil works, for
following work in B2 Tender Form.
Sr. Name of Work Cost of Earnest Blank Time limit
No. Tender Money Tender form for
in Rs. Amount amount Completion
in Rs. in Rs. of Work
1. Constrction of Jetty in National 18 Months
Waterways (NW 53) at. Kolshet, 25,82,78,687/- 12,92,000/- 3,540/- (Including
Tal and Dist. Thane Monsoon)
2. Constrction of Jetty in National 18 Months
Waterways (NW 53) at.Mira - 21,43,14,377/- 10,72,000/- 3,540/- (Including
Bhayander, Tal and Dist. Thane Monsoon)
3. Constrction of Jetty in National 18 Months
Waterways (NW 53) at. Kalher, 20,32,51,488/- 10,17,000/- 3,540/- (Including
Tal and Dist. Thane Monsoon)
4. Constrction of Jetty in National 18 Months
Waterways (NW 53) at. 18,07,87,709/- 90,4,000/- 3,540/- (Including
Dombivali, Tal and Dist. Thane Monsoon)
The details can be viewed online and downloaded directly from the Government of
Maharashtra E-Tendering Portal https://mahatenders.gov.in and from sub Portal of Home
Department www.mahammb.maharashtra.gov.in from 12.09.2022 at 10:01 hours (IST) onwards.
The right to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason is reserved.
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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER C-1169

PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION, BALANGIR
At-Tulsinagar, Balangir-767001
Tel - 06652-234647 / Email :- eephbgr@yahoo.co.in
Order No. 6194 / Dated 08/09/22
1st Corrigendum to National Competitive Bidding
e-Procurement Notice No. SEPHBGR 24/2022-23 Dt. 19.08.2022
The following corrigendum is made for change in critical dates for the work "Improvement of water supply to ward No.
5,6,7,9 and 10 of Balangir Municipality for the year 2022-23" listed at Sl. No. 01 due to unavoidable technical reasons. The
critical dates of the tendering process are changed as follows :
Sl. Description Previously fixed on Presently changed to
No.
(i) Period of availability of tenders on-line From 11.00 hrs. of 26.08.2022 to From 11.00 hrs. of 13.09.2022 to
17.00 hrs. of 09.09.2022 17.00 hrs. of 28.09.2022
(ii) Last date &. time of seeking clarification 17.00 hrs. of 06.09.2022 17.00 hrs. of 26.09.2022
(iii) Last date & time of bidding online 17.00 hrs. of 09.09.2022 17.00 hrs. of 28.09.2022
(iv) Date &. time of opening technical bid 11.00 hrs. of 12.09.2022 17.00 hrs. of 29.09.2022
All other terms and conditions are remained unchanged.
Superintending Engineer (I/C)
P.H. Division, Balangir
OIPR - 13005/11/0023/2223

MADHYA PRADESH BUILDING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Growth is

(An Agency of Govt. of M.P. Public Works Department)
16-A, CEDMAP Building, Arera Hills, Bhopal (M.P.)
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NOTICE INVITING TENDERS
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tenders for following works.
S. Name of Works Probable Amount EMD Cost of Bid Contract Period all odds.
No. of Construction (INR) Document (in Months)
of Works. (Inc. 18% Including
(Rs. in LACs) GST) (in INR) Rainy Season
1. Construction of Critical Care
Health Block at District
1397.04 10,00,000/- 35,400/- 11 Growth is...On.
Hospital (2nd Call)
Package No. : 002/2022/
CCHB/BDC/ANUPPUR
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Health Block at District
Hospital (2nd Call)
Package No. : 005/2022/
CCHB/BDC/GUNA
3. Construction of Critical Care 1513.15 10,00,000/- 35,400/- 11
Health Block at District
Hospital
Package No. : 009/2022/
CCHB/BDC/BALAGHAT
The dates for purchase, submission, etc. are mentioned in the key dates. Tender forms can be
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 NEW DELHI
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
{ BILKIS BANO CASE }
SC notice to 11 convicts
on pleas against release
Abraham Thomas
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Friday issued notices on a
clutch of petitions challenging the
remission of 11 convicts who were
sentenced to life in 2008 for the
gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and mur-
der of seven of her family mem-
bers, after the Gujarat government
cleared their early release under
the state’s 1992 remission policy.
The top court also asked the
Gujarat government to place
before it, within two weeks, all rel-
evant records in the case and
posted the matter for hearing after
three weeks.
The 11 men were released on
August 15 after one of them, Rad-
heshyam Shah, approached the
Supreme Court in April seeking
remission, arguing that they had
spent over 15 years in prison.
In May, the top court directed
the state government to consider
their plea in accordance with the
1992 policy – which was prevalent
on the date of their conviction.
While the latest remission policy
of 2014 prohibits early release of
rape convicts, no such restrictions
were there in the 1992 policy.
A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi
and BV Nagarathna issued the
notices to the 11 convicts on two
petitions filed by TMC MP Mahua
Moitra and former Indian Police
Service officer Meeran Chadha
Borwankar.
“We are only concerned if there
was an application of mind in
granting the remission and if it
₹117-cr liquor bought in Kerala before Thiruonam: Data
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
T H I R U VA N A N T H A P U R A M :
Liquor sales worth ₹117 crore
were reported across Kerala a
day before Thiruonam — among
the most important days of the
10-day Onam festival period —
according to data from the gov-
ernment-owned state beverages
corporation Bevco.
The Covid-19 pandemic ham-
pered liquor sales during the fes-
tive season over the past two
years. Last year, sales touched
₹85 crore on Uthradam, the day
before Thiruonam, Bevco data
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Bilkis Bano
was within the parameters of law,”
the bench said.
In their petitions, Moitra and
Borwankar objected to the grant of
remission, saying it required the
consent of the Centre as it was
probed by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI). They also
mentioned the latest remission
policy of 2014 in their pleas.
On August 25, the top court had
issued a notice to the Centre and
Gujarat government on a public
interest litigation (PIL) jointly filed
by former CPI MP Subhashini Ali,
journalist Revati Laul and profes-
sor Roop Rekha Verma against the
premature release.
Having received no response
either from the central or state
government, the top court on Fri-
day sought the same in two weeks
along with records forming part of
the decision to order the convicts’
release on the occasion of Inde-
pendence Day.
While advocate Rishi Malhotra
appeared for Shah, he accepted the
notices for all other convicts. He
also said he was yet to receive
instructions from the remaining 10
released men.
that was released on Friday and
reviewed by HT showed.
Liquor and lottery are among
the major revenue earners for
the state.
According to state data, in the
last few years, Kerala earned an
annual revenue of ₹14,000 crore
from liquor and ₹10,000 crore
from lottery on average.
According to Friday’s Bevco
data, the week leading up to
Onam saw a record alcohol sale
of ₹624 crore, up from the last
year’s ₹529 crore.
This year, Thiruonam was
declared a holiday for Bevco out-
lets, prompting people buy stock
India joins US-led US hopes IPEF meeting
kicks off globalisation 2.0
Indo-Pacific group
Prashant Jha
letters@hindustantimes.com
LOS ANGELES: India has joined
the supply chain, decarbonisation
and infrastructure, and anti-tax
and corruption pillars of the Indo-
Pacific Economic Framework
(IPEF) at the framework’s first
in-person ministerial, and joined
partner countries in arriving at
consensual ministerial statements
on each of the three pillars.
The statements outline an
ambitious agenda which will
entail greater information sharing
and investment in supply chains,
including identification of critical
sectors and critical goods within
critical sectors to minimise disrup-
tions; collaboration on green tech-
nology; and more robust efforts to
promote a rules-based, transpar-
ent and clean trading system.
As HT reported on Friday, India
has not joined the first pillar on
trade embedded in the IPEF at this
stage in the negotiation process.
On supply chains, IPEF’s
14-member countries committed
to improving “transparency, diver-
sity, security and sustainability in
our supply chains to make them
more resilient, robust and well-in-
tegrated”.
They recognised the impor-
tance of “fair and open markets
and rules-based multilateral trad-
ing systems”. More specifically,
IPEF countries agreed to establish
a criteria for critical sectors and
goods — this will entail identifying
Covid-19 hampered liquor
sales during the festive season
over the past two years HT FILE
in advance, leading to high sales.
A spokesman of the corpora-
tion said the total revenue from
My India 11
tion and sharing of best practices
Prashant Jha
letters@hindustantimes.com
THE AMBITIOUS on policies, standards, incentive LOS ANGELES: The Indo-Pacific
IPEF AGENDA WILL frameworks and infrastructure Economic Framework (IPEF) is
ENTAIL GREATER investment related to deployment not a free trade agreement and
of clean energy technology and this has led to befuddlement
INFORMATION expansion of clean energy capac- about what the pact represents if
SHARING AND ity. it doesn’t involve market access,
INVESTMENT IN They have also agreed on the and has invited scepticism about
goal to reduce emissions across whether the arrangement is
SUPPLY CHAINS priority sectors, recognised the merely a symbolic American
importance of sustainable land attempt to take on China’s grow-
sectors critical to national security, use and water solutions. IPEF, rec- ing economic influence in the
health and safety of citizens, and ognising the need for innovative Indo-Pacific.
economic resilience; establish cri- technologies for greenhouse gas But the United States (US)
teria to identify goods that fall removal, has agreed to pursue pro- administration believes that the
within these sectors; and develop a visions that will support demand fact that IPEF does not resemble
process to “identify the related raw and supply for carbon capture, a traditional free trade pact is, as Union minister Piyush Goyal during a meeting on the sidelines of
material inputs, manufacturing or utilisation, transport and storage national security advisor Jake IPEF ministerial conference in Los Angeles on Friday. PTI
processing capabilities, logistics across regions. And finally, the Sullivan put it in briefing in May,
facilitation and story needs”. framework has committed to cre- a “feature of IPEF, not a bug”. gave firms the incentive to chase always finding that balance.”
Partner countries have then ating incentives to facilitate the But is that merely spin given efficiency, making minimising And this new balance, accord-
agreed to increase resilience and clean energy transition. the US’s inability to enter a trad- costs and maximising efficiency ing to Tai, is a globalisation 2.0
investment in these critical sectors On the final pillar — fair econ- ing arrangement in the region the only priority. “The idea isn’t vision.
— this will involve identifying omy — IPEF partners have recog- due to its domestic political frac- to abandon efficiency but it is
choke points within supply chains, nised that “fairness, inclusiveness, tures? Or have these domestic not the only incentive through The China challenge and
strengthening industries and sup- transparency, rule of law, account- political fractures led to a reset the rules we are creating.” rethink
porting investment and trade in ability” are essential to improving in the way the US views globali- Describing the US-China trade
critical sectors. They have also the investment climate and ensur- sation itself? A clue to the Amer- Incentivising resilience relationship, which has become
agreed to establish an informa- ing shared prosperity. To this end, ican thinking on trade in gen- The idea now, according to adversarial over the years, as one
tion-sharing and crisis response they have agreed to work on anti- eral, and IPEF in particular, America’s top trade negotiator, where two football teams play
mechanism. IPEF partners will corruption by effectively imple- came from US Trade Represent- was “incentivising resilience”. different versions of the game—
also strengthen supply chain logis- menting and accelerating progress ative Katherine Tai who spoke at “This means incentivising firms one American football and the
tics including infrastructure. on the UN Convention against Cor- a Carnegie Endowment platform and economic participants to other soccer — Tai said what the
On the third pillar — clean ruption, standards of the Financial on Wednesday on the eve of the factor in risk when they are mak- US wanted from China was for
economy — IPEF partners, includ- Action Task Force, and as applica- first in-person ministerial IPEF ing economic decisions. If we are the Chinese economy to operate
ing India, have agreed to acceler- ble, the OECD anti bribery frame- summit in Los Angeles. working towards resilience to like that of the US, “along the
ate efforts in pursuit of greenhouse work. On taxation, IPEF members global shocks, it is about figuring assumptions and norms embod-
gas emissions mitigation and elim- agreed to pursue exchange of The limits of globalisation out with our partners and allies ied in the World Trade Organiza-
ination, enhanced energy security information between tax authori- 1.0 how to pursue goals that will tion, which is open, market
and climate resilience and adapta- ties, and support global and Tai began by acknowledging that result in a more resilient globali- based, with a pretty clean sepa-
tion. To do this, they will pursue regional efforts to improve tax the global economy was fraught sation.” ration between government and
initiatives that enhance coopera- administration. in the last five-seven years when When asked if the US was State and market and economy”.
events — from Brexit to Donald feeling left out — it is not a part But in the last 10 years, Tai
Trump’s presidency, from the of the mega trading arrange- said, there had been an “awaken-
pandemic to the war in Ukraine ments in Asia — Tai said that ing” to the fact that China was
–compressed over a short period
forced countries to re-examine
their policymaking on trade.
was not the case because she did
not think anyone had cracked
that nut of resilient globalisation
pursuing its own policies and
perspective. The US approach
will now be based on a combina-
the ten-day festival season is rural areas and 21% in urban Tai said this did not mean yet. tion of “defence and offence” in
expected to cross ₹700 crore but areas consume liquor. trade openness had not been order to compete.
added that definitive data will The latest NHFS survey successful. “Trade liberalisation Trade deals versus
emerge only after September 11. (2022), however, shows that the programme has been very suc- domestic politics The IPEF rationale
Revenue records of recent number of liquor consumers has cessful. It brought this version of But how does the US do that And this is where the IPEF fits in
years released by Bevco show a been declining over the last five globalisation. It increased the when allies and partners seek — with its four pillars of trade,
jump of about ₹100 crore during years. Winding queues before pie.” But, she said, they were greater market access, and supply chain, energy and infra-
the 10-day festival. Taxes on alco- Bevco outlets are a common now seeing its limits. domestic politics deters any structure, and anti-corruption
hol are quite steep in the state — sight in the state round the year. “Over the course of the grow- move that could be seen as erod- and taxation. Tai said the fact
a bottle of rum produced at a In 2021, the Kerala high court ing of the pie, it does feel like ine- ing jobs? that 13 other countries signed up
cost of ₹100-150 is sold at Bevco had pulled up the government quality is on the rise — not just in Tai said, “I don’t see it as a for it shows that America’s part-
outlets for ₹600-800. and ordered it to provide proper the US but economic policymak- bind. It is always the case. We ners wanted the US in the Indo-
The state’s per capita liquor outlets and convenience for ers in other countries are grap- exist in an uncomfortable ten- Pacific. “What we are really try-
consumption is 8.5 litres against those buying liquor. pling with similar sensitivities. sion point between different ing to do is to establish rules to
the national average of 5.7 litres. Later, Bevco tried a system of Growing the pie doesn’t mean powerful forces. Trade policy sits create work streams that will
According to last year’s home delivery for liquor but that there is more to be had by at the intersection of foreign pol- allow us to together to create
national family health survey shelved it after protests from everyone.” icy, national security policy and sustainability, resilience and
(NFHS) at least 18.7% of men in prohibition activists and church. Tai said trade liberalisation domestic economic policy... It is inclusive prosperity.”
UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER JAL SHAKTI (PHE) DIVISION CHADOORA
NOTICE INVITING TENDER
Fresh e-NIT No. 36/JS(PHE)DC of 2022-23 Dated: 07.09.2022
For and on behalf of Lt. Governor of UT of J&K, Executive Engineer Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Chadoora invites e-tenders from reputed and resourceful Bidders/
Firms/Companies/of all classes registered in JKPWD/CPWD/Railways or any other state Government for below mentioned works at various Water Supply
schemes of PHE Division Chadoora of Kashmir Province of UT of J&K, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
The bidding process shall be completed online on www.jktenders.gov.in in two covers viz. Cover 1st consisting of General Terms and Conditions and
Technical Specifications and Cover 2nd consisting of Financial Bid on overall percentage rate basis, in the prescribed BOQ.
Sr Particulars of the work Estimated Tender fee Earnest money Bid Time of Completion
No Cost (Lacs) (in Rs.) Deposit Validity of work (days)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1.
Laying & Fitting of Delivery and Distribution Mains consisting As per 500/- 02% of the 60/30 days As per ANNEXURE-I
of GMS Tubes and Ductile Iron Pipes of different Nominal Bores ANNEXURE-I estimated cost to this bid document.
along with pipe fittings and control valves to this bid

Construction of Ground Service Reservoirs (GSRs), Slow Sand document.
Filtration Plants

Execution of ancillary civil works like Spring Covers, Boundary
walls, Protection Works etc. at various Water Supply schemes
of Division Chadoora of Kashmir Province of UT of J&K, under
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
Position of funds: Approved Under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
The tender inviting authority is Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Chadoora
The awarding authority is District Jal Jeevan Mission (DJJM).
Critical Dates:
i Publish Date 07.09.2022
ii Document Download Start Date 07.09.2022
iii Clarification Start date 08.09.2022 from 10.00 A.M
iv Clarification End date 08.09.2022 up to 4.00 P.M
iv Bid submission Start date 09.09.2022 from 10.00 A.M
v Bid submission End date 14.09.2022 at 4.00 P.M.
vi Date of Bid opening 15.09.2022 at 3.00 P.M.
1. Bid documents can be accessed and downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in
2. The whole bidding process shall be completed online on tender portal www.jktenders.gov.in. The intending bidders can download the bid document from
the tender portal and can submit their bids by uploading them on the tender portal.
3. The valid bids received shall be opened online in the office of the Executive Engineer PHE Division Chadoora. Bids must be accompanied by bid security
and cost of Tender Document as specified in column 4 & 5 of the table and shall be payable at Srinagar.
a. The cost of tender documents should be in form of DD/TR/e-challan in favour of Executive Engineer PHE Division Chadoora.
4. The hard copies of cost of tender document in shape of TR/e-challan, Earnest money in shape of CDR/FDR/BG and other relevant documents shall be
obtained from the bidder who is declared as L1 after opening of financial cover.
5. The bid shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from the last date of submission of bids. If any bidder withdraws his bid before the said period or makes
any modifications in the terms and conditions of the bid, the same shall be considered to be in violation of bid security declaration and shall be dealt with
accordingly and the bid shall be declared non-responsive.
6. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents from the website www.jktenders.gov.in.
7. Queries by email if any should be made at xenphedc786@gmail.com
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No.: PHEDC/4077-87 Executive Engineer
Date: 07.09.2022 Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Chadoora
ANNEXURE I
SCHEME WISE LIST OF WORKS
S. Name of Water Description of work Jal Shakti Estimated Time Of Class of
No Supply Scheme (PHE) cost Completion Contractor
Division (in Lacs) (Days)
1. WSS Pethyar Bonen Laying Fitting of pipes including Construction, Successful testing and Chadoora 139.77 60 AAY
commissioning of SR, Sluice Chambers, CLF, setting right of old existng
system and Head works for WSS Pethyar Bonen
2 WSS Kalnag Hufroo Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of Service Chadoora 120.42 60 AAY
Reservior of 0.40 Lac Gallons Capacity,Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider
quarter etc for WSS Kalnag Hufroo
3 WSS Augumentation Laying and fitting of pipes including Head works for WSS Augmentation Chadoora 118.88 60 AAY
Surasyar Surasyar
4 WSS Changund Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of Service Chadoora 112.83 60 AAY
Kheerigund Reservior of 0.50 Lac Gallons Capacity,Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider
quarter etc for WSS Changund Kheerigund
5 WSS Babgund Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of Service Chadoora 110.44 60 AAY
Mehnoor Reservior of 0.50 Lac Gallons Capacity,Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider
quarter etc for WSS Babgund Mehnoor
6 WSS Heijan Dembal Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of Service Chadoora 105.49 60 AAY
Reservior of 0.80 Lac Gallons Capacity, Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider
quarter etc for WSS Heijan Dembal
7 WSS Augmentation Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of 1.50 Chadoora 102.38 60 AAY
Surasyar lacs Gallons SR,Sluice Chambers , CLF, Chowkider quarter etc for WSS
Augmentation Surasyar
8 WSS Brinjan Buzgoo Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of 0.50 Chadoora 100.86 60 AAY
lacs Gallons SR, Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider quarter etc for WSS
Brinjan Buzgoo
9 WSS Neego, Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of 0.50 Chadoora 99.75 60 AAY
Brenwar. Check Gllons SR Capacity, PST, Sluice Chambers, CLF, etc for WSS Neego,
Surasyar/Gogjipathri Brenwar. Check Surasyar/Gogjipathri (Retro)
(Retro)
10 WSS Watkuloo Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of 1.00 Chadoora 97.75 60 AAY
Loolipora lacs Gallons SR, Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider quarter etc for WSS
Watkuloo Loolipora
11 WSS Dalipora Construction Including Successful Testing and Commissioning of 0.75 Chadoora 95.09 60 AAY
Badipora lacs Gallons SR, Sluice Chambers, CLF, Chowkider quarter etc for WSS
Dalipora Badipora
12 WSS Chalyan Laying/fitting, Saddle block, Nallah Crossing, Regulating Devices & Air Chadoora 140.25 60 AAY
Darkanen valves for WSS Chalyan Darkanen
13 WSS CHUNTINAR Construction of SR (0.25 lac gallons), PST (RCC), Head works/Intake Chadoora 136.17 60 AAY
BANJAR chamber, Clear Water Sump (RCC), Sluice Chamber, CLF, Bio Toilet,
Regulating Devices for WSS CHUNTINAR BANJAR
14 WSS Chalyan Construction of SR, Clear Water Sump, Chain Link Fencing, Quarter, Chadoora 111.46 60 AAY
Darkanen Sluice Chamber, RCC Jacketing for WSS Chalyan Darkanen
15 WSS CHRAWNI Construction of PST, 0.20 lac gallons Clear Water Sump, SR, CLF and Qtr Chadoora 101.23 60 AAY
KAKAWRING for WSS CHRAWNI KAKAWRING
16 WSS SOIWARD RCC Jacketting to 1.60 lac gallons SR at Alamkoot including side Chadoora 69.94 AAY
BATAPORA drain, Setting right/stablization of exsiting system and making bye- 60
pass arrangements for IR during execution work by way of fabrication
including P/F of 250mm dia flanged pipes WSS SOIWARD BATAPORA
17 WSS Sultana Colony Construction of Head works,, Sluice chamber, Chain Link Fencing, Chadoora 51.74 60 AAY
Salamnakh Retaining wall and Inspection Quarter for WSS Sultana Colony Salamnakh
18 WSS Hayatpora Construction of Impounding Resiviour and Chainlink fencing for WSS Chadoora 147.90 60 AAY
Malpora Hayatpora Malpora Under JJM
19 WSS Hayatpora Laying fitting of pipes including construction of Intake Chamber and Chadoora 141.14 60 AAY
Malpora Chowkidar Quarter for WSS Hayatpora Malpora “Under JJM”
20 WSS Wathora Laying fitting of pipes including construction of Sluice Chamber,/Chainlink Chadoora 134.08 60 AAY
Kralpora fencing and Chowkidar Quarter for WSS Wathora Kralpora “Under JJM”
21 WSS Wathora Laying/fitting of pipes including construction of Sluice Chamber, Chain Chadoora 130.43 60 AAY
link Fencing, Operator Quarter for WSS Wathora “Under JJM”
22 WSS Qazipora Construction of Sluice chamber and chainlink fencing and other items Chadoora 124.51 60 AAY
for WSS Qazipora
23 WSS HAKHPORA Laying and Fitting of pipes including construction of SR, Sluice Chamber, Chadoora 96.78 60 AAY
Chainlink fencing and Chowkidar Quarter for WSS HAKHPORA
24 WSS Kultreh Construction of Service Resirvoir/Sluice chamber/Chainlink fencing/ Chadoora 93.37 60 AAY
Wanpora Chowkidar Quarter for WSS Kultreh Wanpora
25 WSS Hayatpora Cons Construction of Service Reservoir, Sluice Chamber, Head work and Chadoora 77.11 60 AAY
Qaisermulla Chowkidar Quarter for WSS Hayatpora Qaisermulla “Under JJM”
26 WSS Kargri Mohallla Laying fitting of pipes including construction of Sluice chamber, Chainlink Chadoora 103.71 60 AAY
Pandit colony Fencing, Head Work, Chowkidar Quarter for WSS Kargri Mohallla Pandit
colony “Under JJM”
27 WSS Neego Branwar Laying and fitting of pipes for WSS NEEGO BRENWAR/CHECK Chadoora 81.67 60 AAY
Check Surasyar SURASYAR/GOGJIPATHRI
DIPK-9530-22
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UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Office of the C-1173
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER C-1172
P.H. DIVISION KORAPUT Additional Chief Engineer,
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER JAL SHAKTI (PHE) DIVISION QAZIGUND
NOTICE INVITING TENDER
Tel/Fax - 06852 - 250740 e-mail -eephkrp@gmail.com Public Health Circle, Cuttack
Behind State Bank of India Koraput, Telephone-cum-Fax-06852-250740 At- Nayabazar, Cuttack-753004, Tele/Fax 0671-2440841, e-mail: sephctc@gmail.com
e-NIT No. PHQ/22 OF 2022-23 Dated: 05.09.2022 (Fresh) / Email ID:- eephkrp@gmail.com
For and on behalf of Lt. Governor of UT of J&K, Executive Engineer Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Qazigund, invites fresh GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA "e" procurement Notice CORRIGENDUM NOTICE
e-tenders from reputed and resourceful Bidders/Firms/Companies/ of all classes registered in JKPWD/CPWD/Railways e-procurement Notice for 2022-23
or any other state Government for below mentioned works at various Water Supply schemes of PHE Division Qazigund Bid Identification No. ACEPHCTC-06/2022-23 Dtd. 24.08.2022
1st Corrigendum,
of Kashmir Province of UT of J&K, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The bidding process shall be completed online 1) The Estimated Cost for the works may be read as Rs. 130.55 Lakhs and Rs.184.34
Bid Identification No.EE,P.H.KPT-06 of 2022-23 Dt.19.08.2022.
on www.jktenders.gov.in in two covers viz. Cover 1st consisting of General Terms and Conditions and Technical
Specifications and Cover 2nd consisting of Financial Bid on overall percentage rate basis, in the prescribed BOQ.
Modification of date and time above tender call notice as follows Lakhs for Sl. No.1 & 2 respectively.
1. Critical Dates:- 2) The last date of receipt of Bids in the portal and opening date are extended upto
Sr. Particulars of the work Estimated Tender Earnest Bid Time of
SI. No. Description Critical Dates 28.09.2022 and 29.09.2022 respectively.
No. Cost (Lacs) fee money Validity Completion of
(in Rs) Deposit work (days) (i) Period of availability of tenders on-line From 11.00 Hrs. of 12.09.2022 to 17.00 Hrs. of 22.09.2022 All other Terms & Conditions are remain unaltered in respect of Tender Call Notice.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (ii) Last date & time of seeking clarification 17.00 Hrs. of 21.09.2022
1. ➢ Laying & Fitting of Delivery and Distribution As per Rs. 500/- 02% 90 days As per (iii) Last date & time of bidding on-line 17.00 Hrs. of 22.09.2022
Addl. Chief Engineer,
Mains consisting of GMS Tubes and Ductile ANNEXURE-I for each of the ANNEXURE-I
(iv) Date & time of opening of Technical Bid 11.00 Hrs. of 23.09.2022
P.H. Circle, Cuttack
Iron Pipes of different Nominal Bores along to this bid work estimated to this bid
with pipe fittings and control valves incl. other document cost document All other terms & condition of DTCN shall remain unchanged, OIPR - 13029/11/0011/2223
allied works. Further details can be seen from the e-Procurement portal "https://www.tendersodisha.gov.in”
➢ Const. of Grounds SRs & Filtration Plants (Er. Chranjibi Mahali)
➢ Execution of ancillary civil works like spring Executive Engineer,
covers, boundary walls, protection works etc. P.H. Division, Koraput
at various Water Supply schemes of Division OIPR - 13008/11/0011/2223
Qazigund of Kashmir Province of UT of J&K,
under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
Position of funds: Approved Under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
The tender inviting authority is Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Qazigund. Government of Jammu & Kashmir
The awarding authority is District Jal Jeevan Mission (DJJM). OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE
Critical Dates: DIVISION No.: Ist SULIMAN COMPLEX DALGATE SRINAGAR
i Publish Date 05.09.2022 at 6.00 PM e-mail: xen_sewerageueed@yahoo.com
ii Document Download Start Date 05.09.2022 at 6.00 PM Notice Inviting e-Tendering
iii Clarification Start date 05.09.2022 at 6.00 PM
iv Clarification End date 06.09.2022 at 2.00 PM
GIST of e-NIT No.: 24 of 2022-23
v Bid submission Start date 05.09.2022 at 6.00 PM Bid Identification No.: e-NIT No.: 24 of 2022-23
vi Bid submission End date 13.09.2022 at 2.00 PM Email ID: xen_sewerageueed@yahoo.com, seueedsrinagar001@gmail.com
vii Date of Bid opening 14.09.2022 at 11.00 A.M. For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor, J&K State, Executive Engineer, S&D Division 1st UEED Srinagar Invites proposals
ANNEXURE I in shape of e-Tenders comprising of two covers A&B from Reputed, experienced and eligible Manufacturers/ Firms/
SCHEME WISE LIST OF WORKS Agencies for the below mentioned work on Turnkey Lump Sum Fixed Cost Basis.

S. Name of Description of work Jal Shakti Estimated Time of Class of S. Name of Work Apprx EMD in Cost Time of Class of
No. Water Supply (PHE) cost completion Contractor No Value the shape of Bid completion Contract
Scheme Division (in Lacs) (Days) of of CDR/ Document for work
1. WSS Laying and fitting of pipes and Construction of Qazigund 28.698 90 days A&B Work FDR (Rs.
Zaldoora chain link fencing, construction of Anchor block (lacs) In lacs)
for supporting pipes at spots WSS Zaldoora 1. Surveying Design Supply installation, commissioning, 348.00 13.83 2500/= 1 ½ Years Registered
2. WSS Laying and fitting of pipes, construction of Qazigund 15.419 90 days B&C (a) testing, Operation and Maintenance 02 Years of Company
Yakerbaroo spring protection, construction of pre-filter and two 02 Nos. 500 KLD and One (01) No. 200 KLD
Bala construction of Retaining wall WSS YakerbarooBala Capacity Modular Sewage Treatment Plants based on
3. Dachinmal Laying and fitting of pipes, construction of chain Qazigund 75.717 90 days AAY Moving Bed Bio-Reactor Technology (MBBR) with
link fencing, Sump, catch water drain, Retaining heat Exchanger facility of requisite Capacity to ensure
wall, Sluice chamber functioning of STP at minus 20oC, Complete in all
4. Sirmarg Laying and fitting of pipes incl. P/F of pipe fittings, Qazigund 21.648 90 days B&C respects to cater the entire requirement of Hotels,
const. of 2 No. spring protection, chain link fencing, Local Population and Floating Population at Sonamarg
const. of chowkidar quarter Kashmir under Sewerage Scheme Sonamarg Phase
5. Doga G.B. L/F of pipes incl. P/F of pipe specials Qazigund 0.92 20 days DEE 1st .
6. Mujmandoo L/F of pipes incl. P/F of pipe specials Qazigund 1.382 20 days DEE b) Providing and Laying of Sewerage Network at 343.56
Sheikhpora Sonamarg for Sewerage Scheme Sonamarg Phase 1st
7. Tengpora Laying and fitting of Various dia of pipes, Qazigund 143.16 90 days AAY along with O and M for 2 years
Khargund WSSTengporaKhargund Total value of Contract (a+b) 691.56 (Rupees Six Crores Ninety One lacs Fifty Six
1. Bid documents can be accessed and downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in Thousand only) on Turn Key basis
2. The whole bidding process shall be completed online on tender portal www.jktenders.gov.in. The intending bidders can Important Dates
download the bid document from the tender portal and can submit their bids by uploading them on the tender portal.
1 Date of publishing 07.09.2022
3. The valid bids received shall be opened online in the office of the Executive Engineer PHE Division Qazigund. Bids
2 Period of downloading of bidding documents 07.09.2022 to 27.09.2022 up-to 4.00 PM
must be accompanied by bid security and cost of Tender Document as specified in column 4 & 5 of the table and
shall be payable at Srinagar. 3 Bid submission Start Date 07.09.2022 from 4.00 PM
4 Bid submission End Date 27.09.2022 up-to 2.00 PM
a. The cost of tender documents should be in form of DD/TR/e-challan in favour of Executive Engineer PHE
Division Qazigund. 5 Last date for submission of quarries 07.09.2022 (To be received by E-mail)
6 Reply to quarries by J&K UEED Latest by 12.09.2022 (via e-mail/FAX)
4. The hard copies of cost of tender document in shape of TR/e-challan, Earnest money in shape of CDR/FDR/BG and
other relevant documents shall be obtained from the bidder who is declared as L1 after opening of financial cover. 7 Date & time of opening of bids (cover Ist) 28.09.2022 at 11.00 AM Or any other convenient date
5. The bid shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from the last date of submission of bids. If any bidder withdraws Tender Receiving Authority : Superintending Engineer, UEED Circle 2nd Srinagar
his bid before the said period or makes any modifications in the terms and conditions of the bid, the same shall No.: SDDI/CC/2324-34 Sd/-
be considered to be in violation of bid security declaration and shall be dealt with accordingly and the bid shall be Dated: 07.09.2022 Executive Engineer
declared non-responsive. DIPK-9597-22 S&D Division Ist, Srinagar
6. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents from the website www.jktenders.gov.in.
7. Queries by email if any should be made at qazigundphedivision@gmail.com
Executive Engineer
DIPK-9449-22 Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Qazigund

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KING CHARLES
constitutional principles at the
heart of our nation,” he said.
The king’s speech was broad-
cast on television and streamed
at St. Paul’s Cathedral, where
some 2,000 people attended a
service of remembrance for the
queen. Mourners at the service
included Prime Minister Liz
Truss and members of her gov-
ernment. King Charles also
bestowed the titles of Prince and
Princess of Wales on his eldest
son William and daughter-in-
law Kate, passing on the titles
that he and his late wife Diana
previously held. He also
expressed his love for Prince
Harry and Meghan, his son and
daughter-in-law, a significant
gesture towards a couple whose
relationships with the rest of the
family have been strained.
As the country began a 10-day
mourning period, people around
the globe gathered at British
embassies to pay homage to the
queen, who died Thursday at
Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
In London and at military
sites across the United Kingdom,
cannons fired 96 shots in an
elaborate, 16-minute salute
marking each year of the queen’s
life. In Britain and across its
former colonies, the widespread
admiration for Elizabeth herself
was occasionally mixed with
scorn for the institution and the
imperial history she symbolized.
On the king’s first full day of
duties, Charles left Balmoral and
flew to London for a meeting with
Truss, appointed by the queen
just two days before her death.
He arrived at Buckingham
Palace for the first time as sover-
eign, emerging from the official
state Bentley limousine along-
side Camilla, the queen consort,
to shouts from the crowd of
“Well done, Charlie!” and the
singing of the national anthem,
now called “God Save the King.”
Under intense scrutiny and pres-
sure to show he can be both car-
ing and regal, Charles walked
slowly past flowers heaped at the
palace gates for his mother. The
mood was both grieving and cel-
ebratory. Charles will be for-
mally proclaimed as King at the
Accession Council at 10am local
time on Saturday in the State
Apartments of St. James’s Pal-
ace, Buckingham Palace has
said. It will mark the first time in
history that the ceremony will be
televised.
The new king is expected to
tour the UK in the coming days.
Senior lawmakers will also take
an oath to King Charles III.
The queen’s coffin will be
brought to London, where she is
expected to lie in state before a
funeral at Westminster Abbey,
expected around September 19.
Elizabeth was Britain’s long-
est-reigning monarch and a sym-
bol of constancy in a turbulent
era that saw the decline of the
British empire and disarray in
her scandal-plagued family.
DAY OF MOURNING
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
during my UK visits in 2015 and
2018. I will never forget her
warmth and kindness. During
one of the meetings she showed
me the handkerchief Mahatma
Gandhi gifted her on her wed-
ding. I will always cherish that
gesture.” “The National Flag will
be flown at half-mast on the day
of mourning throughout India”,
the external affairs ministry said.
The queen died at her Scottish
estate on Thursday. “In the
demise of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II of UK, the world has
lost a great personality. An era
has passed since she steered her
country and people for over 7
decades. I share the grief of peo-
ple of UK and convey my heart-
felt condolence to the family,”
Murmu said in a tweet.
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Tender Notice No. 13 of 2022-23
In the name and on behalf of Governor of Gujarat State the
Executive Engineer, Chhotaudepur (R&B) Division,
Chhotaudepur (Phone. No. 02669- 233862) invites online from
registered contractors for 1 (one) work bridge, 2(two) work of
Building, 1(one) work of upkeeping and 2(work) work of road
Total 6 (six) work tenders (Esti cost of Rs.15.24 to 700.00 lacs) in
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available for the works upto dt.10/09/2022 & other 4 four work up
t o d t . 1 0 / 0 9 / 2 0 2 2 u p t o 1 2 : 0 0 H r s . o n We b s i t e
https://rnb.nprocure.com. Last date of Online Submission of
other then bridge work bid are as above up to Dt.19/09/2022 &
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For further particulars please visit above
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{ OUR TAKE }
E STA B L I S H E D I N 1 9 24
On China, India
must be alert
The disengagement at Hot Springs is welcome
but the border impasse appears far from over
I
ndia and China have agreed on disengagement of
their frontline troops in the Hot Springs area
along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after
months of protracted negotiations, but it is also
obvious that serious differences remain between the
two sides. The Indian side has sought talks to resolve
the remaining issues on the LAC, while the Chinese
side has said it does not recognise the status quo as it
existed in the Ladakh sector in April 2020, when the
current military standoff began. The Chinese side
has even claimed that the status quo was “created by
illegal trespassing on the Indian side” — a contention
that goes against realities on the ground. Restoration
of the status quo and the violation of agreements and
protocols for border management through China’s
action of amassing troops along the LAC are among
the key issues raised by the Indian side, and Beijing’s
latest assertions are unlikely to go down well with
New Delhi. Hot Springs is only the third friction
point where the two countries have agreed on the
withdrawal of troops, and the bigger problems at the
friction points of Depsang and Demchok remain to
be addressed, largely due to the intransigence of the
Chinese side. China has persistently refused to
accept these two locations as friction points,
contending they are not part of the current face-off.
This is in line with China’s efforts to unilaterally
alter the status quo in regions where it is involved in
territorial disputes, especially the South China Sea. It
is also strange that it took nearly two months to
implement the consensus evolved by senior military
commanders on Hot Springs, because the
disengagement involved only a low number of
troops from both sides. China’s actions of rapidly
ramping up dual-use and military infrastructure all
along the LAC, including airports, railway facilities,
roads and missile bases; conducting military drills in
border areas that have focused on rapid deployment
of troops from other regions; and the extensive
construction of villages in disputed areas certainly
do not augur well as far as the resolution of the
dragging stand-off is concerned.
Both countries are yet to confirm a possible
meeting between the Indian Prime Minister and the
Chinese president on the margins of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at
Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and with the Chinese side
apparently using the ongoing dialogue process only
to create an appearance of stability on the LAC, there
seems to be no easy way out of the impasse in the
border areas.
{ FAULT-LINE }
Shed biased attitudes
towards trans people
I
n the spring of 2021, some activists and I peers and friends. It gave legitimacy to lives that
started a shelter home for transgender peo- were criminalised not too long ago.
ple on the western fringes of the Capital,
Sitapuri. Established under the
Union social justice ministry’s Sup-
In some aspects, the shelter homes have
port for Marginalised Individuals
for Livelihood and Enterprise
(Smile) programme, the centre
became a node of hope for trans-
gender individuals who ran away
from abusive homes and years of Rudrani
ridicule, mockery and often direct Chhetri
violence. Of course, such shelters
always existed — in Delhi, at least
since 2005 — but the backing of the govern- their lives.
ment law gave confidence to scared young Despite these strides, however, we face three
trans people that the police and their families hurdles. One is the continued hostility of neigh-
would not dare drag them away from their bours and local people, and their refusal to
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Opinion
Delhi-Dhaka ties
have entered a
new golden age
The robust India-Bangladesh
relations have helped Delhi
claim its links with East and
Southeast Asia and ensure its
role as a key interlocutor in
the Indo-Pacific strategic
architecture. Delhi’s investment
in the ties with Dhaka is
welcome. It should now go the
extra mile to help Bangladesh
achieve its true potential
T
he visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister
(PM) Sheikh Hasina to India this
week underscored the real bond
between two neighbours as well as
two peoples in a region that remains
highly fragmented. The ease with
which Hasina and PM Narendra Modi engaged
with each other — lauding each other’s contribu-
tion, but also warning about the impending
challenges — is a tribute to the investment that
the two leaders have made in this vital relation-
ship. Hasina remains confident that with PM
Modi at the helm, India and Bangladesh can
resolve all existing problems. PM Modi under-
lined Bangladesh’s special place in the Indian
foreign policy matrix as its biggest development
and trade partner in the region.
This can rightfully be described as the golden
age in Delhi-Dhaka ties. During this visit, seven
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were
signed across a wide-ranging set of issues that
include connectivity, trade, commerce, security,
border management, and lines of credit. Bilat-
eral ties are doing well and are on a strong foot-
ing. But beyond MoUs and pacts, there is genu-
ine warmth for Hasina in India across segments
and that was reflected in her outreach engage-
ments. Her investment in India has been signifi-
{ INCIDENTALLY }
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
S Radhakrishnan: A man
of egoless impartiality
eachers’ Day or Sarvepalli Radhakrish-
T nan’s birthday was on September 5. So,
writing this column about our philoso-
pher-president may be a little late. But
the weeks and months before he relinquished
the office of the President of India on May 13,
1967, and immediately after, merit, in this 75th
year of our Independence, recapitulation inde-
pendently of the birthday.
Shortly before he left Rashtrapati Bhavan,
his stature soared higher than its already great
height. His re-election to a second term seemed
almost certain. But in his Republic Day-eve
broadcast that year (1967), Radhakrishnan
spoke his mind. Calling the past year, which
had been through a crippling drought, the
worst since Independence, he said: “… even
after making allowance for all the difficulties of
the situation, we cannot forgive widespread
incompetence and the gross mismanagement
of our resources”. The Opposition used the
observation in the rallies that were taking place
for the elections that year. The Congress won,
but was mauled. The Opposition to the Left and
the Right declared their support for a second
term for Radhakrishnan. But his equation with
Prime Minister (PM) Indira Gandhi, not sur-
prisingly, ran into difficulties. And soon, it was
clear that though Congress president K Kama-
grant us land to set up these facilities. Pervasive
bias makes it impossible for them to imagine
that a building standing amid their homes can
house trans people. The erroneous connection
made between transgender communities and
criminality continues to be rife, and is mani-
fested in our everyday interactions with them
— at the markets, in schools, on the roads and
been great successes. With the pas-
sage of the 2019 transgender rights
in public spaces. If the government wants
transgender people to be better rehabilitated, it
will have to intervene more forcefully to stop
such discrimination.
The second is the attitude of the police. In
bill, the garima greh have received two recent cases, local policemen barged into a
statutory backing. Programmes to garima greh on the complaint of a family mem-
help trans persons gain skills, guar- ber of a trans person, dragged them away to the
antee of lodging, medical support station and beat up activists who tried to stop
and counselling, employment initi- them. Despite our remonstrations, the police-
atives and a more nurturing envi- men couldn’t believe that facilities housing
ronment have helped many trans trans people could have government backing
persons recover from depression, and they resorted to mocking our gender, pro-
earn incomes and find stability in nouns and names, refusing to use them. Any
protest was met with harshly.
The third is the usage of laws. Though the
transgender rights bill instituted protections
for the community, parents and relatives have
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cant and paid off despite some in her country
deriding her as a “proxy of India”. And, PM Modi
has reciprocated by making Bangladesh the cen-
trepiece of his government’s Neighbourhood
First policy.
Bangladesh’s success as a growing economy
is celebrated in India. With Sri Lanka, Nepal and
Pakistan facing negative headwinds, Dhaka is
viewed as a vital actor in the region. Hasina’s
steady leadership has given India greater confi-
dence in pursuing a more robust neighbourhood
policy. When Hasina mentions the challenges of
Teesta water-sharing or Rohingyas, it is in the
manner of two friends trying to sort out their Bilateral ties are doing well and are on a strong footing. But beyond MoUs and pacts, there is
most intractable problems. genuine warmth for Sheikh Hasina in India across segments and that was reflected in her
But beyond the bilateral, there is something outreach engagements. Her investment in India has been significant and paid off despite some
more significant that this historic upsurge in in her country deriding her as a ‘proxy of India’ ANI/ PIB
Delhi-Dhaka ties underlines. Ever since Inde-
pendence, India was stuck with the legacy of and pushed the bureaucracy into reimagining new dimension from New Delhi’s perspective.
Partition and the India-Pakistan binary became India’s strategic periphery in ways that Pakistan The move from the South Asian Association
the prism through which the world viewed is now viewed merely as an irritant. for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) to the Bay of
India. As Pakistan’s adversarial outlook vis-à-vis And, as Pakistan became marginal in the Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical
India got entrenched because of normative, Indian scheme of things, Bangladesh’s centrality and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) should
institutional and geopolitical reasons, grew. With Hasina at the helm since also be viewed in this context. With the margi-
New Delhi found it difficult to get out of 2009 and keen to boost Delhi-Dhaka nalisation of Saarc, India made Bimstec the key
the confines of South Asia. Despite ties, the stage was set to usher in a par- pillar of its regional outreach. Much more may
being a nation with larger global and adigmatic shift in India’s South Asia need to be done to make Bimstec a more potent
regional ambitions, India’s inability to policy. India certainly could not afford organisation but it has done away with the old
sort out its problems with Pakistan to ignore the region as China had excuse of India-Pakistan differences hampering
became a drag on its leadership cre- Harsh V started wading into the waters of the South Asian integration.
dentials. The question went — if New Pant Indian Ocean in ways that troubled And for all this, India’s robust ties with Bang-
Delhi could not manage its neighbour- India. Strengthening India’s ties with ladesh are essential. Strong India-Bangladesh
hood, how could it expect the world to Bangladesh allowed New Delhi to pivot ties make it possible to imagine a vibrant North-
take it seriously as a global player? its neighbourhood policy from the west eastern region in India as well as a serene and
Indian foreign policy and South Asian politics to the eastern shores of the Bay of Bengal. It peaceful Bay of Bengal periphery. And, it is only
became hostage to Pakistan’s never-ending hos- made it possible for India to reimagine its strate- this that makes India a key interlocutor in the
tility and Indian policymakers’ obsession with gic periphery by making the Bay of Bengal the emerging Indo-Pacific strategic architecture.
trying to manage Pakistan. maritime link space between India and the New Delhi’s investment in ties with Bangladesh
Even when India started surpassing Pakistan Pacific Ocean. is welcome and it should be willing to go the
in terms of material capabilities, the India-Paki- With India engaging more substantively on its extra mile if needed to help Dhaka achieve its
stan binary continued to be the defining one. eastern front, New Delhi can categorically claim true potential. Only then will Indian foreign pol-
Today, however, there is a change in the air. The its links with East and Southeast Asia. It is not an icy and South Asia be able to achieve theirs.
Modi government’s singular contribution to for- external entity to be invited to the region, but
eign policy has been to make Pakistan marginal remains organically connected to it because of
to Indian strategic discourse. PM Modi tried, in the civilisational links of the past and the trade Harsh V Pant is vice-president, Observer Research
his initial years to make an effort to engage Paki- and strategic ties of today. The entire maritime Foundation, and professor at King’s College London
stan but when it didn’t work, he changed gears geography of the Indo-Pacific, thereby, attains a The views expressed are personal
a decade, and a former incumbent, as Governor
General of India, of the house Radhakrishnan
had just vacated in Delhi, sent him a welcome
message. Saying he need not lavish fresh praise
on Radhakrishnan as he is venerated already,
Rajaji quoted Shakespeare from King John:
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
raj was emphatically in favour of Radhakrish-
nan, the PM seemed inclined to favour the vice-
president, the distinguished Dr Zakir Husain.
Radhakrishnan was not one to press his case
and soon made it clear that he wanted to retire.
Derek Hill, an outstanding portraitist, was com-
But the emptiness of retirement soon took
over. S Gopal writes in his amazingly objective
biography of his father: “A succession of grey
hours took the place of years of public recogni-
tion and acclaim”. Then, in September 1968, not
missioned to create a painting of the statesman long after his birthday, he suffered a stroke.
for All Souls College, Oxford. The work, which By the time he heard of the Templeton prize
hangs in that college library, shows the with- for Progress in Religion being given to him, his
drawn yet happy resignation on his face. Constitutional authorities should be formidable mental powers had gone into a
Having demitted office as India’s second impartial guardians, capable of standing region where none could reach.
president, he retired to what was effectively his apart from the government if need be HT PHOTO Every governor, vice-president and president
hometown, Madras, as Chennai was then of India may with benefit ponder these words
called. The scholar-teacher in him chose not to as director of public instruction. Instead, he of his biographer-son Gopal: “In his five years
linger in New Delhi, seeking sanctuary in one of was denied the position, an Englishman senior as the country’s president…the people learned
Lutyens’ bungalows through the patronising to him in the Indian Educational Service being to look to him as the impartial guardian of the
indulgence of the incumbents of high office. As appointed to it — just as well for him. He was public interest, befriending and advising the
vice-president for 10 years (1952-1962) and then now returning to it as a former head of the government but also capable if need be of
as president (1962-1967), he had seen and Indian State, who had gained worldwide recog- standing apart from it”. And this without trans-
understood the Capital for all it is and has been nition and one who, as Rashtrapati, had gressing the letter or spirit of the Constitution.
— the pavilion of power and its shadow plays. brought a rare distinction to that office, seeing Constitutional authorities should be impar-
With his priceless and countless books, his three PMs into office — Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal tial guardians, capable of standing apart from
son (the historian Sarvepalli Gopal) and his Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi. And two the government if need be.
daughter-in-law, 79-year-old Radhakrishnan wars — the Sino-Indian war of 1962 and the Who or what determines that “need be”?
returned to “Girija”, the gracious home he had India-Pakistan war of 1965, the first giving India Egoless impartiality.
built way back in 1934 in Mylapore, by the sea deep trauma and the second a sense of victory
on the Marina. He had made it when he was and vindication. Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a former administrator,
vice-chancellor of Andhra University and Madras welcomed its Telugu son with diplomat and governor
hoped to serve Madras’s provincial government warmth. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, older by The views expressed are personal
resorted to using a gamut of other laws, such as { EDITOR’S PICK }
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who are misgendered in police complaints and
compelled to be produced under women’s pro-
tection laws. Questions of family honour often
motivate such action.
There is little that government schemes can
Q reigning monarch and the nation’s
figurehead for seven decades, died at
her home in Scotland aged 96 on
Thursday. Elizabeth’s eldest son
Charles, 73, became King of the United King-
do to help our lives in the absence of any action dom and the head of State of 14 other realms,
to deal with such challenges. Awareness must including Australia, Canada, and New Zea-
not only begin in childhood, with schools land. His wife Camilla was named Queen Con-
teaching children about transgender people sort.
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police and institutional training so that the Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the
authorities shed discriminatory attitudes Truth and the turmoil by Tina Brown, a rivet-
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shame and fear. We only need some help — to shape the last 25 years of the monarch, Book Name: The Palace
from society, government and ordinary people. especially after the death of Princess Diana in Papers: Inside the House of
1997. Through anecdotes, interviews and his- Windsor — the Truth and
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World

End of era: Bells toll as UK mourns Queen

As the country began
a 10-day mourning
period, people around
the globe gathered at
UK embassies to pay
homage to the queen
Associated Press
letters@hindustantimes.com

LONDON: Bells tolled across

Britain on Friday and mourners
flocked to palace gates to hon-
our Queen Elizabeth II as the
country entered a new age
under a new king. Around the
world, her exceptional reign
was commemorated, celebrated
and debated. King Charles III,
who spent much of his 73 years
preparing for the role, met the
prime minister and addressed a
nation grieving the only British
monarch most people alive
today had ever known. He takes
the throne in an era of uncer-
tainty for both his country and
the monarchy itself.
As the country began a 10-day
mourning period, people
around the globe gathered at
British embassies to pay hom-
age to the queen, who died on
Thursday at Balmoral Castle in
Scotland. In London and at mili-
tary sites across the United
Kingdom, cannons fired 96
shots in an elaborate, 16-minute
salute marking each year of the
queen’s life.
In Britain and across its
former colonies, the widespread
admiration for Elizabeth herself
was occasionally mixed with
scorn for the institution and the
imperial history she symbol-
ized.
On the king’s first full day of
duties, Charles left Balmoral
and flew to London for a meet-
ing with Prime Minister Liz
Truss, appointed by the queen
just two days before her death.
He arrived at Buckingham
Palace, the monarch’s London
home, for the first time as sover-
eign, emerging from the official
state Bentley limousine along-
side Camilla, the queen consort,
to shouts from the crowd of
“Well done, Charlie!” and the
singing of the national anthem,
now called “God Save the King.”
Pedestrians walk past a
portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
in Paris, on Friday . AFP
One woman gave him a kiss on
the cheek.
Under intense scrutiny and
pressure to show he can be both
caring and regal, Charles
walked slowly past flowers
heaped at the palace gates for
his mother. The mood was both
grieving and celebratory.
As the second Elizabethan
Age came to a close, hundreds
of people arrived through the
night to grieve together outside
the gates of Buckingham Palace
and other royal residences, as
well as British embassies world-
wide. Some came simply to The Death Gun Salute is fired at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company, British Army, to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in London on Friday. 96 rounds were fired, one round
pause and reflect. being fired for each year of the Queen’s life. AFP
Everyday politics was put on
hold, with lawmakers paying
tribute to the monarch in par-
liament over two days, begin-
ning with a special session
The Queen’s last hours as family dashed to deathbed
where Truss called the queen Agence France-Presse The announcement at been by the queen’s side when wheel of the car for the 80-kilo- In the end Harry made the not give any cause of death.
“the nation’s greatest diplomat”. 12:32pm local time sent shock- she died on Thursday after- metre drive to Balmoral. journey alone and was still in Sources told the Daily Mail
letters@hindustantimes.com
Senior lawmakers will also waves through parliament, noon. Other members of the But by the time the grim- the air when the official palace newspaper there had been “no
take an oath to King Charles III. LONDON: It began with a short where MPs had gathered to family, however, faced a long faced royals swept through the announcement was made to the chronic condition”.
Meanwhile, many sporting but worrying statement. Less hear Truss announcing a two- and ultimately unsuccessful gate of Balmoral just after 5pm, world at 6:30pm. He did not The queen had been under-
and cultural events were can- than 48 hours after a frail but year freeze on energy bills.. dash from London. it was already too late. arrive until much later. taking far less work in recent
celled as a mark of respect, and smiling Queen Elizabeth II was Within minutes, the office of The second in line to the Around half an hour earlier, BBC royal correspondent months, but on Tuesday she
some businesses - including photographed appointing new heir to the throne Prince throne, Prince William; the at 4:30pm, the prime minister Nicholas Witchell speculated nevertheless met both the out-
Selfridges department store and Prime Minister Liz Truss, her Charles had announced that he queen’s other two sons, Princes had been informed the queen live on air that Meghan - who going Prime Minister Boris
the Legoland amusement park - doctors said they were “con- and his wife Camilla, who were Andrew and Edward; and had died that afternoon. has made a string of damaging Johnson and the incoming Liz
shut their doors. The Bank of cerned”. An unprecedented already staying on the Balmoral Edwards’ wife Sophie, who was Prince Harry, Charles’ second criticisms of the royal family - Truss. The sources told the daily
England postponed its meeting medical bulletin issued by Buck- estate, had arrived at Balmoral particularly close to the mon- son, meanwhile was still en did not make the journey in the the queen had been in good
by a week. Archbishop of Can- ingham Palace said the 96-year- Castle. It is believed the queen’s arch; arrived in a cold, grey route from London. end, for fear “she might not be spirits - despite her recent and
terbury Justin Welby said, “A old queen was under “medical daughter, Princess Anne, also Aberdeen aboard a special RAF Initial announcements by the terribly warmly welcomed”. well-documented “mobility
part of our lives we’ve taken for supervision” but “remained made it to Balmoral in time as plane late in the afternoon. couple’s spokesperson said both The palace statement said the issues” - but took a sudden turn
granted as being permanent is comfortable” at her Scottish she too was in Scotland. William, who has now he and his wife Meghan would queen had died “peacefully” but for the worse during the night
no longer there.” retreat, Balmoral Castle. Both are thought to have become the heir, then took the travel to Balmoral. in line with royal tradition did of Wednesday to Thursday.

1,000 sq km territory reclaimed: Ukraine A

Agencies
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KYIV/BRUSSELS: Ukraine has
hailed a lightning counteroffen-
sive it said had recaptured
swathes of its territory in the
east and south. Ukrainian Presi-
dent Volodymyr Zelensky said
in a video address on Thursday
that Ukrainian forces had “lib-
erated dozens of settlements”
and reclaimed 1,000 square kilo-
metres of territory in the east
and south since September 1.
Zelensky also posted a video
in which Ukrainian soldiers said
they had captured the eastern
town of Balakliia near Kharkiv,
the second largest city in
Ukraine.
Video posted to a Ukrainian
news aggregator appeared to
show the Russians had left
behind trucks, artillery and
ammunition.
Earlier, Ukrainian Brigadier
General Oleksiy Gromov said
troops had advanced up to
50km behind Russian lines and
recaptured more than 20 villa-
ges in the Kharkiv region.
The Ukrainian military said
early on Friday Russian forces
were trying to evacuate
wounded personnel and dam-
aged military equipment in the
areas of Vilkhuvatka village,
southwest of Kharkiv, and Boro-
doyarske, to the southeast.
If the gains are confirmed
and held, they would be a seri-
ous blow for Russia, which
Western intelligence services
say has suffered huge casualties.
Meanwhile, Russian attacks
on the eastern Ukraine city of
Bakhmut killed eight people
and left 17 injured, the regional
governor said on Friday, as
Ukraine pushes to recapture
swathes of Donbas.
War dragging on
Ukraine’s armed forces have
made significant early gains in
their counter-offensive against
Russian troops in southern and
eastern Ukraine but fighting
appears set to drag on for
months, US secretary of state
Antony Blinken and the head of
Nato said on Friday.
Blinken, who was at NATO
headquarters to brief the 29 US.
allies after a trip to Kyiv on
Thursday, said the six-month
war in Ukraine is entering a
critical period.
He urged the conflict-torn
country’s Western backers to
maintain their support through
the winter.
“The initial signs are positive,
and we see Ukraine making
real, demonstrable progress in a
deliberate way,” Blinken said in
Brussels.
Nato secretary-general Jens
Stoltenberg said the invasion
launched by Vladimir Putin in
February is “entering a critical
phase”.
“Ukrainian forces have been
able to stall Moscow’s offensive
in Donbas, strike back behind
Russian lines and retake terri-
tory,” he said.
Rockets launched from
Russia’s Belgorod region are
seen at dawn in Kharkiv,
Ukraine, early on Friday. AP
SL’s former finance
minister leaves
for US: Report
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s
former finance minister
Basil Rajapaksa left for the
US on Friday to receive
medical treatment, a week
after the Supreme Court
allowed him to travel
overseas until January 15
next year, media reported.
Basil Rajapaksa, the
younger brother of ousted
president Gotabaya
Rajapaksa, left for Dubai on
an Emirates flight from
Katunayake Airport, from
where he will catch a
connecting flight to the US,
Daily Mirror Lanka
newspaper reported. PTI
l
New North Korea law
allows for preventive
nuke weapon strike
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:
North Korea has passed a
law allowing it to carry out a
preventive nuclear strike
and declaring its status as a
nuclear-armed state
“irreversible”, the Korean
Central News Agency,
Pyongyang’s official media
reported on Friday. The
announcement comes at a
time of crumbling ties
between the North and
South, with Pyongyang
blaming Seoul for the
outbreak of Covid-19 in its
territory and conducting a
record number of weapons
tests this year. AFP
China: UN report on
Xinjiang has ‘closed
door of cooperation’
GENEVA: China’s amba-
ssador to the United Nations
in Geneva said on Friday
that Beijing would not
cooperate with the UN
human rights office follo-
wing the release of a long-
awaited report on alleged
human rights abuses in the
far western region of
Xinjiang. The report, which
China had sought to bury,
stipulates that “serious
human rights violations
have been committed” in
China and said the detention
of Uighurs and other Mus-
lims may constitute crimes
against humanity. REUTERS

INDIA, CHINA...
of military talks conducted at the
level of the India-China Corp
Commanders, which was held in
July at the Chushul-Moldo border
meeting point on the Indian side.
The “Jianan Daban” area men-
tioned in the Chinese statement is
the same as PP-15 or Gogra-Hot-
springs, mentioned in the Indian
official statement on disengage-
ment released Thursday even-
ing. Hot Springs is only the third
friction point in Ladakh sector of
the LAC where the two sides
have agreed to withdraw front
line troops after more than two
dozen rounds of diplomatic and
military talks since the military
standoff emerged in the open in
May 2020. They earlier with-
drew troops from the north and
south banks of Pangong Lake
and at Gogra.
A brutal clash between the
two sides at Galwan Valley in
June 2020 resulted in the death
of 20 Indian soldiers and at least
four Chinese troops and took
China border areas,” he said.
“As a result, both sides have
now agreed on disengagement in
the area of Gogra-Hot Springs,”
he said. The two sides have
agreed to “cease forward deploy-
ments in this area in a phased,
coordinated and verified man-
ner, resulting in the return of the
troops of both sides to their
respective areas”, Bagchi added.
The two sides have agreed
that all temporary structures
and other allied infrastructure
created in the area by both sides
“will be dismantled and mutu-
ally verified”. “The landforms in
the area will be restored to pre-
stand-off period by both sides,”
Bagchi said. “The agreement
ensures that the LAC in this area
will be strictly observed and
respected by both sides, and that
there will be no unilateral
change in status quo,” he said.
Chinese foreign ministry
spokesperson, Mao Ning said on
Friday that the disengagement is
the “outcome of multiple rounds
attempting to alter the status
quo on the LAC, and external
affairs minister S Jaishankar has
linked the normalisation of over-
all ties to the restoration of peace
and tranquillity in the border
areas. New Delhi has insisted
that China revert to the April
2020 status quo.
Blame game
China on Friday blamed India
for the military tension along the
LAC. “China always conducts
normal activities in line with
agreements between the two
countries. We also ask (the)
Indian side to observe relevant
agreements. The so-called status
quo in April 2020 as you men-
tioned was created by illegal
trespassing on the Indian side.
China never accepts that,” Mao
said on Friday, responding to a
question on the disengagement.
“We do not accept the [April
2020] status quo. This doesn’t
mean we do not value the peace
and stability there. I should say
{ }
and (to) do what we should do
on both sides to ensure peace
and stability in border areas,”
she said. Interestingly, China had
said in March, for the first time
in an exclusive statement to HT,
that soldiers of the People’s Lib-
eration Army (PLA) had disen-
gaged in the Hot Springs area —
a claim which was questioned by
the Indian side.
The Chinese foreign ministry
told HT that China is working
closely with India to reach an
acceptable solution to the stand-
off in eastern Ladakh “as soon as
possible”, and claimed that troop
disengagement has taken place at
Galwan Valley, Pangong Lake and
Hot Spring. Not all areas of con-
tention at Hot Springs had been
cleared, people familiar with the
matter had then said in New
Delhi, without going into details.
They had said the last round of
disengagement was done by pull-
ing back frontline troops from
Gogra or patrolling point 17A dur-
ing August 4-5, 2021.
essential for bilateral ties to get
back on track.
China has argued the bound-
ary dispute should not define the
entire bilateral relationship and
the two countries should move
forward on issues such as trade,
a bilateral policy track that has
been rejected by the Indian gov-
ernment.
Sameer Patil, senior fellow at
the Observer Research Founda-
tion (ORF), said: “The agreement
on disengagement at PP-15 not-
withstanding, India has to be
mindful of Chinese tactics. Previ-
ous disengagements at Pangong
Lake and Gogra had not really
brought about a change either in
Chinese attitude or their position
on the border standoff. There-
fore, some degree of scepticism
on the Indian side is warranted.”
“Ultimately, the resolution of
the Galwan Valley military stand-
off should aim at a complete dis-
engagement based on a final con-
sensus between the two sides,”
Zhao Gancheng, from the Shang-
a police cordon around her vil-
lage to prevent leaders of opposi-
tion parties from visiting her
family. Kappan’s wife Raihan-
ath, who was present outside the
court with her three children,
said, “I am very happy today. For
the past two years, the humilia-
tion and financial distress that I
faced cannot be explained. I am
grateful that the court under-
stood what my husband went
through and exposed the UP
government.”
Senior advocate Mahesh Jeth-
malani, who appeared for the
state, opposed Kappan’s bail. He
relied on the literature allegedly
found from the car in which
Kappan was travelling to Hath-
ras along with other co-accused.
The bench questioned the evi-
dentiary value of this material. It
wished to know if the same was
discovered from Kappan’s cus-
tody, how to prove it was used to
propagate violence, and if any-
thing provocative was contained
in it. The bench told Jethmal-
“He (Kappan) is a member of PFI
(Popular Front of India, an
extremist Islamist group) and
look at what he was out to do.
There are detailed instructions
on how to instigate riots and
escape without being caught. It
also contained how to act when
police are using tear gas.”
In one portion of the material,
the court noted the words “black
people” in the literature and
pointed out to Jethmalani that
the literature seemed “to belong
to some foreign country. If it was
to be circulated in a local area
(Hathras), which language was it
in?” The material was in English
and Jethmalani said that this was
because the accused spoke
English. Kappan’s lawyer Kapil
Sibal said that the documents
were unrelated to India. “This
material is not from me. They
have picked it up from Phoenix
and San Diego in the US. This is
not prosecution, but persecution,”
he said. The court said it was
merely adjudicating the matter of
lier stint as a journalist with a PFI-
linked newspaper, Thejas. This
claim was countered by UP gov-
ernment . Sibal informed the
court that he apprehended Kap-
pan’s arrest in a separate case
filed by the Enforcement Direct-
orate. The court relaxed the bail
conditions in the case to enable
him approach the competent
court for bail. The court imposed
conditions on Kappan to deposit
his passport, not to misuse his
freedom and to cooperate with
the ongoing probe.
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The Education of
Dance is an inheritance
Sarabhai, one that that few authors
anywhere

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China was held at the Chushul frank and intense exchange of views on the boundary question, The Chinese government and ist group Popular Front of India. dent (gang rape of a Delhi woman rorist act) and 18 (criminal con-
your son Revanta con- the third tier in terms
Tell us about the country, strengthening compassion than among
received from you. breaking away. interest. capability is no is
of of finances and management Pinto. This novel
tinuities and moments thread trate on those of contemporary have probably been yet, on
been the common used of choice. the best written
Bharatanatyam has valuable Health and education in India’s public longer a matter on which the book places in India.
A new book provides
Amma urban adolescence
me and Revanta. the most neglected
areas The third area
connecting Amma, had allowed ongoing is disaster man-
wished her mother welcome emphasis
to tell me that she dance forms. She
encour- snapshots of the evolution policy since independence;
improvements in
these areas need
to be new and
agement. Here, PK
draws on his vast
practi-
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Yuri
her to explore several I wanted to, sustainable growth which includes successfully
everything that
aged me to learn it was called folk or classical. of Indian policymaking accelerated to ensure it is very refreshing to cal experience,aftermath of the 2001 Kutch
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out where So managing the 408pp, ~599, Speaking
regardless of whether able to bring poetry, dance,
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been while also pointing and human welfare.
see a focus on health
policy by both authors. earthquake, and
his policy and ideational
disaster man-
brief history of
theatre, so many
things, into my work. not only
Revanta has policy shifts are needed NK provides a valuable
in Japan and the
UK, work setting
up and managing
ongoing Cov-
agencies. With the of more fre-

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views and both sides agreed to
adding that it wasn’t the first PLA remained silent when India The UP government scram- in 2012) after which there was a spiracy) of UAPA, besides sedition
Speaking of progression, forms but also trained public health policy followed by a more agement
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Indian
report, quent climate a significant role has to be
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in Western dance. Rakesh Mohan Bhore Committee
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about filing a petition letterss@hindustantimes.com the five-year plans,
to the National carved out for active
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Court to hold the that creeps through management. NK

2 his is a gem of a book reading it. Health Policy 2017.

He candidly per- a Bengali doctor
in the Supreme the In the early 1900s, this

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responsible for as you begin that “health fund- from a wider international pen in Varanasi. Despite the
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to climate first Indian fountain pens dominate
2002 riots. What My first reaction in India is directed early start, foreign-made journey
of convicts in the
Bilkis should I read ing income change and financing in India traces this
the early release across it was, “Why middle and upper Indian market. Inked from a pre-Independence
mere rehash of “results in and adaptation measures. the
Bano rape case? sen- it? It’s probably a groups…” which the lower Finally, at various
points, of make and unmake, for pens,
their life imprisonment civil servants’ for manufacturing base
The remission of is not only a two distinguished issues of equity the discuss the changes India with a strong economic
humanity. This the government’s not receive authors post-Independence

“Since then, the two sides had resolve and discuss settlement of time China had stated its posi- announced the disengagement of bled to contain the fallout of the change in law. What he seeks is to (Section 124A) and other offences
of who do
tence is a blot on issue. It is a careers and a narration once I started read- classes, needed in governanceNK pro-
struc- nibs and ink, to the that competitive advantage
women’s issue or
a minority-rights But this funding”. Despite policies that eroded
concern everyone.
Every current initiatives.” that benefits of for fiscal tures at various levels. churn and the exit
of foreign-
matter that should heart should speak up for it down, and I found his general concern the rec- account of and led to economic
a ing, I could not put In a very welcome vides a historical country.
human being with he endorses pen firms from the
will continue to be
celebrated I had much to learn.our senior and retired prudence, various com- how the relationship
between
nostalgia, it explores
the eco-
Bilkis, otherwise evil recent trend, many
of ommendation of and Going beyond the policy on local
must use our constitutional penning their experiences mittees to increase allocation of
to the cabinet secretariat(PMO) and the impact of
with impunity. We civil servants are Office nomic transition examines what it
might take
rights and fight for
her. from their long public public health from about 1% Prime Minister’s from enterprise. The book
and lessons gained evolved. He has refrained fountain pens a globaldocu-
pres-
to be part of Peter service. of GDP to 3%. health pro- suggesting the ideal
relation- to give Indian-made
ence. The first-ever pen,
What was it like remarkable features PK’s chapter on Recalibrate: Changing ship, perhaps in deference to the
which was con- There are many very context to this, mentation of fountain

3 Brooks’s Mahabharata, civil servants with holds, as

in the 1980s because this book. First, two and interests jointly vides valuable to enable Paradigms position his co-author nib and ink manufacturers,
sidered so radical different backgroundscomes together very listing new
initiatives
espe- NK Singh,
With Select to the prime be of great
principal secretary Inked in India will
universal health coverage,

maintained regular contact to relevant issues along the LAC in tion on the issue. troops at Gogra in August 2021. gang rape of the Dalit woman propagate his views. Will that be a under IPC. At the time of arrest,
it was multicultural? many feathers, espe- write a book, which Insights From PK Mishra minister. However, he does pro- interest to fountain
pen afi-
ruffled
His casting choices in the audience, whether chapters contain valua- cially the AB-PMJAY. As in other 344pp, ~795, Rupa with an
well. Second, several of advocate of vide guidance in characterising cionados and those too.
desis
cially when we had in Australia or the US. They the historical evolution spheres, he is a keen of change” and the
ble snapshots of interest in economics
we were performing fact that black actors were institutions and policy- as a tool for univer- With the the PMO as an “agent “fulcrum of stabil-
Indian governance back to the 18th cen- technology as a
could not deal with
the access to public services.one hopes Cabinet Secretariat
from the epic. I got
so angry making, some dating refer- salising are amply illustrated Inked in India
playing characters played by accounts are well support of these two
Maharathis, it ity.” These observations in
“Why is Arjuna being showed tury. These historical reader can happily health policy will receive the importance political instability, Bibek Debroy, Sovan
Roy
when a man asked, by the periods of the cabinet secre-
picked up a mirror,
and enced so the interested knowl- this book. and 1996-99, when 200pp, ~595, Rupa
a black person?” I themselves more has been given in authors is 1988-91 continuity and sta-
shades darker follow up to make lesson here is the
him his own face,
which was three shut him The important Another policy focus by both area tary provided admirable when the PMO
people on stage. That edgeable. in Indian governance, the “third tier,” often a most-neglected bility in policy; and
in 1991,
than the faces of the the play, I saw that desis are remarkable continuitythread of change. reflections via his on unprecedented
economic
up. While touring
with racist governance. PK’s Politi- led the charge with the
despite a continuous the book naturally in Indian

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and are extremely in the chapter People,impor- reforms, but in close cooperation

build on the progress achieved
the western section of the China “What matters most at this New Delhi has made it repeatedly (she died four days later on crime in the eyes of law?” Kappan was working with Mala-
obsessed with fairness, scriptures and myths to Third, even though experiences, the reminiscences the
and casteist. People
use Bureaucrats highlight cabinet secretariat. of a
should have no place
in civilised reflects their personal of hagiography. cians and governance in tack- is with the absence
justify bigotry that accused of effective local My one complaint at all levels
but
the glories of our culture We authors cannot be authors tance actively involved on changes required

w
society. We talk about with the title, the problems. He was Panchayati discussion
of
covering up the
violence. Fourth, consistent impor- ling local in the 1970s when governance, and
the importance
we are so good at raped and pointers to where the in the districts began to gain importance in of to equip us to cope READ: Written
Dalit women being provide valuable
don’t talk about in are needed, given enhanced state capability so eloquently and
being denied education tant policy shifts globally and domesti- Raj institutionshe notes the importance of the various issues not reviewed the
as a collection
killed, or Dalit children for drinking water from changes taking place like the shift of eco- Gujarat,
and express their with I have of letters to her
schools and being
beaten for local people to candidly discussed. issues, dubbed by NK
cally. Some of these, Atlantic Ocean to the mechanismsand for local people in power to covering fiscal
late father,
the
a pot. nomic power from grievances, expectation at sections conundrum”, since these continu- Azar Nafisi’s
well be epochal. There was even an as a “fiscal Needless to say, new book, Read
Indian Ocean, may from the authors’ var- heed these. “the colonial institution of dis- receive wide coverage. as a primer on
Did you ever question As may be expected covers a wide array that time that would be replaced by district ally Dangerously,

4
a are invaluable
your choice to be his these sections

during the talks to resolve the India border,” Mao added. moment is we have communica- clear to Beijing that complete dis- account of injuries suffered dur- Jethmalani read out a mate- yalam news portal Azhimukhum
ied experiences, the
book
of central trict
collector a pointer to exhorts poets,
the evolution NK goes further and, after the country’s fiscal situation and go. This
vegetarian? of subjects, including panchayats”. an action we need to writers and Scan the QR
My vegetarianism issues and federalism, usual historical review, provides the fail- the direction in which and is essential readers to write and
by oth- governance, fiscal administration, dis- plan for the third tier. He bemoans Finance book will become a classic in public pol- zones. code to read
has been questioned competition, local-level regular State all those interested read outside their comfort the review by
ers. I am happy
with my health and education. ure of states to appoint has hampered the reading for She believes this is
particularly
having aster management, (PK) focuses on management.
as she puts it, Prasenjit
choice. I do not like In general, PK Mishra Commissions, which icy and macroeconomic important because,
stom- trends, local and financial strengthening of local governments cannot Chowdhury
dead things in my tell- administrative is local-level services. President and Distinguished a pain-averse milieu
NK Singh (NK) to equip them to provide Rakesh Mohan is
ach. I do not go aboutchoices national, while share of local govern- Social and Economic
Policy, produce great literature.
with fiscal and He notes that India’s among the lowest Fellow, Centre for
ing other people what My son more concerned It is GDP is
Ministry of Finance
and former Secretary,
they need to make. macroeconomic management. such a wide
ment revenues in in the
rapid urbanisation
and daughter are
vegetarian difficult to review will concen- globally. Given the
vege- so I
by choice. In our family,

relevant issues along the LAC in The Indian side has accused tions through diplomatic chan- engagement and de-escalation at ing the assault) by cremating her rial seized from the custody of and claimed that he was unneces-
scope of subjects
tarianism is not imposed.
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ROMANTIC HERO
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Sanjeev Kumar:
subsequent
Haribhai, and the
failures impacted making of the actor Sanjeev
choi- his romantic
Kumar made bold I his intense romantic
onscreen
commer- career, life. “This is how or if his heart-
Kumar. everything
While remaining In trying to pack in
But focus- hero. him in ces in reel it,” he characterisations to him being

the Western Sector of India- the Chinese side of unilaterally nels, to start with disengagement all friction points on the LAC are body past midnight, and placing the other co-accused, and said, sarily linked to PFI due to his ear-
unkind to newcomers. than on cially relevant, this placed were am; take it or leave contributed life of a young man
who filmmakers breaks roles. about the
Sudhirendar Sharma sing more on impact league of actors seemed to say to stereotyp- more suited to diverse short born into plenty who embarked
successful the
looks, he became mere stars. An extraordinary pressed for more in his
Whatever the case, he earned on a film career, the
biography
sensitive per- not at ease in who mix of the per-
especially after his
letters@hindustantimes.com
performer as much ical portrayals. life
his love but momentous from legends offers a strangeprofessional. It
he characters Sanjeev Anubhav (1971). The mature roles like the one in
on formance in An eligible bachelor, rich accolades sonal and the

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with
Kumar enacted him to be equated Mausam (1975) as
in the comic much material for Kapoor, Dilip wanting to
on long role led Gregory Peck, who he life provided in the film mag- such as Prithviraj leaves the reader
screen have lived in Angoor (1982), act-
These the legendary and double role gossip columns Kumar and Raj Kapoor.dwell on know more about Kumar’s
after his death. a similar warmth an ordinary line of azines of the time. His failed This book does not widely ing acumen, and how
it shaped
husband in exuded were a could infuse deep meaning. with
include the hapless telligence. The 1970s gue with relationships es, but it was son. The roles he

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Funny side up!
Meet two of social media’s most amusing guys—JustSul
and Abdu Rozik—and learn what makes them tick!
Text by Jamal Shaikh
Photos shot exclusively for HT Brunch
by Prabhat Shetty
ne man’s funny may be
O
another man’s blah. But suc-
cess on social media is meas-
ured by followers, and
humour content creators
JustSul and Abdu Rozik, with
a following of 6.3 million and 3.6 million
respectively, are the digital world’s most
successful comedians.
This probably explains why the two men
are now in Mumbai, shooting for Salman
Khan’s next, no less! And we lost no time in
pinning them down for an interview and
photo shoot.
Content creators
Abdu Rozik (left)
and JustSul are
living proof that
social media can
change your life
column { rude food }
Meat of the matter
Does eating meat damage your health and the
planet? Evidence suggests the real danger comes
from dairy and processed foods
any thoughtful people in the
M West are beginning to worry
about how much meat they eat.
In many countries where vege-
tarians were once regarded as oddballs, res-
taurants are making a conscious attempt to
cater to them.
But as the doubts about a mostly meat-
based diet grow, important questions are
beginning to be asked about how much
damage the production of meat actually
does to the planet and how exactly it does
this damage. Nor is it clear if every bright
and shining new trend that has been thrown
up by the eat-more-plants campaign is here
to stay.
Let’s take the example of plant-based
‘meat’. Around five years ago, it was being
If you want to talked about as the next big thing. Compa-
reduce methane nies that produced plant-based ‘meat’ saw
emissions, an huge interest from investors and share pri-
effective way ces zoomed. Burger King (in the US) put a
would be to plant-based burger on the menu and its
remove milk, sales soared. The day is not far off, we
dahi, paneer, were told, when the planet
cheese etc, from will be saved and pub-
your diet lic health will
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Since they are comedians, we expected to
be entertained—and we were. But humour
was not their only attribute. Behind the
social media personas of JustSul and Abdu,
we discovered, lie two very intriguing stories.
Read on. And prepare to be surprised.
JustSul: The migrant
engineer with the luxe life!
Six years ago, Shantinath Ganpath Sul, now
53, knew little about social media. He
worked as an electromechanical engineer in
Zambia and was only familiar with Face-
book and WhatsApp.
Today, @JustSul, as he is popularly
known, has over six million followers on
social media. But his caricature of an Indian
worker living the luxury life is not his brain-
P
“I used to sing in the
bazaars for a living.
Today, I have more than
three million followers
on Instagram.”
ABDU ROZIK, SINGER & COMEDIAN
child at all! It’s an idea his boss’s son—a mil-
lennial, social-media savvy youngster—had
and executed.
“Said Ahmad is responsible for creating
JustSul,” says Sul. “He asked me to shoot a
few videos for him and promised he’d make
me famous.”
It had never occurred to Sul that his char-
acter could earn him an income. “But I have
earned the most in my life from social
media,” he says.
Sul is from Solapur, Maharashtra, but
continues to work in Zambia. “My boss and
colleagues respect me for what I have done,”
he says.
What makes you different from other
online comedians, we ask.
“Name any other 53-year-old Indian man
who does creative and funny videos which
are watched globally. I’ll wait…!” he replies.
Something JustSul would say!
improve because we will all switch to plant-
based ‘meat’ from the real thing.
Yeah, well, may be.
All the current evidence suggests that we
may have overestimated the appeal of plant-
based ‘meat’. Beyond Meat, the company
that pioneered the production of plant-
based burgers and the like reported disap-
pointing first quarter results. It declared a
net loss of 100 million dollars and a signifi-
cant drop in total revenue. Figures for the
sector as a whole show that it is not growing
as much as expected. And it looks as though
plant-based ‘meat’ has had very little impact
on US meat consumption. The figures sug-
gest that it has either held steady or actually
gone up.
The sector’s defenders say that this is a
blip, that Americans will soon settle down
to plant-based ‘steaks’. Others say that this
is unlikely. Plant-based meat works best in
fast-food hamburgers where the real beef
patty has virtually no taste anyway and the
flavour comes from the sauces and add-ons.
It makes very little difference to the overall
flavour of the burger if you replace the beef
patty with a plant-based substitute. But out-
side of the fast-food sector, they say, plant-
based substitutes won’t really
catch on in the long run.
It is too early to say if this
gloomy prognosis is
accurate but the
plant-based protein
sector has also been hit by
aggressive, negative cam-
paigning from the meat
industry which has
attacked the merits it
claims for its products.
The first claim advanced
to me initially,” smiles Abdu. “But then they
P
HAIR & MAKE-UP BY
started making fun of me. To fight the bul- ASHWIN SHELAR
“Name any other 53-year-
lies, I took up boxing.”
Abdu eventually found refuge in the per-
old Indian man who does forming arts. “I was a good singer, or maybe
because I looked the way I did, people were
creative and funny videos attracted to me,” says Abdu. “I realised then
that my uniqueness would open doors.”
that are watched globally. He showcased his talent on social media
I’ll wait...!”
w
early on. “I sang in the bazaars for a living
when I started watching social media videos.
JUSTSUL, ENGINEER & COMEDIAN Then I sang Tajiki songs that way,” he says.
Today, Abdu’s following is big enough for
one of the biggest social media management
Abdu Rozik: The boy-man agencies in the Middle East, IFCM, to repre-
with a huge heart sent him. He lives in Dubai, and earns
The world knows Abdu Rozik as the cutest enough to support his family.
“kid” on social media. But the Tajikistan boy “I am living a dream life,” says Abdu.
is, in fact, 19 years old. At 94 cm, he is a
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Plant-based
meat works
best in fast-food
hamburgers
where the beef
patty has
virtually no
taste and the
flavour comes
from sauces for plant-based meat is that it is healthy. We then it’s bad for you, right?
all know that red meat causes heart attacks. Well, yes and no. Many diets that are rich in
So, surely all substitutes are to be wel- red meat (Mediterranean, for instance) don’t
comed? Except that the truth is not quite so lead to an increase in heart disease in the way
straightforward. that the American diet does. Studies of
Stay with me here because though the healthy omnivores who eat plant-heavy diets
science may sound boring, it is important. have failed to find that this has benefitted
The claim that heart patients may die their health. Scientists now believe that all red
sooner than those with healthy hearts rests meat by itself is not necessarily unhealthy.
on the presence of a compound called What seems to matter is what kind of
TMAO (for short) in the blood. Red meat meat you consume. The evidence suggests
does not provide TMAO directly but it con- that food from animals and birds reared in
tains two chemical compounds (choline and industrial conditions is the problem. More-
L-Carnitine) that are metabolised inside our over studies of TMAO levels in non-vegetar-
body and turn into TMAO in the liver. So, if ians have revealed that processed meat is
red meat can lead to the creation of TMAO the real culprit. Fresh, free range meat is not
as dangerous as doctors have told us. It’s
industrial and processed foods we have to
FIVE YEARS AGO, worry about.
PLANT-BASED ‘MEAT’ What does this have to do with plant-
WAS TALKED ABOUT AS based foods? Well, if the new orthodoxy is
that processed foods are the real villain,
THE NEXT BIG THING. then you have to ask yourself how plant-
COMPANIES THAT based ‘meat’ is actually created. Hamburger
PRODUCED PLANT- patties do not grow on trees. The short
answer is that industrial processes are
BASED ‘MEAT’ SAW HUGE required to create fake ‘meat’. So, asks the
INTEREST FROM meat industry, what’s more dangerous, eat-
INVESTORS. ing a fresh steak or a heavily processed arti-
ficial food?
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Why Scotland is leading the
way. Period.
It is an important question because proc-
essed foods are on the rise all over the
world. Over half the food eaten in the UK is
ultra-processed. In the US, the figure is even
higher. The figures are much lower for
India but they are going up. Free range meat
is becoming rarer as industrial meat and
poultry farming are taking over. The chan-
ces are that the next chicken tikka you will
eat or even the egg you ate for breakfast
came from an industrial operation.
The environmental objection to meat has
more substance. A cow releases enough
methane to contribute to global pollution
almost as much as a car does. The impact
can be overstated. (Cows contribute only
three per cent of the UK’s total greenhouse
gas emissions) But it is undeniable. There is,
therefore, a strong argument for restricting
the rearing of cows.
Except that even this has little to do with
vegetarians or plant-based foods. In nearly
every country (and certainly in India) where
cows are reared, the majority are farmed for
milk not for beef. So, if you want to reduce
methane emissions, a more effective way of
doing this would be to remove milk, dahi,
paneer, cheese, ice-cream, lassi, mithais and
the like from your diet. This will be more
effective than eating a fake meat ham-
burger.
In India, plant-based meat is still an elite
concern. But the lesson we should take
away from all of this research is: be careful
how many processed foods you use. The
chemicals that are needed to put them on
your grocery shelves may harm your heart
much more than a seekh kabab. Also: look
for the origins of the meat, eggs and chicken
you eat. The processed stuff will hurt your
heart. It will cost more to eat healthier but
try and avoid industrial broiler chicken and
eggs.
I would not advise Indians to give up
dairy: it is too important a part of our diets.
But it is certainly possible for us to cut down
on the quantity consumed.
As for all the plant-based meat substitutes,
they may make sense to Americans. But
India has the world’s finest vegetarian food.
There is no need for us to eat a highly proc-
essed food that is made to taste like meat.
Eat simply. Eat well. And eat fresh food
that comes from a farm and not from a
factory.
The views expressed by the columnist
are personal
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Very Peri nice

ON GABI (LEFT): BODY
SUIT AND ORGANZA
CAPE BY NIRMOOHA;
SKIRT BY SHRUTI
SANCHETI; SHOES BY
ALDO; FANNY PACK BY
RISHI AND VIBHUTI;
ON DIKSHA:DRESS BY
NIRMOOHA; BRALETTE
BY RISHI AND VIBHUTI;
This happy hue, a mix of ultraviolet underlined with pink, is
TOP BY LEA CLOTHING;
BRACELET BY SOULFUL
making an appearance in everything from athleisure to resort
BY PERCY VISARIA;
SHOES BY ALDO wear. Here are seven ways to wear it right

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Read more
about all seven
looks

OFFICIAL EXPERIMENTS BOARDROOM & BRUNCH BE A COLOUR REBEL

Text by Lubna Salim
Photos by Vidushi Gupta
Styling by Tanya Aggarwal
ondering why this
Where to wear it? Where to wear it? Where to wear it?
“This makes for a great daytime look. Wear “This looks works very well across a spec- “Any creative workspace! Wear it to your
it to your office to exude a trendy-meets trum of occasions. Carry it from a formal next big corporate presentation. Everyone
happy vibe. It’s a colour, fit for people ready office setting over to a night out, or even a will definitely sit up and take notice,” says
to experiment,” says designer Dolly J. brunch,” says celebrity fashion and costume Rishi Raj.
How to pair it? designer Nachiket Barve. How to pair it?
“Vibrant shades like pink, green, orange, “If the length is a bit uncomfortable for
yellow pair quite well with it” she says.
P your workplace, add a pleated skirt with
pockets,” he says.
P “This pairs well with both
P
“This colour is for people neutrals and neons”
The Pantone Instagram post describes it ART DIRECTION
wanting to experiment” NACHIKET BARVE, Costume designer
“Tall angular silhouettes
as: ‘Very Peri, a dynamic periwinkle blue AMIT MALIK
hue with a vivifying violet red undertone MAKE-UP: REKHA DAS How to pair it?
do justice to this look”
DOLLY J, Fashion designer
blends the faithfulness and constancy of HAIR: ROHIT “It pairs well with both subtly neutral RISHI RAJ, Celebrity stylist
blue with the energy and excitement of red.’ Who does it suit? accessories in shades of dusty pink and

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certain shade of violet
with a pinkish red
undertone is sud-
denly making an
appearance in every-
thing from lingerie to accessories and
shoes? (We’re looking at you, Birkenstocks).
“Very Peri is an extremely optimistic shade
and that’s what makes it popular—it’s a bright
and cheerful mix of a surreal ultraviolet and
an undertone of pink,” explains fashion and
costume designer Nachiket Barve.
According to celebrity stylist, Rishi Raj,
“As we charge ahead post the bleakness of
the last couple of years, this shade that’s a
blend of violet and red and blue, symbolises
magic, spirituality and a hope for miracles,
but in a more contemporary scenario.”
Speaking of the hype around Pantone col-
ours of the year, he clarifies that, “The Pantone
colours typically are the forecast of the colour
trend of the year but also reflect the general
mood of the society and economy at the time.”
Here’s how you can work this happy hue!
MODELS: GABI AND
DIKSHA (AURA TALENT) “This look encourages people to be creative
and invent statement looks that enhance
one’s personality, as it pairs well with very
different shades,” says Dolly.
Styling tip
For office, wear something white or beige to
keep it subtle. You can even layer it over a
white shirt, or wear a Very Peri crop top
atop white shirt.
CROPPED JACKET BY PRIYANCA KHANNA; JACKET BY ONLY; JEANS BY
FREAKINS; CAP BY MYARAA BY NAMRATA LODHA; SHOES BY ALDO
nude as well as the OTT fantastical neons
and statement pieces,” he suggests.
Who does it suit?
“It works on most people. However, wear
it only if you feel it’s inherently you and not
that the trend is wearing you,” cautions
Nachiket.
Styling tip
Be authentic. Be you!
JACKET BY PRIYANCA KHANNA;DRESS BY ONLY; BAG AND
SHOES BY ALDO; SHADES BY ROSVIN BUGS
Who does it suit?
“Tall, lean, angular body types do justice
to such a silhouette since it hangs from the
shoulders,” muses Rishi.
A styling tip
A pair of similar-hued cigarette pants
will help style this up even more.
CROPPED JACKET BY MELLOW DRAMA;
DRESS BY KH HOUSE OF KHADDAR; BAG AND
SHOES BY CHARLES & KEITH; EARRINGS BY SOULFUL
BY PERCY VISARIA

The evening appetite

column { wellness } As the sun starts setting and it gets dark, our
body naturally starts to secrete melatonin,
the hormone that is responsible for induc-

The gut clock

ing sleep. As a result, our body slows down
and is least interested in digestion. It is now
more focussed on repair, recovery, growth,
rejuvenation, elimination, and healing. To
support this, it’s best to start tapering calo-
rie intake and eat your last meal close to
The strong connection between dietary sunset, followed by giving our digestion a
complete breakthrough by fasting.
patterns and circadian rhythm must not This is also called the circadian rhythm
and is by far the most natural way to fast.
be ignored Late night meals
Our body is not designed to digest and break
passions { sunday debate }
down food, as the sun starts setting. If you
do have a late-night meal, your body will
still try to digest, but at the cost of:
• Irregular blood sugar levels • Constipa-
tion • Acidity • Bloating • Sluggishness the
The 18-hour itch
next day
This is because the circadian rhythm is
Should you sacrifice your already precarious
challenged. Several studies have shown that
the pancreas also has a melatonin receptor,
work-life balance in order to get ahead?
indicating that on the release of melatonin
when it gets dark, it binds to the receptor on “Be decisive about “Working longer
the pancreatic cells, thereby suppressing its when you need a hours helps you
The circadian function. This speaks volumes about why a break from work” grow”
rhythm diet, late-night meal can mess up your digestion,
also called the and sugar levels, and you may even wake up
sun cycle diet, feeling acidic and heavy. Melatonin, upon By Ashok Ramachandran By Arjun Sawhney
recommends its release, blocks pancreatic function,
timing your because digesting food at night is not what he recent debate on the 18-hour work can see how the insinuation made by the
meals with the
rise and setting
your body is interested in.
If you do end up eating late, since your
T culture worries me. More so since it is I CEO of The Bombay Shaving Company
playing out on social media, a location that that the youngest millennials and the oldest
of the sun metabolism is slow, it is a struggle for your accentuates the need to constantly signal Gen Z kids work 18-hour days would rub peo-
body to break down the food. You make your “hustle mode on”. ple the wrong way. This is unrealistic and det-
o you know our dietary patterns, As per the circadian rhythm, our digestive pancreas churn out more digestive enzymes, I strongly believe that work and life go rimental to not just an individual’s well-being,

D appetite, and satiety are all regu-

lated by our circadian rhythm?
Unfortunately, we do not align our
eating habits to it and revolve it around our
work schedules, social calendars, and con-
venience instead, not realising the pressure
we put on our bodies to work against what
it’s designed for.
With my years of experience in coaching
patients across the globe, I am convinced that
not everyone needs a diet plan. Just by tweak-
ing their meal timings and aligning it with the
circadian rhythm, they can start to see notice-
able improvements in their health like high
energy levels, alertness, better sleep, diges-
tion, and water retention, waking up with a
flatter stomach, no bloating, clearer skin,
lesser cravings, and so much more.
What does eating according
to the circadian rhythm
mean?
In simple words, it means aligning our meal
timings and patterns to the sunset and sun-
rise, because of its impact on our digestion.
THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
AND ITS IMPACT ON
DIGESTION IS A LAW OF
NATURE THAT WE
SHOULD ALIGN
OURSELVES WITH
fires wake up as the sun rises, peak around
noon, and slow down as the sun sets.
Eating in accordance with this rhythm
means we consume our first meal of the day
after sunrise, eat a substantial lunch in the
afternoon, and our last meal of the day with,
or close to, sunset, followed by fasting
through the night till the next morning.
The morning appetite
As the sun starts to rise, so does our diges-
tive fire. The first meal of the day thus
should be post sunrise, especially if you feel
hungry. If you don’t, embrace it because
your body is still eliminating and processing
the last meal.
At the same time, eating too early, before
the sun rises, can go against circadian
rhythm because your metabolic fire and
digestive ability are not activated yet. The
body is still in the detoxification process,
and nothing that you eat so early is going to
be broken down effectively.
The afternoon appetite
When the sun is atop, our digestive fire is at
its peak. This makes lunchtime really
important and gives us the opportunity to
have a really good meal. In fact, aiming for
a maximum calorie intake from your break-
fast and lunch and the least from your din-
ner best supports our digestion and the cir-
cadian rhythm.
What this also means is that the ideal
time to eat a dessert is in the afternoon!
make your stomach produce more acid, and
force itself to digest the meal. The Dutch and
Europeans enjoy croissants, chocolate pas-
tries, and similar foods in the morning when
the metabolism is at its highest.
hand in hand. To me, hustling does not equal
to working for insane hours with no personal
life. It means that one allows
for blank spaces that boost creativity
and spark excellence. Consuming yourself
P
“if we are given sufficient
What about late-night snacking? Your with work all the time will not let you refresh,
time to recharge... the
body is not designed to digest food late at reflect and re-energise, the three critical Rs to hours we put in work
night. It is that simple. Now, consider all of achieve moonshot goals. So, it’s best to be
these events, how the body functions, and decisive about when one needs a break. doesn’t matter”
what may happen when you disrupt this cir-
cadian rhythm. The moment you have a
late-night meal, you disrupt every part of
P —ARJUN SAWHNEY
but to a company’s culture.
the rhythm, because it is all connected. “To me, hustling does not That being said, sometimes working
The circadian rhythm and its impact on
digestion is a law of nature. If we challenge
equal to working for longer hours helps individuals, including
myself, grow in every aspect. Our work
the laws of nature by going against the cir- insane hours with no includes a lot of expression, a lot of creativ-
cadian rhythm that governs thousands of ity, a lot of passion, and I have strived to cre-
functions in the human body at a cellular
personal life” ate a work culture that gives each employee
level, then even the best treatment, medici- —ASHOK RAMACHANDRAN a sense of belonging.
nes, doctors, nutritionists, spiritual healers, This sense of belonging helps our people
or yoga experts will not work. In my organisation, we encourage man- expand their interests and explore their
And, what if we align ourselves with the agers to check on how people feel, look for talents.
laws of nature, and add the right medicine, signs of burnout and provide avenues for When they find their passion, their sense
lifestyle, food, and so on? employees to speak up about work-related of satisfaction reduces stress, which posi-
That is when we begin to see prevention, issues. We also focus on providing employ- tively affects productivity. So, if work doesn’t
healing, recovery, and healthy improvement ees with sufficient me-time. feel like work and we are given sufficient time
occur. If you are confused about your work-life bal- to recharge, whether we put in eight hours at
ance, step back and think about what is likely the office or 18 doesn’t matter.
brunchletters@hindustantimes.com to make you proud 10 years on. It won’t be suc- However, it is true that at some compa-
Follow @HTBrunch on Twitter and Instagram cess at work. It will be the relationships you nies, people stay late to give the impression
created and cherish—which comes only from that they are committed to their jobs. This is
Luke Coutinho practices in the space of Holistic spending your time both at work and in life. toxicity.
Nutrition—Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine
and is the founder of You Care-All about You Ashok Ramachandran is President & CEO of Arjun Sawhney is the founder of The Commu-
by Luke Coutinho Schindler India and South Asia. nication Council and Green Goose Design.

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AUTHOR, GARDEN UP THE SECRET LIVES
P OF FOREST GUARDS
It’s a tough call for Priya and her fellow forest
Gardening is not guards, Ahmedji, Bhim and Anil. They are trained
about spending lots of not to interfere in the lives of wild animals. But
how can they stand by and do nothing? As they try
money. I’ve tried to to think of a plan that will work, Priya, a mother,
thinks of her own little “cub”, her daughter Astha,
convey that you who lives in the distant town with her grand-
can start from mother. Priya is a single mother who lives in a
lonely outpost in the forest so she can earn a living.
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should speak
up for Bilkis’ THE STRANGE CRUCIBLE
The dancer, actor and choreographer
OF ADOLESCENCE
talks about writing her memoir, being According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 164,033 Indians died by suicide in 2021. That’s 450 deaths a day. Daily-wage earners have emerged as most At 15, Yuri Fonseca of downmarket Mahim —
vulnerable. Clearly, poverty is a big factor. It was poverty that drove poet Thomas Chatterton, who influenced Romantics such as Shelley and Coleridge, to end sometimes awkward, sometimes lonely — gets
rooted in tradition, and Indian racism his life at 17, in 1770. This painting, Death of Chatterton (1856) by Henry Wallis, is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London. GETTY lucky. He finds a friend, Muzammil Merchant of
upmarket Pedder Road. Then he loses him, and
Chintan Girish Modi
almost finds him again. In between, he learns
letters@hindustantimes.com something about jealousy, shame, desire and
guilt. He stumbles into his first sexual encounter,
Dance is an inheritance from your and thinks he has fallen in love. He struggles to

1 mother Mrinalini Sarabhai, one that

your son Revanta Sarabhai has now
received from you. Tell us about the con-
tinuities and moments of breaking away.
Bharatanatyam has been the common thread
Looking back to look ahead
write poetry, worries about whether he’ll ever get
a job, flirts briefly with Naxalism.
Over five years in the crucible of Elphinstone
College in 1980s Bombay, Yuri tries to make sense
of himself. And the reader is drawn into his story.
connecting Amma, me and Revanta. Amma used The Education of Yuri proves
to tell me that she wished her mother had allowed trate on those of contemporary interest. country, strengthening the third tier in terms that few authors anywhere
her to explore several dance forms. She encour- A new book provides valuable Health and education have probably been of finances and management capability is no write with greater wit and
aged me to learn everything that I wanted to, snapshots of the evolution the most neglected areas in India’s public longer a matter of choice. compassion than Jerry
regardless of whether it was called folk or classical. policy since independence; ongoing The third area on which the book places Pinto. This novel is among
That is why I have been able to bring poetry, dance, of Indian policymaking improvements in these areas need to be new and welcome emphasis is disaster man- the best written yet, on
theatre, so many things, into my work. while also pointing out where accelerated to ensure sustainable growth agement. Here, PK draws on his vast practi- urban adolescence in India.
Speaking of progression, Revanta has not only and human welfare. So it is very refreshing to cal experience, which includes successfully
trained in traditional Indian forms but also trained policy shifts are needed see a focus on health policy by both authors. managing the aftermath of the 2001 Kutch The Education of Yuri
in Western dance. Things need to move forward. NK provides a valuable brief history of earthquake, and his policy and ideational Jerry Pinto
public health policy in Japan and the UK, work setting up and managing disaster man- 408pp, ~599, Speaking Tiger
You have written about filing a petition Rakesh Mohan among other countries, followed by a more agement agencies. With the ongoing Cov-

2 in the Supreme Court to hold the Guj-

arat government responsible for the
letterss@hindustantimes.com detailed history of Indian public health pol- id-19 disaster and the possibility of more fre-
icy, from the 1946 Bhore Committee report, quent climate change-related, weather-in-
MAKING AND UNMAKING

T
2002 riots. What are your thoughts on his is a gem of a book that creeps
the early release of convicts in the Bilkis up on you as you begin reading it.
Bano rape case? My first reaction on coming
The remission of their life imprisonment sen- across it was, “Why should I read
tence is a blot on humanity. This is not only a it? It’s probably a mere rehash of
women’s issue or a minority-rights issue. It is a two distinguished civil servants’
matter that should concern everyone. Every careers and a narration of the government’s
human being with a heart should speak up for current initiatives.” But once I started read-
Bilkis, otherwise evil will continue to be celebrated ing, I could not put it down, and I found that
with impunity. We must use our constitutional I had much to learn. In a very welcome
rights and fight for her. recent trend, many of our senior and retired
civil servants are penning their experiences
What was it like to be part of Peter and lessons gained from their long public
through the five-year plans, to the National duced events, a significant role has to be
Health Policy 2017. He candidly carved out for active disaster
acknowledges that “health fund- management. NK addresses this FOUNTAIN PENS IN INDIA
ing in India is directed to helping from a wider international per-
middle and upper income spective related to climate In the early 1900s, a Bengali doctor created the
groups…” which “results in change and financing mitigation first Indian fountain pen in Varanasi. Despite this
issues of equity for the lower and adaptation measures. early start, foreign-made pens dominate the
classes, who do not receive the Finally, at various points, the Indian market. Inked in India traces this journey
benefits of this funding”. Despite authors discuss the changes of make and unmake, from a pre-Independence
his general concern for fiscal needed in governance struc- India with a strong manufacturing base for pens,
prudence, he endorses the rec- tures at various levels. NK pro- nibs and ink, to the post-Independence economic
ommendation of various com- vides a historical account of policies that eroded that competitive advantage
mittees to increase allocation to how the relationship between and led to economic churn and the exit of foreign-

3 Brooks’s Mahabharata, which was con-

sidered so radical in the 1980s because
it was multicultural?
His casting choices ruffled many feathers, espe-
cially when we had desis in the audience, whether
we were performing in Australia or the US. They
could not deal with the fact that black actors were
playing characters from the epic. I got so angry
when a man asked, “Why is Arjuna being played by
a black person?” I picked up a mirror, and showed
him his own face, which was three shades darker
than the faces of the people on stage. That shut him
up. While touring with the play, I saw that desis are
obsessed with fairness, and are extremely racist
and casteist. People use scriptures and myths to
justify bigotry that should have no place in civilised
society. We talk about the glories of our culture but
we are so good at covering up the violence. We
don’t talk about Dalit women being raped and
killed, or Dalit children being denied education in
schools and being beaten for drinking water from
a pot.
service.
There are many remarkable features of
this book. First, two civil servants with very
different backgrounds and interests jointly
write a book, which comes together very
well. Second, several chapters contain valua-
ble snapshots of the historical evolution of
Indian governance institutions and policy-
making, some dating back to the 18th cen-
tury. These historical accounts are well refer-
enced so the interested reader can happily
follow up to make themselves more knowl-
edgeable. The important lesson here is the
remarkable continuity in Indian governance,
despite a continuous thread of change.
Third, even though the book naturally
reflects their personal experiences, the
authors cannot be accused of hagiography.
Fourth, consistent with the title, the authors
provide valuable pointers to where impor-
tant policy shifts are needed, given the
changes taking place globally and domesti-
cally. Some of these, like the shift of eco-
public health from about 1% of
GDP to 3%.
PK’s chapter on health pro-
the cabinet secretariat and
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
evolved. He has refrained from
vides valuable context to this, Recalibrate: Changing suggesting the ideal relation-
listing new initiatives to enable Paradigms ship, perhaps in deference to the
pen firms from the country.
Going beyond the nostalgia, it explores the eco-
nomic transition and the impact of policy on local
enterprise. The book examines what it might take
to give Indian-made fountain pens a global pres-
universal health coverage, espe- NK Singh, With Select position his co-author holds, as ence. The first-ever docu-
cially the AB-PMJAY. As in other Insights From PK Mishra principal secretary to the prime mentation of fountain pen,
spheres, he is a keen advocate of 344pp, ~795, Rupa minister. However, he does pro- nib and ink manufacturers,
technology as a tool for univer- vide guidance in characterising Inked in India will be of great
salising access to public services. With the the PMO as an “agent of change” and the interest to fountain pen afi-
support of these two Maharathis, one hopes Cabinet Secretariat as a “fulcrum of stabil- cionados and those with an
health policy will receive the importance it ity.” These observations are amply illustrated interest in economics too.
has been given in this book. by the periods of political instability, in
Another policy focus by both authors is 1988-91 and 1996-99, when the cabinet secre- Inked in India
the “third tier,” often a most-neglected area tary provided admirable continuity and sta- Bibek Debroy, Sovan Roy
in Indian governance. PK’s reflections via his bility in policy; and in 1991, when the PMO 200pp, ~595, Rupa
reminiscences in the chapter People, Politi- led the charge on unprecedented economic
cians and Bureaucrats highlight the impor- reforms, but in close cooperation with the
tance of effective local governance in tack- cabinet secretariat.
ling local problems. He was actively involved My one complaint is with the absence of a
in the districts in the 1970s when Panchayati discussion on changes required at all levels
Raj institutions began to gain importance in of governance, and the importance of
ontheweb
Gujarat, and he notes the importance of enhanced state capability to equip us to cope

4
Did you ever question
your choice to be a
vegetarian?
My vegetarianism
nomic power from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Indian Ocean, may well be epochal.
As may be expected from the authors’ var-
ied experiences, the book covers a wide array
mechanisms for local people to express their with the various issues so eloquently and
grievances, and for local people in power to candidly discussed. I have not reviewed the
heed these. There was even an expectation at sections covering fiscal issues, dubbed by NK
that time that “the colonial institution of dis- as a “fiscal conundrum”, since these continu-
READ: Written
as a collection
of letters to her
late father,
w
has been questioned by oth- of subjects, including the evolution of central trict collector would be replaced by district ally receive wide coverage. Needless to say, Azar Nafisi’s
ers. I am happy with my governance, fiscal issues and federalism, panchayats”. NK goes further and, after his these sections are invaluable as a primer on new book, Read
choice. I do not like having competition, local-level administration, dis- usual historical review, provides an action the country’s fiscal situation and a pointer to Dangerously,
dead things in my stom- aster management, health and education. plan for the third tier. He bemoans the fail- the direction in which we need to go. This exhorts poets,
ach. I do not go about tell- In general, PK Mishra (PK) focuses on ure of states to appoint regular State Finance book will become a classic and is essential writers and
ing other people what choices administrative trends, local and Commissions, which has hampered the reading for all those interested in public pol- readers to write and Scan the QR
they need to make. My son national, while NK Singh (NK) is financial strengthening of local governments icy and macroeconomic management. read outside their comfort zones. code to read
and daughter are vegetarian more concerned with fiscal and to equip them to provide local-level services. She believes this is particularly the review by
by choice. In our family, vege- macroeconomic management. It is He notes that India’s share of local govern- Rakesh Mohan is President and Distinguished important because, as she puts it, Prasenjit
tarianism is not imposed. difficult to review such a wide ment revenues in GDP is among the lowest Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Policy, a pain-averse milieu cannot Chowdhury
JAYANTI SAGRA scope of subjects so I will concen- globally. Given the rapid urbanisation in the and former Secretary, Ministry of Finance produce great literature.

{ VINTAGE BOLLYWOOD } THE UNCONVENTIONAL ROMANTIC HERO

Sanjeev Kumar: The thinking man’s star

Sudhirendar Sharma
letters@hindustantimes.com
he characters Sanjeev
unkind to newcomers. But focus- hero. While remaining commer- career, Kumar made bold choi- his romantic failures impacted Haribhai, and the subsequent
sing more on impact than on cially relevant, this placed him in ces in reel life. “This is how I his intense romantic onscreen making of the actor Sanjeev
looks, he became successful the league of actors who were am; take it or leave it,” he characterisations or if his heart- Kumar.
especially after his sensitive per- not mere stars. An extraordinary seemed to say to filmmakers breaks contributed to him being In trying to pack in everything

T Kumar enacted on
screen have lived on long
after his death. These
include the hapless husband in
Dastak (1970), the deaf and mute
father in Koshish (1972), the pur-
poseful thakur in Sholay (1975),
the obsessed nawab in Shatranj
Ke Khilari (1977), and the ambi-
tious realtor in Trishul (1978).
Playing every role to perfection,
he created a distinct niche for
himself among the more con-
ventionally handsome reigning
screen stars of his time. Indeed,
he was as much a thinking man’s
actor as a director’s actor.
Sanjeev Kumar initially strug-
gled to make it in the film indus-
try, which has traditionally been
formance in Anubhav (1971). The
role led him to be equated with
the legendary Gregory Peck, who
exuded a similar warmth and
intelligence. The 1970s were a
great decade for Kumar, with his
endearing screen presence
showcased in films that dis-
played his intensity and sensitiv-
ity. By age 35, he had arrived as a
movie star.
In Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor
We All Loved, his nephew Uday
Jariwala and biographer Reeta
Ramamurthy Gupta reconstruct
the making of one of the Hindi
film industry’s finest performers.
Sanjeev Kumar was unusual in
that he consciously chose not to
be a conventional romantic
performer as much at ease in
mature roles like the one in
Mausam (1975) as in the comic
double role in Angoor (1982), he
could infuse an ordinary line of
dialogue with deep meaning.
He was limitless
because he had no
set ways in his act-
ing, which helped
him humanise his
characters. His nine
roles in Naya Din
Nai Raat (1974) are a
prime example of
his versatility as an
actor.
Winning the
National Award
twice in his short
who pressed for more stereotyp-
ical portrayals.
An eligible bachelor, his love
life provided much material for
gossip columns in the film mag-
azines of the time. His failed
relationships with
Nutan and Hema Mal-
ini were as talked-
about as his onscreen
performances. There is
no way of knowing if
Sanjeev Kumar: The
Actor We All Loved
Reeta Ramamurthy
Gupta and Uday
Jariwala
356pp, ~599
Harper Collins
more suited to diverse roles.
Whatever the case, in his short
but momentous life he earned
rich accolades from legends
such as Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip
Kumar and Raj Kapoor.
This book does not dwell on
his struggles, but it was widely
believed that Sanjeev Kumar’s
dependencies on food and alco-
hol aggravated his hereditary
heart disease. Multiple heart
attacks followed, and cardiac
surgery, but the great actor died
in 1985. He was 47.
This warm and intimate biog-
raphy has everything that a
reader would want to know
about the early life of the man
known to family and friends as
about the life of a young man
born into plenty who embarked
on a film career, the biography
offers a strange mix of the per-
sonal and the professional. It
leaves the reader wanting to
know more about Kumar’s act-
ing acumen, and how it shaped
him as a person. The roles he
enacted were not easy to do and
the reader is left wondering how
he made it all look so real on Sanjeev Kumar (left) and David Abraham Cheulkar in a scene
screen. from Yehi Hai Zindagi (1977).
Will a new generation of
actors look to Sanjeev Kumar for an important gap in the history actor, it encourages the reader to
inspiration after reading this of popular Hindi cinema. rediscover his exemplary films.
biography? The answer to that Importantly, while highlight-
question isn’t an immediate ing its subject’s legacy as a Sudhirendar Sharma
“Yes”. However, Sanjeev Kumar: devoted family man, a cherished is an independent writer,
The Actor We All Loved does fill friend and an accomplished researcher and academic

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REGENCY PARK-II / 1770 Sq. Ft /
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Higher Floor / Wood Work /
Maintained, Deeparul Estates -
9654466539
BUILDER FLOOR Designer, Ready to
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Ff @2, 3rd@1.90 Owner: 9871876056
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98101 71345
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WANTED/ AVAILABLE 215/300/
418 /500 Sq.Yds. Plots in Sushant
lok-1,confirm options/Ready Buyers
#98100-70834 Rajneesh Dhawan
(Rajpreet Realtech Pvt. Ltd.)
PARSVNATH EXOTICA / Golf Course
Road 3 Bed /D.D. /2650 Sq. Ft./
Ready to move Well Maintained /
Lower Floor / with C/C.
Deeparul Estates - 9811068621
TATVAM VILLA 500yds, South Facing,
BMT/GF/FF, 4700 SqFt. 4BHK, family
lounge, S/R, swimming pool, power
backup. Price-10 Cr. M/s Harbans
Mahajan 9811071565, 9810039789
ULTRA LUXURY Builder Floors : DLF
Ph-1 : 500 sqyd @ 4.5, DLF Ph-2 :
300 sqyd Top floor @ 3cr, Sushant
Lok-1 : 300 sqyd @ 2.50, South city-1
: 260 sqyd @ 2. Call 9810500912
FLOOR BRAND New Lift With Stilt
Parking In Dlf City, Sushant Lok Size
300 / 400 / 500 /700 / 1000 Park/
Corner @ 3.75 Onwards. Sabharwal
Asso . 9810061698
DLF PH-3 Plots, Kothis & Builder Floors
size 215, 316, 400, 500 at reasonable
prices. Sumindra Properties. 99,
Moulsari Avenue. 9810165528,
9810165532
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, Plot /
Bungalow in DLF City/ Sushant Lok-I,
Payment can be made Immediately.
Only genuine sellers call 9811078877
Email: lokeshbhardwaj61@gmail.com
SUSHANT LOK-2 500yd Plots
for sale in blks-A & D @ 162K
onwards, only 100mtrs from Golf
Course Rd. North Fac. Best Loca-
tions. NSS Realtor 9810047003
DLF CITY-III / 150 Yard / Ground
Floor 2 Bed / D.D. / Park Facing /
Ready to move. Deeparul Estates -
8287036746
FOR SALE LUXURY BUILDER Floor
UGF 4BHK on 500Y plot excellent
location near golf course road,
Metro & Park in SL-2, D- block st
very cheap price call-9910032042
GREENWOOD CITY Block-D, Plot
size 387yd for sale adjoining park.
North East facing. Gated & best
Block with power backup. owner
9810047003
SOUTH CITY-1 Luxurious 6BR
Kothi for sale. park facing & gated
Block. fully-furnished with Home
Theatre & lift. Ideal for End Users.
NSS Realtor 9810047003
M-111 SOUTH City-1 Corner New
Luxury Builder Floors for sale with
stilt & lift. 275yd 4bhk, sample
Floor ready. park facing & gated
Block. owner 9910047000
CONFIRM PLOT South city -1 240 yd,
M Block,Corner, 360yd 18mtr, Sush-
ant Lok -1 , 538yd Corner, A Block ,
Sabharwal Associates-9811196843
DLF FLOOR: 300 Yds, DLF-II North
Facing, 4 BHK+ Servant. Pwr backup,
Gated Security. Mind Blowing
interiors. All floor Available Owner:
9811047417
LUXURY FLOORS/ Plots/ Kothis DLF-1,
2, 316, 400, 500, 680,1022 corner
park, wide rd, North-East, Best Deal
thru. Surendra (Mech. Engr.)
9810980000, 9910980000
FLOORS DLF-1 500yd @4.95cr, 300yd
@2.80cr, 215yd @2cr, DLF-4 360yd
@3.25cr, Sushant Lok-1 300yd @
2.40cr, 418yd 3.70cr, S.Lok-3 377yd
@ 2.40Cr Call 9810921797
PLOTS/ KOTHI/ Collaboration &
Turnkey in DLF, S. Lok-1, SthCity-1.
Latest Luxury Floors 215 Yds- 500
Yds with Pkg/ Lift, Mod kitchen,
Acs, gated PB. 9990305533
NORTH DELHI
NEAR SEC-22 Rohini Kanjhwala Road
(Karala) 130 sq.yd building for sale
with 8 flats floor wise out right both
with parking Lift provision also there
power of attorney. Cont:9999909016
NORTH DELHI
BISHT PROPERTIES Pvt. Ltd. (Since
1980) Managed by Retd. Govt. officer.
Sale, Purchase, Rent & Collaboration.
All Sectors in Rohini. 9811134984,
9650045100, 9999784468
2 BHK DDA SFS Rothini First Floor:
Contact 9836459953
NICE KOTHI Model Town 444 yd @ 16 /
272 @ 11 / 600 yd @ 35 Civilline 300-
4000 yd/BD Estate Kothi 600yd/Flr
500 yd/160 Hdsn/Otrm Lines & more
(Fmly Stlmnt Deals) 9873255806
EAST DELHI
FOR IMMEDIATE sale : 3 bed room
Drawing/Dining "Pent House"
approx: 1600 sq/ft covered
Area, at Taj Apartment, Gazipur,
Delhi-110096. Pl. contact:
J.K.Ghosh 09667615357
WEST DELHI
AJAY ENCLAVE 200 yds old kothi park
facing North facing on wide road
prime location 8.5cr call only near
Subhash Nagar metro station serious
buyer dealer excuse 7999998789
AVAILABLE 3RD floor three bedrooms
set with d/d also 3 more big rooms at
terrace with home industry licence &
10 kva solar plant & 6 ACs fitted,free
hold 209 sqyd at commercial rd of C1
Janakpuri #9911359963,9891089963
NARAINA FACTORY for Sale, 510
sqyds. Phase 2, Naraina adjoining
main Road Naraina Industrial
Area.Contact : Direct Party Only.
SOUTH DELHI
JOR BAGH 375 & 575 yds All floors
p/fac Crnr New; Westend 800 yds
Corner T.F+terr P/fac; Hauz Khas
Enclave 1000 yds B+GF p/fac new.
Manisha 9599808726, 9818881000
9910000257
VASANT VIHAR, Luxurious Bungalow,
400 & 1200yds, Prestigious Location,
Front Garden, Vastu perfect, Clear
tittle, Broker Excuse #9910000257
G.K. (208)Y Brand New Floor 3.50cr
3br, d/d, lift, 2 parking, north facing;
EOK(500)y new FF 4br,3prkng 6.75cr
CRPrk (320)y new TF+Trc 4br 2prkng
9811661694, 9810017982, Bahlsons
VASANT VIHAR, First floor, Three bed,
Old construction for Immediate sale,
Plot Area 250 yard. Cosmos #
9810001682
NEHRU ENCLAVE, 200 sq yards,
2 and a half storey, independent
bungalow, freehold, clear title.
Immediate Sale: D. Salwan
9810034566
READY TO move Lajpat Ngr-3, ultra-
modern East facing 200yards, 3B/R
D/D Park, Lift, parking, highend
quality, Modulor kitchen, Italian
bathrooms, gated block.9811150390.
NIZAMUDDIN EAST, Plot Size 1422
Sqyd, (3000sqft, Front Portion),
GF, Corner, Park Facing, 4BR, 5
Baths, D/D Kitchen, S.Q, Freehold,
@9cr. Call 7838871114
A -1/161, S J E - 300 Yds, Second Floor
4 Bedroom D/D, Lift, S.Q, Exclusive
2 car parking, 3 Years Old For
Immediate Sale. Brokers welcome
Tinku Jha 9990890264, 9958641997
S-61 PANCHSHEEL park 500 yds corner
1st & 2nd floor Good location North
East facing one third terr. 6 car stilt
parking Immediate sele. Broker
welcome 9990890264, 9958641997
HAUZ KHAS Enclave 1000 Sq Yds,
Park facing Ready to move, Brand
New Triplex Basement + Stilt +
Ground floor, First,Second floor for
Sale. Gagann Gujral 96505-16999
SOUTH DELHI
FLOOR : Westend 800/500 Cnr P/F all
Flrs; Gulmohar 200 P/F GF/TF+T; Niti
Bagh 515 P/F FF & SF; Anand lok 400
all Flr;Def 400 Cnr SF @7.5;GK-I, 300
Cnr SF & TF+Terr New. # 7982156567
HAUZ KHAS Enclave (Adj SDA) 500yds
Like Indpt Unit Ground+Stilt+ B'ment
D/D, Lounge, 4Beds, Sep. Lift, Prkg,
Large rooms Security & S.Qtr. Grover
Associates. 9810173911, 01126511118
CR PRK 30L Office 200ft pantry.toilet
G.K-2,350y GF 3br cornr,sep stilt 4.25
G.K-I,300y Bas+GF 4BR sep stilt 4.70
G.K.-3,220y GF 3br sep stilt gate 3.20
9810017982, 9810364472, Bahlsons
9999294563
DISTRESS SALE in Okhla, 1215 sq.yds
Freehold, BMT+ 3, C/A 10,000 Sq.ft
on 80 ft Road, Old Construction.
Broker Excuse Pl. Contact
9999294563
VASANT VIHAR park facing 400 yd
second floor 4 BHK, private gated 4
car parkings in stilts, reasonable
price. Sanjay Malik 9810039071
Visit: malikestateagents.com
14 GAUTAM Apartment DDA-SFS Flat
opp. Gulmohar Park, 3-Side Corner
G.Flr 3 Beds attach Baths, D/D, Well
Maintained, 2 Car Parking, Peaceful
Location. Kapil 9810148551 Kapsons
9999987342
GOLF LINKS 575 sqyd, Luxurious
Bungalow for sale, Anand Lok,
800 sqyd All floors ready to move,
Broker Excuse # 9999987342
AKSHAY
SHARMA
9999785858
GREATER KAILASH ( 300 ) Luxury
Ready Bsmt + Ground / First Floor /
Second / Third Floor + Terrace
4 BED / LIFT / PARKING / CC #
9999785858 #9560672632
GURGAON DLF-II for Sale, Plot 400
yds. Two Side Open, Jhandewalan
Extension 2nd Floor for Sale 1200
Sqft. Cost 1.25 Cr. For Best deal
Contact # 9811128653
SAKET: G-9 Gaurav Apartment, For
Sale 3 BHK Duplex 2nd & 3rd Floor,
Prime Location, Vastu Perfect,
North/East Facing. Contact: Dheeraj
Nathani: 9654329909, 9811509552.
CHATTARPUR (MANDI Road) 2 BHK
Flat for Sale. G.F with Stilt Parking,
Area 775 Sq ft. Good Natural light &
Rooms facing Green Belt. Bank Loan
available. Owner: 9811015080
7838871114
INDEPENDENT HOUSE for Sale, GK-1,
Area 500 Sqyd, Behind Park, Double
Storey, 7BR, East Facing, Prime
Location, Call 7838871114
GREATER KAILASH (208) Yds Top Flr +
Terr Gdn . 3 beds D/D lounge qtr.
parking lift n/e park facing wide
road well maintained. Pavneet
9811036030, 9999926224
PRE-RENTED BANK Operating Globally
Indp. Bldg. Noida lease Renewed
For 15 yrs. After 9 yrs. Rent 4.5 L+
Assured 1.25 L for vacant space price
13.75 cr. 9811225618
(I) NEHRU Place Ground Floor Shop
315 Sq.ft Main Plaza Immediate Sale
Reasonable Price. (II) Also many
attractive Pre-Rented Proposals in
Delhi & NCR @ 9210327669
CR PARK, Main Road 3 side open
240 sq.yds. 4 br atch bath,2nd floor+
S. Room on GF freehold,Best location
Old const, excl condition, imm sale.
Call owner 9899599777/9811279248
FOR SALE M 18 kalka ji 175 sq yds 3rd
floor with 1000 sq ft private lockable
terrace,personal lift 2 persons,3 bed
with attached bathrooms, legal
building.Owner khanna 9810156510.
9910008089
LAJPAT NGR-3, TF+Terr, 295yds, 3+1
Bhk, Stilt, Lift, 2 car parks @4.89cr.,
East of Kailash 340yds,FF,with lift,
P/F @3.85cr # 9910008089
SAKET INDEPENDENT House,
Outright Sale, 375 Yds, 3 Side
Corner, Park & Green Belt Facing,
Freehold,clear Title.Ample parking
For Visit-Lalit Kaushik 9818312077
REASONABLE PRICE 500yds Builder
Flat First Floor Hauz Khas First
Occupancy Seprate Gate,Stilt Parking
Lift, SQ, 4Beds, D/D, Lounge. Grover
& Associates 9810173911, 26511118
SOUTH DELHI
VASANT VHR B/G 800/600/400; West-
end 500 B/G, FF, SF/800 SF; Kothi's
Vasant Vhr 800/600/ 400; Anand
Nktn 400/270/200; Shanti Nktn 800;
Westend 500/1200 # 9899755500
CR PARK Brand New 380yds 3rd +
Terrace 4BHK Park Facing also
Bsmt+ Ground floor with Separate
Gate & Lift @7.50cr. Broker Excuse.
Call -9999062968
9910008089
GK2, S-BLOCK, 300yds, FF, 2 parking,
Park View, Lift, stilt @ 4.87Cr Also,
E-blck, Brand New, TF+terrace, 3bhk,
250yds @5.42Cr # 9910008089
AKSHAY
SHARMA
9999785858
HAUZ KHAS ENC ( 1000 ) Luxury Park
Facing Triplex New Ground Floor +
Basement 5 BR - Private Driveway -
Lift - CC # 9560672632 /9999785858
SALE KOTHI 360yd Aradhna Enclv/ 208
-1230yds GK/ SJE / SDA/ Neeti Bagh /
Anand Lok / Green Prk / Vasant Vhr/
Golflink/ Jorbagh / Lutiyen & Around
(Fmly Stlmnt Deals) 9873255806
9910000257
VASANT VIHAR, 400 sqyd TF+terrace
Garden Sep. Lift, 4BHK, with CC,
Sep.parking, luxury interior, Brk.
Exu. # 9910000257
SHARMA PROPERTY, Farm house,
Flats, Plots , Godowns and
Agriculture land ,for Sale ,
Purchase and Renting , Contact :
9810784900, 8800607052
G.K.-II 450Y Wide Road Luxurious B'mt
+Stilt+G.Flr Triplex 4 BHK Ready.
Booking N-East fac 3 BHK All Floors
Def Col 280y, GK-I 208y CR Park 233y.
Wanted 200-500y Kothi. 9818158345
CENTRAL DELHI
RENTED PROP. in CP Best Building
Area 2600 sq.ft Leased to Govt. PSU
Company Rent 7.50 Lacs per month
Fresh Lease, Ground Floor Units of
400sft Onwards. Call 9873340866
NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA
BRAND NEW Factory for sale in Noida
Ph- II size 4500mtr on 45mtr Road,
Suitable for Industries, Godown &
Warehouse. Contact - 8800115194
RESI 600M N/E Park fcng Sec44.900m
North fcng Sec 44. IND 4000m fntnl
Plot Sec 63. Site V 1800m Crnr fntnl.
Ecotech VI 2000m Crnr 30mx30m
N/E. 450-4000 Ph I II III. Gr. Noida.
RESI 450M East fcng Sec 92.Crnr
12x12m rd 450m CC Plot Sec 44.
Nwly Blt Kothi N/E 300m Sec 44.
300m-450m CC Lease rent paid
Sec 44, 46, 47,48,92,93B,105,108.
NOIDA PLOT & Kothi All Sectors
Sec-44,46,47, 92,93B,99,100, Sec-
105, 108,122,128,131,133 Also we
Deals in Jaypee wishtown Yamuna
Ex-way Auth. Plots @ 9911714666
PRIME - Res.Plot/Kothi 112-162/ 200-
450M Cor/CC,New Flats Noida, Comm
15-75M Rent-RoI@5%, Indl.Plot-Bldg-
250-4000M/2000-50000sft Noida/
YEW.Bright9650736746,9560247539
VIP PLOTS 450 Mtr. Best Locations
Sector-50, 15A, 93B. Also available in
Sector-44, 105, 108, 92, 51, 47, 48,
30, 31, 36, 40. Direct owner meeting.
Call Arvind 9811322684, 9811322284
FOR SALE Industrial 55 sq mtr Sector-9
Noida, G+1+2 structure CC Functional
OTLR paid and Ecotech-6 2000 mtr
corner plot, Gr. Noida. 9911129295.
BUY/SELL YAMUNA Exp. Residential
Plots Sec-18,20, Gr.Noida Residential
/Indlustrial Plots Alpha, Beta, Gama,
Delta, P-3, Swarn Ngri, Sec-2, 3. Ghar
Sansar Prop. 9873731820,9871015111
FACTORY FOR sale in Noida Sector-
65, Size 450 mtr, wide road,
basement + 4, near metro.
Contact - 9971831792
INDUSTRIAL PLOT for sale in Sector
63, Noida 450 sq. mtr, OTLR paid,
completion and functional done,
East Facing, near NH-24.
Contact Ashish: 9650433339.
YAMUNA EXPRESSWAY Buy/ Sell
Authority Plots Sec 18 & 20 plot size
300,500, 1000, 2000 & 4000 sq mtr,
also deals all Gr. Noida # Punjab
Prop. 9891008515, 0120-4248129
INDUSTRIAL SHED for sale in
Sector- 140 Noida size 2700 mtr on
Noida Greater Noida Express
Highway. Contact - 7011764629
{Property}
NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA
1000M INSTITUTIONAL Plot.
20000sqft Constructed. 5 floors.
Lift Installed. Central Noida.
5 minutes from metro.
8800915680
PAIR PLOT 450+450m N/W Sec 44.
900m East Facg Sec 47,72,92.
600m Park Fang N/E Sec 44.
600m N/E 18m Sec 44.
# 9871392196, 9810170178
450M CRNR 12x12m Sec44.N/E NwlyBlt
Kothi 300m 18m Rd Sec44.N/E300m-
450m Sec44,47,92,93B,105,108.4000
m. IND Sec 63. 450m Fntnl Ind Plot
Sec 63.# 9871392196, 9810170178
RESI PLOT/ Kothi Sec-105,162m on 24
m Road, Sec-108, 162 Kothi, 24 Road,
200m Sec-105 18m Road 300m, Sec-
108 12m Road, 300m 24m Road Sec-
105. Call Ram Niwas :9871146434.
APARTMENT 1700 sqft. @ 1.45 Cr.
Sun/ fac. 3BHK Corner, Two side
Park 20 Acre. Low rise buldg. Club &
Gym. And more option. Rohit Gujral:
8860004733, 8826002600
CORNER PLOT 209 sqyd (175 mtr)
excellent location, attached green
belt, 15 mtr road, S/E facing, full
sunlight in JP Wishtown, KP-1,
Sector -133. # 9953333354
FOR SALE, 2 BHK Spacious, Furnished,
Registered Flat with Parking at
Amber Heights, Supertech Pavillion,
Sector-34, Noida, Prime Loc., Metro
Station 50 Mtrs. Owner: 9891907563
FARIDABAD
FARIDABAD SALE Purchase Renting
Sectors 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 15A, 16, 16A,
17, 21 A, B, C, 64, 65 Contact : Nagpal
Properties (Since 1980) 9810087015,
9818034148, 9811023234
GHAZIABAD
IMMEDIATE SALE Plot 150 meter in
Sector B-1, Tronica City, District
Ghaziabad. Contact: 8101240001,
9780000224
GURUGRAM
FOR SALE: Indpt New Building Udyog
Vihar Ggn Park Fac 1/2Acre plot,area
1 Lac sq.ft floor Plate 12850sft 2B+G+
7th Flr, Fully Frnsd, Power Backup &
centrally A/c 100car pkg9873340866
WANTED TO Purchase 2, 3, 4,
Bedrooms Apartments in Glof Course
Extension & Sohna Road. Immediate
Payment. Broker Excuse. Owner
should Cont- Mr Tiwari : 9810323034
342 YARDS Northeast Facing
Huda Plot Sector 45 Gurgaon
Sale By Orignal Alotee At 6
CR Circle Rate Cheque
99997-69474
FOR SALE
PRE LEASED
Ground Floor Retail Shop
On Main Dwarka
Expressway, Sector 104,
Gurgaon.
Leased with 24×7
convenience store.
ROI - 10%
956 000 2928
TO BOOK YOUR AD CALL
GURUGRAM
3 BHK Apartment Builder Floor
1000 Sq.Ft. Newly Built, North/
East Facing with Lift & Car
Parking. On Sale: @ Rs.50 Lacs &
On Rent: @ Rs. 20000/- in Old
Gurgaon City: 9810397159.
OUTSIDE DELHI
SCHOOL FOR Sale/Lease. Reputed
running CBSE 1-12 school with
superb infrastructure,classrooms, labs
playgrounds. Land 5 acres. 60,000
sq.ft construction G+1. Location
between Aurangabad & Ahmednagar
(MH). Email with credentials:
growthmindsetschools@gmail.com
COMMERCIAL
PREMISES
TO-LET
NORTH DELHI
IMMEDIATELY LEASE 45000 Sq.Ft.
PEB Shed Area at Mundka And
23140, 20325 Sq.ft. RCC Area at
Rithala, New Delhi. Contact:
9971119155, 9990377909
SHOP AVAILABLE for rent 29 D
Kamla Nagar, Upper Ground,
Main Road Corner, 1750 Sqft Carpet
Area @ 170 Psqft. Tarun Gupta :
9312637200
WEST DELHI
JANAKPURI 3APTS - 4BHK, Fully
Furnished, TF, Lift; 3BHK, TF & 4BHK,
GF, Geysers, Lights, Fans, Company /
Bank Lease preferred, Contact:
9810092120, 01149854698.
SOUTH DELHI
ONE ROOM attached Bath Kitchen
100% furnish Deluxe 2nd floor
Independent, Power Backup in
Gulmohar Park. Owner 9810477994,
9354941692 also Whats'App Call
FULLY FURNISHED First Floor Park
Facing, 3 large Bed Rooms attached
Bath,Drawing Dinning with lift &
AC,only for MNC,J-1860 Chitranjan
Park, Owner Khanna 9810156510.
E 4/7, Vasant Vihar, Park Facing
400 sq yards, Ground Floor, 4 Bed
D/D with basement and car parking
in Stilt. Suits Expat/ Diplomat.
Salwan 9810062871, 9910034566.
PRIME LOCATION Corner Shop
100 Sq.ft. - Malviya Nagar Main
Market, North East, Park facing,
Ground Floor, Rent - 40,000.
9891572424
CR PARK I-Blk Main Rd 292 Yds G.Flr
w’out B’ment on Rent, Front Lawn
1700 Sft Aprox for Banks,Long Lease
with Immediate effect @ 3 Lac pm.
Abhishek 9810064940, 9811164940
PANCHSHEEL PARK 4BHK each on 1st/
2nd flrs 800 Sq.yds Defence Colony
3BHK 2nd floor for corpoate/
Embassy lease. Chopra Associate
9650992839, 9650702839
9910008089
NFC, INDEPENDENT House 500yds
10BHK with Lift & Ample-parking
@5.25Lacs Also Panchsheel Park
500yds,7BHK,Vastu perfect
@7.25Lacs. #9910008089
0120–4834999 (9 am to 9 pm, Everyday)
OR E-MAIL htclassifieds@hindustantimes.com
www.htclassifieds.com
MUSSOORIE
MUSSOORIE RESIDENTIAL plot
600sqyrds for Sale. Prime Location,
Panoramic view of Doon Valley,
Beyond Mussoorie Lake, Adjacent to
Bulaakh Resort. Call- 08126298521
SONEPAT
APARTMENT IN Kundli (Sonipat)
TDI Lake groove side floor -
1500 Sq.ft Ready for possession
Call 9810156708 (Owner)
INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY
REQUIRE CONSULTANTS /profession-
als who have mandates for constru-
cting BTS (Built To Suit) warehouses,
factories etc in Delhi NCR-HR connect
at 9810163654 for development of
indus.land in Dharuhera Rewari NH8.
SPACE FOR ATM
OFFICE / Shop for Sale at A-31, Kailash
Colony, Greater Kailash - I , New
Delhi, Contact : 8410291972
ARCHITECTS
FOR CONSTRUCTION, Renovation &
Interior Works of Kothi & Flat in
Gurgoan, S.Delhi, Noida on Turnkey
basis at Reasonable Rate, Shekhar
Cons. 7289927308, 8750598438
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OKHLA PHASE-1, Ground- 1400, First-
1800, Second-1800 and Third floor-
700 sqft. on Rent for Office/Godown/
light work. Nice Location, ample
Parking space cont. 9810962603
NOIDA SEC-16 Atta Main Road Comm.
Building next to Metro 192 Sq. Mtrs.,
B/GF/FF/SF 1100Sft each+Courtyard.
Suits Banks, Auto Showroom, Restra,
Office. Full/Part. Owner 9810040681
BASEMENT, FOR wellness centre/
clinic/architect in New Friends
Colony. Main road. With Lift & Stilt
Parking. Call 9810444545
COMM. OFFICE 1000sq.ft. 3rd flr fully
frnshd A.C. toilet, pantry, 805 Arjan
Ngr kotla Mubarakpur Main Rd (opp
OTM Jewellers Defence colony) Rent
Rs.30000 pm Owner 9810199209.
B 14, Anand Niketan, 717 sq yards, First
Flr, 4000sqfeet, 4 Bed D/D equipped
with AC's, Car Parking, Backside
Garden, Suits Expat/ Diplomat.
Salwan 9810062871, 9810063891.
PANCHSHEEL ENCLAVE PG
accommodation for Girl student/
Working Women with all meals
equipped with AC,Power back up,
Attached bathroom.9810317169
KOTHI'S : Sainik Farm @3L, Vasant
Vihar 800yd @10L & Floor Vasant
Viahr 400yd Basement /G.Floor @3L
& Multiple option available in South
Delhi. Call: RK Sharma 9310051666
C-739 NEW Friends Colony 479sq.yds
3Beds, D/D Lounge for Rent Ground
Floor @1.15 Lakh & Second Floor
@1.05 Lakh & Power Back-Up, 1 Car
Parking Inside. Sareen 9811078300
P PARK-S-166 FF, East Facing, Hill
View, Studio Appt, 1 B/R, 1 Living ,
Pantry, Furnished, Sunny, Airy,
Security, Club, Suit Foreigner.
Contact # 9810020666
NEW. CORNER. Super Luxury. 3BHK,
Study. ACs.Bar. Luxury Fitting.
Metro. Airy. Bright. LGF like GF.
Parking. Pocket 40. CR Park
# 9810425955
OKHLA PHASE-2 Lease Available.
FF (2750 sq.ft) & Basement (1400
sq.ft). On freehold 600 sq.yds
plot. Near C.Lal Chowk. Contact
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comprising 3Bedroom, Study on each
flr equipped with AC's, Lift, Backup &
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Salwan 9810062871, 9810063891
GREEN PARK Extension Opposite
Uphaar Cinema Commercial Office
Space 1440 Sq.Ft. Second Floor
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JUNGPURA EXTENSION 325 Sq.Yds
Ground Floor, Brand New Corner,
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CENTRAL DELHI
CONNAUGHT PLACE Fully furnished AC
office space on Rent, Ambadeep KG
Marg, 681 sq.ft newly renovated,
2 cabin, 5-7 work stn, pantry, toilet,
parking. Pranav 9910030902
FOR RENT Furnished Office 600 to
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metro station Call:R.K Bhatnagar
9810050659, 01123353370,
Email:- bgbrk.cp2008@gmail.com
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NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA
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2) 7500 Sqft fully furnished office in
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If interested Cont: 8810376695
SECTOR-63 NEWLY built Industrial
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NOC, lights & fans, AC provision.
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FOR LEASE Furnished Commercial
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II & III Floor, Above ICICI Bank.
Tarun Gupta : 9312637200
Factory For Rent
(NOIDA)
B-13 Sector 88
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17000 Sq Feet B+G+1st+2nd
50kw load with Fire N.O.C
and Commercial Lift
E-111 Sector-63, Rent 2nd
floor, 2650 sq feet.
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Cont: 9643866112
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Furnished Building for rent area
7700sq ft per floor total area 60000
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GURUGRAM
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facing, Signage availble. Other
tenants MNC. Next to Radisson Hotel.
Covered car parks. # 9871098146
PRIME LOCATION Office Space for
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2500 sqft On National highway.
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SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 corporate buzz 19
buzz IEPFA and NCAER celebrate IEPFA’s BKS Sanjay honoured for his MeitY inaugurates its 2nd batch
GAIL reaches more than 55 million
people through its digital initiatives
GAIL (India) Limited’s digital
6th Foundation Day with great enthusiasm exceptional efforts of online PG diploma program
The Investor Education and Pro-
initiatives to spread awareness tection Fund Authority and the
about Natural Gas and other National Council of Applied
clean energy sources reached a Economic Research organised a
significant milestone of 1.5 lakh seminar to celebrate the 6th Foun-
followers on GAIL’s Twitter han- dation Day of IEPFA on Septem-
dle and 11 lakh followers across ber 7, for promoting financial lit-
its social media platforms. The eracy and investor awareness and
company’s social media presence protection among investors. Anita
has reached out to more than 55 Shah Akella. CEO, IEPFA, deliv-
million people between January ered the keynote address. During
to August 2022. GAIL is present her address, she said that IEPFA Orthopaedic Surgeon Padma Shri is the first source of any work. Ministry of Electronics and IT tion of second batch of Online
on various social media channels has been playing a crucial role in BKS Sanjay was honoured at Change is a universal truth and has taken the initiative to offer PG Diploma Program and digital
through which information about educating investors and spreading attractive and live examples to ing banking transactions, espe- ‘The Mind Body Medicine’ Con- change of thoughts is an easy way an ‘Online PG Diploma in Cy- distribution of PG Diploma Cer-
its projects and innovations are financial literacy since its incep- educate the audience about pos- cially in the context of increasing ference. In his address at Brahma to bring change in any individual ber Law, Crime Investigation & tificates to first batch participants
shared with general public. tion in 2016. The panellists used sible frauds and diligence in mak- digitisation. Kumari, he said that thought and society. Digital Forensics’.The inaugura- took place on September 5.
World Electronic Vehicle Day
celebrations by IndianOil NDMC organises Suvidha Government organises EPFO organises Chintan AIIMS organises National NTPCentersintoagreement Northern Railway wins NMCG & Sahakar Bharati
This world EV day, IndianOil is
geared to serve new-age EV cus-
Camp Swachh Vayu Diwas Shivir at Surajkund Eye Donation Camp witharmedforces Kaul Gold Cup organise a workshop
tomers. IndianOil, the largest Oil New Delhi Municipal Council is Union Ministry of Environment,
& Gas major in the country, has organising its upcoming Suvidha Forest and Climate Change or-
been at the forefront of serving Camp to provide information, ganised 3rd International Day
EV customers and has already facilitation and grievance redres- of Clean Air for blue skies as
provided 2500+ EV charging sal for the benefit of its users at ‘Swachh Vayu Diwas’ to raise
stations at fuel stations across NDCC Convention Centre, Palika awareness and facilitate actions
the country and plans to increase Kendra, New Delhi on September to improve air quality under Na-
numbers to 4000 by end of the 10 from 10.30 A.M to 12.30 P.M. tional Clean Air Programme.
current financial year. In his ad- The Suvidha Camp helpdesks of The event was graced by Union Bhupender Yadav chaired a Union Minister for Health and NTPC Ltd has entered into an Northern Railway won Kaul Gold National Mission for Clean Ganga
dress, V Satish Kumar, Director the various departments will pro- Minister for Environment, Forest ‘Chintan Shivir’ organised by Family Welfare Mansukh Man- agreement to supply renewable Cup for best Zonal Railway in and Sahakar Bharati organised a
(Marketing) said that IndianOil is vide facilitations and redress the and Climate Change, Bhupender EPFO at Surajkund. Chintan Shi- daviya chaired the 37th National energy power to the armed forces various sporting events by show- ‘Vishaal Kisan Sammelan’ work-
all set to meet challenges faced by grievances of service users, em- Yadav, and Minister of State for vir was themed ‘EPFO@Amrit Eye Donation Fortnight celebra- (Military Engineering Services). ing exemplary performance and shop at Bulandshahar, UP. The
EV industry and revealed its fu- ployees, RWAs, MTAs and resi- Environment, Forest and Climate Kal – Behtar Kal’, first of its kind tions at AIIMS, New Delhi. The This is the first-ever agreement by defeating Western Railway by a workshop was part of the MoU
ture goals and aspirations. dents of NDMC. NDMC organ- Change Ashwini Kumar and in the history of EPFO. The event program is organised annually the Indian armed forces for sourc- huge margin of 174 points. Kaul between NMCG and Sahakar
ises Suvidha Camp on second and other officials who released bro- was concluded with landmark from August 25 to September 8 ing power from renewable en- Gold Cup is awarded every year Bharti to set up at least 75 Ganga
NHRC organises a meeting to fourth Saturday of every month at chures on Capacity building and discussions and recommenda- by National Eye Bank housed in ergy sources. The agreement was to the best zonal railway by con- Sahakar Grams in the Ganga ba-
discuss women’s healthcare NDCC Convention Centre. public outreach under NCAP. tions for expansion of its services. AIIMS. signed by the designated officials. sidering its performance. sin to promote natural farming.
National Human Rights Commis-
sion organised a meeting on the
theme ‘Women’s health, survival
and nutritional status in India:
challenges and way forward’ on
September 5. Chairing it, Jus-
tice Arun Mishra, Chairperson,
NHRC said that there are ena-
bling laws and policy frameworks
towards ensuring better health
care for women as well as their
empowerment. However, these
require to be implemented in right
earnest. Steps are being taken to
work towards making it a priority.
 A three-day beautician course was organised by RCWA, GC Imphal. Fashion  The 23rd edition of India International Security Expo 2022 commenced at  On World Physiotherapy Day, SRM University, AP flagged off a 487 km relay  Regional CRPF family Welfare Association GC CRPF Imphal honoured and
Union Agriculture Minister stylist and make-up expert Kumarjeet Laishram performed and trained the Hall No.2, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on September 8. The Expo has been run with a flaming torch that was concluded at the SRM KTR campus on gave a warm reception to Linthoi Chanambam who claimed a historic gold
inaugurates National Conference members present. Participants sought expert tips and guidance to under- organised by ITPO while ELCINA is co-organiser of the event. Vibhu Nayar, September 8. The group of 90 runners set a record and inspired thousands at the World Cadet Judo Championship in Sarajevo, becoming the first from
stand the finer points of effective makeup. Executive Director, ITPO inaugurated the expo. of people on their way. Vice Chancellor expressed his delight in hosting it. the country to win a medal in the tournament across any age group.
Union Agriculture Minister, Nar-
endra Singh Tomar inaugurated
the National Conference on Ag-
riculture for Rabi Campaign
2022-23 at NASC, Pusa, New
Delhi. Addressing the Confer-
ence, he highlighted that as per
4th Advance Estimates (2021-22),
the production of food grains in
the country is estimated at 3157
lakh tonnes which is higher by 50
lakh tonnes than the production of
food grains during 2020-21. Total
pulses and oilseeds production
during 2021-22 is estimated at a  ONGC Foundation celebrated ‘Poshan Maah’, as a part of a celebrating  The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs vis-  Allen Career Institute’s student, Tanishka, secured AIR-1 in NEET-UG 2022.  Power Finance Corporation Limited has successfully resolved a project, 600
National Nutritional Week 2022. The foundation organised a seminar on ited NBCC built GPRA East Kidwai Nagar premises on September 6. The Scoring 715 marks out of 720, she has been preparing with the institute for MW thermal power project of Jhabua Power Ltd, MP. The project was re-
record 277 and 377 lakh tonnes ‘Early Childhood Care & Development’ in collaboration with Lady Irwin committee was welcomed by PK Gupta, CMD, NBCC. The salient features the last two years in Kota. solved through Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process mechanism, with
respectively. College, Delhi University on September 6. of the project were explained to the committee members. ownership being transferred to a consortium of NTPC Ltd, PFC, RE.

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Consultant to support in the development of financial
models, proposals, viability studies and other financial
aspects related to the projects conceptualised and
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Equipment at Tana Riri Music Museum, Vadnagar, Gujarat in Gynaecologist Level 11 OBC 01 01 ESSENTIAL The post is
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sub-section (3) of section (13) of (c) MD
the Indian Medical Council Act, involving (a)
1956. to (b) above
(ii) Post graduate Degree/Diploma
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(iii) Three years’ experience in
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correct name is Bijender Kumar
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Sharma. Khem Chand and Khem Chand
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future purposes.
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Tata in talks to assemble
iPhones in India soon
The group is planning
a manufacturing JV
in India with Apple
supplier Wistron
Bloomberg
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MUMBAI: Tata group is in talks
with a Taiwanese supplier to
Apple Inc. to establish an elec-
tronics manufacturing joint
venture in India, seeking to
assemble iPhones in the South
Asian country.
The discussions with Wistron
Corp. are aimed at making Tata
a force in technology manufac-
turing, and the Indian salt-to-
software conglomerate wants to
tap the Taiwanese company’s
expertise in product develop-
ment, supply chain and assem-
bly, people with knowledge of
the matter said. If successful,
the pact could make Tata the
first Indian company to build
iPhones, which are currently
mainly assembled by Taiwanese
manufacturing giants such as
Wistron and Foxconn Technol-
ogy Group in China and India.
An Indian company making
iPhones would be a massive
boost for the country’s effort to
challenge China, whose domi-
nance in electronics manufac-
Mobile satellite
access may be a
reality in 2 years
Shouvik Das
shouvik.das@livemint.com
MUMBAI: With iPhone 14 mod-
els, Apple may have rolled out
limited satellite connectivity for
emergency services only in
Canada and the US, but the fea-
ture may become mainstream
even in countries like India
within two years, experts said.
At the moment, consumer
smartphones in India do not
support satellite connectivity.
The feature is available only for
‘satphones’ with bulky antennas
and specialized software. The
handsets are primarily used in
areas without cellular or WiFi
network coverage for select
activities such as maritime
applications and trekking.
Experts said Apple’s move
represents a growing interest
from satellite operators, inter-
net and telecom service provid-
ers, and software designers to
connect regular smartphones to
satellites, and India could also
benefit from this trend.
In fact, on 1 September, Hiro-
shi Lockheimer, a senior vice-
president at Google, tweeted
that the company is “designing
for satellites”, and the feature
could be enabled in the “next
version” of Android.
Anil Prakash, director-gen-
eral of industry body, Satellite
Industry Association of India
(SIA), said the Centre is evaluat-
ing how users can get easy
access to satellite connectivity,
which is akin to Apple’s feature
on its latest iPhone 14.
“At present, any use of satel-
lite connectivity in the con-
Crude oil market volatility to keep fuel prices high
Rajeev Jayaswal
rajeev.jayaswal@htlive.com
NEW DELHI: International crude
prices may be near a seven-
month low but with oil markets
still volatile, and state-owned oil
refiners having to offset of
losses amounting to almost
₹18,500 crore (on account of
selling below cost in this
period), there’s unlikely to be
any change in retail prices of
fuel, three people aware of the
development said.
But the government will
review prices of crude oil and
petroleum products such as pet-
rol, diesel and aviation turbine
fuel (ATF) next week to also
align windfall profit tax on
these products with their mar-
ket rates and may also take a
call on retail pricing, they added
requesting anonymity.
International oil prices are
volatile. Benchmark Brent that
fell to $88 a barrel on Wednes-
day -- lowest in about seven
months – and remained below
$90 on Thursday at $89.15 per
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The discussions with Wistron Corp. are aimed at making Tata a
force in technology manufacturing
turing has been jeopardized by
rolling covid lockdowns and
political tensions with the US. It
could also persuade other
global electronics brands to
consider assembly in India to
reduce reliance on China at a
time of increasing geopolitical
risks.
The structure of the deal and
details such as shareholdings
are yet to be finalized, and talks
are ongoing, the people said,
declining to be named as the
talks are private. The plan could
entail Tata buying equity in
Wistron’s India operations or
the companies could build a
Now, only licensed Indian
satphone operators get
satellite connectivity
sumer space is governed by the
HT
Global Mobile Personal Com-
munication by Satellite
(GMPCS) clause under the
Department of Telecommunica-
tions, which an individual needs
to follow to subscribe to satellite
connectivity services in India,”
he said.
GMPCS is a clause under the
DoT’s unified licence structure,
introduced in the National Tele-
com Policy, 2012.
It allows operators to offer
satellite-based connectivity and
enables users to seek necessary
permissions from the DoT to
use satellite phones or sat-
phones in India.
On 26 August 2021, the Tele-
com Regulatory Authority of
India released a set of recom-
mendations to liberalize and
ease the process of getting a
licence to own and operate sat-
phones. It paved the way for
firms such as Elon Musk-
backed Starlink and Sunil
Bharti Mittal’s Airtel-backed
OneWeb to launch services in
India.
barrel on demand concerns
(Chinese slowdown and tighten-
ing of global interest rates). But
market discounted those con-
cerns on Friday and Brent crude
rose again 3% at $92 a barrel in
the intraday trade.
According to one person,
public sector oil marketing
companies (OMCs) are still los-
ing about ₹5-6 per litre on diesel
while there has been no revenue
loss on petrol. In fact, compa-
nies are making about ₹2-3 per
litre margin on retail prices of
petrol, he added.
“While a reduction in wind-
fall tax on domestically pro-
duced crude is a possibility pro-
vided international crude prices
remain soft till September 14,
the tax is expected to continue
on exports of diesel and ATF,” a
second person said.
As per the usual practice, the
windfall profit tax on petroleum
that was imposed on July 1, is
revised fortnightly. In the fourth
review, the Union government
on September 1 raised the levy
on domestically produced crude
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new assembly plant, one of the
people said. They could also
execute both those moves, the
person said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if
Apple was aware of the talks,
which come at a time the US
tech giant is looking to diversify
more production away from
China and deepen its supply
chain in India.
Apple is known to work with
local companies in regions
where it sets up manufacturing
bases—but assembling iPhones
is a complicated task that
entails meeting the US com-
pany’s tight deadlines and qual-
MF inflows dip to 10-month low of ₹6,120 cr in Aug
Abhinav Kaul
abhinav.kaul@livemint.com
NEW DELHI: Inflows in open-
ended equity mutual funds
dropped for the third straight
month in August to ₹6,119.58
crore, as investors continued to
pull out money due to rising
interest rates and sticky infla-
tion.
Despite the fall, net inflows in
equity funds were in positive
zone for the 18th month. In July
Gross direct tax collections PV dispatches jump 21% in
up 35.46% at ₹6.48L cr so far Aug as chip supply improves
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Union finance min-
istry on Friday reported 35.46%
annualised growth in the gross
direct tax revenue at ₹6.48 lakh
crore as on September 8 of the
current financial year with sig-
nificant jumps in corporate and
person tax collections signify-
ing robust economic recovery,
improved compliance and bet-
ter tax administration.
“Direct tax collection, net of
refunds, stands at ₹5.29 lakh
crore which is 30.17% higher
than the net collections for the
corresponding period of last
year,” the ministry said in a
statement. This collection is
37.24% of the total Budget Esti-
mates (BE) of direct taxes for
2022-23, it added.
Refunds amounting to ₹1.19
lakh crore have been issued
between April 1 and September
8 of 2022, which are 65.29%
higher than refunds issued dur-
ing the same period in the pre-
Petrol is currently sold at ₹96.72 per litre and diesel at ₹89.62 in
the national capital
oil by ₹300, to ₹13,300 per
tonne, and increased the levy on
exports of diesel by ₹6.50 to
₹13.50 per litre and on ATF by
₹7 to ₹9 a litre. Petrol, which
initially attracted ₹6 a litre tax
on July 1, was exempted from
this levy subsequently as reve-
nue losses on the fuel stopped.
It is, however, unlikely that
retail prices of petrol and diesel
would be reduced at this stage
because of precarious financial
Business
ity controls.
A Wistron representative
declined to comment. Tata and
Apple didn’t respond to
requests for comment.
The new venture aims to
eventually increase the number
of iPhones assembled by as
much as five times from what
Wistron currently builds in
India, one of the people said. A
partnership would also likely
result in Mumbai-based Tata
obtaining a share of Wistron’s
manufacturing business beyond
smartphones, the people said.
Tata group Chairman Natara-
jan Chandrasekaran has said
electronics and high-tech man-
ufacturing are key focus areas
for the company, India’s top
conglomerate with revenue of
about $128 billion. Industries
such as software, steel and cars
account for much of Tata’s busi-
ness, but it has taken early steps
in the smartphone supply chain
by starting to manufacture
iPhone chassis components in
southern India.
For Wistron’s Indian busi-
ness, struggling with losses, a
pact with Tata would give it a
formidable local partner with
deep pockets. Tata’s reach also
spans automobiles including
electric vehicles, an area many
of the world’s tech giants are
eager to expand in..
equity funds saw inflow of
₹8,898 crore, ₹15,498 crore in
June, ₹18,529 crore in May and
₹15,890 crore in April.
Retail participation through
systematic investment plans
(SIPs) remained robust despite
the volatility in the market.
Data from the Association of
Mutual Funds in India (Amfi),
on Friday showed monthly SIP
contribution in August stood at
₹12,693.45 crore, an all-time
high. Number of SIP accounts
Govt reported significant
jump in corporate and
personal tax collections REUTERS
ceding year, it said.
Gross corporate income tax
(CIT) and personal income tax
(PIT, including Securities trans-
action tax or STT) saw 25.95%
and 44.37% growth, respectively
during this period, it said.
After adjustment of refunds,
the net growth in CIT collec-
tions is 32.73% and that in PIT
collections (including STT) is
28.32%, it added.
Experts said the data show
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position of public sector OMCs ,
the three people mentioned
above said.
The three state-run OMCs –
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),
Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan
Petroleum Corporation Ltd
(HPCL) -- have paused daily
changes in auto fuel rates since
April 7, leading to a combined
net loss of ₹18,480.27 crore in
the first quarter of current
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wars bruise airlines
Anu Sharma
anu.sharma@livemint.com
NEW DELHI: The discontinua-
tion of fare caps with effect
from 31 August has led to a 30%
drop in airfares across routes,
offering some relief to travellers
who had to pay up eye-watering
fares over the past few months
as airlines passed on soaring
fuel prices to customers.
“We have seen a drop of up to
30% in the fares of domestic
routes. We have witnessed that
the fares around the festive days
are lower compared to the prior
prices with the inclusion of fare
caps. The hike or reduction in
the fares also varies across dif-
ferent routes,” said Bharatt
Malik, senior vice-president,
flights, Yatra.com, an online
travel company.
While domestic fares have
dropped by 30% on average,
there has been a steeper 40-70%
drop on the busy Mumbai-Ben-
galuru and Delhi-Mumbai
routes.
The fare for a Delhi-Mumbai
flight has dropped about 40% to
around ₹5,500 from ₹9,000 in
May.
The decline in ticket prices
for a Mumbai-Bengaluru flight
is an even sharper 70-75% if one
compares the current starting
fare level of around ₹2,000 to
the fare level of ₹8,500 in May.
Similarly, fares on the Delhi-
Bengaluru route have fallen to
around ₹7,000 from nearly
were also at record high of 57.1
million in August, exceeding
June’s 56.1 million. “Monthly
SIP, SIP AUM, SIP folios, overall
mutual fund folios, AUMs, are
at an all-time high, coupled with
continued positive flows in
most categories of mutual fund
schemes, signify rising
informed investment prefer-
ence towards the mutual fund
asset class,” N.S. Venkatesh,
chief executive, Amfi, said.
Flexi-cap funds witnessed a
increased business activities
along with better margins.
“As the economy continues
to recover from the Covid
downturn, the efforts at nudg-
ing tax payers to better compli-
ance through a combination of
technology intervention and
data reporting are paying off,
and tax collections continue on
their upward trajectory,”
Rohinton Sidhwa, partner at
consultancy firm Deloitte India
said.
“It’s expected that a clearer
picture will be available by the
calendar year end as filings
come in for corporate tax
returns and audit examinations
also complete,” he added.
Amit Singhania, partner at
law firm Shardul Amarchand
Mangaldas & Co said: “The
increase in direct taxes collec-
tions is encouraging and is
indicative of the fact of robust
economic growth. The growth
rate of Corporate Income Tax
indicates buoyancy in the prof-
itability of India Inc.”
financial year as compared to
₹9,238.02 crore net profit in the
same period previous year.
The petroleum ministry, IOC,
BPCL, and HPCL did not
respond to an email query on
this matter.
Petrol is currently sold at
₹96.72 per litre and diesel at
₹89.62 in Delhi and changes in
their rates since April 7 was
mainly due to reduction in cen-
tral and state taxes. The Centre
slashed excise duties on petrol
and diesel on May 22 and many
other states followed the suit
reducing the value-added tax
(VAT) on the transport fuels to
calm inflation.
“The government was forced
to impose windfall tax because
private refiners were exporting
petrol and diesel for abnormal
profits while their pumps
within the country were run-
ning dry. It came as a blow to
[public sector] OMCs, which
had to cater to even their cus-
tomers by supplying highly sub-
sidised petrol and diesel,” a
third person said.
The drop in airfares has
offered some relief to
travellers BLOOMBERG
₹10,000 in May.
“Price relief is anticipated to
last for a while longer, but once
the holiday travel season starts,
airfares tend to increase. How-
ever, prices may not return to
pre-covid levels. The cost of
fuel, losses reported by airlines,
and other factors are the main
causes. However, the holiday
deals may offer some comfort at
this time,” said Nishant Pitti,
chief executive and co-founder,
EaseMyTrip.
The drop in airfares is also
expected to arrest the shift of air
travellers to railways, a trend
seen for overnight or short-dis-
tance journeys amid soaring air
ticket prices.
significant inflow of ₹2,099
crore, followed by mid-cap and
small-cap funds.
In the hybrid category, bar-
ring arbitrage funds, the five
remaining schemes, including
dynamic asset allocation, bal-
anced advantage funds, bal-
anced hybrid and aggressive
hybrid funds witnessed positive
flows. “Investors had cautious
approach this month and
money is temporarily shifting
from equity to debt considering
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NEW DELHI: Passenger vehicle
wholesales in India witnessed a
21% annual growth in August,
riding on improved supplies of
semiconductors and festive
demand, according to the Soci-
ety of Indian Automobile Manu-
facturers (SIAM).
Passenger vehicle (PV) dis-
patches to dealers were 2,81,210
units last month, against
2,32,224 units in August 2021,
according to data released by
SIAM.
Passenger car wholesales
were up by 23% at 1,33,477 units
last month, against the 1,08,508
units recorded in the year-ago
period, according to the indus-
try body.
Utility vehicle dispatches
were higher by 20% at 1,35,497
units in August, compared to
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“The difference becomes sig-
nificant when a family of four is
travelling. Fares had soared to
around ₹9,000 for a Delhi-
Mumbai flight. This became
nearly ₹75,000 for return flights
for a family of four. As a result,
several travellers opted for a
second AC train journey, where
the same return journey was for
₹32,000-33,000,” an industry
expert said.
While this is good news for
the customer, the airlines are
bracing for an impact owing to
higher expenses and lower rev-
enues. Aviation turbine fuel,
which accounts for up to 40% of
an airline’s expenses, has seen a
more than 60% rise since Janu-
ary to ₹1.22 lakh per kilolitre in
Delhi. In addition, the entry of
Akasa Air has increased compe-
tition.
“Despite an expected
improvement in passenger traf-
fic, the industry is estimated to
report a net loss of around
₹15,000-17,000 crore in FY23 (as
against an estimated net loss of
around ₹23,000 crore in FY22)
due to elevated jet fuel prices
and the recent depreciation of
INR vis-à-vis the dollar,” ICRA
said in a recent note.
The government had imple-
mented an upper and lower
limit on airfares at the onset of
the pandemic in May 2020 to
prevent any sudden surge or
decline in airfares. It discontin-
ued the fare caps more than two
years later.
the rising interest rate sce-
nario,” Priya Agrawal, money
coach, LXME, said.
Debt mutual funds saw net
inflows of ₹49,164 crore, led by
liquid funds at ₹50,095 crore.
However, overnight, floater, and
banking and PSU funds saw out-
flows of ₹16,405 crore, ₹2,285
crore and ₹1,380 crore, respec-
tively. Due to strong demand in
the debt market, the mutual
fund industry saw net inflow of
over ₹65,000 crore in August.
Scooter sales were higher by
10% at 5,04,146 units in Aug HT
1,12,863 units in the same month
a year ago.
Similarly, total two-wheeler
wholesales increased to
15,57,429 units last month, com-
pared to 13,38,740 units in the
year-ago period, which is a
growth of 16%.
Motorcycle wholesales grew
by 23% at 10,16,794 units in
August 2022, compared to
8,25,849 units in the year-ago
month.
Scooter sales were higher by
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GOVT CRACKS
DOWN ON ILLEGAL
LENDING APPS
Saurav Anand
saurav.anand@livemint.com
NEW DELHI: Finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman asked the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to
prepare a so-called approved
‘white list’ of digital lending
apps to stamp out those using
unethical means to exploit vul-
nerable customers.
The ministry of electronics
and information technology
will ensure that only apps on
the approved list are hosted on
app stores, the finance ministry
said in a statement. “The
finance minister expressed con-
cern about increasing instances
of illegal loan apps offering
loans/micro credits, especially
to vulnerable and low-income
group people at exorbitantly
high interest rates and process-
ing/hidden charges, and preda-
tory recovery practices involv-
ing blackmailing and criminal
intimidation,” it said.
The government’s decision in
a meeting held on Thursday
came after the RBI last month
issued guidelines for digital
lending platforms to protect
borrowers following com-
plaints that lending apps were
charging usurious rates, pursu-
ing aggressive recovery prac-
tices and committing fraud.
The meeting, attended by
secretaries from the finance,
corporate affairs, and informa-
tion technology ministries,
along with RBI officials, follows
increasing concerns over illegal
mobile-based loan apps.
Sitharaman also noted the
possibility of money launder-
ing, tax evasion, breach of data
privacy and misuse of unregu-
lated payment aggregators,
shell companies, and defunct
non-banking financial compa-
nies for perpetrating such
actions. After detailed delibera-
tions on legal, procedural and
technical aspects of the issue, it
was decided in the meeting that
RBI would prepare a white list
of all the legal apps, and the
ministry of electronics and
information technology would
ensure that only the white-
listed apps are hosted on app
stores. It was also decided that
RBI will monitor ‘mule/rented’
accounts that may be used for
money laundering.
10% at 5,04,146 units last month,
against 4,60,284 units in August
2021, SIAM said. Total three-
wheeler sales rose to 38,369
units last month, against 23,606
units in August 2021, up 63%.
Sales across segments rose by
18% to 18,77,072 units in August
this year, from 15,94,573 units in
the same month last year, SIAM
said.
The increase in dispatches
from manufacturers to their
dealers comes on the back of
improvement in semiconductor
shortage issues and also prepa-
ration to meet festive season
demand. “A good monsoon and
the upcoming festive season is
likely to increase demand. How-
ever, SIAM is keeping a close
watch on the dynamic supply-
side challenges that the country
is likely to face,” according to
SIAM director general Rajesh
Menon.
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A historic high: Neeraj adds a
Diamond to his trophy cabinet
Olympic champ signs
off the year with a
series of podiums and
the Diamond Trophy,
a first for an Indian
Shantanu Srivastava
sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Shortly after Neeraj
Chopra had aced his maiden
Diamond League Final on
Thursday in Zurich, the 32 win-
ners gathered on a diamond-
shaped podium for the cus-
tomary group photograph.
Standing in a mauve body-
hugging t-shirt, his trade-
mark headband holding back
his flowing locks, Chopra hung
around in the last row, just
behind the giant frame of shot
put champion Joe Kovacs. Com-
fortable of his place in the galaxy
of greatness — pole vault legend
Renaud Lavillenie had earlier
walked up to him for a chat —
the 24-year-old reaffirmed his
pedigree in the annals of India’s
athletics history.
Chopra lived up to the top bill-
ing with an effort of 88.44m in
his second attempt. There was
some competition from Tokyo
silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch,
but the 31-year-old couldn’t go
beyond 86.94m to finish second.
This was the sixth straight time
Chopra has bettered the Czech,
fifth in this year alone. Ger-
many’s Julian Weber was third
with a best of 83.73m.
Result apart, what would
please Chopra most is his
redoubtable consistency. In the
six events he participated in this
year, he finished at least second
in each of them. The 88m mark
was breached six times, the 89m
barrier was felled thrice, and the
national record was rewritten
twice. Chopra’s season average
was an impressive 88.59m. He
now heads into a two-week vaca-
tion before coming home.
“I am very happy with my sea-
son, particularly my consist-
ency,” he said. “Personally, I am
not satisfied with 88.44m, but
considering it was the last com-
petition of the season and the
body was tiring, I’ll take it. There
was an injury too (groin strain),
so quite a few ups and downs
which I handled well. I rate Dia-
Why the World Cup will
be a very cool experience
Dhiman Sarkar
dhiman@htlive.com
DOHA: “We are always playing
with pressure here,” said Saud
Ghani. Lifting the bottle of water
he was holding, Ghani told the
international media contingent
sat on lower tier seats of Al Jan-
oub Stadium: “If you put oil in
here, it would settle on the top
with the water below. That is
essentially what we are doing
here.”
The temperature where we
sat was around 21 degree Centi-
grade, half of what it was outside
even though we were, well, out-
side. Ghani, a PhD in mechanical
engineering, materials and man-
ufacturing engineering from
University of Nottingham who
teaches at Qatar University, then
turned around and pointed to
indigenously designed plastic
vents lining the pitch perimeter.
They will stay switched on dur-
ing games exhaling drafts of cool
air whose momentum has been
calculated to ensure that it dies
by the touchline, he said.
Stand near the vents and you
can feel the swirl, move around
four feet away to the touchline
Arsenal win, Man United lose
MANCHESTER: Manchester
United kicked off their Europa
League campaign poorly with a
1-0 home defeat by Real Sociedad
as Arsenal’s new signing Mar-
quinhos scored in a 2-1 win at FC
Zurich on Thursday.
A minute’s silence was
observed in Zurich and Man-
chester following the death of
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, which
was marred by booing from the
crowd in Switzerland. “UEFA
and European football are truly
saddened by the passing away of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
one of the world’s most-re-
spected figures,” European foot-
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1 Only Indian to
win an athletics
World C'ships
silver
1 First Indian to
mond League very highly, and I
really wanted to bring the trophy
home,” Chopra said.
The genesis of this consist-
ency lies in the backroom work
that started late last year. After a
series of hectic celebrations that
threw his calendar — and fitness
— off gear, Chopra reunited with
his coach Klaus Bartonietz and
physiotherapist Ishaan Mar-
waha in December. Training
resumed in January in Chula
Al Janoub Stadium
40,000
Stadium capacity for
FIFA World Cup
7 Age: 28
Number of World Cup
games including one
in Round of 16
November 22: Will host
first World Cup match
between France and
Australia
and you will feel nothing.
“Because the air is settling down
and the hot air rising.”
Two rings of seats, 40,000 in
all half of which would be dis-
mantled after the World Cup, are
cooled through grills embedded
in the concrete tiers in this sta-
dium of sensors — they are in the
grass, imported from USA, too to
monitor if the roots are getting
enough oxygen — and cameras
of which there are 1500.
The cameras will notice what
people in a section of a stand are
ball governing body UEFA said
in a statement. “Our thoughts
are with her family and the Pres-
ident of the English Football
Association Prince William, as
well as with the citizens of the
United Kingdom and Common-
wealth realms.”
The evening was marred by
crowd trouble in Nice, where the
start of the Europa Conference
League game against Cologne
was delayed by almost an hour
and left one person in critical
condition. At Old Trafford,
United pinned Real Sociedad in
their own half, with Christian
Eriksen finding spaces for
SEASON TO
REMEMBER
Neeraj Chopra drew curtains on his first season as
an Olympic champion with another slice of history,
winning his maiden Diamond League Finals. Here's a
look at some key numbers from his season:
win a Diamond
League event
(Lausanne)
1 First Indian to
win Diamond
League Finals
Vista, followed by stints in Tur-
key and Finland. The 10-odd
kilos gained post-Olympics were
gradually shed, and technical
and physical strength was sys-
tematically restored.
“The real work was done in
the off-season. We started the
training late as we wanted to
peak towards the Asian Games,
but its postponement meant we
had to redraw our plans. There
were some technical areas that
wearing and by conveying that
information to the control room
help adjust temperature in that
area, said Ghani. That way you
don’t need to lower the tempera-
ture of the whole stadium to
achieve optimal cooling, he said.
“If, say, a section has everyone
wearing overcoats, that portion
will be cooler than the area
where people are in lighter
clothes. And not just thickness, it
will also note the colour.”
Here, a spectator would gen-
erate “the heat equivalent of two
laptops and 70gm of sweat in a
sitting position in an hour,” said
Ghani. And then there are skin
flakes and hair they would shed,
he said. “To ensure that you are
enclosed in quality air, it will be
filtered and recycled. That puts
you in a micro bubble with the
stadium itself being a macro
bubble.”
Involved with the project
since the time Qatar bid for the
World Cup, “because we knew
there would be issues with heat,”
Ghani said the technology is now
available to anyone who wants it
and is being used in agriculture
to make his country self-suffi-
cient.
Anthony Elanga and Ronaldo
but the Spanish side held on
thanks to their centre backs.
Ronado netted in the first half,
only to see the offside flag be
raised. With Eriksen replaced by
Bruno Fernandes for the second
half, United lacked creativity and
Real Sociedad started to grow
more confident.
They were rewarded in the
59th minute when Brais Mendez
converted a penalty following a
handball by Lisandro Martinez.
The result left United third in
Group E, behind Real Sociedad
and Sheriff Tiraspol, who beat
Omonia Nicosia 3-0. REUTERS
Sport
93.07m
Season-leading throw by
Anderson Peters
88.44m
Neeraj's throw in Diamond
League Finals that won him the
trophy
89.94m
Neeraj's best throw of the
season, a national record
88.59m
Neeraj's average of winning
throws this season
2 No of times he
broke his
national record
this season
we worked on. Earlier, I used to
expend a lot of effort but half of
it would be wasted due to techni-
cal errors. So, we decided to
address that,” he said.
These technical adjustments
were primarily related to his
angle of release. A higher angle
is directly proportional to the
elevation that the spear gains,
but it eats into the distance.
Kashinath Naik, who coached
Chopra at the Army Sports Insti-
{ US OPEN } WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL
Eyeing fitting end to a mad year
Rutvick Mehta
rutvick.mehta@htlive.com
MUMBAI: The wave of unpre-
dictability in women’s tennis
has hit various shapes and
forms this season: from Ash
Barty retiring at 25 to Serena
Williams evolving away at 40,
from 23rd-ranked Russian-
born Kazakh Elena Rybakina
claiming the Wimbledon
crown to Caroline Garcia
becoming the first qualifier
ever to win a WTA 1000 title in
Cincinnati.
It recedes at the shore of the
year-ending Grand Slam.
The US Open women’s sin-
gles final will be contested
between the season’s best two
players, statistically and other-
wise. Iga Swiatek, rallying from
a set down to edge Aryna Sab-
alenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-
final, has been top ranked since
April. Ons Jabeur, flaunting
her all-round game in a
straight-sets win over Garcia,
will jump to second next week.
They’ve been No 1 and 2 in
the quantity of match wins on
the WTA tour this year and the
race to the season-ending WTA
finals, Swiatek being the leader
in both.
Swiatek has collected six
titles this season including the
French Open. Jabeur has won
two and made three finals
including the Wimbledon.
The Pole and the Tunisian—
first from their respective
countries to compete for US
Open glory—are the only two
women this year to feature in a
couple of Grand Slam finals.
They’ve played each other four
times before, splitting into a
neat 2-2 with Swiatek sweeping
the last meeting for the 2022
Rome claycourt title.
“She’s a really solid player,”
Swiatek said of Jabeur. “Second
in the (WTA finals) race right
now, Wimbledon final—shows
how much progress she’s
made.
“(Jabeur) has a different
3 No of times he
touched 89m
this year
tute in Pune, reckons the angle
did go down this season, result-
ing in Chopra consistently going
beyond 88m.
“Look, he always had a neat
technique, that’s why he could
throw beyond 85m from a young
age. Last season, his angle of
release was slightly higher. The
ideal angle should be around
33-35 degrees, and I feel he is
throwing closer to that. It has
given him an additional metre or
Jabeur vs Swiatek
The season’s two most in-form players will lock horns in the US Open women’s
final on Saturday. A look at how the two stack up
ONS JABEUR
Finalist
(Wimbledon BEST SLAM SHOW (French Open
2022)
Round of 32 PREVIOUS BEST Round of 16
(2019, 2020, US OPEN SHOW (2021)
2021)
2021 Wimbledon Rd of 16
2019 Washington Rd of 32
game style than most of the
players. She has a great touch.
All these things mixed up, she’s
just a tough opponent. It’s
going to be a great battle.”
Especially if the trailblazing
Tunisian turns up the way she
did against the dangerous Gar-
cia in Thursday’s first semi-fi-
nal. The 28-year-old did not
face a single break point, won
an impressive 83% points on
first serve, hit 23 winners and
so this year,” the 2010 CWG
bronze medallist said.
Chopra’s uncomplicated tech-
nique, Naik feels, is a throwback
to 2016 Rio Olympics champion
German Thomas Rohler’s style.
With a personal best of 93.90m,
the 30-year-old Rohler has the
third-best throw of all time to his
name — certainly not a bad
exponent to emulate.
“I think Neeraj needs a bit of
strength work to get to that 90m
mark. Surely he wants to over-
come that barrier, and I can say
with certainty that next year he’ll
cross it multiple times. He just
needs some more strength,”
Naik explained. Chopra is not
fretting over that unchecked
box. “I am not one bit disap-
pointed. I am happier winning
competitions than going after 90
metres. That is a magical num-
ber and has become some sort of
a barrier, but it doesn’t weigh me
down,” he said.
“Sometimes, even 85m is
enough because of the condi-
tions. That doesn’t mean one
can’t throw farther, but it is
important to do what is needed
on that particular day.”
While that is sound logic, the
Indian ace would be acutely
aware that three throwers —
Anderson Peters, Vadlejch, and
Arshad Nadeem — went past the
mark this season. The list of
challengers will increase once
the likes of Johannes Vetter,
Rohler, and Andreas Hoffman —
each of who has thrown 90m —
regain form and fitness.
Chopra’s great strength, how-
ever, is the adaptability that has
seen him log decent throws
across the world. His best efforts
have come in varied geograph-
ies, from dry Patiala to humid
Tokyo, to chilly Stockholm. At
the Kuortane Games earlier this
season, Chopra opened with a
relatively modest 86.69m after
sussing out the wet conditions,
enough to win the event. He even
slipped and fell awkwardly in his
third attempt and immediately
withdrew.
Another off-shoot of his grow-
ing maturity is the way he has
decided to handle his downtime.
The post-Olympics hysteria saw
him gain weight and lose
strength, and Chopra is deter-
mined to keep his diet in check
this off-season.
5 RANKING 1 IGA SWIATEK
3 WTA TITLES 9 serves in the second set (up
Champion
2020, 2022)
HEAD TO HEAD
2 2
2022 Rome final
Swiatek won 6-2, 6-2
2021 Cincinnati Rd of 32
Jabeur won 6-3, 6-3
Jabeur won 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Swiatek won 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
used the slice and variations to
clinical effect in a 6-1, 6-3 rout
of the Frenchwoman.
The night’s other tussle at
the Arthur Ashe Stadium was
in contrast a match of fluctuat-
ing quality and momentum.
In an error-strewn start by
Swiatek and Sabalenka, with
both struggling to settle into
their serving rhythm, there
were three break exchanges in
the first five games as the Rus-
IOA walking a
tightrope after
IOC warning
Avishek Roy
avishekroy@htlive.com
NEW DELHI: A day after the Inter-
national Olympic Committee
issued a final warning to the
Indian Olympic Association to
get its house in order by Decem-
ber or face suspension, the top
IOA officials got together to
decide the next course of action.
After carefully examining
IOA’s current situation at its
Executive Board meeting on
Thursday, the IOC sent a
strongly worded letter to IOA
secretary general Rajeev Mehta
and even put on hold the IOC
Session in Mumbai scheduled in
May. If anything, this action
itself spells out IOC’s serious-
ness. The IOA elections have
been due for a year as the matter
regarding amendment of its con-
stitution has been in the courts.
The IOA will have to walk a
tightrope in following the direct-
ives of the court with regard to
the amendments and also
ensure that it complies with the
IOC Charter.
“We are discussing the issue
with our lawyers and also senior
members of the IOA and will
suitably reply to the IOC letter on
Monday,” said Mehta, whom the
IOC regards as the ‘main point of
contact’ in its dealings. “We will
have to comply with the IOC
guidelines but we cannot do any-
thing at this point because it’s a
status quo from the Supreme
Court. We have to see how we
can oblige the courts and also
the IOC Charter. We will host the
elections by December. I have
asked all the stakeholders to
come to me with their issues and
we can sort it out.”
On August 16, the Delhi High
Court had appointed a Commit-
tee of Administrators (CoA) to
run the IOA and bring its consti-
tution in line with the National
Sports Code that promotes trans-
parency and good governance in
sports federations. The High
Court had given IOA 16 weeks to
complete its election. However,
the Supreme Court ordered a
status quo the next day as the
Centre and the IOA argued that
IOC would not like third-party
interference. Football’s govern-
ing body (FIFA) had banned the
All India Football Federation
(AIFF) over CoA running the fed-
eration.
The big challenge for the IOA
will be to pass the amendments
Age: 21
sian scurried ahead.
The Pole could neither find
the pace nor direction behind
her serve. The hard-hitting
Sabalenka, last year’s semi-fi-
nalist, began dictating play
with her groundstrokes and
delivering winners on a con-
sistent basis to go one up.
The world No 1 took a bath-
room break, using the time to
problem-solve, she would say
later. The solution? “Just get
NEW DELHI
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
IOC warning
l Address and resolve
governance issues by
December
l Operate through IOA
Executive Committee
and general assembly
and hold elections in
accordance with
Olympic charter
l Immediate suspension
of India at IOC’s
Executive Board
meeting in December if
directives are not
followed
Suspension
consequences
l Indian athletes can no
longer compete under
India flag at Olympics
l IOA would no longer get
IOC funding from the
Olympic movement
as directed by the High Court.
Important among them are
clauses related to the age and
tenure limits that restrict an
individual to a maximum term
of 12 years/3 tenures in the Exec-
utive Committee and general
assembly; abolishing the voting
rights of the State Olympic Com-
mittees; persons seeking succes-
sive re-election for the same post
must secure a two-third major-
ity, and allowing only NSFs of
Olympic disciplines to be mem-
bers of the IOA with voting
rights. It also directed the
appointment of 25% prominent
sportspersons of outstanding
merit with voting rights in the
general assembly of the IOA.
The IOA insists that its consti-
tution follows the Olympic char-
ter. In this regard, the IOC meet-
ing with the IOA on September
27 will be crucial. The IOC has
proposed a joint meeting in Lau-
sanne in presence of all ‘con-
cerned parties’.
“The meeting with the IOC
will be an opportunity for us to
draw a timeline (for elections)
take IOC’s guidance on the way
ahead and then take the matter
to the Hon’ble court to see that
we move in the right direction,”
said IOA acting president Anil
Khanna.
more first serves in,” Swiatek
added.
Right on cue, she came out
winning eight straight points,
breaking Sabalenka to love and
backing it up by holding to
love. Swiatek was not just more
aggressive with her serves but
also the court movement,
springing inside the baseline
often in rallies.
She won 82% points on first
from 57% in the first) and
attacked Sabalenka’s suscepti-
ble second serves a lot more.
Swiatek got another break as
the Russian’s double fault (3)
and unforced error (15) count
mounted in a set that fast slid
away from her.
Off went Sabalenka for a
reset this time, and returned to
earn the early break in the
decider with Swiatek’s service
effectiveness and striking effi-
ciency plummeting again.
The Pole did raise it—a bril-
liant backhand passing winner
on the move, for example—to
get back in it. Sabalenka
though wasn’t dropping either,
some deft play to complement
the destructive force keeping
her ahead at 4-2.
However, those misplaced
first serves and mishit baseline
shots broke the under-the-
pump Sabalenka serve to love
in the eighth game. That was
enough an opening for Swiatek
to break in, the world no 1 win-
ning 16 of the last 20 points to
slam the door on Sabalenka
who has now been stopped
thrice at the semi-final of a
Slam.
For the two-time French
Open champion, it’s her first
final in a Slam and on a surface
she doesn’t have a natural lik-
ing for.
“I was really happy that I
was just able to play in such a
solid way,” Swiatek said. “I had
to keep my focus and overcome
these obstacles throughout the
tournament.”
A final Ons obstacle looms.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 Sport 23
PANCHAL, BHARAT
SHINE AS INDIA A Locked in a positional battle On comeback trail,
SCORE 229/6 ON
DAY 2 VS NZ A Could Kohli be a
Rahane slams 207*
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better fit for India as
opener or is Rahul
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sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
Kohli has made a case to continue opening in T20Is with in Lanka win sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com

HUBBALLI (KARNATAKA): Skipper
Priyank Panchal’s dogged 87 and
a fighting unbeaten 74 by keeper
Kona Srikar Bharat took India A
to 229/6 on the second day of the
rain-hit second unofficial Test
against New Zealand A.
After the first day’s play was
called off due to rain, the trun-
cated second day saw 66 overs
being bowled, and most of the
top and middle-order batters
failed to make an impression.
Skipper Panchal’s knock came
off 148 balls, with 12 fours and
two sixes, while Bharat’s
unbeaten knock saw him face
104 balls while hitting 10 bound-
aries.
The Panchal-Bharat duo res-
cued India A with a 117-run fifth-
wicket stand after they were left
in a tangle at 68/4.
The three centurions from the
previous ‘Test’—Abhimanyu
Easwaran (22), middle-order
batter Rajat Patidar (4) and NT
Tilak Varma (0)—were dis-
missed cheaply while Ruturaj
Gaikwad (5) endured his second
failure of the series.
Shardul Thakur (26), a late
addition to the squad was
involved in a 38-run stand with
Bharat to take India A past the
200-run mark.
For New Zealand A, pacers
Jacob Duffy (2/55) and Logan
van Beek (2/39) took two wickets
apiece, while spinners Rachin
Ravindra (1/20) and Sean Solia
(1/58) got a wicket apiece.
Panchal and Easwaran had
started off on a positive note hav-
ing put on 37 runs at the stroke
of first hour.
Easwaran had done the bulk
of the scoring till then with five
boundaries before right-arm
pacer Van Beek, who came in as
one-change, had the opener
caught in the slips by skipper
Tom Bruce. Another away going
delivery from Van Beek saw
Gaikwad edging one to keeper
Cam fletcher behind the stumps.
Patidar, who became restless
having played 16 dot balls, was
done in by Duffy, who got a
return catch.
Brief scores: India A 229/6 (P
Panchal 87, KS Bharat 74*; L Van
Beek 2/39, Jacob Duffy 2/55) vs
New Zealand A.
the player to back for
the T20 World Cup?
Vivek Krishnan
vivek.krishnan@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli’s first
century since November 2019,
against Afghanistan on Thurs-
day, is likely to prompt a discus-
sion in the coming days around
India’s T20I batting order head-
ing into this year’s World Cup.
His 122* off 61 balls—his first for
India in the shortest format—
came while opening the batting
with Rohit Sharma resting for
the Asia Cup dead rubber. That
he has regained some of his flu-
ency is good news for India of
course, but should the team now
continue with him as opener to
get the best out of him?
The question was put to
stand-in skipper KL Rahul after
the game on Thursday. “Toh kya
main khud baith jaaon? (So
should I sit out?)” Rahul shot
back. “You get confidence if you
play 2-3 innings, really happy
that he could play that way. You
all know Kohli, you have been
watching him for so many years.
It is not like he will only score
centuries if he opens the batting.
If he bats at No 3, he can then
also score centuries. It is all
about roles and what role a cer-
tain player has.”
Rahul’s response comes with
the assumption that he will have
to be dropped from the playing
eleven in order to accommodate
Kohli as an opener alongside
Sharma. But that need not be the
case. A glance at Rahul’s white-
ball career suggests that he is
more destructive batting lower
down the order than at the top.
In ODIs, for instance, Rahul has
been a revelation at No 5, scoring
453 runs in 10 matches at an
average of 56.62 and strike rate
of 113.81. Contrast this to strike
rates of 78.61 and 82.82 at Nos 1
and 2.
In T20Is too, albeit it’s a
smaller sample size, his four
innings at No 4 have yielded 174
runs at a strike rate of 175.75
with a best of 110 not out. As
opener too, he has done pretty
well—striking at below 140. Once
again, the numbers show he can
his ton against Afghanistan, but where does it leave
Rahul? Here’s how they have fared
KOHLI AT DIFFERENT SLOTS
M RUNS BEST SR
5 119 39 138.37
1 23.8
2 4 281 122* 173.45
3 67 2623 94* 135.06
4 17 509 77* 141.38
5 1 26 26* 123.8 - Babar Azam was Paki-
6 2 26 26 136.84 13
Number of runs Kohli has scored as an opener in
2972 the IPL. In 84 innings, he has an average of 41.85
and strike rate of 134.54
RAHUL AT DIFFERENT SLOTS
M RUNS BEST SR
1 25 876 70
2 18
3 10
4 4
Rahul has opened the batting in the IPL 76 times
3389 and scored 3389 runs. He has an average of 54.66
and strike rate of 139.23
be accommodated lower down we have a solid middle-order
the order if need be. now. So, I will definitely like to
For Kohli too, a switch to partner Rohit at the top going
opening the batting on a regular into the T20 World Cup.”
basis may be more suitable given The plan didn’t materialise
where his game is currently at. that way at the T20 World Cup
He’s no longer the most fluent of though. Come the first game
starters against spin and finds it against Pakistan, it was Sharma
increasingly difficult to get going and Rahul who reunited at the
when the field is spread out. top with Kohli at No 3. India’s
While 67 of his 96 T20I reluctance to not try Rahul in the
innings have come at No 3—he’s middle-order in T20Is—he has
scored 2623 runs at 54.64 and a batted outside the top-3 in just
strike rate of 135.06 at that posi- four of his 57 T20I innings—is at
tion—he has stated a desire to odds with the flexibility he has
open the batting in the past as shown in the 50-over format.
well. After scoring an unbeaten
80 off 52 balls against England in Rahul’s flexibility
March 2021 as an opener, he had He has faced many situations in
said: “I have batted in different ODI cricket where he’s come in
positions in the past. But I feel with just 6-7 overs remaining,
POSITION
AVERAGE
140.5
54.64
42.41
POSITION
AVERAGE
137.95 38.08
648 91 139.95 38.11
265 101* 135.2 33.12
110* 175.75 87
174
Note: All stats from T20s
and never once has he been
bogged down by the demands of
batting in the slog overs. Much
like Suryakumar Yadav and
Dinesh Karthik, he has the 360-
degree range to hit boundaries
all across the field as well the
power to dispatch the ball into
the stands when needed. Partic-
ularly considering Rahul’s strug-
gles in getting off to quick
starts—an aspect that’s been
highlighted in the Indian Pre-
mier League (IPL)—a reshuffle
might just free him up.
Batting in the middle-order in
ODIs didn’t come naturally to
him at first, but he put in enough
work to be at ease with it. “I don’t
think technically I have prac-
tised anything different. I just
NEW DELHI : The Sri
Lankan spinners came to
the fore to help their side
beat Pakistan by five
wickets in the final game
of the Super 4 stage in
the Asia Cup in Dubai on
Friday. The two teams
will meet again in the
final on Sunday. Wan-
indu Hasaranga claimed
3/21 while Maheesh
Theekshana took 2/21 as
Sri Lanka bundled out
Pakistan for 121. That
stan’s top scorer with 30
symbolised where they
went wrong with the bat.
The Lankans chased
down the target in 17
overs. Opener Pathum
Nissanka, who scored a
crucial half-century
against India, led the run
chase with an unbeaten
55 off 48 deliveries. Pac-
ers Mohammad Hasnain
and Haris Rauf took two
wickets apiece for Paki-
stan, but it was never
going to be enough given
the paltry score they
were defending.
Brief scores: Pakistan
121 in 19.1 overs (B Azam
30; W Hasaranga 3/21).
Sri Lanka 124/5 in 17 overs
(P Nissanka 55*; H Rauf
2/19, M Hasnain 2/21). SL
won by 5 wickets. HTC
spoke a lot more to middle-order
batsmen and watched a lot of
videos. I spoke a lot to Virat
(Kohli) and watched a lot of vid-
eos of AB (de Villiers) and Steve
Smith for that matter and how
they build their innings,” Rahul
had said a couple of years ago.
Having Sharma and Kohli at
the top with Rahul in the middle-
order also enables India to have
Suryakumar bat at No 3, which
is where his remarkable range
and run of form will be opti-
mised. While these are difficult
decisions for India to mull, they
will hope to settle down on a
combination before the six
games against Australia and
South Africa that act as a prel-
ude to the T20 World Cup.
CHENNAI: On a comeback trail,
India Test discard Ajinkya
Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal
hammered double centuries as
West Zone put a pedestrian
North East Zone attack to the
sword by amassing 590/2 in
their Duleep Trophy quarter-fi-
nal here on Friday.
Sent into bat, Rahane (207
batting) and Jaiswal (228) toyed
with the North East bowling
line-up and added 333 runs for
the second wicket.
The classy Rahane seemed to
enjoy the hit in the middle as he
feasted on the North East bowl-
ing. Not known to be a six hitter,
Rahane sent six over the rope,
apart from his 22 fours to stamp
his authority on the second day.
Earlier, Prithvi Shaw was the
first man to be dismissed by the
opposition when spinner Ankur
Malik had him caught behind
by Ashish Thapa for a brisk 113.
He had put on 206 for the open-
ing wicket with Jaiswal.
The duo, resuming at over-
night 116 for no loss, added a
further 90 runs in quick time,
continuing from where they left
off on a rain-hit opening day.
After getting a reprieve on 80,
Shaw brought up his ton with a
shot to the point area, before
A
l
Premier League
games postponed
LONDON: The Premier
League announced on
Friday that all matches had
been cancelled this
weekend following the
death of Queen Elizabeth
II. The third Test between
England and South Africa
at the Oval will start on
Saturday after Thursday’s
play was washed out and
Friday’s postponed as a
mark of respect.
Lamichhane denies
rape allegation
KATHMANDU: Nepal
cricket captain Sandeep
Lamichhane on Friday
Ajinkya Rahane. PTI
falling to Malik against the run
of play.
Virat Singh hits ton
In Puducherry, young Yash
Dhull (35 batting) and Manan
Vohra (20 batting) led a strong
North Zone reply, cruising to 65
for no loss after East Zone had
posted 397 in their first innings
in the other quarter-final.
Resuming at overnight 179/3,
East Zone rode on a fine century
by Virat Singh (117) and a 62 by
all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed to
reach a first-innings total of
397.
Brief scores (at stumps on
Day 2: West Zone 590/2 (Y
Jaiswal 228, A Rahane 207*, P
Shaw 113) vs North East Zone.
East Zone 397 (V Singh 117, S
Ahmed 62, S Gharami 68; N
Sindhu 3/64, N Saini 3/83) vs
North Zone (Y Dhull 35 batting).
denied allegations that he
raped a 17-year-old girl and
said he’d go home to fight
his case. A Nepali court has
issued an arrest warrant
for the 22-year-old, who is
playing in the Caribbean
Premier League, and has
been suspended from his
leadership position.
Hayden appointed
Pakistan mentor
ISLAMABAD: Ex-Australia
opener Matthew Hayden
was appointed as a mentor
to Pakistan’s team for next
month’s T20 World Cup.
Hayden served Pakistan in
a similar role during last
year’s T20 World Cup in
the UAE.

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—Steven, via email
T he first thing you need to do is
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Then, based on your improvement,
slowly start introducing bodyweight
movements into your training
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Shantanu
Deshpande, CEO,
Bombay Shaving
Company, asked
youngsters to
hustle and put
in 18-hour-days
at work on
LinkedIn. He has
since apologised
for the post
{ SUNDAY DEBATE }
The 18-hour itch
Should you sacrifice your already precarious
work-life balance in order to get ahead?
“Be decisive about “Sometimes, working
when you need a longer hours helps
break from work” you grow”
By Ashok Ramchandra By Arjun Sawhney
T I
he recent debate on the 18-hour work can see how the insinuation made by the
culture worries me. More so since it is CEO of The Bombay Shaving Company
playing out on social media, a location that the youngest millennials and the
that accentuates the need to constantly signal oldest Gen Z kids work 18-hour days would
“hustle mode on”. rub people the wrong way. This is
I strongly believe that work and unrealistic and detrimental to not
life go hand in hand. To me, P just an individual’s well-being, but
hustling does not equal to to a company’s culture.
“TO ME, HUSTLING
working for insane hours That being said,
with no personal life. It DOES NOT EQUAL TO sometimes working longer
means that one allows WORKING FOR INSANE hours helps individuals,
for blank spaces that HOURS WITH including myself, grow in
boost creativity and spark every aspect. Our work
excellence. Consuming
NO PERSONAL LIFE.” includes a lot of expression,
yourself with work all the
—ASHOK RAMACHANDRA a lot of creativity, a lot of
time will not let you refresh, passion, and I have strived
reflect and re-energise, the to create a work culture that
three critical Rs to achieve gives each employee a sense of
moonshot goals. So, it’s best to be P belonging.
“IF WORK DOESN’T
decisive about when one needs This sense of belonging
a break. helps our people expand their
In my organisation, we
FEEL LIKE WORK interests and explore their
encourage managers to check AND WE ARE GIVEN talents. When they find
on how people feel, look for SUFFICIENT TIME TO their passion, their sense of
signs of burnout and provide
avenues for employees to
RECHARGE...THE HOURS satisfaction reduces stress,
which positively affects
speak up about work-related WE PUT IN WORK productivity. So, if work
issues. We also focus on providing DOESN’T MATTER.” doesn’t feel like work and we are
employees with sufficient me-time. —ARJUN SAWHNEY given sufficient time to recharge,
If you are confused about your whether we put in eight hours at the
work-life balance, step back and think office or 18 doesn’t matter.
about what is likelyy to make you proud 10 However, it is true thatt at some
years on. It won’t be success at work. It comp panies,, peopple stayy late to give the
will be the relationships you created and imppression that theyy are committed to their
cherish—which comes only from spending jobs. This is toxicity
ty.
your time both at work and in life.
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{ I SAY, CHAPS }

Seeking a period of enlightenment

Scotland’s new law that restores the dignity of menstruating
women is required in India immediately

By Dr Tanaya
Foundation of dignity
This is why Scotland’s Period Products
Act of 2022 comes as a breath of fresh,

I
f you were to line up 100
menstruating Indian women in one
room and take a wild guess as to
how many of them were using a pad,
you’d be very, very surprised with the
answer—20.
Only 20 per cent of Indian women on
average have the ability, the money, and
the opportunity to use pads. According
to UNESCO, 23 million young women in
India drop out of school due to menstrual
health and hygiene issues. Think of the
impact this has on the future of the
youngest workforce in the world. Period
poverty changes the course of lives and
dictates the future of nations.
What is period poverty? With over
500 million menstruating women
affected by it globally, period poverty
is a lack of access to period products,
menstrual hygiene, period waste
management, and basic awareness.
Over 70 per cent of young Indian
menstruators say they had had “no
knowledge” about menstruation
P ing, Tanaya is
“SCOTLAND’S GENDER
BINARYSMASHING,SHAME-
BUSTING MOVE HAS BEEN
LAUDED AS A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION”
—DR TANAYA
Medical doctor before their first period. This, coupled
and gynaecol- with the lack of access to products,
ogist-in-train- complicates our specific case. While
better known
certain segments of our population
have the luxury of a variety of period
on social
media to her products, the vast majority of Indian
949K followers women use dirty rags, leaves, and even
as Dr Cuterus ash. It’s not just an affordability issue.
It’s also a stigma issue. Menstruators
are considered impure. Conversations
around periods and period products are
shrouded in shame.
reassuring air. Scotland is the first country
in the world to make period products
free for “anyone who needs them”. This
progressive, gender binary smashing,
shame-busting, empowering move has
been lauded globally as a significant step
forward in the right direction. But can we
see something like this in India? Call me
dangerously optimistic, but I actually see
it happening!
In 2018, after years of campaigning by
activists, India scrapped the 12 per cent
tax on sanitary products. This allowed
many more people to afford pads,
and it pushed the menstrual product
conversation into the mainstream. What
is to say that the government won’t be
inspired by Scotland’s scheme?
As a doctor and menstrual health
educator who sees the impact of period
stigma every single day, I am thrilled
by how Scotland dealt with the period
conversation with such dignity. That
straightforward act will impact millions
of lives globally. And with the Indian
conversation about female bodies moving
to a better space, I am bloody excited to see
what the future holds (pun fully intended).
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—Arunima, via Instagram QHow can I mask the bitterness of karela successfully?
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herbs and olive oil. Do a classic hummus or one with lamb mince.
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W hat I usually do is rub salt on raw karela and let it sit
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its bitter taste. Peel it and let it sit again for half an hour.
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Finishing it with some acidic masks the bitterness.
Prateek Sadhu is an award-winning chef, whose first restaurant,
Masque, is India’s top rated eatery according to Asia’s Top 50
Restaurants 2022

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{ SOCIAL MEDIA STAR OF THE WEEK }
Anand Bhaskar
For his Reel highlighting the importance of riyaaz
not just for musicians, but every professional
By Karishma Kuenzang
G
iven our hectic lives, it’s quite easy to
fall out of the habit of focussing on
just ourselves and even our skills.
Which is what happened with musician and
composer Anand Bhaskar after he started
working a corporate job.
As a pre-teen, Anand had had a strong
foundation in classical music and did his
daily riyaaz (practice) for eight years. But
when he started working, he lost touch with
music. Fortunately, music did not lose touch
with him, and when he quit the job, he was
able to compose for hit series like Mirzapur,
Masoom and Dr Arora.
Lost in the hustle
Even now, as a full-time musician and
composer, he gets caught in the hustle, and
skips his morning riyaaz, which means he
does not practice all day. Now he’s trying
to correct this by scheduling 15 minutes
for it every morning. This is the result of a
promise he made recently while posting a Reel
of himself doing his classical riyaaz.
“The one strategy that is working for me
is: start your day with your riyaaz. Practice is
not just a habit but a value that you inculcate,”
says Anand.
What exactly is riyaaz? “Think of your
body as a machine. A lot of the things we
do quickly and efficiently is because of
muscle memory. And that’s a result of
every day riyaaz. It’s what eventually
lets you achieve your top form
and stay consistent,” says the musician, who
admits that he can feel the difference in his
voice if he skips his riyaaz for two days.
Crediting his classical vocals—the riyaaz he
practises—for giving him the ability to adapt
P As much as I have spoken about not getting
“PRACTISING YOUR CRAFT
PUTS YOU IN A STATE OF
MINDFULNESS AND FOR
THAT PERIOD, YOU’RE ONLY
FOCUSSING ON GETTING
BETTER AT SOMETHING ”
—ANAND BHASKAR,
MUSICIAN & COMPOSER
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Musician and his voice for genres like pop, hip-hop and jazz,
composer Anand explains, “Doing riyaaz is
Anand Bhaskar like sending your voice to the gym. It teaches
is trying to
you how to do the heavy lifting.”
incorporate
15 minutes for
riyaaz every Riyaaz for mental health
morning, a Riyaaz is not just about honing your skills.
promise he Doing it regularly helps with your mental
made recently
health.
while posting
a Reel “Practising your craft puts you in a
state of mindfulness and for that period of
time, whether it’s 20 minutes or an hour,
you are only focussing on getting better
at something. That makes you mindful
and inadvertently becomes a form of
meditation,” says Anand. “These days, we don’t
take time for ourselves. We don’t press pause.
We are constantly working and hustling.
caught in the hustle, I am guilty of it. But in
this small window of a few minutes a day, I
can really focus on my voice and the way I
feel,” smiles Anand.
karishma.kuenzang@hindustantimes.com
Follow @@Kkuenzang Instagram and Twitter
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Media Star Of The Week? Nominate using the
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KARISHMA MEHTA
Storyteller and writer
{ Q+A }
FUTURE & FRIENDS
Q How can I say no to going
out with friends due to financial
reasons?
—Seema K, Delhi
D on’t over think it because it is
completely okay to say ‘no’ to
plans. In the long run, you realise
that socialising or going out are a
part of friendship, but definitely
not the backbone. So, you need to
do the math, work backwards on
your budget and see what all you
can comfortably afford. And never
feel guilty about refusing an outing
because of this. After all, you are
looking out for your future, and a
true friend will understand that.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
QAre birthday posts on social
media overrated?
—Kevin, Via Instagram
Y es. Social media is deceiving.
Real friendships are filled with
love and stability and if you feel
that on a daily basis then what’s
difference does one social media
post make? I know it can be tough
as we all like that attention, but
try and look at the larger picture!
Karishma Mehta, @karimehta05 on
Instagram, is a writer, photographer and
founder & CEO at Humans of Bombay
SUNDAY IN A SENTENCE
{ FREDDY BIRDY }
SOCIAL MEDIA STAR
“You will always
remember the things
th t were never
that
said to you.”
@freddy_birdy
 ABDU ROZIK
3.6 MILLION
INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
was born in Tajikistan to a
family of gardeners and now has
an Instagram following that most
people can only dream of. He first
shot to fame singing Tajik rap
songs, but don’t let his baby
face fool you: the 19-year-
old is also a boxer!

JUSTSUL
6.3 MILLION
INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
Engineer turned content creator,
rose to fame thanks to his celebrity
impersonations. He won the ‘World’s
Top Entertainment Influencer’ award
at the Influencer’s Awards Monaco
in 2018 and ‘Best Entertainment
Influencer Award’ at the Inflow
Global Awards
in 2019.

Funny side up!

Meet two of social media’s most amusing guys—JustSul and
Abdu Rozik—and learn what makes them tick!
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(Clockwise from top) JustSul with boxers (Clockwise from top) Abdu Rozik with actor Anushka Sharma;
Lawrence Okelie and Anthony Joshual; cricketer Virat Kohli; footballer Cristiano Ronaldo; musician AR
footballer Paul Pogba; cricketer MS Dhoni; Rahman; actor Shahid Kapoor; and Turkish restaurateur Salt Bae
rapper Tyga; and rapper French Montana

Text by Jamal Shaikh P JUSTSUL:

Photos shot exclusively
“I USED TO SING IN
THE MIGRANT
for HT Brunch by
Prabhat Shetty THE BAZAARS FOR A ENGINEER
LIVING WHEN I STARTED WITH THE

O
WATCHING SINGING LUXE LIFE!

S
n e man’s funny may
be another man’s blah. ix years ago, Shantinath Ganpath
But success on social
VIDEOS ON FACEBOOK & Sul, now 53, knew little about social
media is measured by INSTAGRAM. I WANTED media. He was one of the millions of
followers, not by laughs. TO SING MY OWN TAJIKI Indians working abroad to support their
Given that, humour SONGS THAT WAY. families back home; an electromechanical
content creators JustSul and Abdu Rozik, engineer in Zambia. “I was only familiar
with a following of 6.3 million and 3.6
TODAY, I HAVE MORE with Facebook and Whatsapp then,”
million respectively, are the digital world’s THAN THREE MILLION he says.
most successful comedians. FOLLOWERS ON Today, @JustSul, as he is popularly
known, has over six million followers on
INSTAGRAM.”
social media. While his brand of humour
—ABDU ROZIK, COMEDIAN
{ JUSTSUL } COMEDIAN & SOCIAL
AL MEDIA STAR may not be everyone’s cup of tea, this
middle-aged Indian guy, by showcasing
This probably explains why the two men an exaggerated lifestyle and an over-the-
are now in Mumbai, shooting for their first top sense of humour, has found himself a
“When I first started Bollywood film—Salman Khan’s next, no sizeable audience from across the world.
this [social media], less! Given this opportunity, HT Brunch “The first time I travelled to Dubai
it was never about lost no time in pinning them down for an as JustSul, people started calling out
exclusive chat and photo shoot. my name,” Sul recalls. “From airport
money. I never even Since they are comedians, we expected immigration to people in the bathroom
knew I could earn to find ourselves thoroughly entertained— and at the malls. That’s when I realised
from this. But I have and our expectations were fully met. But that I am famous!”
earned the most humour was not the only attribute we JustSul’s caricature of an In dian
in my life from found in them as we chatted. Behind worker living the luxury life is most
the social media personas of JustSul popular amongst the migrant community
social media.”
and Abdu, we discovered, lie two very in the Gulf. But the character is not his
intriguing stories. brainchild at all! It’s an idea his boss’s
Read on. And prepare to be surprised. son—a millennial, social-media savvy

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P
“NAME ANY OTHER
53-YEAR-OLD INDIAN
MAN WHO DOES
CREATIVE AND FUNNY
VIDEOS WHICH ARE
WATCHED GLOBALLY.
I’LL WAIT…!”
—JUSTSUL, COMEDIAN

Hair and make-up by

Ashwin Shelar

JOIN IN THE
CONVERSATION USING
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youngster—had and executed.
“Said Ahmad is the man responsible for
creating JustSul,” says Sul, giving credit
where it is due. “Said asked me to shoot a few
videos for him when I worked for his dad in
Zambia and promised he’d make me famous.
At first, he made me say the lyrics (sic) of some
hip-hop music and posted it on his Snapchat.
But the first video that went viral was inspired
by Kanye West’s All Day song, which got a lot
of attention and put me on the map.”
Sul could not gauge the impact this viral
video could have. It never even occurred to
him that the character he played could become
a source of income.
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"The first time I travelled
to Dubai as JustSul,
people started calling out
my name. From airport
immigration to people
in the bathroom and at “I KNEW
the malls. That’s when I
realised that I am famous."
SANTINATH
—JustSul, 53, Comedian COULD BE A STAR!”
Meet Said Ahmed, the man who created JustSul
It was the millennial son of Shantinath Ganpath Sul’s
boss in Zambia, where he worked as an engineer, who
first made a video and created the character of JustSul.
“Sul is a pure human with good energy,” Said tells
HT Brunch. “I enjoyed his presence whenever he came
into the office. I saw a lot of potential to create content
with him because of his face, accent and my ideas.
I just knew I could make him a superstar. He has
been so loyal to my family and to my dad’s
company, it would be a pleasure to see him
succeed even more…”
“All I could see was that Said was very
motivated, and that’s what got me going. He
believed in me so much. I trusted him and
started seeing the numbers grow every time
we made these videos,” he says. “When I first
started this, it was never about money. I never
even knew I could earn from this. But yes, I have
earned the most in my life from social media. I
am grateful that I am a social media star today.”
Sul was born an d raised in Solapur,
where he studied mechanical and electrical
engineering at Solapur Engineering College.
“I was passionate about acting and drama in
school,” he recalls. His family today consists of
a brother, three sisters, mother, wife and two
kids, all of whom live in Satara, Maharashtra.
All his family members enjoy his content
and newfound celebdom, Sul says. But ask him
about a certain cuss word that his character
uses regularly, and Sul gets guarded. “When
P I first used the word, I was very much against
it,” he says. “But then people kept asking me
“WHEN I FIRST USED to say it when they met me, and I realised they
enjoy hearing it from me.”
THE [CUSS] WORD, I WAS Interestingly, Sul continues to keep his job in
VERY MUCH AGAINST Zambia. “My boss and colleagues respect me for
IT. BUT THEN PEOPLE what I have done, and they are proud of me that
KEPT ASKING ME TO I’m still humble doing both things together.”
There are many creators of funny videos
SAY IT WHEN THEY MET today. What makes you different from them,
ME, AND I REALISED we ask.
THEY ENJOY HEARING IT For a fun BTS
Sul replies with swag: “Name any other 53-year-
FROM ME.” video, log on to: old Indian man who does creative and funny
https://www. videos which are watched globally. I’ll wait…!”
—JUSTSUL, COMEDIAN
read.ht/NTcf Something JustSul would say!
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MONEY
MATTERS
US$1million: A prime example of how social
media can change your life, this is how much
industry sources peg JustSul’s current approximate net
worth to be, proving that he really means business!
US$600,000: Although he comes from humble
beginnings, young Abdu Rozik’s net worth is now
estimated to be around this much.
Both comedy content creators were in
Mumbai to shoot for Salman Khan’s
next film, and spoke exclusively to
HT Brunch.

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ABDU ROZIK: "People don’t believe me when I

say I am 19 years old. It’s looking
THE BOY-MAN like a kid that makes me cute. And
I can get away with anything by
WITH A HUGE giving this cute smile."
HEART —Abdu Rozik, 19, Comedian

I
f the roots of humour lie in pain, Abdu Rozik
seems to convey that without saying it out
loud. For the world knows him as the cutest
“kid” on social media, and that’s just how he
would like to keep it.
Savriqul Muhammed Roziqi, aka Abdu Rozik,
the son of Mr Savriqul and Mrs Rooh Afza, who
hails from a tiny village in Tajikistan called
Panjakent, is, in fact, 19 years old. But at 94 cm,
Abdu is a “proportionate dwarf”. This genetic
condition, coupled with his clear skin and boyish
features, makes him resemble a 10-year-old.
“I was in school when I realised I was
shorter than the other kids. They were nice to
me initially, and I also looked so cute,” smiles
Abdu, showing that he’s a staunch believer in
seeing a glass as half full rather than half empty.
“But then my school mates started making fun
of me, and I got really sad. In order to fight the
bullies, I wanted to show that I was strong. So,
I took up boxing.”
Abdu eventually foun d refuge in the
performing arts. “I was a good singer, or P him. He now lives in Dubai, and earns enough
to send back home to his village in Tajikistan to
maybe because I looked the way I did, people “MY BOSS AND support his parents and three siblings.
were attracted to me and became fascinated “I am living a dream life,” says Abdu. “I never
listening to me,” says Abdu. “I realised then
COLLEAGUES RESPECT thought I could live in such luxury. I wake up in
that my uniqueness would open doors to ME FOR WHAT I HAVE the morning, go to the gym, then go for music
many opportunities. It actually serves as my DONE AND THEY ARE and dance lessons in the afternoon, and in the
motivation to dream big.” PROUD THAT I’M STILL evening, I attend language sessions to learn
Abdu took to social media to showcase his English and Hindi.”
talent early on. “I used to sing in the bazaars
HUMBLE.” Abdu hopes to graduate from social media
for a living when I started watching short
—JUSTSUL, COMEDIAN stardom to Indian movies. His Instagram page
singing videos on Facebook, Instagram and is flooded with pictures of him with Bollywood
musical.ly, which later became TikTok. I wanted I have more than three million followers on stars, sportspeople like Virat Kohli and the like.
to sing my own Tajiki songs that way, and when Instagram,” he says. “I got the opportunity to participate in the
I did, people started to follow me, and today, His positive spirit shines again when he sing a song event with Mr AR Rahman at the
adds, “My biggest advantage is that I look cute. Expo 2020, which went viral,” says Abdu, his
Please… I am not praising myself. I am saying excitement still palpable. “It was my dream to
{ ABDU ROZIK} COMEDIAN & SOCIAL MEDIA STAR this because I am short and people don’t believe meet Cristiano Ronaldo, which also came true
me when I say I am 19 years old. It’s looking on a recent trip to the UK.”
like a kid that makes me cute. And I can get Abdu credits the upswing in his life to social
away with anything by giving this cute smile.” media, and to his family. “My parents took great
“My parents took great He smiles on cue and adds, “When I go for trouble to raise me,” he says. “They spared no
trouble to raise me. They a movie that is not suitable for children below expenses for my treatment, and when I took to
spared no expenses for 18 years, the person at the ticket counter does social media, they only encouraged me. Now, I
not allow me to enter. But I also save money as am the breadwinner in my family. I am happy
my treatment, and when
I can buy things at the discounted prices that to say that we now have a two-storied house,
I took to social media, people give me, thinking I am a child!” and they are happy. Of course, I hope to find
they only encouraged On the flip side, some occasions cause an understanding life partner one day, but I
me. Now, I am the embarrassment. “Believe it or not, there are will leave that to my parents to decide; after all,
breadwinner in people who really think I am a child and lift me I’m just 19 now. I want to work harder to give
my family.” up,” he says with a bit of exasperation. “Even my family an even better life. Alhumdulilah!
I have limits!” Thanks to God first, and then to my family!”
Today, Abdu’s following is big enough for
one of the biggest social media management jamal.shaikh@hindustantimes.com
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{ rude food }

VIR
SANGHVI

Meat
of the
atte
CAREFUL
APPROACH
In India,
plant-based meat
is still an elite
concern. But the
lesson we should
take away from
all of this research
is: be careful how
Does meat-eating really do severe damage to your health
many processed
foods you use
and to the planet? The evidence suggests that the real danger
comes from dairy and from processed foods

M
any thoughtful people in the West are beginning
to worry about how much meat they eat. In many
countries where vegetarians were once regarded
as oddballs, restaurants are making a conscious
attempt to cater to them.
But as the doubts about a mostly meat-based diet grow,
important questions are beginning to be asked about how much
damage the production of meat actually does to the planet and
how exactly it does this damage. Nor is it clear if every bright and
shining new trend that has been thrown up by the eat-more-plants
campaign is here to stay.
Let’s take the example of plant-based ‘meat’. Around five years
DAIRY-FREE DIET ago, it was being talked about as the next big thing. Companies
If you want to that produced plant-based ‘meat’ saw huge interest from
reduce methane
investors and share prices zoomed. Burger King (in the US) put a PLANT-BASED BURGER
emissions, a more
plant-based burger on the menu and its sales soared. The day is Plant-based meat works best in fast-food hamburgers where the
effective way of
not far off, we were told, when the planet will be saved and public beef patty has virtually no taste and the flavour comes from sauces
doing this would
be to remove health will improve because we will all switch to plant-based that pioneered the production of plant-based burgers and the like
milk, dahi, paneer, ‘meat’ from the real thing. reported disappointing first quarter results. It declared a net loss of
cheese etc, from
your diet Yeah, well, may be. 100 million dollars and a significant drop in total revenue. Figures
All the current evidence suggests that we may ffor the sector as a whole show that it is not growing as much as
have overestimated the appeal of plant-based eexpected. And it looks as though plant-based ‘meat’ has had very
‘meat’. Beyond Meat, the company llittle impact on US meat consumption. The figures suggest that it
hhas either held steady or actually gone up.
The sector’s defenders say that this is a blip, that Americans
will soon settle down to plant-based ‘steaks’. Others say that this is
w

P
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FIVE YEARS AGO, PLANT-BASED
‘MEAT’ WAS TALKED ABOUT AS THE
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NEXT BIG THING. COMPANIES THAT
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DIET MATTERS PAY HEED

Many diets that are rich in red meat (Mediterranean, for instance) don’t lead to Fresh, free range meat is not as dangerous as doctors have told us. It’s
an increase in heart disease in the way that the American diet does industrial and processed foods we have to worry about

unlikely. Plant-based meat works best in fast-food hamburgers where new orthodoxy is that processed foods are the real villain, then
the real beef patty has virtually no taste anyway and the flavour comes you have to ask yourself how plant-based ‘meat’ is actually created.
from the sauces and add-ons. It makes very little difference to the Hamburger patties do not grow on trees. The short answer is that
overall flavour of the burger if you replace the beef patty with a plant- industrial processes are required to create fake ‘meat’. So, asks the
based substitute. But outside of the fast-food sector, they say, plant- meat industry, what’s more dangerous, eating a fresh steak or a
based substitutes won’t really catch on in the long run. heavily processed artificial food?
It is too early to say if this gloomy prognosis is accurate but the It is an important question because processed foods are on the
plant-based protein sector has also been hit by aggressive, negative rise all over the world. Over half the food eaten in the UK is ultra-
campaigning from the meat industry which has attacked the merits processed. In the US, the figure is even higher. The figures are much
it claims for its products. lower for India but they are going up. Free range meat is becoming
The first claim advanced for plant-based meat is that it is healthy. rarer as industrial meat and poultry farming are taking over. The
We all know that red meat causes heart attacks. So, surely all chances are that the next chicken tikka you will eat or even the egg
substitutes are to be welcomed? Except that the truth is not quite so you ate for breakfast came from an industrial operation.
straightforward. The environmental objection to meat has more substance. A cow
Stay with me here because though the science may sound boring, releases enough methane to contribute to global pollution almost as
it is important. The claim that heart patients may die sooner than much as a car does. The impact can be overstated. (Cows contribute
those with healthy hearts rests on the presence of a compound only three per cent of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions) But it
INDUSTRIAL
called TMAO (for short) in the blood. Red meat does not provide is undeniable. There is, therefore, a strong argument for restricting
CALL
Chances are, TMAO directly but it contains two chemical compounds (choline the rearing of cows.
even the egg you and L-Carnitine) that are metabolised inside our body and turn into Except that even this has little to do with vegetarians or plant-
eat for breakfast TMAO in the liver. So, if red meat can lead to the creation of TMAO based foods. In nearly every country (and certainly in India) where
comes from then it’s bad for you, right? cows are reared, the majority are farmed for milk not for beef. So,
an industrial
operation Well, yes and no. Many diets that are rich in if you want to reduce methane emissions, a more effective way of
Mediterranean, for instance)
red meat (M doing this would be to remove milk, dahi, paneer, cheese, ice-cream,
don’t leead to an increase in heart lassi, mithais and the like from your diet. This will be more effective
diseease in the way that the than eating a fake meat hamburger.
American diet does. Studies
A In India, plant-based meat is still an elite concern. But the lesson
of healthy omnivores who we should take away from all of this research is: be careful how many
eat plant-heavy diets have processed foods you use. The chemicals that are needed to put them
failed to find that this has on your grocery shelves may harm your heart much more than a
benefitted their health. seekh kabab. Also: look for the origins of the meat, eggs and chicken
Scientists
S now believe that you eat. The processed stuff will hurt your heart. It will cost more to
alll red meat by itself is not eat healthier but try and avoid industrial broiler chicken and eggs.
necessarily unhealthy. I would not advise Indians to give up dairy: it is too important a
Wha at seems to matter is what part of our diets. But it is certainly possible for us to cut down on the
kind of meat you consume. The quantity consumed.
evidence suggestss that food from animals As for all the plant-based meat substitutes, they may make sense
and birds reared in industrial conditions is the problem. to Americans. But India has the world’s finest vegetarian food.
For more
Moreover studies of TMAO levels in non-vegetarians have revealed There is no need for us to eat a highly processed food that is made to
articles
by the author, that processed meat is the real culprit. Fresh, free range meat is not taste like meat.
log on to: as dangerous as doctors have told us. It’s industrial and processed Eat simply. Eat well. And eat fresh food that comes from a farm
https://www. foods we have to worry about. and not from a factory.
read.ht/MZ2p What does this have to do with plant-based foods? Well, if the The views expressed by the columnist are personal

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{ humour }

Pillow talk: What does your

bedroom say about you?
REHANA
MUNIR

Intimate and revealing, the boudoir is a portal into the personality of its occupants

I
probably spend more time in bed than the average non-convalescent.
If I’m home and awake—which is not my preferred state—I’m either
reading or writing in bed, something any wellness guru will tell you
is not good for you. But wellness gurus operate on the knowledge
gleaned from averages, and I’m nothing if not an outlier—and this is not
a boast. Sample this. I like warm beer, am bored by thrillers, and I’ll only
shop with a gun to my head. Bed is a safe space for those who live at an
awkward angle from classic wisdom and popular trends. Hide under a
blanket and you’re invisible. Or is it invincible?

Sleep vs relationship etiquette

Considering my bed addiction, I’m naturally interested in bed linen
and duvets, an exception to my no-shopping rule. Blankets are the
objects you’re most in physical contact with on a daily basis, and
so they need to be so much more personalised than ‘look-at-me’
lampshades or ‘aren’t-I-smart?’ fridge magnets. To find one that suits
you perfectly might take years. I’m glad to report I’ve recently found
one whose monochrome (but not dull) looks, soft (but not limp)
texture, large (but not intimidating) size and comforting (but not
twee) blanketness make it a wraparound joy.

P
THE DESIRE TO INSTALL A LARGE
MIRROR ON THE CEILING ABOVE
ONE’S BED POINTS TO DEEPER
ISSUES, I’D WAGER
All my minimalist leanings are belied by my pillow fixation. How
does one get a good night’s sleep—or afternoon’s rest—without
the cottony softness of a minimum of three pillows? All this space-
hogging can mess with your partner’s sleep, but there are other ways
to redeem oneself on the relationship etiquette front; sleep is non-
negotiable. We’re constantly told that sleeping beside someone is the
gold standard for slumber. But anyone who is in pursuit of nocturnal
truths knows that a comfortable bed, several pillows, a good book and
a strong balm are all one needs to get through the night. And, if you’re
lucky, a slack conscience seals the deal.
The poetics of a discarded bed
I’ve recently gone through the pain of giving up a perfectly lovely old
bed simply because it took up too much space in the guest room. A
sofa-cum-bed, a fearsome entity I’ve forever been afraid of, has just
BEDROOM BASICS
What you put—or don’t put—in your bedroom can reveal a lot
about who you are
The sofa-cum-bed is far less user-friendly than other furniture in
the Necessary Evil category. The transition from sofa to bed is always a
pain, a production that involves brisk activity just when one is ready to
fall asleep. Then there are the inevitable joints between mattresses—
horizontal, if you’re lucky. I only ever manage an unsatisfactory sleep
on a piece of furniture that’s so fiercely practical. But at least it’s not
a futon, a one-time living-room superstar, which, thankfully, has
disappeared from the home scene over the years.
There’s a mirror above my bed!
There are those who take special pains to design their bedrooms
according to “energy fields” and other such beliefs that have launched
a thousand retail ideas. A mirror in front of a bed spells marital disaster
to this breed. I’d agree, but not owing to any supernatural force. The
desire to install a large mirror either in front of, or on the ceiling above,
one’s bed points to deeper issues than in one’s marriage, I’d wager.
Then there are the portrait enthusiasts whose bedroom walls are
busy shrines to all the important events in their life ranging from
graduation day to a good hair day. Unless they’re pet people, which
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taken its place. Setting aside all the feelings attached to my teakwood
bed was a task I wasn’t quite prepared for. I won’t get into the poetics
For more articles
by the author, of a discarded bed—Gulzar Sa’ab surely has done the pressing issue
log on to: https://www. justice in a song somewhere—but suffice it to say that I felt no Marie
read.ht/MZ3q Kondo-sponsored lightness. In fact, quite the contrary. Mera kucch
Follow Rehana on saamaan carries within it a world of pathos. Sadly, the dimensions of
Twitter @rehana_munir Mumbai’s flats laugh in the face of such sentimentality.
means pet shrines. Some stupidly surround themselves with towering
piles of old books that make them sneeze. (Ah-choo!) Others find their
bliss in Insta-inspired walk-in wardrobes. Dehumidifiers reveal health
fiends. Dreamcatchers out the fantasists. Never invite anyone into
your bedroom unless you want them to see you without your filters on.
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columns
{ that feeling when }
NIKHIL
TANEJA
The rona dhona about work-life balance
No job is, and should be, the be-all and end-all for any employee—or employer
L
ast week, a viral post by a CEO of an Indian start-up
advised young Indians to spend 18 hours at their jobs
for at least four to five years without doing any random
‘rona dhona’. The CEO advised 22-year-olds to ‘worship’
their work and to stop watching ‘random content’ that talks
about ‘work life balance blah blah’, so that they can ‘build a flex’
in the first five years of their career that they carry with them for
the rest of their lives.
This post, fittingly, got severe backlash on the internet, and
even managed to become the fodder for discussion and debate
on news TV channels. But for anyone who has been part of, or
followed the Indian start up and MNC culture since its inception,
this... isn’t news. What the CEO wrote in his LinkedIn post was
just an articulation of what every Indian business owner has
been conditioned to believe in, because that was what was
expected of them too.
P what their work lives are: all work and no life.
YOUNG TALENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
CONSIDERED REPLACEABLE BECAUSE
OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF CVS
FLOATING AROUND THE INBOXES OF
HIRING MANAGERS ON A DAILY BASIS
Statistically incorrect
It is tragic that even in 2022 we are still having a debate on work-
life balance, even as Gen-Z workers are quitting workplaces
en masse. In every second conversation I have with start-up
founders (and even legacy company leadership), their biggest
pain point is that young people won’t stick around long enough
in their companies. And every single time, my answer has been
a question: does your work culture try to enrich the lives of the
young, or treat them as workhorses to perform round-the-clock
tasks because of the toxic idea that, if you are young, why do you
even need time outside of work?
Ever since the economic boom of the 1990s that made it
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HUSTLE CULTURE
Are companies
taking advantage
of younger
employees by
asking them to
work relentlessly?
possible for any young person from any part of India to ‘make
it’ in the famed metros where start-ups and MNCs rise and fall
every day, young talent has always been considered replaceable
because of the sheer number of CVs floating around the inboxes
of hiring managers on a daily basis, and hundreds more that are
lying abandoned. And when you look at people as a statistic, as
one among thousands in a workforce of millions, you will not
bother to see them as human beings, with aspirations, dreams,
hopes and feelings.
Two-way growth
At the same time, young people today look at jobs through the
prism of fun Insta stories and fawning LinkedIn posts, where only
the best parts of the work experiences are put up—the camaraderie,
the water cooler moments, the parties, the life-changing learnings.
So, when young people enter jobs, they believe in the best version
of what their work lives could be, only to find the worst versions of
It’s a massive gap in expectation versus reality that employers
haven’t yet begun recognising (forget solving!), and are then
left with little else to do than put up posts asking 22-year-olds to
get with the programme, because anything other than non-stop
work is literally being a cry baby.
No job is, and should be, the be all and end all for any
employee, and it is not only important, but essential, that
employers everywhere start treating young people with respect,
decency and empathy. Only by encouraging the people on their
teams to grow and flourish in their own lives will they be able to
create cultures where employees give them the same love and
respect back by helping grow their companies too.
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columns
{ wellness }
LUKE
COUTINHO The gut clock
The strong connection between dietary patterns and circadian
rhythm must not be ignored
D
o you know our dietary patterns, appetite, and satiety are
all regulated by our circadian rhythm? Unfortunately, we
do not align our eating habits to it and revolve it around
our work schedules, social calendars, and convenience
instead, not realising the pressure we put on our bodies to work
against what it’s designed for.
With my years of experience in coaching patients across the globe, I am
convinced that not everyone needs a diet plan. Just by tweaking their meal
timings and aligning it with the circadian rhythm, they can start to see
noticeable improvements in their health like high energy levels, alertness,
better sleep, digestion, and water retention, waking up with a flatter
stomach, no bloating, clearer skin, lesser cravings, and so much more.
What does eating according to the
circadian rhythm mean?
In simple words, it means aligning our meal timings and patterns to
the sunset and sunrise, because of its impact on our digestion. As per
the circadian rhythm, our digestive fires wake up as the sun rises, peak
around noon, and slow down as the sun sets.
P receptor on the pancreatic cells, thereby suppressing its function. This
THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AND ITS
IMPACT ON DIGESTION IS A LAW OF
NATURE THAT WE SHOULD ALIGN
OURSELVES WITH
Eating in accordance with this rhythm means we consume our first
meal of the day after sunrise, eat a substantial lunch in the afternoon,
and our last meal of the day with, or close to, sunset, followed by
fasting through the night till the next morning.
The morning appetite
As the sun starts to rise, so does our digestive fire. The first meal of the
day thus should be post sunrise, especially if you feel hungry. If you
don’t, embrace it because your body is still eliminating and processing
the last meal.
At the same time, eating too early, before the sun rises, can go against
circadian rhythm because your metabolic fire and digestive ability are
not activated yet. The body is still in the detoxification process, and
nothing that you eat so early is going to be broken down effectively.
The afternoon appetite
When the sun is atop, our digestive fire is at its peak. This makes
lunchtime really important and gives us the opportunity to have a
really good meal. In fact, aiming for a maximum calorie intake from
your breakfast and lunch and the least from your dinner best supports
our digestion and the circadian rhythm.
What this also means is that the ideal time to eat a dessert is in the
afternoon!
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IN HARMONY
The circadian rhythm
diet, also called the sun
cycle diet, recommends
timing your meals with
the rising and setting of
the sun
The evening appetite
As the sun starts setting and it gets dark, our body naturally starts to
secrete melatonin, the hormone that is responsible for inducing sleep.
As a result, our body slows down and is least interested in digestion.
It is now more focussed on repair, recovery, growth, rejuvenation,
elimination, and healing. To support this, it’s best to start tapering
calorie intake and eat your last meal close to sunset, followed by giving
our digestion a complete breakthrough by fasting.
This is also called the circadian rhythm and is by far the most
natural way to fast.
Late night meals
Our body is not designed to digest and break down food, as the sun
starts setting. If you do have a late-night meal, your body will still try to
digest, but at the cost of:
• Irregular blood sugar levels • Constipation • Acidity
• Bloating • Sluggishness the next day
This is because the circadian rhythm is challenged. Several studies
have shown that the pancreas also has a melatonin receptor, indicating
that on the release of melatonin when it gets dark, it binds to the
speaks volumes about why a late-night meal can mess up your digestion,
and sugar levels, and you may even wake up feeling acidic and heavy.
Melatonin, upon its release, blocks pancreatic function, because
digesting food at night is not what your body is interested in.
If you do end up eating late, since your metabolism is slow, it is
a struggle for your body to break down the food. You make your
pancreas churn out more digestive enzymes, make your stomach
produce more acid, and force itself to digest the meal. The Dutch and
Europeans enjoy croissants, chocolate pastries, and similar foods in
the morning when the metabolism is at its highest.
What about late-night snacking? Your body is not designed to digest
Disclaimer: Keep your medical professional in the loop before trying anything new.
food late at night. It is that simple. Now, consider all of these events,
how the body functions, and what may happen when you disrupt this
circadian rhythm. The moment you have a late-night meal, you disrupt
every part of the rhythm, because it is all connected.
The circadian rhythm and its impact on digestion is a law of nature.
If we challenge the laws of nature by going against the circadian
rhythm that governs thousands of functions in the human body at
a cellular level, then even the best treatment, medicines, doctors,
nutritionists, spiritual healers, or yoga experts will not work.
And, what if we align ourselves with the laws of nature, and add the
right medicine, lifestyle, food, and so on? That is when we begin to see
prevention, healing, recovery, and healthy improvement occur.
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everything from athleisure to resort wear. Here are seven ways to wear it right
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CELEBRITY STYLIST
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Wear splashy prints wherever you want the
viewer’s gaze to keep coming back. It’s a great way
of taking the focus off of areas you want to hide,
and towards areas that you want to highlight.

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fashion

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yellow pair quite well and effortlessly
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Who does it suit?

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people to be creative and invent
statement looks that enhance one’s
personality, as it pairs well with very
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Styling tip
For office, wear something in white
or beige for a more subtle look. You
can even layer it over a white shirt or
trousers, or wear a Very Peri crop top
atop white shirt.

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fashion

“TEAM IT WITH
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Who does it suit?

“It suits everybody depending
on how you are wearing it,”
Dolly says.

Styling tip
Keep accessories minimal and pair
with a cool pair of neutral-hued
sneakers or a smartwatch.

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fashion

“THE COLOUR PAIRS

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accessories in shades of dusty
pink and nude as well as the OTT
fantastical neons and statement
pieces,” he suggests.

Who does it suit?

“It works on most people. However,
wear it only if you feel it’s inherently
you and not that the trend is wearing
you,” cautions Nachiket.

Styling tip
Be authentic. Be you!

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“Any creative workspace! And,
if you’re ready to shake up the
system a bit, wear it to your next big
corporate presentation. Everyone
will definitely sit up and take notice,”
says Rishi Raj.

How to pair it?

“If the length is a bit uncomfortable
for your workplace, add a pleated
skirt with pockets,” he says.

Who does it suit?

“Tall, lean, angular body types do
justice to such a silhouette since it
hangs from the shoulders. But if you
like showing off your curves and
need to create the right proportions
for it, this silhouette is not for you,”
cautions Rishi.

A styling tip
A pair of similar-hued cigarette pants
will help style this up even more.

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fashion

“THIS CAN BE A
STATEMENT PIECE
IN YOUR TRAVEL
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—SWATEE SINGH,
FASHION DESIGNER

BEAT THE
BLUES
Where to wear it?
“To boho-themed parties or events.
Also, this can be a statement piece in
one’s travel wardrobe, especially resort
wear,” says designer Swatee Singh.

How to pair it?

“The look works great with denims
and boots and can look stunning
as a dress with a camisole dress
underneath, or even as a bodysuit
under a tulle skirt,” she recommends.

Who does it suit?

“This silhouette looks fun for all body
types and age groups. Anyone who
feels comfortable in it and enjoys it
must wear it,” Swatee says.
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green or red.
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films

Goingundercover
A former magazine editor gets nostalgic & reveals anecdotes from
cover shoots with Bollywood’s biggest stars
Anna Singh almost every edition of Movie magazine
By Dinesh Raheja painting Pooja that you edited in the 1990s because you
Bhatt's body pioneered so many positive changes in

I
have never met Ramakrishnan P, the
editor of a popular Hong Kong-based
magazine, but corresponding with him
on social media has proved gratifying.
Recently, he said, “I have preserved
(above) for the
cover of Movie film journalism. And a Movie cover was
magazine prime real estate; I cherish some stunning
(right) covers as collectors’ items.”
That set me reminiscing about the years
between 1988 to 1999 when I edited Movie
magazine. Creating a stand-out cover every

P month was a mammoth task. They say it takes

a village to raise a child (sometimes I am
“THE INTERVIEW BEGAN made aware of that with my grandchildren),
WITH A SERIES OF and it was practically the same with a
magazine cover.
MONOSYLLABIC ANSWERS, Here are the stories of the creation of eight
TILL I ORDERED WHITE of the best covers and how photographers
WINE, WHICH PROVED TO Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Jagdish Mali and
Rakesh Shreshta captured the images
BE THE ICE-BREAKER” with flair, designers Anna Singh, Manish

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films

Malhotra and Neeta Lulla styled the stars (Clockwise

to look their best, and make-up wizards from top)
Mickey Contractor and Bharat-Dorris Newly-minted
star Aamir
chiselled their visages. Not to forget, the Khan with
young team of reporters and art directors established
who helped conceive the covers in my cabin star, Sridevi;
during brainstorming sessions that were Juhi Chawla
had an image
noisier than a stormy Arabian Sea.
makeover in a
leotard; Sunny
Aamir-Sridevi Deol, Sanjay
The boy next door and the Dutt and
diva, shoulder to shoulder last-minute
addition Chunky
Excited to be appointed the editor of Movie in Pandey; Divya
October 1988, I wanted to begin with a splash. Bharti's cover,
So, I approached the overnight sensation, released after
Aamir Khan, and the reigning diva Sridevi to her untimely
death
pose jointly... and to my surprise, they agreed!
I was ecstatic about the results of the photo
shoot. But my publishers had appointed a
hotshot art designer duo, and they took one
look at the negatives in the dark room and
airily declared: “We have decided to go with
a solo Sridevi picture.”
I politely underlined that this was my call
to make, and saved a much-talked-about
cover from the jaws of anonymity.
Analysing the hot reception to the cover,
its photographer Rakesh Shreshta says, “The
boy next door standing with the diva was
like the ultimate fantasy of the common man
coming true.”

Pooja Bhatt
A cover for posterity
Body painting is an intriguing art form.
Inspired by Demi Moore on the cover of
Vanity Fair, I approached Pooja Bhatt to do
a similar photo shoot. Always adventurous,
she readily agreed.
Starting at 10 pm at Jagdish Mali’s studio,
Anna Singh painstakingly painted a patient
Pooja for the next six hours. She made sure
the paint was non-allergic. For the record,
Pooja was wearing her undergarments below
the painted suit—neither she nor we would
have it any other way. The issue was slated to
coincide with the star’s 21st birthday. When
the issue hit the stands, the response spiralled
P was way ahead of its time. I did it gratis
“CHUNKY PANDEY
BAILED ME OUT AND
BROUGHT HIS OWN
SINGLET AFTER
CHECKING WHAT
SUNNY AND SANJU
WOULD WEAR”
out of control. There was much controversy
but some people, including Shobhaa De and
Anil Dharkar, supported and lauded the
effort. All this fuelled the fire and the issue
flew off the stands and went underground—a
₹10 copy was sold in black for ₹50!
One conversation still rings in my ears.
When I was prodded about why we thought
of this cover, I said it was an experiment...
only to be asked, “Where is your laboratory?”
Anna reminisces, “We nailed it. The cover
because of the warm camaraderie I shared
with the editor of the magazine. He gave me
credit for the shoot and, like the cover, that
proved to be a trendsetter too.”
Amitabh Bachchan-
Rajesh Khanna
Two titans together
While others were planning covers of
Rajesh Khanna and his estranged wife
Dimple together, orchestrated by Khanna
to promote his film Jai Shiv Shankar, we
pondered: “What if we bring arch rivals
Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan
together?”
It seemed like a daunting task. The last
time the two titans were seen together
had been 17 years earlier in Namak Haram
(1973). I approached Rajesh Khanna with
the words, “Since you are the senior star,
we are approaching you first.” He said yes,
crinkling his eyes. I instantly drove to where
Amitabh was shooting. He immediately
gave his assent too.
On D-Day, I was nervous since Amitabh
is a stickler for punctuality and Khanna was
famous for coming late. But when the clock
struck 9 pm, the two stars entered the 5-star
hotel room at the same time as if they had
synchronised their watches. When Amitabh
asked rather stiffly, “Why are we sharing
a room? Where will I change?” Rajesh

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films
(Left to right)
Sridevi had to
be convinced to
wear the drape
on her head;
Shah Rukh
Khan poses
with a bunch of
children;
Amitabh
Bachchan and
Rajesh Khanna
on a cover
together after
17 years
Khanna smiled, “I will use the bathroom.”
But we quickly arranged a suite.
Gautam Rajadhyaksha shot pictures
for the next hour before we settled down
to do the interview. The interview began
with a series of monosyllabic answers, till I
ordered white wine, which proved to be the
ice-breaker. A few days after the magazine
released, I happened to be in the same
hotel’s lobby. Suddenly, I heard someone
shouting my name. It was Mahesh Bhatt in
the distance; and in his characteristic style,
he hollered, “Rajesh-Amitabh together. You
have created history!”
Juhi Chawla
A d(ar)ramatic makeover
Famously strait-laced, Juhi Chawla was
to play the object of Shah Rukh Khan’s
obsession in Yash Chopra’s Darr and the
director wanted to overhaul Juhi’s image.
So, he enlisted Rakesh Shreshta and designer
Neeta Lulla for help. Juhi was presented with
black unitards, but she was hesitant at first.
Neeta recalls, “I wore the unitards myself to
give her an idea how they would look, and
then she was game.”
Photographer Rakesh Shreshta, a friend
of many years, dropped by my office to
show me the results of Juhi’s photo shoot. I
spontaneously said, “This is my next cover.”
Sridevi
The golden girl
This imaginative cover photograph proves
that necessity is indeed the mother of
invention. Sridevi could hardly believe it when
she realised that instead of a range of outfits,
her regular designer Neeta Lulla had brought
a potli of drapes to Rakesh’s photo studio.
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Neeta recalls, “Sri was most disappointed
and instructed her hairstylist to remove the
rollers in her hair.” But Neeta stopped her
in her tracks, fished out an ivory gold drape
and wrapped it around Sridevi’s hair. She
lent Sridevi her ear clips and the end result
was luminous.
Shah Rukh Khan
From dark to light
Baazigar and Darr had turned Shah Rukh
Khan into a star, albeit with a grey-shaded
hue. I wanted to turn his image on its head
and present him in a soft version where he
would be swamped by an avalanche of cute
kids. To give the cover a distinctive flavour,
we asked all the children to wear dungarees
and asked Shah Rukh Khan to join the club.
Photographer Rakesh Shrestha’s son
Rohan was car-dashed from Tiger Shroff’s
birthday party to join the shoot. Oblivious
of SRK’s star status, the children played and
posed happily. When the magazine hit the
stands, the cover sold like hot cakes.
Sunny Deol-Sanjay Dutt-
Chunky Pandey
The big boys’ club
When Aamir inexplicably backed out from a
Sunny Deol-Sanjay Dutt-Aamir Khan cover I
had planned, I was in a fix. I could either call
off the shoot or organise another star at the
nth hour. Chunky Pandey not only bailed
me out, he also brought his own singlet after
checking with me the colour of the singlets
Sunny and Sanju would wear.
The shoot took place at Sunny’s bungalow,
after everyone had consumed tall glasses of
lassi offered by Deol.
Chunky chuckles, “The Movie cover
P
“STARTING AT 10 PM
AT JAGDISH MALI’S
STUDIO, ANNA SINGH
PAINSTAKINGLY
PAINTED A PATIENT
POOJA [BHATT] FOR
THE NEXT SIX HOURS”
put me in the big boys’ league. It’s my
career’s best cover, an iconic photograph
with tremendous recall value. This cover
is repeatedly posted on my Insta account.”
Divya Bharti
Death of a dream
It was with a heavy heart that we carried
this cover of Divya Bharti immediately after
her untimely demise at the young age of 19.
The photograph was unplanned and had
been shot just a month earlier with total
spontaneity... which was just like the person
Divya was. We had been in the midst of a
photo session with Neelam when Divya (most
unstarrily) dropped in to meet photographer
Jagdish Mali as she happened to have the
day off. We persuaded her to don make-up
and do a photo shoot.
How in the world were we to know that
just a month later, we would use this solo
shot as a posthumous tribute to her?
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 26 SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

books

The
unexpected
author
Businessman
Amrish Kumar had
originally conceived
his debut novel as a
movie!
By Lubna Salim

“T
his book was conceived as a
movie and written scene by
scene, many years ago when
I had finished grad school in
Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood!” says
44-year-old, Kolkata-born and Delhi-based
Amrish Kumar, son of senior designer Ritu
Kumar, about his debut novel, Gods of
Willow: A Coming of Age Innings.
“At that time, I really wanted to be in
the film and entertainment world. But I

P
“THE SETTING OF THE
BOOK NEEDED TO BE
A PLACE WITH THE
FABRIC OF A MIXED
STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY,
AND HYDERABAD
WORKS FOR THAT!”
—AMRISH KUMAR, AUTHOR

Businessman
turned author,
Amrish Kumar,
seen here with his
mother, designer
Ritu Kumar (inset),
released a debut
novel that has been
in the making for
over 15 years

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books
did a business degree and was heading
in a direction that I wasn’t sure I would
actually end up in. So, I just wanted to
write a coming-of-age story, something
that would be a little bit about where I was
from and a little bit of the kind of stories I
like to tell. I don’t know how the ideas came
about, but I scribbled them in a notebook
which stayed with me for the next 15 years.
I still have it,” recalls Amrish, who runs Ritu
Kumar’s business.
“And then, when Covid happened, work
stopped and we were all in lockdown, I sat
down one day and said to myself, ‘let me
try and write this as a book. Then I sent
a few pages to an editor at a publishing
house and she kept encouraging me to
write more and more. Before I knew it, it
was a hundred pages already... and then I
had to finish it. But I had to redo the ending
a few times as I had only really conceived
of the beginning,” he clarifies.
The book took a little over a year to
complete and is set in Hyderabad—a city
Amrish doesn’t know at all.
P down in, 15
“I DON’T KNOW HOW
THE IDEAS CAME ABOUT,
BUT I SCRIBBLED THEM
IN A NOTEBOOK WHICH
STAYED WITH ME FOR
THE NEXT 15 YEARS. I
STILL HAVE IT.”
—AMRISH KUMAR, AUTHOR
ON HIS LIST
What Amrish is reading right now
Amrish usually reads two to three books at
the same time. Currently, he’s juggling The
Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles with Shoe
Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, and Red
Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power,
Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China
by Desmond Shum.
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The
notebook
that Amrish
Kumar wrote
his ideas
years ago
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“I’ve visited the city only once or twice,
but I used it as the backdrop as it seems
to be the right microcosm for this kind
of story. So, I researched and studied the
history of the place. The setting of the book
needed to be an ancient place, a place with
the fabric of a mixed structure of society,
and Hyderabad works for that!” he explains.
New innings
Amrish chose cricket as one of the themes of
his book because he wanted it to be light and
meaningful at the same time. “When I say
light, I mean a little witty and humourous,”
he adds as a disclaimer. “As a cricket fanatic
in my teens, I went through that process
of euphoria mingled with despair that a
sports fan goes through regularly and it
was so woven into our communities and
cultures that it just became an interesting
device to use. It sounds scientific but, in the
beginning, I didn’t know what I was doing.”
In the book, the protagonist believes that
his fortunes are linked with those of the
Indian cricket team. When they win, so
does he, and when they lose, so does he.
“For him, the divine is built around
cricket. And cricket also has a construct in
Indian life, one in which spirituality plays,”
says Amrish. “Willow is essentially the tree
from which cricket bats are made.”
Old-world charm
Another quality that makes this book
charming is the era it recreates. “That, I
think, is important. Anyone born in the
1990s will go back to a time when kids went
through a very significant change between
how their parents grew up and how they
grew up. There’s another generation shift
happening now, in which we will be left
behind. So, the story was always supposed to
be a homage to nostalgia,” Amrish reflects.
He never saw himself as an author and
is still amazed that he managed to write
a book. “I’ve always been creative. I had a
record label and wanted to be in films. But
I never thought I could write. But I read a
lot, so I suppose that helps,” he says.
But films are still his first love and if he
could make Gods of Willow into a film, he
would be the happiest person on the planet.
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 Fashion Focus
Free weekend e-magazine of the Hindustan Times | Saturday, September 10, 2022
THE COLOUR
OF THE SEASON
AND HOW TO
WEAR IT
Page 16

“People pick me up in
markets thinking I’m a kid.
If I told you I was 19 years
old, would you believe me?
My uniqueness serves as my
motivation to dream big.” THE CIRCADIAN
–Abdu Rozik, 19, Singer,
boxer, comedian
RHYTHM AND
YOUR GUT!
By Luke Coutinho
Page 15

“I am an electromechanical
engineer from Solapur
Engineering College and
I work in Zambia. My boss’s son
started creating videos, and
soon, I became JustSul,
the social media star!”
–JustSul, 53, Engineer
and comedian

What’s So Funny?
Behind these two successful comedians on social media lie
some very intriguing stories

#FunnySideUp

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SOHRAB
KHUSHRUSHAHI
Sohfit
{ Q+A }
BABY STEPS
Q I have a torn ligament in one arm
and leg. How can I still stay active,
three weeks into recovery, after I have
permission to move around?
—Steven, via email
T he first thing you need to do is
speak with a physio and work
on rehabilitation. That will get you
moving and is a great place to start.
Then, based on your improvement,
slowly start introducing bodyweight
movements into your training
routine and progress from there. No
high impact work like jumping for
now, first start working on improv-
ing the muscles post the injury.
@Sohfit, as he is commonly known,
chucked a seven-figure job in finance to
follow his passion for fitness. He currently
trains some of Bollywood’s biggest stars
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WORK CULTURE
Shantanu
Deshpande, CEO,
Bombay Shaving
Company, asked
youngsters to
hustle and put
in 18-hour-days
at work on
LinkedIn. He has
since apologised
for the post
{ SUNDAY DEBATE }
The 18-hour itch
Should you sacrifice your already precarious
work-life balance in order to get ahead?
“Be decisive about “Sometimes, working
when you need a longer hours helps
break from work” you grow”
By Ashok Ramchandra By Arjun Sawhney
T I
he recent debate on the 18-hour work can see how the insinuation made by the
culture worries me. More so since it is CEO of The Bombay Shaving Company
playing out on social media, a location that the youngest millennials and the
that accentuates the need to constantly signal oldest Gen Z kids work 18-hour days would
“hustle mode on”. rub people the wrong way. This is
I strongly believe that work and unrealistic and detrimental to not
life go hand in hand. To me, P just an individual’s well-being, but
hustling does not equal to to a company’s culture.
“TO ME, HUSTLING
working for insane hours That being said,
with no personal life. It DOES NOT EQUAL TO sometimes working longer
means that one allows WORKING FOR INSANE hours helps individuals,
for blank spaces that HOURS WITH including myself, grow in
boost creativity and spark every aspect. Our work
excellence. Consuming
NO PERSONAL LIFE.” includes a lot of expression,
yourself with work all the
—ASHOK RAMACHANDRA a lot of creativity, a lot of
time will not let you refresh, passion, and I have strived
reflect and re-energise, the to create a work culture that
three critical Rs to achieve gives each employee a sense of
moonshot goals. So, it’s best to be P belonging.
“IF WORK DOESN’T
decisive about when one needs This sense of belonging
a break. helps our people expand their
In my organisation, we
FEEL LIKE WORK interests and explore their
encourage managers to check AND WE ARE GIVEN talents. When they find
on how people feel, look for SUFFICIENT TIME TO their passion, their sense of
signs of burnout and provide
avenues for employees to
RECHARGE...THE HOURS satisfaction reduces stress,
which positively affects
speak up about work-related WE PUT IN WORK productivity. So, if work
issues. We also focus on providing DOESN’T MATTER.” doesn’t feel like work and we are
employees with sufficient me-time. —ARJUN SAWHNEY given sufficient time to recharge,
If you are confused about your whether we put in eight hours at the
work-life balance, step back and think office or 18 doesn’t matter.
about what is likelyy to make you proud 10 However, it is true thatt at some
years on. It won’t be success at work. It comp panies,, peopple stayy late to give the
will be the relationships you created and imppression that theyy are committed to their
cherish—which comes only from spending jobs. This is toxicity
ty.
your time both at work and in life.
Arjun Sawhney is the founder of The
Ashok Ramchandra is President & CEO of Communication Council and
Schindler India and South Asia. Green Goose Design.
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guest column
{ I SAY, CHAPS }

Seeking a period of enlightenment

Scotland’s new law that restores the dignity of menstruating
women is required in India immediately

By Dr Tanaya
Foundation of dignity
This is why Scotland’s Period Products
Act of 2022 comes as a breath of fresh,

I
f you were to line up 100
menstruating Indian women in one
room and take a wild guess as to
how many of them were using a pad,
you’d be very, very surprised with the
answer—20.
Only 20 per cent of Indian women on
average have the ability, the money, and
the opportunity to use pads. According
to UNESCO, 23 million young women in
India drop out of school due to menstrual
health and hygiene issues. Think of the
impact this has on the future of the
youngest workforce in the world. Period
poverty changes the course of lives and
dictates the future of nations.
What is period poverty? With over
500 million menstruating women
affected by it globally, period poverty
is a lack of access to period products,
menstrual hygiene, period waste
management, and basic awareness.
Over 70 per cent of young Indian
menstruators say they had had “no
knowledge” about menstruation
P ing, Tanaya is
“SCOTLAND’S GENDER
BINARYSMASHING,SHAME-
BUSTING MOVE HAS BEEN
LAUDED AS A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION”
—DR TANAYA
Medical doctor before their first period. This, coupled
and gynaecol- with the lack of access to products,
ogist-in-train- complicates our specific case. While
better known
certain segments of our population
have the luxury of a variety of period
on social
media to her products, the vast majority of Indian
949K followers women use dirty rags, leaves, and even
as Dr Cuterus ash. It’s not just an affordability issue.
It’s also a stigma issue. Menstruators
are considered impure. Conversations
around periods and period products are
shrouded in shame.
reassuring air. Scotland is the first country
in the world to make period products
free for “anyone who needs them”. This
progressive, gender binary smashing,
shame-busting, empowering move has
been lauded globally as a significant step
forward in the right direction. But can we
see something like this in India? Call me
dangerously optimistic, but I actually see
it happening!
In 2018, after years of campaigning by
activists, India scrapped the 12 per cent
tax on sanitary products. This allowed
many more people to afford pads,
and it pushed the menstrual product
conversation into the mainstream. What
is to say that the government won’t be
inspired by Scotland’s scheme?
As a doctor and menstrual health
educator who sees the impact of period
stigma every single day, I am thrilled
by how Scotland dealt with the period
conversation with such dignity. That
straightforward act will impact millions
of lives globally. And with the Indian
conversation about female bodies moving
to a better space, I am bloody excited to see
what the future holds (pun fully intended).
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Dr. Tanaya is a doctor and scientist who also
creates digital content that focusses on
busting sexual health myths.
I Say Chaps is a column that allows passionate,
creative people a platform to have their say.

{ Q+A }
DIY DIPS BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY
Q What are the quintessential dips I can make at home?
—Arunima, via Instagram QHow can I mask the bitterness of karela successfully?
— Keerti, Via Email

T here’s a lot that go well with flavoured chips, Doritos and

pita. Make a yogurt-based dip, which is Mediterranean, with
herbs and olive oil. Do a classic hummus or one with lamb mince.
PRATEEK SADHU
Avocado guacamole is a classic. You can buy smoked salmon, chop
Award-winning Chef
it up with dill, and add this to sour cream. A good tomato-based
option would be to chop up tomato, olive, basil, garlic and mix it
with olive oil for a salsa. Always keep hard cheese like Emmental
or truffle cheddar or gouda, handy. You can just serve it with some
.fruit and pita.
W hat I usually do is rub salt on raw karela and let it sit
for a couple of hours. It loses a lot of water, and also
its bitter taste. Peel it and let it sit again for half an hour.
Stuff the karela with the peels, along with amchur and
raisins. You can also add potatoes or khoya. Slow cook it.
Finishing it with some acidic masks the bitterness.
Prateek Sadhu is an award-winning chef, whose first restaurant,
Masque, is India’s top rated eatery according to Asia’s Top 50
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social media
{ SOCIAL MEDIA STAR OF THE WEEK }
Anand Bhaskar
For his Reel highlighting the importance of riyaaz
not just for musicians, but every professional
By Karishma Kuenzang
G
iven our hectic lives, it’s quite easy to
fall out of the habit of focussing on
just ourselves and even our skills.
Which is what happened with musician and
composer Anand Bhaskar after he started
working a corporate job.
As a pre-teen, Anand had had a strong
foundation in classical music and did his
daily riyaaz (practice) for eight years. But
when he started working, he lost touch with
music. Fortunately, music did not lose touch
with him, and when he quit the job, he was
able to compose for hit series like Mirzapur,
Masoom and Dr Arora.
Lost in the hustle
Even now, as a full-time musician and
composer, he gets caught in the hustle, and
skips his morning riyaaz, which means he
does not practice all day. Now he’s trying
to correct this by scheduling 15 minutes
for it every morning. This is the result of a
promise he made recently while posting a Reel
of himself doing his classical riyaaz.
“The one strategy that is working for me
is: start your day with your riyaaz. Practice is
not just a habit but a value that you inculcate,”
says Anand.
What exactly is riyaaz? “Think of your
body as a machine. A lot of the things we
do quickly and efficiently is because of
muscle memory. And that’s a result of
every day riyaaz. It’s what eventually
lets you achieve your top form
and stay consistent,” says the musician, who
admits that he can feel the difference in his
voice if he skips his riyaaz for two days.
Crediting his classical vocals—the riyaaz he
practises—for giving him the ability to adapt
P As much as I have spoken about not getting
“PRACTISING YOUR CRAFT
PUTS YOU IN A STATE OF
MINDFULNESS AND FOR
THAT PERIOD, YOU’RE ONLY
FOCUSSING ON GETTING
BETTER AT SOMETHING ”
—ANAND BHASKAR,
MUSICIAN & COMPOSER
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Musician and his voice for genres like pop, hip-hop and jazz,
composer Anand explains, “Doing riyaaz is
Anand Bhaskar like sending your voice to the gym. It teaches
is trying to
you how to do the heavy lifting.”
incorporate
15 minutes for
riyaaz every Riyaaz for mental health
morning, a Riyaaz is not just about honing your skills.
promise he Doing it regularly helps with your mental
made recently
health.
while posting
a Reel “Practising your craft puts you in a
state of mindfulness and for that period of
time, whether it’s 20 minutes or an hour,
you are only focussing on getting better
at something. That makes you mindful
and inadvertently becomes a form of
meditation,” says Anand. “These days, we don’t
take time for ourselves. We don’t press pause.
We are constantly working and hustling.
caught in the hustle, I am guilty of it. But in
this small window of a few minutes a day, I
can really focus on my voice and the way I
feel,” smiles Anand.
karishma.kuenzang@hindustantimes.com
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Media Star Of The Week? Nominate using the
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KARISHMA MEHTA
Storyteller and writer
{ Q+A }
FUTURE & FRIENDS
Q How can I say no to going
out with friends due to financial
reasons?
—Seema K, Delhi
D on’t over think it because it is
completely okay to say ‘no’ to
plans. In the long run, you realise
that socialising or going out are a
part of friendship, but definitely
not the backbone. So, you need to
do the math, work backwards on
your budget and see what all you
can comfortably afford. And never
feel guilty about refusing an outing
because of this. After all, you are
looking out for your future, and a
true friend will understand that.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
QAre birthday posts on social
media overrated?
—Kevin, Via Instagram
Y es. Social media is deceiving.
Real friendships are filled with
love and stability and if you feel
that on a daily basis then what’s
difference does one social media
post make? I know it can be tough
as we all like that attention, but
try and look at the larger picture!
Karishma Mehta, @karimehta05 on
Instagram, is a writer, photographer and
founder & CEO at Humans of Bombay
SUNDAY IN A SENTENCE
{ FREDDY BIRDY }
SOCIAL MEDIA STAR
“You will always
remember the things
th t were never
that
said to you.”
@freddy_birdy
 ABDU ROZIK
3.6 MILLION
INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
was born in Tajikistan to a
family of gardeners and now has
an Instagram following that most
people can only dream of. He first
shot to fame singing Tajik rap
songs, but don’t let his baby
face fool you: the 19-year-
old is also a boxer!

JUSTSUL
6.3 MILLION
INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
Engineer turned content creator,
rose to fame thanks to his celebrity
impersonations. He won the ‘World’s
Top Entertainment Influencer’ award
at the Influencer’s Awards Monaco
in 2018 and ‘Best Entertainment
Influencer Award’ at the Inflow
Global Awards
in 2019.

Funny side up!

Meet two of social media’s most amusing guys—JustSul and
Abdu Rozik—and learn what makes them tick!
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(Clockwise from top) JustSul with boxers (Clockwise from top) Abdu Rozik with actor Anushka Sharma;
Lawrence Okelie and Anthony Joshual; cricketer Virat Kohli; footballer Cristiano Ronaldo; musician AR
footballer Paul Pogba; cricketer MS Dhoni; Rahman; actor Shahid Kapoor; and Turkish restaurateur Salt Bae
rapper Tyga; and rapper French Montana

Text by Jamal Shaikh P JUSTSUL:

Photos shot exclusively
“I USED TO SING IN
THE MIGRANT
for HT Brunch by
Prabhat Shetty THE BAZAARS FOR A ENGINEER
LIVING WHEN I STARTED WITH THE

O
WATCHING SINGING LUXE LIFE!

S
n e man’s funny may
be another man’s blah. ix years ago, Shantinath Ganpath
But success on social
VIDEOS ON FACEBOOK & Sul, now 53, knew little about social
media is measured by INSTAGRAM. I WANTED media. He was one of the millions of
followers, not by laughs. TO SING MY OWN TAJIKI Indians working abroad to support their
Given that, humour SONGS THAT WAY. families back home; an electromechanical
content creators JustSul and Abdu Rozik, engineer in Zambia. “I was only familiar
with a following of 6.3 million and 3.6
TODAY, I HAVE MORE with Facebook and Whatsapp then,”
million respectively, are the digital world’s THAN THREE MILLION he says.
most successful comedians. FOLLOWERS ON Today, @JustSul, as he is popularly
known, has over six million followers on
INSTAGRAM.”
social media. While his brand of humour
—ABDU ROZIK, COMEDIAN
{ JUSTSUL } COMEDIAN & SOCIAL
AL MEDIA STAR may not be everyone’s cup of tea, this
middle-aged Indian guy, by showcasing
This probably explains why the two men an exaggerated lifestyle and an over-the-
are now in Mumbai, shooting for their first top sense of humour, has found himself a
“When I first started Bollywood film—Salman Khan’s next, no sizeable audience from across the world.
this [social media], less! Given this opportunity, HT Brunch “The first time I travelled to Dubai
it was never about lost no time in pinning them down for an as JustSul, people started calling out
exclusive chat and photo shoot. my name,” Sul recalls. “From airport
money. I never even Since they are comedians, we expected immigration to people in the bathroom
knew I could earn to find ourselves thoroughly entertained— and at the malls. That’s when I realised
from this. But I have and our expectations were fully met. But that I am famous!”
earned the most humour was not the only attribute we JustSul’s caricature of an In dian
in my life from found in them as we chatted. Behind worker living the luxury life is most
the social media personas of JustSul popular amongst the migrant community
social media.”
and Abdu, we discovered, lie two very in the Gulf. But the character is not his
intriguing stories. brainchild at all! It’s an idea his boss’s
Read on. And prepare to be surprised. son—a millennial, social-media savvy

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P
“NAME ANY OTHER
53-YEAR-OLD INDIAN
MAN WHO DOES
CREATIVE AND FUNNY
VIDEOS WHICH ARE
WATCHED GLOBALLY.
I’LL WAIT…!”
—JUSTSUL, COMEDIAN

Hair and make-up by

Ashwin Shelar

JOIN IN THE
CONVERSATION USING
#FunnySideUp

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youngster—had and executed.
“Said Ahmad is the man responsible for
creating JustSul,” says Sul, giving credit
where it is due. “Said asked me to shoot a few
videos for him when I worked for his dad in
Zambia and promised he’d make me famous.
At first, he made me say the lyrics (sic) of some
hip-hop music and posted it on his Snapchat.
But the first video that went viral was inspired
by Kanye West’s All Day song, which got a lot
of attention and put me on the map.”
Sul could not gauge the impact this viral
video could have. It never even occurred to
him that the character he played could become
a source of income.
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"The first time I travelled
to Dubai as JustSul,
people started calling out
my name. From airport
immigration to people
in the bathroom and at “I KNEW
the malls. That’s when I
realised that I am famous."
SANTINATH
—JustSul, 53, Comedian COULD BE A STAR!”
Meet Said Ahmed, the man who created JustSul
It was the millennial son of Shantinath Ganpath Sul’s
boss in Zambia, where he worked as an engineer, who
first made a video and created the character of JustSul.
“Sul is a pure human with good energy,” Said tells
HT Brunch. “I enjoyed his presence whenever he came
into the office. I saw a lot of potential to create content
with him because of his face, accent and my ideas.
I just knew I could make him a superstar. He has
been so loyal to my family and to my dad’s
company, it would be a pleasure to see him
succeed even more…”
“All I could see was that Said was very
motivated, and that’s what got me going. He
believed in me so much. I trusted him and
started seeing the numbers grow every time
we made these videos,” he says. “When I first
started this, it was never about money. I never
even knew I could earn from this. But yes, I have
earned the most in my life from social media. I
am grateful that I am a social media star today.”
Sul was born an d raised in Solapur,
where he studied mechanical and electrical
engineering at Solapur Engineering College.
“I was passionate about acting and drama in
school,” he recalls. His family today consists of
a brother, three sisters, mother, wife and two
kids, all of whom live in Satara, Maharashtra.
All his family members enjoy his content
and newfound celebdom, Sul says. But ask him
about a certain cuss word that his character
uses regularly, and Sul gets guarded. “When
P I first used the word, I was very much against
it,” he says. “But then people kept asking me
“WHEN I FIRST USED to say it when they met me, and I realised they
enjoy hearing it from me.”
THE [CUSS] WORD, I WAS Interestingly, Sul continues to keep his job in
VERY MUCH AGAINST Zambia. “My boss and colleagues respect me for
IT. BUT THEN PEOPLE what I have done, and they are proud of me that
KEPT ASKING ME TO I’m still humble doing both things together.”
There are many creators of funny videos
SAY IT WHEN THEY MET today. What makes you different from them,
ME, AND I REALISED we ask.
THEY ENJOY HEARING IT For a fun BTS
Sul replies with swag: “Name any other 53-year-
FROM ME.” video, log on to: old Indian man who does creative and funny
https://www. videos which are watched globally. I’ll wait…!”
—JUSTSUL, COMEDIAN
read.ht/NTcf Something JustSul would say!
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MONEY
MATTERS
US$1million: A prime example of how social
media can change your life, this is how much
industry sources peg JustSul’s current approximate net
worth to be, proving that he really means business!
US$600,000: Although he comes from humble
beginnings, young Abdu Rozik’s net worth is now
estimated to be around this much.
Both comedy content creators were in
Mumbai to shoot for Salman Khan’s
next film, and spoke exclusively to
HT Brunch.

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ABDU ROZIK: "People don’t believe me when I

say I am 19 years old. It’s looking
THE BOY-MAN like a kid that makes me cute. And
I can get away with anything by
WITH A HUGE giving this cute smile."
HEART —Abdu Rozik, 19, Comedian

I
f the roots of humour lie in pain, Abdu Rozik
seems to convey that without saying it out
loud. For the world knows him as the cutest
“kid” on social media, and that’s just how he
would like to keep it.
Savriqul Muhammed Roziqi, aka Abdu Rozik,
the son of Mr Savriqul and Mrs Rooh Afza, who
hails from a tiny village in Tajikistan called
Panjakent, is, in fact, 19 years old. But at 94 cm,
Abdu is a “proportionate dwarf”. This genetic
condition, coupled with his clear skin and boyish
features, makes him resemble a 10-year-old.
“I was in school when I realised I was
shorter than the other kids. They were nice to
me initially, and I also looked so cute,” smiles
Abdu, showing that he’s a staunch believer in
seeing a glass as half full rather than half empty.
“But then my school mates started making fun
of me, and I got really sad. In order to fight the
bullies, I wanted to show that I was strong. So,
I took up boxing.”
Abdu eventually foun d refuge in the
performing arts. “I was a good singer, or P him. He now lives in Dubai, and earns enough
to send back home to his village in Tajikistan to
maybe because I looked the way I did, people “MY BOSS AND support his parents and three siblings.
were attracted to me and became fascinated “I am living a dream life,” says Abdu. “I never
listening to me,” says Abdu. “I realised then
COLLEAGUES RESPECT thought I could live in such luxury. I wake up in
that my uniqueness would open doors to ME FOR WHAT I HAVE the morning, go to the gym, then go for music
many opportunities. It actually serves as my DONE AND THEY ARE and dance lessons in the afternoon, and in the
motivation to dream big.” PROUD THAT I’M STILL evening, I attend language sessions to learn
Abdu took to social media to showcase his English and Hindi.”
talent early on. “I used to sing in the bazaars
HUMBLE.” Abdu hopes to graduate from social media
for a living when I started watching short
—JUSTSUL, COMEDIAN stardom to Indian movies. His Instagram page
singing videos on Facebook, Instagram and is flooded with pictures of him with Bollywood
musical.ly, which later became TikTok. I wanted I have more than three million followers on stars, sportspeople like Virat Kohli and the like.
to sing my own Tajiki songs that way, and when Instagram,” he says. “I got the opportunity to participate in the
I did, people started to follow me, and today, His positive spirit shines again when he sing a song event with Mr AR Rahman at the
adds, “My biggest advantage is that I look cute. Expo 2020, which went viral,” says Abdu, his
Please… I am not praising myself. I am saying excitement still palpable. “It was my dream to
{ ABDU ROZIK} COMEDIAN & SOCIAL MEDIA STAR this because I am short and people don’t believe meet Cristiano Ronaldo, which also came true
me when I say I am 19 years old. It’s looking on a recent trip to the UK.”
like a kid that makes me cute. And I can get Abdu credits the upswing in his life to social
away with anything by giving this cute smile.” media, and to his family. “My parents took great
“My parents took great He smiles on cue and adds, “When I go for trouble to raise me,” he says. “They spared no
trouble to raise me. They a movie that is not suitable for children below expenses for my treatment, and when I took to
spared no expenses for 18 years, the person at the ticket counter does social media, they only encouraged me. Now, I
not allow me to enter. But I also save money as am the breadwinner in my family. I am happy
my treatment, and when
I can buy things at the discounted prices that to say that we now have a two-storied house,
I took to social media, people give me, thinking I am a child!” and they are happy. Of course, I hope to find
they only encouraged On the flip side, some occasions cause an understanding life partner one day, but I
me. Now, I am the embarrassment. “Believe it or not, there are will leave that to my parents to decide; after all,
breadwinner in people who really think I am a child and lift me I’m just 19 now. I want to work harder to give
my family.” up,” he says with a bit of exasperation. “Even my family an even better life. Alhumdulilah!
I have limits!” Thanks to God first, and then to my family!”
Today, Abdu’s following is big enough for
one of the biggest social media management jamal.shaikh@hindustantimes.com
agencies in the Middle East, IFCM, to represent Follow @JamalShaikh on Instagram and Twitter

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{ rude food }

VIR
SANGHVI

Meat
of the
atte
CAREFUL
APPROACH
In India,
plant-based meat
is still an elite
concern. But the
lesson we should
take away from
all of this research
is: be careful how
Does meat-eating really do severe damage to your health
many processed
foods you use
and to the planet? The evidence suggests that the real danger
comes from dairy and from processed foods

M
any thoughtful people in the West are beginning
to worry about how much meat they eat. In many
countries where vegetarians were once regarded
as oddballs, restaurants are making a conscious
attempt to cater to them.
But as the doubts about a mostly meat-based diet grow,
important questions are beginning to be asked about how much
damage the production of meat actually does to the planet and
how exactly it does this damage. Nor is it clear if every bright and
shining new trend that has been thrown up by the eat-more-plants
campaign is here to stay.
Let’s take the example of plant-based ‘meat’. Around five years
DAIRY-FREE DIET ago, it was being talked about as the next big thing. Companies
If you want to that produced plant-based ‘meat’ saw huge interest from
reduce methane
investors and share prices zoomed. Burger King (in the US) put a PLANT-BASED BURGER
emissions, a more
plant-based burger on the menu and its sales soared. The day is Plant-based meat works best in fast-food hamburgers where the
effective way of
not far off, we were told, when the planet will be saved and public beef patty has virtually no taste and the flavour comes from sauces
doing this would
be to remove health will improve because we will all switch to plant-based that pioneered the production of plant-based burgers and the like
milk, dahi, paneer, ‘meat’ from the real thing. reported disappointing first quarter results. It declared a net loss of
cheese etc, from
your diet Yeah, well, may be. 100 million dollars and a significant drop in total revenue. Figures
All the current evidence suggests that we may ffor the sector as a whole show that it is not growing as much as
have overestimated the appeal of plant-based eexpected. And it looks as though plant-based ‘meat’ has had very
‘meat’. Beyond Meat, the company llittle impact on US meat consumption. The figures suggest that it
hhas either held steady or actually gone up.
The sector’s defenders say that this is a blip, that Americans
will soon settle down to plant-based ‘steaks’. Others say that this is
w

P
F
FIVE YEARS AGO, PLANT-BASED
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DIET MATTERS PAY HEED

Many diets that are rich in red meat (Mediterranean, for instance) don’t lead to Fresh, free range meat is not as dangerous as doctors have told us. It’s
an increase in heart disease in the way that the American diet does industrial and processed foods we have to worry about

unlikely. Plant-based meat works best in fast-food hamburgers where new orthodoxy is that processed foods are the real villain, then
the real beef patty has virtually no taste anyway and the flavour comes you have to ask yourself how plant-based ‘meat’ is actually created.
from the sauces and add-ons. It makes very little difference to the Hamburger patties do not grow on trees. The short answer is that
overall flavour of the burger if you replace the beef patty with a plant- industrial processes are required to create fake ‘meat’. So, asks the
based substitute. But outside of the fast-food sector, they say, plant- meat industry, what’s more dangerous, eating a fresh steak or a
based substitutes won’t really catch on in the long run. heavily processed artificial food?
It is too early to say if this gloomy prognosis is accurate but the It is an important question because processed foods are on the
plant-based protein sector has also been hit by aggressive, negative rise all over the world. Over half the food eaten in the UK is ultra-
campaigning from the meat industry which has attacked the merits processed. In the US, the figure is even higher. The figures are much
it claims for its products. lower for India but they are going up. Free range meat is becoming
The first claim advanced for plant-based meat is that it is healthy. rarer as industrial meat and poultry farming are taking over. The
We all know that red meat causes heart attacks. So, surely all chances are that the next chicken tikka you will eat or even the egg
substitutes are to be welcomed? Except that the truth is not quite so you ate for breakfast came from an industrial operation.
straightforward. The environmental objection to meat has more substance. A cow
Stay with me here because though the science may sound boring, releases enough methane to contribute to global pollution almost as
it is important. The claim that heart patients may die sooner than much as a car does. The impact can be overstated. (Cows contribute
those with healthy hearts rests on the presence of a compound only three per cent of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions) But it
INDUSTRIAL
called TMAO (for short) in the blood. Red meat does not provide is undeniable. There is, therefore, a strong argument for restricting
CALL
Chances are, TMAO directly but it contains two chemical compounds (choline the rearing of cows.
even the egg you and L-Carnitine) that are metabolised inside our body and turn into Except that even this has little to do with vegetarians or plant-
eat for breakfast TMAO in the liver. So, if red meat can lead to the creation of TMAO based foods. In nearly every country (and certainly in India) where
comes from then it’s bad for you, right? cows are reared, the majority are farmed for milk not for beef. So,
an industrial
operation Well, yes and no. Many diets that are rich in if you want to reduce methane emissions, a more effective way of
Mediterranean, for instance)
red meat (M doing this would be to remove milk, dahi, paneer, cheese, ice-cream,
don’t leead to an increase in heart lassi, mithais and the like from your diet. This will be more effective
diseease in the way that the than eating a fake meat hamburger.
American diet does. Studies
A In India, plant-based meat is still an elite concern. But the lesson
of healthy omnivores who we should take away from all of this research is: be careful how many
eat plant-heavy diets have processed foods you use. The chemicals that are needed to put them
failed to find that this has on your grocery shelves may harm your heart much more than a
benefitted their health. seekh kabab. Also: look for the origins of the meat, eggs and chicken
Scientists
S now believe that you eat. The processed stuff will hurt your heart. It will cost more to
alll red meat by itself is not eat healthier but try and avoid industrial broiler chicken and eggs.
necessarily unhealthy. I would not advise Indians to give up dairy: it is too important a
Wha at seems to matter is what part of our diets. But it is certainly possible for us to cut down on the
kind of meat you consume. The quantity consumed.
evidence suggestss that food from animals As for all the plant-based meat substitutes, they may make sense
and birds reared in industrial conditions is the problem. to Americans. But India has the world’s finest vegetarian food.
For more
Moreover studies of TMAO levels in non-vegetarians have revealed There is no need for us to eat a highly processed food that is made to
articles
by the author, that processed meat is the real culprit. Fresh, free range meat is not taste like meat.
log on to: as dangerous as doctors have told us. It’s industrial and processed Eat simply. Eat well. And eat fresh food that comes from a farm
https://www. foods we have to worry about. and not from a factory.
read.ht/MZ2p What does this have to do with plant-based foods? Well, if the The views expressed by the columnist are personal

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Pillow talk: What does your

bedroom say about you?
REHANA
MUNIR

Intimate and revealing, the boudoir is a portal into the personality of its occupants

I
probably spend more time in bed than the average non-convalescent.
If I’m home and awake—which is not my preferred state—I’m either
reading or writing in bed, something any wellness guru will tell you
is not good for you. But wellness gurus operate on the knowledge
gleaned from averages, and I’m nothing if not an outlier—and this is not
a boast. Sample this. I like warm beer, am bored by thrillers, and I’ll only
shop with a gun to my head. Bed is a safe space for those who live at an
awkward angle from classic wisdom and popular trends. Hide under a
blanket and you’re invisible. Or is it invincible?

Sleep vs relationship etiquette

Considering my bed addiction, I’m naturally interested in bed linen
and duvets, an exception to my no-shopping rule. Blankets are the
objects you’re most in physical contact with on a daily basis, and
so they need to be so much more personalised than ‘look-at-me’
lampshades or ‘aren’t-I-smart?’ fridge magnets. To find one that suits
you perfectly might take years. I’m glad to report I’ve recently found
one whose monochrome (but not dull) looks, soft (but not limp)
texture, large (but not intimidating) size and comforting (but not
twee) blanketness make it a wraparound joy.

P
THE DESIRE TO INSTALL A LARGE
MIRROR ON THE CEILING ABOVE
ONE’S BED POINTS TO DEEPER
ISSUES, I’D WAGER
All my minimalist leanings are belied by my pillow fixation. How
does one get a good night’s sleep—or afternoon’s rest—without
the cottony softness of a minimum of three pillows? All this space-
hogging can mess with your partner’s sleep, but there are other ways
to redeem oneself on the relationship etiquette front; sleep is non-
negotiable. We’re constantly told that sleeping beside someone is the
gold standard for slumber. But anyone who is in pursuit of nocturnal
truths knows that a comfortable bed, several pillows, a good book and
a strong balm are all one needs to get through the night. And, if you’re
lucky, a slack conscience seals the deal.
The poetics of a discarded bed
I’ve recently gone through the pain of giving up a perfectly lovely old
bed simply because it took up too much space in the guest room. A
sofa-cum-bed, a fearsome entity I’ve forever been afraid of, has just
BEDROOM BASICS
What you put—or don’t put—in your bedroom can reveal a lot
about who you are
The sofa-cum-bed is far less user-friendly than other furniture in
the Necessary Evil category. The transition from sofa to bed is always a
pain, a production that involves brisk activity just when one is ready to
fall asleep. Then there are the inevitable joints between mattresses—
horizontal, if you’re lucky. I only ever manage an unsatisfactory sleep
on a piece of furniture that’s so fiercely practical. But at least it’s not
a futon, a one-time living-room superstar, which, thankfully, has
disappeared from the home scene over the years.
There’s a mirror above my bed!
There are those who take special pains to design their bedrooms
according to “energy fields” and other such beliefs that have launched
a thousand retail ideas. A mirror in front of a bed spells marital disaster
to this breed. I’d agree, but not owing to any supernatural force. The
desire to install a large mirror either in front of, or on the ceiling above,
one’s bed points to deeper issues than in one’s marriage, I’d wager.
Then there are the portrait enthusiasts whose bedroom walls are
busy shrines to all the important events in their life ranging from
graduation day to a good hair day. Unless they’re pet people, which
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taken its place. Setting aside all the feelings attached to my teakwood
bed was a task I wasn’t quite prepared for. I won’t get into the poetics
For more articles
by the author, of a discarded bed—Gulzar Sa’ab surely has done the pressing issue
log on to: https://www. justice in a song somewhere—but suffice it to say that I felt no Marie
read.ht/MZ3q Kondo-sponsored lightness. In fact, quite the contrary. Mera kucch
Follow Rehana on saamaan carries within it a world of pathos. Sadly, the dimensions of
Twitter @rehana_munir Mumbai’s flats laugh in the face of such sentimentality.
means pet shrines. Some stupidly surround themselves with towering
piles of old books that make them sneeze. (Ah-choo!) Others find their
bliss in Insta-inspired walk-in wardrobes. Dehumidifiers reveal health
fiends. Dreamcatchers out the fantasists. Never invite anyone into
your bedroom unless you want them to see you without your filters on.
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NIKHIL
TANEJA
The rona dhona about work-life balance
No job is, and should be, the be-all and end-all for any employee—or employer
L
ast week, a viral post by a CEO of an Indian start-up
advised young Indians to spend 18 hours at their jobs
for at least four to five years without doing any random
‘rona dhona’. The CEO advised 22-year-olds to ‘worship’
their work and to stop watching ‘random content’ that talks
about ‘work life balance blah blah’, so that they can ‘build a flex’
in the first five years of their career that they carry with them for
the rest of their lives.
This post, fittingly, got severe backlash on the internet, and
even managed to become the fodder for discussion and debate
on news TV channels. But for anyone who has been part of, or
followed the Indian start up and MNC culture since its inception,
this... isn’t news. What the CEO wrote in his LinkedIn post was
just an articulation of what every Indian business owner has
been conditioned to believe in, because that was what was
expected of them too.
P what their work lives are: all work and no life.
YOUNG TALENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
CONSIDERED REPLACEABLE BECAUSE
OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF CVS
FLOATING AROUND THE INBOXES OF
HIRING MANAGERS ON A DAILY BASIS
Statistically incorrect
It is tragic that even in 2022 we are still having a debate on work-
life balance, even as Gen-Z workers are quitting workplaces
en masse. In every second conversation I have with start-up
founders (and even legacy company leadership), their biggest
pain point is that young people won’t stick around long enough
in their companies. And every single time, my answer has been
a question: does your work culture try to enrich the lives of the
young, or treat them as workhorses to perform round-the-clock
tasks because of the toxic idea that, if you are young, why do you
even need time outside of work?
Ever since the economic boom of the 1990s that made it
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HUSTLE CULTURE
Are companies
taking advantage
of younger
employees by
asking them to
work relentlessly?
possible for any young person from any part of India to ‘make
it’ in the famed metros where start-ups and MNCs rise and fall
every day, young talent has always been considered replaceable
because of the sheer number of CVs floating around the inboxes
of hiring managers on a daily basis, and hundreds more that are
lying abandoned. And when you look at people as a statistic, as
one among thousands in a workforce of millions, you will not
bother to see them as human beings, with aspirations, dreams,
hopes and feelings.
Two-way growth
At the same time, young people today look at jobs through the
prism of fun Insta stories and fawning LinkedIn posts, where only
the best parts of the work experiences are put up—the camaraderie,
the water cooler moments, the parties, the life-changing learnings.
So, when young people enter jobs, they believe in the best version
of what their work lives could be, only to find the worst versions of
It’s a massive gap in expectation versus reality that employers
haven’t yet begun recognising (forget solving!), and are then
left with little else to do than put up posts asking 22-year-olds to
get with the programme, because anything other than non-stop
work is literally being a cry baby.
No job is, and should be, the be all and end all for any
employee, and it is not only important, but essential, that
employers everywhere start treating young people with respect,
decency and empathy. Only by encouraging the people on their
teams to grow and flourish in their own lives will they be able to
create cultures where employees give them the same love and
respect back by helping grow their companies too.
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LUKE
COUTINHO The gut clock
The strong connection between dietary patterns and circadian
rhythm must not be ignored
D
o you know our dietary patterns, appetite, and satiety are
all regulated by our circadian rhythm? Unfortunately, we
do not align our eating habits to it and revolve it around
our work schedules, social calendars, and convenience
instead, not realising the pressure we put on our bodies to work
against what it’s designed for.
With my years of experience in coaching patients across the globe, I am
convinced that not everyone needs a diet plan. Just by tweaking their meal
timings and aligning it with the circadian rhythm, they can start to see
noticeable improvements in their health like high energy levels, alertness,
better sleep, digestion, and water retention, waking up with a flatter
stomach, no bloating, clearer skin, lesser cravings, and so much more.
What does eating according to the
circadian rhythm mean?
In simple words, it means aligning our meal timings and patterns to
the sunset and sunrise, because of its impact on our digestion. As per
the circadian rhythm, our digestive fires wake up as the sun rises, peak
around noon, and slow down as the sun sets.
P receptor on the pancreatic cells, thereby suppressing its function. This
THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AND ITS
IMPACT ON DIGESTION IS A LAW OF
NATURE THAT WE SHOULD ALIGN
OURSELVES WITH
Eating in accordance with this rhythm means we consume our first
meal of the day after sunrise, eat a substantial lunch in the afternoon,
and our last meal of the day with, or close to, sunset, followed by
fasting through the night till the next morning.
The morning appetite
As the sun starts to rise, so does our digestive fire. The first meal of the
day thus should be post sunrise, especially if you feel hungry. If you
don’t, embrace it because your body is still eliminating and processing
the last meal.
At the same time, eating too early, before the sun rises, can go against
circadian rhythm because your metabolic fire and digestive ability are
not activated yet. The body is still in the detoxification process, and
nothing that you eat so early is going to be broken down effectively.
The afternoon appetite
When the sun is atop, our digestive fire is at its peak. This makes
lunchtime really important and gives us the opportunity to have a
really good meal. In fact, aiming for a maximum calorie intake from
your breakfast and lunch and the least from your dinner best supports
our digestion and the circadian rhythm.
What this also means is that the ideal time to eat a dessert is in the
afternoon!
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IN HARMONY
The circadian rhythm
diet, also called the sun
cycle diet, recommends
timing your meals with
the rising and setting of
the sun
The evening appetite
As the sun starts setting and it gets dark, our body naturally starts to
secrete melatonin, the hormone that is responsible for inducing sleep.
As a result, our body slows down and is least interested in digestion.
It is now more focussed on repair, recovery, growth, rejuvenation,
elimination, and healing. To support this, it’s best to start tapering
calorie intake and eat your last meal close to sunset, followed by giving
our digestion a complete breakthrough by fasting.
This is also called the circadian rhythm and is by far the most
natural way to fast.
Late night meals
Our body is not designed to digest and break down food, as the sun
starts setting. If you do have a late-night meal, your body will still try to
digest, but at the cost of:
• Irregular blood sugar levels • Constipation • Acidity
• Bloating • Sluggishness the next day
This is because the circadian rhythm is challenged. Several studies
have shown that the pancreas also has a melatonin receptor, indicating
that on the release of melatonin when it gets dark, it binds to the
speaks volumes about why a late-night meal can mess up your digestion,
and sugar levels, and you may even wake up feeling acidic and heavy.
Melatonin, upon its release, blocks pancreatic function, because
digesting food at night is not what your body is interested in.
If you do end up eating late, since your metabolism is slow, it is
a struggle for your body to break down the food. You make your
pancreas churn out more digestive enzymes, make your stomach
produce more acid, and force itself to digest the meal. The Dutch and
Europeans enjoy croissants, chocolate pastries, and similar foods in
the morning when the metabolism is at its highest.
What about late-night snacking? Your body is not designed to digest
Disclaimer: Keep your medical professional in the loop before trying anything new.
food late at night. It is that simple. Now, consider all of these events,
how the body functions, and what may happen when you disrupt this
circadian rhythm. The moment you have a late-night meal, you disrupt
every part of the rhythm, because it is all connected.
The circadian rhythm and its impact on digestion is a law of nature.
If we challenge the laws of nature by going against the circadian
rhythm that governs thousands of functions in the human body at
a cellular level, then even the best treatment, medicines, doctors,
nutritionists, spiritual healers, or yoga experts will not work.
And, what if we align ourselves with the laws of nature, and add the
right medicine, lifestyle, food, and so on? That is when we begin to see
prevention, healing, recovery, and healthy improvement occur.
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everything from athleisure to resort wear. Here are seven ways to wear it right
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viewer’s gaze to keep coming back. It’s a great way
of taking the focus off of areas you want to hide,
and towards areas that you want to highlight.

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“TEAM IT WITH
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Styling tip
Keep accessories minimal and pair
with a cool pair of neutral-hued
sneakers or a smartwatch.

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wear it only if you feel it’s inherently
you and not that the trend is wearing
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Styling tip
Be authentic. Be you!

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REBEL
Where to wear it?
“Any creative workspace! And,
if you’re ready to shake up the
system a bit, wear it to your next big
corporate presentation. Everyone
will definitely sit up and take notice,”
says Rishi Raj.

How to pair it?

“If the length is a bit uncomfortable
for your workplace, add a pleated
skirt with pockets,” he says.

Who does it suit?

“Tall, lean, angular body types do
justice to such a silhouette since it
hangs from the shoulders. But if you
like showing off your curves and
need to create the right proportions
for it, this silhouette is not for you,”
cautions Rishi.

A styling tip
A pair of similar-hued cigarette pants
will help style this up even more.

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fashion

“THIS CAN BE A
STATEMENT PIECE
IN YOUR TRAVEL
WARDROBE”
—SWATEE SINGH,
FASHION DESIGNER

BEAT THE
BLUES
Where to wear it?
“To boho-themed parties or events.
Also, this can be a statement piece in
one’s travel wardrobe, especially resort
wear,” says designer Swatee Singh.

How to pair it?

“The look works great with denims
and boots and can look stunning
as a dress with a camisole dress
underneath, or even as a bodysuit
under a tulle skirt,” she recommends.

Who does it suit?

“This silhouette looks fun for all body
types and age groups. Anyone who
feels comfortable in it and enjoys it
must wear it,” Swatee says.
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Keep accessories minimal to let the
strong statement silhouette and
colour of this piece speak. Style it as
a dress with a mini sling bag or heels
in metallic or another pop colour like
green or red.
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films

Goingundercover
A former magazine editor gets nostalgic & reveals anecdotes from
cover shoots with Bollywood’s biggest stars
Anna Singh almost every edition of Movie magazine
By Dinesh Raheja painting Pooja that you edited in the 1990s because you
Bhatt's body pioneered so many positive changes in

I
have never met Ramakrishnan P, the
editor of a popular Hong Kong-based
magazine, but corresponding with him
on social media has proved gratifying.
Recently, he said, “I have preserved
(above) for the
cover of Movie film journalism. And a Movie cover was
magazine prime real estate; I cherish some stunning
(right) covers as collectors’ items.”
That set me reminiscing about the years
between 1988 to 1999 when I edited Movie
magazine. Creating a stand-out cover every

P month was a mammoth task. They say it takes

a village to raise a child (sometimes I am
“THE INTERVIEW BEGAN made aware of that with my grandchildren),
WITH A SERIES OF and it was practically the same with a
magazine cover.
MONOSYLLABIC ANSWERS, Here are the stories of the creation of eight
TILL I ORDERED WHITE of the best covers and how photographers
WINE, WHICH PROVED TO Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Jagdish Mali and
Rakesh Shreshta captured the images
BE THE ICE-BREAKER” with flair, designers Anna Singh, Manish

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films

Malhotra and Neeta Lulla styled the stars (Clockwise

to look their best, and make-up wizards from top)
Mickey Contractor and Bharat-Dorris Newly-minted
star Aamir
chiselled their visages. Not to forget, the Khan with
young team of reporters and art directors established
who helped conceive the covers in my cabin star, Sridevi;
during brainstorming sessions that were Juhi Chawla
had an image
noisier than a stormy Arabian Sea.
makeover in a
leotard; Sunny
Aamir-Sridevi Deol, Sanjay
The boy next door and the Dutt and
diva, shoulder to shoulder last-minute
addition Chunky
Excited to be appointed the editor of Movie in Pandey; Divya
October 1988, I wanted to begin with a splash. Bharti's cover,
So, I approached the overnight sensation, released after
Aamir Khan, and the reigning diva Sridevi to her untimely
death
pose jointly... and to my surprise, they agreed!
I was ecstatic about the results of the photo
shoot. But my publishers had appointed a
hotshot art designer duo, and they took one
look at the negatives in the dark room and
airily declared: “We have decided to go with
a solo Sridevi picture.”
I politely underlined that this was my call
to make, and saved a much-talked-about
cover from the jaws of anonymity.
Analysing the hot reception to the cover,
its photographer Rakesh Shreshta says, “The
boy next door standing with the diva was
like the ultimate fantasy of the common man
coming true.”

Pooja Bhatt
A cover for posterity
Body painting is an intriguing art form.
Inspired by Demi Moore on the cover of
Vanity Fair, I approached Pooja Bhatt to do
a similar photo shoot. Always adventurous,
she readily agreed.
Starting at 10 pm at Jagdish Mali’s studio,
Anna Singh painstakingly painted a patient
Pooja for the next six hours. She made sure
the paint was non-allergic. For the record,
Pooja was wearing her undergarments below
the painted suit—neither she nor we would
have it any other way. The issue was slated to
coincide with the star’s 21st birthday. When
the issue hit the stands, the response spiralled
P was way ahead of its time. I did it gratis
“CHUNKY PANDEY
BAILED ME OUT AND
BROUGHT HIS OWN
SINGLET AFTER
CHECKING WHAT
SUNNY AND SANJU
WOULD WEAR”
out of control. There was much controversy
but some people, including Shobhaa De and
Anil Dharkar, supported and lauded the
effort. All this fuelled the fire and the issue
flew off the stands and went underground—a
₹10 copy was sold in black for ₹50!
One conversation still rings in my ears.
When I was prodded about why we thought
of this cover, I said it was an experiment...
only to be asked, “Where is your laboratory?”
Anna reminisces, “We nailed it. The cover
because of the warm camaraderie I shared
with the editor of the magazine. He gave me
credit for the shoot and, like the cover, that
proved to be a trendsetter too.”
Amitabh Bachchan-
Rajesh Khanna
Two titans together
While others were planning covers of
Rajesh Khanna and his estranged wife
Dimple together, orchestrated by Khanna
to promote his film Jai Shiv Shankar, we
pondered: “What if we bring arch rivals
Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan
together?”
It seemed like a daunting task. The last
time the two titans were seen together
had been 17 years earlier in Namak Haram
(1973). I approached Rajesh Khanna with
the words, “Since you are the senior star,
we are approaching you first.” He said yes,
crinkling his eyes. I instantly drove to where
Amitabh was shooting. He immediately
gave his assent too.
On D-Day, I was nervous since Amitabh
is a stickler for punctuality and Khanna was
famous for coming late. But when the clock
struck 9 pm, the two stars entered the 5-star
hotel room at the same time as if they had
synchronised their watches. When Amitabh
asked rather stiffly, “Why are we sharing
a room? Where will I change?” Rajesh

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films
(Left to right)
Sridevi had to
be convinced to
wear the drape
on her head;
Shah Rukh
Khan poses
with a bunch of
children;
Amitabh
Bachchan and
Rajesh Khanna
on a cover
together after
17 years
Khanna smiled, “I will use the bathroom.”
But we quickly arranged a suite.
Gautam Rajadhyaksha shot pictures
for the next hour before we settled down
to do the interview. The interview began
with a series of monosyllabic answers, till I
ordered white wine, which proved to be the
ice-breaker. A few days after the magazine
released, I happened to be in the same
hotel’s lobby. Suddenly, I heard someone
shouting my name. It was Mahesh Bhatt in
the distance; and in his characteristic style,
he hollered, “Rajesh-Amitabh together. You
have created history!”
Juhi Chawla
A d(ar)ramatic makeover
Famously strait-laced, Juhi Chawla was
to play the object of Shah Rukh Khan’s
obsession in Yash Chopra’s Darr and the
director wanted to overhaul Juhi’s image.
So, he enlisted Rakesh Shreshta and designer
Neeta Lulla for help. Juhi was presented with
black unitards, but she was hesitant at first.
Neeta recalls, “I wore the unitards myself to
give her an idea how they would look, and
then she was game.”
Photographer Rakesh Shreshta, a friend
of many years, dropped by my office to
show me the results of Juhi’s photo shoot. I
spontaneously said, “This is my next cover.”
Sridevi
The golden girl
This imaginative cover photograph proves
that necessity is indeed the mother of
invention. Sridevi could hardly believe it when
she realised that instead of a range of outfits,
her regular designer Neeta Lulla had brought
a potli of drapes to Rakesh’s photo studio.
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Neeta recalls, “Sri was most disappointed
and instructed her hairstylist to remove the
rollers in her hair.” But Neeta stopped her
in her tracks, fished out an ivory gold drape
and wrapped it around Sridevi’s hair. She
lent Sridevi her ear clips and the end result
was luminous.
Shah Rukh Khan
From dark to light
Baazigar and Darr had turned Shah Rukh
Khan into a star, albeit with a grey-shaded
hue. I wanted to turn his image on its head
and present him in a soft version where he
would be swamped by an avalanche of cute
kids. To give the cover a distinctive flavour,
we asked all the children to wear dungarees
and asked Shah Rukh Khan to join the club.
Photographer Rakesh Shrestha’s son
Rohan was car-dashed from Tiger Shroff’s
birthday party to join the shoot. Oblivious
of SRK’s star status, the children played and
posed happily. When the magazine hit the
stands, the cover sold like hot cakes.
Sunny Deol-Sanjay Dutt-
Chunky Pandey
The big boys’ club
When Aamir inexplicably backed out from a
Sunny Deol-Sanjay Dutt-Aamir Khan cover I
had planned, I was in a fix. I could either call
off the shoot or organise another star at the
nth hour. Chunky Pandey not only bailed
me out, he also brought his own singlet after
checking with me the colour of the singlets
Sunny and Sanju would wear.
The shoot took place at Sunny’s bungalow,
after everyone had consumed tall glasses of
lassi offered by Deol.
Chunky chuckles, “The Movie cover
P
“STARTING AT 10 PM
AT JAGDISH MALI’S
STUDIO, ANNA SINGH
PAINSTAKINGLY
PAINTED A PATIENT
POOJA [BHATT] FOR
THE NEXT SIX HOURS”
put me in the big boys’ league. It’s my
career’s best cover, an iconic photograph
with tremendous recall value. This cover
is repeatedly posted on my Insta account.”
Divya Bharti
Death of a dream
It was with a heavy heart that we carried
this cover of Divya Bharti immediately after
her untimely demise at the young age of 19.
The photograph was unplanned and had
been shot just a month earlier with total
spontaneity... which was just like the person
Divya was. We had been in the midst of a
photo session with Neelam when Divya (most
unstarrily) dropped in to meet photographer
Jagdish Mali as she happened to have the
day off. We persuaded her to don make-up
and do a photo shoot.
How in the world were we to know that
just a month later, we would use this solo
shot as a posthumous tribute to her?
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columnist and TV scriptwriter who has been
writing on cinema for over three decades
 26 SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

books

The
unexpected
author
Businessman
Amrish Kumar had
originally conceived
his debut novel as a
movie!
By Lubna Salim

“T
his book was conceived as a
movie and written scene by
scene, many years ago when
I had finished grad school in
Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood!” says
44-year-old, Kolkata-born and Delhi-based
Amrish Kumar, son of senior designer Ritu
Kumar, about his debut novel, Gods of
Willow: A Coming of Age Innings.
“At that time, I really wanted to be in
the film and entertainment world. But I

P
“THE SETTING OF THE
BOOK NEEDED TO BE
A PLACE WITH THE
FABRIC OF A MIXED
STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY,
AND HYDERABAD
WORKS FOR THAT!”
—AMRISH KUMAR, AUTHOR

Businessman
turned author,
Amrish Kumar,
seen here with his
mother, designer
Ritu Kumar (inset),
released a debut
novel that has been
in the making for
over 15 years

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did a business degree and was heading
in a direction that I wasn’t sure I would
actually end up in. So, I just wanted to
write a coming-of-age story, something
that would be a little bit about where I was
from and a little bit of the kind of stories I
like to tell. I don’t know how the ideas came
about, but I scribbled them in a notebook
which stayed with me for the next 15 years.
I still have it,” recalls Amrish, who runs Ritu
Kumar’s business.
“And then, when Covid happened, work
stopped and we were all in lockdown, I sat
down one day and said to myself, ‘let me
try and write this as a book. Then I sent
a few pages to an editor at a publishing
house and she kept encouraging me to
write more and more. Before I knew it, it
was a hundred pages already... and then I
had to finish it. But I had to redo the ending
a few times as I had only really conceived
of the beginning,” he clarifies.
The book took a little over a year to
complete and is set in Hyderabad—a city
Amrish doesn’t know at all.
P down in, 15
“I DON’T KNOW HOW
THE IDEAS CAME ABOUT,
BUT I SCRIBBLED THEM
IN A NOTEBOOK WHICH
STAYED WITH ME FOR
THE NEXT 15 YEARS. I
STILL HAVE IT.”
—AMRISH KUMAR, AUTHOR
ON HIS LIST
What Amrish is reading right now
Amrish usually reads two to three books at
the same time. Currently, he’s juggling The
Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles with Shoe
Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, and Red
Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power,
Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China
by Desmond Shum.
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notebook
that Amrish
Kumar wrote
his ideas
years ago
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“I’ve visited the city only once or twice,
but I used it as the backdrop as it seems
to be the right microcosm for this kind
of story. So, I researched and studied the
history of the place. The setting of the book
needed to be an ancient place, a place with
the fabric of a mixed structure of society,
and Hyderabad works for that!” he explains.
New innings
Amrish chose cricket as one of the themes of
his book because he wanted it to be light and
meaningful at the same time. “When I say
light, I mean a little witty and humourous,”
he adds as a disclaimer. “As a cricket fanatic
in my teens, I went through that process
of euphoria mingled with despair that a
sports fan goes through regularly and it
was so woven into our communities and
cultures that it just became an interesting
device to use. It sounds scientific but, in the
beginning, I didn’t know what I was doing.”
In the book, the protagonist believes that
his fortunes are linked with those of the
Indian cricket team. When they win, so
does he, and when they lose, so does he.
“For him, the divine is built around
cricket. And cricket also has a construct in
Indian life, one in which spirituality plays,”
says Amrish. “Willow is essentially the tree
from which cricket bats are made.”
Old-world charm
Another quality that makes this book
charming is the era it recreates. “That, I
think, is important. Anyone born in the
1990s will go back to a time when kids went
through a very significant change between
how their parents grew up and how they
grew up. There’s another generation shift
happening now, in which we will be left
behind. So, the story was always supposed to
be a homage to nostalgia,” Amrish reflects.
He never saw himself as an author and
is still amazed that he managed to write
a book. “I’ve always been creative. I had a
record label and wanted to be in films. But
I never thought I could write. But I read a
lot, so I suppose that helps,” he says.
But films are still his first love and if he
could make Gods of Willow into a film, he
would be the happiest person on the planet.
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fll once, I was so
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Can’t take
it seriously

City
until the

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#MyCity Cancer
audience LIQUOR AT METRO On the romance front, lover may
sees the compel you for an outing today with
Delhi is divided over an offer you just can’t refuse! p 06
film. the setting up of
liquor shops at Delhi
On advance Metro station #MyCity
booking for premises. While some
Brahmastra are happy about the SAMOSA SWAG!
A
accessibility, others
Fusion fever takes over Delhiites’ love for samosa p 04
cite safety concerns p 01
Delhi

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Actor Leonardo STOP PRESS 1926- 2022

DiCaprio’s former
A young
girlfriend from the ’90s, Elizabeth
actor Kristen Zang, photographed
at Windsor
criticised “ageist Castle,
headlines and England in
1944

City
comments” following
his split from model
Camila Morrone. PHOTOS: TWITTER

PHOTOS: VIPIN
Liquor is now being KUMAR/ HT
sold at several Delhi
Metro stations, but
frequent commuters
are divided on the
safety concerns it
raises Delhi With Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at
Buckingham Palace after their wedding in 1947

Liquor at Metro: Delhi’s

divided on ‘peg’ parity
PHOTOS: TWITTER

Karan Sethi P MEMORIES

When I come
OF HER
karan.sethi@hindustantimes.com

t’s party time for many home from work

I Delhiites as the state’s excise
department recently started at late hours, I

MAJESTY
selling liquor at shops located at
Metro station premises in several
avoid dark lanes.
areas. But not everyone is happy But I can’t avoid Elizabeth’s coronation in June 1953, after the
about this becoming a permanent death of her father, King George VI
feature surrounding a public the Metro now,
transport service. While some can I? Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died on Thursday at the age of 96.
residents say such convenience
YUKTA ARORA,
comes as a boon, others feel this
provision reeks of a security concern. Addressing the safety concerns, Marketing and branding
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“The reports of rising crimes against Raman, an employee at the newly associate
women in the city are already opened liquor store at Rajouri Garden . ◄
alarming,” says Ankita Dixit, a Delhi Metro Station, says, “We are trying to Fascinated
University student, who commutes via
the Metro on a daily basis. She adds,
ensure good crowd management so
that there’s no ruckus at the station. P by the
breed from
“As I travel to and from college in the We are also encouraging customers to a young
Delhi Metro, it could very well add to a use it as a takeaway service and not Now I can make age, the
safety concern. I hope security consume the drinks in public.” last-minute NOTE TO
Queen had
measures are in place to ensure that no Anuj Dayal, principal executive more than
intoxicated person boards the trains director, corporate communications at party plans and READERS: Some
of the coverage 30 corgis
and no crowds gather at the stations.”
Others like Rashik Batra, a city-
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, assures,
“Under the Delhi Metro O&M Act
just stop by at a that appears on
our pages is
based entrepreneur, feel it’s better to 2002, there is prohibition against station on my paid for by the . ► Prince
concerned
get liquor from a spot that’s
comparatively safer than other liquor
carriage of any dangerous and
offensive material in the Metro.
way back from brands. No
Charles’
investiture
shops in the city. “Security personnel Necessary checks are done by security office to procure sponsored
content does or
in 1969. He
are present at the stations unlike at personnel to ensure that alcohol is not has now
stores in desolated pockets of the city. carried inside the system. All the liquor
the alcohol. shall appear in
any part of HT ascended
I’m thankful for this as I live right next shops are located in the unpaid areas VISHESH BAJWA, without it being the throne
to a Metro station and won’t have to of the stations, preferably at the Marketing professional declared as such Queen Elizabeth II breathed her last as King
drive down to shady areas for booze.” ground level.” to our valued at Balmoral Castle in Scotland Charles III
readers. PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: AP

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SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Sylvester
Stallone
PHOTO: JOEL C
RYAN/AP
HOLLYWOOD CELEBS
Helen
MOURN QUEEN’S DEATH
elebrities from
Mirren
PHOTO: JAMIE
MCCARTHY/
AFP
C the film and music
industries took to social
media to pay their
tributes to Queen Elizabeth II,
UK’s longest-serving monarch,
who died on Thursday at the
age of 96.
Actor Daniel Craig wrote in
his statement, “I, like so many,
was deeply saddened by the
news today and my thoughts
are with The Royal Family,
those she loved and all those
who loved her. She leaves an
incomparable legacy and will
be profoundly missed.”
Actor Helen Mirren, who
played the monarch in the
biographical drama, The Queen
(2006), stated, “I’m mourning
along with the rest of my
country, the passing of a great
Queen. I’m proud to call myself
of the Elizabethan age. If there
was a definition of nobility,
Elizabeth Windsor embodied
it,” as per a news channel.
Actor Sylvester Stallone
shared a post on social media
and wrote, “May this GREAT
QUEEN, Rest in Peace. The
world will never see the likes of
her again... (sic)”
Posting a picture of the
Queen from the day of her
coronation, singer Mick Jagger
wrote in the caption, “For my
whole life Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II has always been
there. In my childhood, I can
recall watching her wedding
highlights on TV. I remember
her as a beautiful young lady, to
the much-beloved grandmother
of the nation. My deepest
sympathies are with the Royal
family (sic).”
In a lengthy Instagram post,
singer Elton John wrote, “Along
with the rest of the nation, I am
deeply saddened to hear the
news of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth’s passing. She was an
inspiring presence to be around
and led the country through
some of our greatest and
darkest moments with grace,
decency and genuine caring
warmth. Queen Elizabeth has
been a huge part of my life from
childhood to this day, and I will
miss her dearly.”
Among others to pay their
tributes to the Queen are actor
Jennifer Garner, designer
Victoria Beckham, author JK
Rowling and singers Ed
Sheeran, Janet Jackson and
Ozzy Osbourne. ANI Queen Elizabeth II and Daniel Craig PHOTO: STEPHEN HIRD/REUTERS

Angelina
allegedly
tipped paps
about affair
with Brad
Angelina Jolie;
Brad Pitt (right)
PHOTO: TIZIANA FABI /AFP

ctor Angelina Jolie was were seen walking along a

A responsible for breaking

the news about her
relationship with former
husband, actor Brad Pitt in
2005, revealed Rolling Stone
magazine’s co-founder Jann
Wenner in his upcoming
memoir.
The magazine magnate
claims Jolie, 47, allegedly
tipped the paparazzi to take
photos of her and Pitt, 58,
which confirmed their
relationship. She even helped
set up the famous pictures of
herself walking on a beach
with him. The two met on the
sets of 2004 film Mr. And Mrs.
Smith, where they were
rumoured to have become
romantically involved after his
split from his then wife, actor
Jennifer Aniston.
However, the relationship
wasn’t confirmed until they
beach in Kenya together with
her son Maddox.
“We got the photo, we got
the proof. We had the
worldwide scoop, the debut of
Brangelina. The tipster was
Angelina,” Wenner writes in
his memoir. He claims the
photographer was told not
only where the pair were
staying but also given details
about the time of their daily
walk, along with a suggestion
of where they could be
“secretly” photographed,
reports pagesix.com.
Married in 2014, the two
parted ways in 2019 and are got
embroiled in a messy legal
battle. Recently, Jolie’s former
investment company accused
Pitt of waging a “vindictive
war” in a countersuit against
Pitt in the feud over a French
vineyard they once shared.

The famous photo that made ‘Brangelina’ official in 2005

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SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

PHOTOS: MANISH RAJPUT/HT

TAK
JAB EGA
RAH OSE
Pizza,
chowmein... SAMALOO... Dil hai
Hindustani, par
samosa!
Chinese chilli paneer samosa, E IN
M NOT
samosa Japani
“We’ll hit a century in 2024,”

!
pizza samosa, chowmein says Umesh Ratra with

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samosa — the list of utmost pride, while
unconventional combos is
endless at Kumar Samosa

YM OR manning Manohar Dhaba:

Japani Samose Wale. Japani

AN
Wala. Satish Kumar Bhayana, samosa is a layered patty
who has been running this served with chhole and chutney on
place since 1992, tells us, “Waise Kumar the side, and mind you, there’s no
toh sabko zyada cheese wala Samosa Wala onion and garlic. “Taiyyari subah 4
samosa chahiye hota hai, par Manohar baje se shuru ho jaati hai. Aur 8.30
malai paneer wala samosa bhi log Dhaba baje tak hum dukaan kholte hai aur
ble
Where:
bahut enjoy karte hain.” The shop
New Moti Nagar
h e h u m Where:
shaam ke 5 baje tak saara saaman

te to t takes
has quite a few regulars, and khatam ho jata hai,” shares Ratra. He
Timing:
among them is Udit, a student,
10am to 7pm
ng trib u n feve r Old Lajpat Rai Market, adds, “Pehle sirf khane ke shaukeen

ayi sio
who says, “I always go efor thE Chandni Chowk log aate the, but now food bloggers

Here’s p ockets, as the fu ravings

Price: Timing:
chowmein samosa. I believe it’s also come here. I always tell them
₹12-50 per piece 8.30am to 5pm
the best way to enjoy desi beta pehle ek piece aap khao, tabhi
chowmein with the crisp coating
amidical p s ’ s a m o sa c Price: toh apne viewers ko bata paoge ki

pyr lhiite riyaanshie Raathore

of samosa!” ₹40 per plate yeh kya cheez hai!”

PHOTO: DHRUV SETHI/HT over De Text: P

Non vegetarian delights Yeh moong, aur dal ka

When the pandemic hit and little food joints took
the blow, it encouraged brothers Akshay Kumar and
Madan Gopal, to give the humble samosa a shot
Samosa with Samosa Super Fast. “We opened this shop
Super Fast around a year and a half back because a lot of
people living here loved samosas. Many shops in
Where: this area could not make it through the pandemic.
DDA Mini Market, So, there weren’t many places left to order from,”
Kalkaji says Gopal. Kumar adds, “We sell around 100
Timing: samosas everyday, mostly because of the variety
8am to 11pm that we have.” Their outlet offers six types of
Price: chicken samosas, to the delight of non-vegetarians,
₹18-60 per piece who can even order the meat-stuffed snack from the
comfort of their homes.
samosa
Aloo might be a fav of many, but it’s the moong dal filling that
takes the cake. Served with imli ki chutney, this scrumptious
snack is hard to resist at Baba Nagpal Corner. Set up in 1996, Baba Nagpal
the shop has had loyal patrons coming in for decades. Naresh Corner
Soni, who runs the shop now, tells us, “Humare father ne Where:
dukaan jab start kari thi tab hum chhole bhature bechte the. Nirmal Puri, Lajpat
Phir logon ne bola ki aap shaam ko bhi kuch snacks start karo. Nagar IV
Toh unhone socha ki moong daal ke samose banate hain. Uss Timing:
time mein south Delhi mein koi aur nahi banata tha yeh. This 4pm to 7pm
samosa is really popular now. Shaam ko 4 baje se 7 baje ke Price:
beech sab bik jata hai. People like it because yeh kaafi light ₹40 per plate
hota hai, isliye demand bhi zyada rehti hai.”

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lifestyle 05
#instastyle Bollywood’s in celebratory mode! Actor
Karisma Kapoor shared a glimpse of Karan
Ganeshotsav celebrations at sister, actor Singh
Kareena Kapoor Khan’s residence. Also Grover
present at the occasion were Randhir Kapoor, and
Babita, Aadar and Armaan Jain, Reema Jain, Bipasha
Anissa Malhotra Jain and Jeh Ali Khan. While Basu
actor Malavika Mohanan celebrated Onam PHOTOS:
and posed with her pookalam, actor Bipasha INSTAGRAM
Karisma Basu was all smiles on her baby shower.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

YOUTH CREATE SPACES

#campuschic
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initiatives that they have undertaken to help peers (Hons) at Ramjas College, looks sleek in a white BCom at Jesus and Mary College, matches
crop top (₹150) bought from Sarojini Nagar her black top (₹799) with a handbag (₹2,599).
market. She pairs it with grey pants (₹1,000) and Her ripped denim jeans (₹1,999) steal the
Priyaanshie Raathore graduate of Daulat Ram College family member. Coming from a a pair of white sandals (₹3,000). To complete her show, as she styles her outfit with an ever-
htcity@hindustantimes.com
(DRC), Delhi University, who has co- psychology background, I thought it look, she accessorises it with a stylish bag fashionable pair of white sneakers (₹3,000)
founded Safe Haven, an initiative would be easy. But, I realised finding (₹1,500). and a sleek watch.
ing! A message from a close under the mental health centre at the the right therapist is as difficult as

T one and the words ‘I am not

feeling well’ should be
enough to ring a bell in your
head that they need you at that very
moment, especially more so if that
Department of Psychology, says,
“Individuals realised they were not
alone in their struggles when others
expressed their challenges, which
increased their optimism and
person is going through any mental resilience in the face of adversity.”
stress. India recorded 1.64 lakh Meanwhile, students of Kamala
suicides in 2021, according to the
report by the National
Nehru College (KNC) have founded
Purple Space, a platform that
Crime Records Bureau aims to make mental health
(NCRB). On World resources more accessible.
Suicide Prevention Dhwani Malhotra, a final-
Day, today, a few year student of BA
city-based (Hons) Psychology at
youngsters share KNC, shares how they
the efforts that have created a web
they have been directory of mental
making, to ensure health professionals
that the youngsters and recalls, “A few
stay well. months ago, I was
Mithali Ojha, a looking for a therapist for a
convincing oneself to go to therapy.
We believe therapy is one step
towards suicide prevention.”
At Indraprastha College for
Women (IPCW), the Department of
Psychology has been organising
Listening Circles under their project,
Sarthi. “Many studies have
reported mental health issues
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that are prevailing among Our objective is
students. So, Listening Circle
not only makes mental
not only to provide
health support more reliable and relevant
accessible but also helps in { DAILY HOROSCOPE }
guiding those who are in mental health
need of further resources but also Saturday, September 10, 2022
professional help, thereby
contributing to suicide build a safe space. Dr Prem Kumar Sharma (Astrologer and Vaastu expert) can be contacted at: Delhi: 011-47033152, 40532026 (Sat
prevention,” says Nidhi to Mon); Panchkula: 91-172-2562832, 2572874 (Tues to Thurs); Mumbai: 09716145644 (Last week of every month)
Kukreja, a recent graduate of
DHWANI MALHOTRA, PREMASTROLOGER PREMASTROLOGER ASKPREMASTROLOGER
Student
Psychology from IPCW.

ARIES LEO SAGITTARIUS

MAR 21-APR 20 JUL 23-AUG 23 NOV 23-DEC 21

A L
Financial front is likely to
be set in order by taking
some professional advice.
Distractions can make you
lose your focus at work. Bright
prospects of owning a house or a flat
are foreseen for some.
LOVE FOCUS: A romantic situation is
likely to develop at work.
LUCKY NUMBER: 15 LUCKY COLOUR:
Coffee
You will succeed in adding
to your already healthy
bank balance. A salary
enhancement can be
expected by some. You can find the
attitude of parents a bit restricting. A
property deal may be sealed.
LOVE FOCUS: Lover may be in a
romantic mood.
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 LUCKY COLOUR:
Dark Red
s
Your multitasking abilities
are likely to gain instant
recognition at work.
Money coming your way
will keep you in high spirits. You will
enjoy a leisure trip.
LOVE FOCUS: Someone’s attention may
prove distracting, but may kick start
a budding romance!
LUCKY NUMBER: 7 LUCKY COLOUR:
Golden

DON’T
TAURUS VIRGO CAPRICORN
APR 21-MAY 20 AUG 24-SEP 23 DEC 22-JAN 21

T I c
You can be commended You are likely to regain Opportunities for earning

WASH
for good financial
management in running
the house. A prestigious
task comes your way on the
professional front. A trip with family
financial stability. Those
who have taken up sports
will soon achieve top
physical condition. You may not be
able to have your way at work today.
open up for you. You will
remain totally satisfied on
the professional front. A
family youngster is likely to bring
good news. You may take a step

YOUR HAIR
is likely to prove most enjoyable.
LOVE FOCUS: Finding love will not be
difficult, you only have to wish for it.
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 LUCKY COLOUR:
LOVE FOCUS: Romance thrills, but can closer to acquiring new property.
distract you from other important LOVE FOCUS: Your indifference is likely
pursuits. to offend lover.
LUCKY NUMBER: 22 LUCKY COLOUR: LUCKY NUMBER: 15 LUCKY COLOUR:

DURING
Dark Red Royal Blue Coffee

GEMINI LIBRA AQUARIUS

MAY 21-JUN 21 SEP 24-OCT 23 JAN 22-FEB 19

PERIODS G l
A home remedy can work
in curing a nagging
ailment. There may be
issues at work that may be
beyond you. You are likely to acquire
a piece of property soon.
LOVE FOCUS: Your love life is likely to
give you immense satisfaction.
LUCKY NUMBER: 9 LUCKY COLOUR:
You will be able to finance
a project on your own.
Tackling a workplace
problem early on will be
in your favour. Your resolve to keep
yourself fit begins to show results.
LOVE FOCUS: Emotional blackmail is
in store for those in love.
LUCKY NUMBER: 11 LUCKY COLOUR:
a
Financial position is set to
improve for some. Positive
developments are likely
on the property front.
Something entrusted to you will be
completed with utmost efficiency.
LOVE FOCUS: You may discuss your
future with the one you love.
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 LUCKY COLOUR:

Strike The Negativity

White Lavender Dark Red

CANCER SCORPIO PISCES

JUN 22-JUL 22 OCT 24-NOV 22 FEB 20-MAR 20

C S
You are likely to earn with
both hands. Routine job
may seem a drag and
tempt you to shirk work.
Being helpful around the house will
be appreciated.
LOVE FOCUS: Lover may compel you
for an outing with an offer you just
can’t refuse.
LUCKY NUMBER: 8 LUCKY COLOUR:
Electric Grey
Your luck finally shines
and helps you bag a
lucrative career option.
Health problems nagging
some simply disappear. Some of you
may need to deal with problems on
the monetary front.
LOVE FOCUS: Expressing your feelings
may create a special bond with lover.
LUCKY NUMBER: 17 LUCKY COLOUR:
Purple
P
You achieve much on the
professional front today.
Your reluctance for
change can irritate family
members. You succeed in stabilising
yourself financially. No problems are
foreseen on the academic front.
LOVE FOCUS: Some of you may turn
innovative to cater to partner.
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Here, she can be seen in a one-shoulder bright
show
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Statement
shoulders
Slaying the power dressing
style is actor Malaika Arora,
who wore an orange bodycon
dress with pointed shoulders
and a side train by Laith
Maalouf. With a dash of bling,
this outfit is perfect to make a
powerful entrance at any
soirée. You can style it with
contrasting strappy heels, a
neat high ponytail and glam
makeup with a bright pout,
thick lashes and lots of
highlighter.
Dancer-actor Nora Fatehi surely knows
how to command attention effortlessly!
orange bodycon dress by Victoria Beckham
with matching pointed-toe heels, a sleek
long braid, statement danglers and
luminescent makeup. If planning a fancy
Yellow, not so
dinner party with your girls, take a
leaf out of Fatehi’s book to ace
mellow
the style game. When it comes to day colours,
nothing can beat the charm of
yellow. Sharing love for this hue
is actor Kiara Advani, who
opted for a yellow tube
bodycon dress with a thigh-
high slit, neat cuts and a
broad tie belt. With this,
she wore large gold hoops,
a loose low ponytail and
subtle makeup. This
dress from RSR by Riti
Rahul Shah can work for any
causal occasion — whether
during the day or
night.

Making the
cut
Actor Ananya Panday is
wearing a tea-length blue
cut-out bodycon dress with
matching printed pointed-
toe heels. She opted for
beach waves and nude
makeup for this look. If
wondering what to wear on a
romantic date with your SO,
go for this sensuous-meets-
classic dress by Galvan
London. Like Panday, you too
can choose a pair of
comfortable matching heels,
flowy hair and dewy makeup.

The
metal mesh
In the snap, actor Janhvi Kapoor raises the
temperature in a pink chainmail bodycon
dress with a cowl neck. She styled it with
stone-studded heels, chunky hoops,
voluminous beach waves, and matching
eyelids and pout. Ideal for after-dark
shenanigans with your squad, this
dress can be worn to a glam party
to turn heads.

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Creators in the web space are shifting to
weekly drops instead of re
leasing
episodes in one go. We talk to actors and makers about the trend, and its pros and cons
OTT GOES THE
WEEKLY WAY
Sugandha Rawal
sugandha.rawal@hindustantimes.com
O
TT platforms have had
a major role to play in
fuelling binge-watch
culture. But, now the
streaming giants are
trying to rewrite their own ways
by leaning away from the binge
factor. How? By releasing one or
two episodes every week. And it
seems to be the new ‘digital’ route
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Ileana D’Cruz
all set to make
her OTT
debut
Actor Ileana D’Cruz is ready to
walk into the web world with
a female-led show, according
to Bollywood Hungama.
Directed by Karishma Kohli,
who helmed The Fame
Game, the yet-to-be-titled
series is said to be the
adaptation of an
internationally
acclaimed show. The
title and details of the
cast are still being
kept under wraps.
son. “It goes beyond the regular mother-son story, exploring a different side
that sets a unique tone to the rom-com genre,” Kapoor said in a statement.
The Crown
season 6 hits
pause
Production of The Crown is being
put on hold after the death of
Queen Elizabeth II. The monarch,
who died on September 8, is at
the centre of the web series’
dramatisation of her life and
legacy. Creator Peter Morgan said,
via Deadline, “I expect will stop
‘filming out of respect”. The fifth
season of the series is expected to
premiere in November.
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to the future. shows are adopting this method.
Ever since the web medium It allows audiences to have a
gained popularity, video content longer engagement,” says director
consumption crafted for binge- Rohan Sippy, who has dabbled
watch experience anywhere, with this format with his latest,
everywhere and anytime has been Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach.
the essence of the OTT space. But In the West, the model has been
the hybrid model of breaking the a huge success, with shows like
content over multiple weeks is The Morning Show, The
fast catching everyone’s attention. Mandalorian, WandaVision, The
“The idea of shows switching to Falcon and the Winter Soldier and
a weekly format is a good thing. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
It’s a classic thing that has been Meanwhile in India, Abhay, Cyber
around since the time of TV. Now Vaar, Out of Love Season 2,
in the West, some of the best web Aspirants and Roohaniyat
shows come out through weekly ditched the practice of dropping
format, be it House of the Dragon all episodes at one go.
or any other show. The biggest “If you see one episode at a
time, you are more likely to catch
up while talking to your friends
P about it, and everyone will be on
the same page. Otherwise, you
The mod
might have seen eight episodes,
and your friend might be behind
if
you… That’s what television was
nchise, or if also about. This week, this has
happened, what will happen
the platform
has next — these hooks that were
built into television, we get to
in it. It can bring that back [with weekly
easily flop a
sw drops],” Sippy notes.
is a big gam ell. It Actor Asha Negi, who was
ble. seen in Abhay, also appreciates
KEN GHOS
H, Filmmaker
the trend, and shares, “The
weekly format helps increase the
audience’s curiosity and keep
them engaged.”
However, people who are used
Kajol steps into The Good Wife’s shoes
Kajol will be seen in the lead role of
upcoming show, The Good Wife – Pyaar,
Kanoon, Dhoka. The show is an adaptation
of the American television series, which
starred Julianna Margulies in the lead role.
The first look of Kajol in the character of the
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Neetu Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal,
Shraddha Srinath unite for a project
A Milind Dhaimade directorial, starring Neetu Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal and
Shraddha Srinath, will showcase the unique bond between a mother and
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to binge-watching at one go are
having some trouble accepting
the latest way of consuming
content. Actor Pankaj Tripathi,
who stars in Criminal Justice
Adhura Sach, has got complaints
from many about the release of
one episode per week. “Logon ko
aadat ho gai hai one go mein
dekhne ki,” he shares, adding, “I
am not an expert, just an actor.
My focus is always on my craft... I
am not a fan of binge-watching.
Aise parts mein bhi thik hai”.
Here, Abhay creator Ken Ghosh
points out that the weekly model
comes as a big gamble: “The
model only works only if the
show is big, part of a franchise, or
if a platform shows a lot of
lawyer has been released. In the show, the
actor will be seen in the role of a housewife
who is forced to return to work as a lawyer
after her husband’s public scandal puts him
behind bars. The series is directed by
Suparn Verma.
LOTR stars support The Rings
Of Power casting
The stars of The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) franchise are requesting
for inclusivity amid a racist backlash against the web series, The
Rings of Power, reports Deadline. Actors Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd
and Dominic Monaghan took to social media to support the
diversity in casting. “You are all welcome here,” posted Wood.
Compiled by Sugandha Rawal
(L-R) Stills from
Roohaniyat and
Criminal Justice:
Adhura Sach
Still from
Abhay
confidence in it. The show can
easily flop as well. It’s a big
gamble. There has to be that
confidence that people will return
to watch the show.”
But does it take away the
essence of binge-watching on the
digital space? “This trend works
on a platform where there’s
already a library of content. So,
there’s a lot of stuff for you to
binge-watch and stick around [on
the platform], because now
people are even watching two
shows together. They’ll watch
one, then pause and then move on
to the other show and then come
back. It is a different kind of
binge-watch,” he concludes.
Claire Danes to
star in Full
Circle
Actor Claire Danes has joined the
cast of upcoming limited series,
Full Circle. The show by
filmmakers Steven Soderbergh
and Ed Solomon follows an
investigation into a botched
kidnapping, reports Variety.
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Good time toa
explore: Sadat
on web debu
Srivathsan Nadadhur
A
fter a sabbatical from
in showbiz. Best known for
Tamil and Telugu films like
Jayam (2003), Anniyan
(2005) and Mythri (2012),
the Telugu industry she reflects on her journey
for almost a decade, so far: “It has been a
actor Sadaa is back in the product of wonderful and
news for her first web show not-so-great experiences.
Hello World, a workplace I’ve always taken up
drama. She says, “After the projects that piqued my
pandemic, theatres aren’t interest. People still
witnessing rosy times and consider me a good actor
the digital medium has and it’s proof of the impact I
opened up so many have made.”
avenues. It’s good to In her time between
explore a new medium.” projects, she furthered her
Talking about her passion for wildlife
experience with the web photography and even
show, she adds that director founded a vegan cafe in
Sivasai Vardhan knew what Mumbai, despite having
he wanted from her, which very little knowledge about
made it a smooth running a business. And
experience. “He handled an Sadaa maintains she hasn’t
ensemble cast on the set planned anything in her life
well, and was calm, cool — from film career to
and composed,” she says. veganism to photography:
Incidentally, 2022 has “I embraced opportunities
her completing two decades that came my way.”
About her tryst with the
camera and wildlife, she
P shares that she was
“hooked” after going on a
People still
couple of safaris. Realising
she was dependent on
consider me a
good actor
others to take pictures on
her trips, she took to
wildlife photography. “I am
and it’s proof
an amateur and have a long
of the impact way to go,” says Sadaa, who
recently visited Pench Tiger
I have made
Reserve, Madhya Pradesh,
in my two- and captured a black
panther on camera. “I find
decade career. peace in jungles. India has a
such rich heritage of flora
SADAA, Actor and fauna and I haven’t
known about it,” she ends.
OTTplay recommends top 5
Films with sensitive depictions of mental health
AWE!
The film does not shy away from
addressing some significant issues
through its different interwoven
stories, including sexual abuse and
childhood trauma. The intriguing
narrative is made all the more better
by its explosive climax.
OTTplay rating: 7.9
Language: Telugu
Platform: Netflix
DEIVA THIRUMAGAL
It shines light on the prejudices
people with intellectual disabilities
face from an ableist society. Despite
its overtly idealistic treatment of
the subject, the film does a good job
at sensitising people.
OTTplay rating: 8.1
Language: Tamil
Platform: Eros Now
DEAR ZINDAGI
Dear Zindagi does a fairly good job
at painting a realistic portrait of
mental health. One of Bollywood’s
rare gems, it explores the nuances of
mental health, and does not
trivialise the subject.
OTTplay rating: 7.3
Language: Hindi
Platform: YouTube
THE PERKS OF BEING A
WALLFLOWER
Socially awkward Charlie tries to
adjust to high school after a
tragedy. The film emphasises the
role a support system plays in
improving one’s mental health.
OTTplay rating: 8.1
Language: English
Platform: Lionsgate Play NORTH 24 KAATHAM
Fahadh Faasil essays the role of a
man with obsessive compulsive
disorder. The film paints an
authentic picture of what it’s like to
live with the condition. Its narrative
of how he finds companionship is a
breath of fresh air.
OTTplay rating: 8
Language: Malayalam
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar, Mubi
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‘Small roles Ranbir-Alia light the

overexposed me, screen on fire!
but I had no choice’ BRAHMASTRA:
PART ONE - SHIVA
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Alia
S Farah Rizvi overexposure and affect me in the Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan,
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long run. But, there was no way out as Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna
I needed work to survive.” Sharing Khushboo Akkineni
ecently seen in season 3 of how things changed for her, she adds, Atre Director: Ayan Mukerji

R Criminal Justice playing the

role of protagonist Pankaj
Tripathi’s wife, actor
Khushboo Atre asserts that for an
outsider it is difficult to comprehend
how the industry functions.
She adds that she used to consider
herself a misfit in the industry and felt
out of place. “Six or seven years ago,
the scenario for beginners, especially
in the TV industry, was a bit
awkward. A long list of requirements
was shared by casting people and
makers via messages. Newcomers
with characteristics like fair, tall and
good-looking faces — capable of
playing the lead — were eligible. The
rest were expected to filter out
themselves,” says the actor.
Recalling her earlier days, Atre
says, “I joined as a voice-over artiste
and switched to acting, doing a
number of small roles without
thinking that it would result in
“Then OTT happened and I got
projects like Illegal-1, Naked, and the
last two seasons of Criminal Justice. here’s light, there’s
And, that’s when makers took notice
of me.” Atre asserts her raw and
rustic approach has helped her in
playing the role of Ratna Mishra. The
actor shares, “It’s a very simple and
T fire, there are
superheroes who
wield astras, which
come out of the Brahm-
Shakti that possesses
unassuming character — very much energies found in elements
like I was when I came from Madhya of Nature like Jal (water), With an overcomplicated member of the Brahmansh,
Pradesh and joined the industry. She Pawan (wind), Agni (fire), screenplay, the film does get who wields the Nandi Astra,
(the character) knows how to run the and animals and plants, and a bit convoluted at times, but is an extremely powerful
house and rightly advise her lawyer the most powerful astra, gets back on track soon casting. The only thing I wish
husband.” Talking about her Brahmastra! Since the enough. At 2 hours and 45 is that the makers gave
experience of working with Tripathi, celestial weapon is said to be minutes, the film seems a bit Akkineni a bit more
Atre says, “He is very prepared and a able to destroy the universe, stretched, especially in the screentime. His lines and
very knowledgeable artist. The way he it has been broken into three first half. screen presence adds so
pursues his characters is pieces to save it from the The second half takes off much more gravitas to the
unfathomable for newbies. I’m dark forces. Written and on a high note with a script. Bachchan as Guru ji
grateful that I got to share screen with directed by Ayan Mukerji, flashback into Shiva’s life reminded me of his Narayan
him and learn so much about the Brahmastra: Part One-Shiva and the whole mystery of Shanker from Mohabbatein
craft.” Currently, Atre is shooting with is a love story at its core and Brahmastra, and there are (2000), though he’s less strict
Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra it is also a heady blend of some spectacular portions and more fun in this one.
for an untitled film. Hindu mythology and sci-fi that leave you awestruck. Roy as the only antagonist
elements that serve as the The magic of VFX (all made in Brahmastra is good only to
backdrop. The movie’s leads in India), the treatment of the a point when she doesn’t
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia astras, and the grandeur of overact and starts to look a
Bhatt create sparks on screen everything surrounding the tad too over-the-top in parts.

Baal Shiv shuts down abruptly with their real-to-reel

as production-actors remain at
loggerheads; Mouli confirms
Vinay MR Mishra
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ythological show Baal Shiv will
same page. The actors on the show
had multiple issues with the
production house not using their
dates. Most of the actors even put
chemistry.
The movie is like watching
a video game. Shiva (Kapoor)
is a DJ who falls for Isha
(Bhatt) at first sight, and as
their romance blossoms, his
quest to find the reason
behind his strange
connection with fire
becomes even stronger. His
visions of destruction
become clearer and,
characters make it a visual
spectacle.
Brahmastra has a serious
tone for the most part, but I
liked how dialogues by
Hussain Dalal infuse subtle
humour at some places. And
talking of fighting scenes, the
action choreography is next
level and on par with some of
the best we see in films like
RRR and Baahubali.
Kapoor has put his best
From her appearance to her
attire to makeup, there’s
something about Junoon that
just doesn’t fit in. Oh, there’s
also another veteran actor, a
member of Brahmansh, who
has been given exactly two
dialogues and has been
royally wasted in this
ensemble cast. Meanwhile,
the music of Brahmastra is
average.
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M go off-air from September 16,

we have exclusively learnt. The
TV show that started last November
has been axed by the network in what
could be claimed as an overnight
decision. While multiple shows go off-
air overnight due to poor ratings, Baal
Shiv’s sudden going to the wall is
shocking because the showrunners
and the actors were at loggerheads,
resulting in the channel taking the
A still from decision. A source close to the
the show development reveals, “The production
house and the actors weren’t on the
down the papers and were retained.
This was happening for some time.
Meanwhile, the channel wanted their
new show to come in a prime slot.
Thus, they decided to pull the plug.”
Actor Mouli Ganguly, who played
Mahasati Anusuya, confirms the
news: “Yes, the show is going off air. I
had already quit because my dates
were not being used. And yes, there
has been this blame game, but I don’t
want to get into it.” We tried reaching
out to the channel, but the
representatives refused to comment.
unaware that he is destined
to awaken the Brahmastra,
his path crosses with Guru ji
(Amitabh Bachchan), the
leader of the Brahmansh, a
secret society of sages who
harness the Brahm-Shakti.
Meanwhile, Junoon (Mouni
Roy), the queen of dark
forces, must find the
fractured pieces of
Brahmastra and bring her
evil plans to fruition.
foot forward imbibing
Shiva’s qualities and he does
add his boyish charm into
the character even in the
most intense scenes. Bhatt
looks pretty convincing as
Isha and she delivers a
restrained performance,
never losing her ground.
Together, Ranbir and Alia
look endearing on screen.
Nagarjuna Akkineni as
artist Anish Shetty, and a
because it’s not every day
that Bollywood churns out a
film on this grand scale with
top-class VFX and creates a
mystical universe that we
only see in the West or closer
home in the South film
industry. And given that it’s a
planned trilogy, you’d be left
craving for a part two sooner
than you’d think.
Monika Rawal Kukreja

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