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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

In the line of fire

An assassination story offers a rich context for a filmmaker – suspense, drama, action, morality and more. No wonder it has fascinated filmmakers and the result has been brilliantly and innovatively crafted gripping classics. Tareque Laskar examines the assassination plot as it unfolds on the silver screen

Shakespeare may have invented the word in the 16th Century, but it has served as a plot point since ages. Naturally, a subject like an assassination holds great sway over the cinematic medium, with some of the most memorable movies being made with one assassination or the other as a backdrop. An assassination holds intrigue, action, suspense and shenanigans in equal measure and is perfect fodder for a gripping script. And the conspiracy theories don’t hurt either. Look at “JFK”, Oliver Stone’s epic film starring Kevin Costner. The film which examined the JFK assassination through the perspective of a New Orleans District Attorney who discovers there’s more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story and had the tagline ‘The story that won’t go away’. The film, its editing style (it won an Oscar for best editing) puts it right up there on the top of classic movies that treated the subject of an assassination. Shedding light on filmmakers’ fascination for the subject, director Sudhir Mishra tells TSI, “It depends on what the assassination is. It is an event which has a past, which has a story, which can either be the beginning of something or the end of something. There is a dramatic convergence of people, a lot of it will be visual, and a lot of it will be non-verbal so a filmmaker can get interested in a visual way of telling stories. What attracts a filmmaker is an event in which you can say something without dialogues which offers great possibility for sound, for picture, it is an ideal cinematic event in all sorts of ways.” “JFK” fits the description perfectly. So does the Tom Cruise starrer “Valkyrie” which told the story of the plot to kill Adolf Hitler hatched (and then botched) by his own military officers led by the wily Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.

Sudhir Mishra feels that an assassination film, “can either be trivial, which most of them are, or it can lead to something more interesting.” He continues, “The attraction would be that you can tell a story presuming that there is a possibility of doing something very interesting. There is a characterization there of both the assassin and the person who is assassinated; it can be explored, it can be put in the context of many things– that is the attraction for me personally. I like to tell a story which is tensed and exciting at the same time.” In fact, Hollywood’s tryst with the subject of assassination had mostly derived the excitement out of the post mortem of the event than the event itself. Gabriel Range’s “Death of A President” examined the hypothetical assassination of George W. Bush and its aftermath in a documentary style.

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Monday, November 09, 2009

The Woman, The Icon

TSI talks to people who knew Mrs Gandhi well and finds out that 25 years after she was assassinated, she still remains an enigma, a statesman who dared to take issues head on

Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi

When Emergency was declared, I went to meet Indiraji. She was looking very disturbed and unhappy. I did not ask her anything but it was quite evident from the way she looked that she was herself not happy about the decision.

One day she came over to my place for dinner. I offered her jalebi with ice cream. She just loved the combo. Jalebi was her all-time favourite sweet, but she had never eaten it with ice cream before. She also loved the noodles that I served. The next day itself, she sent her cook to my house to pick up the recipe.

(As told to Priyanka Rai)


J.B. Patnaik, Former Chief Minister of Orissa

Orissa and its people are very fortunate since a leader and statesman like Indira Gandhi had spent her last days with us just before her unfortunate assassination. She had been to Orissa for a two-day official visit. As the Chief Minister of the state and leader of the Congress Legislative Party, I was accompanying her during the tour. After meeting people and visiting places, she was so happy that in a public gathering she declared, “My next visit to Orissa will be as a tourist, not as a Prime Minister."

On October 30, 1984, after addressing her last public meeting at Bhubaneshwar, where she had uttered those famous lines, “I am not interested in a long life. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation,” Mrs Gandhi directly rushed to the airport to return to Delhi.

A few minutes before she boarded the aircraft, I asked her, "Madam, I want to meet you in Delhi. I have something important to discuss." She immediately answered, "All right. But after being confirmed I will be there or not." I was a little astonished with her answer. Whenever I asked for an appointment, she would say: “Yes, come.”

The very next morning, I got the shocking news that Mrs Gandhi was admitted to AIIMS after being attacked by her bodyguards. And the rest is history. When I analyse her last speech in Bhubaneshwar and her response to my request, I strongly believe that Mrs Gandhi perhaps had a "premonition" about her death.

(As told to Dhrutikam Mohanty)

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Sunday, November 08, 2009

“Indira Gandhi had a big heart”

One of Indira Gandhi’s closest political aides reminisces about her daily ‘open durbar’ that helped her keep abreast of what was happening around her

This daily darshan, call it ‘Indira Durbar’, was a kind of gathering where the Prime Minister would receive petitioners. People would come to her with problems ranging from mistreatment of sacred cows to cases of police brutality. She picked up this direct contact concept from her father. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru used to meet the public at eight in the morning every weekday. There were no security checks during those days.

She started meeting people this way when she became the information & broadcasting minister. Her doors used to be open for everyone; anyone was allowed to meet her and place their grievances before her. Partymen too would come to seek suggestions regarding political issues.

She didn’t have much say in the government then, so she used to forward most petitions to the departments concerned. But when she became Prime Minister, she started this practice of going to 1 Akbar Road at 8 am sharp from Monday to Friday. She would spend almost two hours there.

Some people would turn up only to meet her and get clicked with her. Some used to come with petitions. MLAs and MPs would meet her to share their views regarding party matters. Everybody’s problem was handled in a very systematic manner. There was one person in charge of petitions. He was called the private secretary (public) and his office used to be in the public section in Rail Bhavan.

In the morning the private secretary used to be present there and all the petitions were given to him. The political petitions were my domain and I used to follow up with the ministers and chief ministers concerned. Political work was done by me. Every evening we used to give her the report about what has been done on the petitions. She used to get first-hand knowledge of the situation around her and within her party.

Indiraji woke up at 5.30 am everyday, did yoga for an hour and had her breakfast by 7.45 am. The same routine was followed even when she was out of power from 1977 to 1980. Only MPs and MLAs would visit her during this phase. The public petitioners stayed away because they knew that she was not in a position to solve their problems. Initially, for the first six to eight months after she was voted out of power, everyone stopped coming. Only a handful of close friends visited her.

This was also the time when she discovered her real supporters because a lot of people she trusted betrayed her during this phase of her life. People who used to be in her Cabinet were the first to go and report before the Shah Commission. She was hurt not because people had deserted here but because some her own former Cabinet colleagues were making all sorts of wrong submissions to the Shah Commission.

The first person who appeared before the Commission and deposed against her was her law minister HR Gokhale, who used to be very close to her. Other ministers from her Cabinet like C. Subramaniam and DP Chattopadhayay followed him. They all joined her back when she returned to power. She had a big heart. Virendra Patil contested against her in Chickmaglur in 1978 and she still inducted him in her cabinet. She was not vengeful.

Siddhartha Shankar Ray, who had been pressing her to declare Emergency, actively deposed before the Shah Commission. One day, when she entered the Shah Commission he told her very sarcastically: “You are looking fit.” She replied: “You are doing everything possible to keep me fit.”

On one occasion, during this low phase of her political career, she bought a lottery ticket from a vendor. The prize money was to the tune of Rs 10 lakh. She told me that she would donate the money to the All India Congress Committee if she won.

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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Once bitten, twice shy

The CPI(M)-led LDF will not repeat the mistake of hugging Madani in public this time as The congress-led udf readies for the battle for three assembly constituencies in kerala, says Anu Warrier

During the last Lok Sabha polls, a CPI(M) Politburo member from Kerala was sad that the state had only 20 constituencies. As the results came out, he boarded himself up inside Delhi’s AKG Bhavan. Party committees blamed chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan’s remarks, his studied silence on controversial issues and the LDF’s relationship with Abdul Nasser Madani’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the loss of 16 seats. Now, the party faces yet another litmus test. The three Assembly seats, which fell vacant after the representatives got elected to the Lok Sabha, go to polls on November 7.

As usual, the fight is between the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF. Unlike the parliamentary elections, this time both fronts are reluctant to claim victory. The constituencies as well as the warring fronts themselves have been in considerable flux.

In an attempt to come clean in front of the voters, the LDF has made sure that CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan does not hug Madani this time. Vijayan had supported Madani, who was in jail for nine years as an accused in Coimbatore blast case, against all odds in the Lok Sabha polls. He had even challenged the CPI, another key LDF constituent, to protect the interests of the PDP chairman on Ponnani seat. Now he keeps mum on his party’s relationship with PDP. To add to that, Madani has fielded his candidate against G. Krishnaprasad, the CPI nominee in Alappuzha. But in Ernakulam and Kannur, where CPI(M) candidates are in the fray, PDP has offered support to the LDF. However, the CPI(M) leadership has assured other LDF constituents that the front will not share dais with any party that is not a part of the front.

Another major change has been chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan’s ouster from the party’s supreme committee over charges of factionalism. Achuthanandan, who was always vocal in criticising the official faction of the party, is virtually silent after the Politburo action against him. He even inaugurated the LDF poll campaign at Kannur, where his archrival and Pinarayi-confidant M.V.Jayarajan puts up a hard fight against A.P. Abdullakkutty, the former CPI(M) MP who changed sides after getting booted out from the party just before the Lok Sabha polls. The UDF has another advantage in Kannur. The Janata Dal (S) faction, led by M.P. Veerendra Kumar, has officially joined the UDF. Moreover, there is no history of an LDF candidate winning the Kannur Assembly seat.

The bypolls in Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kannur have become a trial of strength for both the fronts. The seats, held by UDF, fell vacant after the representatives were elected to the Lok Sabha and the LDF has made this an issue for campaign. The UDF wants to prove that the victory in the parliamentary election was not a fluke. The LDF, on the other hand, is determined to wrest at least one seat this time to show that the Lok Sabha poll result was just a one-time occurrence.


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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Always spell success

You were known for bailing India out of tight corners. What was it about you that made you click under pressure?

I probably used to concentrate harder in pressure situations. When the chips are down and you perform under pressure, you feel great. I used to love that type of feeling. I felt that I had done my bit for the team.

Your last century was a double ton and you batted for almost 11 hours. Do you think the present generation lacks that type of concentration?

That’s the longest innings of my life. No doubt that was one of my most satisfying knocks. That showed the world that I was not only a stroke-maker but could also stay at the crease as long as I wanted. A perfect batsman has to take this type of challenges on and off. Whenever the team needs him, he has to hold one end up. You are not there to simply hit the ball. You have to defend when needed.

On the 1983 Pakistan tour, you seemed to have lost your touch. What actually happened?

In Pakistan, I had a couple of good scores. One or two decisions went against me. I am not complaining. If you look at my career graph my performance was consistent all through. That was a six-Test series. In 3 or 4 innings I was really batting well and some decisions went against me. So I missed out. I tried to stage a comeback. It didn’t work. But I don’t have any real regrets.

Coming back to the evolution of cricket, do you really like the T20 format?

In this form of cricket if someone really plays good cricketing shots, everyone can enjoy it. I really appreciate good cricketing shots in any form of the game. But there is no scope for genuine strokeplay in the abbreviated version of the game.

Is this shorter format allowing youngsters to learn basic techniques of cricket?

Even in this format you have to concentrate on correct technique and temperament. If a player has good technique, he can play in any format. Be it T20, ODI or Test matches, he can make mark. Only with good technique a player can survive long. Without that he can produce one or two good innings. But at the end he will be exposed.

Some people are now talking about tweaking the format of Tests and ODIs. What’s your view on the issue?

I think Test cricket should be left alone. It’s the most beautiful format of the game – it’s the greatest platform for a cricketer to demonstrate his skills. What will they achieve by introducing three or four-days Tests? People who genuinely love cricket still watch Test matches. In a Test match, played over five days, the pendulum swings from one team to the other and that is the real beauty of the format. It should be preserved come what may. It is the ultimate format of the game and the real test for a cricketer. Why should we tinker with it when there isn't any need?


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Friday, October 30, 2009

Health ads in unHealthy US

Obama and his lobbyists not only shake but also shock the world…

Anything associated with the US surprises or shocks the world - be it its hyped space missions, interference in world diplomacy or booms or bursts in its economic activities. Even President Obama, recently, grabbing the Nobel peace prize surprised many while flabbergast the rest. Congratulations to him for his noble intentions and most importantly his ability to convince people across the border, though people are still waiting to see Obama and his administration working effectively other than making frivolous speeches. Moreover, the trend of healthcare ad spending in the US is going to shake rather shock the world. Surprisingly, Obama is giving more attention on how innovatively and effectively he can convince people to accept the plan rather how innovative and effective the plan actually is!

Undoubtedly, an important issue that concerns each American is the turbulent healthcare system. The surprising fact is that though the US spends highest on healthcare; it ranks way behind many European nations. Obama intends to overhaul healthcare with his reform plan which is yet to get through the US Congress and which requires popular public consensus too. That is where the game begins. Americans are bombarded with healthcare ads and similar programs. A recent figure revealed that healthcare reform ad spending reached $114 million mark, a figure believed to be the costliest ever. The Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political ads and national spending on healthcare, states that while $50 million was spent over the course of first seven months, the second $50 million was poured in just last six weeks. And as this 'healthy' debate is at a very crucial phase, about $1.5 million is spent daily on advertising and campaigns. There were 1 lakh commercial ads aired by 49 different groups in last 60 days. Obama himself went to dozen different talk shows to discuss and thus convince people to accept the healthcare reform. Healthcare ad spending on television is a small part of the total money being spent. Over $240 million was spent so far by hospitals, pharma companies, nursing homes and lobbyists. Americans for Stable Quality Care and Families USA promised to spend $12 million and $7 million respectively on ads and activities in support of the reform. Interestingly, Obama succeeded in convincing PhRMA, a drugmaker who opposed former President Clinton’s health overhaul 15 years ago. It also agreed to invest $150 million in support of the reform. However, ads against the reform have also increased tremendously reaching $32 million.

In democracies, organising political ad campaigns to influence people to vote is now an old phenomenon. Sadly, repeating the same in healthcare instead of debating crucial issues like whether to include public insurance option or how Canada is having an effective healthcare system following the same model with far lesser investment — is not going to improve the condition. It will be interesting now to see what next Obama comes up with.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Take the case of Wolverine, part of Marvel Comics’ “X-Men”. He was a young, frail boy who acquired the ability to mutate into one with lupine features, most notably the retractable claws that appear at the back of his hands. With transhuman abilities like that of ‘regenerating damaged or destroyed areas of his cellular structure at a rate far greater than that of an ordinary human’, Wolverine remains an amazingly healthy specimen even though his actual age is over a 100 years. He was initiated into the ‘Weapon X’ programme run by the CIA and his abilities were enhanced when his skeletal structure and his claws were artificially bonded to the nearly indestructible metal, Adamantium.

If that sounds a lot like science fiction and comic world gibberish, check this from the US Department of Defense – the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has spent billions of dollars on a programme titled “Metabolically Dominant Soldier”. The programme aims at developing transhuman abilities in humans by melding man and machine, giving muscles superhuman strength or the ability to live off your body fat, if denied food. Superior regeneration abilities and a better immune system will also contribute to make this specimen of the soldier truly dominant. And suspiciously similar to Wolverine, sans the claws. The fascination with the super soldier is not new; mythology is littered with the ultimate warrior’s tales from Achilles to Arjuna. And today’s convergence of technology – in the fields of nanotechnology, biology, chemistry and of course, computing – has resulted in the best chances armies have had in decades to go full speed ahead. Says Major Gen. Thapliyal, “I don't think we can ever come to a situation where people can be made immortal, but there definitely exists training of soldiers to better their reflexes, their skills, their destructive and safeguarding capabilities, which one might say is close to being a super soldier. These soldiers are trained to use high-end gadgets and perform super quick operations with high destruction chances.”
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Lineage- Royalty Then, Loyalty Now

When Her Majesty's Government wanted to honour one of my forefathers, Maharana Fateh Singhji with the highest title of Grand Commander of the Star of India, G.C.S.I., in 1887, he is said to have remarked, "The Maharanas of Udaipur have been hailed as 'Hindua Sooraj' since centuries, I have no need to become a mere 'star'." He was persuaded by the Agent Governor General to accept the honour. By his response Maharana Fateh Singhji demonstrated a sense of dignity and the streak of independence that's been the hallmark of Custodians of the House of Mewar. I cannot think of any other Indian Royal who would have responded with such quiet confidence and characteristic panache, not just in the 19th but also in the 20th century. It's an apt example of how one can remain loyal to cherished values, despite changing times and the equations of power.

When the mantle of the 76th Custodianship fell upon me in 1984, I realised the enormity of this challenge of how to remain contemporary yet true to one's heritage and legacies. In management jargon one would say, I had to 'restructure' the organisation and focus on the 'vision' of the House of Mewar. It was a tough job to make the transition, while building upon the platforms that one had inherited. I understood how important it was to remain 'loyal' to values, especially the core value of custodianship that’s defined the character of our House for centuries.

I hope over these decades I have been successful in my endeavour. The loyalty we have demonstrated is evident in the respect and honour which we continue to command from the world around us. It's like establishing a new equation of loyalty in an era when royalty is merely captured in the pages of glossy coffee-table books. The duties we continue to discharge reflect our moral responsibilities. It's a voluntary and self-willed response; and extremely satisfying for us. While the sun may have set on the British Empire, we can safely say the sun, and not to forget the stars, continue to shine in our world where everything has changed. Yet nothing has changed.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

TATA - Setting a standard for India inc.

When Jamshetji Tata set up Empress Mills in Nagpur in 1877 to end British dominance of the textile trade, he blazed a trail. Since then, the Tatas have continued the tradition with their own brand of ‘pragmatic aggression’. They have challenged the system time and again, yet they have coexisted with the system. The Tatas are a live example of how a business house can survive and thrive without compromisng on its core values.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Evm - These machines are polls apart

Electronic Voting Machines have made the polling process much faster. They also help maintain total voting secrecy. The EVM is said to be 100 per cent tamper proof. And, at the end of the polling, the results are available at the push of a button. It has completely revolutionised elections.The EVM designed by Bharat Electronics engineers and their smooth application in lakhs of villages across the country has helped allay fears of booth capture and other ills.

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Karma & Nirvana - Heaven on Earth

Karma and nirvana are different. According to the swadharan bhakti marg or thought, there are three things: gyan, karma and bhakti. But the bhakta has over time learnt that the way to nirvana cannot be through karma; bhakti is, in this case, the essential ingredient. The final stage of mukti, or liberation is nirvana.

Nirvana is attained when the atma (soul) becomes one with the parmatma (the Almighty). The atma itself has to end and only changes its human body as a person dies physically.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Taj Mahal - Poetry in marble

The beauty of the Taj in Agra is perhaps as legendary as the myths that surround it. The mausoleum built by emperor Shah Jahan on the passing away of his third wife Mumtaz Mahal passed away giving birth to the couple’s fourteenth child, is distinctively Persian in style though its Hindu elements are so pronounced (the finial for instance resembles a trident) that many have claimed it to be a Shiva temple. The most tragic myth surrounding the Taj is that the emperor chopped off the hands of the master craftsmen so that they could not replicate the designs elsewhere, while one of the most absurd ones is that Lord William Bentinck, governor general of India in the 1930s, planned to demolish the Taj and auction the marble in a fund raising drive. Historian Anshuman Dwivedi says the monument is designed to stun. “The ten-and-a-half feet doorway that leads to the Taj (A UNESCO World heritage site) is made of a mixture of eight elements and was originally covered in silver. It picked up wavering reflections of the monument. It has 1100 nails and each is covered with a silver coin.” The Taj’s main dome is 187 feet tall and is made of red sandstone from Fatehpur Sikri, jade and crystal from China, turquoise from Tibet and gems from Sri Lanka.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Enigmatic beauties - Deathless aura frozen in time

What was it about the actresses of yore that made them so timeless? Would Madhubala, Geeta Bali or Smita Patil have been the legends they are if they hadn’t died so young? When Meena Kumari died at 40, Pakeezah became a blockbuster. Wonder what its fate would have been had the tragedy queen lived!

But is Madhubala's smile really more enigmatic than Madhuri Dixit’s? Did Geeta Bali have better comic timing than Sridevi just because the one lived less than the other? Waheeda Rehman and Vyjanthimala have grown old with great dignity. So did the recently deceased Gayatri Devi. But one of today’s top actresses said to me, “It’s so sad to see them old. Legends should never get wrinkles.” So is a swift snuffing-out a prerequisite for mystification?

It’s a strange irony. To be truly timeless the beauty must make a timely exit.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

ASHOK LEYLAND

It’s rugged, it’s tough & masculine... it’s Tata, followed by Ashok Leyland
India moves on it; Ashok Leyland is a brand that is known for its rugged and is built on the experience of millions who come in contact with this name in one way or the other. People who are closely associated with this brand have a high regard for it and the company doesn’t take it for granted either. The media campaign for Ashok Leyland brand truly represents the heart of the company through a young engineer who is passionate about his work and is dedicated to deliver value to the customer. An experiential brand, Ashok Leyland’s perception is developed by people who use these products on a day-to-day basis to reach their work stations and back, not to forget the drivers that spend half their life in a truck. Talking about perception, Thomas T. Abraham, GM – Corporate Communications, Ashok Leyland says, “In anticipation of market needs, we are increasingly offering fully built vehicles. This is a huge brand building opportunity as much as it is a business opportunity.” However, recently competition from nimbler players like Tata Motors and M&M has been hitting Ashok Leyland where it hurts. While Tata’s Ace is challenging the dynamics of the LCV market, in the CV segment, entry of global players in JVs with Indian partners (Navistar’s tie-up with M&M and MAN’s with Force Motors) is causing further heart burn. Nevertheless, the company is siting on a goldmine; it sold 83,000 vehicles last year and believe they can do better. Now that’s heavy-duty optimism!

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Monday, September 28, 2009

No space for Debris

Space debris are an ever present threat to satellites due to the mounting number of collisions, reports Vikas Kumar

Oh Little Sputnik, flying high With made-in-Moscow beep, You tell the world it’s a Commie sky, And Uncle Sam’s asleep

This was G Menon Williams, Governor of Michigan, at his humorous best. For, though the Sputnik that the former Soviet Union sent into space on October 4, 1957 weighed just 184.3 pounds, its political impact was huge. Some with keen memories had then picturesquely described it as the “bloodless Pearl Harbour.”

Well there’s been a lot of such bloodless events since spaceship Sputnik. Space experts have been warning for years that the number of satellites in planet orbits has been increasing at a dangerously high speed. This poses a major threat to other satellites – and yet no one paid heed to them until February 10. That was the day that two communications satellites – one Russian and the other American – disintegrated, spewing tonnes of space debris in the higher and lower orbits.

Says space expert Brian Weeden: “Collisions generate debris, greatly increasing the possibility of more of them. These significantly add to the expense of operating in space – a highly expensive business in itself. For instance, if the satellites were to be designed in a way so that they could protect themselves, the cost would rise proportionately. Their life in the orbit too would decrease, because to avoid collisions they would be forced to manoeuvre more frequently. Manned missions, such as space stations, would need to go to great lengths to protect humans.” The Kessler syndrome (named after a highly regarded NASA space debris researcher) is all about this phenomenon. Kessler had found that collisions create a chain reaction of further collisions.


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Friday, September 25, 2009

White panic in kochi

It is the formalin in the milk that makes it poisonous

Random milk samples collected by the Food Safety Commissionarate in Kochi have been found to contain poisonous substances like formalin, sodium bi carbonate and sodium carbonate. Seized samples have been dispatched to Central Food Laboratories, Bangalore for testing to find if there was any presence of Melamine — a synthetic chemical to increase protein content. The samples were collected following police tip-off that adulterated milk was being supplied in Kerala from neighbouring states. The FSC has alerted food safety commissioners of other states about the adulterated milk.

The large quantities of adulterated and sub-standard milk being sold in Kerala have rung alarm bells. Ernakulam district Food Inspector G Ganga Bai told TSI that milk supplied under brand names of Palika, Penta Fresh, Arokya and Pooja have been asked to stop production as their milk was found contaminated.

However, director of Pooja UN Menon has rubbished authorities’ claim that their product is adulterated. He said we don’t mix chemical in our milk, but add sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate to reduce acidity and it does not make the milk poisonous. Other companies Penta and Palika — listed on FSC — refused to react. And Arokya milk is packed in Tamil Nadu. Rampant adulteration of milk poses a great health risk to children and adults. Experts conducting research on milk adulteration reckon a strong policy framework to crackdown on fly-by-night companies selling adulterated milk. Apart from the food adulteration Act, they say, the consumer protection Act and even the Indian Penal Code should be invoked against such offenders.

Doctors say sub-standard milk is threatening India’s nutritional needs. Speaking on contamination of milk, president Indian Dietetic Association (IDA) Anuja Agarwala said: “Consumers are paranoid about the contamination of other food products but continue to ignore milk probably because of the sanctity attached to it.”

VK Batish, head of the dairy microbiology division of National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, is for enhancing shelf life of milk. “Milk preservation is the key to driving increased milk consumption today. Owing to lack of scientific knowledge, thousands of litres of milk is wasted,” he said. Traditionally people used to add water to milk but nowadays the chemicals being used in milk pose a major health hazard.


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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The suicides in Andhra Pradesh

The slightest doubt was enough for them to want to call it quits.” There was this young person, for instance, who hanged himself, fearing he wouldn’t now get the last installment of funds under the Indiramma rural housing subsidy scheme. A 42-year-old committed suicide, doubting the utility of the Arogyasri card that entitles the poor to free healthcare in the void left by YSR. An old couple jumped to their death from a bridge because “elder brother YSR had given them old-age pensions.” Hyderabad-based consultant psychiatrist M Phani Prasant describes such acts of self annihilation as an “impulsive action, an escape from perceived trauma, the result of an inability to rationalise a loss.”

But apart from icon worship Tamils also have an obsessive love for their mother tongue – leading to several suicides during the anti-Hindi agitations. Keezhappaavur Chinnasamy – the first casualty of the 1960s – was followed by six others. But to return to the present, 28-year-old Muthukumar set himself ablaze in front of Shastri Bhavan in Chennai to register his protest against India’s inaction and to urge Tamils to unite and fight against the genocide in Lanka. Muthukumar's suicide triggered five more, accompanied by protests from pro-Tamil organisations. From Chinnasamy to Muthukumar, the youths who committed suicide were all from impoverished backgrounds.

Suicides apart, many South Indians express their fanatical attachment to their leaders and stars by sacrificing to the goddess their fingers and tongues. Chennai-based psychologist Dr Shalini does not agree with those who feel that it is all in the South Indian’s genes. She feels it is simply the result of social forces, lack of education and immaturity. “These people are simply not educated enough to understand the real issues. It is our hidebound society in Tamil Nadu and Andhra which breeds this kind of irrational behaviour. Those of them who are settled in the West and Europe do not react like this,” says the doctor. A Marx, the social scientist quoted above, is highly critical of political parties which shy away from taking a firm stand on the issue. “When political leaders pay their floral tributes one always gets the sense that they are trying to glorify these gruesome acts,” he says. “They should instead register their strong condemnation of such primitive practices.”

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Friday, September 18, 2009

plight of a community that pakistan abandoned

Just as it is unintelligent to denounce the great German nation for the crimes of the Nazis, it would be imprudent to charge the Bengalis for the conduct of the Awami League. Many other blood-curdling tales of murder and mayhem were narrated as Jamil took me to other camps the day after. Similarly, there was no dearth of tales of acts of valour of Bengalis who sheltered and protected — at enormous peril to themselves — their fear-stricken Bihari friends and neighbours.

The most heart-wrenching story was that of Masoom Ahmad. “As the mob came close to our house, he was left with his wife and sister,” recounts his uncle Zahir Siddiqui. With only one bullet left in his revolver, his wife asked him to shoot her lest she be raped by the mob. “I am your wife, I have first right on that bullet,” his wife pleaded. His sister’s entreaties were the same. The next day, Zahir found their bodies. The empty revolver lay by Masoom’s side. Zahir stops the tale here and offers me the last piece of Bihari kebab. Who did Masoom shoot? The truth will go to the grave with Zahir. The kebab tasted awful.

For 38 years now, these Biharis have been spread across Bangladesh in 66 fetid camps, each a thatched firetrap. They live as refugees, although theirs is a more atypical quandary. They did not leave their nation; their nation left them. In triumph, they would have been patriots. In rout, they were traitors.

The Bangladeshi regime issued a number of official promulgations in the shape of Presidential orders, which were in reality devices to disinherit the Biharis of their property, possessions and bank savings. For many months, those cooped up in these camps were not permitted to go out for anything, including employment, schooling or healthcare.

“They have been forced to exist in sub-human conditions for the last four decades and will, in all likelihood, live like this until they die”, observes Mahtab Haidar, a Dhaka-based analyst. “Poverty isn’t the only thing that hinders their progress. They are without schooling, job prospects, and an identity. They merely survive as statistics in ration cards, respite programs and slum-arson tales,” he adds.

“I've dreamt of shifting to Pakistan for decades,” says Rubina Khatoon, 56, standing outside the tiny 6 feet by 6 feet shanty she shares with six of her kin. “There they converse in my tongue, Urdu.” Rubina’s camp is just another slum in Dhaka. Most live with no power, water or healthcare. Illiteracy, joblessness and undernourishment are widespread. But startlingly, there are no beggars.


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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Memories of a Nightmare

The wounds still fester in Kandhamal, the scene of Orissa’s worst communal riots in living memory, though a sense of calm prevails on the surface, reports Dhrutikam Mohanty

An entire year has elapsed since Orissa’s Kandhamal districtIIPM erupted in an orgy of communal violence following the brutal murder of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and four disciples on August 23, 2008. But the scars are still deep. Ask Sanatan Bagh Singh, a resident of Tikabali town, one of the worst-affected areas of the district.

He says: “At midnight, miscreants attacked my house. I managed to escape to a nearby forest. But I am still terrified. Fear and distrust hang heavy on my mind. I spent so many sleepless nights before taking refuge in a relief camp. You can’t imagine how horrible it was…” His trembling voice trails off.

The Kandhamal communal riots claimed 37 lives, thousands were rendered homeless and 100 churches were desecrated. Bagh Singh is now trying to gather the shattered pieces of his life with a bit of help from the district administration. “I try to forget but I can’t. Memories of that nightmare still haunt me,” he says.

A TSI team revisited Kandhamal for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the district on the first anniversary of Saraswati’s death, being observed on Janmashtami day, August 14.

After a non-stop drive of about 180 kilometers from the state capital, Bhubaneswar, we took a tea break at Tikabali Bazaar and interacted with a cross-section of the town’s denizens. An uneasy calm prevails here, but scratch the surface and you find hearts that still need comforting. The Tikabali police station loomed into view and the mind raced back to the horrifying sight one had witnessed at the same spot a year ago. Miscreants had burnt down the police station.

Kandhamal is today dotted with CRPF pickets. We encountered as many as three such security checks after entering the district. A day before the first anniversary of Saraswati’s death, the local administration was in no mood to let its guard down. The Tikabali police station, just a few furlongs away from the last check post that we ran into, was fully fortified with a CRPF camp. The scenario seemed to have changed with the administration going all out to eliminate traces of the havoc that the rioters had wreaked.

A brief interaction with a few police personnel revealed that, as part of a strategy to boost security, 12 platoons of the Orissa State Armed Police, along with a company of CRPF, were being pressed into service to help the district police force. Besides, around 250 special police officers from neighbouring Rayagada and Gajapati districts had moved in to man sensitive areas of Kandhamal district.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Single-board system lauded

Common syllabus, textbooks for classes I and VI by 2010

The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to introduce equitable standard school education from the next year onwards has been welcomed. Initially the new education policy to have a single-board system will be implemented in the academic year (2010-11) for I and VI classes and in 2011-12 it will be expanded to other standards.

A Common Board will be created by merging all boards. Unlike other states, four streams of school systems are being followed in Tamil Nadu: State board, Matriculation, Anglo-Indian and Oriental. As for the medium of instructions, besides Tamil, other languages now being used would continue.

Educationists feel that the changes due from quite a long time would help improve quality of education in the State-run schools. Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal, at the 56th session of the Central Advisory Board on Education held in New Delhi appreciated the move and said: “I am happy to hear that the Tamil Nadu government has adopted a single-board system for equitable education.”

The new education policy was first discussed by the DMK in the 2006 elections. The party had promised to introduce ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ (equitable standard school education) if voted to power. Once the goal was achieved, the government appointed a committee headed by S Muthukumaran, former vice chancellor of Bharathidasan University, to study the possibilities of introducing equitable standard education in schools. And in 2007, Muthukumaran submitted his report. Initially the recommendations were welcomed with apprehension. Some private schools opposed it. But the government claims that all contentious issues have been resolved. All told, some private schools are still resisting this move. They are planning to challenge the government’s decision in the court.

“Muthukumaran committee held exhaustive consultations with all the stakeholders so they can’t say the government has taken a decision unilaterally. We are ready to face them in the court,” says School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu. Finally last week the state government announced its decision to implement the equitable education.

“It is a historic decision. And all praise to our Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for implementing the new changes. Lakhs of students and parents who are major stakeholders in the education system will benefit from it,” says Thangam.

“An expert committee will decide on the common text books and syllabus. The medium of instruction will be followed as it is now. In English medium schools English will continue and in minority schools like Kannada schools there will be a status quo,” he said.

But, the State Platform for School education — an organisation which fought for the implementation of equitable education — wants the government to print text books. Besides, it wants a comprehensive school education act. But what parents and students want the most is an improvement in the quality of education.
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Love-Aaj kal!

Is the golden age of romance in Bollywood over? Monojit Lahiri investigates

First things first. It has been said that the history of cinema is also a history of exciting, adventurous and celebrated love affairs. Dead right. And for excellent reasons. The very nature of film making provides the mood and milieu for two people thrown together, for continuous amorous encounters between them. Far off Switzerland or neighbouring Goa, their close and constant physical contact with each other often begins to lead on (and off the sets) to the romantic intimacies of the screenplay. Then again, they have an exclusive, subliminal and indefinable psychological bond. Idolised and damned, in equal measures, these larger-than-life creatures fall upon each other for fulfillment, leading them to believe (with some truth) that only one star can truly understand, relate and love another. But how does love surface in the first place? And what does this divine madness do to screen lovers? Does it actually help them emote better?

According to many distinguished people who pass their life and times tossing educated opinions on screen love in Bollywood, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand were the greatest.

Let’s take Dilip first. In an environment filled with hammy overacting, Dilip was perhaps the first actor in Bombay to introduce the rare, dignified and yet powerful element of restraint. And this element naturally, crept into his love scenes. The Dilip-Madhubala, Dilip-Vyjayanti, Dilip-Meena, Dilip-Waheeda teams, have love scenes fashioned by the wonderfully refreshing trait. A quiet, intense, sensitive (often to the point of shyness) lover who very nearly doesn’t make it. The near-lover, the puzzled introvert – these are some labels that come to mind while recollecting Dilip and his intense version of one from the heart.

In total contrast was the Raj-Nargis team. Loud, boisterous and always full of life and laughter, this team brought in their love-scenes a daring and pizzazz which was completely Western in concept and unknown in popular Indian cinema before. The Raj-Nargis love scenes were very passionate, very beautiful and often very physical. The heady fever comes through loud and clear when you compare "Devdas", "Daag" and "Paigham" with "Barsaat", "Awaara" and "Shree 420", Raj and Nargis really did things with their love scenes and one has to think very hard indeed to match another couple who set any generation ablaze as they did.

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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The Kink in the King?

Poll reverses and law & order issues threaten to mar Modi's progress, report Hitesh Ankleshwaria and Rupesh Panchal

It was December 2007 when the world was keeping an eye on the Gujarat assembly elections. For Narendra Modi, it was a crucial poll. He had campaigned rigorously for all the 182 assembly seats except Maninagar constituency from where he himself was contesting. Against him, the Congress had pitched the then Minister of State for Petroleum Dinsha Patel, a leader with a liberal image and strong support from the economically powerful Patidar community. But Modi was confident of victory; and not for wrong reasons as both destiny and his progress report favoured him. Dinsha faced a severe setback and Modi, singlehandedly, captured 117 seats in the Assembly elections.

Today, the King’s armour has taken some hits, more damaging to the image than in the recent past. Two years ago, it seemed Modi could do no wrong. In the last general elections, Modi’s political stature reached such heights that some sections declared him a Prime Ministerial candidate – his 300 odd political rallies across India adding to the positioning. Modi won one more seat than he had won in the 2004 general elections. Like we said, that was then. Cut to the present, and the recent elections of JMC (Junagadh Municipal Corporation) and KDCMPUL (Kheda District Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Union; better known as Amul Dairy Union) touted as being an easy image booster for Modi, have shocked party observers with the Congress winning both elections. This despite many state cabinet ministers, MPs and MLAs being pressed into the campaign.

So, is the magic of Narendra Modi waning? Social scientist and staunch critic of right wing political parties Achyut Yagnik says, “Yes, Modi’s influence is decreasing. The setback in the general elections and the JMC polls is a visible example.” BJP spokesperson IK Jadeja contests the contention. He says: “Only one election is not a parameter of some one’s success or failure. In JMC we lost to the Congress in terms of seats but ward-wise we have got 14,000 more votes than the Congress.” Emphasising that Modi’s magic is still intact, he adds, “Getting that one additional seat in the recently held Lok Sabha elections happened due to the power of Narendrabhai’s development plank.” Achyut Yagnik gives his take, “BJP was only focusing on the urban middle-class but now it is working to woo people at the district and tehsil levels.”

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Monday, September 07, 2009

Cibil has a great role to play. but it is also being misused by banks

CIBIL records are always updated. But there have been occasions in the past when due to human input errors, or inaccuracies, names of innocent customers have appeared often in the defaulters list.

Information is not always updated – You might have defaulted on a paltry sum of money, and repaid the sum later. However, you still can’t be sure that this will be reported in CIBIL database. It might still show you a 'defaulter'.

Human Error – Due to human mistakes, erroneous data may be reported in the CIBIL database. For instance, a dues of Rs.1200 may be reported as Rs.12,000 – although one does expect these to be sorted out with modern reconciliation methods.

How to fix errors in CIBIL

Contact the concerned bank that has declined your loan application or rejected your application for a credit card. You should ask them about the poor credit score and demand the Control Number of your credit report, which is a nine digit unique number that helps CIBIL track an individual’s credit report from its database.

Banks generally cooperate, but give them a lead time. One should post a complaint to the bank's website, and if the bank does not revert in 15 days, one can go to the banking ombudsman.

Get in touch with the CIBIL once your status quo with the bank is sorted out.

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Friday, September 04, 2009

Wounded for life - "IIPM News"

The widows and families of Indian soldiers killed or maimed in action are fighting a losing battle in the face of official apathy and corruption, report Nirupama Dutt and Mayank Singh

Three years ago when the then President A.P.J Abdul Kalam was dedicating the country’s first post-Independence war memorial in Chandigarh, a young and distraught widow cried out in agony: “Memorials for soldiers are good, but the army and society at large should take care of the families of those who sacrifice their lives for the nation.” The lady was Manreet Rana, whose husband Lt. Col Amardeep Singh and 34 others were washed away while constructing a crucial bridge over Satluj river at Kharo in the Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh on September 8, 2005. The whole team was wiped out when the bridge collapsed, and the Army, realising the contribution made by the team, immediately declared it a “battle casualty”. However, when it came to securing compensation that was her due, things were not so easy for this mother of two widowed at the young age of 31. The question she would be asked was: “Usko kya goli lagi thee, ya woh landmine ke karan mara thha?” Manreet was vocal about the government being apathetic to non-war casualties and also earned the displeasure of certain authorities. “What others and I are saying should be taken in the right spirit. We are not cribbing but only asking for a fair deal for dependents of those who sacrifice their lives for the nation.”

Today she is wary of the Press and does not wish to come to the forefront. “Personally, I have received a lot of help from the army and the government but there are others too and the authorities should be more sympathetic in dealing with these cases,” says Manreet.

She is right. The battlefield exploits of intrepid soldiers like Capt Mohan Singh, Shaurya Chakra, Capt Gurjinder Singh Suri, Mahavir Chakra, and Havildar Anand Kumar, Sena Medal, are stuff that legends are made of. No enemy could stop them from accomplishing their difficult missions. But their families are today at the mercy of an insensitive system that does little to alleviate the irreparable loss that they suffered.

Post-martyrdom, these brave soldiers are often laid low by the apathy of a nation that forgets them and their families. Captain Mohan Singh has survived to tale the tale, but in the case of the other two men mentioned above, their families have been left to fend for themselves.


What hits many army widows most is that three years after the casualty they are required to vacate their official residence and this is extendable only by six months. The army widows have been demanding that this facility should be extended to them for at least five years.

Only the names change, not the complexion of the problem. Scores of women like Manreet are getting a taste of the government’s apathy around the country. Their belief in the system is beginning to waver. Jaya Babbar is still awaiting the Rs 5 lakh compensation promised by Assam government after her husband Major Inderjeet Singh laid down his life fighting insurgents and was awarded the Kirti Chakra (posthumous) in August 2003.

She says: “It is only fair that the law be amended to give army widows an extension on the official residence. After a soldier is killed in war or peace, the widow has to cope with much. First she has to deal with a grave personal tragedy and then fend for the children and herself. And then she has to run from pillar to post to get her due.”

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Wind from the woods

Khan Connection

Deepika Padukone, who did her first movie with the Baadshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, and then with other superstars like Akshay, Saif and Ranbir, now wants to work with Salman Khan. Maybe that’s why she has already made two appearances in Salman’s “Dus Ka Dum”. But with Salman and SRK at loggerheads, we wonder if Salman would oblige her. Plus, Deepika needs to realise that having a superstar for a co-actor won’t ensure box-office success every time… Eventually she will have to get cracking at learning to act too!
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