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In the beginning
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Whats in a name? Were all Kiwis

migrants encountered, and their increased commitment to settling in New Zealand permanently, led to the formation of the New Zealand Indian Central Association in 1926. Indians tended to settle in concentrated pockets rather than throughout the country. Punjabis settled in Waipa, Waikato, Otorohanga, and Taumarunui, while Gujaratis settled in Auckland, Pukekohe, and Wellington. Until the 1980s, over 90 per cent of New Zealand Indians traced their roots to Gujarat. The next biggest group (six per cent) came from the Punjab. In 1981,Fiji Indiansaccounted for less than 14 per cent of Indians resident here. At this stage, just under 45 per cent of a total New Zealand Indian population of 11,577 had been born in New Zealand, while 31 per cent had been born in India. Since the early 1980s, the total number of Indians resident in New Zealand increased dramatically triggered by the military coup upheavals in Fiji where the Indian population numbered more than 50 per cent. Today, the exodus of Indians from Fiji continues with the population hovering around 35 per cent.
ts a far cry from the handful 46 Indians first recorded living in New Zealand in 1896. Most of these early migrants, coming from Punjab and Gujarat, and were temporary labourers and were listed as pedlars, hawkers, and domestics. Also, they were overwhelmingly men. In 1896, only one Indian woman was listed as resident in New Zealand. Records show that most of these early migrants did not intend staying here, but wanted to earn money before returning home. Migration increased until 1920, when the New Zealand Government introduced restrictions under a permit system. By this time, there were just over 2000 Indians in New Zealand. The number of Indian women had grown to 142, as some of the Indian men living here sent home for their wives or, if they were single, for brides. Today, people of Indian origin including those from India, Fiji, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius number a staggering 120,000-plus living in New Zealand. And more than 90 per cent of these appear to be in Auckland,
with most intrinsically making their presence felt at cultural outings be it Diwali, a Bollywood show, or religious function. Indians in New Zealand have, over the years, contributed significantly to the growth of New Zealand as a nation in all walks of life politics and governance, business, agriculture, sports and
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partly by students staying on and becoming residents.The Canterbury earthquakes, which put a dent in overseas fee-paying students, is now being predicted to increase the number of skilled migrants from India. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment migration research manager Sankar Ramasamy said the rebuild would increase demand for specific skills, particularly in building professions and trades. New Zealand Indian Central Association immigration committee chairman Prithipal Singh told Stuff the rising numbers were due to a large, well-educated young population in the subcontinent, looking to move for a better quality of life. You will see more and more of this happening. It was also due to Indians studying in NZ, then getting skilled migrant status, he said. It was part of a worldwide trend, with the US being the preferred place to emigrate, followed by Canada, Britain, Australia, then probably NZ. By 2025, New Zealands total Asian population - including Indians - was expected to grow to 800,000, up from about 500,000 now.
Indians in New Zealand have, over the years, contributed significantly to the growth of New Zealand as a nation in all walks of life politics and governance, business, agriculture, sports and community.
community. In the early days, the New Zealand Indian community was still overwhelmingly a society of men. Many of them lived and worked communally. Around this time, there was increasing prejudice and fear about Asian migrants. The discrimination Indian
e it Indo-Kiwi, Indian New Zealanderor Kiwi Indian all areNew ZealandersofIndianorsubcontinental heritage living inhere. Those terms include Indians born in New Zealand,Non-Resident Indiansand Fiji Indians, Indians of African origin, Middle East, Europe, South Asia, the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, the Pacific Rim, or any New Zealander with at least one parent, grandparent or great grandparent with an Indian heritage. Most early NZ Indians were of Punjabi or Gujarati descent. Indians are the fastest growing Kiwi ethnic group, and the second largest group of NZ Asians. So much so that India has overtaken Britain, for the first time, as the main supplier of skilled migrants to NZ. Figures from Immigration NZ show a dramatic drop in British residents moving here on skilled migrant visas. In the 2004-05 year, 11,665 Brits moved here, making up 49 per cent of all skilled migrants. By last year, the number had fallen to 3183, or only 17 per cent. India delivered 3291 skilled migrants last year, a rise driven
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or more than 150 years, Indians in New need to be honoured and celebrated, said Giri Zealand have contributed generously to Gupta, the brains behind the Hall of Fame. Mr Giri Gupta QSM, the co-publisher the success of their adopted homeland. And in the process, have brought much fame of Indian Weekender, said he was proud to and glory to themselves, their families, their be associated with such a prestigious event community, their country, and even made their which will initiate a legacy that is bound to be honoured for many generations. We are a mark on the international stage. While the successes are celebrated at small community here in New Zealand, and yet, Indians here have the moment of been such a big part of the achievement, they are development and progress rarely remembered We are very proud of these of this country. forever, for people in our community who We are very proud generations to come. of these people in our Today, the Indian have secured us all an even community who have Weekender announces bigger identity in the Kiwi secured us all an even the institution of the society. The Kiwi Indian Hall bigger identity in the Kiwi prestigious Kiwisociety, Mr. Gupta said. Indian Hall of Fame, of Fame is saying to these The Kiwi Indian Hall to celebrate and people we are proud of you of Fame is saying to these honour such achievers people we are proud of of Indian origin in - Giri Gupta, Managing Editor, you. New Zealand. Indian Weekender While this inaugural The Kiwi Indian inductee to the Hall of Hall of Fame will be inaugurated at a gala function to be held in Fame was picked by the executive team at Kiwi Media Group, an independent jury will be set Auckland later this month. For a very long time in New Zealand, people up soon to take over the co-ordination of the of Indian origin have made their mark in all event from next year. aspects of society here, and their achievements
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igrants who come to New Zealand on temporary visas like student visa or work visa are often concerned about getting the visa which can allow them to work and live permanently in New Zealand. To work and live permanently in New Zealand, migrants have to apply for the visa based on their occupation and skills. The different visa options are:
to be eligible. The applicants get points for age, experience, employability and qualifications. There are two steps involved in applying under this category: a. The applicant must complete an Expression of Interest, telling about themselves, their family, their skills and their experience. b. If the applicant has enough points, Immigration accept their Expression of Interest, and send an Invitation to Apply. The applicant complete it, and return it to the immigration with all supporting documents. 2. Work to Residence This category applies to the applicants who: are qualified in occupations that are in demand in New Zealand or have a job offer from an accredited employer, or have exceptional talent in sports or the arts. This option allows applicants
to apply for a temporary work visa as a step towards gaining permanent residence. The requirements that all applicants need to meet: To enter New Zealand an applicant must: be in good health and of good character, and have a passport that is valid for at least three months past the date you are to leave New Zealand, and be genuine in wanting to
1. Skilled Migrant Category The Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) offers the applicants, the opportunity to move to New Zealand to work and live permanently. be eligible for residence under SMC the applicant must: be 55 or under be healthy be of good character speak English There is a point system used by the Immigration New Zealand
To work and live permanently in New Zealand, migrants on temporary work visas have to apply for specific visas based on their occupation and skills. Read on to know more about the options before you.
work in New Zealand, and have the right visa for your visit. If an applicant is granted a workvisa an applicant need to meet certain conditions during his/her stay: the work an applicant do must be in line with the under which an applicant apply for a Work to Residence visa. The category an applicant apply under depends on his/her occupation and circumstances 3. Residence from Work:
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he Southern Institute of Technology is closely aligned to the Christchurch rebuild thanks to government funding boosts aimed at increasing the number of trained trades people available for the rebuild. 130 full time student placements have been awarded to SIT to train students in the areas of carpentry, joinery, electrical, engineering, refrigeration, architecture, quantity surveying, horticulture and more. Each of these courses incorporates practical industry experience giving students the opportunity to gain real world skills and to meet and work for employers. The Canterbury earthquakes have had a significant effect on the region with subsequent repair work being forecast to amount to billions of dollars. The pressure continues with trades companies desperate to find skilled workers in the region, guaranteeing jobs for at least the next decade. There is no better time than now to make the decision to complete a trade qualification at SIT. With the
Zero Fees Scheme, students save on tuition fees with the only charge being for direct materials needed for the course. As such, SIT has introduced the National Certificate in Building Construction and Allied Trades Services Certificate. This programme is 12 weeks long and SIT offers six intakes a year.This programme is completely
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How did the Zero Fees Scheme outhern Institute of Technology offers the Zero Fees Schemeto start and when does it end? The all NewZealand citizens , New Zero Fees Scheme was introduced in Zealand permanent residents and 2001 to try to reverse the declining Australian citizens residing in New population trend in Invercargill. Southland is the only region in Zealand. The schememeans that SIT New Zealand to offer the Zero covers your tuition fees, so all you Fees Scheme - it is a unique system made possible by have to pay for wide community are the direct The Zero Fees Scheme s u p p o r t . material costs for gives you theopportunity S o u t h l a n d your course. The Zero Fees to get a quality education community and business funders Scheme gives you WITHOUT a massive contributed $7.25 theopportunity student loan. SIT covers million over to get a quality the first three e d u c a t i o n your tuition fees, so years on top of WITHOUT a all you have to pay for our government massive student funding, and loan. Who wants are the direct material the scheme was to be paying off course costs. Who wants successful debt for the next to be paying off debt for so that it has been 10-20 years? able to continue Many of our the 10-20 years? As our ever since. It savvy graduates students, you wont have is currently start their careers guaranteed until debt-free. This is to! No exaggeration. at least the end of no exaggeration over a three-year degree course, you 2015, but we hope it will continue long into the future. can save between $7,000 - $14,000.
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im Shadbolt is a local Invercargill hero and New Zealand icon, known for his wide-mouthed smile, wicked sense of humour, standing-up for a wide range of causes and supporting the average Kiwi. He was born in Auckland and was a foundation pupil and prefect at Rutherford High School. He attended Auckland University where he majored in History. It was there that he started his student activism and was also the editor of Craccum magazine. After leaving university, Tim Shadbolt started his own concrete contracting business, managed the family orchard and worked for community and political causes.
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Racism conference Womens Right to employment must be fulfilled long overdue

Ann Pala of the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel speaks at the Racism conference. Indian Weekender brings you exerpts from her speech
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Inequality or oppression, bring economic crisis in the Conciliator has been a bone of contention from lives of people, especially ethnic women, more so if their mainstream New Zealand. For the fourth largest employment rights have been violated through racism multicultural city in the World, division, racism and and discrimination, says Ann Pala. She was speaking at discrimination are unprogressive! Ann says, Not all is gloom and a conference organized by the Ethnic doom. The panel is seeking ways Peoples Advisory Panel (EPAP) Our City is a representation to bring qualified persons in front of on Saturday 27th April. This is an of a Global World, of people Advisory Panel to the Auckland vibrant, economically savvy, organisations by closer links with the business sector in Auckland. She is Council where Ann leads the youthful, experienced, also looking at ways of influencing Social and Community Well-being professionals, the cream more local employment in her Committee. of countries which are capacity as a candidate in the local Our City is a representation of fortunate to seek migration elections for the Henderson/Massey a Global World, of people vibrant, to New Zealand economically savvy, youthful, Ann Pala ward in October. experienced, professionals, the cream of countries which are fortunate to seek migration to New Zealand. Ethnically diverse migrants, those who pass our immigration borders must be treated similarly for their wealth of expertise that Auckland can utilize. Governments must ensure their opportunities are fulfilled and an adequate standard of living, the right to housing, and the right to education, as well as the right to freedom is granted. It is smart economics, declares Ann. She mentions, That over 70% of New Zealanders after the screening on Wednesday of the TV3 program The Vote declared NZ a racist society. The recent announcement of Susan Devoy as the Race Relations
Speaking at the recent conference organized by the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel (EPAP) on Saturday 27th April, Chairperson Dr Camille Nakhid said, To be honest with you, it has not been easy getting here, to this conversation on racism. Conversations and debates about racism are not the most comfortable of topics for many. In our efforts to host this conference we met with a considerable amount of opposition, and I am telling you this, not to be provocative but to highlight the discomfort that many feel at discussing a topic that impacts on all of us some favourably, for many, much less so.
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We will wait and watch as Dame Susan listens

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I am going to be listening. It would be disingenuous of me to do anything else so early in my role. My job will be a marathon not a sprint. Now is the time to listen, to engage in conversations with New Zealanders and to have regard for the special position I hold, said newly appointed Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy at a recent conference hosted by Auckland Councils Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel at AUT. In her keynote speech, Devoy spent considerable time responding to the back-lash and controversy around her appointment. She acknowledged that she is a late starter in this role, likening it to white water rafting, but made it clear that she wants to be given a fairgo. To the theme of the conference: Racism Does it impact on Auckland as a diverse city there was unanimous consensus. Is there racism in New Zealand or Auckland? Yes, there is, acknowledged Mayor Len Brown. New Zealanders had confronted racism from the get go. In multicultural Auckland, people needed to learn to love each other. Each year, the Human Rights Commission receives about 6000 human rights enquiries or complaints a year. About a third of these are related to race. Ann Pala of the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel said that this conference is about actioning solutions. Institutional racism and gate-keepers The audience members, a healthy mix of colours and races, shared their experiences of isolation, fear, stereotyping and institutional racism. Anecdotes like being racially profiled at airports, sitting beside whites on buses only to find them hastily vacating their seats or being pulled over by the police for no apparent reason, all touched a chord. A key complaint from members of the audience was that New Zealand employers discriminated against people of colour when deciding who to give jobs to. This is of particular relevance to the Kiwi-Indian community which is poised to become one of the largest ethnic minority in New Zealand in the near future. I am new to NZ and I am well qualified. But, I am not able to find a suitable job and I cant put a finger on why, said a recent Indian migrant. The bar for immigration is set high and most migrants find that during their jobhunts that they have to down-grade their CVs for them to be shortlisted. Panel chairperson and acting chair of the advisory board of the Pacific Media Centre Dr Camille Nakhid, pointed out that combating racism meant talking about white privilege and white supremacy. While we are busy deciding whether or not racism exists, the further we are left behind and more disadvantaged we become, and those structures that maintain racism become more entrenched, she said. White supremacy In the words of panel speaker Maryam Perreira: white power was not about neo-Nazis clubbing people at bus stops, but about the continual promotion of a Eurocentric view which insists that whites are normal and does not allow for any positive views of people of colour. Until biculturalism is taken seriously, multiculturalism will not flourish, and gatekeepers would continue to close the doors of opportunity to indigenous people and people of colour, said Perreira. While an engaging and well intentioned, the conference at best, seems like a step in the right direction for the moment.
The conference came just days after a poll run by The Vote on TV3 found that 76 percent of respondents believed that New Zealand is racist.
Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy and Tongan youth race unity speaker Lute Sikalu (Lynfield College) at the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel racism conference at AUT University.
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Study investigates Indian kids in NZ classrooms

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Massey PhD student is researching how Indian immigrant children fair in the New Zealand early education system, and how well teachers accommodate minority cultures. Vijaya Tatineni is studying how early childhood teachers engage with Indian immigrant children and their parents as part of her Doctorate in Education. Her research will explore Indian
parents child rearing practices, values, and how they want their children to be taught. She will also look at the issues facing early childhood teachers when teaching these children and what interaction they have with parents. Mrs Tatineni, who used to manage a preschool in India, says in todays multicultural society it is necessary for teachers to ensure their teaching is meaningful and relevant
to minority groups. With increasing multiculturalism in classrooms, teachers need to look closely at minority cultures and reflect on programmes in their early childhood centres.My research will investigate if our daily classroom practices are meaningful to these children. Mrs Tatineni says there is a lack of early childhood research on what Indian children bring to early
childhood centres and how this can be used to create meaningful programmes for them. In the last five to ten years increasing numbers of Indians have been coming to New Zealand though official numbers of Indian immigrant children are unknown. This means we will have to cater to their educational needs as well. The need for this research is very timely.
Her research will involve nine Indian immigrant families. Mrs Tatineni says it is likely her findings will have an impact on policy within the Early Childhood education system in New Zealand. She hopes to have completed her doctorate by 2015. Mrs Tatineni is a regional early childhood lecturer at the Open Polytechnic in Wellington.
A trip to Hunua Falls ends in tragedy

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n Indian tourist, who fell to his death and drowned while attempting to cross Hunua falls, has been identified as 20-year-old Daksh Modasia. He lost his footing while crossing the front of the falls and fell into the deep water. He could not be retrieved immediately and was unconscious when he was pulled from the water. Though a passing nurse and then paramedics attempted to revive him by giving him CPR, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Daksh was on holiday in NZ and was at the park with his friends. The park is managed by the Auckland council. Auckland Council has large and prominent signsvisible on both sides of the walking access way down to the falls. These signs, based on Water Safety New Zealand guidelines,aim to warn visitors of the multiple dangers at the site in relation to water safety, a council spokesperson said. The signs also inform visitors that there is no lifesaving service in the vicinity. They are designed to warn people of the dangers of the area, which are similar to those of surf beaches. We do encourage visitors to stick to the walking tracks and to be wary of the risks of going into the water. Despite the warning signs, Daksh is at least the 16th person killed at the falls, although most people die jumping from the top. Following this incident, safety is being reviewed at the falls. No further details of the mans family have been released by the police.
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17-year-old youth from the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill has been chosen to represent Labour List MP Dr Rajen Prasad for the forthcoming Youth Parliament in July. He is Rugved Deshpande, the Head Boy at Lynfield College. Dr Prasad said he was delighted to choose Rugved, who has excellent records academically, in sport, cultural activities and in community involvement. He is looking forward to Rugved to get out there and engage with the youth in his community and gather their views and represent them in Parliament. Rugved said he was honoured to have been chosen to represent Dr Prasad as a Youth MP. I am pleased to be asked to discuss national issues with other youths from around the country. Hopefully we will bring a different perspective to light. One of the things I am concerned about is that many young people are finding it hard to get part- time employment. This is going to be my priority for discussion, he said. As well as representing Dr Prasad in Parliament on July 16 and 17, Rugved will hold the title of Youth MP until December 31. During this time he will actively engage with the community to gain
Rugved Deshpande with Labour List MP Dr Rajen Prasad understanding of the ideas and concerns of youth in the area. Youth Parliament, which is held once every three year parliamentary term, gives young New Zealanders the opportunity to gain understanding of the parliamentary processes. It is as close as possible to the real thing. During the event, Youth MPs will debate legislation, sit on select committees and ask oral questions of Cabinet Ministers. They will also have the opportunity to hear from a panel of MPs to learn about the role of an MP and the many pathways to entering a career in politics. It will be a significant opportunity for 121 young Kiwis to bring the youth voice to Parliament.
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Planet of the Apps

ROHAN DE SOUZA
hen Steve Jobs announced thelaunch of the iPhone in 2007probably few would have guessed that it would have been the catalyst for a revolution unparalleled in the history of computing. The rate of mobile computing adoption has since outpaced both the 80s PC and the 90s internet booms. Mobile computing is now poised to change practicallyeverything about our lives from the way we connect, to the way we shop, read and consume media and more. Sales of Tablets and Smartphones have now exceeded that of PCs with the smartphone industry now emerging as the worlds leading industry. But what really drove this revolution has less to do with the smartphone in itself and more to do with the software that it ran on the phone aptly christened as apps. Apps gives the smartphone its ability to be the equivalent of a technological Swiss knife andconverge the functionality of what was many separatedevices into just one single device. App downloads now number in the billions and have made Apple a huge fortune, and along the way, have turned some app developers
with the right app ideas into overnight millionaires.Though, ironically enough, when the iPhone first launched in 2007 it wasnt even supposed to have an iTunes app store. Steve Jobs felt that web applications would be adequate for most users.It was only after the launch of the iTunes app store in 2008 that the iPhone really began to come into its own and users could really understand its full potential. Apps leveraged all the hardware sensors built into the smartphone including the GPS, Gyroscopic sensor, accelerometer, camera and allowed apps to be very powerful.It was only a matter of time before Apples competitors jumped on the bandwagon with the release of their own app stores with Googles Android operating system releasing the Android marketplace and Blackberry and Windows following suit with App stores of their own. Apps have already disrupted multibillion dollar industries including gaming, retail, media, publishing, travel and photography. The release of apps has continued to skyrocket with users eagerly lapping them up.Smartphone and tablet users
now spend over an hour and a half of their day using apps as more users substitute websites for apps. Weve compiled a list of some of the best and most useful apps in their class in a poll at the office. Why not add some of your own to it on your device?
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Of gidda garam chai and a golden harvest

PAYAL KAPUR KOCHHAR
for over 8 years now, mentions that celebrations like these are maintained as an annual tradition for the association giving its members and their offspring a chance to connect with their roots. Amidst welcoming the VIPs and checking on the arrangements over her walkie talkie, the traditionally dressed Gurpreet could easily have been overseeing an event in any Indian city, and yet, for a second one had to remind ones self that one was geographically miles away from home. When I first came to New Zealand, I expected lonesome Diwalis with just me, my partner and a solitary candle, but was I wrong! The Indian community, transcending all its different variations is a strong force to reckon with in modern day Auckland. If one looks hard enough there is no facet of our beloved Indian heritage one cannot find here. The face of Auckland has changed and the Indian community has significantly grown since I first stepped on board Said Rishi Kochhar, who originally came from India in 2002,while sipping on some hot masala tea arranged for by the association (and might I add a welcome sight given the slight chill in the evening!). The very sight of traditionally dressed, young Kiwi born Indian children, enjoying the evening and partaking in it with full zest and vigour and their elders looking on with encouraging and hopeful eyes, was a delight to watch. Kudos to the association and those like it, for keeping alive a piece of us!
hulkaaris, clinking anklets, chiming bangles and all that happy banter: festivities know no geographical boundaries. It was a transplantation of Punjab in all its cultural finery in our very own Vodafone events centre in Auckland, with the Punjabi Cultural Association NZs annual Baisakhi gala. With the Minister for Ethnic Affairs, Hon. Judith Collins in attendance, the associations very own tiny tots began the evening with the traditional Kirtan prayer. The festival of Harvest and the resultant joy for the farmer was aptly displayed
in the energetic and adorable Gidda and Bhangra performed by the young ones, who completely stole the show! A stupendous splash of colour and energy, it was certainly an evening that brightened up the damp night outside. These events not only help our children gain confidence but also help them connect with our cultural heritage, said Aman, a mother and member of the association, while deftly pinning her daughters Phulkaari Dupatta over her long braided hair. Amans daughter was one of the many children who took part in the event,
performing traditional dances, to celebrate the festival of harvest. Having migrated from India 5 years back, Aman is one of the many Punjabis who have now made New Zealand their home. But events like these are not and should not be limited to a particular community alone. It is with events like these that the immigrant community can feel as one, reminisce of home and stay connected with the subcontinents rich luxurious and royal culture of tradition and custom. Gurpreet, the Cultural Secretary of the Association, who has been with the association
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Varun Gandhi may reclaim Sultanpur, his fathers constituency

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he prospects of BJPleaderVarunGandhi contesting the next LokSabhaelection fromSultanpurare growing stronger, a move that will bring him in knocking distance of the Gandhi boroughs ofAmethiand RaeBareli. Although he is not expected to foray into the Lok Sabha seats of cousinRahul Gandhior aunt Sonia,the BJP leaderis considering reclaimingSultanpurthat once included Amethi and was represented by his father Sanjay Gandhi. Currently an MP from Pilibhit which was previously held by his mother Maneka, Varun is scheduled to address a rally at Sultanpur on May 16 along withformer BJP chief Nitin Gadkariduring which he might drop a hint of his political plans although there is no official word so far. Varuns prospectsfrom Sultanpur
have been boosted by a positive assessment offered by a BJP team that visited all five assembly segments. Posters have emerged that read Naam wahi jo kaam karaye, Sultanpur ka samman badhaye. In 1977,SanjayGandhi contested and lost from Amethi but staged a comeback in 1980. After Sanjay died in an air crash, Rajiv Gandhi contested from Amethi with the seat becominga Gandhi borough. Sources said BJP is evaluating how best to deploy Varun as a force multiplier in the Lok Sabha poll, and can consider the option of the MP contesting from two seats; the calculation being that he can help improve the partys prospects in adjoining constituencies as well. Coming after his appointment as party general secretary, the move seems to indicate BJPs willingness to pitch him as a youth leader against Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi. BJP chief Rajnath Singh sees Varun playing an important role as he can given the party a face it has lacked for several years now with a number of senior leaders being seen as past their use-by dates.
As BJP takes its first steps towards crafting a strategy for Uttar Pradesh when it begins the process of shortlisting candidates on May 4 at a meeting in Lucknow, it seems clear that the party is beginning to see Varun as an important leader. BJP feels Varuns campaign
Currently an MP from Pilibhit which was previously held by his mother Maneka, Varun is scheduled to address a rally at Sultanpur on May 16 along withformer BJP chief Nitin Gadkari
It is understood that Varun is not completely convinced of the two seat option and wants the decision to contest from Sultanpur - currently held by Congresss Sanjay Singh -- to be a well thought part of an electoral plan.It has also been suggested that Varun should contest from Aligarh, with BJP leaders calculating that this might help the party in neighbouring seats like Badaun. in north Karnataka, which is susceptible to saffron influence, has been well received. Varun has steered clear of hardline rhetoric after his hate speech cases, but his saffron image could be a factor in the Aligarh proposal too. While Sultanpur is now on Varuns radar, he is not expected to in any way join issue with the Gandhis next door. This self-imposed
restraint, however, may restrict any spillover effect BJP might hope for if he shifts base. Apart from Amethi and Rae Bareli, two other nearby seats, including Akbarpur, are majorSamajwadi Partyand Bahujan Samaj Party strongholds. Other seats like Ayodhya are no longer a prospect for BJP, leaving just Pratapgarh currently represented by Ratna Singh. The decision to elevate Varun as BJP general secretary, a big leg up for the politician, is read in the context of the partys rather bare cupboard of leaders from the state with the inability of any leader to replace Kalyan Singh. The factionalism that marked Singhs exit from BJP on two occasions has been a hallmark of the partys functioning with other leaders now seen to be aging and declining in relevance.
BJP leader Varun Gandhi (left) may contest the next election from Sultanpur, wthe same constituency once represented by his late father Sanjay Gandhi (right, in white)
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EU ready to make ambitious work visa offer for free trade pact with India
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heEuropean Unionis ready to make an ambitious offer on temporary work visas for Indian professionals to help finalise a delayed free trade agreement, the EUs chief negotiator said, and called on India to reciprocate. Negotiators had originally hoped tosealthe deal in 2012, but talks stalled over issues including access forIndian workers to Europes labour market. At stake is an agreement that would create one of the worlds largest free-trade zones by population - covering 1.8 billion, or more than a quarter, of the worlds people. I can tell you that we are very conscious that for India it will not be possible to conclude an agreement unless there are improved conditions for Indian highly qualified professionals to provide temporary basis service in Europe. And we are ready to make quite an ambitious offer, said negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero said. TheEUhas been asking
for greater market access in auto,winesand spirits while India wants liberalised visa norms for its professionals. In the same way we are
expecting India to take some politically difficult decisions which are important for Europe. We are also ready to take politically important decisions which are important for
India, Bercero said. It is very clear that for us issues like cars or wines and spirits are extremely important in terms of our export interest to India. Besides, we
believe that there is certainly enough room in India to allow cheaper European imports of those products in the Indian market.
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with blessings (Psalm 23.5) Always be ahead (Hebrews 1.9) Anointing places of high importance, so they become holy (Exodus 40.9) Anointing for prosperity (2 Kings 4.7) God's anointing for strength (Psalm 89.19-21) To anoint yourself and family members (Exodus 29.21) To heal the sick (James 5.14) Anoint those who need cleansing and forgiveness (Leviticus 4.18)
On several occasions in the Bible, in both Old and New Testament, we see God using the Holy Oil to represent or release His Power upon something or someone. The Olive Tree is said to be one of the most resistent trees in the world, which can survive all conditions. In fact, there are Olive Trees in Israel that are believed to be over 2000 years old! Mainly, the Holy Oil was chosen by God as an instrument of faith to heal the sick and as a point of contact to overcome darkness with all its evil forces. Notably, the Lord Jesus Himself instructed His disciples to anoint people with Oil and miracles followed. "And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them." - Mark 6:13 "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up." - James 5:14-15 Jesus' disciples anointed the sick and spiritually burdened with the Holy Oil, and they were both healed and made free. The Oil is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit, Consecration, Prosperity and of God's providence, among other references in the Bible. The Holy Oil comes from the Holy Land of Jerusalem, Israel. Once a year, Bishops and Pastors from around the world make their pilgrimage to the Holy Land and after praying for God to bless the Holy Oil with His power and promises, it is distributed in the Church. Those trusting in the Word of God can also benefit from the Power of Faith today! There is absolutely no cost or any fee to be paid. The Holy Oil is distributed free of charge to those attending the Prayer Meeting on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 / 10am at the Alexandra Park - Auckland. (Details in the last page). The UCKG will be providing one bottle of the Holy Oil to each person attending the service on the day. Make a decision that you will attend the Strong Service on Sunday - May 19, 2013 at 10am. Write down and bring with you the problems that are disturbing your house, family, finances, health, relationship, marriage, work and other areas of your life. During the service, Pastor will be praying against your problems. Don't allow anything or anyone to stop you from receiving God's Blessing on this day! Because of the number of people attending the service, make sure to arrive early so you can find a seat. The service lasts approximately one hour and a half.
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THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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- Michael King, Jr.
American clergyman & activist (1929 - 1968)
Racism in New Zealand
What do everyday KiwiIndians think about racism in New Zealand?

When I ask the question as to if racism really exists the obvious answer is a definite yes. One point I have always considered though is why certain people are racist in the first place. Racism is a byproduct of an illusion of holding pride to ones set standards and ways, that keeps the people from truly being open-minded. Racism was made by people and we are people too. So the idea is to create something different and let us try and be different. In my opinion, NZ is a far better and less racist country when compared with any other countries.
veryone agreed. There is racism in New Zealand. No one was surprised, at least not at the Racism Conference organised by the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel held on April 27 in Auckland. Out of the 6000 human rights complaints received by the Human Rights Commission each year, a third are related to race. Most of the time Racism does not manifests itself as a hate crime. Racism is a subtle and all permeating sense of being an outsider; of being excluded from the party - the jobs, and any meaningful integration in the mainstream. As long as the Indian community and culture is contained within the confines of a Diwali celebration or lumped into the Bollywood bracket, its non-threatening. Sure, youre visible, but youre not an equal really. Youre shrunken into the stereotype of the hot curry and the wet saree. Is it only the mainstream host society that is culpable? Integration is a dynamic process that requires intermingling, changes, negotiation and ultimately evolution on both sides. This requires fearlessness and fierceness. It is not ironic how most migrants are often not able to recognize racism or at best only recount vague experiences about others as anecdotes. In spite of living here for several years, many still refer to India as home as if that is their only identity. But identity is not confined to just a past place, culture, religion or time. It is about where we are in the present moment where none of the above is an absolute, permanent idea. That I am English-Hindi-Marathi speaking Maharashtrian, Hindu, Mumbaikar, a recent migrant and female now living in Auckland and exchanging everyday ideas with those form other cultures and places is bound to influence my concept of the self. To have the privilege of equal opportunities; I dont need to do away with any aspect of who I am or change my name on my CV to make it more English. Amartya Sen in his book Identity and Violence - The Illusion of Destiny argues that it is often the singular emphasis on one aspect of plural identity that breeds violence. In recent times, the articulation of the ethnic Indian as a vital link to the big, profitable Indian economy as a source country of overseas students; India as potential investment destination with rich dividends for Kiwi businesses, further reduces Indian culture to nothing more than a commodity. It is not placing any value on inherent diversity in any way and actually dis-empowers us from tackling racism. It would be great to get the Free Trade Agreement going but how far would that help the Kiwi-Indian in better integrating into Kiwi society or be treated as an equal? Simply speaking up about racism and sharing hurt feelings is not enough. For that, there are racism conferences. What we perhaps need is to have active conversations about our own lack of expression of a plural self-identity. Perhaps then we can enable; empower ourselves to stand up against racism.
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I think racism is very less when compared to any other country. Personally, I have hardly come across any instances of racism. Its a wonderful place where people respect each other. It is also our responsibility to treat everyone as equals.
Priya Sekar, Project Manager and Aucklander
No. Or racisms exist in New Zealand, as much as it does in India. Just because we as Indians struggle to get a job, we try to blame it on racism. We must try to build our personal brands online using Linkedin or Blogging and see the results changing.
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- Shriya Bhagwat-Chitale
I dont think that this is a concern in most of the places in New Zealand, because I believe New Zealand is no longer a country only for Europeans and Maoris. A very few Kiwis pick on growing Asian community here but they really have to remember that even their ancestors migrated to New Zealand many years ago!
Ravi Paricherla, IT professional and proud Aucklander
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Feeling at home, here
Payal kapur kochhar
heres is more to being a fresh off-the-boater than meets the eye. With lingo to throw you off to an excessive politeness from strangers (that raises our naturally set alarms), there is a lot that one takes in when eyes first meet the happy sign welcoming you to the city of sails! This isnt yet another collection of sentences that describes how different Auckland is from any typical Indian or for that matter sub continental city. This is a personal account from a handful of us who not only made it past the Indian border, but welcomed New Zealand as their home to be.
When I first heard sweet as, I literally turned around to see if my posterior was really as commendable as was being said. To my surprise it wasnt about my (aesthetic!) posterior at all. Cool bananas was yet another term my mind could not comprehend as quickly and the pictorial representation made it hard to not laugh every time I heard it. You would too, trust me, if you pictured two hip-as bananas in ray-ban aviators. I learnt quickly that the infamous rubber slipper that Bata made a name with back home now morphed into a new colourful being called the Jandal and I also (hesitatingly) learnt the art of jandaling it to almost all places of public agglomeration. I wasnt as clueless as the coke
guzzling Gopal in Anurag Mathurs: Inscrutable Americans, for I come from a land of rising promise, growing opportunity and a mall at every corner. However, being an island far flung from all else, New Zealand did and still does manage to amaze me with cultural surprises albeit in a good, relaxed and what I now understand as kiwi way. Rishi, my partner, came as a student years ago and now has a taste for all things that come with the kiwi lifestyle. But just like all of us, with an Indian twist. For there is no greater joy than to BBQ Amritsari style tandoori chicken on your well deserved 4 burner BBQ with your well earned home, on your well oiled deck with a white picket fence thrown in.
Some of us adapt and blend with the new circumstances and some of us still hold on to our Indian ways of life-and I mean that in the kindest and most gracious way possible. Just the other day that I saw two women walking down Shortland Street on their lunch break, in a Salwaar kameez on mufti day! It made for a sight that warmed the cockles of my heart- for I felt at home. Just like I feel at home when I stop by Sandringham at 10 in the night for meetha pan and savour the delicacy propped up against my car with the cool wind blowing in my face.It is then that I have to remind myself that I am not in the streets of good old Delhi, but in my new home far far away from the home that I
once knew. Whats the point of voicing all of this? Just so that you know when you read this, that you are not the only one who feels this way. We live as one with the environment we have around us and yet we manage to find our individuality. We celebrate Anzac day and still boost a flag on the Indian Republic day. We watch Hindi movies on that are filmed in Queenstown and then boast to our friends at work the next day. We eat Paradise Biryani and polish off the meal with a Hokey Pokey or Pavlova. We are making a space for ourselves, familiarising ourselves with our world each day. and I say - cheers to that. Thats mean as eh?
Bailing out the judges
Pooja Sundar
ranting bail is a mix of the law and instinct. The judges have to balance the risk of the charged person being let back into the community against the restriction of the freedom of the accused. Judges have recently been getting a lot of criticism in the media for their bail decisions. The bail reform review, run by the Ministry of Justice, revealed a number of statistics which disclosed the surprisingly low number of breaches of bail involving serious crime, showing that the risk is correctly judged in the majority of cases. The Michael Curran debacle has become the trademark case for bail reform. Curran, while on bail for strangling a woman and abandoning her body, murdered a two-year-old child. The victims parents blame to courts for granting him bail saying they can never forgive the decision. In a rare interview, Chief District Court Judge Doogue spoke about the need to public education about the legal system, and where the
accountability lay for the decisions made. She very rightly pointed out that judges do not make law, but simply apply the legal principles that have previously been decided. The NZ Herald reports that the campaign research found that there was no foolproof way of predicting which defendants will offend on bail and the extent to which serious offending on bail would be reduced. And they are right. Under the
considered are Under the current system, if police are opposing bail, the prosecutor must show why bail should be refused. The entire burden is on the Crown. This changes however, if the accused is a frequent reoffender and has breached bail multiple times, and the burden is flipped upon the alleged offendor. This is what one of the recommendations deals with. It
This suggested provision, while it may be effective, undermines the very foundation of our legal system; the maxim that, you are innocent until proven guilty. In application, the courts will be essentially labelling the accused are guilty and not deserving of bail, and have the alleged offender convince them otherwise. Being in the midst of a sea of bail
The NZ Herald reports that the campaign research found that there was no foolproof way of predicting which defendants will offend on bail and the extent to which serious offending on bail would be reduced. What I do have an issue with however are our bail laws. While we pride ourselves on being an open and free country that places high value on the right to the freedom of its citizens, we are forgetting that by allowing some of the accused to roam the streets we are putting that freedom at risk.
Bail Act 2000 it is very, difficult to be declined bail. One must have continuously reoffended, breached bail, or shown to be a threat to the community or the case against them. The four main aspects that are states that the burden of proof, for an alleged murderer, should be reversed and placed upon the defendant. This would make it up to them to show why it would be unjust to deny the accused bail. cases at the moment at university, I agree that with 53.4 per cent of the country in that I have high confidence in the competence of judges. What I do have an issue with
however are our bail laws. While we pride ourselves on being an open and free country that places high value on the right to the freedom of its citizens, we are forgetting that by allowing some of the accused to roam the streets we are putting that freedom at risk. While bail is often granted upon a number of conditions such as no contact with the victim (in domestic cases), no alcohol, or a restricted mobility area, these can still be easily breached to the detriment of the community. It is always difficult to come up with new law, and new reforms. And I am positive I could not do a better job than what has already been done, but the problem is not in the judges or their application of the law. It is in the law. We need to toughen up. Murder on bail: 156people bailed between 2004 and 2009 on murder charges; threeof these committed violent offences while on bail; oneperson committed murder.
Pooja Sundar is a BA/LLB student in Auckland
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Indian-American students shine in California science fair

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ndian-American students shone in this yearss California State Science Fair, grabbing the top award, six first place honoursand various other awards. Eesha Khare, a 12th grade student of Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, won the top award for Project ofthe Yearin the senior grade at the fair held earlier this year, India-West reported on Saturday. Khare won a $5,000 for her project, Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible HighPerformance Supercapacitors. My project this year created a cost effective, environmentally friendly, and energy efficient water purification filter, using photoactivated Nano-TiO2, she told India-West.I developed a filter, and a prototype design, which can be applied in rural andmodern settingsall around the world. Last summer, Khare had completed an internship withWater and Sanitation Management Organisation, which has a mandate
to provide clean drinking water to 18,000 villages in the Gujarat. Stating that it was an eye-opening experience for her, she said: After coming back to the US, I visited the Rinconada Water Treatment plant in Santa Clara County, which provides 80 million gallons of clean drinking water to theSilicon Valleyevery day, where I saw the Silicon Valley water treatment method. It was truly fascinating to see, and it allowed me to gain insight on water purification on a large scale. The five Indian-American students who wonfirst placehonours winners in the junior category are Mythri Ambatipudi of Stratford Middle School, San Jose, Venkat N Sankar, of The Harker School, San Jose, Ashwath M Radhachandran, of Thurgood Middle School, San Diego, and Shashank H Dholakia and Shishir H Dholakia, of Marion A Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale. This year, 1,037 students from all over California participated in the fair that was held at theCalifornia Science Centre in Los Angeles.
Fresh guidelines for Overseas Citizens of India card holders

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TheOverseas Citizens of India card holders, while travelling to India, must carrythe OCI bookletand their passport having U visa sticker, theIndian embassyhas said. While the OCI card provides its holder a multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa for visiting India, in many cases its holders are required to apply for its re-issuance, including re-issuance of new passport for those below 20 and above 50. For an applicant who is 21 to 49 years of age, there is no need to re-issueOCI documentseach time a new passport is issued. However, ifthe applicant desires, he/she can request thatthe OCI documentsbe re-issued so that the OCI documents reflect the correct passport number, the Embassy said. For an applicant who is 50 years of age or older, OCI documents must be re-issued once after the issuance of a new passport, the statement said. One should apply forre-issuance of OCIcard in case there is a change in personal particulars, loss or damage of passport and/or OCI booklet, for correcting personal details entered wrongly while submitting online applications. However in case of emergency, the OCI card holder can continue to carry the old passport wherein OCI U visa sticker is pasted along with the new passport and the OCI booklet for visiting India. It is important for the OCI card holder to carry the OCI booklet along with the passport havingU visa sticker. Both these documents should always be in the possession of the OCI card holder while travelling to India, it said. Minor children of OCI card holders are not eligible for OCI cards, it said adding that they can apply for PIO (People of Indian Origin) card. An individual who has ever been a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh, is not eligible for OCI card. OCI exempts from registration with local police authority for any length of stay in India and is at parity with Non-resident Indians (NRIs) in respect of economic, financial and educational fields, except in relation to acquisition of agricultural or plantation properties. OCI can be used as identity proof for application of PAN Card and driving license as well as for opening a bank account if the card holder is residing in India, the Embassy said. At the same time, the card holder is not entitled to vote, to be a member of a Legislative Assembly or of a Legislative Council or of
the Parliament, to hold a constitutional post and cannot normally hold employment in the Government. OCI card holder is entitled to life-long visa free travel to India while in the case of PIO card holders it is for 15 years only.
PIO card holder is required to register with local authorities for any stay longer than 180 days in India on any single visit, while OCI is exempted from registration with local authorities for any length of stay in India.
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US to honour two Indian-Americans as champions of change

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arking the communitys heritage month this May, the White House has announced to honour 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women including two Indian-Americans as champions of change in recognition of their significant contribution to the community. The two Indian-American women to be recognized next week by the White House are Aparna Bhattacharyyafrom Atlanta andPramila Jayapalfrom Washington state. They would be recognised along with 13 other AAPI women at a White House event on May 6. These fifteenwomenrepresent the strength and diversity of the AAPI community. These leaders in business, advocacy, philanthropy, sports, the arts, and academia are wonderful examples for young women across the country, said Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the president and chair ofthe White House Councilon Women and Girls. As we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this May, we pay tribute to the many AAPI women from Bernice Pauahi Bishop toCongresswoman Patsy MinktoSunita Williams who have shaped the story of America, added Tina Tchen, chief of staff to the First Lady and executive director of the White House Council
on Women and Girls. TheChampions of Changeprogramme was created as an opportunity for the White house to featuregroups of Americans individuals, businesses and organisations who are doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. A passionate advocate for immigrant survivors of family and sexual violence and ensuring they have access to safety, justice and healing, Bhattacharyya isthe Executive
Director of Raksha, in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked to ensure that attorneys, law enforcement, and service providers are culturally competent to serve immigrant survivors. Jayapal has continued to work for advancement of immigration reforms in the state as well as nationally, and in the aftermath of 9/11 she founded the largest immigrant advocacy organisation in Washington State, OneAmerica. She is currently the Distinguished Taconic Fellow at Center for Community Change and
a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Washington Law School. Other awardees to the Champions of Change are Myrla Baldonado and Nancy Tom from Chicago, Minh Dang, Mia Mingus, Van Ton-Quinlivan and Catherine Eusebio from California, Atsuko Toko Fish and Karen Suyemoto from Boston, Lusiana Tuga Hansen from Alaska, Arline Loh from Delaware, Natalie Nakase from Los Angeles, Mary Frances Oneha from Hawaii and Shireen Zaman from Washington, DC.
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Search on again for missing sisters

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t is one of Fijis most haunting mysteries and police are now considering reopening the case of three teenage girls who disappeared while out on a picnic trip. Ashika Sherin Lata, 19, Renuka Roshni Lata, 18, and Radhika Roshni Lata, 17, disappeared on June 26, 2005, while out on a picnic trip to Malake Island, Rakiraki, with local man Dip Chand. Chand told police that he was attacked by strangers and the girls taken. He was later arrested over the incident and served several years in jail. But several charges against him are believed to have been dropped. Now, the Fiji police is considering reopening its investigation into the
disappearance of the sisters, the head of Human Trafficking Unit, Inspector Aminiasi Cula said. He said they suspected the three girls who went missing could have been victims of human trafficking. We have been receiving a lot of information on the case recently. The information is coming in, Mr Cula said. He said clauses 111 to 120 of the Crimes Decree, which has provisions for human trafficking-related offences, came into force in 2009, four years after the girls went missing. Under the Crimes Decree, we now have provisions to investigate human trafficking-related offences and lay charges. Mr Cula urged members of the photo: Arvind Kumar
public with any information on the sisters to visit the police. Earlier this week, the news of reinvestigation was welcomed by the family of the missing girls. Vijendra Kumar, the father of the missing girls, said he never lost hope and was happy with the news. I am 100 per cent sure that I will meet my daughters one day, Mr Kumar told the Fiji Times. He said he and his wife were waiting for their daughters. Everything is the same here. We have not heard anything about my girls lately. He assured police of his support in their investigations. Let the police do their job. The rest is on God.
Police on trail of human traffickers

NASIK SWAMI
Investigation: Fijis first domestic human trafficking case
This is Malake Landing, from where the three teenagers set out on their picnic trip in June 2005. They have not been seen since.
Sign points to Malake Landing
he Fiji Police Force is keeping charges. Mr Cula said the men were a close watch on a group of people, including some involved in the alleged recruitment of businessmen, who are involved in the girls, sale of girls, transportation and providing accommodation. alleged sale of girls for sex in Fiji. He said the group of people This was confirmed this week by the head of the forces Human involved was brought to their attention Trafficking Unit, Inspector Aminiasi after victims repoprted the matter to police. Cula. Mr Cula He said About 20 people, including said the victims the discovery businessmen, are allegedly complained of fol lowe d not being paid investigations involved in this sexual enough by the into Fijis exploitation of girls. The exploiters. first domestic victims complained of not He said h u m a n they were also trafficking case being paid enough by the investigating the earlier this year. exploiters. Mr Cula to the communication A b o u t links of the 20 people, Fiji Times. group, and were including businessmen, are allegedly involved working on obtaining print-outs of in this sexual exploitation of girls, Mr mobile calls from the countrys two mobile operators. Cula told the Fiji Times. The job will be hard but the We are working on them, increasing our surveillance on the victims are assisting us to identify the men, gathering information and more exploiters. Insp Cula also highlighted that evidence on them. We are intending to bring them many people were becoming aware of in for caution interview soon and lay human trafficking.
The $22 million island

The dry season on the island usually results in a drop of production. The rainfall pattern has also changed and a contributing factor is climate change. Taking into consideration such challenges farmers face on the island, we have encouraged them to have diverse farming practices. Farmers are not to concentrate on dalo only but have yaqona and vegetable farms as well. Mr Ravasea said some farmers had poultry and livestock. It is imperative to have such farms to supplement income for families. The high income generated on the island has resulted in the heightening of security measures to ban all kinds of plants transported to Taveuni from other parts of the country. Mr Ravasea said plants and crops found on ships and planes that travelled to the island have been destroyed. Taveuni does not have any dalo beetle so we are protecting our dalo industry. The island is also the major market of dalo export so it is imperative that we protect our farmers and the industry.
Final farewell for high chief

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bout $22 million circulates annually on the island of Taveuni, says acting agriculture officer Taveuni Apenisa Ravasea. Speaking at the project management workshop held on the island for agricultural officers, Mr Ravasea said the $22m was derived from livestock and crops grown on the island. The island also supplies five tonnes of pineapple every week to hotels along the Coral Coast in the west. Out of the $22m, about $16m is from dalo and $6m from livestock and other crops, including yaqona, Mr Ravasea said. He added that dalo farmers raked in $16m last year. Taveuni Island has a lot of potential to generate micro businesses, including farming which brings about such huge circulation of income. Even though there are challenges, farmers have remained adamant and positive to continue to produce and plant crops. The dry season, he added, was one of the challenges farmers faced every year.
lone bugle call tore through the silence and bamboo groves of the sacred sautabu grounds in Naduri as the last post was sounded before the burial of the late Tui Macuata, Ratu Aisea Katonivere on Saturday. Time seemed to stand still for the many that wiped their eyes silently mindful of the ever present warriors from the vanua of Raviravi at the sacred burial grounds. The overcast sky that rained a slight drizzle taken by many as a sign of blessing had preceded the funeral cortege of the late Tui Macuata as it made its way from the chiefly residence of Bolatagane to the Pecani Methodist church. Traditional heralds from the chiefly residence warned those at the village green of their obligations in maintaining silence and the limitation of unnecessary movements as the
The late Tui Macuata has left a void for us and I challenge the provinces of Cakaudrove and Cakaunitabua to work towards this vision too. - Ratu Wiliame Katonivere
procession made its way to Pecani church. Former Methodist Church executive Ame Tugaue led the procession to the church, followed by the President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and other government dignitaries including representatives of chiefly households in Fiji. Accompanying the procession were close family members of the late Tui Macuata including his wife Sera Vueti Katonivere and their eldest daughter Adi Monomono Katonivere who could not hide their emotions as sorrow etched in their faces. The younger brother of the itaukei Bolatagane, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere described Ratu Aisea as a champion
for the course of conservation. In his eulogy, Tuwili, as he is commonly known, said the vision of Ratu Aisea in protecting natural resources like the qoliqoli was to ensure his people had abundant supply of provisions from the resources. He thanked the Lord for the life of the late Tui Macuata, his brother. He had changed the views of people regarding conservation and they have come to learn of its benefits to them and their future generations, he said. I thank the conservation nongovernment groups especially WWF and Mareqetiviti for having faith in my brother to be their patron. The late Tui Macuata has left a void for us and I challenge the provinces of Cakaudrove and Cakaunitabua to work towards this vision too. In his final emotional farewell Ratu Wili farewelled his brother saying: Moce mada Tu Wai. Ena siga damu tu ga o Caumatalevu me yacova ni waqa na cina mai Bolatagane (farewell Ratu Aisea the setting sun will never fade in the vanua of Caumatalevu until the light burns again in the chiefly household of Bolatagane). - Fiji Times
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Medal sweep for team India at the Taekwondo NZ championship

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ipin Sharma, Hetush Gupta and Prem Kumar Gotwani will take home with them one gold, two silver and one bronze medals after winning in the sparring and poomsea categories at the TNZ Open Championship at the North Shore Event Center recently in NZ. Beating fighters from international teams, the Indian trio is happy, but not satisfied. We always want to continue to get better and set the bar a higher, said the soft spoken Vipin Sharma, grinning from ear to ear. The software developer from New Delhi trains for anywhere between four to five hours every day. He almost had to give up the sport once, after a ligament tear forced him to take a break. It is fear he says that one has to overcome first. Everything else just falls into place after that. I just focus on the fight. Each year Taekwondo New Zealand organises TNZ OPEN, one of the biggest annual sports event. New Zealands National Federation of Taekwondo (Taekwondo New Zealand) puts its all efforts in making
this championship a grand success and a memorable event for all the participants from New Zealand and from overseas. This time the event was organized in The North Shore Event Center, which is one of the best sports arenas in entire Auckland with world class facilities. This year a Taekwondo team from India (Youth Global Taekwondo Association) outperformed everyones performance and also attracted many admirers. The team led by the Team Coach Mr. Suresh Kumar Gotmani, 3rd Dan Black Belt from Kukkiwon, South Korea and former international player, and the team was managed by Mr. Deepak Kumar. The event was very well organised and we are always happy to participate in this tournament each year, coach Gotmani said. As far as fitness of the team goes, were in excellent form. Indians as a whole are waking up to a more health conscious life and the trend of Indian sportsmen and women outperforming international teams will continue.
Photo caption: Vipin Sharma (IInd Dan Black Belt) won Gold medal in Poomsae (Ist Senior Individual, 1829 years category) and won a Bronze
medal in Sparring (Senior Black Belt Division). Hetush Gupta (11years, Black Belt) won a Silver Medal in Poomsae (11-13 Years category)
competition. Prem Kumar Gotwani (Black Belt) won a silver medal in Poomsae (2nd Senior Individual, 3039 years category).
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FEATURE
Bliss of yoga for the mommies to-be
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FAQS FOR PRE-NATAL YOGA When is the best time to start/end pregnancy yoga classes? You can start your classes any time during your pregnancy - the earlier the better! To achieve the best results for a smooth pregnancy and labour, ideally it is great to start as soon as possible and practice right through until birth. If you are further through your pregnancy, you can still achieve a lot, but it is good to start as soon as possible. How long can I continue classes? We encourage our pregnancy students to attend classes for as long as they feel comfortable - for most women this can be right up to their due date. Im not very flexible. Can I still do yoga? Many people feel that they cant do yoga, as they are not flexible enough or they cant touch their toes. We work with you, no matter what your level of experience and flexibility. Postures are adjusted to suit the class, while still providing strength and challenges for the more experienced practitioner. I have limited mobility. Can I still practice yoga? We work with people of all levels of mobility, flexibility and health issues. If you can move, you can do yoga. If your mobility is seriously affected however, a private session may be more ideal in achieving maximum benefits for you. Can I eat before class? Ideally, it is best not to eat a large meal less than two hours before a yoga class, however it is important to eat regularly while you are pregnant so a light snack is fine 30 minutes / one hour before class. How often should I practice during pregnancy? The more regularly and frequently you can do a short practice, the greater results you will see. Attending one class a week will definitely help to prepare you for birth. In addition to this, after you attend a few classes, we will give you a short practice you can continue at home and practicing this on the days you dont attend classes.
regnancy Yoga with Edit Horvath gives you the tools to make your pregnancy journey the best it can be. In her classes, she adapts yoga for the unique needs of pregnant women. Practicing yoga during this exciting time of your life is the ideal way to nurture your body as you care for your growing baby. Through the use of postures, breath awareness and relaxation techniques, yoga in pregnancy helps to increase energy, strength and stamina throughout pregnancy preparing your body for birth and parenthood. To promote strength and flexibility of the body and mind. To provide a sense of relaxation, trust and confidence in the power of
your body and reduce tension and stress. Teach the use of the breath to calm and centre the mind, a deeply effective tool in labour. Actively prepare women for childbirth, while helping to discover the power and inner strength needed during this transformative period. Notes: You will need a blanket and a firm cushion for this class. Wear comfortable clothing. No previous
yoga experience necessary. Some yoga mats will be provided. Call or email for more information or just turn up and enjoy! When: Starting May 6, Mondays from 4.30pm to 5.30pm Where: Community Room, Orakei Community Centre, 156 Kepa Rd, Orakei. Email: Edit@professionalyoga.net Mobile: 0210 821 3462
Through the use of postures, breath awareness and relaxation techniques, yoga in pregnancy helps to increase energy, strength and stamina throughout pregnancy preparing your body for birth and parenthood.
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One man and all the babies
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and self learning skills. Mohanan completed his home centre field practise at Kidspace Quality Early Learning Centre in Napier. Despite men in early childhood being scarce, Mohanan was warmly welcomed in the centre. Some parents told him openly that they were happy to see a man in early childhood and some children seemed to have a more natural emotional attachment to men: Quite interestingly a few infants who were not ready to settle with female teachers got easily settled with me in my home centre. He hopes to use what he has learnt at NZTC to promote the importance of early childhood education in global context, alongside his Christian faith. He believes men and women from all cultures and countries need to be represented in early childhood education. I congratulate NZTC for bringing student teachers with different experiences to New Zealand and for leading them to post modern concepts of education. I believe I have found the right path. Mohanan says that anyone wanting to be an early childhood teacher will need to have a loving and respectful nature and a calm and caring attitude. New Zealand Tertiary College is a privately owned tertiary institution specialising in high quality early childhood education qualifications based in Greenlane, Auckland. Programs range from the six-month Certificate in Early Childhood Education (Introduction) to the two-year Master of Education (Early Childhood Education). If you are interested in making a difference to the next generation through a career in early childhood education like Mohanan, please contact Sanil on (09) 520 4000 or email international@ nztertiarycollege.ac.nz to discuss your options. NZTCs website w w w.nz te r tiar ycollege.ac.nz, is continually updated with information.
Mohanan Koodathinkal, from Kerala in South India, completed his early childhood teaching qualification last year through New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC) in New Zealand. He is among the few Indian male early childhood teachers in Auckland.
ohanan began his professional career as a primary school teacher in India in the mid 80s. From this experience he grew to realise how crucial the early years are in deciding a persons character. It was this realisation coupled with a revelation from his church pastor in 2008 that spurred him to pursue a career working with younger children as an early childhood teacher. Put simply; I see my career choice as a spiritual mission... I have always believed in the famous quote if your wealth is lost, nothing is lost; if your health is lost, something is lost; and if your character is lost, everything is lost. In 2009, Mohanan attended an NZTC information evening held in Kochi City. It was here he spoke to NZTCs Marketing Manager for India, Sanil Haria. Mohanan was impressed by the quality of education and practical experience NZTCs programs offered and Sanil assisted him to
enrol in the one-year Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education). Mohanan chose to study via NZTCs unique online learning environment, NZTC Online, which would enable him to study from Napier, New Zealand - where his 23-year old daughter lived - as well as offering him the flexibility of fitting study around his field practise placements. Mohanan says the College was there for him every step of the way: New Zealand Tertiary College supported me well to adjust with every new, challenging situation. The lecturers help motivated me to explore the world literature and relate it to my own recent experience and my visiting lecturer for field practice placements thoroughly supported and encouraged me. From his studies and practical experience Mohanan has learnt the importance of childcentred care and child-directed education: A teacher needs to nourish cognitive, emotional,
social, physical, linguistic and spiritual domains. Role-modelling is an important aspect of effective teaching. The methods of teaching should be interesting to children. The teachers approach should evoke childrens curiosity
Trailing kebabs in dust bowls of Asian history
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MONISH GUJRAL
cobbled street. It was there that I befriended a restaurateur who owned a restaurant in that street called Kalamar. I experimented with a fish kebab called kebab ozunborun (rock salmon kebab) and a fresh river fish salt kebab. It was an amazing experience. We took the whole fish, cleaned it, marinated it with salt and spices and then covered it with a mound of sea salt. The fish was grilled for at least two hours on low heat in the oven. I was ecstatic when I had the first bite. I had never eaten something that was so soft and tender it nearly dissolved in my mouth without chewing -reminding me of the toothless Nawab of Kakori for whom the Galouti kebabs were invented in India. I was advised to visit the Beyti restaurant while in Istanbul, which is the birthplace of the famous Beyti kebabs. I was intrigued as well as excited to visit this particular restaurant in search for the recipe invented by its founder Guler Beyti. It reminded me of my restaurant where the tandoori chicken was invented by my grandfather Kundan Lal Gujral. Beyti kebab closely resembles our seekh kebab, lightly flavoured with cumin powder, coriander with hint of black pepper marinated with olive oil. Once the kebab is grilled on charcoal, its served wrapped in pita bread and drizzled with tomato sauce. It is served with yoghurt and an olive oil dip. Along the trail, I built my own archive of Turkish kebabs.Some of which are as follows: Adana Kebab: Kebab made with minced meat mixed with chili and spices on a flat wide metal skewer (shish). The kebab is associated with the Adana region and is popular all over Turkey. Ali Pasa Kebab (Ali pasha kebab): Cubed lamb, tomato, onion and parsley wrapped in phyllo sheets. Ali Nazik Kebab: Ground meat kabab sauteed in a pan with garlic, yogurt and aubergine. Bahcivan Kebabi (Gardeners kebab): Boneless lamb shoulder mixed with chopped onions and tomato paste. Beyzok Kebab: Tomato and onion flavoured lamb, wrapped in aubergine slices and garnished with lamb brain. Beyti Kebab: Ground lamb or beef, seasoned and grilled on a skewer over charcoal. Often served wrapped in lavas and topped with tomato sauce and yogurt. The kebabs origin can be traced to the famous Beyti Kebab House in Istanbul. Bostan Kebab: Lamb and aubergine
ometimes, one does not know when one is about to embark on a long journey to unknown lands in search of hidden secrets and treasures. This happened with me a few years ago. It was in 2010 and I was teaching at the Le Cordon Bleu in Paris when a Bosnian student mentioned the Bosnian kebab called Cevapi in class. A kebab made with three meats (pork, beef and lamb) with subtle spices and grilled to perfection. This prompted me to think about the different types of kebabs in the world we were oblivious to. Hence, started my long kebab trail. In my travels, I have hunted for the most unusual recipes and their histories and traditions to find the hidden treasures of kebabs. Kebabs are said to have originated and been popularised in Turkey. Soldiers grilled or smoked chunks of freshly hunted animals skewed on swords on open field fires. So, my trail began from Turkey leading me to many countries in Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and even Germany, Russia and Hawaii. The Turkish trail led me to Istanbul. I was prompted to visit an old fish market in Istanbul. Behind the market was a row of restaurants on both the sides of a
casserole. Bugu Kebabi (Steamed kebab): Cooked on low heat till the meat releases its moisture and reabsorbs it. Cag Kebab: Cubes of lamb are first cooked on a cag (a horizontal rotating spit) and then on a skewer, a speciality of the Erzurum region. Liver Paper Kebab: A lamb liver kebab mixed with meat and marinated with thyme, parsley and dill. Testi Kebab (Clay pot kebab): Meat (without fat) and vegetable casserole with aubergine, carrots, shallots, beans, tomatoes and green pepper and butter . Cop Sis (Small skewered kebab): A speciality of Seluk and Germencik regions, it is made of boneless meat
pounded with tomatoes and garlic marinated in black pepper, thyme and oil and grilled on wooden skewers. Hukan Kebabi (Sultans kebab): Sliced lamb mixed with aubergine puree, basil, thyme and bay leaf. Iskender Kebab: resembling the dner kebab, it is served with yogurt, tomato sauce and butter. It originated in Bursa and was invented by Iskender Efendi in 1867. He was inspired by the cag kebab and turned it from horizontal to vertical rotation. Islim Kebab (Steamed kebab): Yet Another version of the aubergine kebab. Kagit Kababi: Lamb cooked in a paper wrapping. Monish Gujral is a star chef.
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I am not a perfectionist
Aamir Khan takes his Mr Perfectionist tag as a big joke as he believes there is nothing like perfect in cinema. In a candid chat with Sreya Basu, the actor confesses he has no idea how he has been successful so far
What do you feel when people call you Mr Perfectionist? Its my media friends who have given me that title and I dont know why. I believe that there is no such thing as perfection, especially in a creative field like cinema. There is no only one correct way of doing anything. We are all artistes trying to express ourselves in different ways. But thisMr Perfectionisttag has become such a big joke now that my sister one day bought me a T-shirt with Mr Perfect written on it. I dont consider myself as a perfectionist. But yes, I am extremely passionate about my field so much so that I really throw myself into my work. I dont leave any stones unturned to achieve what the potential of a film is. What are the projects that are keeping you busy these days? I am doing Dhoom 3. Its going to come out in Christmas. I have begun shooting for Peekaythats Raju Hiranis next film. It will be released sometime next year. I have also started working on Season 2 of my TV showSatyamev Jayate. So these are the three things that I am working on right now. How hasDhoom 3 shaped up? It was a great experience. The film is based in Chicago. We shot majority of the film in Chicago, especially all outdoor scenes. We shot extensively for more than three months there. Some of the indoor ones, which can be managed with similar sets, were shot in Mumbai. I hope it turns out well. We are yet to see you in a science fiction film. Will you do one, given a proper script? You answered that for me. If I come across a good script that is in that genre, I might do it. I dont pre-decide what kind of films I want to do. I like it to happen organically. So when I go through scripts and I find one exciting, I want to do it. You keep experimenting with your looks. Which one has been your favourite so far? I dont have a favourite look as all my looks depend on my characters. Whatever you touch becomes an instant hit. Whats the secret? (Laughs) I really dont know why I have been successful so far. And honestly, I dont think so much about that. I just want to enjoy my work. I want to keep surprising and challenging myself. So I pick works that excite me even if on the face they dont seem to have the potential to be blockbusters, and have unusual stories. But they have always clicked so far.
Sanju gets bail in cheating case
anjay Dutt secured bail from a Mumbai court which had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him in a cheating case filed by a movie producer. Andheri Metropolitan court issued the warrant against Dutt in a complaint filed by producer Shakil Noorani, who, among other things,
Ben Kingsley to shoot his next in India
alleged that the actor had failed to complete his movie Jaan Ki Baazi in 2002 despite taking the signing amount of Rs 5 million. Noorani, who also alleged threats by mafia at Dutts behest, sought a refund of the signing amount and the alleged losses of around Rs 2 crore suffered in the project. Dutt appeared before the court and sought bail, which was granted. Last month, the Supreme Court ordered Dutt to return to jail to serve the remaining sentence of three-and-half years in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Following a plea by Dutt, the apex court granted him four more weeks time to surrender and complete his pending jail term.
Producer Shakil Noorani, alleged that the actor had failed to complete his movie Jaan Ki Baazi in 2002 despite taking the signing amount of Rs 5 million
scar award winning British actor Ben Kingsley, of Gandhi fame, is likely to come to India in September to shoot a film. A source said: It is interesting Sir Ben Kingsley will be arriving in India in September to shoot for about 20 days in the capital of West Bengal. Though the project is under wraps, many are suggesting that it could be related to Avengers 2 that brings all the superheroes together in one film. This is surely Ben Kingsleys coming back to his roots, which is India. Apparently, he will also travel to Gujarat post the shoot, the source added. Kingsley was born in Yorkshire in 1943 as Krishna Bhanji to an Indian origin father and an English mother. His father had his own family roots in Gujarat.
The shoot is being considered as the actors return to his roots, owing to his Indian origin
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Its an A for Shootout at Wadala
he Censor Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) has cleared crime thriller Shootout At Wadala (SAW) with an A-certificate, with no visual cuts. However, the censor board has asked that some of the dialogues spoken by John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee and Tusshar Kapoor be cleaned up. Director Sanjay Gupta is not complaining. I think the censor board has been reasonable with my film. We expected an A certificate and got that. Yeah, they did object to some dialogues. My actors are busy redubbing the dialogues that the CBFC wanted changed, said Gupta. An adaptation of Hussain Zaidis Dongri to Dubai, the film is about a real incident. It revolves around Mumbai polices first official encounter, in which gangster Manya Surve was shot down. Apparently Gupta was aware of the hardhitting content and the trouble it may cause with the
censors. According to sources, the filmmaker voluntarily removed a whole sequence where debutant Siddharth Kapoor discussed the genesis and relevance of an Hindi expletive with his pals. The censors axe also fell on a sequence where a cop tells John that it is not his fault that John has turned out the way he has but his mothers fault. The CBFC has ordered that the reference to the mother be removed. In another sequence, Tusshar Kapoor exchanges girl talk with his pal and theres a reference to the Taj Mahal and Shah Jehan, which the CBFC has asked to be removed. Also, since no historical or political figure is allowed to be mentioned, the CBFC has asked Gupta to remove a reference to Subhas Chandra Bose made by Manoj. As for Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leones controversial and hugely popular item song Laila teri le legi, the board has asked Gupta to change Le legi to Loot legi in certain portions.
John Abraham in a still from Shootout at Wadala
I could be more direspectful to the book than anyone else: Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie on taking a leap from being a novelist to a screenwriter with the film adaptation of his book Midnights Children and giving away the film rights to filmmaker Deepa Mehta for all of just one dollar
elebrated writer Salman Rushdie is all over the film version of his acclaimed novel Midnights Children. He has himself done the screenplay and also serves as the films all-knowing narrator. Yet he says its Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehtas film. She absolutely took over once the script was done, Rushdie says. A film can be only one persons film and not two, he said. Though the book is set in India and Pakistan, they chose to shoot in Sri Lanka as the cities depicted have changed beyond recognition. In many ways, Colombo made a better Mumbai than the real city does as more of the century-old architecture has survived there, Rushdie says. But some scenes were shot at the Dal Lake in Kashmir, Mumbai, Karachi and Agra too. How else can you show a man cycling past the Taj Mahal if not shoot in Agra? he asks. The allegorical tale on the partition of India told through mysteriously intertwined lives of two babies switched at birth as India attains freedom at midnight on Aug 15, 1947 was released in the US beginning with New York on April 26. Rushdie says at first he was hesitant about doing the screenplay adaptation himself as I am a
Celebrated writer Salman Rushdie (left) and Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta, who directed the film adaptation of his acclaimed novel Midnights Children and (right) A still from the film. novelist and not a professional screen writer. But Deepa was very persuasive and convinced him to do it as she feared no one else could do justice given its almost intimidating pedigree - having won both the Booker of Bookers and the Best of the Bookers. In the end though, Rushdie was glad that he did it. He describes Mehta as the perfect director to take his book to film. It was Deepas passion for the book that attracted me, as well, of course, as my admiration for her work. Turning a 446-page novel into a 130-page screenplay was an immense challenge, he said. But since he was looking at it after more than 30 years, he could do it more dispassionately. The problem was, so to speak, how to find the movie inside the book, while preserving the essence - the heart and soul - of the book, he said. Maybe I could be more disrespectful to the original than anyone else! So whats Rushdies verdict on the finished product? Well, I am very biased. But I think its good, he said looking at the response to the film at the Toronto, Vancouver and the BFI London film festivals. Luckily they did not have any run in with the Indian censors over the depiction of the 1975 emergency or any other issue. They passed it without a single cut. They had, in fact, called a historian, who said it depicted an accurate picture of an unfortunate phase of Indian history. You may disagree with ones interpretation, but you are entitled to it, they said. But then the problem with the Indian censors is, they are so unpredictable, said
Rushdie referring to the issues faced by Kamal Haasans spy thriller Vishwaroopam. It was indeed true that he gave away the film rights of Midnights Children to Mehta for just one dollar! It makes an interesting story, but its not unusual for independent filmmakers, who find it hard to raise money, to sign up someone with a token amount and then pay them later, said Rushdie. Its more like a handshake, he said though he for one was yet to be paid. Rushdie is currently developing a TV serial for Showtime called Next People - a kind of paranoid science-fiction series, people disappearing and being replaced by other people. There is a pilot I wrote for Showtime. They were happy about it. But we are still awaiting that little green light! So which one of his works would one see on the big screen next? Right now theres a project to make a film of my memoir Joseph Anton, but I am absolutely not planning to write the screenplay because unlike Midnights Children he was too close to it. If we are lucky, if it goes really fast then it may be ready at some point next year. But it may take longer, I dont know, said Rushdie.
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oving away from her comfort zone of family dramas and soap operas, the undisputed queen of television Ekta Kapoor has joined hands with Zee TV and is all set to bring the historical saga of Jodha Akbar to the small screen. The show will capture the intriguing journey of the royal couples love for each other that had, in fact, begun with intense hatred. What started as a marriage based on political powerplay more than anything else evolved into something more meaningful eventually. Being extremely particular about the finer details of all her projects, Ekta has been travelling across India and attending every audition personally to handpick the right actors for the roles of Mughal emperor, Akbar and his Hindu wife, Jodha Bai. Ekta confirmed the news, saying, Its tough to cast faces that have an enigma and an old world charm that are not synthetic. They should look raw and not plastic. While casting for an era about 500 odd years ago, you realise that every face has to be looked at carefully. But her search for Akbar seems to have come to an end. In the young and handsome Rajat Tokas, Ekta has found the ideal blend of boyish innocence and rugged manliness required of Akbar. For Akbar, I wanted an actor who is a boy-man. Although Rajat has the innocence of a 19-year-old, he is seasoned in terms of maturity. Akbar was someone who became a soldier and a king at the age of 14 and by 17 he had already won a battle on his own.Rajat is an expert in martial arts and horse riding. He was perfect for me. While an elaborate two-month shoot
schedule for the show has begun in Jaipur to bring alive the grandeur of the historical era with authenticity, Ektas hunt for Jodha continues. She is certain that she wont compromise on getting the right Jodha. My casting of Jodha is extremely crucial. I will settle for nothing less than an out-and-out winner! In its previous attempt of bringing alive the journey of a historical figure, Zee TV has tasted success with Jhansi Ki Rani.
Actor Rajat Tokas as Akbar in Ekta Kapoors Jodha Akbar
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ooja Bhatt says many feel that she doesnt have any right to show concern over safety of women because she introduced Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone into Bollywood. Sunny made it to headlines with her stint on TV reality show Bigg Boss 5 and was later cast in Poojas directorial project Jism 2. The 41-year-old is upset with yet another rape case of five-year-old girl in Delhi and tweeted: This is not a world to bring more children into. This is certainly not a nation to bring more daughters into. Violence is their destiny. She also pointed out many feel that she has no right to talk about the issue. Each time I speak up about rape or sexual abuse, some saint tells me that I have no right to since I introduced a porn star to Bollywood, Bhatt posted on Twitter. I humanized a porn star and got her accepted into the mainstream. The rest of Bollywood is now free to objectify her like they do most women, she added.
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Get high on Bollywood and Bhangra
Local Bollywood band Nasha prepares to draw in the younger generation Kiwis to the allure of Bollywood through their first solo concert, Arwa Janjali reports
biggest rock band Indus Creed, known as Rock Machine then. But the veteran rocker admits that he was never in touch with Bollywood music till he attended ShankarEhsaan-Loys concert in Auckland last year. Mark got the first real taste of Bollywood beats when he saw his old time buddies Ehsaan and Loy perform their Hindi film songs at the concert. And so swept off was he by the music and the response to it that he instantly decided to form an Indian Bollywood band here. I was stunned to see the concert and the potential Bollywood music has to pull crowds. Also, what was most surprising to see was that Shankar-Ehsaan-Loys music was actually heavily influenced by Western music. It was a commendable blend of Hindi lyrics and Western tunes, Mark tells us. As a result of the impact the concert had on him, Mark brought together other professional Indian musicians in Auckland (with relevant experience in Bollywood music) and formed Nasha. The band members include Raul Cardoza (vocals), Ben Fernandez (keyboards), Liam Smith (guitars), Dean Rodrigues (bass), Mark (drums and percussion), Manjit Singh (tabla and dholak) and Ajit Singh Saini (dhol and dholak). Our main aim through this concert is to attract the young Kiwi crowd and get them interested in Bollywood music. This would open up the market. So far Bollywood centric shows have only been targeted for Indians. Our main target is to draw in the younger generation Kiwis because the older ones are already aware. In fact, there are so many Bollywood dance schools here, which are run by Kiwis, Mark reveals. Going by their target audience, the band has selected up tempo Hindi songs, which young Kiwis may find unique and fun. In addition to this, Mark has also roped in his Kiwi drum students, aged 14-18 years, to play at the concert. With a blend of Western instrumentation, Indian percussion and Modern Electronic Pop, this ones going to be quite a musical evening. Dont miss it. When: May 11, 7.30pm onwards Where: Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, Corner of Wairere Ave and New North Road Admission: $20 (Adult or child). Children under five years will be free. For more details on the concert bookings, log on to www.nasha. co.nz.
ver since its conception in May 2012, local Bollywood band Nasha has made its presence felt at all the major events in the city from Diwali celebrations to fundraisers. With the aim of providing Bollywood entertainment in terms of dance and music to both Indians and Kiwis, Nasha has created a niche in the Indian music scene in Auckland in less than a year. And in order to build on this popularity, the band is now coming up with their first solo concert, which will present Bollywood in all its splendour. Apart from an exciting countdown, consisting of a mix of old and new Bollywood hits, the concert will also have a Kiwi dance troupe (RITZ Event Entertainment) grooving to Hindi film numbers and a Bhangra troupe (Anakh Punjab Di) to complete the cultural experience. Nashas founder member and drummer Mark Pinto de Menezes also informs us about having an Irish-Kiwi singer for the song Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, who will give the song the required Spanish-Hindi twist. Marks association with the Indian music scene goes back to the 80s, when he was a part of Indias
I was stunned to see Shankar-Ehsaan-Loys concert and the potential Bollywood music has to pull crowds - Mark Pinto de Menezes (Drummer, Nasha band)
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MOBILE PHONE APPEAL . Old mobile phones can save a childs life! The objective is to collect old phones that may find their way into landfill. Starship gets them refurbished and the proceeds help to keep their National Air Ambulance service flying. Drive ends 11th May, Saturday. Group will pick all donations from collection points on 12th May Sunday. Amma NZ group is also organising a warm clothes collection drive to support - AUCKLAND CITY MISSIONS WINTER APPEAL. When: 12th May, 24th May, 25th May, 6.30pm to 8.30pm Where: Grey Lynn community centre, 510 Richmond road, Grey Lynn Collection points. Yogiji food mart - 26 Carr Road, Mount
Taurangas hugely popular Baypark Drive-In Movie Festival is set to return to the big screen for the April school holidays.The movies will show over six nights. The festival, which debuted in 2011, features a line-up of wellloved movies that personify the nostalgic American drivein experience complete with waitresses on roller skates serving popcorn and hotdogs. Movie fans park-up in their cars to watch the movies projected onto a 32m wide screen on the side of ASB Arena. This will be the hottest ticket of the
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ARMS in partnership with MECOSS will be hosting a workshop entitled A Welcome that Works: Migrants in the Workplace for service providers and employers in our collaborative approach to promote cultural diversity and inclusion in Manukau. When: 13 May 2013 (Monday), 10am- 12.00pm Where: Haselar Hall Admission: This workshop will have to pay $20 per person. To register email: events@mecoss. org.nz or contact Angeline 09- 533 3685 / 022 063 2677.
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Whats in for the East?
WritersDiana Bridge,Anita Desai,Sharad PaulandJohn Sinclairread work that evokes the East. When:Friday, May 17, 2:30pm 03:30pm. Where:Limelight Room, Aotea Centre Admission:Free and talks of the places and people who have informed and inspired his travel writings. Introduced by Yvonne van Dongen. When:Saturday, May 18, 05:30pm to 06:30pm Where:Lower NZI Room, Aotea Centre Admission:$20 Earlybird $25 Standard Admission: $35 Earlybird $40 Standard William Dalrymple and (left) Anita Desai
An hour with Anita Desai
Anita Desaislatest workThe Artist of Disappearanceis a set of three novellas which explores the relationship between people, art and the contemporary world. Considered by many to be Indias greatest living writer, Desai speaks withMichael Moynahanabout her life and considerable craft. When:Saturday, May 18, 10am to 11am Where: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre Admission:$20 Earlybird $25 Standard
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William Dalrymples travel writing has charmed legions of fans and opened up the world of India, in particular, to a broader audience. Share an hour with William Dalrymple as he reads
Writer and raconteurWilliam Dalrymplereturns with his latest work of history,Return of a King, a comprehensive and compelling account of the British invasion of Afghanistan in 1839, launched by one Lord Auckland after whom New Zealands largest city is named. Chillingly resonant today, its a parable of colonial ambition, cultural collision, folly and hubris. After a presentation hell speak with Mark Sainsbury in a wide-ranging conversation covering Afghanistan and the East, then and now. When:Friday, May 17, 7pm to 8.15pm Where: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre
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I did just nothing for two years

Farhan Akhtar has gone back to being a producer with the comedy film Fukrey. Sreya Basuin conversation with the actor-singer-filmmaker
Fukreystars all new actors Ali Fazal, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma and Manjot Singh. Dont you see it as a risk, especially when your production house Excel Entertainment has always worked with established actors? Its very important to cast people who are right for the roles. Given the edge that these characters needed to be given certain personalities, we felt these actors were just apt for the roles. Having said that, I would say we were very fortunate to work with established stars and now we are very fortunate to work with future stars. So its good to be on both sides. Fukrey means jobless guys. Were you ever afukra? There were two years in my life when I did just nothing and my mom (Honey Irani) almost threw me out of the house. So I had my years offukrepan. Why arent you acting inFukrey? IfFukreywould have been made in those two years that I mentioned right now, then I would have been a perfect casting. Excel is known for its signature music. Will Fukrey be an exception? Well, Ram Sampath has composed the music in a way to suit the film. The songs are youthful and energetic, and the lyrics also are in fluidity with the kind of dialogues in the film. So its a new sound as far as Excel is concerned. Tell us about Rakeysh Omprakash Mehras Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, where you are playing former Indian track and field sprinter Milkha Singh. It was a huge challenge for me to play Milkha Singh. But again it was a very exciting one to accept. It was only while doing the film that I realised how little our generation knows about a sporting icon like Milkha Singhjiand his triumphs. I feel this is an important film to make for the generation today to see and hear. You had to undergo a 360 degree change as far as your look and physique is concerned for the film. Yes and thanks to that I feel extremely fit and healthy at this point in time. A lot has gone into achieving a particular physicality which in itself brings a certain level of feeling very fit. It involved a certain diet and a certain amount of rest which are equally very important as exercise. And I hope to maintain it as much as I possibly can. Now that your beard and long hair are gone, do you miss the look? (Laughs) I definitely feel more naked. I was living with moustache, beard and long hair for almost oneand-a-half years. So in a way, I got used to it. But summer is just in, so it is a relief of sorts. Also there is no point in being attached to something when you cant keep it forever. We are in a profession where we have to keep reinventing ourselves. You are a producer, director, actor, singer and writer. How do you manage so many avatars? Whatever you do, it is very important to make sure that you really want to do it. So when I am directing, I give my 100 percent to the directors job. Same goes to acting, singing and other things I do. That is why when people ask me to direct and act in the same film, I try to avoid doing so because both are very demanding roles.
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400gm- paneer ( Indian Cottage cheese, cut into bite size cubes) 400gm- tomato puree 1cup- cream 3-4- green cardamoms 1- onion grated 1tbsp- garlic paste 1 tsp- kashmiri red chilli powder 1tsp- garam masala powder 1tsp- cumin powder 1tsp- sugar 4tbsp- butter cup- chopped fresh coriander to garnish
Method
In a pan heat 2tbsp of butter. Add the green cardamoms, add grated onion and stir until light brown in colour. Add garlic paste, stir, add red chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and stir. Add tomato puree and keep stirring until oil comes on the top. Add half cup of water to make the gravy, cover and boil for 2-3 minutes. Add 2tbsp of butter, sugar, paneer cubes and salt to the gravy, and mix it. Add cream and mix. Cover and cook for half a minute. Garnish with chopped coriander on it. Serve with naan or rice.
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