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Stage set for Amit Shahs rally in Jalandhar today; cash no problem
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Stage set for Amit Shahs rally in Jalandhar today; cash no

problem | The Indian Express
Written by
Anju Agnihotri Chaba
| Jalandhar |
Published:November 20, 2016 5:32 am
At the venue on Saturday. Express Photo

Demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1000 notes seems to be having no effect on the preparations for the Jalandhar rally to be
addressed by BJP president Amit Shah, who will kick off his partys campaign for the forthcoming Punjab Assembly
polls scheduled early next year. The expenses on hoardings, posters and transportation of party workers have been
split among booth-level leaders and heads of different wings of the party.
According to the organisers, partys national office would bear the major expenses like for tent, food and chairs at the
venue. In certain cases, old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 have been used by the party to make payments for
hoardings and posters. Called Booth Workers Sammelan, the gathering will comprise at least 4,000 booth-level BJP
workers from 23 Assembly constituencies where the party contested the 2012 Assembly polls. Workers from across
the state will also attend the rally, to be held at Guru Gobind Singh Avenue in Jalandhar.
For the last four days, nearly 100 labourers have been busy putting up tents, making seating Stage set for Amit Shahs
rally in Jalandhar today; cash no problem arrangements and installing sound and light systems.
Sethi Tent House of Amritsar has been engaged for pitching the tents and making the seating arrangement. Dimple
Sethi, owner of the tent house, said, The seating arrangement has been made to accommodate 22,000-23,000
visitors.
Regarding the payment, Sethi said, I have been told I would be paid by cheque later. This is the same venue where
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharminder Pradhan launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjawal Yojna scheme
on November 11. Most of our material was already lying here, thus it saved us transportation charges also.
Around Rs 15 lakh would be spent on tent and seating arrangement at the venue, Sethi said. Manjit Singh Rai, BJP
general secretary who is looking after the arrangements for the event, said, After demonetisation, we did not make
much change in our programme. Everybody in the party is ready to bear individual expenses. There are no monetary
issues for the purpose of transportation because petrol pumps are still accepting old currency notes. Expenses
pertaining to hoardings and flex boards etc. shall be borne by the booth-level leaders on their own.
Hundreds of posters and hoardings have already been put up along the Chandigarh-Jalandhar highway. Shah will be
reaching Jalandhar in the afternoon by road.
Sheetal Angural from BJPs Scheduled Caste Morcha (Punjab), said, I got 400 posters and hoardings made from my
own personal savings. I will not raise any bill for this. I had already made part payment in old currency to my printer.
The remaining amount shall be paid through cheques. Similarly, Kisan Morcha and Yuva Morcha leaders have also
contributed in the arrangements instead of putting a burden on the party.
Vinit Dheer of Prime International, the printer engaged by the party for printing of posters, said, I have got a big order
for the billboards, but I can not reveal the exact number. I am told I would be paid by cheque later, which is fine with
me.
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Assam: Three army jawans killed, police blame ULFA, NSCN | The
Indian Express | Page 99
Written by
Samudra Gupta Kashyap
| Guwahati |
Updated: November 20, 2016 9:35 am
Security forces launch a combing operation in

Pengeri reserve forest in Assams Tinsukia district on Saturday. (PTI Photo)
Three army jawans were killed and three others seriously injured in an ambush carried out by a joint group of ULFA
and NSCN(K) militants near the oil town of Digboi, in Tinsukia district in eastern Assam, early on Saturday morning.
The jawans were from 15 Kumaon Regiment.
WATCH:
The incident took place at about 5:30 am on Saturday, when a Maruti Gypsy and a truck of 15 Kumaon Regiment
were moving from Pengeri towards Digboi. There must have been at least 15 militants in the group that fired from
inside the Upper Dehing reserved forest. It is definitely the handiwork of the ULFA faction led by Paresh Barua, with
support of the NSCN(K), said Tinsukia Superintendent of Police Mugdhajyoti Dev Mahanta.
There was heavy shelling from inside the jungle. They also used an IED, apart from firing with RPGs and at least one
grenade, said Mahanta. Pengeri is about 535 kilometres east of Guwahati.
READ | Rajnath Singh speaks to Assam CM after Tinsukia militant ambush
The two army vehicles were on duty as part of the counter-insurgency operations, Guwahati-based Army PRO Lt Col
Suneet Newton told The Sunday Express. 15 Kumaon is based at Pengeri in Tinsukia district on the Assam-Arunachal
Pradesh border, he said.
Condemning the incident, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the security forces to immediately launch a
massive operation against the militants. Nobody should be spared. It is also an instance of cowardice and the
perpetrators will be handed unprecedented punishment, he said.
This is the first major attack by ULFA militants since the BJP-led government took charge in Assam in May.
READ | Assam CM Sonowal condemns Tinsukia blast, says apt reply would be given
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Such an act is a threat to a peaceful society the government will leave no stone unturned to unleash a combing
operation to punish the insurgents involved, said Sonowal.
The present state government has been working to expedite all-round development in the state by maintaining a robust
law and order situation. However, some proscribed organisations are bent on disturbing peace by carrying out
subversive activities. The government is committed to foil such forces, he added.
Earlier this week, a group of ULFA militants had fired on a van which was on its way to the bank to collect cash for
disbursement of wages for labourers of the Pengeri tea estate.
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Marrakesh puts Paris Agreement on fast track, sets 2018 deadline

for rules | The Indian Express
Written by
Amitabh Sinha
| Marrakesh (morocco) |
The Marrakesh conference also urged all the

developed countries to quickly ratify the Doha Amendments to the Kyoto Protocol to ensure greater greenhouse gas
emission reductions in the pre-2020 period. (Source: AP/File)
In keeping with the momentum built up in the last one year, countries at the Marrakesh climate change conference on
Saturday decided to accelerate the work on framing of rules for the Paris Agreement to ensure its early
implementation. The more than 190 countries assembled for the annual two-week climate conference agreed to
conclude this work as soon as possible but not later than 2018. The rules would decide how the Paris Agreement,
that was finalised in the French capital last year, would be governed and implemented.
Paris Agreements entry into force earlier this month, in less than a year after it was negotiated, was probably the
quickest for any major multilateral arrangement of its size and impact. Conceived as the successor to the Kyoto
Protocol that expires in 2020, the Paris Agreement has been embraced swiftly after coming into being, with 111
countries already having ratified it.
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The decision to complete the rule-book by 2018 means that operationalisation of the provisions of Paris Agreement
could begin soon after that, much earlier than expected.
The Marrakesh conference also urged all the developed countries to quickly ratify the Doha Amendments to the Kyoto
Protocol to ensure greater greenhouse gas emission reductions in the pre-2020 period. This was done at the demand of
the developing countries who also wanted to include an April 2017 deadline for doing this, but were unsuccessful.
The Doha Amendments, made at the Doha climate conference in 2012, had extended the obligation of the developed
countries to make targetted emission cuts up to the year 2020. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 had initially assigned
emission cut targets to the developed countries only till 2012. Most developed countries have not yet ratified the Doha
Amendments. Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement is not legally-binding, and does not assign any emission
cut targets on any country. Under Paris Agreement, every country decides for itself the actions that it wants to take to
fight climate change.
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The developing countries had a minor victory on the issue of climate finance as well. In the final decisions, they were
able insert a clause asking for a scaling up of financial resources beyond the USD 100 billion per year that developed
countries are obligated to mobilise from the year 2020.
This conference was a success with respect to building momentum from last years Paris Agreement, but as we move
towards implementation phase, and further negotiations, many polarising issues, like finance and transparency
framework, need to be dealt with effectively to ensure that the pace of the momentum continues, Siddharth Pathak,
climate change lead at the Climate Action Network, said.
India, which had been actively raising the issue of early ratification of Doha Amendments, expressed satisfaction at the
outcomes. Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said the outcomes from Marrakesh looked small in comparison to
the Paris Agreement that resulted from last years conference, but they were nonetheless very important.
One should not look at it from the window of the Paris meeting last year. That was a big event. This (Marrakesh) is a
movement towards implementation (phase) From our point of view, the most satisfying thing about this meeting is
that it has moved ahead in the right direction, and remained firmly on track, though there were many attempts to derail
it, Dave said.
The minister was probably referring to the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections that had
threatened to hijack the agenda at the Marrakesh meeting, dominating the conversations for many days. Trump, on his
campaign trail, had called climate change a hoax and promised to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement if elected.
Discussions over Trumps election had overshadowed the Marrakesh conference for several days, though only outside
of the formal meetings.
Dave said it was unnecessary to speculate whether Trump would actually pull US out of the Paris Agreement. He said
India would in any case move ahead on its low-carbon pathway irrespective of the US decision. We will move
forward with our agenda. Paris Agreement is now a settled fact, he said.
Apprehensions over an imminent US pull-out, however, did prompt a political appeal from heads of states and
ministers who attended the meeting in Marrakesh.
In a statement called the Marrakesh Action Proclamation for Our Climate and Sustainable Developement, the political
leaders said the world had an urgent duty to respond to the alarming and unprecedented rate of global warming
as a matter of urgent priority. They called for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, and took
note of the extraordinary momentum on climate change worldwide in the last one year, including the finalisation and
early ratification of the Paris Agreement.
The proclamation said this momentum was irreversible, since it was being driven not just by governments but also
by science, business and global action of all types at all levels.
Our task now is to rapidly build on that momentum, together, moving forward purposefully to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and to foster adaptation efforts, thereby benefitting and supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, it said.
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Keep Rs 5 cr cash ready to pay our staff: LS, RS Secretariats to

bank | The Indian Express
Written by
Santosh Singh
,
Pradeep Kaushal
| Patna,new Delhi |
All Parliament employees normally get their

salaries in their accounts, and no cash requests from the secretariats had been received in the past.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat and Rajya Sabha Secretariat have asked the State Bank of Indias (SBI) Parliament Annexe
branch to make available Rs 5 crore by November 21, so that they can pay advance salaries in cash to their staff.
The SBI branch manager, Sudhir Malhotra, has sought the Reserve Bank of Indias guidance.
Confirming this, Malhotra told The Sunday Express: We received requests from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
offices on Friday, to arrange Rs 5 crore in cash by Monday (November 21) so that they can give Rs 10,000 as advance
salary to their staffers I have sent the requisition to my senior authority and also sought RBIs guidance, as there are
standard norms about paying Rs 24,000 to a savings bank account holder and Rs 50,000 to a current account holder.
Malhotra said all Parliament employees normally get their salaries in their accounts, and no cash requests from the
secretariats had been received in the past.
About 4,000 Parliament employees have salary accounts in the SBI branch.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats could have just asked the branch to transfer the advance salary amount
to their staffers accounts . They may be asking for cash to save their employees from the inconvenience being faced by
others, said a senior SBI officer who did not want to be named.
He said the government should come forward to encourage cashless transactions. Moreover, it will be very difficult
to justify Rs 5 crore cash withdrawal from one branch, said the officer, adding that the RBI would take a final call.
When contacted, a spokesman for the Lok Sabha Secretariat, confirmed the move, adding that the request for cash was
made in keeping with a circular from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which stated that salary
advance should be paid to non-gazetted employees for the month of November.
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He, however, maintained that the measure was only for 179 Group-C employees of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, and the
total amount was a little less than Rs 1.80 crore. He claimed the amount involved was far below the limit set for
withdrawals from banks, and would reduce the rush at ATMs and banks.
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Demonetisation effect: Massive layoffs, Tamil Nadu construction

workers have no cash or food | The Indian Express
Written by
Arun Janardhanan
| Chennai |
According to experts and various agencies,

the construction sector has come to a standstill in the region.
* Work on a villa and apartment project in Navalur (Chennai suburb), where I was employed for a year, was
stopped on Sunday (November 13). We have no clue about the whereabouts of the contractor over 300 workers
are waiting for wages. R Ayyanar, mason, 42.
* I have not eaten properly for three daysThe contractors phone is switched off We will wait.
Nizamuddin, construction worker-cum-painter, 32.
These are the voices of only two of the estimated half-a-million migrant and unorganised workers who are facing
layoffs in the construction sector in Tamil Nadu, 11 days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the
demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
According to experts and various agencies, the construction sector has come to a standstill in the region. Multiple
reports from Chennai which has the maximum share in the states construction sector Coimbatore, Trichy and
other areas warn of a disastrous situation if the currency shortage doesnt get resolved soon.
Confirming reports that workers were struggling with no food or wages, N Nandakumar of the Confederation Of Real
Estates Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), Tamil Nadu, said builders who are members of the organisation
have been asked to arrange rations for workers at their shelters.
On an average, there will be anywhere around 100 to 200 workers at a single project. CREDAI alone has 130
members (who are all leading builders) in Chennai. Many of us have decided to supply rations immediately as the
situation is not too good. To prevent starvation, some of them have arranged catering services too, he said.
However, CREDAI does not reflect the total number of builders and projects on the ground. According to a labour
department official, there are 500-600 unorganised builders in Chennai, who are not members of CREDAI or other
builders organisations. Hundreds of these projects and thousands of workers employed in these projects have been
affected. Neither a builders body nor a state government can handle this crisis, he said.
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While a labour department official said over 200 major construction projects in Chennai city, Old Mahabalipuram
Road and GST Road areas have been either stopped or partially affected in the last four days, CREDAI and other
sources said nearly 1,000 major projects in Chennai and Kancheepuram districts have been hit.
B Seenaiah, one of the largest infrastructure developers in the country and managing director of BSCPL, whose firm
specialises in major highway and irrigation projects, said the impact on the construction sector may be anywhere
between 30 to 40 per cent.
We hope to get it resolved in 10 days. Since the payments from buyers have stopped, the contractors dont have
money to pay their workers. Hardly any of the workers have bank accounts where their dues can be deposited. If the
crisis continues, the whole economy is going to be affected, he said.
While the major players in the sector warned of a much larger crisis in the next few days, the workers are struggling to
cope with their immediate situation.
R Ayyanar, a 42-year-old mason in Chennai who was working with a leading developer for over a year, said the
workers, mostly migrants, are starving at their shelters.
Work on a villa and apartment project in Navalur (Chennai suburb), where I was employed for one year, was
stopped on Sunday. We have no clue about the whereabouts of the contractor over 300 workers are waiting for
wages, he said.
On Friday, Ayyanar stood in the queue outside the Kelambakkam branch of a nationalised bank. He said the bank
officials allowed a customer to enter directly, with three bags full of currency for exchange.
They took the bags and started counting all the Rs 500 notes, which would have added up to several lakhs Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said he is going to punish the rich. Who is being punished now? These rich people only need
to give a call, the bank manager will send people to their homes with currency, said Ayyanar.
Nizamuddin, a 32-year-old construction worker-cum-painter from a village near Kolkata, said he has not been able to
contact his family for the last three days as he does not have money to recharge his phone. I have not eaten properly
for three days, he said.
He said a friend of his contractor promised to provide rations before Monday. The contractors phone is switched
off, his friend refused to give his number too. We will wait, he said.
S Janakarajan, an economist teaching at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), said a large number of
construction labourers are facing layoffs. Contractors who pay weekly wages are also helpless as there is a shortage
of currency, he said.
The total work force in our country is roughly 64 crore, out of which 90 per cent belong to the informal sector, whose
contribution to GDP is roughly 50 per cent. While the farm sector has a 50 per cent share in this informal sector, about
30 per cent are construction workers If the government is going to be indifferent to these basic facts, we are going to
face disastrous impact, including famine, he said.
Prakash Challa, governing council member of CREDAI and CMD of SSPDL Group, a leading player in the
construction sector, said he appreciated the intention, but the implementation should have been planned better. If the
government doesnt act immediately, there will be serious impact, he warned.
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Demonetisation effect: Unbanked villages, small businesses badly

hit as currency crisis continues | The Indian Express
Written by
Anil Sasi
,
P Vaidyanathan Iyer
| New Delhi |
Farmers protest against demonetisation and

restrictions imposed on cooperative banks, in Surat on Saturday. (Express Photo by Hanif Malek)
The lopsided rural-urban spread of ATMs and bank branches has snuffed out economic activity in rural India, with
micro, tiny and small enterprises finding it impossible to get cash in 100-rupee notes for their daily operations.
Consider this statistic: every bank branch in a rural and semi-urban centre caters to more than double the number of
people in an urban and metropolitan centre. According to a December 2015 Reserve Bank of India report on financial
inclusion in India, each rural and semi-urban bank branch serves 12,863 people compared with an urban and
metropolitan branch which serves just 5,351 people. The spread of ATMs too is skewed in favour of urban centres.
Delhi, for instance, has 9,070 ATMs, more than Rajasthan, the largest state in terms of size.
Now, juxtapose this with the spatial distribution of micro, small and medium enterprises. The data on MSMEs, as per
the latest available Fourth Census of MSME, 2006-07, reveal there are 200.18 lakh unregistered rural sector units, and
they make up over 55 per cent of such enterprises in India. Urban SMEs are 161.58 lakh. The data from 2007-08 to
2014-15, compiled from the Entrepreneurs Memorandum filed by MSMEs in District Industries Centres, suggests that
22.10 lakh units were added during this period. It doesnt say if they are rural or urban, but even if they were evenly
spread, it does not change the broad picture.
Abhitabh Meshram, an entrepreneur in Nagpur, who supplies potable water in bulk to enterprises including
government departments, says there is difficulty in paying cash to even hawkers for intra-city transport and workers,
who are paid weekly. I have another agri-based business, but in mandis, they wouldnt supply large quantities of
onion or garlic without cash.
Zoom out to a particular state, for instance, Tamil Nadu. It has a million-plus tiny and small units. There will be no
production for a month-and-a-half. Many units in Chennai are still recovering their losses from the previous year when
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the city was flooded during the monsoon. While it is certain we will not register any sale, it is even more certain banks
will debit the EMI from bank accounts on existing loans, said C Babu, President, Tamilnadu Small and Tiny
Industries Association, an umbrella organisation that represents such units, which employ over 15 million workers in
all.
Inadequacy of bank branches is one primary reason why cash dominates small businesses. Many rural branches are
open for just a day or two in a week. People consider bank postings in rural India as a punishment, says Anil
Bhardwaj, Secretary-General, Federation of Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (Fisme). The smaller the
enterprise, the bigger the problem. Anecdotal reports suggest that manufacturing value addition has come to a
standstill, he says.
The RBI report suggests that between 2001 and 2015, the number of bank branches in urban and metropolitan centres
more than doubled from 20,713 to 43,716. In rural and semi-urban centres, it has increased, but not at such pace.
During the period, the number of branches in rural and semi-urban centres has risen from about 44,905 to 82,358. In
2015, there were 7.8 branches for one lakh people in rural India, but 18.7 branches in urban India, proving Bhardwajs
argument.
The biggest problem, according to V K Agarwal, former president of Fisme, is that the fine distinction between
unaccounted cash and black money is lost. Money that is derived from illegal activity is harmful, but money
circulated in small businesses only adds to economic activity, he says.
Bulk of the MSMEs in India have turnovers in just a few lakhs of rupees. Within MSMEs, medium sized enterprises do
not account for even one per cent of the segment. Agarwal, whose mid-sized company Shashi Cables Ltd manufactures
transmission line conductors, says he is not affected because he makes payments through RTGS. Moreover, he has staff
who can stand in line to withdraw and deposit cash.
Medium sized enterprises can easily tide over the cash crunch. But most tiny and micro enterprises are proprietorowned and are managed by just one person. They are in terrible shape, Agarwal says. While it is difficult to say if
jobs are being lost yet, those associated with the MSME segment say economic activity has definitely dropped.
MSME is a very heterogenous sector. In the unorganised MSME segment, it takes a long time to even realise that
businesses are being shut. It is too late by then, says Bhardwaj, Secretary-General, Fisme. While the sector
appreciates the need to move to a cashless economy, it needs time. How can you move to Paytm in a week or a
fortnight? It will take a couple of years, he says.
The government must realise that the small-scale sector will certainly pick it up (move to e-payments). But it is a
gradual process. Also, it is important to acknowledge that money generated in business is not irregular. Certain issues
cannot be pushed so much that the system chokes and the outcome is distorted, says Agarwal.
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New Zealand vs Pakistan: Kane Williamson guides New Zealand to

win over Pakistan in 1st Test | The Indian Express
By:
Reuters
| Christchurch |
New Zealand took a 1-0 lead in the Test

series. (Source: Twitter)
Kane Williamson, leading New Zealand in a Test for the first time at home, scored his 24th half century to guide the
hosts to an eight-wicket victory in the first Test against Pakistan in Christchurch on Sunday. Chasing a target of 105 for
the win, Williamson was dismissed on 61 with the hosts just a run shy of victory. Jeet Raval (36 not out) hit a four to
push New Zealand over the line on 108 for two shortly after lunch on the fourth day.
New Zealand had bowled the visitors out in their second innings for 171 about an hour into the days play at Hagley
Oval. Tom Latham was the only New Zealand wicket to fall before lunch when he failed to handle a bouncer from
Mohammad Amir and was caught in the gully by Asad Shafiq for nine.
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The victory was New Zealands first in their last six Tests, having drawn the first match with South Africa in August
before losing the second then being swept 3-0 by India in October.
Naturally its tough coming off a few losses but its good to be home and the boys stepped it up and put some of those
feelings of defeat behind us to play a very good Test match, Williamson said in a televised interview.
The first innings it did a bit for both teams and there were two low scores, added Williamson, one of only two
players to achieve a half century in the match. Raval scored 55 in his first innings.
But we knew that second innings would be really important against a strong side like Pakistan who tour very well. It
was a very good performance.
The visitors had faced an uphill battle to prolong the Test, which had the first day washed out, beyond Sunday having
resumed on 129 for seven and with a lead of just 62 runs, with only some strong counter-attacking from pace bowler
Sohail Khan (40) pushing the target past 100.
As a professional, as the number two test team in the world we should be better than that, said Pakistan opener
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Azhar Ali, who stepped in for post-match interviews after captain Misbah-ul-Haq returned home due to a family
emergency.
We should have put in a better batting show, especially the first innings. It was quite helpful for the bowlers but I
think we could have scored more runs which would have helped because on that kind of track youre always in the
game.
The second Test in the two-match series begins in Hamilton on November 25.
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England 40/0, Live Cricket Score, India vs England, 2nd Test, Day
4: India unable to find a wicket as England hold on at Tea | The
Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
|
Updated: November 20, 2016 2:16 pm
Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed have

given England a good start. (Source: Reuters)
Another exciting day of Test cricket is line in Visakhapatnam as India try to set a target for England in the second Test
on Sunday. India will resume Day 4 at 98 for the loss of three wickets. India captain Virat Kohli is unbeaten on 56 and
his deputy Ajinkya Rahane will be with him at 22. India are leading by 298 runs with two days remaining in the match.
The question this morning will be when Kohli decides to declare the Indian second innings and how much time will be
left for Indian spinners to bowl England out.
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1409 IST: Thats Tea!! Jayant Yadavs last over goes for a maiden and that would be the end of what has turned out to
be a good session. England have kept their wickets intact and managed 40 runs from the session. It is turning into a
fairly good day for the visitors, they forced India into a collapse of sorts in the second session and have now held off
the new ball.
1406 IST: Jayant Yadavs third ball was cut in front of point by Cook and that went for a four. The two openers remain
solid as Kohli keeps tinkering around in the field. Umesh Yadavs next over goes for a maiden and that means England
is at 40/0 after 26 overs.
1354 IST: Jadeja follows up Jayant Yadavs over who replaced Ashwin. It goes for a run that was taken when his fifth
ball hit the inside edge and went past short leg. after 25 overs, England is 35/0
1330 IST: Ashwins fourth ball is pulled away hard by Cook. It goes past the ear of the short leg and England get their
first boundary of the innings. England have a breather as Ashwin and Jadeja kept building the pressure on Hameed and
Cook with both, their deliveries and field placements.
1328 IST: Ashwins fourth ball is one that doesnt turn. Cook goes back, opens the face of the bat and guides it past
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slip for a single. England look to be just seeing off this new ball spell very tentatively, India, now seem to be fishing
for a wicket.
1319 IST: England 20/0 after 13 overs and drinks have been called. Ashwins last ball caught a thick outside edge off
Hammeds bat as he tried to drag it forward outside off. It was along the ground and wide of slip and England
comfortably run 2 runs.
1316 IST: And the spell is broken. Jadejas fifth ball is driven to the cover sweeper and Hameed picks up a run,
Englands first in 35 balls. After 13 overs, they are 18/0.
1310 IST: England on the ropes at the moment it seems as a fourth consecutive over goes for a maiden. This one was
bowled by Jadeja and, alongwith Ashwin, he has forced the two openers to just see off their balls.
1305 hrs IST: Ravindra Jadeja introduced into the attack. His over goes for a maiden, same as Ashwins over before
him. England are hence 17/0 after nine overs.
1300 hrs IST: England collect two more runs, move to 17/0. Shamis first ball itself was something that caught
Hameed off guard. It was a bouncer that carried past the inside edge and ended up hitting the youngster on the chin.
1260 hrs IST: Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Umesh Yadav. Ashwins over produces four runs. England 15/0 after 6
overs. India will be looking to put pressure on the young Hameed.
1255 hrs IST: Shamis 5th ball is flicked away neatly around the corner by Hamid and it produces the first boundary
of the innings. Virat Kohli is doubling up as a cheerleader here, whipping the crowd into a frenzy every time he feels
that the decibel levels are going down. At the same time, he is making sure that he keeps his bowler on the toes,
constantly running towards the man with the ball with suggestions.
1246 hrs IST: Hameed finally gets off the mark, Umesh Yadavs second over goes for three runs. Cook and Hameed
are struggling on a pitch that seems to be out of bounds for batsmen. If England hope of doing anything in this match,
they need to do better than 6 runs off 4 overs.
1241 hrs IST: Cook turns a Shami delivery to near short leg. It was the only ball in the over that produced a run. three
runs from three overs for England, Cook the only man managing all three. Certainly not the run rate that they
are looking for.
1237 hrs IST: Umesh Yadavs over produces one run for England. A careful approach from Cook and Hameed in the
first two overs as they face the mountain. The second ball of Yadavs over was pushed through the covers by the
England captain that produced the single.
1230 hrs IST: End of the first over of the England innings, one run from it. Shamis third ball was the driven off to
point by Cook that gave them the run. Umesh Yadav to follow up.
1220 hrs IST: Englands batsmen walk out into the middle, facing the nearly impossible task of chasing down 404
runs. Mohammed Shami is the man who starts the bowling attack for India. Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed take
their place in the middle to face him.
1150 hrs IST: WICKET! Moeen Ali gets the wicket of Mohammed Shami. Bairstow with a quick stumping as
Shamis back-foot is stuck on the line. India bowled out for 204. England need 405 runs to win this match in the
five remaining sessions
1148 hrs IST: Three fours in the Stokes over (one 4 through byes) and India lead is past 400. India now lead by 404
runs. Jayant Yadav and Mohammed Shami have added 42 runs and India will be pleased with this effort. Change in
bowling as Moeen Ali comes on to bowl
1144 hrs IST: Shami hits Rashid for a six and India reach 192 for the loss of nine wickets. Runs helping India and this
partnership is also worth 30 now. Last wicket standing up for the task. Ben Stokes to continue
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1141 hrs IST: Stokes gives only one run but that run brings Jayant back on strike for the next over. India playing it safe
in Vizag. Jayant denying singles to Shami to keep this innings going. Rashid to continue from other end
1137 hrs IST: Maiden over from Rashid as Shami defends most of the balls. 60 overs gone in India innings and they
are 184 for the loss of nine wickets. Ben Stokes is replacing Anderson in the attack. Jayant Yadav on strike here
1133 hrs IST: Five runs from that over from Anderson and Mohammed Shami and Jayant Yadav taking Indias lead
closer to 400. Rashid will be bowling again. Play has been extended by 30 minutes as India are 9 down. Lunch will be
taken if a wicket fall or after 30 minutes. Whichever is sooner. Rashid again
1128 hrs IST: Anderson giving just three runs from his over and then Rashid gives two. India are trying to hang in
there even after the loss of nine wickets. A 400-run lead will be very effective in these conditions. Anderson again
1120 hrs IST: Super strike from Mohammed Shami to hit a six off Rashid. India have not let it go even after wickets
falling quickly. Anderson will continue from the other end. Jayant Yadav, who has been very impressive, will be on
strike
1110 hrs IST: WICKET! Umesh Yadav is caught behind. He drive and it takes a feather. Hits Jonny Bairstow on
the arm and gets stuck there. Excellent bowling from Rashid as he picks up another wickets. India 9 down
1107 hrs IST: Maiden over from Anderson. Good bowling from England. Runs have dried for India. Adil Rashid will
continue for England. Umesh Yadav on strike
1103 hrs IST: Umesh Yadav is the new man in and he defends the first ball he faces. End of the over from Rashid.
Wicket maiden from Rashid. Anderson will continue from the other end. India lead by 362 runs with 2 wickets in hand
1101 hrs IST: WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja cannot resist the feeling to going after the spinner. Tries the slog
against Rashid but that is straight to deep square-leg. India lose their eighth wicket. Lead is 362 runs
1059 hrs IST: One run from that Anderson over. Tight line from the pacer. Jayant Yadav patiently defends most of
them. Adil Rashid will bowl again. 52nd over of the Indian innings. Jayant will be on strike
1054 hrs IST: Rashid ends the 50th over of the Indian innings. Only two runs from that over and India move on. The
lead in now 361 runs. Lunch is 25 minutes away and India looking to move closer to the 400-run mark. Change in
bowling as Anderson replaces Broad
1050 hrs IST: Six runs from the over. Stuart Broad is looking tired now. He is bowling with a bad knee here. India
move on to 159 for the loss of seven wickets. Jadeja and Jayant the two batsmen out there for India. Adil Rashid will
continue from the other end
1045 hrs IST: Jayant Yadav is the new man in and he takes a single off the first ball he faces. Saha takes another single
later and those are the only two runs from the over. India are 153 for the loss of seven wickets. Stuart Broad
will continue his mammoth spell
1041 hrs IST: WICKET! Ben Stokes with an absolute stunner at slips. One handed, full stretch dive to his left to
cling on to a flyer. Virat Kohli wont get his second hundred of the match. He is furious with himself. Similar shot
from him like the first innings. Moeen was the bowler then, Rashid now
1039 hrs IST: 150 up for India as Jadeja takes a single. The lead has also gone up to 350 runs. Stuart Broad gives only
three runs from that over. Adil Rashid will continue from the over end. Virat Kohli on strike for India and on 81*
1035 hrs IST: Jadeja hits Rashid for a six off the last ball of the over. Super shot knowing that there was a long on in
place. India move on to 148 for the loss of six wickets. Stuart Broad to continue bowling. Virat Kohli on strike for
India
1028 hrs IST: End of the over from Stuart Broad. Six runs from it. He is bowling superbly in Vizag this morning.
Troubling the batsmen with those variations. India are 139 for the loss of six wickets and umpires call for drinks
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1023 hrs IST: England ask for a review after Broad gets on to go across Kohli and hit the pads. It hit him in line and
looks okay so far. Sliding down the leg-side? The tracker shows it is just kissing the stumps. Kohli will survive on
umpires call, Not out
1021 hrs IST: Four runs from that over from Rashid. India are 133 for the loss of six wickets. Stuart Broad will
continue for England. He has been their strike bowler for England in this innings. Virat Kohli on strike for India
1015 hrs IST: WICKET! Rashid has Saha LBW with a googly. After discussion with Kohli, Saha reviews. Legal
delivery, hit in line. Hits Saha in the line of the stumps. It is going on to just clip the bails. 5 percent of the ball
hitting the stumps. Still, Saha has to go
1014 hrs IST: Three runs from the Broad over but a wicket for him as well. India move on to 130 for the loss of five
wickets. Their lead in 330 runs now. Adil Rashid to continue from the over end. India need some rebuilding here
1009 hrs IST: WICKET! Stuart Broad strikes again! Ashwin edges it behind to wicket-keeper. Fourth wicket
for Broad. Ashwin just poking at a wide ball and gets a faint edge. India lose their fifth wicket for 127
1008 hrs IST: Adil Rashid gives only two runs from that over. Couple of half-hearted appeals from England but no
damage done. Stuart Broad will continue from the other end. Ashwin on strike for India
1003 hrs IST: Ashwin reviews a umpire decision of out after England appeal for LBW. Big inside edge and that is
why Ashwin reviewed it straight away. Broad ends his over. Adil Rashid to continue for England. 42nd over coming
up
0958 hrs IST: Rashid starts with six runs from his over. Ashwin gets a boundary on the fifth bowl. India need to be
very careful here. They have to score quick runs but not lose wickets. They should be eyeing anything more than 400.
Stuart Broad again
0954 hrs IST: Ashwin the new man in for India and he is off the mark straight away. End of a successful over from
Broad. A wicket and a run from his over. India move on to 118 for the loss of four wickets. And we have a change in
bowling as Adil Rashid comes on to bowl
0952 hrs IST: WICKET! Stuart Broad strikes. Ajinkya Rahane gloves it to the first slip fielder. Extra bounce
for Broad as he rolls his finger over the ball. India lose their fourth wicket on the score of 117
0948 hrs IST: Single run from the Anderson over and India stretch the lead to 315 for the loss of three wickets. 38
overs have been bowled in this innings. Stuart Broad will bowl the 39th over and Ajinkya Rahane will be on strike
0944 hrs IST: Kohli looking in sublime touch here. The cover drive doesnt get better than Kohli. Six runs from
the Broad over and India moving on nicely. James Anderson to continue and he is into his 10th over in the second
innings
0939 hrs IST: Expensive over from Anderson as Kohli gets five overthrows on the last ball of the over. Eight runs
coming from that. India move on to 108 for the loss of three wickets. Stuart Broad will continue for England
0934 hrs IST: Just those two runs from the Broad over and India are 100 for the loss of three wickets. Some
appeal off the last ball for a caught and bowled but Kohli says it came off the foot. That will be need some replays to
check. Anderson to bowl from the other end
0932 hrs IST: Kohli drives and takes a couple on the second ball of the day and that is 100 up for India in the
second innings. India now lead by 300. Kohli moves on to 58*
0930 hrs IST: We are all set for play on fourth day. Virat Kohli will be taking strike and Stuart Broad will be bowling
the first over of the day for England. A slip and a gully for Broad. Here we go on Day 4
0925 hrs IST: The players are making their way out to the middle. England in a huddle. Virat Kohli is having a chat
with coach Anil Kumble before stepping out on the field. Ajinkya Rahane waits. India are 298 runs ahead with Kohli
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on 56* and Rahane on 22*

0914 hrs IST: This pitch has been tricky. It has not turned which is unexpected. It has had uneven bounce. Pacers are
getting the ball to hit the right spots. Some balls are bouncing too much and others, which hit the same spot, are
keeping low. Spinners will still be the key for India but seamers will also have to pick early wickets to put England
under pressure
0900 hrs IST: 30 minutes to go for the start of play on Day 4. Did you miss the Day 3. Sriram Veera has put everything
in one piece here The great, the good and the classy from Vizag. And if you want to read about how cricket came
to Vizag, Sriram wrote about that well. Mind you, this will be the perfect read and you will be finished just in time
0845 hrs IST: Welcome to the coverage of the fourth days play of the second Test between India and England from
Vizag. India are in a commanding position in the match. England, staring at a defeat, will look to delay it and hope for
a dramatic rescue to survive
On Day 3, after bowling out England for 255 in the first innings, India took a lead of 200 runs. They extended it to 298
at stumps. India lost three early wickets in the second innings but Virat Kohli scored a half-century and with Ajinkya
Rahane stabalised Indian innings and there was no other wicket that fell. Earlier, R Ashwin took his 22nd five-wicket
haul to help India bowl out England for 255. Jonny Bairstow (53) and Ben Stokes (70) were the only two who looked
in control on a pitch that has turned tricky. Umesh Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja picked up the other two remaining
England wickets on day three. England had resumed at 103 for 5.
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Maharajakumar of Vizianagaram - Portrait of a Gamekeeper | The

Indian Express
Written by
Sriram Veera
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Maharajakumar of Vizianagaram, who was

popularly known as Vizzy, was a most colourful character in Indian cricket.
As Virat Kohli battles Alastair Cook at Vizag, the long shadow of crickets princely history falls on Indias
newest Test venue. Sriram Veera takes a small jaunt away from the ongoing Test to recount the fascinating tale
and intrigue of Indian crickets grand old fiddler Maharajakumar of Vizianagaram aka Vizzy.
Its not known whether Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe had spicy chicken curry rice at Vizianagaram in 1931 but they
should have sampled it. Its yummy. Long before Alastair Cook or even Geoffrey Boycott came to India, one of the best
opening pairs in cricketing history were in this region. The man responsible for bringing Hobbs and Sutcliffe was
Maharajakumar of Vizianagaram, popularly known as Vizzy a most colourful character in Indian cricket. His is a tale
that has everything personal ambition, tussle among princes, fights with commoner cricketers, loads of cash,
patronage for cricket. A minor royal who dreamed big.
Vizianagaram is a historic town 50 kms north east of Vizag, famous in the 1700s for its battles between the kings of
Vizianagaram and Bobilli, which also played out as proxy wars between the British and French. Its well connected to
the cricket stadium where incidentally the pavilion, the first structure to go up on the ground that used to be filled with
fly-ash in the days gone by, is named after Dr. Vizzy. It could well have been Sir Vizzy for he was knighted by the
Queen in the 30s but relinquished it after India became a free country. Vizzy wasnt even the crown prince, he was the
second son of the king and his brother ascended the throne, but he was a man with great ambition, and tagged himself
with the unique title Maharajakumar, son of Maharaja.
The old fort of Vizianagaram of Vizzys ancestors still stands, an 8-rupee shared-auto ride from the bus stand. Eateries
abound here and there with delectable local fare. There isnt much to see but the old man guarding the gate tells you to
go around the fort, from outside, to see narrow holes in the grounds. It used to be a moat filled with crocodiles to keep
the enemies at bay. A trust MANAS runs a school inside the dilapidated fort now, and a small book-fair books from
Peter Drucker to Amitav Ghosh are spread out on a few tables is currently being held on the eve of the Test.
Schoolgirls form a disciplined queue and walk towards the books.
About 10 kms from the fort, stands a Sainik school, which once used to be Vizzys palace with a tree-ringed cricket
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ground. Hobbs and Sutcliffe must have passed the fort to get to this palace where they not only stayed but also batted a
bit. It was in Benaras in Uttar Pradesh where Vizzy moved after the death of his father into a palace owned by
Vizianagaram royal family that Hobbs hit his first hundred in India. The bat with which he scored those runs is now on
display at the Lords museum in London. On it, Hobbs has scribbled, I used this bat in my last Test match versus
Australia at the Oval August 1930, also while scoring my first century in India at Benaras, November, 1930.
Not only did he get the English openers but Vizzy also drafted in the West Indian all-rounder Learie Constantine to
come play in India. Those were the days Vizzy was waging cricket wars with his arch rival the prince of Patiala
Bhupinder Singh, and Constantine found himself in the thick of battle in 1933 during the final of Moin-ud-Dowlah
tournament between the teams owned by the two princes. Vizzy didnt play that game but he sent a telegram to
Constantine, offering to ply with pounds for runs and wickets taken. Vizzys side lost the game by three runs but his
battle with Patiala prince over Indian cricket had just begun.
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Vizzy was up against a man incredibly richer than him. Bhupinder Singh was a prince with a lifestyle that can astonish
even those who are used to reading about decadent lives of rich and famous. The writer Khushwant Singh had once
waded into the prince on print. He was a headstrong bully, a debauch, drunkard, womanizer and philanderer. A
proud owner of the famous Patiala necklace as it came to be called that he specially commissioned the Parisian
jeweller Cartier and took three years in making it had 2930 diamonds, weighed 962.25 carats, and included the 7th
largest diamond in the world, a 234-carat De Beers. He was the first Indian to own an airplane, had a fleet of Rolls
Royce, and the state of Patiala already had Indias first automobile, a French made De Dion Bouton imported in 1892.
Also suffice here to say that his sex-tales are mind-boggling, and he reportedly had over 300 concubines.
Its not known whether Bhupinder indulged in a traditional ritual but the authors of Freedom at Midnight record that his
father certainly did The Maharaja of Patiala would walk out annually, clad just in a diamond breastplate. People
would cheer and greet the nude king, a custom that was supposed to ward off evil spirits from the kingdom. Unlike
Vizzy, Bhupinder Singh could play pretty decent cricket, and had set his eyes on taking control over the game in the
country. But Vizzy could never be accused of being chicken-hearted and was ready to take on the Patiala prince.
Without the patronage of these princes, Indian cricket would have been a non-starter for it was they who ploughed
money into the game. The princes sponsored tours from visiting teams, also allowed India to go on foreign tours, and
the money helped cricketers and cricket to grow.
Vizzy vs Bhupinder battle started much before Indias first Test tour of England. The Patiala prince had fallen out with
Lord Willingdon, the viceroy of India and the patron of Indian cricket board, and Vizzy moved up as the challenger.
The cricket historian Mihir Bose put Vizzy in perspective. In a land where titles were important, Maharajakumar,
meaning the son of a king suggested someone connected with royalty but never likely to rule. In English terms he was,
at best, a member of the landed gentry. But what he lacked in princely clout he made up in tenacity and an unrivalled
capacity for intrigue.
In 1931, the cancellation of MCC tour of India due to the political situation allowed Vizzy to step in. He organised
cricket tours in India and Ceylon, and it was during this time when he somehow managed to convince Hobbs, who has
refused several such Indian tours before, and Sutcliffe. Prominent Indian cricketers like CK Nayudu, Indian crickets
first superstar who used to feature in adverts and whose name was used to promote movies, DB Deodhar and Mushtaq
Ali too were part of the team. Incidentally, the current Indian and England team bus rolls past a statue of Nayudu thats
near the entrance to the Vizag stadium every day. Inexplicably, though, the wondrous hitter, who hit three sixes even at
the age of 61 in his last Ranji game for Andhra, is caught in a pose as if he is leaving the ball.
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It was this tour that had Hobbs, Sutcliffe and Nayudu, that Boria Majumdar who has written several tomes on the
Indian cricket history especially covering the early battles in the cricket board and the tussles of these princely
patrons, notes as the turning point in Vizzys career. Vizzy also cosied up to Willingdon and offered 50,000 rupees to
the Indian cricket board 40,000 was proposed for Indias tour of England in 1932.
But Bhupinder wasnt done yet. He not only financed the trials for the tour at the Bardari Palace ground in Patiala but
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also offered to sponsor Indias month-long tour in England. That tilted the scales back in his favour, and he won the
first round, as he was named the captain of the touring party. The vice-captaincy was given to a prince
Ghanyshyamsinhji of Limbdi and Vizzy was made the deputy vice-captain. Vizzy promptly withdrew from the tour,
citing health reasons, and as it turned out, so did Bhupinder. Thus it came to pass that Maharaja of Porbandar was
made the captain but luckily, for India, he realised he was the worst cricketer in the camp, and asked CK Nayudu to
captain the team.
However, Bhupinder lost his hold on the cricketing powers by 1933, perhaps due to Lord Willingdon, and in his book,
Bose mentions a 1933 meeting where the members of the board had turned against him. The prince though wouldnt be
dissuaded, and threw in the money to win back the hearts. In 1934, during a MCC tour of India, he arranged hunts and
shoots for the English, and reportedly won the favour of the captain Douglas Jardine. However Jardine also ended up
boosting the profile of Vizzy on that tour praising his captaincy after MCCs solitary loss of the tour came against
Vizzys team.
The prince and the Maharajakumar made another valiant effort to seize control over Indian cricket. Patiala donated the
trophy for the domestic tournament and decided it would be named after Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, Ranjitsinghji, the
famous Indian prince who played for England and had died a year before.
Not to be outdone, Vizzy too donated a trophy, gold plated and made in London, for the same domestic tournament and
in an attempt to ingratiate himself further with the viceroy, said it should be named after Willingdon. Vizzy suggested
that Ranji hadnt done much for Indian cricket, and Indias premier tournament shouldnt be named after him. It was
around this time that the teams of Vizzy and Patiala met in the final of Moin-ud-dowlah where even the presence of
Constantine couldnt help Vizzys team win as Lala Amarnath came up with a counter-attacking hundred that sealed the
game. The domestic tournament also rapidly progressed towards its finale nameless and without much interest from
people who were still hooked on to Pentagular tournaments then. The trophy was to be given away by Willingdon
himself but Vizzy had to suffer the ignominy of watching the viceroy hand out the trophy donated by Patiala, and the
tournament also named after Ranji.
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Vizzy wasnt the one to be dissuaded by such small episodes though. Even as Patiala was in London for the silver
jubilee celebrations for King George V, Vizzy was busy in India, organising a tournament to honour the King. His team,
that included CK Nayudu, defeated Patialas team and this time around, the viceroy handed out the original Willingdon
trophy to Vizzy. His team also had Captain Jack Brittain-Jones who would later become the manager of Indian team
that toured England in 1936.
Patiala tried to repeat the same ploy he did before the 32 tour- offering to host the trials and sponsor the tour but by
now Vizzy had moved ahead in the game. He went around the country, canvassing for votes, and managed to secure the
captaincy for himself. And unlike the maharaja of Porbandar, he didnt allow CK Nayudu to captain, and played
himself in all the three Tests. This was the tour that also saw Vizzy send back Lala Amarnath on disciplinary grounds.
Vizzy averaged 16.21, his captaincy came under fire, and he cut a sorry figure on the field: a plumpish, rather hunched
figure, perpetually standing in the slips and peering through spectacles at a game he did not seem to understand.
It wasnt just Amarnath, CK Nayudu faced Vizzys wrath, too. Vizzy had Baqa Jilani abuse Nayudu at the breakfast
table, and rewarded Jilani by giving a Test cap. On that tour, he also asked Syed Mushtaq Ali to run out Vijay
Merchant but Ali duly informed Merchant when he joined him at the crease.
For all the criticism, though, Vizzy had achieved his dreams. Not only did he manage to captain India in Tests, but he
also got knighted on the tour. The once minor royal who couldnt become the king of Vizianagaram had come a long
way.
Meanwhile, his once-arch rival Bhupinder not only lost control of cricket but also was fast losing his virility. He tried
various concoctions from Indian doctors and even tried radium therapy from the French doctors, but in vain.
However, Collins and Lapierre nail the issue of his death in their book. It was not a lack of virility that afflicted the
jaded and sated prince. His was a malady that plagued not a few of his surfeited fellow rulers. It was boredom. He
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died of it.
In later years, Vizzy became a commentator, selector, board president, and a politician. His commentary too was
reportedly dull, captured best by a story told by his fellow commentator Dicky Rutnagur, featuring the West Indian
batsman Rohan Kanhai. Tired of Vizzy yakking on about his numerous tiger hunts, Kanhai, supposedly asked him,
How do you kill them?
I shoot them.. And Kanhai let it rip: Really? I thought you just left a transistor radio on when you were
commentating and bored them to death.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: The great, the good and the classy
from Vizag | The Indian Express
Written by
Sriram Veera
| Visakhapatnam |
Umesh Yadav ended Jonny Bairstows vigil.

Bairstow (53) and Ben Stokes (70) had added 110 runs for the sixth wicket when the breakthrough came. (Source:
Reuters)
A great delivery, a good ball, and a classy knock lifted the quality of the Vizag Test where India hold all the aces with
two days to go. James Anderson hurled a great delivery to knock out Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav came up with a
real good one to break Englands fight with the bat, and Virat Kohli sparkled with one of his more serene Test knocks.
Each of those events changed the complexion of the play Yadav seized back the initiative, allowing R Ashwin to
rush through the tail to get a 200-run first-innings lead, Anderson raised the English hopes, and Kohli settled the Indian
nerves.
Its Yadavs special that deserves our attention first. The fast bowlers from both camps have struggled to get much
reverse in the game. It would wobble a bit but nothing that could threaten a good batsman. Lush outfield, non-abrasive
pitch, pleasant weather conditions were some of the reasons offered. Whatever the reason, the little red round thing
refused to partake in any trickery.
The match situation was also getting out of hand for India. Almost. Johnny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, who together
have had a great year for England, were in the right headspace for the hard graft that was required here. The two had
added 110 runs in 44 overs, dragging England from a precarious 80 for 5 to 190. Both were admirably dogged; playing
against their natural style. Block, push, leave, tap, drive, block was the theme of day. They had killed any thoughts
India might have had about knocking out the last five wickets cheaply and even wonder about follow-on if the bowlers
were fresh. Prospects of an early finish had already evaporated with the afternoon sun when Yadav decided to
intervene.
Even in this modern-day cricket where most batsmen like stand with their bat raised, Bairstow tilts on the extreme. He
stands like a statue, arms raised chest-high, and the bat cocked up at the sky. Not a muscle twitches even as the bowler
is more than half-way through the run-up. A yorker always seems a good idea at him, but he has tackled them in the
past.
Yadav has impressed with his accuracy, consistency, and effort in the two games in this series so far. He has kept
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Ishant Sharma out of the playing XI without much fuss. He has the habit of tossing the ball and catching just before he
turns at the top of the run-up. Its a fluid easy run-up, and a smooth release. In the past, he couldnt quite repeat his
action and has erred in lines. He has been much tighter this year, though.
READ: Accuracy R Ashwin bowls with is a challenge, says Jonny Bairstow
He let the ball go. It rushed through full, much fuller than the recent deliveries had been. Bairstow twitched forward,
stopped that movement as he saw the length, but the ball started to swing in. In the context of game, with not much
reverse, Bairstow wasnt prepared for the extent of deviation. He tried to stab it to the on side but it evaded, crashed
into the pad and fell on the stumps.
If you place the replay alongside other famous reverse-swinging deliveries, it would probably look the weakest
visual, but in the context of this game, with hardly much reverse, it was quite something. England were 190 for 6, and
Ashwin could do the thing he does, and India got the lead they were looking for.
READ: R Ashwin first bowler to complete 50 wickets in consecutive years
Context is everything in sport. Ask Anderson. On Friday evening, he had talked about how he missed the feeling that
comes when he takes wickets for England. And that he couldnt handle being out for three months due to shoulder
injury. He looked dead tired but his spirits were up. It would have amped up on Saturday evening. Anderson had a
short first spell and would have watched Stuart Broad take out M Vijay with a nip-backer and induce KL Rahul to
poke behind. It was clear that the ball could be cajoled to do something. Anderson was re-introduced into the attack
from the end Broad bowled.
With three hundreds in three Tests, Pujaras form doesnt need any talking-up. Anderson served a lovely sequence of
deliveries: A short one to push Pujara back, and a full one outside off to keep his mind occupied about what would
come next.
Sublime Jimmy
Greatness arrived. In the past, Anderson has talked how he does what he does. The index finger takes charge on the
seam for outswing, the middle finger takes control for the inswing, and he has the wobble ball that lands on the side of
the seam. Log on to Youtube to watch the TV show masterclass with Sky Sports Ian Ward where Anderson shows his
skills. After each delivery the one that goes away, the one that comes in, and the wobbler they show the brand new
ball with its markings after each delivery; the seam lands where Anderson says it would. For the wobble, he says he
ideally wants to land part-seam, part cherry. Utterly fascinating stuff.
READ: Taking five wickets was not on my mind, says R Ashwin
It perhaps was the wobble-delivery that he bowled to Pujara as the follow up to the bouncer and the one that whistled
through the outside-off channel.
The seam was scrambled as it came in, the middle finger is the last to come off, the seam is tilted towards on side, and
the ball landed part seam, part cherry. The prominent seam means the ball landing on its edge helps in cutting the
ball that much more. And this one did.
Sometimes Pujara doesnt get that front foot forward enough, and can push out the bat a way too much in front, opening
up the bat-pad-gap. Here only a Boycott or a Gavaskar could be harsh with him. He did move forward, perhaps not as
much as some others but he hadnt frozen at the crease. The ball kept cutting in, and an alarmed Pujara tried to push out
his bat but it crashed through to the middle stump. The look on Pujaras face was the best compliment that Anderson
could have got in his comeback game.
India were reduced to 40 for 3 in 18.3 overs at the fall of Pujara. The game wasnt in a balance but it had got a lot
more interesting. One more wicket could have exposed the lower middle order Ashwin who has bowled a lot of
overs and could be tired to Andersons trickery. If they had bowled out India cheaply, England could well have
been chasing something like 350 still a really difficult task but a partnership from England top order would mean that
India couldnt have attacked with as many close-in fielders.
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PHOTOS: R Ashwin takes five, Virat Kohli builds strong lead

Here is where Kohli chose to take control of the game. He had started off in a flurry, driving regally, on driving and
pulling but he perfectly sensed the match situation after Pujaras exit. It was the time to graft, pull down the shutter, not
allow England to puff-out their chests. We have seen him counterattack or impose himself in Indian conditions but it
was time for something different. Normally, a sense of bossiness comes through during his aggressive knocks
serenity came through here in Vizag.
As ever, the balance at crease was supreme, and allowed him to take decisions late without much fuss. There was a
delivery from Adil Rashid late in the day, that actually almost shot through low. Most good batsmen would have
adjusted to lack of bounce but might have just pushed it out to the on side. Kohli pressed back and even as the bounce
died and the ball began to skid towards his pad, there wasnt any last-minute panic. The bottom-hand took over, and he
not only kept the ball away but managed to whip it through midwicket for a four.
He was compact in defence and, as they say, solid. The foot movements were precise, the bat came down mostly
straight and on the rare occasions, like this one time against Ben Stokes, when the natural urge to swat-flick or go to
the on side took over, he would immediately shadow-practice the bat coming through nice and straight. Ajinkya
Rahane put a good fight too, and ever so slowly, India finished the day on top. A day where Yadav, Anderson and
Kohli can really put up their feet and smoke a cigar. Well, they probably wont, but if they do, it would be
understandable.
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Zimbabwe vs West Indies: Zimbabwe salvage tie in thriller with

West Indies | The Indian Express
By:
AFP
| Bulawayo |
Published:November 19, 2016 10:03 pm
Shai Hope scored his first hundred plus score

in just his second ODI the West Indies. (Source: Twitter/ICC)
Shai Hope hit his maiden one-day international century but the West Indies could only stutter to a dramatic tie in a
triangular series clash with Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday.
With Hope scoring 101 in just his second ODI the West Indies were well on track to overhaul the hosts 257 all out,
until his dismissal sparked a late collapse.
The tourists went into the final over needing just four runs to win off seamer Donald Tiripano, but lost three wickets
two of them to run-outs to finish on 257 for eight.
We should have won the game, but thats cricket, said West Indies captain Jason Holder.
Its important for the guys to learn from this occasion. As a young team we just need to think a bit more when we get
into these tight positions.
The game was set up by two dominant partnerships for the third wicket, with Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza Butt
putting on 144 for Zimbabwe before Hope and Kraigg Brathwaites 162-run stand for the West Indies.
With Ervine scoring 92 and Raza hitting 77, Zimbabwe went into the final 12 overs of their innings on 188 for two,
with their eye on a winning total.
Instead the innings unravelled with Razas dismissal, as the hosts lost eight for 69 in the remaining overs to be bowled
out off the final ball of the innings.
Carlos Brathwaite picked up the key wicket of Raza as well as two more late dismissals to finish with figures of four
for 48.
The West Indies looked in control throughout their chase, with Kraigg Brathwaite scoring 78 and Hope taking
advantage of being dropped on 69 and 84, both times by Raza off the bowling of Graeme Cremer.
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The tourists reached the end of the 44th over on 217 for two, but when Hope was caught behind off the bowling of
Chris Mpofu, Zimbabwe were able to squeeze the new batsmen on a two-paced pitch.
Although Sean Williams picked up two wickets in his final over, the West Indies were still heavy favourites when
Carlos Brathwaite hit the final ball of the penultimate over for six.
But Tiripano held his nerve to have Brathwaite caught in the deep, then enjoyed some luck when he deflected Holders
drive onto the stumps at the non-strikers end to run out Ashley Nurse.
Holder only needed a single off the final delivery, but could not make contact and saw his partner Jonathan Carter run
out as he tried to steal a bye.
We made some mistakes and it could have gone our way, but credit to the guys for the way they fought and secured the
tie, said Cremer.
We were a bit sloppy in the field, we probably gave away 20 runs and dropped a couple of catches, but well take the
positives from this game into the final two matches.
Zimbabwe take on Sri Lanka at the same Queen Sports Club venue on Monday in the next game of the series.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: Accuracy R Ashwin bowls with is a

challenge, says Jonny Bairstow | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Visakhapatnam |
Jonny Bairstow defied pain and played a fine

innings off 152 balls with five fours and along with Ben Stokes. (Source: AP)
Ravichandran Ashwin might have broken Englands backbone with his five-wicket haul, but wicketkeeper-batsman
Jonny Bairstow feels that his team would be able to handle the Indian off-spinner in the fourth innings of the ongoing
second Test.
Courtesy Ashwins five for 67, India bowled out England for 255 in their first essay to take a commanding lead of 200.
We have played him well to be honest. He bowled nicely today but the accuracy he bowls with is something that is
a challenge. Every world class spinner has accuracy and that is probably his main asset, his pace variation is
something that is going to be a challenge, Bairstow, who scored an impressive 53, said.
In that first Test we played him nicely. He did bowl nicely, we know going into the fourth innings we can
play Ashwin well, he said, recalling the drawn Rajkot Test, where the world No.1 bowler had a listless match haul
of 3/230.
READ: The great, the good and the classy
Bairstow and Ben Stokes (70) consolidated the innings, taking England to 190/6 from 80/5 at one a stage
before eventually folding for 255 in reply to Indias first innings total of 455. Ashwin struck in the second session of
the day en-route to his maiden five-wicket haul against England.
At the close of play, India had already stretched their lead to 298 with two more days to go.
I think its important for us to try and make it as difficult as possible for India to score runs at a rate they want to
score. The longer we can delay the amount of runs they score, puts up in a better position. We will try our hardest in
the morning session to restrict the amount of runs and try to take a few wickets. Definitely it will be hard on the
pitch with our bowlers.
READ: R Ashwin first bowler to complete 50 wickets in consecutive years
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When we bat whenever it may be theres uneven bounce on the pitch. We will try to chase down whatever is set. We
got to be still positive. At the end of the day, its still the run chase. Thats the exciting part of it however many that
may be, he said about Englands survival plan.
Having tripped while walking out to bat, Bairstow defied pain and played a fine innings off 152 balls with five
fours and along with Stokes, became the most-prolific pairing in 2016, getting past Alastair Cook and Hales.
READ: R Ashwin talks a lot of sense about bowling, says Jayant Yadav
We complement each other being left and right. We rotate the strike pretty well. Its just comb of everything that seems
to work nicely, he said.
We are pretty happy with the way Ben and I played and then (Adil) Rashid chipped in. Coming at the end, I thought he
played really nicely. We needed to show a little more fight in rest of the game be it in the first or fourth innings.
The fight comes in many different ways, be it with the bat, ball or field. Me as a keeper Im always looking for guys
to be in right position. I think we showed some nice fight today and taking three in the evening session was a strong
comeback within todays passage of play, said Bairstow.
Asked about his freak injury this morning, he said: I tripped up, made myself look like a wally I hurt my knee a bit so
I turned round and went back for some treatment. My boot got lodged in the turf and just meant that I twisted a bit but I
should be alright.
It was sore, dont get me wrong, but it was one of those things and didnt affect me too much. It was just a pain in the
backside or rather the knee.
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India vs England, Stats: R Ashwin first bowler to complete 50

wickets in consecutive years | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Visakhapatnam |
R Ashwin, with four instances of a fifty and

five wickets in an innings, has equalled Kapil Devs Indian record. (Source: Reuters)
The statistical highlights on day three of the second Test between India and England.
# Jonny Bairstows splendid 53 in the current Test is his first fifty vs India in Tests his 12th overall.
# Just three wicketkeepers have amassed 1000 runs or more apart from averaging fifty-plus in Tests Abraham de
Villiers (57.41) and Andy Flower (53.70) and Jonny Bairstow (52.92).
# Bairstow has become the first batsman to amass 1200 runs or more in Tests this year his tally being
1217 (ave.64.05) in 14 Tests. He is the tenth England batsman to aggregate 1200 runs or more in Tests in a calendar
year.
# Bairstow has posted nine fifty-plus innings (3 centuries + 6 fifties) in 22 innings this year, equalling the record for
most such innings by a wicketkeeper in a calendar year. South Africas Abraham de Villiers had posted four hundreds
and five fifties in 13 innings in 2013.
# Bairstow has amassed 1429 runs (ave.52.92), including three hundreds and seven fifties, in 18 Tests.
# Bairstow is one of the three wicketkeepers to have scored 1,000 runs or more apart from averaging 50-plus 1429
(ave.52.92) in 18 Tests. His brilliant average is the third highest next only to the 57.41 by Abraham de Villiers and
Andy Flower (53.70).
# Ben Stokes has managed 723 runs at an average of 60.25, including two hundreds and three fifties, in twelve innings
the highest by a number six batsman in Tests in 2016.
# Ravichandran Ashwins superb figures of five for 67 are his first instance of a five-wicket haul against England in
eight Tests the 22nd in Tests. Only three Indian bowlers have bagged more five-wicket hauls Anil Kumble (35),
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Harbhajan Singh (25) and Kapil Dev (23).

# Ashwin became the first bowler to complete 50 wickets in two consecutive calendar years 62 at 17.20 runs apiece
in 9 Tests in 2015 and 52 at 22.51 runs apiece in 9 Tests in 2016. Ashwin was the top wicket-taker in Tests last year.
# Ashwin, with four instances of a fifty and five wickets in an innings in the same Test match, has equalled Kapil
Devs Indian record.
# Bairstow, with 60 catches this year, has become the second wicketkeeper to take 60 catches or more in a calendar
year in Tests the first being South Africas Mark Boucher 65 in 13 Tests in 1998.
# Virat Kohlis tally of 223 runs is the highest by an Indian captain in a Test match vs England.
# With 200 runs or more in a Test match as captain against four opponents, Kohli remains the only one to do so four
times.
# James Anderson has registered his 20th duck in Tests. Among the England players, only Steve Harmison has
recorded more ducks 20 for England and 1 for ICC World XI.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: Taking five wickets was not on my

mind, says R Ashwin | The Indian Express
By:
IANS
| Visakhapatnam |
R Ashwin caused plenty of trouble for Ben

Stokes and Jonny Bairstow on a pitch which does not have too much grass. (Source: AP)
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who on Saturday bowled India to a 200-run lead against England with his careers
22nd five wicket haul, said he only wanted to bowl to his strength.
Ashwin returned with figures of 5/67 as England were bowled out for 255 in their first innings shortly before the tea
break at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
He caused plenty of trouble for the English duo Ben Stokes (70) and Jonny Bairstow (53) on a pitch which does not
have too much grass.
Ashwin, who scored a half-century in Indias first essay, ripped through the English batting line-up as India ended the
third day with a healthy 298-run lead in the second innings.
Hadnt had a five-wicket haul against England, but it was not at the top of my mind. I knew I would get it if I stuck to
what I do right. The challenges are actually a hassle for the batsmen. Not every ball spins, Ashwin said after the
match.
He explained about the plan which he and Skipper Virat Kohli discussed to dismiss Joe Root (53).
I was in the middle of a very good rhythm. I told Virat I will get Root out caught out at short midwicket. Virat said
lets get mid-on up and make him go for a slog sweep. I thought the moment he steps out I was going to go wider. That
worked, Ashwin said.
The last wicket was slow so I changed my action to create more air space. It is not about trials, it is about having the
heart to try it in the middle of the game. I am sure I have it, he added.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: R Ashwin talks a lot of sense about

bowling, says Jayant Yadav | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Visakhapatnam |
Ravichandran Ashwin has played a big role in grooming Jayant Yadav and the debutant profusely thanked Indias star
spinner for his impressive debut in the second Cricket Test against England.
Recalling his association with Ashwin since 2014, he said: We met through (India bowling coach) Eric Simmons. He
was preparing for his England tour and very sweet of him to help me as I was just playing Ranji Trophy that time.
Its a very proud moment for any cricketer. As you graduate from U-17, U-19 and Ranji Trophy, Test cricket is the
topmost level. The first day in the dressing room helped.
Just to see how he prepares and to get some inputs from him was quite special. We stayed in touch, we have a good
rapport and a good friendship going on. He talks a lot of sense about bowling.
He did not give me a lot of technical inputs but he told me to bowl different lines to different batsmen and to be
consistent. He also told me a few things so that my length goes up, he said about Ashwins support.
Asked about Ashwins deceptive drift, he said: A lot of things fall into place for that drift to happen. Ash is bowling
beautifully like a dream. You have to work on it. It does not come overnight. You have to put a lot of effort into it. A lot
of technical things also go into it.
Much before he impressed with his tidy bowling of 1/38 from 12 overs, Jayants effort with the bat 35 was
commendable as he shared a crucial 64-run for the eighth wicket with Ashwin (58) to take India to 455 in the first
innings.
He was also brilliant on the field and executed the runout of impressive youngster Haseeb Hameed with a brilliant
throw from the deep.
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A modest Jayant, who was originally included in the squad for the New Zealand series in place of an indisposed Ishant
Sharma (chikungunya), said travelling with the team really helped.
Ive been travelling with the team for a while. Getting the icepacks and to know everybody really helps. I would be
lying if I say that there were not any nerves. There were definitely. As I bowled the first over, it gradually subsided
and I am pretty glad, he said.
With an overall lead of 298, India were set for a big win against England.
Tomorrow being the fourth day and fifth day to come, its definitely going to be a tough proposition. We strive
ourselves to be a consistent. Its going to be really tough as you see the variable bounce and the odd ball turning and
keeping straight.
Jayant also remembered his dismissal of AB de Villiers during a tour match while representing the Board Presidents
XI in October 2015.
He would be the biggest player I have got out. But it all depends on situations. It drifted away and it went through the
gate and he was playing a forward defence, he said.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: Stuart Broad suffers tendon strain but
will continue to bowl | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Visakhapatnam |
Stuart Broad was effective as he picked up

the wicket of Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul. (Source: Reuters)
England fast bowler Stuart Broad suffered a tendon strain on day three of the second Test but he will continue to bowl
in Indias second innings.
Stuart Broad has strained a tendon and one of the small joints in his right forefoot. The injury will be reviewed
further at the end of this Test. He will continue to bowl in Indias second innings, an England team spokesperson said.
The visitors face a herculean task to save the game with India leading by 398 runs at stumps on day three.
Broad was effective in his six overs today, conceding just six runs besides picking up the wicket of Indian openers
Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul.
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Will Ricky Ponting get a big role in Australian cricket? | The

Indian Express
By:
PTI
| New Delhi |
Ricky Ponting didnt do too badly in his two

years with Mumbai Indians where the team emerged champions in the 2015 edition.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting may be in contention for a big role in a revamped Australian cricket,
something that is doing rounds after Mumbai Indians named Mahela Jayawardene as their new coach.
Australia were soundly thrashed by South Africa at home in two Test matches and that has led to calls for complete
overhaul in their set-up.
Chairman of selectors Rodney Marsh has resigned and former skipper Greg Chappell has been appointed interim
selector with Trevor Hohns replacing Marsh as the chairman.
In fact a tweet by his former teammate Damien Martyn has given rise to speculations that Pontings expertise may be
sought in what can be termed as distressed times in Australian cricket.
One of @CricketAus greats is no longer coaching the @mipaltan IPL side. Could a big announcement be coming,
Martyn tweeted with a mug shot of Ponting wearing Baggy Green.
Ponting didnt do too badly in his two years with MI where the team emerged champions in the 2015 edition. Coaching
or mentoring T20 franchises is considered to be a prosperous career choice for former greats as it takes less time with
greater financial benefits.
There is a school of thought in cricketing fraternity that only when a big role with countrys cricket board comes
calling then only does someone decides to forego franchise cricket coaching offers.
While the two-year contract ended after 2016 edition but the former Australian skipper according to team sources
shared a fantastic relation with the MI management.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: R Ashwin, Virat Kohli put India in

commanding position | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Visakhapatnam |
R Ashwins 5 for 67 is the first time he has

picked so many against England in an innings. (Source: Reuters)
Ravichandran Ashwin was back in his element with yet another five-wicket haul, setting up a perfect launchpad for
skipper Virat Kohli to extend Indias lead to 298 runs against England on the third day of the second cricket Test here.
Courtesy Ashwins 5 for 67, the first time he has picked so many against England in an innings, India bowled out
England for 255 in their first essay to take a commanding lead of 200 runs.
Deciding against enforcing follow-on, India reached 98 for 3 in their second innings at close of play with skipper
Kohli once again leading from the front with an attacking 56 off 70 balls. His innings was laced with six boundaries.
First-innings centurion, Kohli, was batting in the company of Ajinkya Rahane (22).
While the pitch has not deteriorated massively, but batting on fourth and fifth day will be trickier and Kohli would like
to take charge and set up a target beyond the reach of the visitors, who will be batting fourth.
After an indifferent first session, it was Ashwin, who turned the tables on the visitors with his 22nd five-wicket haul in
Test cricket.
The off-spinner faced some challenges but he returned to rip through the tail with wickets in successive deliveries
after Ben Stokes (70) and Jonny Bairstow (53) put on 110 runs for the fifth wicket.
With overnight figures of 2 for 20, Ashwin had a lean first spell (9-1-33-0) after he was introduced in the second over
of the day, struggling to break the Stokes-Bairstow partnership.
But he returned in the second session and got the balls to grip and skid off the pitch in a fine spell of 7.5-0-14-3, which
included the wicket of England top-scorer Stokes, who hit 11 boundaries.
Ashwin now has five-wicket haul against all the Test nations he has played against six against New Zealand, four
each against Australia, South Africa and West Indies, two against Sri Lanka and one each against Bangladesh and
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England.
In 2016, the 30-year-old has 52 wickets, two behind Rangana Heraths 54.
The left-hander carried Englands survival hopes and found a fine ally in Bairstow (53), who batted brilliantly despite
a troubled ankle before being cleaned up by a fullish delivery from Umesh Yadav with 10 minutes to go for the lunch.
With 33 minutes to tea, Englands first innings folded for in 102.5 overs with a deficit of exactly 200 runs.
England however had an impressive first session with Stokes and Bairstow oozing oodles of confidence and
determination on a pitch with variable bounce but little assistance for spinners, perhaps due to the use of roller this
morning.
Starting off from the pavillion end, Ashwin had an underwhelming first spell that included a first ball DRS referral
only to be overturned.
Bairstow got one to sweep with a not-out verdict but an overconfident Ashwin showed the T sign without consulting
his captain Kohli as the ace off-spinner had an underwhelming first session to his own standard.
Then in the 55th over, Wriddhiman Saha failed to gather the ball cleanly with Stokes backfoot out of crease as a
stumping opportunity with the batsman on 24, was missed.
Stokes and Bairstow (53) dominated the first session and with India desperate for a breakthrough, Umesh Yadav
finally gave the opening when he cleaned up the latter with a fuller delivery.
Having completed his 12th Test half-century with a boundary against Yadav a couple of overs ago, Bairstow was
beaten by pace as he tried to work the ball away before it cannoned into his leg stump after grazing his pad.
Barring the opening towards the later stage, the first session clearly belonged to the English left-right duo.
Having tripped over his ankle while walking out to bat, Bairstow defied pain and played beautifully in his innings
from 152 balls with five fours as along with Stokes, the duo became the most-prolific pairing in 2016, getting past
Alastair Cook and Alex Hales.
He looked fully confident against Yadav against whom he brought up his fifty driving the ball to the boundary which
also brought up their hundred partnership in 238 balls.
With his fifty, Bairstow also joined AB de Villiers (in 2013) as the most 50-plus scores in a calendar year but a yorker
gave the much-needed opening.
At the other end, Stokes was in the middle of one of his slowest innings taking 108 balls to reach his eighth Test fifty
and made full use of his stroke of lucks that began with yesterday when he was bowled by the bails did not dislodge.
Having done all the hardwork by taking the team out of the rut from being 80/5, Stokes end came in the second session
that also opened the days account for Ashwin.
Stokes prodded forward and the ball popped up to silly point as the English allrounder seemed to be caught in double
jeopardy either trapped leg before or caught if he had an edge.
Not giving up, the left-hander went for a review as he was adjudged leg before something that looked to have instilled
confidence in Ashwin, who bowled without any success this morning.
The pitch looked like worn-out but Ashwin had to wait for his first wicket till the 11th over of his day.
Stokes wicket virtually opened the gate for India as Ravindra Jadeja bowled Zafar Ansari (4) at the other end before
the Ashwin trapped Stuart Board (13) and James Anderson (0) leg before off successive deliveries.
When India batted, England struck early with Stuart Broad (2/6) making full use of the DRS to remove both the
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openers Murali Vijay (3) and KL Rahul (10), who failed in both of his innings before James Anderson castled
Cheteshwar Pujara (1) to reduce India to 40/3 inside 17 overs.
The Gautam Gambhir replacement Rahul played an atrocious shot away from his body edging behind the stumps.
Broad had his way and referred successfully for a second time.
In his previous over Broad gave the breakthrough with Vijay taking a big inside edge and was caught by Joe Root at
gully, a decision that was also referred to make India 16/1 just after tea.
Anderson replaced Broad and struck in his second over bowling Pujara middle-stump but since then Kohli batted in a
different zone, piling on the misery for England who fought a losing battle.
There was a tantalising battle between Anderson and Kohli was on display but the Indian Test skipper was fully in
control in yet another effortless display.
Following up his first innings 167, Kohli batted with ease and reached to his 13th Test fifty from 63 balls
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India in cruise control against England in Vizag: Who said what on

Twitter | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
|
Virat Kohli scored yet another half century in

a superb year for the Indian skipper. (Source: Reuters)
For a second day in a row, India are in commanding position against England in the second Test in Vizag. With Virat
Kohli on 56 and Ajinkya Rahane on 22, the hosts are 98/3 after taking a lead of 200 runs. This effectively puts India
298 runs in the good and barring a collapse on Sunday, things are headed towards a 1-0 for the number one ranked
team in Tests. However, if things stay the same, England are looking at fighting a long battle by the middle session.
Commencing from 103/5, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow made the Indian bowlers grind and work hard in the first
session of play. Both hit half-centuries and put together 110 runs for the sixth-wicket stand to launch Englands
fightback on the day.
Stokes luck continued to shine down on him. After being hit on the stumps by Jayant Yadav on Friday but the bails
staying still, he had another wave of luck when Wriddhiman Saha missed a stumping chance off R Ashwin when he
was on just 21.
But with ten minutes to go for lunch, Umesh Yadavs yorker dismissed Bairstow for 53. Later, after lunch, Ashwin was
out in full flow to dismiss Stokes for 70.
The offie then went on to pick up yet another fifer miraculously his first against England.
In reply, after choosing not to enforce the follow on, India lost three quick wickets to stand at 40/3 before Kohli and
Rahane calmed things down.
This Test Match is becoming a @imVkohli Masterclass . #INDIA
Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 19, 2016
Virat Kohli 223* runs in the match the most by an Indian captain in a Test match vs England
MAK Pataudi 216#IndvEng
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Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 19, 2016

There must be a sense of joy and power when you are in the kind of form @imVkohli is in.
Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 19, 2016
@imVkohli looks like hes playing a different game from everyone else #INDvENG
JohnDykes (@JohnDykesUK) 19 November 2016
Indian players adjusting to DRS. Indian commentators adjusting to DRS.#IndvEng
Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) 19 November 2016
For England, James Anderson picked up one wicket while a somewhat injured Stuart Broad picked up two wickets.
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India vs England, 2nd Test: Virat Kohli leads from the front after
R Ashwin wraps up England | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| Visakhapatnam |
Virat Kohli (L) and Ajinkya Rahane shared an

unbeaten 58-run stand for the fourth wicket. (Source: Reuters)
R Ashwin will be on a hat-trick when he comes on to bowl in the second innings. He picked up two wickets in two
balls in the first innings to bowl out England for 255. Both were leg-before decisions. First he got Stuart Broad and
then he dismissed James Anderson. And with that, India got a 200-run first innings lead.
The second innings began on dismal note for India as Stuart Broad dismissed openers before the 10th over. Murali
Vijay and KL Rahul were both out after reviews taken by England.
James Anderson then cleaned up Cheteshwar Pujara for a peach of a delivery that swung back late and hit his middle
stumps. At this stage, it looked like England could make a comeback. But then Rahane joined Kohli with India at 40
for the loss of three wickets.
At stumps, India had moved on to 98 with no further damage done. It looked like Kohli was batting on different pitch
and against a different bowling attack than other batsmen. He drove, pulled and defended with ease and scored yet
another half-century. Rahane remained unbeaten on 22. By the end of the day, India led by 298 runs with two more
days play remaining in this second Test in Vizag.
England would have liked to at least save the follow-on but they fell short by one run. Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes
began the day for England at 103 for the loss of five wickets and almost had a perfect first session before Umesh
Yadav dismissed the former for 53.
This exposed the England tail and Ashwin then wrapped it up. Stokes continued his good form but fell for 70. That
was the final nail in the coffin.
India will like to put on some quick runs on the fourth day and set England a total of around 400 runs. This will give
the Indian bowlers both runs and time to play with and bowl out the England team. Unless something dramatic
happens, India are on course to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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New Zealand vs Pakistan: Neil Wagner claims 100th Test wicket |

The Indian Express
By:
Reuters
|
Neil Wagner plays as the third seamer

alongside Tim Southee and Trent Boutl. (Source: AP file)
With the first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan ticking along at a pedestrian pace on the third day in
Christchurch on Saturday, Neil Wagner fulfilled his duty as the bowler who makes things happen.
Wagners double breakthrough triggered Pakistans slumped from 58-1 to 105-7 in their second innings and that he
snared his 100th Test wicket in the process was icing on the cake for the left-armer.
ALSO READ | Trent Boult strikes late to put Pakistan in trouble
Before Wagners intervention, the tourists had been trying to slow the game at Hagley Oval with Babar Azam and
Azhar Ali well set to lay the foundations for a solid second innings.
Persisting with a short-bowling plan, however, Wagner had Babar caught behind for 29 before an even better bouncer
got rid of the prolific Younus Khan for one as Pakistan slumped to 64 for three.
Thats my job to do that, Wagner said.
When its not swinging and also conditions start getting a little bit easier to bat, Ive obviously got to try and make
something happen.
Wagner has been making things happen for the New Zealand side a lot this year.
Originally a line and length swing bowler in his home country of South Africa, Wagner came to New Zealand in 2008
and got on the selectors radar when he took five wickets in one over for Otago against Wellington in 2011.
After establishing his residency, he was selected for New Zealands tour of West Indies in 2012 with Kieran Powell
his first wicket in Antigua.
Wagner has often been the third seamer in the side, a role that involves running into the wind, bowling a lot of overs
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while keeping the runs down and giving Tim Southee and Trent Boult a rest.
In the last couple of seasons Wagner has developed short-pitched bowling into the body as part of his armoury.
Consistently aiming for the ribs unsettles batsmen and coach Mike Hesson said earlier this year it took considerable
skill to keep putting the ball in a place that causes such discomfort.
It also results in wickets. While Wagner took 35 wickets in 10 matches in 2013, the last year he was consistently in the
team, but this year he has been in arguably career-best form.
In eight games in 2016 he has taken 34 wickets at an average of 21.58. Boult has 31 wickets at 32.51 in 10 games,
while Southee has taken 17 at 41.70 in seven.
Im not surprised to see him doing exceptionally well. Hes a whole-hearted trier, Pakistans South African coach
Mickey Arthur, who watched a young Wagner develop in Pretoria, said.
Hes a guy, who gives it his all and he kept running in. I thought he was magnificent.
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Politics
Centre ignoring countrys life line Railways, says TMC leader Mukul Roy
[Sun, 20
Nov 14:10]
PM Modi in Agra: Prime Minsiter to launch affordable scheme, might speak on

demonetisation [Sun, 20 Nov 13:04]
Demonetisation has caused utter misery, helplessness to common man: Congress
[Sun,
20 Nov 09:32]
Arvind Kejriwal to address 21 rallies in Punjab starting from today

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[Sun, 20 Nov 09:22]
Centre ignoring countrys life line Railways, says TMC leader

Mukul Roy | The Indian Express
By:
ANI
| New Delhi |
Former Railways Minister and TMC leader

Mukul Roy
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday termed the derailment of
Indore-Patna express as unfortunate and alleged that the Centre is ignoring the Railways. Roy said that the Indian
Railways is the lifeline of the nation.
It is an unfortunate incident. We feel sorry for the family members of the victims. I express my deepest condolences.
This government has been ignoring the railways, which is the life line of the country, said Roy.
The Congress Party earlier in the day held Suresh Prabhu-led Ministry of Railways responsible for the derailment of
Indore-Patna express and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who talks of bullet trains, has totally ignored the
safety of Indian railways.
With massive rescue operations in full swing to pull out bodies from the wreckage of the derailed Indore Patna
Express, the death toll in the tragic accident has mounted to a staggering 95.
At least 153 people have been injured and several bodies are still trapped under the wreckage of the mangled coaches
after the train derailed at the Hanshi-Kanpur intersection in Uttar Pradesh at 3.20 a.m.
One army column, a team of doctors and paramedics have been deployed at the spot to help in the rescue operation.
Two National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from Varanasi and one NDRF team from Lucknow have been
sent to the accident spot to assist in the rescue operation.
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha has ordered a high-level probe into the incident.
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have offered their
condolences to the bereaved kin of the victims.
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PM Modi in Agra: Prime Minsiter to launch affordable scheme,

might speak on demonetisation | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| New Delhi |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a gathering in Agra on Sunday afternoon, kickstarting the BJPs election
campaign in the region for the upcoming elections. PM Modi will also launch a housing scheme for rural poor called
Pradhanmantri Grameen Awas Yojana. The scheme aims at providing affordable housing by 2022 to those living
below poverty line. He will distribute the allotment letters to 50 beneficiaries of the scheme.
The Prime Minister is also expected to speak on the demonetisation policy of the government, which caused furore
inside the parliament. PM Modi first addressed the issue in his speech to the Indian diaspora living in Japan. The
ongoing wister session of Parliament saw repeated disruptions over the issue and Opposition parties have been
unrelenting in their demand that PM Modi must participate in the House debate.
Congress on Sunday alleged that its demonetisation of high value currency has caused utter misery to the common man
and left them in a helpless state. It is a fact that in the guise of demonetisation, Mr. Modi has put up the common man
in utter misery and helpless situation. It is a fact and everybody can see this fact with bare naked eyes, Congress
leader Rizwan Arshad told ANI.
Today the situation is not about people standing in queue, the situation is not about people who cannot afford to pay
for their medicines, it is not about those people who cannot afford to get things operated in emergencies and it is not
about farmers who are unable to carry on with their agriculture activities. It is about the whole economic activity in
this country coming to a standstill and undergoing a loss of lakhs of rupees, he said.
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Demonetisation has caused utter misery, helplessness to common

man: Congress | The Indian Express
By:
ANI
| New Delhi |
At a chemist shop in R G Kar Medical

College and Hospital on Saturday. Subham Dutta
In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi-led government, the Congress on Sunday alleged that its demonetisation of high
value currency has caused utter misery to the common man and left them in a helpless state. It is a fact that in the guise
of demonetisation, Mr. Modi has put up the common man in utter misery and helpless situation. It is a fact and
everybody can see this fact with bare naked eyes, Congress leader Rizwan Arshad told ANI.
Today the situation is not about people standing in queue, the situation is not about people who cannot afford to pay
for their medicines, it is not about those people who cannot afford to get things operated in emergencies and it is not
about farmers who are unable to carry on with their agriculture activities. It is about the whole economic activity in
this country coming to a standstill and undergoing a loss of lakhs of rupees, he said.
Arshad said that with people not purchasing, there have been no sales, and therefore, the government will also have
less tax collection.
He asked as to who would bear the loss of the last ten days?
Mr. Modi might tomorrow claim that I have saved one lakh crores out of this demonetisation, but you have actually
lost 10 lakh crores in the market. And, to restart this economic activity, we dont know how many months it will take.
This is what the issue is today, Arshad said.
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Arvind Kejriwal to address 21 rallies in Punjab starting from

today | The Indian Express
By:
ANI
| New Delhi |
Delhi CM Arvind kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address 21 rallies from November 20
to November 30 in Punjab to spruce up his partys campaign in the poll-bound state.
He will start his campaign from Jalalabad, the constituency represented by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal
and end his tour of Punjab at Gurdaspur on November 30.
Rallies have also been planned in Sangrur, Moga, Barnala, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Ropar, Kapurthala,
Pathankot and Bathinda.
Kejriwal is expected to base his campaign on the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna-Link (SYL) canal issue, the drug
menace, law and order and procurement of crops in the state.
The AAP is eyeing to wrest its power in Punjab after the 2017 Assembly elections in the state.
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Mumbai
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Op-Ed
Families with weddings left in lurch as banks refuse Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal
[Sun, 20
Nov 13:44]
Out of my mind: 8/11
[Sun, 20 Nov 00:53]
Inside Track: Vaastu voided
[Sun, 20 Nov 00:41]
Fifth Column: Black or white?
[Sun, 20 Nov 00:28]
Across the Aisle: Demonetising notes or demonising cash?
[Sun, 20 Nov 00:15]
IFFI 2016 opens up for larger audience, aims at higher participation
[Sat, 19 Nov
20:47]
Demonetisation hits jewellery market hard, sales down by as much as 70 per cent
[Sat,
19 Nov 20:14]
Demonetisation: Take your medicine and like it even if the PM has maxed the dosage
[Sat, 19 Nov 15:59]
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Families with weddings left in lurch as banks refuse Rs 2.5 lakh

withdrawal | The Indian Express
Written by
Kanishka Singh
| New Delhi |
Only 3000 petrol pumps in the country are

equipped with SBI swipe machines
The demonetisation of currency has failed on major counts in terms of effective implementation and troubles for the
public continue. Two steps announced by the government to ease the cash crunch problem, specifically for people with
weddings in their family, have failed due to poor planning and rollout issues. Poor planning and mismanagement have
become synonymous with the implementation of demonetisation scheme and banks refuse to disburse one-time cash
amount of Rs2.5 lakh to people with wedding needs in the absence of RBIs operational guidelines.
One would think that with the amount of intellectual wealth and infrastructural strength at their disposal, the RBI and
Finance Ministry wouldve planned it well keeping several contingency plans ready. Though for now it seems, the
government is making plans as things move forward with a lackadaisical attitude.
The government had announced the one time withdrawal for wedding related purposes on Thursday along with a
scheme to allow select petrol pumps to disburse Rs 2,000 cash a day to people after they swipe their debit cards at
those stations.
For wedding withdrawals, some banks say it will take at least a week for the Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal scheme to come
into effect. The step which was supposed to ease the troubles of people will be late on account of delay in RBIs
issuing of operational guidelines for the same.
The Economic Times quoted Punjab National Bank managing director Usha Ananthasubramanian as saying, In
absence of operational guidelines from RBI, we are unable to allow withdrawal of Rs 2.5 lakh for marriage
purposes. Several reports also show that SBI branches at several locations had started the process but had to stop
abruptly due to logistical issues and shortage of currency in banks.
November to January is the peak wedding season in the country and several thousands of families have been hit with
this cash crunch at this important juncture.
As for the move to allow pumps to dispense cash, the problem is that only 3,000 pumps across the country have card
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swipe machines from SBI that also allow for cash withdrawals. The scheme was extended for 17,500 banks and the
rest have swipe machines from other private banks which will take time for configuration. The upgrade process also
depends on how fast these private banks act as the government cant upgrade the softwares on a private banks
machines.
Only 3000 petrol pumps in the country are equipped with SBI swipe machines which are configured to allow such
transactions and out of those, only about 700 have started the service. There are a total of 56,190 petrol pumps across
the country.
The move to add petrol pumps into the fold for disbursing cash will help in easing troubles a little but wont make any
significant difference for at least the coming few weeks.
Meanwhile, the government has started rolling out Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 notes in the recalibrated ATMs. But, the
recalibration of the 2 lakh ATMs and increasing the inflow of cash needs to be more quick.
The queues outside ATMs may have eased a little, but in many areas that is also leading to a feeling of dejection or
peoples inability to leave daily tasks to stand in line. The whole country has queued up for money in the past couple
of weeks. Although nobody is dealing with it easily, families with weddings are left in a precarious situation.
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Out of my mind: 8/11 | The Indian Express

Written by
Meghnad Desai
|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November

8th declared Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes invalid. (ANI Photo)
It was all so unnecessary. Why now? There are elections to fight, Parliament was about to resume. It could have been
done another day, another year. He had promised that he could fill the pockets of each Indian with Rs 15 lakh from the
kala dhan brought back. It was an analogy to explain the size of the problem Rs 20 lakh crore of kala dhan, based
on an estimate by a Parivar research outfit. Yet, a misunderstanding was created. The analogy was read as a promise.
His opponents never missed a chance to jibe about this. Many voters thought the money would come to them soon.
You can live with cancer a long time. Ignore the problem till your liver collapses rather than do the drastic things
which are necessary. Take it easy. Avoid the pain. There is always tomorrow. But leadership is all about taking risks,
taking your followers from the Valley of Despair to the Summit of Hope. If Narendra Modi can be criticised, it is for
not indicating how difficult it was going to be for a short while for all citizens, while he slayed the Kaliya Mardan.
Of course, the pain and inconvenience will be temporary, not more than a fortnight. It has only been since Tuesday of
the week before last, 12 days today. The inconvenienced are articulate and not used to hardship. They are on Facebook
and Twitter shouting loudly.
Remember the tsunami of 2004? It was largely unanticipated. When it came, it was devastating. But the people bravely
faced the crisis, were assisted and survived. The tsunami of 8/11 was man-made, by a man named Narendra Modi. It
was designed to cut the cancer of black money from the body politic. It could have been easily put off, as prime
minister after prime minister did.
The party political system is deeply enmeshed in the black money mess; at every election, crores of currency are found
by the Election Commission. Every party does it, but every party pretends to be virtuous. The cancer is infectious.
House buying, jewellery or consumer durable purchases, weddings and promotions, election tickets and even top jobs
in the business of regulation require wads of cash. We know this. All, unfortunately, are dirtied taking or giving black
money.
With hindsight, it could have been done better, but not much. Warnings of hardship could have been more stark. Extra
personnel could have been recruited to set up advisory centres across the country to explain and reassure citizens,
especially the elderly, that all will be well, their money is safe. But ultimately, the pain was unavoidable. Secrecy and
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surprise were of the essence. Any leakage and the culprit would have escaped. There is collateral pain. For a few
generations, Indian citizens have not been asked to suffer for the national good. This is their chance. It is a day or three
while they are short of cash.
For some time, he seemed bold and decisive, but the Prime Minister was risk-averse. He was avoiding the really
difficult, unpopular decisions such as labour market reform, which are badly needed. No longer.
The kala dhan has been destroyed. Country is cancer-free. Narendra Modi will be known for 8/11, an event to match
Smiling Buddha 1974 and Operation Shakti 1998.
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Inside Track: Vaastu voided | The Indian Express

Written by
Coomi Kapoor
|
Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar

Rao. (PTI Photo)
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is such an ardent believer in vaastu that he hired a full-time vaastu
consultant, Suddala Sudhakar Teja, for the governments Building and Planning department. The Telangana government
has been following the vaastu adviser blindly. But one of Raos radical proposals the suggestion to abandon the
existing government secretariat and build a new one is stuck. Rao felt the chief ministers office block should be
higher than all other ministerial office blocks in the complex.
This means constructing an entirely new building at a cost of Rs 600 crore. In response to a PIL, the court ordered a
halt to such unnecessary extravagance. Old-timers in Hyderabad recall that the late N T Rama Rao, also a great
believer in vaastu, had changed his gates, entrances and office spaces to ensure his political survival. Despite all the
vaastu precautions, eventually his political career ended on an unhappy note, as he was turfed out by his own son-inlaw.
Reluctant to leave
Though he is Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, M Thambidurai was hesitant to leave Chennai for Delhi to attend to his
duties during the current Lok Sabha session. Ever since Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa fell ill on September
22, Thambidurai has parked himself at Apollo Hospital, Chennai. He was at the hospital practically 247.
Thambidurai skipped crucial briefing meetings about pending Bills and forthcoming discussions taken up by Speaker
Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday, leaving everyone in suspense as to whether he would leave Ammas bedside and show
up for the session. Fortunately, he finally arrived in the Capital on Wednesday.
Wrong choice
Given his almost decade-long experience as finance minister, it was assumed that P Chidambaram would open the
debate on demonetisation on behalf of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha. Instead, Anand Sharma, less conversant with
economic issues and the Finance Ministry, was nominated by his party to make the opening remarks. Chidambaram,
when asked by a television journalist his views on Sharmas speech, said he had not heard it since he does not
understand Hindi. But since all MPs are provided headphones to access automatic translation of speeches in
Parliament, the explanation did not carry much conviction.
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Frenetic schedule
Clearly, it runs in the genes. Narendra Modis 98-year-old mother happily stood in a queue at the bank to get her old
notes exchanged and her photograph taken. Her son is even more energetic. Consider Modis schedule last week, on
November 13 and 14. He arrived from Japan at 12.30 am and reached his home at 1.15 am. At 7 am, he flew from
Delhi to Goa, where he delivered a hard-hitting speech against black money. At noon, he flew from Goa to Belgaum in
Karnataka. By 5 pm, he was in Pune, Maharashtra. At 10 pm, he was back in Delhi, chairing a meeting to review
demonetisation, where consultations went on for two-and-a-half hours. On November 14, Modi left Delhi for Ghazipur
in Uttar Pradesh where he gave an even more hard-hitting speech on demonetisation. He returned to Delhi by 4 pm to
attend the BJP parliamentary party meeting.
This was followed by an NDA meeting before the Parliament session and a dinner hosted by Speaker Sumitra
Mahajan. After dinner, the PM held an internal review meeting of the PMO till midnight, to monitor the ongoing
demonetisation exercise. Incidentally, every time the PM travels, an Air Force AN-32 cargo plane transports his
bulletproof vehicle. On November 13 three planes flew to Belgaum, Pune and Goa transporting three separate
bulletproof vehicles.
Mamatas fury
Even before there was time to figure out whether the demonetisation scheme would work successfully or not, BSP and
AIADMK representatives had approached the government to plead for a rollback. The TMCs Mamata Banerjee put
aside her abiding mistrust of the CPI(M) to personally telephone party general secretary Sitaram Yechury, asking him
to accompany her to meet the President.
Yechury, who was travelling on a train, was taken aback at receiving a call from an unlisted telephone number and then
discovering that the caller was the West Bengal Chief Minister. He had not spoken to Banerjee in a long time. Yechury
felt that a joint delegation to President Pranab Mukherjee should be the last resort. But Banerjee felt that any delay
would prove fatal. As she put it, medical help can only be given while the body is still alive.
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Fifth Column: Black or white? | The Indian Express

Written by
Tavleen Singh
|
Demonetisation is aimed curbing black

money. (File)
In this past week we have seen virulent hysteria from political leaders on a scale rarely seen before. The chief
ministers of West Bengal and Delhi led the pack. Mamata Banerjee described the withdrawal of high-value notes as
worse than the Emergency, and Arvind Kejriwal accused the Prime Minister of trying to steal Rs 10 lakh crore from
the poor to compensate banks for unpaid loans taken by his rich friends. Rahul Gandhi said what he has said ad
nauseam since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, that he was running a government that benefits only a handful of
rich businessmen. For sheer bad taste though it was difficult to match the manner in which Ghulam Nabi Azad mocked
the soldiers who died in the attack on the Uri military base.
As I listened spellbound to these leaders, day after day, I felt oddly vindicated. This is because I have humbly asserted
more than once in this column that the only Indians with black money are politicians and bureaucrats, because they do
nothing to earn it. If big businessmen hide away stashes from the Income Tax Department, it is nearly always to finance
elections or pay off high officials, usually for doing what they should be doing anyway. And yes, there are small
businessmen and traders who evade taxes, but mostly because paying taxes in India is more difficult than evading
them. This is why it disappoints me that the Prime Minister continues to pursue black money instead of reforming the
corrupt and evil tax department he inherited. Does he have no idea of the kind of people he has entrusted to perpetuate
the economic dictatorship that got created in Nehruvian socialism days, when rich Indians paid 97 per cent of their
earnings in taxes?
In boasting about our great democracy, most Indians of the boastful kind ignore the unpalatable truth, that despite the
dismantling of the licence raj, there continues to be almost no economic freedom in our fair and wondrous land.
Regulators and tax inspectors hound entrepreneurs at every step and this is why India remains at the bottom of the list
when it comes to ease of doing business. On top of this come layers of red tape in the form of regulations, laws and
procedural mazes.
These have remained unchanged mostly because the officials who are the only ones who can guide you out of the
mazes do not want things to change. Any major change would instantly reduce the power and pelf on which they thrive.
Their disdain for ordinary citizens was honed in colonial times, when us natives were treated as lesser beings and a
manifestation of this has been evident ever since more than 80 per cent of our currency vanished on the stroke of the
midnight hour of November 8. Personally, I believe the Prime Ministers intentions were noble, but he left the
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execution of his grandiose plan to officials whose heads should be put on a chopping block. Why did they not warn
him of how long it would take to print new currency? Why did they not ensure that there were enough banks to handle
the currency replacement?
If from these failures the Prime Minister discovers that statism and economic freedom do not go together, then the pain
that most Indians have suffered in the past few days may still be worth it. As someone who invested great hope in the
closure of the Planning Commission, I find myself increasingly worried by the manner in which more and more powers
to centrally plan have been invested in officials who continue the harassment of ordinary citizens. This has happened
in the name of hunting out black money. The truth is that even if every last little black rupee becomes shining and
white, there is no guarantee that India will achieve her dreams of prosperity. This will only happen when ordinary
Indians are given the economic freedoms they have been deprived of in the name of socialism.
Contrary to what our political leaders are saying, ordinary Indians I have met support what the Prime Minister has
done. But this support will be tested hugely in the next few months because of the disruption that has been caused to the
economy. If Mr Modi does not want to betray the faith the common man continues to have in him, he must make the
government more responsive to the needs of the people. This can only happen when the powers of officialdom are
reduced through urgent and consistent administrative reforms. There are irrelevant ministries that can be abolished at
the stroke of a pen and government departments that should have closed long ago. If the Prime Minister is worried
about cutting government jobs then he must deploy officials in better ways. Swachh Bharat comes to mind as do
cleaning our filthy cities and rivers.
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Across the Aisle: Demonetising notes or demonising cash? | The

Indian Express
Written by
P Chidambaram
|
The defunct Indian currency(File Photo)

I am obliged to return to the subject of Old Notes for New because the hardship and suffering of the people continue.
It is now clear that the decision to demonetise notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 was ill-conceived, the preparation was
terrible and the implementation was horrible. It has also emerged, through whispers of course, that besides the Prime
Minister no more than four officials were in the loop, and the Chief Economic Adviser was not among the four!
Horrendous consequences
Look at the disruption:
1. About 86 per cent of the currency in circulation was declared illegal tender in one fell swoop, leaving practically
no money with millions of people. There was no money to buy milk or medicines, pay for an auto or taxi, or buy
vegetables or grain. I know people who went without a meal for a whole day because no eatery would accept a Rs
500 note.
2. There are 1,34,000 branches of banks in the country. Add 2,15,000 ATMs of which about 40 per cent were working.
Assuming that 500 persons, on average, stood in line outside each branch or ATM, every day more than 11 crore
people spent hours standing in a queue to exchange notes. Most of them were working people. Calculate the impact on
production and productivity.
3. For some inexplicable reason, cooperative banks were not allowed to exchange the notes. Millions of farmers could
not deposit or withdraw money and, in the sowing season, there was no money to buy seeds or fertilisers or hire
labour.
4. Wholesale markets shut down. Weekly fairs stopped. Retail outlets reported a calamitous fall in sales.
5. Industrial hubs such as Tiruppur, Surat, Ichalkaranji etc ground to a halt because there was no money to pay wages
to the workers and no money to pay for ancillary and support services like transport.
6. About 33 per cent of all employed persons are casual labourers (estimated at 15 crore). Suddenly, they found
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themselves without work because those who employed them could not find the money to pay wages.
7. Brokers and touts sprung up offering to exchange the demonetised notes for a price. Men and women, without
regular work, offered to stand in line to exchange notes for a fee. Honest people turned dishonest to get some money.
The governments response was to use indelible ink to mark the finger. It could have added a voting machine and
converted each bank branch and ATM into a polling station!
Ignorant boasts
The pain and suffering will continue because it will take months to print 2,200 crore notes of the new series to replace
the old series and because of the limitations of bank staff and the ATMs (yet to be recalibrated). Meanwhile, the boasts
of the government will unravel:
WILL DEMONETISATION END BRIBERY? Of course, not. Those who will take bribes will take them in the new
notes. A case of bribery was reported from Gujarat where two officials of the Kandla Port Trust were caught receiving
124 notes of Rs 2,000!
WILL IT STOP COUNTERFEITING? Of course, not. If one human can print notes with new security features,
another human can find a way to copy those features. The most counterfeited currency in the world is the US dollar.
One way to combat counterfeiting is to phase out, periodically, old series of notes and introduce new series and try to
stay one step ahead. The last time we did that was in January 2014.
WILL IT PLUG GENERATION OF BLACK MONEY? Of course, not. Sectors which are prone to use
unaccounted money (wholesale trade, construction, jewellery, higher education, election funding etc) will continue to
demand unaccounted money and, therefore, ways will be found to supply unaccounted money.
No major economy is entirely free from the scourge of a black or shadow economy. According to a World Bank study,
the shadow economy in the US is 8.6 per cent of GDP (or about USD1,600 billion); in China 12.7 per cent (about USD
1,400 billion); and in Japan 11 per cent (about USD 480 billion). Indias shadow economy is estimated to be USD 500
billion (22.2 per cent of its GDP of USD 2,250 billion). It is large, but not unusual, and the good news is that its size is
shrinking. Brazil, Russia and South Africa have larger shadow economies; Israel and Belgium are comparable.
Demonising cash
The Prime Minister seems to have bought the idea of a cashless economy and decided to wage a war on cash. His
supporters called it a surgical strike, little realising that the bulk of the money transactions of the people of India are
legitimate and in cash and will be in cash for a long time for many reasons. Let me share one crucial data point:
for 133 crore people, at the retail level, there are only 14,60,000 Points of Sale (POS)! Cash to digital is a long
journey. The surgical strike post-Uri was intended to put an end to infiltrations, but the reality is that there has been a
three-fold jump in infiltrations (as admitted by the government).
The surgical strike on currency has resulted in the immiserisation of millions of people and bringing many sectors of
the economy to a grinding halt. I shudder to think what the next surgical strike will be and what dreadful
consequences that will bring.
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IFFI 2016 opens up for larger audience, aims at higher

participation | The Indian Express
Written by
Harsha Raj Gatty
|
Not only the state government has more than

doubled the budget from Rs. 6 crores (2015) to over Rs. 13 crores this year, the Directorate of Film Festival (DFF)
has also increased the number of screenings from 187 movies
Taking the right cues from previous years organising debacle and meagre footfall, efforts to reinvent this years 47th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) from being a delegate-only to a public inclusive event, seems to have
struck the right chords, at least for now.
Not only the state government has more than doubled the budget from Rs. 6 crores (2015) to over Rs. 13 crores this
year, the Directorate of Film Festival (DFF) has also increased the number of screenings from 187 movies (world
cinema) in the previous year to 300 movies this time.
To tap the domestic support the organisers are publicly screening four popular Hindi films namely Sholay,
Maghadeera (Hindi-dubbed), and recently released Salman Khans Sultan and Akshay Kumars Airlift.
In the midst of a raging political debate over regional language as the Medium of Instructions (MOI) in the states
primary education system, IFFI will host as many as 10 Marathi films including Nana Patekar-starrer Natasamrat,
along with Konkani movies. These films will be screened at 20 indoor and outdoor locations in the state (both south
and north Goa), the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) confirmed.
DFF said that in order to enhance convenience and to reduce unnecessary prolonging of the event, it had decided to
clinically cut down the number of days of IFFI from 11 days to 9 days between November 20th and 28th. Based on
our previous years assessment we have dropped separate North-East section because of its less popularity and also
there will be no Homage section as we have not received enough entries. But will be showcasing four NE cinemas
as a part of other entries, Director of DFF, C Senthil Rajan told indianexpress.com.
The ESG has also planned several parallel engagements for the local populace around the IFFI venue, such as Goa
High Street (event showcasing Goan culture, cuisine, merchandising and music) and Children Film Village, for
youngsters and families. Unlike last year, where only delegates were allowed to National Film Heritage Mission, this
year NFHM event themed on 70 years of Indian film and independence will be thrown open to the public, Director of
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DFF, C Senthil Rajan said.

To do away with the aftermath of demonetisation, ESG has written to the State Bank of India to provide ATM facility
within the venue. Also we have asked all the merchandise, food caterers within and around IFFI to install Point of
Sale (POS) terminal for facilitating customer transaction, CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa, Ameya Abhyankar
said.
Although seven entries have been sent from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to IFFI this year, impending
the 2015 move by the DFF to remove the student section from the screening itself (after student agitation), none of the
movies have been shortlisted for this years edition. Although, FTII faculty may conduct workshops on subjects like
acting, screenwriting, and film appreciation during the fest.
In the backdrop of the hostility with Pakistan, IFFI has distanced itself from the controversy by not screening two
entries from Pakistan stating that they did not meet the expectations of the IFFI preview committee. We had screened
one movie from Pakistan in 2015, but this year the preview committee felt the quality was not up to the mark. The
elimination of Pakistani movies must not be looked in isolation. There were 1032 entries this year we have selected
only 300 movies. So many countries have not received an opportunity. So it must be looked in an overall context, per
say there is no ban on Pakistani movies, Director of DFF, C Senthil Rajan said.
According to ESG, altogether 5,500 delegates (paid and confirmed) have registered for the IFFI. This is
comparatively higher than last years delegate contingent of 3,500 arrivals. The hike in fees made last year (Rs.300 to
Rs 1,000) will continue. It may not much affect the sentiment of movie enthusiasts. The numbers are likely to increase
with on the spot registration at the venue, Ameya Abhyankar said.
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Demonetisation hits jewellery market hard, sales down by as much

as 70 per cent | The Indian Express
Written by
Lakshmi Ajay
, Gopal Kateshiya |
At a jewellery outlet in Zaveri Bazar,

Mumbai,the storekeeper has a quiet day. (Source: Prashant Nadkar)
After the excited panic buying on the night of November 8, soon after Prime minister Narendra Modi announced the
demonetisation, there is a lull in the jewellery market with sales down by as much as 70 per cent coupled by fears of
surveillance by the tax man. Sales peak during Diwali, especially the beginning of the festival on Dhanteras, an
auspicious day for Gujaratis to buy gold. However, when the markets opened in the new year after the Diwali
vacation, expecting to do brisk sales for the wedding season, demonetisation came as a blow. Stories did the rounds
about how people drove in with bags full of cash in the invalidated denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and bought
off shelves of gold from branded stores that remained open way past the midnight of November 8.
The Director General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) immediately put up its antennae and over 600 jewellers
were asked to report sales of gold. Used to having brisk business from October to March, with the exception of the
month-long inauspicious period Kamurta which is from December 13- January 14, jewellers in the state are bracing
for a slow revival in business activity that will take 2-3 months.
Ahmedabads famous jewellery market -Manekchowk that houses around 50 retail jewellery shops and around 200
odd wholesalers is facing its worst slowdown ever since the last union budget imposed 1 per cent excise duty on
jewellery items and made identity documents mandatory to make purchases over Rs 2 lakh. Jewellers across Gujarat
had gone on strike against that duty.
The industry that was up in arms against the government regarding the restrictions saw green shoots appear around
Navratri when buying had picked up, only to be hit by the currency ban. Manekchowk unofficially shutdown for 2 days
while a few big jewellery retail brands and bullion traders with ample stock made a quick buck out of the panic that
landed people in gold shops to with the de-circulated bills.
Transactions have wound down to cheques and jewellers are faced with cash crunch for their own operations,says
Shanti Patel, President of apex body Gem and Jewelry Trade Council of India (GJTCI). He says that jewellery
businesses cannot function on notes of smaller denomination and the situation looks to worsen with Angadias (the
informal courier) and diamond polishing workers looking to return after the extended Diwali break by November 21.
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Despite many big retailers offering innovative discounts on making charges, business has now come to a crawl as
customers strapped for cash and standing in long queues at banks and ATMs refuse to take the bait. A well known
event organiser in Ahmedabad said that people have started scaling down their lucrative theme weddings by 50 %,
even to the extent of asking fewer relatives to turn up for reception- a telling metaphor of the otherwise boisterous
shaadi season in the state.
Many jewellers in Surat- the worlds diamond hub have downed their shutters, but call on their old trusted customers
to conduct furtive business through backdoors out of the earshot and eyesight of the tax sleuths. The situation is
expected to turn awry once the diamond industry currently on a extended Diwali vacation buzzes to life on December
15.
The diamond business is closely linked to the jewellery business. Ninety per cent of diamond merchants use formal
banking systems only to make international payments for rough diamonds, otherwise the entire trade is conducted
through Hawala and via the Angadia network. Customers now troop in groups of 5-6 and make purchases by taking
advantage of common surnames and showing identity proof, says a source in Surat.
In Rajkot too there is caution in accepting cheques for jewellery sales. Being a high-worth product, we cannot sell
jewellery except against cash. Suppose, the cheque bounces! Electronic transfers are also not reliable in these times,
says Bhayabhai Saholiya, president of Rajkot Gold Dealers Association, an organisation of jewellers of Rajkot.
There are about 125 retail jewellery outlets in Rajkot. It is biggest gold market of Saurashtra and one of the biggest in
state. Many jewellery artisans from Rajkot also run stores in Dubais gold Souk. But Rajmahel Road, where these
shops and showrooms are located has been wearing a deserted look for a week now. They are also closing shops by
7.30 pm to save on power bills.
Business is nil. When people are spending days in queues for a few hundred, its obvious there will be no business
for us anytime sooner even though marriage season has started. But rather than our business, we are more concern by
the hardship that people are facing, Saholiya adds.
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Demonetisation: Take your medicine and like it even if the PM has

maxed the dosage | The Indian Express
Written by
Ashish Khetan
| New Delhi |
A security guard speaks with senior citizens

queuing outside a bank to deposit or exchange their old high denomination banknotes in Kolkata, India, November 19,
2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
The historic call made to the people, to the housewives, the farmers, the elderly and the infirm, the rich and the poor,
to stand in queues for hours, day after day, is not merely an exercise to exchange a few notes of currency. No, it is a
call for mass sacrifice, a maha parv to forge a great nation.
Like soldiers in a war, you have been called upon to sacrifice so that Prime Minister can build an India which you
desired.
A father who has to leave his ailing five-year-old daughter at home to stand for hours in a queue at a bank to get the
money to buy medicine; a farmer who cant sell his produce or buy fertilisers and seeds for the new harvest; a farmer
in Telangana who hung herself from a ceiling fan because she thought that her life savings were now worthless pieces
of paper; the eight-year-old who died because her father was unable to pay for petrol as he needed to rush her to a
hospital all this takleef (suffering) hurts our Prime Minister. Kisi ko takleef hoti hai to peeda mujhe bhi hoti hai (I
also feel the pain of your sufferings), he said in Goa.
But takleef uthani padti hai, he added. After all, didnt he share his own takleef when he pointed out how he had
arrived just the previous night from Japan and would have to take the trouble to travel to Karnataka and Maharashtra
and then attend a late-night meeting in Delhi just to run the country for our benefit?
When seen from the lens of an individual, losing a parent or a child might seem a great personal loss. But seen from a
national perspective, it is merely a necessary collateral damage. Nation-building requires such mass sacrifice. History
bears testimony to the fact that great nations have been built on collective sacrifice. The loss of a few hundred, even a
few thousand, is a small price to pay for the national good.
The silver lining is that this peeda (pain) will last for only 50 days, as the PM promised.
In eight days, 47 casualties have been reported because of demonetisation. Thats approximately six lives a day. So, if
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the casualty rate stays steady, expect 300 deaths.

But, strictly speaking, these deaths cant be attributed to demonetization. As several BJP leaders have sensitively
explained, people also die in queues waiting for rations or train tickets. These deaths are the result of weak hearts and
weak nerves.
Those who are sowing seeds of doubt in our minds, provoking us to question demonetization or how it has been
planned and implemented, must be condemned.
In fact, our sacrifices pale before the sacrifices of our PM. Mere pyare deshwasiyo, maine ghar, parivaar, sub kucch,
desh ke liye chhoda hai, the Prime Minister said, choking up with tears. After hearing him, only small-minded people
will talk about their own problems. The nation is immortal, its future is shining, the PM reminded us.
He has shown his mettle and now he calls upon us to test ours. Do we deserve to be Indians? We should look within
and ask do we deserve to be addressed as my dear citizens (mere pyare deshwasiyo) by our dear leader?
This is also the time to prove our honesty.
This is a great purge (dont confuse it with a Stalinist one). After December 31, only the purest among us will remain.
The impure will have been washed away in a tide of clean money. Pure people make a pure nation. Imagine how
wonderful our motherland will be on the morning of the first day of the new year.
This is also the time to root out the enemy within. All great nations have carried out this exercise. We should watch out
for those who are criticising demonetisation. Those who are cribbing about long waits in long queues? They are
traitors. Their place is on the other side of the border. They are conspiring against our beloved leader. They may not,
our Prime Minister declared, looking around him warily, even let him live.
Hence, the urgent need to cleanse our country of anti-nationals.
By the time this safai is over, all the traitors will be identified for future reference. Ek baar safai ho jaati hai to fir
choota mota machhar bhi nahi aata hai (After he clean-up is done, even a trifling mosquito doesnt survive, he
promised. Maybe thats the plan to have those marked out as traitors meet the same fate as mosquitoes.
To make the country sufficiently cleansed, the PM has promised that there will be more action, more maha parvas in
the new year. To stamp out dishonesty, corruption from this country, a few more projects are shaping up in mind, he
said.
He added that for future projects, he may have to employ one lakh foot soldiers. Imagine the onerous task of spying on
others, conducting raids, intercepting phones, interrogating suspects, employing the third degree on hardened black
money suspects. Surgical strikes will then be carried out by individual citizens.
Will these foot soldiers be offered permanent posts or given temporary contracts? Given the enormity of the task
ahead, we may be in for many years of this war.
So far we have only had monuments built in memory of the soldiers who have been killed in traditional warfare. We
may soon have memorials built in memory of martyred citizens. We may soon have an India Gate in every city, every
town, even every tehsil.
However, this doesnt mean that monument-building for martyred soldiers will stop. Cross border surgical strikes, one
presumes, will continue.
In his Goa speech, the PM briefly mentioned the problems we might have to face in case the nation goes into a fullscale war. The electricity will go off, essential supplies will stop, trains will get cancelled, instead of carrying
passengers, trains will carry soldiers, the PM said he told a journalist who was prodding him to take the country to
war. I guess, with Pakistan.
One wonders who that journalist might be.
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The PM further said (and since the subject is war I must repeat him verbatim), Kahna bada saral hota hai updesh dena
bada saral hota hai, jab koi nirnay karte hai samanya manviya ko koi takleef nahi hoti. In other words, the PM said
that while sermon-giving is easy for journalists, a common man experiences no hardship when it comes to coping with
such sacrifices (imposed by the government). So, should we, the common men and women, be ready for a war? Was
our PM psychologically preparing us for a great war? Or was he repudiating those who desire a full-scale war?
We dont know. Only time will tell. What is clear is that at the moment a full scale war would entail life without
power, essential supplies and trains. Though the PM didnt talk about the scale of death and destruction that a war
would cause, it is common sense that the total casualties would be many times more than in the ongoing war on black
money. So maybe we should be grateful?
Some may still see Modis speeches in Goa and Belgaum as dangerous demagoguery. Some may still denounce making
the nation synonymous with the cult of any leader. Some may still ask questions even at the risk of being labelled antinationals.
Dont these people know whats good for them?
This is the best of all possible decisions in the best of all possible worlds made by the best of all possible leaders. So
take your medicine and like it. Even if the PM has maxed the dosage on this occasion.
(The author's views are personal.)
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[Sat, 19
Parineeti Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha, Katrina Kaif: Bollywood belles

in rocking style for Coldplays Mumbai concert | The Indian
Express
By:
Lifestyle Desk
| New Delhi |
Which of these looks is your favourite?

After months and months of waiting, the night finally arrived for popular rock band Coldplay to set the Mumbai stage
afire. Thousands of fans gathered at the MMRDA grounds on November 19 for the Global Citizen India initiative 2016
to hear the iconic British rock band perform some of their favourite hits and even went all out to mix in some Indian
tracks to the set as well!
Coldplays frontman Chris Martin even did his own version of Channa Mereya from Karan Johars film Ae Dil Hai
Mushkil, driving the crowds mad and ended the concert on a high note by inviting AR Rahman on-stage to sing Maa
tujhe salaamVande maatram. Jay Z also made his India debut with this concert, performing his hit number Bounce
set to a sample of Rahmans Chaiya Chaiya.
Without being there, its impossible to gauge the pulse and excitement at the MMRDA Grounds. Among the thousands
of music fans, there was a fair representation of Indias Bollywoods best, each dressed to suit the occasion. After all,
every rock concert comes with its own fashion wear, right?! From Sonam Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha to Parineeti
Chopra and Freida Pinto, Indias Bollywoods belles were ready to rock the night in style. So, if youre wondering
whats the kind of look to pull off for a concert like this, why not take a page out their books. Check out who wore
what and how.
PARINEETI CHOPRA
We absolutely loved this look. Wonderfully styled by Sanjana Batra, Chopra wore a white shirt by Deme By
Gabriella, cinching it at the waist with a Bershka Collection tan belt and those moss green suede thigh-high Lulu and
Sky boots are to die for. She finished off the rock-chic look with Les Specs aviators.
FREIDA PINTO
The Slumdog Millionaire girl knew she was going to dance the night away, hence the very practical golden shoes, but
she chose to team that with a lovely ensemble from Gucci. Slightly schoolgirl-ish, we cant help to point out, but she
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carried it off really well.
MALAIKA ARORA
Malaika Aroras one of Bollywoods veteran fashionistas, and we can always expect her to dress to the occasion.
Which is why this Deme By Gabriella tunic is absolutely spot on!
SONAKSHI SINHA
The Dabangg actress has been making waves with her style quotient these past few weeks, what with having dropped a
fair amount of weight by the look of it, Sonakshi Sinha was all set to rock it out at the Coldplay concert. Wearing an
olive shoelace skirt by Madison that we love, with a a black H&M top and a matching oversized jacket from
Francesca. Styled by Mohit Rai, she finished the look with black tights, boots and a messy hair look.
ALIA BHATT
Weve been keeping a pretty close watch on Highway girl Alia Bhatt, after all ask any tween girl and their fashion idol
will most likely be the bubbly actress. For the concert, Bhatt wore a black corset-inspired top, with a gold pleated
skirt and a military camouflage jacket by Lulu and Sky. Though were not huge fans of the overall look, there are
elements that worked.
KATRINA KAIF
This is possibly the most boho look sported by any of the Bollywood celebs. Katrina Kaif in this block lace maxi
dress by Alexis Mabille kept up with the love of sheer theme that has dominated this year, while keeping it very fun
with that burst of red and purple up-top.
SONAM KAPOOR
When youre doing a Bollywood fashion countdown, its very rare not to have Sonam Kapoor on the list, and were
not leaving her out either. The Neerja actor attended the concert in a marsala pleated button down trench inspired
dress by Sameer Madan. And though this may not be one of our favourite looks of hers, one things for certain, no one
else carries the cat-eyed glasses quite like Ms Kapoor.
Which of these looks was your favourite? Tell us in the comments below.

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Hidden in plain sight | The Indian Express

Written by
Sunanda Mehta
|
Far from the madding crowd: Monks at the

Drepung Gomang Monastery. (Source: Express photo by Arul Horizon)
Its 6 am and the incandescent orange of the rising sun seems to be in silent competition with the sea of maroon
shuffling its way through a winding road below. They both magically transform the otherwise dull and barren
landscape around. Not far away, a gong sounds with rhythmic regularity, guiding the maroon-robed monks into the
massive prayer hall of the monastery. Soon, soothing chants of the morning prayers rise in tandem with the sun outside.
A couple of kilometres away, a more pragmatic transaction with the sun is in progress. Yards and yards of what looks
like long thin ropes are being carefully hung on strings that run across a large barn. As curtains of white strands fill the
room, the monks smile with satisfaction at the bright sun, now fairly high up in the sky. Its evident that the strands they
have just hung across will dry within a day. In 24 hours, the monks would be back at The Noodle Factory to collect the
fresh noodle strings. It would then make, perhaps, one meal for the 3,000 odd monks of Camp no. 2. Morning work
well done, the group settles down to a hot mug of salty Tibetan tea and a piece of bread. Its breakfast for the 8,000
monks across the Doeguling settlement of Mundgods Mini-Tibet in Karnataka.
Tucked away in the interiors of Karnataka, one hour from Hubli and 300 km from Goa, is Mundgod. It is a small,
unassuming panchayat town which hosts the largest monk settlement in the world. With about 8,000 monks across two
camps at the Doeguling Tibetan Settlement, the numbers are much higher than those at Bylakuppe, one of the four
Tibetan settlements in Karnataka. This is probably because Bylakuppe is in the vicinity of tourist places like Coorg
and Mysore. When people come there, they also visit it. But, here, Mundgod is a fairly unknown town hidden in the
interiors there are no tourist attractions nearby and, so, it is lost in relative anonymity, says Tenzin Khentse, 42,
who came to Mundgod as a young lad of 14 from his hometown in Ladakh.
Foreigners, too, are not allowed into this protected area without a pass that often takes three to four months to be
obtained. All of which dissuades rather than encourages tourists to explore the little Shangri la.
But anonymity is, perhaps, endemic to the purpose of Mundgod. Originally a refuge for those who fled Tibet after the
Chinese took over, today, it has evolved as a seat of learning and education for the monks. There are seven
monasteries with ornate prayer halls, artistically designed roofs and intricately sculpted mandalas. The four monastic
universities here become home to monks, who usually come here by 10-12 years of age and stay on for at least 25
years to study the religious texts. Many opt to stay on as teachers and guides for the younger generation.
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The Drepung Monastery is also where the seventh Ling Rinpoche, reincarnation of the Dalai Lamas guru, has been
pursuing his education for the last 20 years. Next year, he graduates at a grand ceremony. I was one-and-a-half years
old when the reincarnation was discovered. I dont remember much, but I was told that in a series of tests, this was
ascertained. For instance, among lots of rosaries, I would pick up that of my predecessor etc, he says.
A study and debate session at one of the

monasteries in Camp 2. (Source: Express photo by Arul Horizon)
The total population of Tibetans in Mundgod is around 15,000, out of which 70 per cent are monks and nuns. The
Tibetans came to Mundgod in 1966 when the government of Karnataka allotted them around 4,500 acres of land for
settlement. Having fled from Tibet after the Chinese invasion, they formed 11 camps here two are occupied by
monks and the rest by common people. Now, however, about 170 acres of the land has been encroached upon by the
forest department, says Thinsey Gyaltso, secretary at the Office of the Representative Doeguling Tibetan Resettlement
that was set up to address issues of the Tibetans with help from local and state governments. Tibetans, even those
born here, are not recognised as Indian nationals. They are given a Registration Certificate, which is their identity
proof. In place of a passport, we have a yellow Identity Card issued to us. This very often throws up problems,
especially when there is a need to travel abroad, says Gyaltso, who was born and raised here.
A few miles down the road is the Loseling Buddhist School, devoted to Tibetan education. While students from
Standard I to V are taught all subjects as decided by the CBSE, from Standard VI onwards, they study only Buddhism.
The examination system for the monks is very stringent. They have three types of tests at every stage written, oral,
and an open debate to test the depth of their knowledge and understanding, says Khentse, even as students engage in
animated discussions on the premises of the Drepung Monastery.
Every year, 25-30 monks graduate, but Khentse admits that the number of monks coming into the monastery is falling
every year. Earlier, families had seven-eight children and sent one to the monastery both for economic reasons and as
a sense of duty. Now, with smaller families, this is changing, says Khentse, who himself was sent to Mundgod by his
parents at the age of 14. He confesses that, initially, it took a lot to stop missing his home and family. But, what
helped was the fact that I had been sent specifically to be a companion to Ling Rinpoche, who was here as a young boy
of 10. That was a big honour. I became his shadow and am with him 247 365 days. Now, I feel happy that this life
was chosen for me, says the man more popularly known as Tsetan in Mundgod.
There are many, though, who have chosen this life for themselves. Tenzin Dechen, 36, one of the 230 nuns at the
Jangchub Cholling nunnery at Mundgod, came here in 2005 for Buddhist studies. I was 19 years old when I decided
to become a nun. I had no difficulty in accepting this life because it was my own decision. I wanted to get to the depths
of Buddhism. I have never missed my life back home. There is complete peace of mind, says Dechen.
Other than identity issues that comes from their refugee status, there is also occasional instances of discrimination.
However, by and large, the Tibetans and the locals seem to co-exist fairly peacefully. In fact, much of Mungonds
economy has flourished due to the settlements because of the presence of the monasteries, there is immense demand
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for local produce.
Inside a monastery kitchen in Mundgod.

(Source: Express photo by Arul Horizon)
The kitchen at each of the monasteries is a fascinating little story in itself. With thousands of monks to be fed,
everything about it is of a grand scale from the gigantic utensils used, to the quantity of ingredients and raw
materials that go into the daily menu. For the daily bread for breakfast, we use about 350 kg of flour, 50 kg of ghee or
lard and 40 kg of sugar. At lunch again, its about 500 kg of flour and 50 litres of oil, while evening sees 200 kg of rice
and 75 kg dal used everyday, says Tenzin Thinlay, who heads the kitchen. The meals, a combination of Indian and
Tibetan dishes, are frugal. The kitchen is vegetarian, but lamas who are non-vegetarian are free to go to restaurants
down the road and indulge in their choice of momos and thupkas. Most non-monk Tibetans are into farming and
agriculture.
Its dusk and a group of monks is returning to the hostels while another group pushes a wheelbarrow they had been
using for making the road. There is a lot of labour done by the monks for public welfare. This road was a crying need
of the area. Since we do not have voting rights, these requests often go ignored. Hence, in many cases, we do the work
ourselves wherever we are able to, says Tseten.
Its far from the end of day for these monks though. For many hours now, they will peruse Buddhist texts in preparation
of the big debate scheduled the next day. Its pitch dark outside, but the search for light continues.
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Those who leave and those who stay | The Indian Express
Written by
Paromita Chakrabarti
|
We can work it out: American author Ann

Patchett.
Can one write the same novel over and over again? American writer Ann Patchett is convinced that it is entirely
possible. You could look at every single one of my novels and see its a book about two groups of people who are
thrown together by circumstance, who didnt choose to be together but are now stuck with one another. I was on my
third book before I realised that it was the story of my family my parents divorce and remarriage, the assembling of
the stepchildren. I could make a case that Bel Canto is as autobiographical as Commonwealth. I just didnt dress
Commonwealth up so much, she says in an email interview, of her seventh and latest novel.
Patchett is the patron saint of broken families. Relationships their symphony and dissonance have always been
her strong suit and she is quite unorthodox in her understanding of happiness. In her debut novel, Patron Saint of Liars
(1992), Rose, a pregnant woman in 1960s California, runs away to a home for unwed mothers in Kentucky, because
she doesnt want to keep the baby; in Taft (1994), set in a Memphis jazz bar, John Nickel, a black, middle-aged hasbeen musician has to come to terms with the loss of his son and his career; Bel Canto (2001), her breakaway novel
which won her the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, examines the bond that develops
among strangers during a hostage crisis. In each of these, Patchetts vision is redemptive and full of empathy, and her
language, lyrical. Love, her characters imply, can be found, even if it comes at a cost, and mistakes can lead to second
chances, often with a better shot at happiness.
In her essay, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, which is part of her non-fictional work by the same name
(2013), Patchett, 52, writes, But the story of my marriage, which is the great joy and astonishment of my life, is too
much like a fairy tale the German kind, unsweetened by Disney. It is a story of children wandering alone through a
dark forest, past shadowy animals with razor teeth and yellow eyes, towards an accident that is punishable by years
and years of sleep. It is an unpleasant business, even if it ends in love. I am setting out to tell the story of a happy
marriage, my marriage, which does not end in divorce, but every single thing about it starts there. Divorce is the
history lesson, that thing that must be remembered in order not to be repeated.
Commonwealth, which released in September, is set to the unsettling cadence of divorce that pulls two families apart
and throws its children together into an uneasy kinship. Over the course of five decades, Patchett follows the lives of
her 10 characters four sets of parents and six children as they learn to cope with the loss of love, separation,
death, and, eventually, hope and equanimity.
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The blueprint of the novel could easily have been lifted from Patchetts own life her parents divorced when she
was four, and Patchett and her sister moved with their mother from California to Tennessee; her first marriage ended in
divorce before she married her present husband, doctor Karl VanDevender. The book is Patchetts foray into a genre
that is often said to be the preserve of first-time writers the autobiographical novel. But Patchett dismisses the
argument that she came to it late. The truth is, you could unravel just about any fictional character and find some
connection to the author. The question is how hidden that connection is, both from the reader and the author herself. All
I have to draw from, is my own life, my own imagination. It all comes from me, even when it doesnt seem like it
comes from me, she says.
Its a crucial point that she makes a clever distinction that surfaces in Commonwealth as well. When Franny, the
young girl whose christening party had set the events into motion, takes up with an older author, Leo Posen, she shares
with him stories of her unusual childhood. When it becomes the plot of Posens next bestseller, Franny realises, It is
both a violation and a revelation, a work that has everything to do with her life and nothing at all.
In some ways, Patchett and Posen are both writing the same novel, but they are different people; in fact, Patchett could
just as easily be Franny too. Leo and I are in different places as novelists. He is venerable, important, and blocked.
Im steadier than Leo, more reliable, less important. He needs this story to save himself and his career, I dont. Id say
I feel a fairly equal affinity to Franny and Leo, neither one of them is me, but theyre both alternate versions of how my
life could have turned out, she says.
Time that allows a relative distance between what could have been and what is is of essence in Patchetts
literary universe. It also throws up a challenge or two for a writer who maps out entire books in her head before she
writes it, and who works with the same material every time. I felt that time had become too constricted in my novels.
I was usually only covering a matter of months. I wanted Commonwealth to cover a long stretch of time to show the
way people can change and change and change. The irritating children grow up and are lost in their twenties but they
slowly find themselves and settle down. This isnt a matter of working out my childhood or my lifes choices. Its
about approaching how I write a novel from a different place. Its about considering another way to make art, says the
writer, whose literary heroes include her teachers writers Allan Gurganus, Grace Paley and Russell Banks and
heavyweights such as John Updike, Philip Roth and Saul Bellow.
Patchetts decision to write about her family met with unanimous approval from her kin. I talked to everyone before I
wrote the book and gave them manuscript copies as soon as I finished it. They could see the ways in which the
characters were based on us and, at the same time, were not us. My mother said it best: None of it happened and all of
its true. The things that happened to these people didnt happen to us, but the emotional content, how we all felt about
our lives, was very close to home. Im close to my family and they have a good understanding of what I want to do as a
writer. The key I think is to be honest about what it is you want to do, she says.
Ever since Italian journalist Claudio Gatti outed the person behind Elena Ferrante, the debate about writers and their
quest for anonymity has been given a new lease of life. Patchett feels an equal admiration for Ferrantes work and her
decision to keep her professional and personal lives separate. Its a nearly impossible thing to pull off in this day and
age, and I have nothing but respect for her. People want to know about me as a way of selling papers and selling
books, but everything thats good and true and interesting about me is already in the book, and I dont mean the details
of my life; I mean whatever talent, intelligence or interest I have to offer you, I already have, she says.
This awareness, however, is also tempered by her acknowledgement of the demands of modern-day publishing.
Patchett, who runs a bookstore, Parnassus Books in Nashville, with her business partner Karen Hayes, says, I had
never in my life considered myself as a brand until I was in Australia, speaking in a panel discussion at a book
festival. The moderator asked us all how we managed our brands and I said, Our what? I had never thought of it
before, and I wish the idea had never been introduced. But, now, I do see Ann Patchett stands for bookselling and
shopping local and the importance of reading. Ann Patchett, at least in person, is funny and entertaining and has a lot of
energy. When Im home, I feel like I take off the Ann Patchett suit and am just myself. Im a much quieter, much smaller
person than Ann Patchett is.
This Ann Patchett is also a self-contained person, free of the noisy chatter of social media. I never tried it, it wasnt
like a habit I kicked. Ive actually never seen Facebook. I used to have a very old flip phone that didnt text, but I lost
it, so, now, I dont have a cell phone. My life seems unbearably busy as it is. I cant imagine opening up more lines of
communication, she says.
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Into thin air: When an American tourist lost himself to the

mountains | The Indian Express
Written by Krishn Kaushik | Updated: November 20, 2016 12:21 pm
In High places: Khirganga, from where

Shetler began his trek to Mantalai. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
If Im not back by then, dont look for me. That was 35-year-old American traveller Justin Alexander Shetlers last
blogpost. He did not return, but his friends from different parts of the world came looking for him, retracing his steps
up the steep slopes of the Parvati Valley in Himachal Pradesh, trying to find clues in the silences he left behind. But as
the winter mist envelops the mountains and a shroud of ice and snow covers the path Shetler last took, his friends call
off their search but make a final journey in memory of their friend.
For foreign tourists looking for a high in India, Kullu is both a destination and a starting point. Some continue north
along the Beas to Manali, a town popular among motorcyclists riding to Ladakh, rafters, trekkers and holidaying
families. Yet others cross the Beas on one of the two bridges at Kullu town, and follow the road that goes through
smaller towns like Kasol, where young trekkers and those looking for hashish, weed and psychedelic drugs, bask in
the lazy mountain air before moving on to Manikaran, a holy site for Hindus and Sikhs.
The hills on either side of the river are dotted with nondescript villages like Tosh, Nakhtan Kalga and Malana. In
between lie the deep and treacherous gorges of the Parvati Valley. These towns and villages serve almost like base
camps, the starting points of trekking routes that snake through thick, green jungles and bare, brown mountaintops,
offering stunning views of the snow-peaked Himalayas.
Several tourists go missing in Himachal

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Pradesh every year. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

It was to these mountains that Shetler arrived in July. An expert tracker and a trained survivalist, he quit his job in a
tech startup in 2013 and decided to do what he loved best: travel. Im 32, and last week I retired. That was the first
entry on his blog. He went on to write about his travel itch, how after being successful, flying first-class, staying at the
best hotels and eating at Michelin-starred restaurants, he felt trapped into the life that made him strive for more
expensive things. I am in the process of selling everything I own, save a Royal Enfield motorcycle, my computer,
phone, a change of clothes, a passport, toiletries, and credit card which all fit into a backpack smaller than a school
bag. I plan on travelling the world indefinitely. This is the life Ive been dreaming about since I spent a summer in
Nepal in 2006, and honestly, to truly be free, has been my dream since I was a young teenager.
This was Shetlers first visit to India and he had made many plans. With his love for the outdoors, Himachal was a
natural choice. It was on one of his trips to Khirganga, a popular trekking destination, that Shetler met Satyanaran
Rawat, a sadhu of Nepali origin.
He described his meeting thus: One morning I was walking by the smokey stone hut of a Naga Baba (a type of sadhu,
yogi, or ascetic Hindu holy man) on my way to the springs. He had been watching me come down the mountain and
when I came near, he waved me inside. Over the next two weeks we became friends. I think.
On August 19, Shetler wrote that Rawat had invited him on a pilgrimage high in the Himalayas to meditate and he had
agreed. His friends later found his motorcycle parked in Barshaini village. This is from where, in all likelihood, he
wrote his last blogpost.
Shelter was an experienced and expert

trekker.
Khirganga is a flat, green expanse, known for a temple and a hot spring that is considered holy. Trekkers camp here
usually for a day or two before climbing up further ahead. Under a harsh sun, a dozen or so makeshift cafes sell
overpriced Maggi and cold drinks.
On August 28, Shetler, Rawat and Anil Singh, a porter, began their trek up the path from Khirganga to Mantalai lake
that lies at an altitude of 4,100 metres. As always, Shetler carried his stuff, which included a small bag and a long flute
that doubled as a staff, and the porter carried Rawats belongings. As they walked for five days along the rocky, barren
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and narrow path before reaching the clear waters of Mantalai on September 3, they met other Indian travellers.
Together they posed for pictures, which the police later found. In one of them, Shetler, a tall, fit man with high
cheekbones, a stubble and close-cropped hair, is wearing a dull-brown shawl over a blue bubble jacket. He has his
arm across another trekkers shoulder. These are his last known photographs.
Singh says Shetler wanted to stay back in Mantalai for a few days but Rawat wanted to head back. The two had a
disagreement but Shetler gave in reluctantly and the three began their journey back. The next day, they stopped at
Thakur Kuan, where Singh says Shetler and Rawat smoked hashish, which grows wild in the valley all around, and the
latter asked Singh to continue to the next stop at Tunda Burj and keep their food ready. A few hours later, Rawat
reached alone.
When Singh asked Rawat about Shetlers whereabouts, he said he didnt know and perhaps he had returned to
Mantalai. Singh says Rawats response left him suspicious but he kept quiet and the two returned to Khirganga the next
day. None of them informed the police that Shetler had gone missing.
The last trek: The landscape at Khirganga.

(Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
How does somebody just vanish? asks Shetlers mother Suzanne Reeb. Especially somebody whos a survivalist,
an expert tracker. It doesnt make any sense. Justin was equipped not just to survive the wilderness, he was trained to
live there, she says.
Reeb, who is in her mid-sixties and works with Alzheimers patients at a healthcare facility in Portland, Oregon, says
her sons love for the outdoors started early. He didnt go to college and was 16 when he joined the Wilderness
Awareness School in Washington state. He was later hired by the US Marine Corps to teach a course in tracking.
Given all his skills, Reeb and Shetlers friends are finding it hard to believe he couldnt survive the trek.
After he left the US to travel the globe, Shetler would call his mother regularly. He would tell her about the new
places he visited, the friends he made and she would fill him in with the goings-on at home. So, when she didnt hear
from him even once in September, she grew worried. Around that time, some of his friends reached out to her. They
hadnt heard from him either.
In late September, his friends decided to act. They organised an online campaign to raise funds for Reeb to travel to
India and she was joined by Jonathan Skeels, one of Shetlers friends, who flew in with her from London in early
October. Skeels, a London-based corporate financial advisor, had met Shetler last year while travelling in Big Sur,
California.
In Himachal, they met up with Christopher Lee, a French fashion model who was travelling in the region and had met
Shetler after connecting with him over social media. I heard that as a young man Justin once went to spend some time
in one of the forests in America, carrying just a knife. Some days later, he emerged with a jacket made of deerskin and
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looked visibly healthier than when he had left, says Skeels. Lee filed a missing complaint at the Kullu police station
when Reeb and Skeels arrived in Himachal.
Suzanne Reeb with her sons motorcycle.

While investigating, the police came across online posts by other trekkers who had met Shetler on the trek to Mantalai
and learnt about Rawat and Singh and launched a search for them in Barshaini and neighbouring villages. A few days
later, Singh heard that the cops were looking for him and presented himself before the police post in Manikaran, a
small town about 20 kilometres from Barshaini. He told the police what had happened on the trek and was inducted to
assist the team searching for Shetler.
While the police launched their operation, Shetlers friends continued their parallel investigation. Skeels retraced
Shetlers steps a few times, trekking up to the path where the porter said he had last seen Shetler. He hired a helicopter
for an aerial survey that cost over Rs 1 lakh for less than two hours, hired drone operators from Delhi, got the
Himachal Pradesh chief ministers helicopter twice to take a team of policemen, and raised volunteers to look for his
friend. He even sent a video of the terrain back to America for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to analyse.
He remained in constant touch with the American embassy and Indian authorities.
Brijeshwar Kunwar, a resident of Bangalore trekking in the region, volunteered to help Skeels on one such search. It
was Kunwar who spotted a bags rain cover and a wooden staff lying on the banks below Thakur Kuan, the spot where
Singh, the porter, had gone ahead leaving Shetler and Rawat behind. They went down to where the staff lay. Skeels
recognised it immediately. It was Shetlers flute.
The Parvati river is as fierce as it is pristine. Many have been carried away in its swift current and police say even
remains of buses that have fallen into the river are rarely ever recovered. Finding a human body, they say, is even
tougher.
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The sheer drop at Thakur Kuan, where Shetler

is believed to have gone missing. (Source: Praveen Khanna)
But if Shetler, an experienced and expert trekker, had indeed been lost to the Parvati, was it because he took a wrong
step or was it because he was with the wrong people? Skeels says the path above where Shetlers belongings were
found, is a narrow one. It would take only a slight nudge, he says, to throw someone down. There were three people on
the trek that day. One of them is missing, the porter had become part of the search team and Rawat was by then in
police custody.
On October 21, a week after he was arrested, Rawat was found dead in the police lock-up. Police claim he committed
suicide by hanging himself with his loincloth on the lock-up gate in the five minutes that head constable Raj Kumar had
stepped out. When Kumar found him, he was still alive but died on way to hospital. Kumar has since been suspended
and a judicial inquiry is on.
There is only one lock-up in the police post in Manikaran. It is a small, square room with a gate thats not too high.
That Rawat managed to tie his loincloth on the top bar, through the locked gate and hang himself in just five minutes, is
a theory that isnt finding many takers. Rawat didnt leave behind any note, no one in his family came to take his body
and it was left to the policemen to cremate him.
With Rawat gone, the case has hit a dead end. On October 24, the police arrested Singh. The tall, lanky 28-year-old
from Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand says he had earlier been a porter with the security forces in Kargil and the
trek in Kullu was his first in the region. The police, however, couldnt find any evidence against him and he was let off
last week.
The porter who accompanied Shelter.

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As Shetlers disappearance continues to baffle the police, it has become one more case in the list of missing tourists in
Himachal Pradesh. Since 1991, 20 foreign tourists have gone missing in Kullu district, three of them in the last year
alone. Local policemen say that five or six Indian tourists also go missing every year.
Padam Chand, superintendent of police, Kullu, says tracking foreign trekkers is difficult because many of them dont
register themselves with the local authorities when they arrive in the state. According to the data available with the
Kullu police, the district received 8,287 foreign tourists this year. The actual number could be much higher. The
police, says Chand, is not equipped to handle cases of disappearance.
The trek from Barshaini to Khirganga goes over 12 kilometres of a rocky path covered by a canopy of tall pine and
poplar trees. Trekkers walk to the sound of the mighty Parvati river that gives the valley its name. A temple and a
natural hot spring stand at Khirganga. Alcohol and meat arent allowed here as this is considered a holy site but
hashish and weed are easily available, shared and smoked openly with fellow travellers.
On November 3, the last search party left Khirganga. It included two of Shetlers friends. Lee, the model, and Tom
McElroy, a professional tracker and survivalist. He had met Shetler at the Wilderness Awareness School in 1999,
where he was his teacher and had made the trip to India to search for him. A week later, Skeels left Manali for Ladakh
on Shetlers Enfield. It was a journey Shetler had always wanted to do. This was Skeelss homage to his friend. Lee
and McElroy followed in a truck.
As the chill deepens in Himachal, Shetlers dejected mother too has decided to return home, as funds for the search run
out. As she speaks about her only child, she constantly shifts between the present and the past tense, her sentences
oscillating between Justin is and Justin was. At least, her son died doing what he loved best, she consoles herself.
I lost him, I suppose, the day I sent him to the wilderness school, says Reeb.
She is returning home empty-handed, happy in the knowledge that she was in the mountains where her son had found
the freedom he desired. On one of the search trips that she had gone on, Reeb sat alone and meditated. Before he left
for India, Justin had got an outline of an eagle tattooed on his chest. When I opened my eyes after meditating, I spotted
an eagle flying above, says Reeb.
She saw it as a sign. I sat by myself for two hours and I felt completely safe and happy. I was so happy to be on that
trail, because I knew, no matter what, that he had been here, he had walked here.
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Down in jungleland: Easy Goan Birding | The Indian Express

Written by
Ranjit Lal
|
At sea: A white-bellied sea eagle.

Off to Goa and Pune for a weeks break recently, I decided that this would be a holiday from birding too: I would
absolutely not get up at 4 am and go traipsing around to peer at birds. Instead, Id wake up at my usual time (around 6
am), nurse a cup of tea in the verandah and check out what birds marked their presence. Actually, the first really
exciting sighting in Goa was that of the sun: clear, bright and golden as a fried egg; and the sky a piercing flawless
blue. After Delhis Dickensian grimness, you felt you had just climbed out of an open-cast coal mine.
Well, the first bird that marked its presence was the koel who woke me up with a hysterical shriek and remained
unseen. Next in line was a family of satiny black drongoes that fluted melodiously and skated gracefully over the
swimming pool as they sallied forth from their perches, snapping up their breakfast with their usual dexterity. A loud
laughing cackle announced the arrival of a pair of black-rumped flamebacks (nee golden-backed woodpeckers) which
clamped themselves to a tall coconut palm and corkscrewed their way up it, exchanging bright-eyed looks. High
above, a squadron of plum-headed parakeets whistled by, and, through the trees, I caught a glimpse of the handsome
russet and white brahminy kites, which appear to have gotten less common. As usual, those beady-eyed ruffians, the
crows, were everywhere, and from the bushes somewhere, a crow-pheasant whooped ghoulishly. There was a little
grey-headed canary flycatcher somewhere too. It would let off a few musical notes from time to time and remind me of
Himalayan hill stations in summer.
But, when youre in Goa, the beach is de rigueur, and, usually, you do not expect to see too many birds (apart from the
ubiquitous black kites and crows) at midday. So, I waded casually through the clear pools left behind by the tide,
towards a rocky outcrop, when, of course, a movement caught my eye. Out there, on the frontline of the rocks, were
herons the reef heron wearing its ashy-grey livery and the pond heron both quite unperturbed by the people
and children playing close by. They were intent on fishing, their gimlet eyes hard and fast on the pools, where fish
flickered and darted and crabs scuttled awkwardly sideways. If you got too close, the birds would emit an irritable
squawk, unfurl their wings and hop, skip and flap to the next outcrop. I spotted a little flotilla of what I suspect were
Temmincks stints dumpy little shorebirds in ashy brown and white with innocent eyes and relatively small beaks
winter visitors from as far away as Siberia, perhaps.
A casuarina, bending dramatically seawards on the top of a headland, caught my eye and whats that perched right
on top of it like a lifeguard? Its none other than a white-bellied sea eagle, a tall silver-grey and white raptor, which,
unlike most raptors, wears a somewhat friendly and smiling expression on its face. It is not at all friendly to sea snakes
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and fish swimming near the surface, which are dive-bombed and plucked clean out of the water and consumed. They
start breeding in October so it would have been interesting to follow the fortunes of this bird through the winter.
On then to Pune via an overnight stay at Mumbai, which Ive only mentioned because of the surprise it held in store.
On the way from the airport to the hotel, as we drove on to the famous Bandra-Worli Sea Link, a barn owl arises from
the road just past the toll booths, and, in front of the car, with prey in its beak (couldnt make out what). Its mushroom
and beige plumage is lit brilliantly by the sodium vapour lamps. Probably, it had caught a rat, or was it looking out for
road-kill? Did it perch on those mast lights, waiting for rats or bandicoots to get mashed by the traffic?
Leave a residence for a while and you can be sure youll have squatters. To ensure that these squatters were not blue
rock doves, my sister had fitted a net across the verandah in her flat there. And while the pigeons still squabbled and
had wanton sex on the roof of the awning, they kept out. But what was that peculiar football-like structure made out of
broad grass leaves, attached to an indoor palm in the verandah?
Looks like a munias nest, I said incredulously. But if so, how the heck did the birds get in? I had my answer at
around 6 that evening, when I heard an aggrieved squeaking, accompanied by the sound of a feathery scuffle. Mr and
Mrs Scaly-breasted Munia had just got home from work, and clinging to the nets mesh were arguing over who was
going to cook dinner that evening. One of them (I dont know which) flew off in a huff and the other squeezed his or
her way inside the nets mesh and into the nest. Their babies had obviously left home, but the couple was still using the
place as a roost. But how sensible: to build a home inside what was effectively a cage, where your family was safe
from the attentions of crows and other raptors!
Finally, as the plane taxis for takeoff at Pune, a black kite flies along the edge of the runway and you think, Oh heck,
theres sure to be a bird-hit! There is none, but the landing is grim. Outside the world is shrouded in a grimy mustardgreyish murk. You are back in the mines.
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A Hanseatic PIT STOP: A trip to Tallinn, Estonias capital and

UNESCO World Heritage site | The Indian Express
Written by Lalit Mohan | Published:November 20, 2016 12:02 am
Fat Margaret: Paks Margareeta, as it is known

in Estonian, is the first landmark that one sees after scaling the steps of the drab Soviet-style promenade as one alights
from the boat from Helsinki.
History does not tell us whether the Margaret whose name identifies the artillery tower in old Tallinn was indeed
obese, but the structure itself has sufficient girth to have acquired this appellation on its own merit. Fat Margaret was
built about 500 years ago at the entrance to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, one of the best preserved old cities of
Europe, with the intention of scaring wannabe invaders away. That did not seem to have helped much, because after
centuries of foreign domination, by one country or the other, only in 1991 did Estonia finally become free.
Paks Margareeta, as it is known in Estonian, is the first landmark that one sees after scaling the steps of the drab
Soviet-style promenade as one alights from the boat from Helsinki. Tallinn was just two hours away by the fast ferry,
across the Gulf of Finland. Our Schengen visa was good for that country, too.
Tallinn has expanded in all directions outside its historical boundaries, but, for the round one-day trip, our target was
just the old town, a UNESCO World Heritage site. So, off the boat and over the steps, up to the public platform, and
then, down again we headed straight for the 16th century tower which was once a store for guns and ammunition; for a
while, it was even a prison, but today, it houses the Estonian Maritime Museum.
It has four floors within its ample space, and exhibits models of boats, ships and marine paraphernalia from the
maritime past of the country, including a real schooners mast, an old captains cabin and floatation trousers used
once upon a time for rescue on the high seas. One gets a good view of old Tallinn and its harbour from the roof of Fat
Margaret. The only question that did not get answered was: who exactly was Margaret? A Danish (The Danes ruled
over Estonia at one point in their history and one of their queens is said to have proposed that the tower be built)
queen, a roly-poly local cook or even a bulky canon, these were some of the options we could pick from.
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Blast from the past: Alexander Nevsky

cathedral
The old city fans out from the tower. Its cobbled roads and alleys can be best done on foot. We decided to follow the
tourist map and took the peripheral road on the right, heading generally in the direction of Toompea Hill at its apogee.
The street names can be as simple as Viru, Aia, Vus or Lai, or mouthfuls such as Muurivahe, Rannamae tee and
Laboratooriumi. With frequent digressions into smaller alleys, we went past medieval churches, houses, shops and
even Raeapteek, the oldest working pharmacy in Europe, established in 1422, stopping occasionally for a peek inside.
Faded ochre, mustard, grey, canary, or just plain stone finish marks the facades of all buildings within old Tallinn,
most of them built between the 15th and the 17th centuries.
Some of the churches are of breathtaking beauty. The most prominent of these is the Alexander Nevsky cathedral. This
is a Russian Orthodox church and it was not easy for the Estonians to accept its existence because of the unpleasant
memories of Russian rule (Estonia became free of Russian rule in August, 1991). However, it was decided that history
be preserved irrespective of its sad episodes, and, today, this shrine is a popular tourist site. The oldest cathedral in
town, however, is the Catholic St Marys, which dates back to 1229 AD.
Up the narrow path, near the top of the hill, lies the Maiden Tower museum-caf, which, apart from the fare dished out
on its three floors, gives a panoramic view of the historic town. Close to this lie the Raekoda Plats and Raekoda
the city square ringed with cafes and shops and the14th century town hall. It was also a good place to rest after having
walked for about two hours the circuit was only half done.
As a matter of fact, at a leisurely pace, one can cover this distance in a comfortable stride, except that on
cobblestones, it is advisable to wear thick rubber-soled shoes. Otherwise, the feet may protest and one may have to
hitch a ride on one of the horse-drawn carriages.
After some rest and lunch, we were good for a visit to the Tallinn City Museum, which captures its history. Its stately
ball room has a stucco ceiling in rococo style. On the way back from the other side of the town, we could visit the old
Dominican Monastery complete with its sacristy, dormitory, priors room and an old library, some of which were
recessed deep into the masonry of the ancient building. Dolores Hoffmans stained glass studio was another halt as we
wound our way back to the harbor to catch the ferry back to Helsinki.
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Why women are better at multitasking than men | The Indian

Express
By:
IANS
| Moscow |
(Source: Pixabay)
Multitasking is harder for men because they need to mobilise additional areas of their brain and use more energy than
women when switching attention between tasks, says a study. Our findings suggest that women might find it easier
than men to switch attention and their brains do not need to mobilise extra resources in doing so, as opposed to male
brains, said one of the researchers, Svetlana Kuptsova from National Research University Higher School of
Economics in Moscow, Russia.
Such differences are typical of younger men and women aged 20 to 45, according to findings published in the journal
Human Physiology. Regardless of gender and age, task switching always involves activation in certain areas of the
brain, more specifically, bilateral activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal areas, inferior parietal lobes and inferior
occipital gyrus.
However, experiments conducted in this study demonstrated that in women, task switching appears to require less
brain power compared to men, who showed greater activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal areas as well as the
involvement of supplementary motor areas and insula, which was not observed in women.The experiments involved
140 healthy volunteers, including 69 men and 71 women aged between 20 and 65.
The participants were asked to perform a variety of tasks. In one of the experiments using functional MRI, they were
asked to perform a test that required switching attention between sorting objects according to shape (round or square)
and number (one or two).
The use of functional MRI allowed the researchers not only to observe the participants behaviour, but also to see what
was going on in the brain as the participants switched between tasks and detect differences in brain activation between
men and women.
The researchers found that the gender differences in the extent of brain activation when switching between tasks only
occurred in participants younger than those aged 45 to 50, while those aged 50 and older showed no gender
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differences either in brain activation or speed of task switching.

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Kids with autism miss significance of eye contact | The Indian

Express
Young children with autism look less at other

peoples eyes because they miss the significance of social information in others eyes, new research has found.
Young children with autism look less at other peoples eyes because they miss the significance of social information in
others eyes, new research has found. While reduced eye contact is a well-known symptom of autism used in early
screeners and diagnostic instruments, why children with autism look less at other peoples eyes has not been known.
The new research, reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry, helps answer that question.
This is important because were disentangling very different understandings of autism, said Jennifer Moriuchi from
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Depending on why you think children with autism are making less eye
contact, you might have different approaches to treatment and different ideas about the brain basis of autism,
Moriuchi explained.
The researchers studied how 86 two-year-old children with and without autism paid attention to other peoples
eyes.Children with autism watched a series of carefully made videos.Before each video, we flashed a small picture
to capture the childs attention, and when they looked to where the picture had been, they found that they were either
looking directly at another persons eyes or looking away from the eyes, Moriuchi said.
When we did this repeatedly, we found that young children with autism continued to look straight at the eyes. Like
their peers without autism, they didnt look away from the eyes or try to avoid the eyes in any way, Moriuchi
added.However, when varying levels of socially meaningful eye contact were presented, children with autism looked
less at other peoples eyes than their peers without autism.
These results go against the idea that young children with autism actively avoid eye contact, Warren Jones, Director
of Research at Marcus Autism Centre in Atlanta.Theyre looking less at the eyes not because of an aversion to making
eye contact, but because they dont appear to understand the social significance of eye contact, Jones noted.
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Drape a sari, yet stay warm in winter | The Indian Express

By:
IANS
| New Delhi |
A sari being such a versatile piece of clothing, when paired with the right winter clothes, can help you make a chic
style statement, says an expert. Vineet Chhajer, Director of Vineet Sarees, has shared ways in which you can flaunt
your sari in the winter chill:
* Winter coat and jackets: Teaming up ethnic wear with an interesting jacket is a trend that has been making rounds in
the fashion world.
Instead of the usual blouse, try a waist length jacket or a trench coat. All you need to keep in mind is that the jacket
should complement your dress. Pairing up your sari with a contrasting or similar coloured jacket in velvet or silk, or
even a Nehru jacket, will give is a unique and classy look.
Remember to check the material of the jacket or coat before buying as it should keep you warm.
* Replace scarf with pallu: Avoid the scarf thats hiding the look of your pallu, instead drape your pallu as a scarf to
cover your neck. It will definitely make you look more elegant, rather than making you look fat because of over
clothing.
This will also help you get rid of heavy neckpiece if you are not really fond of wearing them or you havent bought one
matching your attire. Just a pair of big earrings or jingling bangles and you are party ready.
* Boots or pumps with the sari: If this sounds quite eccentric, well then you need to know that this is not a new idea.
Its a style from early 1990s when women used to accessorise their sarees with pumps/boots. It will not just keep your
feet warm, but also pumps up the style quotient with the perfect amalgamation of grunge with ethnic.
* With pants: Drape your sari with a warm leggings or pants, instead of the petticoat or inner skirt. This will give a
Grecian style to your ethnicity and at the same time help you beat the heat. And you know what will make you stand out
the crowd? Make your pant visible. Pair them up with elegant pumps and you are just done.
* Wear sweater instead of a blouse: Of course, this is not a new trend. Wear fitting sweater instead of a blouse. It will
give you a classy look and will drive away the cold. You can even try for a polo neck sweater with solid color and
accessorize with junk jewelry. If not, follow the new trend, wear it
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For honeymooners, Kerala best in the country | The Indian

Express
By:
IANS
| Thiruvananthapuram |
Keralas quaint town finds its place in the list

of National Geographics Around the world in 24 hours. (Source: Kerala Lifestyle/Facebook)
Kerala has been voted as the best Honeymoon Destination in the country, based on the results of a readers poll
conducted by a travel website.Kerala is renowned for its magical experiences, its rustic charm and the beauty of its
diverse landscape, all of which has made the state a destination for honeymooners from across India and the world,
said A.C. Moideen.
It is a matter of pride for us to be cited by Travel + Leisure, which ranks among the leading travel and lifestyle
publications, he added. Based on the poll results, awards were handed out to the winners, which feature the biggest
names in the Indian tourism, facilitation and hospitality industries.
Organised by the magazine, the awards showcase the best travel opportunities available around the world and in India
and anoint the best service providers, the preferred places to stay and the destinations most Indians love to visit.
From the extended coastline to the misty Western Ghats and the legendary network of lagoons and estuaries, the
romantic getaways on offer here are as unique as they are exotic. The quiet, unhurried pace of life adds to Keralas
allure, said V. Venu, Principal Secretary Tourism.
Other winners included, Singapore (Best Country), Hong Kong (Best City), and Switzerland (Best Family Destination)
while France and South Africa shared the award for best international honeymoon destination.This is a significant
award for Kerala since it is based on the visitors assessment from the ground level, said Director of Kerala Tourism
U.V. Jose.
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Why good cholesterol may fail to protect against heart disease |

The Indian Express
By:
IANS
| London |
The lowest levels of HDL were seen among

people from poor socio-economic background with less healthy lifestyle, more cardiac risk factors and medical comorbidities. (Source: Thinkstock Images)
Although well associated with lowering cardiovascular disease risk high-density lipoprotein (HDL) known as
good cholesterol may not always be able to protect against heart disease.A new study has suggested that it
increases the inflammatory response of certain immune cells called macrophages. This can potentially counteract its
well-established anti-inflammatory effect in various other cell types, the study said.Good cholesterols functions are
not as simple as initially thought, and appear to critically depend on the target tissue and cell type, said Marjo
Donners of Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
In the end, it is the balance between its pro- and anti-inflammatory effects that determines clinical outcome, Donners
added.In the study, the researchers found that HDL treatment enhanced inflammation in macrophages, in contrast to its
effects in other cell types. Similarly, macrophages taken from mice with elevated HDL levels showed clear signs of
inflammation.
This pro-inflammatory effect induced by HDL showed enhanced pathogen protection, the researchers said.Lung
macrophages ingested disease-causing bacteria upon exposure to HDL. On the other hand, mice with low HDL levels
were impaired at clearing these bacteria from the lungs.
The results demonstrate that HDLs pro-inflammatory activity supports the proper functioning of macrophage immune
responses. According to Donners, these findings suggest that patients with persistent infections or specific immune
disorders might benefit from HDL-raising therapies.
The research could also lead to the development of cell-specific therapies that exploit the benefits of HDL-targeted
therapies while avoiding the side effects, the researchers noted. The study was published in the journal Cell
Metabolism.
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Marilyn Monroes iconic nude dress sold for $4.8 million | The
Indian Express
By:
IANS
| Los Angeles |
The skin-tight dress Marilyn Monroe wore for

her sultry rendition of appy Birthday before then U.S. President John F. Kennedy at a 1962 gala was sold on Thursday
for .8 million
Late actress Marilyn Monroes iconic nude dress has been auctioned for $4.8 million.When it was being auctioned in
LA on Thursday, the dress, which is said to be so tight that Monroe had to be sewn into it, was snatched up by museum
chain Ripleys Believe It or Not for $4.8 million, breaking the record for the most expensive dress sold at auction,
reports mirror.co.uk.
Edward Meyer, vice president of the museum chain, dubbed the dress the most iconic piece of pop culture that there
is.The dress is likely to stay at the Hollywood branch of Ripleys Believe It or Not before moving to different
branches across the world. This dress, this story, this momentous occasion represents a defining moment in history.
This auction will remind the world why Marilyn Monroe remains an icon, Martin Nolan, executive director of
Juliens Auctions, said.
The dress was famously worn by Monroe during a Democratic fundraiser at New York Citys Madison Square Garden
in 1962, where she sang Happy Birthday to late President John F. Kennedy. Monroes performance at the event was
one of her last public appearances as she died of a drug overdose just a few months later.
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Easy ways to break bad toilet habits | The Indian Express

By:
IANS
| New Delhi |
As World Toilet Day is marked on November 19, make sure to pledge to give up bad toilet habits like spending leisure
time in bathroom, kicking toilet handles to flush, and urinating on the toilet seat and then not cleaning it. K E
Ranganathan, President, Sales and Marketing, Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd, has listed some of the bad toilet habits
that should be avoided
* Flushing is a good habit but keeping the seat cover down while doing so is better. Germs and other particles become
airborne when flushed with the lid open. Various studies have found that flushing with the lid open can splash water
particles as far as six feet away from the toilet, causing outspread of bacteria in the bathroom atmosphere. To limit
this, lowering of the lid before flushing is an essential habit that one should adopt.
* Keeping your hands clean and flushing with your feet or shoes is a common practice which goes unnoticed most of
the time. This keeps germs off your hands but not from the bottom of your shoes or feet, which later end up on the floor
of your homes and personal spaces. Thus, making this exercise a futile one. Washing your hands thoroughly with soap
after flushing is a good practice one should adopt as an infection control measure.
* Living in the world of smartphones: Regular texting or scrolling through your mail in the toilet is common nowadays.
But we are not aware that sitting for more than five minutes on the toilet, can increase the blood pressure in the anal
veins. Apart from it, any object used or brought in the bathroom for a long time gets indirectly infected with the
bacteria. You can always wash your hands after every bathroom break, but cannot disinfect the phone before you put it
near your face for an incoming call.
* One of the most common unhygienic bathroom practises is urinating with the toilet seat down. This leads to
spreading of bacteria on the seat which later transmits to our body when you use it next. Every individual needs to
wipe off the toilet seat after using it to maintain the required amount of hygiene and cleanliness in the bathroom.
* A good fragrance doesnt harm anyone. A musky or a flowery air freshener whatever suits your senses is a
good way to vent off the bad odour in the toilet.
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Shilpa Shetty carries a power look with as much ease as a sari | The
Indian Express
By:
Lifestyle Desk
| New Delhi |
Shilpa Shettys style game is getting stronger

with each passing day.
When it comes to fashion, Shilpa Shetty has always been an inspiration. With the actress-turned-businesswoman so
active on Instagram, we get to see glimpses of her superb style quotient from time to time. It wont be wrong to say that
this golden girl always gives us something to look forward to. Recently, we spotted the diva in two brilliant outfits and
needless to say, she looked stunning!
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Shilpa Shetty in Rose Room Couture.

(Source: Instagram/Shilpa Shetty)
For an episode of Superdancer, the actress was seen in white pant suit by Rose Room Couture. Quite a fierce look but
Shetty managed to carry it off really well. With hair in a sleek ponytail, she accessorised her outfit with statement gold
vintage earrings by Viange and a solid gold ring cuff from Minerali Store. A hot marsala lip shade and smokey eye
accentuated the power look. We think she did really good for herself!
Shilpa Shetty in Shivan & Narresh. (Source:

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Instagram/Shilpa Shetty)
Prior to this, the actress was seen in an even glamorous avatar. Shetty posted a photo of herself on Instagram in a
pastel sari with a gold border. We think she looked like a goddess in this creation by Shivan & Narresh. Even though
we are not a big fan of the sari, Shetty still managed to pull it off. Her choice of accessories were a pair of quirky
earrings by Valliyan and super cute rings and cuff by Suhani Parekh MISHO. A dewy sheen and bright coral lip
rounded out the look.
Which look do you like the most? Let us know in the comments below.
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Mumbai poetry festival to host 51 poets from 5 countries | The

Indian Express
By:
Lifestyle Desk
| New Delhi |
The focus of the festival is to enable poets

and readers to understand and accept the worlds diversity. (Source: Thinkstock Images)
The Poets Translating Poets festival in Mumbai, scheduled during November 25-27, is all set to enthrall poetry
lovers! Featuring 51 poets from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Germany, the festival, a culmination of a
two-year-long Indo-German literary exchange project will address the issues of identity politics. There will also be
poetry-reading sessions, discussions on subjects such as the difference between feminist poetry and the works of
female writers, and a session on how Bengali poetry from Bangladesh and West Bengal is different from each other.
According to Hindustan Times, Mumbai-based Dalit-feminist poet Pradnya Daya Pawar says, Translation as a
practice helps understand people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds and removes these barricades.
Translation, by definition, stands for something [that is] cross-cultural. Otherwise, there is a wall between the people
of different countries, because you dont know anything about their culture. Translation is that bridge. The more the
number of initiatives taken to translate, the better it is.
She also talks about the hottest topic of the season, Donald Trump! With something like this happening, its important
for people from different nations to come together. Liberal thought is coming to an end. So, we need to make sure that
translation stays strong, and that more events like these are organised.
Dr Martin Wlde, director of Max Mueller Bhavan, says, the focus of the festival is to enable poets and readers to
understand and accept the worlds diversity. Some of the questions that will arise and those we seek to debate on are:
How can we preserve the diversity of cultures and languages when wars and conflicts enforce only one identity, which
creates marginalisation and dislocation of refugees?.
The festival will have a collection of 280 translations in 20 languages, including Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu,
Urdu, Bengali, Kashmiri, Odia, German and Marathi.
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British chef James Sharman to open pop-up restaurant at Everest

Base Camp | The Indian Express
By:
Lifestyle Desk
| New Delhi |
Reservations are now open for the adventure

dinner in Nepal. (Source: Thinkstock Images)
This is literally fine dining at its peak! In December, a pop-up restaurant at the Everest Base Camp will be set up by
Tom Aikens protege James Sharman, where 15 people will undertake the 14-day trip, from December 10-23. The
ambitious venture is the latest in his One Star House Party series, and will see the British chef host dinners in 20
countries over a period of 20 months. Everest will be Sharmans fourth location, after Beijing, Ho Chi Minh, and
Bangkok.
According to The New York Times, the 25-year-old chef is focusing on creating each menu from experience, spending
three weeks investigating, planning, and building the pop-up, then a week actually serving food. This was the process
for the first three pop-ups as well.
Reservations are now open for the adventure dinner in Nepal, which includes food, beverages, a hike to Everest base
camp, construction of the pop-up, and then actually digging into the cuisine for $1,050. It does not come with flights to
and from Nepal, but it does come with a hotel in Kathmandu to begin and end the trip, boarding in guest houses during
the trek to base camp, porters, guides, hiking gear, and more. If interested, adrenaline junkies will have to register by
November 29 and should also be willing to participate in some last-minute altitude training.
If this doesnt get your fancy, we dont know what will but dont worry. Sharman has plenty of other exciting locations
planned for dinner including Reykjavik, Tasmania and Buenos Aires with the innovative nature of the restaurants
intact. There will be a special treat for Indians too as he is planning to cook and serve a meal on a train travelling
through Indias tea fields.
Sounds really exciting!
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Walnuts can improve mood in young men | The Indian Express

By:
IANS
| New York |
In the past, studies on walnuts have shown

beneficial effects on many health outcomes like heart disease, diabetes and obesity. (Source: Thinkstock Images)
A handful of walnuts every day can help young men happily tackle lifes daily stress as this nutrient-dense snack can
lead to a happier state-of-mind, suggests a new study.
The researchers found a significant improvement in mood in young, healthy males who consumed walnuts every day
for eight weeks.
In the past, studies on walnuts have shown beneficial effects on many health outcomes like heart disease, diabetes and
obesity, said researcher Peter Pribis, Professor at University of New Mexico in the US.
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Our study was different because we focused on cognition, and in this controlled randomised trial (CRT) we measured
mood outcomes in males and females, Pribis added.
The participants of the study were 64 students between the ages of 18-25.
The participants were asked to eat three slices of banana bread every day for sixteen weeks eight weeks of banana
bread with walnuts and eight weeks of banana bread without walnuts.
The nuts were finely ground into the dough so the two banana breads were similar in taste and appearance. While
eating banana bread with walnuts the participants consumed half a cup of walnuts daily.
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The mood of the students was measured at the end of each eight-week period.
We used a validated questionnaire called Profiles of Mood States (POMS), Pribis said.
It is one of the most widely used and accepted mood scales in studies on cognition. The test has six mood domains:
tension, depression, anger, fatigue, vigor, confusion and also provides a Total Mood Disturbance score (TMD),
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Pribis explained.
The researchers found that consumption of walnuts led to a significant improvement in mood in young, healthy males.
In non-depressed healthy young males, walnuts seem to have the ability to improve mood, the study, published in the
journal Nutrients, said.
There was a meaningful, 28 per cent improvement of mood in young men, Pribis pointed out.
There are several nutrients in walnuts that could be responsible for the improved mood like alpha-Linolenic acid,
vitamin E, folate, polyphenols or melatonin, the researchers said.
However we did not observe any improvement of mood in females. Why this is we do not know, Pribis said.
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Now, relish pani puri, samosa ice-creams | The Indian Express

By:
IANS
| Auckland |
The store is also known for playfully

decorated toppings on every serve, particularly those in a cone. (Representational Image)
What if you could get a punch of spicy Indian flavours of pani puri and samosa in your sweet, creamy and frozen ice
cream? Giapo, located at the Queen Street here, is serving all this and more inspired by India.
Some of our specialities are jacket potato ice cream, pani puri ice-cream and samosa ice cream. We made our
own pani puri and then we filled it with ice cream that we have. We are also doing wonderful dosa so, yes I am
learning. This is not yet in the menu, but we are experimenting, the ice cream stores owner Giapo Grazioli told IANS
during an interaction at his beautiful store.
In fact, he has even dedicated an ice cream to Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra, who is the Tourism New Zealand
brand ambassador in India.
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I feel Indian food is one of the best foods and Indians race is probably my second main race after Kiwi, he added.
So, is there any specific flavour that Indians ask for when they visit the store?
Indians love sweet fruity flavours. At the moment, their favourite is On My Way to Keri Keri which is an avocado ice
cream made with avocado coming from Shelly Beach. Keri Keri Macadamia praline is also popular, said Grazioli.
Giapo opened its door in the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of changing the way people feel about ice creams.
When we first opened, Giapo was nothing like what it is now, it was a patisserie, which lasted only three months.
After closing the initial store, we rethought the entire concept of the store and started creating ice cream, Grazioli
said.
His wife Annarosa added: From here on, the innovation started. We realised that everything anyone else was doing
anywhere else wasnt good for us. We decided that new was our narrative.
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The couple, who have two children Francesca and Pasquale, shared that all the produce used for the ice cream
creations come from New Zealand because they like to take advantage of the bounty that New Zealand has to offer.
The Christchurch hazelnut is one of the most popular flavours. We own a small hazelnut farm in Christchurch and we
make the ice cream out of our own hazelnuts. The Keri Keri Lemon is probably the second most popular. Its a sorbet
made with lemons coming from Keri Keri, a city in Northland of New Zealand, said Annarosa.
They have a team of 24-26 people who work in shifts and make cones, chocolates, bake and do other activities
involved in making an ice cream. They also make sure that customers dont mix and match two-three flavours together.
We dont encourage mixing. We want people to buy only one flavour but customer is the boss, Grazioli said.
Some of the high points of this shop are outdoor seating, children friendly with a lot of vegan options, desserts and
gluten-free options and of course, vegetarian-friendly.
The store is also known for playfully decorated toppings on every serve, particularly those in a cone.
They also made an ice cream inspired by singer Katy Perys album Prism, and incorporated her signature sunflower.
It took 80 to 100 hours work to bring the colourful ice cream to life.
With so many customers, why arent they planning to open any other outlet?
Because the goal was not to become big, but we are trying to do something great. We cannot be big and great at the
same time, Grazioli told IANS.
The price of the ice creams available here ranges from $10 to $25.
(The writers trip is at the invitation of Tourism New Zealand. Nivedita can be contacted at nivedita.s@ians.in)
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Novel tool to may lead to Zika vaccines | The Indian Express

By:
PTI
| Houston |
The new Zika replicon system has deleted

some of the genes that give the virus its structure. (Representational Picture)
Scientists have developed a way to replicate the Zika virus, stripping it of the genes that make the virus infectious, an
advance that may lower the safety risk involved in working with it and pave the way for vaccine development.
Replicons are segments of viral genome that can replicate on their own, independent of the cellular chromosome. The
new Zika replicon system has deleted some of the genes that give the virus its structure.
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One of these replicons can be used to locate portions of the viral molecule that block or halt viral replication, making
it a powerful tool for vaccine development, said Pei-Yong Shi, professor at University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston in the US.
The replicon system was engineered by attaching genes that allow researchers to tag certain parts of the virus that they
are interested in. Luciferase, the chemical that gives fireflies their signature glow, was used to make targeted viral
components light up making processes like replication much easier to observe.
The other newly-developed replicon was designed to study potential antiviral agents by differentiating between when
the virus is making copies of itself and when its altering its structure, Shi said.
Knowing when and how the virus is mutating is important, as evolution is what makes viruses more adept at invading
hosts like humans or animals or become more damaging once inside the host, he said.
The recent Zika virus outbreak has highlighted the urgent need to establish genetic tools for studying how the virus
multiplies and causes disease within a newly infected person in order to develop countermeasures.
This is especially important because the Zika virus is spreading rapidly and behaves differently than many other
viruses for instance, it can be transmitted sexually and is associated with microcephaly and Guillain-Barre
syndrome.
The study was published in the journal EBioMedicine.
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NASA launches next generation weather satellite
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HP to set up 48 digital inclusion labs in rural India
[Sun, 20 Nov 12:42]
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[Sun, 20 Nov
12:13]
Facebook fixing fake news problem with CEO at trade summit

Beware: WhatsApp group video-calling invite is a scam!
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Russian spaceship delivers three astronauts to space station

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Sea ice hits record low at poles: NASA report
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NASA launches next generation weather satellite | The Indian

Express
By:
IANS
| Washington |
Improved space weather sensors on GOES-R

will monitor the sun and relay crucial information to forecasters so they can issue space weather alerts. (Source:
NASA)
A next generation US weather satellite that was rocketed into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida at 6:42 p.m. EST on Saturday (5.12 a.m. Sunday, India time) is on its way to sharpen forecasts, watches and
warnings about hurricanes and storms, NASA said. After the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations
(NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R), reaches its final designated orbit in the
next two weeks, it will be renamed GOES-16, the US space agency said in a statement.
The launch of GOES-R represents a major step forward in terms of our ability to provide more timely and accurate
information that is critical for life-saving weather forecasts and warnings, said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate
Administrator for NASAs Science Mission Directorate in Washington. It also continues a decades-long partnership
between NASA and NOAA to successfully build and launch geostationary environmental satellites, Zurbuchen added.
The new satellite will become operational within a year, after undergoing a checkout and validation of its six new
instruments, including the first operational lightning mapper in geostationary orbit. The next generation of weather
satellites is finally here, NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan said.
Forecasters will use the lightning mapper to hone in on storms that represent the greatest threats. The satellites
primary instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager, will provide images of Earths weather, oceans and environment
with 16 different spectral bands, including two visible channels, four near-infrared channels, and 10 infrared channels.
Improved space weather sensors on GOES-R will monitor the sun and relay crucial information to forecasters so they
can issue space weather alerts and warnings. In all, data from GOES-R will result in 34 new or improved
meteorological, solar and space weather products, NASA said.
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HP to set up 48 digital inclusion labs in rural India | The Indian

Express
By:
IANS
| New Delhi |
HP Inc. announced a new programme to build

48 self-contained, Internet-enabled digital inclusion and learning labs to drive digital literacy in rural India.
Global printing and personal computer major HP Inc. announced a new programme to build and deploy 48 selfcontained, internet-enabled digital inclusion and learning labs to drive digital literacy in rural India. Called HP
World on Wheels (WoW), the programme is part of HPs global initiative to create opportunities in the underserved
communities and empower people everywhere to build a better, more prosperous life and also supports the Digital
India initiative, the company said in a statement.
Quality education for all is critical to ensure fast economic and social development of India and we need to think
beyond brick and mortar solutions and use technology to educate and skill all, said Rajiv Srivastava, Managing
Director, HP India. The programme aims to reach 6,400 Indian villages, impacting more than 15 million people over
the next six years to drive education programming, entrepreneurship training and other community services.
Each 20-seat, IT-enabled HP WoW digital inclusion and learning lab will be equipped with HP computing and
printing equipment, such as HP Thin Clients, an HP Workstation and an HP OfficeJet all-in-one printer, as well as
software suites and e-learning tools like HP Classroom Manager, HP LIFE and HP VideoBook.
The classrooms will allow individuals to gain access to IT literacy programmes and connect to different government
programmes. The digital inclusion and learning labs are designed with leading technology to reduce emissions and
maximise energy efficiency, the company said.
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Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) to launch soon, suggest leaked press

renders | The Indian Express
By:
Tech Desk
|
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) was first spotted

on Geekbench followed by Indian export-import website Zauba. (Source: Evan Blass)
Samsung is working on the successor of Galaxy J3 and the device is expected to hit the shelves soon. Noted tipster
Evan Blass posted picture of Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) on Twitter, suggesting its launch is imminent. Evans tweet
reads, Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) [note: this is SM-J327P, not SM-J3119, which is the J3 Pro]. The press render
reveals a rectangular smartphone with companys familiar capsule-like home button at the bottom. The power button
can be seen on the right edge, while volume keys are present on the left. The Galaxy J3 (2017) has rounded corners.
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) was first spotted on Geekbench followed by Indian export-import website Zauba.
According to Geekbench, the Galaxy J3 (2017) will be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm processor clocked at 1.4
GHz paired with 2GB RAM. The smartphone is said to run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Samsungs TouchWiz
UI skin. Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) is listed on Zauba at Rs 6,800 and suggests the device will make it way to India
pretty soon. However, the information on Zauba cannot be completely trusted.
Read: Samsung Galaxy J3 with S Bike mode launched at Rs 8,990
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) was launched in India in March 2015. The Galaxy J3 was the first Samsung phone to
feature S-bike mode, something that the company replicated in its other budget devices later. The Galaxy J3 is a dualSIM 4G smartphone priced at Rs 8,990. It features a 5-inch HD AMOLED display and is powered by 1.2GHz quadcore processor with 1.5GB RAM. The phone packs 8GB ROM that is expandable up to 128GB via a microSD
card. Theres 8MP rear camera and 5MP front camera.
Check out Evans tweet here:
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) [note: this is SM-J327P, not SM-J3119, which is the J3 Pro]
pic.twitter.com/MSl4pFo4bi
Evan Blass (@evleaks) November 18, 2016
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Given Samsungs J-series comprises of budget devices, we could expect the Galaxy J3 (2017) to be launched in this
price segment as well. Also, companys J-series has done well in the past thanks o features like Ultra-Data Saving
Mode. Plus, Samsung introduced additional features such as F-Secure and Power Saving with J7 Prime and J5 Prime
in India.
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Facebook fixing fake news problem with CEO at trade summit |

The Indian Express
By:
AP
| Peru |
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took on the

role of an evangelist for connectivity as he spoke at an Asian-Pacific trade summit.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged world leaders meeting in Peru on Saturday to help get more people online to
improve global living standards while separately announcing new measures to cut down on fake news stories on the
social network that some suggest could have helped sway the US presidential election. The Facebook founder took on
the role of an evangelist for connectivity as he spoke at an Asian-Pacific trade summit, lamenting that half the world
has no access to the online world and is being deprived of its economic potential as well as advances in science,
education and medicine. He urged leaders to work with his company and others to close that gap.
If we can connect the 4 billion people who arent connected we can lift hundreds of millions of people out of
poverty, Zuckerberg said as he addressed business and government leaders at the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation Forum. But as he was promoting the benefits of the online world in the speech, he took to his Facebook
page to address one of the downsides of the internet: the rapid dissemination of bogus news stories on social
networks.
Zuckerberg said in a post late Friday that his company was taking measures to curb what he said was a relatively
small percentage of deliberately false stories. The measures include developing new tools to detect and classify
misinformation and to make it easier for users to report the material. He said the company also is looking into the
possibility of working with established fact-checking organizations to evaluate content and into the feasibility of
warning labels for stories flagged as false.
Read: Zuckerberg lays down Facebooks battle plan to tackle misinformation
Critics have complained that a surge of fake news stories on Facebook may have swayed some voters to back
President-elect Donald Trump. The company said that it was clarifying its advertising policy to emphasize that it
wont display ads thus cutting revenue for sites that run information that is illegal, misleading or deceptive,
which includes fake news. That followed a similar step by Google, which acknowledged that it had let a false article
about the election results slip into its list of recommended news stories.
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The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously, the Facebook CEO said in his post. Our goal is to connect
people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information.
Zuckerbergs comments came after President Barack Obama, who is also attending the APEC summit, and others have
been sharply critical of the spread of fake news online.
In a news conference Thursday in Berlin, Obama called bogus stories disseminated on Facebook and other social
media platforms a threat to democracy. The president decried an age where theres so much active misinformation
and its packaged very well and it looks the same when you see it on a Facebook page or you turn on your television.
Zuckerberg called the problem complex, both technically and philosophically. It is also sensitive issue for a
company that does not want to censor content such as legitimate political satire that some people find offensive.
Facebook sees itself not as a traditional publisher, but as a facilitator of global communication.
It was that lofty vision of the company that was on display as Zuckerberg spoke at the APEC forum.
He described Facebook efforts in artificial intelligence programs that could lead to advancements in medicine and
education, as well as a high-altitude solar-powered drone, still in the development stage, to provide online access to
places with none. He also described a program to work with local operators around the world to provide free basic
internet.
We cant afford to leave anyone behind, he said.
The Facebook CEO said that investment in such infrastructure is necessary to address the gap between rich and poor
that has become a source of rising anxiety. As we are learning this year in election after election, even if
globalization might grow the overall pie of prosperity, it also creates inequality, he said. It helps some people and it
hurts others.
Investing in connectivity, he said, can address some of the consequences of globalization. We can disconnect, risk
less prosperity and hope jobs that are lost come back. Or we can connect more, try to do more great things, try to work
on even greater prosperity and then work to aggressively share that prosperity with everyone.
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Beware: WhatsApp group video-calling invite is a scam! | The

Indian Express
By:
Tech Desk
|
To recall, the WhatsApp video-calling update

is automatically available to Android, iOS as well as Windows users via respective app stores.
WhatsApp rolled out video-calling feature for Android, iOS and Windows users earlier this week. The feature was
long anticipated and can be downloaded via update available to all users. However, the rollout of this popular feature
has led to scamsters circulating malicious links inviting people to download video-calling. Interestingly, these links
also invite users to download group-calling feature, something that WhatsApp itself hasnt made official yet. The
malicious link reads, Youre invited to try WhatsApp Video Calling feature. Only people with the invitation can
enable this feature. Click on the link and it will ask you to invite more friends for video-calling to activate on your
device.
However, wed like to warn you not to fall prey to these scams. Theres always the risk of scamsters gaining access to
your personal contacts, mails, documents etc. While WhatsApp did introduce an invite system for activating its voicecalling feature last year, the company is going with a simple update for video-calling. However, looks like scamsters
took note of WhatsApps earlier move to fool people in to clicking on malicious links this time. To recall, the update
is automatically available to Android, iOS as well as Windows users via respective app stores.
Read: WhatsApp video calling: Beta is now out, but is far from perfect
Typing similar URLs such as whatappvideostart.com takes you to a WhatsApp look-alike website, making it easy for
people to believe its not a fake. The site resembles WhatsApp app in terms of interface and design. Also, the colour
scheme of the website is similar to that of WhatsApp app. The site has also put out screenshots of the video-calling
feature to make users believe it is authentic.
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The malicious link reads, Youre invited to

try WhatsApp Video Calling feature. Only people with the invitation can enable this feature.
WhatsApp announced video-calling feature for all users on November 15. India remains an important market for
Facebook-owned WhatsApp with close to 160 million monthly active users in the country. According to WhatsApp,
they saw over 8 million messages going out on the day of Diwali in India alone. WhatsApp was launched in 2009 as a
rich messaging service and is now one of the worlds largest OTT messaging platforms with over 1 billion users. The
addition of video-calling to its platform is expected to boost user engagement.
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Russian spaceship delivers three astronauts to space station | The

Indian Express
By:
AFP
| Miami |
Peggy Whitson is scheduled to surpass NASA

astronaut Jeff Williams 534 days on April 24.
Russias Soyuz spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station, carrying a European, a Russian and an
American astronaut for a four-month mission at the orbiting outpost. Capture confirmed, said a NASA commentator
as the spacecraft docked at the ISS at 4:58 PM (local time), live US space agency television images showed on
Friday.
The trio including Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and American astronaut Peggy
Whitson launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Pesquet, a rookie astronaut and
amateur saxophone player, is the first French national to be sent to the ISS by the European Space Agency since 2008.
Whitson, meanwhile is an experienced veteran and biochemistry expert who will break records with this space
mission, including the title of the most days in space by a US astronaut. Whitson is scheduled to surpass NASA
astronaut Jeff Williams 534 days on April 24.
In February, Whitson, 56, will become the first woman to command the space station twice. She previously
commanded the station in 2007, when she became the first woman to hold this post, NASA said.
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Digital native: The Voices in Our Heads | The Indian Express |

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Written by
Nishant Shah
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We were just sitting there, talking, when the

phone rang with a message notification
You know its going to be a weird column when it begins with how I have a friend, and he has a new parrot. And yet,
this is how we begin today. I have a friend, and he has a parrot. Meeting him for coffee this week was a strange
experience. We were just sitting there, talking, when the phone rang with a message notification. Giving in to
politeness, we both ignored the ring and continued talking. In the next five minutes, the phone rang five-six times.
Neither of us was sure whose phone it was. When the seventh buzz came in, we decided that this might be urgent, and
sheepishly fished out our phones. To our surprise, both our phones were without any notification.
We were staring at our phones when the notification sound buzzed again. We both looked around, wondering if there
are invisible phones waking up to autonomy and taking over the world, when we realised where the noise was coming
from. It was the parrot. She looked at us, that look that parrots have, and made the whistle sound that WhatsApp has
naturalised in our everyday life. We both laughed, and the parrot, ruffling her feathers, continued to make more sounds,
imitating updates, notifications and ring tones, all ending in a wonderful crescendo of phone vibrating on a glass table.
Amusing as the antics of the parrot were, what it reminded me of was the soundscape of the digital world that we live
in. As our devices grow smaller, as the Internet of Everything makes smart computers out of everything, as the drones
watch us, cameras control us, and the social web envelops us in its seductive embrace, we realise that the digital is
disappearing. Additionally, even as we lose sight of the digital, we are also learning to naturalise the sounds of the
digital.
From the gentle whirr of our laptop fans to the chirps and beeps that our phones make, reminding us of our incessant
connectivity with the world; from the silent whoosh of mails being sent and messages being received, to the push, pull,
and swipe of our fingers dancing on virtual keyboards the digital soundscape is ubiquitous and jarring, but familiar
and reassuring.
For those of us who went online in the 90s, we still remember that Martian chirruping of the modem as we dialled in
to our connections, and the midi sounds that our machines made as they parsed data to render them into visuals on our
heated up monitors. From those cacophonous days of machines speaking to each other, we have come a long way
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where they now speak to us. Fresh from the encounters with the parrot, who doesnt produce or mimic any human
sounds but has mastered the repertoire of digital resonances, I was suddenly aware of the quiet landscape in a Dutch
train. The fairly crowded train was silent. Commuters were mostly hunched, peering over their phone, hiding the
screen from public scrutiny.
In the cone of silence in that train, though, over the rattling of the wheels, and occasional buzz of electricity that passed
overhead, you could hear a quiet orchestra of sounds. People were silent but the devices were continually speaking.
Keypads jerked to haptic touch; phones vibrated with new connections; chirps, chirrups, beeps and whooshes emerged
at regular intervals, games blared out victory tunes, music trickled out of the noise cancellation headphones, and all
around, the world sang, spoke and glowed in the soft undulation of the digital. Once in a while, the strange silence of a
hundred people all crammed together was punctuated by a phone call, where the speaker made an apologetic face and
whispered into the phone, trying not to be too loud. A couple of times when they were loud, saying the most prosaic
things like I am on the train and I will be home in 20 minutes, people looked around in impatience, rolling their
eyes, condemning the human noise that was infiltrating their digital bubbles.
I came home. In the evening, as is usually my routine, I sat down with a book, curled up on my couch. And I was caught
with an overwhelming urge to hear a human voice. It was too late in the night, though, to make a random phone call.
So, I started an app that simulates a coffee environment, a mixture of unintelligible conversations interspersed with the
sounds of digital machines, and then feeling comforted, I sat down to read, alone, connected only to the voices in my
head.
Nishant Shah is a professor of new media and the co-founder of The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore.
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Nokias comeback in smartphone industry confirmed for 2017 |

The Indian Express
By:
Tech Desk
|
Nokias non-compete clause with Microsoft

finishes in 2017
Nokia is set to make its big comeback to the smartphone segment in 2017. Even while rumours and leaks have hinted at
the company launching a new line of Android smartphones next year, Nokia has only recently broken the silence as to
to its intentions. Nokia in its Capital Markets Day 2016 event shared a slide that depicts its agenda for 2017, which
includes Nokia brands return to smartphones.
Nokias non-compete clause with Microsoft (after the latter took over the company) finishes in 2017. The company
is ditching Microsofts Windows OS in favour of Googles Android OS, which has the largest market share among
smartphones.
Nokia will not be making smartphones itself, considering that it no more has the manufacturing facilities it did at its
peak. It will just be acting as the owner of the brand and its patents, while overseeing the development of new
phones,which will be made by HMD global; a new company that was created earlier this year. HMD will be pairing
Nokias patents and brand with Foxconns R&D and manufacturing.
One of Nokias first handsets in 2017 could be the D1C. Nokia D1C has already been benchmarked on Geekbench and
Antutu. The Antutu benchmark shows the phone to be running on a Qualcomm 430 chipset coupled with an Adreno 505
GPU.
Read: Nokia D1C renders leaked, and its not a tablet
It will be coming with 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, and will be running on Android 7.0 Nougat. The phone is sporting a
1920 x 1080 pixel screen resolution, comes with a 13MP primary camera and an 8MP front shooter.
Reports have suggested that Nokia might be launching a second device in 2017, details of which are not available at
the moment.
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Sea ice hits record low at poles: NASA report | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
|
Sea ice decline has been a key indicator that

climate change is happening (Dirk Notz via AP)
Sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic has reduced to a record low levels since 1979, a new NASA report has found.
It looks like, since the beginning of October, that for the first time we are seeing both the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice
running at record low levels, said Walt Meier, researcher at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Centre which tracked sea
ice data since 1979.
Although record low sea ice is not new for the Arctic, it is a surprising event for the Antarctic. Even as sea ice in the
Arctic has seen a rapid and consistent decline over the past decade, Antarctic on the other hand has seen its extent
increasing. From 2012 through 2014, each year it has reached a record high for its sea ice extent.
It is too early to know if the recent, rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice is going to be a regular occurrence like in
the Arctic, researchers said. However it certainly puts the kibosh on everyone saying that Antarcticas ice is just
going up and up, Meier told the CNN.
This sea ice decline has been a key indicator that climate change is happening, but especially in the Arctic, its loss can
mean major changes for your weather too. Temperatures in the Arctic have soared recently, and scientists are
struggling to explain exactly why, and what will be consequences for this.
Read: Great valley found on Mercury indicates shrinking of planet
Air temperatures have been running more than 20 degrees Celsius above average. To make matters worse, the water
temperatures in the Arctic Ocean are several degrees above average, which is an expected result of having less sea
ice.
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Reliance Jio 4G SIM will now be home delivered | The Indian

Express
By:
Tech Desk
|
Reliance Jios new pilot programme will get

Jio SIMs home delivered for individuals
Reliance Jio services are expected to come out of the beta stage in January 2017. As the date of full launch of paid
services comes closer, the new kid on the block is experimenting with new ways to enroll customers. To start with the
company has started a pilot programme; to get Jio SIMs home delivered for individuals. Airtel tried a similar strategy
when it launched its 4G services some time back.
The Jio pilot programme will be rolled out in a phased manner and individuals will receive an invite to schedule a Jio
SIM delivery at home at a time of their choice. The program is currently in beta and is being rolled out area wise in
Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Vizag, Chandigarh and Jaipur.
In another initiative, Jio is offering housing societies and offices the option to invite a company representative to set up
a desk where users can get a SIM activated instantly through their Aadhar card. Users can avail this option through
Jios website or by giving a missed mobile call to 1-800-200-200-9 and get the invite link. Users can register their
interest on jio.com/en-in/register-interest.
Reliances free Welcome Offer is expected to end December 31, and after the free subscription is over; users will
have to buy a 4G plan as per their requirement. Jio promises the cheapest 4G plans, at Rs 50 per GB. Reliance Jio
will be offering 2GB of data for Rs 299 a month, 4GB at Rs 499 per month, 10GB at Rs 999, with the highest plan of
75GB for Rs 4,999. Users will also be getting unlimited data from 2am to 5am.
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Google reverses digital death for customers involved in Pixel

resale | The Indian Express
By:
Tech Desk
|
Google, in an email, notified the banned users

that it was re-enabling their accounts after reviewing their appeals.
Google has reversed its earlier decision to disable accounts of customers involved in reselling of Google Pixel
phones. In the incident termed as digital death penalty, Google had banned accounts of users who had shipped out the
Pixel phones from Project Fi mobile carrier to a New Hampshire re-seller, The Guardian reported.
Google, in an email, notified the banned users that it was re-enabling their accounts after reviewing their appeals. The
company, in the email said it, takes violations of our terms very seriously, and we ask that you review relevant terms
and product policies to ensure that you understand them. It further added: Repeated violations of our terms may lead
to account termination.
Customers whose accounts were banned were accused of taking advantage of no sales tax, in the US state of New
Hampshire. Essentially, customers bought Google Pixel phones directly from Project Fi mobile carrier and had them
shipped out to a New Hampshire re-seller, where after reselling them, the profits would be shared between the reseller and the customer. After Google caught wind of this, it banned accounts of hundreds of customers involved in the
arrangement, stating it was in violation of Googles policy.
Customers involved in the arrangement reportedly faced account suspensions where they lost access to mail, photos,
documents or anything else linked to their Google identity. In addition, customers access to Google Store was
revoked.
Read: Google Pixel phone resellers have been banned from their Google accounts
Daniel Eleff, who first reported the bans said, Im not defending those who violated the terms of the sale, but I do
think it is heavy handed for Google to block access to all of their services for doing so. Was violating Googles phone
resale policy really worthy of an effective digital death penalty? Googles letter to Eleff stated, After investigating
the situation, we are restoring access to genuine accounts for customers who are locked out of many Google services
they rely on., The Guardian reported.
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Google in the letter also stated that active users of Google services can take take a backup of their account data from
Gmail, Photo, and Drive by creating an archive or backing up to another service.
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Over 55% millennials in India hit by cybercrime: Report | The

Indian Express
By:
IANS
|
Over 55 per cent of millennials in India have

experienced cybercrime in the past year
Over 55 per cent of millennials (born between 1980-2000) in India have experienced cybercrime in the past year and
globally, millennials are the most commonly affected victims, with 40 per cent experiencing it last year, a report
revealed on Saturday.
According to the Norton Cyber Security Insights report by security software firm Norton by Symantec, 39 per cent
Indian millennials have either experienced ransomware themselves or know someone who has.
Millennials emerged as the password sharing generation in India with 34 per cent of them admitting to sharing
passwords of various accounts, said Ritesh Chopra, Country Manager, Norton by Symantec, in a statement. Of those
who have experienced ransomware, 80 per cent of the millennial victims did so in the past one year alone.
Further, 18 per cent of millennial victims paid the ransom, yet, did not gain access to their files, the findings showed.
When it comes to Wi-Fi usage, 30 per cent millennials agreed to have used their neighbours Wi-Fi network without
their permissions, compared to 22 per cent of the overall respondents.
While overall, one in four consumers regularly use public Wi-Fi connections available at airports, coffee and shops,
this rises to 33 per cent among millennials.
Putting their cyber security at risk, 60 per cent of these millennials are willing to give into actions such as answering a
survey question, install a third-party app (43 per cent), provide access to files while online (25 per cent) and turn off
their security software (24 per cent) to gain access to free public Wi-Fi.
Read: US concerned over Russia blocking access to LinkedIn
In order to protect your information, Norton recommends these practices avoid password promiscuity, do not pay
the ransom and backup, be in control when online, know the ins and outs of public Wi-Fi networks to millennials.
The Norton report is an online survey of 20,907 device users ages 18+ across 21 markets, commissioned by Norton by
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Symantec and produced by research firm Edelman Intelligence.

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Kajol wants to try her hands on action films | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Mumbai |
Kajol appeared in 2015 release Dilwale, with

Shah Rukh Khan.
Actor Kajol, who has entertained the audience with her power-packed performances, says she would love to do an
action film next. I would love to do an action film but I am very lazy right now. When I think about the actual hard
work of wearing the harness and doing action, it becomes difficult to imagine myself doing it. But I would love to do
action on-screen as once in a lifetime experience, Kajol said.
The My Name is Khan actress is elated with the response to her actor-producer husband Ajay Devgns recently
released film Shivaay.
I am very happy with the response to Shivaay. Ajay has made a fantastic film. There were hundreds of messages
that I was getting about the film, including how Ajay has shown the bonding of kids, the action. Its soul satisfaction
that people loved the film so much and there is a monetary benefit also, she said.
Also read | Kajol is excited to play a single mother in her next
Presently, Kajol is prepping up for her next film wherein the actor will be playing a single mother. According to Kajol,
the film will start next year.
Her last outing was Rohit Shettys Dilwale in which she was paired opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Anand Gandhi is
working on one of his plays big screen adaptation that will feature Kajol in the lead.
More from the world of Entertainment:
The Ship of Theseus helmer has also co-written the screenplay for the film, which will be produced by Ajay Devgn.
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Hope I am convincing on screen as Haseena Parker: Shraddha

Kapoor | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Mumbai |
Shraddha Kapoor plays the role of Haseena

Parker and her brother Siddhanth will be seen portraying the role of Dawood Ibrahim.
Shraddha Kapoor hopes to look convincing as Haseena Parker in the biopic on underworld don Dawood Ibrahims
sister. Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai is an upcoming Indian Bollywood biographical film directed by Apoorva
Lakhia and while Shraddha plays the lead, her brother Siddhanth will be seen portraying the role of Dawood Ibrahim.
I am excited but I am more nervous as I play from the age of 17 to 43 so that whole character graph is there. The
character is going to be difficult. I hope Im convincing, Shraddha said on the sidelines of Global Citizen Festival
India, here last night.
If there is one thing that Shraddha regrets about her role, it is the chance of not having met Haseena herself who passed
away in 2014. Shraddha says she is watching some video footage featuring Haseena to get the nuances of the character
right. The actor appeared in musical drama Rock On 2, which did not do well at the box-office due to demonization.
Also read | Rock On 2 actor Shraddha Kapoor is sad that the film has not done well
Shraddha, who is disheartened with the response to her film, said Its sad that the film has not done well, you do feel
bad. You work hard and spend so much time on a film, a Friday comes and decides the fate of the film. I wish the film
did better and people would have liked the film. I guess there are some mixed response and I hope people like the
film.
Apart from the biopic, the actor will also appear in a romantic drama OK Jaanu, with Aditya Roy Kapur. The film
is a remake of Mani Ratnams Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani.
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Farhan Akhtar was blown away by performance of Jay-Z | The

Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Mumbai |
Farhan Akhtar was also one of the artistes to

perform at Global Citizen Fest 2016.
Actor-singer Farhan Akhtar has showered praise on the performance of American rapper Jay-Z, during the Global
Citizen India concert here. Jay-Z made his debut here at the Global Citizen India concert last evening with his hit
Bounce, set against a sample of AR Rahmans tune Chaiya Chaiya. He also crooned his hit songs We gonna run
this town tonight, 99 Problems, In Paris, Drunk In Love and his Panjabi MC collaboration Beware Of The
Boyz.
I enjoyed all the performances, it would be unfair to pick anyone in particular. Everyone has done a good job and
entertained the crowd. I have never seen Jay-Z play before and when I saw it, I was blown, Farhan said on the
sidelines of the festival here last night. The 42-year-old actor-filmmaker believes everyone should work towards
various social causes. Start your own movement, do your own bit. Like education is important for kids, health and
sanitation is essential for women and kids, gender equality, these are important things for better future and we all must
work towards it, he said.
Also read | Coldplay takes stage, PM Narendra Modi shares spotlight with Bob Dylan verse
Last night, the Rock On star performed on hit songs like Sindbad the Sailer from Rock On!!, and Hawan
Karenge from Bhag Milka Bhag.
He also invited megastar Amitabh Bachchan on stage in the middle of his gig and the two sang Yaari Teri Yaari from
their film Wazir. While Farhan played his guitar, Bachchan sang the song in his rich baritone.
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Rock On 2 actor Shraddha Kapoor is sad that the film has not
done well | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Mumbai |
Helmed by Shujaat Saudagar and produced by

Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, Rock On 2, a musical drama film is a sequel to the 2008 film Rock
On!!. Shraddha Kapoor is sad that the film has not done well.
Shraddha Kapoor is disheartened with the response to her recently released film Rock On 2. Its sad that the film has
not done well, you do feel bad. You work hard and spend so much time on a film, a Friday comes and decides the fate
of the film. I wish the film did better and people would have liked the film. I guess there are some mixed response and
I hope people like the film, Shraddha said on the sidelines of Global Citizen Festival India here.
Helmed by Shujaat Saudagar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, Rock On 2, a musical drama film
is a sequel to the 2008 film Rock On!!.
Also starring Farhan, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shashank Arora, and Prachi Desai, the movie, upon its release on
November 11 received mixed to positive reviews.
Shraddha who has showcased her singing side in films says she enjoys performing live. It feels good to be
performing live and I hope I get to perform live more. I am happy to be here, she said.
Check Rock on 2 box office updates here:
#RockOn2 is DISAPPOINTING Fri 2.02 cr, Sat 2.41 cr, Sun 2.58 cr. Total: 7.01 cr. India biz.
taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 14, 2016
Also read | Rock On 2 box office collection day 4: Film earns a measly Rs 7 crore in first weekend
The Aashiqui 2 star enjoyed all the performances so far (at the Festival) and is excited to see Coldplay.
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Sanjay Dutt to make a comeback in films with Omung Kumars

Bhoomi | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| Mumbai |
Sanjay Dutt to appear in a father-daughter

family drama.
National Award winning Director Omung Kumar is all set to take the seat behind the cameras for Sanjay Dutts
comeback film Bhoomi. The film will be made under the banner of Bhushan Kumar led T-Series and Sandeep Singh
and Omung Kumars production house Legend Studios. Confirming the news, actor Sanjay Dutt said, I have been
looking for scripts that went beyond my screen persona. I wanted to do something vulnerable yet powerful. Bhoomi is
an emotional and sensitive drama that explores the relationship between a father and daughter.
To be directed by Omung Kumar, word is that Bhoomi promises to portray the charismatic Dutt in a yet unseen avatar.
This one will keep the audience taut and on the edge of their seats, says Omung Kumar. Bhoomi is an emotional,
revenge drama that centres around the relationship between a father and daughter, adds Omung. Producer Bhushan
Kumar says, Sanjay Dutts versatility as an actor will be on display with Bhoomi. I am personally looking forward to
this film.
Also read | Sanjay Dutts daughter Trishala takes a swipe at Bollywoods love for plastic surgery with this
horrific pic
Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter account to announce the news of Sanjays comeback. He wrote,
Bhoomi will see Sanjay Dutt & Omung Kumar work together for the 1st time. Produced by Bhushan Kumar &
Sandeep Singh. Shoot begins Feb 2017.
#Bhoomi will see Sanjay Dutt & Omung Kumar work together for the 1st time. Produced by Bhushan Kumar &
Sandeep Singh. Shoot begins Feb 2017.
taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 20, 2016
Producer Sandeep Singh adds, Baba ( Sanjay Dutt) believed in the script from the day he heard it and has been the
driving force behind this film.Bhoomi is a story that will buckle the trend. We are delighted that Sanjay Dutt is making
a comeback through Bhoomi. To be shot extensively in Uttar Pradesh in February , Bhoomi will be the first of Legend
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Studios packed schedule of films to go on the floors in 2017.

A biopic on Sanjay Dutt is in the making and then soon after its wrap up, the shoot for one of the most awaited movies,
Munna Bhai 3 will begin in 2018 January as per the sources.
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Wajah Tum Ho actor Gurmeet Choudhary would love to go naked

for a film! | The Indian Express
By:
IANS
| Mumbai |
Gurmeet Choudharys forthcoming film Wajah

Tum Ho has a few bold scenes.
Actor Gurmeet Choudhary says he would go naked for a role if the script demanded.
I believe in my character and like to give my 100 per cent to all my characters. I am a very passionate actor. If there
is a demand for a role where I need to go naked, I would do that. I would love to go naked for a film if the script
demands, Gurmeet told IANS.
If Rajkumar Hirani says I have a role for you and come running here naked; I would go running naked. Just imagine
if I am ready to go naked in real life then I can go to any extent for my role, he added.
In fact, his forthcoming film Wajah Tum Ho has a few bold scenes.
He said: We cant call it an erotic film because you will see love in the film and not lust, and that matters a lot. This
film also has a very strong story line which is the backbone of this film.
Also read | Wajah Tum Ho actor Gurmeet Choudhary says wife Debina Bonnerjee never interferes in his work
He added: I am also happy with the response that I have got so far. It feels fantastic when girls say that I am looking
hot. I do feel embarrassed because I am a very shy guy, but its a nice feeling to get compliments.
Check out recent updates of Wajah Tum Ho actor, Gurmeet Choudhary:
@ballybalraj will give us an awesome act with @Theniasharma tomorrow on #CNBTaaza! @sanaak21
@gurruchoudhary pic.twitter.com/4c8HWDsvOM
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Comedy Nights Bachao (@CNB_Taaza) November 19, 2016

promotion of #wajahtumho
Styled by @pratikshachandak
@TSeries @ivishalpandya @priyagupta999 pic.twitter.com/mzy36BICIq
GURMEET CHOUDHARY (@gurruchoudhary) November 18, 2016
They always make me shy @pratikshachandak @zoya_shaikh9702 & Arvind Dada is hiding
pic.twitter.com/7fkC6Yi8US
@ZeeTVME
GURMEET CHOUDHARY (@gurruchoudhary) November 17, 2016

Wajah Tum Ho is slated to release on December 2. It is his second Bollywood film after Khamoshiyan.
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Vidya Balan thanks husband Siddharth Roy Kapur for introducing

her to Coldplays music | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Mumbai |
Vidya Balan was present at the Global Citizen

Festival India.
Vidya Balan gives the credit of her getting addicted to the songs of British rock group Coldplay, to her husband
Siddharth Roy Kapur.
Vidya, who was present at the Global Citizen Festival India, where the band was performing, told PTI, Thanks to my
husband Siddharth, I have begun to enjoy the music of Coldplay. He is not be able to make it here so even I will leave.
Paradise is my favourite song from the Coldplay.
The 38-year-old star, who is the national sanitation brand ambassador, says there is more that needs to be done for the
cause.
It feels sad with what happens around us. I got the opportunity to associate with this cause. There is some change
today there is a long way to go.
On the occasion, Vidya also praised governments demonetisation move to curtail corruption and black money. Its a
good move by the government but common people are facing trouble which is sad, she added.
The Government has been working tirelessly to make sure that everyone gets access to Water & Sanitation.@vidya_balan #GlobalCitizenIndia pic.twitter.com/JDvwo0PvyH
Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016
MAA TUJHE SALAAM
pic.twitter.com/bVw5hmy9yC
Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Also read | Sharing stage with Chris Martin dream come true: Ayushmann Khurrana
On the film front, Vidya is looking forward to the release of Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh. The Sujoy Ghosh168
directed film releases on December 2.

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Working in Pakistani dramas made me a better human being, says

Deepti Gupta | The Indian Express
Written by Aniket Aga | Published:November 20, 2016 9:34 am
Deepti Gupta is a rare Indian lead in Pakistani

dramas.
Deepti Gupta grew up knowing that her heart was set on Bollywood and being told that she did not have the looks for
it. After doing theatre in college in Delhi, Gupta went to Singapore and thereon to the USA, to train as an actor. She
moved to New York in 2004, and waited tables and baby-sat, while auditioning and acting. A chance response to an
advertisement on the online platform Craigslist led her to the Pakistani director, Mehreen Jabbar. Thus, beginning with
Jabbars Pehchaan and New York Stories, Gupta played leading roles for a decade in Pakistani dramas, which were
shot in Australia, South Africa, Mauritius and the USA. Indians got to see her when Malaal, Ijaazat and Neeyat aired
on Zindagi channel this year and the last.
Simultaneously, Gupta has continued her work in Hollywood, acting in films like Rated and Walkaway, writing and
directing (the short Happy and You Know It), and doing commercials and TV shows. Now living in Los Angeles,
Gupta, who is in her thirties, spoke about the experience of working in Hollywood and Pakistani dramas and the
industries obsession with tall, thin and fair/white women. Excerpts:
Was it difficult to decide you wanted to be an actor?
In school, I never told friends I wanted to act, because I felt people will laugh at me. I never considered myself
typically beautiful. No one is writing songs on teri bhoori bhoori (your brown) skin. My weight has always gone up
and down. Saying that I wanted to be an actress felt audacious.
After finishing Class XII, when I told my father acting is what I wanted to do, he cautioned me about my skin colour,
my nose and about the small number of aspiring actors who actually make it. He was worried for me and that made me
consider the odds against me. I dont know if they have changed. In fact, our ideas of beauty have become even
narrower. If Hema Malini started today, she would not have survived. Earlier, Bollywood would lighten up Indian
heroines, but with globalisation, fair skin has become even more accessible and fetishised.
Did you try your hand at Indian television or cinema?

I did a lot of theatre as a student at Kirori Mal College in Delhi, and with the Act One troupe at Mandi House,
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alongside NK Sharma, Ritesh Shah and Piyush Mishra. I also acted in films, like Nirankush (1997) produced by the
Films Division. After finishing my Bachelors, I couldnt get into mass communication and drama programmes. I spent
a year in depression. In 1999, an opportunity to do an MA in theatre studies in Singapore came my way, and I left
India.
How has your journey been in Hollywood?
Hollywood gave me this idea that in America, an independent woman had her place in the world. I came to the US for
a Masters in fine arts. Just as Hindus are the default in India, whites are the default in Hollywood. Even though the
story of a character does not require her to be white, thats the story theyre interested in telling.
And this industry wants [you to be] Size Zero. Taller is desirable. If youre white, youll get the lead. If not, youll be
the best friend or the neighbour, who has one line for comic relief.
Ten years ago, I went to meet an agent at a large agency for TV commercials. She told me, Middle America is not
ready for you to sell them their broom yet. So youre stuck as the engineer or the doctor. I call myself honorary Dr
Gupta, for the number of times Ive been offered the doctor part.
Looking at Priyanka Chopras rising career graph in Hollywood, theres a sense that outsiders can make it here.
For Halle Berry, this industry is hard. She wont get the girlfriend role, because filmmakers will wonder if it is a story
about a black girlfriend, about racial dynamics. Why cant she just be a girlfriend who happens to be black?
Priyankas clout in Bollywood has certainly helped her. Shes been trying for some time and Quantico worked out, and
thats great, even as the name Alex Parrish is not an Indian name, and theres very little allusion to her Indian
background. Generally, though, if youre a woman of colour, youre either exoticised you still need to be tall and
thin, but your skin makes you the exotic other. Or youre average looking and you do the ethnic roles.
Hollywood is racially a very backward industry. Things are shifting slowly, though now, with Trump winning the
elections, I dont know.
How did Pakistani dramas happen?
Sultana Siddiqui, who owns Hum TV [a major Pakistani entertainment channel], saw Pehchaan. The channel officials
called me and said they really liked my work and they had another serial in Australia for me (Manay Na Ye Dil).
Given how things were in Hollywood, this was refreshing.
Most of my work has been for Hum TV, and I have the greatest regard for Siddiqui and Momina Duraid, the creative
mind there. Theyve held on to great, poetic story-telling, unlike Indian TV serials. I dont know if I could have found
a similar space for myself in Indian serials.
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It was only after I left India and became a part of minority communities in Singapore and the US that I realised my
privilege back home. The roles I wanted and didnt get made me aware of the stark racial politics in the US.
In this milieu, Pakistani dramas were like an oasis. They allowed me to play characters that are complex and full, and
that have arcs a character who has a small moment, like making chai, and then a big dramatic scene. This is why
these dramas are so dear to me.
Of course, there were problematic elements to some of the characters: I mostly played the wife who will be scorned
for a prettier girl. Nevertheless, I decided very early that I am going to play these parts from a place of strength. This
gave me something exciting to play with, sometimes working against the script.
Thankfully, Momina Duraid finds really great writers, and it was such a pleasure to play characters that stood up for
themselves. Jabbar is very progressive; she is an actors director, and it was always a dialogue with her, whenever the
characters I played posed some difficulty.
Actors often bear the brunt of Indo-Pak tensions. Recently, Pakistani artists have been banned from Bollywood,
and Zindagi has pulled the plug on Pakistani dramas.
I never felt any tension with the Pakistanis I worked with. The people who carried out the attacks on Mumbai were
Pakistanis and Muslims, but that does not speak for the entire Pakistani or Muslim peoples. By the same token, all
Hindus should be condemned for the RSSs actions. And if Hindus can say they dont all endorse the RSS, why dont
Muslims or Pakistanis get the same pass?
When I found out Mahira Khan is working in Bollywood, I was delighted. And I was so sad when Pakistani
artistes were banned.
I grew up in a very conservative Hindu neighbourhood. I owe my depth of understanding and empathy across religious
lines to the love and affection I have received from the people I worked with, and from fans in Pakistan. This
experience has expanded my world view and made me a better human being. When Pakistani actors work in India, its
a small but significant opportunity for the people who interact with them to build bridges. To take that away is a
disservice to our own growth as a tolerant society.
Is the Bollywood dream still alive?
I have spent too much time being unhappy about who I am, and I dont want to do that anymore. I am not going to
conform to somebody elses idea of beauty.
Yes, the Bollywood dream is still alive and I dont think it can ever die. At heart I am a South Asian person. The
stories that I connect with, the characters I understand instinctively are those I grew up around. I still want to make a
movie where you would have a 40-year-old woman as the protagonist. Shes a mother, and shell have a dance
number. And why not?
Aniket Aga (@AgaAniket) is an anthropologist.
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Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan file for divorce, move to
family court? | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| New Delhi |
Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan file for

divorce?
Looks like its over for one of Bollywoods most loved celebrity couple Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan.
After days of speculations, the two have finally parted ways leaving the industry shocked. According to a report in
Mid Day, Arbaaz and Malaika were spotted at the Bandra family court with their lawyers, only fuelling rumours of
their separation which has been impending since early this year. Hints of the divorce were understood when Malaika
Arora Khan decided not to put Khan in her name at a dance reality show.
The couple has been married for over 17 years and has a son. Arbaaz and Malaika have their own love story to tell,
worthy of spinning into a film. Reportedly, Malaika had separated from Arbaaz and decided to move out of the Khan
household along with her son Arhaan, leaving the fans and their family shocked.
But even after the split, the two were spotted on various occasions such as during holidays, family gatherings and
meals, hinting that the two were trying for reconciliation. It was said that Arbaazs elder brother Salman Khan was
also trying to help them out to give their marriage a second chance.
Reportedly, the divorce application is by mutual consent. The two will have to appear in court soon for the mandatory
counselling sessions.
See old pics of Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan:
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According to law, divorce by mutual consent can be filed on the ground that the couple has been living separately for a
period of one year or more, that they have not been able to live together and that they have mutually agreed that the
marriage should be dissolved.
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Tum Bin 2 box office collection day 2: The film gets a dismal start
at the cinemas | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| New Delhi |
Tum Bin 2 box office collection day 2: The

film faces tough competition from John Abraham-starrer Force 2 and Hollywoods Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them and Doctor Strange.
Tum Bin 2 comes 15 years after the first one and is an instant throwback to the prequel which released way back in
2002. The film gives the audience the same space with similar plot lines in foreign locations while involving an
accident, a guilt-ridden protagonist, and a young love.
Whether it is demonetisation or simply lack of good storyline that failed to get numbers at the box office, it is hard to
tell. While supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modis move, Bollywood personalities have claimed that because of
this move films are unable to gain good numbers at the box office.
If that is the case, we wonder how come the Marvel release of Dr Strange is facing no issues at the ticket counters. The
Hollywood film continues to stay strong after collecting Rs. 6.75 crore in its week 2, taking its total to Rs. 21.98 crore
nett. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh informed in his tweet.
Also read | Tum Bin 2 box office collection day 1: Film sees poor occupancy on first day
As for Tum Bin 2 starring Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal and Aashim Gulati the film saw poor occupancy on the first day.
This romantic drama has been made at a budget of Rs 12 crore. The film has some tough competition from John
Abraham-starrer Force 2 and Farhan Akhtars Rock On 2 while competing with Hollywood films like JK Rowlings
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them and Marvels Doctor Strange.
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Waiting for a good script to make my acting comeback: Nandita

Das | The Indian Express
Written by
Priyanka Sharma
| Mumbai |
Nandita Das says she is enjoying her time off

acting but would love to make a full-fledged return in front of the big screen given that she gets an exciting script
Actor-filmmaker Nandita Das says she is enjoying her time off acting and Hindi films but would love to make a fullfledged return in front of the big screen given that she gets an exciting script.
The actor was last seen in Onirs film I Am, which released in 2011. Nandita is known for her intense and powerhouse
performances in films like Earth and Fire.
I have been into making a Hindi film (Manto). I am happy with how things are right now but I would love to get back
to acting in Bollywood. I am waiting for a good script to come by, Nandita told the reporters.
The multi-talented artiste is currently busy with the pre-production of her ambitious directorial venture, Manto. The
film, based on the life of controversial writer Saadat Hasan Manto, stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the titular role.
Manto is a bi-lingual film, being made Hindi and Urdu. Nandita previously directed 2008 drama film Firaaq, which
went on to gain critical acclaim.
She was speaking at the red carpet of the launch of Womenwill/today at Global Citizen India, hosted by Google and
Global Citizen, a conference exploring game-changing ways we can erase gender gaps and accelerate prosperity.
Throughout Indias history, there have been women, who were pioneers, leaving their imprint on the countrys shared
heritage and culture. As a part of the initiative, one can explore the narratives of some of these women on Women in
India: Unheard Stories, a collection of artworks and virtual exhibitions spanning 2,500 years from 26 cultural
institutions across the country.
Unveiling over fifty new virtual exhibitions with more than 1800 artworks, photographs and videos, the project throws
a light on the contributions of women in the Indias culture and captures stories of Indias Unsung Heroines.
Also present at the event was actor Freida Pinto, who lauded the initiative.
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Shatrughan Sinha finds John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha made for

each other | The Indian Express
By:
IANS
| Mumbai |
Sonakshi Sinha says her father and veteran

actor Shatrughan Sinha has lauded her performance in Force 2 and found her and actor John Abraham the two people
who are made for each other
Actress Sonakshi Sinha says her father and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha has lauded her performance in Force 2
and found her and actor John Abraham as made for each other.
When John was asked about the best reaction he received so far, the actor replied that he got it from Sonakshis father.
Sonakshi added that her father watched the Delhi screening of Force 2, which also stars Tahir Raj Bhasin.
He took his friends and the police commissioner with him. They all loved it (Force 2). Until now, my dad never
called any of my co-stars and talked to them But this time he did and even said that our (John and Sonakshi) jodi
(pair) is made for each other. He was very happy and proud of the film. Thats enough for me, she said.
The 29-year-old actress says Shatrughan also took the films director Abhinay Deos number and called him too.
I felt wonderful when Shatrughan Sinha called me even before he called Sonakshi, an elated Deo said.
Also Read | EXCLUSIVE John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha say Force 2 will give audience a break from standing
in ATM queues
Sonakshi got a call from actor Akshay Kumar.
Read more: Force 2 box office collection day 2: John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha film stays steady
Akshay is quite impressed with the kind of action sequences we did in the film.
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Rajkummar Rao and Manoj Bajpayees Newton and Rukh selected

for NFDC Film Bazaar | The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| Panaji |
Newton starring Rajkummar Rao and Rukh

featuring Manoj Bajpayee are among the projects backed by Drishyam Films.
Newton starring Rajkummar Rao and Rukh featuring Manoj Bajpayee are among the NFDC Film Bazaars 32
recommends. Both the projects are backed by Drishyam Films. Newton, is the second feature of Amit V Masurkar (of
Sulemani Keeda fame) and was part of the Co-Production Market (CPM) at Film Bazaar last year.
The movie is about a rookie clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India, who tries his best to
conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces.
While, Atanu Mukherjees debut feature Rukh is about the journey of a boy rediscovering his lost connections and
familial ties, through the secrets and memories he must confront on his way. The movie is inspired by Japanese
filmmaker Akira Kurosawas thriller film Rashomon.
We are very excited to present the next set of films under the Drishyam banner at Film Bazaar 2016. Newton and
Rukh stand true to our vision of content-driven cinema that is sure to resonate with audiences not just in India but
across the world, said producer Manish Mundra.
Celebrating its 10th edition, the annual NFDC Film Bazaars one of the main focuses this year will be virtual reality.
There will be panel discussions and knowledge series workshops with eminent film professionals with a special
sidebar dedicated to exploring virtual reality.
After filmmakers Shekhar Kapoor and Sudhir Mishras session last year on multiple film narratives developed with
VR technology, 2016 Film Bazaar will showcase an interesting visual experiences inventory sessions, expositions and
demos, which will be conducted by independent trans-media writer/producer/director Michel Reilhac.
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Saif Ali Khans Chef to release on July 14, 2017 | The Indian
Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| New Delhi |
Saif Ali Khan starrer Chef, which is the

Indian remake of hit Hollywood film of the same name, will be released on July 14, 2017
Saif Ali Khan starrer Chef, which is the Indian remake of hit Hollywood film of the same name, will be released on
July 14, 2017.
Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra and Bandra West Pictures, the movie is being helmed by director Raja
Krishna Menon.
Chef will serve it hot on 14th July 2017! Starring Saif Ali Khan, it is directed by @RajaMenon who helmed this
years blockbuster Airlift, the official Twitter handle of TSeries posted.
The original American comedy drama, that released in 2014, was written, produced and directed by Jon Favreau. The
film revolves around the life of a professional chef, who quits his job at a popular Los Angeles restaurant, to launch a
food truck with his friend and son.
Meanwhile, Saif Ali Khans wife Kareena Kapoor Khan, who has been proudly flaunting her baby bump on red
carpets and photoshoots recently came on on Neha Dhupias podcast #NoFilterNeha. When Neha asked Bebo what
traits she does not want her baby to get from her parents, Kareena said that the only thing her hubby did was sleeping
too much. He can be like Kumbhkaran. He can just sleep for 18 hours a day and not wake up, Kareena revealed
about Saifs disturbing habit. About herself, she said that she worries about the minutest things. Bebo said that she
wants a chilled out baby, like hubby Saif.
With PTI inputs.
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Force 2 box office collection day 2: John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha

film stays steady | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| New Delhi |
Force 2 box office collection day 2: There

were speculations that demonetisation might affect the box office collection of the film.
Force 2 has shown some steady performance by collecting Rs 6.05 crores on its first day. There were concerns that
demonetisation might affect its box office collection. However, the first-day collection hints otherwise. John Abraham
and Sonakshi Sinha-starrer was expected to collect Rs 5 crores. But the film exceeded that. Trade analyst Taran
Adarsh tweeted, #Force2 Fri 6.05 cr. India biz. Force 2 can do well on coming weekend.
Force 2 is a sequel to 2011 hit film Force. The film also stars Tahir Raj Bhasin. When asked if it was a conscious
decision to keep it to the villainous characters, Tahir said, Force one was about combat between two equally
powerful people. Force 2 is about mind games and strategy. When they told me its going to be a spy fiction film, it
was a dream come true, which leads me into why the negative. He is a lighter character. He has a dark sense of
humour.
The team looked confident ahead of the release. We are not trying to be opportunistic and cash-in on the negativity of
any kind. But at the same time, it makes the film relevant as it is important to know what people who work for the
country go through. You should just realise their sacrifices, Sonakshi said in an exclusive interview with
indianexpress.com.
Also Read | EXCLUSIVE John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha say Force 2 will give audience a break from standing
in ATM queues
The film is directed by Abhinay Deo. John Abraham reprises his role of ACP Yashvardhan, in a faster, more thrilling
actioner, set mostly in Budapest. On the other hand, Sonakshi Sinha is playing a RAW agent. Force 2 had an opening on
over 1800 screens.
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Amitabh Bachchan urges poverty eradication ahead of Coldplay

concert | The Indian Express
By:
IANS
| Mumbai |
Amitabh Bachchan, who is gearing up for the

Global Citizen Festival India (GCFI), has urged everyone to support poverty eradication.
Amitabh Bachchan, who is gearing up for the Global Citizen Festival India (GCFI), has urged everyone to support
poverty eradication. The 74-year-old on Friday shared a photograph of himself shaking hands with the British band
Coldplays frontman Chris Martin.
The Global Citizen Concert tomorrow (Saturday)Coldplay and Jay Z and many others. Come support poverty
eradication, Amitabh captioned the image, which he shared on Twitter and his official blog. Amitabh also shared that
he got to know about Martin more intimately when I heard his song that he sings along on the streets of London or
England or somewhere, in a video .. and now this.
This concert being performed for the eradication of poverty in our universe, and for the well-being of the poor! A
sense of pride envelops us as we speak about the venture and why not, he wrote on his blog. The cine-icon also
posted some photographs of himself rehearsing for the festival, which is set to take place at the MMRDA grounds here
on Saturday. The fest is focused on creating an impact in areas of education, equality, and clean water and sanitation.
T 2446 The Global Citizen Concert tomorrow .. at BKC, and COLDPLAY and JAY z and many others .. COME
support poverty eradication pic.twitter.com/zVxEjkBWg6
Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 18, 2016
Rehearsalsalways a mess, but somehow on the day all seems to work out and I do hope it does. The cause is great
and noble and worthy, he wrote.
Apart from Coldplay, GCFI will feature international artistes like the band The Vamps, Jay Z and Demi Lovato.
Among Indian celebrities names like A.R. Rahman, Shah Rukh Khan, Freida Pinto, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Katrina
Kaif, Sonakshi Sinha, Parineeti Chopra, Monali Thakur and Arijit Singh will be present at the gala.
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| The Indian Express
By:
PTI
| New Delhi |
Bengali actor Tota Roy Chowdhury will

feature in Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkars next film Indu Sarkar.
Popular Bengali actor Tota Roy Chowdhury will feature in Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkars next film Indu
Sarkar.
Tota Roy Chowdhury is a popular name in the Bengali film industry and has bagged an important role in Bhandarkars
Indu Sarkar, a press release issued here said. The 40-year-old Bengali film star has worked in Hindi films earlier too.
The actor, who has been a part of films like Chokher Bali (he was opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), Te3n, Sujoy
Ghoshs short film Ahalya and upcoming Kahaani 2, will play actress Kirti Kulharis husband in the Hindi film.
Indu Sarkar is about a stammering poetess who rebels against the system. For the film, Bhandarkar has been doing an
extensive research with his writer and has met a lot of people to get information about the 21-month Emergency
imposed in the country in 1975-77.
The film has Delhi as backdrop and will be shot in the national capital, Mumbai and Pune. To be shot in 35-40 days,
the movie will go on floors in the first week of December.
Madhur Bhadarkar has previously directed films like Fashion, Calendar Girls, Heroine, Jail, Traffic Signal,
Corporate, Page 3, Aan: Men at work, Chandni Bar, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji. The director is known for making
realistic films in Bollywood. While some of them have been major hits others have recieved poor reviews.
This will be the first time Tota Roy Chowdhury and Madhur Bhandarkar would be working together in a film.
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Shraddha Kapoor photos: 50 best looking, hot and beautiful HQ

and HD photos of Shraddha Kapoor | The Indian Express
Written by Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published:November 19, 2016 3:42 pm
Shraddha kapoor is touted to be the next big

thing in Bollywood.
Shraddha Kapoor, a name which garnered praise and appreciation not only from the audiences but also from the entire
Indian film fraternity after the success of her Bollywood solo debut, Aashiqui 2, is touted to be the next big thing in
Bollywood. Being the daughter of veteran actor Shakti Kapoor, Shraddha dreamt of being an actor since she was a
child. She used to rehearse dialogues and sometimes even accompanied her father to the sets of his movies.
The new-age Basanti of Bollywood has left her mark in the industry with her commendable performance in movies
like Ek Villain, ABCD 2, Haider, and Baaghi among others. Vishal Bhardwajs Haider brought her critical acclaim as
she did complete justice to the varied nuances of her character.
And you cannot restrict her craft only to acting. The sizzling actor with a cute face is blessed with a soulful and a
melodious voice. Until now she has lent her voice to many Bollywood chartbusters like Teri galliyan from Ek
Villian, Sun raha hai na tu from Aashiqui 2, Sab tera from Baaghi and many others. On the personal front, she was
rumored to be dating Aditya Roy Kapur, her Aashiqui 2 co-star, but time and again Shraddha has refuted the rumors
saying that she is dating only her career.
Shraddha Kapoor stole the show during the promotions of Rock On 2.
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Shraddha Kapoor shines in the sparkling dress from Papa Dont Preach.
Shraddha Kapoor and her girl-next-door look.
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The young actor, Shraddha Kapoor knows how to kill it in style.
Shraddha Kapoor stunned the audience with her looks in Rock On 2.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks simple yet elegant in this traditional attire.
Shraddha Kapoor nails it with her attitude.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks stunning in this designer jumpsuit.
Shraddha Kapoor, the young diva defines fashion for the youth.
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Shraddha Kapoor is making us swoon over her elegance and simplicity.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks stunning in black.
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Shraddha Kapoor knows how to follow international trends while sticking to her desi avatar.
Shraddha Kapoor sings for her latest release Rock On 2.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks good in this pencil skirt paired up with black crop top.
Shraddha Kapoor styles up as a biker babe.
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Shraddha Kapoor rocks even in her casual look.
Shraddha Kapoor walks the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra.

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Shraddha Kapoor brightens up the mood with her sparkling smile.
Shraddha Kapoor on the cover page of a magazine.
Meet the dog lover Shraddha Kapoor.
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Shraddha Kapoor sets the ramp on fire in this black gown.
Shraddha Kapoor looks cute and innocent.
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Shraddha Kapoor poses for the shutterbugs.
Shraddha Kapoor takes a blissful avatar for her upcoming movie.
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Shraddha Kapoor at an award function.
Shraddha Kapoor celebrates the success of her movie, Baaghi.
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Shraddha Kapoor twinkling eyes.
Shraddha Kapoor in Baaghi.
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Shraddha Kapoor knows how to carry herself in style.
Shraddha Kapoor in pink.
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Shraddha Kapoor walks out from the airport.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks smoking hot in this all-black look.
Shraddha Kapoor in a metallic dress.
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Shraddha Kapoor is setting trends for fashionistas.
Shraddha Kapoor shines bright like a sunshine in this yellow-sunshine dress.

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Shraddha Kapoor looks hot in a bikini.
Shraddha Kapoor walks the ramp at Lakme Fashion Week.
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Shraddha Kapoor makes people go gaga over her soulful voice.
Shraddha Kapoor basks in the success of ABCD 2.
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Shraddha Kapoor sits pretty during an interaction.
Shraddha Kapoor looks gorgeous in her desi avatar.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks great in this designer creation.
Shraddha Kapoor sets the stage on fire with her style and attitude.
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Shraddha Kapoor looks lovely with this sling bag.
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Shraddha Kapoor in saree.
Shraddha Kapoor spelled style in this green dress.
Shraddha Kapoor as the new Basanti of Bollywood.
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Shraddha Kapoor oozes sex appeal.

Shraddha Kapoor looks naughty and cute.
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Priyanka Chopra excited for Global Citizen Festival India | The

Indian Express
By:
IANS
| Mumbai |
Priyanka Chopra says she is really excited for

the Global Indian Festival India (GCFI), which will be held here on Saturday.
Priyanka Chopra says she is really excited for the Global Indian Festival India (GCFI), which will be held here on
Saturday. So excited that the Global Citizen Festival is happening in Mumbai today (Saturday) Really wish I could
be there, but sending lots of good vibes from New York City Ive got some major #FOMO (Fear of missing out)! I
can guarantee that you guys will have loads of fun with my friends and colleagues at Global Citizen India. Be good do
good, Priyanka wrote on Instagram on Saturday.
Priyankas cousin, Parineeti Chopra, who is all set to perfrom at the event tweeted a photograph of herself with the
British band Coldplays frontman Chris Martin.
Parineeti tweeted: Hanging out with him no big deal. Coldplay, Chris Martin. Her Meri Pyaari Bindu co-star
Ayushmann Khurrana also had a fan boy moment.
Back in Bombay! Everybody say Hi to Chris Martin! Fanboy moment captured sans smile. See you at Global Citizen
Festival India, Ayushmann, who is geared up for his performance at the festival, tweeted along with a photograph of
himself with the Coldplay frontman.
@coldplay @priyankachopra home girl is
pic.twitter.com/GLtPK0ad6x
I M A N (@ohsehunsxo) September 25, 2016

GCFI will feature international artistes like The Vamps, Jay Z and Demi Lovato. Among Indian celebrities, Amitabh
Bachchan, A.R. Rahman, Shah Rukh Khan, Freida Pinto, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, Sonakshi Sinha,
Parineeti Chopra, Monali Thakur and Arijit Singh will be present at the gala.
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Mallika Sherawat post-Paris attack: Even three masked men

couldnt take me down | The Indian Express
By:
ANI
| New Delhi |
Mallika Sherawat posted a strong message on

her Instagram account post Paris attack.
Mallika Sherawat, who was reportedly tear gassed and beaten up by three masked men in her Paris apartment block,
says she is a strong woman.
The 40-year old actress and model spoke to a leading daily about this incident and also posted a strong message on her
Instagram account which read, It takes more than 3 masked men to take me down, I am a strong woman.
According to a report in a newspaper, Sherawat was attacked by criminals who wore scarves across their faces and
without saying a word, sprayed their victims with tear gas before punching them. However, according to the sources
of French news agency, AFP, the robbers fled without taking anything, further mystifying the investigators. We cannot
understand why the attackers fled without taking anything, a source in the investigation told AFP. Nobody was
immediately available to comment at the Paris prosecutors office and a police spokesman also declined to comment.
Also read: Was Mallika Sherawat attacked by assailants of Kim Kardashian?

Mallika who has been active on social media didnt post anything pertaining to the incident. A day after the assault,
she shared with her fans a video from Geneva, where she was travelling on November 12.
In #Geneva #Switzerland for the weekend, wanted to share with you one of my favorite places:) #lifestyle
#weekendvibes #lareserve pic.twitter.com/Y7dMYM7o5p
Mallika Sherawat (@mallikasherawat) November 12, 2016
This is not the first time that a celebrity has been attacked in the French capital.
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The dreadful attack comes just a month after reality TV star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. The
television personality was attacked and robbed at gunpoint of jewellery worth millions of pounds when she was in her
apartment at the Hotel Pourtales on October 3.
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Jagga Jasoos: Shah Rukh Khan to do a cameo in Ranbir KapoorKatrina Kaif film? | The Indian Express
By:
Express Web Desk
| New Delhi |
Jagga Jasoos: Shah Rukh Khan visits the sets

of Anurag Basu directorial, Jagga Jasoos.
After the cast and crew of Sanjay Leela Bhansalis magnum opus, Padmavati received Dear Zindagi co-stars Shah
Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt on the sets, it was the turn of Anurag Basus Jagga Jasoos team to host SRK. According to
several media reports, King Khan paid an impromptu visit to the sets of Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif-starrer Jagga
Jassos.
Shah Rukh Khan was snapped with one of his fans on the sets of Jagga Jasoos. See Pic
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Now, whether he was there to promote Dear Zindagi or was it a casual visit to his friends Anurag Basu and Ranbir
Kapoor is still unknown. But speculations are rife that it was with regard to Shah Rukhs cameo in the movie, Jagga
Jasoos. Now if it comes true, this will be Shah Rukhs second special appearance in junior Kapoors movie after Ae
Dil Hai Mushkil where he played Aishwarya Rai Bachchans ex-husband.
However, recently there were reports about SRK and Ranbir Kapoor coming together for an international project.
Russian producer Alexey Petruhin who has confirmed that he is in talks with both the actors for his ambitious project
titled VIY: Journey To India, told indianexpress.com, We have approached SRK to be the lead actor and also the coproducer of the film. We are awaiting confirmation from him. The another actor we have approached is Ranbir
Kapoor. We want to bring SRK and Ranbir together. Now, it would be interesting to see if Khan will join hands with
Ranbir Kapoor for this movie. And if that happens, it will be a dream casting.
See Pics: Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt promotes Dear Zindagi
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In Jagga Jasoos, Ranbir Kapoor is playing a teenage detective solving a case around his missing father. The film also
stars Katrina Kaif and Adah Sharma in lead roles. It has been in news ever since its shooting began. Katrina and
Ranbir, who were dating when they signed the film, parted ways during the filming. The movie is slated to release on
April 7, 2017.
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Front Page
Stage set for Amit Shahs rally in Jalandhar today; cash no problem
Assam: Three army jawans killed, police blame ULFA, NSCN
Marrakesh puts Paris Agreement on fast track, sets 2018 deadline for rules
Keep Rs 5 cr cash ready to pay our staff: LS, RS Secretariats to bank
Demonetisation effect: Massive layoffs, Tamil Nadu construction workers have no cash or food
Demonetisation effect: Unbanked villages, small businesses badly hit as currency crisis continues
Editorials
Crime
Cricket
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New Zealand vs Pakistan: Kane Williamson guides New Zealand to win over Pakistan in 1st Test
England 40/0, Live Cricket Score, India vs England, 2nd Test, Day 4: India unable to find a wicket as England
hold on at Tea
India vs England, 2nd Test: The great, the good and the classy from Vizag
Zimbabwe vs West Indies: Zimbabwe salvage tie in thriller with West Indies
India vs England, 2nd Test: Accuracy R Ashwin bowls with is a challenge, says Jonny Bairstow
India vs England, Stats: R Ashwin first bowler to complete 50 wickets in consecutive years
India vs England, 2nd Test: Taking five wickets was not on my mind, says R Ashwin
India vs England, 2nd Test: R Ashwin talks a lot of sense about bowling, says Jayant Yadav
India vs England, 2nd Test: Stuart Broad suffers tendon strain but will continue to bowl
Will Ricky Ponting get a big role in Australian cricket?
India vs England, 2nd Test: R Ashwin, Virat Kohli put India in commanding position
India in cruise control against England in Vizag: Who said what on Twitter
India vs England, 2nd Test: Virat Kohli leads from the front after R Ashwin wraps up England
New Zealand vs Pakistan: Neil Wagner claims 100th Test wicket
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Centre ignoring countrys life line Railways, says TMC leader Mukul Roy
PM Modi in Agra: Prime Minsiter to launch affordable scheme, might speak on demonetisation
Demonetisation has caused utter misery, helplessness to common man: Congress
Arvind Kejriwal to address 21 rallies in Punjab starting from today
Mumbai
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Families with weddings left in lurch as banks refuse Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal
Out of my mind: 8/11
Inside Track: Vaastu voided
Fifth Column: Black or white?
Across the Aisle: Demonetising notes or demonising cash?
IFFI 2016 opens up for larger audience, aims at higher participation
Demonetisation hits jewellery market hard, sales down by as much as 70 per cent
Demonetisation: Take your medicine and like it even if the PM has maxed the dosage
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Parineeti Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha, Katrina Kaif: Bollywood belles in rocking style for Coldplays Mumbai
concert
Hidden in plain sight
Those who leave and those who stay
Into thin air: When an American tourist lost himself to the mountains
Down in jungleland: Easy Goan Birding
A Hanseatic PIT STOP: A trip to Tallinn, Estonias capital and UNESCO World Heritage site
Why women are better at multitasking than men
Kids with autism miss significance of eye contact
Drape a sari, yet stay warm in winter
For honeymooners, Kerala best in the country
Why good cholesterol may fail to protect against heart disease
Marilyn Monroes iconic nude dress sold for $4.8 million
Easy ways to break bad toilet habits
Shilpa Shetty carries a power look with as much ease as a sari
Mumbai poetry festival to host 51 poets from 5 countries
British chef James Sharman to open pop-up restaurant at Everest Base Camp
Walnuts can improve mood in young men
Now, relish pani puri, samosa ice-creams
Novel tool to may lead to Zika vaccines
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NASA launches next generation weather satellite

HP to set up 48 digital inclusion labs in rural India
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) to launch soon, suggest leaked press renders
Facebook fixing fake news problem with CEO at trade summit
Beware: WhatsApp group video-calling invite is a scam!
Russian spaceship delivers three astronauts to space station
Digital native: The Voices in Our Heads
Nokias comeback in smartphone industry confirmed for 2017
Sea ice hits record low at poles: NASA report
Reliance Jio 4G SIM will now be home delivered
Google reverses digital death for customers involved in Pixel resale
Over 55% millennials in India hit by cybercrime: Report
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Kajol wants to try her hands on action films

Hope I am convincing on screen as Haseena Parker: Shraddha Kapoor
Farhan Akhtar was blown away by performance of Jay-Z
Rock On 2 actor Shraddha Kapoor is sad that the film has not done well
Sanjay Dutt to make a comeback in films with Omung Kumars Bhoomi
Wajah Tum Ho actor Gurmeet Choudhary would love to go naked for a film!
Vidya Balan thanks husband Siddharth Roy Kapur for introducing her to Coldplays music
Working in Pakistani dramas made me a better human being, says Deepti Gupta
Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan file for divorce, move to family court?
Tum Bin 2 box office collection day 2: The film gets a dismal start at the cinemas
Waiting for a good script to make my acting comeback: Nandita Das
Shatrughan Sinha finds John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha made for each other
Rajkummar Rao and Manoj Bajpayees Newton and Rukh selected for NFDC Film Bazaar
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Saif Ali Khans Chef to release on July 14, 2017

Force 2 box office collection day 2: John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha film stays steady
Amitabh Bachchan urges poverty eradication ahead of Coldplay concert
Shraddha Kapoor photos: 50 best looking, hot and beautiful HQ and HD photos of Shraddha Kapoor
Priyanka Chopra excited for Global Citizen Festival India
Mallika Sherawat post-Paris attack: Even three masked men couldnt take me down
Jagga Jasoos: Shah Rukh Khan to do a cameo in Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif film?
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