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Vanya & Gokul are co-champions of Spelling Bee!

By Shiv Chopra
New York: Second year in row,
pairs of Indian kids were declared
co-champions of the Scripps
National Spelling Bee held in
Maryland. And eight years in a row
Indian American kids have dominated the championship.
Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul
Venkatachalam were declared cochampions Thursday in a nationally televised event. Gokuls word
was nunatak, a hill or mountain
completely surrounded by glacial
ice. Predictably, he nailed it. And
the confetti fell! Because earlier
the two contestants left to fight it
out had exhausted the championship word list. Vanyas final
word was scherenschnitte.
Vanya wins the championship on
her fifth attempt. From Olathe,
Kansas, her sister Kavya was the
2009 bee champion. Before Vanya,
Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam with the trophy.

Indian American kids have dominated the
Scripps Bee for the last 8 years.
no sibling of a previous champion

had ever won. Gokul is from
Chesterfield, Missouri. He too had
The Founder President of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti in Delhi will

participate in International Day of Yoga celebration at UN and
address JAINA Convention in Atlanta.
US AFFAIRS 10
ONE YEAR OF MODI GOVT
More bouquets
than brickbats
participated in the contest in the

past there years, coming at third
Continued on page 4
Acharya Lokesh embarks on Ex-New York

governor joins
Peace & Harmony Tour of USA race for President
New Delhi: Acharya Dr. Lokesh
Muni, founder President of
Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti and internationally renowned thinker, is
departing for America from here
on a Peace and Harmony Tour
in early June. He will participate
in the International Day of Yoga
celebrations at the UN on June
21. He will also address the biennial JAINA Convention 2015 in
Atlanta July 2-5 to be attended by
representatives from 69 Jain centers of North America and 5,000
Jain representatives from all over.
A special program by various
organizations to honor Acharya
Continued on page 4
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New York:
George Pataki,
the three-term
governor of
New
York
State who was
at the helm
during
the
Sept. 11 terror
attacks in the George Pataki,
city, announced 3-term Republic
Thursday that governor of a
blue state
he was running
for president, a bid that will test
the Republican electorates interest
in a centrist who has called social
issues such as abortion a distraction. The eighth Republican to
formally join the 2016 field, Pataki
vowed to shrink the federal workforce, ban former members of
Congress from lobbying and to
Continued on page 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally

in Mathura on May 25.
New York: As the BJP-led government under Prime Minister

Narendra Modi completed one
year on May 26, there has been
more than the usual spotlight on
their performance, particularly
considering the high expectations
and euphoria Modi had created on
assuming power.
Well, it is safe to say looking at
numerous commentaries and
analyses and the general mood of
the Indian public that there are
more bouquets than brickbats for
Modi.
On the positive side, there have
been no scams, no flare-up in communal riots. No policy paralysis,
but neither is there the fast paced
development to percolate down to
the hoi polloi. So, you see headlines like: People retain hope in
Modi, but time's running out. The
Congress party now spearheaded
SPIRITUAL AWARENESS 30
Survey in India
72%
People say they are

satisfied with the
performance of the
NDA government
56%
Find Modi an
effective PM.
by a spirited Rahul Gandhi expectedly commented: Modi government trumpeting more than working.
As for the janata, over 72 % of
people surveyed in an opinion poll
said they were satisfied with the
performance of the NDA government with 56 % stating that Modi
was an effective prime minister
who had helped improve India's
image globally.
Turn to pages 12-15 for more on one year of Modi govt.
excellence in journalism
May 30-June 5, 2015
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May 30-June 5, 2015
HAB Bank hosts Customer Appreciation Luncheon at Jackson Heights Branch

Jackson Heights, NY: HAB Bank, nations
oldest and largest South Asian Bank, hosted
a luncheon Wednesday for its Jackson
Heights branch customers in Jackson
Heights, NY. The event was organized in
honor of the Banks Jackson Heights Branch
customers to acknowledge and appreciate
their support over the last 25 years.
Mr. Saleem Iqbal, President & CEO of
HAB Bank, welcomed invited guests and
thanked them for taking the time out during
a weekday to be at the Customer
Appreciation Luncheon. He thanked all
guests for their support and business especially during the last one year during which
the Branch had to relocate as a result of
massive fire in the building housing the
original branch. Mr. Iqbal, along with members of his senior management, gave a
standing ovation to the customers for their
banking relationship. He renewed the HAB
Banks commitment to serve the growing
and vibrant South Asian business community in Jackson Heights. He added that he is
proud of successes and achievements of the
Saleem Iqbal, President & CEO of HAB Bank, speaking at the event.
South Asian community.

Mr. A.G. Abbasi, Chairman of the Board
of HAB Bank, was among the attendees.
The highlight of the luncheon was the
resounding testimonials given by Jackson
Heights branch customers who have had
banking relationship with HAB for over two
DHS starts accepting work permit

applications for H4 visa holders
By SATimes Team
New York: The US Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) on
Tuesday started accepting employment authorization applications for
H-4 visa holders, who are dependents of H-1B nonimmigrant workers.According to the DHS, it will
issue Employment Authorization
Document (EAD) within 90 days of
receiving the application.
The H4 work permit rule passed in
November by President Obama is
one of the legislative measures taken
to fix the broken immigration system
of the country. The rule was temporarily halted after Save Jobs USA,
a group made up of former Southern
California Edison computer workers
replaced by foreign workers with H1B visas, filed suit against DHS in
April sought to stop it. The group
alleged it is already difficult for its
members to find work after they
were replaced with H-1B workers,
and that the new policy will further
increase competition for jobs.
However, the U.S. District Judge
Tanya S. Chutkan found in a memorandum opinion filed Sunday that
Save Jobs USA failed to prove that
its members would suffer injuries
under the policy.
There is no indication, and Save

Jobs has not provided any evidence,
that it is certain that H-4 visa holders
will apply for IT jobs and compete
with Save Jobs members, Chutkan
wrote. Now in effect the new rule
will allow H-4 dependents of certain
H-1B nonimmigrant workers to
request for employment authorization as long as H-1B worker has
already started the process of seeking
lawful permanent residence (green
card) through employment. In its
present state, new rule is not for all
H4 visa holders.
According to DHS, eligible individuals include certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B non-immigrants
who are the principal beneficiaries of
an approved Form I-140, Immigrant
Petition for Alien Worker; or who
have been here for more than six
years and got extensions to stay on
and work legally.
According to DHS, nearly 180,000
new alien workers may be added to
the US workforce in the first year of
the rule with as many as 55,000 jobs
added annually thereafter.
The new rule is designed to reduce
economic burdens and personal
stress of these immigrant families
while their papers are being
processed.
decades.
HABs management was in attendance
including Rizwan Qureshi, SEVP, Javed
Karim, EVP, Zilay Wahidy, EVP, Nasir
Khan, VP, Kamal Puri, Branch Manager
Jackson Heights, Mehmood Syed, Senior
Business Development Officer, and branch
Hackers steal 104,000

taxpayers info: IRS
Washington:
The IRS says
data thieves used
social security
numbers and
addresses that
they had already gathered on
individuals to access personal
information including past tax
returns through the IRS website.
Hackers gained access to personal information of 104,000
taxpayers this spring, downloading an online service the IRS
uses to give Americans access to
their past tax returns, the agency
said Tuesday.
The information included several years worth of returns and
other tax information on file
with the IRS. The thieves
hacked into a system called Get
Transcript, clearing a security
screen that requires users to
know the taxpayers Social
Security number, date of birth,
address and tax filing status.
The IRS is notifying taxpayers
whose information was
accessed. The agencys information technology team noticed an
unusual amount of activity in the
Get Transcript application and
became suspicious, Koskinen
said.
managers of all local branches in the tristate area.

HAB Bank was founded in 1983 and since
inception it has played a key role in nurturing and strengthening the South Asian community with branch network located in New
York, New Jersey and California. Through
the years, the Bank has evolved in response
to needs of its customers and maintains a
close relationship with the community it
serves.
The Banks core products are Commercial
Real Estate Mortgages, International Trade
Services, US Small Business Loans and
well-designed commercial Banking products and services for small to medium sized
businesses.
The Bank also has a wide range of consumer products and services including personal checking, savings, CDs, and full-service online Banking. The Bank is fully committed to remain engaged and proactive in
meeting the banking requirements of its customer and, above all, continues to work
towards Building Relationships.
Modi govt wants to restore

India's lost glory: Harsh Vardhan
New Jersey: The Union
Minister for Science &
Technology and Earth
Sciences Dr Harsh
Vardhan said that the
Modi government wants
to restore the lost glory
of India by changing the
developmental model
that integrates our old
wisdom with modern scientific knowledge.
Addressing the Indian
community it New
Jersey earlier this week,
he elucidated various
Indian minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
steps taken by the NDA addressed the community in New Jersey
Government and claimed
that the confidence of people, power for all in the country by
both within and outside India has 2022. Target for production of
renewable energy, including solar
now been restored.
The minister said that Indians power has been set at 100 GW by
were desperate to have leaders 2022. India aims to become
who would govern to make their worlds largest producer of
lives meaningful and full of pur- mobile telephones and computers
pose and so they gave a clear following Modi governments
green signal to investment in
mandate in the last elections.
Wafer
Dr. Harsh Vardhan said speedy Semi-conductor
steps are being taken to meet peo- Fabrication units.
The minister pointed out that
ples expectations through an efficient, effective, transparent, ethi- steps taken by the government
cal, and development oriented have already led to substantial
governance. The Prime Ministers reduction in consumer, food and
vision is to achieve uninterrupted wholesale inflation rates.
May 30-June 5, 2015
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Sant Chatwal pledges $1 million for Delhi Sikh Study Center

New York: New York hotel magnate
Sant Singh Chatwal Wednesday
pledged to donate $1 million to help
set up a $5 million project for a Sikh
Center for International Studies in
Rakab Ganj Gurdwara, New Delhi.
Launching the project, he said at a
press conference here that the Sikh
center to be completed within two
years will be built on two acres of land
owned by the Delhi gurdwara.
The press conference was attended
among others by Manjit Singh, president of DSGMC (Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Management Committee), M.S. Sirsa,
its general secretary and Paramjit
Singh Rana, chairman of DSGMC
Dharam Prachar Committee.
The center is to be built as part of the
Mool Project. The project will have a
digital library having original texts
Sant and Daman Chatwal being honored by Delhi gurdwara committee

officials at the Mool Project launch in New York. Bobby Bedi, creative head of
the project is on the right. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer-SnapsIndia)
from the Guru Granth Sahib and key

historical texts and will provide
research facilities for people wanting
to learn about Sikhism.
A hi-tech auditorium to be built will

use holography and lasers to create
near-realistic experience of history for
the audience.
Road markings appear distorted as the asphalt starts to

melt due to the high temperature in New Delhi, May 27.
heat wave conditions on Thursday, with

the maximum temperature hovering
between 40 and 45 degrees Celsius.
It was a hot and dry Thursday in the
national capital, with the maximum temperature recorded at 41.1 degrees Celsius,
a notch above average. Heat wave conditions continued in Bihar with the mercury
touching 41.7 degree Celsius in Gaya district, the hottest place in the state and
Patna recording 39 degree Celsius, met
officials said in Patna.
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Vanya & Gokul are co-champions...

Continued from page 1
place in 2014. Of his victory, Gokul said, "I saw the
past two champions and I wanted to do the same and
I wanted to get the same. I just put in the work." Both
Gokul and Vanya are eighth-graders, so it was their
last chance. Each of them will receive over $37,000
in cash and prizes. Fourteen-year-old Cole ShaferRay of Norman, Oklahoma finished third. Seven of
the 10 finalists were Indian Americans. Fourteen of
the past 18 champions too have been of Indian origin.
Last year, New Yorker Sriram Hathwar and Texan
Ansun Sujoe spelled to a tie at the Scripps National
Spelling Bee, the first in more than 50 years.
Shiv Chopra is 11th Grade student at Hicksville High
School in Long Island.
Heat wave sweeps across India, toll over 1,700

New Delhi: The searing heat wave continued unabated this week in many parts of
India, claiming another 414 lives in
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana alone to
take the toll above 1,700 while rains
brought relief in some states, officials
said.
Andhra Pradesh reported 313 more
deaths due to sunstroke during in one day
while 100 more succumbed in Telangana.
With this the toll in the two Telugu states
rose to 1,774. While Andhra Pradesh
accounted for 1,334 deaths, 440 people
died in Telangana, officials said.
The Indian Meteorological Department
(IMD) has warned that the heat wave conditions will continue at few places in
Odisha, Vidarbha, Jharkhand and
Telangana and at isolated places over
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and coastal
Andhra Pradesh over next two days.
The heat wave paralysed life in
Rajasthan, which continued to reel under
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Acharya Lokesh embarks on Peace & Harmony ...

Dr. Lokesh Muni for his remarkable contributions in
the fields of Non-violence, Peace and Harmony has
been organized on 20th June in New Jersey. This program will see participation by many Senators,
Congressmen and prominent people from various
walks of life. Before that, on June 14, he will give a
discourse at Jain Temple of Somerset, NJ. On June
28 he will address the anniversary celebrations of the
Jain Temple in Chicago. Called an apostle of peace
and social harmony, Acharya Lokesh is a dynamic
crusader for national integration and lead campaigner
against social evils. He was honored with National
Communal Harmony Award by the Government of
India among several national and international accolades. For the last 28 years he has striven to build
national character, development of human values and
establishing Ahimsa, Peace and mutual co-operation
in the society.
Ex-New York governor joins race for President
repeal the Affordable Care Act. He also said he
would send troops to battle Islamic State militants.
"The system is broken. The question is no longer
about what our government should do, but what we
should do about our government," he said in a video
posted to YouTube on Thursday.
Pataki, 69, who served as governor from 1995 to
2006, faces an uphill battle for the Republican nomination in a crowded field of candidates. But in an
interview on MSNBCs Morning Joe earlier, he
pointed to his 1994 victory over three-term New
York Gov. Mario Cuomo (D) as a sign of his ability
to defy political odds.
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Panel discussion on Modis one year at Asia Society

New York: The Asia Society Policy
Institute presents a keynote address by
Indias new Ambassador to the United
States, Arun Kumar Singh, and a special,
high-level discussion moderated by the
Kevin Rudd, President of ASPI, on Modis
achievements, one year in, and what his
policy agenda means for India.
Arun Kumar Singh assumed his new
assignment as Ambassador of India to
United States on April 30, 2015. He previously served as Ambassador of India to
France (2013-2015), Deputy Chief of
Mission at the U.S. Embassy of India
(2008-2013), and Ambassador of India to
Israel (2005-2008). He has held a variety of
positions since joining the Indian Foreign
Service in 1979.
Among the panelists are Kevin Rudd
(moderator), Indrani Bagchi, Shivshankar
Menon, Rakesh Mohan and Sandra
Peterson.
Kevin Rudd (moderator) served as
Australias 26th Prime Minister and as
Foreign Minister. As Chair of the
Indian envoy Arun Kumar Singh will

also present keynote address
Independent
Commission
on
Multilateralism, Mr. Rudd is leading a
review of the UN system. He is a
Indian-American rst vegetarian

contestant on MasterChef US
Sciences in Philadelphia,
New York: An IndianAmerican contestant on the
where most of the students
competitive cooking reality
were Indian and longed for
good, home-cooked meals.
show, MasterChef US season
Inspired, she began cooking
six, is the first ever vegetarian
participant on the program
for the other students in her
dorm.
Hetal Vasavada, 28, enjoys
making desserts with traditionThe Indian-American contestant said she ultimately
al Indian spices such as turmerwould like to start her own
ic, cumin, coriander and garam
cookie business and conduct
masala, to create something
consultations regarding differuniquely Indian and American,
Hetal Vasavada, 28,
India West, a publication for
ent recipes and their potential
Indian-American first
the Indian diaspora, reported.
vegetarian contestant for success in business venShe cleared the MasterChef
tures.
on 'MasterChef US'
The ongoing season six
audition with an apple pastry
cup with cardamom whipped cream. started on May 20. It has a total of 22 finalVasavadas interest in cooking was piqued ists and they are being judged by three world
while studying at the University of the renowned chefs, including Gordon Ramsey.
For the Third Media India
Lecture of the Womanity Series
for 2015, the Consulate General
of India, New York, hosted
Mallika Dutt of Breakthrough,
to speak about women's rights,
and to make violence against
women unacceptable. Also presented at the lecture was a new
and upcoming NGO -- CASA,
Climb Against Sexual Abuse,
that aims to break the silence
on sexual abuse.
Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House in

London, a Distinguished Statesman with the
Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington, and a Distinguished
Fellow at the Paulson Institute in Chicago.
He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese,
serves as a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua
University in Beijing, and co-chairs the
China Global Affairs Council of the World
Economic Forum.
Indrani Bagchi is senior diplomatic editor
with the Times of India, where she reports
and analyzes foreign policy issues and
writes news stories and features, opinion
pieces, the Globespotting blog, and a fortnightly column for the Times of India Crest
edition. She has been a Reuters Fellow at
Oxford University, and in 2010, she was
awarded the Chang Lin-Tien fellowship by
the Asia Foundation to study U.S.-China
relations at the Brookings Institution in
Washington.
Shivshankar Menon is a career Indian
diplomat who served as National Security
Advisor to the Prime Minister of India from
2010-2014. He is currently serving as the

Fisher Family Fellow at the Belfer Center at
Harvard University. Previously, he was
Indias Foreign Secretary from October
2006 to August 2009 and served as
Ambassador and High Commissioner of
India to Israel (1995-97), Sri Lanka (19972000), China (2000-2003) and Pakistan
(2003-2006).
Rakesh Mohan is Executive Director at
the International Monetary Fund, representing India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and
Bhutan. He has held several positions in the
Government of India, including that of
Chief Economic Advisor from 2001-2002.
He also served as Deputy Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India from 2002 to 2004
and from 2005 to 2009. Until early 2014, he
was the Chairman of the National Transport
Development Policy Committee in the
Government of India, with the rank of a
Minister of State. Sandra (Sandi) Peterson
is Group Worldwide Chairman and member
of the Executive Committee at Johnson &
Johnson.
Sanjay Gupta to be business dean of

Michigan State University
Washington, DC: An Indian-origin expert
in accountancy has been recommended to
become the new dean of the business
school of a leading US university after a
national search.
Sanjay Gupta is set to become the dean
of the Eli Broad College of Business at
Michigan State University from June 17,
an official release said on Friday.
Gupta would become the 11th dean in
the history of the college, which was
founded in 1944 as the School of Business
and Public Service.
Gupta currently serves as acting dean of
the business college and is also the Russell
E Palmer Endowed Professor in
Accounting.
"The positive direction, growth and
momentum the college has experienced
under Sanjay's leadership as acting dean
signal a bright future for the college in the
coming years," said MSU Provost June
Pierce Youatt.
The college now has 120 full-time faculty members in five departments Accounting and Information Systems;
Finance; Management; Marketing; and
Supply Chain Management - and the
School of Hospitality Business.
Gupta received a doctorate degree in philosophy from MSU in 1990.
For the next 17 years he held several faculty positions at Arizona State University
Sanjay Gupta
including the first Henry & Horne

Professorship in Accountancy.
An expert on corporate and individual
tax policy, Gupta has consulted for
Fortune 500 companies, the US government, major public accounting firms and
international consulting firms.
He has a master's degree in accounting
from Bowling Green State University, a
bachelor's degree of laws from Calcutta
University and a bachelor's in commerce
from the University of Mumbai.
May 30-June 5, 2015
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Rubin Museum of Art honors

Nepals cultural heritage
New York, NY: In response to the
earthquake that ravaged the region
in April, the Rubin Museum of Art
will present Honoring Nepal , a
series of events, educational programs, and a special art installation that will highlight Nepals significant contributions to the global
landscape.
With its mission rooted in the art
and ideas of the Himalayan region,
the Rubin Museum is offering a
variety of ways for visitors to
engage and connect with Nepal:
Special Art Installation:
Honoring Nepal, located in the
Museum lobby and free of charge
for visitors, will display a small
selection of the nearly 600
Nepalese objects in the Museums
collection, reflecting Nepals
importance as a source for sacred
Buddhist and Hindu art.

Labeled Objects -Throughout the Rubins galleries,
objects of Nepalese origin will be
highlighted with the label
#HonorNepal, showcasing their
significance in the collection and
providing context for visitors.
Educational Tours The
To feature art installation,

tours, and other events as
a source for sacred art
and acknowledge the
earthquakes devastation
Rubin has created a special itinerary for visitors interested in learning more about Nepalese art and
culture. Guided tours will be held
on Wednesday and Friday
evenings, and on request. Audio
guides will also be available, narrated by Nepalese curator
Gautama Vajracharya.
Evening Events Each
Wednesday evening in May, from
6-9pm, the Museum and caf will
host special programming
Honor Nepal Spiral Music
Sessions -- Nepalese musicians, as
well as performers with deep connections to the country, will play
in the lobby, beginning with sarangi player Shyam Nepali and Raj
Kapoor of the Dance Theater of
Indian national charged with

fraud in New York
New York: An Indian national
along with two other people
was charged with conspiracy to
trick distressed homeowners
into selling their residences and
reaping millions of dollars
through the fraud.
Rajesh Maddiwar, Mario
Alvarenga and Amir Meiri
were presented in Manhattan
federal court before US
Magistrate Judge Kevin Fox on
Thursday.
They each face a maximum
sentence of 20 years, the New
York Daily News reported.
"These defendants manipulated and took advantage of vulnerable
people,"
said
Manhattan US Attorney Preet
Bharara.The three sent out
mailers and used telemarketers
to promote their devious com-
pany, "Homeowner Assistance

Services of New York."
The victims, most of whom
were on the verge of foreclosure, contacted the firm and
met with Alvarenga, who
would propose they short-sell
their home to a third party
called Launch Development.
The victims were assured
they could stay in the home
during the entire process, and
that the property would be
resold at a discount to a trusted
relative within 90 days.
Maddiwar, calling himself an
attorney, would then get the
victims to sign closing documents, some of which were
blank, authorities said.
Then Meiri would show up
and evict the victims from their
homes.
Nepal on May 6.
Relief
Awareness
-Organizations providing relief in
the wake of the earthquake will
share information with Museum
visitors.
Honoring Nepal Website A
dedicated resource webpage
(RubinMuseum.org/Nepal) has
been created to provide updates
about Nepalese art, ways to support relief efforts, and all related
programs happening at the
Museum.
The tragedy in Nepal continues
to unfold as news and photographs
emerge daily, giving us a fuller
picture of the devastating impact
which will linger for years to
come, said Patrick Sears, executive Director. By focusing on the
Museums collection of Nepalese
art, we hope to remind visitors of
the rich cultural traditions that
continue to this day, despite the
horrific loss of life and damage to
sites of world importance.
The Rubin Museum also offers
its facility to relief organizations
who wish to host benefit events at
a heavily discounted rate.
Indian-origin scientist creates

rst single-molecule device
Washington, DC: A team of
Columbia
Engineering
researchers led by an IndianAmerican scientist Latha
Venkataraman has created a single-molecule electronic device
which has a potential of realworld technological applications
for nanoscale devices.
Under the direction of
Venkataraman, researchers created a single-molecule diode which
performs 50 times better than all
prior designs.
Constructing a device where the
active element is only a single
molecule, has long been a tantalizing dream in nanoscience.
"Our new device represents the
ultimate in functional miniaturization that can be achieved for
an electronic device," said
Venkataraman.
With electronic devices becoming smaller every day, the field of
molecular electronics has become
more critical in solving the problem of further miniaturization.
Single molecule represents the
limit of miniaturization.
The idea of creating a singlemolecule diode was suggested by
Arieh Aviram and Mark Ratner
Latha Venkataraman
who theorized in 1974 that a molecule could act as a rectifier, a

one-way conductor of electric
current.
"It is amazing to be able to
design a functioning single
molecular circuit," Venkataraman
said.
She and her team are now
working on understanding the
fundamental physics behind their
discovery and trying to increase
the rectification ratios they
observed, using new molecular
systems.
The report was published on
May 25 in the journal Nature
Nanotechnology.
Seven charged with stealing the

identities of Indian Americans
New Jersey: Seven members of an
identity-theft ring that used information from Indian Americans to
net more than $540,000 in cash
and high-priced merchandise have
been arrested.
Police in New Jersey seized
more than 250 driver's licenses
and credit cards that were recovered from various properties
owned and rented by the defendants, according to a media report
citing acting Union County
Prosecutor Grace Park.
The three-week investigation of
the ring began after Westfield
police received reports of alleged
fraud uncovered at the Lord and
Taylor store in the township's
downtown, NJ.com reported.
From August 2014 through April
2015, authorities allege, the sus-
pects used copies of government

documents from people with dual
citizenship.
With those documents, the suspects obtained fraudulent credit
cards and gift cards, which were
used to purchase merchandise
including power tools, high-end
jewelry, TAG Heuer watches,
iPhones, Beats by Dre headphones, and cases of expensive
spirits such as Johnnie Walker
Blue Label scotch, prosecutors
said.
One of the suspects, Harpreet
Singh, 35, allegedly sold the merchandise and the credit cards and
gift cards to generate cash.
Singh and suspects Vidhi Vohra,
26, and Kunal Vohra, 23, are
accused of obtaining the false
licenses and then the credit cards
and gift cards, authorities said.

Each of them was charged with
two counts of second-degree theft.
Three other suspects, Jaswinder
Singh, 53, Saeed Choudry, 52, and
Anjum Sabar, 34, are each charged
with second-degree possession of
identifying documents to facilitate
fraud.
Another suspect, Saquib Khan,
29, is charged with two counts of
third-degree receiving stolen property.
As a result of the investigation,
approximately $540,000 in cash
was frozen in bank accounts.
Officials also recovered $75,000 in
merchandise and seized the driver's licenses and credit cards,
according to John Esmerado,
supervisor of the special prosecutions unit.
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Tanishq Abraham graduates with three degrees at age 11

Washington, DC: An 11-year-old
Indian-American kid, has graduated from a Californian college with
three associate degrees in math,
science and foreign language
studies. At an age, when most kids
of his age are busy scrolling
through iPads or smartphones,
this Indian American is different.
Tanishq Abraham is now the
youngest person to graduate from
American River College in
Sacramento, California, KCRA
Sacramento reported.
"This is not much of a big deal
to me," said Abraham, who graduated with a 4.0 score and three
associate degrees.
Abraham not only plans to
become a doctor, but also win a
Nobel Prize. Besides, he wants to
become the US president in
future.
"Three Associate college
degrees - Awesome feeling - completed my rst few baby steps to
my BIG goal- @NobelPrize med
doctor/researcher & @POTUS,"
Abraham tweeted.
Last year, he received his high
school graduation diploma at a
private ceremony in front of his
friends and family.
He even received a congratulatory letter from the US President
Barack Obama.
According to Abraham, some of
Child prodigy Tanishq Abraham
his fellow graduates were "intimidated" by him but "a lot were really happy that there was a kid in
their class."
"Even in kindergarten, he was
pretty ahead, a few years ahead -and then it just went from there,"
Abraham's mother, Taji Abraham,
a veterinarian, told KCRA-TV.
One of the best aspects of his
graduation was his college graduation cap. The boy wrote his
favorite "Toy Story" quote on the
top of the cap:"2 Innity and
Beyond." He later thanked his
parents for their contributions to
his learning -- and posted several
Indian-American student
sentenced to life for
killing friend
Washington, DC: A 25year-old Indian-American
engineering student has been
sentenced to life in prison by
a US court for fatally stabbing his friend.
Rahul Gupta, a George
Washington University graduate student, changed his narrative several times in court,
but he did acknowledge that
he killed his friend Mark
Waugh, 24.
On October 13, 2013,
Gupta, his girlfriend and
Waugh went to the IndianAmerican's high-rise apartment in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington DC, where
he caught Waugh cheating
with his girlfriend.

Waugh died after being
stabbed and slashed 11 times
inside the apartment.
According to the arrest
report, Gupta told police:
"My girl and my buddy were
cheating, my girl was cheating with my buddy. I walked
in on them cheating and I
killed my buddy."
Gupta and Waugh knew
each other from high school.
Waugh was a rst-year law
student at the Georgetown
University at the time his best
friend killed him.
Gupta, an engineering graduate student, was arrested in
October 2013.
photos of himself and his family

on Twitter having a meal at "my
favorite restaurant' to celebrate his
graduation.
Abraham was just four-yearsold, when he was accepted to
MENSA; a group for people
whose Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
is in the top two percent of the
population. His younger sister
aged four also became a member.
During his childhood, he wrote
astronomy blogs for NASA.
Exhilarated, Abraham is planning
to take an eight-week Calculus II
course this summer and also a
family vacation.
May 30-June 5, 2015
Ro Khanna to announce his

Congressional bid
Washington,
DC:
Having lost his maiden
US Congressional bid in
a high-prole contest
last
year
to
Congressman
Mike
Honda,
IndianAmerican Ro Khanna is
all set to announce his
second bid for the US
House of Representative
from California.
Khanna, 38, who has
the backing of some of
the top executives of the
Silicon Valley, is scheduled to announce his second
Congressional bid on May 30,
his ofce said in a statement.
"Khanna will join hundreds of
grassroots supporters, elected
ofcials, community leaders
and residents of the district in
announcing his candidacy for
US Congress," a statement said.
In last six months, Khanna
has remained an active voice in
the district.
He has teamed up with San
Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo
on the city's manufacturing
initiative.
He has also stood with the
residents of Santa Clara in urging the City Council to ask the
football team in San Francisco
49ers to pay fair market value
on the parks and soccer elds
surrounding a stadium.
Khanna has the backing of
many tech and community
leaders who supported him during the last campaign cycle.
Many of these leaders donated to Khanna's campaign during the rst fundraising quarter.
GWU cancels students suspension over Hindu Swastika

Washington, DC: Following
protests from several groups,
George Washington University has
decided to rescind its suspension
order against a student who displayed a Hindu swastika on his residence hall's bulletin board.
The Hindu American Foundation,
in a statement issued May 26, welcomed the move to rescind the
interim suspension order by the
Washington, D.C.-based university.
Harsh Voruganti, associate director of public policy for HAF, said
that the decision reects the facts of
this case and the efforts by Hindu
organizations to educate campus
ofcials about the sacredness of the
Indian swastika, according to a PTI
report.
We hope to continue to work
with the university and student
groups to provide resources on the
swastika and to further the dia-
logue, the HAF statement added.

The small, bronze swastika was
displayed by the student in March
on a bulletin board at GWU's
International House residence hall,
and mistaken by another student for
a Nazi swastika a symbol used
by the German Nazi party and other
hate groups. The student intended
to educate his friends and co-residents about the symbol's origins,
which he had learned about during
a spring break trip to India.
Although the law enforcement
authorities had found no violation,
the university proceeded with disciplinary actions against him, with
the possibility of expulsion.
A number of Hindu, interfaith,
and Jewish groups wrote to GWU
president Steven Knapp, educating
him about the signicance of the
swastika for Hindus, Buddhists,
and Jains, and urging him to avoid
expelling the student.

"The swastika is one of the most
sacred symbols of Hinduism, with a
3,000 year history of peace before
it was misappropriated by the
Nazis," said Samir Kalra, HAF senior director and Human Rights
Fellow.
"We wanted to ensure that any
Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain student
who sought to display the symbol
as a part of her faith would not be
punished for doing so," Kalra said.
Quoting Voruganti, India-West
reported that HAF had received
notication of the universitys latest
action from the student's attorneys.
I would also like to be clear that
the exact disposition of the disciplinary proceedings is condential,
but we were informed that the student will be permitted to return to
campus and rejoin classes,
Voruganti said.
May 30-June 5, 2015
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Minister Piyush Goyal lauds Modi Govt.s achievements at OFBJP event

Tampa, FL: Piyush Goyal,
Indias Minister of State for
Power, Coal and Renewable
Energy was the chief guest at an
event organized by Overseas
Friends of BJP (USA) to celebrate
the successful completion of one
year of BJP led NDA government
in India under the leadership of
Narendra Modi. He addressed the
packed hall of Indian American
community at the Lotus Hall,
India Cultural Center, on May 17
evening in Tampa, FL. Prominent
members of the Indian American
community representing various
organizations attended the event
with great excitement and enthusiasm.
Chandrakanth Patel, National
President OFBJP (USA) in his
welcome address highlighted the
work done by Goyal in terms of
transparency in eAuctioning of
coal blocks and setting up new
power plants in various states and

implement news programs to harness solar energy.
Goyal in his eloquent speech of
about 90 minutes spoke on various aspects of the good governance that is being provided by
Modi government. Regarding his
ministry of coal and energy,
Goyal narrated at length how he
could cleanse the coal block allocations through a transparent and
real time eAuction process that
fetched the government Rs
189,000 crores by selling just 20
coal blocks and expected to reach
Rs 300,000 crores when all the
blocks are auctioned. He said that
from 2010 to 2013, coal production grew by 31 million tons and
in comparison just in 10 months
during his tenure, the production
grew by 32 Million tons topping a
total of 494 Million tons. He has
set a target of 1Billion tons by
2019. Once this target is met and

other projects initiated by his ministry are completed, India would
have enough power to provide
everyone 24x7 electricity, an
important promise of Modi government.
He emphasized that the goal of
Modi government is complete
elimination of corruption and not
just reduction in corruption. He
said that first year of Modi government has been completely
scam free, and the credit goes to
Modiji who had promised to the
nation, Na khaunga and na khane
dunga.
He explained how he himself
has been able to increase the work
efficiency by reducing 100 files a
day norm to few files with prior
completion of root cause analysis
and identifying issues and risks.
Goyal also talked about the
importance of OFBJP work in
Indias Minister of State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy

Piyush Goyal along with OFBJP members at the event
serving the needs and issues related to Indian diaspora and appreciated its efforts during 2013-14
leading up to the completion of
general elections in India. He also
inaugurated a website (www.drea-
mindianetwork.com) designed to
bring experts and well-accomplished Indian origin persons onto
one platform in order to share
knowledge and experience and
help Indias development.
AmeriCares $13 million in medical aid arrives in Nepal Priti Shah wins $4 million lottery
Medicines and supplies to meet earthquake survivors long-term needs
as Mothers Day gift
Stamford, Conn.: AmeriCares is
delivering $13 million worth of
medicine and supplies to
Kathmandu this week to resupply
damaged hospitals and clinics providing essential health services to
earthquake survivors. The shipments include medicine to manage
chronic conditions, such as diabetes
and hypertension, as well as treatments for diarrheal and respiratory
diseases. The emergency response
and global health nonprofit also
continues to provide surgery, trauma and wound care supplies, as
well as pain relievers and antibiotics. The medicine and supplies,
which are headed to health facilities
in Bhaktapur, Dhading, Kathmandu
and Sindhupalchok, were approved
by the World Health Organization
and will be distributed in coordination with the Ministry of Health and
Population.
More aid shipments are planned
in the coming weeks, including
6,000 tarps for families without
shelter. AmeriCares expects to
deliver more than $20 million in aid
to Nepal by early June.
The first three weeks of the crisis we concentrated on caring for
the injured and rushing emergency
Dr. E. Anne Peterson of AmeriCares delivers medicine to the

Nepal Cleft & Burn Center on April 29.
(Photo by Matthew McDermott/AmeriCares)
aid to the mobile medical teams

treating survivors in remote areas,
said AmeriCares President and
CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis. Now
our focus is on the long term, ensuring that hospitals and clinics are
able to meet all of the health needs
in affected areas. The World
Health Organization reports 306
health facilities nationwide have
been destroyed, and 617 have been
partially damaged. Going forward,
AmeriCares plans to support the
rehabilitation and rebuilding of
medical facilities with a focus on
re-establishing health services in
Dhading and Sindhupalchok two

of the hardest hit districts.
AmeriCares also continues to provide medicines, supplies and communications support to medical
teams from NYC Medics treating
survivors in Dhading. AmeriCares
has been aiding survivors of natural
disasters, political conflict and
extreme poverty around the world
for more than 30 years, saving lives
and restoring health and hope. To
donate to AmeriCares Nepal Relief
Fund go to www.americares.org/
nepalearthquake or call 1(800) 486HELP.
Illinois: Priti Shah,

resident of Des
Plaines, Illinois, has
won $ 4 million
prize of the Illinois
Lottery as a most
u n e x p e c t e d
Mothers Day gift.
The
winning
instant ticket was
one of three such
given by her daughter. Shah was celebrating the holiday
Priti Shah with her winning lottery
May 10 with family
at home when she used a penny family and invest.
The next 20 years of my life
to scratch her tickets, including
this $100 Million Money Mania will certainly be easier, said the
happy mother.
ticket.
The winning ticket was purI think I was in shock when I
saw the $4 million prize! After a chased at Gateway Newstands,
few days, I went to a store to 4130A North Harlem Avenue in
check my ticket and even when Norridge. The retailer will
they confirmed it, I still couldnt receive a $40,000 bonus, 1 perbelieve it was true, she said cent of the prize amount, for sellwhen she presented her winning ing a winning ticket. $100
ticket at the Illinois Lottery Prize Million Money Mania is a $20
Center in Des Plaines. Shahs instant ticket that featured three
prize will be annuitized over a 20 top prizes of $4,000,000 and 20
year period. She will receive prizes of $100,000.
Founded in 1974, the Illinois
$200,000 a year for 20 years,
prior to withholding taxes. She Lottery contributes to various
plans to share the money with charitable causes.
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
May 30-June 5, 2015
Are South Asian students pushed into pursuing lucrative careers?

Shweta Lodha, a senior at Herricks High School, NY, conducted a survey to find the truth behind the stereotype of
South Asian students choosing career paths due to familial pressure rather than personal interest or talent.
or years now, certain stereotypes
have swirled around the South Asian
community. Many people often talk
about South Asian students prioritizing academics and lucrative career paths over
their own real interests. Determined to see
whether this remains true in the 21st century, I decided to investigate this straitjacketing.
Do young South Asians feel more obliged
to pursue a career path that emanates prestige and wealth over one more aligned with
their own natural inclinations? To ferret out
the truth, I conducted a random set survey
at Herricks High School, a reputed high
school in Long Island, NY, that has a student body, which is 47% Asian, 48%
Caucasian, and 5% other. Over the span of
several weeks, I handed equal numbers of
both Caucasian and South Asian students
surveys in which they had to answer in
detail whether they ever felt any pressure
from their parents to choose one career or
profession over another. Interestingly
enough, my data indicates that while South
Asians do generally face more familial
pressure to choose certain career paths correlated with success over those that more fit
their own interests, South Asian and
Caucasian students alike feel the most pressure to be successful from their school
community.
Of all South Asian survey participants,
68% confessed that they faced immense
pressure to choose a career due to familial
interference with their own autonomy,
while only 32% of Caucasian students
claimed to feel a similar way. A Caucasian
student specifically stated, I feel that my
family thinks I have a lot of potential, but
doesnt quite push me into a certain direction. They understand that its my life
choice. This indicates a significantly
greater degree of autonomy over choosing
a career than that seen among South Asian
students. For instance, a second generation
Indian student stated, I have lived both in
India and here, in Long Island, and I can
honestly say that I feel the same pressure to
be either a doctor or an engineer that I felt
back in India. I really want to do something
with theater in the future. However, my dad
has presented several arguments about the
merits of engineering over theater, and as I
result I am going to be attending an engineering college this fall."
Additionally, an overwhelmingly large
number of South Asian students admitted
that though their parents outwardly claimed
to be accepting of them choosing to follow
their own interests, they often dropped
hints that they wanted their children to
chase a high paying profession, potentially
influencing these young adults on a con-
scious or subconscious level to choose one

career path over the other.
However, interestingly enough, almost all
survey participants admitted that they felt
greater pressure from schoolmates to
choose a career or profession traditionally
viewed as more prestigious and lucrative
than from their parents themselves. For
instance, of all South Asian survey participants, 83% admitted that they often felt
pressurized to sacrifice personal interests in
favor of science, technology, engineering,
or mathematics (STEM) streams, simply
because all their peers were doing the
same thing. At the same time, 92% of
Caucasian participants confessed to have
faced similar peer pressure. For example,
one of them stated, By talking to my
friends, I have realized that in order to
make a lot of money, I cant necessarily do
a job I love.
Herricks High School has always been a
highly ranked school. Currently 30th in
New York State, and 201st in the nation,
and the highly ambitious nature of the student population has impacted the mentality
of most students, regardless of ethnicity.
While the classic stereotype that South
Asian kids feel pressure from their families
to choose lucrative and prestigious profes-
sions certainly rings true as per the survey,

more of them seem to feel greater pressure
to become successful from the competitive
nature of the society they live in than from
their own parents.
I must caution, however, that some elements of the surveying methods used to
collect data for this article should be
improved through further experimentation
to confirm the results of this survey. Firstly,
given affluence of the society surrounding
Herricks school may have influenced the
responses of survey participants. So, South
Asian and Caucasian youth from different
geographic and socioeconomic areas
should be surveyed. This will also help to
increase the sample size of the survey, and
hence, improve credibility of the survey
results. Secondly, members of more ethnic
groups should be studied for better analysis
of how pervasive this stereotype actually is.
Regardless, South Asian students at
Herricks do reinforce the traditional stereotype that South Asians at large experience
familial pressure to choose one career over
another.
Shweat Lodha (Shwetalodha1924
@gmail.com) is Contributing Editor
(Youth) at The South Asian Times.
'Perseverance behind Indian Americans'

dominance of National Spelling Bee'
Washington: The impressive performance of Indian
Americans at the Scripps
National Spelling Bee could
be due to their perseverance, hard work, well-educated parents and a milestone documentary that
made them realize "we
could do this", reported
Washington Post quoting
Paige Kimble, the Bees
longtime director.
The contest, which has been won by
Indian Americans for seven years in a row
and all but four of the last 15 years, gets
underway on Tuesday.
In fact, Kimble's analysis could not be
misplaced as of all the Indian American
champions in the last 15 years, only one,
Pratyush Buddiga, won the contest in his
first attempt in 2002. The others, including
last years co-champ Sriram Hathwar, won
after making several attempts.
But Kimble is concerned about the racial
aspect of the contest. Last year's champions
had to face a barrage of racist comments on
social media websites that

"indicate that we have a
long way to go as a country
in embracing all of our
immigrant population",
Kimble said.
Despite experts not sure
as to how they can explain
the impressive performance
of Indian American youngsters in the national bee
compared with other
groups, Shalini Shankar, an anthropology
professor at Northwestern University, said:
"It's hard to say it's a coincidence."
"You dont see lots of spelling bee winners who are the children of assembly line
workers or cabdrivers, even if they're South
Asian... You see children of doctors, you see
children of engineers, the Post quoted her
as saying.
Another factor that contributed to the success of Indian Americans in the contest was
a 2002 documentary, "Spellbound", which
followed eight contestants to the 1999
national bee and shows Nupur Lala's exultant victory.
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Flash floods leave apocalyptic scenes across Texas
Record breaking rainfall and flooding as in Houston has caused severe destruction over much
of the state of Texas with a score dead and many more missing.
Cleveland reaches deal

with US Justice
Department
Washington: Cleveland, the Ohio city where a
white policeman was acquitted on Saturday in the
fatal shooting of two African Americans, has
reached a settlement with the US Justice
Department on policing practices, The New York
Times reported.
The deal, which could be announced as early as
Tuesday, follows the verdict that prompted mainly peaceful protests after 31-year-old patrolman
Michael Brelo was found not guilty on two
counts of voluntary manslaughter in the 2012
killing. Federal authorities say the midwestern
US city engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional
policing and excessive use of force.
But similar settlements between federal authorities and US cities have seen the Justice
Department insist that the localities allow independent monitors to keep track of changes inside
police departments. They also often call for better
training and policies on the use of force.
The deal allows Cleveland to avoid a long and
costly court battle, just as civil rights activists
call for the resignation of Mayor Frank Jackson.
The verdict over the 2012 incident came amid
widespread tensions in the United States over
police treatment of blacks following the deaths of
a number of unarmed African Americans at the
hands of law enforcement.
Officials in Cleveland are looking to prevent
the kind of violent unrest that plagued Baltimore
last month after the death of a 25-year-old
African American man from injuries suffered in
police custody. Brelo was one of 13 officers who
opened fire on Timothy Russell and Malissa
Williams during a police chase on November 29,
2012. A total of 137 rounds were fired at the car,
including 49 by Brelo. He shot the final 15 after
climbing onto the hood of Russell's Chevrolet
Malibu.
Court refuses to lift hold on

Obamas immigration plan
Washington: A US appeals court
on Tuesday dealt another blow to
President Obama's efforts to grant
amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
The US Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit in New Orleans rejected a request from the Obama administration that it lift an injunction barring it from carrying out a measure
that would have protected some four
million undocumented foreigners
from deportation.
Obama had used an executive
order in November to drive through
measure, but in February, just
before it was due to go into effect, a
Texas judge issued an emergency
injunction until a trial on its legality
could be held.
Leading House Democrat Nancy
Pelosi said the court's decision to
uphold the injunction was "a disappointing delay of a clear outcome."
"Now is the time to restore fairness to our immigration system and
honor the best traditions of our
country by passing comprehensive
immigration reform," Pelosi said in
a statement.
But House Speaker John Boehner
hailed the decision, and said Obama
did not have the authority to issue
the executive order in the first place.
"House Republicans are leading
the fight to rein in President
Obama's executive overreach and
uphold our Constitution, and we
will continue to follow this case
closely," he said in a statement.
No fewer than 26 states -- all but
two Republican -- had pressed the
Texas judge to intervene following
Obama's executive action, claiming
he had acted unlawfully.
Obama's proposed program would
protect undocumented immigrants
who have not committed crimes and
have children who are American citizens or residents.
The White House claims having
immigration authorities police millions of law-abiding undocumented
immigrants distracts them from
more pressing threats to national
security. At least 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the
United States
Rand Paul: "ISIS exists...because of hawks" in the GOP

Washington: Kentucky Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul had some
harsh
words
Wednesday for
Republicans who
have blamed the
rise of Islamic
extremism in Iraq
and Syria on
American disengagement with
the Middle East.
In an interview
on
MSNBC's
"Morning Joe,"
Paul was asked
Presidential
about the criti- candidate Rand Paul
cism
he's
received from GOP hawks like South
Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and
Arizona Sen. John McCain, who have
argued that America's failure to arm moderate rebel groups in the Syrian civil war
created space for the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS) to grow.
"I would say it's exactly the opposite,"
Paul said. "ISIS exists and grew stronger
because of the hawks in our party who
gave arms indiscriminately, and most of
those arms were snatched up by ISIS.
These hawks also wanted to bomb Syrian
dictator Bashar Assad, which would have
made ISIS's job even easier."
Paul has embraced a less muscular
American approach to global events,
arguing the U.S. should be more reticent
in committing its own resources to foreign
conflicts - either by sending its U.S.
troops to intervene or sending U.S. munitions to warring parties.
That belief has put Paul at odds with
much of the rest of his party, and the
debate is already shaping the GOP's 2016
presidential primary - Paul is running for
president, and a host of prominent

Republican hawks, like Graham, Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio, and New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie, have either declared a bid
or signaled they plan to declare soon.
Another prospective candidate,
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, said
Wednesday that Paul's comments
Wednesday morning are "a perfect example of why Senator Paul is unsuited to be
Commander-in-Chief."
Jindal argued, "We should all be clear

that evil and Radical Islam are at fault for
the rise of ISIS, and people like President
Obama and Hillary Clinton exacerbate
it...Senator Paul's illogical argument
clouds a situation that should provide pure
moral clarity. Islam has a problem. ISIS is
its current manifestation. And the next
President's job is to have the discipline
and strength to wipe ISIS off the face of
the earth."
Rick Santorum joins a crowded

GOP field for 2016
Washington:
Rick
prove helpful, as several
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are expected to give him tougher competi- Santorums path, with recently released
tion this time around for the Christian debate rules opening the possibility he
conservative votes he relied on in 2012.
will not poll high enough to participate in
His experience in the last election could the first debate in August.
INDIA
May 30-June 5, 2015
11
Kejriwal-Centre fight intensifies over appointments

New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwalled Delhi government moved the
Delhi High Court, challenging the
union home ministry's May 21
notification that said Lt. Governor
Najeeb Jung has discretionary
powers for appointments and
transfers to key bureaucratic posts
in the capital.
The Delhi government mentioned the matter before a division
bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, which
posted the hearing for Friday.
Challenging the "constitutional
validity" of the notification, the
city government sought its quashing by the high court.
The high court bench also posted for Friday a similar plea filed
by law student Vibhor Anand, who
challenged the home ministry
notification and contended the
appointment of senior bureaucrat
Shakuntala Gamlin as the acting
chief secretary by the Delhi Lt.
Governor was a "illegal".
AAP govt has challenged home ministry's notification that

Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung has discretionary powers for
appointments and transfers.
"There is already a similar petition filed by the Delhi government. We will hear both on
Friday," the bench said. The petitions, filed within days of a high
court order terming the May 21
notification as "suspect", have
Committed to provide five percent

reservation: Rajasthan to Gujjars
Nearly 4,500 paramilitary personnel have been rushed

to Rajasthan to assist the state government
in handling the Gujjar agitation.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has told agitating Gujjars

that it was committed to provide five percent reservation to
the community under the special backward class category.
Meanwhile, according to a
home ministry official, 4,500
paramilitary personnel have
been rushed to Rajasthan to
assist the state government in
handling the Gujjar agitation.
In a letter to Gujjar Aarkshan
Sangarsh Samiti convener Col.
(retd) Kirori Singh Bainsla, the
government, however, said: "It
will be difficult to provide 4
percent reservation from 21
percent reservation provided to
other backward class as it will
adversely affect social harmony." The letter was sent to
Bainsla after three rounds of
talks between a ministerial
committee and a delegation of
protesting Gujjars failed to

make headway.
The letter said that as per a
Supreme Court judgement, the
state government can provide
reservation in excess of 50 percent.
The Gujjars are demanding,
among others, five percent
reservation in state government
jobs under the special backward
class category and that too
according to them in the maximum permissible limit of 50
percent reservation.
The agitating Gujjars have
been squatting on railway
tracks in Pilu Ka Pura near
Bayana town since May 21.
The agitation has affected the
movement of trains, including
that on Delhi-Mumbai sector.
The protest has also affected
movement of vehicles on the
Jaipur-Agra highway.
contended that it was "ultra vires"

of the constitutional provisions,
i.e. Article 239 AA (4), and that
the Centre does not have the jurisdiction over matters connected
with services of bureaucrats in the
national capital.
"Additional Solicitor General

(ASG) Sanjay Jain informed the
high court that the Centre had also
approached the Supreme Court to
challenge the high court order that
termed 'suspect' its notification
barring Delhi government's anticorruption branch (ACB) from
acting against its officers in criminal offences."
Law student Vibhor Anand in his
PIL said: "Delhi is neither a full
state nor a union territory and
Delhi is governed by Articles 239AA and 239-AB of Constitution of
India (which deals with union territories) introduced by a constitutional amendment in 1991."
"As per Section 41 of the GNCT
Act, 1991, the Lieutenant
Governor does not have any discretion to appoint Gamlin as the
chief secretary and other such
posts, nor any special law granted
him this discretion," the petition
read.
The petitioner also said that the
Lt. Governor is "dutybound by the

aid and advice of the council of
ministers and the chief minister in
all matters that concern the legislative assembly as per Article
239 AA (4) of the Constitution of
India and Section 41 of the
Government of National Capital
Territory of Delhi Act, 1991."
The petition highlighted a
Supreme Court constitutional
bench judgment in which the
phrase "aid and advice" as used in
Article 239-AA has been interpreted "to mean that the aid and
advice of the council of ministers
and the chief minister is binding
on the Governor, it is not just
advisory."
The turf war between Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt.
Governor Najeeb Jung over the
control of key bureaucratic
appointments was sparked by the
appointment of Gamlin as acting
chief secretary of Delhi by the Lt.
Governor on May 15.
AAP lists 100 days achievements,

Kejriwal slams Modi
New Delhi: Delhi's AAP government on Monday listed 11 focus
areas of its work on completion
of 100 days in office as Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out
at Prime Minister Narendra Modi
for being "dictatorial".
The Aam Aadmi Party government, which is in a tussle with
the central government over
powers related to posting and
transfer of senior officials, held a
public meeting at Central Park in
Connaught Place to mark its 100
days.
At the venue - thronged by
thousands of enthusiastic AAP
supporters who raised slogans to
back the party's claims for more
power to run the government in
Delhi - Kejriwal, accompanied
by his entire cabinet, pulled no
punches in hitting out at the
Modi government.
Listing the government's
achievements, AAP leaders said
they had ensured cheap power
and water, brought down corruption significantly and ensured
that the dwellings of the poor
were not razed.
Apparently emboldened by the
Delhi High Court's verdict on
Monday that the city government's Anti Corruption Branch
(ACB) has the "jurisdiction to
investigate and prosecute" Delhi
Police officials, Kejriwal said
god was on the side of his party
Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia praised his

ministers for their work and also lauded the bureaucrats.
and it had nothing to fear.

"We are not fighting with the
centre, we want to work with
them. But the BJP-led central
government is imposing dictatorship in Delhi as they can not
digest the absolute majority of
the AAP in elections," he
claimed.
"We told the prime minister
that you have majority in parliament and we have it in the
assembly (Delhi). And it is a
golden opportunity to give Delhi
statehood, but this is dictatorship," Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal praised his ministers
for their work and also lauded
the bureaucrats.
"Without these officers, we
would have been zero. We have
come this far because of them,"
he said pointing towards the
bureaucrats on the dais.
Congratulating the people of
Delhi over the high court verdict
on ACB's powers, Kejriwal said:
"Earlier during our 49-day
tenure, the ACB had started a
probe against big people who
were involved in corrupt practices. Once our tenure was over,
the central government released
an order limiting the powers of
the ACB to probe Delhi government staff."
12
May 30-June 5, 2015
My government pro-poor, 'bure din' for corrupt: Modi

Mathura: In a speech marking the first
anniversary of his government, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi pitched his government as "pro-poor" and said it had
brought "achche din (good days)" to people
but "bure din (bad days)" to those who had
"looted" the nation.
Addressing a rally at Nagla Chandra
Bhan village -- associated with Bharatiya
Jan Sangh ideologue Deen Dayal
Upadhyay, he made veiled attacks at the
Congress over its repeated criticism of his
government as "pro-corporate" and "antipoor".
"Some people are troubled these days.
Their trouble is that 'achche din' have come
for many, but for some, 'bure din' have
come... I did not guarantee 'achche din' for
those who looted the nation for years,"
Modi said.
"Are the bad days over or not? Have bad
deeds stopped or not? Is bad thinking over
or not? Has the bad situation changed or
not? Has there been any news of scam or
nepotism for the past one year," he asked.
Referring to the Congress, he said its
voice was heard in the corridors of power
for 60 years but there is "no place for
power brokers today and bad days are natu-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the officers

of the PMO in New Delhi.
ral for them". "I have stopped power brokers from having a say. These power circles are history now, there is no place for
such people." "We have delivered freedom
from bure kaam (bad work) in the past
year," Modi said, and lauded the people for
being responsible for the change.
He said there were no stories of a scam
involving "son-in-law or a son" of a political leader in the past one year and there
was no remote control.
Listing the steps taken by his government
for the poor and the farmers as well as ini-
tiatives like the direct benefit scheme,

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh
Bharat and social security schemes, he,
however, did not mention the contentious
land acquisition bill.
Referring to the controversies during the
United Progressive Alliance government
relating to coal and spectrum allocation, he
said his government had ensured transparent auctions.
"Due to coal auction, three lakh crore
rupees will be added to government coffers," he said.
Citing the remarks of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi that only 15 paise of
every rupee sent by the central government
reaches people, Modi said his government
had made efforts to ensure that there was
no leakage.
Modi said three lakh farmers had committed suicide over the past 60 years and
said his government had taken several initiatives for their benefit including an irrigation programme and steps to boost production of urea.
"We have decided to give a soil health
card to every farmer over the next three
years," he said.
"We have decided that in the next five
years, rivers will be interlinked and water
harvesting will be done. We will ensure
that farmers get adequate water and electricity in the next five years," he added.
Modi also said that the foreign fund
inflows have increased by over eight times
in the first year of his government compared to the last year of UPA government,
while tourist arrivals had increased which
will create jobs.
He also spoke about the government's
efforts to boost small and medium enterprises.
Manmohan Singh meets Modi NDA government eliminated political corruption at top: Shah
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh met Prime Minister

Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Hours after rebutting

BJP's allegations of corruption
and policy paralysis against the
erstwhile UPA government, former prime minister Manmohan
Singh met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi here.
Manmohan Singh's office said
the meeting took place on an
invitation from Modi. It said the
two leaders discussed the country's economic situation and foreign policy issues.
Modi also tweeted about the
meeting that took place at his
official residence.
"Very happy to meet Dr.
Manmohan Singh ji & welcome
him back to 7 RCR (Race Course
Road). We had a great meeting,"
Modi said. Modi also shared a
photo of him welcoming Singh
at his official residence.

Earlier in the day, Singh lashed
out at the Modi government
accusing it of dismantling the
edifice of welfare state in guise
of promoting faster economic
growth.
He said the ruling BJP continues to harp on the theme of corruption as it wants to divert the
attention of the people to nonissues.
The BJP has been attacking the
former prime minister over former TRAI chairman Pradip
Baijal's allegation concerning 2G
spectrum allocations.
Baijal has alleged that Singh
had warned him of harm if he did
not cooperate on the issue of
allocation of 2G telecom
licences.
Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's government has eliminated political corruption in high
office, BJP president Amit Shah
said.
He addressed a press conference here as part of the first year
anniversary celebrations of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) government at the Center.
Shah said the fact that the
opposition could not point out a
single scam in last one year
showed that Modi was heading a
corruption-free government.
"We had made a promise to the
people that we would eliminate
corruption at the top and slowly
create systems to eliminate corruption at the bottom too. If we
look back for a year, BJP's Modi

government has eliminated political corruption at the top," Shah
said.
"For 10 years, the UPA government ran in such a manner that
every minister of the government
was the prime minister of his
department. And no one respected the poor prime minister. There
were extra-constitutional power
centres. No one knew how the
government was working," he
said.
Under Modi, Shah said, the
affairs of the government were
streamlined and made more efficient.
"The BJP has restored the pride
of the Prime Minister's Office,"
Shah said.
BJP chief Amit Shah addresses

a press conference in Panaji.
Modi government trumpeting more than working: Congress

New Delhi: Terming it as a government of "self, selfies and selfishness", the Congress has
slammed the Bharatiya Janata
Party-led central government for
trumpeting more than actually
working in the last one year.
"This one year has been a government of self, selfies and selfishness. If the government would
have done some work, they would
not have needed to do so many
rallies... their work would have
spoken for itself," Congress
spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
said at a press conference here.
"The Modi government has
turned out to be just an event
management company. They are

trying to fool people by branding
themselves," Surjewala said.
The Congress leader said if the
central government would have
done some real work then they
would not have had to fan out
across the country to tell people
about their achievements. "Their
work would have shown."
The Congress, which was
reduced to a mere 44 seats in the
Lok Sabha in the last general
elections, released a short video
on the turnarounds made by the
Modi government in the last one
year.
It also released a booklet which
it named as the report card of the

Narendra Modi-led government
and termed the government as a
"failure".
The booklet lists the "failures"
of the Modi government and contains point by point rebuttals by
the Congress on the achievements
claimed by the NDA.
Leader of Opposition in the
Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad
said "earlier we thought the BJP
had two faces. But now we see it
has many faces".
Azad also questioned the government for not appointing heads
to many institutions, where posts
have been lying vacant.
Modi first to strongly raise

border issue with China: Rajnath
Kolkata: Asserting the government's

commitment to cordial relations with
neighbors, union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh said India has taken
strong stand on border issues with
Pakistan and China, with Narendra
Modi being first prime minister who
"strongly raised the border issues
with China".
"Our government's constant effort
has been to maintain cordial relations
with our neighboring countries. But
as regards border security, we have
always taken a strong stand," Singh
said at a press conference here on the
Modi government completing one
year in office.
"During his visit to China, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi categorically stated India's stand on all the outstanding issues concerning China.
This is first time that an Indian prime
minister has strongly raised the border issues with China," he said.
Singh also rubbished the
Congress's charge that Modi's China
visit was a "complete and utter failure".
"They will say whatever they want
to, but the fact is, we have been taking a strong stand on border issues,
be it China or Pakistan," he said.
Talking about Pakistan resorting to
Rajnath Singh also rubbished

the Congress's charge that
Modi's China visit was a
"complete and utter failure".
unprovoked firing on the border,

Singh slammed the erstwhile
Congress-led United Progressive
Alliance government for taking a
meek stand.
"Whenever Pakistan resorted to firing, the UPA regime failed to give a
befitting reply and would waive
white flags. But under this regime,
our Border Security Force gave a
telling reply which compelled
Pakistan to seek the United Nation's
intervention," he said.
May 30-June 5, 2015
13
Stop making speeches, start

action: Rahul tells Modi
Kozhikode (Kerala): Congress

vice president Rahul Gandhi
asked Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to stop making speeches
and start action. In a hard-hitting
speech, Gandhi, who arrived here
on a two-day visit, time and again
referred to the Modi government
as a "suit boot government".
"While I take this opportunity to
wish the Modi government a
happy first birthday, my advice to
them is if this is the way they
carry forward, then the farmers,
laborers and the ordinary people
will not allow them to celebrate
five birthdays," he said in his
address to a massive Youth
Congress rally.
Gandhi also lashed out at the
failures of the government, especially on the land acquisition bill,
rising prices and on job creation.
"The suit boot government is
interested in protecting the interests of a few friends of Modi who
gave him money for the elections.
He wants to take land of the poor
farmers and give it to his few
friends," he said.
"He (Modi) is now interested in
taking away the sea from the fish-
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi during a Kerala

Pradesh Youth Congress rally at Kozhikode, Kerala.
ermen community and is now

insisting that fishermen should
have passports when they go for
fishing." Gandhi said Modi claims
his one year has been corruptionfree.
"It was the (Congress-led) UPA
government that came out with
the Right to Information (RTI)
Act and today just look, all the
institutions that can reveal about
corruption are headless.
"This government is only interested in headlines, it's 'no action,
maximum oratory'," said Gandhi.
The Congress leader also said
that statistics point out that job
creation has slowed down by 30
percent. "He says the land bill and

creation of jobs are linked, and
says only if the bill is passed can
jobs be created, because land is
required.
"This is not true because lots of
land is held with the central and
state governments and it has been
revealed that just eight percent
projects are held up because of
shortage of land," he said.
Gandhi also condemned Modi's
statement that prices have
decreased. "He (Modi) says prices
have come down, but I am yet to
hear this from anyone I have met.
Prices of fuel and consumer items
have all gone
14
May 30-June 5, 2015
Modi effective but graft, land bill, inflation

remain issues: Survey
eventy-two percent of the
people feel satisfied with
the performance of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, according to a survey on one year of his
government, but the majority
also sees no let-up in graft, and
more seem opposed to than supportive of his controversial land
acquisition bill.
According to the survey conducted by Axis My India for IBN
Network/#Modi365, the majority
of the 20,000 people polled in 23
states, across 155 districts, with a
70:30 rural-urban spread, the
main reason for satisfaction has
been overall development, skillful governance and lower prices.
The reactions of people in the
survey, shared with IANS, also
dwelt upon the policies being
pursued by the prime minister,
and notably over 35 percent did
not support the controversial land
acquisition bill, an equal number
were undecided and only 28 percent were supported it.
On corruption, which was a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on the President Pranab

Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
major electoral plank for the

Bharatiya Janata Party in the runup to the elections last year, more
than 60 percent of the people
polled felt the levels have either
increased or seen no improvement, and just 12 percent agreed
that graft has declined.
According to the survey, 56

percent of the people felt
Narendra Modi was fast and
effective as prime minister, an
overwhelming 85 percent
endorsed Swachch Bharat as his
best initiative, and 76 percent
listed his Jan Dhan Yojana as
second best. For his two other

initiatives, Make In India
received the support of 43 percent people, Digital India got the
approval of 42 percent.
Reactions also came on some
of the controversies that hit the
government and the ruling party
during the past year.
Some 34 percent of the people
felt statements on "ghar vapsi",
or re-conversion, dented the
Modi government's image, 32
percent felt it had no impact, and
nearly 35 percent were undecided on it.
Similarly, over 43 percent
wanted Modi to rein in his cabinet colleagues who have made it
a habit to make some controversial statements, and only 26 percent disagreed with the view.
There also appeared to be no
clarity in the interference from
the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh, the ideological parent of
the ruling party of which Modi
has been a staunch member,
in the functioning of the
government.
Some 32 percent felt there was
RSS intrusion, an equal number
disagreed and 35 percent were
undecided.
Then the question: How is
Narendra Modi as prime minister? Nearly 57 percent opted for
effective and fast, 15 percent for
ineffective and slow, 2.6 percent
for no will power, 3.7 percent for
not so strict, 6.1 percent for clean
image but not a good administrator, and 13.5 percent for less
work, more talk.
Regarding the individual's economic improvement during the
year, while 42 percent of respondents felt there was "better
improvement", a little over 5.5
percent felt their condition has
worsened.
The percentages were similar
for perceptions about the overall
economic condition of the nation.
Over 43 percent felt there was
"better improvement" and over
20 percent thought there was
very good improvement.
People retain hope in Modi, but time's running out

By Amulya Ganguli
o smart cities, no bullet trains, no spike in employment, no visible improvement in infrastructure, continuing logjam over bills in parliament, carping by inhouse critics. Even then, few will say that Narendra Modi will
lose if the elections are held in the near future.
The reason is, first, the realization that one year is not a long
enough to give a definitive judgment on the performance of a
government, especially when it is emerging from the black
hole of the failures of its predecessor.
Secondly, it is also realized that Modi may have been unable
to anticipate the mischief-making potential of some of the
trouble-makers, including those within the Sangh parivar.
It is the appreciation of these difficulties by the general public which explains why he has passed muster in an opinion
poll whereas if the opposition parties are to be believed, his
government has failed miserably.
However, it is undeniable that since some of the high expectations with which Modi assumed office have begun to be
eroded, he cannot allow the present sense of drift to continue.
Unless there is a perceptible upturn in the economy in the next
12 months, the warning bells will begin to ring.
Hindsight suggests that Modi indulged in too much hyperbole during the election campaign. The bombast worked satisfactorily against the dismal backdrop of the virtually non-performing and scam-ridden Manmohan Singh government.
But, Modi's spin doctors evidently did not realize that raising expectations too high - for instance, on the recovery of
black money - carries the risk of an equally big disappointment if the hopes are not met.
The risk is all the greater because the Bharatiya Janata
Party's (BJP) main base of support at present is the notoriously impatient middle class which believes in quick results.
It was this class which gave the Congress 200-plus seats in
2009 on the basis of high growth rates (although the party's
'socialists' ascribed the good showing to its populism) and
then brought it down with a crash to 44 seats when the growth
rates tumbled.
The same fate can await Modi unless he pushes the econom-
Prime minister Narendra Modi and

BJP MP Hema Malini during a rally in Mathura.
ic reforms with much greater vigor than at present.

As may be expected, Modi's tenure has been marked by a
mixture of good and bad luck. Even as he benefited from the
falling oil prices and low inflation, unseasonal rain aggravated
the distress of farmers.
But, in political terms, the government has been a victim of
what can be deemed an exceptional case of misfortune since
its principal opponent, the Congress, has decided to adopt an
unabashedly cussed attitude.
As much is evident from the virtual u-turn it has taken on its
own economic agenda, introduced in 1991, by following what
finance minister Arun Jaitley has called an anti-growth line
which, he says, is to the "left of Marx".
As a result, crucial bills such as the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) have been held up. But, the worst obstructionism engi-
neered by the Congress relates to the land acquisition law,

which constitutes a key feature of the government's development blueprint.
Unless the law is amended, the government will be unable
to implement its "make in India" plans which aim at making
the country a manufacturing hub.
However, it is not the Congress alone which is to blame for
the stalemate. No less guilty are saffron outfits like the protectionist Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) and the anti-reforms
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS).
Modi, therefore, is battling not only the anti-development
groups cutting across party lines, but also a widely prevalent
mindset which is deeply suspicious of the private sector and
pro-market policies.
Arguably, he has been unable to gauge the intensity of the
opposition to capitalist endeavours even within the saffron
camp though he is one of its key members.
The reason perhaps is that he never pushed this line as energetically as he is now trying to do on a national scale. If his
efforts in this direction in Gujarat were not opposed as stoutly
as the SJM, the BMS and the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS)
are doing now, it was because the pro-business policies were
confined to a state.
Modi's miscalculation has been that he did not prepare these
groups about what he intends to do on an all-India scale.
It is only belatedly that he seems to have sought the help of
the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to tame the naysayers. Earlier, the RSS had backed off on the Ram temple
issue, but had advised the BJP to listen to the saffron organizations on the reforms.
The intensification of the anti-Modi campaign by the
Congress has apparently left the government with no option
but to ask the Sangh parivar's mentor to stand by its side on
the land issue.
Whatever the impact of the interventions by the RSS, the
government doesn't have much time to lose to fulfil the expectations - "probably unrealistic", as Reserve Bank governor,
Raghuram Rajan has said - of those who voted for Modi in
large numbers in the hope that he will bring about India's economic recovery.
May 2014: After he led BJP to a historic victory in Lok Sabha elections,
Narendra Modi was sworn in as Indias 15th prime minister on
May 26 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Sept 2014: On a visit to Japan in early September, Modi

spontaneously started playing drums at a TCS event in Tokyo.
May 30-June 5, 2015
15
July 2014: PM Modi attended the 6th BRICS summit in Brazil and posed with his
counterparts from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa.
Sept 2014: The 18,000 strong crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sept 29
chanted Modi! Modi! at the grand reception accorded him by the Indian community. To think
that not too long ago he was persona non grata in USA!
Nov 2014: Though

Modi had invited his
Pakistani
counterpart Nawaz
Sharif to his swearing-in,
relations between
the two plummeted
after LOC skirmishes, so there was
suspense whether
the two will even
shake hands at the
18th SAARC Summit
in Kathmandu. But
they did eventually.
Jan 2015: President Obama was the chief guest at Indias Republic Day
celebrations in the end of January. Obama and Modi resolved some
tricky nuclear deal details over tea in Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
Feb 2015: Criticized for

remaining silent for long
when Christian people and
their churches were targeted allegedly by cohorts of
his party, Modi, while
attending an event with
Christian leaders in New
Delhi, assured protection to
minorities and freedom of
faith.
Jan 2015: When

Modi greeted
President Obama in
Delhi wearing a
dapper suit, his full
name threaded into
the fabric got
noticed and invited
much public rebuke.
The suit was
eventually
auctioned to
benefit a cause.
16
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
May 30-June 5, 2015
eeraj Ghaywans indie

project "Masaan" has
bagged two awards at the
prestigious
68th
Cannes
International Film Festival and
the emerging Indian director is
ecstatic.
The movie, which follows the
stories of four people from a
small town and how they t into
the moralities, won the Promising
Future Prize and the International
Federation of Film Critics
(Fipresci) Award at the festival.
"Im ecstatic to win these two
awards for India and the team of
Masaan more than myself. This
was long overdue. We had a truly
global team that was purely driven by passion and utmost hon-
esty, which has gotten us this

far. I can't wait to show this
lm in India, Ghaywan said in
a statement.
Ghaywan, who worked with
lmmaker Anurag Kashyap as
an assistant director on "Gangs
Of Wasseypur" and second unit
director on "Ugly", also
thanked the latter.
2nd award for India!!
#MASAAN MOST PROMISING NEW COMER! See
@anuragkashyap72 what
your mentorship has
got me to,
Ghaywan
tweeted post
his honor.
I'm ecstatic:
Ghaywan on
bagging
awards at
Cannes
SRK shares first

look of Salman's
'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'
ollywood star Sylvester Stallone,

who has thrown up a suggestion
to work with the "Dabangg" star
Salman Khan in an action film -- in perhaps the "new 'Expendables'" -- is
impressed with the fan following of the
Indian superstar.
Be it his Dabangg" style, his way of
carrying his heart on his sleeves, witty
nature or the ever popular shirtless stint
on the big screen, Salman has developed
a special relationship with his fans. And
that has impressed Stallone.
Stallone took to micro-blogging site
Twitter to appreciate his loyal fan following.
Salman, I am very impressed with
your many devoted fans. To make a great
Action film Successful takes MANY
great fans who support you, Sly,
Stallone, who is known for his actionpacked entertainers, tweeted.
This comes after the Rocky star
suggested collaborating with Salman for
an action film together, after Salman sent
out a tweet, admiring his screen icon.
Would like to thank the super talented Indian superstar SALMAN KHAN the
Compliment he Tweeted! We should do
an ACTION FILM together," Stallone
The 'Massan' team at Cannes.
Impressed by Salman, Stallone

wants 'action' with him
SRK shares first look of

Salman's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
uperstar Shah Rukh Khan has come
forward to show 'brotherhood' with
actor Salman Khan by releasing the
first look of the "Dabangg" star's upcoming
film Bajrangi Bhaijaan on his Twitter
page.
The 49-year-old actor took to the microblogging site to share his views and first
look of Kabir Khan's directorial, which will
hit the screens on Eid this year.
I believe Being a brother is bigger than
being a Hero. Bhaijaan coming Eid 2015.
How do u like the first look, Shah Rukh
tweeted.
The look zooms in on Salman's upper
body -- starting from his lips to his chest -and one can make out that he sports a
rugged and intense look with a stubble. But
it's a silver locket dangling on his neck that
grabs attention.
SRK and Salman are known for their bittersweet bond off screen, but on the big
screen, they have shared the frame in films
like "Karan Arjun, "Hum Tumhare Hain
Sanam" and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
In fact, Shah Rukh also visited Salman
earlier this month before the verdict came
out in relation to the latter's 2002 hit-andrun case.
Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone.

posted. The Hollywood icon even had a
suggestion for the project as he posted:
"Mabye the New EXPENDABLES".
Salman's tweet read: "Agar kisi ko
follow karna hai? Bahar ka... Inko follow
karo @TheSlyStallone. Aapke Hero ka
hero Sylvester Stallone (If anyone has to
follow a Hollywood star, then follow
Kailash Kher unwell,

hospitalized
inger Kailash Kher has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, he
said on his social media account.
He says he had been ignoring his health,
and ultimately, had to cancel a show in
Gujarat. The Teri deewani singer took
to social networking website to share that
he was admitted to the Kokilaben
Hospital. "Ignoring of health, preference
to commitment only takes You to places,
Singer Kailash Kher in a hospital.

nobody ever wish to go to. First time in
Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai. New York
Sylvester Stallone. He is the hero of your

hero)."
A film with both the stars will be an
interesting combination, but what remains
a question is that will the film be a
Hollywood venture or a Bollywood
masala entertainer?
se aate hi hospital me Bharti Hona padaa
(Got admitted in the hospital just after
coming back from New York," the 41year-old singer shared.
Kher also shared a photograph in
which he was seen lying on the hospital
bed.
The singer feels that he has learnt a
lesson by ignoring his health. First time
public show in Bharuch Gujrat had to be
cancelled In the history of #?Kailasa...
Big lesson learnt, never take your health
lightly even though if you have dinner
with Obama or receiving Nobel.. Body
takes revenge silently untimely May God
keep my world healthy happy for ever,
he posted.
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
May 30-June 5, 2015
17
'Piku' crosses Rs. 100 crore mark worldwide

ilmmaker Shoojit Sircar's sliceof-life family entertainer
"Piku", a beautiful tale of a
father and a daughter's relationship,
has collected Rs.100 crore worldwide.
Featuring megastar Amitabh
Bachchan along with Deepika
Padukone and Irrfan Khan, "Piku",
which released on May 8, is continuing its successful run at the box office
even after two weeks.
"#Piku Overseas total: $5.36 million
[Rs.34.09 cr]. Worldwide total [India
+ Overseas] crossed Rs.100 cr. FANTASTIC!, trade analyst Taran Adarsh
tweeted on Monday.
Overwhelmed by the response to
"Piku", Big B also took to Twitter to
share his excitement.
"'PIKU' is 100 cr world wide!
'BLUES' win BPL and IPL... I am like
'o baby! come to Mama!
BADOOOMBA," the 72-year-old
tweeted. The story of the film revolves
around a father-daughter relationship
A scene from the film 'Piku'
via a journey from Delhi to Kolkata in

a car through the scenic and holy city
of Varanasi. Not only has its story
clicked with the audience, but also the
chemistry between Deepika and

Irrfan, as well as Deepika and Big B's
arguments, which are filled with love
and care.
e r y
rarely do
sequels create an impact as the
original, but in the case of "Tanu Weds
Manu Returns", the intensity is as forceful or more than the original. Once again
packed with sharp and witty dialogues,
fine performances and a feel-good factor, "Tanu Weds Manu Returns" excels
as a scaled-up family entertainer.
This sequel takes off from where it left
in the previous edition in 2011 and
returns with the lead pair after four years
of jaded bliss. Their marriage is now on
the rocks. Tanuja Trivedi aka Tanu is as
moody as she was and he, Manoj
Sharma aka Manu is at the end of his
tether. Still in London, their divorce is
inevitable after Tanu manages to ensure
that Manu is kept back in St. Benedict
Mental Hospital in Twickenham in
Britain. She returns to Kanpur to her
family. Manu too returns forlorn to India
where he lands up meeting Kusum
Sangwan, who is Tanu's lookalike.
Seemingly in love with Kusum, he
decides to remarry.
With well-etched but flawed characters, the performance of each actor is
noteworthy. Kangana steals the show
with the dual role she essays. In both her
characters, she is distinct in her sartorial
A scene from the film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns.
style, speech and mannerisms. As Tanu,

she is an extension of herself as portrayed in the earlier edition. But as
Kusum Sangwan, a Haryanvi athlete,
she brings out a sharp contrast, exhibiting her prowess as an actress. Kusum's
simplicity and sincerity get you emotionally attached to her.
R. Madhavan complements her with
his overall subtle and restrained performance. He plays the traumatised husband to the hilt. But he also hits the right
high-pitched notes convincingly as the
harassed husband at the mental hospital.
Of the rest of the supporting cast,
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as advocate
Arun Kumar Singh is vibrant. With his
casual, yet evocative performance, he
displays sparks of brilliance. Deepak
Dobriyal as Pappi, Manu's confidante is
over-the-top. He is repetitive and after a
while, is jarring in the narration.
Jimmy Sheirgill as Raja Awasthi has a
few scenes where he makes his presence
felt as the unlucky man-in-love. Swara
Bhaskar as Payal along with Eijaz Khan
as Jassi, make a fine pair and are fairly
noticeable. Conceived as a realistic film,
the production quality is apt and cinematographer Chirantan Das's frames are
atmospheric. They capture the small
town ambience perfectly. Kangana's per-
ollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who will be seen

in the role of a patriarch of a dysfunctional
Punjabi family in the forthcoming film "Dil
Dhadakne Do", said the movie is a world-class project.
Also starring Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Shefali
Shah, Farhan Akhtar and Anushka Sharma, "Dil
Dhadakne Do" (DDD) is a family film, said the 58year-old veteran.
"It is a family film. It is a Zoya Akhtar film so it has a
distinct style. It is a film which you can easily say is
world-standard," Anil said here on Sunday while promoting the film. Set for a June 5 release, DDD also has
another character - a dog named Pluto - which, according to Anil, is the real hero of the flick.
"Pluto is the real hero of the film. We all make up the
ensemble around him. He is the real rockstar," said
Anil, the father of actress Sonam. Talking about his
role, the "Slumdog Millionaire" actor said people will
notice a difference in his look. "I am tired of people
asking me about there being no difference over the
ages. In this film you will notice the difference and this
is why I did the film. You will see the difference (faraq
in Urdu) and you will be proud of it (faraq)," said Anil
who sports a salt and pepper hairstyle.
Review
Tanu Weds
Manu
Returns' not
a gimmicky
sequel
Anil Kapoor in 'Dil Dhadakne Do'
'Tanu Weds Manu Returns'

spins box office magic
anu Weds Manu Returns" director
Anand L. Rai, who was under
pressure over viewers' expectations from the film, is a relieved man.
His latest movie, starring Bollywood's
'Queen' Kangana Ranaut, has earned
Rs.38.10 crore in its opening weekend.
The sequel of the 2011 film Tanu
Weds Manu marks the return of
Kangana as Tanu, and a twin avatar -Datto. The film, which released on May
22, received good response on its opening day by collecting Rs.8.85 crore.
However, it took a drastic jump on
Saturday and Sunday minting Rs.13.20
crore and Rs.16.10 crore, thus taking its
weekend total to Rs.38.10 crore, according to trade analyst Taran Adarsh.
Starring R. Madhavan as Kangana's
husband, the movie is winning applause
for its entertainment value.
formance unarguably ups the viewing

quotient of the film. So watch this film
for her and Himanshu Sharma's razorsharp dialogues.
'Hero' to release on
September 25, first look out
ero", a remake of the eponymous 1983 film,
will hit the screens on September 25. The new
movie will mark the
launch of Sooraj Pancholi
and Athiya Shetty in
Bollywood. Sooraj is the
son of Aditya Pancholi and
Zarina Wahab, while Athiya
is the daughter of Suniel and
Mana Shetty. Their debut
film, co-produced by
Salman Khan and Subhash
Ghai, was earlier dated to release in July. The film's
poster features the title of the movie and the words -"Love. Rebels. Freedom"."Hero" was originally directed and produced by Ghai, with Jackie Shroff and
Meenakshi Sheshadri leading the cast. The new "Hero"
is directed by Nikhil Advani, and it also stars Govinda,
Anita Hassanandani, Vinod Khanna and Kader Khan as
the supporting cast members. Eros International is on
board as the film's distributor.
18
YOGA
May 30-June 5, 2015
By Parveen Chopra
he practice of yoga even if
it is only asanas or postures
as is ubiquitous today - can
serve as a window to the holistic
and perennial philosophy of India.
Frankly, the term Indian philosophy is a misnomer. The Sanskrit
equivalent is Darshan, which
denotes seeing, witnessing, experiential learning. The font of Indian
philosophy are, of course, the
Vedas, which are considered
apaurashya, meaning they are not
what somebody wrote down, but a
record of what our rishis (literally,
seers) experienced in their consciousness. The truths and knowledge dawned in their consciousness
after preparatory practices and
tapas.
Yoga is one of the six systems of
Indian philosophy (Shat Darshan)
that take their authority from the
Vedas. These are Nyaya,
Vaisheshik, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva
Mimansa and Uttar Mimansa
(Vedanta). There is enough play
given to logic (as in Nyaya), or theoretical exposition of consciousness (as in Samkhya). But in time,
Yoga and Vedanta have emerged as
the cornerstone of Vedic religion,
full flowering of the long-standing
Indian tradition: Vedanta reaching
the highest and noblest understanding of the ultimate reality as pure
consciousness that underlies all creation animate and inanimate; and
yoga offering practical and timetested ways and means asanas,
pranayama and meditation - to
experience that pure consciousness
first hand. This is also considered
the royal spiritual path- Raja Yoga.

True, most of us, caught up in our
mundane lives and struggles, are
not worried overmuch about esoteric subjects like the ultimate reality, or pure consciousness. Yet we
all wish for health and happiness.
That is where yoga appeals. Once
you attend a yoga class, you notice
right away how it goes beyond
mere physical exercise. The structured set of asanas also relaxes the
body and mind, creating equanimi-
ty. The health and other benefits of

yoga are well-known (we will
review them in another article in
this series) and the reason the western world has cottoned on to this
Indian import.
But, it will be worthwhile putting
asanas in the context of the complete discipline of yoga
Patanjalis ashtanga yoga or eightlimbed system as expounded in
only 196 pithy sutras in his treatise
titled Yoga Darshan. The eight parts
are: Yama, Niyama, Asana,

Pranayama, Pratyhara, Dharana,
Dhyan and Samadhi. Yama (like
nonviolence and truthfulness) and
Niyama (like purity and contentment) are donts and dos which are
commandments universal in nature
and common with ethical practices
of world religions. They are suggested but not a pre-requisite to
starting the practice of asanas and
meditation. In fact, the system of
yoga is as secular as you can get.
You are not asked to worship any
Hindu deity or sacred book, or have
belief in God or a supreme power.
Yoga can even claim to be scientific. As in any science experiment, if
you practise yogic techniques properly and regularly, results are bound
to accrue precisely like in H2+O
making water. Asanas are physical
postures. Pranayama is breathing
practices. Pratyhara is withdrawal
of the senses from sense objects.
Dharana is concentration and cultivating inner perceptual awareness.
Besides devising the elaborate
sets of asanas and breathing techniques, what tells Vedic religion
and yoga apart from Occidental
religions is in the enormous R&D
in meditation or Dhyan, the seventh
limb of yoga. Numerous practices,
varying in complexity and degree
of difficulty, have come down to us,
thanks mainly to the guru-shishya
parampara and the oral tradition.
They are better learnt from a
teacher; some are easily accessible
like Transcendental Meditation or
TM as taught by Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi of the Beatles fame.
Buddhism too digged deep into
states of mind and developed medi-
Featured Events
Yoga in 100 cities by OVBI

verseas Volunteers for
Better India (OVBI) is
spearheading a Yoga
movement in USA in association
with the Consulate General of
India, New York. Called OVBI
Yogathon, it is part of the
International Day of Yoga (IDY)
celebrations, and aims to create a
platform for hundreds of partner
organizations, including diverse
ethnic organizations in the US, to
come together to become part of
the Yoga movement. OVBI along
with partner organizations plans to
have events for IDY in over 100
US cities, spearheaded by Yoga
Ambassadors. The movement

aims to involve yoga studios, corporate, etc for 21st June celebrations. Yoga sessions on that day
are being planned in Parks,
Beaches,
Yoga
Studios,
Universities, Libraries and
Corporate Campuses. As a run up
to the event, Google hangout sessions are being organized with
celebrities, spiritual leaders, yoga
experts and intellectuals. The
movement plans to build up on
this momentum and take Yoga to
every home in US.
For more info: http://intyogaday.com
Yoga Day at Queens Museum, NY

he Consulate General f India, New
York, NY Councilman Paul Vallone
and Assemblyman Mike Miller,
I n d i a n
Business
Association
along with the
Q u e e n s
Museum will
hold a prelude
to
the
International Day of Yoga on June 13 from
10:00 am 12:30pm. The venue is
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens,
NY, overlooking the Unisphere.
RSVP:
manu@indianbusinessassociation.com
tation practices such as Vipassana

as popularized by S.N. Goenka
from Igatpuri in Maharashtra, and
mindfulness, which has caught on
lately in certain medical and corporate circles in America. Jains rediscovered Preksha Dhyan a couple of
decades ago at the behest of
Acharya Tulsi.
Samadhi is the meditative absorption attained by the practice of
dhyna. The mind becomes still.
There are no thoughts; only consciousness, not of anything outside
but of itself. That is why it is called
pure or transcendental consciousness. Regular experience of this
mystical state leads to it stabilizing
outside the meditation sitting too.
As Guru Nanak said in Japji sahib,
Naam khumari Nanka chari rahe
din raat - a permanent state of bliss
and beatitude. Patanjali Yoga aims
for Kaivalya or liberation.
Buddhism targets Nirvana.
Enlightenment and cosmic consciousness are terms used by others
for the final fruit of a spiritual life.
So, let a thousand yoga studios
and classes bloom. Nobody can
take away from the fact that yoga
originated in India. At the same
time, no faith or system can claim a
copyright over the mystical states
which are potentially accessible to
and a birthright of every human on
this earth.
This is the second in a series of
articles written by Parveen
Chopra, Managing Editor of The
South Asian Times, in the run up
to the International Day of Yoga.
He is also founder of Indias first
spiritual magazine, Life Positive,
and a teacher of meditation.
China to set up first yoga college

Beijing: The first yoga college in China is to be set up at the
Yunnan University of Nationalities, a media report said.
The college is expected to spread Indian culture in China
and plans to begin student admissions in September, China
Daily reported.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China May
14-16, the Yunnan University and the Indian Council for
Cultural Relations (ICCR) signed a memorandum for the yoga
college on May 15. The memorandum was listed in the ChinaIndia joint statement.
The yoga college will invite yoga masters from India to preside over courses at different levels of difficulty. Other than
yoga practice, there are also courses on Indian culture and philosophy.
All students who enroll will have the chance to study at the
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi and those
who qualify will be granted international yoga training
certificates.
OP-ED
May 30-June 5, 2015
19
AAP in power: 100* not out

Dr. Munish Kumar Raizada
hey say that With great power comes great responsibility. But in a democracy, With great mandate,
comes a great responsibility. The unprecedented
mandate given to the Aam Aadmi Party in the recent Delhi
elections meant that expectations of Delhis citizens from
the new kid on the block were sky high. Now with the
Delhi Governments 100 day anniversary overlapping with
one year anniversary of the Modi Government at the centre,
many political pundits have taken out their yellow legal
pads and drawn a point by point comparison of the performance showed by the respective Governments.
It is amusing to note that even decades old political parties fail to get the kind of scrutiny offered to AAP ever since
its inception. The AAP government in Delhi remains the
most reported state Government in the country. While others may get bogged down by such intense scrutiny, AAP has
happily taken it in its stride and involved the aam aadmi at
every possible step of decision making. AAPs 100 days
journey has seen many hits and a few misses. A flashback
of some of the major decisions taken by the Delhi
Government in the past 100 days might just remind us why
the people of Delhi chose AAP over others.
1031 rings all day long

Political parties in India have a simple rule. Come to power,
enjoy for 4 years, fulfil a couple of promises from the manifesto in the fifth year, make a new manifesto with the same
points for next election! So when AAP got down to work
from the very first day, it raised many eyebrows. AAP wasted little time in re-introducing the corruption helpline 1031
and got the ball rolling on its most critical election promise
eradication of corruption. The helpline got 12,731 calls in
the first 24 hours of its operation. By the time the helpline
had completed one month, it had received over 1.25 lakh
calls, resulting in 25 arrests, including that of a Delhi Police
constable. As of writing this piece, more than 35 officials
have been arrested and 152 suspended. Investigations into
the complaints are handled by the Anti-Corruption Bureau
(ACB), which comes under the direct purview of the Delhi
Government thus enabling speedy resolutions.
Dipping electricity &

water bills
One of the most striking features of the 100day tenure of AAP government has been a
large dip in electricity and water bills.
Thousands of people have come out in the
open and accepted that their electricity bills
have dropped by over 50% ever since AAP
assumed power. At a time when discoms
have expressed their desire to increase the
electricity rates citing financial losses, the AAP
Government has shown immense courage in taking
the fight to the discoms, which are run by some of the
most influential families in the country. Without any
support from any other political party, AAP continues to
stick its neck out and demand a CAG audit of the discoms
to derive their actual running cost and to see if they are
actually running into any loss at all. Within the first 100
days, the AAP has started to make holes in the Nexus
between the power discoms and the well-established political class, which exemplifies crony capitalism.
Bringing Delhis Government schools

back to life
Delhis municipal schools are in a despicable condition.
Interestingly, this fact is no secret. But that didnt push any
of the previous Governments to look in the school system in
Delhi and revamp it. After AAP came to power, Education
Minister Manish Sisodia took it upon himself to see Delhis
school system up close and personal. A number of surprise
inspections were made and many teachers were found missing from their duty. Such unprecedented steps have
increased the accountability on part of the teachers. A number of mid-day suppliers were also pulled up by the
Minister for supplying low quality food to the kids. Such
inspections have now become a routine in the capital.
Ensuring capitals well being

Mr. Satyendra Jain has been a busy man from Day 1 of the
swearing of the government. Health minister in the AAP

Government, Jain can be seen conducting visits to the hospitals very often. He has also given his phone number and
e-mail address to all the doctors in Government hospitals
and asked them to get in touch with him at any time for
any matter which is related to patient care.
In February, Delhi was hit by a major swine flu outbreak.
The AAP Government put its best foot forward in perhaps
its first big test after assuming power. The Government was
quick to put Rs 4500 cap on the swine flu tests conducted at
any private lab in the capital.
In fact, a number of private labs were also served notices
after they were found violating this directive. The Health
Minister has committed to several reforms in the health care
sector, notably increasing the bed capacity in hospitals,
strengthening primary health care access and digitization of
medical records.
Many other notable achievements of AAP have gone
unnoticed, including asking for peoples suggestion for the
states budget, fulfilment of promises to the Auto Rickshaw
drivers, digitization of government processes, asking for
publics suggestion on the city-wide Wi-Fi program and
much more. If the past 100 days are any indication, AAP
Government seems on track to fulfil much of its pre-poll
promises and more, with some time to spare.
The writer is a Chicago-based doctor and assists in NRI
affairs of Aam Aadmi Party. Email: pedia333@gmail.com
DIASPORA
Bail denied, 'flash crash' trader to remain in jail

London: The UK high court has
denied an appeal by an Indian-origin
lone trader, fighting extradition to
America for his alleged role in the
2010 Wall Street "flash crash" which
wiped nearly $1 trillion off the value
of US shares, to vary his 5 million
pound bail condition.
Navinder Singh Sarao, accused of
contributing to the Wall Street "flash
crash" five years ago, had requested
that his bail conditions be relaxed as
his assets had been frozen. The court
decision means the 36-year-old will
remain in custody while fighting his
extradition to the US.
"There's no substantial reassurance
that this applicant is not a flight risk,"
said Judge Ross Cranston at a hearing
in London.
Sarao has been granted UK government funded legal aid to pay his legal
team after he claimed that he had
been prevented from paying his
lawyers or meeting his bail conditions by a worldwide assets freeze
order by US authorities.
Legal aid, aimed at ensuring equal
access to justice, is made available to

people otherwise unable to afford
legal representation. Sarao is fighting
extradition to the US on 22 counts of
fraud and commodity manipulation in
the multi-million pound case.
His lawyers asked that he be freed
to await a full hearing on his extradition in September based on 50,000
pounds provided as security by his
parents. The request was refused
leading to the high court appeal
application.
Sarao was arrested last month after
the US Department of Justice (DoJ)
claimed he had made 27 million
pounds by "spoofing" financial markets using commercially available
trading software to place 128 million
pounds of false trades from his parents' home in Hounslow, west
London.
The US authorities claim Sarao's
supposed manipulation contributed to
the flash crash on 6 May 2010, when
the Dow Jones industrial average
plunged 600 points in five minutes
and created havoc on Wall Street.
Judge bars former president Jagdeo

from leaving Guyana
San Juan:Facing the possibility

on the 2015 elections, described
of a jail term, Indian ethnic former
the Jagdeo statements as "racialpresident Bharrat Jagdeo has been
ly divisive."
cautioned to not leave Guyana
The Unit said it evaluated
without the court's permission.
Jagdeo's speech because it was
The injunction was issued on
aired nationally.
Monday when Jagdeo was
The elections put an end to
arraigned on a charge of making
more than two decades of rule
racially divisive statements,
by Jagdeo's PPP/C, which was
reports Efe. He was released on
identified with Guyana's popuhis own recognisance and was due
lation of East Indian descent.
back in court on June 23.
The PPP/C was unseated by a
Jagdeo, 51, faces a private crimcoalition that included both
inal charge brought by attorney
Afro-Guyanese and IndoChristopher Ram over statements
Guyanese elements.
Bharrat Jagdeo
the erstwhile head of state made
Jagdeo became president in
on March 8 while campaigning for the incumbent August 1999, succeeding the ailing Janet
People's Progressive Party/Civic ahead of the May Rosenberg-Jagan. He won election in his own
11 general elections.
right in 2001 and 2006, but was prevented by term
Ram contends the former president's comments limits from running again in 2011.
about one race's beating of drums to drive another
Ethnic Indians comprise 43.5 percent of
race out of office could result in ethnic violence or Guyana's population of over 750,000. Most of
hatred, as specified in the Representation of the them are descendants of Indians who had migrated
People Act. The Media Monitoring Unit of the from India is the 19th and early 20th centuries to
Guyana Elections Commission, in its first report work as indentured labor in sugarcane fields.
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SUBCONTINENT
May 30-June 5, 2015
IS projects scenario of attacking US with nuke from Pak

Washington: The Islamic State
(IS) Sunni radical outfit has projected a scenario in which it
launches a nuclear attack on US
soil with a weapon purchased
from Pakistan.
In the latest edition of Daboq,
IS's glossy online, an article,
headlined The perfect storm,
suggested that the terrorist outfit
can use the billions of dollars in
its coffers to buy a nuclear device
through weapons dealers with
links to corrupt officials.
The Islamic State has billions
of dollars in the bank, so they call
on their wilayah (branch) in
Pakistan to purchase a nuclear
device through weapons dealers
with links to corrupt officials in
the region, the article attributed

to John Cantile, a British journalist kidnapped by the IS in
November 2012, stated.
The weapon is then transported overland until it makes it to
Libya, where the mujahidin move
it south to Nigeria. Drug shipments from Columbia bound for
Europe pass through West Africa,
so moving other types of contraband from East to West is just as
possible, the article full of outrageous claims stated.
The nuke and accompanying
mujahidin arrive on the shorelines
of South America and are transported through the porous borders
of Central America before arriving in Mexico and up to the bor-
der with the United States. From

there its just a quick hop through
a smuggling tunnel and hey
presto, theyre mingling with
another 12 million illegal aliens
in America with a nuclear bomb
in the trunk of their car.
While admitting that such a scenario was far-fetched, it said that
its the sum of all fears for
Western intelligence agencies and
its infinitely more possible today
than it was just one year ago.
The article also claimed that
huge swathes of Pakistan,
Nigeria, Libya, Yemen, and the
Sinai Peninsula are all now united
under the black flag of tawhid,
gelled together as one by the
Islamic State.
Axact CEO held in Pak over fake

diplomas expose by NYT
Karachi: Pakistani investigators arrested
the chief executive of Axact, a software
company accused of running a global
diploma mill, early Wednesday after discovering a storage room filled with blank
fake degrees.
The chief executive, Shoaib Ahmed
Shaikh, and four other Axact executives
were initially charged with fraud, forgery
and illegal electronic money transfers, law
enforcement officials said. The charges
were later expanded to include money
laundering and violating Pakistans electronic crimes act.
The arrests were a sharp blow to a company that claimed to be Pakistans biggest
software exporter and that was on the cusp
of starting a major TV network. Axact has
been under investigation since May 19,
after an article in The New York Times
described how the company had made millions of dollars by running hundreds of
fake online education websites.
Since then, federal investigators have
sealed Axact offices in Karachi and
Islamabad and requested help from Interpol
and the F.B.I. Mr. Shaikh sought to defend
himself in a series of television interviews
and video appeals, and asked the courts to
halt the investigation.
But his legal move proved unsuccessful,
and late Tuesday, after hours of questioning, he led investigators to a building next
to the Axact headquarters in the upscale
Karachi neighborhood of Defence.
Inside, they found a room filled with
blank certificates bearing the letterheads of
dozens of fake universities and high
Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, center,

the chief executive of Axact,
was arrested Wednesday.
schools operated by Axact under names

like Bay View, Cambell State, Oxdell and
Nixon. Pakistan has requested F.B.I. assistance because many of the universities run
by Axact purported to be based in the
United States, operated bank accounts and
mailboxes there and sold fake degrees to
Americans. Axact sales agents also sold
State Department authentication certificates bearing Secretary of State John
Kerrys signature.
Experts say that fake degrees can pose
dangers to public safety and national security in many parts of the world and can
enable immigration fraud.
The scandal has cast a cloud over Bol,
the Axact television and newspaper group
that had planned to begin broadcasting in
June. On Saturday, the networks editor in
chief and several leading journalists
resigned, after Pakistans interior minister
spoke of substantive evidence against
Axact.
In the latest edition of Daboq, IS suggested that the terrorist

outfit can buy a nuclear device through weapons dealers with
links to corrupt officials.
One month after quake, Nepal

struggles to overcome trauma
Kathmandu: One month
after the April 25 earthquake
that killed at least 8,700
people and injured over
70,000 in Nepal, the
Himalayan nation is still
struggling to overcome the
trauma exacerbated by
numerous aftershocks and
slow relief distribution due
to the difficult geographical
terrain.
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake rattled 39 of the
mountainous nation's 75 districts -- 14 were badly hit
with over half a million
houses destroyed and over
300,000 houses partially
damaged, according to the
Red Cross.
Thousands of quake victims still remain deprived of
Over 1.1 households were relief material, including food and temporary shelter.
affected, and 17,000 people
injured and undergoing treatment at various going to be a target hard to achieve, said
hospitals. Still, hundreds of bodies are the Manila-based Asian Development Bank
believed to be under the rubble even in cap- (ADB).
Major sectors of Nepal's economy like
ital Kathmandu and remote Singati village
tourism, agriculture, services and real
of Rasuwa district.
Though Nepal is yet to prepare a post-dis- estate, among others, have been severely
aster needs assessment, a preliminary esti- hit by the quake. It would take years and
mate of the Nepal government shows that need billions of rupees to bring the econothe quake has damaged property worth $5 my back on track.
Schools and educational institutions are
billion.
For the developing nation -- which was yet to open. The Nepal government is
trying to overcome the trauma of a decade- preparing to hold an international donor
long Maoist insurgency -- recapturing an conference in July to raise $2 billion for
annual growth rate of 5 percent is now reconstruction and rehabilitation.
INTERNATIONAL
May 30- June 5, 2015
21
Israel, Hamas warn each other after fresh attacks

Tel Aviv/Gaza: Israeli Defense
Minister Moshe Yaalon has
warned the Islamic Hamas movement to refrain from any attempt
to fire rockets at Israel, after a
Tuesday night rocket attack in the
south even as Hamas held Tel
Aviv responsible for the escalation of tensions between the two
sides.
The rocket fired from Gaza
landed in Gan Yavne town, some
56 km west of Jerusalem.
"If there won't be quiet in
Israel, Gaza will pay a very
heavy price," Yaalon said.
The defense minister also
blamed the Islamic Jihad, a
smaller militant organization
from Gaza, for Tuesday night's
rocket attack.
The Israeli air force struck four
targets in the Gaza Strip in
response to the overnight rocket
attack. Yaalon said the air strikes
targeted Islamic Jihad and Hamas
bases in the Gaza Strip.
Peter Lerner, the Israeli air
force spokesman, said the strikes
were a direct response to Hamas.
"The reality that Hamas's territory is used as a staging ground
to attack Israel is unacceptable
'IS executes 20 at
Palmyra archaeological site'
Hamas held Israel responsible for the fresh escalation

of violence in the Gaza Strip.
and intolerable and will bear consequences. Israelis cannot be

expected to live in the perpetual
fear of rocket attacks; the IAF
will continue to operate in order
to seek out those that wish to
undermine Israeli sovereignty
with acts of terrorism." Lerner
said in a statement.
However, no casualties were
reported.
It was the first intensive Israeli
airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since
the end of Israel's 50-day large-
scale military air and ground

operation last year, that left over
2,150 Palestinians dead.
According to another report
from Gaza, Hamas held Israel
responsible for the fresh escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip,
after Israeli aircraft struck the
enclave at pre-dawn.
Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas
spokesman in Gaza, said in an
emailed press statement that
"Israeli occupation is held
responsible for the current escala-
UN chief praises Ireland's marriage

equality referendum
Dublin: UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon has praised the result of Ireland's marriage equality referendum, describing it as
"truly historic moment". "This is a truly historic moment: Ireland has become the first
country in the world to approve marriage
equality in a nationwide referendum," Ban
said on Sunday after he accepted the
Tipperary International Peace Award in
Ballykisteen, south Ireland's County
Tipperary. "The result sends an important
message to the world: All people are entitled
to enjoy their human rights no matter who
they are or whom they love," he said.
Ireland has approved same-sex marriage
with 1.2 million people voting in its favor.
Ireland voted in a referendum -- whether the
Constitution should be changed so as to
extend civil marriage rights to same-sex couples. He also said the peace award pays tribute to him but also to the work of the UN.
Ban is given the peace award for his role
Ireland has approved same-sex

marriage with 1.2 million
people voting in its favor
in tackling climate change, global conflicts

and natural disasters. Previous recipients of
the award include Nelson Mandela and former Irish president Mary McAleese. It is the
first of the UN chief's engagements in
Ireland.
Over the next two days, he will deliver a
keynote address in Dublin, touching on
Ireland's role in international peacekeeping.
'Irish vote for gay marriage a defeat for humanity'

Vatican City : Last weekend's referendum vote in Ireland to approve same-sex marriage
was "a defeat for humanity," the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said.
"The Irish referendum is a defeat for humanity. I was deeply saddened by the result," he
said on Wednesday in comments to Italian media, reports Efe.
"The archbishop of Dublin (Diarmuid Martin) has said that church must take account of
this reality, but in the sense that it must strengthen its commitment to evangelisation,"
Parolin said. "I think that you cannot just talk of a defeat for Christian principles," but
also "a defeat for humanity," Parolin said at an award ceremony. The Republic of Ireland,
where until recently the Catholic Church wielded enormous power, became on Saturday
the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. Just over 62
percent of those who cast ballots in the referendum voted "yes."
London: Islamic State terrorists

shot dead 20 people in the
Roman Theater of the ancient
Syrian city of Palmyra, forcing
local people to watch the executions, a monitor said.
IS claimed those executed
were Shia and Alawite Muslims
from the Syrian armed forces
and allied militiamen, said the
UK-based Syrian Human Rights
Observatory.
Local activists in Palmyra said
on Facebook the people executed inside the Roman Theatre
were "Asians" and "Iranians"
and that local people were
allowed to watch.
Neither the Syrian government
tion in the Gaza Strip overnight
and on Wednesday morning".
"Hamas warns of exaggeration
in these stupid actions," said Abu
Zuhri, in response to the launching of Israeli airstrikes on mili-
or IS have confirmed the executions.

Since it overran the ancient
city 10 days ago, IS has executed
at least 237 people in Palmyra,
including dozens of children and
male and female civilians, as
well as pro-government forces,
the Observatory said.
IS had also taken around 600
people prisoner since it seized
control of Palmyra, including
civilians and pro-government
forces accused of being "agents
of the regime," the watchdog
said.
It relies for its information on a
network of activists and doctors
inside Syria.
tants' training facilities in the
Gaza Strip.
Leaders of Hamas and Islamic
Jihad denied earlier that their militants had fired any rockets from
the Gaza Strip into Israel.
22 May 30-June 5, 2015
BUSINESS
DD Kisan channel calls for

big change in agriculture
New Delhi: Calling for a "big
change" in agriculture, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched
the DD Kisan channel and pitched
for increasing average productivity
of paddy to three tonnes per hectare
from the present two tonnes.
Launching the channel on the
first anniversary of his government,
Modi said the agriculture sector had
been "neglected" and there was
need to make the sector "vibrant".
He said 50 percent of farmers
would not know if there is an agricultural department of the government.
"There is need for a big change in
agriculture... It has been left to the
fate of farmers," he said.
Modi said that if the country has
to move forward, villages must
make progress and if villages are to
progress, it was essential for agriculture to grow.
Modi, who was repeatedly
cheered by the gathering during his
nearly 45-minute speech, gave
many suggestions to boost farm
income. "Agriculture should be
divided into three parts. Try this
experiment and agriculture can be
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching DD Kisan,

Doordarshan's channel dedicated exclusively to farmers,
at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
self-sufficient. Keep one-third of

field for traditional agriculture,
one-third for animal husbandry and
one-third for timber," he said.
He said the country has to import
timber but lakhs of hectares of land
has been wasted due to fences
erected by people along their fields.
"Plant timber trees (instead of a
fence). Plant them when a girl child
is born and cut them when she gets
married," he said, adding that the
Charter to buy Time Warner

Cable in $56 bn deal
New York: John Malone's
Charter Communications has
struck a $56 billion deal to buy
Time Warner Cable Inc, seeking
to combine the third- and second-largest US cable operators
to better compete against market
leader Comcast.
Charter, in which Malonechaired Liberty Broadband
owns about 26%, offered about
$195.71 in cash-and-stock for
each Time Warner Cable share
based on Charter's closing price
on May 20, the companies said
in a statement.
Pay TV companies such as
Time Warner Cable and Charter
have been experiencing slowing
growth over the years as customers access TV shows and
movies over the internet through
services provided by Netflix and

Hulu.
These traditional TV companies are now beefing up their
fast-growing, higher-margin
internet businesses through consolidation and partnerships.
Charter's current bid is much
higher than its first proposed
deal, which Time Warner Cable
rejected last year. It is also higher than the $45 billion offer
Time Warner Cable had accepted from Comcast.
Comcast nixed the agreement
last month because of regulatory
concerns that the company
would sap too much competition out of the broadband market.
Charter said it will form a new
public company, New Charter.
sale of this wood will meet expenses for the girl's marriage.
He said there was a time when
agriculture was the most preferred
profession but the situation has
changed and it was now regarded
below service and business.
Modi said if modern technology
was taken to the fields, the youth of
the country will be again connected
to agriculture and provide a new
momentum to the economy.
SBI chief is 30th most

powerful woman in the world
Mumbai: Forbes
has named State
Bank of India
Chairperson
A r u n d h a t i
Bhattacharya in its
annual 100 Most
Powerful Women
list, with a ranking
of 30 in the world,
a statement said
here.
The Kolkata-born
Bhattacharya, 59,
has moved up six
spots (from No.36)
in the list from her
State Bank of India Chairperson
ranking last year
Arundhati Bhattacharya.
and is the SBI's
first woman chairperson since such as sbiINTOUCH digital
October 2013. As SBI chairper- banking outlet, BI Tech
son, she oversees 220,000 staff Learning Centres for educating
in 16,000 branches which serv- customers and SBI e-Pay, a
ice 225 million customers as payment aggregator service.
Recognizing the multiple
India's largest lender with
offices in more than 36 coun- roles played by women,
Bhattacharya has pioneered a
tries.
Under her stewardship, the two-year sabbatical policy for
SBI with assets worth $400 bil- female employees taking materlion, undertook various initia- nity leave to extend care to their
tives in technology banking families.
Global smartphone growth to further slow down: IDC

Washington: The global smartphone growth is expected to
slow further, said a latest mobile
phone forecast. It adds that
smartphone shipments are
expected to grow 11.3 percent in
2015, down from 27.6 percent
in 2014.
This could be the first year
smartphone growth in China
will finish behind the global
market which could affect
Google's Android mobile operating system, the International
Data Corporation (IDC) said in
a statement.
"China has been a critical
market for Android smartphone
shipments in recent years,
accounting for 36 percent of
total volume in 2014," said
Ryan Reith, programme director
with
IDC's
Worldwide
Quarterly Mobile Phone
Tracker. As reported earlier in
This could be the first year

smartphone growth in China
will finish behind the global
market which could affect
Google's Android mobile
operating system.
May, smartphone shipments in

China actually declined year
over year in the first quarter of
2015, showing that the largest
market in the world has reached
a level of maturity where rapid
growth will be harder to
achieve, Reith said.

As Chinese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
shift their focus from the
domestic market to the next
high-growth markets, they will
face a number of challenges,
including competition from
local brands.
IDC expects this year to bring
two notable milestones.
First, this will be the first year
in which China's smartphone
growth, forecast to be 2.5 percent, will be slower than the
worldwide market.
Second, and somewhat related
to the China forecast, Android
smartphone growth is also
expected to be slower than the
worldwide market at 8.5 percent
in 2015.
Both trends will persist
throughout the forecast period
which now goes to 2019.
SPORTS
May 30-June 5, 2015
23
Two FIFA vice presidents, 12 others charged in US probe

New York: The US Justice Department
has charged 14 individuals - including two
current FIFA vice presidents and seven
other world football officials - with offenses including racketeering, wire fraud and
money laundering conspiracies.
It also said in a release that the 47-count
indictment, unsealed in federal court in
Brooklyn, New York, is "not the final
chapter" in the wide-ranging and ongoing
investigation.
The announcement by Attorney General
Loretta Lynch, accompanied at a press
conference in New York by FBI director
James Comey, came on the same day that
Swiss authorities arrested seven of the 14
defendants charged in the indictment.
"They used their positions of trust within
their respective organizations to solicit
bribes from sports marketers in exchange
The defendants include FIFA vice presidents Caymanian Jeffrey Webb and
Uruguayan Eugenio Figueredo.
for the commercial rights to their soccer

tournaments," Lynch said. Despite the
insistence of reporters, however, she

refused to discuss possible measures
against FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who

was not among those indicted and is
expected to win re-election for a fifth term
on Friday.
The defendants include FIFA vice presidents Uruguayan Eugenio Figueredo and
Caymanian Jeffrey Webb, who is also
president of the Confederation of North,
Central American and Caribbean association football, known as CONCACAF - as
well as the former president of the South
American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), Paraguayan Nicolas Leoz.
Both Figueredo and Webb were arrested
early on Wednesday by Swiss authorities,
who acted at the request of the US.
Trinidad and Tobago's Jack Warner, a
former FIFA vice president and ex-president of CONCACAF, also was among the
14 defendants indicted.
James first player to make five Mumbai Indians celebrate IPL win amid huge fan support
straight NBA finals
New York : With the Cleveland
Cavaliers' Eastern Conference
Finals win over the Atlanta Hawks,
LeBron James clinched a bid to the
NBA Finals for the fifth straight
year. It's been a long time since anybody has done that.
Only 10 players in NBA history
have been to the NBA Finals in five
straight seasons, media reports said.
Eight of them played on the
Boston Celtics in the 1960s, and of
those, seven are in the Naismith
Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
(The eighth, Satch Sanders, is in as
a "contributor".)
The other two players are LeBron
James and James Jones.
LeBron has made it to the Finals
with good teammates and he's made
it to the Finals with bad teammates.
This year, he's getting to the
Finals with his team's second-best
LeBron James
player (Kyrie Irving) hobbled and

his team's third-best player (Kevin
Love) out for the playoffs.
LeBron has played in the Eastern
Conference, which has been weak.
Sure, he has failed to win in the
NBA Finals several times. But
LeBron James has been so good, so
often, that even in his bad years he
has been on the NBA's second-best
team. That's miraculous.
Mumbai: A victorious Mumbai

Indians team celebrated their Indian
Premier League (IPL) 2015 triumph
along with a large number of fans
who turned up to cheer for the team
at the Wankhede stadium here.
Each and every member of the
winning squad - from players to
support staff - entered the stadium
and took part in a victory lap with
the team flag in their hands and blue
hats on their heads as fans shout
"Mumbai Mumbai" to thank their
boys.
Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan
Singh, Rohit Sharma, Lasith
Malinga, Ricky Ponting, Anil
Kumble, Kieron Pollard and other
members posed with the trophy in
the podium as fireworks and music
made the atmosphere a memorable
one not only for the team but also
for the thousands of fans present
there. A far too superior Mumbai
Indians crushed Chennai Super
Kings under the weight of a daunting asking rate on Sunday to lift the
Mumbai Indians celebrate their victory with team's owner

Nita Ambani and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar
at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
coveted IPL title for the second

time, in a virtual replay of the final
between the two sides in 2013 at the
same venue Eden Gardens in
Kolkata. Team co-owner Nita
Ambani, during the celebrations,
said: "I was unaware of cricket a
few years ago. Now Mumbai
Indians is the world to me. We thank
all fans for their support. East or
West, Mumbai is the best."

A smiling Tendulkar said:
"Namaste Mumbai. It's great to be
back here with the IPL trophy. I
enjoyed the journey with Munmbai
Indians. Credit to the entire team,
support staff and you all fans for
having faith in us after we started
off the season on a wrong note.
Thank you all."
IPL 2015: In the arena of youngsters, 'golden oldies' shimmer

Kolkata: Cricket's shortest format is usually said to be suited for
the fresh legs and young blood
but a number of players in the latest edition of Indian Premier
League (IPL) have yet again
proved that age is just a number.
If 17-year-old Sarfaraz Khan
fearlessly hitting bowlers is a
sight to behold, veterans like
Ashish Nehra, Chris Gayle and
Brad Hogg have turned back the
clock and literally made the adage
'old is gold' come true.
Spearheading the Chennai
Super Kings (CSK) pace attack,
Nehra stood out scalping 22
wickets at 20.40 runs apiece.
"I have got three Man-of-theMatch awards this season and that
says it all. It is not easy for a fast
bowler to pick up that many
awards in one season. People are
Mumbai Indians' 35-year-old off spinner Harbhajan Singh yet

again showed why he is called a fighter.
noticing it more because I am 36

and a guy at this age is doing
something unbelievable in
Twenty20s," the left-armer said.
Mumbai Indians' 35-year-old
offie Harbhajan Singh yet again
showed why he is called a fighter.

The feisty cricketer sizzled with
the ball, and at times even with
the bat, to play a crucial role in
his team winning their second
IPL crown.
Bowling with his usual guile,

the 'Turbanator' took 2/26 against
CSK in Qualifier 1 to take
Mumbai to their third final. In the
summit clash at the Eden
Gardens, he yet again proved to
be Chennai's nemesis, scalping
the prized wickets of dangerous
opener Dwayne Smith and middle-order mainstay Suresh Raina.
With 18 wickets to his name in
IPL-8 and a 19-ball fifty to boast,
the selectors did fulfil the man's
'burning desire' to play for India
again as he made a comeback to
the national Test squad for the
Bangladesh tour after more than
two years.
Yet another 'oldie' who has
drawn the spotlight is Kolkata
Knight Riders' (KKR) chinaman
bowler Bradd Hogg. At 44 - the
oldest player in IPL history - the
Australian made full use of the

limited chances he was offered.
Besides bamboozling the batsmen, he was also a livewire on
the field.
CSK all-rounder Dwayne
Bravo, who took 26 wickets to
win the purple cap, is also no
youngster. At 32, the Trinidadian
was skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni's go-to-man and his knack
to pick up wickets at crucial junctures powered the team to their
sixth IPL final, although they faltered at the last hurdle losing to
Mumbai Indians by 41 runs.
Delhi Daredevils did finish a
poor seventh in the standings, but
their 36-year-old South African
leg-spinner Imran Tahir earned
plaudits. Picking up 15 wickets,
he contributed significantly in the
team's five victories in 14 games.
24
May 30-June 5, 2015
HEALTH
David B. Samadi: The untold story of

a world renowned surgeon
Of the more than 6,000 prostate cancer surgeries Dr Samadi
of New York has performed in the past decade using the
Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Treatment (SMART) that
he invented and pioneered, almost 90% of his patients
became cancer free an amazing success rate. Here he
recounts his personal story of having to flee as a teen without
his parents from Iran, where Jews were the target of hatred.
By Robert Golomb
havent purposely kept it a
secret, but there is a major part
of the story of my life that very
few people know about, world
renowned urologist/surgeon and
(Fox) television and (am 970)
radio health and medical commentator David B. Samadi told me
when I interviewed him in his
mid-town Manhattan office last
week.
Since practically every interviewer has questioned me only on
my work as a doctor and surgeon,
and my commentaries on health
and medicine on television and
radio cover only medical and
health related issues, this story of
my past personal life has not really
surfaced, explained Dr Samadi,
48. That explanation made sense.
Still, as I sat waiting to learn what
this personal story might be, I
couldnt help thinking that however interesting the personal tale he
was getting ready to talk about
might be, it was unlikely to be as
interesting as his universally
acclaimed work in medicine.
The Chairman of Urology and
the Chief of Robotic Surgery at
Lenox Hill Hospital and named to
the prestigious Castle Connoly
Americas Top Doctors and New
York Magazines Best Doctors
List, Samadi, who specializes in
the diagnosis and treatment of urologic disease and prostate, kidney
and bladder cancers, has won that
acclaim as a result of his remarkable history of success as a surgeon. Researching Samadi in
preparation for this interview, I
became struck by, among many
others, this one particular example, of that success: Of the more
than 6,000 prostate cancer surgeries he has performed the past
decade using the Samadi Modified
Advanced Robotic Treatment
(SMART) that he invented and
pioneered, almost 90% of his
patients became cancer free, a

heretofore unheard of success rate
for this deadly form of cancer.
That success rate - coupled by
studies showing that Dr Samadis
surgical prostate cancer patients
experienced marked reductions in
blood loss, complaints of pain and
days of stay in the hospital compared to patients studied who have
undergone conventional treatments - has further added to his
prominence in the international
medical community.
So it was an easy journalistic
decision, I thought. I would perfunctorily discuss Samadis personal story and then quickly move
the interview back to medicine
and his medical career, the originally planned topics. I changed
that plan, however, soon after
hearing his first few words.
If you read my biography off
the Internet, you will learn that I
was born and raised as a Jew living in the Persian Jewish community of Iran.
You also will learn that in 1982,
three years after the Iranian revolution began, I, just 15 years old
then, and my younger brother,
Dan, then only 12, moved first to
Belgium and then 6 month later to
London, England, until we finally
immigrated to America from there
in 1984. There is not, as you no
doubt saw, any mention of my
parents. But still virtually everyone assumes we went with them.
But we didnt. And you will not
find that important part of my life
on the Internet. I feel it is now the
right time to discuss it, beginning
with how my life changed with the
coming
of
the
Iranian
Revolution.
Somehow I failed to connect the
historical and the personal dots
until that moment. But suddenly I
could. Persian Jews have a collective history in their country going
back almost three millennium, living many of those centuries in
peace and many others under murderous persecution. With the

ascent to leadership in 1925 of the
secular Pahlavi Dynasty, ruled
first by Reza Khan Pahlavi and
then in 1941 by his son,
Mohammad (the Shah of Iran), the
Jewish Community had once
again found peace. But 54 years
later, with the advent of the
Iranian revolution in 1979, along
with the rise to power of the
Ayatollah Khomeini, Jews found
themselves the target of hatred
once again.
Preaching venomous sermons
against Jews and Israel, Khomeini
waged a campaign of murder and
intimidation against the suddenly
powerless Jewish community.
Dozens of Jews were quickly
arrested, tried and executed as
spies. Within three years after the
revolution, approximately 60,000
of the then 100,000 Jews in the
country, fearing for their lives,
fled to Israel, the United States or
Western Europe. Two of the latter
were David and Dan Samadi, but
not the rest of their family.
Dan and I were allowed to
leave Iran but my father, who was
a successful businessman, and my
mother were not allowed to leave,
and they kept my five year old sister Heidi with them because she
was too young to be left to the
care of a fifteen year old, Samadi
explained. It was a very sad and
frightening time. As my brother
and I kissed our mother, father and
sister good bye at the Tehran
Airport, I didnt know whether or
not we would ever see them
again.
After their brief six-month stay
in Brussels, David and Dan emigrated to London, where their
family had been able through an
intermediary to make arrangements for their room, board and
schooling, leaving them, however,
other than that, totally on their
own. Samadi described those liv-
ing arrangements. All our living

expenses and schooling had been
paid for in advance by my parents,
so we had no concern about our
day to day living. We lived in a
type of boarding house run by a
middle aged couple in northern
London, an area called Golders
Green, and we both attended a private school nearby. While the
woman and her husband were nice
and decent people, they did not
attempt to take the place of our
parents, even on a temporary
basis, nor, in truth, did we want
them to.
Samadi recalled how he and his
brother eventually learned to cope
with this new lonely life that had
been thrust upon by them. At
first, it was very tough. Dan and I
would cry ourselves to sleep
almost every night, he recalled.
Like any teenager would, I
missed my school friends, who
came from all religious backgrounds, Christian, Muslim and
Jewish, and I missed playing on
the soccer team, where I was the
captain.
But mostly, he elaborated,
Dan and I missed our fathers hugs
and our moms and sisters kisses.
We felt sad, and worse still, we
felt sorry for ourselves. But then,
as the months began to pass, we
realized that the way to honor our
parents, whom we were able to
only occasionally speak with over
the telephone, was not to sit
around pitying ourselves but
rather to succeed. We both worked
very hard at school, where we
both excelled in science. It was
very soon after that Dan and I
began to dream that we would
become doctors one day. That
dream also helped us combat our
loneliness, but it still remained a
part of us.
While that loneliness continued
even after Dan and David moved
to Roslyn, NY in the USA in 1982,
they became happier in their new
surrounding. The living arrangements in America were similar to

those we had in London. The difference was that Dan and I fell in
love with America. It didnt
diminish our loneliness, but the
love we felt for our country, just
living in this beautiful and free
land, helped the next six years go
by just a bit faster, Samadi
explained.
Those six years of life in
America also became quite productive for both brothers. Dan
and David continued to excel first
in high school and then college.
By 1990, David had completed his
first year Stony Brook School of
Medicine with honors and Dan
was running an A average as a
pre-med student in New York
University. As loving brothers
we celebrated each others academic success, Samadi recalled.
We were confident our dreams of
becoming doctors would come
true. But we couldnt feel any real
happiness because rather than subside, the loneliness we felt for our
family only grew as each day
passed without them.
That loneliness was to soon end.
Giving in to intense pressure from
the George Bush White House, the
Ayatollah in 1990 allowed most,
but sadly not all, of the remaining
Jews held hostage since the revolution to finally leave Iran.
Manoucher, Forough and Heidi
Samadi were among those permitted to leave.
Samadi said seeing his parents
and sister exit the door of their airplane at JFK Airport on a hot day
in June 1990 was the happiest
experience in his and Davids
lives. We just hugged and
embraced and cried and spoke the
wonderful words of love to our
parents and sister whom we hadnt
seen in eight long years.
In that glorious moment, my life
had come together. I had done
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well in my first year of medical
school and was confident I
would be able to graduate, pass
all the required exams, and
become a doctor one day. And I
thanked God that my family
would be there with me to share
my journey.
They were and did. And as the
doctor gave me an update on the
Samadi family that had overcome so much, I could easily
detect the sound of pride in his
voice. My parents are alive and
well living happily in Long
Island, enjoying their children
and grandchildren, all with
homes relatively close by, and
seeing them living the American
dream, said Samadi. Heidi
became a dentist, married a wonderful man and is bringing up
three great children. Dans
dream came true.
He is an ear, nose and throat
specialist, has a great wife and
three adorable kids. Being happily married seems to run in the
family. I married an extraordinary woman and have been
blessed with two happy and
healthy kids, a boy and a girl.
What also runs through the
entire Samadi family is our love,

loyalty and devotion to the
United States of America.
About his reasons for telling
this story now, Samadi offered
two. The first, he explained, concerned the current heated debate
over the Obama Administrations
nuclear weapons negotiations
with Iran. I have learned a
great deal that might be relevant
to understanding Iran and the
current crisis. My family was
forced to flee for their lives from
a country in which their ancestors had lived for generations,
he stated. So I understand better than most, he asserted, the
dangers of the Ayatollahs brand
of deadly fanaticism. And I
understand that any policy on
Iran and its nuclear ambitions
must be based on the premise
that Iran under its current
government presents an existential threat not only to
Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and
Saudi Arabia, but to the
entire world. So it must not
be allowed to develop
nuclear weapons.
But there is another reality in
Iran that I learned from my first
15 years of life living there, he
added. That reality is the good-
HEALTH
ness of its people, all of whom Muslim, Christian and Jews lived in peace and harmony for
two generations until the
Ayatollah came to
p o w e r .
Americas policy on Iran, I
believe, must
be determined
by both of
these realities.
The second
reason Samadi
had chosen
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Any policy on Iran and its nuclear

ambitions must be based on the premise
that Iran under its current government
presents an existential threat not only to
Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia,
but to the entire world. So it must not be
allowed to develop nuclear
weapons, argues Dr Samadi.
tell this very personal story was
based less on
the politics of
Iran and more
on how he
practices
medicine
today. My
practice is based
on my ability to
understand
and
empathize with the
emotional as well as the
medical needs of all of
my patients, especially the many

who come to my office with serious illnesses, he said. That
ability to empathize with the
fears and pain of my patients, I
believe, goes back to the days
when I myself was a scared boy
living with his scared little
brother in a new and strange
country.
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Jaipur foot steps up in Bangladesh

Dhaka: The ambience of
National
Institute
of
Traumatology and Orthopedic
Rehabilitation (NITOR) popularly known as Pongu Hospital in
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka is
not a pleasant one. Aside from
murky lighting, uncomfortable
odors and occasional groans from
patients, one would frequently
encounter people with varying
degrees of limb-less-ness.
Room No 102 on the ground
floor is a bit different though. It
looks more like a mannequin factory than a hospital. But instead
of the whole body, the machine
there produces body parts like
feet and hands.
Starting early May, the room
was for a few weeks only been
producing prosthetic lower limbs.
Its light. The movement is
more fluid with this, said
Fawzia, a 23 year old female who
was found wearing a new pair of
the famous Jaipur Foot. Fawzia
had a horrible accident three
years back. She was run over by a
bus at Dhanmondi and lost both
her legs.
I have been wearing a pair of
artificial legs for the last few
years. It cost me Taka 76,000.
Now I am getting these Jaipur
feet for free. Its way better than
the ones I had earlier, said
Fawzia.
Of course its better. The
Jaipur Foot and Knee are made of
self-lubricating, oil-filled nylon
Facts
Founded in 1975 with less than $10,000, Jaipur Foot is now operating with an annual budget of $3.5M, and funded by donations, government support and earned income.
About 60% of the budget is a collection of donations, small or big,
and from India or abroad. Roughly 30% of the budget is in the form of
government grants, and the remaining 10% is met by their own income
on the corpus built up over time.
In 1975, during their first year of operation, the Jaipur Foot team
fitted 59 limbs. Today, nearly 400,000 people have such limbs fitted. In
addition, there are mobile clinics setup in 26 countries around the
world, including the war torn regions of Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan.
The Jaipur foot costs about $21 to make. [The beneficiary of
course pays nothing]. It can be made by an averagely skilled team of
five, which can produce 15 limbs a day.
Fawzia, 23, who lost both her legs when she was run over by
a bus, was helped at the camp in May in Dhaka by the Jaipur
based Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti.
and is both flexible and stable,

even on irregular terrain.
Comparable devices include a
titanium replacement, which can
cost US$10,000 or more, said
Prakash Bhandari, media advisor
of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang
Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), the
worlds largest limb fitting society based in Jaipur, India.
The world's leading organization for the handicapped and the
makers of the world famous
Jaipur Foot, BMVSS held a 20day camp in Dhaka from May 7

to May 24 to provide on- the-spot
artificial limb fitments to the disabled of Bangladesh.
Prakash Bhandari who is leading the camp said, a total of 500
of Bangladesh's poorest amputees
were fitted with artificial limbs
free of cost. The camp was sponsored by Bangladesh Orthopedic
Society, NITOR and Asif
Moyeen and Sadia Moyeen of
Far East Knitting and Dyeing

Industries. About the world
famous Jaipur Foot, Bhandari
said, the beauty of the Jaipur Foot
is its lightness and mobility, as
those who wear it can run, climb
trees and pedal bicycles. One of
Jaipur foots knee replacements
developed in cooperation with
Stanford University costs a mere
$20, and was named one of the
50 best inventions in the world by
Time Magazine.
Showing a sample of that
famous knee, Bhandari said:
Thats a marvelous invention.
He said all of the Jaipur feet are
custom fitted. At first we select
the amputee, then we take his/her
measurements. After that, our
team produces the limbs, he
said. It is superior to its counterpart Solid Ankle Cushion Heel
(SACH) in certain ways, mainly
in the range of movements it

offers. The articulation at the 'ankle' allows not only inversioneversion movements but also dorsiflexion (essential for squatting,
standing up from prone position,
etc.) and a shorter keel helps
achieve this.
Also, the materials used at the
foot-end are waterproof and moderately mimic a real foot.
Bhandari said that during the 20day camp, approximately 25
patients were treated each day.
About 1000 patients were
screened by NITOR and 500
selected on the basis of medical
criteria laid down by BMVSS,
added Bhandari. This is our second trip to Bangladesh from
BMVSS. In 1994, we held a
camp in Khulna and treated and
provided Jaipur Foot to 1000
patients.
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LIFESTYLE
Indian designers to give global face to Banarasi weaves

New Delhi: Age-old Banarasi weaves
from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's constituency, are poised for a
facelift, courtesy a string of high-end
Indian designers who are hoping to put
their forces behind improving the livelihood of skilled workers and forging the
global popularity of the fabric as a Make In
India product.
A meeting, led by designer-politician
Shaina NC and FDCI (Fashion Design
Council of India) president Sunil Sethi,
held earlier this week in the presence of
union Minister of State for Textiles
Santosh Gangwar and noted names from
the fashion fraternity, steered efforts
towards revival of handloom from
Varanasi under Modi's Make in India campaign.
Pioneering designer Ritu Kumar said that
"in today's textile world, Banaras handlooms hold a special place" and deserves to
be showcased at international platforms whether this is via ramps or museums.
"They are the only gold and silver patterned fabric reaching out to the Indian
subcontinent in its sari and brocaded pro-
duction. It is one of the textiles which is

India's USPs," Kumar, who felt a dire need
to bring Banarasi weaves into limelight,
told IANS.
"Handlooms are largely used in India on
high glamorised occasions such as wed-
Most people love being alone: Study

New York: If you
enjoy being all by
yourself, then you are
not alone. Most people love to spend their
time being alone than
being surrounded by
people, new study
says.
The results of a
recent Pew survey
found that 85 percent
of the surveyed people think it is "important" to have alone
time, while 55 percent categorized alone
time as "very important", the Bustle.com
reported.
The research, which focused on how
Americans feel about security and privacy,
also found that 79 percent of respondents
felt it was either "very" or "somewhat"
important that they should not be asked
highly personal questions in social situations or at work.

A 2011 study found
that people, who
spend time alone
have a more "wellfunctioning social
life" than those who
are constantly surrounded by others.
A Harvard study
found that people are
more likely to form far more accurate and
lasting memories when they experience
them alone.
While staying alone, we are not just enjoying the break from others but actually benefiting from it in ways we may not even have
realized. So, if you prefer being alone most
of the time and are yet to venture out and do
things alone -- it is about time you did.
Afternoon protein snacks may help prevent teenage obesity

New York: Are you wondering how to make
your adolescent kid avoid eating unhealthy in
the evening? Researchers have found that
high-protein afternoon snacks, particularly
soy foods, reduce unhealthy evening snacking
in teenagers, thereby preventing obesity.
Soy-protein snacks in the afternoon promote
feelings of fullness and delays subsequent eating, the findings showed.
"Standard meals tend to go to the wayside
for kids this age -- particularly from midafternoon to late evening -- and many of the
convenient 'grab-and-go' snacks are high in
fat and sugar," said lead researcher Heather
Leidy, assistant professor of nutrition and
exercise physiology at the University of
Missouri.
"When kids eat high-protein snacks in the
afternoon, they are less likely to eat unhealthy
snacks later in the day, which is particularly
important for kids who want to prevent
unhealthy weight gain," Leidy explained.

Male and female adolescents between the
ages of 13 and 19 who were classified as
either normal weight or overweight participated in the study. The researchers assessed how
snacking in the afternoon affected teenagers'
appetite, drive to eat and food choices later in
the day and whether these were different
when teens skipped eating snacks altogether.
"In addition to the appetite and satiety benefits, we found that when the teens ate the
high-protein snacks, they incorporated more
protein throughout the day and consumed less
dietary fat," Leidy said.
"In addition, we also found that the highprotein snacks improved certain aspects of
mood and cognitive function," Leidy pointed
out. The afternoon protein snacks used in the
study were soy-protein pudding. Leidy said
similar high-quality protein sources should
elicit similar benefits.
dings, both for grooms and brides. It also

has a significant place in Indian formal
wear. (But) there is definitely a need to
also design the fabrics in a way that they
can fit into the ready to wear segment. But
the absence of Banaras brocades interna-
tionally is due to the fact that they do not

have the correct image or exposure," she
added.
The attempt via the government's effort
is reportedly also to improve the infrastructure for textile work in Varanasi; to provide
support to designers looking to work for
the project; to provide yarn at subsidized
rates; to set up dyeing centers and to facilitate smooth buyer-seller meets to boost the
commercial aspect.
This dream can turn into reality for other
handlooms too if the government and
designers work in tandem, David Abraham
of designer label Abraham & Thakore
pointed out.
"Banaras has a very diverse weaving tradition and has a wide variety of techniques
and structures suitable for many types of
apparel. A successful outcome with
Banaras handweaving will lead the way for
similar action in other handloom centers,"
Abraham told IANS.
However, he stressed that "while global
recognition is important, we need to focus
on the threat that cheap imports and other
machine-made textiles pose in India itself."
Modi's fashion statement

is cool, say designers
New Delhi: There is a world beyond
political, financial or territorial
issues that Prime Minister Narendra
Modi trailed into during his visit to
China, when he walked out with
black glares staring at the fashion
world with a new style statement.
Modi, who was on a three-day visit
to China, made a savvy style statement -- with a stark white kurtapajama and a shawl. But the thing
that stood out were the dark glares.
The fashion fraternity gave a
thumbs up to his gesture to lighten
up things and bring the grassroot
PM Modi during his recent China visit
fashion aesthetics of India into the
spotlight. Samant Chauhan, a designer that is rarely expected from a politician.
Modi also incorporates his ambitious
known for painting a story in calm hues
with Indian textiles, mentioned that Modi "Make in India" campaign in his style quounderstands the basic principle of fashion tient by injecting Indian art and weaves in
his ensembles. Another designer Varija
which is "expect the unexpected."
Designer Gautam Gupta thinks fashion Bajaj feels that Modi is taking India's real
plays an important role in lightening up the fashion to foreign shores with panache.
"He has brought the attention to what
serious atmosphere and bringing the otherIndia stands for in terms of fashion on
wise boring stuff into the limelight.
"It is a very cool way to give a new ground reality and not in a runway week,
dimension to serious headlines," he told but in terms of artisans who are actually
IANS. "It is a kind of tensed situation developing the grassroot fashion," Bajaj
between India and China so when Modi said.
Talking of his fashion sense, the style
goes over there and does little things like
these it breaks the ice. He gives a reason to gurus give him a thumbs up.
"He is just going perfect with the kurta
the people, busy with their professional or
personal life, to read about the visit," he look and the jackets he is wearing as they
added. In January this year, Modi sent rip- are very comfortable for somebody like
ples across the fashion world with a band- him, who goes in and out of several meethgala pinstriped suit that he wore for a joint ings," Bajaj said. "I don't know why people
appearance with US President Barack are bothered about what Modi is wearing.
Obama. The fact that the pinstripes also car- What he is doing in terms of fashion is fanried his name in fine print and sent waves of tastic, but I think performance is what matmirth, amusement and derision across the ters. As a Prime Minister heading a new
government, people have a lot of expectapolitical and media world is another story.
During the same tour, he also sported tions so we need surprise element from his
brightly colored Nehru jackets, something work," Chauhan said.
SCI-TECH
May 30-June 5, 2015
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Nasscom task force to make India Findings of study on gay union lack
a global cyber-security hub evidence, claims study's co-author
I
F
ndian IT industry body Nasscom and

the Data Security Council of India on
Monday set up a task force to make the
country a global hub for providing cybersecurity solutions.
The National Association of Software and
Services Companies (Nasscom) cybersecurity task force will also develop cybersecurity research and development (R&D)
plan and a skilled workforce on experts in
the domain.
NIIT chairman Rajendra Pawar will head
the task force, with members from the IT
industry, user organizations like banks and
telcos and representatives from the government and academia.
"Securing the cyberspace has become a
priority for governments, businesses and
citizens the world over. In line with the
prime minister's vision of making India a
cyber-security expert nation and his recent
exhortation to the industry, we have created
the cyber-security task force," Pawar said
in a statement.
The task force will focus on four pillars
of industry development, policy enablement, technology development and skill
development.
"The task force will study the cyber-security ecosystem to identify issues and develop an action plan to address priority
issues," said Nasscom chairman Mohan

Reddy. The task force will explore opportunities for the IT industry in the global
cyber-security space and facilitate stakeholders to develop technologies required in
the global market.
"As cyber-security is multi-dimensional,
nations have to frame laws, promote security practices, incident management, information-sharing mechanisms and educate
users about it," said Nasscom president R.
Chandrashekhar.
The task force will aim at building the
cyber-security industry in India and having
10 percent market share by 2025 from one
percent currently, a trained base of one million certified and skilled cyber-security
professionals and about 100 security products across the country.
indings of a research carried out by

Michael LaCour, a political science researcher on the University
of California, Los Angeles, and Donald
P. Green, a Columbia University professor, failed amid accusations that research
authors misinterpreted their research
strategies and even lacked the proof to
help their findings.
In 2012, when same-sex marriage
advocates have been working exhausting
to construct help in California, Mr.
LaCour determined to ask carried out a
research. He requested a query, Can canvassers (homosexual women and men)
with a private stake in a problem truly
sway voters opinions in an enduring
method?
The researchs findings that failed final
week confirmed that homosexual canvassers have been powerfully persuasive
with individuals who had voted towards
same-sex marriage.
On Tuesday, Dr. Green requested the
journal Science, one of many worlds
main journals by which their research
was revealed, to retract the research.
He requested the journal to take action
as a result of he stated of Mr. LaCours
failed to supply his unique knowledge.
Mr. LaCour declined to provide interview however stated that he stands by

the findings introduced in his research.
The difficulty has shocked not solely
the group of political scientists but in
addition has shaken public belief
because of the approach the scientific
institution examines new findings.
It has additionally raised some a lot
broader questions concerning the rigor of
guidelines that surrounds and information a number one evaluation carried out
of that analysis by Science.
Previously undisclosed particulars
which have emerged now recommend
critical lapses within the supervision of
Mr. LaCours work.
Dr. Green stated he had by no means
requested Mr. LaCour about who was
funding their analysis. Mr. LaCours
lawyer has advised Science that Mr.
LaCour didnt pay to the researchs individuals the charges he had claimed.
Dr. Green stated, Its a really delicate
state of affairs when a senior scholar
makes a transfer to take a look at a junior
scholars knowledge set.
This is his profession, and if I attain in
and seize it, it might appear to be Im
boxing him out.
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May 30-June 5, 2015
HUMOR
Humor with Melvin Durai
Harnessing the power of urine
or most of us, urine is a waste product

that we're eager to get rid of, whether
it's our own urine or the urine of our
pets or livestock. We don't want to touch it, we
don't want to process it, and we certainly don't
want to drink it.
But for others, urine is a resource that can be
used to improve our lives. The Rajasthan government is the latest proponent of urine as a
resource. The state's health minister Rajendra
Rathore recently inaugurated a refinery that can
process up to 7,000 litres of cow urine per day.
I'm not sure how many cows it takes to produce
that much urine, but suffice to say that hundreds of cows will be involved, with the most
productive cow likely being honored at the end
of the year with the "Top Urinator Award."
The cow urine will be used to make a variety of products, including a cleaning liquid or
disinfectant that will be marketed under the
trade name of "Gocleaner." (They apparently
didn't like my suggestion: Purine.)
As part of a pilot study, Gocleaner will be
tested in Sawai Man Singh Hospital, the
biggest hospital in Jaipur. It will be used in one
ward and compared with the results in another
ward, where a regular disinfectant is being
used. I'm not sure what the study will show,
but perhaps the patients whose rooms have
been cleaned with Gocleaner will feel healthy
and refreshed. "I absolutely love the smell of

my room!" one of them will say. "Cow urine is
a big improvement over human urine."
Rathore seems pretty excited about the pilot
study. "I will put a team of doctors there to
study for a month and we will then be able to
establish how effective is the cow urine and if
it really works or not," he told NDTV.
If the results are positive, Rathore intends to
make Gocleaner the state's official hospital

cleaning product. And before you know it,
people in Rajasthan and other parts of India
will be washing their hands with Gocleaner,
perhaps even taking baths with it. Watch out,
Lux, here's comes Gocleaner!
That may seem farfetched, but probably not
to all the people who believe in the power of
urine. You can count India's transport minister
Nitin Gadkari among them. He recently
revealed that he collects his urine in a 50-litre
can and uses it to fertilize plants at his Delhi
home. He has found that plants that receive
"urine therapy" grow faster than plants that
receive plain water. Gadkari would like everyone to follow his example, but urine collection
may not be feasible in every household.
However, it may be welcomed by large families that have only one toilet at their disposal.
Instead of lining up outside the toilet in the
morning, each person can head to the nearest
plant.
Children are bound to fight, of course.
Nitin: "It's my turn to fertilize the money
plant."
Raju: "No, it's my turn. Go fertilize the rubber plant."
Mother: "Boys, behave yourselves. You
shouldn't be fighting over whose turn it is to
fertilize the money plant. Besides, it's my turn
today!"
If this catches on, people will have plants
beside their beds, so they don't have to go far
to fertilize in the middle of the night.
But just as the Rajasthan government is
wisely testing the effectiveness of cow urine
before using it widely, Gadkari needs to commission a study to test the effectiveness of
human urine as a plant fertilizer. Here are
some questions I'd like the study to answer:
* Which urine causes plants to grow faster
the transport minister's urine or the agriculture
minister's urine? What about the urine of
Ananth Kumar, India's minister of chemicals
and fertilizers?
* Do politicians have special plant-growing
urine powers or can ordinary people also grow
plants with their urine?
* Is human urine more effective at growing
plants than cow urine? What about dog urine
and cat urine?
* Do the leaves of plants grown with cow
urine have special healing properties? If so,
how soon will they be available in Rajasthan
hospitals?
Laughter is the Best Medicine
by Mahendra Shah
Mahendra Shah is an architect by education, entrepreneur by profession, artist and
humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby. He has been recording the plight of the
immigrant Indians for the past many years in his cartoons. Hailing from Gujarat,
he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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By Dr Prem Kumar Sharma
May 30-June 5, 2015

ARIES: Being overlooked by people
who matter can be most disheartening. You can be on the losing side in
a debate or competition. Your financer may
question your over expenditure. Some
vices are best given up or they can lay you
up in bed. Lovers soothing words will
keep you happy, even in adversity. A solo
long drive will give you enough time to
introspect. Keep your frustrations to yourself.
TAURUS: You are likely to display
your creative side in a project you
are involved in at work. Your reputation is likely to rise amongst peers.
Financial stability will encourage you to
turn your ideas into action. You can expect
the family to be most understanding over
an issue. Wrong signals to someone of
opposite gender are likely to make his or
her week! Good health will help counter
workplace stress.
GEMINI: You will be able to pursue what you have in mind. Time to
make new friends in a new environment is likely for some youngsters. A short
vacation is on the cards for those on a
budget. Dont try to reduce travelling time
by rash driving.
If you are in love you will have a reason to
smile. Young couples at loggerheads are
likely to kiss and make up.
CANCER: A family reunion is on

the cards and promises a lot of fun.
Passions will rage and make your
love life rock! Professionally, you will find
the week satisfactory. You will drive a hard
bargain and win a deal on your terms. Those
on the road may face difficulties. Keep the
property papers under lock and key and
keep official matters confidential. There will
be no problems on the health front.
LEO: Things turn favourable on the
professional front. More clientele
will translate into more profits. You
will feel much better by forgiving someones wrongdoing, than by taking action.
Spouse may suggest something that you
will readily agree to. Those opting to buy
property are likely to get the best deal. You
will be able to keep a lifestyle disease
under control. Someone will try to turn you
against a friend.
VIRGO: You will find family life
more than fulfilling. Caring nature
of partner will keep you happy and
satisfied. Spending an evening out with
lover is on the cards for some. The very
thought of travelling with your favourite
someone will be elating. A property issue
may be decided in your favour. Keep a
watch over your expenses as you tend to
go overboard while shopping. Health will
remain satisfactory.
LIBRA: Your attempts to get on

the right side of a superior will succeed. Someones advice may sound
distasteful, but it will be for your own
good. Consider the option of spending a
night out with lover carefully. Keep adequate buffer time for travelling for an
appointment or meeting. You may find the
attitude of a family relation quite perplexing. Lovers encouraging attitude will
motivate you to take the next step.
CAPRICORN: Things look up on

all fronts. You can be sought after
by some good people in your social
circle. Mental peace prevails as your spiritual side takes over. You will be much
more at ease handling issues that agitated
you earlier. Family bonding is likely to
grow strong through your own efforts.
Some of you are likely to make a mark on
the professional front. Your financial position remains strong.
SCORPIO: Luck turns favourable

and helps you make the right decisions at work. Financial prospects
brighten for those feeling the pinch.
Meeting new people will be more like
meeting of the minds. You are likely to initiate something you had wanted to on the
domestic front. Preoccupation with other
things can keep romance in the pending
tray. You will hold all the cards in a workplace situation to keep rivals at bay.
AQUARIUS : You can ponder

over something someone said pertaining to you or your family.
Some of you will get enough courage to
call a spade a spade at work. Good networking is likely to get you places. As of
now, you face no financial worries. Healthwise you will remain okay. Someone can
try to interfere in your love life, but you
will be able to sort it out with tact.
SAGITTARIUS: You can be the

king of your castle, but it is happiness that will elude you. Sarcasm
and taunts can be your lot if you dont
watch your step. Focussing too much on
your own self can blur what is happening
around you. Being out of touch with the
latest may affect your career. You may be
spurned in your attempts to woo someone
you like. Travelling will be exciting.
PISCES: Your suspicious nature will

not let you rest in peace this week.
You can be adamant on an issue others find illogical. Subordinates can experience your harsher side. Keeping up with the
Joneses can turn your focus towards better
earning. There is a storm brewing in your
relationship, so brace yourself for the cloudburst! Those in an affair on the sly may harbour fears of getting caught or blackmailed.
Health remains satisfactory.
Annual Predictions: For those born in this week

30th May, 2015
Ruled planet: Jupiter Ruled by no: 3
Traits in you: Ambition, dignity, intelligence, confidence
are your inborn qualities as you are under the influence of
the powerful planet Jupiter. You like being philosophical
and organized. You can impress anyone on the earth with
your intellectual behavior and talks. However, you need not
behave weird to impress others. It may be proved to be a
negative aspect in your nature.
Health this year: You may suffer with problems in your
eyes and mouth. So you need to get your periodic medical
checkup done on time and take prescribed medicines without negligence.
Finance this year: The rewards will also open the door for
you to earn much more than you are earning currently. You
may win a foreign contract or government contract this year.
It will enhance your business and earn a lot of money and
respect for you. You may travel abroad in the last half of the
year for business meetings. You should research well before
investing on anything. You may concede enough money on
renovation and construction activities.
Career this year: This year belongs to you as you will be
appreciated and awarded throughout the year for your professional achievements.
Romance this year: You will be in a good mood throughout the year as your partner will provide you with lots of
love, care and concern. If you are unmarried, this year may
end our bachelorhood or spinsterhood.
Lucky month: July, November, February and May
31st May, 2015
Ruled planet: Uranus Ruled by no: 4
Traits in you: The planet Uranus makes you active, dependable, energetic, systematic and honest. You have a
practical approach to lead a life. You are serious towards
you goals and dreams.
Health this year: Some of your relatives may fall sick suddenly and that may make you a bit bothered. You need to
drive carefully at night as there are chances of accident this
year.
Finance this year: This year is very productive for you in
terms of investments. You should put your money in real estate as it is very much rewarding this year. You will be benefited from you near and dear ones as they will support you
financially.
Career this year: You want to realize your aspirations by
working hard. You put your duties in high esteem. However, you have to control on your behavioural approach. You
should not show your stubbornness to your colleagues.
Romance this year: You will find extra love and concern
from your spouse. You may tie your knots if you are unmarried.
Lucky month: September, December, March, April

1st June, 2015
Ruled planet: Sun Ruled by no: 1
Traits in you: Due to the positive effects of your ruling
planet Sun, you will have the characteristics of a good human being. By nature, you are accountable, unique, courageous, committed, competitive, coordinated and intelligent.
You should work on your negative personality traits such as
selfishness, dependency and pessimism.
Health this year: You may remain worried for the health of
your spouse. Your will remain fit though it needs extra care.
You should regularly visit to your doctor for checkups. Try
to secure your parents health as they may suffer from frequent ailments throughout this year.
Finance this year: This year may bring you huge financial
benefits. You will enjoy the returns of your past investments. If you want to gain financial profits, you need to
work hard. You may invest in various profitable businesses.
However, you should not start new partnerships or trust new
friends.
Career this year: You may get the chance to complete all
your previous assignments and this will enhance your respect as a brilliant performer in your professional circuit. If
you are into a profession that demands creativity, then you
will be very successful this year as far as your career is concerned.
Romance this year: If you are yet to be in a committed relationship, you may get into one this year. If you are already
committed, then you may plan for marriage towards the end
of the year.
Lucky month: May, July, August and January
2nd June, 2015
Ruled planet: Moon Ruled by no: 2
Traits in you: As you are influenced by the Moon, you are
confident, emotional, imaginative, simple, creative, courteous, and warm hearted. You can easily make friends because
of your nature so you enjoy enormous respect amongst your
friends. You should control your mood swings and you
should not be lazy.
Health this year: You will enjoy a normal health this year.
However, you need to be in regular contact with your doctor to remain healthy. If you face some minor health issues,
you should take prescribed medication without neglecting.
Finance this year: You may go through a moderate financial condition this year. You past investments may not bring
you expected results. You may get minimal return from your
fixed savings and that would not make you secure financially. You should not lend money to anyone during this
year as you may feel the requirement of money at any point
of time.
Career this year: You will be given more responsibility this

year as you have proved yourself to be an efficient resource
for your employer. You may expect a promotion or salary
hike later this year. You should guide your ordinates to perform better and bring unexpected results for your organization.
Romance this year: You may find yourself among the wedding bells if you are eligible. Your love life with your partner will flourish with the love, care, and support of your
partner.
Lucky month: April, June, September and March
3rd June, 2015
Ruled planet: Jupiter Ruled by no: 3
Traits in you: Being ruled by Jupiter, you are courteous,
courageous, decisive, ambitious, disciplined, and realistic.
You are gifted with high imagination power, optimism, and
enthusiasm. However, behaving restless and dominating
may hamper your characteristics at times. You need to work
on your personality to make yourself better as an individual.
Health this year: You will be going through a not so very
good health this year around. You might need to take proper care of your health by frequently visiting your doctor for
medical checkups. You need to adhere to the medications
prescribed by the doctors for your betterment.
Finance this year: You may be able to improve your financial conditions by find an extra source of income. You
may go for new short term investments. You will be able to
obtain luxury and happiness by spending money.
Career this year: Your confidence will convert you into a
winner. You will be capable enough to overcome any challenge you need to face. The chances of your promotion and
transfer are high due to the organizational change.
Romance this year: You may get engaged to your love this
year. You will enjoy a great marital life with your beloved.
You will find your partner supportive enough in every situation. You should try and maintain a better relationship with
your partner to enjoy a better family life.
Lucky month: May, September, November, Feb.
4th June, 2015
Ruled planet: Uranus Ruled by no: 4
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Uranus blesses you with
a charismatic character. You are able to impress anyone in
your surroundings with your nature and attitude. You are
generous, peace loving, disciplined, and creative in nature.
Your hard work pays off every time and you get success as
a result.
Health this year: You would not remain satisfied as far
your health is concerned as minor illness may disturb you
throughout this year. To avoid these health issues, you need
to take care of your health by taking healthy food and med-
icines at time. You may go for yoga and meditation.

Finance this year:Financial gains will be plenty for you
this year as your past investments would pay off. You may
start few new business ventures. You may expand your business in foreign as well. Do not trust new people as they may
prove untrustworthy. Do not lend a big amount of money.
Career this year: Your efforts will bear results and you will
be appreciated with awards and rewards towards the end of
the year. You may get a promotion for your smart work and
efficiency.
Romance this year: If you are yet to be in a relationship,
this year is the ideal time to find a partner. You will get ample support from your spouse in any critical decision you
have to take. You should show your love to your partner as
it strengthens your relationship.
Lucky month: June, November, December, March
5th June, 2015
Ruled planet: Mercury
Ruled by no: As you are influenced by your ruling planet
Mercury, you are intelligent, unique, sensible, business oriented, dignified, optimistic and charismatic. You are also
pretty warmhearted and friendly. However, you need not be
restless and impatient always to get your things done.
Traits in you: You will go through minor health issues this
year. You have to take regular advice from the doctor and
practice healthy nutrition and diet to remain healthy. Meditation and yoga may help you in retaining a perfect health
throughout the year.
Health this year: Your new business alliances and partnerships will help you earn financial stability this year. You will
receive all the pending payments and money you gave away
as loans in the past. You should go for investing in real estates and share market.
Finance this year: You need to focus on your profession
and put your cent per cent effort to achieve your expected
goals. You will be appreciated by your peers and seniors for
your efficient output. You may be assigned extra responsibilities as you are very decisive and capable of performing
wonders.
Career this year: You need to focus on your profession and
put your cent per cent effort to achieve your expected goals.
You will be appreciated by your peers and seniors for your
efficient output. You may be assigned extra responsibilities
as you are very decisive and capable of performing wonders.
Romance this year: You should avoid any kind of conflict
with your beloved. Plan a long holiday with your spouse to
make your relationship stronger. If you are unmarried, you
should not get to a marital relationship this year as the
movement of your stars is not favorable for marriage.
Lucky month: April, May, September, December
30
May 30-June 5, 2015
SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
A Love That Lasts Forever
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
basic need for every human
being is to love and be
loved. Psychologists speak
of our human needs as food, clothing, shelter, and safety. They also
add the need for love.
Love is the state when two entities discover each other and find an
affinity of heart and soul. They recognize their essential oneness.
Love is the expression of that
recognition that two are really one.
On this planet, to find love we
often look in the outer worldlove
from our parents, siblings and relatives. As we grow older, we seek
love from our friends. In adulthood
we seek the love of our spouse and
our children. Unfortunately, at
sometime in life, we also learn that
these loves are fleeting.
Relationships change; children
move away; parents die.
Eventually, with each loss, the
loves of this world bring us sorrow.
At some point we turn to God for
relief from the suffering of the loss
of love. When God hears our cry,
God brings us to someone who can

show us that we always have Gods
love. Saints and Masters show us
that Gods love is eternal.
The Masters who have come
through the ages have shown us a
way to find lasting love within.
They teach us meditation on the
inner Light and Sound so we can
experience deeper states of Gods
love for us. Because we cannot see
God with our outer eyes, God communicates instructions to us
through a spiritual Master who
teaches us how to find God with
our inner eye.
Gods love is like sweet mango
nectar flowing into the cup of ones
By Sant Rajinder Singh Ji

Maharaj
arious scriptures from the East tell
us that we are born into this world
with a limited number of breaths.
When our numbered breaths are up, our soul
leaves the body at the time of death. What
we do with those breaths is up to us. We can
consider our number of breaths like capital
or a bank account given to us by God. Every
moment we make a choice about how to
spend our breaths. We can choose to spend
our capital wisely or foolishly.
In this regard, there is a story about a poor
man who was given a sandalwood forest by
a rich man for whom he did a favor. The
poor man did not realize the value of the
sandalwood and began chopping it up for
ordinary lumber to build houses and sell for
firewood. After many years, the rich man
returned to see how the poor man was
doing, expecting that he would now be rich
from the sale of the expensive sandalwood.
He was shocked to find the forest depleted
and the poor man still barely making ends
meet. Not having realized the high value he
could have gotten for the sandalwood, he
had squandered his treasure away. Likewise,
we have been given a sandalwood forest or
the gift of a number of breaths to benefit
ourselves, our family, and all creation.
Let us ask ourselves what we are trading
for each breath. Are we using our breaths for
soul. It is an all-pervading sweetness that permeates ones being. It

is filled with a life force or vibration that uplifts the soul.
We know how some people drink
alcohol to get drunk or take drugs
to become high. They use chemical
means to make themselves feel
intoxicated. Although they are
looking for happiness, they fail to
realize that no matter how inebriated one can become with drugs or
alcohol, that state cannot equal a
fraction of the intoxication one
receives when tasting Gods love
within. Additionally, chemical
intoxication does not last and has
serious side effects for which one
suffers. However, the intoxication

we receive from God is lasting and
has no dangerous side effects.
Whoever tastes of godly love
wants to be in that state again and
again. It uplifts the soul far beyond
this physical world and carries one
through regions of bliss and divine
love.
Our situation is similar to a fish
whose whole existence is living in
the sea. There is nowhere the fish
can survive other than the sea.
Wherever the fish swims, it finds
the sea surrounding it. Whether the
fish swims up or down, left or right,
it finds itself still in the sea.
Likewise, God is an infinite sea
When we choose to
love God instead of
the multiple
temporary loves in
the universe, we
discover a Beloved
who is with us even
beyond the gates
of death.
without any shore. God has no

beginning and no end. Like a fish
within the sea, our soul is always
immersed in God. There is no place
the soul can go where it is not surrounded by God. Whether the soul
is asleep or awake, standing or sitting, going right or left, inhabiting a
physical body in life or a spiritual
body after life, it is always
immersed in God. Just as a fish
cannot live without the sea, the soul
cannot live without God. We can
become aware of our situation and
experience the ocean of Gods love
at all times through meditation.
Once we realize that Gods love
for us is eternal, we begin to understand its uniqueness. Gods love for
us does not wither with time like a
flower, nor does it turn sour or sad
like some worldly relationships.
Gods love withstands all the tests
of time.
When we choose to love God
instead of the multiple temporary
loves in the universe, we discover a
Beloved who is with us even
beyond the gates of death. We will
go with God to Gods true Abode.
There, we will live in eternal wedlock with the true Beloved.
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

is an internationally recognized
spiritual leader and Master of
Jyoti Meditation who affirms the
transcendent oneness at the heart
of all religions and mystic traditions, emphasizing ethical living
and meditation as building blocks
for achieving inner and outer
peace. www.sos.org.
Every Breath is Important
By using our
breaths for
our spiritual
evolution and
to help others
we will make
the world we
live in a
better place..
something that will be truly helpful? To
answer this question we need to define our
purpose and goal in life. Whatever we
decide will lay down the tracks on which the
train of our life will go. Every person has
the ability to choose between going towards
God or away from God. Every person has
the choice of working towards goals of a
worldly nature or those of a spiritual nature.
First of all, let us be grateful and celebrate
that we have been born into this physical
existence as a human being. Recent scientif-
ic studies estimate that there are anywhere

from 7 to 9 million species of life. This
bears out what the ancient Hindus spoke of
when they said that there were 8.4 million
species. This is where the terms being on
the wheel of 84 and the cycle of births and
rebirths come from. Science is now confirming what ancient sages told us thousands of years ago.
Whether the actual number is 7 million,
8.4 million or 9 million, the fact remains
that there are millions of life forms. Being in
the human form is a reason to celebrate and

should not be taken for granted. It is in the
human form that the faculty exists to know
ourselves as soul and to know God. Let us
make the best of this opportunity and not
squander our life away.
Most people devote the entire gift of the
human form to feeding it, reproducing it,
and keeping it alive. However, our lives are
precious. Let us use the spiritual capital of
this birth and our remaining breaths to realize God. If we use our breaths for our own
spiritual development and for the betterment
of the lives of others, we will amass the spiritual rewards of eternal love, bliss and
peace. By using our breaths for our spiritual
evolution and to help others, we will make
the world we live in a better place.
Each day let us take some time to keep our
priorities straight. We can write out our plan
for the day, giving time to our spiritual priorities of meditation, selfless service, and
ethical living.
In this way, the sandalwood forest we
have been given by God can be invested to
bring more good for ourselves and for others. Let us be more aware of how we use
each moment of our lives. In this way our
spiritual success of reuniting our soul with
God can be achieved in the shortest possible
time. The choice is ours.
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