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our years ago, Indian Weekender

introduced the Kiwi-Indian Hall of
Famean initiative to honour individuals
who through their work and achievements
make the community proud.
In the inaugural year, MP Kanwaljit
Singh Bakshi was inducted into the Hall
of Fame for his contribution to the Indian
community in New Zealand as the first
Kiwi-Indian Member of Parliament.
Next year, the title was conferred upon
Auckland District Court judge Dr Ajit
Swaran Singhthe first Fiji-born Indian to
be appointed to the District Court Bench
in the country.
Last years recipient was Dr Kantilal
Naranji Patel for his extensive work
for the community through East
Tamaki
Healthcare
and
Nirvana
Health Group.
Unsung Hero of the Year
mong the individuals who make the

community proud, there are those
who work behind the scenes. They do not
work for name, money or any personal
gain; they work regardless of those aspects.
They dedicate their time and efforts to
serve the community, thus enriching the
lives of thousands.
Through Kiwi-Indian Unsung Hero
of the Year, Indian Weekender wants
to reward the accomplishments of
such jewels in the community. The
publication is looking for individuals
who work for the betterment of the
society but have not been recognised for
their efforts.
Introduced last year, the award was
conferred upon Pravin Patel for his
immense contribution towards the Indian
community in the country.
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Established 2013
Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame
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New Zealand for more than
150 years. Although a small
community, their contribution
towards
the
growth
and
development of their adopted
homeland has been immense in
every field, be it business, politics,
art or culture. In 2013, Indian
Weekender
announced
the
launch of its prestigious award to
celebrate the accomplishments
of Kiwi-Indians, and today, it
is the most coveted event in the
Indian community.
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Last year during KiwiIndian Hall of Fame, Indian

Weekender introduced two
new awards: Kiwi-Indian
Unsung Hero of the Year
and Kiwi-Indian Young
Achiever of the Year. The
nominations for this year
are closed, but heres a
look at the awards and the
recipients of the past
three years.
Young Achiever of the Year
he Kiwi-Indian Young Achiever

award aims to encourage young KiwiIndians and support their endeavours. The
younger generation plays an important
role in the community. Their talent,
contribution and ingenious ideas help the
society to progress forward. They are a
force to reckon with.
The award acknowledges and promotes
the achievements of young Indians,
between the age of 16 and 35, living in
New Zealand. It is a way to celebrate
the transformational work done by
youngsters and to motivate them to scale
greater heights. In its first year, the
award was bestowed upon the talented
Prerna Sinha, who also goes by the name
of DJ Charlie, for her achievements in
the field of music at the young age of
27 years.
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New programme to support

migrant women goes live in
Papakura next month
Global Finance appoints industry

business expert to board
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lobal
Financial
Services (GFS) last
week announced the
appointment of Mike Skilling to
the GFS board.
Mr Skilling is a well-regarded
professional director currently
serving on several company
boards in New Zealand including
SBS Bank. He has held a number
of executive roles at BNZ
including the General Manager of
Business and Rural Banking. He
has also held the role of General
Manager Customer Service at
PGC Wrightsonone of New
Zealands leading providers to the
agricultural sector.
He was a founding director
of The ICEHOUSE and Board
Member and Trustee for eight
years. He has been a judge of
the Auckland Business Awards
through the Auckland Chamber
of Commerce and ATEED
(Auckland Tourism, Events and
Economic Development) as well
as the Indian Business Awards. He
is a Fellow of Financial Services
Institute of Australasia (FINSIA)
and a Chartered Member of the
NZ Institute of Directors.
Mikes appointment follows
nine
months
of
intensive
organisational development work
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Mr Skilling joins
another well-known
industry professional,
Darrin Franks, on the
board making for a
solid level and broad
range of financial
service expertise
to help guide GFS
on the next stage
of its strategic
development
at GFS and the timing is excellent
as we look to springboard off this
work in the 2016 financial year,
says GFS Managing Director
Ajay Kumar. The depth and
Mike Skilling with GFS Managing Director

Ajay Kumar
breadth of experience Mike has

across retail, private, rural and
business banking sectors, together
with insurance, managed funds
and finance companies means his
contribution to the governance of
GFS will be immense and we are
very pleased to have him as part
of our team.
Mr Skilling joins another wellknown industry professional,
Darrin Franks, on the board
making for a solid level and
broad range of financial service
expertise to help guide GFS on
the next stage of its strategic
development. Mr Franks has
been providing management and
strategy consultancy to GFS since
August 2015.
unique
programme
to support and enable
migrant
women
to
become fully connected and
participatory in their local
communities is being organised
by the Auckland Regional Migrant
Services (ARMS) in partnership
with Community Expression.
Social
change
advocate
Dheepa Nedungat, founder of
Community Expression, will hold
three sessions for a small group of
women who have found it difficult
to settle into their new lives.
The Finding Our Voice and
Identity programme, partly
funded by the Papakura Local
Board, will see the group explore
barriers to self-expression to
becoming
empowered
and
connected to their communities,
while
also
building
new
relationships
with
other
migrant women.
During the three sessions,
women
will
explore
their
identities through sharing stories,
identify their challenges, design
strategies and actions to address
those challenges and share their
experiences of addressing those
challenges, while setting up
process to continue to support
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each other. The programme

will be in English and will be
on Wednesdays, June 8, 15 and
22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in
the main room of the Papakura
Old Central School at 57 Wood
Street, Papakura.
Nedungat, the founder of
the Centre for Community
Expression,
an
experiential
education
provider,
is
an
experienced
facilitator
and
mentor. She says, Womens
discussion groups offer a truly
transformative medium where
women can feel companioned
in
their
quest
toward
self-expression.
ARMS
Regional
Communications
Manager
Chinwe Akomah, who has
organised the workshop with
Nedungat, adds, One of the key
things, we at ARMS are trying
to address, is the social and
emotional isolation of women.
Isolated migrant women often
experience extreme loneliness,
face cultural barriers and are
coping with a host of other issues
as both a result and a cause of
isolation. We hope this workshop
will support migrant women in
overcoming these barriers and
feel more integrated, empowered
and secure in Auckland.
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Tighter regulation of
overseas education agents
needed
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he recent TV3 investigation

into the fraudulent applications
being submitted to the Mumbai
Immigration office has revealed the
dark side of some of the agents in India
who use false documentation to come to
New Zealand.
However, it is heartening to know that
the government agencies, Immigration NZ/
NZQA, and other institutions are doing
what is necessary to address this issue.
The very fact that so many fraudulent
applications have been detected is a positive
sign that the measures to detect fraud
are working.The education sector is
worth $3 billion with close to 30,000 jobs
nationwide. The issue, therefore, needs
to be approached cautiously with wellconsidered steps towards correction rather
than sensational sabre-rattling, especially
in the media.
The responsibility lies with all
stakeholders of the industry beginning
with students, providers, and government
agencies such as ENZ, NZQA, and INZ to
identify and report any activity or entity
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than accusatory finger pointing.
The approach should be to establish a
well-thought-out, long-term solution in the
form of education and regulation of agents,
applied in a culture specific context i.e. not a
Kiwi solution to a problem in India.
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Auckland Writers Festival 2016

breaks all records
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Growing violence in
South Auckland
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he City of Sails placed itself at the

heart of the written world this
week as the Auckland Writers
Festival broke its own record, with 63,000
seats filled.
People young and old flocked to the
festival, which is celebrating its 16th year, to
see more than 150 novelists, playwrights,
song
writers,
scientists,
historians,
childrens
writers,
critics,
editors,
illustrators and poets from New Zealand
and around the world.
Auckland Writers Festival director Anne
OBrien says the enormous enthusiasm
and increasing attendance is testament
to peoples hunger for more substantive
conversations and deeper engagement with
the world and each other.
We know that literate citizens live
better lives and build better worlds and
were delighted to have played our part
in cultivating literacy in the country
over the last six days. This has been the
most astonishing six days. The laughter,
energy, ideas, conversations, tears and
joy from audience and writers alike has
been remarkable.
People travelled from around the
country and across the world, and left
inspired with stories of change, hope and
a deeper understanding of the role they, as
individuals, can play in the world.
Headline star and iconic feminist,
Gloria Steinem, sent her sold out audience
home with messages of empowerment and
wisdom. John Boyne, Hanya Yanagihara,
Jeanette Winterson, Susie Orbach and
Michel Faber moved their audiences to
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tears. Omar Musa and King Kapisi brought
the house down and The Emergency Poet
ran out of poemcetocol. More than 5,000
students poured into the Town Hall for
inspiring sessions with writers from Britain,
the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Fostering a love of reading and books,
and a belief in all young people that they,
too, can write their stories is hugely
important to us, says Ms OBrien.
The cream of this countrys writers
received honours at the Ockham New
Zealand Book AwardsNew Zealands
premier literary awardswhich were
hosted by the festival for the first time this
year. Stephen Daisley was presented with
the inaugural $50,000 Acorn Foundation
Literary Prize.
Vincent OSullivan was honoured for
his lifes work in writing with a pounamu
paper knife created by Coromandel artist
Chris Charteris as the festivals 2015
Honoured New Zealand Writer and this
years Sarah Broom Poetry Prize went to
Elizabeth Smither.
ommunity leaders met with Hon.

Judith Collins on Wednesday, May
18, at her office in Papakura to
express their concerns with regards to the
growing violence in South Auckland.
The leadership was
unanimous in stating
that the police do an
excellent job at the
crime incident, but at
this stage, they were
not happy with the
police reaching the
crime scene.
The Minister was
informed of the low
confidence level of
small
businesses
and
requested
for
increasing
the
police
numbers
even
if
that
meant
additional recruitment.
The leaders stated that they would
be running a petition for harsher
penalties for lower age offenders
the ones who are leading the crime
stats currently.
While the minister acknowledged the
issues at hand, she advised the attendees
that further measures are being taken to
handle the situation better.
Calum Penrose shared the concerns
and expressed his desire for a continued
dialogue. Mr Bakshi advised that the
government is coming down heavy on
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the gangsthe root cause of many of

these crimes.
The community leaders hailed the
minister for her tough stances in the
past and also requested that some laws
be imposed to stop operation of dairies
and liquor stores beyond 7 p.m. and with

minimal operation hours on weekends.
The community will be canvassing for a
nationwide support to seek commensurate
justice. A national meeting is being
organised on June 11 in South Auckland.
The meeting was attended by MP
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Councillor Calum
Penrose, senior community leader Prithipal
Singh, NZICA President Bhiku Bhana,
community leaders/retailers Beant Singh
and Mohanpal, Global Indians President
Jasbir Singh Dhillon, community activist
and business owner Anita Badwal and
Manukau Indian Association President
Veer Khar.
Entries open for the 2016

Childrens Music Awards
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ntries are now open for the most

colourful music awards in New
Zealandthe Childrens Music
Awards. The Childrens Music Awards
champion the music of home-grown
songwriting heroesthose crazy, cool (and
occasionally piratical) cats that write music
for our youngest music fans.
Entries are now open in the
following categories:
APRA Best Childrens Music Song
Recorded Music NZ Best Childrens
Music Album
What Now Best Childrens Music Video
The winner of the APRA Best Childrens
Music Song Award takes home a $1,000
cash prize and a $10,000 grant to go
towards the production of a song and a
music video, courtesy of NZ On Air.
Its a wonderful thing to be able to
engage, teach, inspire and amuse children
through music says Victoria Kelly, APRA
AMCOS Director of NZ Member Services.
Its also a rare talent to be able to shape
songs with such universal appeal that they
get our kids knees jerking and their little
feet tapping. We feel very lucky to be able
to support these extremely talented writers
through the New Zealand Childrens
Music Awards.
To coincide with the Childrens Music
Awards, APRA AMCOS will be releasing
the fourth instalment of Music Boxa
promotional album featuring the top
entries to the awards. Music Box 2016 will
be distributed free to libraries and childfriendly organisations across the country

and will be available as a free download
from the APRA AMCOS website. Keep
an eye on www.apraamcos.co.nzduring
August for details.
All awards will be presented in August.
Entry forms are available through the
APRA AMCOS website:www.apraamcos.
co.nz. Entries close atmidnight on Sunday,
June 12.
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Lord Buddhas birthday celebrations

in Christchurch
Gaurav Sharma
FoGuang Shan
and BLIA
idely known as Buddha Jayanti

or Buddha Purnima in India,
the festivalone of the most
sacred in Buddhismfalls on May 21 this
year and celebrates the birth, along with
commemorating the enlightenment and
death of Lord Buddha.
Co-organised by the Buddhas Light
International Association (BLIA) South
Island NZ and FoGuang Shan Buddhist
Temple (FGSBT) South Island, the
residents of Christchurch were introduced
to the ideals of Humanistic Buddhism at the
Buddhas Birthday Festival Future & Hope
Prayer Ceremony at FGSBT on May 14.
Whether it was the Prayer of Many
Faithsin which representatives of Islam,
Hinduism, Christianity and Buddhism
recited prayers in praise of godor Consul
General of China in Christchurch Jin
Zhijian praising BLIAs efforts in promoting
the Chinese and Buddhist culture, it was a
day of celebrating a life whose values and
truths surpass religion, race or political
differences. If you look at our founder,
Master Hsing Yuns work in China in just
over the last year, whether it was at the
World Buddhist Forum in Wuxi or at Boao
Asian Forum or at the Vegetarian Expo, you
Left: Venerable Man Shin, Abbess of Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple NZ, addressing the gathering
Right: Rakesh Naidoo, Strategic Advisor of Human Rights Commission, at Buddhas birthday celebrations
will find that BLIA has always tried to build

bridges between humanity, said See Shen
Lee, President, BLIA South Island.
This is exactly what Buddha taught
us. Thats why it doesnt matter whether
you are from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
or Macau, Buddhism is always a common
thread everyone agrees on, added Zhijian.
Explaining the concept of humanistic
Buddhism
further,
Venerable
Man
Shin, Abbess of FGSBT NZ noted, It is
cultivating ones compassion through
daily practice. When we actualise altruism,
joyfulness, and universality, we are
practising the fundamental concepts of
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humanistic Buddhism. Similar sentiments

were expressed by Inspector Rakesh
Naidoo, Strategic Advisor of Human
Rights Commission, who added, The
inter-faith ceremony that we witnessed
here is indicative of New Zealand, which
encompasses a diverse range of culture
and religion. And we, at Human Rights
Commission, are always at hand to play an
enabling role in this regard.
The celebrations for Buddhas birthday
included tea meditation, multicultural
performances, vegetarian stalls, baby
blessing ceremony, sutra transcription, and
bathing the Buddha depiction.
rand Master Hsing Yun is the

founder of the FoGuang Shan
International Buddhist Order, which
promotes Humanistic Buddhism. Born
in 1927 in Jiangsu in China, Yun moved
to Taiwan during the Cultural Revolution
where he started the Order. He also
founded Buddhas Light International
Association (BLIA) in 1992.
Siddarthathe Musical
o mark Lord Buddhas birthday as

well as reopening of FoGuang Shan
Buddhist temple in Christchurch after
three years of repairs, Siddharthathe
Musical was performed at Isaac Theatre
Royal on May 10. Adapted from the
book, The Biography of Sakyamuni
Buddha, written by Venerable Master
Hsing Yun in 1950, the musical depicts
the life of Buddha, from his birth
to enlightenment.
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Jayanti in the Swaminarayan temple

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secretary of BAPS in Christchurch,
informed, We had a gathering of about
180 people, who participated in bhajankirtans. Some dance acts depicting the life
story of Bhagwaan Swaminarayan were
also performed.
Strengthening
relations within the
community
stablished in 1997, the Indian Social and

Cultural Club (ISCC) in Christchurch
organised ISCC Connects 2016 on May 14. It
was a fun-filled evening with games such as
Antakshari played, which was followed by
dinner. Thomas Shaji Kurian, treasurer of
ISCC informed, We are launching our new
Fiji Association
pledges support for
Winston victims
ISCC ConnectsHum Saath Saath Hain programme organised

by the Indian Social and Cultural Club in Christchurch
website todayiscc.org.nz. It will be a great

step in connecting the Indian community
across Christchurch and in New Zealand.
Visibly pleased with the turnout of more
than a 100, Natu Rama, President of ISCC
added, Apart from organising a bigger and
better Diwali this year, we aim to be able to
provide the members of ISCC a permanent
home in Christchurch soon.
he Christchurch Fiji Association held

its Annual General Meeting on May 15
with Jagat Singh re-elected as president,
Suresh Mudliar as vice-president and
Vinesh Prakash as the secretary. This year,
our focus is to ensure the proper delivery of
relief materials and funds collected from
Christchurch towards the Cyclone Winston
victims. One of our trustee[s] will be
going to Fiji soon to sort out the logistics,
said Prakash.
CMC re-elects KiwiIndian as president
hristchurch Multicultural Council

(CMC) had its Annual General
Meeting on May 12. Surinder Tandon
Christchurch Multicultural Councils executive

committee members
was re-elected as president and Tandon

and Shirish Paranjape was elected as the
vice-president. Other Kiwi-Indians on
the councils new executive committee
include Manish Pandey, Dhruva Khanal,
Churchill Bhardwaj, Ram Kodukula and
Archna Tandon.
Christchurch Multicultural Council
along with our national office, Multicultural
NZ, has been campaigning for greater
representation of ethnic communities on
the School Board of Trustees.
We encourage members to consider
standing in this Junes elections for schools
Board of Trustees, said Tandon, detailing
CMCs vision for the coming year.
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as information on individual diabetes
treatment plan and lifestyle, said Sandeep
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ntries for the 2016 Prime Ministers

Business
Scholarships,
which
offer New Zealand executives the
opportunity to improve their skills at the
worlds best business schools, opened on
Monday, May 16.
Economic Development Minister Steven
Joyce says the scholarships are designed for
senior managers, executives and business
owners looking to expand their expertise by
studying internationally.
These
scholarships
enable
businesspeople
to
develop
their
management and international business

leadership skills, in order to make their
firms at home more internationally
competitive, Mr Joyce says.
Having our business leaders study
overseas brings tangible benefits to New
Zealand businesses and helps to grow the
economy. If we increase the number of
business leaders with a global mind-set,
our businesses are better able to operate to
international best practices.
The scholarships also support New
Zealand businesspeople to develop valuable
networks and overcome the challenges

that our small economy and distance from
overseas markets can pose.
The scholarships cover up to half of
the course-related costs of attending an
international learning institution.
Last years scholarships saw 13
successful recipients enrol at prestigious
international institutions such as Harvard,
Wharton and Columbia Business Schools,
Stanford University, and the London
School of Economics. Applications for the
scholarships close on June 27.
as a gateway for our exports into mainland

China. Its plan to operate services direct to
Auckland shows that Hong Kong Airlines
sees our strong relationship continuing
to grow.
This proposal is the 19th new air route

confirmed over the last yearshowing the
governments liberal air services policy
is making it easier for New Zealanders to
travel and trade, Mr Bridges says.
Govt welcomes Hong Kong Airlines announcement
ransport Minister Simon Bridges

has welcomed Hong Kong Airlines
announcement that it intends to
operate daily flights between Hong Kong
and Auckland from November this year.
This announcement further strengthens
the flourishing tourism and trade between
New Zealand, Hong Kong and mainland
China, Mr Bridges says.
Hong Kong is small but densely
populated, with a population of 6.5 million.
Nearly 40,000 Hong Kong residents visited
New Zealand in the past 12 months, and
[more than] 17,000 New Zealanders chose
Hong Kong as their main travel destination.
Hong Kong is an important trading
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join 72 other botanic gardens,
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Australia and New Zealand in a world-first
mass open day.
Jack Hobbs, event ambassador and
Manager of Auckland Botanic Gardens,
says the open day, designed to celebrate
botanic gardens, gives all Australians and
New Zealanders a chance to see how these
important public gardens conserve plants.
We depend on plants to enhance our
environment and our lives, he says. At
Auckland Botanic Gardens we hold a huge
collection of more than 10,000 plants that
thrive in our local conditions.
These are the best kinds of plants
for Aucklanders to come and see before
choosing plants for their own gardens.
Special events are planned for the
open day in Manurewa, including guided
walks with tree expert Mike Wilcox, and
workshops on choosing trees, hosted
by Jack.
Every tree has its own story, from the
hardy liquid amber that displays brilliant
red, orange and purple leaves in the
autumn, to the aromatic lemon myrtlea
gift from our friends across the Tasman,
says Jack.
Curator Bec Stanley will lead a walk at
1:30 p.m., sharing fascinating insights into
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Children particularly enjoy a day out
in the gardens, so well have fun treetrail scavenger hunts and tree-themed
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them, says Jack.
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NEW ZEALAND
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$15m to boost Kiwi hi-tech

Kanwaljit Bakshi
National List MP
udget 2016 is investing an

additional $15 million over four
years for two schemes that speed
up the commercialisation of clever hitech ideas developed by scientists and
entrepreneurs around New Zealand.
Funding for the Pre-Seed Accelerator
Fund will increase by $12 million over
four years, taking the governments total
investment through the scheme to $8.3

million a year. Funding for the development
of new accelerator programmes will be
extended following the schemes initial
three-year pilot, with new investment of $3
million over the next four years. Building
Innovation and supporting the development
of export-oriented high-tech businesses is a
key pillar of this National-led Governments
Business Growth Agenda.
The
Pre-Seed
Accelerator
Fund
supports innovative scientists to turn
the results of their cutting-edge research
into
commercially
viable
products
and businesses.
Pre-Seed projects have so far generated
$188.2 million in revenue, have resulted
in many new companies being formed,
and have the potential to generate export

revenues of up to $3 billion.
Callaghan Innovations Accelerator
Programme is in a suite of services to support
start-up companies to be investment ready.
The pilot programme has supported
the rapid formation of early stage digital
technology start-ups and is typically
run over three months. Of the 38 teams
that completed the first four Accelerator
programmes, run by Lightning Lab, 18
have so far secured a total of more than
$8 million in private investment. The New
Zealand economy is rapidly becoming
more diverse and more focused on
hi-tech innovation.
Our software and software services
industry, for example, is growing at the
Black
Orange
rate of nine per cent a year, with exports

growing at 14 per cent annually.
Last month Statistics New Zealand
released their 2015 Business Operations
Survey, showing that business spending on
R&D grew by more than 15 per cent in one
year, from $1.25 billion in 2014 to $1.44
billion last year.
Also last month, the Angel Association
reported that angel investors had invested
a record $61.2 million into 94 New Zealand
start-ups in 2015a nine per cent increase
on the previous record set in 2014.
More information on governments
investment in Kiwi hi-tech innovation
can be accessed on www.beehive.govt.nz/
release/budget-2016-15m-commercialisenew-kiwi-hi-tech
Londons Mayoral elections offer a sense of hope

David Shearer
Labour MP
his month in Britain, Sadiq Khan

was elected to be the Mayor of
London. Its heart-warming to
see someone from such a humble family
backgrounda bus-driver father and a
seamstress motherbe elected to such a
prestigious position.
To win, he rose above what many people
have described as a dirty campaign, where
various insinuations were made about him,
some linked to connections through his
Muslim faith. Fortunately, those tactics

failed, with the majority of Londoners
seeing them for what they actually were
unethical. His election has highlighted how
things are changing. Two anecdotes show
this, one for the better and sadly one for
the worse. When Khan was appointed to
the Privy Council, Buckingham Palace rang:
Youre going to be sworn in before the Queen,
what sort of Bible would you like? I said: I
swear on the Quran, Im a Muslim. They
said: We havent got a Quran, can you bring
your own?
So I went to Buckingham Palace with
my Quran and afterwards they returned it
and I said: No, can I leave it here for the
next person. This lovely story shows that
the definition of what it means to be British is
coming of age. The diversity of

Britains population is being recognised
and appreciated. Auckland is now the
second most diverse city in the world.
I like to think we are ahead of London in
recognising and appreciating our diversity.
The second anecdote concerns Sadiq Khans
recent engagement with Donald Trump and
is in complete contrast.
Khan stated after his election that he
might have to visit the United States before
January just in case Donald Trump was
elected president because Trump has said
he would ban all Muslims from entering the
US, which would effectively bar Khan from
the country. On hearing of Khans election
to mayor, Trump promised to make an
exception for Khan.
But Khan stated he doesnt want to be

an exception, saying, This isnt just about
me; its about my friends, my family and
everyone who comes from a background
similar to mine, anywhere in the world.
The exchange reminds me of South
Africas apartheid policy and those bleak
years when Maori were made honorary
whitesan exceptionin order to travel
to South Africa for rugby. It seems Trump
would like to take us back to those dark
days, a time when even as Kiwis we forgot
our principles and values.
Meanwhile, congratulations to Sadiq
Khan and the sense of hope he represents
for the people of London who voted him in.
Budget 2016: investing in our growing economy

Parmjeet Parmar
National List MP
he government will publish

its budget in coming week on
Thursday, May 26.
In a pre-budget speech, Finance Minister

Bill English indicated his eighth budget
will have a strong focus on investing in our
growing economy.
It will advance the Business Growth
Agenda put in place over recent years to
facilitate a more productive, innovative and
competitive economy.
It will include another significant
expansion in investment on essential
social services to meet the needs of our
growing population while offering more

direct support for the most vulnerable
New Zealanders.
Highlights of Budget 2016 include:
$124million extra funding for
Pharmac so that it can fund more
lifesaving drugs for more New
Zealanders, including treatments for
advanced melanoma and Hepatitis C
$15 million for more teacher aides for
special needs children in schools
$46 million to support victims and
prevent sexual violence with new
frontline crisis response services
for victims and rehabilitation
programmes for offenders
$41million for 3,000 emergency
housing placements a year across the
country so people have access to a
roof over their head when they need it
the most and sets aside
$187million for an important small
business tax package which, among
other things, will reform provisional
tax to give 110,000 small businesses
a pay-as-you-go option from April 1,
2018
$97 million for health research
funding, and increase of 56% over
previous years
Ensuring New Zealand stays on track
for sustained employment and economic
growth was top-of-mind as ministers

finalised the content of Budget 2016. We
had to be confident our choices would
strengthen the economys engine room, at
the same time as we address a social need.
The economic outlook is for solid,
sustained growth over the next few years.
That means New Zealands economic
outlook has strengthened since Treasurys
last forecasts published before Christmas,
even as theres been a downgrading of the
overall international economic outlook.
But we must never be complacent. While
New Zealands economy is outperforming
many others, and while our public finances
are significantly stronger than many others,
the National-led government is committed
to a prudent fiscal management approach.
The government is focused on reducing
the Crowns debt burden. At this point,
National has prioritised additional Crown
debt-repayment in 2017 ahead of setting
aside money in next years budget for tax
cuts. Our focus is on New Zealands longterm interests in an uncertain international
economic environment.
As the party committed to cutting
personal taxes over time, New Zealanders
can look forward to National delivering
tax cuts as the fiscal situation further
strengthens in the future.
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FIJI
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President joins 137th Girmit Day celebrations

The rich culture of the Girmit era was celebrated in style
large crowd of people

from different cultural
backgrounds attended
the 137th Girmit Day celebrations
at Syria Park in Nausori last week.
Chief guest for the event,
President Major-General (Retd)
Jioji Konrote, and the Minister
for Education, Mahendra Reddy,
were garlanded and then taken
for a tour around the park to
visit the tents of various groups
showcasing the history of
the Girmitiyas. President Konrote
said we all had benefitted from
the labour and sacrifice of those
first indentured labourers who
arrived into Fiji.
I must say that Fiji has
progressed significantly since the
arrival of the Grimitiyas.
The vision to make a
better living, to pursue better
opportunities,
to
provide
educational opportunities for
their children at that time were
some of the significant strides
they made to make things better,
not only for themselves, but for
the nation as a whole, President
Konrote said.
Minister Reddy said it was an
honour to see how our youth were
taking an interest in the history
Girmit Day celebrations at Syria Park in Fiji
of our nation. In this era of

technology, it is so good to see the
young children taking out their
time to attend this celebration
today and to know more about
how our ancestors arrived and
survived in Fiji, Mr Reddy said.
Indian High Commissions
first secretary JJ Varma said it
was important to know how their
ancestors came to Fiji and the
struggles they faced.
This is the spirit the Girmitiyas
brought to the country and they
have contributed strongly in
building Fiji to what it is today.
There is a need for us, who are
descendants of the Girmitiyas,
to remember their sacrifice and
recognise them, Mr Varma said.
He also emphasised on
the growth of facilities and
technology orientation towards
modern things but that should not
stop anyone from remembering
Indian labourers sent to Fiji
Hard work paid in the end with a distinct IndoFijian culture
Girmitiya forebears had a simple life but had a

vision for their children
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Sneha wants to know her origin
neha Sharma of Pundit

Shreedhar
Maharaj
College in Wainibokasi,
Nausori wants to know which
part of India her ancestors
came from.
I came here after learning
about the National Archives
new programme through which
I can know which part of India
my ancestors were from, Sneha
said. She said she thanked her
ancestors efforts, sacrifice and
contribution to make their
future better.
The Girmitiyas sacrificed
their families, their friends back
in India to come and make a
better future here for themselves;
they also helped our country to
progress, she said. Students
their
ancestors.
The
first
Girmitiyas arrived in Fiji in the
ship named Leonidas on May
14, 1879. And more than 61,000
people from India were brought
to Fiji to work on the sugar cane
plantations under the Girmit
or Indentured Labour system
between 1879 and 1926. The
Girmitiyas were brought to Fiji
on a contract for five years and
From left to right: Angeline Naicker, Sneha

Sharma, and Shayal Prasadstudents of
Pandit Shreedhar Maharaj College
of the Wainibokasi school

performed a musical drama on
the Girmitiyas at Syria Park. Year
10 student Angeline Naicker
said she grew up listening
to the history of Girmitiyas
(Indentured labourers) from
her grandparents.
I always had an interest
in knowing how my ancestors
came to Fiji and how they lived
when they were brought to Fiji,
she said.
upon completion were given a
choice to either return to India
at their own expense or stay
in Fiji.
The majority opted to stay and
they and their descendants have
become major contributors to
the economic, social and political
development of Fiji.
lMore stories on Page 14 and 15
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FIJI
10 facts about Girmitiyas
ay 14 is marked as
Indian Arrival Day in
Fiji as well as Girmit
Day. On May 14, 1879, the ship
called the Leonidas arrived in
Fiji carrying the first wave of
indentured labourers from India.
The system of bringing people
as indentured labourers came to
be widely known as Girmit, which
is actually a mispronunciation
of the word agreement by
the
non-English
speaking
Indian labourers.
Here are 10 facts about
Girmitiyas in Fiji:
The people who were brought
as indentured labourers had
to struggle a lot in their initial
days. They were not only made
to work in the plantations
but also tortured and the

confounding fact is that there
is no acknowledgement of their
struggles and life in the history
of Girmitiyas.
Life was so hard for them;
even the food was rationed
for them as they had to face
corporal punishment and even
imprisonment in case of failure
to complete allotted tasks.
Eventually, after working for five
years as indentured labourers or
free labourers, they were given
the choice to return to India but
at their own expenses. Majority
of people had to stay as they
could not afford the expenses
for the journey.
After their agreements or
Girmits got expired, they
developed their own small
Red
businesses in the towns and

gradually began to spring up.
They developed a koin
language (also known as Fiji
Hindi) formed from different
languages and dialects of India
and further many Fijian and
English words were included.
This language is now spoken by
Fiji Indians and also in different
communities of Fiji where there
is majority of Indians.
The Arya Samaj in Fiji founded
the Fiji Samachar in 1923 in
order to spread their views. It
influenced girls education and
advocated Hinduism.
One thing which is good about
Fiji Hindus is that they lack
caste system. This might have
happened because they all
worked together as indentured
From left to right: British High Commissioner

to Fiji Roderick Drummond, Commander of the
Republic of Fiji Military Forces Rear Admiral
Viliame Naupoto and Fijian High Commissioner
to the UK Jitoko Tikolevu
Commander to inform the Chief

of Defence Staff of the progress
regarding Fijis rehabilitation
efforts post Cyclone Winston
and the assistance received from

other development partners.
The courtesy call to the Chief of
Defence Staff was the first official
visit by Rear Admiral Naupoto in
his capacity as the Commander
of RFMF.
The
Commander
was
accompanied by Fijian High
Commissioner
to
the
UK
Jitoko Tikolevu. The British
High Commissioner to Fiji
Roderick Drummond was also
there at Whitehall to greet
the delegation. Sir Nicholas
Houghton as the CDS is the
Orange
The Sri Siva Subramaniya temple is a Hindu temple in Nadi, Fiji
labourers in plantations and

everyones
profession
was
revolving around farming.
Being rooted to their culture,
Indo-Fijians celebrate festivals
like Holi, Ram Navami and
Diwali out of which Diwali is a
public holiday.
Fiji Hindus have been building
Fiji, UK to strengthen defence co-operation
ommander
of
the
Republic of Fiji Military
Forces Rear Admiral
Viliame Naupoto paid a courtesy
visit to the United Kingdom Chief
of Defence Staff (CDS) General
Sir Nicholas Houghton at the
Ministry of Defence headquarters
in London.
Discussions
focused
on
how best Fiji and the UK could
strengthen
current
defence
co-operation
initiatives
including capacity development
opportunities for the RFMF. It
was also an opportunity for the
Black
professional head of the British

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uniformed military adviser to the
Secretary of State for Defence and
the Prime Minister.
The Chief of the Defence
Staff is based at the Ministry of
Defence and works alongside the
Permanent Under Secretary, the
Ministrys senior civil servant.
Commander Naupoto will
also be in London for the
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includes the performance of the
45-member RFMF band that had
arrived in London last week.
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In addition to temples, various
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iji Airways has acquired a bestin-class

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This investment of FJ$1 million is a first
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The Multi-Function Training Device
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The Multi-Function Training Device will
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training before progressing to full simulator
training, which is conducted at overseas
Awards programme launched
ilm Fiji launched 2016 Kula Award

Programme last week. This year
marks the 11th year of the awards,
which was established in 2006 to provide
a development ground for high school
students for the audio/visual industry. The
Kula Films this year will continue in its
three streams of creative arts, film, dance
and art.
Minister for Industry, Trade and
Tourism Faiyaz Koya said, Film Fiji
through Kula Film Award has been
showcasing Fijis best talents specifically
for the younger generation.
Over the years we have seen an increase
in quality of films and dance performance
and art. Its bigger and better every year.
The audio/visual industry is very
important to the Fijian economy because
it brings in direct foreign investment,
he said. Mr Koya said the money spent
on productions was mainly for goods and
Source: Fiji Sun

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training facilities. Fiji Airways says having

this facility in-house will thus result in the
acceleration of pilot training time.
It will be utilised for mainly procedures
training, replicating aspects of the cockpit.
Fiji Airways Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer Andre Viljoen says
they are proud and excited about this new
acquisition, which will greatly benefit not
only their pilots, but also their airline as
a whole.
From left to right: Film Fiji chief executive officer Dallas Foon,
Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Faiyaz Koya, Film Fiji
Chairperson Shaenaz Voss, and Embassy of France, Cultural
Officer Fanny Louvel during the launch of the 2016 Kula Awards
services purchased in Fiji, helping Fijian

businesses and providing employment
for Fijians. Successful audio/visual
markets have people who are qualified
and experienced in this industry. The
Kula Awards is an avenue for high school
students to gain exposure to it and grow the
resources and skill base for the industry,
he said. Film Fiji chief executive officer
Dallas Foon said, Entries for all three
streams submitted in the past have been of
the highest quality.
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FIJI
A motivational speech to mark Girmit Day
Red
Black
Orange
tudents of Visama Sanatan Primary

School were motivated by the
Girmitiyas story during their Girmit
Day celebrations on Friday, May 13.
Sharkshi Singh, a Year 8 student, gave a
brief speech on the Girmit Divas focusing
on their journey from India to Fiji and their
hard work in the sugar industry.
I feel fortunate of knowing where our
ancestors came from, how their journey
was, although many died at sea while
travelling to Fiji, and how they laboured in
Fiji, she said.
Lascas first,
Girmit later
any people believe that the first

Indians who arrived in Fiji came
under the indentured system or
Girmit. However they are mistaken.
The Fiji Times report says that the
forefathers who arrived in Fiji on May 14,
1879, under the indentured system were
not the first Indians to set foot on this land.
Records revealed that Indians set foot
in Fiji about 70 years before the arrival
of the first group of indentured labourers
from India. It was during the sandalwood
trading era, which saw ships from various
countries coming to Fiji to trade.
According to the Fiji Museums 1984s
edition of its quarterly journal, the
DomodomoFijis first Indian settlers were
the lascars.
One of the lascars was reported to
have hired himself out to various chiefs
as a mercenary during the inter-tribal
wars in the early 1800s. Lascars are partPortuguese Indian sailors drawn from
seafaring communities along the Malabar
Coast, which is a long and narrow coastline
on the south-western shoreline of the
mainland Indian subcontinent.
Fergus Clunie in his article Fiji first
Indians settlers in the Domodomo wrote
Indeed these forgotten Indians, whose
unwitting descendants are no doubt
submerged within todays Indigenous
Fijian population, were among the earliest
foreigners to jump ship in Fiji during
the sandalwood trading boom of the
early 1800s.
They maybe our friends, neighbours,
workmates, family members or even
someone we met on a daily basis like
the taxidriver, busdriver or even the
market vendor. Today, 137 years later,
we remember the Girmitiyastheir life,
struggle and torture in Fiji. These stories
have been deliberately hidden from the
world and from the books of history.
In Fijis primary and secondary schools,
we learnt about early history of indigenous
Fijians, we also learnt about the prowess
and courage of various European explorers
and seamen, the history of the British Royal
Family, contributions of the British and
Commonwealth in developing the earth,
and about the glory of the white men.
However, as far as Fijis history
is concerned, there is almost no
acknowledgment of the contributions of the
Girmitiya to its development.
It is because of this legacy that today,
more than 90 per cent of Fijis students
go to non-government schools and it is
because of such vision that todays third
and fourth generation of Girmitiya children
are sought after professionals and skilled
people in Fiji, New Zealand, Canada, USA
and Australia and other parts of the world.
But how have we repaid this debt?
Source: Fiji Sun
The Girmitiyas came from different

regions and backgrounds from India in
1879. Many stayed back in Fiji while a
few decided to return after their five-year
contract expired. Year Six student Shyrin
Prasad said she was keen to know where her
ancestors came from.
I want to know where my great
grandparents are originally from in India
before they came to Fiji during the Girmit
indentured labour system, she said.
Shyrin was portraying an old women
in the drama about Girmityas of how
they came to Fiji in

the Leonidas ship
and their life while
working on the sugar
cane farms.
Thanks
to
my
teacher
who
conducted the drama,
I have come to know
the torture our greatgrandparents suffered
by the British officers.
Shyrin said.
From left to right: Visama Sanatan Primary school students Shahil Sundar, Shakshi Prasad,
Vanshika Prasad and Shyrin Prasad during drama to depicting 137 years of Girmit day
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Thought of the week
Never confuse a single defeat with a

final defeat.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Editorial
From the desk of the

Managing Editor
Do you think what happened to you in this example ever happens to supercompetitors like Michael Jordan, Chris Evert, Wayne Gretzky, and Jimmy
Connors? Do you think they always show up for the game feeling motivated,
excited, eager, and confident?
If youre not sure of the answer, let me give it to you. The super-competitors are
just like you and methey get tired, burned out, sick, and sore just like everybody
else. So how do they do it? How do they mobilize their Performance Selves and
bring to life the emotions that empower them? By what miraculous means do great
competitors transform fear into confidence, tiredness into energy, boredom into fun?
Heres how: they learn exceptional performer skills.
~James E. Loehr from The New Toughness Training for Sports
We all know that whenever there is a competition or a performance that we are to
be a part of, theres a certain build up of chemicals and emotions in our bodies. These
are really good because these are exactly what take us through to give our best shot.
Heres how Loehr puts it: And how does this all relate to competitive toughness?
The answer is simply this: great competitors are great actors. They have learned
to move their body chemistry in the desired directions just as actors do. But for
competitors, the script is always the same. Great competitors have learned to bring
to life feelings of confidence, high energy, relaxation, fun, and challenge no matter
how they really feel.
This is awesome. Even if we dont step into an arena to perform, we can still
practice acting the way wed like to perform, so we can enter our ideal performance
state at will. This means that wherever we are, we are able to be our best-performing
selves. Thus we can deal with everything that comes our way in the most efficient and
effective way.
The Women Economic Forum has now opened in India and more than a
thousand women from 109 countries across the world have gathered in New Delhi
to attend this conference. We will be bringing you a detailed report from it in our
forthcoming issues.
At Indian Weekender, we are preparing for the Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame, which
will take place on June 23, so it is all hands on deck The Hall of Fame, which is in
its fourth year, honours trailblazers in their field at a signature gala attended by the
whos who of the Kiwi-Indian community. We will bring you the stage by stage build
up towards this.
May 14 is marked as Indian Arrival Day in Fiji as well as Girmit Day. On May 14,
1879, the ship called the Leonidas arrived in Fiji carrying the first wave of indentured
labourers from India. The system of bringing people as indentured labourers came
to be widely known as Girmita mispronunciation of the word agreement by the
non-English speaking Indian labourers. Thus began the struggle of working under
difficult circumstances. This day is also celebrated in New Zealand, given the large
number of Kiwi-Indian population. We bring you some related stories from Fiji.
Until next time.
Aishwarya Rais purple pout at the Cannes red carpet turned a lot of heads. Wearing an off-shoulder gown from designer
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Pick of the week
Word: Prang
Meaning: An accident involving a motor vehicle,
typically minor and without casualties
Usage: I had a prang in my car yesterday. Luckily there
was only a small amount of damage.
Tip from the trenches

Remedies to cure the
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Grate some fresh ginger root and
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OPINION/EDITORIAL
Indias e-commerce triples in five years
Red
Black
Orange
Indias e-commerce giants

battle a survival of the fittest
Chaitanya Mallapur
lthough Indias use of the

internet is lower than many
poorer countries, the countrys
e-commerce sector tripled, or grew by 209
per cent over the last five years from $4.4
billion (Rs.20,020 crore) in 2010 to $13.6
billion (Rs.83,096 crore) in 2014.This data
was contained in a reply given to the Lok
Sabha in March.
Indias e-commerce market is likely
to reach $38 billion (Rs.252,700 crore)
in 2016, according to an Associated
Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India
(Assocham) report released in January.
The online retail sector in India is
expected to be a $1 trillion (Rs.660,000
crore) market by 2020, according to a
recent report by the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) and Deloitte, a consultancy.
The study indicates that more e-commerce
will trigger big innovations in India.
The Goods and Services Tax, once
implemented, is expected to boost the
growth of e-commerce by simplifying
taxation
and
logistics,
said
the
CII-Deloitte report.
Internet penetration across the country
is rising with as many as 354 million users
reported as of September 2015. Online
shoppers in India have increased from 20
million in 2013 to 39 million in 2015, an
increase of 95 per cent over three years.
Indias e-commerce market

rises despite low net use
But Indias internet penetrationthe

percentage of Indians who use the netis
low; 19 per cent in 2014, as IndiaSpend
reported earlier. Compare this with
The Goods and Services

Tax, once implemented,
is expected to boost the
growth of e-commerce by
simplifying taxation and
logistics, said the CIIDeloitte report.
Australia (90 per cent), the US (87 per
cent), Japan (86 per cent), Brazil (53 per
cent) and China (46 per cent).
In 2014, only 18 of 100 Indians used
the internet, against 49.3 for China and
48.3 for Vietnam. Even poorer countries
such as Ghana had greater internet
penetration18.9 users per 100 people,
according to a Mint report. Similarly,
mobile subscriptions in India were 74 per
100 people in 2014, lower than Bangladesh

(80), China (92), Indonesia (129) and
Vietnam (147).
Mobile internet spend has increased
from 54 per cent to 64 per cent from 2014
to 2015, attributed to high-speed 3G and 4G
internet connectivity at some of the worlds
lowest prices, fuelling e-commerce growth.
Despite the rise in broadband and
mobile internet users, speed remains a
major constraint.
The average broadband speed in India
is 2 mega bits per second (mbps), ranking
115 globally, IndiaSpend has reported.
Similarly, the average mobile internet
speed is 1.7 mbps, ranking below Thailand,
China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
In March this year, the government
allowed 100 per cent foreign direct
investment in online retail marketplaces
electronic platforms that connect buyers
and sellers.
As competition grows and international

competitors step in, domestic online
retailers will struggle, experts predict.
US retailer Amazon became the secondlargest online marketplace by shipments
in India last month, after domestic rival
Flipkart, pushing former number two,
Snapdeal, to third place.
Flipkarts growth has virtually stalled
since the middle of last year and the
leadership team hasnt figured out a way to
kick-start sales, according to India Value
Fund Advisors partner Haresh Chawla.
Its gross merchandise volume (GMV)
sales or revenue in online retailingsold
over a given period of time has not grown
substantially, which had grown by [more
than] 200 per cent per annum for the past
three years, Chawla added.
Similarly in the taxi business,
multinational Uber is in race with Indias
Ola, the current domestic-market leader.
Last month, Uber claimed it would overtake
Ola by market share within 30 days.
Jabong, an online fashion portal,
reported a drop in sales and cut losses in
2015 and is now struggling to find a buyer.
Consumer internet start-ups find it
difficult to navigate slowdowns, said
Chawla. Traditional companies usually
recover from these cycles. But technologyled companies simply go bust. They have
very little consumer loyalty to start with.
Most bribe consumers to grow rapidly
and cutback (on profits), causing them
to implode.
films and changes to the particular Act with

the incorporation of penal provisions. For
future scope, the policy aims to look at the
issues of intersection with the Competition
Act and protection of trade secrets. All these
are beneficial and visionary steps because
the policy seems to foresee significant
challenges that may arise in due course
of time.
Fourth, the policy looks towards
strengthening
service-oriented
IPR
administration. The policy here seeks
to examine in parallel the twin goals of
making operations efficient, streamlined
and cost-effective and also enhancing user
friendliness and providing value-added
services to users.
Along with this, another significant
change is bringing the administration of
the Copyright Act and Semiconductor
Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
under the Department of Industrial Policy
and Promotion (DIPP). Also, the policy
proposes the creation of a Cell for IPR
Promotion and Management (CIPAM)
under DIPP. Also with this, there is an
overall focus on increasing cooperation and
coordination between various offices and
authorities administering IP in India.
Fifth, the policy aims at realising the value
of IPRs through commercialisation. The
view here is to promote entrepreneurship
and finding effective ways of synergising IP
facilitation centres with industry. The policy
also tries to leverage commercialisation
by building a database of IPRs for
connecting potential users, buyers and
funding institutions.
The sixth objective deals with the

adjudicating and enforcement mechanisms
for
combining
IPR
infringements.
Here the policy lays stress on an aspect
of adjudication through specialised
IP courts and alternative dispute
settlement mechanisms.
Also, the policy talks about checking
counterfeiting and piracy through various
measures. Here, capacity building of
judicial officers and other people dealing
with enforcement is to be looked at
and improved.
This leads us to the final objective
of
strengthening
and
expanding
human institutions and capacities for
teaching, training, research and skill
building in IPRs.
Here, the focus is on doing public policy
research and improving the functioning
of the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute
of Intellectual Property Management
(RGNIIPM), Nagpur, as well as the
introduction of multidisciplinary courses in
IP at various levels.
Overall, the first National IP rights policy
looks comprehensive in scope and intent.
The policy may help improve Indias
image on ease of doing business and
competitiveness constructs. However much
will depend on implementation. Under
the implementation aspect, the policy
recognises the need for a coordinated and
integrated development of the IP system
in India.
The policy has also done well to identify
and bestow the responsibility of IP largely
on a single department, namely, DIPP. Over
the next few decades, the implementation of
the policy will decide the standing of Indias
IP regime globally.
Indias IP policy: a positive first step for economic development

Amit Kapoor and Sankalp Sharma
ndias first and recently initiated

national IPR policy is a culmination
of the ongoing process of improving
Indias IP regime globally. The national IP
policy underscores the need to promote
creativity and innovation and protect IP.
There are seven broad objectives that
the policy enumerates for stimulating a
dynamic, vibrant and balanced intellectual
property rights system in India.
The objectives can also be looked at
from the perspective of a lifecycle approach
to IP. It starts from IP awareness and
ends with the implementation of the
policy. Following are the primary
objectives of the IP policy:
First, to create public
awareness
(economic,
social
and
cultural
benefits) of IPRs among
all sections of society.
The policy plans to do so
with the adoption of the
slogan Creative India;
Innovative India.
The
policy
also
enumerates how to create
awareness and promotion of strengths by
conveying to all stakeholders the value and
benefits of IP. It is to be pursued through
various measures some of which include
specific programmes for MSME sector,
engaging with media, helping develop
school curriculum, etc. The objective of
creating public awareness seems well
thought through.
Second, to stimulate the generation of
IPRs. For this, the policy seems to focus on
undertaking studies as well as encouraging
individual
innovators,
researchers,
The policy may help improve

Indias image on ease of doing
business and competitiveness
constructs
universities,
national
labs,
corporations and other
organisations for filing IP.
At present, India is one of the top filers
of trademarks. In this context, the finance
minister at the press conference on the
release of policy also mentioned the need to
reduce the time to a month from the date
of filing of the trademark in India by 2017.
Third, the policy aims at strong and
effective IPR laws, which balance the
interests of rights owners with larger
public interest. The policy proposes to do
this by a consensus-driven approach to
protecting Traditional Knowledge (TK),
Genetic Resources (GR) and Traditional
Cultural Expressions (TCE). The policy also
touches on the issue of illegal duplication of
18
INDIA
Red
Railways to form three JVs

with Karnataka for projects
ndian Railways will set up three

joint ventures with the Karnataka
government to build infrastructure
projects in the state, Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu said on Sunday, May 15.
We will form a JV with the state
government and operationalise it in the
next three months for infrastructure
projects [such as] doubling tracks,
extending present rail lines and surveys
for new lines across the state, Prabhu
said at a railway function in Bengaluru.
The other two JVs will be to operate a
suburban train service across Bengaluru
and develop one of its stations into a
model station under the public-private
participation mode.
Infrastructure development will
transform Karnataka into an engine of
growth. The equity for the first JV will
be from our resources and the state
government, which would not come
under its Fiscal Responsibility Act,
Prabhu said after laying stone for three
doubling projects in the state.
Noting that railways was a strategic
national asset, the minister said the
government could afford to allow it
to languish and cited Prime Minister
From left to right: Anath Kumar, Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda during a programme organised to
lay the foundation stone for new railways doubling projects and rechristening of Bengaluru City Railway Station as
Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna railway station on May 15
Narendra Modis keen interest to

transform it. The Railways and the
state government will work as partners.
We have invested more in Karnataka
during the last two years, allocating
Rs.2,567 crore in this fiscal budget as
against Rs.1,839 crore in 201516,
Rs.1,305 crore in 201415 and Rs.1,124
crore in 201314, he said.
The doubling projects are between
Yelahanka in north Bengaluru and
Penukonda in the neighbouring Andhra
Pradesh (120km), Arsikere-Tumakuru
(96km) and Hubbali-Chikjajur (190 km)

at a combined cost of Rs. 2,578 crore.
The two projects in the state will
enable South Western Railway to
run semi-high speed inter-city trains
between Bengaluru and Hubbali,
covering about 460km in four-five hours
as against six-seven hours presently.
All the three projects are expected
to be completed by 201920. Prabhu
also commissioned a road over bridge
at Davangere and laid the foundation
stone for another one at Koppal.
Black
Orange
World Bank nod for $625m loan

to Indian solar programme
n Monday, May 16, the World Bank said

that it has approved a $625 million loan to
support Indias grid connected rooftop solar
programme to generate clean energy.
The project will finance the installation of at least
400 MW of grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic
(GRPV) across India, the multilateral lender said. The
World Bank Board has also approved a co-financing
loan of $120 million on concessional terms and a $5
million grant from Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Clean Technology Fund, it added.
India is endowed with huge solar energy potential,
and the World Bank is strongly supportive of the
governments plans to harness this potential and
increase Indias solar PV capacity to 100 GW, said
World Bank country director in India Onno Ruhl.
This project will support this target, by providing
financing to some of the 40 GW of solar PV, which will
be placed on rooftops, he added.
The project will be implemented by the State Bank
of India (SBI), which will on-lend funds to solar PV
developers, aggregators and end-users, who wish to
invest in mainly commercial and industrial rooftop
PV systems. Financing will be provided to those with
sound technical capacity, relevant experience, and
creditworthiness as per SBI standards.
The World Bank loan has a 19.5-year grace period,
and a maturity of 20 years. The loan from CIFs Clean
Technology Fund has a 10-year grace period, and a
maturity of 40 years. The overall potential demand for
rooftop solar is estimated at about 124,000 MW, the
release said.
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Indian manufacturing likely to

slow down in first quarter: Ficci
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ndias manufacturing sector growth

may slow down during the first
quarter of 201617 ending June owing
to factors such as bleak export outlook,
poor demand and high cost of borrowing,
industry chamber Ficci said on the basis of
its latest survey.
The survey had earlier indicated revival
in the manufacturing activity in Q4 of 2015
16, which seems to be slowing down in Q1
now, the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry said of its previous
survey. The percentage of respondents
expecting higher growth in Q1 201617 has
gone down to 53 per cent as compared to
60 per cent for Q4 (JanuaryMarch 2015
16). The percentage was 55 per cent for Q3
201516, it said, citing the present survey.
While the bleak export outlook is
responsible for this less optimistic outlook
for manufacturing production in first
quarter of the current financial year,
there have been several other factors that
have contributed [such as] poor demand
conditions, unstable roadmap for various
sectors leading to uncertainty [and] high
interest cost it added.
Moreover, only 38 per cent respondents
have reported higher order books for the
AprilJune quarter, which is less compared
to the 44 per cent reporting similarly in
the previous quarter. The quarterly survey
gauges expectations of manufacturers for
AprilJune for 13 major sectors namely
textiles, capital goods, metals, chemicals,
cement and ceramics, electronics, auto,
The survey noted that capacity utilisation has improved in cement, food, capital goods and electronics sector, though in
chemicals, textiles machinery and tyres, it has remained same
leather and footwear, machine tools, food,

tyre, paper and textiles machinery. The
hiring outlook also looks unpromising
as more than 80 per cent of survey
respondents said they are unlikely to hire in
the said quarter, Ficci said.
The proportion of respondents expecting
higher exports in the first quarter of 2016
17 is 36 per cent which is much lower than
41 per cent in the fourth quarter of 201516,
the survey said. Official data showed Indias
merchandise exports in April were valued
at $20.57 billiondown 6.74 per cent in
dollar terms against $22.05 billion in the
like month of last year, signalling a decline
for the 17th straight month.
In terms of investment in the current
quarter, 75 per cent respondents, as against
68 in the previous quarter, reported that
they have no plans for capacity additions for
the next six months, signifying a continuing

slowdown in private sector investment. The
survey noted that capacity utilisation has
improved in cement, food, capital goods
and electronics sector, though in chemicals,
textiles machinery and tyres, it has
remained same. On interest rates, it said:
Interest rate paid by the manufacturers
seems to have moderated in the last few
months, however it still remains high.
The interest rate ranges from six per
cent to 15 per cent with average rates being
around 11.4 per cent per annum compared
to 11.8 per cent in the previous survey.
Data released on Thursday, May 12
showed growth of Indias manufacturing,
which has the maximum weight in the
overall index of industrial production (IIP),
actually fell by 1.2 per cent in March after
rising during the month before.
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Rahul Gandhi
recuperating from
viral, PM wishes
speedy recovery
ongress
V i c e
President
Rahul
Gandhi
is
recuperating
from viral fever
and is expected to
continue resting for
the next few days,
party sources said
Congress Vice President
this week. Prime Rahul Gandhi
Minister Narendra
Modi wished him speedy recovery. The
sources said that Gandhi does not have any
major public engagements till the results
of assembly polls in five states are declared
on May 19 and would continue rest to
regain his health. Sources said he has been
meeting people at his residence but has not
ventured out.
Doctors have said that he will be fine
soon, said a Congress functionary privy to
his health condition.
Rahul Gandhi had conveyed that he was
suffering from fever in a tweet on May 9.
Unfortunately I have been down with
high fever since Sunday and the doctor has
advised rest for the next two days, he had
tweeted. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and union Health Minister
J.P. Nadda had wished a speedy recovery
to Gandhi.
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All-out efforts to unearth black

money, says Jaitley
inance Minister Arun

Jaitley said on Monday,
May
16
that
the
government is making all-out
efforts to unearth black money
stashed away in offshore accounts.
Speaking at the India TVs
Samvaad conclave, he also
warned that those who have not
utilized the compliance window
to declare their black money will
face sleepless nights.
We framed the anti-black
money law and asked people to
disclose their black money and
pay 60 percent tax instead of 30
percent plus penalty. In HSBC
accounts details, while the UPA
government did nothing, we
assessed the accounts and filed
criminal prosecution against each
person. We also assessed and
filed prosecutions against holders
of
Liechtenstein
accounts,
Jaitley said.
In Panama (Papers), there are
two kinds of people. Few people
have kept money outside the
country with RBIs consent and
few without it. Notices have been
sent to all illegal account holders
and inquiries are on, he added.
He said that during the year, the
government detected Rs 71,000
crore domestic tax evasion. In
our budget, I had announced that
starting June 1 this year, whoever
has domestic unassessed income,
should pay tax with penalty and
declare it. Till date, no government
took such steps, you can say all-
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Air India Express now flying DelhiDubai direct, daily
ir India Express on Sunday, May 15, started direct services

from the national capital to the UAE, with the first flight to
Dubai being flagged off by chairman and managing director
Ashwani Lohani. The inaugural flight to Dubai, IX 141, took off
with 166 passengers from New Delhi at 9.05 a.m. on Sunday. The
daily flight to Abu Dhabi will be effective [from] Monday, Air India
Express said. The airlines direct flight from Delhi to the capital city,
Abu Dhabi began from Monday, May 16. Kochi-headquartered Air
India Express will operate the two direct flights to Dubai and Abu
Dhabi daily. New Boeing 737-800 aircraft with capacity to carry 189
passengers are being deployed.
Heat toll in Telangana mounts to 300
T
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
out efforts are being made to

unearth black money, he said,
also challenging the Congress to
disclose what steps they had taken
to tackle the black money issue.
I challenge my Congress
and UPA friends to tell me what
they have done compared to our
two-year tenure to bring back
black money. We are bringing
back money through these steps
and those who are not declaring
through compliance window, will
face the sleepless night, he said.
Jaitley claimed the direction
in which government is moving
is good for the economy

and the country.
On the AgustaWestland issue,
he said, The bribe in the deal is
clear cut. This is the first case in the
world where the bribe-takers are
behind the bars, the middleman
has been identified but the person
who received the bribe is yet
to be identified.
Jaitley also said that his
government will not compromise
with Congress on the issue of
corruption in order to get GST Bill
passed in the Rajya Sabha where
the government lacks majority.
Worlds biggest rooftop solar

plant inaugurated in Punjab
outed to be the biggest

one of its kind in the
world, the 11.5 MW
rooftop solar energy plant was
inaugurated on Tuesday, May 17,
by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal at the Radha Soami
sect headquarters.
Spread in an area of over 82
acres, the solar plant has been
built at a cost of Rs.139 crore
by the Radha Soami Satsang
Beas (RSSB) in this town, 45 km
from Amritsar.
With emphasis on green
technology, it will generate nearly
150 lakh units annually and is
expected to offset 19,000 tonnes
of carbon emissions annually.
Chief Minister Badal lauded
the sect management for setting
up the rooftop solar plant, while
state New and Renewable Energy
Minister Bikram Singh Majithia
said that the Punjab government
was focussing on setting up
of solar energy plants across
the state.
The Punjab government had
recently claimed that the state
had set a national benchmark in
NEWS in BRIEF
he
death
toll due to
heat wave in
Telangana rose to 300
this season, officials
said on Monday,
May 16. According to
disaster management
department, 15 more
deaths were reported
from various parts of
the state during last
two days, taking the Women cover their faces to avoid direct contact with sun on a
toll to 300. Nalgonda hot day
district bore the brunt
with maximum heat wave deaths (90) followed by Mahabubnagar
(44). Meanwhile, the met office said there was a marked fall in
maximum temperatures at one or two places in the state. According
to Hyderabad Meteorological Centre, the maximum temperatures at
one or two places were appreciably below average.
Ramagundam was the hottest place in the state with mercury
soaring to 44 degrees Celsius. The met office has forecast light to
moderate rain or thundershowers at isolated places the over next
four days (till May 20). It also issued a warning that thunderstorm
accompanied with squall is likely to occur at isolated places.
Those in Lutyens Zone cant feel

achhe din, says Amit Shah
JP president Amit Shah has said that those in Lutyens Zone

(the seat of power in the centre of the national capital) cant
feel the achhe din (good days) ushered in by the Narendra
Modi government.
Those in Lutyens zone cant feel achhe din. Go and ask those who
have got free LPG gas connections and got rid from smoky chimneys.
Achhe din have come for those five crore mothers, Shah said in India
TV conclave Samvad.
Rufuting Congress allegation of government action in the 2008
Malegaon blast case to give clean chits to accused associated with
the RSS-BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Party chief said those having
doubts are free to move higher courts.
He also took on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his
silence over rape and murder of a Dalit law student in Kerala.
On liquor ban in Bihar, he said that BJP-ruled states will also try to
consider it but Nitish Kumar should also stop murders in the state.
New Education Policy to be made

public by May 26: Irani
U
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
solar power generation with a

172 times increase in just three
years. Investment in the solar
power sector increased from a
small Rs.70 crore to more than
Rs.12,000 crore in 2015.
From farmers having land
holding of just four acres to
MNCs, Punjab is seeing a solar

revolution of sorts. Investors
include NRIs, big corporates and
foreign investors.
To promote solar plants, the
Punjab government has already
announced incentives for this
sector to attract more investment.
nion Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti

Irani on Monday, May 16, announced that the Narendra
Modi government will bring a new education policy by May
26. Under the new education policy, NCERT will address all those
challenges facing the education system, as even students tell me, we
know more about Renaissance but not about Maharana Pratap, Irani
said while speaking at the Samvaad Conclave organised by India TV
to assess the performance of two years of Modi government.
Underlining the need to spread technical education, Irani said
under the governments Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan, the IITs, IIMs and
central universities have adopted five villages in 90 districts across
the country to boost education and technical know-how.
She also appealed to private institutes to emulate the
governments initiative.
The minister also said that though the allegations of saffronisation
of education keeps coming up, the national curriculum frame, which
was devised in 2005 has not been changed.
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Indian-American wins Intel Young

Scientist Award
yamantak Payra, a 15-year-old

Texas resident, was awarded the
Intel Foundation Young Scientist
Award on May 13 for developing a low-cost
electronically-aided knee brace.
The top winner was Austin Wang, 18,
from Canada. Kathy Liu, 17, from Salt Lake
City, Utah was placed second along with
Payra. The awards were presented at Intel
International Science and Engineering
Fairthe worlds largest high school science
research competition.
Payra received the award of US$50,000.
The device developed by him allows people
with weak legs to be able to walk better.
Payra beat more than 1,700 young scientists
chosen from 419 fairs in 77 countries.
Intel congratulates this years winners
and hopes that their work will inspire other
young innovators to apply their curiosity
and ingenuity to todays global challenges,
said Rosalind Hudnell, vice president in
From left to right: Kathy Liu, Austin Wang and Syamantak Payra, the top three winners of the Intel Young Scientist Award
Human Resources, director of Corporate

Affairs at Intel Corporation, and president
of the Intel Foundation.
This
international
science
and
engineering exhibition is an excellent
example of what can be achieved when
students from different backgrounds,

perspectives and geographies come together
to share ideas and solutions.
Our top winners this yearAustin,
Syamantak and Kathyclearly demonstrate
that age has no bearing on your ability
to conduct research and come up with
solutions to important problems, said
Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of Society
for Science & the Public.
We congratulate them not only for
their success but on their dedication and
hard work.
They and the rest of the Intel ISEF
finalists are the rising stars of science,
technology, engineering and math, and
we look forward to watching them pursue
their passions and in turn make the world a
better place for future generations.
Five Indian-Americans were also a part
of the 22 Best of Category winners, each of
whom received a US$5,000 prize.
Anjali Chandrashekar wins award at UN poster contest
ew York-based designer Anjali

Chandrashekars entry in the
UN poster contest on peace and
nuclear disarmament was awarded the
third prize on May 3.
Twenty-two-year-old
Chandrashekar,
who is originally from Chennai, won
US$1,000 for her poster titled Cutting
Barriers through Peace that depicts a peace
dove slicing through a nuclear weapon.
Young people did not create nuclear
weapons, but it may be their task to
eliminate them once and for all, SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said at the award
ceremony held at the UN Headquarters in

New York.
At a time of many global needs, it is
important that young people are aware of
the threat posed by nuclear weapons, and
the vital importance of disarmament,
he added.
The Office for Disarmament Affairs
(ODA) launched the poster competition
to increase the awareness of the need for
nuclear disarmament.
The first prize was awarded to 38-yearold- Ivan Ciro Palomino Huamani from
Peru for his Spinning Peace poster and
Third prize winner New York-based designer and artist

Anjali Chandrashekar speaks during the award ceremony
for the United Nations Poster for Peace Contest, at the UN
headquarters in New York
the second prize was awarded to 15-yearold Michelle Li for her Peace in our
Hands poster.
Chandrashekar was chosen from among
4,100 entries from 123 countries.
Nuclear disarmament is usually spoken
about on such a high level, and I believe that
art has the power to humanise some of the
most pressing issues that the world faces
today, Chandrashekar told the UN News
Centre. It also transcends barriers of age,
language and literacy so I thought this was
a great opportunity for me to show that a
brush can be mightier than arms.
Indian-American
scientist gets medal
of science from
President Obama
ixty-five-year-old Indian-American
Dr Rakesh K Jain received the
National Medal of Science from
President Barack Obama this week, the
White House has announced. The National
Medal of Science was introduced in 1959
and is awarded annually to recognise
individuals who have made outstanding
contributions to science and engineering.
Dr Jain, a professor of tumour biology
at Massachusetts General Hospital in the
Harvard Medical School, was initially going
to receive the award on January 22 along
with 16 other recipients. However, the
ceremony was postponed due to a snow
storm and it took place on May 19.
Science and technology are fundamental
to solving some of our Nations biggest
challenges, President Obama said. The
knowledge produced by these Americans
today will carry our countrys legacy of
innovation forward and continue to help
countless others around the world. Their
work is a testament to American ingenuity.
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Kohli, de Villiers help RCB win by nine

wickets against KKR
irat Kohli and A.B.

de Villiers once again
delivered the goods
with their bats as their Royal
Challengers Bangalore romped
home with nine wickets to spare
against Kolkata Knight Riders on
Monday, May 16.
Kohli and de Villiers remained
not out on 75 and 59 respectively
while Chris Gayle contributed
with a 31-ball 49. The Kohli-de
Villiers partnership yielded 115
runs for the men in red and black.
With the win, Bangalore stay
alive in the competition with six
wins from 12 games.
Chasing Kolkatas 183/5, they
got off to a flyer as Gayle, who had
been in slumber for much of this
season, smashed the ball to all
parts of the ground.
The burly Jamaican first took
on Andre Russell hitting him for 17
in the third over and then clubbed
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (right) and AB de Villiers (left) during an IPL match
between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sunil Narine for two consecutive

fours in the fifth.
After six overs, Bangalore were
cruising at 63 for no loss but then
Gayle was adjudged leg-before-
wicket off a Narine delivery. It

was difficult to understand who
the home team were as chants of
Kohli, Kohli went up time and
again around the packed stadium
Sunrisers thrash Kings XI, move

closer to play-offs
unrisers
Hyderabad
strengthened
t h e i r
position at the
top of the points
table with a
seven-wicket win
over Kings XI Punjab
on Sunday, May 15.
Chasing a challenging
180-run target, Hyderabad
clinched victory with two balls to
spare thanks to some late display
of power hitting by Yuvraj Singh
and Ben Cutting.
Coming together with four
overs to go and the visitors
still needing 41 runs, the duo
exploited some poor bowling by
Punjab pacers Sandeep Sharma
and Mohit Sharma as Hyderabad
finished at 180/3 in 19.4 overs.
Yuvraj remained unbeaten on
42 runs off 24 balls with three
boundaries and an equal number
of sixes. Cutting, who hit the
winning runs, was not out on 18
off 11 balls.
Sundays result saw Hyderabad
take a two-point lead over secondplaced Kolkata Knight Riders
with 16 points from 12 matches.
Punjab, meanwhile, virtually
kissed goodbye to their chances of
making it to the play-offs as they
remained second from bottom
with eight points from 12 matches.
The visitors had seen their
chase get off to a promising start
with opener David Warner going
great guns. His fellow opener
Shikhar Dhawan seemed to be
in good touch with 22-ball 25

which included four hits to the
ropes before being run out due
to a superb piece of fielding by
Mohit Sharma.
But Deepak Hooda (34 off 22)
continued to give Warner good
support from the other
end as the Australian
continued
to
go
after the Punjab
bowling.
B u t
Warners
habit of
standing
deep inside
the crease cost
him dearly when
he attempted to
flick an Axar Patel
delivery off his pads
but his back foot hit the
wicket, dislodging the bails
in the process.
Warner scored 52 runs off 41
deliveries with five boundaries and
a six. The Australians departure
saw Yuvraj Singh stride out to the
middle and the local lad used his
knowledge of the conditions to
good effect and led the visitors
to victory.
Patel (1/26) and Sandeep
Sharma (1/35) were the
only Punjab bowlers to
earn a wicket.
Hashim Amla in action
during an IPL match
between Kings XI Punjab
and Sunrisers Hyderabad
as the Bangalore captain came in,

and it continued as he picked the
boundaries at regular intervals.
However, Kohli was dropped at 32
by his opposite number Gautam
Gambhir. The miss proved costly
as Kohli got to yet another halfcentury, while his partner at the
other end, de Villiers, started
clobbering them too.
Before long, the visitors were in
touching distance of the total and
the duo did the needful with eight
balls to spare.
Earlier, twin 50s from Gambhir
(51) and Manish Pandey (50)
aided by Russells late blitz of 19ball 39 helped Kolkata get to a
fighting total.
Even though the hosts lost
Robin Uthappa (2) early, Gambhir
managed to pick the gaps along
with Pandey. By the end of the
powerplay, the team was 51/1.
The onslaught continued in the
next over as legspinner Yuzvendra

Chahal was carved for 16.
Bangalore then pulled things
back a little thereafter and also
grabbed the vital wicket of
Gambhir who got run-out shortly
after getting to his 50.
Thereafter, new man Yusuf
Pathan and the already set
Pandey failed to pierce the gaps.
Runs dried down and Pandey
was holed out in the deep trying
to up the run-rate. Yusuf (6) too
was out stumped. Next to perish
was Suryakumar Yadav (5) who
was caught at long on by Iqbal
Abdulla. The flurry of wickets also
put a brake on the scoring rate
much to the relief of Bangalore.
But Shakib Al Hasan and
Russell enthralled the strong Eden
crowd with some powerhitting to
propel Kolkata to such a score.
The last three overs yielded 38
runs for the home side.
Suarez wins his

second Golden Shoe
a Liga 2015-2016s top

scorer, Uruguayan Luis
Suarez of FC Barcelona,
won his second Golden Shoe
award given to the top scorer in
the European football leagues.
The Uruguayan attacker got
40 goals, four more than Napolis
Gonzalo Higuain and five more
than
Portuguese
Cristiano
Ronaldo (Real Madrid), previous
winner of this award.
The first time Suarez won the
Golden Shoe was two years ago
with Liverpool, sharing it then
with the Real Madrid striker,
both scoring 31 goals. Brazilian
Jonas Goncalves, top scorer of
The first time Suarez won the Golden Shoe was

two years ago
the Primeira Liga with Benfica,

finished fourth with 32, just ahead
of Polands Robert Lewandowski
(30), who was crowned with the
Bundesliga with Bayern Munich,
and Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
king of Ligue 1 with Paris
Saint-Germain (PSG).
Bayern celebrate 26th Bundesliga

title with fans
ayern
celebrated
their fourth straight
Bundesliga title on the
balcony of the New Town Hall
in front of their supporters in
Munich on Sunday, May 15.
More than 15,000 supporters
of the German record champions
anticipated the arrival of the
Bundesliga trophy and Bayern
players, who always celebrate
the title with their fans on the
balcony of the New Town Hall on
the Marienplatz.
The Bavarians feasted their
26th Bundesliga title overall
under the slogan We are the
Champions. Bayerns womens
team celebrated on the balcony as
well, as they also wrapped up the

title in the womens competition.
I love this city and I will
come back. Thats for sure,
outgoing Bayern head coach Josep
Guardiola told the supporters. The
Catalan, who will leave the club
after three years this summer, still
has the chance to seal the German
domestic double with Bayern for
the second time, as they encounter
Borussia Dortmund in the German
Cup final on May 21 in Berlin.
In case we are lucky enough
to win the German Cup in Berlin,
we would like to come back next
Sunday, Bayern chairman KarlHeinz Rummenigge said.
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Up in the Sky
Up in the sky I sometimes wonder

If I could fly like a bird
If I could fly to place where my heart shall rest
For once I dont have to worry but just be
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Save endangered species

Sanskriti Prabhakar (Sansy)
o you know that Red Pandas are

getting endangered? Why are
some people so mean and cruel? Do

they just have to kill them?
think that poaching or killing of

animals should be banned in each
and every country. If you are the people

poaching or killing them, please stop it
right now as they don't hurt you.
Change Twelve letters Puzzles
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each time until you come back to the beginning?
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Don't just
read the easy
stuff. You may be
entertained by it,
but you will
never grow
from it.
Jim Rohn
ll they want to do is to survive;

they wanna live. They also want
a happy ending that is natural death for

themselves, so does everyone. Just
don't hurt them for their mere skin
or just to pursue their hunting skills
please. They have to live a great life
and so do you.
ove animals and they will love

you!
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Highlights from Google I/O 2016
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Mahesh K
hen Sundar Pichai

took the stage on
May 18 during the
Google I/O event at the Shoreline
Amphitheater in Mountain View,
California, the excitement in the
crowd was palpable. There was a
buzz in the tech community that
the Google CEO would make some
major announcements revolving
around machine learning and
speciality virtual reality. While
some of these rumours did not
translate into reality, the event
was a great success with many
new launches and exciting
product announcements and a
strong emphasis towards artificial
intelligence and virtual reality.
Here are some of the highlights
of the Google I/O keynote:
emoji, custom stickers and photo

integration. Allo also integrates
chatbots such as OpenTable
to book restaurant table from
inside the chat app. With this
app, Google hopes to become the
preferred chat client competing
with rivals such as WhatsApp and
Facebook Messenger.
it will bring a common standard

for all VR developers. Daydream
Home gives access to all your VR
contents, which will include VRbased games and movies. Google
Cardboard was the catalyst that
brought momentum to VR for
common users and now it seems
that every major player wants to
jump into the fray.
Google Daydream: New VR platform
Android N
Google Assistant
oogle Assistant is the next

generation of Google Search,
which supports conversational
style search abilities. It makes
search
more
natural
and
obviously
voice-based.
You
can have a two-way dialogue
with
Google
understanding
the context. So you ask Google
Whos Justin Bieber? followed
by Play his latest song, Google
servers will understand that his
stands for Justin since you asked
about him last.
Sundar Pichai
stream before accepting the video

call so you can see who is calling
and what they are doing. This app
will be available soon for iOS and
Android platforms.
Google Home Speaker
Google Allo
oogle Allo is Googles new

messaging app that also
draws from artificial intelligence.
This app for mobile devices can
connect to your Google account
and has some great features
such as end-to-end encryption,
incognito mode, Smart replies,
Google Duo
oogle Duo is Googles

dedicated app for video
calling like Apples FaceTime
app. Duo has an interesting
feature called Knock-Knock,
which lets you view the callers
Scientists genetically
engineer Zika virus clone
team of researchers has,

in a pioneering effort,
genetically engineered a
clone of the Zika virus strain.
Cloning the virus
can help in developing
the counter-measures
and exploring how
or whether the Zika
virus has evolved to
spread more quickly
and cause more severe
diseases in people, the
researchers said.
The Zika clone,
together
with
mosquito infection models and
the Zika mouse model, represent
a
major
advance
towards
deciphering why the virus is tied
to serious diseases, said lead
author Pei-Yong Shi, professor at
the University of Texas Medical
Branch, US.
The new clone is also a critical
step in developing a vaccine and
antiviral drug against Zika, Shi
added in a paper published in
journal Cell Host and Microbe.
In the study, the team first

individually cloned five genome
fragments and then assembled
them together to form the Zika
virus clone.
The researchers then used the

Zika mouse model to demonstrate
that the cloned virus infected the
mice and gave them neurological
disease. The team fed Aedes
aegypti mosquitoes, one of the
mosquito types known to transmit
Zika, with human blood infected
with either the parental Zika virus
or the man-made Zika virus and
found that the number of infected
mosquitoes was similar.
oogle Home is a voicecontrolled smart digital

assistant la Amazon Echo. The
device lets you interact via voice
commands and can not only
answer your query and play music
but it also lets you control your
smart home devices. This device,
which is built on the Chromecast
standard, leverages Googles
artificial intelligence prowess.
Google Home is coming soon.
Google Home
Google Daydream
hile
everyone
was
expecting
Google
to
release their own VR headset,
it went a step further and
announced a brand new VR
platform
called
Daydream.
It is built on Android N and
brings a standard immersive VR
experience. Google also released
reference designs for hardware
and software to design Daydreamenabled VR experiences. With
this
announcement,
Google
seems to be going towards
building an entire VR ecosystem.
So instead of becoming one of the
headset makers, Google wants to
own the operating system for VR
headset. In a way, it is good since
he next iteration of Googles

Android brings various new
features to the much loved mobile
operating system. Android N
has split-screen multitasking,
a new set of emoji, a picturein-picture mode, better battery
optimisation and more. Android
N also provides for smoother and
better graphic performance and
security enhancements.
Android Wear 2.0
ndroid Wear system has

evolved to 2.0 and now
you can get any data (such as
weather and notifications) to be
displayed on any watch face. The
platform also provides for tighter
integration between various apps
such as fitness related apps where
your phone does not need to be
turned on. The standalone apps
make the watch platform much
more exciting.
Three new Earth-like planets

found, could sustain life
ichael Gillon and

the team from the
University of Liege
started their research project five
years ago. Only in September
last year they discovered three
planets orbiting around a nearby
dwarf star known as Trappist 1.
As the size and temperatures
of these three red worlds were
comparable to the Earth and other
planets from our solar system, it
could be the best place for finding
life, Xinhua news agency quoted
Belgian scientists as saying.
We are looking for planets
that could have on their surfaces
the conditions like on Earth and
maybe host life, said Michael
Gillon, a researcher.
The study showed two of the
researched planets have orbital
periods of about 1.5 days and 2.4
days respectively. Orbiting time
of the third one is around 10 days,
Gillon said.
We are already
preparing the next
phase which will be the
most interesting. It is
the James Webb space
telescope, which is a
very big space telescope
that will be launching
in 2018, so two years
from now and with this
telescope we will be able to study
atmosphere. So, currently we are
trying to measure the masses of
the planet, he said.
Scientists
from
Belgium
cooperate with international
researchers from the US and
Britain. They mainly work
through the internet system
connected to one of the prototype
telescope based in Chile.
To detect potentially habitable
planets researchers use a socalled transit method. They
observe specific stars and trying
to catch the planet that will pass

in front of them.
We made this programme
on our small robotic telescope
Trappist which is in Chile as a
prototype for our more ambitious
project which is called Speculoos
... It will use bigger telescopes
with more sensitive instruments
to explore more, he added.
With
current
Trappist
telescope scientists were able to
observe only 60 targets. With
Speculoos the scope will be wider,
up to 500 objects.
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TRAVEL
its yesterday once more in

wondrous Wellywood
Red
Radhika Bhirani
(now his wife) have come a long way, a

guide told us. With childlike excitement,
we began a guided tour down the Weta
Cave and Workshop where the story of the
creative process is told with the showcase
of props, models and weapons. We also
chanced upon some talented minds on the
job, who were working on costumes of a
new period drama (details were a secret),
on prosthetics, props and more.
The detailing and thought behind each
piece of costume was awe-inspiring to say
the least because on the silver screen, these
may seem as just one teeny-weeny aspect,
but singularly, they add a lot to an aura of
a film. An Indian film, Shankars I, was also
worked upon at Weta.
Coming face to face with different
departments3D modelling, leather work,
metal shop, imaging, make-up, prosthetics

and creatures, sculpting, weaponry,
miniatures, model-making, moulding, and
paintingshowcased the synchronisation
needed to produce award-winning material
for movies.
You can only see it all with amazement,
and whats more heart-warming is the
preservation of the props. Yeah, dont
hesitate to ask which sword was held
by Aragorn or Frodo Baggins in Peter
Jacksons The Lord Of The Rings trilogy
theyre all there!
As many as 100,000 visitors a year flock
to take this 45-minute tour, during which
they sample a lot of behind-the-scenes
fun. And you can take a piece of it with you
from the Weta Cave Shop, which houses
collectible sculpture by the artists and
As I was approaching Chopta after

a tiresome bus journey of almost seven
hours, soft white flakes began falling. The
road and the valley got a white makeover
and the hills were enveloped in a white
sheet. Within moments, the road and the
adjacent area had turned into a white
ornament and the hill range looked no less
than a necklace.
By the time snowfall stopped, the day
had ended and the road to Chopta was
blocked. Far in the distance, the sun bid
adieu to the day, smashing the dull sky with
a splash of red.
Mother Nature mesmerised me with her
art of creating an enchanting scenic view. It
looked no less than a painting, where every
stroke of brush defined how she played with
colours with the sky serving as a canvas.
With a heavy heart, I settled for the night

in a small village called Mandal, below
Chopta, whose scenic charm hypnotised
me the next morning.
The mountain range was standing
tall just across the window of my room,
glittering as the first rays of the sun touched
the snow-clad peaks. The pine, spruce and
maple leaves blinked at the suns rays
and danced to the tune of the cold breeze
blowing across the village.
Along with the whispering of the wind,
the tinkling sound that a nearby tranquil
stream made as it rushed over the stones
on its bed, mingled into the atmosphere,
accompanied by the chirping of birds to
create a rapturous mood.
The dead maple leaves lying on the
wet road welcomed me as I crunched
them below my feet while I was engulfed
by the wondrous beauty of the village. I
recollected a few lines from Robert Frosts
poem The Mountain: When I walked forth
at dawn to see new things/Were fields,
a river, and beyond, more fields, while
I strolled across the tiny village early in
the morning.
Mandal village exudes a pristine charm.
Away from the cacophony of city life, the
village turned out to be the perfect gateway
to sooth my soul.
While I was returning from the village
I remembered another Frost poem, The
Road Not Taken: Two roads diverged in
a wood, and I/I took the one less travelled
by. I could not take the road that leads
to Chopta, but the picture perfect Mandal
village was no less a surprise to me with
its beauty.
A pristine village and a snowy affair

Somrita Ghosh
he clouds kissed the mountain

peaks; the sun played hide and
seek, peeking out at times from
behind those clouds, its rays cutting across
the edges of spruce tree that stood tall on
the valley, making their way to reach up to
me. It kept raining while I was travelling to
the hills, and then it snowed.
Taking a break from my routine, I
was heading for Chopta, a small town
in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.
Located 8,790 feet above sea-level on NH
58, the picturesque town is surrounded
by mountains that offer glimpses of the
mighty Himalayan range.
The road would bend and curve at every
possible angle it could; the Ganga river
was in its majestic colours, sometimes sea
blue, sometimes robin and at times sky
blue; sometimes calm and then ferocious
as it wound its way down, my constant
companion as I approached my destination
from Rishikesh.
On my way came three main
confluencesDevprayag
where
the
Alaknanda meets the Bhagirathi and takes
the name of Ganga; ahead was Rudraprayag,
the confluence of the Alaknanda and the
Mandakini; and Karnaprayag, where the
Alaknanda amalgamates with the Pindar.
The weather became cold as it was
raining, making for a damp and dull
environment. It gradually turned cold,
with the wind chilling me to the bone
benumbing my body, but my travelling
spirit was indomitable.
Travelling in the local bus gave me a
chance to assimilate the local culture of the
Garhwal region in which Chopta falls. The
pahari song being played in the bus and
some small talk with the locals provided

some relief during the hectic journey.
Although I thought I was successful
in defeating the freezing climate, the
demotivating rain and the sharp turns
in the road were bearable but something
heart-breaking was awaiting me.
Orange
authentic prop replicas from the movies.

From the Weta Workshop, we headed out
straight to Park Road Post Production. Just
to be at a spot occupied by master filmmaker Jackson was exhilarating in itself.
Imagine the joy of sitting on the sofa spot
that he occupies when he okays the sound
for his projects.
Sparkling clean and well-organised, the
facility almost exuded the look of a hotel.
A theatre within the property was like a
fairyland. Moving on to the foley suite,
editing room, fully automated digital audio
mixing suites, and recording room, you
could totally tell why the clarity of sound
is as magical as it is when it has Jacksons
stamp on it.
Overall, you walk out with a deeper
understanding and, most of all, newfound
respect for the talent that works day in and
day out for months, sometimes years, to put
together the larger-than-life spectacles for
film buffs.
And not before you finally board your
flight to leave Wellington does the Weta
experience leave you! You wont just see
an eery life-like installation of Smaug the
Great Dragon, which catches your eye. But,
hey, dont miss Gandalf the wizard atop one
of two Great Eagles, swooping down, before
you say Bye bye, Wellywood!
Points to remember:
A standard tour to Weta Workshop
would cost you NZ$25.
Online booking in advance is
recommended, especially during peak
season between October and April.
or
a
film
aficionado,
the
overwhelming suspended sculpture
of Gollumthe popular fictional
character from The Lord Of The Rings
trilogygives just the right vibe about
the treasure trove of talent, creativity and
imagination that Wellington, New Zealands
largest film production hub, truly is.
For someone curious about the behindthe-scenes action in visually stunning
cinematic delights such as the The Lord of
the Rings and The Hobbit series... oh, and
not to be missed Avatar, The Amazing
Spiderman and The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian, Wellywood, as the city is
informally called, is a wonderland!
A trip to the Miramar suburb of
Wellington will take you to not just Academy
Award-winning film-maker Peter Jacksons
Park Road Post Productiona world-class
facilitybut also to multiple Oscar awardee
Richard Taylors Weta Workshop, which
will stun you with the limitless possibilities
of art and creativity.
A stop at the film props and special
effects company Weta Workshop, part
of the greater Wellington-based creative
community of Weta Digital, Park Road
Post Production, and Stone Street Studios,
will tell you why Taylor is a five-time Oscar
winner. And, oh boy, the sight of his Oscar
statuettes (the real ones!), glistening in
gold, left me star-struckwell, only until I
met the man himself at his workshop!
From starting up in the backroom of
their flat in 1987, Taylor and Tania Rodger
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HEALTH/ASTROLOGY
Red
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Proper food, exercise can

prevent youth from hypertension
Cheers! Red wine can offset

effects of high fat diet
ed wine lovers have a

new reason to celebrate.
Researchers
have
found that a compound in this
drink could help counteract the
negative impact of high fat/high
sugar diets.
The findings, published in the
journal Frontiers in Physiology,
point to the health benefit of
resveratrol, which occurs naturally
in
blueberries,
raspberries,
mulberries, grape skins and
consequently in red wine.
In previous animal studies,
resveratrol has already shown to
increase the life span of mice and
slow the onset of diabetes. In one
study, it mirrored the positive
effects of aerobic exercise in mice,
which were fed a high fat/high
sugar diet.
For the current study, J.P.
Hyatt, associate professor at
Georgetown University and his
team of researchers fed a control
group of rhesus monkeys a
healthy diet and another group a
high fat/high sugar diet, half of
which also received a resveratrol
supplement and half of which
did not. The researchers wanted
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to know how different parts of

the body responded
to
the
benefits
of
resveratrol,
specifically
the
muscles in the back
of the leg.
Three
types
of muscles were
examined:
a
slow muscle, a
fast muscle and
a mixed muscle.
The
study
showed that each
muscle responded
differently to the
diet and to the addition
of resveratrol.
The soleus muscle, a
large muscle spanning from the
knee to the heel, is considered a
slow muscle used extensively in
standing and walking.
Of the three lower hind leg
muscles analysed for this study,
the soleus was the most affected
by the high fat/high sugar diet
and also most affected by
the
resveratrol
supplements. This
may be partially
due to the fact that, on a daily

basis, it is used much
more than the other
two muscles.
The
plantaris
muscle, a 510 cm
long muscle along
the back of the
calf, did not have a
negative response
to the high fat/
high sugar diet,
but it did have a
positive response
to the addition
of resveratrol.
The third muscle
was
not
affected
by the diet or addition
of resveratrol.
While these results are
encouraging, and there might be
a temptation to continue eating
a high fat/high sugar diet and
simply add a glass of red wine
or a cup of fruit to ones daily
consumption, the researchers
stressed the importance
of
a
healthy
diet cannot be
overemphasised.
ith 30 per cent of

deaths
in
India
attributed
to
hypertension
and
diseases
triggered by it, health experts
across the country have cautioned
youngsters to regulate their
eating habits and improve
fitness. Due to the unorganised
medical health system in India,
youth were becoming victims of
hypertension and other major
health complications triggered by
it including brain haemorrhage.
One in four individuals
above 25 years in India has
hypertension and it is increasing
at an alarming pace. Reducing
salt intake, stopping tobacco use,
reducing stress by slowing down,
yoga or meditation and increasing
physical activity are some of the
key strategies to reduce blood
pressure, said A. Muruganathan,
president, Hypertension Society
of India.
Emphasising that one should
get checked up for the condition
early, he said that ignorance can
lead to a stage where hypertension
cannot be reversed. S.S. Das, head
of critical care and cardiology at
Kolkata-based Mercy Hospital,
said, The current scenario is such
that youngsters constantly are on

working hours and hardly get time
to exercise and proper diet. This
leads them to get hypertension.
Diabetes is found commonly
among youths in the 20s and 30s
age group.
Asked if youth in other
countries were also suffering
from hypertension, he said,
The scenario in the world is the
same, but as the medical system
in Western and South Asian
countries such as China is very
much organised and focused,
they are easily able to tackle
the problem.
Kenneth Thorpe, Chairman,
Partnership to Fight Chronic
Disease, said, To efficiently
tackle modern lifestyle diseases
such as hypertension, we need to
move from curative to preventive
care. Regular health check-ups,
reduction of salt, sugar intake,
promoting physical activity, early
detection and treatment are some
of the possible ways to have a
preventive approach towards
such diseases.
According to him, more than
20 crore people are on the verge of
stepping into the dangerous zone
of hypertension.
By Manisha Koushik
Weekly forecast: May 20 to May 26
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but maintains a global presence through the online channels. She is available for consultations online as well.
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ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
Find the right people and delegate the tasks to have

productive results. Dont let disagreements with
family members affect your peace of mind. This is
a temporary phase and you shall be able to deal
with it courteously. Get an objective second opinion
before making new financial commitments. Those
looking for a job change should be open to relocate
to another city.
This is the time to get into action and make your

mark on the work front. Be it on a professional or
personal level, you will be successful in winning
the hearts of those around you. Those in teaching
profession are likely to celebrate the performance
of their wards. Be cautious when making decisions
concerning finances.
Stop seeking everyones suggestion for your work.

Dont let anyone interfere in your project else you
will lose the credibility of the project. Go ahead and
break the ice with someone whom you have not
interacted with on the social front. Dull routine is
likely to prompt you for a change of scene. Money
comes in steady stream and will not pose any
problems.
Travelling with family to a tourist destination will prove

immensely enjoyable. There will be no escaping an
essential expenditure, but judicious spending will
save money. Students appearing for examinations
or competitions can heave a sigh of relief. A transfer
or promotion that was on the cards can be delayed.
You are likely to take a short break for rest and
rejuvenation. Keep romance on hold for sometime as
stars are not favourable.
Lucky No.: 5 / Lucky Colour: Green
Lucky No.: 3 / Lucky Colour: Brown
LIBRA
SCORPIO
Pressure of work that you had been feeling for the

past few days is set to increase. Monetary position
may take various swings, so dont undertake
anything involving money. Those in the creative
fields will be hard put to find ready buyers. Take
adequate measures to counter the season while
travelling. Some of you can risk your health by
eating out.
Lucky No.: 18 / Lucky Colour: Saffron
You will need to keep a close tab on your employees

or subordinates for a project entrusted to them.
Decreased earning is indicated for some. Those
forced to live away can face administrative
difficulties. Travelling, especially by train, can prove
hectic. Those seeking love need to be at their
impressive best! A marriage or birth is likely to bring
happiness on the domestic front. You will achieve
perfect health through your own endeavours.
AQUARIUS
PISCES
You are about to be offered a lucrative deal, which

will be hard to resist. A family trip overseas is on
the cards for some. You will get ample opportunity
to establish yourself in your field of expertise.
Fulfilling a commitment for someone made long
ago will be much appreciated. Your colleagues at
work will be most supportive and will even share
your burden in your absence. Health remains
satisfactory.
Lucky No.: 5 / Lucky Colour: Turquoise
You may feel all at sea regarding a financial matter;

take somebodys advice before you burn your
fingers. Resolving a misunderstanding on the
domestic front quickly can become important. You
perform beyond your expectations in a competition.
Several opportunities for furthering your career are
likely to come your way, but you will have to seize
them. You manage to catch the eye of the one you
love. Dietary control will keep you fit.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Rose
(March 21-April 20)
(April 21-May 20)
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Maroon
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky colour: Blue
LEO
VIRGO
You can face difficulties in bagging a lucrative

assignment, but you will succeed in the end.
Financial gains will take some more time to take
shape. Getting quality time at home to concentrate
on activities that appeal to you can be problematic.
Purchase or development of property is on the cards
for some. You may need to spike your romance
with some excitement. Condition of those who have
undergone surgery will improve quickly.
Lucky No.: 6 / Lucky Colour: Chocolate
Interruptions on the domestic front are foreseen

that will not allow you to do your own thing. Some
of you can expect good professional advice from
someone close. Your professional knowledge
and business acumen will be much in demand at
work. Regular medication will negate the affect of
a lifestyle disease for those suffering from it. This
is not an ideal time to spend with lover, so avoid
meeting if possible.
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
You are likely to win this week on the professional

front by your original ideas. Monetary gains from
a transaction cannot be ruled out for some. You
are set to enjoy the company of your near and
dear ones. Real estate agents can expect a good
commission from a deal. Good dietary control will
find some coming back in shape. Time is ripe to
approach the one you secretly love.
Lucky No.: 2 / Lucky Colour: Violet
A profitable time for entrepreneurs is envisaged.

Marketing people will be able to bring in good
business. A family vacation is on the cards and
will be prove a welcome change. Those needing
loan will get it at the most nominal interest. Pursuing a field sport will keep you trim and fit. Time is
ripe to pop the question to the one you intend to
marry. Luck favours the brave, remember that!
(July 23-August 23)
(Nov 23-December 11)
(August 24-Sep 23)
(May 21-June 21)
(Sep 24-October 23)
Lucky No.: 15 / Lucky Colour: Peach
(Dec 22-January 21)
Lucky No.: 8 / Lucky Colour: Parrot green
(Jan 22-February 19)
(June 22-July 20)
(Oct 24-November 22)
Lucky No.: 3 / Lucky Colour: Magenta
(Feb 20-March 20)
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CANNES COVERAGE
Red
Cannes 2016:
Indian divas make

heads turn with flowy
gowns and bold lips
IWK Bureau
he 69th edition of the coveted

Canned Film Festival started on
May 11. Its quite possible that
your social media feed is loaded with the
pictures of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and
Sonam Kapoor among others, who have
been rocking the red carpet. We bring you
a quick Bollywood-round up of who wore
what in past one week at #Cannes2016.
Sonam Kapoor
Sonam, who is representing the cosmetic
giant LOral Paris at the ongoing film fest,
is earning kudos for her fashion statements
at the red carpet. From her subtle yet
effective white caped floor-sweeping gown,
elegant champagne silk gown to a casual
black dress, the fashionista of Hindi showbiz
has been living up the tag and turning heads
on the red carpet in French Riviera.
She donned a mesmerising black and
blue sculpted sari made of molten wires.
Taking a break from subtle colours, Sonam
added vintage glam to her appearance at
the Chopard party with a custom-designed
black strapless gown by Ralph and Russo
topped up bright red lips and minimal
eye make-up. Some of Sonams past
appearances at Cannes have been criticised,
but this year, she seems to be getting the
look spot on so far.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
This year, the Loreal Paris brand
ambassador, Bollywood actor and former
Miss World Aishwarya, began her series
of appearances with a glittering gold cape
dress, followed by a ravishing red Naeem
Khan creation. She looked elegant in a
flowing and dreamy Elie Saab creation
and then she chose an ensemble by Indias
veteran designer Rohit Bal. She ended up
turning heads when she showed up sporting
a purple pout, which took the focus away
from her clothes, in another appearance.
Overall, Aish did manage to stun with
her bold and atypical choice of make-up

and attires.
Mallika Sherawat
Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat,
whose film Time Raiders has been selected
for the 69th Cannes Film Festival, stunned
one and all at the red carpet of the galas
opening ceremony. Mallika wore an offshoulder Georges Hobeika gown, which
she paired with a diamond neck piece from
Maison Mellerio for the opening ceremony
held on May 11. The gown had golden
embellishments with a blue-coloured trail.
Freida Pinto
The US-based Indian actress is yet to
walk the red carpet at the 69th Cannes
International Film Festival but her quirky
sartorial sense didnt go unnoticed when
she attended the Cannes Film Festival
official dinner on May 15.
For the gala dinner, the Slumdog
Millionaire actress chose a white Elie Saab
couture dress and completed the look with
a pair of earrings, a belt and orange tinged
lips. At the We Do It Together press
conference and cocktail reception the same
day, she wore a summery Prabal Gurung
outfit teamed with Amarapali studs and an
Audemar Piguet watch.
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I leave my character
Red
Black
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on the set when I
return home: Irrfan
No respect left in
joining politics:
Raveena
ctress Raveena Tandon, who has

actively raised her voice against
various social issues during her
25-year-long film career, says unlike her costars Govinda and Shatrughan Sinha, she is
not interested in joining politics as there is
no respect left.
Raveena, who has wrapped up shooting
for her upcoming film MaatrThe Mother,
feels that politics in not a place for her to
be in.
Politics? No, not right now. You know...
Even when you want to make a difference
to the world, unfortunately I think the good
people get stopped all over, Raveena said
on the set of the Ashtar Sayyed directorial,
ith a special campaignTe3n

It Aroundmegastar Amitabh
Bachchan has asked fans and
audiences to join the journey of TE3N by
coming up with innovative ideas for the
promotion of the forthcoming film.
The 73-year-old took the digital route to
ask fans for suggestions.
In a special video, the actor is seen
saying, This time we want to know
how you want to promote the film and
market it.
Set in Kolkata, the film is about a crime
that affects its three principal characters.
Amitabh plays John Biswas, a grandfather
in relentless pursuit of justice for eight
years, while Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays
Father Martin Das, whose life was changed
forever by the same crime that claimed the
life of Johns granddaughter.
Vidya Balan essays the role of a police
officer named Sarita Sarkar, who swings
into action when an identical crime
happens eight years later. In the video,
Big B says, We want you to take TE3N

forward...how do you see it? What do you
want to see next in a poster, song or a
game? You can connect with us now in just
three steps. Log on to www.te3nitaround.
in, choose the activity you want to take
part in and then submit your entry. Come

be a part of TE3N. Produced by Kahaani
director Sujoy Ghosh, the Ribhu Dasgupta
directorial is set to release on June 10.
Nawazuddin gets roaring

applause at Cannes
easoned actor Irrfan Khan says

he never digs into his personal
experiences to draw inspiration for
his on-screen characters as he feels it can
turn dangerous.
Irrfans next movie Madaari features
him as a father who loses his child. Being
a father of two sons, did Irrfan dig into his
own emotional reservoir to play the grieving
father in Madaari?
Never! I never do that. Because if as
an actor you begin to delve deep into your
own personal emotions and experiences
it can get very dangerous for you. I never
draw connections between my own life and
the characters I play. I leave my characters
on the sets when I return home, he said.
There are media reports that Madaari is
about vigilantism against corruption. But
the actor says otherwise.
Irrfan feels the reformist resonances of
Madaari, directed by Nishikant Kamat,
could have far-reaching ramifications. Its
a very powerful subject in the thriller genre.
But the drama and human emotions are not
drowned in the thriller element.
While the narrative remains true to
the genre, the human emotions get a lot of
play in the script. This is what I like about
this script.
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which was wrapped up in Gurugram.

Talking about why she is not interested
in joining politics, Raveena, who played a
politician in Satta, said, Around 10 years
ago, there was still respect for the higher
authorities or officers.
But today what you see on social media,
the way top politicians are abusing each
other openly... There is no respect left.
MaatrThe Mother, which features
Slumdog Millionaire fame actor Madhur
Mittal as antagonist, delves on the road
to justice for women who are victims of
violence and rape.
A release date for the movie is yet to
be finalised.
ctor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was

welcomed with cheers and
applause post the screening
of his film Raman Raghav 2.0, which
is based on Mumbais notorious serial
killer Raman Raghav, at the 69th Cannes
Film Festival.
Film-maker Anurag Kashyaps Raman
Raghav 2.0, which narrates story of the
serial killer, who went on murder spree in
Mumbai in the 1960s, was screened at the
film extravaganza at Cannes on Monday,
May 16. In a clip shared by Nawazuddins
team, the actor is seen entering the hall
amid an unending cheer.
Nawazuddin is a regular at the
prestigious film festival.
Raman Raghav 2.0 marks his eighth
film at the film gala in four years. Earlier
films to make it to the Cannes were The
Lunchbox, Gangs of Wasseypur, Miss
Lovely and Liars Dice to name a few.
His seven films as an actor and one
short film as a producer have gone to the
film festival.
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Movie review:
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he following are statements

from the real-life Mohammad
Azharuddin: When I heard
about the movie, I was not convinced.
But when director Tony DSouza showed
me the script, I gave him the go-ahead.
This laugh-worthy decision by the filmmakers was apparently to avoid the risk
of litigation, so whether the real-life Azhar
was a safe player or not, it certainly shows
that director Tony DSouza is a cautious
batsman who will check with the bowler
before deciding his stroke play. Azhar
opens with a lengthy declaration that
though it is based on the life of erstwhile
Indian cricket captain Mohammad
Azharuddin, it is not actually based on
his life. Confused? Please dont be. Some
film-makers complicate their films with
ambiguous moral shades. Azhar, directed
by DSouza and produced by Ekta Kapoor
and Sony Pictures, can be absolved of any
such crimes because while it may initially
fox you with some googlies, it eventually
finishes with a shining moral clarity that is
rare in the India of today.
Ladies, gentleman, and that muchtortured completely martyred animal
who is the Indian cricket fan, I am
not judging the real-life Mohammed
Azharuddin (irrespective of litigation
risk). For such verdicts, you may peruse
the CBI records, file an RTI for more
light and do some more snooping of
your own.
But this film, for all its technical polish,
smacks of the kind of double standards
that degrade the true value of cinema.
The eponymous hero, in real life, made
a sparkling start in international cricket

with three consecutive centuries and later
went on to shoulder the gargantuan task
of captaining the Indian cricket team. But
in the later stages of his career, matchfixing allegations laid him low; his form
was no great shakes either and eventually
both the International Cricket Council
and the national cricket board banned
him from playing. A dozen years later, he
was acquitted of the charges by Andhra
Pradesh High Court.
The on-screen Azhar dutifully follows
a similar trajectory. But as we have
Emraan Hashmi here, he marries his
serial kisser status with curricular
demands by managing to French-kiss
both Prachi Desai and Nargis Fakhri
(Lara Dutta is spared, but she might not
have been, had the picture been longer).
There are romantic songs in place of drink
breaks, sympathy-evoking contrasts of

adoring crowds before, and isolation and
boycotting later.
All his team-mates desert him when he
needs them the most and he is treated like
a bullied escort when somebody finally
hires him for a celeb appearance. My heart
would have bled had it not been already
killed on the cricket pitch.
Scriptwriter Rajat Arora had debuted
with his dialogues for Bluffmaster; he
should have given the same title to this
movie. We are shown that at one point,
Azhar has only Rs. 5,000 in his bank
account and a bookie later comes along
and offers him Rs. 1 crore. These sums are
peanuts compared to the mind-boggling
figures, which surfaced during the real
investigations.
Avadhara Purushan:
A Dance Musical
Date: 22 May 2016

Time: 4:30 p.m. onwards
Venue: Dorothy Winstone Centre,
Auckland Girls Grammer School, 16
Howe Street, Newton, Auckland.
Sai Natyalaya Dance School proudly
presents Avadhara Purushan in colla
boration with Madurai R Muralidharan,
a dance musical based on Kamba
Ramayna. For tickets contact:
021739879, 0211308046, 021395404 or
0211374929.
Arahoe MudRun
Date: Sunday, 22 May 2016

Time: Registration at 9 a.m., race
starts at 10 a.m.
Venue: Arahoe Primary School,
New Lynn
Arahoe Primary School is opening up its
grounds to the community to do just that.
Its all in the name of community and
encouraging children to play outdoors,
whilst also fundraising for Operation
Outdoors, an initiative to boost outdoor
learning facilities.The Arahoe MudRun
will see participants traverse through
the muddy wallow, climb mud Everest
and slide down the double mudder all
along the one kilometre course. Open
to all ages. Go tolacticturkey.co.nz/
ArahoeMudRunfor more information.
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Orange
Emraan Hashmi, for all his assiduous

but underwhelming exertions, is a
miscast. He would have better essayed
Sachin Tendulkar while someone like
Randeep Hooda could have been a more
appropriate choice to enact the lanky,
slightly cavalier Azhar. It is unlikely the
real-life first wife of Azhar would have
become a superstar by looks alone while
his second wife Sangeeta Bijlani remains
visually stunning as before. But the
movie makes them both coiffed alabaster
beauties. No wonder the poor stressed
hero mistakes one for another. To further
unify matters, both Prachi Desai (first
wife) and Nargis Fakhri (the second one)
emote in one-dimensional states of smiles,
tears and anger that are seen more in
school plays than in formidable dramas.
But to its credit, the narrative never
drags, and DSouza in his directorial debut
would have come across a fine director
were he not saddled with peddling
such ludicrous material. The ending is
stunning, not in its narrative merit, but
in asking us to believe what it reveals.
Factual dishonesty flies in our face. A
lawyer argues in an act of great epiphany
that the CBI report was based on a sting
operation when in fact it relied strongly on
rigorous interrogations. If one didnt want
the movie to reflect real life, why bother
calling it Azhar?
Azhar does not want to hit sixers like
how Stones JFK and Mehtas Shahid did.
It contently busies itself with innocuous
plotting, little ambition, and it all ends
well, dont worry theme. Some happy
endings are actually tragedies in disguise.
Rating: 2/5
Education in New
Zealand at CAB
Hamilton
Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Time: 6 pm to 8pm
Venue: Waikato Migrant Resource
Centre, 46G Claudelands, Hamilton
CAB Hamilton will hold a free information
session on Education in New Zealand.
The topics will cover: overall education
system in New Zealand, how best to
enter into the system, over stayers, fees,
sports, support services, NCEA, tertiary
studies, International studentswhat
happens when they finish their studies
and volunteer work. Please confirm your
place by Wednesday May 18 by phoning
the CAB Office on 07 839 0808 or email
hamilton@cab.org.nz
Free public lecture:

Osteoporosis and Bone
Disease
Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Time: 7 p.m. onwards
Venue: Auckland Medical School
AMRF is holding a free public lecture
on Wednesday 27 May at the Auckland
Medical School. Distinguished Professor
Ian Reid will discuss the impact and
treatment of bone diseases, including
osteoporosis and Pagets disease. To
register phone 923 1701 or email us at
amrf@medicalresearch.org.nz
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