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PRODUCT FLOPS
WHEN INNOVATION STUMBLES
Efforts by some startups
and big corporations to
deliver game-changing
products in a fast-
evolving marketplace
NOT A TIMELESS BEAUTY
went horribly wrong.
Here are some
SPOT Watches (2004)
T he watch offered wearers stock quotes,
weather updates, and other information
memorable product and from
internet users regarded MSN as their favourite
company failures website and by 2004, there were faster, simpler
and better ways to get stock updates.
NEW WAVE OF TECHPRENEURS
Latest crop comprises experienced founders looking to build a bigger business. Their exposure
in startup scene and operational credibility have made them darlings of venture capital firms
Madhav.Chanchani
@timesgroup.com
W
hen Jitendra Gupta
launched a new start-
up in July this year, he
leased the same office in Mum-
bai’s Khar suburb where he
started his first firm. But be-
sides that, the 38-year-old en-
trepreneur, who co-founded
payments startup Citrus Pay
and sold it to Naspers for $130
million in 2016, is doing things
very differently.
His new fintech startup fo-
cuses on consumers, and not
institutional clients. He is not
hiring former Citrus execu-
tives because he wants a fresh
culture to build a consumer-
focused product and doesn’t
want members of the leader-
ship team to think the “old
club” is operating again.
Another difference is the
amount of capital he has
raised on a paper plan — about
$25 million — from top venture
capital investors Sequoia Cap-
ital India and Matrix Partners
India. While running Citrus-
Pay, he managed to raise that
amount only in 2015, after five
years of running the business
and revenues to show for it.
This time, he had investment
offers from eight to nine differ-
ent venture investors, accord-
ing to two sources briefed on
the matter.
The itch is to do something
bigger. “We launched Citrus
(in 2011) when the startup eco-
system didn’t exist and sold it
at a time when it was just get-
ting traction. There was a feel-
ing that had we stayed longer,
things would have been differ-
ent,” said Gupta. He declined
to comment on the funding.
Gupta and dozens of other
founders represent a new wave
of entrepreneurs in the Indian
startup ecosystem. They are
either ‘repeat entrepreneurs’,
who are looking to build a big-
ger business, or those who
have worked at successful
startups in India over the past
eight years, bringing opera-
tional credibility.
All of them are well net-
worked and have been able to
raise over $5 million on a paper
plan. This is the fourth wave
of venture capital-backed tech
entrepreneurs in India (see
graphic), and it shows the in-
creasing maturity of the do-
mestic ecosystem, mirroring
how larger ecosystems like
Silicon Valley operate.
“The profile of entrepre-
neurs has changed completely.
Earlier, experienced operators
and repeat founders were a
quarter of the deal flow. Now,
they are two-thirds of it,” said
Avnish Bajaj, managing direc-
Prenup is latest must-have
for startup founders in love
T ‘EM YOUNG
he young woman in
Monica Mazzei’s San
Francisco law office was
adamant: she wanted a pre-
nuptial agreement. Never
mind that the client had bare-
ly anything to her name. What
she had was a bunch of start-
up ideas.
She and her fiancé, who
already had his own small
tech company, signed a prenup
with clear terms, Mazzei said:
“The spouse who has an idea
[and] starts a business `owns’
that business. It’s their baby.”
A few years later, Mazzei,
a partner at Sideman Ban-
croft, was traveling through
the San Francisco airport
when she saw her former cli-
ent on a magazine cover. Her
startup had struck gold. Her
husband’s business had fiz-
zled. In Silicon Valley, where
penniless programmers fer-
vently believe their ideas are
worth billions, getting rich
Microsoft-owned MSN portal. But few
TRACING JOURNEY OF VC-BACKED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurs with
MBAs or stints in MNCs
1995-2004 2005-2010 founded startups. Many
were in their early to mid-
30s; they had graduated
from IIMs and worked
Entrepreneurs with
with firms like McKinsey
exposure in diverse
or Amazon.
industries such as
manufacturing, IT
services, investment
banking and FMCG
started internet
ventures. Most were
able to sell their firms
Policybazaar’s Quikr’s
to foreign entrants or
Yashish Dahiya Pranay Chulet
take out IPOs.
InMobi’s Dailyhunt’s
Indya.com’s Naveen Tewari Virendra Gupta
Pradeep Kar
2011-15
This period saw
MakeMyTrip’s rush of entrepreneurs OYO Rooms’
Ritesh Agarwal
Deep Kalra who were mostly
engineers in their
20s. Many had work
experience of 2-3
years or started
up after college.
Efforts to solve
Just Dial’s their own problems
Ola’s
VSS Mani spawned ideas for
Bhavish Aggarwal
their ventures. Some
were inspired by
startups in the US
and China. The crop
took on competition
as it leveraged global
Info Edge’s investor interest
Swiggy’s
Sanjeev in India to build
Bikhchandani unicorns. Sriharsha Majety
tor at Matrix Partners India, are in addition to companies
which has backed ride-hailing
major Ola and vernacular
backed directly by Sequoia, the
biggest India focused venture
news aggregator Dailyhunt. fund with $4.2 billion under
“The earlier wave of copy- management. Accel is also
paste entrepreneurs and busi- working with 10 repeat entre-
ness models is over and is not preneurs as a part of ‘Re-
coming back. You need this bound’ programme.
change to build unique India This wave of entrepre-
business models.” neurs backed by VCs is differ-
Similar trends can be seen ent from the previous boom
at other top venture capital cycle, when founders in their
firms, including Sequoia Cap- mid-20s, just a couple of years
ital India, Accel India, SAIF out of IITs, were favoured be-
Partners and Lightspeed Ven- cause of their passion even
ture Partners. There is a serial though they lacked execution
entrepreneur behind about 10 experience. Amit Lakhotia, a
of 20 Indian startups backed
by Surge, an accelerator pro-
member of the new crop, has
over 10 years of working expe-
gramme for early-stage firms rience in startups, including
started by Sequoia this year. at Indonesia’s online retail
Investments through Surge major Tokopedia. In 2011, he
older wealthy couples who
re-marry, prenups are also be-
ing demanded by entrepre-
neurs who want to keep future
windfalls to themselves.
“I am seeing more and
more young people want to
enter into prenuptial agree-
ments who do not currently
have a lot of money now but
can take priority over getting plan to have a lot of money
married. California law as- someday,” said Manhattan-
sumes that any wealth created based divorce attorney Jac-
during a marriage is commu- queline Newman.
nity property, which should be
split equally in a divorce.
In a 2016 survey by the
American Academy of Matri-
That’s alarming not just for monial Lawyers, 3 in 5 divorce
young entrepreneurs but also attorneys said more clients
their investors. were seeking prenups in the
Fortunately, a well-written past three years. About half
prenup is a safeguard against said they’d seen a spike in the
post-divorce havoc, which is
why more and more young
number of millennials re-
questing the agreements.
couples are insisting on the “People’s concepts and no-
agreements, according to tions of fairness when it
more than half-a-dozen law- comes to privately held busi-
yers in the Bay Area and else- nesses are changing,” said
where. Long popular with Mazzei. Bloomberg
STARTUP STORIES
A BRUISING RIVALRY, LEGAL BATTLE
Jawbone fitness tracker (2011)
W earable devices firm
Jawbone was once
valued at over $3 billion.
But it suffered huge
financial loss because of
intense competition and a
prolonged legal tussle with market leader FitBit.
The troubles sank the company.
This period has seen founders
with experience of working in fast
2016-19 scale-up startups, like Flipkart or India
operations of Amazon. They have
relevant experience and connections,
and are building out unique India-first
business models that cannot be easily
copied. Smaller towns are producing
younger entrepreneurs.
Cred’s Digifin’s
Kunal Shah Jitendra Gupta
THE TRAITS OF CURRENT CROP
Most are in age group of
late 20s-late 30s, with up
to 10 years of experience
of working at or building
startups.
They are developing
India-unique products, and
not just copying models
which have clicked in the
US or China. They are
solving complex problems.
A billion-dollar valuation,
unicorn status, is the goal.
But they are also looking
at global expansion and
prominence from early
days
They are well
networked
and settle into
leadership roles
quickly.
Highly driven,
but unlike
younger
entrepreneurs,
they avoid
working 24/7
co-founded ride-hailing ven-
ture Getmecab, which failed.
It is his operating experience
which has helped him raise
close to $10 million.
“VCs saw me operate at
Tokopedia and we kept in
touch. My round was commit-
ted before the business plan
was finalised,” said Lakhotia,
who is starting up in car park-
ing management space.
The rush among investors
to back these startups comes
at a time when there is a “fi-
nancing bubble”, given the
excess global liquidity. What
has changed for VCs is that the
market is deeper, and by back-
ing proven entrepreneurs and
operators, they are taking ex-
ecution risk away.
Firm training next-gen tech creators
Sindhu.Hariharan
@timesgroup.com
T
welve-year-old Shaurya
Sharma, from Mumbai,
is among the youngest in
the country to build an AI chat-
bot. Many more kids are on
track to develop their first tech-
nology products, the result of
a growing trend where curious
minds are being introduced to
coding early on.
UPSTARTS’
CORNER
Edtech startup White Hat
Jr is supporting this trend.
Founded by Karan Bajaj, an
author and corporate profes-
sional-turned entrepreneur, it
teaches children aged 6 to 14
the fundamentals of coding
and guides them in developing
commercial-ready games, ani-
mations and apps. The chatbot
Shaurya created can serve as
an AI concierge of information
ITCHING FOR
SUCCESS?
FitBit Force
T his version of the
activity tracker
reportedly caused
skin irritation and
blisters and led to a
class-action lawsuit
in California.
Udaan’s
Sujeet Kumar
as they honour family
obligations. They make it
up with more thoughtful
decision-making.
Serial entrepreneurs in
this group want to build
products/services for a
bigger outcome this time
around.
Many are raising
large rounds with mega
valuations, which could
create problems of
overcapitalisation.
What has also helped VCs
build conviction about signing
large cheques at the idea stage
is the amount of follow-on
capital startups like Cred,
started by Freecharge co-
founder Kunal Shah; Curefit,
started by Myntra’s Mukesh
Bansal; and Udaan, started by
former Flipkart executives,
have attracted. All these
founders are building startups
that are unique and have local-
ised business models.
“There is a clear demarca-
tion on folks who have shown
hustle at fast-growing startups
versus those who have just
worked in traditional busi-
nesses,” said Revant Bhate,
who worked at cloud kitchen
player Rebel Foods for five
on school for parents.
White Hat Jr has its own
coding curriculum and gives
one-on-one lessons through
interactive online classes.
Bajaj, who has two young
daughters, is a huge believer
in the power of early learn-
ing, and this conviction
helped him go from concept
to execution in less than a
year.
“This business proposi-
tion is a new model for the
country and even the
world. Considering that
no one else teaches
young kids to create
digital products, there
was no playbook for us
to borrow from,” Bajaj
said.
The startup has seen
over 1.5 lakh student
trials and on-
boarded
over 500
teachers
since its
c o m -
RAISING EYEBROWS
Rejuvenique face mask (1999)
T he mask was supposed
to help the wearer get a
youthful look through mild
electric shocks to the face.
It was meant to ‘exercise’
facial muscles, ridding the face
of wrinkles. The product’s ad and promise
raised quite a few eyebrows but did little
else apparently.
GAME OVER
ET video game (1982)
(2014)
Atari dominated the video game market
and E.T. was a massive box-office hit. An
officially licensed E.T. game seemed to
be a guaranteed success. What could go
wrong? Atari spent $20 million to obtain
the rights, developed a hard-to-play game
within six weeks, and manufactured 4
million cartridges. Of these, 2.5 million
were returned. Atari had a landfill site for
unsold product in New Mexico, US, where
many of the cartridges ended up.
years, launching new brands
like Behrouz Biryani. He add-
ed in raising capital, founders
coming from firms like Urban-
Clap and Swiggy would have
an edge over those from Unile-
ver. Bhate is also starting up
in the consumer space.
Founders know they have
an advantage and are making
the best of the environment,
as it allows them to negotiate
terms. For some, these are as-
pects like valuation, for others
it is deciding which investor
or how many should join the
board of the firm.
Investors feel tech entre-
preneurship has become more
broad-based with internet pen-
etration. For instance, Light-
speed runs mentorship pro-
gramme ‘Extreme Entrepre-
neurs’ which saw the number
of applications double to 900
in 2019 from a year earlier. The
number of towns these appli-
cations came from stands at
102 as against 45 last year.
“Five years ago, entrepre-
neurship playbook was an
engineer coming out of an IIT
and starting up. I think that’s
no longer the case,” said Vaib-
hav Agrawal, partner at Light-
speed. “As internet adoption
gets deeper, where the entre-
preneurs come from and prob-
lems they try to solve are
spreading beyond metros.”
While VCs are betting dis-
proportionately on experi-
enced founders, they are ex-
pected to continue backing the
younger lot, which has his-
torically created more value.
The most valued venture-
backed firms in India — like
Flipkart ($22 billion), Paytm
($10 billion) and Ola ($6.2 bil-
lion) — were started when the
founders were in their mid to
early 20s with just a few years
of outside experience. Oyo,
which has a valuation of $10
billion, was started by college
dropout Ritesh Agarwal, who
was a teenager then.
Some investors think as in
2014-15, the market is moving
ahead of itself and VCs are as-
suming business building is
very easy. By backing experi-
enced entrepreneurs, VCs are
taking away founder and exe-
cution risk. But there are
other aspects, such as go-to-
market, business model and
product risk, which the found-
ers will have to tackle.
“The rate at which the size
of Series A has increased to $10
million in India is in tandem
with the US, but the market
there is deeper. All these entre-
preneurs will have to deliver
3-4x the valuation at which
they have raised capital, which
is a lot of work,” said a Mum-
bai-based VC investor.
mercial launch in March this
year. Bajaj did not disclose
number of paid users but said
both learner count and reve-
nue were doubling every
month.
Word-of-mouth praise is
working best for the startup.
“A kid in Gangtok signed up
for our course and about a
week later, 23 more children
from the same location en-
rolled with us,” he said.
According to the
entrepreneur, de-
spite prolifera-
tion of edtech
models in the
K-12 space, White
Hat Jr has no di-
rect competitor
who helps kids
create tech prod-
ucts and “gets
them to
learn to
fish”.
Karan Bajaj
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019
NO FEED FRENZY
Facebook Home (2013)
F acebook built a UI layer
product called Home in
2013. The idea was that users’
lock screens would show a
feed of updates from their
Facebook account. But many
found the app confusing. It
disappeared from Google Play
Store less than a year after launch.
IT HAD ONE JOB!
Twitter Peek (2009)
A dedicated
device which
sent and received
tweets. It had
one job, and it
didn’t even do that
properly, giving users
only a 20-character
preview of their
tweets.
Source: CBInsights
How I got my STARTUP IDEA
MOHIT YADAV |
CO-FOUNDER, FREEWILL
WE WANTED TO CREATE
UNIQUE SOLUTIONS
THE IDEA: A tech-
enabled personal
care startup creating
customised hair products
for every individual’s unique
requirements. The purchase
journey begins with users
answering a set of questions
on their lifestyle and
environmental conditions.
Freewill’s proprietary
algorithm processes the
details and suggests a
made-to-order hair solution. The products, including shampoos
and conditioners, are created at Freewill’s own facility and sold
exclusively through its platform.
EUREKA MOMENT: Brothers Mohit and Rahul Yadav
previously co-founded an e-commerce platform that was
later acquired. Subsequently, they worked at CarDekho,
where they saw up close the benefits of customer journey
personalisation and decided to implement it in personal care
space. The result: Freewill, which is advised by former beauty
industry veterans from L’Oréal, Unilever, and other companies.
Mohit has an investment banking background, while Rahul’s
expertise lies in technology.
“We wanted to change the traditional way consumer brands work;
they create the product first and then draft a marketing story to
get people to use it,” Mohit said. “In contrast, we start with the
customer preference and create a product that suits them.”
EARLY DAYS: Freewill had no playbook to rely on.
“We interviewed several customers and determined
the parameters required to arrive at our algorithm.
Even today, we encounter new questions not covered by our
questionnaire,” Mohit said. With such fierce customisation
focus, it took the startup three months to get an operational
blueprint in place.
BIGGEST CHALLENGE: Moving the personal care
sector’s focus from being scale-oriented to creating
customised solutions has been Freewill’s biggest task.
“I can create 10,000 bottles (of the same product) in a minute
easily, but if I have to create one unique solution, print one
label, no operational structure exists,” Mohit said. Freewill’s
machines, equipment, and tech tools are not from the beauty
sector; they have been borrowed from other industries. Funding
was another big hurdle and initially, the brothers used their
money to set it up.
WHERE THE STARTUP IS NOW: Freewill claims to have
sold over 50,000 units of its products since beginning
operations in September 2018. It has a team of 20
employees and an army of consultants, and its orders are
growing by around 25% month-on-month. Freewill is now a
part of the second cohort of Sequoia Capital’s accelerator
programme, Surge.
— Sindhu Hariharan
DEAL OF THE WEEK
TOTAL FUNDING
LAST WEEK ( October 4-Oct 10, 2019)
Oyo Rooms | $1500m
Zomato | $600m
$2,814.2 million Swiggy | $500m
LAST 52 WEEKS
(October 11, 2018-October 10, 2019)
$15,380m
Source: Tracxn
“Our focus on helping kids
create their own apps and the CATCHING
live one-on-one teaching mod-
el sets us apart,” he said.
The startup has a war EDTECH STARTUP
chest in place for its next
phase of growth, after a re- White Hat Jr
cent raise of $10 million from FOUNDER
Silicon Valley’s edtech-fo- Karan Bajaj, an
cused fund Owl Ventures and author and corporate
existing investors Nexus Ven- professional-turned
ture Partners and Omidyar
entrepreneur
Network.
Global expansion is now SERVICE
on the cards and plans will be
in motion in November.
Firm teaches kids aged
6 to 14 fundamentals
White Hat Jr also intends
to add global class scheduling
of coding and helps
feature and gamification tech- them develop games,
niques to its platform. “We animations and apps.
will also use the funds to ex- It has its own coding
pand our user base and on- curriculum
board more teachers,” Bajaj
Over
said.
He is not losing sleep over 500 Over 1.5
lakh
Number of
competition in the mark. “As Number of student trials
long as tech helps kids to cre- teachers
ate things and enhances their onboarded
creativity, parents are happy
to sign up,” he said. $10 million
Funds raised recently

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was declared a saint by Pope
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day, making her
the fourth Kera-
lite and 12th In-
dian to be eleva-
ted to sainthood. Four others
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WB cuts growth
forecast to 6%
T he World Bank on Sunday
slashed India’s economic
growth projection for the fiscal
year to 6%, against the original
estimate of 7.5%. The bank, how-
ever, expected a pick up from the
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Kathmandu: Chinese Presi-
dent Xi Jinping wound up
two days of meetings in Ne-
pal on Sunday with separate
deals for a rail link to Tibet
and a tunnel, an official said,
as the Himalayan nation se-
eks to end Indian dominance
over its trade routes by boos-
ting connectivity with Be-
ijing. The 70-km rail link will
connect Gyiron in Tibet with
Kathmandu.
A Chinese team had con-
ducted a preliminary study
for the project, which will be
part of China’s Belt and Road
Initiative. Alongside, a pro-
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➤ Govt plans to introduce a
Bill to amend law in winter
session of Parliament
registered companies,
which have turnover of up
to 2 crore and paid-up
capital of up to 50 lakh
➤ Corporate affairs ministry
also seeks to lower penalty
for small companies
nefit around eight lakh of the 11
lakh registered Indian compa-
nies, which have a turnover of
up to `2 crore and a paid-up capi-
tal of `50 lakh or less.
The steps are being discus-
sed by the Company Law Com-
mittee, headed by corporate affa-
irs secretary Injeti Srinivas,
Amid drama, Ganguly
set to be prez of BCCI
K.ShriniwasRao
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The stage is set for for-
mer India captain Sourav
Ganguly to be the next presi-
dent of the Indian cricket board
(BCCI), with elections unlikely
to be held at BCCI’s Annual Ge-
neral Meeting on October 23.
In a unanimous stand aga-
inst the Supreme Court-appo-
inted Committee of Admini-
strators’ (COA) functioning, all
members of the BCCI came to-
gether in an informal setting at
a five-star hotel in Mumbai on
Sunday, signalling their emp-
hatic return to the corridors of
Indian cricket administration.
The meeting had a fair sha-
re of drama as two powerful lob-
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ndia dismissed South Africa
for 189 on Sunday after W ith a 2-0 lead in the
the follow-on to win clinched its 11th consecutive
the second Test by an innings &
137 runs — its biggest-ever
victory against the Proteas
T he previous biggest Indian
victory against S Africa — by
an innings and 57 runs — came
at Kolkata in Feb 2010. S Africa
has been beaten by an
innings only twice in
this decade, both
times by India
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I
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ding a safety valve to cover
at least 50% of Chinese im-
ports under Regional Com-
prehensive Economic Part-
nership, the proposed 16-na-
tion trading bloc, has held up
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Pallava-Era Monuments Showcased During Modi-Xi Summit
Bus fares for Diwali cost as
much as flights to Madurai
WHEN ALL ROADS LED Drivers rue long work hours, risk rider safety
TO MAMALLAPURAM Pics: L R Shankar
Ram.Sundaram
@timesgroup.com BUS FARES SKYROCKET
A/C bus fare from
Chennai: By spending `400
more, you will be able to fly to 80 Number of
buses leaving Chennai on Oct. 24
from Koyambedu
STATE ACTION
TN government
Madurai from Chennai this Madurai is silent on
Diwali instead of taking a amending rules to
private bus.
1,500 – 2,200
regulate fares
A private bus operator is Coimbatore
4,600 special
charging `2,320, excluding
1,700 – 2,400 buses for Diwali
tax, as base fare for an air-
conditioned bus from Chen- Tirunelveli Special
nai to Madurai on October reservation for
24, three days before Diwali. 2,000 – 2,500 these buses
On the same day, the chea- will begin on
pest flight on this route is Airfare (Chennai to Madurai) | 2,728 October 23
`2,728 (as on Saturday eve-
ning) per passenger. The larger question is the used to drive at breakneck
Even if passengers book hesitancy shown by the state speed so that they can rest
their air tickets a month in transport department in for some more time. Official
advance, the difference bet- amending rules to cap priva- date corroborates this fact.
ween the two travel options te bus fares. According to of- In 2018, 1,448 private bus dri-
has narrowed down a lot. ficial estimates, more than vers were booked by traffic
With the state govern- 200 new private buses get re- police for overspeeding

Top cop, Chinese ment not taking adequate

steps to regulate private bus
operations, fares have once
gistered every year.
The inaction on part of
the transport department
along highways. In respon-
se, an official from the state
transport department said

NEWFOUND Jaya Menon and L R Shankar | TNN resulting in traffic jams on East Coast
security officers again skyrocketed ahead of
the festive season.
Transport Minister MR
doesn't involve only money,
but also endangers passeng-
er safety. Private bus drivers
no driver is allowed to drive
for more than eight hours
and that an order was recent-
INTEREST: Tourists Road and leading to a vehicle pile-up
laud role of police Vijayabhaskar recently ca- told TOI they are forced to ly issued allowing police to

K
and travel enthu- asthuri rolled out a piece of from Pattipulam, about 10 km north of me out with a warning aga- work long hours sans bre- penalise such violations.
siasts congregate plastic sheet on the side of Mamallapuram. “It was an unprece- inst excess fare. But nothing aks. “Given the increase in di-
at Arjuna’s Pen- the road and carefully dented crowd. It was like waves of peo- TIMES NEWS NETWORK much has changed on gro- A Mani, a driver from Ma- esel and operating costs, we
ance and Krish- placed the caps and Stet- ple all over the town,” said R Subrama- und. The only relief for pas- durai, said, “I quit my job af- can't afford to have two dri-

na’s butterball in sons, made of straw, plastic
Mamallapuram on and felt, in a casual heap. It was more
Sunday. By even- than two weeks since she had been
ing, the crowd asked to stop plying her trade for secu-
had become un- rity reasons. Her husband, Logana-
manageable than, a tour guide, had also been whil-
ing away time at home. A scarf tied
around her head, she leaned back
against the freshly painted wall. She
didn’t have to wait too long. On Sunday
morning, as the blazing sun beat relent-
It was an
unprec-
lessly down on an immaculately
groomed Mamallapuram, tourists
poured into the ancient town in droves.
With the 8th century Pallava-era
edented
monuments, sparkling and all lit up for
crowd. It was the visit of Prime Minister Narendra
like waves of Modi and Chinese President Xi Jin-
people all ping, tourists from neighbouring dis-
tricts, besides foreigners and other
over the town domestic visitors, arrived at the town
R Subramanian| with a determination. The parking
PHOTO STUDIO slots burst at the seams as honking cars
OWNER IN and tourists vans spilled out. They
MAMALLAPURAM swarmed Arjuna’s Penance, climbed
over its rocky top, posed for selfies near
the Butter Ball, stomped over the green
We had more carpet that only hours ago had been
security dewy and dust free.
Workers pulled down the temporary
details than
walls decked with garlands of orange
what the marigolds and pillars of fruits and veg-
Chinese etables. As they piled up the bullet-proof
officials had sheets that protected Modi and Xi dur-
ing their dinner near the dazzling Shore
asked for Temple, tourists streamed towards it to
R Sudhakar| JOINT check if the monument was as magical
COMMISSIONER OF as it appeared on TV on Friday.
POLICE (EAST) By evening, their numbers exploded,
nian, who runs a photo studio in Mamal-
lapuram. Though the number of police
were less in the morning, their presence
was scaled up after hundreds of vehicles
ferrying tourists entered Mamal-
lapuram. Visitors complained that dry
flowers, plantain trees and trash were
littered all over the place.
While the local town panchayat esti-
mates that the number of tourists who
visited Mamallapuram on Sunday
would be many tomes the usual 10,000
on weekends, the volume of garbage
is likely to touch two tonnes. The
average garbage collection at the
town is seven tonnes every
month.
With the number of visi-
tors to Archaeological Survey
of India’s (ASI) ticketed mon-
uments increasing dramati-
cally, authorities were forced
to switch off the lights in the
evening to the keep the flow in
check. ASI sources said the num-
ber of tickets purchased for a tour
of the monuments doubled from an
average 7,000 during weekends to more
than 14500 on Sunday. But, hundreds of
visitors left disappointed as the fine
sculptures that came alive in their living
rooms did not look so glamourous in
real.
Mobbed by tourists for her caps, Kas-
thuri momentarily leaned back on the
wall that had a poster painted on it by
the Mamallapuram town panchayat. It
simply said: ‘My Town My Pride’.
(With inputs from Yogesh Kabirdoss)
A
fter a frenetic work schedule that lasted for over sengers is 4,600 government ter I was asked to complete vers throughout the year. Ex-
a month, compliments from the city police top special buses for the festival. two trips between Tirunelve- cept for such weekends, we
brass and Chinese security officials were aplenty But special reservation for li and Chennai continuously actually don't make much
for police personnel on ground. these buses will open only on this Pongal.” profit,”said a private omni
In addition to the city police commissioner A K October 23. He explained that drivers bus operator.
Vishwanathan lauding his men and women for sound
management of security and traffic, the city police also
earned a round of applause from Chinese security offi-
cials, who were impressed with the enormous security
details and measures made for Chinese
president Xi Jinping, which was
18 people from Mizoram held,
shared with them.
Chennai police had
three levels of negotia-
let off after proving identity
tions with Chinese secu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK were detained while walking When the Mizo associa-
rity officials for secu- on roads, going to their colle- tion took up the issue of ar-
rity purpose alone. Chennai: After cracking ges or offices. bitrary detention with local
The city police down on Tibetans ahead of “Police had already as- police stations, they were
commenced its work the visit of Chinese Presi- ked them to carry identity told that policemen were just
a month ago, deploy- dent Xi Jinping, the city poli- cards before venturing out following orders from the
ce has detained men and wo- on Friday due to Chinese top. Some of those detained
ing 200 teams headed
by sub-inspectors to men from northeast states President Xi Jinping’s visit, said they had to call their
get details about the merely on suspicion. but this incident was unfort- employers in order to prove
35km stretch from the At least 18 people from unate. Police constables de- that they were not Tibetans.
airport to Muttukadu, of- Mizoram were detained in “If we were told that this
ficials said. the last few days and were as-
ked to prove their identity.
‘ARBITRARY MOVE’ would be the situation, we
would have asked our people
Detailing the foolproof
system, R Sudhakar, joint com- Some of them were let off on not to step out. They should
missioner of police (East), said on Sun- Friday after verifying their tained fair-complexioned pe- have let them off at least af-
day that police had prepared a checklist after analysing identity cards. ople for questioning,” the as- ter verifying the identity
possible threats. Data was collected on the East Coast The Chennai Mizo Welfa- sociation alleged. cards and not detained for
Road (ECR) and OMR, including hotels, lodges, number re Association (CMWA) has Speaking to TOI, P C Mi- hours together” said Miche-
of CCTVs, electric poles and foot overbridges. Specifics criticised these “arbitrary cheal, general secretary of al.
of buildings and vantage points (terraces), bulk bookings arrests and indifferent atti- CMWA, said, “We know that “We are not a threat to
in flights and trains were assembled, Sudhakar said. In tude” of policemen. The as- a security protocol was in anybody,” said a man from
the background, a special team was keeping a track of sociation alleged that men as place. But we denounce the Mizoram, who was briefly
developments in social media to pre-empt any threats. well as women from northe- fact that they were detained detained by police for ques-
“We had more security details than what the Chinese ast were randomly picked despite carrying their iden- tioning and was let off only
officials had asked for,” he said. up. In some instances, they tity cards,” he said. after proving his identity.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019
Diwali rush: Shoppers crowd
T Nagar, clog arterial roads
Motorists
Complain Of
Lack Of Parking
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: With one more wee-
kend to go before Diwali, thou-
sands thronged T Nagar for
shopping on Sunday which
slowed down traffic on three
arterial roads - Theagaraya
Road, Venkatanarayana Road
and G N Chetty Road that con-
verge at Panagal Park.
People driving by T Nagar
were caught in traffic for more
than 30 minutes, while those
who were returning after
shopping found it difficult to
get cabs and autos. A few moto-
rists had a tough time taking
out their parked cars. The
congestion that began late af-
ternoon, continued till late
night. Traders said the conges-
tion is normal for this time of
the year.
“It took me 45 minutes to
cross Pondy Bazaar and reach
Venkatanarayana Road,” said
R Sailesh.
The Pondy Bazaar stretch
was recently revamped and
the pavements were made wi-
der and work to build storm-
water drains is being carried
out on Venkatanarayana Ro-
ad. Shoppers said these deve-
lopments have made the roads
narrower and difficult for mo-
torists to pass. Even those co-
ming from West Mambalam
took nearly 40 minutes to re-
ach the main road.
Traffic police have been de-
3 arrested for beating auto driver to death
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Nearly a week after
a man was found dead in an
autorickshaw near Red Hills,
police found that he was be-
aten to death by a gang for ste-
aling batteries from lorries.
Police have arrested three
men in the murder case.
The accused were identifi-
ed as D Mahesh, 32, alias Anil,
his brother-in-law V Arunku-
mar, 23, and G Sampath, 30, a
private bus driver, all hailing
ME & MY CHENNAI
Three men rob
Prominent citizens speak on what makes the city ‘chance-ey illa’ for them
Falling For The Tiruvallur petrol
City’s Rhythm employee of `1.5L
M
y association
with Chennai
began when I
was six years
old and came to the city to
learn Carnatic music from
my guru S Ramanathan. I
remember taking the train
from Kerala with my grand-
mother every weekend to
learn music, until my father
decided to move to Chennai
as he believed that if it’s go-
ing to be a future in music,
Chennai is the place to be.
Coming from a small in-
dustrial town in Kerala, Ma-
dras was fascinating — the
wide roads, beaches and spa-
cious green buses of the then
Pallavan Transport Corpora-
tion that had different col-
oured tickets, which I
would collect.
Since then, I
love taking
the bus. It’s a
lot of fun and
gives a deeper insight into the
city. As recently as two years
ago, I travelled to Madras uni-
versity by bus with people
around me nodding in recog-
nition or whispering about
having seen me on TV.
We used to live in
Mylapore and I did my
schooling in PS Senior Sec-
ondary School nearby. We
were the first batch to con-
duct a cultural fest in school.
I did my undergraduation
from Meenakshi College, Ko-
dambakkam, where I had to
change two buses to reach
college. And then I did my
masters
from IIT
Madras
where cy-
cle is the
popular
S SOWMYA | Carnatic Musician
CHOCK-A-BLOCK: Shoppers at
T Nagar ahead of Diwali. Traffic
comes to a halt due to the
festival rush
ployed every 200m on these ro-
ads. Shoppers, however, comp-
lained of lack of parking spa-
ce, cars were lined jostling for
space under the Usman flyo-
ver and near Panagal park. So-
me of the motorists parked on
pavements or by the side of the
barricades kept to control
crowd.
The carriageway in front
of the park was reduced be-
cause trucks are parked on one
side and smart city work is
happening on the other. “We
are trying to accommodate as
many vehicles as we can, but
there is only limited space and
people coming to Pondy Baza-
from Pattabiram. Investiga-
tions revealed that the trio
had attacked the deceased, P
Murali, 33, of Kovur near
Mangadu, after they found
him stealing batteries from
their trucks.
Murali was found dead in
his autorickshaw off the ou-
ter ring road at Ellammanpet
near Red Hills on October 6.
Based on a complaint by his
sister Jothi, police registered
a case of suspicious death.
There were no external inju-
way of commute inside the
campus. I have been to a lot
of IITs but the environment
of IIT-M, surrounded by
greenery, blackbuck and
other deer, was enthralling.
Though I had been to
small kutcheris in Kerala, it
was in Chennai that I began
listening to Carnatic con-
certs by stalwarts. In those
days, there was no aircondi-
tioning, and we used to listen
to concerts with mosquitoes
ringing in our ears, but it was
a unique experience. Sabha
hopping during December
season was unforgettable, we
would be so busy that by
January 1 it would feel like
we had attended a family
wedding. I remember the
early morning Margazhi
bhajans by Papa-
nasam Sivan.
The city used
to be quiet,
apart from the
call of the push
cart vendors selling kerosene
and vegetables.
It was in Chennai that I
first went near seawater. My
guru used to take classes by
the beach and I still remem-
ber how I used to fear the
waves. Whenever we would
go to the beach there would
be this craving for ‘thenga
maanga pattani sundal’. I
was also very fond of ice
creams, something a singer
can’t afford. Once my young-
er sister and I started in the
morning from home on a ice
cream trail tasting the best
ones in the city.
The city has the best infra-
structure to build musical
knowledge. The libraries at
Music Academy, the Carnatic
Music Book Centre, Univer-
sity of Madras with its musi-
cal manuscripts are one-of-a-
kind. These days students
pick up books online, but
in those days the Tripli-
cane roadside book
stores and the Moore
market book stores had
the best books on music.
Only thing that can
m at ch C h e n n a i i s
Chennai.
ar to shop are also coming here
to park because there is not
enough space there,” said the
parking lot manager.
“Had there been a proper
system to park, such conges-
tion wouldn’t have happened,”
said V Shylaja. She pointed out
it’s the same traffic situation
every year, but nothing has be-
ries. The body was sent to
Stanley Hospital for postmor-
tem. The autopsy report reve-
aled that he could have been
beaten to death, after which
police altered the charges and
registered a murder case.
They launched a hunt for the
suspects with the help of
CCTV camera footage retrie-
ved from the nearby locality.
The investigation led to
the trio and during interroga-
tion they confessed to have be-
aten up Murali because he sto-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Three men attack-
ed a petrol bunk employee
near Tiruvallur and robbed
him of `1.50 lakh at knife po-
int early on Sunday.
Police said Murali, 24,
was on night duty and the
petrol station belonged to A
K Moorthy from Ambur. Mo-
orthy left for home at 11pm
after locking the cash collec-
tion box. Since they don’t get
many customers at night,
only one employee was as-
signed duty. At 1.30am, three
men came on a bike, woke up
Murali, who was sleeping in-
side the petrol bunk, and as-
ked him to fill petrol in their
bike. They gave him `100.
When Murali started fil-
ling petrol, one of them
brandished a knife and de-
manded cash. When he refu-
sed, they attacked him a log
and inflicted knife injuries.
Unable to bear the pain, Mu-
rali agreed to show them the
collection box. The trio bro-
ke open the lock and escaped
with the cash. Murali called
Burglars give drug-laced
food to dogs, rob houses
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Burglars broke into
two houses near Tambaram
and escaped with 16 sovereigns
of gold,`2 lakh in cash and elec-
tronic items including TV, iPad
on Saturday night. Cops su-
spect that they fed street dogs
sedative-laced food to keep
them quiet.
In the first incident, misc-
reants entered the home of Ja-
gadeesan, 71, a retired govern-
ment official, at Mullai Nagar
in Varadarajapuram on Satur-
day night. Jagadeesan was
spending the night in a private
hospital to take care of his ai-
ling wife. Three men broke
open the locks using a crowbar
and escaped with valuables an
hour later, footage from CCTV
cameras in the locality sho-
TIMES CITY
R Ramesh Shankar
en done to control it. “It is the
duty of the local authorities to
make arrangements to create
a proper parking space since
this area is a major shopping
hub,” she said.
In the previous years, the
number of shoppers have tou-
ched around 10 lakh a day, a we-
ekend before Diwali.
le a battery from their truck
parked near Pattabiram. The-
ir intention was not to murder
him, they said.
All three were remanded
in judicial custody on Sunday.
Police also said that Mura-
li drove the autorickshaw du-
ring the day and stole batteri-
es from heavy vehicles at
night. He was booked for simi-
lar cases in Poonamallee and
Mangadu.
Murali is survived by wife
and two children.
At 1.30am, three
men came on a
bike, woke up
Murali, who was
sleeping inside the
petrol bunk, and
asked him to fill
petrol in their bike
up the owner and informed
him about the incident.
Based on his complaint,
Tiruvallur police have star-
ted looking for the suspects.
The petrol station had fo-
ur CCTV cameras. Police are
going through the CCTV ca-
mera footage to trace the su-
spects. One of the men’s face
was covered because of the
helmet.
“We suspect them to be
repeat offenders. They seem
to have known that the vic-
tim would be alone and tar-
geted him,” said an investi-
gating officer.
Police are also trying to
find out whether there is any
involvement of an insider in
the crime.
wed. When Jegadeesan retur-
ned the next morning, he fo-
und his dog leashed to a diffe-
rent corner and six sovereigns
of gold,`26,000 in cash and elec-
tronics items were missing.
By adopting almost similar
approach, burglars stole `2
lakh in cash and 10 sovereigns
of gold from Sudalaimani’s ho-
use at Krishnanagar in Var-
adarajapuram the same night.
He had gone to his native place
with his family.
Police said that the men we-
re keen on not inviting any at-
tention. “There are a number
of street dogs in the locality.
But none barked to alert the ne-
ighbours. The burglars could
have used food laced with
drugs to calm them,” said a po-
lice officer from Tambaram
station.
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Man murdered NE monsoon to NEWS DIGEST
in Tiruvallur, Red Hills shop
begin Oct 17, city to
wife’s lover burgled
lectrical appliances worth
suspected get rain from today E `5 lakh and `50,000 in
cash were burgled from a
TIMES NEWS NETWORK shop near Red Hills on
TIMES NEWS NETWORK City is likely to get Saturday night. The shop at
Chennai: A 34-year-old man Pammadhukulam on Red
was found dead with injury Chennai: It’s time to get your
sharp spells from Hills-Avadi Road belongs to
marks on the back of his neck umbrellas and raincoats out as Monday night and Ramesh, 34, of the same
on Saturday night in his house weather experts have forecast the intensity is locality. When he came to
in Chunnabukulam, near Gu- the onset of the much-awaited open his shop on Sunday
expected to morning, he found that
mudipoondi, in Tiruvallur. Ac- northeast monsoon around
cording to police, the deceased, October 17. Experts said an increase by someone had tampered with
Murugan, a mason, was alone easterly wave or an atmospher- October 16 the lock of the shutter and
at home when the incident took ic trough, which is likely to al of southwest monsoon, valuables inside the shop
place. form, will bring sharp spells to though delayed, will be rapid, were missing. The CCTV
A team from Arambakkam the city starting from Monday paving way for onset of north- cameras inside the shop had
police station found Murugan night and the intensity is ex- east monsoon on time. been broken and the DVR
lying in a pool of blood. His wi- pected to increase by October Weather blogger Pradeep was missing.
fe, Devi, claimed that she was in 16. If adequate water conserva- John said it was after several
Honour for NGO working
a temple and when returned tion measures are taken, the years that the northeast mon-
she found her husband dead. season which is between Octo- soon would begin without a on mental health: The Live
Police found Devi giving ber and December, is likely to strong weather system like a Love Laugh Foundation
contradictory answers about put an end to the water crisis in low pressure over the Bay of (TLLLF), an NGO which works
her location at the time of the the city, as meteorologists have Bengal and an easterly wave for people experiencing
murder. Unsatisfied with her forecast normal monsoon this would bring in the much need- stress, anxiety and depres-
replies, police made some inqu- year. ed monsoon rains. An easterly sion (SAD), has been named
iries in the neighbourhood and According to the regional wave or atmospheric trough is the 2019 recipient of the Dr
found that Devi was having an weather inference of IMD, an elongated area of low air Guislain “Breaking the Chains
affair with a lorry driver in the “With the gradual withdrawal pressure from north to south of Stigma” Award. The global
same locality and Murugan of southwest monsoon over but moving from east to west in award, which is an initiative
had been asking her to break the northern and central parts the tropics leaving thick clouds of the Dr Guislain Museum in
off her relationship with the of India, conditions are becom- and thunderstorms. Ghent, Belgium and Janssen
other man. ing favourable for commence- “Usually interior regions Research and Development,
Preliminary investigations ment of northeast monsoon get rain when there is no prop- LLC honored TLLLF’s efforts
revealed that Murugan had around October 17.” er system in Bay of Bengal and to change the dialogue
warned the driver after which The weathermen have also when there is a system, coastal around mental illness in India.
Devi got into a fight with him. said that winds, one of the ma- areas will get rain. We don’t al-
Police have launched a hunt for jor conditions for the onset of ways need to have a system. NCC naval wing cadets
the driver who is missing. northeast monsoon, are also Even an easterly wave is a secure first position: A
changing rapidly making it fa- trough which is good enough team of 36 NCC Naval Wing
cadets from Tamil Nadu,
vourable for the monsoon to set to bring rains,” John said.
Puducherry and Andaman
Freedom walk on in. “Reversal of surface and
low level winds from westerly
The South Asian Climate
Outlook Forum of World Mete- and Nicobar directorate have
October 19 to easterly has commenced orological Organisation has secured the overall first
A s part of raising awareness
against human trafficking,
over the south-eastern parts of
peninsular India during the
last 24 hours and the easterly
forecast a normal monsoon
this year. “With easterlies, we
will get rains in the morning.
position in the All India Sainik
Camp (AINSC) 2019 held at
Visakhapatnam. The team
competed against 700 cadets
The Movement India is organising wind is likely to strengthen in Interior Chennai will get spells
Walk for Freedom at Besant Nagar the next few days,” said IMD. with small breaks. It may not from 17 directorates across
on October 19. The walk will be The normal date of northeast bring 100mm in a day but will the country and were decla-
conducted from 6.30am to monsoon onset is October 20 be intense. For the rest of Octo- red champions. The camp
8.30am. Those who are interested with a deviation of six days. ber, the rains will be good with was held from October 3 to
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A Prathap

Check your property tax,

When even ID cards
didn't work
The order to round up Tibetans to
prevent them from staging a protest
against Chinese President Xi Jinping, left
the city police a perplexed lot. Without a
clear plan of action, those on the ground
arrived at an easy way to identify them
— anyone who is fair with slightest of
mongoloid features is a suspect. Those
who fit the bill began to be stopped and
questioned. Students from the northeast
were an easy target. The paranoia
stretched to such an extent that the
police on duty along the VVIP route
began stopping anyone who was fair. In
a particular instance, a policeman
stopped a fair-skinned woman in front of
ITC Grand Chola where the President was
staying and demanded, “Are you from
Chennai?”. When she said she was, the
unconvinced policeman asked again. The
ID card which she was carrying also did
not work for him. Since she did not give
up and started arguing, the woman was
promptly escorted to a superior, who
after giving her a suspicious look asked,
“Are you from Chennai.” The argument
went on for some time and she was
allowed to pass only when she gave her
full name which had her father’s very
Tamil sounding name as suffix.
Conversation cross
— V Ayyappan
connection
Last week, when the Chinese president
Xi Jinping was in town, many people took
the suburban train and the metro to
avoid traffic snarls. For a group of
construction workers on their apparent
maiden journey it was quite a ride. The
group boarded the train at Koyambedu
and turned to a senior citizen and asked
her in Hindi when the stop for Chennai
Central would arrive. The passenger
responded cordially, making several
expansive gestures. The construction
worker nodded from time to time. When
the fellow passenger got off at her stop,
this reporter asked the construction
worker if he spoke Tamil. ‘No,’ he
admitted. That explained why he didn’t
bat an eyelid when she told him he was
on the wrong train.
— Pushpa Narayan
Flavour of the week:
Chinese
Amid the tense schedules, checks and
long hours for the VVIPs in town, some
police constables took time out to make
the effort to learn the language of their
foreign guest. A few of Chinese men and
women gathered at a hotel were seen
exchanging pleasantries with police
personnel and soon seen teaching them
words like good morning, come, go and
thank you. In a mutual exchange of
knowledge the police personnel taught
the group a few Tamil words too. A group
SMALL IS BIG: This 5.2cm – tall intricate miniature wooden sculpture is of a scene from
‘Town Musicians of Bremen’, a popular fairy tale. Many other contemporary netsuke
were on display at an exhibition organised by the Consulate-General of Japan in
Chennai, The Japan Foundation and ABK-AOTS Dosokai, at Lalit Kala Akademi.
Netsuke are miniature sculptures invented in 17th-century Japan
of policemen burst out in laughter when officers into the showroom, offered them
one of the Chinese women uttered the water and food and took charge of the
Tamil word she had learned ‘poda’. road, briefly. The officers were filled with
gratitude by this gesture. But the men
— Sindhu Kannan
said, “You help us every day, ensuring
Dog catchers get that we reach home safe. It is also our
duty to keep you safe and well.
unwanted attention — Aditi R
‘Olympic gold’ for
Sindhu
Shuttler P V Sindhu might be a world
champion, but her quest for an Olympic
gold is still on. However, during an event
in the city last week, she was referred to
as an Olympic gold medallist by a city
scribe, and the champion flushed in
embarrassment. “How does it feel to be
an Olympic champion,” the scribe asked
innocuously during the press conference.
At the high profile meet between Chinese Sindhu, taken aback, corrected the
President XI Jinping and Prime Minister journo. “I am not yet an Olympic
Narendra Modi on Friday a dog had made champion.” But things took a bizarre turn
a cameo. It surprised everyone, amused when the scribe countered: “Oh, so that
some and embarrassed the authorities wasn’t an Olympic gold last month?”
who had made sure everything was prim Sindhu didn’t know what to say and left
and proper. To ensure that no other such the stage.
unannounced entries spoilt photo — Prasad RS
opportunities, a corporation van was
deputed to catch the strays. The vehicle,
however, was spotted at Sholinganallur Tech vs mark of
signal caught in traffic due to the
diversions. Apparently, the vehicle was
mehndi
Biometric attendance system is now the
summoned at a location on East Coast
norm in almost all corporate offices and
Road near the VVIP route.
is also being adopted by government-run
— Ragu Raman
schools. But advanced technology can
sometimes be stumped by the simplest
Protecting the police of traditions as was discovered by a
The numerous road diversions and
congestions in the past two days had left
relative of this reporter who wore
mehndi for a family wedding. While her
henna design was a hit at the function,
the traffic policemen on duty round-the-
the next day at work it failed to make an
clock overworked and exhausted. On
impression on the biometric attendance
Friday afternoon, one of the four traffic
system, quite literally. It turned out to be
policemen manning Chamiers Road
a nightmare for her as the system did
looked weary. Noticing this, one of the
not recognise her fingerprint. After
managers of a car showroom nearby
several efforts when the system did not
invited him into the store, gave him some
budge, the HR department allowed her to
water and food and insisted that he fill in
mark her attendance physically for the
till the man took a breath and recovered.
next couple of days till the mehndi faded.
Seeing this, four others from the store
— C Sureshkumar
followed and escorted the three other
corpn may be overcharging
Chances Of
2- Or 3-Fold
Rise In Tax
Siddharth.Prabhakar
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: If you own an
apartment in the city, you
may need to pay a little more
attention to the way your pro-
perty tax is calculated. For,
the common area that inclu-
des lifts and parking could be
assessed at the rate for com-
mercial buildings by the Gre-
ater Chennai Corporation.
Corporation officials said
they have received a lot of
TN Cong chief opposes pleas
for release of Rajiv case convicts
D.Govardan@timesgroup.com
Chennai : The demand for
release of Rajiv Gandhi kil-
lers has once again taken
centre stage in Tamil Nadu
after PMK founder S Rama-
doss, accompanied by his
son and former Union mini-
ster Anbumani Ramadoss,
met Prime Minister Narend-
ra Modi last week and pres-
sed for their early release.
In a memorandum sub-
mitted to Modi, Ramadoss
had pointed out that the Su-
preme Court had allowed the
Tamil Nadu government to
decide on the release of the
seven convicts. While the
state government had pas-
sed a cabinet resolution, re-
commending to governor
Banwarilal Purohit for the
release of convicts, on Sep-
tember 9, 2018, the governor
was yet to act on it, Rama-
doss said.
Reacting strongly to such
attempts by political parties
to repeatedly intervene in
the legal system, TNCC pre-
sident K S Alagiri on Sunday
wanted the law to take its co-
urse on the issue. “There are
scores of convicts in various
prisons. But, some of the po-
litical parties are specifical-
The issue is because
whatever area is
mentioned as
non-residential in
last year’s
calculation is
directly calculated
as commercial from
this year, a civic
body official said
complaints after the latest re-
vision of rates. This is becau-
se whatever area is mentioned
as non-residential in last ye-
ar’s calculation is directly cal-
culated as commercial from
this year, an official said.
This can mean a two- or
three-fold increase in property
tax. For instance, Anna Nagar
Alagiri
condemned
Seeman,
for
‘justifying
the assassination’ of
former PM Rajiv
Gandhi at an election
rally in Vikravandi
ly concerned only about the
seven convicts, involved in
the Rajiv Gandhi assassina-
tion case. I see an ulterior
motive in this,” Alagiri said.
According to him, it is a
legal issue and it should be
allowed to be handled by the
legal system. “If the courts
decide to release them, we
will not object to it. Why sho-
uld there be political pressu-
re for their release?” Alagiri
asked.
He also condemned Na-
am Tamizhar Katchi leader
Seeman, for “justifying the
assassination” of former
prime minister Rajiv Gand-
hi at an election rally in Vik-
ravandi. “Even though Rajiv
Gandhi made all efforts to
bring peace in Sri Lanka and
resolve the Tamils issue, the
LTTE killed him. He gave his
resident AYM Swamy found
that he used to pay a property
tax of `1,368 for a six-month pe-
riod for the flat he had taken on
rent at VOC Nagar main road
in Anna Nagar east.
“My flat area is 1,200 squa-
re feet in which only 920 sq fe-
et is plinth/carpet area while
the remaining 280 square feet
is common area of parking
place, lift, floor steps. This
has been construed as com-
mercial area and the rate ac-
cordingly revised by more
than 300%,” Swamy said.
His property tax shot up
from `1,368 to `5,335 for the
half-year period. “I’m a reti-
red person and this came as a
jolt for me,” he said.
The common area is being
used by everyone so charging
life for trying to bring peace.
The fact that Seeman is justi-
fying his killing has to be
condemned by all,” Alagiri
said, while calling for appro-
priate action against See-
man and derecognizing NTK
as a political party.
“The DMK stand is clear
and it is for the early release
of the seven convicts,” said a
DMK leader, who did not
want to be quoted. “The
Congress party had lost its
leader and we can under-
stand their different stand
on the issue, even though Ra-
hul Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi have magnanimous-
ly forgiven the seven con-
victs,” said the leader.
While the AIADMK go-
vernment had passed a reso-
lution seeking the release of
these convicts, the governor
(Banwarilal Purohit) and
BJP are playing politics by
delaying any decision on it.
Now, by not pressurizing the
BJP government at the Cent-
re, the AIADMK too has joi-
ned hands with the BJP and
the governor, said the DMK
leader. “If Ramadoss (PMK)
is so keen to get their release,
why is he not pressurizing
the AIADMK government in
the state,” he asked.
me alone at commercial rates
is not correct, he said. He has
approached corporation offi-
cials with this complaint and
they have promised to resolve
the issue.
“Residents have to ensure
that they enter the details
properly. They can also verify
the tax assessed as it is clearly
mentioned in the calculator,”
a corporation official said.
In the first half of this fi-
nancial year ended Septem-
ber 30, the corporation’s col-
lection of property tax has be-
en `607.38 crore. The local bo-
dy has collected `201.59 crore
as professional tax. During
the same period last year, the
corresponding collections
were `320.21 crore and `171.4
crore respectively.
30 EVMs shifted
out of Nanguneri
illegally: DMK
complains to EC
Chennai: The DMK on Sun-
day wrote to the election com-
mission alleging that 30 elec-
tronic voting machines
(EVMs) were shifted from
Nanguneri assembly consti-
tuency to Tirunelveli collecto-
rate on Saturday midnight
without the knowledge of the
Congress candidate for the
October 21 bypoll.
In a complaint submitted
to chief electoral officer Saty-
abrata Sahoo, DMK’s organi-
sation secretary R S Bharathi
said the EVMs were shifted
without the knowledge of
Congress candidate R Mano-
haran in a vehicle bearing re-
gistration number TN 72AZ
7345. “There was no intima-
tion to our political party or to
the candidate before shifting
of EVMs, which is totally in
violation of the mandatory in-
structions issued by the elec-
tion commission for shifting
of EVMs during election pe-
riod,” said Bharathi.
Such shifting of EVMs rai-
ses suspicion over the activiti-
es of the officials, the compla-
int said. “Kindly inquire into
this issue; restore all shifted
EVMs to its original place and
provide adequate protection,”
said Bharathi. TNN

Demand for learning Wait for bus shelter at Mammoth machine takes up half
Mandarin Chinese Iyappanthangal gets longer of street in Anna Nagar West
increases in Chennai
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: More city residents
are now learning Mandarin
Chinese with the enrolment
rate at private institutes tea-
ching the language growing at
a rate of 20% every year. Most
of them, who learn the foreign
language, are businessmen
and students.
Shiv Shankar Nayak, foun-
der and director of a city-based
NEW TREND
language school that teaches
Mandarin Chinese, said at le-
ast 100 individuals get trained
in the language every year.
“The demand for learning
Mandarin Chinese is on the ri-
se among Chennaites, particu-
larly among businessmen and
students, who travel for trade
and higher studies, to China.
This apart, corporate compa-
nies are also seeking our servi-
ces to educate a section of their
staff in the language,” he said.
The institute, which is one
of the first Chinese language
schools in the city, trains lear-
ners at all levels starting from
basic Chinese course. “India
requires about 10,000 Chinese
interpreters in the next five to
10 years. There is a huge scope
for Chinese interpreters in the
future,” he added.
Traders from Tamil Nadu
largely visit Beijing, Shanghai
and Guangzhou to purchase
goods. As language poses a ma-
jor challenge, many business-
men utilize the services of in-
terpreters there.
City-based developer Su-
resh Krishn said Indian inter-
preters well-versed in Manda-
rin Chinese are engaged in tra-
de negotiations. “We pay bet-
ween 2% to 3% of the total
value of the purchase as com-
mission to the interpreters,”
he said. The city has about 20
institutes offering Mandarin
Chinese courses at different le-
vels. “The number of people le-
arning the language is gro-
wing at a rate of 20 % annually.
The demand for learning Man-
darin Chinese is from across
the board,” Sandip Dang, di-
rector of another foreign lang-
uage institute said.
Ram.Sundaram
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Locals will have to
wait longer for a bus shelter
at VGN Nagar in Iyappan-
thangal even though it’s be-
en two years since the state
highways department gave
approval for its construc-
tion. An RTI reply revealed
that local authorities conce-
aled the approval and there-
by delayed work.
In 2016, the MTC bus stop
on Poonamallee High Road
was shifted to another spot
on the same stretch. Howe-
ver, the authorities did not
shift the overhead shelter, le-
aving commuters in the
lurch. VGN Nagar residents
then approached the local
panchayat office, which is re-
sponsible for constructing
bus shelters.
The local body polls
across the state were cancel-
led due to irregularities in
poll notifications. “Till date,
elections haven’t been con-
ducted. As the post of an elec-
ted chairperson lies vacant,
public complaints too go
unattended,” said P Senthil
Kumar, one of the residents.
IN LIMBO: Commuters wait under the scorching sun without a bus
shelter at VGN Nagar in Iyappanthangal
The local block development
officer (BDO) assumes re-
sponsibility to answer public
grievances at such times.
Losing hope on govern-
ment, residents managed to
crowdfund `30,000 and built
a new shelter. However, a we-
ek later, unidentified men
ransacked the shelter using
an earthmover.
A case filed by the local
police is still pending.
Meanwhile, residents
were made to run from pillar
to post between the BDO and
highways department as the
land belonged to the latter.
Following this, Senthil filed
two different RTI petitions
TOI
A road-laying machine has
been parked on 20th Main
Road, Thangam Colony,
Anna Nagar West, for a year
now. Minitrucks are also
parked, inconveniencing
residents – Sukumar Salai
Available on the
App Store
Available on
Google Play
and the replies revealed two
facts.
WASTE OF ROAD SPACE
First, the highways de-
partment had given tempora-
ry approval to construct a
bus shelter at VGN Nagar but
with certain conditions to av-
oid traffic congestion or
hindrance during future ro-
ad expansion. Second, the Be A Smart TOI
BDO admitted that it did not Citizen Reporter
act on the complaint for more
than two years. It is to be no- Keep mobile phone’s
ted here that chief minister GPS on while clicking
Edappadi K Palaniswami & sending pictures
promised action on public Describe exactly
grievances within 30 days. where and when
Despite repeated at- picture was taken,
tempts, the BDO was unavai- giving street names
lable for comment. and other locators

Court slams probe process, conviction of 3 people Hundreds of kids walk past
this waste dump near a
school on Alagirisami
Salai, KK Nagar. Requests
K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com sented evidence to show that lysing the oral and documen- ve against the accused is fully tances more carefully to ensu- to civic officials to provide
Rathinam was approached by tary evidence, convicted the established, it provides foun- re that suspicion and conjec- NEED MORE BINS more bins have been in

O
bserving that the inves-
tigative technique of
securing confessions
and then working backwards
to engineer materials to cor-
roborate it would end in acqu-
ittals, the Madras high court
set aside the conviction and
sentence of three people con-
victed in a murder case in
2014.
The prosecution had pre-
the accused people Satheesh
Kumar, Sankar and Sathish-
kumar and they requested
him to show the portion of the
house which was up for lease
on the first floor on November
24, 2014. When Rathinam took
them to the first floor, they
murdered him using knives.
The additional district
and sessions judge at Trichy
on November 6, 2017, after ana-
accused and sentenced them
to undergo life imprisonment.
The accused filed an appe-
al in the high court in 2017,
against the conviction and
sentence awarded by the lo-
wer court and sought to acquit
them from the case.
A division bench of Justi-
ce S Vaidyanathan and Justi-
ce N Anand Venkatesh obser-
ved that in a case where moti-
dational material to connect
the chain of circumstances.
“However, in a case based on
circumstantial evidence whe-
re proved circumstances
complete the chain of eviden-
ce, it cannot be said that in ab-
sence of motive, the other pro-
ved circumstances are of no
consequence. The absence of
motive, puts the court on gu-
ard to scrutinise the circums-
ture do not take place of legal vain – Ramanujam Lakshmi
proof,” observed the judges.
The judges said, “Investi-
gative technique of securing Construction debris is being dumped on the
confessions and then working narrow streets of Mylapore near Chitrakulam.
backwards to engineer mate- Can civic officials have it cleared? – Parasaran
rials to corroborate it, results Kumar
in artificial and exaggerated
prosecution versions that ul-
timately end in acquittals.
This case also falls under that
category.”

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building construction sites and scraps near schools. “Chief educational officers of the
mentioned districts are requested to instruct all school headmasters to ensure that
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019 TIMES CITY 5

It’s bumpy ride for motorists

on busy General Patters Road BA Raju

‘Condition tyre was damaged when it hit

a pothole,” said Julian Ku-
mar, an entrepreneur.
Worsened “Luckily, all motorists we-
ar helmets,” quipped a traffic

After Traffic policeman. He added that at

Change’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Praveen Kumar, a
young techie, narrowly esca-
ped getting run over by a bus
after he fell off his bike on a
potholed stretch of General
Patters Road opposite Ex-
press Avenue mall.
“I didn’t realise it was a
pothole because it was filled
with water. I have to thank the
bus driver for hitting the bra-
kes just in time,” he said. This
incident took place on Satur-
day afternoon. Traffic police,
however, said this was the fo-
urth such incident that has
taken place on this road in the
past week.
General Patters Road is
one of the busiest stretches in
the city. The entry to the road
Name and shame: State housing board
RISKY WAY: Pothole-ridden General Patters Road
was changed a month ago, the
vehicles now come from Whi-
te’s Road, which was also ma-
de into a two-way traffic sy-
stem. The stretch connects
motorists to Anna Salai. Peak
hour traffic is between 9am
and 11am and it becomes
chock-a-block from 6pm to
9.30pm.
Motorists said the condi-
tion of these roads have gone
from bad to worse since the
traffic system changed.
“Autorickshaws and cabs
also block traffic by parking
near the mall, it becomes dif-
ficult to move,” said R Chana-
kya, a motorist. “This stretch
did not have so many potholes
before. It’s dangerous now,”
he said.
Even those driving four-
wheelers were finding it diffi-
cult to pass the stretch. “I am
driving here after a long time
and was not aware that this
stretch had potholes. My car
least one vehicle skids on this
road every day and they have
been getting complaints re-
gularly, especially from se-
nior citizens.
“It is a bumpy ride, and
they complain of back pain
due to this. We cannot even
barricade this part because it
is a busy road,” the police-
man said.
Residents in the area do
not recall any recent repair
work done on this road. But
they have collectively raised
concerns about the battered
condition of the roads to local
authorities.
“They said they would re-
lay it soon, but they did not Tank the train learned
two magic words.
mention any particular pe-
riod,” said Thankaraj S, a re-
sident.
Officials of the Greater
Chennai Corporation were
Saying 'thank you'
unavailable for comments de-
spite repeated attempts. set him free as
the birds."
Trishla Jain

displays list of occupants defaulting on rent

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Failing to realise
rent arrears, the Tamil Nadu
Housing Board (TNHB) has
started displaying the names of
defaulters in its residential
complexes in the city. The list of
occupants who have rent dues
has been put up on notice bo-
ards.
A notice displayed two days
back at TNHB’s Peter’s Colony
unit showed 34 allottees have to-
tal rent arrears worth `35.18
lakh. The rent dues are for a
two-year period, from July 2017
Madras univ to hold grievance redress meet
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nstitute of Distance Education at University of Madras is
planning to conduct a grievance redress meeting for the current
and old students on October 19 and 20. The meeting will be held
A notice displayed
two days back at
TNHB’s Peter’s
Colony unit showed
34 allottees have
total rent arrears
worth `35.18 lakh
to September 2019. According to
sources, the notice board was
put up on Saturday. “We took se-
veral steps to get rent arrears in
the past. But, it did not cut ice
with a section of defaulters,” a
TNHB official said. Later, the
state-owned housing corpora-
tion decided to display their na-
mes with rent arrears. “It is the
first time that TNHB has taken
such an action,” another offici-
al added.
TNHB has 17 housing sche-
mes for government employees
on rental basis in the city, of
which, 10% of the flat units are
earmarked for public. TNHB
can give these units to the pub-
lic under various criteria based
on the recommendations of the
state government. According to
official sources, 500 units in
TNHB complexes are in the
public pool. Lloyds Road has the
"IN EVERY 2 MINUTES
WE SHIFT 1 HOME"
highest number of units allot-
ted to the public at 160, followed
by Peter’s Colony with 100 and
the rest are spread over Anna
AM
Nagar and other pockets of the
city.
TNHB units charge a nomi-
nal rent. For instance, a 575 squ-
are foot flat at Peter’s Colony
has a rent of `8,000 a month. The
"Learn how to say 'thank you' in different languages,
rent for a similar private apart-
ment in the same locality would
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be twice this amount. “Still, so-
me defaulters prefer to pay only
F r -i Things. "
electricity bills for uninterrup-
ted power and keep their dues "Welcome to my world of soul and story. Stories have the power to reinforce values
for TNHB,” the official said.
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Read Tankful of Thankful aloud with your children and start a beautiful conversation
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019

Aggressive Inroads By Digital OTT Platforms Is Opening Up Revenue-Generating Options

Optics and geopolitics:
FILM PRODUCERS SUBSCRIBE Plogging at daybreak,
TO MONEY ON THE TABLE
D.Govardan@timesgroup.com ditional `15 crore-`20 crore
tender coconut at dusk
STORYBOARD that made the MoXi Mamallapuram summit
a visual treat was stage-managed — and
from Amazon Prime. hence fake. That’s being naïve or unfair. It
ARUN RAM

“D
igital plat- “Unlike small and medium is hypocritical to say Modi’s rehearsed op-
for m is films, where television net- tics are bad, while Laloo Prasad Yadav’s

flourishing.
We should
look at how
many crores of rupees, we are
missing,” said leading Tamil
film producer S Thanu at the
audio launch of ‘Asuran’. He
went on to announce how he
sold the audio rights of ‘Asuran’
for `1 crore to a digital platform
and how the viral ‘Rowdy Baby’
song (featuring Dhanush and
Sai Pallavi from ‘Maari 2’) has
reportedly fetched `2.5 crore.
Thanu’s new found love for
digital platforms is evident, and
he may not be alone.
While the film audio market
in the form of CDs is dead, it is
still alive online through popu-
WHERE TAMIL FILMS MAKE MONEY
lar Over-the-top (OTT) plat-
forms like Gaana and Wynk
among others. Thanu was just driving
home that point in his own way. What he
did not reveal was that the high value
that ‘Asuran’ audio fetched was for an
exclusive agreement that he had entered
with Gaana and not every film will be
able to do that. Unconfirmed sources
indicate that Lyca Productions may opt
for such an exclusive deal route with an
OTT platform for audio of the under
production Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Darbar’.
OTT platforms have emerged as the
new avenue for revenue generation for
film producers not just for audio, but in
a big way, video too, beyond the tradi-
tional avenues of theatrical, overseas,
dubbing and remake rights and of
course satellite rights.
OTT refers to film content provided
through high-speed internet, rather than
cable or satellite television networks. In
fact, it is emerging as a major revenue
stream for producers, something like
what satellite television offered them
when it arrived more than 25 years ago.
With Amazon Prime and Netflix com-
peting for video OTT rights of films,
producers of big budget films are as-
sured of an additional revenue stream
than what they would have otherwise got
by selling satellite rights to channels like
Sun TV, Zee and Vijay.
“Digital streaming platforms have
been around for the past five years. But,
Amazon Prime and Netflix have now
turned aggressive and buying super hit
films, since movies will bring subscrib-
ers and in turn subscription revenue.
Movies are low hanging fruits, which
Audio | Songs are
not just an
interlude; they still
bring in income
through streaming
on audio OTT
platforms and
online video sharing
sites
Theatrical release |
This constitutes
release in the state,
other states and
overseas
Dubbing rights | Mostly to
cater to audiences in other states
dubbing rights need to be acquired
Remake rights | A hit film in one
language often spurs filmmakers to
cash in on its success by retelling
REVENUE GENERATION
the story
Satellite rights | After theatres,
a television premiere is a highlight
BIG OTT PLAYERS HAVE NOW TURNED
AGGRESSIVE AND BUYING SUPER HIT FILMS,
SINCE MOVIES WILL BRING SUBSCRIBERS AND IN TURN
SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE Chidambaram Natesan | TRENDLOUD CEO
could be taken to the market with less
effort. The move helps OTT platforms
like Amazon Prime to build their base,
before getting into their own content,”
says Chidambaram Natesan, director
and CEO, TrendLoud, a digital network
works insist on acquiring
digital rights too for streaming
through their digital platforms
(Sun TV & Sun Nxt, Star Vijay
& Hotstar and Zee Tamil &
Zee5), they are now willing to
compromise and allow leading
OTT platforms to acquire digi-
tal rights, while settling for
satellite rights,” says a source
in the Tamil film industry.
But, it looks like the grass
need not be as green as one
thinks on the other side, when
one talks about satellite and
OTT rights.
“People get excited about
every avenue. Any avenue will
count only for big banners and
acclaimed movies. Even films
that are edgy can have a chance.
Otherwise, as in the case of
LEADING OTT
theatres, OTT platforms too are selective
PLAYERS IN when it comes to content,” says S R
AUDIO SEGMENT Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures. The
Gaana young producer is among the first few to
start tapping the OTT revenue model.
Wynk “Unlike satellite rights, where tel-
JioSaavn evision networks used to buy the rights
in perpetuity, OTT platforms acquire
Amazon Music rights for a fixed period. After that run,
the rights come back to the producer,
Hungama
thereby strengthening the asset value
Spotify of his content library,” says Prabhu.
“There is no perpetuity clause with
LEADING OTT OTT platforms. They normally buy the
PLAYERS IN rights for a period of 3-5 years,” agrees
VIDEO Chidambaram.
As for producers with the right con-
SEGMENT
OTT RIGHTS tent, the OTT share of revenue in terms
SALE OF DIGITAL Amazon Prime
of percentage is growing. “A couple of
RIGHTS NOW IS THE Netflix years ago, producers used to get 10%-15%
NEWEST SOURCE OF of their revenue from OTT platforms.
Hotstar
Now, it has increased to about 30% across
FOR FILMS the country. This trend will keep grow-
Voot
ing,” says Chidambaram.
Sun Nxt With Jio Saavn, from the Reliance
group, set to launch its much talked
about ‘First Day, First Show’ offering
on home theatres and mobiles, there
is an air of expectation in the industry
that the new player will go about ac-
quiring every film that is available.
Tamil film producers, including those
who could not sell their films for exist-
and social media partner for leading ing OTT platforms, are waiting with
OTTs. open arms. Diwali Damaka seems to
For instance, if Vijay-starrer ‘Big- be just around the corner.
il’ by AGS Production, reportedly
fetched `25 crore from satellite rights Email your feedback to
(Sun TV), it is said to have got an ad- southpole.toi@timesgroup.com
A
t the crack of dawn, he walked. rustic nonchalance characterised by his
Clad in black tracks and T-shirt, uncombed hair and pan spit is natural. That
his feet licked by the gentle waves was Laloo’s optics — and it worked.
of the Bay of Bengal, his white I loved the way Modi & Co planned and
facial hair shimmering in the first rays of performed at the Mamallapuram summit.
the sun, he suddenly bent and picked up The Prime Minister made a ‘mass entry’ in
trash — some surprisingly clean plastic bot- a veshti. Even pokerfaced journalists
tles and such things. The thoughtful leader couldn’t help but discuss the folds of the
had kept with him a polythene bag into dhoti, who must have helped him wear it,
which went his ‘collection’ that he later and if it was being kept in place by a belt
handed over to a hotel staff. He sat on a rock or a Velcro band.
— one of those left untouched by the great Modi’s conducted tour for Xi was a pho-
8th century Pallava sculptors of Mamal- tographer’s delight, though no press pho-
lapuram — and looked at the lightening sky, tographer was allowed anywhere near the
pensive and probably
pondering on how to
serve his people better,
how to make his coun-
try greater. And then, he
tweeted.
Narendra Modi is
easily the best Indian
politician to understand
and employ the power
of optics in politics. US
politicians have tradi-
tionally been masters of
optics, though the term
became popular in po-
litical writing only
about 10 years ago,
starting with Obama’s
perception campaigns
(though there is a refer-
ence of Jimmy Carter’s
special counsellor Robert Strauss using the dragon-elephant tango. It was ‘soft light’ at
term in 1978 and some others in Canada in the Butter Ball, where the two leaders held
the 1980s). hands aloft; at the Five Rathas, where they
In his last ‘On Language’ column for The sat down to sip tender coconut, the light of
New York Times Magazine, William Safire the setting sun lit up the tip of the pagoda;
wrote in September 2009 (he died a few days and when they moved closer to the rock-cut
later) that “‘optics’ is hot, rivalling content.” structure, the moon was on the frame. That’s
The following year, Ben Zimmer, in another optics in more ways than one.
NYT Magazine article, explained how poli- So, why am I going gaga over this? Well,
ticians put public perception of a decision good optics is good. We don’t need research
before the substance of the decision itself. papers to tell us that we feel good when we
“Of course,” wrote Zimmer, “elected offi- see beautiful things — and people, but for
cials have worried about outward appear- the sake of sceptics among my readers, I
ances since time immemorial, but ‘optics’ suggest works by Robert Cialdini & Brad
puts a new spin on things, giving a scientif- Sagarin who said, “We view attractive indi-
ic-sounding gloss to PR (public relations) viduals as kind, intelligent, talented, and of
and image-making.”
Most of us Indians have a negative per-
great significance in elections.”
Our Prime Minister is attractive, intel-
ception of terms such as ‘PR’ and ‘image- ligent, talented and of great significance in
making’, for we think — ironically — per- elections. Let’s hope he will be kind.
ception is fake. Some of us find the stuff arun.ram@timesgroup.com
In two years, we will transform Tamil Nadu into Singapore
— O Panneerselvam, TN DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER
POKER FACE We thought you did that in the past two years

BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE

Office of the Deputy Conservator of Forests,
State to restore
(Lakes), 3rd Floor, New Building, BBMP,
N.R. Square Bengaluru - 560 002.
No.: DCF(Lakes)/TEND/06/2019-20
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Date: 11-10-2019
Salem’s polluted
1, M i 77M :1
1
(Through GOK e-Procurement Portal only)
The Government of Karnataka , vide G.O.No. UDD 375 MNY 2018,
Dated: 20.09.2019 has accorded in Principle approval and sanctioned
Vasishta river
A
A M Shudhagar
Oppili.P@timesgroup.com
budget for taking up of the works listed below.
The Deputy Conservator of Forest (Lakes), BBMP, Bengaluru invites tenders Chennai: Critically polluted
on behalf of the Commissioner, BBMP for the works detailed below. stretches of Vasishta river in
Amount put Salem district will soon be cle-
EM D
Name of the Work to tender aned up, thanks to a proposal
No. (in Rs.)
(Rs . in lakhs) by the state pollution control
Packages I: Development of board to take up its ecological
Jinmkenahalli Lake , Gunjur Palya restoration. Vasishta river, a
1 1900.00 19,00 ,000/- tributary of Vellar river, was
Lake, Improvements to Begur lake &
recently officially declared the
Siddapura lake. dirtiest river in the country
Packages II: Comprehensive among the 351 polluted rivers
Development of Kaggadasapura Lake studied by Central Pollution
in ward No. 57 of BBMP & Bairasandra Control Board. SORE SIGHT: Vasishta river is
2 1500.00 15,00,000/-
Lake in ward No. 58 of BBMP & Sharing details about the critically polluted for about 10 km
Development of Hoodi Giddanakere. PCB’s clean-up work, Tamil Na- stretch from Manivizhundhan to
du Pollution Control Board cha- Thyaganur
Packages III: Development of
irman A V Venkatachalam told
Yellenahalli Lake , Doddakallasandra TOI that it was for the first time pollution.
Lake, Gubbalalu Lake, Basapura Lake- that a portion of a critically pol- The release of effluents in-
3 1900.00 19,00,000/-
2 , Konappana Agrahara Lake & luted river was being restored. to the river was mainly due to
Kammanahalli Lake (Meenakshi Lake). The decision in this regard absence of effluent treatment
Packages IV: Development of was taken following an order plants in the area. Other in-
Gowdana Palya Lake & Vasanthapura from the Principal Bench of dustrial discharges are treated
4 170000 17,00,000/- the National Green Tribunal through common effluent tre-
Kere/Janardhana Kere, Improvements
which wanted several critical- atment plant, he said.
to Dorekere. ly polluted rivers in the state to A detailed survey was con-
Packages V: Improvements to be restored to its original sta- ducted during which time the
Yalahanka Lake , Attur Lake tus. Following the order, the sewage and effluent outfalls
(Veerasagara Lake). Allalsandra Lake , Board decided to take up the were identified. The official te-
5 Attur Lake development works. (SWM 1500.00 15,00,000/- restoration work, he said. am had also inspected all the
Grants), Yelahanka lake development The Vasishta river is criti- tributaries of Cauvery. Besi-
works & other development works cally polluted for about 10 km des, the catchment areas of the
stretch, starting from Maniviz- river were also inspected, he
(SWM Grants).
hundhan to Thyaganur. Ven- said.
Packages VI: Development of katachalam said he along with A detailed project report
Chokkabasthi Lake, Improvements to state environment secretary will be prepared by the board,
Puttenahalli Lake, Talghatapura Lake, Shambu Kallolikar inspected which will be ready before the
Improvements & development at the river stretch. During the end of this year. Once it is rea-
Is this the reason 6
Uttrahalli Lake in Ward No. 184 ,
Construction of RCC retaining wall RCC
1500.00 15,00,000/-
inspection it was found that re-
lease of untreated raw sewage
dy, it will be sent to the govern-
ment for its approval. Once the
my vote shouldn't drains with covering slabs to Devarakere
and untreated effluents from
small dyeing units in this area
government approves the pro-
posal the restoration work will
count in Gurugram?
Lake & surrounding area in Ward No. are the two major sources of begin, said the PCB chairman.
161, Balance developmental works of
Byrasandra Lake in Ward No. 153.
Packages VIII: Development of
Nalluralli tank , Improvements to Sowl Childline staff rescue Pudukottai
Kere, Sigehalli lake & Construction of
7 STP, Construction of STP at
Chinnappanahalli Lake in Ward No.
1600.00 16,00,000/- minor from marriage to man, 52
Like millions of Indians , I too left my hometown in search of a career 85 , Construction of STP at
Trichy: Pudukottai district Childline rescued a minor girl on Sa-
turday whose was to marry a 52-year-old man in Viralimalai.
onl y to leave my vote behind . Like in the national elections , I' ve lost Munnekolalu Lake in Ward No. 85. Officials said poverty had forced the girl’s father Muniyandi
the power to vote again . This time for my state 's elections . I demand Calendar of Events: (1) Tender documents may be downloaded from of Perumapatti village to marry her off to Periyannan, who was
that my vote be empowered in future elections. e-Procurement portal httpsJ/eproc.karnataka.gov.in from 12.10.2019. widowed six months ago. Muniyandi had received an advance of
(2) Date of Pre-bid meeting: 21.10 .2019 at 12.30 PM at above office. `20,000 of the total `1lakh Periyannan, a former panchayat presi-
SUPPORT TIIE CAUSE AND SIGN 'TH E PETITION ON R i' V.LOSTVOTES.CO I (3) Date of submission of tender through e-procurement portal : 25.10.2019 dent, offered in exchange for marrying the man’s daughter.
upto 4.00 PM. (4) Date of opening of Technical Bids: 28.10.2019 at 11.30 AM. Childline staff visited the village following a complaint. Sen-
Further details may be obtained from the above office during office hours sing their arrival, Periyannan shifted the minor to his relative’s
on working days or from website httpsJ/eproc .karnataka.gov.in house in Thammampatti but the team, wiht the help of police, tra-
ced the girl and rescued her. Following instructions, Muniyandi
Sd/- Deputy Conservator of Forests (Lakes)
agreed to return the money to Periyannan. A senior Childline
employee said the girl would be handed over to the sistrict Child
www.lo stw otes.c o m Welfare Committee. Periyannan is yet to be traced. TNN
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Trichy heist:
One more
arrested, 6kg
gold recovered
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Trichy: The special police
team investigating the Trichy
Lalithaa Jewellery heist ar-
rested one more accused from
Madurai late on Saturday. The
team recovered 6.1kg of gold or-
naments, worth `2.30 crore,
from the the house of the ac-
cused, police sources said.
C Ganesan, 35, of Kuruvith-
urai in Vadippatti in Madurai
district, is an accomplice of N
Murugan, the suspected mas-
termind behind the heist that
happened on October 2. Muru-
gan, who surrendered in a Ben-
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connection with another rob-
bery case, had spilled beans
about Ganesan, leading to his
arrest, a statement from the po-
lice said. Murugan is under the
custody of Bengaluru police.
Meanwhile, a highly placed
police source said preliminary
investigations have revealed
that Murugan was also in-
volved in the Punjab National
Bank robbery that took place in
Bikshandarkoil, Trichy last
year. The special police team
has decided to file a petition be-
fore court requesting custody
of Murugan for further inter-
rogation, the officer added.
Woman poisons brother, his
wife over property dispute, held
Rajasekaran.RK
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Tirupur:The Tirupur Police ha-
ve detained a 51-year-old Vellakoil
resident and her son-in-law for al-
legedly killing her younger brot-
her and his wife over a property
dispute last Thursday.
The victims were identified
as K Selvaraj, 49, of Madurai and
his wife Vasanthamani, 45. Selva-
raj, who was a moneylender, had
reached Vellakoil on Thursday
with his wife to invite his sister
Kannammal to the wedding of
their son Baskar. Kannammal, a
widow, was working in a private
spinning mill and stayed alone in
a rented house. Selvaraj had cal-
led Baskar saying he had given
the invitation to his sister and
was planning to return to Madu-
rai. But after some time, when
Baskar tried to call them, mobile
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classmate with blade
Felt ‘Insulted’
That The Victim
Questioned Him
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai: A 14-year-old dalit
school boy from a village near
Vadipatti in Madurai district
was attacked with a blade by a
classmate who belonged to the
agamudaiyar community, who
also made caste-based slurs
against him. The boy suffered a
cut injury right down his back
from the neck and is undergo-
ing treatment at the Govern-
ment Rajaji Hospital.
The boy’s parents admitted
that this was the first time their
son, R Saravanakumar, 14,
studying in Class IX in the Pala-
medu Government Higher Sec-
ondary School, was attacked in
the name of caste, but wanted
to make sure that such inci-
dents did not recur. Based on a
complaint from the boy’s fa-
ther, K Ramu, a case was regis-
tered with the Palamedu police
station. The juvenile in conflict
with law has been booked un-
der various sections of the
Schedule Castes and Tribes
(prevention of atrocities) Act.
He was also booked under IPC
phones of both Selvaraj and Va-
santhamani were switched off.
On Friday, the Thanthonima-
lai police found an abandoned
car smeared with chilli powder
on the Karur-Madurai national
highway near Sukkaliyur in Ka-
rur district. They found several
wedding invitation cards inside
and called a number on the cards.
Selvaraj’s son-in-law Kaushik
answered and confirmed that the
vehicle belonged to his father-in-
law, who had gone missing.
Police found cellphones of
Selvaraj and Vasanthamani we-
re switched off at Vellakoil. A te-
am that visited Kannammal’s ho-
use found blood stains and detai-
ned Kannammal, her son-in-law
Nagendran, and her daughter
Poongodi.
Preliminary investigations
revealed that Selvaraj had re-
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him for hiding his friend’s bag
Sections 294 (B) (using obscene
words) and 324 (voluntarily
causing hurt by dangerous
weapons or means).
The incident took place on
the school premises on Friday
evening, just before the stu-
dents started leaving for home.
Police sources said the juvenile
in conflict with law had taken
the bag of Saravanakumar’s
friend Mohanraj and hidden it.
Saravanakumar joined Mo-
hanraj in questioning him to
get the bag back. Feeling insult-
ed on being questioned by a da-
lit boy, the juvenile offender
warned him using caste slurs
and attacked him.
Saravanakumar’s mother
Rasathi, a homemaker, told
cently sold a piece of land, his fa-
mily property, at Thasilnayaka-
nur in Dindigul district. “He deci-
ded to give `50,000 each to his
three sisters. But Kannammal
objected and demanded `5 lakh.
Selvaraj refused and credited `1
lakh in Kannammal’s account,”
apolice officer said.
The incident angered Kan-
nammal. “She schemed to kill
Selvaraj and was waiting for him
and his wife to visit her house.
When the couple visited her on
Thursday, Kannammal gave
them some poison laced food and
also assaulted them with the help
of Nagendran and some others.
After Selvaraj and Vasanthama-
ni died, they buried the bodies on
the backyard of her house,” The
officer told TOI. They plan to ex-
hume the bodies in the presence
of a forensic team on Monday.
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Madurai: The picture of a
poster offering special discount
on fireworks for people from
Mukkulathor community has
left many annoyed over the
‘arrogance’ of the shopkeeper
in openly discriminating by
caste. The advertisement by Sri
Thevar Cracker Shop bears the
mobile numbers of the pro-
prietor ‘social worker’ T Senthil
Kumar Thevar too. When
contacted, the trader, who
claims to be selling fireworks
over the past 40 years, said the
advert was meant to woo
buyers. “We will offer a 50%
discount to every customer. We
will not differentiate,” he said.
While some say it could be an
attempt to boost business,
others feel such casteist tactics
will not work. TNN
TOI that she wanted to ensure
that no other student would
have to suffer such attacks in
the name of caste. Nagai Thiru-
valluvan of Tamil Puligal said,
“The juvenile offender should
be immediately arrested and
treated as an accused. Although
we are concerned about his fu-
ture, we wonder what kind of
man he would grow to be with
such a casteist mindset.”
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A IADMK convener and deputy
chief minister O
Panneerselvam promised voters
in Chinthamani village, in
Vikravandi constituency, to
transform Tamil Nadu into
Singapore in the next two years.
Campaigning for M R
Muthamizhselvan, he hit out at
opposition leader M K Stalin. He
listed out welfare schemes
implemented by the AIADMK
government in the past two
years and said, “the AIADMK has
implemented many new
schemes for people's welfare
that the DMK could not
accomplish since it formed
government more than four
decades ago,” OPS said.
EPS a fake priest,
says DMK prez
C ampaigning for party
candidate N Pugalenthi at
Kalyanampoondi village in
Vikravandi, DMK president M K
Stalin called chief minister
Edapaddi K Palaniswami a ‘fake
priest’ who was making empty
election promises to woo voters.
Retaliating to CM’s statement
that the Nandhan Canal project
would be commissioned soon,
Stalin said. “The AIADMK
government fears that the DMK
will be in the good books of
Vikravandi constituency voters
if the project is implemented.
That’s why it has kept the
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O Panneerselvam campaigned for party bypoll candidate
M R Muthamizhselvan in Vikravandi on Sunday
Stalin meets people
only before polls: CM
N anguneri is going to the
bypolls because of
Congress MP
Vasanthakumar’s greed, said
Chief Minister Edappadi K
Palaniswami on Sunday. “He is
a millionaire who does not
care for the people but
AIADMK candidate Narayanan,
is an ordinary person like you
and me, and will look after
your needs.” Campaigning for
party candidate V Narayanan
in Reddiarpatti,
Moolakaraipatti, and
Kariyandi in the constituency,
EPS said elections were the
only times Stalin decided to
meet people and get their
grievance petitions. "To whom
will he give the petitions, he
must come to the government
to get them redressed. But he
does not do so. Instead he
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People angry with
AIADMK: TNCC
T amil Nadu Congress
Committee president K S
Alagiri on Sunday alleged police
high-handedness with the
connivance of the ruling
AIADMK in Nanguneri. He
urged the election commission
to take note of developments
and ensure proper conduct of
the bypoll, scheduled for
October 21. "The AIADMK
government has failed the
people of the state on all
fronts and people are angry.
Villagers stopped minister
Vellamandi N Natarajan from
entering a village in
Nanguneri. Slighted by this,
the police registered a case
against the protestors,"
Alagiri said in a statement.
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2 idols stolen
from temple
T wo brass idols weighing
50kg and worth a few
thousand rupees were stolen
from a temple near Vik-
kiramangalam in Madurai.
The theft came to light when
the temple was opened on
Sunday morning. Based on
the temple priest’s alert,
police were informed. A case
has been registered. Villagers
said the stolen idols of Lord
Siva and goddess Parvathi
were installed last month. A
police officer said that the
thieves could have entered
the temple by scaling the
compound wall and managed
to get past the steel gate by
bending the rods.
Fake currency racket
busted: The RS Puram Police
in Coimbatore busted a gang
that was circulating counter-
feit currency with the arrest of
four men, one of them an IAS
aspirant, on Sunday morning.
Police have seized fake notes
to the tune of `11.57 lakh, a
scanner and a printer. Accord-
ing to the officer, A Dhanraj
was the kingpin of the gang.
“He had rented a house at
Idikarai. They scanned origi-
nal currency and made copies
of them using a photocopier.
He has been doing this for the
past three months.” Two
accomplices are on the run.
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FAKEALERT
A weekly check, separating fact from fiction Vow that you’ll restore 370, Will reserve 95%
N
triple talaq, PM dares oppn of Haryana govt
ews now comes in shades of truths, half-truths and
untruths. Sometimes the ‘news’ fits in so well with our
beliefs that we don’t even think of questioning it, only to find
out later that it was fake. This weekly column will highlight
one or two fake stories created with the intention of misleading
people, or worse, causing harm to a section of people
On Maha Poll Turf, Throws ‘Open Challenge’ To Undo NDA’s Work jobs for locals: BJP
Ranjan Dasgupta & parties, led by Congress, tried to
No, the Rs 2000 note has not Ashish Roy TNN create hurdles to prevent the
been demonetised Jalgaon/Sakoli:Prime Minis-
passage of the triple talaq bill be-
cause they did not want Muslim
I f you stood in a bank queue to deposit your old Rs 500
and Rs 1000 notes three years ago, talk of another
demonetisation will probably make you shudder. Someone
ter Narendra Modi on Sunday
launched his poll blitz in Maha-
women to benefit. If they have
the guts, let them publicly an-
rashtra by daring the opposition nounce that they will do away
has been trying to parties to declare in their mani- with this law if they come to
do that through festos for the assembly elections power. But they wouldn’t do so,
WhatsApp. — and all future polls — that as they are also convinced that STAKES HIGH: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP working president
A viral forward they would roll back the nullifi- the law not only benefits Muslim J P Nadda release the party’s election manifesto in Chandigarh on Sunday
claims new Rs 1,000 cation of Article 370 and scrap women but also men of the com-
notes will be introduced the triple talaq law. munity,” he said. “Muslim men har Lal Khattar said it was based
Manvir.Saini@timesgroup.com
on January 1 and your Addressing a rally at Jal- are not only husbands. They are on the principles of “Ram Rajya”.
Rs 2,000 notes ceased gaon in north Maharashtra, Mo- also fathers and brothers of Chandigarh: BJP’s manifesto “We have delivered on our
to be currency last di put J&K and Ladakh at the BATTLE READY: PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting, ahead of Muslim women, and our gov- for the Haryana assembly elec- promise of zero tolerance to-
Thursday. Whatever heart of his speech to articulate Maharashtra assembly elections, at Sakoli village of Bhandara on Sunday ernment has brought this law to tions promises collateral-free wards corruption. We don’t be-
notes you had should how NDA was going full steam prevent any injustice to our loans of up to `3 lakh to dalits, lieve in making populist announ-
have been exchanged ahead with “extraordinary” de- dinary decision to nullify Arti- tos to undo what NDA had done. Muslim mothers and sisters.” similar interest-free credit to cements...The promises made by
at your bank for lower cisions while the opposition was cle 370. Our opposition could not “But they will not do so, as they On the Congress-NCP alli- marginal and small farmers and Congress require a budget of
denominations by then. just being a stumbling block. even think of this when they know that the people of the ance in Maharashtra, Modi said 95% reservation of government `1.26 lakh crore, which is impossi-
“Reserve Bank “We have made a new begin- were in power. They are now un- country have hailed our deci- the two parties were a “tired lot”. jobs for candidates domiciled in ble. This reminds us of the an-
taking back all the ning (in Kashmir) that will ush- able to digest our decision. As a sion and will not spare anyone “They have come together to the state. The manifesto, released nouncements made by Bhupin-
Rs 2,000 notes. You er in development and fulfil the result, they have been making who tries to bring back Article fight the polls, but they are inca- on Sunday, steers clear of offering der Singh Hooda in Gohana in
can only exchange Rs aspirations of the local people. remarks on the issue that are on- 370. The opposition must stop pable of fulfilling the aspirations any farm loan waiver to INLD, 2013,” he said. BJP working presi-
50,000 in 10 days. So, J&K and Ladakh aren’t just ly delighting our neighbour.” shedding crocodile tears on of the people of Maharashtra. Congress and JJP. dent J P Nadda said, “This docu-
kindly start changing about a piece of land within In- Modi then threw what he de- this,” he said. This coalition cannot work in as Titled “Mhara Sapno Ka Ha- ment is our commitment to Ha-
your 2,000 notes immediately. After 10th October 2019 you dia, together they are its crown,” scribed as “an open challenge” The PM also accused the op- transparent a manner as the De- ryana (Haryana of our dreams)”, ryana. Like the last term, we will
cannot change your Rs 2,000 notes (sic),” the message says. he said. “This year, on August 5, to the opposition — to make a position of trying to block the tri- vendra Fadnavis-led NDA gov- the manifesto has15 chapters and deliver more than what has been
It’s a false alarm, Times Fact Check found. “The RBI has ourgovernmenttookanextraor- commitment in their manifes- ple talaq law. “The opposition ernment has.” 248 points. Haryana CM Mano- committed here,” he said.
issued no such order and has no plan to withdraw Rs 2,000
notes or print new Rs 1,000 notes by Jan 1, 2020,” an RBI
spokesperson told us.
You might have also come across a Facebook video that
claims to show Indian soldiers torturing Muslim women in
Kashmir. However, fact checkers at the AFP news agency
Only PM with 56-inch chest Rahul: J&K, Moon mission
have confirmed “the video shows a Pakistani police officer
hitting several women outside a court in Multan, Pakistan,
in June 2019.” could nullify Art 370: Shah BJP ploy to divert attention
Abhijeet.Patil@timesgroup.com Prasad.Joshi@timesgroup.com din” had arrived. “Has unem-
For more alerts, follow @timesfactcheck
on Twitter, or scan this QR code to ‘Confident of winning streak in Maha’ ployment affected you? Have
access the website Kolhapur: Union home minis-
ter Amit Shah credited “PM Na- O n the campaign trail in Maharashtra for the October 21assembly
polls, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said he was confident of
Aurangabad: Former Con-
gress president Rahul Gandhi
farmers received good re-
turns for their agricultural

How did Bapu commit suicide, rendra Modi with a 56-inch

chest” for the nullification of Ar-
ticle 370 in Jammu & Kashmir
maintaining the party’s winning streak and return of Devendra
Fadnavis as CM.
Shah attacked opposition parties and recalled the “misrule”
on Sunday hit out at BJP, say-
ing it was diverting public at-
tention from real issues by in-
yield? Have loans of farmers
been waived?” he said to a
large audience that had gath-
Gujarat school asks in exam saying none of his predecessors
showed courage to take such a
during the Congress-NCP government, claiming that the two parties
would be wiped out in the coming election and a BJP victory was a
voking the nullification of Ar-
ticle 370 in Jammu & Kashmir
ered in the hot and humid
weather.
Ahmedabad: A question in a IX students in an internal as- step. foregone conclusion. In Karad constituency, Shah addressed another and India’s Moon mission. Referring to the current
school exam on how Mahat- sessment examination of “No other PM had the cour- rally where he slammed Congress for questioning the steps taken by “While campaigning in HITTING BACK: Rahul Gandhi economic slowdown, the for-
ma Gandhi committed sui- schools run under the banner age to abrogate Article 370. ...It the Modi government on national security. In Shirur in Pune district, Maharashtra, PM Narendra during an election rally in Mumbai mer Congress chief said it
cide has shocked the Gujarat of ‘Sufalam Shala Vikas San- was PM Narendra Modi with a Shah took out a roadshow, the first in the Maharashtra polls. TNN Modi and (Union home minis- was just the beginning of the
education authorities, kul’, an official said. 56-inch chest who showed the ter) Amit Shah are not utter- such as agricultural distress “disaster” ahead. “The coun-
prompting them to initiate an Besides, another question courage to abrogate Article 370,” pain of the families of 40,000 peo- nullification of Article 370. How- ing a single word on real is- and unemployment,” he said. try’s economy will be doomed
inquiry into it. Another ques- in an exam paper of Class XII Shah said at a poll rally here. ple who had lost their lives to ter- ever, (then PM) Manmohan sues. They are instead trying Rahul kickstarted his poll in the next 6-7 months. Con-
tion about boot-legging in dry students was about “writing a At rallies in Kolhapur and rorist activities in Kashmir over Singh never uttered a single to take political mileage out of campaign for the assembly gress and former PM Manmo-
Gujarat has also irked the letter to district police chief Sangli, the BJP chief attacked decades. word when Indian jawans were the nullification of Article 370 elections in the state from Au- han Singh had built the econo-
education officials. complaining about the rise in NCP president Sharad Pawar He also attacked Congress beheaded by terrorists. It was and Isro’s efforts. The ruling sa in Latur. At the start of his my by working hard for years,
“How did Gandhiji com- sale of liquor in your area and for questioning the govern- leaders and alleged that they did only because of Modi’s decision party leaders are unmindful address, Rahul took a dig at but the ruling party leaders
mit suicide?” was the ques- nuisance created by bootleg- ment’s move on Kashmir saying not have a national security poli- that the Indian Army opted for a of the fact that public anger is BJP for its 2014 poll slogan by have ruined it in no time,” he
tion asked in Gujarati to Class gers”. PTI the latter did not understand the cy. “Rahul Gandhi opposed the surgical strike,” Shah said. mounting due to core issues asking the audience if “acche alleged.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019
Paris meeting
today to seal
Pak’s FATF fate
Brussels: It’s a testing time
for Pakistan to prove the mea-
sures taken against outfits
and persons involved in terror
financing as financial action
task force (FATF) plenary and
working group meetings be-
TIMES NATION 9
‘Ready to send Army to fight terror in Pak’ Modi pens a poem on his
Rajnath Warns In Belgrade, Tharoor slams Pakistan’s cles 370 and 35A, Singh said
Pakistan should be ready
‘conversation’ with ocean
K-excuse over failure to host Asian meet
Pak Of Further to face the consequences if
it did not change its think-
New Delhi: The early morning
stroll on the Mamallapuram PM was carrying
S
enior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday ing. “I want to tell Imran, beach in Tamil Nadu brought out
Disintegration slammed Pakistan at the Asian Parliamentary
Assembly (APA) meeting in Belgrade after it cited
forget Kashmir and never the poet in Prime Minister Naren-
acupressure
think about Kashmir in fu- dra Modi.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK developments in J&K for its inability to host the group’s ture.” Referring to the Ba- Modi said while strolling on
Sonipat/Karnal/Gur-
plenary, and said the country was attempting to politicise
the forum by referring to an internal matter of India.
lakot operation in which
IAF jets had destroyed the
the beach, he got lost in “conversa-
tion” with the ocean. “This con-
roller on beach
Tharoor, took the floor at the APA to deplore a letter from

gin in Paris from Monday. The
FATF placed Pakistan on Grey
List in June 2018 and came up
with 27-point action plan for
graduating it within one year
period.
It includes safeguards
against money-laundering
and terror-financing by
banned outfits and non-gov-
ernment entities through
banking and non-banking ju-
risdictions, capital markets,
corporate and non-corporate
sectors like chartered ac-
countancy, financial advisory
services, cost and manage-
ment accountancy firm, jew-
ellery and similar related ser-
gaon: Defence minister
Rajnath Singh on Sunday
“offered” help to Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan to rein in terrorism,
saying India was ready to
send its Army to the neigh-
bouring country to fight
the menace if the latter
“did not have the strength”
to do so.
“If you (Imran) want
India’s help, then India is
ready to help in any man-
ner to battle terrorism. If
you need our Army, then
India is ready to help with
NEIGHBOURLY TALK:
Defence minister Rajnath
Singh addresses a public
meeting in Assandh ahead of
Haryana assembly elections
on Sunday
its Army,” Singh said at an
election rally at Rai in So-
nipat district during his
campaign trail in Harya-
na. Asking Pakistan to stop
using terrorism to desta-
bilise India, he said: “Be-
fore using terrorists
against India they should
remember what happened
E
terror hub in Pakistan, versation carries nding the curiosity of people over
the chairman of the Pakistan senate which blamed Singh said with the acqui- the world of my the stick-like object he was hold-
developments in J&K for the country’s inability to host the sition of Rafale jets, India feelings. I am shar- ing while plogging on the Mamal-
APA plenary scheduled for December 2019, sources said. was capable of “attacking ing the feeling with lapuram beach, Prime Minister Na-
“India’s internal matters do not spill over its borders and do deep inside” without you in the form of a rendra Modi on Sunday said it was an
not impinge upon our neighbours,” he said. PTI crossing the border. poem,” he wrote on acupressure roller that he often uses.
“Now the IAF will not Twitter in Hindi Modi was in the coastal town for a
in Balakot.” At another ral- Bangladesh, adding, “And have to cross the border on Sunday. two-day informal summit with Chi-
ly in Karnal, he blamed Pa- if the situation persists, (like it did during the Bala- Prime Minister Modi on Satur- nese President Xi Jinping. On Satur-
kistan for the Partition in then no power can stop Pa- kot operation). Ab to yahin day had released a three-minute day, the last day of the summit, Modi
1947 as part of Muhammad kistan from disintegrating India se Jai Shri Ram (The video of his plog on the beach was seen cleaning up a beach by pick-
Ali Jinnah’s two-nation further.” operation can be launched where he was seen collecting ing up plastic litter and other waste
theory. Attacking Imran for his from here),” Singh said to waste and urged the people to en- during his morning walk.
“But in 1971, your coun- speech in which he had thunderous applause and sure that public places are clean “Many of you have been asking
try was divided into two vowed to stand by Kashmi- sloganeering from the and tidy. In the eight-paragraph what is it that I was carrying in my
pieces again,” Singh re- ris till his last breath after crowd at his rally in Patau- signed poem, Modi describes the hands when I went plogging at a beach
ferred to the creation of the nullification of Arti- di near Gurgaon. ocean’s relationship with the sun, in Mamallapuram. It is an acupres-
the waves, and its pain. sure roller that I often use. I have found
Prime Minister Modi’s collec- it to be very helpful,” he tweeted. He al-

Pathankot airbase to get ‘impregnable’ shield by year-end

vices.
Sources reveal that a com-
pliance report prepared by
the securities and exchange
commission of Pakistan will
be scrutinised in the presence
of Pakistan’s minister for eco-
nomic affairs division, Ham-
mad Azhar. According to
FATF, if Pakistan fails to meet
the implementation of the 27-
point plan, the country could
be blacklisted. In August 2019,
Asia Pacific joint group
(APJG) placed Pakistan in the
enhanced follow up list for
failure to meet its standards.
Several media reports
emanating from Pakistan in-
dicate the confidence of a
high order at evading the
black list at FATF plenary. PTI
Rajat.Pandit@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Almost four years af-
ter Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ter-
rorists attacked the Pathankot air-
base to punch gaping holes in the
security set-up of military instal-
lations, which also triggered a
sharp downturn in ties with Pa-
kistan, the new “virtually impreg-
nable” perimeter system at the
frontline station will soon be fully
operational after several delays.
“The pilot project of the inte-
grated perimeter security system
(IPSS) at the Pathankot airbase
will be completed by November-
December. It will then be replicat-
ed in other bases,” IAF chief Air
AP
HIGH ALERT: Soldiers guard the
perimeter fence of the Indian Air Force
base in Pathankot
chief marshal R K S Bhadauria
said.
Sources said IAF planned to in-
stall the IPSS, which is a “compre-
hensive multi-sensor, multi-lay-
ered, hi-tech surveillance and in-
trusion detection system”, at 23 of
its “sensitive and high risk” air-
bases. Concurrently, the force is al-
so pushing the case for “electric
smart power fences” for 19 other
air stations. The Navy in January
inked a `700 crore contract with
Bharat electronics for the airfield
integrated security system at six
naval air stations, which house
valuable assets like MiG-29K fight-
er jets and Poseidon-8I long-range
maritime patrol aircraft, as was
first reported by TOI.
But the programme to bolster
security at the 54 flying bases of
IAF, which could cost `100-150
crore per airbase, will take much
more time and funds. For now, the
IAF is pushing BEL to complete
the IPSS pilot project at Pathankot
airbase.
The IPSS includes a “smart pe-
rimeter fence” with different
types of electro-optic and motion-
detection sensors, surveillance
and thermal cameras, along with a
command and control centre that
gets a “composite 24x7 live video
feed” to ensure breaches can be de-
tected immediately. The IPSS elec-
tronic eye will help in launching
appropriate counter to an intru-
sion as soon as it is detected.
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STRICTER NORMS
Cases subject to RFE
201
Particulars Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2018
No. of cases where RFE was sought 1,84,335 1,50,609
Total no. of cases completed 4,58,929 3,96,292
% of cases subject to RFE 40.20% 38%
Post-RFE Approval
No. of approvals post-RFE 1,20,590 93,910
No. of cases where RFE was sought 1,84,335 1,50,609
% of approval post-RFE 65.40% 62.40%

Lubna.Kably@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The US has ap-
proved a higher number of
H-1B applications (both for
initial visas and visa exten-
sions for continued employ-
ment) this year, showing that
the demand for these work vi-
sas continues unabated.
This is a relief to Indians,
who are the dominant holders
of H-1B visas, especially after
processing regulations got
more stringent post-2015.
While in 2015, 2.88 lakh ap-
plications were approved
(95.7%) by the United States
citizenship and immigration
services (USCIS), for fiscal
2019, the figure touched 3.89
lakh (84.8%), up from last
year’s 3.35 lakh (84.5%).
The latest statistics for the
fiscal 2019 (the 12-month peri-
od ended September 30) were
recently released by USCIS.
Country-wise data has not
been released for fiscal years
2019 and 2018, but in past years,
a significant portion (more
than 70%) of the aggregate
required a minimum of a
bachelor’s degree (or foreign
equivalent) and the benefici-
ary (whose H-1B visa was be-
ing sponsored by the employ-
er) possessed this qualifica-
tion, the H-1B application was
likely to be approved.
“Not anymore, as is reflect-
ed in the spate of requests for
evidence (RFEs) and lower ap-
provals post an RFE,” says
Snehal Batra, managing at-
torney, NPZ Law group.
USCIS data for fiscal 2019
ij
shows that the agency contin-
ued extreme scrutiny of H-1B
applications. RFEs were
sought in 40.2% of cases from
sponsoring employers to jus-
tify the visa applications.
This is up by 2 percentile
points as compared to the pre-
vious fiscal ending Septem-
ber 30, 2018.
In an earlier statement,
USCIS had said that the top
three reasons for an RFE are:
to ascertain whether the job is
a speciality occupation to
warrant hiring of an H-1B

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019

Mother Mariam Thresia from W Asia trade war may hit UP man finds
newborn while
Kerala declared saint by Pope energy security: Pradhan TIMES NEWS NETWORK through schemes like Ujjwala,
digging grave
for his stillborn
More Than 1,000 Indians Attend Canonisation At Vatican City New Delhi: Petroleum minis-
ter Dharmendra Pradhan on
Ujala and Saubhagya, aimed at
delivering efficient electricity
and gas to all households
Sanjeev Gupta

Disney.Tom@timesgroup.com the official declaration was ma- Sunday warned that India’s across the country.
de,” said Fr William. “The relic growing import dependence Pradhan said India was in-

W
ith the Indian conting-
ent at Vatican, over tho-
usand strong waving
flags and placards of St Mariam
Thresia, adding to the crowd,
the Vatican witnessed unusual
crowd on Sunday. The crowd
overflowed from the St Peter’s
Square into the Via della Conci-
liazione, the street leading to the
Square.
Pope Francis during the ce-
remony referred to Mother Ma-
riam Thresia as the person who
went beyond religious barriers
to treat the sick and to reform po-
or families. “Those from India,
had gathered close together and
the Pope was seen stopping his
vehicle and greeting some of the
pilgrims from the Indian crowd.
Union minister V Muraleedha-
ran led the contingent,” said Fr
William Nellikal, a Keralite pri-
est based in the Vatican.
Fr Shibu Kavungal, who at-
tended the ceremony, said that it
was mood of holiness as well as
HOLY ATMOSPHERE: Pope Francis on Sunday declared Mariam
Thresia a saint at a ceremony in Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square,
making her the fourth Keralite and 12th Indian to make it to the global
Catholic Church’s holy pantheon
celebration at the Square on
Sunday. “We all were wearing
blue caps with Mother’s image
printed on it. Apart from Malay-
alis, there were devotees from
other parts of the country. Justi-
ce Kurian Joseph was also pre-
sent in the ceremony. For all of
us, it was a holy experience to be
present at the location where
Mariam Thresia was declared a
saint,” said Fr Shibu.
“The declaration formula
was read out after the litany of
all saints. Soon after this, a song
of jubilation was sung as the
crowd together said ‘Amen’ and
then clapped in celebrations, as
of the Mother, which was bro-
ught in a procession was handed
over to the pope by Sr Udaya,
mother general of the Congre-
gation of the Holy Family, which
was founded by Mariam Thre-
sia. Christopher Joshy, the boy,
who received miraculous cure
from fatal respiratory disease
through the intercession of St
Mariam Thresia accompanied
Sr Udaya in this procession and
met the Pope,” said Fr William.
“Overwhelmed by an ecsta-
tic transcendence, we joined the
large congregation of pilgrims
from all over the world for the so-
lemn ceremony of canonization
of Mother Mariam Tresia,along
with three other women – a stig-
matist, a Roman orphan ad No-
bel Peace Prize nominee, alongs-
ide Cardinal John Henry New-
man of England, at St. Peter’s
Square in Vatican,” Archana
Varghese, a laity from Kerala,
who attended the canonisation,
said.
for oil and gas made it vulnera-
ble to external developments
and said a series of adverse
global events in recent months
— from the US-China trade
war to happenings in West
Asia — might have an “enor-
mous impact” on the country’s
energy security as well as its
economy, budget and invest-
ment.
Addressing the third meet-
ing of the International Think
Tank ahead of the India Ener-
gy Forum, Pradhan, however,
acknowledged that India
would continue to depend on
hydrocarbons, while relying
on cleaner and more efficient
technologies along with pro-
ducer-consumer relations as
trade volumes grow.
“No single form of energy
Runner at IIT-B
half-marathon
OIL’S NOT WELL: Petroleum
minister Dharmendra Pradhan
(second from right) at the Think
Tank meet in New Delhi on Sunday
can meet the growing energy
demand in India given India’s
development imperative that
aims to ensure energy justice
to all. Mixing all exploitable en-
ergy sources is the only feasi-
ble way forward in our con-
text,” the minister said.
At the same time, he made
it clear that India would chart
its own course of energy tran-
sition and would lead it
‘Mum court can try US
vesting over $60 billion in de-
veloping natural gas supply
and distribution infrastruc-
ture as it chases the target of
more than doubling the share
of natural gas in its energy
base to 15% by 2030.
Explaining that natural
gas currently constituted 6.2%
of all energy consumption in
India, he said the government
had laid emphasis on develop-
ing a gas-based economy.
The government is giving
special impetus to develop gas
infrastructure across the
length and breadth of the
country, connecting north to
south and east to west, he said.
City gas distribution network
would soon cover 70% of pop-
ulation, he said.
Full report on www.toi.in
GOD’S GIFT: The baby girl is
undergoing treatment
Kanwardeep.Singh
@timesgroup.com
Bareilly: In a miraculous inci-
dent, a family digging the grave
for its stillborn daughter near a
cremation ground in Bareilly
found a pitcher with a newly
born girl buried approximately
two feet under on Thursday eve-
ning. She was barely breathing
and was rushed to the district
hospital in a critical condition.
At present, she is under
treatment for lung infection at
the Special Newborn Care Unit
of the hospital. She weighs only
1.1kg and is on oxygen support.
Doctors treating her told
TOI that she appeared to be born

collapses, dies domestic violence plaint’ prematurely and survived be-

Snatchers
No. of SC students at Ignou
cause premature babies need
less oxygen,adding “it’s possible
Sumitra DebRoy & Rosy.Sequeira The woman filed a case un- that she was buried just a few
who targeted Yogita Rao TNN @timesgroup.com der the Domestic Violence Act,
2005. In 2017, the Mulund ma-
hours ago.” BJP MLA Rajesh
Mishra alias Pappu Bhartol is

PM’s niece rose by 248% in nine years Mumbai: A 49-year-old run-

ner collapsed and died while
participating in the IIT-Bom-
Mumbai:If an incident of do-
mestic violence has occurred
in the US, a magistrate in
gistrate directed interim
maintenance of `30,000 to the
wife and `15,000 to the son. In
bearing the medical expenses.
“We are trying to identify the
person who had buried the baby

arrested TOTAL ENROLLED LEARNERS Y-O-Y GROWTH

Sakshi.Chand@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Cops have nabbed
the two criminals who had al-
legedly snatched the purse of
the PM’s niece, Damayantiben
Modi, at Raj Niwas Marg in
north Delhi on Saturday morn-
ing. Cops tracked down Gau-
rav alias Nonu, from the house
of his wife’s grandmother in
Sonepat, from where Da-
mayanti’s stolen belongings
were also recovered. His asso-
ciate, identified as Badal, fled
the spot but was later tracked
to Sultanpuri and arrested on
Sunday night.
Police recovered `56,000
cash, documents and two mo-
bile phones which were kept in
Damayanti’s red handbag
from Gaurav’s possession. The
victim’s wristwatch, along
with a few other documents,
was recovered from Badal. Da-
bay Half Marathon held at the
institute’s Powai campus on
Sunday.
Mumbai has jurisdiction to
try the complaint and it is not
time-bound, the Bombay high
HC, the husband’s advocate
Prashant Pandey argued there
was over two years’ delay by
girl alive. We are checking the
CCTV footage of the cremation
ground An FIR would be regis-
Suresh Pawde, who was court held recently while dis- the wife in filing the complaint tered soon,” the SHO of Sub-
450000
General SC At present 54.5% of the
406536 running the 21-km half marat- missing a plea by a US-based and, on this ground alone, it hashnagar police station, Hari-
400000
learners at Ignou are pursuing hon, collapsed on a slope bare- IT professional. Justice Samb- ought to have been dismissed. shchandra Joshi, told TOI.
ST OBC
undergraduate studies ly after covering 2.5-3km. Doc- haji Shinde’s verdict came on a He further contended the On Thursday evening,
350000
In last 9 years the growth of tors suspect that he could have petition by a 40-year-old man magistrate had no jurisdiction Vaishali, the wife of one Hitesh
300000
SC learners is 247.7% point died of a heart attack though after the Mulund metropoli- to entertain the complaint Kumar, had given birth to a still-
221765 his final cause of death has be- tan magistrate ordered him to since the alleged domestic vio- born child. The family took the
250000 In last 9 years the growth of
en kept pending. pay interim maintenance to lence had not been committed stillborn baby to the cremation
200000 114249 ST learners is 171.8% point Fellow participants spotted his wife and son and the ses- in India. The wife’s advocate ground at Subhashnagar locali-
26818 In last 9 years the growth of Pawde collapsing on the route sions court dismissed his ap- countered she had filed the ty. When a labourer started dig-
150000
120806 general learners is 83.3% point
at around 6.15am following peal. case here as she lived in Mum- ging the grave, his spade hit a
87644 which a medical team was im- The couple got married in bai. pot. It was kept in a bag. When
100000
In last 9 years the growth of mediately summoned. He was Lucknow in 2008 as per Mus- Justice Shinde noted a they took the bag out , they found
50000 32851 OBC learners is 37.8% point rushed to IIT’s Hospital and la- lim rites and left for the US. precedent in a Supreme Court a baby wrapped in a cloth. She
72880 ter shifted to Hiranandani Ho- Their son was born in 2013. verdict where the apex court was alive and crying.
0 In last 9 years the growth of
spital, where he was declared Due to differences, the hus- had held the place where the “At one point I thought that
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 learners is 93.6% point dead around 7.35am. band filed for divorce in the wife takes shelter after leaving life my daughter had come alive.
Fitizen India that organi- California superior court and or being driven away from the But the voice was actually com-
Manash.Gohain introducing encrypted ques- To bring credibility and ses the race in association with sought custody of the child. In matrimonial home on account ing from the pot. When the pot
@timesgroup.com tion papers, mobile applica- make the examination sys- IIT Bombay insisted that all 2015, the woman returned to of cruelty by husband or rela- was opened, a baby girl was kept
tion-based assignment sub- tem leak proof, the universi- medical facilities were in pla- India. In 2016, the US court tives would also have jurisdic- inside. I immediately called am-
New Delhi: Analysis of nine missions, to online courses ty has conducted a pilot run ce. “There is nothing suspicio- granted custody to the father tion to entertain complaints. bulance and informed police to
years of enrolment data with digital content delivery. using encrypted question pa- us about the death,” said an of- and issued an arrest warrant Full report on www.toi- ensure that her life was saved,”
shows that the number of Ignou had 1.14 lakh SC and pers. Ignou is introducing on- ficer from Powai police station. for the mother. .in Hitesh told TOI.
scheduled caste (SC) and 72,000 ST scholars on its rolls screen evaluation for timely,
scheduled tribe (ST) learners in 2018, compared to 32,000 SC transparent evaluation, too.

PMC ex-MD Joy Thomas led a double life

mayanti, the daughter of the
PM’s brother, was getting off
an auto-rickshaw outside the
Gujarati Samaj Bhavan when
the accused came on a scooty
and snatched her bag.
Cops said Badal kept
changing his location, along
with his friend Arjun, after the
crime. He was finally nabbed
from his friend's house in Sul-
tanpuri. DCP (North) Monika
Bhardwaj said that a search is
on to recover the bag that was
dumped near Sadar bazar. Po-
lice said Badal was finally
tracked with the help of his
brother.
Badal was spotted riding a
motorcycle with Arjun sitting
in the middle and another per-
son at the back. A team of po-
lice officers who had been de-
ployed in the area noticed him
in the largest open universi-
ty, Indira Gandhi National
Open University (Ignou), has
grown by 248% and 172%, re-
spectively.
The number of enrolled
students at Ignou has dou-
bled in the same period, from
3.6 lakh in 2010 to 7.14 lakh in
2018. Mandated for running
its programmes for 2 lakh
students, the only central
open university is bursting at
the seams.
Now, armed with a spe-
cial grant of `155 crore for the
EWS (economically weaker
sections) quota programme
from the ministry of human
resource development, Ignou
is planning to revamp its de-
livery system — right from
and 26,000 ST learners in
2010. Officials say that the
SC/ST fee-waiver has helped
bring in more students.
“In addition to the `100
crore grant for fee waiver, the
MHRD also sanctioned addi-
tional grants this year due to
increase in the number of
students,” Nageshwar Rao,
vice-chancellor of Ignou,
said. Rao told TOI that updat-
ed technology would have a
signal role in improving de-
livery and access of course
material, as Ignou prepares
to play a key role in enhanc-
ing the gross enrolment ratio
in higher education.
The MHRD has already
asked Ignou to increase en-
rolment by 1.5 lakh by 2020.
“For the first time, we
have used encrypted ques-
tion papers with practical-
based programmes. We are
starting onscreen evaluation
also; ours is a big university
and it will take time but, to
start with, 15% of the evalua-
tions will be onscreen from
this session itself. There
were issues of leakage of
question papers; now the en-
crypted papers will be availa-
ble with the centres at 6am on
the day of exam,” Rao says.
To make examinations
hassle-free, “the sitting plan
for exams will also be deliver-
ed to students via text mess-
ages and WhatsApp,” Rao
said.
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Converted To
Islam To Marry
Personal Asst
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Joy Thomas, the
suspended MD of the scam-hit
Punjab and Maharashtra Coop-
erative (PMC) Bank, led a dou-
ble life.
During his interrogation in
lockup, he told the police that he
converted to Islam in 2005 to
marry his per-
sonal assist-
ant, in whose
name the po-
lice have found
nine flats regis-
tered in Pune.
Thomas is behind bars in the
`4,355-crore PMC Bank cheat-
ing case, along with real estate
group HDIL’s promoters Ra-
kesh Wadhawan and son Sa-
rang, and the bank’s former
chairman Waryam Singh.
“Thomas was married and
had a family, yet developed a rela-
tionship with his PA. In 2005, she
quit her job saying she was get-
ting married and shifting to Du-
bai. That was the last anyone
heard of her,” said an officer.
“Evidently, she shifted to
Pune, and her husband, Joy, who
became Junaid to marry her,
started shuttling between the
city and Mumbai. We are looking
into how she bought the Pune
properties. If we find these were
bought through the proceeds of
crime, we will attach the proper-
ties, which are estimated to have
acombined worth of `4 crore.”
During his interrogation,
Thomas, now 62, told the police
that his Islamic name Junaid
wasn’t in any financial records,
and officially, he continued to be
Joy Thomas. “It seems it was a
conversion of convenience for
him,” said an officer. The police
earlier identified and attached
four flats owned by Thomas in
Mumbai and Thane. One is regis-
tered in the name of his son from
his first wife.
“He and his second wife had
adopted a girl, who is now11years
old. They also have a 10-year-old
son. The second wife makes and
sells chocolates draws rent from
the Pune properties,” said an offi-
cer. Thomas’s first wife, upon
learning about his double life, fil-
ed for divorce.

The Idea of the Favourite

and sent out an alert, after
which he was arrested on Sun- INDIA DIGEST
day night.
Tiger which killed 2 images captured by camera
traps. Around 10.30am, we

Only 35 medical CITY CITY BANG BANG ple of his shining moments were en- one continued to root for one’s favou- schooled selves. villagers caught heard the distinct roar of a
shrined in my memory. There was rite, a contrariness that reason can- Perhaps what is important here is tiger hiding in bushes and
one time that he scored 86 in a test not begin to approach. It was not as if not so much as to who our object of after 5 days in BTR
devices notified SANTOSH DESAI
For the last thirty
match in what was then regarded as a
blistering pace. Many years later, I
one deluded oneself into believing
that any of these people were all-
adulation is as much the fact that we
need to make that investment and
20ft high grass,” said Dr DN
Nagaraju, a veterinarian with

as drugs in India years, come winter and
out comes the same
From P 1 sweater that one has
been wearing for a little
happened to see a video of that in-
nings. It was among the streakier dis-
plays of batting that I have seen, with
edges and mishits accounting for
time greats or even better than their
rivals, but simply that one was
aligned to their fortunes and fol-
lowed those with superstitious pas-
A
sub-adult male tiger Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
mark our ownership. That one’s
mine, one decides for no good reason,
suspected to have
killed two villagers was Man dead, 6 hurt in South
and having taken that call, the per- captured in a two-hour oper- Mumbai building fire: A
son in question becomes immune to ation in Mysuru on Sunday 22-year-old man was killed

A
t present, only 35 medical
devices are notified as
drugs in India, of which 23
are regulated and the rest will
come under regulatory purview
from next year, according to the
ministry’s earlier notification.
The regulator has also pre-
pared a roadmap for regulating
these products after consulta-
tions with various international
regulators under IMDRF and in-
ter-ministerial consultation.
“The idea is to have a roadmap
for medical devices so that man-
ufacturing of products can be
promoted in the country. Ap-
proval, certification and regis-
tration from a central authority
under the health ministry will
help in strengthening the credi-
bility of ‘Made in India’ de-
vices,” the official said.
The government is also
working to bring a separate law
to regulate medical devices. Be-
sides, it is mulling an overarch-
ing pricing policy to cap trade
margins of all medical devices.
The medical devices industry,
currently pegged at around $7
billion in India, is growing at a
CAGR of 4.5%.
The implementation will
start with licensing, which will
be voluntary for 18 months and
mandatory after 12 and 24
months, depending on their clas-
sifying category based on risks.
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over 30 years. It is a par-
ticularly unaesthetic
choice of apparel. It was gifted to me
by my brother, who cannot be blamed
in any way for his bad taste at the
time; random computer generated
designs on a dirty brown back-
ground might well have been all the
rage in the 80s. One has no explana-
tion for why one continues to wear it
— it carries little emotional signifi-
cance, and although its forbearance
and fortitude have been heroic, is
now falling apart in several places.
This has not deterred me, for one gets
the foul thing darned and mended ev-
ery single time its demise feels immi-
nent. The only thing one can offer by
way of reason, is that it has always
been my favourite.
It is not entirely clear how and
why things, places and people be-
come our favourites. Some reasons
are easy to understand — the person
or object in question is truly special,
memories have got attached with
some, nostalgia is evoked in other
cases, a special person or a feeling re-
sides in the object of our attachment.
We get used to some things, and re-
gard any change with suspicion. And
then there are random choices, fleet-
ing impressions of a favourable kind
that harden into something more.
Karsan Ghavri was my favourite
cricketer at one time. I followed him
with great interest and used to hope
quite fervently that he did well. He
had middling ability at best, but
could be effective on occasion. A cou-
most of the boundaries that sounded sion.
so impressive in the Sushil Chatur- Other favourites are easy to ex-
vedi-amplified account I had heard plain. Tendulkar and Dhoni require
on my radio. Solkar was another fa- no explanation. Nor do Borg, Con-
vourite, a brilliant fielder and nors, Steffi Graf and Federer. In some
doughty lower order batsman, but cases, one responds to a style of play-
again not a world-beating champion ing. In others, to how people carry
of any kind. themselves. Compressed within peo-
ple lie philosophies, and we respond
to big lofty ideas through forehand
crosscourt caresses. Federer or Na-
dal, Navratilova or Evert, Borg or
McEnroe, Arsenal or Manchester
United — these are ideological battles
being fought in mufti, and we choose
sides, sometimes with the knowledge
of what we are aligning with and of-
ten without any such conscious un-
derstanding.
There are some guilty pleasures
A SUBTLE MESSAGE: Our favourites that all of us enjoy that often mili-
embody something about who we are, tates against everything that we ap-
without our always being aware of what parently hold dear. A song that we
exactly is being communicated love in spite of knowing that it is a
vile form of syrupy pap. Or as hap-
Then there was Rajesh Khanna, pens particularly in my case, an old
not of the heady Aradhana/Kati Pa- Hindi social film replete with evil
tang times but when he was in pre- mothers-in-law and the crumbling
cipitous decline — the paunchy-jow- and eventual rehabilitation of once
ly- Isiliye Mummy Ne Meri Tumhe happy families that drives me to sat-
Chai Pe Bulaya Hai days. One re- isfying tears. Here the battle is clear-
members rejoicing when the un- ly between the person one has
speakably execrable Chhaila Babu learned to become and the person
was declared a minor hit, or at the ve- who really lives within. The overt
ry least, not a total washout, like the layer of acquired sophistication is
rest of his films at the time. There punctured by our inability to bury
was a foolhardy intensity with which all the evidence of our former, un-
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the vagaries of circumstance. A pro- afternoon, capping a five-day and six others, including
tective shield is thrown around our combing mission that in- three firemen, sustained
anointed favourite. We also get to ex- volved the participation of injuries after a major fire
perience the high and lows vicari- seven elephants, camera broke out in a six-storey
ously; here choosing those not quite traps and drones, besides commercial building at Grant
worthy has its own set of rewards for hundreds of personnel. The Road in Mumbai on Sunday
it helps us stand apart from the world six-year-old tiger was cap- morning. Ten people were
and feel the pleasure and pain of tured at Maguvinahalli in rescued from the building.
their changing fortunes more keenly, Chamarajanagar district’s The building’s firefighting
for they do well only occasionally. Gundlupet taluk. Sources said system was not working, said
Of course, today choosing anyone forest employees astride an sources. The fire brigade will
or anything as a favourite is fraught elephant spotted the tiger at probe the cause of the blaze
with consequences. The thought po- a farm close to Bandipur and violations in the building,
lice that we have nurtured within our- Tiger Reserve (BTR) around that houses 80 shops, go-
selves asks us a barrage of questions 1pm on Sunday. “We started downs and offices, mostly
about the appropriateness of our the fifth day of combing selling electronic items.
choices. Is that favourite song of ours operation around 8am at a
created in a different era too sexist by certain place based on the Jawan killed in ceasefire
our standards today? Does our favou- violation by Pak: An
rite actor hold political opinions we Army jawan was killed
despise? The value that we place on on Sunday when
our own opinion is so great that mak- Pakistani troops
ing a wrong choice in anointing a fa- violated the ceasefire
vourite feels catastrophic. How will along the LoC in
we explain this to the 34 people who Baramulla district of
might be following us on social Jammu & Kashmir, an
media? Army official said. The
One could think of favourites as Pakistani troops
quasi-emissaries of the self that al- violated the ceasefire
low us to participate in the world in north Kashmir’s Uri
more directly by putting something sector by resorting to
of ourselves in play. The favourite unprovoked firing on
embodies something about who we Indian posts, the
are, without our always being aware official said. The Army
of what exactly is being communi- jawan, who was in-
cated. Which is another way of justi- jured in the Pakistani
fying the choice of a dirty brown firing, was taken to a
sweater that is getting ready to do its medical facility for
bit in the winter of 2019. treatment, where he
santosh365@gmail.com succumbed, he said.

WE HAVE A TWISTED PREZ WHO THINKS HE’S A GANGSTER,
AND HE IS NOT EVEN A GOOD ONE: ROBERT DE NIRO ON TRUMP
To end dependency on India,
Nepal inks rail deal with China
70-Km Stretch To Connect Tibet And Kathmandu
Kathmandu: Chinese Presi-
dent Xi Jinping wound up two
days of meetings in Nepal on
Sunday with separate deals
for a rail link to Tibet and a
tunnel, an official said, as the
Himalayan nation seeks to
end an Indian dominance over
its trade routes by increasing
connectivity with Beijing.
The 70-km rail link will con-
nect Gyiron in Tibet with Ne-
pal’s capital city of Kathman-
du, making it one of the most
ambitious infrastructure pro-
jects in the country.
A Chinese team has alrea-
dy conducted a preliminary
study for the project, which
will be part of China’s Belt
and Road Initiative, Xi’s signa-
ture diplomatic and trade
push that is attempting to re-
create the old Silk Road joi-
ning China with Asia and Eu-
rope. Alongside, a proposed 28-
km road tunnel will more than
halve the distance from Kath-
mandu to the Chinese border,
saving on time and cost.
“China will now conduct a
feasibility study of the rail
project and help construct the
tunnel way,” Rajeshor Gyawa-
li, a spokesman for Nepal’s mi-
nistry of physical infrastruc-
ture and transport, said. Nepal
has sought to increase connec-
tivity with China since a block-
ade along its border with India
resulted in months of acute
shortage of fuel and medicine
in 2015 and 2016. “These faciliti-
es will give us alternative tra-
de routes when we face border
blockades,” Gyawali said.
India accounts for nearly
two thirds of Nepal’s trade
and is the sole supplier of fuel.
Officials from both sides also
signed 20 deals covering trade,
water supply and traditional
JAPAN SENDS IN TROOPS AFTER DEADLY TYPHOON KILLS 33
Cop kills black woman
inside her Texas home
Fort Worth: A black woman
was fatally shot by a white offi-
cer inside her home in Texas
on Saturday after police were
called to the residence for a wel-
fare check, authorities said.
The shooting occurred after
a neighbour called the police
non-emergency line to report
that the front door of the home
was open. The medical exami-
ner’s office identified her as 28-
year-old Atatiana Jefferson. Po-
lice said the officer, who’s been
on the force since April 2018,
was placed on administrative
leave pending the outcome of
an investigation. Officials have
not released the officer’s name.
Police said officers saw so-
meone near a window inside
the home and that one of them
fired after “perceiving a thre-
at”. Body cam footage shows
two officers searching the ho-
Stalker uses pupil image reflections to find idol’s home
Tokyo: A man arrested on su-
spicion of stalking a female
pop idol in Japan used the re-
flections of her pupils in pho-
tos she shared on social me-
dia and Google Street View to
find where she lived.
Tokyo police declined com-
ment on the specifics of the in-
vestigation but confirmed on
Friday that 26-year-old Hibiki
Sato was arrested on Septem-
ber 17 on suspicion of indecent
behaviour in connection with
stalking and causing injuries
to the 20-year-old woman.
President Xi Jinping is greeted by Nepalese children in Kathmandu
Amid HK protests, Xi warns attempts to
divide China will end in ‘shattered bones’
C hinese President Xi Jinping warned on Sunday that any attempt
to divide China will be crushed, as Beijing faces political
challenges in months-long protests in Hong Kong and US criticism
over its treatment of Muslim minority groups. “Anyone attempting
to split China in any part of the country will end in crushed bodies
and shattered bones,” he told Nepal’s PM KP Sharma Oli in a
meeting on Sunday, according to China’s state broadcaster CCTV.
“And any external forces backing such attempts dividing China will
be deemed by the Chinese people as pipe-dreaming!” he was
quoted as saying. Xi, the first Chinese president to visit Nepal in 22
years, arrived in Nepal on Saturday on a state visit. Nepal’s Oli told
Xi that the country will oppose any “anti-China activities” on its
soil, CCTV reported. China has seen its political authority tested by
increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong against what is seen as
Beijing’s tightening grip on the Chinese-ruled city. Police in Hong
Kong have used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons against
pro-democracy demonstrators in the former British colony, which
has been plunged into its worst political crisis in decades. REUTERS
medicines at the end of Xi’s vi-
sit, the first by a Chinese presi-
dent in 22 years. “We will help
Nepal realise its dream of be-
coming a land-linked country
J apan sent tens of thousands of
The incident comes
less than two weeks
after former Dallas
cop Amber Guyger
was sentenced to
10 years in jail for
the murder of her
black neighbour
inside his apartment
me from outside with torch-
light before one shouts, “Put yo-
ur hands up”. One shot is then
fired through the window. The
officer doesn’t identify himself
as police in the video. An attor-
ney for the woman’s family said
the officer didn’t have time to
perceive a threat. “You didn’t
hear the officer shout, ‘Gun,
gun, gun’,” Lee Merritt said.
“He didn’t have time to perceive
a threat. That’s murder.” AP
The police official, who
spoke on condition of anony-
mity as is often policy at Japa-
nese bureaucracies, said the
case was related to the re-
ports about a stalker and pu-
pil images. Police described
Sato as an “avid fan”.
Public broadcaster NHK
and other Japanese media re-
ported this week that details in
the woman’s selfies were used
to identify the train station she
frequented. They said Sato loo-
ked at other images she sha-
red, such as her apartment, to
TIMES GLOBAL
AP
from a land-locked one,” Xi sa-
id at a dinner on Saturday af-
ter he arrived from India whe-
re he had meetings with Indi-
a’s PM Narendra Modi. REUTERS
AFP
3 Indian teams in race for S’pore
social entrepreneurship award
Rashi.Lal@timesgroup.com
B
y the end of this week, an
idea to make the world a
better place which till
now was on paper will turn in-
to reality. Supporting the idea
and the brain behind it will be
a group of experts from across
the world, mentoring by pro-
fessionals and a grant of up to
SGD20,000 (about Rs 10,35,507).
Young Social Entreprene-
urs, a platform under non-
profit organisation Singapore
International Foundation,
which has been nurturing in-
novative business ideas focu-
sed on social good for eight ye-
ars now, will announce the
winner for its ninth year on
October 18. After filtering 500
applications from 22 countri-
es, 15 social enterprises — one
Getty Images\Photo for representation
An ‘avid fan’ of a Japanese pop
star analysed reflections of her
pupils in photos she shared on
social media and Google Street
View to find where she lived
* THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019
PRINCE WILLIAM TO HONOUR DIANA’S CHARITY WORK IN PAK
DURING A FIVE-DAY TOUR OF COUNTRY THAT STARTS TODAY
Pak PM in Iran
to ‘facilitate’
talks between
Riyadh & Tehran
China prez Tehran: Pakistan PM Imran
Khan visited Iran on Sunday on
a mission to act
pledges as a “facilitator”
between Teh-
ran and Riyadh
$493m in aid and try to defuse
rising tensions
to Nepal in the Gulf.
Khan landed in Tehran around
midday and met with President
Kathmandu: Chinese Presi- Hassan Rouhani at the presi-
dent Xi Jinping has said that dential palace. He was also
China will provide Nepalese scheduled to hold talks with
Rs 56 billion (or about $493 mil- Iran’s supreme leader Ayatol-
lion) assistance to Kathmandu lah Ali Khamenei, before tra-
over the next two years to help velling to Riyadh on Tuesday.
Nepal’s development pro- “The reason for this trip is
grammes as the two countries that we do not want a conflict
inked 20 deals on Sunday to between Saudi Arabia and
bolster their ties. Xi held talks Iran,” Khan told reporters.
with his Nepalese counterpart “Whatever it takes we must
Bidya Devi Bhandari on Satur- never allow this conflict to ta-
day on the first day of his two- ke place, because we know, Mr
day state visit — the first by a President, that there is a ves-
Chinese leader in 23 years. ted interest that wants this to
On Sunday, the Chinese take place,” he told Rouhani.
president met PM K P Shar- Noting that it was a “comp-
ma Oli and held delegation-le- lex” issue that can be resolved
vel talks. After the talks, the
two sides signed 18 MoUs and
through talks, Khan warned
that any conflict between Iran
two letters of exchange in dif-
ferent sectors such as trans-
port, agriculture, industry,
and Saudi Arabia would “cause
poverty in the world”. Khan al-
so said he was also approached
commerce and supply. “The by US President Donald Trump
meeting between President to “facilitate some sort of dialo-
Xi and PM Oli focused on all gue between Iran and the US”.
aspects of Nepal-China rela- Tehran and Washington have
tions,” local media quoted of- been at loggerheads since the
ficials as saying. US withdrew from the 2015 Iran
During his meeting with nuclear deal in May last year
Bhandari, President Xi anno- and reimposed sanctions on
unced a support of 3.5 billion the Islamic republic. AFP
RMB equivalent to NRs. 56 bil-
lion to Nepal over the next two
years to help the development
programmes, officials said. Xi Hunter Biden to
also pledged to upgrade the
Arniko Highway linking Ka-
thmandu with Tatopani trans-
step down from
it point — which was shut
down following the devasta-
Chinese firm
H Hundreds of IS supporters flee
ting earthquake of 2015 — and unter Biden is stepping
open more customs points fa- down from the board of
cilitating connectivity. PTI a Chinese-backed priva-
te equity company and promi-
sing to forego all foreign work
if his father, former US vice
president Joe Biden, is elected
president in 2020.
troops and rescue workers on
Sunday to save stranded residents
After months of keeping a
relatively low-profile as Presi-
and fight floods caused by one of dent Donald Trump levelled a
the worst typhoons to hit the barrage of unsubstantiated
country in recent history. At least accusations of corruption at
33 people were killed, public him, the younger Biden is
broadcaster NHK said. Another 15 publicly vowing to avoid any
were missing and 187 injured by conflict of interest.
Typhoon Hagibis, which paralysed According to a statement
Tokyo on Saturday and dumped released on his behalf by his
record levels of rain around Japan. lawyer George Mesires, Biden
About 100,000 homes were left said he will resign at the end
without power. Rescue efforts of the month from the mana-
were hindered after more than gement company of a private
20 rivers in central and northeast- equity fund that’s backed by
ern Japan burst their banks and Chinese state-owned entities.
dozens more overflowed although He also pledged that he wo-
their banks were still in tact, NHK uldn’t work for any foreign-
said. Evacuation centres filled with owned companies or serve on
residents, while some people their boards during a potenti-
perished as they sought shelter, al Biden administration. He
NHK said, adding a 77-year-old reiterated that he never dis-
woman fell about 40 metres to her cussed his business activities
death during an airlift with his father. BLOOMBERG
farmers by providing them
Singapore International Foundation
with affordable low-cost mi-
cro-irrigation systems —
which are 80% cheaper than
the market rate. The second is
Parched Foodworks by Shreya
Shukla, Vatsal Shukla & Abhi-
nav Jaiswal. Their idea tries to
solve the problem of up to 50%
wastage in the fruit and vege-
A YSE workshop in Shanghai table supply chain in India by
each from Thailand, Singapo- setting up dehydration cent-
re, Pakistan, Bangladesh and res at village level run by far-
New Zealand, two each from mers. This will also increase
Cambodia and Malaysia and farmers’ income by 30-40%.
three each from Indonesia The third is Tactopus Lear-
and India — were shortlisted ning Solutions by Chandni Ra-
after a four-day workshop in jendran and Saloni Mehta,
March in Singapore. who make study material for
The teams from India vy- kids with vision impairment.
ing for the winning spot inclu- The writer was in Singapore at
de Ubuntu Micro Irrigation by the invitation of the Singapore
Ajay Etikala, whose mission is International Foundation
to reduce financial burden on Full report on www.toi.in
figure out where she lived. uldn’t make the V-sign with
Police say he hurt her and their hand, which Japanese
committed indecent acts, often do in photos, because
such as groping her after ac- fingerprints could be stolen.
costing her from behind and Cyberstalking has been a
knocking her down. problem for years, with cri-
Japan has many young fe- minals and perpetrators of
male performance groups. domestic violence using
Tokyo Shimbun, a metropoli- hacking, clandestine activa-
tan daily, which reported on tion of microphones and ca-
the stalking case, warned rea- meras and other methods to
ders even casual selfies may track their victims.
show surrounding buildings It’s unclear how prevalent
that will allow people to iden- the use of high-resolution
tify the location of the photos. photos to locate potential vic-
It also said people sho- tims might be. AP
12 hours. 4 Syria hospitals
bombed. Culprit: Russia
Trove Of Russian Air Force Recordings Offers Proof
Evan Hill & Christiaan Triebert
T
he Russian air force has
repeatedly bombed ho-
spitals in Syria in order
to crush the last pockets of re-
sistance to President Bashar
Assad, according to an inves-
tigation by New York Times.
An analysis of previously un-
published Russian air force
radio recordings, plane-spot-
ter logs and witness accounts
allowed NYT to trace bom-
bings of four hospitals in just
12 hours in May and tie Russi-
an pilots to each one.
The 12-hour period begin-
ning on May 5 represents a
small slice of the air war in
Syria, but it is a microcosm of
Russia’s four-year military
intervention in Syria’s civil
war. A new front in the con-
flict opened this week, when
Turkish forces crossed the
border as part of a campaign
against a Kurdish-led militia.
Russia has long been accu-
sed of carrying out systema-
tic attacks against hospitals
and clinics in rebel-held areas
as part of a strategy to help
Assad secure victory in the
eight-year-old war. Physici-
ans for Human Rights, an ad-
vocacy group that tracks at-
tacks on medical workers in
Syria, has documented at le-
ast 583 such attacks since 2011,
266 of them since Russia in-
tervened in September 2015.
At least 916 medical workers
have been killed since 2011.
Social media posts from
Syria, interviews with witnes-
ses, and records from charities
that supported the hospitals
detention amid Turkish air raids
Carlotta Gall & Patrick Kingsley
Akcakale (Turkey): Hund-
reds of relatives of Islamic
State fighters fled a Kurdish-
run detention camp on Sun-
day morning after Turkish
air strikes hit the surroun-
ding area, an aid group said,
deepening the crisis pro-
mpted by the Turkish-led in-
vasion of northern Syria.
The escapes raised fears
that the attempts to contain
affiliates of the militant gro-
up were crumbling.
A Kurdish official also sa-
id that the flag of the Islamic
State, also known as IS, had
been raised in the countrysi-
de between the camp in the
Kurdish-held town of Ain Is-
sa and the Turkish border,
another indication of how the
Kurdish authorities were lo-
sing control of a region they
had freed from the extremists
only months ago. “We are fa-
cing very fierce attacks and
AROUND THE WORLD
A 4-metre tall statue known as ‘Lady Liberty’ has been hauled by pro-democracy protesters to the top of
Hong Kong’s most famous mountain tops, announcing that the peak would be its ‘final resting’ place. The
statue depicts a female protester in a gas mask, protective goggles and helmet, an umbrella in one hand
and a black flag in the other, proclaiming the protest slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’
Impenetrable? Girl,
8, scales Trump’s
wall in seconds
A n 18-foot replica of US
President Trump’s border
wall has been scaled in a matter
of seconds by novice climbers,
an eight-year-old girl and a man
who returned for another
attempt while juggling with one
hand. Trump had described his
wall as “virtually impenetrable”
during a trip to the US-Mexico
border in September, claiming
20 “world class” climbers had
told him his chosen prototype
was difficult to climb. His
remarks were taken as a chal-
lenge by 75-year-old Rick We-
ber, co-founder of a rock clim-
GREATNESS IS A ROAD
LEADING TOWARDS
THE UNKNOWN
— CHARLES DE GAULLE
A hospital in Syria’s Idlib was destroyed by a Russian airstrike on May 5
provided the approximate ti-
me of each strike. NYT got logs
kept by flight spotters on the
ground who warn civilians
about incoming air strikes and
cross-checked the time of each
strike to confirm that Russian
warplanes were overhead. We
then listened to thousands of
Russian air force radio trans-
missions. The recordings we-
re provided by a network of ob-
servers who insisted on ano-
nymity for their safety.
Spotter logs from May 5
and 6 put Russian pilots above
each hospital at the time they
were struck, and air force au-
dio recordings from that day
feature Russian pilots confir-
ming each bombing. Videos
obtained from witnesses con-
firmed three of the strikes.
Bombing hospitals is a
war crime, but proving cul-
pability amid a complex civil
war is extremely difficult,
and until now, Syrian medi-
cal workers and human
rights groups lacked proof.
Russia’s position as a per-
manent member of the UN
we’re forced to decrease num-
bers of guards,” said the offi-
cial, Ciya Kurd, of the Kur-
dish-led regional authority,
who confirmed the break
from the displacement camp
after the Turkish strikes.
Amid the air strikes and
the camp escapes, the Ameri-
can defence secretary, Mark
Esper, told CBS’s “Face the Na-
tion” in an interview to be bro-
RENEWED THREAT
adcast on Sunday that the US
would evacuate about 1,000
American troops from north-
ern Syria in a “deliberate wit-
hdrawal.” Esper said that the
US found itself “likely caught
between two opposing advan-
cing armies” in northern Sy-
ria and called the escalation of
the conflict in the region a “ve-
ry terrible situation.” He said
the US had learned that Tur-
key was likely to expand its in-
cursion “farther south than
bing park. “You don’t tell a bona
fide rock climber something’s
impossible to climb,” he told
Time magazine. He constructed
a replica of the wall and said
several people managed to
climb it. Among these was Lucy
Hancock, 8, who climbed the
replica using a belay — a rope
that acts as a safety measure,
rather than an aid.
Trudeau wears armoured
vest at rally after threat
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
donned an armoured vest and
appeared with a heavy securi-
ty detail at an election rally on
Saturday. Officials would not
reveal the nature of the threat.
It resulted in a 90-minute delay
before Trudeau appeared
before about 2,000 supporters
NYT
security council has also shi-
elded it from scrutiny.
“The attacks on health in
Syria as well as bombing of
civilian facilities, are defini-
tely war crimes, and they
should be prosecuted at the
level of the International
Criminal Court in The Ha-
gue,” said Susannah Sirkin,
director of policy at Physici-
ans for Human Rights. But
Russia and China “shame-
fully” vetoed a UNSC resolu-
tion that would have refer-
red those and other crimes in
Syria to the court, she said.
The Russian government
did not directly respond to qu-
estions about the four hospi-
tal bombings. Instead, a fore-
ign ministry spokesman po-
inted to past statements say-
ing that the Russian air force
carries out precision strikes
only on “accurately resear-
ched targets”. The UN secre-
tary-general, Antonio Guter-
res, opened an investigation
into the hospital bombings in
August. The investigation is
still ongoing. NYT NEWS SERVICE
originally planned and to the
west” in Syria, according to a
transcript of his remarks
published by CBS.
Analysts say that Presi-
dent Trump’s initial decision
to pull back American troops
shielding Kurdish allies in
northern Syria could result
in the group’s resurgence.
On Sunday, Turkey’s air
strikes pummelled Ain Issa,
about 20 miles south of the
Turkish-Syrian border, cau-
sing panic and unrest in the
camp that housed nearly 13,000
displaced people, fewer than
10% of whom were relatives of
Islamic State fighters. Scores
of people, including more than
700 relatives of IS, fled the
camp, according to the Kur-
dish authorities. The number
could not be independently ve-
rified, but a witness confirmed
by phone that he had seen
crowds of people hurrying
from the camp around 9.30am
(local time) on Sunday. NYT
AFP
who had turned out as the
election campaign ahead of
the October 21 vote.
Scientists endorse civil
disobedience for climate
Almost 400 scientists have
endorsed a civil disobedience
campaign aimed at forcing
governments to take rapid
action to tackle climate change,
warning that failure could inflict
“incalculable human suffering”.
“We believe that the continued
governmental inaction... now
justifies peaceful and non-
violent protest and direct
action, even if this goes beyond
the bounds of the current law,”
said Emily Grossman, a science
broadcaster. She read the
declaration on behalf of a group
of 20 scientists in London.
12 COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE
THE TIMES OF INDIA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019

A thought for today

The Beijing Olympics represent China’s grand entrance onto
the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status
MA JIAN, UK writer
Civilizational Chennai Connect
As Modi and Xi meet at a heritage site, can the past point the way to the future?
Srikanth Kondapalli Fujian province are chosen for sister

Seaside Sentiments If the first informal

summit meeting at
Wuhan between Prime
state links, in addition to establishing
an academy to study links between
Mamallapuram and Fujian.
Quanzhou city in Fujian boasts of
Minister Narendra
India wanted to remind China of storied past, Modi and President Xi
such links with a thriving community of
sea-farers, temple architecture with
but China has pulled away in the present Jinping, held in April granite rock imported lock, stock barrel
2018, was to showcase the industrial from south India. The maritime museum

T
he seaside resort of Mamallapuram offers plenty of opportu- hubs in the central Chinese city of
nities for scenic photo ops, duly thrown up during the informal Wuhan, the second such meeting at an
Unesco heritage site will go down in
summit hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting
history to remind China of not only the
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beyond the pleasantries, and Modi’s continuous civilizational resilience of
acceptance of Xi’s invite for a similar summit in a year or so, the one India but also a shift in geo-political
concrete step forward appears to be the formation of a high-level and geo-economic activity towards the
mechanism, to be chaired by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Indo-Pacific region.
and Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, to discuss trade issues and Firstly, Modi was sending a subtle
message to Xi at the Mamallapuram
find ways to address India’s gaping trade deficit with China.
temple complex. The Pallavas and
Holding the summit at Mamallapuram, an integral part of China’s Cholas who ruled the area, expanded
ancient Silk Route from where the Pallavas had seafaring trade and their empires into Southeast Asia,
cultural ties with China, was a reminder of the profound and subtle refined the cultural traditions and
ties that connected Indic and Sinic civilisations in the past. New enhanced trade. No land in the region
Delhi, no doubt, would like to remind was ever claimed by Indian rulers,
unlike the 3.5 million sq km of South
Beijing that Indian civilisation had
China Sea now under intense militarisa-
been Chinese civilisation’s peer. tion by China citing “historical claims”.
However, Beijing would be more Secondly, Modi was highlighting
mindful of China’s stunning rise in the the long tradition of literature, culture
present, which has reshaped power and trade exchanges between Indian
dynamics in India’s neighbourhood civilisation with those of the east, living
in harmony for centuries, unlike China
at a rate faster than perhaps Indian
that is not only occupying a portion
policymakers have been able to grasp. of Kashmir but dividing India’s
Thus China’s current GDP is five civilizational map through its “all
times India’s, its military moderniza- weather” ties to Pakistan. As Pakistan
gets sucked increasingly into the vortex
tion ensures it has outstripped India
in military strength, and it is drawing close to the US in tech prowess. of China’s “community of common
The larger reality remains that the power imbalance between India destiny”, the Mamallapuram outing
offers some issues to ponder.
and China is such that while New Delhi has to walk on eggshells It’s only recently that China’s leaders
when it comes to Beijing’s concerns, the latter steps on New Delhi’s claimed that the country’s rise is not
toes frequently and often. Consider the manner in which China intended to acquire hegemony, that they
took India’s Kashmir move to the UNSC, together with Beijing’s will not acquire bases abroad nor keep
announcement just before the summit that UNSC resolutions their armed boots abroad. On the other
hand, China began its operations at
(from seven decades ago, which nobody at the UN remembers) were
Djibouti base, even as it began refurbis-
a relevant route for India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir. hing Hambantota and Gwadar ports.
While the Indian side may lay a lot of store by sentiment, senti- Hambantota was taken away from debt
mental evocations of a shared past are unlikely to move China. India stricken Sri Lanka on a 99 year lease,
must seek to outstrip China in terms of economic growth rates, so that reminiscent of the Hong Kong lease to
rather than being a vanishing blip in Beijing’s rear view mirror Britain at the end of the Opium Wars.
Thirdly, on an “internal matter” of
(as is the case now) New Delhi reduces the gap between the two.
India, only a few days and weeks ago,
Unfortunately, as India’s economy hits the skids, the government is
unable to project any comprehensive vision of how to move it forward.
As long as this situation continues expect not to be taken too seriously
by Beijing, which may continue to throw a few summits our way. ‘Congress must not make the mistake of allowing the
Blame Games BJP to monopolise the nationalist narrative’
Shashi Tharoor, Congress parliamenta-
Bengal’s political violence deserves all-round rian for Thiruvananthapuram, spoke to
Subodh Ghildiyal about what the party
condemnation. Don’t reduce it to tu tu main main needs to do to be an effective opposition unit.
China had gone to the United Nations
Security Council for “back door negotia-
tions” on how India is handling the
Kashmir issue. Nothing came of it.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi went to the
UN General Assembly stating China’s
new found mantra on not changing the
“status quo” in Kashmir, forgetting that
China’s $62 billion in investments and
positioning of security guards in Pakis-
tan occupied Kashmir are transforming
the ground reality substantially.
During Prime Minister Imran Khan’s
visit to China a day before Xi travelled to
Chennai, both again reiterated that
bonhomie. Surprisingly, as Foreign Secre-
tary Vijay Gokhale stated after the
informal summit meeting, Kashmir issue
was never raised by the Chinese side in
the talks. Instead, both reiterated their
opposition to all forms of terrorism.
Fourthly, choosing the southern
Indian maritime city on the shores of Bay
of Bengal as the venue and the “Chennai
connect” is in line with the Act East policy
launched in 2015. Modi’s speech at
■ How does Congress deal with
forthcoming issues like Ayodhya or
Uniform Civil Code?
I don’t think the problem in either of
these situations is necessarily the issue in
Modi was highlighting the
long tradition of literature,
culture and trade exchanges
between Indian civilisation
with those of the east, living
in harmony for centuries,
unlike China dividing India’s
civilizational map through its
“all weather” ties to Pakistan
Shangri-La dialogue in June 2018 set the
tone for an “inclusive” architecture for
the Indo-Pacific region, provided aspirant
countries uphold openness, rule of law,
freedom of navigation and overflight.
The Modi-Xi meeting decided to
further the maritime links between the
two countries, without endorsing
China’s Maritime Silk Road. As the
Indian statement, issued at the end of
the meeting, stated, Tamil Nadu and
and should be heard. Which goes to say
that when forces unleashed by the present
regime seek to undermine the founding
principles of this idea of India, whether it
is with Ayodhya or UCC or any other issue,
at Quanzhou has replicas of ships used
by Ming dynasty eunuch Zheng He who
led seven expeditions as far as Africa
and made Ceylon, among others, a tribu-
tary. Instead of an abrupt and aggressive
posturing through Chinese submarine
visits to the Indian Ocean, the second
informal summit meeting provides scope
for a gradualist step-by-step exploration
of the maritime domains.
Fifthly, while China has been put on
notice by Trump administration official
Kiron Skinner on a possible “clash of
civilisations” India, on the other hand,
has been comfortable in projecting its
cultural heritage abroad. The cultural
shows at Houston, C3 (commerce,
connect and culture) as a part of the Act
East policy towards Southeast Asia,
and renewing cultural linkages with
the Indian Ocean states under Project
Mausam are gaining ground. These will
be further strengthened as a part of the
Sagarmala initiative.
Sixthly, relative decline in growth
rates in China as a result of the on-going
and stifling tariff wars with the United
States has led to a gradual re-location of
manufacturing units to other regions in
the Indo-Pacific taking advantage of
labour wage differentials. Southeast
Asian countries like Vietnam and
Indonesia are the initial beneficiaries of
these relocations. But there are also
prospects for India in the coming years.
The declaration from foreign secretary
Gokhale that a high-level committee
under finance minister Nirmala Sitha-
raman and Vice Premier Hu Chunhua to
look into trade and investments is in this
direction as well. We will have to wait
and see what happens as previous
promises from China for $20 billion
investment in India never materialised.
The writer is Professor in Chinese
Studies, JNU
in terms of the core ideology that
animates it – other than Congress. I
would welcome a continued emphasis on
our economic arguments. The cracks
caused by economic and fiscal ineptitude

W
ith Bengal gripped by political violence that could be
■ From neutralisation of Article
spiralling out of control political motives were quick to be 370 to triple talaq, how does the
attributed, unsurprisingly, to the gruesome murder of a opposition deal with the agenda of
young schoolteacher, his wife and son in Murshidabad. While the Sangh the ruling camp?
Parivar claims that the slain Bandhu Prakash Pal paid for his proximity There are a number of areas that
to RSS, his maternal relatives and police are thinking otherwise. Congress should focus on. We must
continue to be a strong and
BJP makes an entirely fair point when it condemns the pathetic
constructive opposition, offering an
state of law and order in Bengal. But right wing potshots at liberals alternative narrative of our own, calling
for not condemning the Murshidabad murders reduces the discourse for an inclusive India. We need to also
around violence, which deserves condemnation no matter who com- explore pragmatic coalitions to strengthen
mits it, to a “tu tu main main” farce. Few will the anti-government space. At an ideologi-
stake their credibility in giving a political cal level, we must not make the mistake of
allowing the BJP to monopolise the natio-
colour to a crime unless the evidence is
nalist narrative. Congress must proudly
compelling. Still Aparna Sen, one of the 49 articulate its own nationalism, even in the
letter writers recently accused of sedition, face of the bigoted polarising agenda that
was quick to ask Bengal chief minister the present regime seeks to promote, and
Mamata Banerjee for justice for Pal and remain vigilant on security and foreign
protection of all Bengalis irrespective of policy issues that could be mishandled by
the BJP government. Our nationalism is
political affiliation.
inclusive, a distinct contrast to the divisive
Liberals speaking out on lynchings have “Hindi-Hindutva-Hindustan” agenda that
raised the hackles of Hindutva proponents. It goes without saying that is dividing the nation. And finally, we must
political violence of all categories must be condemned. But while articulate a vision for the future that
there are often two sides to violence between political parties, surely embraces the aspirations of India’s majo-
lynchings are in a special category of their own. They involve, in effect, rity – the young. They need to hear what we
can do for them, especially in areas where
public executions by a crazed mob – assured of their immunity as they
the Modi government has so far failed
even circulate videos of their exploits – of hapless, non-political them, like education, skill development
individuals who have no organized group to speak for them. Surely, no and job creation. We need to implement
civilised society can permit this and liberals cannot be blamed for policies in these areas in the states we rule
condemning such lynchings (the real question is why RSS chief and then advocate them at the Centre.
Mohan Bhagwat proves so equivocal about them). Moreover, if as
Indians we share the same democratic space there must be consensus dilbert
against all political violence – shared by right, left and centre.
itself but in its implementation. The UCC,
for instance, was even considered by
Jawaharlal Nehru to be a good idea in
principle, but one that can only
be implemented by taking all
communities along. If it were to be
imposed without consulting all
stakeholder groups and purely as
part of a larger communal agenda (as has
been the case on multiple occasions with
the present ruling regime),
then it will be resisted at all
costs. The stand that I
believe that Congress
should and will take
goes beyond individual
issues such as Ayod-
hya,UCC or even triple
talaq and the abrogation
of 370. We believe in an
India where all
voices matter
we must reject and resist these forces.
■ Do you think these issues could
again trigger disarray in Congress as
Article 370 did?
With regard to Article 370, I am not
prepared to concede that the different
opinions that were expressed within the
party were a source of weakness or
disarray. We are not hostage to the same
kind of insecurity that is evidently
present in the present ruling regime,
where the whiff of a dissenting
opinion is seen as a threat to the
duopoly of the Modi-Shah regime. The
manner in which it was implemen-
ted, the way our own fellow citizens
were overnight clamped down upon
by their own government, does not
bode well for the future of our country.
■ Do you think there is a way out of
the post-2014 polarised polity?
I do believe that Congress
can offer the country a
way forward from and
beyond the politics of
polarisation practiced
by the BJP. There
simply exists no other
national alternative to
the domination of the
ruling dispensation –
either in terms of a
pan-Indian presence or
are not just showing but threatening to
break out into an all-out eruption.
■ Tactically, has frontloading of
critical political issues, triple talaq
and 370, by BJP in its second tenure
caught the opposition by surprise?
I do believe that the return of the BJP
at the helm of government and the
breathtaking speed with which it has
subsequently introduced and cleared
far-reaching legislation such as the RTI
(Amendment) Bill, the UAPA Bill, triple
talaq legislation and the abrogation of
Article 370 during the last session of
Parliament, have presented a fundamen-
tal threat to the future of our democracy.
All this was done without constituting
any Parliamentary Standing Committees,
so that a record number of Bills were
pushed through with only minimal
parliamentary scrutiny. Far more
worrying, however, is the remarkable
shift in pace in the ruling party’s ambition
from their first innings to their second.
They have gone from whispering about
changing the Constitution to openly
undermining it and from asserting
control over independent national institu-
tions to openly using them as instruments
of their political agenda. The Opposition
has largely been united in their rejection
of these forces that the government seeks
to compel all Indians to follow.
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Wuhan se Yahan Music is life. And the saxophone

is very special as it is a wind
instrument – it’s closer to the
A brief excursion into sartorial diplomacy musician playing it, quite literally.
It provides a certain kushi to the
at the Mamallapuram summit body! The vibrations from wind
Chidanand.Rajghatta@timesgroup.com instruments are always positive
and good for your breathing
All the native garbs of India gathered to celebrate the recognition and health.
and elevation of Dhoti to official status at an informal summit.
India’s prime minister had worn Dhoti while welcoming Kadri Gopalnath
China’s President in Mamallapuram, and there was jubilation
among desi apparel, who had been resentful lately because they

Character And The Language Of Virtues

had been sidelined by Pant-Suit, a Western interloper.
“Well, good for you, Veshti!” said Lungi, Dhoti’s thambi (kid brother), using
the Tamil colloquial. “Daai, now you won’t be jealous of me anymore.” Lungi
had become a celebrity among global attires after a dance number he starred in
had become a monster hit. A frisson of envy had coursed through the raiment Mariam Motamedi & Roshan Gandhi achievement or ‘marks’ – all educators acknowledged for exhibiting these noble one another. Over time, a school environ-
world, as Lungi, flip and flirtatious, had taken the nation by storm. But not can be catalysts for the moral qualities. Likewise, as they are observed ment of encouragement can be created
everyone was so bighearted as to enjoy Lungi’s success, now followed by

A
mongst educational thought
Dhoti’s promotion. “Cut me some slacks, will ya?” snapped Shorts, curtly. leaders around the world, there is
Shorts was big in the West in summers, but he was also making sly advances in an increasing realisation that
India, where he was known as Knicker or Chaddi. There was a time the PM true, modern education must consist
wore him, but lately he had been discarded because of a dodgy reputation. not just ‘material education’ we receive
Although he was derived from Pant, Knicker tried to pretend he was through classroom subjects, but also the
native by reciting Sanskrit shlokas, but no one was fooled. holistic, character development of a
“Who are you kidding?” sneered Panchakacham, a five-yard child. Educators have a unique
cousin of Dhoti, who believed he should have been the official or semi- responsibility towards the moral
official dress at Mamallapuram. A Brahmin by birth, Pancha believed he was empowerment of their students. This
superior to Dhoti aka Veshti, who was only four cubits long, an OBC to boot, and concept has traditionally been captured
who he scornfully called Mundu. He was even more derisive about Lungi, who predominantly through ‘moral educa-
was even lower down in the system and who he called Langot behind his back. tion’ classes in which ideas of morality
Also stewing was Bandhgala, who too pretended to be native but was a rip-off and standards of conduct are discussed
from Pant-Suit. For long the Indian official wear, Bandhgala felt cheated; he in abstract. There is recognition that
should have been the PM’s dress and he should have gone toe-to-toe, or neck- this approach is insufficient for effec-
to-neck, with the Chinese leader’s Changpao, the formal Chinese suit. Hopefully ting meaningful moral development of
the next summit would be in some cold place in winter so they would get rid of children, and that “moral education”
these flaky Dhotis and Veshtis, Lungis and Laachas. must be infused in the very teaching
Watching the native outfits squabble, Pant-Suit smirked to himself. methodology of all educators.
They can talk themselves ragged, he thought. This informality was a showy By speaking to our students in a way
aberration and there was no point getting antsy. The truth was he had beaten that recognises their true character –
the pants off the sartorial world and had the planet by the seat of its pants. rather than simply their academic
development of children. An exemplar
methodology can be found in the “langu-
age of virtues” espoused by educators
and organisations such as The Virtues
Project. It is often unrealistic to expect
even the most innovative educators to
perform new classroom practices or
change their subject pedagogy
when they already face immense
pressure to complete their
regular syllabus. The
beauty of the language of
virtues is that it can have a
positive impact without
time-consuming practice
changes: simply through
the language that we use, it
is possible to establish a connection of
love and trust that will support students
in their moral development.
As one sees students demonstrating
their virtues such as patience,
friendliness, or justice, they can be
struggling to call on their virtues, they
can be supported to recognise the virtues
that they need to be called to. For
example, instead of telling a child to “be
quiet and listen to your classmate”, we
can invite them to “be respectful when
listening to what each person says”.
Students can also be guided to
understand that they have the
opportunity to uplift one
another in every interaction
they have amongst
themselves, whether it be
practising generosity and
kindness in sharing stationery
with a fellow student who has
forgotten theirs, or help-
fulness and humility in assisting a friend
who is struggling with their exam prepa-
ration. Students can be encouraged to
demonstrate moral leadership amongst
their peers by striving to distinguish
themselves by how virtuously they treat
that is based not only on academic success,
but also the virtues latent in all of us.
Learning to use the language of
virtues is possible for any educator who
sees value in doing so. The shift toward
the language of virtues would advance
moral education through a gradual
cultural shift in schools, in which
teachers and students alike are able to
recognise each other for the virtues that
all human beings possess.
This methodology has found success
in over 100 countries, and The Virtues
Project has been honoured by the United
Nations and endorsed by the Dalai Lama.
We hope that the language of virtues will
take hold across the country and support
the development of our safe, loving, and
high-performance national learning
community. (The writers are Education
Innovation Coordinator and Director of
Strategy respectively at City Montessori
School, Lucknow)
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019 TIMES TRENDS 13

How closet accounts are breaking fashion news

In Digital Era, Teenagers Are Racing Each Other To Share Celebrity Style News On Social Media
Getty Images\ File photo
Taylor Lorenz She spends about an hour she has identified thousands shopping functionality with-
every day trawling clothing of items since starting her lat- in the app. Also, most closet

L
oren Gray is a 17-year-old sites, looking for the make of est closet account in June. accounts aren’t monetised,
singer and beauty influ- Chamberlain’s jacket or Because new accounts ap- save for a few that use affiliate
encer. Her YouTube skirt. During particularly bu- pear daily, and new outfits even codes for specific retailers.
channel has 3.6 million sub- sy periods, like fashion week, more frequently, the closet-ac- But while they aren’t mar-
scribers. (On TikTok and In- the amount of time Giselle count world can be cutthroat. ketplaces, the accounts have
stagram, she has even more devotes to research can swell Ella, 14, who runs a closet still shaped the way some peo-
fans.) They follow her every to five hours a day, she said. account for YouTuber Hannah ple shop. “Following my ac-
move and obsess over the de- Nina, a 13-year-old who Meloche, said beating out a count is kind of like having a
tails. What is she wearing? runs a Kardashian/Jenner competitor, especially one with personalised list of clothes that
How much does it cost? closet account called @kand- a bigger following, gives her a you can shop from,” said Juli-
ette Laurent-Michel, a 14-year-

To find the answers, her fol-
lowers turn to closet accounts.
There are thousands of
Kourtney and Kim Kardashian. A 13-year-old who runs a Kardashian closet
accounts on Instagram devot-
account follows most Kardashian stan update accounts (fan-run accounts
ed to the branding and pric-
ing of celebrity wares. Many
of them are run by teenagers.
that post paparazzi photos) to ensure she doesn’t miss a single outfit
and fellow admirers who
Now a cottage industry has want to get the word out first.
emerged, spurring fierce
competition between friends
Giselle Pacheco, 17, runs a
closet account dedicated to the
SHORT CUTS
Supermassive blackholes
may stunt galaxy growth
R esearchers have found that the strong cosmic
winds emerging from supermassive black ho-
les at the centre of dwarf galaxies impact the exp-
ansion and evolution of these galaxies by suppres-
sing star formation. The researchers, including
those from the University of California (UC) Riv-
erside in the US, used data from the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey that maps more than 35% of the sky to
find 50 dwarf galaxies of which 29 showed signs of
having black holes in their centres. The study
noted that six of the 29 galaxies showed evidence
of cosmic winds emerging from their active black
hole centres. In a first, the astronomers measured
specific properties of these winds, such as their
kinematics, distribution, and power source, the
study noted. “We found some evidence that these
winds may be changing the rate at which the
galaxies are able to form stars,” said Gabriela
Canalizo, lead author of the study.
AFP
Slow walking at
joutfitss, spends several hours powerful adrenaline rush.
a day hunting down items “It’s an art, and it does old who runs a Loren Gray clos-
worn by the first family of real- take a lot of time,” said Brian- et account. “Closet accounts
ity TV. To ensure she doesn’t na Randle, 18, whose closet ac- make it easy to dress like your
influencer Emma Chamber-
miss a single outfit, she follows
a slew of Kardashian stan up-
date accounts (fan-run ac-
count revolves around the
cast of “Riverdale.”
Though Instagram has
favourite influencers. It’s qu-
icker than having to go through
the decision-making process of
45 a sign of faster
lain; her 231,000 followers treat counts that post paparazzi pho- made a big push into shop- choosing where to buy clothes.
@closetofemmachambie as a
breaking news source.
tos and news about a particular
celebrity). Nina estimates that
ping over the past year, closet
accounts don’t offer native
It makes it way easier to shop
online.” NYT NEWS SERVICE aging, finds study Getty Images/iStockphoto
Phoebe Weston
FB is using maths for WELCOME TO ZOMBIELAND
W
AFP alking slowly could
be a sign you’re more
better translations likely to get sick in
later life, according to new re-
Paris: Designers of machine translation search. A simple test to mea-
tools still mostly rely on dictionaries to sure the speed someone walks
make a foreign language understandable.
But now there is a new way: numbers.
could predict their chance of
getting diseases like Alzheim-
Facebook researchers say rendering er’s decades before symptoms
words into figures and exploiting mathe- develop, scientists say.
matical similarities between languages is a Researchers found 45-
promising avenue — even if a universal year-olds who naturally
communicator a la Star Trek remains a dis- walked slowly had brains
tant dream. Powerful automatic translation and bodies that showed
is a big priority for internet giants. signs of “accelerated aging”
Facebook has artificial intelligence ex- on a 19-measure scale. Their
perts on the job at one of its research labs in lungs, teeth and immune Researchers found that the
Paris. Up to 200 languages are currently system were all in worse lungs, teeth and immune system
used on Facebook, said Antoine Bordes, its shape than people of the
of 45-year-olds who naturally
European co-director of fundamental AI re- same age who walked faster. walked slowly were all in worse
search. They also had lower total
shape than people of the same
Automatic translation is currently based brain volume, less brain sur- age who walked faster
on having large databases of identical texts face area and more small le-
in both languages to work from. But for many sions in the brain, which is Network Open’. There was a
language pairs there just aren’t enough such normally indicative of some- difference of 12 IQ points on
parallel texts. That’s why researchers have one older. Slower walkers al- average between children
been looking for another method, like the sys- so looked older in the eyes of a who grew up to be slowest
tem developed by Facebook which creates a panel of eight people who as- (with a mean gait speed of 1.21
mathematical representation for words. AFP sessed each participant’s “fa- metres per second) and fas-
CORPSE FASHION: Enthusiasts take part in the zombie walk in Paris, France, on Saturday
cial age” from a photograph. test (with a mean gait speed of
“The thing that’s really 1.75 metres per second).

Found: Lost chapter from ‘world’s first novel’

Clemence Michallon
bu, was written in the 11th century
while the author was a lady-in-
striking is that this is in 45-
year-old people, not the geria-
tric patients,” said lead re-
searcher Line JH Rasmussen
original version of “The Tale of been recovered. Current work on of Duke University in US.
Genji” is believed to have sur- the newly discovered chapter was Scientists could work out
Scientists believe this is
because the ability to walk de-
pends on the interplay of
many organ systems. They al-
so believe cognitive functions
like memory and walking

MY PUMPKIN STRONGEST: At 1,013kg, a Belgian
enthusiast’s pumpkin was crowned the heaviest at
an event in Ludwigsburg, Germany, on Sunday
A
lost, ancestral chapter of
what is widely considered to
be the world’s first novel has
been found. The manuscript was
located in the Tokyo home of the
descendant of a former feudal
lord, according to the ‘Asahi Shim-
bun’, a national newspaper in Ja-
pan. “The Tale of Genji”, com-
posed by novelist Murasaki Shiki-
waiting at the Japanese court.
It tells the story of a prince
named Genji, who meets and
eventually marries a woman
named Murasaki, like the author.
Experts have confirmed the
authenticity of the newfound
manuscript, according to Japa-
nese media. The manuscript is
21.9-cm long and 14.3-cm wide. No
vived, but other writers have previously done using manu- how fast someone would walk speed could be associated.
transcribed the story. scripts completed two and a half in middle-age by looking at “A person’s walking speed
The newly uncovered manu- centuries following Teika’s era, their brains when they were depends on the function of all
script was transcribed by Japane- Junko Yamamoto, a professor at just three years old. Scores on these systems working smo-
se poet Fujiwara no Teika, accord- the Kyoto University of Advanced their IQs, their ability to un- othly together, and reduced
ing to experts. Teika’s transcrip- Science, told the Asahi Shimbun. derstand language, motor walking speed can be a sign of
tions are believed to be the oldest “It is very significant that this skills and emotional control advanced aging and deterio-
available versions of the novel. discovery of the manuscript edit- could predict their walking rating function of these organ
Four other chapters also tran- ed by Teika will be available for re- speed at 45, according to the systems,” said author Terrie
scribed by Teika have previously searchers,” she said. THE INDEPENDENT paper published in ‘Jama E Moffitt. THE INDEPENDENT

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TECH OPTIMISM
An opinion poll conducted by the
World Economic Forum found Indians
to be among the most optimistic lot
about technology. While many Indians
acknowledged that their job could be
automated, over two-thirds said they
embrace technology and expect it to be
easy to find new employment. Western
Europeans were least optimistic
India seeks checks on 50%
Chinese imports in trade pact
RCEP Deal Held Up, Efforts On To Find Solution In 10 Days
Sidhartha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: India’s insisten-
ce on providing a safety val-
ve to cover at least 50% of
Chinese imports under Re-
gional Comprehensive Part-
nership (RCEP), the propo-
sed 16-nation trading bloc,
has held up conclusion of
talks for the mega trade agre-
ement that has been in the
works for over six years now.
During the ministerial
meeting over the weekend,
commerce and industry mi-
nister Piyush Goyal also de-
manded that India’s con-
cerns on e-commerce, invest-
ment, taxation, micro, small
& medium enterprises
(MSMEs) and policies fram-
ed by local bodies should also
need to be reworked before it
could sign the deal, trigge-
World Bank cuts
growth forecast
to 6% from 7.5%
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The World Bank
on Sunday sharply lowered
India’s economic growth pro-
jection for the financial year
to 6%, against the original es-
timate of 7.5%, joining a host
of agencies that have down-
graded the forecast since the
RBI pared its estimate at the
start of the month.
India’s growth rate,
which was faster than Chi-
na’s until a few quarters ago,
is now expected to be slower
than Bangladesh and Nepal,
the World Bank said in its re-
port on South Asia, while
linking the slowdown in the
region to global factors.
In what was a reference to
GST, the multilateral agency
warned that the challenges
with indirect tax reforms, we-
akness in rural economy and
high rate of urban unemploy-
ment may also impact the po-
verty reduction initiative.
The report identified sof-
tening consumption due to
slow growth in rural inco-
mes, domestic demand and
credit from NBFCs as a key
challenge. Structural factors
behind weak investment was
the other concern flagged by
the World Bank.
“The remarkable weak-
IRCTC shares
expected to list
today at `525-550
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The listing of
IRCTC shares , which is slot-
ted for Monday, is expected to
be as strong as the IPO book
building process. In the unof-
ficial market for shares,
IRCTC stocks are being quo-
ted between Rs 525 and Rs 550,
which is a premium of about
72% compared to its offer pri-
ce of Rs 320.
For retail investors and
the company’s employees,
who got the shares at Rs 310, a
discount of Rs 10, the gain in
just over a week works out to
nearly 80%.
The book building pro-
NCLAT to hear JSW Steel’s
immunity plea today
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The NCLAT will
hear JSW Steel’s plea on Mon-
day seeking immunity from
criminal proceedings in a
bank fraud case against
Bhushan Power’s erstwhile
promoter. Sajjan Jindal-ow-
ned JSW Steel has bagged
Bhushan Power through the
HOW MANY FEEL TECH
MAKES LIFE BETTER?
GLOBAL
AVERAGE
Source: WEF Survey
ring complaints by negotia-
tors from other countries,
which have been pushing for
early conclusion of talks, so-
urces told TOI.
While Asean and others
are ready to sign the deal, In-
dia is accused of holding it
up. Just when things looked
settled, Goyal and his team
raised concerns resulting in
a situation where the talks
ended without a joint state-
ment by the ministers.
Negotiators from other
countries, especially Singa-
pore and Thailand, blamed
New Delhi for holding up the
deal. A report in Japan
Today alleged that Indian
negotiators “almost banged
the table” at the “very tough
and serious” meeting in
Bangkok.
Although the commerce
ALL EYES ON IMF
GDP growth Earlier Now
(%)
6.8
Moody’s
5.8
7.2
OECD
5.9
7.5
World Bank
6.0
7.2
RBI
6.1
7.2
ADB
6.5
7.5
IMF*
7.0
*IMF to release forecast this week
Source: Agencies
ness of Indian economic acti-
vity during the first half of
2019 is largely driven by exter-
nal and cyclical factors. Ho-
wever, during this downturn
several structural problems
have come to the surface. One
of these problems is related to
vulnerabilities in the financi-
al markets that have constrai-
ned credit supply. Financial
sector reforms are needed to
bring India back to a rapid
growth path,” it said.
The international agen-
cy, however, expected a pick
up from the next financial
year and estimated that GDP
growth would accelerate to
6.9%.
cess for the IPO had closed on
October 3 with the issue sub-
scribed 112 times.
This made the IRCTC IPO
the most successful PSU offer
in terms of oversubscription.
By divesting 12.6% stake in
IRCTC, the government was
eyeing to mop up about Rs 645
crore.
According to market play-
ers and social media updates,
the shares of IRCTC could list
in the range of Rs 525-550.
“The current GMP is about
Rs 225 apiece,” said a trader.
GMP is the acronym for grey
market premium, which is
quoted on a per-share basis
over the IPO price.
bankruptcy process for Rs
19,700 crore. On Saturday, the
ED attached immovable pro-
perties worth Rs 4,025 crore of
Bhushan Power after investi-
gations revealed that former
promoter Sanjay Singhal di-
verted bank loans from the
steel company to various en-
tities by creating fictitious
purchase of capital goods.
HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO GET ANOTHER JOB
TOMORROW IF IT IS DISPLACED BY TECHNOLOGY? (in % )
Extremely
Extremely
THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019 difficult
easy
Somewhat
22 Western Europe difficult 14
21 Middle East and INDIA 2 37
North
North Africa
18 INDIA
America Neither easy
38 55 nor difficult
29
37 Easy
Cloudtail’s
topline up 25% Paytm to cut losses by
at `8,945 crore
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bengaluru: Cloudtail, one of
33% to $400m: CEO
Madhav.Chanchani 4,218 crore) in FY19. Ebitda is ught in network effect after
the largest sellers on Amazon
India, reported a 25% increase
@timesgroup.com a measure of a company’s
operating performance.
three years of investment
phase. We will continue to in-
in its revenues to Rs 8,945 cro- Bengaluru: India’s most va- The company has cut vest $150-200 million in the pa-
department refused to com- untry at zero duty. Indian ne- re, while also swinging back to lued startup at over $10 bil- down marketing spends on yments business,” said Shar-
ment on the issue, sources gotiators have now deman- a profit of Rs 29 crore in FY19, lion, Paytm, has begun tal- incentivising peer-to-peer ma, adding that the company
said negotiators have been ded that the automatic safe- according to MCA filings obta- king of improving margins transactions (P2P) in the pay- remains in an expansion mo-
given time till October 22 to guard mechanism, which ined from Tofler. Cloudtail had as loss-making private inter- ments business while comp- de for new businesses in len-
try and address India’s con- will result in higher duties in reported a loss of Rs 4 crore in net companies across the leting heavy investment cy- ding and insurance.
cerns, leaving just a small case of a sharp jump in im- FY18 after posting a profit of world come under pressure cle in digital commerce busi-
window of a fortnight before ports, should cover more go- Rs 1.6 crore in FY17. after office-sharing startup nesses like movie and travel Paytm, meanwhile, is in
leaders from the 16 countries ods instead of 60-65 proposed The surge in revenues is clo- WeWork’s failed public offe- ticketing as they have “matu- talks to raise $1-2 billion at a va-
meet to take stock of the at the moment. se to the previous year, when the ring. red”. luation of over $18 billion as
talks that were to be end by Similarly, it has also de- increase was 27%, despite Paytm CEO Vijay Shek- According to Sharma, Pa- reported by TOI on March 28,
the year. manded that there should be changes in India’s online mar- har Sharma told TOI in an ytm has become “contribu- 2019. Sharma added that even
Sources said, there is a more protection for re-rou- ketplace regulations earlier interview that tion margin positive”—mea- as the company’s margins im-
distinct possibility that only ting of goods via a third co- this year which had disrupted the company ning it’s making money on prove, Paytm has seen its
a limited deal would be pos- untry to prevent China from business. Under the revised po- will bring down each transaction before corpo- gross merchandise value
sible to be thrashed out over shipping, say, a refrigerator licy, e-tailers can’t hold a majori- its ebitda (ear- rate costs like employee ex- (GMV), defined as transac-
the next month, unless ade- via Vietnam by only atta- ty stake in entities that sell on nings before in- penses and KYC fees—in Sep- tions where it earns a commis-
quate protection is built into ching a handle. Although im- their platform, causing Ama- terest, taxes, tember quarter at $7 million sion, has increased 40% from
the agreement. port duty on 80% of Chinese zon India to delist lakhs of pro- debt, and amortisation) los- (Rs 50 crore). An increasing $6 billion in January-March
At the heart of the fric- goods will be lowered to zero ducts overnight in February. ses by at least a third to $350- share of UPI (Unified Pay- quarter to $8.5 billion in the
tion is the government’s con- over a 20-year period, a bulk Amazon had then brought 400 million (Rs 2,470-2,823 cro- ments Interface) transactions July-September period. The
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Equity: Large Cap 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year Equity: Multi Cap 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year Hybrid: Equity-Oriented 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
FUND RAISER
BEST Axis Bluechip Fund 22.22 14.17 11.5 Axis Focused 25 Fund 15.62 12.64 13.56 SBI Equity Hybrid Fund 15.9 8.99 10.69

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The best new home loans Teach the young to

Your home loans are now pegged to external benchmarks. Find out how to select the right one
Preeti Kulkarni
The effective interest rate will include the spread decided by individual banks
Borrowers will benefit if they opt for loans that come with a narrower spread and transparent credit assessment
fend for themselves
Adulthood is about dealing with the world on your

O
n 1 October, all banks shift-
ed to the Reserve Bank of TOTAL CREDIT RISK
India-mandated external
benchmarks for pricing
BANK SPREAD*
(%)
DETERMI-
NANT
EFFECTIVE RATES FOR NEW `50 LAKH HOME
LOANS
RATES FOR EXISTING `50 LAKH HOME
LOANS (MCLR-BASED) own, and protective parenting should not impede it
their new home loans. SALARIED SELF-EMPLOYED SALARIED SELF-EMPLOYED
Uma Shashikant
While banks have chosen to keep it a

T
low-key affair, for retail borrowers, a LOWEST HIGHEST LOWEST HIGHEST LOWEST HIGHEST LOWEST HIGHEST he email was blank. No content.
shift to loans linked to an external # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) The subject line said $$$. The son
benchmark holds more potential than Internal studying abroad needed money.
any other benchmarking mechanism. SBI 3.05-3.3 assessment
8.45 8.55 8.60 8.70 8.50 8.75 8.65 8.95 The parent smiled. Would the smile
Read on to understand how you can get last in the senior year, if the child
the best out of the new regime. BOB 2.95-3.95 CIBIL score 8.35 9.35 8.35 9.35 8.40 9.40 8.40 9.40 asked for more time to graduate and did not
know if there was a job at the end of the
Union Bank
The rationale of India
3.05-3.15 CIBIL score 8.45 8.55 8.45 8.55 8.50 9.00 8.50 9.00 programme?
Several benchmarking regimes intro- In many upper middle class households,
duced by the banking regulator over the ICICI Bank 3.9-4.2 Credit score 9.30 9.45 9.45 9.60 8.70 9.05 9.20 9.20 it is a firm financial goal of parents to en-
years in a bid to change the situation sure the child goes abroad for higher edu-
have met with limited success. These Internal cation. Not only can children side-step the
Axis Bank 3.45-4.1 assessment
8.85 9.30 8.90 9.50 9.00 9.00 9.05 9.05
include Prime Lending Rate (PLR), rigours of entrance exams in India, but are
Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR), Note: Most banks, except Citibank, have chosen RBI’s repo rate (5.4%) as their external benchmark, Citi’s benchmark is 3-month T-bill rate (5.32% on 1 also exposed to a different quality of edu-
Base Rate and Marginal Cost of Funds- October); all rates as on 1 October. *Over external benchmark rate; in addition, some banks offer 5 bps concession to women borrowers. Rates will also cation, lifestyle, social interaction and de-
be influenced by borrower’s credit assessment by the bank. # Rates will also be influenced by borrower’s credit assessment by the bank.
Based Lending Rate (MCLR). “For more velopment. Parents and children, both as-
Source: Bank websites, Paisabazaar and MortgageWorld.
than 20 years after the RBI deregulated pire for that experience.
lending rates of banks, the absence of Switch to save and Syndicate Bank have specified the However, not everyone can afford the ex-
smooth transmission remained a matter One can switch banks to avail new rates and can save credit risk premium, over and above perience in its entirety. The world of higher
of concern,” the apex bank noted in an substantially on interest by paying the same EMI the base spread, some like ICICI Bank, education involves too many choices that

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addendum to the report of its Internal
Study Group. The group observed that
internal benchmarks such as the Base
Rate and MCLR have not delivered effec-
tive transmission of monetary policy. It
recommended a switchover to an exter-
nal benchmark to plug this gap.
RBI reduced policy rates cumula-
tively by 110 bps between February and
August 2019. Banks, however, reduced
interest rates on new loans by just 29
bps during the period. This was noted
by RBI in its monetary policy review
on 4 October. It said monetary trans-
mission “remained staggered and in-
complete.” In fact, lending rates on
outstanding loans increased by 7 bps
during the same period. This prompted
RBI to initially nudge banks to move
to an external benchmark to price
their loans and finally mandate a
switchover. The new system will not be
applicable to companies regulated by
the National Housing Bank (NHB).
The central bank has now allowed
banks to choose between the repo rate,
3 or 6-month treasury bills or any other
benchmark market interest rate pub-
lished by the FBIL. However, most banks
have picked the repo rate as their exter-
nal benchmark. “As the repo rate is sta-
ble and does not change frequently, most
banks are benchmarking their floating
rate loans to it,” says Soumya Kanti
Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser,
SBI. “Moreover, they will be market-driv-
en, while repo rate will be driven by the
regulator. Repo rate also scores over
T-bill rate in terms of awareness
amongst lay individuals. This is a plus
from the transparency standpoint,” says
Vipul Patel, Founder, MortgageWorld.
External benefits
Your effective interest rate will be repo
rate plus a spread as decided by banks.
“The new effective rate would be repo
Axis Bank and Citibank have not. parents and children are ill-equipped to
If the EMI is reduced… “Clarity is yet to emerge on the credit make. The reality check mostly happens
risk component for all banks. Borrow- with the money decisions. How does one
ORIGINAL REVISED
ers will have to enquire before signing navigate the burden of higher education
Rate of interest 8.85% 8.50% loan contracts or wait till the picture expenses without ruining relationships and
Tenor 25 years 25 years is clearer,” says Patel. Then, you need the financial position of the household? Let
to look at how the risk scoring is being us propose some rules and talk about it.
Loan amount `50,00,000 `50,00,000
arrived at. “Banks may play on credit First, be upfront with the child about the
Monthly EMI `41,447 `40,261 risk premium, as internal assessments costs and how much of a dent it will make
Interest payable `74,34,229 `70,78,406 are confidential,” says V.N. Kulkarni, on the finances of the family, and what is everyone can handle freedom from paren-
retired banker and financial counsellor. being foregone and by whom. If the family’s tal supervision with responsibility. But
Interest saved* `3,55,822 Better still, look for banks where the wealth will be depleted by `1 crore to fund knowing that there is a limited amount
*Minimum savings assuming EMI is reduced interest rates are transparently linked the education of the child, place it on the in the bank, and that an email with $$$
to easily-verifiable credit score. “Since table for discussion. Instead of taking a be- on the subject line won’t replenish it, will
If the EMI is maintained… the purpose of this switchover is im- nevolent view that assures the child that help them manage finances well. If mon-
ORIGINAL REVISED provement in transparency, a similar whatever they desire, the parents will hap- ey is spent on food, there is less left over
Rate of interest 8.85% 8.50% exercise in disclosing risk scoring pa- pily fund, let it be known how big this deci- for clothes. Your child has to learn this.
rameters will help. Borrowers have a sion is for the family. Fifth, ensure your child works and in-
Tenor 25 years 22 yrs, 9 months
right to know. Banks will have to justi- Second, outline the responsibilities that terns while studying.Your child must
Loan amount `50,00,000 `50,00,000 fy the reasons for any change in credit the child will have to bear. Whether it is in know that they are on their own when it
Monthly EMI `41,447 `41,447 assessment,” says Kulkarni. At the the form of grades they have to get, activi- comes to finding a job and ensuring they
moment, clarity is yet to emerge on how ties and internships they have to pursue, earn money. Do not send your children
Interest payable `74,34,229 `63,19,022 all how banks can decide an improve- discipline and diligence they have to exer- out to fancy degrees that don’t offer much
EMIs saved* 27 ment or deterioration in risk scores. cise, or frequency of communication and scope for employment, unless you do not
information sharing with parents, set the care for it much. Children must know
Interest saved* `11,15,206 Make the switch in time rules. Do not beat around the bush. As long they have to find their feet, and mostly do
*Minimum savings assuming EMI as per 8.85% (higher rate) is maintained.
Existing borrowers who are servicing as you are the provider, you have authority it on their own.
Note: A processing charge of `10,000 (maximum fee charged by SBI) will make a negligible dent
MCLR or Base Rate-linked loans can you must exercise. Set them out at the start. Financial responsibility for young
on potential savings over total tenure; however, banks tend to waive this fee during festive
seasons. Source: MortageWorld
switch over to the external bench- Third, agree on what you will do when adults who are 18-25 years old is primar-
mark-linked loans after paying admin- things do not pan out as expected. For exam- ily about independence. They have set out
rate + (negative carry on CRR + oper- nal risk grades (RG 1, 2, 3). Depending istrative or legal charges. In its previ- ple, if your child changes his major, and to build themselves—knowledge, skill
ating cost) + credit risk premium,” ex- on source of income (salaried or ous avatar, SBI’s RLLR scheme allowed needs to earn more credits, let it be known and attitude—so they can live a life they
plains Ghosh. Banks will have to reset non-salaried), the loan amount and in- MCLR borrowers to switch after paying that you will provide for the additional fees choose. Parents do not know much about
the rates every three months. “Other ternal risk grading, the credit risk 0.25% of the outstanding loan amount only if they deliver on their work and re- the world the child will live in, except
components of the spread including spread can be as wide as 75 bps. as conversion fee. Banks are yet to re- sults. Do not keep it open-ended where the being enablers that fund that journey.
operating cost can be altered once in lease detailed schedule of charges for child moves from one major to another, and Keep that equation pleasant and firm.
three years. However, credit risk premi- Devil in the details repo-linked home loans. extends the time to graduate beyond four Many parents are able to afford
um may undergo change only when the Now that most banks have a uniform Opting for conversion or switching years, or worse decides to drop off and re- everything their child seeks and set
borrower’s credit assessment under- benchmark, will choosing a lender be- to your existing bank’s repo-linked turn, take a break and then pursue some- them up on a path of privilege. That po-
goes a substantial change, as agreed come easier? Not quite. For one, the scheme will be simpler. Do carry out a thing else. Your child must know the bounds sition should not hamper the ability of
upon in the loan contract,” the RBI spreads charged by banks vary, making cost-benefit analysis. To determine within which they can exercise their choic- the child to be accountable, to them-
circular mandating the move says. it a key determinant in selecting a whether you should shift to your exist- es. We are not talking about pressurising the selves, to the family and to society at
For example, SBI charges a spread lender. “It is best to go with a bank that ing lender’s external benchmark-linked child, but adult behaviour where actions and large. Let them build themselves with
of 265 points over the repo rate (5.4%) charges the narrowest spread over the loan or to a new bank, evaluate the consequences are understood. their own hands; you have provided the
for a loan of up to `30 lakh. In addition, repo rate,” says Ratan Chaudhury, difference between the two rates. Fourth, make sure your budgeting in- safety net anyway.
a 15 bps credit risk premium comes into Head, Home Loans, Paisabazaar. “Make the switch if the gap is at least cludes all incidental expenses and you have The author is Chairperson of The Centre
play for borrowers with the best inter- While banks like SBI, Union Bank 35 bps,” says Patel. drawn an upper limit for these items. Not for Investment Education and Learning.

Stick to basics through good & bad WEALTH

Helping parents with medical needs
MONEY If you stick to the basics of saving, you can sail through any crisis. WHINES Here’s how to financially prepare yourself and parents for medical
Money &
MYSTERIES
Dhirendra Kumar explains how this saying holds true even today Relationships emergencies that they may face after retirement, says Riju Mehta

I
often say that if investment advice as the actual actions, the most impor-

has an expiry date, then it’s already
dead. Only if it stays relevant for
years is it of any use. Sometimes,
readers quibble about this and ask
for examples, so here they are.
The following are excerpts from some-
thing I wrote, as the recovery from the
huge crisis of 2008-09 started. As we
struggle with a crisis of sorts today, it’s
fascinating to note how arguments I
made in October 2009 hold true today.
The last couple of years have seen
savers getting worried about the kind
of things that only investors used to
bother about earlier, and with good rea-
son too. By savers I mean people who
put away money in banks, insurance,
mutual funds and other such assets.
Investors, on the other hand, are people
who trade in investments. Typically,
savers just salt away money and dip into
it only when they need it, but investors
buy and sell based on their expectation
haps it is, but there are some pretty
strong opposing arguments also. Let’s see
what the arguments on both sides are.
The optimistic view: It’s true that the
crisis was severe, but a great deal was
done to resolve it and all of it succeeded.
Economic growth is back across the
world. Moreover, India and other emerg-
I
tant discovery of 2008 was that govern-
ments are capable of quick and decisive
action. When situations threaten to
spiral out of control, there’s someone
to bring it back under control.
The dark side, those who think the
worst may still be ahead: The root cause
of the crisis was a huge liquidity glut
which encouraged ignoring of risk and
inflation of asset prices. Not only has this
not been solved, huge chunks of ‘stimu-
lus’ may have made it worse. What we
see in the stock markets, commodities
and in real estate is the same asset price
inflation that is driven by excess liquid-
ity without regard for fundamentals.
Those are two sides to the debate and
the logic in both is impeccable. Which
one will appeal to you more depends on
what sort of a mood you are in and that
depends more on what kind of person-
ality you are. Let’s appreciate that either
view may be right.
f your parents are set to retire in a few years or are on for a small cover of, say, `3 lakh and a bigger top-up plan
the verge of quitting work, it is crucial to ensure that of, say, `10-15 lakh, which will be cheaper. You can also claim
they are financially prepared for their medical needs. tax benefit of `50,000 under Section 80D for the premium
Given the increasing health-care costs, rising medical you pay for them if they are above 60 years.
inflation of 15-20% annually, and the likelihood of
worsening health problems in old age, it is impera- Employer’s cover: If your employer provides a group
tive that they secure their finances when it health plan that has a provision of covering parents
comes to medical preparedness. and in-laws, avail of the maximum limit available,
even if there is a co-payment clause. This is be-
Talk with parents: Have a discussion with cause such plans are heavily subsidised and you
your parents about their existing medical could retain these for your parents. For your-
conditions, the size of health insurance self, buy an independent family floater plan,
that they have, if any, and if they are main- which will be cheaper given your younger age.
taining a medical buffer or emergency
corpus. Find out the expenditure they are Medical buffer: If, for some reason, you and
likely to incur after retirement and the your parents are unable to buy an insurance
cover or corpus they should have handy. plan, make sure you maintain a sufficient buff-
If they have prepared well for their retire- er for eventualities. If their financial condition
ment, and have sufficient insurance and doesn’t allow them to build such a corpus, you
accessible cash, find out the details of the should keep a bigger emergency corpus, which
TPA, insurance documents, and ways to includes a medical buffer, before you start
access medical corpus, when needed. investing for your goals. This will ensure you
don’t have to dip into your corpus for other
ANIRBAN BORA

of how the markets are doing.
At this point of time, the mood in
markets around the world has settled into
one of optimism. The fact that it has set-
tled is important, because it tells us about
the quality of the mood, and carries more
information than bare numbers. Till a
quarter or so ago, there was an underly-
ing tentativeness in investors’ behaviour.
They knew the story, they could see the
direction and they could understand the
logic, but they hadn’t forgotten the hor-
rors of 2008. Like survivors of a great
disaster, they couldn’t believe it was over.
Is this shift in perception justified? Per-
ing markets have proven to be resilient
to the worst impact. From an investors’
perspective, the downturn wasn’t all bad
news. As the economic outlook deterio-
rated, equity prices plunged. However,
the bad news was over-discounted. Cor-
porate growth and profit numbers were
never as bad everyone feared they would
be. Moreover, they’ve recovered quite
sharply. The global economic decline was
nowhere near as bottomless as the
doomsayers would have had us believe.
Perhaps the most important factors
were the strong actions that govern-
ments took to arrest the crisis. As much
Through the panic of 2008 and the
surge of 2009, one thing became clear
that those who stuck to the basic tenets
of savings could well have slept through
it. All one needed to do was to make sure
that firstly, money required in the short-
term was in bank deposits and other safe
assets. Secondly, long-term money that
was in equity-backed funds had been
invested gradually over a long period.
Those whose investments conformed to
these principles came out fine through
2008-09, and will come out fine again.
The author is the Founder and
CEO of Value Research
Buy health insurance: If the parents’ goals, and they don’t have to depend on rela-
financial condition does not allow them tives or friends for emergencies.
to secure their medical needs, buy a health
cover for them. There are several plans for Be prepared for emergencies: Besides fi-
senior citizens, which cover pre-existing nancial readiness, you need to have a plan in
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Out For 189; India Win By Innings
And 137 Runs To Clinch Series
Amit.Karmarkar
@timesgroup.com
Pune: A wicket-keeper is a
wicket-taker too. Fielders are
wicket-takers too. They are
bowlers’ performance-enhanc-
ing substances. India, though
not entirely flawless on the field,
hit home this point in an em-
phatic fashion when they en-
forced the follow-on and dis-
missed South Africa for 189 in-
side 70 overs to win the second
Test by an innings and 137 runs
with a day to spare at Gahunje
stadium here on Sunday.
The hosts have now taken an
fore he had survived a leg-before
appeal.
Shami bowled some darts
creating a beautiful angle. He
showed left-handed Senuran
Muthusamy his place with a
short probing missile. The prod
landed in Rohit Sharma’s palms
in the second slip. The batsman
also took a good catch in the
slips to dismiss Kagiso Rabada.
Standing close to the stumps
and sometimes leaning on his
knees at short gully, Rohit also
took blows on his body. So did
Saha, who again justified his
selection ahead of Rishabh
Pant.

OVER
ROUT
unassailable 2-0 lead in the
three-match series. The third
Test starts in Ranchi on Satur-
day. Virat Kohli’s men have also
But South Africa’s mainstay,
Dean Elgar, took a chance like
Pant and the visitors paid heav-
ily for that. Du Plessis had got
INDIA’S ELEVEN SUCCESSIVE SERIES
ALL SMILES: With 11
successive series wins
at home, Team India is
in a happy space

KOHLI’S BIGGEST PLUS

‘Bowlers told Virat to

TRIUMPHS ON INDIAN SOIL
boosted their points tally in the out 10 balls before and Bavuma NUMBERS IS HE ISN’T SCARED OF
World Test championship after
this result.
was yet to open his account at
71-3 in the 24th over. Still, Elgar
GAME Year Opp Tests Series
Result
LOSING: GAMBHIR

The Sunday crowd, in excess went for the expansive lofted

356 enforce follow-on’

of 15,000, probably got their
time and money’s worth. Those
who had got tickets for just the
fifth day, will get a refund.Ex-
cept off-spinner R Ashwin and
pacer Mohd Shami in patches,
no Indian bowler looked that
threatening on a pitch that was
losing its zip and freshness with
every passing over. However,
soft dismissals after being put
under pressure and smart field-
ing were the patterns for the
day. Wicket-keeper Wriddhiman
Saha led from behind the wick-
et with two of the three dismiss-
als inside the first 24 overs.First,
he dived to his left like a goal-
keeper to remove Thenunis
De Bruyn.
Pacer Umesh Yadav gave a
flying kiss to the sky, thanking
the heavens for giving him a
wicket despite straying down
the leg side. It was his luck and
Saha’s pluck that did it.
Saha then swallowed Faf du
Plessis on the fourth attempt off
Ashwin, lunging down till silly
point. Though he fumbled in the
first attempt, his juggling act
was as precise as a magician.
Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit
Sharma joined him in the field-
ing act.
Rahane took a sharp, reflex
catch at first slip to send back
the settled Temba Bavuma (38)
off Ravindra Jadeja. A ball be-
TEST CRICKET’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CAPTAINS IN
TERMS OF WINNING % (MINIMUM 30 WINS)
Captain Played Won
Steve Waugh (Aus) 57 41
Ricky Ponting (Aus) 77 48
Virat Kohli (Ind) 50 30
Clive Lloyd (WI) 74 36
Graeme Smith (SA/ 109 53
ICC)
Allan Border (Aus) 93 32
drive off R Ashwin but mis-
timed it. Umesh Yadav posi-
tioned himself well for the skier,
running from mid-off and
caught the ball on the third
attempt.
Jadeja got rid of Quinton De
Kock when the wicket-keeper
tried a hoick, but missed it and
was castled. Though Jadeja (3)
got more wickets than Ashwin
(2) in this innings, the latter
gave ample demonstration of
his greatness with subtle varia-
tions and the ability to play on
the batsman’s mind.
Not that the South African
batsmen didn’t have their mo-
ments. Bavuma appeared to
have settled down when he
square drove Jadeja and lofted
him over widish long-on for
fours and Elgar was mixing
things up nicely before the
brain fade. Philander, who
scored an unbeaten 44 in the
first-innings, started with enter-
taining boundaries.
Earlier, Ishant Sharma gave
India a breakthrough off the
second ball of the day, trapping
Aiden Markram in front for a
pair. Though first-innings bat-
ting heroes Philander (37) and
Maharaj (22) added 56 runs for
the eighth wicket, India’s vic-
tory march was never in doubt
once lunch was taken at 74-4 and
tea at 172-7.
Lost Drawn Tied Win %
9 7 0 71.92
16 13 0 62.33
10 10 0 60.00
12 26 0 48.64
29 27 0 48.62
22 38 1 34.40
All Stats: Rajesh Kumar
Number
of wickets
at 25.28 in
67 Tests by R Ashwin —
the most by any bowler
since his debut in Nov
2011, bettering Nathan
Lyon’s tally of 355 at
32.20 in 88 Tests. His
strike rate of 53.5 is the
best among bowlers
with 250 wickets or
more since 2011.
SUPERMAN: Wriddhiman
Saha pulled off two
acrobatic catches to
dismiss du Plessis and de
Bruyn on Sunday to
underline his credentials
We are at this
stage where we
have lost almost all of
our experience.
Steyn, Morne Morkel,
Amla, AB de Villiers,
all of them were
seasoned players. You
don’t replace those
guys overnight.”
—Faf du Plessis
Amol.Gokhale
@timesgroup.com
Pune: Umesh Yadav was
named in this Indian
squad to face South Africa
as a replacement for the
injured Jasprit Bumrah.
Although he was part of
the squad for West Indies
tour, he did not get a game.
The last Test he played
was in December 2018 in
Perth. He knows he isn’t
the first name on the
teamsheet.
“This is part and par-
cel of the game, so these
situations will keep com-
ing but what I need to do
in these situations is, even
if I am not playing, I have
t o b e re a dy fo r my
chance,” Yadav, 31 said
after the match.
“For that, it is impor-
tant to remain focussed
and positive. I try that in
matches that I play, (be it)
Ranji or India ‘A’, it gives
me good match time.”
In this match, his
opening spell, where he
removed both South Afri-
can openers — Aiden
Markram and Dean Elgar,
set the tone of the match.
He finished with match
figures of 6-59.
So how does he man-
age to perform whenever
he has been called upon?
He has asked the selectors
ENJOY BATTING WITH
RAHANE, SAYS KOHLI
After a dominant India crushed
South Africa by an innings and
137 runs in the second Test
here, skipper Virat Kohli said
2013 Australia 4 Won 4-0
2013 West Indies 2 Won 2-0
2015 South Africa 4 Won 3-0
2016 New Zealand 3 Won 3-0 Pune: Former batsman
Gautam Gambhir said
2016 England 5 Won 4-0 that the Indian captain
2017 Bangladesh 1 Won 1-0 Virat Kohli’s tendency to
go for wins in Test
2017 Australia 4 Won 2-1 matches without being
afraid of a loss is what
2017 Sri Lanka 3 Won 1-0
sets him apart from his
2018 Afghanistan 1 Won 1-0 predecessors. Kohli led
India to a record 11th
2019 West Indies 2 Won 2-0 series win at home on
2019 South Africa 2 Won 2-0 Sunday beating South
(leading) Africa by an innings and
137 runs in Pune.
Note: MS Dhoni led against Australia and “If you are scared of
CAPTAIN’S PICK: Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s decision to West Indies in 2013 while Rahane led against losing, you will never win
pick Umesh Yadav as an extra bowler paid rich dividends Afghanistan. Kohli was captain in other games and probably that’s the
biggest plus he has, he
to select him for India ‘A’, ment and there is healthy isn’t scared of losing,”
or any other game. competition in the group. SCOREBOARD Gambhir said on Star
“When I didn’t play in At the end of third India (1st innings): 601-5 declared Sports.
the Windies, the selectors day’s play, the big question South Africa (1st innings): 275 “We talk about Sourav
put me in India ‘A’ but was, whether India would South Africa (2nd innings, follow-on): A Ganguly, Rahul Dravid
when there is a big gap ask Proteas to follow-on or Markram lbw b I Sharma 0, D Elgar c and MS Dhoni, but what
with ODIs, T20s. I have not, which they eventually Yadav b Ashwin 48, T de Bruyn c Saha b Virat has created, India
only told selectors that did to win the Test by an Yadav 8, F du Plessis c Saha b Ashwin 5, T has started winning
whatever match is there, innings and 137 runs. Bavuma c Rahane b Jadeja 38, Q de Kock overseas as well,” said
please let me play, as On Saturday, Ashwin b Jadeja 5, S Muthusamy c Sharma b Gambhir. “He’s taken
match practice is very im- had said that the captain Shami 9, V Philander c Saha b Yadav 37, K that risk, which a lot of
portant for me.” would take a call on the Maharaj lbw Jadeja 22, K Rabada c R other captains have not
“The season is yet to ‘follow-on’ decision, but, Sharma b Yadav 4, A Nortje not out 0. been able to take. The
start, so I cannot play in fact, the bowlers insist- Extras (b8, lb3, w2) 13 others always wanted an
Ranji, so I told them I ed on asking the visitors Total (all out, 67.2 overs) 189 extra batter.” AGENCIES
would like to play. When to continue batting. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-21, 3-70, 4-71, 5-79,
you play matches, you are “All bowlers said that 6-125, 7-129, 8-185, 9-189, 10-189
in that mindset and it we are ready, if follow-on Bowling: Sharma I 5-2-17-1, U Yadav 8-3- Linde to replace
helps. Suddenly, you come is enforced as we didn’t 22-3, M Shami 9-2-34-1 (w2), R Ashwin 21- Maharaj for Ranchi Test
from home and play a feel the need to rest. It was 6-45-2, R Jadeja 21.2-4-52-3, R Sharma Left-arm spinner George
match, it can be a tad dif- an intent to win and not 2-0-4-0, V Kohli 1-0-4-0 Linde will replace an
ficult as a fast bowler,” he like let’s bat a bit and Result: India won by an innings and injured Keshav Maharaj
said before adding that the stretch the game,” he said, 137 runs. in South Africa’s squad
Indian pacers are doing elaborating on what the MOM: Virat Kohli for the third Test in
an excellent job at the mo- team strategy was. Ranchi, starting on
Saturday. Maharaj
sustained an injury to his
that his main goal is to put the thinking about the team, all the a great mindset. We right shoulder on day
team in a dominant position. pressure goes away.” communicate and run well. We Two of the Pune Test. A
“The mindset is always to Kohli also said that he are the most successful Indian re-assessment on Sunday
help the team and in that communicates very well with pair and the reason for that is morning along with MRI
process, the big scores come. I his deputy Ajinkya Rahane. “I both of us play for the team results revealed that he
think the moment you start enjoy batting with Jinks.He has and take pride in that.” TNN will not be fit in time to
play in the final Test. PTI

Thakur played a key role in appointments
From Pg 1
K
erala Cricket Association rep-
resentative Jayesh George is
likely to be the joint secretary.
Sources said: “Srinivasan ac-
cepted Ganguly's appointment
gracefully after the
matter was mediated
between him and the
power centre in New
Delhi by an individual
assisting both sides to
come to a conclusion”.
N Srinivasan is
learnt to have met Union home min-
ister Amit Shah on Saturday to push
Patel’s candidature. Meanwhile,
Ganguly too met Shah in New Delhi
BOARD MATTERS
the same day, conveying his interest
in becoming the next president. He
was learnt to have the backing of
Anurag Thakur.
“Finally, the decision was taken
to bring Sourav on board. He will
have just 10 months as president but
he has a lot of experience as an ad-
ministrator, considering he’s effi-
ciently headed the Cricket Associ-
ation of Bengal. Moreover, under the
MAN IN CHARGE: Sourav Ganguly
COA, cricket has suffered badly, so
someone like Ganguly will be instru-
mental in putting things back to-
gether,” sources tracking develop-
ments told TOI.
BCCI’s nine-member apex coun-
cil will constitute a president, vice-
president, secretary, treasurer, joint
secretary; male representative of
the cricketers’ association; a female
representative; a representative
from the IPL Governing Council and
a representative from the central
government.
Former India opener Anshuman
Gaekwad will be the male represen-
N Srinivasan is learnt to have
met Union home minister Amit
Shah on Saturday to push
Patel’s candidature. Ganguly
too met Shah in New Delhi the
same day, conveying his
interest in becoming the next
president. He was learnt to
have the backing of Thakur
tative of the cricketers association
after he won the election with 471
votes, beating another former India
cricketer Kirti Azad (381 votes).
Former India women’s captain
Shantha Rangaswamy has been
elected the female representative of
the cricketers’ association after her
unanimous appointment while for-
mer Delhi cricketer Surinder Khan-
na will be the IPL GC representative
at the Council.
Former BCCI president Anurag
Thakur, whose term at the board had
been brought to an unceremonious
end in January 2017 after the ap-
pointment of the COA, played a cru-
cial role in the appointment process
along with Srinivasan.
The members haven’t decided yet
on another important matter, as to
who will represent BCCI at the ICC.
“That will be decided next month,”
sources said.
● Damodaran can’t represent
Pondicherry, must undergo
cooling off, says Verma: Cricket
Association of Bihar (CAB) Secreta-
ry Aditya Verma has written to the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) Electoral Officer N Gopalas-
wami asking for the rejection of P
Damodaran’s nomination as repre-
sentative of the Cricket Association
of Pondicherry as the latter is ex-
pected to serve cooling off period af-
ter being the secretary of the associ-
ation from 2004 to 2018.
In the letter, Verma has clearly
mentioned that Damodaran cannot
be representing Pondicherry in the
BCCI AGM to be held in Mumbai on
October 23.
“This is regarding objection
against P Damodaran, representa-
tive of Cricket Association of Pondi-
cherry (CAP), who is currently ineli-
gible to be a representative of the as-
sociation as he has been the secreta-
ry of the Cricket Association of
Pondicherry from 2004-2018,” Verma
wrote.
Maharashtra
beat Himachal
by three wkts
Vadodara: Azim Kazi pro-
duced a useful half century
to guide Maharashtra to a
thrilling three-wicket win
over Himachal Pradesh in a
Group B match of the Vijay
Hazare Trophy, here on
Sunday. After Maharashtra
suffered a top-order batting
collapse while chasing a
modest 202, Azim scored 84
off 82 balls to take side past
the finish line.
VIJAY HAZARE
The top four batsmen,
including Kedar Jadhav (1),
departed for single digit
scores, leaving the team
reeling at 28 for four. AGENCIES
SUMMARISED SCORES: Hima-
chal Pradesh 201/9 (Amit Ku-
mar 62). Maharshtra 205/7 in
48.4 overs (Azim Kazi 84). Mah-
arashtra won by 3 wickets; Od-
isha 73 in 25 overs (Swapnil
Singh 4/8). Baroda 75/1 in 15
overs (Aditya Waghmode 47*).
Baroda won by 9 wickets.
Unsure if Smith wants
captaincy back: Langer
Sydney: Steve Smith’s ban on
leading Australia ends in
March but the star batsman
may not want the Test captain-
cy back, coach Justin Langer
says. Smith skippered the
team until he was suspended
for 12 months over a brazen at-
tempt to alter the ball with
sandpaper under his watch in
Cape Town last year. SERIOUS BUSINESS: Justin
Part of his punishment in- Langer (L) and Steve Smith
cluded a further year-long ex-
ile from any leadership role. est conversations,” the coach
Calls have grown for Smith to told the Australian Broadcast-
take over from Tim Paine ing Corporation on Saturday.
when the ban is lifted since his “You can see how exhaust-
incredible batting perform- ed he was from the effort he put
ances helped Australia retain into his batting (during the
the Ashes against England. Ashes), and whether he wants
But Langer said it was not a the burden of captaincy as
simple decision, with Smith well is something we’ll have to
admitting his exploits — 774 work out over time.
runs in just seven innings — “I’ll be one of the selectors,
left him mentally and physi- and I think we’ll just work out
cally shattered. what’s best.”
“I’ve built a good relation- Paine will almost certainly
ship with Steve over the last 18 retain the role for the home
months, and it (the captaincy) summer Test series against
is going to come down to hon- Pakistan and New Zealand. AFP
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SNAPSHOTS

Neeraj & Hima

for Oly camp
Sandhu decodes ‘New India’
We Started Believing We
Mancini’s Italy
roar into Euros
Star javelin thrower Neeraj GREETINGS: Goalkeeper Reuters

Chopra, Hima Das and

sprinter Dutee Chand figured
among the list of national
campers named by the AFI
for the period up to the Tokyo
Olympics.Neeraj underwent
a surgery on his right elbow
in May and is on course to full
recovery while Hima pulled
out of the showpiece event in
Doha in the eleventh hour
due to her persistent back
injury.
Ministry opens 4 Delhi
stadia: In an unpreceden-
ted move, the Sports Minis-
try has decided to provide
access to four of its sporting
infrastructure, including the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
and Karni Singh Shooting
range, free of cost to feder-
ations and athletes from
November 1.
Bangladesh hold India
in SAFF U-15: India were
held to a 1-1 draw by Ban-
gladesh in their penultimate
group stage match of the
the SAFF U-15 Women's
Championship in Thimphu
on Sunday. Amisha Baxla
scored in the 24th minute to
Could Do More From Early Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
gets a traditional
Paris: Italy became the sec-
ond team to qualify for Euro
2017, Says Star ’Keeper welcome on the Indian
team’s arrival in Kolkata
2020 after a 2-0 win over Greece
on Saturday, while three-time
champions Spain edged closer
Abhishek.Ganguly@timesgroup.com to the finals despite conceding
a stoppage-time equaliser
Kolkata: Many have dubbed the current national team away to Norway.
as the ‘New India’ and quite rightly so. They show en- Chelsea midfielder Jorgin-
terprise going forward, are hard to break down and ho dispatched a second-half
are brave while facing tougher opponents. They have penalty as Italy, wearing green
emerged as a side which is difficult to play against. kits for just the second time in
The goalless draw against Asian champions Qatar history, registered a seventh
in the World Cup qualifier last month is a case in point. straight win in Group J.
But Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who stood tall under the
bar in Doha that evening, doesn’t consider it to be a ROAD TO EURO 2020
dream performance. “I had expected to win against The Azzurri, who failed to
Qatar. I don’t think it was a dream performance… I did qualify for the 2018 World Cup,
my job. It’s just that it came against a big opponent,” added a second in Rome on 78
the Indian goalkeeper said on Sunday. minutes through a deflected
“To be honest, I have played more difficult games. strike from Juventus forward
But it is good to remember the Qatar match. It helped Federico Bernardeschi. Rob-
the players gain confidence. Quite a few young boys erto Mancini’s side joined
played after a long time and showed their worth against Belgium in the draw for next
a big team. Now, you have to move on and try to repli- year’s finals, where Italy will
cate that,” Sandhu said. play their first two group
Exactly a year ago, India held China goalless in games at the Stadio Olimpico.
Suzhou in a friendly — a game which many felt helped “We managed to create a team
in a short period of time. It
INDIA V BANGLADESH wasn’t easy but you have to
thank the players, who have
the Indian team take a big step forward. Gurpreet, quickly developed an under-
however, said he felt the change even before — during standing between them-
the Asian Cup qualification and friendlies from early selves,” said Mancini, who
2017. “I felt this difference from the Kyrgyzstan game took over as Italy coach 18
Jorginho (centre) celebrates
with Leonardo Bonucci and
Marco Verratti (R) on giving
Italy the lead against Greece
best European teams. I’m
happy and proud to have
helped the national team come
through a tough patch.”
Ramos goes past Casillas
Spain dropped their first
points in Group F as Joshua
King converted a 94th-minute
spot-kick to rescue a 1-1 draw
for Norway following a foul by
goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
on Omar Elabdellaoui.
Sergio Ramos broke the
Spanish international appear-
ances record as he won his
168th cap in Oslo to overtake
Iker Casillas.
The visitors led when Saul
Niguez slammed home from
20 yards moments after half-
time but Spain were denied a

‘Pressure will be on hosts’

put India ahead. However,
the lead was short-lived as
Sapna Rani equalised for
Bangladesh soon.
TN U16s eke out draw
against Andhra: Tamil
(home), the Myanmar and Cambodia games away when months ago. seventh win in a row as King’s
we were told that the Indian team doesn’t do well out- “We have a lot of work but equaliser kept Norway in the
side the country. That was the time when we truly we’re not very far from the running. AFP
started seeing a difference… that we can do well away.
We put up a good fight and played well away against Aritra.Chowdhury In their previous Group E qual- The former Blackburn Rovers
Jordan and Oman (friendlies). These results made us
realise that we can do more and better,” Gurpreet said.
“Football has changed over the years, it has become
@timesgroup.com

Kolkata: India may be starting as

Nadu U16s drew their Vijay
Merchant Trophy clash
against Andhra U16s in
Mulapadu on Sunday.
Resuming on a precarious
58/5, TN were bundled out
for 133 in their second
innings after conceding a
13-run lead in the first
innings. For Andhra, G
Pardhasaradhi led the effort
with the ball in the second
innings, taking 3/35.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu U16s
150 & 133 in 92.3 overs (G
Pardhasaradhi 3/35). Andhra
U16s 163 & 72/3 in 24 overs.
Match drawn.
Japan into quarters:
Japan produced a scintillat-
ing display of attacking
rugby to beat Scotland 28-21
and reach the Rugby World
Cup quarter-finals for the
first time on Sunday, lifting
the nation still reeling from
the deadly impact of Ty-
phoon Hagibis.
ifying games, India held mighty
Qatar 0-0 in Doha last month while
Bangladesh lost 2-0 to the Asian
goalkeeper said the visitors should
replicate their good show against
Qatar when they take on Igor Sti-
Tension in build-up to
more technical. Players have become faster and a lot
of importance is attached to taking care of yourselves.”
Talking about Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier
favourites in Tuesday’s World Cup
qualifier at Salt Lake Stadium, but
Bangladesh’s goalkeeping coach
champion at home on Friday. India
will be boosted by the return of
skipper Sunil Chhetri, who missed
mac’s team.“We all know how
bravely we played against Qatar…
we can cause India some problems.
France-Turkey clash
against Bangladesh at Salt Lake Stadium, Sandhu said: Bobby Mimms feels the pressure the Qatar clash due to illness, but We are hoping to maintain the Saint-Denis: France host two key players in Kylian
“The game is a challenge for sure because no team can will be on Sunil Chhetri & Co. in have suffered a body blow with the same level of intensity that we Turkey in a crunch Euro 2020 Mbappe and Paul Pogba, who
be taken lightly. Bangladesh play with confidence and front of their home crowd. “The injury to defender Sandesh Jhin- showed against Qatar. If we can qualifier on Monday with the are both injured, and will be
heart and teams like that are difficult to play against. pressure is actually on India and gan who is expected to be out for put up a good performance, the teams vying for top spot in hoping Barcelona recruit
We will try to do less mistakes, play as a team and try not on us because they’re going to six months. result will look after itself,” he said. Group H and diplomatic ten- Antoine Griezmann can re-
to win. The fans are important and I urge them to come be playing in front of a big crowd. Mimms believes the home side The Englishman praised sion simmering between the find his sharpest form.
and support us.” If India lose, it’s a big upset, so we has plenty of options to replace Chhetri for his goal-scoring skills, two nations after Turkey’s
India will be without defensive mainstay Sandesh are aware that they’ll be under a Jhingan. “We’re not taking India adding that the Bangladesh goal- bombardment of Syrian Uefa to ‘examine’ Turkey
Jhingan, who has been ruled out for six months. The lot of pressure,” Mimms said after lightly because they are hit by in- keeper and defenders are well pre- Kurds this week. footballers’ military salute
former East Bengal custodian is confident that there team’s training session on Sunday. juries. They have got other players pared to thwart the talismanic With three games to go in Looming large over the
are others who will step up and get the job done. “It’s a big motivation to play in who play at a good level. No matter striker. “We’ve just got to stick to the Euro 2020 qualifying game, however, will be secu-
“Sandesh is a very important player and I hope he Kolkata knowing that it’s going to what combination they put out, it’s our game plan and work at it… campaign the sides have 18 rity issues and international
recovers soon. I think the coach (Stimac) has been very be a full house playing against In- going to be a good team,” the hopefully we’ll nullify any threat points each ahead of Mon- diplomatic relations as
smart from the beginning in that he has brought in a dia at the Salt lake Stadium.” 56-year-old said. he poses,” said Mimms. day’s showdown at the Stade France decried Turkish mil-
mixture of young players so that there are options for de France but Turkey top the itary interventions in Syria
appearance for the once he was back in two international
every single position. It is (Sandesh’s injury) something
we didn’t want but I am sure that the coaching staff is
NEYMAR INJURED national team, touched France. The draw appearances.
group on the head-to-head
rule after their 2-0 defeat of
this week and blocked arms
sales to them.
prepared for it. For sure, we won’t have his experience AS BRAZIL DRAW the back of his leg as he extended Brazil’s winless Brazil equalised three Les Blues in Konya in June. European football chiefs
but we have players who can fill in till he is back,” he Singapore: Neymar went left the pitch and was run to four games. The minutes into the second French striker Olivier Gir- Uefa are already looking into
analysed. off injured 12 minutes into replaced by Philippe Africans took the lead half when Casemiro fired oud says the 2018 world reports that Turkey football-
Sandhu informed that the transition in goalkeeping Brazil’s 1-1 draw with Coutinho. A team after 35 minutes when Joe home from close range champions “want to put that ers performed a military sa-
coach — from Rogerio Ramos to Tomislav Rogic — has Nigeria in a friendly in spokesman said Neymar Aribo found space in a after he was quickest to right (the defeat), as a matter lute in celebration of Cenk
been smooth. “I have been fortunate enough to experi- Singapore on Sunday. The “felt discomfort” in his packed penalty box to react when a Marquinhos of pride because of what hap- Tosun’s last-gasp winning
ence the transition of coaches at club level, so it wasn’t Paris Saint-Germain left thigh and would be rifle in a low shot and header came back off the pened over there”. goal over Albania in Istanbul
very difficult.” forward, making his 101st examined by PSG doctors grab his second goal in woodwork. REUTERS France will be missing on Friday. AFP

‘It’s back to the board by Sunday evening’ Studies-first leaves Velavan’s

Celebrations Can Wait,
Praggu’s Priority Is
Analysing His Last Game
Prasad.RS@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Grandmaster R Praggna-
nandhaa is someone who is shy and
reserved by nature, and prefers to do
most of his talking on the chess
board. Saturday was another in-
stance of that as Praggu was
crowned the U-18 World champion.
During a chat with TOI on Sun-
day, the 14-year-old spoke on his next
assignment — the World junior
championships — starting from
Monday in New Delhi, the role his
coach RB Ramesh has played in his
career and more. Excerpts:
● Has the magnitude of your
achievement sunk in?
This is my third age-group World
crown after having won the U-8 and
U-10 titles a few years ago. On previ-
ous occasions (when I won the World
crowns), I never realized the magni-
Lakshya overcomes
tude of my achievements. However,
as soon as I won the title on Saturday,
there were many who congratulated
me. The feeling of having become the
U-18 World champion is slowly begin-
ning to sink in.
● Viswanathan Anand tweeted on
Sunday morning congratulating
you. Did you have a chance to
speak with him after your win?
Not yet. But he has always been an
inspiration to each one of us, and it
means a lot when he wishes you.
● How did you celebrate your win
on Saturday?
No, there wasn’t any celebration.
I didn’t actually get to analyse my fi-
nal round games with coach RB Ra-
mesh sir. You can say that I took a
short break from the game for a day. It
was back to the board for me by Sun-
day evening.
● What made you choose the U-18
category when you could have
opted for the U-16 category in the
tournament?
Featuring in the U-18 category
was a good way to challenge myself. I
Anand draws round 3; Caruana, Hao share top spot
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HUNGRY FOR MORE: Praggnanandhaa
am happy to have given a good ac-
count of myself in the competition.
● In the last 12 months, what have
been the areas that you have
focused on?
Chess is a sport that is constantly
evolving. Be it my openings or end-
games, I have looked to strengthen
each and every aspect of chess. I will
have to thank my coach Ramesh sir
for constantly egging me on. Work-
ing with him has been an enriching
experience for me.
● Are there specific targets that
you have set for yourself?
The first target is to cross the 2600
mark on the ELO rating. I am cur-
rently on 2586 and the upcoming
World juniors should help me
achieve that.
● You were part of the group of
young Indian stars who were
trained by Vladimir Kramnik in
August this year. What were your
takeaways?
As a former World champion, we
got a first-hand experience of Kram-
nik’s perspective which was just fan-
tastic. Kramnik made us look at a lot
of endgames and it was a big learn-
ing for each one of us.
● How confident are you going
into the World juniors meet?
I am taking a lot of confidence of
having done well in the World youth
championships. The level of compe-
tition at the World juniors will be
high as well. I hope to do well.
second spot.
Young gun Raunak Sadhwani
senior career in doldrums C Suresh Kumar
Former Jr British
Open Champion
Unable To Balance
Both Academics &
Squash In Columbia
Damayanti.Dasgupta
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Not too long ago
Chennai’s Velavan Senthilku-
mar was seen as the next big
thing in Indian squash after
winning the U-19 Asian Ju-
nior Individual Squash
Championship and the Brit-
ish Junior Open. LOOKING TO REGAIN FORM: Velavan (left) in action on Sunday
But his decision to put
studies ahead of squash and tough journey. Along with my want to replicate my junior
opting for Columbia Universi- physical training I have real- level success in the pro tour-
ty has made it difficult for the ised that mental conditioning naments too. That is why I
21-year old to find a footing in is equally important as a have decided to take some
the senior circuit. “I decided sportsman. If I can manage I time off and train in Barcelo-
to pursue my education at Co- want to study sports psycholo- na. I will go back to Columbia
lumbia because I wanted to gy after this.” to graduate after that.”
get a degree even as I was Velavan, who lost in the But Velavan is also a real-
training. It was not an option first round of the HCL SRFI ist. He is aware that his dream
in India. But yes it has been an India Tour here on Sunday of becoming a top squash

Yusuke to win title Chennai: Five-time World champion

Viswanathan Anand drew his third round game
against Nijat Abasov of Azerbaijan in the FIDE
Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament at Isle of Man
gave a good account of himself as
he drew with higher-rated Surya
Shekhar Ganguly. Meanwhile, K
Sasikiran beat D Harika to score
extremely difficult for me,”
Velavan told TOI.
He took up economics at
said that he has now decided
to make squash his priority.
He will now take a year off to
player might not turn into a
reality and so he has kept his
options open. “My father has a
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Columbia but had to switch to train at the Barcelona Global garment business and I have
on Saturday. his first win in the tournament. SP psychology because it became Squash Academy. “After do- kept myself ready to take over
Hyderabad: Fast rising teen Sethuraman went down to Jovanka Houska of difficult to deal with the ex- ing well for myself in the ju- the business if the situation
shuttler Lakshya Sen won the ISLE OF MAN MEET Russia. cess workload. “I used to go to nior level, there was expecta- demands. I want to continue
Dutch Open BWF Super-100 Fabiano Caruana, the World no. 2, was in sleep at 4 am and get up by 8 tion on me to carry on with my playing squash at the highest
Tournament with a hard- The draw takes Anand’s tally to 1.5 points from joint-lead with three points along with China’s am to train,” Velavan said. form. Unfortunately I found it level but in case it doesn’t hap-
fought victory against Yu- three rounds. Meanwhile, GM Vidit Gujrathi Wang Hao. Caruana defeated Alexei Shirov for his “Though psychology wasn’t difficult to balance academics pen, I want to have back-up ca-
suke Onodera of Japan 15-21, defeated Russia’s Maksim Chigaev in the third third successive victory in the tournament. Hao, on my first choice, studying it and squash. But squash has al- reers ready,” the youngster
21-14, 21-15 in Almere on Sun- round. Vidit now has 2.5 points to his name and the other hand, pocketed his third win in as many has helped me through the ways been my first love and I added.
day. joins compatriot B Adhiban and eight others in the games after outsmarting Bu Xiangzhi in 26 moves.
The world No.72 Indian re-

Six teams get ready for home stretch Phenomenal Cruise

covered after losing the first
game to beat the world No.160
shuttler.

DUTCH OPEN
Onodera, who entered the
main draw through the quali-
fiers, had upset top seed Sa-
meer Verma in the quarterfi-
nals.
The victory will do a world
of good for Lakshya as he pre-
vailed in a tournament at
which his seniors Sameer and
Sourabh exited in the earlier
rounds. This is the first BWF
Tour Super-100 victory for
Lakshya.
Lakshya had won the Bel-
gian International last month
and is a promising prospect
for India. The 18-year-old, who
trains at the Prakash Padu-
kone Badminton Academy in
Bengaluru, had also won sil-
ver at the Youth Olympics,
YOUNG AND RESTLESS: Sen
with his trophy on Sunday
bronze at the Worlds last year
and is the the Asian junior
champion.
In the final on Sunday,
Lakshya was slow off the
blocks as his rivals started
with a 9-3 lead in the first
game. Though the Indian re-
covered and closed the gap to
13-14, Onodera was in control
as he won the game comfort-
ably.
In the second game,
Lakshya moved ahead of his
rival with a six-point burst
from 12-11 to 18-11 and hardly
gave any chance for Onodera
to make a comeback.
In the decider, Lakshya
maintained a healthy lead
over Onodera.
Sanjay.Chakhaiyar
@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: The stage is
all set for Pro Kabaddi
League (PKL) Season-7 play-
offs, considered to be one of
the toughest weeks of the en-
tire duration, to be held in
PKL PLAYOFFS
Ahmedabad on Monday. UP
Yoddha will clash with de-
fending champions Bengalu-
ru Bulls in the first elimina-
tor, followed by U Mumba
taking on Haryana Steelers
in the second encounter. The
two winners will move to the
semifinals to be played on
Wednesday. Dabang Delhi
and Bengal Warriors have al-
MEN TO BEAT: Bengaluru will
be the favourites to retain title
ready qualified for the semi-
finals by virtue of being the
top two teams in the league
stage.
After the Ahmedabad-leg
of PKL, which was played
two months ago, the aficiona-
dos of this sport will once
again hope to see more thrill-
ing action. Gujarat Fortune-
giants’ not qualifying for the
playoffs is of course a big dis-
appointment to the local
fans, yet the enthusiasm to
see the top stars of the game
in their own backyard is like-
ly to boost their morale.
The UP Yoddha-Bengalu-
ru Bulls contest promises to
be a keen tussle between the
two sides. “We have won both
our league matches against
the Bulls which gives us
more confidence,”said Yodd-
ha skipper Nitesh Kumar, on
the eve of their playoff en-
counter in Ahmedabad on
Sunday. On the other hand,
the Bulls’ star raider Pawan
Sehrawat too was optimistic
about his team’s perform-
ance. The second eliminator
of the evening also looks to
be a cracker of a match with
U Mumba facing Haryana
Steelers. U Mumba captain
Fazel Atrachali looked opti-
mistic on the eve of their all-
important encounter
against Steelers.
However, the Steelers too
are not taking the playoffs
lightly. “We will try to exe-
cute a strategy based on our
lessons during the entire sea-
son for the Eliminator
round,” stated Haryana cap-
tain Dharmaraj Cheralath-
an with a smile.
Playoffs schedule (Mon-
day):Eliminator 1: UP Yoddha vs
Bengaluru Bulls (7.30 pm); Elimi-
nator 2: U Mumba vs Haryana
Steelers. (8.30 pm)
for Hyderabad event
Chennai: Phenomenal Cruise
is in good form to annex the Mel-
bourne Racing Club Trophy, the
main event of the Hyderabad
races to be held on Monday.
Selections:1) The Star Of Stars Plate
1-40pm. (1) Vijays Singham (2) Reno
Star (3) Wah Ms Zara; 2) The S.Ran-
garajan Memorial Plate 2-10pm. (1)
Agni (2) Zamora (6) Celeritas; 3) The
Star Of Stars Plate 2-45pm. (1) Top
Saga (2) Strategist (3) Kimberly
Cruise; 4) The Golconda Plate 3-
15pm. (2) N R I Symbol (12) Actually
(8) City Of Sails; 5) The Star Of Stars
Plate 3-45pm. (1) Kionia (4) Dimen-
sion (3) Silver Jet; 6) The Melbourne
Racing Club Trophy 4-15pm. (3) Phe-
nomenal Cruise (1) Moondancer (5)
Isabella; 7) The Prince Regent Plate
4-50pm. (3) Freedom Fire (5) Joy Of
Giving (1) Sarvatra; Day's Best: PHE-
NOMENAL CRUISE(6-3), Good Dou-
ble: VIJAYS SINGHAM(1-1) - AGNI
(2-1).
Trouvaille triumphs: Trou-
vaille won the Pune Derby
(Gr.1), the main event of the
races held in Pune on Sunday.
Results: 1) Jimmy Umrigar Trophy
(D-1): Gods Plan-win; 2) Pune Police
Commissioner's Trophy: Mystic
Bay-win; 3) Jimmy Umrigar Trophy
(D-2): Alauddin Khilji-win; 4) Vi-
nayak Trophy(D-1): Turmeric Tower-
win; 5) F.A&K.A.Irani Trophy: Joplin-
win; 6) Noshir & Dolly Dhunjibhoy
Sprint Million: Iron Age-win; 7) Pune
Derby: Trouvaille-win; 8) Vinayak
Trophy(D-2): Auspicious-win. TNN
18 TIMES SPORT THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019

Manju settles for silver

Mary Kom Fan Says She Will
Work On Her Defence Now
Pratyush.Raj@timesgroup.com
Chandigarh: Haryana na-
tive Manju Rani, a superfan of
boxing Mary Kom, failed at
the final hurdle but still won a
creditable silver at the Wom-
en’s World Championships in
Ulan-Ude, Russia on Sunday.
WORLD BOXING
The 19-year-old pugilist,
who was making her debut at
the Worlds, went down to local
favourite, Russia’s Ekaterina
Paltceva in the light-fly-
weight category (48kg). “It
was a massive learning curve
for me. Since the day I joined
the national camp, my life has
changed completely. It was a
dream to watch my idol Mary
Kom from close quarters,”
Manju told TOI from Ulan-
Ude. “Yes, I am disappointed.
Teenage star
After my performance
against the North Korean box-
er (Hyang Mi Kim), everyone
thought I was going to win the
gold. But that’s sports, I will
be better prepared next time.”
“What I have learnt dur-
ing this World Champion-
ships is that I need to work on
my defence also. Even Mary
told me after the final that
sometimes defence is your
biggest weapon in the ring. I
want to become a complete
boxer just like Mary Kom,”
she added.
Manju was the only Indian
to reach the final this year, but
the country had its best-ever
overseas show as the pugilists
equalled last year's haul of
four medals. Mary Kom (51kg)
had earlier won an unprece-
dented eighth medal to add to
her glittering resume of six
gold and one silver in the tour-
Daniil takes Zverev in his
FISTS OF FURY: Manju Rani (r) in action against Ekaterina Paltceva
nament. The Manipuri leg-
end became the only boxer,
male or female, to win eight
medals from the champion-
ships. Assam girls, Lovlina
Borgohain (69kg) and Jamu-
na Boro (54kg), also added to
India’s medal tally — Borgo-
hain repeated her last year’s
feat to win a bronze and Boro
too picked a bronze in her de-
but at the championships.
IANS
4
Medals — 1 silver and
3 bronze — India won
at the World Boxing
Championships
as many selfies as possible
with Mary Kom, is open about
her admiration for the star
boxer. “I have more than 100
photos with her. All the girls,
including myself just love to
be around her.”
‘Not focusing on 2020
Olympics’:Manju, who will
celebrate her 20th birthday on
October 26, is not focusing on
2020 Olympics. “Apna time
aayega (My time will come). I
will aim to compete in the 2024
Manju, who has battled ab- Olympics. I have not thought
ject poverty, has had a fabu- about changing my weight (to
lous 10 months during which
she went from winning the
51kg to fit into an Olympic cat-
egory). I will try to get set in
National gold to the silver on 48kg first before thinking
Sunday. A silver at the 70th about the switch.” “The next
Strandja Memorial Boxing challenge for me is to keep
Tournament in Sofia, Bulga- consistency. I just want to win
ria, in her maiden interna- as many medals for the coun-
tional outing, was another try and hopefully I will be able
feather in her cap. to hear the national anthem
Manju, who wants to have very soon,” adds Manju.
AITA all set to
Bottas flies past pole sitters
as Merc seal 6th world title
Suzuka: Valtteri Bottas
jumped from third to first
with an electric start to win
the typhoon-hit Japanese GP
on Sunday ahead of Ferrari’s
Sebastian Vettel and the
Finn’s Mercedes teammate
Lewis Hamilton.
Charles Leclerc finished
sixth in the second Ferrari,
and with only Bottas in a po-
sition to overtake Hamilton
in the standings, Mercedes
sealed an unprecedented
sixth successive drivers-con-
structors World champion-
ship double. Ferrari had en-
joyed a front row lock-out in a TASTE OF SUCCESS: Valtteri Bottas celebrates his win on Sunday
rare morning qualifying ses-
sion caused by Typhoon Ha-
gibis but their race unravel-
led right at the start.
JAPANESE GP 274; 3. Leclerc 223; 4.
Verstappen 212; 5. Vettel 212;
Vettel twitched before the RESULTS 6. Sainz Jr 76; 7. Gasly 73; 8.
Alexander Albon 64; 9. Daniel
lights went out and his hesi-
tation enabled the fast-start- 1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) Ricciardo 40; 10. Hülkenberg
ing Bottas to leapfrog from 1 hr 21 mins 46.755 secs; 2. 35; 11. Sergio Perez 35; 12.
third into the lead. Max Ver- Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) Lando Norris 35; 13. Daniil
stappen enjoyed a bullet start +13.343 secs; 3. Lewis Kvyat 33; 14. Kimi Raikkonen
from fifth in the Red Bull and Hamilton (Mercedes) 31; 15. Kevin Magnussen 20;
was overtaking Leclerc on +13.858 secs; 4. Alexander 16. Lance Stroll 19; 17.
the outside of turn two when Albon (Red Bull) +59.537 Romain Grosjean 8; 18.
the Monegasque drove into secs; 5. Carlos Sainz Jr Antonio Giovinazzi 4; 19.
(McLaren) +1:09.101; 6. Robert Kubica 1
the flying Dutchman, caus-
ing him to spin. Leclerc’s
front wing was damaged and
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1
lap; 7. Daniel Ricciardo
CONSTRUCTORS’
STANDINGS

Gauff wins discuss Pak he was forced to pit for a new (Renault) 1 lap; 8. Pierre 1. Mercedes 612 pts; 2.
Ferrari 435; 3. Red Bull 323; 4.

first WTA title stride to emerge champion AFP

Linz: Teenage prodigy Coco
Gauff won her first WTA title
on Sunday following a 6-3, 1-6,
6-2 victory over Jelena Osta-
penko in the final in Linz that
saw her hold her first trophy
aloft aged 15.
Gauff, who only entered
the field as a lucky loser after
failing to qual-
ify, completed a
dream week in
Linz in front of
tie on Tuesday
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Prajwal.Hegde
@timesgroup.com Pune: The Davis Cup com-
mittee of the All India Ten-
Shanghai: Alexander Zverev nis Association (AITA) will
owned the head-to-head com- meet on Tuesday to discuss
ing into the title round of the the upcoming tie against
Shanghai Masters. He had lost Pakistan next month.
just one set in four previous The AITA had written to
meetings to Daniil Medvedev. the International Tennis
Form, if it’s just that, maybe Federation (ITF) for a sec-
temporary, but a factor never- ond time last week, request-
theless. Ask the German. The ing to shift the November 29-
third-seeded Medvedev was 30 tie from Islamabad to a
nose at the start of lap four.
Vettel was left sand-
wiched between the two Mer-
cedes and made the first stra-
tegic move when he dived in
the pits for a new set of soft
tyres on lap 17. Bottas fol-
lowed on the next lap.
Hamilton was now in the
lead and Mercedes tried to
leave him out on a one-stop
strategy. But on lap 22 Hamil-
ton reported his front tyres
were “dead” and was
brought in. Hamilton began
Gasly (Toro Rosso) 1 lap; 9.
Sergio Perez (Racing Point) 1
lap; 10. Nico Hulkenberg
(Renault) 1 lap;
DRIVERS STANDINGS
1. Hamilton 338 pts; 2. Bottas
to close on Vettel who pitted
for his final change to medi-
um tyres on lap 32, rejoining
in third.
Bottas took on fresh soft
tyres five laps later, leaving
Hamilton again in the lead.
He came in again on lap
McLaren 111; 5. Renault 75; 6.
Toro Rosso 59; 7. Racing
Point 54; 8. Alfa Romeo
Racing 35; 9. Haas 28; 10.
Williams 1.
43, allowing Vettel back into
second, but proceeded to
close the gap by setting a new
lap record on lap 45. Hamil-
ton swarmed all over Vettel
towards the end but was un-
able to get past and make it a
Mercedes one-two.

Rugved reigns supreme in Rd 3

a supportive
crowd to be-
come the
youngest player to win a WTA
event since Czech Nicole Vai-
disova, who triumphed in
Vancouver and Tashkent two
months apart in 2004.
“I’ll remember this day for
the rest of my life,” Gauff said
after receiving a minutes-long
standing ovation from 3,000
spectators.
“I had an amazing week
and I hope to be back in the fu-
ture. I’m still overwhelmed,
it’s shocking and crazy to say
I’ve won my first WTA title,”
she added.
Gauff will shoot up from
110 in the rankings into the
80s, according to WTA calcula-
tions, after becoming the
youngest American to earn a
WTA trophy since Jennifer
Capriati at Toronto in 1991.
The hype surrounding the
youngster has grown this year
after solid performances this
summer at both Wimbledon
and the US Open, where she
was defeated in the third
round by defending champion
Naomi Osaka, and her dis-
plays in Linz have enthralled
tennis fans.
ripping it, operating at a dif-
ferent level from when they
last met, over 12 months ago.
Coming of age would be a fair
summation then.
SHANGHAI MASTERS
On a cold, wet Sunday at
the QiZhong stadium, when
the roof had to be rolled over,
the world No. 4, playing his
sixth successive final, sparked
the controlled conditions. As
Zverev said, ‘Daniil is proba-
bly the best player in the world
right now, he’s playing unbe-
lievable’. The 23-year-old
wrapped up the 73-minute fi-
nal with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph,
which he sealed with an ace,
his fourth of the match.
Medvedev, who has lost
just three of his last 32 match-
es, has gained in solidity and
consistency in recent months.
“I’m a better player than I was
at the beginning of the year,
something clicked in my
game in the USA,” the cham-
pion said. “I don't know why. I
think it’s just the hard work
that I have been doing. I start-
ed to understand even more
about my game, serve, volley,
about everything. What do I
SITTING PRETTY: Daniil Medvedev with the trophy on Sunday
have to do when. I could have
lost at least three sets here, but
finally didn’t lose one. At cru-
cial moments, I kind of know
what do and where I have to
play? If I have to play it with
spin or slice or drop shot.”
True to form, Medvedev,
whose play can appear innoc-
uous, but who can bleed an op-
ponent with a cutting angle or
a ball that licks the line, was
quickly off the blocks. He
broke Zverev -- who has had a
trying 2019 but has shown the
first signs of a comeback this
week where he beat 20-time
major winner Roger Federer
en route to his first Masters
1000 final of the season -- in his
first service game. The 22-
year-old, seeded five, returned
the favour in the fifth game
and the two went step for step
until Medvedev stood his
ground. The German double-
faulted to surrender the open-
ing set in the tenth game.
Medvedev, in his sixth
straight final -- after Washing-
ton, Montreal, Cincinnati,
New York and St Petersburg --
clocked 19 winners. He
neutral venue. However,
DAVIS CUP
charged to a 5-0 lead in the sec- with the ITF staying silent
ond set. Zverev then held so far, the AITA has decided TIMES NEWS NETWORK pass Rugved and win Moto 1. with ease. The real battle was
serve in the sixth game before to hold a discussion on the The Moto 2 two again saw the between Shlok Ghorpade and
the Russian closed out the vexing issue. “The Commit- Chennai: Team TVS Racing battle between Rugved and Jinendra Sangave who fin-
match. tee will discuss the issue day star rider Rugved Barguje Yuvraj with the latter taking ished in the 2nd & 3rd spot re-
Medvedev, who leads the after tomorrow. We haven’t won round 3 of the MRF Mo- the lead in lap 2. However, spectively. Shlok and Jinen-
ATP Tour on a few counts this heard from the ITF, we need Grip FMSCI National Super- dra fought tooth and nail with
season, most wins (59), hard- to take a call,” AITA honor- cross championship held in NAT’L SUPERCROSS the former dominating in Mo-
court wins (46), ATP Masters ary secretary Hironmoy Vadodara on Sunday. to 1. In the next race, Jinendra
1000 wins (22) and most finals Chatterjee said on Sunday. Rugved led from the front Yuvraj had a fall in the last lap fired on all cylinders and al-
(nine), was also part of the Chatterjee did not elabo- in Moto 1 of the Class 1 SX 1 — which saw the Rugved win- most sealed it before he had an
youngest Masters 1000 final, rate on what taking a call foreign motorcycle class — for ning Moto 2. The win in Moto unfortunate fall in a corner on
where both players were un- meant. “Players have reser- almost 5 laps with Yuvraj 2 proved to be enough for the penultimate lap.
der 24 years of age, since 2009 vations (about travelling to Konde Deshmukh from Ajme- Rugved to be the overall win- The MRF Mogrip cham-
Paris. “It’s an amazing Pakistan) ... Nothing is pre- ra Racing India breathing ner in Class 1. pionship now moves on to Na-
achievement for us, nobody ol- meditated. I cannot say any- down his neck. Yuvraj pulled In the Juniors SX 1 class, sik for the 4th round which
der than 23 (in the final). thing now,” he said. a great double jump to finally Yuvraj won both the races will be held on October 20.
That’s good for tennis,” Med-
vedev said. “That’s what we
have been trying to do. Many
people are talking about
Grand Slams, that we need to
do better. I tried to do it at the
US Open. Hopefully we can
continue this way throughout
all the tournaments that we
have coming.” SPICEJET INTRODUCES -
Zverev, who was the first
player from the younger gen- FIRST-EVER NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM
eration to break through at
the Tour level, reached out to
his team in an emotional post-
CHENNAI TO DURGAPUR AND PATNA.
championship speech.

Dutee completes a double India thrash

ALSO, DIRECT FLIGHTS TO VISAKHAPATNAM, JAIPUR ,
After 100m Title,
PTI
surprise winner of the wom- New Zealand BENGALURU, KOLKATA, AHMEDABAD AND GUWAHATI.
en’s 3000m steeplechase, out-
Sprinter Bags sprinting her Railways team-
mate Parul Chaudhary. The
in Johor Cup FLIGHT No. FLIGHT * DEP. ARR.

200m Crown
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ranchi: Dutee Chand dug
into the reserves of her
strength to complete the
sprint double in the season-
ending 59th National Open
Athletics Championships
here on Sunday, clocking the
fastest time by an Indian this
season with a 23.17-second
burst in the women’s 200m fi-
nal at Birsa Munda Athletics
Stadium.
OPEN ATHLETICS
Having set the national
mark in the 100m, Dutee, rep-
resenting Odisha, left her
challenger Archana Suseen-
dran comfortably behind.
She not only topped the Ta-
mil Nadu sprinter’s time of
23.18 seconds clocked in the
AFI Grand Prix in Patiala on
August 16, but also logged in
DOUBLE DELIGHT: Dutee Chand
her own second fastest time
behind the 23 seconds timed
in the Asian Games last year.
There was intense com-
petition at the triple jump
pit, even in Asian Games
gold medallist Arprinder
Singh’s absence. Abdulla
Aboobacker challenged his
Services teammate Karthik
Unnikrishnan till the very
last jump in an event that saw
the top six competitors cross
the 16m mark. Karthik Un-
nikrishnan, who took the
lead with a 16.61m in the third
round, leapt 16.78m on his fi-
nal try.
Chinta Yadav emerged a
favourite did strive hard over Johor Bahru: The Indian ju- SG 3311 Chennai - Durgapur 17:35 19:55
the final 100m to bridge the
gap and lunge ahead in a
nior team trounced New Zeal-
and 8-2 in their second match of
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SG 3321 Durgapur - Chennai 20:20 22:40
thrilling finish but Chinta 9th Sultan of Johor Cup here
Yadav had enough left in the on Sunday. Sanjay (17’, 22’), Dil- ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - --------
tank to break the beam in 10 preet Singh (6’), Shilanand SG 3232 Chennai - Patna 10:15 12:35
minutes 11.70 seconds. Lakra (14’), Mandeep Mor (22’), ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - - --------
Railways’ PU Chitra was Suman Beck (45’), Pratap Lak- SG 3242 Patna - Chennai 12:50 15:10
another athlete who com- ra (50’) and Sudeep Chirmako ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - - --------
pleted the double, adding the (51’) scored for India, while Dy- SG 32511 Chennai - Visakhapatnam 06:35 08:10
women’s 800m crown to the lan Thomas (28’, 44’) notched ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - - --------
1500m title she won earlier two goals for New Zealand. SG 32521 Visakhapatnam - Chennai 11:20 12:55
this week. With Lili Das, ex-
pected to offer her a stiff
The Indian team started the
first quarter on an aggressive
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challenge, dropping out, Chi- note, earning a penalty corner SG 3212 Chennai - Jaipur 04:35 07:00
tra did not have to worry in the second minute of the ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - - --------
overmuch in winning the match. The New Zealand de- SG 3222 Jaipur - Chennai 07:30 09:55
two-lap race in 2 minutes fense unit blocked out the Indi- ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - - --------
04.59 seconds. an attack and managed to stay SG 3408' Chennai - Bengaluru 09:15 10:15
Railways bagged the in the contest. - --------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - -- - - -- - --
overall championship title However, Dilpreet Singh SG 34071 Bengaluru - Chennai 15:00 16:00
leaving behind Services on scored a fantastic field goal to
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second spot while Haryana put India in the lead in the 6th SG 6428° Chennai - Kolkata 23:20 01:50
finished third. Tajinderpal minute. India continued to put
Singh Toor finished as best pressure on NZ half and their ---------------- - - -------------------------------- - - ------- - - - --------
athlete in men’s category relentless aggressive game SG 6427° Kolkata - Chennai 20:30 23:00 r1
while Dutee Chand grabbed paid dividends when Shila- ----- -- -- ------- - - --- -- --- -------- ---------- -- ---- - --- --- --- - ----- - r1l
the best athlete title in the nand Lakra found the back of SG 185' Chennai - Ahmedabad 19:35 21:45
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Stuttgart: American Simone Biles be-
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came the most decorated gymnast in — another skill named after her — put SG 609' Chennai - Guwahati 04:25 07:15
world championship history on Sunday her out of bounds for a 0.1penalty but she ----------------- ---------------------------------- --------------------
when she won the beam and floor finals did enough to post a winning score of SG 6101 Guwahati - Chennai 07:40 10:30
to take her career tally to 25 medals. 15.133. “Honestly, I just couldn’t move. I
Soon after securing a convincing vic- was so tired,” Biles said of her final pose 'Starting from 27'" Oct ,2019. 2Start ing from god Nov., 2019.'Starting from 201" Nov.,2019_
tory on the beam in Stuttgart to overtake on the stage. “This is really the best 'Starting from 1°' Dec., 2019. SG 3408, SG 3407, SG 3251 and SG 3252 will be operational on all
Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo’s record tally worlds performance I have ever put out.” ° days except Tuesdays.
of 23 world medals, the 22-year-old Biles The Americans took a one-two finish
successfully defended her floor title to as Sunisa Lee finished with 14.133 for the
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Mumbai last month.
Quick permissionss,
The India producer of
the film said that
unlike earlier,
visas and custom
getting permissions
was a smooth
process and they
clearance:
even got permission
to shoot aerial shots
very quickly
‘A red carpet has been rolled
out for foreign films in India’
Niharika.Lal@timesgroup.com PERMISSIONS PROCESS SMOOTHER BUT MORE CAN
apturing ‘the flavour of India’ has been BE DONE, SAY INDIA PRODUCERS OF FOREIGN FILMS
C one of the main agendas of most for-
eign films and TV shows shot in India.
However, till around a couple of years back, de-
From three-four projects a year to over 10 international projects being shot in India
in 2019 alone, an easier permissions process has boosted India’s image as a
shooting location. While the Film Facilitation Office is giving shooting permissions
lays in getting visas for foreign crews, the red
tape stretching the permissions process to three- faster, a special visa category has been introduced for foreign crews filming here
six months sometimes, and hassles in the tem- and customs clearance of filmmaking equipment is also a smoother process. From
porary import of shooting equipment, among five-six months, the time frame for getting permissions has now reduced to
other issues, meant very few foreign projects three-four weeks. However, line producers say that the permissions process in
were actually shot here. The Indian producers departments like the Indian Railways and the ASI, and in airports could be further
of international projects say that whenever the
improved, along with offering incentives to foreign filmmakers.
script has an India connect, foreign filmmak-
ers want to shoot in India. However, when shoo-
ing here seemed impossible, the makers would
either scrap the India portion of the shoot or
recreate it in another country.
But now, with an easier permissions process,
thanks to the Film Facilitation Office (FFO),
and a special visa category for foreign crews
filming in India, the number of projects being
shot in the country has gone up. From three-
four projects in a year, the number has gone up
to over 10 projects in 2019 alone till now, in-
cluding Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, which he
shot in Mumbai last month.
Currently, five major foreign projects are being
shot in different parts of the country. Line pro-
ducers and India producers of foreign projects
tell us what has changed in the permissions
process and what more can be done to attract
foreign filmmakers. DHAKA
Chris Hemsworth shot for this film in Mumbai and Ahmedabad last year,
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TAMIL
100% KADHAL (U) ★
58888 Code: 100
GV Prakash Kumar, Shalini Pandey, Sathish, Nasser,
Thambi Ramaiah, Thalaivasal Vijay
Balu, a college topper, and Mahalakshmi, his cousin, are
in love with each other, but their egos stand in the way of
their romance.
AGS MADURAVOYAL 6.25PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM
6.25PM; ROHINI 10.00AM
ARUVAM (U/A) ★★
58888 Code: aru
Siddharth, Catherine Tresa, Sathish, Sathyaraj
A woman who doesn’t like harming even an ant is pos-
sessed with the ghost of the man who loves her, which
wants to take revenge on the corrupt men who murdered
him.
AGS NAVLUR 4.35PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 12.25,
7.15 & 9.50PM; AGS T NAGAR 12.25 & 6.55PM; AGS
VILLIVAKKAM 12.35, 6.10 & 10.20PM; MAYAJAAL
11.40AM, 2.00, 4.30 & 10.10PM; CARNIVAL 11.40AM,
2.40 & 10.20PM; INOX NATIONAL 12.30, 6.50, &
10.00PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 12.55, 4.10, 7.25 &
10.40PM; KASI TALKIES 11.10AM, 2.10 & 11.30PM;
LUXE 12.50, 7.30 & 10.35PM; PVR GRAND GALADA
1.00 & 7.15PM; PVR GRAND MALL 12.35, 3.40 &
10.15PM; PVR VR 1.15, 7.45 & 10.45PM; ROHINI
10.15AM, 4.00 & 10.30PM; ESCAPE 3.25, 6.30 &
10.45PM; PALAZZO 12.20, 3.30, 6.55 & 10.00PM; S2
PERAMBUR 1.00, 4.10 & 10.00PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA
3.50PM; SATHYAM 1.45, 3.30 & 7.40PM; INOX CITI
CENTRE 12.40, 3.45 & 10.30PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY
MALL 12.30, 6.15 & 10.00PM; REMY 3.15 & 6.45PM;
SIVASAKTHI 11.30AM & 9.45PM; VETRIVEL 7.00PM;
VIGNESHWARA 2.10PM; SANGAM 4.00 & 7.30PM;
DEVI 1.00, 4.00 & 7.00PM; KAMALA 2.00PM;
UDHAYAM 12.00, 6.45 & 10.15PM
ASURAN (U/A) ★★★½
58888 Code: asu
Dhanush, Manju Warrier, Pasupathy, Prakash Raj,
Ammu Abirami, Balaji Sakthivel, Naren, Ken
A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after
the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste.
Will the pacifist father be able to save his hot-blooded
son?
AGS NAVLUR 12.25, 3.50, 7.05 & 10.40PM; AGS
MADURAVOYAL 3.05, 6.40 & 10.00PM; AGS T NAGAR
12.00, 3.35, 7.25 & 10.05PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM
11.45AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; CARNIVAL 12.00,
3.00, 4.40, 6.40, 9.50 & 10.35PM; INOX NATIONAL
12.50, 4.00, 7.20 & 10.30PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL
12.30, 3.40, 7.10 & 10.30PM; KASI TALKIES 11.00AM,
2.00, 5.00 & 11.15PM; LUXE 12.30, 1.00, 3.35, 4.05,
6.50, 7.10, 10.00 & 10.30PM; PVR AMPA MALL 1.30,
4.30, 7.30 & 10.30PM; PVR GRAND GALADA 1.00, 4.00,
7.00 & 10.00PM; PVR GRAND MALL 12.15, 3.30, 6.45
& 10.00PM; PVR VR 12.10, 1.00, 3.10, 4.00, 6.15, 7.00,
9.15 & 10.25PM; ROHINI 1.00, 4.00, 7.00 & 10.30PM;
ESCAPE 12.00, 3.25, 6.50 & 10.15PM; PALAZZO 12.15,
12.30, 3.40, 3.50, 7.05, 7.15, 10.25 & 10.40PM; S2
PERAMBUR 12.05, 3.15, 7.35 & 10.45PM; S2
THEYAGARAJA 3.15, 6.45 & 10.10PM; SATHYAM
12.20, 3.50, 7.10 & 10.35PM; INOX CITI CENTRE 12.30,
3.50, 6.50 & 10.00PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL 2.45,
6.00 & 9.00PM; SIVASAKTHI 11.30M, 3.00 & 6.30PM;
VETRIVEL 1.00, 4.00 & 10.00PM; VIGNESHWARA 11.20
& 4.40PM; WOODLANDS 12.15, 3.00, 6.45 & 10.00PM;
SANGAM 12.30, 3.55, 7.20 & 10.45PM; DEVI 12.45,
4.00, 7.15 & 10.30PM; KAMALA 1.45, 4.45, 7.55 &
11.10PM; EGA 12.25, 3.45, 7.15 & 10.45PM; UDHAYAM
12.00, 3.00, 6.45 & 10.15PM; RAKKI 3.00, 6.30 &
10.15PM; VETRI 11.40AM, 3.00, 6.50 & 10.00PM;
VIDYA 11.30AM, 2.45, 6.30 & 9.45PM; VARADHARAJA
6.30 & 9.45PM; MAYAJAAL 11.00AM, 12.00, 1.50, 2.50,
4.40, 5.45, 7.30, 8.30 & 10.15PM
COMALI (U) ★★½
58888 Code: com
Jayam Ravi, Kajal Aggarwal, Yogi Babu
A youngster in his mid-30s goes through a series of
struggles after coming to terms with the fact that he was
in coma for 16 years.
LUXE 3.55PM; MAYAJAAL 7.20PM
GEMINI MAN (U/A) ★★★
(Dubbed in Tamil)
58888 Code: gem
Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen,
Benedict Wong, Ralph Brown, Linda Emond
UDHAYAM 3.00 & 6.45PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 3.05PM;
AGS MADURAVOYAL 3.00PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY 4.00
& 10.20PM; MAYAJAAL 1.15 & 6.15PM; ROHINI
7.00PM; KASI 2.00PM; LUXE 1.25 & 10.05PM; SDC
ANNA 1.00 & 10.00PM
KAAPPAAN (U/A) ★★
58888 Code: kaa
Suriya, Mohanlal, Arya, Sayyeshaa, Boman Irani,
Samuthirakani, Poorna, Chirag Jani
A Special Protection Group officer has to identify the
threat to the prime minister, who he is protecting, and
also the nation.
LUXE 3.20PM; PVR VR 1.00PM; ESCAPE 11.45AM,
PALAZZO 3.10PM; SRI AMBIKA 11.30AM, 2.45, 6.30 &
10.00PM; LAKSHMI BALA 12.00, 3.00, 7.00 & 10.00PM;
MAYAJAAL 1.00PM
NAMMA VEETTU PILLAI (U) ★★★
58888 Code: nam
Sivakarthikeyan, Aishwarya Rajesh, Anu Emmanuel,
Soori, Barathiraaja, Yogi Babu, Vela Ramamoorthy
A brother who dotes on his sister is forced into a situation
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he is at loggerheads. Can their relationship survive? Chiranjeevi, Amitabh Bachchan, Vijay Sethupathi, An in-depth look at the career of football legend Diego
MAYAJAAL 1.30, 4.15 & 7.05PM; AGS NAVLUR 4.05 & Kichcha Sudeep, Tamannaah, Nayanthara Maradona.
6.35PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 12.00, 3.40 & 7.20PM; CARNIVAL 9.40PM; LUXE 6.30PM; ROHINI 1.00 & PVR VR 9.40PM; ESCAPE 9.45PM
AGS T NAGAR 3.15 & 9.50PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 7.00PM; INOX NATIONAL 6.30PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY GEMINI MAN (U/A) ★★★
12.05, 3.35 & 7.05PM; CARNIVAL 11.30AM, 2.45, 7.05 MALL 12.00PM; MAYAJAAL 12.00PM; MALLIGA 58888 Code: gem
& 10.15PM; INOX NATIONAL 3.50 & 6.20PM; INOX 11.15AM, 2.15 & 6.15PM; INOX CHANDRA METRO Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen,
MARINA MALL 12.20, 4.05 & 6.45PM; KASI TALKIES 6.30PM; LAKSHMI BALA 11.45AM, 2.45, 6.45 & Benedict Wong, Ralph Brown, Linda Emond
7.30PM; LUXE 12.05, 3.20, 6.35 & 10.15PM; PVR AMPA 10.00PM A hitman close to retirement is chased by a younger ver-
MALL 12.45, 3.30 & 9.45PM; PVR GRAND GALADA WAR (U/A) ★★★ sion of himself.
12.15, 4.00 & 6.30PM; PVR GRAND MALL 1.15 & (Dubbed in Tamil) MAYAJAAL 3.45 & 8.45PM; AGS NAVLUR 7.35 &
6.50PM; PVR VR 12.00, 3.20, 6.35 & 9.50PM; ROHINI 58888 Code: war 10.20PM; AGS T NAGAR 4.20PM; INOX THE MARINA
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PERAMBUR 3.25, 6.45 & 10.15PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA CARNIVAL 4.00PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL MALL 7.45PM; INOX CHANDRA METRO 3.30PM; PVR
7.10PM; SATHYAM 12.35, 4.00 & 7.20PM; INOX CITI 12.35PM; KASI TALKIES 5.10PM; LUXE 12.40PM; PVR VR 1.30 & 7.30PM; ESCAPE 12.50 & 9.45PM; S2
CENTRE 7.05 & 10.05PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL AMPA MALL 12.40PM; PVR GRAND GALADA 3.20PM; PERAMBUR 3.55PM; PVR HERITAGE 4.15 & 10.15PM;
12.45, 3.30 & 6.45PM; SIVASAKTHI 6.30PM; PVR GRAND MALL 10.30PM; ROHINI 1.00, 4.00 & SATHYAM 3.45PM; INOX NATIONAL 3.30PM; INOX CITI
VIGNESHWARA 7.15PM; SANGAM 3.45 & 7.10PM; 10.30PM; INOX CITI CENTRE 12.10PM; PVR SKLS CENTRE 7.20PM; PALAZZO (IMAX) 11.40AM, 5.20 & SCREENING
DEVI 12.45, 4.00 & 7.15PM; KAMALA 7.15PM; GALAXY MALL 6.30PM; SRI NATARAJA 11.30AM, 2.30, 11.00PM; LUXE (IMAX) 2.10 & 8.10PM 17th Chennai International Film Festival: Screening of MUSIC
UDHAYAM 3.00 & 6.45PM; RAKKI 11.30AM, 3.00, 6.30 6.30 & 10.00PM; INOX CHANDRA METRO 12.10PM; Taiwanese film ‘Who Killed Cock Robin?’ directed by Wei-Hao
JOKER (A) ★★★★½ Concert: By Bangalore Brothers with BU Ganesh Prasad
& 10.15PM; VETRI 6.40PM; KK 11.30AM & 4.30PM; GOPIKRISHNA 4.45PM; MAYAJAAL 10.10PM Cheng, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, at Alliance Française of
58888 Code: jok on violin, HS Sudhinthra on mridangam and BS
MEENAKSHI 11.30AM; NATIONAL THEATRE 11.15AM, Madras, 24, College Road, Opposite Good Shepherd School,
HINDI Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Brian Purushotham on ghatam, at 6.15pm, at Arkay Convention,
2.45, 6.30 & 10.00PM; PARIMALAM 11.45AM & Subba Road Avenue, Nungambakkam.
CHHICHHORE (U/A) ★★★½ Tyree Henry OMS Lakshana, RH Road, Luz, Mylapore.
6.30PM; SREE ROJA 2.30, 6.30 & 9.45PM; SRK
CINEMAS 11.15AM & 6.15PM; VVM 11.30AM, 2.30, 58888 Code: chh The origin tale of the Joker — one of the most iconic vil-
Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun lains in comic book history.
6.30 & 9.30PM ART A Grain Of Truth: Curated by Jitha Karthikeyan, this exhibition
Sharma, Tushar Pandey, Prateik Babbar, Tahir Raj MAYAJAAL 12.30, 3.05, 5.40 & 8.15PM; AGS NAVLUR
OTHTHA SERUPPU SIZE 7 (U) ★★★ Raghav, son of high achieving parents, succumbs to the 12.55, 3.45 & 10.35PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 3.30 &
Lily Festival: Artist M Ramu is exhibiting his paintings, at Sri will be a treat for art aficionados, featuring works by artists like
58888 Code: oth Sulakshna Art Gallery, 109, IOA Complex, 69/35, Royapettah High K Sudheesh, Binu Bhaskar and PP Pradeep, at The Art, 41,
pressure that comes with cut-throat entrance exams. As 10.45PM; AGS T NAGAR 4.00 & 10.35PM; AGS Kasthuri Ranga Road, Alwarpet, from 11am to 6pm, till
Parthiban Radhakrishnan Road, Royapettah, from 11am to 8pm, till October19.
he battles for life in a hospital, his parents regroup with VILLIVAKKAM 3.50 & 10.40PM; CARNIVAL 6.50; INOX October 31.
An emotionally unstable murder suspect explains the Gallery Collection: Paintings and sculptures by various artists,
their friends after decades. Together, this older genera- THE MARINA MALL 12.30, 3.55, 7.15 & 10.20PM; KASI Sensation: A group show curated by Ganesh Selvaraj, at Gallery
modus operandi behind the crimes he had committed to at Forum Art Gallery, 57, 5th Street Padmanabha Nagar, Adyar,
tion, goes on a nostalgia trip, reminiscing their college TALKIES 2.10PM; LUXE 11.05AM, 1.45, 4.30, 7.20 & Veda, 4/22, Rutland Gate, 5th Street, Nungambakkam, from
a few cops, which leads to an intriguing revelation. from 10.30am to 6.30pm, till October 19.
days, hoping their bittersweet memories will help save a 10.05PM; PVR AMPA MALL 1.00, 3.45, 6.30 & 9.30PM; 11am to 7pm (except Tuesday) and 12pm to 6pm on Sundays, till
INOX THE MARINA MALL 10.40PM; LUXE 7.00PM; PVR Re-Membering Time: Students from the Department of
teenager, who has now lost all will to live. PVR GRAND GALADA 1.15, 4.30 & 10.45PM; PVR November 18.
AMPA MALL 3.30PM; PVR VR 7.15PM; ESCAPE Sculpture, Government College of Fine Arts, Kumbakonam are
PVR VR 4.15PM; ESCAPE 10.30PM; SATHYAM 7.05PM GRAND MALL 1.15, 4.15 & 10.45PM; PVR VR 2.15, Retrospective: An exhibition by Lucknow-based artist Jai
10.00PM; PALAZZO 3.20PM; SATHYAM 1.00PM; PVR exhibiting their artworks, at Inko Centre, 18, Adyar Club Gate
DREAM GIRL (U/A) ★★★ 5.00, 7.45 & 10.30PM; ROHINI 4.00 & 10.30PM; Road, from 10am to 6pm, till October 20. Krishna Agarwal, at Varija Gallery, DakshinaChitra, SH 49,
HERITAGE 7.30PM; SRI VENKATESWARA 2.00 &
58888 Code: dre ESCAPE 12.45, 4.00 & 7.25PM; S2 PERAMBUR 4.30 & Hues Of Blue: Art exhibition by around 50 artists to create men- Muttukadu, from 10am to 6pm, till November 30.
6.15PM
Ayushmann Khurrana, Nushrat Bharucha, Vijay Raaz, 10.40PM; SATHYAM 12.40, 6.50 & 9.50PM; INOX tal health awareness, at The Ink Art Gallery, 25/14, Anna Salai
PETROMAX (U/A) ★★½ Annu Kapoor, Nidhi Bisht, Manjot Singh NATIONAL 1.00 & 7.10PM; INOX CITI CENTRE 3.55 & MUSIC
Road, Macmillan Colony, Nanganallur, from 11am to 8pm, till Bosque Magico: Indo jazz folk fusion by RA Ramamani with Ralf
58888 Code: pet Desperate to find employment, Karam picks up a job as 10.15PM; PALAZZO (IMAX) 2.25 & 8.10PM; LUXE October 20. Siedhoff, Mykyta Sierov and Karthik Mani, at 7pm, at Goethe-
Tamannaah, KSG Venkatesh, Munishkanth, Kaali ‘Pooja’ at a call center for sex chats, keeping most peo- (IMAX) 5.10 & 11.10PM Singularly South: Exhibition of paintings by senior artists of Institut Auditorium, 5th Street, Rutland Gate.
Venkat, TSK, Sathyan, Yogi Babu, Prem, Mime Gopi ple in his life in the dark about the nature of his work. How TELUGU Chennai in the memory of sculptor S Nandagopal, at ArtWorld,
A man, who fails to sell his house owing to spirit posses- THEATRE
sion surrounding it, offers huge sum to four people to
long can he keep it up before everyone including his girl- RDX LOVE (A) ★★½ 1/12 Ganeshpuram 3rd Street, Teynampet, from 10.30am to
friend and father find out? Nagaram Muzuvathum Nalthorum Nadakam Season 2:
58888 Code: rdx 6.30pm, till October 27.
prove that the building is not haunted by any evil spirit. ESCAPE 4.05PM; SATHYAM 10.15PM Performance of ‘Sri Bhaktha Thukaram’, at 6.30pm, at Bharatiya
Payal Rajput, Tejas Kancherla (Im)Possibilities: Solo exhibition by Vijay Pichumani, at Art Houz,
AGS NAVLUR 1.15 & 7.45PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL Vidya Bhavan, 18,19, 20,21,22, E Mada St, Vinayaka Nagar
THE SKY IS PINK (U/A) ★★★½ Alivelu is a village belle who is a campaigner for govern- 123, Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, from 11am to 7pm, till
7.05 & 10.55PM; AGS T NAGAR 12.45 & 7.15PM; AGS Colony, Mylapore.
58888 Code: sky ment welfare schemes and reaches out to chief minister October 31.
VILLIVAKKAM 12.00, 7.00 & 10.35PM; CARNIVAL
11.10AM, 1.55 & 7.40PM; INOX NATIONAL 3.40 & Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim, for his help with a cause. How the son of a prominent
Events are subject to last-minute changes
10.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 12.50, 7.00 & Rohit Sharaf man meets her and how she solves the problem her vil-
10.10PM; KASI TALKIES 5.10, 8.10 & 11.10PM; LUXE Soon after she is born, Aisha is diagnosed with SCID, a lage faces forms the crux of the tale.
1.35, 4.35, 6.30 & 9.30PM; PVR GRAND GALADA 12.00 rare genetic disorder that is life threatening. Her parents,
Aditi and Niren make it their life’s mission to do whatev-
CARNIVAL 7.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 3.10PM;
KASI TALKIES 8.20PM; LUXE 9.35PM; ESCAPE
IF IT ISN’T HERE, IT ISN’T HAPPENING!
& 6.50PM; PVR GRAND MALL 4.45 & 10.40PM; PVR VR
er it takes to make her survive for as long as possible. 12.50PM; PALAZZO 12.55PM; ROHINI 1.00PM; AGS
1.00, 4.15 & 10.05PM; ROHINI 1.00 & 7.00PM; ESCAPE
12.20, 6.55 & 10.30PM; S2 PERAMBUR 1.35 & 7.35PM; AGS NAVLUR 10.55PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 4.00PM; NAVLUR 10.30AM; PVR VR 10.40PM Mail your event details to us on: chennaitimes@timesgroup.com
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GALAXY MALL 3.30 & 9.15PM; REMY 12.30PM;
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PERAMBUR 10.05PM; SATHYAM 6.30PM; INOX
Narasimha Reddy is a palegaar whose blood boils at the Instagram: @ChennaiTimesTOI
10.55PM; DEVI 4.00 & 10.15PM; KAMALA 10.55PM; thought of the British East India Company looting his
EGA 12.30PM; UDHAYAM 12.00 & 10.15PM; MAYA- NATIONAL 9.50PM; INOX CITI CENTRE 6.45PM; MAYA- countrymen and treating them like second-class citizens.
JAAL 3.40, 4.30, 7.10 & 9.50PM; INOX CHANDRA JAAL 4.40PM; INOX CHANDRA METRO 9.50PM; PVR
What happens when he decides to kick-start a revolution
METRO 10.10AM, 3.40 & 10.10PM; MAYAJAAL HERITAGE 7.20PM
with the help of the very people who’re downtrodden?
WAR (U/A) ★★★
11.20AM, 4.20 & 9.20PM
PUPPY (U/A) ★★½ 58888 Code: war
INOX THE MARINA MALL 3.10 & 10.10PM; LUXE
3.45PM; PVR AMPA MALL 6.15PM; PVR VR 4.15 &
REGIONAL TELEVISION
58888 Code: pup Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff, Vani Kapoor, Ashutosh 10.40PM; ESCAPE 7.00PM; PALAZZO 6.50PM;
Rana, Dipannita Sharma MAYAJAAL 6.40PM COLORS 1030 Ellame En Sai 2200 Thazhampoo
Varun, Samyuktha Hegde, Yogi Babu, Marimuthu, 0600 Navarathri Naadha Vaibhavam 1100 Poovizhi Vasalile 2230 Adhey Kangal
Tiger Thangadurai, ‘Naan Kadavul’ Rajendran India’s super-soldier Kabir goes rogue after killing his MALAYALAM
0630 Kaalai Dharisanam 1130 Teleshopping
A final-year college student gets the shock of his life after handler on an assassination mission. Kabir's protégé MANOHARAM (U) ★★★½ ZEE TAMIL
Khalid is tasked with tracking his mentor down and 0700 Arputhangalin Aarambam 1200 Pengal Neram 0600 Aanimiga Sinthanai
knowing that he’s gonna become a father as his girlfriend 58888 Code: man
bringing him to justice. 0800 Nalvazhi Selvom 1230 Cinema Paarvai 0630 Olimayamana Ethirkaalam
shows positive pregnancy test result. How is he going to Vineeth Sreenivasan, Indrans, Delhi Ganesh
CARNIVAL 7.00PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 3.40PM; 0830 Perazhagi 1300 News 0800 Kolamavu Kokila Special
face his parents? Manoharan is a poster artist struggling to find respect for
LUXE 7.00PM; PVR AMPA MALL 7.15PM; PVR GRAND 0900 Mynaa 1330 Movie: Karnan 0930 Piriyadha Varam Vendum
AGS NAVLUR 1.40PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 11.30AM, his profession, after the advent of printing technology. He
GALADA 10.30PM; PVR GRAND MALL 7.15PM; PVR VR 0930 Malar 1700 Iyarkai Vaithiyam 1000 Sathya
4.20 & 10.35PM; AGS T NAGAR 1.10 & 6.40PM; AGS tries hard to get into the mainstream, by picking up
4.10 & 10.15PM; ESCAPE 3.45, 7.10 & 10.30PM; 1000 Galla Petti 1730 Endrendum Pattu Thalaivan 1030 Yaaradi Nee Mohini
VILLIVAKKAM 12.25, 3.35 & 9.50PM; CARNIVAL design software skills. Will he succeed?
1030 Thirumanam 1800 News
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SATHYAM 3.45 & 10.40PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL 1100 Oviya 1830 Ellame En Sai 1130 Kandukonden Kandukonden
3.20PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 1.10, 4.00 & 7.35PM; LUXE 10.15PM; PVR AMPA MALL 7.30PM;
7.00PM; DEVI 10.15PM; EGA 3.45 & 7.15PM; 1130 Sivagami 1900 Mann Vasanai 1200 Nachiyarpuram
10.25PM; KASI TALKIES 11.20 & 4.45PM; LUXE 12.55 PVR VR 10.30PM; PVR HERITAGE 7.00PM; MAYAJAAL
MAYAJAAL 3.20PM 1200 Perazhagi 1930 Poovizhi Vasalile 1230 Oru Oorula Oru Rajakumari
& 3.25PM; PVR GRAND GALADA 3.30 & 9.45PM; PVR 7.40PM
1230 Srimad Bhagavatham 2000 Movie: Vanathai Pola 1300 Devathayai Kanden
GRAND MALL 1.20 & 7.40PM; PVR VR 1.45, 4.40 & ENGLISH JAPANESE 1300 Malar
7.50PM; ROHINI 1.00 & 10.30PM; ESCAPE 4.30 & ABOMINABLE (3D) (U) ★★★½ SUN 1330 Niram Maaraadha Pookal
WEATHERING WITH YOU (U) 1330 Galla Petti
7.25PM; PALAZZO 12.35, 4.15 & 10.40; S2 PERAMBUR 58888 Code: abo 0600 Aalaya Vazhipaadu 1400 Irattai Roja
58888 Code: wea 1400 Thari 0630 Aanmiga Kathaigal 1430 Sembaruthi
12.40 & 7.20PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA 12.50PM; Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, James Hong ESCAPE 1.30PM; PVR VR 3.45PM; PVR HERITAGE 1430 Thirumanam
SATHYAM 1.10 & 10.35PM; GK 7.45AM; INOX CITI Teenager Yi and her friends Jin and Peng want to reunite 0645 Nalla Kaalam Pirakkudhu 1500 Piriyadha Varam Vendum
7.15PM 1500 Movie: The Karate Kid
CENTRE 1.00AM; REMY 10.00PM; VETRIVEL 7.15PM; Everest — the Yeti, with its family they encountered on 0730 News 1530 Zee Patalam
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WOODLANDS 3.15 & 10.00PM; SANGAM 1.00PM; DEVI the roof of her apartment. But first, they need to over- 1830 Oviya
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theatres in their show timings
1900 Thari 0845 Aaha Kalyanam 1800 Iniya Iru Malargal
UDHAYAM 12.00 & 10.15PM; MAYAJAAL a zoologist. 1930 Malar
11.10AM, 2.00, 7.00 & 10.05PM; PVR AMPA 1.45, 4.00 LUXE 4.10PM; PVR VR 7.20PM; PVR ECR 8.45PM; 0900 Daddy Arumugam 1830 Kandukonden Kandukonden
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1830 Killadi Rani 2200 Run 1800 Roja

Baby Stormi’s ‘little gift’ to Kylie Jenner

1930 News 2230 Arundhathi 1830 Akka Mogudu
2000 Jaya Star Singer 2300 Paandavar Illam 1900 Rendu Rellu Aaru
2130 Thenkinnam 2330 Movie: Coolie 1930 Abhilasha
2230 News VIJAY 2000 Pournami
2300 Movie: Vidivelli 0600 Prevention Cure Rejuvenation 2030 Bhagyarekha
KALAIGNAR 0700 Kallakal Champions 2100 Madhumasam
0600 Pudhu Paadal 0730 Super Singer 2130 Subhadra Parinayam
ylie Jenner recently engaged 0630 Teleshopping 0830 Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar 2200 Nandhini

K in a Q&A session with fans

on social media, where she
spoke about how she bounced back
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0730 News
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0830 Movie: Coimbatore Mappillai
0900 Ayutha Ezhuthu
0930 Thenmozhi BA Uratchi Mandra
Thalaivar
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2230 Movie: Abhimanyudu
ASIANET
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0630 Vanambadi
from her pregnancy, a website re- 1100 Poove Sempoove 1030 Pandian Stores 0700 Sabarimala Swami Ayyappan
ports. The reality TV star and beauty 1130 Dum Dum Dum 1100 Mouna Raagam 0730 Kannante Radha
mogul, who welcomed daughter Stor- 1200 Kannadi 1130 Aranmanai Kili 0800 Neelakkuyil
mi on February 1, said it wasn’t hard 1230 Indha Vaara Kalakalappu 1200 Vasool Vettai 0830 Seetha Kalyanam
getting back in shape. 1300 News 1300 Sundari Neeyum Sundaran 0900 Movie: Baba Kalyani
1330 Movie: Madurai Sambavam Naanum
“I snapped back pretty fast but it 1200 Taste Time
1700 Kannadi 1330 Ponnukku Thanga Manasu 1230 Unnimaya
was never the same and still isn’t. Once
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I accepted the change, my confidence 1800 Katrathu Kai Alavu 1430 Eeramaana Rojavey 1315 Vanambadi
came back. It just takes time,” she told 1830 News 1500 Thenmozhi BA Uratchi Mandra 1400 Seetha Kalyanam
a fan. 1900 Poove Sempoove Thalaivar 1430 Neelakkuyil
When asked if she had any stretch 1930 Dum Dum Dum 1530 Thazhampoo 1500 Pournamithinkal
marks and if she was seeking treat- 2000 Kannadi 1600 Kaatrin Mozhi 1530 Unnimaya
ment for them, she answered, “On my 2030 Thillu Mullu 1630 Bharathi Kannamma 1600 Taste Time
2100 Movie: Madurai Sambavam 1700 Eeramaana Rojavey
breasts, butt and thighs. I haven’t got- 1630 Best Of Start Music
RAJ 1730 Sundari Neeyum Sundaran 1700 Comedy Stars
ten rid of them... just accepted them Naanum
as a little gift from Stormi.” 0600 Jesus Calls 1800 Kannante Radha
0630 Vidiyal Puthithu 1800 Siva Manasula Sakthi 1830 Sabarimala Swami Ayyappan
The star also said that despite her 1830 Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar
0700 Sripuram Sri Narayani Peedam 1900 Seetha Kalyanam
recent breakup with Stormi’s father, 0730 News 1900 Ayutha Ezhuthu 1930 Neelakkuyil
rapper Travis Scott, she was eager to 0800 Telemart 1930 Mouna Raagam 2000 Vanambadi
have more kids. “I can’t wait to have 0830 Teleshopping 2000 Pandian Stores 2045 Kasthooriman
more babies, but not ready just yet,” 0930 Pudhu Reel 2030 Bharathi Kannamma 2115 Comedy Stars
Kylie Jenner with her baby, Stormi she wrote. 1000 Mann Vasanai 2100 Aranmanai Kili 2215 Unnimaya
2130 Kaatrin Mozhi
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VARIETY MONDAY 14 OCTOBER 2019

GROOVING TO HIP-HOP AND CARNATIC MUSIC AT THIS PARK Pics: Praveen Tyagarajan

E Martin M Karthikeyan

Audiences in rapt attention

WE PERFORMED iligent walkers and onlookers at the Bougainvil-
SONGS BASED ON
AMBAL, AND ALSO
D lea Park were treated to soulful music at the
Times of India Namma Chennai Chance-ey-
illa celebration recently. The concert was an initiative WE DID NOT KNOW IF
by Chennai Corporation’s Chennai UCCN to celebrate
DEVOTIONAL TAMIL the city’s addition to UNESCO’s creative cities net- THE PARK CROWD
SONGS. THE work for its rich musical tradition. This concert had WOULD ACCEPT HIP-HOP.
something for everyone. Carnatic music connoisseurs
RESPONSE FROM got to kick-start their morning with a performance
BUT WE KNEW IT WAS A
THE CROWD WAS by musician T Kalaimagan, while fans of the alter- HIT WHEN WE SAW PEO-
AMAZING nate genre vibed with country Tamil rock band
Kizhakkuvaasi and Chennai hip-hop collective
PLE WALKING IN... WE’RE
— T Kalaimagan Thamizh Hip Hop Underground. HAPPY TO SPREAD HIP-
“We performed classical and semi-classical
songs to focus on all audiences. The response
HOP AMONG THE OLDER
Rohith Sanjeev and Fredrick John was amazing. Audiences came up to us and told AND YOUNGER AUDIENCE
us that it was rare to hear such concerts in pub- — Sarthak Tiwari
lic venues,” said T Kalaimagan, who performed
along with M Karthikeyan on the keyboard
and E Martin on the tabla. Chanderan, who spread the importance of the five elements
performed as part of Kizhakkuvaasi, noted of hip-hop — graffiti, DJing, beatboxing, Samuel Joseph
that the indie Tamil music scene is in its nas- dancing and rapping — among audi-
cent stage in Chennai. “It was a great oppor- ences. Apart from the first two, we did the rest
tunity,” said Chanderan, who performed with at the concert.” He performed along with
Solomon (on the keyboard) and Goel Wesley P.e.a.c.e Hiphop Group, Rohith Sanjeev, Arjun
(on the drums). Sarthak Tiwari, who per- Manohar, Samuel Joseph A and George Berlin.
formed as part of the Thamizh Hip Hop Un- Budding talents from the city can register at
derground, added, “Our intention was to www.chanceyilla.in

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— Chanderan
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ARCHIE GARFIELD BIRTHDAY TODAY for a while before

PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz NANCY By Guy and Brad Gilchrist ARIES March 20 - April 18 A
change in your family situation has
made you realise where your true
values lie. Your initiative plus your
organisational skills mean that you
and your partner will have an un-
believable time.You are grateful for
all of your experiences.
TAURUS April 19 - May 19 Some
career choices have to be made
before an important opportunity.
You may have a tendency to blame
others and this could work against
MARVIN
THE DAILY CROSSWORD you.Take a better look at the situ-
ation and things will become clear-
er than ever. A very exciting new
relationship could begin.
GEMINI May 20 - June 20 Your
life may be in need of organisation.
If you are single, you are likely to
meet someone who interests you
romantically.Be accountable if mis-
takes have been made. You tend
to plunge into your emotions in the
present relationship.
MINDBENDER CANCER June 21 - July 21 One
of your associates knows just how
angry,hurt,or agitated you are with
There is a frog stuck in a 60-foot well. a particular individual,and this per-
son deliberately tries to upset you.
How many days will it take the frog to This isn’t a good time to take risks.
get out if for every day he jumps five Use common sense when trying
you act upon it.Take
Y ou may have to multi-task at
the workplace to meet dead-
lines. Go about your work with
pleasure in knowing
that what has been
tact.
Tip: Your lucky colours are sap- an ongoing and of-
phire, blue, gold, bronze, ten painful saga has
yellow and orange. Your lucky finally ended.
gems are sapphire, pearl, SAGITTARIUS No-
diamond and moonstone.
You share your birthday with: vember 21-De-
Gautam Gambhir cember 20 You
have faith that you
to make decisions.Pay attention to are on the right track toward man-
nutrition and exercise. ifesting the kind of romantic part-
LEO July 22 - August 21You may nership that you have dreamed of.
want to ask yourself what are the The environment you are exposed
attainable opportunities that you to is group-oriented, focusing on
truly want.You may need to revise fun.This day may bring some peace
your budget to get on top of recent to your worried soul.
overspending. This is a good time CAPRICORN December 21 -
to bring discipline into your life.Tried January 19 You may find yourself
and tested methods may be the in a dreamy mood today. It is eas-
route to take. ier to deal with the facts when you
VIRGO August 22 - September find them.Help your friends to find
21 You may find that the relation- a new understanding.You will have
ships in your life begin to suffer.Try a few commitments.
setting your goals a little more re- AQUARIUS January 20 - Febru-
alistically so that you have enough ary 18 Express your feelings to oth-
time for the really important things ers, reflect and meditate until you
in life. Practicality will be required achieve a sufficiently balanced psy-
to keep on top of things. chological state. Conflict is in the
LIBRA September 22 - October air at the moment as you decide to
22 Work slowly and methodically put your foot down and stand up
while keeping your goals in mind. for what you want. Make an effort
Indulge yourself by contemplating to stay in touch with yourself.
the dynamics of your family. You PISCES February 19 - March 19
may experience some closures that Expect some travel and a lot of ex-
make you take note of the more pansion of knowledge. You may
serious side of life. Focus on situ- find it easier to identify what your
ations that are out of balance. purpose in being is.This day offers
SCORPIO October 23 - November you valuable time to reflect upon
20 During your daily meditations, the effect that working outside of
you may find a greater depth of the home has on you and your loved
meaning. Allow yourself to reflect ones.

feet up, he falls back three feet? SPELLATHON

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Today’s Ratings:
Solve the four anagrams and move one letter to each square to 07-average 08-good
form four ordinary words 10-outstanding
LOOP THE LOOP HOW TO PLAY
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may be used once only. Each word must con-
tain the central letter. There should be at least
one seven letter word. Plurals, foreign words
The ___ is always ____ You just don't and proper names are not allowed. British
English Dictionary is used as reference.
see it. - Bodhidharma (4,.,7)

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TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP

Rules
■ Connect adjacent
dots with
vertical or horizontal
lines, creating a sin-
gle loop (Fig A).
■ Crossover’s or (Fig A) Not allowed (Fig B)
branches are not
allowed (As shown by the dotted Now there is a cross in one space
lines in Fig B). around 3. So we know the three
■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate lines of 3 can only be drawn in the
the number of lines that should remaining three spaces. Next,
surround it, while empty cells may these lines can only be
be surrounded by any number of extended in one direction each.
Level: Medium Continue, using the same logic.
lines.
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HOW TO PLAY zeroes. ties by marking crosses in spaces
Fill in the grid so that every horizontal row, every vertical ■ Each puzzle has just one unique between dots where a line isn’t stilt, linden, armpit SPELLATHON: MINDBENDER: 29 days. The
column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without solution. possible, i.e., if you have already
repeating the numbers in the same row, column or How to begin: Example (Fig A) - completed required lines or where
Answer: The mind is annul, lunar, lure, neural, last jump he was out of
box.You can’t change the digits already given in the grid. Begin with the zero next to 3. Since a line extension may create a always present. You just rule, rune, ulna, the well so he did not
Every puzzle has one solution. no lines can be drawn around zero, branch or cause a dead-end
mark crosses around it, as shown. (Fig B). don't see it. - UNLEARN, unreal, urea fall three feet back!
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RELATIONSHIP CHENNAI TIMES
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feel is right and good.
But this lovely message
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plethora of moments
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bucket is constantly
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‘There have been huge changes in the
filming of international movies in India’
...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
NOLAN’S TENET GOT SHOOTING
PERMISSIONS IN A WEEK
A foreign filmmaker, on an average, has to
get over 31 licences to shoot a film in India.
However, in the last four years, the I&B min-
istry, through FFO, has worked to reduce
the time taken to procure permits for for-
eign crews.
Pravesh Sahni, India producer of films
like Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, and Hotel
Mumbai, says, “The FFO has smoothened
the process for international projects and
it has helped more international filmmak-
ers shoot in India. After getting permits to
shoot in India, we have to apply to local
agencies for shooting at that particular lo-
cation. The facilitators and infrastructure
scenario is improving in India. These days,
the permits are being issued faster. In the
last couple of years, they’ve brought tremen-
dous change in the filming for international
films in India.”
Last month when Christopher Nolan
came to shoot his upcoming film Tenet in
Mumbai, he got the permission within a
week. Dileep Singh Rathore, the India pro-
ducer of Tenet, says, “I recently completed
a seven-day schedule of Christopher Nolan’s
Tenet in India, and it was only possible be-
cause we got the permissions in time. As
someone who has faced a lot of trouble in
getting permissions in the past, now, it feels
like a red carpet has been rolled out for for-
eign projects in India.”
As foreign filmmakers often want to cap-
ture aerial scenes, a separate department
has been introduced to cater to these re-
quests. The Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) provides permission for
aerial shootings in the country. Dileep Singh
Rathore adds, “A few years back, to get per-
mission to shoot a helicopter scene for
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followed by a Carnatic Concert b y Dr. S. Sowmya. The event will conclude
with the felicitation of the Chance-ey i.lla Golu contest winners.
19`h October, 5:30 pm onwards
at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha , T. Nagar, Chennai.
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on a first-come-first-serve basis from 10 am to 6 pm
Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (which had
some scene shot in Jodhpur), I had applied
five months in advance, but I never got per-
mission. But for Tenet, we got the permis-
sion to use a helicopter very quickly.”
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MHA and the MEA, and introduced a spe-
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Alan McAlex, the India producer of two
international projects, one being shot in
UP and another film scheduled for shoot in
Ahmedabad next month, says, “Quick visa
clearances for the foreign crews is one of
the reasons why more foreign filmmakers
are coming to shoot in India. For shooting
in India, foreign filmmakers have to get
clearance from the I&B Ministry. The min-
istry officials coordinate with the Indian
embassies abroad, and help in getting visa
clearances faster.”
Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House
was shot in several locations in
India, including Delhi
Carnatic Concert by
DR. S. SOWMYA
BACKBEAT MONDAY 14 OCTOBER 2019
(Left) Dimple Kapadia
shoots for Christopher
Nolan’s upcoming film,
Tenet, in Mumbai; (right) The
crew shooting a scene of
Garth Davis’ Lion, starring
Dev Patel, in India
Several scenes of Anthony
Maras’ Hotel Mumbai
(above) and Gurinder Chad-
ha’s TV series, Beecham
House, were shot in the
country
PREVIOUS PROJECTS WHICH EARNED
INDIA A BAD REPUTATION
In 2012, the Ministry of Railways did not give permission to shoot an action sequence
on top of a moving train for the James Bond movie, Skyfall, because they felt that In-
dia would be shown in a poor light. The 2018 release, Mission: Impossible - Fallout,
the sixth in the series, which opens with a scene in Kashmir and ends with it too,
didn’t get the required permissions to shoot in the valley. So director Christopher Mc-
Quarrie created Kashmir in New Zealand. He was quoted as saying, “It was a pretty
crazy sequence. People were very nervous about us coming there and doing that. So
while we were shooting in New Zealand, we still had this (feel)... We liked the flavour
MAKING SHOOTING IN INDIA EASIER
of India, so (somehow) we managed to put it in (the film).” Line producers tell us that FOR FOREIGN FILMMAKERS
for every film which doesn’t get permission to shoot in India, or its shooting gets dis- Myriad clearances would often scare, confuse, or simply tire out interna-
rupted, it stops five other filmmakers from shooting in the country. tional filmmakers looking to work in India. To remove the red tape in-
volved in obtaining filming permits in India, the Film Facilitation Office
(FFO), operated by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC),
For foreign filmmakers, getting the per- worked on Homeland,and is currently work- which is the single window clearance system for international film shoots
mission to shoot in India used to take five- ing on two international shows, says, “We in India, subsequently went online. In 2017, at the Cannes Film Festival, In-
six months, which has now reduced to three- have been discussing the timelines of shoots dia specially focused on promoting film tourism and encouraging
four weeks. with the ASI. The official time is from 6am, international studios to shoot in the country.
TEMPORARY IMPORT OF but to capture the sunrise at 6am, the crew
needs to set up at 4am. Similarly, for airport
FILMING EQUIPMENT shoots, the permissions process takes weeks The production houses say that incen-
For foreign filmmakers, the biggest hur-
to months. Another problem that we face tives also help in attracting a number of in-
dle to shooting in India is customs clear- is that multiple permissions are needed dependent foreign filmmakers who submit
ance because they have to import film
from railways because it is divided into dif- their work to film festivals, and it can po-
shooting equipment temporarily. Dileep ferent zones — a centralised system will sition India better on the map of shooting
Singh Rathore says, “For Tenet, we had to
help filmmakers.” locations.
bring IMAX cameras and other equipment. To shoot at a railway station or on the
When foreign filmmakers bring equip- IS INDIA A DESTINATION FOR
railway tracks, permission is needed from
ment to India they have to spend a lot of the zone the station or the track falls in. For FOREIGN FILMMAKERS?
time in getting customs clearance. While Alan McAlex says, “When a foreign film-
some areas, permission is needed from two
this time the process was very smooth, the zones, which doubles the fee. During the maker decides to shoot in India, it is be-
temporary import of filming equipment cause the script demands it. We can defi-
shooting of Lion at Khandwa, the produc-
has been a big problem area for us.” ers had to get permission from two zones. nitely say that more foreign filmmakers are
interested in filming in India, but India is
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