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Intentions fine, outcomes key: PC tells Pak The unending
NEWS BRIEFS

Child Dead In Bldg
Collapse body is questioning the intentions. We are looking at the
outcomes. We are looking at the outcomes. Outcomes
gridlock
MUMBAI: A four-storeyed alone will decide if we are on the right track.” Addressing
building in Kurla’s Qureshi PTI
the media with Malik at the conclusion of the SAARC Inte-
Nagar collapsed on an adjoin- rior Ministers’ Conference, Chidambaram listed the “out- PAKISTAN JULY 19
ing chawl lote on Wednesday, comes” as vigorous investigation and follow up of 26/11 The India-Pakistan peace process
killing a six-year-old boy and leads, bringing to book the masterminds and the handlers has hit a new low. The latest round of talks
injuring four others. Locals al- of the attack, and ensuring that the terrorists don’t have a held in Islamabad last week at foreign minis-
lege the building was originally free run. ters' level has only exacerbated the situation,
a ground-floor structure to Malik said that the FIA of Pakistan and CBI of with both countries drifting further apart over
which four floors had been India will interact on terror and the 26/11 attacks. the modalities and content of their dialogue.
added illegally. Chidambaram did not say whom New Delhi The outcome was not unexpected, though it
wants to be prosecuted in Pakistan. But Indian authorities did disappoint people on both sides of the
Konkan Railway- had earlier pointed to Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz border.
Saeed. Given the troubled history and
Services Affected complex nature of India-Pakistan relations,
MUMBAI: Severe rain on Mon- even Paul, the octopus, would have predicted
day prevented Konkan railway this deadlock. At the joint press conference
fron resorting services by July which kept the media and people waiting for
30. Nine trains were cancelled several hours, the two foreign ministers pro-
as the regon recieved 220 mm duced no surprises. Following their extended
of rain. Services have been “We know that seven people are being prose- "frank and candid" talks, they admitted in no
disrupted since July 17. less candid manner that the trust gap which
Chidambaram giving speech at pakistan press conference cuted in the case. How far the prosecution has pro-
their prime ministers wanted them to bridge
gressed is for the Pakistan government to say.” Observing
DHAVAL DAVE conviction that this will be done”.
Nepal top court To try and reduce the trust “deficit”, both sides that the trial was adjourned for a week today, Chi- was too wide to be bridged.
PAKISTAN,JULY 19 dambaram said: “We think more people behind the at- If anything, the grim reality of India-
confirms Sobhrj Asking Pakistan to hunt down and prosecute
sought to be present a united front against the terror.
tacks and more people should be prosecuted. That point Pakistan relations was at full display at the Is-
Pakistan Interior minister Rehman Malik prom-
conviction more people behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Union
ised a logical end to the 26/11 trial currently under way in has been made to the Pakistani government and as I lamabad meeting and is still echoing in press
Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the two coun- said, I wish to remain positive on the outcome of the statements emanating from both capitals.
KATHMANDU: The Supereme his country. And Chidambaram said: “We are both agreed
tries had agreed to “address the situation with the serious- meeting with Rehman Malik.” Mistrust and apprehensions on both sides are
Court of Nepal confirmed the that the outcome will be good for both the countries. No-
ness it deserves” and he was returning home “with the deep-rooted and will not evaporate simply by
conviction of Charles Sobhraj
their trying to blow out the flames. The trust

Kashmir: defusing the crisis
by two lower courts, and uheld
deficit will not go without the real issues being
the life sentence awarded to
addressed. India and Pakistan cannot go
himfor the murder of a tourist in
right into the fire to extinguish it at its source.
1975.
The crux of the matter is that India
FREDDY SINGRAJA Real trouble started on
remains adamant in its refusal to return to the
‘1 in 2 Pakistanis KASHMIR June 11, when the police fired a
stalled process of the "composite dialogue"
teargas shell at a 17-year-old stu-
think India greatest The protest wave that gripped the Kashmir Val-
dent, Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, from
that two countries had started in June 1997
ley has abated with the calling in of the army. But public with an agreed eight-item agenda and a
threat’ anger against the killing of 15 young Kashmiris, including
close range, puncturing his skull
structured mechanism. This was the first time
and killing him. As protests snow-
WASHINGTON: An opinion a 9-year-old boy, isn’t likely to vanish soon. The restora- in their 50-year history that the two countries
balled, the CRPF became more
poll by Pew Research Centre tion of order has claimed a high price: the army had to be had agreed formally on pursuing as a
brutal. On June 13, it beat up a 25
shows 53% Pakistanis con- called into Kashmir for crowd control for the first time process an integrated and sustained dialogue
year-old man to death. It vengefully
sider India the greatest threat, since the azaadi movement erupted in 1989. to address their outstanding issues, including
targeted teenagers in Srinagar, So-
much more than Taliban(23%). The Kashmir crisis has shown not just Chief Jammu and Kashmir.
pore and Baramulla. On July 6, it
Minister Omar Abdullah but the Indian state at its worst. The period between 1997 and
hit a 17-year-old student in the
Dinakaran transfer- Instead of defusing the turmoil by diplomacy and dia-
head with rifle butts. It denied hav-
1999 saw significant developments in the
logue, the Home Ministry inflamed the situation with its India-Pakistan peace process in the form of
rred to Sikkim High crude militaristic approach. Absent remedial measures,
ing arrested him. His body was
several summit-level meetings between the
found the next day.
Court popular alienation could again generate pervasive unrest
As mosques started belt-
two countries, on the sidelines of the UN an-
and mass insurgency in Kashmir. nual sessions and other regional and interna-
NEW DELHI: Karnataka High ing out azaadi songs on loud-
The recent protests were triggered by the dis- tional conferences.
Court Chief Justice P D Di- speakers, Abdullah panicked and
closure in May of the Machil “encounter”, in which an These high-level contacts between
nakaran, facing impeachment called in the army, bowing to the
army major had three innocent men killed. He falsely India and Pakistan led to the Lahore Summit
over charges of corruption, has home ministry’s pressure. Harsh media censorship was
claimed they were terrorists. About the same time, the Abdullah is inexperienced in Kashmir politics and impervi- in February 1999, at which Prime Ministers
been moved to Sikkim HC. imposed. Even Facebook messages were criminalised as
J&K government admitted, for the first time ever, that the ous to advice. He hasn’t fulfilled his promise to set up Nawaz Sharif and Atal Behari Vajpayee
“waging war” against the state.
army had forced civilians in North Kashmir into hard elected local bodies (Kashmir has no district-level govern- signed the historic Lahore Declaration, a gen-
Yet, until July 12, nothing was done to soothe
labour, night patrolling and other operations, without pay- ment). There’s a yawning divide between the NC-Con- uine breakthrough in the history of the two
hurt sentiments or inquire into police excesses. Abdullah
ing wages. gress alliance and the people. Young protesters have countries. They provided the needed political
didn’t mobilise his own MLAs or eminent citizens. He be-
According to independent MLA, Engineer filled the vacuum. The situation has presented the two impetus to the peace process by deciding to
latedly called a meeting of mainstream parties. The main
Rashid, the entire male population of 24 villages was con- factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, both in a "intensify their efforts to resolve all issues, in-
opposition, the People’s Democratic Party, boycotted it.
scripted into “humiliating” forced labour for up to 13 years. shambles, an opportunity to revive themselves. cluding the issue of Jammu and Kashmir,"
Meanwhile, the home ministry accused separatists and
The International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and through an accelerated process of their "com-
the Lashkar-e-Taiba of orchestrating the protests.
Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir recently claimed However, India’s central government is primarily respon- posite and integrated dialogue."
This was a red herring. The protests may not
there are 2,700 unmarked graves in North Kashmir, con- sible for the deterioration of the Kashmir situation. It’s the They also recognised that "an envi-
have all been spontaneous. But they undoubtedly re-
taining 2,943 bodies. centre which has deployed 4 million security personnel in ronment of peace and security" was in the
flected widespread resentment at state repression. The
Public anger at these disclosures erupted into the Valley. It defines the approach to security within which two countries' supreme interest and the reso-
separatists and the PDP tried to exploit the crisis politi-
an Intifadah-like movement. Youth pelted stones at police the state government operates. lution of all outstanding issues, including
cally. But they didn’t manufacture it. What triggered it was
and Central Reserve Police Force troops. These retali- Jammu and Kashmir, was essential for this
the CRPF-police brutality and the government’s cynical
ated by slinging stones, and worse, firing. This was im- The centre doesn’t comprehend three fundamental reali- purpose. This, indeed, was a high-water mark
attempt to cover up its mistakes. Abdullah was holidaying
permissible: civilised police don’t seek revenge against ties: widespread disaffection in the Valley; the emergence in India-Pakistan bilateral relations. In a sepa-
in Gulmarg as the protests gathered momentum. He only
civilians. of a young generation which grew up under militancy and rate MoU, the two countries agreed on a
took a one-day break.

4 more swine flu deaths in
Maharashtra
ROHAN SALVI In Kolhapur, a 55-year-old woman, identified as
MUMBAI Shalini Shivaji Patel died at the Chhatrapati Pramila
Raje hospital here today.
Four more people succumbed to the deadly Swine
The victim hailed from Ichalkaranji in the district
flu pandemic in the last 24 hours, with two deaths re-
and was admitted to the hospital yesterday in a seri-
ported in Aurangabad and one each in Kolhapur and
ous condition.
Nashik Districts of Maharashtra.
So far, 15 deaths due to Swine flu have been re-
In Aurangabad, two swine flu patients died at the
ported from the district since April one.
Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
Thirtyfive-year-old Dyneshwar Bankat Kale, a resi-
A Seventeen-year-old boy Jayesh Baban Jaldhar be-
dent of Sav village in Buldhana district, died last
came another victim of the HIN1 virus in Nashik yes-
night. Another victim, identified as Rambhau Damod-
terday.
har Ugade (50), hailing from Ambad in Jalna district,
was admitted to the special isolation ward of GMCH
A resident of Nasik Road, he was admitted to the Dr
on Monday night. He succumbed to the disease yes-
Zakir Hussain civil hospital on August 18.
terday at 0900 hrs, official sources said adding 31
people have so far died due to the disease since
A total of 17 people have lost their lives in the district
April this year.
since the last couple of months.
At present, 20 patients were undergoing treatment
at isolation ward of GMCH.

Rawal, Sampat address a ‘burning need’, pledge to donate skin
1
SOURABH DAS “Ever since I got t know suffer like that”, he trails off. make a series of documentary films,
MUMBAI, JULY 20 how easily skin donaton can save Sampat, a former the- in partnership with the National

PAGE As an actor, Paresh
Rawal, with his vast repertoire, is a
the lives of serious burns patients, I
have felt strongly about the issue.
atere, tv and film actor who now
holds a Ph. D in higher education,
Burns Institute’s skin bank, to ex-
plain the process of skin donayion

ANCHOR
Since I was already associated with believes if person like Rawal step and its mail fold benefits. The shoot-
role model for many. Now hi and his
the skin bank, this was the natural forward, they can help remove a big ing will begin by September.
wife Swaroop Sampat ae hoping t
progression,” says Rawal. hurdle in the way of medical wonder.
set an example in the real world, by
Skin grafting-the process “People are simply aware that they
Couple hope thier taking the rere pledge of donating
skin.
of laying a donor’s skin on a burns ca donate their skins and save mil- Ever since I got t know
gestures will moti- Rawal and Sampat, a for-
patients-has been shown to work lions of lives. There are thousonds of how easily skin dona-
wonders in the gravest of injuries. Indians pledging their organs. I’m
vate others to help
mer actor, have been closely associ-
Probe a bit further, the sure we wil see a lot volunteers if ton can save the lives
ated with the National Burns
Institute’s skin bank in Mumbai since
Rawal admits his cause has a per- this message is carried to the of serious burns pa-
save lives of burns sonal angle. Rawal saw “A close masses by those they love”, she
it was setup a year ago. Brand am-
friend” suffer from a severe burns in- says. tients
victim Rawal, Sampat made the pledge recently
bassadors of the bank, they signed
up to donate their skin a few month
jury. “It was a harrowing experience. Apart from hoping to Paresh Rawal
The person had 60% burns. Trust changing the mind sets, “In my own
ago.
me, its excruciating to watch people small way” Rawal is also plannong to

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Citybriefs Mumbai locals have AWS to avoid collision From The Front Page
The unending gridlock
Police rescues 11 child labour- number of nuclear and conventional
CBMs, including risk-reduction meas-
posite dialogue has been focused more
on terrorism than on the long-outstand-
ers from a hotel in Mumbai ures which have since been converted
into a formal agreement.
ing issues. India has managed to link the
dialogue process to Pakistan's ability or
VAIBHAV GALA otherwise to stop alleged "infiltration"
MUMBAI But the peace process initiated at La- from Pakistani territory.
The local police rescued eleven youngsters hore was soon interrupted by the Kargil
under the age of 18 from a hotel after they received a crisis; the region remained under dark What is evident is that India doesn't want
complaint that the owner had employed children. war clouds even after Kargil. While the to return to the composite dialogue and
The police raided the hotel and took the chil- world was focusing on the post-9/11 will talk to Pakistan only on its own
dren for a medical examination to a police hospital. campaign against terrorism, India, in terms. By doing so, it is only seeking to
The hotel owner, Ranji Shetty, in his defense said that: what appeared to be a show of redefine the India-Pakistan agenda with
"Before employing them we ask them about their age, brinkmanship, massed its armed forces the focus on terrorism alone. This also
they said that they are above 18. Some of them say that to the borders with Pakistan and the Line enables it to continue to exploit the inter-
they've been in the city for quite some time and to give of Control in Kashmir. national sentiment against terrorism and
them work, so we employed them." thereby keep Pakistan under constant
Shetty also said that he had asked the children A ceasefire at the LoC in November pressure.
2003, with several mutual confidence- Despite Pakistan's assurances
for proofs of their ages, but they said that they had left Mumbai local train plying between Churni Road and Marine Drive building measures. These included Pak- of full cooperation in investigating the
the documents in their native villages.The police had res-
cued 22 youngsters but half of them turned out to be PRITI SHARMA cabin. The device, thorugh a series local train slammed into another sta- istan's assurances that it will not let its Mumbai tragedy, India is fixated on ter-
of magnets and sensors, does not tionary one as it stood at Mahim sta- territory be used for terrorist activity on rorism, and refuses to return to the con-
over the age of 18. By Atul Pagare MUMBAI
allow a train to jump a red signal. tion's platform 1. The report of the or infiltration into the other side of the ference table even though the prime
Suburban trains in Mum-
However there have been enquiry that followed showed that it border. The CBMs, as well as constant ministers of the two countries in their
bai run by both Central and Western
Youngsters donate sperm to help Railway have installed in them what
is called as an Auxillary Warning
cases when the AWS has been
switched off. The system can be and
was the failure of the motorman as
the AWS was not working but the
pressure from influential outside powers,
led to the resumption of the stalled dia-
meetings at Sharm el-Sheikh and Thim-
phu had agreed on the resumption of di-
is switched off by the motormen if it same was not reported. Modified in- logue in January 2004, on the basis of alogue without it being linked to the
childless couples in Mumbai System (AWS). This system, say
senior railway officials, is as good as
is defective. However a motorman
needs to inform the control room if
structions on AWS included that
whenever the AWS was out of order
the Islamabad Joint Statement of Jan 6,
2004.
terrorism issue.
The India-Paksistan peace
an Anti-Collision Device ( ACD).
he is switching it off, said railway it should be reported to he EMU process will need to be sustained
The AWS is fitted in every
spokesman S C Mudgerikar. controller. Since then, the peace process has gone through constant international support
local trains and is in the motorman's
On August 9 last year, a through many ups and downs. Some and encouragement. It also requires per-
confidence-building measures were severance on the part of the two coun-
taken, including the Kashmir bus service tries. Dialogue and constructive

Indian Coast Guard rescues 28 crew of merchant ship near Mumbai and commercial exchanges, but their im-
plementation remained half-hearted. Be-
yond the atmospherics, there was no
engagement remain the only acceptable
means of conflict resolution. The two
countries must give peace a real
real progress. Despite all the attempted chance. The composite dialogue pro-
illusions of a forward movement, there vides them an irreplaceable mechanism
was no progress on the major issues of to address their outstanding issues in a
Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek and Wullar sustainable manner. Under pressure
MUMBAI:Youngsters in Mumbai donate sperm at the Barrage. from Washington, India is interested only
city's only sperm bank to help the barren couples. in talks for the sake of talks. Pakistan
According to Dilip Patil, Managing Director, Towards the end of his rule, Gen doesn't need talks that will lead us
Cryos International Sperm Bank, lot of precaution is Musharraf made unprecedented ges- nowhere. We must insist to build on the
taken while selecting the donors, because preserving of tures of flexibility, which remained unrec- ground already covered in the composite
samples is a very critical operation. The bank will be li- iprocated. He proposed a four-point dialogue since it began in June 1997. If
able not only to the donor but to the recipient clinics and out-of-the-box solution of the Kashmir India remains adamant in its approach,
the patients also. issue which involved dividing Kashmir Pakistan would be better off without dia-
The sperm banks also remunerate young into ethnic regions, and their demilitari- logue at this stage.
donors with sums between Rs. 500 to 1000, and give sation and self-rule. Butk, at least pub- Surely, nomenclature is not
them free reproductive health check-ups. licly, none of his gestures elicited any important, but the multidimensional
"It's a very good programme for our country, matching response from India. framework and comprehensive agenda
and also it's our responsibility to help other couples who that the existing process provides to the
do not have a child or the ability to produce," said Gau-
rav Chavan, a college student.
A crew member being rescued by ICS’s Chetak Helicopter In this period, the composite dialogue two countries for sustainable engage-
went through occasional hiccups, with ment, not only on normalization of mu-
"It is not harmful and every Indian who are ca- SEEMA AGARWAL Quadrant Maritime Private Limited 28 crews which included six for-
at about 8:50 p.m. yesterday that eigners in a daring act during the India dragging its feet every time there tual relations but also on crucial issues
pable to donate their sperm, specially youngsters, must MUMBAI was an incident that it could conveniently of peace and security involving nuclear
do it and must help the infertile couple," said Shailendra their vessel M.V Khalijia-3 is having dark hours in rough sea and heavy
The Indian Coast Guard blame on Pakistan. These incidents in- and conventional restraint and stabiliza-
Singh, college student. excessive flooding and requested rains," said Visfote.
has rescued a merchant vessel that cluded the train blasts in Mumbai on July tion, is irreplaceable. They must revert to
for assistance. A helicopter has also
was in distress on the high seas off 11, 2006, the Samjhota Express attack this process, no matter what they call it.
The Coast Guard re- been sent to the location to stop the
the country's western coast, thus of Feb 18, 2007, the attack on the Indian The current impasse is indeed
Vivek Oberoi meets specially abled saving 28 crewmembers, including
six foreigners.
gional headquarters operation cen-
ter promptly initiated the actions to
render assistance," said Visfote.
oil leakage from the vessel.
"Chetak helicopter is also
looking after the same thing and a
Embassy in Kabul on July 7, 2008, and,
finally, the Mumbai attacks of Nov 26
a gridlock to which India alone holds the
key. We do need peace and must pursue

children in Mumbai Narendra Visfote, Public
Relations Officer, Ministry of De-
fence disclosed this in Mumbai on
The Coast Guard's fast
patrol craft Subhadra Kumari
team is also there now and they are
seeing that some oil leakage that
that year. it, but we should not rush into hasty or
lopsided decisions which in the long run
Chauhan was immediately sent has happened and they are taking The dialogue remains suspended since may not be sustainable. In any case,
Monday. then because it suits India to keep Pak- one-sided peace will neither be durable
with adequate repair facilities, sub- all types of precautions," added Vis-
He said that the UK reg- istan under pressure while this country is nor honourable.
mersible pumps and divers to ex- fote.
istered vessel M.V Khalijia-3, fully playing a crucial role as a battleground
tend help to the ship in distress, he
loaded with 30,000 ton steel coils, in the global war on terror. In fact, after
said. The rescue operation lasted for six
was sailing to Mumbai from China its January 2004 resumption, the com-
"On arrival, the Coast hours. The incident took place
and had requested for assistance.

Kashmir: defusing the crisis
Guard ship went along side the about six nautical miles from Mum-
"Indian Coast Guard re-
merchant vessel and evacuated all bai Port.
ceived a rescue call from Messrs
counter-insurgency; and the futility of vi- Second, recent violence, in-
olent crowd-control methods. cluding the 2008 Amarnath yatra im-
US fears another Mumbai type attack to Many in the Indian establish-
ment interpreted the 60 per cent turnout
broglio, and protests against the 2009
Shopian “rape” and “murder” of two
ignite Indo-Pak war in the 2008 J&K Assembly elections as
popular approval of Kashmir’s integra-
women, has followed tactical errors by
the government. Mindless repression of
PTI alongwith the Obama administra- provided support to the Mumbai at- tion with India. True, the elections were protests, within a climate of distrust, cre-
The United States has tion is focussed on making sure tackers, Mullen said that after the largely free and fair. But the people prob- ated large-scale turmoil — even though
expressed fears of yet another "this doesn't happen again". incident he had conveyed his ably voted in a more friendly local gov- the Shopian rape and murder didn’t hap-
Mumbai type attack on India aimed He pointed out that the "grave concern" to that country, in- ernment which would buffer them from pen.
at igniting a war with Pakistan. Mumbai terror attack showed that cluding the leadership of the ISI. the centre. This shouldn’t be confused The new generation grew up
Talking to media persons how a handful of militants could Mullen also acknowl- with endorsement of the larger status in a climate of militancy and repression.
on his special aircraft enroute to have a "strategic impact" and bring edged that the Obama administra- quo. Many have suffered deaths in the family
New Delhi, US Joint Chiefs of Staff two nuclear powered nations on the tion has certain 'disagreements' Disaffection with India persists or seen their mothers and sisters humili-
Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, threshold of a full-scale military with the ISI over its alleged links in J&K — although there is growing dis- ated. Unemployment is rampant in the
while praising India for showing re- conflict. with militant organisations fighting enchantment with the militancy too. Ac- Valley and young people face a bleak
straint after the ghastly 26/11 at- "One of the things that against the US led allied forces in cording to a first-of-its-kind survey of prospect. The government hasn’t cre-
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi met children tacks, said that extremists may try struck me then and is still of great Afghanistan. 3,700 people, conducted in September- ated conditions for a better life for them.
suffering from autism here on Friday to make them to repeat the incident that left 166 concern is that those terrorists "The United States October 2009 by the London-based For them, pelting stones means defying
cheerful.Oberoi made his presence in the 'Arts in Motion' dead and over 300 injured. could bring two countries closer (to sometimes seeks "certain clarifica- Chatham House think-tank, less than 1 the Indian state — necessary for self-es-
dance studio here interacted with the children. "I've worried a great deal possible conflict). It didn't bring tions" from the ISI "on why certain per cent of respondents in J&K endorse teem.
"People say that autistic children are mentally about a repeat attack, of something them to the brink (of war) but it things are done," the top US mili- the status quo. Only 2 per cent of J&K’s Finally, the futility of violent
imbalanced and they have behavioural challenges and like that," The Dawn quoted Mullen, brought them closer," Mullen said. tary official said. people want the state to accede to Pak- crowd control. There’s no excuse for fir-
they create a wall around themselves like if somebody as saying. Responding to a question Mullen is likely to visit Is- istan. But support for integration with ing on protesters armed with stones. The
come or close towards them then they start crying and Mullen stressed that he over India's stand that Pakistan's lamabad also following his two-day India is limited (28 per cent). principal methods of crowd management
usually become violent but today I have seen that so Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had tour to India. As many as 43 per cent of must be non-lethal, including water-can-
many children were hugging me and dancing with me, J&K citizens prefer independence. The nons, stun-guns, stink-bombs and tasers
proportion is a high 75 to 95 per cent in (which deliver a stunning, largely harm-

Maharashtra to procure helicopters for Mumbai, Naxal-infested areas
that's why I also have written there dance with joy heal
with love," said Oberoi. the Valley. There’s all-round opposition less, electric shock). Firing can only be
Aanchal Gupta, Proprietor of the studio said to militancy (84 to 96 per cent in the Val- the last resort, in self-defence. The tar-
she is very happy that Vivek is supporting the cause of ley) and good support for the India-Pak- geting of individuals “to teach them a
autism."We invited Vivek Oberoi and we wanted him to istan dialogue process: 55 per cent lesson” must be illegalised and exem-
spend some time with the autistic children who will be believe that dialogue improved security. plarily punished.
performing on 'Dance and Joy' and also dance with The survey may not be perfect, but it’s a What J&K needs is healing —
them so that he could motivate them and I think both good pointer. and restoration of long-denied citizen
Vivek and children enjoyed a lot," said Aanchal Gupta. This situation offered India an- rights and freedoms. This can best begin
other opportunity to build peace in J&K with the scrapping of the Armed Forces
The annual festival would include various themes like and launch a dialogue with Pakistan to (Special Powers) Act and other dracon-
'Dance and Joy, Accepting Responsibility and Under- resolve the Kashmir issue. Considerable ian laws, releasing political prisoners,
standing Autism'. progress towards resolution was made thinning out security forces, and retrain-
in 2008 — until the Mumbai attacks hap- ing the state police. No less important is
pened. dialogue with Pakistan.
Mumbai Chlorine gas leakage It was imperative to explore a Pakistan too faces a challenge
solution, even the second-best solution, — that of resisting the temptation to fish
probe acceptable to India, Pakistan, and the in Kashmir’s troubled waters. It must be-
MUMBAI:The Ministry of Shipping on Wednesday
people of J&K and Pakistan-adminis- have like a responsible state and sin-
sought a detailed report from the Mumbai Port Trust re-
tered Kashmir. But New Delhi became cerely cooperate with India to resolve
garding the leakage of the chlorine gas from within its
complacent and lost the opportunity of- the Kashmir issue within a soft-borders
compound.
fered by the successful elections and formula. Such cooperative effort has be-
There was an incident of leakage of chlorine
Pakistan’s recent withdrawal of large- come imperative.
gas from one of the cylinders kept at Hay Bandar area
of Mumbai Port Trust. These cylinders have been kept in From left: Helicopter, CRPF, Naxals and union home minister P. Chidambaram scale support to the militancy.
that area which is meant for storage of hazardous goods AZIZA MIR be procured soon," said Patil. copters would help the policeman

Intentions fine, outcomes key: PC tells Pak
for the past few years. "The proposal is for two to monitor the situation and take
At about 3.30 am, escaping chlorine gas has MUMBAI
helicopters. One is for the city apposite action as per the require-
affected nearly 59 persons of the nearby Lal Bahadur Maharashtra Home Min-
which faced worst terror attacks ment.
Shastri Nautical Institute and a Police Station of Sewri ister R R Patil on Thursday said When a Pakistani journalist ously the focus would be terrorism.”
and the other is for Naxal- hit areas The Maharashtra Gov-
area. the State Government is in the pointed out that there was a view within Minutes after Chidambaram’s
such as Gadchiroli and Chandra- ernment is in the process of mod-
All the 59 affected persons were evacuated process of procuring two helicop- the Pakistani establishment that India remark, Malik stated that “no act of ter-
pur that witnessed attacks by ernizing its police force following
and have been admitted to three Mumbai hospitals.As ters to carry out monitoring and was taking a “myopic view” of indo-pak rorism will be allowed from Pakistan”.
Maoists," he added. the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
per the records of Mumbai Port Trust these cylinders reach sites of emergencies quickly relations by just concentrating on Hafiz In what appeared to be the
were empty. Mumbai Port Trust is checking its records in the city and Naxal-infested Saeed, Chidambaram said: “Recogniz- comments on Pakistani-American terror
In 2009, 207 new vehicles, includ-
to find out whether any action had been taken for dis-
posal of the hazardous material in the past.
The situation is presently under control. Chair-
man, Deputy Chairman, Traffic Manager and other sen-
areas.
"Besides advanced
weaponry, we also felt the need for
helicopters. The proposal would be
NAX-AXE ing three armoured vehicles, were
inducted into the police force.
The police personnel
were also provided AK 47s, MP9
ing the process was interrupted was not
myopic by any standards. That is a real-
ity. Now we are trying to pick the threads
again. The foreign Ministers are talking
suspect David Coleman Headley and
failed Times Square bomb plotter Faizal
Shahzad, Malik said: “Even a father can-
not control a son sometimes. If some
ior officials of Mumbai Port Trust are at the site, where placed before the Cabinet for ap- to each other the Prime ministers have Pakistani, or for that matter Indian or
guns, speed and amphibious
relief and rescue works are being undertaken. proval and the helicopters would met. When Home or Interior meets, obvi- Bangladeshi, has gone to education
Patil further said the heli- boats.

NATION 3

RTI Act fails to SAI stadia will be handed over on Aug 1, Amul sets its eyes on
satisfy activists
CHEA AGARWAL Commonwealth Games edible oil business
LUDHIANA
Organized to bring out posi-
tives of RTI Act, the seminar chaired by
Punjab chief information commissioner
Darbara Singh Kahlon, in fact, became
a platform for activists and public to
complain about its limitations.
During the open discussion
that followed Kahlon's speech, assistant
public information officer of civil hospital
Pardeep Sharma said, "Information
commissioners are themselves not
aware of the Act's different sections. A
procedure exists to select even a Grade
IV employee but none for the selection
of an information commissioner. Inca-
pable officers, selected in the absence
of any criteria, are humiliating the sys-
tem."
The government has failed to
provide adequate infrastructure to imple-
ment the Act. In the absence of video-
conference hearings, officials are forced
to waste a huge amount of money and
time in RTI-related cases, he added. A
human rights activist, Arvinder Sharma, JEET MASHRU Kumar told TOI on Monday.
ANAND Hiren Bhatt, who had ear-
chided MC for refusing to divulge infor-
lier enjoyed 11 years stint as general
mation. Another activist, Sukhdev Singh, After bringing milk, butter manager (sales and marketing) of a
alleged government officials were hold- and lately even bread on your morn- mineral water brand, has joined Amul
ing back information that the staffers felt ing table, Amul is now trying its Dairy as CEO of edible oil business.
might do damage to their identity. hands in edible oil business. The Started as a small co-oper-
Kheda District Co-operative Milk Pro- ative in Chikodra village on the out-
ducers Union Limited (KDCMPUL), skirts of milk city Anand in 1969 to

Compulsory voting
known as Amul Dairy, is in talks with
JLN stadium under renovation for CommonWealth Games 2010 the Anand Regional Co-operative
help cottonseed growers of the re-
gion, ARCOGUL with 130 societies
Oilseeds Growers' Union Limited having membership of 25,000 farm-
SNEHA DHAKAN oping, was far from complete, diving, two diving boards are ficial said that the Jawaharlal

bill in Guj assembly DELHI
The Sports Authority
a senior SAI official said all
work at the stadia was as good
enough, three are not required.
There were also reports that
Nehru stadium, one of the ven-
ues which was yet to be inau-
(ARCOGUL) to bring the ailing co-
operative in its fold.
Nearly four decades old,
ers spread in 739 villages has
turnover base is of around Rs 120
crore. The ailing co-operative, how-
as over. the warm-up pool hinges are gurated, was ready and would
of India (SAI) said on Monday ARCOGUL, which is popular for its ever, has a debt of around Rs 28
"As far as sports re- loose. But I ask how can they be handed over the Common-
that the nine venues it was edible oil brands Anand and Kiran crore, including Rs 13 crore (exclud-
quirements are concerned, get loose when they are yet to wealth Games organising com-
preparing for the Common- across Gujarat is the only oilseeds ing interest), which it has to pay to
everything is complete," HS be used? They are loose be- mittee by August 1.
wealth Games were completely growers' co-operative, which is still the National Dairy Development
Kingra, special officer of Com- cause they have been not "The building is
ready and it would hand them surviving in the country even as all Board (NDDB).
monwealth Games, told TOI on been tightened which we will ready, field of play is also
over to the Organising Commit- other oilseeds growers' unions have "Thanks to detrimental
Monday. "There are no prob- do in coming days. ready. Some work on the lawn
tee by August 1 witnessed a slow death. While policies adopted by various agen-
lems in SAI stadia. There is no "And as reported that outside is being done which
Dismissing media re- ARCOGUL's general body has re- cies, including the government, most
leakage, seepage or anything there were leakages, I want to will be completed soon," he
ports that claimed that the SP solved that the co-operative be oilseeds unions have closed down.
like that." state that they are spurts which said.
Mukherjee Swimming Stadium, merged with a bigger co-operative We are the only co-operative which
Referring to media reports, he are a requirement in diving."
one of the venues it was devel- like Amul, Amul Dairy itself has ap- are still in the business. The pro-
said: "As per requirements in Meanwhile, a SAI of-
pointed a chief executive officer posed merger for which our board
(CEO) to handle edible oil business. has agreed upon can both settle our

Housewife found hacked to death
"Since a month now, we dues and help us survive in this diffi-
have started procuring edible oil from cult times," ARCOGUL's chairman
ARCOGUL, which is being sold Ramesh Patel, who in the past has
through our existing network of also served as chairman of Amul
around 1,000 village level co-opera- Dairy for 12 years, told TOI. "We will,
tive milk societies. While this will help however, require approvals from the
us learn the nitty-gritty of oil busi- state government to merge our co-
ness, which is very different from operative with Amul." The regional
milk, we have also appointed a CEO oilseeds co-operative that covers
to get more focused approach. If we
SANJOG PURI seven districts of Anand, Kheda,
get a grip of the edible oil market, we Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Nar-
GANDHINAGAR will be explore it. At the same time, it mada and Bharuch has a refinery
Unfazed by the governor will help ARCOGUL's revival," Amul with 100 tonnes per day processing
sending back Gujarat chief minister Dairy's managing director Rahul capacity at Chikodra.
Narendra Modis much-talked-about
compulsory voting bill,the state govern-
ment re-introduced the legislation with-
out any changes in the assembly on
Tuesday.
Governor Kamla Beniwal had
Manpower crunch may
returned the bill,making voting manda-
tory in elections to self-governing bod-
ies,in April on the grounds that the
legislative measure is against individual
hamper cops' preparations
freedom.
Urban development minister MAHJABEEN SHAIKH finalised.
Dead body of the woman found in village debris "To keep a sharp vigil on
Nitin Patel tabled the bill,which will be VARANASI
taken up for discussion in the next as- AMRITA KESARI tion. on the spot. lodged with Rasoolabad police
In view of the forthcoming
each and every corner of the red
sembly session.Governor Kamlas com- KANPUR The victim's son, According to the po- station. (inner cordon) and yellow (outer cor-
month of Shrawan, the district police
ments while returning the bill in April Shivam and daughter, Mamta, lice, the victim was perhaps Circle officer, Dera- don) zones of the complex, 20 close-
A 45-year-old woman may have made claims of providing
were read out by Speaker Daulat along with the locals, woke to asleep in the room situated in pur, Vanshraj Yadav said: "We circuit television cameras have been
was allegedly hacked to death proper security around the highly
Desai.Kamla had said the voters have a sounds of her screaming at the front portion of the house, have arrested the victim's hus- installed. But out of these CCTV
by her husband, in Pahadipur sensitive Kashi Vishwanath-Gyan-
freedom not to vote,to force them to vote around 4.00am. On reaching while her children were in an- band, Jagdish and taken the cameras, only 13 are functional at
village under Rasoolabad po- vapi complex, but the manpower cri-
is against the principles of an individual the spot, they found Munni other room, when Jagdish en- weapon in our possession and present. Efforts are being made to
lice station limits, in Ramabai sis is likely hamper their plans.
liberty.The present bill violates this free- Devi lying in a pool of blood tered the room and attacked would try to lift the fingerprints repair the remaining seven cameras
Nagar (Kanpur Dehat) district, According to sources,
dom,which a citizen is entitled to enjoy and a sharp-edged weapon her with a sharp-edged weapon of the murderer from it. The vic- functional before the beginning of the
in the wee hours of Monday. three positions of deputy superinten-
under Article 21 of the constitution. was lying near her body. She killing her on the spot. tim's children said that their fa- Shrawan month," Pratap said.
The police identified dent of police (DSP) have been
The governor had said the had multiple wounds on her After conducting pre- ther was under depression and He said that besides the
the deceased as Munni Devi, sanctioned for this highly sensitive
penal consequences on defaulter voters neck and head while wounds liminary investigations, the po- we are investigating the matter deployment of police and paramili-
wife of Jagdish Singh Gaur. place but not a single DSP is posted
are not provided in the bill and are left to on her arms indicated that she lice sent the body for the from all angles." tary forces, places have been identi-
The accused was later nabbed at the site at present.
the state government for which rules are had tried to ward off the blows. postmortem examination. A The police later sent fied where a unit of Cobra
by the villagers and handed Also against the total
yet to be framed. She succumbed to her injuries case in this regard has been the accused, Jagdish, to jail. Commandos would be deployed.
over to the police for further ac- sanctioned positions of sub-inspec-
Usually, a huge gathering
tors, head constables, constables
of devotees takes place on the Mon-

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and women cops, the actual number
To of cops is very less. When ASP (se-
days of the Shrawan month.
The ASP said that no
curity) Amrendra Pratap was con-
major changes have been made in
tacted, he admitted that the
the plan for the entry and exit points
availability of cops at this site is not
of pilgrims but some restrictions like
as per the sanctioned positions. But
banning the entry of polythene bags
advertise he also said that the available force
is sufficient to maintain a foolproof
and plastic pots would be imple-
mented strictly this time.
security at this site. The deployment
It is worth mentioning here
of DSPs is being ensured from the
that many devotees carry prasad,
district police, he added.Regarding
flowers, milk and water in polythene
the preparations being made to en-
here hance the security cover in view of
bags and plastic pots and throw
them inside the sanctum sanctorum
the Shrawan month, the ASP said
of the Kashi Vishwanath temple after
that the action plan has already been
offering prayers.

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4 ENTERTAINMENT & BOOKS REVIEW

NOVELS REVIEW
Novels of the week!!!
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee UTSA SHAH
The novel To Kill A Mocking- makes an appearance again an stabs Mockingbird Mr. Robinson is clearly the
bird revolves around a young girl named their attacker. Even though Mr. Radley "Mocking Bird". He is a good man who
Jean Louise Finch who goes by the nick- kills a man he is not tried for murder be- has never harmed anyone and is figura-
named "Scout". Scout experiences differ- cause he was defending the Scout and tively and literally shot by society be-
ent events in her life that dramatically her brother. Finally some justice. This cause of prejudice. The jurors sentence
change her life. Scout and her brother gives Scout some hope that is a chance him to death not because he did any-
Jem are being raised by their father, a for improvement in this unjust world thing wrong but because of prejudice. He
lawyer named Atticus and a house- . is then later shot for trying to escape this
keeper named Calpumia in a small town Discussion of main themes in unjust ruling. Mr. Robinson just like a
in the south. At this point in time in the To Kill A Mockingbird mockingbird is shot for no reason at all.
South racism and discriminations to-
There are many different
wards black was a big issue . The story The second theme which I will discuss
themes present in To Kill a Mockingbird
begins when Scout is 6 years old, and is "coming of age". The "Coming of age"
by Harper Lee. The first theme which I
her brother is about to enter the 5th theme basically entails a character who
will discuss is "Prejudice". The whole
grade. That summer Scout and her evolves to a new level of self awareness
story revolved around the prejudice
brother meet a young boy named Dill through his or her experiences in life.
views of this Southern community. The
who comes from Mississippi to spend the This is clearly the case with Scout in To
whole reason why the trial was going on
summers there. They become fascinated Kill a Mockingbird. An example of
was because of people views towards
with a man named "Boo" Radley, a man Scout's "coming of age" can be seen
blacks in the south. Since the alleged
in his thirties who has not been seen out- when she meets her friend Dill. Dill
rape victim's father has such a prejudice
side of his home in years, mainly be- comes from a broken home and lives
view towards black, he is embarrassed
cause of his suppressed upbringing. somewhere beyond Alabama. Scout who
that his daughter was actually flirting with
They have an impression of Mr. Radley comes from a good home is awaken to
a black man. To combat this he falsely
as being this large ugly and evil man. the different quality of life that exist and
accuses the innocent Mr. Robinson of
Then comes the trial. Scout's father be- is able to come to a conclusion that life
rape. If it wasn't for the prejudice view
comes a defense attorney for a black exist beyond the world she knows.
which existed in the south the accusation
man, Tom Robinson, who is falsely ac- Through these experiences she grows
would had never been brought against
cused of raping a white women. This has more tolerant of others, learning how to
Mr. Robinson. These prejudice views in
a big affect on Scout. During this trial she "climb into another person's skin and
the south created a double standard of
gets teased by friends because her fa- walk around in it." On her first day of that she will not follow the prejudice choose to ignore it. This is clearly seen would definitely recommend people to
justice. With all the negative points that
ther was helping this black man. Scout school she finds that just like with Dill views which her society upholds. In the when they sentence an innocent man to read the book To Kill a Mockingbird by
can be found in the story in respect to
starts to see the racism that exist. During there are both social and poor classes in end Scout had matured and grown more death. This ignorance of justice can be Harper Lee. I found it to be an interesting
prejudice, there was a bright spot when it
the trial Scout and her brother and close society, some are respectable and others as a kid, than many adults will do in blamed on the prejudice views which are and powerful book. I feel the book does
came to the prejudice issue. This "ray of
friend Dill witness the trial. Even though not. She also learns that her father is an there lifetime. present and eventually instilled in society a great job in portraying the extreme
light" came in the form of Scout's father
they are young they can see that Mr. extra-ordinary man, fighting for a Negro's The third and final theme which I will in the south. So I feel that Harper Lee is prejudice that existed in the south at that
Atticus. Atticus represented hope. Hope
Robinson is innocent. Even though Mr. rights in court. During the trial of Tom discuss is "Justice". In the story To Kill a connecting justice with innocence to a time. I feel this book makes a powerful
that good people still exist. Even in a so-
Robinson's innocence was clear even in Robinson Scout learns about equality Mockingbird I feel,the author, Ms. Lee certain extent. In my opinion Harper Lee statement on how justice can be altered
ciety filled with hate. Atticus represented
the eyes of kids, Mr. Robinson was still and inequality and finally about racial portrays true justice as being best seen portrays justice as being easily detected. through racism. I also think that the
the hope that one day things can change
found guilty. Later in an attempt to es- prejudice. By the final chapters of the through the eyes of the innocent. In the The reason I say this is even the young themes found in the book are themes
cape, Mr. Robinson is shot dead. Scout novel, Scout goes to another "coming of story Scout and her brother, being the injustice. The problem is society can instill which can still be found in our current so-
The "Prejudice" theme also
is extremely disappointed at the verdict age experience." She learns that good nocent,can clearly see the injustice being beliefs that can act as a veil and blind ciety and that makes it the more interest-
ties in well with the title of the book "To
and even more at the death of Mr. Robin- people can still suffer injustice. She real- done to Mr. Robinson. In contrary to the people from justice. The only way to ing. You can even make a case that
Kill A Mocking Bird." In Chapter 10,
son and realizes the injustice that exist. izes this when she see's Tom Robinson Scout and her brother other people in so- uncover this veil is through people like prejudice still has an effect in our legal
Scout and Jem Finch get air rifles for
Later in a cowardly attempt by the al- suffer injustice even though they did ciety more specifically the older people in Atticus who can pass his morality and system today. So if you are looking for a
Christmas. Scouts father tells her and
leged rape victims father, tries to kill nothing to deserve it. She discover that the town, the people who have lived nobility to the young and the "blinded" powerful book of "coming of age" and the
her brother that it is a sin to kill a mock-
Scout and her brother in order to get the courts does not always result in jus- through different experiences, become battle for justice I would highly recom-
ingbird because mockingbirds are harm-
even with her father for making him look
less creatures who do nothing but sing
tice. In the end after all of Scout's experi- blinded when it comes to true justice. Or Would I recommend this mend To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
back in court. This is when Mr.Radley ences and discoveries we get the sense maybe they are not blinded but just book? Lee.
for our enjoyment. In the story To Kill a

so pleasant. But Thackeray refuses to
This book is an autobiographical account give up, deals with them with utter polite-
of the Guyana-born writer Edward Ri- ness hoping to notice the slightest of
cardo Braithwaite who after the second change in their behaviour. But the foul
world war could not find work in his field language, unruly behaviour and general
inspite of his extensive training. discourtesy persists. And this is when
Thackeray adopts an absolutely different
and non academic way of going about
Mark Thackeray is a highly qualified the situation. The key is to treat each
holding a degree in communications en- other as “adults”. Adressing all boys as
gineering. A handsome (i was to realise “mister” and all girls as “miss”. And he
this later) young educated man. But a lectures them tirelessly but definitely very
RIMA QUODROS black man. Hence, he is denied jobs de- effectively on how it is the “integrity” of
One thing is for sure, I would spite his capabilities. This probably one an individual what defines his/her. Slowly
have never picked up this book voluntar- part of the book where Thackeray’s help- there is a change in the entire outlook of
ily to read. But I didn’t have much of a lessness really touched me. And thats the students towards each other and
say when this particular book was sin- when i actually began to think of the sig- themselves too. Meanwhile, on of the
gled out as the ‘compulsory read’ for my nificance of his skin ‘colour’! living in young ladies who happens to be Thack-
class. This india i cant say i had witnessed this kind erays student begins to fancy him. And
of a prejudice. But i had seen enough fair this infatuation is described beautifully in
was some two years back, when I prac- and lovely advertisements to sympa- the book because it is some kind of re-
tically flinched at the sight of the cover thise. So, change of perceptions of an ig- spect coupled with fascination. All his
page which showed a dark skinned man norant reader such as me had already was enough to make me realise how the
sitting on a wooden table which had a begun. skin colour of that man was so immate-
vase with a few disoriented flowers in it. Thackeray therefore reluctantly takes up rial and that yes, he was also human
It didnt matter to me if that man was a job at the East End School whilst still after all. The student teacher relationship
some great personality and i would have applying for jobs at various places. Mark is wonderfully presented except it did lit-
still ignored him even if i knew he was to obviously is over qualified to teach a tle to increase my respect for my own
make a difference in my thinking. And a bunch of indisciplined teenagers, how- teachers. But the book sure was suc-
great deal at that! But for once lets thank ever he continues, only to make ends cessful in showing me how foolishly prej-
the compulsions wkhich forced of not meet. He is accepted by the staff with udiced I was and that that man on the
motivated me to read this book titles “To forced warmth and disbelieving awe cover page was capable of wetting my
Sir with love” which is probably captured best in the eyelashes with his mere words (the lec-
line by one of the staff memebers- “So tures given to the students are very
Now, the title said very little. It gave a you´re the new lambfor the slaughter or touching and meaningful). But a big
vague idea that the novel had something should I say...black sheep?” to which thank you to all my teachers and all
to do with a teacher who like all other ed- Mark simply rejoins “oh no…just a teca- those who so selflessly continue to teach
ucators had ‘new’ and ‘inventive’ ways of her!” me. I do acknowledge your efforts. And
teaching and so on and so forth. The above all thank you for suggesting this
same “moral advices” et cetera. And to The biggest challenge however is the book to me! I am a changed person now!
be honest, i wasnt entirely proved wrong.

To Sir, With Love by E. R. Braithwaite
‘taming’ of the children who come from The movie also is a great adaptation, but
And thats probably one of the shortcom- troubled households and are thus in- the book takes the cake anyday!!
ings of this novel. Archepytal characters evitably rash and discourteous to say the
and their oh-so-expected behaviours. least. His first encounter with them is not

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