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MOTHERS & FATHERS OF GOA, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

Notorious criminal Michael Fernandes gave cops the slip yet again when he was being taken for a regular check up.

Four policemen have been suspended. (Report on pg 3)

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Panjim, April 22: Mothers and

PASSiON OF CHRiST REViSiTED: A man enacting a play on crucifixion of Lord Jesus Christ at Santa Cruz in Mumbai on Good Friday.

DUM MARO DUM: EVERYDAY NiGHT SHOW iN NORTH GOA

Prostitution thrives in Calangute, and yes we saw it Ladies bars, touts, seedy massage parlours give Dum to Calangute-Candolim nightlife SURAJ NANDREKAR & ROZARIO ESTIBEIRO Calangute, April 22: Three months ago, the PI of Calangute, Manjunath Desai had reacted angrily to the Herald interview of the Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes that prostitution thrives in the Calangute police station area and in the north coastal belt in general saying no prostitution exists in the area. On the eve of the just released Dum Maro Dum, based on the underbelly of sex, drugs and prostitution in Goa, the Herald team posing as tourists, hired a tourist bike and went to Calangute. What they found

was more appalling than the rumours or tales from the belt.

Reality does bite. The team checked and found bars which were, to use a term made infamous in Mumbai “ladies bars”, met many young men roaming the streets offering to take the team to the “disco”, an euphemism for drinking watering holes with women and rooms.

Importantly, these weren’t

hidden away in remote recesses of back of beyond places but in your face in the Calangute-Candolim strip Not only the prostitution racket is widely spread, the Dance Bars or the Ladies Bars as they say, after being shut down in Mumbai have shifted their base to Goa’s coastal areas.

This has been happening >Continued on pg 10

DMD: Goa’s reality show on big screen

First day watchers ask protestors “What are you protesting about?”

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SHWETA KAMAT Panjim, April 22: Dum Maro

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Dum released to packed halls on Friday, is Goa in every frame. From the real to the subtle. From the sublime to the harsh.

The newspaper locals read in the movie is Herald, the Home Minister is called Ponda (any guesses where that came from), the good cop is Vishnu Kamath with a ‘h”, there is a teenager (Prateek)

iN FULL DUM: Movie-goers flock to Inox for a first-show viewing of the much-hyped Bollywood flick Dum Maro Dum on Friday. who plays football for Salgaocar and a sussegad musician.

And to make it closer and more endearing to all Goans,

there are beloved Konkani abuses and a football match at the Calangute football >Continued on pg 10

fathers of Goa are waiting for three outcomes which will decide the future of their children. One deadline set by the former Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco of April 27 for the Government to agree to include English as Medium of Instruction and giving it grants, Churchill Alemao’s move along the same lines and the finally the Government’s final decision on the matter.

The Herald, asks every father and mother that the time for waiting for politicians to do what you have to do for your children is over. Your decency and goodness is being taken advantage of.

This is an issue which questions the basic fundamentals that each one of you have.

The fundamentals of choice.

And when that is questioned, your collective strength is the real force which will add strength to the Forum for the Rights of Children’s Education.

As a newspaper, being objective is in our blood. But when the side of the right and the side of the truth is clear, then the only objective is to stand by the truth. Clearly, unequivocally and permanently, your newspaper supports and stands by all parents and right thinking Goans, who demand a choice and the choice clearly is to include English as medium of instruction, without affecting any other language. Secondly, in order to allow >Continued on pg 10

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The government spends crores of rupees on maintenance of the irrigation canals. Why don’t they release water to facilitate farmers to cultivate the fields.

-- Dilip Hegde (President of Goenchea Xetkarancho Ekvott)

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I don’t see any reason why I should not get the Congress ticket. My father had done a lot of sacrifice for the Congress.

-- Yuri Alemao

Miles of irrigation canals lie unused in Salcete’s countryside Mickky meter Mickky Pacheco’s date diary is crowded on April 27.

It’s a call for action as his self imposed deadline to the government to include English as a medium of instruction ends after which the former Tourism minister has decided to take the battle to the next stage.

But the day has other lurking troubles. The Court of Judicial Magistrate First class will pronounce orders in the electricity Junior Engineer Kapil Natekar assault case, where the former minister is an accused.

The Natekar assault is the first case involving Pacheco where curtains have come down on the criminal trial.

The order will bound to have a bearing on his political ambitions. His detractors in the rival Congress camp must be anxiously waiting for the court order.

You know why.

Will Mickky’s cop Tony arrest Joaquim’s ambitions?

Former Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco is learnt to be wooing a senior cop to take on the might of Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao in Cuncolim.

Well, sources say Pacheco is believed to have almost settled for Superintendent of Police Tony Fernandes in Cuncolim opposite Joaquim. He is also believed to have established contacts in Cuncolim to drum up support for Tony’s candidature.

Sources in the know say the senior cop need not worry about the Vitamin-M factor required to fight Joaquim head on. For, Pacheco has assured to match the money power of the Alemao’s in Cuncolim, provided the senior cop agrees to throw his hat in the ring. Joaquim however will hardly rest easy. Remember how he joined his elder brother Churchill in the market complex inauguration in Nuvem last week, where he launched an attack on the Benaulim MLA in support of the Congress party in Nuvem, Mickky’s next political stop.

Sowing political seeds in Salcete Remember Salcete’s heavyweight politicos arranging harvesters to the farmers across the taluka last year.

Well, the politicos are back again, this time distributing paddy seeds to the farmers.

Farmers from Nuvem constituency have received seeds from the Congress MLA, who even made his entry into Betalbatim – the home village of his arch rival Mickky Pacheco – with paddy seeds.

Sources say the seed distribution program went off peacefully and gave the much needed entry for the Congress in Mickky’s fiefdom. Congress leaders and Ministers are learnt to have decided to emulate the Nuvem exercise in their respective areas. GPCC general secretary Vijay Sardessai has announced seed distribution to the farmers, who can also expect to receive bags of fertilizers from the leaders. Why only seeds and fertilizers.

Salcete politicos have already started doling out a whole lot of goodies and Vitamin-M to their voters, this being the election year.

Is the Dhavlikar effect affecting English?

Pushed to the wall on the English medium of instruction row, pro-English language leaders within the Congress appears to have no explanation to offer over the government’s dilly dallying tactics on the demand of the parents.

Even the irrepressible PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao, who is leading the group of Ministers and MLAs, in favour of English, appears hard pressed to explain the government’s delay or name the saboteurs within the Congress party.

While many across Salcete’s countryside would tend to blame Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat for the stalemate, Alemao surprisingly has given a clean chit to the Chief Minister, saying Kamat is supporting his group in support of English.

Incidentally, the PWD Minister has refused to speak his mind out on the person or persons influencing the mind of the Chief Minister. In private, however, the Varca strongman is pointing his accusing fingers at the Dhavlikar brothers for the impasse.

Well, Alemao has now decided to lead a delegation to the Chief Minister, ostensibly to convince Kamat not to believe in the Dhavlikar brothers, least the support base of the Congress gets eroded in Salcete with Mickky Pacheco leaving no stone unturned to turn the tables against the Congress in their own stronghold in the medium row.

…including those in the Water Resources Minister’s village There are irrigation canals galore but no water in them. Farmers want water, but the Water Resources Minister says that people are moving away from farming. In a village where farmers have agitated for water, the minister says that canals need repairs. Soon before running out of water, the government will run out of excuses. Guilherme Almeida reports

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elcome to Dramapur-Sirlim – the home village of the Minister for Water Resources, Filipe Neri Rodrigues.

From the backyard of his house, is a path that takes you to an irrigation canal -- passing through barren paddy fields -- lying unutilized since its construction years ago.

This is just the tip of the ice berg. Kilometers and kilometers of irrigation canals are lying unutilized in Salcete’s countryside, literally rendering the Selaulim irrigation project in the taluka a white elephant.

Be it in Cuncolim, Velim, Assolna, Chinchinim, Dramapur, Davorlim, Navelim, Telaulim, Sao Jose de Areal et al, there’s monstrous chain of irrigation canal network costing crores of rupees stand tall in the field, but without water.

In villages such as Sao Jose de Areal, waters from the Selaulim irrigation project has not reached the destination for well over two decades now.

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This irrigation canal network lie unutilised in Salcete’s countryside after being put in place by spending crores of rupees.

In Velim constituency represented by the Water Resources Minister, one comes across an elaborate canal network in place through the

fields, but the infrastructure has not served the intended purpose till date.

Says Filipe Neri: “All the irrigation infrastructure is in

place in Salcete taluka, but the people have not shown the inclination in the taluka towards agriculture. People appear to have shifted their priorities to

areas other than agriculture”.

If the Water Resources Minister is to be believed, the initial plan was to take the canal to Salcete’s coastal belt to Majorda via Davorlim.

However, the ambitious project stands abandoned at Davorlim with the government utilizing the land acquired for the canal network for the eastern bypass.

Incidentally, though water is yet to flow through the canal network, the huge infrastructure has cost the dearly in terms of maintenance. “Every year, the department of water resources undertakes maintenance to sustain the structure.

This is an annual phenomenon”, remarked Filipe Neri Rodrigues.

Says President of Goenchea Xetkarancho Ekvott, Dilip Hegde: “The government spends crores of rupees on maintenance of the irrigation canals. Why don’t they release water to facilitate farmers to cultivate the fields.”

Hegde did not agree with the government’s view that

the canal network is lying idle because the fields are barren.

“The government is into blame game. How can the government blame the farmers for the barren fields when there’s no water. The government is not sincere in promoting agriculture. It has vested interests in keeping the fields barren to convert them for real estate”, Hegde said.

Sadly, villagers of Sao Jose de Areal have been repeatedly demanding commissioning of the Selaulim irrigation canal passing through the village, but in vain. Says the Water Resources Minister: “I am glad that the villagers want release of water into the canal for paddy cultivation. But, the problem lies with the maintenance. Unless and until the canal is strengthened to prevent seepages, water cannot be released. But, I will ensure that work on strengthening the canal in the village is taken up on a priority basis so that water is released in the canal at the earliest.

Pilot Yuri Alemao lands in Sanguem Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao’s younger son Yuri is often spotted in the remote Sanguem, silently preparing his ground work to contest the coming assembly polls from the constituency. In a chat with Guilherme Almeida, Yuri was candid in admitting his plans to enter into electoral politics Herald: There are reports doing the rounds that you are preparing the ground to contest the Assembly polls from Sanguem.

Yuri: Yes, those reports are right. Basically, I have been touring Sanguem since the last six months. It is really sad that the constituency lacks even the basic amenities, including roads, illumination.

I have received good response from the people at large.

Incidentally, the Congress in Sanguem is faction ridden. I am trying to bring the warring factions together. I am slowly getting used to the scenario.

Herald: But, why Sanguem? Has the decision anything to do with your interests in mining in Sanguem’s hinterland.

Yuri: No, not at all. My decision has no connection with the mining business. No doubt, I come from a family with a political background, but I want to work from the grassroots. Sanguem offers a lot of scope for work. The people there have been deprived of facilities. Sanguem have been contributing to the state’s kitty, but the taluka is not getting its rightful due.

Herald: You are a com-

mercial pilot by profession.

Why have you decided to delve into politics instead of pursuing a career in aviation.

Yuri: I did my flying in Australia. Flying has always been my passion, but, it’s now nearly 5-6 year since I look after father’s business.

Politics has not been new to me. I have seen politics from close quarters right from a small kid. And, I have my father’s blood running in me.

Herald: Have your plans been blessed your father?

Yuri: Of course, I have the full blessings of my father. My father has given me the goahead signal to join electoral politics and contest from Sanguem. In fact, I have started my work in Sanguem through

the SUDA and JNNRUM schemes. With these funds, I have drawn up plans to change the face of Sanguem town first.

Herald: In the coming polls, your dad Joaquim will seek renomination from Cuncolim constituency in the coming polls, so will uncle Churchill from Navelim.

Your cousin sister Valanka is also claiming ticket for her in Benaulim. Do you think the Congress leadership will agree to allot four tickets for members of one family.

Yuri: I don’t see any reason why I should not get the Congress ticket. My father had done

a lot of sacrifice for the Congress.

I have faith in the Congress that the party will nominate me in Sanguem. Moreover, Sanguem today is ruled by the BJP. I am not asking a ticket in a constituency represented by the Congress. I believe in social work. I want to carry forward the good work done by my father Joaquim and uncle Churchill.

Herald: Will you still contest the elections if denied a ticket by the Congress.

Yuri: I am confident that I will get the Congress ticket to contest the polls from Sanguem. I am quite sure of getting the Congress ticket.

Building activity comes to a halt in the coastal belt The High Court order banning construction without adequate garbage treatment facilities has put a stop to all construction activity in the coastal belt. As applications for permissions are piling up at panchayat offices, some panchayats have gone on an overdrive to set up waste management facilities.

Team Herald takes a look.

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he High Court order on garbage disposal has literally brought all construction activity in the coastal villages of Benaulim, Varca and Colva to a grinding halt.

The court has banned the construction without adequate waste disposal and treatment facilities.

Leave alone multi-dwelling units, the panchayat bodies have stopped issuing licenses for construction of residential houses and structures such as compound walls citing the high court order.

Around 100 applications

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for construction licenses are presently pending with the Benaulim Panchayat. The situation is no different either in neighbouring Varca. Around 25-40 applications for constructions are staring at the Panchayat body since the time the high court order came into force from last year.

The situation is slightly different in Colva. If Panchayat officials are to be believed, only permissions for multidwelling units stand banned in the village.

Says Benaulim Sarpanch Carmelina Fernandes: “The Panchayat is helpless. Major-

A composting unit under construction behind the Benaulim Panchayat ghar.

ity of the applications received for licenses pertains to single dwelling units and other small structures. We cannot issue any permissions on account of the high court order”.

Carmelina along with Benaulim Panchayat members on Thursday descended at the Goa State Pollution Control Board to take up the case of the applicants for construction licenses. “We have brought to the notice of GSPCB officials that the Panchayat has undertaken construction of a composting unit near the Panchayat ghar.

We have also disclosed our plans to set up a plastic recycling station in the village”, she said.

What has brought the Panchayat face to face with the people is that the construction plans come to the Panchayat with approvals from the Town and Country Planning department.

Says Varca Sarpanch Vincentina Fernandes: “The Panchayat cannot issue construction licenses as per the high court order. Even structures such as compound walls come within the ambit of the court order”.

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I have categorically told the Chief Minister that the government cannot deny grants to English as the medium of instruction when grants are made available for Kannada, Urdu, besides Marathi and Konkani --- Churchill Alemao

Hide and seek continues, Michael gives cops the slip yet again HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, APRIL 22: Notorious criminal Michael Fernandes again managed to escape from custody making his fifth escape.

His accomplice, Dipak Kerkar, who had also fled with him from Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB) complex at Bambolim was nabbed near Goa university within hours of his escape.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Deu Benaulikar said that Michael and Dipak were brought to IPHB after they complained of ‘mental illness.’

Both were arrested on April 11 after a hot chase at a forest in Khola, Canacona. Michael a frequent jail breaker, had earlier jumped from a moving

Four cops suspended HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, APRIL 22: Irked by the lethargy of policemen which led to escape of notorious criminal Michael Fernandes at Bambolim, the North Goa Superintendent of Police Arvind Gawas suspended four policemen including a head constable.

Speaking to Herald, DySP Deu Benaulikar said that head constable D A Bordekar and constables police van on February 22 while being taken back from GMC to Sada jail.

Police said that duo was lodged in a lock up at Bi-

Suhas Pednekar, Siddharth Patre and Kalidas Kapse have been placed under suspension.

All these personnel, attached to Bicholim police station, were accompanying Michael and Dipak when they escaped.

Banaulikar further said that police have launched massive manhunt for Michael and 100 policemen are put on the job for the purpose. cholim and were taken to a regular check up at primary health centre. While both of them complained of mental uneasiness, the doctors re-

ferred them to IPHB. “They were taken to Bicholim police to investigate a robbery case on a transfer warrant since yesterday,” Benaulikar said.

Four constables were accompanying them. “As they got down from the vehicle, both of them, jerked the hand of constables and began running,” a senior police officer said.

Police sources stated that after his recent re-arrest, Michael had told the policemen accompanying him that he would run again. After his open challenge to the department, escort cell had issued memo to its staff stating that Michael should not be taken to the court till handcuffing is allowed.

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HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, APRIL 22: Bowing down to women power, mining firms have decided to employ private security to man the truck traffic in and around Sanvordem area.

Ekvott Society (ES), a conglomeration of 18 women’s groups, had threatened to halt the mining truck traffic on April 21, if the mess created by them continues.

ES President Suvarna Tendulkar today said that they have decided to temporarily withdraw the agitation as the trucks are now plying in order due to presence of security personnel along the road.

“We will be forced to take to the streets, without giving any ultimatum, if the nuisance is recreated by the mining trucks,” she said.

After ES’ warning to agi-

tate on the road, Sesa Goa officials on Friday wrote letter to them informing that they have deployed private security to handle the truck

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CM told to give grants for English medium: Churchill HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, APRIL 22: PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Friday said that he has told Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to give grants for English medium of instruction from the academic year.

“After consultations with Congress Ministers and MLAs, I have categorically told the Chief Minister that the government cannot deny grants to English as the medium of instruction when grants are made available for Kannada, Urdu, besides Marathi and Konkani”, Alemao asserted.

He said the Right to Education Act implies that parents are free to choose the medium of instruction of their choice, adding that people like Uday Bhembre and others cannot impose their views of the parents and children. “Uday Bhembre and others can advise their family members, but certainly, they cannot dictate terms to thousands of parents on education”, he

said.

Referring to the stand of educationists on the medium row, Alemao said the educationists should restrict themselves with regard to the preparation of the syllabus and other aspects of education, while leaving the choice of the medium of instruction to the parents.

“Let me make it very clear, neither the government nor the educationists can dictate terms to the parents over their choice on the medium of instruction”, Alemao asserted, adding that the Congress MLAs and Ministers would officially call on the Chief Minister next week and convey their sentiments on the issue.

Reiterating that he would go all out with the parents to fulfill the demand for grants to English, Alemao exuded confidence that the Chief Minister would take a positive decision in favour of English as the medium of instruction.

Calangute MLA orders ‘action’, after seeing Herald Team ‘Prostitution worse than other states, but not a reflection of entire Goa’ The Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes said that when it comes to prostitution Goa is worse than other states, but one should make a distinction between what goes on in the coastal belt and not generalize this to reflect the whole of Goa. At 11.15 at night this reporter got a call from Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes saying that police will do a random check on two clubs in CandolimCalangute road.

“I have told police inspector and the DySP that reporters are moving around and you please take action,” he said.

Within no time after this call, lights of all the discos were closed and when we approached the agents they said “police ka lafda hai aaj ladki nahi hai disco main” (there is a police problem, there are no girls in tonight).

Several jeeps were seen in and around one of the clubs Club Rio. PI Manjunath Desai con-

firmed that the MLA had indeed asked him to check the activities in these bars.

Police sources stated that after his recent re-arrest, Michael had told the policemen accompanying him that he would run again.

Private security to man truck traffic in Sanvordem

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An armed cop maintains vigil as the controversy-hit movie Dum Maaro Dum was released in Inox, on Friday.

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movement.

“We are in receipt of your letter with above mentioned subject. We are glad to inform you that we have de-

puted G9 Security Service to decongest the said stretch of road and are confident that this shall address all your problems,” the letter reads.

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It’s also scary to come to school… trucks move in all directions — IV Std student Neha

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There is no direct bus from Aldona to Ganvar and those who seek to go to the PHC have to go by their own private vehicle or hire a taxi or motorcycle — Maria D’Souza

dAwn to dUSt-lIfe In A mInInG town

Choked, deafened and run over in Bicholim The most visible catalyst that sparks off an anti mining agitation is a long line of mining trucks jamming roads and blowing dust into homes, health clinics and classrooms. This, more than illegalities in mining operations, is what actually affects people. Shweta Kamat begins a new series, DAWN TO DUST-LIFE IN A MINING TOWN, to report on the difficulties of locals who live in Goa’s mining belts

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n the heart of Pale’s dust bowl, most of the students who pass out of the Government High School at Tar Surla in Bicholim are tried and tested. But each and every one of them are dried and dusted. The school, located right on the pathway of the mining trucks faces a daily bombardment of dust and a daily threat of their students run over and hurt by the tuck The roaring mining trucks and the dust rushing in the classrooms have become part of their life in school.

But there’s an irony in the situation. The school doesn’t

really have too many students, just 20 as parents are opting out of sending their children here.

There seems to be a clear exodus from the villages too.

Villages like Tar Matha, Tawado and Deulwado, which were thickly populated, are now being increasingly abandoned by the locals, who have shifted to nearby towns like Sanquelim, Mapusa or Ponda.

The increasing mining in this area has forced the people to leave these villages along with their children.

Naturally, the enrollment in the primary school has also

gone down drastically.

School teacher Vilas Naik recalls how in the earlier times, when mining was much controlled, the school was full of pupils. “This was the only school that time.

But the situation has changed,” she says.

The primary school building situated next to Surla Village panchayat is cleaned once a day.But the dust refuses to stop flying here throughout the day as monstrous trucks carry on their work of transporting iron ore.

The teacher explains how they have to close all the

dUSt In mY In BoX: Students work on computers, which are covered with plastic to protect them from dust pollution.

doors and windows when winds blow bringing in the mining dust. Till the mid ray recess, you find students wearing neat white and blue uniforms but after the recess, their clothes turns maroon.

Just two kilometers away from Tar Surla Primary school is Tagor Educational Institute’s school with the classes till SSC. The teachers at this school have a dual role to play – teach and fight.

Often the teachers and parents are on the road blocking trucks putting up their demand to sprinkle water regularly near the school so that the dust does not fly.

“We had blocked the road on February 14. There are so many representations made to the education department but it’s of no use,” headmaster Tukaram Naik said showing the copies of memorandum.

Skin diseases and cold is a common ailment for the students here, who inhale dust during their school hours.

If the dust chokes us, the noise deafens us Students, also find it difficult to listen to the words of their teacher, who tries her best to speak out as loud as possible. “We fail to understand what she wants to say.

We only hear the noise of trucks. Hence we prefer to

dAIlY dUSt: A long queue of mining trucks line along the road in Bicholim. read books”, Neha, an IV standard student said.

If we survive the trucks, we come to school “It’s also scary to come to school…trucks move in all directions,” says Neha, pointing out the place from where she travels.

Local MLA Pratap Gawas recently called for the meeting of school representatives and mines representatives to settle the issue. But hardly any mines representative turned up for the meeting.

Parents who cannot afford to travel so far are left with no other option then to take admission in the schools,

rUrAl heAlth rePort

Goa’s Primary Health Centres are the first port of call for people in remote far flung places. Unfortunately these seats of rural health care are themselves in need of treatment. Some which are better are not connected with villages. Gerard D’Souza starts this series with a visit to the PHC Aldona

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estled in the hills in the otherwise lonely Gavar area of Aldona, the Aldona Primary Health Centre (APHC) finds itself better off than most rural medical facilities.

However, while admitted patients get to enjoy serenity and peace of mind while they convalesce, getting there to enjoy those benefits it isn’t easy.

“There is no direct bus from Aldona to Ganvar and those who seek to go there have to go by their own private vehicle or hire a taxi or motorcycle,” Marie D’Souza the secretary of the Aldona Civic and Consumer Forum said.

Worst of all those who use the health centre usually prefer public transport.

Lack of transport means fewer patients which in turn influences the doctors and staff available at the hospital.

This is the designated health centre for people not only from Aldona but also neighbouring villages like Olaulim, Pomburpa, Salvador-do-Mundo, Socorro and Penha-da-França Uccassaim and Bastora Moira and Nachinola.

In all, eight sub-health centres, Pomburpa, Salvador-do-Mundo, Brittona, Calvim, Corjuem, Moira,

In the mIddle of nowhere: The Aldona PHC located in a remote place, where public transport is not available.

Bastora and Soccoro along with Malaria Clinic at Porvorim come under the purview of APHC. It is located along the Mapusa-Pomburpa road and is accessible though public transport for the people of Pomburpa-Olaulim and Ecoxim.

But for the rest, it’s close as the crow flies but long as the bus travels.

For example people from Aldona will have to take a bus to Mapusa and then a bus to Pomburpa, rather than that they’d use the facilities available at Asilo Hospital.

People from Socorro, will have to change from the Socorro-Mapusa buses and board onto a Mapusa Pomburpa bus at Uccassaim.

The issue of access was

fACt CheCK n Currently the hospital has around 15 beds, and the medical officer Dr Pradeep Dhaujekar there are four doctors, one whom a dentist, an assistant opthalmologist and one doctor on contract and a visiting gynaecologist, who is also on contract. n The current premises of the Health Centre were inaugurated on June 26, 1990 by the then Health Minister Kashinath Jalmi. also in the past raised in the gram sabha meetings of the village.

Recently, local MLA Dayanand Narvekar raised the issue in the assembly demanding that the government expedite its work on building a new health centre at Porvorim. The chief minister had then assured that

work will be taken on a priority basis.

However there are other issues, one is that of the availability of technicians.

According to Marie D’Souza the availability of technicians even on the designated days has been questioned in the past.

“The x-ray technician is

scheduled to be available three days a week. But even on those days people have to return home since he remains absent. The fault lies in the fact that the same technician is required in several health centres and has to keep travelling up and down,” D’Souza says adding that the Health department needs to see that its centres are well staffed.

The Health centre has an X-Ray machine beside also an Echocardiograph (ECG) machine. But their operators are not available everyday.

However according to health centre sources, there isn’t a need for him to be present everyday as the patients seeking the facilities are few in between.

Mining cos to pay for infrastructure: GMOEA Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association Secretary Glen Kalavampara said that As far as mining companies are concerned they will make necessary payments for these corridors. All the formalities like land acquisition has to be cleared by the state government. However, there is no such delay which are tucked in the heart of mining belt and ac-

from the part of government. The recently passed budget has made it clear the various steps taken by government.

GMOEA has no direct role to play in it but our members are involved in it. Toll based system is a good option as everyone using the road will have to pay. tually compromise on the safety of their children on the

road as they travel to school.

The school teachers vouch that there were hardly any trucks on this road when Tagor Educational Institute was built on the road famously called as `Bombay Road.’ But the situation has gone grim in last five years when the movement of trucks has soared to an unimaginable height.

But all best things about all these schools here is that they have managed to maintain their school infrastructure. If you set aside, air and noise pollution created by mining trucks, these schools are equipped with better facilities.

Goa beaches to get a facelift HERALD REPORTER

The Department of Tourism has realized belatedly its folly and is gearing up to make amends.

It will form an internal committee to design infrastructure for all the beaches in consultation with respective local MLAs, said sources in the department.

If the sources are to be

similar colour and design.

The committee will comprise of an architect who will look into the planning and also an engineer who will look after the structural design part and an artist to offer creative ideas.

The department has got the ball rolling by creating own Project Cell headed by

an officer of the rank of chief engineer.

The cell will work on the infrastructure projects that are sponsored under the central financial assistance as well as under the tourism projects.

Other major infrastructure projects in the pipeline are – multi-level car parking and cruise jetty at Panjim, tourism plaza at the site of existing Tourism Dept. building, an amphitheatre at Merces, Goa Haat in Panjim with laser show and musical fountain, tourism development circuits at Colvale, Miramar, Baga and Colva, which will be taken up under the Central financial assistance from the Tourism Ministry.

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India Pavilion we are not in a position to have our stall the way we want to. We have do it as per their specification and within limited space, and hence it’s been decided that we will have independent stall when we participate in international travel mart next,” Swapnil Naik, Director of Tourism said when it was pointed out that Goa’s stall is always unimpressive.

The stall will be adjacent to Indian pavilion so that it does not lose on visitors that will specially come to India pavilion, said the

Tourism director.

The department was not able to take up ‘independent’ stall due to budget constraint but henceforth, it will put its best foot forward.

Tourism Minister Nilkant Halarnkar during his visit to WTM, London 2010, has also realized that Goa’s stall looked shabby in comparison to stalls of other countries.

Upon which the tourism minister issued direction to tourism director to ensure that in future Goa stall should be big as well as impressive.

PANJIM, APRIL 22: The coastal belt of Goa has seen immense growth in real estate in the last decade or so with escalation in tourist inflow. But alas! In terms of infrastructure development, beach areas have remained as neglected as any other part of the State.

believed the infrastructure would be similar as planned in Chandigarh and Jaipur wherein the houses and buildings are of

Goa Tourism to go alone at international shows

PANJIM, APRIL 22: Probably, Goa Tourism Department has learnt its lesson.

Henceforth, it will have an independent stall whenever it is participating in any international travel mart.

For some time now the Tourism Department has been under fire for its stalls at international travel/tourism shows have been downright unappealing. It has decided to henceforth present Goa smartly by taking up an independent stall.

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Jap ships banned from In the guise of budget, Chimbel Catholics taken for a ride? de-ballasting water GRAM SAbHA ON EASTER SuNDAy!

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HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, APRIL 22 : In wake

of the reports of the radiation leak in Japan, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued instructions to two main ports in the state to ensure that the ships coming from that country should not be allowed to deballast the water.

The directives are issued to the Mormugao Port Trust and the Panjim Port.

The GSPCB directive came after the state director of Science and Environment informed that two ships which had earlier called on the Japanese port were

likely to enter Goa ports.

“We have issued directions for both the ports,” GSPCB Chairman Simon de Souza told reporters adding that authorities did not have equipment to check the radiation levels.

Following the directive, a big ship which arrived from Japan recently was made to anchor at the outer port.

De Souza said the precautionary measures were being taken to ensure that the water was not contaminated by radiation.

One of the ships, which had called on a Japanese port, was quarantined at the

outer limits of the port.

“The ship agent has presented the letters from International Maritime Organisations clarifying that there is no fear of radiations and there is no need of screening the ship water,” de Souza stated.

The agent claimed that ship had already de-ballasted the water off Singapore coast on the way to Goa and refilled with new water.

De Souza said that GSPCB will take the final call on the matter only after examining the documents provided by the agent.

Prayer services mark Good Friday across Goa

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Chimbel panchayat has been bragging all along that the budget has to be passed before the end of April and that too at the gram sabha.

Hence the panchayat has been forced to hold the gram sabha on Easter Sunday.

However, a similar situation was faced by other panchayats as well and they came up with a solution wherein these panchayats not only passed the budget but also ensured that the gram sabha is not held on Easter Sunday, keeping in mind the sentiments of the Catholics.

The Curca panchayat initially decided to hold the gram sabha on Easter Sunday, but then realizing that it would hurt the sentiments of the Catholics decided against it.

And to make sure that the budget was passed before the end of April, the same was put up at the panchayat body meeting and approved.

This way the Curca panchayat ensured that the budget was passed and at the same time, avoided holding the gram sabha on Easter Sunday.

Speaking to Herald, Curca VP secretary Timot said that it is not mandatory to pass the budget at the gram sabha and that it can be approved at the panchayat body meeting. He also informed that the approved budget would now be placed at the gram sabha

for the information of the locals.

Similarly, the Santa Cruz panchayat, which did not approve the budget and also failed to hold the gram sabha on the first three Sundays of April, could have held the gram sabha on Easter Sunday and cited budget as the reason.

But, realizing the importance of Easter for the Catholics, the Santa Cruz panchayat approved the budget at the panchayat

Catholics voiceless!

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MERCES, APRIL 22: Hurt and insulted at the holding of

the gram sabha on Easter Sunday, Chimbel Catholics have been demanding the postponing of the same.

Paul Fernandes and Lourdes Conception had even submitted written objection to the panchayat and also requested some of the panchas to voice their opposition at the panchayat body meeting, which was held on Thursday.

However it is learnt that among the seven panchas present for the meeting, not even one panch raised a voice of opposition, which goes only to show that the Catholics in Chimbel have no political voice in the panchayat.

Curti school catches fire; computer, fans destroyed

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MARCEL, APRIL 22: The Government Primary School at Mestawada in Curti-Ponda caught fire on

Devotees venerate statue of crucified Jesus at the Good Friday prayer service held at Our Lady of Assumption Church, Panjim. death.

Jesus Christ was ceremoniHERALD NEWS buREAu PANJIM, APRIL 22: The Catholic community across the State participated in prayers and services on Good Friday to commemorate the sufferings and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

While Archbishop-Patriarch Felipe Neri Ferrao presided over the services at the Se Cathedral in Old Goa, priests in all parishes and religious institutions in the diocese led the packed congregations in commemorating Christ’s passion and

It was a day of abstinence and penitence for the Catholic community, as the lay faithful also participated in day-long prayers and services, which included the Stations of the Cross in the morning.

The church services in the evening included the reading of the 'Passion of Christ', before the priests unveiled the covered crucifix during the Veneration of the Cross.

In most parishes, a lifesized statue of the crucified

ally brought down from the cross and placed in an open casket.

During the services, the catholic community also prayed for its leaders, as well as for peace and prosperity in the world.

Referring to Good Friday services all over the world, Pope Benedict XVI said that the day commemorates "the Lord's passion and death. We adore the crucified Christ, participating in his suffering with our penitence and fasting".

Police maintain vigil at Margao masjid meeting

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Margao PI Santosh Desai maintaining a close vigil at the Masjid Masjid as members discuss over the issue of management.

HERALD REPORTER These members pointed out a MARGAO, APRIL 22 : Margao po-

lice rushed to the Jama Masjid, Malbhat on Friday noon as tension rent the air between two groups trying to maintain their hold over the Masjid management.

Heated discussions ensued between members of the two groups, but there was no untoward incident after it was decided to convene a general body meeting of the Masjid on May 29 to resolve the issue.

Some of the members told the media that one group wanted to form a trust, which did not go down well with majority, who maintained all such issues should be discussed at the general body meeting of the Masjid.

particular group connected to the powers that be have made attempts to take over the management of the Masjid. The move, however, has come under stiff opposition from members of original Goan Muslims.

Mohammed Iqbal and Sheikh Aslam told newsmen that there was no major problem and all issues relating to Masjid affairs will be resolved at the May 29 general body meeting of the Masjid.

Margao PI Santosh Desai along with a posse of policemen rushed to the spot as a precautionary measure. He informed that the police made their presence felt at the Masjid from the law and order point of view.

Balli mishap: case registered against driver HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, APRIL 22: Cun-

colim police have registered a case against the driver of the bus that was involved in the head on collision with a car that left five persons injured at Balli on Thursday.

PSI Prasanna Bhagat informed that a case has been registered against the bus driver Tulsidas, who is absconding. He said 2-year old boy Ashutosh Jadhav, who suffered severe injuries in the accident, is out of danger.

Muslims petition minorities Commission on graveyard HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, APRIL 22: Margao’s Muslim community has once again knocked the doors of the Delhi-based National Commission for the Minorities on the long pending demand for spacious space for a kabrastan.

General Secretary of the Masjid Goasiya Ahle Sunnatul Jamat, Sirvodem, Abdulmatin Carol has petitioned to the Commission chairman to conduct hearing of the matter under the NCM Act charging the Goa government for its failure to comply with the Commission directions.

Abdulmatin drew attention of the Commission to the non-cooperative attitude of the chief secretary as well as the district administration in respect of the action taken on the subject.

He pointed out that the chief secretary and district collector had requested the Commission in May 2010 to grant six months time to process the acquisition of land as per the State government resolution of 1999.

That’s not all. Abdulmatin said the administration has taken no steps to strengthen and to improve the condition of the existing Kabrastan and requested the Commission chairman to take up the matter on priority as the community is facing hardships.

Meanwhile, a memorandum has been submitted to the newly-appointed AICC general secretary in charge of Goa Jagmeet Singh Brar on the hardships faced by the Muslim community in respect of kabrastan.

“The present kabrastan is situated on top of a rocky hill at Pajifond, Margao. The place is extremely rocky. The dead are put to rest in mass graves with shallow burials. Bodies buried in shallow graves get exposed in the monsoons due to heavy rains,” Abdulmatin stated in his memorandum to the AICC general secretary.

Friday evening.

According to reports, people noticed flames in the school and alerted the Ponda fire services.

By the time the a Ponda fire brigade reached the spot, the fire had spread to two of the four rooms in the school building.

The fire destroyed a com-

puter, three ceiling fans, wooden benches, tables and chairs.

The cause of the fire is unclear, though a short circuit is believed to have sparked off the fire.

The fire brigade team led

by Ponda Fire Station Asst.

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body meeting and allowed to forego their right of holding the gram sabha in April.

Panchayat Secretary Pednekar informed Herald that the budget was approved at the panchayat body meeting since it is not compulsory for any panchayat to get the budget approved at the gram sabha.

It is said that 'where there is a will, there is a way' and if the Curca and the Santa Cruz panchayats could find a way, why couldn't the Chimbel panchayat?

Is it plain ignorance or a deliberate attempt by the Chimbel panchayat to keep the Catholics from participating at the gram sabha?

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Given the Meru Taxi model which is a success in India, there has to be a better way for Goan taxi drivers.

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he ongoing debate on the preferred medium of instruction in primary schools has been quite intriguing to follow. The Minister of Education decided to close the debate by declaring in the State Assembly that the government has opted to maintain the status quo. This decision seems to indicate that the education authorities neither know, nor even care to know, why the issue has come up again.

I am reminded of the book by Stan Davis and Jim Botkin published in 1995 entitled The Monster Under the Bed. The authors show that the computer offers a new medium to deal with our problems.

It has become the medium of communication, of access to information, of transfer of ideas. It is the medium in which the children of today, and even more so those of tomorrow, will live and work.

The primary purpose of formal education is to prepare the child for success in the future, a future that is fast changing and increasingly global in scope. A head start towards the mastery of language will provide the child a competitive advantage for success in her future career. The language chosen as the medium should be one that is sufficiently developed for use in global and technical communication. It should be obvious that a more developed language will supersede a less developed one for purposes of higher level communication.

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he jury is out. And this is the people’s jury. Dum Maro Dum has been released. People have gone out and seen the movie in large numbers. The movie actually does appeal to anyone who lives in Goa, as close to what the harsh reality of Goa is today, without hurting anyone’s sentiments. Goans who went and saw the movie came out and said that there is nothing derogatory. Goan women were not insulted or portrayed as loose ladies of the night and Goa’s morality was not sold at every tinto.

Throughout the sickening controversy, which was getting increasingly hollow by the day, sane, right thinking and, above all, decent Goans waited without passing any judgment, went and bought tickets and saw the movie and enjoyed it.

In a supreme moment of poetic justice, people walked up to three silly protestors who were lined up outside Inox with pathetic posters that denigrated women more than DMD allegedly did, and asked them why they were protesting. As it so happens to cowards and the confused, they mumbled some inanities abut Goa being shown in poor light and kept quiet.

The quiet, no fuss support to Dum Maro Dum by the people of Goa has shown that real character comes not from filing petitions, addressing press conferences and creating an issue out of an absolute non issue.

The act of the journalist of an online news portal (who has discarded the fundamental principle of journalism – to study both sides of the story) to file a petition ban the film, which led to the entire controversy, should be condemned strongly by civil society and his apology sought for raising the pitch and misleading the people of Goa for his obvious vested interests.

It is high time that there are stricter laws and to ensure that frivolous petitions to ban movies or prevent any creative work from being released, published or displayed, without the petitioner studying the work he is fighting to ban, are simply not allowed. It’s a waste of time of the film’s creators, the judiciary and the people of Goa at large.

Coming to the movie, Herald asked one of its reporters to watch it and come back with a reality check. The film is a vivid and accurate portrayal of the police drug peddler nexus in Goa. If anything it has actually been too soft to politicians. The Home Minister, interestingly called Ponda, is shown to be a man bent on cleaning up the drug lobby and has assigned this to a trusted officer named Kamath.

And the film actually ends on what is the fervent hope of every Goan. Goa gets rids of the drug menace and is actually cleaned up though the efforts of good honest people. The film has good cops and bad cops, it has dons and drunkards, and it also has good and sensible people. It is what every society is. It is a simple story really, of Goa. Yet it is not a documentary on Goa. It is a film.

Dum Maro Dum, far from portraying Goa in a poor light, is actually a movie about Goa’s fight against the drug menace and its triumph over it. The film should be lauded and welcomed by all.

The protestors should be ignored because they have degenerated, perhaps were always that way, in to an abusive bickering lobby with no basis and more importantly no knowledge of the subject at hand.

The contents of the posters in their token protest sham were a clearer reflection of their characters than on Dum Maro Dum. One of the posters read ‘Bollywood’s brain is peanut sized and bxxxs are coconut sized,” a completely derogatory remark on a woman’s anatomy, by the same people who were protesting against the wrong portrayal of women in the film.

The problem is that people like these get away with trying to whip public sentiment on non-existent issues, wasting the time of the state and the courts and of course the time, energy and money of people who work on creative projects like film making.

The opening line in the film is very apt for people like these protestors and petitioners. Goa meri jaan hain, jannat ki shaan hain, lekin jannat main bhi saap baste hain aur yeh sale kya daste hain (Goa is my love, the pride of paradise, but even snakes live in paradise and they do bite).

Abhishekh Bachchan was referring to the underworld and the drug lobby in the movie. But this line could well fit people who filed the petition and protested on the streets to ban the film.

Fr romuald d’Souza, SJ There are three radically flawed assumptions on which the demand for early primary education in the mother tongue is based. The first assumption is that all regional languages are equally well developed. We know that this is not true.

The demand that only the schools that teach in the mother tongue should qualify for government aid because it facilitates the child’s learning, is replaced by the demand that aid should also be given to regional language schools for the sake of preserving our ‘Indianness’ and culture. The arguments used in favour of the mother tongue for early learning are conveniently forgotten.

The second false assumption is that learning is about acquiring information, which the mother tongue makes easier for the child. Educationists will certainly know that basic level learning in the 21st century consists of acquiring not information but skills for which the language used is of less importance. The child can pick up the skills like reading, writing and computing just as well regardless of

which language is used. This has been adequately proved by recent extensive and systematic research sponsored by UNESCO in South Africa and other African nations.

The third flawed assumption is that the love for language and culture can be imposed by compulsion. If the parents are convinced that English will give their child a head start, they will make the necessary investment in the child’s future and will not allow the system to retard the progress of their child by five years. There will, however, be many parents who cannot afford the fees, and to them their own elected representatives will deny the right to chose.

The inevitable consequence will be the creation of a two-tier society in this state comprising of those who can afford and will exercise their right to choose, and of those who cannot afford and have no choice but to stay as the lower tier of society.

The vision of education as the primary means of building a free, equitable and inclusive society and of providing a better quality of life for all our people is made subservient to the preservation of language and culture, ignoring that there are better and more effective ways to do so than by exploiting a captive audience of little children from less affluent families.

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uring the recently concluded GoaFest held at Zuri, one participant was charged 4000 for a short trip by a local taxi driver. Another nail, in Goa’s tourism coffin? The humble taxi driver is the first line of contact for tourists in Goa’s tourism industry, yet he is the least trained. The taxi drivers are usually school drops outs with fair ability to converse.

Taxi driving is the easiest profession to get into. Buy a car; register it as a public carrier and you are in business. What if there was a certificate that one had to obtain before he was awarded taxi driver badge?

The certificate could cover courses like safe driving, basic maintenance, knowledge of local roads, prominent places (a la guides) etc. Apart from a test on the subjected mentioned, a prospective driver could be tested for endurance, as that is a key part of the job.

To be a taxi driver in England you need such training and certification.

Another characteristic of this profession is the fact that it is usually seasonal – Sept to Feb. Therefore it puts pressure on the taxi driver to earn enough for a year, while driving for just six months.

Since the taxi driver cannot expect too many loyal customers, as they are

BlaiSe CoStaBir mainly tourists, he has no incentive to behave, drive safely or charge a reasonable fare.

Then the taxi driver, if he is from South Goa has to deal with an additional fact. If it is Monday the tourists will be taking a taxi, Tuesday is for buses or something to that effect. If this is not enough, we have the turf rules. A taxi from the North can only drop passengers in South but cannot pick a passenger. It is sure is not easy to be a taxi driver and earn a decent living.

The only way a cabbie will remember directions to a particular hotel or store, is if he has been suitably tipped on the previous visit. This is now institutionalized with rates being fixed irrespective of the fact that the tourist spent money.

Talking about earning, there is yet another complication, every driver has a taken a loan to buy his taxi and therefore he has the right to ensure he can pay back the loan. So overcharging is accept-

able as how else can an honest cabbie pay his installment. The above scenario, makes it appears that the cabbie is a lost cause. That while we sit and grumble, the cabbie drives himself to oblivion.

Given the Meru Taxi model which is a success in India, there has to be a better way for Goan taxi drivers. There is a huge market for taxi drivers, which till date they have ignored. A market that is available year round, pay reasonably and which will ensure that the taxi driver has an incentive to offer better services.

This market is sitting under our nose; it is the local population of Goa. Go to any city, Mumbai, Bangalore or Delhi and locals there take a taxi without batting an eyelid.

How taxi drivers can tap the local market and therefore reduce dependence on tourists. Can the readers suggest ways that taxi drivers can tap the local market so that we have an efficient public transport alternative and taxi drivers earn with dignity?

If we can achieve this then driving the tourist will be additional source of income. Then Goa’s brand image will be safe. Two birds with one stone, tempting. Come up with ideas and be a part of the solution? Await your comments.

— Blaise Costabir

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he ‘special’ mention by the Rajya Sabha MP, Shantaram Naik, that December 19, 1961 should be celebrated as the day when India attained full independence, is indicative of how much the Goan psyche has been affected by the relentless propaganda since it’s annexation on by the Indian army.

When will Goans realize that the word ‘liberation’ could have been attached to that date only if India had followed up on the declaration solemnly made by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

June 4, 1956, at the Congress convention at Nagpur he said, “Everyone wants Goa to become free, but the question is asked whether India will extend its authority over Goa against the wishes of the Goan people. My answer to that is No. If the people of Goa minus the Portuguese Government deliberately wish to retain their separate identity, I am not going to compel them into the Indian Union. It will be entirely for the people of Goa to decide their future. India’s national interest demands only the removal of Portuguese rule from Goa.” This assurance that ‘the people of Goa would decide their future’ was not followed up by the Indian Union, by holding a plebiscite, after the Portuguese were driven out of Goa in 1961.

The Opinion Poll held in Goa in 1967 was not the choice that Jawaharlal Nehru promised Goa. Goans were given a choice to decide whether they wanted a union with India or to be an independent country.

Furthermore, independent India never considered Goa as being an integral part of the Indian Union is a fact that seems to have escaped that same class of ‘blind’ people that insist upon calling December 19 as the day of Goa’s liberation. A demand has to be made by our so-called ‘freedom fighters’ and now by an MP that the said date should be celebrated throughout India’ as its final and total liberation.

That the Union of India did not, of its own motion, consider it important enough to celebrate it as a national Indian holiday, should have opened up those eyes that have been shut for so long and make them look closely at what is taking place in Goa post 1961 and what the future holds for Goa and the Goan posterity.

What are you talking about Shantaram Naik and how does your demand for special status for Goa gel with this suggestion that you have made in the Indian Parliament? To me it is absolutely contradictory!

WEEKEND INBOX DMD – a reality check I appreciate Sujay Gupta for his article (Herald, 17 April). It is very much true that Goa is a place of corruption, drugs and sex. Goans began shouting slogans, organising meetings and voicing their opinion against the film ‘Dum Maro Dum’ which has already become popular. Then why did we act as mere spectators against these social evils? It is because the drug dealers and other antisocial elements were under the influence of politicians and the police. We, therefore, cannot blame the producers.

Was it not the government’s duty to read the script before giving them the permission to shoot the film? Deleting some scenes and lines of a few dialogues will

do little to save Goa’s image as a safe tourist destination. For that to happen, the government will have to ban various Goan shacks especially in North Goa where drugs like cocaine are sold.

Ashlon A Fernandes, Nuvem

He is never in his office Our Goan bureaucrats are seen all over Goa, except in their offices. Officials like the deputy collector, mamlatdars, rent controllers, and chief officers have their names mentioned in all newspaper reports, giving statements and for sports events, but are never on their official seats. Can we call them public servants?

I know of a person who has been chasing a certain deputy collector for permission

to repair his collapsing house before the monsoons, but he is never in office. Even his staff is unaware of his availability. If a ‘legal plea’ is made to this official, his famous reply is “don’t tell me what to do”. The government should not permit public servants to hold other non-governmental posts if they are required by a large number of citizens.

Peter Andrade, Vasco

Fake charity and betrayals It was disturbing to read of two aspiring candidates to political office, one in south Goa and another in the north talking about ‘charity’ at apparently ‘catholic’ functions. While one spoke eloquently about Christian charity, as a chief guest

at a Lenten Tiatr, supposedly depicting Christ’s forty days in the wilderness, here were his deemed followers shamelessly betraying him in his name. They allowed themselves to be accomplices in this naked game of profiteering. This sort of ‘charity’ leaves a bad taste in the mouth. The other politician, who was once a PA to a minister has apparently learnt more than a few tricks to cultivate vote banks, purely with an eye on the assembly elections. The priest at the function spoke about his charitable activities without even batting an eyelid about the source of income for such noble deeds.

Or is it his case that the ends justify the means? As the election time draws near, we will see many such fake charities making news, only to evaporate immediately thereafter.

J Mario Fernandes, by email

Support N Shivdas I proudly take this opportunity to congratulate N Shivdas for taking the bold step of publishing his poem entitled ‘Chedi.’On the other hand, ‘Bailancho Ekvott’ chief Auda Viegas along with other supremos have drastically criticised the poet and have asked for an apology. I would have agreed with you Auda, only if there was set criteria for a poet. I wonder what your reaction was when the movie “Dum Maro Dum” was filmed and subsequently released. Also, if possible, try to stop the vulgar double meaning comedy in tiatrs.

I request all writers to join hands and support Shri N Shivdas. If one gets insulted, then do not read the poem.

Please leave the writer and his poem alone. It reminds me of a song by Bob

Marley entitled “Who the cap fits, should wear it!”

Ramesh Naik, Margao

Stop illegal mining It is a shocking revelation that more than fifty per cent of the mining activities carried out in Goa, is illegal. It is shameful to know that illegal mining activities continue unabated, thanks to the corrupt cover by all and sundry. Needless to say, illegal mines are owned by the ministers themselves.

Enviromentalists and concerned Goan people, we need to fight for transparent mining guidelines and policies done in consultation with environmentalists and civil society. Illegal mining should be stopped immediately.

Joaquim Dias, Chandor

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Govt: Row won’t affect drafting of Lokpal Bill PTI NEW DELHI, APRIL 22: Gov-

ernment today said controversies involving some civil society members of the joint committee for drafting the Lokpal Bill would not affect its working and will work with the members to prepare a "strong and sound" anti-corruption legislation.

After a meeting of Congress' Core Group headed by Sonia Gandhi with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by her side, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said controversies "won't affect" the working of Lokpal Bill drafting panel.

"Controversies have been raised about members of the joint committee on the Lokpal Bill. I would like to make it clear that the view of government as also the view of party, the Congress, the working of Lokpal Bill drafting panel won't be affected

Gehlot frustrated by corruption allegations: BJP PTI JAIPUR, APRIL 22: The BJP

today reacted angrily to Ashok Gehlot's tirade against the party, saying the Rajasthan Chief Minister is "frustrated" by growing allegations of corruption, and trying to mislead people by resorting to statements of "low-level".

Hitting back at the government, the state BJP chief Arun Chaturvedi said if the Chief Minister is so serious about conducting an inquiry into the allegations, he should immediately refer the cases to the SIT or the CBI. "Frustrated at finding himself surrounded by allegations of corruption, he (Gehlot) is only pretending to be clean, and is resorting to statements of low-level to mislead the people," Chaturvedi said in a statement.

Speaking at a state convention of NSUI here, where his son Vaibhav Gehlot was also present, the Chief Minister had accused the opposition of stirring up "false" allegations of corruption against him, and said he would not remain in chair "for a second" if charges of favouritism were proven.

by these controversies.

"Government members of the committee look forward to working with Anna Hazare and his colleagues on the committee and to draft a strong and sound Lokpal Bill to fight corruption," he said. Mukherjee's remarks came after a 90-minute meeting of the Core Group that discussed the issues threadbare.

Hazare had written a letter to Gandhi earlier this week alleging a smear campaign by some Congress leaders and sought to know whether the exercise had her sanction. Replying to it, Gandhi had said her party did not support any kind of smear campaign and was committed to rooting out corruption.

Mukherjee's statement came a day after the Prime Minister's remarks that gov-

ernment hopes to introduce during the monsoon session of Parliament the Lokpal Bill on which a committee of Ministers and representatives of civil society are working.

Admitting that there is little public tolerance for the prevailing state of affairs on the issue of corruption, Singh had yesterday said that his government is committed to facing this challenge boldly as people expect swift and exemplary action.

Talking to PTI today, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, in the thick of a controversy over remarks on the Lokpal committee members Shanti and Prashant Bhushan and Justice Santosh Hegde, said Congress and the government would in no way hamper the work of the joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill.

I would like to make it clear that the view of government as also the view of party, the Congress, the working of Lokpal Bill drafting panel won't be affected by these controversies.

-- Pranab Mukherjee

KOLKATA, APRIL 22: Fifty

constituencies will go to polls tomorrow in the second phase of Assembly polls in three districts of West Bengal in which over 93.33 lakh voters would cast ballots to elect representatives from among 293 aspirants.

The three districts where election would be held are Murshidabad having 22 seats, Birbhum -- 11 and Nadia --17. In all 11,531 polling stations have been set up.

Tight security arrangements have been made in all three districts to ensure free, fair and peaceful election.

Police sources said about 4800 security personnel including central para-military personnel have been deployed in the three districts.

Defying the party's warning, four rebel Congress candidates backed by party MP Adhir Chowdhury are contesting as independents in Murshidabad district and an equal number of dissidents are in the fray in Nadia. All of them have been suspended by the party. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and union Finance minister

Pranab Mukherjee, an MP from Murshidabad and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee campaigned in the districts urging voters not to vote for any rebel candidate and utilise the opportunity to oust the Left Front government.

Prominent Left leaders who campaigned included CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in Nadia besides CPIM politburo member Biman Bose and Housing minister Gautam Deb.

MYSORE, APRIL 22: Union

Law Minister Veerappa Moily said in Mysore today that certain legislations to reform the judicial system will be brought before the next Monsoon Session.

Addressing the Southern States Regional Conference on ‘Role of advocates in democracy and protection of human rights’ organised by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, he said he was working on a bill to make justice a part of the rights of the people and the first draft on the ‘Right to Justice’ Bill was ready.

According to the National Law Commission report only 4 per cent of the people had access to justice and the rest were denied this right.

This needed to be rectified by making justice a right of all. There should be no injustice to any citizen in the country by way of denial of

justice, he said.

Efforts were also on to see that no case will be pending for more than three years in the courts, within the next six months. The measure would liberate the courts from the huge number of pendency cases, he said adding, “We are working on several other reform measures.” The ministry was also spending Rs 500 crore on mobile courts. “The judiciary is anxious about it, but not the lawyers,” he rued.

He said the ministry was also working on a National Judiciary Service on a par

with services like IAS and IPS. It will be a new cadre of judicial officers. A move was also on to create a cadre of legal services of personnel like draughtsmen and others.

The minister said he had already worked out on making appointment of Judges transparent. “We are coming out with a most transparent system where merit will be dominant in appointment of Judges,” he said.

“No where in the world Judges appoint Judges.

They appoint themselves to judicial posts. Still we are tolerating,” he said adding that the way the things are happening they could take over legislature and executive and even the Parliament functioning. Unfortunately, the system is like that,” Moily said and added changes needed to be brought about.

Similarly, the Law Minister said Public Interest Litigation (PIL) had become a

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AGENCIES MUMBAI, APRIL 22: The Bri-

hanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an advisory for chickenpox as the city hospitals’ outdoor patient department is seeing a number of such cases.

Presently the city is seeing 10-20% rise in chickenpox cases, especially among children. The civic body, to control the spread of chickenpox, has directed citizens to take care and be quarantined if they contract it. The advisory issued by the health department says that eradication of the disease is not an easy task at the local level. The illness has no medicine and the vaccine is expensive, so it is not included in National Immunisation Programme.

Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection caused by the varicella virus.

Over 90% of chicken pox cases occur in children.

BJP veteran L K Advani and party chief Nitin Gadkari also took part in the campaigning.

The main poll plank of Trinamool Congress-Congress combine is for ushering in 'paribartan' (political change) in the state ruled by CPIM-led Left Front for the last 34 years.

Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has ridiculed the slogan for change.

Prominent candidates whose fate would be decided are Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee from Nalhati, Panchayat minister and CPI(M) leader Anisur Rehman, former High Court judge Nure Alam Chowdhury contesting on Trinamool Congress ticket from Murarai and Rukbanur Rehman, brother of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman from the Chapra constituency.

CPIM has fielded candidates in 31 seats followed by TC in 29 and Congress in 21 seats. BJP has put up nominees in all the 50 constituencies and Bahujan Samaj Party in 27 seats.

Bill on right to justice soon: Moily AGENCIES

Only 4 per cent of the people have access to justice and the rest are denied this right. This needed to be rectified by making justice a right of all. There should be no injustice to any citizen in the country by way of denial of -- Veerappa Moily justice.

BMC on guard against rising chickenpox cases in Mumbai

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‘big business’ “Holding judiciary to ransom has to end.

Therefore, fixing parameters for PIL has become a necessity.” Even rule of law has suffered in the country, instead of being endured. “We have to reestablish rule of law. We will take up this cause,” he said.

Saying India was suffering from a ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, he said even the legal fraternity was no exception to this.

Obviously keeping in mind the happenings in Karnataka, he said radical measures were needed to combat corruption. “We should not allow a situation like Egypt or Lebanon to develop. Our Parliamentary system is strong enough to overcome such a scenario. So, we are introducing radical measures to combat corruption,” he said, adding, some of these would come up in the Monsoon Session.

ESCAPING THE INFERNO: Residents try to save their belongings after a major fire in a slum near New Secretariat in Patna on Friday.

Godhra case: HC reserves order on summoning Modi PTI AHMEDABAD, APRIL 22: The

Gujarat High Court today reserved its order on whether Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be summoned or not by a panel probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi reserved the ruling after the state Government completed its argument where it questioned the locus standi of Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), the NGO which had sought questioning of Modi, in the matter. JSM had argued that summoning of Modi was required for collecting evidence.

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Topic: Heat Illnesses

Gender Discourse Thursday, April 28, 4 pm Topic: Male Vanity & the Market OTHER PROGRAMMES Insight Weekend Saturday, April 23, 1.30 pm Anurag Dixit celebrates 35 years of NOIDA & its continued expansion

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SNAPSHOT citi tries to shed 'survivor' image

NEW YORK: Citigroup Inc can be more than just a survivor of the financial crisis, chief executive Vikram Pandit said.

"We have come a long way and we continue to move forward," Pandit said at the bank's annual meeting in New York.

The third-largest US bank by assets, on the brink of failure at the height of the financial crisis, has slowly recovered after getting three government bailouts.

As of December, Citigroup no longer counts the US government as a shareholder. The bank now has five straight quarters of profits behind it. On Monday it reported a first-quarter profit of $3 billion.

aMd beats expectations SAN FRANCISCO: Advanced Micro Devices beat earnings expectations, underscoring the PC market's resilience as the chipmaker launches nextgeneration processors it hopes will close the gap with Intel Corp.

The perennial runner-up to Intel in the multibilliondollar global PC microprocessor market recently started shipping its Llano chips.

Industry experts have warned in recent months that the advent of mobile wireless devices will increasingly erode PC sales. But Intel smashed expectations this week, reaffirming the health of the market -- for now.

AMD said it has seen strong demand for other recently launched low-cost chips aimed at netbooks, a niche dominated completely by Intel but under pressure from increasing tablet sales.

Gold glitters, dollar tumbles NEW YORK: Gold prices rallied to record highs for a fifth straight session and silver surged as the dollar index tumbled for a third day toward an all-time low, prompting investors to buy bullion as a currency hedge.

Bullion, which jumped above $1,500 an ounce for the first time on Wednesday, once again rose in tandem with riskier assets such as equities on inflation fears.

"The US dollar is in the midst of a severe downtrend. So the dollar is not the safe haven in view of the difficulty the US government is having in resolving its budget deficit, and gold is benefiting from that," said Leo Larkin, metals equity analyst at Standard & Poor's.

Gold also benefits as a hedge against US currency depreciation, as the dollar fell broadly for a third straight day as record low interest rates and the crushing weight of the US budget deficit pushed it closer to an all-time trough against major currencies.

samsung counter sues apple SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co filed patent lawsuits against Apple over the US firm's iPhone and iPad in a tit-for-tat case after Apple claimed Samsung's smartphones and tablets "slavishly" copied its products.

Samsung's counter lawsuit, its first against its biggest client, comes days before it launches a new product and could jeopardize business ties between the two companies, as Apple relies on Samsung for component supplies such as chips and LCD displays.

"Apple is quite annoyed by Samsung's fast rise in a market which it virtually created," James Song, an analyst at Daewoo Securities, said on Friday.

Apple sold 18.6 million iPhones last quarter alone.

Samsung, which had a fraction of the booming market until early last year, is estimated to have sold around 13 million units of smartphones in January-March and aims to sell 60 million units this year.

The Thane Janata Sahakari Bank is set to expand operations with branches in Goa and Karnataka.The bank had obtained permission from the RBI to open a total of 16 branches including Mapusa in Goa.

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We expect global production to ramp up again by mid-year and return to normal by end 2011 after quake-tsunami disaster caused auto parts shortages.

-- Toyoda, president, Toyota Motor

BOARDROOM

A diagnostic visionary Sachin Ambadoskar

He is the only one in India to be an advisor on World Health Organisation panels for diagnostics and has been doing heavy research in latest technologies in molecular diagnostics.

Bharati Pawaskar meets Immunologist and the director, Tulip Group of Companies, N Sriram n It’s been 21 years since Tulip started in Goa. How has the journey been?

Tulip is the leading Indian group of diagnostic companies involved in the manufacturing and marketing of in-vitro diagnostic reagents and kits, nationally and internationally. We are three like-minded partners – Dr V K Naik, PhD in Biochemistry, D G Tripathi, BSc, MBA and me, with an MSc, MPhil in Biochemistry, as an immunologist – who launched this company in 1990. From day one, we shared big dreams – to be a global player, to maintain the best quality and to be innovative all the time. I am proud to say we could maintain the ideology and understanding between us. Today, with a turnover of Rs 195 crore in 2011, Tulip exports to 65 countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. We plan to expand further and cover South

America and USA in the near future. n What are the companies under the flagship of Tulip?

We are basically into two things – manufacturing and trading. While Tulip Diagnostics, Orchid Biomedical Systems, Qualpro Diagnostics, Zephyr Biomedicals and Coral Clinical Systems are into manufacturing.

Lilac Medicare and Orchid Biomedical Systems are into trading. Tulip currently has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities that cover approximately 160,000 square feet at Verna Industrial Estate. n What are the key areas that Tulip focuses on?

Tulip manufactures reagents and kits for diagnosis of infectious diseases, detection of blood groups, coagulation and clinical chemistry reagents, kits for plasma proteins, culture medias and disinfectants. Currently, the diagnostic segments that are covered

are immunohaematology, immunology (fertility, rheumatology, and infectious diseases), immunoturbidimetry, haemostasis, haematology, clinical microbiology, dehydrated culture media, parasitology, virology, cardiac markers, cancer markers, clinical biochemistry, instrumentation and high technology disinfectants.

We are constantly working with the government to improve the regulatory mechanism for diagnostics.

We also constantly endeavour to keep the prices affordable and the handling of the tests easier at the point of care. n Who are your clients?

We deal with international organisations like UN agencies, UNICEF, Red Cross, WHO, UNDP (United Nations Development Programmes), and MSF (Medicines Sans Frontiers – doctors without borders).

With 1400 employees all over

Macro advisor: N Sriram in a relaxed mood India and offices in 12 major cities, we deal mainly with hospitals, industries and laboratories. Though presently we do not deal directly with the end point consumer, we are working to make our tests affordable, simple, fast and reliable for use at point of care and may be, some day, at home. n You are associated with WHO. But their guidelines do not permit anyone from the industry to be on its advisory panel.

I am the only person from India to be on WHO advisory panels on diagnostics and also the only person from the

trust us, we follow ethical standards and are open for discussion. We believe in not hurting the animals at any point.

I should thank the great work done by Maneka Gandhi and other NGOs in this regard, which compelled companies to follow ethics and treat animals humanely.

Just have a look at the animals we have here, all live in air-conditioned cosy dwellings. Our group believes in creating better testing systems for better diagnostics and sets trends by innovating continuously.

Mattel handed stunning defeat

RIL, DE Shaw in financial business JV AGENCY NEW DELHI, AprIL 22

Mukesh Ambani-led RIL has said it will capitalise on the core strength of its businesses and expertise of global investment major DE Shaw in its proposed foray into the financial services sector.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has entered into a joint venture with DE Shaw as part of its plans to enter the fast growing financial services sector in the country.

"This JV (with DE Shaw) will incorporate DE Shaw's expertise in investment and related technology with Reliance's operational knowledge and extensive presence across India to offer a wide array of financial services to Indian consumers," RIL said.

RIL chief Mukesh Ambani said the company was fully geared to participate in India's growth and continued global recovery in the coming years.

industry. There are around 20 people, including me, on the panels. I have been a WHO Advisor for the last seven years as my technical background and credibility in the market made me eligible. The two WHO panels I am on are, Scientific Advisory Group and Diagnostic Evaluation Experts Panel (DEEP). WHO works in two major areas, policy making and ensuring quality of diagnostics. n Isn’t there some amount of animal testing that happens at your labs?

Yes, we do testing on goats, rabbits, mice etc. But

REUTERS CALIFOrNIA, AprIL 22

A farmer ties plastic bags to birch trees to collect birch sap in a forest near the village of Okolovo, outside Minsk.

Mattel Inc, after waging a seven-year legal war against a tiny California company, swallowed a surprise defeat after a US jury decided that MGA Entertainment Inc is the rightful owner of the once-billion dollar line of pouty-lipped Bratz dolls.

The astonishing loss for the world's largest toy maker concluded a case that began in 2004, when MGA's line of dolls was all the rage among teen and preteen girls. Mattel accused Van Nuys, California-based MGA of stealing its designs by hiring away a key employee.

Mattel CEO Robert Eckert sat stone-faced, staring straight ahead as the verdict was read on Thursday in a Santa Ana, California, federal courtroom. He said afterward that he was disappointed by the verdict.

"We remain committed to protecting the intellectual

property that is at the heart of business success," Eckert said in an email.

MGA chief executive Isaac Larian, meanwhile, said the case has been a prolonged battle for his family.

"It very well shows that in America, even huge corporations are not above the law," Larian said.

A federal jury in 2008 ordered MGA and Larian to pay Mattel $100 million, but a federal appeals court threw out that ruling last year.

MGA then accused Mattel of gaining entry to toy fairs with false credentials to steal trade secrets and concealed evidence of these activities.

The jury found Mattel misappropriated trade secrets from MGA and awarded MGA $88.5 million in damages. The jury also decided MGA had interfered with Mattel's contract with designer Carter Bryant, but awarded only $10,000 in damages to Mattel.

'No authentic figures' on black money deposits: Fin Min PTI NEW DELHI, AprIL 22

A combo image showing the logos of Italian car manufacturer Fiat and US automobile heavyweight Chrysler. Fiat and Chrysler took a major step towards forming a global auto giant on Thursday with a 1.3-billion dollar deal that will see the Italian auto company boost its stake in the US firm to 46%.

As the tussle seeking disclosure of names of people who have stashed black money abroad continues in SC, the Finance Ministry says it has "no authentic figures" about the quantum of money deposited in Swiss banks.

The Ministry also said that certain "references" have been received on the black money issue but declined to make the information public

since it will "impede the process of investigation".

"There are no authentic figures about the amount of deposits held by Indian citizens in Swiss Banks, which are exclusive of their lawful and legitimate deposits," the Ministry said in reply to an RTI query.

"Certain references have been received on this issue on which appropriate action is being taken. However, as furnishing of information at this stage may impede the

process of investigation in the matter, the information sought is exempt from disclosure under the provisions of Section 8 (1) (h) of the RTI Act 2005," it said.

The applicant had asked the Ministry to give information on the names of individuals/companies who have deposited black money in Swiss banks along with steps by the govt to check it.

"It is stated that efforts have been made from time to time to seek details of the

bank accounts held by Indians in Swiss Confederation under the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Switzerland.

"However, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration has expressed its inability to exchange the information regarding bank deposits," the RTI reply said.

"They (Swiss Authorities) also replied that such information was not at their disposal under Swiss Laws in

the normal course of tax administration," it added.

The Supreme Court hearing a petition yesterday slammed the government for its inefficiency in dealing with the case and focusing its probe only on Hasan Ali, owner of Pune-based stud farm, accused of money laundering and largescale tax evasion.

"Was the Government sleeping all these years on the issue of blackmoney," the court had asked while hear-

ing a petition filed by noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani and others seeking direction to the government to bring back black money stashed

by Indian citizens in foreign banks which is believed to be around USD one trillion.

Many NGOs and whistleblowers have complained to authorities that Indian money worth several thousands crore was illegally routed to many tax havens and urged government to take strict measures to put a

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bizlife Setting the right Exemplar

Every bar has been sold out. Our dealer has not sent new stocks since the last delivery at the end of February — Prasad Alve

I can cook a new dish, if I eat it once. I experiment in the kitchen to get its exact taste, and I do succeed — Sunita Gaunekar

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YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

A son of a vegetable vendor and a school teacher have come together to set up one of India’s best up and coming brand managing companies right here in Goa . Today, they stand apart themselves, with a keen sense of uniqueness. Kurt Bento gets an Exemplar-y lesson in strategy from Dattaprasad Shetkar and Neenad Rajagolkar

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uilding a brand is not easy business. But for Dattaprasad Shetkar and Neenad Rajagolkar, it what they live and breathe every single day. Today, they are partners in Exemplar Strategic Solutions, a brand management company that is looking to change the way Goa looks at branding and communication.

Sometimes, it takes humble beginnings to create ‘exemplar’ individuals and Datta and Neenad fit right into that

mould. Datta, the son of a vegetable vendor, grew up in a little cluster of houses on Orgao in Marcel, while Neenad, whose father was a schoolteacher, had a modest upbringing in Porvorim.

The two met around a decade ago when they were both studying in pharmacy college, from there, their lives went in different directions.

Datta went to Goa University and then to Bangalore, where he ended up working as a brand management consultant and then rose to vice president of Shining Con-

sulting, an affiliate of a European consulting firm that worked on brands such as Berger Paints, Mahindra, Reliance Select and Hindustan Lever amongst others.

Neenad stayed in Goa, working with pharma companies as a sales and marketing executive.

“The time came then for me to make a choice, to rise up the ranks, I would have to move out,” he explains. Neenad then moved to FMCG distribution just so he could stay in Goa. Somewhere down the line, their paths crossed when Datta

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Neenad (L) and Datta (R) joke around while posing for a picture and (below) some of their work

came back down as the brand head for IFB and that’s when the idea for Exemplar came about.

In August 2008, the idea became reality, and coin the oft used cliché, there was no looking back.

Since then, their business

has grown tremendously.

Their last year’s growth percentage was 600 per cent. Truly a remarkable achievement!

As of 2010, the duo and their small team have worked with some of the best brands in Goa

Cadbury has a ‘kuch khaas’ problem in Goa The makers of Cadbury, in India, need to understand a little twist to their award winning Bournville ad line, “You don’t buy a Bournville, you earn it”. With the face off it has had with its Goa distributors, Cadbury needs to earn back their trust. Bharati Pawaskar reports on why Goa’s distributors are refusing to say ‘Kuch Khaas hain’ to Cadbury

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k Dairy Milk di re”, Neeta, a housewife ask a shopkeeper in Margao. Neeta often treats herself to her favourite Dairy Milk chocolate bar from Cadbury, while shopping for her home. “No stocks, ma’am,” answers the lady at the counter.

A boy on a gaddo near the old bus stand complains, “Every bar has been sold out. Our dealer has not sent new stocks since the last delivery at the end of February.” Prasad Alve, from Dattaprasad Stores, says, “Cadbury has closed their offices in Goa.” Shops selling Cadbury products are running out of stocks, all over Goa. “We have not received any of the Cadbury brands like Five Star Crunch, Silk, Dairy Milk, Fruit and Nut, Roasted Almond, Crackle, Perk, Shots and Éclairs for over a month now,” says a shopkeeper at the Kadamba Bus Stand in Panjim.

The issue seems trivial, but it seems to have been the last straw for Cadbury distributors, who felt that the company has not been treating distributors well.

There are total of 10 Cadbury’s distributors in Goa, five in the South and five in the North. The apex body of these distributors is All Goa Fast Moving Consumer Group (FMCG) and All Goa Telecom Distributors Association (TDA) headed by B M Prabhudesai.

According to Prabhudesai, Santosh Kamat of Sanvi Sales in Margao, the oldest and biggest distributor of Cadbury in Goa, has been dropped for the company, ostensibly because of an argument with a sales person. However, the Cadbury spokesperson completely

denied the issue (See Box). In a show of solidarity, the All Goa FMCG and TDA, after giving an ultimatum to the Cadbury’s till Wednesday to reappoint Santosh Kamat, as its distributor, banned sales of Cadbury products from April 21.

Till Cadbury and its distributors reach an amicable working relationship, Chocolate lovers in Goa will wait their ‘Real Taste of Life’.

“THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF BOTH PARTIES” This is mainly about one person.

We are in talks with that particular distributor and are looking to come to an amicable solution.

This is not about an argument or a disagreement with a salesperson. It’s about a trade term negotiation. These situations arise in places all over the country. All this is a standard process and we’re sure this issue can be resolved in the best interests of both parties.

Ransom D’Souza, Cadbury Spokesperson

Cadbury will not be allowed to dump its products in Goa “All Goa FMCG and Telecom Distributors Association has been in existence for the past 18 months.

During this period, we have taken up issues that distributors have, with companies like Parle, Airtel, Idea, Docomo and Pitambari amongst others.

All these companies have shown an interest in sitting across the table and solving issues within 24 hours of calling them. But Cadbury’s has not.

Even after sending them an ultimatum, they have not responded positively or shown signs of compromise.

This attitude is disturbing and mars the healthy relationship between the multinationals and distributors. We will not lose anything, but Cadbury will have to face the consumers, if we stop billing in Goa. We will not allow Cadbury to appoint a new distributor or allow any direct dumping of their products in Goa until the matter is resolved and the injustice done to Santosh Kamat is corrected.

Our fight will continue, come what may.”

— B M Prabhudessai, President, All Goa FMCG & Telecom Distributors Association

Cadbury takes the Perk out of Santosh Kamat The chocolate got over in seven years. After a seven year association, Santosh Kamat was told that his services as a distributor were no longer required. “How did this sweet bond turn sour? That too because of a small argument with one of the sales representatives,’ Santosh is left wondering.

Santosh’s life and business depends solely on Cadbury. “In spite of bumper sales of Rs 44 lakh in Diwali 2010 and record sales of Rs 35 lakh each month, the company has treated me like this. I know I am fighting for justice in a righteous way and will abide by the association’s decision,” says Santosh.

and India – Alcon Mercedes Benz, NRB Group, Contura, Manek Gem, Nestle, Infosys and even a German brand called Putzmeister, now based in India too. There have been many more brands along the way, leading

up a huge influx of work.

“It’s all about brand identity,” says Datta, stressing on the fact that they put a lot into their ideating process.

For them, it’s all about understanding their client and relating it to the

market. A task that takes time, but it’s in that time that the process can be completed and the results bear fruit. It’s this dedication to the cause that has seen them become the affiliate for Goldmine, a prominent Bombay-based ad agency.

As regards the market in Goa, “seasonality is a problem. Most traditional clients choose to advertise just before the season begins and then lie low in the off season. Sometimes, its spending money over a longer period of time that actually brings the brand more recognition,” says Datta. Neenad adds, “the new breed of entrepreneurs and businessman buck the trend and look to spread their ad spend over the year.”

SHE MEANS BUSINESS

The good food guide At 63, she is still the life of the party; after all, she handles the food. Many would agree that their weddings and other occasions would be incomplete without her. Bharati Pawaskar heads for a tasting session with Sunita Gaunekar

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unita Gaunekar is a celebrity. She is the central figure in a Marathi novel, ‘Roller Coaster,’ written by Meghana Kurundwadkar and based on Sunita’s life – her hardship and her success. She was also awarded the Swayansiddha Pursakar by Gomant Vidya Niketan.

But that’s not the only reason why Sunita is famous.

It’s also because, at most parties in Goa, the fun would not be complete without Sunita Caterers. Armed with a team of 10, Sunita manages this one-woman food show.

“I do the marketing myself, to get the best of vegetables, fruits, fish and chicken,” says Sunita, who prepares her own homemade masalas.

Sunita is an expert in cooking more than 50 varieties of dishes, both vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishes, thus catering to all communities. “I can cook anything I put my mind to, except for pork and beef,” she claims. . “I can cook a new dish, if I eat it once.

Without asking for the ingredients, I experiment in the kitchen to get its exact taste, and I do succeed,” she says.

She charges between Rs 90-100 per person for veg and Rs 110-120 for non-veg food, with mutton incurring an extra Rs 10. The final menu has about 15 dif-

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MASTERCHEF: Sunita prepares for the next catering order ferent dishes, along with dessert. Her peak season is during November and December, which slows down around March up to April. May is another good month for her.

The eldest daughter of late freedom fighter Govind Narayan Prabhudesai, Sunita was very talented since she was a child, winning prizes in sports, stitching, cooking, writing, painting, elocution, storytelling, essays, poetry recitals and plays.

Later, she opted for teaching as her career in 1967, where she drew Rs 213 per month as a salary.

In 2003, she gave it up to start her own business.

Sunita started taking catering orders in 1988, albeit on a small scale.

Her family was reluctant

in the beginning, but she was determined to see it through. In 1989, she took her first big contract, a party of 100 people. The success of that one party gave her the confidence to build her team and expand the business. “Today, we have the capability to handle a party for 2,500 people with everything – waiters, transport, kitchen and serving equipment – everything but for the canopies above the buffet table,” she states.

Sunita has now decided to shift base from a flat to a larger space contained within three shops with plans to officially register Sunita Caterers. If she was famous then, imagine what will happen in the future.

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Shiv Sena today lent a helping hand to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who is trying to get elected to the state Legislative Council, saying that it will not field any candidate against him in the May 4 bypoll.

Chavan, who is not a member of either of the Houses of the Legislature, has to get elected before May 11 if he has to retain his post. -- (PTI)

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The courts have taken cognisance of a case of illegal land allotment by Singh for constructing a shopping mall. Singh must first look at his own track record before levelling charges against others.

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We were seeing changes around the world – countries like China and India rising; areas like the Middle East becoming less stable; the world shrinking because of technology.

-- Barack Obama

Krishna raises anti-India activities with prachanda PTI

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KATHMANDU, APRIL 22: Anti-India activities by Maoists, including targeting of its diplomats and joint ventures in Nepal, were raised by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna during his crucial talks with the former rebels' supreme Prachanda here today.

Krishna, who is on a threeday visit to Nepal, conveyed his concerns to UCPNMaoist chief Prachanda, against the backdrop of incidents targeting Indian Ambassador Rakesh Sood and defacing of Indian national flag by Maoists.

When Sood recently visited Kailali, Gulmi and some other districts outside Kathmandu to hand over Indianaided projects in the fields of education, health and drinking water, local Maoist cadres waved black flags, shouted anti-India slogans and tried to disrupt the programmes.

Krishna, who is on a three-day visit to Nepal, conveyed his concerns to UCPN-Maoist chief Prachanda, against the backdrop of incidents targeting Indian Ambassador Rakesh Sood and defacing of Indian national flag by Maoists.

In some places, where various roads and bridges were constructed under Indian assistance, the Maoists defaced the Indian national flag.

Ahead of Krishna's visit that began on Wednesday, Maoists had also stormed a meeting of Indian infrastruc-

from page 1 MOTHERS & FATHERS OF GOA English to be taught in primary Government schools, the Government should ensure that these schools are given aid.

Ask any parent. He or she does not have the time for academic discourse, seminars or scholarly information dissemination on mother tongues. Who decides what the mother tongue is. Goan homes today speak a medley of languages giving each language a pride of place. It’s about assimilation not inclusion. And if Konkani and Marathi can both be taught, why should English be left out? The alienation of English has and continues to be purely political.

The likes of Sashikala Kakodkar, Uday Bhembre and Arvind Bhaticar, support English education secretly. Almost every parent in the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch an outfit floated to oppose English, have children or grand children receiving their primary education in English and that too in the best schools of Goa. So what do you call this? We call it hypocrisy.

Let the people of Goa rise as one to halt the march of the hypocrites. Let the parents of Goa loudly say that when Sashikala Kakodkar, a desperate spent political force goes to the extent of demanding that the Government should stop even recognizing private English medium schools, there should be a hundred parents behind anyone who wants to open such a school.

The battle can’t be fought on paper anymore. Take the destroyers of your children’s future head on. On the streets. If what is right and what is just is not given, snatch it because in this case it is yours.

If Parent Teacher Associations all over the State decide to come together to stop classes for a day to show their serious-

ture company GMR, which is working on a hydropower project in Nepal.

During his meeting with Krishna, Prachanda told him that Maoists wanted to establish relations with India with a new basis, party sources said.

Krishna and Prachanda also discussed Nepal's peace process, Constitution-drafting, army integration and India's relations with UCPNMaoist, they said.

The talks came a day after Krishna met Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala and its Parliamentary Party leader Ramchandra Poudyal; CPN-UML member K P Sharma Oli and former PM and CPNUML leader Madhav K Nepal.

Koirala told Krishna that Maoists were not sincere about the peace process and the Constitution-drafting and peace process had been stalled due to their attitude. ness, Herald will be with you. When parents counter make believe rallies of the anti-English lobby to conduct spontaneous chain rallies in every village and taluka, Herald will be with you, If this Government has to be woken up from its sleep, pulled out of bed and made to pick up that pen and sign that order which includes English as a medium of instruction and supports it with grants, Herald will be with you.

Do not give up. From Canacona to Calangute, from Pernem to Ponda, Hindus and Catholics as one have felt deeply hurt that a language of everyday communication spoken in high offices and in shacks, longed, yearned and learnt by all, is being given a shoddy treatment in a place like Goa. If the FORCE has charged the BBSM and all its satellites and supporters of communalizing Goa through its perverse education dictatorship, Herald supports that charge.

When you parents all over Goa feel that choosing English has nothing to do with being a Catholic but being a pragmatic parent, why are you letting discredited forces of giving a religious colour to what is purely a choice battle?

Go for it. Letting your child study English supported by the Government is your right. You should have had it naturally.

Get it by FORCE now.

Prostitution thrives in Calangute right under the nose of the police and when some policemen saw the Herald team whom they recognized, they moved at breckneck speed immediately ordered shut down of all bars particularly – Club Rio and Club Virgin on Calangute-Candolim road, at around 11.30 pm.

But prostitution is hardly contained just in the bars. It starts on the streets.

LADIES BARS: If your are travelling by a rented twowheeler from Calangute to Baga you will find over a hundred youth, asking you “saab disco jaana hai?”

Team Herald went near the entrance of one of these bars and overheard a conversation at the entrance which it recorded. A short excerpt.

Tourist (on a lookout for entertainment): Ladies bar main kya hota hai?

Agent: Saab entrance fee 500 rupya ek ka padega, aapko do drink free milega aur nachne ke liye ladies partner milega.

Tourist: Sirf nachne ke liye?

Agent: Aur kuch chahiye to uska alag paisa lagega.

Tourist : Kitna?

Agent: Woh aapke setting par hai. Ladki jitna magegi woh dena padega. Hazaar (Rs 1000) se shuru hota hai.

Tourist: Ladki ko bahar le ja sakte hai?

Agent: Haan lekin aapko kuch pehchan aur deposit rakhna padega (you will have to identify yourself and keep some deposit). Thode disco main rooms bhi hai. (some discos have own rooms they rent).

Later, these reporters managed to enter a bar called Angara where several men were dancing with girls who appeared to be from the north east. One of them came up and asked Saab nachoge nahin? (not dancing?).”

Insiders revealed that these clubs have a foolproof way of staying clear of what can be technically called prostitution.

Girls dancing with men can’t be an issue officially as long a there is no transaction. Often the transaction is hidden in hugely inflated drinks and food bills which cover the cost of other activities The business has led to other services of convenience being offered. For instance, Team Herald met a group from Maharashtra who said they were here on a “one night package tour

from a nearby border town.

“We pay Rs 1500 and that covers our travel per person and entry to dance bars. We start in afternoon, spend the night at these bars and go back the next morning”, one of the men said.

The Baga stretch is also home to numerous massage parlours, many genuine ones and yet many which are just fronts for the flesh trade. Open through the night, some of them don’t even have names. When these reporters asked one of the local guys directing people towards “massage services”, why the parlours had no name, he quipped “Naam se kya matlab, kaam dekho” (why do you want the name, see its services) It all happens in this stretch of north Goa. Through the night, there is a drill at work. Organised and coordinated.

Everyone knows, everyone watches. And till nosy reporters come and snoop around, the party doesn’t stop. Banning Dum Maro Maro Dum will not change any of this reality.

DMD: Goa’s reality show ground.

The Panjim municipal market is shown for a few seconds in the movie. The scene of drugs sale is shot in one of the small room on the first floor of the market.

Aditya Pancholi (Lorsa Biscuta) has a played a Goan born and bred villain. And for a change he is not a comedy character.

Rana Daggubati (DJ Joki) is a musician and former boyfriend of Bipasha Basu (Zoe).

If it’s about Goa, can drugs and drug lobbies be far behind?

In DMD the Russians, Nigerian, British and local drug lobbies are in different parts of the State as they are here in for real.

Thus, for people coming out of watching the first shows of Dum Maro Dum in Inox on Friday, the obvious question was - what was the fuss all about?

“We actually thought that the movie would showcase Goa in a wrong light. We came here out of curiosity. But the movie sounds to be a good piece of art and creativity”, Gajanand Sawardekar, a real estate consultant residing at Caranzalem, told Herald.

As per the Inox figures, the movie had more than 50 per cent response during the day time on Friday, while the night shows went on almost houseful. The movie also released in Samrat theatre in the city.

Meanwhile, derogatory references to women were actually outside on the banners of the protestors. One of them shockingly read, “Bollywood’s brain is peanut size and bxxxs are coconut size”.

But movie goers took them head on. One of them walked up to the protestors and asked “Have you seen the movie? If not what are you protesting about?

“We thought this would be a sequel of sorts to Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) starring Dev Anand. But the movie is a good source of entertainment”, Dhulape, a former banker, who watched the movie with his entire family said.

Armand Soares, a businessmen, said that the hype created by media about this movie before its release gave the impression that film was anti-Goan. But watching the film changed all that. He said, “We should look at promos in the entire context of the movie. There is nothing anti-Goan. In fact, we hope that there is a special screening for ministers and police officers”, he added.

Protestors please note. The film has a happy ending. Sorry, that can’t be said about your protests.

India to provide ‘wonder’ eVms to egypt PTI CAIRO, APRIL 22: Describing EVMs as "wonder" machines

of democracy, India has said it would provide these electronic devices to Egypt to assist in its electoral process in

the post-Mubarak era.

Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi, who is on a 5-day visit to Egypt to

apprise top officials in the country about India's electoral system and the usage of EVMs.

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US is seeking to keep a force of 10,000 troops in Iraq beyond the year's end deadline to prevent Iran from expanding its influence in Iraq. The US currently has 50,000 troops stationed in Iraq, down from a peak of nearly 170,000 following the US led invasion in 2003.

It has become very apparent that the old student visa regime failed to control immigration. My aim is not to stop genuine students coming here - it is to eliminate abuse within the system.

-- Home Secretary Theresa May

Drones deployed in Libya PTI

Penitents carry a statue of Jesus Christ during the "Cristo Salvador" brotherhood procession, part of the Holy Week festivities, on Friday at the beach in Valencia.

Pilgrims brave stormy Good Friday AFP JERUSALEM, APRIL 22: Thousands of Christian pilgrims braved unseasonable thunder storms and hail in Jerusalem's Old City to pray along the route tradition holds Jesus took to his crucifixion on Good Friday.

As part of the Good Friday ceremonies, the faithful descend on the Old City to walk the Via Dolorosa, or Way of Suffering, the route tradition says Jesus carried the cross on which he was to be crucified by the Romans.

Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal, the Catholic Church's representative in the Holy Land, led an early morning procession, beginning at the Monastery of Flagellation, where Jesus was beaten, mocked and crowned with thorns.

Later in the morning, other denominations walked the same route that follows the narrow often climbing street and the 14 stations of the

cross along its way, including where Jesus met his mother, fell several times, was helped in carrying the cross, and met the lamenting women of Jerusalem.

The procession ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the sites where Christians believe Christ was crucified and buried.

As bells tolled across the city, black-robed priests and nuns mingled with pilgrims and tourists. This year pilgrims had to contend with heavy rains, but said they would not be deterred.

"As Christians, we don't

allow the cold wet weather to cool our ardour or dampen our enthusiasm," said Victor Jack, a Briton, who is chairman of the nearby Garden Tomb, also known as Gordon's Calvary after the name of the British officer who discovered it in 1894.

Jack said it was the coldest Easter he had seen in 21 years working there.

Others said the rains added to their experience. "It started raining just as we walked through the gates, and my first image was of heaven weeping," said Elizabeth, an American in her 20s

who was sitting under a canopy overlooking Golgotha, the site where Jesus was crucified.

Each year, thousands of Christians flock to tread the route that is based on a devotional walk first laid out by the Roman Catholic Church's Franciscan order in the 14th century.

The Christian Gospels teach that on the third day after he was crucified, Jesus rose from the dead. The event is commemorated by Easter, the most important day of the church year to most Christians.

TRIPOLI/WASHINGTON, APRIL 22: US drones commenced operations in Libya to help rebels bogged down in their bid to oust Muammar Gaddafi as the top American commander warned that the conflict was "moving towards stalemate".

The deployment of the Predators, highly successful in operations on the Af-Pak border, comes as senior Republican Senator John McCain today met Libyan rebel in Benghazi, the headquarters of the opposition Transitional National Council (TNC) and members of the military to assess the situation on the ground.

The deadly drones carried out a number of strikes in rebel-held western Misurata

as well as on suspected missile sites in capital Tripoli giving tactical advantage to the opposition, who drove out dozens of snipers on tall buildings in hours of street fighting, NATO officials said.

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US military's joint chiefs of staff, admitted that while the NATO air strikes had weakened the Libyan forces, the conflict was moving into "stalemate".

Mullen, speaking to US troops in Iraq, said said the fighting in Libya is "moving towards stalemate", even though US and Nato air strikes have destroyed 30-40 person of Gaddaf's ground forces, BBC reported.

Amid the heavy street fighting in Misurata, Gaddafi's forces stepped up the pounding of the city, 214

Al Qaeda's terror point man killed PTI MOSCOW, APRIL 22: A Saudi national said to be the North Caucasus point man of Al Qaeda and the brain behind spate of suicide attacks in Russia was killed by security forces in the country's restive province of Chechnya, officials said.

The militant only known by his nom-de-guerre of Moganned who had been eluding Russian forces for over three

years was killed along with two other militants in a shootout in the village of Serzhen-Yurt in Shali district of Chechnya, during a search operation.

Along with Chechen militant leader Doku Umrav, Moganned was the most wanted terrorist in the region.

"One of the militants eliminated has been identified as the main emissary of International Terrorist Organisation, Al Qaeda in the northern Caucasus", the agency said.

Japan announces $50 b relief budget PTI TOKYO/FUKUSHIMA, APRIL 22: Japan today announced a USD 50 billion emergency budget to finance reconstruction work in the tsunami-ravaged areas in its northeast, where a 20-km evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was widened due to concerns over high levels of radiation.

The Japanese Cabinet approved 4.02 trillion yen (some USD 50 billion) for the current fiscal year for the early phase of reconstruction work following the March 11 magnitude-9 quake and tsunami that left nearly 30,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the northeast and damaged the Fukushima atomic plant.

To deal with the worst post-war crisis in the country, the first supplementary budget for the year, which was approved earlier this month, was already bigger

Japanese PM Naoto Kan announcing a $49 billion special budget for areas devastated by quake and tsunami. than the three special budgets drawn up after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, totalling 3.23 trillion yen.

But the government is not planning to issue any debt to create the budget, instead it is diverting funds from the initial fiscal 2011 budget, Kyodo news agency reported.

"We would like to tackle restoration work while the Cabinet is well united under the belief that this is a new start," Premier Naoto Kan was quoted by unnamed officials as telling his Cabinet col-

leagues, referring to the budget adopted today, which the government aims to have enacted on May 2 following approval by Parliament.

According to Kan, this could be the first of several extra budgets needed to fund reconstruction.

The emergency budget is aimed at disaster relief, including providing temporary housing, restoration of infrastructure and disaster-related loans.

The government yesterday declared a no-go zone near

the Fukushima nuclear plant, making it illegal to enter the 20-km area around the facility, from where the residents had already been evacuated weeks back. The no-entry zone is aimed at protecting the health and safety of local residents as some of them had been returning home without sufficient radiation safety measures.

People entering the restricted zone would face fines up to 100,000 yen (USD 1,200) or possible detention of up to 30 days. Till midnight last night, defiance of the evacuation order was not punishable by law.

Authorities today added some towns outside the 20km radius of the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to the list of areas covered by its evacuation directive due to concerns over high cumulative levels of radiation exposure.

All residents in Iitate, Katsurao, Namie and some in

Gilani for 'uninterrupted' Indo-Pak talks PTI ISLAMABAD, APRIL 22: The renewed India-Pakistan dialogue process should be "uninterrupted" and constructive for the resolution of contentious issues like the Kashmir dispute, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said.

Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with Abdullah Abdurahman Alim, the OIC Secretary General’s special representative on

Jammu and Kashmir.

He informed Alim about his recent meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in Mohali and expressed satisfaction at the "resumption of a full spectrum of dialogue on all issues", including Kashmir.

The Prime Minister "hoped that the renewed process of dialogue would be uninterrupted and it would be constructive for the resolution of contentious issues

like the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which is imperative for the long-term peace, stability and progress of South Asia”, a statement said.

At the same time, Gilani said the international community should urge India to respect the fundamental rights of Kashmiris and alleged atrocities against Kashmiris "should be stopped forthwith".

He "underlined his country’s strong belief" that any

solution to the Kashmir issue must be acceptable to Pakistan, India and the Kashmiri people.

While appreciating the OIC's consistent support to the "legitimate struggle of the Kashmiri people for their right of self-determination", Gilani said Pakistan would look forward to the special envoy's report to be submitted after his visit to Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Kawamata and Minamisoma in Fukushima prefecture must leave by around late May, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said.

The total number of such residents is 10,500, according to the government.

The stricken nuclear plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) struggled to meet its self-imposed goal of bringing the atomic crisis under control within the six to nine months.

Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato said he would never allow TEPCO to resume operations at the radiation-leaking plant.

km east of the capital.

At least seven civilians were killed yesterday and BBC quoted medics as saying more than 1,000 people have been killed since the fighting began in February.

As civilians were being targeted in the streets by snipers, the low-flying pilotless drones will be able to accurately target pro-Gaddafi units on the ground in Misurata.

Amid warnings of a "stalemate" in the war, NATO has stepped up its attaks on Gaddafi's forces. Al Jazeera quoted Libyan state television as saying today that nine people were killed overnight in a NATO bombardment of Sirte, the home town of the embattled leader.

Earlier, it reported that NATO had carried out air strkes in Khallat al-Farjan area of the capital Tripoli, killing seven people and wounding 18 others.

However, NATO denied that the raid had led to death of civilians, underlineing that a command and control bunker in a military compound was the target.

McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate who has pushed for greater US involvement in the NATO air campaign, was mobbed and greeted by slogans" "Libya free, thank you America, thank you Obama," when he arrived in Benghazi.

McCain, who is holding talks with TNC leaders, is the

highest-ranking US politician to visit Benghazi since the popular uprising against Gaddafi began in mid-Feb. The announcement of deployment of armed drones over Libya was made by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who said this would give allied forces "precision capability" in military operation.

US officials said at least two predators would remain in the Libyan airspace at all times and the Hellfire missile equipped UAVs would prove more effective than A-10 ground attack aircraft.

The news of deployment of armed drone was welcomed

by Libyan rebels, but the Libyan government ramped up rhetoric against NATO warning that "it will be hell" for the alliance if it sends ground troops to Libya.

The Libyan government warned that the drones would lead to surge in civilian casualties.

"They [drones] will kill more civilians and this is very sad," Libyan deputy foreign minister Khaled Khaim was quoted as saying by BBC. In a rare advance against government troops in the west of the country, rebels took control of the Wazin crossing linking the Libyan town of Nalut to Dehiba on the Tunisian border in the remote region where Gaddafi's forces were engaged in intense fighting with the rebels.

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Salgaocar coach Karim Bencherifa was confident that his boys would play to win against Dempo on Saturday. They had a light training session at BITS Pilani, Zuarinagar on Friday morning. The morale is very high.

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We are praying for Dempo’s victory tomorrow against Salgaocar in Goa. If they beat Salgaocar, it will only brighten our chances.”

-- East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan

Dempo, Salgaocar set for supremacy HERALD CORRESPONDENT Margao, April 22: Defending champions Dempo and arch- rivals Salgaocar go into their 21st round match of I-

league with a common agenda – ‘victory’ at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Saturday at 4.15 pm.

Any encounter between the two giants has always been a pulsating affair. And Saturday’s will be no different.

Coaches Armando Colaco and Moroccan Karim Bencherifa are determined to pick up maximum points.

It could well decide the ultimate champions.

Dempo are determined to avenge their first 1-3 loss in the first-leg. However, they face a

couple of injury problems.

Domnic Noronha will miss the match. Rouhollah Samiena stands suspended, Mahesh Gawlo has some niggles.

Dempo’s strong point has been their midfield with Climax Lawrence, Clifford Miranda, Ogba Kalu, Peter Carvalho or Godwin Franco.

Colaco is confident that they will dominate the midfield and not provide much time and space to the rival attackers.

Dempo’s Valeriano Rebello, John Dias, Covan Lawrence or Mahesh Gawli,

E Bengal keep hopes alive AGENCIES Kolkata, April 22: East Bengal kept their title hopes alive when they defeated Viva Kerala 3-0 in an I-League match at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, Friday.

Rahim Nabi, Penn Orji and Sushil Singh scored one apiece for the winners.

The win takes East Bengal to 44 points from 21 matches, just two points behind League leaders Salgaocar.

Viva Kerala on the other hand languish at the 10th position with 22 points.

The first goal came in the 18th minute. Right back Rahim Nabi’s down-themiddle run split the rival defence and he finished it with a stunning shot to bulge the far corner of the net.

Hardly had the celebrations died down, East Bengal scored the second two minutes later. This time, Penn sidestepped two defenders and scored with his left-footer.

Sushil Singh pierced the final nail in the coffin in the 42nd minute, heading it in from close.

US Navy cagers to play Oratory HERALD SPORTS DESK Panjim, April 22: The US Consulate General, Mumbai and the US Navy will host a friendly basketball game featuring US Navy crew and Don Bosco, Goa on April 26 at Don Bosco court, here at 8 a.m.

The crew of the visiting US Navy vessels will on April 25 at 2 p.m., in honour of Earth Day, plant saplings at the International Center, Dona Paula.

On Tuesday, they will play a friendly basketball game with a local Goan club at Don Bosco Oratory.

Don Bosco Oratory has been the hub of basketball activity for the past five decades. The activities will provide an opportunity for the US Navy crew and the local Goan community to interact in an environmentally focused activity and an informal sporting event.

Debabrata Roy will provide solidity to the defence while Subhasish Roy Chowdhiry or Laxmikant Katimani will be under the bar.

Dempo will bank on Ranty Martins and R o b e r t o Mendes da Silva to fire on all cylinders.

“The boys are playing well and I hope they capitalise on the chances,” said Colaco.

“The morale of the players

is high and I am confident they will play to win,” said Karim after the team had a light training session at BITS Pilani ground, Vasco on Friday morning.

Karim was very happy with the way his players have been shaping up. “By defeating Churchill Brothers twice in the League we have proved that we are maturing well. The boys know what is

expected of them and they are confident of delivering tomorrow,” added Karim.

Karim pointed out thay they have a psychological advantage over Dempo with the first leg victory. “But we cannot underestimate Dempo as they are one the best teams in the country.

They have some good quality players in the rank. So we have to give our best. We have to focus on winning three points,” stated Karim.

Karim has a full team with him. Jaspal Parmar has re-

covered from an injury and midfielder Rocus Lamare returns after a one-match suspension.

Jaspal Parmar, Ibungbam Meetei, Luciano Sabrosa, Rino Anto and Govin Singh will combine to shield goalkeeper Karanjit Singh from Dempo attacks.

The forward line will revolve around Yakubu Yusif and Ryuji Sueika while the midfield will be taken care by Rochus Lamare, TombaSingh, Francis Fernandes and Gilbert Olveira.

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MARGAO: The Young Boys of Majorda will organise their 9th All-Goa 3-a-side tie-breaker in memory of Anton Bazil Fernandes at Musson ground, Majorda on April 24, from 10.30 p.m. Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000 will be awarded to the winners and runners-up respectively.

Tie-breaker at Majorda

Mapusa, April 22: Dunes Sports Club, Mandrem and Betalbatim Sports Club will lock horns in GFA’s U-14 AllGoa final at Duler stadium, here on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Dunes qualified for the finals after defeating Vasco Sports Club 1-0. Earlier, they defeated Portais Sporting Club 3-0 in the North playoff semi- final before losing in the North final to Don Bosco Oratory, Panjim 0-3 on penalties after the match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Betalbatim defeated Don Bosco Oratory, Panjim 2-1 to qualify for the final. Earlier in the South Zone quarter- finals, Betalbatim defeated AA de Majorda 1-0, before overcoming Salgaocar Sports Club Juniors 2-1 in the semi- finals. In the South Zone finals, Betalbatim were defeated by Vasco Sports Club 4-2 via the tie-breaker.

I-League: Dempo v. Salgaocar, Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao, 4.15 p.m.

CrownBoyssoccer: Guirim SC v. Crown Boys St Cruz, Govt ground, St Cruz, 5 p.m.

GFA's U-14 football finals: Dunes SC Mandrem v. Betalbatim SC, Duler Stadium, Mapusa, 4 p.m.

2nd Division play-off: Goa Police SC v. Sao Minguel de Taleigao, Nagoa ground; Wilred Leisure SC v.

Curtorim Gymkhana, Cuncolim ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

All Goa Conceciao Colaco memorial soccer: Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda v.

Parish Youth, Nuvem, Assolna ground, 4.45 p.m.

St Mathew’s soccer: Corlim Boys v. St Mathew Azossim, St Mathew ground, Azossim, 4.30 p.m.

Panjim, April 22: Twentythree players are participating in chess coaching camp for selected students organised by Goa Chess Association with assistance from SAG at T B Cunha hall here from April 17 to 23 under the

supervision of IM Anup Deshmukh.

Another camp for top four players selected for the Nationals for the last four years will be held from May 14 to 21 under IM Verguese Koshy from Chennai.

Chess coaching camp

2-a-side tie-breaker at Morjim PANJIM: St Anthony Boys of Morjim will organise their 1st all Goa 2-a-side tie-breaker tournament near St Anthony Chapel, Morjim on April 24, 7 p.m.. The winners will be richer by Rs 5000 while the runners-up will have to settle for Rs 3000.

Spot entries accepted.

3-a-side soccer at Merces PANJIM: Maldino Boys will organise their 3rd allGoa 3-a-side tie-breaker football on April 24 at Bamon Bhatt, Merces from 7 p.m. Rs 5000 (winners), Rs 3000 (runners-up) will be awarded. Details may be obtained from Manuel Marcelo on 9823827873.

Sanvordem PL cricket SANVORDEM: The Sanvordem Premier League cricket tournament organised by Sanvordem Youth begun on Friday. The best four teams of all seven panchayats of Sanvordem constituency will qualify for the main draw that will be played from May 4-8.

The 28 teams which qualified from seven panchayats will be grouped into two groups and matches will be played at Dharbandora and Mollem ground.

At the panchayat level the winners will be awarded Rs 11,111 and a trophy, the runners-up Rs 7,777 and the semi- final losers Rs 5,555 each. At the constituency finals the winners will get Rs ,10,000 and a trophy, runners-up Rs. 75,000 to the runnersup and Rs. 25,000 each for the semi-final losers.

The man-of-the series will be presented a Hero Honda Hunk bike, according to the organisers.

Charged-up Sporting focus on I-League T ALDRID DA COSTA

he time has finally come for all Flaming Orange fans to rejoice as Sporting Clube de Goa kick off their I-League Second Division campaign against Baichung Bhutia’s United Sikkim football club on Tuesday.

The club left Goa for Shillong early on Thursday morning in good spirits having heard a special mass at Don Bosco Oratory, Panjim on Tuesday night, followed by a light final training session on Wednesday morning.

Sporting come into the competition after great performances under their belt. Just last month they drew 1-1 with Dempo at Duler Stadium and four days later at Nehru Stadium they inflicted a 3-0 victory over in-form Salgaocar Sports Club, to leave them with a small statistical chance of winning the much-prolonged Kingfisher Pro League. But any talk of the domestic league is far from the clubs thought process right now.

This run of amazing form started in February when Sporting lifted the 6th Abhijit Kadam memorial cup in Pune, blowing away the opposition, including much fancied Shillong Lajong in the

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Friendly matches have also been played against Calangute association, Royal Wahingdoh and the Goa U-21 probables with desirable results in recent weeks.

Sporting had a closed camp where the entire the team stayed in a hotel together in Panjim, for one week of intense training and bonding, which is understood to have been Sporting Clube de Goa players going through their paces. campaign. It is no secret that tion Goa Phase. He did not personally planned meticuthe Sporting management is travel with the school for the lously by Sporting president unhappy with the ground second phase due to his Peter Vaz. conditions of the Shillong commitment with Sporting.

Alex Alvares is the man-invenue as it could upset Alex also recently passed up charge of steering Sporting Sporting’s pass and move the chance to defend the back to the big time. For playing style which Alex has Dutta Ray U-21 Trophy, havthose who know Alex well, mustered. “The players have an image of him dribbling for- ing been successful with the Goa team last year, again be- to adjust to any circumward for his village club Sanstances in order to get cause of his commitment to golda Lightning or providing ahead; it is a battlefield out the Sporting cause. a sublime pass for Bruno there,” reasoned out Alex.

Alex is lucky to have a family Coutinho representing Another factor concerning who supports his footballing Bardez Veterans comes to the team is the large hostile ambitions. He also has the mind, but since completing away supporters. “I have inever capable Sporting manhis AFC “C’ coaching Licence formed the players to think of ager Angelo Albuquerque under Armando Colaco in the away supporters as our 2009, he is fast gaining a rep- and vice-president Victor Fernandes taking care of the ad- own fans and they should utation for his coaching abilpsych themselves up by reministration side, allowing ity. hearsing mentally,” remarked him to concentrate fully on Alex recently coached Alex.

Chubby Cheeks High School, what he knows best - team Could all this talk of psyching tactics and playing style.

Porvorim where he works for oneself and rehearsing menStyle of play is a detrimental the SAG, which won the Arfactor surrounding Sporting’s tally be credited to the psysenal Tata Tea Cup competi-

chologist Sporting brought in recently? The skeptics would argue what could possibly be learnt in three sessions, but Alex has been converted. “No really, we were taught to harness self confidence and develop positive goals by German sports psychologitst Dr Caren Dihel,” stated Alex.

Alex has announced that Samananda Singh will captain the side, but he is also looking to his more experienced players to pick up the baton and show great leadership. They include the safest pair of hands in Goa, belonging to Felix D’Souza, crunching tackler Mathew Gonsalves, skillful Bibiano Fernandes and the ever-strong Wilton Gomes.

Alex knows the difference foreign players can make to a team’s credentials in Indian football and he is happy with the trio his club has snapped up, namely defender Keita, striker Daniel Bademi and Eldon Maquemba. Angolan striker Eldon returned to Portugal recently for medical treatment, which was a bit of a scare, but now looks to be recovering well and has also adapted to the centre forward position, as his pre-

ferred position is on the wing where he can exploit his pace.

Although the team seems more than capable of getting the job done, Sporting have had to leave behind key players, including Joseph Pereira, Pritam Ningthougam, and Mackroy Peixoto who would have been near certainties to make the final 21 squad. “We will take one match at a time, because every game is tricky and anyone is capable of causing an upset,” Alex summed up.

Sporting’s fixtures: United Sikkim FC, April 26; Vasco Sports Club, April 29; Southern Samity, May 2; Arhima Club May 4; Mohammedan Sporting, May 7, Shillong Lajong, May 11 and finally Royal Wahingdoh on May 13.

Sporting’s squad: Samananda Singh (captain), Felix D’souza (vice captain), Gerard D’Mello, Rojen Singh, Mathew Gonsalves, Jovel Martins, Bisheshwor Singh, Adil Khan, Niroshan Mani, Anthony D’Souza, Rovan Pereira, Wilton Gomes, Bibiano Fernandes, Avelino Fernandes, Agnelo D’Souza, Fulgencio Cardoza, Boboi Singh, Freeman Peixoto, Daniel Bademi, Eldon Maquemba and Keita.

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World number one Caroline Wozniacki avenged her shock Miami defeat to Andrea Petkovic by battling back to beat the German crowd favourite 6-4, 6-1 and reach the Stuttgart semi-finals on Thursday. Wozniacki will now play Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska after she beat German wild-card Kristina Barrois 7-5, 6-3.

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-- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

Malinga Bishoo sends Pak to defeat quits Test cricket spinner Bishoo, whose four wickets for 17 runs from his allotted four overs earned him the man-of-the-match award, and Ravi Rampaul supported with three for 31 from four overs.

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New Delhi, April 22: Injuryprone Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga on Friday quit Test cricket in a bid to prolong his career in oneday internationals and Twenty20 matches.

Malinga is playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and had recently made himself unavailable for Sri Lanka's tour of England, attracting criticism that he had chosen to play for club over country.

"In January this year I wrote a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket and released a statement to the media confirming that I planned to reassess my Test future after the World Cup," he said in a statement.

"I decided that I needed to make myself unavailable for Test cricket in an effort to prolong my career as a national cricketer for Sri Lanka.

"Although I am sufficiently fit to play both ODI and T20 cricket, I have a

long-standing degenerative condition in my right knee that needs to be carefully managed."

The 27-year-old Malinga, known for bowling accurate yorkers, bagged 101 wickets in 30 Tests with his slinging action since making his debut against Australia in Darwin in 2004.

He took a three-year break from Test cricket until coming back to the format when he figured in a home series against India in 2010.

He has three five-wicket hauls in a Test innings to his credit.

"I did try to return to Test cricket after a three-year absence last year following requests from the team management and the selectors, but it left me unfit nursing severe knee pain for two months," Malinga said.

"I have realised that the heavy workload of Test cricket, which requires a fast bowler to be able to bowl more than 15 overs, sometimes on consecutive days, could lead to permanent injury.

West Indies captain Darren Sammy (left) and bowler Devendra Bishoo celebrate the wicket of Shahid Afridi at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Friday.

AFP Umar Akmal led the way Gros Islet, April 22: Legspinner Devendra Bishoo captured four wickets while Lendl Simmons composed a fluent 65 as West Indies beat Pakistan by seven runs in their inaugural Twenty20 international on Thursday.

SCOREBOARD West Indies: A Fletcher lbw b Abdur Rehman 1, L Simmons run out 65, Darren Bravo c Umar Akmal b Abdur Rehman 42, M Samuels st Mohammad Salman b Saeed Ajmal 4, D Hyatt c Umar Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 14, D Sammy c Mohammad Salman b Wahab Riaz 1, C Barnwell not out 11, A Russell c Abdur Rehman b Wahab Riaz 0, A Nurse not out 6. Extras: 6. Total: 150 for 7. Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-101, 3-114, 4-125, 5-126, 6-141 7-141. Bowling: Junaid Khan 2-0-15-0; Abdur Rehman 40-22-2; Saeed Ajmal 4-0-35-2; Wahab Riaz 4-1-24-2; Shahid Afridi 3-030-0; Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-23-0 Pakistan: Ahmed Shahzad c Barnwell b Rampaul 12, Mohammad Hafeez c Nurse b Sammy 3, Asad Shafiq c Hyatt b Bishoo 25, Umar Akmal c Samuels b Rampaul 41, Misbah-ul-Haq hit wicket b Bishoo 0, Afridi c Sammy b Bishoo 12, Mohammad Salman run out 5, Abdur Rehman b Bishoo 7, Wahab Riaz c Sammy b Rampaul 6, Saeed Ajmal not out 21, Junaid Khan not out 3. Extras: 8. Total: 143 for 9. Fall of wickets: 1-7, 220, 3-49, 4-49, 5-78, 6-93, 7-109, 8-110, 9-123. Bowling: Rampaul 4-031-3; Sammy 3-0-26-1; Russell 4-0-28-0; Bishoo 4-0-17-4; Barnwell 1-0-7-0; Barnwell 4-0-33-0. Man-of-the-match: Devendra Bishoo

Horror start to run-chase did us in, says Warne AGENCIES Mohali, April 22: After suffering another crushing defeat in the Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne said the ‘horror start’ never allowed them to make a comeback in the match.

Royals were chasing 196 for victory but all they could manage was 147 for seven in 20 overs as they suffered early setbacks.

"We thought they could score 220-230, but in the end

we did well to pull them back. But we had horror start," Warne said at the postmatch press conference.

Warne said it was the toporder that failed to click and felt that they need to sort out batting in the first six overs.

He though praised the way Stuart Binny (30) and Ashok Menaria (34) played after the main batsmen got out.

Warne also said the team had to pay for not claiming the wickets of rival skipper Adam Gilchrist and his opening partner Paul Valthaty, because the

India blank NZ in Jr Davis Cup

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New Delhi, April 22: India blanked New Zealand 2-0 in a classification match of the Asia/Oceania group in the Junior Davis Cup in New Delhi on Friday.

India, who had saved themselves from relegation after finishing third in Group B, will now play against Sri Lanka for 13-14 classification at DLTA Complex.

Garvit Batra did not have to sweat much in his 6-3, 6-1 victory over Alexander Klintcharov in the first singles but India's number one Shaikh Abdullah had to rally from one set down before his 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Cameron Norrie.

Nadal untroubled in rout of Monfils AFP Barcelona, April 22: Rafael Nadal brushed aside French seventh seed Gael Monfils in a quick 6-2, 6-2 quarter-final victory on Friday which put the five-time champion into his accustomed weekend place at the Barcelona Open.

The top seed could be the first

of four countrymen in a possible all-Spanish semi-final lineup at the Real Club de Tenis.

Locals have dominated for the past decade, with only a 2002 title from Argentine Gaston Gaudio interrupting Iberian success dating to Juan Carlos Ferrero in 2001.

Ferrero remains in contention at this edition, facing

off later against 8th seeded compatriot Nicolas Almagro.

Nadal took just 75 minutes to post his 32nd consecutive victory on clay; he last lost on the surface against Robin Soderling at the 2009 French Open fourth round.

Nadal will face a semi-final against either Croatian Ivan DodigorSpain'sFelicianoLopez.

with 41, Asad Shafiq made 25, and Saeed Ajmal scored 21 not out as the Pakistanis were restricted to 143 for nine in their 20 overs, chasing 151 for victory at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

The visitors' batting was undermined chiefly by leg-

bowlers got them out on noballs.

"You just can't bowl noballs. You just can't give second chance to batsmen like Gilchrist and Paul. It was lucky for them, but unlucky for us," Warne said.

He praised compatriot Shaun Marsh (71) for playing a match-winning knock and saw him as a bright prospect for Australia.

Having played fourth game in a week's time, Warne said that hectic scheduling is part of the modern-day cricket.

Pakistan bowlers' looked short of work as opener Simmons struck seven fours and two sixes in the top score of 65 from 44 deliveries as West Indies built a total of 150 for seven from their 20 overs.

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The BCCI is in no hurry to appoint a new cricket coach for the team and is unlikely to decide on the matter in its Working Committee's meeting on April 27, where the agenda would include various sub­ committees' reports. Andy Flower and Duncan Fletcher are doing the rounds as the candidates.

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The West Indies batsman cracked seven sixes and 10 fours in a superb display of power-hitting as Bangalore achieved a 172-run target with 11 balls to spare for their second win in six matches of the Twenty20 tournament.

Gayle, playing his first IPL match after being dropped for

the opening home games against Pakistan, put his team on course for victory with a 123-run stand for the opening wicket with Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Dilshan scored 38 off 31 balls with the help of six fours before being bowled by fast bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji.

But there was no stopping Gayle, who completed the victory and his century when he hit left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan through the covers for a four. Virat Kohli was the other notable contributor with an unbeaten 30.

Kolkata, who suffered their third defeat in six matches,

earlier posted a competitive total, thanks to skipper Gautam Gambhir (48), Yusuf Pathan (46) and South African Jacques Kallis (40).

Kallis put on 44 off just 4.5 overs for the opening wicket with Australian Brad Haddin (18) and 58 for the second wicket with Gambhir before Pathan stepped up

My job is to entertain people: Gayle AGENCIES

Delhi face tough test against Punjab

Kolkata, April 22: After blazing his way to an unbeaten century off only 55 balls, Chris Gayle didn't show any inhibitions in admitting that he is an entertainer whom the people would love to watch.

"I am an entertainer.

When you don't entertain people they curse you. I know it was tough luck for KKR but I hope the crowd enjoyed the sixes that I hit. I have always enjoyed playing at the Eden Gardens. Ultimately, it's the big hits that crowds come to see in T20," Gayle said.

Mumbai, April22: India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who inspired the country to its first World Cup title in 28 years, found himself ranked above global football icon Lionel Messi and US President Barack Obama in the Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world for the year 2010.

Time's description of the player from Ranchi, penned by eminent author Chetan Bhagat, describes Dhoni as someone who is now universally acknowledged as India's best cricket captain ever.

"It is good feeling," admitted Dhoni, ahead of Chennai Super Kings' match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium on Friday.

"But I have to try and see if it is true or not, and then prove if I deserve it or not," he added.

Dhoni, ranked 52nd in the chart, is the only Indian sportsperson to make the list, which also has four of his compatriots in 'Titan of Industry' Mukesh Ambani (61), 'Brain mapper' VS Ramachandran (79), philanthropist Azim Premji (88) and 'Change agent' Aruna Roy (89).

Dhoni found himself way above Messi, who was just below Obama at 87th spot in a list topped by Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who became the 'Spokesman for a Revolution' in Egypt.

The 29-year-old Dhoni, who has 2925 runs in 54 Tests and 6049 runs in 186 one-dayers, is the most successful Indian cricket captain under whom the team also won the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in 2007.

SCOREBOARD Mumbai Indians: R Sathish c Anirudha b Morkel 0, S Tendulkar c Hussey b Bollinger 5, A Rayudu st Dhoni b Randiv 27, Rohit Sharma c Hussey b Bollinger 87, A Symonds not out 31, K Pollard not out 0. Extras: 14. Total: 164 for 4. Fall of wickets: 9-1, 13-2, 74-3, 161-4.Bowling: A Morkel 41-19-1, D Bollinger 4-0-30-2, Joginder Sharma 3-0-34-0, R Ashwin 4-0-26-0, S Randiv 3-0-31-1, S Raina 2-0-22-0.

Chennai Super Kings: M Hussey c Pollard b Malinga 41, M Vijay c Sharma b Patel 12, S Raina c and b Harbhajan 5, S Badrinath not out 71, MS Dhoni c Sharma b Pollard 3, S Anirudha c Sathish b Harbhajan 9, A Morkel b Harbhajan 3, R Ashwin c Pollard b Harbhajan 0, Joginder Sharma c and b Harbhajan 0, S Randiv c Sathish b Malinga 2, D Bollinger not out 0.

Extras: 10. Total: 156 for 9. Fall of wickets: 31-1, 38-2, 98-3, 101-4, 123-5, 136-6, 136-7, 137-8, 1409. Bowling: M Patel 4-0-40-1, L Malinga 4-0-20-2, A Nechim 2-019-0, Harbhajan 4-0-18-5, Rohit Sharma 1-0-15-0, K Pollard 4-030-1, R Sathish 1-0-13-0.

Man-of-the-match: Harbhajan S.

With this win at the Wankhede Stadium, MI surged to sole top slot with eight points.

Chasing a challenging total of 165, CSK lost wickets at regular intervals, including three in the 18th over from man of the match Harbhajan to be left stranded at 156 for nine.

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Delhi are at the bottom of the points table, having suffered three defeats in four matches, while Punjab are in sparkling form with three victories in a row.

Delhi's batting has mostly let them down but for the match against Pune Warriors when they successfully chased down a 180-plus score.

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Bhajji rattles Chennai Mumbai, April 22: Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh led a clinical bowling show with a five-wicket haul after Rohit Sharma's batting heroics as Mumbai Indians scored a thrilling eight-run victory over defending champions Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League clash here tonight.

Mumbai posted a challenging 164 for four after being put into bat, thanks to a 48-ball 87 by Rohit and then Harbhajan (5/18) produced this IPL season's second five-wicket haul to give the home side their fourth win in five games.

Harbhajan's MI teammate Lasith Malinga was the first to take five wickets this season with five for 13 against Delhi Daredevils on April 10.

The home side also produced a superb fielding show with the match turning their way with Kieron Pollard taking a stunning forward diving catch to remove Michael Hussey in the fifth over.

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SCOREBOARD Kolkata Knight Riders: J Kallis c Gayle b Vettori 40, B Haddin c Kohli b Mohammad 18, G Gambhir c Dilshan b Aravind 48, Yusuf Pathan c Kohli b Aravind 46, E Morgan run out (AB Villiers) 6, M Tiwary not out 0.

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Royal Challengers: T Dilshan b Balaji 38, C Gayle not out 102, V Kohli not out 30. Extras: 5. Total: 175 for 1. Fall of wickets: 123-1. Bowling: Yusuf Pathan 3-0-25-0, L Balaji 4-0-43-1, J Unadkat 3-0-24-0, Shakib Hasan 2.1-0-29-0, R Bhatia 3-0-28-0, M Tiwary 1-0-14-0, Iqbal Abdulla 2-0-12-0. Man-of-the-match: Chris Gayle

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Where Death is your Victory?

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Death is a heavy word and brings sorrow and despair. But Jesus’ death didn’t just bring sadness, it also gave us hope for salvation. This Holy Saturday as we wait for Jesus’ Resurrection, Herald gets closer to the meaning of death, both, in its physical and most importantly, its spiritual sense

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity - Seneca

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BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES hen there is death in a family memories of that person keep coming to one’s mind. Their wise sayings, the good times shared, the lessons learnt and the kind words uttered, everything is remembered as one bids final adieu to that loved one, with a heavy heart and a prayer for eternal life. Good Friday is also a day of sadness, as we bid goodbye to Jesus through his physical death. As the priest enters the church with the Crotalus – an instrument that makes a rattling sound – to reveal the Cross, that moment has the power of sending chills down our spine. Good Friday is unlike any other day in the calendar as it signifies a very important day for every Christian; it was on that day that Jesus redeemed the world from sin and promised us Heaven if we lead a good life on Earth.

The Bible has various chapters that talk about death, both physical and spiritual. St Francis of Assisi once said, “Death is the gate to Glory.” Even Jesus died to show that everyone has to die to go to see the Heavenly Father. If one has to pass through death to lead eternal life, what exactly is death? Fr Andrew Fernandes, Parish Priest of Our Lady of Victory Church, Revora, replies, “Physical death is the soul leaving the body, there is no breath. Spiritual death is when a living person has a broken relationship with the Lord, a person who is going away from his prescient and is living with sin. Through death, we go to God; that is when it is a Holy deathThe

parable on the Rich Man and Lazarus speaks about judgment after death.

A poor yet good man goes to sit besides Abraham at the Feast in Heaven while the rich man was in great pain in Hades.”

He further adds, “To understand Good Friday in a better way, there should be inner disposition of the heart and mind. It should not be followed just as a ritual, where one comes to the church and leaves after the service. One should really meditate and make it a very meaningful ceremony. Lord has given death a real meaning and he suffered on the cross so that our suffering may become redemptive.”

On this Holy Saturday, we wait for Jesus’ Resurrection, more anxiously that the two soldiers who guarded his tomb. As we contemplate the life and death of Jesus, we should understand the words of Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy, saying, “This is a true saying: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him. If we continue to endure, we shall also rule with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us. If we are not faithful, he remains faithful, because he cannot be false to himself.” (2 Timothy 2 11-13) Death is always hanging over our head like a daggered sword, one never knows when we shall leave our physical body but the only saving grace towards eternal life will be a life lived striving not to sin. With various rumours that the world will end soon, people are afraid to die because they feel that they are not prepared. But haven’t we been warned enough through the Bible? “If the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, he would not let the thief break into his house.

And you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.” (Luke 12: 39-40)

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When you are doing something you like, even the most tedious of jobs can be fun. This is what Maria Shiva realised when she took a giant career leap some 20 years back. Ready with her Summer Kids’ Collection, Maria gets into a heart-to-heart with Herald

BY JANICE RODRIGUES HERALD FEATURES aving been born and brought up in Goa at a time when the garment industry was in its infancy, Maria Shiva decided that she would set up a store in Goa if she ever got into the fashion line. “When I was younger, I would have to go to Mumbai to do all my shopping because the garments here were limited,” said an amiable Maria. Having done her Bachelor of Science majoring in Chemistry out of compulsion and not by choice, she made her move to the closest metro, Mumbai, where she joined the garment line. “I was always fascinated with the garment industry and took a big step when I joined a company in Mumbai, to everyone’s surprise and a bit of opposition,” Maria explained.

And once in the big city, she got the opportunity to move to another big city, Chennai. “My boss sent me to actually work in the factory in Chennai; it was a challenge I took up, and I’m glad I did that,” smiled Maria. The move to Chennai was a very apprehensive one. “I had a hell of a time in the first year; I didn’t know the language so communication was a problem and having lived in Goa all through my life, it was tough.”

But once in Chennai, there was no turning back. She first got in as a trainee. “My boss was a very methodical man. He put me through all the departments, so I gained the experience I needed,” she says. Like everybody else, she agrees that it is the experience that counts, not so much the qualifications.

“Having been put through all the training, I got to learn all the various details of the business, from the basic fabric to the manufacturing and the marketing of the product,” says this vivacious mother of two.

Working in a factory setup made her realise the intricate details that went into garment making.

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Maria now has a brand Purple and the ‘INXS Designs’, a garment export company, based in Chennai.

“I named my company after my favourite Australian band, INXS,” she says with a twinkle in her eye.

She runs a franchise store in Goa for her label Purple and the fashion chain, THOF (The House of Fashion), based in Calangute. “I wanted to set up a store for reasonably priced, fashionable wear for young girls, women and kids,” says Maria. It was this desire to have fashionable garments for young kids at reasonable prices that propelled Maria to create her latest line right in time for the summer. The Summer Kids’ Collection of THOF, which ranges from dresses, pants and tops in cool and summery colours, is on the racks right now.

Purple, on the other hand, is a label of exclusive evening wear and is thus priced at a higher rate. “We don’t do much of Purple in Goa, as the concept of designer wear hasn’t yet set-in in Goa as much as it is in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. We keep a rack for the Purple clothes only during the season time,” she says.

While THOF is young, trendy and fresh, Purple is a more elegant, chic and classy garment line with dresses and gowns having embellishments and sequences. She even designs wedding gowns now, and wants to expand into the yoga collection for hotels and spas.

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um Maro Dum has been making headlines for quite some time for the various reasons. The critics have reviewed the film to be good but according to them it could have been better. They felt that the film had lot of style but somewhere lacked in substance. The defects of the first half of the film, however, were rectified by the second half of the movie with racy dialogues and a tight screenplay.

The plot of Dum Maro Dum concentrates on action and shows the crimes by which the entire world is infected. However, this film shows that Goa is filled with politicians and

gangsters who deal in drugs and all kind of crimes. Abhishek Bachchan plays ACP Vishnu Kamath who is assigned the task of taking hold of the corruption in the place. A drug racketeer played by Aditya Pancholi gets hold of younger generation and makes them sell drugs. Falling for the same ploy, Pratiek Bababbar plays the role of the hapless youngster to the hilt and in the meantime Rana Duggubati, who makes a Bollywood debut with this film, takes him out of the mess.

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WHAT’S UP IN GOA??

The founders day of India’s Longest Laterite Sculpture will be held on April 26 at 6.45pm at Big Foot, Loutolim. Call 2777034.

‘Blue Gold: World Water Wars’, the award-winning documentary by Sam Bozzo will be screened on April 23 at 5pm at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. Call 2452805.

‘Network’, a film by Sidney Lumet, the legendary director who passed away recently will be screened on April 25, 2011 at 6.30pm at Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho-Panjim. Call 2421311.

‘Lokayukta: Goa’s Concerns’, will be the topic of the workshop/brainstorming session on April 25 from 10am to 1pm at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. Call 2452805-10.

‘Fenny Fenny – Moods’, a photography contest is open for submission of photographs.

It is organised by Big Foot, Loutolim. Submission of photographs closes on April 25. Entries to be handed over to BM Web Studio, Near Torsanzor, Aquem, Margao or Supply’s India, Shop No 17, Rosary Apts, Miramar, Panjim or CYMK Academy of Photography, Pankar Bidg, Khorlim Sim, Mapusa or Big Foot, Loutolim. Call 9822151419, 9881533456, 9822581232 or 2777034.

‘Liberate your Spirit’ (2nd Edition), Part 2 of the 4-part series of worship concerts, organised by Goa ForGiving, Heritage Jazz and Konkani Rocks will be held on April 24 at the Holy Spirit Church Square, Margao.

A workshop in broken tile murals, facilitated by Aadhi Vishal, organised by Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts will be held from May 2 to 7 from 2pm to 7pm at Sunaparanta, Altinho-Panjim. E-mail info@sgcfa.org. Call 2421311.

COCO’JU, the Coconut and Cashew Fest ‘11, organised

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HOROSCOPE Foot, Lotoulim will be held from April 30 to May 2 from 9am to 5:30pm at Ancestral Goa, Big Foot, Lotoulim. Call 2777034.

Special Summer Cooling Camp, organised by Wildtrek will be held on April 28 at Coorg, Madikeri, Kushalnagar and Dubare Elephant Island. Registration closes on April 20. Call 9822123458 or 8796418565.

‘Role of Lok Yukta in Good Governance’, is the topic of the lecture to be delivered

by Justice (Retd) N Santosh Hegde, former Justice - Supreme Court on April 25 at 6 pm at the International Centre Goa. This is the first in a series of 12 lectures. It is organised by the International Centre Goa and V M Salgaocar and Brothers Ltd. Call 2452805, 2452808, 2452809 or 2452810.

Reunion-2011, a get-together of exstudents of the Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sanquelim, organised by its the Alumni Association will be held on April 23 from 4pm onwards in the College. Call 9545521710.

‘The European Influence in Goa and the German contribution to the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the 16th – 18th Centuries’, a presentation by Luis de Assis Correia will be held on April 29 at 5:30pm at Fundação Oriente, Fontainhas-Panjim. Call 2230728 or 2436108.

Summer Thrill, a summer camp for children which will include activities like dance, handicrafts, kitchen-gardening, snack-making, crab-catching, fishing, trekking, etc will be held from April 25 to 30 and May 12 to 21 from 9.30am to 12.30pm at Varca. Call 9960431362.

An Easter Lunch will be available on April 24 at Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula.

Besides this, Decorated Doçaria Easter eggs in different sizes will be available at Café Azul.

Call 2454545.

Collaboration is time-consuming, but it will create a better 21 Mar - 19 Apr environment today. Seize this big opportunity as soon as it pops up -- which could be quite early today! Your energy is just right for making the most of any kind of risk, so go for it without thinking too hard.

Taurus You're developing a growing understanding of a sticky situation.

20 Apr - 20 May A n a n s w e r ' s coming. Your emotional state is totally evenkeeled right now, so make the most of it! Have that tough chat with the kid or make sure that your boss knows how you really feel about the upcoming reorganization.

You may feel as Gemini though you're running in place today. This is not your fault. So21 May - 20 Jun cial energy is harder to deal with today, which makes it much harder for you to get along at work or school or anywhere else requiring collaboration. Go it alone as much as you can for now.

Don't be afraid to speak the truth, and don't dumb-down your language un22 Jun - 23 Jul necessarily. You have to deal with someone who won't shut up today. You could just give them what they're asking for, but you may want to try doing it in a way that ensures they don't come back for more.

Just because you can't solve someone else's problems doesn't mean you 24 Jul - 23 Aug shouldn't try.

You just want everyone to share your enthusiasm -- but it's rarely that easy, is it?

You've got to make sure that you're speaking their language, and that you're also listening to their ideas.

Today, things that seem too good to be true probably are.

23 Aug - 22 Sep Beware of flattery. If you're tempted to ask someone out or say yes to a date, go for it!

Your energy couldn't be better for romance, and those doubts speak more to your fears than to your good judgment.

Your sentimentality is at an all-time high -delay creating 23 Sept - 22 Oct b i n d i n g a l liances. It's a low-energy day for you, so don't try to push it too much.

You may want to take time out to contemplate and even wallow in bad feelings -- so you can spring back and get on with life tomorrow!

Scorpio This is a phase of rapid growth for you. Let yourself explore new 23 Oct - 22 Nov ideas. What do you really want? You need to make your ambitions more explicit today if you want to move closer to your dreams. Things can get really hot if you're smart about your desires.

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Capricorn There is no crime in tooting your own horn -- but do 22 Dec - 20 Jan so judiciously.

You hear back from someone with good news -- maybe a project is a big success, maybe you got what you asked for or maybe you get great test results back. Your energy is perfect for moving forward.

Aquarius Today in a decision-making process, you'll have to pick one 21 Jan - 19 Feb i d e a a n d g o with it. Stick to the program today. It's hard, and you'd probably rather do anything but this, but you can see that today's priorities clear the way for tomorrow's fun. You can do this -- stay focused!

All the elements are there, but one of them isn't good 20 Feb - 20 Mar enough. Quality counts. No matter how dire things seem today, you can count on at least one person to step up and help you take care of it. Coworkers are especially reliable, but even a stranger on the street might be your savior.

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You can't let others take the lead today -- be as direct as possible. You may need to be diplomatic (rarely a bad idea), but you absolutely must get your point across as quickly as you can.

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DID YOU KNOW? The skin of The King of Rome is preserved in a museum!

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The preserved bird in Derby Museum

No, we aren’t talking about a Roman emperor but a bird! The King of Rome was a racing pigeon that won a 1,611 km race from Rome, Italy to England, in 1913. The bird, a blue cock, was owned and bred by Charlie Hudson (born early 1870s, died March 13, 1958 aged 84), of Brook Street, Derby who was reported as having started pigeon racing in 1904. At the time of the race, he was president and treasurer of Derby Town Flying Club. He also wrote on pigeon-racing matters for the Derby Evening Telegraph. On the bird’s death, he presented its body to Derby Museum and Art Gallery where its taxidermied skin is preserved. Although previously exhibited at Derby and elsewhere, including Walsall Museum and Wollaton Hall in Northamptonshire, as of 2011 it is not on display. The bird is also the subject of a song and book, both by Dave Sudbury, the former most famously recorded by June Tabor.

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HERALD FEATURES n exhibition by Datta V Navelkar was held recently at the Kala Academy Art Gallery, Kala Academy, Panjim. A collection of his newer paintings, over a period of the last four years, this former principal of the Goa College of Art, Altinho-Panjim believes that all the paintings in this series express themselves fully via the visual language. Working mostly with oil on canvas, connoisseurs will experience and enjoy the reflection of his inner self in these works, he says.

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The local baker giving his finishing touches to Easter eggs for Sunday Datta V Navelkar

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HERALD FEATURES Baga store, Purple has been running for awhile now. Stocked up on clothing for all age groups, never did it occur to Maria Shiva, its owner that the store’s clothes would become extremely popular with Goan kids. “This led me to bring out a special summer collection for young ones,” she says, “something that is bright and coloury, young and fun and go with the age and season.”

Through the year gone buy, the demand for children’s clothing has risen at this store. “So I decided to promote it more specifically than it being just a clothing store,” she says. This led her to select seven kids, in the age group of eight to 12 years, who are regular customers and have a photo session. The excited children, after being dressed in select clothing from the summer collection, had a fun time with the camera.

Models: Jeremy Fernandes, Jemima Fernandes, Leandra Fernandes, Jonvoh Noronha, Leanne Rodrigues, Mayonna D’Souza and Celeste Braganza Location: Purple, Baga and Maria’s home

MOVIE REVIEW

Scream 4

Director: Wes Craven Cast: David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell Rating: he gang’s all back together with some fresh blood for the fourth instalment of the Scream franchise. Vets David Arquette, Courtney Cox, and Neve Campbell have Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudson, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Marley Shelton and Nico Tortorella in the mix in the slasher franchise that helped bring horror back to the big screen.

Sidney Prescott (Campbell) heads back home to start her book tour just as a new wave of killings happen that involve someone pulling the same phone-and-stabbing stunts as before. This reinvigorates Gail Weathers (Cox), who has been married to Sheriff Dewey (Arquette) and has not been able to figure out what to write next. Sidney stays with her Aunt (Mary McDonald) and Niece Jill (Roberts), and it turns out it is Jill and her classmates who are to be the next victims of the Ghostface Killer.

Though it has been ten years, it is nice to see these familiar faces and how they have changed. When the film focuses on its well-established leads it is enjoyable in a reunion tour sort of way. No spoilers, but what the film builds is probably the best part about it, as it does have something to say about horror and the modern world. It is hard not to be curious if the collapse of Cox and Arquette’s marriage made it too difficult to play with their character’s relationship, or if it would be too distracting for the audience.

Regardless, none of the returning cast members have anything left to do or prove. The closest the film comes is to give Gail a sense of renewed purpose when there is a new set of killers, but the older characters feel grafted on to another script. The new characters come across as red meat or red herrings. Since it is hard to care about most of them because we know it is a Scream movie, by the end it is only the murder mystery that keeps the story moving.

Overall, Scream 4 is just as entertaining to watch as the first Scream was fifteen years ago.

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Dum Maaro Dum

Director: Rohan Sippy Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Daggubati, Prateik Babbar Rating: um Maaro Dum has all the ingredients of crackling entertainment: a sun-kissed but suitably seamy location: Goa, a subject that works as an anti-drug cautionary tale but also provides ample opportunity to revel in the gritty glamour of rave parties, cocaine and formidably toned women wearing as little as

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possible, a director - Rohan Sippy - who has an edgy sensibility and loves stylistic flourishes, an actor Abhishek Bachchan - who is channelling his father’s angry young man characteristics and of course the irresistible title, which comes from an iconic song that four decades later, still has the power to seduce instantly. But DMD falls slightly short nevertheless.

DMD traces the lives of three characters - Lorry (Prateik), a 17-year-old local in Goa who wants to fly to the States with his girlfriend but doesn’t have the money to do so; Vishnu Kamath, a police officer who is dealing with depression after the death of his wife and son in an accident; and Joki (Rana), a musician. The lives of all these characters are connected to the drug trade in Goa. Lorry gets trapped into being a carrier to the US and is nabbed by the police, Kamath is fighting to bring down the empire of Lorsa Biscuita (Aditya Panscholi) and his many cronies instrumental in running the drug business, and Joki has lost his girlfriend Zoe (Bipasha) to drug addiction.

The key to all their problems lies with one man – Michael Barbossa — whom only Biscuita knows, and who comes to the rescue of Goan drug lords when they need him. But who is Michael Barbossa?

The film begins with Lorry’s story and moves to Vishnu’s but just as we are getting immersed in these narratives, we cut to Zoe and Joki singing. These transitions are clunky and don’t allow us to emotionally invest in any character. The narrative slumps in places, the plot has loopholes and the characters just aren’t convincing enough to grab you.

Abhishek Bachchan is in fine form after a long time, walking the thin line between the cool and the angsty with effortless ease. Raghavan, who wrote the wonderful character of DCP Anant Shrivastav played by Amitabh Bachchan in Khakee, gives Abhishek a cop character that’s right up his alley, and the actor doesn’t disappoint. Just don’t make him say stuff like, “Baaki sab ke liye Google hai.” Strictly Salman Khan territory, this.

Bipasha has precious little to do other than lend some oomph factor or mouth one of the most contentious dialogues of the film. Prateik, with a dialogue delivery to rival Sonam Kapoor’s and a high-pitched voice that would have been a misfit if not for the clueless teenager he is supposed to be playing, is just about okay.

The film’s biggest drawback, in terms of casting, is Aditya Panscholi as Lorsa Biscuita. Taking on a role that seemed to have been written with Sanjay Dutt in mind, Biscuita needed an actor with a range that oscillated from charming to maniacal to dangerous. Pancholi musters none of those emotions.

Overall, Dum Maro Dum could have been so much more.

Watch it nonetheless. The heady cocktail of sex, drugs and dialoguebaazi that Dum Maaro Dum presents you with is hard to come by.

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I aim to bring powerful subjects on screen: Nandita Das

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ward-winning actor-filmmaker Nandita Das believes in bringing strong, powerful subjects on screen. She says her next acting venture I AM fits the bill as it highlights how society is intolerant towards others.

“I had signed this film a long time back. Onir, the director, is a very sensitive and wonderful person. I have always liked to work with good people and those who have the courage to bring out good strong stories. There are four stories in it, all of them are very powerful,’ said Nandita, who recently received a French honour.

She has acted in over 30 films in 10 different languages. The actress, who has an eight-month-old son, is not in a hurry to take up projects and is more keen on directing films.

“For now, I am not doing any films. But on the direction front I have directed a film earlier and I am really looking forward to directing more and more films. I want to bring strong, powerful subjects on screen,’ said the 41 year old actress.

“It is challenging to tell your own story but it is the most satisfying experience. But, as of now, I am thoroughly enjoying the motherhood phase – taking care of my eight-month-old son,” she said.

Explaining the concept of Onir’s I AM, with Nandita playing the lead character in one of the four stories, she said, “Mine is about a woman who wants to be a mother and I was five months pregnant when I was shooting, which was very strange. The film is about personal choices and how we as a society are intolerant to others.

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Taaha was Nervous about Mutton Number

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more tolerant? I explored the concept earlier in Fire and in my directorial venture Firaaq.” Nandita, who had a tough time finding financiers for her directorial debut Firaaq, praises Onir for democratising film production by arranging funds through the social networking site Facebook for his film. “I am impressed with the way director Onir funded I AM through Facebook. It is a triumph of 400-odd people who have pooled in money to bring out this film. He raised more than Rs.10 million (Rs.1 crore) by writing about the stories of his film on the social networking site,” said Nandita.

“I could relate to Onir and his difficulties because I too struggled as a director. It is amazing that not only financing, he even managed to find actors through the site. It democratises the whole process of producing a film.” Her Firaaq was a political thriller set in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat communal violence and was lauded in the global circuit. It got two national awards and a Filmfare Award.

As an actress Nandita proved her mettle with complex roles in Fire, Earth and Bawandar. In fact she bagged the best actress award at the Santa Monica Festival in 2001 for Bawandar, bagged best actress award next year for Amaar Bhuvan at the Cairo Film Fest and also served as a Cannes jury member in 2005. However, she has stayed away from commercial cinema and one wonders why.

“People ask me why I don’t feature in commercial films, but my reason is very simple. I am fortunate that I am able to do the kind of films, the kind of work that I love doing.

I feel strongly for them and find a direct connect with them,” she said.

he new item boy in B-town, Taaha Shah, who will be seen gyrating to the Mutton song in Y-Films’ fresh offering Luv Ka The End, says he did not have any apprehensions doing the dance number but felt slightly nervous. The debutante actor has performed the song in a ghagracholi. “When I was asked to do this item song I had no apprehensions as I had no other option. I think while getting ready for the shot for the first time I was nervous. But when I wore the costume and got into the whole feel, I was fine and impressed by myself,” said Taaha. The lyrics have been penned

by Amitabh Bhattacharya of Emotional Atyachar fame from Dev D. Taaha was speaking at the music launch of his debut vehicle, Luv Ka The End, an anti-romantic-comedy starring newbies Shraddha Kapoor and Taaha Shah in lead roles. The music was recently released at an event in Mumbai at Yash Raj Films Studios. There are a total of five songs in the film including an interesting item number that is set to replace hit numbers like Munni and Sheila.

Cameron Diaz to marry Alex Rodriguez?

Jennifer Lopez plans Contest to find Latin American Talent

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ctress Cameron Diaz who has been dating baseball star Alex Rodriguez for around a year is reportedly set to marry him. The sportsman is now ready to make things official after being introduced to Diaz’s mother, Billie.

“Alex is very loving toward Cameron and protective of her. She loves that he’s such a family man,” said a source.

According to an American magazine, Rodriguez has been shopping for an engagement ring at an upmarket New York jewellers.

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inger Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony have teamed up with the creator of American Idol, Simon Fuller, to develop a television contest in Spanish that will take them on a talent search in Latin America.

The show – provisionally titled Que viva – would be based on competitions among unknown artists with outstanding musical talents, similar to productions like Operacion Triunfo and American Idol.

The project has not been finalized yet, according to reports published in the United States.

Lopez is currently one of the judges on American Idol in the United States, a commitment she made for only one season, and so far she has refused to confirm whether she is willing to continue in that role.

Men are Scared Of Women’s Health Products

Obsession with Cleanliness ‘could be making People Depressed’

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cientists have claimed that a growing obsession with cleanliness could be making people depressed. They believe that eliminating bacteria and viruses has actually made our immune systems weaker, and this in turn has affected the functioning of our brains.

Scientists have long blamed our overly sterile environments for increases in asthma and allergies. They say some bacteria are necessary for bolstering our immune systems and without them our bodies over-react to dust and pollen, resulting in an allergy.

But now researchers believe that this over-reaction may also impair the brain’s ability to produce certain chemicals that make us happy - such as serotonin - and this leads to depression.

Researchers in Atlanta, Georgia, have studied how this over-reaction, or inflammation, affects the brain by recruiting a group of 27 patients taking drugs to treat hepatitis C - which causes similar reactions. They believe certain reactions may affect the brain’s ability to produce certain chemicals including serotonin, known as the ‘happy hormone’.

“We believe the immune system is causing depression,” the Dr Andrew Miller, one of the scientists said. “As people develop and grow up, their immune system develops. If they are exposed to more bacteria and parasites, they are able to better control the inflammation.”

“Nowadays people’s environment is much cleaner and hygienic so our immune system never really learns how to deal with infectious agents. We are overactive because our immune system has not been trained,” added Miller.

The study has been published in the journal Molecular Pyschiatry.

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new marketing research from the Queensland University of Technology has found that men are so petrified of women’s health products that they avoid supermarket aisles that house them.

The study suggested that men are spending less cash at the checkout and avoiding buying products such as deodorant and razors if they are placed next to feminine-inspired products.

To overcome this paranoia of feminine products, supermarkets are being encouraged to set up men-only zones to boost sales.

“Recent research has found that men made more purchases and had a positive association with health products that were not placed in high-

traffic areas or next to feminine-inspired products,” said Gary Mortimer, business researcher.

“This is based on the idea that men are apprehensive of women’s products and are therefore less likely to spend time perusing their own personal needs,” he said.

Stronger, More Effective Password Protection coming Soon

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esearchers are one step closer to make the passwords of the future more secure and, at the same time, simpler to use. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden have been inspired by the physics of critical phenomena in their attempts to significantly improve password protection. They split a password into two sections. With the first, easy to memorise section they encrypt a Captcha - an image that computer programmes per se have difficulty in deciphering.

The researchers also make it more difficult for computers, whose task it is to automatically crack passwords, to read the passwords without authorisation. They use images of a simulated physical system, which they additionally make unrecognisable with a chaotic process.

These p-Captchas enable the Dresden physicists to achieve a high level of password protection, even though the user need only remember a weak password. They also use mathematical methods from the physics of critical phenomena to protect the Captcha from being accessed by computers.

“We thus make the password protection both more effective and simpler,” says Konstantin Kladko, who had the idea for this interdisciplinary approach during his time at the Dresden Max Planck Institute; he is currently a researcher at Axioma Research in Palo Alto/USA. Courtesy: Agencies

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